Ligonier Banner., Volume 83, Number 17, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 April 1949 — Page 2

A Page of Opinion:

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Vol. 83

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‘Orchid of the Week

- It has been the practice of The Banner to give its orchid of the week when the occasion demanded, and this week we heartily award it to O. R. Bangs, whose work with the automobile driver’s class at the high school must take the patience of Job. * Principal Bangs took the special course at Purdue given to teachers who are to teach driving, and then came back and went to work.

Each day you will see him sitting at the duel control of the Ford furnished the school, coaching and assisting seniors in the art of driving safely and properly. What an assignment! Who could take that sort of thing day in and day out without losing their temper or even their religion? To Mr. Bangs, it is in line with his duties as a teacher, and that is one thing Mr. Bangs happens to be. For your patience and . teaching ability, Mr. Bangs, we give you the orchid of the week. -

Council Faces a Problem

Our City Fathers have had five hundred dollars to spend, and from all the Teports we have been given, they have had five hundred ways presented them for spending it. | Monday night, they spent it all wisely and without friction, which is definitely a feather in their caps. e The Band Parents got some of it to build a new band stand for the community. The Ligonier Players got a portion of it to provide an even better summer program for the children of the community, and the softball league got some of it to improve the ball park. No one can possibly kick with their decision, and the Council are to be complimented. :

Farming From An Airplane One of the best ways for a farmer to get a good look at his farm is to fly over it in an airplane, Gene Cooper says in an article in the May issue of the Country Gentleraan, - .o , ~ Cooper tells about the experience of Jes Miller, 68-year-old farmer of Huntington county. Two years ago, Mr. Miller went up in a plane to admire a fine wheet crop on 40 of his 170 acres. He learned so much which was of interest to him that now he repeats the trick every chance he gets. - , Cooper quotes Mr. Miller as saying: “I was sure surprised to see how my farm looked from up there .I could see the thin spots on knolls, and dark spots that needed better drainage, and how my whole place was laid out. I tell you, if I ever buy another farm, I’ll see it from the air first.” Then the author of the article goes on to say to the men engaged in argiculture: e b E “Soilsaving measures, crop plans, the lay-out of the fields—just about all the plans you have in mind for your land may be influenced by a trip in the sky.” Evidently. there is such a thing as a land-owner being too close to the oil. Getting a little distance away from it gives better perspective. It is hard to realize how much progress has been made in farming in the past. 80 years. .. . .. —Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette

Give what you have. To some one it may be better than you dare to think. —Longfellow. ; .

They who scatter with one hand, gather with two, not always in coin, but in kind. Nothing multiplies so much as kindness; - : ;

" Goodness and benevolence never tire. They maintain' themselves and others and never stop from'exhaustion.

ne LIGONIER BANNER » Established in 1887 . Published every Thursday by the Banner Printing Company at 124 South Cavin 8t : Telephone: one-three CALHOUN CARTWRIGHT, 'lditot.end Publisher Entezed as second class matter at the postoffice at Ligonier 'ndhu under the act of March 3, 1879,

Thursday, April 28, 1949

WHILE IT'S FRESH IN MY MIND: “Blue Belle” played to the largest audience of any of the Ligonier Player productions, and of course will turn over a nice sum of money for the use of the recreation committee’s various programs. '

Charles Todd, who so ably sold the music and score of the show, gave as clear an explanation of the work of the Players group as we have yet heard.

No one gives ticket committees much credit, but Mrs. Arthur Ferguson and her group deserve a big pat on the back. They did their job like oldtimers.

Limitations of the high school stage made it necessary for the stage set to be made in flats and moved out of the way in place of pulling them overhead. If seven men could move any faster I’ve never seen them. -

While on the subject of the production committee, no one can take away from them the professional manner in which they go about getting a stage set and designed.

No finer cast or chorus could have been assembled with regard to conscientious work than was gathered together for “Blue Belle.” One person went so far as to loudly proclaim it to be the finest cast in the history of Ligonier amateur theatricals. .

If I started using names to praise the work and cooperation of the show, I would have to mention every person connected with the show. Everyone discharged their duties in the most efficient manner.

Any writing concerning the show could not fail to mention however, Will Sack, whose energy and ability made such a large contribution to its success. No one but a musician can appreciate the tremendous work that goes into the writing and arranging of such an amount of music. Will takes it all in stride however, and comes up with plans for a religious musical for next year, the music for which is partially finished. : o -

Each musician who contributed his time to the orchestra is heartily thanked but special thanks are due John Seagly, who sat at the drums for the first time in fifeeen years, and to Harold Edwards, the trumpet player. who came all the way from Kendallville to help the orchestra out. i

Herman Sack, whose piano playing is legend in Ligonier, made an outstanding contribution with his' original music and his patient hours of rehearsing with the cast of the show. :

Generally, a costume committee is never mentioned when the flowers are being passed around, but the group who designed and made ecostumes for the show won praises from everyone who sat in the audience.

The cooperation received from Floyd Tincher was certainly beyond the call of duty, and received the thanks from everyone connected with the production.

Dr. Arnold Elson, our perennial makeup artist, was again on deck to add color to the cheeks of our players. As usual, he did a bang-up job. ;

The entire show -impressed me with one important fact, ie., when a group of people decide to cooperate, they can move mountains. In this ‘group were over fifty persons, each doing an important job, and each doing it well. Of course they enjoyed doing it, but every person was mindful that such efforts

were going to a good cause. Who can kick about something like that? e it : . .There is no self expenditure without self enrichment; no self enrichment without self expenditure.—Dean Inge. -—-—-—-—-——-——-—o——-—-——-——————- : v Everywhere you endeavor to be useful, everywhere you will 'be at home.— Goethe. @ : - Let a smile do the service of a sermon.—Louis Anspacher, . '

MUSINGS OF AN EDITOR by ; Calhoun Cartwright

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SCIENCE AND THOUGHT CONTROL

No. 17

uwITHOUT assuming any man- ¥ tle of prophecy, it is fair to suggest that ability to control man’s thoughts with precision through science is by no means out of the question. This is more awesome in its interpretations than was the mushroom cloud in 1845.”—Dr. John Ely Burchard, Dean of Humanities at Massachusetts Tech. There goes that gooseflesh creeping up our spine againl

Say it ain’t so, doctor! Tell us you don’t really mean that the laboratory will find a way to throw a switch and make a man’s thoughts come out the designated slot! Admit you are not serious in contemplating a day when a button may turn a yes man into a no man, nice as it might be to see in converting Gromyko—prestol—from a

~no man into a yes manl

Or is it to be done by rays? Turned by Joe Stalin onto President Truman, might they halt Harry in the middle of a stern ‘“We intend to stand by to the bitter end” and bring forth an abrupt cry, “Hooray for the Kremlin!”

Do you see a time when the Thirteen Men of Moscow, giving uproarious approval to a Pravda editorial denouncing America, may, under a magic ray in the hands of Uncle Sam, suddenly glow with anger and order the Pravda editorial writer shot at once?

Is the time near when Vishinsky, loaded with expletives and rising to excoriate the democracies, will, due to a current, a ray or an isotope, break into a broad smile and say, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, I am just a Happiness Boy. There is nothing in this world like friendship., See what the boys in the backroom will havel”

Can Henry Wallace, mounting the platform, be reached by a mystery beam and his address denouncing ERP, the Truman administration and the Atlantic pact converted into a talk on how to produce better laying hens? e We see the following possibilities: I.—Moscow issues orders for the complete seizure of ‘China, The Chinese Communist general gets it, but Washington calls on its Thought Control tower, centers the beam on him and renders the general incapable of saying anything but “Nuts!” 2.—The politburo prepares to issue a blast at America. Under the Thought Blitzer the boys cannot think of the words “Wall Street,” ‘“Money Bund” or *“Exploiters.” This leaves them completely helpless, 3.—A new play opens on Broad‘way. It is lousy. But the producer has scientific connections. He controls the thoughts of the critics to such an extent they ecan’t even dismiss it as ‘‘adequate.” 4. We go to the races with the right combination in the Daily Double. It is 2 and 6. The guy at the window who has a thought confrol apparatus fills our skull with the numbers 4 and 7. (P, S.—Nothing keeps us sane except the fact that the winning combination turns out to be 5 and 8.) ® o 9 ; 1949 PICKET LINE ' Behold the modern picket ? Abusive as can be; : . He acts as if determined : To lose all sympathy, ; He villifies quite loudly; 1 His hate he doesn’t hide; He often makes the public ! Support the other side. : Cuff Stuff - Governor Dewey recently vetoed off-track New York racing bills. After his experience last November he may have felt there was ample opportunity for losing in this couniry without changing the laws. ®* & 9 : Whiskey prices have been slashed in 14 states, This brings a highball down to where you can complete the payment on it in 11 months instead of 15. ' - o o 9 It probably will be a long time before a return to the day when evidence that a man was under the influence of alcohol was not -proof he belonged in the upper brackets. v v : e) : A rifically on video . , . He had .more listeners than HowdyDoody. e ; ‘~e o e : Have you heard of the fellow who s s 0 suspicious of everything' he taps his phone to hear his own LRy ~ .@ \ b i - beetle that decided to stay in an’

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SCRIPTURE: Mark 11:1-11, 15-18; Luke 19:20-48. DEVOTIONAL READING: Matthew 11:25-30.

Jesus Is King

Lesson for May 1, 1949

IT IS A SIN to tell the truth out of season. So declares a famous Protestant creed. It is not always good nor wise to tell everybody everything you 2 know. Keeping mrmassmmra your mouth shut SESEEE e may be one of g{: e the best things @& & = you ever do. Je & Jesus himset WB LE knew how to [ A keep a secret till S time to tell it. He § ? o never uttered an g B untruth about . py Foreman himself, but for a long time he did not openly declare his conviction, in spite of being pestered to say Yes or No about it. The question was: Are you the Messiah? This was the same as asking, Are you the King? ' Jesus would not say Yes, because the mere word would be taken to mean “revolutionist’’ or “traitor.”” But he would not say No, because he was a King; indeed of all men he had the best right to the title. s & » : Royal Entrance : BUT WHEN the time came, Jesns did declare himself king in a spectacular way. We know the story as the “Triumphal Eniry info Jerusalem,” the story of Palm Sunday, now so fresh in our minds. Jesus lived in a nation of people who were familiar with the meaning of symbols, both in word and action. o . + When Jesus rode into the ancient capital where his forefathers reigned, astride a mule ‘colt, the people knew, and he knew they would know, that this - was not just somebody riding a mule on a Sunday morning. In the history of the Hebrews, ~ King Solomon was:crowned riding on a mule. There was a famous prophecy (Zech. 9:9) that when

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Jerusalem’s great king should come, he would be riding on just such a royal steed. So when Jesus rode into Jerusalem, the people threw their palm branches and shouted their welcome, not to the teacher and prophet, but to the King. ' * ® ® Tears in Triumph IT WAS NOT altogether a vietorious occasion, Jesus knew too well how cheap and easy ‘‘demonstrations’’ can be. In his mind’s eye he could see a cross standing outside Jerusalem, and in his inner ear he could hear this same dustythroated mob, now shouting ‘““Hosanna!’”’, yelling instead “Crucify him!”’ Tears stood in Jesus’ eyes. But they were not tears for himself; he never wasted energy in self-pity. They were tears for that blind city, tears for its coming destruction —the city that did not know the way to peace. @ ;. » Master of the Temple ‘BOLDER THAN JESUS’ triumphal entry was what he did inside the city. It was one thing to claim royal rights over the mnation; but at the temple Jesus’ claims reached far higher. It should be remembered that in the eyes of all Jews at that time the Temple was absolutely sacred. It represented the dwelling-place of the invisible God. Now the priests at that time were more profiteers and politicians than priests. They carried on what today we call a ‘‘racket” in the sale of animals for sacrifice and in changing the ordinary money of all countries into the local Jewish shekel (in which coin alone could temple offerings be paid). The racket was notorious; every decent Jew hated the priestly profiteers. But no one had ever done anything about it, for that would mean assuming an authority over the temple that no man dared fo assume. But Jesus took it on himself. His direct and even violent action in smashing the racketeering ring was a mark of something more than ®ordinary self-confidence. He laid claim to being no less than the Master of God’s Temple. He was acting in the name of God and with the authority of God. ; 5 e e 8 \ ‘; ~ Master of Man > ~ all men, s the authority above all

Three Young Men SEVENTY-FOUR years ago a kid of 13 saw Aristides win the first Kentucky Derby. His name is Matt Winn, now nearly 88 years old. Seventy years ago, another kid showed up in one of the minor i _ eastern ball parks, G * possibly Pittsfield, L U as a lean, lank %« f& scrawny catcher. “"“' f W His name is Connie : %@gy@ %‘,fi Mack, now 86 years s old. & = S Also some 70 - 6&@\ years ago a high ‘% b school kid did some pitching and playing end before he Grantland Rice gntereqd vale. His name is Alonzo Stagg, also set at the tender age of 86.

Here are three men who might have the slogan, *Life can begin at any age, but it only warms up in the 80s.” For Matt Winn is handling the production act for the 75th Kentucky Derby, the greatest of them all in the words and mind of this incredible turfman. At the same time, Connie Mack is dreaming of his 10th pennant, actively in charge of a ball club that has a chance to win with just a few lucky spins from the wheel of chance. And with Messrs. Winn and Mack featured entries in racing and baseball, Lonnie Stagg is actively helping young Lonnie, his son, to teach the young men in a Pennsylvania college how to tackle, block, run and throw passes. Here are three men who can lay claim to a total of 260 years and are not only actively connected with sport, but in two instances, Winn and Mack, with the biggest shows of the year. ; This has never happened before. Cerfainly no two. men at the ages of 8 and 88 have played such leading roles in sport, and Stagg, at 86, is probably in better condition than either. : At a party one night in Los Angeles two years ago, I recall the block that Stagg put on the burly Curly Lambeau, explaining some play, as the big man, then coach of the Green Bay Packers, showed his. astonishment, Connie Mack said, *“I think I'll leave for my seat before I get killed.” It was Victor Hugo who wrote, in effect—‘‘l feel in myself the future life. I am like a forest that more than once has been cut down. The new shoots are stronger and livelier than ever. My soul is more luminous when my body powers begin to fail. The snows of winter may be on my head, but the sunshine of eternal spring is in my heart.” This is the answer to Winn, Mack and Stagg—‘'“The snows of winter may be on their heads, but the sunshine of eternal spring is in their hearts.”” They never look behind. They look only to the days and years ahead. The past is dust. It is only tomorrow that matters. This keeps ’em young.

The Big Year Unless an unexpected jolt arrives at some early date, Messrs. Winn and Mack both figure that 1949 may be the best year either has ever known, Colonel Winn is certain that his Derby will lure more than 100,000 spectators into his stands, and set a new mark. There seems to be grave doubt in many centers that any Kentucky Derby ever drew 100,000 fans. : Two years ago this doubt was expressed in loud tones. I asked Colonel Winn for the correct figures. 'l tell you,” he said. *“Tell those who doubt the figures that I will be glad to bet $lO,OOO that we ‘had 100,000 or more spectators, and if they care to take the bet, I'll guarantee to prove it to their complete satisfaction.”” No one cared to take the bet. Derby Day at Churchill Downs is beyond description. You can call the place a madhouse and then retire. But for all that, it is a terrific show, due largely to tradition ~and the showmanship of Colonel Matt Winn. The amazing feature is that so many take their beating, year after year, and come back for more, - : So far as competition goes, 1949 has everything it takes to build up interest with the possi- ~ bility or probability of a big, well-balanced field. The next In the same way, Connie Mack _believes he has a good chance to o e Gmaids e W