Jonesport High School - Moose A Bec Messenger Yearbook (Jonesport, ME)

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Ne must not forg t the multltude of men who, even in the R volutlonary war and th C1v1l war, were never soldl rs or sallors and not vlc the J t were patrlots B nyamln Franklln was a patriot, yet he dld flght but h loved Am rlca If lt had not b en for his ser s at the Fr nch king's court, no one knows row many w ary years war of Indep no nc mlght hav lasted There was Samual Adams who ver heard of h1s flghtlng a bat tlei But he was as brav and sturdy a patrlot as any soldier anld There was Mash1ngton's frleno, Robert Morrls of Phllad lphla who h lped get mon y to pay th soldl rs Wh r , lndeed, 1n th tlme of war would all the wheat and beef come from to feed th army, and the clothlng to ke p the men warm, if th r were no patriots hard at work on thelr farms and ln thelr shops? Who shall ay that th men at home do not love their country as well as the m n who flght in the fl ld To be a patrlot 13 to lov one's country, lt lS to be ready and wllling, lf need b , to Q16 for the country a a good seaman would d1e to sav nls shlp and nls crew Y sl to love our cowumg is to worl to make it strong and rlch, to support lts government to ob y 1ts l ws, to pay falr taxes lnto lts treasury, to treat our fellow c1t1z ns as we llke to be tr ated ours lv s, thls is to be a good Am rican patrlot What land and what peopl w re ever mor worthy of the h art' de pest affection than our own? Her Nature has been gen rous, and Divln Provld nc has glv n us a glorious country Across the gr oc an our no stors bor tle bl sslngs of Chr1 t1an ClVlliZatlOn, leavlng behind th m politlcal and soclal wrongs Never did a coun try pass under the control of a n w race w1th so little ingustlce and cruelty, never w re states founded by more true hearted, honest men, nev r was a governm nt mad to rest on broader or more human pr1nc1pl s The patrlots who dr w up the L claratlon of Independ nce, the stat smen and warrlors who led the peopl through the long struggle of the Revolutlon w re dOlHb a worl for the world Th lf work has prosp red b yond th lr fondest hop s and the llttle r publlc they founded has grown ln a c ntury or more to be th strongest, the most progresslve, the most enlightened and most flrmly establlshed power 1n the world Th re we have the guarantee of equal rights and qual prlvlleges we hav opportunities that made the world wonder and udmlP6 h r hlstory But pride is not enough Th future of a country dep nds upon the character of 1ts people The patrlots of whom th country stands most ln need for to day ar those who are zllling to take t dlous, patient, unweannng trouble to glv us bett r gov rnm nt We ne d to reallze as a p opl , that th way to make o the respect of manklnd 18 not greatest s lf gov The help him n t1on ln th world, rnment tru st patrlot is h to become an hon st, ur country great and to w1n for it to shout constantly that we are the but to show that we are capable of who turns from no hardships which may honorabl and enllghtened man Marlo B Woodward '58 F Q ' I V A . - - 1 . S L3 S , . . . . 'S 4 C . A. . 3 -G le 0 3 ' . 3 9 1 3 -, . ' 34 3 G 1 3 n f -.. 3 ' ' ' .. . 15 Q .. . . , . . . bee 3 VP , 3 3 3 3 4 , 3 D . . 3 . Q Nl Nl Q 3 . 3 2 fx ' ' -v L1 -A- . . S G 1 fa ' 'Q NI Nl . , . A ' , . Sl . ' 1. 3 S A . , . . , . G ' I '3 r ' n ' 1 ' J . . . . 6 at 'J . . . ' S 3' G C G . v o , ,, , Q, G 3 G S 'GL . 3 ' ' 3' ' G . . . o e e 4 e . ea+ In rw :1 IN n 3 ' 'o ' ' ' ' L1 Qs. ku v 1. v Q ' 9 ' f ' . fa - V D . A . . Ml I , 'H f 'J 'S MI ' ' 3 3 A G . . Q XJ I . - . -. . .5 G 8 v v - .,., 8 1 'A 'A A S . . f le e g A z . e G ., D ,. Q . Q 3 3 u ' u . 3 C . . . c . . Q 9 Q C . . .,, 9 4 G . . . 3 n 4 6 A . ' 'J 9 . . - e . e - . . 'R G e V G . . ' 3 G 3 3 Q ' GG . 3 3 C 1 '3 G . . l . . 3 S fa - uf 3 . a e ' e . 5 C G 1 . ' n .