Gridley High School - Pylon Yearbook (Gridley, IL)

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1943- - - 1944 ,Z Back Row: Litwiller, Wahls, E. Gramm, Frey, P. Kearney, R. Gerig, Klopfenstein, N. Zim erman, and Yandell. Middle Row: J. Rich, S. Hoobler, E. Hoobler, Funk, E. Gerig, Becker, M. L. Klein, Kent, Freed, and Bertsche. Front Row: Gibbs, M. A. Klein, Schram , Breese, Rediger, F. Wilfong, Farrell, Burton, and Hauser Back Row: J. Ethington, Yordy, Benedict, K. Roth, Foor, Kuerth, Slagell, Rapp, Kirkton, Neirgarth, and Flesher. Middle Row: Ball, Schlipf, Eigsti, A. Holzhauer, M. Andrews, woosley, Oliver, Meiss, Hughes, E. Zimmerman, and Stortz. Front Row: Zehr, Stalter, M. Fleming, M. Bristow, B. Hany, A. Kuerth, Steward, C. Andrews, Dodson, K. Gramm, and D. Gramm C125

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Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept Sept. Sept Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. CALENDAR 16--Gridley Com unity High School began the first day of 1940-41 school year with 124 enrolled. We welcomed two new teachers along with 55 Freshmen. Amidst bangs and roars on the construction of the new gym and grade school, we settled down to another year of studies. 17--Football practice has taken up its regular routine. Only three days until our first game! 18--Whew! Is it hot??? Mercury registers lO2!! School dismissed for cooler pastimes. 19--Show your school spirit and buy a season ticket! The football tickets sale, headed by the cheer leaders, ended today. 20--Lexington's eight-man foot- ball team visited us today. The game ended with Gridley on the short end of a long score. 23--Gridley's all school band participated in a great from Central Illinois at Pontiac. Is Gridley's football team in the paper? Glance on page of the Pantagraph. 24--We have now settled down to routine. The Serious Frosh are adjusting themselves to their respective positions in G.C.H.S. as the Sophs and Juniors look on. 25--The Seniors have their badge of authority now--the class rings arrived. 26--Just to remind those sleepy-heads--they must mind the alarm clock tomorrow. School starts at eight o'clock so we can journey to Dunlap to witness the football battle in the afternoon. 27--Hurrah! Yippeeeeeeeeeeee! Gridley's football boys overpowered Dunlap 55 to 12. Our right half-back was the hero with three touchdowns and four points after touchdown to his credit. Gy WI Comb-'oo'1'w festival of bands Saturday's sport Seniors and Green l--Initiation!! Seventeen new members entered the Home Economics Club during a candle-lighting ceremony. Welcome Future Homemakers of Illinois. 5--Election Day for G. C. H. S. classes! Campaigns are over, and the returns are in. Sit back and relax. 4--Oh, woe is us! We lost a hard fought football game to El Paso by one small touchdown. Just wait you western Villians, we'll show you!!! 9--The faithful Juniors continue to labor at their stand at football entertain the Seniors is a genuine job.lWe know? games. Earning money to ll--Poor Freshmen! Initiation Day has arrived. Members of the class of '44 are really good sports when it comes to scrub bing floors, making proposals, playing leap frog etc. Thisafternoon.Gridleywms invaded by football's torious. CCould it have been the paint on the Freshman boys????D Oct. 14--Another Election. Officers of Girls Chorus chosen. Oct. 17--Miss Habben and the representative from the dome Ec. Club departed this morning for a three day Home Economics Convention at Springfield. Be careful! ! !! team visited us today. Just to be polite, we sent them home happy with a win to their credit. 21--The Fairbury--Gridley scrimmage game ended in a catastrophe this afternoon when Bill Froelich. was the victim of a slight concussion. 25--Study--Study--for exams, and still more exams! ! Explanation--end of first six weeks period. 25--End of terms and here comes the first exams for 1940-41. 29--Junior and Senior P.E. Girls returned from their hike this evening, and found that misfortune was on the loose again. Our right tackle, Len Rich, had broken his collar bone in football practice. Tough luck seems to haunt our team. 18--Saunemin's football 1145 Hornet's from. Eureka. The invaders emerged vic-