Letters to the Editor

NOTES that fell on the EDITOR'S DESK
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Ruth Argust has been very ill and just recovered enough to email me:

Hi Warren,

I have been in bed for about two weeks with a horrid case of the flu and not able to even get near the computer. I heard about Doug's death only a couple days ago and am still reeling from the shock.

There are very few really NICE people in Fido who are nice all the time. Doug was incredible, always even tempered, always cordial, always ready with a one-liner. I adored him and his death has hit me harder than anyone will ever know.

I realize that I am too late to assist you but at least one person out there (aside from Gerry) will know how deeply I am mourning the loss of this wonderful spirit.

Ruth

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President Lincoln Declaration

President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving Day an Annual Holiday to be celebrated the last Thursday in November. The tradition begain in the fall of 1621 when William Bradford, governor of Plymouth, invited the neighboring village of Wanpanoag to join the pilgrams for a festival celebrating the bounty of the season. This is a gentle reminder that Thanksgiving is just around the corner.

A SMILE costs nothing, but it creates much.
It enriches those who receive
without impoverishing those who give.
It happens in a flash,
and the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.
None are so rich that they can get along without it,
and none are so poor but are richer for a smile.
It creates happiness in the home,
fosters goodwill in a business,
and is the countersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary,
daylight to the discouraged,
sunshine to the sad,
and nature's best antidote for trouble.
It cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen,
for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody
till it is given away.
And if it ever happens
that some people should be too tired to give you a SMILE,
why not leave one of yours?
For nobody needs a SMILE so much
as those who have none left to give.

T-T-That's A-All Folks!