Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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30 THE PHILLIPIAN and hear he was recovering nicely. Newsof you folks quickly gets around as everyone is interested to know how and where fafter guessworkj you are. Some of you may be coming for a look-see before many months, if we may rely on latest news. We hope so, and are marking time until then. I ELLA R1cHARnsoN. Greetings to the Boys and Girls in the Service. Most of you are far from home this beautiful season of the year. You may be in a hospital, in a foxhole or in some other post of danger, but remember we on the home front remember you and are pray- ing for you all. We look forward to the day when this terrible war will be over and peace shall reign upon the earth. . Some weeks ago a radio commentator made the statement that he had received a letter from a soldier in the early twenties who wrote that he had no future and nothing to come back to. Poor boy, I hope his chaplain may get to him and talk to him and be able to change his mind. I wish I were near enough to talk with him myself. 1 would ren him of Helen Keller who refused to allow the dark- ness of her sightless eyes and silent tongue to keep her down. I would tell him of the blind Beethoven, who instead of grumbling and quitting, wrote some of the world's most beautiful music. I would tell him of George Washington Carver who refused to allow the fact that he had been born in slavery keep him from carving out a future that exceeded many of the achievements of scientists who had been born in freedom and wealth. G. I. loc, you have much to live for and much to come back to. You have the G. I. Bill of Rights that will set your feet on the way to an education. You can now be sup- plied with artificial limbs and trained to use them skillfully. You are now fighting for a land where every man is free to dream and to think for himself and to build and to over- come, and more than that, you have your loved ones patiently waiting for your return. You have the most wonderful country in all the world,-and above all, you have God. Sincerely, CHAPLAIN RoY A. CLARK, 4th Battalion, Maine State Guard, Phillips. HONOR ROLL fPhilIips, Avon, Madrid, and Salemj i April 25, 1945 P.F.C. Earl Abbott- Fort Benning, Georgia Pvt. Leslie Adley-Camp Gruber, Okla. Pvt. Carl Ames- Ayer, Massachusetts Maynard Austin - Discharged P.F.C. Reynold Avery-Germany Pvt. Iames Bacheldor-Camp Gordon, Ga. Robert Badger S llc - Pacific Cpl. Tech. Henry Beal-France Cpl. Richard Beal- South Pacific sysgr. Theodore Beal-Florida Sgt. Donald Beedy- Italy Paul Beedy S llc - South Pacific Sgt. Arthur Blanchard-Sioux Falls, S. D. Cpl. Clovis Blanchard, Ir.-England Capt. Wendall Boston -Italy P.F.C. Iasper Bubier-Hawaiian Islands P.F.C. Kenneth Bubier-Camp Edwards, Massachusetts Pvt. Reynold Bubier-France ' Pvt. Stanley Bubier-Camp Wheeler, Ga. Pvt. Philip Bunnell-South Pacific Albert Burnham S llc-Indian Ocean Sgt. Frederick Burnham - Burma Morton Burnham Mo. M. M. F. 3Ic - South Pacific Pvt. Azel Campbell-- Okinawa P.F.C. Elwood Campbell-Germany Kenneth Campbell - Discharged Everett Caton S llc-Pacific ' Pvt. Raymond Clinch - Camp Wheeler, Ga. P.F.C. Harold Coffren-Manchester, N. H. P.F.C. Lester Cofiren - New Guinea Tl5 Raymond Cofiren-San Diego, Calif. Gerald Corson S llc-England TIS Harold Corson - New Guinea P.F.C. Norman Corson-Germany P.F.C. Kenneth Cushman-U. S. Hospital in England Pvt. Roy Cushman-Camp Devens, Mass. Pvt. Walter Cushman -Germany Abel Cyr I. Newton Davenport-Discharged

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THE PHILLIPIAN 29 girls, we've got to get below the color line. VV e make a lie and a jeer for our Democracy when we discriminate. The Spirit of our Christian religion is like the song you fel- lows sing, .Don't Fence Me In. In other words, it means let me be big enough to see there is something of worth in every soul. Now I hope there is nothing about this per- sonal word that will irritate you. It is sent with the gratitude of a spirit no word can convey. Speaking of irritation, I saw a word recently with a lot of human experience in it. as also a smile. Here's to a chigger, A bug that's no bigger Than the point of a wee, wee pin. But the bump that he raises It itchcs like blazes And that's where the rub comes in. Yours in the fellowship of that all-embrac- ing Spirit, WM. H. H. TAYLOR, Pastor, Phillips Methodist Church. Dear Boys and Girls: Last night the seniors asked me to write to you again through the Service Sheet. They said they had asked lim Ross, too. I canyt hope to compete with him, but I'll just scribble a little sense and nonsense. As I owe many of you a letter, this will be a good way to answer you all at once. Believe it or not! Our snow is all gone in the village and the grass is getting green. However, the radio says freezing for to- night. VVe have just had a cold rain but the top of Old Mt. Blue is all white. The boys have brought me several bunches of Mayflowers. Neal and Ronald are looking forward to the close of school which is only about six weeks away. Neal expects to work on a farm again this summer. The Legion Alumni Hall has been Fixed and we have had several dances there. It is hard to get an orchestra but we get along all right, and the young folks all have fun. The Legion is now planning for Memo- rial Day and are getting a small local band into shape for the parade. Norman Butler has kindly offered to help them and.he'll do it well, too. Wish every one of you could be here to march .but that time will come. Not a great while ago I read a notice in the Farmington news about an Odd Fellows' meeting. It said, The second degree will be sujered on a class of candidates next Monday nightf' Since Prince has joined I am wondering just what they suffered or if it should have been some other word. A short time ago we all got quite a scare when we looked out of our windows and saw the flames shooting out of Fred Beal's house. It was a bad fire and spoiled the upper half of the house. Everyone felt sorry for them. There have been a few of the boys and Brick Whorf? fof coursej fishing here by the bridge, but no whoppers have been pulled out yet. The falls are very high and it's,still quite cold. Here's hoping, meat is awful scurcefi VVe are still collecting waste paper and magazines and storing it in the late Bill Lovejoyls blacksmith shop. We hope to get tons and tons more to help out. We have received word that Dana, David and Everett have been released from German Prison Camps and will soon be home. Good luck and here's hoping we'll be see- ing you all soon. HELEN EDWARDS. To our Boys and Girls in the Service: Marilyn wants to know if I'll write a line or two for the sheet -so here goes. - Recently I wanted to go into Pillsbury's and Iim Ross was ahead of me and very gallantly opened the door with a flourish, followed me in and a small white dog evidently thought he would slip in too. Now the 'K Store owns a 'K watch cat who does not allow dogs inside. At once there was a cat and dog light, but above all this the screams rose high-Iim's screams. He put for the door closing it behind him. Dog, cat, and us inside. Finally the dog was coaxed outside, and soon Iim was again inside and out of breath, saying. I never was so scared in my life!!! And we had to believe him. There is little in the way of news to write. Once in a while we see a 'fellow in uniform, home on leave. VVe were glad to see Don Dennison

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THE PHILLIPIAN 31 P.F.C. Iohn DeCosta-Germany Sgt. XValter Demar-Camp Shanks, N. Y. Cpl. Donald Dennison-Camp Edwards, Massachusetts Pvt. Charles Deraps-Germany P.F.C. Philip Deraps-Philippine Islands Wesley Dodge Sgt. Alfred Dow - Missing P.F.C. Dorothea Dube-Enid, Oklahoma SlSgt. P. Montell Dunham-France Hayden Dustin - Discharged Pvt. Charles Ellicott - France Sgt. Clarence Ellis -Italy Carl Ellsworth - Discharged P.F.C. Clarence Ellsworth-New Britain Midshipman Earl Eustis-Chicago, Illinois Lieut. Christine R. Fabian-North Carolina Hartley Fairbanks - Killed TI5 Hayden Fairbanks-South Pacific Kenneth Fairbanks - Discharged P.F.C. O. Marshall Fogg-Czechoslovakia Alpheus Freeze - Discharged SlSgt. Maurice French -Italy SISgt. Dan Owen Frost , SlSgt. Lybrand Goldsmith -Italy Pvt. Alvin Gould - Florida Pvt. Ardine Grant - Germany Cpl. Alvin Gross - Germany Pvt. Linwood Gross-Fort Devens, Mass. Pvt. Ormond Gross-Camp Gordon, Ga. C. Holman Grover-Civilian working for the United States Government in Europe Sgt. Harold Haggan - England P.F.C. Howard Haggan -Germany P.F.C. Ronald Haggan - Camp Gruber, Oklahoma Ronald Haley S llc-South Pacinc Malcolm Hardy - Discharged s!sgr. Delmar Harnden - Germany SISgt. Everett Harnden - Germany Herschel Harnden - Discharged Sgt. Lionel Harnden-Philippine Islands SlSgt. Carl Heath - England Pvt. Herman Heath - China Sgt. Philip Heath-Santa Fe, New Mexico P.F.C. Robert Hemingway - Italy A.lS. G. Warren Hinds-Randolph Field, Texas Cpl. Sherwin Hinds-England Sgt. Clayton Hinkley - Italy Gerald Holt-France Sgt. David Howard - France Cpl. Garol Howard - Germany Cpl. Arthur Huntington-Camp Crowder, Missouri P.F.C. U. E. Iacobs-South Pacific Sgt. Donald Iames-On his way overseas Charles Iepson S llc-New York Tl4 Nelson Iewell -Germany Lawrence Kelley S Zlc-Newport, R. I. Irwin Kempton S llc-Marianas slsgt. Montford Kenniston - Harlingen, Texas . sfsgt. Ioseph Ketcham-Philippine Islands Pvt. Vinton Kennedy -Fort Devens, Mass. Cpl. H. Leonard Kinney-Germany TIS Carol Lake - Germany Sgt. S. Gordon Leavitt-Germany Everett Libby Montford Libby Howard Littlefield Harvey Lovett - Killed P.F.C. George Lufkin-Germany P.F.C. Berton Makinen-France Clifford Makinen S Zlc- Leyte P.F.C. Aaron Marden-Fort Bliss, Texas Cpl. Robert Masterman-South Pacific A Truman Masterman, Ir. S Zlc -Sampson, New York . A. Raymond McFarland - Discharged Pvt. Elmer McIntosh-Camp Gordon, Ga. Cpl. Iames McIntosh-Philippine Islands Pvt. Robert McKeen - Germany Sgt. Floyd McLaughlin-New Guinea Lilla McLaughlin A. M. M. Zlc-Texas Cpl. Richard McLaughlin -Massachusetts Pvt. Milton McMullen - California Pvt. William Mills -Italy Sgt. Waman M-ills Cpl. Everett Mitchell-Richmond, Virginia Harold Mitchell - Discharged I. Philip Morgan A. S.-Sampson, N. Y. Cpl. Montford Morgan-Boise, Idaho Capt. Lew Noble-Fort Niagara, N. Y. Floyd Norton - Discharged P.F.C. Nelson Norton-Fort Devens, Mass. Harry Oberton - Discharged P.F.C. Robert Parker-Courtland Field, Ala. Cpl. Henry Patterson-Germany SlSgt. Rolliston Pease-Southwest Pacific