The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1960 Page: 2 of 8
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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, I960
Comment from the Capital —
:he archer county news
RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE AMERICAN SCENE
by Vant Neff
Catchy Slogans Long a Part of
Presidential Election Campaigns
Seems to me we get some
funny ideas about fame here in
America. Someone gets to be
a sports champion and the first
thing we ask him is his advice
on political matters. It’s the
same thing that makes Premier
Khrushchev an authority on
dancing. They say he didn’t like
the dancing in “Can-Can.” Too
racy. Sat smiling while they
made one whole scene, though.
*****
If Fidel Castro thinks maybe
we're jerks, sometimes it seems
easy to agree. Here we are pay-
ing more for Cuban sugar than
all the rest of the world, yet
Castro can thumb his nose at us
whenever he wants. But every
dictator has to have a scape-
goat, and Castro doesn’t have
Batista any more — so it looks
like the United States is taking
Batista’s place as a whipping
boy. To get back to that sugar
— we pay Mr. Castro a price
that makes him many millions
a year more than we need to
pay him at the regular world-
price. His attacks make a body
wonder how he’d react if we
paid just what Russia pays, for
instance — if the United States
was only paying just what it
had to pay for sugar?
*****
As far as most countries in
the world are concerned, we’re
rich old Uncle Sam. Maybe they
even call us Uncle Sap behind
our backs. But it’s interesting
to see how many countries want
us to invest in all kinds of busi-
nesses there. They’re all smil-
ing when they talk to us about
Investing. But all this smiling
gives us something to wonder
about — how long after Invest-
ment comes Expropriation?
*****
When President Eisenhower
meets Premier Khrushchev at
the Summit, there’s bound to
be a lot of surface good will.
And that’s fine. Of course, if
there’s any agreement signed,
that's something else again.
What can you expect from an
agreement when it’s signed
with a man who has a lifelong
record of breaking his word —
who, when he doesn’t like an
agreement he's signed, simply
tears it up ?
Used to be that the smaller
countries of the world found
peace and continuing prosperity
in getting along with their big-
ger neighbors. It made for a
happy world, that’s for sure.
But times have changed. Now-
adays our smaller neighboring
countries, when they feel things
aren't going to suit them at
home — their officials start
shouting about how badly the
big United States has been
dealing with them. Well, a map
of Europe brings a good ques-
tion to mind—what would hap-
pen if Finland, for instance,
raised its voice to huge Rus-
sia ? It makes you wonder what
would happen if some of our
smaller neighbors today, w'ho
seem to be so anti-American,
were to do their complaining
about Russia! Wonder if the
Premier would be as tolerant
about it as Ike is?
*****
’Way back in the Bolshevik
days, there was no question
about people in the Soviet be-
ing poor, and a great many of
them hardly having enough to
eat. But it comes to light now,
in the newspapers, that from
the very first, the Russians
have kept millions of dollars
stashed all over the world,
simply for the purpose of con-
verting people in every walk of
life to the Soviet, Communist
idea. The working-propaganda
fund, they tell us, is bigger to-
day than it ever was. »'ust
makes you winder how many
people in Communist-dominat-
ed countries are going around
poorly-clothed and ill-fed.
• * * * •
Came on a wonderful thing the
other day, how lots of compa-
nies in America are starting
programs, o r already have
them, to teach their employees
about politics. Time was when
politics was a dirty word in
business, and the change is a
good one. Because today politics
touches our everyday lives all
the time. And the more we all
know about politics these days,
the better citizens we're bound
to become. And where better
to learn about politics than
among the people we work
with ?
As early as 1840. when a politi-
cal party promised the voter
“Two Dollars a Day and Roast
| Beef,” the slogan was as much
a part of presidential election
campaigns as the handshake and
the stump
It’s a fitting arena for the
slogan, which was once the bat-
tle cry of the Scots According
to World Book Encyclopedia,
the word comes from “sluagh,”
meaning “army." and “gairm,”
or “call.”
The voters of 1840 took up the
battle for two dollars, conceding
that “Van. Van (Martin Van
Buren) is a Used-up Man.” They
gave their votes to “Tippecanoe
and Tyler Too”-William Hen-
ri Harrison, the hero of the In-
dian battle of Tippecanoe, and
his running mate, John Tyler.
In 1864. when Lincoln was run
ning for a second term, the Union
was warned: “Don’t Swap Horses
in the Middle of the Stream.’^
The cry was to echo 80 years
later, when Franklin D. Roose-
velt won a fourth term in the
dark years of World War n.
Horace Greeley thundered,
•Turn the Rascals Out” in 1872,
hut Grant held the presidency
for another term.
The country wasn’t ready for
• The Plumed Knight,” as James
G Blaine was called, in 1876,
and the election went to Ruther-
: ford B. Hayes.
Blaine was back in 1884. But |
I he had the misfortune of being.
, labeled an opponent of “Rum. j
Romanism and Rebellion.” The;
Catholics turned against him and
; helped elect Grover Cleveland.
William McKinley promised
“The Full Dinner Pail” in 1900.
setting a precedent for Hoover’s
later pledge of “A Chicken in
Every Pot, a Car in Every Ga-
rage.”
In 1916 the country re-elected
Woodrow Wilson with the ex-
nlanation, “He Kept Us Out of
War.”
Five months later the U. S.
was in the war. When the next
election rolled around, the voter
wanted “Normalcy” and Warren
G. Harding.
In 1924 the electorate decided
to “Keep Cool with Coolidge.” By
1932 they were ready for a
“New Deal,” and the “Forgot-
ten Man” gave his vote to FDR.
More recently some people
thought “We Need Ablai Badly,”
but the elections of 1952 and
1956 .proved that more people
like Ike.
What will the slogans be this
year?
Maybe we’ll hear, ‘Til Stick
With Dick” . , . or “My Cup of
Tea is Kennedy” . . “What’s
Good for the Country is Hubert
Humphrey.”
he took pains to see that his
children learned. Elizabeth be-
came a superb penwoman. but
the handwriting of one of her
most famous subjects, Shake-
speare, could hardly have been
worse.
Traditionally monks have had
more time to write than anyone
else, and they’ve done the best
job of it. Perhaps the finest of
all calligraphic styles was devel-
oped by an English monk named
Alcuin at the instance of Charle-
magne (A.D. 742-8141. The great
emperor of the West, a student
of languages and the arts, or-
dered a general revision of the
calligraphy of religious texts.
Alcuin developed a simple, legi-
ble, handsome style that sur-
vived until the 13th century.
Then the Caroline minuscule.
a« it was called, gave way to the
, heavy, angular compressions o!
the Gothic hand. In the golden
days of the Renaissances. Italian
penmen looked back to old man-
| uscripts for inspiration. Im-
pressed by the legibility of the
j Caroline style, they revived it
as the italic hand, with a flourish
that has never been surpassed.
The steel pen encouraged the
dominant style of writing. This
vas the English round hand, or
copperplate, that was graceful
and rounded, embellished with
swirls, and deplored by calli-
graphers.
Today, the handwriting of
most Americans and Englishmen,
however hieroglyphic, is based
on either the italic or round
hand.
Don’t Throw It Away ! ! *
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Telephone HO 2-5642 — P. O. Box 56
600 Block South Oak Archer City, Texas
Mrs. W. C. Harrell has return-
a 10-day visit with her
son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Hollister, in Dallas.
Handwriting Enthusiasts Seek
To Revive A Declining Art
DID YOU KNOW ?
‘‘His heart was as great as the world, but there
was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong.”
“He that cannot forgive others, breaks the bridges
over which he himself must pass if he would ever
reach heaven: for every one has need to be forgiven.
1. S5.950.00 will buy a new three bed-
room home now under constuction.
50^ financed.
Three Bedroom house with garage
and large lots. $4,000.00. Owner
will finance 75".
3. Two bedroom house with six acres
of land, double garage.
Three bedroom home, with bath
and half, near school on pavement
$8 900.00.
Archer Realty Co.
Box 608
HO 2-5744 or 2-3191 Archer City, Texas
SESAME SEED
NOW AVAILABLE
TO LANDOWNERS There’S a movement afoot to
j give a hand to the most neglect-
A seed mixture of early and ed of the three R's—writing,
late maturing sesame has been! In both the United States and
prepared by the Texas Research England, a group of enthusiasts
Foundation for landowners and! is trying to revive interest and
sportsmen to plant for feed and j skill in calligraphy. Good pen-
cover for dove and quail this menship wap once considered a
fall and winter.
social grace, but it has declined
of typewriters, tel-
telephones. Purists
er of cuneiform or
e the sad state of
a classic form of
The mixture coming from the j *n the era
research farms at Renner, Texas, j grams, and
contains three varieties of semi warn that J Jialo-American hand-
and non-shattering sesame, which writing is t king on the^inscrut-
will begin releasing seed in able charac
September, according to Dr. C Zulu sand c rawings
L. Lundell, director of the Foun-1 To impro
dation. i handwriting
“All three varieties are heavy lno*r being taught a1 Eton,
producers, and a continuous sup- Winchester, and Harrow, three
ply of seed they provide will EtlgJ?nd f' *°P preP schools,
carry game birds through the National Geographic Societj
dormant season in excellent con- This js the chancery, or
dition for the spring mating sea- 1,3 ,Cl hand. As its name sug-
,.on •• hp <aid gests, the style is the basis for
' . . . . the italic type used by printers.
The mixture now is being put Exhibi„ Held jn a s
up in 5 to 00 pound bags for Ita,ic writing is enjoving a
f’ -tribution to landowners The ra, revival in England. An
h.-t planting date ,n North Texas ■ exhjWt coiiected by London’s
IS during May. according to Dr godety o( Italic Handwriting has
1 , , been touring the United States
He urcc proper preparation j (or more than two years.
- soil beforehand, with conven- American pen manufacturers
t:,r;d farm equipment Small have formed the Handwriting
should be prepared with a Foundation in Washington, D.
, , . . „ C.. to promote better penman-
The feed u ,s developed after w and provlde instruction for
field observations showed bird _[_
preference for this type of seed,
according to the Foundation.
I*
those who request it. Encourag-
ingly, the nonprofit organization
is receiving thousands of appeals
[from schools, individuals, and
businesses.
Seme American business firms
are conducting handwriting class-
ics for employees. Vast sums are
lest each year from carelessly
scribbled bills, orders, tickets,
■ and checks. These result in in-
accurate charges and faulty ser-
vices that tend to ruffle the
customers.
Schools are becoming in-
creasingly concerned about the
inferior handwriting of their
upils. As a rule, printing is
jtaught in the firsts two grades,
with a shift to the cursive in
the third. There is now less em-
phasis on penmanship than in the
leisurely era of one-room schools,
writing masters, and a simple
| curieulum based on the 3 R's
and the hickory stick.
The art of handwriting has
had its downs before, but among
many generations of men it has
commanded the greatest respect.
Anyone who could write at all
was held in high honor by an-
cients. Even in the 16th century
penmanship was not a common
accomplishment.
Shakespeare's Handwriting Poor
Henry VIII couldn’t write, and
now Hear This..!!
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at -
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Florida Corn.
Building Homes
In \rrlier Citv
The J M Walter Corp.,' a
home building firm with head-
j quarters in Florida, have begun
I construction on the first of sev-
eral new homes in Archer City.
The first home being built will
lie a three-bedroom style with
large living room.
Archer Realty Company is
agent for the Florida builders
" ho have been engaged to con-
struct homes here on the lots of
i local owners’ choice.
Around Town
Mr and Mrs James Adams
and baby son recently moved to
Arlington where James wiil be
employed as salesman for the
Burris Mills.
One interview arranges all details.
MENS - BRUM LEY
Call Collect—Telephone 322-3181
HARRY 1- MeWILLIAMS, Manager — WICHITA FALLS
ambulance sjbvic*—day os might
M Sgt. Doc Larkin, stationed
at Lake Charles, La., and who
is at present taking special
training at Sheppard AFB for
a few weeks, visited the Bill
Larkins here last Friday While
here he managed to get in a
little fishing His wife and two
daughters will remain at Lake
Charles durng his stay at Shep-
pard.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mr and Mrs Fred Walsh are
the proud parents of a new son,
Allen Wayne, born Tuesday,
April 12 at the Hamilton Hospi-
tal, Olney. Mother and baby are
now back at home. Baby Allen
Wayne was welcomed by his |
older brother and hie sister.
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Bardwell, Beatrice G. The Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 21, 1960, newspaper, April 21, 1960; Archer City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth709435/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Archer Public Library.