Port Arthur High School - Sea Gull Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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Future Activities of the Class of 1915 IF! years ago today the class of '15 graduated. 1' dThis thlought had m o 1 e the dem ethen an there resolved to take the day off and pen nd ' 111 v1s111ng some Ufa my former classmates Now I was on my way in my pr1vate airship g 1 My 115 destination was Port Arthur, where our graduation had taken place, and I lighted 1n front of the hospital, noted the world over for the f at that no 0110 f 't d 1 ' er vume 011 o 1 den hey were always armed um First I . e 0f 11 ad nurse, :1 woman of 151w ab111 vho escorted me to where a consultntlon was be111 h Id b two renowned surgeons, who, together with he erself, had made the inst'tunon poss111e Vhen emarked t at I could not thi of d1sturbi11g them a Sn :1 '1 - t1me, they replwd, H nt's a1 , e e 1 0r 'em dead alive 1 An one o 1 have cog 1zed th t 1 Wh ers of school- days, and I rem red the 1 e v1 en 9 had called the nurse Guss1e. H ,, so, Mrs. Beard, 11 radiant youn woman still, in gspite of her two yea of married lfe. No, Sarah Lee did not teach suhool v It 00k 11p 1'11 flight :1ga1n1 This time I stopped at 21 b1'1ck building, known as the New York High Sc ho 01. Upon my entr rsnce, a pug ge ca 13 and conducted me, at my request, to the office of the principal, she who had once be con Myra B.u1'nham I asked her 1f she could d1rcct me to some of on other rclessmates, and she 1mmed1ately e.n enve yuu tt1 1m11g1ne what happened when the obsequious waiter usheled miGrace Hamilton 11nd Edith Ho llifield e :1 sat down together and 0begun talking 11130 t old times. It occurr red to me u ask tHex n Bu us, and I uld not hel smiling at the e lustery they gave me. e a p ac as His 5:11111'y is 5111 o be en11-mm1s, for he draws women custmomers bya his face as 1 t :1 :11ddengf1rgres1t stir attracted our attention, and we fmally discovered that 11 famous navign Mo 11nd his pa rty had hu urriedly order ed a table. 110 had won fume by the discovery of some hitherto unknown fishing grounds Because 0 hls pelsonal 1101111111 1 y and ingenuity he 1 ne 0 th 0 men 1 bhc llfe Just 1 e 111-ty entered. ook at the top of the ma rvelous man 's ead was e no enoughy 11nd with one accord we rushed to him It was none other than Pete, M1. After a while we parted, and I set out for the fur- distant city of San Francisco. Here I expected to find her nbo ut whom 1n the ear 1y days a 11Freshie11 had said,

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History of the Class of 1915 WE1 Nineteen members in 1915! At our eighth grade g1'11111111ti1111 0111' 31-11 11'1151 Riekety, Ruchety, Russ, 'el'h ere are twen ntyrtv1 of s! The finest crowd :11 11.11: ever seen In nineteen fitet' We started off with the Freshman year in t'i 11' s,l1:1p1' but it was 111111111;1 this time that s saddest events in our history 111115111'r1'11.'l'111s was the 111-:1t11 11F Hurry Friedl,e one tote our most: 1111911 members the remain er sve eml have laid side schrml tie-1 111111 have joined forces with the matrimonial file: Among these are Thomas Flanagan 111111 M11111'1 R11'1'11s. Some ave moved 11w11 and are now in 11ther sch 011131 111111 I :111 is attending college in Enid, Oklahoma. mme 1'11111 graduated lust yen: from Bziyxiew 11111111 . Portland, Texas, and Allie 1101mm and Edna Aden turned traitors 111111 went 0101' to the Port Art ur Business Colleg 9 Others for 1 1'i1111s reasons have 1111111111111 out 11t' sehnol 111111 gone t1 111ikn he p1a1': l.111 those we lost are several who have 1'.11m1' in thl s 111 111111 111 that time 11-1ve 11e1 ped to make 0111' his stoiy 11nd the 1111'gest grudthingL 1111- 1. . 1. Fr rum the. stutt- 11f Innisiunu we 11:11'1' Elizabeth Huys Isalliel T11111l 211111 Catherine Kuelm It is sufficient pmof of their worth t11 suy t1111t t111'v s111111' ing 0 Tex1s: 1.1111 from members we 11m ftimous 111 lather whys. We 111110 the only 11111 1'15 who have ever been students in th Ti'ui Ining 111'p21rtment.0 111' 1'luss will also he. the first to leave. a gi t to the. High S:l11111l on its 1lcp :Lrture This gift is in the Form of two statues, v1hieh were. ed t011ee11r11t11 the 0stkudy h111.l s to work in the High School , there has been ki1'11g11inst our mentnl C11 ncitlya Not only mentally, but physically 1111111. we excelled 0111 frequent 1'11A counters with the Juniors 111111 Freshmen prove 111 Tyhe 111 '1' 11'9 1111211110 t1 handle, us though they have amost brought the 1001' down in their attempts to 1111 M1. ' the few encounters 111- deport ment 111111 behmiot' 111111 111' judge by pression made 11' B11rth11l11m111': th at t'e11'1'1' Seniors 11:111' bm'u 011 this year th:1n during any at er This should not 1111111- 1111 i111 pressiun 111111 we are 11 soft bunch for we have. 111111 11 11111 111112111111 111' 1111111 parties 111111 parades. or is it expected that 1111r uetixity will cease uprm ou1 111111111111011'1'1111 things we 1121111 done are but :1 promise of the. greater things we. are to 1111.Tl11' girls expect 111'. ome teachers 11nd nurses whi11- the boys an 111 beetmie 11111at111's. mechanics 111111 business official 5. But 11' hat ever we ay do we 11i11 always remember our 0111 Hi g.'h ' This is .the end of 0m jour nay because we hz11e not 11111111111 finished 11111 lif1- 's 1111'1'11111'11t111n. V11e lea1e, 110p ping that there are left behindm 11s r1'n11'm111'111111's 211111 1111111 muks of 11 great 11nd glorious 11111.11.

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HOne could t1111 hy 1191- very bearing: that she is 11 s1-ni11r.' I made my way 111 :1 beauty parTlor, 0191' the 1111111- 11f which in flushing letters 11-113 thI- sign, MADAMEH AYS .11 D ' I 1 1r 9x11 :1 'tt' talked aIIIhi1e I asked them what Iev knew about 111111t or 0111- 01' us, 0111111191 A 9y. They told me that CoI-ubws 1.111111111111111; assay so c1111I'in111-d 11w public, 11m she was giIi-II: Iprivate 9.111 11111! 11 set of he1pers by th11 government. She is now guing oIer 1119 country gixing 191-,tu11es to housewives on keeping 111110-95 1111-:In 111111 Fund IIIh1111151111I1-. ', 111' the 1111111, 11: the 51111195 testifI. 11y I19xt destination was a city where, 11 much 1111Ierti 5911 0.1111119 wns bring 1:1I9II . three 110t9d stars, who 111111 11111111 11mm with th1- 111z1ss 11 15,1111111-111 t111-II HS Catherine Ku1-h11, Helen Crum 11nd erat'e Inmzln. 1 111111 heard mIIsi11 111111119, but this was a rare treat, and I II 1111 it 9711-9911111eg After 99 more ascennding into 5911, on the upper deck but he 11n1IIs 11119, 111' th9 1: I He no 1ung1'r answered to the simple name, Dennis .1III-I-.II11 011, no! 0111- must use several 11511111195 in addressin him now. I111 now so late that the 51 had 119:1er s11t,11n11 I 11911111911 I 3111111111 huw- to finish mv :ermd 11f11ext1121v,11111h:111 10. 5t tl'Imk 11f thp 11th111 two 111111 111111111 1110 eta ng as I flew 111011;: tomII'Il mv hom me lliinnis, I thought I card music smnnnl afar It grow 11105111 111111 11111391I I 1110111111 11111111 and suw 11 101 g, low, wooden building, t'r om which the 511111111 51-11m1-11 to issi My ISI1I'S111pseltt111d n the ground and thv music IIeIIsIIa, 1m IIs I IIIII-mi the bIIIIIIIIIg, I IIIIIIIrd 11Ie announcem IIIII1 9:111 In IIII mice with II smIIIgmy 1'1 mIIIIII IIIIIIIIII. let us sing N01 I-IIIIIIzed 1111 1 IIIIs IInI-IIIIIIIg IIII PY1IIIgP1ISHc c 1135911 another aIrship, 111111 wimm 11h1111111 11 0 111111 1116111111- :1 mil11111:111 11111. :- c: 9 n; I 131 1 Then The pIaIIm pIIIye ed 11w, pIIn-IIIde. 1111111401111 1131 immDIIsu crowd were singing with 11 volume which '1111111 haxc 119. 921111 a nIil1-,Hl'mg11111 111 walk 110v111 the str99t1x 11f g111-11AIIe-yI A11 11 ye et distin:tn 1111019 it 1111 could be hoard the Voice It' the unknown singerI I studivd th1-. man 11 Face for a minute, 111111 1911, 1111-1 :1 '111 I, it 15111119 11-; Yes, the singing evange-Ilistpr was Karl PI Er 111$ 5,1111 or 11 minute, I felt tho 111-911 011 th- V ' V ' ' S ott 0 '3 3, a m m S tions, and theI'efnre, ever- onee in awhile, h1- t11 cs :1 much necdod 1'9st 11y N'ilVl'Hllg Iit some, company, 11vaug9iixtic, Chautauqua, lyceum, th1-I1tri111,11 111 unyhlt 11g thut pII-seIns itse 11I Ir 951-,nt1V the 501015t of the 1'9IiI'IIl arose, 11 durk-hairI-d, row 1111-9111111 littio II11mIn, with 111w11nd111f1111y sweet voite. I seem 11 to kmm 11111', 111th11 911111 :1 tier th9 511111: szs 111115 hed, I 111111 not been 211119 to 1119.9 11,1. 1111 19 th9 eI'IIIIgviist 151mm 1'0de The first. words ha uttered reminded m0 of somv 01111, but W110? I 1171110111111 him carefully, then I rcmemhe edre 1 0,1111 not H nished with our class, but he had 111-1-n11 member of it for several years, and after 0111:1- being 110ql1211nft'11 with, wer impo 03511110 to forget Paul 111-111-1113. And now 1 know t1-11 litt11- so111ist. S1111 11011111 1111 n11IIe oth9rth1111 his wife, who 1:11.111 once been Birdie 111th1m 11d 50 I Iraveled across the auntincnt and 11111111 I1 IIIII in 11119 dzIy, I'1-vi1-Iwin11 the famous members of th1 Class of Ninet9 91m Hundred FiftemII n: .1. MI HI