and a happy new yearl T wonder what will happen in is the question A that is in each persons person Is heart if not on his lips even if I 1 ho he outlook is gloomier than a foggy morning in tho the basin bash wo we should remember that wo we asked the bamo same question nt at tho the beginning of 1950 and most of us camo came through I 1 that year not too badly busah esith indisputable fact that wo we are a year your older than lah lasty oare we hope desperately that wo we have an additional yeara years growth kroah of wisdom to compensate not only for the lack of growth on top of our heads but to face national and family crises as they may confront us it js said that the onlooker sees more of tho the game than the player and in the case of the newspaperman although he has to be player in the game of life lafo too by reason of the peculiarities peculiar itic of his profession he is able to step aside from tho the jostling crowds of humanity racing down the corridors f time and view tho the panorama as a whole ab objectively beneath beath a matter of fact exterior he thrills with pride atthe achievements of his fellow men especially his friends in his home community through the pages of his paper he shares their joys and sorrows spreading their happiness and drawing sympathy for their with his finger on the pulse of the community he reflects the light and shadow of bis his hometown home town in his written pages I 1 the newspaperman has faith in his fellows follows in m the dignity of man im the priceless heritage of free freedom doln the vitality of free enterprise and the value of honest work I 1 even if the world is sick he knows that while there i are but d a comparative few who will not sell their birth I 1 right fora for a free handout the world will not always be sick but sometime there will come a season when men will not have to leave wives and little children to keep the enemy from destroying the things they hold dear I 1 j the newspaperman reaffirms emphatically that right principles will win ultimately prevail whatever the odds bo so when we open the windows on a new year if the morning looks drab and foggy remember that it is hut but for a season and soon the glorious golden days of summer will come