The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1943-06-17
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By DON ROBINSON
By DON ROBINSON

| WIFI TEARS Ill Ills VOHSC, d OCOA-
ness man told me of the one big
sacrifice he had been called upon
to make in this war.
He said that he hadn't uttered
a word of complaint about ration
ing, he never raised an objection
to cutting down on sugar, coffee
or gasoline, he paid his taxes
without a /grumble, he spent all
he could on war bonds, he gave
two evenings a week to work
with the local war council, he
turned his house upside down to
contribute all he could to the
scrap drives. He said none of
these things seemed big enough
to be worthy of the term "sacri-
flee" He wished he could find
more things to do to help get
this war over with in hurry.
But, he said the war really hit
home with him when, on a beau
tiful Saturday afternoon in June,
he suddenly realized that he
wouldn't be able to use his car
all summer to go five short miles
to his golf club. All winter he
had looked forward to that first
thrilling drive of the season.
Many a night he had lain awake
picturing shiny white golf ball
looming down the middle Of
beautiful green fairway. And
now, with the golf course in per-
| feet shape and his clubs all polish
ed and ready for action-he was
marooned.
PLAY summer
Millions of men and women in
our play loving nation will prob
ably agree that the greatest blow
of the war to them has been some
similar sacrifice of simple pleas
ure.
Many a fisherman who has sur
vived the cold winter only by
dreaming of next summers strug-
gle with a giant fish, is now prac-
tically crying over his fish hooks
as he realizes that he won't be
able to get to his favorite fishing
spot. Women who longed for that
first delicious plunge into the
water at a peaceful summer re-
sort are biting their lips as they
turn away from the ads of 1943
model bathing suits.
And even those of us who here
| ly looked forward to an annual
period of relaxing in the country
are signing over the war regu-
lations which practically force us
to spend the summer at home.
We have proved that we aren't
the softies that Hitler claimed we
were. We can sacrifice with the
best of them. But we've had too
much fun in our lives to let the
summer 60 by without at least
enjoying the vicarious pleasure
of letting our minds dwell now
and then on memories of the
summers of the past.
DREAMS bonds
This summer, perhaps the best
formula for vacation is that
adopted by Walter Pater, the
English essayist and philosopher.
Living alone in an attic, with
out money or friends. Pater would
go on a vacation by retiring to
the little farm house in my
mind" When he needed rest or
relaxation, he would remain in
his same dismal quarters but
would get a change of scene by
calling on his imagination to
Whisk his mind away to the coun-
try.
I admit it's a difficult trick
but if you can do it, it offers a
way out for those who can't get
away.
By adopting this plan, golfers
can sit in an easy chair on the
front porch on a Saturday after
noon and dream a game of golf in
which they make any number of
miraculous shots and break the
course record. Fishermen can
close their eyes and imagine a
thrilling fight with giant tuna.
Families who love the beach can
lie together on the grass and lis
ten for the sound of waves lap
ping at the shore.
And when our dream vacations
are over, we can then all 60 to
the bank and spend our vacation
money on war bonds.
president NOT TO
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