The Machines

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=169 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="017a0ad1dyxtip.jpg"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="698" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 111 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00d69690.jpg" border=0 width="105" height="105" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Waxahachie Independant School District    <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >               Waxahachie, Texas</FONT></div> <div> <B>Waxahachie High School Alumni 1962</B></div> <div> <B>WHS Seniors '62</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=268 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="01f9b9c3.jpg"> <div>                                                   </div> <div> <B><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">  </SCRIPT> </B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="703" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 134 WIDTH="693"><div> <I><B>The Machines</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>After seeing several  fizzles and spectacular explosions in the U.S.'s bid to put the Vanguard satellite into orbit, it makes one wonder at the  sanity of Shepard's statement of "Let's light this candle..." to begin his historic flight of being America's first shot toward space. Here's a quick tribute to those machines that paved the way  for man's excursions into space.</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 822 ><NOBR><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="323" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 368 WIDTH="317"><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="192" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFFF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFFFF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 306 WIDTH="178"><div> <A HREF="r7_icbm.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="R7 icbm"><B><IMG SRC="1164f070.jpg" border=0 width="79" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="r7_icbm.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="R7 icbm"><B>R-7 ICBM </B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="r7_icbm.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="R7 icbm">Sputnik 1</A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 413 WIDTH="317"><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="204" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFFF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFFFF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 295 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="jupiter3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jupiter3"><B><IMG SRC="11a9c0b0.jpg" border=0 width="156" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="jupiter3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jupiter3"><B>Jupiter 3 </B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="jupiter3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jupiter3">Explorer Satellite</A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="327" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 312 ><NOBR><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="224" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFFF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFFFF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 250 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="vostok_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vostok 1"><IMG SRC="110bbd80.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="216" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="vostok_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vostok 1"><B>Vostok 1</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="vostok_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vostok 1">Yuri Gagarin</A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 353 ><NOBR><div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="233" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFFF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFFFF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 291 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="mr7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MR7"><B><IMG SRC="11bc8040.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="260" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="mr7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MR7"><B>MR7</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="mr7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MR7">Alan Shepard</A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our 50s"><B>Our 50's </B></A><B>      </B>            <B>       </B>                   </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=42 style=" border-top: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="0182a2f1dyxtip.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="http://whs62.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net">Home</A>     <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Roll" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Roll">Roll Call</A>    <A HREF="http://whs62.net/In_Memory" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/In_Memory">In Memory</A>   <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Long_Ago" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Long_Ago">Long Ago</A>    <A HREF="http://www.whs62.net/Our_50s/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.whs62.net/Our_50s/">Our 50's</A>   <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Reunions" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Reunions">Reunions</A>   <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Today" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Today">Today</A>    <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Contacts" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Contacts">Contacts</A>    <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Links" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Links">Links</A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>