Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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P. C. H. S. BAND The band, under the able direction of Mr. Horace Frederick, has again proved itself to be an exceptionally talented group. Competing in Class B they placed in the first group in the district contest at Clinton and repeated their success in the state contest at Champaign. The state honors included a recommendation that the band compete in the National Contest in the summer of 1938. Mary Louise Kennedy won first in the solo contest for alto saxophone. She will go to Columbus, Ohio, in May to take part in the National Contest. The other soloists who entered the state contests were Norma Jean Robertson, marimba; Robert Vinson, baritone; Donald Robertson, snare drums. These contestants placed in the second division.

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FUTURE FARMERS The Future Farmers of America have had an unusually successful year. The club had an active membership of fifty boys. The officers were: Arthur Lee, president; Cecil Anderson, vice-president; Harold Griswold, secretary; Ferd Marshall, treasurer; Harold Marshall, reporter; and W. I. Bidner, adviser. Among the many activities of the organization were the fathers’ and sons’ banquet, the finals in the sectional softball tournament and the various judging contests. In the state contest last year the fat stock and the dairy products teams each ranked among the upper groups. Warren Reep won third place in the state individual judging contest. The club had exhibited at the state fair. They placed second in their displays of both sheep and swine. The season was most beneficial and profitable for the entire group.

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CLASS PLAYS SKIDDING Presented by a cast from the junior class Aunt Milly Andy Mrs. Hardy------------ Judge Hardy----------- Grandpa Hardy--------- Estelle Hardy Campbell Marion Hardy---------- Wayne Trenton III Myra Hardy Wilcox Mr. Stubbins Norma Jean Robertson Jack Custer Betty Olson Arthur Patton Samuel Weidner Shirley Davis Shirley Stiegman John Sederlund Betty Watson Donald Flannery Act I—The living room at Judge and Mrs. James A. Hardy’s, 94 Maple Avenue, in a certain town in Idaho. Early summer, shortly after dinner. Act II—The same. The following morning. Act III—The same. The afternoon of the convention, three weeks later. Director: Miss Swinford. BOSTON BLUES Presented by the senior class Margaret Ellsworth---------------------------------------Virginia Froyd Dan Ellsworth----------------------------------------Charles Cornelison Antoinette (Tony) Ellsworth-------------------------------------Dorothy Stine George Ellsworth Roy Larson Mrs. Daniel Preston Peabody Ellsworth Lily Helmericks Philip Ellsworth------------------------------------Clyde Van Antwerp The Reverend Dr. Aylwood Paul Mortweet Michael Young---------------------------------------------------Maurice Young Clifford Haines-------------------------------------------Richard Fager Rita d’ Alvarez-------------------------------------------Miriam Bosen A maid-----------------------------------------------------Mary Archer Cora-----------------------------------------------------------Margaret Brunton Tim Rooney---------------------------------------------------------Ferd Marshall M. Duval-----------------------------------------------------------Paul Bentley Taxi driver Albert Nelson SCENE: The entire action takes place in the drawing room of the Ellsworth home, in Boston. TIME: The present. ACT I: Eight o’clock on an evening in October. ACT II: SCENE I: The next morning. SCENE II: Late afternoon two days later. ACT III: Afternoon two weeks later. Director: Miss White.