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Thoughts Of Springtime
Since Friday the 20th is the First Day of Spring,
My column this week is a different kind of thing.
No musings on genealogy or birthdays or time
But, an energetic attempt to make it all rhyme.
With the temp in the 20's or even the teens
It's hard to remember just what spring means:
It's jonquils and tulips and grass again green.
It's warm, sunny weather and air fresh and clean.
It's knowing that soon the garden can be sown
(And remembering, of course, that the grass must be mown.)
It's a smaller heating bill and no cooling yet to do.
It's cooking outside and eating there, too.
It's the blessed weeks before summer and the sun's cruel heat.
It's fresh air through the windows?a real night-time treat.
It's Daylight Savings Time and no Standard dark A.M.
It's warm weekend weather for mischief and mayhem.
But, alas and alack, it's the time we must pay
For the pounds that crept on while at home we did stay
Close to the heat with a fork in each hand
Gobbling every goody that our whims did demand.
It'll be harder to hide all that blubber and flab
And too warm to dress like a monk or arab.
(Mary Catherine's husband was smarter than most.
He lost his weight early and now he can boast.)
Other folks jogged, but you and I sat
And one pound turned to 10. Can you fancy that?
So, we must start now to pare down for the summer.
(Cottage cheese and aerobics sure can make spring a bummer.)
Goodbye, ice and snow. Goodbye, cakes and pies.
Hello, Tab and lettuce. Hello, blue skies!
It Takes Everyone
To Defend America
This is the second and final in
stallment of a letter to the editor
on the subject of communism.
To The Editor:
Do we have any card-carrying
Communists in Warrenton?
-Probably not. What we do have is
?an air of defeatism which is oc
urring also in the rest of our
nation. *"lf
Some of our children are drop
ping out of school. There seem to
be two groups of dropouts. The
first group comes from en
vironments so depressing that
jthey would literally have to pull
themselves up by their boot
straps. Unable to do this, they
escape with alcohol, drugs and
promiscuous sex.
The second group is very
sophisticated. They will obtain
jobs; they will make it. They
have learned early that money is
the key to survival. They have
been told that the world cannot be
changed. They appear to believe
it. They are more interested in
the financial securities of today
than in the idealistic dreams of a
nation. Some of these children
could be very vulnerable targets
for the Communist philosophy.
The children who remain in
school will also encounter groups
who will advocate Communism.
Hopefully, as they become
educated, they will be able to
perceive the dangers.
i Deneve in uie American
youngster. I believe in his poten
tial for growth and in his courage.
However, I am concerned that we
are not giving our children the
motivation and the spiritual
stamina to become the defenders
of tommorrow's freedom!
We parents are dropping out
also. Caught up in the same emo
tional and financial upheavals as
our children, we are having trou
ble coping. Some of us are arm
ing ourselves with tranquilizers
or indifference and are going in
search of our own sanity.
Statistics tell us that American
psychiatrists have a high rate of
nervous breakdowns themselves.
The experts who are there to help
us cope are themselves feeling
the stress.
Our men and women from poor
environments realize that they
must overcome incredible ob
stacles to reach goals. Many are
becoming discouraged. Many of
them have packed their idealism
in their bade pockets and are
slowly decaying their pain, their
livers and their dreams?with
cheap wine and with cheap crack.
. It has been said: "The Com
munists are kneading together a
society which can realize that
there is no possibility other than
Well, It is just not true! We do
have defenses!
?Our churches, in spite of
economic and internal political
problems, are still a powerful
protection against Communism
and oppression. Gregarian (the
Russian cosmonaut) said: "I
flew through the heavenly
bodies; the sky was empty. There
is no God!" Our own American
astronaut, John Glenn, said:
"Thi force wHch runs the com
pass cannot be perceived by our
senses. It cannot be seen; it can-'
not be tasted. Yet, we see the
results. I see the results of
spiritual influences in my life;
and I know there is a God!"
?Information and education
are fantastic defenses. Ameri
cans who are informed of the
dangers will not choose or accept
Communism. If you want more
information, write to either the
Committee on Un-American Ac
tivities, U. S. House of Represen
tatives, Washington D.C. or the
United States Government Print
ing Office, Washington, D.C.
?The humanity found in all
countries and in our people can
work for us. The people in the
Soviet Union are not our enemies.
It is their philosophy which en
dangers us. If we can keep the
lines of communication open, we
have a chance to perhaps make
friends and to influence some
thinking.
?Our greatest defense is still
our constitutional right?freedom
of speech.
You may not like my letter.
You might write one that I won't
like. However, both of us will be
doing a great service for our
country. We, the people, speaking
out?keeps alive our right to do
so!
As one of our own great leaders
said: "I may not agree with what
you say, but I shall defend always
your right to say it."
LINDA KNIGHT
Warrenton
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Letters To The Editor
Locker Need
To The Editor:
This week I would like to ad
dress another issue?one that has
irked me for a year and a half.
The problem is that we
students at Warren County High
School do not have lockers. The
fact that we have not been pro
vided with lockers is an outrage,
an abomination. Most students at
our school are burdened with an
average of 30 pounds of books.
Yet, we have no place to store
them between classes and on the
weekends.
Over the past summer, John
Graham Middle School ad
ministrators obtained used
lockers for its students for one
dollar each. The halls of Warren
County High School are approx
imately 12 feet wide, perfect for
lockers. And, even second-hand
lockers would be better than no
lockers at all! Our school was
allotted $35,000 to purchase
lockers, but we have not seen
these lockers yet. Where has this
money gone?
In conclusion, after hearing the
ideas and plans of other students,
I think that there may be dire
consequences for school admini
strators to face if we are not pro
vided with lockers.
PAUL DICKERSON
Rt. 1, Warrenton
Measuring IQ
To The Editor:
Here are a few fapts that those
to whom they are relevant may
or may not know. These facts
pertain to the many tests that are
given each day for everything
from school to jobs, and which
are used to measure certain
qualities or characteristics of
men and women.
Intelligence is the ability of a
person or animal to learn new in
formation. Memory is the ability
to retain information already
learned. Knowledge is the ac
cumulated information a person
has. Experience is the applica
tion of acquired or learned know
ledge. Education, or perhaps, in
stead, formal education, is the
process most tir all people go
through to develop their in
telligence, increase their know
ledge and learn ways to retain
that same knowledge and acquire
more.
People are different as we all
know. That means that people
have different amounts of know
ledge and different abilities to re
tain that knowledge. Some have
little or no formal education,
while others have exhausted all
available schools in their career
areas.
The point is that educators, ad
ministrators, counselors and
psychologists should be sure that
the tests they give truly measure
the characteristic for which they
have been designed to measure.
Someone may be very intelli
gent, but have little knowledge. A
child is an example of this situa
tion. Someone else may have
much acquired knowledge, but
may not be able to remember
much of it as an older adult. Still
another person may be unable to
learn much, but that person may
have a very good memory.
It is possible that both our
memory and intelligence can be
improved. Surely our acquired
knowledge can be increased.
Since I am not an expert, I don't
know.
The point is that if we are to im
prove any of these, we must first
know what we are trying to im
prove and how best to measure
each individual trait. Since I am
a person of average intelligence,
average memory and some ac
quired knowledge and experi
ence, I'll leave that task up to
those who are experts.
MILTON GOODWIN DAVIS
Wise
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'Made In America' Discussed
To The Editor :
Recently, while still in
Petersburg, I worked as a
carpenter's helper on a bridge
construction project. Since I
needed steel-toe shoes, I went to
one of the local shoe stores in a
mall.
On one of the shelves was a row
of steel-toed shoes with a big red,
white and blue "Made in the
U.S.A." tag attached. They were
what I needed, so I purchased
them.
In less than two weeks on the
job, the seams split wide open. I
returned to the shoe store and
spoke to the manager. He told me
that they were the wrong shoes
for the job as they were simu
lated leather rather than real
leather. I still do not understand
why that should make shoes fall
apart.
He gave me a full refund and
sold me a slightly more expen
sive pair that were made of real
leather and had the same red,
white and blue "Made in the
U.S.A." tag on them. I'll have to
admit that this was a much bet
ter pair of shoes. They lasted
about eight months "before they
fell apart.
"Ford, where quality is
number one." Ever hear it?
I've had three Ford products in
which the gas lines have rusted
out. I've spoken to various
mechanics and have been told
that this is common. I've also had
a two-ton E300 enclosed truck.
Not only did the gas line go, but
the brake line rusted out as
well?and it was a good thing I
Resistant Wood
Pressure-treated wood has had
chemicals forced deep into the wood
to make it resistant to rot and insects.
GOIN' to eat n
IT All, MAC Is
Coronation Feast
Gathering in Westminster Haii after
the coronation of George IV in 1821,
celebrators consumed 17,000 pounds
of beef, veal, and mutton, together
with a vast quantity of sweetbreads,
cows' heels and calves' feet, 160geese,
1,160 chickens, 1,730 pounds of bacon,
160 dishes of fish, and more -- and
washed it all down with more than
4,000 bottles of wine, says National
Geographic.
was not on an interstate or in
heavy traffic at the time or I
might not be here today to write
this letter!
Recently, I took an electronic
game apart for repairs. It is
distributed by a leading toy
manufacturer and had "Made in
the U.S.A." all over the outside.
Guess what? Inside, I found a
label indicating that some of the
parts were "made in Taiwan."
There was another label inside
which read, "Assembled in
Mexico."
I really have to wonder what
was "Made in the U.S.A."
besides the profits!
We have recently seen a huge
advertising campaign tor cloth
ing "made in the U.S.A." I have
also recently seen advertising for
cameras that you use once and
then throw away?as if we don't
have enough garbage around that
we don't know what to do with.
Perhaps "Made in the U.S.A."
would have more meaning if we
replaced disposable quantity and
built-in-obsolescence with real
value and quality.
I believe that certain things
and values from the "good 'ol
days" are still worthwhile and
meaningful.
LOU MORGANO
Macon
An Important Message
To The Editor:
" Amerika" aroused varied in
terests as well as editorial
criticism, perhaps earned by the
over dramatization of our possi
ble situation over the next few
years and its focus on the
apathetic attitude of the people
toward the integrity of the
government in upholding the Con
stitution and the individual liber
ties vouchsafed therein.
My feelings are that it carried
an important and timely message
that presents to each of us an
unusual opportunity to strength
en our appreciation for the great
nation in which we live. What bet
ter time than the 200th anniver
sary of the Constitution (Sept. 17)
that the United States will
commemorate?
This Bicentennial year affords
renewed opportunities to learn
more of the divinely inspired
charter of our liberty; to speak in
its defense; and to help preserve,
protect and sustain it in the face
of danger from evil designs to
ward destruction of change.
President Ezra Taft Benson
has declared that "We as
members of The Church of Jesus
Christ Of Latter Day Saints ac
cept the Constitution as being
divinely inspired, and the Lord
justifies us in befriending it, and
further, that prophets, beginning
with Joseph Smith, have loved
and sustained the Constitution."
President Benson went on to say,
"Because some Americans have
not kept the faith with our foun
ding fathers, the Constitution
faces severe challenges. Those
who do not prize individual
freedom are trying to erode its
great principles. We believe the
Constitution will stand, but it will
take the efforts of patriotic and
dedicated Americans to uphold
it."
The nation's second President,
John Adams, offered special in
sight when he said, "Our Con
stitution was made only for a
moral and religious people. It is
wholly inadequate to the govern
ment of any other."
Every citizen has a respon
sibility to exercise vigilance and
to do his part to preserve the Con
stitution and to safeguard the
way of life it makes possible.
May I encourage everyone to
participate and to become more
involved in this effort?especially
in this Bicentennial year?
ELDER CALVIN G. HEINER
Raleigh
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