THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1942

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Jhank&qivinq (Day,, 1%2 Thursday is Thanksgiving Day ... a day set apart for us humbly to give thanks for all the blessings we have received ... a day of feasting and joy ... a day of good fellowship . . . This Thanksgiving Day—the first for America since its entry,into World War II—should be even more significant than those which have gone before. This year, more than ever, Americans have reason to be thankful . . . thankful that they are Americans . . . thankful that their land has not been devastated by war . . . thankful for the courage and the skill and the power of our boys in the field, on the sea and in the air .. . thankful that they are hurling their strength against the Axis to crush the threat against democracy and all that it stands for. Yes, we Americans have much for which to be thankful. True, there are many to whom the war has brought deep sorrow through the loss of loved ones, great worry through the uncertainty about the safety and fate of sons and brothers and husbands. To them, even the thought of thanksgiving must seem hollow. - But their losses and sacrifices have won for them the undying gratitude of their country, for it was in fighting to protect their nation, to preserve liberty and democracy that these losses occurred. Gur boys who are serving so valiantly in the various armed forces have much for which to be thankful. Compared with the fighting men of other nations of the world, they receive treatment which is far superior. Their equipment and materials of war are the best in the world. And above all, they have the greatest cause in the world for which

to fight

That vast, group of Americans who have not yet been directly affected by the war have encountered numerous inconveniences since this country entered the war. We have rationing of a growing list of commodities and necessities. Many of our businesses have been hard hit by the effects of war. Many of us have complained about conditions, and many of our complaints have been justified. Yet in spite of all of these inconveniences and personal set-backs, compared with the peoples of the rest of the world, we are extremely fortunate. We are not starving. We are not freezing. So far we have not suffered direct attack. Our homes and our families have not been destroyed. To be sure, the war has brought inconveniences and difficulties, but they are not insurmountable. Compared with France, Greece, Russia . . . even England ... America has much for which to be thankful this Thanksgiving Day. On Thursday when we celebrate a typical American holiday in a typically American way, let us pause a moment j and reflect upon the innumerable blessings which have been bestowed upon us. If we do that, there is no doubt that each | of us will give thanks to God, each in his own particular

way ....

More stringent restrictions on lighting in the coastal areas of the middle Atlantic states were announced last week by the Second Sendee Command. For many parts of the area, the new restrictions will be a radical change. For Cape May and Cape May County, however, which have been complying with the Army’s dimout regulations for months, the major change required is the taping of the top half of automobile headlights. Otherwise, the new regulations appear to be virtually the same as those which have been in effect here since last spring. One result of the new regulations is that there should be more uniformity between nearby communities. That has been one of the most confusing points in the entire dim-out program. Even in Cape May County, where, because of its location, the dim-out has been in full effect for some time, there is wide variance between local interpretations of the regulations. In some communities, only parking lights are permitted to be used on automobiles after dark. In others, low-beam headlights are permitted on all streets except those perpendicular with the beach. In others, half-masked low-beam headlights are required in all sections. In still other areas, hardly any attention is paid to the kind of lights used by motorists. Te net result of this lack of uniformity is that motorists passing through a series of neighboring communities are constartWy in doubt as to what the local regulations require. They are bound to violate some local ruling although they do it unintentionally. Under the new set of regulations issued by Major General T. A. Terry, commanding officer of this area, a certain set of rules "have been established. General Terry has announced that they will be enforced by local authorities under the supervision of the Array, so that in the event that local enforcement is not satisfactory, it is expected that the Army will step in and do the job. With standard regulations in effect, much of the present difficulty will be eliminated, and the effectiveness of the coastal dim-out should be enhanced considerably.

Shop (bid VftaU £wJwl. Repeated pleas for early mailing of Christmas cards and packages have been made by postal officials in recent weeks, as Indications point to the greatest jam-up in postoffice history. For months, postal employees have been falling behind schedule because of sharp increases in the volume of mail in the face of losses of experienced postal workers. Many experienced men have been called Tor military service, leaving vacancies that can be filled with only inexperienced help. Even the normal Christmas rush will be increased this year with many thousands of men stationed in all parts of the world with various military units. Taken all in all, the U. S. Post Office Denartment is facing a crucial test during the forthcoming holidays. Unless many persons are to be disappointed in receiving gifts and cards after Christmas, the public must cooperate by mailing earlier than ever this year. Postal authorities suggest that the deadline for mailing Christmas packages be set for DecemJiM^riirarfer to assure delivery by Christmas. Yjargan do your share to help in this situation by shopping and mailing earlier\than usual.

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PRACTICAL HEALTH HINTS

How to Keep Warm This Winter

-By Dr. leones A. Tobey—

r*UEL for homes is rationed as a " necessary war measure. Although our houses, offices, and schools will not be as warm as I usual this winter, no one need suffer. It is easy to keep com

fortable.

In the past most of us erred on the side of too much dry heat in < homes. 1 customed to temperatures of 75 degrees or more, when 68 is ample for the health of normal persons in normal times. Now we shall have to get along with temperatures of 65 degrees Fahrenheit This should be no hardship to healthy individuals who dress properly and eat correctly. In households having young children, elderly persons, invalids, and the sick, more heat is permitted. "Wear a sweater and ielp win the war,” is a good slogan for practical use this winter. Heavier clothing, of which there is no scarcity, should be worn more generally, both indoors and out, particularly by women. The Eng-

lish tell us that properly clothed persons have no trouble in room temperatures as low as 60. What we eat helps to keep us warm. Food is the fuel of the human machine, producing heat and energy for bodily functions. If we are well-nourished, cold weather affects us less, but the thin, anemic person always has difficulty in keeping warm. A mild cushion of body fat is likewise good insulation against cold. Being only a trifle overweight is an advantage in winter. This does not mean, of course, that anyone should be grossly fat. which is a disadvantage at any time. Foods of high caloric, or beatproducing, value are abundant in America. Wheat and bread are plentiful, and there is a liberal supply of milk and daigr products, vegetables, and meats such as lamb, veal, and poultry. By eating plenty of enriched white bread and butter, whole grain cereals with milk or cream, solid vegetables, and meats, along with such other protective foods as fruits, eggs, and green leafy ^ and yellow vegetables, good nutrition and health are promoted. Such a sensible daily diet helps you cope with the cold.

5*/>c S TARBOARD WATCH By C. Worthy THANKSGIVING’S NEAH^ Here it is almost Thanksgiving again . . . the real thing this time after a couple of years' experiment in changing the date. And while a lot of us have been griping plenty about all the rationing and the war-time curtailments, we Americans have a lot to be thankful for this year. At the worst, it’ nearly as bad as the best

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| REAL PEACE MAKER I We’ll wager that come Thursday most Americans will be worrying more about which piece of the turkey they're going .to get than they will about tire and gasoline rationing. Yes, sir! The festive fowl will push all the worries of , the moment right out the door for one day at least. You can't be J very mad at anybody with a stomach stuffed with turkey. THEY’LL GET THE BIRD There’s gong to be a lot of scurrying around in at least two Cape May households Thursday morning. The local American Legion post has been selling chances on two turkeys for some time now, and the final drawing is not until Wednesday evening. We’ll bet the guys who win the two prizes will also get the bird when they arrive home with their turkeys. Wives have funny notions about surprises like that ....

THE WEEKLY SERMON«

Joyful And Pleasant It Is By the Rev. Wilbur E Hogg, Jr., rector in

of die Church of the Advent “Do not err, my belored breth-

THE POCKETBOOK KNOWLEDGE

ren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no iableness, neifcer ..shadow

turning.” St. James.

Thanksgiving Day, 1942! Oar friends and husbands and brothers fighting desperately ! on tropic islands, in the stifling desert heat, battling with steel and high explosive on the vast heaving seas. Human brothers in China and Russia, in France and Poland barely scraping together enough food to keep the flame of life flickering. Thanksgiving Day in a world bleeding, starving, butch-

ering, suffering.

“O sinp unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises upon the harp unto our God: “Who covereth the heaven with clouds,-and prepareth rain for the earth; and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains, and herb for the use of men. “Who giveth fodder unto the cattle, and feedeth the young ravens that call upon Him. “Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion.’’. And at this moment men and women and children are starving in a world overflowing with abundance. God’s full bounty and man’s selfish folly! This day of national Thanksgiving should bring us up short. As never before, it should be celebrated with an undertone ' deep penitence. It should rouse us a dissatisfaction With ourselves, with our human society as it is, in which the riches of the good earth can be so profligately wasted while men starve. God is divinely generous. Year and year out His dews drop fatness. With love undiminisbed by our frequent ingratitude, He pours out upon the earth every good thing. Though we are constantly misusing His gifts, He still hopes that His loving bounty will at last stir us to offer "im worthy thanks. Our national institution Thanksgiving is no mere accident It sprang from a people deeply sensible of their dependence upon the generosity of Almighty God. And it has been observed devoutly .through full year and lean by people who know that men do not receive the gifts of God because they deserve them, but because God loves them. ‘ He owes man nothing, and man owes Him everything. If He were to give us what we have earned from Him, we would receive less than nothing. Yet our loving Creator lias showered upon the earth more good things than we can use. And so we offer devout,

thanksgiving to God i well as in plenty, in in health, in poverty as in a ance, in war as in peace. Thankfulness should not d on how much we have i bank or on our tables. 1 season next year will U do not know, list then, i we can be just as God. The ’symbolism c ’ a large part in Chri accept our constant — upon physical food as a 1 and inevitable thing. By t man is constantly remi his own fragility, unable l for very long without food l L ' jelf. His body’s life i_ lent on the humble plants a animals around him. An^ I soul’s life is dependent on tne unfailing nourishment of the Ms . of God. “Give us this day for bread the Word of God from Heaven” says a version of the Lord’s Prayer found ia_ the ancient Irish Goa' ’ ” ~ his ignorance i ring prayer. For he is not _ bread alone, but "by every word that proceeds from the Mouth of God”—all the utterances of the Spirit, all the messages given him by and through Me, and which make up life's true significance. In all these, whether bitter or sweet, tasteless and dry or full of savour, God the Father of lights feeds our spirits with heavenly food that thev may grow, and ever more and more feed on Him. And so our highest and sweetest' paean of thanksgiving should be in gratitude to Almighty God for the gift of Himself. The bounty of the harvest we know to be but the symbol of God’s overshadowing love. And that love embraces all mankind without favouritism. No human need, however homely, is negligible; none lies outside the glow of God. And although at some of our Thanksgiving tables places n ay , be empty, we are thankful to Him that nothing in heaven or earth can separate us or those absent from us from the love of

God.

those awake to the true meaning of Thanksgiving will be found on their knees in our houses of worship praising God for His goodness. For in a world where men are starving, those of us who neglect to give thanks to the Giver of all gifts on this day and every day do not deserve the food we eat. Only then can we know how “joyful and pleasant a thing it is to be> thankful.”

(pahaqAapkiL, Out Of The Past

Taken from files of The Star and Wave for the years 1937, 1932 and

BUT QUICK! Two girls in s discussing men.

local office

“Which would

-i your husband brains, wealth or appearance 7’ asked one. “Appearance," snapped the other, “and the sooner the

better.”

LIFE’S LIKE.THAT: A religious and charitable man noticed a Very down and sort of man standing at the comer near, her residence. One morning she took compassion on him, pressed a dollar into his hand and whispered, “Never despair". The next time she saw him he stopped her and handed over eight dollars. ,“\Vhnt does this mean 7" ash«d. “It means, Ma’am,” said the man. “that you won an eight-to-one shot' on that tip you gave me other day.” . WHOSE FACE IS RED? Let it never be said that we ever accused any newspaper of copying, but isn't it strange the way some New Jersey sheeU got balled up last week on the alleged confirmation of French Loveland as county judge? The mix-up started when a Camden sheet went off half-cock-ed «n the story, playing up the confirmation (as of last Monday) which still hasn’t occurred. Some other papers—which should know better by this time—took it hook, line and sinker. BRIEF COMMUNIQUE | A father surprised his eleven-year-old with a bike for his birthday. Mother and father watched proudly as the boy rode around the block. On his first circuit he called, “Hey, mom, no hands.” Going past the second time, he shouted, "Hey, mom, no feet.” The third time around, "Hey, mom, r.o teeth!”

Foo foo is the name given to perfume at the U. S. Naval Academy.

Five Years Ago

Construction of Cape May’s proposed new $100,000 postoffice building is expected to be started in February, it was announced this week as plans and specifications of the new building were released by Treasury Department officials. The new building will be located at the corner of Washing-

ton and Franklin streets.

Checks amounting to more than $16,000 were sent yesterday to 425 residents of Cape May and nearby communities as Christmas Club funds in both Cape May banks expired. Savings in local Christmas Clubs this year showed an increase of 31 per cent over last year'

total.

Refunding bonds amounting to $42,000 will be issued by the borough of Cape May Point shortly to pay ail the borough's indebtedness with the exception of obligations incurred after July 1 of this year, it was revealed Friday night at n commission meeting when an ordinance authorizing the bond issue

was introduced.

First meeting of the,Cape May County Economics Institute will be held in the old epurt building, Cape May Court House, on January 10, it-was announced this week.

Ten Years Ago

A conference was held on Wednesday of last week, preceding the Freeholders' meeting, between the members of the Board, Mayor Gustav Bergner and Enoch F. Needles, consulting engineer of a New York

rnmnnnv relative tn thn

merce is opposed to the plan to be presented to the County Board of Freeholders by the County Chamber of Commerce, should the county organization vote in favor of having the county advertise opportunities in Cape May County for small farmers. The Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, ( group composed of merchants only, met Friday evening and mapped out a program for a two-day sales event to be called Dollar Days and in which it js expected that all local merchants will participate. The tentative plans call for countywide publicity for two weeks preceding the sales days and for each merchant to make especial merchandising efforts. Twenty Years Ago Why should folks travel all the way to Florida in quest of a warm climate when last Sunday was the warmest November 19th in twentyfive years. At noon on Sunday on the beach front the thermometer registered seventy-six degrees. Some of the ladies who teach in the Cape May High School here took a dip in the. old ocean, w hile folks strolled on the boardwalk in summer attire. The Cold Spring Grange burned the mortgage on its Hall Tuesday evening, Nov. 21 on the 10th anniversary of its dedication. An afternoon and evening celebration was well attended and enjoyed by

all-

Tuesday last, Cape May High upset all advance dope and predictions by going into the tiger’s lair and playing Wildwood off its feet. The score which was 0-0 indicates the superior work of the Cape May

company, relative to the building! team.

of three bridges in Cape May County. The three spans would | It should not require any argu-

link North Wildwood with Stone i ment, nowadays, to convince peo-

Harbor and one over Townsend’s' pie that hard-surface roads and

Inlet

The cost of Emergency Relief iL. Cape May County averaged $.15« per person in the county during the past year, the annual report'of the State Emergency Relief Administration shows. This per capita cost, actually shared by the state as well as the county and municipal governments, roughly compared to a municipal per capita cost of $015 in the last pre-depres-

streets are absolutely necessary in these days and that none other ■can stand the traffic which has developed. Gravel roads and

The Central Conference of American Rabbis are holding their thirty-third annual convention here. They are making their headquarters at the Congress HaQ.

sion year, 1929, when municipal]- 1 The Rabbis who have invited the ties were able to bear the expenses i public to hear their discussions *' one - j are taking up many matters of „—— . 'import, both as to the religious The Cape May Chamber of Com- world, and to the world at large.