Bill Strate, having missed his class picture because he was taking his army physical, still arrived in time to give the salutatory address at his class's graduation exercise in the Town Hall.

Jeanette French had just recently received news that her brother, Greg's plane had been shot down over Germany and that he was missing in action. Being the class valedictorian, and in spite of this heavy burden, Jeanette was still able to give her address. Two reminders of how far-reaching the effects of war are.