Page 2 - Mount Joy Bulletin March 6, 1974
—EDITORIAL-
Signals Of Frustration
The tragedy of the recent Michigan election, in
which the Republican candidate was beaten
soundly, is not in the results, but in the message
which is being signaled.
After more than a year of Watergate,
depression within inflation, gasoline shortages
and other deeply disturbing episodes in the
American picture, the temper of the people is not
friendly.
They are not friendly to government, to people
in government, and are less friendly even to
their neighbors.
There is pure frustration!
There is nothing they can do about zooming
taxes on every possible front. There is nothing
they can do about the price of heating oil. There
is nothing they can do about the lack of gasoline
or its increasing price.
There is nothing they can do about the price of
food or the scarcities of certain items.
There are the concerns people have for some of
their basic necessities - food and shelter. And, if
Americans still have love affairs, it is with their
automobiles.
There is nothing they can do about what is
happening in Washington - or in Harrisburg.
There is nothing they can do on so many fronts
that about the only leverage they have is the
lever in the voting booth.
And, it is not surprising that people sent a
message to the government in Michigan.
It is entirely possible that the mood of the
people may change - perhaps as warm weather
sees an end to the fuel need and if gasoline
supplies increase by the time Spring rolls
around.
But, if the crunches continue into the Fall,
when election time comes, there will be a lot of
action taken behind those closed curtains.
Certain officials who have big Republican
majorities built into their constituancy will
escape, but if disgusted and frustrated voters
stay home in droves - as they did in Michigan -
even those who have deep entrenchment may be
in trouble.
It is interesting to note that in Mount Joy last
weekend three politicians did what may not ever
have been done here before.
They made arrangements and set themselves
up to hear the ‘‘voice of the people’, to sit down
with them and to talk, to listen to their concerns
and their complaints.
While the move by the borough mayor is part
of his campaign promises of several months ago,
the State Representative and the State Senator
came because times are changing.
By Martha Epler
TO RULE THE NIGHT
By James Irwin
Published by A. J. Holman Co., 1973
the completion of the NASA
debriefing sessions upon
return. The latter portion of
the book is biographical and
covers the author’s lifetime
from birth until the present.
The author’s life has been
to say the least, eventful. It
has been packed with ex-
citement and adventure, but
has not been without
mishaps or heartache. Jim
Irwin has, among other
things, suffered the failure of
a first marriage, a near-fatal
plane crash, and a heart
attack. However, the author
testifies that each and every
event of his life has occurred
for a purpose -- previden-
tially.
Probably the most en-
thralling and captivating
portion of the book is the
author’s account of the
Apollo 15 flight. Irwin covers
practically every aspect of
the flight---from many
technical considerations to
the mode of satisfying such
“creature comforts’ as food
and sleep. He describes his
encounter with the
sometimes helpless feeling
of weighlessness.
But it is when the author
begins to describe his ex-
perience on the face of the
moon that we feel the truly
dramatic impact of his
message. He relates that
there were breathtaking and
exhilarating sensations
caused by the moon's
physical grandeurs.
However, more specifically,
he writes, ‘I felt an over-
whelming sense of the
presence of God on the moon.
I felt His spirit more closely
than I have ever felt it here
on the earth, right there
beside me---it was
amazing.”
Irwin recounts how he was
spiritually moved to the
extent that he felt a desire to
hold religious services amid
the splendor of’ the lunar
landscape. He was moved to
quote thusly, “I will lift up
mine eyes unto the Lord
from whence cometh my
help.”
(Continued on Page 7)
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“From the moon, the earth
looked just like a marble;
the most beautiful marble
you can imagine. The earth
is uncommonly lovely. It is
the only warm living object
that we saw in space on our
flight to the moon.”
This statement is a
fragment of the reactions
and observations of former
astronaut James Irwin, one
of the few privileged men
who has “walked the moon.”
Irwin's book ‘“To Rule The
Night,” relates the story of
his incredible voyage to the
moon. The author also tells
how he encountered a
spiritual voyage that led him
to a new understanding of
our beloved Earth, of
himself, and of God.
The book is separated into
two distinct parts. The first
describes the actual journey
to the moon---from the
morning of the blast off to
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