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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-11-25, Page 12cioderk . � 'Sin I t . « Ye.... "bot• �, � It � �tr>! itl�a�y� � � THE DEADLIEST OF WARS , There's a war in progress right now that will produce more cas- ualties than the two great world wars. It makes the current cold war look lime a Sunday 'School picnic. It, is being fought in the home, in the schools, and in the streets, in every country in the u orld. The war I'm talking about is the war between youth and age. There has been no declaration of war, no single incident which has provoked hostilities. But the fighting has begun, and it's going to be a long, cruel destructive one before it ends, a war' like no other the human race has seen. ware .that h.ey a. - Pr. Od.. aoi n. _ : Ireinforcements, for the eue. 'they must face soon, a ' The war was° ineyitable. For 5,0.00 years, the majors managed •to keep the minors under theirI thumbs.. Through a combination of guile, economic pressure and sheer numbers (infant mortality was high), the elders kept the young in check. They convinced them that age and wisdom were synonymous. They assured them that older men made better politicians, preachers, and generals. They not based on hate, but on some- thing closer to love, -a complete lack of understanding with a wistful desire for it, on both sides. It is not international or inter -racial war,. but civil war, 1 a ._ Cho. �hMi�et� •.� Alexander eider the Great • and Pitt 'be younger, and Napoleon. But. most -of thxm died young. which makes it doubly frighten- i kept the young from multiplying' ing. by feeding them cheerfully into the furnaces of whatever war In the front lines are not they was in progress at the time. children and the elderly. Thank While the old boys stayed home goodness for that. No. Th"op-, and looked after the store. a posing forces are the. young adulis, from about 15 to 25, on They refused to retire and let one side, and the no -longer -i the young move up. They urged youthful adults, from 35 to 55;security rather than seeking. on the other. , They preached compromise rather than courage. They tried What, you may ask, aboutto smother every flame of ideal - 'h )se between, from 25 to 35?; ism with the cold water of what They don't even know the war they called "reality." is on. Busy producing and anti ing kids, they are blissfully un- Oh. the odd one broke through t. * >s<a And now, sad to relate, pad, you and I are reaping the bitter rice. Young ' people think p exact- l.y what I thought, when I was a, young person; that every living' soul over 40 is ineviltably op- posed to anything" that is fun, frightening or fattening. y: x. C Five thousand years of 'grow- ing resentment is bursting fdrth in all directions. Thanks' to medical advances, they now out- number us. Thanks to economic prosperity, they live better than we ever did. Thanks to the co- wardly and conformist world we created' for them, they despise us. The hour is come, for, them. Phone Blyth 523-9313 — — Producers of Quality Wool and Leather and Makers �f den Laine Wool & Leather Products Are Continuing Their LIMITED On Hwy.'4 between Clinton -and Wingham And you can't . blame them much. We are against sex and liquor for minors, but think they're dandy for' majors. We're against smoking, and puff our way straight into the oxygen tent. We tell them to be honest, and cheat on our income tax. We tell them to practise Chris- tian charity, and rip our neigh- borsc'up-the-back We urge them -to be mature, and we bicker and squabble in front of them over*trifles. We tell them they have no initiative, and refuse to let them do 'any- A -capacity crowd of 530 .per- sons li tened to . Clare Statton, district supervisor for Jehovah's Witnesses as be spoke on the subject, "What does the Resur- rection .of the Dead Mean to You and Yours?" in the Saugeen District High, School in Port Elgin on Sunday, Novmber 21. • This -was the main feature gst .the, circuit assembly held there. Mr. Statton said. "We are living in a world of atheistic thinking when people are more prone to accept the ideas of man than the word of- God as to the hope of the resurrection," Mr. Statton continued- by saying, "The Bible speaks.of a first resurrection 'and then an after resurrection, and we know that God will not fail in his; U,ose. Mr. StattOn baptisin 8 syn o b �� c4 �es ed1inspired t " have ciireeted his; .audience to the Dibie as evidence that these things' will- take place in the very near future. Another important feature of the assembly took place on Sat- urday with the baptism service. Jehovah's Witnesses recognize iktxou f one's: life of Godo there, by constituting their- ordination as ministers. During this as- sembly four persons took.this .Step. _* �#" On returning 'home r,nd' Mrs. Gerry . moroso:an.. wily said, "We feel complety re- 4reator sharein PrQttiotingBible. edueation as the Only solution to tie growing fear of war." order to make the assembly a success a total of 8, b volunteer workers, served , in the various' departMents. , The cafeteria ser, vel a total of 100.0 meals. Ula eeting tstitute apnity arge at d visa Do dtarge poled teWart ith Mrt anist i William. $be m 1:td' bY' and she seat sh 0 thing that is not safe, sensible and sanitary. We hl -ow up our hands in horror at their likes in dress and in music, at their popular heroes, at their natural desires. When ,they are. polite, we grow pompous. When they are in- solent, .we grow furious. Yep, the war is on. Don't worry. I'm not- a traitor. I'll stick with the majors. 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