Portland High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Portland, MI)

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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

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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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PROPHECY (Continued) Marilyn Martin has settled in Ionia with her one and only from Saranac. Memories? Donna Smith is an understudy for Bette Davis after a great performance in the Senior play. Lois Smith spends her spare time in her counting house counting all the little Bills. Viola Smith, the new manager of Pierce’s Grill, is still trying to put up those signs saying the pin ball machine is out of order but it still doesn’t do any good. Lorrain Spitzley now has full permission to open the vaults at the bank without an escort. Marian VanPolen is the new assistant manager of the J J Store and is working for her next promotion. Helen Wolhscheid is head hair dresser at Warner Bros. Her latest victim is Cass Daley. Harold Dennie has finally caused Tommy Dorsey to retire. Guess Tommy was no match for Peanut. Cristy Fandel is now head of the stock show at the Ionia Free Fair. Roman Feldpausch has just won acclaim as the heavy weight champion of the boxing world. Gerald Gilbert is this year head speaker at the F. F. A. Convention at Kansas City. Alfred Goodrich is head of the sa’es department of the Goodrich Tire Co. Burdette Goodwin spends quiet evenings at home still trying to catch up on some of those Good Housekeeping magazines that Joyce got when she was a Senio r. Norman Herzog has just left for Norway as the “Blonde Swoon Boy of 1957.” Ernest Seldon is now foreman of the stock room at Fisher Body. Dick Smith now has the world’s largest fleet of lumber trucks under his supervision. Beverly Moyer is chief cook and bottle washer in the best little drive-in Eagle, Clinton County, Michigan, ever had. Harold Higgins is still competing with Alger and Pete for you know who. John Smith has just issued a book on the “Finer Arts of Frying Hamburgs.” Earl Fritts is now a standin for Tyrone Power in his latest picture, “L’Mour on a Desert Island.” Rose Disch has taken over the advice to the Lovelorn column in the Portland Review. Mona Mae Luce is superintendent of all Michigan Baptist Sunday Schools. Ruth Miller is Sunfield’s social leader as the wife of Mayor Erdman. Rose Mary Schaefer is manager of Portland’s new 11% story Department Store. Phyllis Pline has now established her own beauty salon in Portland. Lcuis Melbourne is now a real estate agent, but handles only farms. Dick Sandborn is driving a school bus for good old P. H. S. Page Twenty-three