Petersburg High School - Missile Yearbook (Petersburg, VA)

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Verses By Julian Rocks, Jr. To Amelia Earhart You once ilew high above the land and seas, So like a bird Who loves to fly and wings Its way upon the lightest hidden breeze To seek a better view of earthly thingsg The clear blue sky was native to your heart, And all the lands you touched were somewhat linked By your sweet love that never shall depart, Not even from the stars that to you winked. We searched the deep Pacific of her space, And islands where no living beasts reside, But never did we find your smiling face Which in my mind is now and will abide, But you have gone above Where angels sing To fly with them upon your silver Wing. Thoughts of the Sea I love to stand upon the massive wharf, And see the splashing surge upon the seas, And hear the sucking, clucking, breaking waves As they react to every blowing breeze. It brings upon my mind a long desire To lug the lapping sail into the wind, And feel the lurching, jerking, sturdy wheel, Whenever the ship ascends upon the brine. I love to hear the seafowl's crying voice Above the slender, sldping, slimy reef, And when these thoughts upon my mind recur, I hurry home to bring my heart relief. Page ten THE MISSILE

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of the Confederate States of America, and, as chief executive, occupied the impressive building that is now the Confederate Museum. Petersburg has been termed the Key to Richmond, and its importance was proven by the fact that immediately after it fell, April 2, 1865, the southern capital was evacuated, President Davis being called out of a .church service to Hee. Another element in the evacuation was the seizure of the Confederate lines of supply by General Grant. A portion of the city was burned by the retreating Southerners, but this area has long since been rebuilt with the beautiful buildings that envelop most of modern Richmond. 1870 - 1900 - The year 1870 began a new era for Richmond. Struggling up through the ashes of the devastating Civil War of 1861-1865, she covered the dark pages of her history with determined reconstruction and turned to cul- ture, literature, and music. The Mozart Association was organized, Memorial Day established, and the Westmoreland Club founded while the Sun Do Move sermons of the Reverend John Jasper, a negro preacher, did much to distract the mind from the late strife and bloodshed. In the year 1888, telephones, electric street lights and railways were installed. 1900- The twentieth century found Richmond well advanced and steady in progress. 1900 brought the automobile, motion pictures, radio, wireless, and airplane. Medical science and facilities had advanced beyond belief. In 1906, three thousand acres and twelve thousand people were annexed to Richmond, and a gift of two hundred and sixty-two acres of suburban land was added. In 1910, Manchester was consolidated with Richmond and her population was 127,628. The present area of Richmand is 23.97 square miles with a population of 220,513. There are twelve banks, two hundred and forty-nine churches, forty-four public school buildings, sixteen private and parochial schools, nine colleges, eleven hotels, three hundred manufacturing plants, six rail- roads, eleven passenger bus lines, and four airlines. Richmond has maintained her old traditions, but not at the expense of adopting new developments . THE MISSILE Pagenine

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By Anne Frank LINTON Brooks Kirby, Lt. U. S. N., 37, died here today at 1:15 P. M. in the Academy Hospital - A due to injuries received when his house burned last Friday night. He had been entertaining a group of Sea Scouts at his home at the Naval Academy. The fire, caused by a short circuit, spread rapidly, and a Sea Scout, Wallace Hughes, Jr., was trapped on the second floor. Without hesi- tation Lt. Kirby rushed into the blazing house and rescued the boy. Both collapsed at the foot of the C5 A U W -Q? -QfJ '1.lHi Ubi Illustrated by William Crowder Hill l if - I: al' 1' errneu, A ' ir - iq? U lviyr G . gfff V' f f ,.-. ff ,, ,4f,,,,,4n '.,fL ..-.,.., ,,.... ...,Am,,,.,:g W 1 .-Are... .---- mgmllllll'IYgQllg.!Am1 ' .J .1 . ' a'a' f c,-- ii, burning stairs and were brought out by a fireman, John Shantz. They were immediately taken to the Academy Hospital. Kirby, born in Norfolk, Virginia, was left an orphan at the age of 11. At the orphanage he became an intimate friend of Wallace Hughes, the father of the boy whom he saved. Kirby and Hughes, by their own merits, gained entrance to the United States Naval Academy in 1911. Kirby was graduated from the Academy in 1915 with high honors. At the outbreak of the war Kirby and Hughes were made aides to Admiral H. P. Denton. On the afternoon of October 1st, 1917, an unidentified Austrian spy discovered by Admiral Denton rooting through his papers, was threaten- ing the admiral with a small hand grenade when Kirby and Hughes en- tered. Seeing that escape was impossible, the spy started to throw the bomb at Admiral Denton. Both Kirby and Hughes leapt at the Austrian and caught his arm. The grenade fell to the floor, and in the explosion, Hughes and the spy lost their lives, Kirby was seriously injured, and the admiral escaped with a few minor fiesh wounds. Due to these injuries, Kirby was forced to retire from active duty in the Navy, devoting himself to teaching at Annapolis. THE MISSILE Pageeleven