Grandpa Fred's Yearbook Pictures

On my trip to Norfolk, I got to look at all four of my grandpa's yearbooks at Norfolk High School. Here are the pictures.

1939 Freshmen class. Fred (Duane) is in the second row in the middle. Looks like a young David Schwimmer.

Close up.

This is when I learned that my grandpa, who I always knew as being called Fred, went by Duane in high school. Likely to distinguish him from his father, Fred. For the 1939 band picture:

Duane Schafer

Duane Schafer on the back row, played trombone.

Back row, center of picture.

1940 Band, Sophomore year

Back row, third from the right.

Close up. Back row, third from the right.

The Swing Band, 1940, Sophomore year.

Second from the left.

Junior class picture, 1941. Duane was missing from the sophomore class photo in 1940.

Back row, 4th from the left.

Back row, centered in close up.

From Eugene Covert's Junior yearbook, 1941. Orchestra picture.  Duane is at the back on the right, holding his trombone.

Duane Schafer

Duane signed this yearbook!

 Close up.

Orpheum, 1941, Junior year.

Also signed!

Rex McFarland, a friend of Duane's, whose yearbook was signed by Duane.

 Duane Schafer's Senior picture, 1942

List of activities.

List of activities, continued. He loaded it up senior year! Boys ensemble, chorus, band, Musicale, small instrumental groups, Telital (newspaper), Milestone (yearbook), and FFA. Busy guy!

 The Milestone (yearbook) Staff

Back row, center

Glasses this year!

 FFA

Back row, center right. Still looks like David Schwimmer.

1942 Musicale

Far left.

Close up. 

Boys' Ensemble.

Back right.

I love that smile!

 Chorus

Back center

Telital Staff (newspaper) 

Back row, third from the right.

Close up.

Classic Cars Show

Every July Norton has a Classic Cars Show. 

This mustang owner honked the horn at me and Dancy when we were by it, and it startled Dancy too much. So he offered to let her sit in the car to make amends. She was too upset to accept, but Katie and Tommy didn't mind taking her place.

Purple motorcycle! 

We saw Tim's motorcycle! Tim is a friend of ours--Cathie's boyfriend.

Afternoon heat in July is no picnic.

It would've been really good if this phone setting of mine would work to transfer this type of picture, but this was supposed to be a picture with sound. The whole 4 blocks around the courthouse were blocked off to be for the car show, and there was 60's music playing from the courthouse steps. The background music for this picture was "This Magic Moment."