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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-05-07, Page 7Me kring ILII Home For gar Raccoons We have made the raccoons a new house and put it up on bhe roof; hoping that Ilansel might like it and live in it, for now the hunting season Is rip - preaching, and we are worried about him. He is cautious, true - but will he be cautious enough? The house is made of wood, a long tunnel with a roomy box at one end,eovered with sheet metal to keep out the rain. At the other end we have fastened a wide board to provide a run way to a nearby tree. Gretel adores it. As soon as the house is finished she scuttles across the runaway, paps into the tun- nel and can be heard rustling around inside the box, rearrang- ing the bedding. of straw and leaves. Thereafter she spends her af- ternoons on the roof sleeping ,r just being lazily comfortable in and sunny, lying on the runway her nest; or, if the day is warm to watch us working in the yard down below, Sometimes sne rolls over on her back and, just for the fun of it, goes through the tunnel upside-down, walk- ing along the ceiling. We have left a ladder leaning against the edge of the roof, near the house so that we can climb it and look in: en her puce in a while, When we 'peer in; two bright satis- fied eyes star out at us; then, with a kittenish twist the head goes upside-down, and she comes walking out along the ceiling to greet us, But Hansel, for whom we have made it, will have nothing to do with this fine house, He if afraid of it, The first even- ing when he comes, we hear him climb the ladder and go up en the roof to investigate. itis feet pad around the house, his claws click on its tin roof, Af- ter that there is silence, Has he gone inside? Has he found the marshmallow I left in the tun- nel for him? Does he like the nest Gretel made? After a while. we hear the ladder bumping against the roof WHEa L IS A WHEEL - Sopho- more Bruce Anderson is a •little, wheel on the University of Mis- souri campus. He says his uni- cycle is great for getting around to classes and no parking pro blems either. ISSUE 18 - 1959 es he makes -his way down; then, bumping again as he climbs halfway back up. There, clinging to a rung, he peers through the window and calsis; ' Chirrrrrl" That is the extent of 'his acknowledgment of the house, this new routine of firit going up to look at it, coming down and going halfway up the ladder again before he lets us • know he has arrived -•- a rota- tine he follows night after night. It is almost as if he feels it to be his duty to say thank you politely f o r something he doesn't want, He won't even enter it to get his marshmallow. Before they go for their walk, Gretel ,insists upon showing him the lovely nest she has made. He follows her obediently up the ladder, across the runway, to the ere - ranee of the tunnel, but there he balks. . Although she rustles around ever so enticingly amid the straw and leaves, and'grunts an invitation for him to join her, and finally smacks her lips over the consumption of his very own marshmallow, he will not even so much as put nis wary nose inside. At last Gretel comes out again and joins him in a gaine of tag on the roof, and, for us t1nderneath during the next half hour, there is a continuous roll of thunder as they gallop heavily over our heads. - From "The Good 'Year," By Era Zistel. Something For Nothing It is a human weakness of which all of us are guilty: Hop- ing for something for nothing. know, all of us k w, you get out of life what you put into it. There' is no such thing as something for nothing. Probably, something -for -noth- ing is our country's greatest weakness today. All too often, most of us vote for the political candidate who offers us something -for -nothing. All too often, most of us cheer the office holder who, by plung- ing our children deeper and deeper into debt, offers us some- thing -'for -nothing. All too often, most of us praise, the employer who gives us tht which we haven't earn- ed. All too • often, most of us stand loyal to the union leder who gets us paid for not 4. r k ing ;.a Certainly, we should support the candidate who promises us more efficiency, improved con- ditions, a . better life. Certainly, we must support the office holder who does the same. Certainly, employers and ufi- ion leaders are properly deli- .cated and should be held in re- spect, espect, for treating workers right, for adding to the dignity of their employees or members, for helping them help them- selves. But there is a vast difference between something -for -nothing and a better life. Something - for - nothing is a fool's paradise. It can't last. It is artificial, against the laws of nature, It includes a day of reckoning. While earning - your - way means you have 'bought and ..paid -for your better life, It's , yours. You own it. Again, perhaps the wishful, thinking that makes us expect something - fo r- nothing is our nation's greatest weakness to- day. It can well be more 'danger - out to our way of life with its Freedom and its government of, for and by the people, than all the ICBMs• tested and stockpil- ed in the. Soviet Union..- Mexi- co (Mo.) Evening Ledger. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS t1.' Boll on toe 1. ea ntnte. In eyelid contest DOWN 1. Toothed wheel 2. Display os- tentatiously 2. Agriculturist 4: Fasting day 6 rnntnniled 4, Shun 9 209 12 Lubricate 13 finder legal age 14. Epoch 15 Seized suddenly 11. Large stream 14 Exigency 20 Nation 21, Bury .• 23. Tndrgunlc substance " 26, Composition tor two 27. Obeys -, 28. Etotitor 29, Coo astray 80. Lyrics ... 81, ricer 'covering 62, fn equal degree. 881 Animal tracks 84. Labyrinth communlaa- eons 87. Irrigato 88. Atphabethto character 80, Firmly tied 40. Antelope 42. Baggage carriers 45. Twitching 46. Free from e(rrors 4 . I1ed I oh coin I6, Fleveraa 6. Along with 87, Irish poet 7, Note 02 the 80. Slight scale81. Physteal 8. Commfasfuna 9 Prysubstances . 10. Exist lst 38. Daze ' 11. Patriotic or. 84. Tall spar (ani) ation 80. Any regular 16. Vegetable 87,'DIVisIona of 18. Frozenaelty desserts �- • 20. Doting 20. Circlets 40. ,fop, otitcast 21. Utopian 42. Dutch painter 22. Tend the sick 42. writing 23. After dinner - Implement candles 43. Deserter 24. Astound: 44: Sorrel. 05501 DE Stihsenner,l is 47. 14ven14 2 3 4 ' 5 6 7. 10 12 13 ' 14' i6 Ib 19 20 I1 18 21-:• 22 23 24 28 26,. t7 28, 29 32 36 5a$33. 38 30 31 34 37 veetlee efeeee 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47, 46 49 50 4-1I 4- Answer elsewhree on this page SWING YOUR COMRADE - Ho Chi Minh, president of North (Communist) Viet Nam, goes through dance steps with local girl while visiting in Tjipanas, Indonesia. She's wearing the native dress of Borneo, major island of Indore'sian group. llIilA1N FRONT The following story about a Michigan farmer who just plain refused to be "pushed around" by 'U.S.. Dept. of Agriculture bureaucrats is of such interest that I am passing it along to you. It' was written by God- frey Sperling Jr., in the Chris. tian Science Monitor. * * When refugees leave Iron Curtain countries for a happier way of life, the leaving has be- come too commonplace to evoke big headlines. ` But when an American of' respect within his community decides :that the re- straints of ordinary 'farm exist- ence are too much for him and looks toward •'Australia as his new home-this'becomes bigger - than -average news. Perhaps just about everybody has heard about farmer Stanley Yankus by now. His refusal to embark upon the seas of bu-- reaucrecy have broughthim be- fore a nationwide television audience, and his story has been splashed across the national press. Actually, this reporter was slow to warm up to the Yankus story. From a distance the man .sounded as'if•he might be• a 'professional nonconformist, someone who might have been dedicating his life to battling ' `established. authority. Or, again, there was the persistent'ques- tion: Is he a headline hunter? I found Stanley 'Yankus to be, in the words of his neighbors, an awfully -nice fellow.' Cer- tainly, 'a lot of .the -;people around there aren't. in sympathy with what he is trying to do. They figure he should have con- formed to government control, made himself' eligible for sub- stantial cash benefits, 'and thus escaped his $5,000 fine. But they say he . is sincere, honest, and capable, too. He was a member of the school board here that built the new school. Tie finished fifth from the top of his class in the big high school he attended in Chicago. Since then, this farmer has lived with good books. He now makes speeches, and those who have heard him say he. is 'par- ticularly persuasive.. * t a . ' Let's let Mr. Yankus tell his story, as he did to me in his ..farmhouse ' (now almost bare and ready for the new owners); "My, name is Stanley Yankus. I have a wile and three chil- dren. I have ' lived on my 100 - .acre farm since April, 1943. I raise wheat and barley and feed it all to • my chickens. I have signed an agreement With the Agriculture Stabilization Com. mittee, I have never accepted subsidies. "In the fall of 1953, an ASC agent 'said I could not raise wheat and feed It to my chick- ens. I thought this. 'was contrary to everything American, I asked the ASC man how I would be able to make a living if I could not use my land. "In 1954, my wheat fines equaled my entire net income. In the year 1955, I was fined about $1,304. The March issue of Reader's Digest magazine has an article entitled The Strange Crime of Stanley Yankus! What is my crime? A man does have to commit an of fense to get fined or punished. I did not sell my wheat, so my offense is not selling wheat. Then my offense had to be us- ing land for producing crops * * ,p "The division of power -legis- lative, executive, and judicial -- has been a fundamental concept of English and American law. The ASC has nullified this con- cept because a bureaucrat in the Department of Agriculture' can write a regulation throught the Federal Register which hes the effect of law. 'The ASC can and does exe- cute and- administer these laws,' and the ASC acts as judge and jury in determining a farmer's guilt. -I am not fighting for the right- to grow wheat. I am fight- ing for the right to own prop- erty. If I am forbidden the use of my land, then I do not own it. My rights do not extend much 'beyond' the right to pay taxes. ' This is tyranny. "The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution says 'no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking A.15 5aN3d')i5V dYM t7N3V12 'D I .L Sag 83J.VM J. 21 0 d CINV"13 15VA 3Nfl.2i 5a 9113.1 3ZVW 51015 ,5'd .LVW 5-9N05 au 3 VW SON IW J.3na 111113N 3313A IW ef31N7 3DVti a33N® I21 0399Vtie 'v' 3®a ON IN 1 .I 0 C3V 1 3O V A 9 d' ;IINMAYSC QOI Ji,SSON By ttev- it. ti Warren, t1.A., 8.1) David King of Israel 2 Samuel 5: 1-12; 2;15 Memory Selection; The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be esta- blished for ever. Proverbs 39:i4. David, like Moses, led sheep before he led people. He was a very capable leader. Even when he was fleeing from King Saul, four hundred men join- ed him and he became their captain. .After Saul's death he had opportunity to take ven- geance on those who remained of Saul's family but he didn't. This restraint of power in the day of his advantage helped him finally to become King of all Israel. After reigning for seven and one-hallf years in Hebron over Judah, the other tribes came to him and asked him to be their king also. Men with the true gift of leadership don't have to blast their way to the top. Their gifts are first shown in smaller spheres, Their qualities are re- cognized and they are invited to positions of greater responsi- bility. The saying of Jesus has application , here; "Thou heat been faithful over a few things, or property without due process of law' The . right to trial by jury is one of the due processes of law which has been denied to me. * t. * "My right to liberty should certainly be my right to earn my own living on my own farm. Federal law should apply equal- ly to all citizens. Yet in 36 states there are wheat restric- tions, and in 12 states there are none. Thus, I am a second -Class citizen because I live in a state where restrictions are imposed. "Many people have told me that I would lose everything by opposing these wheat laws. What is everything? Money is of no value to a slave. I think free- dom is everything." Now Mr. Yankus, who says he is neither cynical nor embit- tered, has paid his fines, sold his farm and furnishings, and has taken himself and his fam- ily on the long trip to Australia. He has been told he may grow all the wheat he wants to in Australia. Mr, Yankus is not -likely to turn back the clock on agricul- tural practices in the United States. But the Yankus voice is an honest one, even if his mes- sage would oversimplify it. Cer- tainly he has caused many peo- ple to think more about the workings of bureaucracy. 1 will make thee ruler aver many things," David was a brave man, fie who had slain Goliath, was not daunted by the ridicule of the Jebusites. He took their strong- hold and made it the nation's capital, He prepared for the building of the temple there. Jerusalem has had a very un- usual history. Here David and his son, Solomon, reigned over all Israel, After the division of the kingdom, Jerusalem con- tinued as the capital a1 the Southern kingdom, Then. Nebu- chadnezzar of Babylon took the city. Later under Cyrus of Per- sia, the returning exiles rebuilt the city under Nehemiah. From 63 B.C. to A,D, 636, Rome was master over the land, The Arabs ruled from 636 to 1099. The Christians held it ' during the Crusades . from 1099 to 1.187. Egypt ruled from 1187 to 1517 and the Turks were in the land for the next 200 years. Since then the Jews have been re- turning with the Arabs protest- ing. The Arabs have the cen- ter of the city of what is called Old Jerusalem. Barbed wire separates this from the part which the Jews now hold. It was outside this city that Jesus was crucified. Of all the cities of the world, this one that David founded, has had the most interesting history and prophecy indicates that its role in world history will yet be more significant. Atom Threat To "Stone Age" Man Ten thousand Swedish Lapps are looking wistfully at their magic drums. Though their use is taboo, some of their wise men may soon be induced to beat out special entreaties to ancient tri- bal gods. The drumbeats will echo a Stone Age cry in protest against the advancing and, for these no- madic peoples, obliterating atom- ic age. For the Lapps to -day, fearing for their livelihood. have askbd the United Nations to pro- tect their reindeer pastures. Gradually, as Swedish indus- try shoots northwards, so more and more rivers are being har- nessed to give. hydro -electric power. Reindeer territory, undis- turbed for centuries, is disap- pearing. The Lapps rely on their rein- deer for more than meat and milk. This wonderful all-purpose animal provides them with cloth- ing, blankets, covers for their tents and sleighs. Lapp carvers, too, conjure ex- quisite ornaments out of its bones. These sell readily as souvenirs to tourists in search of the Midnight Sun. Foremost champion of Lapp rights, the Rev. Gustav Park, says some of their camping grounds have been used for 1,000 years. NO GAME FOR CHILDREN - Shooting in the marble round at Tinsley Green, England, is George (Pop) Maynard, 87 -year- old "King of Marbles." English fans take the game seriously, it's at Tinsley Green that the British Marbles Championships are decided each year. PUZZLE PICTURE - Icebreaker Staten Island hod visitors while caught in an antarctic situation " P y for the birds." The photographer counted six penguins who came to see the ship, trapped tem braril bypressure ice i0 the Ross Sea. We count seven. There's an eighth bird in the picture however. A whirlybird, its rotor and cab are unobtrusively visible behind ice ridge, background.