This page has information and photos of people who were faculty members at GHS during the years 1961 to 1965.
If anyone has photos or stories about faculty members during the years we were in high school please let me know and I will post them at the bottom of this page.
If you have stories you would like to share or know where any of our teachers are today I will include them on page two of this section where I put scanned photos of them from my yearbooks.
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On the right and left are photos of Claron Cole taken around 1920. Below is Claron Cole as our principal in 1964.  |
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In addition to being head coach, Ray Meyer also taught boys PE.
The photo on the left is from the yearbook and was taken in 1962.
The photo on the right was taken at the 35-year class reunion in 2000.
Coach Meyer was the only faculty member to attend the 35-year reunion, I wonder what that says about our class!
I have some good memories of teachers but it was hard for me to think fondly of teachers when I disliked school so much. I know some of my teachers were frustrated that they couldn't get me to take my classes more seriously or put out more effort.
I remember Mr. Cole telling me over and over that I wasn't living up to my potential and Mr. Carter pushing me to take college prep classes when I just knew I was never going to college.
One of my biggest problem was Miss Ruth trying to turn this tomboy into in a 'proper lady'. I see now that I must have tried her patience but at the time I thought she wanted to keep me off the "A" honor roll because she didn't like me. I disliked having to kneel on the floor so she could see if my skirt was long enough and having 5% deducted from my grade for taking off my shoes at a school dance. I would have been much happier barefooted and in jeans anyway!
Just in case some of my former teachers read this - I may be a late-bloomer but I do eventually do what I should. I started college at the age of 52 and got an associates degree in 2002 and bachelors degree in 2004, with a 4.0 GPA! But I am still happier barefooted and in jeans ;-)