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jV I fW Page 3 A Statesville Record Landmark Saturday August 15 1970 I Pride and Arrogance By Alfred Bueschei of the statue taken from a hill in Brooklyn shows the Lady of Liberty through the smogy haze COPPERY ARM The right arm of the Lady made of copper sheeting like the rest of the statue holds up the torch The sheeting about as thick as a silver dollar weighs 200000 pounds i Seeing the tower as a symbol of de fiance God confounded their language so they no longer understood one an other Genesis 11:5 6 Determined to build a city and tall lower they began making bricks and quarrying "slime" pitch for mortar Genesis 11:3 4 A LIGHT TO ALL The Statue of Liberty stands tall in its silouhette on Liberty Island in New York Harbor The statue was constructed with rench funds to commemorate ranco American friendship SKYLINE VIEW This view of the Statue of Liberty shows the New York City skyline in the background The statue is reached by ferry from Manhattan Island The arm reaches almost as high as some of the skyscrapers (All Photos are from Associated Press) STERN AWARENESS The stern visage is modeled from the features of the mother of the designer Auguste Bartholdi of rance The original design of the statue was intended for a Suez Canal lighthouse BEACON A CITY The Statue of Liberty raises its arm in greeting to all who enter New York City by its bay This view Construction ended the people separ ated along family lines and were scattered abroad Genesis 11:7 9 GOLDEN TEXT: Proverbs 16:18 Lady Of Liberty Stands or All By GARY REEZE or all those who either cannot see it through the smog or have been too busy enjoying the blessing for which it stands the Statue of Liberty still exists The Lady of Liberty Enlightening the World still raises its torch skyward from its pedestal on Island in New York Harbor Presented to the United States from the people of rance in 1884 it was dedicated by President Grover Cleveland on Oct 28 1886 The statue portrays Liberty as a woman step ping from broken shackles the left hand uplifting a torch of freedom and the right holding a tablet depicting the date of the Declaration of In dependence July 4 1776 The stern visage of the face was modeled from the mother of the sculptor rederic Auguste Bartholdi of rance A pedestal 89 feethigh supports the statue which stands 151 feet high The height of the torch is 305 feet The statue weighs 225 tons The face from chin to cranium measures 17 feet three inches rom ear to ear is 10 feet with each eye measuring two feet six inches The length of the nose is four feet six inches Copper sheeting about the thickness of a silver dollar covers the entire statue Under the sheeting is a steel framework designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel designer of the Eiffel Tower in Paris The head of the statue was originally ex positioned in rance in 1878 before being dismantled for shipment across the Atlantic The completion of the statue marked the end of a 20 year effort for its designer and builder Bartholdi A giant lighthouse at the Mediterranean Sea entrance of the Suez Canal was the original destina tion of the torch holding lady The first design done almost 20 years before the Liberty concept showed an Egyptian woman holding a lighted torch for European vessels The design which failed to ap pear at the Suez was reinovated for the Liberty pro ject Thousands each year visit the statue in New York Harbor Visitors may ascend to the top of the pedestal by elevator and to the crown by stairs A ladder leading to the top of the torch has been closed to the public The Lady of Liberty who has been a beacon ot a new home for millions of immigrants since its erection still lifts proudly its torch symbolizing the words me your tired your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teeming shore Send these the homeless tempest tost to me I lift my lamp beside the golden Emma Lazarus 4 ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Scripture Genesis 11:1 9 After the lood the descendants of Noah scattered across the land final ly settling in the plains of Genesis 11:1 2 LISTEN TO SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON OVER WSIC 10 TO 10:30 EVERY SUNDAY MORNING WILSON BUILDING COMPANY Inc Intersection of Interstate 40 and 64A East Statesville DIAL 872 2411 tin knnxiKBB Ml Ini hfefei i r'Z I Mil 'I lcHi I A 7 I MH HI 1 JH ifv 7 HB JgBB I laM 1 I iB ilfir 5 1 11 Ar 101171'511 TTTTnnMrlWraBr iBm LTTEL ITIiM TTniillBMlje IIT £JL 1 UL 1 JLTTI1 IM I a a fa Xg Xi? wl 1 iS I Id JKj JH CH i hs 1'4 aw A 4 du! SOKS wools Qa Mrtidwim SL jf i It 5 I iTblui kW L7x ML Wt Ik li 1 1 1 oB ill I I iiKft bIHhL I I I BB BIHHBBMft ft 7 1 tdtli I i aHv IX LiRHUl'W A 1 I 1 1 mm 7 Sbsak 1 tn 1 1 i 1 jflHiPB I VWflHKk I'' gBMEBnBiOMI Jz I BBm Oi 1 i (p rB i BBr I RP BtrzfeSa BBBaiBBMBllM BBBB tfjfcpnswp' zdlPlIr I i Ari HiU'W' 7 Lt a wgBHBMR mBl gry irS 1 7 ti iiiMr iB ih Mnlil JI vM Hi I' I Bl IB i 9 5 1 A I i Mk wlAj Jttff SL' AX riMr I IISHI 'vJn QX JwB Zit I.