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This is our view: A Summer Program Begins Tuesday morning bright and early, one hundred and fourteen youngsters assembled at the school grounds to begin a program of summer recreational actjvities that should keep them busy and happy and at the same time afford them excellent training. Mrs. Fred Bowen and Bill Thomas were going about their work like leaders of long experience, and the eagerness shown in the faces of these youngsters was a pleasant sight indeed. The boys started right out making billfolds and change purses in the handicraft classes and the girls made many interesting figures out of pipe cleaners. Games were played, races were held and the morning was concluded with a rip-roaring softball game between the boys and the girls. As the summer progresses, nNew activities will be added and with it will come more and more interest on the part of the children. ; Even at this point, Ligonier can well be proud of the start made in making summertime a happy, instructive period for our youth. It should be convincing proof that the goal of The Ligonier Players is worthy of support. -

Here’s To June Brides - June is here, and so here’s to June brides. You young women who are to walk down the bridal path this month, are no:doubt already walking in the clouds. It is something out of this world and far above it—the thoughts a_md visions that fill your dreams and waking moments. Wonderful, isn’t it? But something you might well be reminded of, is that you will shortly be faced with duties and responsibilities that will cail you back to the world of reality. Your mothers can tell you about that, and doubtless they will. I have before me a little piece in which a 2 mother is advising her daughter on the eve .of her wedding day. Says the mother: : “Because you're in love, dear, just know that you will be happy. I felt the same way when I married your father. But our happiness didn’t just happen. It took work and planning—and more unselfishness than anything else in my life. The more you give to your marriage, the more youll get. It’s as simple as that!” ; . : My advice is that you listen to mother and try to follow her advice. She knows. And father knows, too. If their marriage has been happy and successful, they will tell you that they had to make it so. They will tell you that happiness doesn’t just happen, that it takes sense as well as sentiment to make a marriage tick. That is what Paul is saying when he urges that young women be “soberminded, discreet, chaste, domestic, and kind.” : If your marriage is to be successful, you and your husband must pull together as a team. Now is the time to ‘talk things over. Decide what you want —what you want first and what you want in the long run. Then set out to get these things, through planning and saving and loving co-operation. That’s how dreams come true. - —Rev. John R. Gunn L — Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. —Pascal. g —______o__ A deep sincerity is sure of success, for God takes care of it. —Mary B. Eddy. —— eThere is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent, and sincere earnestness. —Dickins. —_— To impress others we must be earnest; to amuse them, it is only necessary to be kindly and fanciful. —Tuckerman.

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Thursday, June 3, 1948

An old newspaper friend recently wrote an aritcle for a Church bulletin’ entitled “What Can Mere Laymen Do About Problems?” It made such good sense to me that I pass it along for your appraisal. “What can we as citizens—as plain laymen—and by that definition, not expert in knowledge or arts, do in the present tangled situation? How can we sensibly encourage ourselves? Can we help by raising the educational horizon of the whole population? Certainly that would aid. But all who lead and all who teach know that, at best, the speed of progress of that effort will be glacial. S,urely we shouid be willing to appraise the convent of that teaching conunuously. We seem to ao a good Job ot teaching that the world 1s round. But we should be alert to the fact that we could teach that the world is tlat, and do .less harm than we will if we neglect to teach the oneness of the people of the world today in matters of trade; in the right to have food enough; in the chance for self realization. -

When it comes down to the man-in-the-street level, what might we do, so that we, a free people, can do a better job helping handle world problems than the opinion polis hint we have been doing in the past? : How in simple manner might we improve ourselves? - First of all, we might train ourselves not to be emotionally upset by hearing mere words. We might resolve to begur the life-long task oi shedding irom our minds all the prejudice—encrusced legends about foreigners, races anu groups. Then we might practice often and earnestly putting outselves into the boots of people of other nations whose conduct toward us seems harsh, rude, unreasonable and hostile. We might school ourselves to keep cool when times grow tense and alarms are sounded wildly. We might exercise our spirit of tolerance more frequently by remembering no side is always right and no people is always wrong. Diplomacy’s choices are seldom between right and wrong. Usually it must be decided which is the least evil. We might willingly remember %:at we have a responsibility to try to know the facts and to make sound decisions on all the problems we face for the wisdom of the state cannot rise higher than its source—and that is we, the people. . A

Therefore, we must_be alert to make changes. We must b& better informed to make increasingly difficult decisions. We must realize with a deep seriousness that most problems faced today have full measure of dreadfulness. - Here today stands the plain citizen, the mere layman, the non-expert; often muddled, but always redeemable—so far. His report card shows he has solved his hard problems only when he had to. His gullibility puts him in the worst light. His defense of freedom shows him at his best. Grave perils threaten him as they did his forefathers. But there is hope for him, if he will bless his defense with a more sustained and intelligent alertness.” ' My e el : During the past five years, more than 2,000 outdoor fires occurred in this state.. The Indiana Department of Conservation’s Division of Forestry reports that these fires burned 84,232 acres and caused almost $342,000 worth of damage. The severity of these losses is accentuated’ by the fact that Indiana needs one new acre of forests for every five we have now. Also, Indiana is cutting five board feet to every three board feet being grown. o

‘The revenue from the operation of all swimming pool bothhouses on Indana Department of Conservation properties was $25/169 during the 1946-47 fiscal year. This figure was $5,945 during the 1940-41 fiscal year when the fees were practically the same and the attendance was almost as high. Improved manage~ ment practices are credited for the increased revenue, 2

MUSINGS OF AN EDITOR - by Calhoun Cartwright

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Dust Bow! Menace . ALBERT GOSS, master of the National Grange, bluntly warned President Truman the other day that we are inviting another ‘‘dust bowl’” disaster unless we begin redeveloping the grasslands of the West, iy “I have just returned from a trip to Wyoming and can tell you that the dangers are very real,”’ reported Goss. ‘There has been too much plowing up of the grasslands we developed as insurance against future dust storms.” _ ; The grange leader, who is the ablest farm spokesman in Washington, explained that the high prices and demand for wheat for domestic and foreign aid were chiefly responsible, since farmers didn’t want to maintain pasture lands when they could turn a quick profit on grain crops. ‘“Most people take it for granted that we have licked the dust bowl hazards which caused such tragedy in the West some years back,” added Goss. ‘‘However, dust can blow again, and will blow in my opinion within the next few years unless those grasslands are restored.” :

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: * = s oil Lobbyists at Work NO. 1 INDUSTRY IN THE CAPITAL has become lobbying. Despite . the lobbying act, the hotels, the cocktail lounges, the corridors of congress now swarm with more of ,these oleaginous back-slappers than | during the war. Standing out above | the rest is the oil lobby—kingpin of | them all. . The oil lobby has just scored one | great victory—Palestine. Now it's | concentrating on perhaps the richi est of all prizes—tidelands oil. Tidelands oil, the great con- ' tinental shelf extending under the | water off the Pacific and Gulf l coasts, is estimated by some as more valuable than Arabia and . the oil fields of the United States | combined, Around 100 billion bari rels lie buried in these under- ' water oil fields, as against only 20 billion barrels remaining in the dry-land oil fields of the . United States. : ‘“The petroleum resources of the continental shelf are ours to exploit whenever to exploit them becomes worthwhile,” said Standard Oil in a statement to stockholders. And since the supreme court now takes a contrary view that the continental shelf belongs to the federal government, not the states, the oil lobby is focusing all its power on a bill introduced by Senator Moore of Okla- ' homa, himself an oilman, which would reverse the supreme court. '~ Having reversed the United Nations on Palestine, the oil lobby"ists quite openly boast that they can put a law through congress reversing the highest tribunal of the land.

5 & Ike, the Democrat THE REPUBLICANS WERE RIGHT in calling the turn on General Eisenhower’s use of army per--sonnel after his retirement from the army. However, it's interesting that the man who called the ' turn was Congressman A. L. Miller of Nebraska, spearhead of the MacArthur - for - President mo v ement. These boys don’t like Eisenhower. . _ Also it's significant that other high-ranking generals and admirals have Yontinued to use army-navy personne] after their retirement. For instance, Admiral Ernie King, now retired, used not only a navy office but navy clerical personnel to write a book. : And if all the money spent on Gen. John J. Pershing during his retirement were added up it would total over a million. Pershing, although retired for years, continues to be the second highest paid gevernment official, . drawing a /salary of aréound $26,000 & year. “Only the President of the United States tops him. In addition, Pershing has a colonel as an aide, plus other army personnel, and for years has lived at Walter Reed hospital. Eisenhower has a staff of three assigned to him at Columbia—Maj. Robert L. Schulz, an aide; WAC Warrant Officer Margaret Hayes and Mastersergeant Leonard Dry, a chauffeur. He also draws a sal- . ary of $15,751 a year for life from the army in addition to his salary eiot',puniéent “of Columbia university. . : : ; -Note—Pershing, although appointed by Woodrow Wilson, is the son-in-law of the Republican chairman of the senate appropriations committee, the late Francis E. Warren of Wyoming. The Republicans now consider Eisenhower a Democrat. ¢ , ¢ ‘8 & 3 Capital Chaff HENRY WALLACE s " looking around for a new Charlie Michelson to supply him with campaign material. (Some people think that's a waste of time; Harry Truman's doing a better job than Charlie Michel- . “son) . . . Democratie leaders will - Oregon Democrats are going to sup-

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SCRIPTURE: Daniel 3:6. DEVOTIONAL READING! Acts 5:27-32

Men Who Dared To Stand For - God Lesson fo_m_—né 6, 1948 -

AFIERY furnace, and a lion’s den. These are the tests to which Sunday’s lesson will put our hero about whom we. studied last

Sunday, this young‘ man Daniel. Three! friends, Shadrack,' Meshach and Abednego, will ungerdo the test of the fiery furnace, having been convinced by Daniel’s example that God is trustworthy. And Daniel will spend the night in the den of lions. You will need to read chapters three

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through six to get the full story. * * = DANIEL IN THE DEN OF LIONS THE sixth chapter must be read to have an adequate background for this study. Daniel had been chosen as the first of three presidents to rule over 120 princes who should govern the kingdom. The other two presidents and the princes could find no fault in this Hebrew, save that he believed and observed the law of his God. So, they conspired against him by persuading »the king to issue a decree that no persen in the kingdom was to make a petition to any God or man for 30 days, save to the king, on the penalty of being cast into the den of lions. This decree was issued by Darius, and Daniel’s enemies reported to Darius that Daniel was opening his window three times a day, praying to his God. Darius was greatly troubled, but had to stand by his decree, and Daniel was cast into the den of lions. Darius spent a sleepless night, and ‘hurried to the den at dawn to know about Daniel.: Daniel replied, O king, liye for ever.. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me.” ' : - ) e s i DARIUS REWARDS DAN!EI‘ » QONVINCED that Daniel's conA victions had been miraculously A sl s b PRI ek Rl 5 L

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® rewarded by God, Darius ordered the other two presidents and the princes, together with their wives and children, thrown into the lions’ dens. They were all destroyed by the ‘lions. e : :

Then Darius issued a decree to all the nations and people of all languages that dwell in all the earth. Hear this decree: :

‘““Peace be multiplied unto you. I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, jand stedfast forever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.” So Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and of Cyrus, the Persian. . 3 # COURAGE TO PUT GOD FIRST LOOK now at the other test of faith -that of the three Hebrew children, Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego. Nebuchadnezzar. king ~f Babylon, had made a golden image, 90 feet high and nine feet wide. and set it up in the plain of Dura. ,On a certain day. when he was going to establish his state religion, he ordered every subject=to fall down and worship this image.. But Shadrack, Meshach antd Abednego refused to worship the image. Nebuchadnezzar was furious. when he heard of their refusal. He sum: moned them into his presence. and warned them of their fate if they further refused to worship his gods. They answered him frankly that they would not bow down to the image. He ordered them thrown into the fiery furnace. They decided that death was more honorable than apostasy. The men who cast them into the furnace fell deadl .. = o Gder

¢ % @ UNSEARED AND UNSINGED! - BUT THE three Hebrew children walked in the flames, .unseared and unsinged! The king was astounded. The people were amazed. They had witnessed what the God of all the earth can and will do. Then went forth the decree, *““There is no other God that can deliver after this sort.” Thus we have the golden text for Sunday’s lesson: ' ‘‘Be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.” And what happened in the long ago when man dared to”stand up and trust in God will happen today and every day. - : s s 9 ht by the International Council u%d?@cgq&: on behalt of 40 Protestant denom ons. RM

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AS FAR as anyone can see now, the month of June will be a big one for boxing with Louis defending his title against Walcott. Louis says this will be his last fight. - ~ What will happen if Louis wins, and then retires? The heavyweight division will be the way Gene Tunney left it years ago. Then the aftermath included Schmeling, Sharkey, Carnera, Baer and Braddock. This was not what you'd call the greatest collection of fighting flesh ever thrown together. On a general average it was pretty sorry stuff. There wasn’'t a top fighter in the lot. Yes, Schmeling knocked out Louis, but Baer knocked out Schmeling. And so did Louis in the return match. Tunney left a sorry bunch of fighters in his wake—until Louis came along. Louis made up for the mediocrity of the others that preceded him. It was Dempsey, Tunney, chaos and Louis. What will it be after Louis? Suppose Louis wins. That will leave chaos again. If Walcott wins, Jersey Joe will be the new champion. No one can rate Jersey Joe a great champion. He has been just another heavyweight too long; just another average fighter who happened to remain in shape when Louis didn’t. . You can’t sell a number of fighters, even champions, the idea that condition is as important as their own native skill. Yet -condition happens to be more important than anything Louis has—his punch, his boxing skill, his gameness. Louis as the heavyweight champion defending his title against Walcott was a joke, a travesty on training, on condition. He was a puffy fat man who couldn’t move out of his tracks. He returned from his exhibition tour in England weighing at least 240 pounds, and then worked desperately to lose 25 pounds in a few weeks. Louis took on Walcott as a joke. If Louis can win in the condition he has to offer for late June, Walcott must be a joke. Louis will have to create a miracle to be even fclose to the form that made him, and kept him, champion so many years. :

x* % » Medal Play Is Tops Medal play and match play are two entirely different forms of golf. Especially on the psychological side, which is a big part of golf. I still think medal play is the rougher test, where every stroke is important. This isn’t true of match play where you can take a nine and only one hole. There is no chance to give your concentration a vacation in medal play. There is in match play. In medal play you are fighting both the field and the course. In match play, your opponent is one man. * x ®»

The Live Ball It has remained for a young rookie pitcher to call a check on your reporter and also enter what is perhaps a well-deserved rebuke. This rookie pitcher is smart—and what is more important—he also can pitch. Up.to $lOO,OOO was offered for his service in the box. ‘““You write,”” he said, ‘‘that Johnson, Walsh, Alexander, Matty and others pitched around 400 innings or more. That’s right. You also write that no meodern pitcher can work 300 innings. Most of the good ones are 250- ~ .inning pitchers. That’s right too. But don’t forget those old pitchers were throwing a half-dead ball—a spit ball—a fuzzed-up ball—a logy ball that Samson couldn’t hit out of a bandbox ball park.” “Now, check back with me. Home-run Baker hit 12 home runs in one year and promptly was labelled ‘Home-Run’ Baker, Here is the king of all home-run hitters. He smashes 12 four-baggers in one season and he is the king. Why today, some of these bums I'm throwing at might pile up 12 home runs in two weeks.” - “Tl'm telling you,”” he continued, *‘that today we are throwing explosiye bombs to the plate. Every "ball we throw is loaded with' dynamite.© You can take a broom and hit one for three bases. © “You remember those old Yankees headed by Ruth and Gehrig? They set a home-run record that - never would be broken, and they were swinging at a rabbit ball Last year the Giants came along and made those Ruth-Gehrig Yankees look like bunters. They were hammering at a rubber ball, even faster than the one Babe and Gehrig swung at. . ‘To show the difference, if Ruth ‘were playing in the day of ‘HomeRun’ Baker, his top would have been 20 home runs for the entire ‘Which reminds me that I ran into Ln{w Lajoie a few years after he had quit and the lively ball had ‘come into use. Larry played in an _“l'm glad,” he said, “we didn't