Gridley High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Gridley, CA)

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Sector Jerrie Lee Randolph: Housemother of the Sigma Chi fraternity at Yale . . . David Wiser: Now owner of the only shoe factory which manufactures shoes over size 14 . . . Betty Jane Gober: Now employed as bookkeeper for G. U. H. S. and still trying to find that two cents she misplaced during her senior year . . . Robert Moore: Featured with his Rhythm Kings at the local night spot, the Pastime Club . . . Wanda Neely: Manager of the most popular theater in Gridley, The Butte . . . Dorothy Cassidy: Now president of the Board of Trustees for Gridley Hi . . . Joyce Dillard: Missionary in China . . . Dorothea Burns: Sally Waterbury: Second year of Prohibition and Dorothea and Sally have become financially independent . . . Marilyn Silberbauer: Now married to a multimillionaire in N. Y., whom she met at John Hopkins Hospital, where she was head nurse . . . Jerry Stanton: alias The Thin Man can now be seen during visiting hours at Sing Sing . . . Lucille Moss: Running a trading post at the North Pole . . . Marvin Bynum: President of T. W. A. Jean Adams: Wiping little Walter Wallace’s nose . . . Nellie Bate: Hula dancing in the Hawaiian Islands . . . Sharon Burdick: Still holding her own as the only blonde with naturally straight hair . . . Wanda Casey: Now wearing horn-rimmed glasses and teaching social science at Gridley Hi . . . Anita Clark: Running a restaurant featuring home-cooked meals (Now in a state of panic—she lost her can opener.) Dolores DeHoff: Training seals in Iceland for the Barnum and Bailey Circus. . . . Pat Elbertson: Can be heard Monday through Friday over KNBC in the radio serial, Life with Jimmy and Pat . . . Margaret Ferguson: A waitress in a restaurant still making people wait and wait and wait. We have waited so long we have celebrated New Years twice. Bonita Frawley: Coming home from graduation in her car, she hit one of the bumps in her driveway, sailed over the electric fence and hasn’t been seen since. Maybe she went to Virginia . . . Joye Frizell: Up the river—fishing that is . . . Inez Gage Cecelia Grigsby: Author of the book Grigsby’s Children’s Hour. Bob Storm: Perfecting his latest biological discovery, why bees buzz . . . Marie Ann Mauer: Putting the finishing touches on her latest hit tune, “The Fleet- Foot-Floogie for Flat Flutes.’’ Mildred May: Smoking camels in the Sahara Desert . . . Erma Meyer: Head of the Old Maid’s Society to Prevent Men From Migrating to Mars . . . Betty Mulkins: Third from the end in Curly’s Cuties. (The one in the purple tights.) June Curry: Professional giggler for KNBC and ABC radio networks recently swal- lowed a glass of HC1 acid by mistake and has since been billed as official belcher for all soda-pop commercials . . . Jessie Pryde: Now head of the floor-scrubber and wall-scouring union of lower N. Y. state. Jewell Robinson: Dinty’s top torch singer plugged nightly a song entitled ‘Tve-Got- The-I-Really-Don’t-Wanna-Sing-And-You-Won’t-Want-Me-To-Either- When-You-Hear-Me-But-This-Job-Pays-Well-Blues.”

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Satio r 'Zttetony When we came into high school four years ago, we received the traditional lipstick and everything that goes with it—and how! At the end of the first week the Sophomores evened the score by giving us the Freshman Reception. Then we settled down to the steady grind of school and elected Robert Moore president for the first semester and Bob Nugent was our president for the second semester. We gave the Sophomore Return about two weeks after the Freshman Reception. Sharon Burdick and Jean Adams were in charge of the decorations and the dance turned out successfully. As Sophomores we regained our revenge by smearing the incoming freshmen with an abundance of lipstick. We again had elections and elected Rodney Brown president. Everett Lindsay was our president for the second semester. Then we became Juniors, Upper Classmen now. This was the year we got our class rings and had a lot of fun showing them off. Three members of our class participated in the all-school play this year. In our elections this year Dale Jensen became president the first semester and Harold McLean the second se- mester. The big event of our junior year was the Senior Ball which we sponsored; we used “Moonlight and Roses” for our theme. Then at long last, we became Mighty Seniors. The days were happy ones as the time of graduation grew nearer. The Senior days—-Senior Skip Day and Old Clothes Day—were observed in the traditional manner as was the exchange of announcements and pictures. The Junior Prom was given and was enjoyed by all. The Class of ’49 followed the tradition started by the Class of ’48—that of wearing caps and gowns for graduation.

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Margie Simpson: Senior “Profi tecy Directs the women's choir in the southwest wing of the Butte County Hospital for the hopelessly insane . . . Maxine Welsh: Norma Borrowman: Powder Puff Eleven . . . Everett Lindsay: Marilyn Wilcox: J. C. Abshier: Eddie Henderson: In charge of the local pool and cigar hall, and while his health is comparatively good, he manages to get around with a cane aiding him. He visits Marilyn every evening except during the winter; lumbago confines him to his home. Marilyn is now principal of Gridley Union High. There are rumors of their engagement . . . Co-owners of an exclusive ladies' lingerie shop in Biggs. Bill Allee: Dale Jensen: Jack Bequette: Floyd Prather: Earl Mathews: Joe Melendrez: Howard Barnes: Joe Whiteside: Ralph Woodmansee: Raymond Kepler: Bill Allee is now a high official in the W. C. T. U. Bill jumped on the wagon immediately after hearing of poor Daisy Jensen's demise. Daisy fell into the hop-smashing machine at Bequette's Brewery. It seems that it was too late to stop the machine and all they could salvage of poor Daisy was 1,000 cases of beer. They even had to change the name of the beer from Bequette's Brew to Bequette's PEEEEUUUUU!! When it came time for Daisy’s funeral they thought that a single can of beer placed in his coffin would be significant and rather sentimental too. Funeral arrangements were carried on at Floyd's Funeral Par- lor, Floyd Prather Undertaker. Ralph Woodmansee and Ray- mond Kepler sang 17 choruses of “Beer Barrel Polka” at the funeral. Earl Mathers, who was in charge of Gravediggers Unlimited, an organization composed solely for the purpose of carrying on underground activities, and his chief assistants, Joe Melendrez, Howard Barnes, and Joe Whiteside, put in the final spade of dirt on Daisy's grave . . . Wanda Jett: Surprised everyone . . . She is now hailed as the modern Einstein for her infinite number of discoveries in the fields of science. Among the more startling ones are perpetual motion, fourth, fifth, and sixth dimensions, and a new brand of lipstick which is guaranteed not to come off, unless the user happens to kiss a revolving grindstone. Wanda has first-hand knowledge of this quality of her invention, and now’ is known to her intimates as No-Lips Jett. Harold McLean: Inherited Harold’s Club in Reno, and then put Morgan Chambers in charge of the slot-machines . . . Morgan Chambers: Walter Taylor: Is now Admiral of Butte Creek Battleship Brigade . . . Leroy Girnell: Bill Moore: Are selling electric refrigerators in Alaska. Someday soon they hope to sell electricity . . . Lee Scofield: Is retired after serving nine years as a radio commentator for the Grif- fin-Huffin-Muffin flour company . . . Edgar Brubaker: Salvador Espana: Are resting comfortably in the Old Men's Home for Criminals who are too old to be dangerous any more . . . Claude Longacre: Milton Ramsey: Are feeding peanuts to penguins in the Antarctic . . . Jimmy Thompson: Wearing a becoming kilt and playing the bagpipes in Scotland . . . Allen Hill: Is Charles Atlas of 1959 . . . Ray Robinson: Is a window’ washer in Gloccamora . . . Dave Shimada: Earl Martin: Are selling bird seed in the Canary Islands . . .