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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
CUntom S. C., Thursday, April 16, 1964
He Will Not “Fade Away”
General of the Army Douglas Mac Ar
thur will be remembered for the qualities
and capabilities that placed him among
the world’s greatest military leaders and
tacticians—and made him unique as the
only American field commander in chief
ever to be removed from command in the
midst of a war he was fighting.
But he may be remembered even long
er and more remorsefully for the foresight
that was rejected by the fat cats in Wash
ington who were, even then, adjusting to a
new US foriegn policy of appeasement,
made to order for us in London, Paris—and
in Moscow.
In France in 1917 and 1918, where he
rose Prom major to brigadier general,
Dewly Mac Arthur won the accolade of
f <—frontline general” from Sec&-
the architect of modem, democratic,
postwar Japan, the services of General
Mac Arthur in rehearsing a shattered ene
my nation and setting it upon a construc
tive course—to which it has held—-demon
strated a statesmanship and administrative
and diplomatic genius no less insipring
than his gallantry in action. Undoubtedly
the sense of history and of geopolitics he
revealed in Tokyo, together with his sol
dier’s conviction that: “In war there is no
substitute for victory,” prepared thf way
for his removal
Everyone who was reading the newspa
pers in the days of the unequal Korean
struggle recalls that General JfacAsItyur,
chafing under UN restrictions, sought vain
ly to be allowed to pursue the Red Chinese
across the Yalu River into their “privileg
ed sanctuary,” and, with the aid of Chiang
Kai-shek’s Nationalist troops, subdue the
military aspirations of Communist China.
But many have forgotten the reply of the
General to a letter from Massachusetts
Congressman Martin suggesting the use of
Chiang’s forces.
He pointed out then what America is
painfully realizing now, that Asia, not Eu
rope, is the ultimate battleground on which
the global ambitions of Communism must
be settled. “It seems strangely difficult
for some to realize,” he wrote, “that here
in Asia is where the Communist conspira
tors have elected to make their play for
global conquest, and that we have joined
the issue thus raised on the battlefield;
that here we fight Europe’s war with arms,
while the diplomats there still fight it with
words; that if we lost the war to Com
munism in Asia, the fall of Europe is inevi
table.”
As Douglas Mac Arthur died, Chiang’s
forces were still immobilized by US policy,
and American soldiers ware dying in South
Vietnam, while the Red Chinese were
sneering at Khrushchev’s “peaceful coex
istence” and demanding Western Mood.
We mourn our loss—as we should have
since April 11, 1961.
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Public Gets
Fringe Benefits Also
Nothing is taken more for granted
than the gasoline service station. The
smallest communities have them. They are
as common as grocery stores. And all of
them, with few exceptions, provide a wide
list of services beyond providing gas, oil
and lubrication.
So it comes as something of a surprise
to be reminded that many a present-day
motorist was driving before a single ser
vice station so much as existed.
of the pioneers opened its first
fkttfoa in Pittsburgh just
toRowing spring it fe-
fwe lead map lor the
Pt Meal motorists who became Met
Motorist beyond the city Imtfts.
early stations were to
«f gasoline marketing,
sach stations for years to
the Basse of the outlets
to “service” stations.
Originally, gasoline was sold by livery
stables, stores and repair shops — from
drums or in 5 gallon cans—and next from
pumps located on sidewalks and curbs
where the usual practice was to hand-pump
the fuel into containers provided by the
motorist himself. And the gas, of dubious
quality in those days, was usually filtered
through chamois or heavy cloth.
The service station has come a long,
long w*y in those 50 years. But the early
ones deserve their place in history. They
set a precedent for “service” that benefits
everyone. Few, if any, merchants give so
many “fringe” benefits.
Read every day something no one else
is rending. Think every day something no
one else Is thinking. It is bad for the mind
s a part of a uaanimlty.—Chris-
Po
A Young Man’s
tion Today
Babson Park, Mass., April 16—At this time
of year many parents are thinking about what
they could do to help their boys get on in the
remarkable area which we are facing scientifi
cally, socially, financially, and educationally.
Tremendous changes are going on and young peo
ple should he prepared to take advantage of
them. *
DO WELL IN HIGH SCHOOL
It is well to be interested in athletics and
othsr extra-curricular high school affairs, hut
these do ml count much in getting a foundation.
So many employers want a list
of the 10% or 20% of the stu
dents with highest grades who
are about to graduate from
high school. The large compan
ies are not content with know
ing how these young people are
getting along in college, hut are
going back to their high school
records. Therefore, it is very
important that a graduate from
college should have a good rec
ord in high school.
i.raFWAI. EDUCATION VS
BUSINESS EDUCATION
It is reasonable for one with the time and
whose day has plenty of money to get a “lib
eral” education. This is especially true when the
young man knows where he is going to work.
But if he has not the time to give three or four
years to a “liberal” education, he should seek a
business education which will include some of
the most Important of the liberal education sub
jects.
I have in mind, for instance, the Babson In
stitute at Wellesley, Mass., where over 800 young
men are now studying the fundamentals of busi
ness. It does not necessarily mean that they
are going into business, but they must have those
fundamentals now if they hope to administer a
large position later. Parents little realize the
change that is taking place in the demand for
young men.
IMPORTANCE OF CHEMISTRY
After graduating from a college of business
administration, I would advise a post-graduate
course in chemistry. This might be done in one
year or it might take two years, hut tremendous
developments are taking place in chemistry. I
especially have in mind the manufacture of syn
thetics. There will be great changes in the
manufacture of what people call “artificial”
foods (though they are not really artificial).
They have the same vitamins and other nu
trients as the food which we raise in the corn
fields or in the orange groves. A young man or
woman could well become an expert on rock
ets or nuclear power.
The synthetics are also being extended to
commodities other than foods. Therefore, I
should suggest getting a position with a concern
such as du Pont of Wilmington, which develop
ed nylon and some of the other most valuable
products of today. The best “rubber” tires con
tain practically no rubber at all. The du Pont
Co. is now putting on the market a “leather”
(Corfam) which may be superior to any leather
now used. The company is experimenting on a
substitute for woolens, in which I am sure they
will succeed. Just as du Pont has eliminated
need for the silkworm, so it may eliminate the
need for the cotton fields and many other present
industries.
CONSTRUCTION GREATILY CHANGED
Now, the principal building product Is wood;
and this will apply to the desk and all other fur
niture in the house. I have a good many pieces
of antique furniture in my home, and experts are
now calling on me to take phojORrspiis and
measurements of these antiques in order to make
“duplicates” which ago M#i
the originals. The main pobrf is Mat these re
productions are more useful Sad stronger than
the originals.
I merely give these facta as illustrations of
the importance of synthetics to shemtMvx ond de
sign. “Chemistry” includes fMNied.
the basis of many of the cMthes we wOdr. The
time is coming when clothes wll not h# manu
factured as they art new-and weaving as we
know it wM be eltmtnMed.
Stories
Behind
. Words
William S. PcnfMd
Jonah
A Jonah is a person who brings trouble upon oth
ers. The reference is to the story of Jonah in the Old
Testament
Jonah was a Hebrew prophet whom God com
manded to go into the city of Ninevah and warn the
people that they faced destruction unless they changed
their wicked ways.
Jonah disobeyed. He boarded a ship and tried to
run away. But a storm arose and threatened to sink
the ship. When sailors in the crew learned that Jonah
had brought the storm upon them, they threw him
overboard and the storm stepped.
Jonah, the story continues, was swallowed by a
great fiah which later spewed fchp upon shore. Jonah
went to Ninevah as God had commanded.
Highlights
From Clinton High
year the
cetnely
ways to tell “The Whole Truth.”
Members of the cast Include
Ann Addison, Lykes Henderson,
Harold Culbertson, Mary Net
tles, Sandra Leopard, John Paul
McKee, Billy Ballard, Marilyn
Sease, Darrell Orr, Ruth Todd,
David Templeton, Betty Stroud,
Sandra Huggins, and Douglas
Rice.
Miss June Adair and R. P. Wil
der are the play’s directors.
• • •
This week has been another
week of chapel programs, this
time designed to acquaint
CHS’ers with the varied career
opportunities available in their
own community.
During the series of programs,
Ralph Tedards, personnel man
ager of the Clinton Bearings
Plant of the Torrington Com
pany, spoke on career opportuni
ties Cor high school graduates in
his company; Claude Crocker
spoke and showed a film
describing careers in the textile
industry; and J. C. Thomas told
about professions in retail mer-
chandising.
• • •
Tomorrow and Friday night
the Red Devil Band will play in
the State Music Festival at Fur-
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man University. The hand be
came eligible to compete in this
contest by making a rating of
“one” in the district festival
last month. New the bead it hop
ing its hours of preparntfen Mr
thti contest wM be well feward-
ed by their again receiving su
perior ratings.
• * *
Tonight the National Honor
Society will have a film on traffic
safety for its April meeting. This
film, sponsored by the state
highway department, is designed
to impress on teenagers the se
riousness of driving a car and
the importance of proper regard
for traffic laws.
• • •
Tuesday tbs Science Club vis
ited the Laurens Glass factory
where they toured the plant's fa
cilities and observed how sci
ence is applied in industry.
« • *
Tonight at the April Chem-f i-
Phi meeting various
will exhibit their
the awards
ence fair still
Tuesday members of the Beta
Club toured Jacobs
Printing Company saw where
their monthly Beta Club Jdafbal
is printed.
District M
School Lunch M«mi
Week ef April M-M
MONDAY
Milk, hot dogs with chili,
mustard, onions, carrot •wH
cabbage slaw, navy beans,
buns, butter, and apple sauce.
TUESDAY
Milk, sliced ham, sliced
cheese, potato salad, green
beans, biscuit, butter, and con
gealed cranberry salad.
WEDNESDAY
Milk, country style steak
with gravy, frozen lima beans,
creamed potatoes, biscuit, but
ter, and grapefruit sections.
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THURSDAY
Milk, creamed turkey, green
peas, rice, cranberry sauce,
biscuit, butter, and candied
sweet potatoes.
FRIDAY
Milk, fish sticks, boiled po
tato with cheese, cooked cab
bage, corn bread, butter, and
strawberry shortcake.
Robert L Steer family
Gets Form and Home
Award In Greenwood
The Robert L. Steer family of
Greenwood County has received
that county’s farm gad Homs
Development Award for
plishments in the fifty <4
culture. The fam
large dairy jfarm
Six.
Mr. Steer is the son of R. A.
Steer of Clinton. He was reared
on his father’s dairy farm near
Clinton on the Whitmire high
way. He Is a graduato M Cfem-
son College. Mrs. Steer. Is the
former Evelyn Patterson of Lan-
ford, a graduate of Wiathrop Col
lege. They have beeh Bring in
Greenwood County
Both Mr. and Mrs.
active in agricultural
and interested in
being leaders in vi
ganizations. Their
Robert, Jr., 17,
Charles, 10, are.
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