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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. 4-H Battles Nicnit Traffic Dcsoc. u :> c ' ■ 7 / ' • V^ v > • 2,225.000 7 ■ . tijk&W ’ ’ <"■*■•■'■"■■■"'/; ..•• pc / -*V /. - / y i v,V c' 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 k ' - 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 .^ i :. ' | ja , iy 1 "'■'e tht 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. * > 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/ •/ - ■vs#' , $ 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. ' j / '£!r ' ~p ; , :/ -j;il < 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.