Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-08-17
Something TO
Think About

concerning
Think About
BY Maurice r. white
Well, here I am back at the
typewriter again, Although, I was
only out Of the city for q small
segment Of the time I was away
from this coumn, it was q vaca-
ton.
The value Of q vacation does
not necessarily lie in going any
place or doing anything special.
The primary purpose Of q vaca-
ton, I believe, Is merely to have
a planned and extended Interrupt
ton Of the daily routine. My de-
sire to discontinue writing this
column for a month was based
upon this belief.
While this column was not being
published, you no doubt saw my
byline. A fire horse may be re-
tired, but he still runs when he
hears q fire alarm. BY the same
token, a writer must write when
a story slaps him in the face.
For the past four weeks I have
accumulated a pile Of magazines
and scraps Of paper with notes on
them: all ideas for future columns.
However, to begin this coming
year - Of pearls Of wisdom from
the Homespun Philosopher - I
thought I would pass on some re-
Elections Of my eight day motor
trip to Chicago via Centerville,
Iowa, in the form Of jottings.
On the road 200 miles in q
binding rainstorm night sky
pitch black wife worried
strange highway only white
center line distinguishable in wall
Of water and blanket Of darkness
wife worried children
slept L. . slow driving, 80 miles an
hour followed tail lights Of
trailer truck ahead truck
turned off wife worried {.
children slept outran storm,
finally, Hampton, Iowa wife
relieved daybreak break
fast and gas, Colo, Iowa chill
dren cried, did not want to wear
seat belts Iowa roads i'm
proved . sun bright and hot, at
mosphere, humid :. . Centerville
.. tired -.
Centerville . wife's home
a round of kisses for all &.
grandmother in command, chill
dren got rotten by the hour {.
hot and humid weather wife's
favorite activity, lodging old &C
quaintances who knew her when
/. wife's cousin, ferocious ap-
petite and bottomless pit for
stomach slept with children,
sore back the entire stay {.
muggy weather tired =.
circus parade in town square
animals, flea-bitten and smelly .
children excited saw mock-up
of tail section Of airplane blown
apart in mid-air near Centerville,
May % suffocating weather
tired -.
On the road again blister
ing heat raises from highway in
waves Iunched in Burlington,
Iowa Illinois, cool and humid
thunderstorm near Chicago {.
first sight Of massive free ways
Chicago my home tired
another round Of kisses more
grandparents plus uncles {.
slept with children, back still sore
my favorite activity, doging
relatives who remembered me
when weather cool, damp and
cloudy Chicago Museum Of
Art, wife's idea, not mine &.
needed map to drive downtown
|. changes everywhere &.
underground parking E. new sky
scrapers freeways, skyways,
expressways projects, pro-
jects, projects Negroes, Ne
groes, Negroes wife flabber-
gasted me too tired . t.
lodged more relatives Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry
|. changed since last seen, IS
years ago captured World
War II German U-boat River
view, Chicago's equivalent to ane-
mic Excelsior Park children
completely spoiled now, grand
parents will be grandparents .
and uncles win be uncles fire
broke out in garage behind house
two doors down no one hurt
tired -.
On the road tired chill
dren cried, still did not like seat
belts on when awake children
slept wife slept no sleep