Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-01-05

A SUBURBAN. an Out-ol-tuNh eoi
respondent. or just plain country
reporter. that is our job. Through
the medium of our weekly ews
paper we become the connecting
link between our community and the
vast outside world. Apparently an
insignificant job. yet, sometimes,
how important and f~ar-reachihg-
Who. where, and what are We!
Time will tell.
Another YEA has closed. another
year in which we have been cen
tributing our bit week by week TO
tbs page our page. 1t is u own
little world. how small. yet how
dear and important TO us, and 9TH
ers also. Ii is separate from the
other sections of cur newspaper ii
different world. somewhat homels
perhaps. and intimate. informal.
Some of us may be -new-begin-
ners'' al this writing game. others
more seasoned, perhaps a bit hard
BIO led. All OF us are fatherers of
home news. Each week we record
the pulse beats of our respective
tbI1lllUlIlltfS Aht itb1E aba
the pains.
To the casual outside world we
may not have much of interest. the
general reader may scorn To read
the country correspondence. our
contributions Yet. il is surpris-
'ng TO find how many there are
that either browse around" or are
consistent readers of II stuff and
find much of interest and entertain
ment.
Oh. that we might know just
where all these items of our go,
| these messages from farm. home and
community. and what effect they
| nave. Some of our items, like chick
ems come home to ro0st-' As we
fire in our regular weekly batch
| of items do we sometimes ponder
| this little verse.
II shot an arrow. I breathed a song
| They fell TO earth. know moi
where.
Years later / found the arrow, still
unbrOke.
In the heart of an oak:
And the song. from beginning Il
end.
In the heart OF a friend"
When we mediate on this ON
little page. and consider the yea
as a whole. what history. what sen
t'ment. and maybe. what tragedy
is recorded therein. What's bacl
of the news" in each of our neigh
borhoods?
That thought il intriguing, mys
tifying-and SOLDERING. Beneath al
item here. and another there. VIVA
Is there hiddeng
What seeming mere trifles. thes
items of ours. Yet, how full of pos
sibilities. One makes history. infor
nation. or inspiration; anothe
makes happiness. or sorrow.
friend or a foe. The weak and th
strong. the high and the lowIy n
but clay to mold with our hands i
words. Yet, even if we neglect a
ii am ii has its effect. And the chi
dren read our stuff, too. and whs
anguish there is when their nan
happens to be missing from that Lii
of those present" or that pr,
gram"
We may never crash to gates
with a great scroop," nor wri
lurid headliners nor world -quakir
news, yet. there Is much right he
in our own little world. "you
your corner, and I in mine" Eat
little item has a meaning all its ow
9 and each, however insignificant
: the time of writing, adds q line.
t stone. to eur structure that endur
d throughout the years. II is our ha.
H'work. YOUR personality, and on
home communities.
Now as the New Year opens |
t for us another opportunity. may '
add to our resolutions. one for o.
. correspondents page. May we mo
: earnestly endeav0r 10 make 1t a |
more interesting. more human nj
O less mechanical. May we also ha'
e the understanding heart" and
contrite heart for those things '
: have said that would better ha'
been left unsaid. Let us be more :
a gilant and sympathetic. ''lest '
G forget" and cause offense. Ais