Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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10 Paxton High School Reflector junior year, when she decided to specialize In the commercial course. Kde is a member of the Athletic Association and the Athenaeum Society, and is an active member of the Swedish Lutheran Church. She is undecided as to taking up tuther commercial training next year, but she will ultimately take up stenography as a profession.— (L.H.) CHARLES H. EF.i ET, one of the stellar a-.iLtes i.i our High School, and -Iso cne ot our test stutter.,s, was Lorn on a taiui near BucKley ca Juiy 3i, lid 1- His early life was spent on the larrn, and he r e.ved most of nis grammar school education in the country. His hist year in H.gh ;chcoi was span, in the Puclic High School at Buckley. in me year lalo, ho entered Paxton High School as a Freshman, and has be.n With rs ever since. He is a member of the Platonian Literary Society, and he has followed the course of General Science while in .he Paxton High School. In athletics, he has taken a very acute pan. He was a member of the 1910 and 1917 football teams, playing end, quarter, and half-o ck. In basket hall, he played three years as a forward, and was captain in 1917. He also has played baseball for three years and is manager of the present team. When the Great War came, it found ‘Charlie” ready and willing to do his bit. His first patriotic duties were taken up in serving as a member of the Boys' Working Reserve for two years. Tnen in the summer of 1918 he enlisted in the Navy and trained ter seven months at Newport. Rhode Island, where he riceived the rating ot a Second Class Radio Operator. He received his honorable discharge in February of this year, and reentered the High School to finish his course, he is a me.imer of the Method.st Chur-h and is fai.hful atter.dent cf the Epworth League. Charles intends to continue his education, and hopes to take up electrical engineering at the University of Illinois next fall.— (E. S.) MABEL MARGUERITE FARRELL, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Farrell, was horn January 2G, 1901, at Ambia. Indiana. She entered the grade school at the age of six at Ambia and remained for two years. Then she removed with her parents to Clarence, Illinois, where she attended school for one year. At this time her parents moved to Paxton where her preparation for liigh school was completed. In the fall or' 1915, her name was entered on the Freshman class roll of P. H. S. She has taken both a Latin and a Teachers’ Courte. She is also a member oi the Athenaeum Literary Society, the Girls’ Glee Club and of the Athletic Association. Mabel is a member of the Catholic Church. Sne w ill be enrolled among the school teachers tor the cc ning year —(L. K.) MARY ELIZABETH FOX was born July 12, IS: 0, in Springfield, Ohio. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Fox, soon moved to Dayton, Ohio. A few months later they moved to Paxton, Illinois. She began her education at the blast Lawn School where she finished the eighth grade, preparatory to entering P. H. S. in 1915. While in High School she has specialized in the Commercial Course, and is now an accomplished typist, having won her forty word certificate. S.ie is a member of the Platonian Literary Society and an enthusiastic member cr the Athletic Association. She was a member of the Glee Club for three years and tcok part in the ‘ Gipsy Queen.” given by the High School. She has been prominent :n the religious and social interests of the First Presbyterian Churcii of Paxton—(M. T.) GUY KENNEY GEE, the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Gee. was born January 8. 1900. on a farm northwest of Paxton. In a short time his parents moved to Minnesota. Here Guy attended thp grade schools for three years. His parents then moved to Texas where he completed the rest of Ills grammar school course am- three years of high school. In the year 1918, his parents moved

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Paxton High School Reflector 9 (Class nf UU9 - “llHui’sllUm” (EACH BY OTHER) MAURITZ LLOYD ANDERSON was born at Paxton Illinois. December 20, 1901. At the as? of five he began his educational career in the primary grade of tile Paxton Schools. He entered the High School in the fall of 1915. Here he has pursued a general course of study. He is an active member of of the Platoniun Literary Society, and has taken a prominent part in the piayt given by that Society. Although not taking a leading part In Athletics, he has shown his loyalty by his membership in the Athletic Association, and his regular attendance at the games. He is a member of the First Lutheran Church o' Paxton. Mauritz is undecided as to his furiher education but will probairv •n the near future, pursue an agricultural course at the University of Illinois He records his ultimate profession as that of agriculturist, that is he proposes to be a s ientiflc farmer, we suppose.— (N. J.) MARIE S. BENNETT was born at Delphi, Indiana on March 13. 1901. At the early age of six months she moved with her parents to Paxton and later to Rankin. Here she began her school career, going through the first grade of the Rankin school. The remainder of her grammar school education was ootained at Fair, bury with the exception of the sixth grade which she took in Paxton. Her Freshman year in High School was spent in Fairbury, after which she came to Paxton and entered P. H. S. in the school year 191C-17 to become a graduate with the class of “nineteen.” She has taken a general course with the idea in mind of preparing for teaching. Marie is one of our most talented and popular literary society members, having distinguished herself in the Athenaeum plays. “Mr. Bob,” in which she took the leading part, and in “The Obstinate Family, which was recently given. She is also a member of the P. H. S. Athletic Association. “Roe” is a member cf the Presbyterian Church but seems to have a mysterious le aning toward the Methodist faith.— ((1. S.) BESSIE IRENE BROWN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brown, was born August 29, 1901, on a farm near Rankin. Having received her elementary education in a country school near her home, she entered Rankin Township High School in 1915 where she took an active part in the literary programs given by the society to which she belonged. While a Sophomore there, she received the honors for spelling down the entire High School. Being unable to get into the correct course there to prepare her for teaching, she entered P. H. S. in 1918 where she has taken the teachers’ course. Here she is enrolled in the Athenaeum Literary society and in the Athletic Association. Bessie is a member of the Methodist Church of this city. She is also an active member of the young people’s societies. After graduation she will take up the profession for which she has been training: and. judging from her past, will show all that, though she is small, she is mighty.—(H. S.) EDYTH CHRISM AN, one of our class “Stenorats,” was born in Paxton, Illinois, on May 20, 1901. She has lived in Paxton all her life and has attended the East Lawn School the entire twelve years. She entered High School in 1915, and pursued a mixed course until her

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Paxton High School Reflector u back to their former home farm, and Guy entered P. H. S. as a Senior. During his four years of high school, he has completed a Latin-French course. He is a member of the Athletic Association and aiso of the Platonian literary society. Guy is a member of the Methodist Church and takes an active part in the Epworth League. He is going to work on his father's farm this summer, but expects to enter the University of Illinois next fall where he will take up an agricultural course.—(M. W.) LORENE HANSON, on ■ of our “school marms,” was born in Paxton, Illinois, September (I, 1900. At the age of two years, she moved with her parents to a farm northeast of Loda. Her education started in a little country school house, but since moving to town, when she entered the fourth grade, she has continued her school life jin the East Side School. Sin entered High School in 1915, and for the four years, has pursued the teachers’ course. Lorene is a member of the Athletic Association and of the Platonian Society. She is an active member of the Swedish Lutheran Church. Having recently successfully passed the teachers' “exams,’’ sh- expects to begin teaching next fail.—(E. C.) FLORENCE ELIZABETH HODAM was born on November 29. 19 1, at Downs, Illinois. Sin began her school life, which was to be an exceptional one, at the Downs Public School where she attended the first live grades. The sixth grade she took in the Ludlow School, and the remaining two years of grammar school were spent in the country school near her present home, southeast of Ludlow. In 1915 she entered P. H. S. to become Valedictorian of the class of '19. Florence has made an enviable record in high sehcol, and is well in the lead of he class. Florence lias been a girl of great social and literary activity, in school, having participated in two operettas and in various Ataenaeum Society plays and Ati-ietic benefits. Among the entertainments in which she has taken part are: “Snow White,” The Elopement of Ellen,” and “Gypsie Queen.” Florence is an impersonator of no mean ability and has a charming voice, which she is at present cultivating. She is also very good at “tickling the ivories,” and may he said to be quite musically inclined. As to her future elucation, Florence is rather undecided. She expects to remain home during the coming year, after which she will probably take up music at the Jacksonville Womans’ College or at Northwestern University. We have no doubt as to her success along the musical line, a Cupid being probably the most formidable enemy tc a career of fame in the musical world. —(G. S.) ERLE C. HUTCHISON was horn near Clarence. Illinois. June 18. 19)1. He spent his boyhood on the farm, which is located just outside of Clarence. He entered the Clarence Public School at the age of seven and attended that senool through the eighth grade. In the fall of 1915 he entered the Paxton High School, where he took up the course in Science and History. History being his major subject. He has done splendidly in his school work and has received very high grades. He is a valuable member of the Athletic Association. and played the part of “tackle on the'P. H. S. team in 1917. He is a member of the Platonian Literary Society. In Clarence he is a member of the Presbyterian Church. During his four years of school, he has been a daily patron of the L. E. W. Railroad, and has had a very interesting time waiting for the train. He