Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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P. C. H. S. BAND t The Paxton Community High School Band has completed another successful season under the direction of Mr. Horace Frederick. The band was composed of 73 members. The band played in the County Music Festival held December 8 at Gibson City, and in the P. C. H. S. Musicale on March 30. They entered the district band contest at Mat-toon on April 4 and placed in first division in Class B. In the state contest at Urbana the P. C. H. S. Band placed in the second division of their class. The soloists who entered the contests were Allan Lundahl, piccolo; Gertrude Beyer, coronet; Betty Olson, piano; Donald Roe, trombone. Allan placed first and the other contestants second in the state contest. Hack How -Mary Archer, Hetty Olson, Zelrna Kiest, John Reep, John Erickson, John Nielsen, Richard Fager, Donald Flannery, Delmar Lundy, Glenn Anderson, John Swanson, Emil Sandstedt, Jessie Hutchison, Donald Hoe, Ralph Flora, Irma Coulter, Kathryn Moline, Bobby Jean Pierce. Second How, left to right—Norma Jean Robertson. Elaine Peterson, Heverly Sawyer, Shirley Watts, LaVerda Glabe, Gertrude Beyer, Arthur Patton, Edward Spencer, Donald Clouse, Elmer Johnson, Frank Anderson. Allan Lundahl. Shirley Davis, Shirley Stiegman, Phyllis Ann Stevens, Marjorie Purn, Roberta Ryan, Walter Amerman, Lucille Davis. First Row, left to right—Marilyn Peterson, Marcus Rodeen, Jean Parker, Sabrajean Starr, Charo-lette Joyce. Mary Louise Kennedy, Robert Vinson, Ralph Thompson, Betty Amerman. Glenn Anderson, Barbara Davis, Samuel Vreidner, Donald Robertson, Weaver Dunnan, Carol Olson, Frank McGauley, Annabelle Hancock, John Vevig, Julian Anderson.

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REFLECTOR . . . The senior class hope this Reflector will help you to recall happy memories of the past year spent in Paxton High School. Editor-in-Chief Sports Editor Picture Editor Calendar Editor----- Organization Editor Faculty Adviser----- Clara Rose Stubbins Dorothy McFadden Lyleth Larson Phyllis Stevens Frances Woodward Irene Bear Dorothy McFadden took the position left by the death of John Nielsen.

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GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB . . . The girls’ glee club, under the direction of Miss Virginia Cleaveland, was divided into three groups, which met on Mondays and Tuesdays. The glee club sang in the county music festival on December 8 in Gibson City, and in the school musicale held in the P. C. H. S. auditorium on March 30. They placed first in Class B in the sub-district contest at Rantoul on March 28. The club did not compete in the district contest at Bismarck because of lack of competition. On May 1 they placed in the second division in the state contest at Bloomington. The contest chorus included: First sopranos—Mary Archer, Virginia Fro yd, Thelma Swanson, Virginia Bess, Helen Martin, Clara Rose Stubbins, Virginia Stremme, Beverly Sawyer, and Martha Apland. Second sopranos—Zelma Kiest, June Grimsley, Marjorie Vevig, Beulah Orr, Norma Robertson, Shirley Davis, Victoria Horridge, and Dorothy Stine. Altos—Phyllis Ann Stevens, Betty Olson, Barbara Benjamin, Irene Schwartz, Pauline Horridge, Betty Carlson, and Gertrude Beyer. Audrey Andrews was accompanist. Top Row, left to right—Shirley Stiegman, Irma Coulter, Dorothy Skonberg, Margaret Brunton, Marjorie Vevig, Betty Olson, Virginia Froyd, Zelma Kiest. June Grimsley, Barbara Benjamin, Dorothy Abrahamson, Arlene Burklund, Anna Tate, Thelma Swanson, Pauline Dover, Irene Anderson, Virginia Tweet, Betty Gifford, Evelyn Marlaft, Norma Swanson, Virginia Bess, Mary Archer, Evalyn Swenson, Alma Warfield. Second Row—Alice Carlson, Rebecca Adkins, Wilma Smith, Phyllis Ann Stevens, Maxine Hyde, Alvina Fox, Dorothy Fagner, Arlene Swanson, Beulah Orr, Gertrude Beyer, Betty Carlson, Shirley Davis. Mary O'Rourke, Wanda Fiscus, Ruth Anderson, Dorothy Bankson, Elaine Frette, Norma Smith, Betty McDannell, Lyletli Larson, Virginia Stremme, Bobby Jean Pierce, Norma Grayson, Lucille Johnson, Thelma Walker, Lorraine Roisland, Marjorie Burn, Janet Morris. Third Row—Margaret Nuss, Grace Gifford, Betty Ryan, Lucille Ryberg, Ardella Swaim, Gladys Shal-lenberger, Beverly Sawyer, Elaine Peterson, Lorene Hendershott, Frances Hyde. Shirley Apland, Amelita Kjellstrand, Pauline Nelson, Florence Hiner, Betty Kingren, Phyllis Tederstrom, Shirley Watts. Dorothy June Short, Maty Barnes, Winifred Reep, Clara Rose Stubbins, Ray-mona Mahan, Catherine Archer, Victoria Horridge, Gladyce Ryan. First Row—Betty Watson, Helen Martin, Arlene Reitz, Pauline Horridge, Dorothy Stine, Lucille Davis, Laura Belle Miller, Norma Jean Robertson, Mildred Martin, Ruth Carlson, Martha Apland.