Portland High School - Tifoon Yearbook (Portland, IN)

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ffl A S O PIIIOI' !Zl'l I'J 2 Mr. Farris, sponsorg Frances Y e a g e r, secretary-treasurer, Michael Gavin, vice-president: Barry Jellison, presidentg these officers guided the class of '52 through a successful year. QIfll0I J GLU? MJ? gQCtl Early in the fall our class assumed the role of dignified seniors and leaders of our school. Civics classes sponsored a mock election in November, and all of us posed for our Typhoon pictures. With Christmas upon us, the program committee and the play cast worked overtimeg but to everyone's disappointment, a heavy snowfall plunged us into the holiday vacation a few days early and the program wasn't given after all. As a result of the many seniors taking Spanish, ,gQue de eso? because a popular saying, along with t'l'll never tell and I like it. Our white cotton senior jackets ar- rived, name cards were exchanged in a flurry of excitement, boys began wearing suede shoes, girls pierced their ears for long dangling earrings, and confederate caps broke out like a rash. Our college-minded members sweated through scholarship tests as we went into the second semester. The x-ray mobile unit visited P. H. S., and we all lined up for chest x-rays. Soon committees to write the senior fea- 16 tures for class day were announced. His- torians were Sara Jones, Marilyn Pitzer, and Jack Tikala, while Mike Gavin, Bill Sawicki, Ruth Starlin, and Frances Yeager were prophets peering into the future. Joan Ells- worth, Darlene Arney, and Marilyn McCon- ochy wrote the class poem, and Betty White. Richard Haines, Kay Bell, and Bill Weaver executed our will. Twenty other students formed the senior day committee with Jack Sheffer as chairman. We voted to wear blue caps and gowns, and when our announcements arrived we knew our time at P. H. S. was growing short. Still we looked forward to the activities and excitement that May offered. What fun we had at the senior party! And never to be forgotten were class day on May 15th and the glamorous junior-senior reception the following evening. Next came baccalaureate on the 13th, and finally com- mencement on the 22nd. School was over for us, but the rest of Portland High stayed until the 27th. At last came the day we re- ceived our grade cards and waved good-bye to the wonderful days at P. H. S. DYHNRWNMH 'll M5.1598I1ilithJIULUSHE!HJNJ-lRY3'l'l!I'llHl'l!il'l!l-NI'lYxWFh'FIlf-fNili'ZD.Yi1..'I8llIl1ll3l H