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r r ,•? " % v u, .rMfe tOTAL tiMARDA.BAimirtf 4 '?v r\ * Iit- J K- V , ; f In MIA of us dwell moral and fnental force* which are characteristic of either a coward or a hero. A hero has courage. The coward lacks courage because it is • silenced by more dominant forces, the principal force being fear. The coward is afraid to venture; the hero thrills in the throes of a great adventure. The coward trembles In the presence of uncertainty; the XT, • hero finds his joy and enthusiasm >• ' ;>*„• jg in proportion to the risk involved. *<. ;r The coward instinctively withdraws from danger ; the. hero courageously faces it. The difference between cowardice and heroism is that the characteristics of personality which make the hero are silenced in the coward by opposite forces. The hero knows not the word failure; tbfr: coward is always afraid of that, word. . In numerous cases when a crim*' nal is brought to justice and penalized for his wrong doing, his confession reveals the dominance of these forces which have made him a cowardly criminal instead Of those ^forces which might have made him a hero. An unexpected calamity may turn a man of cowardly tendencies into an heroic philosopher. Witness the scenes reported when the Lusitania was sunk in 1915 by « German submarine. The toll of 1,134 lives tells the story of inevitable* and dominant forces at work in a crisis. The coward says that we are living under the reign of law from which there is no possible deviation. He is necessarily a fatalist, -tie does not have the power of calling into being latent forces. Law to him is his own will, regardless of moral norms. The hero recognizes the reign of Jaw, but senses, also, the power of the spirit within. A hero may get licked many time§, but he keeps on marching straight up to the mountain and carefully removes all the sand from his; shoes as be goes. Lord Morley, in his volume "Recollections" writes of Gladstone, upon whom he had called: "It was a Sunday afternoon. There the old fellow was, doing what all old fellows have done for ages, reading a big Bible." This scene doubtless ex plains the unique heroism of England's, "Grand Old Man." me's own personality nal forces which if nor properly directed, will of as alL, WtthOnt the at those lorce«, we to become cowards and a OwM which is wider of AM merciless of ferir." K*»WW*r Vila*. the Flfcindealer' 6, 1936, and am very grdUftil for same. Ivenjoyed reading all about the big Centennial sponsored by you peo-s pie of McHenery, of your untiring efforts and of your great success. You were.fortnate in having so many good workers and such wondlHul co-operation. It takes all of this to make a success of any Worthwhile undertaking. May McHenry continue to prosper in the good old way, with prosperity, good health and good friends always. I I never tire of recalling the twenty-, three years of my early life in the old home town. It left lasting impressions and cherished memories of happy days, and dear friends, that I love to remember. . / I have had the jilteasure the past two years of enjoying your good and newsy paper, I have enjoyed every number of it. I hope the good work will go on and grow in strength arid popularity I am always interested ih the town ©t my birth and youth. ' ' Very truly, * ;< ykjs , MRS. F. A. SCHNQRfc. •w # » • - . ' ;v HZ x. sM \ % M Sf GABBY GERTIE ^ generally stretcher If yen GOOD INSURANCE April 24, 1987. The initial idea of the Old Timers' Club was a buildup for the Centennial, which was a grand reunion of old friends. Its continuance is desired be* case it means much to descendants of old residents and particularly to those elderly ones who now re-live in memory the happy days -of youth. It is to be regretted that the writer has been able to review only events that came within his scope of intimates of those happy days. Many have looked in vain for their names and lives to be brought into review and that can only be done by those who knew them better than those who have had letters in the columns of The Plaindealer. | One of our/faithful writers is Loretta Walsh, who spent her youth as Loretta Walsh and later married Jack Walsh, that public official who loved and understood the youth of his day. Mrs. Walsh is about as lovely a lady as she was a girl and has remained sweet and is a joy and inspiration to those who have the pleasure of meeting her. Another one who swims the tide joyously is Mamie Owen Schnorr. She was as lovely a girl as McHenry ever produced and her letters have cheered her old friends who rejoice that she is carrying on joyously. Many have written letters that they never sent. Read them to the family maybe and got into an argument over certain events or abou^ who was who and when and never mailed their let; ters. The members of the club have brought out only the beat in their reviews and sent them in with a prayer that they might not unintentionally hurt or offend anyone. Our blue-eyed friend, AftiyOwen, owes the club a letter and soon. We want an Old Timers' gathering here in McHenry this summer. Owen and Hanly's woods look joftt about the same as fifty years aM more ago. The descendants of the squirrels of those good old days are chattering among the brandies of those fine old oak and hickory trees. The shooting .stars, violets, mocassins, ami wild honeysuckles will soon be their buds to the spring sunshine and rain. Fox River still inspires as it now through the town. Matt Niesen in still a familkur-Old Timer as he goes about his duties. Lola Walsh is as lovely as ever and eagerly scans the Plaindealer each week to see if some cherished friend, whose whereabouts have boon long unknown, has a letter of cheer. Our old friends, Jake Justen, John R. Smith, John S. Fretmd and others are cronies who have a card club and deal out spades and hearts instead of black eyes, • as they did sixty years ago. Does it make you homesick? Of course it does, and yon can plan on seeing old playmates at the Old Timers' gathering this summer. Join the club, it is good insurance form longer and happier life. Your friends v FRANK BENNETT. Qia piMa Tt the Mill Race* •; Bumlnante • / Animals that chew the cud ares called ruminants, and the division of the animal world to which 'they belong is called the Rumtnantia. I Among the ruminants are the oxen, sheep, goats, antelopes, giraffes, deer, chevrotains, camels and their close relatives. . . Brain Dr. Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian Institution says that there is a rough but definite correlation between brain size andintelligence in noratal human beings. Brain adze is the most' essential physical difference between man and beast. crets alike, for * change hi policy with regard to, government expenditures. During the fiscal year of 1936 tfce federal government collected SMllM&t,- 615.13 and spent $8,879,1*8,257.61 which resulted in a four and one-half billion dollar deficit for the -year. Since the present administration" took office the public debt has been increased from 16 billion to 35 billion and the end is nowhere in sight*. The recommendations of the President for appropriation* fiutaUn ef Belief, recovery had the normal expenses ef government, so far this Congress total f3,S61,090,000. Recently he requested1 $1,506,000,000 for so-called recovery and relief.' The regular expenses of government for the n^tt,fiscal year will approximate $5^16^)00,000. Where the Money Goes: The State of Alabama paid to the federal government last year in texes the sum of $6,397,790.95 bet received $26,251,- . 255.12 in grants from the government ' Alaska paid $400,000 and received $2,- ; 899,000. Ari*ona;"naid $1,914,239.31 ' and received $12,8817762.03. Arkansas { paid .$3,618,165,89 and-* received $23, J 912,003.22. Georgia paid $16,430,559.49 and received $29,134,912.70. Missis?* sippi 'paid $2,980,496.48 and received $18,799,796.84. Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Orgeon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming and Porto Rico all received more money ingrants from the government than was paSd by them in federal taxes. Illinois paid $276,465,148.63 and received in grants $149,960,222.81. According to statements made on the floor of the House, residents of Illinois must help carry the tax load of Alabama, Aribttt nuaor tbe'ndmhfistratlon reiuon has for the administm- Joi*k: The mad race for armament Supremacy by the nations of«the Old World has suddenly awakened America to the fact that we are being denuded of millions of tens of scrap tin and soap iron. Thrift/ junk dealers have been gathering the cast-away metal' in tremendous quantities and exporting it at, high prices. The .*•- suit, H.R. 62799 hae been introduced hiving for its purpose the embargoing of scrap iron for expovV'bofera this, country is stripfed ef ntflal which is needed here, horn flar-off Beaumont, Texas come* a #rptaat swainst the measure. The Fort of Beaumont has just purchased 9*0,009 worth of equipment for tho handling of export sfcrap iron. " W. P. A. In OklaboaM: Oklahoma is getting her share of W. P. A. money according to W. P. A. statistics. The show that one-fifth of all the school houses constructed by W. P. A. in the United States are in Oklahoma. It is said that 4 great majority of these bttft^ings ore being built of stone. Oklh&otna will also have 42 *fcCC Camps. Nol bad when consideration is given to the fact that1 Oklahoma ranks number 21, according to popular tion. * New York Worldb Fait: The House of Representatives.. ! without a record vote has appropriated $5,000,000 for federal participation in the World's Fair te be held in New York in 1939. One of the reasons -advanced for fed oral aid was that 50,000,000 people would attend the fair anil that the estdnated federal taxes to be received by the United States government would approximate 67,000,000. Farm Tenancy: The controversial farm tenancy proposal of the administration after experiencing a stormy passage through the House Commit- ' X - " ' Urllt/AL *0 A? LOW AS For appointment, Pranklfa 8510 -- Itcnenry Dr. M. M. 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