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I had rather have a [ool to
The Clarendon Press, July 4, 1973, Page 8
make me merry than experi-
ence to make me sad.
--Shakespeare
Golf Pairings
July 9
Front, Blind Partnership
Low Net
Bonnie Gooch
C allle C ombest
Mary Ann Sawyer
Helen Land
Carolyn Payne
Frances Skelton
Evelyn Moore
Glenn Greene
Nancy Shelton
Avis Benson
Jeanette C ase
Nell Barnhlll
Sharon Fisher
Mary Hudglns
Vonna Tunnell
Melba Vaughan
Bfllle Chauveaux
Irma Terry
Dorothy Breectlove
Maxine Hardin
Peggy Minkley
Kaihryn C aln
History proves that nations go the way of men. They
come forth as a flower, blossom and bloom, grow old,
and die. As men i nations have ways of picking up bad
habits. These habits destroy the vitality of the nation.
As some men, nations have a way of getting involved in
gross immoral sins. It is possible for the nation to become
a cheat, a fraud, a lie and morally impure.
A nation reflects the habits, customs, and way of life
of the people who live in it. As the moral or ethical pen-
dulum of the people swings to the right or the left so
swings the nation. We can say, as goes the people, so
goes the nation.
If a nation is to be good, the people who live there must
be good. The nation only reflects like a mirror the image
that is before it. If you don't like the reflection you see,
you need to change the individual making the reflection.
It doesn't help the situation to break the mirror.
Our nation was founded on Biblical principles. Our found-
ing fathers had in mind the Ten Commandments when they
began to write the laws of our land. The Bill of Rights
is the result of the Biblical concepts founded in the hearts
of these men. The pledge to the flag says, "One nation
under God..." How strange that we have legislated God
and the Bible out of our institutions of learning.
The Bible speaks of defiling the land. God isn't speak-
ing of air pollution but people pollution. God says, "De-
file not ye yourselves...and the land is defiled; therefore,
I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself
vomiteth out her inhabitants. Keep my statues and my
Judgments...that the land spew not you out also (Lev. 18:
24-28). To defile the land, the nation, is to have the very
land defile vomit you out as a profane thing.
The breakdown of moral and ethical standards is a sign
of the decaying of a nation. When people cannot distinguish
between right or wrong, the nation is decaying. Even
worse, when people call bad good and good bad, the nation
is decaying. When the line between right and wrong become
so vague and hazy that individuals stumble over it, the
nation is decaying.
God calls for a spiritual awakening in the land to restore
its vitality. God says, "If my people which are called by
my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek
my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I
hear from heaven, and forgive their sin, and heal their
land" (H Chro. 7:14). Does our land need heallng?God
gives the conditions of the healing. The people of God,
those who call themselves by His name, must humble
themselves and pray. We must seek the Lord. We must
turn from our pretence in religion, our profession with-
out possession, and our forms of Godliness that deny
the power thereof. God says that when we do this, He
will hear from heaven, will forgive our sin, and will heal
our land. -+. ..
A nation cannot continue when it loses its s-piritual vigor.
A nation cannot continue without faith, hope, and love. A
nation cannot continue when its people lie, cheat, steal,
ki11, curse, drink, defraud, hate, neglect the church, and
forget their God. When we do these things, we become
vain in our imaginations and foolish in our wisdom (Rein.
1:21).
Where do you feel that our nation is heading? Are we
already on the road to decay? Do we need a spiritual
awakening? If you think so, why not start here and now to
make our homeland a better place to live?
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AT FIRST SIGHT, YOU might think that Commissioner Gene White is a miracle
er. It appears that he has grown a tree from this bucket scoop. But,
know he's no magician. Gene was busy Monday removing trees from the
of the cemetery, and we just caught him with this odd pose. (Press Photo by Will
The Lonely Heart
Pee Wee
Stars named
The Pee Wee Little League
All -Stars have been named.
They will play their fir st game
at 6"30 p. m. July 12 at the
Hart-Moore Baseball Park.
The West Team iscomposed
of:
Lindley
Hlll
Hayes
Hayes
Jaramillo
Martin
Leeper
Ham mons
Sanchez
Sanchez
Reese
Gilleam
Jaramillo
Hicks
Leek
C oache s include Jimmy Floyd
and Tommy Hill.
The East Team includes:
Bright
Lewis
Booth
Fisher
Crump
Watts
Weatherton
Weatherton
Weatherton
Kuhns
Nichols
Nance
Perry
Perry
McA near
Coaches include Billy Lewis
and Ray Butch.
Goshouse Gon
fakes Gerifols
The Gashouse Gang defeated the Geritol
night by a score of 26 to 21. The game went
innings when the Geritol Kids tied the
20 to 20 in the ninth inning. In the eleventh
Gashouse Gang came up with six runs and
Kids could only produce one run.
The game was played on the Senior League Park
the bases and home plate on the Little League
water. There were no over the fence homeruns,
Adams had an inside the park home run. The
Gang had three 1,000% batters; Jeff Walker, Ted
and Coach McElroy, but the defenstve player of
was Jim Risley who plays for the Geritol Kids.
several fantastic catches.
Coch McElroy said that, "Risley just
dozen extra base hits."
The Gtshouse Gang now has a record of
no losses. The Geritol Kids, coached by
has no wins and two losses, and Chamberlain
has no wins and one loss. Wallace Monume$
play Chamberlain Motor Co. Tuesday night after
tie League ame.
The last Little League games will be played
so everyone should turn out to see these games.
Howardwick L
install officers
The Howardwick Lions Club installed new
urday night and listened to Past District GovernOr
Sackett o f Pampa talk about Lionism.
The annual installation dinner was held at
don Country Club.
Sackett gave his usual inspiring speech of how
has helped the world and how it has
have practiced it.
New officers installed included Vernon Berr
John Mc Vickers, first vice-president; John
vice-president; M. L. VanArsdel,
directors Glenn Dory, Jim Corgill, Ralph
Cherry. J. A. Blevlns was installed as Lion
Herman Green as Tail Twister.
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Hwy. 2 87 West Clarendon
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