West View High School - Westvian Yearbook (West View, PA)

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0l 8 bU0l The early pioneer contributed more to the foundation of America than any other factor in the history of our country. His spirit drove people on to do the impossible. He would never settle down when there was a frontier to be conquered. He always sought what was beyond the horizon and when he had achieved it, he would reset his goal. He had definite ideas on life and government, and strived to make them a part of the American way. His frontiers were forests and mountains, deserts and plains, rivers and valleys. The early pioneers lived a rough life, facing many hardships, obstacles, and mishaps. He had to travel light, depriving himself of luxuries, and because of this, he proved how resourceful a human can be. His bravery and courage have been a valuable example for American living. Today, America faces new frontiers-frontiers that the country has never faced before. Atomic research has opened new horizons that have yet to be explored. World government has also opened a new and far reaching field-social and racial problems only being a small part. Science and industry have also opened new frontiers. There is much to be explored and conquered. We, the Class of 1946, emerge into life, just as the pioneers of old, facing new frontiers. Our pioneering will do much to determine the future of America, and even the future of the world. We will have to face hardships, obstacles, and mishaps if we wish to make this a better, more peaceful world. We will again have to prove how resourceful an American can be. We are basing this, the 1946 Westvian, on these pioneers- of early America and of today-and the spirit behind them that makes them so great. Westvian - 5

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obefcafion To pave the way for the settlers in the westward movement in America, pioneers had to face many hardships and dangers and made costly sacrifices. They cleared the way for the people that followed behind, sometimes at the cost of their own lives. America is proud of these pople that led the way. lt is to the pioneers of today who sacrificed their lives to pave the way for America's and humanity's future, that we dedicate this, the 1946 Westvian. They lie in lonely graves all over the world, though each and everyone of them deserves a wonderful monument. America can never repay these boys for the great sacrifice they have made. LT. CHARLES BRUCKMAN '43 killed in action over Germany March 29, 1945 Air Corps PVT. FRANCES LEO BRUCKNER '39 killed in action in Belgium on December 17, 1944 Army SGT. JACK COLETTE '43 killed in action over Germany on March 29, 1945 Air Corps PVT. JOHN W. DAYTON '42 killed in action in the South Pacific on May 28, 1944 Army SfSGT. WARREN C. HEER '41 killed in action over Europe on April 28, 1944 Air Corps CPL. HOWARD J. HOFFMAN '39 killed in action in France on October 3, 1944 Air Corps LT. EDWARD CLUNK '39 killed in a plane crash over Germany in 1944 Air Corps PVT. LEONARD A. LEBO '39 died at Fort Bru99, North Carolina, May 24, 1942 Army PVT. RALPH E. LOCKHART '40 killed in cl plane crash on March 26, 1944 between lndia and China Army P.F.C. JAMES P. MADDEN '41 killed on October 31, 1943 in the South Pacific Marine Corps SGT. JOHN ROBERT NOFSINGER '39 killed in action in Germany on Oecember 2, 1944 Army FIRST LT. BERTRAM S. REED '39 killed in action on December 27, 1943 over New Guinea Air Corps SGT. JACK SEUBERT '41 died of periton- itis in India on May 2, 1944 Army SGT. EDWARD SIMON '41 killed in ac- action, June 22, 1943 in Germany Air Corps SGT. JOSEPH SKLEDAR '42 killed in France on June 28, 1944 Air Corps S 2fc FRED TRYON '45 killed in action in the South Pacific July, 1945 Navy Westvian - 7