Grand Junction High School - Tiger Yearbook (Grand Junction, CO)

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REBA WING BA, MBA Typing, Bookkeeping MRS. VIRGINIA RUNCE BA Typing, General Business Emphasize Skills Faced with the day-by-day rigorous demands of unusually large classes, commercial teachers find individual ways of relaxing after hours. Co-sponsor of NHS, Miss Reba Wing enjoys Community Concerts and reading. In the summer she likes to sew, travel, and teach at Mesa College. Mrs. Virginia Runge raises dachshund puppies, which she says take almost as much time as children. Last summer she took up fishing which she really enjoys. Co-sponsor of the sophomore class, Mrs. Runge likes to read for relaxation . Co-sponsor of NHS, musically talented Mrs. Martha Barr plays the organ and delights in classical music. She gardens and enjoys housekeeping. Mrs. Ida Gum me re finds satisfaction in watching sports events, especially basketball. Another pleasure is swimming, which she has taught at summer camps. Another musically talented teacher, Mrs. Harriet Traber, plays the piano and organ and sings. Whenever possible she travels about the West. She is co-sponsor of the junior class, bowls, gardens, and paints —houses, that is. MRS. MARTHA BARR BA, MA MRS. IDA CUMMERE BS MRS. HARRIET TRABER BA Bookkeeping, Typing, Shorthand General Commercial, Shorthand Clerical and Secretarial Practice

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RAYCANADAY BA, MA Speech Teach the Arts PERRY CARMICHAEL BA, MA Speech, Debate, Stagecraft IRENE CRAY BS, MS Speech I, II Pooling their ta 1 ents , a trio of teachers create the speech and drama program available to GJHSers. Together, they sponsor Thespians and the troups, produce major productions, and conduct speech meets and drama festivals. Play productions, his home, family, and his dogs are chief side interests of Ray Canaday. Perry Carmichael, through stagecraft, creates effective settings for major productions. Miss Irene Gray, active in the State Speech League, locally assists in planning the Know Your Schools series and works in the area of public relations. Music coordinator and director of the GJHS orchestra and band, Marion Jacobs performs in the Civic Symphony and composes music, Inthe summertime Mr. Jacobs heads the area-wide music program and instructs at band camps. Besides supervising vocal music activities and a church choir, Richard Barbour directs the Community Chorus, gives private voice lessons, skis, and plays golf. Currently president of the State Department of C 1 a s s ro o m Teachers, Mrs. Ruth Johnston supervises her art students in numerous school and community service projects. MRS. RUTH JOHNSTON BA, MA RICHARD BARBOUR BA, M. MUS. ED MARION JACOBS BA, MA Art I, II, III, Sketching, Commerical A Cappella, Boys, Girls, and Mixed Chorus Band, Orchestra Design

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Train for Future A member of long standing on the GJHS homemaking faculty, Miss Gladys Glenden-ning co-sponsors FHA. She is on the State Vocational and Advisory Boards and is chairman of the homemaking division. Currently, she is-serving a two-year term as president of Delta Kappa Gamma. Gardening is her main hobby. Co-sponsor of FHA, Mrs. Wil-na Treichler loves to work with people. Interested in the achievement of youth, she often judges 4-H projects. Last summer she helped determine the winner in the REA Mrs. America contest. Having taught in Tacoma, Washington, before coming to GJHS, John Cassidy supervises DE on-the-jobbers and their club. He enjoys archery and bow hunting. William Rice, DO Club sponsor, is a member of Iota Lambda Sigma and past p re s ident of the Colorado Vocational Association. Hunting, fishing, and photography are his hobbies. Vernon Duck is a past president of the Western Slope Industrial Arts section of the CEA and is now on a committee reviewing a national handbook. Leisure activities are making j ewe 1 ry and doing wood carving. GLADYS GLENDENNING BA Homemaking II, III Senior Homemaking MRS. WDLNA TREICHLER BS Homemaking I, II JOHN CASSIDY BA Distributive Education, General Business WILLIAM RICE BS Diversified Occupations, Mechanical Drawing VERNON DUCK BS, MA Mechanical Drawing