Freeport High School - Clarion Yearbook (Freeport, ME)

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The Clarion Yes, I am sorry to say there are those who seek to tear down and tread uoon our flag, as the people of many other lands are trodden uaon today, and to out in its place a symbol of fear and hatfud Let u work together to prevent this from haeoening and to save our country for democracy since it is for this that our flag with its tnlrteen stripes and its forty eight stars stand M8216 Putney THEML ON PATRIOTlSM The oeo le ln thls country should be thankful for the things they have right to vote fre dom of speech and freedom of the press All men and women all over twenty one years of age have the right to vote for the people whom tney want to ho d pub- lic offlces when men or even women et together tney may say any thlng they want to about anything or anyone The newsp pers may print any matter about the government that they see flt If we were in Europe we woulun't be able to vote for the president of the country we lived in because they Q0 not have pre ldents If th country w re a monarchy Wo would b ole to vote for tHE on w wanted to hold a few of the Dubl1C offices If we wer under a dictatorsnln we would not b able to vote, o if we could w would De told whom to vote for We would not be able to say a word ag lnst the government for lf w did, probably peopl would nev r near about us again It is th duty of th American 0 ople to protect thelselves agalnst the tyranny of the o ople who are trying to rule the world We must prot ot ourselv s against Flfth Column and Sahmage We must always be on th w teh for foreign agents and soles We must hav our shores so well prot ct d that a rowboat eouldn't land without being swamped by our soldiers Our anti alrcraft batteries must b so good that lf a for lgn alrplane flew over a batt ry would hav to shoot only one hell to bring lt down We must hav planes faster nd more maneuverable than any other nation in the world Our destroyers must be fastest and hav the best trained men in the world Our soldiers must be eXp rtly trained and hav the best of equlpment If w should g t into the war ve ought to form a home It should consist of ull thos who do not have to join the or Navy Everyone should be ready to give his or h r life benefit of the United States of America Hollis Willett guard Army for the '41 , AV V Y Y A V , V w ,- Y -4' '-5 Y ' ' ' Y 4 Y- Y V Y V' - 'fe 1 'tr 1 J- ' I , , ,, - ' ' 4. . 4 ,, l 3 . - ga cf 1 O 4 L A -. V' Q . J , A , -D A, , V o , . A P 7-5 ..- - , 1 I v . . , S,-H . --nge Q - - ,Q ' I V -, 7 ' 0 ' , f ' 9 1 Q 4-.ae k K ' , 1 I ,Q L -L ' T V H 1 3 l 1 . A , -K I , - e. ' o 3 7 . ' . 4. , ,1 S e 0 C '5 . ' C be . - . . 3 6 u fm i . e A , . e 1 1 r q , J , 8 1 4 . , I , c a 1 3 , e e 2 A . . K., Q . ' - .e e e i e L .1 1 e ' A I . ' is 3 . 'N A Q . . ' L 3 C ' - . Q . 1 5 - . , , . D Cl. C L l J ' ' Lf C .X ,, v -. : ... ,.. , ' 1 1' G ' O' ' ' ' , 1 A . Q C C S A 4 o P a 'e 1 , 1 -x . T3 C , .m 1 4 . '1 C 'X ' 3 5' U G' G - 1 . I . X c ev ' 1 fx a ' n w O NI 'x 1 ' 0 3

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The Clarlon While agreeing with this we are more apt to think of the symbols which arouse in us a oetriotlc feeling Our ledge of wllegienoe means very little to most of us but wexvould be tngry il anyone told us th t we didn't mean it It is like the Lord's Prayer We mean it but just don't think what we are saying If anyone refuses to salute our fl g M immediately do something about it In Ma acbusetts ome teach ers lost their oositions for refusing to salute the flag When UThe Star Soangled B nnern is nlayen, it m8keS us feel good inside I suonose this song was writ en xltn such a patri otic enthusiam that it lrspires to a smaller degree the s me feeling inside us In no other tlme in our history haveve found greater oat riotic spirit tha! we h Ve with the Consorlotion Act For the first draft, few were draft d b c us enough had enli ted of their own will Th comnanies for whom th Se men worn d have so hown their pdtriotlsm by FG ning the m n's oositlons for th m Donna Tut l THF AYEQICAN rLAG The Am rlcan flag is not Just a nl c of red whit Hd blue cloth but 1 symbol and a light for tho e uno b lieve ln th gr t orinciples of democracy nd fre dom of our country The Amerie n flag is a shimmer of hon for m ny of tnos x ho are oo ress d and dovntrodd n a dim light shining through the dark clouds If one could int rc ot tue train ol thought of one o these mis rable owvres d r o les it mlght nroc eo lollows Ulf M could just re ch If if We only could'n But oower or vent th n from doing In Am rica the flag is a its folds b c use our flag gu freedom vhich it reoresents the l nd to WhlCH tn t symbol b long freou ntly tdlnes o yond their own symbol for those who liv b neath r ntees th liberty, democracy, 1nd Uno does not f el nroud when he s es the flag, his flag, bright in th noondwy sun? Is tn r anyone who do s not feel s n e or patriotism and loyalty? , ' F Y V V 'Jr ' W ' ' ' ' Y W YY , Y V , , i 1 if ! Y-Y- - - i i i i 1 , . .. A. . c .0 ' ' F . Q I .. . c '. 3 , Te 1 D . SS .L S - 4- c -5 . . '1 . - 3 g. 3 , . . t . fc x 'C V ' '- I 1 L I' A, A -. ue , .L Y O - ' -a Q -f' E3 fav - ,,, A .. ' G 3 ' 3 I - r S ' ' . u, 1 - Q ' . e to e v e M 1 V e al- - , . 1 . f. . A c .-' ct C . 23 X1 O L. e C ' f xl ' T 'T A-J A L - , ' A - , - 1. S , 8 S ez 3. . : J . A - , . , LL . . S ' 1 J 3 S C3 3 - K e. :S . -V 1 . - ' 3 3 ' e. y fg . :ee Fe e .T 'ir ., , , 1 I - Q 9 f- . .' X., ill , v I .. . 1 N ' of' - ' 1 . D e- ez . 3 ' -l 1- ,', ' A ' . X W :I f ' e . , LF F se, .e n e , J e L as : . -' 7 '. . Ve El - 1. ' F . S ' :X -.' 1 '. -- . . -- S l Q, .4 ' 5 - C 2 til ' SO, 1 f , , , 53 'X A 9 ez 5 53- ' fi S 'B 'B 4, E . J A . 'H l 'X S , .'J- A G 'I X 5 1 A ' A c G c G C t J 3 G 3 'X Et 3 S 'f cz - S

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The Clarion X 4 ,ee an Meta Hxxxxxr if PQXXXAXX ear M- M FQCQCXQK eiiEE!!::k Q-1 I ,I Eff-E LAG4NEAN93'i' :fake M There are millions o xoeople in the Unlted States Among these milllons, there are fiftyX r more different religions in which they believe These people are dlvided into a great many classes and races, They believe in different forms of government Of all the different kinds of p ople and the things they stand for, there is one thing that If the flag could talk 'I was born during the lonal emblem of independence and symbol of glory they all look up to Qhe American Fl g this is orobably what it would say Declaration of Independence as a nat NI stand for what the people make me stand for I am e symbol of the past My colors swing before you as a symbol of yourself WMy stars and stripes have a special meaning oeople in the past labored and dreamed of what I Most everybody Knows that my stars stand for the were admitted into the union, and my stripes stand original states thatvon American Independence. nln me are woven the nation's developements, men and women who helped make me what I am. WI am the symbol of national growth, power, ion, and of liberty. Jhometimes I wave in the breeze with pride honest thinbs. Other times I droop when absent- look up to me and respect EB. 'If in the people's hearts, there lives the They show how might represent states as they for the thlrt en the bravery of influence of un when honest men do minded people don't love of freedom ' ,' , r , J-1 a ' H ' Sl- f -7 ' W e A ' Y 'Y V ' ' , ' A ' , V Y -Q' ,l 22:15 'HES ' , ,. V . Q 41. Q X 1 . -1 ' E , A' - .' - X I V E -- . ' . I - - '.f Q, ,LQ-in r . H' :M A .- A 'h ' ' ' ' 4 -4 'yi' ' ' Y ,J :, X Q- ,ir If ' ' ' ' .vp-we 4, 5. ' ' 1 . . I -4 K- 1. , 1 . ' ' V- 1 yr A4 ' , , W 'X Q f -wr 1' .2 . x I 4' A Y ,2...ff:-1 v X 1 A , -J ' ' is A .' X Q ' ,f - 34 up ' . ' ' A 1 ' W A ,, A 1 X 'Y X , V X' -I, qw' - Q . A y I X 1 Lo., nd: Q . ,' A ,. . l ., - : X . fi ,, A 1..f'+w-f,rvL'A.,,', by I I. ! I r. -, 4' V. 1 1' 14. f , 9 Q ' 'V '- ' .f awww- M . I , Aff -' 1 S15 . I' . s. , ,., . ' . A . O 0 . D .-- 'll Q 'f I Q, Y A . - ' 5 I 1 . ' U V A ' 0 th U I I A. 1 5 ' 'I Q ' S