Creston High School - Crest Yearbook (Creston, IA)

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Wendell w as a strong man on the school s football team during the last three years of clsool Al d we should rll feel proud of havmg a man from our ranks that passed such 1 perfect exammatlon as he d d Although he has not been rn the servlce long he ought to w rn hlgner 1 mls as on of the old proverbs go Well begun IS half won and he has certalnly legun well Though he will be missed by his classmates and many frlends we should wlsh hum the best of luck whlle ln the se vice Wxlter w as the fourth man to enllst that played football He was a strong man and we have won many touchdowns from hrs llne smashes whlch always netted us a galn He completed just two years and three months of his Hugh School work And may we w rsh that the condltlons will be such that he will be able to return to school next year and talse up his worlx Wllll hrs cla mates and many friends It seems very sad to thunk of what these boys will go lnto and the hardships they will endure hut we should feel honored that we have elght of our members IH the ranks of the men w ho wrll hght for our country to uphold Democracy lhe Servlce Flag whrch I wrll present th1s afternoon may not seem a flag of much Importance but ther 15 a great meaning ln lt and ln each of the stars You may walk down the treet and see these flags hangmg rn the wmdows of many houses Some wlll have one tar some two and others may have more These flags are to show us that some one l-as left that house to do h1s bxt for Uncle Sam We may see them hanging ln the store wlndows ln factories and many other places For each person that leaves the ln tltutlcn a star IS placed on the flag and these stars remmd us that lt 15 our duty to help them ln every w ay posslble as they are doing a much greater worls than we are This means that twenty three men have left thls dlvlslon of the C B Si Q R R to enter the servrce Our flag may not have so many stars but lt ought to mean just as much to us rf not more as we are all more personally acquamted wlth the boys that have left our ranks lhe whole Hrgh School should have a part ln thus as rt IS therr members that have left to do thelr but for Lncle Sam From time to time other members of our classes wrll be leavmg and the stars will be placed on the flag to remmd us of them after they have left Each of the four classes should be particularly rnterested ln thls as everv class has at least one representatrve rn the servxce except the Freshmen and no doubt rn the near future the Freshmen C lass will be represented ln behalf of the Semor Cla s rt vrves me great pleasure to present to the members or the Creston Hrgh School thrs Service Flag to remmd us of the fact that we have eight rep resentatrves ln the mllltary servrce of the United States and that we should help them ln every w ay posslble untrl they return nome as we are dolng very llttle compared XNlll'l the w orlc of these boys I present thls flag ln honor of S rgeant Norman Allen Corporal Walter P ones Prrvates Charles McColl Call Schrader Harland Parker Wendell Faullc Walter Jones and Myron Danielson P Members of the Senror Class rt would be folly for me to try to express the entlre feelings of the lower classes but I can l am sure express a few of their sentlments towa ds you and the brave boys who by thelr splendld patrrotrsm have made ll posslble that this flag mav be presented to the Hrgh School today Fven though we can express our heartfelt thanks for thls gtft the grft Itself can surelv express only the hrghest emblems of our apprecratron prrde gratltude and prar e Why do we owe prrde to thus flag3 Because rt IS a remmder and proof of the fact that elght of the best products of thus Hlgh School have sacrificed pleasure friends homes , . S . . 2 ' 5 L 7 1 .' 1 I . f . . ' ' , I' ' I .I V 1 Al ' IV 1 1 V I . v v- 4 u 1 l Q . v , v , v v . . 1 A S I 4 v' y I -I . 5 , . , ' . Y' 1 Y ' ' , . v V 5 Q 1 There is a flag hanging in the waiting room at the depot with tw'enty-three stars on lt. V V O , . v. Y 5' . . , . . . . . : ' ' ', ' 1 - . Y K V. K , . . I 5 ' . 0.7 I M . . . . vi . ' v . . , A v , ' . . ' ' : e , - J , A ' V . h . ' . ' L K ' 9 Q , v . . L v K1 I Y Y . N 4 I V Q . v . . .' . , , , , s . l s Y . v l v

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Uhr Sverurre iltlag On December Zlst the Hrgh School was the recrplent of a beautrful servrce flrg bearrng the stars representrng the members w ho have left therr Hrgh School course to serve our nation lhe flag was presented by Lloyd Perry rn behalf of the Senror class and the heartfelt apprecratron of the school was vorced by Wrllrim Bell follow rng are the speeches As thrs rs the last year rn the Creston Hrgh School for the Senror Clrss rt grves me great pleasure on behalf of thrs class to present to the members of the school 1 Servrce Hag to remrnd us of the boys that have left our ranks to do therr brt rn the mrlrtary servrce of the Cnrted States We are assembled here thrs afternoon rn honor of these boys of whom there 1re erght Walter P ones Charles McColl Norman Allen C-all Schrader Harland Parker Wendell Faulk Walter ones and Myron Danrelson Thre of these boys Walter P ones Charles McColl and Norman Allen were graduates of the 1911 cla s Wlrrle rn school they were all well liked by therr classmates and many frrends C hrrles and Walter were both good football men and when they were called for border servrce we lost two of our best men for that season Norman although he drd not play footbrll drstrngurshed hrmself as yell master and showed hrs abrlrty as a leader He w as also busrness manager of the Annual when he w as rn the unror Class When these boys left rt was wrth deep regret and sorrow that therr many frrends brd them goodbye fhey have seen about srxteen months of actrve servrce as they jorned Company C w hen that company was organrzed some trme ago Not many weeks after their enlrstment they were called rn une l9l6 for Mexrcan border servrce We all remember that Sunday when we brd the boys goodbye and they left for Camp Dodge After remarnrng there for four weeks they were sent to Texas for border servrce Cpon rherr arrrv al they were stationed at Brownsvrlle Texas just across the rrver from Mexrco ln anuary l9l 7 we recerved word that they were returnrng to Iowa and home On the evenrng of February 28th they returned to Creston and were greeted by a crowd of n arly frve thousand people Although having been through just erght months of ser vrce they were rn the best of sprrrts While on the border Charles was transferred to the Medrcal Corps of the Thrrd Iowa Infantry After losrng over half of therr Senror year rn School Walter Charles and Norman returned and took up therr school work and graduated wrth their class Srnce that trme there has been qurte a change and now they are over there Some where ln France wrth two other Hrgh School boys Carl Schrader of the Sophomore Class and Harland Parker of the unror Class Carl was w ell lrked by hrs many frrends He enlrsted during the last of May and completed only hrs frrst year of Hrgh School The sprrrt of the trme was too much for hrm and he enlrsted as bugler rn Company C Now he rs one of the best buglers rn the l68th Infantry although the youngest Harland completed two years of Hrgh School work before he enlrsted and now he rs a member of Company C We remember hrm as a star on the football team at the post tron of center where he was a valuable man and hrs never falling sprrrt to go lnto a game and fight to the fmrsh But now he rs rn a much larger game and we can well depend upon hrm as he has told us before to do hrs doggondest rn gorng over the top and on to Berlrn Ir has been less than three weeks srnce we lost three others members of our classes Wendell f'aulk of the Senror Class Walter Jones and Myron Danrelson of the unror Class fhese three boys have errlrsted to do therr brt ln the Avratron Corps of the Unrted States Army whrch wrll take a great part rn the near future rn thrs war 0 nv v K ' ' 4 . 1 . . . N Q H Y A x 4 ' C L ' . . . . N - c . ' . - Hr ' , . , C . 4 ' x ' . . . . - -I y 4- , Q C L. I , C , . . , , , 1 . N - , . D V I , . s v J C Q 1 0 ' , ' ' . 2 ' u q 1 I ' ' s - ' C , , . J . . . C ' ' . , . , . . r r r a v - . , , . - v - v r f 5 f V , D Q w y f Y I 9 0 C ' ' ' A6 I! It V I Q ' . ,, . . . . . , V V 0 . . J . f , ' ' ' ' ' it Y! ' 'N v D . V 1 y ' U v ' ' , Y ' 1 ' if Ui ' lb ' ', , r v , , J ' ' ' ' - u - vu - . . , , V

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