Brownsville High School - On The Moon Yearbook (Brownsville, PA)

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ORIAM T0 THE BOYS IN SER ICE XVe pause in the rush of ogur daily tasks to bow our heads and say a prayer for the spirits of those brave lads who, just a short time ago, were numbered among the lively Brownies, but have since December 7, l94l, answered their final roll call. Their supreme sacrifice has made it possible for the rest of us to continue in the Liberty and Freedom which our forefathers secured for a precious heritage to be preserved as a birthright for the coming generations. As BHS's gold star roll of honored heroes for World War II mounts from day to day, we are ever mindful of the debt we owe these gallant men. As they have fought and died to win our safety, so we in turn must pledge our- selves to the task of creating a just and lasting peace. Then and only then we can truly prove that we are worthy of their great devotion. Their names we have not here inscribed: for of the many Brownies that we know will never return there are just as many others whose fate we do not know nor ever will learn. Yet wherever they rest in God's kind earth, we pray their spirits are at ease because they know that we will live on to try to do our best for those loved ones they left with us, and we pray our Great Master for the strength to fulfill this our duty. -9-

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RO IES TRIBUTE TO F. D. R. 7 Y It I On April twelfth to a war-torn world came great tragedy-the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt-thirty-first president, friend of the people, statesman and world diplomat. This great man has taken his place beside the immortal builders of world civilization. Mr. Roosevelt carved his own niche in the world's hall of fame against odds that would have made lesser men falter. Stricken with the dreaded infantile paralysis in 1921, the prime of his life. he conquered this devastating disease and became the first American president in history to be elected for four successive terms. Under his dynamic leadership the American nation emerged from the economic depression. In the succeeding years he instituted social reforms to give the common man greater security, better living and working conditions. Then, when the very life and liberty of nations were threatened, he guided America through the crisis of Pearl Harbor and four perilous years of World War II. The greatest tribute we of the world can give to him in this tragic hour is to renew our pledge to fight on to complete victory and to secure for the world the peace he had envisioned. ...g..

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' l ROW IE 'Q CONTRIBUTIONS TO WAR EFFORT Time Drive Sept. 12 ....... . ........ Milkweed Oct. 16-27 ......,,., .. ...United lVar Fund Dec. 7.,YO...,.. .. fith Nvar Loan Dec. 6-18 .O... ,.w. Xmas Seals Dec. .. Ian.. ,O,, Servicemen's Library Fund Youth Planning Jan. 31 ,...... . ....t........,. Inlantlle Paralysis March I2-29 tt,, . . ...Red Cross April l Old Clothes for Refugees Goal 100 bags 55500 356,750 270 units 375.00 510.00 50 members 3925 4,000 lbs. A chievement 340 bags 3600 312,150.60 486 units 35245.90 3520.00 75 members 3136.30 31 144.64 5,000 lbs. Other drives in which Senior High School students participated, but for which complete statistics could not be obtained, included: junior Red Cross Tin Can Salvage Two Paper Salvage Drives Coat Hanger Collections Scrap Metal Drive Boy Scout Drive Instruments for boys overseas -10...