Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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The band had a most successful year — capably led by Mr. Horace Frederick — competed in the district contest at Arthur, placing first — received the same placing in tin state contest at Champaign — also recommendation to the national contest next year — presented the Musicale together with the glee clubs — contestants in the district solo contest wore: Anne Hancock, 1st — Betty Anderson, 1st — Robert Vinson, 2nd — Woodwind Trio (Allan Lundahl, Carol Olson, and Betty Anderson), 1st — state contest results were: Anne Hancock, 1st — Betty Anderson, 1st—Woodwind Trio, 1st — these are eligible to compete in the national solo contest at Indianapolis — Mary Louise Kennedy was eligible for this contest from her last year’s merits.

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This group meets the third period on Tuesdays and W ednesdays under the direction of Miss Rickard —a selected group of twenty-four boys — accompanist, Mary Lindberg — took part in the Musicale at Gibson City on December 5 — caroled at Christmas — together with the girls presented “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”— Assembly pro- gram.

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3 3- = ■ The 1939 enrollment of the Future Farmers reached forty — activities for tlie year included participation in the fair at Mo-mence — Swine Day at the Cniversity of Illinois — Father and Son’s banquet — Baby Chick experiment — Sectional Contest at Peotone in which Everett Cottle and Stanley Peterson placed first in Poultry — Richard Thilmonv, Everett Abrahamson, and Virgil Naugle, first in grain judging —1938 teams won outstanding honors in the State judging contests — Virgil Naugle, corn judging — John Helmericks, dairy — Vernon Kegley, Floyd Carlson, and Richard Gregerson, tat stock — these were the best records ever made by F. F. A. contestants from P. C. H, S. — Robert Booth, Donald Carlson, Richard Gregerson, and Charles Hanson won honors with their exhibits at the State hair at Springfield.