Dixon High School - Dixonian Yearbook (Dixon, IL)

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DEDICATION The graduating class of i945 silently salutes individually every service man in this time of crisis. The fact that many have and will make the supreme sacrifice fills every mind inevitably. Fellows of the graduating class realize this and face it gallantlyg girls face it with determination in their hearts and humble acknowledgment. You remember the morning Johnny got up early, because this was HIS day. Janie was so excited she could not eat her breakfast, and you, Mother, rushed around getting this and that. Remember?? Then he gave you a hug, gravely shook Dad's hand, and swung out the gate with that certain grin on his face. Late summer he came home on furlough so tanned in his uniform and somehow older. Then you knew-he had grown upl He went back pre- pared and anxious to give the enemy what they had been asking for. Not because he hated this Jerry or any Japa- nese fellow but he didn't like what they stood for and what they would do to our America .... Then came the telegram that morning when the world stood still, We regret to inform you . . . To you and you, this sacrifice does not signify defeat but a means to victory. Because we have courageous Americans like Johnny who believe in the big and little things that America stands for to the extent they give their all, we of the graduating class can go forward confident of victory and an everlasting, peaceful tomorrow. Realizing we could not gain these treasures without giving up some of our best, we hereby dedicate the Year Book of '45 to the heroes who have given and will give their lives for America.

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FOREWORD When we the seniors of Dixon High School look back over the four most glorious years of our lives, we realize that the companionship of fellow students, the joy, and the seeming hardships of school-day tasks are forever to pass into beautiful memories that will remain in our minds for the years of struggle and real hardship to come. We leave these carefree days to enter a far different world than that to which we have been accustomed. Even more so, now that we are in the trying days of war. With this engraved in our thoughts, we leave this Year Book as a memoir to help us recall in the future the joyous days of the past. Come with us now to re-live in these few pages the past events of our high school career which now leave us forever,

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