Alcee Fortier High School - Tarpon Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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THE GRADUATES RAYMOND I. BRUBAKER, JR. BOBBY G. BROCKER PROSPER J. BROWER WADE J. BOLOTTE ROBERT H. ADOLPI-I HENRY B. BROADFOOT. JR. CHARLES F. BROWN PERRY H. BEALL , ALVIN W. CATOIRE MALCOLM C. CLOUKEY RONALD L. BLACK FRANK J. CLESI Miss Lilburn organized a Debating Club whose first president was Robert Moore. 50,000 signatures were gathered to petition the School Board for an auditorium and a gym. Because of a lack of funds in the School Board treasury, plans for the building of the auditorium and gym were dropped. Tom Ficken was then writ- ing Fish Tales for the Silver and Blue. Irving Klein was the president of the February '42 class. The Fourth Annual Civic Ball was held 'at the Municipal Auditorium in December of '4l. War clouds gathered on the horizonl Many Tarpons answered their country's call add en- listed in the armed forces. Albert Mason on a routine training flight plunged to his death in Page Eighteen

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THE GRADUATES In our first term at school, September, 1941, we helped elect Durell Hiller as Governor and Tom McIntosh as Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Fortier. The Junior Band director, Mr. Thomas Kelly, was transferred to S. J. Peters High School as musical director. Mr. Emile Schillio succeeded Mr. Kelly as the junior Band director. The Tarpon swimming team lived up to their aquatic name as they won their eighth consecutive Louisiana State Swimming Rally by a wide margin. Colonel Hiram Bookie Brady, first head of the Fortier Military Unit, resigned his post as ranking officer. Guy LeBreton took over the reins as colonel of the rapidly growing unit. Eldon Broders headed an alert, peppy cheerleading squad. Gene Honore, a june, '45 grad, was then a freshman cheerleader. NOLAN A. BOURGEOIS, JR. WARREN E. BRENNEN JOHN R. BENNETT, JR. WILLIAM M. BAGNETTO JAMES O. BROOKS LOUIS H. BONIN, JR. STEPHEN W. ACKERMAN. JR. JOSEPH R. CALEYO, JR HARRY L. BURK ROBERT H. BURGAMY ALFRED C. BEROT FELIX P. BABIN i . 5 Page Seventeen

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THE GRADUATES the icy waters of historic Lake Tahoe at Mather Field-Fortiei-'s first war casualty. Captain Bill Gaffney headed a luckless Tarp eleven which failed to win a single game. Clayton Timpken and Harold Whitey Peterson were chosen co- captains of the 1942 Fortier gridders. In Febru- ary, 1942, a Fortier Chapter of the National Honor Society was installed through the efforts of Mr. Karlem Riess, who left in March to work as a Navy chemist. The first Fortier Bicycle Brig- ade was organized in February of '42, the pur- pose of the club being to promote safety while riding a bicycle. The Fortier Funstival of '42 was a streamlined affair. One of its features was a full-length entertainment of vaudeville. James Blitch was elected president of the June '42 NORMAN J. BERGERON. JR. CLINTON F. COULON. JR. JOHN C. CLARK ELLIS E. DEAR LESLIE B. COCHRANE THOMAS J. COKER, JR. ROBERT J. DUNN RICHARD T. DESFORGES RICHARD J. DICHARRY ELWOOD J. CONRAD JOHN G. DANNER, JR. HARRY E. CONRAD Page Nineteen