Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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DRAMATICS The Heathers at Home JUNIOR PLAY November 28 Cast: Bertie Hill Demar Gurley Bessie Heather Mary Jane Clem Mack Heather Ronald Frette Elsie Heather Lola Van Antwerp Julie (Mama) Heather Janet Swanson Lotty Hill Mildred Chartier Fred Swanson Harold Cornelison George B. (Papa) Heather Albert Carlsten Oscar Smith Elijah Adkins Mike Heaton Gordon Anderson Dr. Elmer Graves Leon Healy Scene: The living room of the Heather home in a middle-sized city in Washington. Director: Miss Marjorie Strong. Stage Manager: Sam Earnest. Property Committee: James Anderson, Dorothy Engstrom, Catherine Martin. Spooks SENIOR PLAY May 25 Cast: Elliott Butterfield Richard Nelson Judy Wilma Thompson Marian Blackwell Mary Kemp Sam Peter Larson Douglas BlackwelL-Eugene Carlson Laurette Payne Jane Laurence Silas Willoby Wilbur Adkins Messenger Boy Everett Stine Inspector Ryan Robert Sw-anson Miss Brown Viola Carlson Police Officer Vernon On- Scene: The old mansion of Simon Blackwell. Director: Miss Elma Shearer. Stage Manager: James Walker. Property Manager: Arlene Coulter.

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FUTURE FARMERS OFFICERS President Hartzell Teesdale Vice-President Norman Nelson Secretary Delbert Karr Treasurer Milton Schofield Reporter Vernon Swanson The Future Farmers of America is a nation-wide organization for promoting scientific agriculture and stock-raising and for developing leadership among agriculture students. Meetings are held on the second Monday of each month. The program is opened by the routine ritual, which is in force in all clubs affiliated with the national organization. Next, reports are called for and given; then the entertainment committee takes charge of the meeting. Following that, the club is formally dismissed with the reciting of the creed. Members of the club have participated in several contests. On October 28, at Momence, the grain team received fifth award and Earl Marshall and John Lind were awarded two firsts and a second in grain and poultry .judging. Donald Lewis placed third in grain judging; Maurice Abrahamson first, second, and seventh in corn judging; and William Schneider, second in tomato judging. On May 8, at Milford, there was a fat stock and dairy contest. Donald Lewis received fourth in fat stock judging, and Maurice Abrahamson seventh in dairy judging. The following boys will compete in the state judging contest at Urbana, June 15 and 16: Donald Lewis, Del-mar Gurley, and Donald Breeden, in fat stock; Maurice Abrahamson, Milton Schofield, and Everett Nelson, in dairy; Hartzell Teesdale and William Schneider in corn; Earl Marshall and Donald Lind in poultry; Norman Nelson and Harold Kirk in grain. At this time also is the annual F. F. A. convention at Urbana, where each year boys reaching certain qualifications are accorded State and American Farmer degrees for outstanding work. As a sort of side line, the club sponsored basketball and volley ball tournaments with other F. F. A. clubs. Armstrong won first place in basketball, and Gibson first in volley ball.

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A PEEK AT THE ATHLETICS The past year gives promise of an athletic renaissance in P. C. H. S. with championships in all sports just around the corner. Although the football season ended with a two win and five loss percentage, promising underclassmen give hope for the next season. The big surprise was the record the basketball team rolled up. Winning thirteen out of seventeen scheduled tilts is the best a Paxton quintet has ever done. Baseball followers were delighted with the showing the team made. Last year’s nine was the first in six years. The track team contains so many undergraduates that there is a strong-nucleus for the coming season.