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

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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?

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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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3rd TSS Loury Field No. I Denver, Colorado Dear Mr. Kavee: I was iusl' siffing and recalling fhe swell fimes I had while I was in school when I remembered fhaf I dicIn'f wrife fo you. I hope you will excuse my fhoughflessness. I lefl' for Camp Dix on January fhe 28 iusf one hour before fhe graduafion exercises sfarfed af fhe 'Loew's American.' We arrived af Dix in fhe midsf of a ferrible hail sform. We remained in Camp Dix for six days, drilling, faking examinafions, and being classified. On February 3, we leff Dix wifhouf fhe slighfesf idea of where we were going or in whaf branch of fhe Army we were fo be placed. Once fhe frain Ieff Dix we were informed fhaf we were in fhe Army Air Corps, buf fhey would nol' fell us where we were going. Well, as fhings furned ouf we found ourselves in Miami Beach, Florida. While we were in Miami, we lived in luxury. We were living in luxurious hofels. Each room had ifs own shower and we had soff hofel beds in place of 'lhe Army's G. I. beds. We wenf fhrough an eighfeen day basic fraining period in Florida, and we were classified as fo whaf branch of fhe Air Force we would be puf info. I chose Aerial Phofography and fhaf's whaf I received. When fhe basic fraining was complefed, we wenf info advance fraining and fhose who had safisfacforily complefed fheir basic fraining were puf onxg lisf of men awaifing shipmenl' fo one school or anofher. I shipped ouf of Florida on fhe sixfeenfh of February and spenf six nighfs and five days on fhe frain. I am now sfafioned ouf here af Loury Field in Denver, Colorado, and fhis coming Monday I will sfarl' a fwelve week course in Aerial Phofography. Incidenfally, iusf before I was shipped oul' of Florida, I received my firsf sfripe. I was raised from a Buck Privafe fo a Privafe Firsf Class. I really like This life a lof, buf fhere are fimes when I gel' so homesick fhaf I iusf don'1' know whaf fo do. I fhink fhal' if I can iusf gel' home 'lo see my folks once I'll be all righf. In my fraveling from Dix fo Florida and fhen here 'ro Denver I have mef quife a number of boys 'lhal' came from Columbus. I hear fhaf familiar chow call now so I'lI have fo bring my leffer fo a close. If you wrife fo me and fell me how fhings are going in good old C.C.H.S. I would be very glad +o gef your Ieffer. l Yours fruly, 1 5 I O -nf Wm I received my jirst stripe. ARTHUR Kukz 79 l n V8 ' 1'