Abraham Lincoln Junior High School - Annual Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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INTRODUCTION Will goundto by strong ties of white supremacy, athie e now transferred to and's he pport of its overseas ut inexoribly failing 1n soo tcame e etn all ta his man, ducated by diligggfjb OIH'IAEH t n on ours spent b re a flicker- MW ing fi e as the on man capablem of s cessfully preventing Ow WtMengdV? disinteg rat on the already beaten South. wever was no e so kind, and this young nation, M g i licking the wo s Msuffered during the Civil War, found itselfw Md Pre e a president shot, while he was $ding o ,5 th re, by John Wilkes Booth. mesake f o m? reat man. is views closely coinci ith th hoolis lead rs. He said, Education is the most important t be engaged in. The values for which he is known e onesty, hard work, truthfulness, intelligence - are all values which we as students are seeking to achieve. As we seek to gain, say the education and wisdom of this great man, we find the task almost insurmountable. Perhaps it is for this reason that Lincoln is so often looked to as a goal to be reached. When you use this book, centered around the focal points of this great marfs life, we hope that you will feel compelled to follow in his footsteps.

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1,1111 I .i X t , 1 x x . . k 1 k x t t ' 1 Many- yeanago there liveii in the state of Illinois a coun- t X ' ' v i it try laqug Iby 1113. xnaine of Abe Lyicoln. This man, destined KINTRQIJUCTION to bebbine Pregident bf the United States, was so greatly '1 k . J ' i atimired zind $981ch that even his antagonists had to look T i I 1 s i .1 ' t mm him. In honesty? and integrity he had no superior. In I h - I i i X: . lxiiscitsyrnigand far-sikhtedness he was without pee1. In industry 5 , . i 1 . I 1 i . 2! ii sticktto-itkiveness he was master. , 1 .69 1 i. 1 15 i b . This man, able, courteous, strong, and intelligent, was cho- I J r h c ' ' '1, 1 ' . ' senihy the people to 1.513 the 'United States through the blackest ; . f- Kipe1i.od1in' American hisfoiy e The Civil War. No stranger 1 ' , K 1 . t A i ' ,to,slave1y, having been introduced to it on a trip to New 4 ll : Orleans While! still a young man, but hating the idea of servi- ! tude for any human being, one of his most important acts was i to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, setting free of any type of forced bondage all of the slaves in the country. This was indeed the act of a fearless man, for by this proclamation the entire southern economy and way of life was shattered. Some might say that this was the iistraW Which broke the camels back, for this act was such a blow to the South that the end of the war was hastened.

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DEDICATION It is seldom, indeed, that there comes into a city a man who is interested in the welfare of the new community which he calls his own to such an extent that he spends a large portion of his time working with the organizations intended to better life for the citizens. Such a man, however, was Elmer Jepson. Born in the year 1900 in New Haven, Connecticut, Mr. Jepson came to Rock- ford to make his home. He worked himself into his own successful business, and then found that there was still time to work in the many organizations which benefited the city. He joined the Moose, the Elks, the Shriners, worked With the Rotarians, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Boys Farm School board. Besides all of these groups he was President of the Rockford Board of Education for three years, working all of this time to better the educational facilities of the city. On December 16, 1957 this useful life came to an end. All of the city mourns the passing of this man, and we of the Album Staff are proud to dedicate this yeafs book to Elmer Jepson.