America StHI Land
fide Open Spaces
Urbanized Areas Tate
f * Up Less Than 20
| Million Acres
; America is still a land of wide
■ open spaces, whatever contrary im
pression may be given by the big
growth in population over the past
7 decade and our rapidly-spreading
K Urbanization and industrialization,
j, > Figures compiled by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture on ma
jor ; uses of land in the United
States show that all urbanized
areas together take up less than
20 million aqres, or just about one
per cent of tjhe nation’s entire tantl
.area of 1.9 billion acres. Urban
areas are towns and cities of IXOO
7 population and over.
About 25 million more acres are
involved in such necessities of mod
ern Civilization as highways and
roads, railroads and airports. To
.this can be added an estimated 10
million acres occupied by rural vil
lages and towns with populations
of 100 to, 1,000.
Big Expansion Trend
Tfius all the larld involved in
populated places and in- the work
ing '.and living space of our ur
banized and industrialized society
adds up to about 55 million acres,
or less thar. 3 per cent of the coun
try’s land area.
This is not to say that the phys
ical appearance of the United
'States hasmot changed. It has to I
a marked jlegree, and particularly,
in the East and other built-up sec
tions of the country. Suburbs, fac
tories, shopping centers, and other
essentials for today’s living, aided
by the investment of the people’s
accumulated savings in life insur
ance and other thrift institutions,
have spread out beyond former city
and metropolitan fringes into once
rural and farm areas. Over the
last decade, in fact, new communi
ties have sprung up so fast along
side each other as to link up cities
and suburbs into vast interurban
areas.
This trend is certain to continue,
with more changes in .the future.
It is estimated that urban areas,
.highways, airports, and reservoirs
are increasing at an average of
-well over 800,000 acres a year, an
■ area greater than the size of
Rhode Island. So vast is the Unit
ed States land area, however, that
•this holds no foreseeable threat to
pur overall land needs to feed a
growing population and to provide
raw materials for our factories
and machines. ’ j
Situation On the Farm
In at least one respect, the coun-!
try is more open today than it has|
been in years. This is the case in ]
agriculture, where there is more
land in farms than at any time be
fore. Though the number of farm 3
has been showing a big decline due
to consolidation and economic fac
tors, figures recently made public
on the results of th£ 1954 Census
of Agriculture show 1,100 million
acres in farms, the highest on rec
ord.
< As against this trend, the farm,
population has declined by arouhti,
10 million since the mid-Thirties
adding up to around 2214 million
persons in 1956. As a result, th»
number of persons living on farins
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the entire U. S. population, the
smallest: proportion as far back as
figures go.
Take A Super
Short Cut
By SYLVIA C. MATTHEWS
Virginia Electric & Power Ca.
I Home Economist '
Take A Super Short Cut
, Here’s a rich, tangy tomato-meat
sauce that you can make in quan
tity, store in the freezer, and use
at will for quick dishes.
Freezer Meat Sauce
1/3 cup salad oil
3 minced cloves, garlic
3 chopped green peppers
3 large sliced onions
3 lbs. chuck, ground
2 cups boiling Water
4 8-oz. cans tomato sauce
3 6-oz. cans tomato paste
(2 cups)
1 tbsp. salt
1 tbsp. paprika
1 tsp. celery salt •
1 tsp. garlic salt
1 tsp. chili powder
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
3 tbsp. bottled thick meat sauce
3 tbsp. chili sauce
In hot 'oil in large kettle, cook
garlic, peppers, jmd onions for 5
minutes. Add meat; cook over
heat until all red color disappears.
Add water, and rest of ingredients;
simmer uncovered for 2 houra.
Cool quickly. Freeze in 1 pt. freez
er containers. Makes 7 pts.
To thaw: Place container under
hot water long enough so that con
tents will slip out. Or let contain
er stahd at room temperature sev
eral hours. Then heat sauce in
double boiler.
Party night raids on the refri
erator can be feasts when you have
buns, rolls or English muffins and
the marvelous freezer meat sauce
to turn to. Toast buns in broiler
then top with baked beans, brown
and-serve heated sausages, cheese
or bologna. Spoon hot sauce over
all.
For a quick stick-to—the-ribs
dish, make a plain (French) omelet
with 6 eggs in the usual way and
lather it with hot freezer meat
sauce. Another time, use the sauce
to bank a platter of scrambled
eggs; the combination is terrific.
It is no work at all to stuff
green peppers this way: For 6
servings, wash and seed 6 green
peppers. Prepare 1 1/3 cups pack-
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* THREE TROUBLED BABIES - It's curiosity on Aha
apprehension in the middle and outright panic on the right.
What.’s troubling triplets Herbert Emily Ann and June ABB ,
Wooley, 10 months old, of Austin, Tex.? Polio injections.
Ann is getting hers now and her sister and brother dont seem i
anxious to follow suit,
aged precooked rice as label di
rects. Blend in 1 cup freezer meat
sauce. Fill peppers with rice mix
ture. Bake in greased shallow bak
ing dish at 375 deg. F. for 50 min
utes or until tender.
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“Bored To Death”
How many times have you said
it? “I’m bored to death.” Stop a
minute. It could come true.
A medical expert on aging re
cently said that by conquering two
problems—boredom and overeating
—we could live to a hundred.
As a matter of fact, these two
villains that are shortening man’s
life may be more closely related
than they seem. What do you do
when you’re bored ? Raid the re
frigerator? Drop into the drug
store for a sundae? Rich, sweet
food is emotionally satisfying. And
in our prosperous society most of
us can afford too much of it. As
we get older, vanity—keeping a
slim figure—doesn’t stop us. We
feel we can eat as we-please, and
we usually “please” to eat fat
tening foods. It’s rather sad to
think of a piece of devil’s food cake
becoming the high point of any
onel* dayt it couldn't happen to
you. Or could it?
Retirement is the beginning of
boredom for many men. Their
lives have centered on their jobs ]
for so long that they are lost with
out them. They feei no motive for
living.
So-called retirement comes more
slowly to women, and affects them
less drastically. They change their
pattern of living gradually as the
children grow up and leave home.
They take on interesting hobbies,
clubs, activities in the community
as free time increases. And, of
course, a woman is never without
a “job” as long as she has her
home and husband to care for and
grandchildren to fuss over. Inci
dentally, the death rate of women
aged 65 to 69 is only 2.5, while that
of men in the same age group is
4.2.
There may be a clue here for
men. who don’t want to have their
lives shortened by boredom. Per
haps they can plan a gradual
change from the “job-centered”
life, begin to expand and extend
their interests so that on the day
of “retirement” they don’t just
stop. They can move forward with
positive energy that will keep them
interested and alive right up to the
century mark'.
The North Carolina State
Highway Patrol is the nation’s
sixth largest, exceeded in man
power only by California, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Ohio.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON
11 1 i
Continued from Page 3—Section 2
tion and accomplishments. Early in
life, Isaac learned from his fath
er, Abraham, the lesson of obedi
ence to and trust in God, having
willingly acquiesced in the appar
ent necessity of becoming a sacri
fice at the command of Jehovah.
Later, he married Rebekkah, ob
tained for him by his father from ,
their kinsman in Ilaran, the old
ancestral home, so that he would
not intermarry with the Qpnaan-j
ites. While Abraham was a nomad,'
Isaac settled at different places, i
temporarily at least. “The Biblical;
patriarchs,’’ says Thompson, in The ,
Land and the Book, “were not mere
Bedouin wanderers, like those who
now occupy the Eastern deserts.
They had large herds of cattle,
which genuine Bedouins have not;
they tilled the soil, which these rob
bers never do; and they accommo
dated themselves, without difficul
ty or reluctance, to town and city,
when necessary, which wild Arabs
cannot endure.”
The proof of Isaac’s sagacity and
judgment is revealed in the des
cription of his success: he “waxed I
great, and grew more and more un
til he became very great; and he
had possession of flocks, and pos
sessions of herds and a great
household; and the Philistines en
vied him.”
The Philistines, hear in mind,
were prior settlers in the land to
either Abraham or Isaac and they
regarded the presence of the He
brews as an intrusion upon the!:'
rights. To curtail the prosperity oi
this foreigner, they resorted to the
practice of destroying the wells,
which were so indispensable for the
life of his cattle.
So, time and again, we find
these covetous neighbors present
ing Isaac with the alternative of
moving on to another location or
of attempting to live in the midst
Friendly "Wei come For a Total Stranger I
He’s a “stranger in these parts”—just passing
through on his way to some distant destination.
,- But you wouldn’t know it to look at the wonder
ful welcome he receives as he brings his car to a
silken stop and his day’s travels to an end.
For high on the hood of his motor car rides the
v beautiful crest of Cadillac—and hospitality just
seems to follow a new Cadillac wherever it goes.
No man, ydu see, is ever without standing when
he is in command of the “car of cars”.
For it is a recognized fact that Cadillac owners
•-representing though they do such varying fields
of endeavor and such widely separated parts of
our world—also have a great deal in common.
* Invariably they are people of marked personal
/ achievement—who have won for themselves a
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of a people whom he would have
to, constantly fight. Isaac was a
peace-loving man, desirous of
friendship, and invaribly he moved
on, seeking new sites. He aban- 1
doned the well, named Contention,
and the well named Hatred, and fi
nally located at a well called Room,
because, lie said, here God had pro-,
vided room.
Isaac wus prompted by his desu-e
for quietness and peace, as well as
by a strong faith in the providence
of Jehovah. For aught that Isaac
might know, these strivings at the
well may have been God’s way of
keeping him moving until he finally!
readied the location for his life’s;
efforts, which God, in las judg-!
inent, would be better able to se
lect than Isaac, trusting to human
selfishness and passion.
“The noblest kind of sacrifice is |
the self-denial of those who have
tile clearest rights,” says J. Stracli
an. “Isaac was again and again
placed in circumstances in which
others would have quickly drawn
the swoixi. The question naturally
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arises whether he surrendered too |
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much for the sake of peace. Ii [
a man cannot waive his rights;
without neglecting his duty, violat-1
\ ing his conscience, surrendering!
jliis religion, losing his self-respect,
betraying his rights of others, he
is hound to resist. Otherwise, he|
, may yield, and scarcely any price
is too high to pay for peace.”
Our modern society should profit j
by Isaac’s example. International
rivalries for lands, markets, oil and
power, expressed in political ma
neuvers, seeking advantage, the
’ stimulation of animosities and pas
j sion and war, are in contrast with
i Isaac’s peace-loving attitude.
“Neighborhood between nations
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considerable measure of respect and recognition.
In brief, the driver’s seat ol the Cadillac car
is the traditional dwelling place of the world’s
leading citizens. And people everywhere have
lound it sale to assume that whomsoever they
behold at the wheel is a worthy member of this
great and distinguished company.
Ot course, this is but one of the satisfactions of
Cadillac ownership ... in addition to inspiring
beauty, luxurious Fleetwood coachcraft, superla
tive performance and extraordinary value.
Have you as yet taken the wheel of a new 1957
Cadillac? If not, then you should visit your
Cadillac dealer and spend an hour on the highway.
He 11 be waiting for you with a “friendly wel
come” of his ovvnl
—SECTION TWO
PAGE SEVEN
I means the cooperation of the ah
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I tire human race foff common ends,”
, declared W. J. Dawson. “We have
| two paths before us—coojAration
| or conquest. We have but two goals,
; mutual brotherhood or mutual
; butchery. We have but two prin
! ciples to guide us, amity, which
| makes for peace, rivalry which
I makes for extra extermination.”
j Which shall it be—peace and life
! or hatred and death ?
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: (These comments are based on
1 copyrighted outlines produced by
the Division of Christian Education,
| Education, U. S. A., and used by
; | permission.)