Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 91, Number 39, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 21 March 1968 — Page 2

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NAPPANEE ADVANCE-NEWS THURS. MAR. 21, 1968

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mand the rights of humans. He speaks with feeling, and the ladies nod their heads wholeheartedly. But behind this shew of democracy, how many of the ladies and how many of their husbands have assumed the responsibility of finding out the truth about Negro riots, anti-draft demonstrations, the

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Vietnam war, press control, police and military lobbies. (There are mountains of material available on Vietnam, from every point of view, and if the Nappanee Library has none of it that’s your fault for not demanding that they get it.) Let’? be perfectly honest. When they leave the meeting where they smile piously and speak of freedom for all, what words do the,y and their husbands and friends use at home to speak about Negroes? Or those Vietnamese they supposedly love so well? Aren’t they white racists, in the end, if they were capable of being honest about it? Don’t they have contempt for everyone blit other whining wheyfaces? I read in your paper of how they are bringing Christianity to the world. “Our missionaries in Mexico,” “our missionaries in Africa,” my, ain’t we wonderful? Monks and marines. Ain’t the world lucky to have us burning up their lands and messing up their sex lives? Would these ladies and their husbands |l’m sorry to attack them, since they at least take a stand out in the open: one can’t

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debate those other so-called Americans who hide in their rabbithutches), would these good people ever, like Lincoln, be willing to admit that their country can be wrong, tembly wrong? Wouldn’t they, like Lincoln’s opponents, like Fulbright’s current opponents (American Legion lobby groups, etc.), scream that America is always right, and that immediate force is /the answer for those within the country who revolt against colonial status (Negroes in their city colonies) or those outside the country revolting against colonial status (the Vietnamese throwing off French rule, as Americans threw off British rule). It is because I know the lie behind, the empty words that I would never take my hat off if I should see an American Legion parade passing, waving the flag so smugly. They are too obscene. If I pay tribute to their definition of America as a wolfpack, as tribes warring with tribes, I would be insulting my own vision of America as a country of humans. It may be invisible to their eyes, but I see the blood on their hands, and I see that they are trying to wipe their hands clear of blood by hanging onto the flag and protesting loudly their innocence. Methinks these patriots protest too much. I would like to make only this point. America that vision you hold in your mind | is still somewhere ahead, still j a vision. Don’t let the empty words fool you into believing that it has already arrived. What we live in today is a kind of outer darkness. Even if you Hnew nothing of i the torments of the American Negro, or even if you choose to be ignorant of this terrible American trait (we are of German stock to a great extent) which began by destroying an entire race, the American Indian, and is now well on the way to destroying another entire nation, the Vietnamese (now even the cities are not safe), even if you live in your secure little cocoon Nappanee you know by the restlessness in your soul, the boredom like oppresive summer heat, and the sudden anger-like summer lightning —you know that something is amiss. If this is the American dream, you say, I think I would rather wake up. And that, I plead with you and your better instincts, is a simple answer; from out of the mouths of babes as they say. Forget about the American dream that is, stop, dreaming about it before reality bursts in like a bomb. You art surprised that even your green maple-smothered dream called Nappanee has been invaded by visions of Detroit and Saigon, by draft-card burners and think you might be even more surprised, so surprised you wbuld wake up, if you learned the really unbelievable facts; namely the causes for those rioters and demonstrators: cities which do not find jobs for the poor, do not kill the rats attacking their babies, but choose instead to create speciail

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police forces using chemicals, tenks, gas bullets: this is happening now, in your country. But how do I speak the really unspeakable fjcts about that other war, the one in Vietnam? Unless you take the trouble to obtain for yourselves the photos, films, books which present material other than that presented in America’s Pray das, Time, Life, the Hearst Press, etc., then you would not believe the reality. (It’s too bad some group in Nappanee doesn’t gather a variety of this material, presenting all points of view, and then hold a public symposium.) Suffice it to say that when even the Midwestern radio commentator Paul Harvey, whose usual reaction to problems is to bomb them out of existence, compares America in Vietnam to Russia suppressing the Hungarian Revolt, then will you begin to understand what’s happening to America? Citizen apathy breeds an abuse of power in those controlling police and army. Moreover, Mr. Harvey added, the Russians killed only 3,000, whereas we have killed 300,000, the majority of them civilians; farmers in the field, women in their huts, children trying to save their water buffalo. I guess I shouldn’t object to Mr. Arnott having no answers. I guess I should be grateful that he is even asking questions. But isn’t it time one began to propose some solutions especially if one has political aspirations. Oh, well, the people of Nappanee will go on electing middle class or upper middle class fraternity-boy, officercandidate, Jaycee-Kiwannis types who ih turn will uphold that political point of view that sends their electors’ sons to slaughter innocents and be slaughtered. There’s a sucker born every minute. Fortunately, one dies every moment as well. Asa recent rock ‘n’ roll song says: You can be the first one on your block to have your boy come home in a box. I would also like to disagree with Mr. Frank A. White in the same issue who says that “our Armed Forces concentrate on building strong bodies.” To the contrary, our Armed Forces concentrate on mutilation. Ask the ladies who sell the poppies. That welfare relief money that every one complains about goes mainly to children and to those boys whose strong bodies have been destroyed by this century of wars. I have several relatives who now have only part of their limbs and pant, of their brains as proof of what I say. Perhaps Mr^-White’s rdative^. like Dean Rusfc!s, are , given pxqraptidns .from thej draft. The rest of us know firgt - hand that what he says is a dirty lie, an obscene joke. He also claims that the Army discourages immorality and excessive drinking. Now I am sure that neither Mr. White or any of his relatives hpve ever been near the Army. Os the many alcoholic sergeants I saw in the Army I remember best the one

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who upon retiring was blubbering' to everyone: “I always followed orders. I never disobeyed. When the officers ordered us to bomb our own units, I didn’t correct them, I followed orders. That was right, wasn’t it?” None of us answered him. Sq much for that kind of patriotism, So much for following orders and not asking question*Every man has to make his own moral decisions. No leader can do it for you. Follow-the-Leader is a game we don’t play anymore not since Hitler, and the Nuremburg trials. Being a generation with that and Hiroshima under our belts, in an age when the CIA runs the world, none of us answered him. He wouldn’t have comcomprehended. I will save for some other time Mr. White’s horror of marijuana. Suffice it to say that in Vietnam as in revolutionary America, marijuana is known as “hemp", George Washington and Thomas Jefferson grew the stuff and probably smoked it without visible harm. If the fathers of our country were alive today they would be sentenced to five years in jail. James Eilers

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In school, most teachers have a pleasant time with the bright, eager students. There is no real problem with the well adjusted child, and they are fun to teach, In high seheel, those who are engaged in athletics or music or various school' activities are a real . joy to their teachers. ) Ministers get the same satisfaction from children who are faithful in attendance to church or to youth meetings. These are the ones with whom it’s easy and : pleasant to communicate. | Aren’t parents the same way? The responsive, normal children are the ones who often seek and get < the most attention, and are the ones which cause their parents fewer heartaches and headaches. But in Nappanee and everywhere, there is a growing number of young people who can’t or won’t fit in to the easy, normal patterns of behavior. They don’t receive the same stimulation from the normal intellectual or athletic activities. It’s more difficult to communicate with them or to interest them. This is a challenge, then. Ab though its harder, and although it should taka more time and effort, it’s important that dedicated teachers and ministers, as well as other adults do more to try to reach this segment of our youth, who need us so much more. These young people need a friend. They crave understanding. They seek guidance. It won’t be easy, but it’s a very important undertaking for the right people in this town. TO MOVE TO N. MANCHESTER Mrs. Callie Walker and Mrs. Anna Stephens are going to be missed by their many Nappanee friends when they move away on next Saturday after having lived here for the last seventeen years. Their new address will be the Estelle Peabody Home, North Manchester, Indiana 46962. They hope to return to visit now and then in Nappanee and also hope that their friends will drive down to see them in their new location. SENIOR CITIZENS The board members of the Senior Citizens met at the home of Pearl Slabaugh and appointed the following committees for the next term. Chairman, Mrs. Hazel Janssen with Mrs. Delphia Jerles and Mrs. Reatha Hepler; table committee, Mrs. Ruth Doering, Mrs. Edith Hepler and Mrs. Inez Tobias; Greeters are Mr. and Mrs. Merl | Mikel.

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D.E.N. Usually, politically we're pretty close at our house. At the moment, however, there's slight division. The editor thinks Dean Rusk is a weak sister, an opinion not (hared throughout the household. That's e pitfall ip giving women the vote! ★ ★ ★ Poor Jim looks for news to set on Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, and Friday. Than it all pours in op Monday afternoon, and he's (Wamped on Tuesdays. That's why we get chilly about a story of an event which happened days ago which doesn't come in until the last minute. That's why we get snappish about last minute requests for front page position. ★ ★ ★ Wish all the churches were as good about getting their news to us ip good shape apd ip good time as are the Mount Tabor Church and the Brethren in Christ Church. ★ ★ ★ It's getting about that time again for loyal White Sox fans to emerge. It really isn't much too early to order those World Series tickets. Cub fans had better wait until the 4th of July- ★ ★ ★ There are several politicians in the County who never seem to know who we are until election time, and then they're our greatest buddies. ★ ★ ★ Learned something from the Wakarusa Tribune. They had an article on the making of "sirup", which we'd always spelled "syrup". Actually, apparently the former is preferred. Webster says it's spelled with an I in the north part of Wa-Nee and a Y in the south part. This will be something the new high school will have to get settled. ★ ★ ★ , Was particularly touched by the presentation of a cake and citation by the camp fire girls Sunday. Came as a complete surprise. Was really touched because nothing like that’s happened before. ★ ★ ★ Spent an exciting time in Milwaukee. Several hours at the Milwaukee Jeurnal provided all kinds of ideas on soma of the new methods being used in newspaper printing. Now all we need is money. ★ ★ ★ Saw fha Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn movie in Milwaukee. It deals tastefully with a situation es inter-racial marriage. We'ro going to miss Spencer Traay. SPELLING CHAMPS At Union Center School, the 1968 school spelling champ, who waa also the 1967 champ, is Bertha Yoder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Voder of R. 1, She is in Mr. Nile's 7th grade class. Runnerup was ttuda Sheets, daughter of Mr, and Mn, Vernon ghetto, R 1, in Mrs, ietupucker’s sth grade class.

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