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Show UNIVERSAL MICROFILMING CORP. P.O.BDOX 147 -- SALT LAKE CITY .UTAH . VOL. V NOVEMBER 22, 1952 NO. 3 - Novs and Foaturoa of Intorost to 1 I Rosidonis of Davis County. LAYTON. DAVIS COUNTY, UTAH These are the symbols of Thanksgiving. These are the symbols of America on her mighty, ceaseless quest for greatness and for freedom. . , . - . to the Pilgrim Fathers. For the Bible led them to this strange and lonely land . . . as the Word of God and the need for the freedom to worship Him were to lead other thousands in their own time to help build a great. nation: CharlesRoger Williams to Rhode Island, the Quakers to Pennsylvania, the Catholics to Maryland, the Wesleyans to Georgia, the Jews to Newport and Bible . . . Turkey . . . Axe . . . and Gun. They were well-know- n ton, the Mormons to Utah. . - ' f f . ' V - wild turkeys forbidding countenance and incredibly tender flesh seemed from the start to symbolize the country they found; whose stern and forbidding forests, tumbled mountains and endless plains hid richness unsuspected. a country For it was a country that beckoned the brave and laughed at the weak ; . . a land that placed great premium on courage and skill . ; . a wilder- ness waiting to be reclaimed only by strength and by steel. By the axe and the plow and the steel rail; the locomotive, the tractor, the machine. r And always with the American went the gun. For as the silent wilderness had concealed the threat of savage and serpent, so the uncovering of its wealth bred new dangers and the need for defense against them: the tyrant in a hundred guises who sought to make the rewards of other mens labor his own. And so the right to keep and bear arms became fundamental to the American. The steel of his tools and of his weapons alike . t i t , . have always reflected the bright metal of his own spirit. . ? t . i . These are the symbols of the day we celebrate; of the peculiarly American holiday we call Thanksgiving. These are the symbols of American , creed and the of our the tokens These are our and rich reward of its its hallmarks, and its destiny, price. freedom. Of its inspiration attainment; things we stand for: Faith in God Zeal and achievement. The pot of gold at rainbows end. Abiding love of country. The Bible. The Axe. The Turkey. And the Gun. , ( . , . |