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Show By Dean Parkin p The cuaractenshcs 0f F American are first, that L'f be oya . lor instance, gibe gi-be loyal to his country & the president and ioyal't f deals of the democrat -freedom of speech, fJf the press, freedom of$ ' and ueeuom oi being ahiir whatever you want to do X as you do not interfere 1 f' rights ot your neighbour A good American shL" courageous. He should CN age to tell the peopled thinks the kind of govern his city, state, or tount correcting. ,B L. help our country when it needs our help. All of us have an opportunity op-portunity to do that now. Will we do it? At the present time our government gov-ernment is in need of money. We may be loyal to cur country by buying United States defense stamps and bonds. In this way we are aiding our country and at the same time are keeping the enemy away from our shores, besides be-sides saving money v for our future fu-ture needs. To be courageous we must be brave and bold. We mu9t not be afraid to wear a uniform and fight for our rights. A patriotic American loves his country and supports and defends it against all evil. At the present time each and all of us have an opportunity to show our patriotism in many ways. We don t have to be a president, pre-sident, a general or even a soldier, sold-ier, for even a child can help. If we all have the characteristics character-istics patriotism, loyalty and courage, it will take more than a Hitler, a Mussolini, or a Toyo to overthrow us, or even make a dent in our good old U. S. A. be good American citizens and with the help of God make them worthy of the land of the free. By Lois Groves Today we as American citizens have an honorable duty to do. This duty is to support a country at war. But we don't consider this duty one that is hard like a household duty, we consider this duty one we are all proud to perform. per-form. This duty is to buy defense bonds and stamps. We all know very well that every bond or stamp we buy helps to preserve the freedoms and liberties that our forefathers fought and died for and what our army and navy are now fighting and dying for. So the richest and the poorest of Americans join hands and buy defense bonds and stamps in order or-der that we may escape being put under axis power. In America we have many things that people in other lands are not blessed with. We have all the freedoms given us in the "Bill of Rights". They give us freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of press and the right of assembly and also many other freedoms that people in other lands do not have. A good American does not take unfair tdvantage of these rights. They do not use the freedoms of speech to draw down the character of others. They use the freedom of press to print only the truth. They assemble whenever and wherevar they want to, just so they do not disturb the peace, or assemble and plot against anything any-thing that is good and right. An example of what is good and right is our American government. People choose their religion according ac-cording to their own conscience and they live by the teachings and beliefs of their church. Every good American loves and respects these rights. They were provided for the good of the people and they should be used for that purpose pur-pose alone. By Mary Puppasideris Fine characteristics are found in every good American. Three qualities that I think every good American possesses are perseverance, persever-ance, amliitfon and integrity. Perseverance is a quality found in most good Americans. In school and business they will persevere in tasks given to them by superiors. super-iors. In war. times good citizens will persist in not consuming luxuries lux-uries not needed, in walking instead in-stead of riding, because of rubber rub-ber shortage. In this way they help their government. . Good Americans are most likely like-ly ambitious. They show their ambition by helping to beautify and make their town safe. Ambitious Am-bitious citizens, rich or poor alike, will try to make their lives successful, suc-cessful, whatever they may be doing. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD AMERICAN By Virginia Smith To be a real American is to be patriotic, liberty loving and honest. hon-est. A real American will stand by his flagi in time of peace or in time of war. He knows what the flag stands for and why it should be respected. The stars and the stripes each have their meaning. If you would be patriotic you would know their meanings and would live up to them. The first people who set foot on the soil Were in search of freedom free-dom and liberty. They promoted the liberty which we now enjoy. Some foreign countries are now attempting to take it from us, but we are going to see that they don't do it. Our fore-fathers fought hard for this liberty and we are ambitious am-bitious as Americans to continue to enjoy it. Therefore we will fight hard to maintain our liberty and will even die for our freedom. free-dom. You have heard that "Honesty is the Best Policy". We should In America we also have many places that were provided for the people of this great nation so that they may have places to spend their leasure hours. There ar enumerous public and national parks which are well equipped with playgrounds, swimming pools, tennis courts, roller rinks an dmany things that, while the people are using, they are always al-ways happy. We should all be very thankful for these things and if we are to be truly good Americans we must each and everyone ev-eryone of us take eood care of Every good -American possesses integrity. He is sound, pure and honest. In giving advice to anv-one anv-one a good American should be sound in judgment. Purity in mind is something every good citizen should have. He will not do anything to be ashamed of later on. A good American ix honest with his parents, friends and school. If every good American possesses posses-ses some of these qualities, he will surely be a googf citizen. He will be willing to cooperate with eryone of us take good care of these things and strive to improve, im-prove, not destroy them. A very prominent characteristic characteris-tic of a good American citizen is that he is "fair". I feel it is my duty as a good A-merican A-merican citizen to. live up to the things I have listed and be ' a good citizen, that America will be proud to call hers. all subscribe to this policy, not only in being honest to our fellow fel-low men but also honest to ourselves. our-selves. So if we are patriotic, liberty loving and honest, we indeed will be good Americans. By Maurine Morley What does being a good American Amer-ican mean to you? Does it just mean saluting the flag, standing at attention when the "Star Spangled Banner" is played, or does it mean other than these as well? Good Americans are patriotic. To be patriotic is to be loyal, courageous, and cooperative to your country. Patriotic Americans Ameri-cans are unselfish and fearless and they gladly cooperate with their fellowmen. Loyalty means to be faithful to our government, to be true to our friends and to love our family. Every good' American is courageous, cour-ageous, bold, brave and daring. Therefore courageous Americans are not cowards. They are willing to die for their country if necessary. neces-sary. Mothers can show their courage by sending their sons to fight. We can also show our courage cour-age by going without luxuries so Our Boys may have guns, tanks, airplanes and ammunition. Every good American should cooperate with his friends, schoolmates, school-mates, and family. Good Americans Ameri-cans aid their government by keeping themselves "physically fit; by eating properly, by getting get-ting plenty of rest, .and by promoting pro-moting these qualities. If we keep ourselves physically fit and try to help others to do so, we will then be able to assume duties du-ties that our country may call on us to assume. Finally, we should thank God many times a day for having the privilege of being an American and living in a country full of love, freedom and democracy. By Wilma Dimas There are many things that we Americans have and appreciate today, that other nations are threatening to take from us. Now more than ever before we need loyal, courageous, and patriotic citizens to defend our shores. A loyal citizen is one who is faithful and true and does his duty for his country. We must his country and his country will be proud of him. By Joan Massa A good American is a good citizen citi-zen and they sould be loyal and patriotic. Good citizens must turn against rascals who want to destroy de-stroy our democracy. Good American Amer-ican should respect the constitution constitu-tion and love our country and not disobey the laws. They should help to support our flag. Our A-mericans A-mericans are hard workers and quick thinkers. I want to obey the laws and I want to help win this war by buying defense bonds and stamps. Good Americans must be honest, brave, cheerful, kinct helpful, tolerant, clean, industrious in-dustrious and law abiding. Small sacrifices are demanded of us and we should be more than willing will-ing to give some of the luxuries which are unnecessary for daily livelihood. We should support the law makers and their policies so as to not interfere in the progress of a quick and final victory so that people may live in peace and plenty under one flag with the essential guidance of God. Americans are friendly and are willing to work for their money and they respect the rights of others. I hope and pray I will always al-ways be a good American and appreciate the chance I have by being bom an American. By Dorothy Chanak The war we are fighting has made me think about the characteristics char-acteristics of a good American. Just what characteristics must I have so that I will be a credit to my country? A good American is a person who is proud he lives in a land like America with its freedom of speech, religion, his chance to work and live as he likes. A true American will work hard to help keep his country a fine place in which to live by keeping the laws he helped to make. A good American is willing will-ing to fight for his country, give of his time and money to keep it strong and ever a land of the free and a home of the brave. Right now a good American is buying defense bonds and stamps and is doirife his share in the defense de-fense work. He is doing whatever is asked of him to help his country.. May every girl and boy that lives in America crow ud to |