Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-19
It's News
To Me
By 0. J. Pecod
GHOSTS


One Sunday morning southern negro minister to
his pulpit to preach sermon to his flock
Gazing bengnly the faithful the minister cleared his
throat and said
"Brethern This mawnn am going to talk about ghosts"
Then pausng for moment to let the import of his words
sink n he asked Has anybody in this church ever had any
dealings with ghosts?"
momentary silence upon the congregation. Then,
the the where sitting with
hand cupped his venerable old and in
deep throated voice said "Parson has"
The minister smiled toerantly asked louder
tone OF voice Brother mean to tell that has
had ddealing with ghosts?"
The old negro again cupped shook
his head "Ghosts Oh parson, begs pardon
thought you said goats"
THE POINT
Now point this story corny you will that
sometimes ghost may be blessing particularly he she
is good ghost refeaby wrer and has somebody who has
sufficient intelligence initiative and training take advantage
be goat.
Take the of our Congressman the Honorable
A Ramey, who in speech before the House recently said
What the Republican Party needs is and better ghost
writers"
Therein Mr. Ramey, and might add others of the same
stripe in More and better writers will
hopes of becoming in 1948 Not genius could do that
And by the line of reasoning ghost writer could begin
to build gentleman gentlemen whose pride of intellect
does not with his their personal accomplishments
1t to that ghosng has been subject too
rated depending the of mentality making the anay
sis In the case of Homer ghosng overestmaed In the
of some Others it's just the opposite
THE MIDPOINT
In between Homers view and the other extreme there
must be- and there is middle point of happy medium
where the ghost simply becomes complimentary, but
peror to the who benefits from the ghoy efforts This
presupposeS of course that such strong char
capable standing independently acting
and thinking such that his words thoughts and
actions outstanding Such outstanding characters really
don't need ghosts although they enough recognize
that ghost can and often does help.
Believe and know you do there are some people
should not be allowed employ the ghosts any
circumstances That they one possibly
They recognize that they could live to the
buidup established by their ghost Nobody wants be
their ghost.
AS rule people who getting their work with dis
tincon and workmanke ability don't ghost to build
them However, these people usually
the best ghosts because there isn't anything satisfying
the ghost than having subject intelligent competent
and workmanlke in his job It's pleasure ghost for
this type of individual the subject inspiration
On the other hand think nothing so depressing
try to ghost for dull drab coorless nspd Insignificant
individual who has reached the place which he occupies e
by his outstanding ability intelligence mainly
by the efforts of others And he isn't the gift the ghosts
then Hamlet a comedy The Who Came To Din
ner" the great American tragedy.
There of ghosting than merely by the writ
word and putting words into the mouths of busy who
really doing their thinking carrying out
judgments independently arrived Many man holds
elective office there because his party his the
political boss put him there and not because prod
gious intellect They his ghosts their sooge
There all kind of ghosts, but to be a good ghost
whether of the written spoken requires botn skill
ability and lively imagination
MORAL.
The only ghosts who work are the that
the negro minister was going to talk about