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Eldridge Writes To Trumpet reported by the press, television,

Lesson For License Loversand radio. The month following
the report, cigarette sales did fall.
Have you ever wondered how vises the Air Force on missiles At the same time, sales of cigars Saturday - I went by the Motor Thursday - Well, tomorrow's the
our school newspaper got started and re-entry vehicles." and pipe tobacco boomed. How- Vehicle Inspection building to- big day and I'm not the least bit

and why it was named the TRUM- Mr. Eldridge expressed his ever,- the trend back to cigarette day. I just wanted to make sure nervous. I'm not even going to
PET? To find the answers, we that nothing has happened to practice. The way I figure it,
wrote tu Mr. Harry Eldridge, pleasure up.en hearing from the smoking is continuing. If present it since I was there last. Noth- either you have it or you don't.
Class of '31, who was the first TRUMPET - 34 years later. "It smoking habits persist, cigarette ing has. I can't wait. 7 more If you have natural skill, why
Editor-in-Chief of the TRUMPET. stirred up wonderful memories ecnsumption in 1965 >Vill be "up a days. Not counting today, that waste time? Sally just called
which have been dormant for little" over the record-breaking makes 6. I can't wait for to- to wish me good luck. I told her
"As I remember, the TRUMP,ET many years." total of two years ago. morrow - then the magic num- I needed it. Have to sound mod-
was born in the fall of 1930 - the
A new drive against cigarette
start of my Senior year. Before smoking is getting under way in ber will be 5.
est, you know. Luck has noth-

choosing a name for the paper, the United States. The program Sunday - Sally told me to be sure ing to do with it. It's just a
V\'e checked the names of high is under the tlirecticn of the Na- to tie a string around my right matter of natural ability. Any-
tional Interagency Council on finger so that I'll know which way, I offered her a ride home
Cigarettes:school papers all over the state to Smoking and Health. The Coun- way to go when he tells me to after schocl tomorrow. I think
cil met on January 11th, and turn. We practiced K-turns for I'd better take a sleeping pill,
make sure we weren't using the specific targets for combating three hour~. I still get a little just in case.
smcking as a health hazard were mixert up.
same name as a school too close evolved in the final stages. Friday - I took my test today.
Monday - I walked to school this They're going to let me try
1 Year Laterto. home. After looking over many An educational program for morning. This is the last Mon- again in 35 days.
health professionals throughout
names, I was struck by the name
'Trumpet'. I convinced the com-
mittee in charge of naming the
paper to adopt it."
One year after the big smoking
scare, people are smcking as much
as they did before. Sales of cigar-
ettes, after a sudden but s·hort-

"During the first f.ew months, I lived droo a year ago, have climbed the nation-physicians, health of- day I'll be doing that. This time -Davenport Hastings
wrote a big part of the paper my- up agan;. Now medicine is start- ficers, athletic coaches, and school next v.reek, I'll just hop into the
self since there wasn't much in- ing another drive, with federal nurses-is being considered. One car and go. I picked out my
terest on the part of the student supp.art, to discourage smoking. aim would be to provide them parking space today. It's ador-
body. I rem·ember Mr. Cate (then The principal targets are the young with anti-cigarette information able. DARKNESS

principal) taking me aside and peo:Ple, especially teen-agers, be- and teaching aids. Tuesday - I'·m very depressed to- Down dc•.vn down
commending me for my '.l'eal but cause the best cure is to avoid the The Council provides pressure day. I got into the car and Into a world of darkness
reminding me that it was a school habit before it starts. closed my eyes and pretended
paper. After that, we took steps in Congress for legislation com- that I was taking my test. My I fell dov.'n
to encourage broader school par- The Surgeon General said in a pelling cigarette manufacturers to knees started to shake so much
ticipation." report released in January of 1964 label their products as potentially that I couldn't even press down I could not see
that smoking could cause lung dangerous to health. Bills calling on the brakes. 0 brother! I To be afraid
"Besides being Editor-in-Chief, cancer and might be dangerous to for such labeling were introduced can just see it now. My legs
I doubled as Sports Editor and the circulatory system and heart. in both houses of Congress during are shaking, no brakes, smash- Of that wretched life
traveled with the team to all Following this, nationwide anti- the last session, but they >vere up, no more inspector, no li- Which lay before me
games. We were in the midst of cigarette campaigns were launched. referred to· a committee and died. cense. Anyway, three more
a very successful football season It v.ras an all-out drive against days. A.nd the endeavors
and had won every game except teen-age s·moking. This drive is Perhaps a "pilot" program to I might faee
those against Vineland and Asbury still in full swing. saturate a selected community Wednesday - It's the day after to-
Park. We were so convinced we with infcrmation on the dangers morrow! I can't believe it! My But running away
could beat Asbury if given a sec- Little Effect of smoking would prove success- father would snail it. He brought Or being scught to stay
ond chance that we played them ful. This program would be speci- up the subject again of how ex-
for charity. We lost by a very In snite of all the campaigns, fically aimed at the young people. pensive insurance is today. For- I could not make up my mind
c1cse score. I'm sure that Chief tunately, my mother came to my And my heart beat slow
Beatty, who was then the Assist- signs i~dicate that cigarette smok- The new anti-sm,oking drive rescue. She said the sooner I
ant Football Coach, will remem- got my license, the sooner I'd My mind, naive and una>vare
ber that year." ing is still just as widespread comes at the time at which the start getting back to normal, Knew not of sorrow or grief
among Americans as it ever was. cigar.ette scare is wearing off. especially doing my homework
We asked Mr. Eldridge if he In the beginning, a great many However, this is not discouraging again. Darkness brcke my silence
has continued his career in journ- Americans stopped s1noking or to doctors or to the Interagency And l had fallen down
alism and received a surprising tried to stou for a while. In most Council. Rather, it has led to re-
answer. cases, unf,cl-tunately, the effect of doubled efforts. Schools, books, Into a world of darkness forever
the report wore off as time passed, pamphlets, films, radio, and T.V.
•---------------1"Up until two years ago, Iand s~ did the desire to stop. will be employed to p-ersuade -Arlene Cohen
young adults to stay away from
work e d for General-Dynamics The 404 !)age account prepared cigarettes. Youngsters who have Records Phonos
Astronautics as an engineer on the by the health experts was widely not vet learned the habit will be
Atlas booster. Now I'm a mem- distributed. It went to physicians, the ~ain target. Adults who are Needles Accessories

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