Oxford High School - Oxonian Yearbook (Oxford, NC)

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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Frances Clayborne, Testazror Parents, friends, and teachers, on behalf of the Senior Class of 1951, I humbly ask you to pay close attention as I read the last will and testament of the said class. We, the Seniors of 1951, still being of sound bodies and fairly sound minds, do hereby testify this to be our very last will and testa- ment. ITEM I: To Mr. Vickers, our beloved prin- cipal, we give and bequeath our appreciation for his inspiration and kindness. ITEM II. To the faculty we leave our most sincere gratitude for their help and guidance throughout our high school career. ITEM III. To the students we leave our many talents and great wisdom. ITEM IV. We wish to give and bequeath the following, which may seem rather trifling, but we trust that they will be accepted as valuable assets: Ralph Blalock leaves his fine physique to Charles Currin. Wilbur Clayton leaves his cute ways to Fran- cis I-Iart, Bobby Talley and Bobby Watkins. The Daniel brothers bestow their singing abil- ity upon Tom Newton and Billy Paynter. Weldon Currin leaves with a joyous heart. Peter Strother leaves his basketball skill to George Thomas and Eugene Woodlief. John Parham leaves Janet with a sad heart. Frances Clayborne bestows her athletic skill upon Dottie Harris. Margaret Seabolt leaves her basketball ability to Hattie Moore. Annie Daniel leaves her dancing ability to Joyce Knott. Shirley Harris and Geoffrey Knott leave their studious ways to Lila Haney and Grier Park. Jean Hester leaves her blushing ways to Jean Hughes and Alex Hancock. Ruth Hedgepeth leaves her ability to do everything so well to Gilbert Ragland and Patsy Brummitt. Gilbert Averette leaves his height to Jaxie Morton and Albert Clay. Richard Beasley and Ruth Burwell leave their bashfulness to Ambrose Brooks, Jessie Carroll and James Partin. Sam Finch leaves his football skill to Jackie Jones, William Yeargin, and Hurley Newton. 13 Harold Currin wishes to leave nothing behind. Eloise Gill and Mary Anne Floyd leave their pertness to Helen Tatsy, Anne Crymes and James Overton. Margaret Morris endows Dan Critcher with her dependability. Upon Homer I-lobgood, John Dean bestox his many talents. , Wiley Oakley and Thomas Parrott will their quiet ways to Joyce Yeargin and Robert Lloyd. Ralph Matthews and Lionel Burnette leave their talent of going to sleep in English to Franklin Oakes and Preston Johnson. Barbara Kittrell McGinnis and Lillian Lem- mons bestow their beautiful blonde hair upon Blanche Cheatham and Ruth Jones. Ruth Wilson leaves her friendly disposition to Julia and Leslie Hall. Frances Parham leaves her willingness to do her assignments to Donald Suitt and Dan Jones. Marion Cash bestows her courteous ways upon Violet Overton and Jane Knott. Julian Hughes leaves his talent of keeping quiet to Dorothy Matthews, Arthur Wray and Ralston Powell. Brodie Newton leaves his school bus to Maxie Parham. Shields Parham and Edith Ashley leave their witty sayings to Juanita Hughes and Peggy Paynter. Elizabeth Blalock leaves her good sportsman- ship to Donald Leavister, and Barbara Lloyd. Nat Burwell leaves his place in the chemistry lab to whoever can fill it. Virginia Hayes leaves her ability to win friends to Phoebe Burnette and Bettv Jean Wilson. I Margaret Dean leaves her place at the type- writer to Dixie Boyd. Audrey Humphries leaves her love for Oak Hill to whosoever wants it. Witnessed this, the twenty-ninth day of May, in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one. Witnesses: King Arthur Shakespeare

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LEXVIS THOMAS PARROTT, JR. Boys' Athletic Association MARGARET SEABOLT Cheerleader 3, Girls' Athletic Association 3, 4, Girls' Basket- ball Team 3, 4, Chorus 1, 2, 3, Color Guard in Band 1, 2, Owl Staff 43 Vice President of Class 23 Class Historian. MISS BOYD Adviser sqm -ww SENIOR CLASS S95 1. I2 E. V. STROTHER Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4g Baseball 3, 4, Ath- letic Association 1, 2, 3, 4, Key Club 3, 4g President 4g Chorus 1, 2, 4g Intramurals 1, 4. RUTH WILSON Girls' Athletic Association 2, 4 Treasurer 4, Girls' Chorus 3 Basketball 4. MISS WILKIN Adviser

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SENIOR PROPHECY By I 0b1z Dean The date on the newspaper was june 12, 1961. As I looked through it, my attention was drawn to a familiar name-Margaret Morris- who was editor of the Daily Owl. Marga- ret, I recalled, was in my graduating class back in 1951 at Oxford High School. Then a little further over, on the society page, I noticed that Margaret Seabolt and Sam Finch were to be married. A blanket invitation was extended, so I decided to go and see Sam who had just returned from overseas after being called into the Army immediately fol- lowing his graduation from high school. I wanted to see most of my old classmates who I knew would be at the wedding, so I started immediately. After a few hours of preparation I caught a ride to Oxford with one of my old class- mates, Thomas Parrott, who was going out to Texas to bring back a load of cattle for Averette-Currin Beef Farm which was owned and operated by Gilbert Averette and VVeldon Currin. On arrival, I went to the new ultramodern Hotel Oxford. As I went in, I was greeted by the manager, Lionel Burnette. Lionel was going to attend the wedding, but first he had to go by 'LHarold's Men's Shopl' to pick up his new suit that was being altered. As we went out of the hotel, I was amazed at the considerable speed that an ambulance was making down the street. When I found out that Ralph Matthews was the driver, all my doubts as to its speed vanished. It seemed that Ralph was working for Daniel Funeral Home of which Frank Daniel was the owner. YVhen we entered Harold's Men's Shop, I saw the owner, Harold Currin, and Wilbur Clayton, who was a clerk. We all decided to go to the wedding together, so we got into Harold's new Plymouth. Harold pushed the starter, but the Plymouth wouldn't start, so he called up 'LHughes' Garage which was operated by julian Hughes. In a little while julian had the motor running, so we piled in again and went down to Colonial Stores Super Market to get some rice to throw at the bride. I dashed into the store and saw Wiley Oakley who was now manager. He gave me the rice and again we were on our way to the wed- ding. On the way, I was informed that Audrey Humphries was still trying to land a man and that Naomi johnson was an actress in Hollywood, while Ann Daniel was working in New York teaching models how to model. As we stopped at the church, I just had time to speak to Geoffrey Knott, pastor of the First Baptist Church, before going in. The service was just beginning with Shirley Harris playing an organ prelude. Looking around, I saw some more late arrivals-Barbara Mc- Ghinnis and her five little boys. Bobby Daniel sang a song, I Love You Truly, and Sam came in accompanied by his best man, john Parham, who, they told me, was football coach at Oxford High. It was a nice service, but I was getting pretty hungry so I was look- ing forward to the reception at the new Woman's Club. When the service was over and rice had been thrown, we went to the reception. Between cups of punch, I saw many of my old class- mates. There was Brodie Newton who was a bus driver for Greyhound, Pete Strother who was basketball coach at Carolina, and Frances Clayborne who was a Physical Education teacher at Oxford High. I also spoke to Frissy Parham who was a French instructor at Harvard and Edith Ashley who had taken Miss Boydls place as Eng- lish teacher at our alma mater. Edith told me that Ruth Burwell, Shields Parham, and Margaret Dean had joined the ranks of the happily married. There was also Ruth Hedge- peth who told me she was stenographer for Blackwell Tobacco Company in Tennessee. Then I saw Lillian Lemmons and jean Hester who had settled down to married life. As I went back to the punch bowl, I found Marion Cash who told me that Eloise Gill was secre- tary for a candy company up north. She also said that Mary Ann Floyd was married and living in Raleigh where Nelson was State Highway Commissioner, and that Ruth Wil- son and Elizabeth Blalock had gone to Paris to study the latest fashions. It was time to leave so I started out the door only to meet Nat Burwell who told me he was the owner of a fruit produce company in Florida. He asked me where I had been the last ten years, so I told him I was still in Wake Forest College so deeply intent upon getting my diploma that I had not been getting around much for the past ten years.