The Key West Citizen

THE LOW DOWN
HICKORY GROVE

I see that "recreation" is now
Big Business. Making a living out
of recreation, brothers and sis-
ters, that is no slouch of an idea.
And when you get on the "andy-
noxer"
or
"3-cornered-cat"
or
"story telling" Recreation payroll,
you get to
go to conventions
versus rolling up your sleeves and
going to work. And if you are
extra good at horse-shoes or leap-
frog. you get on the program for
a talk-and stay for the banquet.

At a big convention in our
town, they discussed the idea of
extending planned recreation to
even the old spavins. Talked of
making the nation Recreation
Conscious. Discussed how to use
school children with placards -
like pickets - to put over the
sale with the taxpayers. In short.
the whole idea was how to keep
the recreation idea rolling-and
everybody stay on the payroll.

What this land of the free
needs, is to go to work. Playin'
has been overdone. There is al-
ready too much loitering-young
and old. Promotin' more play is
cockeyed. Idle hands stir up
devilment. Fewer
Recreation
Conclavers-and more officers
and patrolmen on the highways
--would make more sense. When
lawlessness is over the land.
you gotta do more than pop-off
at a banquet.

Yours with the low down.
JO SERRA.