Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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LETTERS life rafl or somelhing lo hold on 'ro bul' all I could see was men swimming around . . . Abou? 'rhar lime a rall came from I don'I know where and I hung on. If was crowded wilh men buf I managed lo hold on. The rafl 'was a gill of God because when I looked 'Ihe 'iirsf Iime II wasn'l' 'rhere . . . I held on Io 'lhe rafl unfil I was pulled off by a man Ihal seemed 'lo go crazy. I didn'I have sfrenglh Io fighl back. buf I wasn r afraid when I found lhal l had nolhing maferial lo hang on lo. I had God and I knew 'lhar He had saved me once and would save me again. In less Ihan Iwo minules I was pulled aboard a Iugboal. I lay on deck and vomiled and lhen passed oul cold. I came 'fo In aboul five minules and by 'lhe lime we gol' Io Cherbourg I was well enough lo walk off 'Ihe boar. I refused lo go 'ro a hospilal be5 cause I knew 'they would be crowded wilh Ihe men Ihal were coming in from The BuIge. Men were coming in wilh arms and legs blown off and Iols of men were nearly dead from drowning. A+ leasl I could walk. They pul us, Ihe ones Thai' could walk, in an ex-German concenlralion camp. We slepl on pallers on lhe floor wilh abou? five blankels. I fhoughf I would never gel warm again. The nexl day, Chrislmas, we wenl' 'ro an assembly ppinl' and had our Chrislmas dinner. Alfer a good meal I fel? wonderful. I had a slight cold lo show for Ihe calasfrophe . . . Tha+'s 'Ihe sfory of 'rhe LeopoIdviIle. We losl 800 of the 2.000 men on board. l'lI wrile again soon. Keep on sending packages 'cause I won'l' be home for quile a while. John. Pfc. John S. Waller. '43, 264th lnfanlry. The Meleor Thanks Mrs. Waller for +his Ierfer from her son. Ed. A... ..- . - ., ,,.. ..- QUALITY DAIRY PRODUCTS PHONE I063 ART BARBER SHOP Under Ho+eI Carroll V. E. S. WELCOME Palronize Those Who Paironize You Esiablished I 859 I I. P. Bell Company STATIONERS, BOOKSELLERS. PRINTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS BI6 Main Slreel' Bring Your KODAK WORK 'Io Us Fashions in Foods MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR YOUR PARENTS AT THE VIRGINIAN HOTEL EIGHTH and CHURCH PHONE 2700 PARAMQUNT -- NOVEMBER Z5-28 - STATE FAIR DANA ANDREWS JEANNE CRAIN DICK HAYMES VIVIAN BLAINE f ' 'S5Z5l356lSSQ?i55Z?ki52Sl55ala6455ElaiilaelaQlaelaelaelaelaelalilaElazilaelaekaelaelaGiaCSISSCSIE-5655Elaelarelaelaelaelaelaelaelaelaelaelag - . - - ESS BUY VICTORY BONDS KEEP ON BUYING 35153 VICTORYBOND .- .- Q. .- 'IQQIQQI I +355 I .?Ql9f?l9f3l32Q I l??9?l??f?P9'3l Q 1 l9QlWl?QPQBQl?Q9Ql9 ?Ql9QB?IQQIBQTQQIQQIQQIQQIQQIQQIQQI??E'l?2Ql32S?l99SJl?2S?l?2f?l?29iir?2S?r32S'?+99?l9S?l?29?l?29il R

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METEORITES Through The Telescope By The AsTrologer Speeding across The lens oT The Telescope we see a long, blue, Hsouped-up car wiTh a low-riding back-end bearing none oTher Than ZeTa Psi's own Burley Long, coming back Trom heaven To see his old parT- ners in crime. Cap'n Bob ArThur, Owl-man WhiTe. Bobo WesT, and Jesse Waller. Booger lTchyson, The celebraTed skin surgeon, comes Through wiTh a brillianT Tumor oT The wrisT opera- Tion in l-lisTory V. Sponge, pleasell Slophead Sundry has been seen sneaking around school wiTh a Tiend- ish gleam in his eye! WaTch ThaT spiked TomaTo iuice, Ballou. LaTely The No. l song on The V. E. S. hiT parade has been We're from ST. Mary's. Boys, and WhaT Do We Care! SporT and l-lock, Two Tair- si7ed hosses, are Tinding iT a raTher 1ighT squeeze in The hearT 01' Reesey, Honey. Big Boy has anoTher arm inTec- Tion aTTer going home To see his 'oman in The company oT Coon Dawg. lThey musT be rivals? 'WaTch your sTep, Big 'un.l We wish To beg your pardon Tor such an arTicle, buT Ol' Pal Val scooped all The sTardusT ouT oT The Telescope lens. 1 ..O i The AsTronomical Calendar .OcTober I4-ATTer sTarring in The V. E. S.-l-largrave game, FooTsey is Telled by a broken rib in a rough ses- sion oT ThaT hardesT of all hard games. Touch TooTball. OcTober I6- Croach Barge sends home Tor his radio and vic. hav- ing heard Trom The besT oT auThoriTy iThe EnTerprises, lnc.i ThaT he has been appoinTed a counselor. STrange- ly enough, The appoinTmenT doesn'T go Through! 0cTober I7 - 64-CaraT Treva- Than gives The boys on The TooTball squad a break by showing up Tor pracTice aTTer over Two weeks oT Ter- rible goldbr-pardon me, oT Terrible illness. OcTober I8-- 64-CaraT makes TirsT sTring. STrange--could iT be ThaT old ingredienT ? OcTober 25 - Reusen's Romeo DuTTey has himselT a Tling. 10 4 R lv xwhygoqx ' I.. November 3-Needing sleep bad- ly, FooTsey, lviope, and Ski- Jump Take a week-end To Raleigh. inTending To spend all Their Time caTching up on iT. November 5-Same Three reTurn To school looking like new men, hav- ing spenT all Their Time sleeping aT The Baron's house. They swear They averaged over TourTeen hours sleep boTh nighTs. November 6- Cookie reTurns To The TooTball wars wiTh a TwenTy- pound brace on each knee. lAlso breaks up every TirsT sTring play.l November IO laTTernoonl-Bishops play Their hardesT game oT The sea- son, buT The breaks Tail To go Their way. Game played in perTecT TooT- ball weaTher. Sun shining. a Tall nip in The air, noT a cloud in The sky. lThe opinions expressed in This col- umn are noT necessarily Those oT The Caroliniansl November IO lnighTl-Jimmie ST. Clair makes wiTh The iive Tor The E. H. S.-Alumni Dance. Among The couples seen were Mr. AlberT Ein- sTien wiTh Miss Jacqueline CarpenTer, Mr. PeTer Tchaikovsky wiTh Miss Ro- berTa Field, and Haywood wiTh Homer. November II-All visiTing alumni wake up very early so ThaT They won'T miss breakTasT, especially Bobo WesT and Owl-Man WhiTe. November ll llaTerl-CerTain boys are TrighTened because Their weekend daTes almosT come To chapel. November I2-Edgar and Ol' Pal Val arrive in Town aT 3:00 o'clock aTTer hours oT grueling labor on Ex- ample IO7. November I3 - Fwed Cohoon decides To miss pracTice in order To wash his unmenTionables. November I4--ATomic bombs be- gin dropping down sTairwells. And They said Nagasaki was bad! . People in The Public Eye Aldred lSmooThiei - CelebraTing aTTer each Ohio STaTe vicTory. Allen, T. lDemon Deacl-Longing To pay a visiT To SweeT Briar. ArmisTead iCookiel-Trying To sell his cook books on The black markeT. BraxTon lSlaTsl--Making himseili Tamiliar wiTh The head counselor's duTies, iusT in case. Cohoon llzwedl- GeTin' mighTy Tard oT people pushin' me around. l iesT ain'T use To iT, ThaT's all. Gilman lGeniel-STiii looking Tor ThaT privaTe room wiTh a baTh. Hardy lBlondiel-Telling people ThaT iT ain'T peroxide. King lMoTher Duckl-Living in True WesT Tashion. lin his case her name isn'T Nell, iT's MargareTl Ogden lEgg-headl-Taking Them in The head. Richardson lITchyl-ScraTching! Seneff lSnuTil-Trying To geT his name in The MeTeor. SmiTh, S. lSTani-Barking orders aT people in his usual nasTy voice. Weaver lWee, Weel-Taking The Tull counT on The Tloor aT The Vir- ginian. THE METEOR

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