Brookville High School - Echo Yearbook (Brookville, PA)

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Seniors 1953 Parade of History - - World War Two World War II broke out in 1939 when German troops crossed and invaded Polish soil in September. This war was carefully calculated; every step was carefully planned. Germany's main objective was to regain territory lost in previous wars. By November, 1941, the United States was all but in this war. Her navy was sailing the Atlantic to insure delivery of her material. Japan was putting pressure on the United States, and in November she sent an ambassador to explain. But the real explanation came on the morning of December 7, 1941, when two hundred aircraft — carrierborne planes- -attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. This was an unexpected blow. Japan struck simultaneously at the Philippines, Hong Kong, and the surrounding areas. Japan's early progress was very rapid. To name only a few, she had such places as Manila, Malaya, and Singapore. Although things looked black because of the Japanese victories in the Pacific, they were much better on the Russian front. Russia had the Germans on the run. The battles of the Coral Sea and Midway gave us a new outlook. The United States navy had stopped the Japanese for their first victory. From this time on the war began to draw to a close, and on May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered. Soon after came the end of this war with the Japanese surrendering on August 14, 1945. World War II was a very destructive and costly war, leaving many homeless and totaling heavy costs on both sides. —Harold Shaffer BARBARA JOLINE BULLERS General F. H. A.; Cafeteria Hostess; Underclassmen Committee. KATHERYN BUTLER Academic Tri-Hi-Y; Le Cercle Francois; Snapshot Committee; Girls' Chorus; Junior Class Play; N. J. H. S.; Seniors Committee; Groups Committee; A Cappella Choir; Junior Prom Committee. NANCY ANN BYERLY General DALE CARNAHAN Agricultural F. F. A.; Projectionist; '52 Vice President of F. F. A.; Seniors Committee. HENRY CARNES Agricultural F. F. A. Treasurer. LORRAINE DELORES MARY CLINGER CHAMBERLIN General Commercial p h. A.; Cafeteria Hostess. F. B. L. A.; Press Club; Art Club; Drill Team; Literary Staff. RAY CLONTZ General The Echo 15

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Seniors 1953 Parade of History - - Politics In 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt ran for the third consecutive time for the highest office in the land against his opponent Wendell Wilkie. Roosevelt was a tremendous worker despite his physical handicaps. He was the first president to use the radio for Fireside Chats” on policies. He conferred with the heads of state at Casablanca, January, 1943; Quebec, August, 1943; Teheran, November-December, 1943; Cairo, December, 1943; Yalta, February, 1945. In 1944, Roosevelt ran against and defeated Thomas E. Dewey. He served only one year of that term when he died at Warm Springs, Georgia, April 12, 1945. His vice president Harry S. Truman finished his term and de- DON BEATTY ALBERTA C. BECKMAN General Academic Argonauts; Ushers Club; Snapshot Committee. feated Thomas E. Dewey in 1948 for the presidency. In foreign relations Mr. Truman supported the Marshall Plan, ECO, rehabilitation of Greece, arming of Turkey, and mutual hemisphere defense. He named General Dwight D. Eisenhower to the supreme command in Europe. He supported the Hoover plan for government reorganization and the extension of production of atomic weapons and the hydrogen bomb. In 1952, Truman refused to run again for the presidency, and, for the first time’ in twenty years, the Republican candidate, Dwight D. Eisenhower, became president of the United States. —-Dick Dillman JAMES E. BENNETT DENNIS L. BIRTCIL Academic Academic A Cappella Choir; Sr. Boys Rifle Club, Le Cercle Fran Quartet; Argonauts; Boys' cais; Literary Staff; Under- Chorus; Band; Jr. Class classmen Committee. Play; Business Committee; Mixed Chorus. DONNA KAY BOWEN RICHARD BREWER MARY E. BROCIUS ISABEL JOANNE BROSIUS Academic Commercial General Commercial Tru Blu; Underclassmen F. H. A.; Cafeteria Hostess; F. B. L. A.; Librarian Club; Committee. Underclassmen Committee. Underclassmen Committee. 14 The Echo

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Seniors 1953 WILLIAM OLIVER COMMONS General Football; Varsity Club; Junior Class Play; Projectionist; Sports Committee; Seniors Committee. JAMES P. CRAWFORD Academic Varsity Club; Argonauts: N.J.H.S.; Junior Class Play; Student Council; Senior Honor Society. MARGARET CROYLE Academic Transferred. LOIS A. DAUGHERTY Academic Tru Blu; Le Cercle Francais: Business Committee; Rifle Club; Junior Class Play; Literary Staff; Sr. Tumbling Team; Sr. Girls' Basketball. REBECCA KAY DAVIS DICK DILLMAN Academic Academic Mixed Chorus; A Cappella Band; Dance Band. Choir; Sr. Girls' Trio; Band; Tri-Hi-Y; Sub-Deb; Echo Staff; Sophomore Class President; Student Council; Sr. Tumbling Team; State Band. Parade of History - - Korea Although a recent event in our school career, the Korean situation merits much attention. Korea was owned by Japan before World War II. After the war it was divided at the thirty-eighth parallel between the United States and Russia. It was decided to form a government. When the forces got together, they found that the Koreans had already formed a government called the Korean Peoples' Republic. The Americans refused to accept this government because it was a regime with faulty representation. Small skirmishes in the border towns began. It soon became a real battle. The North Koreans captured Seoul; the capital; but the NANCY J. DINGER General Driver Training; Ushers Club. EMMA JANE ESH3AUGH Commercial F. B. L. A.; Snapshots Committee; Features Committee. United Nations' forces held outside the city. In due time the Reds were pushed as far north as the Yalu River on the Manchurian border. The Chinese Reds entered the war and pushed the U. N. forces southward. Then followed the fateful fourteen days when the first division of the marines was trapped in the area of the Chung-yang Reservoir. This was the only time that the Marines retreated, but they escgped, taking with them all of their wounded and all of their supplies. The so-called police action in Korea continues in spite of prolonged peace conferences. We can only hope someone can soon find some way to end it. —Ray Clontz 16 The Echo