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

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One of the teachers of the Lunalilo School which was burned on December seventh was helping at the Red Cross unit when the bombs fell. She said, I was excited and nervous but I had enough sense to crawl under my hypo-tahle. A cafeteria waitress in the Lunalilo School was surprised, excited, and a little nervous when the bombs fell just twenty-five feet away. I quote her as saying, Itll never forget the feeling I had to know that real war had come before our eyes. MARIE R. FRAGALE. i' DEMONSTRATION SHOWS PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE CAUSED BY BOMBS In the first school assembly the topic was Bombs and Ways to Guard Against Them. A speaker told the students of fire extinguishers, their contents, and uses. A professer told what to do in case there was a fire. A captain in the Army then gave the students some advice. Said he, I'Save all the blankets you can, for there may beva shortage. The assembly was then dismissed by the principal. MATTHEW GOODBODY, 9B1. ir PARENTS ANSWER CALL TO DI G SCHOOL TRENCHES Many fathers of students were asked to assist in making trenches to keep their Children safe in air raids. ik BE SURE TO KNOW WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN AIR AT T ACK In order to prevent disaster during air raids we must follow a few simple rules: 1 . Children and teachers must lie Hat on the floor, but always away from windows. 2. Every attendance class must report to the trenches given to them. . Silence. 4. Students in trenches must either squat or sit to protect themselves against shrapnel fragments. N0 pushing, pulling, or talking. b. In trenches where there are steps the first pupil must sit in the center, so he can give room to others. DOROTHY VECE, 9B2. tCoutinucd on. page 30? :N . U! 3 Elie 91m

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PEHRL HHRBUR WHEN WAR COMES AR is a terrible thing especially when it comes to our own door. It hasn,t come to Philadelphia but it has come to Honolulu. The first paper to come to us from a school in Honolulu was the Washington Hi Lights. In this paper was pictured the horrible ordeal of December seventh. During attacks by the Japanese there were no signs of panic even though many lost their lives and homes. If it was to come to Philadelphia I wonder how the people would react. Air raid drills arenIt taken seriously enough. In this issue of the PILOT we have many items concerning the Pearl Harbor attack. I hope that in the future everyone will take air raid drills more seriously. CATHERINE MOONEY, 9B3. ik The following headlines appeared in the Washington Hi Lights. Put yourself in the students, places for a moment. Sup- pose you saw these headlines in the PILOT. What would you do? Read over the following headlines and be thankful youire in the United States. Several Teachers Have Narrow Escapes. Students Lose Homes in December 7th Attack. Permission Granted to Publish 'Hi-Lights'. Lunalilo Students Occupy Five Rooms. Classes Help Dig Trenches. Shelters, Rooms Assigned. No Time for Petty Ailments. Letts Be Good Soldiers. ALICE FOSCA, 9B3. ik Two students of the Washington High School lost their homes by fire in the attack of December seventh. Fortunately no one was injured. One of the students at Washington High School re- lated her story as follows: I heard a whizzing sound early on that December morning. As I did not know we were being at- tacked I payed no attention to it until I heard a loud tBoomf The house next door was ablaze. In no time at all our house also burned with furious flames. Although my house was burned no one was injured. Kite 91kt 2

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PILOTS for the Varites to read. We know that some of them haveewell not been so good, while others have been en- EDHURIHL an mle FOR many terms the P114013 staffs have come and gone leaving joyable. This issue we hope will be one of the very best you have read. Not so that we can pat ourselves on the back but so that you may enjoy reading it. But there is a catch. Everything is not fun and laughter. The PILOT thus far has tried to he comical tno remarksy but here and there something serious must come into it. The United States, our country, is at war. You may ask what i that has to do with you. You and every one of your friends is at- t fected. Lately many of you have been complaining of the raise in the price of the PILOT. So you see even in this small way you are affected by the war. What are you going to do? Sit around and let everyone else do the work? Letts all get out and do some- thing. Plenty ofyou Varites, Fm sure, are able and willing to do your part to tas Baby Snooks saysl Hsave halt the world. Some otyou girls try learning to knit. ltm sure your boyfriends wouldIft mind if you did a little knitting on a date. My boyfriend didntt. Would you boys mind? Well, it you do why not be just indiffer- ent and try your first aid on her little brother instead of sending him to the movies. So you see in this way you are also being economical. But to be serious these things that we have men- tioned are butafew of the things that every one of us can do even in our spare time. So letts go ahead and do everything we can in our everyday routine and in our spare time. Meanwhile we, of the PILOT staff, will go ahead too, to bring the Varites a few laughs twe hopey during their school life. LILLIAN NELSON, OBI. Vare has developed a prize artist in Edmund Sacchetta of 9B6. Edmund drew and cut the cover for this issue, all by his little self- and I mean little self, for Edmund looks more like a 7A than a OB. In addition he drew and cut the inside cuts. He also illustrates the ttCo-Pilot and turns it out for us. Miss Gallant in the office doesnlt know what she'll do when Edmund leaves; he's such a help. Mr. Liggett feels the same way. The only way out, I suppose is to see that Eimund Hunks. Then hetll stay with us. 51k ffifat .4