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Helen Fox Angell letters to Bess Peebles Fox, October-December 1943

1943-11-07 Page 5 ""Final Assembly of Class of 92""

I went to this in the gym where just the night before we had served our refreshments from a bar on the stage! 
Mrs. R. talked about the Pacific Islands she visited & what the Red Cross girls were doing there,
Final Assembly of Class of 92
November 6, 1943
1. Presentation of Colors - Camp Service
2. Buglers - Cpl. B. Simmons
             Cpl. R. Willingham - Fort Myer

3. Pledge to the Flag
4. National Anthem - Ogden Goellet - Leader
                          Ruth Frederick - Pianist

5. Invocation - The Reverend Edward G. Latch, Pastor
                 Metropolitan Memorial Church
                 (Remain standing until colors are placed)
6. ARC Hymn
7. Address - Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (she gave a very good talk; I think she is a darling
8. Solo - The Lord's Prayer - Michel Matisse
9. Retirement of the Colors
Presiding - for the Assembly, Mr. Ferdinand V. Grayson, 
Chief, Personnel Training Unit, SAF
A.R.C. Hymn
Lift your voices loud and strong
To a service that we love. 
Oh, her standards are high, 
For her faith men will die
She's our Mother and we belong 
To a cause that must be free,
To a trust that cannot die, 
Here I pledge my life
Through both peace and strife
To the A. R. C.

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I went to this in the gym where just the night before we had served our refreshments from a bar on the stage! Mrs. R. talked about the Pacific Islands she visited & what the Red Cross girls were doing there, Final Assembly of Class of 92 November 6, 1943 1. Presentation of Colors - Camp Service 2. Buglers - Cpl. B. Simmons Cpl. R. Willingham - Fort Myer 3. Pledge to the Flag 4. National Anthem - Ogden Goellet - Leader Ruth Frederick - Pianist 5. Invocation - The Reverend Edward G. Latch, Pastor Metropolitan Memorial Church (Remain standing until colors are placed) 6. ARC Hymn 7. Address - Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (she gave a very good talk; I think she is a darling 8. Solo - The Lord's Prayer - Michel Matisse 9. Retirement of the Colors Presiding - for the Assembly, Mr. Ferdinand V. Grayson, Chief, Personnel Training Unit, SAF A.R.C. Hymn Lift your voices loud and strong To a service that we love. Oh, her standards are high, For her faith men will die She's our Mother and we belong To a cause that must be free, To a trust that cannot die, Here I pledge my life Through both peace and strife To the A. R. C.