Portia High School - Pontiacs Yearbook (Portia, AR)

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CLASS HISTORY By Berniece Medlock Of the nine members of this senior class only three have roamed the halls of Portia School for all twelve years. They are: Tommy Buercklin, Clay Ellison, and Berniece Medlock. Those entering during the years of grade school were Betty Riley, Mildred Johnson, Sue Sharp, and Dale Frazier. Betty Clinton and George Ballard enrolled in this class after the work in high school had be- un. g Betty Riley is a quiet, intelligent girl who is liked by all. George Ballard is one of the most brilliant of the seniors and due to his personality has many friends. Sue Sharp, a girl of dependability, is president of the class. Tommy Buercklin, an intelligent young man, is vice-president of the class. Betty Clinton, class reporter, is a very active member of the senior class. Clay Ellison, class secretary, is editor of the high school yearbook. Mildred Johnson has been an active 4-H club member as well as being an intellectual student. Dale Frazier is an active member and because of his good disposition is popular among his classmates. Berniece Medlock, author of this class history, has tried to help make this year a success. ' All the class, both boys and girls, have taken active interest in basket- ball and are members of the senior teams. May 12, 1948 the Senior Class of Portia High School will bid farewell to the students and faculty. It will be with sadness that we leave our school, friends, and classmates although we are very happy indeed to know that we are about to accomplish the goal that we have all been working toward for twelve, long, studious years--graduation. . We, the Senior Class extend our appreciation to Mr. Clinton, our sponsor and the other members of the faculty who have helped make this year a success. CLASS OFFICERS: President ---- - - Sue Sharp Vice-President - - - - Tommy Buercklin Secretary ---- - - Clay Ellison Treasurer- - - - - Mildred Johnson Reporters - - - Betty Clinton and Berniece Medlock Sponsor - - - - Mr. Clinton CLASS COLORS: Black and Orange CLASS FLOWER: White Carnation MOTTO: Success is the product of labor.

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY By Betty Riley My My! I can hardly believe that it has been only eight years 119481 since I was handed my diploma from dear old Portia High and that 1956 finds me in California as a reporter for the Daily News now on my way to cover a jewelry theft in Hollywood. Entering the livingroom of the magnificient dwelling I am confronted by a lovely young lady almost in hysterics over the loss of her jewelry. Her mother and father are trying to calxn her. When I saw her face I was greatly surprised to find that she was none other than my schoolrnate, Berniece Medlock. It seems she is doing very well for herself as a writer of mystery stories. Berniece told me that she and Mildred Johnson had kept contact with each other through the years and that Mildred was a stewardess on an airplane which runs between Hollywood and Paris. The jewelry thief was caught in Phoenix, Arizona a week after the robbery by Chief of Detectives, George Ballard. Having cleared up this nasty situation Berniece and I decided to take :ln a boxing match and go to a night club. You can imagine our surprise when we found that the cha.mpion was Dale Frazier. He went with us to the Roseland Night Club. We were entertained by a beautiful girl whose singing was wonderful and we recognized her as Sue Sharp. We sent her a note to join us at our table. Sue invited us to her apartment and we were hardly inside when a knock sounded at the door. A man was admitted who introduced himself as the famous movie producer, John Blakely, but was none other than the school boy we re- membered as Clay Ellison. He was producing a play, Moonlight and Roses , whose star was Tommy Buercklin. I alrnost believe that miracles do happen when I think of Sue's picking up a daily paper to find a charming redhead looking up at her as if to say, I wish I could be with you . The headline under the picturelread, Trained Nurse, Betty Clinton of Good-Will Hospital, volunteers for overseas service. Although we were having a wonderful time, the evening was made perfect by a telephone call to a certain Chief of Detefifives. Ph0e1'l-ix' A1'iZ0I1l. 3 Steward- ess of Oakley Airport, a movie actor of Dreamland Studios, and a trained nurse of Good-Will Hospital, Sacramento.