Ii Tfcm Malted States
They Like It! That's Why
Farmers Stay on the Farm
KUTZTOWN, PA.?It was men's night at the Kutztown
grange, and each man was asked by Mrs. Howard Baldwin, lec
turer, why he became a farmer. There were 17 responses, with
18 men replying that they were born on a farm, liked it, and in
ioiuM to fihav ?- ? |
Some af the replies, as recorded
In the Kutztown Patriot, follow:
"I waa raised on a farm," said
Henry Rahmolrl "I had 10 years In
the city, but was glad to get back
to the farm,"
"You are your own boss," Ray
Kulp pointed out. "You're independ
ent, and the farm is the ideal
place to raise children. Personally,
I like livestock, especially the old
cows."
"At the end of a year you have
something to show for your work
straw, hay, grain, your cattle,"
added Thomas Merkel. "I like to
see things grow. To the farmer,
farming means more than any
other occupation can mean to any
one else."
"1 like the outdoor life," volun
teered William Schulz, who spent 30
years in manufacturing. "It means
your own roof, plenty of food, and
time to look around, watch the sky
and the clouds."
'1 waa away from It for seven
years," said George Schaeffer, "but
?had to get out in the open, so start
ed it again."
And so it was with all the rest,
from the soldier just discharged to
the youth still waiting his draft call.
As Clarattoe Johnson put it:
"The farm is the best place, for
it gives you the chance to make
something out of it, not only tor
yourself but for other people."
SEA CAW . . . More arrived than
stmtad. Thia picture, taken at Ant
jmm, Ralfprnm, thou* a call born
mm** kf mother was crossing the At
i em tec me mm. American heifers are be
ing rem to devastated areas of Europe
ky mm Osmrds of the Brethren in order
Id provide food for Europeans and
roeiock that continent with dairy cat
da.
Sportsmen Plant
Trees to Provide
' Shelter for Came
r ?
PERKAStE, PA. ? Perkasie
Sportsmen's organization haa au
thorized Lester Frederick, head of
the fmesLiy committee, to purchase
(.000 transplants for the club's re
forestation program. The agricul
tural class of Sell-Park high school,
under the direction of D. Ker Ends
low, will assist in the planting..
In 103S the club began its refores
tation program with an allotment
of 3,000 trees, and a similar num
ber were planted each year except
ha 104*. The planting of 6,000 this
year, will balance the annual pro
gram.
Dies at 102
LIVONIA, N. Y. - Jacob John
HaaJer, who would have been 103
years old May 18, died here re
cently. A native of Switzerland, ha
came to this country when he waa
30 years old. He worked as a gar
dener, 0 years for one family and
*3 years for another, before he re
tired.
IM Barter Expiries
CANON CITY. COLO. - When a
weed burner strapped on his back
exploded, anting his clothes on lira,
Prank Day, 00 years old, ran two
blocks to s watering trough and
Jumped la to extinguish the flames.
"Soft* Basket for Potatoes
A rubber-covered potato basket
, to safeguard potatoes against bruis
ing haa been developed. The basket,
made of steel wire coated with rub
ber, holds live-eighths of a bushel
sad la tor use in field harvesting.
Manure Loader
Used to Move
Wyoming Snow
LUSK, WYO. ? The new me
chanical manure loader, de
signed to save back-breaking
work (or farmers and ranchers,
was put to a new use by the town
of Lusk recently when snow drifts
filled the streets.
Councilman Joe Kuhn, also a
farm machinery dealer, brought
out the mechanical manure load
er and set it to work loading
snow into trucks to be hauled
away. The snow was removed in
one-fourth the time ordinarily re
quired.
State Wishes It
Had Bought Land
From Ute Indians
DENVER, COLO. ? Rangely oil
field, in northwestern Colorado, is
the most sensational oil find in years
but the state of Colorado isn't hap
py about It. The Indians had the
last laugh after all.
"When Colorado became a state,
the Ute Indian tribe was given
title by the federal government to a
large section of land in western Col
orado, including most of what today
is the Rangely field," State Land
Commissioner William Milliken ex
plains.
ine leaerai government gave 10
the state sections 16 and 36 of each
township in the state. But when it
came to the Ute lands, it became
necessary for the state to put up
$1.25 an acre.
"The state officials objected and
bargained for other sections. As a
result, the state was granted addi
tional land in Rio Blanco, Garfield
and Mesa counties. That's why we
own so much land in those counties
and none in the Rangely field.
"If the state owned the usual sec
tions in Rangely, our school finance
problems would be solved for years
to come."
Moreover, another question has
come up: Who owns the land under
lying the bed of the White river?
There are 170 acres of land, poten
tially worth millions of dollars, to
be considered. Oil men and state
officials would like to know who
owns it.
Black Setter Pulls
Master from Creek
DAWSON, GA. ? A black setter
named Smoky is credited by his
master, T. J. Donovan, with saving
his life when the car in which they
were riding plunged into a rain-swol
len stream near Macon.
They were returning from a hunt
ing trip when the accident occurred.
Smoky, riding on the back seat,
grabbed Donovan by the neck and
swam with him to the bank of the
stream. The dog was still on guard
over his master and tried to fight
oft sMte patrolmen when they ap
proached.
Examined at an animal hospital,
the setter was found unharmed
and later had a joyous reunion with
his master.
GROUNDED . . . Two goldea
eaglet, belle red to bo alayen of
calves and tquirrelt, were caught
la a coyote trap by raaebera liv
ing near Paso RoMee, Calif.
Sandy Sumner, owner of the
Diamond D ranch, has offered
the pair to the city or county, if
the oOelals feel they want to give
a couple of eaglet a good home.
1*1 TEARS OLD
SUrtinf en Us second hundred
years Is Ellas BiewnSeld, now Dr
ill In Glendale, Calif. He still play*
Us seeordion. and after leaking
hack orer more than a century he
says he has only one thing Is re
gret, that he'electioneered against
Abraham Ltocete. He has no pre
scription for longevity.
he admits, "hot I Isn't think that
tad anything to de with tt."
RED CROSS POSTER COMES TO LIFE . . . Pfe. Campbell Gordon
Pyle, Lancaster, Calif., the wheel chair patient in the Red Cross 1946
poster, and Peggy Neel, Red Cross hospital worker, examine the
winning poster, a photograph made of tbem at New Caledonia daring
the war. Peggy Neel is resting at her home in Searcy, Ark., and
Private Pyle has re-enlisted in the army.
CHURCHILL TALKS WHILE TRUMAN LISTENS . . . Former British
prime minister, Winston Churchill, told the audience st Westminster
college, Fulton, Mo., that the United States and the British empire
should form a military alliance to police the world and to provide ?
bulwark against encroachments of Communist ideals and ambitions
from the East. He recommended that the atomie bomb be kept secret.
RIOTS DURING STRIKES CONTINUE . . . Representative of other
strikes, two pickets and a policeman strike the pavement in the action
packed scene as they clashed in front of the Western Electric com
* pany's Kearney, N. J., plant. The police seem to have the situation
well in hand. While some strikes have been settled, others have been
announced to start during April. Violence has been reported in various
parts of the country.
SPRING H)CEKN OF BOVINES* ... As ? featore W the aniqae
?prist eelebratiea held la the eantoa of VtUis. SwiUcrUnd. en l(Mi
an hold to Actermlae which awe will he saprcme aad he mob aid
the "paeeo of Wrht paces*." Property eryuM battle take* place
' yearly to nark the bi?taala? ef tprtac la BaHaeitoai.
NEW NAVY COACH . . . Capt.
Thomas James Hamilton, CSN,
Columbus, Ohio, wbo had been ap
pointed bead football coach at the
V. S. navy academy. He win be
aided by Edrar E. "Rip" Miller,
who wiU serve as assistant coaeh.
MAX SUCCEED MANNERHEIM
. . . Premier Dr. Joho K. Paasi
klwi, who is slated to succeed
Field Marshal Carl Gnstav Man
nerheim as president of Finland,
who recently resigned due to fail
ing health. Mannerhelm is 78 and
served as wartime commander of
all Finnish armed forces. Be has
been expected to resign for some
time.
KEEPS CANDIDATE IN ARMY
. . . Lt. Col. Harold G. Hoffman,
former governor of New Jersey,
and again a candidate, received
set-back when army ordered him
into hospital for observation. He
wants to run as a Republican.
AGAIN AND AGAIN . . . This
gentleman since 1894 appears in
Washington on ever; occasion to
voice his opposition to one and
all measures before congress.
Now he is against loan to Britain.
Be is "General" Jacob S. Coxey,
leader ot Corey's army in 1894.
Be now wants to protest against
the United States loaning any
money to anyone in Europe.
SHARPSHOOTING CO-ED ... A
modem Annie Oakley to Eugenia
GriStk. Veadon, Philadelphia
tabarh, who aa a member of the
(irta undefeated rile team at
Drexal Inatttnte of techno lory to
owl to rotate aa undefeated record.
Kathleen Norris Says:
American Women Are Different
B?li Syndicate.?WNU FiaturM.
She never thinks of a family as a great all-embracing institution where an older
woman and a very much older man of right belong.
By KATHLEEN NORMS
WHAT is there in the
American make-up that
causes us to demand
perfection, and be dissatisfied
with anything short of it?
I don't mean just the domes
tic perfection of fine sheets and
clean rooms, matching curtains
and well-cooked meals. I mean
something deep inside that de
stroys the peace of mind of 9
of our women out of every 10.
Perhaps 99 women out of every
100.
Why is it that American women
enjoy real happiness only in brief
snatches that are interspersed with
long stretches of discontent and
restlessness, frustration and some
times despair?
French women, Italian women,
women of the Scandinavian coun
tries know no such misery. Each
one of these accepft her destiny,
lives in it and with it contented
ly, mixes her good salads, simmers
her good soups, mends and washes
and airs the same old linens year
after year, wears for years her sub
stantial dress and warm shawl,
chats with her neighbors in the mar
ket place, savors to the full all the
simple joys of living.
Humbly Content.
OU xijucxi lur uxc buxuircan wuincii.
As for the Orientals, they live on
so different a scale that there simply
is no comparison. I knew one
Chinese Woman who carried with
her wherever she went a fur rug
and a three-legged iron pot.
"With these Chen Ling at home
anywhere, Missy," she said. "I put
'em down, I no see 'em again."
How old the fur rug was I do
not know. The cooking pot was more
than 100 years old.
Families in Europe live in the
homes their ancestors established,
often with as many of those ances
tors as are living. Chairs and tables
and tea-pots last for generations. A
deep inner content in family life
makes these things sacred. The
domestic group shifts, enlarges,
changes; it is all good living to the
busy, beloved, important woman of
the house, whether she is hanging
out snowy linens, gathering wind
fall apples, welcoming the new
baby, robing herself in sepulchural
black to follow the coffins of the
dead. It is her life, and she likes it,
and lives it to the full.
Even the English are much less
demanding of circumstances and
fate than we are.
"I've had my husband's mother
with me since I was married," said
an English woman whose children
are almost grown. "Bob had three
boys when I married him," said an
other, "so although I was only 18
I've never been to a real dance."
"Because my mother and father
were invalids Joe and I waited 11
years before we could marry," a
third said cheerfully. Incidentally,
this patient woman has now a very
high position, and she and Joe are
an example of happy married life.
But she had to wait for it!
Contrasted with all these women
are some in this country who write
me letters about conditions that are
not only perfectly normal, but tem
, porary. Our women seem unable to
endure any burdens or inconveni
ences at all!
Seeking the Unattainable.
Many a woman cheats herself out
of happiness, dignity, success as a
human being by an impatient sense
that she must always be struggling
for something unattainable. She
must get rid of this piece of furni
ture and have those others re-cov
ered. She must tear down the cur
tains and send the dessert plates to
the rummage sale. Her dining room
is actually repulsive to her because
of the old-fashioned light fixtures.
She never thinks of a family as a
great all - embracing institution,
where an older woman and a
very much older man of right be
long; where two small motherless
sisters may find refuge, and visit
ing cousins be cared for in a general
joyous scramble of made-up cots '
-and extended dinner-table. To be
offered the part of a matriarch, in
the movies, would seem to her
delightful, but to play that part in
real life offers her no attractions.
So each family splits into sepa
rated units; each newly married
couple entertains only its own few
selected friends; each bride feels
that every hour her husband's moth
er spends in her house is a distinct
concession on her part. She fights
her fight alone, cooks the company
dinner single-handed, scrambles the
children to bed, rushes upstairs to
change her gown; the old gracious
hospitality, shared by old and
young, with grandfather in his own
chair, and the children aiming
downstairs for dessert, is a thing of
the past.
Less stress on material things,
more cultivation of the spiritual val
ues in human relationships, would
make for us all a deeper, fuller sort
of living, a surer safeguard in home
ties, less danger?far less danger,
of those constant cure-all trips to
Reno, which are the gateway to a
more intense unhappiness.
Comfort While Ironing
Home management yecialists at
Cornell U. say there's no rule-of
thumb method you can use to select
a comfortable ironing boerd height.
That's just something you have to
work out for yourself. But their
study shows youTl be less tired if
you do adjust your ironing board
to a height that's comfortable for
you. And if several members of the
family are using the ironing board
. . . you need one that can be ad
justed to different heights. Adjust
able boards are now being made.
| skt intm't mm hki utrimfc.
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
This is the richest country in
the world. There is more of ev
erything here than anywhere
else, v Even people considered
poor by American standards
live on a scale that is the envy
of most Europeans, and of all
Orientals. Every American
knows all this. Yet American
women are the most discontent
ed in the world. Those who are
most favored often seem the
most unhappy.
In Europe women have be
come accustomed to acceptance
of their lot. Hardships, pover
ty, illness, crowded conditions,
governmental oppression ? all
this they accept as part of life.
They try to make the best of it,
and are thankful for any good
fortune. They bear up under
difficulties that would send an
American woman to the insane
asylum. Oriental women have
almost unbelievable endurance.
They are poor beyond our con
ception, and must struggle hard
for mere survival. Yet they are
generally cheerful and uncom
plaining.