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

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Special Centennial Committee Dr. Gerald S. DeGrow, Superintendent After the Board of Education formulates the policy for the District, it is Dr. DeGrow ' s task to implement their decisions in the school. He and his staff in the Administration Building co- ordinate the activities of over 700 teachers in the various buildings. Dr. DeGrow has served as Superintendent since 1964 and is active in community affairs as a member of the Rotary Club and the First Methodist Church. Dr. De- Grow is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Michigan Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Mr. Feick, Principal of PHHS, meets with members of the Centennial Committee: Morton J. Tomlinson, Herbert C. DeLacy,Miss Florence C. Wiese, and Paul D. Soini. Another mem- ber, Cecil V. Fowler, is not present. 13

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School Board Appoints Members of the School Board: left to right: H. Ford Whipple, Mrs. Alice McKinnon, A. B. Carlisle, Dr. H. J. Hazeldine, BOARD OF EDUCATION In December of 1966 the Board of Education declared the 1968 Senior Class the Centennial Year Class and appointed a committee to plan appropriate events. The recognition of the Centennial Year Class was only one small part of the Board ' s far -reaching task of providing the best possible education for each student in the District. This year, in an effort to strengthen contact and understanding with the community, the Board held five regular meetings in different school buildings . During meetings, the seven members of the Board discussed and made decisions on such matters as personnel, appropriations, and building maintenance. To celebrate American Education Week, the Board planned a dedication ceremony on November 5 for the new addition to the Michigamme School. Richard A. Cooley, and William K. Gilbert. Martin E. Weiss is not present. CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE The five-member committee decided to in- vite two prominent alumni of PHHS to help celebrate the Centennial. Circuit Judge John B. Swainson, Detroit, former Governor of Mich- igan, was asked to deliver the Commencement address for the 100th graduating class. Judge Swainson was considered the alumnus who at- tained the highest position of any graduate of the school. Michigan Supreme Court Justice Eugene F . Black was asked to speak at a graduate ' s rally on May 19 in McMorran Sports Arena. Justice Black was honored as the graduate who attained the highest judicial office . The committee also planned an open house for November 8. Many former pupils and grad- uates attended this event. The publication of a book tracing the history of the school system and it ' s organization was another of the com- mittee’s projects.

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Mindful of the Past Port Huron High School ' s first Graduating class in 1869 consisted of only four members: C. B. Stockwell, James Atkinson, Alice Skinner, and William Boyce.