Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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On November 12th and 13th the Junior Class presented a very humorous, satirical play entitled “Hillbilly WeddinV’ The play was centered around Paw Belchsnickle’s finding a husband for his oldest and dirtiest Junior Class Play 18 daughter, Ceelie. Helping to complicate and confuse the plot was the appearance of a “dude”, Ronald Maxwell. The members of the cast were: Linda Abrahamson, Priscilla Bradley, Russ Brown, Fred Carlson, George Carpenter, Melissa Dunnan, Charlene Fox, Mary Griggs, Bill Hansen, Joan Hardman, Mike Johnson, Patsy Mattingly, Kathy Rinkenberger, Carol Rollins, Doug Smith, and Ron Thompson.

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Homecoming Snaps Homecoming—a maze of events happening in sequence. The float preparation was among the first events to take place. After the completed floats were paraded and judged, they stood on the football field, alone, for everyone was watching the dummy of Rantoul being thrown into the licking tongues of Paxton's fire. Later, at the dance held after the game, Connie Burklund, our queen, was escorted to her throne by football co-captains, Denny Short and Darrel Seim. The Queen’s court, Kathy Hustedt, Kathy Swanson, and Sheila Moulding, were escorted by Wayne Johnson, Denny Eichelberger, and Tim Schofield. Upper: Homecoming Court and their escorts. Lower left: Bonfire after the parade. Lower right: Pep rally. 17

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Two of the main contests this year were Speech and Music Contest. Speech Contest was held at Tolono on February 13, where Paxton received second place in total points, being edged out by Champaign who placed first. Placing were as follows: “High Window, second place, with cast of Luwana Tarlton, Judi Rine, Denny Eichelberger, Bob Frump, and Sheila Roisland; original oration, second place, Charles Newman; extemporan- eous speaking, second place, Pat De-Muth; serious reading, fourth place. Bob Frump; oratorical declamation, fourth place, Doug Houston; humorous reading, fourth place, Mary Griggs; verse reading, fifth place, Judi Rine. Music Contest was held at Decatur on March 13. The band and chorus entries consisted of solos and ensembles. They all made fine showings, for which they should be commended. Speech and Music Contest First row, left to right: Jennie Joyce, Patty Franzen, Linda Miller; Second row: Bonnie Hustedt, Carol Rohlfing, Alexa Noble Below: Speech contest play rehearsal