East High School - Crucible Yearbook (Columbus, OH)

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This, the first Crucible in four years, is one on which the staff has worked diligently to make a success. By a success, we mean a book that will be considered as dear now as in years to come: one that will bring pleasant thoughts of those unforgettable school days: and one that will be appreciated by all. The staff wishes to express their thanks to all who have helped make the Crucible possible by subscribing to the yearbook and also to those who cooperated willingly and eagerly to make this book a more interesting one. Again we say that we hope you enjoy read- ing every word and looking at every picture as much as we did in participating in writing each word and taking each picture. If this is true, then we can honestly say that our efforts were not wasted and that our Crucible is truly a success. Page Five

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levkcafion . . . To the East High boys, girls, and teachers who have entered the armed services, the Cru- cible of 1943 is dedicated. It seems only fitting in this war year that these people be honored and remembered in this manner. Many brave men and women have sacrificed and will sacrifice their lives for the purpose of preserving peace in our land. Some were asked to join the fight, and some volunteered, but they all went willingly, because they knew it was for a great cause. Those of us left here at home are trying, as well as we can, to do our part toward the war effort and the comfort of the soldiers. Boxes were sent at Thanksgiving time by the registra- tion rooms to those in the armed services who have attended East High. Some rooms have adopted a soldier and write to him. Hanging in the hall, there is a poster made by Robert Hoy of the art department in honor of the East personnel in the armed services of the United States. It has the names of all boys and girls in the war, and additional names are added as they leave. The first East High boy to leave the january graduating class to go into the service was Ber- nard Davis. Up until April 15, the boys in the january class who are now in the armed forces are as follows: Robert Lee Archibald, Albert Van Fos- sen, Henry Gockenbach, Eugene Guess, Ulysses R. Higginbotham, Jr., William Edward Hunter, Fred King, Robert Krausz, Kenneth Eugene Pritchard, George Rand, james Carlton Redifer, Sam Gunner Richards, Robert Ross, Richard Page Four Hadley Scott, Dean Thomas, and James Walter Zink. Those who left East High before graduating are as follows: Keith Newton, Leonard Watson, and Wilbur Armstrong. ' Jack Lisle, a pilot for seventeen years, was the first East casualty of the war. A pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Jack was last heard from in Cairo, Egypt. As a combat fiier, he ferried bombers to England. George Burton died in the Norfolk naval hos- pital after a brief illness. George was in the coast guard. Sanford Lakin, local attorney and former president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, having recently joined the navy, was reported missing in action. After attending Ohio State University, he graduated from the University of Alabama and practiced law for six years. James Moran was also reported missing in action in Bataan. Sanford Soomsky was in an airplane mishap one year after joining the Royal Canadian Air Force. He had been named squadron com- mander. Francis Frey, army air corps, was killed in the Southwest Pacific. He received his basic training at Bakersfield, California, and was an instructor in gunnery at Florida. Robert Rhea, stepson of Colonel Lynn Black of the Highway Patrol, was killed when his pur- suit ship crashed off the coast of San Francisco. jack Weiser, prominent athlete at East in varsity football, basketball, and baseball, was killed in the crash of an army training plane near St. Joseph, Missouri. Having received his basic and secondary training at Patterson Field, Fair- field, and Santa Anna, Texas, he received his advanced pilot training at Luke Field, Arizona, where he was commissioned and graduated one month before his death. He had been piloting T.W.A. cargo planes while awaiting further or- ders. Corporal Harold L. Bowers died in camp of toxemia. Lieutenant Eric John Day was reported miss- ing in the Southwest Pacific. He graduated as a bombardier and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the army air forces. Eric was a senior at O. S. U. when he enlisted. In April, Sergeant Eugene E. Breon was killed in an airplane crash at Victory Airport, Griffin, Georgia. He enlisted in September, 1941. and was an army air force mechanic for the last year at the Georgia field after training at Roose- velt Field, L. I. The girls have also been joining the services. Norma Jean Hill and Betty Argo McKenney have joined the WAACS. The teaching staff has also been affected. Mr. Leslie Evans, teacher of metal for four years, joined the navy. Mr. Chester Stine, a teacher of chemistry, is now teaching in the Officers' Candidate School at Dartmouth University. Mr. Galen Stutsman, a teacher of commercial subjects, joined the coast guard. He was the first East teacherto enter the armed services.

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Above at the left is a scene in the cafeteria. At the right is a group of students at dismissal time. Bc-low, left, is the vocal ensemble: and. right, jackie Hull, Paul Kean, and Jerry Ruhl, holding the l0B senatorial election.