Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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ADMINISTRATION In 1848 David Crockett Gray's grandparents settled down in Vina, California. They were Texans, as one might easily guess. They prospered and eventually their son, LeRoy, who was born in Vina, grew up, became a peach farmer, and in 1901 married Miss Clara Brown, a dazzling native of Calaveras County. To this extremely:attractive young couple the infant David Crockett was born on October 17, 1902. Five years later young David was joined by a brother, Chester. These two brothers, David and Chester, waxed strong, brave and healthy midst the peaches, livestock and wonderful places to run and play. In 1907 in all of Richmond there were only forty-five high school students. A small, converted, three-room elementary school on Stan- dard Avenue made do for them and their three teach- ers, Mr. Bert X. Tucker, Miss Ruth Peterson and Miss Al- berta Bell. Such a compact and handsome student body could tidily dispose them- selves on the narrow steps of their unprepossessing high school to have their picture taken. tt

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Principal David C. Gray Always Strives DAVID C. GRAY B.S. University of California M.A., Stanford University Commercial teacher, Dean of Sophomores, Boys’ Dean, Commercial Department Chairman, Vice-Principal, Acting Principal, Principal since 1943, 39 years at RUHS TO THE SENIORS ON OUR 60th ANNIVERSARY: Richmond Union High School has served the community proudly for sixty years. It is impossible to measure how great its influence has been in that time, for graduates have taken their places in the world in far and near locations. The school has always stood for excellence in scholarship. The attention that it has given to the individ- ual needs of the students has permitted thousands to live fuller and better lives. They have been specifically equipped to make a living and, in addition, have gained the vision that ‘‘man does not live by bread alone.” Sincerely, David C. Gray, Principal