Grady High School - Encore Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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As a member of fha Laurel Honor Sociely of lhe William E. Grady Vocafional High School, l pledge myself lo uphold 'fhe honor beslowed upon me loday, +o help mainlain and improve lhe high repulalion of our school, fo work 'for fair play, sludenhfeach- er coopera+ion, and good schol- arship. 01402, Miss R. Fischman, Faculty Adviser Arthur Nichols luten thnynovrskl Inland Pynn Heian Willers Paul Supinski MQ Palma Dlltarln Martin Barons Manfred Spieth Autmylnalnskl Anthny Pali Nicholas Slcari

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Four Years-A Progress Report This Encore marks for us the end of four happy, interesting years with the William E. Grady Corporation. We pause now to look at some of the highlights of these years. We remember our first day at either the 192 Plant, the 212 Plant, or the 180 Plant. . . the knowledge that we were part of the new organization known as William E. Grady filling us with pride . . . our first meeting with Mr. Becker, the Chairman of the Board . . . and other Board members . . . Mr. Pendergast, Miss McCormack, Mr. Hyman, Mr. Emil, Mr. Bromer . . . the poor elevator service . . . making us walk endless flights of stairs . . . those gigantic hero sandwiches for lunch . . . our being allowed to try various shops and departments . . . Metal Trades . . . Commercial Art . . . Printing . . . Needle Trades . . . Woodworking . . . Electrical Trades . . . Beauty Culture . . . Auto Mechanics . . . the impressive ceremony which saw Mr. Becker officially installed as Chairman of the Board of Directors . . . all these made 1950-1 a memorable year .... Year 1951-2 . . . instead of getting one large plant we were given another small one, 45595 . . . and another Board Member, Mr. Winston . . . now we had four plants scattered over South Brooklyn . . . still having trouble with elevators . . . those stairs keep getting steeper and steeper . . . the Corporation organized its first team . . . the Swimming Team, coached by Mr. Glading . . . the boys, 60 of them, didn't win any meets but they had a lot of fun . . . Mr. Sandack had a little more luck with his Basketball Team . . . they won one . . . Glen Rowan, Barry Fortunato, loe Fanto, and Bill Shanley starred . . . by the end of this year we were all working in our own special shops . . . one of the high spots of the year was the presentation of Finian's Rainbow, under Mrs. Manyuk . . . Al lside won the first declamation contest . . . Year 1952-3 . . . began with some much-needed improvements at Plant 180 . . . the Beauty Salons got a face-lifting, and some important power machinery was installed in the Needle Trades Shops . . . the highspot of the year was the Com- mencement of the first Grady unit . . . 76 were in this group . . . before leaving the 38