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

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UNIOR RED CROSS HE FORTIER CHAPTER of the junior Red Cross has had a very busy semester. Under the capable leadership of Gilbert Wade, Morris Phillips, and Ernest Broxson, it has achieved its goal in all sof the many activities in which it participated. Both the annual mem- bership drive and the war emergency drive were oversubscribed by the student body. At Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter the junior Red Cross gave gifts to the poor and needy families of New Orleans as well as a spe- cial gift to The Little Sisters of the Poor. Also this year waste paper drives were under- taken with great successg the winners for these drives were Leonard Marlborough and Ben Stevens who together contributed 5000 pounds of this vital war material. Magazines were sent to service hospitals with great regularity. Left to right, first row: Perry Eckman, Morris Gelman, Simon Ball, Calvin Cbenevertf Leonard Marlborough, Ernest Broxson, Alvin Pailet, Peter Mayerf second row: Morris Levy, Bobby Brooker, Robert Adolph, Norman Truitt, Benjamin Stevens, Milton DeBen, Morris Pbillipsg tbird row: jules Robert, Fred Weiss, Gail Preston, Roy Hoppmeyer, Gilbert Wade, Roy Jones, Frank Groves. ' Page Forty-nine

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NTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLUB HE PURPOSE of the International Rela- tions Club is to foster a better understand- ing of the problems of peace and of foreign nations, thus bringing about friendly interna- tional relations. Twice a year the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which sponi sors the club, sends free a supply of pamphlets concerning international problems. Meetings are held after school on every other Monday. At each meeting a member gives a report on one of these pamphlets, then general discussion of the subject of the pamphlet takes place. The International Relations Club was or- ganized at Fortier by Miss Olive MacKnight in the spring of 1943. Members are mainly from her history classes. Miss MacKnight succeeded in obtaining several distinguished guest speakers. Mr. Wang of the Chinese Consulate, Mr. Werner of the Norwegian Consulate, and Mr. Creighton of the British Consulate spoke to the club at three special meetings. At 'the last meeting in 1944, the present officers, Bill Holley, president, Alfred Mouledous, vice-president and james Hai- ley, secretary, were elected. This year several new members have been taken into the club. World peace has been the subject of discussion at most of the meetings held this year. A special meeting was held at which Walter Ascher, a native of Switzerland, now a student at Fortier, gave an interesting talk on Switzerland. Left to right, first row: Bill Holley, president, Stephen Ackerman, Todd Cm-roll, Perry Eckman, Weller Ascher, Meyer Kaplang second row: Jobn Clerk, Willianz Hiller, Julian Sims, Willis Foster, lVilliam Gemble, 'Frank Groves, George Foersler. Page Forty-eight

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ADI O CLUB HE RADIO CLUB was organized at Fortier High School in 1942. Started under the able guidance of Clyde B. Trevey, its purpose was to take care of the public address system, and the club played a somewhat obscure part in its first two years. It did not gain full prominence until the 1944-45 season. Courses in the International Morse Code and in the fundamentals of radio, conducted by Bernd Falk assisted by Melvin Moll, were taught and proved very valuable. Difficulties in get- ting the necessary materials for the course were overcome by the members, who made most of it, and got some from the science departments. This enabled members to get practical application of their knowledge. The Club has given several programs over the Public Address system of the school. Left to right: Melvin Moll, Hugh Brownlee, David Digby, Roy Hoppmeyer, Bernd Falk. Missing from picture: Kenneth Clay, Jimmy Hix. Shown above are the Tarpon representatives heard re- cently on the CBS American School of the Air. They are, from left to right, Anthony Ortega, Merle Sehnert, Charles Rosenblum and Leonard Weiss. Missing from the picture is Bob Turner. Pictured above are Fortier's Hilites Reporters, Ralph Washofsky and Charlie Rosenblum, who were heard every other week this past school year over Radio Sta- tion WNOE. Page Fifty