Altoona High School 1942 Yearbook (Altoona, PA) - Full Access

• • • coli eli n averaCY d two hundr d pound a wPek. It \\a ''ith mu ·h joking that th ·tudPnt · u ed back · of all ndanc she<'l , old Le. l paper , and merchandi ·e bills in the cia ... room be ·au e the u. ual typ of paper wa, not a\ailabl . Th ) 'er , hO\ e er, taking a larg part in th naliom\ ide campaign to c n r e pap r. Victory Parad Thi d m n lration, Lh 1912. All the tud nl of Lh fir ·t of it kind in ltoona, ''a taged January 30. ee of th junior and ~enior high .:chool. along \\ith many tore , partici paled. Th parad bowled the ~ale of the moral of ILoona. EveJI!~f. nny H lp _;:~i~~~;: ':!jfjjJi: Dig into your pocket ju. t a liLLie deep r! Thi courageou · piril backed .;~ ... cOii!A. R d Cro dri e in our ~chool. nd we ertainl w Ill 0\ r th Lop. u~l C\er~~d nl made _ me , acrifi ·e Lo help thi worth) cau. P. \\hen th onLrib.~if:rJ-. \~ere {&t.}i. d, it \~a found that th high ~·hew! had given a L tal of 512.11. .;~~%:-: ·~:#;.~. .;%~;~· A. H. . V·~l.unt er .::~:..~: Ir/~wer to the nation·\ id all for those willing to train to relic .~!~~ (f ring in merger?~, Lh girl · of . H. ' . turned out almost one hundr d r ,:.:::···for Red ros Fir l ''1!/!;'f) in~Lru ·tion. ince the ~tudenl are call_red Lhr gl~~ the ity, it i pectecfi/.~ t ILoona "ill ha\ effici nl worker · on hand for "'1-~~s;~fala ...Lrophe. ~ * Book For Figfif!pg Men .:f&~/ Book ! ff~.k for Lh boy · in camp:. all O\ r the land! .;~, ·· \\a ' the call that went forth taf!:t chool and librarie of meri a. . H.. ;~W supporting th ictory Book am-~tgn m Lru tradition, o' rtopped it quota .~l~ :SOO b bringing together 2,578 book :'i!J:f7!:. .·.·.:.·.f.:_:.:_!.f-f Air Raid Precautiort~*l:. ...... A ir n, a fr nz'fl/J/i#:JU h for bomb ::helter::!, a l rrif) i~~- ilene . and then th hum of plane and the -~k of descending bomb . Forl~~lel), thi,. ha nol been our lot, but on Fehruar Hli:~r began our prep:ualion for ~ emPrgencie-. b) ha ino- an air raid drill. ··:\:. i§r*" Radio Bo';l:eer rican peopl -~~i}.ol realize that Lh i1:-:i.~~1Lr) i al \HH." How oft n th e word ar poken! Ther:~%: per hap-. no ..,.,}~f r agency &.han Lh radio for bringing home to the p oplc the ':.~·;:u e\ idt>nl facL•.;$.at a cri::is exi ts. Right th re, boosting Lh defen e program an'tfJi:j?ulling in i.~~~~1>lua f.or \ it'lor) through many of it weeki) broadca,.ts, wa. th Q~?'#::and crol!~. · our !ugh '>chool. J u t In Ca e .,f/i::. .,~Jy~~· Boy me t girl and 'ice 'er!la bt · · .1e .4~5'~a the m dium of the enale, i. LJPd idenli ' · ... i!~f: Lag of gray pia tic, ar on a chain alf~}i~th n printed in indelibl Your umber' p matter "hen Lh !'Chool, through to the Lud nt·. The tag_. madP -k. ame~ and addr s e were Februar 16 and April 27, da_ de Lin d Lo change the li e of many merrcan men and b y , wer igni ficenl in a wa that made them :.Land out in th m morie of tud nl ' . B cau e many leach r ened at r gUraLion cent r , whil many al o r gi Ler d for the draft, th chool were clo::-ed. " nd the 0' r th tar· pang! d banne1 in triumph hall wa e land of the fr e. and the home of Lh brave." Page One Hundr d Fifty-four .