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Photograph was edited for publication purposes The Gra-Y Club is part of the "four fronts" program developed by the YMCA which grew out of the Hi-Y Club created to help promote Christian character in high school boys through emphasis in speech skills, sportsmanship and scholastic achievement. The "four fronts" program included the Hi-Y Club for high school boys, Jr. Hi-Y Club for middle school children, Tri Hi-Y Club for girls, and the Gra-Y Club for grade school children. Photograph caption dated March 27, 1963 reads, "Members of the West Valley YMCA Gra-Y basketball team, the Flying Tigers, are shown as they gathered in Encino to be honored by their parents for winning their league championship. Boys, from left, in the second row are Chris Carson, Bill Rucker, Steve Scott, Jack Burlin, Larry Johnson and Bill Hunt. Second row, standing, are Mike Homan, Tom Miles, Mike Hickerson, Bob Rapinac, Pete Stegenga, Phil DeLoria, Harry Talbot and Dennis Sheppard. Sponsors in the foreground are Bob Hunt, George Scott and Jack Sheppard, while in the raer [sic] are Perry Carson and Ben Burlin."
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West Valley YMCA (Los Angeles, Calif.) Gra-Y Club Associations, institutions, etc.--California--Los Angeles Basketball teams--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles--Societies and clubs School children--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Fathers and sons--California--Los Angeles Awards--California--Los Angeles Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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