Washington Park High School - Kipikawi Yearbook (Racine, WI)

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eoiratiou Chis liberty number of the ikipikatni is affettionately uno gratefully oehirateh to our golo:star boys tnhose supreme sacrifice maoe Victory possible. 'Erlilany a lah hoe holh Bear in our heart of hearts its missing from the homexreturning host. Qh, say not they are lost, jfor they habe fourth ano giben their life ilu sarrifirial strife: Their serhire stars habe thangeo from blue to golbf' -iiaeury VanZBylae.

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dealt: Star Jlaerusi A1.U1x1N1 Our lirst gold star w11s for Gluf Jacobsen, '17, who died 11t Minneapolis, illay 12, 11118. l11 l11l7 he C11liSfl'1l in the hlarine Corps at Hare Island but was 11nable to pass the physi- cal l'X11IlllllZ1flUll. l,ater l1e e11tered tl1e ollic- l'l'iS training Cillllp at St, Paul where he was stricken with Dlll'llIllUI1l1l Zlllll died. 'lirueworthy llurgin, '14, died 11t Great Lakes as tl1e result of pne11111oni11 brought on hx 1111 attack of llllll1l'll7.il. He enlisted in the navy Hay nil, 11118, 11t Chicago. lle took :1 four weeks' course i11 signal work 11t North- western University, after which he entered the ensign school at Municipal Pier, Chicago. His conimission as an ensign came while l1e was at Great l,akes, Zllltl he was formally entered in tl1e navy 11nder that commission September 1.1. Frank xl. lfntrop, '13, died at the naval hos- pital at Chelsea, Klassachusetts, of pne111noni11, following an attack of influenza. Fnsign lfntrop enlisted at Great Lakes December 2, 1917. He had just completed a co11rse i11 radio work at Harvard University Zlllll was about to enter active service when he was stricken with influenza. Another gold star was added to Racine's honor Hag when John Francis Clancy died of pne11monia while in a hospital in France. YVhen the Racine Ambulance Corps was or- ganized, John Clancy was one of the hrst to enlist, although under military age, VVhen tl1e Vvisconsin troops were mustered into active service, slack, with the consent of his parents, accornpanied the Ambulance Corps to Camp Douglas and to Camp llacArthur. Later he we11t to Camp Xlerritt, N. to board a transport for France where the Ambulance Coinpany did active work on the battle front. Our last gold star NX as added when lfdmutid R. Qollins, 11,, died in Russia. Klarch 211. 111111. llvhen war was declared. he joined the officers' training school at Fort Sheridan, lXIay 15, 1917. He received his first lie11te11ancy, was sent first to Fort lllcljherson, Georgia, Zlllll then to Camp Custer, lllichigan. He left for Furope in July, 1918, but was sent to Russia from lflngland. He w11s severely wound- ed i11 11ction, Zllltl died live days later. NoN-GRADUATES. Antonin Ruzicka died at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, of influenza. He was teacher of llll? 2lI'I' class at the High School for three years. He was to l111ve been transferred to tl1e camouHage department at Washington, where he wo11ld have been very useful, when he died. l,ester lCvans died of inl'l11enza 11t Fort l.eavenworth, Kansas. He enlisted in tl1e VVireless Constr11ction Corps and went to 21 training school 11t Madison. Vincent Farl Curcio died at the U. S. Naval Hospital at l'ortsmouth, Virginia, of cerebro- spinal meningitis, February 14, 14118, He enlisted at Gre11t Lakes and Went overseas on the battleship Texas as a first class heavy g11n pointer, and was on one of the battleships that escorted the German battleships when they s11r- rendered. Lieutenant Stanley Huguenin lost his life in an airplane collision at Lincolnshire, ling- land, April 3, 1918. Frank G. Whalen succumbed to pneumonia overseas on October 18, 1918. George Ollaaughlin was killed in France, June 22, 1918. He was studying mine en- gineering at Notre Dame University when war was declared. He eatered an officers' avia- tion training camp at Fort Harrison, Indianap- olis. He attended ground school at the Uhio State University, and later at VVright Field, Dayton. He received his commisriion as first lieutenant in November, 1917, and left for France in january, 1918. His altitude record ol 2o,ooo feet was the highest in l1is camp.