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This is our view: Civic Pride It takes a lot of civic pride to labor as diligently as the members of Rotary have labored to prepare the Christmas decorations that are adorning the new light poles on Cavin St. ' It would seem to us that just looking at their efforts would be compensation enough, for they far surpass any decora~ tions we have yet seen this season, but they are deserving of more than just that sort of compensation. We, for one, give them the orchid of the week for the artistry displayed and the civic pride they must carry in their hearts to have stuck to the long, arduous job of making them. .

‘We could not possibly name every person who has contributed to the overall project. There were too many. To the committee heads, Adrian Biddle, Robert Kidd and Walter Schrock, we say, “great direction.” To the people outside of Rotary, Robert Duesler, Geo. Hoffert, William Reed, Lou Biddle, Ruth Freeman, Mary Schuman, Jane Schrock and Olive Hire, we say “thanks.” Civic pride is heart-warming, and is worthy of the best in everyone. May it ever be present. | ;

Feed Birds This Winter Don’t forget to feed the birds this winter. , : “More than fifty species of birds are found in some part of our state throughout the winter,” Director of State Conservation John H. Nigh said, “and we must see that they are provided with food.”

Cold alone seldom kills birds but that many die of starvation when there is no food available. Wintering birds have their most difficult time when the ground is covered with snow, ice and sleet.

Farmers and conservationists are urged to place grain and other foodstuffs in the woods for benefit of game birds. This food should be scattered in protected places, such as brush heaps, so it will not be covered with snow.

Songbirds are easily fed around th_e,,3 house. Meat scraps, bread crumbs, grain’ nuts and other food can be placed on window ledges, roofs or in regular bird feeding stations. A piece of suet, fastened in a tree, also will attract many feathered visitors. At many Indiana school 6uildings, teachers and pupils have:regular programs for feeding birds every day during the winter. ‘

Among Hoosier wintering birds which may be daily visitors at the school or home if they are fed regularly are the cardinal, blue jay, cedar waxwing, nuthatch, chickadee, goldfinch, robin, tit« mouse, woodpecker and wren. (Of course, the sparrows and starlings will be there, too.)

Congressional Organization The American people will pay morse attention to the organization of Congress for the eighty-first session than they ever have at any time in the past. An attempt was mdde a few years ago to streamline the operations of Congress but some of the procedures were so hoary with age that no attempt was ,made to change them. So it is still possible through the rules of the House, and the seniority system of naming committee chairmen in both houses, plus the filibuster in the Senate to let a minority rule.

~ Since democracy is based on majority rule, there will be a lot of interest in seeing how the new Congress is set up. There will be criticism of any attempt to. perpetuate the old system, but morethan likely any changes which are made early in 1949 will not be drastic. Prece-= dent is powerful on Capitol Hill. 2 ~ —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette

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MUSINGS OF AN EDITOR by _ Calhoun Cartwright

Dorothy Humel delighted a capacity audience at the second concert on the Rotary series held last Thursday evening in the Evangelical United Brethren Church. In addition to her outstanding piano technique, Miss Humel had a charm of manner that too often is missing with the concert artist.

Miss Humel might not be the finest pianist in America, but she is among the leaders. Ligonier could well feel honored with her presence. ,

The audience deserves to be complimented for its attentiveness and for the generosity of their applause.

Most amazing was the fact that Miss Humel has only been at the piano for seven years. All of her study was under Jose Iturbi and her sister. This was apparent in watching her play, for her technique showed great similarity.

Rev. John Rollings won second honors and became the hero of the night when he caused one attendant, who had refused to pay admission to leave. I refer, of course, to the bat that dipped with every cadenza much to the consternation of the assembled audience.

What little part in the bat’s capture your reporter played was more laughable than helpful. It was our strategy to lure the bat into the back rooms and close the door. Once it zoomed in and out before the door could be closed, and the second time it followed me down the hall. I kept right ahead of it, hoping of course to open the outside door and let it be liberated into the night. The bat had other ideas apparently, for when it saw that I could run faster than it could fly, it turned and started after Rev. Rollings. He refused to run, hence the bat’s demise. I held the door while he cast it to the streets. What an evenel

Miss Humel, when informed of our unwanted visitor, explained®he thought the movement in the audience was dug to late comers. “Had I known it was a bat, I would have screamed and ran.” She was a good sport about the whole thing. : >

When time came for me to give the middle commercial, I came out of the door with what I thought was all the dignity a concert audience demands, but lo and behold, the fates had a different plan. The step, unfastened to the floor, turned and threw me literally and figuratively into the main hall. It was the type of dramatic entrance no one plans, but it relieved the tension. No one coll%ld have helped but laugh. I did myself.

Mix-ups happen in the best regulated affairs, but Monday was the tops. While the Past Masters of the Ligonier Masonic Order were being feted at the Methodist Church, the Ford dealers in this area were the guests of Howard Stroh at the Presbyterian Church. One of his guests, after enjoying the delicious meal, turned to his neighbor and asked to what lodge he belonged. The guest was a visiting Past Master who had entered the wrong church.

The Kappa Sigma Tau will hold their regular Santa Claus treat for the kiddies of the community Saturday afternoon. It will be the first year merchants were not asked to help finance this worthy project. The money came from the Community Chest.

Secret study, silent thought, is after all, the mightiest agent in human affairs.—Channing. . Happiness consists in the attainment of our desires, and in having only right desires.—Augustine. , ; . "“——_‘—‘-—o——-—-——-—-— A wise man will desire no more than he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.— - Richard E. Burton. i o a great aim, and to possess aptitude and the perseverance to attain it.—Goethe. ‘A good character is, in all cases, the fruit qf‘personaije;:ertion.doel Hawes,

S = & LPhillips Wy dervim A BABY DOES IT Forget the war threats, the economic crisis, the Communist sweep in China, the predictions of a tough winter and the development of a midget-sized turkey! Everybody's happy. The world is smiling. Princess Liz’s baby has arrived! Mother, child and publicity are doing well. »

The world needed a baby. A V. L P. baby, a baby“that would glamorize and romanticize all babies, a Page One Infant in a day when the grown-ups as a whole.are such bad advertising for any planet. S There is something about a baby that stirs the human heart, brings out the tenderest emotions and makes the whole world kin from jungle cave fo palace penthouse. It probably makes even Vishinsky a little less denunciatory. It can even make the Republicans drop their hatred of poll-takers.

Millions of ’em are born daily, many just as lovely as the Princess’s honey chile, but they get no press or radio. Their mothers are happy and their dads are proud, but it takes a baby like Liz’s to make Old Man Earth strut around passing out ithe stogies.

It was easy to have misgivings about this royal infant. It was slated to come into a bitter, sour, groggy, scared and preoccupied world. It's debut was market for .a period of fist shakings, violent speeches, marching armies and a million tough problems for man and beast. There was a time when the world was a pushover for any royal babe, but this time we wondered about it.

Then it happened and—socko! the first wail of the child put global trouble flat on their backs and made also-runs of all the great figures of the planet. :

The doctor had no sooner given it the usual slap before London had Moscow, Berlin, Mukden, Israel and Washington in the minor leagues.

Guns boomed, bands played and people cheered in all parts of the British empire, and there were few countries that didn’t throw a hat into the air and feel better about life in general. For once the question “Do you think there will be another war?’’ gave away to “Is it a boy or girl, and how’s. mom doing?”

Even Pravda had no derogatory comment. Henry Wallace didn’t disapprove and may even claim some credit, Lots of Democrats declared it couldn’t have happened if Truman hadn’t won. . < PO R

Sourpusses that haven’'t known a smile in years flashed a supergrin. Lovers and old married couples felt fine. Bus drivers stopped barking at passengers. Editors smiled. Printers and proof-readers seemed their happiest in years. Here and there somebody said ‘“Please’” and “Thank You.” Strikes were deferred; Picket lines seemed less menacing. A tight board of corporation directors decided to declare an

extira dividend. The dog wagged his tail more. The canary went juke-boxy. S i, T i i

Why? Because no matter how thick your hide is, you have a deeprooted afféction for story book kingdoms, princesses, palaces, pumpkin coaches, and all on top of your natural reaction to a newborn babe.

It could be that this is just what the world needed. It can warm it up, make it more human, take that sneer of? its puss. It is hard to read about a baby and still want to punch anybody in the nose. This planet needs something around which to center a publicity that will dwarf unpleasant news. It has too many unblessed and not enough blessed events, Hooray for the royal youngster! It's just what the doctor ordered! : ¢ & o EPITAPHS FOR TOJO ‘ - Here Tojo sleeps : : Flat on bis back, | Too deep to make . ! A sneak attack! ; ¢ & = It used to be thought difficult to find men ignorant and inexperienced enough to want to run the world, but it now requires no effort whatever. ¢ ® Would you call that row between Gypsy Rose Lee and that night club trouble in the Tease Zone? .. - :.8 @ s i - Snowden Carter, a Baltimore newspaper handicapper picked eight straight winners the other day. As 2 parley would have won more than $3,000. Mr. ' Carter asked later if he had cleaned up said, “No, I lost $4 in actusl bets.” “See what T " mean,” moaned Shudda Haddim today. “It’s them last minute switches,” : : :

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Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor: ’ : The public and interested groups are cordially invited to appear before the Democratic House and Sehate \fiélicy committee members at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 16, 17, and 18. All phases of the Democratic program will be considered at the meeting, but the schedule wilrl be limited to programs considered in the Democratic blatform:

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The Best News N, Lesson for December 19, 1948

WHAT kind of news is good? Christians always have called the heart of their religion ‘“‘Good News,’’ for that is what “Gospel”

means. We do not call it “‘Good Resolutions” or ‘“‘Good Ideas’”” or even ‘““Good Ideals.” Just Good News. But what is good about it? It is a fair question to ask at Christmas time, for the story that Christmas brings is the beginning of the Gospel. i s &

News of Peace ONE of the best kinds of news there is is to learn that someone we thought was an enemy, is actually a friend. The end of misunderstanding, of estrangement—what a rush of warmth to the heart it brings! ; : ‘ That is the news of the first Christmas—that God is our friend. Christ did not come to assure men’ that there is a God. That was well known, indeed few doubted it. He did not even come to announce that there is but one God, for that was already known to the wiser sort of men. Neither did his coming unveil the God of justice. The Greeks and Romans, as well as the Jews, knew such a God only too well. No wonder a Roman poet, looking about on the religions of his time, concluded that fear is the great god-maker. His notion was a mistake; but it was a natural one. For all the religions of the ancient world, even the religion of the Jew, were attempts to ward off the anger of offended gods. The coming of Christ was to put an end to all that. This was more than a friendly gesture, it was an act of love. Those who have discovered God in Christ have found that God is not only our Maker but our heavenly ‘Father and Friend. There is no _better news! ' e

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A special request to the persons appearing is being made that opinions be reduced to writing before the meeting and that citizens be prepared to answer questions.. Following the final meeting, Saturday morning, a ‘noon luncheon of all Demorcatic members of the House and Senate is planned to discuss legislative problems. : Cordially yours, : Ira. E. Haymaker, Jr., } Democratic State Chairman

News of a Gift IT IS good news also when we hear of a legacy or gift of some sort, especially when it is something we could not have expected. And the story of Christmas is the news about God personally entering the life of man. It is God giving us himself. True, the world is full of the gifts of God. In the Child of Bethlehem, in the Man he was to become, in the work he was to do, there was a new thing—the self-giv-ing of God. That is one reason - why Christmas means infinitely more to a Christian than to any one else. . For the non-Christian, the story of Christmas, for all its charm, is only another story of a child born to poverty, doomed to pain—another chapter in the long agony of man. For the Christian, the story of Christmas is the Good News of how God gives himself, for our sake. : . . 8 & .8 (

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News of Rescue MANY Americans, caught in the war, starving behind electric fences for years on- end, caught their first news of victory .from seeing American planes roaring high overhead. No words were needed. It'was news, good news, the news of rescue, of freedom. - So it is with man. Caught in the long war between good and evil, a prisoner in the enemy’s country, pehind the high fences of frustration, plodding heavily through the freezing mire of barren sins, man despairs of strength or freedom. ' To all mankind, to each one who will listen, the Christmas story is good news of rescue. A Child is born, but more . . . “a Saviour, who is Christ the Lo’rd.” . * & ® ; Y From a Far Country - IT ISfl news when from a far co = now dark and unknown, we learn that it is a land of friends who send us welcome across the miles. So the meaning of Christmas is’ good news from a far land, the land beyond what we call death. “Our Saviour Jesus Christ: hath -abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel” (II Tim. 1:10). - As on the first Christmas, so ever since, the Gospel of God ' is not alone the good news of a God who loves and forgives and who brings us the victory, it is ~ the news of God who stands at the end of our dark journey to welcome his children home. - Good news! The world has nong to equal the news of Christmas. : (Co_pf;ixhb:tg the International Counmcli S L e BRG sy D o E

by McFeatters

- . ; ® RICE it World’s Best Golfer IN THE midst of this weird, wild and woolly football upheaval, now reaching a magnificent anticlimax, the time seems to be ripe for a much quieter and much more sensible game known as golf. Golf is played by a great many more people than football has ever

known in any single year. It is a much sounder game for the average citizen. It is also a game that doesn’t lend itself to as much bickering and vituperative conflict as football does. Also it has a top man who stands far above any top

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man in football. His name is Ben Hogan, the 137-pound Texan who today is by all odds the greatest golfer in the world. Hogan has proved his worth, not in a few games each autumn, but in many tournaments from the Pacific to the Atlantic and back, from the massive lakes of the North to the Gulf, month after month" after month. He competes against the pick of the fleld—not nearly so ‘many setups as football knows—in the main. Why is Ben Hogan the world’s best golfer? We discussed this matter with Al Ciuci, veteran golf pro, star instructor and one of the ablest students of the game. ‘“Let’s take the fellow apart,” Al said. “What makes a great golfer—first, a fine swing. Second, a smart head. Third, a stout heart on the competitive side. Fourth, ability to work for the top.

‘““Hogan has all these things. He has one of the finest swings in golf. He has one of the best heads golf has ever known, not even barring Walter Hagen, one of the smartest of them all. You can ask Gene Sarazen and Bobby Jones what they think of his competitive ability or his willingness to outwork a horse. ‘“ln my opinion, Ben Hogan combines more of the factors that make a great golfer than anyone I have ever seen play in the last 30 years—on back to Vardon through to Jones, Hagen and Sarazen. At 137 pounds, Ben isn’t equipped physically as well as they were, but -he has always been long enough—able to hit a 500-yard green with two shots.” : This statement is completely true. No one can say that from 1920 to 1930 Hogan could have beaten Jones, Hagen and Sarazen. Certainly no one can say that Jones, Hagen and Sarazen could have handled Ben Hogan from 1944 through 1948.

In the matter of scoring, Hogan is well ahead of any rival. But perhaps conditions have changed. The Last Move S‘Hogan,” Al Ciuci continued, “‘made his last and smartest move this past season. Through 1947, Ben had beed bothered here and there with .a hook. Not too much, but enough to get him into trouble at times. A hook can nearly always get you into more trouble than a slice, It travels farther. “‘So this last season, Hogan decided to give away a few yards and play for a slight fade, rather than a hook. You can control a fade. No one can control a hook steadily. From that point on, Texas Ben became unbeatable. Now and then he would drop a tournament against a band of brilliant scorers. Someone would get unusually hot, or Ben would have a slight lapse in concentration or determination or timing. :

““No one can keep at the peak physically, mentally and emotionally all the time. They’ll tell you fooball teams can’t even do this three times a season. But Hogan plays in 30 or more big tournaments. ¥ “Hogan has marvelous use of ‘his hands,” Ciuci continued. “His leit hand remains firm and strong all the way through the swing. The left hand controls the club head. But in Ben’s case his right hand has one of the finest finishes I've ever seen in golf. It lashes out with terrific force, banking on the left hand and wrist to keep the club face where it belongs, % “Then watch Ben in putting. One of the biggest mistakes most putters make is letting the body or knees move through the action of the putt. Not Hogan. Ben locks his

body and knees before his hands start the putter blade in motion. “He turns over the physical action of the putt to his hands. He has already decided on ‘the ' correct line and the speed of the green. These two details are - all set. So, for a final move, all he has to concentrate on is the ' smoothness of the swing, which is rarely hurried or turned info a jab or a stab. \ “More golfers should follow this method—l mean deciding .in advancom»thc right line is—the their entire concentration “’“&"fi