Pittsfield High School - Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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Not one of us can easily forget The burning in our hearts, the searing pain That camo with those few terse and dreadful words. America at war! We scarce conceived The full import of this soul-stirring news. lt seemed so terrible and sad to our young minds. Our troubled eyes looked to the Christmas stars, For they alone remained serene and bright Above the black and angry smoke of war. The enemy had caught us unawares, And so, during the first few months ol' war, Our nation worked with lightning, frantic speed To keep the enemy from oil our shores. At Pittsiield liigh, our air raid drills began: And many teachers joined a first aid class: The Household Arts girls sewed on ehildren's clothes To help the lied Cross in its nlerey missions: .-Xnd with a zeal to us before unknown, We gave our time and strength to salvage drives. The sale of war stamps gradually increased, And slowly we began to understand That every little sacrifice we made Was going to help America win the war. 21 li

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.lov Bouclrvau was vlvvtt-rl prvsidm-nt, 'l'ruv, tht-rv was talk ol' national llt'l-01150 Xml soon. wc- had our .Iunior Class 1-lvvtion Xt which wc rhosv thc- ollit-4-rs for our class. .X quivt, czipalmlv, and wvll-lilwtl hoy. lfacli om- of us was busy all thv time With 1-ithvr school work or our sovial lift-. Mid hoys' vocational clusss-s wort- vnlargzvd. But most ol' us thought only ol' oursvlvvs: All talk zuifl thoughts ol' wail' wvn- vast usirlvz Wm- vulmly took 1-an-h tluy for what it wus .-Xml wont ulvout our lPllSllll'SS quilt' volltvlit. 'lllltiIllxSL1'lVlllgI, with its turlwy mul llllIll't' pivs. Cilllll' quivlily, and as quivkly spt-tl away, ,Xml in its plum' lt-l't volfl, snow-vlutl l,t't't'llllll'I', 'l'hs- month that rvvolutionizt-fl our livvs. if llc-ct-liilwr, dn-ucl l,t't't'lIllN'I' 'forty-om-, , Ile-cs-iiilwr st-vvnth, the clay of infznny, t l1t't't'lllll0I' 'forty-onv, w1 ll not forge-t Ther hittvrnvss and livartacln- that you hrought. M Illltl-tlily on lJt't't'lllllt'I' vigzhth wt- lllt'l, Stull:-nts uml l'au'ulty in solt-mn moofl, 'l'o ln-ur our l,I't'Sl1ll'lll. ill ringing: tonvs, , lla-vlurn' .'xlllt'l'lt'2i was now at mir! E 4,f:Vff3 if ' A Ni A : r 172' I ffyligfff W USP

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-Xlthougrh we ws-rf' at war, wc' lirmly vows-cl Thai ws- would lmvv za .lunior Prom that yn-ar. l,ul orr4-st Smith, as vlmirnmn ol' the- Prom, Kiuvv us za most inspiring li-us! ol' fun. Wm- thoroughly 1-njoyn-cl tha- 1-ln-vm-r plain Ol' using: the- llnitvrl Nations thvnn- ,-Ks thi- foundation l'or our .lunior Prom. And surely, cw-n aft:-r many yr-ars, We-'ll look back on thv Prom with happy thoughts. xg! lu Nluy, thi- sugar rationing ln-gzui, .Xml svvcral junior girls In-lpi-cl ut thc' svhools ln issuing: the- lirsl wur ration hook. Our srhool routine- had many inlvrruptions, But wc' flirl not ln-colnv too muvh ups:-it Wai wi-rr' ll0t0I'IlllIlPCl that vu-'ml hold our own. lieu-h ol' us lurnml with arclor to our task, lil-solw-cl to flo our purl. 'lihu' spring tluys pussx-cl: Quickly our junior yvur Vkillll' to a closv, -X y4-ur ol' pc-ril and ol' world-wirlv strifv, X harrl yvur that haul Illifllll' us strong: zuul lrrzn 1-Y