Editor, Times-Union: I have heard a lot said about the hard times. Which is the 1930s. I grew up in those times and I have to agree to that fact. Men who were lucky enough to have a job were most of them working 10 hours a day. For a big wage of $1 a day. That figures out to 10 cents an hour. Of course that dollar bought a lot at that time. Those who were working were in the minority. The majority are the people you hear so much about standing in the bread lines. And going to the soup kitchens. Then President Franklin D. Roosevelt started what was called the New Deal. That was the WPA and the conservation corps etc. Putting men to work on public buildings, streets, road, sidewalks, etc. The conservation corps worked in national parks and forests, etc. Yes, it was hard times and we did not have much. But you also will hear people talk about those times as the good old days. Now whey would anybody call that the good old days? Mainly because people worked together and helped one another. We could walk down the street without fear of being attacked or mugged. In the summer time kids played outside without fear of being kidnapped. We played baseball, hide and see, tag, all kinds of running games. Every boy seemed to be able to come up with a few marbles for a marble game. Most girls had jacks, dolls, etc. In the winter time we had our own version of sleds, some our dads made for us, other were things we put together ourselves. Winter evenings were spent listening to the radio or playing games. Our board games were not purchased from a toy or department store. We made our own. A piece of cardboard, a pencil, a dice and a few buttons was all we needed to make our own games. It was the good old days because people worked together, played together, shared what little they had and helped one another. What I am describing is from my own experience. Not in a little town like Warsaw, Ind., but in Topeka, Kans. (The capitol city of Kansas.) Yes, it was hard times and also the good old days.
Dwight Harrell Pierceton
Bush Not Evil
Editor, Times-Union: I am writing again in response to M. Tapp. I have never stooped to name calling. I am not brainwashed. I do know facts about what happened during the 9/11 attacks. My company lost 185 people in the World Trade Center attacks, and one of my co-workers had a son at the Pentagon.
None of these three planes were shot down. The third plane which crashed in Pennsylvania was brought down by the hi-jackers because of the brave passengers on this plane. Please do not insult me by calling me brainwashed.
Secondly, as I am writing this letter, my son is being deployed. I fully support this, and am proud of him.
Thirdly, if you were to read my letter I wrote that no President would knowingly allow an attack to come on his watch. I would even say this about President Roosevelt. Remember the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Alot of people thought the government knew before this attack. I would even include President Clinton in this, even though I did not agree with him politically.
My last comment is to the terrorists. These people are cowards. They attack civilians who are not armed. They attack funeral processions. Attack work centers. Why is not your anger directed at the people who inflicted such evil on this country?
Our Presidents are not evil. Even if I disagree with their politics. The people who attacked this country are evil.
Again I say, God Bless the USA. God Bless President Bush. And if that makes me brainwashed, then so be it.
Ed Waldschmidt Warsaw
Stolen
Editor, Times-Union: I have always thought this to be a small tightknit community where you could trust your neighbors. That idea was shattered when my mo-ped was stolen from my house Sunday.
I have had it for years and I've been everywhere on it, including downtown Fort Wayne and places along highways that are well traveled to and from anywhere.
It has never been touched. I always thought this was the one place it was safe. I was wrong.
It was a 2000 red Kaliber. If anyone has any information call 453-3997. I will pay a reward for its return.
