with whom I have had the privilege of associating and I am endebted to them for their kindness to me.

I am thankful for my parents and for my brothers and sisters. I am proud of my family to whom these lines are dedicated. My sons and my daughters, my grandsons and granddaughters and my great-grandchildren. I am grateful to see them coming along and I hope my posterity will continue to raise families. I am sure they will be prospered and blessed.

I am glad to have lived in this great day of the Lord. I have varied experiences and have seen many changes. I have yolked oxen and hitched them to the wagon and to the plow. I remember of once telling my wife that I would not care for an automobile; that a good team and buggy was good enough for me. But people change their minds and want to go faster and faster, and many hurry to their untimely graves. Speeds of 50 - 70- 100 miles an hour are too slow: they want to fly, fly, fly through the air. But that will be too slow for immortal beings. I did not anticipate the thrill of riding in an airplane, but have had that experience before passing on to have another experience, which I anticipate is a step  in advance. It must be a pretty good place, for few people ever return and we all must have that experience. The question is, are we prepared to face the facts of our life's work, to meet the future, to contact those with whom we have been associated in business and otherwise.

If we could learn early in life the value of time, the importance of each day, and perform our work well, trusting with hope in the future, this world would be made a beautiful place in which to live. If we could live in harmony with the words ascribed to an Indian Chief, 

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