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The authors of the Declaration founded this nation and established the foundations upon which it has grown and prospered. They ordained that men should govern men but that the power and authority to govern must come from the consent of the governed. Therefore, Americans of today are self-governed, but with no loss of the precious liberty to which every root and fiber of our original government was dedicated.

One of the most enticing pictures in American history is that of the actual writing of the precious document. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, the closest of friends, vigorously debated who would do the actual writing, each suggesting that the other do it. All others were eliminated. It was between these two. Finally Adams said: "I won't do it. There are three reasons why you must. First, 5zou ?r€ a Virginian, and Virginia must take the lead in this; second, I am not popular personally, and you are the opposite; and, third, you can write ten times better than I can." So Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Certainly the hand of God must have b*een steering his pen.

It is strange to relate that these two men who had so much to do with the founding of the United States should die at almost the same time, and on the Fourth of July. As Adams was dying, his last thought was of Jefferson, and with his final breath he said, "Thomas Jefferson still lives." But, in fact, Jefferson had passed on just an hour ahead of Adams. His last words w*ere: "This is the Fourth of July."

Since the signing of the Declaration in 1776, the germ of freedom has been spreading and finding root throughout the world. People in the enslaved countries have longed for it. People in free countries have proclaimed and adopted it. America has been struggling, fighting, and sacrificing, not only for the independence of nations but for something more precious, more glorious, the freedom of the individual. We want every child of God anywhere on this earth to be able to stand on equal footing with his fellows, so that he can say: "This is my air, my earth, my sunshine; I have a right to live, and love, and hope, and aspire and to enjoy the fruits of my labor as well as any other individual."

Liberty means tt at ati mel ".1 "r"",ed equal, and have equal rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In this land of America has been accomplished all that we call progress; the enfranchisement of man, of labor, the substitution of fine for imprisonment, the establishment of free speech, the rights of conscience. All that man has accomplished for the development of man has been done in the United States since 1776. We have proclaimed LIBERTY to all the land, and to all mankind.

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ESTHER WILLIAMS POOL WILL MAKE BIG SPLASH AS 'GLAMOUR' DOOR PRIZE AT N.R.L.D.A. EXPOSITION

A new note of glamor for the building materials dealer will be added to National Retail Lumber Dealers Association's 6th annual Building Products Exposition in Cleveland this fa1l. A complete, full-scale Esther Williams Living Pool will provide a triplethreat attraction for the thousands of lumber dealers who will flock to Cleveland for NRLDA's 1959 Exposition, November 14 through 17. Climaxing the -four days of splashing activity will be the awarding of the pool as a door prize to some lucky dealer in registered attendance.

The E,sther Williams "Living Pool" is a revolutionary new "split-level" model constructed of steel-reinforced California Redwood. The installation in the NRLDA Exhibit Hall will be complete with randomwidth redwood decking, will have i6x32 feet of swimming area and will range in depth from 3l to 7l feet. The pool will be fully equipped and ready for permanent installation at tl-re lucky dealer's home for his Dersonal and familv use-or at his store as a life-size display of Americats most wanted ontdoor living home improvement.

Requiring excavation for only the four-foot deep diving bowl, the pool's simplified installation has so dramatically reduced cost, says its manufacturer, that any family that car-r afford an automobile can now afford a swimming pool. International Swimming Pool Corporation of White Plains, New York, is exclusive manufacturer of the pool. The firm states that current sales are running at a rate of $28,000,000 a year.

G & R Tokes OverGuololq Mill

G & R Lumber Companv of Cloverdale has taken over operation of the Gualala'nrili formerly operatecl by Al Boldt. G & R rvill continue to produce high-quality, old-growth band-san'n lumber from this mill, backed by extensive timber holdings of Gualala Redwood.

Tl-re Gualala mill will operate as a separate division of G & R Lumber Company. G & R also operates a sawmill in the Boonville area, as well as a remanufacturir-rg plant ir-r Cloverdale. Head office for all operations will remain in Cloverdale.

Rounds Lumber Company, San Francisco, has been appointed sales agent for G & R's Gualala division. Sales for G & R's Boonville and Cloverdale ooerations will continue to be hanclled by Fred Gummerson and Darwin Norton out of the company's Cloverdale of6ce.

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