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Thoughts and Things
From the Journal Staff
will be nice to get back on This is the beginning of a new year;
the hofidays. The days a time fog new beginnings and a time
e the fight ones for to end some things. It's the time of
now. year when we all take rime (or should)
we could get people in- to think about the changes in out fives
in sending in items of in-that are necessary, and give up on old
recipes, anything you would ghosts that should have had a decent
~am. To those who burial months ago. My New Year's
from the area it would make resolutions will certainly contain some
interesting reading, burials and/or bridge bumings. But
Christmas dinner for there will also be some new constmc-
folla this year and we shared don going on. There are many things
that were our mother's. Some in our fives that change from day to
recipes she had fimxl for the day; maybe every day should be taken
at theChristianChurch as a new beginning. All the old
; three most should be placed in storage to be got-
t Ever Chicken, Pim- ten out only to remember and ponder
Potatoes and Cherty Crunch. on.
only bad tiring about hosting a I recently talked to a young woman
wants to leave some who is riving in Ripley. She mention-
most of them were ed that she is interested in beginning
cookies and pies and a dance studio in this area if she can
plays havoc with the find the space to open one. She is a
But, oh how good very a¢complished dancer, has been
was--and still is. dancing most of her life, she has
when I delivered our taught several chsses in dancing and
even- would like to open her own studio.
bush had several She is also an accomplished instmc-
on it. Our big maple tot of exerdse programs. I think that
wm loaded with buds that look- Perkins would be the perfect place for
they were ready to pop open her to open a dance studio, and I hope
when the temperature that she accomplishes her dream.
up in the 60s. Perkins could definitely benefit from
a Happy New Year. her expertise. I'm sure there are many
--Yvonne children in Perkins who would love to
... learn ballet, modem dancing, and
other forms of dance. And having an
Savings and Loan, exercise instructor in Perkins would
of the state's laqlest nvi s in- definitely be handy to all of us who
has sold several thomand work in Perkins and don't have time
~apers to a cam- to drive to Stillwater for their pro-
in South Dakota (this scribe's grams. A vote of confidence would
mortgage was among them), certainly make her choice easier. Let's
commercializes on TV: all of us give her our vote.
Frontier spirit is alive in I wish all of you a happy and pro-
We wonder.., spemus year in 1985.
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have exclusive right to the Sunday
newspaper for a whole hour or two. If
1 finish that, I can dig into the con-
teats of a magazine or the current
book I'm reading. It is just the quiet
of the big house, a hot cup of coffee.
I can lean back in my chair at the
breakfast room table, prop my feet up
on the nearby bench, and the only
thing l'~e got to think about is my dog
Eric, and he doesn't my a wordl All
he does is trot up about every five
minutes because he knows at that
time of day I've got a few minutes to
give him a good rub behind the ears.
XII
I think every family is unique in its
way, and one of a kind. Every family
has its habits, murines and situations
under which they must perform.
However, l'm sure that one thing all
families have in common, especially
those with teenagers, is the shower
and bathroom problem. Am I wrong
in concluding that we are raising
youngsters that somehow have ac-
cumulated a desire for cleanliness of
the body? I don't find this in their
other surroundings. Have you ever
looked in a teenager's car? Or walked
into his morn? Or followed his trail
through the house as pieces of
clothing and other items are strewn
along the path?
At least every two weeks there is a
24 hour declared war on the "animal
den" upstain. This includes raised
mices, threats, munuurings under the
breath, lectures, a setting in of paren-
tal depression, a new list of rules and
.regulations and quickly dispensed
discipline and deprivations as several
armloads of dirty clothes, overdue
library books, food cattous, dirty drink
glasses and soft drink cans, notes from
the teacher, milk canons, partially
eaten pizzas, lost school books, potato
chip sacks and other garbage comes
down the stairs enroute to the
dishwasher, laundry room, and the
hack alley trash container.
I must admit this battle will never
be won, at least at our house. It's an
unwinrmble war. How is it at your
house?
XXX
This situation is difficult to under-
stand for patents who grew up in large
families before the days of multiple
showers and hair idolization or
fedchism. Yvonne reminds our off-
spring that at her parental house, they
bathed once a week in a wash tub, in
the kitchen! After they got the indoor
bathroom, they got two baths a week
in privacy.
At our house, we had indoor
plumbing when I grew up, but it was
the routine for the children to bathe
on Wednesday and Saturday nights.
We got a clean shin and clean pair of
pants on Monday and Thursday mor-
nings. We wore our Sunday outfit to
church on Sunday and Wednesday
nights after our baths. When we
became 13 years old, we were shown
the little flat jar of Mum in the
medicine cabinet and the whole fami-
ly of age, shared it, putting a dab
under each arm after a bath. l'lt have
to admit that as I progremrd into the
teen years, 1 felt the obligation and
need to throw in a couple more baths
a week, and I got an extra change of
clothes. Then, the laundry was done
even/ Monday morning in the base-
meat in a wringer washer with two
wash tubs standing beside it. Mrs.
Johnson did the ironing on Wednes-
day so there wasn't any rummaging
around in the dryer to find a pair of
socks or a shin. If you weren't wear-
ing it, and it wasn't hanging in the
closet, or wasn't in your assigned
drawer in the big chest of drawers, it
was in the dirty clothes basket out in
the hall.
XXX
But I shouldn't complain about the
cleanliness of the 1980's, I guess. It
could be the other way around, and
I suppose this could be a problem in
some households. Actually, ! tend to
over-state and over-react about situa-
tions of which I have no apparent fon-
trol, but I imagine if I really gave a
lot of thought to it, I am pleased that
even though I may have to worry
about how my kids react in school, on
the streets and highways, in church,
on dates, at parties, in atMetics, in the
principal's office, etc., I don't have tc
worry about whether or not they stink,
or their hair is ditty. They say that
"Cleanliness is next to Godfiness"
and heaven only knows I realize mine
is sure not an angel, but it is nice to
know he wam't left out entirely whma
the blessings were handed out, even
if he has to turn on the shower to get
his!
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
Everything seems to cost too much
when considered by itself. It is only
when we compare one's income to
that of the broad spectrum of salaries
and wages and consider what any
given income will buy, that sound
judgement can be made as to equity.
Kids are more valuable than cars.
Yet those who design, build and sell
cars earn more than do our teachers.
Kids are worth more than coal or oil
but those who work in such industries
take home a lot more buying power
than the teacher earns.
Af:er parents, teachers are the most
important custodians of the young. In
many cases, especially in homes with
two working parents, the teachers
spend more waking hours with the
children than do their parents. Thus
teachers are a potent influence for
good or bad in the formative years of
the most precious entities on earth,
our kids.
Now I am among the most avid
sports fans, but anyone can see the
disgraceful disparity between the in-
come of teachers, regardless of how
good they are at their job, as com-
pared to professional athletes, singers
and stage and movie personalities.
Just offer twenty good teachers an
equal share of the salary of one of the
above mentioned "overpaids" and
see how many volunteers you would
get. The sad fact is that the notables
sell beer and soap and the teachers
don't. A good teacher's product is in-
tangible. It goes to enhance the mind
and good habits of iitde people, isn't
that more valuable than the fleering
results of a cleanser or a gut-wash?
Good teachers deserve more pay.
Bad teachers deserve to be replaced by
better teachers who will be assured of
earning incomes in parity with those
employed in industry and other
professions.
-s-Bud England
SENIOR CITIZEN NEWS
By Mildred Cash
Our monthly birthday dinner and
Christmas dinner on Friday,
De.tuber 21st., was well attended
with fifty.two people present. A lot
of folks who usually come were either
out of town or expecting company.
Wednesday's Potluck Dinner the
day after Christmas was well attend-
ed with twenty-three there.
The quilters are about to finish the
Star quilt but we have been a little
short of help, so it's taking more time
to get it out of the frames.
We sincerely hope everyone had a
Merry Christmas and that all will be
blessed with a Happy New Year.
Widows luncheon will be Thurs-
day, January 3, 1985.
Wednesday, January 9, 1985, we
will have a poduck dinner. This is also
the day for the nurse to take blood
sugar tests and blood pressure tests.
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THE BIBLE STUDENT
An evangelist went into a com-
mumty to conduct a revival. He
visited in a number of homes and
talked with a number of people.
One morning he approached a
farmer in the field and said: "Good
friend, are you lost?"
The farmer replied: "Nape, lived
here all my life, know every nook and
cranny."
The evangelist then asked: "Are
you a Christian?"
The farmer said: "No, that is not
my name, but it might be the name
of a new family down the road about
a mile."
Not to be outdone, the evangelist
then said: "Don't you know you'll be
at Judgement?"
To this the farmer said: "Please
don't mention this to my wife. She
never misses a thing, goes to
everything, and I know she would
want to be there also.
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The Peddm Journal Thursday, January 3, 1985 -- PAGE 3
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