Butler High School - Magnet Yearbook (Butler, PA)

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NXONXIX gnmx xx1tl1 her mother 1nd our hxe months old son xx l1on1 I Ind not IQ xet seen XX hen xxe re1ehed port there xx ere 1 numb r of letters there for me from her She gxxe me great eonsol1t1on 1nd told me to earrx on the xx 1r 1nd xxm lf for her sake After sexer1l xxeelxs of thns rlclxet I xxas transferred to a b1ttlesh1p xxhere I xxltnessed re1l hghtmg Thxs monster eontuned elqht of those huge fourteen lI1LlI puns besxdes 1 erexx of fourteen hundred sulors and oflleers We xxon ITIIIIN xnetorles 1nel xxele defe1ted If no tlme One d1x hoxxexer 1 hre st1rt e t1e shlp e e e n has 1 eertun dt III puttmx, out e blue The preelslon xxnth xx hneh e1el1 mm dld hls t1sk leeounted for the fxet IIIII tl1e hre eould not 25.1111 mx hexdxx xx We p1tehed up the slde xxhleh xx 18 rulned 1nd xxere re1dx to defeat 1nx xessel bL1I'lI1Q the enemx flu, xxhxeh should happen along The xx 1r had noxx been ln progress n1ore th1n txxo xears, and xxxth tl1e addx txon of alrshlps to our battleshlps, xxe seored more NILIOFICS for the Red Wl11te and Blue There xxere hxe urshlps ID our SLILIILIYOII mxself Pll0IlI1g one of tl1em We met 1n enemx fleet one d1x 1nd lmmedlltelx began to drop bombs on them XX sunk elght of the xessels but the slddest p1rt of the story xx IS that xxe xx ere almost eompletelx xxlped out ourselx es Three of our planes xx ere destrox ed bx the enemx 1nd xxe vxere lC'lXlI1g the seene xxhen mx pl1ne gaxe 1 xxolent surge It h1d been hxt by a eannon b1l1 from the enemv Mx partner and I jumped Ve thought xxe xxere doomed, but xxe soon saxx the onlx remammg plane of our f0I'ITllIl011 eommg toxx 1rd us We managed to grab a llne xxhlch xx IS throxxn to us and by thls xxe reached the pl1ne ln SlfCIy We returned to tl1e battle shlp defeated but the goxernment equlpped us xxlth nexx planes 1nd better 1e commodatlons for hghtlng 1nd xxe xx ere detern1 ned to xxm We elreled around our vessel exeh d1x, xx utmg for the 1rr1x1l of 1n enemy IIHIIIW one d1x xe slghted them nn tl1e dnstanee Thex vxere eommg full speed xxnth .1 dnrxglble ID the Center of thenr formatxon We man1ged to enclrcle tl1em and gli ded one of our planes above thexr formatlon The battle was on We sent the d1rxg1ble to 1ts doom first After a four hour battle, we had destroy d sev n teen of the enemy sh1ps, and only four remaxned These last four were hard to doxx n, but we managed to destroy them at last Not one of our sh1ps went down By thls tlme xxe had vxon the mayorlty of the battles 1n the zur, as xxell as on the sea, and I had been revs arded the second hnghest posltxon on board, due to the deaths of sex eral of the higher OHICLYS I fought mx b st, remembermg xx hat Dorls had sand, that I xxas to fight on and xxln for her sa e Several xxeeks later xxe xxere met by a large submarxne belongmg to the enemx We destroyed th1s before much damage could be done to our xessels But xxe had to meet mlsfortune once ln a xxhxle, so, to our dxsadx antage, xxe were encountered bx a fleet of enemx xessels txxlce as bng as our oxxn Exerx body stuck to hrs post and dld hxs best But, alas' Our leader had been sexerelx xxounded, and xxas g xen first a1d I lmmedlately' took command of the crexx , II 'I'lIl': .'I':.'I Ii .I. 1.'I-IT Ffal , ,, V , Y ,,,., Y ,X WY, ,f Y- 495 V V- V, y- V A Vx ' V V .5 VV . . . . e x . V, 5 3 -1 . ' 3 -. V 1 V ' V' 1 V1 V Vxxv . vm V I X V 1' ' V 1 I VA 1-'X x . . 4- ' 1 ' - 1 1' 's , 1x - R, A I K l A I L ' . , - ,.' , V , V ss s -. ' '-1 s V on l - . . In such ll cas-, -x rx' 1.111 . ' . 1 1tx' j thx . I 5 ,-. A V. V Vw 5 - , . I- . - V v- , I 1 s I e V ,V ' V . V V '7 V . - s s -' . V ' - V - , . Vx 1 2 v 1 x 1 'x 'E It - l H 1 ' K y V A- . . K Q K K 1 L l 1 I L U L . 1 VV V s ' s-- V V V V' s V '- ' 1. Vx 'I ' x -- x - 1 1 V Y' ' Yi Vx 1 1 W x x 1 J- x 1 fx- Vx 3 Yi 1 x vu V i i B ' - vl rx 1 'A 1 'E 3 V i Y ' I 'l - '. 1 ' 1 Y Y 1 73 V Y . 4 x L 1 L t . ' - ' ,, V, ' , ' VV V V V, . , V A V' , , , ,, ' s s I Vs s ' s V' I V s I . V -- ' . I ' , , , ' ' '7 Q - , .L V L V Vg ,L 1 , V- I' K . L V VV. 'D I 2 I l .' vu 1 V 7 ' A xl V. V I ' D 5 , , V - K , . , L , . . . . G M S - V V Y - V I VV. ' ' s . y V Q w , ' V 1 K K V Y Y v I . l 2 V Y ' r V 7' ' ' 7 . V Y- Y A I ' y v

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THE SLXIOR 'NI -XC XFT ABL GN and, besldes saylng our fleet from destructnon, we manlged to drxye the rem nant of the enemy fleet away Our beloved leader soon dmed hovyeyer, regardless of the care yyhxch was glyen to his gashed slde HIS dymg words were, stxck to the post, Brother Admxrll, md do not let them gun a but of terrltory After thls we yyon a fevy mlnor XICCOFICS and clptured many yessels, vyhen to our delnght there came oyer the wlre a message yy hxch yyas qurte welcome It yyls from the good old U S A The message read thus Peace IS de cl1red We were so happv at thls news that yye lmmednltely forgot lll our sorrows and turned for home Upon arrnvmg, yye were reeelyed vylth the most flttmg program and a great parade The war had been yyon but the mam thlng that yyas yyon yyas glory Thns yyas true glory yy hleh we oursely es had yyon and not what others hld won for us, for 11 Goldsmith puts nt our grelt est glory conslsts not ln never falllng but m rlsmg ey ery tlme yye fall And as yye lcohed back at the past, we thanked God for saylng our lnves and prayed thlt he would forgrve the sms of those galllnt men who had flllen ln brttle It took much txme to replace all the damages that yyere caused by thlt ter rxble confllct, but, however, when thlngs were stralghtened out, I yyas remem nlmeel U S S Mlrmot Thrs erulser werghed 65 897 tons, 340 feet long, horse power 17 800 speed 23 65 knots, and equlpped w1th 16 ten unch guns The cost was approxlmately S30 000 000 I yyas glyen lelve of absence of two months before talilng ehlrge of thls erulser, so I left for Xlfglflll to VISII my wife Ind ehrld Dorxs wls very glld to see me for If had b en a long trme since we hyd b en together She was qunte proud of her sea captaln and had confidence m hmm, for he accomphshed yyhlt he set out to do And novy wlth the hugh syllry comlng an from the goyernment we yyere lble to furnlsh 1 belutlful home ln Gllviston Hlrbor, yy here yye could be together more frequently We named our boy Chlrley and he yyas to cyrry on the work of hrs father, and yynn more glory, not only for hxmself but for humlnlty and the whole Unlted Stltes of Amerlcl It large Another ph lse of hlstorv wls yyrltten, l1l.lf'I1lI'llIW s Xlk,f0I'l0LlS eonflmet for llberty yy 15 obtained, with glory that rlghtly belonged to those yyho fought and vll hently upheld the prmcnples of our natnve land 1 .' '. ' . . if . 13 , , . I I Q V 7 Y I I y f y Q v. I . f v v y : I K I I D 'Q A ' . . . . t f H :- ' - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 - t ' 1 V1 ' . 'L 1 1 L . I . Y 1 N . A y f- v y It 7 yy . 7 1 y . v I 1 Y A 1 ' - I 'Q if I , s L Q 1. , 1 ' , . r ' rl ' I A I I I A . Il - bered by the government. I was given command of a large government vessel L I . . . l . I I I A X , ' lx ' , g . ' f - t . . , , . ' ' 1 ' . K ' 1 w ' . , 7' ' ', A ' ' I , , ' ' , V . - .. - 1, A 1 - I - K ' , ' ' ' 3 ' Q 'Q h I ' ' 1 Lf L V W Y V1 I 1 3 - J QI - y, . . , ' Y' L Y I t B I- Y V ' , 1 ' . f . ' a 1 ' I 4 4 ' '. 1 1 1 1 ' 1 f 1 V ' 1 , ' ,V 1' 1 ' - 1 ' 1 4 1 r ,. . . ' , ' . ' , 1 , 1, , . , - v

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GW 494 land NVt xlsnted St Pttersburg xx her ll xx IS xtrx told and furs and htaxx glox ts 1nd elr l1ps mtl txtn nost guards xx trt ntttssmrx to kttp the breith of llfe ln the traxelltr Huge hres xxere buxlt on the street corntrs to keep the fexx petltstrmns from fI'tL7lI'lg to tlt1th Thus xxtlthtr xx IS 1lmost too cold to be tnjoxttl so xxt trlxtltd oxtr to SL'll'1CllI1lNll, xxhnth xx IS not muth vxarmer than xx htre xxe htd formerlx bttn Lpon 1rr1x1ng htrt xxt xltxxtd the xxonderful sttnerx around the frozen llkcs 1nd took p1rt nn somt of tht xxmttr sports xxhzth trt 1 sgrtlt p1st1me thert XVe xxtnt 1tt skxtmg on Lzkt Holmenkolltn ont mornlng 1nd Dons hnppentd to f1ll through somt thm ltt l tlnd my btst md hnlllx rtscutcl her I took htr to tl1t tlmp 1nd QINL l1tr th btst ot t1rt Afttr thrtt dlxs, s t recox tred and xxe xxtre greitly thankful to God for slxlng her llft Wt noxx moxtd fxrthtr south through Btlglum, lrlntt 1nd Gtrmanx until xxe 1rr1xttl ln tht xx lrm Nltdlttrrlntm oll tht shorts of Afr1t1 Here tht people xx ore onlx tnough tlothlnv to protttt them from the sun, In contrlst xxlth tl1t l1t1xx tlothmg of Russn intl Noxxx IX Wt wltnessed 21 1111rktt tllx If Tlilgltf xx htrt thouslnds of plLIl.lI'LSqLlL Moors tlmt togtthtr .And trltltd thelr vootls XVt rtmuned nn tl11s ttrrltorx for SIX d1xs, xxsltlng the 1nt1tnt txtnts 1nd not p1ss1ng up tl1t tllfltxtnt rtllglous rxtts of the Moh1m medlns From there xxt mox cd on to Austrn xvhtre the quamt archxtetture and cur lous xmprtssttl us grtltlx xxh1th havt ben unt1rthtd m th1t tountrx gust retentlx Most of the streets m thls cltv .lrt so n1rrow that thlrlots C1nnot plss tlth otl1tr In Cllllll xxt xttxxtd tht poxtrtx of thlt ptople, 1nd were so thankful that xxe xxtrt so much tlrth r advmted, 1nd dld not h1xe to hxe ln such filthv shelttrlng NI1nx of tht nitlvts llxt tlt sltep Work, 1nd raxst famllnes ln hlthv unks on tht rxxtrs, ind tvtn tht xxlthout sttpplng .lshort Afttr ltlxxng Chml xxe XlSlICd sexer1l lslands of the PZACIHC Upon reach mg Hlxx 111 tht nltlxt elrls xx trt l11x1nsg 1 pntmc plrtx 1nd ftlst ID the fortst Thtx mxnttd us to jom thtm so xxt tontrlbuttd to tht mtrrlmtnt llso Wt found tlnt ull of thtm glrls, xxtlt Chrlstllns 1nd th1t thtlr llft xx IS 1 h1ppx one Nxt xxtrt xtrx tlltl to rt1tl1 L1l1form1 xx htrt xvt took tht trun for Wxsh lngton Our pltlsurt trip xx 1s noxx oxtr 1nd l xx IS rtltlx to takt up my xxork IS m OHILLI' of tht U S S Nllnthtsttn xx hlth xx 1s 1 tolst gtnrdnng vessel off tht lilx of luntllx Thls tlxtl not llst long hoxxtxtr for 1n the mtlntnmt xx lr h1Cl been de tllrttl tntl l xx 18 PLII on 1 Subnnrnnt Chlstr for tht Unlted SIIILS Goxern mtnt l xx IS suptrxnstr of tht tlnq Hlllkll optrlttt tht ble gun on t 15 xtsse Vet xxtrt lxtpt xtrx busx IS thtrt xxert m1nx tntmx submarmts lrountl XVe sunk fourtttn subs ID ttn tllxs intl tlnsttl HTIDX othtrs xx hnlt xxt lost onlx nlnttttn of our x.ILfl1IX hxt mtn Bx th1s time I xx 15 homtsxtk, 1ntl longttl to stt LDOFIS, xx ho xx 15 llxlng ln Vlr Tlllf Sl'INlflll MAHNI-1'I' ll .A W! 'W !KY, ,Y WW YY W- 74. ' V x v. . . 1 K 1 Cl A 'A 'x lv W ' 1 V 7 Y 1' At 71-V xl . b' vii i Ytk t k . h U 'x 1 ' rx 'l H 'i - 'I I l ' V ' 1 , f f ' . x x 1- 1 - 1 1 ' v . 1 xv V 1 Y li I ' I 1 1 ' Nl x ' D 1 I' x - aI 5 A x- - - - V I J , , , -A A KL 1, , S ,. .t ,l , st ii, h, vi 1 Y Vi g 1 1 V- . 1. l x K K Q t 1 V . I 11 I 1 1 1 . 5 . X. - x l .' x ' V ' Y x w A 3' 4 U h tf '. X it v V i I '.'- 1 t A lt Y. 7' I L x L11 It ' 1 1 l ' .' lk' i F- -A x 1 l -I -' 's-1 -' . ' .1-s s ' A ' s - fs 1 '1 x 1' ' x - We had the pleasure of vnsxtmg Pompeu and vlexved wlth wonder the relics Y I' 1 1 x- 3 . V Y . ' ' Y - v ' ' ' 1 ' z . t 4 'L ' ' . W V Vx :ix vl 1 vm v 1 ' ' 'L S . ' . n L ' 1 ' ' I tl lx D R . 1 t 'Y 3 t X vu, 'L , ,Q x 3 1 V I x 31 Y. ' V Y. '. Y . 4 - ' 1 H 1 ' 1. ,' fs 1 I 's ' , 1 1 ' x 4 . ' , K' 3 H 1 . 4 h ' 'L . t I' . 1s. ft 1 ,K sl- xt' '. - ss . 1 1 ' 'Q-, . . D 2 ' tp - 1 Y ll Y' ' H' V 'X 1 V ' . .,.tL ' ' 'aft . ' . 1 ' ' 11 vs A ' s ' 1 1 . - . L, , . . . V ' . lx 'l' ,'. I x '- 1 tx' 1' 1 V - X . 1 . 4 I' I '