Gridley High School - Pylon Yearbook (Gridley, IL)

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ff fi Kathryn M. Stortz Librarian l,2,3 Glee Club l Home Ee. Officer 3,L G.A.A. l,2,3,4 Class Sec. l Speech Festival A Assoc. Bus., Pylon L NA winning smile, a happy way, a capable lass, we all would say.W Robert J. Travis Football l,2,3,4 Basketball 2 NHe who fights longest wins out.N l Josephine H. Tanton Glee Club l,2,3,L nGalahad Jonesn G.A.A. l,2,3,L Home Ee. Club 3 Cantantes Puellae 3 Alumni-Pylon A Honor Senior Librarian 3 WCute little Joey, witty and wise, knows quite a bit for a girly her size.' Marjorie E. Wilfong G.A.A. l,2,3,L Glee club l,2,3,l. Cantantes Puellae 3 NGalahad Jonesn Historian 3 Attendance Award Typist--Pylon L WLive by deeds, not years.n H. Eugene Yergler HGalahad Jones' Booster Com. l NNothing is impossi- ble, but some things take longer.' Dale Zehr Glee Club l,2,3,L F. F. A. 2,3,L Apollo 3 WA silent unassuming man is he.n Edmund P. Zehr Librarian 1 Glee Club l,2,3,L Apollo 3 WGalahad Jones' Soloist, County Contest 3,4 Vice Pres. L Honor Senior Bus. Mgr. Pylon L Music Award nExperience is by insustry achieved.' -10-

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iifiwf . ,. X V ,iii tap- il Homer H. McCain Track 2, 3, L Basketball 2,3,L F.F.A. 2,3,L Historian l HSilence is golden, but I sometimes speak.W Edwin J. Meiss Basketball l,2,3,4 Football l,3,4 Track 2,3,L Nlt takes a good man to play good football.n William J. Reeves Football Mgr. A F.F.A. L Track 4 nAll great men are dying, I don't feel well myself.W Robert D. Reeves Trans. from El Paso 2. F.F.A. 2,3,4 Pres. F.A.A. 3,L nGalahad Jonesn Class V. Pres. 3 Sports, Pylon L NBig feet and curly hair, is there any- one who wants to give me a dare?n Virgil E. Reeves Trans. from El Paso 2. F. F. A. 2,3,L WGalahad Jonesn WWe need not be tall to be noticed.n Harold B. Roth Glee Club l,2,3,4 Class Treas. A nGalahad Jonesn Football L Track 2,3,L Apollo 3 'A man of inches and every inch a man.W Charles M. Rowley Football l,2,3,L Glee Club l,2,3,L Basketball l,2,3,L Apollo 3 Asst. Sports-Pylon Staff 4 Class Pres. 1 Track L WForgetting self till game is o'er, and fighting for the team.W John Vincent Stokes Trans. from Trinity 3. F. A. A. 3, L UNot over-serious, studious, or sad.n Earl W. Scarbeary Librarian l,2,3 Glee Club l,2,3,4 Class Pres. 3,4 Apollo 3 Booster Com. 2 County Literary l, 2, 3 Speech Festival L Scholarship Award Honor Senior Editor--Pylon L WAmbition has no rest.n Peter M. Schertz WGalahad Jonesn Glee Club l,2,3,L Class Pres.l--Sem. 2 Class Sec. 3 Apollo 3 L 'RFQ Lk 7 ' W Nr' . . 1sf' . A 'Z , as s:.F ' J .lsiff ,,- ,V Rb A Q., r.F.A. 3 ,.e.,,, p W Football Mgr. L A R,T1 'fi .vAs'he was yesterday, Af he is now and ever 2 shall be.n iii ' Q -9-

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SENIOR CLASS HI TORY August 30, 1936, a group of twenty-six noisy, bewildered boys and girls entered Gridley Co munity High School, green as any group possibly could be. Soon after we had mastered the difficulty of getting books, classes, rooms and hours into definite and familiar places in our minds, we were given the schools' official welconw, the freshman initiation. Before we realized how quickly itself with all the usual thrills. school party. Another high light of the year Miss Frisby and Mrs. Kemp, in which The fall of '37 brought a more the time was flying, Christmas presented An added attraction this year as an all- was the Stunt Show, under the direction of many students participated. bright side of life before us, we were sophomores! This found us digging out our old battered books and exchanging them for others. We found that three of our confederates had dropped behind but five new recruits had joined our company. Though this year was not so ex- citing as others, we had several enjoyable parties. Just as we were about to overcome the spring fever, vacation We returned the next fall half came. sorry for vacation's end, half glad for our promotion to,the rank of juniors. Returning to resume our duties we found that we had lost two classmates but that we had acquired three new members. Our first big job was the junior play 'Galahad Jonesn, under the direction of Miss Shinoske. After many months of worry and toil, we entertained the seniors suc- cessfully with the Junior-Senior Banquet. We started the year Of 1939 not as green freshies of '36, but as dignified seniors. Once again a group of twenty-seven assembled to complete the struggle for the modern necessity, a high school diploma. Realizing that this would be our last year we were anxious to make the most of it. The monotony of lessons was submerged while we were developing the newly established yearbook. We an- ticipate terminal complete with joy the completion of our course. The the WPylonW. When we approach the great called graduation, we go, sorry to part with our comrades but happy to new type of Commencement program was begun in Gridley by the class of 1939. This program consisted of original essays about timely subjects presented by five member of the class. This year four members of the Senior class were chosen to talk at Commence- ment by the vote of the Faculty and Seniors. The four honor Seniors selected as their theme, WMaking Democracy Work.N They will talk on the following divi- sions of the above mentioned idea: WThe Meaning of Democracyn--Kathryn Eigsti NLeadership in a Democracyn--Josephine Tanton nThe Constitution and Democracy'--Edmund Zehr WEducation and Democracyn--Earl Scarberry -11-