Gridley High School - Pylon Yearbook (Gridley, IL)

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SENIOR CLASSNHISTORY 1940-41 In September, 1940, thirty-five little green sprouts wewggfnvutfing out from behind doors and around strange CSR- ll f WL, 'bG5. w4,,- t if held for the first time the wonders of a M-.,1 f' 'N 5.8 A, 'gat'-tzjefxifg-1iv ious world. Some sprouts were a little Yi 1' f y. ,f ,Q cfs kggongi ers, but as a whole they all needed culti- . Ax 'ffl L33 fl lyfdvggkjw oJs2Q?ngthen their minds as well as their bodies. --tw! ly 'X - A hiyggr Ek Qggigwas Mr. McKey and later Mr. Loy. We elected 5357 Er' fog? f'our larger sprouts as our source of maintainance QE?sg Vthe - L,M..g :'.: . year, namely, Henry Stortz, Kenny Roth, Ramona dltf r, and Junior Kuerth. Soon some of the little sprouts deei ed to reveal their amazing poise and self will as they gracefully swayed and nodded to the bystanders as they shot around the track and showed their ability in other athle- tics. We had a lot of fun, but also some frightening mo- ments when the day came that we were to be initiated into the new world for good. But with the bad, there is good, and that evening we had a swell time at our honor by the buds. ' 1 Q 1941-42 QQ' Q' In September, 1941, after a years tiv Jito I V summers growth, we found we had grown f? ds. There were thirty-three of us left, two A .kill lara Ball and Helen Woosloyl having been transig 'AII' ' to other gardens. But alas, we also obtained a variety A x 1' X.

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Ruth Ann Schlipf wills her sincerity and straight forwardness to Bobby Heiple. Myrtle Dodson wills hertmidness around the opposite sex to Robert Gramm. The Senior Girls will the basketball championship to the Junior Girlsoeaoqaseoionoc

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when Geraldine Burroughs of Chenoa took her stand here among us. During this year, we again exchanged gardeners,' Mr, 'N 17111, , - S 6, MJ I lfr Mr. Ley. Our source of maintainance this eating iver, Alyce Rose Meiss, Kenny Roth and We again received two different species, and David Benedict. During the lfaggfjdyear, two weeds were pulled out, Delmar Yordy yyygwgell. We entertained the freshmen sprouts at a 'vil Illh ibucrparty at Lake Bloomington which we all enjoyed ITN AKG ,.,.f ld I 1 L 1942-45 f Kenny Roth, Madelyn Andrews, Ramona Oliver, and Eileen Yergler were chosen as our source of maintainance for this season and we had a lot of exciting times as we were now in full bloom and had to be careful that we weren't plucked off by tee much activity. This year two gardeners were necessa- ry, Mr. Hill and Miss Barnes, instead of hiss Habben, be- cause we needed quite a bit of attent1qnNaAdiggf3g3iZE?9 ti- vating. There were also a few weeds K5 , Lyle Irwin, Jack Ethingten, David Bcngd?J6Eg1'Q,e.nC'- ,' merman. Wesley Fbor, Kenny Roth, and Jungg3JXKuer lgggigggg much admired by flower growers for theiffbwk l' tie ' ,, 1 f ' .V . r. , tm., stems and leaves In the same way File fh yce 'A'..- f' fl Rose Meiss, and Ramona Oliver, were admired foryjhfir active A 'Vx ability and beauty, as they tried to implantniitflgpfieach one . fll5 ' ,..f the garden spirit. A flowery banquet was givenj y the flew- ers for the seeds, who were soon to ge out intfw he werld:nd 1