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OUTofthcMAILBAG Moaltrie, Ga. July 13, 1942

Dear News: My plans before graduati(»i said,

•'Give everyone your regards \^en you go h<xne on furlong." But plans differ so frcxn actions at times. Mine have.

Twelve of us were diosen to be instructors here. We trained for backseat flying (some call it pray-ing) for a w e ^ before graduation and started with a class two days afterward.

The first week, besides fine newly-soloed cadets, has shown that hours in the air and fatigue come in great amounts. But it really is amazing and interesting to see^how rapimy and well new students leam to handle the plane.

One incident last week added to my faith in America's future in this war. I think you will be interes;ted in i t

One of my students was on his £bi5t solo flight. A storm caught him and he was told not to land at Spence, but to go to a town nearby and land. He had never been there, didn't know the direc-ti(m and had never landed (m its small, difficult field.

But he figured this way—"Tliere must be a map in the plane." There was; he found the town on i t ITien, guessing the cwnpass course with-m five degrees, he flew forty miles, found the field, and made a good landing. After the storm, he came ^ack. With thinking like that things look good.

I've raved on far beyond my original plans — there they are aeain! So some action and I'll end. To bring some of these in-tentions to reality—my best re-gards to everyone. And, no small matter, thanks for The News. I still think "The Mountaineer" has the right slant on things.

Sincerely, Uoyd L. Kelly, 2d Lt., AAF

Margaretville July n , 1942

Dear News: On July 4thr Margaretville Ro-

tary sponsored a July 4th celebra-tion that was a credit to the awn-munity.

A report of the day's activities was covered in the Catskill Moun-tain News of current issue. Parades and ball games were covered in detail However, a p ^ of the day's program was entirely omit-t ^ Many comments were made about the omission. Readers thought it nfiight be corrected in subsequent issues. This was not done. Why? Could it be because no member of the Editor's family were asked to have a part on the program? There were two siden-did and timely addresses given that day. One in the afternoon by Morgan Garrison — very fine and deserving much credit One in the evening by Dr. Reuben E. Smith—a stirring patriotic ad-dress; deserving at least honorable mention. Addresses <rf this type require time and effort to prepare and are deserving of some recog-nition in the press; esp^ially m the ofJy pubhcation which Mar-garetwlle has.

The reader does not like to feel that the omission was intentional; but so many comments have come to the ears of the writer that we take this means of asking that a l i t ^ well-deserved praise be given whm due. We are all so ready to criticize and so slow to praise.

A Reader [Editor's note.—Sorry. The do-

ings of the day were not reported by a member of "Die News staff and it is not fair for the unsigned writer to make an insinuation. Facts are The -News men were asked to take part, but could not do so. The News regrets the addresses were not mentioned. We are told they were, indeed, well worth while, and well spoken.]

Card of Huuiks I wish to express my thanks

and sincere u^redation to all those who h e l ^ in the many ways during my illnesses, both in the Albany and Margaretville hos-pitals. Especially do I wish to thank all the doctors, -but most of all Dr. Holcomb. j24p Glenford Fairi)aim

Card of nianlis 1 wish to thank the Margaret-

ville hospital, the nurses, Dr. Palen, also Paul Johnson and Miss Miliar for their cars, the Grand Hotel tor thdr ambulance, and anyoofe else who ronanber^ me with cards and flowers. j24p Nina BeardsTey

T o r t y Honn* Service at Arfcville "If there be a God." Ihis state-

ment followed by a very neat "period" is the closest to the basic religion and religious sentiment of many of our area i)eoples. Mid-dletown township is, strangely enough, not a very God-thinking township. The term "strangely enough" is not far wrong, nor any exa^eration. So much of God-inspired plan and beauty do we see on our^ountains, in our val-leys, and over all the skies! Last Sunday evening's unique silver-lined clou(^ how breath-taking! Yet all this for the most part proves so much fine effort* on God's part wasted. With a hard-ened comidacency, and with hearts of granite, so many take all this for granted And looking for more, their superlative and highest thanks they whisper 'Tf there be a God!" We have questioned and probed. .We know!

Thank God there are exceptions. But the guilty are by far the more numerous. Whom do these latter number? Protestants, Catholics, and Jew alike. So mudi seeming religion, furthermore, can be and is very shallow and selfish. Spasmodic and capricious feeling is not religion, but only attempts to trim God—Our God and Father —as we would tolerate Him.

Shallow and selfish religion is that which will not sacrifice self for God. Area Catholics will have the opportunity to sacrifice much in time and effort next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, as they will be expected to participate in the 16th Century Forty Hour Services. Breaking away from even import-ant farm labor and from deserved leisure to make bus connections, etc., for a few mtnnents' visit be-fore the Blessed Sacrament will be the sacrifice expected of each Catholic family, as their part of this devotion. Forty hours did the God-Man experience of th^ world's distrust and ignoring of His divinity as He lay in the tomb. Eadi Catholic parish' and each parishioner has the {^portunity, annually, to repair that insult to Christ—Contributed.

Judge Grant Commtwwioned A veteran of World War 1. and

father of a volunteer in this war, County Judge Donald H. Grant has been commissioned a first lieutenant in the United States Army.

County j u ^ and judge of the Childrens court since Jan. 1, 1938, Judge Grant has been considered one of the outstanding trial law-yers in the state for years. He served as district attorney of Ot-sego c(Hmty from 1930 to'1936, and prior to that was Oneonta police attorney for almost eight years. He has been prominent in Republi-can political circles for many years and has served on many important committees. ' During World War 1, Judge

Grant enlisted as a private May 15, 1917 ,and served in France as a lieutenant with the 26th In-fantry, First division. His bat-talion cwnmander was Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr., now a brigadier general.

Durmg his 18 months service overseas. Judge Grant served in major engagements at Cantigny, St Mihiel, and the Argonne forest. He was wounded at Cantigny, France, June 2,1918. War decora-tions earned during the first COTI-flict include the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star with oak leaf cluster, and order of the Purple Heart He was dted three times.

Honorably disdiarged frcrni the service Ain^ 30,1919, Judge Grant labored during the summer of that year at the Sheffield creamery at Hobart, and in the fall enrolled at Albany Law sdiooL—Oneonta Star.

Acc^ts New Posittmi Miss Roselyn M. Glynn, art

supervisor at the Margaretville central school far two years, has accepted a positicxi in the art de-partment at Johnson City high sdiool. Miss CSynn will teadi ad-, vanced art and ceramics. She win take over her new duties in Sep-tember.

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Showing at. . . Whipple Theatre, Fleischmanns, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, July 22, 23» 24, 25 . . . Galli-Curci Theatre, Margaretville, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, July 26, 27, 28, 29.

P O i A S E —^Due to fbe magnitude oi tiiis attraction, the following are the national mininwim prices for this engagement only: Adults, matinee, 40oMit8, evening, 55 cents, tax included; no cluuige in cfaUdren's price.

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2 Shows Daily, 7-9; Mat. Sat, 2:30

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GREATEST SPECTACLE Cecil B. DeMille's

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^R^p the Wild Wind,' DeMille Sea Epic, Due

At Galli-Curci Sunday Long and eagerly awaited by

multitudes of film fans, Cecil B. DeMille's Paramount technicolor epic of the sea, "Reap the Wild Wind," opens Sunday, July 26, at the Galli-Curci theatre.

It is the master -showman's sixty-sixth production and marks the anniversary of ^piirty hit-crowded years. "Reap the Wild Wind" is one of the most discussed pictures ever to come out of Holly-wood.

Inevitably it would concentrate in it the fruits of those years of e:q>erience, those years of gauging accurately public taste and being able to satisfy it. Few producer-directors have even dared to think on as grand and as spectacular a scale as this master of the film-making art.

Advance reports reaching this desk are that "Reap the WBd Wind" is DeMille's triumj^ The great screen strategist has selected a really mighty cast for this pow-erful tale of men and wonen who fought to keep our seas free in 1840. In the chief starring r c ^ are Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard and John Wayne. The main fea-tured roles are occu i^ by Ray-mond Massey, Lynne Overman, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward, Charles Bickford and Walter Hampden.

Tte story, sweeping in its scope and thrilling in its elemoits, has a pace that carries it from the pol-

ished floors of the pre-Civil war ballrooms to the heaving dedcs of sailing ships breaking upon treadi-erous Florida reefs, and to the floor (rf the ocean where divers battle a giant squid.

FLEISCHMANNS

WHIPPLE THEATRE 8 Show Daify—2:30, 7 and 9 P . Bf.

Friday-Saturday July 24-35. Last 2 Days

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