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

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PBOP IIECY Isn t lt funnv how a town wall grow when owl has been d'scovered at town or near by? Well that rs exactly what happened to Grand apld In the spnng of 1949 as men were dnllmg wells for water orl ap peared Instead of the water As soon as the news reached the ears of the townsmen they rmmedtately set out to test therr land and all pf them found oll after dnllmg only 20 feet all that IS except me I am stall ln the hopes of Funding some and I refuse to sell my home untrl they have tested every square meh on the lot There rs onlv a small pnrtlon yet untested Skyscrapers have sprung up all around me but I stall won t sell Grand Rapids now covers a 35 mule radius which Includes the once Weston McClure Tontoganv Bowlmg Green Maumee Perrvsburg If has Toledo for a suburb The first vear of its growth Grand Rapids Increased to an even 10000 ln populatmon and thls classvhed rt as a cxty It has contmued to mcrease and now has a populatron of 4 000 000 I have kept ln close Contact with everyone ln my graduatlng class Iust before graduation everyone was plannmg exther to go somewhere to college or to Toledo to get a yob but with all the professions open mg here they have all returned Don Whlte has made a name for hnmself around town for he rs the man who hullt the Buckeye State Bulldmg the hxghest buuldmg an the world It has 120 stones and rs 1400 feet rn heught Don s profes sron as a contractor keeps hvm here nn Grand Rapxds bunldmg factones and other such places of busmess Helen Ludwrg and Marilyn Muller although both married are co operators of a candy shop known as the Bon Bon Shoppe Each have an apartment ln the same hulldmg Helen and her family llve ln the apartment ln the hack of the shop and Marllyn and her famlly hve ln the apartment above Nancv Swartz rs a teacher of Physlcal Education rn the Bank Street School and she says that she emovs everv mmute of her tnme there Nancy rs mamed and although she has three chnldren thus doesnt handncap herl Lung for sports Albert Thomas ns the leadmg mortxcran of Grand Rapxds jake as everyone stlll calls hrm has hrs funeral home on 169th Street It rs Indeed a beautlful place and everyone rs anxrous to go there Joanne Avery rs a Some Specralust and has her ollice In the Buckeye State Burldmg She told me that she gets many long sufferxng patients and wrthm one week after begmmng treatments they are well and happy Bert Davts rs now a permanent actor xn the Lrttle Theater off East Second Street After completing hlgh school Bert went to Hollywood Wrthm a vear he was one of the more popular of the male actors Last year he came back to Grand Ramds after turing of the screen When the manager of the Lxttle Theater heard that Bert was m town he asked for an mtervxew Now Bert ns employed as a permanent actor there When the cltv first started to grow Bob Lerner who was always lookmg for excitement read an ad xn the paper statmg that they wanted to employ someone to paint smoke stacks and other Jobs that renuxred you to he far above the earth Bob accepted and retamed thus vob for several vears but m 1956 he founded an agency to hvre people who hked hugh ln the alr Jobs Thus agency was called the Qteeple lacks Agency Bob located yobs for these men for a small fee but on the sxde he stall does that sort of work Ioan Altwres entered nurses trammg ln Toledo after graduation After three years had passed Ioan became a reglstered nurse and It was her wlsh to become a Red Cross Nurse At that trme there was one hospital In Grand Ramds and she was transferred here Ioan ns today sarhng up and down the Maumee Rnver In a beautxful yacht attendmg a nch man s wrfe When the Moon Orl Rehnenes moved Into town to take care of the oxl Bully Baumbarger went to work there as an office bov He grad ually worked hlmself up the ladder and now rs pres-dent of the con cem Phvllvs Snyder works m the laboratortes rn the Moon O11 Rehnerv She Ends dlderent uses for ml One day she mrxed tozether the wrong formula and hlew up the lahoratnrv It has been recentlv rehuxlt She was very serxously myured but ns now back on the Job Phylhs has always been mterested m f'h6lYllSlfW 'md other SFIEDIIGI' subvects so when!! heard that she was doing laboratory work ll dmdnt surprise mea It lvhen Donna Huffman graduated from school she got a Job as a stenographer In one of the offices nn town One day Robert John Lon trol the head of the model agency came Into her ollice When he saw Donna he asked her rf she ever thought about bemg a model and asked her to come down to his studnos the next mormng She was In the business for ten years Donna was marrred In the begrnnmg of her modeling days and when she became too old to be a model she settled down In a little cottage along the Maumee Rxver Vlrgxma Lrpp ns now ln the doctor s profession She has an offrce xn the Medical Bulldmg and can send her patients to any of the 10 hos pltals xn Grand Raplds Vlrglma began tramlng In the former Bowling Green bmverslty but transferred to the Umverslty of Grand Rap'ds when rt was buxlt She SDCCIHIIZES ln surgery and has been very suc cessful In that field Always Interested m sports Blll Shepard turned to that Held upon graduation He also started at Bowlmg Green and transferred on the completlon of the umverslty here He mayored ln Physlcal Educatron and took Mathematics as his mmor course YVhen Bxll finished college he accepted a job as an asslstant coach and one day to his surprxse he recelved an application as coach at the Unlversxty of Grand Rapids He has been coaching there for Eve years Everyone thought that Ralph Carroll would keep basketball nn mind but they were fooled Ralph started to work ln the Grand Raplds Bank as a clerk He became very efficient as a clerk so the presxdent appolnted hxm as treasurer He kept hrs books In good order and thxs posmtlon led to the vxce presldency When the presxdent ret1red Ralph became president and has remained there to thus day Harold Johnston started to work on his farm after graduation but soon quit when Grand Rapids started to grow He took a posxtlon as a brlcklayer and soon he earned enough money to put hrmself through college He took an accounting course ln college He then started the career of an accountant Harold s Job of checkmg the books of the banks takes htm over all of Ohio and parts of Michigan and Indiana for there are very few ln thus occupatlon Hrs residence xs rn Grand Rapids though Bud Wrlght went to Bowling Green Unxverslty to take a course rn psychology and sociology After four years of this he got a Job m one of the new department stores here where he had to meet people all day Bud saved hrs money and bought all the stock he could get Eventually he took over the department store and now the store IS known as the R Wrlght Department Store The demand for business trained glrls far exceeded the supply Margaret Tanner helped to fulfill this need by opemng the Speed Busmess College Her regular busmess course has been shorthand from one year to three months but still produces efficient stenog raphers and secretaries Of all the professlons rn Grand Rapids there ls only one reducing school ln the whole city Thxs Charm School is operated by Anna Hersmg The reason Anna chose thxs professlon rather than that of a stenographer whrch she ongmally planned IS because she wanted other women to feel free whale working or enyoymg other types of entertainment wlthout that unnecessary weight The studios are located on the seventh floor of the Pentagon Burldlng on Maln Street After the bug boom ln the orl busxness many started to flood Into town and the need for a recreatxon center was felt The Y M C A and a Y W C A were built A man from Mrchlgan was appointed the xnstructor of the recreation at the Y M C A and Bonme Kexfer was appomted the Instructor at the YWC A Bonnie teaches the gurls the art of swxmmmg basketball softball dancing etc At the present trme Bonme has 90 assnstants And so ends my tale of the class of 48 Janet McEwen '. - ' - ,. . 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V ALLDILTIIIIY FRFI-DOXI THROI C H le DI CVXTION Lrzd1ev and Gentlemen Fdue'1t1on IS rleflnerl as the lenoxxleelge anel 'lhlllflli gnnerl through tr nmne Our lI1fll.Vlflll'1l f ee om h 15 tome to relx on thorough ee tel tlonal tr11n1ng The pe rpetuztlon of Amerie IH If ea s Ind lY'l9flfllll0I1S de pe nels on In eelue 1 ee and tntelhge nt voting, publle kmerxe 1 is eng1geel ln 1 xx 1r of ldeologles In the mlnds of men 19 xxagerl the struggle betxxeen the -Xmerlean 1rle1l of lllfllxlflllll freeelom anel opportunxtx ln 1 free land anel the forelgn notlon th xt the lI'lfllVlClll1l 19 onlx a spoke ln the xx heel of ehplomatlc affalrs In thxs erttlctl perloel of our lnstorx, xxe must gtrls 1 deeper lppreelatlon of de moer1cx that form of goxe rnme nt xx llltxll en Ible s m In to thtnle xx orle 1nd aet xxlth freer om to folloxx c1ll1ng of his eholee and to enjox the fruits of hls labor It ts 1 shoelI1ng flet that xvhlle the feeler1l government Ipproprlates lJlll10llS of dollars for foretgn anel of Ill lelnels to help further the cause of demoeraex lt has so far re fused to spend exen a fexx mllhon dollars to help public ele mentarx md seconelarx sehools CIIITIIHZIIC the lgnoranee xxlnch IHVIILS xceeptance of allen 1ele1s 1t home In hxs message on the Stxte of the Umon elehxered to the Congress on lanuarx Sth of thlS xear, Pres Truman spud Another fundamental um of our demoeracv IS to provxele an adequate eelucatlon for ewerx person Our eelucatxonal sxstems face 1 HHZHICIZII crlsls It ts eleplorable th xt nn a nttlon as rich as ours there are mllhons of ehlldren xxho elo not haxe adequate schoolhouses or enough teachers for a good eelucltlon If there are edu catxonal inadequacies IU anx St1te, the xxhole ILIIIOH suffers Ihe federll goxernment has a responslblhtx for proxxdlng hn Inetxl a1el t meet thls erms In lflfllllflll xxe must m 1lIe posslble greater equlhtx of opportumtx to Ill our eltlfens or xx so elolng e Ill xxe 1llSl ll me e Ipxble of unelerst. mg anel shartng the re SDUIISIIJIIIIILH of elemoe raex We the Sentor elass of l94Q are 1bout to enter Into soexetx Xle Ire about to mingle xvtth the xotlng populaee of our nation xx here xxe xxlll be e1lleel upon to expre ss our oplmons ln matters of xxorlel lmportanee Ile too xxlll soon be qual lf11LKl to xote for our representatlves IH the feel eral government But shall our votes be neutralwed hx some unquallfieel electors who elo not exen lenoxx for xxhnt thev are votmga Vle have xx uteel 1 long time for this oppor tumtx and hope th1t our votes shall help elect the OHILIIIIS for our nation A dlvteleel countrv, engrossed bx strllees racial dlscrlmlnatlon, and IT'llSL1l'lflLI'Sfd.Utl1IlgS IS an easx target for Com mumstlc propaganda The forees of llltOl6I'lI'lCC 1nd evll are alreadx elommatlng the govern ments of l:urope Are we to suffer the same fate? Slnce the Rexolutxonarx xxar anel the Declar ation of Independence, the Ilmteel St1tes has been a free and democratic countrx wlth equalltx anel 1IICl1VlClllell ODDOFIUHIIQ as the baslc fund1 mentals of our bel1efs If these qualltles are shattered bx educatlonal eleflclencles, xve vxtll soon be overrun bx evlls anel oppresston To prevent 1 dlsaster such 1s thls a system should be 'adopted xxhlch xxxll draw competent young people lnto the teachtng, sclentxfxc, meelxcal anel laxx professlons In thls crnsls, everxone has a Job to do Edu catlon must become the number one factor xxhlch goxerns our lxxes because a thorough education IS essential to the COHtlIlL1lI1g freedom of our great natlon Thank xou Don Whzle 1 Y I F H ' ' ' - Y vv , ' I . - ' ' . I . I 1 I I 1 f 4 1 . I 4 , A ' ' ' I , Q 1' ' 1 1: o A C . -.4 I ' 7 -1 A , I ' U r . . ' I 4 7 V I 1 -. i If I . I g . I I 4 Q n 1 ' I 'L ' . 1 a 1 - 7 z Af. . , I - Y. - , I .- K f lf ,' '. xr , 111- an e-eluexatton. Unlx' lv' 5 ' 'e '- Q lrc . ' , 1 , ' ' ' ' th: our extize-ns will l f 'Q e - ' J 'mel- I I 2 b sf I I if 1 I -2 t ,I . I Q I . I x A Q. . . . it A x- . h . I . T i V H A .xi 1 x .4 ,I .I ,' N,hh M, X1 - I . I I I h - ' K I 1 - 2 , 4' . - ' - - ' II. 'I -' I 1 , I 4 K I. ' l ' l l Ek h ' i . - I . . . ' H 4 1 ' y ' 1 ' 1nst1ll ln the mxnels anel he-arts of our boys anel x U Q v V I X v . v I I - ' I f I 1 f I ' - X I IZ H C I - I ' K I ' v I I I I ' ', . ' ' 'fl -- ' the- - . ' . . . Q ,I T I i I I X ,Q . I o u I . ' ' , K. . N., , ,. I- , - x x ' -' I I I ' Y. I ' 1' ' . . l h - I - I v. 1 I I y 1 T x x Vi l 1 , , . - I - f X - ' I I I ' 1 v I I v ' I - I ' I - . ' L ' , , I I I v v 1 I I , , - . , , - , I I I I 1 I L K I , . I I I , ll I lu Q 4 n Q Y s ' , , , K - ', - 1 f fz 1- - -- ' X ' . 1 - ' ' ' X l , x x X Xe I I v ' ' I I ' X I 1 V. - Q X , ' I T - if ' . 'A I l . i x ' l 1 . ' x ' X L 1 ' ' '. X ' V X 5 I u n u H ' I 'I ' I ' ' e ' ' I x x . . ' . ' . x x X I v , , . S K I Y ' V, ' I V f I I - I I ' I , ' ' I - I ' I ' ' I ' ' ' ' 'f ' ' .T . ' , ' f ' . ' 1' .-

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SE IOB CLASS IIISTIIBY It ts agam time for class lustortes to appear rn school annuals but to us the sen ors ot 1 the history wrltten for Crand Rapids -Xnnual has a yery specml slgnthcance tor xt IS our IIISIOIW We dreamed ot see nz our cl rss hnstorx urtttfn un the tradvt onal annual but often ll seemed 'tn eternity would lap e before our xctu ll history would appear and now hr-re tt Xes we were rtthfr fired but much more curious when our small group or twenty two students came lnto the study hall to take our pf-rmans-nt pl ues tlr tour sperrunnlx long years We elected class officers wlth oresulf nt lic-rt Dams tue preside nt Bxll Shepard secretary Nlargaret T mner, treasurer Isl xrold Johnston news reporter Donna Iluffm tn Our freshmen yelr wasnt tery plcntlful 'ts far as millklnll money wus rrxncrrned for we were Illllli' Intent on having partles ot coursf wr dlfl rollect class dues and hue a motte called mon Pxcvhr urh sed our flass funds flllllf' a It ll we enyoted our trvshmen xexr yen much tor wt were n high school xt year of t r lv went xerx r1uu kly tor ln no time at a we were gomg hcme lfll' summer yacatuon Then on September 4 lf!-in we agam returned to school and dear old study hall Now we were sophomores and could be classed as upperclassmen W'e were no longer green freshmen for thus was our second year of hxgh school There were twenty four of us and class officers were elected as follows prestdent Bull Shepard vtce presldent Donna Huffman secretarv Harold Johnston treasurer Bert Davls news reporter Xnna Hexsmg Our sophomore vear was a but more frultful for we had several movtes Tm Pan Xlley and Jeep Herders and sold refreshments at several basketball games Wle also had our first dance thus year Yes our treasury was a but larger at the close of that rather tiresome but mterestmg vear In a few months we were agam tn school only thus year we were ,tumors The class officers elected were as follows president Donna Huffman vtce presldent hrgmta Ltpp secretary -Xnna I-Iersxng treasurer Don VVh1te news reporter Bonnte ketfer This was the year whxch would prove the most 'nterestung so far for we recetved our class rmgs and were Included tn the Jumor Sensor Banquet Our enrollment for thts year of 46 47 was twenty one pupmls We planned and w th much practice put on our Junior play called Niumbo .lllmbfl TNS helped ralse our class treasury and lt surely needed rarsmg for we had the honor of gxvmg the semors of 47 thetr Junlor Semor Banquet We agatn sold refreshments at several basketball games and also had two dances to ratse funds for the Semor trxp whxch we all wanted to go on the next year kgatn It was txme to clean out desks and put away textbooks for we were gomg on our much awatted summer vacatmn September ' Ifltl we filed back Into study hall only thus tune we were at last Semors YVe were now the students who could never be called lower rlassmcn by any ot the oths r llryt n grades for we had reached that final war m Grand Rapids Pulmlu School Class officers were prestdent Bert D nts ylce presrdf nt Xlbt rt Thomas secterary Donna Huffman tretsurtr Bud Wrght Our sthool program was always full and eteryoru hrd plenty to do M bu nut very consclous of our low treasury and lugh hopes for a c l rss trip so plans were con stantly being rn ide tor ratslng funds We had 1 one act play along with the other hugh school grades we had I S ullf llawktn s Dance a bake sale was put on by our mothers we sold c lrds and magazmes we were yery fortunate to have permtssmn to sell refreshments at all the basketball games we had a paper drtve and a scrap metal drxve Our Semor Play was 'XDYII 50th the name of whuch was Wlorrymg Wxllle fNTary s Irttle Lambh VVe were constantly kept busy wlth name cards class ptctures and ll'1Vll3lI0l'lS NVe were greatly and hon orably entertamed at the Junior Semor Banquet The gym was very beautlfullv decorated We had an Alumni vs Semo: basketball game to ralse some extra money W'e also had several raflles On Xlay 1-ith we had Semor Claw Ntght when everyone had fun Our Baccalaureate was 'Way 16th and then fmally our Commencement whtch was the 20th We were now among the many graduates of Grand Rapxds Yes our class ts now breakmg up but before doxng so wc had our mteresttng and unforgetable class trlp to New York and Washmgton Our class sponsor Mlm Davies went along Im sure we all enyoyed ourselves and had a wonderful txme BEVI Dans AST WILL AND TESTAW EN YVe the Semors of 1018 wxsh to leave some valued remnants to our teachers and underclassmates To our class advlsor Nllss Carstensen we wlsh to glve sincere thanks for all the help and 'tdvlce she has gtven us We wtsh to express our smcerest thanks to Mr Oman for all that he has done to help us tn the past four years To the rest of the faculty we express our appreclatlon for the kxnd constderatton that they have shown us To the Juntor Class we wlll the balance of our class fund so you can go to Callforma To the Sophomores we haven t a thmg to will you except lots of good memorxes and good luck To the Freshmen we wrll all our broken down beat up books but you must use them to better advantage To the Eighth Crade we wtll our abtlxty to skip Study Hall and not get caught To the Seventh Grade we wrll our ablllty to keep quiet tn Study Hal Indlvxdually we bequeath Joan -Xvery I wtll my abtlxty to get good grades m Engllsh to Ted Snyder joan -Xltwxes I wxll my ablltty to laugh to Jane Smxth provxded she laughs out loud twnce a day Bull Baumbarger l wrll my abtlxty to get along with the Engltsh eacher to -Xlvah 'VIcC,urdy Ralph Carroll I will my basketball sunt to Joe Ketfer Good Luck oe Bert Davts I wtll all my executive troubles to some capable junior Anna Hexsxng I wtll my abtlrty to get along wlth the teachers C-X C l to XIBYVIH Portney Donna Huffman I will my ablltty to stay rn school the last year to Becky krmbruster prouded she stays 1n school Harold Iohnston I wtll my durmg the week dates to Elxm Smlth Bonme Kerfer I wlll my quiet dlsposltlon to Elune Oman pro vxded she uses xt ln all her classes Bob Lerner I wxll my abxhtv to play ptng pong to Dtclt Yawberg Nxrgmra Ltpp I wxll those spectacular specs of mme to Nlarvm Fortney Helen Ludwtg I will all of my old boy frxends to Doral Youngs provrded she drvndes her ttme among them Janet NIcEwen I wlll my Journaltstnc troubles to the entlre Sprlled Ink Staff Marxlyn Muller I wall my typmg ablhty to Jackie Yawberg pro vlded she types ll P words a mmute at least once a year Brll Shepard I wlll my dressmg room P L to jun Frederlcks Phyllls Snyder I wall my abtltty to get to school on tune to anyone needmg It 'Nancy Swartz I wxll my swxmmxng abtltty to Glenna I-eeplxng pro vxded she goes to the beach next summer Niargaret Tanner I wxll my shorthand abxlnty to Sally Russell prot xded she makes 100 words a mmute at least twrce a year -Xlbert Thomas I wall my muslcal abmlnty to Nlrlan Woodburn Don W hxte-I wxll my artrstxc abtlxty to Gene Borough Bud 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