4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. November 22,1969
From Where We
Lost Proclamation
The first official Thanksgiving Procla
mation, Oct. 3, 1789, written by William
Jackson and signed in Washington’s boldest
handwriting, was mislaid and lost for some
132 years.
In 1921 the document showed up mys
teriously, and it was pronounced authentic
by Dr. J. C. Fitzpatrick, at that time the
assistant chief of the manuscripts division
of the Library of Congress. The owner was
paid $3OO.
A resolution came up, soon after our
new government was formed, calling upon
the president to “recommend to the people
of the United States a day of public thanks
giving and prayer,” etc. A number of con
gressmen opposed the resolution, but it
passed with a strong vote.
However, there was no other national
Thanksgiving Day proclamation until Presi
dent Lincoln’s proclamation in 1863. Since
then it is a national holiday and the date is
fixed by law as the fourth Thursday of No
vember.
What did the first Thanksgiving Day
proclamation by George Washington say?
Here it is:
“Whereas it is the duty of all nations
to acknowledge the providence of Almighty
God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His
benefits, and humbly implore His protec
tion, aid, and favors:
“Now, therefore, I do recommend to
assign Thursday, the 26th day of November
next, to be devoted by the people of these
states to the service of that great and
glorious Being, Who is the Beneficent Au
thor of all the good that was, is, or that will
be; that we may then all unite in rendering
unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for
His kind care and protection of the people
of this country, and for all the great and
various factors which He has been pleased
to confer upon us.”
Thanksgiving Day is almost here again.
Next Thursday as we sit down to our special
dinners on this day of thanks, we should
pause for a moment to visualize the first
Thanksgiving of that small band of Pil
grims huddled in the forests of a bleak
American wilderness on the threshold of
winter. Measured by today’s affluence, com
fort and expectancies, their prospects were
something less than hopeless. If they be
came ill, they died or got well. There were
no health services and no medicare or
medicaid. There was no transportation.
There was no handy source of supplies such
as the corner supermarket. There was no
benevolent board, bureau or government
agency to fall back on. There were no
government consumer protectors.
We should also pause and remember
George Washington’s Proclamation of
“duty.” At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
Farm News This Week
“Why Don’t They Listen,”
Is Dean O’Brien’s Topic Page 1
Blank Wins At State
4-H Horse Show Page 1
Milk Referendum Information
Aired At Extension Meeting Page 1
LANCASTER FARMING
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly
P 0. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa 17543
Office 22 E. Mam St, Lititz, Pa 17543
Phone Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 626-2191
Everett R Newswanger, Editor
Robert G Campbell, Advertising Director
Subscription price- $2 per year in Lancastei
County; $3 elsewhere
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Published every Saturday by Lancaster
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The Glory Of Work
Bandleader Lawrence Welk, well
known for his “fchampagne” music, believes
"... A human being grows and prospers
through the dignity of work. Rather than
give a man money, simply because he ex
ists ... let us educate him to the glory that
can be found in work . . . and then bend
every effort toward helping him find and
hold a job.”
Mr. Welk also has a word to say on the
effect of a guaranteed annual income on our
children. He believes; “. . . . A child raised
in an atmosphere of defeat and apathy, and
taught to expect that his every need will be
taken care of whether he works or not,
stands little chance of developing a strong
character. His own natural eagerness to
learn and to grow and to excel is cut off at
the very beginning of his life, and he may
never know the thrill of achievement on his
own. A child who is encouraged early to
earn extra pennies by shining shoes or sell
ing newspapers or doing household tasks,
stands a much better chance of achieving
his goals than a child who is taught to do
nothing,”
These words of wisdom from a man of
music and entertainment come as a refresh
ing break in the daily litany of security
without effort that we hear on every side.
No Illusion
There is one agency, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, that has no illu
sions about the type of campus disorders
that caused more than $3 million of dam
age to colleges and universities between
September 1968 and April 1969. Mr. J. Edgar
Hoover, the director of the FBI, reports,
“Those who rally to the support of the New
Left and participate in activities champion
ed by SDS do so under no illusion. The issues
are now clear . . . The youthful idealism of
‘participatory democracy,' so frequently es
poused by SDS while striving for student
approval, has been cast aside. The Marxist
dogma is in full command. SDS now calls
for outright revolution.
“Inasmuch as breaking the law is a custo
mary part of revolutionary tactics, many
enforcement agencies will become involved
in campus strife. In most instances, the na
ture and degree of involvement will depend
on whether school authorities desire to pro
tect their institutions and the rights of the
majority of students who would rather study
than not, or forsake their responsibilities
and give into mob rule.”
Across The Fence Row
Try Thanksgiving
“Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all
that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless
the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his
benefits; who forgiveth all thine iniquities;
who healeth all thy diseases; who redeeme
th thy life from destruction; who crowneth
thee with loving kindness and tender mer
cies; who satisfieth thy mouth with good
things; so that thy youth is renewed like
the eagle’s” (Psalm 103:1-5).
When you do somebody a good turn,
forget it; when somebody does you a good
turn, remember.
Local Weather Forecast
(From the U. S. Weather Bureau at the
Hanisburg State Airport)
The five day forecast for the period
Saturday through next Wednesday calls for
temperatures to average below normal with
daytime highs in the 40's and over night
lows in the mid 30’s. Seasonable Saturday
and Sunday. Colder the remainder of the
period. Normal high-low for the period is
48-31.
A few showers may fall Sunday and rain
is expected again Tuesday and Wednesday.
NO ENDING
lesson for November 23,1969
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How often do we at last reach
the end of something, only to find
it is just the beginning of some
thing else?
The long-awaited graduation
day arrives and we leave high
school behind and find ourselves
confronted with
college, our first
job, or the armed
forces.
Finally, our
wedding day
comes and we
put the single
life behind us,
only to find that
the new life also
Rev. Althouse has its problems,
concerns, and obstacles.
Hie day of parenthood is ex*
perienced at last and a whole new
life of responsibility enfolds be
fore us.
Mingled with the joy
So it is with most of those
eagerly-awaited events that seem
to promise the end of something
we are anxious to put behind us.
It comes as a day of celebration,
but with the joy there is mingled
the challenge of some new course
to run.
I remember so vividly the wild
celebration of V-J Day, tbe day
when Japan surrendered and
ended World War Two. How we
had longed for and looked for
ward to that day when the terrible
conflict would be over. It would
mean that war itself would be
obsolete. (It did not!) It would
mean that fathers, husbands,
brothers, and friends would be
coming borne to stay. (They did
not stay!) It would signal the
reality of a one-world communily.
(It was not for long!) If would
bring the end of rationing and
shortages. We would once more
enjoy the luxury of wasting
things and be released from the
obligation of bending every effort
and resource to "the cause.”
Time for fulfillment
Read Lancaster Farming
For Full Market Reports
To Study Milk
Marketing Program
Local milk producers should
he interested in learning all de
tails regarding the pioposed milk
refeiendum The four meetings
recently held in the county were
isther poorly attended and we
sinceiely hope the producers are
awaie of the importance of the
piogram regardless of atten
dance We urge all producers to
become acquainted with this pio
giam and vote in the December
election.
To Mulch Shrubs
All property owners should
give some attention to placing
some, mulch around evergreen
trees and shrubs; this is especial
ly true with plants such as azale
as, rhododrendons, and hollies.
The purpose of the mulch is not
So the day came and theworld
rejoiced... for nt least q day and
perhaps a week or two. Then wo
settled down once more to living
In a still imperfect world and
fastened our eyes on some new
Utopia just over the ever-receding
horizon.
It was like this with the exiled
Jews. During the long captivity
In Babylonia, the people are kept
going with prophetic promises of
eventual liberation and return to
their beloved homeland. Now at
last, with the rise of Cyrus and
the demise of the Babylonians,
that day had come. The proph*
ecies are about to be fulfilled!
The writer of Isaiah 45 had
hailed the coming of Cyrus and
called him "God’s annointed."
For Cyrus was quite different
from other conquerors. Where
ever he spread his empire, unlike
the Babylonians and Assyrians,
he sought to allow displaced
peoples to return to their native
lands, thus establishing outposts
in his empire that would remain
friendly to him. Furthermore, he
encouraged most of these dis
placed persons to re-establish
their former places of worship. In
some cases, he even gave
financial assistance to this end.
He was a far more skillful ruler
than his predecessors.
A new day
Yet, there was more to it than
this, for Ezra says: "... the
Lord stirred up the spirit of
Cyrus. Thus, the enlightened ap
proach of Cyrus was due also
to the purpose of God at work
within him. God stirred his spirit
and Cyrus responded with an
approach that was to make a
better world and give a special
blessing to the Jews.
So, Cyrus made his great
S’amation and the great day
y arrived. The peopleofGod
in exile could now return to their
homeland. When the first Jews
reached Jerusalem, however, they
found the city much as they had
left it: a shambles to which had
been added the weeds.stagnatlon,
and dust of the intervening years.
The time of exile had«nded.
The day of rebuilding was at
hand. The exile had been a trial
of patience and loyalty.' The
reconstruction era would be a
challenge to their abilihrJto.'gre
vail over new ohstaefeaf The
return was no ending, but anew
beginning.
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By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
only to hold moisture, but to
maintain more uniform soil tem
perature in the root zone. When
these plants are not mulched the
alternate freezing and thawing
of the soil near the roots may do
peimanent damage.
To Exercise Livestock
All species of livestock will
give better peiformancs if they
are allowed daily outside exer
cise; this is particularity tiue
with dairy cows and with the
breeding females in hog, sheep
and beef cattle herds. The gen
eral health of the heard or flock
will be much better if they are
allowed outside, as compared to
total confinement. Liberal
amounts of quality roughage
should make up a large percent
age of the daily ration for sheep
and beef breeding herds.