Ponca City High School - Cat Tale Yearbook (Ponca City, OK)

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X FLOYD D. FOCHT To express lo you our drotllude for the mony sf-frvzves which you have performed Wlth deep undersionduxq cmd unidilinq humor, for your efforts os chief sponsor of the SGYHOI' class, for your quidonce os chief sponsor oi the Student Council, we have dedicated to you the 1944 edltion of1he Cot Tolef'

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rms A ca ed the scheme at War Yearbook since in so many ways it reflects your participation in the war program, As in this war age realism predominates, so realism is in evidence in your daily activ- ities. Yet your thinking and your character traits reveal the highest type of idealism. It is our constant aim that the ideals, the loyalties, the traditions and the school spirit of Ponca High will have become so deep seated in your thinking and so much a part of you that they will act as a beacon light to guide your footsteps along'the pathway ol tile, civilian or military, ln this class we realize that aim, issue ol the Cat Tale might well be tt Along the way discouragement h s ave been many and they have been real. but you are the stronger for having Kept Right on to the End oi the Road. The record you are leav- ing in Ponca High will live fo ' r it is one ol outstanding achievement. Your individual records would indicate that success will always be within your reach. Each graduating class has some characteristic winch endears them to me. The Class ol 1944 is especially dear to me be- cause ol close personal contacts with so many of its mem- bers. I was present to welcome some ol you as you entered school for your first time. I remember as though it were yes- terday the eagerness and toy reflected on your faces as you set out on this twelve year voyage. lt will also be my rare good fortune to be present to congratulate you and wish you Godspeed on the night-ol commencement. Since my own son is a member ol this class I leel that l have taken this tourney with you, and, in eitect am closing o period in my life. Former classes may have done greater things: future classes may be more outstanding: but the achievements oi none other will be so indelibly stamped upon my memory as the class oi 1944. CHAR!-ES P. HOWELL. Superintendent raw f ff iam I As the war ell! the third year, Ponca High students realized more keenly than ever before their war-time responsibilities and obligations. Their citizenship and patriotism were best Sym- bolized by the Minute Man Flag that waved so proudly above the campus. It represented the whole-hearted cooperation of the student body in one particular war activity and exemplified the enthusiasm with which they responded to every call that was made. lt was a pledge of loyalty to the hundreds of former Ponca students serving on every front and on every seg. The memories of 1943-1944 will remain forever clear and poignant. War casts its shadow across all phases of school life. Some of thelboys whose pictures appear on these pages were in the armed services before the end of the school YQGI' and following graduation m an y others will tom them. It is our sincere belief that the many fond recollections of Ponca City High School-together with those traditions and ideals to which they had so frequently pledged their devotion not only would help to sustain their spirits in the far cor- ners of the earth but also would be a symbol of all things most worth fighting fOr- HoMEn s. ANDERSON Principal