Collingswood High School - Knight Yearbook (Collingswood, NJ)

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STMWAIH YIIIHHS T0 WAR Lueuf Paul Trurner Sgr George Day J From lawns and vullages Famxlrar slreels no more The counfry oer They Il fread Morched all our slalwqrl yaulhs Brave laughmg youlh fhey sleep To war lnsfead Marchecl ell new +yran+s To Subd Je A laslr they d sworn wxfh vows They d do And lle The resl our lown These numbers swelled Wnth boys new men In ond Mern ry held And when rhe nahons men The r hves had sown Trrbules fa 'them wrll Ever rse We loved fhern and fherr memory We prrze These honored dead shall na? have clned ln varn e malce lhus pledge wnh prrde and love And porn e say a prayer for Those Who lnve Wnh grref we found m ds fhcse God malre us worfh The lwves OUI' OWU Their lnves lhey gave 'lhal we M g f shll Embrace those +hrr'gs They never w They gsve L 3 I . . I , , ' 1 . I W . . . f in ,, V . V' 5 h ' Ill. X Mft,

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,149 fx Hlll UH ' We K Be Thus The wne-TsTone or your sword eT grrel converT To anger runT n T The hearT enraoe JT Shakespeare s lamous wards can now provlde a T ue gurde Tor us as e look u an The lrsT beorrng The names aT Those youThs who once aTTended Collngswooa Hlgh School ana have naw grven Thelr all for The saTeTy or Thelr commJnlTy and counTry The honor roll has sTeadrly grown srnce :T was 'hrsT published n KnrghT Two years ago Those acknowledged In prevraus KnrghTs were WalTer Wrlb aham WalTer H Srmons Joseph Hr Torll and Eugene J Rowe ln I942 and RoberT B Frazee Rrchard K Alexander Andrew B Jackway Jr STanley L Rosen Charles A McDowell Rlchard A Cooper and George C Wnlson rn l943 Salemnly have These names been recorded IT us wrTh Thus some solemnuTy we add new names rn l944 ArThur KeuTer class aT l94I was reporTed krlled rn England SepTember II I943 lnducTed rn March he was wrTh The Ordnance DeparTmenT or he Arm ySergeanT Wallace G Wrckes Class aT l939 was rn The Army Arr Corps He losT hrs lnle an a plane crash un NorTh Carolrno Francrs Senseman Class aT I943 was reporTed dead by The War De parTmenT He died aT rllness whale rn a Phrlrppme prrson camp The lollawrng men have been reporTed mnssrng and are so lrsfed on The honor roll Molor Charles J Fay Class aT 1928 was reporTed massmg rn The Pa crfc February 2 I944 whrle enrauTe To New Guinea Tram Queensvrlle AusTralna Howard L ChaTelam Class ol I94I also a sergeanT rn The Army Arr Corps was reporTed mnssung He was a TurreT gunner on a Flyrng Forfress and Tlew over Germanys key plane praducung cenTers Malor John S MacLaughlln Jr Commander oT a Marane Corps TllghT squadron rn The Pacuhc was reporTed mnssmg He was apparenTly one of sux puloTs unaccounTed Tor when Zl ouT ol 23 planes were Torced dawn by The weaTher on a TlrghT lrom The G1lberT To The Ellrce lslands Typical of The courage and heronsm of counTless Collingswood Hugh School men and women an servace are Those who are now prrsoners nn a loreugn land SergeanT George Day Jr Class of 1943 who enlrsTed nn The Army Arr Corps OcTober I943 IH has sensor year aT Collungswoad Hzgh School was aT Trrsf reporTed mrssung over France He IS now a prrsoner rn Germany LreuTenanT Donald Macrae Class of I939 as a prasoner of The Ger mans He was aT TrrsT reporfed mzssrng arTer pnlohng a Flynng ForTress over Gelaenkrrchen slTe of a Naz1synTheTrc all held on a bombung rand AugusT I2 LreuTenanT Paul Trarner Class of I936 U S Army Arr Corps IS also a prrsoner In Germany Frank Danella Class oT I94l who was T1rsT reporTed mnssnng rs a mem ber aT The U S Navy He rs now a prnsoner rn Germany LreuTenanT Theodore H Davrs Jr Class ol I938 was reporTed mrssmg He was a navrgaTor on a Flyrng ForTress and was awarded The Arr Medal Tor merrTorrous achrevemenT Mnssmg rn lTaly sance Chr1sTmas I943 he naw a prnsoner ol The Germans Such a record as Thus of Trrumph ol achrevemenT and of lrves grven unselhshly us worThy oT The TrnesT Trrbufes The sacrrhces ol These our servrce men Tram Collrngswood should be an rnsprraTron To us as we make our way To lreedom and vucTory X X .,j,'a- --.. ...m--sex.. Hmm nun V O. JRNVQ i-pr! . . I I Y

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il. 66 77 eemlfydfhend aff a para ide fo We Perhaps nol' fhe paradise Afhens was, buf slill like 'rhe woodland in Shalcespeares play, Col- lingswood is The seal of many aclivilies. The cenler of lhese is Collingswood High School, whose growlh from a one-room building lo ils presenf 'rhirly-fhree-room slruclure has been a sfeady and inleresling one. Today's high school has such cccommodalions as a sladium, gym- nasium, loolball field, 'lennis courls, caleleria, and audilorium. Then, as now, lhe oclivilies of lhe school claim lhe supporl of lhe cilizens of lhe borough. The communily enjoys lhe use of Knighl Parlc, Roberls Park, Newlon Lalce, and Cooper River, However, Haddon Avenue, Collingswoods bus- iesl main slreel, represenls lhe more anima+ed side of 'rhe borough. lfs varied lacilifies render Collingswood a compacl communily. gl sg... A .K 1 -Q 4' . W, A ..,V'a6,, 'K 512.5 ,.,x .-fir? Above af Collings and Haddon Avo- nues is fha Triangle, fha favorih gafh- ering place of fha high school crowd. A? fha righ+ is piclurod Sl. John'x Roman Cafholic Church of Collings- wood, on Park Avenuo. ,r , .4 . in N lj K -sun-q,. 4 1 , 1 , . .4 3 3 1' C , V. Nba. 1 . Q' -'U-----1-.-. Ulll- 'I Picfured above is fhe Cilizens' Na- fional Bank of Collingswood on fha main sireei, Haddon Avenue. The bank is a represeniaiive business organizafion of lhe communily, ,P , - ' 461 D ,iwfd , I, ' ' Q 2-