History Notes – Page 2 – Griffith History Museums

December 5, 2024December 5, 2024 victoriavm Activities, Community Callout, History Notes

Wadsworth Information Community Callout

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘁!
We are looking for YOUR help!!

Mrs. Sue Guy and the Griffith Historical Society are embarking upon a fun project about the history of Wadsworth Elementary School and Mrs. Elsie Wadsworth herself, but we need information from YOU!

If you have photos, memorabilia, stories, information about the school or the teacher, we are asking you to share with us!

You can comment right here on this post, email us at [email protected], or organize a time to meet with us. If you have digital copies of photos, you can email them or share them here. If you have physical items you would like to share, we can copy anything into our computer and return the original to the owner.

Thank you in advance for your help and support, Griffith!!

November 28, 2024November 27, 2024 victoriavm Blog Posts, History Notes

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

🦃 Why exactly do we celebrate it now?

Here’s a little bit of American Thanksgiving History from the National Park Service.

https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/lincoln-and-thanksgiving.htm

November 7, 2024March 2, 2026 victoriavm Blog Posts, Griffith High School, Griffith History, History Notes

Griffith High Wrestling in 1964

𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗦 𝟭𝟬𝟬!
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭’𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺!

Griffith Varsity Wrestling – 60 years ago!
Do you recognize anyone in this picture?

October 3, 2024March 2, 2026 victoriavm Blog Posts, Griffith High School, Griffith History, History Notes

Griffith’s 1st Football Team – 50 years later

🖤🏫💛 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗦 𝟭𝟬𝟬! 💛🏫🖤
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭’𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺!

Griffith’s 1st Football Team – 50 years later
1934 -1984
Do you recognize anyone in this picture?

(And to think that it’s been another 40 years since then!)

October 1, 2024March 2, 2026 victoriavm Blog Posts, Griffith High School, Griffith History, History Notes

Griffith’s Football Field Dedication in 1938

Griffith’s Football Field Dedication in 1938
How much do you think the field has changed over the years?

September 3, 2024March 2, 2026 victoriavm Blog Posts, Griffith High School, Griffith History, History Notes

En garde! 1950’s Fencing Club

En garde! Check out this 1950’s Fencing Club group photo 🤺

Do you know anyone in this photo? Or when Griffith High’s Fencing Club faded away?
⚔If you are in this photo, how are your parries and attacks holding up?

🤺Touché!

August 13, 2024March 2, 2026 victoriavm Blog Posts, Griffith High School, Griffith History, History Notes

Math Club 1963

These Griffith High Math Club Officers helped their club build a computer in 1963. We wonder how big it was or how many functions it could perform.

If you’re in this photo or know who is, tell us how you feel about your smartphone today!

August 6, 2024March 2, 2026 victoriavm Blog Posts, Griffith High School, Griffith History, History Notes

Fill ‘er up, please!

Getting your first car is usually an unforgettable part of the high school experience, as well as the adventures with friends that come along with it. Then, as now, fueling up is part of the experience.

34-cent per gallon gas in the 1970s is equivalent to about $2.86 in 2023 dollars.

July 19, 2024March 2, 2026 victoriavm Blog Posts, Griffith High School, Griffith History, History Notes

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ’𝟔𝟎’𝐬

Students built and operated what was called a “Ham” radio, which originally was developed as an emergency broadcast system. Students could talk across town, around the world, into space for fun, or in times of need: all without the Internet or cell phones.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 “𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 100” 𝘌𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨.

May 27, 2024May 27, 2024 victoriavm Blog Posts, History Notes

Memorial Day

On Memorial Day we honor those service men and women who ‘gave all,’ fighting to keep America free.

Memorial Day began on May 30th, 1868, as “Decoration Day,” a way to honor American soldiers who died in the Civil War by decorating their graves with flowers each spring. It continued as a an informal patriotic holiday until was expanded after World War I to honor fallen service men and women from all American wars. It became a federal holiday in June, 1968.

Chauncey Depew Walters, 22, was the first soldier from Griffith to die in World War I. Chauncey was one of 10 brothers, all but one of them born in Griffith. All the brothers worked on the railroads.

The Griffith American Legion named their post in honor of him after the war. After Word War II and a move to a larger building, the Legion changed their name to Griffith Post 66 to honor veterans from both wars.