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YOUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE
One of the outstanding move
ments of this decad, parent ed
ucation has proved its value over
and over in the unprecedented
health and vitality of today's
children, in their joyous will to
learn. But having found a way
to improve children's bodies and
sharpen their minds we must now
use all our wisdom in strengthen
ing their characters, in building
up their courage for the tremen
dous responsibilities of the years
of reconstruction ahead.
Parents often become discour
aged with trying to mold their
children's characters and excuse
themselves by saying, "Oh, well,
nothing we prepare them for will
happen anyway—they'll be up
against things we never even
thought of." Quite true. We can
not foresee the problems of the
coming generation. Much as we
may wish to we cannot meet
them for our children, but we
can and must give them training
In fortitude, we must encourage
In them true generosity of spirit
if civilization is to survive
through them.
For instance: Are your chil
dren learning that growth in
character means self discipline,
not just a good deed now and
then? Are they learning that
tolerance begins by being kind to
the skinny, unattractive young
sters on the playground? Are
they finding out through the
fairness practiced in your family
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PARENTHOOD
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group that democracy can be
made to work? For this is the
best way to prove to them that
job of preserving it is a hopeful
one.
Another thing, too many of our
conceptions of success have been
based on an Alladin's lamp idea
of wishes coming true. Byt as a
matter of fact very few success
ful men and women make their
successes in the way they had
hoped for. Yet by continuing to
give what they have to give, they
finally came to find satisfaction
in their careers. It may sound
old fashioned, but will we not be
preparing our children for life as
it really is if we stress service
rather than gain? Besides, psy
chologists tell us that feeling use
ful Is one of the first requisites
for mental health.
Although, as we said, the world
our children inherit may be
greatly changed, yet we believe
that human emotions change
very little and that we can hand
on to our children a way of feel
ing about things. And then, of
course, there are certain underly
ing principles of truth, honor,
tolerance, human brotherhood
and above all, courage, which
most of us find out in the course
of our lives to be actually true—
not just wise saying from the
ancients but true, workable
principles. And if we can estab
lish these principles in our chil
dren's characters they needn't
fear the future.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
World's Smallest
Passenger Station
In Yadkinville
Yadkinville. Dec. 4.— (Special.)
—Yadkinville comes first in many
things, we have learned as the
years go by, and now we have
found another one.
Yadkinville has the smallest
passenger station in the world. It
is so small, in fact, that we pre
dict that more than half the
people here have never seen it
and probably couldn't find it if
they tried, although Yadkinville
has a modern passenger and
freight service daily.
Two large passenger buses,
mostly the latest models, go west
and two east each day, as well as
two north and two south daily.
Pour express trucks pass here
each day regularly and four to
eight on an irregular schedule.
And yet we have the smallest
station in the world. And where
is it, you ask. Well, it is nailed
on a power pole In front of the
Yadkin Cafe. It is four by 10
inches in size and contains the
one word, "stop"—that is, when
one desiring the bus to stop pulls
the cord and makes it say "Stop."
Some passenger station, don't
you think? Well, it's there and
you can see it any day without it
costing you a cent. It is just a
silent sentinel of a world in a
hurry about it.
But there is little wonder it is
so small, when the facts are
brought out. The little Yadkin
ville station has never had one
line of newspaper advertising,
and how could you expect the lit
tle 4 by 10 to grow without some
assistance from somewhere. So
far as is known it is the only
passenger station in the world
that never had a line of advertis
ing—no schedule, no nothing.
There it stands, day by day. If
a would-be passenger pulls the
The Tonch of the Master «
PALO ALTO, Cal. . . . Frankie Albert (left), Stanford's All-Amerl
can.backfield candidate, was guilty of plain larceny when he stole
an Oregon State pass right out of the hands of Norm Peters, Oregon
State end. Stanford's Indiana battered out a 28-14 triumph to win
a Rose Bowl invitation.
cord it says "stop," otherwise it
says nothing, just holds its posi
tion as a hustling, bustling world
passes by its front door 24 hours
daily.
SEEK TO REVOKE
2 SURRY LICENSE
The Brewers and North Caro
lina Beer Distributors committee
has petitioned the Surry county
board of commissioners to revoke
the retail beer licenses of two
Surry county dealers.
Edgar H. Bain, of Goldsboro,
state director in charge of the
beer industry's "clean up or close
up" campaign in North Carolina,
filed the petitions with Chairman
M. Q. Snow. The petition alleged
one dealer had been convicted of
liquor law violations and the
other dealer operated his place of
business in such manner as to
constitute a public nuisance.
Since the "clean up or close up"
campaign was launched in this
state 18 months ago, the commit
tee has cooperated with local au
thorities in the elimination of
134 undesirable beer outlets—lo9
by revocation, three by surrender
and 23 by refusal to renew li
censes.
Unfortunate
"Don't you know your way
around this town?" asked the
sardonic traffic cop.
"No," answered Mr. Chuggins.
"If I had known the way around
it, you don't suppose I'd have got
mixed up in it, do you?"
A farm boy found a 60-pound
Elm mushroom near his home in
Pennsylvania. His mother is go
ing to can it.
L. F. Brumfield
Goes To Stokes
J4S County
L. P. Brumfield, former Yadkin
county farm agent, has been
named Stokes county agent, ac
cording to announcement of the
Stokes board of county commis
sioners Monday. He succeeds J.
P. Brown, who resigned to be
come associated with Coble Dair
ies of Lexington, as field repre
sentative in charge of production
in 26 counties in North Carolina
and Virginia.
The county board at the same
time named Henry Van Story of
Iredell county, as assistant farm
agent. He graduated from N. C.
State College last spring, where
he majored in animal husbandry.
He has been active in 4-H Club
work in the state and president
of the North Carolina club last
year. He will be active in dairy
work in Stokes county, which has
been promoted by Mr. Brumfield
during the past 18 months with
much success.
Mr. Brumfield was Yadkin
county agent for a number of
years, during which time he in
augurated dairy farms and milk
routes over the county to buy the
dairy products. He was also in
terested in terracing of farms
and his work was highly com
mended in these lines, as well as
general farm work.
EXHAUSTED?
Indications are that existing
supplies of raw cotton in Italy
are likely to be exhausted by De
cember 31, since no large stocks
of foreign cotton have been ship
ped in since the war started.
Rising sap is pulled by the
leaves, not pushed up by roots, of
vegetation.
Thursday, December 5, 1940