Axton High School - Axtonian Yearbook (Axton, VA)

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NELLIE MINTER S. C. A. ’41-’44; Home Ec. Club ’41-’42; Sec., Jr. Red Cross ’43-44; Volleyball ’41-’43; Softball ’41-’43. Ever true, kind and sweet.” ELIZABETH RUMLEY Salutatorian Class ’44 ; Home Ec. Club ’41-’42; Victory Corps ’43-’44; S. C. A. ’41-44; Secretary class ’41 ; Winner VLL. Poetry Reading ’42; Latin Club ’41-’42; Softball ’41-’44; Volleyball ’41-’43. “Charm strikes the sight And merit wins the soul.” MARIE SLAYDON Home Ec. Club ’41-’42; S. C. A. ’41-44; Winner Relay ’41-42’; Basketball ’42-’44; Secretary Class 44; Softball ’41-’44. “Happy am I; from care set free! Why aren’t they all con- tented like me?” LISABETTY JONES ‘ Strong in will to strive, to seek. To find and not to yield.” Valedictorian class ’44; Home Ec. Club ’41-’42; Latin Club ’41-’42; Victory Corps ’43-’44; President Victory Corps ’44; S. C. A. ’41-’44; Sec.-Treas. S. C. A. ’43; President class ’42; Winner County Essay Contest ’43; V ol’ eyball ’41-43; Softball ’41-’42. VIRGINIA JONES « ■ Softball ’41-’44; Volleyball ’41-’43; r A ’41 -’44- Home Ec. Club’ ’41-’42; Victory Corps ’44. “Better by far, you should forget and smile, than you should remember and be sad.” DORIS McGuire S. C. A. ’41-’44; Home Ec. Club ’41 -’42; Latin Club ’42-’44; Volleyball ’41 -’43; Softball ’41 -’44. fair exterior is a silent recommendation.” ‘A

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LOUIS COLE JOHN HARRIS S. C. A. ’41-’44; F. F. A. ’41-’44; Softball ’41-’44. ‘He was a jolly fellow — always cheerful” S. C. A. ’41-’44; F. F. A. ’41-’44; “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches” WASH EARLES S. C. A. ’41-’44; F. F. A. ’41-’44; Baseball ’42-’44. (Transferred from Buck- ingham Central, Sept. ’43) Glee Club ’41-’42; Jubilee Chorus ’41-’42; President Library Club ’42; Secretary Library Club ’41; Music Medal ’42; School Pianist ’43; Beta Clvb ’42-’44; Gold Star Beta Club ’44; Victory Corps ’43-’44. FRANCES HAWLEY “Mild and gentle as he is brave” “There is no truer truth obtained by man, than comes of music.” “A noble type of good heroic manhoo d.” OSBORNE GRANT S. C. A. ’41-’44; F. F. A. ’41-’44. MILDRED HOLLAND S. C. A. ’41-’44; Victory Corp ’43-’44; Latin Club ’41 -’42; Home Ec. Club ’41-’42; Basketball ’42-’43; Softball ’41-44. “Her eyes as stars of twi- light fair; Like twilight too, her dus- key hair. ’

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CLIFFORD STONE F. F. A. ’41-’44; President S. C. A. ’44; S. C. A. ’41-’44; President F. F. A. ’41 ; Vice-Pres. F. F. A. ’44; President class ’43 ; Basketball ’42-’43 ; Captain Basketball ’44; Baseball ’42-’43; Manager Baseball ’44; Rep. of F.F.A. at rally at Massanetta Springs ’43. ‘ He was six foot A-1, Clear grit and h. man nature.’ S. C ■. ' 40, ’41, ’42, ’44; F. F. A. ’40, ’41, ’42, 44; Treasurer F. F. A. ’41; Baseball ’42, 44; Bateball ’42-’44; “A friendly, likable fellow, always ready to lend a helping hand.” J. P. WADE HELEN WRIGHT S. C. A. ’41-’44; Latin Club ’41-’42; Home Ec. Ckb ’41-’42; Treas. Home Ec. Club ’42; Winner VLL. District Ora- tion ’41; Winner VLL. Dis- trict Debate ’42; Axton Vice- Pres Danville Fair ’42, ’43; Secretary class ’43; President class ’44; Scftball ’41-’44; Volleyball ’41-’43. “Laugh and the world laughs with you ” MELVIN WiNN S. C. A. ’41-’44; F. F. A. ’41-’44; Softball ’41-’44; Basketball ’44. “I don’t trouble trcub’e. And trouble don’t trouble me.” I’m just as happy As a b-b-bumble bee.” ELIZABETH WAGNER S. C. A. ’41, ’43, ’44; Home Ec. Club ’41, ’42; Sec. Flome Ec. Club ’42; Vice-Pres. Class ’44; Latin Club ’42, 43. “A form more fair, A face more sweet. Never hath it been My lot to meet.”