Christopher Columbus High School - Anchor Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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C. G. C. 83375 Key Wesl, Florida Dear Mrs. Heller: Remember mel I guess lmusl have slipped up in answering your lellers. Please forgive me as we have been so busy lalely lhal I haven'l had much lime lo wrile. Miami lo Cuba, Cuba lo Key Wesl, Key Wesl lo Cuba, ond so on. Today was lhe firsl mail l've received in almosl a monlh and a hall. Whal a relief lo find everylhing is all righl al home. Well, how are you? Slill slruggling wilh a bunch of ambilious sludenls? Do you remember a very ambilious young fellow by lhe name of Gruelzner? Wasn'l I lhe oulslanding English scholar? lncidenlally nexl monlh will be a year since I quil school lo come inlo lhe service. The lime sorl of flew by for me. Imagine my delighl lo find a pile ol lellers here for me. Bul brace your- self for lhis oneg il almosl floored me. My Dad enlisled in lhe Navy. He is a chief pelly officer in lhe Sea-Bees. lConslruclion Ballalion of lhe Navy.l I sure am proud of him. I was hoping I could gel a leave lo go home, bul lhe mosl I can gel on lhis ship is a measly lhree days. Cuba is quile o place! The parl lhal we were near is a very poor lown. Whenever we would go lo lown, Cuban children would swarm afler us asking for money or begging lo shine our shoes for cinco cenlavos l5cl. Anolher lhing lhal was in greal demand was American cigarelles. They soon found oul I didn'l smoke so lhey lefl me alone. My buddy and I had one lillle fellow for an inlerpreler. He spoke a lillle English and helped us oul a greal deal. He was only six years old, bul he sure could drink beer. Well, I guess I'll close now and hope lo hear from you soon. Sincerely, CHARLIE GRUETZNER P.S. I Iosl lhe school ring when we were up in Miami. I wenl lo heave a mooring line and lhe ring wenl overboard as lhe line slid lhrough my hand. I sure was mad. No doubl you are looking forward lo lhe week vacalion. I'lI bel lhal will in handy for you. Maybe when we reach our permanenl base l'Il come gel a leave. Well I guess l'lI close now as I am kind of sleepy. Sincerely, CHARLIE A P rf' 3 40 , s . .,. 1 f'- I -Q. . .et o.vlAG'il'fTKl ' My buddy and I had one little fellow for an interpreter

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Victory Mail A Year Book, our edilors lell when lhey were compiling lhis one, should have above all olher qualilies lhal of making lhe presenl live again years from now. Some day boys and girls who are now gradualing will wanl lo recall whal lhis lime, Spring, I943, was like. They will wanl lo relive il in memory. And since so much ol our lhoughl and leeling is now wilh lhe boys who have lell our ranlcs lo lake lheir places in lhe various branches of our armed forces, lhe edilors believed lhal lhis bool: could nol do beller lhan preserve lhe messages so many of lhem have senl us lrom all parls ol lhe world, Space has nol permilled us lo prinl every one ol lhe lellers received by leachers, sludenls, and lhe Commercial Club, bul we have lried lo selecl a represenlalive colleclion and we presenl il here. We lrnow you will enioy lhese lellers now and long aller when our boys have relurned. Guadalcanal , Solomon Islands Dear Mr. Fontaine: The olher day I received a leller from home lelling me l had gollen my diploma. The news made me very happy, bul l wish lhal l could have been lhere mysell lo gel il. ll il is al all possible l would appreciale il very much if you would send me a copy ol lhe Admiral lhal had lhe wrile-up ol lhe gradualion exercises in il. l haven'l gollen any news aboul lhe exercises yel, and wanl very much lo lind oul aboul lhem. Any news of lhe happenings al Columbus would be welcomed, lor l really miss lhe good limes l used lo have lhere. One lhing lhal all lhis has laughl me is how lucluy lhe American youlh is lo be able lo go lo school and leran whalever he wanls lo. l've also learned lhal lhere is no counlry on earlh lilce lhe good old Uniled Slales. One never seems lo realize lhal lully unlil he has spenl some lime oulside of lhe U. S. l only hope lhal l will be able lo be back lhere in lhe very near lulure. Give my regards lo every one al school. And lell lhem l'll be seeing lhem soon. ll Respeclfully yours, PVT. LE ROY PRICE, JR., U.S.M.C. f 1' ' ,eil I x ' f Q51 0'-Www J. J- I lost the school ring when werfgere up in Miami. xx A x

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805 Tech. Sch. Sq. BksI027 Sioux Falls, S. D. Dear Mr. Fontaine. F6' X so 514- I ,- Y- ff -f Lf M xx b s I 1 .N i. W A 5 Q A!-Effnfu They are frying lu make a Radio 1114111 out of me. I'm very sorry I didn'l wrile any sooner, bul I was very busy wilh shipping and school. As you probably can see by lhe envelope, I am now in Soulh Dakola. From Sunny Florida lo lhe hills of Dakola, and boy does il gel cold up here. The week I came we had 360 below zero, so you imagine how cold il gels. I lell Miami Beach aboul a monlh ago and as soon as I arrived here I slarled going lo school. My course consisls ol lheory and code. They are lrying lo make a Radio man oul ol me. bad, bul hall lhe lime lhe class lalls shill, and il's prelly hard lo sleep in l0:50 P.M., al 2:30 A. M. we eal, and leave school al 6:20 and back lo our barracks lor caleslhenics lrom 6:45 lo 8:I5. Then we clean our barracks and gel ready lor inspeclion. Al 9 A.M. we have our supper, and al I0 we gel our mail. We are nol allowed lo go Iellers and gab. Before lwelve comes , so we hang around lor a lew hours Well, lhal is all aboul me. How's lhe lhe army? Boy, I sure wish I had been The course is I8 weeks, and il isn'l asleep because we have lhe nighl lhe day lime. We slarl school al we have lo be in class al 3:l5. We lo bed unlil I2 P.M., so we wrile around we are nol lired anymore more, bul we leel il in lhe evening. school? Did any leachers leave lor al gradualion, bul lhal was impossible. I wonder if lhere is any chance lo gel lhe school paper. ll lhere is, I would appreciale il very much, because I miss lhe school, and I would like lo read aboul everyone, and gel all lhe dope on aclivilies. Well, I'll have lo be running along now, so please send my regards lo lhe leachers and sludenls, and I'll wrile again soon. Please answer as soon as possible. Thank you very much. An ex Columbian, BEN SONKIN 3?