Samuel D Hanson School - Crescent Yearbook (Buxton, ME)

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3 THE MARSHALL PLAN If anyone has seen the extreme poverty and destruction everywhere in Europe, he would not hesitate to do everything he could to hurry the Marshall plan to completion. The peo- ple have lost everything but their hope. And their main hope is help from us, the richest country in time. We, and only we, have the material ed to put these prople back on their feet. In doing this work for others, we are not only helping the state of Ger- the world at this and supplies need- them but ourselves also. we all remember many after the last war. Since Hitler promised them glories and riches, naturally they turned to him to pull them out of their poverty stricken condition. Too late did they find that all his promises were not to be fulfilled, but were made to fill his own selfish desires. Now if we help the people of Europe with the much - needed money and materials, won't they look up to us as they did to Hitler, before he small price to pay to have these peoples. turned on them? Surely this is a the loyalty and friendship of all The Marshall Plan is the best plan suggested so far. That we have to held these countries is a decided statement. And that they need this help immediately is also decided. Hitler's own special troops took everything from these humbf le people. They have nothine with which to start their new life but their hoses and ambitions. we must fulfill these hopes and ambitions now in order to have a peace - loving regulated world in the future. eeeeasefefeaf'eeaeeeeheeeieeafefsfaaafee DCWY EAST NEIGHECRLINESS Often today we wonder if the close neighborliness of which Maine boasted in the Carly Qioneering days, still exe ists. Last October, York County lived through the greatest catastrophe ever to befall the state of Maine The misfort- unes of this time were too numerous to mention. Cut of this, however, camo an answer to those who doubt friendliness still During those everyone joined in over the state and that Maine exists. days of worry -and dread it seemed that to help his neighbors.Volunteers from all many outsiders came in to lend a helping hand. With them they brought supplies of food, clothing, and fire fighting equipment. In many cases, the fires were within a few miles of many people of this community. At night there was a terrify-

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4. l l I ing glow on every horizon. For many people, these fires meant little sleep, some went for days with only snatchos of food. Social workers from every organization came to the homeless to offer shelter, but were surprised and pleased to find that due to Maine hospitality more than help the peo- ple had been offered places of shelter until they could find some place of their own. A reporter, from another state, who in reporting on the fire said about 'Maine hospitality, WI have read the many advertisements sent out yearly about the incomparable Maine hospitality. After viewing the fire areas in Maine I can assure you that the wonders of this hospit- ality have never been exaggerated. Certainly these words are echoed by all who had to de- pend on this hospitality for all their wants. And all of those who looked on know that good as well as misfortune came from the red horizons of that last week in October. Maine people in an emergency showed 'what they are made of', showed that 'Down East' is still synonymous with neighborli- ness.N -I!-Xf-?!-lf'-Y-'!H941'f-l?-3 5h?'-3?-7f-6 3'-44 3f'9? COMPULSCRY MILITARY TRAINING When Horld War II began, our army and navy were not trained. Iookihg back through all of American History we find that this nation has always been ill -prepared for war. An America without eyes will have another Pearl Harbor - this time not against a fleet at anchor but against a nat- ion asleep. Since the end of the war,there have been discusses many ways to keep America strong. At the present time the bill which seems most likely to become a law is the one which calls boys from eighteen to nineteen and one half years of age to the Armed Forces. When this bill becomes a law the largest group affected will be the graduating classes of 1948. Naturally most of us do not want to spend a whole year in the Army. Many of us wish to go to college or establish a business. Some boys may have a position waiting for them in some firm. This year in the army would ruin many of these opportunities. However the world situation today demands that our country seek protection through the help of some age group. If our representatives feel that we arc the group best fit- ted we stand ready to give back to America a little of what she has given us.