Axton High School - Axtonian Yearbook (Axton, VA)

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THE AXTONIAN COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES AXTON HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM BACCALAUREATE SERMON Sunday, June 3, 1945, 8:00 P. M. PROCESSIONAL DOXOLOGY INVOCATION HYMN “God of Grace, and God of Glory” SCRIPTURE PRAYER HYMN “Are Ye Able? Saith the Master” SPECIAL RENDITION Miss Alice Tudor SERMON — “The Good Warfare”... Rev. L. G. Tinnell BENEDICTION RECESSIONAL GRADUATION EXERCISES Thursday, June 7, 1945, 8:00 P. M. Part I Invocation Rev. W. A. Hawley Welcome Mamie Eanes History, “Reveries of a Bachelor” Anne Starling “From A to Z” (Original Jingles) Belva Riddle “Whispering” (Parody by Lois Eanes) Class Tribute to Axton High School Edith Gravely “Axton High Loyalty Song” Class Our Elementary School ..Rebecca Still “In Memoriam” (Original poem to deceased classmate, Engle Hankins) Christine Lavender The Axton Victory Corps Lois Grant Our Boys in Service Billy Barrow and Joseph Law “We’ll Welcome You Home Again, Our Men” (Poem composed by Christine Lavender and dedicated by the Class to Axton boys in service) Class Salute to the Flag Class Our Athletic Program ..Randolph Jones A Little Fun in Axton High Frances Wyatt, Edward Eanes Axton Future Farmers of America J. T. Richardson, Madeline McGuire, Clair Still Advice to Juniors Helen Gregory Action Song, “Singing in the Rain” Lois Eanes, Christine Lavender, J. T. Richardson, Billy Barrow Grumbler Mozelle Robertson Will Lee Agee Prophecy Ellen Earles “Classmates” (Poem by Lois Eanes) Class Gifts Tom Barker and Christine Wells Part II Salutatory, “What Is The Postwar Outlook For Moral Standards?” Mary Elliott Song, “America The Beautiful” Class Announcements and Delivery of Diplomas Mr. H. L. Saville i M ary Elliott, Lois Grant, Christine Wells, Lois Special, “Sing, Robin Sing” ...... Eanes, Anne Starling, Edith Gravely, Mamie ( Eanes, Helen Gregory, Christine Lavender Valedictory, “Postwar Education” Gladys Talbert Song, “Star Spangled Banner” Class and Audience Page Fifteen

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THE AXTONIAN SENIOR CLASS Presents Plays AXTON HIGH AUDITORIUM Friday, November 17, 1944, at 7:30 P. M. • SO WE’LL JUST PRETEND (Three act play by Priscella Wayne and Wayne Sprague) Characters Mary Brown, “Cinderella”. Edith Gravely Ted Lonsdale, a Law Student Lee Agee Doctor Reed, President of the Co-Ed University Billy Barrow Clara Ogden, Dean Madeline McGuire Oughta Eata Pi Sorority (Kate ...Anne Starling ' Elise Ellen Earles jRuth Mozelle Robertson ( Agnes Clair Still lata Bita Alpha Sorority ( Violet Elizabeth McDaniel Rose Frances Wyatt Betty Rebecca Still Fairy. .. Christine Wells Susie . Belva Riddle College Boys ( Tommy • Dave ’ Donald. Taxi Driver Rastus. Sugar Plainclothes Man Mrs. Johnson Policeman . Varley Norton ... Engle Hankins .. Randolph Jones Joseph Law J. T. Richardson Lois Eanes Tom Barker Mollie Eanes Edward Eanes Songs Between Plays 1. “Dark Town Strutter’s Ball” 2. “For Me and My Gal” 3. “Let’s Beat Out Some Love” 4. “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” 5. “La Cucaracha” A SOUTHERN CINDERELLA (Three act play by Walter Ben Hare) Characters Madame Charteris, An Old Aristocrat Frances Wyatt Enid Bellamy, A Southern Cinderella ...Lois Grant Miss Winterberry, A Famous Settlement Worker .... Gladys Talbert Miss Johnnie Bell Randolph, A Little Coquette Mamie Eanes Mammy Judy Johnson, A Black Bluegrass Widow Helen Gregory Miss Catherine Hawke, An English Nurse Mary Elliott M:ss Caroline Hawke, Her Sister, An Adventuress Elizabeth McDaniel (substituting for Christine Lavender, who is ill) DIRECTORS Miss Clara Norvell, Mrs. Mary B. Bryan MUSIC Director— Miss Margaret Watkins Pianist — Miss Joanne Craig Page Fourteen

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THE AXTONIAN Reveries of A Bachelor HE man in the lounging chair shivers as he hears the patter of rain on the roof. He gets up and pokes the open fire into a glowing flame. The light flick- ers and dances, casting a rosy glow over his face and makes large shadows on the wall. He sighs contentedly and walks to a large bookcase on the other side of the room. He glances over the rows of books, smiling with appreciation as he reads the titles of his favorites. He reaches forward and takes out a large volume. As he puts it under his arm, he notices three thin books, two bound in blue and one in gray. When pulling them out, he sees the title of each to be “The Axtonian”. Returning with them in his hand to the fire, he again settles himself in his lounging chair. He drops the the large book at his side but fondles the three thin books gently. After lighting his pipe, he gazes into the fire and looks back across the past. Memories make images in the glow- ing coals. He sees many things of his half-forgotten youth. He turns on the light and begins examining his thin books. Beginning with the bright blue one, “The Axtonian 1942”, he turns its pages until he reaches the word Freshmen. He remarks to himself, “Why yes! that’s my class when I entered high school. What a group there was of us!” He counted, “There were sixty-four. Whew!” He glances below the picture and notices, “Class A: President, Lois Grant; Vice-President, Randolph Jones; Secretary, Blanche Jones; Sponsor, Miss Clara Norvell”. As he reads the class roll he remarks, “These are not all; where are the others?” He turns another page and reads, “Class B: President, Anne Starling; Vice-President, Pearl Garrett; Secretary, Mary Elliott; Sponsor, Miss Margaret Ward.” Below he finds the names of those he had missed. His glance moves to the glowing coals again, and he is back in Axton High School. He recalls the excitement of the first day of his group in high school, the mad rush from the busses up the walk by the well and the bewilderment of having so many in the large room back of the stage. Miss Norvell is in charge. He seems to hear her say, “Copy the outline on the blackboard and fill in .” He sees Mr. Saville enter with another teacher whom he introduces as Miss Ward and about half of the group go out with her. As he muses, he sees a group of small boys playing basketball and imagines himself shooting goals again. He hears the girls telling of cooking, sewing and playing volley- ball. He is taking part with others of his group in S. C. A. and F. F. A. work. It is win- ter; he is at a banquet. “What banquet?” he murmurs. “Oh yes, the F. F. A. banquet!” His father is there, he sees the holly decorations and the place cards in bright colors. The girls of his class, wearing white aprons, with Miss Nutter, are serving a feast to the men and boys. He hears the jokes and the ceremonies and enjoys the fun again. It is spring; he sees Sam Barker and Claiborne Hankins of his class playing on the inter- scholastic teams of basketball and hears himself holloing, “Hoorah for Axton! Hoorah for Sam!” as a home run is made. He is now at Field Day in Bassett where the games are in progress ; he sees Harold Brown getting a blue ribbon for winning a race. , He is back at school again; a man is taking a picture for the annual. He has that very picture in his hand. He gazes long at the picture. In his imagination, some seem to fade out of it. He recalls that Ruth Woodall, Marie Draper, and Marjorie Mize moved away during the year, and that for various reasons Jerline Bray, Harold Brown, Robert Kidd, Lloyd Turner, Ruth Lewis, Edward Bui’gess, Ruby Garrett, Lester McDaniel, Betty McDaniel, Betty Moore, and Joe Wilson dropped out. He turns for the next book, but he finds “The Axtonian 1943” is not there. Yes, it all comes back. The war was in progress and the seniors did not have an annual. But he does have a pictur e of his class in the back cf the 1942 book. He turns to it. Some faces of the year before were not there. He scratches his head in thought. “Yes,” he recalls, Page Sixteen