PMih
for women, less professional
deaconesses but equally de
roted to service "within their en
rtroment," is growing up In Ger
many out of the great preponder
ance of women in the post-war
marriage is Impossible for mil
lions, and the. need to fill the
population, the realisation that
hours of lonesomeness with life
enriching activity. . According to
reports made by social workers to
the World Council of jChurches,
the new order grows out of the
fact that 9,000,000 German men
were killed, permanently disabled,
or are missing because of World
War II, and that there are almost
as many German women who will
never 'marry, never have families,
and always "be Jonely and frustrat
ed. Elsewhere in Europe the situ
ation for women* is little better.
Says the report, "Women are fac
ing the future with both resigna
tion and an inner bitterness which
may foster moral decay."
Large numbers Of women, it is
said, have sought to Join the
deaconess orders of the German
churches, but because of econo
mic and other reasons the ehur
Bat the Rev. Lydla Prager, of
Wurttemberg.' *ho tor ye«w *•»>
wbrked in the vocational field
among women, decided that the
solution would he a religions or
der free enough to permit them
to enter secular professions, but
strong enough as a community to
be a firm support for each mem
ber. The result was the formation
of the lay order of "Irenenriug"
named from the eighth century
Roman Empress Irene who ach
ieved Orthodox sainthood. The
only emblem of the order is the
"Ring of Irene" with Bysaatine
Christian symbols. At the simple
consecration services, the sisters of
the order promise to center their
lives in prayer, in the sacraments,
in joy over the Resurrection, and
to serve whomever and wherever
they are able. The plan to esta
blish schools for children, homes
for the aged, homes for girl ap
prentices.
Several units of the order have1
been established in key German
cities. The Rev. Lydla Prager has
been elected "Mother Superior."
The Irenenrlng has affiliated Itself
with the women's work of the Ev
angelical churches of Germany.
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Avery County Former
Logs His Woodland
Charles A. Musser, forestry
specialist for the State College
Extension Service, says a farmer
can profitably log his own wood
land. He cites the .experience of
Gaylord Banner of Banner Elk,
Avery County, as a goodvexample.
Banner and his brother are
selectively logging mature and
over-mature hard maple at a nice
profit, Musser reports
The Avery farmers figure their
felling, bucking, and skidding
costs at $4 per thousand, and cus
tom sawing at the local mill costs
$10 per thousand. The only addi
tions! cost is $8 per thousand for
trucking lumber to Black Moun
tain, where it Is bought by gradp
' The total cost of the Banners
is $22 per thousand, and they re
say the average sale price they re
ceive for their lumber 1b $99 per-'
thousand. This a return of $68 for
stumpage and labor. Since stump
age around Banner Elk brings
about $10, ttie Banners figure
they average $58 per thousand for
their labor in felling, bucking, and
skidding.
24 Millionth Guest
Visits Famous Shaft
Washington, May 30 — The
Washington monument had its
H millionth visitor today. She wa.
Beverly Bfown, 18, of Britton,
Mich.
The 555-foot marble shaft was
opened to the public October 9,
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Officials estimate that about
four million of the 24 million visi
tors since then hare climbed the
898 steps to (hi'observation plat
form, 500 feet up. The rest rod*
the elvator.
Visa Brown shewed up about
2:30 p. m. (EST) with other
member* of her high school class.
To control
some <S|mear
handy if
your farm,
as soon as they
,
Dr. E. R. Collins, agronomist at
State College, says you sboold
plan to apply extra nitrogen tide
dressing if yon hare an extra
heavy stand of corn.