MOOSE
PASS
MINER
Bv L. H. Allen
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I AM AN AMERICAN
Let me be proud and happy to say
These words and repeat them every day,
Until the habit has come to stay,
"I AM AN AMERICAN.”
Let me remember where e*er I be
The strains of "My Country 'tie of Thee,"
And thanks to God that I am free
To be an AMERICAN.
Let me be ever ready to fight
For my country in the cause of right
And uphold the Starry Banner bright
As a true AMERICAN.
Let Old Glory be my boast and pride,
Victorious be the whole world wide
For it is AMERICAN.
Let me not ever be afraid
The cowardly ingrate to upbraid,
Who will not his country’s gifts repay
In word and deed and love each day
As befits AN AMERICAN.
Let me be true 'til my dying day
To my country; true in every way;
Grateful and glad that I can say
"I Am AM AMERICAN."
From The Alaska Legionnaire -
A Crowell publication says in its March
issuei
"...let us get it thoroly into our
minds that we are at war with strong and
dangerous enemies. Do not think we can
laugh or loaf our way thru this thing.
Everyone* s life will be affected by it.
Nothing will ever be the same again.
"Courage can be cultivated. But do
not be foolhardy; obey official instruc
tions such as air-raid precautions.
"Spread no rumors. Let us have no
defeatism, even in talk at home. , . if
you suspect anyone of being for the enemy,
simply report him privately to the auth
orities.
"Be on guard against race prejudice.
Jews, Chinese, Russians, -people of many
races and creeds are fighting by our sides
and share our love of freedom,
"Support the government without party
bias.
"Take part in civilian war work. . but
make sure that you are doing something and
not running around in circles.
"Prevent waste of paper, metals, rubber
fuel, electric current, food, cloth, -
everything."
LOCAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Van Pelt and their two lit
tie boys of school age, are moving to
Moose Pass from Cooper's Landing and have
rented the new cabin built by Oscar Chris
tensen,
Bob Estes is now at the Ford Assembly
plant at Dearborn, Mich., where with other
soldiers in the Air Service, he will re
ceive three months training in airplane
mechanics.
His mother, Mrs. Leora Roycroft, is at
Lusk, Wyoming, and at the time she wrote
to Moose Pass neighbors, was caring for
Bill Estes, Junior, who was undergoing a
siege with measles.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Estes, Sr., have a
new son, born February 8 in Cheyenne. His
name is Patrick Robert fistes. All of
the children of Mr. and Mrs. Estes have
arrived in February.
Ed. Estes plans to sail next week to
join his mother at Lusk.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Moyer of the BPR have
moved to Juneau, Mr. Moyer having been
transferred.
Don Tibbies has returned to Moose Pass
from Dutch Harbor.
Mrs. Maxine Shaw sailed Saturday for
Yakima, Wash., to visit relatives after
which she will go to Medford, Ore.
Mrs. Stephen Thomas of Anchorage, spent
the last two weeks at Trail Lake Inn,
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Laubscher are liv
ing in Mrs. Oscar Plowman's cabin at Low
ing.
Mrs. Bob Gillie and Miss Katherine
Gallion are in charge of a Red Cross
drive for victims of the raid on Pearl
Harbor.
John Nelson visited Moose Pass this
week and was joyfully greeted by his many
friend's.
Lewis Tulare writes from Seattle that
he expects to go to the shipyards at Nor
folk, Va., at an early date.
It was good newB to his many Moose Pass
friends that Bob Hall had bought the Moose
Pass store and plans to conduct it per
sonally. Mr. Hall will move to Moose
Pass around the first of next month and
having had charge of the Alaska Steamship
Company's affairs in Seward for 11 years
he will probably route us to the sugar
by way of Yakutat and to the coffee by
way of Skagway for awhile - but he prom
» ises not to charge extra for such trips
he will just charge them off to increased
freight rates.