Bridgeton High School - Baconian Yearbook (Bridgeton, NJ)

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1 Z lil MRS ELIZABETH M SHERMAN To express our appreclahon and snncere grahlude lo our class advnser for her excellenl gundance and leadershnp we lhe class l 42 dedncale our annual lc Mrs Eluzab lh M Sherman As our advuser she has been rnosl cooperahve and lanlhlul Mrs Sherman recenved her B A degree from Bucknell Unnversnry IH I934 Three years lafer she came lo Brndgelan her own Alma Maler as a Teacher ol Englfsh Loyal zealous and unhrung an her efllorls Mrs Sherman has proved herself a real lead r of fhe class of 42 ll-1 I M M H , Q A E M -If 2-rg T sith 1 , L me EQ s E sf f 7' si if E X an 1 M s : ls 5 rl-ll Wal Q 2 ig LII as . . m . . . I I O

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5 TU BU FUHTH AND SEB cannon balls, and farm implemenis during early limes. Iron was broughi here by bool and made info nails and iron pipe. Bridge- +on's Liberly Bell rang oul freedom in I776 from The cupola on lhe Old Courl House. La+er, The bell hung in The Wesl Jersey Academy on lhe some sile where our high school building now slands. The remainder of lhe mural porlrays modern Bridgelon wilh irs varied indus- lries. I+ slresses lhe manulaciuring ol glass. lhe Canning ol agricullural producls, and dairy farming. Glassware, which is made in Bridgelan, lin-ds iis way info homes and ollices in nearly every seclion of lhe Uniied Sfales. Our canned farm producfs lespe- cially our lomalo producisl are lcnown lhroughoul 'rhe nafion. Though we are very proud of our hislorical herilage, we also 'rake greal pride in our modern business enlerprises.

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J4 Weuage rom our uperinfencfenf The life of each of you was decidedly changed when you enfered high school. Now Tho+ you are abouT To be gradu- afed. your lile will be drasTically changed. ln adulfhood you will find ThaT life is on ever changing process. All Too soon you will learn ThaT The lives of all people are changing especially TasT under The impacl of a World War. NaTurally, you are concerned as To how you can find happiness, sofisfacfion, and securify in such a world of change. LeT me challenge you To find ouT where The Qrowing edge of civilizafion is, vifhere The unsolved problems are, where God is Trying To geT somefhing done for The welfare of humanify. AT Thal poinf plunge in and spend yourself lreely. RighT now The Taslc of all of us is clearly ThaT of wag- ing a vicforious war efforf. Leigh M. LoTT BOARD OF EDUCATION The group picTure of The Board of Educafion was Talren in January of which Time The members were lleff To righTl Harris C. l-lann, secrefaryg F. William Cox: Louis A. Lewis: Rufus S. Richards, presidenTg Percy W. Owen, vice presidenfg Earl McCormick: and Leigh M. LoTT, superinTendenT. sa? 'A xlff is