Paxon High School - Delphian Yearbook (Jacksonville, FL)

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1958 The annual Miss Paxon Confezf, sponsored by fhe Library Council, enferfained fhe Iargesf crowd ever fo affend rhis fype of performance. Miss Paxon of I958 was chosen from Ien corifesfanfs parficipafing in fhe show which was divided info fhree parfs. Firsf fhe girls modeled sfreef clofhes, nexf performed fheir acfs, and finally modeled lovely evening dresses. Confesfanfs were judged on fhe basis of poise, charm, falenf, beaufy, and sfage presence. The variefy of acfs in- cluded: Melanie Williams, singing Wai+ A Minu're 3 Head Major- effe Sylvia Lee. fwirling her lighfed bafon: Cafherine Sirmans, singing A Very Special Love : Paf Arfhur, imifafing famous acfressesi Kafh- Ieen Marfin, giving a humorous monologue of a woman on a crowded bust Barbara Rhoden, yo- deling: Coolcie Rudd, performing a ballef: and Beclc Sf. John, read' ing fwo of her own poems. Acfing as judges were Tommy I-Iarper of Radio Sfafion WPDQ, Commander Agee of fhe Naval Air Sfafion, and Mrs. Franz who is fhe Counfy D.C.T. Coordinafor. i SYLVIA LEE CATHERINE SIRMANS Second Place Third Place E.: PAT ARTHUR KATHLEEN MARTIN BARBARA RHODEN COOKIE RUDD BECK ST- JOHN 'f e S . x

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Miss Paxon 7 Q. Q45 ' . Qin, 3 . , ' ff. 7 I ..rf. T Q, Melanie l l i I Williams MN In fhe fashion mode of l958, Melanie appears in a coral coal-and-dress en- semble. L -44' The audience was caplivaied when Melanie gave her rendition of Wai+ A Minufe.

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School Life Classrooms are cerTainly The nnosT irnporTanT parT oT school. l-lere we avail ourselves oT knowledge Tor a suc- cessTul TuTure. There is always a good iob awaiTing The one who lcnows shorThand. We view The problems oT our counTry in a new lighT aTTer a course in PAD. and The sTudy oT languages helps one undersTand The happen- ings around The world. There is even a class where one learns saTeTy on The highway. These Spanish sTudenTs-PaT Ward, Milre Gregory, Helen ClayTon, Charles Carlos, Billy Tyner, and AlberTa Hagan-presenT a play in Spanish for Their class. Trying Their besT To lceep up These qirls worl: dilngenTly on Their home GCOHOYDICS Pl'0leC'iS. In P.A.D., These sTudenTs are leading an inTeresTing discussion on one of Their many problems in democraTic living. l piTy ThaT poor car ThaT's supposed To be back There, says Mr. Thompson.