New Bloomfield High School - Beacon Yearbook (New Bloomfield, MO)

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IN MEMORIAM BOB KESSLER He came into your midst sort of quiet and shy. Then he settled and grew into a wonderful guy. He didn’t like friction. He didn't like strife. What he wanted most was joy and life. He didn’t mind hardship - that was part of life's game. For all to succeed - that was his aim, Always willing to help with a word or a prayer. If you were in trouble, he would be there To offer a hand or a word of advice. And when you got “riled, he'd caution Now be nice. He wasn’t an angel - he never claimed wings. But his heart was set on meaningful things. He liked to torment, he loved to tease, But ever and always he was eager to please. He was my youngest son, my pride and my joy. He was his father's one and only boy. His journey through life had only begun. There were many things left to be done. But nobody asked “Have you finished life's show? Death's angel came down and Bob had to go. From Bob Kessler's Mother

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“ . . Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!” F atrick Henry 3 Following the victory at Yorktown, Washington refused the offer of his troops to become king and returned to Philadelphia to aid with the establishment of a permanent government for the new republic a loose alliance of sovereign states held together by the Articles of Confederation. An envoy composed of Benjamin Franklin. John Adams and John Jay was sent to negotiate with the British. It was not until 1783 that the peace agreement, known as the Treaty of signed, guaranteeing the sovereignty of the Cnited States of America. The Articles of Confederation, despite many weaknesses, served to un- ify the states until 1787 when a special convention was held at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to revise them. The meeting was attended by fifty-five of the most-prominent men of the day. Twenty- nine of the delegates representing a majority of the states met on May 25 and decided to draft an entirely new constitution rather than am- mend the Articles of Confederation. The meeting then became known as the Constitutional Convention. 4 The men who assembled for the Constitutional Convention were an illustrious group with nearly every delegate a person of prominence in his home state. A large majority favored a strong central government n September 17. 1787. the new constitu- tion was completed. In a little more than four months, six states hac ratified the new constitution. Despite the good beginning, the fight foi ratification was hitter and it was not until September 13. 1788, thai the necessary two-thirds majority of the states had approved the docu ment and Congress could call for states to choose their electors anc congressmen. Several of the states had ratified the constitution wit! the provision that it would be amended. Thus, as one of its first officia acts under the new constitution, the Congress added the first ter amendments knowrn as the Bill of Rights. Washington was un animously elected President and a new nation was launched on i course of democracy.

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Dedication