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August, 1947 THE ECHO PAGK FIVE Let’s Read A Book By LUCILLE HEFFNER ’Tis the good reader that makes a good'book. —Emerson Now that your crops outlived sU the would-be murderers and your Garden Festival is at hand, no doubt you would like to wilt in an easy chair and only read of acres and pains. Thanks to author S' J. Perelman you can review your farm life in a lighter vein of thought. “A farm,” says Mr. Perelman, “is an irregular patch of neetles bounded by short-term notes, containing a fool and his "'ife who didn’t know enough to stay in the city.” Humorously Written, you’ll see a new angle to gardening—we think you’ll enjoy Acres and pains in the Library. TO VETERANS Ecusta’s readers seem never to become saturated with novels of seagoing adventure, romance and action. Thus we offer PRAISE AT Morning by Mildred Materson McNeilly. It is the story of Mat thew Steel, handsome and ruth less shipmaster, who changed the course of nations when England stood ready to recognize the Con federacy—and then recalled her decision as the Russian Navy sail-1 ed majestically up New York Har bor. Women? Yes, two—alike only in their devotion to Matthew. Red- haired Tessa understood him. And there was Loyalty, daughter of the financier, who lived in a World Matthew knew only from a distance, but who spurred him on to the great achievement. Power ful, moving adventure mkke Praise at morning by Mil dred Matserson McNeilly a novel you’ll remember always. It was truly a dark December for the Allied world and for many Ecusta families. Thus the story of the greatest pitched battle on the Western Front in World War Jl. Commonly known as “The Bat tle of the Bulge,” it involved twen ty nine German and thirty-two •'Allied divisions. Over a million men fought together in confusion and ^haos, in the frozen forests of the ■Ardennes during the wintry weeks of December 1944 and early Jan uary 1945. This book unfolds the whole dramatic story, from the concep tion of the plan to the final crumbling of the threat to Ant werp. In between lay surprise, °ays and weeks of bitter anxiety for the Allied world, enormous J^asualties on both sides and great josses in equipment. General *-isenhower pointed out after wards, the Battle of the Bulge Was the last gasp of a dying ®nemy. The author, Robert E. Merriam As most of you already know, you may begin cashing your term inal leave bonds next Tuesday, September 2. The official date set by Congress was September 1, but since the banks will be closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day, Tuesday will be the first day that you can cash your bonds. The local Transylvania Trust Company will be prepared to cash your bonds. You must present your bonds in person with proper iden tification papers. Your discharge or separation papers, or a copy of the same, is preferred. It has been pointed out that stores and like business establish ments are not authorized to cash your bonds. If there are veterans who have not filed the necessary forms for terminal leave bonds, they have until September 1, 1948. These forms can be obtained at all post offices and should be filled out, notarized, and mailed to the armed-service paying officer list ed on the form itself. A photostat or certified copy of discharge or separation papers must accompany the claim. Veterans who prefer to hold their bonds will draw interest on them at the rate of 2V>%. A $225 bond for example will be worth $253.12 at the end of five years. A PLAN FOR TODAY QUOTATIONS “The price of freedom is a great | price, but the thing we buy is! greater.”—William E. Brooks. I WILL AWAKEN: With a smile brightening my face; with rev erence for this new day in my life and the opportunities in it. I WILL PLAN: A program which will guide me successfully past the many temptations and dis tractions of a busy day and bring me one step closer to my goal of success. I WILL WORK: With my heart always young and my eyes open so that nothing worthwhile shall escape me; with a cheerfulness that overcomes petty irritations and unpleasant duties; with the purpose of my work always in my mind. I WILL RELAX: When tired, so as to accumulate fresh energy and live long enough to enjoy the success my work will bring. I WILL PLAY; With the thought that today is my day never to be lived over again once it is ended; with relaxation and pure enjoyment as the only purpose of play; putting work and world ly worries out of my mind for this short portion of my day. I WILL RETIRE: With a weari ness that WOOS sleep; with the satisfaction that comes from a day well lived; from work well done. I WILL SLEEP: Weary but con tent; with tomorrow a vision of hope. SHORT, SHORT POEMS My wife and I our costumes choose Of similar styles and stocks; For Wifie wears the toeless shoes. And I the toeless socks. Now I lay me down to snore Insured for $5,000 or more If I should die before I wake Indeed my wife should get a break. Said the toothbrush to the tooth paste In a moment of delight; I’m going to give you a big, big squeeze When we meet on the bridge to night. The convicts have an orchestra, ’Tis as bad as it can be; They are familiar with the bars But cannot get the key. AS WE PAY OTHERS “All men desire peace, but very few desire those things that make for peace.”—Thomas A. Kempis. Business prophets tell what is going to happen; business profits tell what has happened. As we pay others, we are paid: Life gives us back just what we give. And so we do not live to trade. But trade that we may truly live. / He creates most whose every sale Creates a friends, whose kindly thought Serves to perpetuate the tale Of what and where and why he bought. Such trading—like the growing— Repeats itself a hundredfold. Who trades thhus makes a triple gain In friends, in happiness, in gold. —Ad Libber, Phoenix Advertis ing Club. “Two men look out through the self same bars—one sees the mud, the other the stars.”—Frederick Langbridge. FRENCH VISITORS “Occupation is one great source of enjoyment. No man, properly oc cupied, was ever miserable.”—L. E. Landon. “It is easier for a woman to de fend her virtue against men than her reputation again women.”—■ Criticism is something one can avoided by saying nothing, doing nothing, being nothing.—Papyrus. Children may tear up a house but they can never break up a home.—St. Jerome’s Bulletin. Automobiles continue to be driv en at just two speeds: lawful and awful.—Frederick c. Russell. Busy souls have no time to be busy-bodies.—Selected. Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those who sang the best.—Selected. *as performed a giant task in the ^construction of this great battle., Was there at the time, and after j hat had extraordinary access to ^ctual sources of information and ecords, supplemented by person- interviews with top commands ''f both armies. Vou owe it to yourself and To “darn” your luck is not the best way to mend it.—Nuggets. *-tT ***** POINTED PARAGRAPHS Before they’re married, he calls her “dear” . . . after they’re mar ried, he changes it to “expensive.” An egotist is a person who tells ^our children to read this authori- j you things about himself which tative account of one of the great- st military struggles of the known gOi’ld. Ask for DARK DECEM- by Robert E. Merriam. Narrow minds, like narrow ^.i’eets, should be marked “One Way,” you intended to tell him first about yourself. There’s only one thing we know of that ever cheated a woman out of the last word—the echo. j Women’s tears are certainly the | most efficient water power in the world. Shown above are two distinguished French visitors who were guests here recently. On the right is Dr. Andre Soulas, well-known French surgeon. While in America, he attended a medical con ference in Atlantic City where he delivered an address that received considerable favorable comment. Dr. Sou las visited America some 18 years ago where he studied with the late Dr. Chevalier Jackson, Sr., world re nowned broncho-scopist. Beside him is Gwennael Bollore who spent several months at Ecusta where he studied modern American methods in the manufacture of cigarette paper. Mr. Bollore’s family has manufactured cigarette and other fine papers in Brittany, France for over 100 years.
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