Show lini Casually Observing Ol STARS ADDED TO OUR WHEN THE American Basin Post hangs flags on Main Street and on their flag pole at the Legion Barracks in observance of Independence SI July they Will be brand new new in more ways than it will be the first time the I will have been and B No they will fly with fifty IH stars instead of the usual forty-Hl eight The statehood of I Alaska and Hawaii was the m I cause for making new flags W I with the extra stars IT MIGHT BE well for us to reflect a little on the history of our beautiful White and Blue Flag that has flown over a Free America nearly two A Following is some II valued information that tolls T y H R THE and was adopted as the national 3 I flag of the U. S. on June by a resolution of the Second r Continental ill BIT WHY white and World Boole Encyclopedia ft says the Founding Fathers I have been by the flag M l British East Indian Com- m a group of merchants or- jn- for exploration and Their flag bore seven and six white 1 IN 1782 the U. S. Department t of State explained the colors V R-jd stands for hardi- I and White is a symbol of purity and and Blue is the color of perseverance and justice ACCORDING to George Washington gave a more dramatic explanation when he reportedly TAKE the stars and blue union from the red from our mother separating it by white thus showing we have separated from and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing o- The reason for failure in most cases is lack of era c-o STOKE TO suggest housewives remember this coming weekend will be a long one When stores close Saturday evening they will not open again until next July Monday we'll all be taking a rest in observance of Independence Day that day when America first became a free Might he a good idea to buy an extra loaf of bread and another quart of milk to tide you over the o- THE EAST WORD Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult thing 30 i |