The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-16
ARDIE MERRICK's
PRIzE-WINNING ESSAY

The following essay was written,
in the contest last week at the pub
lie schools, held under the auspices
Of the Wonan's Liberty Loan com-l
mittee, by Ardie Merrick, class LA,
and was awarded first prize by the
judges, the award carrying with III
a prize Of $500:
The Victory Liberty Loan
You can have no victory until you
pay for it. You can't cash in on what
others have. done; you've got to do
something yourself. The responsible
ity is up to you, not your neighbor
or your friend Your Americanism
puts you under bond To do your share.
When You quit, someone else must
double up. s.t,4,,. . III. h 1-s Il,
There is nothing in the world that
you need more than Liberty bonds.
You've got to come through, to see
the war through. You stand back Of
the government, but until you buy
bonds you are too far back.
No American can face a free future
without Liberty bonds on safe deposit.
Your Americanism is your bond. You
meet its terms only when you buy the
bonds. 8 NM
We all know that the unconquerable
spirit of the doughboys hastened the
end Of the great war. Their dash
and daring was irresistible.
There was a power behind the fight
ing lines, too, that had much to do
with the hurried humiliation of Ger
many. u
When the Hun leaders beheld the
mighty preparations our nation was
making, they realized that Hunland
| was doomed.
! This part was your victory-the vic
tory. Of the bond buyers. You and the
gallant doughboys all the fighting
men on land and sea,-stood shoulder
to shoulder in Fastening the end Of
the war. Your subscription strength
ems prosperity. If you would elimi-
mate with all speed the waste Of war,
land would restore industry to its nor
NAL footing subscribe literally.
Only by enthusiastic support Of this
loan can you help your government
to meet its obligations promptly, and
4 stimulate industrial development.
The Huns quit because they knew
|.America had rushed vast stores Of mu-
1 nitions, and was training men enough
to finish the fight and win. Those
4 preparations saved. thousands Of lives,
4 but count the billions that must be
\ paid. The Victory loan is the debt we
owe. Let's pay it gratefully.
i Every citizen should subscribe in a
i spirit of thankfulness, that we are
I, paying for victory, and not for con-
tinuance of war. Glad /? Of course you
are glad. Glad in a thousand ways.
Glad because you live in the happiest
land III the world today. Glad that
\ war is done, Glad that peace is here,
4 Glad because your boys are no longer
I forced to face carnage and death.
4 Glad because you are, no longer forced
4 to worry and toss on sleepless beds,
thinking, wondering where your boy
4 may be, whether alive or gone for
ever.
These are days Of rejoicing. Ameri-
can hearts are filled with sunshine
and cheer We can breathe again.
We can 60 and come as we like. No
spector Of fear stands over us. There
are smiles on the faces of men and
women and children.
All this wonderful, joyful, expert
ence is due to just one cause. It is
u due to the fact that Uncle Sam made
1 such tremendous purchases Of guns,
\ ammunition, food, clothing, trucks,
tanks, ships, airplanes, such tremen-
4 dous purchases Of everything needed
to support our soldiers, and to win
the war, that Germany was over
whelmed. When our factories and
! ship yards, our rolling mills, ano
steel plants, working nights, days
4 Sundays, and holidays to help Uncle
! Sam, the Hun knew he was beaten
and he begged for peace.
So we have peace, and smiles anG
gladness reign today. In our happi
ness let's not forget what gave vi