Portland High School - Tifoon Yearbook (Portland, IN)

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THE NEW RECREATIGN I-IALI. WAS Wm? SQ? 26 ORE than a year ago varlous church organvz t1ons SGFVICG clubs the Chamber of Commerce, and the young pcople of Portland Jomed forces to Work toward a Youth Center for the commu n1ty At last the only thmg lacklng was a bulldlflg sultable for the project I the fall of 1944 Aaron A Curry offered the large Weller resldence on North lV'er1d1an Street to be leased rent free for one year, and defimte plans could then go forward for the project Incorporatlng the Youth Center as a part of the Park System the C1ty Coun ul approprxated funds for the expenses of 1ts sup: lv1s1on and operatlon Dona t1ons began pourmg 1n for the purchase of equlpment and furn1sh1ngs When a poll was taken concernmg l6gLll3t1Ol'1N for the runnmg of the Recre atlon Hall the students voted to pay one dollar per year for membershlp to have separate mghts for hlgh school and Junlor h1gh puplls and to have a mlxed adult and student counc1l Members of the adult commlttee appomted by the In the top plcture student members of the counc1l ar shown Cleft to Fight, Besslelee kelly Pat Arn An1ta M1l1er Carl Bowen nd Bob Mlller Not plctured Joe Bob Hartley At left Davld Ayres Lucllle Hummer Joe B111 Burnham and Joanna Wrlghtsman are dolng then' share of cleanmg and scrubbmg before the Rec was opened At rlght LeRoy Strock Wa1tS patlently for Phyllls Whltacrc and Joe Arnold to finxsh thelr excltlng game of Plng Pong Every one was glad to have a place to dance In the bottom plctuxe Helen Kesslel K3tlC POI ter Molly Valentme and J1m Frakes take advant ge of the v1c now as Lowell NOIFIS and Toan Goff look on A V Y :A L I I ,W ' . ' A I ' 1 N - I 1 . . . . . ,, L. , f ' Q 7 v 4 . Y - . ., A . . 4 ' ' . . a ' A nf . r Z., ll af ' 24 . 1 ' if L ff' I- - , ar ,f u . , l My as . 1 . . . 'W 5- ' 2 . ' H , , M f .AM A . I . . il. 7. A A ' .' 1 p , 4 . f 'wg A Vu , 4 I x f - - u M .. ,f ' , T-ya: ' 7 . ' alfa ' . . 4 ,Ji l f 3 , a '-1 2, ' ,E 54 . . . . . ,V 1 y 1 - ' M i , J C. ' V 3 . e . I . ' ? Y 3 5 a . 2- I' . 1 . . f . X n v v I , f . . . . L. le y . - Y , ' v . ' . v s Q , . . Y 1 ' , ,L ss ' xr , 9. , ' L -

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TCD TI-IE WAR BUT ADAPTABLE TCD PEACE UT in the tense days of war, the requirements of living in a peaceful world were not forgotten. Always looking forward to a better world, sociology and civics classes stressed good citizenship and tolerance toward all races and creeds. Literature, music, and art classes endeavored to develop our appreciation of the good and beautiful in life, and the entire school program included the essentials of the well-rounded training which a really educated person in our complex life must have. Upper pictures, left to right: Out in the shop. Orville Johnston fleftl solders a gasoline funnel, while Harold Brumm tcenterl and Jack Skinner Criglitl heat a piece of metal preparatory to bending it . . . Bob Theurer, Tom Millett, Bob Disher, and Bob Wallischeck do push-ups in phys- ical fitness class . . . Lower pictures, left to right: Sue O'Shaughnessy, Mary Louise Stout, Bessielee Kelly. Glenna Mae Valentine, and Billie Schwartz practice for state physical fitness tests . . . Motion picture and slide picture projectors as well as microscopes were used extensively as visual education aids in science classes . . . w

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ENED CDN IXICDVEMBER Park Board were R1Ch3fd P Kessler Chalrman Mrs John Arn Mrs Hugh Ronald Don Hamm1tt and Walter 'VIacy anc. each class from the 7th to the 12th g1ades had one representatlve on the C0l11'lC1l When the need for adult superv1sors arose, MISS Alberta Brews ter Mrs Vlanda H1ldreth Thomas Starr and many others very generously of fered th lr t1me unt11 the permanent Sl1p6I'V1SOI'S Mr and Mrs Tun1s Bond could be secured F1na1ly vn November 5 a formal open mg of the Recreat1on Hall was held Many parents and 1nterested c1t1zens of the town 1nspected and approved the project wrlle the young people were truly overjoyed Later a plan for Sun day evenmg vesper SQTVICQS conducted by the M1n1ster1al ASSOC13t1OD was 1n ugurated The Center IS crowded every nlght and desplte pess1m1st1c forewarn mgs on the part of some has proved lt elf a successful and valuable 1nst1tu t1on ln the top p1cture the occupants of the snooker room Cleft to rlghtj Roger Bowen Bob Freed B111 Bash Bob Graves and Bob McClung axe tense as they Walt for Ern1e Rowland to shoot The kltch n IS a popular place ev1denced by Ch1c Spehr Pat Arn and Tom Mlllett as they buy refreshments from Mls TUHIS Bond and Joan Flkel M1ckey Hav1land took that tuck and Ruth Ann Dav1dson laughs as k1b1tze1 Geo1ge Farms looks at Janet Browne s hand and tells Bob Pont1us what to play The lounge IS a grand place just to S11 and t lk or react Occupylng the 100m now ale flcft to Flghtl Norma Smlth Gcnc T1axlc1 Ruth Stout Earl Brumm Nclllc Maxvxell Jan Bea1d Tom Sta1r and Kenny Study Y ' ' , , . 1 ' 1 7 ' 7 1 K - D. . . a - ' s 1 1 - . ,. . I , 7 . , ' 7 , , - fx . v - , , - SX x . . - 1 - , , , , , , . e ' , - , , , I A H x ' A' , , l -1 ' , , , Y 1 '