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—Cooleemee, (N. C.) Journal, Thursday, Apffl 14, IfN
In our comments about the Boy
Scouts in a recent issue, we were not
forgetting that there is also an organi
zation of girl Scouts, and what is be
ing done for boys in the Scout movement
is being done for the girls of America,
adapted to the needs and activities of
the girls. The same basic principles
embodied in the ideals of the Boy Scouts
are in the movement designed to train
and equip the girls to play a significent
role in the home, Church, social and
political affairs of life in America. This
A person who knew what was in
man uttered an eternal truth when He
said, "A house divided cannot stand.
'lt Is natural, right, and normal that
there be differences of opinion, and
should be freely expressed. But in any
sort of household, there must be a
basic, underlying unity if the house is
to stand. But there is a right way and
a wrong way in which differences may
be expressed. In regard to the war in
Vietnam we have had some expressions
of protest which are contrary to the
very principles which the protesters
claim to defend. The exposure to the
enemy of the way Americans are think
ing has given much aid and comfort
to the enemy. The same thing is hap-
You read about it in your news
paper. Three young men at pistol point,
robbed a boy of ten cents, and they in
a stolen car sought to flee away. Police
started after them, and in their haste
to get away the boys lost control of
the car, hit a telephone post and all
three were killed. In just a few minutes
they passed from a crime to death.
Their thoughts of bravado and excite-
Confusion Worse Confounded
Just when we think that we have
arrived at some reasonable understand
ing of the situation in Vietnam, a num
ber of things turn up which adds to our
confusion. The latest rioting by large
numbers of the South Vietnamese, whom
we are supposed to support, adds to
the complexities of a situation which
makes choices and policies difficult.
The piecemeal method of fighting has
exposed our troops to hardships, wounds,
and death, along with losses in planes,
which spells out costs unequal to our
gains. We have not lost sympathy for
the bona fide South Vietnamese, who
wish to be free of Communist dictators;
but from the nature of the latest riots
Religion In The Here And Notv
In a recent issue of Parade, a news
paper supplement, there is a story
Captioned: THE USA: NATION OF
FRIGHfIH&NED WOMEN. The article
describes the sex crimes committed in
the USA: a gruesome tale of rapo and
murder of women. Dope, alcohol, and
laxity in law enforcement are given
as some of the reasons for these brutal
sex crimes.
The writer fails to list what we
believe & the main cause of sue h crimes
■—The women themselves must take a
large share of the responsibility. Naked
women, save a small bikini, parade
cross the newspapers, magazines, ad-
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The Girl Scouts
movement should also have the coop
eration of the people in every commu
nity where the organization exists. Girls
do grow up to become women, and what
they are and do has greater weight in
all aspects of society than is generally
recognized. It is not too much to say
that the women of America set the stand
ards which elevate, or adversely ef
fect, every aspect of organized society.
The Girl Scout movement helps to mold
the thinking and the behaviour of a
large part of our whole social order.
A House Divided
pening in the area of American par
ties. It is generally conceded that di
visions within the Republican party was
responsible for the overwhelming victory
of the Democrats. At the moment, the
Democrats are building up the same kind
of differences which threaten the suc
cess of the party in the next election.
Democrats and Republicans are hu
man beings, and very much alike. And
human nature frequently crops out in
strange behaviour. There are always
men in both parties who stretch their
egoistic pride in personal ambition, re
gardless of how it may effect the wel
fare of party or country. Personal con
cern becomes paramount to National in
terests.
A Sorry Tale
ment quickly passed from life to death.
For them, life was over before it had
a chance to begin.
It is hard to understand the men
tality, not only of teenagers, but adults
who figure in crime, knowing that al
ways the odds are against them. The
birthright to greatness, sold for a few
miserable pennies.
and the antagonistic attitude towards
the Americans, it would seem that oth
ers than the Communists want Ameri
cans to get out.
We may be wrong, but it seems to
us that these incidents give us a face
saving reason for getting out. If the
South Vietnamese want to stew in their
own juice, let them stew. The French
were driven out of Vietnam, and so far
as we can see, have not suffered from
what must have been at the time, a
humiliating defeat. There are times when
humiliation accepted, becomes a power
for victory. At the moment it seems to
us that the time for us has come to
make the test.
vertisements, movies and TV. Their
motions in display indicate incitement
to lust. Scenes in the movies, purpose
fully suggestive, arouse passions in mil
lion of men who are bereft of any moral
restraints, and unleash their passions in
criminal assaults. Usually, it is the in
nocent women who suffer for the sins
of others.
But these women in the movies and
on TV are not the only contributors to
the situation. Modern dress flouts de
cency and morality. Exposure of female
limbs excite passions in men, especially
those who have no moral scruples. Once
upon a time, which some of us can re
member, men looked upon women with
something of reverence. The women
dressed modestly, and men respected
them. A boy was careful and gentle
manly in his treatment of girls. Then,
a number of things happened: women
wanted to be equal with men, and be
gan to claim that "boys will be boys",
might also apply to girls will be girls",
and to prove it they become as aggress
ive as the boys. Results: An alarming
number of teenagers become pregnant.
U. C. L. A. has some disturbing statis
tics on this situation
The women claim that they can
not buy any other kind of dresses. They
could if they refused to buy what fashion
designers put out. Frequent change of
styles fatten pocketbooks, of materialis
tic-minded people. If women demanded
more decent styles they would get them.
So, women themselves must share the
responsibility for much that goes on in
a world which leaves its morals and
ethics shut up in the church where on
Sunday high beliefs are affirmed, but
denied in the market place and in
human Relationships. ' \
This Week's
60 SECOND SERMON
TEXT: '"At sunrise every soul is born again." Walter Malone.
"Why are you so down-hearted, Joe?" asked his friend.
"I've just begun to see my life for the failure it is," Joe
responded, gloomily. "The first half was ruined by my parents
and the second half by my children."
********
In spite of the notion made popular by the book, "Life
Begins At Forty", life doesn't begin there nor at eighteen
or eighty. Life begins for each of us when we want it to
begin as long as we live. A new life, changed life, a full
life begins for us the instant we have knowledge backed
by courage and the energy to act.
Too many of us worry about our pasts and let them
limit our futures. Our futures didn't start yesterday. They
start this moment now!
Progress and growth are never certain, but they are al
ways possible. "The future is a world limited by our
selves," Maeterlinck said. If we let w hat is past restrain us,
our futures are limited indeed. Yesterday is always yester
day. The future is always now. Use it, this moment, to start
in the direction you should go.
Darlington
Stock Car Races
Darlington, S. C. —April 4-
The Rebel 400 stock car clas
sic at Darlington, April 30th,
has been awarded full inter,
national sanction by ACCUS
during its New York meetings
over the week-end.
The unprecedented ruling
now opens the doors to USAC
stock car drivers for the na
tion's second oldest stock car
racing classic. This will in
clude Jim Hutubise, winner
of the Atlanta 500, A. J. Foyt,
Daytona winner, Gordon
Johncock and Don White, all
of whom compete in interna
tional racing.
The special ruling was
needed when Darlir.gton's ori
ginal race date of Sunday,
May 1, was knocked out by
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This rotary dumper, used at a Duke Power
steam electric generating station, can
empty 100 tons of coal in less than a min
ute. That's just one of the ways we've
found to increase our efficiency.
Every day, we're looking for new and
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By
Fred Dodge
action of the state legisla
ture following pressure of sev
eral ministerial groups. A
spokesman for the interna
tional body said Darlington
had acted in good faith in
applying for their original date
and it would be a violation
of good sportsmanship to pen
alize the annual spring clas
sic by tabling the request.
Bob Colvin, Darlington's
general manager was elated
over the ruling. "This is a
great break for the fans and
the Rebel and now we can
see how good these fellows
are on the nation's toughest
course".
Of the four only Foyt has
driving on the tricky mile and
three-eighths asphalt course.
The former Indianapolis win
ner was a member of a six
man team that set a 24-hour
world record at Darlington in
1960.
Virginia 500
April Events
Martinsville, Va. David
Pearson and his car owner
and mechanic. Cotton Crews,
will be out to break a big
jinx for Dodge in the 11th
annual Va. 500 April 24th at
Martinsville Speedway.
It has been nine years
since a Dodge driver won the
event. Buck Baker piloted a
Dodge to victory in the inaug
ural running in 1956.
And Owens, formerly a
standout driver himself, never
has won on the demanding
half-mile track and has yet
to put one of his cars in vic
tory circle.
"I'm still looking for my
first big one there," Owens
said.
And maybe this will be the
one. Pearson will be driving
a 1966 Dodge Charger as will
1966 NASCAR Rookie of the
Year. Sam McQuagg, who
will be making his first Mar
tinsville start.
Pearson's consistant finishes
have made him the Grand Na
tional point leader and he has
been alternating between the
Charger and a 1965 Dodge.
He'll use the Charger here.
"I believe we'll do all right,"
Owens said. "It's mostly a
matter of handling there and
there's no difference between
the Coronet and Charger
chasis. It's just a matter of
how the wind hits the car."
Baker won the Grand Na
tional title in 1956, using a
Dodge and a Chrysler and
Pearson would like to be the
first strictly Dodge pilot to
take the crown.
Five short track races are
scheduled before the factory
teams hit three major events
the last part of the month,
including the 500-lap, 250-
mile battle at Martinsville,
carrying posted awards of
$25,190.
Qualifying starts on Friday,
April 22nd, with a 20-lap
qualifying race and an 80-lap
modified and sportsman prog
ram, featuring the top drivers
in those divisions, scheduled
on Saturday.
The Virginia 500, with all
better methods of electric generation,
transmission and distribution.
This search, coupled with your in
creased use of electricity, has led to effi
ciencies that have permitted us to reduce
rates six times since January 1,1960.
Mocksville, N. C.
SENATOR 4
SAMERYIN
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WASHINGTON What
started out to be a short Con
gressional session dedicated to
improvement of existing pro
grams and laws has turned
into another effort to enact
broad new programs. Presi
dential messages have been
coming to Capital Hill for
weeks now with regularity
urging new Federal aids at
home and abroad. Moreover,
the Viet Nam War has shifted
Congressional concern from
reform to inflation, taxes, and
the conduct of the war.
Hopes for a short session
have all but evaporated. What
all this means is that Congress
will have less time to devote
to the improvement of old
programs and instead will be
devoting much energy to the
consideration of educational
plans for overseas children
and a new flock of civil rights
bills. In this climate, criticisms
leveled at the anti-poverty
program and the alleged mis
use of Federal Housing funds
are almost certain to get less
attention than they merit.
Congress ought to take a long,
hard look at existing Federal
aids to indviduals, communi.
ties, states, and the world.
Such an effort would certainly
improve many Federal pro
grams and cut waste out of
others.
Instead, the President has
announced that he is sending
down another set of anti
discrimination bills, is sug
gesting new and most costly
city development plans at a
time when the Federal Gov
ernment is pressed to hold
down expenditures, and is ad
vocating passage of a rent
subsidy program that poses
the big names already en
tered, starts at 1 P. M. on
Sunday, April 24th.
Today, Duke Power's rates are 18%
below the national average.
We're proud of this downward trend,
but we're not resting on it. Even now,
we're working to make electricity even
more economical to you.
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future budgetary problems.
In the Congressional work
load are some new programs
that have much merit. The
President has proposed amend
ments to the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act that I
strongly favor. I have joined
in the introduction of two
bills on this subject. Conser
vation of pure water supplies
is a national need vital to life
in the years ahead.
The Water Pollution Control
Act, which I co-sponsor, sim
ply takes a new approach to
the old problem of stream pol
lution and water shortages.
Principally it would shift func
tions from the Department of
Health, Education, and Weir
fare to the Department of In
terior, and it would also
create a commission to study
the nation's water needs, espe
cially with respect to pure
water.
Other Admanistration-back
ed programs which I support
are the tire safety standards
bill and the anti-crime propos
als. In this connection, I have
introduced some anti-crime
legislation on my own to curb
rising crime rates and have
worked on the legislation in
the Committee.
All in all. Congress still has
much work to do before the
snow flies. As of April 1, of
twenty-five major Administra
tion measures on the Congres
sional calendar only three had
reached the status of "final
action". In addition, twelve
regular appropriation bills still
had a long way to go, and a
multitude of lesser bills were
in the "study" and "hearings
scheduled" stage.
If any consensus has de
veloped at this stage of the
session, it is this: Congress is
less prone to create new Fed
eral programs that will add
to the already mounting tax
burdens of the country.