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

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gn was E 1521! Four years ago a group of 26 students came tnto studyhall to start the long Journey of four seemrngly long years We started out by electmg offrcers wrth Pres Ioe Kerfer V Pres Howard Rrchards Sec Gordon Gould Treas Iohn Graf Part of the class partrcrpated rn the all school play Our Town The sponsor of the class was Mrs Ludeman Student Councrl representat1ves were Don Trumbull and Ioe Kerfer After a few months we started back for our Sophomore year wrth the class havmg 29 stu dents The offrcers for that year were Pres Karlyn Iohnston V Pres Gordon Gould Sec Marte Car ter Treas Iane M1291 We had a one act play I2 O clock Murder Part of the class was proud to be appornted to serve at the Iunror Senror Ban quet We also chose our class rmgs The class sponsor was Mrss Mc Cutchen Karlyn Iohnston and Phrl Weaver were Student Counc1l repre sentatrves In a few short months we were back agarn only thts tlme as IUHIOIS and w1th 25 students makmg up the class The offtcers were Pres Phll Weaver V Pres Ioe Kerfer Sec Treas Marle Carter Our two mam thmgs were the class play You Cant Take It Wlth You and our Iunror Semor Banquet We sold magazmes had bake sales and had a scrap drrve Student Councll representatrves were Don Trumbull and Phil Weaver The sponsor was Mxss McCutchen At last' We were flnally Senlors Our class made up of 29 students could no longer be called lower classmen by any of the other eleven grades That year for prestdent we chose Karlyn Iohnston V Pres Marle Carter Sec Treas Dor1s Pugh We were kept busy that year wrth graduatron prctures name cards and 1nv1tat1ons We became very conscious of our treasury and thoughts of how to Jncrease 1t were bemg brought up We sponsored a scrap drrve had charge of the refreshment stands at the basketball games sold rnagazlnes had a chlcken supper and also a bake sale Student Councll representatlves for our Senror year were Karlyn Iohnston Don Trumbull and Iohn Graf Our sponsor was Mr Iones We were greatly and honorably entertarned at the Iunlor Senlor Banquet The Iunrors drd a beau t1ful Job decoratlng the gym At last 1t was the nrght of Baccalaureate May I8 That was followed by Commencement May 20 The speaker berng Dr Walter Zaugg from Bowllng Green Unrversrty Frnally now we are among the graduates of Grand Raprds To end our schoolmg we had a very unforgettable class trrp to Washlngton D C l6lA.f,6ULlLLlI'li,7.QAf We the graduatrng class of l952 wrsh to leave some of our most prlceless treasures To Mr Iones our class advrsor and superrn tendent we grve thanks and apprecratron for help mg us through our problems and drffrcultres To the rest of the faculty we grve smcere appre c1at1on for helplng us and tryrng to understand us To the Iunrors we leave our empty seats rn the gym provrdlng they ftll them as well as we drd To the Sophomores we leave our Government Books provrdlng they get more good out of them than we dld To the Freshmen we leave our ab1l1ty to grad uate To the seventh and erghth grades we leave our ab1l1ty to get our work done and get to classes on trme Indlvrdually we bequeath Mane I w1ll my dummy copres of the Sprlled Ink to Marrlyn Culbertson Mary I w1ll my shorthand ab1l1ty to Mary Lowe Ellen I w1ll my gettrng along w1th and mmdrng the teachers to Donnre Woodburn Ianle I w1ll my ab1l1ty to hke shorthand to Ianet Estep Dolores I w1ll my ab1l1ty to get along wrtft the teachers to Donna Belle Karlyn I w1ll my ab1l1ty to be ser1ous to Frank Iennrngs Darlene I w1ll my temper to Theresa Brushaber Dor1s I w1ll my Job as typrst on the Sprlled Ink to Sharon Long Dl'OV1d11'1Q she doesnt make as many mrstakes Ph1l I w1ll my ab1l1ty to have a car and go out to I1m Graf Gordon I w1ll my ab1l1ty to laugh and tell Jokes to Sandra Pr1ngle Don I w1ll my herght to Brlly Thomas and my ab1l1ty to play basketball to Ierry Wrrght Dean I w1ll my confederate hat to Irm Graf Walter I w1ll my wavy harr to Ronnre Roberts Thomas I w1ll my quletness to Iohn Thomas Rollm I w1ll my quttar playmg to Raymond Roberts Lester I w1ll my ab1l1ty to stay out of school to Tom Alverson prov1d1ng he doesnt get caught Rtchard I I w1ll my ab1l1ty to type stenc1l to Ray Smrth provldrng he does 1t correctly Rlchard S I w1ll all my confederate flags to Harry Fuller Frank I w1ll rny 32 football Jersey to Iohn Thomas Paul I w1ll my seat Jn study hall to Chet Vollmar Iohn I w1ll my ab1l1ty to get phone calls Jn t mrddle of the nrght to any one w o wants tn rn Roger I w1ll my government book to Frank len nrngs prov1drng he uses rt better than I dtd Ioe I w1ll my ab1l1ty to IGCPIVQ phone calls fro n grrls I dont know to Ierry Wrtglt . . , . . , . , . . ' ' 1 H J, ' . . , , . . . . . I . I ' . I - ' I I - I I - I I J - - 1 If I Il I , . ' Q I I f . ' ' I . . , ' . . , . . . ' , ' ' 1 I II I ' l ly I . . J, . . . , . I ' 4 . , . . 0 I 2 . . , . . J ' I - I I - ' , . 1 I - . . , . , V . ' - Y me . . I I A , H ..':. . . , . ., . . , - , . , - w , .K .

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glam Pllophacq, On May 18 l955 I declded to take a l1ttle vacatron I decrded to take a tr1p through the Un1ted States I decrded upon dr1v1ng so I could see more scenery After many hours of packmg and preparlng for my trtp and seerng that my car was rn t1p top shape I was ready to leave on Iune lst whlch turned out to be a glor1ous day Upon arr1v1ng rn Toledo I declded to shop for some last mtnute 1tems Whlle 1n a Drug store purchas1ng some f1rst a1d supplres I spotted a g1rl drlnkmg a soda The second glance told me 1t was one of my old classmates Dolores Helsmg After a few mmutes of greet 1ng we got down to a good chat She told me she was a student nurse at St Vtncent Hosprtal rn Toledo After chatttng w1th Dolores I notrced how the t1me was flyrng so I bade her goodbye as I wanted to arr1ve 1n Pennsylvanla before mrdnrght I arrlved tn Phlladelphra late that evenlng very tlred and hungry Lookmg for a hotel I declded to stay at the Statler whtch was very comfortable and convenlent The followrng mornrng I awoke late and was ravlshmgly hungry Whlle lookrng for a res taurant 1n whrch to eat I nottced a blg burldtng berng constructed Whrle gazmg at the large constructton I nottced a slgn whrch read D Thomas My CUYIOSIIY got the best of me and upon 1nqu1r1ng w1th1n I dlscovered 1t was the same Dean Thomas I graduated wrth back rn 52 Dean and I had a pleasant l1ttle chat and I dtscovered Lester Huffman was a telegraph operator out 1n Colorado and Iohn Grazf was an Electrlcal Engmeer tn New York Crty He was marrred to Lyn Rockle a well known movre actress and was dolng very well for hlmself 1n the electrrcal busrness After d1n1ng wlth Dean I checked out of my hotel and started my lourney to West V1rg1n1a I stopped rn Appalachla 1n the afternoon a quret lrttle town for lunch I spred a pleasant lookmg restaurant called Dlck s Chrcken House After eatrng a del1c1ous chrcken dm ner I went to the reglster to pay and dlscovered I only had IOU dollar brlls Explamxng to the waltress that I was travelmq and had no smaller denom1nat1ons wlth me she drsmrssed herself to call the owner To my utter surprtse 1t was Rlchard Snyder another graduate of 52 told me he was the owner of a Cham of res taurants and whlle at a conventlon rn Wash lngton DC he dlscovered that Mane Carter was a prlvate secretary to a large paper con cern After leavrng Rrchard I 1ourneyed on to Fort Knox Kentucky VISIIIHQ my cousrn who was statloned there Lookmg up my coustn I drscovered Walter Lowe another graduate of 52 They were taktng therr baslc together Drck After spendlng a pleasant day wlth them Walter tnformed me that they had seen an ex Clllflq game the nrght before Kentucky U versus Umverslty of West Vlrquua Kentucky beatmg by twelve polnts To my great surprlse the two top players were none other than Don T and Ioe K students at Kentucky U After leavrng Kentucky I Journeyed to South Caro l1na to look up an old classmate Mrs Brushaber formerly Darlene Mc Kenzle They had a beau trful httle home on the outsklrts of the naval base Talk1ng to Darlene I was told that Ellen W now Mrs Fred Pauff was lrvrng rn Weston Ohlo and had her own beauty parlor 1n her home and had ct boomtng buslness Her hus band was now a Lt 1n the Marrnes After spendlng a couple of days wlth Darlene I Journeyed on to Florrda Arr1v1ng 1n Pensacola I drscovered I had a flat t1re Some men were laymg brrcks at the house tn front of whrch I stopped I was havlng dtfftcultres rn changmg my t1re so a couple of men came out to help me Whtle they were chang1ng the t1re I d1s covered one of them to be Gordon G another graduate of 52 He was a brrck layer for a large construct1on frrm rn Pensacola Whrle chattlng w1th Gordle I found that Roger Wade was a carpenter tn Ill1no1s and Thomas M was study1ng to be a speaker at BGU Prom what Gordre heard he was makrng qurte a few speeches already After thankmg Gordle for chang1ng my t1re I traveled on My next stop was rn Houston Texas I stopped to do some shopprng and whrle there I ran mto Dons Pugh fMrs Brllsl Whrle at lunch Dorrs told me they were lrvrng at base She told me Mary Dougherty was a full t1me nurse 1n Marne and Karlyn Iohnston was a housewrfe 1n south ern Arrzona Her husband was a blg cattle owner and they owned a beaut1ful ranch and a modern ranch nome Departrng from Dons I traveled on to Cahfornra and stopped at San Francrsco There I attended an art exh1b1t and met a famous arttst none other than Rollin Rhoads He was dorng wonders wlth h1s art1st1c ab1l1ty He lnformed me Paul L was an owner of a large farm IH Kansas and was dotng well rn the cattle branch Frank V was 1n the Navy statroned at San Dlego Iourneymg back home to B G I stopped at G R havmg not been there for three years I found that Plul W was a partner rn hrs Dad s seed bustness I drove out to see Phll We had a pleasant talk and I told hlm all the news of the 52 graduates except for Dick I Phll told me he was golng to Ohlo U where he was study1ng agrlculture 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