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Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-11
The Last Word.

As. James Carroll was returning from his work at the close of a long, hot day. he met his father.
 "Ah. Jimmy" said MT. Carroll. I'm glad to have met you. Will you take th's package to the village for me?' e7 Now James was only IA and liked to play as, other boys. Besides, he was tired and hungry and wanted to get his supper as soon as nossible The two mile walk to the village did not appeal to him, and his first impulse was to refuse his fathers request. Something prompted him to look into his fathers patient. tired face and in stead he answered eheerfuily "Of course, will father"
 sisAs they walked down the road to- yether, Mir Carroll said: q was going with it myself. but somehow I don't feel strong today" A-s = /
 When they came to the turn in the road his father said. laying his hard sor. his sons shoulder: You've always
 been a good boy to me, Jimmy. always been a good boy"
 James hastened to the town, and
 then hurried home. l. On nearing the house he was met by his uncle. who said gently! q have J sad news for you. my boy. Your father
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Our Mintar Neichhnrs,..

It seems to prove by the cold weather we are having now ttlatcwe are going to suffer cold, but the people are not going to suffer as much as the wild animals and birds. 5s&
 Most of our ssongbirds fly to the south. but our little sparrows never enisrate to warmer countries. They seem to, have made up their minds that they will stay in the north in spite of the cold winter. They mostly come around near the houses to get the few crumbs that lay around.
 Some people are. kind enough to take n handful of crumbs and soak them in water and then give then, to the little sparrows. There. are but a few boys whosare kind enough to build little 5irdhouses+fers them.
 , Some. people just think Of keeping themselves warm and filled upr with warm food, but never give a crunnb to
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LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Lois c. Savage, of Storrs-Thank you very much for the prize book. I yesterday. ~
 Dana Ooyon, of Glasgo-My sincere thanks for the prize book received on Thanksgiving day entitled Marjorie's BusyF Days, ~ You haveEa good taste for choosing books for girls. I have read it through and found it very in- taresting.
 Grace Gardiner, of Griswold-I re- ceiyed my prize book entitled, Miss Pats Problem. like it very much. It came on Thanksgiving morning and that is one of the things have to be thankful for. R. Winston Main, of Norwieh-I was pleased to receive. the prize book you sent me and'I thank you very much for it.
 Annie o'connell,s of Norwich 1 thank you for the prize. book I won. think it is a very nice book. We | read it and thank you very much for Sophie Gasks, of Jewett City-Re- ceived the lovely prize book YOU sent me and was delighted. I have read il through and found the story jus grand. l wish to- thank you the bes, way l know how. for your kindness, tc me. The name of the book is Outdoor Girls ins Army Service. This make. me dozen books from you so far, fol which I am very thankful.
 Stella Gaska, of Jewett City thank you very much for the priz, received in the drawing contes some time ago. was very much de Il lighted when received 1t. Thank vol again.
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The Ali Round Girl gM Red Cheek: S l AS and Pep Tlt
What Mary Ate
BY 'NOLLfs- PpICF jCOOK

,f 9A HAS--sAS 3ssA>-2 s<>Se s7.lssI-
 "Ain't you got no more doughnlt., na?" l as,,.8 =.
 @No, Mary, you have already had three, 5 <. This was at breakfast. Matyagos up late, as usual, feeling seedy, so she ate some doughuuts and jam and drank a cup of tea. :
 Atnoon Mary pushed aside inc rsise soup, lettuce, salad, and, omelet which her mother had prepared for her. T don't like that stuF," she said, T am going to raid the pantry and see if 1 can fad some pie" To ike pantry Mary went and found 3 p;eee of pic which she ate. 2 Then she. swallowed glass of water, picked few Jumps of sugar from the bowl on the table, and went back to school. [
 After school Mary bought sn apple taffy. It cost five cents, so the apple was of poor quality and the tafy was 8 cheap glucose preparation, very sticky. One of the girls met Mary on the way home and gave her Some gum drops and g di1l pickle, 30 Mary had quite feast. At dinner time she wasn't hungry and ali her family woa- dered why she could not eatlr slsseh dinner. In fact, she said she didn't care for anything excepting the dessert. Now Mary's complexion is poor. .SAe gets headaches and iags about in a pep less manner. If Mary ate lots of ffnit and drank a quart of milk a day do ycu think she would be healthier!! If she ate plenty of cereals, sesgss aad vegetables and cut out the candy, ard pastry d. you think She would develor pep and be as strong and cheerful and good-looling as Sally Jones across thl street? @, 7..8 < : ..9 v 3..s .ss,
 Sally Jones eats whoiesome fooas-. eggs and milk, whole wheat bread ant butter, and leafy vegetables sreh 2; lettuce, cabbage, and beet tops Whicf contain g;tomin<s. Look up Ayitanr.es' iu your dictionary! They are 1itt.s particles in food which make it aou-,
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UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE.
 4. .- AWkKES.

I Some people live and die without sever realizing the difference between i5 their wants and their needs. 5t Uncle Jed has TO doubt some of his -syTide- -Awakes want more presents on --christmas than they need. Perhaps a srfew of them-a very few-would like
 10 have whole shop full of toys, and r if they had them they would not know -vhat 10 do with them.
 = What we need is clothes to keep us . warm. food to keep us fed. and some ,-'-thing to keep us busy. What man --wants is everything he has energy or -snoney to get. ..-
 .s- The things which cost the most in z he world are the things that are least sneeded. It Is useless to name them, ..since Wide-AwalIes cannot fail to ho- estiec them.
 e Some people think they need a ten y5thousand dollar diamond whose fa- Slher's or grandfathers sgreatest need ,slTas a spade. ..
 s Nearly three thousaud years ago tSocrates' wrote. "the less man wants, ...tho more he resembles the gods!" With zsvery age eincs then man has kept s2vanting more and more until it almost rresses to be joke to say man wants s2he earth.
 What .man needs is not material .things as much as quality. Quality is s.pue Of the things money cannot buy .apeczuse il is attainable only by loyalty 70 truth and devotion to principle. ~ Mans wants multiply as fast as his efortune, and often run far ahead of it What he most needs is the spirit oi good will and brotherhood which un. c5erlies the worlds greatest religion.
 eohday, and which he permits once z
 Year to occupy his attention for day s Mans wants always distress him
 sut his needs are for his comfort ana ts fellowship that would be heavenly SHE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS v 1-sophie Gasl<a of Jewett City Fizass Pat 6s Co. -(bin1ited)
 Ruth s. Tracy of Auburndale
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Littl. Boy With q Busy Dad.

Bis Pa is always busy getting rich.
 He's always tired when he gets home
 at night,
 With no one who can tell 'hinS which is ft's not his fault he mixes wrong
 with right.
 He ne-br takes his youngster on his
 knee
 And tells him what is good and what
 is bad,
 I'm sorry for the little chap, for be Us one of those who have a busy dad. His Pa is in his office every day. - He's thinking of his business all the
 time. ...-...... < t5eis putting many dollar bills away . z As though not being wealthy is a . crime skBut somehow in the little fellows faoe ~r There is a look that's solemn like ' and sad. ssAnd If were to diagnose his case. r It's just because he's got a busy dad. Flied ike to have his father bv his side 'A He'd Ike to walk along and hold his T hand. Cpon his shoulders broad he'd like tc
 ride ?, And ask hiu things he doesn't un sl derstans. ~' 5sff h4 could tell. as all his playmates do -f His troubles to his father. he'd be .5s glad. s.FIow nitifuI his case Is. through ana
 through.
 The little hoy with srlch 2 busy dad A Guest. in the Detroit Free K Press.
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tsss. ! ! Down In. the woods where the Christmas trees grow, lived Jeremiah TBitchets, his sgood wife. Susan FWitef5et, and the four little TWitcll- cts sssved without display OF eStrava ganee; brt in solid comfort, in their snug .iittie house, and known far and near as Those hospttabie wood mice" As Mr. iWh.skers Twinkletail, d cousin By FTr1a rriage, declared time and again. i eresaiah'd si,ars his last ,crurnb with you and "soeiabie- -there want 3ollier fellow any where" 2 Mr. Jeremiah was in even better spirits than usual this frosty morning. and small wonder, wasn't tomorrow Cnristnnas? Whistl!ng and .pufing. he worked away for dear life. and in a mouse minute most he'd finished his paths, and came tramping into the kitchen, t.ngiing from, the top Of his :head.t to the tip of his ta!l not so much from the cold. mind you, as. from the lovely Christmas seQrets slowed un- der his vest. Oh, great preparations Were afoot here. What. with the Christmas cakes. tarts, and jeilies to De; made. what with the ddsting. nut cracking. and decorating. the Twitch- 1t fun?. With Daddy Jerry cracking more jokes than nuts. Mother Twisehet dropping mysterious hints about .d-l-s" and "s-k-t-s," with the fire cracking away under the kettle, and tantalizinE whiffs floating out of the oven, why, 'tis q wonder so tiny a house could hold such deal Of | tollity! 'Tis wonder 1t didn't burst into 8 thousand bits!
 .sAnd that's; what nearly did hap pen, Mouse alive. yes! Other folks besides the Twitchets. were preparins for. Christmas Bob Bruce. out shovel Of its So hard that he looked neither tc the Tight nor the left, and my good. hess. hs was coming nearer to the tiny graya house! ,..f,9.. 5, .s. ,.qt The Twitchets,. had paused fol breath and, luncheon, Just. a bread Butter and tea ] lunch"
 s,NHrs. Jerry, cbuckied for 'twould bj pity to spoil their Christmas appe: There was. 2 small danger of aits st Ear as tAe children. were concerned EJsrry. JInior, and his sisters were Sto, eycttsd Y eat They chattered ant Essgled bout. what Sd 1ta rn.ight hrini them < what they wished for. most tshoqt. the ceiehra ton to be held tha
 ptRht,. at the. school. and any ,nunbe Eefi other. things. BetMeen bites, O .hread and butter. ,Mr. Jerry recite Twas thes night z before chastu,as
 he began imp-essivsiy,
 When all through the house 2 9
 Not T creature was stirring, tt---even---.a--r,opse!
 And ma, in her kerehief, and I. in ri
 cap g}2. e'gEE, ~- k
 Had iast, settled down fora long win
 ag9ter's nap. [. l. .1r-~r< /, lWhen out or the house-top the-e ros
 rhld. thud. thud! The house rock
 cd. the dishes jumped the Twitchei
 1tmped! Jerry. Junior. went o|s
 packward. Amanda forward, tea wer
 everywliere. Mrs. ITwitchet; snatche the baby from his cradle, saad qual
 ings with terror. the, ,l.ttie' .faril
 crcuched in the darkness
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rl,s Bruised Bud.

Last summer we had a pretty gera- mum with two tiny buds upon it. It was new variety to us, and the friend of whom we obtained the slip said that this species of geranium produced a very. beautiful flower. So we took good. care of it and were waiting anxiously for it to blossom. ,
 One day OUT fIittle7 Annie. in moving accidantly pushed it against another large plant. and one of the little buds was, slightly bruised.
 In a few days the buds began to open and we could see the lovely deli cate colors appear. We noticed, how ever; that one flower made better pro greas than the other; and we began to find out the. cause. We examined
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the end-pieces (BI and o should bs 2 in. from its ends N in. wide and sunk 3 Sin.s Cut them with 2 fine cross cut saw and a sharp ehiseL 2 1ts B and C will be made from the same board, lay ont the work a. shown in nithe plan and cut the grooves as well as. the tops of B and3C before the efid pieces gre sawed of. This will avoid splitting
 After B and ( are shaped, sawed of, and finished with sandpape., sketch your proposed decorations ofi their sx- posed sides, and burn the design iilso them with a red-hot nail, as sdescrT6ed later. Then fasterl thent sinta fse grooves with glue or with coantFrsEax screws through A. Then irish eitlser with two. coats of varnish. or bett<r with coat of sheliar and a tHotoaSh waxing with floor wax rubbedsin aad polished l3s'-' s'ss.1'
 How to Make Burning As,sss
 For such burrt-wood decorations, ss well as for burning holes ;s, small work, you can easily make set of burning awls, securing various sizes by using nails of different sizes. as .fel- lows: Cut about I in. from the handle of~an old broom, whittle one end down to a taper and drive a nail pz-wsy into the tapcred end. Then hleAoE t.ae nailhead and shape it into fairly sharp point The avis should range from shingle nails 10 spikes, To use them, heat the nail-point red-hot oa the s1s stove. For this decorating work, uss two awIs, keeping one in the tiasus while you use the other, for they9a,a cool rapidly. Practice or sorre Was.5 wood before you begin on the t5sE stand: s.s-a- 4-s s Boss and Girls Newspaper: Service Copyright, 1919, byJ. H. Mislar
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-11
Little John Rradford's rhanksaixins

Little John Hradford's Thanksgiving.
 John Bradford, the governors. little boy, was lying fast asleep isnbed. up in the loft Of the little log cabin which was his home. He was drea ming of the Indians, who were plentiful and very often seen in those days. Little John was in the woods, shooting tur- keys. when all of a sudden the red skins appeared, ~whooping and yelling. "Whoo- 900 -oohi" they yelled. One Of them raised his tomahawk and .rap- preached John. He was too scared to run away, and just stood there, shiv- ering, and waiting for the tomahawl; to fal. Nearer and nearer came the sharp heavy stone. There was a crash as 1t came down on his head. and little John Bradford rolled out of his bed and onto the cold, hard floor Of the loft - Having assured himself, through yawns. that the whooping of the In dians was only the whistling of the wind through the cracks in the log wall, he dressed quickly, and slid down the ladder into the room below. The l smell of freshly cooked pumpkin pies greeted his arrival. and 1t was not hong before he stood beside the fire place, his eyes gloating over the sight Of two rqCs of beautiful pies. There were pumpkin pies, and apple pies and mince pies, and lots of. other kinds. lJohn wandered out into the yard, to test whether the new-fallen snow was good for snowoalls or not Having Etested their quality on the front door he returned into the. house. . After breakfast his father employed him in taking branches of trees to ,ths fort, where there was to be a grand 1 Thanksgiving celebration to which ths
 Indians were, invited.
 At noon the Indians began to arrive They were all dressed in their very
 best war paint and skins, not to men ton the rows and rows of brilliant feathers and beads which adorned their already gay costumes. The chic and his braves were very much
 pleased with the food that the white
 men gave them, and little John watch ed with enyious eyes the plates O
 turkey and pie that disappeared lik
 lightning when placed in the hands o
 hungry ssvages.
 After all the men had finished eat
 ing. the women and. children sat dow
 to the table. Slice after slice of tur
 key. piece after piece of pie, and al
 enormous amount of vegetables, littl John consumed. and after he hal eaten as much as any little boy ough
 to eat, he pleaded "Prithee, one nor
 slice of turkey" and "Prithee, jus a tiny slice of the pie" until, at last reaching the limit of his capacity, h
 sank Imply back on the bench.
 Then they all went to meeting, |
 hear g. Thanksgiving sermon.
 , It was hot in the meeting -hous, The ministers words grew longer an longer, and the little boy became nor } and more puzzled in trying to under stand, until at last Johns head drool ed, slowly-slowly-and his eyt . closed slowly-slowly, and little Joh :, Bradford was fast asleep.
 ! The man at the door walked up tn
 aisle little way. and then back agai He had a long pole. with squirrel
 tail at the end of 1t. But little Joh ' knew nothing of the tithing man no was dreaming again. He tdresn
 ed of pies and pies and turkeys an
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STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAkES.
The christmaa Ptesant

Once upon a time there was a poor little girl. One day when she was walking along the street she came to a toyshop and in the windows there was lot of dolls. The little girl was longing for a doll and she said to herself: t"I wouldn't care what one l had if could only have one"
 That night she dream't that it was Christmas and that Santa Claus brought her a beautiful doll.
 A rich lady who had seen her looking at the dolls knew that she wanted one, and at Christmas the lady sent her beautiful doll and many other presents. which made. the little girl very happy.
 .n MARY orBRIEeS, Age 1e. 1 Norwich ] -.. ? :. '. ,. v Y .--.-a. !
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A Bunt- Wood Roo,kstana
N BY @ANT. NJ. HYpE z

XIV =. 57's1'1ASs@-t] '1Ss@-t 1A s7 r ' D-z '@ sd77
 With Christmas approaching, tie tool chest may be brought into service for the making of useful gifts for menbsrs of the family. Heres one for Father, for instance-a convenient stand to hold the books on his table or desk.
 The carpentry on the book stand is simple, but must be carefully. done; the hardest work is the decorating. Secure at the lumber yard good oak or birca board, dressed on both sides, M in. thick, at least z in. wide, and at least 2 in. long. The bottom of tie stand (A) should De about 7xiS in., esre- fully pisned on ali edges and ssnootacd with sandpaper. The grooves 10 hold
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the frozen and almost starved birdies outside. ;
 I have 3 parrot, and he. too is some times cold. and then he sits in the corner Of his cage on his, topnost perch and waits till the room is warm ed up a bit.
 But still I hope that many people and children will feed the sparrows and keep them from starvation, and help in every way our brave little Winter Neighbors"
 LOUISE LEBER.
 Plainfe,d.
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rha EnuIish Lanauans.

The English language is not only the most important, but in many re- spects.. the most interesting languaga in the world. Five hundred years aga this language was spoken by only about four million people in the Brit isll Isles; now it is used by over one hundred and thirty millions, of peopia scattered over the earth.
 The principal cause for the English language, now the leading language cb the world, is the word colonization.
 Nearly three hundred years ago Great Britain began planting colonies. which spoke the same languageHas the mother country. a.d
 7 The United States. for instance. {continued on Page Eleven, Coli T~'sl
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THE WIDE-AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

Mass.-Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound. 4
 S-Aenes Gaycski sof Colchester Lost in the Dismal Swamp.
 4vEleise c. Smith of Norwich-Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge.
 5-Harry Sehatz of Yantic-The Boy Allies on the Somme,
 6-Miriam Parker of Mansfe1d- Comrades in New York.
 Stanley Parker of -Mansfield- Comrades at School.
 s-eladys St. John of Moosup-The Boy Allies at Verdun.
 The winners of prize books living in the city may call at The Bulletin bust ness once TOT them at any hour after
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the tardy one, and found out 1t was the one that was injured in the, bud. It is just as some people are injured by little sins in early life.
 GLADYS ST: JOHN, Age H. l. MooSIlO -..assc
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dropped dead as he entered the yard this evening. His last words must have been to you" I
 'YoLANDE D. GINGRAs, Age IS.
 Danielson.
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Nervous People

Z .hould use KALPHo and observe it's mag g'cal effect in the treatment of neryous- aess. insomHIA. brain tag. irritzbihty.
 neutl exhaustion. nervous headache.
 iDas Of memory. etc. KALPHO acts on
 the brain, nerves. .uansciesaud blood cells;
 eeb1ilds worsout nerve tissues and is in- dispensable to all mental workers. Con- etAins no harmful nor habitforniing drugs.
 At druggists q %. Refnse subsidiaries. 7 KAIPHo is sold by the Lee & os leod, GO, .a.
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POETRY. An---M

We called him Rags" He was bust
 a cur, But twice. on the Western Line. That little old bunch of faithful fur Had offered his life for mine. And all that he got was bones and
 bread, Or the leavings of. soldier-grub. 2 But he'd give his heart for "a pat on
 the head, Or a friendly tickle and rub. And Rags got home with the regiment And then. in the breaking away Wen, whether they stole him. or
 whether he went.
 am not prepared to say. .- One day they took us budding NJ. D.s To one of those institutes Where they demonstrate every new
 disease By means of hisected brutes. They had one animal lacked and tied And slit like a full-dressed fish. With his vitals pumping away inside As pleasant as one might wish. I stopped to look like the rest, of
 course.
 And the beasts eyes levened mine.
 
 feeble force
 And he uttered a tender whine. It was Rags. yes. Ragsl who was mar
 tyred there. Who was duartered and crucihed. And he whined that whine which is doggish prayer.
 And he liclsd my hand-and died. And l was no better in part nor whole Than the gang was found among tAnd his innocent blood was on the sou Which he blessed with his dyins
 tongue. Weiii I've seen men 90 to couraseout death Tn the air. on sea on landl But only a dog would spend his breatl Tn. kiss for his murderer's hand. .r Edmund Vance Cooke.
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RnI.a tsr Young Writers.

L Write plainly on one side Of the pzpeF only, and number the pages Uss ben and ink. not pencil Short and pointed articles VIII be gfven prelererce. Do not use over ese words. (. original stories or letters only Eill be used.
 B. Write your name, age and ad- sress plainly at the bottom of the Etory.
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ore,sturkeyss and Indians eating and eating. <. gs-. s.4s-
 One of the Indianssate so much that John was sure he was growing fatteY while he ate. My. what a fat man he was getting to be! Pretty soon he would burst. But-ooh! what an sav- ful, awful feeling! H Little John eBrad- ford wiggled and wiggied, but still
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Release Thursday, Dee. il, 1913
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SfHE WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS. = 11sophie Gaska of Jewett City Ftfass Pat 6. Co. -hin1ited.)
 Ruth s. Tracy of Auburndale,
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-10
THE ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY


The Roosevelt Highway associa-
ton, with headquarters at the I'M
perial hotel in Portland, is working
diligently to secure passage OF the
measure at the June election which
will nike possible the building Oh
this road.
This bill. which passed botn
branches of the last legislature
without a negative vote authorizes
the issuance of bonds to the amount
of $2,5OO,OOO for the purpose OF
constructing the Roosevelt high
way along the coast of Oregon. upon
the condition, however, that the
federal government appropriate an
equal amount for the same purpose.
II the government fails to do this,
then no part of these bonds can be
issued by the state, and If the fed
eral government does appropriate a
like amount for this purpose it will
give to the State of Oregon all the
advantages of this road at cost of
so cents on the dollar.
Those who have studied the mat
ter thoroughly claim that auto IL
cense fees already provided by law
will be sufficient to not only pay all
the principal and all the interest on
the present bonds of the state and
those now authorized to be issued.
but will also pay the principal and
interest of these proposed bonds.
The people of the coast country
are deserving of this highway. They
are contributing to the cost Of build
ing the Pacific highway and other
state roads and it is not more than
fair that the rich coast country be
made accessible. Not only that, but
the Roosevelt highway will open up
a rich agricultural district that will
soon add millions of dollars worth
of taxes to the states taxrolls.
The coast people are assisting us
to build our highways, now let uf
reciprocate by casting our ballots in
favor of the great Roosevelt high
way.