—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 26, 1959 4 FROM WHERE WE STAN “The Good Old Days' As the kid in the -three cornered pants gently nudges the old greybeard out of sight we often set to thinking about “time” and what it does to all of us We sometimes hear references to “The Good Old Days” and a rather nostalgic note in the voice of the talk er. We wonder just what was good about them. Several weeks ago I asked my Dad, now 79 years young, just what was it that made the good old days so good. His answer bears repeating, we believe. “The best thing about the good old days,” he said, “was that we were young. I think we ought to hear more about the good NEW days.” When he was queried about the high taxes we pay for schooling today he said, “No, school taxes are not too high. Maybe we don’t get all we pay for, but taxes are not too high.” But maybe we get more in these good new days than we give ourselves credit for. We in the rural areas should be doubly aware of this. In the not-too-distant past only the urban children or the very rich rural ones could ever hope to have a first class education. As we walked home from a wrest ling match at the high school a few nights ago with our sixth-grader, the conversation turned to the stars. We learned that Sirius the dog star forms part of the constellation, Canis Major, and Cassiopeia the Queen was on her throne as usual. Betelgeuse still holds a place of prominence at the shoulder of Orion, the mighty hunter, and he still wears that belt of three bright jewels. We sit right out on the edge of this galaxy called the Milky Way, and that small blob you can see right up through there between the queen and the hunter in the constella tion Andromeda, is the galaxy nearest to our own. Now all this was rather startling to a guy who has always had trouble locating even the Big Dipper unless it is in the water bucket. But our eleven year-old calmly stated that he had learned about astronomy in science in school. No, not science in high school — | Davidson This week there are pray ers throughout the Christian wond for an enduring pea ce on earth and good will among men That, too, js our praver this Holy Week «S Christ lived in a lime of strife and bitterness; in at time of war, poverty and suffering He aevoted His life to the teaching of the brotherhood of all men, of all nations The Christian religion wh Jch He gave to the world lias endured and grown thr oughout almost twenty can- Lancaster Farminq (Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. O Box 1524 1 ancaster, Penna. Offices -53 Not th Duke St. Lancaster, Penna. Phone Lancaster Express 4-3047 Jack Gum, Editor Robert O Campbfll Advertising Dinetor K Eusini ss Mtinnar Established November 4 1935 published evfry Saturday by Lancaster Farming. Lancaster, Pa Enti rod as 2nd class matter at Lancaster Pa under Act of 'Mar. 1, IS7S additional entry at Mount Jov Pa Subscription Rates - $2 per year; three vears J 5. 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THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson Peace On Earth tunes, and has survived all efforts to suppress it It is the foundation of our civi lization and the hope of our future The world looks to the Christian nations for the le adership that will continue to work unceasingly toward peace on earth We aie mo re than ever before confi dent that they will succeed Good Will Ambassador President Eisenhower re turns this week from a good will visit to nine countries m Euiope Asia and Africa Ho has been acclaimed on all of the three continents as an ambassador of peace He told the people of Fr ance, Italy, Tuikey, Pakist an, Afghanistan, India, Gre ece and Morocco that the great stiength of the United Slates is dedicated to esta blishment of permanent pea ce There can be no doubt but that Picsident Eisenhower’s visits ha\ e furthered the cause of peace and they have countered Communist propa ganda that the people of the United States want war. The President is a deeply uLgious man As a mintais man, var laugh' him to ab hor its destructiveness lie is a man ol peace as well a a leader of the Christian world D - Were They? science in the sixth grade. Our rural youngsters can learn things in school today that they never thought of teaching a few years ago, and wouldn’t have had time to teach if they had thought of it. Boys can choose from a wide range of courses that will prepare them for almost any career including the busi ness of farming. Girls have as wide a choice as the boys and can learn to hold down many positions in industry or become more proficient in making a more pleasant and comfortable home for the family. School will not, and never would, make something of a person against that person’s will, but if the desire to become something is there, our modern schools will help the youngster to be come something, easier. As the old year draws to a close we had better stop pining for the good old days and start appreciating THE GOOD NEW DAYS. ♦ At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. Resolutions I just looked over my last year’s New Year resolutions. I find that all the material and less important things I have carried out to the letter. It has been the more noble things I pledged to do where I have fallen short. Our financial report for the year exceeded our plans and expectations. I had resolved to finish a book and the last two chapters are being completed • I also resolved to plan things to make our life more interesting. I think this has been carried out to our complete satisfaction. However, when it comes to the re solution where I planned each day to pass a compliment, or give some en couraging words, or make someone feel more important. I find there were many days in my busy, hectic life I forgot all about these resolutions. I shall make them again and I hope next year to do a better job. ■Eastern Indiana Farmer The Christian Challenge Many of the non-Chn&t xan nations are ruled by le aders who place a low val uation on hie Freedom ex ists only in the nations wh ich follow the teachings of Christ. Christ said that He came that we might have life and have it more abundantly (James 10 10) He lived and taught the dignity of life, its purpose and rewards on Earth as well as after death He gave meaning to life and the brotherhood of man Wc should remember, at this season of Christmas giv mg, that Christ said “it is more blessed to give than to receive ” He said, too. that ‘ there is no one who has given for His sake who shall not receive a hundred fold ” In the years since the end of World War II we have given generously to the wo rld both the material and spiritual leadership that has built the foundation of a lasting peace President Ei senhower’s visits just before Christmas have been inten ded to preserve that peace. His visits have come at a critical time in world his tory when the world more than ever depends on the willingness of free peoples to make sacrifices in oidei that Christianity and peace shall prevail woodf manage- TO BE ALERT FOR LICE INFECTION—CattIe and swine ment is cutting low grade are both liable to severe lice infection during the winter timber trees and building a months Long hair coats in cattle make good habitat for higher percentage of good , , , „ ~ , quahU saw logs Rie Rce difficult to detect Two treatments twelve to fourteen days apait are necessary to clean them out. In Frost damaged foilagefiom COid weather louse powder including sulphur and rotenone wild or cliche cherry trees ma >’ k® used in place of liquid spray treatments The inl and sorghum wnll poison live- uortant thing is to be on the alert for them and treat be stock. fore the animals aie retarded in their gams or production. Bible Material: Acts 13 Devotional Beading: Joshua 1 6-9. Gad, Our Help Lesson for December 27, J 959 AT SUNSET, not a ray of hope. Alone, behind high walls, guarded by four squads of soldiers under special orders, his friends not knowing whether he was alive or dead But by midnight—! the man was free, talking with his friends. (Naturally, hunted by the police . . . but they never found him) What was the explanation of It? N-o&ody has ever quite succeeded in ex- plaining it. The man himself said an. angel Idid it; but an angel is hard to explain, Foreman too. The real explanation, every one felt, was in one single word: GOD. The man’s friends had been praying to God, and God sent the angel God had much more for Simon Peter to .do. *■ >- 'k In Great Crisis Did God help people in "Bible times” only and not since then ? By no means. God himself cannot be seen, remember; so it is always possible for some one to doubt— to say, "Well, I didn’t see God theie.” Nevertheless all through history there have been special oc casions, crises as they may be call ed, when believers have been quite sure that God must have been spe cially interested and active. For instance, in World War 11, on D-Day, innumerable slips oc curred during that great invasion of the Normandy coast. One writer who was there said that every thing that could go wrong went wrong, and some things that couldn’t But in spite of-it all, the Allies got their foothold in the cnemys land. What accounts for that? Or take the German guided missiles. If they had been ]ust a few weeks farther ahead with pro duction, England might have been completely smashed and the war would have had a different ending Now Is The Time . . . TO PROTECT MILK SUPPLY—The treat ment of udders of dairy cows for mastitis control should be exercised with special care Food and Drug Administration oth cials have warned the dairy producers that no trace of drugs or antibiotics will be permitted in the milk supply. When treat ing infected udders with penicillin be sure and do not ship any milk from that udder for at least 72 hours after treatment. This is important; please cooperate. TO SORT TOBACCO CAREFULLY Many growers are finding some shedburnt tobacco which needs special care; this small amount of burnt, rotten tobac co has little or no sale value and should not be put into the hands of delivered tobacco. Better check with your buyer befoie putting it in the Filler bales or it might be refused TO KEEP BEDDING UNDER THE COWS—High produc ing udder tissue exposed to cold concrete floors could be pne cause of mastitis infected in your herd, the importance of plenty of bedding under the milking herd at all times cannot be over-emphasized Proper stall dimensions will aid m keeping the bedding in place items will pay dividends What held the Germans up? Hitler, of course; but what made Hitler (ordinarily a shrewd man) so stupid ? “Out of Woaknoss” For some people it may be easier to believe that God takes care of nations and of great events, than that God takes care of me. Let us not deny his presence m the great crises. Last June a streamliner with 180 passengers on board inn over a suitcase filled with enough dynamite to blow the train in two —and the fuse was lighted! But the fuse went out, and the train was not hurt When the passenger s learned about it, isn’t it likely that most of they said, "Thank God"’ Some of them said it (perhaps) who hadn’t thanked God for any thing in years. Yet God can be in simple ordinary lives, giving help to the weak and the unimportant, just as tiuly as he helps a Saint Peter or the British Empire. An immigiant woman abandoned by her GI husband, with three hungry children on her hands, said once “ Sometimes I go to bed andl don’t think I can get up again But God, he w akes me up with a song in my throat and I begin again ” Some times the only way we discover God is to icach a point of weakness where we know that without him we are done for. Workers Together We said that God had more for Simon Peter to do. This midnight miracle was the last of its kind in Peter’s life so far as we-know. He lived for years after this, a haid working missionary, no doubt often in danger, but kept and strength ened by what we absurdly call the “oidmaiy’ Pi evidence of God Then came a day when Roman guaids came for him once more, and this time there was no angel to help him. So he was crucified. Had God forsaken him at last? No, his woik was done. If you are, as he was, a "worker together with God” you may be sure that until your woik is done you are immor tal. We are at the gate of a New fsai What will it bring? Gieat aangeis, gieat distress, great le sponsibilities 7 Whatever it may be, God knows what he is doing. We may see no angels, but wsth%h(b eye of faith we can see the good hand of God guiding us, protecting us, ■giving us the help we need, when we need it (Based