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

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v I tau lil lui mlii' WJ i '1 '.a'i' i'iiii ii'Wii1 N 5 M R FE F' NQRHTLI iii -sa H' 1 .L fl if! Ju, Mr. an im K d M H d H Pepper l k th y friends at the dinner. Years of Service at Appreciation Night K1 'li 3 g ' Mr. Howard Loomis, toastmasterg Mr. and Mrs. Pipp 'NI NI 5 Pepper, and Miss Lula Pepper. Enjo'1n the dinner are ,.,-

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Miss Dowd presents Mr. Pepper with his gift of appreciation. Grand Blanc. r. Pepper Received Recognition for Thirty 9, r. , ,o My flu . ?'l't'i'. Mr. A. J. Brendal, Superintendent, gives the welcome at the reception. 6 Thirty years of service to Grand Blanc School and the community were rewarded when friends gathered on May ZS, 1956, to honor Mr. Howard H. Pepper. Mr. Pepper was surprised to find himself the guest of honor at a dinner and reception attended by students, former students, and colleagues. Mr. Howard Loomis, a former Grand Blanc faculty member, served as toast- master. Miss Hazel Dowd, on behalf of Mr. Pepperls many friends, presented him with a motor boat, fishing equipment, and a sum of money, to be used for his summer vacation. A picture of Mr. Pepper was given to Miss Dowd, for the school, by Norman Fulton, Student Council President. Mr. Donald Batchelor reminisces oxer N Mr. Pepper's thirty fruitful years at

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The Homecoming Queen and Court from left to right. Peggy Hyndsg ut-en Chris Trouvosg Carol Chapel, Pat Kremer, janyce Cuvelierg Sandra Bakerg Bonnie Wilcox: Betty Shier. Weeks of preparation were rewarded as students and alumni rallied to enjoy Homecoming festivities on October 12. 1956, The afternoon was filled with a pep meeting. and a parade composed of the band, cheer-leaders. and floats decorated with the theme of The I-Ilection Year . The Sophomore, Seventh Grade. and junior floats were chosen as the first, second. and third place winners, re- spectively. In the evening Grand Blanc downed Flushing in the Homecoming football game. During halftime. the band presented a special Homecoming show and the queen can- didates were escorted onto the field. Last year's Queen. Merry Reed Benson. then stepped up to the platform and crowned Chris Trouvos - Queen of Homecoming 1956. 1956 Homecoming Activities Well Attended Merry Reed Benson, last years queen, crowns Chris Trouvos Homecoming Queen as the court looks on, Sophomores show pride in their winning float. 'wma 'U' Q ll . Z,-cs, 'Ire DIRT 66' The seventh grade float makes its way through Grand Blanc in the parade.