To the editor:
I want to pay tribute to our mother, Marie Luschen, who died at 96 years of age.
She taught us old fashion values which encompassed many rules. When I look back they seem so simple in such a fast-moving world. First, laugh at yourself; accept Jesus as your Savior; keep a youthful spirit; finish your work and then do what you want to do; be honest; go to church and don’t chew gum while there; if you don’t have much, use what you do have; work doesn’t hurt anyone; you can’t have everything you want; sing; wash your hair in rainwater; stop and appreciate flowers; wait your turn; do homework after supper; never take a bath while it is lightning; whatever job you have, do it to the best of your ability; obey your teacher; your parents must meet dates in the living room; have your foot inside the house at 11 p.m.; if you don’t go to church on Sunday morning then you can’t go anywhere the rest of the day; and finally, where there is a will, there is a way.
Carole Bridges
El Dorado
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To the editor:
Thank you so much for publishing this “Daily Prayer.”
I have received comments everywhere I go thanking me for sending these in. Then I encourage others to also send in scripture. God is pleased. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct thy paths. I want that, don’t you?
Mary Ann Loftin
El Dorado
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To the editor:
There has been issues on spanking a child. During my growing up years, I had my share of them. When my Dad swatted me, it was more painful than my mom’s. Dad had a firm hand and he didn’t hesitate to use it. Spanking should be practiced in the home and our public schools. The way kids act, they need a form of strict discipline. Our public schools have cracked down on bullying, gossip, pushing and shoving, but some kids don’t learn. There needs to be signs posted at each of our public schools saying no name calling, no feuding, fussing or fighting; no pushing or shoving; no spreading rumors or gossip; be quiet in the halls; and keep your hands to yourself.
These rules will tell the students what’s expected of them. There needs to be penalties established. Detention hall, corporal punishment, alternative classroom, suspension and expulsion. The schools need strict administrators to enforce these rules. Years ago, if a child was spanked at school, he or she received another one when they got home. When I was in first grade my teacher slapped my hands for getting the math problems wrong. During reading, she would bring her long thick ruler to the table. If she asked you a question and you didn’t answer her correctly, whack! She meant business. In second grade, my teacher, if you didn’t finish your work on time, she told you to stand up and she swatted you. Now, this doesn’t happen anymore.
Parents are suppose to raise the kids right and teach them right from wrong. Before I started school, I stayed in a nursery on the south side of town. This was in the mid 1960’s. Agnes Perdue kept the nursery and she asked each parent “Do I have the right to make them mind?” In other words, could she spank them. My parents gave her the green light. She would spank you with a fly swatter, plastic coat hanger, and a book strap. She meant business. The Bible says “Spare the rod, than spoil the child.” We need to live by God’s law.
Donald L. Putman
El Dorado
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To the Editor:
I am glad the nuclear arms control summits will continue after President Obama leaves office.
These, as agreed, will continue on a senior leader basis. President Obama’s greatest foreign policy legacy is the maintaining of balance and parity in nuclear arms, among rouge nations, especially Iran. The summit can serve as a watchdog for Iran and any other countries under any kind of nuclear arms pact for cheating on agreements. Even the testing of nuclear arms has been a concern, as far back as 1956, when Adlai Stevenson called for an international agreement to ban the testing of nuclear weapons, as the fallout was a threat to world peace and safety. President Eisenhower would only agree to such a treaty, if there was a watchdog agency to prevent nations from cheating on the agreement. These annual summits have been well served to control rouge nations from overproducing nuclear arms.
Leslie Putman
El Dorado
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To the Editor:
Parents-guardians should provide the following for the children: spiritual welfare (fellowship, Sunday School, youth group, etc.); food needs (nutrition); shelter (clean, orderly place to stay); personal care (grooming, cleanliness, neatness, personal pride); clothing (very important - must be clean, neat and fitted for the occasion); oversee discipline – see that the child does what he or she is responsible for; have social graces, be friendly; treat people with respect; show Godly attributes (love and concern for others).
Parents and grandparents are the guardians of the child, nourish and guide. This is all done that the child would be a joy and blessing for others. Please!
Mary Carelock
El Dorado