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THE OLD TRAILS Young Ladies and young gentlemen of the Junior High School: It is a pleasure and a privilege for me to be invited to say something to you about the Old Trails and their historic connection with the settlement of the United States of America. It also awakens in me a deep and heart- felt sentiment to address you from this plat- form, for it was on this very platform that I received a diploma from the Independence High School. It was one of my happiest and saddest days. Happy because 63° the FROWAN

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