Atwood Hammond High School - Post Yearbook (Atwood, IL)

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THE POST- service and stand ready for sacrifice are the torch-bearers,” a truth which these noble mothers realized, for they knew that, ‘‘The torch whose flame is brightest is borne by their gallant sons at the front, and by the gallant women whose husbands and lovers. whose sons and brothers are at the front.” The mothers of our community felt the call from Flanders Fields.” and they bravely caught and held “on high the torch from failing hands.” Ethel Bly Reedy.

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The machines in the sewing room hummed merrily, as the girls sewed on many little garments, knowing that some poor little half clothed child was to be warmly clad. What wonder that these girls, as they sewed on the little garments, thought of the contrast between their own happy, peaceful lives, and the lives of the children of France and Belgium; children who were half clothed and half fed. A number of our boys joined the United States Boys Working Reserve, and school remained in session Saturdays, thus giving the boys a chance to begin work earlier. The boys were happy, for did not many a lad, as he sat on the cultivator whistling some popular war song, dream of rolling o’er the billows, or of the time when he could serve his country? Various classes discussed the questions of the day, and many were the heated arguments as to what should be done with the Kaiser. It was not only the contributions of our school that were full of enthusiasm, but the contributions of the people as a whole. The spirit with which the people of our community made their contributions toward winning the world war made those contributions seem even greater. They were wide awake to everything that took place. The day of the Red Cross sale, the three aeroplanes attracted much attention, and a large crowd and two thousand and five hundred dollars was the result of the day. One little duck, only a few days old, housed in a little wicker cage decorated with the American flag and flags of the Allies, sold and re-sold many times. The highest bid- der received a ride in one of the aeroplanes, an event causing much excitement. The Liberty Loan drives were successful, the people being proud to be able to help Uncle Sam. The sales of the four Liberty Loans, and the sales of the War Saving Stamps for the year 1918, was estimated at one hundred and thirty thousand two hundred ninety-three dollars—a sum of which our community is proud. The War Saving Stamp drive awakened the enthusiasm of the small children. One little fellow came with an old pitcher full of pennies and insisted on receiving his stamps right then. The men planned their fields so as raise a bumper crop of everything. The women devoted their time to raising poultry, tending the large gardens, knitting and trying some new war recipes. The meatless, wheatless and sweetless days were observed throughout the community. Although our other contributions were great, our greatest contribution toward winning the world war was the giving of sons, husbands, brothers, and sweethearts to Uncle Sam that our beloved country might maintain its Liberty. Of course this great sacrifice caused many heartaches, but as one of our great men has said: “Those who have earned joy, but are rewarded only with sorrow, must learn the stern comfort dear to great souls, that comfort that springs from the knowledge taught in times of iron that the law of worthy living is not fulfilled by pleasure, but by service, and by sacrifice when only thereby service can be rendered.” The same man has said: “All of us who give

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Sophomore Class Eula Brown, Flossie Buxton, John Burger, Fred Billman, Flossie Call, Leslie Doty, Tiana Dragoo, Elizabeth Edmonson, Edna Harder, Mary Hofsas, Jessie Hendrickson, Irene Keyes, Alta Nixon. Madeline Pierson, Cleone Rose, Grace Roloson, Dorothy Smith, Margaret Storey, Blanche Van Vieet, Henry Wilson