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Volume LVI
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, September 22,1955
Number 38
Laurens County Hoy
Tells of Life In Israel
Wallace
(Editor** Note: This is the *ec-
ong article by Curtis E. Wallace
of Gray Court tellinc of his ex
periences in Israel as an Interna
tional Farm Youth Exchange del
egate. In his (first article Curtis
described Matsuva, a collective
settlement in western Galilee.
Now he tells how the children
are brough tup in this settlement.
Curtis will be in
Israel until No
vember.
Things have
been swell here
in Israel. Tomor
row I leave Mat
suva for a differ
ent kind of life
altogether.
Life in this col
lective settlement
has been interest
ing and the work has not been
too hard. At first, one of the
strangest things to me was the
fact that the children did not live
with their parents. But now that
• I have been here for six weeks,
I can see the reason for the par
ents and children living as they
do.
In the first place, individual
families could not make a living
in a land like this. For this rea
son they formed^ collective set
tlement called a kibbutz. Here
the men, women and the larger
children share the work in the
fields, dining hall, laundry and
other places. TO solve the prob
lem of each family’s getting
someone to keep the children
while the parents worked, it was
decided to have a children’s
home with a nurse mother to
watch over them.
The parents put their children
in the babies’ house at the age
of one week. The mother visits
the children very often during
the first months and takes it
home in the afternoons. The
child comes to recognize its
mother and father and its love
grows as the child gets older.
The parents go for the chil
dren who are under two or three
years old, but the older children
know the way to their parents’
house and go by themselves. The
children visit their parents from
5 to 6:15. Then they return to
^ the children’s house for supper.
After supper they go back to the
parents’ house and stay until 8.
Parents with small children put
them to bed at 7.
The parents finish their work
on the settlement at S:15 and
have a chance to rest before the
children come for their visit.
They devote their entire time to
the children during their visit.
It is a common sight to see the
father playing with the child.
And the older children seem to
enjoy playing with their smaller
brothers and sisters.
Each year there is a camp for
chlidren from 6 to 10. The kib
butz has a home down near the
sea where the children and some
of the parents go for a week of
swimming and playing. Food
from the kibbutz is taken to
them every day. It is a sight to
see when the children, happy and
singing, return in a truck. Then
the meeting between parents and
children remind me of home.
Fo rthe children older than 13,
there is a youth organization
similar to the Boy and Girl
Scouts back home. They go to
camp for a week with boys and
girls from all over Israel. Each
has a badge which has on it
Peace, Work, and Army. Many
adults have the badge they had
when they wertJ in the youth
movement.
Here, boys or girls reaching
13 are considered adults. They
have to work full days in what
ever job is assigned them. They
go into town with the person
who is buying food, machinery,
or whatever else there is to buy.
They also have to write an essay
on any subject they choose. Then
at a special ceremony they are
presented a watch and a Bible.
The education of the children
is taken seriously. Goodbuild-
ings and equipment have been
built. The children learn one or
two languages other than He
brew. One little boy asked his
father why a big boy like me
couldn't speak Hebrew. Along
with the regular studies the chil
dren also learn handicrafts.
We IFYE delegates attended
the breaking-up party or gradu
ation exercises for the children.
The way the children said their
verses and did their skits with
out being afraid amazed me.
The children really seemed to
enjoy putting on the program.
In the summer the children
have two months free. During
this time they are expected to
work only four half days a week.
While in school they work two
half days. During the holidays
they visit friends and relatives
When the children become 18,
they serve two years in the army.
Both boys and girls serve. There
is a regular army ai)d an agri
cultural army. In the regular
army the whole time is devoted
to military training. But in the
agricultural army, only about
four to six months are devoted
to military tactics. Then they
are placed on kibbutz to learn
the agriculture and the makings
of a kibbutz. They have inspec
tions but not too much military
training here at Matsuva. .They
stay about a year or the rest of*
their time in the army. When
discharged, they go to establish
new settlements or to ones that
have few members.
During the war these agricul
tural army boys and girls living
along the borders and in danger
ous places were placed in kib
butzim for defense purposes.
Tomorrow we IFYEs go to a
moshav called Nahalal. But
more about that next time.
Blatt Not To Seek
State Judgeship
Columbia. — Speaker of the
State House of Representatives
Sol Blatt has announced that he
will not seek an expected open
ing on the State Supreme Court
of which he appeared assured.
“I can best serve the people
of my county and state by re
maining in my present position
as speaker,” Blatt said in a pre
pared news statement.
"I will not be a candidate for
the next vacancy on the court.”
Chief Justice D. Gordon Baker
has announced he will retire
when he reaches the court re
tirement age of 72 next year.
One of the associate justices,
Tayldr H. Stukes, is expected to
succeed Baker, leaving an asso
ciate justiceship open.
The general assembly fills the
court’s 10-year terms.
Blatt’s accession to the post
had been such a foregone con
clusion among House members
during the 1955 session that poli
ticking already had begun among
interested candidates for the
speakership.
“I feel I should make a public
statement as to whether or not I
will be-a candidate for the va
cancy on the Supreme Court in
1956,” the Barnwell representa
tive said in his prepared state
ment.
No Groalor Honor
“I know of no greater honor
that could come to a lawyer,” the
man who had been speaker for
eight terms continued, “than
serving on the highest court in
the state.
“Many people have suggested
that I become a candidate and I
am grateful to my many friends
throughout South Carolina who
have offered to help me in the
event I should offer for this high
office.
“I am particularly pleased by
pledges of support that volun
tarily came from my colleagues
in the House of Representatives
and the Senate. I am told by
many that I would have no oppo
sition should I become a candi
date.
“I have given the thought of
becoming a candidate serious
consideration. I have discussed
it with my family and many of
my friends. Many people con
tacted me by telephone, letters
and in person and requested me
not to run.
‘These people have been kind
enough to say I have done a
good job as speaker of the House
and they want me to continue to
serve in that capacity. Many of
my colleagues in the House have
stated it was their wish I remain
as a member of the House.
Not Bo Candidal*
“After careful coijsideration, I
have decided that I can best
serve the people of my county
and state by remaining in my
present position and I will not be
a candidate for the next vacancy
on the court.
“I want to take this oppor
tunity of expressing my deep ap
preciation to the people of Barn
well county and to my colleagues
in the House for so long keeping
me in my present position of
honor and I hope I shall continue
to merit their confidence.”
J. R. Crawford
SURVEYING
CLINTON, 8. C.
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