Ligonier Banner., Volume 80, Number 51, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 December 1946 — Page 2

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Every Community Needs a P. TO A. I was quite ‘surprised to learn that Ligonier was without the benefits of a P.I'A., and herewith put The Banner on record of fostering such an organization. E In America toaay, one can observe divisions among our peopie because of differences in occupation, education, economic status, or political or religious affiliations. Communities, urban and rural, are all different from other communities, but within each are to be found, even so, varying types of people. Almost without exception, the only ambition, desire, hope or conviction that all people share in common, is that their children “will have a better chance” than they had. Children are the one common bond of interest and basis for unity of a people. In education alone, do we find the children associated on 2 common footing. Only in the public schools of America do we find the children of all types of people—the employer and the employee, the learned and the ignorant, the poor and the rich, or those: holding very different political or relligious convictions — demonstrating daily in their schools, the theories of a democracy ! The one neighborhood organization which by its very set-up has the unique opportunity to unite all the varying groups of a neighborhood into a movement looking toward the improvement of opportunities for all the children of all the families, is the local ParentTeacher Association. ... A close working relationship between the school office, the teachers, the parents, guardians or patrons, which a successful P.T. A. promotes, is of inestimable value to the children. While parents and teachers are working together on behalf of the children and the improvement of the facilities of the schools, not the least contribution of the P.T.A. is the by-product of neighborliness and mutual understanding which it fosters. Let us not wait. Someone in Ligonier should get the ball rolling now. A Parents-Teachers Association pays dividends. _ s - —— Father Of The Chinese Republic Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the guiding will and inspiration behind China’s democratic revolution, remains for China a symbol of indefatigable courage. On November 12, Nationalists and Communists alike commemorated the ei.ghtieth anniversary of Dr. Sun’s birth. It was through Dr. Sun’s three basic principle’s “San Min Chu I,” that the Chinese first erected a unified democratic government after the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty. These principles were the establishment of national unity through military conquest of the Peking government and the warlords, development of an authoritarian government for a period of political tutelage, and provision for eventual democratic self government for the Chinese masses. : : Through ceaseless pursuit of his goal of social and political reform, Dr. Sun galvanized -a lethargic nation of 400,000,000 people to take action against an established regime. Again and again, called in to assist the newly-organized People’s Party in its first convulsive movements, resigning leadership into other hands when his immediagte aim was achieved, always availagle - for gg:ilisel evgl;gn digsengidn arose, Dr. Sun tinu guide t v ti of his deai;h.gu : . party o th‘e day tdiae;s 'lg:‘randhl :gpﬁiigsé/a; awakened InA asmv y Dr: Sun Symbeh.zes the of nationalism in China. His forty year struggle against the Manchus, then against the militarists and imperialists, culminated in a unified China organized 2 the Insl srikclieg of dbwrin 1 SNe Y the aegis of Dr. Sun’s principles and policies that the factions of China will eventually cooperate to create & diberal, uptpdate, wroprative Ol L T PRGN rmﬂm“ﬂhina mmﬁhe!’tg ce as one of thé primary powers of the world. i e T T TN A FUN

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Thursday, December 19; 1946

~ Alcoholics Anonymous has gotten a foothold in America, and unquestionably’ it is a good thing. : - From casual observation, they are undoubtedly doing more than the combined gnashing of teeth, temperance lectures and prohibition. But frankly, I hope they don’t convert the entire country because seing a good drunk occasionally gives me ample opportunity to swell up and say, “You see I never get that way.” : Actually, nature has been kind' to me in that respect. I either go to sleep after too many, or just get plain sick. One thing I know for sure, and that is the fact that my occasional bouts with John Barleycorn when ‘“out with the boys” “finds me in such a woeful state the next day that I immediately resolve, “never again.” This resolution generally lasts for several days, and as with most of the occasional tippers of the cocktail glass, I would be positively aghast if an AA approached me to join. But their organization intrigues me, and prompts me to seek their aid in setting up a companion group, which could be titled, “GOURMET ANONYMOUS”. ' The pattern of cure could follow that of the AAs, which calls for being frank to admit your vices and then helping the other fellow along the road. Here’s what I mean: ; - I love to eat. In fact, 1 eat far more than my energy output can possibly burn up, hence I'm a modest eighteen pounds overweight. The weight, and I mention this with a sigh, has settled itself just south of my chin, and then around the halfway mark in my stretches.. =+ - ¢ In my mind’s eye, I'm just as youthful in appearance and streamlined as “I used to was”, but when I look with abstraction in the mirror, or get caught by one of those photographer fellows, I’'m thrown into an emotional low gear that astounds even myself. When this does occur, I buy a new diet book, check with a masseur and try to find a sympathetic soul who will exercise with me. That is my first reaction, and from it comes my resolve, but alas, that’s where the trouble starts. : L . Before I even start on any reducing diets, 1 get into a frightful state of mind. I beeome more hungry that I had thought possible, and lazier than all get out. If I start, and mind you I very seldom do start, it lasts for about a day, and then my wife tells me ’m so irritable that she wants to leave me, and so with such an excellent excuse, I quit. These horrible periods in my life occur with increasing frequency. ' Now I have read enough diet books to know that fat is unhealthy, produces lethargy and shortens life. I am convinced all they say is true, but like the confirmed alcoholic, I can’t stop eating, nor can I begin systematic exercising. By now, you should begin to see the point at which I'm driving. We eaters of delectable foods can’t take the oceasional checolate eclair or the occasional fried potatoes, . e a T With -us it is whole hog or none, and something should be done about it. =~ I “believe “Gourmet Anonymous” conlddetheiob. 'o e s We could. spy on each other. If one night, our wives could immediately get a member on the phone, who would rush over and help us weather the storm. We could eat our noon meals together, and smirk at the guy who hasn’t will power. Wewﬂmt’m%ﬁ@m helping fellow members, that by example, we would have courage to go ﬁ%,w it even an organization. I will even go so far as. to selomn] ‘%“ nder my Ipedlilp, 0 0 s 0 0 FTHIMNIGHT"FOR THRE WERK s i “%@%@wﬁwﬁww SAYDeR Jou sl s fevoted to doiny

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CONTINUED FOOD SHORTAGES WASHINGTON. — Speaking of holiday food, here is a prediction on various items on the housewife’s shopping list and how long they will remain difficult to buy. CANNED TOMATOES—WiII continue to be short at least until next July. In the crop year ended with July, 1946, supplies were so short that we consumed 16 million cases of canned tomatoes, about half the normal demand. In the current crop year, ending July, 1947, there will be a slight increase to approximately 21 million cases, but this will still be far short of demands. CHOCOLATE — Slight shortages of chocolate will continue for the next two or three years, due chiefly to shipping difficulties in trade lanes from Brazil and West Africa. SALMON — The very unpredictable salmon continues to run late and short in the waterways of Alaska and our northwestern states. Normal salmon production in prewar Years ranged between five million and eight million cases, but in the season which ended in September of this year, less than four million cases were packed for the American market. - TUNA — PFanciers of tuna fish salad will get all they want, due to a record-breaking production this year of over four million cases, 35 per cent above the 1945 tuna pack. BANANAS — Shipments of bananas from Guatemala, Costa Rica and other Latin American sources will continue below normal for at least another year.

ATOMIC ENERGY VS. COAL One thing the striking miners don't realize is that they are working for an industry which soon will be as out of date as the old stern. wheeler of Mark Twain’s Mississippl river days. Unfortunately, what they especially don’t seem to realize is that their present strike is hastening the end of the coal industry. A brief news item from the little town of Louisville, N. Y., tells part of the story. Its 150 families have converted to oil, making it the first completely oil-heated town in the USA. Others are bound to follow. Some industries had started converting to oil even before the strike. Natural gas piped east will further cut down consumption — especially as coal becomes more expensive and more uncertain. However, this only #klls part of the story. The rest of the story began on August 5, 1945, when a bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Scientists have been working ever since on the problem of harnessing atomic energy. Already Poland is constructing an atomic energy - power plant. In the United States the first. atomic power plants should be completed in - two years. Naturally the coal, steel and oil interests are not anxious to encourage this. Nor are the big power companies, whosé water power installations would be scrapped. These incidentally are the same interests which have blocked the tise _ of natural gas in the Big Inch and Little Inch pipelines, : Science, however, can be retard‘ed, but not stopped. And when atomis energy is used on a wide scale, scientists estimate it will be much cheaper than coal or oil. When that happens, coal mining will be just - @ obsolete as the journeymen wagon builders of 1800. And unfortunately ‘for the coal miners, the more uncertain they make the supply of coal, ‘the ‘more they spur the “development of atomic ~energy: ;-% 5 0 : DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS FIGHT - Despite all “the talk you hear about a “dog fight” in house Democratic ranks over the election of ‘minority leader, you can write it down that John McCormack of Massachusetts, majority leader since otan:ide, fact i 3 that Sam Rayburn has informed McCormack by telegram that he intends to stick to his decision against running for the minority leadership, but also has as~sured McCormack he will back him %o the lUmit for the post. =~ ~_However, don’t \be surprised if Gongressman Francis Walter of Pennsylvania mhmﬁdﬂ as mw@m# mﬁ%ﬂﬁﬁmmﬁm lis statesmanlike Ewing Thomason ‘commission 1t — without sucoess. Tlntelligence reports are that Italias, gt iol o Al oil Freich atariot §0 taks oo G igy ﬂf%m;g@g*g aiaren e diidn gk el LIS égfg“}e e ?;%%;%H :,j,@i?

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~ We hear people say they know of one, when .talking about a perfect city, but frankly I don’t know of any. Let us pick one for instance that has not been outmgded or out--grown. ()d ~ Ligonier has not outgrown itself. €an the man on tke street tell why this is so? ; o The business man, the farmer, the manufacturer—all make plans

Each week The Banner is pTeaséd to invite the local clergy to furnish a ‘message of inspiration.-

by The Reverend Mr. John Rollings “And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” : If the ages past needed the influence and presence of the individual depicted in the names asecribed by the prophet, how mueh more do we in this terrific age need the abiding reality of His presence. ‘And if the world is ever to catch the real significance of His mes'sage it must get it through the lives of His professed followers today. That God-spirit has lighted the light in mankind through the years and is the power to send us out today with the greatest of meaning to the old but ever new " message of Christmas. ; Space does not permit a discussion of each of the names ascribed by the prophet, suffice to emphasize the last mentioned, everlasting Father. What insight prompted the prophet to see the King in the role of father? One who should ‘rule by love rather than by law ‘alone. One who would see the distress of his people and through love redeem them with the price of ‘His own life. “He was wounded for our iniquities.” The great leaders of history have been men like ‘has been .the service they might render to the ages. Our hearts are ‘warmed as we think of Washington and his contribution to humanity. Who seeing the blood stains in the foot prin in the smow made Dby his soldiers kneeled in humblee e s WMW&% family to hold them together dur-. mone, with charity foFall” . % i o s sl o Yeip ufvaali th the MahliE of ourinioulc.

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for the years to come. If they fail to plan, what happens to them? I want to think what Ligonier will be like if we PLAN the future. Who should do this planning? The answer is simple. Every civic minded citizen in Ligonier should organize to see that plahning is done, and continues to be done. There is no time to waste. Are you doing something about it? Ar you willing to do something about it? If not, why not? 1 have been out of circulation about two months, and will be for about two months more, but I feel I' should be of some use to my fellowman while sitting here. Let us say this letter is a challenge to your spirit as a man or woman. - Let us get together and put something worthwhile over, and not allow it to be pigeon holed. - Yours for a better and bigger Ligonier, e 5 wialo N Binke

the memory of these men, but the passing of the years has only increased the interest in the celebration of the birth of Jesus. Truly it can be said He is the “Everlasting Father.” Why is this enduring adoration ? Is it not because that Spirit of Christ begets in all who follow Him, the very best? By His Spirit love supplants hate in the human heart. Generosity supplants selfishness. Nearly three thousand years ago a noble Hebrew prophef by the name of Isaiah had a dream, the _influence of which has never ceased down through the ages. Through his mystical telescope he saw a King approaching. For his age he had a message of hope. “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon. them hath the light shined.” Yea we too walk in darkness today and dwell in the shadow of death. “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the -government shall be upon his shoulders; ‘and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty . God, ‘everlasting ~ Father, Prince of Pegeel o on soy : The centuries have passed and the vision of the prophet still. brings its challenge to the mind ~are still persecuted upon the face of the earth. Justice, mercy and Dpeace still Seem to be the far dis‘tant quest of earnest souls. But after these years we still believe that in Him lies all the hopes of ' The simple story of the child of o g P ee G Skt ~outgrow. Even though we may @%%@"gﬁﬁw?ﬁﬁﬁ%%@% e R R Molu el e o ie e ee il B e e biontele. Sl B URIONEE

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THE GALL BLADDER GALLST()NES and inflammation, -either acute or chronic, are the most - common conditions involving the gall bladder. While gall bladder disturbances may come at any age, they are most frequent between forty and sixty, and occur more often in women. Farly symptoms include a sense of fullness and distress in the upper abdomen with belching and sour stomach after meals. Nausea, too, is sometimes present. Nervous symptoms appear and the pain may become intense, often occuring 'r spasms as in colic. Infection of tonsils,- sinuses or the appendix may contribute to ‘the formation of gallstones. The poisons given off reach Jthe gall bladder through the blood stream and the bile. Eating too much, too often, and too rapidly, indulging in overly rich or {irritating foods, “particularly fried foods, failing to drink sufficient fluids, failure to get sufficient exercise, lare contributing causes. ' In most cases careful examinaition by X-ray will reveal the pres.ence of gallstones. There is no “medicine” that will “dissolve” igallstones. The presence of stones in the gall bladder not only resultg in chronic dyspepsia, but fre‘quently is followed by severe -)zmd often dangerous complications. ‘Careful attention to diet may alJeviate symptoms of dyspepsia, ‘but the condition is essentially Esurgical. ; : ; ! If you have symptoms resem'bling those described above, con;sult your physician. An early diag‘nosis by a competent physician iwill determine exactly what your %condition is. It is often possible to avoid attacks of gall bladder idistress in the early stages by ‘proper diet and hygiene.

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RED meat on the butchers’ shelves? Why, sure, But don’t you dare forget to serve tempting fish dishes, too. Even though it seems impossible now, the family can tire of meat every day, and a beautiful salmon steak will be welcomed with gusto. Savory sauces add flavor to fish dishes and Nancy Holmes of the Best Foods kitchens suggests Fluffy Lemon Parsley Sauce for salmon, Fresh Salmon Dinner 3 pound piece Boiling salted fresh salmon water 1 medium sized Tomato halves onion- Onion slices ! 2 celery tops Watercress 1 bay leaf Melted vitamin- : ized margarine Wipe salmon with damp cloth, Wrap in cheesecloth and place ofi plate immersed in kettle of boiling salted water (1 teaspoon salt to 1 quart water). Add cut up -onion, celery tops and bay leaf. Cover and ‘boil slowly 25-30 minutes. Lift by “cloth onto cake cooler to drain. Remove cloth and skin. Place fish on hot serving dish. Garnish with grilled tomato halves, topped with. small onion slices brushed with melted margarine. Yield: 6 generous servings. Fluffy Lemon Parsley Sauce 3 tablespoons 1 egg yolk vitaminized 1% teaspoons - - margarine grated lemon ¢ 3 tablespoons : rind ;. Rout ; 2. tablespoons 1% teaspoon salt lemon juice : 1 cup boiling 1 egg white, water - beaten stift 1 tablespoon chopped parsley . Melt margarine in saucepan. Add ‘flour and cook until it bubbles. Add salt and gradually the boiling wa_ter, stirring smooth. Cook until thickened. Add a little to egg & ‘mix and add egg to saucepan. a minute longer. Remove from fire, add lemon rind, juice and parsley and fold in stifly beaten egg white. Yield: about I’4 cuns.” .~ Better Pans : - Pans with flat bottoms are_steadder, heat faster and are more eco‘nomical of Tuel on electric, coal or - Care must be taken in flling m rsor "f":xw;m;*mvmm;wﬁ” e heasiiay eT Sk v