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By EDITH BLEZ
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A 1941 American Tells His Pilgrim Forefather How Things Have Changed
Since He Began This Business Of Thanksgiving Day.
“It has been some time since you and your neighbors got together and
gave thanks for your blessings back in 1662. Is that the right date? Well,
it was some time back there. We have come a long way since those days
and I don’t think you would be quite comfortable in this America of 1941.
We still have great faith in the great heritage you handed down to us but
I am afraid we take it a little too
much for granted. We talk about
freedom and democracy but we use
empty phrases. They don’t mean
quite as much to us as they must
_ have meant to you. Things are
slightly different in 1941 than they
were when you shot your Thanks-
giving turkey, We push our way
2 through crowds of people and buy
our turkeys in a great chain store.
We don’t even grow our own vege-
tables. As a matter of fact, not
many of us eat Thanksgiving din-
ner at home. We are too busy gong
to the football games and having a
good time. We eat our dinner out.
That doesn’t mean a thing to you—
does it? Well, it wouldn't do any
good to explain. » Restaurants would
not mean much to you!
We still live in houses but not
the houses you knew. We don’t call
in our neighbors to help us build a
house. We worry where we are go-
ing to get the money to finance the
building. We have all sorts of
trouble ‘getting workmen, Material
is just something you wait for. In
your day you chopped your own
wood and made your own homes
. snug and comfortable but we have
such vastly different homes. You
~wouldn’t be comfortable in our
homes. I feel quite certain you
wouldn't like oil burners and game
~ rooms!
pi wonder how you would like our
automobiles? They would probably
scare you to death. Frankly they
are worse than a dozen Indians! We
run around like mad in our auto-
mobiles. Everybody drives. We
spend all our time racing around
and between you and me we do not
et very far!
We ive at a terrific pace and the
doctors are worn out trying to keep
people well enough to keep going.
‘This is an insane world we are liv-
ing in. There is a war in Europe in
fact there are wars all over the
world.
When you sat down to your
Thanksgiving dinner your only fear
‘was Indians, There is a monster
loose in our world and we never
know where he will strike next.
This is a crazy world we are liv-
ing in but we are still proud of the
heritage you handed down to wus.
We are still staunch Americans. We
do lots of foolish things and we
don’t always think straight but
deep down in our hearts is that
good old American optimism. We
still love and cherish the heritage
you began.”
Thanksgiving 1941
By William Frederick Bigelow
It is good to be an American; no
choicer heritage could be given to
any man, His birthright includes a
majority of the things that the men
of most other nations only yearn
for,” scarcely hoping that they will
ever be realized. Most of us will no
doubt think of these things when
we come to Thanksgiving, deeply
grateful for the privileges we en-
joy. Some will think of other things,
too—that the very right which is
theirs of kneeling or thanking God
in any way they choose was won for
them by other men who paid dearly
for it, preserved for them through
the years by the guarantees set up
by those who had dared to dare all.
These will remember that being an
American citizen imposes obliga-
tions that cannot be fully met by
thanks to God, though thanks are
due. There is, for one, the inescap-
able duty to protect and preserve
our liberties, that our children may
also share them, to defend the na-
tion against attacks either from
without or within—to dare not to
appease sin, not to compromise with
wrong. There is the further duty
resting upon each one of us to try
to make this country better as a
home for all, that all may with full
hearts rejoice and be thankful.
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THE LOW DOWN FROM
HICKORY. GROVE
Anybody who knows
only A, B, C, knows that
in the U. S. A. we can
have any kind of Govt. we
want. You don’t have to
know geometry or calcu-
lus, or amswer all the
quiz program questions.
If our congressman
down ‘there on the billion
dollar Potomac is a disap-
pointment on account of
being a yes-sir person, or
something, we know who
put him there. We did. It
is mot so bad being gul-
lible and losing 2 bits by
guessing the pea is under
the shell, which it is mot,
but being gullible when
you head down to the vot-
ing booth is nothing to be
super-proud about.
But we are mot sunk
yet — completely.. Next
year we get another
whack, im the wvoting
booth. Oh Boy, November,
1942—open season begins
—tail feathers will fly.
Yours with the low down,
JO SERRA.
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"Health Topics
By F. B. Schooley, M. D.
=
Tularemia (Rabbit Fever; Deer-
fly Fever) is an acute infectious dis-
ease caused by a specific micro-or-
ganism known as the Basterium
tularense. It is primarily a disease
of wild rodents, in which it pro-
duces a fatal septicemia. Secondar-
ily human beings become infected
by direct contact with the tissues
or body fluids of an infected animal;
by eating insufficiently cooked
meat of infected rabbits; by the bite
of an infected animal. Indirectly the
disease is transmitted from animal
to man by blood-sucking insects, as
the deer fly, fleas, ticks, lice and
the bedbug, ,
The most highly susceptible ani-
mals are man, monkeys, rabbits,
ground squirrels, mice, guinea-pigs,
opossums, chipmunks, woodchucks,
porcupines, coyotes and gophers.
Pheasants, rats, sheep, cats and
goats are less susceptible. Hogs, cat-
tle, dogs, horses, foxes, pigeons and
chickens are ordinarily considered
nonsusceptible. ;
Tularemia infection has been
found in streams in Montana, ac-
cording to the investigations of the
U. S. Public Health Service and
incidentally in research studies of
tularemia in beavers.
You may recognize this disease by
bearing the following points in
mind: = (1) a history of having
dressed a wild rabbit or of being
bitten by a fly or a tick; (2) a
primary lesion of the skin in the
form of a module or elevation of
the skin, followed by a persistent
ulcer or a primary inflammation of
the eyelid (conjunctivitis), followed
by ulcers of the eyelid; (3) persis-
tent glandular enlargement in the
region of the skin ulcer (neck, groin,
elbow, knee, armpit glands), and
(4) the symptoms of headache,
nausea, vomiting, chills, sweating,
aching bodily pains, prostration and
fever. The diagnosis may be verified
by blood serum examination (specif-
ic agglutination test) and by iso-
lation of the micro-organism from
| guinea pigs inoculated with mater-
ial taken from the skin ulcer or
from the enlarged glands or from
the blood of the person having this
disease.
Hunters” should wear gloves in
dressing rabbits, Thorough cooking
will render rabbits safe for food
consumption,
“STABAT MATER
| At the Cross her station keeping
! Stood the mournful Mother weeping,
Where he hung, the dying Lord,
i. For her soul of joy bereave
Bowed with anguish, deeply grieved
Felt the sharp and piercing sword
_ usudlly ascribed to Jacobus
Flese Little Stories
This Latin hymn, one of the most
“absolute certainty. An interesting
occasions it has been set to music
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pathetic of the Middle Ages, is
de Benedictus — though not with
feature of the hymn is the numerous .
by celebrated musicians
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Thanksgiving 1941
EDITOR THE POST:
The trees are glowing gold and
scarlet. Nature has decked herself
in the spirit of Thanksgiving for the
fruits of the summer season. If you
walk in the country, beauty faces
you wherever you turn. But it is up
to you whether you see the autumn
glory as a fruition of the harvest of
summer—or a final defiance to the
threat of the approaching winter.
So it is with Thanksgiving this
year,
There are those who say—‘“Why
should we celebrate? The world is
crumbling about us. Everywhere
there is war and devastation. The
old things no longer exist. We have
nothing to be thankful for!”
No doubt there were repiners and
Doubting Thomases at the first
Thanksgiving held on these shores,
There were those who said “Why
should we be thankful? We face a
long and desolate winter, with no
way of escape—no ships will arrive.
There is only the merciless ocean
before us and the dread wilderness
and fierce savages behind us. We
have nothing to be thankful for!”
But just as in the days of the
Pilgrims, there were those who felt
gratitude that the Lord had thus far
preserved them, that He had given
them a bountiful harvest, that He
had shown mercy to them and car-
ried them through their trials and
tribulations, and that they, in the
words of David, should “Give thanks
unto the Lord; for He is good: for
His mercy endureth forever’—so in
this day of sorrow and tribulation,
the great majority of our people,
too, are grateful and give thanks.
Not in the spirit of vain glory that
our land is not as other lands, deva-
stated and overrun by a merciless
enemy, bombarded from sea and air,
not in the spirit of vainglory that we
are not at war—but humbly and
reverently, we thank God for His
mercy toward us, that we have had
peace, that we have had time to
awaken from lethargy, to prepare
our defenses, to aid those who fight
for right, and above all, that we still
have freedom—freedom to worship
God according to the dictates of
our own conscience.
We must face this day of Thanks-
giving 1941, not only in the same
spirit the first celebrants did over
three hundred years ago—with
gratitude for the mercies of the past
and with faith in the continuance of
those mercies, saying as they did, in
the words of the Psalmist: “O give
thanks unto the God of heaven; for
his Mercy endureth for ever,”—but
with the fervent prayer that, God
willing and we toiling, we can con-
tinue to celebarte as a unit:d people
in a United States with” all those
precious privileges that that word
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Here Is My Home by Robert
Gessner. Alliance Book Carpora-
tion Price $2.75.
The story of a Jewish boy and a
Gentile girl, and their undying faith
in the future of America, should
help many of us to confirm our be-
liefs in the democratic way of life.
It is a story of America, for only
in America could two people of dif-
ferent religions rise above the petty
hates and prejudices, to positions of
wealth, honor, and esteem, With the
spread of totalitarianism, and the
racial hatred that has accompanied
it, democracy seems on the wane
throughout the world; however, in
Here Is My Home, the author shows
that democracy and its freedom are
still working in this country.
The story takes place in a north
Middle West lumber settlement,
called Chippewa City. Many of the
novel's characters, especially the
principal ones, are symbolic. Ber-
nard Straus, the immigrant boy,
represents the democratic ideal that
many immigrants hope to find in
America, their promised land. Mary,
his Gentile wife, symbolizes the in-
dependent spirit of our country, Og-
den Norris represents the crusader
for justice, liberty and equality. Pete
Goodman is the typical rugged in-
dividualist. His lust for wealth and
power destroys the settlement’s
lumber resources. = Alfred Bolitho,
Mary's father, represents the fanat-
ical hatred of the Jews, a feeling
that is very prevalent in the world
today.
Like the many other immigrants
who came to this country, Bernard
Straus heard about the fabulous
wealth that could be easily acquired
in New York, Working as a cigar
maker in New York’s Lower East
Side, and barely existing on his
small salary, Bernard Straus rea-
lized that the streets of New York
are not “paved with gold.” On the
insistence of his uncle, Bernard
leaves for Chippewa City to help
his mother operate a general store.
There he meets Mary Bolitho, love-
ly daughter of the settlements
wealthiest lumberman. He marries
Mary, and with her help and kind
understanding, he eventually be-
comes Chippewa City’s leading
merchant.
Although they were very happy,
they faced many severe and com-
plex problems, They had to con-
tend with the hostile attitude of
their parents, because their par-
ents were against the marriage.
Most of the townspeople were very
unfriendly. Their children became
the innocent victims of their inter-
marriage. It was only their love for
each other, and their unbroken faith
in America, that kept their marriage
from becoming a failure.
Through his book, the author
makes a plea for unity among the
religious groups in the United
States, He believes that there is no
need for hatred between them, be-
cause they all ‘have something in
common. Their ancestors and their
SECOND THOUGHTS
By javie aiche
“What do you want to be?”
I looked at him and thought
“When I am at the top
“I'd like to be a cop,
To sit the saddle tight
In chaps and spurs bedight;
To testify how vain
Are riches men attain;
The right-of-way all clear,
A mighty train to steer;
I'd keep the mails in hand
And do a job so grand
That Casey Jones compared
And lines set down in lime;
And none can more abuse
The cattle cannot stray,
He yodels out his woe
And has nowhere to go
And engineers attest
That science’s behest
The human mind to feign
And regulate a train
By synchronized mechanics,
What is it that you scan
In all this sorry plan,
Amusement is arrayed
With regimented aid;
When I was but a little lad, my father said to me,
“Now, look, my son,” said he,
They're fenced in with the hay;
The cowboy is a movie star or on the radio
Of what is called adventure.
a while and then I said, “Well, Pop
“I'd like to hunt down robbers and the gangs of banditry,
“It must be fun to get a bead on them and watch them drop.”
I thought perhaps a cowboy’s life would be a sheer delight,
With heaven for a canopy and all the endless plain
To know what's right and honest and for rights like that to fight
And make my dauntless courage to my enemies a bane.
Like other boys I once aspired to be an engineer,
I'd race the flood, I'd race the storm, I'd race the outlaw band, i: ie
with me would never rate a cheer;
My name and fame would echo clear across the blessed land.
Well, now the cops are keepers of the motor’s parking time : :
At curbs all smeared with grime
A piece of chalk and not a gun it is their wont to use.
“How changed is life,” I muse, ° :
The public peace so often as the doers of the crime
Of over-parking; fighting that would not make me enthuse,
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The plains are gone; men ride the range in motorears today;
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Unless it is a circus where to see him you must pay;
His life is not romantic as the one I hoped to know.
What's left of railroad schedules is a scanty thing at best v-
Has called up such devices as the robot with a brain
and no goal rewards the quest
I admit the fact with pain.
You little chap who look ahead to when you'll be a man,
Development and progress leave you little, I'm afraid;
Why even men who go to war are locked up in a can
And worry less of causes than of what they will be paid.
cape tyranny and religious persecu-
tion.
It is not enough to be just relig-
ious. To be a good Catholic, a good
Protestant, or a good Jew, one must
be a good American. The only way
to be a good American is to be tol-
erant of other people.
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National Defense Starts
At The Table!
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National defense is also building
the health and fitness of all citizens
in this community—men, women
and children. Our job is to make
America strong,
Here's a guide for daily food re-
quirements. It is reprinted from the
leaflet, “EAT THE RIGHT FOOD TO
HELP KEEP YOU FIT,” issued by
the Bureau of Home Economics, with
the co-operation of the Children’s
Bureau of the Department of Labor,
the Office of Education and Public
Health Service of the Federal Se-
curity Agency.
MILK
For an expectant or nursing
mother, 1 quart. a
For other family members, 1 pint
or more.
For a growing child, % to 1 quart.
LEAFY, GREEN, OR YELLOW VEG-
EABLES
1 or more servings.
TOMATOES, ORANGES, GRAPE-
FRUIT . . . ANY RAW FRUIT OR
VEGETABLE RICH IN VITAMIN C
1 or more servings. :
POTATOES, OTHER VEGETABLES,
OR FRUIT.
2 or more servings.
EGGS
1 (or at least 3 or 4 a week).
LEAN MEAT, POULTRY, FISH
1 or more servings.
CEREALS AND BREAD
At least 2 servings of whole-grain
products.
FATS
SWEETS
As needed to satisfy the appetite.
WATER
6 or more glasses.
your neighborhood Atlantic
no accident. He's learned
Atlantic survey the friendly
them to you the minute that
into his station.
neighbor. It helps him—and
parents came to this country to es-
THe quick, careful service you get from
most motorists want. He's ready to give
An extra service to you is the broad-
casting of big baseball and football
games. I's all part of being a good
“We want a touchdown—and make
it snappy —Ilike ATLANTIC SERVICE!”
Dealer is
from an
courtesies
you drive
helps you.