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PACE FOUK THE EVENING LEADER, STAUNTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1952 Editorials ON THE GRIDDLE "SKYWATCH" Whether there Is some sinister Implication behind the order or whether It la a i By JANE EADS WASHINGTON An estimated 40 million people are expected to visit the national parks this year. test has not been indicated, but nearly 3.000 members of Virginia's ground observer corps and filter center personnel have been ordered on 34-hour duty or an indefinite period. Four-hour shifts have been established with both observers and filter center personnel on duty day and night. The Staunton area is not included. An Air Force order from Washington placed the Richmond filter center on 24-hour watch to increase surveillance until at least May 17, Observers in 26 other states also were ordered on the around-the-clock schedule.

No definite reason for the surprise move was given by the Air Force, but the announcement said the observers would implement the radar system which already is on 24-hour duty across the country. Monument, a landmark of old Spanish conquerert near Gallup. N. has been a victim. People even scratched over the original messages the Spaniards carved on the rock: Most of the large parks have shelter facilities for overnight or full vacation-time stays.

These include everything from tents rent with do luxe accommondationa and costing around $16 a day, Ameri-' can plan. Park Service people caution those who plan to spend some time In the areas to make reservations well In advance by writing to the park superintendents. There are not nearly enough accommo- dations to go around. Camping grounds, however, are free and if you want to sleep In your car National Park Service officials beg them to treat these areas as they would their own front Don't throw trash around, they ask, or carve initials on trees or rocks or leave smoldering camp fires, and don't get too chummy with the ing for about $1.23 a day up animals or throw your shirt into through cabins, lodges and hotels 'that's OK one of the hot springs I "The national parks and monu menu, the parkways and historical sites belong to the people and are supported by their taxes, they should take better care of them," one official told me. "The geysers In Yellowstone's The 27 stfttes arc those along the West and East Coasts and along the northern boundary of the United States.

The duty, called "Operation Skywatch." docs not include personnel of the Roanoke Filter Center, to which Staunton is attached. Major Francis M. Vaughan, commanding officer of the Richmond center, said the order included only Phase One centers those considered in the more cnticul area. It marks the first, time since 1943 that a 24-hour sky vigil has Ixen in effect in this country. Civilian Defense officials said the observers were on the alert for a period after 1943, but were not mobilized.

The Ground Observer Corps is a volunteer m. organization serving as an Air Force auxiliary in the air defense system. It is responsible for spotting aircraft and reporting information of the craft to the filter center, which in turn rel.iys it to radar network stations for aerial action, if necessary. The radar network cannot pick up low-flying planes, thus the necessity for observers. As indicated above, no reason for the order has been Riven.

It 'iiiiM il Ill ail and th ftkndlimti, according to our cutfomers. Com in and see us, (fort's no red top to our services! IIDBtlt panl ifBifn nssn IU1II nni. onr a itattpav Handkerchief Pool were Injured because people threw so many things into them coins, hardware, even shirts and other personal clothing." He added that about two years ago Yellowstone's Morning Olory Pool got out of kilter, and park service people forced an eruption by inserting 12 lines of garden hose from the pool's Interior down to the Pirehole River. "They got a five-pound jar of tax tokens, $97.34 in coins, odd pocket-pieces, wearing apparel, two watches, whistles, sunglasses and everything else under the sun," the official explained. Scratching Initials on geyser basins, trees, rocks, picnic tables and such is even a more common nuisance.

The historic pinkish may be that the May Day season is feared by our Defense Command, hence the determination to he as alert as possible. Or it could be just a test of the effectiveness' of our civilian defense organization. Operations Skywatch nevertheless is being carried out. It conies, too, Just about the time Governor Baltic, having observed the atomic bomb explosion on the Nevada desert, said "we should stir our stumps" In the matter of civil defense. IMOUSTIIAL LOAN IID Mutinous convicts at the Southern Michigan prison have won CAPTIVE CAPTORS sandstone El Morro National were H.

D. Shaver. K. H. Dabnev.

and G. A. Nucholes. TAKE A WORD A DAY Commarjer Parker expressed his Veterans Group Here Will Join In Parade Plans In LEADER MENU appreciation to the post for the NDiOF help in putting on the show, (By T. F.

snooting stars, xne snow was termed a success. A post home committee consist ing of W. H. Boozer, H. D.

Shaver, and F. H. Martin was appoint For safety's sake it is better to travel in a motor boat than a canoe! It lis also better to have experienced men move your furniture men that are responsible. PHONE Staunton ed to look after the up-keep of the Veterans Home. a victory through violence.

In order to assure the safety of nine hostages held by the prisoners the warden agreed to eleven demands for reform. These demands were also agreed to-by the Governor of Michigan. When felons behind bars can dictate prison policy to enforcement officials and to the governor of a state some examination of the causes is In order. It Is understandable that the warden should accede to the prisoners' demands to protect the guards held as hostages; but why were the prisoners able to take hostages? Men isolated from the world and supposedly under constant guard were able to make captives of their captors. This indicates a lack of discipline and security at the institution where happened.

Many American prisons are poorly built and overcrowded. Appropriations for their administration are Insufficient. In many, modern correctional techniques are unknown. The outbreak at Michigan, and the similar riot. in a New Jersey prison, may be symptoms that something is wrong with the penal system as a whole.

A thorough investigation of the factors that made the revolt possible may reveal the reforms that are needed. Prisons are built to teach criminals thit violence and anti-social behavior pay poor dividends. Incidents such as the Michigan mutiny defeat that purpose. The membership committee re quests that all members that have The Augusta Staunton Po6t 2216, Veterans of Foreign Wars voted last night to participate in the annual Armed Forces Day parade to be held here May 17. Commander Freeman B.

Parker appointed J. P. Weaver and Mel-vln Hyden to take care of the arrangements. D. E.

Hite B. L. Showalter, and OLDSTERS. More attention is devoted today to the Old Timers than ever before in history. A new science in sociology has been set up having to do with the Oldsters men and women passed, say 65 years of age and unequal to taking full care of themselves.

This is geriatrics or geriontology take your choice. Too, the age-expectancy has been stepped up and folk Just naturally or unnaturally live longer than they lived a generation or so back. I have just read about a certain passage, from the Good Book which some psychologists seem to think has had adverse effect upon the oldsters in the past and has tended actually to cut down the years of Man's Evening. You have heard not paid their dues for 1952, to do so before the next meeting. James Ralston, a member of the post who is in the hospital, was reported to be much improved.

VICTORIA, BjC. JPy-Thieve stole a cast-iron heating Installation here weighing 800 pounds. The plant was built in four sections, each weighing 200 pounds, and disappeared without a clue. F. H.

Martin, were aDDolnted to arrange for a donkey baseball THE BRIDE COOKS DINNER Pork Chops Mashed Potatoes Snap Beans Pecan Waldorf Salad Bread and Butter Cake Squares Beverage (Recipe For Starred Dish Follows) Pecan Waldorf Salad Ingredients: 1 large red-skinned apple, 1 stalk celery, 4 teaspoons olive oil, 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar. teaspoon sugar, hi teaspoon (scant) salt, 116 teaspoon paprika, salad greens, 8 pecan halves. Method: Wash and dry apple, leaving skin on. Cut into eighths; cut away core. Slice' in thin fan-shaped pieces into mixing bowl.

Dice celery stalk (without leaves) game, to be held May 23. Reporting to the post on the Department Council Administration Meeting held last weekend, The United States could never have reached the position it MANN'S MONUMENT has In the world without its system of public education. A great deal it a hundred times in the burial of the credit for that system must go to Horace Mann, educator and irltual and you have read it over and over again in the "Bible: "The days of our years are three score years and ten," etc. That is to say, millions have looked at that seriously and concluded that "It was jnot intended" that man should be in the flesh more than around 70 summers and winters. Bad psychology, they say and I'm in- statesman, who spent his whole Hie ngnting lor me cause oi puonc education.

Mann first won prominence as an attorney and a politician in Massachusetts. He left his political career to become secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education. In 1839 he founded the first public normal school In the United States. As editor of the Common School Journal he spread his ideas through the land. His birthday anniversary is celebrated on May 4.

Mann won a place in the Hall of Fame in 1900, but his true monument is in the and add. Push apple and celery to side of bowl and on other side put olive oil, vinegar, salt, and paprika; stir dressing well with YJ clined to believe it. But man is i spoon before mixing with apple surmounting this sort of thine and and celery. Arrange salad greens thousands of school buildings throughout the country wnere cnunren many have lived highly useful years from all social and economic groups study together the principles of after this limit. democracy.

in two individual salad bowls and top with apple and dressing mixture and broken pecan halves. Serve at once. Makes 2 servings. for being alive that was theirs many years ago. Hauser tells them that if they are to live on, in any degree of confidence and Interest they have got to get rid of at least three "traditional ideas," namely: 1) That the days of our years are three score years and ten;" 2) That it is "later than you think;" 3) "That oppor THOUGHTS OF OTHER EDITORS Gayelord Hauser, who is a world authority on diet and the art of living, has some suggestive stuff about age and aging, in his book, "Look Younger Live Longer," which has been selling like molasses more than half a million copies picked up already.

Says he: "Forget your age. It does not matter. This is what counts: are you alive? Do you want to stay alive until you are 100 or more years old? Do you think the idea of living that WOODS WILL BURN long an exciting one? Does it present a challenge?" It is observable, as one knocks about and meets up with oldsters (New York Times) As we approach the summer season, with its inevitable appeal to campers and picnickers alike, the necessity for added vigilance in protecting our forest land and wild life from the ravages of carelessly started fires becomes increasingly apparent. Each year throughout the United States many millions of acres of our top timber lands are burned, and this year, unless something is done to make summer va- tunity knocks but once." Agreed. It is amazing how modern folk still cling to a whale of a lot of rubbish-Ideas that have been carted along for ages but which ought to have been tossed off years ago.

Folk on the whole are more free-minded about such things than ever before, but there are still located around the necks of most of us a lot of ancient "mill-wheels" of and many who are Just approach-jing age to find that they have no I zest for lifeor little interest in living. Many are harrassed and cationers aware of safety rules for the woods, the number of fires is mtgiCh WM iUOTi 4 IMA IE re- "-j" likely to increase. Thus annual wast of much-needed natural heaviness that get us nowhere and really make life Irksome Instead of zestful hard and unendurable In oy tneir own insecure lot. iney Just don't seem to have what it takes. They are to be pitied.

But when these fellows pick up a lively hobby or regain some absorbing interest, as many of them have and do, then its another story. They are challenged afresh "and they sources by fire is staggering. What makes the waste even worse is that most of it is the result of carelessness. The camper, the hiker and the picnicker are equally culpable. The driver, driving on highways through the woods, must share the blame too.

There are, however, a few rules of safety that will help to cut considerably this needless waste. Matches should be broken in the stead of ingratiating and summerlike and altogether inviting. "To be is immortality and the ecstasy of love is the great immensity." fingers before they are thrown away. Cigarettes and cigars should be take on some of the youthful zeal put out before they are discarded in the woods or carelessly tossed from open automobile windows. And evjfy camp fire should be thoroughly drenched with water and sand or loose dirt before the vacatlon- er breaks camp There have been many new inventions, such as the walkie-talkie and the helicopter, that have been used successfully in fighting fires, but it Is far better to cut down on the fires than to fight them once they start.

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