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Green RevolutionVolume 3 | Issue 3 Article 203-1-1965Confusion as to GoalsHunter LeggittFollow this and additional works at: https://research.library.kutztown.edu/greenrevolutionThis Letter to the Editor is brought to you for free and open access by Research Commons at Kutztown University. It has been accepted for inclusion inGreen Revolution by an authorized editor of Research Commons at Kutztown University. For more information, please contactczerny@kutztown.edu,.Recommended CitationLeggitt, Hunter (1965) "Confusion as to Goals," Green Revolution: Vol. 3 : Iss. 3 , Article 20.Available at: https://research.library.kutztown.edu/greenrevolution/vol3/iss3/202- THE GREEN REVOLUTION, Moren, 1965 New School of Living Centers Await Active Workers To the Editor: I've been wondering why there couldn't be a branch of the School of Living out here (1) instead of everything like that always back east. (2) - Lucia Beiser, Box 71, Lucerne (Lake County), Calif. Editor's ,Reply (1) No reason, if west coast members want it. See No. 3, below. (2) This brings us to the question, How do things get done? By people, persons, INDIVIDUALS doing them, of course. The people who want a thing bad enough start doing it. Ralph Borsodi wanted a School of Living. He started one at Suffern, N. Y., in 1936. Mildred Loomis went to visit it, stayed a year, got married. She wanted to work at School of Living goals. Gradually a kind of School of Living developed at Lane's End Homestead"where she lived. In 1960 Rose and Ralph Smart, Sycamore Hollow Home­stead, West Alexandria, Ohio, said, "Let's have a Homestead Festival." And they planned and developed it; held at their and nearby homesteads. In 1961, Harold and Grace Lefever, Sonnewald Home­stead, Spring Grove, Pa., said, "We'd like to have the Festival at our place this year." OK. They worked it up and it was a grand affair. In 1962, Joy and Earnest Martin said, "We want the homesteaders to come to our place this year." So they worked and had it near them-used a country church, and centered around their Dannielson, Conn., homestead. In 1963, Philip and Nancy Smith, Wayside Farm, New Hope, Pa., said, "We want the homesteaders to come to us this year." So they worked, invited speakers, and about 60 people enjoyed a two-day interchange. In 1964, Marion and Isabelle Pettie said, "Come get. to­gether at Ragged Mt. Farm here in Virginia," and we did-for two weeks of discussion, relaxation, peach picking, etc. In 1965, Grace and Harold Lefever, Bill and Margaret Anacker and a few others said, "Let's get busy on the Old Mill at Heathcote Haven and turn it into a School of Living hP.adquartf'rs.'.' So thP.y had a workbee Jan. 1-3. Feb. 20-22. and Feb. 27-28. You see how it is. Just because there is a name, School of Living, doesn't mean that some "agency" or "organization" does things. It's PEOPLE! In our decentralist organization (School of Living), the. leaders (if any) don't do the work. Whatever people want, people· will get, in our School. The present leader ( ?) is glad to facilitate, report, assist in what ever people want. (3) Letters from west coast readers frequently ask for a meeting, a center. I list a few addresses here of people who ( as I glean from their letters) would be glad to work at, at­tend and participate in a School of Living development on the west coast (all addresses are in California) : Victor Tauferner, 2030 W. 159th, Gardena; Bill & Jean Peavy, 77 S. P St., Mer­ced; D. P. Huffman, 48 Park Rd., Burlingame; Mrs. Robert Hazelrigg, 1174 Olympia Ave., Seaside; W. H. Gordon, Etna; Robert Hayden, 789 E. Teague, Fresno; Paul Burner, 1190 Tabor, Los Angeles; Saloman Sherman, 1447 Avon Terrace, Los Angeles; Bruce Barrett, 1470 California St., San Fran­cisco; Walter D. Bunnell, 6500 Jamison Rd., Santa Rosa; Eric Nilson, 850 Lynch Rd., Petaluma; Bruce Sloan, 9 Olive St., Mill Valley; Gregory Campbell, 163 18th Ave., San Francisco; John Swanson, Box 922, Berkeley; Marshall Rodin, 2416 Ash­by, Berkeley; Sam Freedman, 1762 30th Ave., San Francisco; Paul Marks, 1257 California, Las Banos. There are scores of others. We have more readers and members in California than in any other state. Who wants to work at getting together? Who will work at it? Pick your co-workers and get started. Let us know results. Don't Take "City" to the Country By Carolyn R. Guy E. Calais, Vt. Some of the problems of home­steading or country living are not recognized as problems at all but they can prevent you from get­ting the greatest benefit from your venture. You can move to the country, plant a garden, raise some ani­mals and you should save money, live a better life and enjoy peace and good health. You can - but maybe you won't. If stress and worry over how you will support the family go with you, so will the ulcer. If habits of spending remain the same as in the city you'll find country living costs even more. It is quite possible to have eggs cost $1.00 a dozen. The housewife who does not change her pattern of housework may find herself just out straight when country chores are added to the regular housework. She may have to bring her standards down a notch or two. Children will get little benefit from the rural atmosphere if they are allowed to park endless hours in front of the TV. Set and Maintain Goals Many of these problems can be approached before you ever move to the country. In food purchas­ing and cooking, break away from ready0to-eat convenience foods; start making your own. Buy in larger quantities and only the Letters to the Editor If All Save Themselves To the Editor: We are kindred souls. I re­turned disabled from World War II, bought 600 acres of woodland up here, and built a house in the center. We have many advan­tages - good food, finest hard­wood fuel, clean air and water, good neighbors; our sheep, goats, cattle, fowl and horses are the best. We also have a trade that keeps growing because of busi­ness policy based on good princi­ples. The green revolutio·n can be the answer to the dilemma of America facing 6 hundred mil­lion Chinese who hate them and 400 million Soviet people who despise greed, avarice, and pride. I am not trying to save the world. I'm trying to save myself. If all save themselves from the results of their own folly, the world will be saved.-Edward A. Elstone, Green Rise Farm, On­tario, Canada. lnfarmation Needed To the Editor: We are considering a home­stead in the near future but need information on how to proceed. We hope to use solar-heating in our house. Can you direct us to sources on this? We compliment you on promoting "on-to-the-land living." We feel we could:q't get along without The Green Revolu­fion.-Mrs. Alice Kennedy, 1355 Ivy St., Denver, Colo. 80220 * * :!t To the Editor: Who knows how to hull oats and sunflower seeds at home with effective hand methods? - Edgar Wenzlaff, Black Rock, Ark. * * * To the Editor: Who has a good Brown Swiss heifer for sale?-C. Kline, Frews­burg, N. Y. * * * To the,:Editor: My wif� an<\_I are particularly intor<><rl:c.t�.::.. a�<>.le<5 � the-keep-· ing of stpck on the homestead, chickens, swine, goats, sheep.­Alan Child, Box 183, Ashcroft, B. C., Canada. * * * To the Editor: I found School of Living listed in Beatrice Hunter's book, Gar­dening Without Poisons. I'm writ­ing a novel in which the theme of organic gardening and health through natural foods runs all through'. the book. Please send any information on this you think would help. - Hal Porter, Rt. 1, Box 1742, Port Orange, Fla. [We suggested he have the hero-heroine wind up on their own Hunza land-build their own Shangri-La (homestead) alone or with others in a "model" commu­nity.-Edito,r] Fiddler's Choice Address [Joe and Helen Ryan, who wel­come visitors and helpers in their homestead and home-building, live at Rt. 1, Box 78C, Franklin, N. H. 63235-Editor] Ideals For. Heathcote Community To the Editor: I have been taking up extra furnishings each time we go up to Heathcote Haven. Our town property where we live in Pikes-basic ingredients. Children can learn early to take a hand in the activities of the home-spend less time idly following the whims of the peer group. A man may need to revaluate his worth. Is it not better to mend the porch oneself than to go to work to earn the money to pay someone else to do it? One's time may be worth $3.00 or $4.00 an hour on one job but if all deduc­tions and transportation are fig­ured you may be money ahead to do the work yourself. So it isn't enough to have good intentions or to go through the motions. We have to set goals and work toward them, look to the future and find ways to im­prove. ville has been sold, so we'll defi­nitely be part of the Community next summer. I wonder who will finally assemble there. It is a challenge to our spirit of har­mony and cooperation. I would like to see it inter-racial and inter­religious. I feel we should learn from each other-the adults first and the children naturally, as well.-W. S. Anacker, 8 Ventura Lane, Pikesville, Md. First Step, Improve.Self To the Editor: I'm convinced that any society no matter how perfectly con­ceived and planned will be de­stroyed if inhabited by human beings motivated by need for rec­ognition, power, security, authori­ty, greed, etc In other words by people like the vast, vast ma­jority of us. I am convinced that any really fundamental change in the social structure must be preceded by a mutation in indi­vidual consciousness. So my concern now is the un­derstanding of myself, my fear, confusion and self-centered think­ing. I have little enthusiasm for any systematic. thought-evolved solution to our problems. How to earn the little material goods which I need in an inter­esting. unambitious way without submitting to authority and with­out harming anyone is what I'm looking for. I'm 36 years old, sin­gle, with clerical experience; went to advertising school but didn't take to it, have worked at odd skilled jobs, and the last ten years in bartending and catering work. The triple prospect of coming into contact with serious-minded people, leaving a wrong vocation. and leaving the city is certainly appealinl!. Hence I subscribe to Green Revolution' and will look up the people you mention.­Tom Mooney, 7242 Sansom St., Upper Darby, Pa. 16 \ndian.a,Acres Avai\ab\e To the Editor: I have a 26-acre truck farm which I would sell on easy terms. Is there a family or two who would want to homestead it? Ten acres is black muck with much humus which could be irrigated. On the sandy part we raise excel­lent melons or alfalfa. A marl pit on the farm supplies lime for the alfalfa and other crops. I would make the· financing quite easy for the right parties. - W. L. Overholser, Winamac, Ind. [Mr. Overholser is a healthy, 80-year-old hygienist, actively promoting a third party for ethi­cal politics.-EditorJ Confusion As To Goals To the Editor: I went to a meeting for the pur­pose of starting a Summerhill­type school and community . . .  Unless the people can come to more common agreement I doubt if they can make a go of it. At this time, a few want organic farming with no concern for com­munity; some want to teach in such a school due to frustration with the public schoois, but not live there; some want an intensive Why Suffer? Why indeed, with all the plans and regimens for good health available these days! A new book by Ann Wigmore, originator of wheatgrass therapy (see page 4, February Green Rev­olution) bears this title. It is full of help and inspiration. It reports Dr. Ann's achievements in her own health and that of literally hundreds of others working with her at The Mansion (25 Exeter St., Boston) and The Homestead (Stoughton, Mass.). It also is a fascinating account of her vivid and eventful life beginning ·as a refugee from Hitler's atrocities. Editor Loomis has visited Ann Wigmore twice. and has bene­fited from a year's use of wheat­grass at home. Many will find in­spiration and help in her book. Why Suffer? is $3.95 from Ann Wigmore at the Boston address.­M.J.L. The Green Revolution Second class mailing privilege au· thorixed at Brookville, Ohio 45309. Published monthly by Tho School of Living. Lane's End Homestead, Brook­rilla, Ohio 45309. Editor: Mildred J. Loomis. Subscription rates: Thtt Green Rno· /ufion, $3 a year; Thtt Green Rero/1r fion with School of Living mombttr­ship, $5 a vear; The Green Reroluflon ,nd bimonthly A Way Ouf, $6 a year. Telephone: TE 8-4522 (New Lebanon, Ohio). intentional group-therapy type of community with a school in con­junction; several just want some place to dump their kids; and even a few I think would like themselves to enroll in any thing "free," especially if others will sort of take care of them. There were many monologues, just a little bit of communication and good coffee and cake. - Hunter Leggitt, 10244 S. Longwood, Chi­cago, Ill. [Fortunately, there are ways of learning to effectively communi­cate if persons want to study and practice it.-Editor] Directory Repor.t To the Editor: In mid-February there are 35 persons listed in the Green Revo­lution Directory. That leaves 265 to go in the 8 months I've de­cided to work on it. When Nov. 1 comes. I will turn over the list to Green. Revolution staff to do as they wish with it. This is not a project for my personal gain or sale. The main purpose of this directory is interchange of ideas, ,vith report of developments to Green Revolu:tion. Gus Goltz has an urgent proj­ect ·in Hawaii, so he has turned the 25 addresses for the Green Revolufion map over to me, and we will combine the map and di­rectory. We hope to get the first issue of the map out in April. Send your name, address, a 2 x 2 inch map of your local roads, and 50 words <Yf copy (scenic sites near ynu, ete.) to zne w-Jthnut d� -lay,_.:W. Earwood, Rt. 1, New Lexington, Ohio Homesteading For College Students To the Editor: I would like· to present my stu­dents in Marriage and Family Living classes with the purposes, principles and publications of the School of Living. It would be helpful if we could have back issues of Balanced Living, and would appreciate your reading lists and information about loan Ii15rary. Do you have a student rate? When and where will the next Congress on Balanced Liv­ing be held? Thanks for help in taking an analytical look at mod­ern life and attemptin.g to attain balance.--J. L. Middleton, 'North Carolina State, Raleigh, N. C. SUBSCRIBE TO THE GREEN REVOLUTION Date ......................... . School of Living Brookville, Ohio Here's evidence of my faith in the new venture, The Green Revolution. I send: D $3 for 1 year subscription to The Green Revolution. D $6 for 1 year combination sub­scription (both Way Out and The Green Revolution). D $5 for School of Living mem­bership and one journal (Way Out or The Green Revolution). Indicate which ·········----·--·--·--· D $10 for School of Living mem. bership and both journals. Name ·····----------····---.. Address City State .·----·-----------·-·····-··· Amount Enclosed ·····---·-·-·······-··-·· 

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