Menard Memorial High School - Menardian Yearbook (Alexandria, LA)

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Aswan, .Ngo ANYTYJ E , Heaven is not reached at a Single bound C O T T O But we build The ladder by which vlfe rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies And we mount to its summit round by round.

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IN TRIBUTE to a dear, revered, and lamented friend the late Bishop Daniel F. Desmond, D. D. 'Thy home is reached, thou dost 'not ask to see The distant scene, for it is near to thee. And thou art ever thus no need to pray ln Heavenly Light For guidance on a dark and rugged way ln Heavenly Light The day of sorrow and of doubt is gone Thy love remembered and thy haven won And now thy faith is sight and thou dost know That God IS Light And over moor and torrent we must go Through the dark night Till in the glorious morning light we See The angel taces of the best and thee In Memoriam lH D Pearsonl 1 ,I I 1 ' - I I 1 1 1 1 1 I I I I ll

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COTTON Vxfhy wos cotton so nmportont o foctor IH Louusvono s contrubutnon to the vxor effort? !3ecouse It IS used IN more thon l OOC woys ond enters lnto the dolly lute of every person In the Notxon I the period l933 37 cotton suppltcd 56 of oll world fibers For tn post ouorter century onnuol nn dnvtdc ol consumotlon of lunt cotton an the Unlted Stotes hos been 26 pounds Of tht one unt clothlng occounts for 40 0 ond household lrnens for 20 whrle the r morning two fnfths enter unto nndu tnol uses Cotton textile monufoctu rnq prov des occupotvon for 3 OOO OOO Amerucons QOO OOO of them tn th South where the volue of text le products rs onnuolly Sl OOC' OOO OOO ln Lounstono the volue of uch products nn l935 omounted to Sl O DOO OOO Cotton as the l odung crop of Loutsuono ond the most nmportont cosh cu p ofthe Unlted Stotes In l934 Lounsuono hod l5O OOO cotton forms dns trtbutcd throughout fly snxth of the porlshes but mounly In the Mnssussuppt ond Red River bottoms from Ayoyelles northword ond northwestword About 65 of cotton by w nght as mode up of seed Thus cottonseed oftords numerous bt products oll of whuch ployed on nmportont role In the wor From th lnnte s of cottonseed corne moterlols for poddlng cushions uphel terf wotnon oucture fnlh ohonogroph record obsorbent cotton ond et f f' d yorns for rope twane onfl corpets ceIlu'ose for ortnfucnol stocl lsou eholo ut r'sIls ond feb rs Derwot y s of the seed meot ore coke ond mcol for ferttluzer dyes feed for onlmols foodstuffs like flour ond oh nton ee oz use ur molmng Ifomo dorrn cooking oul lord com peu ,oc :ng ols meclucunol owls lubrn onts msn s owl cosmetlcs ponnts ou obl tres Innoleum soop glycerln cond' s roofing or Vtfuthout doubt cotton ond cotton p oducts ployed o mojor port an de tcrm r Ing th nnol Victory which IS ou s Our odvohtoqe In such suppltes hos Proved once more ond more forctbly how truly thas grectt Southern an du t x as d servrno of the tltlc Kung Cotton 0 I . . - , c 4 n - , lr . te ' , ' 4s , , . ' ' H t ' U4 .S C , ' . ., ft, , e ' - ' s . ,' ,g ' ' F r l k I I I I I . S , . ,, . 4 C . r 'I f ' ' -' nw , . i , ,, . . . A 1 e- s , , . . llra X 9' 4t. f - Q . L , , . 4 c ,fc , t . e -r , , . , , , , 3, n 3' 'r , I . S, V , A An 0 I . . 4 . fl., low :Ju c , ,, ,, c , . 'll f- f- X A ' u sntf s, wz nznq p,p.qr, -.md exploswes. ine hulls p-oduce feed, fertnluzer, poper , . . . 4 X 4, . fs e. . , e , . i e. t i 1 , , , 1 I .d CE tc s .d Tl 4d e . o Q ru 3, ' ', -- W, A ,,. , 4 . . ,F . D, , . . . T .,, , -N , , , 4 c ,. ct , , , ton' .e 'e , 1, , - .e , t 4 , , t r - -1 zw e . c r 4 . t -' . 5 l . ' S r, -X C - t I 11 - In