The Mena weekly star., 1921-11-03
FATHERS AND SONS.
 HAVE DAY IN COURT.
Irdee ]. $. Steel Gave Afternoon to Bring Parents and Children Into Better Understanding-Nisitors
 and Others Talk.

For an n0ur ana bdil Vh A"S'N"S afternoon. October 25, Judge J. :. Steel suspended all business in the Polk Circuit court to give place to the observance of Fathers and Sons Day.r custom which he adopted last spring on the rounds of his circuit at the suggestion of J. o. Gates of Hat Geld. In opening the session Judge Steel announced that his great pur- nose in taking time of the court m this movement was to give fathers and mothers an opportunity to hear and think of the great responsibility That rests upon them in placing around the boys and girls the proper home influence and for better man. hood and better womanhood, and thus prevent crime and wrongdoing.
 Judge F. G. Lindsay of Little Rock; state fire marshal, an educator of note and a man who in his investlga- tion of arson, incendiarism and other crimes connected with his office has come in contact with all sorts of peo- nle. was the principal speaker for the occasion. coming especially to the young people with message that will tend to the creation of ideals for bet ter bows and girls, better homes, bet ter government and better churches, holding up as historical examples Ole Bull. Jenny Lind and Joan of Are. as individuals who thru determination against great odds had each made success in life. In telling the story of Joan of Arc he showed that tho born of poor but devout parents she had religious faith that was based on an inspiration that the kingdom of France, lost by Queen Isabella, should be regained by virgin, and with this faith and an enthusiastic mind and a great vision that she was to be the savior of France, she said with simple pathos, q had rather rest and spin by my mothers side, for this is no work of my choosing, yet 1 must do it for my Lord wills 1t. Thus charged with faith, determination and enthus- iasm, she. riding black charger at the head of an army of 5000 men forced the English to raise the siege of Orleans. This faith and enthusi- asm led to her tragic death at the stake.
 As great modern examples of un- selfish men, Judge Lindsay asked the boys to follow the lead of men like William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Abraham Lincoln, but above all these he urged them to take as their guide the Master who gave us the Golden Rule, which if followed would indecrease crime, woe. heart aches and many other ills of life. As a final admonition he urged the young folks to be ambitious, cultivate love of country, love of home and faith in God.
 The Rev. M. K. Irwin, former pas tor of the First NJ. E. Church, South, of Mena, and now pastor of the churcls in Magnolia, being in the city, was im- pressed into service by Judge Steel. Rev. Mir. lrvin's message was based on Possibilities. showing that God deals with possibilities and not with facts, and that no matter how great a work any of us may undertake or how long we may live we will not reach the fullest possibilities that are n us. Using the story of Achilles, Mr. IT. win drew from that the lesson that the vulnerable spots in the home. the community and the state are the men and women, the boys and girls, that make up these units, and that 1t is thru these individuals, these vulner- able spots that the home, community and the state can be hurt. As final message to the young folks he urged them to remember that the essence of courage is to stake the utmost ef- fort on possibility, then stake belief in this possibility in faith in the Master that cannot be shaken.
 Miss Leonora Rector, probation of- ficer, having just returned from state meeting of probation officers, being worn and tired, the work of the juvenile court during the last ten months was briefly outlined by Fred J. Smith. chairman of the advisory board, giving the number of cases that had been brought before the court, the number of cases settled out of thl court, and the hundreds of boys and girls that had been touched by the work of the probation officer, stressing the point that this work had been sue cessful beeause of the fact that the probation 0EEGer possessed the quai- ity of mind and heart to place her self in the place of the boy or girl in trouble. that ske could cry with them and thas she could instiu new habits Of thought and give 2 motive for re- form. IT 6iscuzxtng some of the cases | before the nolrt, the speaker made it plain that the boys and girla involved Merf pot 50 much te blame as were the fathers ard mothers, the men and women of tae communities. and un- less conditions are changed. new laws passed, the work of che Probation Officer and the Juvenile court and oth- CT agencies is only temporary. The 2 big hearted work done by Judge Fin ! ger, as the juvenile judge, was also ! brought so the attention of the Polk c county folks.
 The crowd attending the "Fa. hers T and Sons meeting waS by no means a as large as $ now attending the mur- c der trial, and yet the spirit and pur- Q pose of the meeting Tuesday was to o set up ideals and bring messages that would prevent just such conditions s as have led up to the case now before < the court. 4 number of lads on pa- b role In the Circuit and Juvenile courts V were at the meeting, and all who look. T ed into their faces were convinced that q these lads were beating back. that n they were going to make good h,,t c that Tn this effort they needed inc t help and encouragement of every good citizen. n
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