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

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BACCALAUREATE COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM May 20 1953 Superrntendent Normand F Jones Prestdrng Invocatxon Rev Lours Haskell Musrc Glrls Chorus Lonely Mountarn Saluta tory Ma rrlyn Culbertson The Road to Success MUSIC Gtrls Chorus Alrce Blue Gown Valedlctory Rtchard Heyman Success Musrc Trumpet TI10 Drck Yawber Glenn Feather B111 Thomas MY Lloyd Dull Class Address S Mr Lloyd nun A Desxgn for Lrvrng Musrc Instrumental Duet Dlck I-leyman 8s Sharon bong Presentauon of Class Mrs Suzanne Donnell Presentatton of Drplomas Mr Ben Pollock Benedtctton Rev Louts Haskell Prelude Processronal Invocatron Msulc SCIIDIUIC Mustc Class Sermon Muslc Benedrctlon Recessronal Class Motto May 17 1953 Pomp and Ctrcumstance Bless Thrs House Rev Tom Alverson Tom Alverson Louts Haskell M1X6d Chorus Rev Louls Haskell Marrlyn Culbertson Rev Lours Haskell The Lord Bless You and Keep You Class Flower Rose Class Colors Blue and Whrte Mtxed Chorus Rev Louls Haskell Tom A lverson Hrde not your talents they were made for use What s a sun dlal rn the shade? Class Advrsor Mrs Suzanne Donnell 14 1 Q1 ' President of the Board of Education n

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Salutatory R0 D TO SUCCESS Parents Faculty and Friends On behalf of this 1953 graduating class Iwant to welcome you to our commencement our beginning Probably a few years ago you my frlends were on a similar commencement stage maybe this one ready to step into an unpredictable future In spite of a troubled world and many hardships you have been successful to a great extent You have experienced two great wars and won them Between the wars you established years of peace but unfortunately had to face and experience a depression During this time doors have been opened to new fields of sclence roads have been started toward world peace Unfortunately there have been failures also We realize this especially as we look at our communist threaten ed world and its state today You are however growing older and your work is nearly completed Now it is our job to cope with these complex problems and f1nd a place in this troubled world We today have a goal to live 1n a peaceful world enjoying our many freedoms just as you had in the years of yesterday By this however l do not mean that the world will gain Just sixteen more inhabitants This IS hardly probable If we would give the world just one doctor who might bring health and comfort to his fellow men we should be successful lf we would supply the world with two or three excellent writers or musicians who would enlighten our world making it a more pleasant place 1n which to live we should be successful lf from our class could come two or three upright salesmen who will do their best to serve their community ters of the next generation we should also be successful Successfultoo would we be if future employers might be leaving thts stage who would be more concerned with the interests of their employees than their vast profits Most probable of all IS that fact that from this stage tonight will step slxteen men and women who will spend their free I1l'l'l6 guiding their children and molding honest characters of the next generation Then too if our children w1ll be able to take their place upon a commencement stage such as th1s tn the next generation still enjoying the same freedoms thatthis generation has preserved for us we shall be exceedingly suc cess ul Failure may seem to dominate a great part of our lives but as I consider this I think of a man who IS said to have really failed ln 1831 he failed 1n business in 1832 defeated in legislature in 1836 he suffered a nervous breakdown ln 1838 defeated agam tn public office in 1843 he was defeated tn Congress in 1848 defeated tu the Senate in 1855 was defeated for Vice President in 1860 was elected Prestdent and in 1865 was assassinated This failure was Abe Lincoln Yes our success IS yet to be tested Yet l feel that with the aid of our faculty parents and community we have been readled to obtain success in its fullest form Th1S Road to Success IS far from being a super highway yet we have been laying the foundation in these last twelve years Now we are to go on seeking more training and experience to complete and pave this our Road to Success 13 QQ 99 and their customers truthfully or maybe just one teacher who will spend his or her life molding the future charac-

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CLASS HISTORY Entertng h1gh school 1n 1949 23 boys and gtrls became the lowly freshmen one hears so much about In organ tztng we elected Sharon Long Prestdent Dtck Heyman Vtce Prestdent Ray Smlth Secretary Treasurer and Student Council representatxve Janet Estep Our class advrsor was Mrs Ienktns That year our class put on a one act play named The Wallflower Cuts In After three months vacatton 21 students entered our class tn 1950 We elected offtcers as follows Prestdent Sharon Long Vtce President Frank Jenntngs Secretary Treasurer Dtck Heyman and Student Councll Jerry Bowers Our class advtsor was Mrs Donnell We ptcked out our class rtngs and sold magazmes for further use on our sentor tr1p The summer fa1rly flew along and in September 1951 18 Juntots entered the school The elected offtcers were Presrdent Dtck Heyman Vxce Prestdent Ray Smtth Secretary Treasurer Janet Estep and Student Counctl Dlck Yawberg and B111 Weaver Our play was named Clementme and the theme of our Prom was Ortental Gardens Thts year we had a bake sale scrap drtve and also sold magaztne subscrlpttons When we returned to school tn the fall there were 16 of us left Our offtcers were Prestdent B111 Weaver gtce Prestdent Dtck Yawberg Secretary Treasurer D1ck Heyman Student Counctl Wanda Stlckles and Sandra rtngle We put tn a lot of work and were Justifted when we took our mp to Washtngton D C and New York Clty tn the early Sprmg LAST WILL A D TESTAME T We the graduatmg class of 1953 w1sh to leave behtnd some of our most priceless treasures To Mrs Donnell our class advtsor we leave our most stncere apprectation and thanks for the understandlng and help she has shown us e Junxors we leave our empty seats tn Study Hall tf they can fill them as well as we did t e Sophomores we leave some of our Semor dtgnlty e Freshmen we leave our old books and we hope that they use them better than we did t e Seventh and Etghth grades we leave the thrtll of gotng through High School wtth a record like ours Indtvtdually we bequeath Martlyn C I will my dummy copres of the Sptlled Ink to Darla Whtte provtding she understands them Wanda S I wtll my Government book to Donna Belle lf she wtll use tt better than I dtd Sharron L and Sandra P We wtll our devtltsh moments to Jean and June because we know that they can get away w1t tt Martlyn S I wtll my smallness to Catherme Helsing Donna B I will my abtltty to laugh and tell Jokes to Phyllls Abbott provtdtng she will use it Russell B I wtll my basketball untform to Itm Carter provtdtng he ftlls it ltke I did Dtc L I wtll my farmer s walk to Pat Tester Deloy H I wtll my dark, curly hatr to Tom Alverson Dtck H w1ll my butch to next year s basketball team provxdtng they spread tt arotmd Dtck Y wlll my ab1l1ty to own a convertible to Ross Pugh provldtng he can find a girl to go wtth ll Jerry B I wtll my Government book to Waldo Box provrded he uses tt more than I dtd Frank J w1l1 my mtdntght escapades to Jtm Graf lf he can survtve them B111 W I wtll my right handed sltde rule to hm Graf Chet V I w1ll my ablltty not to have a ftght with my gtrl to Jerry Wrtght lf he can ftnd a glrl now Ray S I w111 my wtt to some unsuspecttng soul 15 . ' . . I . : To the rest of the faculty we leave our thanks and gratitude for the guidance they have given us. To th ' ' , ' , To h ' ' , To th , , To h ' ' ' ' , ' k . l ' ' . ' ' . . '- I . I' n , . . . . . . . . - I . . . . U . . . . . ' .. - I 1 1 1 1 'I 1 1 . .