Volume - PHS1955

Saturday Matinees
Did you go to the Saturday matinee
movies when you were a kid growing up in
Portsmouth in the 1940s? I’m trying to
remember as much as I can about those
wonderful Saturday mornings for a child. As
I recall, my gang (“gang”, of course, was the
group of boys--I guess girls ran in “gangs”
too--that accompanied each other, stood in
line together, and discussed the day’s
adventures--often acting out the
“swashbuckling” parts) went mostly to the
Columbia (832 Gallia Street) and the Lyric
(820 Gallia Street) Theaters. Maybe I’m
wrong, but I don’t remember going much to
the “fancy” LaRoy Theater for matinees. I
probably shouldn’t admit this, but I never
went to the Garden Theater on Chillicothe
Street. My mother, who was a nurse,
wouldn’t let me. She believed that you could
get head lice from the backs of the seats!
Anyway, to my way of thinking, there was
no better experience in the late 1940s than
the Saturday matinee. I don’t think we paid
more than a quarter to go to the movies in
that era, and, if I remember correctly, the
admission cost at the Lyric was only fifteen
cents. And, a candy bar was a nickel and a
box of popcorn was a dime.
We got a pretty good deal for our 15 or
25 cent ticket. First, was the newsreel. Before the advent of television, people got
their news from movie theaters as much as
they did from newspapers and radio. Do you
55th Reunion Postscript
If you did not attend the 55th Class
Reunion in September, you might be
interested in a few more details. The choice
of the Portsmouth River Inn for the
banquet contrasted with the SOMC’s
Friend’s Center for our 50th. This
year’s locale was much more
intimate and provided, perhaps, a
better opportunity for
conversation and
reminiscing. There was
no dancing
after the
banquet-is this
remember those Pathé newsreels opening
on the screen with a crowing rooster atop a
weather vane? The newsreel would have
footage of President Truman signing some
new law or visiting a dam, followed by Sam
Sneed putting to victory at a major golf
tournament, then we would see the latest
Paris fashions, and end up with some movie
star and his wife visiting Japan.
Then you got to see a Technicolor
cartoon. They were always great stuff. Warner Bros. “Loonie Tunes and Merrie
Melodies” featured Porky Pig and Elmer
Fudd chasing Bugs Bunny with the voice of
Mel Blanc. Woody Woodpecker was another
favorite. I think I liked the Tom and Jerry
cartoons the best.
Usually, the next thing that played was the
next chapter from a continuing cliffhanger
serial. These “chapters” or “episodes” of
the serial were what got you hooked and
demanded that you come back week after
week--until the hero had, once and for all,
conquered the evil villain. In those days
serials provided a basic moral truth: “good
always triumphs over evil.” There was never
any delicate shading of purpose or “political
correctness” in the serials. The villains were
all bad and deserved the violent fates
decreed to them, and the heroes were all
good and deserved the right to mete out
justice.
Unfortunately, the younger generation
(our children and grandchildren) is unable to
see and enjoy these wonderful products of a
vanished era. Fortunately, our generation was
able to enjoy our precious thrill and
adventure serials in those bygone days of
youthful escapism.
Finally, before the main attraction or
“feature presentation” were the coming
attractions. Movie people call them “trailers”
today, because originally they trailed the
feature presentation. As I remember, we just
called them “previews.” I often thought that the previews were of more interest than the
actual movie. Believe it or not, most of us thought that
we had gotten our money’s worth by the time
the low-budget “B” movie started. Often
times the main features were Westerns with
stars like Gene Autry, Roy Rogers (Leonard
Slye from Duck Run), William Boyd, Johnny
Mack Brown, Rex Allen, Lash LaRue, or Tom
Mix. Like the serials, you could always count
on the fact that the good guys (in the white
hats) would prevail in the end, and the bad
guys would get caught or killed. More often
than not, the hero had to save a girl, order
sarsaparilla or milk in a saloon, and needed a
funny sidekick like Smiley Burnett or Gabby
Hayes.
Again, unfortunately, like Thomas Wolfe, I
am not able to go home again to
Portsmouth to see a Saturday matinee
movie. But, I can still remember them in my
mind’s eye. Can you?
Blaine Bierley
an indication of our age or just that we were
more interested in catching up with old
friends? Some may be a little puzzled
by the
configuration of classmates in the class
picture. The photographer had us pose in the
area leading down to the indoor swimming
pool, providing an interesting
way to insure that all
classmates were visible
for the picture.
We think it
turned out
well.
PHS Class of 1955
Jim Bodmer, Marilyn Mucha Albrecht, Homer Liston, Nick Huston, Bob Cook, Carole Merb Conley, Sharon Queen Blayney, Eva Strauss Izenson,
Betty Bierley Holling, Karen Williams Fox, Curt Gentry, Mary Ellen Vournazos Kennedy, Virginia Smith Wolfe, Bill Clifford, Allan Oxley,
Jackie Buffington Carpenter, Jim Edmiston, Ann Connor, Billy Rose Irvin Kirby, Tom Dupuy
Phyllis Knowles Foster, Sharon Gallagher Carpenter, Mary Ann Carter Stone, Sue Adkins McFarland, Anita Apel Biggs, Blaine Bierley, John Wood,
Charles McKelvey, Fred Ramsey, Don Payton, Dick Hansgen, Shirley McCullogh Bodley Kennedy, Martha Fitch Cook, Susan Shump Howard,
Jane Poole Rider, Jane Dever Ramsey
Donna McCally Boren, Patti Conklin Newsom, Donna McFarland Harris, Frieda “Peach” Thompson, Lynne Browne Carr, Nancy Bower Sommers,
Bridget Goetz Bonzo, Phyllis Scaff Purtee, Norma Lyon Lowe, Gwen Mowery Johnson, Betty Fyffe Hubbard, Mary Thomas Hamilton
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The Current State of
Portsmouth Schools
Portsmouth New Car
Dealers 1949-1952
Cadillac Motor Sales 717 5th St.
Gil Galyean Chrysler-Plymouth
Glockner Chevrolet. 2nd & Chillicothe
Huston Pontiac. 1544 Gallia
Marvin Jones Lincoln-Mercury.
Gallia & Offnere
McNeer Motors
Patterson Motors Kaiser-Frazer
Peerless City Motors DeDoto-Plymouth
1518 Gallia
Pollock and Sons Studebaker-Packard
Portsmouth Motors Ford. 1112 Gallia
Portsmouth Willys. 1618 Gallia
Wasserman Motors Packard
Watkins Buick 1202 Offnere
Zuhars Motors
from an update by Ken Marotte, Scioto Voice
1956 schools are currently in the building
Numerous
Fred inBrown
Oldsmovile-Cadillac.
717 5th St.
process
Portsmouth.
An elementary school in
Sciotoville
open during
December 2005 or
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of-the-art technology. Broughton voiced her
excitement: “We are really excited to have a building that accommodates our needs and the current
times.”
Current Portsmouth schools allow room for
2,079 to engage in the learning process; the new
schools will dramatically increase this number.
When finished and functional, Portsmouth City
Schools will accommodate a total of 2,843 students-1,147 at the junior/senior high school,
1,341 at the elementary school, and 355 at the
Sciotoville school. “Potential for growth was very
important to us,” commented Broughton.
Future students will not be able to evade the
legacy of Portsmouth City Schools, as the new
schools will contain morsels of nostalgia and local
history. Columns and urns from Grant Middle
School, for example, have been removed, and will
be installed into one of the new schools.
The building of the new school has helped the
economy by providing work to a number of locals.
“The majority of our workers are originally from
the area, and many are even graduates of
Portsmouth,” the superintendent excitedly said,
“The pride is definitely visible.”
Demolition of the old schools will occur shortly
after they are vacated. The State of Ohio will fund
80% of the demolition effort.
The City of Portsmouth Ohio
5th and Chillicothe Streets 1950
Oh Yeah?... (ed. note)
Canter’s Market--5626 Gallia St.
Grocery Stores In The
Caudill’s Market--510 Campbell Ave.
Lower Part of City
Chabot’s Grocery--1008 Gallia St.
Cobb’s Market--902 Eleventh St.
“Confectionery Stores--Retail”:
Frank Audon--601 Second St.
Covert’s Market--1235 Lincoln St.
Curnutte’s Grocery--1663 Jackson Ave.
Blue Ribbon Ice Cream Parlor-822 Chillicothe St.
Daulton Brothers’ Market--402 Second St.
Raymond Gifford--805 Broadway
Field’s Grocery--2336 Eighth St.
L. W. Knost & Sons--1602 Gallia St.
Abe Halleak--620 Second St.
Morton’s--717 Chillicothe St.
Literal’s Market--605 Broadway
Massie’s Food Market--1801 Eighth St.
Orange Car--1660 Gallia St.
George Wear’s--1412 Gallia St.
McCally Grocery--102 Glover St.
“Grocers--Retail”:
Ripto’s Grocery--1822 Jackson Ave.
Schoonover’s Market--1202 Ninth St.
A & P Store--1508 Gallia St.
Adkin’s Market--2202 Sixth St.
Smith’s Grocery--1806 Eighth St.
Stone’s Food Market--121 Market St.
Aeh’s Food Market--347 Second St.
Asche’s Market--732 Chillicothe St.
Vaughn’s Grocery--2102 Sixth St.
Brady Bros’ Market--2002 Robinson Ave. Watkins’ Grocery--1502 Fourth St.
Westland Grocery--607 Second St.
C & W Grocery--2212 Robinson Ave.
Campbell’s West End Market-Williams’ Market--625 Ninth St.
Workman’s Grocery--2939 Gallia St.
130 Second St.
As an artist I must comment: It is a shame that
the new high school building cannot match the
majestic look of the old Portsmouth high school.
Perhaps it is best that way. The new building
appears to be just a utilitarian and hopefully functional structure to house students and faculty. I
feel that the columns in front are a feeble attempt
to emulate the old building. Where will student
classes line up to have their picture taken? Oh
well, that’s just my opinion.
A good photo of the Kobacker department store from
an angle most do not remember looking Northwest
from the Southeast corner of Fourth and Chillicothe.
The Hotel LaSalle occupied the top two floors of the
building.
Class of 1960
Reunion Summary
There were many favorable
comments about how nice the reunion
was and what a great job the committee
did. Let me tell you, had you all not
attended it would not have been worth
the many hours we invested making
plans to be together. Many of our classmates, along with
others who grew up in the West End
of Town gather annually for a
reunion. Bruce and I joined them for
dinner prior to going to the PHS
Homecoming Football game. That was
an added treat. Other classes were
celebrating their reunions the same
weekend as ours, but our class journeyed
to the 50 yard line where we were
recognized as celebrating our 50th
reunion. Our homecoming queen of
1959, Class of 1960, Georgeann Killen
Wyrick was recognized and crowned
again, by our Dave Colegrove, her escort
and our senior class president. At half
time PHS had their homecoming queen
announced and Georgeann crowned
their queen. What fun! Most of us went
to Damon's Grill (old Ramada Inn) after
the game where we met more classmates. Some visited for a few hours.
Saturday morning approximately fifty
members of our class toured the new
PHS building. Ralph Applegate (’64),
business director of the Portsmouth City
School District was our tour guide. Ralph
is the brother of our classmate Gary
Applegate . You feel Ralph’s love of our
old buildings when explaining in detail
what transpired. Dave Huffman (’73),
librarian at the elementary buildings,
showed a power point of the
demolishing of
our old
PHS. Very touching. That 5:30 that evening we began
gathering for the dinner/dance at the
American Legion, Post 23 with Jim
Schmidt as our DJ. Sam McKibben (‘56)
was the MC for the video. How
wonderful it was to see so many of our
friends. I know many of us had tired feet
and legs along with dry throats from
standing, dancing and talking so much. Our old school staff members that
attended: Ed Zorectic and wife Linda;
Jake Frowine and wife June, (Jake is
currently 101). He left PHS the
beginning of our senior year; Jack Gee
(’43) and Lea Duschinski who was the
secretary in the Principal's office and ran
the building. The food and music (we danced to
music that was popular when we
attended school including the Ivy
Leaguers) were great. We had a class
picture taken along with a video by TR
Productions. They recorded three hours
of film which will be reduced to
two hours on a DVD. For those of you
who did not order one, it's not to late. Sunday morning 59 classmates, spouses
and guests had brunch at Damon's Grill. Some of us visited until 2:15 and after. Bonnie Shump Johnson
Class of 1960
Reunion Attendees
Bob Alexander and Eula; Judy Hartshorn
Amos (phs’61); Walter "Buddy" Applegate
and Rama Lavender; Carol Southworth
Beach; Judy Bell; Rick Book and Marianne;
Don Carr and Margaret; Randy Chapman;
Dave Colegrove and Sharon; Judie Cohen
Cook and sister Joyce Cohen Couper; Buck
Copley and Cynthia; Gary "Joe" Danzer
and Debra; Anne Hatcher Devine, Craig
and brother Neal (phs’61) and Vicky
Hatcher; Howard Day & Susie and friends
Dave (phs’58) & Julie Lewis; Mike Elliott;
Rita Ruel Flanagan and Tom; Marylou
Herrmann Foley; Richard "Dick" Fultz and
Sandy; Julie Adams Geraghty and Kevin;
Greg Gillen and Diane; Joan DuPuy Glass;
Don Goodwin and Melody Pontious;
Phyllis Cooper Gray; Ron Gregory; Don
Hammond; Kaye Harris Hammond;
Florence Elam Hicks & Dan; Barbara Baker
Holcomb and Doug; John Hurley (phs’59);
Judy Yager Jenkins and Roger; Russell Jett
and Bonnie Deaterla Jett; Bonnie Shump
Johnson and Bruce; Carole Daehler Katz
and Larry; Eva Harold Kessinger; Dave
Killen and Carol Suter Killen; Barbara
Kinney and Wayne Peach; Liz Long Lane
& Hal Hedges; Carol Holcomb Lewis and
Jerry Luaces; Eupha "Je-Ne" Perry Liaci;
Carol Williams Lizon; David Longeway and
Patricia; Tom Massie; Cynthia Matthews;
Gene McSweeney and Nancy; Becky
Peebles Merb; Stephanie Thompson Miller;
Sandy Snyder Moody; Gary Mosley and
Judy; Janie Williams Mosley and Don; Mike
Mullins and Karen; Ken Nagle; Pam
Schuler Nickell; Ken Nourse; Chuck
Patterson and Becky; Dale Phillips and
Rena; Hetty Fugitt Phillips; Larry Piatt;
Marianne Robinson Pierce and John;
Bonnie Hollis Piguet; Roger Poling and
Rita; Harry Ruark and Sandy; Jane Hew
Saddler and Jim; Vicky "Susie" Himes
Sanders; Joe Shelpman; Don Singleton and
Cindy; Anita Bricker Skaggs and daughter
Jill Vaughn; Ruth Ann Adams Skillicorn
and Doug; Linda Turner Spires and Keith;
Terry Thompson; Barbara Henson
Throckmorton; Susan Fleming Tuttle; Betsy
Ruhoff Vanderburg and Vance; Katy Hall
Veach and Jesse; Donna "Gale" Warman
Wells; Micky Warsaw and Susan; Patty
Brown Wheeler; Dean Wheeler: Marjorie
Blood White; Anita Maxie Williams and
Larry and sister Thelma Mott; Marilyn Lute
Williams; and Georgeann Killen Wyrick. Dinner: There were 120 classmates with
their spouses or guests; our six special
invited guests were: Jake Frowine and June;
Ed Zoretic and Linda; Jack Gee and Lea
Duschinski and six others: Dave Huffman
of the PHS Library staff; Joe of Jon's
Portraits; Jim Schmidt, our DJ; Sam
McKibben, the MC of the video/DVD and
Tom Riley & his assistant Matt of TR
Productions for a total of 132 dinner
reservations.
Twenty-nine of our classmates returned a
form, email or telephone call notifying the
committee they would not be able to
attend. PASSINGS
Peggy Harvey (phs55)
Mary Margaret “Peg” Harvey, 73, died
Sept 18. She was the daughter of
Stanford R. and Mary Catherine Hartman
Harvey. Surviving are her children, Nancy,
Jayne and Gary; 2 siblings, Stan and Janie; 7 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren;
She was preceded in death by her sister,
Suzanne Tarr.
Don Warner (phs55)
Don P. Warner, 74, died Oct. 10. He was
the son of Laura Fuhr Walker and Fred
Warner and stepfather, Raymond L.
Walker. Surviving are his wife Marilyn
Miller Warner; 2 daughters, Stephanie M.
Warner and Kaci Moore; adopted brother,
David A. Walker . He has one grandson.
Phyllis Graham Schweinsberg
phs56) Phyllis Ann Graham, 72, died Nov.
2. She was the daughter of Ernie and
Frances Detoski Schweinsberg. Surviving
are her husband Billy Graham; daughters,
Linda Slone, Betty (Graham-Smith and
Susan Hamilton; 12 grandchildren and 9
great-grandchildren.
James Fitch (phs48)
James “Jim” Clinton Fitch, died Oct. 27.
Surviving are his wife, Lois “Libby” Fitch;
children, Karen Fitch Schiltz, Linda (Chris)
Bendinelli, David Fitch, and Barb Fitch; 3
grandchildren; sister, Martha Cook.
Stanley Workman (phs54)
Dean Knittel (’54} with his son JD (’76} at the
old Portsmouth Motor Speedway where
Ravenrock Airport was.
Stanley Edward Workman Sr., 75, died
Nov. 1. He was the son of Cowan
Workman and Pauline Crabtree. Surviving
are his wife, Doris Jean; 6 children, Karen
Lee Grashel, Kimberly Sue, Stanley
Edward Jr., Gordon Cowen, Bruce
Maurice and Polly Jean Bowman; 8
grandchildren; 4 brothers and sisters,
Thomas Workman, Jenny Klein, Jim
Workman and Marta Hale.
Jane Cook (phs54)
Jane Summers Hendricks Cook, 71, died
Nov. 7. She was the daughter of Millard
Ernest and Pauline Burton Hendricks.
Surviving are her husband John Joseph
Cook; twin brothers, James E. Hendricks,
and John Hendricks; 1 nephew; 3 greatnephews; and one great-niece.
A Note From Jim Kegley
On Friday, September 24, I was sitting at
the bar at Damon’s Grill in the Ramada
Inn when a lady sat down beside me. The
lady and I got to talking, and I introduced
myself, and she said, “Oh, I know all about
you…I live in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and I
read The Scioto Voice every week, and see
your column.” Well, with an introduction
like that, the lady won me over posthaste.
Phyllis Scaff, (Mrs. Roger Purtee) a
widow of a couple of years was of the
class of 1955, and was still in Portsmouth,
to settle some things for her mother,
Estella, who is 93. Phyllis’ Dad, was
Charles D. Scaff, a city firefighter and real
estate broker, now deceased. I remembered
Phyllis and her brother, Charlie, who still
lives here, from our years hanging out at
Mound Park and The Park Shoppe.
We commiserated on the deaths of so
many of our mutual friends through the
years, and she regaled me with stories of
her family and friends.
Phyllis said that she, her husband, Roger,
and their three children had lived in some
exotic places during his career as an
industrial plant manager. They were living
in Iran from 1978 until the Iranians
stormed the American embassy in Tehran,
in 1979. They had a tough time with high
anxiety before they were finally able to get
out of the country two-weeks into the
standoff. They had spent several years in
Hot Springs, until Roger’s death. I asked
about Annis (Miller) Reinkoester, who also
lives in Hot Springs, and Phyllis said she
and Annis talk frequently, and socialize on
occasion. Annis is the sister of Henry
Miller, and I keep in touch with Annis
through Henry, and her fellow 1954 PHS
grad, Phyllis “Pidge” Fuller.
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John Lorentz Name Added To
Wall of Stars
The Wall of Stars on the Portsmouth
floodwall got a new signature on October 16. Chosen to sign was long-time professor,
historian and documentarian, Dr. John
Lorentz, who retired several years ago from
Shawnee State University. Lorentz is a 1958
graduate of PHS and the son of former
PHS coach, Charles (Chuck) Lorentz. He is
best known for the documentary “River
Voices,” about the 1937 flood.
Sandy Keyes
Portsmouth Times June 1, 1957
A 19-year-old 1956 Portsmouth High
School graduate, Sandy Keyes, is to begin
an 18-week tour of South America June 23
as a member of a troupe from the June
Taylor School of Dance of New York City.
She has been studying dancing in New
York since last June. While in high school
she won the title “Miss Majorette of Ohio”
and competed in the Miss Majorette of
America competition, winning a first place
in the strutting division. The tour begins
June 28 in Buenos Aires at the Opera
House. Other stops include Rio De Janeiro,
Caracas, Trinidad and Venezuela.
PHS Athletes To Be Feted
Portsmouth Times April 2, 1956
Woody Hayes and four former PHS
stars will be here for PHS’s All-Sports
Banquet Wednesday night.
The banquet, sponsored by the Trojan
Boosters Club, will get under way at 6
o’clock in the Girls’ Gymnasium at PHS
and one of the largest crowds in the event’s
history is expected to attend.
Hayes is expected to bring along Leo
Brown (‘54), Tom Quinn (‘53), Dave
Wagner (‘55) and Leroy Carr (‘54)--alll
former PHS football stars. Brown, an allstate performer at PHS, earned a starting
role at end for the Buckeyes this season,
and he was an important cog in the
machine that led Ohio State to the Big Ten
championship. Quinn, who was turned into
a lineman after starting in the PHS
backfield, hasn’t seen too much action for
the Bucks, while Wagner and Carr were
outstanding members of the Ohio State
Freshman squad last fall.
Margaret “Peggy” Wheeler (phs54)
Margaret Suszanne "Peggy" Wheeler, 74,
of Portsmouth, died Nov. 19. She was the
daughter of Victor E. and Harriett Lela
Rodgers Robeson Sr. Surviving are two
sons, Timothy "Tim" Wheeler and J.
David Wheeler; a daughter, Susan E.
Wheeler; a brother, Vic Robeson Jr.; two
sisters, Pat Downs of Scotia, NY, and Jo
Russell; and 2 granddaughters
TROJAN FOOTBALL FACTOID
Wilson School Group at Class of 1960 Reunion
Dean Wheeler, Kaye Harris Hammons, Judy Yager Jen Kine, Anita Maxie Williams, Flo Elam Hicks,
Barbara Kinney, Phyllis Harris White (phs’56) Barbara Hanson Throckmorton, Thelma Maie Mott
(phs’59), Larry Williams, Bennie Hiollis Piquet, Jim “Buck” Copley, Harry Ruark, Bruce Johnson
(phs’56), Buddy Applegate, Don Hammond
On Friday evening, October 29, 2010,
the PHS Trojans faced their long-standing
traditional rivals from up the Ohio River-the Ironton Tigers--for the 111th time. Unfortunately in this last game of the
season for PHS, they lost 45 to 25.
Washington Grade School ’48-’49 A Team
Front Row: Delmar Smith, Floyd Horton. Curt Gentry (’55}, Walter Collins (’54}. Back Row: Leo
Brown (’54}, Eugene Collins (’54}, Leroy Carr (’54}, Preston Smith (’54}