Garfield County High School - Yampah Yearbook (Glenwood Springs, CO)

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First Row- Reynolds, Mulleii, Weax'er, Gustafson, MCGulr1t, V. Nwoods Walck. Second Row-1. Prehm, Tale, Johnson, Black, Irene Wocsd, W. Roberts. Srrangfield. E. Mathews. Third Row- G. Downing, Roberts. VanOver, W. Abshire, R. Renftle, C ollins, Fourth Row- Rovedo, A. Brunner. R. Osburn, Weben, Bailley, Romero. Fifth Row-1. Colohan, B. Rttaz, V. Duffy. Baker, Lough. Senior Qiiass History Looking back over the past four years we, the class of 1945, have seen many changes in world and school. We have lived to see our nation at war once again. First came Pearl Harbor, on that memorable day of December 7, 1941, when the Japanese pulled their surprise attack. Vife will also recall such great events as the fall of Bataan and Corregidor, the capture of Guam and the fight to regain it, the first major defeat of the japanese in their struggle to take Midway. On August tenth, nineteen hundred forty two, the Marines landed in the Solomon Islands and the battle for Bougainville ensued. Later New Guinea, New Britain, Formosa, MacArthur's return to the Philippines will all be engraved upon our minds. The war in the Pacific is not over yet, but our class will re- member it. During all this time all was not quiet on the Westerrr front. The great bat- tle of North Africa was fought and won. It reached its peak in the early part of 1943. All of Rommel's forces were either captured or driven out by May 12. 1943. The Allies follwcud those who lm id fled from North Africa to Sicily and ltaly when they invaded Sicily, September 3, 1943. From England our bombers were pounding hard at the heart of German in- dustrial and shipping centers preparing the way for D-day in lune, 1944, which again saw American Doughboys fighting on French soil. After France came the bloody battle of Belgium where so many gave their lives. During this time G. C. H. S. was not entirely asleep. Our own class had al -

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WALCK, BERNIECE Girls' Athletic Club 1, Z, 4, Pep Club 2, 3, 4, Fu- ture Homernakers Club 3, President of Future Homemakers Club 3, Swimming 3 WOOD, VIRGINIA LEE Glee Club 1, Operctta 1, Girls' Athletic Club l Handicraft Club Z, Publicity Club 3, Future Home- makers Club 4, Class representative on Student Council Z, 3. Pep Club I, 2, 3, 4, Swimming 3, Cheer Leader 4 37 SMITH, KENNETH Band I, 2, 3, Handicraft Club 1, Athletic Club 3 Swimming 3

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First Row- McGettick, McNulty, Renfrle, Gustafson. Gill, Lv-nke, Stokes. Second Row- Bittinger, McManus, Clarke, Ages, M. Manning, I. Manning. Peck. Bertholf. Third Row- Ament, Huntley. R. McDonald, Dick lones, Oswald, Gilstrnp, Wagner. Fourth Row- Toomey, Buckles. 4 Gonzales, Clark. Cramp. L. Bukowich. Fifth Row- Fender, Roy Rakich, K. Smith. 1 ready given up quite a few of our fellows tothe fight. As they look back now, somewhere in their foxholes, or aboard some ships of our Navy they remember themselves as green freshman, the freshmen initiation, the Frosh-Soph struggle, and our first class meeting under the sponsorship of Miss Gustafson. It was here that we elected our first class officers. They were Robert Baillie, presidentg Con- way Clarke, vice-presidentg Leta Huntley, secretary-treasurer, Verna Lee Weaver, Student Council member. By the time Sophomore year rolled around, the upper classmen knew that we were over our fears and ready for lcusihess. Nr. Sharp was our sponsor and we chose as our leaders, Ted Lough, president: Delia lantzen, vicefpresidenti Leta Huntley, secretary-treasurer, Virginia Lee Wtvod, Student Council Representa- tive, La Verne Buckles, Student Council Secretary. Our junior year the number of male members of the class were already be- ginning to dwindle. lt was our loss but Uncle Sam's gain. Mrs. Sebastian was our sponsor this year, and our officers were Erwin Cramp, president, Alyce Mc' Giiirk, vicefpresidentg Leta Huntley, secretarvg Mary Pat Mullen, treasurer, Virginia Lee Wcitfd, Student Council Representative, Robert Osburn, Vice- president of the Student Body. lt was during this year, too, that the class gave its first dramatic perforance to the public in the play entitled Don'r Take My Penny. ln our senior year, under the sponsorship of Miss Thullen we chose as our officers Erwin Cramp, presidentg Alyce McGuirk, vice-presidentg Leta Huntley, secretary, Mary Pat Mullen, treasurer, and La Verne, Buckles representative. We gave our last dramatic' performance to the public in our Senior Class play, H Aunt Samanthy Rules the Roost, a farce in three acts.