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FebruarT 11. 1944 BAIL^JUGLc THEME THOUGHTS Fa no *7 Young Americ61 Sfoeeks On Americenism The avorc-jo A:.iericc.n' today is Industrlouo. both for himself and his children. Then, too, the aver age American Is courageous, Althou3h he may fall, he does not stop but tries again. Most Americans have respect for the opin ions of others, yet they speak their ov/n and stlclc to them. V/anda Murray BIOQR APHY William llhomtoia, my father,, waa born on May 8, 1906, In air-* dire, Scotland, 0:x: I asked ialin v/hy he had but one name; ,he s.ald that by the tlmo. he came along hi a parents: had run out of names. He was. the youngest In a family of alx. He had one brother and four a.l3.tcra. His ahor-oa were very much the same as. any Amorln« aan boy’a. Ho had a Job c-arrylng papers'. Later* he worked In a machine shop, When he waa In the tenth grade, ho atop— pcd aahool to work. H.c attended night achool to c-omplcte the a.'thor- year that he had loat. Vte always, arc very Interested when ho talica of hi a boyhood day a. One rjtuul;'.g/f''ict'' that w.o learned waa that the chcapoat acata in the thcatro. Typically speaking, -t^iu average American of today is a spiuiky and somewhat resolved fellow. Like his undaunted forefathers the real American will forever fight for his opinions and .act' v;ith' .all' f :iir— npas and logic. itii in all the American of today is like the one of yester year: he is imbued with a humorous o.nd ■ unwavering spirit.P.J. OF FATHER. v/ere only one penny-- equal to tv/o cents in our money. My father v/asn't-old enough to fight in the fir-at World War, but hia brother fought. After the v/ar, his father dedided to come to America, A few years later two of his alators joined Grand father. V/hen Daddy v;as sixteen years old, ho and the rest of the family left Scotland for I'lorth Carolina, He decided later to branch out under his own power. He wont'.to V/oodloaf; tills too la in IT, C., there he me t Mot lie r, The y w. r e married the day before Christmas, 1927. Soon after Dadsly came to America, he took out his naturali zation papers, and now he la a citizen of the United States:, Joan Thornton AMERICAITISM, the in definable quality o v/hlch we are all so proud, iinplies more than a name applicable of American qualities; Its being an American; its living American Ideals and traditions. Loyalty to the v/ar ef fort and staunch sup port of the occupation al requirements arc of main ir.iportance in these days of stress, but aIways o p11mi sm and Intolligeiicc ar .. supreme r-equirements of an ideal American, Uost Americans life up to these standards of a good citizen. This Is my idea of an ideal American: an in dustrious, partriotic, Intellgent optimistic, and freedom loving citizen of the United States. S.L.P. Here is an American. Ho knows how to love his country and obey its laws. He fells that he is as good as everyone else and everyone is as good as he. Ho laiov;s just how to associate with every person because he's a "hail fellow, v/ell mot." Bonds and stamps he buys on top of bonds and stamps. He is ready to fight or do anything to save' his country and to keep, the . Anorican citizenship. He has his faults, too; but, all in all, he is a clean, honest chap.R.E,
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