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Show 'Winning Essays j i eStai Legion, Memorial Drive Contest High School Decision i cr6 ndslon of the ST00' rS by the service B ir'nition with tnc tt BKnal campaign. LM 1 Hutchlnfl w.va lng55UDRlVEWAY- jl0 !er sons amid re- fffij of the - 111 PU' in story. He w " ?Lnor I'l our I " ' sia li,. Star L 5on. P v rold Stni I 1 ' ' : , r01 ' .. hoys who in fr';,,, , . -mg th, tal-h u i .',' .... ? . to commemorate r,Wr county who l aoieofhumanitj In K'"of the bron - 71 Z , , - ilatcs back, B,r.i - 'rr.,- SJ Lri from Presl len STrtlv from tl men s foide&t that ?orno itlzens Knot appreciate th. utter , quiet tK tuty, and ' . , Gold St:.- drive- , El l foliage h v been lUrs ... i si "- I ls ,s ! Ltd 1 1 nul our rVfcir lives thai w might ! .(rcitsf.r fn 'doin? Who ire sboui.i u low sui h pro-. pro-. . , -Mr legion - w'rijf,ii n "Hiii'! inns n..l- sim:.) ri- tuatcd u fit!r09 i.f t: h . it .. ""'--Ktrnit l t'j uin iit fo owing - stlons jr-tuate the driveway: ifJtz delight in destruction, the dair.:i c- th y do. sues the n ibh pui j. se of Sir drive mid be ox- Itieni by theli pare tits and j ttljht) mould I"- taught to . i-i ho i 11 .. -..i N oungj E theii pn nks bring on C destruction that is being Iretr. if rightly pr si nti d, jelsd bu di . p'-J i-nough. ftt ilKDlfUnr e of the me-lt)0(t me-lt)0(t tbt oldtr pi-oplo there tM lo disregard that which t But this monui ien1 ia fcOjden'i II belongs to the Iter county a nip. . i. Si tbe rlvlc pi1 ind j M the cltirens of this cltj i elfcelr eyes to the beauty prard. and ( rente in thorn j ntwtno it for future gen- llCNeitlons wer" rnrrlvd tiy would lb- Gold Star k ; rjetuated, but Ogden 1 1 c eaner, morn ba utii i ubltanta v, ou i Bi'itSi about thorn, :m.l in its would grow a pride In i desire to preserve tin. ( irhf w ly (Literiry prir.e i U STAR DltlVEWAV." Illtilluun Hutrhins. --" u:.l ..1 ,1 ;, i j Iftrtlit living d ad. a broad Mo these trees arc groupo l I per In racmorj' all thoso "isrib from us to db- l hat l on unfettered; what tibar. thb ! An avenue of f '"inNiunltv t.i com-' com-' deathless derJs of Its ltv tullt by the Ic-On paui mother . m nltar to tQelmoDs. What could 01 our reverence and irwrit0ps of men. a tr : ,trn i-pir. 1 v.. ,r h f,mamenl ir0U- ' '"'I " '"ting symbol , nuld p memor. 0f one who man-made plaoe or b h'rr ,rjnK -d on JJ'Jrjl. monument and fSfr li r"0rn,n" " btr-v if POAer t0 in- K na,lrCH Ir """ 1 ' tnJ '"' ' - -tb.n ' ' I v,- ,wlnt"r lmper i on to all storma. as t w r- they who ruut the shock of steel I unflinching. It Is shorn of Its leaves ; In tbo fail, as the Gold Star mothers wer' reft of their splendid sons. Each treo li a lhlr.fr sbrlne that brings au exaltation or siilrit to the beholder. Together and ylonc avo honor thoso dead with buildlnp or monument. There Is no place of honor In this group of tr' rs. these men are com- mon In their common death. Silent, they went to die, dying they raised a ! mute appeal for an end to war. Symbol Sym-bol of soldiers, a tree for each, each (tree a stey In an orderly row. lendlni; riulft dignUy Id .t broad street, this fJold Sta ; drivi way Is tbe silent prozn- ise of a community to keep fresh in Its mind tbe cause for which les sons uIhU and the ideals which they ' leit Co u. A fitting memorial, tun, an avenue1 graced oniy -with trees : This aveflUC, graced as it Is. brings - to the patient mothers the memory of I their sons It is a hallowed shrine j to them. Splendid in strength, these citadels give of their strength to the j mothers The void left by th sons will be soothed in ih calm impassiv--I ncsa of the trees. If only as a shrine for the bereaved ones this street should io given our full protection, our deepest reverence. Armistice day. the anniversary of the ppace they helped to win. and the anniversary of the building of this tiold Star driveway Is here. On this day walk ulong the driveway and learn th real significance of this avenue. Learn that It is out dutv to help protect these sapling tree3 from vandals until in future years tb y stand, utuurvch and firm to the winds of tbe world, symbols of soldier dead, whose memory simll never die, symbols sym-bols of mother love giving ail And perhaps you will watch the leaves lalllng. covering the roots, knowing that their component parts will iik'uiu circle througii the limbs, again unfold un-fold as leaves, bringing life to the dead Life to the dead, a beacon, pointing out to man the Imperishability Imperishabil-ity of the ideal left by these living dead. oo |