Albertville High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Albertville, AL)

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in the United States Today? In power, wealth and influence, the citizen of the United States is still preeminent. What is at issue is not the means to survive, or even the will to survive, but the FAITH to survive. The real crisis is about man’s relationship with his Creator rather than with his energy supplies, his currency and gross national product, and other passing preoccupations with which the media interminably concern themselves. Christian civilization was born of the great drama enacted in Palestine 2000 years ago and all that followed therefrom. This is what inspired and nourished the arts of literature, music, architecture and learning which are the glory of our civilization. If the U.S. citizen has now rejected these origins, persuading himself that he can chart his own future, then assuredly he and his way of life and all he stands for must perish. Georganne Wells iwV T-'i JXjt lb o »Q»iCUt.TU»I FOOD COUPONS VALUE $2.00 n

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Festivities Significant to You? It isn’t hard to find some bicentennial activity that one would enjoy doing. There are not only things to do on a national level such as essay contests or environmental programs, but more important to us are the things we find to do on a local level. These may include such things as Bicentennial variety shows, parades, or the reenactment of historical events. There are also things to do for the Bicentennial celebration which will truly benefit our community. These things might involve the restoration of area historical sites, researching the history of some local point of interest, or merely actively participating in some community beautification project. We don't have to perform some magnificent act in order to celebrate this nation’s survival - just as long as we do something that will truly profit someone, somewhere, in this great country of ours. 13