Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-07-21
ESTABLISHED 1856
BOOSTS FOR OUR HOME COMING
Strongly and Feelinsiy. Elmer z. Dunlap
Urges Wanderers to Return

! EDITOR CENSOR; This is the vacation
season and those away from the OH
nome are planning to break away for a
little from the routine of daily life that
they may rest their bodies and refresh
thel, souls They have had visions Of
seashore and mountain, Of lake ara
wilderness according TO inclination. hur
now with the information of Viroqua's 4
great nome coming, ! presume these
+ VISIONS are secondary with most of Yer
/ non sons and daughters. But In this
/ planning some will forget that dutv.
NOT selIsh qualification, should some
times govern in al outing as wen as in
the other transactions of life. They
will forget that they should give at
least part of their precious leisure To
the 'old folk back on the farm or in
town.
Suppose they did go last year or was
/ 1t the year before, or the wear before
that! Suppose they know that father
and mother are well and comfortable
and that they are glad their children ran
/ have rest and recreation. This does
/ not alter the fact that the hearts of the
/ Old people yearn for the presence az
these sons and daughters who are al
ways 'children" to them: that tbev
long for the sight of their faces. the
sound OF their voices. And this applies
not only to parents, but to those who
chummed with their fathers, who saw
ther1 IN kits and watched them grow
/ up, for when the old friends Back
There hear of their successes in life or
great achievements in some distant
/ city, pride is felt and the boast is made
that he was born, raised and educated
IN Vroqua. Or if the wandering ones
are not known to fame, but have prov
ed good, honest, upright citizens. the
old residents consider them as their
cniidren and would be pleased to
welcome them home.
lt may be lit is, indeed, very likely
that These sons and daughters of Viro-
qua out IN the world secretly feel that
they have outgrown the parental care
that they are beyond and q little ont of
sympathy with the mother who bore
them, with the father and the old
friends. They viii not be so sure nf
this when they are themselves older ana
wiser, and contemplate the self-sufIi-
cheney of their own offspring.
1t is due the ''old folk" 10 nav them
a visit whenever possible, but the trip
TO the homecoming at Viroqua In
September is the time and place and
none other should satisfy them. The
pioneer children" Of old Vernon should
meet at this time, recount stories OF
childhood; organize, perhaps, and de.
corate the graves Of their schoolmates
and school teachers whose mortal re-
mains lie beneath the silent elods of
the valley"
The years go by swiftly and present.
ly the time comes when the old home
is empty and the old folk are gone.
Whea are ~ aAd when IL is too
late, regrets come for the pleasure that
might have been given them and was
not The simple human pleasure of
meeting and greeting their dear ones
at frequent intervals along the road to
the foot of the hill. The old folk are
there now; it is better to go to them
while there is yet time and before the
day arrives when the heart If the neg
leetful turns yearningly that way, but
turns in vain.
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER h. DUNLAP.
indianapolis, Ind, July o.