Portland High School - Tifoon Yearbook (Portland, IN)

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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

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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

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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