Grant Union High School - Prospector Yearbook (John Day, OR)

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out of school. Ilene i3 one of the several red-heads in Grant. High,, end in her lest semester, she found another red-head a boy of course, combine the two and what have you?--two red-heads, naturally. A person witn red-hair usually has a quick temper, but not Fied She hss a gentle and likeable disposition,. WADE opFIOER---VVhQn speaking of dominating personalities, our thoughts most naturally tarn to one of Grant Union’s impressive figures, Wado Officer.. Every year of tne four he has spent here have seen Wsde participating in nearly every activity this school has offered to the students,. Wade has been a clas3 officer nearly every year of his schooling at Grant High end in his senior year was presi- dent of the Lettermen's Club., He wes successful in earning sufficient merit in four years of football thus nB king nim a four-year Letterman His friendliness toward all and his '29 jallopy of which we are all fond, have made him one of Grant'3 most fsmiliar personalities Ted Livingston Tommy Joe Mitchell %

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Five-feet six-inches vith every inch full of vln, vigor, and vitality is Ted. His manner bursts with friendliness; his personality is directed toward making everyone hoo y. These .re the quailr.ies which characterize him and distin- guish him from the o her: And next year hen the sport seasons come around e .1! often think of the numerous times Ted war instrumental in nulling the teams through to Victory. BERNIE C V: 3CM- - - - of f- f inest and one of the heaviest tackl :■ -hri Gr'; High .r ■ ever produced is our friend, Bernie Hii or -nt personality in school was as impres» sive . .. . iis rlaying ability and excellent record on she football field. He can remember Bernie as a three-year let mormon In football, a one-year letterman in basketball. .?nd as the vice-president of our student body his senior year. If you accomplish nothing more than making r. s many friends as you did in your high school career, Bernie, you will have done more than many of our country’s greatest men. BETTY 1ELCH----Whenever we think of Betty, her charming smile and pleasing personality shine forth among the other remembrances. The junior end senior years of this alluring, chocolate-brown-hair d girl were spent in Gr nt High. Her ways iv..' wou the envy of all of we Prospector students and al so r:v: added many new associates and permanent friends. Her artioIn ation in school events were marked by her status as a I •' ' ! ri for one year and through her part in the play which • or sen ted its junior year. HERBERT McC-IVTRl Tit herb or Herby as vre knew him, mad6 a hit with e eryone, boys and girls. Herb was also one of the Class of ’46 that spent only two years at Grant Union, but who accomplished much toward making schoolday associations and lifetime friends. He appeared in the play which his class gave thier last year in high school and became a one-year football letterman his last and second year at our school. Herb came to us from Mt. Vernon, and he . ill be remembered by his charming manner with the girls. ILENT I'D-- Pied has spent two and a half years of her high school learning rt Grnt Hi. V.e thought that she might spend four ; n s • h u-. but the Dayville high school claimed -;r ,.c -oruuned there for her sophomore and half o •. r lifter ■ r ■ She came back to Grant Union, her se: Tor so ■ ;ors o graduate with her many friends here. Also. : hf : ; she gained sufficient credit to warrant her ' ’ - - membership on the Lettergirl’s Club. Her one „uid only ambition that we know of is to get n

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’ CLASS HISTORY In the year of 19A,2t twenty eight enthusiastic Freshmen entered Grant Union High School, not knowing whet they were feeing, or they-probably wouldn’t have started» We had fun through that year. The initiation was the main event of the year» Joyce Trowbridge was elected President and led us through the Freshmen activities. , In ’£3 we started again, but with something else in mind, that was to give the Freshmen some of what ws got when we were Freshmen, It was a great disappointment be- cause we couldn’t initiate them like we ware initiated» We started out with twenty students, a few weeks after school was on its way, Dsssie Dell Butler transfer- red from Pendleton and Robert Francis from Idaho, Kenneth Roberts dropped out about the.half of the yeer because of illness» Jack Gleason was again elected president of the class» As juniors we looked back on the memories of the years before» V7e ordered our class rings in November, which we did not receive until the lpst part of the school year» The Junior .Class play CUSTER’S LAST STAND was one of the successful events of the year for us» The feast consisted of Jack Gleason, Dsssie Dell Duties'v Glen Chaud lar, Zane Crawford, Betty-Welch. Helen Mosely, Patty Lou Elliott, Mery Lou Dickens, Joyce Trowbridge, Wade Officer, Ted Livingston snd Hazel Cunningham» The Junior Senior banquet was another big event of the year» Cpl» Pete Baucum, who wa3 fortunate enough to be back from over seas was with us and his graduating . class» Other guests were the faculty and the school board members» . In April the ;Jun5.ors again entertained th$ Seniors with the, Prom in . the Grant Union Gymnasium» We had lost one of our -class members by this time, Gloria LeRoy» Herbert McGetrick from Mt» Vernon; Betty Welch from the Boise Academy, Charley Belcher, and Roger Sodax-stedt from Springfield joined us» Yfe were happy to have these students added to our class»