Westby High School - Ski Yearbook (Westby, WI)

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I MEMORIAM LIEUTENANT BARSTAD Lleut Cllfford Raymond Theophll Bar stad son of Mr and Mrs Selmer Barstad was born ln the clty of Westby WISCOHSIH on December 7 1923 He was baptlzed by the Rev S O Rondestvedt and confirmed by the Rev M A Egge He was a faltllflll member of Our Savlors Iutheran Lhurch wlth regular attendance at servlces Sunday School and post confirmatxon Bxble class He graduated from the Westbv Hlgh School as valedlctorlan of hls class on NI IX entered Luther College Decorah Iowa W hlle a student there he answ elej hls country s call and enllsted ln the Army An Corps Reserve He was called to actlye du ty on February 25 1943 -'kfter an extenslve tralnlng at yarxous an bases he was sent overseas mn December 1944 as a Bombardler on a B 99 Superfor tress He was statloned on the lsland of Tlnlan 1n the Marianas Group from where he flew HIISSIOHS over Ota Japan On Feb ruary 10 1945 he and the other ten mem bers of hls crew were reported as I1llSSll'lg ln action Radlo contact was last establlsh ed wlth the plane when lt was approxlmate ly 975 nules north and shghtly west of Tm lan Island at whlch tlme their alr sea res cue call was recelved It lS belleved they crashed mto the sea one wmg of the plant hay mg been heavlly damaged by enemv alr craft fire A presumptlve findlng of death has been establlshed by the War Depart ment To mourn hls passlng he leayes hls pal ents one slster Stella and a brother in law Arnold Temte -X brother Harlan preceded hun 1n death xn 1930 He set aslde hls future plans Hls ey els youthful hope and dream He usmoned all lllallkllld hls frnends Anl gaye for them the glft supleme PAGE FIVE l V . - , . -H 1 , . . , . - s V ! Y ! y ' r ,v 9 f . 1 1 3 y ' ' . ' A . ,l , . . . . 4 , . - I5. 1942. In September the same year he ,- - . , - v

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IE! H1 FOREWORD H1 IE! IE!! iil The graduxtmg class haQ mndeax 01911 to make thlQ book trulx TQIJIQSQIHHTIYP of the Webtbw Hlgh School lm ldedls and tradl H0115 Fhercfole we slnoewlx hope lt xull be of seruce to xou both as 1 xevord of thls past xml and db .111 xuspuatlou for the seam Lo come 2 .-4:1515 I llTi'lEF 0 ll PAGE FOUR n u u u 1 n an J B E E H n ur - - 'V 2 ' ff . 3 7 'f ' V , . ' v . I h . ., E Y - v ' N ' ' 1 - 4 . ' .- D n . L . ' ' V' V A . v, ..' . v I ' .' s -v' 7 ' .Q Z v V ' W ' .5 . . . B I - f h

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CO TE TS BOOK ONE From flrst bell to last bell BOOK Two Flelclgoals, tackles and homeruns BOOK THREE We had fun, too Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Illlllllllll PAGE S X I IlIllllllIllIlllIllllllllllllllIIIIIHIIIIIllllllllllllllllIlllllllll IlIllllIIllllllHIIIIIIHIIIIHIIIIIIHllllllllllllilllllIllllllllll IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllliIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllll IliIIIHHIIIIHIHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIHIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll O llIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIHIIIHIIIIIIHIIIIIIIII llIllIIIIllIlllIllllllllllIII1lllllIIIIIIIIIIlIllllIllHIllIII.lIIll IHHIIIIIIllllllllllllllHHllllIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllliilllIIIIII IIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIflilllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllll IllllllllllIlllllllllIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIllllllllll IIlllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIHIII!llllllllllllllllll-IIIII IIIIIIII lllllllllllIIlllllllllllllllll!llllIIIIll'IIIIlllilllillllllllllllll Irllll'Il'lI'II'iIlll'lIIIIVIIIIIITIIIIIIIIillllillllllllllllllllll