Dracut High School - Dracuteer Yearbook (Dracut, MA)

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Prize Winning Original Essays Peace eacc-1s L111t s ate ot Ll 11111c that cwc1xo11e 111 thls vxollcl scel-1s to haxc 11111 101128 to MCD lt 1 the onlx tllbll fou11cl11t1o11 101 1 SZOXLIIIIIICHL to haxe Ill tlme 0 peace, Ulll cou11t1x IS at Its mc t llNlllNtllCQ 111c gomg full l0lLL n1111ul'aclu1c1s ale pl0tlllCll'lg' 111atc11als tm home and fm t1ad1n,f: usc, and ll0t fo1 xxa1 use The c1t17e11s of -X111e11c11 .ne hapox and contented dunno' Pldfltllllf? P1065 Ol all lIlLlChdl'lCllQ9 calc clccleascd to 110111111 tatus and the fo1e15:11 1cla.t1o11sh1p thxt vuas once so lmlttcn IN Qlcatlx lelllltill -Xftc1 x1a1 peace comcs as a lemedx fol a NK31 toln vxollcl Befone we can expect meat nat.ons to be at peace 111th one 11nothc1, thc e1t1zens of each must ledlll to hxe peacefullx Vslth then fellow n1en Certalnlx xxe 111 -'kmc11c1 xxhcthcn grlcat UI small ought tt1stllXt to help Olll count1x to plhNLlNt 1ts ltplltiltlllll of lbelllg' the most pc xcc l0Xll1f,I natlon 111 thc xxmlcl l' l N War Slnce thc lugmnlng ot Illalllxnllil xx111 has been a t1ag1c l1dlNllCdD to the dc xelopment of the peoples ot mxnx natlons No l11dttLl hovx ll1LlCl'l thcx t11cd to Lvoul these Ltlllflltti the eh11ptc1s of thc11 l11 to11cs an m ukcd hx hlooclshcd Manx xn111s ale fought fo1 11 vso1thx cause hut manx ale fought for sup1en1acx, g1ccd and selflshness of 1ule1s Numexous astute tllCt3t01S have llldlthlll then people mto battle and hlood hcd Wltll thc thouffht ol g'11111ngf DUWLI and xxealth Wm tlLC18dS6N populatlon, dest1oxs manual and lltllllltetllldl feats, and scncls PIO!-IILSQ 1nto 1 clecl111c Yet as fa1 back as the caxemen th1s fatuous wnx of scttlmg tllff6l9I'KLQ changed onlx 111 one lespect, mole tll9SllUCflVL weapons Thlough the XOHIN h0vxexe1, educ11t1onal standalds and DIOEIQSS have txught 11111111 people fo Zll1llO1 sxal and lts 0UtC011lts Phe past has D1 ox ed that c0111p1om1s1ng 15 tl1e most ettcctlxc method uscd agamt 141 Natxons haxe mgxanllcd OIHAUILI mg the poss1b1l1t1cs of futulc 11 11s Tl1lS o1gra.11lat1o11 lk 0111 last hope f0l NeQlllltN ant cvc1 llstlllg' peace IAUI KHRINIIIH- N War' R 1 us. xx111 111sto11 LllLllklllll hook statesk blood, sxxcat .4114 tcfus but those alcnt the 0lllX clemrnts IH th1 thmg called V531 It LAIIICN 11 291111 Of 11 e f0l anxone -1ff1l11tcd 111th 1t lt ca111cs xuth uso a c1se11 e lJlttill'10NQ l cn11l11ttc1s all m mlund lt makcs l11llc1s out ot the e men hx EIXIDQ them c1a7x 161129 lll 1c cxcs xx1 o 1 ll cn svlt and 1t makes them IH INAIIX Hnstanccs sc css o 1u1111111tx xxhen o 11 11 Lauseg hx gnu and 1g:11o1a11ces o lllllllg' poxxens l'clucat1o11 of tn people could help to stop t all and xxe hope that lt 1x1ll be a means to th 1t end VS 1th the lllhtltlli and 111cdo111111cnt llUfll1tlL9 ot oul hlfrh callble 111en of todfxx, mld ex on xxe' 1nc to cctnc tXtlldNtlTlf,Z' pe. 11 4 U 1 1 N Nt vs dl LILlQl'l9N 'hc 1nce1.t1xc o c1e11. an lI'ltllXlflU3 1n1t1at1xc t 1s xalue css lt so xes no ones p1ohlc111 fl xxl t 1 t1e oxe1 ill tftexmat Ud20fY' lt bling' Us l'-'11 1 1 x taltcc ot s 1 ' tc s l1lil't11 I I I I I Q PH- l- st' ' ' -al -ss ' ' ' -'-1 'I . 'S jsz 1 -' ' -2 11. ' 5 . . 1 1' U ' 1 , . . . ' V A. , K . 1, . D. ,' , 1 A 5- A 1' .1 1 1 ' 1 A '- 1 1 A .' ,, x ' I V' I. 1 1- 1 'L -1 41 - A.. .Z 51 L.. ,' ,X ' A - 2 ,A- - L ' 1-'Q 1-un. .1 11. A 1- - 1 . ,. 1 ., 1 ., . , 1 - .1 1 1 - -11 . 7 - . . 1' 1 , . , 1' ' D . .1 ,1 1 ' - , 1 .' ' , ,- ' , ,L ' b- 1. ' ' l- 12 1 ., Q' ' ' I , 1 . ' l JANI II, ..'l,lCY L .1 1 1 ' ' ' 15 ' 1. 1 1-1 1 X. '. 1 ' 1 ,, ' 1 1 1 If ' 2 ' - ' .-I A' 1 1 - v 1 1 1 1' , 2 ' -1 . ' . -.. . 1 1 -I ' ,' . 'S 1' .v Z .., , If I . , . 1.1 -A4 1 ., . . 1 1 - .1 L- .V 1 1 . . -1 . 1 .,, A .I L., 'L ,111 1 1 1 1 -1 1 l 15. 1 1. , 1' 1 ' . Q S 1 1' 1 F ' V K ' ' ,i '1 - ' ' ' . ,.. .,. A1 ' Lv . 1: 1 1 2-. ' .. .. t. , L.. A. , ' ' . ,, ., 1 ' . 1 1- . 1 .L. ' , . . Y' . 1 .1 Y 1,1 -. 1 11 ' 1 1 1 1 . . . 11 . . 1 , b . 1 . . ' L 1 K.. ' , .L A. . 1 .t . 'B1' 'L1 I 1 1.'1. L-. -'S .w-. A' ' K- 11 -1 UI. -1 '12- tions such as the United Nations. which they hope will he the moans of obliterat- ' I SJ' ' ' ' ,B ., .Z 1.1. 'tl . . . 'Z ' 1 L1 1 A. , .' 1 ' l - 1 '- z .' ' ' . , 1 . . WA 's j . 'l't NV .' ' ' 's ' q 4 .' '-I ' l -1 I. ., ' . , , , .1 ' 'S ' I , 1 .I .1 1. .1 1 . h.t . 1 I. I 1 , 1' ' 2 - .. 1' gt 1, 11.115 , ' 1 't it f' S tl ' '.'-' th h 1'1'41'-St 'li' - JT F. ' A '15 - ' .' - - ' 11:-l t l 2 1 it is all x'c'1'. VV: ' -' .' l .' 'bil ' ' .' f 'D . ' 1 l ' 1 1 If . - 'x ' l 1, 2 1. - I I K 1 I A ' J I ' ' As. ' 1 'A , ' . K -1 . . 1 we shc he alwlc- to 14-as ' l. 1 l S ' ' -A . 'WF' . . VV. - i, th., wo- 11011 f 1- tht- ha-lllc-ose c' 111111 '1e.' and thc-11' .'1l11111.'.'1x'c- pc-oplc-. VK- ' I-x 1' .-.Zh ' l ' 1 ' I-.ing - '.' ' 1 S, an ' 'ia 's l '1'-1 1 ' ' h?- lj. ' 5 J ' 'li to th' hlavc- xx'l1 -rc vc- s ' ' -l-- l'l Nl. -'WW I HW- 'PU'-V ' ' I'bl'l'1' llll, ,HN

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ESSAY OF THE TOWN CF DRACUT l'l11s Kell 1'3'1 18 the 750th lHl11XtlHdTY ot tl1e ll1t0l'p0l'dtl0l1 of our to1111 D1atut To co I119Yl10l 1te th1s a111111 919311 the Cla s ot 19111 of D1acut Hlgh bchool has set 1s1de ll 11s XPl1h00lx 1space1n11h1cl1 IN plesented the IilNtOI'1 of Dratut P1o11e1 IT1611t1011 must be L11 e11 to a most authe11t1c book from 11 hlch IS taken much 1aluable data H1sto11 of D1 nut b1 S1115 R toburn Seldom do 111 ot th1s ClNlldIl'llL c11c1 Ltflflll IL llllb th mt our to1111 11 hlch IS just t1 o hunmcd 1nd f1lt1 16118 old his a most tasc11111111g, h1 torlcal background oi 11l11ch 11e car be Justlv 111 oud H 1d It not been T01 the efforts of the early settlers 111 11 ould not h 11e tod11 tl11s 1101111911111 tow11 111 11 mth 11e l11e the present and look forwald to the flltlllf' ThLl9lO19 It IS onlv flttlng that we honor those bra1e men and 110111611 bv lCqLldl1ltll1g' ou1sel1 es 111th the stfr1 of the past D1acut ras a l11sto11 11 ell 11 o1th ou1 dV1aI'6I1t ss It w IN settled ln 1669 by a group ot f01 n1er t helmstold lCSld6lltS among w hom were these KX ell known Dracut names c0bl1ll1 Vsrnum and RlLhdldS0ll H011 e1er the tellltory was not lncorporated as '1 to11n unt1l 1702 when a pet1t1on 101 111corpo1at1o11 11as p1 esented ln the names of the then present D1acut 1es1de11ts to the fenelal Court The petltxon was fa1 orably 190611961 b1 the Loult and a 1epo1t WN as ent back to the Settlers s1gn1t1111g th It the Tow11 of D1acut 11 ould be acknowledged b1 the C ourt from that tlme on The actual date of 111co1porat1on IS l'eb1uar1 26 1702 but becuase of a mlstake found 111 the Lou1t reco1ds the town seal bears the date of 1701 and thls IS the date formallv ICLO llllbd b1 thc to1111 SltUdt9d 34 m1les west of the AtldHtlC Ocean at the mouth of the Merrlmack Rlver 27 1111166 no1th of Boston 1nd 25 mlles south ot Manchester New Hampshlre lt IQ bounded on the 11o1th b1 Pelh 1m New Hlmpshne 011 the east bY Methue11 on the south bv the MQIIIHIRCK R11 er and Low ell 1nd 011 the 11 est b1 the town ot '11ngsbo1o Vhese 116 the boundaues as 11e know them tod'11 At the tlme of the 1ncorporat1o11 ot the 1201111 Dlacut 11 as bounded 011 the 11 est and northwest b1 Dun stable on the north and east b1 111lderness lmd a11d on the south a11d bouthw est bY the Merrlmack R11er und thelmstord 1 l1e populatlon of the tOVSl1 1n 1765 was 1171 At ple ent lt 18 8539 tTo1111 Lensns 10513 The lrea 1s approxlmately 12 530 1c1cs Ol A0 squuc mllcs lhc fnst l'1L11111l1 lllhdbltdllts ot th1s te111to11 X1 e1e ot LOUISQ the Illdldllb lhe Illdl 111 h1stcr1 of lhacut Le11te1s uound the Pawtucket Falls 11l11ch 11 as then part of Dlacut The most p1on11ne11t Illdldfl to take part 1n thos hlstorv wah Passacon 111 a1 thc last chlet ot the Stone Age He 11 as ilso 111101111 as Chlef Sagamore of the se1en1ee11 Ind1a11 tubes 11h1th compused the 'VIe111mack 1alle1 Tr1be Both Pasha co11111a1 and h1s son xV1l1l1clld11C1t 11 e1e 11'19l1tl0l19d 111 numel 0118 transactlons between the 11h1te men a11dthel11d1a11s Passaco11a11a1 1ete1red to b1 mam hlstorlans as the 111sest Ch1ct ot h1s t1n1e ledllled It a11 e11l1 d1te that the settlers 11ere gra dlldlh DlINhlD tha I11fl1 111s 11o1th11 11d to C' nadx D1dCllt was then 116211 111101111 as the 111'de1'11es north ot the Merrlmatk Afte1 the 111601 DOl lt10l1 of the to11 I1 the l ldl 111s called Dracut Augumtoocooke thelr tlansalatlon fO1 the B11t1sh 11ame DFHX cot ' '1 v 1 1 '1 4 1 ' .A11. 1 v ' ' 1 1 ' - 1 V r , 1 0 , 1 ..1- r , 1 -l 1 .. . 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