Weaver High School - Portal Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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With a sigh of relief and a fervent supplication, we finally trundle our little brain-child off the presses out into the hands of its readers. At last we may remove our several proboscises from the grindstone and our scapulas from the wheel and present a perfect yearbook. We fully appreciate that no one ' s accom¬ plishments are omitted, no one ' s feelings will be hurt, and no one ' s expectations will be confounded. We know that nothing but praise can possibly mark the Portal ' 43 !—However that may be, we at least have done our best. We have attempted to capture those memories which we will cherish most and to chronicle that way of life of ours for which we are fighting and for which men the world over are dying. Now, blissful in our new-fou nd freedom from write-ups, fea¬ tures, and deadlines, we retire once more into the guiet solitude of our respective padded cells. —A.P.W.— Good candidates for the Signal Corps

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' As our country passes through this, her darkest hour, Weaver students and teachers alike have gone forth to succor her, and before 1943 waxes older, many more will also depart from the portals of Weaver to join the various serv¬ ices. This war may be long and its price dear—we realize all too well that many who have answered the call to arms may be sacrificed upon the bloody altar of Mars before this war is won. Already three Weaver graduates have paid for the coming peace with their lives. They were typical of all the men and boys who have given up the happy, well-ordered life which should rightly be theirs, to enter the armed forces. Therefore, in tribute, we, the class of 1943, do dedicate this class book to Thomas J. Glynn Jr., Alex Diachenko, and Frank C. Richardson, as repre- sentatives of all those who, unselfishly and unstintingly, are sacrificing every¬ thing to serve their Country and their God. 7