Butler High School - Nugget Yearbook (Butler, NJ)

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James Milligan JoHts BaBS Harry Babcock. August Coucchio Gerard Cormier Walter Farrell. Gerald Gormlev Robert Greene Frank VWlas David Hartung Julius Heywang Joseph Long Walter Mahon George Marion Tony Mauriello William Mehringer LowARO Mines Joseph Munson Edwin Nichols Emil Norman E-dwaro O'Neal Thomas Pierce Donald Rjllis Louis Regis Leonard Riker. Arthur Speed Gerald Thomp-son William Van Wilpe Donalo Verduin David Vreeland The names given above are those of members and former members of the Class of 1944, who are now serving in the armed forces. Page Five

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 bedica tion We, the class of 1944, affectionately dedicate our Nugget to the students of Butler High School who are now serving our country in the armed forces. To these who have sacrificed so much in order to preserve the freedom we have learned to cherish dearly, we wish to express, however inadequately, our love and deepest gratitude. Many of them have been our companions and closest friends for our four years in Butler. We especially remember the boys in our own class who have given up the last year in high school to join the service. All of them we have missed particularly, and we shall always hold for them a very warm spot in our hearts. Wherever they are—whether at home, on the high seas, or on foreign soil—we are thinking of them. We wish them to know that we, their class- mates, take pride in their brave actions and in the nobility of their sacrifice. Some among them have made the supreme sacrifice in laying down their lives for us. And for those others who are fighting or who are still to see action, we pray for their safe return when this ordeal is ended. Page Four

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 y4ufumn .... Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness John Keats As the leaves turn yellow and brown and the days become shorter, our thoughts turn from vacation to school interests. This year, in the midst of the war, we have tried to preserve the funda- mental ideals for which we have striven in the past. At the same time we have recognized that there are special obligations which we, as a school, must assume in order to do all that we can to win the war and participate in the building of a just and lasting peace. It was in this spirit that we entered upon our autumn's activities, determined to take advantage of our opportunities for service. lAJinter .... The smallest effort is not lost Each struggle lessens human woe. Charles Mackay Even before the first snows fell we began to comprehend the magnitude of the tasks we had undertaken. We realized that our part in the solution of world problems must depend upon our individual efforts. Such an effort we made in the role we played in the Third and Fourth War Loan Drives. The school, as a small community, found satisfaction in working toward a definite goal. As winter wore on and many of our boys were called into service, we began to feel more and more keenly what sacrifices we should be called upon to make. .Spring .... Humanity with all its fears. With all its hopes in future years— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow As our graduation approaches we look back on a year which we have tried to spend in preparing for citizenship in a world where the rights of man are respected and upheld. Responsi- bility for building this world rests upon us all. With faith in the future, we look forward to the new day in which our hopes can be realized. Page Six