Show A J L DAY successfully successfully SUCCESS FULL y C celebrated E L E B R A november 11 armistice day was great day after tho the big snow storm of tho the two previous days the of tho the day wore in chargo charge of ai the american legion promptly at sunrise the national salute was alred and tho the buglo called and flags were raised at 10 0 clock camo came tho the parade para de of won men followed hy by the band boy scouts citizens and hundreds of school children with their toach teach ws ors which paraded for halt an hour up and down the principal streets streetia etis then than to the high school auditorium i I 1 which was filled with the iho citizens of 1 heaver deaver and neighboring owns beauprie Beau commander of the american legion presented the i following program I 1 song ani america arica by the audience audien i invocation joseph manzoline Manz Alanz olne j frank smith sang the sword of bu bunker aker hill accompanied by prof will T morris pianist mayor slyde gave e t address of welcome I 1 patriotic musical selections by a I 1 male quartet murdock tur dock smith IN morgan and morrist mrs geneva joseph gato gay a very interesting talk on the activities of the he american red crossi organization from its early history up to the present time clifton mcshane gave aavo a wonderful and forceful pa patriotic address illitch v alch was listened to very attentively I 1 by all pres present ant after the song of the star spangled banner led by aliss atsa hermoine robinson the benediction was made de by taylor farnsworth immediately following tho the program everybody went to tho the basement of the building andi were eared delt delicious barbecued beef with rolls and steaming hot coffee tho afternoon was wag taken up with dance base ball game and sports and the evening closed with a basket ball game in the gym and an dance at the opera house the american legion and committees in ahn charge ago are to be congratulate edi on tho the able way in which they carried out this celebration in every detail mr mcshane speaks spanks as follows t vellow fellow citizens I 1 we are met today on this anniversary sar y of 0 the signing of the armistice we ire aro met tor for the dual purpose of fittingly celebrating this anniversary ind and tor for offering our prayers if gratl gratitude tudo and heartfelt thanks giving for tho the victorious termination of that recent bloody struggle ln in 1 v the most of 0 the civilizes world i six years ago toady the ardts i tice that paper concluding the afie hs bostl ti latles of tho the bell gerant nations was signed six yearn yeara ago this MOT morning nIng the tha last assault was made the final evanco was halted and tho last guu gull was fired as tho advocates of and represented by the like hosts bosta of the germau german army bowed their heads in defeat and acknowledged to the world that liberty la Is invincible that Freo freedom doin cannot bo exterminated and that hat the baur caffi ee of righteousness will penetrate and dissolve any instrument tattered tast ered ily y wrong after years of triumph and ruth loss lassi in which Prussia nian asserted itself by every atrocity conceivable colv cei vable ablo which broka every law of at common doce decency nef nian s 1 which violated every unwritten principle of cl warfare A turning the hands of the 1 clock of pra pro 1 i kha gres egression sion backwards for for scores at years and mutilating the defenseless parts of tho the bodies bodies 0 o bi peace loving prance france and belgium Oel glum v whose conduct co n deef in inace the war branded as barbarians and ultimately forcad them to suo site tor for pence peace and it fur for mercy and tho allies after years yeara of ro io vr ls hardships and disasters had begun began to assort assert themselves thern selve s they had b on hurled backward by the enemy until tho ca capture liture of 0 parts paris was eminent emilie lie nt this thin capture undoubtedly would aoud have meant compete demoralization of the allied operations and capitulation of aluad resistance tu to gorman german efem aie o at the a scant forty miles from paris hj h j german goal aitio allies prepared t tf malce make a final stand and to ebarbo abari 0 o dearly ana and to pay heavily for or defeat de feat and subjection at this critical domn thero there marched to the front the file first material army of american boys boyr ready teady for action raw haw andl andi grean greab t coops they were compared with tho battle scar red area veterans of the opposition but possessed with ati at spirit s and a brave asart fresh and eager they were hurlon at the opposition as they were driving the allies before them at thierry historic abi y where we stopped the victory dailve ot handen burg and Ludlon dorff turning tny title tide of battle in favor of the allies r germany then felt our power dower and as she threw her renne divisions of troops against clr boys at bel anaa lr aai woods st alfrit 31 and tho ar botne forest anlu to have them iren back broken and disorganized 1 I 1 then andal not nol till then fita did she r aze her badr inevitable I 1 able end knot inot by foot the arkins kilns were driven out of france and day by iny ay the allied attacks grow stron stronger ger T 1 greater ans while the runs huns grew perceptibly weaker and auf rf rn aed a a a feebler rc res lance tance this ie re I 1 a hammering told on tho broken morale ot of the german machine and iber retreat once so masterful and orderly became disorganized and confused contused cont used here on the verge of panto panic and riot the german leaders saw the handwriting saw the hopelessness of their muse cause and cried kamerud Ka Na 1 discarding their arms they throw threw as hostages into the hands f the allies trusting to their mercy aud and manhood this trust was not misplaced accepting their sur surrender rendar anti and signing deigning the armistice the german hosts were ware allowed to go unmolested to their homes the most horrible atall of all wars was ended and considering everything the most merciful and humane terms ol 01 o were allowed the victor and a nd the vanquished hadt hadl both gone through throng ha untold suffering suf ferng why prolong it dut but still hotheaded hot headed patriots and sufferers of this country and of the allied countries advocated adv located and demanded an invasion of germany I 1 no organized resistance re sistan co could have been offered and with but little loss germany could havo have be been en put to the sword they could have been made to tco pay unmercifully tor for their i ability of the great war their homes cities and stift industries tries could have tsen leen destroyed rind and burned as they wrecked and trampled upon the beautiful bleeding france aranco and belgium their womanhood could have been violated as thoy violated the piro 1 l of 0 unhappy py france annl nl eeli ini cut no humanity asserted itself an in it bralon slon ot of conquest and vengeance vengo anco 1 continued on page 4 DAY con continued from page 1 I 1 would not conform to tho the ples 0 of inu humanity manity and americanism it would ii not t conform to the teachings at 0 cod vengence Ven genco la Is mine mayeth the lord civilization and humanity accepted ahls teaching and our just god cod will moto out punishment where hooded credit where deserved and justice to all and again with tho the termination of human bives lives liven that aro are too precious to offer as a payment for a re reven vengo goCho tho flower of our mafali will always bo be on the altar for the tha defense of of our country and old clary olary but it will never bo be offered lor for conquest and inhumane destruction with tho the signing of the Ar armistice mistica a aavo dj d rejoicing swept over tho the world w orld our nation n went road mad TA kh joyful excitement tho the ringing f athi firing filing of guns lind arid shouting wk tha pinco of hopefuls silence lonco el 10 wid and happiness ess radiated r from ata 0 as dt df theeo whom only a short before had ha d faces sot set with grim f termination i nation and sorrow our coat of the groat great struggle was enormous anorma q billions in money and thousands of the most precious lives of gt our boys manfully the coat cost was mot inot and sorrowfully paid as all amer lea ica rejoiced at the sudden stop to the terrible payments to the civilized world in general the armistice means relatively the earne balcie that our Dod declaration of inde pond meant to our forefathers and country darlng the dark day of tho the american AMer iaan revolution our declara antion of independence w aoa ats the worlds first material protest against and gunj unjust estand and unfit leadership this recent war mar of wart wars was vaa not only a protest against but we must hope that it has had proven itself the executioner of and militarism today wo meet na as americans americana no politics no petty grievances or no dadikos roay may enter into this occasion to spoil tho the spirit of patriotism vo ao prevalent or mar tho the bigness wf ness of today whore Is marit manifested tested the feeling of loveit love of country doss no not today bring into tho the hearts of each dach and overy one of us ua that feeling of and thanks div giving ing for the ibo privilege of being an american tina and tor for living in tue greatest of all countries paying al allegiance le glance of citizenship in our declaration of independence and conformed to bif by our constitution the history of our country has haj been one straight forward march of progression and leadership with the war in which our ancestors ce co by suffering and heroism ea lit ot the ashes of that bit tot struggle america and americanism tho the greed and lack of governing ability of a weak english king caused this struggle ending his domination in aaion and resulting in our com alete freedom from alleg allegiance innee to tho the british crown our mother tongue tho the gaining of fre freedom edoin from great britain was a problem only halt half tool solved ved same instrument was now decoss necessary try to maintain those certain unalienable rights secured at such a price well worth the cost and well wel I 1 worth maintaining maintain ip g at any price thua the tha constitution of the U 8 nereca nerl ca icv never er before had such a 44 co document administering jus nd equality equa liti boon been heralded lived ar lor I 1 end living up to its require iphi in tf our country of freedom hats han glanced abrou through the ages it h baa as dolight wars of protection to our land it hais haa fol ought ight wars of pro protection toc for her weaker sister mister states and it has maintained a firm protective attitude toward the small republics of this continent thereby keeping at by he avarice prevalent among european powers wo we have also had a period of darkness a period where our nation tottered an the brink of the abyss of destruction dost st where our foundation rock pd ad and was almost successfully tinder undermined der mined tho the darkest period of our american americ an history where friend wali wai pitted against friend brother against brother and cathl rr against son eon the tha mast horrible catastrophe that hat can fall to lot of a civilized naon befallen ourt that of civil wal wai one section fighting for certain in rights lights and principles and the other portion for the and of 0 ours our country antry and a stable government A terrible misunderstanding ders der standing the toll of of which exacted practically all of dr tho the young manhood of our nation and destroyed property b beyond e y onide estimation tl alon A mi ahng jug which possibly could havo boon been I 1 averted by proper handling by tho the right ale hf mon men and proper functioning of oui our high officers but the situation arising out of this misunderstanding demanded a genius as ab we well as aa nu an american ca to repair the breech and bind together moro more firmly than over the sections sec tlona of our country A merciful providence provided that man a roan man whose life was ono one of charity and sorrow a man who stood alone during tho the black years of right and equality ito ho saV saved edour our country ho he matlo it stronger and better hla his work was now finished and at the hands ot of a crazed assassin his soul passed to the groat great beyond lie ho lived as a pitt pill riot flot and a statesman ho he proved rt a great emancipator and died a martyr a ban among men one of the greatest the immortal lincoln after the horri horrible blo days daya of civil war there followed a period olf reconstruction where the people were forced to realize more fully the horror and tolly folly of war where sacrifice of chattel nad and pride must go in as aa a part payment tor for that war f following reconstruction our country progressed by leaps and bounds and invention advancing adv ancin g so fast that our industries were completely rebuilt or rem remodeled modeled and to 9 auch a gi gigantic gantle extent as aa to bo be almost andi and hero here today wo find america upon tho the pedestal of tamo fame and leadership of enormous possibilities due to vast resources developed and undeveloped tho the other condition the spirit ot of a free leopla solf governed a spirit whore where equality Is a prime factor and love of country Is a ft a national thought I 1 friends time will not permit a fur thor hor delving into anto the history of thiu country y or further 1 insight n into the realms ot of our possibilities bill but so tar far we have one cloned point which must most always be first and foremal fore moot in the thoughts of today that of paying a fitting tribute anti and showing honor and proper to tho silent client defenders doton doro of our country who when old glory calls for support of the cause of fre freedom ru alies moot mont quickly to its stan standard daril 1 fering all la is it the soldier who ma may pay pathe the supreme sacrifice or may come back mangled disfigured anti and a broken wreck of a once glorious manhood or Is it the mothers ot of the wonderful boys mot mothers hers who must give something some things more valuable than life itself and who must bear tho the burden of silent suffering liering su through gli tho the ages this day of days Is one of happl neiss tor for all of us but it Is ono one of heartfelt thanksgiving to mothers mo thero it was waa the ceasing beasl ng of tho th relentless tug of dispain on her heart strings and the disappearing of those agonized thoughts though ta and vivid scones scenes of her keen imagination which atch makes this anniversary so near and dear to their hearts today we find the most sad and beautiful part of all mothers whose boys boya did not return offering up their silent prayers of ing ng to our god for the preservation of our country coun and other mothers sons unselfish mothers who go down into the depth of the valley of at the shadow to bring that son to life fire heir every wrinkle and gray hair show cares and worries of retiring rearing that bent oman manhood womanhood hood and then at atin call of patriotism and truth they must offer odor him their all on the altar of freedom may a just god watch over and bless our mothers so today let us Is voice our thanksgiving not only tor for this anniversary of the tha termination of that terribly struggle glo but tor for the privilege and realization of american citizenship the requirements of which should be tho the priceless characteristics of man hoot hool honesty truthfulness humanity tind and patriotism today we aro are united a and erkd W we 0 must stand united in the future as our fathers stood united in tho the past wo we received a priceless heritage let us then transmit it undiminished to our posterity our great work now lies lu in the preservation of our country its ita institutions and our flap flag living up to be in 1 it iti fulle fullest t 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