Sabattus High School - Yearbook (Sabattus, ME)

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This is supposed to be a free country where all have equal rights but negroes are not always considered to be our equal, I thlnk we should all conslder the negro situation a llttle more thoughtfully and thoroughly I Johnny's Reactlon Toward Clvlllan Llfe It was on a dr ary, ralny mornlnb four years aoo wh 1 Johnny left hls home, famlly and pPl6HdS at a very low ebb to enter the service of hls country The four years hav pa ed by swiftly and Johnny, aft r many adventures, comes marchlng hom His famlly expected Johnny to have the same bollsh expres lons and attltudes he had four years ago and when thev flnd he has lost them and ha become a man wlth man' ldeas ald xperiences they are very much astonlshed John who has alway been full of llfe and has alway carried a shlle upon hls fac , now as become high strung and snappish He has be 1 home almost two m nths and tas never once thought about gettlng a Job If anyone has occasion to mentlon it to hlm he becomes angry and avs he doesn't need a job, he has hls muste in5 out pav, n p ts one hundred dollars a month for three months then lf le is stlll uzemploy d he pets unem ploym nt compensatlon whl h Dive hlm twenty dollars a week for flfty two we ks when he left he as enwa ed to a glrl ln hls hom town and after he had been bon for over a year sh found someone else and got mar i d That chan? d Tohnny consld rably he doesn care about datlng other E1 l wh r he nas classlfl d as belng all allke H used to a t nd church regularly blt nov he G3 sn't even go once a we V H Just stays around the house, Wl h a wlld frlghtenlng loo? on his face, S1ePDlUg, r ddlng a e ating He eldom p d s, specldlly about hls Army ex p Pl nces f anyore asks hlm about the war he becom s em The unpleasant plctu e of Johnny could b the plcture of your Johnny or m ne And vnat ar we gOlDg to do about it? I bel eve ohnny should t a Job, becau e he n ds someth ng to k p hln from tYlHklH about those dreadful thlnss that hdpo n d ovcr ther H shouldd't l t the fact that h 1S gettlnb twenty dollars a weck make hlm los h1s ambltlon to eo to work and support him elf Unfortunately, many tur ing veterans con ld r th m elves heroes because hey have b r fi5ht1ng for thelr country and that ClVlll3HS owe tn n a 1lVlHg for tF1S s rvlce Whlle they deserv our s dc rest pralse, they must not fore t that there wer a gr at many 4 P's who want d to go and couldn' and a gr at many drafted m n who could go and d1dr't Nant to Thos who remaln d at rom also s rved Kwlthout the gloryl in war plants and on the farms I believ that w sdould treat our r tUPHlH5 V terans the same way we did befor the went away We SHOQIQ w lcom them home to th sam llf , lov and pursuit of happ n ss ln our land of th fr and our hom of the brave hould try to g t them adyu ted to thlngs that would b of lnterest to them but do lt 1U such a way that they won't CODSldbF them solxes a DUPQcH to soclety, and stop asklng th m about what they saw and w nt through ovcrs Your Johnny, our Johnny or anyone's Johnny isn't the Johnny who left us to serve his country , 6 . . . L 'V . ' 9 M. G. 46 . . . . . S 9 2 ' L 'T 'A Q' GV' 5 . ., . L . A . , ' g 9 f S3 ', l O Y. . -J . . Q ' 'x 1 ' A Ml. . J D . . 'S ,L 3 . l e H . . ' .5 - S 3 1 S . L 1 9 . .T wr . fi . F' o .5 . . 1 - .. 9 - ' H . - 3 G. A L. V' Cl l 1 3 f ! . I - . . g J. L . . 1 .- e, l 5 - . S ,V 3' . 1 , , P . ' V ' :I -'QC 4. . . N' 1 . 'Y 2 1 I A 3 4. 1 ' 4 V D ' 1 e ' L 'c U s ' ' df . 1 Q 7 V e '7 up - farm ' ' ' Q ef vs ,. U 5-J . . ef A ' S .1 ' G A 1 n. r e . -f De e - .f e ' 'g 't . x ,Q . nn F . . . 3 . J . rd L Q O u 9 ' Q 'P ,L 1 1 'X I Nl Ll sl ' ' I 1 . ' S ' 23 .0 9 I . 4. . . 4 , . . Lf 2 .1 . . 3 JA . 53: . ,Q . X . X n' e . . e s s e.k e K . - . 7 Q . Q S3 Z 1 4. L 1 Ei ' 1 L ,, barrassed and answers them shortly. . - 4 . '11 - S 'X 1 . , . ' Y 1 . I E S , . 7 , T w ' rv-2. ' P Q we 'F .L u bb e .e . we - V . . . - . '33 Y J. f . 1 Q.. ,- . . ' L Sl G A G. 6 l l G ' 53 'x 'V' 'J 3 3 ' Q ' c ' 9 - .L ' ' Lv 1 ' -.J L . 'T S 3 5 . v I, 5 L Pi? 'fl -, 5 - S :J 9 HS 4- V I . . J 5 u X 3 GO L A' .. . . . G , G A . . . fi . ,, . V4.1 a l G 0 ' ' : '3 'X . 3 ' 6 L. we . qu L t. 1 , J E3 9 14 ' ci - - t - A . S ' A U , - ' Q . . 9 ' S l 3 S 5 3 - , A L ' ., 1 1 , G . S l S 'T 'S' ' l 1 A 1 1 13 J' 3 ' ., 6 9 G fm ' fn fx ' 1 ' Q., 19 e o J l :, xv 1. 6 '39 G 1 ' . 418 Sl . ,. . ' ' G J S 3 . - ' 3 .1 , . . . . I , - rs ' 'fm - ' 4 - . ' --, A . - L, ' G 7: r ' GHS, 'r X x , J. ' o A. C. 47 ... .-