The Clarendon Press, December 9, Page 2
THIS CAST OF "Babes in Toylund" wm present the play Sunday afternoon at Clarendon
College. Time for the play is 2:30 p.m.
Vaughan
rites today
Final rites for Dewey l,
Vaughan, 74, of Big Spring and
formerly of Clarendon, are se
for 2 p.m. Sunday i
Schooler-Gordon-Robert son Fu-
neral Home Chapel here.
The Rev. Joe Sullivan. pastor
of the Calvary Baptist Church
here, will officiate, Burial will
be in Citizens Centetery here
Vaughan, who died Thuvsda 3
in Big Spring after a hmg
illness, was making'his hornu,,
with a daughter, M(-lq¢bie
Holland of Big Spring. He lived
in Clarendon for 25 years before
moving to Big Spring.
Born in I)allas, he was a
retired farmer and a Mason.
Masonic servic:es will be held at
the cemetery.
Survivors include his wife.
Georgia; two other daughter.
Mrs. Margaret Hawley of 1613
Buntin in Amarillo, and Mrs.
Bille Gable of Rege, Norway; a
brother, Johnny Vaughan off
Rockwall; a sister, Mrs. Rose
Sutton of Dallas; eight grand
children and 13 great-grand-
children.
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America numbers itself among the nations that have a
vice-president again. Congress got Gerald Ford sworn in
lhursday as the nuw veep, which immediately raised several
question:; in the air around out nation's capitol. The biggie, of
course, is when would be done about President Nixon now that
here is a nice. cmservative Republican to take his place. The big
umo is no that Nixon will resign because Ford is capable of
!mning lhe laox the way the show ought to be run.
I kinda doubt d,at, though. But then, I didn't think that other
£uy wmh] resign either. But there is more at stake here than was
at stake in lhe Agnew case. For one thing, Nixon will have to go
through lh." same if-he-resigned-he-must-be-guilty thing that
Avncw dkk-Aqd Nixon has no specific crimes to which to plead
holo omleltere,' although we could probably think some up if
we tried bard enough. It wouldn't take a whole lot of thinking to
(t il, either.
But anyway, there's not much of a chance that Nixon will
resign, tf he hangs onto the job as long as he has, in the face of
what he has, 1 doubt if he will vacate the post now that people are
iirin, ol Watergate and Nixon's income tax cheatings, such as
taking d¢:ductions hr his vice-presidential papers that he
donated to the Smithsonian as a part of our natural heritage.
Next time the tax deadline rolls around again I'm going to use
that one.
There:s to much at stake for him to resign now, hope as we
may lhat he will. He's in until '76 anyway you look at it, so
here's not much /ope in hassling him about resigning. But
maybe i'/s best at that, or at least not as bad.
if Ford ends up in the Presidency, that will mark the first time
in history that America will have had a non-elected president,
even though he was roundly approved by the House and Senate.
Minor as that point may be, Thomas Jefferson would roll over in
his grave a the thought of it. Ford would be the first man since
King George to rule America without the consent of Americans,
and would be the first president the American people would have
had no choice in selecting. But there is one bright side of it. If
Ford messes up. we do not have to kick ourselves about it.
l-his may be a cliche, but there is too much to lose if Nixon
resigns, one of which would be world prestige--but you can't
really say how much effect Nixon's resignation would have until
the 1970 campaign starts.
The other day, 1 was driving along and saw a bumper sticker
saying "America-Love it or Leave it." It upset me to think that
that particular bumper sticker was still in existence after its rise
to popularity a few years back. It aggravates me to think that
some people believe that to criticise America is the same as
hating America. 1 may not support everything the government
does, and 1 will admit that it has faults that do need correcting.
VII not maintain that we are living in Shangri-La, since we both
know that we aren't, and some faults do exist. It is not only our
right to raise our voices in criticism if we think voices should be
raised, bin our duty. It's not what America is that l dislike, but
what it might become if we say there are no faults.
All I can say t the "'l,ove it or Leave it" people is that there is
a nation where the press doesn't criticise the government,
laborers rio not strike, and the young people accept things the
wv they are. It's called Russia.
QUESTIONS
PEOPL ASK
By: Weldon Rives, Minister
First United Methodist Church
in light of the current trend of fashions, lax moral
which contribute to an increase of broken homes;
consumption of alcoholic beverages and the growing use
drugs,among other conditions, it is not unusual to hear
question if morality can be legislated. The events of the past
decades have caused young adults to take a freer approach
in that they no longer appear willing to be bound by a strict
and ethical code of conduct. There is more support for a
legalization of alcoholic beverages, growing
parimutual gambling and recently there were overtones
legalizing houses of prostitution in the state and
through the nation. The prime statement in support of
action is "People are going to do it anyway, so why not mak¢
legal?" Well, they are also going to murder,, rape, steal,
cheat, etc. If you begin legalizing immorality, sinfulness,
corruption because "they are going to do it anyway" then
is no end to what must be so iegalizedl
No, I thinkit has been proven that you can't legi
but just because people are going to do it and are going
doing it, is no reason to give approval to that which is
the betterment of humanity. We are confronted with a
today that is full of moral perversions. The minister and i
church which stands against approving moral
often severly criticized, persecuted,rejected and scoffed
it is the responsibility of Christians-ministers and laity
speak out bluntly and courageously against
or act that is immoral and indecent.
He who seeks to dilute the Christian life with
indecency and corruption wants the comfort and. hope that
brings into our lives, but shys away from the moral demandS
makes. Jesus said [John 14:15] "if you love me, keep
commundment." Christian morality is summed up in
willingness to be obedient unto God. Yet, g
discipleship is expressed in the event that we are obedient
His commandments. Yet, many so-called "Christians",
who take an active part in the life of the church, support it
their time, talent, gifts, presence, etc., are also the ones
often make God's demands for moral cleanliness and s
uprightness of life, mind, and heart.
At the heart of the Christian life there is a vigorous
which demands a strong social passion that insists u
democratic r" ,hts, and public and private morality whereby!
true disciple ao:tains from all forms of evil - even to that
may only appear to be evil, for its appearance may
weaker brother to fall into sin if we indulge in its
Morality cannot be legislated, but Christ has given us
claim to be His disciples the way in which we are to go. And
seek to take liberty with what He has demanded, then we
in peril of the Judgement.
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