Ligonier Banner., Volume 83, Number 3, Ligonier, Noble County, 20 January 1949 — Page 2

A Page of Opinion:

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This is our view: Lighting the Way It is our feeling that the City Council and the Indiana and Michigan” Electric Co. should be complimented for the efficient manner in which our new Cavin St. lighting was planned and installed. Particularly should we give the Company’s engineer a pat on the back for his ingenuity in designing the lighting under the viaduct. : In a short time the 1. & M. will have tree trimmers in our city, at no cost to property owner or city, and full cooperation should be given them. All they will ask is permission to do their job, and it is our humble opinion that such should be given. While on the subject of lighting, it is our observation that an additional job could be done, and from what information we have gathered, the cost would be low. We speak of the poor lighting coming into the city from the south on 383. From the intersection to the triangle, it cannot easily be determined whether you are approaching a city or not. Being “whole-hoggers,” we would like to see the city go the entire way and provide adequate lighting the full distance to the corporation limits.

Spirit of the Dedicated Servant It is to be hoped that every one of our national and state officials, recently installed or about to be installed, will enter upon the performance of their duties in the spirit not only of the good winner but also of the dedicated servant. Never before in the history of our beloved country or the world has there been a greater need of genuine leaders, capable of placing the general welfare above any and all selfish considerations. Never before has more depended upon the integrity, the vision, the industry or the resourcefulness of men and women in our public life. If partisan crowing has a place in America, it should disappear between Election Night and Inauguration Day. We cannot do without humility, honor, and inspired patriotism in so critical an era.

Indeed; as Gov. Henry F. Schricker emphasized last week in Indianapolis, there must be a working together; a striving together, a deep and abiding sense of attachment to the greatest good of the greatest number—or maximum gains cannot be made. President Truman has given abundant evidence, in the past, that he is a humble man and a sincere one. ’ After nearly four years in the White House, he is as friendly and natural as he used to be before he succeeded to the Presidency. , . Vice-President Alben W. Barkley is the same sort of individual. And we of Indiana know that Gov. Schricker’s high sense of honor and of service has never detracted from his dignity—but has enhanced it Though these leaders and others in high places may often appear as actors in a nation’s drama, let it always be remembered that they are—first and foremost—servants of the people. The bulk of their work is performed during long hours spent at their desks, or in conference. But almost equally important is the decision, to be made by lesser administrators and legislators all along the line, as to whether our.secondary representatives will profit from and emulate the best of examples. : —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette st Y i The most important thought I ever had was that of my individual responsibility to God.—Daniel Webster. - The great thinker is seldom a disputant. He answers other men’s arguments by stating the truth as he sees it.—Daniel March.

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The other evening we were discussing between bridge sets, the interesting subjeet of first names, how many people dislike their own and how names are obtained by the proud parent. One person in our group freely admitted she was named after a favorite cow, and was neither pleased with the dubious honor or with the name bestowed. : : Personally, I had to admit that I had never met a person with my first name, although I have always liked it and had never spoken harsh words of my parents because of the tag placed upon the baby crib. It so happens that I was named after a hired man, whom my father had hardly known. It seems he had a favorite Uncle whose name was John C., the C he thought standing for Calhoun, and had talked my mother into so bestowing it on the first born. When my grandmother appearod on the scene and was told I was named after Uncle John, she immediately set the family straight by saying the C. stood for Charles, and then dug back into her memory for some person by the name given. In all her recollections, she could think of none by such a name with the exception of a hired man once in their employ. Well, the name stuck, hired man or no, and during the years that have passed, I have denied a thousand times the obvious impression I was named after that stalwart statesman of the South, John C. Calhoun. I have always objected to boys -being given girl’s names, but one of the toughest kids I ever knew was named Evelyn, and seemed not to mind it at all. My Aunt and Uncle apparently liked the sound of O, at least their three girls bore the names Ero, -Leo and Reo. Whether they objected or not I never knew. - ; ‘Most names come from the Bible, but English Kings and Queens run a good second. Children rarely are given names for pure euphony only, but for some reason or other such seems to be the accomplishment in most cases. Presi--dents are always well honored during their terms of office, as is the case of governors, writers and actors. Favorite Uncles and Aunts, particularly those of pecuniary prominence, are liberally suppiled with name sakes as are parents and grandparents. Name popularity also runs in streaks. Grandma’s day found such names as Julia, Lydia, Sohpia, etc., popular. There was the Richard and Robert period, the Mary Kay, Carol Ann, etc., day and the middle initial only, (standing for nothing) period of popularity. 2y True, names are merely an easy method of identity, but they come to stand for more, to such a point, in fact, that some people believe the name destines their future. I have never so believed, but the person with Percy, Oglethorpe or Lemuel have much to live down. : Perhaps more interesting than 'first names themselves are nicknames, which come to the owners in devious ways. I have a friend named John whose wife calls him something sounding like Oogi, derived from their baby’s jargon when looking at her father. Another friend was nicknamed Mutt because his long neck reminded friends of Mutt and Jeff. To this day we call him Mutt, never thinking to use. his real name Maurice. . S I knew a man named Honey, the result of doting parents, and a man called Woodpecker, the reason for which I never learned. Calling bald people Curly or fat people Slim never appeared witty to me, but I have known many -people where such names stuck. Generally speaking, nicknames are given thru fondness, and those who have acquired them need feel no shame. No mean person ever was.honored, which in it-self-is recommendation enough. -

The vast majority of persons of our race have a natural tendency to shrink from the responsibility of standing and acting alone.—Francis Gq.lton.- \ Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and truly personal as if you alone had done the wrong—Tryon Edwards. = - Be noble-minded! Our own heart, and not other men’s opinion, forms our true honor.—Schiller., : ;

MUSINGS OF AN EDITOR

by Calhoun Cartwright

5y L HiPhillipr I e L T e e o Money for the ﬁw&m i It is proposed that the salary of the President of the United States be raised to $lOO,OOO a year with another $lOO,OOO for an expense account. He now gets $75,000, with $40,000 for overhead. - . - o S e What's wrong with: the idea? It's the toughest job in the country. The hours are terrible, in fact they never end. The President can’t even get complete rest and quiet on his Saturdays and Sundays. L In other big jobs there is still a chance for advancement. But where can a President go after he is through. His is lucky to get on a talent scout radio program. el What is $lOO,OOO a year today? Second and third grade movie stars get more than that for one picture. And they can use a double in the tough spots. Har- . ry Truman can’t do that. If the situation calls for him going over the precipice on horseback he has to do it in person. (He can’t even send in the vice-pres-ident.) el The worst that can happen to a movie actor in his fights is that he will get hit by a chair or a table. If a President knew nothing worse than that could happen to him in his struggles he would sign for it and give a rebate. ot R Radio performers get more than $lOO,OOO a year. And somebody else writes their jokes. A President has to be funny on his own. e And a radio star can always cover up by dragging on a ventriloquist, a woeden dummy, four pretty bad female singers or a couple of other quaint characters. : T S There may be some big: business men who worry along on $lOO,OOO a year, but they don’t have to kiss strange babies, grin from locomotive cabs, jnin Indian tribes, go fishing when they don’t want to or pose in loud shirts on tropical beaches. : S e Even golfers get $lOO,OOO a year and no putt they sink is tougher than the ones a President is supposed to knock into the cup every time up. \ e Even horses get more than that kind of dough. Citation, Stymie and Armed earn more per year. Is that fair to a Presi, dent? ' e And why should $lOO,OOO a year for expenses seem high these days. A President of the United States is entitled .to eat meat, buy an auto and get a haircut and shave now and then like anybody else.

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TRAGIC FIGURE He killed himself for lack of dough, : Denouncing fate so fickle— In contest on the radio He never won a nickel. . PIER

The: United ‘States supreme court by a six to ‘three vote has upheld the right of a state to ban barmaids unless they are the wives or daughters of the proprietor. Three justices feel that no woman anywhere can possibly mix a drink any worse than the male barboys are doing it these days. $ & @ ; The contention of Secretary of Labor Tobin, Bill Green and others-is that in any amended Taft-Hartley law the employer should take the same oath he is not a Communist party member:' that the workers take. We now await a rule compel-. ling the fire engine to carry a banner denoting that it is against fires. . And perhaps a A_sworn statement by both the swimmer and the shark that they are not going to interfere with each other. . * ¢ We can’t help wondering it the world would not have been in much better shape i the Wright brothers had stuck to the bicycle business, ; a 8 e ; b Another Hollywood notable has been booked as drunk and disorderly. He is pretty much of a movie idol, but we look for no discipline. A movie star has to do this sort of thing these days in order to be eligible for immédiate casting in,a new picture, especially for the children’s trade. Tom o ‘ . 0 4 ’ Mrs. A. G. Moeller of Chey- ~ enne, Wyoming, had the Squawk of the Year. She had the right - answer fo a $24,000 phantom ~ volce on “Sing It Again,” when her telephone rang, but, just as she was about to give it, cen- - _ ‘Aral cut her off. Mrs, Moeller'is ~phantom telephone company coe . . . 2 {;‘\ o ~ We know 2 dice thrower who puts it: “Baby héedn ‘a pair of schmoos!”™

STRICTLY BUSINESS by McFeatters

“Be patient, Sir, and we’ll soon have your"wit!”

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor:

The people ‘will decide. by the size of their contributions, whether or not there will be a curtailing of patient-care activities, or the research program of the National . Founddtion and the County Chapters in their battle against infantile paralysis. : The Volunteer workers of The Noble County Chapter are busy preparing 6,000 cards for distribution in Noble County to familes. These cards have spaces for 20 dimes and a slot for checks or currency. 6,500 cards are being readied for distribution through the schools to those of school age.

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No Greater Prophet

Lesson for January 23, 1949

“OF ALL the characters in history, which one do you admire most?’”’ We know how Jesus answered that interesting question. . - He had a great ar- § . © ray of personages 8 B from whom to éﬁ%% | make his sélection, L. . . But he took as the i 8 Great Man of all j & time, up to his own B B generation, no he- . - roic figure from g e the past, no king, general, scholar or Dr, Foreman Prophet, The great- _ est man, for Jesus —or at least one so great that he could think of none greater—was one of his own contemporaries, a cousin of his who was in jail at the time when Jesus said of him, ~ “Among those born of women ‘hone is greater than John.” Known to us as John the Baptist, that is, John the Baptizer, we seldom realize either his greatness or the close connection between his life and that of Jesus. ‘ g * & ° : John of the Jordan W'E DO not know how much ¥V Jesus himself owed to John. We do know that John was the man who first called the public’s atten--tion to Jesus. John it was who gave some of Jesus’ most important dis‘ciples their first training; John who introduced to Jesus, and turned over to him, some of his own folJowers. It may be significant too that-Jesus’ first preaching was identical with that of John (compare Matthew 3:2 and 4:17). . ' ~ Some Christian scholars have ' 'gone so far as to suppose that . it was John’s preaching that - stirred the young carpenter - from Nagareth to leave his shop ~ and begin his great work as teacher, ; ' ‘ Whether this is so or not, we do know that it was the baptizing by John which led to the baptism of ‘Jesus, and that Jesus’ baptism was the = turning-point between Jesus’ private life and his short and

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Coin collectors will be placed in convenient places for contributions by those that do not receive a card. Every theatre is asked to solicit contributions. All organizations, churches, clubs, factories and businesses are asked to contribute generously. Our answer must be that “no curtailing of any necessary service or research work, and no let up until the fight against polio is won.” Sincerely yours, - : Andrew Milnar, Chairman of the Campaign for : Funds in Noble County. - .

stormy public career. If is quife clear that if there had been no John the Baptizer, the story of Jesus would have been very different from what it actually was. »s& o - Only a Voice ; JOHN’S own picture of himself is ‘not a picture at all. When they asked him to say what he was, and half-expected him to declare that .he was the Messiah, the longlooked for King, John said only, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness."” / ' John, so far as we know, never accepted dinner invitations, he was never under the roof of any friend, and he had .no roof of his own. People even called him demon-possessed, he was so far removed from ordinary life. : : But Jesus was always in people’s homes. That is one reason why the greatness of John fades before the greatness ;of *Jésus,, for & Voice makes a poor companion. Jesus had the human sympathy that John lacked, and John ‘well knew this, “He must increase, but I must decrease,” he said. A

Repentance: Seed and Fruit NEVERTHELESS the Voice spoke truth. John must have been a powerful preacher, for his meetings were held miles from the nearest town, so that to reach him from Jerusalem one would have to travel through wild country infested with bandits. Few modern preachers, without benefit of advertising, music or choir, without even a tent, would dare to start a revival meeting 15 rough miles out of town. But John did—and the people came in crowds. We do not have the full report of his preaching that we have of the preaching of Jesus, but we do know that hebroke the hard crust of his listeners’ conscignece. . they were for the Kingdom of . God for which they prayed; he broke down their pride till they ~went down h‘%kr and - were baptized under open sky, in public confession of . thelr sins. When men asked him, What shall we do? Jobn did not have the fuller, highér message that Jesus later had. But he did make plain two things about the good life, the life that pleases God: it cannot even begin without repentance and confession of sin, but it doés not end there. Repentance is not a simple granite milestone on life's way; it is a seed which it it is real will bear fruit. : P B

Winning System Player THERE HAVE been a numberless, unlimited number of horse players who had systems that could beat the races. Unfortunately, those who brought their systems to me were a ftrifle rdgged and hungry. They hadn’t eaten much lately. Naturally, this : © o .:-state of affairs " doesn’t breed too B much confidence inW the party of the ¢ second part. e Ay 4 o . ©'W§ ception around San- .»@ = ta Anita. I hope he . % . is still there. He is SR the only man I know who has consistently beaten the - races -for 35 years. Grantlang Rice : “At least,”” he told me last winter, “I’ve had 34 winning years and only one losing year.” Old-timers will know him, famous from Belmont to Santa Anita. He was a $lOO,OOO-a-year winner around New York in the days of Arnold Rothstein. Even in the pre-Roth-stein days. He had an element of what I consider raw luck—except when I win —worked out to a fair science. Here are parts of his winning system: 1. THE HORSE~-his breeding, opposition, ete, s 2. THE TRAINER and the owner —Did they have winning stables? 3. THE JOCKEY—especially certain jockeys on certain horses. 4. THE WEIGHT—an important factor. 5. TRACK co&itiops — fast or muddy.. 6. POST position — on - certain’ tracks. Inside for some, outside for others. 7. A STUDY of the horse’s last three races—what happened? What horses beat him? What horse did he beat? Did he have good or bad racing luck? 8. THE DlSTANCE—another important factor. Six furlongs? A mile? A mile-and - quarter? He likes speed horses for longer distances. So does Julie Fink, one of the Speed Boys. Speed horses are no good in shorter races where they quit. They’'re better horses in longer races. ) You can’t win 34 out of 35 years on luck. I've found that out. My system is to play nothing better than 10-to-1 shots—2o-to-1 preferred. Most 8-to-5 favorites should be 4, to 1 anyhow. Or maybe longer. ¢ N . ® *

Concerning Thoroughbreds A thoroughbred race horse is a peculiar animal. He is twice as big as a lion or a tiger. He can outrun both. His average weight is around 1,100 pound§. : He is one of the finest-looking animals in. the animal kingdom. Yet he isn’t as smart as a cow. A cow gets hooked up in a barbed wire fence, remains still and moos plaintively until help arrives. Not the ‘thoroughbred. He tears himself apart trying to get loose.

¢ A horse is_the toughest ani‘mal fo teach anything—far. in back of the chimpanzee, gibbon monkey, cape, elephant, dog, .seal, etc. We got our dope some time ago from the American Natural History museum, the Bronx zoo, Ray Ditmags, Dr. Hornaday and Johnny Kieran. Also the thoroughbred is about as tough as a sick rabbit. Blow on him—and he withers. We barely squeezed the horse into the 10th spet.

" Both Dev Milburn and Tommy Hitchcock used to tell me how dumb * polo ponies were. But a thoroughbred is usually dead game—not always—fast and something to look at. ; I have never seen a good-looking thoroughbred finish second or third when I was betting an him to win, Certain estab.shed liars will tell you I am wrong. You don’t have to be"lieve them. A You can imagine how Citation looked to his backers at Laurel last spring when he was beaten by Saggy at 1 to'lo. Santa Anita and . Hollywood are both run with a certain touch and - precision that New York lacks. Dr. Charles Strub is on hand early. So are Gwin Wilson, Hugh Blue and other officials. They are usually in" at least hours before the first race is run, ; But the important part is that Santa Anita has a full share of $lOO,000, $50,000 and $lO,OOO races all set up to lure horse-owners trying to break even. Citation practically blew $200,000 in getting injured in a ception. Man O’ War was withdrawn oS e e dtheming o 8 o