The Press., 1922-06-22
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 spent the weekend at the Bissonnette home on West street.
 MT. and Mrs. T. F. Mullen and daughter, Ruth, are at the EatOn's cot | tage at Crystal Lake.
 Miss Margaret Cunningham of Hart ford was the weekend visitor at the home of Miss Marion Moran.
 Mrs, Eva Ray and son, Robert, of | New York are visiting her mother, Mrs. Albert Anderson for the summer The summer guests at the Nathan Ward farm at Buff Cap came early this season, several arriving last week. Others are expected this week.
 Thomas P Jenkins and Fred Rabi- deau have been appointed special con stables to serve from sundown, July 8, to sunrise, July 5.
 In observance of St. Johns day Vol colt lodge and Ionic lodge, A. F. and A. M., will attend services at the Con- gregational church next Sunday. They will meet in Ionic hall at 10 a. m. and march to the church in body.
 High School Graduation
 The thirty-sixth annual graduation
 
 at the Paramount theater Friday eve ming. The junior class had tastefully arranged the stage with birch trees, chains of laurel and baskets of peO- nies. The class motto, Labor Is Life," from Carlyle, was suspended above the platform. The class colors, black and gold, were conspicuous in, huge bows on the flower baskets and on the crooks with which the juniors formed their arch for the seniors to march beneath. The high school or chestra and chorus rendered several selections very creditably, directed by Miss Jean Steele, musical supervisor. Rev. c. H. Puffer gave the invocation. There were three high honor pupils who gave essays, Miss Beatrice Fedora Roberts, "The History of ShOrthand; ;" Miss Mary Claire O'Halloran, Cancel Harold Goodell Towne, "The Causes and Effects of the Washington Con- ference" Dr. Charles R. Brown, dean of the Yale Divinity school gave an excellent address, using as his sub l ject "The Best Use of Knowledge" The speaker defined knowledge as that quality within one which enabled him to behave wisely, nobly and usefully in what ever sphere of life he may find himself. Knowledge translated in terms of life produces life of more boise, finer principles, and higher ideals. Knowledge enables one to see beneath the surface of things to-day and like the parable of the hidden treasure" causes one to sell all he has to possess that field and dig until he | obtains the greatest treasure-true learning, the end of which is to know God. It is high art to think correct l ly, to see accurately and to choose discriminatory. To live right these days is a WOman's job and a mans job and the poor rent world is crying aloud to the present generation for a finer public sentiment on which the nations soul depends. The world needs young men and women with a better type of personal character, young people who shall more heavily and capably realize their responsibil- 1 ity for their race. Then they will be able to rebuild world which has just passed through eight years of perdi- l tiOn. Knowledge is an open door to a higher appreciation of the meaning of life. We must have a finer spirit in our business life and a higher stan dard of ethics in our dealing with men. Rome fell when the coliseum, with it's amusements and material aim, crowd ed out the forum which stood for high and just thinking. With the present generation of young people lies the responsibility of this nations rise or fall. The class sang their class song, the words of which were written by Joseph Senechal. Frank A. Johnson, president of the Alumni association, I awarded their annual scholarship to Miss Beatrice Roberts. Charles B. Pinney, chairman of the school board, presented the diplomas and Rev. B. A. Legg pronounced the benedictiOn. The following twenty-three pupils graduat- ! ed Classical course, Doris Alice Avery, Mary Claire O'Halloran; Gen eral. course, Kathleen Fletcher, Mar tgaret Cecelia Parizeau, Robert Sous sel, Joseph Louis Senechal, Marjorie Juliette Stevens, Harold GoOdell Towne, Dorothy Minerva Turner Commercial course, Ralph William Baldwin, Alton William Braun, Ed | ward Cyril Braun, Grace Alma Burrill Aurora Campo, Veronica Cecelia Fla gan, Edith Mae Jenkins, Gertrude Tes- sic Meyer, Marion Agnes Moran, Ger trude Cecelia Mullins, Raymond Err nest .Pease, Mary Isabel Quinn, Joel Henry Reed, Beatrice Fedora Roberts | (Communicated)
 The preamble of the American Le. gion's constitution states that it is dedicated to God and Country. The Legion during it's career of wartime and peace has demonstrated that il is the safeguard of the nation. Straz ga post appeals to all eligible ex-ser vice men in the community to fall il with the Legion and aid our fight fol Americanism The blue and golC
 button of the American Legion marks it's wearer as one who has not throw1 away his patriotism with his uniform It means that he has not passed tht
 buck",tO someone else to see that tht sick and disabled buddies get justice and to fulfill all those things that h, desired to result from the war. Ever! ! AAGSAA AAA CAAC 0GA N4CO AAOPSu lOI DCGGCl
 things, after the war More than twC
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 fight to- bring to pass all the things
 that they dreamed of The result o
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 zion members are from every brancl of the service, from those who were forced to remain at home to men whC
 won the congressional medal at Cha , teau-Thierry and the Argonne It in cludes all ranks from private to gen
 eral. Our legion post can be made the most beneficial organization il this community. Its purposes arC high; it's dieals are untarnished. I deserves your support and the mem
 bership of every war veteran
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