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The Senior Class of Grafton Senior High School Presents the Re-Echo Yearbook of the Class of 43 Grafton Senior High School, located on Riverside Drive along the banks of the Tygart Valley River Editor — Charles Loren Hoffman Assistant Editor — Dorris Waugh Business Manager — Eldora Bolvard Editorial Adviser — Robert C. Sloan Business Adviser — Gladys Hickman ■ft Edited and Published by the Senior Class of Nineteen Hundred and Forty-three. One
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FOREWORD iN PRESENTING THIS BOOK, we, the staff of the 194 3 Re-Echo, hope that it will be an endless reservoir of enjoyment for you. In our Re-Echo we have tried to portray by a combination of literary and photographic pictures, all of the activities and accomplishments of our class. Preparing it has been a task which caused us great worry and loss of sleep, but one which we enjoyed every moment to the fullest extent and for which we will be well rewarded if it is pleasing to you. Many of us, upon graduating, will enter the armed forces of our country to hasten the inevitable victory which must be ours. We have a war to fight,— one that has been thrust upon us, throwing our whole lives into turmoil and disrupting our plans for the future. But we take up our arms without remorse. W'e fight for a cause. Within the binding of this book can be seen what we are fighting for and are coming back to,—a chance to live a clean moral life, to read, to write, to speak, to criticize, to worship God. to weep, to laugh, to sing, to enjoy the little things of life. A chance to love. All of this without a crushing hand of force waiting for us to move falsely without the instincts of a puppet. Perhaps our book lacks perfection, but it is overflowing with sincerity. We strongly hope that in its meagre way, it will in those long days ahead, bring back to you the memories of those few pleasant moments of your life spent within the walls of Grafton High School. DEDICATION E, the Senior Class of Grafton High School, dedicate this book as a small token of appreciation, to our parents. to those men and women who have guided and led us with highest hopes for our final success. Reminiscing is a favorite past-time of all people both young and old. Sometimes our parents are inclined to think that we forget too easily, and yet that is hard to believe. We can remember the little things very well. It's still very plain.—short pants and long stockings, the first trip to Sunday School, knickers and pigtails. grade cards with B’s and C’s, the proud smile and encouraging hand which came with the first A, the first permanent, hikes, camping and fishing, the time Mom didn't get a new hat at Easter because I got a suit, and Dad didn't take a vacation so that I could go to camp, the first play or concert and how proud they were, their ever-sacrificing, so that Mary could have a new gown for the prom, and then their tear-stained eyes at graduation and Mother’s brave and encouraging smile when the eighteenth birthday rolled around, even if she was sick inside. Yes. we remember it all. We kids, or men and women now, remember every little detail. We don’t quite know how to say it. Dedicating this book doesn’t express it. Perhaps the best thing to say is Thanks. Thanks a lot. Dad and Mom. We dedicate this book to those thousands of brave men and women all over the world, regardless of race or creed, who so bravely send their boys and girls into this world of turmoil so well-trained and spiritually and mentally well-equipped. We won’t all be presidents, or Senator Jones', or Professor Smith's, or first ladies, but we promise that we will all be successful Mr. and Mrs. America’s living freely under the guiding hand of God. Two
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