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by THE REV.
CHARLES H. GILBERT
Our pastor, the Rev. Donald
Schalk gave a fine sermon the
11th of this month which turned
out to be on ‘‘Christianity in
Action,” although his published
theme was ‘‘The Story of the
Widow's Mite.”” It was the
story of Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital's current campaign
for capital funds for enlarging
and modernization.
Probably every member of
our congregation knew by ex-
perience something about this
fine center of healing. When I
was pastor here from 1936 to
1946 I made many visits to
this hospital. During some of
those years our daughter Doro-
thy was a student nurse and
graduate from the school. of
nursing.
Thelma DeWitt was one of
the instructors, and now is
superintendent of the school of
nursing. She was a Mt. Zion
girl. Emma Parrish, now Mrs.
Edward Miles was one of the
nurses at the admissions en-
trance at the time when I
was wheeled in as a patient.
In those days there were no
so many ambulances available
and often I brought patients to
the hospital. Occasionally I was
an observer in the operating
room in the days when the
late Dr. Gideon Howell was a
prominent surgeon. Years of
visits made me aware of the
quality and value of this small
but efficient hospital in this
community.
Years of my retirement have
found me twice a patient in
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital.
The care given me both times
has made me realize the
friendliness of the personnel
toward the patient.
It costs a lot to build and
maintain a hospital, to edu-
cate its nurss, to attract good
physicians and surgeons, lab-
oratory technicians, dieticians,
and equip every facility with
scientific instruments. Nothing
in a hospital is free. Somebody
has to pay for it. Somebody
has to pay for the concrete,
the bricks, the steel, the
architects.
Somebody!
Probably I cannot remember
all the nurses from around here
who got their professional
training at Nesbitt. There was
Sandra Smith, Ruth Smith, I
think, and Jane Lewis Lloyd,
Phyllis Seiple, now Mrs. Wayne
Rickert, Mrs. James Bonnie,
Dymond Hollow, Dorothy Gil-
bert.
One cannot think of healing
apart from the story of Jesus
in his work in Galilee. Whether
the doctor or nurse or techni-
cian inividually thinks or him-
self or herself as an instru-
ment in the hands of God for
healing they are always in
my mind as such and doing
the work of Christ. I have
been asked, “Do you believe
in divine healing?’”’ My ans-
wer is another question, ‘What
other kind is there?”
TAXES!
Ever since I can remem-
ber I have heard people com-
plain about high taxes. I used
to hear it in country stores of
my rural parishes. I don’t com-
plain so much about taxes as
I go about my difficulty in
computing my own. My figures
have been lying around my
study for weeks waiting to be
added and subtracted and per-
centified. Last year when I
could get them together I took
them with me to a tax con-
sultant and let him put them
into some kind of I-OWE-YOU
for me. This year it was
worse. I couldn’t seem to anal-
yze and organize them and
they became my symbol for a
headache that would have to
have more than aspirin to
cure.
Form 1040 this year made
out it was a simple matter
to compute the tax just on the
one sheet. Unless—and I came
in for the ‘‘unless”’—and
the man go to his files for
sheet after sheet, I should
say schedule after schedule,
a letter of the alphabet for
each one.
On his desk was what looked
like a huge blotter, only it
wasn’t. It was a pad of figur-
Signs. of All Kinds
Truck Lettering
My Typewriter Talks
ing sheets with some columns
at one edge. He figured all
over that sheet. When I left I
think he had to tear that off
and begin a new one.
We were at it over an hour,
I should say that he was at it.
I didn’t intend to do any of
the work, that was for him to
do . . . I hope when I get to the
end of those 22 years that will
bring me to the first century
mark I will be through with
computations of taxes!
When he got through I had
the information that what I had
yet to pay (I had paid on my
estimated tax the first three
quarters of the year) was more
than twice as much as my last
quarter was expected to be.
But I couldn't, and didn’t feel
likearguingwiththeman.lhadn’t
watched his upside down fig-
uring for I wouldn’t have known
any more if I did!
So I paid what I owed him
for doing the work and went
home to await the coming of
the form from the revenue
office which all I would have
to do would be make out the
check and send it in.
A few hours after I got
home there came a phone call
from this office telling me he
made a big mistake in his
figuring (he must be just like
me!) and my payment to the
revenue office would be about
half of what my last pay-
ment on the estimated tax
was instead of more than
twice as much! Now if his
revised figures are approved by
the revenue office I will be
very happy. So I am waiting
and hoping I can pay the
remaining tax and still leave
something in my checking
account.
One thing I have learned
about this tax business and its
possible deductions for con-
tributions I am paying all my
contributions by check so as to
be able to verify them on the
day of reckoning if necessary.
It doesn’t sound very much
like New Testament words on
giving when I insist on credit
being given for every contri-
bution I make! So I can use
it as an income tax deduction!
When I think of how large part
of tax money goes to shoot
more people (even befoe they get
a chance to shoot us!) I am
gladto figure some tax de-
ductibles as going for reli-
gious, educational “and chari-
table purposes.
Local tax money of our
county that goes to support
and provide for the care of
those in our county home I
think is a good cause. Also
for the support of our schools
of our area, and for teachers’
salaries.
My typewriter is done talk-
ing for this week.
Only I should not omit in-
forming my readers how near
spring is to our hills. What is
my unfailing sign? The ar-
rival of the first plant cata-
logue! Seed catalogues will
follow and my daughter with
the green thumb devours them.
She recalls ‘‘way back when’
Howard Risley of abiding
memory used to sit down on the
floor even when it was press
day at The Dallas Post and
open the parcels of new roses
he would be setting out as
soon as the hurrying spring
days would allow.
This catalogue delighted
Catherine with its copy writer’s
use of appropriate English to
describe these out-of-this-
world’s plants. To many
modern writers and speakers
seem not to know the possibili-
ties of the English language,
knowing too much about the
lazy habit of using their know-
ledge of profanity instead of
adequate description. ‘‘Forge
about grandmother’s lovely
carnations . . . these are bigger,
far more glorious in color . . .
so much beauty for such little
effort!” or ‘‘Quick flowering!
Bears crops while still very
young! ”’
When I look out our front
window through the Glass House
of colorful and budding possi-
bilities I can understand
Cathy’s delight with each new
plant or seed catalogue that
comes. She knows some-
thing of the possibilities in doing
things with plants. She has
surprise seeds in it. I am sup-
posed to guess what they are
when they first show their
little heads above the soil. She
is quite proud of her two
chestnut trees she grew from
seed. As one who remembers
when chestnuts used to drop
from such trees in the fall
of the year I, too, look with
interest and hope at the prog-
ress of these young trees still
small enough to live in the
house.
Now, typewriter, you can go
for this time.
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