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

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THOMAS O. PRUNTY FRANK H. RENAUDIN, JR. OSCAR D. RANDALL THE GRADUATES school. A new Constitution for the State of Fortier was drawn up by the General Assembly and passed by the students. Two new officials, Secretary of State and Treasurer, were created by this Constitution. George Gill and Ronnie Black were elected to fill these postions respec- tively. Dr. Hamil Cupero returned as Senior Band director after an absence of three years. JULES C. ROBERT JULIAN I-I. SIMS JOSEPH D. SEAL Page Tu-'eniy-five In the election of class officers Donald Lagarde became President, julian Sims, Vice-President, Eddie Conrad, Secretary, Merle Sehnert, Treas- urer, and Bill Hiller, Historian. Instead of hold- ing the graduation exercises at City Park Stadium as in recent years, it was planned to hold the exercises at McAlister Auditorium on June 4th. The night following, june 5th, a colossal Senior GERSON PENTES EMILIO A. RODRIGUEZ HERBERT J. SUTTON SAMUEL SCI-IWARTZ LESTER J. SCHEINUK HARRY D. ODELL, JR.

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THE GRADUATES ANTHONY J. ORTEGA MARVIN A. PISKE PATRICK E. 0'CONNOR, JR. BARKEF K. OSIGIAN, JR. RICHARD M. MILLS SIDNEY V. OPOTOWSKY PAUL N. PLANCI-IET, JR. ROBERT J. PECOT MORRIS B. PHILLIPS CARL J. POPE EDMUND P. PIXBERG, JR. RUDOLPH D. PARKS, JR. putting out a Class Book. Dave Treen was elect- ed president of the February '45 grads. Fortier's junior and Senior Bands were cited for the sec- ond time for rendering outstanding contributions to the nation's war effort. The Fortier junior P.S.A.A. Minnow basketball team copped first place in the inaugural Public School Basketball League. The school led all other public schools of the city in the sale of war stamps and bonds during the Sixth War Loan Drive. Fifty-six Tarpons, the smallest mid-term graduating class in the history of the school, held their commence- ment exercises at McMain Auditorium january 22, 1945. Came February 1945 and we were Senior A's , looked up to by all other students of the Page Twenty-four

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THE GRADUATES MERLE F. SEHNERT ROBERT E. TURNER NORMAN E. TRUITT, JR. EDWIN H. TANENBAUM SIDNEY L. VAIL, JR. JACK F. WEISS CHARLES A. TAMMETTA CHARLES H. VOGT JAMES L. WRIGHT, JR. FREDERICK C. WEISS. JR. LEONARD W. WEISS. JR. CHARLES L. WEAKLEY, JR. Prom is scheduled for the Tulane Room of the Jung Hotel with the music of johnny Dedroit and his orchestra. During the fifth inning of the For-tier-Behrman P.S.A.A. baseball contest, the sudden death of President Roosevelt was an- nounced. This news stunned the crowd, and a moment of silence in his memory was observed. Due to the President's death on April 12, the Kiwanis Key Club dance scheduled for April 14 was postponed until April 20. The dance was held in the basement of the school and was en- joyed by all attending. - 'Senior A Night met with a big success, as usual. Buddy Bishop and his band played for both of these dances. Thus with the Senior Prom, four years of high school life ended for us. Page Twenty-.tix