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Mrs. R. G. Talks cont.
We had some rocks fixed near the
spring with a tub sitting on them and
we built a fire to heat the water for
washing (not in an automatic wash-
ing machine but on an old fashioned
scrub board). But it was fun because
we. were together and I felt I was
being a help to my husband.
Today girls don't have the drudg-
ery to housework that we used to
have when our children were little
but instead of freeing the mother to
have more time with her children,
I'm afraid in too many cases it is
freeing the mothers for more social
life, card parties, teas, etc. and they
are leaving their children with some
maid or baby sitter to care for. A
mother needs some relaxation away
from her children but the children
need their mothers a whole lot more
than most of them are getting them.
I think this is one reason why there
are so many juvenile delinquents to-
day. Ninety nine percent of the time
it is delinquent parents instead of
delinquent children. I feel that there
would be far less broken homes if our
girls today in high school and college
were adequately prepared to do the
-jb that every girl anticipates being
able to do and that is to manage their
own home and take care of their
children. Too large a percentage of
our girls today get married and start
their own homes without any idea
of how to buy groceries, plan and
cook balanced meals or manage the
home on their husband's salary. They
don't learn it at home and our schools
just don't teach it. They prepare the
girls for everything else except the
most important thing in their lives.
Also there are too many homes
started today without giving the Lord
Jesus Christ any place in the home.
If every home would begin the day
reading God's word and having
prayer together, there would be far
less broken homes and divorces. The
old saying, "those who pray together
stay together" is certainly true.
We have had our ups and downs,
have gone through some hard places
and have had some sad experiences,
but the Lord has always been by our
side. When we kneel and pray to-
gether the Lord gives us strength
and courage to carry on and I can
truly say that our lives together have
been sweeter as the years go by.A
Ted LeTourneau Promoted
Ted LeTourneau, the next to
youngest of R.G.'s four sons, was
recently promoted to the position of
Production Control Manager of the
Longview plant. As many NOW
readers may remember, he is the son
who miraculously escaped death in
a motorcycle accident about eight
years ago. Ted has had several years
of experience in the company most
of which has been in the machine
shop and engineering department. He
is also very much interested in elec-
tronics and has spent several months
working with International Radio &
Electronics Co. in Elkhart, Indiana.
Just prior to this promotion, Ted
was working in the Vicksburg, Mis-
sissippi, plant as a design engineer
spending most of his time designing
auxiliary components, plumbing and
wiring for the offshore drilling plat-
forms: Since engineering functions
are a major governing factor in the
operation of the Production Controldepartment at LeTourneau, Ted's
prior experience should well suit
him for the job.
LeTourneau Tech
(Eleventh in a Series)
The LeTourneau Technical Insti-
tute has shown steady growth and
progress throughout the years, and
the number of students who are en-
rolled for the fall semester at the
college is the largest that has been on
the campus since the time during the
Korean War when the Institute was
operating an automobile mechanics
school and a steel riggers school for
the armed services.
School authorities attribute much
of the advancement of the school to
the threefold program which is of-
fered to the students. This program
combines spiritual development with
practical experience and classroom
study of all basic subjects to turn
out graduates who not only have
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