Mobile County High School - Mo Co Hi Memories Yearbook (Grand Bay, AL)

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THE SCRAP DRIVE All the schools 1n Mcb1le County were asked to gather scrap 1ron and paper to help out the war effort Grand Bay School was one 1n the County that contr1buted so much. Each school voted for two pup1ls from 1ttbattend the lS1unch1ng of the San Juan H111 ' Eloulse Hatchett and Ga1v1n Gaston were chosen from out school to attend the launch1ng tiitittilliitxitittttiwtiitttitttitttiiiitittttttiiitixxxx THE IAUNCHING The two represent-at1ves along wzth M155 Smth, the 1r chaperon motored to Mbb1le where they took a Sp9C1Q1 bus. to the sh1pyard Grand Bay bo1ng one of the schools contribut1ng one of the largest amounts of scrap, was hon ored by havlng 1ts representatlves glVOD the pr1v1lege of bomng on the sponsors platform where they were awarded ro settes of red whlte and blue r1bbons as BOUVBDIOTSQ The representat1ves were close to the sponsor, M1ss Jane H111 when She chnstened the shlp a 22,000 ton tanker 'San Juan Hllln is the huge shlp s11d down lnto the Water, it wa cheered on by the Pddsco band and thousands of workers iiittiiitx WitttirtikiitititiiiitiitiiiktitttitlixWitt!!! lMhTEUR HDUR ind Amateur Hour and Baby Contest were sponsored by and each amateur went on the stage as h1s name was c lled After much thought the Judges f1nally node thelr dco1s1on as to who were the best amateurs Betty'Randa1, Freddle Randal, and Rless lhller won, flrst prlzes of 85.00 for p1ay1ng gultars and s1ng1 mg Second prlzc of 32 OO W s won by Mary Frances ansl y nd June Hall for s1ng1ng The th1rd pr1ze of 81 OO was won by Kathleen Patteson and Jonme Cox After the Amateur Hour the f1nal vot1ng of the baby contest was carr1ed on successfully It was 1 clo e run between Nancy Long and Evelyn Bane Ferguson, but we1y11 Jane we-n She rocelved 35 OO 1n war stamps as her prlze U I - DI - I . I . O D . , . . . g- , A A . 1 . I . . , . 1 Q I . 1 D . , . . 1 . -V . 1 ' 0 9 'A . U L . . . A S - 0 Sf P , all 1. the Senior Class this year. Wanda Moa-e was the announcer ' 1 A ' . a . E I , . . , . D . . I . , .H U. r . . I . . D . .1 . ' , Q ' , L ' e a . i. . Q . . . , I ' I . x .- . p g - ' . 'a s , , W . . ' ' ' ' I o