Axton High School - Axtonian Yearbook (Axton, VA)

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Calendar 1944-1945 SEPTEMBER 18 Registration and physical examination 19 Oh! what a mix-up! 21 Marionettes “Snowwhite and Seven Dwarfs” by Ethel Henley 26 Class ’45 organization 28 S.C.A. organization Plans for “The Axtonian” 29 30 A favorite teacher changing name to Mrs. Wasdell OCTOBER 3 School at Danville Fair 4 Curtiss Publishing Co. sales start 5 Rev. Hutton brings missionary from China to us 6 Mrs. Wasdell back from honeymoon 9 Smooth running again after week of Danville Fair 11 Oh! Those first period tests! 19 Intelligence test in assembly 27 Practice for senior plays start NOVEMBER 9 Red Cross program in assembly 13 Christine Lavender in hospital 16 “Priscilla and John Alden”, play in assembly 17 Senior plays, “Southern Cinderella” “So We’ll Just Pretend” 19 Engle Hankins claimed by death 21 A sad iournev for the seniors 23 Thanksgiving play at P.T.A. 28 Victory Corps gives minstrel 29 Thanksgiving holidays begin DECEMBER 4 Back again at work 7 Rev. Chappel visits school 12 P.T.A. by sixth and seventh grades 14 “The Good Citizen” plav in assembly 22 “Looking For Santa”, play and Christmas carols Goodbyes for the holidays! JANUARY 2 Back again from Christmas holidays 16 F.F.A. program at P.T.A. 18 “Thankful In Wartimes”, play in assembly 26 Pictures made for annual FEBRUARY 2 Ground hog sees his shadow 12 Lincoln remembered by play 20 P.T.A. patriotic plays by freshmen 22 Washington’s birthday not forgotten 27 Circus from Roth Shows MARCH 12 Triumphs of science by Harry C. White 13 P.T.A. by Home Ec. Club 15 Springtime program, “They Also Serve”, by seventh grade 21 Picture show on rural life APRIL 12 Intra-mural debate on military training by seniors in assembly 19 Impersonations by Jessie R. Taylor 20 Juniors farewell program to seniors 25 Intra-mural debate on lowering the voting age to eighteen by seniors MAY 3 Sophomores give play for assembly 9 Glee Club of George Washington High gives program 12 Commencement invitations arrive, thrills! 15 Latin Club gives patriotic songs in Latin High School elects S.C.A. officers for 1945-1946 17 Installation service by Elementary S.C.A. 23 May Day on the campus 25 Junior-senior picnic at Fairy Stone Park JUNE 3 Baccalaureate by Rev. Tinnell 5 Exams! 6 More exams!! 7 Class ' night and graduation Page Sixty

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THE AXTONIAN FIRST Sponsors . GRADE ( Mrs. Geoi’gie Woodall (left) Mrs. Curtis Webster (right) ( Mrs. W. A. Hawley (absent) CLASS ROLL (left to right) Bottom Row: Joey Scales, Carl Lusk, Billy McNeely, Margie Flippen, Lessie Bennett, Mary Gravely, Nancy McGuire, Freddie Mason, James Harris Second Row: Roosevelt Compton, Irene Clark, Betty Kidd, Doris McGuire, Harold McGuire, Robbie Riddle, Claude Wilson, Jack Billings, Jean Hankins Third Row: Capitola Gauldin, Janie Bowles, Guy Moses, Edward Wilson, Virginia Barker, Barbara Manning, Annie Harris, Joan Guiguid, Eddie Wyatt Fourth Row: Janice Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Maryline Haley, Shirley Wilson, Jack Warren, Doris Patterson, Mattie Barker Fifth Row: Tommy Eanes, Virginia Guthrie, Marie Parrish, Douglas Lawrence, Arleen Wells, Peggy Earles, Bobbie Wilson, Robert Thornton Sixth Row: Glenda Roach, Billy McBride, William Murphy, Robert Overton, Clayton Wright, Irvine Allen, Arthur Wright Top Row: Irvi n Hairfield, Harold Taylor Absent: Neal Minter, Posey Roach, Jr., Joan Meadows, Bunnie Wilson, Jerry Holley, Nicky Wilson, Dorothy Wilson, Wilbourne Thomas, Walter Watkins, Jewell Gillispie, Mack Wingfield, Bertha Glidewell, Shirley Johnson, Anna Roberts, Edna Wilson, Verneel Cassada, James Glidewell, Lewis Agee, Thomas Roach, Robert Carter, Floyd Carter Page Fifty-nine

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Compliments of George T. Winn and Son General Merchandise and Guano Axton, Virginia GoMOAGtiihUiOMA. PATTERSON DRUG COMPANY GRADUATES and UNDERGRADUATES Best wishes for your success in every year that follows 1920 DANVILLE SH0PPIN6 CENTER 1915 SPECIALIZING IN PRESCRIPTION SERVICE FOUR REGISTERED PHARMACISTS MASONIC TEMPLE DANVILLE, VIRGINIA COMPLIMENTS OF TUGGLE FLOWER SHOP DIAL 7163 MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA Page Sixty-one