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

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CLASS PROPH ECY It was early rn the mornrng on August 22 1956 that I set out for Columbus Ohto Today was the ftnale of the great State Farr The sun s rays were peekrng over the horrzon penetraung through the early fog and promrstng to present a brrght and beautrful day As I drove along my mtnd began to wander Memortes of school days at Grand Raprds and expectatrons of thrngs to come floated through my mrnd I was suddenly Jolted from my dreams by the pterc mg sound of a srren Pretty soon a boy rn blue came careentng up besrde me and gave me the pull over srgnal I pulled over stopped and warted for whatever was to come As he got out of the car my sudden fear left for I recognrzed h1m as Jerry Bowers one of my old classmates and after all I thought an old classmate ts an old classmate He sard that he had seen me go by and had decrded to have a ltttle fun Thts was to be hrs day off and he was headrng for the farr also As I contrnued on my way I notrced a servrceman hrtchhrktng When I slowed down to ptck htm up I recog ntzed htm as D1ck Long Whrle rtdrng on to Columbus I talked htm tnto gomg to the farr and promrsed to get htm back to camp rn trme We arrrved at the fatrgrounds and not any too early erther for thrngs were raprdly ftllrng up Our f1rst stop was 1n the cattle barns Our currosrtres were aroused by a stgn whrch read Regrstered Jerseys Russell E Brown owner Sure enough tt was the same Russell we had known He had been dotng pretty well wrth hrs cattle wrnntng two blue rtbbons and a good chance at the Grand Champronshtp Russ Jolned us and sard that two others of our classmates were compettng 1n the dtfferent competrttons around the grounds Deloy Hartman and Ray Smtth both farmrng around Grand Raptds had brought gram As we walked along we notrced a modeltng show golng on One of the models looked extremely famtllar We frnally declded II was Sandra Prmgle After the show we met her and she sa1d that she had a Job w1th an ex clus1ve dress shop rn downtown Columbus Martlyn Shetzer a beauty operator and Marrlyn Culbertson a mustc student at O S U were to meet Sandra so we decrded to tag along Today was the day for the hot rod races and we all decrded to go Whrle wa1t1ng 1n l1ne for trckets we saw D1ck Yawberg and Brll Weaver talkmg We gave them a hearty welcome and learned that Dtck was runmng a servtce statton of hls own and that B111 was a student at Ohio State studylng soctal studtes We fmally got a sea rn the grandstand and were looktng over our programs when thrs announcement came over the loudspeaker Car number 32 drrven by Chet Vollmar He turned out to be the same Chet we all knew Chet won the race as we knew he would and was betng rntervtewed by a reporter when we frnally gotto h1m The reporter was another of our classmates Donna Brown she had a Job wtth the Columbus Ttmes one of Columbus s leadrng newspapers We all got together and dectded to make a day of rt We were walktng past a stand set up by the WAF s and who should be srttrng behrnd the desk tn thexr smart unrforms handrng our the lrterature but Sharon Long and Wanda Strckles Wanda and Sharon were soon relreved and they came along wtth us Now we numbered 15 There was only one mrsstng Frank Ienntngs the ltfe of the party We all decrded to take rn the srghts of the mrdway Whtle walkrng past the many stdeshows and stands we heard a famrltar votce callrng Hey there folks step rrght up see the greatest ltttle show ever assembled un der one tent That votce could belong to none other than Frank Jenmngs Now the class was complete Frank proved to be just as entertarnrng as he was tn government class When I ftnally started home that ntght I was a lrttle ttred but very happy at havtng seen the gang agarn FINIS 16 I I I ' , . . . . . I . , . - . ,, . ,, . . . I I ' I I I u u - U .1 f I I 9 , . ' I u 1 I - , . . o . . , , . Y . . . . . . - 9 v s - - -n o ' - . , , . . n - .. . , . ' u a 1 , . . , . . . . . . . , , . . , . . . . ,, . . n n ,, . . . . . . . ,, ,, . I I '

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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 . .

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FIRST GRADE . ..These are the students who make up our school. From first to last they are the ones who keep our school hum- ming with activity. We who are seniors now look back fondly to our days as underclassmen and remember all of the fun we had... ROW ONE Larry Thomas Larry Frost Kenneth Nlceley Kenneth Thomas ROW TWO Roberta McKenz1e Zella Webster Margaret Long Marlene Shetzer Delene Bowers Dlana Box Sharelle Schultz Phyllxs Myers Ellen Armbruster Helen Mattln V1ck1 Wh1tman Kathleen Perry Darlene Carson ROW FOUR. Davtd Thomas Berkre Brown Larry Erven Billy Bnner Wlllxam Heller Rlchard Irvln Mxchael Parmon Ronald Brttmger Mmss Patton 17 k w l Karen Pringle., ROW Tl-IREE:' Marcia Rusk, Elizabeth Wyatt, 'Ruth Light,'Sharon Dewees, Jlrdith Barnhiser: