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Show (jigUHSDAY, NOVEMBER , 15U ORTif-GrxvA ram Orem - Cfeeneva Times Published every Tkondar at Orem, Utah M- NEFF SMART. Editor and Publish (Entered aa aeeond clast matter November 19, 1944 at the pottoff'f Oiem tJlah nder Bcl 01 March 3. 1897. MEMBER: Utah State Press Association Subscription Rates: 0ne year, in asjra 1300 Winning entry in the contest conducted this week at Lincoln Lin-coln high school by the Orem Junior Chamber of Commerce Com-merce as part of the Jaycees' nationwide Americanism program. THE VOICE OF DEMOCRACY By Patricia Smith (November, season of the harvest ! Season to be grateful grate-ful for all God's blessings, and for this wonderous land of ours our America! Let us link hands, and together travel this broad land f ours through her fields of golden grain, yellow pumpkins and orchards of lucious fruits. Let us sail her sparkling lakes, follow the running rivers, and wander down her shaded lanes. Let the beauty of her snow tipped tip-ped pines lure us to her highest mountain to gaze down upon a pattern of emerald and gold. Here let us pause in thanksgiving for this is America, shrouded in her cloak of freedom. Here peoples of all kinds have lived and many have fought or given their lives to preserve this freedom. Even today the rhythm of marching march-ing feet demands our devout patriotism and support in a struggle endless and long that we, the people of this United States might live forever in a land of peace, and realize a democracy in all of its glory. Now, as we view this blessed land we see a few who stand shadowed, unable to see who ask: "Is this talk of the land we live in reality ? Are we following along a false trail to a brighter future?" Hark ! A gale rises, the trees whisper ! The whole valley val-ley below is stirring Listen ! Demoracy speaks for itself: it-self: "My children, you can find this truth you seek find tne answer within, unfettered by the evils of men who attempt to (gain the world for selfish use! This morning morn-ing you arose happy, without the fear of a near Dictator or Gestapo. You have spoken freely without trembling ( hand, printed a line to express your way knowing you would be allowed to live another day. Worship as you please, for one is not commanded to throw from his life the teachings of God, that they are but a lie ! Eat your fill of the harvest of the fields, and know that tomorrow tomor-row you need not want. "Vote for the leaders of your choice, labor at the occupation you desire for you haye the right to work for a full share of the opportunities available to a free people! Suffer not innocently at the hands of injustice, for yours is the right to trial under fair judgment. Gather together in fair play. Progress in your desire for fun, knowledge' and inspiration, for this is your land, and "I" am at your command ! The veil has lifted from some eyes I see the dawn grows brighter! As the faith of humanity grows stronger in me, I see great things to come as one world, united and working together to-gether for the common gpod of all an unswerving desire de-sire for pease existing in every nation, and a spirit of mutual understanding and love among all peoples! These words I leave as a framework, waiting to be built upon by you and generations to come. The future lies in your hands," Mrs- Fenton Prince enter- a Conrad Haight from Cedar tained a group of children Wed- City is visiting this wefik at the nesday afternoon in honor of her home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence (laughter, Carolyn, who was eel- Bliss, a sister and brother-in- ebrating her ninth birthday. law. , UNENDING AHGra 19 9 THE " : SMOTHERS mor THE WORLD r Joseph Rowley returned last week from a three week trip to Pittsburgh. He returned to Pittsburgh again on Monday. 6E0VE Fri., Sat. Nov. 10-11 THREE LITTLE WORDS' Sun., Mon. Nov. 12 - 13 Matinee on Sunday 3 p.m. "DUCHESS OF IDAHO" Tues., Wed. Nov. 14 - 15 TWO BIG HITS 'SUNSET IN THE WEST "JUNGLE STAMPEDE" iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiii OREM AUTO ELECTRIC 604 North Stale St. Phone G652 Rl Orem FIRST IN Auto Electric and Carbui aior Service Biake Service i Wheel Alignirg and balancing. BEGGING YOUR PARDON David Manning White, journalism professor at Boston University, has warned newspapers algainst big words. He says the papers are endangering their future by using us-ing terms that people don't understand. This builds up a resentment (ill-feeling) that may cause readers to turn to the radio or television for their news, he argues. To substantiate (prove) his charge, Professor White cited an experiment (test) in which he asked students to choose synonyms (words of like meaning) for 25 words taken, from newspapers. Male college students made an average of 11.5 mistakes out of 25 words. Now, we are fully as antagonistic to obfuscous poly-syllabicity poly-syllabicity as the Boston antilapsarian. Still, there are times when an uncommon word conveys (carries) exactly the desired shade of meaning. In such cases it seems better bet-ter to use it and and assume that dictionaries have not lgone entirely out of fashion. Unless we all add something to our vocabularies every ev-ery now and then, our stock of words might degenerate (sink) to a series of primitive grunts with which not even a radio announcer could make himself understood. Chicago Daily News GETTING A LOAN FOR THE FIRST TIME? 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Provo Phone 621 "People can live only where there are mines and farms and factories to give them jobs. My industry not only employs lots of men it makes a good many jobs for factory workers, too, by turning out raw material for factories to use." -J ( tastes 1 0jy Made in Salt Lake's Famous P vpry by FISHER BREWING COm.-MNT This 'N That Ethyl Nielsen Hal BY REQUEST Hi Folks, The hottest topic today in Ut ah county is the building of the Detention Home and various opinions as to what causes "Pro blem Children." I have been re quested to write a colmumn, to state my views, and I could write a column about a great many things more pleasant but as usual, undaunted, I'll tackle anything requested. Let me state first that a thing is either right or wrong regardless of who does it . . whether it is mama or papa or darling problem prob-lem child .... or our honorable city or county father?. It is just possible that a great many times people who are leaders set a very poor example . . also parents par-ents who teach one philosophy ar '' live another. I can safely , -si that at some time or other cv-ry family has had a problem person crop out and wondered from whom they inherited their perverseness .... It has been a subject for controversy in families fam-ilies always. What is Right and What is Wrong? Johnny junior and friends steal a few chickens and have a grand time at a chickery mum is the word ... let me ask Farmer Brown steals a few minutes min-utes of some neighbors' irriga tion stream, and so it goes- Little things that are not right but a lot of people get away with just such things. A poor example, exam-ple, like a seed may take root and grow. So my advice to parents par-ents and children: Check up on the little things they do every day that are not right and weed them out. Pampered Children ate Often Problem Children In all my experience I have yet to see a real problem person who had been taught to face life and facts without flinching one who has been taught to work and earn an honest dollar, taught to spend their money wisely. A lot more goes into the making of a wholesome personally person-ally than vitamins and cookies . . . "By their fruits ye shall know them, every good tree bringelh forth good fruit, but the corfupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit- A good tree cannot bring for:h evil fruit nor can an evil tree bring forth good fruit." As with trees, so it is with men and i' was of men whom the Savior spoke. This applies to problem children from generat ion to generation. To Shed Light on the World This Week THESE MEN HAD THIS TO SAY: "I can here openly say that the American government govern-ment did not impose any conditions (for American aid). I think . . . that it is useful for the American government govern-ment to show in practice that it is ready to help other people rather than issuing propaganda as some other countries do." MARSHALL TITO, before Congress of Anti-Fascist Women on October 29. "I know that many .... Democrats also have campaigned cam-paigned for my election, which makes it all the more necessary that from this day on I shall seek ... to serve my beloved state . . . regardless of party." WALLACE F. BENNETT, early Wednesday. "I look forward to having two Republican senators from Utah. It means I will have someone to work with, and it means it will be easier to get things done for Utah. Heretofor, being in the minority, the only way I could get anywhere is to steal the ball and run." Sen. ARTHUR V. WATKINS. ( "We must certainly search for some better device for support of perishable food products than those which take food away from the consumers and divert it to uneconomical un-economical and sometimes wasteful uses, such as we have witnessed with potatoes. We need a different method of supporting perishables, even in normal times, but we need it all the more in times like the present." CHARLES F. BRANNAN, Secretary of Agriculture, before agricultural outlook conference. "If opportunity for profits, based upon scarcity, is to be standard behavior, that can only constitute an invitation in-vitation for government action of a scope and degree we have so far sought to avoid. There has been a deliberate policy of limited production on the part of some in-' dustrialists, for the purpose of using scarcity as a means of raising prices." W. STUART SYMINGTON, national nation-al defense mobilizer. ( "The real frontier of our society is human relations. We have split the atom, but have been slow in dealing with human beings on the same high level of strategy and research. ... the problem child is an insecure child. Anti-social behavior has its roots in this insecurity." insecur-ity." Dr. HERBERT L. SEAMANS, director of the commission on Educational Organizations of the National Nation-al conference of Christians and Jews. Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child I I remember when a child was supposed to "walk the chalk; mark", or he got a thrashing., Today things have a tendency: to swing too far the other way. Cfcild psychologists say: tut, tut, no spanking, it thwarts a child's individuality. My humble opinion: opin-ion: there is a happy medium-Some medium-Some children need a spanking' once in a while . . . more reason able children-the more intelligent intell-igent child has the good common everyday sense to react to example ex-ample and reasoning. When you catch a dog killing chickens do you say tut tut naughty doggy mustn't? Nope . . . You certainly certain-ly use the rod at the psychological psycholog-ical moment and Pooch is cured of a very normal dog trait. If children show no more good judgment than a dog it is my suggestion that the rod is the answer. How Would I Know? The person looking over my shoulder wants tq know how I came by my knowledge of problem prob-lem children I was a child once, I've raised four children, I have 10 grandhildren and I live in Shantytown where there are more problem children than any other place in Utah County according to juvenile authorities. author-ities. As a parting shot let me state that problem children are not poor little neglected waifs but selfish spoiled brats, hell bent on having their own way whether it is right or not. ARE YOU MAKING REAL PROGRESS? If you are not getting ahead as fast as you should be, you need a Farmers and Merchants Bank SAVINGS ACCOUNT ' j to help make your plans work out successfully. 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