The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 4, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 8, 1984 Page: 4 of 26
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MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE
Guest Editorial
Paul Harvey
New data on those I.Q. tests
1940s called QUIZ KIDS. It featured spider.
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them. What are they doing today?
One of the QUIZ KIDS of the For-
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now a journalist, has traced the
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super smart youngsters who knew
all the answers.
those who succeeded less as a result
of their extraordinary intelligence
and more as a result of two other fac-
tors: persistence and willingness to
work.
“Intelligence can be a trap,” says
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My Country
Does not denote ownership. My country is
not mine by automatic right of birth. It
becomes my country by a personal act of
committment and love. I do not own my
country and my country does not own me.
When I am committed to the well being of
this land it is committed to my well being in
return then, and only then, does it become
“My Country.”
Tis Of Thee
No love affair can live without expres-
sion. There must be times for evaluating the
meaning and the value of this, our native
land.
Sweet Land of Liberty
The word-smith loves the sound of
phrases. There are some words that join
together in such a delightful manner that
they say it all. Sweet Land of Liberty is such
a phrase. These four words are not to be ex-
plained. They are for rolling around in the
mouth and savoring their rhythm while the
meaning sinks into the soul.
Of Thee I Sing
At times our song of praise may feel like a
solo sung in a high wind on a deserted moun-
tain. While all others seem to be singing the
grating notes of discord and criticism, let us
sing on. Somehow, singing is contagious. If
we sing on, sooner or later and one by one,
we will build a choir.
Land Where My Fathers Died
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Dear Editor:
I am concerned that so many peo-
ple are unaware of the Humanist
movement, a completely God-less
philosophy. These people do not
believe in Heaven (the hereafter)
nor do they believe in God.
Man, in their belief, is all-powerful
and there is no reason to rely on God
as man will only be dust. This is all
stated in the Humanist Manifesto I
and II yet we, in our ignornance, go
along. Some plan to elect a man to
rule our continent who apparently
believes in this movement. When
Mondale was working with President
Carter, he signed the Humanist
Manifesto II.
Best we, as Americans, awaken to
these facts before it is too late. Any
man who would sign such a deadly
thing should not be allowed to rule
our nation.
I, personally, think President
Reagan has, and is doing wonders to
attempt to straighten out the strife
he inherited. It was a conglomerate
mess over 20 years old. Too, it ap-
pears that no matter how great a
President’s ideas are, he alone can-
not make them laws until they are
passed by Congress.
The House is ruled by one old
speaker who states he wants to retire
and become the ruler of Ireland!
Personally, I’d like to see his wish
granted and then perhaps our Presi-
dent could really accomplish that
which he has tried to do.
And, while we are discussing
politics, let’s talk about Hereford. I
came here 17 years ago. I chose this
town because I loved it, and I still do.
But I become alarmed when I think
that soon we might not have our love-
ly town.
If the nuclear repository is put in
Deaf Smith County, which certainly
embraces Hereford, many of our in-
dustries will move—namely. Holly
Sugar which would not want our
sugar beets, nor Frito Lay, which
would not buy our potatoes, and
many more.
At a recent DOE gathering, I ques-
tioned officials at length as to why
they did not sink a repository in the
cities and states that are making this
enjoyed neither more successnor
less than others less scholarly.
Harve Bennett produced the
“Stark Trek” movies.
Jack Lucal interprets the Pope’s
pronouncements.
Vanessa Brown became a movie
star. Joel Kupperman became a pro-
fessor.
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Most of us, including some state lawmakers, still
don’t know for sure what will take place as a result of
educational reforms passed in the special session.
Gov. Mark White says some changes will be seen soon.
State Education Commissioner Raymon Bynum said it
will take 10 years to measure the success of the
reforms.
Regardless, Texas taxpayers are supposed to cough
up an additional $4.6 billion in order to improve
highways, reform education and keep Gov. White’s
promise to the teachers for a pay raise.
Our highways need more money just to save and
maintain the present system; some of our teachers are
in need of a salary increase, and some of the reforms
will benefit education in Texas. Few Texans, however,
perceived our educational system to need fixing as bad
as did H. Ross Perot.
The school package includes a restructured State
Board of Education, competency tests and pay hikes
for teachers, pre-kindergarten classes for students
who need the help, graduation tests for high school
seniors, reduced class sizes in the early grades, a
ban on “social promotions,” tighter control of ex-
tracurricular activities, and more state money for
poor schools.
Some school officials have said that the controls on
extracurricular activities could result in some school
districts having to spend millions of dollars for new
gyms, since there is no way to handle all the kids under
the new time limits.
Some teachers are insulted about having to take a
compentency test, but we don’t see anything wrong
with that. However, we don’t think it will indicate
whether a person is a good teacher or not-only if they
know the information to be covered.
Our concern is that the reforms may not do that
much good. Almost everyone knows what’s wrong with
education, not only in Texas but in the nation. No one
wants to talk about it because it may have been a bullet
we had to bite, and perhaps we went about it the wrong
way.
Public education is in trouble because of court-
ordered integration. Because of the way it was carried
out, educational standards for students and teachers
were lowered to accommodate minorities. Federal
judges decided how it was to be accomplished, and
they are not experts in public education.
Just how these new reform measures will bring our
public school standards up to par remains to be seen.
Restoring fairness
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision a
couple of weeks ago which restores some measure of
common sense and fairness to the hiring and firing
practices of American businesses.
The Supreme Court ruled that seniority is more im-
portant than affirmative action goals when layoffs
take place. Only employees who can prove that they
personally are victims of discrimination can benefit
from affirmative action in such cases.
The ruling came from a suit brought out of Boston
where white members of the fire department were laid
off, regardless of their seniority, in order that blacks
and other minorities could be retained on the job.
The white firemen contended, with some justifica-
tion, that their rights ought to be as good as those of
minorities and that they were entitled to justice in the
hiring hall. The Supreme Court in effect agreed with
them.
Affirmative action programs are the result of laws
passed over the past couple of decades to guarantee
persons of minority races jobs on a priority or
preferential basis. The government has decreed that
employers holding any sort of government contract
have to qualify by hiring a certain percentage of
minority workers, regardless of experience or
qualification.
This is because persons of minority races have been
denied full participation in the mainstream of
American society and have not had access to good jobs
in the past because of their race. These laws are an at-
tempt to correct all of the past grievances against
minorities.
psychology professors, Getzels and deadly refuse, or place it in a desert.
Jackson, are convinced that we need We do not want our beautiful city to
Yours faithfually,
J.A.
The most remarkable thing about our
history! is that the men who died to make
history were not supermen. They were
human with all of the faults, doubts, fears
and greed found in each of us. In a time of
need these normal men rose to the occasion.
Our future rests on the hope that in time of
need, normal men can do it again.
Land of the Pilgrim’s Pride
Their pride came not from the beauty
they found, for there was harshness instead
of beauty. Their pride came not from their
accomplishments, for they barely survived.
Their pride came from their freedom. They
came for freedom. They did not find it-they
made it-f ought for it—hewed it out of blood
and tears, and it was good.
From Every Mountainside Let Freedom
Ring
Freedom is a bell never rung by chance.
Freedom is a bell only rung by a people who
are willing to walk through Hell if need be in
order to hear the sweet tones of freedom
ring in their land. Let freedom ring is not a
wish nor a prayer, it is a rallying cry, a call
to arms, a pledge from each of us. It hap-
pens to a people who are rolling the phrase
“Sweet land of liberty” around in their
mouths and savoring the rhythm while the
meaning skins into the soul.
Warm Fuzzies,
Doug Manning
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Kids?”
The book is contributing to a re-
evaluation of the I.Q. of youngsters,
of how it is measured and what it is
worth.
“What is an ‘apteryx’?”
The boy who, at age 7, knew the
answer to that question: “A small
New Zealand bird” was Gerard Dar-
row. He was on the cover of Life
magazine when he was 9.
After years of menial jobs and
welfare checks, Darrow died of
alcoholism at 47.
But then-
James Watson was a Quiz Kid and
he later discovered the key to genetic Mrs. Feldman. “It can lead a young
engineering, received a Nobel Prize person to expect success will come
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72 YEARS AGO
A little work on the part of Secretary Helman of the Commercial
Club, with the assistance of other good boosters, brought Hereford
into line for free mall delivery, having reached the $10,000 minimum
which the department requires. The month of June showed a
business of $1,1010.72, while the total was about $10,075. This amount
puts Hereford in the list of illigibles and Postmaster Smith says the
department will take notice at once.
Joe Dobbins has rented the building until recently occupied by the
Horseshoe restaurant and opened another meat market.
M YEARS AGO
Deaf Smith County and others in the designated drouth area can
have state parks if they can furnish suitable sites of 100 acres or
more at no cost to the Texas State Parks Board.
Measuring of wheat farms to check compliance with reduction
contracts is almost complete in Deaf Smith County.
25 YEARS AGO
An .estimated two million bushels of wheat have gone over the
scales of Deaf Smith County elevators since harvest began this year
as combines take a last bite at the approximate i40,000 acres of the
crop in the county this weekend.
Dr. J.D. Grey, pastor of First Baptist Church of New Orleans, has
been engaged as keynote speaker for the county Chamber of Com-
merce’s annual banquet Jan. 14 in the Jim Hill Hotel.
10 YEARS AGO
A group of Hereford citizens has formed a Chapter of the Citizens
for Decency Through Law to combate the “problem of obscenity and
pornography in Hereford.”
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youngsters who knew things like characteristic of the creative child is for 1,000 years,
that. But when Mrs. Feldman sought a sense of humor.”
out and relocated 80 former Quiz (c) 1984, Los Angeles Times Syn-
die travel when it plays a 10-inch to re-assess the I.Q. as a measure of become a ghost town!
record?” intelligence. We must wake up, write our
Answer: "Two-and-a-half inches- They believe the outstanding senators, representatives-even
sideways.” characteristic of giftedness is not in- President Reagan and strongly op-
Surely society was justified in ex- telligence, but creativity. pose such a thing-a poison that
pecting great things of the And hear this: “The outstanding would contaminate our beloved lands
Brand’s circulation down there? Washington?
Aside from the trouble a columnist
can get into when he tries to be fun-
Dear editor:
I disagree with Reed Parsell’s
comments regarding the rights of
homosexuals (July 1, Brand).
Homosexuals are not bom that
way, they must choose to live that
immoral life style. To grant them
rights as a group would encourage
this obscene behavior.
It would also provide another
avenue for public institutions to be
sued on the grounds of discrimina-
tion.
Anyone can claim to be a homosex-
ual. Then ten years after he was
turned down for a job, he could
declare discrimination and sue for
ten years of wages although he never
worked a day.
I realize that discrimination based
on race, creed, or national origin is
wrong. These three categories,
however, are adequate to protect the
rights of all Americans.
Dan Hall
Hereford
farm writes about columnists and incident opens up some possibilities,
the Olympics, one or the other, this Is there some country whose
week. athlete is a cinch to win the shotput?
Dear editor: Get that Washington columnist to
Without even trying, a columnist write a funny column and get him
for the Washington Post has caused withdrawn from the Olympics,
the government of Bolivia to If there are very many other coun-
withdraw from the Olympics, which tries whose athletes we need to get
brings up some interesting ideas. withdrawn, you’ll need to understand
The columnist thought he was be- this will put an insurmountable
ing funny-an illusion many colum- burden on columnists trying to write
nists labor under-but Bolivia con- a fumy column. There are far more
sidered he was being insulting and countries on earth than funny colum-
immediately withdrew its athletes, nists.
The columnist apologized but it By the way, what sort of column do
didn't do any good. you suppose it’d take to get a country
You'll never catch me in such a fix, mad enough not only to withdraw its
as I don’t believe anybody in Bolivia athletes from the Olympics but also
reads my column. What’s The its request for a loan from
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Parsell, Reed D. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 4, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 8, 1984, newspaper, July 8, 1984; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1451368/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.