planned another route for the return trip home. As far as I was concerned my suspicions of the children’s program, including a separate dining experience for children were well founded. There were too many rules and regulations with regard to age. For example, a good swimmer was not permitted in the deep end of the swimming pool based on age alone and not skill or ability. Dinner consisted of the foods “children like” such as hot dogs, hamburgers, and spaghetti and these were served on a long table in a dark windowless room. After giving this arrangement a try, I complained to mother and father that I did not want to participate and so was excused from the resort’s children’s programs.
Neighborhood children usually played and engaged in activities outdoors. Games of ball and other childhood games were organized by groups of friends. Fighting occurred from time to time, usually dueto name calling. Physical appearances and perceived personality deficits were cited to instigate these brawls. My group of friends arranged for adventures in fishing, hiking, sledding, skiing, and skating in the nearby natural area, in addition to participating in the neighborhood activities of ball and brawls. After moving from this area, and then returning in adulthood, I took a walk along the same wooded paths as in childhood, a sense of relaxation and safety departed from me however, when I noticed a hunter’s deer perch constructed in a tree along the pathway.
Retrospective: Children should be encouraged to read sane books. Parents can assist by providing a choice of several different varieties of books written in series format, to let the youngster decide on their favorite character(s) and series. Patronizing business concerns on the Sabbath Day whether for reasons of leisure or otherwise encourages widespread societal violations of Commandment IV. Not all plans are achieved. Children seem to become a nuisance to some parents requiring a separation from them during vacation time. Some people make statements in an immoral society that defy common sense and become facts. In an immoral society, ways of life change quickly.
Historical Accounts 1969: 19
The gay rights movement begins on June 28 with the Stonewall riots.
In Great Britain, the half penny is no longer considered to be legal tender as of July 31.
The first men walk on the Moon on July 21. The United States erects the U.S. flag on the Moon’s surface. Pope Paul VI sends 73 messages of congratulations to NASA, from international leadership.
The first internet message is sent through the ARPANET system on October 29.
The second moonwalk is accomplished on November 19.
Remarks: Homosexual’s gain political clout that is based on sexual relations. The United States makes first claims to the Moon by erecting a flag. The first message is sent via the internet. It would take more than thirty years for many people to have access to this form of communication.