Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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Oocbeiatioe liainintj Left to ri lil: Stand inf : Mr. J. Smith, Director; Jim Henson, Jim Van Laningham, Stephen Martin Sealed: Paul Humphrey, Sandra Hor-ridge, Don Marshall The Diversified Occupations program was a trade training program for juniors and seniors. Local employers and tradesmen co-operated with the high school by employing and training students in trades, under school supervision. Their instructor was Mr. James Smith. Senior girls interested in careers as office workers had an opportunity this year to receive on-the-job training in offices of local employers. This new vocational training course, with Miss Bessie Ragland as advisor, was known as the Office Occupations program. Left to rif lit: Standing: Mary Stuckey, Karah Thomas, Carolyn Wheeler, Judy Sadler, Miss Ragland, Director Seated: Joan Garrelts, Sherry Hoover, Dianna Mueller 22

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eeclt Gontest Left to ri )lit: Seated: Sondra Newman, Corinne Werner, Berlha Lashley Standing: Judy Sadler, Jay Holloway, Steve Wimer, John Dorsey, Linda Sigler These students represented Paxton High School this year in the District Speech Contest at Gibson City. They competed in the following events: Extemporaneous Speaking—Sondra Newman, 1st; After-Dinner Speaking—lay Holloway, 1st; Oratorical Declamation—Linda Sigler, 1st; Dramatic Reading—Judy Sadler; Verse Reading—Bertha Lashley; Radio Speaking—John Dorsey; Humorous Reading—Steve Wimer, 4th; Original Monologue—Corinne Werner, 3rd. Linda Sigler, Jay Holloway, Corinne Werner, Sondra Newman, and Steve Wimer advanced to the Sectional Contest in Champaign on March 7. Congratulations to them all for their very fine work. 21

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 Ze lectcl HistoUj The Staff of the 1959 Reflector would like to look hack over the last 55 years and see the progress the Reflector has made. The first Paxton High School Reflector was published in 1904. It was not compiled as our recent ones have been, but rather a number of school newspapers of the year bound together with a hard cover. Therefore, being organized in this manner, the first book was written by a representative group from the entire student body. It included such things as world-wide news of the day, club and class news, athletic events, humorous anecdotes and numerous advertisements. This first book was approximately six inches by nine inches and had around 150 pages. This policy continued until 1920, when size, organization, and content were changed. Tradition was set in 1922 as the Seniors financed and published the Reflector for the first time. This policy was to last thirty-seven years. This book was paper-bound, eight inches by eleven inches in size, and had approximately eighty pages. It was made up very similar to the book we are accustomed to, with classes, organizations, athletics, and alumni news. This type of book continued until 1952, when it was bound with a hard cover. But a more striking change was yet to come. In 1954 the size was changed to six inches by nine inches, which we publish now. So that is the history of our Reflector. But enough of the past; let’s look into the future. Nineteen fifty-nine marks the end of a Senior-published Reflector. In I960 the book will be organized and edited by a group of students representing the entire student body. This marks the end of a thirty-seven year tradition at Paxton High School. 23