“OLD TIMERS"

By Dr. Hoyt W. Allen, Jr.

Normally “Old Timers” are very easy to recognize. They remember World War I, the Depression, World War II, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Normandy and Hitler. Likewise, they recall the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing, not to mention Vietnam. At athletic events, one can note them during the playing of the National Anthem. They hold their hats or hand over their hearts and sing without any embarrassment. They can sing the words without a written paper in front of them. This is because they have them in their heart and believe in them.

If you pass an “Old Timer” on the street, he'll nod, or tip his hat to a lady. If you bump into an "Old Timer" on the sidewalk, he'll apologize. "Old Timers" trust strangers and are polite to women. They hold the door for the next person and always when walking, make sure the lady is on the inside for protection.

"Old Timers” get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like violence and filth on TV and in movies. They have moral courage. “Old Timers” rarely brag unless it's about the grandchildren in music recitals or Little League.

This country needs "Old Timers" with their decent values, morals, and good common sense. We need them now more than ever. It's the "Old Timers" who know our great country is protected, not by politicians or police, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country in foreign lands, just as they did, without a thought except to do a good job, the best you can, and to get home to loved ones.

Thank God for the "Old Timers", we need lots of them! Someday, hopefully - we will be one, and as we pass by, hopefully someone will be heard saying, “Now there goes a true-blue American.”

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