Bedford High School - Echo Yearbook (Bedford, PA)

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16694. mia WML. 745 240 1944 U l C BEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL BEDFORD: PENNSYLVANIA

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?f4fw! As we begrn our march, we salute the gentleman whose Irkeness appears at the left This rs a vrgnette of our long trme frrend Mr S James Trrtt, Instructor rn commercral subrects It was nineteen years ago when Mr Trrtt with hrs young brrde came to Bedford and accepted the posrtron as head of the commercral de partment rn our hrgh school Before com rng here he had trred hrs wmgs rn the commercral department of Sunbury Hrgh School and he came here frlled wrth an enthusrasm which caught the attentron of everyone from the frrst moment and which has not weakened to thrs day We love hrm as a teacher because he understands us and our problems and thrs has made for a frne cooperatrve resulted rn a very hrgh degree of teach rng success for Mr Trrtt lrkewrse he rs beloved by hrs fellow assocrates on the faculty and hrs fellow crtrzens as well Mr Trrtt has reared four chrldren here- the oldest a son, Jrmmy, rs now servrng wrth the armed forces overseas hrs daughter Betty, rs a member of thrs grad uatrng class, two younger daughters, Gracre and .Ieannre are strll to be gradu ated Mr Trrtt lrves rn hrs own home on South Richard Street He rs a member of the Rotary lnternatronal Free and Ac cepted Masons, the Presbyterian church and many other organrzatrons spirit on the part of students which has

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LITTLE So thrs rs warl Lrttle Joe Bedford shook hrs head rn bewrlder ment as he saw group after group of hrs fellow townsmen march away to war He lrstened a but grrmly to the radro set hrs law and stepped out to lorn the Amerrcan natron on the march wrth hrs heart full of a new specral love for hrs country Joe Bedford the average tenth eleventh and twelfth grade student rs a Irttle over srxteen he was born rn Bedford County there are four members rn hrs famrly he and hrs parents are Amerrcan born hrs favorrte color rs blue hrs favorrte radro comedrans are Bob Hope and Red Skelton he lrkes sports and grrls and he goes to the movres at least once a week where he prefers seerng Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo Lrttle Joes lrfe has been affected by the war He seldom gets to drrve the famrly s one car now because of the gasolrne and trre shortage He no longer can enroy club freld or h town bec s ravel except for transportatron to and from school He saves hrs pennres to buy war stamps He con trrbuted to the Junror Red Cross U S O and March of Drme drrves thrs year Besrdes hrs regular chores at home he has taken over most of the work rn the fcrmrly Vrctor aff y garden Yes Joe has been ected by the warl JIJE HHIPIIHII MARC HES H I H 1 I I I I . . . I , , , , I I . ' , ' , at letic trips out of ause of the ban on bu t ' . . I h - -I . . ' I ' I .5 5 I r A' rn- A 5