Grand Blanc High School - Echo Yearbook (Grand Blanc, MI)

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.A Education Mr. Miekka, President of the Board of Edu- cation, is Superintendent of the Jig and Fix- ture Department at Fisher Body. His daughter Shirley is a sophomore, and his son Richard and daughter June are attending the Univer- sity of Michigan. The school board members are the men behind the scenes. They have worked long, hard hours this past year in order that our school and community might be improved. Many Wednesday evenings have been spent here at school by these men, and the meetings often last long past midnight. One evidence of their careful planning is the new building which is being used this year for the first time. We seniors are proud to learn our physics and chemistry in the new labs and attend assemblies and basketball Mr. Perry is an assistant vice-president in charge of the Charge-O-Matic Department of The Citizens Commercial and Savings Bank. He holds a graduate's certificate from the American Institute of Banking. His daughters, Judith and Barbara, attend Grand Blanc High School. games in the new gymnasium. One of their most recent projects is the new elementary school which will soon be built near Whigville. The site has been chosen, the property purchased, and the plans for the building nearly completed. At the time of writing this article, plans for publicity and a bond election are under discussion. The Class of '53 would like to express its appreciation to the Board of Education for their active interest in the welfare of the young people of our community.

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Mr. McGrath has lived in Grand Blanc eight years and is Superintendent of the Experi- mental Manufacturing Department at Buick. He graduated from General Motors Tech. His daughter Margaret is enrolled in Flint Junior College and his sons Paul Jr. and Patrick attend Grand Blanc. Board of Mr. Lund, President and Manager of the Genesee Finance Inc. of Flint, has lived in the Grand Blanc School District since 1940. He attended the University of Michigan and has one daughter, Lea Gail, who is now in the fifth grade. Dr. Morrison is a practicing physician and surgeon in Grand Blanc, where he has lived since 1948. He graduated from the University of lllinois and Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia and has four children: John, Mark, Charles, and Brenda.

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M. Besides being Mr. Brendel's secretary, Lor- raine Parker also is bookkeeper for the Board of Education. , ,,Qk4-Agn If MR. ANTHONY J. BRENDEL, Superintendent The business affairs of our school receive the concentrated attention of Mr. Anthony J. Brendel, who has been superintendent at Grand Blanc since l935. Necessitated by a rapidly growing enrollment, five building pro- jects have increased our classrooms from Z8 to 56. Often, then, during Mr. Brendel's ten- ure, ECHOES of a straining steam shovel have reverberated through the school, and as we, the alumni, gaze at our magnificent new gym- nasium, we will remember it as one of Grand Blanc's great accomplishments during Mr. Brendells administration. l2