Grand Ledge Academy - Ledge Lore Yearbook (Grand Ledge, MI)

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HARRY O. CULP INSURANCE -:- SURETY BONDS -:- NOTARY PUBLIC YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED 332 EAST JEFFERSON STREET PHONE 224J Grand Ledge Lumber Co. Hats Off! TO THE CLASS OF 1941 COMPLETE gglggngc Phone l57 GEO'S TEXACOASSERVICE WEST JEFFERSON ,STREET O Compliments of COMPLIMENTS Grand Ledge Produce Co. The COAL and COKE R S DOTY Mgr. Ph 60 INDEPENDENT O Compumenfs of COMPLIMENTS OF RAIMER BARBER SHOP CLARK and SPEEDY MABREY'S GRILL C mplimems of CONGRATULATIONS TO GRAND CLASS OF l94l CHAIR -- SUN - COMPANY T H E A T R E COMPLIMENTS OF -- - - STUART W. DOTY -- INSURANCE

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Valedictory Tonight this graduating class finds itself on the threshold of a new life. We are now realizing the hopes and desires that we have cherished for many years. We have waited for this night so eagerly and yet we dreaded it, because from this time on we will be called upon to face new conditions and ways of life strange to us. Never before, however, have there been such opportunities for young men and women. Scientists have made discoveries that have opened new fields and with a large demand for skilled workers the older industrial businesses are experiencing a boom which will create many new positions. Whatever course we follow-whether we go to college or whether we immediately try to get a start in life--we can enter upon it with the knowledge that we have been helped in every possible way to meet these changing conditions of life. The years spent in high school are meant to develop your social instincts as well as your educational ones. Your success in life will probably depend more on your personality than your wisdom. That is why one per- son may rise higher in life than another with the same degree of intelligence, and why club activities and social relations are stressed by the instructors. The friends you make may be one of the greatest things you can get from high school. It may mean more to you later than all the knowledge you gleaned from textbooks. To many, the breaking of these friendships is the saddest part of graduating. But I believe that they are not past friendships but future friendships. The foundations of a real friendship will not be broken because you do not see that person every day. After grad- uating, one should build upon these friendships, not to forget them. l would like to say this to the students who have yet to graduate and to the parents who will have sons and daughters still to go through high schoolg participation in extra-curricular activities is one of the most important things in school. What they take part in, whether athletics, dra- matics, or different clubs is not of special importance, but these activities in themselves help one make friends and learn how to conduct himself in society. A student may be among the highest in intelligence but if he does not take part in group activities he has missed half of what school holds for him. Marks alone are not a true standard by which to tell how well a person will succeed. A student may have interest in only one subject and go on to excel in that particular field. A good scientist or singer does not have to know a lot about history or language to succeed. But any person with the right amount of intelligence, sociability, and industry will make a success in any walk of life. l know that college is one of the uppermost questions in the minds of the seniors and of our parents. Perhaps we don't feel that our average marks justify our going to college. But if a student has just one subject in which he shows special ability, l think he should be sent to col- lege to develop that ability. ln any case, if a person really wants to go to college, he will undoubtedly benefit by the experience. ln speaking for the other students and myself, l think we should express our gratitude to all the people who have helped us, especially Mr. Sawdon and the teachers who have been our advisers. At times we have felt we were not treated as seniors should be, but now it is easier to admit we were wrong. We will surely profit by the advice you gave us and use it later on to better ourselves. l know that all the students here have great plans for their future life, and what success we may achieve will have its foundings in these years we have spent in high school. -WALLACE HOLMES. Fifty-three

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Loan and Deposit State Bank A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION FRED L. BROWN Automotive Maintainance Standard Service BEST WISHES OF W. H. RESSEGUIE Welch' s Sales cfz Service DODGE PLYMOUTH Grand Ledge Phone 235 315-17-19 S. Bridge Street COMPLIMENTS TO THE CLASS OF 1941 Dr. E. Imthun Beedle Bros. 5c to Sl Store A Complete Stock of Merchandise at the Right Prices 308 ,South Bridge Street Grand Ledge BEST WISHES TO THE SENIORS FROM GRAND LEDGE MILK CO. McGregor- Y 'S -ARROW SHIRTS SPORTWEAR- -PORTIS HATS CLOTHING AND SHOES FOR -HJOCKEYH MEN AND BOYS -UNDERWEAR SHOES- DOUGLAS- CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF l941 Grand Ledge Realty Co., MEET THE GANG AT P A T S Y ' S Soft Drinks - Candy - Ice Cream COMPLIMENTS OF GRAND LEDGE COAL 8: ICE CO. DEPENDABLE ICE AND FUEL SERVICE Phone 1 ' HARRY HARROD, Mgr. Fifty-fi