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On Wednesday» Nbvember 25th., There will be open house ceremonies at the new educa»
tional building here at K. S. Po Mrs Ga Jo Tankersleys Owensboroa President of the
Kentucky Chamber of Commerce; will fulfill a commitment made during a two hour
visit here at the Eddyville State Penitentiary on September 2h when he visited here
with the Nineteenth Governorﬁs Tours. At that time Mro Tankersley, and over 109
businessmen saw the great need of the institution to upgrade and accelerate its
program of visual aids and vocational educatione At that time, Mr, Tankersley
pledged to warden Luther Thomas that the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce would donate
a 55 m.m. sound movie projector to the institution for the benefit of the inmates.

- W. Z. Carter, Director of Educationg for the Department of Corrections in sake

nowledging the Chamber9s interest in the prison program stated,"1§ Kentuc.§y indus»
WWW?) hm: S‘ome tr ~ _I v .7 thatw.

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negated, May'I suggest that our most immediate need for vocational training is
automotive equipment. Two or three motors» with transmissions and wiring asseme
bliss, would give us a wonderful starto“

Mfc Tankersley'stated, "in ?"_11__1_m

The Kentucky Chamber of Commerce will act as a clearing house for any other
materials, machinery or equipment businessmen may want to donate and which can be
used by the inmates for educational as well as occupational purposes.- The Kentucky
Chamber should be notified if such materials are availablee

There will be an open house meeting efor inmatesa in the new educational building
on November 25th., when Mrs Tankersley presents the movie projector to the institue
tion. I'm sure that the entire inmate body here at K0 So Po will be in attendance
to show their appreciation for the unselfish kindness of 'Mra.Tankersley, and the
Chamber of Commerce. _

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VOLUME IV, NUMBER V

CASTLE ON 1112; CUMBERLAND

NOVEMBER , 19oE

ADMINISTRATION

The Honorable EDWARD

T. BREATHITT,

Goternor

The Honorable Harry‘Waterfield; Lt Governor

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS?

JOSEPH G: CANNON; Commissioner
MARSHALL SWAIN, Deputy Commissioner
Dr: HAROLD BLACK, Dir-- of Institutions

W— Z. CARTER, Director of Education

PENITENTIARY ADMINISTRATION

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HENRY E1 COWAN' Deputy warden

BOARD- OF PARDO 11s and PAROIESE

Dr FRED MOFFATT; Executive Director
WALTER FERGLBON Chairman
nuns T THOMPSON, Member

Mrs- LUCILLE HURT, Member
GIENN'WAEE, Member
W..0; IONG1 Captain of the Guard

WILLIAM EGBERT, Vocational Instructor

RSV» H. E; INMAN, Pnotestant Chaplain

JAMES H. COLLIER1 Deputy Warden Revc THOMAS CIARK; Catholic Chaplain

IN THIS MONiHiS CASTUE
CaStle News 26 Barons 15
Editorial 6 Department Reports 1h
Poetry 7 Tall Tales. 18
Prison Incumbents -Reprint a 8 Sports V 19
Chaplains' Corner 10 Penal Press ' ‘ 28
Exchange Page ‘ 1 12 Statistics ‘ > 25

CASTLE STAFF

KEE‘II'ETH 311111311, Editor

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_ CHARLES GOEHRING-Ixiultilith Operator , ., '
The Castle on the Cumberland is published on the second Monday of every month by

the inmates of the
. dollar a year‘ Opinions
those of the administration

Kentucky State

Penitentiary
exPreSSed in this magazine do
Permission to reprint any part of this magazine is
granted provided credit is given author and source h -1 . ‘

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,the mechanical

The new educational building at K8? is
nearing completion, and should be ready
for use in the very near futures The
building is being constructed under the
supervision of Warden Luther Thomas and
mr- Ancil weir, an outside independent
construction mane The majority of the
labor was performed with inmate help,
thereby saving approximately $100,000;

The first floor will consist of a 58' 9"
X 51' library; There will be eight class
rooms, each measuring 26' x 23' 6": The
closed in privacy of these rooms will be
a definite advantage over the old "oped‘
system presently being usedc

The school supervisor's office will
measure ll' 8" x 10' 5" and will be adm
jacent to another office of the same
sizes At the other end of the building
equipment room will be
located, It measures 16‘ x lOi 6.?
A 9‘ walkway will run parallel with the
classrooms, allowing for free and easy
trafficking during class changes;

On the second floor the auditorium is
located? There will be ample room for
Sports, with an area measuring 97? x
70's A basketball court has been paints
ed on the floor and we hope to have some
interesting and exciting games in the
near futures

The stage is located at one end of the
auditorium, and measures 30' x 19' where
clear vision should be enjoyed by alls
Behind this stage, the movie screen is
to be located. I understand it is to
be a wide range vision screen:

There are two sets of bleachers on each
side of the buildings Each section COD?
tains 180 seatsr If my arithmetic is
correct; 720 men should be able to be
seatedn Provisions have been made for
extra large crowdss I presume this to
mean that chairs will be availablee

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commends the construction
long and hard to~
It is

The "Castle"
men that have toiled
wards completion of the "School",
a job well donec

RAMBLIN 'ROUND

While walking around the "Hill" the
other day, I noticed a few of the antics
of various individuals that struck me as
funny: For instance; the determined
walking of Billy White, a little dance-

and war whoop - that Ted SWanner went
through,. The serious look of Danny
Perkins, and Jerry? The constant opine

ions saught of James Harry, and the humr
crous Charlie Baker, 'What are the sun
glasses for Ed Nikolas? Then we have the
120 mph driving of Chester Walton & Ray
Vickers, how about that Hez Irvin, are
they over—doing it? Have you noticed
the stentorian voice of little Doug
Koontz? Then there's that affable little
guy with the quick and ready smile for
everybody — Senor, and his shades: The
high intellectual conversations of John
Dauman, James Fox; Alvin Lucas and com-
pany, The arthritic kid, Al Sinibaldie
And last but not least, my friend The
Chief, keep Smiling pal:

PAROLE BOARD hearings for the month of
October:

Parole Recommended 19
Deferred one (1) month 16
Deferred Five (5) months 1
Deferred Six (6) months 2.
Deferred Twelve (12) months 2
Deferred TWentthour (2h) months h
Serve out time 28
Total Cases - Regular Board 72

CAUSE FOR INCREASE OF CRIME: is

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With the problem of "lawlessness" being given conSiderable attention jﬁfﬁhgeipfesiil
dential campaign, the question arises as to where the AmeriCan public*fiﬁesftheipein ex

blame for the increasing rate of crime in this country. =.‘.w

The answer is that the public, on the basis of a recent Gallup survey, places major
emphasis on the lack of preper training in the home rather than on lack of efforts
by public officials. The need for tougher law enforcement is cited next most often
as a cause for the trend toward lawlessness in this country.

A carpenter's wife from Salt Lake City has this to Say: “I think the laws are too
lenient. All that is done is to impose fine after fine, without enforcing a jail
sentence or some other corrective measure."

A Woodhaven, N. Y, construction worker said: "The police just arenlt given enough
authority. Citizens take advantage of this situation, charge police brutality, and
then the cops get less power.“

A government clerk from Montgomery City, Md., had this to say: "I think we can
label the cause'for the increase in crime as the lack of stern laws. Sentences for
all crimes should be made stiffer a then I think you'll find crime decreasing."

Defiance and a lack of resPect on the part of teen—agers comes up third most often
as a cause for crimea

A white collar worker from New Jersey, said: "In my day, if kids did something bad
they'd wait around to see how people would react. Now, they just make trouble and
go away; It's a belligerent attitude."

The wife of a Greensville, N. C. truck driver Said: "Today's youth are trying to

be different or something. Frankly, I don't know what they're trying to defy.‘
THE FOILOWING QUESTION WAS PUT T0 PEDPIE IN AL1:W11KS OF LIFE:

"What do you, yourself, think is the cause of the lack of reSpect for law and the
increase of crime in the U}S.A. today?"

Parents, home life to blame ' 141% Lack of religious training 6%
Need for tougher law enforcement 18% Unemployment 5%
Defiance, lack of resPect on part of Lack of education 5%

teen-agers 9% T. V., and crime movies 2%
Young people are spoiled, have Drinking, dope addiction 2%

too much 6% Other replies 1&%
Moral deterioration of society 6% No opinion 10%

(Table adds to more than 100% since some persons cited more than one cause.)

TO YOU THE READER$¢ The men and women in prisons throughwout the country, and the
families of the men in prison; WHAT IS: YOUR ANSWER? The "Castle“ staff is inter-
ested in your opinions. We would deem it a pleasure to hear from you. Don't just
think about it; WRITE T0 U3 ABOUT IT!

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s‘; .Nunnon revealedo will be given consideration. All copy
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;: fad George Elmer Shepherds
IQ gm we eXpect complaints, welcome construc-
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§‘~‘ m,echnician at the Reformatory Heepital from YOU, the readers, of this magazine
3 Q has discovered in the laboratory Monday either inﬁide or outside.
_5: {nght in an apparent drunken conditions
‘.Q“yn Tuesday morning Snider appeared to be
Q: Jperiously ill and.Reformatory officials BROKE JAIL bh YEARS AGO
M‘,”p1aced him in the Prison's HosPitalo Dr.
3); imdward Houchin was summoned but Snider
QgWﬂuniied about 12 :hO P. M. Akron, Ohio (UPI);' Leroy Dunlap, 6h
“'iln year old escapee was apprehended in a
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‘5 :QShepherd, assigned as a nurse in the ‘WaShington, Dm C. Dunlap escaped from
, ;: [Hospital told authorities Tuesday after— jail on May 20: l920w His trial was
‘1”;3 ynoon that he drank some kind of liquid continued, and the jury found him guilty
‘but didn't know what the liquid was, He of being the "triggerman" in a killing,
was placed in the reformatory hospital and recommended the death penaltyn
immediately, but died at 7:30 A. M.
{wednesdayc The liquid is believed to be Dunlap Spent a total of 22 years in the
wood alcohol.. armed forces, and is now a retired soldn
. ier. After his escape, he moved west-
ward to St Louis, Missouri where he
obtained employment as a streetcar Oper—
ator, was married and fathered one son,

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When this issue comes to press,.we will When apprehended he said: “What will be,
Q; ; bev minus the capable Cecil Springs, Will bee"

'.9QQ former Editor of "The Castle" and we
l} wish you well Cecil. I know that you

' will be one of the SUCCESSFUL parolees APPRECIATION

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ASSASSINATIONS AND ATTEMPTS IN U. S,

LINCOLN, Abraham (President of U. S.)
Shot April 1h, 1865, in Washington, Dc
Cm, by John Wilkes 'Booth; ,died April
15, 18650 iv 5

SEWARD, William Hr (Recretary of State)
Escaped assassination (though injured)
April 1h, 1865, in Washington, DaCa, by
Lewis Powell (or Paine), accomplice of
John'Wilkes Booth.

GARFIELD, James Aa (President of U. s.)
ShOt July 2, 1881, in Washington, DeC.,
by Charles J. Guiteau; died April 15tho

McKINLEY, William (President of U; 3.)
Shot September 6, 1901, in Buffalo by
Leon Czolgosz; died September lhth.

ROOSEVELT, Theodore (ex~Presiden of
U» S.) Escaped assassaniation (though-
shot) October 1h, 1912, in Milwaukee
while campaigning for Presidenta

CERMAK, Anton Ja (Mayor of Chicago) Shot
February 15, 1955, in Miami by Giuseppe
Zangara, who attempted to assassinate
Franklin Ds Roosevelt: Died March 6thm

ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.
of U.S.) Escaped assassination
February 15, 19551

(President-elect
unhurt

IONG, Huey Pr (U4‘ 3. Senator from LouiSm
iana) Shot September 8, 1955, in Baton
Rouge by Dr. Carl Aa weiss; died Septemp
b$r 10, 19350

TRUMAN, Harry sa (President of U; s,)
Escaped assassination unhurt November 1,
1950, in washington, D, C, as 2 Puerto

Rican nationalists attempted to shoot
their way into Blair Houses
KENNEDY, John Fa (President of U. s.)

Shot November 22, 1965, in Dallas, Texas
by Lee Harvey Oswalda Died same days

CONNALLY, John, (Governor—Texas) Shot
November 22, 1963, in.Dallas, Texas by
Lee H..Oswald. WOunded, and recovered,

OSWALD, Lee Harvey (Assassin of Presid=
ent John Fe Kennedy) Shot November 2h,
1965, in Dallas by Jack Rubya

IJNDNER FOUNDATION 7th PRISONER AWARD
CONTEST OPEN TO Kn.S. P. MEN

will be presented for each class
$50.00 for the
the second best
of the next

Awards
and will be as follows:
best entry, $25.00 for
entry and $5a00 for each
five (5) ranking entriesa

This annual contest is open to prisoners
in various institutions throughout the

country. Rules regarding the contest
are as follows:

1: ARTs All mediums are acceptablea
State whether original or reproduction.

If sale of work is desired, give author—
ization and asking price of each entry.
The Robert Lindner Foundation negotiates
sales on a COMMISSION - FREE BASIS.

20 LITERATURE: May be poetry, Short
Stories, Novels, Plays, Fiction or Non-
Fiction. There are no restrictions on
length of worka Manuscripts, must be
typewritten, double Spaced and on reg—
ular size typewriter papero

5a NAME and ADDRESS must be affixed to

each entrya

ha.Entries must be received BEFORE April
1, 1965 and are to be mailed to:

Prisoners Awards Committee
Robert Lindner Foundation
95h Forrest Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Entries will be returned after judging
at a meeting of the Foundation during
the month of Maya Although every effort
will be made to protect your entries,
they cannot be reSponsible for lost or
damaged e ntries c

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The aSSassination of John Fitzgerald We, the renegades of society, may feai
Kennedy on NOVGWbeY 22; 1965y was a that there is nothing to be grateful, or
cruel and shocking eat of violence diw thankful for? But, vwhat about tte
rected agaiﬂgt 3 man? a family a nation, letters from home? How about the abiiw
and against all mankind. A young and ity to see, feel, taste, hear, and the
Vigorous Essie? whose years of public most precious of all; to be alive? Iii“
and private life stretched before him. true, that our limitations are_limitre
was the visitm of the fourth presidental when it comes to freedom of speech, and

aSSaSSinatian it the hiStDTF P? a counm the right to acty However; if a Parana
try dedicated to tea ooneept' \f ream isn't capable of living and acting acw
soned arguments and peac.=xi ;- " ”Imcordina to this _ocieties rules, how can
change? A :w‘ he expect to live is
the free - and looser
We are rapld‘y 39?” society of the outsine
reaching the day Of world? Pride is anOther

thing to be thankful
fore Butg not a false

a Thanksgivingl In reta
rospect we may feel

that we haven't much pride“ That can be a
. to be thankful fora Mrs detriment to happiness,
§ Kennedyls familv in par and the return to nor-
; tioularr and the world malcy:
‘ in general will long

remember the r_st:rical » _,v ' when I hear the word
q _ November of igbie The bitter taste of ThanksgiVing: I always ”Usutt a storv I

agony and death that was viewed by thoum once heard; Two fellows were uglning
Sands will forever remain a burning down the Street, and saw a poor crippled
storing in our mindsu Nor should we form man pushing himself along on a homemade
get this viie act of a madmany that took cart) One fellow Said to the other in a
the life of a great man, and a great great tone of reverence; "But for the
leaderr grace of God, there go It"' Yes, we do
have many things to be thankful forc

‘l We cannot undo what is done: However: J
1 we can live with the memory of a great In commemoration of Mr? Kennedy, I would
we can give thanks on like to aCknowledge my gratefulness for
2 this Thanksgiving Qay for what peace and his infinite wisdom, his unselfiShneSS
security ‘we have in this country, A and sincerity in working with and for
peace that trembled on the brink of the peOple of this democraoyn His
armed warfare and was averted only by Speeches may fade from memory and become
the staununnesn 0‘ John Fitzgerald blurred} but his strong and kindred
Kennedyﬂ Spirit will long remain with use We
. trust that his successor's to the Presi-
If Mra Kennedy were alive today” he dency will be guided by his wisdom and
would advocate m as all great men have u integrity? In olosfnga I leave you with
Jhat we should be thankful for the many a quote from Isaiah 53: 55 6a:
little things that we havoc They are
the essentials to our lives and happim "But he was wounded for our transgress~
nessq I*m sure ghat most of you will ionsg he was bruiSed for our iniquitiess
agree with the theory; the little 72:23; the chastisement of our peace was upon
are the importa.i .Lrngs in life; him and with his stripes we are healedo"
- Kenneth Deneen ~

“65.,

[DST IOVE by Josette Forkner

Why vahy do hot tears fall
The moment I think of you?
Your love belongs no more to me
You're married to someone new;

I hqpe she understands your ways}

Those silly little things you dOe

And when you‘re having the lonely greys
Or grumpy, or just plain blues

I hope she has the patience to

Weather the stormy days?

It takes a lot of lovingg deari

To cover the forlorn pasts .

But if she holds you warm and close
I want.your marriage to lasta

You'll ever be my Special love;

Chained to the heart's cold walls

And the mournful cry of a newborn dove

Echoing Spring's first faint call

Touches this soul with a black3 black
glove,

For you are my life, my all:

A WALK WITH IOVE by Donna Hazelett

Would I could be close to you,

And hold your hand on life‘s hard Way,

And give small comfort when you're blue,

And share the happy hours each days

0 that I could love you more,

And then my love would leap the years

And somehow stand upon the shore

Of our tomorrow~land where simple fears

And foolish fanciers fledo

I would reach out to find your hand in
mine

And all these hours apart So very dead,

As heart to heart two lovers walk before
the shrines

FAITH by Donna Hazelett

Minds fantasy restored to present,
Changed not by leprechauns unsents

As in a game of chess, we are but pawms
In GodYs great plan of life and death;
Awakening not from our last breaths

$0 few reach out in faith of Him

For simple rules So slim;

The knowledge of a once so saintly rule,
No wonder then is man the simple fool?

A MESSAGE TO?
Via The Prison Mirror

This meSSage is directed tola man whom I h
I don't know his name, or even what he loo

aven't had the pleasure of meeting yet?
ks like 0

He is a man who finds himself

wondering how he arrived at this particular point in his life, where someone felt

it neceSSary to lock him ups

This thought often comes to him in the quiet of his cell at nighta and it's rather

a taunting thoughte "How could this
there doesn't seem to be an answers

happen to

me?" The questions pile up, &

Though this man is unknown to me: he is not really a stranger, as I know quite a

bit about him»

most cases a likeable person, but he seems to drink a

He’s generally a pretty good guyy probably basically honest, and in

little too much, and his

drinking usually brings about a reversal of his normally likeable personality.
For some time, prior to coming here, he had been finding it increasingly difficult

to quit after a drink or twoa

One or two would invariably set him up for a drunko

More than likely he started off one day with nothing more in mind than to have a

few to calm his nerves from the previous night's

drunks or he might have been just

going out for an evening of drinking,_seeking a little pleasurec

Whatever his
Samar;

particular thoughts were is really unimportants The
Somewhere, for some reason, he found it necessary to take the

outcome is the
drink which

Started him on the run which brought him herev

There is
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it can be had for the asking»
If only I knew this fellow's nameg or even what he looks like, I

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PRISON INCUMBENTS -- via The Forum

Prison is not a healthv, condu01ve atmo~
Spheree Everyday one has Vto_ breathe
hypocrisy and cowardice and perversion
and therels no getting away from ita

The scope of man‘s world is shown by his
use of language. Listen to the people
you know1 How do they eXpress their
world? Is it Spiked with profanity? How
about outright nonsense?

he outsider reads about callous, sadis-
is 9 and hatemfilled officials;h how they
so stanily punish humiliate, and abuse
the convict1 Don't believe it all Of
course you still find them — prison work
often draws certain types who can subli—
mate their sicknesses by using a help-
less convict as bait - but they are more
the exception than the rule». It's the
3rnv13 t who makes the prison atmosphere
what it really- is- His actions govern
the rules and regulations1 If his social

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order is rot sen m well it can'be worse
than a sewer in prison:
convicts aren't really criminals at

They are only poor vagrants trying
to find a place to hide from life1 Not
-want1ng to face this fact because it
will destroy the image they have of
themselves, such peepler,would lrather
ilentiiy with the outlaws At least then
they may pose as rebels and give some
more glamorous meaning to, their livese
Their egos demand that they be something
the pressures of their society demand
that they~ be somethings Anything is
better than being a non-entity1

Trapped into life by nature, .they are
involved with an existence they cannot
underStand. There is no escape frdm them

except through death; and the instinct
of selfmpreserVation precludes their
me.k.'ng sucha voluntary act~ What are

they to <10? Should they cadge a pint of
Mn11a1el and retreat under the nearest
bridge? Should they join the throng of
those who make the hepeless' orbit .day
after day among
Lights, and the many other refuges?
Sure, many do but what about those whose
personalities refuse” to. divorce them?
selves from.that last mask? .

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Salvation ‘Army, Harbor'

steal a check from a
Spurious‘ one.z They
car available ans

They get drunkﬁ
mailbox.or;cash1‘a
jump into the first

drive it around ‘until the police pick
'them upo‘ Off to prison they go. These
are criminals? No, these are p001 lost

creatures who violated a law in order it
escape from all the meaninglessi press1
ures that haunt their days and nights1
They are masses of' forces and energies
that have never been synchronized to the
workings of that master combination, the
society into which they were bornw

Sometimes when I lie in my cell with the
lights out and listen to the loud cons
versations of the dingbats — my peers u
I think of how wonderful it must be to
be filled with so much pure bliss1 Lieu
ten to them laugh! Listen to them shout
for attention! Listen to them talk about
Willie Mays or ‘Marlon Brando or Nancy
Kwan and the. top-money these images
makes, How happy' they are with their‘
illusions as they peter away their time
in nonsense, bugging the rest of the men
who are attempting to read or study or
even' write a letter home1 This is the
worst kind of punishment a prison cone
tains - and if this is really God's
judgement then, something is wrong some~.
whereo Sometimes I have to bite my
pillow to keep from screaming; .tc vkeep
from showing that they‘ve gotten to mea

It's been said before,
that life in prison never changes, But
the seasons change and with the seasons
some aSpects of prison life changes It
begins to get dark later1 A glow is felt
at the thought of Spring and summer, of
the warm nights and. the still warmer
dayse A manﬁwakes up to the sound of the
birds singing 1 then criSp autumn and
death-still winter1 - '

and it's true,

And men continue to exist in prison.
What keeps them really. gOing? Hope}
Pandor's box contained Hope in all its
devious guises; Thatls what keeps a man
going» thinking that someday he'll get
out1 That's what keeps a man fantasying.
That's what keeps a man living, someday,
something will happen that will take him
out of prisbnc

But when our eyes are Opened and the fig

leaf no longer conceals our nakedness,
our present situation is experienced in
its full concrete actuality as something
tragic.

THEY LIKE CRIME

"There are people who are strangely con-
stituted. There are criminals who'll
to contrive schemes

work like beavers

Prison scars. Even when a' man finally that land them in 'prison and they no

walks out, there are certain names he sooner get out than they start all over
remembers, certain things he never forw again and again land in prison. If they
getso‘ Perhaps the most awkward is the put as much industry, as much clever-

and patience into honest

could make a handsome
important positionse
that wayo They

blemish of being a convict, forced to
wear that mark like the Jews their yel~
low stars under Hitler.

ness, resource
practices they
living and occupy
1 . . But, they're just made
And. when a man rebels he‘s only hurting like crime."
himself. He can't win against the law
anymore - the law is too strong and too
organized; the rebel is too weak and to

confused.

W3 Somerset Maguham

DAILY THOUGHT

Absence of occupation is not rest,A mind
quite vacant is a mind distressed.

I .CAN DO WITHOUT '- by Bruce Marawe

I can do without my neighbors dog who howls at the moon 0 . . any more television
gunslingers . . o televisions that go on the blink every time my favorite program
is on but operates perfectly for the news, weather, and commercials o . . telephone
bills that look like telephone numbers c . . any more beatniks . . . guys who sit
behind me at football games and scream “hold that line" when my team can't even
hold the ball 0.. c nervous psychiatrists o . . going home after a night out and
not being able to find home a o . tripping over any more skunks . . a waking up
mornings and find myself kicked out of my room by the cockroaches I tried to kick
out the day before o o .

I can do without wrist watches that don't lose a tick when dropped, drowned, or
magnetized, but go out of whack if your pulse varies 5'. . girlfriends who kiss
their pet poodles and shake my hand w o . television commercials that help guys
whose hair stands up when mine laid down and died years ago 0 . . overweight scales
0 . a barbers who slap you on the neck with a whisk broom and then expect a quarter
tip_w'o . anymore of Liz Taylor's exPlainations e e a soft women who drink hard
whiskey o c c eating beef stew which has twice as many‘ vegetables as beef 9 o 9
automatic elevators that don't remember my floor 9 . . girls and paper napkins that
won't stay seated on my lap o o , walking my girl's pet alligator m o . Spending
time with a non-smoker who coughs everytime I blow a smoke ringe , a *

I can do without the string on my yenyo getting all knotted up . e . pay envelopes
Which won't stay filled o . 0 people with dimples who never say a word but keep
smiling all the time a o o cab drivers who tell me their troubles and then expect a
tip on top of an analysis 9,. o neighbors who complain because I‘m learning to use
a pneumatic drill o . . the people who live above me when they complain I am making
too much noise when a group of friends drop over for a party on Friday' night, and
then get mad when I complain about their using a vacuum cleaner at seven A.M. m . o
luxurious new apartments.with luxurious low ceilings and luxurious thin walls . . .
not being invited to play “touch football" with Jane Mansfield.. 6 . playing ping
pong with my stock broker 0.5 . women who expect me to give them my seat at a bar
. . . movies in which the hero, shot full of holes, says something more cheerful
before he croaks than my wife does before she has coffee in the morning . u a
thinking up anymore of this silly nonsense and I can do without writing this in
pzison instead of in‘a bare

-9...

72*-

FATHER THOMAS CLARK, CAJHDIJC CHAPLAIN

THANKSGIVING

Thursday; November 26, is ThankSgiving.
On that day America’s factories, fields
and officels will be deserted.v Tractors
and typewritews will gather dust while
Ameriea ‘zlurns to Thanksgiving feasts.

Thanks is a small word. Anyone can Say
it» The utterance does not require much
effortg but it does require some apprem
ciationo It comes from the lips, but it
rises in.the hearto It contains more
than any Qtfier word or collection of
WGldS can emplr ess. No law binds us. It
is instineto There are many instincts
in the human souls One of the best and
strongest is gratitude.

“irenkogi”*;n Day is more than a visit to
CelaElveb and their turkey, It is a day
for giving thanksa For we eat turkey
only oeeause God gives it, and we visit
relatives only because God gave them to
2‘15 0.

The Pilgrims knew the harvest of 1621
was not just their own work. They
thanked God for His generositym We know
Ameriea“e blessings are not simply our
own 'worka So we thank God also.. On
franksnivings America goes to visit
islet .oesg out it also goes to Gde
Americanﬂs will pour into their churches
this Day to offer sacrifice to Him and
oommune with Hims And America on its
knees 'will touch the heart of God and
give Him reason to continue His bless—
ings. By this national act we tell Him
we remember not only the gift, but also
the Givero

America is enriched by having this day.
It is an annual reminder of our depend»
ence on God, By this American custom we
Say that God is the Creator of all we

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REV.“ & E. INMAN} PROTESTiﬁT CHAELAIN

Have you ever had the feeling that you
were living in a house with all the wine
dow shutters hanging in the wind? This
is the feeling one gets around certain
people who have nothing better to do Lat
grumble and complain all the time, There
is a continued grumble, rumble, and your
whenever the grumbler gets within "gronw
bling distance..-ﬂ -

The habit of complaining is a terrible
sine It is an unfortunate trait of per»
sonality which injures the character of
any individual who becomes a chronio
grumblerg It can Spoil the whole out”
look of life» A person who allows himm
self to become a pathological, and hab—
itual grumbler is sliding down the steep
decline to the level where nothing is
ever right.

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