Milford chronicle., 1956-12-07
WORK STEADY; PLAY STEADY

WORK STEADY; PLAY STEADY
President Eisenhower recently flew to
Augusta, Ca, for from ten days to two weeks
of work and play The Presidents rest was
to be broken by periods of work, but, gener-
ally speaking, he was out to enjoy recreation,
rest and a little bit of golf
There have been critics of the President,
who publicly announced that the Chief Exec
utive of the United States should not take so
much time off from the White House for his
gOlfing, fishing, vacati0ning and other pleas
ures. Whether the President takes off too
much time or not, we are not attempting to
say.
This editorial is designed to apply to the
average man-at least the average man who
works. We, in the United States, are, gener-
ally speaking, an industrious people. While
we may not work any harder than the aver
age German, for example, it is true that we
put in longer hours and work harder than the
people of almost any other nation on earth
including the Germans in ali probability
And, our life is a complex one, lived at a fast
pace, which has caused the death rate, from
causes such as heart attacks, cancer, and
other killers, to rise precipitatively in recent
years.
Today, we have the highest annual death
rate from heart attacks than any other people
in the world.
The editor does not recommend that the
work less. In some cases, however, we sug-
gest that those who work long hours, con-
sstently, and who take very little time off,
should cut down on the number of hours
worked.
In the majority Of cases, the solution will
probably be found in taking one afternoon
off her week, or in planning ones work sched-
ule, so that he can get day off occasionally
that he would not have otherwise obtained
What one does with his time off is import
ant and can affect his health and general
welfare. We recommend that the average
citizen gets outdoors as much as possible,
fish, hunt or play golf, which will get him
out in the countryside. And, as he works
hard, we suggest that he play hard-so long
as he does not OverdO it.
Some of us have a guilt complex about
recreation and pleasure. We feel that if we
take day off and enjoy a good hike hunt or
fishing trip, we have played hockey so to
speak, and neglected our responsibilities. On
the contrary, this process will actually leng-
then the lives of most Americans and per-
haps give them many more years in which to
earn living. 1t is, therefore, in the interest
of their family and of themselves to properly
rest their bodies by providing for regular
recreation.
HUNTING THE BOBWHITE
One of the most interesting birds in the
United States is the bObWhite, which is call
ed partridge in some sections of the South
east and quail in most parts of the country.
The bobwhite is a game bird which
thrives on seed, peas, weeds and who prefers
to walk rather than fly. BObWhiteS are beau
tiful birds, with brown and white feathers,
black and white dots, with the male of the
species featuring a snow white ring around
his neck
They are comparatively thick and plump
for birds and excellent eating fare on the
table.
This is the season when hunters all the
way from New England to Florida, and west
as far as Iowa, are hunting the bobwhite
They are hunted usually with dogs, which
point the coveys, and the hunting season is
fairly long, by normal hunting standards.
The bobwhite has many enemies, and
most of them in existence in the fall are dead
by the end of the hunting season. We write
this editorial about these fascinating birds
in the form of plea to hunters to spare the
last few birds in a covey because the Ma
tional Geographic Society has just issued
a report which says the number of this popu-
lar game bird is constantly decreasing, par
ticularly in the Southeastern states.
The bird is becoming more rare because
large-scale farming operations are increaS.
ing, pasturelands are being increasingly ex
panded, and poor land is being turned over
to timber. Insecticides may also affect the
bird population.
Hunters can help keep these birds in ex
istence by leaving six or eight birds in each
covey. Once a covey is wiped out to the las
bird, it will be long time before any birds
return to the area, and that may end the ex
istence of birds in that area for long time
unless the land is stocked with game birds
by a sportsman, or the owner of the land.
We hope hunters in this area will accep