Rushford High School - Valley Legend Yearbook (Rushford, MN)

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0 N Foreword. Dedication Appreciation Contents The Staff Administration Classes Seniors Activities Record Class History-Class Will Class Prophecy Class Poem Class Play Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Activities Sports Girls' Athletic Association Music Ripples Dramatics Future Farmers of America Athletic Association Honors Social Here and There Calendar

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 Thank God for America! All of us, at one time or another have failed to realize the full moaning of those words. We hnve taken our country and all of its privileges for granted. We have failed to see how much superior our country is when compared with other nations. We have displayed an attitude of indifference and carelessness regarding the greatness and goodness of our homeland. This fault of the American people is not a fundamental principle, hut it is a bad habit, and especially in time of war, it is a habit which we can well afford and must put aside. The war in which we are involved makes us realize more and more that our way of life is being threatened. We can take it for granted no longer. Slowly but surely, we are realizing that the liberties for which mon hnve fought and died, must be defended again if they are to bo preserved to humanity. These liberties spell freedom which in turn is essential to the highest type of political, economic, and social development of any people. The hope of freedom is the spark that burns eternal in the heart of man even though he is a slave. Freedom is so much a part of our life that in the eyes of the world, the words, America and freedom, are synonymous. We, the Class of 1942, as young American citizens and potential defenders of our country, are realizing that we have much for which to be grateful because we live in America. We wish to thank the citizens of this community for their interest in and support of our public school, which with church and home, is the true foundation upon which America stands. We appreciate the fine work of the Board of Education and Superintendent J. T. Hanson in the administration of our school. We hope that you, like our class, are learning more and more to appreciate thi9 country, the land of opportunities . May we all join together in repeating God Bless America . God Bless America, land that I love, Stand beside us, and guide us Through the night with the light from above, From the ocean, to the prairie, To tho mountains, white with snow; God Bless America, my home sweet home. —Irving Berlin

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★ Sports Editor..................................................Donald Rollins Administration..........................................Eileen Dahl Classes Seniors Class Member's Records .....................Paul Stehly Class History......................... ..Qrrin Klungtvedt Class Prophecy.......................... Marvin Anderson Class Will.......... .....................Dagny Mindrum Class Poem................................. Robert Bjorge Class Play..............................Rockwell Carlson Juniors....................................... ....Billy Marker Sophomores.................................... Clarence Quamen Freshmen.....................................Audrey Nordgaard ........................................ Mae Torgerud Activities Music Instrumental ... Vocal........... Honors............... F. F. A.............. Dramatics ........... Ripples.............. Athletic Association G-. A, A............. Social............... Calendar ................. Art....................... Typist ............ Stencil Preparation Blue Printing....... ....Donald Stoyke ...Donald Woxland ......Paul Stehly ...Lawrence Sorum Florence Amundson .........Ina Olson ---Harold Bladine .....Doris Humble Donald Woxland Edna Lou Kierland ..... Doris Humble .Edna Lou Kierland .........Ina Olson ...Lillian Benson .... Robert Bjorge ......Paul Stehly