Paxon High School - Delphian Yearbook (Jacksonville, FL)

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Whal's Done's Done! The Senior Girls oresenl rheir i958 ,Ubilee ea slory af a rich, elderly coaple beller known as Oscar and Essie Mae Punlchaber. They p'an an ocean cruise and are soon marooned or' a deserlred island. Esfe Mae who always blames lhinqs on Ozcar. gives him a hard lime abour lhis siluaiion. To gel oui of 'hor walerf Oscar uses his layoriie GXp'9S' sion- Wha s donels done Slranded cn lhis lonesome island. Esse Mae and Oscar have liille lo do buf remember lhe hapoier days ol ihe basl. F'rs+, rhey recall lheir honeymoon irip oul wesl when lhey had an encounler wiln wild Indians. Then lhey recollecl rhe lime ihey wenl 'ro New York, +he Biq Cilyf for some fun and excilemeni, While lhere They decided lo ralce Charleslon lessons in order fo be accepied in rhe social whirl' buf 'rhey were lciclced oui oi 'rhe dancing class, because fhew' were noi able ro give a demonslrarion ol wha+ ihey had learned. When memories and paiience are almosl gone. Essie Mae and Oscar are rescued by a search pariy ano ial4en ro iheir home. Dancing inslruclor Frances Barber fries lc leach lhe Charleslon lo Claire Mellon, Kalherin O'Quinn, and Frances Sfalls. A , Cf if In 'rheir younger days, Essie Mae lCloie McLendonl and Oscar lBeHy June Bowiel fry lo conlrol lheir mischievous children lDoris Busbee, Delores Roach, Pal McLean, Jeannie Harveyl. f 9 V' is' i Ng 'Q X .1 We ' Ya xi i l ' , rl., Q' , ,X J' ' H W ' ', . , K ' ' 1 , ' fl -4. 1 J. J 'O' ' iii 1 . ,A Dance insfrucfor lAnneHe Coussonl den-ionslrales lhe Charlesion 'For Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbillberl lSherran and Shirley Blackmanl while a puzzled ESSie M69 lBeHy Jo Wrighll loolzs on. Planlalion hands lRachael McClendon, Janice Joiner, Rose Holi come in during lhe Soufhern Ball lo enlerlain. Essie Mae vividly remembers a cerfain Soufhern Ball where Oscar 'Flirfed WW,,a4'gf wifh all lhe girls. lHelen Drawdy, Faye Joiner, Delores Mercer, Sylvia I Phillips, Nancy McKnighl', Carolyn Diazl. f . - -Jlli