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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
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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.
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lone Festival
Draws Big Crowd
With around 350 tickets sold at
the door for the door prizes given
by 16 organizations, the second
annual lone Fall Festival was
reported a great success at the
Willows Grange hall on Sunday,
according to Mrs. Hershal Town
send, general chairman.
Lots of activity was in evi
dence with many participating
in games, booths, and drawings
each hour of the afternoon. A
large crowd was served at the
turkey dinner between 12:30 and
2:30, for which the Willows
Grange Home Economics club
prepared the food under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Berl Akers.
Participating organizations
and winners of their prizes are
as follows: Willows Grange, Ron
ald Bishop; Junior Class, Mrs.
Jim Barnett; Topic Club, Mar
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Tass Morrison; Lions Club, Brock
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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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