Port Byron High School - Echo Yearbook (Port Byron, IL)

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if fe,f1w f -at -1 ' ,I ,It . oaM?iFn,- - If I ff Car, , 5 ,. , , et' I 1 , , 1 THE ECHO In the year of 1941-2, the first Echo Staff was organf' ized under the Sponsorship of Rue Cooper, Commercial Instruc- tor. Editor-in-chief was Delbert Simpson and assisting him were Class Reporters: Evelyn Nose, Norma May, Virginia Smith, Darathy aacnman, Annie Mae Searl, Fiery Esther Kelly for the Feniorsg Earl Nay, Norma Anderson, Barbara Rick, Jane Simpson, Phyllis Wildermuth for the Juniors, Dick Keeley, Marie Hedeen, Isabelle Boardman, Evelyn Pannell for the Sophomoresg Beverly Dye, and Barbara Mathes for the Freshmen. The book was ded- icated to S.C,Monson in appreciation of the guidance he had given the Seniors. This work was continued durirg 1942-3, with Miss Cooper again acting as Adviser. As this was a year of was, the book took on an uarmy thomen with classes ranked respectively as Privates, Corporals, Sergeants, and Lieutenants and dedicated to Charles Lamb, a l938 graduate, whose life was sacrificed in World War II. ' 'In 1943-4, Margaret Welch who succeeded Miss Cooper as Comnercial Instructor sponsored the publication of The Echo, and in spite of inconveniences due to wartime restrictions of labor and material, her Staff put out a most commendable ' Year Book. This third volume was dedicated to Mothers every- where, Hwho untiringly and prayerfully work on -- that the stars in windows may soon be removedn. In 1944-F, the fourth volume of The Echo was edited by the Senior Class under the guidance of Catherire Perring, successor to Miss Welch in the Commercial Department. The book was dedicated to a Classmate of this l945 graduates, Duane Irwin, who lost his life while serving his country on an aircraft carrier, the ill-fated Franklin. This issue carried a page in Memoriam to three Port Byron grad- uates who paid the supreme sacrifice in World War II - b, '38, on a fog-obscured Air Base in California, Arthur Hughes, '37, on the battlefield at Biak Island, Fred Hanny on the Japanese-hold island of Iwo Jima. Another page cited awards given to graduates serving in the armed forces of their country - to Dale Ziegler, to Arthur Ying, to Charles Lam Frank Morford. The Honor Roll this year was longer than in previous years, more blue stars were seen in windows, nore had turned to gold. In the fall of 1946, the eight Senior girls who were to serve on the Year Book Staff faced a year of Peace in- stead of War, The Echo took on a lighter, happier tone. The war was over. The book was dedicated to Peace. Though still inconveniencod by lack of material and labor, the Staff fin- ally realized the joy of seeing their efforts materialize in the Echo of l946.

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