Ligonier Banner., Volume 83, Number 32, Ligonier, Noble County, 11 August 1949 — Page 2

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This is our view: { HOW TO GET HELP FROM: _ THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE ‘PARALYSIS : When And If Polio Strikes 1. At the first sign of illness, call your own doctor. If he suspects polio he will report the case to the local Health Department and arrange for hospitaliza« tion or home care, as indicated. The National Foundation does not select physicians or hospitals. This is a family matter. If you have no family physician, call your City or County Medical Society, your Board of Health or the nearest hospital.

2. If you doctor says it is polio and requires hospitalization, the local Chapter of the National Foundation will help arrange for transportation to a treatment center. As soon as the patient goes to the hospital—or if your doctor advises the patient can be treated at home—get in touch with your Chapter of the National Foundation to arrange for any needed assistance. a.) Most Chapters are listed in the telephone book under N for National Foundation, I for Infantile Paralysis and the letter starting the name of the county you live in, i.e., Washington County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. If you can’t find it—check with your doctor, hospital or Health Department. b.) Your ‘Chapter will get in touch with you as soon as it learns of the case through your physician, the hospital or the Health Department. However, late reporting or a heavy hospital load may delay this Chapter contact. If you do not hear promptly, telephone or visit your Chapter representative. You ‘can ease your own worries sooner by making the approach yourself.

3. The Chapter representative will notify the hospital that it is arranging with you for full or partial payment of expenses for medical care. Adults are as eligible for help as are children. Discuss with your Chapter how much of the full bill the Chapter will pay. , a.) March of Dimes funds are used to help the medically indigent—but this is not the same as “indigent;” it includes families of moderate income, who cannot meet the high costs of modern care of this expensive disease. The help is a gift—not a loan. While families that can pay are expected to do so, no family is expected to impoverish itself to meet medical expenses of polio.

b.) Even if you can assume full costs for initial hospitalization, it is a good idea to see your Chapter. If yours should be a patient who is severely affected—and this cannot be determined in the first few days—you may need help later on. Bills incurred in the weeks before your Chapter assumes financial responsibility cannot be paid months afterward, but the Chapter will step in at whatever time you really need help. Have a frank, friendly talk with your Chapter representative at the beginning. , Telais

4. Chapters pay for hospitalization, professional services ificluding nursing and physical therapy, transportation to and from hospitals, convalescent centers and clinics, ' treatment after hospitalization and appliances such as wheelchairs, braces, ete., as needed. There-are no hard and fast rules. Each case i 3 decided upon individual medical and financial needs. Assistance is given regardless of age, race, creed or color. More~than 110,000 polio patients were directly assisted in full or in part up to the end of 1948. _ A ;

5. In addition, your Chapter can put you in touch with proper sources for nursing and physical therapy at home, and will provide literature on the understanding of infantile paralysis—so you will know" what to expect and how to ?g]p your polio patient back to a useful ife. ‘

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MUSINGS OF AN EDITOR i Ty ‘Calhoun Cartwright -

I have always been struck with the loyalty most people have for their home town and their home state. Perhaps it was more forcibly brought to me this week because of the second installment of my two-day vacation plan when we visited central Ohio, and where I had the occasion to talk with a few native settlers, who spoke in no uncertain terms about their towns and state.

Indiana is my adopted state, and like the parents who tell their adopted child that they love him best because they wanted him and went out and picked him, I love the State of Indiana because I went out and sought a place within the state without benefit of coercion or anything else.

My Uncle, who was a native Hoosier, always said when some person mentioned a wonder in other parts of America, “We've got it here,” and I've come to believe he was just about, right. Name anything you want, and we have it here in Indiana. I got to saying the same thing in Ohio this past week end, and particularly in Urbana, Ohio, where we stopped for a second breakfast, did I have an opportunity of besting a friendly, talkative native, who sat beside us at the counter. He was extolling the virtues of Urbana, top of which was what he called the favorable location of the town.

“Why,” he said, ‘“we have all the advantages of a small town at the same time being but a short distance from Columbus, Dayton, Springfield, ete.”

I had him dead to right here when I told him of Ligonier being only fortyfive miles from South Bend and Fort Wayne, and just half-way between Chicago and Toledo. When I told him of the one hundred lakes in our county alone, he was forced to stop talking for Urbana is miles from any lake; in fact, to get to a swimming pool would take the better part of an hour, and you can’t catch fish in a swimming pool.

Of course, I didn’t mention the fact that 'm generally known as ‘“one-fish Cartwright,” which is my maximum catch at any and all ocecasions, but I did point to the people I know who cateh fish every time they look at Lake Wawasee, and I could see that I was impressing him. Before he had a chance to ask for a job, we were on: our way to Troy, Ohio, which is certainly a clean, pleasant looking town about fourteen thousand in population. At the edge of this nice city, I had the misfortune of running out of gas, and then the good fortune of being picked up by a gas station attendant, who took me for, and brought me back with the gas. He was strictly a Troyite, and spent the time traveling telling me of the virtués of his town, which I must admit were many. To begin with, we passed a beautiful football stadium and field ‘house nearing completion in a huge park of beautiful appointments. When the stadium is completed, it will seat fifteen thousand and the field house an approximate amount. Adjoining these edifices will be built a huge swimming pool, and just north is a fine eighteen hole golf course completed this spring. I couldn’t see how a town of this size could support such a building project until I was told of Mr. Hobart of the many Hobart industries, who donated the whole works. We crossed the Miami river which had been dredged and widened for boating and boat racing by Mr. Hobart. On the far bank was a beautiful boat house built by this same Mr. Hobart, and riding thru the city. we were further impressed by the many factories, schools and office buildings all displaying the name Hobart. I could see that Mr. Hobart must be a pretty important’ guy in Troy, and wondered why the name of the city wasn’t changed. = = ey

Well, the young attendant was really proud of his city, and the things that Mr. Hobart had done and was doing for them, and I can’t say that I blame him. : . We headed north driving thru the heat of the day toward Indiana and Ligonier, and ‘believe you me when we hit the outskirts of Ligonier, it was a pleasant relief indeed. It was nice to be home, where we've got everything Ohio has and more .., but that’s another story. ~ ;

(el / % : / & ; | v iy ~HiLPhillips ; YN pare “DONT SAY HELLO” (“Don’t say ‘hello’ when answering the phone.: Give your name or company name promptly and save time.”— From a telephone company appeal.) ' We read it again. *“Don't say ‘hello when you answer the phone,” it said clearly. ‘lt wastes time.”” It seemed revolutionary but reasonable. After all, why not co-operate with the company? So we sat down and awaited a phone c.u ¢ @ ° i It is sirange how long omne has to wait for the phone to ring when one is not busy. If we had been absorbed In a book, tled up in a conference, trying to find a rhyme or busy ‘at reassembling a Swiss watch there would have been a call every 10 seconds. But now .. . silence! Nobody wanted to falk to us. But we are not easily defeated. We oalled up a Dudley Zeek (at random out of the book) and hurriedly left word with his seoretary to phone -us. . o (e Presently our phone rang. We leaped to it and announced our name with no waste of time. “Elmer Twitchell,” we said. There was no answer. We jiggled the hook and insisted on getting the connection. Central finally asked, “Who called you?” *“What difference does it make?” we asked. ‘“We will take a c¢all from anybody.” Presently she re-con-nected us.

“Elmer Twitchell,” we repeated firmly,

“There is no Elbert P. Twitchell here. You have the wrong number.”

“No, I haven't. Listen . . .” *“This is not Twitchell,” the female voice insisted. .

“Of course not,”” we explained. “How could it be?”

- “Hello,” the voice said. “And you're not supposed to say ‘hello,’ ”* we put in, _ ‘“Hello. Who do you want? Hello. You must have the wrong number. Hello.”

*‘Stop slipping in all of those hellos!’”” we yelled. ‘“Haven't you heard about them?”

Here a male voice put in. “Hello,”” it said. “Are you ftrying to get me?” - “No, you're trying to get me,” we said. ‘“Who are you? Hello,” the voice repeated. : “Elmer Twitchell. You are Dudley Zeek, aren't you?" “Who?" “Dudley Zeek.” “No,” came the “answer. ‘This is the Economy Pastrami Factory, Amos Finch speaking.” ‘ “Are you ftrying to get Elmer Twitchell?” “No. My secretary has been trying to get the city hall. What're you doing on the line. Hello. There must be a mixup. Hello. Hello.” s s It was too much, We hung up and fell, wilted, into a chair, After a while the phone rang. The wife answered it. *““There’s & Dudley Zeek on the wire, He ~ says you left word for him te o.ll‘” R “Just say ‘hello’ to him , . . four or five times,” we oconcluded bitterly. o — This is the seasom muggy When parents do their bess To send sheir Rids to summer camps— As parents need a rest! S Hi.—Saw a sign in the country “Cattle Crossing. 85 miles per hour.” That’s too fast for any cow to move in modern traffic.—Artfiur McElroy. ; . ‘“United States Deficit 98 Million a Day'’—Headline. Aw, they can’'t be trying! s s Russia has pald three million dollars out in bonuses to mothers of bables, Moscow an- ~ nounces, We awalt the claim of motherhood.

With every restaurant fn Reno closed, we wunderstand hundreds of divorce applicants wiped from their suits the complaint that the wife’s cooking constituted intoleys able cruelty. _ We trust that the illness of Bobby Clark, great comedian, is trivial and that, above all, the doctors will never make him give up cigars. vt e : GOTHAM BUGLE & BANNER Cole Porter has indorsed a beer OOO‘x“'Me'x.‘.....‘Anm munitions stocks have been strong since Olsen & Johnson returned.. . Ye ed watched the pair on video and got powder burns ; , . “Harvey” is being played in Wales .. . with a Welsh rabbit, of course . . . We know a fellow who is going to’ reverse the routine and appeal his case from the supreme court to -the lower tribunalg ~ . They seem to think clearer down there.

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Purdue Adult Education

Purdue University Center will sponsor a winter term program in the fundamentals of bridge playing. The program will consist of ten lecture-playing sessions Monday afternoons, 2-4 p.m. beginning September 12th and Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. beginning September 15th.

Participants will be given brief lectures on the fundamentals of scientific contract bridge by Mrs. Arnold Tresselt, professional bridge teacher of Fort Wayne. Each lecture will be followed by playing sessions. ;

The ten session will cover the following topics. 1. How to Value a Bridge Hand. (Honor Tricks and Winners.) 2. Responses to Opening Bids.

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‘ TR ""jg: SRR R R -ey B B e oe SR o IR -eR S e e ! e -\:‘;; g 3‘_;‘ H A\ B ARERR Y BRI MT R RES ‘B ([T imtornational Uniiorm | BN 58 Sunday School oF S S X S v e e TR R EIHR KENNETH 1 ERRT LN o uescmr'nmm: Psalms 108--107; 11l i ml?nvo'nouu. READING: Psalms Singing Holida S eSS e R Lesson for August 14, 1949

IF A CITIZEN of the U.S.A. observed all the holidays that are officially counted as legal, somewhere in his wide country, he would

have 43 days off every year. Holidays are a national habit in all countries. Not content with what the law gives us, we take our personal vacations besides. But how many holidays do we sing about? (One might even

dare to ask, how ’ many are worth singing about?) In the United States, there are known to this writer no New Year songs, none for Decoration day or Labor day, none for Armistice day, none for the various birthdays celebrated hither and yon. (Who ever heard of a song to commemorate Thomas Jefferson?) We may not even sing on our personal vacations, we are too busy working up a suntan. On the other hand, we could hardly think of Independence day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter without being reminded of the songs that go with them—The Star Spangled Banner or America the Beautiful for the Fourth of July, Now Thank We All Our God in No‘vember, and all the Christmas and Easter carols, * v o God and Couniry ; I’l‘looklaaitsomekindlofhondays produce songs and others don’t. It appears to be a general rule: If the holiday is specially patriotic. or religious, then people sing; otherwise they don’t. God and country, in short, arouse emotion and enthusiasm which (for example) the memory even of a great man’ like Jefferson, or the planting of a tree, does not, This is generally true throughout the world. It was true in ancient Israel, for many of the Psalms are holiday hymns, festival songs. Some years ago a religious denomination issued a new

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3. Rebids by Opening Bidder. 4. No-trump Bids. 5. Takeout and Penalty Doubles. 6. Pre-emptive Bids. 7. Opening Two in a Suit. 8. Game Forcing Bids. 9. Slam Bids. 10. Best Opening Leads. This series is a part of Purdue’s Adult Education Program to better the recreational and educational opportunities in the Fort Wayne area. : Clubs are invited to participate in groups, and any interested individuals, men or women, may attend. ’ For application blanks, write Purdue University Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

hymn book. One minister roundly denounced the book because it had introduced a few patriotic hymns. “My Country, ‘tis of Thee"” has no place in public worship, he said. It that man had been a closer student ot the Psalms, he would not have made such a oriticism. Most patriotic hymns are really prayers for one'’s native land; Psalms 105 and 106 are only twe of s mumber of Psalms which are in the best sense of the word patriotic. It the reader will look through the Psalms for himself, noting all the references to God and to Israel, remembering that Israel was the name of the poet’s country, he will be convinced that in those times as in these, love for God and love for country are singable. e O o Hallelujah OUB word “Hallelujah” is Hebrew, and comes from the Psalms. It means “Praise ye the Lord!” Incidentially, it is a religfous word, and should not be used, as it so often is, irreverently or lightly, Psalms 111-118 in our Bible were sung as a group, and called the Hallel, or the Praise. The Hallel was sung regularly at the three great holiday festivals: Passover (near our Easter time), Pentecost (in early summer, ancestor of our Whitsunday), and Tabernacles (in the fall), When our Lord had his “Last Supper” bhe and his friends would sing these very Psalms. The “hymn’ they sang before _ they went out was very probably the latter part of this group, 116118, always sung st the end of the Passover meal. - The note of praise in these Psalms is very strong. They are not in a minor key. : e 0 0 A A, SAD FACT today is that the un-Christian world, which does not understand religion at all, has taken over our religious holidays result is a parody, something without thyme or reason. Take & look, next winter, at Christmas greeting ty pups, all sorts of things, more cities where the big items are only of which has the slightest thing to do with the real Easter. :

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RICE The Pennant Makers Tlm NATIONAL LEAGUE is a “ baseball circuit where practically all the pennant playing lately has been by the Cardinals and the Dodgers. Once in a rare while some interloper, such as the Braves of 1948, breaks into the picture. But for the greater part of the time it is the Cardinals and the Dodgers zolling together down the stretch. Once they get into the world series the Cardinals are a far dif-

ferent team. The Cards have won a flock of such postseason pastorals while the Dodgers have yet to come safely through. But they can stir up a lot of dust trying. In the last eight years only the Cubs and Braves have

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each slipped through once, probably when the Cardinals and Dodgers were not looking. Now we get the same story in the steamy year of 1949, The Braves and Phillies may be rated a chance, but the bet is that either Dodgers or Cardinals will take over the August and September stretch. Last spring it looked as if the National League would have much the better race. Now with the Athletics and the Red Sox still busy, with Cleveland’s Indians beginning to act in a hostile manner again, the A.L. race may be much the better show. ! :

It is about time the other six e¢lubs in the National picked up more steam. The crash of the Pirates was a heavy disappointment, as much of a jolt as the downfall of the Red Sox was up through July Fourth. The main idea seems to be that anything can still happen in baseball. e (e “Don’t Play Out A Nine” Apparently a number of golfers are getting much slower than they were some time ago, Just as we were trying to work up a message, the following arrived from F.A.W. an eminent golter and also a hot rooter for Michigan’s football team against all comers. This seems to cover the field

completely— : “People love golf and I love people, and so today’'s remarks are addressed to the genial host of high handicap golfers. God bless 'em; without them there would be no lush green fairways, bordered with sky blue lakes and stately pine trees; no healthful and beautitul outdoors brought to your doorstep. They are the majority. ; “Frequently they, or rather you, play with low handicappers, business associates and other friends, and suffer mental anguish because you know they would prefer playing with better golfers. You are definitely right, but for an entirely different reason than you think. Seventy and low 80 shooters do not mind it you carve out a neat 105, but when you bother their game by no;?servmz the simplest rules, they.feel like crowning you with a niblick—and you do not always observe them. i *“A good golfer only wants to be permitted. to play his own game, undisturbed. Here are a few suggestions: . y (1). “Do not delay the game. This is the most common : fault, and this alone is ' enough to ruin the concentration of other members | of your foursome. 4 (=) “Be in a position to | play when it comes | your furn, : (b) “Do not take a lot of practice strokes; pre- : ferably mnone. (0) “Do not painstakingly play out a nine or | other high score when you are completely out : of the ocontest. Pick | up. Others want to get | on with the game. i (d) “De not ask everyone in your foursome what = club to use. 2 (8). “Be quiet, motionless and lock at the player addressing the ball until he has played. ,- (3). “Many duffers cuss out their own mistakes, loud, long and continuously, ; - Don’t do M. Others are trying to concentrate on A * . §. The Big Surprise There have been a flock of great baliplayers around New York and form with no chance to get in top slump of Stan Musial, one of the | m{m:: * N Nns