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Show WBattle Creek C-1 Those of us who are alive, hale and hearty on another Thanksgiving Thanks-giving Day, have something for which to be humbly appreciative. At least we 'have survived another anoth-er year of the cold war. If we have no other blessing' than the one of living in this peaceful and prosperous community, commun-ity, our "cup runnetth o'er." Certainly we would not -want to be living in New Orleans, where mob violence is the order of the day. The tragedy of one group of American children fighting fight-ing policemen, who in turn are trying to allow another group of American children to attend school, is nothing for which to give thanks. Come to think of it, the African Congo is not a very desirable place to live, either. United Nations Na-tions troops are on duty 'round the clock in order to prevent ignorant ig-norant and half-savage factions from destroying; each other. How would it seem to be a family fam-ily man in Red China? There your wife might be living in one workers work-ers "commune," you in another and your children living some place else in a Communist boarding board-ing school. What about life In India, where the cows take over the streets? People are starving for meat; but no one Is permitted to eat beef because "cattle are sacred." There's little to be thankful for In Cuba. The greatest Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing gift for thousands of residents of that strife-torn country, would be the opportunity to escape it all. How would it be to be living in Japan, where there are more people existing in a square mile of territory than in all of Utah? What about sitting down to a meal of rice, fish and tea three times a day and 365 days a year? How would it seem to live in a place where there were no doctors, doc-tors, nurses or hospitals; no electricity, elec-tricity, radio or television or no automobiles, washing machines, or refrigerators? Thousands of the earth's population know nothing noth-ing about these things, which we all take so much for granted. And so, before we surround the festive board on this 1960 Thanksgiving Thanks-giving Day, it might not be amiss to engage in a little reflective thinking. ' The wonderful things we all enjoy en-joy did not just happen. They were made possible by the vision, planning, hard work and sacrifice of someone. How long we will be able to maintain our present standard of living, will depend upon our willingness to work and sacrifice that those less fortunate fortun-ate may enjoy a little of what we have so much. Grace said over the food on Nov. 24 is not enough. Our invocations in-vocations should include prayers for the under-privileged of all lands, whoever they may be. Thanks be to God that jve are who we are, what we are and that we live where we live, in a "land choice above all other landsi' So long 'til Thursday. |