Springfield Senior High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Springfield, OH)

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'mm 704011 There was a big dinner party once. There were l a lot of dinner parties then. That was two years ago. After the dinner there was a big dance. That was im- portant too. After dinner some one picked up a newspaper. It carried a horrible picture of boys and girls who were starving to death. There was a war across the ocean. The dinner party went to the dance. It was a gay affair. ' There have been other dinner parties . . . Empty chairs . . . less laughter . . . more thoughtful conversation. Americans have tightened their belts, rationed themselves to bare necessities in order to feed a hungry world. And lusty young high school lads who once wore dinner jackets are now munching on army rations out of tin cans as they fight for the right of all human beings to be free from want.

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During the dark days that followed Pearl Har- bor, America learned to pray again . . . for her sons had gone to war. America's sons--our sons, brothers, and fathers, are on many shores. Separation-silence- the uncertainty of not knowing has caused us all some anxious hours. We have turned to Him in our time of need, for in Him we find strength to go on-on to the victory that will bring our loved ones home and peace to all nations. Our boys, too, remember the church back home and all that it stands for. He remembers Confirmation, his first Com- munion, choir practice, and how proud Mon and Dad were. Yes, America and all nations have turned to God to ask His help in bringing peace. Many freedom-loving nations have lost all they treasured and held dear, but still they go on believing in God and that right will again prevail bringing freedom of worship to all.