Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1962-05-17

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Mrs. McAnaney are cousins
and hadn't seen one antoehr
for 25 years.
fortunate to have subscribed
to such a nice paper.
Also your front page pict-
ure of my neighbor was a big
hit. Her picture was indeed
good whoever the photograp-
her was h o u ! d be highly
commended.
Indeed proud to be in such
a good community.
Sincerely yours
Mary & Joe Antozy
Dear Mr.. Gore:
1t is with grave concern that
/ read your editorial, 1--WE
Should Help Our Parochial
Schools. I hope others =
Catholic, Protestant and Jew
alike--felt a similar concern,
for if not, then I fear your
fuzzy line of reasoning may
bring to some a completely
warped impression of the par
ochial schools place in our
society and even worse, a
miSconception of our respon-
SabilitieS as citizens of free
society. It is with this in mind
that I feel compelled to set
forth the following views.
Should H wilkins School,
Hathaway Brown or any 9TH
er private institution be Of
forded the use of publ c
school busses, labs, auditori-
umS, playing fields and other
facilities pad for through pub
lie assessment? 1 am sure no
one with their mind in proper
alignment would say Yes,
not even the parents who
choose to send their children
to theSe institutions
Let me reflect a moment on
the social system in which we
live. The greatness of this
country came about because
of the free enterprise system
and nothing else. 1t is the
very exiStance of this system
that has produced Gin most of
u.s. a feeling of pride in our
country and a true desire to
excel in our chosen endeavor.
AS the ever increasing power
increasing power of a more
centralized government To-
omS before us, so does the de-
generation of pride in our
country and personal salts
faction of a job well done. We
lind ourselves becoming more
and more interested in any
thing that appears to be a
free hand-out and less and
less interested in the things
which make the capitalistic
system the greatest system
ever set forth.
Parochial schools, like any
OF the afore mentioned pri-
Vate Institutions, are func-
tioning only because of the
nature of our social system
and if any of them, feel they
should have a slice of the SER
vices or facilities appropriat-
ed from public funds, then
they oppose the very system
which enables them to func-
tlon as private institutions.
If any individual connected
with t h e S e institutions, be
they employee, parent or pri-
Vate donor, feels compelled to
cast a descending vote for
purely personal, ethnic or re-
lglgouS reasons, then they
cast a vote against the very
system which enables them
to attend the school or church
OF their choice and they stand
to lose far more than the tax
dollar they may save.
Parents who choose to send
their children to private in
StitutionS do SO because they
feel that they will benefit
more from them than from a
public institution. Now, Mr..
Gore, what you propose to do
is an attempt to work the
very axiom that you so blind
Iy quoted you can't get
something for nothing In
our society, sir, if you want
the best you must pay the
price, and while doing so, a.
bide by the laws, rules and
regulations governing this
free country.
Any Catholic who calls him
self a true Christian must
feel nothing but animosity for
you, Mr.. Gore, for in essence,
you have called him a potent
lal parasite of our free Soc
lety, a person logged by CEN
tralized government into look