Niles Junior High School - Milestones Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF 7BI I received your very lovely bul mosl unexpecled gill. and I am slill lrying lo reason oul why you children should have gone lo such lrouble especially when you don'l even know me. I lind lhe leeling I hold very hard lo express in words. and can'l say more lhan lhal il was line ol you and everylhing you senl can surely be used. We hear a greal deal aboul lhe morale ol lhe people al home being very poor. bul lhose who lalk surely don'l lake inlo consideralion you younger people. Wilh boys and girls like you al home. I don'l see how we can help winning lhis war, il only lo lullill lhe hopes and expeclalions ol you children. Sincerely yours, ' ANTHONY NOEL Dear Miss Haskell and 9A4: ' I received your swell package. I wanl lo lhank you very much lor il. The soap and blades are iusl whal I wanled. You see we are on maneuvers down here in Louisiana and we can'l buy anylhing. I wish I was back in school again. l'm sorry I wasled my lime when I was going bul lhal's a'lhing ol lhe pasl now. As ever, FRANK VI SERTO Dear Miss Walers: We have linished our lraining and are wailing lo ship oul. We expecl lo go overseas soon. I am on lhe 9Omm. cannons Anli Aircrall. I haven'l had a lurlough yel bul I expecl one soon. I've been showing lhe Red Cross how lo do some sheel melal work and lhey were greally impressed. Give my regards lo Mrs. Gourin. Mr. Donis, Miss Ryan. and Mrs. Seligman. , Sincerely yours, PRIVATE JOSEPH SPARACO as as 1: ae Weslern Union Cablegram E F M Miss J. V. Evers W J.H.S. II8 577 Easl l79lh Slreel. Bronx 57, N. Y. Many lhanks lor parcel. Besl wishes and good,heallh. Besl wishes lor Chrislmas and New Year. DANIEL KETTRICK H4 :iq as -re To Class SBR I received your mosl welcome and surprising Chrislmas gill. Il was really wonderful. and il could nol have arrived al a beller lime . . . Thanks again lor lhe II8 Chrislrnas Box and bad news lo lhe Axis lrom us all. Respecllully yours, PRIVATE JOHN CARLAFTES Ik Ik HF wk To Class 982 and Mrs. Jane Courlney ' Home wilh you in I944 I hope. Yours, WILLIAM HAMMOND .. I7 -

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Pk Sk Dk 'ls Ik On December I, PrivaTe J. SimkowiTz, U.S. Army Corps and PrivaTe J. Libioul. U.S. Marine Corps each received a package conTaining shaving arficles. soap, candy, and oTher arTicles which are always oT use To a serviceman. There were also many oTher men who received similar packages. ' These packages, prepared by The sTudenTs oT our school were received graTe- Tully by The men oT our Armed Forces who were gracluaTed Trom Junior High School I I8. The classes who senT Them ouT received Telegrams, cables and IeTTers oT Thanks and apprciaTion Trom Them. We are quoTing passages Trom a Tew oT These. The school has also done fine work during The Nafional War Fund Drive. Miss LeTkowiT1's class came ouT on Top wiTh a grand +oTal oT S23.00. Mrs. Fass's class also did wonderTuIIy. having The mosT money Tor The smalles+ number oT pupils. WiTh The Tine work being done by The pupils and Teachers oT The school. iT may well be said ThaT Niles Jr. High School is all ouT Tor vicTory. ELAINE KLEBANOFF. 7BR Tuesday Evening, November 3OTh. I943 TO THE CLASS OF 7BR IT is hard Tor me To sa whaT is in my hearT aT This momenT. The wonderTul ChrisTmas giTT you sem' me win ouTshine by Tar, all The coIorTuI adverbs and ad'ecTives I may use To express my sincere appreciaTion Tor The grand gesTure you underTook. I wish I could walk inTo The classroom now and Tace The class To Thank you all indi- vidually. AII your brave. honesT, mischievous Taces smiling up aT me would give me such conTidence ThaT my graTiTude would be expressed much more adequaTely Than by This pen in my hand. However, Tellers and gals, ThaT is impossible cause Uncle Sammie and I are going sTeady. I assure you ThaT iT iT were noT Tor The TacT ThaT he and I are so inseparable aT This momenT, l'd dash. up To see you all and say, Thanks a million! IT is quiTe diTFicuIT on your parT To realize iusT how much a soldier appreciaTes a piece oT mail. IT you were a soldier you'cl know iusT whaT I mean. BuT I am glad you are noT one. NoT ThaT being a soldier Tor your counTry isn'T a Tine, uprighT. honorable Thing. IT is! The sacriTice is well worTh The gain and The gain is preserving The IiTTle and big Things which make our counTry so greaT. IT is simply ThaT I Wouldn'T wanT you or anyone else To see a IoaTTIeTield. IT's noT a pleasanT sighT. IT's Tull of TiITh and decay and The sTreams oT blood Trom once sTrong men, cover ThaT TilTh and decay. I haven'T seen all This yeT myself buT Trom Triends and buddies- who have been in iT. a guy can geT a preTTy vivid idea oT whaT is Taking place, Soon. I mighT be There. When They call me, l'lI naTurally go like all The resT oT us and aTTempT To puTT This war ouT as The boys are doing aT This momenT. , We all hope This mess will be over soon. IT can'T be over soon enough Tor Those oT us who have broThers and TaThers and Triends in iT. I And when we do geT back. I hope There will be some means oT uniTing every living soul inTo such a sTrong bond, ThaT This sorT oT Thing can never again. occur! So unTiI Then and unTiI The Pacific Treezes over and my buddies and I can skaTe across To beaT The honorable Jap. I remain a broTher oT one oT your cIassmaTes and very graTeTul and appreciaTive To you Tor your grand giTT. I PRIVATE JULIAN SIMKOWITZ And To you Miss O'Neill. I'll simply say Thanks-Thanks Trom The TarThesT corners oT my hearT. I am sure you'll know how much I wanT you To 'feel ThaT word. IT's real. WiThouT you. I wouIdn'T be wriTing This leTTer-cause T aT giTT would never have come. ..l6...

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GOD'S CHILDREN Take one. give one. Take one, give one. Slowly, mefhodically he had done if year affer year. His face regisTered no emoTion, so one couldn'T Tell whaT his inner self felT. Graduafion Time had come seven, eighf, nine Times. Nine Times he had seen children enfering a new phase of life. How clearly he remembered ThaT day five years ago when his firsf group graduafed. He could sfill recall congrafulafing The fellow who had won The Americanship award. WhaT was his name? Tony . . . Harold . . . Pefe . . . The name escaped him buf noT The face. He would remem- ber him for a long Time To come . . . Suddenly. a familiar counfenance raced him back To realiTy. A preTTy 'liijfle damsel. Popular wiTh everybody. She had a liferary career mapped ouT and if she confinued wiTh her ambifion she mighT someday become a famous and glorious aufhor. Quickly, so quickly. she passed on To give anofher his chance. Hand affer hand he shook. Face affer face wenf on.- Here again was anofher he knew well. 'He had been PresidenT This pasf semesTer. A quief. refined boy. IT had been a greaf source of pleasure To This principal Thaf if had made no difference To The pupils ThaT he was colored. for They were Americans. The line- became shorfer and shorfer. There was only one diploma lefT To give. Oddly enough he remembered This lasT boy's ambiTion. He wanfed To enlisT in The Army. war or no war. Sfrange buf five years ago Today Thaf lasf boy's ambiTion was also To fighf. Well, 'he had. The school was ready To send him a Chrisfmas gifT buf faTe had ofher ideas. He was killed in acTion. IT was over. Two hundred boys and girls had gone. Two hundred more were coming. Our fufure cifizens. They were going To be America. an I 'DIANA ATMAN. QBR THE BATTLEFIELD Over The Top rings a baTTle cry. Men geT ready To live or die. A sudden rush, a bursT of guns, There go our fighfing, loving sons. One falls There, one falls here. Never To reTurn To someone dear. Why. Oh God. do They have To die, To be killed by a bulleT and lefT To lie? Do you wanT To know why These boys died? To save The cause by which we abide ThaT we may live in happiness and peace Even Though Their lives musf cease. Buf over all rings a baHle cry. ' A Men geT ready To live or die. ' - cALviN SMITH. vas 1 '18 1