Brooklin High School - Tattler Yearbook (Brooklin, ME)

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The TA TTLLI1' on Germany and ltS AXIS partner Italy H1tler made an attempt to capture the Suez Canal v1a Afr1ca but was routed by Generals Patton Clark Montgomery and ElS911hOWeI' who drove Rommel to evacu ate h1s army to S1Cl1y The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor 1n a sneak attack wxthout declarlng war W lost many sh1ps and men and the Japs captured Bataan and Corregldor B11 thanks to such men as Cohn Kelley Gen W3ll1Wf1ght Buckley and others General McArthur stopped and turned back the JaDanese Hero1c battles were fought 1n Bu1ma on Talawa Wake Island Guadal canal Coral Sea M1dway all of Wh1Ch cost the Japs huge quant1t1es of mater1al and men Earl1er 111 the war Br1ta1n lost Sxng apore and 1tS t1n Germany was then h1t from three s1des Swarms of Br1t1sh and Amerlcan planes bombed Berlln and other c1t1es Russ1a drove the mvaders stead1ly backward after such 8p1C battles as Stahngrad The Amer1can army captured Slllcy Salermo Sard1n1a and a part of Southern Italy Italy surrendered but Germany controlled much of lt The Naz1 submar1nes were hlllltlllg 1n wolf packs exactmg a heavv toll of Al11ed Convoy sh1pp1ng Wlth 1m proved methods we have nearly destroyed th1s menace The Japanese OCCUpl6d the Aleutlan Is lands off Alaska but were routed Our own submar1nes are s1nk1ng many Jap Sh1DS Our a1m1es are near1ng Rome 1n the1r march to Berl1n The Russ1ans are already 1ns1de Poland Esthoma and are movmg steadlly ahead DESD1t6 heaw losses the bomblng of Germany 1S con t1nu1ng The Japanese are 1os1ng ground and a1rplanes IH the Paclnc Our own product1on of war mach1nery IS outstand 1ng and unbellevable In my op1n1on thmgs look da1k for the AXIS ALBERT M BRIDGES 46 EDUCATION T0 WIN AND SECURE PEACE THE Wlflfllllg and securmg peace for th Unlted States IS the a1m of eve1y loval Ameucan Everyone has to make some saeruices and glve up certaln thmgs One of the thmgs that we havent had to do w1thout IS educat1on W1thout educat1on our chances for w1nn1ng the war would be very s11m lndeed Thanks to educat1on we have many sk1lled c1ent1sts 1nventors and the l1ke Wh1Ch play a very nnportant part 1n the world today Not only LS the edu r-at1on of so1d1ers sallors and marlnes nec essary but also educat1on for the younger generat1on Whlch IS now rapldly sprmgmg p Th1s generat1on W111 someday plav the l adm role ln Amerlca and 1t 1S the1r duty to study hard so that they can help prevent another d1saster s1m11ar to the one that happened that unforgttable day De cember 7th Educat1on IS lndeed one of the most 1mportant factors of today EUNICE GREY 44 COURAGE O you know the meanlng of courage? Many of us th1nk we do when we really do not Many tlmes when We th1nk of the word courage perhaps we do not go deep enough 1nto the sense of the word We v1sual1ze a group of chlldren swlmmlng and p1cn1c1ng on a sandy seashore Sud denly on of the small ch1ldren Sl1pS from a st ep rock 1nto the deep water One of the group qulckly swlms to her slde and after much strugghng WhlCh leads to danger to h1S own l1fe b1'1I1gS the fmghtened ch1ld s fel! to the snore Yes that was courage T-Ie 'aught easllv have been drowned Whl1P savmg th1S young l1fe Aga1n we th1nk of one hav1ng courage when one has done somethlng wrong and 1mmed1ately owns up to lt Somet1mes th1s takes a g eat deal of what we call courage But d1d you ever stop to th1nk what cour age t must take for the boys to leave the1r homes loved ones town and count y knowxng deep down on the1r hearts that there may pOSS1b1y be a chance of not ever connng back agam It 15 true many tlmes that some of our boys lack this courage We often read unpatr1ot1c thlngs that some do to prevent gomg to war though perhaps we hate to admlt 1t these ar not true Amerlcans because they 6 I 1 . . , - b , . . . . , , 1 . 1 1 1 1 , , ,f I . C . . . - 1 1 , Y ,' . , , 1 ' . 1 1 1 u . V D . G . . . . . '- 1: ' 1 1 1 '- Y . . 1 1 1 ' ' Y - . . . . . ' , 7 N . , ' ' ' 1 . 1 ' D ' l D' . , 1 ,. . , - . . 1 nl 11 1 , . . . . . . A' 1 - . . o . 1. 1. . D , - - 1. . ' 1 1 - - . . . 1 . . . , ' ,, .1, 1 . 1 N- ne h . , 1 K . . . . 1 1 . . 1 1 -- . . . . . - Y, . . Y . 1 . I ' - 1- . - - 1 . . - 4 . . K t - A r 1 1 1 1 , -Y . . , - . . . . - O . -1 . A1- I. 7 Y 1 .' Q ' A 1,

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Tlltllllg TATTIHLIUEIHR PUHDIISI ed Ly the Students of Broolxlxn H gh bell I lBROOlxLIN MAINE JUINE l911 SCHOOL DIRECTORY EDITORIAL STAFF School Commxttee Oscar Ford Herman Chatto-Frank Day Supermtendent Irv1ng W Small Faculty J Ande Baxter Prxnclpal Pr1sc1lla Ross Languages Marjorle Freethy Commermal Nurse Arlene Genthner Class Officers Faye Flye v1ce pres1dent EUDICC Grey secretary and treasurer Class of 1945-Beatrlce Carter presl dent Allce Staples v1ce presldent Jacque l1ne Redman secretary Helaxne Allen treasurer Class of 1946-Albert Br1dges pres1a-ent Donald Allen v1ce presldent LOUISE Brxdges secretary and treasurer Class of 1947 -George Pervear presldent Hollls Tapley v1ce presldent John Per vear treasurer Madelln Means secretary WORLD WAR II fl WENTY SIX years ago the Fxrst World War came to an end Var1ous anna ment treatles were srgned whlch governed the amount of m1l1tary equlpment Whlch the natrons could have Whrle the All1ed Natlons of Amerlca Br1ta1n France etc kept to th1s agreement Germany bullt planes and orgamzed arrmes ln secret Then she Went further over runnlng the Editor ln Chief Faye Flye Asslstant Ed1tors Beatrlce Carter Jeanette Tapley Bus1ness Managers Ethel Allen Rebecca Tapley Aumnl Edltor Ph1l1p Bartlett Athletlc Ed1tor Chester Webber Exchange Ei tor Allce Staples Calendar Ed1tor Eunice Grey Joke Ed1tors Eunice Grey Lyndon Conary Art Edltor Albert Brldges Act1v1ty Ed1tors small COl1lltI'16S of Belglum Holland and NOFWHY W th QU1S11I1gs and plantmg sabo 'reurs rn the form of Flfth column all over the world Flnally France and England declared unlted war agalnst Ger many F ance fought bravely but was sold out by varlous Qulsllngs and poll t1c1ans notably Laval Germany contlnued to bomb England from advanced bases ln France The great Luftwaffe and Panzer D1v1sons conquered Greece and with Rus s1an help also conquered Poland Mean whlle the Unrted States was burldmg a large Army Navy Marlne Corps and Coast Guard ln addltlon to sendxng large convoys of lend lease goods to England To the surpr1se of everyone Russxa. then refused to let German troops cross her borders These two countries declared war and txtanlc struggle began Then submarlnes began to sxnk our tankers and fre1ghters the Unlted States declared war .I , . ip , no 7 , , ' , Y : ' , Class of 1944-Ethel Allen, presidentg Warren Cham- Paulmff CIOSSOH , ' . . . Y . I ' -L. 1 '

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Tim T 4T'I'I EI? havent the Amerlcan courage to defend the1r ll9.t1OIl and all that It stands for So we who have a fa1nt 1dea of what courage really means should do all we can to keep the courage and morale of th1s na tlon at 1tS h1gh6St ln tlme of war bv buy1nU all the war bonds we posslbly can and bv trylng to do anythmg else that we may be asked to do wh1ch w1ll help our natlon 1n any way If our boys can have courage on the battle field surely we can have the cour age to back the attack ALICE STAPLES 45 WINNING PEACE WHEN the boys were called away from the1r homes they went leavmg behxnd the thmgs they loved the1r brothers SIS ters parents frxends and the1r sweet hearts to fight for the1r country and thel loved ones Yes they left all that was dear to them knowxng that some of them would never step foot on the Amerlcan so1l agaln They would have to g1V9 the1r ln es for the1r country The only thmgs that keep those boys gomg are our prayers and the1r hope of returnmg to the th1ngs they always wanted They want the1r loved 111 whlch to llve They are lookmg for ward to the tlme when they w1ll have th rlght to settle down and have a fam1ly of the1r own They expect or maybe Just hop that the1r sweethearts w1ll be wa f to rece1ve them and that everythmg w1ll be the same when thls awful bloodsheddlng IS over If you have a sweetheart or some one ln the servlce Just remember that they expect to find you Just the same as when they left you Don t d1sappo1nt them Remember that wh1le those boys are fightlng on the front l1nes there are those who are fightlng here at home and we should be lncluded w1th them and then we too are helplng our boys at the home front L ts not gr1eve for those boys who vull never come back for we know that they are peacefully restlng over there so b1others s1sters parents and sweethearts be proud 1f you have a gold star 1n your w1ndow F1nd comfort 1n that he IS rest mg 1n peace He d1ed for the most honor able th1ngs God and h1s country That should be a great comfort to you and make you proud of your soldler Let us be rem1nded that when peace 1s won and the v1ctory IS ours It IS up to us to secure that peace If we get the 1d a op oq An quop pue Snead SAISAACI .ro uaq ur uqrm .nam .rauqoue aq oq Smog SI exam qcul anythlng to prevent It then there W111 b But 1f we have falth that peace IS ours and do what we can to secure It then we hate everlastmg peace ETHEL ALLEN 44 WHO WILL SUFFER I THINK that the present war IS horr1bl and I 1mag1ne that everyone shares my op1n1on Every day hundreds of boys lose the1r l1ves on the battle front and hundreds of mothers are left grlevlng for the1r loved ones Yet It 15 not only those who are close to the boys who w1ll carry the scar of th1s war The ch1ldren of teen age who leave school for a Job 1n a factory or defense plant w1ll also suffer 1n the years to come Thev may not reallze It now but 1n the future when the war IS over and there are not so many Jobs open as there are now It won t be very easy to acqulre a Job w1th0ut a h1Uh school dlploma Also for two or three generatlons t ccme the chllclren of Germany w1ll stlll carry the scars of war We are not Ii ht mg Just H1tler h1mself If we were when he IS defeated our troubles would be over We are fi htmg 1nstead Naz1 bellefs and OHICIHIS who w1ll carry on after H1tler lb dead We must remember that these ch1ld.ren of Germany who have been taught so thoroughly that Germany should and must rule the world are not gomg 'fo let th1s 1dea vamsh overnlght No 1n deed' They W111 have to be shown the Way of free th1nk1ng free rel1g1on and free dom 1tself by pat1ence and k1IldI16SS It IS up to us the All1ed Nat1ons to show them what freedom really IS BEATRICE A CARTER 45 1 1 so , 7 , . . A V Y , 1 ' ' ' . ' .e 1 . V . U ' ' . . ' 8. ' 1 , . - , , ' 1 .. , l . I ' ., . . I A v 1 ' . . . . X ' 1 Y 3 ' - . . v . .F A . ' 7 . . . I h ones to have a better and peaceful world , ' ' - . I . Y . . G J V . I . W .C M . l e ' ' ieinq 1 ' 0 . . . G , A 5 . . ,. , . . ' ' ' '. 1 . . - n ' A , - S , , V. . . V . . l V- : ' ' - ' ' ' - ' , n . , Q ... E y A . , .