Fort Ashby High School - Fortress Yearbook (Fort Ashby, WV)

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the caused. which impel them to the separation, We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain un- alienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness, That to secure these rights, Governments are in- stituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its founda- tion on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness, ‘These are the times that try men’s souls, The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country .»- Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered.’’ (from ‘‘The Crisis’’ by Thomas Paine)

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We Proudly Dedicate This Annual To Those F.A.H.S. Graduates Who Have Served So That Others Might Live Together In Peace... . Give me the serenity to accept what cannot be changed. Give me the co urage to change what can be changed - The wisdom to know one from the other. - RHEINHOLD NIEBUHR -

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In Memory Of The Past Twelve Years... I am the FORTRESS, Throughout the years I have captured on my pages all the trials and tribulations of yesterday. Today, as my friends, the Seniors of 1970, anxiously await their graduation when they will leave me in search of tomorrow, I find myself recalling those awkward years they spent growing up. In September, 1958, they experienced school life for the first'time. On that day, all were a bit shy except two little boys who found certain pleasure in being the first to get the seats of their pants warmed. Now, of course, they are sophisticated men and women of the world, but I can still see them as skinny, knock-kneed, elephant-eared, darling little brats! In those days, they knew nothing of the ugliness that exists in the modern world. The walls around their sheltered little worlds would crumble with the mere mention of skinned knees, measles, black eyes, tests, or the health nurse. They found joy in simple things like daily baseball games and fighting over whose team cheated the most. They might not have hit many homeruns, but they sure could break those windows! Then they grew up ... all the way to Junior High School! They were much too old then for such childish things as book satchels, lunch boxes, snow boots, and hair barrettes, But even so, they still had their major catastrophes to contend with such as Phys. Ed. class, tardy marks, science projects, pop quizzes, initiations, and lost basketball games. There were small scale wars such as girl vs. girl over boy, boy vs. coach over girl, or the adminis- tration vs, the student body over menus, short skirts, long hair, candy wrap- pers, and pop bottles! Although these years were tormented by frustrations, they provided many good times and first experiences so characteristic of the nature of youth. There were class trips, State Tournaments, first date jitters, class plays, chemistry class(!), friendly faculty members, first loves, class rings, Proms, their yearbook, and last but not least, their graduation ... David, Sherry, Debbie, Sandra, and Debby. Eddie, Valerie, Mike, Kenny, Steve W., Melvin, and Alan.