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Show h .-M ! si . . Il , a .. . jt . 1 'I i K A ; fc,-- itrifiMi-mnmilifnn1 J. F. Wingate, former high school faculty member, right, gave one of his well-known "pep talks" to highlight the assembly for the SHS Homecoming and 1940 Class re- - , ll union Friday. Reigning as royalty at the dance in the evening were the homecoming homecom-ing queen, Birdie Marsh, center with attendants, atten-dants, Charlotte Curtis and JoAnn Duncan. Ciass of '40 Notes Changes at SHS During Annual Homecoming Event A memorable day of reunion :or the SHS class of 1940 be-jan be-jan with an assembly at the iigh school presented by the class, followed by lunch, a tour of the high school and the Springville-Spanish Fork football foot-ball game. A dinner held at the West-side West-side School climaxed the day's events. Calvin Johnson welcomed wel-comed 90 class members and their partners and introduced Edna Neilson Gubler who led ;he group in singing the School Song. This was followed by a period of silence to honor the three war dead of the class, Evan Allan, Tom Anderson and Calvin Diamond. Juan Whiting offered the invocation. in-vocation. A class newspaper prepared by Mrs. Jeri Winger telling of brief events in many of the class members lives, was distributed dis-tributed to those in attendance and pictures were taken of the group. After the dinner each of the former class members introduced intro-duced their partners and told of major events in their lives since graduation. Marcus Johnson acted as master of ceremonies. Prizes were presented to Thelma Perry Per-ry Johnston for having the most children (8); to Paul Hjorth for having the youngest young-est child, and to Erma Perry Hundley for having the oldest child. Thirl Tew barely beat Kenneth Olsen for having the hairline that has changed the most. Bob Pierce and Arnold Barnep tied for making the biggest change while Ina San-ford San-ford Bird received the prize for having changed the least. Carling Childs from Los Angeles, An-geles, Calif., and Cecil Johnson from Etwanda, Calif., were awarded prizes for having traveled farthest to attend the reunion, with honorable mention men-tion going to Marjorie Whiting Fullmer of Blackfoot, Idaho, and Edna Neilson Gubler from LaVerkin, Utah. Superintendent Wallace W. Brockbank, who was principal of the SHS for the six years of the class's high school days, attended the banquet with Mrs. Brockbank and spoke briefly to the group. It was decided to have another an-other reunion on Labor Day in five years and Calvin Johnson was named chairman for thej event. Under the direction of class president Calvin Johnson, and the present studentbody may- G'arth Nelson, activiUe , of 1940 and 1959 were effectively oSrasted at the assembly Highlights of the student , sembly "vintage 40 (Continued oiojagejcwju Class of '40 at Reunion (Continued from Page one.) were prepared by LaVar Dav-ies Dav-ies and LaMar Holley, were the songs, dances, and clowning clown-ing of the "old grads." Jimmy Wingate, a faculty member of that time thrilled the audience with one of his "famous" pep talks. The Springville High School Red Devils gave their best effort ef-fort of the season as they nearly defeated Spanish Fork in the afternoon football game. The Pep Club dressed in their attractive new outfits presented present-ed a clever half time skit that honored the visiting alumni. The "crowning" point of the day came when Birdie Marsh was chosen Homecoming Queen with Charlotte Curtis and Jo-Ann Jo-Ann Duncan as her attendants attend-ants at the Homecoming Ball. |