Pottstown High School - Troiad Yearbook (Pottstown, PA)

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Eight FAREWELL You have been lectured much and 11ght1y so on the value of such precepts as Justlce truth trustworthlness morallty and so on To what polnt has been thls 1nstruct1on It IS dlfficult to measure 1ts value Recently a man of mlddle age sald Much of the lnstructlon glven me and many of the lmpresslons I had whlle attendmg school meant llttle to me untll years afterwards Your teachers wlll be satlsfied 1f ultimately thelr efforts bear frult 1n your l1ves A mother ln saylng good bye to her son who was leavmg home left wlth h1m thls admon1t1on Take care of your health and your chalacter Do nothlng say nothlng that you Wlll ever be ashamed of 1n front of your best fr1ends Thmk' It IS for you to make of yourself whatever you ultlmately become Farewell and may the cholcest bleSS1UgS of llfe be yours F M HAISTON Supermtendent 9 s ' y r 1 r - . . , H . . . . . . . . . ,, . . . ' r . . H ' . . 1 ' 1 , . . . ,

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WE HONOR For some years Pottstown Hlgh School has been fortunate to have as a member of ltS faculty Mr Stanley I Davenport J r The year 1941 saw h1m take over the dutles of Vlce Pr1nc1pal succeedmg Mr Norman S Martm In th1s capaclty he has been a loyal and wlllmg advlsor Many of us have gone to hlm wlth questlons concernmg our school work and numerous other problems In an unsettled and try1ng war year, he has falthfully carrled on the dutles of advlsor and frlend The Class of 1945 proudly dedlcates lts book and nts work to Stanley I Davenport Jr Seven 1 0 . . , . s . , -

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THE PRllNCllPAlLS MESSAGE TO GRADUATES To the Membels of the bliss of 1945 These llnes are belng vultten to you on J mu uy Z 1945 We ale now m the Y!11dSt of a second wo1ld wal -md 1emembe1 xll of y0Ul h1gh school days have been war days Boys who a1e now membe1s of thls class wxll be ln the SQIVICS of ou1 country long befo1e thls book wlll be dlstrlbuted to the membe1s of the class at the tune of the annual June Commencement Let us lemembel those who selve ou1 countlv ln the war effolt who fight to preselve l1be1ty and the Amel 1c'1n way of llfe 'md fox the bettelment of humanlty F01 these ou1 playels go folth for then pleselvatxon and then safe 1etu1n home and may those of us who remam on the home fxont do ou1 palt whateve1 lt may be, earnestly and wlth equal d9V0tl0H that thls woxld may be '1 bette1 place ln whlch to l1ve N me l V. . - Y . 4, . ' ' .' . . . fn . ' ' ' c c L., . ' . f . C . ., 2 v . . . 1 . . . C 1 , C . . . Y 7 . K . .