Portland High School - Tifoon Yearbook (Portland, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 62 of the 1944 volume:

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' - 4, '1 3' qfsifg, A: 5 Q 5 -, ,4 .1 V, . ,f gLs.:,AfAQsg gn4L y.x L ,ilF Is f 1 5 v ,-.1 .u 1 THE TYPHOON If L .-. - X' I .N ,lx Tlx -.QA X .Sw PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, PORTLAND, INDIANA Patricia Richer, Editor Richard Hummer, Business Manager Helen Stevenson, Faculty Sponsor ff LX 'x. g T45 , I -M fn!! -T 'Q' 1 1- Z, I X- - Q.. f xx ,f ' ,. AN -7- rlsx.,-f ,gif 5 , f-'fir' x., 1...,. .1 f N . -ff, 'NX -g XX L . ix- 3. ...T- X' THE TYPHOON 1944 THIS YEAR OUR BOOK IS A SERIES OF LET- TERS TO OUR BOYS IN SERVICE KEEPING THEM INFORMED OF OURACTIVITIES HERE AT PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL, PORTLAND, INDIANA... For eighteen years the boys and girls of Portland have passed in and out the doors of this, their high school building. One of the blessings of our land is its free public educational system, and our alumni of Portland High School all over the world are risking their lives for the preservation of those blessings. It is to them, wherever they are, that this book is lovingly-yes, humbly- dedicated. maya QLJQMZ xp j MQLMJ ffs'-W W? 56a7,,Q,2f?,A1A,69Alv'fcc- ,wwwzwmqewifywfyaff Wff1f3WfZgf'5i f ,,Q,.,4.QJ,Qf,oo-0-yflZf,J41 M M27 may ,, .uk as .M ,Q ' is 3 . Q- um G 4 mf 5 uw Ei lf H, ,, f, -4, : ,gsfgffw ,W 727 M76 ,,,WZ2i?Mi2figz+ J6-052211 40-no ffkfjfvwfgwl- ' ' 5 W ' MJ ' ,d.4L--s':,4 fZ2C4'fLf 112441 ,f04.f A,gA!,L,.f.? MCL-,!?' , ! Vw-Q770fww4mzL. . -lu' BCDARD OF EDUCATION N fi I. W, William Parks Edna Saxman Donald Hammitt Not only the .management of the business but also the general shaping of the policies of the Portland City Schools rests in the hands of the Board of Education-Mr. William Parks, Mrs. Em- mett Saxman, and Mr. Don Hammitt. Capable and foresighted, this group is even now considering post-war plans for the im- provement of the schools. During Christmas vacation, McGuire and Shook, an archi- tcctural firm of Indianapolis, Was employed to make a survey of the needs of the community. Blue prints for the reconstruc- tion of Garfield, the east ward building, have been approved. When materials and supplies are released and construction restrictions lifted, cvcrything will be ready to proceed with a building program. FACULTY HEADS Donald S. Weller Harold S. Brubaker Administrative head of the school system is Superintendent D. S. Weller, whose genial personality and kindly ways have made him a familiar iigure to the students around P. H. S. Gen- uinely interested in the affairs of young people, Mr. Weller com- bines the wisdom and dignity of his position with the sympathy and comradeship of a class room teacher. When the Class of 1944 entered P. H. S. as Freshmen, Mr. Harold Brubaker left Madison and also entered P. H. S. as the new Principal. During their four years together, the Seniors and Mr. Brubaker have grown to know each other, not only in a pupil-teacher relationship but also as friend to friend. FACULTY This year the personnel of the faculty was changed by the appearance of five new teach- ers. Replacing Mrs. Hill, who went to join her husband in Washington, D. C., was Miss Garnet Ginn. Miss Ginn QB. S. from Ball State Teachers Collegej came to Portland from Albany, and soon made a place for herself at P. H. S. as the teacher of home economics. Miss Jeanette Groff became the music supervisor of the city schools and in the high school directed the band, the orchestra, and the chorus. Miss Groff holds a B.Mus. from Taylor University and is working on a Master's degree at Northwestern University. Clyde R. Bair Mathematics Bus. Mgr. for Plays Louise Current History Kenneth A. Farris English, Social Studies Football, Baseball Bernice Gibble Commercial G. R. Sponsor Treas. of Act. Fund Garnet Ginn Home Economics Jr. Red Cross Sponsor Jeanette Groff Music G. R. Sponsor Ruth Alice Harvey Latin, Library Science Latin Club Sponsor Florence Jones Commercial G. R. Sponsor Paul R. Macklin Biology, Agriculture Vo-Ag Sponsor Ass't. Football 10 4 Marjorie Mann Art Helen McTurnan English, Bible, Speech Junior Class Sponsor Ralph D. Settle Science Senior Class Sponsor Homer H. Smith Manual Arts Thomas J. Starr Biology, Social Studies War Counsellor Hi-Y Sponsor Helen Stevenson English Typhoon Sponsor Paul Todd Physical Education Basketball Helen Whitacre Physical Education Emergency Arithmetic G. A. A. Sponsor Hattie White English The new art supervisor for the city was Miss Marjorie Mann, who has a B.A. degree in Education from John Herron Art Institute. The position held by J. Russell Hiatt Cnow Ensign Hiatt of the U. S. NJ was filled by Mrs. Helen Hile McTurnan, A.B. DePauw University and M.A. Northwestern University, who taught classes in speech, English, and Bible. Miss Helen Whitacre, a graduate of Ball State Teachers College with the B.S. degree, was the new physical education teacher. An energetic live-wire, Miss Whitacre added new interest and zest to the classes in her department. 11 M ,cfdJ!cc-,adj f 5wQrLA, ' ,ZQQQU QV 744, P, if SENIORS Virginia Aper CApeJ Aim: Stenographer Jacqueline Arn CJackieD Aim: College Grad Nellie Bailey Aim: Junior Clerk John Barrett Aim: Capt. in the U. S. Army Howard Bibler CBibJ Aim: M. D. degree Jennings Bickel Aim: Ensign U. S. N. A. C Madonna Bickel Aim: Music Teacher Jeane Bisel Aim: Farmer's wife Dorsey Boise Aim: Farmer Gracie Boyd Aim: Post Grad Audrey Brewster Aim: Junior Typist Gloria Anne Brown fGabbyJ Aim: New Yorker Joe Browne Aim: Chemical Engineer Martha Brumm Aim: Stenographer Robert Burk CBobJ Aim: Marine Jean Callahan Aim: Musician Frank Clear, Jr. CSnuffyJ Aim: U. S. Navy Lucile Clear Aim: Cadet Nurse SENIORS Bernadean Dyson CBernieD Aim: Matrimony Peggy Edwards Aim: Physical Ed Instructor Genevieve Fischer Uenniej Aim: Buyer for Dept. Store Robert Freed CBobJ Sorry you left us . . . Kathryn Fry Aim: Beauty shop owner Ernest Funk Aim: Scientinc Farmer Arthur Garringer fArtD Aim: U. S. Army Oiiicer lleen Gierhart Aim: Cadet Nurse Virginia Goff Aim: Junior Typist Melba Grady Aim: Beauty Operator Mary Helen Green Aim: Commercial work Marjorie Griesinger Aim: Junior Clerk Howard Hartley Aim: Agricultural Engineer Harriet Herbst CHetJ Aim: Cadet Nurse Helen Hess A transfer from Madison . . . Margery Hisey CMargeD Aim: Social Worker Jean Hoskins Aim: House wife Richard Hummer CDickb Aim: Navy Air Corps SENIORS Jon Juillerat Aim: Flyer Jay King CDeaconJ Aim: U. S. Navy Martha Lare CMyrtD Aim: Ferry Command Flyer Sarah Helen Leonhard Aim: Beauty operator Betty Lewis Aim: Junior Clerk Bob Limbert Aim: Nephew of Uncle Sam Betty Lingo Aim: Stenographer Thelma Loper Aim: Defense worker Calvin Loy Aim: Farmer Edna Loy Aim: Beauty operator Leslie Ludy Aim: Buck Private U. S. Army Marlyn Marsh Aim: Navy Nurse Rachel Martin Aim: Librarian Harry Matchett Aim: Sailor Robert Mayo 1BobD Aim: U. S. Army Beverly McCrory Aim: House wife Max McCrory CSkinnyD Aim: Sailor Betty McKinley CMacD Aim: Cadet Nurse SENIORS Lloyd McLaughlin Aim: Airplane Mechanic Lowell McLaughlin Aim: Airplane Mechanic Olen McLaughlin Aim: Chemist Betty McNutt Aim: Secretary Thelma Miller Moved to Ft. Wayne . . . Homer Money Aim: Air Corps Jack Moody Aim: U. S. N. Ensign William Morgan fBud7 Aim: U. S. N. Air Corps Ethelyn Norris Aim: Junior Typist Marian Pensinger Aim: Bookkeeper Mable Jean Platt Aim: Stenographer Joe Powell Aim: U. S. Navy Lois Ramsey Aim: Stenographer Helen Rash Aim: Musician Patricia Richer CPatb Aim: College Grad Georgia Rivers Aim: Beauty operator Almeda Rosa Aim: Cadet Nurse Elsie Sanders Aim: Powers model SENIORS Lucy Schubert CLuccb Aim: Defense worker James Sipe CJ. PJ Aim: 2nd Lieut. Army Air Force Lowell Smith Aim: Farmer Opal Smith tOpeJ Aim: Airline Hostess David Smithson Aim: Scientific farmer Mary Ann Stafford CAnnieD Aim: Society editor Francis Stults CSaltyD Aim: Buck Private U. S. M. C. Wilma Stults Sorry you left us . . . Lelia Sutton Aim: House wife Mary Trobridge Aim: Civil Service James Valentine COssJ Aim: Marine Virgil Valentine, Jr., CVirgJ Aim: Buck Private U.S.M.C. Shirley Walmer Aim: Musician Robert Wherry CBobJ Aim: Sailor Madonna Whitacre Aim: Marriage Mary K. Whitacre Aim: Homemaker Wanda Whitacre Aim: Defense worker Janell Wilkinson iNe1lieJ Aim: Defense Worker NOT PICTURED: Joe Fox Aim: U. S. Navy SCHCOL YEAR 1943-1944 The events of the school year 1943-44 will long be remembered, for it is a his- tory-making year, one which will cause history students many headaches when they study it years from now. In March of this the third year of the war, General Mark Clark's 5th Army and General Montgomeryis 8th Army are mak- ing a slow but steady progress up through Italy toward the German frontier. Night and day, American and R.A.F. bombers by the hundreds fly over German-occupied Europe to bomb Hitler's inner fortress to soften it up for the coming west coast invasion. Thousands of men, how many we do not know, are being amassed in England, poised and tense, for this inva- sion. In the Pacific area, under General MacArthur, Admiral Halsey, and Admiral Nimitz, our boys are-island by island- driving the Nipponese back toward their shores. In India, China, Africa, Australia, throughout the entire world, Americans are stationed to defend democracy. Every- one fervently hopes and prays that by this time next year the Allies will have achieved the unconditional surrender of the Axis. We live in one of the few lands re- maining today where school goes on al- most as usual. True-the ranks of the eighteen year olds, thinned by drafting and enlistments and the return on fur- loughs of former classmates now in ser- vice, toughened and older looking, bring the seriousness of our times a bit closer to us, but class room work was undis- turbed by the roar of enemy bombers, and social life and school sports were only slightly hampered by the minor incon- veniences of rationing. The kids had the usual silly fads. With the weather at its coldest crew haircuts were numerous. tSuffer for beauty's sake, boyslj The girls, trying to look like i'Mademoiselle, wrapped wide bands of ribbon around their heads, and instead gave a good impersonation of Minnie Ha Cha. Loafers were the popular style of shoes, but as long as they had soles and stayed together anything was in style. Big heavy sweaters, called ski sweaters, with deer, stars or any unrecognizable design were popular among both boys and girls. The boys on the football team turned out in overall jackets with their own particular number and names writ- ten all over them. Under this gaudy exterior. the attitude of students as a whole assumed a more serious tone. After school and on Satur- days, in grocery stores, soda fountains, dime stores, and offices, students helped to relieve the man-power shortage. Last summer many students worked at local factories and are planning to do the same this year. More and more fellows enrolled in mathematics and science subjects, realiz- ing the future value of such preparation. Instead of writing for college bulletins, boys were devouring information on va- rious branches of the services. Some of the boys in our class were drafted before the school term was finished and most of the others will go soon after school is over. Already boys that went to school with us just three years, two years, and even one year ago are seeing ac- tion on the far-flung battle fronts of the war. Some of these boys won't co.me back. It is anything but a bright future that the Seniors of '44 face, moreover, they realize that a great task lies ahead of them, not only the winning of the War, but that greater task of picking up the fragments left after the fighting is over and piecing them together into a solid foundation for international collaboration and a true last- ing peace. 19 n 1 Q 1 3 ly 4 ' :kiwi 'A' 1 ,f K -il LM Q Q , , f Q ., X H, Nl! Y a as 2 I K i Lk if , A - i ' if at 'if 1 ss- X2 I 57 x ' 0 . . C N .X ,H 1 is 3 W ,Q w Q,, i -1 ,,,x , E y AAQAA L A A ,' ' f if - K . A P , ' 1 1 -A f AQ aa 3 3 I A I Zf, i:,fk1 5-iw, ,:, ,,. - f if I ' X ' 1' - ' ' -wg..-wr ' AW Je F 4 1, 4 ff 3? A ma IMI Q. 4 f-mf JUNICRS Row l: Frances Adams, Joseph Arnold, David Ayres, Richard Badders, Ruth Barnett, William Bash, Mona Blankenbaker, Glenna Boggs. Row 2: Norman Bosworth, Carl Bowen, Marie Brady, Earl Brumm, Joe Bill Burnham, Wilma Butcher, Donald Caster, Jean Cheek. Row 3: Donald Cupp, Frances Davis, Betty Delauter, Robert Disher, Richard Dugan, Mary Ann Erlet, Joe Fox, Alberta Freemyer. Row 4: Wanda Lou Gamester, Gladys Gibson, Robert Graves, Barbara Gray, Paul Greaf, Eva Grile, Martha Harshman, Marjorie Lou Hawkins, Jean Hilfiker. Row 5: Maurice Horine, Robert Johnson, Mardelle Kile, Alonzo Lacey, Margaret Landon, Helen Litzenberger, Michael Luttman, Jay Markley, Cleon Marsh. Row 6: Richard Maxwell, Robert McClung, Betty McCormick, Naomi Ruth Metzner, Mary Jane Miles, James Miller, Thomas Millett, Charles Mowery, Barbara Myers. Row 7: Elizabeth Myers, Howard Nelson, Lowell Norris, Joan Orr, Joan Pattison, Murl Peden, Mildred Phelan, Violet Philebaum, Jay Rowland. Row 8: Glen Shreeve, Mary Ann Smith, Frederick Smith, Martha Smith, Imogene Snyder, Carl Steed, Betty Jo Stephenson, Nilah Stoner, Leroy Strock. Row 9: Kenneth Study, Doris Stultz, Robert Wallischeck, Frederick Watkins, Thomas Wiley, Phyllis Williams, Imogene Wolford, Joanna Wrightsman, Chloris Zimmerman. Students not pictured: Howard Breymier, Nilda Jean George, Jack Imel, Myrna Sue O'Shaughnessy, Barbara Woods. Students to complete work for graduation during the summer: Richard Badders, Michael Luttman, Jay Markley, Frederick Watkins. 'S WBA .kwa -T. 2: lt iF '-. XXX X 'x Y' -.' ix S, Q In 1 Mvn?,,-'- ff ,v ,f . I, 1- H, uv A, Q-, M.- ,w,-f- 'NL K 11,5 Ri- 4 -xg.--. --as 3. 'Cb-s. ,v.r' M .ff 44 we rf' J' wr MVM ,f ,f is 'g RN -N-x 4.45, Ns'- .., K y , X xxx 'L K S X N -X xxx XX 'ax 5 f f 1 1 40' jj if ,1 fyfi.. I Z' ,.. f 1 ffv I 1 .f ,aff l X x X - - S 'N .T R n- . f MZ, . g' ! . 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Row 5: James Hardy, Ann Hartley, Mickey Haviland, Ray Hudson, Duane Hummel, Lucille Hummer, Virginia Ann Hutchins, Jill Jellison, Wanda Lou Journay, Jean Juillerat. Row 6: Ruthanna Kantner, Bessie Lee Kelly, Richard Kelly, Norma Kerns, Helen Kessler, Paul Kirby, Joan LaFollette, Juanita Lehman, Patricia Loper, Meredith Lotz. Row 7: Iva Lou Ludy, Mary Lykins, Gene Macklin, Nell Jean Maxwell, Robert McFarland, Joy McKinley, Charles Meehan, Fredrick Minch, Mary Helen Morehous, Lorna Morehous. Row 8: Joan Mowery, George Noble, Eileen Norris, Nadine Oehler, Ralph Ormsby, Thomas Penrod, Madonna Pensinger, Evalou Phillips, Robert Pon- tious, Mary Katherine Porter. Row 9: Norma Rathbun, Amanda Rines, Mona Robbins, Herbert Schmidt, Velma Schoeff, Earl Schoenlein, Robert Schubert, Billie Schwartz, Harold Shepherd, Betty Schultz. Row 10: Charles Schultz, Dale Smith, Harvey Smith, Luetta June Smith, Miriam Smith, Norma Smith, Harold Spahr, Ala Mae Speise, Margaret Stahl, William Stipp, Mary Louise Stout. Row ll: Betty Stults, Berdenia Summers, Everett Thomas, Gene Traxler, Bessie Trobridge, Glcnna Mae Valentine, Herbert Van Vorce, Mary Jane Wallischeck, Earl Weesner, Phyllis Whitacre, Robert Young. Students not pictured: Ronald Dunmoyer, Donald Loy, Mary Martha Strohl, Pearline Templin. .T K . g L, X. K 1 1 ff? 'TT ' 4.A , ,. E ' Zm, ,kh,L l , ' wk 'A ', .Z.A VAAV : L :5': Y 'A M N- Hs- -I K 'Q m ,fu-QE P f if 1'-! gv, A - - if M 'E ' E :,- , Q Ja? ' A 3 E,,1 T 1 . A5 ' f 495 . 2 :,. 'fi - , . L-L' 'vb 3 X :': A ,V -- , 'L A ' -' A A ' ,. 1143: 'llfiyf gif IN X g vQ,. 2 . -' '---A nb f Q I W f -.', K g kyf, , -I V . - ' .. K ,V I . K 3 2 is AA , Q' H , if. . vii A , ,V ,. , . ,L afi : '- -v': V I 'Q Vrru A V 7' my 'X . 2 LAI, 2 X. ,-, .e., . Q Q i. QQ! .:,: ,.,, 2 .x.. ,, , M ., i .. 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Row 2: Paul Blackford, Montez Brady, Lewis Boggs, Richard Bond, Janeane Bosworth, Barbara Boyd, Mary Brown, Beverly Brubaker, William Brunson, Rex Bubp, Eldon Burkett. Row 3: Ruth Callahan, Forrest Coddling, Lillis Ann Coldren. Alice Cooper, Annabelle Cromer, Blanche Crump, Mary Jane Delauter, Thelma Dilworth, Forrest Disher, Rosemary Doty, Patricia Edwards. Row 4: Sharon Elick, Nilah Evans, Treva Evans, Floyd Fields, Richard Ford, Esther Fry, Carl Gagle, Phyllis Gettinger, Donald Gibson, Evelyn Gibson, Ernest Gierhart. Row 5: Roger Gierhart, Martina Grady, Clarence Harmon, Donald Hatch, Thurman Grant Hisey, Duane Horine, Wilma Hotsenpiller, Vivian Hummel, Dale Hummer, Thomas Hunt, Quentin Imel. Row 6: Bobbie Jackson, Orville Johnston, Clydora Kelly, Patricia Kunce, Joyce Lamb, Donald Landfair, Mary Ann Ledbetter, James Lewis, Gerald Lloyd, Walter Loy, Robert Ludy. Row 7: Agnes Lykins, Alwanda Mabrey, Jerry Macklin, Freda McGahee, Herbert McKee, Frederick McLaughlin, Freda Mendel, Margaret Messener, Elizabeth Middaugh, George Morrison, Claire Mowery. Row 8: David Myers, Robert Myers, Marjorie North, Robert North, Kather- ine Ogan, Charles Parks, Wanda Petro, Carlton Payton, Elvin Phillips, June Marie Platt, Norma Pogue. Row 9: John Ray, George Reichard, Donald Renner, Marion Reynolds, Ra- mona Richer, Daniel Rudrow, Naomi Runyon, Kathleen Sanders, Max Sanders, James Saxman, Libby Schubert. Row 10: Alberta Scott, Kermit Shaneyfelt, Dorothy Shawver, Mary Ellen Shreeve, Mary Smith, Norma Smith, Robert Smith, Thomas Smith, Wilbert Smith, Susanna Spade, Irma Spillman. Row 11: Luther Sockrider, Glenn Sockrider, Reva Steed, Everett Steen, Lucille Steen, Edith Stipp, Mary Stipp, Barbara Stroube CFranklinJ, Leonard Jay Stroube, Joan Stults, Norma Stults, Row 12: Frances Swank, Gene Teeters, Fred Teeters, Jay Uhrick, Mable Walker, Grace Whiracre, Iralee White, Dale Whiteman, Raymond Williams, Hamor Williamson, Jackie Zerkel. Students not pictured: John Ewry, Clarence Franklin. SP NP NBER: -tulbllx jg Xi .QR-N ls' 'fig' ,,-f-'-'JLI 75 4 -,dv-' N -hs ff ff!! ff I -.M -s, F.. ,,-v ...vvv ,ar-' u-ef' ,,-ft'-'J.,.,. rv- Aff' i 47-i 1 1' ,f --.., ---... .. ...- ..,-. ...- -..v., K ,- Id, -. M., Q.. -. I- . flvtf' fvv- an-.-V ' M Yfihf- f 4... lv:-Lf.-Z.. WV.-JV -.,-. V,- J , 'fiifnfy . 5 ,W,,,!u,,fffw27w4- ' LfMfMj'ZJ W Jfvwwf VW WMM 'ww QQ' we-urn' fwaiwf ' 7' 5 TYPHOCN STAFF Left to right: Patricia Richer fEditor-in-Chiefl, Richard Hummer fBusiness Managerl, Virginia Aper fSales Managerl, Jon Juillerat fSports Editorh, David Smithson fActivities Edi- torb, Opal Smith CSenior Editorl, Ethelyn Norris CFaculty and Underclassmen Editorb, Mable Jean Platt KTypistb, Jay Markley and Jay King fPhotography Editorsl. There's a war on, you know, wrote the engravers, when we asked why our cuts were coming in late. There's a war on, you know, we were informed by the printers when we expressed surprise at printing costs. There's a war on, you know, said the cover people when we began to wonder whether our book might have to make its appear- ance coverless. By then, we fully realized that there is a war on ! In spite of restrictions, inconveniences, high prices, etc., the Typhoon Staff persisted in their effort to publish the year book. Sales were capably handled by Richard Hum- mer and Virginia Aper. Ethelyn Norris wrote the faculty and underclassman write-ups, Opal Smith did the senior pages, David Smithson covered all club activitiesg Peggy Ed- wards made sketches, and Jon Juillerat took care of sports. For the first time, the Typhoon is composed greatly of student photography. The two Jays-King and Markley-not only took, but also developed, enlarged, and printed all of the action shots for the calendar pages. Thanks to them, we have a more nearly complete record of the year's activities than has ever been possible before. All typing was done by Mable Jean Platt and final editing by Pat Richer and Mrs. Stevenson. Now that the 1944 TYPHOON has at last gone to press, the Staff has the satisfaction of having carried to completion a difficult and yet enjoyable project. 28 VCCATICNAL AGRICULTURE This year Vo-Ag meetings were held at night instead of during the activity period. At the annual Father and Son Banquet, demonstrations were given to acquaint the fathers with some of the useful projects the boys carry on. Included were milk-testing, seed- testing, and rope making. Because of the shortage and scarcity of rope, over one thousand feet were made from binder twine by various club members. To get higher yielding crops from better seeds, the boys tested and treated many small grain seeds. To cull worthless dairy cows that weren't paying their bill, tests were made and accurate records of feed supplies kept. Complete farm record books were kept by some of the upper classmen. A corn husking contest was held at the ho.me of Norman Bosworth. David Smith- son fseniorj, Paul Gvreaf Qjuniorj, Clyde Beeler fsophomorej, and Joseph Adams ffreshmanj placed first in their respective classes. Clyde Beeler was the grand Win- ner and Donald Loy, the runner-up. Two pest contests were held, won by Orville Johnston and Don Loy. The pests killed would have eaten in the next year over one thousand dollars' worth of valu- able feed. Noon league basketball and the recreation room were again sponsored by the club. The new sound movie machine was put to good advantage. Top Row: Donald Landfair, Rex Bubp, Ernest Funk, Thomas Millett, Thomas Wiley, Norman Bos- wcrth, Kenneth Study, Alonzo Lacey, Robert Theurcr, Robert Wallischeck, Paul Greaf, Charles Mee- han. Second Row: Paul Blackford, James Burkett, Donald Caster, Earl Brumm, Roger Bowen, Clyde Beeler, Donald Loy, Murl Peden, James Miller, Frederick Minch. Third Row: Leonard Stroube, Harold Spahr, Jay Uhrick, William Brunson, Ernest Gierhart, Robert Myers, Harold Shepherd, George Noble, Harold Grile, Earl Weesner. Front Row: Mr. Macklin CSponsorJ, Gene Teeters, Dale Smith, Marvin Bentz, Orville Johnston, Virgil Valentine CSecretaryJ, David Smithson CPresidentD, Carl Bowen CVice-Presidentb, Jerry Macklin, Joseph Adams, Roger Gierhart, Thurman Hisey. I 29 PLAYS 1 The two dramatic productions of 1943-44 were the Junior and Senior Plays. The Juniors, under the direction of Mrs. McTurnan, gave Come Out of the Kitchen, a comedy in three acts, which delighted an audience of over seven hundred, the largest ever to witness a P. H. S. class play. On May 5 the Seniors, coached by Mr. Settle, pre- sented as their play, Don't Take My Penny, a comedy centering around the confusion caused by the efforts of cute, movie-mad Penny to go sophisticated on her family and friends. Juniors on stage shown in the upper picture are fleft to rightj: Joe Bill Burnham, Violet Philebaum Qseatedj, Barbara Gray, Imogene Snyder, Dick Maxwell, Donald Cupp, Fred Smith, Marie Brady and Dick Dugan fseated on davenportj, Mildred Phe- lan fbehind davenportj, Leroy Strock. Seniors at a first rehearsal are shown in the lower picture fleft to right, seatedJ: Gloria Ann Brown, Opal Smith, Richard Hummer, Olen McLaughlin, Jon Juillerat, Jackie Arn, Virginia Aperg and fstandingb Howard Bibler, John Barrett, Pat Richer, Joe Fox, Virginia Goff, Ethelyn Norris, Bud Morgan, Betty McKinley, Shirley Walmer. 30 CLUBS Much of the social life of P. H. S. depends upon the activities of the two clubs-Girl Reserve and Hi-Y. The G. R.'s with a membership of eighty-three and the Hi-Y's, num- bering thirty-three, worked together to sponsor several parties and dances during the year. To stimulate interest in scholarship, a contest was held and the ranking of all members published. fThe girls had a slight edge on the boys! 2.71 to 2.06J. The Girl Reserve Cabinet is shown in the upper picture. Standing: Janell Wilkin- son, Jean Hoskins, Bernadine Dyson, Jean Cheek, Mrs. Jones fSponsorJ, Mrs. Gibble CSponsorJ, Miss Groff 1SponsorJ, Myrna Sue O'Shaughnessy, Jean Hilfiker, Barbara Gray. Seated: Margie Lou Hawkins, Jackie Arn, Beverly McCrory QVice-Presidentb, Betty McKinley fPresidentJ, Ethelyn Norris QTreasurerJ, Betty Lingo fSecretaryJ, Peggy Ed- wards, Virginia Aper, Betty Jo Stephenson. In the lower picture are the Hi-Y's. Standing: Jon J uillerat CTreasurerJ, Leroy Strock, Mickey Haviland, Bob Disher, Tom Millet, Bill Bash, Chick Spahr, Harvey Smith, Dick Dugan, Bob Pontius, Mr. Starr fSponsorj. Seated: Dick Hummer fPresidentJ, Jim Valentine CVice-Presidentb, Mike Luttman, Lowell Norris, Bob Wallischeck, Dick Maxwell, Carl Steed, Howard Bibler, Bob McClung, Earl Brumm, Earl Schoenlein, Max McCrory CSecretaryJ, Carl Bowen fSerge-ant-at-Armsj. 31 BAND The 1943-44 P. H. S. Band was a marching band. Trim and precise in their new black and white uniforms, they executed formations at the Winchester, Ridgeville, and Dun- kirk games. Other appearances included the Band Beneht game sponsored by the Lions Club, L'Hi, Neighbor! , a Rotary Club banquet, and all pep sessions and home games. Back of this very successful record, as Well as that of the entire music department, stands the untiring and capable direction of Miss Jeanette Groff, music supervisor. Reading from left to right in the V formation pictured are: Pat Arn, Ramona Richer, Martha Nell Lare, Ethelyn Norris, Robert Wallischeck, Joe Fox, Dale Smith, Lewis Daniel, Jean Callahan, Mildred Phelan, Suzanne Spade, Chloris Zimmerman, John Ray. Howard Bibler, Mary Jane Miles, Herbert Van Vorce, Shirley Walmer, Mary Jane Wallischeck, Marjorie Griesinger, Billie Schwartz, John A.mes. Majorettes: Jill Jellison, Myrna Sue O'Shaughnessy, Joy McKinley, Janet Browne. Drum Major: Virginia Goff. 32 ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS A-I : p p V N Q 'K 'Y , VU ' fr , . antenna W., M aa- Wm.. . . , ' .. . The first Orchestra appearance was at the Navy Day program in October. Then came the Junior Play and the Christmas program, later the Senior Play, and finally commencement in May. Shown at a typical rehearsal are: Back Row: John Ames, Jean Callahan, Mary Jane Miles, Ruth Ann Davidson and Ann Hartley at piano, Herbert Van Vorce, Mildred Phelan, Dale Smith, John Ray, Joe Fox. Front Row: Marjorie Griesinger, Mary Jane Wallischeck, Duane Hummel, George Noble. The Girls' Chorus sang at many public gatherings-Rotary Club, Hi, Neighbor! , Kiwanis Club, G. R. Musical, and Baccalaureate-to name only a few. Attractive white surplices worn by the girls added to the effectiveness of their music. Pictured are: Top Row: Montez Brady, Alwanda Mabrey, Alberta Freemyer, Joan Goff, Waneta Glassford. Third Row: Barbara Myers, Frances Davis, Doris Brady, Mona Robbins, Mary Jane Delauter, Betty McNutt. Second Row: Wanda Cecil, Chloris Zimmerman, Mary Helen Green, Nellie Bailey, Mary Stipp, Eileen Norris, Nilah Evans. Front Row: Ruth Barnett, Joan Lafollette, Juanita Lehman, Billie Schwartz, Irma Spillman, Mary Catherine Ogan, Gene Macklin. 33 , Mau ,fd-fufwfolf M247 ,'HLw fWW4LA471' fvvz,4,J0f1,o7 Avfdfaflfvff 'maj Qfvvnfvcfibb fwffblbfaff Wm07 fyyzjfiii' ,kwa , ' - 2 ,?, !344uou folvwoiivpl fvlfdfvcfl, fel., W! jfbv-QC ,M . fi- -fgigf-MW, +21 k f www f fa ,,,,'5 52 xc: Q sn. -.fb f ii FOOTBALL Back Row: Money, Dugan, Spahr, King, Ormsby, Ames, Frakes, Hardy, Pontius, R. Gibson, Bibler, Stc-ed, Kirby. Middle Row: Van Vorce, McClung, Graves, J. Valentine, Freed, Hummer, V. Valentine, Hudson, Luttman, Millett, Ayers. Front Row: Macklin fStudent Managerb, Hall, Ray, Shaneyfelt, Acre, D. Gibson, Zerkle, Nelson, Gier- hart, Reichard, Smith, Horine CStudent Managerl. Portland's fighting football team battled their way through a none too successful season. Unable to attain a victory, they had to be satisfied with a tie. This score was the result of a game with Alexandria, a new opponent. Also, this year we played two games with Decatur to make up for the cancelled games with Richmond, Knightstown, and Columbia City, who were too far away for our limited transportation facilities. The Panthers' defeats are not to be ashamed of because they were handed to them by tough veteran teams, some even undefeated. All but four regulars will be back next year to try to reverse this year's scores. SCHEDULE Portland 0 Garrett 18 Portland 0 Coldwater 27 Portland 0 Decatur 19 Portland 7 Decatur 12 Portland 7 Alexandria 7 Portland 7 Bluffton 39 36 LETTERMEN NAME Hummer J. Valentine V. Valentine Ayers Dugan Graves Hudson Luttman McClung Millett Kirby Van Vorce Bibler King Pontius Spahr HEIGHT ft. 9 in ft. 4 in ft. 81!2 in ft. 11 in ft. 10 in ft. ft. 9 in ft. 8 in ft. 2 in. ft. ft. 7 in. ft. 1 in. ft. 10 in. ft. 914 in. ft. 7 in. ft. 8 in. MAJOR LETTERMEN WEIGHT NUMBER 145 lbs. 29 145 lbs. 28 145 lbs. 30 142 lbs. 26 175 lbs. 40 160 lbs. 38 160 lbs. 33 133 lbs. 31 180 lbs. 43 185 lbs. 41 185 lbs. 42 170 lbs. 44 MINOR LETTERMEN 150 lbs. 36 162 lbs. 39 155 lbs. 22 175 lbs. 35 POSITION Quarterback Center Halfback End Fullback Guard Fullback Guard Tackle Tackle Tackle End Tackle Guard Guard Guard Top Row: Lutt- man, McC1ung Kirby. Second Row: Hudson, J. Val- entine, Millett, Hummer. Third Row: Ay- ers, Graves, Du- gan, Van Vorce. Bottom Row: F r e e d, King, Bibler, Pontius, Spahr, V. Valen- tine. CLASS Senior Senior Senior Junior Junior Junior Junior Junior Junior Junior Sophomore Sophomore Senior Senior Sophomore Sophomore 37 BASKETBALL Back Row: Van Vorce, Graves, S t i p p, Arnold, Ormsby, Row- land. Front Row: Wecsner, R a y, Lotz, Horinc CStudent Manag- erb, Bosworth, Ames, Disher. 38 FIRST TEAM Back Row: J. Valentine, Hud- son, Millett, Sipe, Bowen, C l e a r, Hummer. Front Row: V. Valentine. Mc- Crory, McClung, Matchett, Schoenlein. Seated in front: Horine CStudent Managerb. SECOND TEAM LETTERMEN NAME Hummer Matchett McCr0ry J. Valentine V. Valentine Bowen McClung Hudson Schoenlein HEIGHT WEIGHT NUMBER ft. 6 in. lbs ft. lbs. ft. ll in lbs ft. 4 in lbs. ft. 816 in lbs. ft. QVZ in lbs. ft. 2 in lbs. ft. 9 in lbs. ft. 10 in. lbs. POSITION Guard Forward Forward Guard Guard Forward Center Guard Forward Top Row: V. Val- entine, Schoen- lein, H u d s o n Hummer. Bottom Row: Bowen, Match- ett, J. Valentine, McCIung, Mc- Crory. CLASS Senior Senior Senior Senior Senior Junior Junior Sophomore Sophomore 33 BASKETBALL The Portland quintet ended its season with a record of ten victories against eleven defeats. Having only one letterman back from last year, the team was handicapped by inexperience. As the season progressed, the boys improved and turned in some ex- cellent performances. Throughout the whole season, Coach Todd kept switching the line-up around, trying to find the five who clicked best together. After a somewhat slow start, the Panthers were at their peak when they copped the County Championship. With four lettermen return- ing, the prospects look bright for the team of 1945. FIRST TEAM Portland 20 Decatur 32 Portland Albany 43 Portland 19 Bluffton 21 Portland Winchester 46 Portland 21 Union City 42 Portland Ft. Recovery 27 Portland 44 Ft. Recovery 19 Portland Union City 42 Portland 31 Berne 62 Portland Dunkirk 43 Portland 31 Dunkirk 30 Portland Montpelier 33 Portland 38 Hartford City 45 Portland Ridgeville 29 Portland 43 Pennville 34 Portland Redkey 30 BIG FOUR TOURNEY Portland 34 Portland 32 Albany 32 CD. O. TJ Dunkirk 38 fFinalJ COUNTY TOURNAMENT Portland Portland SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT Pennville 25 Madison 22 CFinalD Portland 38 Madison 25 Portland Redkey 31 SECOND TEAM Portland 24 Decatur 18 Portland Albany 18 Portland 17 Bluffton 21 Portland Winchester 21 Portland 19 Union City 14 Portland Ft. Recovery 18 Portland 32 Ft. Recovery 28 Portland Union City 33 Portland 22 Berne 27 Portland Dunkirk 20 Portland 15 Dunkirk 16 Portland Montpelier 22 Portland 15 Hartford City 22 Portland Ridgeville 16 Portland 30 Pennville 17 Portland 27 Redkey 22 BASEBALL Baseball continued to be, as it has been for the past several years, the Panthers' best percentage sport. For the first time in five seasons the boys lost more than one game, but the weather was very wet and unfavorable all spring, and almost the only time the team was able to practice was on game day. The line-up was as follows: SEASON RECORD gatclher Jim Rough itc er Max Mc rory Short Stop Keith Leggett Portland Berne 5 First Baie Bob McClung Portland Hartford City 10 Second ase Everett Evans Third Base Gerald Heniser Portland Bluffton 0 Ieeft Fiildl Bill gaudy Portland Berne 4 enter ie d Bob ord - Right Field Leon Watkins Portland Hartford Cm' 5 Richard Hummer POI'f1la1'lCl B1l1fftOl'l 5 Uti1itY Eugene Pettibone Portland Winchester 8 40 J ay Rowland COACHES Responsible for the success of the sports program at P. H. S. for the past few years has been its coaching staff- Kenneth Farris, football and baseball, Paul Macklin, assistant football, and Paul Todd, basketball. Leaders every- one, these men have constantly striven to instill the ideals of fair play and good sportsmanship into the boys who make up their teams and the student body and citizens who comprise their fans. YELL LEADERS Panther yell leaders were Virginia Aper, Peggy Edwards, and Cleon Marsh, Colorful, rhythmical, and dynamic, this trio proved indispensable to student sup- port during the entire 1943-44 sports sea- son. Under the direction of a student- faculty committee, interesting pep ses- sions were planned, and the Howling Hundred , especially at basketball games, drew the admiration of all visit- ing fans. 41 GIRLS' ATHLETICS 1 P? The athletic program for girls in P. H. S. continued to expand in 1943-44 under the capable direction of Miss Helen Whitacre, One of the innovations was a state test to measure the physical ability which all girls except Freshmen took. The results were sent in to the state physical education department, and as this was the first time the test had been given, Portland was one of the schools who helped make the norms for the entire state. The upper left hand picture shows Frances Davis acting as a support for Jean Hilfikcr to execute a pull-up, one of the activities comprising the test. Also shown are Barbara Gray, Wilma Butcher, Jackie Arn, and Jean Hoskins doing conditioning activ- ities preparatory to taking the test. Shown in the picture at the upper right are Peggy Edwards, Virginia Goff, Glenna Boggs, and Gloria Ann Brown doing head stands, a form of tumbling which was part of the mat work. The girls also played many games-baseball, basketball, speedball, volley ball, shuffle- board, and tennis. In the lower left hand picture are: ffront rowl Elizabeth Myers, Elizabeth Grile, Mable Jean Platt, Betty Delauter, and Betty McCormickg Qback rowj Nellie Bailey, Leila Sutton, and Mona Blankenbaker. This year the G. A. A., reorganized and operating under a new constitution, had a membership of thirty-five girls who met every two weeks on Thursday evenings. Let- ters were awarded to twelve girls for four years of active participation in G. A. A. work. Those in the lower right picture are: Miss Whitacre, Georgia Rivers, Peggy Ed- wards, Harriet Herbst, Betty McKinley, Betty Lingo, and Jean Hoskins, Cstandingj Vir- ginia Aper, Martha Nell Lare, Edna Loy, and Jackie Arn. Members who finished school in January were Elsie Sanders and Margery Hisey. 42 SEPTEMBER Students are patriotic and incidentally get out of school, too, by helping out at the Naas Canning Factory during rush season...applying for a job at the information booth are Wanda Whitacre, Lucy Schubert, Reva Steed, and Marlyn Marsh . . . class officers are elected-for the Juniors-Carl Bowen, President, Joan Pattison, Secretary and Treasurer, Dick Maxwell, Vice President . . . and for the Seniors-Jon J uillerat, Vice President, Betty Lingo, Secretary and Treasurer, John Barrett, President . . . Phyl- lis Whitacre is snapped looking at German equipment captured in the African campaign and on display to aid the 3rd War Bond Drive... Warm weather and the kids gang up on the lawn, Bernie, Janell, Margy Lou, and Marlyn fseatedj and Betty Jo and Mary Ann fstandingj drink cokes and discuss the man shortage this year . . . the yell leaders are elected, Edwards, Marsh, and Aper. . . Joe Bair and Dick Maxwell overeXertf?J themselves lifting a basket of tomatoes . . . Dick James, P. H. S. alumnus, speaks at the dedication services for the Jay County Honor Roll and the 3rd War Bond Drive program . . . T-5 Mildred McKinley W. A. C. former P. H. S. student, visits school ,... 43 OCTOBER T ,a Progressive teaching increases at P H. S. in the form of a new movie projector . . . some of the school operators are David Myers, Lowell McLaughlin, George Morrison, and Richard Hummer . . . Simon Legree Todd drives boys' gym class outside in spite of cold weather . . . Seniors turn out one and all for the Senior hayride. . . Many eyes are misty from a feeling of nostalgia as the chorus sings songs of this war and the last for the Navy day program . . , Ed Friend, former member of the class of '44 and veteran of the South Pacific, visits school and tells students in a short talk at pep session his one ambition is to get the war over and come home . . . overall jackets, plaid shirts, pinafores, and pigtails, accepted apparel at hilarious G. R. Halloween dance. Student orator, Meredith Lotz, gives one of the addresses for Navy Day . . . Hi-Y pledges Earl Brumm, Lowell Norris, Bob Disher, Mickey Haviland, tstandingj and Dan'l Pontius and Harv Smith Qseatedj dress according to the rules . . . Mr. Todd, Billie Schwartz, Mr. Farris, and the study hall concentrate on the World Series as Herb Van Vorce marks up the score. 44 NOVEMBER Education week, and picture of the library is shown in local paper . . . students rejoice as basketball starts-team is introduced at pep session, am I wrong or did I hear some Senior girls on the front row howling? . . . Thought-provoking Armistice Day program and ceremony by the American Legion ...cold weather confines courting to the auditorium but that doesnlt bother Betty Delauter and Bob Limbert . . . Ethelyn rounds up students who were absent when underclassmen pictures were taken for the 'Typhoon' and the two Jays snap their pictures . . . Juniors in the office are Howard Breymier, Bob Woods, Nilda Jean George, Bob Theurer, and Myrna Sue O'Shaughnessy . . . Freshmen coming to school are John Ewry and Clarence Frank- lin . . . Sophomores in the auditorium are Pearline Templeton, Ronald Dunmoyer, Mary Strohl, and Donald Loy . . . Please, please, plead the Juniors as play tickets go on sale . . . Mr. Bair, business manager, distributes tickets to Glen Greaf, Phyllis Williams, Maurice Horine, Mildred Phelan, and Ann Smith. . . OTHER EVENTS 'Three cheers for the Freshmen! say Pat Arn, Ikie Steen, and Janet Beard yell leaders for Freshmen Day . . . The Freshmen bury Ft. Recovery and amuse the school in a Very humorous skit .... ' i ima ew DECEMBER Gals and guys jam and jive to the music of Hugh Miller's orchestra as the Hi-Yls again give super Christmas dance . . .tireless efforts of Mrs. McTurnin and the play cast rewarded as the Junior Play is a hit! . . . humorous dining room scene shown. . . . Fellows get airminded and as a result congratulations to Bud Morgan and Jennings Bickel, Navy Air Corpsg and Homer Money, Jon Juillerat, and Jim Sipe, Army Air Corps ...although Mr. Settle found one of his notes, Meredith Lotz gives Luetta Smith an- other . . . kitchen scene from Jr. play. . . . Kenny Study and Ernie Funk give projects finishing touches as end of semester nears . . . Double Dip closes, so kids look for another hangoutg seen entering Val's after school are Stafford, Richer, Jellison, Dyson, Arn, Marsh, and Hawkins . . . Murl Peden runs the wood lathe .... OTHER EVENTS Money and Bibler give true-to-life portrayals of Nazis to advertise band benefit play, Wings Over America . . . Students gladly pay llc to get out of school to attend play and are thrilled to see our own Senior President play the part of a G-man in true Dick Tracy style . . . Sophomores shine with cute yell leaders-Jellison, Hardy, and David- sont-and clever skit . . . Seniors put up Christmas tree, 12 ft., 4 in. high . . . annual Senior Christmas play is Christopher's Candle and cute little Ikie Steen, Freshman, steals the show .... 46 JANUARY Jay County Tourney, and we emerge the champs! These shots are from the Port- land-Pennville game during the tourney . . . we raid the peaceful interior of the court house on a snake dance to celebrate our victory .... Senior cords appear and Mary Kathryn Whitacre, Lucy Schubert, and Wanda Whit- acre have the most colorful ones in school . . . Joe Fox discovers he can graduate early with the class of '44 .... Office girl Kate Corle resigns and Aper and Brown, waiting on Leon Rigby, Pat Arn, and Mary Stipp, take her place . . . McClung fights for the County Championship . . . We celebrate further with a Victory Swing in honor of the team .... OTHER EVENTS Big 4 Tourney, and we lose to Dunkirk in the finals . . . thc weather really gets cold -much to the delight ofthe ice skaters seen nightly at the gravel pit . . . civics classes visit the court house . , . Senior Day, and Oss Valentine makes quite a spectacle crawl- ing about the stage and beating the Hoor with his list as he hunts for Yellow Jackets . . . sharp yell leaders are Lare, Richer, Bibler, Brown, and Stafford . . . semester changes, and in 6th period study hall Mr. Bair, seating students alphabetically, calls in vain for Paul Bearer ..,. 'I 'Z ? f X1 3? FEBRUARY Hell week for Hi-Y pledgesw-McClung loads pledge Joe Hall with his and Mo P.ichcr's books . . . under the influence of Mike Luttmanls and Lowell Norris's paddles, Bob Graves and Roger Bowen pick up coke bottles and sweep auditorium floor . . . Miss Groff rehearses Marjorie Griesinger, Ruth Ann Davidson, and Mary Jane Wallischeck for t'Hi Neighbor musical . . . incidentally, the program was a credit to the P. H. S. music department .... Meredith Wolford leaves for the army-wish you could have finished with us, Mer- edith . . . members of the Junior Classical League--tback rowl Ruth Davidson, Glenna Boggs, Berdenia Sommers, Lewis Daniel, and Phyllis Whitacre, ffront rowj Joan Fikel, Virginia Hutchens, Meredith Lotz, Ann Hartley, and Janet Browne-present their annual Latin Play . . . our old gym teacher, now Lieut. Jeanne McCarty, W. A. C., visits school .... Typhoon sales drive starts with rousing assembly program, The Typhoon Review, starring those glamorous Floradora Girls-Hummer, Barrett, and Juilleratg the Typhoon Tooters-Van Vorcc, Myrt, and Ames, the Typhoon Toughies-Aper, Richer, and Nor- ris, Opal and Betty, commercials, and Qkneelingj Bibler, leader of the Tooters . . . Teach- ers Federation has dinner at the Country Club and Miss Ginn's Freshman girls-Mar- tina Grady, Ruth Callahan, Mo Richer, Sue Spade, Alwanda Mabrey, Irma Spillman, Bonnie Bailey, and Mary Jane Delauter make very pretty waitresses in their heart aprons and hats .... OTHER EVENTS Beula swears the Podunk Center Speedcats are cheated as intramural tourneys be- gin . . . Margy Lou goes dejectedly down the hall, Homer has left for the Air Corps . . . Junior Day, and Sinatra Smith and Superman Cupp make skit a howling success... yell leaders are O'Shaughnessy, Strock, and Davis . . . Sectional Tourney, too bad, boys. 48 MARCH Would-be Ar.my and Navy oflicers take A-12 and B-12 tests in the kitchen . . . Peg in- dustriously works on the Typhoon sketches . . . Woe and more woe-Mable Jean, Typhoon typist, contracts measles fbut capable Betty McNutt pinch hits for herj . . . Marjorie Griesinger starts work as a hospital aid, nice going, Marj, it's hard work but essen- tial Cl.-.. Ardis Garringer Bailey forsakes Superintendentls ofiice for a home in Seymour . . . Clyde Gibson, graduate of the class of '42 and now a member of the U. S. Army. visits school , . . 4-H Mobilization Week, 4-H club, with Norman Bosworth presiding, give in- teresting program telling of their activities .... OTHER EVENTS Grab yourself a man, the girls say as we flock to the G. R. Sadie Hawkins Day dance . . . students hear talk by a missionary from China-interned in a Jap prison camp at Hankow for over a year, he was well versed on the conditions in China today . . . Umake this longer . . . this is poor English . . . make it interesting, says Mrs. Stevenson as staff members slave away on Typhoon writeups...Seniors dig deep and decide graduating really costs, as they order name cards and announcements . . . a disabled war veteran from the battles in the Pacific speaks to an interested student body, quitting school at 15 himself, he now realizes the value of graduation from high school and gave some advice all students should take heed and remember . . . in spite of weather conditions boys start baseball practice . . . Typhoon staff finally finishes final copy and takes the dummy to Berne . . . Joe Powell leaves for Navy boot camp at Great Lakes, and Jay King and Joe Fox pass their physicals for the Navy and will become the property of Uncle Sam on June 1 . . . a recruiter for employees in the Navy Department, Washing- ton, D. C., visits school-Betty Lewis, Ethelyn Norris, Audrey Brewster, Nellie Bailey, Mary Trobridge, Marjorie Griesinger, and Virginia Goff take their Civil Service tests and pass .... , ' 11 L- rf swf- '- APRIL Mr. Settle and the McLaughlin twins build room to room telephone .... Todd teaches his Junior and Senior gym classes the finer U5 techniques in driving an army truck-lVlcCrory, Matchett, Bibler, and Valentine stop for a few minutes after class to discuss further technical details .... Several shop boys step outside for some fresh spring air and find it rather chilly .... With basketball over, students find themselves with nothing to do on Friday nights, so the Legion opens its door for alternating weekly dances and fun nights .... The Legion orchestra composed of high school kids plays for the dances and they are really on the beam .... OTHER EVENTS Marj Hawkins and Ann Hartley rush frantically about arranging thingsg re- sult, a perfectly grand G. R. musical . . . Ah! another dance and the G. R.'s really do a swell job in giving' a semi- formal spring dance . . . Seniors nom- inate six girls, Martha Brumm, Sarah Helen Leonhard, Jackie Arn, Betty Lingo, Gloria Brown, and Elsie Sanders, one of whom will be Prom Queen . . . sehool's out, school's out, teacher let the monkeys out!-Easter vacation .... MAY In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love, so the poet says . . . anyway, spring is really here and the two Jays can find nobody to snap but couples out on the lawn . . . Earl and Myrt, Virg and Gabby, Pat and Oss . . . Ethelyn and Jay, Janet and John, Carl and Nadine . . . Dick and Fanny, Ames and Arn . . . Herbie McKee and Marilyn Ashton, Clare Mowery and Tom Wiley . , . Suzy and Beula, Joy and Skinny . . . Sipe and Marj, Billie and Marsh .... OTHER EVENTS Seniors as usual give a colossal class play . . . Miss Ginn's Home Ec girls show how to sew, save, and still look nice as they model the clothes they made this last semester . . . Class Day, and what a nice looking class we make! What! No new suits, boys? Oh, yes, Uncle Sam will provide you with a brand new one very soon . . . glamor- ous girls, good looking boys, a charm- ing prom queen, and a beautifully dec- orated gym-what more could one ask to make a Reception perfect? . . . G. R.'s and their mothers have enjoyable time at annual G. R. Mother and Daughter banquet . . . Baccalaureate and Com- mencement, and Seniors bid a fond fare- well to old Portland High School .... 51 43 ALUMNI NCW IN THE SERVICE NAME Pvt. Marvin Becher Tech. Sgt. Everett Evans Pvt Pfc. Pvt Pvt Pvt Pvt Pvt Pvt John Glasgow Lewis Grimm William Gettinger Paul May James Roush Meredith Sanders Richard Taylor Oliver Warnoch, Jr. AXS Leon Beard Pvt. William Schoenlein Pfc. Harold Smith Av.fS Paul Allen Walmer Pvt. Thomas Whitacre John Badders S Zfc Verner Badger AXS Robert Cottman S Zfc Robert Ford S 2fc Jack Frakes S 2fc Leon Gagle S 2fc Ralph Gillum S 2fc Garth Kikendall Q. M. 2fc Wendell Klopfenstein AXS Paul Nelson 3fc So. M. Homer Pontius S 1 fc Lawrence Sanders S 2fc Jean Study S lfc Joe Wallischeck S lfc Bill Study AXS Keith Leggett S 2fc WHERE THEY ARES' U. S. Army Camp Swift, Texas England New Guinea Camp Edwards, Massachusetts England Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana Camp Wolters, Texas Alaska Camp Swift, Texas New Guinea Army Air Corps University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Penna Perrin Field, Texas Las Vegas, Nevada San Antonio, Texas Las Vegas, Nevada U. S. Navy Jacksonville, Florida De Pauw University, Geencastle, Ind. Great Lakes, Illinois Active sea duty in South Pacific Active sea duty in South Pacific University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Active sea duty in South Pacific Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. New Caledonia Chicago, Illinois Navy Pier, Chicago, Ill. Active sea duty in the Atlantic South America Navy Air Corps University of Idaho, Pocatello, Idaho Seabees Hawaiian Islands 'l'As of March 1, 1944. PATRONS Aper, Frank Armstrong Book Store Arn, John Badt, Ferd Baird Funeral Home Beals Lunch Bishop, Dean Boston Store Burgess Shoe Store Chitwood, J. L., D. D. S. Elberson, Maurice Equity Dairy Store Evans Furniture Store Fisher Bros. Foster, Lee, D.D.S. Franklin Firestone Service Gamble Store Goodman, Jay Green, Frank Haffner and Son Hammitt, J. L. Hardy Chevrolet Sales Headington Hotel Holthouse Furniture, Inc. Home Cafe Hoosier Gift Shop Huey and Mumaugh Hunt Studio Karmelkorn Keep-U-Neat Dry Cleaners Klopfenstein, H. J. Kroger's Grocery Langloh's Shoe Store Loy's Super Service McLellan's 5c 8z 10c Main Street Service Martin and Botkin Marsh's Super Market Mil1er's Grocery Morris 5c 8z 10c Mutual Security Company Nixon, J. E., M .D. Parks Motor Sales Pauline's Beauty Shoppe Quality Furniture Store Reitenour Super Service Richer, C. O., D.D.S. Sanitary Market Saxman, Emmett Smith's Department Store Spahr, Donald E., M.D. Stabler's Drug Store Sun Publishing Company Syphers Brothers The Model Valentine's Confectionary Weiler Brothers Williamson Funeral Home AWARDS, CONTESTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS Based on scholastic marks received during all their four years in high school, the upper ten in the Class of 1944 in order of their ranking are as follows: 1. Betty Lingo 6. Beverly McCrory 2. Richard Hummer 7. Lowell McLaughlin 3. Lloyd McLaughlin 8. Opal Smith 4. Mable Jean Platt 9. Ethelyn Norris 5. Elsie Sanders 10. Betty McNutt The winner of the Girl Reserve Trophy in this the seventh year of its presentation was Betty Lingo. The award is based upon personality, activity, character, and scholar- ship. The most prominent Senior Vo-Ag of 1944 and winner of the award was David Smithson, chosen for his scholastic average, extra-curricular activities, co-operation, and Vo-Ag work. Presented each year to the Senior who has made the greatest progress in science, the Bausch and Lomb Science Award this year went to Opal Smith. Betty Lingo, Senior with the highest scholastic average 194.775, received the an- nual American Legion Award. Patricia Richer won first place in the County Oratorical Contest and fourth place in the District Contest held at Marion. Dealing with the Constitution of the United States, the contest is sponsored annually by the American Legion. Virginia Aper was chosen as the P. H. S. representative in the D. A. R. Citizenship Contest. Seniors winning scholarships to state colleges were: to Indiana University, Opal Smith and Ethelyn Norris falternatelg to Purdue University, Virginia Aper, and to Ball State Teachers College, Mable Jean Platt. Billie Schwartz, Sophomore, placed first in the Local Rotary Speech Contest and second in the Group Contest held at Muncie. 54 Zdvc Agp '4M,Zw6ffLLq, ' ,ZML Aw4 ll Wfyff 049. ul ing I . WZ i i a g Engravings by INDIANAPOLIS ENGRAVING CO Indianapolis, Indiana Printing by THE BERNE WITNESS COMPANY, Berne, Indiana Photography by THE HUNT STUDIO Portland, Indiana ,.., ,. v.. r , 1 'L n x .W -v I .J S 1. 4. .1 .4 w I , xr r , 'n ,, ' . I ' I ,.':. s.,. ,V .. M ' 4 ' f -. 4 I T: 1', f5L' f x V v 1- , .r A v