Gridley High School - Pylon Yearbook (Gridley, IL)

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Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov NOV. Nov Nov Nov. Nov NOV. Nov Nov D60 D80 Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec Jan. Jan Jan Jan Jan. Jan 50--NI wonder who she isn Home Ec. masquerade party tonight. You would never have known those future homemakers at the Halloween party. 51--Halloween! The witches and goblins haunted our football squad tonight at Chenoa where the Redbirds defeated us. l--Start the month out right with a vacation. Reason ---- Teacher's In- stitute. 5--National Election held on a smaller scale at G. C. H. S. sponsored by the Social Problems Class. when the votes were counted the Republicans had scored a victory. Annual G. A. A. Candy sale in full swing down town. 6--Gridley F. F. A. vs El Paso in a baseball game. Result: 4--4 tie. 7--Still another election. This time it is the Future Farmers. 8--Senior football boys played their last game for good old G. C. H. S. today. The season was officially closed as we were handed a defeat by Forest. ll--Armistice Day--Leisure hours for G. C. H. S. in the P. M. even though the weather man is acting up. 12--The Future Homemakers demonstrated their ability in the culinary art by serving lunch in the H. E. Lab. Can they cook! First day of baseball practice. 15--Freshman-Sophomore Party. 18--Seniors signed on the dotted line of United Photo's picture contract today. 19--First shorthand transcription test. The results didn't look so promis- ing, but who knows--perhaps we have a future record breaker in our midst. 20--The day has arrived! The Seniors left at noon to face the camera, but best of all school was dismissed for Thanksgiving vacation. 22--The Senior girls didn't believe that the boys had it in them! The Senior boys and Mr. Watkins were host to the Senior girls at Mr. Watkins home. Formalit ?? And How! Even movies. 25--School resume much too quickly after Thanksgiving vacation. 26--Monthly G. A. A. party held at Betty Diggle's--ugh--those double threes. 30--Our first basketball expedition ended unhappily tonight asColfax scored one too many baskets. l--F. F. A. trip to Chicago. Twenty-eight saw the International Live Stock Exposition and the Municipal Ain port. What happened to Miss Scctt?? Fat Butter and Egg Salesman, Maybe. Dec. 3--Eureka! We won a doubleheader from Lexington's Minute-men. The Speech Cluband the Girls Chorus made appearance at the Lions Club. Dec. 5--The Girls Chorusmusthavemadea hit with the Lions! They appeared tonight in front of the Farm Bureau. lO--Basketball game at Eureka--Henrichs proved himself to be unique---he was the only Gridley player to make a field goal. ll--Junior Xmas Party. 12--H. E. Club prepared Christmas box of clothes and toys to be sent to Indian Reservation in South Dakota. 15--Basketball game at Forest. Result---well, Hg didn't win. 17--Defeat--shameful defeat--and from Chenoa at that. 18--The G. A. A. showed their Christmas spirit by caroling to shut-ins to- night. This jaunt was followed by their monthly party. 19--Basketball games thick and fast--another defeat--this time it was Saunemin. 20--School's Out! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!! 1--Start the year out right with a basketball tournament. The score--all wrong. 5--Gridley returned to the Washington tournament tonight just to return-- defeated. 5--Back to the old grind, 7--Gridley vs Strawn hereg visitors take victory. 10--Cornell--here. ll--We're on the air. The Speech Class broadcasted from W. J. B. C. this evening. Mike fright?--No, the mike had its teeth pulled! They told all 1153

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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-

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JBI1. Jan. Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan. Jan. Q Jan. Jan. Feb Feb Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 0 0 about good old G. C. H. S. The best part, at least for the Speech Class, was being treated to dinner afterward by Miss Scott. l4--Forrest here--and How! 16--Lexington 26,Gridley 25--Need any more be said. 18--Victory!! Gridley defeated Fairbury. What a game!!! 20--School started at B o'clock so we could watch Gridley stamp out Cooksville in our first game at the County Tournament. 21--We weren't satisfied with one victory in the tournament so Gridley defeated Hayworth tonhmt. Keep it up boys. 22--It wasn't enough to have a basketball tournament this week so we are having semesters, too. 25--Are we blue? Colfax showed us the door in the Tournament. 27--G. C. H. S. students received a shock today when Mr. 1 McKey announced that he had resigned his duties here. We shall miss him tremendously as one of our best friends and teachers, but we wish him the utmost success in his new work. 28--Rah! Rah! Rah! Gridley's basketballteam really trounced Saunemin tonight! 29--The F. F. A.helda farewell dinner for Mr. their appreciationforhis sponsorshipoftheir The boys presented him with a parting gift. Tonight sawthe formal dedication of our super-colossal gym. inspected the McKeyto show organization. Followingthe ceremony our friends and parents class rooms. Our new Ag. teacher made his first appearance here tonight. A hearty welcome from G. C. H. S. students and teachers, Mr. Loy! 50--A short breathing space ---- Did you ever see one short week packed with so many important events??? Sl--Talk about red-letter days--here's one for G. C. H. S. This was Mr. McKey's last day as a member of our faculty. He was presented with a lovely gift by the Juniors and Seniors in their Home Room this noon. First edition of the l94l school paper for G. C. H. S. Congratulations!! Keep up the good work. Tonight was the Alumni Dinner Dance with the Seniors as guests while many other students demonstrated their abilities as waiters and waitresses. By the way let's hope the programs were appreciated. Why?--ask the Short- hand and Typing II Classes--they made 'em. 3--The Latin II Class has lived through its first encounter with Caesar but English IV is really struggling with the Romanticists. 4--The Juniors are staggering through the last week of practice for their play which promises to be a huge success. Say has nPaW found his shoe yet? 5--A furious uproar in a packed gymnasium. Reason--game with El Paso Result--Please don't ask us. 6--Bad news or good--anyway its report-card day. 7--The Second Edition of the school paper announced the selection of a staff and a name. Congratulationsto the Class of '42 for afine play--NThat Crazy Smith Familyn. Feb. 8--Senior girls really slaved to- day at their Bake Sale! The cooks will show the magazine salesman yet. Revenge! Sweet Revenge---Gridley de- feated Colfax. Feb. lO--Moving Day for G. C. H. S.--- new locks, new lockers, and a change of classrooms. ll--The Green Hornets left Gridley in high spirits tonight. They cou1dn't have won the basketball game--or could they? 12--The mumps are still taking their toll of students. The number of mumps victims has now surpassed the number of those who wereafflictmdwith appendicitis! 15--The thirty-first anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America was celebrated C163