Edwin Vare Junior High School - Pilot Yearbook (Jackson, PA)

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KANTERIAL STATION 'l g ANTERIAL Station was crowded to the utmost the day of January 20, 1942, for the town was sending its largest detachment of volunteers and draftees to Camp Rotrax. We will pass from one group to another, some laughing tensely, others crying and others kissing their loved ones. A small part of these men were leaving to take a course on how to he instructors for the Army. It is to one of these that we turn our attention, John Nafron, 45, and his father, both veterans of the last war. His father, Joseph, now old and bent said in a trembling voice, So long, John. Dontt forget to get a few laps for me! As he said this, the warning whistle sounded, and John kissed his father good-bye, and said to his wife, Youtd better take good care of him. His fatherireflected over the years, Ha, he said, John is off to Rotrax to be a radio instructor for the Army and I doubted radio. What do you mean,H said Mary, John's wife. Hasn,t he ever told you about what happened 25 years ago? Why, no, what did happen. lTll tell you, said Johnts father. t'Our story goes back to the year 1914 when my wife and I owned a fishing schooner off the coast of Newfoundland. John, when he was 15 years old, came on board the ship for his first trip. While he was on shore he was always tinkering with something they called a radio. I, with little education, didn,t know much about it so naturallyI was against his wasting his money on it. Well, the day came that we were to t sail and I went into Johnts cabin. As I entered what do you think I saw on a small tableea radio and he was tinkering with it. In the argument that followed I wanted him to take the radio off the ship but he pleaded with me so I let it stay. The fishing was swell that season and the boat was just loaded. During the evening after work it I wanted to talk to my son, Pd find him in the cabin with his radio. One day in January a; think it was the 20th dayi the barometer started to fall. From that day on how the winds did howl. The decks were washed With the waves and the boat creaked all over. During the tenth day of the hurricane, the lookout spotted a giant iceburg approach- i ing from the north. I took the wheel of the ship and heaved it Like ?jlat 8

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THE CELLULOID DOLL Q. S I WAS wandering through the five and ten cent store without a worry in my head texcept those English notesl I happened to notice a sale of goods toops, pardon me, trashy made in Japan going on. I felt in my pocket for a nickel and thought my brother, John, would like to have a rattle or a doll. I went over to the counter, and picked out a doll which I thought he would like. Arriving home I gave it to my brother. Suddenly, he scowled, raised his foot, and crushed the doll. at was made of celluloidJ Amidst all the wreckage stood, unhurt, a piece of tube about two inches long and about one-half inch in diameter. 1 did not know what to do at first, but my father, who had watched the scene, picked up the pieces and chanced to see something written in code. Not knowing what to do he decided to go the F. B. I. When we arrived, I told the man in charge all thathad happened. When I had finished, he called one of his aides and together they tried to figure out the message, but gave up. Then they sent it to Washington. The answer came back, saying tand I quotel: Will declare war on the United States December 7. Get prints assembled. Will get the dolls on Pier 3. Small boat, big American flag, with small one. Through the stock markets we found this shipment was supposed to have gone to Yapmonaca Monecoy, a lap whom the F. B. I. had under suspicion. Yapmonaca did not know this, so that when war broke out and the G-men arrested him, he was caught off guard. This shipment of dolls was supposed to arrive on De- cember 7, but since he was arrested, Leeges Five and Ten Cent Store got them. We searched his house and could not find any- thing, but then we remembered Pier 3, and hurried along there. We found a firm which makes vases. Nine out of ten of their shipments went to Japan. It was backed by Yapmonaca's money. As we were going through the place, one of our men knocked over a vase and found that it had hollow walls. After breaking the vases we found parts of blueprints for the Garaud rifle, and after being Charged with this Yapmonaca committed hari-kari. PETER PATANE, 9B7. 7 515a 9W

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over. The boat shrieked under this terrific strain. As we seemed to get away from the iceberg's path the wind started at its fullest force, driving us directly into the iceberg's path. Seeing that it was no use I gave the order to abandon ship. My son had been informed of all this by the ship's cook and had frantically rigged up an aerial in the hope of radioing an S O S. As he was about to do so I came tearing into his cabin. Before I could pull him away from his set he had sent the S O S Eve times. As I was dragging him from the radio he pleaded with me for the position of the boat. Without knowing why, I let go of him and told him our position. He immediately flashed it and then we both ran toward deck and dived overboard into the icy water. We were picked up by the shipts crew who had launched the lifeboat. From it we saw the ship sink. After being adrift for an indefinite period we saw a passenger boat appear on the horizon. Immediately I. thought of the S O S my son had sent and said, tGod bless my boy, In an hour we were rescued by the boat and were landed in New York. AL MILLION, 8B7. i' DISASTER COMES THROUGH ROM the day she was born, Disaster was the beautiful kind; you know, pug-nosed, pigeon-toed, freckle-faced, large cross-eyes, a Joe Brown mouth. From that time on she decided she wanted to sing, but everywhere she went she was turned down tpoor Disasterl. Returning to her room at nights in the dilapi- dated old boarding house, she would fling herself on the bed and let out a flood of tears. One night upon; arriving she saw a letter sticking out of her door. Picking it up and walking into her room she kept wondering who could have sent it, as she had no friends or relatives talasl. Upon opening it she saw a letter, and a live hundred dollar Check, also a contract telling her to sign her name as she was going to sing in an opera. Sitting down quickly Uest she falD she began to think. How did they know my name and address, how did they know I could sing? With her mind full of questions she settled down to sleep. Getting up very early next morning she set out for the opera company. Arriving at a secretary's desk she asked to see Mr. Phelps. Taking her into Mr. Phelps, offlce the secretary left,- then Mr. Phelps came in. As soon as he saw her he fainted. 9 Elie 91M 1 A '0 A1