Burgard Vocational High School - Craftsman Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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24 256Clge fo tAQ I'6l6!bl,afQ5 Another year another four years haye passed and you are now the graduates of 1902 I congratulate you on your success It resulted from your srncere earnest desrre to m'rke good and your hard work and attentron to dutres as they had to be met durrng these four years Every boy who achreves the drstrnctron of completrng a hrgh school course and earnrng a coveted dr ploma rs a great credrt to hrmself and a source of prrde to hrs parents and hrs teachers Yesterday I enjoy ed a thrrll of a lrfetrme Into the office walked a former Burgard student an ay ratron graduate of 1944 just returned from the Korean battlegrounds a lreutenant m the Arr Corps and decorated to the queens taste wrth a great array of frurt salad rrbbons He had floyyn 131 combat rnrssrons and had come through unscratched Hrs decoratrons rncluded the Drstrngurshed Flyrng Cross Wrth Cluster the Arr Medal wrth Srx Clusters the Bronze Star yyrth V tvalorj the Korean Ser vrce Campargn Rrbbon wrth St rrs and tht South Korean Prcsrdcntr rl Cr tatron A yyonderful record for one of our yyonderful boys What a thrrllrng story he had to tell and so modestly How proud We at Burgard are to have one of our heroes return We recall the very actrve years he spent at thrs school as edrtor of the Bulletrn as actor rn our Dra matrc Club on the honor roll n extra ctrrrrcular clubs, rn the Crvrl Arr Patrol and as an ofticer of hrs class Now Uncle Sam has brought hun back to the States to serve rn an rrnportant capacrty fly rng neyy Jet planes 'rt 1 Calrfornra All Base I realrze yye all cant be tombat flrers but we can rn a srmrlar manner and rn yaryrng degree be successes rn 'r hundred drfferent fields Therefore strrye drlrgently yyork hard dey ote yourselyes earnestlv to your tasks and three four or fiye years from noyy you may experrence the great Joy of returnrng to your old school to meet your teachers and share wrth them your succcsscs and yyell earned reyy ards Best yyrshes to e rch and ey ery one of you From your frrend Prrncrpal r L V V - V . rr , V - . - V r V - 4 .V 44 V V .' c , ' Y . V . . . V' ' ' . . v 'M r ' . ' ' ' . . Y 1 v ' as ' rx - V . . .. , '. ' 1 ' ' . .. . . V' H U ' -1 r ' ' ' ' ' 'J ..- V a. . .' 'V ' 0 c .,c ' 3 3 c ' ' V . V 3, . V . V. ' ' - . . V' . k r c . . . . . i . - V V ' , I r,l .t' ' ' tr V 'V V pc L . . .i . V V . . . V V. . V - ' V V' . .V -- V' ' ' rr , L . 'V V V . V V V . V ,V 1 V V - , V V .. V V V ' s v o ' . . ' V ' V - , V - - ' V - V.,-.,. , . , V V . L. 5. Z, c V ..V h. ' , v ..- .

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