Portland High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Portland, MI)

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GIFTATORY (Continued) Margaret Adgate—A teacher’s degree so you won’t have to wait four years. Tom Allen—A camera, Tom, you certainly had a time getting pictures for the Cardinal. Bill Briggs—A milking machine to help you to get to town a little earlier, Bill. Tom Backhurst—Snow is a little out of season but this sled will remind you of it anyway. Bob Baker—A razor guaranteed to do away with that five o’clock shadow. Bethel Barrus—A play book so you can start learning the lines for your first Broad- way success. Beverly Moyer—An absence list to remind you of all those you typed when you were a Senior. Rose Mary Schaefer—Bubble gum, we know you always made the lives of the teachers miserable by your ability to crack it. Donna Smith—A comb so your hair won’t look like “Callie” in the Senior Play. Lois Smith—Bills, Bills, and more Bills, the more they come the better they are. Viola Smith—Carry this pillow with you always, you can never tell when you may take a fall. Lorrain Spitzley—A train schedule which may help you if you ever have to make out more picture schedules. Marian VanPolen—A typing pin for 65 words, we knew that you could do it. Harold Dennie—A new trombone which will come in handy for solos with your new band. Cristy Fandel—A car, Cristy, don’t think yours can take it much longer. Roman Feldpausch—Boxing gloves, thanks for making our noons more fun. Gerald Gilbert—A little motor, Gerald, see if this will make the crystal ball revolve. Alfred Goodrich—A book with some new telephone numbers, from the papers you left lying around this year we figured that you were tired of the ones you have. Burdette Goodwin—A tractor, with two farms to manage you'll need some help. Maxine Fedewa—A ticket to Norway, exclusive for blondes. Merwin Baum—A ring, just in case you ever lose that one you wear on your little finger. Rose Marie Disch—A jeep to remind you of all the good times you used to have in yours. Donna Trierweiler—A scholarship for those swell grades you got while in high school. Phyllis Pline—A little pin ball to remind you of the days when you were working at the Grill. Helen Wohlscheid—We know this sewing kit will come in handy next time you decide to make a new outfit. Page Twenty-one

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GIFTATORY Louis Melbourne—A bag of imported wheat in case you have a bad season. Beverly Hamilton—A brush to keep those lovely red tints we so admire gleaming. Doris Barber—A hair ribbon to add to your collection. Dick Megarah—A telephone book composed of just a few of your out of town numbers. Harold Higgins—A telescope to see all and we do mean all. Walt Padbury—A ticket to Holland in case the Olds won’t make it. Ernest Selden—A piggy bank so you can save for the model farm of the future. John Smith—A soda glass to remind you of your specialized art. Dick Sandborn—A book on how to get acquainted since you’ve always been so bashful. Earl Fritts—A horse, not a bad way to travel where your girl lives way out in the country. Mona Mae Luce—A book of jokes to keep ycu always laughing. David Bills—An airplane so you can fly in when Lois is snowed in way out there in the country. Norman Herzog—A car crank in case you: car decides not to start again. Dick Smith—A new thumb, Dick, guess you deserve one after hitch-hiking four years. Leo Spalding—A little black book so you won’t forget any article of news you may happen to pick up. Harvey Wood—Your talents are many so we concentrate on one and give you a pencil so you can draw all those pictures you were so fond of doing in Government Class. Graydon Ward—A book on the repair of the 1951 Automobile just in case that’s your next investment. Dorothy Higgins—A piece of jewelry to remind you of the days when you went with that certain Freshman. Helen Huhn—A rolling pin, we hear you’ll be needing one soon. Betty Hyland—A memo pad, maybe now you'll get all those stage properties from school and back to your Dad. Pat Hunt—A purple heart, after all you’ve gone through a lot especially in your senior | year. Betty Snow—An extra pair of pockets for your coat in case the present ones give out from being over loaded. Barbara Linhart—This piece of paper will give you permission to bottle all the Arizona sand you like. Marilyn Martin—A lease on your uncle’s store in case you find some spare time to go into business for yourself. Ruth Miller—A cheerleading book with all the yells. You were a good one so the memories should be pleasant. Page Twenty ‘ ee ee ee

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PROPHECY The class of 1947 has high hopes for the future. The members of the class all have definite fields they wish to enter. Let us see how they have made out in 1957. Margaret Adgate is following in the footsteps of her mother and now has 26 pupils in her little red school house. Tom Allen is now a full fledged photographer and is taking pictures for the 1957 edi- tion of the Cardinal. Maxine Fedewa is now Editor of the Portland Review and Observer. Guess she got her experience from the Portlight. Bethel Barrus has just signed with MGM to do a new show, “A Pill in a Jeep.” Bob Baker is now President of the P. P. A. (Poker Players of America.) Tom Backhurst now has a fleet of taxi cabs running from Mulliken to Portland. Al- ways sure of a ride, uh, Tom? Bill Briggs is now a song plugger. His latest is “Open the Door, Richard.” David Bills is repairing typewriters for the Underwood Typewriter Co. We remember when he used to pound one at P. H. S. Beverly Hamilton is now Head Librarian at the Portland Public Library. Mrs. Rey- nolds finally retired. Dorothy Higgins has just advanced to head cashier at Estill’s in Lansing. Helen Huhn is celebrating her 10th anniversary as a model housewife. Betty Hyland is designer for the new Motion Picture Studio, Buggs Bunny, Inc. Dick Megarah has at last found the woman of his dreams and spends his evenings at home reading the paper. Leo Spalding finally got a partnership in the Hi-Speed Gas Station. It was a long, hard struggle, wasn’t it, Leo? Graydon Ward is really in there pitching for the Detroit Tigers now. Harvey Wood, after a startling performance in the Senior Play, is now drawing a plan to find the exact spot where the villain should fall in a forth coming Broadway play. Walt Padbury has replaced Van Johnson in the hearts of the American girls, freckles and all. Donna Trierweiler is now head nurse at St. Lawrence Hospital. Merwin Baum is now hauling gravel between Lowell and Portland. We hear he makes quite a stop off in Lowell. Doris Barber has now started her own roadside lunch especially for truck drivers. Pat Hunt is now modeling for those ads “It’s more fun to be a mother than a model” in the Woman’s Home Companion. Betty Snow is still traveling around this big world. Every once in awhile we get a post card from her. (Remember when Portland used to bore her?) Barbara Linhart is now President of Arizona University. Quite a big job for such a little girl. Page Twenty-two