Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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Paxton High School Reflector |5 Kenneth is an Athenaeum. He intends to enter the U. of I. this fall and no doubt will take up a course in Agriculture. FRED LABARE, our class artist, was born Nov. 26, 1901. He has abilities which will surely help him to make his mark in the world, for instance, designing covers for the Reflector. As a member of the Athenaeum Society, he has taken active part in many of the plays. Fred has been a member of the orchestra for 4 years, and we are sure that P. H. S. will miss his artistic and pleasing manner in playing the clarinet. He intends to enter some higher institution of learning in the near future. MAURICE LEVIN was born October 8. 1902. He attended the grades in Paxton, up to the fifth grade, when he moved with his parents to California. However, he returned the next year and has since then remained with us. “Mosy” was the reporter for the basketball team this year and we are sure that his accounts of the game in the Record were enjoyed by everybody. He is a Platonian and has taken active part in its entertainments. He intends to enter college later. CHARLES JENSEN was born October 3, 1902. He attended the grades in Paxton and entered high school in the fall of '16. Charles has pursued a general course. He is a Platonian. Charles expects to enter school at Carlin-ville this fall. On the 23rd day of January, 1902. MARY CURRIE arrived at the home of Mr. ar.d Mrs. James Currie, and liking it so well, decided to stay. She attended school in the country and entered high school with the Class of '20. Mary is a Platonian and has taken active part in the programs. She also lias been a member of the High School Girls’ Glee Club for three and one-half years. Mary is yet undecided as to what, she is going to do next year. FLORENCE BEAR, another one of the “Ludlow Bunch,” was born June 12, 1901. She attended the grade school in Ludlow after which she entered P. H. S. with the rest of us. Florence is a Platonian, having served as secretary of that society and taken active part in its programs. She expects to enter Gaucher, at Baltimore. Maryland, this coming fall. SYLVIA FUNK, the only senior who is “redheaded.” was born August 15, 1902. She began her career of learning in Wing. 111., where she attended for two and one-half years. Then she moved with her parents to Paxton, and at this time she joined us in the third grade. Sylvia entered P. H. S. with the class, which was then close to GO in number. She belongs to the ranks of the Platonians. Sylvia has decided to teach, but how long, we do not know, as we hear her speak so frequently of a farm in Michigan. FRANCES CULVER, more often called “Fran” than Frances, was born August 13, 1902, in Paxton. “Fran has probably seen more of the U. S. than any of the rest of us have, as she has traveled to two extremities, the western and southern. She joined the class in the third grade, and has been with us since then. The Athenaeums posses Frances in their ranks, to whom she has beer, faithful, having taken active part in their programs. She has been pianist for the High School Orchestra and Glee Club, and has served efficiently. She expects to enter Ward-Belmont this fall. FRANCIS WENGER was born September 8. 1902, and has attended more schools than anyone else in our class. He began his school career in the grades of Paxton. After attending them for three years, he moved away from Paxton with his parents and since then attended the grades at Frederick, Hecla, and Eureka. South Dakota. He attended three years of high school at Eureka. Wishing to graduate with the class with which he started, he returned to Paxton last fall. Francis has taken part in the Athletics and has been an active member of the Athenaeum Society, taking part in the debate given by members of that organization this year. He intends to take a course in dentistry in the University of Chicago next year.

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14 Paxton High School Reflector On the 26th (lay of January in 1902, occurred the birth of another of our classmates, namely—HAZEL HORNER. Hazel attended a rural school until the year 1916 when she entered P. H. S. She Is a member of the Athenaeum Society. Teaching appealed to Hazel, so she too, has fitted herself for this calling. But teaching may not be her only achievement, as we may expect her to join the Ringling Bros., as a skillful bareback rider. DEAN IRELAND, the brightest boy in our class, was born Jan. 7. 1901, on a farm near Buckley. He attended the grades in a rural school and then entered the Buckley High, where he was a student for two years. Hearing of good old P. H. S., and also of a winsome maiden that attended here, he boarded the Illinois Central for Paxton and entered this High School as a Junior. Dean was elected president of the Senior Class last fall and has served with much ability. He is a member of the Platonian Society and has taken active part in the entertainments given by this organization. Dean has confided to us that he expects to get married next year. On the 19th of March, the stork brought a bundle of humanity to the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Johnson, which proved to be one of our classmates. namely—HELEN B. V. JOHNSON. She attended the Clarence school until 1916 and then came to P. H. S., entering with the class of ’20. Helen is a member of the Platonian Society, and also the H. S. Girls’ Glee Club. Helen has pursued the Teachers' Course, and expects to make teaching her profession. June 10, 1902, is the birthday of one of our prominent classmates, NOBEL G. JOHNSON. Xobel entered the grates when a lad of six, and completing them, entered P. H. S. in 1916. He has served as president of this class, and is at the present time, president of the Athenaeum Literary Society. As an Athenaeum, he has taken active part in the entertainments given by that organization. Nobel has been very interested in athletics and has served on both the baseball and basketball teams. He expects to enter some eastern school this coming fall. BESSIE SHINKER was born Dec. 26. I960, near Ludlow. Bessie has not always been a member of the class. She started to school in the country, and when in the third grade, she entered the school at Ludlow. She entered P. H. S. last year as a Junior and completed her course last January, having acquired the credits necessary for graduation in three and cne-half years of high school study. Bessie is now teaching school,, but intends to take up nursing later. ETHEL SWANSON, one of the “Clarence Bunch,” was born in that venerable city, March 23, 1903. She attended the grades at Clarence, and joined the Class of ’20 as a Freshman. “Pat” is a Platonian. She intends to become a teacher, having faithfully attended the pedagogy class, but, owing to her immature age, she will have to wait a year. FANNIE WATSON was born at Harwood Center, east of Ludlow. August 16. 1900. She attended the grades at that place and entered the Ludlow High School as a Freshman. After pursuing the course offered there for two years, Fannie decided to make a change and come to Paxton as a Junior. She is a member of the Athenaeum Society. She intends to enter some school next year, but is yet undecided as to where it will be. RUBY WEBERG, otherwise known as “Ole,” was born March 30, 1901. She is a true Paxtonian. having attended the Paxton schools all her life. The Commercial Course having caught Ruby’s fancy, she has prepared herself for that line of work. She is a member of the Athenaeum Society. Ruby will no doubt be someone’s stenographer next year. KENNETH SMITH was born west of Paxton, Oct. 9. 1901. He attended the rural school up to the time he entered High School as a Freshman.

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16 Paxton High School Reflector CORNELIA CORNSTALK, OF PUMPKIN CENTER, WRITES OF HER RECENT VISIT TO P. H. S. April 15. '20. deer studints i bain readin yur paper an seein the lak of pep in yur artikles send this hopin u can use it. i got the sheriff to writ it fur me so it ud luk. nise u can use it. i clos yur fren CORNELIA CORNSTALK. Pumpkin Center, April 15, 20. deer studints tusday i cume to wisit yur skule an goodness nos i’ll never do it agin, i wor my red dres with green dots an my yaler soks an my grand-fathrs watch, wan i cume in they all laffed at me. They war a man on a hyer flor thet war readin sompin wen i cume so i jes set myself down on a emty seet and perty soon they begin to sing an me an my fren Si kin make more nois wen we call the cows, i wanted to git up and sing L’il Lizie Jane but i didn't feel like bein ridikuled by sich critters. perty soon, the man on the hyer flor jumped up an hit a bell an yelled fur um to pass sumpin an sum of the studints went out an i jes followed a boy with a blue sweter with a yaler ban roun him arm an perty soon we cume to a room that looked wurse un our kichen lan sakes—ole sinks an lots of bottles settin aroun. i set thar an watcht the studints an they did the funniest things, then some axed me if i hed a bruther or a sister an i sez yes, a bruther Hi, and Hi kin sing like a trojun an them boys laffed but 1 jes ansered polit like maw taut me. Perty soon, them boys sed they war goin to take me to French and lam me to parlay—vu un i sez, sez i, i kin swear good enuff already but i went an lan sakes the lady that was techur war the one thet goes to tea in Clarence wer my unkle lives. Them studints jes talked awful the techur tol um to be quiet an not pay no tenchun to me an i sez, sez i yes jes go on caus i no i be better lookin then the res of um. Then a little bell ringed over the door an all made fur the big room. It war purty nigh dinner time an i was gittin hungry but i didnt half to wait long fur that air womun on the hyer flor went over an started up the ole music box an i jes tor out of there. sence i bain home i bain thinkin bout that air techur wat played the music box. goodness nos she war the one that wuz in thet Ford thet pa pulled out en the ditch an they hed a music box on the Ford too. Wall, studints i bain never goin to cume to wisit yur skule no more caus yu laff at me. yur fren CORNELIA COR'NSTALK.