Book: Wintersville Citizen

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VOL. 2, NO. 25                                   iTHURSDAY, MAY '21. 1964 - TWELVE PAGES r:                      _$5.00 per year 10
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      WHEN
By EVE SEITER


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WAS


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CHILD!


"When I was a child --
I understood as a child -
I thought as a child, but
when I became a man-I put
away childish things!" So,
Saint Paul once said. Child--
hood is an enchanted time
when the world is a wonder-
land created just for us, when
any perplexity--draws forth a
curious "Why?", for which a
simple answer is naturally
expected.
  Perhaps you remember when
you were a child, when life
was bounded by loving parents,
play and friends; when you
dreamed of things you would
do or become one day and it
seemed to take forever to
become a "grown-up". Summer
was a magical 'time of running
barefoot and exploring your
own private world. Summer
was a time of utter freedom,
your only responsibility to
perform your youthful share of
household duties and to obey
when instructed.
  This writer had the happy
  fortune to be born in a village
  and to live there long enough
  to remember it forever. On a
  summer day sheep were driven
  to market down the tree shaded
  width of the Main Street of
  town. The sight of the milling
  animals, the harsh calls of
  the drovers are a permanent
part of my youthful memora-
bilia.
  The coming of the ice-wagon


was just as exciting.. The
children of the neighborhood
formed a queue, pieces of
newspaper in hand, ready to
receive the glistening shavings
a tolerant ice-man chopped off
for his drooling, young friends.
  Running under the street
sprinkler whs certainly as
delightful and more hazardous
than fooling around with a
hose today! There was a big
difference though, in that one
ran under the sprinkler fully,
if scantily, clad!
  If the day were really hot
the tar along the brick street
curbs was soft enough to
mould and must have been the
bane  of many    a Mother's
existence   when    washday
rolled around on Monday!
  The same curbstone was
Mecca as the street lights
came on at dusk. Early even-
ing games radiated from  a
nearby base or one just sat
watching   the   stars,  the
swirling moths and listening
to the night sounds while
vaguely planning for the li mit--
less tomorrow.
  Area schools are about to
close. Area children are al-
ready dreaming of their own
enchanted summer. Swimming
pools, soft drinks and planned
entertainment will substitute"
for .sprinkling wagons, ice-
wagons    and   street lamp
games. Only youth will be the
same and youth, as Bernard


Map Of The


Shaw once quipped, "is so
wonderful.that it's a-shame
to waste it on children!"
  So have a care for careless
youth  this  summer. Little
children will be found play-
ing, even as ybu did in the
streets of our sub-divisions.
Their parents   can't watch
them every blessed moment!
Tiny tots, intent upon the
other side of the street, will
dart out before you! Please
drive  more   carefully then
ever and a little slower than
the posted signs require.
  Bicycles and wagons and
tricycles will lean  against
curbs in town, as they often
do against bridge rails in the
country, Watch out for them.
  New Sewa


Somewhere   near  a   parked
byke there's a young person.
  There will be dogs where
there are children and bykes
and this further complicates
the picture for you, But do
your part to keep them both
safe as summer "waxes and
wanesy.
  There  are two   sides to
every coin, ofcourse. Summer
:s  not just for children,
summer is for everyone. We
may have "put awvjay childish
things"  but we, too, find
summer an enchanted time.
Let's be thoughtful of other's
pleasure.  Let's  park   our
cars in our own driveways
and  see  that our children
bring their bykes, wagons,

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scooters and. cars in from the
streets! Let's remember that
some people are afraid of
dogs and that all dogs, like
all people, are not necessarily
nice! Let's remember that
many people like to stroll
in the summertime and that
a yapping dog, however pre-
cious to us, is not necess-
arily a pleasure at a stroller's
heels! Let's keep our pets
at home that others may
enjoy their -summer, too. If
we don't let's remember that
the Village government will
have  the embarrassment of
seeing that we do!
Summer is upon us. It can
become an enchanted time, if
each of us remembers when
he was once a 'child.


BM. N*9


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-To meet the Ohio Health Reg-
ulations a Sanitary Sewer Sys-
tem in Wintersville is neces-
sary! Many easements are need-
ed for the planned sewer sys-


tem. YOU are requested to
stop at the municipal building
where you may see the plans,
have your questions answered
and easements notarized on


Tuesday and W'ednesday even-
ings from 7 to 9 pm. Or this
can be done anytime during
the day except Saturdays and
Sundays.


Municipal Building is at 221
Leonard Ave.
Your Village Officials wish
you to have the privilege of
seeing the plans which will


not be possible unless you
come in to see them.
YOUR COOPERATION WILL
BE APPRECIATED!


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