Gridley High School - Pylon Yearbook (Gridley, IL)

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FOOTBALL Aw...-f- 'WM Standing: L. Gilmore, L. Rinkenberger, Rowley, H. Roth, Henrichs, R. Kirkton, R. Schramm. Sitting: Klopfenstein, M. Kirkton, Travis, K. Hoobler, P. Kearney, E. Meiss, R. Meiss. The l939 football schedule opened in an impressive style with a 58 to O victoryxover Cullom. The Cullom team was at a great disadvantage in size and lack of experience. Our next foe was the Lexington Minute Men, who resumed playing football as a major sport, adopting the abbreviated eight man team. We came home the vic- tors by a score of 33 to O. However the score doesn't tell the closeness of the game. Much credit is due to Coach Murray and his players in their first year of football. We ran our victory string to three as we defeated El Paso by the score of lb to 0 under the flood lights, at El Paso. El Paso was much stronger than expected and pushed us to the utmost. We were, however, exceedingly jubilant over the victory. This brought the first victory over El Paso in football for some twenty years. After such a fine start our team showed a reversal of form and lost the next four games on our schedule. We were defeated by Chillicothe 13 to O, by Saunemin 7 to O, by Washington 25 to O, and by the powerful Chenoa team 33 to O. Both Washington and Chenoa were considered two of the better teams of the state this year. Letterman are: C. Rowley, R. Travis, J. Klopfenstein, R. Meiss, E. Meiss, G. Henrichs, H. Roth, P. Kearney, R. Kirkton, Rex Schramm, L. Rinkenberger, L. Gilmore. Gridley 58, Cullom O ----------------- at Gridley Gridley 33, Lexington 0 -------------- at Lexington C8 menl Gridley lL, El Paso O ---------------- at El Paso fnightl Gridley O, Chillicothe 13 ----------- at Gridley Gridley O, Saunemin 7 --------------- at Saunemin Knight! Gridley O, Washington 25 ------------ at Washington Knight, Gridley O, Chenoa 33 ---------------- at Gridley -13-

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The PYLON STAFF Standing: Donnell, Heiple, E. Zehr, Stortz, Eigsti, Taylor, H. Kent, B Reeves, Miller, Cornwell, C. Kuerth, A. Gramm, Pfister. Sitting: M. Wilfong, Tanton, D. Scarbeary, E. Scarbeary, B. Reeves, Bertsche I. Funk. Gridley Community High School's first Annual Staff is as follows Editor-in-Chief- Associate Editor Assistant Editor Business Manager Associate Busine Assistant Busine Senior Editor--- Junior Editor--- Sophomore Editor Freshmen Editor- Calendar Artist- Sports ---------- Assistant Sports Activities ------ ------------------------Earl Scarbeary ------------------------Kathryn Eigsti ------------------------Donald Scarbeary ------------------------Edmund Zehr ss Manager -------------- Kathryn Stortz ss Manager -------------- Irsel Funk Hazel Kent -Elva Miller ------------------------Betty Reeves Ruth Bertsche Louis Phillis Bob Reeves ------------------------Charles Rowley H6 1811 DOI1116 ll Assistant Activities -------------------- Carolyn Kuerth Typist ------- --------------------------- Marjorie Wilfong Music ------------- ---------------------- Margaret A. Taylor Snapshots ------------------------------- Phillip Pfister Alumni -------- - ------------------------- Josephine Tanton Assistant Alumni ------------------------ Evelyn Cornwell Humor ---------------------------------- -Art Gramm Sales Manager ------------------------ F--Maude Heiple Advisors -------------------------------- Mr. Watkins, Mr. Siron, The name 'Pylon' was submitted by Donald Scarbeary in a contest conducted for the purpose of selecting an Annual name. Miss Garrity It is the hope of the staff that through this yearbook they will have re vealed to you the guidance the school affords students for their take off in llfe

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BA KETBALL Back Row: Froelich, Henrichs, R. Reeves, Klopfenstein, and Rich. Front Row: Hoobler, McCain, Meiss, Rowley, and L. Gilmore. We opened the local basketball season at Hayworth by dividing a double bill. The varsity lost a bitterly fought battle 3l-25, and the reserves handed a sound thrashing to Heyworth reserves by a 25-7 score. The Gridley regulars lost a thrilling basketball game to the Chenga regu- lars, the final spore being 25 to 22. The reserves defeated the Chenoa seconds in the curtain-raiser by a score of 27 to ll. December 8. Displaying a brand of basketball that was a revelation to their most ardent supporters, the Gridley basketball team won a thrill-packed battle from the Trinity high school basketeers in Bloomington. The final score was 33-31. The Gridley reserves lost the curtain-raiser to the Trinity reserves 30-19. December 12. Gridley won a hard-fought basketball game from Lexington by a score of 18-11. The game was largely a defensive one. The Gridley reserves went on a scoring rampage in the last quarter of their game to ring up a 22-ll victory. December 19. The varsity lost a hard-fought game from Strawn 30-23. The Gridley reserves also lost in a thriller 23-21. January 9. The Gridley high school basketball squad lost two games to E1 Paso on Tuesday night. The regulars were defeated 30-27, while the reserves found themselves on the short end of a 21-19 score. January 12. The Gridley varsity had easy going most of the way with Cornell After piling up a big score the first quarter they just ooasted into a win 31-25. The reserves won in an overtime battle 26-25. January 19. The Gridley basketball teams lost a doubleheader to the Chatsworth teams on Friday night. The regulars lost a thrilling overtime battle by a 21-19 score while the reserves took a convincing thumping by a 29-15 count. February 13. Gridley Community High School basketball teams won a double -19- s