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1toI’fctf*forip.nd• •»irer-cewcia lilt’ [ 11 t cl III*ble to our constitution, and under that constitution we have preserved our freedom and become a great people.It is entirely appropriate that we should pause very gravely here today for sober reflection upon the meaning of these words which have been handed down to us as a living part of our heritage. For in the history of mankind the heritage of freedom has never been so critically threatened as it is now.Our forefathers sought to establish —and they did establish—“a more perfect Union.” Today, we have as great need of that union as ever they did. We have urgent need of complete union in our thinking, in our working,and in our determination that our freedom shall be preserved.Our forefathers sought to establish justice and insure domestic tranquility. They did just that, and we enjoy the fruits of their determination.They^sought to provide for the common defense and to promote the general welfare. At this crucial time we are called upon to provide for the common defense, and to defend the general welfare.Finally, these wise men of 150 years ago sought to secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and to their posterity. We are that posterity, and the liberty which we enjoy is the fruit of their sacrifice.How was this liberty won? How was it preserved, to be handed down to us? By words? No! By deeds! Yes, and by the shedding of patrioticblood!A few short weeks ago we made plans to gather here today to pay tangible tribute to your achievements in the vital work of preparing this nation to defend herself against a powerful aggressive force which already had imposed an autocratic intolerance and a ruthless slavery upon more than half of the civilized world.Yet today, at this very moment when we pause to signal your achievements, the imperious need for more and far greater achievements thundersthrough the land with an insistence which cannot and which will not be denied!This nation is at war. She has been dealt a deadly and treacherous blow. But out of that blow, overnight, has come something which those who planned the attack upon us little dreamed to see, and are ill prepared to meet! The mists of our national thinking have been swept away! Confusion has been dissolved into determination! We are no longer soldiers, sailors and civilians—we are Americans! Nowhere in our land is the voice of “appeasement” and “compromise” raised. Gone are our petty differences, our “isms” and our fears. Like a cleansing bolt of lightning theGod-given land.We will show the world that factories flying tlie Navy “E” can and will do a better job than those which fly♦he senseless swastika or the so-called Rising Sun.So to vou. Mr. Fahlman, as president of the Permold company. I fake great pleasure in awarding on behalfof the Secretary of the Navy of the United States of America, the highest service award that can be given—the Bureau of Ordnance flag and the highly coveted Navy E” pennant. Accept them from a grateful Navy. You are one of us now.Bennetts CornersMrs. R. W. Saunders°d a from Mr.R. B. MacKenzie returned to hishome on Benbow road, last Friday, and is recovering from a recent operation at St. Luke’s hospital in Cleveland.Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Schaef entertain-eroup of volley ball players Brooklyn, Saturday evening, and Mrs. Lvnn Spnfford and son, Norman, and Mrs. Laura Killean were Sundav dinner guests of Mr. nnd Mrs. Rnv Ki'lean.Pvt. Tom Gillespie was called, last week, to report back for service, and Pvt, Elmer Lange has been called this week to report at Camp Perry.Dr. and Mi's. IJovd Ganyard and Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bartlett of CPve-lnnd called on Mr. and Mrs. Ray Killean, Sunday afternoon.Mrs. Ada Martin is assisting with housework in the home of Eugene Hier.Mr. and Mrs. John Dunn entertained their bridge club, Saturday evening.Mrs. Elmer Hier and I. F. Cook won first prize at the card party, Saturday evening, held in the Community hall. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Salvert will entertain in two weeks.Mrs. Ernest Johnson and Mrs. Ed Morse nnd daughter, Jeanette, of Medina visited in the home of Mr. andMrs. John Dunn, Monday afternoon.Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Vaughn of Cleveland have purchased the home of Mr. and Mrs. Celia Stauffer on Howe road.Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alward of Royalton have moved into the Clarence Vaughan home and are building a new home nearby on the property formerly purchased from the A. L. Sanderson farm.Mr. and Mrs. Oelic Stauffer have erected a new home on their property on Ilowe road.
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Medina County Gazette
Medina, Ohio, US
Tue, Jan 27, 1942
Page 6
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Akron S.
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