San Gabriel Mission High School - Pioneer Yearbook (San Gabriel, CA)

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64zfofuymf0-W7' ' On September 8th, 1771, a group of Padres and soldiers make their way wearily to the foot of the La Puente hills. A few scouts, sent to the crest of the hills, gaze triumphantly at the San Gabriel Valley which stretches beneath them. Proudly they unfurl the banner of Imperial Spain and plant it deep into the soil which is to bring forth the Queen of the Missions, San Gabriel de Archangel. Thus, on the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, was begun a rich heritage which was to be handed down with pride from generation to generation of Califor- nians. The work-worn fingers of the Padres gave witness to the fact that giving glory to God is no easy task, but the gravestones of scores of originally pagan Indians now bearing Christian names, and the beautiful old Mission itself, are proof that bountiful fruit can be pro- duced through labor of love. Today, we, the students of San Gabriel Mission, real- ize our duty to carry on the work of the padres as examples of the living faith, and therefore resolve to keep alive that heritage founded 189 years ago. 6 Ill t .. JJ U' . Bob Giering, Doug Foley, and Rita langell find time for a peaceful medi- tation in the solitude of the Mission garden. The typical handicraft of the Mission Indian is observed by Jerry Rapp, Barbara Dawson, and Ann Robinson, at the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

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The early life of lhe Mission, depicted by this mural in from of lhe Chapel, is discussed by Dennis Celmer, Donna Crabb and Richard Jones. T-'Xe W! -. ,...,.....-,-.- -1 , gh -YN, l P X 4, 1 Q'- x Y Michael Heim, Alicia Wilson, Suzanne Pohl, Bill De La Garza, and Mary Lindleaf, lake a four ofthe California missions in a very brief lime. The sun is soaked up by Missionifes Maurice Ver- slraele and Cynlhia Alfreds, in a site 'hal has seen past decades. 7