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“The things that ast, and defy
the test of time, are the good things,
the true®@things and the right
things,” said Dr. Raymond A.
Schwegier, Sr., in closing a grip-
ping and eloquent Thanksgiving
address today to Rotary.

-Dr. Schwegler began with the
story told by Plato, of man having
had a place with the gods, but in
his fall to earth he lost not only
his’ place in the heavens, but also |
his memory of former things. As a |
result he had all to relearn in his
upward quest. “3

“Man,” said the speaker, “with |
his nose to the vrindstone, in his |
effort to live and to improve his |
condition, is prone to lose sight of |
greater things. He should remem-
ber that no matter how dark the
way, how great the obstacles, the
cosmic forces are still at work. Call
this eternal force for good what
you may,” said Dr. Schwegler, “but
I eall it God.”
| “Might does not make right” de-
iclared Dr. Schwegler, “for the |
‘forces of honesty, generosity, kind- |
liness and courage are still at work
and under the grace of God, in the
llong run right makes might.” The
good things of life are the reflec-
tions of God. Shee
.. “Among the. greatest -of' God’s
gifts to men is that of intelligence
and it is still our privilege to think
our own thoughts free from the dic-
tation of compulsion of Gestapo.
We rejoice in the inspiration and
purity of our flag, and the right to
live our lives in the enjoyment. of
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap-
piness,” said the speaker.

The address was an ideal Thanks.
giving message and one to give
strength and courage to its hearers

otary Notes - \

R. W. McClure had as his guest
today, his. son Rens, who leaves
tomorrow to join the armed forces.
| ‘Herbert:E. Wiebe, a new member

of the office force at Haskell, was
the guest of Supt. Solon G. Ayers.

Birthdays of Floyd Rible, Gene
Brune, and Corlett Cotton were
| fittingly _ remembered i

‘Hough, Roger, Allen and John
Brand. That Rible, a Californian,
might better appreciate the climate
of Kansas, he was presented with
a cake of ice and a thermometer.