Beyond the GJHS Boundaries
Outside of school, what state, national or international events left an impression? What did we learn outside the classroom about the work world? How did we spend our summers? Those memories are on this page.
Every man born between 1947 and 1954 has a draft story. Our cohort was impacted by this element of the Vietnam War …
Kelley Burford spent every summer, including 1969, working on the family sheep ranch. “The one that sticks out in my mind was …
“We sort of came of age during the Vietnam War. My two main memories of that are, one, the body counts on …
Carol Hunt (Rodel) had two stand-out teachers in elementary school at Orchard Avenue School for, third and fourth grades, with Mrs. Apple …
An excerpt from “Sundays in August” by Harry Clifford Brown Harry’s first novel, “Sundays in August,” draws upon his growing-up experience in …
Tammy Shriver (Keller) has a great first job story. In May of 1971, between junior and senior years, she decided she wanted …
Carol’s summer memory was swimming with the Dolphins swim team, which her father, Floyd Hunt, coached. She swam on the team for …