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MONDAY, NOV. 6th, 1944
A Lost Generation, or
The Men of Tomorrow
This article was written by request of
the Y. M. C. A. board of directors. The
same material was used by the writer,
Rev. A. C. Waggoner, in a recent speech
before the Kiwanis Club.
In a certain issue of a well known maga
zine a few years ago a particular illustra
tion caught my eye. . It was a graduation
procession with college seniors dressed in
their caps and gowns marching to the au
ditorium where they would receive recog
nition for their college work. Above the
picture appeared this very questionable
legend: “The Lost Generation—Going To
Get Their Diplomas”.
Being a lover of young people I was
naturally startled by what I saw; and I
read the article which had prompted such
a strange caption. It was a review of one
of the outstanding books on public affairs
entitled: “The Lost Generation”, written
by Maxine Davis. The book is an attempt
to sound a warning to the people of the
United States that the youth of that day
was facing an economic barrier in their
search for a living that they were falling
back, broken in spirit, vainly looking for
some worth-while purpose for which to
live. That is the reason the college seniors
in the picture belonged to “The Lost Gene
ration”. They had no idea what they were
going to do when graduated, and they ac
cepted their fate with sheep-like apathy.
A recent reading of the book again has
caused me to realize that the book w'as a
result of considerable study and included
a picture of the entire younger generation
of the next few years unless we now take
definite steps to avoid the mistakes we
made after World War I.
We saw what happened in Europe when
the youth of Germany, Italy and Russia
were groping about in darkness, looking
for something to do to restore their confi
dence in themselves. Hitler offered the
thousands of unemployed young men an
outlet for their bursting emotions and they
followed him. The Communist regime saw
in its youth the future of the New Russia
and made plans to rebuild a nation around
that youth. Mussolini took the bewilder
ed, uncertain young men of Italy and mold
ed them into the strong right arm of his
power. A very appropriate question now
is: Will such a leader take advantage of
conditions as they shall certainly exist in
America on the closing of World War II?
Many organizations have tried to realize
the situation in the past, but their work
had to be of a charitable nature, a free
meal, a bath, a place to sleep. They train
ed young men and women to do certain
kinds of work, and then had to leave them
without jobs. Industry had then, and will
have again, all the men it needs. These
problems are not new; they were merely
magnified by a depression that shall surely
repeat itself in a magnified form.. Read
justment will have to come through co
operation and education, and the process
will take years, not months. Meanwhile,
what will happen to the young people com
ing out of our high school, returning from
college and those returning from the bat
tle fields of the world?
I believe the young people of yesterday
and of today indignantly resent being call
ed a Lost Generation before they have had
a chance to prove what they can do.
Imagine them throwing the towel into the
ring before the fight has begun! 1“ f^t,
anfroxiipately 8,600 of the finest of Wilkes
county have already proved themselves as
wortoy of the best. How can anyone as-
woiroy generation such as theirs
!ISl yi?i?to eircumstances with sheep-like
'Whv taatead of Uking the situation as
/ if it aad doing al) itftli^.power to
&4fcali^^-and in
^ to the contrary^ I eaierg.^i!^
backbone enough to
dignified and satisfying go>i;
However,, in spite of the many admirably
qiiaRHes of the young men and women
our communities today, I believe we, their
elders, have a responsibility--4hat a chal
lenge is extended to us. We owe them
something and that something is the very
best we can jiroduce. Cheap commercial
entertainment is certainly not enough but
even some cannot participate in these.
Someone—something—will challenge them
but I am greatly concerned as to who or
what it will be. They will follow ideals
and convictions. They certainly Will fol
low leadership but who is to furnish that
leadership and bestir them to the high
ideals of good citizenship and Christian
character? In the name of a better town
and county to be! we must recognize the
value of our young people of today and
their importance in a world of tomorrow
and create more of the best to challenge
them to build better than have we. If we
do not offer them leadership and oppor
tunity some others will. I believe the re
sponsibility is that of every good and
worthy citizen of Wilkes county.
' Do I believe the proposed Y. M. C. A. is
the answer? Not entirely, but I sincerely
believe it will do much to alleviate some of
the aggravated conditions among us and
will develop more acutely on the termina
tions of the present war. This project is a
great responsibility, but it also is a chal
lenge as to our worthiness of parenthod
and good citizenship.
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BEAUTY
(Reidsville Review)
Bill Sharp, director of the state advertis
ing-news bureau, now in the mountains on
a picture-taking tour writes that the stretch
of Blue Ridge Parkway from Deep Gap to
the'Virginia line “is unbelievably spectacu
lar. It looked like the mountains were on
fire as huge spotches of yellow, brown and
red assailed the eye. Frankly, I have
never seen a prettier North Carolina than
we passed through today”. There have
been many similar comments about the un
usual brilliance of autumnal coloring in the
forests all over the state.
• LIFE’S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR
Hiddenite, N. C.
wanted C»MPANT—
ThlB _ itory li tdld about an
overworked physician and one of
his patients who bad plenty ol
Imaginary lUa. ^
It was a very cold night, with
rain and sleet falling everywhere.
The telephone got the good doc
tor out of bed at two a. m. to
make the call of a few miles to
Mrs. Blank’s home.
The doctor found hie patient
looking like the last rose of sum
mer. She said: “Doctor, I’m not
suffering so much but I feel ter
ribly bad. I feel just like I was
dying. You'Just got to do some
thing for me”.
The doctor listened at her
heart, and felt her pulse. With a
grave expression he calmly In
formed her that she had better
call her mother, her preacher or
any others that she wanted to see.
Immediately the patient was
badly scared. She gazed In hor
ror at the doctor’s grave expres
sion, "Is It really that bad?” she
asked.
Taking a seat and rubbing bis
sleepless eyes, the doctor yawned
and replied: "You are not going
to die right away. In fact, there
is nothing at all wrong with you,
I want yon to call In your rela
tives and your preacher because
I «np4et tq
th* pons bright qajl
Inter John hiqete kfif
•Mnd'poiltlebm,': Jlhweleetlon
pataed, nhd-hle nUn mw. Thkr
tin* ntftndfr- m dti^eldewBOE
ValUtiji for thfl^U^Ua -to eonie
his w«y.' tlUL poHttoiaii
will do some AjMiO,
thqse irood JoWii' , ■
^:Bnt ihU time the. IKdltlclah tt
in e hnnr-^' He doten’t have time
to waete. JTohn won’t have utjf
more votes until the election roHs
around again .in two yean.
time the'politician baa a-furttth
look. Hurriedly, he laya; ‘‘Hello^
John, wish 1 had time to talk ww
you hnt I’ll have to harry td nt^
my bus.” ^ ‘ i ,
Bat John knows that there wlu
not be a bus for the next hour.
POimOAIi YARN—
This, is supposed to have hap
pened in Wilkes this week.
Hallowe’en pranksters put a
cow in a Bchoolhouse on Tuesday
night.
Yon can imagine the state of
things in the schoolhouse after
the cow had stayed there during
the night. The floor looked like
the floor of a stable, if you get
what we mean.
When the teacher and another
person entered the house next
morning and saw the state of un-
cleanllnesB, one said to the other:
"What In the world has happened
here?”
“Don’t know," replied the oth
er, "but from the appearance of
things, I’d say there was a polltl-
cai meeting here last night”.
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Price control of farm machinery
continues although removal of
rationing and distribution control
of all farm machinery and equip
ment, except com pickers, was an
nounced by the WFA.
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Turkeys for Thanksgiving,
T i.Chrl8tmas and New Year’s Day
Li™.' bar, b»n .hip-
who has been made to look silly
on a night like this’
HER i*osrnoN—
We asked a young lady from
here home on vacation from a
government Job In Washington
Just what kind of position she
held In the capital. She said: "1
work In the data analysis division
of the aptitude test unit of the
personnel analysis and manning
ped to servicemen and women In
the more remote war theatres,
reports the USDA.
Beware Coughs
from common odds
That Hang On
table of the ^bureau of manpower ,
^ loosen and expel
phleg
utilization of the War Manpower
commission
GLORIOUS WITHIN
“The king's daughter is all gloriou;
within: her clothing is of wrought gold”.
—Psalms 46:13.
Adam Clarke, the great Bible commen
tator, says of this verse: “This, in some
sense, may be spoken of Solomon’s bride,
the daughter of the king of Egypt! and
then the expression may refer either to the
cultivation of her mind, or the omament-s
and splendor of her palace. ., . Her palace,
and her person, are decorated in the very
highest state of elegance and magnifi
cence. Spiritually, the king’s daughter
may mean the Christian Church, filled with
the minds that was in Christ, and adorned
with the grace of the Holy Spirit; while the
whole of its outward conduct is pure and
holy, ornamented with the works of faith
and love, and always bringing forth the
fruits of the Spirit”.
The great and outstanding thought and
fact to me in this text is that of being
“glorious within”. If this was true of a
king’s daughter, why can’t it be of any
man’s daughter? A girl, a woman, doesn’t
have to be the daughter of a king to be
“glorious within”. She can be the daugh
ter of a farmer, a mechanic, a blacksmith,
a teacher, a preacher, or any common day
laborer, and be glorious in her inner and
outer life. This is an absolute fact
In order to be glorious within she must
have Christ in her life, her soul, her spirit.
She must be Christlike. She must be clean,
womanly, ladylike, virtuous, upright and
pure. This is possible for the daughters
of the land. God would have it so, and
womankind should make it s6, by the
grace of God. Nothing is more beautiful,
ennobling, uplifting, attractive, commen
dable, praiseworthy, worthwhile, desira
ble, honorable and glorious on earth than
godly, pure, holy womanhood. Yes, wom
anhood that will not condescend to the
adultrous, the lewd, the vile, and wicked
and mean. Womanhood that resents
everything that would defile her in body,
mind, soul and spirit. Womanhood that
resents, with all her heart, mind, soul and
spirit, that which would degrade, de
moralize, wreck and ruin her physically,
mentally, morally and spiritually. Woman
hood that hates the pictures men paint, or
put on the screen, that attracts men to her
as an adulteress, fit only to satisfy their un
godly lust. May God give us multitudes
of daughters that are “glorious within”.
This is life's better way."*
i*OUTU:iANvS CH/VNGE—
During the past week politicians
have pumped their arms up and
down numerous times, the action
accompanied by a speech some
thing like this: "I’m so glad to
see you John. I had been think
ing about yon. ' How Is your fami
ly? I sure would like to see your
baby. I’m sure he’s a fine look
ing little fellow, Just like you.
And how Is your wife, and your
father? It has been a long time
since I saw him. Tell him I’ll
get around to see him In the next
few days, Oh, I’m always thinking
about you people. You know your
dad and mine were very close
friends. He sure is a fine man.
By the way, how’s politics going
these days? I know I can always
count on you folks, and ailythlng
that 1 can ever do for you Just let
ms know. There’s going to be
some good Jobs open. If we win
this election, and you know I’ll
always remember you and your
folks. Now, don’t forget to give
my regards to your wife and your
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un-
derstandinj: you must like the way it
(juickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Cottxhs, ChestCddi, Broncbifn
There’s a crisis in the maldngl
If stocks pile up in fertilizer plants and agents’ ware
houses, the streani of supply will choke up. They must
move fast or the lack of man-power will cause a para
lyzing shortage.
Take the Chilean Nitrate situation for example. To
supply the quantity needed for 1945 crops, many car
goes must be unloaded each month at each port, then
moved out by train and truck for immediate allocation.
It must move out of agents’ hands as fast as it moves
in. If not, the choke-up starts and works back to the
ports, even back to the ships.
Already there’s a threatened shortage of nitrogen,
due to sharply increased war needs. Unless you help
smash the bottle-neck by
taking your nitrate as soon
as it is offered, jthe shortage
will become acute. Thous
ands of tons will pile up at
U.S. ports or on the docks
in Chile. The only place Chil
ean Nitrate does you any
good is on your crops. Get
yours now ... while you
Storage Tips
Pile all moteriols on dry
boards in born or shed.
Pile materials seporotely.
Keep piles close together.
Destroy the bogs when
you "SO the contents.
Iny Your Fertilizer NOW...Take it N0W...Stcre it Till It's Needed
Thit it pubtiahad to asaiat tba War Food Adminiatiatiort and
the lartiluer induatry ... to help you £et the lertiliter roa need.
At the Time of Need
Ainbulanee Service
CONSERVE CORDS AND WIRES
THEY WILL BE HARD TO REPLACE
Reins-Sturdivant
North Wilkesboro. N. C.
SURVEY SHOWS
Many Doctors
Recommend
SCOTT'S/
A HELPS BUILD STAMINA
★ HELPS BUILD ACTUAL
RESISTANCE TO COLDS
Ay good-ttuUiag Scott’s &nulslon! Con
tains mtlural A 4 D Vltamim that help
bring back enogy and stamina if there
is dietary deficiency of these elements.
foie U daSy. AD druggists I
FOR CONTINUED satisfactory operation of your electrical oppli-
onces the cords connecting them to outlets must be kept in good
condition. Since electrical cords ore mode of critical materials
that will be increasingly hard to get It is important that you core
tor them properly
Keep cords cleor from moving ports of Appliances and from heat
which would melt the Insulation.
Never jerk o cord out of socket. Take hold of plug ond pull It out
—bending over may do you good! And, of course, never wrep
0 cord around your electric Irw v^ile It Is still hot.
A little friction tope wrapped eround slightiy worn places moy
lengthen the life of c cord.
KlfF SPAM FUSIS ON HAND. Help eonserve mon>
power end tronsportotion liy celling eur terviee men only
whan neceseary.
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DUKE POWER CO.