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bright candles and beaming faces, inductees tooic their vows of
membership. Mr. Alan Richey called forth the inductees to sign
their names in the PTK membership book, and receive their
membership certificates from the congratulating hands of Dr.
Bums and PTK President Laura Generous. Dr. Bums gave an
encouraging speech letting the students know that they had tmly
achieved something great, a bright beginning for an even
brighter future. Amid smiles and congratulations of family and
friends, the new inductees joined seasoned PTK members and
faculty advisors in celebration following the ceremony. A big
thanks to Kerry Reid for filling the evening with beautiful mu-
I sic.
I If you think that
PTK is all stuffed
shirts and can
dies, you should
stay after the
lights go out.
While cleaning
up following the
reception, the
"intellectual
elite" couldn't stand not to liven things up a bit and, well, there
are no big words to describe it. Simply put, they had a food
fight. Powdered donuts, crackers, salad, and cheese balls served
as ammunition. The pound cake escaped unharmed. The only
casualty was Mr. Richey's suit. Now you know that smart peo
ple can have fun too.
(Continuedfrom pagt'I) Reverse Beauty Queen
tabulation (whoa>^at was a big word!). Onfortanately one of
the fmalists was disqiialified because of indecent exposure. 1
don’t understand that because we all looked, really good, me
being the best of course. When Miss Brandi read my name as
winner 1 was so elated, I couldn’t haveIwen happier if I was
like at a sale at Frederick’s of Hollywood. During my reign I
plan to travel around to elementary schools and like talk about
tolerance, love for others, arid eye*'slfa^bwM .would like to
thank the entire newspaper staff for like supporting me on my
endeavor to be the most beautiful bombshell at WCC. And to
anyone like contemplating entering thrRfeverse Beauty Pag
eant in the future, just know this, YOU WILL NEVER BE AS
BEAUTIFUL AS ME!!!!! Thank you and have a good semes
ter.
The Meaning Of Thanksgiving
And Its History
By: Melissa Ellis
Thanksgiving is a time for family, friends, love, and just saying
thank you for all the bounty that was provided. However, do we
really know the meaning of Thanksgiving and how it became a
national holiday. Thanksgiving was set aside to give thanks for
God's blessings and is celebrated in Canada and the United
States. The first Thanksgiving was about the harvest and was
religious. On December 4, 1619, thirty-eight English settlers
arrived at the Berkeley Plantation, on the James River and their
charter required them to give thanks to God every year in obser
vance of their arrival to the New World. In the Fall of 1621,
there was a festival arranged by the governor, William Brad
ford. At the festival Myles Standish did military maneuvers with
the soldiers and the chief of the Wampanoags tribe and ninety
braves were invited. The braves and the soldiers competed in
games against one another. The festival was an event that lasted
three days and the menu consisted of clams, eel fish, wild
plumes, leeks, com bread and watercress. Pumpkin pie and
cranberries were not on the menu and it seems that turkey wasn't
either.
Everything has changed except giving thanks and the time to
celebrate Thanksgiving, being set in the fall of
the year. In 1789, President Washington made
November 26 the day to give thanks. The Episco
pal Church made it the first Thursday of the
month in November. President Lincoln made it
the last Thursday in November, but this was
changed by Congress in 1941, to be the fourth
Thursday in November. Thanksgiving finally be
came a national holiday.
Thanksgiving means giving thanks for the abun
dance in our lives, and it is about hope for a bet
ter future. Our country has been industrialized
and commercialized so much that it is hard some
times to see the little things that maner, like bread
on the table, our family or even our talents. We may not get in
the harvest or tend to our duties through difficult circumstances
and bad weather, but we can still give thanks for what we have.
So Thanksgiving say “Thank you, be proud and pass the butter.”
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