Portland High School - Tifoon Yearbook (Portland, IN)

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Supermtendent D S Weller ALONG wlth the fine records made dur1ng thlS year of 1945 46 came also lncreased problems for many Although the war was over fuel lumber ma chlnery and man power were st1ll scarce and keeplng the Cxty Schools of Portland runnlng up to then usual hlgh standards was perhaps more dlffi cult than ever before One fortunate clrcumstance however was the glft of many tools to the schools from the war surplus propertv agency of the government Among the useful 1tems recelved were a m1ll1ng machlne a grlnder a dr1ll press an electrlc Welder a tapplng machlne and a translt level Csurveylng mstrumentj Such a1rp1ane lnstruments as an astro com pass an octant and a sextant are use ful 1n the aeronautlcs class and the Pr1nc1pal H S Brubaker shop out 1n the Annex now has an alrplane motor valued at S25 000 00 whlch the school bought for S10 More educatlonal films were avallable this 5ear for 1ncreased vlsual and audltory teachmg W1th the close of the war It was notlceable that there was less and less demand for student and teacher help on outs1de act1v1t1es And so under the admlnlstratlon of Super1ntendent D S Weller Pr1nc1pal H S Brubaker and the Board of Educa t1on Portland H1gh School cont1nued to functlon and to serve the youth of our communlty jk g fA8 l 0COI 5

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UR teachers work hard play hard and study hard They hax e been our companions for four short years and we will nex er forget the infiuence they hax e had on our 11x es Their willingness to discuss our problems with us their readw understanding of our xiewpoint things that make our teachers mean so much to us Seated around a conference table in the picture aboxe are Miss Ginn M155 Current Mr Bair Mr Mack lin Mrs Cheek Mr Smith Mrs Gibble and M155 White their little bits of friendly conversation-these are the

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M1 Donald Hammltt Plcsldent M1 W1ll1am Parks Secretarv Mrs Emmett Saxman Treasurer 310 nc mcmbcxs f the Poxtland Bo'ucl f Edutatlon 0' in Betty Lmgo Sarah Helen Leonhard U SK Betty about It or Maybe Sarah Helen can help you were common remarks among all the students and teachers also showlng the lmportant posltlons that both g1rls hold 1n our school Betty Llngo Secretary to the Supermtendent IS h1s r1ght hand man Bes1des makmg out the payroll for school employees and paylng all CIHIIHS she ISSUES work permlts and does the bookkeepmg and general office vxork whlch IS requlred 1n such a posxtlon Sarah Helen Leonard Secretaxy to the Prmclpal checks the attendance records recelxes all 8Ct1V1ty card pay ments conducts a regular lost and found de partment dellvers mall to the teachers turns the cor rldor llghts on and off and does a thousand and one other odd Jobs around the office