William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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Forcwor The 'Future, that's our destination. What is the destination that we, as young people, are plodding toward? This goal can be one that 'will live for all time. We can set a standard so high that to leach generation after us it will be a challenge. This can be our goal, to leave something worthwhile behind us. Now the darkness is deep. Let our lights shine! Now thehearts of men falter. Let our courage rise! Now human hopes waver. Let our song of faith be heard. This is a dark period in history. lt will take energetic young people to set the pace for this world of tomor- row. lt isn't a problem thatfaces us. Every generation has had the opportunity to create a world where good will prevails. Are we willing to strive toward this goal, peace on earth, good will to menu? This is our challenge! Our future lies before us to make of it what we will. As we go forth to fulfill our destination in life, may we hold these words ever before us, Follow the Gleamf' AN UNEXPECTED SPRING SNOW mmm:

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Q t. Gerald Lund 2nd Lt. C. A. Weatherford 2nd Lt. lames Blackburn Pfc. Wayne Holley FM lfC Robert Franciscato RiChCIrd Cole hrismem Top ROW: ' SfSgt. Gerald Lund, 1937, Army Air Corps, died December -20, 1942, Dieppe, France. Second Lieutenant Charles A. Weatherford, Army Air Corps, died August 17, 1944, Moses Lake, Washington. 2nd Lt. Iames Blackburn, 8th Air Corps. Pfc. Wayne Holley, 1943, U. S. Marine Corps, died Iuly 15, 1944, Saipan. FMl!C Robert Franciscato, 1942, Navy, died November 21, 1944, Tarawa. Richard Cole,1941, Fighter Pilot USAAF, died Iune 15, 1944, California. Major George Grant, Army, Paratrooper, died June 6, 1944, France. ' Capt. Clifford M. Spitser, 1936, U. S. Marine Air Corps, died lune 7, 1944, Cherry Point, N. C. Capt. Iohn C. Davis, 1939, Army, died November 28, 1944, leyte, Phillipines. TfSgt. lames McPherson, Army, died luly 12, 1944, France. Capt. Alvin Hobbs, 1937, Infantry Engineering Unit, died Iuly - 29, 1944, France. - Bob FilZCJefCI1Cl, 1939, U. S. Marine Air Corps, Fighter Pilot, died MGY 4. 1944, Daytona Beach, Florida. BOTTOM ROW: Pic. Harry R. Adams, U. S. Army Air Corps, died August 26, 1942, Wrexham, Wales. Pvt. Bob Krahenbuhl, lr., Infantry, died Iune 6, 1944, France. Pfc. Truman Fain, Marine Corps, died April 24, 1942, Corregi- dor, Phillipines. Pfc. Paul H. Webbink, 1942, 9th Army, died November 20, 1944. Pfc. Kenneth Barnhard, 1941, U. S. Marine Corps, died lune 20, 1944, Saipan. Cpl. Albert Dickson, Air Corps, died November 27, 1943, Mediterranean Area. Sgt. Warren E. Ash, 1941, Marines, 4th Division. Morris Shelton, 1941, died in Italy. MM. Ned Langton, Chief Motor Machinist Mate, died February 11, 1944, Corona, California. Pfc. Frank Dempsey, 1942, Army 35th Division, died luly 15, 1944, St. Lo. Raymond Necessary, Navy, died December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor. Pfc. Kenneth G. Curtis, 1943, Army, died November 9, 1944, Germany. Sgt. Leonard Lesh, Army Air Corps, died April 20, 1944, Mediterranean Area. Pvt. Robert G. Allen, 1939, Army, Paratrooper, died October 7, 1944, Holland. Pvt. Bob Krahenbuhl EXPLANATORY PARAGRAPHS The twenty-six pictures on these pages are the only ones We could obtain in time to have them engraved in order for them to go in the GLEAM. Pfc. Hurry Adams We realize that some names have been left out, but it was a case of not bemu able to obtain their names cr any information about them. P Pfc. Truman Fain . Plc. Paul Webbink Pfc. Kenneth Barnhard Cpl. Albert Dickson Sgt. Warrer E f