I EDITORIAL, RELIGION, GOVERNMENT
CDR. -EDWARD A. TaBSR, JR. ADAK
Commanding officer SUN
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EDITING STAFF
GERALD v'f. ODOM JERROLD DODSON
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H0B9S SENSE I'S ^
FOfi THAT PAYDAY FEVER
There is rtne service malady that baffles
the b^st’^diagnostic brains to be fmnd
in dispensaries and sick bays. It's pay
day fevei\ It’s contagious. It's recur
rent. It leaves its victims with, that
empty feeling-especially in the'pockets.
The symptons are familiar. A certain
glaze in .the eyes, a tendency to fidget.
A -urnihg urge to make tracks off base
or off post, cr off ship to where ' the
juke boxes sing their siren 'songs and
the neon bright lights beckon.
iJi-ybe it’s fun while it lasts/:this
spending .spree—but how long does it
last? When you’ve frittered away your
bottom buck in the bars and the souvenir
shops and the dance pavilions, what have
you got to,show for it? Wouldn’t you
have had just as good a time without go
ing for broke?
Reckless spending-especially overseas
-can make you more enemies than friends.
Frugal, hard-working ■people of modest
means resent the spectacle of Americans
flaunting their good' fortune; they des
pise spendthrifts. • ‘
So, if you’re a victim of the pay
day bug, why not try to immunize your
self with a shot of plain old horse
sense? Plan ahead. Put something away
for that upcoming trip home. Make a
habit of it. The fellow next to you
who always seems to have available ca
sh when he needs it is no miser. He is
just wiser. (AFPS)
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CHAPLAINS CORNER
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Most members of the older genera
tion suffer from the bad habit of put
ting their no re energetic juniors down
as a bit irresponsible and rebellious.
They greet new fads and fashi ns with
sage remarks that ..begin "when % I was
your age...,fe Thi*b makes a big hit with
the younger set. Now they know how re
ally square the old boy is.
There" is theodanger, however, that
the coming genmrati*. n may let its nor
mal and healthy sense ' i independence
get slightly c.ut of hand. They may
start by looking for now styles and
fashions in speech and cldthes only to
end up tossing aside age-cld moral pr
inciples that were the possession not
so much of the previous generation as
of all generations of sound men. Pre
venting. those mistakes is ‘ always the
obvious duty of the older generation;
Here is one story that no oldster,
neod fear mentioning to any' healthy
y ung rebels he may have to1 curb. A
small girl came to her mother and said;
"Mother, do you know that beautiful
jug you said has been handed down to
us from generation to generation?" Mo
ther replied, "Yes, Ann, ' What of it?"
And ^nn answered solemnly, "This gen
eration dropped it."