Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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Christmas Miss Merry Christmas candidates. Sue Vandiver, Melissa Roy, Brenda Poison, and Laurie Watkins smile at the parade. Merry Christmas to all!'' was a familiar cry at this year's Christmas season. Santa Claus made his usual appearance. But it wasn't just a season for little kids. Kim Eichelberger, Miss Merry Christmas, rode in the annual parade, while the colorful floats, both commercial and religious, and Elmo Turn's Cow Pasture Ragtime Band created a very merry mood for all involved. Kim Eichelberger — Miss Merry Christmas. Penny Burnett, Peggy Mikeworth, Beth Kitchens, and Rena Wilson shiver in the cold. 21 Elmo Turn's Cow-Pasture Ragtime Band shows up again at the Christmas parade.

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Madrigals ktilMflf Above: An ensemble entertaining the guests during dinner. Below: Nine maids a waiting. Mark Reckowsky bringing in the Boars head, as the Queen (Cindy Thompson), Sir Francis Drake (Ted Beer) and Jester (Terri Ronna) watch. Below, left: Debbie Reckowsky and Mary Eggleston dance the Pavan during the banquet. Below, right: Charles Burnett and Kathy Cole lead the candlelight procession. Wassail! was the familiar cry at the 2nd annual Madrigal banquet, sponsored by the English Lit. Club. Wassail brought on two more successful evenings of dancing, singing, and dining in Queen Elizabeth's palace dining room. The room was bright with extravagant, gaily colored costumes, decorations, the Queen and her court, and even a court jester. (Who would ever think that, on any other day, this room looked like a schoolroom cafeteria? And the court, like plain ordinary high school English Lit. Club members?). Delicious food, fit for a queen, was served as noble ladies and gentlemen sang and danced to beautiful Christmas music. The audience thoroughly enjoyed themselves. So did the cast — the girls straining to put on the big-belled dresses, and the guys, (and some girls) dressing up in knickers and beards with mustaches to match. And the English Lit. Club, with sponsor, Mrs. Beer, enjoyed it, too, because of its great success. 20

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s p e e c h Athletes, eat your hearts out! is a suitable saying for Paxton's 1974 speech team. The two practices (often three) a week, working harder and harder, really proved beneficial. First the team went to a few invita-tionals for experience and knowhow. Then they tackled District . . . and got first place. Soon they took another first ... at Sectional this time . . . leaving them anxious yet hesitant toward State competition. It was difficult to believe that State was a reality, but those going worked diligently until THAT day. The great Number One appeared again, when Cindy Eppelheimer was judged the best in the state in dramatic interpretation. 1975 Speech Team Varsity: Debbie Vaughn (dis. 1st; sec. 5th) Cindy Rose (dis. 1st) Debbie Edwards (dis. 1st, 2nd; sec. 3rd, 3rd) Marcy Epps (dis. 1st; sec. 3rd) Cindy Eppelheimer (dis. 1st, 2nd; sec. 3rd, 3rd) Linda Massey (dis. 2nd, 3rd; sec. 1st, 5th) Jim Reppert (dis. 4th) Patti Bachman (dis. 6th) Frank Alfano (dis. 5th) Tom Johnson (dis. 5th) Novice: Linda McKelvey Jane Buhrmaster Lisa Gritton Mary Eggleston Debbie Reckowsky Brad Adams Stan Gibson Rea Marshall Dawn Coplea Karin Carpenter Reader's Theatre (Dist. 2nd) Dave Bittinger Jim Reppert Stacey Jenkins Dawn Coplea Frank Alfano Mike Natterstad Deb Ostgard Cindy Eppelheimer - State Champion. Mr. Wylie shows one of the 1st place plaques at an assembly. Lower right: Debbie Edwards, Linda Massey, Marcy Epps, and Cindy Eppelheimer went on to State competition. Below: District winners: First row: Debbie Edwards, Patti Bachman, Cindy Rose. Second row: Marcy Epps, Debbie Vaughn, Linda Massey, Cindy Eppelheimer. Third row: Jim Reppert, Frank Alfano and Tom Johnson. 22