The Jamestown Journal, Volume 77, Numbers 17-52

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7,1994 c a l e n d a r OF EVENTS OCTOBER 7—Jamestown Grange will hold regular business meeting and will lie hosts (a Miami Grange at the grange hall at 8 p. in. OCTOBER 8—Cafeteria supper at friends Church, serving starts at 5;30 p. in, OCTOBER 10—Birthday supper for boys of Harrison B Cottage Home given by Auxiliary members. OCTOBER 12—Lions Club at Lions Den at 7; 15 p. m, American Legion Auxiliary to meet at Legion Hail at 8 p. m, Jamestown Methodist Church W. S. C. fi. to meet at church all day 'meeting. OCTOBER 14—Eastern Star. friends Missionary Society at church. OCTOBER 15—Friends Keystone Sunday School Class meets with Mr. and Mrs. Morgan McDowell, hosts. THE JAMESTOWN JOURNAL PAGE FIVE VP<I MOTHER'S MUSKMELONS By Venus Inglish A T THE family’s Christmas gathering last year Mother remarked that she liked a good muskmelon. Mother, who Is 88 years young and the matriarch of a large clan, Is fundamentally honest. She just Juggles the truth a bit. In this case, the truth was that melons are on a par with skunks In her estimation—pretty In their natural habitat, but not to be touched deliberately with a ten-foot pole. On a Sunday In early September the first "muskmelons” showed up. A nephew brought two, proud­ ly presenting them as early and awful good. Mother accepted the gift graciously but after he had gone, she asked me: "Why do you suppose he did that? I didn't know he ever raised muskmelons." We had “ muskmelon" for des­ sert that night, and that’s the last we've had on the table. I never did find out what happened to tho second half of thaS* first gift, but ns It turned out, one melon that year was a pretty Insignificant matter. A week later the melons began arriving In earnest. Every "kls- sln’ cousin" nnd “ shirt tail rela­ tion" stopped by on the way to church to drop off a melon—or two or three—for Gran’ma. She pul them on the floor of the pantry. During a break in the procession, she loaded them into the biggest roaster and asked me to carry it to the basement fruit room. I had hardly got back upstairs before the space was filled again.. Gran’ma wsi very nice to every­ one. She thanked each profusely. Later ahe asked me: "Why do you suppose everybody planted muskmelons this year?" I asked if she wanted me to carry the remaining melons to the basement, "No," ahe snid. "Leave them where I can take care of them." Z didn’t ask how. 1 supposed there would be some kind of melon preserves or something. I went to the bank next morning and forgot about melons. Ap­ parently everybody else forgot aboiit them, too, In the rush of early fall farm work. Saturday the next supply began to arrive. This time they came In sacks— five or six to a sack—and wo had to put the overflow in Uie garage. That afternoon Uncle. Everett stopped by the bank. "Couldn’t get in yesterday," he said. "I got a bushel of fine mel­ ons in the car for your mother. Wonder If you'd take them home When you goV’ Mother was terribly tired that night. She went to bed right after the dishes were put away. I had had nn Inspiration. I'd bury those melons In tho garden where Moth­ er had dug. and nobody would know. On the first spadeful, 1 turned up a somewhat mangled melon, she had beat me to it! All that afternoon she had been burying her hoard of mclonsl I tried the spot back of the ga- rago where we usually dig fish worms. Melons! End to endI Wfll, there was only one thing to do. I put the bushel basket Into •me car and dyovD to. the city "Jump. Oh, Nol- Melons, all over the pined Now, I’m almost sure they weren’t Mother’s melons. Some produce store—Still—. I add­ ed my contribution and hurried away. The next moraine .wasjbeautlful, anil. I stepped otf^the back porch for a breath of air. There was a newspaper spread out care­ fully and weighted down with rocks at the corners. On the paper were some drying seeds. "What's this stuff out here?" I called through the kitchen door. "Just some muskmelon seeds," replied Mother. "I'm saving them In case somebody wants to plant them next year." ,/’!* • i 'At*,i.| ..*» OPPOSE RED CHINA , , * These five Chinese who fought with Red army In Korea and then refused repatriation after capture, picket New York’s UN building In protest against admitting Red China to UN. Shall I Join An Organization? Read These Rules Before Acting Reprint From The Cincinnati Inquirer The atmosphere is getting so controversial in this country that many people are becoming wary of join- _ing organizations or signing publicly circulated uplift petitions lest they turn out to be subversive. People frequently have asked us for guides to keep them from doing something foolish. One woman put the problem this way for her sex: "Most women are ‘joiners.’ Like everyone else they want to have a sense of belonging to anything that will give them a feeling of importance. And who doesn’t want to be 'important and needed?’ But I’m,afraid that very few of us really inquire into the background of what we join — who is back of it — what is the source of the materia! used — what is the current policy and purpose. Too often a name attracts us. Can you shake l people into a feeling of awareness?” i WELL — the first thing people] Fascism In America you might be should be aware of It that this Is a little leary of people who can- a free country and they can Join almost anything they please — almost anything because you can’t legally belong to a conspiracy to overthrow the government by violence, The best way to toll what an organization Is like Is to see, hear, taste, feel and perhaps most Im­ portant, smell It, So when in doubt, Join an organization with the full intent of applying the five senses to it, And after you’re In. here are some highly general rules. Does Its real title coincide word for word with an organization on the Attorney General’s subversive list? If so, get out. and report your experience briefly to the FBI. Since the title probably won’t coincide, all you can look for are telltale signs, so we go to the next rule. Watch for evidence of the leaders pushing political or pacifist ques­ tions and resolutions to the front when those arc not really the pur­ pose of the organization. Organiza­ tions rarely express the studied, democratically obtained opinions of all the members, anyway. So be particularly wary when an organl- tlon not frankly organized for such a purpose starts pushing peace, polities or foreign affairs programs. It may not be a subversive but someone Is trying to use the group for a sounding board. If an organization frankly Is de­ signed to consider foreign affairs or politics, or almost any subject as in., discission groups, watch, for propaganda that may be cunningly Communist, Socialist or Fascist. •The only Communism or Social­ ism the average person will ever encouter In a typical open gathering (real Communist meetings admit only trusted Communists in highly secret meetings) Is propaganda for government ownership, or sly In­ direct praise for British Socialist and Russian proposals or those forms of government. IF YOU DO encounter this, don’t call the people names but get up and answer the progaganda as an American would. If you arc fair but arc howled down, quit the or­ ganization and take as many people as you can with you. Fascist propaganda is even tough­ er to recognize. It’s hints for a government run by one party alone plus hatred of certain groups of people. Actually the strongest force of that kind in America Is the Com­ munist party. Because of the very meagerness of organized non-Red SWEATER GIRLS , . < Anne Parvis (center) poses with runners- up Mae Conley (left) and Karen Lewi* ^ttcr selection as "Miss Sweater Girl of 1951." Anne competed against 309 of New York’s loveliest models. Friends Of The Community Patronize Your Advertisers Read And Use Classified Ads In 1888 New York City boosted about 10,000 telephones. Today It has 3,695,000. stantly warn you against Fascism, They're either overly fearful, overly uniformed or overly Interested In Socialism and Communism, The word “Fascist" is the grade "A” number on favorite of all epi­ thets used by intellectual collecti­ vists, and they use it carelessly. As for petitions — It's been said a thousands, times over, read any­ thing before yi$u sign it unless the person offering it can be trusted Ilko your own, mother, The same thing goes for giving money, except that you have a highly useful check on that by calling the Better Busi­ ness Bureau. T)iey keep the list of subversive organizations on hand and will be glad to tell you if you’re aiding them. Since the defection of subversion is a highly delicate business, learn to rely on knokledgcd experts for help and not your own judgement alone. The FBI won’t give you the time of day but you can get acres of information, from the Senate International Security subcommittee and the House,’'Un-American Acti­ vities Committee In Washington. ANY SET OF RULES that pur­ ports to advise you as to your con­ duct as a citizen must be as gen­ eral as these, or maybe even these should be thrown away, because in America we don’t live by a set of rules. There is plenty of advice reach­ ing you constantly through the press and radio In the-words of Amerfc&ift speaking ;|jtoce».-Reaa, Jfeten and make up your own mind. If you’re an American you don’t even have to fear fear. GeneralClark UniversitySpeaker Columbus, O., Oct. 10—Oen. Mark W. Clark, one of the nation’s out standing military figures, will speak at 8 p.m, Thursday (10/14) In Uni­ versity Hall Chapel on the Ohio University campus. "From the Danube to the Yalta" will be the subject of the address, which will open Ohio State’s an­ nual Lecture Scries, Tickets are on sale on the campus at 205 Derby Hall, and at the Ad­ ministration Building Information Desk. Season tickets for the six- Iccture scries arc available nt 205 Derby Hall, General Clark is now president of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, in Charleston, S. C. He retired a year ago at his own request, At that time he was Commander in'Chief, Far Enst and United Nations Commands; Com­ manding General, U. 8. Army For­ ces, Far East; and Governor of the Ruykyu Islands. Three months previously he had signed the arm­ istice which terminated the Korean fighting. The general’s active military ca­ reer began with his graduation from the U. S, Military Academy in 1917. He was wounded In World War I as an infantry captain. In 1942 he became deputy commander in chief of the Allied Forces in the North African theater, and shortly before the African invasion that year made a hazardous but succesful trip by plane and submarine from London to French North Africa for a secret meeting with French offi­ cers. The next year he was made com­ manding general of Fifth Army, the first U. S. army to be activated in the European theather. In 1944 he was placed in command of 15th Army Group, which comprised all British and American forces in Italy. Geneml Clark was |ap(polnted commander In chief of U. S. Oc­ cupation Forces in Austria and U. S. High Commissioner for Austria in 1945 and in 1947 assumed command of Sixth Army, with headquarters in this country. He went to the Far East in 1952. Rev. Robert II. Harper Tbt Way of Wisdom. Ltsion for Octobtr 17: Provtrbs 3: l-6i 4 : 10-15, 18-19, Goldtn Ttxf: Provtrbt 3: 3-6. The passages from Froverbi stress first the necessity of s young man's taking heed to th< law of God and not leaning to hll own understanding. If, in all hi/ ways ho acknowledges and hon­ ors God, he will find direction Ir his path. Wo have recently beer, shocked to rend of seversl youthi who had tortured and killed peopli for the thrill of it. Thoughtful people are concerned about thi crimes of youth in our country, But no one need be concerned about the young man who walk* in the way of righteousness, The way of wisdom is that o! wellbeing and happiness. Manj men think that happiness comet in having. But things cannot brlni lasting happiness. The spring of happiness is in the good heart God designs his low for man’s, wellbeing and happiness. There­ fore wisdom Is found in obeying God and In living according td his commandments. Thus we find In many verses of the Bible thai tho way of wisdom is the way oi truth and happiness. The way of wisdom leads men away from the path of the wicked. They who travel the way turn from the path of evil and ars saved from the pitfalls of in- iqulty. And the way of wisdom "is as the dawning light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” Through faith in God, enter the way of wisdom and Journey safely and happily onward. fc. I ...— KNIGHT OF OLD . , . Movie actor Errol Flynn charges Into scene of "The Black Prince," In which lie plays title rote, on location at Elslree, England, Both the Postmaster General and the Secretary of Defense arc urging early mailing of Christmas pack­ ages to service men and women stationed overseas. Such packages should be mailed between October 15th and Novemberlst, and certain­ ly not later than the first of Novem­ ber, If they arc to be received before December 25th. •' * •' Keep a good part of your farm profits In U. S. Savings Bonds. Four out of every five adults In the U. S. today play cards—more iwomen than men. Five major com­ panies turn out 75,000,000 decks « f cards a year, and It’s a $50,- 000,000 business. A recent survey showed that ever one-fifth of our population now owns between three and sev­ en radios—In use in bedrooms, kitchens, living rooms, children’s rooms. THE GREENE CO. LUMBER CO. Headquarters For Your Building Supplies Lumber - Doors - Cement - Hard­ ware - Glass *■Insulation - Roof­ ing - Siding - Paint - Plaster 572 N, Detroit St. Phone 2-695S XENIA, OHIO £ B U C K E Y E : • CABINETS And FORMICA : : WOODWORKING c o . £ : £ I LUMBER — MILL WORK ; I ROOFING — BIDING j | IMPROVEMENT LOANS £ £159 Monroe Phone 209* i • Xenia, Ohio ! FILM i i i n m N E L S O N C R E S W E L L S T U D I O S Cedarville, Ohio Ph. 6-3311 SUNDAY SPECIAL Fried Chicken Dinner ....... ..................................... $1.18 Roast Beef Dinner ............... -.......... ............ $1.00 Steaks St Chops — Soft Drinks, Ice Cream Royal Grill 8 S. 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