DeVilbiss High School - Pot O Gold Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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A tribute to these Leonard Abbott Willis Alliman Harry Bailey Russell Barrowman Robert Beard Robert Beggs Raydon Bittner Robert Bonasch William Boos Wendell Borchert Harold Burand -lack Callahan George Carson Richard Chapman Robert Christy Kenneth Cutcher Don Dankert David Diller George Doran Myron DuShane Bill Earle Afton Eloff Bob Erausquin Russell Elanigan jim Flory boys of the Class ol '44 wl1o have been called into tl1e armed services Fred Erany Robert Gordon Don Gottshall Bud Gruenke Warren Hall Richard Hogan Weldon Hollar Tracy Hollister Lee Hooper Carleton jones james Keil William Kirkwood james Kolwitz Edward Lawrence Garold Lewis Bill Lucas Robert Martin Dave Morse Phillip Morse Walter Mueller Ellsworth Murley Ered Nugent Oscar Oehrnler Charles O'Shea Robert Owen jack Proeschal Edgar Prond Carl Robinette Dick Rollins William Rupert Lee Sanner Eugene Schroeder Don Smith Robert Smith Jerry Taylor George Turpening Charles Venable Bill Wagner Bill Wemmer Roger Williams Ralph Wilson Don Witt james Young Robert Young

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WCRKING TOGETHER IN WARTIME Our school, DeVilbiss, has just completed another year-another year of war and it has brought many changes to us. We've had to give up clubs, and parties, and some of our lazy fun, we've laid aside favorite courses for practical, necessary subjects, but there has been no real hardship. Everyone has pitched in and is doing his job. Some of us work for the Red Cross, others learn First Aid, many help the U. S. O. We have tried to make Christmas happier for British children by sending gift boxes overseas, we've contributed more to the War Chest than any other high school in town, we've attempted to develop ourselves as staunchly physically as mentally, and the one thing of which we are most proud is our purchases of War Bonds. Yes, we have done much, but we still have much to do. A The everyday tasks we do, as we work toward our goal, have made DeVilbiss an offensive industry, as well as a defense industry. Our school is vitally alive, it works, it prepares, it is united. It is in this mode that the Pot O' Gold wishes to present the 1944 DeVilbiss to you. 'X We have tried to show how each person is an absolutely essential part of this war plant. Our administrators and teachers are the production chiefs-the workers who carefully pilot us through our four years. It is their efforts which keep this plant running smoothly, preparing us for tomorrow's work. The freshmen enter as raw materials, each one hoping to make himself an efficient, helpful citizen. All have started high school. The molding for life has begun. Our sophomores are the blend of the raw materials. They have been trans- formed into workable substance, they have become orientated and are now able to function. They have become the foundation upon which we build. The junior year sees the molding of the workable substance. Here begins the realization of the value of each subject as every small bit of knowledge shapes itself into the future plan and scheme of life. At last the end is near. Your senior year makes you a finished product but don't be too confident-you've merely finished a single phase of your life. There are regrets for the time you've wasted and the wrongs you've done, there are mem- ories of friends and the fun you've had, but best of all there are the ambitions for the future. You know how much more there is to learn, you try to prepare for the challenges of tomorrow, and you-yes, you-go onward, forward with this wartime period. Many DeVilbiss students have gone into our country's armed forces, sacrific- in -no, let's sa ost onin -some of the best and fullest ears of their lives. 8 I Y P P 8 ' , Y We want, in our small wa , to show them what is bein done back home to . Y . 3 . preserve and ever improve that which they fight for-our freedoms. It 1S to these fighters and to those who have shared in making this a productive school, that this annual is dedicated. May we keep working until the last echo of battle dies away, so that we may all reach our rainbow's end-our Pot O' Gold-not one of riches, but one of golden opportunities for peace and happiness. 3

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In memory of the boys of DeVilbiss who have given their lives in the defense of our country RICHARD HAAG JAMES LAUCK ALLAN STANSBURY JOHN STEWART ROBERT MCGURER JAMES GUEST MIKE FLUHRER EDWARD RICKEL LAWRENCE KEDDIE MELVIN TRAUAT ROBERT E. JONES HAROLD EACKLER EUGENE WEYANT JOHN B. SCHOLZ WILLIAM C. HALL KEITH DOSHIER RICHARD SOWERS RICHARD CONN JACK RICHARD FRANKLIN CHESEEROUGH ,,.A..iKd1u.Mf