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Page 4A The Gaffney Ledger, Friday, May 28, 1982 a man doet not keep pace with hii per hap it it brauM hear a different drummer. Let him itep to the muiic which hu heart, however meatured or far away." H.D. Thorrau Is 'Yucky' international? FREEZE I V' DAVID GREEN News Editor became aware of within the last decade. I classify the adjective as a derivative of the negative exclamatory yuck (not to be confused with the expression of mirth, yuk). It evolved as an antonym of the tried and true American yummy.

Yucky. Amy and I agreed, would be a not-unexpected response from a Japanese child whose mother attempts to feed her an undesired portion of rice. Likewise, the German youth who is displeased with his serving of sauerkraut might respond with a hearty, "Nein! Yucky!" Or, the Russian youngster, corrupted by Western influences such as Radio, Free Europe, Elton John and blue jeans, might even bring KGB surveillance upon his family by slamming the table with his shoe, spilling his bowl of borscht, and exclaiming, "Yucky! Nyet!" It should be inserted here, that our conclusions are entirely speculative in nature. Neither Amy nor I have conducted any scientific research to determine whether yucky is, indeed, an international linguistic form. We're not so sure about yummy, either.

If I had to bet, I'd put my money on yucky as a truly international expression. It just seems to me that the world would be much more likely to agree on something negative than something positive. Communication is a magnificent tool, an ability in which we humans have certain advantages over other species. Learning to use the language is a never-ending process, as language is dynamic, not static. My kindergarten-aged daughter is rapidly developing her ability to read, and has shown a fascination with languages other than English.

I majored in English, so I feel reasonably comfortable in helping her in that area. But my foreign language expertise is extremely limited. I can count to ten in Spanish; I know si means yes; I know the difference between senors and senoritas. I can order tacos and burritos and enchiladas proficiently. But when old Johnny odriguez or the Bellamy Brothers jump into those Spanish lyrics, I'm lost.

My uncle served in Germany when he was in the Army, so he taught me to sprechen a little of sie Deutsch. You know, words like fraulein, pumpernickel, ja, nein, danke schon, auf Weider-sehen, and so on. I used to know the word for "sweetheart," but it has faded from conscious memory. I cultivated a little French, which I believed to be the language of love, as a teenager in high school. I invited good-looking girls for a little rendezvous in my Chevrolet coupe.

Languages of the Orient, it It is imperative that we put an end to nuclear madness seems, would be the most difficult of all languages to learn. But then, they all seem difficult to including English. Of course, all contemporary dialects have much in common, because of improved communication systems among nations, because of technological developments which have resulted in the coining of new words which become standard usage in many languages, and so forth. English, in particular, has much of various old and contemporary language mixed in to make it what it is in current American usage. But, after much discussion, my five-year-old and I came to the conclusion that there are some words which transcend all geographic, traditional, cultural and linguistic barriers.

We decided that yucky is probably one such word. Yucky is a word that I first nuclear bombs and were capable of droppoing them on U. S. cities, would he have ordered the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? It is imperative that we put an end to the nuclear madness. Constructing bombs that kill and overkill, stockpiling them, seeing other nations, far less stable even that the U.

S. or the USSR, stockpiling weapons of mass destruction, can only lead us to understand True, no sane individual is in favor of a nuclear holocaust any more than any sane person is in favor of jumping into a fiery furnace, but it will take more to prevent nuclear war than a unilateral nuclear arms freeze by the United States. There are no nuclear freeze demonstrations in the Soviet Union. Russia has a huge advantage in nuclear weapons and will not heistate to exploit that advantage. Therefore, the only real hope for preventing a nuclear holocaust is through the combined efforts of all nations and all people.

To give the Soviets the ability to blackmail humanity would be a tragic mistake. The rulers of the USSR have little regard for human life and none at all for human freedom. In forging the power of the Soviet pohtate, they have killed and imprisoned tens of millions of people. Soviet leaders can that the future holds little promise for Catching up on some items mankind. But how do we start? This is one of those, "catch up some loose ends" columns.

Putting another of those hot Freezing at current levels calls for trusting the Soviet Union. But not only is the USSR a notorious, chronic trust-breaker, it is expan sionist and militaristic. Once it troops or un rumors to rest; The story goes that 'the founder oi'lftbQidZ jh. 'Gamble products' made a pact derground forces take over a that country is part of the communist 1 block forever. with the devil when he started the giant company, bargaining to sell his soul in return for success.

As part of that contract, the foun not be expected to have humanitarian scruples about the use of nuclear or any other kind So, the solution to the nuclear threat is not of power. merely a freeze on weapons at the current level. But, a freeze with an agreement which der agreed to place a Satanic symbol on everything the com BILL R. GIBBONS Ledger Editor One thing that they do respect, experience would allow the overseeing of a cutback on pany manufactured. According to one version of the Soviet capability could be made to work.

shows, is power itself. There can be no doubt that the principal deterent to Soviet use of nuclear weapons is the danger of retaliation against the USSR. However, any nuclear war The nations of the world must want to avoid rumor, the owner recently told about his deal with the devil on the Phil Donahue show. the holocaust for any plan to move forward. There must be a plan which will treat all na is counter-productive and collectively The facts are, the producers of destructive.

tions alike and recognize the potential the Donahue show said no Balance is the essential to the equation of official has appeared on any Donahue show, and no statement peace. At present there is no balance. The USSR has the advantage. over? We wonder who remembers where they are all located? Correction: An article on the sports page the other day it was telling about one of the golfing fetes of former Cherokeean John Cureton. John was once an outstanding Gaffney High School football star, but, he played his football under Coach Henry Brabham and not Coach Henry Smith, as the story goes.

Sorry about that John if it dates you a bit. has been made on any show about the company's symbol. The sym The best balance of all would be that neither country possess any nuclear weapons. Bill Glass back in area: Evangelist Bill Glass will be featured speaker during a "Love America" rally Sunday, July 4, at 8 p.m. in Municipal Stadium in Rock Hill.

Rev. Lewis P. Vehaun, pastor, Emmanuel Baptist Church, said Glass, former all-pro defensive end for the National Football League Cleveland Browns, will be joined on the program by a music group called, "Lightshine," directed by Dan Wilson. Vehaun described the meeting as a "patriotic rally for God and country." A fireworks display is also planned. Many Cherokeeans will remember Glass from a 1974 county-wide evangelistic crusade here.

Speaking of crusades: Clyde Dupin was directing his last crusade for Glass when he came to Cherokee County to plan for the week-long event here in 74. Dupin had organized his own team and was going on the road with his own evangelistic effort. Since that time he has travelled all over the world preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. He is returning to this area in September, for a crusade. If the kickoff banquet, held Tuesday night at the Gaffney High School cafeteria, is any indication, the crusade will be a huge success.

The banquet was a virtual sellout. Glass said of Dupin, "In my opinion Clyde Dupin is one of the great Christians in this country today. We worked together for six years. His commitment to the Lord is more consistent and bol is a circle showing a bearded man-in-the-moon gazing at 13 stars. A spokesman said the An international ban of nuclear weapons, calling for the elimination of those now assembled and a freeze on the construction of any in 13 stars represent the original 13 the future is the only real hope for mankind.

destructive powers now owned by each nation. We'd like to think the United Nations could lead such a movement We doubt that a body, unable to prevent a war over two practically worthless islands like the Falklands, can come anywhere near managing a total nuclear disarmanent. With this in mind, it will likely fall to the U.S. and the USSR to come to some agreement, growing out of the assurance that a nuclear holocaust would not just destroy one part of the world and one segment of civilization, but perhaps all life as we know it With this in mind, and surely the leaders of both nations know this danger exists, it would seem that intelligent beings would be willing to begin some serious dialogue. colonies and the man-in-the-moon is universal in scope and merely decorative.

The debate over nuclear weapons has gone No one seems to know where the rumor started, however, it is on for a long time. It will continue for a long time. Certainly the debate is preferable by far to nuclear war. But it would help anyone trying to understand nuclear balance to be clear- denied by all concerned. mined about certain points.

Speaking of signs: The current political campaign may be the For example, if President Harry S. Truman had known that the Japanese possessed sign of the times, but, I have never seen so many signs. You can find signs anywhere and The Gaffney Ledger One you shouldn't have missed: If you missed the Fine Arts Festival last week at West Junior High School, it was your loss. Not only did the bands and chorus perform, but there was a display in the gym of arts from all areas. Paintings, prose, poems, pottery, baked goods, industrial arts products, and many other forms of art were on display.

It was an outstanding affair and the students really surprised me with their artistic abilities at such an early age. We congratulate the folks at the school for staging the festival and all who took part for the fine job they did. everywhere. We even heard a story about the British finding THE GAFFNEY LEDGER (USPS it published three times several signs urging voters to LOUIS C. SOSSAMON Publisher weekly for 121.10 per year by Tht Gaffney Ledger.

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What we wonder is who Changes to THE GAFFNEY LEDGER. P.O. Bex 470, Gaffney, S.C 2tJ40. is going to go back and pick up all these signs after elections are warm than anyone I know." Dr. Crow leaves indelible mark on community Flags are at half-staff in Cowpens, in the Spartanburg County Medical Society's Dcotor of the Year in 1966 and was awarded a presidential (mrnendation for his service to others.

A college scholarship fund at Broome High School bears his name. Dr. Crow was described as "the last of the old timers" by one of his many patients. "He was a good Christian man. In my book, he was one of the best," she said.

Whatever it is that motivates one to pursue a career in medicine, it was something besides financial reward that drove Robert Crow. An office visit to the Crow Clinic on North Main Street cost the patient $4 if. indeed, he was charged anything. According to one patient, who went to Dr. Crow for 30 years, the doctor once took money from his pocket to pay for his referral of another patient to a specialist.

When the woman offered to repay, Dr. Crow refused, saying, "Tell you what sometime you'll run across somebody who needs help. You help them." He was just as interested in one who didn't have money as he was in those who did, patients and employees insist Until the last two weeks, when he was unable to work, he continued to make weekly rounds of house calls, ranging from below Pacolet to the North Carolina line, checking on patients who looked for him and depended on his visits. House calls, a practice often grouped with Hudsons, propeller-driven airplanes and fedora hats, a practice as unheard of as 25-cents-per-gaflon gasoline, were simply a part of the daily routine for Robert Crow. For everything, Robert Crow will be remembered.

But his role as family physician, and the personal concern he snowed for people of affluence or of fixed income, must stand as his greatest contribution and the primary substance of his legacy. DAVID GREEN honor of a man who was an institution who, in the words of a town resident, "was the community." Dr. Robert H. Crow, 74, will be sorely missed by the residents of this eastern Spartanburg County town who came to depend on him for personal, concerned medical care which he provided as their general practitioner for 45 years. His senice to the community went beyond medical care, however.

He was active in civic and church affairs, and served Spartanburg County District 3 schools as a trustee for 23 years. He was recognized as.