Show C Thanksgiving Day 1970 This is a time when it seems that most human en energies are devoted to kicking or complaining It Is therefore doubly satisfying to welcome once again that good old traditional holiday Thanksgiving Giving thanks on the fourth Thursday In November always conjures up a picture of the Pilgrims and other early settlers and the legendary hardships hardships hard hard- ships they faced in the wilderness of North America It is well wen to remember that North America In the early 1600 s was not the United States and the people who came here then knew only that they were in a hostile wilderness With this same historical experience our Canadian neighbors to the north also observe Thanksgiving Day although their day of thanks is the second Monday in October Oc Oc- Oc tober At any rate Thanksgiving is a aday aday aday day when the kickers and complainers should make themselves scarce while we take stock once more of the many blessings that are part of living In this great land we now call the United States We have material blessings In abundance abundance dance for which we should duly give thanks But our greatest blessings are beyond measuring on the scales of monetary value Some of these are religious religious re reo and political liberties the right to our day in court the sanctity of homes persons and property Many of the complainers hold these things in low esteem perhaps because they take them for granted or are too poor in spirit to appreciate them Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- giving however is a day lIay that helps to enrich the lives of everyone and there is nothing like an old old fashioned Thanksgiving turkey to stimulate appreciation elation of the good things that we are privileged to enjoy enjoy |