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4 Kills Deer Paul Samples, *1 Spinning Employee, killed this 195 pound buck Saturday, November 8. The deer was a 5 pointer. LAUGH A LITTLE A laugh is just like sunshine. It freshens all the day, It tips the peak of life with light, And drives the clouds away. The soul grows glad that hears it And feels its courage strong* A laugh is just like sunshine For eheerincf fnlks nlnncr o ? A laugh is just like music. It lingers in the heart, And where its melody is heard The ills of life depart; And happy thoughts come crowding Its joyful notes to greet; A laueh is iust lilcp mucir For making living sweet. THANKSGIVING Let's have our turkey din reunions and all that on Tt let's remember that it is Tha it as such with at least a br God for our blessings. It is from our Pilgrim F the wilderness a long-ago N Day of Thanksgiving derives word and deed which we we once a year. Even before the Plymouth they had written in names are underwritten have of God, to establish in Virgii advancement of the Christian So glorious our heritage, Thanksgiving, as every : beginning more than 300 y colony of Massachusetts, in 1 years has the day won natior can holiday which is obser States. Sarah J. Hale of Boston, generally, is credited with bringing about nationwide observance of the day. As Editor of the Ladies' Magazine and later of Godey's Lady's Book in Philadelphia, she campaigned for 30 years for a national day of thanks Mixed Some Coarse . . . Some Fine . . . In the very northeastern corner of Georgia there is a tiny town known as Plum Nelly. Anytime you think other folks have strange names, remember Plum Nelly was named because it is "plum out of Tennessee and nelly out of Georgia." Anyone who thinks the mini-skirt is new never wore a hospital gown. Harrassed surgeon to medical students watching a delicate operation: "Will the wise-guy who keeps saying oops please leave!" Times have changed. In the old days when a kid said dirty words, his parents washed his mouth out with soap. Nowadays, his progressive parents hand him paper and pencil and tell him to write a play. "Daddy, daddy," cried the girl, "Mommv ran over mv doll with the car." "Don't come crying to me," said dad. "I told you not to leave it on the porch!" Those of you concerned about whether the church will survive change might try offering currency. DAY HOLIDAY ners, football games, family lursday, November 28?but ui\.3givmg uay, ana ooserve ief moment of gratitude to 'athers' grateful prayers in ovember, that our present >. They set an example in 11 might remember at least Mayflower landed them at their Compact: "We whose i undertaken, for the glory lia the first colony for the faith." . . . so short our memories! school child knows, had its ears ago in the Plymouth 621. But only in the last 100 lal importance as an Amerii/pri thrnnohmit thp TTnitorl giving. Her efforts me' vith success in 1863. In the Civil War year, Abraham Lincoln issued the first presidential proclamation calling upon all Americans to join in giving thanks to God for their many blessings. C LOTH MAKER Ija/utA, Som with a Different Twist How's that Again? Sign in an Alabama cemetery: "All persons are forbidden to pick flowers from but their own graves." A little boy came home crying after a rock-throwing contest with one of his noi rfViV\rvrVi/\/\rl ..uuu nvaia. "When that naughty boy threw stones at you, why didn't you come and tell me, instead of throwing them back at him?" the mother asked. "What good would it do to tell you?" subbed junior. "You couldn't hit the side of a barn." "I was married twice," explained the man, "and I'll never marry again. My first wife died after eating poisonous mushrooms, and my second wife died of a fractured skull." "That's a shame," said his friend. "How did it happen?" "She wouldn't eat her mushrooms." That's the advice some adults give young people nowadays. This might be acceptable strategy when one is faced with overwhelming odds, but it would hardly seem the proper attitude for a high school or college graduate just launching a career. If Lindbergh and his backers had played it safe, frnnc _ rvnonwi/1 nana - uv-caim. ail u d V tTI might have been set back for generations. If manufacturers played it safe and didn't invest millions in research, many new products might never reach store shelves. The door of opportunity m il %l MAI t 4T|7imTi^FI I Bi*T1 ['/ I 11 jYH ?I*] a FTWTi i[^ i\j *T-^ [ ] ^ j iii i" w n NOVEMBER, 1969 PLAY IT SAFE! is wide open for those willing to take a calculated risk?possibly a more challenging position or an investment in a new industry. Granted, the stakes are high and the risks plentiful, but the ultimate satisfaction is great We may not have the opportunity to ride a space ship to the moon, or even to give the telephone the power to see as well as to hear, but there are rewards in both money and satisfaction for those willing to trade the security of medi ocrity for the uncertainty of challenge.