The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-11-26
THROUGH
Hazel.
EYES
by Hdxel Brunnon Smith

AhoAAho6hNbIS LAY.
Every reader of this column has
riches untold in just being alive.
Those of us who have good
health are blessed indeed no
amount of money can buy good
health.
Those of us who have someone
to love, or someone to love us
are rich beyond measure.
No amount of worldly treasure
can buy love.
Those of US who have friends
with whom we can converse,
those people whom we know will
always be with US and for US, are
lucky.
So many people are friendless.
Those of us who have a home
whether it be ours or a rented
hut, should be very happy for
this blessing alone.
There are literally hundreds of
thousands, perhaps millions, of
people over the world who do
not have place to lay their
heads at night.
Those of us who know there is
God and that His will is 60
ing to prevail over the world in
due time have something else
to be thankful for-our faith.
There are many people who
have no faith left-in anything
or anybody, worldly or spiritual.
In this great land of America
we are privileged to call home
there are more people who have
more to pc thankful for than any
other nation under the face of
the sun.
We have a rich heritage of in
dividual freedom handed down to
US by gallant band of men and
women who carved out a home
in the New World that was then
vast wilderness. They braved
the elements, fought the Indians,
and carved out a civilization
with new meaning.
We should be proud of our
glorious past-although there are
chapters of American history
concerning our treatment of the
American Indians of which we
cannot be very proud.
We should appreciate the heri-
tage handed us by our forebears
and show that appreciation by
being good Americana --....e by
making sure that our children
and all those who come after us
will learn what America is.
America is still the land of on
portunity for all who want it to
be-for those who want to learn
and work, and live. The man OF
woman who wants to get ahead
has chance here. Perhaps there
are not as many frontiers here as
IN the past. But for the trained
men and women the future is in
deed bright.
And here in America everyone
who is willing to work long
enough and hard enough has an
opportunity to learn.
AS we stuff ourselves on good
food on this Thanksgiving Day
let's take time to give thanks for
our bleSSlngS-and let's do more
than just thank God for the fat
turkey on the table.
Let's thank Him for All our
blessings.
1t will take a long time-just
to count them.
1t was our privilege last week
to spend day at Williamsburg
Virginia.
Most of our readers have heard
about the restoration of Colonial
Williamsburg, as we had. | was
unprepared for the utter charm
OF the place.
1t was like stepping back one
hundred years in the past to make
the tour of the eight buildings
which have been restored to then
original state.
Visitors first of all go to the
Reception Center adjacent to Viii.
liamsburg lodge and close by vii.
iamsburg Inn where they ma,
examine a complete model of the
restored village, buy ticket
(for 5000 to visit all the exhibi.
ton buildings and then take {
free bus which leaves every ter
minutes to tour the Village exhi
bition buildings. The visitor ma,
get off the bus and stay at any
one place as long as he like.
because there is always anothel
bus coming along in not less THAI
ten minutes. There is plenty O
free parking space around fol
your car.
Also at the reception center, i
the visitor wishes, he may view
free films which show continuous
ly the high points of interest il
the area--either before or afte
he goes on the tour. For the small
sum of so cents the visitor ma,
purchase an Illustrated guild,
book that will give him all tn,
details about Colonial Williams
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