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?8 - Lydia News (Continued from Page 5) CARD ROOM 1ST SHIFT By Martha Wyatt Mrs. Annie Bell Johnson spent last weekend with her aunt, Mrs. Edna Trent, of Spartanburg, S. C. Everyone is glad to see Mr. Hoy Snider well again and back to work. Mr. J. D. Bullard has returned to his home at Clarksdale. Ga., after spending a week with his son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Wyatt. Everyone wants to wish the painters a hardy welcome to our department, as we are onintr t r\ Ka ^a?m? ?-?^ *- ~ ^w*.?^ wv/ v ci y piuuu IU have a new clean painted department. We are sorrv to know that Mrs. Nell Mills is ill at Mrs. Hoy Snider's. where she is making her home. We wish her a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Kuvkendall visited their daughter in Columbus. Ga., last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. John Whitmore visited their mother in Whitmire, S. C., recently. Little sons of Mr. Johnnie Deyton have recently celebrated their 7th and 8th birthdays, Roger Dale 7; Jr. 8. Everyone has been wondering why Mr. Bill Bailey has been wearing a big smile and to our surprise we recently learned that Bernice, his wife, had returned to work in the spinning department. Miss Irene White left Saturday, January 26, for Washington, D. C., where she has accepted a position with the F. B. I. She was honored with a going away party Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Whitmire. CARD ROOM 2ND SHIFT By Myrtie Alewine Mr. and Mrs. Herman Phipps have a new granddaughter at their home. She is the daughter of Mrs. Charles Rice. CARD ROOM 3RD SHIFT By W. L. Gambrell On Friday evening, January 11th. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore entertained a large number of children with n party honoring their daughter, Beth Anne, on her 11th birthday. The Community building w a s decorated beautifully with ivy. Mrs. Cecil Pearson and Mrs. Bill King led the games, after which refreshments were served buffet. Beth received many nice and useful gifts. We were sorry to hear of the death of James Waddle's uncle, Mr. Pierce Waddle of Enoree. Employee: ''Would you increase my wages; I was married yesterday?" Overseer: "Sorry, but we are not responsible for accidpnt<5 that < */ >/ >l i 1" vtiMV WV\,UI 1/UVOIUt II1C mill." I The Camp Fire Girls at Lydia send garden seeds to the clubs in Ceylon. This was a reply which Linda Corley received from Ceylon, thanking the Girls for their gifts. Linda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Corley of Lydia. Dear Miss Corley, I write this letter with lot of thanks to you and your Club Members for the kinH gifts sent to our Clubs in Ceylon. I write this as an Organiser of Clubs and not as a member of a Club but on behalf of all the members in my Clubs. Let me introduce myself first, I am a Government Officer attached to the Dept. of Food Production (Extension Service), it is part of my duty to organise Young Farmers Clubs which is equal to your 4-H Clubs in U.S.A. Working of Clubs Every member should be between the ages of 9 years to 21 years. Every member should select the projects he or she likes to follow on en rolling as a member. From the time a girl or boy be comes a member he or she should work for the improvements of the club and should follow the projects well so that it may become useful on leaving the club. The clubs are organised in Schools and villages. Some of our club projects are as follows;?Poultry, piggery, cattle breeding, Home Gardening, Carpentry, Food Preservation and Paddy Cultivation which is our staple food. Most of our members do very j? 6*128 -^$*7 >f J *' *. Elizabeth Ann is the 11 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Moore and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill King of the Lydia Carding Department. well, when they leave the clubs they have enough money to carry on their projects independently and become good citizens of our country. I shall give a full account of our clubs in my next letter which will be ] sent on receipt of your reply. 1 Ceylon 1 Have you heard of Ceylon in your class room and have ( you read in books? I hope < you have heard much about Ceylon and I would like to | give a snort account ol rny j country so that you may ( gather more knowledge and 1 impart to your Camp Fire Members. t Our land is called the land 1 of Gems, because precious * stones are found in plentyful 1 in our country. Our country t is ever-green and the sun i shines throughout the year. 1 fHE CLOTHMAKEl We have very good rainfal due to which all kinds of cultivations are done. Oui country is divided into zones i.e. Up Country and Low Country. The Up Country consists of all the High Hills and some of world's besl waterfalls. The low country is close to the Sea and the level is almost the sea level The Climate in Up Country is cold and wet but in low country it is hot during the warm months. Our main ex ports are tea, rubber and coconuts and various othei crops such as Cocoa, Cardamoms, Peppers, etc. Tea grows in Up Country above 2000 feet sea level. Our Up Country area is fully grown with tea. Most Estates are owned by English Companies as well as Ceylonese and a small percentage of Indian Tamlis who are residents ol this country. Low Country Grows Rubber and Coconuts and majority of the Estates are owned by Ceylonese. (I hope you taste our Ceylon Tea) and you like it. It is a \*prv artnrl rlrinl/ T om o /r??rvo4 , v? J ^jvyv/v? Ui IIIU. 1 Cl 111 C* CUl tea drinker and take about 10 cups a day. Our main staple food is rice which is grown through out the country and due to the increase in population we now import rice to Burma and China. We are trying our best to make our country self sufficient by using all the improved methods of paddy cultivation etc. My Department is doing its best and I am one of those who got to instruct the Paddv Cultivators in the improved methods of paddy cultivation. Population and races Our country is thickly populated and there are several races. The Singhalese are the original settlers of the country and hence it became Ceylon. I am a Singhalese and this is mv mother country. There are the Timils who had Lonnie Dell Childress, son of Mr, and Mrs. Frank Childress of Lydia Mills, celebrated his 9th airthday Feb. 11. :ome from India and settled lown in Ceylon. Most of our FoQ F cfoto T * vw ijotuiw i-jauv/ui ui D dl t* from India and they are very ?ood workers. There are the >ther minority races, Musims, Brughers etc. All Ceylonese are well edicated in English and Singlalese. We Singhalese are supposed to be the world's lest English Speakers, better han our own mother tongue. \ 11 business is done in Fno. ish. but now we are switch R I ing on to Singhalese. I think I have given you a r fair knowledge of our country and I hope that you will r give this information to your r Camp Fire Members and I > hope to hear from you very t soon. In your next letter let r me know what you like to ? have from this country and what your hobbies are so that I may help you. As a servant ol the Uov; ernment, I have very little time for hobbies, but I do lot of Reading and Most of them are about your country, Photography, Driving and Agrit culture. Photography is very ; expensive because a very i good camera is very costly in i our country. So little Linda, It is time ; that I brought this letter to an end with best wishes from me and my Club Members to you and the rest. i Good Luck. Sincerely, Sheltoyi Kannangcira You Can't Win!! On the lighter side?here is a philosophy of life which has its points: Did it ever occur to you that a man's life is full of crosses and temptations? He comes into the world without his consent and goes out of it against his will?and the trip between is exceedingly rocky. When he is little, the big girls kiss him?when he is big, the little girls kiss him. If he is poor, he is a bad manager, ? if he is rich, he is dishonest. If he needs credit he can't get it ? if he is prosper o u s, everyone wants to do him a favor. If he is in politics, it is for graft ? if he is out of politics. he is no good to his country, n ne aoesn t give to charity, he is a stingy cuss ? if he does, it is for show. If he is actively religious, he is a hypocrite ? if he takes no interest in religion, he is a hardened sinner. If he gives affection, he is a soft specimen ? if he cares for no one, he is cold-blooded. If he dies young, there was a great future for him ? if he lives to an old age, he missed his calling. So it looks like the best thing to do is just push along from day to day "doing what comes naturally" and enjoying life in the process. Mothers Who Mi mm i Lrn K H . IJ Ksiv i1 ^ ' 'J 7 - ' ^ j. Kj^ Clinton ladies assembly prior to March of Dimes. FEBRUARY, 1957 THINK | Always know what you're doing. It only takes a little thought. Never plunge headlong into a job without know- ] ing the hazards of that particular job and the methods . of protecting yourself against those hazards. And that ap- ' plies both on and off the job. Take the case of the man who somehow got the idea I that the light in the trunk compartment of his car stay- i ed lit afer the trunk door was closed. Curiosity got the best of him. So he crawled into the trunk compartment and had his son close the door. He found out what he wanted to know ? the light went out. But the door had locked automatically and the key was in his pocket. He got out all right, but it took a half hour's work by his brother, who had to generally dissect the rear end. See what we mean about giving a little thought to your job before you start? I n v e 111 o r I Mr. T. M. Donald, slasher su- I pervisor at Lydia Mills, designed the safety bar and air doff apparatus shown above. The device works off cylinder of air press roll. The air pressure is controlled by the weight of the beam being lifted. The device eliminates manual loading of a slasher. l ' ^ /'' ' J irched for Polio w 1 Si - r'-'w^i ] convassing Clinton Mills for the