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2 HEPPNER GAZETTE -TIMES, Thursday, December 6, 1962 Judge Discusses Areas of Concern for Youth (Ed. Note: Judge William ..Wells of Morrow county circuit court recently appeared at a district youth meeting in the Christian church here to ad dress ' the group on current problems of young people. Those who heard the talk were impressed with it and asked that it be published for others to read. The following is the talk with the introduction and some illustrations removed in order to fit space requirements). By JUDGE WILLIAM W. WELLS Those of us in the judicial field have a rather unique op portunity to see youth with all their emotions exposed. I speak not only of those who have by their own activities arrived in court for appropriate disposition, but also those who through nc fault of their own, have had to be made wards of the court for protective reasons. In this latter category are those who as the re sult of disrupted family relations have need for the help from the State. The philosophy of the juvenile court proceeding is that the State is placed on the side of the juve nile. The Stale has a vital con, fern for the welfare of its youth, for Its future is in their hands and it behooves the State to pro vide for its own security and future well-being. When the State assumes the role of parent, our laws wisely declare that it should secure for the child as nearly as possible the care equivalent to that which should have been given him by his parents. What a responsibi lity! A juvenile court Judge takes this seriously, for to be a good parent, much is required. There must be discipline and good physical care; opportunity for educational, cultural and social growth, protection against injury and harmful influences, guidance, security, and an op portunity for wholesome new ex periences. There is no fine line of distinc tion between delinquency and neglect. The Court deals with the child in whatever state of being he mav be, if he needs the exer cise of the State's authority in his behalf. Let me give you some rather startling statistics which I had occasion to come across my desk the other day. According to the National Institute on Crime and Delinquency, out of 1,926,000 major crimes committed in the United States in 1961: 15 were committed by per sons under the age of 15 years 43 were committed by per sons under the age of 18 years 85 of all cars stolen were by persons under the age of 18 years 55 of all law enforcement contacts by officers of the law were with juveniles. I do not wish to burden you with a lot of statistics, but it does point out the fact that juve niles do have and create pro blems. One of the biggest fac tors contributing to the violation of our laws is one of the greatest discoveries of our generation the automobile. I see it every day in court. It is the car that is used to transport people to their destination to accomplish their illegal acts. It is the cause for thefts of gas, hubcaps, even whole engines, and olher items which are sold to pay for their continued use. What is the solu tion? I'm sure that it is not the banishment of the automobile. What it means is that more are going to have to excercise self control, practice good citizenship and let the better part of our character come forward. What I mean is that it has to become vocal. We have to exer cise our influence on others of our own age who may be less strong in resisting temptation than are you. Doing the right thing starts as a personal thing, but is comes effective when you in organizations like this join together to do your best to accomplish something you can not do by yourselves. Teamwork consists of one person doing his best and the others doing their bit. It took more than one kind of strength to build our nation. It required physical stamina, surely. But it took strength of mind and love of freedom and respect for law and order to pro duce a Declaration of Indepen dence, to inspire men to fight for it and make it stick. It took character to survive Plymouth Rock and that other winter at Valley Forge. It took character to place one's things into a rickety wagon and push off into a land of vague promise and specific terror. It will take even more character to stand up to the problems that will face you and the other youth of America in the days ahead. More than at any time in his tory the world needs to be pre pared with youth of character and vision who understand the things they believe in and are articulate about them. Youth needs to understand our American system and the prin ciples that make it successful. They need to know the privileges and the responsibilities of citi zenship. Times have changed, and they are going to keep changing. We have to be flexible in our think ing. So things do change. I am an optimist where youth is concerned, however. I have cited some of the statistics with reference to crime. What about the other side of the coin. I think we 'have some of the smartest youngsters today that we have ever had. Many of them tower head and shoulders in intelli gence and learning above the old-timers. Take a look at in dustry. Some of the outstanding scientists, physicists and re searchers today are persons not lone out of college. The same thing is true in medici n e government and education. Any place you look, you can see that this is the day of opportunity for the right-thinking, hard working youth. Fortunately, most of them have not been exposed to the so called "experts" who know what can t be done. When a person doesn't know that things can't 1.1 ALL SIZEP UP! -J a PP UjjufitiiilwiMnr'' It v I V f. w r v p Y Y V ! y v SEND A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO THE GAZETTE-TIMES A FREE GIFT CARD WILL BE SENT WITH EACH SUBSCRIPTION IN YOUR NAME $ per Year in Morrow County $J50 per Year Elsewhere be done, they just generally go ahead and do them. Many of the problems of society are going to have to be met and solved by young people. But the question is whether you want something sincerely enough to work for it. The task of all of us to do our best with the opportunities which we 'have- We must have a climate for citizenship where order and indi vidual discipline prevails. If you and I, and others in society, flout and reject law and order, we cannot expect others who are less fortunate than we are to be better. This means that the per sonal standards of us all must be in visible harmony with our vocal utterances. Or to put it in terms with which you are more familiar Actions speak louder than words. We must be sure that the cli mate of citizenship must be one in which it is not considered naive or stupid to give of oneself to others through service or to measure the values of life in non-materialistic terms. Areas of Loyalties must be ex panded and encouraged. These must grow from family and fri ends to neighborhood and com munity, to state and nation and on, until it encompasses all mankind. They must not be stop ped or stiffled by ignorance or prejudice. This is the real test of this day and age, and its out come will determine whether or not mankind survives. People who do not believe in anything never accomplish any thing worthwhile in the world. You can build a railroad across the desert if you believe that the job can be done, but not if you take the position that there are so many obstacles in the way of its being done that there is no use attempting it. You can make a better world if you believe that the conditions of the world can be improved, but not if you take the position that, human nature being what it is, there is nothing that anyone can do about them. If you want to do something worthwhile with your life, you will have to believe that what ever needs to be done can be done, if only someone is brave enough to undertake it. And you will yourself have to be brave enough to undertake it, whether anyone else does so or not. This, of course, is also to say that you must become devoted to something truly great ana signi ficant. You must find a great cause give to it the best you have as long as you live. Today there are many great causes tnat are bidding for your support world peace, desperately; an the abolition of poverty of a kind that denies to human beings the necessities of life and of person al development; intellect u a freedom, and the preservation of those civil liberties that are all essential to the existence of democracy. You will have no dif ficulty in finding a great cause, porting it. People who support portinv it. People who support great causes are not alway understood of approved by their contemporaries. It is only when a great cause has finally tri umphed and the worth of it can no longer be doubted or denied that most people begin to under stand and appreciate the faithful few, have valiantly supported it But unless you have the courage to support great causes in the days of their unpopularity, you will not accomplish anything worthwhile in the world. Far from contributing to the solution of anv human problem, you win yourself become a part of the problem that braver men ana women have to solve. Minister's Son Has Emergency Operation Andrew MacKenzie, 11-month old son of the Rev. and Mrs Rod MacKenzie, lone, underwent mergeney surgery at the Pen dleton Community hospital Sun day. He became ill suddenly af er church Sunday, was rushed to the Pendleton hospital where an appendectomy ana norma operation was performed. parents brought him home Wed nesday, and he is making a peedy recovery. His sister, Kathryn, stayed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Martin while the family was in Pendleton. Simply Drop In To The Office, Phone 676- 9228, Heppner, Or Mail This Coupon With Your Remittance: GAZETTE-TIMES P.O. BOX 337 HEPPNER. ORE. Please send the Gazette-Times to: NAME ADDRESS FROM ADDRESS We Will Deliver Your Processed Meat Free 3vL iC 0f Charge (W M rv -V-X-V 1 Heppner, Lexington lone. 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Participating organizations and winners of their prizes are as follows: Willows Grange, Ron ald Bishop; Junior Class, Mrs. Jim Barnett; Topic Club, Mar vin Padberg; Rebekah Lodge, Tass Morrison; Lions Club, Brock Linell; Freshman class, Linn Benson; Altar Society, Donald Heliker; American Legion, Bon nie Hynds; Beta Omega Sorority, Mrs. Edmund Bristow; Rain bow Girls, Oscar Lundell; Amer ican Legion Auxiliary, Bonnie Akers; 120 Club, Kenney Jones; senior class, Mrs. Verner Troed son; lone extension, Mrs. Hugh Salter and Letterrnen's club, Mrs. Leo Crabtree. Winning the tran sistor radios, for which the Kin dergarten Mother club were sponsors, were Mrs. Frances Mitchell and Bill Melena. HEPPNER-LEXINGTON SCHOOL MENU Week of December 10-14 MONDAY Navy Deans and Ham, spinach, hot rolls and butter, carrot sticks, milk, and fru't. TUESDAY mi shed potatoes, meat loaf, cabbage and pine apple salad, fruit, milk, and bread and butter. WEDNESDAY hamburger gravy on rice, buttered carrots and peas, celery sticks, fruit, milk and bread and butter. THURSDAY macaroni and cheese, green beans, pickled beets with onions, cherry cobb ler, milk and bread and butter. FRIDAY potato soup, salmon sandwiches, lettuce salad, up side down cake, and milk. Forester Appointed To Heppner District The appointment of James W. Hilderbrand to a forester pot ion on the Heppner Ranger dis trict of the Umatilla National Forest is announced by Wright T. Mallery, Forest supervisor. Hilderbrand graduated from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in Rustin, La., with a B.S. de gree in forestry and will work in timber management, engaged primarily in timber sale prep aration. Hilderbrand is married, and his wife is currently employed as a home economics instructor in Acorn High school, Mena, Ark. Mrs. Hilderbrand will join her husband in Heppner upon the termination of her teaching contract. 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