Oak Park and River Forest High School - Tabula Yearbook (Oak Park, IL)

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ll ,HOIQOP offiode MILD are hgAfing for fLe llome offie Lraue Since The beginning oT The war, 3,400 oT our Tormer sTudenTs have ioined The armed Torces. Over The world These men and women are serving Their counTry. SelecTed Trom our represenTaTives in all branches oT The service are Those picTured here: lTrom righT To leTTl Ensign l-larrieT Thompson: CapT. Donald Asbury, in combaT duTy in The PaciTic area Tor over Two years: LT. RoberT King, serving in India: PTc. Edward O'Brien, sTaTioned in The Solomon Islands: CapT. RoberT Sellergren, recenTly h-ome Trom ATrica aTTer TiTTy-one bombing missions: Ensign Molly Forbes, Navy nurse: Ensign Donald O'Brien, U.S.S. Pensacola, in SouTh PaciTic: PTc. William Kern, acTive in The PaciTic: LT. Way- land CedarguisT: LT. EvereTT PorTer: Donald Murphy, U.S.N., sTaTioned in lTaly: Beverly Johnson, WAIT. l'3l be-SLM

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, 'AVF fi X dr' I .L iii , 1 X .T are if WSP ., :yr ,gn Wnemory 0!tL2 Wien wie A602 ABJKOI' fAe fan-J o!fAeZ' Arlhur Allman James A. Andersen Thomas E. Arneson Richard R. Barber Newlon S. Blackford William Borson John Brink, Jr. Paul G. Brown Paul l-l. Brundage Joseph J. Clarke Joseph W. Gordon, J Roy A. Gross Fred C. l-larringlon Franklin P. l-lar'r, Jr. Roberl F. l-leller F. l-larry M. l-lobbins, Jr. Daniel l-lolenshade Willis E. Jacobs Fred A.Jannisch, Jr. Eugene F. Jehlik Thomas E.Jones Allen l-l. Joseph LeRoy A. Lislug Oreld R. Lundbeck Charles l-l. Miller Bernard V. Murphy Edward A. Murphy Thomas G. Murphy Ralph C. Niles James J. Orr Frederick A. Rowe, III John Ruckman John Fl. Schrik Roberl J. Schulfz Earl Spiker John I-l. Weslaby Charles T. While George Wiegman Francis P. Woods George C. Worlhle Frank L. Young As we go To press, we pay homage ro lhe men represenred by The forly-one golden slars on our service flag. fl 21

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Seal race Year aTTer year There are cerTain Tradi- Tional services which our school per- Torms. Une OT The mosT imporTanT is The annual sale oT Tuberculosis seals. This year The sTudenTs oT Oak Park High School sold 38,400 worTh oT seals. AnoTher cus- Tom oT our school is Tilling sTockings Tor The Chicago Commons. This ChrisTmas, because iT was impossi'ble To buy The necessary Toys Tor The sTockings, The sTu- drenTs broughT old Toys Trom home. Since The beginning oT The war Oak Park High School has widened iTs pro- gram To include' many war acTiviTies. The selling oT war saving sTamps, under Tac- ulTy sponsorship and The leadership oT class cashiers, is The responsibiliTy oT The sTudenTs Themselves. The Girls' Club Council on The TirsT Wednesday oT every CheerTul giving Red Cross class War sTamps IN SUPPORT monTh collecTs money enough To help keep The Chicago Servicemen's CenTer conTinuously supplied wiTh cakes and cookies. ATTer school a Red Cross l-lome-Nursing course has beenigiven by The Physical EducaTion DeparTmenT. A lvliliTary Service CommiTTee oT sTudenTs and TaculTy was Tormed in SepTember To keep compleTe lisTs oT boys now in service. Many oT The sTudenTs work parT Time doing deTense work or Taking The place oT someone now in service. STudenTs and TaculTy members have volunTeered Tor communiTy and war services. These in- clude such organizaTions as The raTion board, knapsack libraries, Shriners' Hos- piTal and I-lephzibah l-lome, Nurse's Aides, Travelers' Aid and The Red Cross.