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Show Ibarbara walker wins contest Johnnie Grimshaw, adjutant adju-tant of Milford American Le- gion Post introduced the speakers and directed the program pro-gram at the Armistice Day observance ob-servance in the Milford High School auditorium last Tuesday. Tues-day. After a stirring number by the High School band, directed by Dean Steineckert, Legionnaires Legion-naires advanced the colors and led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance.' Another band number followed, after which the speakers in the annual oratorical ora-torical contest were introduced by Adjutant Grimshaw. Daisy Rigby, LaRue Atkin, Bert CLeary. Ellen Carlton, Loraine Lofthouse and Barbara Walker gave excellent orations in "America's Future." The udges selected Barbara Walk-r' Walk-r' paper as best, Bert O'Leary took second place, and LaRue Atkin, third. Appropriate medals, med-als, awarded by the Legion and the Legion Auxiliary, were pre-j sen ted by Adjutant Grimshaw. Mrs. Hansen favored the as- sembly with a vocal solo, and Principal Nelson made very appropriate ap-propriate remarks after the colors were retired. As part of the Education Week program, Principal Ralph K. McCloy of the Beaver High school addressed the Milford students at Monday's assembly. The Beaver educator's remarks were on the subject "Education for All American Youth," and were very inspiring. Following is the first-place-winning paper. The other orations ora-tions will be., published next week . AMERICA'S FUTURE Is this really whai we as Americans should be concerned with, or should we look for broader concepts and direct our thoughts to the world's future, for America's future no longer stands alone. Only in the respect that we as Americans and as a country should immediately assume the leadership of assuring a peaceful peace-ful and better world. America's future as a separate entity in disregard for the concepts, the beliefs and the problems of other peoples has passed out of existence. We must now firmly grasp the opportunity and not I only the opportunity but the sacred and moral obligation which is ours. To lead the peoples of the world to that type of life which we as Americans would desire for ourselves and our children. The youth of today must prepare pre-pare itself to carry on in the future the great task of preserving preserv-ing those cherished institutions upon which rests the hope of free men and women everywhere. every-where. When the forces of freedom and civilization shall have triumphed tri-umphed in the present war-stricken war-stricken world, then to the men and women of tomorrow will be entrusted the role of jealously guarding freedom and unselfishly unselfish-ly building a firmer world civilization. civi-lization. In the future we will have to give. more than lip-service to the great principles in which we believe. We shall have to trans-, late those principles into a fuller and richer life for the millions of decent, hard-working men and women in all countries who have been victims of poverty pov-erty and inequality. If the generation of 1947 rises to that great task, as I know it will, the common man of the future will have something some-thing better to live for and to hand on to his children. It will be America's task, your task, and mine. (Principal McCloy's talk at the Monday assembly period carried an interesting train of thought relating to the 'younger 'young-er generation' and modern ideas on raising children. It will be published in next week's Milford News, along with the remainder of the orations ora-tions presented at Tuesday's assemly.) |