Limington Academy - Sokokis Warrior Yearbook (Limington, ME)

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Tto all sorts of means by which they gain control 'coopera 1 lawnol He'should keep s the church and town hall. The c , ectedef l ' .C C C 1 In oncluslon, we should all do our part toward making a better place in which to llveb Those passing by fget a better opinion cf use All'the residents of'Limlng themselves would find, I'm sure, that it pays to be tidy and N. H. 752 1 p V Communism , Q .. . , I ' f The history of the world reveals many struggles of extent, many being death struggles of an idea against an But today this world is viewing a struggle so vast in 1 and so violent that all others seem small in comparison 'not new but an old one that has been gathering strength pyears. 'The chief nations now involved in this struggle United states, Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, I ta th and, if something 1sn't done shortly, war will be unav This is not just a fight between three factors but a s by masses of people to get their rights and a fair share ts 3 for a re sia lv, Germany, the Balkan countries, China, Japany Rus M otherst' There are well over a billion people engagedV battle of ideas which is now threatening another world o ldab profitsu The cause of this struggle seems to be the conflict of ideas of these masses. which are represented by those factors, which are Communism, Socialism and Democracy. ism is the idea that all land, resources, factories and distributing goods are owned by the state and citizens' flt only as the state sees fltq There is no private owner Socialism is government ownership of railroads other means of production but they are run as if they we 'all controls are in the hands cf the government officlalsy f .vately owned. Workers can strike against the government' higher wages and,better work1ng'cond1t1ons0 p ll eg Ih'a democracy all those means of production are ' owned,, The profits go to individuals who invest moneyjl the business or contribute their labor. ,sly The amount of ment.controL is determined by the peoplei , 'sfi Th t dreaded st hated d' ' t,f d b the e mos , mo an mos eare y 'DHCP is Com unlsm, because it is championed by a mass of have no fear of'-violenceg as a 'matter of factgfuthey -r5Q' The history of.Communism is both short and first successful communlstic country started with nevolutlon.1n Russia. New all communistichc control. The original communistlcy all we have in the world today is r the label of Communisme et leaders say.there is onlyl ooserversjsay there aregatgle s 9

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im. v s w .l ' ,vs-I ,, Us A wg .,.- w 1 X, Je 1. 3. 'Z f eil 1? 5 EXE y d than ,ua V ' l ' l o ll s e we .1 jfds if we werb.1n Russia or anotherifore gn country and hawe tot Yi 7iQQgg fgacrape from bnegmeal'to the next. The aohools in the United V . .d Kyggae gigtates can , gkt government surplus potatwes, eggs and other sur+ c V QQQQQ o?Qluses'at'allowfcosto we all like to eat and to have good mealsgx jgigg fQWhat,ispanyymore pleasing than a good h t dinner duringlcold wea-t aQQ2Hf dj5her?' The way our school is set up now, we have to bring our p A ?'?5F xqdlnners and eatycold lunchesu The few fortunate ones-who.livel pmggyg sfnear the school can go homeito dinnero 2 ' ' A l at , ffgif ggilgp AOne day the Farm Bureau had a dinner and invited the schoolal 5 1T?hey had covered dishes, hot rolls and salads for usg There were sf yjmany that attended that dinner and manygthat did not. 'I was one' 4 A Lie? those that did, You will never knowghow good that hot dinner w me -Qtasted after eating cold lunches on other days. warg Egggigd I waslvisiting a nearby school a Qew days ago. They had hot VVQQQ filnnchess' It was interesting to watch the boys and girls get into' f l gjgans and go to their home economics room where they picked up their gl sgggpys of food, iThen they came back to the main room, where the ' Y V 2jbjye,ate at their seats and the girls ate at tables at the back of ' MH rggihe rooms They were required to sit initheir seats for twentye A lifi girave minutesg even if they had finishedfeating sooner, they had a He, page sit there that length of time. 3 ' ?Q Q5Q?s I canlt see why our school isnlt fully able ard equipped to 1 fs-ef w iyaave the same arrangement or nearly theqsame, We have a much bet-!MW,pgf flier home economics room in which to work. It's much larger and -'Ffa fgwe have elseelr nearly all the equipment needelito start this project. ig' ??Edrst, we need a woman to take care of the cooking and the home ,Q?' egggpenomics room itselfu I think, if this project ever did go Q?5hP0uShs fffassist the cook at any timeo The cost of this program, at the- ' jggychcolll d'V,A? visited, was only seventy4five cents a week, I think . egg ost all of us would be able to pay that same fee for a hot lunch :ihaach day l w fEQfQV, ess weoappreeiaue the many advantages and opportunities which we hi 'giiiready have in our schc,lo We are proud that it has so manyl V QE5 iii l Eggdvantagesu' But we do need a cafeteria or something of that kind. m N? AV Q , 5, 5, the girls of Limington Academyiwould be more than glad tot fyfed ,- A, Q Q.. 31. M?Every child going to school needs three? ood meals a da 4 Yes lego ,tke,, . p , A ,S Y 1' EE 'syli it is true we all brin good wholesome lunches, but we need some- ,l,f e 3 . ff thing hot and so many times itis hard'to take well balanced meals L3gghat'areldifferent from day to days Qgkfs I know this is a rather large project and it will take a Qgjgong time and much patience to bring it about. If we all work to- lfigether and have the help and aid of others, we can all look for- 'pgs q gfg?xd to hotylunches in future years. Q . A M5252 w l l d ,ssy f r , g p y E. J. H. S1 o o, gggigfg Village Improvement :QQQEQ fifgfliiligifa 4 l l f 3 . pk A f3??5?E5? 553534511 l t4 c o w i l ff.' ,fees iyggggpfgwhere has sssl always been a problem rn the Town of Limington, 7-QQQQ figgpggggroblem of keeping the public grounds tidy.' ss, ggggggi 4ggQ5ygggHeregare a few of my recommendattons for helping in this V ggipigi e jaWtgg'QproblQemsg lf' some garbage cans wegre placed at such places' s Qgwggggrp known to be popular for picnicsgbeside the road, strangers' QQEEQ Qbfffghgjtakeltheihint in disposing of thiir wastes A senodd way ' 'aQFTFmi aaneiauigx ' , w ,.cM c so ' he . 'H - , fwevsglgfsll LWHK HW ' ' ' ' ' w 2 sd QETV .wg Q ,fw'y f Iypngilgns .ty' iff , o o w , 'et, 513' L ' A ' 1 :ri:snf5i?V1

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,Qi In respect to religion in Communist countries, although A x -Q ewwwwgmwymfywwffar' fepwefv ,yi'gHwQg um? Eggs ,A N , 0 h , D ,,. . - V' ' f - , 1 . P , The top class is made up of important officials in the partyt 1They have first choioe1of everything in Russlao The second class in- icludes artists, writers and scholarsu The third class is made up of less important party memberso' The lowest class of all are the -workers and peasantsg they get what's left. , ' in ,Some of the characteristics of Communism are - a laborer is assigned to a job and he has to do that job, He has no choice, :neither has he any say about the amount of wages, the number of hours or the general working conditionsg o Another communistic idea is that there shall be no privately owned propertyn All property is owned by the stateo This in- ' G' cludes farms and homest Your farm is taken over by the state and you may or may not live there and it must be managed as the state' sees fits Even your personal effects are owned by the states Again, Communism is operated by a dictatorship where there is no ,freedom of speecho The peasant class and the workers arenlt even Supposed to think. ' . 0 . Communist leaders tell the people they have a democracy but the people may vote only for candidates who are picked by party leaderst' The candidates make up the legislature which vote on the same matters in our own legislative bodies but the laws are already ldetermined beforehand by the Communist partyo They also have an executive department headed by the council of pecplels commlssars, who are handpicked by the leaders. The judicial branch is headed by the supreme-court but the judges are elected by the legislatures The real rulers of the Soviet Union are the Communist party dlctatorso . - Q A 0 There are no capitalists in a country under Communist con- trol. Nothing in your possession is yours, it is the statefs and you are there just to work for the stateqm Q There is also the collective farming idea. That is, small' farms are banded together and are state controlled. The party -leaders are assigned to collective farms and these leaders oblige the owners to work for them. Most of the farm owners have fallen I f , ! -to the condition of slave laboro A . jul' Some people want to know if the Soviet people live as well P as Americanst This can be judged by the figures taken from the Tmagazine, nOur Timesno Soviet skilled workers, the highest paid,' earns about 3l50QOO to 3225,00 a monthon Americans of the same u. e earn about SBOOPOO to 6350000 a monthq Butter costs'about - zSK?OO awpound, about one day's wages. Eggs cost about su.oo for jten, bread SAAC a loaf, bacon S3000 per pound and sugar about . B pO'L1I'1ds 0 A ' f . Y vthere's no law against going to church, the government does all it Koen to discourage church goings' A story told over the-radio the feiher night illustrated this very welll 4The Communists tell the 5children'to pray to God for candy, then they tell them to pray to, ,Sta11n for it and, of course, the communists see that they get it gfrom-Stalina Churches in Communist countries may carry on no act- Qfvities but worship servlceso 'l .E 0 One of the methods by which the Communists gain control of a ecbuntry can be illustrated very well, by the way in which they, ' sgtole the standard oil, subsiding in Hungary, out of American hands qiirst they began by creating discontentgamong the common laborers,' 5 hen they promised them better jobs if they would join the Commune gist N,fg partyt ylf they refused, they were thrown out of their jobs and Qygegparty saw to it that he dldn't get another one,- Apparently, sfo lic f ' QI- l VJ' , ' ' i , . ' Q ' ' 2