Archive for John C. Sparks

Impatience Undermines Freedom

Mr. Sparks is a business executive of Canton, Ohio. The Typical American of the 1960′s enjoys a level of living, health, and comfort unimaginable to those who struggled twice as hard a half century earlier. The increased leisure of a shorter work week and longer life span might be expected to yield an air of [...]

1Oct1965 | | 0 comments | Continued

If I had Power

Mr. Sparks is a businessman in Canton, Ohio. A classroom discussion con­cerned a successful and wealthy industrial leader who had donated most generously to parks, muse­ums, educational institutions, and other worthy endeavors during his lifetime, while expanding his com­pany and the local job opportuni­ties in the community at the same time. Then the teacher posed [...]

1Jul1965 | | 0 comments | Continued

Nor Oysters from The Desert Sands

Mr. Sparks is a business executive of Canton, Ohio. Community leaders, striving "to get their share" of Federal funds for local projects to alleviate slum conditions and improve the city, are doomed to disappointment. For it is a law of nature that evil be­gets evil, regardless of good in­tentions, and no matter how often the [...]

1Mar1965 | | 0 comments | Continued

Exploring the National Parks

When John Sparks recently visited several national parks, he saw more than the scenic wonders, and offers his observations for further consideration.

1Dec1964 | | 1 comment | Continued

Behind the Facade

Beneath the surface forms, the substance of freedom in America goes neglected as individuals wait to “let George do it.”

1Sep1964 | | 0 comments | Continued

Zoned or Owned

There is more to zoning than meets the eye, says John Sparks, and much of it involves further aggravation of the problems the planning commission sought to solve.

1Jun1964 | | 0 comments | Continued

A Question of Color

Mr. Sparks is a business executive, civic leader, and active church layman in Canton, Ohio. A recent news item told how a child’s life depended on an opera­tion which the well-meaning par­ents refused to permit. Such in­stances are rare, involving only one or a few lives, yet they pro­voke widespread consternation at what appears to [...]

1Nov1963 | | 0 comments | Continued

The Miracle of Selflessness

Mr. Sparks is a business executive in Canton, Ohio. Occasional flashes during man’s time on this sphere have illu­minated the otherwise dark path toward his ethereal ultimate goal. These illuminations have shown through and have been identified with the lives of individuals, thus contributing knowledge of God’s truths to all who would listen, perceive, and [...]

1Sep1963 | | 0 comments | Continued

With Time to Spare

Mr. Sparks is a business executive in Canton, Ohio. The subject of the church-spon­sored area conference was auto­mation and its relation to the church and society. I was invited to present the viewpoint of man­agement, others on the panel be­ing a union leader, a professional churchman, and an educator. A film, prepared by the church [...]

1Jun1963 | | 0 comments | Continued

Ghost Towns

Mr. Sparks is a business executive of Canton, Ohio. The board of directors of our Chamber of Commerce had met to discuss the city government’s pro­posal to participate in the federal urban renewal program. A fellow-director turned to me—not in the tone of inquiry, but more to nail down his argument: "Would you stand by [...]

1May1963 | | 0 comments | Continued

Least of All… The Family

Mr. Sparks is a business executive in Canton, Ohio. When a group of us undertook to study the socialist doctrine "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need," a clergyman friend in our midst said he took mild issue with the use of the word "socialist" as the ad­jective. The doctrine, [...]

1Mar1963 | | 0 comments | Continued

Urban Renewal– Opportunity for Land Piracy?

Mr. Sparks is a business executive and past president of the Canton, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce. The October 1961 FREEMAN car­ried his earlier article, "The Urban Renewal Fallacy." Many inspiring stories of Ameri­can heroism came out of our war to win freedom from England. Courage was the badge of the times. The thrilling account of [...]

1Jan1963 | | 3 comments | Continued

Lost Freedom–Illusion or Fact?

Mr. Sparks is a business executive and past president of the Canton, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce. Some years ago, one of the network telecasting companies origi­nated a special program to depict a current issue of importance to the nation. Its announced objec­tive was to seek out the truth for the edification and better under­standing of [...]

1Nov1962 | | 0 comments | Continued

Freedom to Decide

Mr. Sparks is a business executive and past president of the Canton, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce. Independent decision-making enables man to evolve toward his destiny, but this is possible only after he unshackles him­self from other men who would obstruct his right to decide.. In one of our best-known patri­otic songs, we sing of our [...]

1Oct1962 | | 1 comment | Continued

The Wool Over Our Eyes

Mr. Sparks is a business executive and past president of the Canton, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce. More Often than one would be­lieve possible, business and profes­sional men are taken in by the glibness of a "liberal" speaker. Many civic luncheon clubs are similar to mine, to all appearances conservative, with members who speak out against [...]

1Jun1962 | | 0 comments | Continued

The Untenable Mid-Point

Mr. Sparks is a businessman in Canton, Ohio. Some of us, interested in the study of limited government and maximum liberty, have met nearly every month for more than ten years. Newcomers to our meetings are troubled by the increase of government interference in their lives. Many, for the first time, seek a boundary line [...]

1Apr1962 | | 0 comments | Continued

Production Unlimited

Mr. Sparks is an officer of a manufacturing company in Canton, Ohio. He appears here as a "friendly witness," not an affiliate of the City Tool Corporation. Imagine yourself president of a company employing more than a hundred persons. You manufac­ture and sell products in a very competitive market. A business slump and increasing costs [...]

1Mar1962 | | 0 comments | Continued
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