Buxton High School - Crescent Yearbook (Buxton, ME)

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be kept 1n secret 1n the C0mmlSS1On Hope for the future ln the atomic fleld l1es 1D the lntelllgent dlscusslons muestlons we must ask ourselves are varlous such as what 1S our part? Other nations? The one and only way to protect a country su h as ours 1S to obtain un- beatable super1or1ty in every atomic f1eld Veantlme too much secrecy may under- mine our democracy NY rART IN AMERICA'S FUTURE Veterans of Foreign 'ars Prlze Essay Rita Gerr1sh '52 As a true C1t1Z9D of the Unlted btates I feel lt is my duty to do my part to make Amerlca a better and safer place in the future Come ways 1n which I can do th1s as I see it, are by doing some of the followlng In maklng a cho1ce of a whlch w1ll help others besldes mvself, by gettlng a good JOu,haVi hours, good nav a chance for advance ent, pleasant surroundlngs, a peHS1OH ll my old age Then when I an old enough to vote, vote Learn how to choose hlm learn h1s background by llstenlng career, make one 1ng and for the good worklng a chance for the best man radlo and reudlng the news I th1nk everyone should be made to realize lt cannot be a happv and peace- fu country unless we work together as one, 1DSt68d of look1ng for trouble from a ne1ghbor Fe can do th1s from the f1rst dag we start school, by gettlng an educa tion and go on hlgher, to get a stlll better educatlon In gettlng th1s eoucatlon I w11l learn how to choose a career bome other th1ngs whlch I can do as my part are In my rellglon I can help by gettlng the chlldren to come to Sunday School and once they are there to keep them lnterested lh God's word, enough so that they w1ll come every Sunday It means a lot when you belleve and understand God's word, because lt w1ll help You ln all If I had chosen as my career the mlnlstrv, I would have been dolng my part you attempt to do in maklng Am8T1C3 a better place 1n whlch to l1ve If I were a poor farmer who to1led 1n the fleld all day or a r1ch man, who s1ts 1n h1s hlgh and mlghty house g1v1ng orders I could do my part Vou mlght ask how It's very simple, by belnb a farmer I would grow +he sell to the people If I were a r1ch man I would furnlsh our factorles whlch produce oxr clothlng and other things man I could spend money on bulldlnb schools Tot only for food for the stores t some of the money to rur we need In belng a r1ch those who are well but also for those who are deaf or bllnd or mentally defectlve I would bu1lo grammer schools h1 h schools and colleges by helplng to teach the people about God and God's ways or lf I had chosen to be a teacher, lawyer SCi9Dt1St or secretarw, I WUJIQ have stlll done mf part because 1n do1ng these th1DgS I would have been help1ng someone else lnstead ofgust myself It would also have been for the gOOG of the town or coamunlty where I lived If you have ever read the story of N A 'an Ilthout a Countryu you should reallze how 1mpor+ant lt 18 for each and everyone of us 1n Amerlca to do hls part to make th1s a more peace- lOV1DU natlon Let's all remember as we go on through l1fe that we cannot et anfwhere by ourselves Pemember th1S wlll always be true no matter how long or how shor+ life 15 Pememher to do your part, and I'm sure 1f vou do your part and T do mlne, the future of AMGTICB w1ll be a much safer one . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Q I O . TY ' Q U I , 0 ru , .a . . . . . ,Q , Q .L Kd rf ' ll . . . . . . . k . I O K-7 . . . . . , Q 4 . . . . . . r ' u . . . m 4 v Q ' ' . . - . 7 0 1 :V . . . . I . f O . - . , , t . . f J Q -- . J . . . . . ' 7' , - . . - . - . . Q . . cv ' s . - Q . . . . Q . If . - I J . , . . ri 3 Q . . . U i . 0 . . . . 7 If . . . . . we . . - O . . . V . . . . . . . . - . , 1. Q -L Q . A Q . ' 47 , .. L, o I D, O . . C , A . . . . . 1 u ' ' rr 'T r l ' H 3 . . . 1 o .. . F - J 3 u u ' . . . 4 ' . - . U C r ' r 1 I ' A v I 3 J ' v Q . . . - . . . - 4. .f I L 4. . Y a 1 r' 4 1 nl . . . . . . . - J I - . . .' D . 4 . ' 'r 1 ' Q J . . . u L . -. , J . , , Q L I. - ll Q