The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-29
Local High School Girl
To Be Convention Guest
Miss Jane Berry of Sacred Heart High School to
Be Entertained by V. F. W. Auxiliary
Omitted We Win" Paper
Highly Commended.

Miss Jane Berry OF 81 Rose street,
youngest participant In the recent
essay contest conducted by the La
dies Auxiliary of Veterans Of For
eign Wars, has been invited to be
the guest OF tho Connecticut state
Department at its annual conVen-
ton in July. Miss Berry, a student
Of the Sacred Heart High school,
won first prize in the local contest
and third in state competition.
Miss Berry Is 16 now She has
celebrated a birthday since writing
her interesting paper on United We
VIM She is member of the jun
Tor class and looms as very formid-
able candidate for greater honors
next year.
Her prize winning essay was as
follows.
"UNITED WE WIN"
He was a young fellow. I would
say twenty or tWenty-one. He
stood in the public library, look
ing at framed parchment hang
Ing on the wall 1t seemed sort
OF queer to see him there, staring
at that piece Of paper. moved
closer; he looked around.
ITS a lot Of writing" he said,
but it sure means plenty. That's
the Constitution Of the United
States. thought I'd come over
and read 1t before l go. Oh! you
wonder who I am, where I'm go
ing-and why. Well III tell you.
Call me Joe American. You see
that piece OF paper. Well, 1t says.
We, the people Of the United
States, in order TO form more
perfect union -- you see that
means you and me. We form the
union, and o few guys called Hit
Ter, Hirohito, and MuSsolini are
trying to knock that union down.
! guess they don't realize what
they're up against. Our union Is
pretty strong, and We Americans
Know what these gang&terS are do
ing. So 6o the rest Of the United
Nations: most Of South America,
Mexico, England, China, Russia,
the Free French; and the people
OF Poland, Norway, Denmark,
Belgium, and Holland who have
run away from tho Na2is, know 1t
too, We are pulling together
against those ruthless leaders OF
Germany, Italy, and Japan.
You sec, We Americans are pre-
serving our ideals We like free
dom Of speech. We like to turn
on Our radio and listen to some
thing that isn't censored by
tyrant We like to get up and give
our opinion IN school, IN public
gatherings, or anywhere. We like
to have a voice in Congress. All
Americans like to talk and listen,
when and where they want TO.
Then, there's freedom OF the
press. We like TO read what we
select. We like to know what the
Democrats and Republicans arc
doing. We like to look at our war
pictures. Is Hitler going 10 take
these privileges away from us?
You can bet your life he isn't
Then, there's freedom from fear.
We're a brave lot We Americans.
From the Revolution to World
War I, we have been noted for
bravery. We're not afraid OF any
thing, and we want to keep that
way. We can walk into any
Church; we can pray and Wor-
ship anyway we please. We can
walk the streets: we can visit our
friends: we can do all these things
without fear. And so, we stand
ready to fight for that freedom
from fear
Then there's freedom from
want. We like warm clothes,
good shoes and good food We
don't like the empty feeling that
means hunger: and SO, we pro-
tect lot of things, even such
things as seeing war movies:
Mrs. Miniver, Pied Piper. Journey
for Margaret, or eating popcorn,
peanuts, ice-cream cones and hot
dogs.
In America little things count
as well as big things, and it's lit
tie guys like me who have to get
together and fight for them.
The Japs bombed Pearl Harbor,
but they haven't bombed Amer
lean ideals. They're still shining
bright, just as bright as when
Paul Revere took his famous ride.
back in the days of the Revolu-
ton. Those bombs they dropped
on Pearl Harbor sent a challenge
all over Ampripa 'ITDitp iiDitp'
they cried, Unite for Victory
We accepted that challenge; old
and young alike, We're one bic
family now. We're all working to-
gcther The BOYS OF sixteen and
the men of sixty work side by side
in defense plants. Men and hoy
are Air Raid Wardeus or Me-
Sengers and plane spoilers, Moth