Van Hornesville High School - Otsquagan Yearbook (Van Hornesville, NY)

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Tigififefzs On Tile Home fzonf All out for Victory, is the slogan of the centralized district, Van Hornesville, Stark- ville, Paines Hollow, and Jordanville. Tuesday in the Van Hornesville Central School is a special day for the little tots in kinder- garten up to the studious seniors. Dimes and dollars were placed willingly on the teachers' desks for bonds and stamps. Every pay day in defense plants are bond days. Families are planning their budgets so that bonds are included in their needs. Last fall a paper drive was sponsored by the freshmen and supported by all pupils and members of the faculty. They canvassed through the communities, and the result was four tons of waste paper. These are times that try men's souls, Thomas Paine said, and this also applies to the war-torn world of today. Insufficient help on the farms is serious. Alarms rang three-quar- ters of an hour earlier and classes were dismissed at l p.m. for five weeks this fall to aid the farmers in harvesting crops. The high school boys who would ordinarily have had to stay home to help on the farms, came for the half day session and were home in time to work all af- ternoon. During the summer vacation, both the boys and the girls worked at home on their own farms or helped out their friends. Many other pupils worked in defense plants or in business concerns where help was needed. If you looked in on VHS this year you would find the faculty loaded down with extra du- ties because of the shortage of teachers. Following a schedule, the teachers helped with the registration of war and gasoline ration books. The two teachers of the Jordanville school and a group from Van Hornesville were in charge of the registration in Jordanville. The Reverend Miles Watkins of the Jordanville-Paines Hollow parishes undertook the job of bus driver to help combat the labor shortage. In October VHS sponsored a War Chest Jamboree. when five-hundred dollars was raised in the Van Hornesville-Starkville area for the third war chest drive. This money was divided between the USO which provides recreation for men in the armed forces, and the various other relief societies. The health of our nation is more important today than ever before. To give the students more knowledge of this subject, health classes were organized. The boys met Tuesdays and Thursdays with Francis Duncombe, and the girls under the leadership of Miss Lois Bentley met Mondays and Wednesdays. A health movie for the combined classes was shown on Fridays. The VHS Highlights was mailed each week to 160 service boys all over the world. If we could drop in on a mail call, we would probably see each boy receiving a letter from his Mom, one from his sweetheart, and the Highlights. He would read all the home town gossip, and then turn to the Under the Colors page. His eyes would scan the column and stop on a certain name and address. His face would light up in a smile. He has contacted one of his many lost friends, and he thinks back on the good old days. These many contributions may seem small, but it's the cooperative spirit that counts. With everyone 'working for the same thing, with all their hearts, and with our boys giving all they've got, i'Victory will soon be ours. f rl: HY z i s r ' -Q , A I, Zi, , :, V f 4, W X, rg if ,I 2 Witt , y , 'I T S aff '. The 1944 Otsquagan 3

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e icafed to . . . The fighters on the home front. We dedicate this yearbook to the farmers, the ones who furnish the man behind the gun with food to make him strong and healthy. We dedicate this yearbook to the war plant employees, who help every allied soldier to be the best equipped at the front. We dedicate this yearbook to the teacher, who is guaranteeing that every boy and girl has the education he or she requires to be a good soldier, sailor, marine, flyer. WAC, WAVE, or nurse. We dedicate this yearbook to the doctors and nurses who are doubling their efforts to help the wounded and sick, or teach others the marvels of medical SCICIICC. We dedicate this book to each student, who is preparing to be a good citizen and to take the reins handed down to them to steer and hold the world on a course of everlasting peace, happiness and decency. We dedicate this Otsquagan to every American doing his part. I , 'GE' N - ...., U t is f aff nf- The 1944 Otsquagun

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'iln the old wars, it was the Steed, the charger, that was the necessary companion of the warrior and the inseparable associate of the hero. That was so not only on the battle front, but in the literature and pictures of wars. both historical and imaginative. The horse was always spirited and not only shared the honors, but was the symbol of power. i'Today. the symbol of power is petroleum. The symbols of support are the milch cow, the beef steer, and the chickens. They too need to be high bred and spirited. Their masters need to be heroes in their devotion in times like these. --OWEN D. Youwcs. ,, a of Wy t Q M' 1' 'T 'sal Q' s T ff f 1 V , I, , F , I 'mf nl , -,T ' ri.. :chilly ' P aff rr4' 4, The 1044 Olsquagan