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National Week
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We are prone to poke a wee bit of innocent fun at ail these celebrations of National Thus-andSilch Week, although each one, in its way, is worthy. The general opinion arises that they are run in the ground by having so many. In fact, there are so many by now that the year’s 52 weeks aren't enough to go around.
There Fire Prevention Week— and, goodness knows, we aren’t as careful about fires as we ought to be. If we were, there wouldn’t be such a tremendous loss in the* nation from forest fires, business fires, and burning of homes.
There is every other kind of week imaginable—4-H Club Week, Employ the Physically Handicapped Week, National Apple Week —all worthy projects and each one rates a celebration. A week or two ago was National Newspeper Week and Freedom of the Press Week; worthy, no doubt, but, again, there are so many it seems impossible to do justice to each one. * '• * • '••• ;
This happens to be National Petroleum Week. Such calls for citation of the oil industry and the great part petroleum has contributed to our civilization, and here in Rappahannock many people are grateful for petroleum products, from the gasoline with ./which they run their tractors to the bottled gas jvith which they cook.
It also happens to be National Bible Week. Now, what are you going to do? Posters can be put along the highways to induce people to prevent fires; the public can be told of the fine work done by the physically handicapped; all the other nationel weeks can be praised. Can a way be devised whereby the Bible can be treated in a like manner? Most of us would be a little shocked to see the Bible treated as any regular celebration scheme. This seems to be a case where the subject is different and cannot be named appropriately -with the other weeks regardless of how worthy they are.
Next week is Conservation Week. In a rural county such as Rappahannock, too much emphasis cannot be placed on the value of conserving "the land which the Lord Thy God giveth thee.” At a great expense, this nation is beginning to learn the price of destroying the soil and natural resources of a great land. Truthfully, many of us need to be reminded that the gift of the earth is a stewardship in man’s hands. Next week, from the Governor’s proclamation on through the week, we shall bear of the values of conserving the land and the natural resources. We shall be reminded of what has been done and what has yet to be dona- iL behooves us to listen and profit from our hearing.
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