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Senior Class Officers-Ralph D. Settle, Class Sponsorg Harold Spahr Presidentg and Cseatedj Luetta June Smith, Secretary-Treasurerg and Roger Bowen, Vice-President, held an informal meeting one day last fall to dis cuss the business of the next meeting of the class. , . ' Q 9 ' ' CL S! - - , I- , - Cl H - ' a 1 . . . , . Q . . , - 4 - ' ' ' ' H 72 . , . Q HE first major step of our Senior year was to elect Class Officers and Sponsor We elected the capable and good natured left guard on our football squad Harold Spahr, as Class President For Vice President Roger Bowen commonly known as Just plain Yock, was chosen Yock was also Sec retary Treasurer of H1 Y as well as an all round swell guy Our Class Secretary Treasurer quiet and 1ndustr1ous Luetta June Smith was prominent in sev eral other school activities For the third year ln a row, popular Mr Ralph D Settle, ln spite of hlS corny Jokes was elected Senior Class Sponsor This group proved to be a very efficient team, and under their leadership we passed through our Senior Class activities smoothly
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ANNALS of the CLASS of 46 As Freshmen E THE Class of 1946 entered Portland High School ln September 194P It was a new l1fe to us Bells rang and xve had no 1dea what thev were for We xvander ed around the halls looking for our class rooms We were teased plenty but as we look back upon it there wouldnt haxe been much fun wlthout the rlbblngs of those Sen1ors We slaved hard at our lessons chlefiy because We hadn t 5 et learned the methods of fretting by On Freshman Day wear lng the Freshman green we made our debut and thought of lt as a step 1n our advancement toward the Sen1or purple and white As Sophomores N OUR second year in high school we began to feel a bit superior to the httle Freshmen Our lockers were now located 1n the halls and we were at last out of the ox ercrowded study hall We had our first representatixes on the cheerleadlng com mlttee Wlstfully we Watched the act1v 1t19S of the Jun1ors and thought of the glorious coming year when we would be looked up to as Upper classmen Some of the fellows of our class made their first appearances in the field of sports That year the football boys burst forth 1n dash1ng overall Jackets and the fad swiftly swept the school In the spr1ng many of us attended our First formal dance Indeed the G R s gave us an entertam ment vxh1ch we shall never forget As Junlors S WE fell 1nto the full swing of being Upper classmen We finally found out how lt felt to attend those mysterious Jumor meetings At the first meeting we had the privilege of organ1z1ng our class and we chose Ralph Ormsby as Class Pres 1dent Bob Gibson Vice Pres1dent and Jean Maxwell Secretary Treasurer Mrs Helen McTurnan was our Class Sponsor for the first semester and coached the class play Brother Goose which was a blg success We set a new recofd IH at tendance and apparently no one was d1s appolnted because all that could be heard were praises Spring came and brought w1th 1t the Junior Sen1or Reception After Mrs Mc Turnan left we drafted M1ss Ruth Al1ce Harvey 1nto the role of Sponsor and she helped us plan the Recept1on We used a theme followlng the pattern of a natlonal pohtlcal convention A false ce1l1ng IH the form of a glant flag of crepe paper was stretched from wall to wall and the toasts and program also centered about the con vention theme Dancing to Hugh M1lle1 s orchest1a followed Soon after the recep tion members of the commlttees gave and ICQ cream party 111 honor of M1ss Harx ey And so ended our JUDIOI xear As Seniors E BEGAN our Sen1or year by electing class sponsor and officers to act as our spokesmen through this the blggest and best year of all It was a thrill to be dolng all the things xx e d seen other Seniors do go doxxn to the aud1to11um for numer ous Senior meet1ngs order our name cards and announcements wear our cherlshed Senior cords get our Sen1or p1ctures for the Tvphoon taken at Hunt s and all the res We we1e well represented in both major sports hav1ng the ent1re xarsity football team composed of Sen1ors and elght out of ten on the basketball squad A new sport was mtroduced this year we held lndoor track meets at ex ery assembly call' Mr Brubaker mformed us that we had broken all prevlous records Hax1ng decided that we must be flx mg down he proceeded to chp our wings in a x erv effective manner Last year the boys had crew cuts th1s year the glrls countered with bangs The reason for such a drastic step was never ly varying op1n1ons At Chrlstmas time we gave a comedy play entitled The Christmas That Bounc d And the night before the holiday vacation the H1 Y s gaxe thelr tradltlonal Christmas formal dance It was a grand affair and we felt our pos1t1on as Sen1ors stronger than ex er before As basketball season ended and the G R s gaxe their annual formal the air began to grow balmy and xve knew that spr1ng was near the last spring that we would be able to enjoy at good old P H S When we were measured for our caps and gowns vxe really began to get that sinking feeling T1me xvas runnlng out' As the Typhoon goes to press we are lookmg forward to a successful Sen1or Play Class Day when all our honor awards w1ll be announced the Recept1on glven us by the Jun1ors and graduatlon exercises When xve sum up our hlgh school career xt seems we haxe nex er been as a whole a studlous class rather xxe have always had a tendency to put the emphasls on social act1v1t1es and athletics However we feel that we hax e learned many things not all of them from books perhaps that w1ll help us to assume our role ln that better post vxar wolld xvhlch all of us are xxorklng for D , -n' . l . . . , ' ' - l , W 2 . . 1 ' h . 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