Milford chronicle., 1946-04-19

EASTER is one of the happiest days of
the year The joy of returning spring, the
renewal of life in Nature, and the speedy re-
turn of customary summer pleasures, give
the human heart cheer and anticipation.
This revival of natural life after the death
of winter gives confidence that there is a
similar revival of the life of the human
spirit after the experience we call death.
With these feelings the people flock to
their churches on Easter Day, and their faith
in the Immortality of the soul is strengthened
by hearing the Bible story of the resurrection
of Jesus The belief is confirmed that the
noble and exalted spirit of the Saviour of
mankind could not be held in any tomb, but
that in some form it renewed its life and
went on with its work. SO the belief is
strengthened that the followers of Jesus may
look forward to such an experience.
The church services of Easter express
this hope with many manifestations of
beauty. The decorations of lovely flowers and
of green foliage tell story of the beauty Of
Gods earth. The Easter thought is expressed
in joyful songs and anthems and instrument
al compositions. The eloquent words of the
preacher and the immortal language of the
sacred book tell the same story in confident
proclamation
SO the soul is taken out of it's ordinary
routine, and above any fears that may have
impended its progress. People express their
happiness by putting on their nice clothes,
and the parade of WOrshippers before and
after church is one Of the picturesque scenes
Of the year.
Easter brings hope and joy to the world
and tells us that we have great future
before us, and that the eternal life will give
people the chance for development that they
may not have had on this earth.
HOW FAR is 1T possible to tell, from
the ideas and plays of the young boys and
girls, what sort of a life they will choose
when they become big men and women?
One man remarks that his ideas as boy
were very different from the sort of life he
later chose for himself. He lived near rail-
road line, and the sight of the sectionmen
running their little handcar over the line
was very fascinating to him. There were
few trains on that line and the sectionmen
could run that little car up and down for
many miles, as it seemed in those days of
limited travel. 1t seemed to him wonder
full thing to have that job.
Then watches and clocks used to have a
great fascination for him as small boy.
He used to cut watch hands out of leather,
and take a circular piece of cloth and mark
the hours on it, and imagine he was making
real clock. 1t might be thought he had a
mechanical taste. AS he grew up his mind
turned wholly away from mechanical Oc-
cupations, and he entered the newspaper
game.
tents which he cut out of paper and folded so
Then he used to imagine he was the COM
mander OF an army, and his forces lived in
they would stand up. Then he would shoot
away at the tents of the enemy with his pop
gun, and the side that had the most tents
p6 fho p,+ I,
grew up these warlike thoughts all faded out
Of his mind.
Many of the children used to be fasci-
mated by the stories of the old Indians, and
wish they could live as primitive Savages
When they had to come in and wash their
faces and get ready for dinner it was sad
shattering of these ideas.
If anything can be detected in the mind of
child showing that he has real taste for
some line of work, it is a fine thing to give
HIM the means of developing that gift. 1t
may lead to some important and useful ca
Ieef.
IN IT'S ANNUAL REPORT submitted to
Congress, the Tennessee Valley Authority
says: The War Department revealed that
the ability of the IVA to supply abundant
electric power was the major factor in locat-
ing one of the largest atomic energy plants
at Oak Ridge Tenn
In a review of the entire Clinton project
at Oak Ridge in the December 13 issue of
Engineering NeWsRecord, the statement is
made that in the heart of the IVA region
the Army constructed a 238,OOO kilowatt
coal-burning electric generating plant at a
cost of $34,O00,00O to insure reliability of
service at Oak Ridge.
If this means anything, it means the
Army couldn't depend on Twas hydro-elec-
trio power, but had to fall back on the old
reGable-poWer generated by steam made
from coal.
Maybe this is an example of the basis
for some of the other extravagant claims
made for IVA over the years-grabbing
credit to which others are entitled