Saint Pauls School - Memoirs Yearbook (Havre Boucher, Nova Scotia Canada)

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Ste Paulie pays this small tribute to the memory of her pupils and gives voice to the prayerful wish that these three noble souls may find in the bright Heaven above, a reward comen- Surate with their sacrifioeg and with the men who have returned we rejoice, God has spared you to carry home the laurels of victory. God has spared you to live for Him., It takes just as strong men d to live a truly Christian life -f to hold high the standards of Faith, of truth, of honesty of purity, of temperance as it takes strong men to face death. 'Ever and always may Hu be true soldiers of Chr st, faithful to the principles of your A e. Mater. We :lnscribe your names in the: ' M wmv Qwfvmwz imma 1 ,wwf 'ZM04 2K!,Wfi,57!a in Mgt A t mt fm? rf,?,eM,f.f 1 at R b. fjf?y'Qb7U, u r t MMUYHQMW u WW 04240 YW r Zwwmfgw pf

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