Port Hope High School - Echoes Yearbook (Port Hope, MI)

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Trip to Pontiac Having completed our work, we, as Juniors, were given special permission to visit Pontiac State Hospital, Our principal, Carl Reithel, and our coach, Danieljarabek, accompanied us, These two members of the faculty, Eddie Schave, and Cecil Finkel served as nur drivers, We left Port Hope High School at approximately nine o'clock on the twenty-third of May, which turned out to be a bright, sunny day, About eleven o'clock we stopped at a small road-side park outside Lapeer, where we had a picnic of sandwiches, pop, salad, and cake, After everyone had eaten, we cleaned up our things and continued on our merry way, A Our way stopped being so merry when we arrived at Pontiac State Hospital about one in the afternoon, We entered the waiting room to wait for the nurse who would take us around and explain things to us, When she came, we were shown the various treatments given to patients, ln the morgue,fNope, no dead bodies were seen, Disappoint- ing, hmm?l the nurse explained that examinations were made, with the consent of rela- tives, of patients who died in the Hospital, She also told us of the different types of insanity We then went to rooms where patients were working on various craft projects, such as .weaving, knitting, painting, and ceramics, In the- recreation room we saw varied types of patients, some of whom were playing cards or checkers, and others talking, Most of them were smoking, even old women, The patients have dances, movies, and other forms of recreation, Many of the patients made wise-cracks about our being there, When any of them said something to us, we didn't know whether to answer or just ignore them, Each of us did what he thought best and all lived through it, One of the things many of us noticed was that the doors at the end of all the halls and in some of the rooms were locked, After completing our tour of the Hospital, we split up, each car and group going its own way, The next day, to the surprise of our schoolmates, who were sure the Hospital would keep us, all Seniors were present and accounted for, This tour made us feel somewhat more educated and experienced and also made us realize just how many things we all have to be thankful for, , - -. ,, ,.,'

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Arthur' Jnhn A fine fvllfww and a friend Lu all. spmns 1, 1, 5, 4, Class Plays 5, Dorothx Leese Argue, Atgue, Early and late, if the line were crooked she'd argue it straight, Sports l,Z,3,4, Class Officer l,3, Class Plavs 3,4, Glee Club l,Z,3,-1, Cheerleader 3, Phyllis Schave Those eyes--so dark and deep. Sports l,Z,3,4, Class Officer Z, Glee Club l,Z,3,4, Class Plays Z, Student Council 3, Cecil Finkel God Bless the man who invented sleep. Sports l,Z,3,4, Class Plays Z,3,4, Hugh Harwood Calm and unruffled as the summer sea Sports 1,Z,3,4, Class Officer l, Class Plays Z,3,4, Wg 'Hia Mabel Schultz l find the earth not gray but rosy Heaven not grim, but far from hue. Sports 1,Z,3,4, Glee Club l,Z,3,4. Class Plays Z,3,4,

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Poetic Prophecy Class oi 1952 Ah, here It IS mneteen nmety fwe And I see our class has all survwed I wonder what happened through those stormy years 'P Well I ll tell you now lf you ll lend me your ears Cecll Flnkel has patented a machlne for excuses He has no two allke and they serve all klnds of uses June Finkel IS a stenographer flne And she never starts work untll half past mne Of Huron County Mary IS clerk She s noted afar for her competent work Bud and the chnldren admire her well For to them she s tops I hear people tell Hugh Harwood has taken over hls dad s garage He also sells cars and hls favorlte IS Dodge Away to Port Huron Phyllxs flew llke a flash To manage the1r switchboard and brlng home the cash There s Ann ln her kitchen maklng something to eat She loves to hear the patter of 11ttle feet When she s busy and the chlldren don t mmd Barney comes along and spanks thezr behmd Well who do I see on that boat but Ken Schave Workmg for the money he s trylng to save, He s chref engmeer now and set m h1s ways For Ken says I m gettlng hltched some o these days At photography Norm IS an ace, Smce Lapovlson s sick he s taklng his place Augxe has a gym for bulldmg muscle men So he can show off h1s strength at the count of ten As an artlst Ehleen Bruce has good luck She s Walt Dlsney s ass1stant drawlng Donald Duck Walt gets lots of busmess and E1leen knows It too And maybe some day she ll have Walt say, I do Elalne Schubrmg has her own llttle beauty shop When you come out, you look lmke a mop Pople come tn oh I d say very rare And when they go out I swear thelr head IS bare There s Mabel playmg the plano She took lessons so she could sing solo She slngs and plays over W j R Whlle Ray slts and wants for her 1n themr car ' J ' . . o - v p . . v . a . . l . 1 1 . ' 1 . 1 . 1 . , . . . . . Q , . , . . . 1 a . , . , . . . . . 1 U , . . 1 11 1 . . , . , . . , . 1 . 1 , . , . . Q s n U ll 'I . - . 4 ' O 1 a v . , . . . . . . . 1 0