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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON A Thanksgiving Proclamation THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1963 WASHINGTON tTPTVP roc. - ident Johnson urged Tuesday 'that the Thanksgiving procla- '" 2?av0n lssued by tne John , F. Kennedy be read in churches throughout the nation this Thursday as a memorial to him. a. The President's . statement .said: . "One of the last messages of . President John Fitzgerald Ken- nedy to his fellow countrymen .was the Thanksgiving Day proclamation which he issued ., on November 4, 1963, I urge " that his proclamation be read ..-in the churches of the United .jr States in their services on No- vember 28 as a memorial to ' him. I also ask that the news- papers, and the television and ......radio stations make it available to all of the American people -. by including it in their recogni tion of this first and most sol- emn of our holidays. We dedi- cate -Thanksgiving Day, as we " have for over 300 years, as a "."day to give thanks to God for -v-His gifts and the sustenance which He has provided in un dertaking the tasks of our na '' tion." The proclamation; The White House Thanksgiving Day, 1963 ' '" By the President of the Unit- ed States of America A proclamation: Over three centuries ago, our forefathers in Virginia and in :;. Massachusetts, far from home in a lonely wilderness, set aside a time of thanksgiving. On the appointed day. they gave revereni inanKS ior meir safety, for the health of their . children, for the fertility of . their fields, for the love which bound them together and for the faith which united them with their god. . 1 . &o too, when the colonies achieved their indeDendence. our first president in the first year of his first administration proclaimed November 26, 1739, as "a day of public thanksgiv ing and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God" and called upon the people of the new re public to "beseech Him to par don our national and other transgressions ... to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue . . . and generally to grant unto all man kind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best." And so too, in the midst of America's tragic Civil War, President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November, 1863, as a day to renew our gratitude for America's "fruit ful fields," for our "national strength and vigor," and for all our "singular deliverances and blessings." Much time has passed since the first Colonists came t o rocky shores and dark forests of an unknown continent, much time since President Washing ton led a young people into the experience of nationhood, much time since President Lincoln saw the American nation through the ordeal of fraternal war and in these years our population, our plenty and our power have all grown apace. Today we are a nation of near ly two hundred million souls, stretching from coast to coast, on into the Pacific and north toward the Arctic, a nation en joying the fruits of an ever expanding agriculture and in dustry and achieving standards of living unknown in previous history. We give our humble thanks for this. Yet, as our power has grown, so has our peril. Today we give our thanks, most ot all, for the ideals of honor and faith we in herit from our forefathers for the decency of purpose, stead fastness of resolve and strength of will, for the courage and the humility, which they possessed and which we must seek every day to emulate. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreci ation is not to utter words but to live by them. Let us therefore proclaim our gratitude to Providence for manifold blessings let us be humbly thankful tor inherited ideals and let us resolve to share those blessings and those ideals with our fellow human beings throughout the world. Now, therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the Unit ed States of America, in con sonance with the joint resolu tion of the Congress approved December 26, 1941, 55 Stat. 862 (5 U.S. C. 87B), designating the fourth Thursday of November in each year as Thanksgiving Day, do hereby proclaim Thurs day, November 28, 1963, as a day of national thanksgiving. On that day let us gather in sanctuaries dedicated to wor ship and in homes blessed by family affection to express our gratitude for the glorious gifts of God; and let us earnestly and humbly pray that He will continue to guide and sustain us in the great unfinished tasks of achieving peace, justice, and understanding among all men and nations and of ending mis ery and sintering wherever they exist. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be af fixed. Done at the City of Washing ton this fourth day of November in t h e Year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Sixty - three, and of the inde pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-eighth. John F. Kennedy By The President: Dean Rusk Secretary of State. Dolls Have Many Exciting Mew Talents D 7 Teachers Attending English Conference The Thanksgiving holidays will not be holidays for a group of Medford teachers, who are attending a meeting in San Francisco of the National Coun cil of Teachers of English. . The meetings open late today and will continue through Sat urday. The group will return to Medford Sunday in time to re sume classes Monday morning. Attending from the English department of the Medford schools will be Jim Backen, Ray W e i n h o 1 d, Thelda Bevens, Charles Nevi, Clara Wendt, Dorothy Sutter and Mrs. Wil liam Ruck. Mrs. Backen and Ruck are accompanying the group. The world of dolls abounds with astonishing new talents, all keyed to making it more difficult than ever to differen tiate dolls from real children. Star performers this Yuletide are the new contingent of baby dolls whose behavior almost ex actly reproduces the muscular virtuosity of infants and tod dlers and most of the human babies' repertoire of sound ef fects as well. The muscular activity of the baby is reproduced with fascin ating realism by a new infant doll prototype. When this ac complished cherub sucks on her bottle she squirms and wriggles in a manner modelled exactly after a real baby movements. There's a doll that laughs when tickled and another that cries when spanked. . A real surprise for even ex perienced connoisseurs of the modern playroom phenomenon the doll conversationalist is a new pram, wired so that when the doll mother pulls a cord the doll in the pram starts chattering without being touch ed at all. Foreign Languages Another addition to new doll accomplishments in the vocal area is the inclusion ot loreign languages in the doll conversa tional repetoire. One newcomer dolls accessories include rec ords in six languages besides English and a wardrobe suited to travel in foreign lands, as well as more mundane social occasions at home. The family concept has gained ground in the world of dolls this Yule season. There are more mamma and papal stretch pants, for example, are i dresses and even a collection of I trlcuinir contrast to the de- dolls and teenage male dolls are "in" and so are boots. The wigs. , tailed realism of the dolls mod- included in several family sets, dressed doll will have at-home A variety of character dolls elled after members of the av Bulky knit sweaters and costumes, long formal evening add a touch of fantasy in in- erage family. .... CM The Hillsdale CURTIS MATHES ..MyrfSLJ::..1 .... 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