Climax of “Homecoming Week” at Trona Unified School will com during the half-time period of the Trona -Big Bear football battle on Saturday afternoon when the local gridiron will be christened “Griffith Field” in honor if William Griffith first Trona team captain who is now serving in the Navy.

The dedication will be made by R. W. Mumford vice-president of the American Potash and Chemical Corporation and chairman of the board of trustees of the school. Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Griffith of Trona, parents of the Navy man will acknowledge the tribute.

This was in the November 23, 1944 Trona newspaper.  The headline was:

Gridiron Takes Griffith Name

Bill was in the first graduating class of the newly built Trona High School, the class of 1942. The school that he attended has been leveled to the ground due to it’s age and damage from the eathquake.

When Bill played football there was not much of a field and they didn’t have football uniforms.

In later years they learned to water the field to hold down the dust.

Even back then the crowd was enthusiastic

The Trona School about 1950