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

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MORGAN ATWOOD RICHARD BAKER HARRY BALDWIN SAMUEL BARKOFF JOHN BAUDOIN HOBART BLAKESLEE ALLAN BLOSSMAN CHANDLER BOSWELL SYLVAN BOUCHE WINSTON BRADBURY EDWARD BRAUNER GEORGE BUCHER WILBERT CALKINS EUGENE CARBY HENRY CAREY JOHN CASEY THOMAS COLLEY ALBERT COLLINS CHARLES CONRAD ROBERT COVINGTON GEORGE DOUGLASS FRANCIS DUFFY MARVIN DUNCAN JAMES DUPAS JOSEPH DUPRE RANDOLPH EDWARDS HARRY ENGELBRECHT JOSEPH FELIX ARTHUR FIELDER RAYMOND FLEMING JAMES FORTSON PIERRE GELPI LEONARD GOLL WILLIAM GOODWIN JACK GORDON FRANKLIN GOUGH RICHARD HARANG CHARLES HARRISON LOUIS HEINTZ HERBERT HIRTH Page Tbiriy-one ir'k'k tit ' Memoriam 'ik' SIDNEY HOLT HAROLD JACKSON PAUL JULIENNE EDWARD KANE CLYDE KENNEDY FRANCIS KENNY CALVIN KINGSMILL DAVID KORN JOSEPH LA FRANCE ANDRE LANDRY EDWIN LANKSTON ARTHUR LAZARUS JOHN LEMOINE CHARLES LEVIN MELVILLE LEVY BYRON LINDSLEY JAMES LOHMAN ALBERT MAHER COSIMO MANALLE ALBERT MASON FRED MASSET HERBERT MCCAMPBELL ALEXANDER MCCARTY RICHARD MCCURDY CHARLES MCKINLEY CARLYLE MENDEZ GIBBS MONROSE CHARLES MURPHY CHARLES NELSON HOMER NICHOLS ALLEN ODEN PASQUALE PALERMO ALFRED PHELPS JOHN POCHE JOSEPH POURCIAU CHARLES PRECHTER, JR RONALD PUTFARK WALSH RADEBAUGH JOHN RAUCH WALLACE REED LOUIS ROSENBAUM FREDERICK RUCKERT DONALD SCHANZBACH GEORGE SCHAUB LEON SCHWARTZ PAUL SCOTT GILBERT SIMONEAUX HARRY SIMS PAUL SMITH ALEXANDER SOLOMON EDWARD THILBORGER THOMAS TOMENY IRVING WARSHAUER BRYSON WATTS GEORGE WIMBERLY SAMUEL XVRIGHT RUDOLPH ZIEGLER S SAUL ZION DAVID ZOLLER

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memorial cruise iff ORTIER'S custom of honoring her heroes of war in a Memorial Service was begun last year. On April 18, 1944, forty-four students, who had made the supreme sacrifice in this war were especially remembered and honored. Their names were engraved upon plates of silver and placed on a beautiful plaque which hangs in the entrance hall of the school. Since that day fifty-three more have died for their country. Fortier paid respect to these last at a solemn service on April 20, 1945. Three men of different faiths offered prayers for them and the things they died to preserve. In the presence of their loved ones and of the students these men of God brought home to us the mag- nitude of their sacrifice and the great responsi- bility which they bequeathed to the living. This service was made practical through the efforts of the Honor Society, which adopted the Memorial Plaque as a project last year. The plaque itself was a gift of the Cooperative Club. Following the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner by the Fortier Band, the Reverend john Curley, S. J., delivered the invocation. The band played a hymn and this was followed by a prayer by the Reverend Robert Manning. Mr. Conniff then read the names from the Memorial Plaque and led the entire gathering in the Pledge to the Flag. At the conclusion of the ceremonies Rabbi julian Feibleman delivered the benediction and the exercises ended with the sounding of Taps. Page Thirty

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wmv VOYAGE! T 10 A. M. on july 7, 1944, the S. S. Alcee Fortier, 125th ship to be launched by the Delta Shipbuilding Co., Inc., of New Orleans, slid down the ways. Sponsor was Mrs. Elmire Fortier Foret, with Miss Margaret Fortier and Miss Jacqueline For- tier, all granddaughters of the late Louisiana his- torian and educator, as co-sponsors. Represen- tatives of the Alcee Fortier High School were uniformed members of the school's Military Unit and Mr. John R. Conniff, school principal. highest degree, was destined to become a teach- er. After a brief period in the classroom at the Boys' High School, he went to the University of Louisiana, where he became principal of the pre- paratory department. In 1880 he was made pro- fessor of French. When the school took the name of Tulane University, he was named pro- fessor of Romance languages and at the time of his death was dean of the graduate college of the university. Alcee Fortier 11856-19147, for whom this ship was named, started his career as a banking clerk, but, supported by an education of the Snapper! nt the launching of the S. S. Alcee Fortier, are shown below the sponsors surrounded hy uniform- ed representatives of the For-tier High School. They are, left to right: Victor Hatch, Harvey Lonper, Charles Yuspeh, Miss Margaret Fortier, Mrs. Elmire Fortier Foret. Miss Jacqueline Fortier, Hill Bonin, Mr. Alcee I. J. Fortier, Leroy Hicks, lViIliam Trdplh Buddy Bloecher, and Glen Bonin. . Page Thirty-two