Show c What Is Old Age Old age retirement seems to tobe tobe toe be a popular subject Old Folks Folka e Those who are aro now sixty five or over A much much- nicer title Is Our Senior Citizens But Dut Isn't It rathe rathel unfair unfair-to say say say-s a person person has reached the ago ngo of sixty five la fa an oldster Some people are 14 at fifty lIfty and some are still young O ng at seventy five In this day and age t since e new dr ige better health conditions conditional have given us better health In general our life Ufe span spall is longer I Yet in some places of employment emplOYment employ ment anent a o man or woman Is asked to retire regardless of his hla or her health or mental alertness sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times from a job Jo which he has given the better part of his life lIfo lie is unable to go out and find another Job In n a different field where he has had no experience and ann r 11 IS BT lt new new employer s' s wants him And so he ho is put butto butto but out outto to pasture a No Longer What does doos this do to to him He Ife knows hi hl is oIs no no longer wanted not because of lack of experience not because C he Is II no longer capable cap lp able of of doing tc his job but he if is told hc he is now sixty five fl an and t too o old to render good service No Noone Noone Noone one likes to to feel old useless and unwanted c especially when he ho Is still y n In spirit and body and stilt still capable of oI doing the Job And because cause some younger person wants him out of the w. w wy Why not tn a II look around us The Th Th government doesn't say saya a man or or woman Is 11 ro en I Inn lin n wanted wanted rr rt rr Is Is t tto old to do his 1 loh 1 at the RIll nse of sixty II ty five fin The Thi Tt J still of or S sees TV in Ing th and the people with hi hir WIs' WIs Ilo m. m experience e. and foresight even fn tho h he to tn l i r i bear a n very heavy y load A lot 01 of I our senators other government O employees business men farmers farmen Doctors Doctors- se s and college professors are ar still till on the Job who nr are now past seventy and andare andare andare are mill doln doing fine work They are alert and with their experience they can give gIve better better I J to this thu nation than the younger youn peoples without experIence exper exper- I Some of our finest Church leaders are arc In their eighties and still going strong with no thought of retirement They inspire us I with their wisdom knowledge e and council ou nell Some Saini Retire KeUr Early Farly A few people can actually afford to retire from their business bust busi ness nest nest-at at an on earlier age and some by the time they reach sixty five They have nude made made enough h money t to live 1110 on in their later lives by saving 1 selling of business or farms or real estate etc They can earl live comfortably tavel and enjoy life ml feeling secure Only a n few are arc that thai fortunate Tho Tho avera average e person has t to use his monthly Income to live on and support his growing family and meet tho demands of ot Increased dares ate tn I te ted d mj te Very little I If It ony any Is IR left 1111 for f raving paving S So when I I hr he Is to retiro hI he receives s In 1 n small a ment a n little soI so so- I clot security or n a government go pension p o I Some Some- Im people welcome this for fort t they hey no longer earn carl to work I and andI I nr lr even fn looking forward to the tho t I Ump time they may receive this mon money monroy y nut Hut there are s some ml Who who would much rather work and be self supporting who fool feel happier If they are useful giving of their talents and experience In return for an honest ln lI living To them retirement Is A ft bittar pill to take at the a sixty five Te Tests tIt liven livener ern er firms who 11 pi pinn n n- n-n n some loe keep their employees pes as long as IS they thy care to fo work werk and give ghe of their service f They are usually re required required re- re to take a physical exam exam- once Or wr year Ial nu n a written dr r mental test lest Ts n on on the tho 1 I type of or work hut to know a per sn 1 is h v v niM and for I for the years of service e and experience ex- ex he has given means alit n a lit lt io fO o an nn 1111 Person old or young oun Why cant can't we change this law lawi lawlor lawor i lor or our way ny of thinking and n n stead of condemning a person who reaches sixty five give him still I la Ii a chance chance to work and still remain remaina a useful Citizen as long as bs h he I tS capable and cares to a work ork ork re regardless regardless re- re I of age i I I Perhaps we wouldn't have so I many unhappy Senior Citizens For after nil all alit what Is b old age I would say say those who are no longer able to do ph physical or men mental men tal tat work or ar are no longer capable of taking care o of themselves Why must this time bl be b rushed by being Inconsiderate And made to feel old 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