Granite City High School - Warrior Yearbook (Granite City, IL)

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LATE AND GREAT By the end of our 1982-83 school year, many famous personalities were gone. Whomever they were, young or old, female or male, they all managed to leave an impression on today ' s society. STANLEY HOLLOWAY who played Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady was a stage and screen performer for 75 years. The wife of Harry S. Truman, BESS TRUMAN, died in her hometown of Independence, Missouri. ELEANOR POWELL tapped her way to fame and stardom in 13 movies. The good guy in most of his films, HENRY FONDA died after making 80 films. LEONID BREZHNEV ruled Russia for 18 years. Fans of early-morning television during the 50 ' s could not forget DAVE CARROWAY. LEE STRASEBERC directed the Actors Studio and helped hundreds of young people achieve their acting goals. INGRID BERGMAN played the beautiful lisa in the movie Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart. GRACE KELLY will always be remembered as her Highness of Monaco and also as The Country Girl. ROMY SCHNEIDER, who was once a child star, performed in 60 films. Country singer and country gentlemen MARTY ROBBINS left us all with many country ballads and gentle love songs. LEROY SATCHEL PAIGE pitched for 40 years and 2,600 games. JOYCE C. HALL, founder of Hallmark Cards, died at the age of 91. KENNY BOYER was a former Cardinal player and manager. He was only 51 when he died. One of the best-known fathers on television, HUGH BEAUMONT, died. He played Beaver and Wally ' s father in the series Leave It To Beaver. College football ' s winningest coach, PAUL BEAR” BRYANT of the University of Alabama, called it quits after many years on the football field. Several months after his retirement. Bear Bryant died of a heart attack. KAREN CARPENTER died at the early age of 32. Conservative novelist and philospher, AYN RAND, also died in this past year. She was the author of The Fountainhead. No longer with us is HARRIET ADAMS. She was the author who clued children in to adventures of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. JACK WEBB will always be remembered for his television shows Dragnet and Adam-12. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Summer and Smoke were some of the classics written by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS. The king of jazz, EUGIE BLAKE, died. He was 100 years old. Arthur Godfrey died on March 16, 1983. PRICES McDonald ' s hamburger 50 t Warrior yearbook $15.00 Cigarettes in machine 90«t G.C. Press- Record 25 t G.C. Journal Free Gallon of 2% milk $1.89 Unleaded gas in G.C $1.17 Candy bar 30 t Movie ticket ... $3.50 Book rental $12.00 Sammy Hagar concert $12.50 Prom ticket .... $30.00 The Who concert $17.50 LITTLE PEOPLE AND BIG ACTS All the funny little people, cute frilly chil- dren, and the nice little fellows took their places in the hearts of America this year. E.T. was one of the biggest hits of all times. It earned more than $300 million in six months. The little girl from the comic strips came to the big screen as little ANNIE. There were 2,075 identically dressed cou- ples who were married by Reverend Sun Myung MOON. Frank Zappa and his daughter, Moon Unit, were responsible for the success of the VALLEY GIRLS. VIDEO GAMES became a billion dollar industry this past year. The little blue SMURF came to the U.S. and took over Saturday-morning television. MARY DECKER-TABB, 24, set seven world distance records in one year. WILLIAM ARTHUR PHILLIP LOUIS, heir to the British throne, arrived. The ST. LOUIS BASEBALL CARDINALS won the 1982 World Series. The WORLD ' S FAIR opened in Knox- ville, Tennessee on May 1, 1982. On July 10, MIGUEL VASQUEZ per- formed the first quadruple somersault proving to the world he was one of the best trapeze artists. 6 1982-1983 IN REVIEW

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October of 1966. It was the second largest plant within their corporation. On July 1, 1970, the Shasta Beverage Com- pany opened its doors. It was located on Highway 3. Another new industry moved to Granite City. An ample supply of good houses were avail- able to the people of Granite City. The resi- dential section near Wilson Park had homes priced within a range of $20,000 to $75,000. These homes were approximately 15 to 25 years old. The newer split-level homes sold from $22,000 to $45,000. Residents of Granite City could expect to pay anywhere from $87.50 per month to $150. if they wanted to rent an appartment. Price, of course, depended upon the facility, location, and square area. The area around Granite City grew rapidly also. The 630-foot Gateway Arch in St. Louis was completed in 1965, and the impressive Busch Memorial Stadium (home of the St. Louis baseball and football Cardinals) came along in spring of 1966. Also a few miles from Granite City was Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. S.I.U. Edwardsville was one of the fastest growing commuter universities in the nation. Students from Granite City could receive quality college education just a few miles away from home. Granite City ' s population was growing so rapidly that another high school had to be built to house the many secondary students. In 1973, North High School opened. Many of the students had to seperate from their close friends. James Dumont was principal at South and Gilbert Walmsley at North. The North students became known as the Steelers and South students were still the Warriors. For the next few years, everything went smoothly. Enrollment was still up in both schools and businesses in Granite City main- tained a good existance. But things didn ' t remain the same — even for this industrial town. Businesses began to close. The foreign car market invaded the U.S. The little cars with good gas mileage were advertised on television, radio, and maga- zines. With the price of gasoline soaring, the small cars looked very appealing. Also, with the high sales of small foreign cars, the Ameri- can automobile industry suffered. People were being layed off from many of the Granite City plants. With no jobs available to these skilled workers, families began moving out of town. They looked for other industrial areas in the U.S. where they could put their talents to good use. The late 1970 ' s were not good years for Granite City. The once prosperous A.O. Smith plant closed. The plant that manufactured modern automobile frames was no longer in operation. Granite City Steel was forced to cut it ' s staff. Union Starch closed. The plant that con- verted corn into products such as corn syrups and sugars, starches, corn oil, and gluten meal and feed closed it ' s doors. Granite City Steel began to decrease the number of workers needed to keep the plant in operation. The once heavily-employed American Steel closed its doors in 1982. More families moved out of Granite City. Moving families meant children moving out of the area. Less and less students were at- tending the schools. In the spring of 1979, three elementary schools were forced to close. They were Mc- Kinley, Stallings, and Washington. The enrollment still declined. Because of this, and increasing costs, the school board needed answers to many questions. To be or not to be, to close or not to close, to tax or not to tax? These were some of the questions that faced the school board. They gathered statistics on finance and enrollment, and studied the maintenance, upkeep and en- ergy costs of the district. On February 1, 1983, the board announced to the citizens of Granite City it was necessary to close more school buildings. The buildings scheduled to close were North High School, Prather Junior High School (to be operated as an elementary school), Emerson, Lake, Logan, Nameoki, and Johnson elementary schools. It would become one big high school again — no North and South. The junior high school students would attend Coolidge and Grigsby, and the elementary students attend- ing the schools due to close would be dis- bursed among other elementary buildings throughout the district. 3 Taxpayers voiced their ideas and opinions at several meetings. No teacher, student, or par- ent wanted their school to close. But there was no alternative. The graduating class of 1983 would be the last North and South class. Just as it was in the past, South would once again become Community High School. It would be a little more crowded in the halls, but the adjustment would have to be made. To successfully carry out this change, a combined effort of everyone would be neces- sary. 4 Granite City would still have one of the finest school systems in Illinois which would provide thorough and sound education for our children — whether it be in one or two high schools. Granite City, also, still had all the key elements necessary to producing another prosperous and industrial site here. Possibly if this combined effort was put to proper use, good fortune may once again be synonymous to Granite City — that Granite City would make a new beginning and that the most successful years in the history of this great city would still lie ahead. The yearbook staff thanks Mayor Paul Schuler for his help in gathering this information. 1. Madison Avenue 15th Street look- ing toward General Steel, American Steel, NESCO, National Leacf, and Hoyt Metal, during the 1903 flood. 2. Nine- teenth Street and State looking west between State and Grand. 3. Seibold’s Niedringhaus Avenue store in 1936. Mrs. Seibold, Mr. Seibold, and Miss Erna Christainson, sales girl. 4. Mem- bers of GCHS hold the flag honoring Granite City as one of the All Amer- ica cities in 1959. 5. Tri-City Grocery store. HISTORY OF GRANITE CITY 5

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VANISHING ACTS The key words to this article are CANCELLED, STOPPED, DELETED, VOTED OUT, RETIRED, AND JUNKED. The 109-year old CABLE CARS in San Francisco came to a halt in September of 1982. They will be repaired and return to service as soon as they are in good working order. The last CHECKER CAB rolled off the assembly line in July. It was purchased for the price of $11,000. by a New York City cab driver. The cancelled LOU GRANT show left Ed Asner without a job. The HELEN HAYES THEATRE on Broadway was demolished after 71 years of hosting performances. SUGAR RAY LEONARD retired from boxing at an early age of 26. Germany ' s Chancellor HELMUT SCHMIDT, 64, left office when Bonn parliament voted him out. GARRY TRUDEAU decided to take a rest after drawing 4,300 Doonesbury strips over the last 12 years. The DOOBIE BROTHERS are no more. They called it quits and gave their last performance at Six Flags. The Number 8 on the Pittsburgh Pirates team re- tired. WILLIE STARGELL, 41, retired after hitting 475 home runs. TYLENOL capsules vanished from the shelves of stores after seven people died from cyanide poison. The ninth largest U.S. airline, BRANIFF INTERNA- TIONAL, also folded. The DeLOREAN car is no longer being assembled and it ' s creator is no longer in public view. The Italian actress, SOPHIA LOREN, disappeared for 17 days while she served a jail term for tax evasion in Italy. Secretary of State, AL HAIG, resigned on July 25, 1982. No longer with School District 9 are NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, and EMERSON, JOHNSON, LAKE, LOGAN, and NAMEOKI elementary schools. PRATHER is no longer a junior high school. The retirees include EMIL KANIA, RICHARD KING, MURIEL KRATZ, HELEN KUENSTLER, ELLA REYNOLDS, and ALBERT ZEBIO. Mr. ALLEN KENNERLY, assistant principal, moved from his office to a science room. Principal JAMES DUMONT will assume responsi- bilites at the Board of Education office. M A S H is gone. After being on television for more than 10 years, the last episode was shown on March 28, 1983. It was a 2V2-hour special. FADS AND FANCIES This includes some items that may be here tomorrow or may just be here today and gone tomorrow. Bedrooms of youngsters were decorated in ANNIE, SMURF, PAC MAN, and STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKES. Men took over the underworld with DESIGNER UNDIES. Fancy SHOE LACES were seen on sneakers. The most famous cat of the year was GARFIELD. The PREPPY look finally got to Granite City. PAUL NEWMAN decided to top some salads with his own special dressing. VALLY GIRLS gear came to be. CABLE TELEVISION became very popular. How about some 3-D glasses for television? SHOULDER PADS stood out in 1982. Many people decided to just hang around in $80. inver- sion EXERCISE BOOTS. The DEELY BOBBER was another hit of the year. The headbands with shinny hearts or spinning pinwheels turned up on the heads of many Granite City students. The WHITE HOUSE CHINA came out in paper form. Many little children played house with their own set of the White House paper dishes. HARD TIMES On October 8, 1982, the first double-digit UNEMPLOYMENT figure went up. It was the highest unemployment in the U.S. since 1941. FLOOD WATERS ravished through Pacific and Times Beach, Missouri, leaving an ocean of water and thousands of families homeless. The EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT made a good effort, but it feel short of passage by three of the necessary 38 states. On September 21, the PRO FOOTBALL play- ers went on an eight-week strike. Bombs still went off in LEBANON and IRE- LAND. Stories of WAR went from Central America to Southwest Asia. Ronald Reagan decided to put another TAX on gasoline. 1982-1983 IN REVIEW 7