Walker High School - Banner Yearbook (Liberty, ME)

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POSSIBILITIES OF SMALL TOWNS There is every reason to be lieve that after this wdr is over the small town will come into its own as the ideal plac lH whlch to llve The small town of twenty or twenty flve yedrs go wds rlth er lsoleted from the rest of the world The people did not h ve me ns of tr nsport tion for themselves or their products Trev d1d not hlve electrlc lights or any electrlc dppllances They were hlndlc pped because they were uwuy from llbT1Tl6S, up to d1te stores, outlets for thelr products, and curt ot wlth people on the outslde Tod y we have or 1re on the wav to hlve, every modern convenlence, lnd ll we need now 18 to n ke Q od use of our plsslbllltles The rural town of tod y could be thc center own people, but also for the people uf the surrounding com MUHltlCS central busl vlll ge for hls pr duce be tr nsported from there Just S nllk lS now There could be ness place 1D the every ne to brlng The pr duce could There could be one constllduted l rge school bulldinp 1D the V11 1 ge well heuted llghted, nd equlpped, whlch wluld provide up to d te educ tl n l frcllltles f r ll the chlldren of the town Lrd surrvundlng CUNHUH1tlCS There could be ccnsolldated nurch wlth the cooper tl n of ll The church could be the center of TCllgl us und SOC13l actlvites for people wltrin o large ered Here, besldes the regul r church servlces, young people could meet for u soclel evenlng new nd then, nd dll could obtaln good books I short, the church could enslly be the church home for o large communlty Our rwn larger por 1sh novenent lS l tep in that d1T6CtlOH, There cmuld be u publlc llb r ry Mrny people who re new N r ldlng g would re d they cluld There c focllltles Llbcrty, t h r ve can re dlngn worthwhlle books lf get them uld be recreatlonsl Perhxps s lP ere lS bog pond thxt c uld be flo ded lH the wlnter rnd m de lnto good skutlng rlnk Perhaps there mount ln ivsll ble for wlnter sp rts Mdny p rks h ve llreedy been bullt lrrge en ugh for fveryune t come to und engoy SWlWHlHQ, boutlng rd other water ports There could be udequ te rural houslng wlth electrlc llghts and running wlter The clty n w lures the young people w y from the rur l sec t1WHS, but mndern l1VlHg condi tl9HS, LH Clubs, brllg s nd ther rur l CtlVltlS c uld do much to Peep the y ung folks on the firms Indlcutlnn re th t the smell ttwn 1 due to become the nT6Sl dentlml SSCtlODn of it's nelghbor inp cltles nd large towns. T, I, u o . . , . ' 'J . - . . 1. 3 -I ' L s r . .. KA e x ' u 'K . ' . . . , l e -L L. - . ' . Q I1 . ' Q 4 . ' c Ll Q L ' - 'Y 4 A 1 ' I n X N 4 L . g I s , . . I A A 1- C S 'W , 'x Q IX ' ' -A 1 LA 'L sd U ' ,T ' r , u 1 1 U , L 9 - . 5 . I ' , 0 lk 0 x Il U I L- , ' I I X 'N . . -, 2 T A L e ,n boo - o ' '- . f ' 1- - x I ' ' ' -A 4. . - ' L 1 . r' r, ' ' L A 1 . ' , I ' o K '.. L' , Fl , I p ,Q 1 A A . . . . p . L ' v - I s- , ak L . ' 1 , A 3 .I ' YE 3 ' 1 . ,. rs . , 4 U . A ' 1 .T - - O' , f, Q - . . . . l , , F L 0 7 1 - . el U ' il . f ' ' - Q. . - . . ' 1 . O 0 I of uCtlVltl6S, not only for lts lS Q 1 Q 4 , , . ' L O , ,L , K K 1 . ' L 1 ' .L J .A E , . . L 0 -if j E O , V, . A I . . . ' . T. , L ' U- ' ' fi l ' S Q . . p ' A , or , W . . , ' U ' u , L - C CF .1 - ' I . ' . ' . . . . L u. , o , - , ' o . ., 'J f A O G I I O V CA , ' ii Q n r ,L - A S ' A o , Q u or , , Q. M K - . . H , L .' '7 ' Y' Q I - . . -Vt , A ,H ' f. -1 ' ' ' I 0 a ' -- UL U- - U Q 1 S C . - of' -1- . L. T ' O l I l '- ' L , l A Q . , ' A . A O V 0 n f- . 1. .J cl ,A 'I ' I I Q I 1 A rw , is . A . r , 0 . . ' L' ' L' G L . C I 1 . m . . X D .A