New Oxford High School - Memento Yearbook (New Oxford, PA)

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DEDICATION We, the Class of 1943, are privileged to dedicate this MEMENTO of our Alma flater to our Illustrious, honorable, and Inspiring alumni and faculty serving In the armed forces, dedicating their lives to our country. FACULTY Corp. H. Edgar lioul U• S. Army ALUMNI Philip E. Alwine, Reserve Officers Ralph M. Alwine, U. S. Navy Robert C. Auker, U. S. Army Robert H. Billman, U. S. Army Bernard Brashears, U. S. Marine Corps William E. Breighner, U. S. Army Charles E. Byers, U. S. Army E. Henry Byers, U. S. Army Edward Carbaugh, U. S. Army Eston Carper, U. S. Marine Corps Walter E. Carper, U. S. Army Air Force W. Herbert Clark, U. S. Army, James G. Cook, U. S. Navy Kenwood Fair, U. S. Navy Fred F. Feiser, U. S. Army Robert Felty, U. S. Army Fred Fleshman, U. S. Naval Reserves Leon J. Gable, U. S. Navy Nelson B. Gable, U. S. Army William F. Gable, U. S. Army Reserves Glenn M. Haar, U. S. Army Charles F, Hansel, U. S. Army James Herman, U. S. Navy Robert D. Herman, U. S. Army Robley Hickinbotham, U. S. Army Fred L. Miller, U. 3. Army G. Ralph Miller, U. S. Navy Leroy A. Miller, U. S. National Guard William Miller, U. S. Navy Preston Myers, U. S. Army Harold G. Sadler, U. S. Army Kermis L. Sebright, U. S. Army Merle E. Sebright, U. S. Navy Richard D. Sheads, U. S. Army Donald Sheely, U. S. Army Laurin Sheely, U. S. Army George Sheffer, Jr., U. S'. Army Reserve Corps Dale E. Shultz, U. S. Army Donald Sieg, U. S. fAarine Corps Rush K. Sieg, Jr., U. S. Armv John E. Slaybaugh, U s. Army Clair Smith, U. S. Array Glenn Sponseller, U. S. Army Henry 3tock, U. S. Array Harry L. Trone, U. S. Army Fred Weaver, U. S. Array Marland Ziegler, U. S. Navy This list was received from the Draft Board about the middle of March. We have striven to include all alumni members who were serving in the armed forces prior to this date. Please excuse us if any names have been omitted for it was inadvertently done so. -4-

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Clarence P. Keefer, B.A., M.A. Supervising Principal Latin, French Mlllersvllle State Teachers College Gettysburg College, Columbia University Pennsylvania State College Four years ago the members of the Senior Class entered school with plans for graduation that deviated far from the circumstances which face many of you today. In spite of a complete about face from your original plans It is en- couraging to see the zeal with which you find your best self for the Important place you must take In a grave crisis. Just eighteen months have passed since the Incident of Pearl Harbor has plunged the U.S. Into a global war. All effort Is engaged In the most gigantic catastrophe to test whether civilization and democracy or the cruelties of barbarism shall prevail; whether dignity and free enterprise shall ennoble and enrich mankind or whether the cruel Indulgences of a slavemaster shall engulf mankind; whether men shall be Inspired by noble service and charity and friend- liness or whether they shall be goaded by servitude, greed, and vain blindness or sumtuous man gods; whether men shall be guided by vision or be swallowed up by the isms of the dark ages. Civilization and democracy are in the balances today as they have never been before. This generation will determine their worth. The men in arms of the allied nations are the bulwark and first line of defense. Men and women in Industry, in agriculture, in schools and colleges are the rear guard. The Im- portant ranks of the allied armies are trained and highly skilled men and women, adept in a hundred emergencies. Having finished your secondary education you have completed the first essential training and have fitted yourself for a more serious patriotic duty. For this you merit highest congratulations. Thousands of boys throughout the 48 states who will receive diplomas in June have already enlisted in the armed forces of the U. S. All the remaining young men will take their places in the several branches of military service or in equally important industrial and agricultural pursuits. In this serious business of making the world a fit place to live you will soon be engaged. Only the courageous and thoughtful will face their task with fortitude. Only the physically fit, mentally awake, and morally straight will persevere. I have no doubt that you will deport yourself befitting the dignity of your task and that there will be no breach In fidelity. On your virtue, honor, and character will depend the faithfulness of your responsibility. May your fierce love of free- dom render yourself deserving of the high confidence reposed upon you. -6-