Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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now. I think I'll listen to what the announcer is saying. Ladies and Gentlemen, today we have with us America's foremost trick riders, 'The Stunt1ets.' Introducing Loretta Kirby, Marless Peters, and Mary McCabe. I'm going to take another trip East while my luck lasts. There seems to be a football game in Chicago. I believe the Los Angeles Rams will be playing the Chicago Bears. Yes, there is Melvin Rapp and Don Rollins playing for the Bears, and Bob Shreves and Jim Stuckey are in the Rams' lineup. Must be a time-out period, as I see no action. Wait a minute! There is someone running out on the field. It must be the Rams' waterboy, Greg Harrell. I hope he doesn't trip! Coach. Jerry Fox, of the Ram's, is trying, as usual, to get a player's attention. The last I read, Coach Fox had led the Ram's to a perfect winning record. One disadvantage to the viewscope is the speed at which I travel. New York. here I come. Now I am over New York. There's John Erwin driving a cab in the heart of the city. The cab is covered with colored stripes, showing the number of pedestrians he has hit. The nation's top fashion designer, Alice Connour, is riding in his cab. Alice became famous for her bloomer type formals. It seems either she or John is in a hurry to get somewhere. I imagine she is going to the International Fashion Show. I suppose as usual the nation's foremost models, Judy Aukland, Marilyn Shelton, and Bonnie King will be modeling some of Alice's fashions. I am sure that is the Metropolitan Opera House, and unless my eyes deceive me, there are Shirley Anderson and Jim Carson on the stage. I didn't know Jim could sing high tenor. I guess his voice must have changed. I know that must be the well-known society woman, Patsy Brown, in the front row. I wonder what her interest is in this opera? Now I'll just hop over to New Haven, Connecticut to the home of Yale University. Toni Morris has become the first woman professor to teach at Yale. It seems she is having quite a time. Yale has also admitted two woman students, Joan Sandberg and Patty Van Laningham. In all the classes these girls attend, nobody pays attention to the professors. There must be some loyal Paxtonites among the Class of '58. On my next orbit, I think I will tune in and see what is going on in the old home town. Patsy Albers and Nancy Cruse are owners of the Patton's Night Spot, who are advertising the Comedy Acrobats, Norma McClure and Cleo Burgess, as their star act. I guess they must use some of the stunts they learned in Physical Education classes at Paxton High. I wonder what is happening at my old Alma Mater. I know Ruth Bixby is the Chemistry teacher. I read that last year she blew out all the windows of the new high school building. She always did have a knack for mixing the wrong things. Joyce Hendrickson has set a new record as P.E. teacher. She has been there for ten years. I see Principal Elinor Johnson has just finished disciplining some ill-mannered freshmen. One of my classmates wrote me recently that Sharon Anderson had been elected mayor of Paxton. Sharon's official act was to open a school of training for reckless drivers with Janet Anderson in charge. One of Janet's first students was the president of The Second National Bank of Paxton, Beverly Lubben. Well, it sure has been interesting seeing what has become of my former classmates, but I must get started gathering data for the log. One thing for certain up here,-I can't be replaced. It certainly gets monotonous when all I have to do is count the stars 1, 2, 3 ,... 8001, 8002, 8003 ,... 23

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pfzopiiecii Here I am, spinning around the earth in the first man carrying rocket, The Paxtonickf' The scientists who developed The Paxtonick are Bob Stanford and Gerald Fuoss. My former classmates- granted me the honor of being the first person to go into space with orders to record all data on the conditions of the stratosphere. The rocket has a viewscope, a device to enable me to see what the happenings on the earth are. There isn't much action in outer space right now. I think I'll focus my viewscope on earth and see what became of my other classmates. There's Rochester, Minnesota and, of course, the Mayo Clinic. There seems to be major surgery taking place there. The chief surgeon, Pat Henson, is operating on one of her former classmates, Jerry, Speedster, O'Donnell. I wonder what happened to him. Oh, now I remember. He was in a pile up at the Indianapolis 500-Mile Speedway. Mickey, The Terror, Henson skidded and turned over right in front of O'Donnell. I seem to remember Mickey had quite a reputation for driving too fast while in high school. There are nurse, Nita Newman, and chief interne, Noel Workman, walking down the corridor. I wonder if there is a romance between the two yet. Washington, D. C. is coming in clear now. There seems to be a disturbance in Congress. Rodney Parks, who is Speaker of the House, seems to be the cause of this commotion. He evidently still has the faculty for stirring up general confusion. All is calm in the Senate. Senators Bill Peterson and Larry Hubler are talking things over in their usual quiet manner. I heard recently Donna Golden is chief secretary to the President. I always thought Donna would make a good secretary. I just got a buzz from the boss at base to go around the earth. I wonder if any of my fellow classmates are in foreign lands. The huge continent of Africa is now below me. What's that down there? Why, it is a Foreign Legion outpost. I see Bob Foster and Stanley Sharp are standing guard duty. Can I believe my eyes? Under that palm tree-yes, it is-Bob Zeschke and Bob Marshall asleep. Certainly a familiar sight from high school days. I guess high school was too much for those guys, and afterwards they went into seclusion. I see Jim Ashmore is President of a huge automobile factory in India. It looks as if Pres. Ashmore is quite disgusted with two men in mechanic's clothes. Why. it's Eldon Campe and Dwaine Saldeen who evidently ran that car through a showroom window. It looks as if the car ahnost ran over two prosperous-looking Americans standing outside. I am almost certain those Americans are Larry Riggle and Alan Jamison. Zooming across the Pacific Ocean, I am back over the U.S., and Hollywood is now below me. I wonder if anyone from Paxton is a movie star. I guess so! There is Carol Goode's name in lights at Graumann's Chinese Theater. She is starring in the famous movie, Love Them, Then Leave Them, co-starring Bill Morrison. Bill has told me that he holds the record in receiving the most fan mail. Bill informed me, when I saw him last, that Larry Beland had been selected to star as Tarzan in the forthcoming television series. Larry Brown will be the gorilla in the Tarzan series. I am having such good luck with this viewscope that I think I will try my luck in Arizona. I see there is a rodeo in Arizona. There comes the King of Cowboys, Eddie Karr, with the Queen of the Rodeo, Wanda Vest, and that body under the roped calf can be none other than Jerry Johnson. Something exciting seems to be happening 22

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Left to Right : President .,....,.. Representative Vice President, ,...... ...,... Secretary ..A........ .......... Treasurer ,............ ....... Representative ....... u ni 0 fz S unicft Glass O56ice'zs David Petersen Patricia Sheerer Betsy Theobald Carolyn Wheeler .Sherry Hoover ...,...Jerry Lewis The Class of '59 is approaching their last year in Paxton High.. The juniors this year proved themselves capable of accepting the responsibilities of Senior leadership. This year the juniors again suffered through the Constitution tests. The class members felt they made an outstanding selection for their class rings. Dear Ruth, their class play proved their dramatic talents. Disconnect 'um their Home- coming float won the class first prize. This year the tradition of the Prom was changed. A buffet dinner was served at the Clara Peterson School instead of the formal banquet of the past. Seniors and their Junior hosts enjoyed the buffet dinner followed by the traditional dance. 24