North Kansas City High School - Purgold Yearbook (North Kansas City, MO)

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' J ' new , 4, X ffw N1 V, them. And in the eyes of each we see the wonder and miracle of being returned to this place, for we have our own peculiar pride in our town, and we pay homage to those who could not return to it. Bzzt this is 1948. Has the srnolze stopped rolling, have the wheels faltered, have our builders relaxed? No-because in 1948, the history of our city has, as yet, only lvegun to he written. From our town, Northtown, has come those things worthwhile in all things, for here we find wheat and inills and factories, trains and schools and churches, the friend- liness of a small town, the industry of a thriving metropolis. Yes, here lies the story of our town-and it is to this city and their people that we, the Owl Staff, dedicate this 1948 Owl, to North Kansas City, who in 1943 can point with pride to its industries and institutiorrs and an even brighter future light- ing the path to a better world ahead. Y ' ' 4' , rn? ..7..

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Uur Town The 1948 Owl Staff invites you to return with us to a period of years in the not-too-distant past. In this year of which we are now a part, on the hanks of the Missouri River, the start of a town is heing vnade. Up and down the mighty waters, we see thern-steainhoats, flathoats, lusty-throated river swains, tugs, smoke, hunters, fur traders, and later husinessnien hent on a future and over it all the huhhling ex- uherance ofhthe rnid-west, the core of our nation. As we follow our lowly landing, we note with certain pride the enlarging? of docks, the pushing inward of trade, and, soon, the huildings appearing short distances inland, and here too, the saine spirit that huilt Ainerica for a eoinrnon goal. Yes, as we follow this we find quite a colorful hackgroundg we find a comrnu- nity, a settlement growing into a town, we see this town, with its nrst few smoke stacks and paved streets gradually hecoining a city, We see that city, its industries growing with every day, we see the construction of hoines, the rolling of hlaek snzoke, the advent of education, the growth of churches. We see the grain and the reservoirs, the gleaming train tracks and whirr of planes from the airjield. And then we see that city with the turning years, sending out its hoys to pre- serve that freedoin upon which it was huilt. We see the smoke rolling day and night, the whistles at the close of the regular day now only hring a second group to start another day rather than end one. And we see the sons coine hack--most of -5...

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