Grand Rapids High School - Pirate Yearbook (Grand Rapids, OH)

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II JOAN ALTWIES Josie Annual Staff 4 Glce Club I-2-3-4 Cantata I-2-3-4 Home Ec. Club I 'Wlforrying Willie 4 MARILYN MAE MILLER Slug Annual Staff 4 Spilled Ink 4 Glee Club 1-2-3-4 Cantata 1-2-3-4 Hi-Teen 1-2-3-4 Home Ec. 1-2 Mumbo jumbo 3 fe 3 ' I HAROLD JOHNSTON Tex Annual Stan' -1 Class Treasurer 1 Class Secretary 2 Band 1-2-3-4 Mumbo Jumbo 3 Aunt Miranda's VVill 4 ' iskq A'- F' 'Isis- '1!.. ..5 ' BILLX DICK BAIIMBARGER Baum Annual Staff 4 Glee Club I-2-4 Baseball 1-2-3 Basketball I-2-3 Cantata 1-2-4 XYorrying I.Yllie 4 ,rv f '9- 70 ' I I 1 JOANNE AVERY Tunic Bowling Green I-2-3 Annual Staff 4 Spillecl Ink Staff 4 Hi-Teen 4 Aunt Miramla's Will 4 Wknrrying Willie 4 NANCY JUNE SWARTZ Swartz Lakewood High School 1-2 Vlfhitmer High School 3 Annual Staff 4 Spillcd Ink Staff 4 Cvlee Club 4 Cantata 4 Hi-Teen 4 Ani

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63'-was 714-7 G MARGARFT ANN TANNER Maggw D A R Cltwenshlp Test 4 Annu'1lStafI 4 Splllecl Ink 4 I-I1 Teens I 2 3 Seq 4 Glee Club I 2 3 Libr 4 Home Fe Clubl Seey 2 Secretlrw 1 Cantata l 2 3 4 Lnbrarlan 3 Mumbo jumbo 3 Aunt Mtranda s Vlxll 4 VK orrung VI lllle 4 HEI FN IREINE LUDVI IF Ludwzg Annual Staff 4 Spllled Ink Staff I 4 Glee Club 1 2 3 Lthr 4 I-It Teens 1 2 3 4 Home Ee Club 1 2 Sextette 4 Band 1 2 3 4 Cantata l 2 3 4 Llbrartan 4 Contest Chorus 3 Mumbo jumbo 3 Aunt Miranda s VI lll 4 Q9 zQW' W 'IV rl I .-in RALPH CARROLL Shorty' Most Popular Senior Bov Glee Club Prtslclent 3 Clue Club 1 2 3 4 Basketbtll I 2 3 4 Baseball 2 3 4 Cantata 1 2 3 4 Nlumbo jumbo 3 Annual Staff 4 Best Cltlzen 4 l' PHYLLIS GENE SNYDER as N Phi it Nm 265 'br ROLAND SHEPARD B1 Annual Stall' 3 4 Spllled Ink Staff 2 Class President 2 Class X :ce Pres 1 Scholarship Team 2 Student Counctl Pres 4 Glee Club l 2 3 4 Cantata 1 2 3 4 Baseball 2 3 4 Basketball 1 2 3 4 May Queen Attendant Mumbo jumbo 3 Worrymg Wtllle 4 D A R Cxtlzenshlp Test 4 Scholarship Test 3-4 Annual Staff 3 4 Spllled Ink Staff 4 H1 Teens 1 2 3 4 Girls Glee Club 1 2 3 4 Cantata 1 2 3 4 Home Ec Club 1 2 Aunt Miranda s Vhll 4 Worrymg Wxlhe 4 ROBERT LEINER Bo Annual Staff 4 Baseball 1 2 3 4 Basketball 1 2 3 4 Mumbo jumbo 3 gk if-H XF' 'lb' 'M is gt

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SALL TATIIIIY TONICHT OI R DREANI9 COXIF TRUE Lad1es and Gentlemen Vle the Semors of 1948 he'1rt1lx xx elcome you to our Commencement Fspeclallx we xxel come our parents xx hose kmdnesses 'md untlrmg efforts have made th1s graduatlon possxble Also to our teachers whose guldances has afforded us th1s opportumtx xxe extend a welcome hand We haxe been dreammg for txxelxe xears of tomght It xx as to be 1 gala occasxon xx hen xxe could all sax good bye to our hlgh school and s cxxng anl go he me eontent md 1 t hearted But IS ll, I dlre slx thlt three fourths of us ire sorrx to be le lxlllg lngh school Vxe dreamed of lL'1NlI'lQ school gettlng 1 good Job and settlmg doxxn to peaceful hxes We success and a hlgh standard of hvmg Tomght there IS a great challenge for each and everx one of us A fexx xx eeles ago the RUSSl1H dommated commumsts overran C7eCh oslovakla and are threatemng others qtlll more recently the communlsts infiltrated mto Co lumbla and at the present tlme a revolutlon IS raglng ln this country to the south As the com mumsts get closer and closer to our own countrv we get more conscious of the danger we face as the result of the communlstlc mflltratlon mto our own countrv But what IS communism? Lan any of you here define communlsmp The answer whlch has entered the mlnds of each of you probablv IS no for no one can accurately define com mumsm There are no trlals trvmg persons for a communlsm whlch IS defined as an acknoxvl edged sympathy w1th the Russlan Government and nts prmcxples But no one can dehne Com mumsm and the commumstlc pl lIlClpl6S VVho would do xt? All we know IS that communlsm IS a threat to our American xvay of lxfe In many countrles whlch the communlsts have overtaken a low standard of llvmg 0XlStS In fact ln these countrles people dont llve they merelx exlst There IS fear want and hardly anx freedoms xxhatsoexer COmmUHlStS believe that a strong natlon can be hllllt bx dlssolvlng marrlage and famllx llfe In Russla boxs between the ages of flve and twelve are taken from their homes and put m gox ernment operated box s schools Here they are taught communlsm Vx hen they grow old enough to work they are put to work for the government and equal d1v1s1on of produce IS made Publlc sp1r1t IS depended upon to keep the men xxorkmg It doesn t do anv good for someone to work hard to get ahead The straggler gets as much as the ambitious worklng man Th1s greatlx contrasts wlth our American wax of l1fe Here m the U S we are entitled to l1ve wlth our famllles and affectlon for one another IS very great A man s greatest enjoy evenmg and spend It w1th hxs famllv Thls IS one of our greatest prlvlleges Also we are entltled to work as much as we l1ke but the hard working man gets the best returns If a man IS a good workmg man doctor or lawyer he w1ll make more money and consequently lead a happler llfe Thls competltlve labor adds to our natlons prosperlty and success Also ln America every one 21 or over IS entltled to vote provlded he IS not an mmate of some lnstltutlon In thls way everyone has a hand ln runnmg the Government of our Amerlca We have hve freedoms 1n the U S We are entltled to worship the wax we please speak whatever we please Cto a certaln extentl the presses are entltled to wr1te what they please and fear and want are not to be found m our countrv Th1s IS our challenge Vle l1ve ln a trulv great country the greatest 1n the world but can we keep It this xvax 7 I belleve we can 1f we all do our part and don t sx mpathlze w1th the prln clples of whlch xxe know nothmg and mav we sax at the end of our llves that we have succeeded ln applxmg our lessons of preparatlon 1n makmg lxfe s dream come true Albert Thomas Y ' ' ' 1 ' A 1 1 1 A L . 4 , , ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 - ' . . ' Y h D F ' - I ' I ' I . V. . I . . . V v' 1 e A . . ' , l , I 4 1 . ' Y ' -I, ' I I A. . . . , Y I I C v x . x xt - 1 r x I' 1 I ' . 3 ' . Y r ' I 4 c I' ' ' . 1 1 . tu lj' , . r 1 1 - ' - 1 l gh - . '. - . 5 . z ' .1 I' 1 H- . . Y V. . L 2 x ' x xl r' I K . A - I . ' 7 V' ' ' a n ' .I a u a - Yi V ' 1 A , e . 1 ' . . . - were to face a peaceful world, one of progress, ment C0meS when he can come home ln the , . . y . I . . ' I I ' ' e - ' , . . , E It 'A ' K y n 7 I , A C - . . . . . Y . . . 7 . - . , . . 7 , I 'I - I . . 1 . 7 . 1 I 1 I I ' I . ' ' .x v ' , J, Y . V I ' Y u 11 m 1 v ' , 4 u - A u ' . Y . . ' K - I ' 1 I u Q n o - I I. ld . , . , ' . . ' . rr 1 ' . ' , . . . V . I . ' , - , I I , , ' T ' u n 1 . I . , - . - 1 ' 1 . 1 ' I I 1' . 4 , I , 1'