Brighton High School - Crossroads Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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ITI-l a mixture of pride and sorrow in our hearts, we respect- fully dedicate the Crossroads of 1945 to those nine Brighton boys who have given their lives in our combat against tyranny, and to those whose fates are as yet concealed under the words, missing in action. The whole nation honors our war casualties. Those nine gold stars on our service flag take on even greater significance for us when we realize that they stand for boys whose shouts have echoed through Brighton's hall-boys who sometimes neglected homework for a good movieaboys like those we all know. Nine gold stars--symbols representing young lives, offered for the cause of freedomalives that might have been filled with success and happiness. For the families of those boys, what a blighting of hope those stars represent! Of the blue stars, three represent Robert Behnke, Edward Crone and Gerald Smith, all of whom are listed as missing in action, and Paul Basye and Russell Hopcraft, prisoners of war. We pay tribute to these young heroes. Recompense we cannot give them, we can only thank them with all our hearts and resolve that these honored dead shall not have died in vain . We must make sure that future generations of Brighton boys, and of boys all over the world, may live happy, useful lives in a peaceful world. Page 5 Top, left to fight: Monroe Billings, Albert Miller, john Costello, Lee Streeter. Bottom: Paul Beaman, Lyman Hart, Stark Taylor Ross Danford. Not pictured: Sherrill Dengler. Stalixlirx are ax of Murrb 15, 1945 4

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U21 aa af lgllafflffll imgggysi . . . was certainly an unusual one. Remember registration day? So many people it looked like a Sinatra fan line-up, but why not-more- pupils than the year before, and new teachers, too. Seeing all the fellows in the services roaming Brighton's halls certainly made us proud that our alma mater is taking on its share of the war, and looking at those nine gold stars on our service flag makes us hope it won't have to be taken down to add another star. Brighton generously emptied its pockets for Red Cross, the infantile paralysis fund, and the campaign to send the local paper to service boys and girls, to say nothing of those weekly bond and stamp drives. Remember the football season? Bob Haege led us to a mighty successful finish. What a game that one with East Rochester turned out to be! . . . Couldn't stand many of those in one year. Soccer certainly took the spotlight when we won the sectional crown. Playing in top form, our team defeated West at the sectionals. Oh, yes, remember that Brighton chose Dewey as the next President of the United States? We could call this The Year of the Big Storms . just imagine six whole days to loaf around -shoveling snow. What gleams of hope when the no coal rumors seemed to be coming true- but good old Brighton came through with all the heat we needed to warm our frozen extremities. The basketball games--who could ever forget those crowds, those tied scores with one minute to play? Our ears are still ringing from the volume yell . It surely seemed to bring results-until that game with East Rochester. Tough luck for Captain john Donohue and his nghting teammates, and a sad moment in our year at Brighton. The tough part of all that snow and no coal was the curtailment of night activities-no dances, no Teen Canteen-just a drab existence! By the way, does anyone know what ever happened to the skating rink those energetic boys volunteered to keep clean? By word and picture we have recorded the high points of the past year. In the pages of the 1945 Crossroads we invite you to review with us our year at Brighton High. 6