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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1971
Page
4
This Thanksgiving edition urges gratitude as a path to happiness. It notes crises remain but leaders and faith can limit damage, and celebrates the American spirit of pilgrims forging ahead with hope. It blends historical perspective with present-day blessings and forward-looking resolve.
Revered reflections on Ed Marinaro and the Cornell Columbia game highlight faith in those who carry burdens daily. The piece recalls police, sanitation, and hospital workers who keep society moving, urging lasting gratitude for dependable effort.
A reflective essay traces Thanksgiving from colonial origins with Plymouth’s William Bradford to George Washington and Lincoln proclamations, Roosevelt’s 1939 shift for shopping days, and the present fourth Thursday designation. It notes family reunions, national unity, and the holiday’s enduring appeal.
Washington lawmakers push environmental sign program after readers submit rhymes from senators, cabinet members, and citizens. Senate Public Works Chairman Jenrings Randolph and House Public Works Chairman John Blatnik draft identical bills to place eco signs on federal highways with Transportation Secretary John Volpe voicing support.
A collection of quips and rhymes from various authors including Mike Mansfield Lucy Locket and Pete Seeger. The verses touch on pollution, public duty, and a hopeful balance between man and nature amid environmental concern.
A Thanksgiving letter thanks Mrs. Payne of Florence School for recognizing a boy’s potential and guiding his learning and discipline. The writer, Antonietta Pyles, praises teachers’ dedication and underpaid labor, urging others to thank educators this season.
A patriotic Thanksgiving reflection cites Pilgrim courage and divine guidance, praising liberty and free worship while recalling scarcity and communal gratitude. An old legend about a turkey explains its bald head as a badge of honor, and a banker’s tale emphasizes that delays can lead to unforeseen joy.
A hungry cat on Thanksgiving morning watches a mouse eat corn and ponders who should be thankful after a meal. The mouse overhears and declines to stay, despite the cat’s musings on gratitude.
A reflective verse on gratitude for personal fortune and freedom. It urges contentment with one’s own gains and courage, and says timing for thanks rests with the individual, not external powers or schedules. The poem highlights the value of enterprise and self-reliance in a lived faith context.
An acrostic verse by J A Long venerates Thanksgiving through letters from T to G. It links turkey harvest and nation unity with God’s grace and neighbors, celebrating blessings and vespers at day’s end.
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