Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-05-14
EXCELLENT PROGRAM
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Martha Jean Giles, Nan
cy Vickroy and Jeanene Newsom;
address by Honorable C. B. Smith;
musical reading, by Miss Cathleen
Schroats, in costume; letter to the
boys in the service from citizens of
Morgan county was read by Mrs. V.
L. Jaynes. The closing prayer was
by Rev. C. A. Moore, and the exer-
cises concluded with the audience
singing God Be With Them Till
We Meet Again Evangelist Wal
Ter pronounced the benediction. At
torney Francis S. Doudna led the
congregational singing, and Miss
Elizabeth Terry was the accom-
panist.
After hearing the splendid ad-
dresses of Mrs. Button and Mr..
Smith, one wonders why it is ever
necessary to send away for speak
ers for special occasions such as
that of Sunday afternoon. A large
number of the boys now in the SER
vice, from this county, were under
the instruction of Mrs. Button when
she was principal of M. & NJ high
school She stated that our soldiers
stand between home and the enemy
and that we feel secure from bombs
are on the lines keeping them back;
but we should not become COM
placent, and unless the enemy is
stopped our house viii come tum-
bling down Nothing" she said,
can be taken for granted" and
went on to state that we have no
right to take our food for granted,
since there are thousands at the
point of starvation in countries at
war; our drinking water is not to
be taken for granted since bombs
may destroy our reservoirs, and
our sewer systems like they have in
warning countries. She said about
the only thing to be taken for
granted is that the Japs are going
to be worse than Hitler. since the
latter does give warnings, while the
Japs crept on US at night, while
ambassadors from the countries
were in conference talking peace.
She went on to say, Japan started
this war and we must finish it;
but we must pay for it, and not
accept the sort of peace that France
got, or given those other countries
at the hand of Hitler, who used the
people for cannon fodder"
The speaker cautioned that un-
less we are fired with the zeal of
the Germans and the Japs We will
not win this war, and said "the
time has come for sacrifice, and
the most that we can do, will never
equal the sacrifice of the boys in
the service, even though they never
come under fire. We must get to
the boys everything necessary for a
speedy victory, and when that day
comes it will be time of great re-
joicing."
Mr.. Smith had as his subject, "a
tribute to the men in the service
and to their Mothers He began
by briefly relating the history of
Mothers day, and then launched
into his subject, speaking of the
place women have held in different
ages, and said that next to God we
are indebted to mothers for life
"her place." he said, "is supreme,
and back of every great man is the
inspiration of his mother" Par
ents. he stated, have had their
Gethsemane in the wars for the
preservation of the ideals for which
their sons have fought. "Things,"
Mr.. Smith said, 'don't just hap
pen," but stated that back of them
is a divine plan, and continued,
mother love is something money
cannot buy" He went on to state
that the boys in the service are
making the supreme effort to pre-
serve the things we hold most dear,
and they are giving, If need be,
their lives, that we may have a bet
ter world.
In conclusion Mr.. Smith said
that our free government is being
threatened, and spoke of the
traitors in our country. "Democ-
racy," he stated, must be renew
ed by each succeeding generation"
The soldiers life Is unselfish, "and
their example should carry un-
selfishness into all Of our lives"