Virginia Episcopal School - Vestige Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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Lynchburg Steam Bakery, Inc. Lynchburg, , ,. , ,.... . A. .,. . ,... . . ,.... . , ,AHA U, H. V B E 'r S Y R0SCSMPLX:TS'?I'W0-TWENTY SANDWICH BREAD DELICIOUS BETSY ROSS CAKES PURE AND WHITE -ALWAYS RIGHT! WHITE STAR STEAM LAUNDRY COMPANY 'ki' 80 Years OIcI FIEES1' NATIONAL BANK of LYNCHBURG RESOURCES: FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS rve Sysfem - Member Federal Depo E OLD, BIG, STRONG B 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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In Q DECEMBER, 1945 ,L I I 5f I ,Q ,. - -, , -, ,, , ... -:E Mmm? I - Eff - - - - - -- V VIRGINIA EPISCOPAL SCHOOL MRS, DAVVSON MRS. PAYNE ' .... f 'I ddr! of g1'a!ih1a'c mm' af7jv1'Pc'faf'z'01z . . . VOLULIE XXX NUMBER 3