Show U II 14 l. l 1 The Column Boy Boys V AWAKENING W STRANGE HOW a day comes stumbling up the fields Wiping Its billowy billoWS sleeves upon the tue grasses To lo pause a moment where a stone wall steals Dack Back Into yesterday Its amber tresses tailed pig in wind Strange how a wonder wonder won- won 1 der gathers upon the roofs the houses and the sky So we awaking In the bed our fathers Woke in before us wonder still stilt and sigh Sigh for an Instant then with pulses leaping Rush Bush to the tho window to see light spilt spill down On bird on beast and dim and lovely people I Strange ho how a country day awakes from sleeping The bs elms elm the willows and the lonely steeple And all alt the tousled wonder of a town Harold Vinal O O O ARm STICE DAY Tim TIlE SMOKE Is quenched from wars war's dying fires Tho The rubble Is being ed The be tragedy of the has been told In lives lost mental suffering financial and economic Impact Into Lito the far corners comers the problems that follow war have disturbed and disrupted the peace Yet the soothsayers declare that no more will man be called to sacrifice lives that the last conflict is the end endot of ot of blood Would that such be betrue betrue betrue true but on this Armistice Day in 1948 those who care to make a soul-searching soul analysis know that the words of balm must mut be taken with more than one grain grab of salt As they pronounce the tho claim of the war to end all all' wars wars new destructive forces are aro at work that could wipe out great sections of the universe with little effort on the part of man We do not feel however there Is no compromise in averting another war that we aro are powerless to stop its hap hap- pening Defeated In our minds war would be inevitable There surely Is a atrue atrue atrue true course to map out a way for International International international inter Inter- national harmony Mistakes made following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing the First World War Var repeated after the Second World War might well lead to a Third bIrd World War Our duty Isto is isto isto to seek a way to avoid these mistakes s. s Food assistance fiscal help are little compared to the lives of sons Human need want envy weakness are potential potential potential poten poten- I i agents for inciting the miserable to seek a better balance War Is tod too I often the tool that tha power-greedy power men I use to incite the miserable I In this country we are aware more I today than at any time that world co cooperation cooperation cooperation co- co operation is necessary for peace Being aware means we have come closer to rectifying one big mistake of our past Of course peace cant can't be had for nothing noth noth- ing Each nation must contribute In order to maintain it War costs more Armistice Day Is a grave reminder of Its cost coat O 00 O O MAN MAV WITHOUT JUDGMENT JUDG MAN ERRS in Judgment many times 11 la his life but it may be said ld in his favor he ho bas has Judged though his error proves his judgment false The accidents caused by drunken drives are examples of f what havoc when mans man's Judgment is gone An automobile In the hands of ofa ofa ofa a drunkard is more dangerous a weapon weapon wea wea- pon pen than a loaded gun The sense of power goes to the befuddled head Without Without Without With With- out sense of timing of direction of speed peed the destiny of others hangs In Inthe Inthe the balance No matter with what care you drive you and those with you are areat areat areat at his mercy Without Judgment the drunk man is without mercy He is a threat that gives no warning a menace you sometimes cant can't avoid The fines imprisonment loss of drivers driver's license hav haven't nt kept people from driving cars when intoxicated In Mount Vernon Ohio the mayor serving as Judge fined a drunken driver All brought before him on the same charge were to receive the same fine h For r 72 days since the first fine was imposed there were no arrests made on this charge This is not a heavy penalty when dealing with murder but it may serve to th the drinker and remind him of the cost cost of lof losing judgment Judg judg- ment no O O O OTHE TilE THE MELODY 1 LINGERS J THE PASSING of Franz Lehar comPOSer composer com corn poser of the Merry Widow waltz brings I to the minds of ot many oldsters the days days' i when that lilting tune swept the co country coun- coun m- m I j try as a sweet breeze that became a storm of popularity Then there were no Juke boxes no radios not so many vic vic- trolas to carry It Into every corner orner Every kind of musical Instrument played play play- lay lay- ed It finally reached the point where you were tired of hearing It so frequently fre fre- Everyone was whistling humming hum hum- I ming and singing it Just like many of those modern melodies far less lesu lovely than the waltz of the tho Merry Widow that they play to death a beautiful sir air l a swinging strain that welcomed all ages to dance daice to its music We still enjoy it and are sorry if U the report Is true that Franz Lehar never received I a penny from the American success of this captivating Merry Widow waltz I |