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THURSDAY.MARCH 29, 1945
School Improvement
There are three institutions in which
parents should have an abiding interest—
home, church and school.
Of the three, one is a matter for each
individual, one for voluntary action on the
part of groups banded together for wor
ship, and one maintained and supported by
the state and county governments.
The home, the church and the school
each have a vital bearing upon the quality
of citizenship which is today and will be
throughout the years ahead.
Our discussion today concerns schools.
The plight of the school system today is
the fault of the citizenship who halre lost
interest in the school as a community insti
tution and consider the school as something
which is directed out of Raleigh.
Some of the inadequacy of the schools
is due to war-time conditions, but we can’t
blame it all on the war because many of
the faults were present before the war.
As we have often pointed out, school
buildings are inadequate, and equipment
is meagre.
Many schools are operating with half
enough buses, and some of the buses have
been inuse so long that they are ready to
fall apart, and sometimes do. The budget
appropriations for instructional supplies
are not sufficient for a six months term and
the supplies are stretched out over nine
monttis.
Although the legislature partially reme
died the situation, the teacher salary scale
has been so low that only two types of
teachers remained with the schools—the
really good teachers who remained in the
profession because they wanted to serve
the public in capacity of teachers,and those
who were really not capable of holding a
good-paying job in private enterprise.
But, in the final analysis, the quality of
the school system in North Carolina, in
Wilkes county or any sub-division is just
what the people are contended with.
Generally speaking, a community has
homes, churches and schools according to
what the people want. If they want better
homes, better churches and better schools,
it is within their power to bring about the
desired improvements, provided the desire
is sufficiently dominant in the lives of the
citizens.
Seak
Aboutt to emerge victoriously from a
war for the rights of humanity, it is pleas
ant to be reminded of what some of thdse
righte are, and one such reminder arrives
with our envelope of gayly colored BJaster
seals, which finance /a program for the
care and education of crippled children in
our cMMnunity and in the nation. At
time of the year it is good to remind our
selves that helping others to help them
selves is bur American Way of dA« tiitegs,
and that the Easter seal is a convenient
symbol of that belief. We welcome the
pictorial reminder that that there still lives
in this war-tom world kindness and gene
rosity, and the will to protect those who
cannot help themselves. But most of all we
welcome the reminder that some day
those whom we are now helping may help
us. This is what is known as enlightened
self interest; the restointion of the physi
cally handicapped to productive capacity
is the kind of investment we cannot afford
to overlook. Generous public support of
the sale of Easter seals will promote this
end; let us buy them and use them.
• LIFE’S BETTER WAY
WALTER E. ISENHOUR
Hiddenite, N. C.
LIQUOR AND THE STEERING WHEEL
The steering wheel needs steady hands
To told it in its place;
And public safety this demands
From men of ev’ry race.
Lest highway slaughter ev’ry year
Shall take a heavy toll
Of lives that are both sweet and dear.
Thus mounting in its roll.
IN TouArfe -
My Dear Mr. Nichols:
Bdltor-ln-Chictf of the Lunatic
Oolnmn of Hie JonniiU Patriot.
Aealirinr the tacaipaclty of yonr
intelligence to i®preclat© to' a
minute degree the eitreane style
of "Old Southern Hospitality” dis
played hy Messrs. I>. J- Carter and
Julius C. Huhhard, bestowed upon
you, to-wlt: donating valuable
space in their respectlves place ol
business, for viz: one merry-go-
around chair in which to park a
certain part of your lower carcass
and the other a lumrious piece of
furniture on which to peacefully
rest your two number twelves,
the boundary of my own vocabu
lary permits me only to exclaim
that their acts of charity are moat
commendable and that as the final
and valued reward: "When the
saints go marching that they
might be In that number.”
And now, Mr. Editor, what I
want to get over to you that 1 too
might perchance be in that num
ber Is that 1 might Impart to your
functionless brain between out-
burts of slumber while your mo
tionless form ornaments the deli
cate pieces of furniture mention
ed above, is that things are hap
pening on the home front.
While I am not soliciting your
aid In boosting my unworthy self
for membership in the advanced
liars’ club of Dear Old County of
Wilkes, where much competition
exists, I shall reveal my story and
No man should ever take a drink
Then try to drive a car.
Because he isn’t fit think
Of where the dangers are.
Nor can he run with steady nerve
And do the thing that’s right.
Nor watch the road for line and curve
With care by day and night.
The man who takes the steering wheel
Should be a sober man;
He ought to think and know and feel
That oftentimes he can
Avoid the wrecks that others meet
Who take strong drink and beer,
Then drive the highway or the street
Without a sense of fear.
Strong drink is quite a dangerous thing.
And so is gasoline;
Old alcohol, a tyrant king.
And one that’s always mean,
Has taken lives by multitudes.
And yet he’s active still;
And when on autos he must intrude.
He’s stronger far to kill.
What fools men are to drink their beer,
Their liquor and their wine.
Then get into a car to steer
And think its mighty fine; '
For Satan only tells them so,-
Not God and sober right;
Then on the highways fast they go
To black eternal night!
Help Fight With Bond Dollars
OPENFORyM
ma Is a eoiama apea to the
paMic for treo -press! oo. THE
lOVBNAL-PA’MOT decs Mt
mmmmt, aay roaposrtH>afty for
aaSleleo prteted amOer this
hjodlag, aad ueStber csxlorBes
Bor ooihI— th—B. Please be
as brief as possible.
mb. bubcham writes
Dear Editor:
Your editorial in March 8 th is
sue in regard to post-war roads In
terested me very much, and I hope
the time will soon come when we
can have better roads.
J am not 80 much interested in
jMved highways until we
have tiBproved dirt roads by
■^fr^ ipe can get to the paved
hichways.
U percent of the money paid
for sp^bsserlng plus 10 percent of
Q# {inid. for paved higfa-
vpys hhd l>oon paid tor graveling
oar dirt wads we would not have
been dobhed so deep in mud that
■we could not get to a paved high
way. A paved highway Is worth
nothing to those who cannot get
to it.
Boca the man from five to 20
ndlM from the paved highways
pay any road tax? I say he pays
a tot more for gas per mile trav-
llsd Hum the mas traveliug the
ikimt Wghwspw.
jQnea the hto^way commission,
ra$d bnOien and all men that
have advantage of highways and
are never out in the mud, have
any sympathy for those back in
the mud, when they are asking
for extension of paved highways? ‘
In post-war road building let's j
all be willing to share equal in
road money.
JOHN Q. BURCHAM.
Roaring River N. C.
SOT. KILBY WRITES
Dear Editor:
I have Just finished reading an
article in the Stars and Stripes
about the proposed bill for draft
ing 4-F men for the army or else
go to work in war factories, To
think that such drastic measures
should have to he taken in order
to carry this war to a final cli
max is a slap in the face to what
is left of the manhood of the U. S.
Who are these people that are
keeping us away from our loved
ones, fcllBag more of our boys ev
ery day and night, prolonging the
war tor flod oply knows how
much longer—who are they?
The answer is simple. They are
the people who are selfish, war
mongers, holding soft Jobs—Jobs
that they are afraid to leave tor
fear that the boys coming home
will take in their stead; above all,
they are people who fight for Hit
ler and his cut-throats, not for
the boys over here, their own flesh
and blood. The blood that covers
the snow-clad hills of Belgium Is
good red American blood, not one
trace of yellow will you find; yet
tiliat one cprtain class of 4-F’s
can’t even go to work making
equipment for us because they are
afraid for themselves. We know
that about half of the 4-P class
can do most anything^ In fact we
believe that they are as good phy
sically as the majority of the men
over here with one exception—
GUTS. There will be plenty of
war labor now, men who are
afraid of what the future holds
for them, will clamor for war
work. It is a secure feeling to
know that we are backed up by
a good, solid home front. We can
not fight the war without this
solid home front, if it lets us down
then the only alternative that we
have Is to let our country down
for want of needed equipment.
In the last war the minority was
overseas, the majority at home.
Now the majority of the army is
overseas, the minority at home.
If people will think, this is a
very interesting subject to talk
about cfter they have finished
watching a boxing or wrestling
bout (4-F’s, of course), also for
a tew politicians, whether they
want to be on the majority or ml
norlty side after the war.
Let us win this war together,
for God, country, and the future
happiness of ourselves and gene
rations to come.
1ST SOT. ALVIN KILBY.
Somewhere in Italy,
10 January, 1045.
V
Street lamps and car headUghts
had to the switched on when Ade
laide, Anatralia, recently had its
wont dust storm in 94 years.
. le laelE’^hr'ybMnM d( .slgnad
, IKt^r^Sfng ooktractL asA did
iplttoge itssit bsBsatii the Surface
ot dmUn warm water add tads
ofp high grade soap. ' v ;
Now, maa^. 6t .the tair ahx’eah
hastily Imi^ne^ somedilnr vthal.
was hurriedly did, not hi line wffli
&e tuml monotony'of etoanCEM
fie dtrth, tmd tmeavae /a ihb
abundance of the abhorsnce of
mwfaae or abnilve langnafe eg
tin MPeetes Cowl; tba meat
which Is seemingly ho agreeabto fto
fie digestive organs o«f the Repor
ter, I am very grateful that I was
not in the immediate vlcinftp dt
the tangle eillliig of the hbovs
episode to hear first hand thp un
familiar phnawology Chat wiaRed
on thri attemooii hreeiie, but upon
the declarative tone of affirmation
o fie party of the fli^t part. I
appeal to the "Big Three” produce
buyers to immediately assemble In
conference, boycott the rules and
regulations of the OPA, and set
the sky as the ceffhig price on
caakle berries laid by any female
abide by the decisions of Whom
it may Concern.
The other day while one of
the laborious housekeepers of the
wide extended suburbs of the
mammoth elty of Dellaplane J,
N. C., was performing the weary
and burdensome task of blue Mon
day, one of the adult members of
the fowl family, which had been
lingering nearby, gazed upon the
scene with that intuitive sense of
opportunity that beyond my
knowledge of chicken history, had
never before confronted that par
ticular species of the bird family
since its first peep -and cheep In a
troubled world. And seemingly
desirous, disregarding the extreme
soap shortage to remind and im
press upon the human race, im
portance in this 20tb century of
the old proverb that “Cleanliness
is next to Godliness,” the poor
bird, not being familiar or sus
pecting the irrational disposition
at times, of the master of cere
monies, and furthermore, being
unlearned in the different uses of
household paraphernalia, to-wlt;
scrubbing machines and bath tubs
in which physical takes place, she
did without invitation or announ
cement of Intentions spring into
one said washing machine (the
name of which is withheld because
of fi« fowf toitty Will .
a-ffiAif tte figK^ nArtOfa did
on two, to igitobllsh a iltadard of
cfHanfeew 'fiat will eivr live in
the toomorlM of two hnmaa be
liefs and po—IMy a doml-nleker
- mO’BBBTS.
NOISB 49P aPSlNG—,
PoataMgtor -J. C. Baiaa k m-
pnted to the first one to go swim
ming in fie TnAkin tSfia RIeiloa.'
He dldnt intend to go swimming.
He was fishing. .... .Have yon
heard dt fie o^gro .ftraniti Mn
named Bnr liilfins HSenla iMkis,
Mines and Bfioa’V . It dOss-
n’t, lady, fiere’s to M one
qflash” ato^Wd fie btafi
conductor to fie lady trim aeksd fit
fie train would stop at Ban fiVan-
eisco
The rabbits never go to school
To learn at X and T
They get no classroom training
But how they multiply!
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BUT MORE WAR BONDS
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WAZBR SmaBH
ARDEISOR
HLBCKRIO OfMfPANY
ruetopbooe MO
WDLKESBORO, N. C.
Farmers* Fanners
IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PRODUCING
50 to 70 Bnsheis ol Corn
PER ACRE
BY ALL MEANS SEE US FOR YOUR
FERTILIZER
REEDS THIS YEAR
IF YOU HAVE, THEN SEE US FOR EVEN
BETTER RESULTS!
ORDER EARLY!
Wilkes F. 6. X. Service
C. F. Jones, Manager
901 D Street North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Let’s raid the icebox... Have a Coca-Cola
... 42 tuay to make a party an added success
At hoipy. the good things of life come from the kitchen. And one of die good
things is iceold Coca-Cola in the icebox. H«tw « Coh ate words that make
the kitchen the center of attraction for the teen-a^ set For Coca-Cola never
loses the freshness of its appeal, nor its unfailing refreshment No wonder
Coca-Cola stands for the fmue that rtfredm from Maine to Califotoia,—has
become a ^oibol of bappy, refreshing times together everywhere^
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NOfTTH WHI^BSBORO COCA-COLA BOTTUNC COMPANY
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