Letters to the Editor 12-05-1997
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Jail Concerns - Teacher - Billy Sunday
Jail Concerns
Editor, Times-Union:Recently in the Times-Union Monica Neff expressed her concerns about the cruelty the Kosciusko County Jail placed on inmates receiving "only" four visitors per month.
All of us make choices. No one forces someone to commit a crime that lands them in jail or prison.
But while they are in jail, the taxpayers must pay for their food, clothing, shelter and recreation.
Want to discover cruelty? Find out what countries across the ocean do to inmates.
It's time America got tough on crime and paid more attention to the rights and concerns of victims!
The Kosciusko County Jail is to be commended for their four visitors per month policy; it's a reminder jail is meant to be tough.
Want more than four visitors per month? Stay out of jail!
Mike Wood
Warsaw
Teacher
Editor, Times-Union:I have had people ask why I have not submitted an article for awhile. I believe the less I say means the less I have to account for.
I have read the articles in different papers concerning our teacher here at North Webster. To be a teacher here for that long and be as well liked by the people I would say she is a very exceptional person. I believe for that long a time a person is allowed to make a mistake in something. Any person that has held a job for that long I am sure will agree.
I have yet to hear any thoughts of comments by the students in her class, and yes, her class is old enough to have their own thoughts about the matter. I believe it will cause changes for them also.
To those of you who believe a statement that she supposedly made was wrong, maybe sometime you said something you later hoped no one heard. I know I have, but luckily no one was "passing" my door!
I am not a young person, and I have met a lot of people and I try to get along with most. Some I do not agree with, but not because they are a different color!
In one article I read there was quite a statement made by a lady who I understand to be a "preacher" in a local church. I use the word preacher because I was born in the south and to me I like the word. I hope no one is offended by this!
The part of her article I do not understand is she remarked quite frankly about our "teacher" and I believe she mentioned something about a very stupid remark. I believe most people sometime in their life have made stupid remarks. I also believe this to include preachers as I do not believe they have the right to judge others and I hope you understand my thoughts about this.
North Webster is a small but very likeable town. I do hope it will remain this way. We are being mentioned in newspapers and I understand that television has become interested! The school board meeting may turn out to be a rather large gathering. I do hope it will be a sensible one.
To our teacher that seems to be the victim in my thoughts, you do not deserve this! To the other teachers, you may want to close your classroom doors. The person "no name mentioned," I believe, may be one who likes to stroll the halls. I hope this person is proud of the accomplishment.
To the people of another skin color, I hope you will not be offended by this unfortunate happening.
I believe I have a lot of friends that I have been lucky to make during my life and I honestly believe the skin color did not make any difference!
The main thing I think about is God created all of us. He did not make mistakes, as his people do. I hope I have not offended anyone.
Dester Bell
North Webster
Billy Sunday
Editor, Times-Union:We ought to consider Billy Sunday's message in any decision concerning the restoration of Winona Lake. We have a godly heritage in Winona Lake because of this local hero. Sunday's sermons concentrated on the evils of drinking and the need for the prohibition law. For example, his grand campaign in Detroit paid off on election day, when Michigan voted 353,373 to 284,754 in favor of prohibition.
How can we sell booze across the street where such convicting messages were cried out? Sunday attacked drinkers in his audience as "dirty, low-down, whiskey-soaked, beer-guzzling, bull-necked, foul-mouthed, hypocrites." He extracted promises from converts to give up alcohol forever. Women pledged that "lips that touch liquor, shall never touch mine!" This man was on fire. We ought to get excited about that. If we worked toward having the same grit, salt and light, then we could influence crowds from all over the state and country, possibly similar to the early part of this century.
This challenge from Sunday says, "The church needs fighting men, not those hog-jowled, weasel-eyed, sponge-columned, mush-fisted, jelly-spined, pussy-footed, four-flushing, charlotte russe Christians" and "Lord save me from off-handed, flabby-cheeked, brittle-boned, weak-kneed, thin-skinned, pliable, spineless, effeminate, ossified, three-karat Christianity." Is television and radio preaching stirring our nation's hearts for revival? Of course not; it starts with us. According to II Chronicles 7:14, "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
What would Billy Sunday think about liquor in Winona Lake? He once said: "The man who votes for the saloon is pulling on the same rope as the Devil, whether he knows it or not." and "He deserves to have his girl live out her life with a drunken husband." After messages like that, from this man who helped put Winona on the map, how dare we have the audacity to sell alcohol in Winona?
After the 18th Amendment passed, Sunday said to "John Barleycorn" (the nickname given to alcohol): "Good-bye John." Sunday said: "The reign of tears is over. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses. Men will walk upright now, (and) Hell will be forever rent." Why turn our backs on this heritage? This godly inheritance that has been passed down to you and me should not be wasted. How will serving drinks work toward righteous living or revival camp meetings? I am against any liquor being served: (Daniel 1:8-16, Proverbs 20:1, 21:17, 23:20, 23:30-31, 31:4, and Ephesians 5:15-18). I think Sunday's message ought to have consideration in the restoration of Winona Lake.
Timothy Joseph Hilinski
Winona Lake
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- Jail Concerns - Teacher - Billy Sunday
Jail Concerns
Editor, Times-Union:Recently in the Times-Union Monica Neff expressed her concerns about the cruelty the Kosciusko County Jail placed on inmates receiving "only" four visitors per month.
All of us make choices. No one forces someone to commit a crime that lands them in jail or prison.
But while they are in jail, the taxpayers must pay for their food, clothing, shelter and recreation.
Want to discover cruelty? Find out what countries across the ocean do to inmates.
It's time America got tough on crime and paid more attention to the rights and concerns of victims!
The Kosciusko County Jail is to be commended for their four visitors per month policy; it's a reminder jail is meant to be tough.
Want more than four visitors per month? Stay out of jail!
Mike Wood
Warsaw
Teacher
Editor, Times-Union:I have had people ask why I have not submitted an article for awhile. I believe the less I say means the less I have to account for.
I have read the articles in different papers concerning our teacher here at North Webster. To be a teacher here for that long and be as well liked by the people I would say she is a very exceptional person. I believe for that long a time a person is allowed to make a mistake in something. Any person that has held a job for that long I am sure will agree.
I have yet to hear any thoughts of comments by the students in her class, and yes, her class is old enough to have their own thoughts about the matter. I believe it will cause changes for them also.
To those of you who believe a statement that she supposedly made was wrong, maybe sometime you said something you later hoped no one heard. I know I have, but luckily no one was "passing" my door!
I am not a young person, and I have met a lot of people and I try to get along with most. Some I do not agree with, but not because they are a different color!
In one article I read there was quite a statement made by a lady who I understand to be a "preacher" in a local church. I use the word preacher because I was born in the south and to me I like the word. I hope no one is offended by this!
The part of her article I do not understand is she remarked quite frankly about our "teacher" and I believe she mentioned something about a very stupid remark. I believe most people sometime in their life have made stupid remarks. I also believe this to include preachers as I do not believe they have the right to judge others and I hope you understand my thoughts about this.
North Webster is a small but very likeable town. I do hope it will remain this way. We are being mentioned in newspapers and I understand that television has become interested! The school board meeting may turn out to be a rather large gathering. I do hope it will be a sensible one.
To our teacher that seems to be the victim in my thoughts, you do not deserve this! To the other teachers, you may want to close your classroom doors. The person "no name mentioned," I believe, may be one who likes to stroll the halls. I hope this person is proud of the accomplishment.
To the people of another skin color, I hope you will not be offended by this unfortunate happening.
I believe I have a lot of friends that I have been lucky to make during my life and I honestly believe the skin color did not make any difference!
The main thing I think about is God created all of us. He did not make mistakes, as his people do. I hope I have not offended anyone.
Dester Bell
North Webster
Billy Sunday
Editor, Times-Union:We ought to consider Billy Sunday's message in any decision concerning the restoration of Winona Lake. We have a godly heritage in Winona Lake because of this local hero. Sunday's sermons concentrated on the evils of drinking and the need for the prohibition law. For example, his grand campaign in Detroit paid off on election day, when Michigan voted 353,373 to 284,754 in favor of prohibition.
How can we sell booze across the street where such convicting messages were cried out? Sunday attacked drinkers in his audience as "dirty, low-down, whiskey-soaked, beer-guzzling, bull-necked, foul-mouthed, hypocrites." He extracted promises from converts to give up alcohol forever. Women pledged that "lips that touch liquor, shall never touch mine!" This man was on fire. We ought to get excited about that. If we worked toward having the same grit, salt and light, then we could influence crowds from all over the state and country, possibly similar to the early part of this century.
This challenge from Sunday says, "The church needs fighting men, not those hog-jowled, weasel-eyed, sponge-columned, mush-fisted, jelly-spined, pussy-footed, four-flushing, charlotte russe Christians" and "Lord save me from off-handed, flabby-cheeked, brittle-boned, weak-kneed, thin-skinned, pliable, spineless, effeminate, ossified, three-karat Christianity." Is television and radio preaching stirring our nation's hearts for revival? Of course not; it starts with us. According to II Chronicles 7:14, "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."
What would Billy Sunday think about liquor in Winona Lake? He once said: "The man who votes for the saloon is pulling on the same rope as the Devil, whether he knows it or not." and "He deserves to have his girl live out her life with a drunken husband." After messages like that, from this man who helped put Winona on the map, how dare we have the audacity to sell alcohol in Winona?
After the 18th Amendment passed, Sunday said to "John Barleycorn" (the nickname given to alcohol): "Good-bye John." Sunday said: "The reign of tears is over. We will turn our prisons into factories and our jails into storehouses. Men will walk upright now, (and) Hell will be forever rent." Why turn our backs on this heritage? This godly inheritance that has been passed down to you and me should not be wasted. How will serving drinks work toward righteous living or revival camp meetings? I am against any liquor being served: (Daniel 1:8-16, Proverbs 20:1, 21:17, 23:20, 23:30-31, 31:4, and Ephesians 5:15-18). I think Sunday's message ought to have consideration in the restoration of Winona Lake.
Timothy Joseph Hilinski
Winona Lake
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