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Gumming, Georgia
The average American’s opinion of the Con
stitution depends upon which side the Consti
tution supports.
With some people it is better to remain silent,
since they will do ninety per cent of the talk
ing anyhow.
Read a book occasionally, even if you have
to borrow one.
An ignorant individual seeks only the facts
that bolster his prejudices.
Almost any efficiency expert can speed up
another man’s business.
Advertising, in its promises and proclama
tions, exhibits little modesty.
Civilization, it seems, remains with us; there
is the usual crop of bathing beauties.
There is nothing as pompous as an “author
ity” who has to maintain his reputation.
Advertising is often misunderstood, even by
business men who should know it best.
The will to live is the most important factor
in determining the lifespan of man.
Law enforcement officers should have only
one purpose, the enforcement of the law.
This is a good time to drive carefully, aviod
risks and save lives on the highways.
Speeding automobiles make life faster; but
they sometimes make death speedier, as well.
Advertising is telling the right person at the
right time what that person wants to know.
The optimist believe in luck; the pessimist
in fate.
While half of the population is trying to
stamp out heart disease, the other half is going
around saying, “Drop dead!”
Peace will be assured in the world when
there is enough force for peace and less wish
ful hoping.
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Have you met Black Bart—the demon of night driving? 9
He’s a menacing and sneaky desperado representing perils of
increased accidents after dark, a top safety problem.
Eight winners of S4OO General Motors scholarships for out
standing 4 H safety activities have pledged all 411 members to
defeat Black Bart because three times as many accidents occur
after dark as during daylight hours, in proportion to miles driven.
“Last year, 20.800 people were killed in nighttime accidents,"
they told newsmen recently in Chicago "This is specially serious
in rural areas where ryads are dimly lighted.
Have Headlights Aimed Twice a Year
The national winners and all state safety winners received all
expense trips to the -1 11 Club Congress from General Motors to
recognize their superb farm, home and highway safety work.
Reducing speed at night, dimming headlights when meeting a.
car, and having headlights aimed twice a year are leading night
safety suggestions of these teen-age safety specialists.
Typical was Ralph Zimmer. 17 year old national winner from
Lakewood. Colo., who plans to become a traffic safety engineer.
"Most drivers don’t realize that headlights on new cars as well
as old ones can be jarred out of line by normal road bumps and
that up to 80% of the light needed for safe night driving is lost
when headlights are improperly aimed," he said.
Mne Times More in Safety ork
General Motors is in its 15th year of sponsoring the 4-H safety
program. In that time, participation has zoomed to 935.000.
Other National Winners include: Mary Ann Harrington. 17,
Eustis, Fla.; Marie Hasfurther, 18. Genesee, Ida.; Virginia Part
ridge. 17, Allerton, la.: Karen Perret, 17. Reserve, La.: Anita
Hollmer, 18, Schuylerville. N. Y ; Andrea Suiter, 19, Tipton.
Okla ; and Norman Warminski, 16, White Deer, Tex.
Their Plea: Cut Night Traffic Deaths—AlM TO LIVE!!
The Forsyth County News
Prices, it appears, have heard that there’s
more room at the top.
Try to live your life so your neighbors will
not consider you a goon.
There is never any scarcity of excuses for
doing what you want to do.
Svjoas En i he News
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BOUNCED off the moon, greeting;,
M&y from President Eisenhower were re
ceived at opening of this U.S.-Canada
research lab at snowy Prince Albert,
- Saskatchewan.
HIGHLY PRAISED plays of Play
house 90 are being repeated in
summer TV schedule with Re
nault imported autos as newest
co-sponsor. Art Carney and Kath- \ ifPli
arine Bard shown in scene
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of the naste used on this billboard near Kankakee. 111.
Tiicv'' .hawed off practically half of the poster!
Attention All Parents
Student Guidance: What Parents Gaii D©
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is iho sixth j
ar.d final articla on student guidance
By Dr. Edward C. Rocber
Asa parent, just how farj
would you go in gambling with'
veur child’s future in school or
in a career? If someone asked j
you such a question, you would
answer it like other parents. No
parent wants to take unneces-j
sary chances on anything as i
important as his child’s personal j
satisfaction and success both in
school and at work.
Although parents would like
to help boys and girls, they do
r.ct always know where to go
fer professional assistance. In
seme larger communities, they
may find vocational counseling
services near their home. But
even these services have their
limitations, not in quality but
in finding one when a decision
hrs to be made. School and j
career planning takes place over
a long period of time. One visit:
to a counseling service is not!
going to settle issues once and
fer all.
Unfortunately, not all stu- j
dents and parents can find good
guidance and counseling in their
schools. A study, sponsored by
the U. S. Department of Labor,
in 1955 SG, indicated that there
was an average of 700 pupils for
each counselor —and not all of
these were adequately trained
for their work.
Recently Dr. James B. Conant,
after a study of selected schools,
recommended a full time coun
selor for every 250 to 300 pu
pils in a high school. It is clear
that we need many more
counselors for the schools of
America.
For more than twenty years
some of the State Departments
of Education have been trying
to encourage local schools to
provide good counselors and de
velop the right kinds of guid
ance for youth. At the present
writing not many more than a
half dozen have had state-wide
success. *!
Just last year the Congress of
♦he United States saw the need
for more and better counselors.
Asa result, it provided money
for counselor institutes in many
parts of the country. This sum
mer there will be nearly fifty j
such institutes in thirty-seven
states and territories. [
Although the institutes arc'
going to help provide mere andj
better counselors, they ere not
| going to train as many as will
| be needed in the schools.
Many schools can help them
selves by encouraging teachers
to take some form of special
training during summers. Or
several small schools can pool
their resources and share the
time c£ one good counselor.
It would be very advantag
eous if all students had some
thing tangible that they could
read, go over with their parents,
and discuss with fellow stu
dents.
Homeroom teachers ccn mul
tiply the effectiveness of a
guidance counselor by partici-;
pating in short daily dircussions
with their students. Such dis
cussions should cover current
educational and vocational op
portunities for young people.
Discussions of this type would
not be designed to replace a
' guidance counselor. They would
]be designed to help him. These
discussions would commence in
| the first year of high school and
continue until graduation.
Such a program would help
students organize their thinking
about the future and enable
them to see their counselor
about specific problems.
The biggest problem is leth
argy on the part of parents and
! community leaders. They are
| willing to gamble with the lives
i of boys and girls. They fail to
isee that money spent for a
| counselor and guidance mate-
I rials today may save money to
morrow. Joe, for example, may
learn to use his talents and be
come a taxpayer rather than a
drain on welfare funds.
If parents really want coun
selors and specially trained
! teachers in their schools, they
!gan do something about it. They
There is one sure way for young people to
get ahead in life; Work and Save.
The end of the world will catch most of the
big executives behind with their work.
Spin Fishing Tips
From World’s Champion
Champion caster, Johnny Dieckman never lets the big ones get
away. He spins his lures right on target with an easy four-step
approach. To get the most pleasure and excitement out of spin
fishing you must have both good form and fishing tackle. A
first-time fisherman as well as a veteran„angler c?n enjoy relax
ing sport and bring home a fish —not a story —by following a few
si. pie rules with his Mitchell reel. *
Practice short casts. Accuracy is more important than d.stance.
Line up the target with your eyes and rod. Both the up and the
down stroke of your cast should follow a vertical line so that
you “slice” the target with your rod.
Get ready to cast by reeling in the lure to within six inches of
the rod tip. Pick up line on ball of right index finger and push
bail over and down until it locks.
With your forearm and rod in
x straight line, smartly bring your
hand to eye level and without stop-
Mt*. -. Fing bring arm down with a crisp
- 'x chopping motion. As the rod reaches
' w tw '■ level position, release ! ; ne from i.n
--\ ■*. dex finger and your lure is out ar.d
\ away.
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As the lure approaches target, the
right index finger reaches out to • $
front of spool feathering the line ■■ v
as it brushes against the finger. This . 'V. \ tty.
reduces speed of the lure—stops it -ddr/y —'* w.
right on target. j/
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, $ jffj The drag on Garcia-MifoheH
>sf spinning tackle keeps the line from
jjf breaking. Adjust below breaking
, point by turning the drag rnecha-
J Mmß? nism on front of spool. The line v:1
f' Wr slip rather than break while the big
u / one darts and dashes to break free.
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< nce pr.ogs^ v -<;
always have . a right to make j
their wishes known to local I
; schools and State Departments
of Education. .
Local school officials and the
school board are usually sensi
tive to what parents want in a
good school. The old saying,
“Let George do it,” isn’t going
to put one counselor in a school.
Letters to the State Depart
ment of Education, can give par
ents some idea as to what state
; wide plans are now being made
for the improvement of school
'and career guidance. State
| school officials might also like
|to know what parents want in
, all schools of the state,
j Even with good counselors
I school career planning is now a
Thursday, July 2, 1959.
tough job and will be much
harder in the years ahead.
Young people will have to plan
for a future which is still
obscure. But the more difficult
the future the more need ther*
is for adequate planning.
Are we as a nation willing t*
cast adrift our most prized re
source, the boys and girls of
America —and gamble that all
works out well for them? Or da
we want them to have some vo
cational guidance —to have tha
materials and counseling so they
can find goals and know how to
! reach them?
This is still America. As par
j ents, you have a right to regis
ter your vote by letter and
telephone.