Portland High School - Tifoon Yearbook (Portland, IN)

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IDED NEW CCAC!-l OMING to Portland from Hlcksvllle Ohlo Harold Wallace held a record ol 59 basketball games Won to ll lost durmg the three years that he was coach there Born a Hoosler he was educated at Central Normal College and whlle there excelled 1n all sports earnlng a comblned total of eleven letters 1n base ball basketball and football Because of h1s frlendly personahty and keen understandlng of human na ture Coach Wallace soon Won the ad m1rat1on and loyalty of h1s boys WIT!-I NEW CHEERLEADERS AND HOWN 1n a huddle between yells are P H S cheer leaders Cleft to rlghtl Besslelee Kelly Margle Lou Hawkms and Pat Arn Th1s peppy group brought fresh lnterest 1nto the yellmg at all g mes th1s year by mtroduclng a new yell at each pep SGSSIOD The good sportsmanshlp and faxrness whlch was dlsplayed by the gl ls toward oppos1ng cheerleaders was notlceable to all

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OTBAI. SEAS Portland vs Decatur The fightln Panther Gr1d1ron Eleven came back from the Coldwater defeat b5 w1nn1ng from the Yellow Jackets 7 to 0 Scormg w1th1n the last two mln utes of the first quarter the Panthers protected thelr lead durlng the remaln der of the game Klrby scored the only touchdown from the llfz foot l1ne wlth Hudson k1ck1ng the extra po1nt Portland vs Bluffton Although the Panthers were unable to wrest the football trophy from the T1 gers who have held lt ln thelr posses slon for the past three years they went down fightlng loslng by a score of 13 to 6 After recoverlng a fumble G1bson sped over h1s own rlght tackle for the only Panther score of the game The Panthers threatened several tlmes but were unable to push on over the Tlger goal l1ne Football Lettermen HUDSON halfback played well bal anced ball games and was always an of fenslve threat KIRBY fullback through center was h1s 1ob BOWEN end best on defense kept many a runner from gettlng around h1s Top rovx Hudson K1rby Bowen Aker Ormsby end of the llne AKER tackle kept many opposlng players from scormg ORMSBY quarterback that httle m1nute man of the Panthers AYRES end a substltute wh1le Mc Clung was hurt d1d a very good Job HAVILAND tackle has the maklngs ot a good football plaver BEELER center really used h1s head one of the reasons Why Panther oppo nents had to use a passlng attack HARDY quarterback was calm and used h1s head rn plannrng plays GIBSON halfback although not scor 1ng a lot P H S fans could vouch he FRAKES quarterback kept h1s part of the game ID good order SPAHR guard one of the best on the Panther l1ne MCCLUNG end and captam h1s best game was the second Decatur game MILLETT tackle a plaver whom the opposmg players d1d not llke to meet PONTIUS guard rlght 1n the thxck of every game CASTER and GRAVES m1nor letter men tackle and guard best l1ne re serves on the squad played typlcal Panther ball Mlddl row Ayers Havlland Beeler Hardy Glbson Frakes Bottom row Spahr McClung M1llett Pont1us Craves Caster . , l . 'T T ' r ' ' -1 1 l . . . . , lg ' 'Y . - - 9 , , ' . - - Y l I , . . . . ' . . was ln there trymg. '- - 3 3 ' . C Z a ' 1 ' u ' v I ' ' A 1 1 1 : ' ' ' 2

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A WIDE X-XWAKE Cl-IEEE AW-DH? '45 tt vm.: ..,L LEADING CCMMITTEE Back of all the suc cessful pep sesslons held th1s year was the ever busy cheer leadmg com mlttee shown here 1n a typlcal meetlng Back low Ralph D Settle -' Paul R Macklm Fred Qmxth Betty Jo Stephen con Ralph Ormsby Bob McClung Jean Maxwell Mlddle row MISS Hattle Whlte MISS Helen Whlt ,g acre Everett Steen Call Bowen Helen Kessler Front row Marjorxe North Frances DHVIS Jean H1lHker Margle Lou Hawkms Pat Arn Besslelee Kelly and Bar bara Gray CCha1rmanJ Wlth the able asslst ance of the band pep meetlngs were var1ed and full of color and enthus1 asm Class days were pop ulal each class Vlelng wxth the other to present the most clever sklt Jumor sklt characters are shown at the left and Helen Kessler Molly Valentme and Joan Goff class yell leaders at the r1ght The Sophomores really tarted the serles of class days by havlng the1r pro gram on December 6 Ra mona Richer Alwanda Mabrey and MarJor1e North yell leaders are shown at the left Senxor Day February 16 1nclud ed among other thmgs a Sen1or Band tshown at rnghtl organlzed for that speclal day Al though not plctured the Freshmen also presented an or1g1nal program on December 15