Port Allegany Union High School - Tiger Lily Yearbook (Port Allegany, PA)

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CLASS HISTORY During our three years in the Senior High School our country has been at war. Despite this handicap we feel that we have achieved a great deal in our high school career and regardless of the war we have pleasant pictures that will always have an important place in our memories. Since our Sophomore year, we have given eleven boys to Uncle Sam, a fact for which we are justly proud. As Sophomores we displayed very good sportsmanship under the mighty hands of the Seniors. Steven Romanio was unaminously elected as our class president. As our chapel programs progressed it was discoverd that the baby class really had some very outstanding talent. Keeping up the usual sophomore routine we gave the Seniors a reception which helped show our gratitude to them. Unlike other sophomore classes, many of us purchased the new class rings. In the Junior year as in our previous year, there were many new teachers with which to get acquainted. At our first class meeting we elected Dale Jewart as class president and Paul Wylie was chosen to represent our class on the Student Activity Council, in place of Herb Dolaway who left us to serve in the armed forces. The top interest of this year was the Prom to which the seniors were cordially welcomed to the best of our ability. We felt badly seeing them leave us, but it was a nice feeling to be taking their distinguished places. Dale Jewart was chosen for the honorary position of president for a second term. The Magazine Campaign was successfully carried on and many seniors received the Curtis Certificate. Just as the Hop highlighted our activities of the sophomore year, the “Prom” in our junior class, the “Tiger Lily” marked our ability as seniors. We have tried very hard to make all three of those a success and it is our hope that we have done so. We successfully produced “Through the Keyhole” in December for the entertainment of the public. The football banquet was indeed a banquet for champions and it was surely super. It proved that we were tops in football as well as being superiors when six of our classmates received gold footballs. At the Sophomore Hop we were cordially honored and the junior, proved to be marvelous receptionists. Class Night proved to be fun and the Baccalaureate exercises were both interesting and instructive. As the Commencement exercises draw to a close we look backward and we wish to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Hardy and the faculty for their unlimited efforts and understanding and we hope that in the years to come we will be able to make the best of our education. Before we close, we wish especially to thank Miss Doolin who showed such great interest in us in our senior year at the times when we most needed it. Twenty-four

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CLASS MEMBERS IN THE ARMED FORCES Herbert Dolaway, better known to most of us as “Herb” is the first of the class of ’45 to make the supreme sacrifice. “Herbie” won his renown in Port High chiefly because of his football ability, but that wasn’t all. This well-liked lad had personality to go with his good sportsmanship and character. All this composed Herb who learned to die courageously mostly before he learned to live. Although Herb is not here with us physically any longer, he will always remain spiritually in our minds. Yes, indeed, we do think frequently of the Captain of the Basketball Team, a football star, vice-president of our class as sophomores, a leading fellow in many of the organizations to which he belonged, and a frequent figure among the senior boys with whom he traveled. Being a handsome athlete, Junior won many of the girls’ hearts equally as well as he did those of the opposite sex. All of those points lead us to give a portion of our Tiger Lily to (you guessed it) Hugh Abbey. Unlike the former boys whom I have mentioned, Bernard Parish was not active in sports. This boy is a fine example to prove to everybody that a boy does not have to be a football hero or basketball star to be popular, if personality and character are present within an individual. “Bud was the keeper of the class coins last year and we have ample reason to say that he was one of the most popular and well-liked boys in the Class of 1945. “Anchors Aweigh, My Boys”, is pertaining of course to Albert Hobbs and Jack Ilaspcr, the two remaining patriotics in uniform of our group. Although these lads did not particularly care for high school, they made excellent servers of Uncle Sam. Those fellows profited by their motto “Speech is silver, silence is golden”, and they have a very honored place in the hearts of their classmates. Keep up your good work, fellows, and before long instead of us writing about you, you’ll be autographing our “Tiger Lily”. Twenty-three

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SENIOR HONORS AND AWARDS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY Elton Carlson Marion Benson Myra Bailey Lois Anderson Joyce Kio Frances Earle Steven Romanio CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CERTIFICATES William Burgart Jean Knapp Marion Benson Rita Masterson Dale Jewart Joyce Kio Lois Anderson Iva Glase Doris Puhl Robert Dalrymple Elton Carlson Jack Douvlos Leola Hardes Steven Romanio Pearl Burton McKEAN COUNTY MUSIC FESTIVAL GLEE CLUB William Burgart Joel Cooper Joyce Kio Kenneth Brown Steven Romanio Hewitt Wiley Paul Wylie BAND Lucielle Nelson Doris Puhl Lois Anderson Marion Benson Virginia Cherrington ROTARY MATH PRIZE Announced at Commencement ENGLISH AWARD (Presented by Mr. John Pfeil, Jr.) Announced at Commencement Twenty-five