The 1955 trojan student PRINTSAlumniOctober 2006 • Send news articles and/or photos to Frank Hunter, 3379 Hidden Haven Ct., Tampa, FL 33607 • Email fhunter@sptimes.com • Issue 37

(& Mid-50s Classes)

The Big 1956 Class Reunion Class of 1956A MAGICAL NIGHT The PHS Class of 1956 held their 50th re-union September 15th & 16th at the American Legion #471 on Gallia Street .Friday activitiesPHS Football Game—Then to the American Le-gion for a step back 50 years for an after game dance with door curtains you had to walk thru plus a hand stamp of the letter P. An admission of 10 cents like in yester years was not charged. Mu-sic was provided by Gary Billups. Refreshments were hot dogs, chips and Crispie Crème Donuts. saturday Morning A tour of the new High Schoolsaturday noonOur class joined the Class of 1955 for their An-nual Picnic at the Portsmouth Shrines Club Park.saturday eveningAgain activities would be at the American Legion. The Legion was decorated when you entered thru the red, blue, and silver curtains. Directly in front you would spot on the stage a large blue sign with red & white letters. The sign said “WELCOME PHS CLASS OF 1956” it too had long red, blue and silver streams to the floor. Tables were doubled wided to seat tables of 12 so all classmates would be facing one another. White tablecloths were on all tables and all tables were already set with silverware, red and blue napkins. Red and blue stars and gold number 50’s confetti were scat-tered about the tables. Centerpieces were small fish bowl type vases with blue marbles and float-ing red lite candles. Pastor Robert Neal gave the Invocation and ended with a Trumpet Solo of “The Lord’s Prayer” The meal was a Buffet Dinner which was said to be the best Buffet Dinner as far as selection to be presented at the LegionProgram We welcomed the Class of 1956 and Honor-ary Guest. Coach Ed Zoretic & wife Linda, Coach Dick Hopkins & wife Ginny and Mr. Fournier’s Secretary Lea Duchinski

We welcomed Other Attending Alumni: Chuck'53 & Jane Taylor Rodgers'55,Bill '55 & Shirley Borders '55 Meade, Richard Beck'52 & Ginger Hamilton Beck'53, Gene Lucas'55, Gayle Gammon McCormick,Diana Staiger '54 Barker, Clayton Howerton '55,Bill Miller '55, Roy Noel '53, George Mosley '53, Donna McCally '55 Bo-ren, Julia Peebles '58 Grimes, Mary Ann Carter '55 Stone, Harry Parker '54,Marilyn Mucha '55 Albrecht. A PHS bracelet made by Helen Salyers was presented to Donna Jordan Rodgers for com-ing the farthest from Anchorage, Alaska. Flow-ers were presented to Jo Robeson Russell for handling reunions for 40 years. A check was presented to Gene Lucas to help with next years 1955 picnic. Thanks-----The Reunion Committee: Donna Milward Bandy, Carolyn McCulloch Engle, Mike & Suzanne Williams, Donna Bohem Pitcher, Larry Schneller,Jo Robeson Russell,Ruth Riley,Bob Wil-son, Sam McKibbin. A big Thanks to Don Wallace Class of 1954 for designing the front cover of our booklet! Door prizes were given and the following

were winners.$150 Man’s Gruen Watch ...........................Fred Stone$125 Women’s Gruen Watch ........ Celia Shepherd CoxYr Mbership-Classmates.com....Betty Wasmer WarnerJewelry Travel Bag ......................Vicki Staiger HawleyBox Flavored Coffee .......... Linda Ellenwood VonessenBob Evan $25 Gift Certifcate ........Mavis Wilson MillerI.V. Leaguers CD ....................................... *Val Minch$50.00 Cash ............................................Larry Boren$50.00 Cash ............................................ Ron Bishop A decision was made to purchase a Park Bench for the Courtyard of the New High School . A plaque will be inscribed

“The Portsmouth High School Class Of 1956” “ WE LOVE THEE PORTSMOUTH HIGH”

The class voted to have our next reunion in 5 years. After the meeting we all enjoyed dancing to the complete Dance Band of Gary Billups and his vocalist. Bob Neal from our class also was asked to play with the band on a few arrangements. IT WAS TRULY A MAGICAL EVENING!!

Those AttendingBETHANY ADAMS AUSTIN • RUTH AILSTOCK AR-THUR • GARY ALBRECHT • KATHERINE ARGEROS • TOM ARMSTRONG • BOB ARTHUR • LINDA BARRY SNYDER • DICK BASSLER • LOIS BECK WALLACE • JOYCE BENNETT PAYTON • ROGER BISHOP • RONALD BISHOP • DONNA BOEHM PITCHER • LARRY BOREN • PAUL BRADY • SANDRA DEATLEY MOHR • DORIS DEVER ACH • TOM ECKHART • LINDA ELLENWOOD VONES-SEN • FREDA FITZER NAGLE • FAY FITZER TIM-MERMAN • PAUL FOURNIER • DON FRAZIER • SUE GAMMON MORGAN • ROBERT L GRASHEL • JOHN GRIMES • PAUL GULLEY • TRUMAN HAN-SON • TIM HAROLD • LARRY HARPER • DAVE HATCHER • MICHAEL (MICK) HERRING • JACK HIKE • DAVE MCCOY • DAVE HORR • PHYLLIS HARRIS WHITE • BRIAN HICKMAN • DONNA JORDAN RODGERS • MARILEE KEENEY SAND • KAYANN KEYES NEAL • PAUL KIMES • RICH LANG • CAROLYN MCCULLOCH ENGLE • SARA RUTH MCGRAW KNAUFF • DONNA MILWARD BANDY • VAL MINCH • ROBERT NEAL • LETTY ELLEN NEFF DODSWORTH • JUDITH NELSON DORAU • PAT NOEL MILLER • EMILY BRADFORD GULK-ER • JIM PEEBLES • BETTY PERRY ROWLES • ARTHUR PICKELHEIMER • EMOGENE PRISE GRENVILLE • DOW RAMSEY • RUTH RILEY • JO ROBESON RUSSELL • PHYLLIS ROWLES RATLIFF • HELEN SALYERS PERKINS • LARRY SCHNELLER • DIANE SCOTT GAVORCIK • CELIA SHEPHERD COX • JAMES SHOEMAKER • SUZANNE SHU-MATE WILLIAMS • JOHN SMITH • RUTH ANN SOWARDS NOEL • VICTORIA STAIGER HAWLEY • GRETCHEN STAKER STRONCZER • DAVID STEPHENSON • FRED STONE • JUDY FREELAND SWEARINGEN • BERT TABOR • JIM THATCHER • JOHN THATCHER • BETTY WASMER WARNER • GEORGETTA WHISMAN HARRIS • MIKE WIL-LIAMS • BOB WILSON • MAVIS WILSON MILLER • NANCY WIMBISH STAHL • KATHLEEN YELEY MEDLEY WITH GUESTS, HONORARY GUESTS, ALUMNI & SPOUSES TOTAL 160 ATTENDING

Can You Name These Portsmouth Grade Schools?

A few of the 1956 Class

DONNA BOEHM, SUE GAMMON EMOGENE PRICE, TRUMAN HANSON, SARA MCGRAW CAROLYN MCCULLOCH, RAY HARPER

MICK HERRING BERT TABOR JUDY NELSON, LINDA ELLENWOOD DORIS DEVER

DAVE HORR, CELIA SHEPHERD, JUDY NELSON TOM ECKHART, LINDA ELLENWOOD CAROLYN MCCULLOCH, RAY HARPER, PATTY WEBB

BOB WILSON, LINDA ELLENWOOD, MARILEE KEENEY CELIA SHEPHERD DONNA BOEHM, VICKI STAIGER, CAROLYN MCCULLOCH

DICK BASSLER, MARILEE KEENEY SANDS AND HUSBAND MICK NANCY WIMBISH BOB AND KAYANN KEYES NEAL LOIS BECK

The Portsmouth Times of April 2, 1954:PHS Groups To See Play Two Portsmouth High School groups will travel to Cincinnati Saturday to see Maurice Evans in “Dial M For Murder.” Speech classes and news class will make the trip. Evans, widely-known ac-tor in Shakespearean as well as modern roles, is playing with his New York company. Both classes study phases of dramatic problems. Going from speech classes are Mary Ann Cart-er, Delma Doria, Sharon Chiles, Marilyn Mucha, Mary Gail Drake, Carolyn Fuller, Carolyn Cram-ner, Sue Ames, Phyllis Pelfrey, Alicia Purdum, Vir-ginia Smith, Tom Stone. Angel Vournazos, Whitney Miller, Sharon Queen, Roger Clausing, Virginia Combs, Virginia Lyon, and Dave Jordan. Those going from news class are Betty Bierley, Janet Coriell, Katherine Doty, Martha Flack, Peter Harris-Jones, Ruth Ann Ulter, Helen Marlow, and Homer Adams. Chaperons will be Luther Carter, Mrs. G. R. Fuller, Mrs. John Smith, John Glass, Mrs. William Bierley, and Miss Mary Elizabeth Schwartz.

The Portsmouth Times of April 3, 1954:PHS Finalist Teams Picked In Scholarship Sixty-three Portsmouth High School students were picked today to make up the school’s schol-arship teams for the state scholarship tests to be given on May 1. Principal Edward H. Fournier, in announcing the teams Friday, said the students won their places by ranking highest among those taking preliminary tests Wednesday.

Each subject team may have as many as three members and an alternate who takes the test in case of illness of one of the regular members. Here are the team members English I: Jane Destocki, Connie Caudill, and Connie Burns; Algebra I: Casey Blood, Terry Taylor, and Jean Longeway; Latin I: Mickey Her-ing, Ted Cooper, and Paul Haynes; General Sci-ence: Bob Gardner, Gerald Appleton, and Gary Grimshaw; English II: Mary Ann Staker, Ann Whitlatch, and Donna Flowers; World History: Kenneth Payne, John Johnson, and Gene McGlone; Plane Geometry: Dave Horr, Mike Williams, and Sylvia DeLotell; Bookkeeping I: Tom Bond, Dorothy Arms, and Carolyn Townsend; Biol-ogy: Jim Hodge, Brian Hickman, and Larry Sch-neller; Latin II: Judy Nelson, Collin Heath, and Nicki Thompson; English III: Mary Gail Drake, Donald Snively, and Anita Apel; American His-tory: Roger Quinn, Michael Moore, and Nelson Barker; French I: Marina Tomlin, Katherine Da-vis, and Nancy Bower; Spanish I: Kay Hannum, Shirley McCulloch, and Nancy Clausing; Physics: Bill Trone, John Sonneborn, and Charles McK-elvey; Advanced Algebra: Betty Bierley, Marty Lehman, and Jerry McColgan; English IV: Fred Yonce, Jeanne Carper, and Mary Lou Brodbeck; Chemistry: Gary Benton, Charles Oakes, and Pe-ter Harris-Jones; Senior Social Studies: Ronald Higgins, Connie Collins, and Dave Roth; French II: Daehler Hayes, Norma Ray, and Agnes Arthurs; Spanish II: Sally Hansee, Ruth Ann Ullom, and Jennie Dickson.

Tidbits From the PHS Time Capsule

Note from Bob Mohl to: Martin, (Marty Lehman)Good to hear from you. I'd thought to wait un-til after the gathering to message you back but there's already lots I can comment on! Here are some numbers: There are about 500 enrolled in the new PHS, with slightly over 2000 students in the city. Tho Portsmouth is the largest system in Scioto County, most of the school popu-larions are only a bit smaller: seven of the county districts have between 1000 and 1750 students. The other three, Clay, Green and New Boston, av-erage about 500 each.

Note from Blaine I was in Portsmouth visiting my mother at the Hill View Retirement Center on 28th Street and learned that Jerry Gillen's (Ormond Beach, FL) mother, Mrs. Roberta E. Gillen died at the age of 86 on June 15, 2006, at Hill View. Also, while I was there I had a nice conversation with Tom Stone's mother, Mrs. Erma Stone. She is getting along well and sends her best regards to the members of the PHS Class of 1955.She says that she enjoys getting the Class of 1955 newsletter and reading about the class.

Class of 1955 Picnic ATTENDING - 106TONY & DORIS DEVER ACH • WALTER (BUD) APPLEGATE • PAUL ARMS • TOM & SHIRLEY ARMSTRONG • BOB ARTHUR • RUTH AIL-STOCK ARTHUR • BETH AUSTIN • PAT WEBB BENDER • BLAINE & CAROLYN BIERLEY • ROGER BISHOP • LARRY & DONNA MCCALLY BOREN • SHARON GALLAGHER CAR-PENTER • LYNNE BROWNE CARR • BILL CLIF-FORD • ANN CONNER • CELIA SHEPHERD COX • DEBBIE WEBB DANZER • BOB & NORMA DAVISON • JUDY NELSON DORAU • TOM DU-PUY • CAROLYN MCCULLOCH ENGLE • PAUL & JUDY FOURNIER • PEACH THOMPSON FRALEY • DON & TILLIE FRAZIER • BOB GRASHEL • EMOGENE PRISE GRENVILLE • JOHN & JULIA PEEBLES GRIMES • PAUL & NAOMI GULLEY • DICK HANSGEN • TIM & MARY HAROLD • LARRY RAY HARPER • MARY ANN HAMILTON HAVENS • VICTORIA STAIGER HAWLEY • MICK & PATTIE HERRING • JACK HIKE • DAVID HORR • BARBARA HOWARD • CLAYTON & LINDA HOW-ERTON • FRANK HUNTER • GWEN MOWERY JOHNSON • GEORGE KIRSCH • KENNY & LIZ LANE • RICH LANG • LEE & DOLORES LANSING • ADAM LUCAS • BARRY & ANGIE LUCAS • GENE LUCAS • JESSICA LUCAS • NICK LUCAS • DAVE MARTING • LOWELL (MOUSE) MCLAUGHLIN • BILL & SHIRLEY MEADE • DON & MARI-LYN MERCER • BILL & PAT MILLER • GAIL MILLER • PATTY NEWSOM • ROY & RUTH ANN SOWARDS NOEL • HARRY & NANCY PARKER • DON & DIANE PAYTON • ARTHUR & DONNA PICKLEHEIMER • DONNA BOEHM PITCHER • CHARLIE & BELINDA PRICE • RUTH RILEY • CHUCK & JANE TAYLOR RODGERS • WALT & DONNA RUARK • JO & TOM RUSSELL • MARILEE SAND • DAVID SHOEMAKER • JIM & EMERALD SHOEMAKER • JOHN SMITH • NANCY WIMBISH STAHL • FRED & MARY ANN CARTER STONE • JUDY FREELAND SWEARINGEN • PATTY MOWERY PITTS TRAC • BARRY WALTON • JERRY WAR-REN • BOB WILSON • JOHN & BECKY WOOD

A few more of the 1956 Class & Other Alumni

Linda and Clayton Howerton ’55 Elizabeth Lane, Dave Hatcher, Lois Beck Wallace Pat and Bill Miller ’55

Val Minch, Bethany Adams Austin, Carolyn McCulloch Engle, Ray Harper, Jim Kegley '57 Mike & Suzanne Shumate Williams , KayAnn & Bob Neal Letty Neff Dodsworth, KayAnn Keyes Neal

Mary Alyce Staten Allen '58, Patty Webb '57 Emogene Prise Grenville, Diane Scott Gavorcik Richard Beck '52 Ginger Hamilton '53 Tom & Jo Robeson Russell

Ruth Ann Sowards Noel, Patricia Noel Miller Vicki Staiger Hawley & Diana Staiger Barker '54, Bob Wilson, Betty Wasmer Warner, ? Ruth Ailstock Arthur, Lois Beck Wallace

Fred Stone, Ruth Riley Kathleen Yeley Medley, Donna Jordan Rodgers, Judy McGuire Ruggles Bert Tabor, Mike Swearingen '54, Jim Thatcher

Housing stock is way down in the downtowndistricts -- you may recall hearing that 107 hous-es were razed to make way for the new PHS. In small ways we're doing what we can: the Habitat house my group fi nished last month is a block from Stanton Avenue Elementary in New Boston, and Wednesday a friend Mark and I will site prep and lay out the footprint for a 1200-sq-ft cottage a block from Glenwood High. Old PHS stands surrounded by contractors' fence. It will probably be in the process of de-struction while you are reading this. (ed)