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PAGE 2C. POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30,2001
Labor Day is a day off from labors
By Don
Willis
CPof£ Con/y
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Would you believe that Labor
Day weekend is upon us? 1 suddenly
was awakened to the fact. An old
friend called to ask if I knew of
anyone with a condo or apartment
to rent on Lake Livingston on La-
bor day weekend? Then I knew what
the song means “summer is al-
most gond and winter is coming
on.”
When I went to public school, I
can well remember that the Tues-
day after Labor Day was the first
day of school. So the coming of
Labor Day was kind of like a signal
that the free time during summer
was gone and the rigid-'routine ‘of
school was upon us. It was one of
those sad/happy, bitter/sweet days.
In 2001, students in the public
schools have already been in class
a couple of weeks or so. Yet, there
is still that yearning to have that
one last vacation, holiday. People
think about camping out or at least
of renting a Small apartment on
Lake Livingston. Every Labor Day
weekend, south Polk County is full
of people from Houston and the
Onalaska Lioness
honors member
ONALASKA- The Greater On-
alaska Lioness Club held a meeting
on Aug. 20 at the Onalaska City
Hall with President Mary Lou An-
derson presiding.
During the meeting, Lioness of
the Year pin was presented to An-
derson. Eleven members were pre-
sented perfect attendance pins.
Edna Brong was presented her pin
for 10 years of service and Tracy
Malone was presented a pin for five
years of service.
The club members discussed fun-
draisers for the year which will in-
clude a Christmas bazaar, a garage
sale, a spaghetti or chili supper and
a bake sale.
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crowded cities along the Gulf
Coast.
What do people in Polk County
do? Some of them use the time to
go see a college football game or to
visit relatives. However, in Polk
County the real national holiday
actually begins the first day of deer
season. Labor Day is not nearly so
important to serious deer hunters.
Labor Day was made a legal na-
tional holiday in 1894 when Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland signed the
bill providing for the national holi-
day. The first Labor Day parade was
in New York City in Sept. 1882.
Two men who are credited with the
first Labor Day parade are Matthew
McGuire, a machinist and Peter J.
McGuire, a carpenter. Oregon was
the first state to make it a legal
holiday in 1887.
Around the world, a form of La-
bor Day as a holiday is practiced. In
Europe, Labor Day is May 1 of
each year. In Australia it is called
the Eight Hour Day. This is be-
cause the workers in Australia won
the right to work only eight hours
a day. This was a worldwide strug-
gle for a shorter working day.
It is a day when we celebrate the
average American worker here in
the United States of America. These
are the people who get up each day
and go to work. They are the ones '
who keep the United States of
Amerifca running. They do all kinds
of jobs. They support the church.
They believe that God has set a
standard of right and wrong. They
are hard to fool.
The American workers are known
for their ability to produce. This
last decade, it was the average
American worker who produced our
nation out of economic problems.
It is as if the baby boomer genera-
tion woke up and said, “We are
going to have to work our way out
of this mess.”
They not only produced, but they
began investing for their retirement,
which caused the biggest boom the
New York Stock Exchange has
known and included the other
American stock markets. There was
a time when we never thought the
Dow would break 1,000. It is now
at 10,000 and reached 11,000 before
the present economic pull back.
How will we celebrate Labor
Day, 2001? I think it would be
good to begin with a prayer of
thanksgiving to the God who has
made us a free land. Yes, we can be
thankful that it is still true that the
USA is the land of opportunity.
Anyone willing to study hard and
work hard can earn a decent living
in this nation.
A friend of mine calls this labor-
less-day. He claims that no one
works on Labor Day. The banks are
closed, the schools are closed and
most of the businesses are closed.
Some people have to work to keep
things going, but to most it is a
day off from work. Many people
watch a ball game. However, I
imagine a few of us will take the
opportunity to wash the car and
work in the yard. It is a time to
catch up on some of our chores.
FORMER HISTORICAL COMMITTEE MEMBER VISITS 32
POLK COUNTY MEMORIAL MUSEUM-Helcn McCor-
mack Gay recently visited the Memorial Museum with her
daughter and son-in-law Eva and Hubert Maze on her 87th
birthday. Gay was an active member of the Historical Survey
Committee, lived in Segno all her life and is very knowledge-
able about pioneer families.
Character program set
LIVINGSTON— The Livingston
Independent School District is in-
troducing a new educational pro-
gram. .
The Character Education Program
will begin Sept. 4 and the schools
will be coordinating this study of
character traits with area businesses.
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September is designated as <>«?
“Honesty Month.” tjz
All business are encouraged to &U,
display the LISD character educa- f
tion signs with the trait of the !<<
month. vo!
If interested in a set of signs for ok
a business of office, call 328-2200. kj*
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Do you like to read
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LIONESS OF THE YEAR PIN AWARDED- Greater
Onalaska Lioness President Mary Loil Anderson, left, was
recently presented the Lioness of the Year pin by First vice-
president Melisa Grimm during a meeting held at Onalaska
City Hall. Eleven members were presented perfect attendance
pins; one member a 10-year service pin and one member a
five-year service pin.
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LIVINGSTON-- Cardiovascular
disease is one of the most common
causes of death for all ages. “Would
you know what to do if a loved one
or co-worker were to suffer a heart
attack?” asked Dick Cooley, director
of the Polk County branch office,
Greater Houston Area Chapter of
the American Red Cross. “Learning
how and being prepared to use CPR
is an excellent beginning,” contin-
ued Cooley.
CPR is only one of the links in
what is known as the cardiac chain
of survival. The links in the cardiac
chain of survival include the fol-
lowing four steps:
V Early recognition and early ac-
cess. The sooner 9-1-1 or your
local emergency number is called,
the sooner early advanced life sup-
port arrives.
* Early CPR. Early CPR helps
circulate blood that contains oxygen
to the vital organs until an auto-
mated external defibrillator (AED)
is readv for use or advanced medi-
cal personnel arrive.
V Early defibrillation. Most vic-
tims of sudden cardiac arrest need an
electric shock called defibrillation to
restore the heart to a regular
rhythm. Each minute that defibrilla-
tion is delayed reduces the victim’s
change of survival by about 10
percent.
V Early advanced life support.
This is given by trained medical
personnel who provide further care
and transport to hospital facilities.
Almost a third of the deaths from
sudden cardiac arrest could have
been prevented if an AED had been
available for immediate use at the
time of the emergency. By follow-
ing the links in tbe oriiiac chain of
survival you can iaCreaie’fDe vic-
tim’s chances of survival. '
To learn more about adult
CPR/AED training ifd American
Red Cross CPR and first aid pro-
grams, contact Dick Cooley at 936-
327-68% or access our web site at
www.houstonredcross. org.
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Eye Center
10 East Church St
936-327-3937
Patients seen by appointment
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11 September is Open House Month at your local area
11 United Methodist Churches. Visit usi
I j We have open hearts, open minds, and open doorsl
I GOODRICH FUMC
LIVINGSTON FUMC 1
ONALASKA FUMC
I Pastor; Dr. Don WML
j Sunday School 9:30 am
1 Worship 10:25 am
I Located on Loop 393
j - / In Goodrich
Phone: 736-355-2435
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1 WWW.
members.truepath.com/8oodrich
Pastor Dr. Tom Kennedy |
Contemporary 9 am 1
Sunday School 10 am 1
TradWonal Worship 11 am 1
2801 Highway 190 West 1
(1 mile west of 59 Loop) j
Phone: 734-327-7100 1
e-mail: methKMv1rHpton.net 1
www.lvtngston.nel/meth1
Pastor: Chuck Bratz
Sunday School 8:30 am
Worship 9:30 am
Located on PM 356
1/2 mHe south of Hwy. 190
in Onalaska
Phone: 734-444-5657
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 69, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2001, newspaper, August 30, 2001; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth790946/m1/14/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.