Port Huron High School - Student Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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They scored a great hit with everyone (of the gals) . Then on the 24th. we went to the Lighthouse Banquet, and a peppy time was had by all. MAY 31: It ' s all over with, and yet, it isn’t . . . Some- how you sorta feel it’s just the beginning. To start from the start, on May 1, we had our last GAA Banquet, and it was a ritzy affair, too. The Honor Society made their last notification (in our life anyway) the 2nd. Jitterbugs had nothing on us when it came to being jumpy, (ps. HE made it!) The Circus came to town on the 3rd and 4th, and Mr. Big Moment and I laughed ourselves sick. Then on the 7th the Choir just showed off again by giving a pretty swell banquet. I know cuz I ate just a wee bit too much of the delicious food. Mom and Dad wore their happiest smiles to the Honor Society Initia- tion the 9th, to see we kidlets initiated. Punk and I went to the dance the 19th and had the bestest time ever. We’ve watched Seniors walk down the aisle and wondered why they always looked so darn sober. Gosh from where we always sat we kinda thot it should be the happiest moment in their lives. That was until our own Baccalaureate on the 19th. Everything was so beautiful ... it sorta does something to you. I’ve just been aching to tell you about the Hop. It was super-extra- colossal, no kidding. You feel like a million dollars after a party like that. Bingo, and was he handsome. We ferns didn’t look so bad either, though . . . Then the last lap in our journey. I don’t think I’m gonna like leaving P. H. H. S. . . . not even a little bit. Commencement is over, and we are ready to begin to commence . Everything was so very swell . . . those three years ’n’ everything. If I’m not careful I’ll break down, let-loose and stuff, and ya just cant do things like that anymore . . . not when you’re a “woman of the world’’ ....

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FOOTBALL The Port Huron High School football team finished the 1939 season with a rather poor record in comparison with the usually good seasons of the past. Coach “Brick” Fowler, with his assistants, Charlie Cook and Willard Blackney, who have always placed a good team on the field for Port Huron, met a bit of bad luck in this season ' s games. Port Huron com- pleted the season with a record of three victor- ies, three defeats, and two ties. The team de- feated St. Clair. Sarnia, and Grosse Pointe, and lost to Mt. Clemens. Jackson, and Pontiac. The Ferndale and Hazel Park games ended all even. Exceptionally long runs on the part of the oppo- sition marred the record for Port Huron. No player on the Port Huron squad was hon- ored with an All-State selection. However, Bob Richert, Port Huron halfback, was presented the Award of Merit for his qualities of Courtesy, Leadership, Honesty, Intelligence, and General Sportsmanship during the football season by the Michigan Officials’ Association. This year’s letter winners were: Co-Captains Elwood Brown and Don Keith, Calvin Battle, Don Freeland, Glen Leonard, Calvin Lepien. Dick Hammersmith, Harold Jones, Fletcher Spigner, Don Allen. Bob Richert, Don Arm- strong, Dick Helwig, Bob Adams, Ray Caug- hill, Granville Firth, Bill Seeley, Ray Morris, Bill Hildebrand, Charles McCabe, and mana- gers Bob Pugh and Jim Latin. Don Keith and “Woody” Brown captained the Red- White team excellently dur- ing the 1939 football season. Don directed most of the de- fensive play of the Reds, while “Woody” called the offensive plays. Both cap- tains, however, were con- sulted by the game officials on field decisions. The cap- tains’ positoins — Don Keith at tackle and “Woody” Brown at quarterback — greatly aided them in their duties. These fellows, besides acting as co-captains, also played very good ball during the season. Don Armstrong, fullback, has been elected captain for the 1940 season. “Woody” Brown Don Keith