Girard High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Girard, IL)

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SENIOR HIST OR Y It IS the year 2028 and 1n the Jet propelled rocket an old gray ha1red lady wxth a super sonlc ear trumpet IS telllng her f1V8 llttle radlo actlve grandchxldren a bed time story Let s l1sten 1n Grandmother IS saymg Now gather around klddles and I ll tell you all about the good old days when I went to G1rard Hlgh Th1s story starts way back 1n 1944 when thlrty seven 11ttle green freshmen enrolled 1n Gxrard Townshlp I-hgh School They were just l1ke all the other freshmen before and slnce rather confused about the whole thmg Wlth the a1d of the1r sponsor Mxss Cummmgs they elected Bob Deck as the1r presldent Carol Hodges as v1ce pres1dent Sh1rley Huson as secretary and Eldred Weddle as treasurer Then came the I-Iomecomxng and the electxon of the school kmg and queen The Freshmen candxdates were Eldred and Shlrley Th1S was the day the Sophomores chose to 1n1t1ate them so for a day they were turned 1nto Ind1ans Hmdoos Gyps1es and many other queer characters By the tlme February came the llttle Freshmen could manage the1r buslness very well and to prove xt they gave a valentme party for the whole school In the fall of 1945 they came back to school as Sophomores At the1r flrst meetmg they elected the1r off1cers who were Eldred Weddle presldent Ellzabeth Gr1ff1ths vrce presldent Larry McI..a1n treasurer Bob Deck secretary The student counc1l 1-'CPT-'CSCTI tat1ves were Shlrley Huson and Leroy Eades The class sponsor was Mr Ceresa On October 10 the Sophomores gave way to the fxendlsh slde of the1r personalltles and 1n1t1ated the Freshmen with varlous demomcal tortures especlally contrxved by the commlttee treasury wlth a bean bag stand Grandma pauses at th1s po1nt to jab the sleepy llttle tots m the rlbs Wake up chlldren she says I am only just startmg The next year the class became juniors and dld they go places Thelr offlcers were Presldent Herman Nagle v1ce presxdent Eldred Weddle secretary Shlrley Huson treas urer Larry McLa1n There were two sponsors Mrs Hamllton and Mxss Osborne The f1rst big event of the year was the Carnxval The Jun1ors ran a Hawauan Nlght Club complete wlth palm trees plneapple JUICC and a floor show They made qulte a lot of money but not enough to pay for the1r commg Prom and banquet In February they held a Valentme dance after the K1DCa1d game Also durmg thzs month they began to practlce for the junlor play This play A Llttle Honey was glven on March 14 The cast included Carolyn Archibald Eldred Weddle Vera Garst Myrna Smxth Marjorxe Sheppard Larry McLa1n Bob Deck Carol Hodges Evelyn Ball Shxrley Huson joan Welton Benny Starks and Sugar a brown and white puppy The rose colored sofa and chalr used m the play were left to the school by the class On April 10 there was a box soc1a1 held for the whole school Mr Ray England auctioned the boxes and we realxzed a proflt of S43 50 In May the JUDIOTS gave their banquet and prom for the Semors The ent1re gym was decorated In Gay Nmetxes fashion In the center was a barber poled stage where the P1'0gI'dm was gxven One of the numbers mcluded an exhxbxtxon of tandem bxke rxdmg Q n 1 I l 1, C 0 n I , . . . . ,, . . . ' ' l I I . . . , . , . I - ' l ' . . ' . u . . ' . , 5 . - . 3 . 1 I 7 ., . . . . . , : , . s . . . ' . - . : . , s , . . ' , .. . . . . . . I l Later in October, there was a Carnival. The Sophomores made rnoney for their . ,, . . . . . . ' Ol ' D1 ll ' ' VI . , , . . .. . . , . . . . , S . - . , 3 , . S - D ' 9 . ' l l ' .. . . . . .. . , . i . . . ' i . ., . . . . . . . . ,, . ., . I . . ' ' , . ' . . l I I I ' I l 1 I 9 ' - u ' ' ,, . . . - an - - vu -

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Senior History C ontxnued And then came the last year sald Grandma Out of the thirty seven lxttle Fresh men twenty two were left as Seniors The offlcers of the Senior class were Eldred Weddle presxdent Larry McLain vlce presldent Ralph Yarke treasurer and Shlrley Huson secretary The class sponsor was Mrs Hamxlton The flrst thmg the Semors undertook was to publxsh an annual The book was named Quoted They gave an all school party m September In October they elected candldates for Homecomlng queen Shlrley Huson was elected school queen The Homecoming parade one of the largest we have ever had was held on October Z4 Our float whxch almost rulned our year book editor and our class treasurer re presented an old fashioned hearse from Yarke s Mortuary On xt was a pxne box trxmmed 1n purple and wh1te 1n whlcn we mtended to bury Butcher and Allen of the Vlrden Team The Senlor play was scheduled for Apr11 Z3 On May 28 the Sen1ors took the fmal step and graduated from Glrard Townshmp Hxgh School And that fmishes my story chxldren Grandma watched them plle 1nto the1r toy helxcopter and cxrcle the chandelxer a few You know she sald to herself I just don t thlnk they apprecmte the excltlng times we had m hlgh school back there ,rom-:s Larry Mother 1sn t it nearly tlme for lunch? Mother No lunch W111 not be ready for an hour Larry I guess my stomach must be fast Oh B111 shouted Myrna to her husband I-low do you expect to dr1ve a naxl 1n the wall w1th that toothbrush? For goodness sake use your head Mrs Srruth Have you read the outl1ne for today? Marjorme No Mrs Smlth Have you read the toplcs? Marjorle No Mrs Smlth What have you read? Margorxe I have red han Mlss Osborne Dxdn t Itell you to notlce when the soup boxled over? joan Welton I d1d It was half past ten Dear Mr Palmohve Ibought a tube of your shavmg cream It says no mug requxred What shall I shave? Yours truly Robert Lee Rucker Q. lv ' an ' - ' - , . I C ' I . ' : . - ' : . , . . . ll ll ll ' ' ll I ' I . I - - . , . . . an ' ' ,, . . . . . . , . times before flying upstairs. 44 to Q ,. , . . . . . I I Q 0 I gy . . . . . , . : , . ll 0 ' UD ll ' ' ' ' I ' ll . , . I