Abbeville Meridional from Abbeville, Louisiana • 5

Monday, June 4, 1973, Page 5 ABBEVILLE MERIDIOANL VIEWPOINT the views of so small a minority, but everyone tells us we hit the nail on the head? Why are those who disagree so afraid to tell us? Seventh, that Miss Karl is marrying a priest can in no way be equated to desertion of one's country. Eighth, talk to 56 seniors who were graduated from VCH. That loss of respect you mentioned is already there. Ninth, "the common good takes precedence over the individual good." At last we agree, that 56 seniors wanted their valedictorian with them should have been taken into consideration. Tenth, see Matt had to allocate another $96,000, will go to hiring teachers, in order that Maurice and Gueydan High Schools can reach the pupil-teacher ratios of non-Title I schools in the parish.

The board must attain equal pupil-teacher ratios in order to receive some $384,000 in federal Title I funds. WOMEN'S LIB -Our Out of the Past column appearing on this page will from now on be rotated amongourbackshopgirls. Cheryl Decuire, Janice Broussard, Phyllis Broussard and Patricia Roy will do the column. They're all hard workers, and this will give them a chance to do something for which they will receive credit. Come to think of it, this page is not a fair break for women's lib at all.

There is only one male writer included. FRESH PEELED mAOrlSE! 0 TANS LB. MIXED PARIS POP GUIDRY ENTERTAINS Pop Guidry, 78, years young, entertained recently at the Morris Lahaskey Nursing Home in Erath. Pop gave lively renditions of the harmonica and sang several selections to nursing home residents, some of whom are younger than Pop. Pop says he will entertain at other parish nursing homes in the future.

(Meridional Photo) has not changed only we have changed. When we became adults we decided that God's laws did not apply to us only to children and Catholic educators. Well, those laws apply to everyone now and forever. And you must blow on a very loud trumpet when you know those laws of God are being broken. God bless all the fine people in Abbeville.

Helen Broussard (Ed. note We are sure that Baptists, Episcopalians, Methodists, Presbyterians and all others in Abbeville are under the impression that they too, must live the words of Jesus.) Abbeville, La. June 1, 1973 Mr. Jim Leggett Editor, Meridional Abbeville, La. Dear Jim: Another school term has closed, but it was the first term during which the Abbeville High student newspaper enjoyed such professional publication.

We at AHS are proud of it, for it is an outstanding school newspaper. And as we toot our horns, I feel that the general public should know who makes up the entire publication orchestra. We are grateful to Bank of Abbeville and Trust First National Bank, Gulf Coast Bank, Bank of Erath, and Vermilion Saving sand Loan Association for underwriting contract publication costs for the AHS CAT CLAW. These people truly indicate their interest in the education of young people. We are also grateful to the Abbeville Meridional for allowin their facilities for such a professional printing of the student newspaper.

Yes, the Meridional prints it for a contract price, but staff members there show an interest that is considered by us at AHS beyond the contract price. AHS students prepare the copy and suggest makeup, but the Meridional staff, using their talents, really polishes it up for us. Thanks to you for your editorial suggestions, to Jennings Broussard for the half-toning and paste-up talents he always gives with a smile, to your typesetters who have corrected so many of our errors resulting from deadline rush, to Godfrey Bergeron for so willingly putting in that extra time to run the press, and to all of the Meridional personnel for accepting us and our endeavor HASKEfT LETTERS one of his patients, who appeared to be a patient of the hospital as well as one of Dr. Alleman's, went into the examining room we had occupied previously. At approximately 7:25 a.m., the phone at the nurses station in the emergency room rang and again only one side of the conversation was heard as follows: Nurse, "yes, they are." Pause.

Nurse, "Phisohex and gauze." Pause. Nurse, "Yes, doctor." We asked the nurse if it was Dr. Devalcourt that had called and she said, "Yes itwas.he'son his way." At about the same moment Dr. Allernan was coming out of the examining room and we asked the nurse to ask him if he could see our son because we were very concerned about him and had lost all hope that the doctor on call would actually make it to the hospital. Assumedly she asked him because she reported to us that he had said he couldn't give treatment to him because he was not on call.

Not being satisfied with that we personally asked him as follows: "Dr. Allernan, would you please see our son, he's been hurt?" He replied, "I can't because he is the patient of the doctor on call." We told him that the doctor on call was not our family doctor and that we had been waiting for him since 6: 15, an hour and ten minutes. Again he refused It was after this, at approximately 7:30 a.m., that we left Abbeville General Hospital and proceeded to go to Lafayette General Hospital. It is needless to say that we were very upset and concerned about our son, who by that time had lost a lot of blood from his injury and had gone through a traumatic experience. Upon arriving at the hospital in plants have over $70 million invested, and the distribution industry has over $5 million invested.

The dairy industry generates over $200 million in income each year. It is estimated that every dollar of income from the dairy industry turns over seven times in Louisiana and this turn-over provides jobs and supports our economy. This industry is also a big consumer, utilizing a tremendous amount of gasoline, trucks, tires and so on. Many of you work for the petroleum industry here in Louisiana and this has an effect on your job. This industry buys lot of feed and fertilizier and there are a lot of people employed in these businesses.

It also uses a lot of equipment, building materials, chemicals and paper. And remember, Louisiana is one of the biggest paper and chemical producing states in the nation. Yes, the dairy industry is a good citizen in Louisiana and provides a service that all Louisiana needs. This is the reason we need to keep a healthy dairy industry in our state. LB.

BLUE PLATE gg (Ke Plate! IVORY 1 BAMA JELLY A till I Ap Strberry pj I II OZ. LI I Plum OZ. FOR USTERU BEAMS i IT DELMONTE WELMIONtTs sponMca peas 443 Lafayette' he was administered with as much a personal feeling of (emergency 1room itreatmentHachievement as the proud AHS promptly. Approximately 15 student body. Astroworld Featured Without you, our student newspaper could not be what it is today, one of the finest in Louisiana high schools.

For all honors that the Cat Claw may win in competition, the Meridional staff is in the foreground in the recognition of the recipients. Thank you, all, very sincerely. s) Joe Choate Joe Choate Publications Sponsor Abbeville High School understanding of the problem. For instance, if you buy 100 pounds of beef at 75 cents a pound, added a processing charge of $10. All the meat sold is advertised as "sold hanging weight subject to trim loss" In trimming the meat, there could be a 37 percent loss of bone and fat.

So already your 75 cents a pound beef is costing you $1 .35 per pound to which financing charges of 20 percent or more may be added. That may be a good price if all your meat were sirloin steak but a good bit of it is going to be hamburger and that's pretty high even at today's prices. When an ad catches your eye that indicates you can get meat for less, it's always a good idea to check with the Better Business Bureau or Chamber of Commerce in your area to see if other consumers have registered complaints, as many of these type of stores stay in business in the community only long enough to make their profit and then they move on to another location. By and large those stores that have been in business in one community for many years could stary in business if they are giving the consumer their money's worth. During the past few, months, several "bargain" meat concerns have been closed because of the action taken by the Weights and Measures Division following consumer complaints.

This effort is of great help to other potential consumers in the community, but of no help to those who rushed in with the idea of getting meat at a reduced price. This effort is of great help to other potential consumers in the community, but of no help to those who rushed in with the idea of getting meat at a reduced price. We want you to enjoy good Louisiana beef during beef month, but we also want you to get your money's worth. So be a careful shopper on buying bulk meat because sometimes it is all now what it appea rs to be. If you see the public being defrauded on short weight, get in touch with the Consumer Affairs Department here at the Louisiana Department of Agriculture.

June is dairy month in Louisiana and each year during this particular month we spend a lot of time promoting dairy products because "everybody needs milk." This June we are going to spend more time getting you better acquainted with thedairy industry in Louisiana. We are doing this because so much publicity has been given the dairy industry which is slanted with half-truths. The dairy industry occupies a very important place in the agriculture economy of our state and ranks sixth as a source of income and second in total retail valueof sales. Here in Louisiana it employs more than 35,000 families. Six thousand families are directly involved in production, approximately 4200 families work in processing and distribution, and 24,800 families are in service related industries.

Thirty-five thousand jobs make dairying very important to Louisiana's economy. Dairying is a business that Louisiana has invested a lot of money in to provide you the public a needed service. The investments today exceed S440 million dollars of which the farms has about S3G5 million invested. Louisiana's processing COMMENT stated their understanding. It was decided to avoid further confusion and scandal by not exposing Miss Karl or the Catholic Church to the comments and judgments that would inevitable have been made.

No judgment should be made against individuals as such, since none of us knows the intentions and motivations of their hearts. But judgments certainly can be made when the individual comes into conflict with the community. The common good takes precedence over the individual good. If this were not so, our whole legal and judicial system in the Western world would be unfair and unchristian. Indeed the opposite is true.

It is because of shoddy thinking about individual rights at the expense of the rights of the larger community that several of our Supreme Court decisions seem to lack common sense in so many clear offenses. It was the same type of shoddy thinking that led the Watergate conspirators to lie, cheat, and break the law because of their dedication to one man rather than to their party or their country. 2. The second important element in the Vermilion Catholic case that was overlooked by you is that a Catholic school has certain principles, allegiances, loyalties, and values that it cannot abandon without being unfaithful to its very purpose of existence. What would we think of West Point if it graduated publicly a student who deserted his countrbr even admitted planning to) and defied its laws, regardless of how good a student or athelete that individual was? The school would lose both respect and credibility.

Vermilion Catholic is a Church-sponsored, Church-subsidized school. It makes no bones about its allegiance to the Catholic Church and its teachings. How could it possibly respond to the Catholic community of Abbeville or of the diocese of Lafayette if it appeared to condone publicly a student who was a' source of scandal to the Church and who was planning to ignore the principles and teachings of that Church for which the school exists? The whole Christian ethic of love has been often twisted and confused. The fact that love has certain priorities needs to be reflected upon: and the good of the many must be sought beyond the good of the one. When people use Christian love to justify and accept any kind of action regardless of its consequences, they should also recall the words found in Matthew's gospel (Chapter 18) about fraternal correction and how to treat thoses who give scandal.

We i all regret deeply the embarrassment caused to many, especially to Miss Karl's parents, by this unfortunate incident. The source of embarrassment, however," was not the action taken by the Church or school. It was the prior admission of Miss Karl's intentions, that had become well known in the community. Let us hope that to avoid any further embarrassment the whole matter will be dropped now. s) Rev.

Paul Metrejean Rev. Paul Metrejean St. Mary Magdalen Church Abbeville, Louisiana (Ed. note Criticism is a two-way street. First, the very purpose of allocation of space on this page both to letters to the editor and for guest commentary is that anyone, specifically the "silent majority," is allowed to comment.

Second, a successful effort was made to determine the whole matter what her post-graduation intentions are. Third, "the confusion of so many Catholics in and around Abbeville" surely does not result in scandal, hurt and shame. Fourth, "shoddy thinking about individual rights at the expense of the rights of the larger community" by the Supreme Court does not seem a very Christian approach in the least. Fifth, it seems that principles of a Catholic school should be in line with general principles. Sixth, why is it that we reflect FARM FOLKS by Dave Pearce La.

Commissioner Of Agriculture stitches were required to close the head wound and he was given two injections. We were advised to return home and watch for certain symptoms and signs of infection becauseofthe time lapse. In mid' afternoon on the same date, Stevie began to vomit. Being very alarmed and cautious, we called the doctor who had seen Stevie. He advised us to bring him back to the hospital.

We did and the doctor was waiting for us at the hospital when we arrived. The doctor checked him thoroughly and he was admitted to the hospital for further observation and a neurosurgeon was called for consultation. After testing and observation, he was discharged with instructions, precautions and recommendations on the next day. We are So far, our son is convalescing and doing fine. BUT, a question of doubt remains.

We have a lot of questions, too numerous to detail. BUT. appointed the three doctors in Abbeville to play God? BUT. happened to the oath they took when they became medical doctors? BUT. does one define an emergency, sight unseen? BUT.

will someone die waiting? BUT. CAN WE DO? Mr. and Mrs. Norman L. Rogers To the People of Abbeville: I am not writing this letter to FOX pizza Do you want to pay more for your meat? Nowhere does the old addage "seeing is believing'' mean more than when buying' 'mean more than when buying meat.

At the retail grocery store the meat is packaged and ready for sale with the weight and price clearly marked. You can handle, study and determine its value as far as your spendable dollar is concerned. What you see is what you get. Buying meat in bulk that is generally advertised for less than STAFF: Astroworld maintains a staff of 2500 of which 2400 are students. All of the entertainers, musicians, and vocalists are students as are the young ladies and gentlemen who run the games, prepare and serve the food, and act as hosts and hostesses in any of the 140 different jobs in the park.

MANAGEMENT: General Manager of Astroworld is George W. Lanier, an architect whose knowledge and experience deals both in park design and park management. Mr. Lanier's primary concern is to maintain and improve Astroworld as the greatest family entertainment center in the Southwest a delight for all ages. LANDSCAPING: A year round staff of landscape experts maintain the grounds of Astroworld, which is a blooming paradise.

They care for the 10,000 trees, including 31 giant fruit bearing pear trees, plus thousands of shrubs and flowers. In 1972, 100,000 Day Lily bulbs were added to the lush grounds. COSTUMES: All costumes, sets, and special effects are constructed by Astroworld's own staff on the premises. The one exception to this policy is the extravagant costumes of Marvel McFey and his friends, which were created by Roland Crump of Los Angeles. MARVEL McFEY: In 1972, Astroworld introduced a cast of 1 2 personalities headed by Marvel McFey, a fantastic, magical gypsy.

This parade of characters perform every day and acts as Astroworld's Ambassadors of Happiness at various civic and charitable events throughout the United States. DESIGNER; Astroworld was designed by Randall Duell and Associates of Santa Monica California. internationally famous entertainment park creators. BUTTER LB. LUZIANNE SAUSAGE OR CHEESE discredit or condone anything the adollara pound is on the surface Catholic Church has done; but I am CARNATION BLUE PLATE SALAD mdlci on MCSIZE H39 1JC a good buy, but the buyer sees the final package only on delivery and it can turn into a very disappointing experience.

The Weights and Measures Section of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture has for years been on the alert for those meat speciality stores that promise much but deliver less. It is true you are buying the bulk meat at a seeming savings in price, but there are many other things thatgo into its preparation for delivery to you that raise the price of the edible meat you receive. For beef month we have prepared a film of the steps meat goes through before it reaches you so that you will have a better writing it to make people think about their own actions. Let me say first that it is very easy to be nice and to agree with anything anyone else says or does It is also very easy to go along with the crowd. But we Catholics have a very hard job.

have to live the words of Jesus and set an example for the rest of the world. We not only should live the words of Jesus, but we should let other people know when they are not doing the right thing. When we were children our religion teachers taught us exactly what is right and what is wrong and our consciences were educated. That right and wrong TEACHERS! SPECIALS GOOD TUES. JUNE 5 AND WED.

JUNE 6 ALLSTATE Life-Accident-Health -Car-Home I Anthony Fontana 893-5582 iJJOSt. Mary Abbeville Are you putting tax free dollars intoaretirementfund? It's a good idea. Let me tell you about it. SEE Roland F. LeBlanc 893-2598 130 S.

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