Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. In These United States Girls, Here’s a Husband— If You Cun Milk 14 Cows GRANTSBURG, WIS.—Arthur Birnstengel, a farmer, made a New Year’s resolution to get married in 1946, but he’s going to be careful which woman he picks. He insists that she be willing to help milk 14 cows, among the other small chores a woman will find to do on a farm. ^7 ~ The mating matter began last year when Birnstengel, a husky 44- year-old farmer, found he was too busy operating his 610-acre farm to go courting. So he wrote his con gressman. Rep. Alvin E. O’Konski was short on wives but long on advice. “Be sure she’s honest," he replied. Art ful Arthur advertised, “You must be honest,” he said in his ad. It was a relief, he said, to dis cover that there are 1,600 honest women in the world. They answered from New York to Chicago, from Georgia to Alaska. He isn’t fussy. All he asks of a wife is that she must: 1. Be between 30 and 42 ye- rs old. 2. Not weigh more than his 195 pounds. 3. Be between five feet and five feet, eight inches tall. 4. Be truthful. (His congressman said so.) 5. Not smoke or drink. 6. Be healthy. 7. Be friendly. 8. Not be a gold-digger. 1 9. Have a sense of humor. 10. Be willing to take good care of Arnie, his six-year-old son by a former marriage. 11. Be willing to help milk 14 cows. KEN’S IN BUSINESS While he uxu soldiering in Iceland, Kenneth Wickman of Pittsburgh decided he’d go into business for himself when he got out of the army. He bought n old school bus and turned it into •- store, which he takes directly to his customers. Filling Station Robbed 26 Times; A World Record BELAIR, MD.—The most bur glarized service station in the world —26 times since Pearl Harbor—may get out of the rut after all. That’s the hope, at least, of Wil liam H. Holmes who operates it at Stepney, two miles south of Aber deen, reports the Harford Gazette. All of the robberies have occurred between the hours of midnight and nine o’clock in the morning when the station was closed. Now that the war is over. Holmes has hired Floyd Pitts, a returned serviceman, to op erate the station during those fate ful hours. Altogether, according to Holmes, about $3,500 in money and goods has been taken. Some 14 arrests have been made by police during that time, with 10 convictions and about $1,000 in property restored. Holmes says people stop by to put air in a tire or fill a radiator late at night, and see the untended station. It has been a relatively easy place to pilfer—almost an invitation to burglary. The worst headache of all has been that Holmes couldn’t get bur glary insurance after the first rob bery. Since that time he has to stand all the loss himself. One Language for All Declaring “the language barrier is a severe one to international peace,” Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt has proposed one internationally understood lan guage to be taught in the schools of the world. Grandpa Bags Deer With Pocketknife DETROIT LAKES, MINN.—John S. (“Grandpa”) Pretts, who got two deer last fall with only a pocket knife as a weapon, tops the list of hunters this season, according to L. Benshoof, editor of the Detroit Lakes Record. Grandpa Pretts’ feat happened this way: He wos working inside his house one afternoon when he glanced out and saw three deer strolling leisure ly between the house and the bam. Pretts grabbed his shotgun and went after them, but in the mean time the dog had started out after the animals and they broke into a gallop. He fired four shots, but failed to halt them. A neighbor boy, who had been hunting, got on his bicycle and aided by the dog chased the deer onto the glare ice of the lake. The animals fell down and the ice was so slick they could not get up. Seeing their predicament, Grandpa went after them with his trusty jackknife, artistically cut their throats right there on the ice. Pan Gold from Mud on Helena's Main Street HELENA, MONT.—“Gold'” The magic word which gave Helena a 16-million dollar boom in the last century rang through the streets again when contractors were exca vating for a building. Hopeful spec tators lined up three and four deep, but a boom was averted. Henry Kasman, a placer miner, poked out some of the dirt with his pick and panned it in icy water while Mayor John J. Haytin and others looked on silently. Pretty soon Kasman straightened up, holding in his hand a tiny bit of black sand. “By gosh! It’s gold all right,” exclaimed the mayor. And everybody agreed—a dozen small pieces of the precious stuff. A dredgemaster estimated the gold would run $1.75 per square yard. But even for that much you don’t rip up the main street of a state capital. Everybody soon went home, except for contractors who went back to work pouring cement over Helena’s new gold strike. More War Casualties: Oil-Soaked Sea Birds Perished by Millions Oil and waterfowl don’t mix, either. The department of the inte rior reports that “thousands of auks, murres, puffins, sea gulls and ducks” perished during the war. The auks, murres and others were victims of oil on the sea “which penetrates the feathers and ruins them as waterproof coverings.” STILL JOHN BULL . . . Still look ing like an animated picture of the cartoonist’s “John Bull,” former Prime Minister Winston Churchill posed for photographers while he was vacationing in Florida. He smoked cigars, painted, rested and otherwise enjoyed himself. ‘POCKET POOCH’ Walter Ward, Philadelphia, who calls himself the vagabond poet, makes a hobby of picking up stray animals and gives them a home until such time as he can find the owner. The dog shown is Pee-Wee, one of the seven owned by Ward, who often travels in the overcoat pocket of the vagabond poet. Once a joint owner of a boiler factory in New Orleans, Ward says he prefers the life of a peddler to that of a tycoon. EDITOR’S NOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the Washington Rureau of Western Newspaper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W., Washing ton, D. C., is able to bring readers this weekly column on problems of the veteran and serviceman and his family. Questions may be addressed to the above Rureau and they will b nswered in a subsequent col umn. No re; 'ies can he made direct by mail, hut only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly. Guard Against Rackets Veterans’ administration officials are urging discharged veterans to “stop, look and listen” before they engage in business. There are scores of rackets being worked against veterans who get out of the army or navy with cash in their pockets and with the privilege of borrowing money under the G.I. bill for purchase of a form, a home or a business. “We won’t tell the veteran what to do,” says N. D. Hathaway, di rector of contact service for VA, “but we will advise him to the best of our ability. “The best advice we can give him is, ‘Use your head. Don’t rush into an investment. Seek good advice. Investigate until you are satisfied yourself. It is better to be sure than sorry.’ ” In the meantime the veterans’ con tact service refers veterans to banks, or to the Better Business bu reau in the city or town where he plans to imvst his money. They give him the address of the legal aid bureau where legal assistance is free to veterans, if they cannot afford to hire a lawyer. Contact ad vice always urges veterans to con vert their national service life in surance. The VA does not tell the veteran where to invest or in what to invest his mo; ey. There are too many variable : .ctors, so their only counsel is extreme caution. Questions and Answers Q. My brother is 21 and has been in the merchant marine since De cember 4, 1944. When can he quit the merchant marines and not be drafted in the army?—Reader, Elk- mont, Ala. A. Your brother has been de ferred from the draft by reason of his service in the merchant marine and he will be eligible to be drafted until he is 26 unless he (1) has been in the merchant marines for not less than 32 months on or after May 1, 1940; (2) at least 75 per cent of his time has been in active service; and (3) he has applied for and re ceived from the War Shipping ad ministration a certificate certifying he has completed his wartime serv ice and is eligible to be relieved from further consideration as a draftee under the selective service system. Q. I am the widow of a World War 1 veteran and haven’t been re ceiving a dime of pension since his death, seven years ago. I’ve tried getting a pension at that time, but was told that we, in Wisconsin, did not get any. Is this true? If I am entitled to a pension what must I do to get it?—S. W., Ellsworth, Wis. A. If you are the legal widow of a veteran of World War I, you are entitled to a pension wherever you live. Take your husband’s record, his discharge papers ard all avail able information you have and file a claim with the nearest office of the Veterans’ administration. Your local Red Cross chapter could help you file this claim. Q. I would like to know if a boy is eligible for u.aft deferment who is the main tractor and truck man on a hundred-acre farm?—J. N. f Fairhope, Pa. A. That would be a question to be determined by the local selective service board. If the board deter mined that the boy was essential in raising food for the community or for the armed services, he could be given an agricultural deferment, as being of greater use on the farm than in the armed services. Q. My husband enlisted in the Seabees and our son was born two months after he went overseas. I did not receive any allotment on our son until he was six months old. My husband is home and has his discharge now. Is there any way I could get the allotment now? —Wife, Glenwood Springs, Colo. A. The navy says the most com mon reason for failure to receive allotments is that the serviceman failed to apply for an allotment, when he became eligible for one. Yes, allotments are retroactive and may be obtained after discharge. Suggest you write to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Allotment Division, Navy Department, Cleve land, Ohio. Q. Is it true that a serviceman can take a trip around the world or aertss the ocean free and only pay half-fare for his family?—M. B., Superior, Wis. A. The war department has no knowledge of any such plan. Q. My brother was discharged from the army November 9, 1943. Will he be eligible for pensions or anything under the G.I. Bill of Rights?—Worried sister, Gunters- ville, Ala. A. Yes, if he received an honor able discharge he is eligible for all benefits under the G.I. bill. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL; LEARN ABOUT ENGINES . . . Engineer cadet-midshipmen of the United States merchant marine cadet corps learn practical operation of steam and diesel engines during their four years of study ashore and at sea. Cadet-midshipmen receive a college education with pay during the four- year course, one year of which is spent in merchant ships engaged in foreign trade. See the World— Youths Become Officers In U. S. Merchant Marine WASHINGTON. — The United States merchant marine cadet corps is offering appointments as cadet- midshipmen with concurrent "ap pointment as midshipmen in the U. S. Nava! Reserve to young Ameri cans who are interested in becom ing ships’ officers in the merchant marine. Appointments are made on the basis of competitive scholastic tests at conveniently located centers throughout the United States. These tests are given annually by the U. S. civil service commission, and the next one will be held on April 3, 1946. Applicatiors may be addressed to: Supervisor, U. S. Merchant Ma rine Cadet Corps, Training Organ ization, War Shipping Administra tion, Washington 25, D. C. Applica tions for this examination should be in the mail and postmarked prior to midnight, March 1, 1946. The course covers four years, which include: SCARED OF THE ATOM In Washington, D. C., there’s a story going around which typifies to some extent the baffling and star tling realization that atomic power has been found. It seems that two monkeys were sitting on the ruins of the world which had just been wrecked by atomic bombs. Only one man remains, and he is a pilot cir cling high above the desolation. Realizing that there is nothing in the world worth living for, the pilot crashes his plane near the monkeys and ends it all. The lady monkey begins to weep bitterly. “Just like a woman,” growls the monkey husband. “Why be senti mental about it?” “I’m not being sentimental,” the wife sobs. “I just can’t help think ing that we’ve got it all to do over again!” • • • It Might Have Happened Another story comes from a south western training base. The crew of a B-17 tried unsuccessfully to free fused bombs which jammed the bomb bay. As his fuel was running low, the pilot swung the plane around toward home. As he ap proached the field, he called to the tower: “Two-O-Three to tower. Our bomb load is jammed and we are running low on fuel. What do you advise? Over.” From the tower came this message: “Tower to Two-O- Three. Repeat after me slowly: ‘Our Father which art in heav en—’ ” • • • City Planning A single mapping plane of the special type which has recently come into being can, in a few hours time, give a literal picture of what needs to be done in your town or city to assure efficient zoning and planning, tax equalization, traffic and safety control, street and high way betterment, drainage, sewage, etc. • • • HAZE AND SMOKE Although haze and smoke are of little importance to normal move ments on the ground, they place a screen of indistinctness in front of ground objects from the air. Check ooints, on which the pilot is depend ing, can drift by almost under the olane’s wing and be unrecognized. Small airports, with no paved run ways and bearing no outstanding marking, look just like any one of thousands of other fields, and can be missed completely from only a half mile away. (a) One year as a Fourth Class- man at a Cadet School located at either Pass Christian, Miss., or Sau Mateo, Calif. (b) One year as Third Classman in merchant or training vessels. (c) Two years as Second and First Classman at the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, Long Island, N. Y. The candidate must be a male citizen of the U. S. for at least 10 years; unmarried; not less than 16% and not yet 21 years old; able to pass the physical examination, and' possess a firm desire to pursue a life-long career in the merchant marine. ' Scholastic requirements include evidence of credits from accredited schools consisting of 15 units ns fol lows: 3% in mathematics (including 1% in algebra, 1 in plane geometry and % : n solid geometry or trigo nometry) ; 3 in English; 2 in science, including 1 in physics; 1 in U. S. history, and 5% electives. The CA-'i is now perfecting an omni-directional radio range which will be a blessing to the amateur who flies by radio. Today’s ranges have twe to four courses, while this new range will have an infinite num ber of courses. The pilot will be able to set his course on a simple in strument. • • • Air Future of Kansas Editorial: “Kansas, geographic center of the United States, occu pies a strategic position in air trans portation. During the past two years 26 Kansas municipalities voted a total of $926,500 in bonds for air port construction. During the same period more than 30 other towns have started airport development. As of September 1, 1945, Kansas had 88 designated airports. In ad dition the army and navy have 16 large air bases located throughout the states. Four major airlines cross Kansas on transcontinental schedules.”—To the Stars, Topeka (Kansas Industrial Development commission). ROOF-TOP LANDING FlftOS AND HAW<?Ai?5 «JI?CU5T0ME£5 PLANES A(?6 PK0MI5EP ON A NEW YOKK DEPAKTAAENT STOKE WHICH WILL &£ PWLT SOON . • * • Brazil Is Building Planes Brazilian factories have turned out more than 500 civilian planes, mostly of the two-place cub type, but expect to produce larger or family-type models. Their market is the vast areas of air-minded South America. • • • Jet propulsion and other de velopments of World War II have failed to dim model plane builders’ urge to keep on con structing “crates” of World ; War I vintage. S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for February 24 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by, permission. WHAT MAKES A PEOPLE GREAT —RELIGION IN THE HOME LESSON TEXT: Deuteronomy 6:4-12. MEMORY SELECTION: Every day win I bless thee: and I will praise thy name tor ever and ever.—Psalm 145:2. Home, church, school and the state—these are the four institutions which determine the greatness of a people—and the most influential of all is the home. What a child becomes under the nurture of the home will determine his interest in the church, his atti tude toward school, and eventually his value as a citizen of the nation. How tragic then that we are giving so little attention to our American homes! The religious life of the home is the most important element of its activity, for it is the determining fac tor in the life of the child. It is in the home that the child’s whole ex istence centers and from which he receives the repeated impressions, day by day, which determine char acter and destiny. It is in the home that the parent has the opportunity to demonstrate the reality of the faith professed in the church, and to show the child that Christianity really counts in the ordinary experi ences of life. Three things appear in our lesson as characterizing the religion of the home. I. Worship (w. 4, 5). Twice a day the orthodox Jew re peats the words of these verses: namely, at the time of prayer, morn ing and night. They remind him of his personal relationship to God, and they recall one of God’s primary reasons for calling Israel to be his people. They were to be a national witness to the one true God in the midst of the almost universal wor ship of many gods. They were to stand for monotheism in the midst of polytheism. So important is the complete de votion of man—and that brings in the whole family—to God that when Jesus was asked what was the greatest of all commandments (see Mark 12:28-31), he named this pas sage together with Leviticus 19:18. Nothing should take precedence over the true worship of God in our hearts, and in the hearts of all those we hold dear in our households. The Eternal One, the Source of Life, the All-Powerful One, he is “our God” (v. 4) and he looks to us for complete and constant devotion to him. Let us give it! II. Instruction (w. 6-9). It was not enough that these words should be repeated in some regular or formal worship, but they were to be taught to the children in the home with all faithfulness and diligence— and by the parents. We are far too eager to delegate the teaching of our children to oth ers. In religious matters it is the church and the Sunday school which are responsible. Many parents do not even take their boys and girls to the house of God. They just send them. Mark it well, such parents are delinquent in their duties to God and to their families. But our vital point is this—it is the business of the home to teach religion, to do it regularly, and to make it a normal and natural part of daily life. This is a matter of great signifi- cance. The faith which we profess in the church must be effectively brought into the home. It is not enough to carry a Bible on Sunday. It should be in use in the home throughout the week; not only in family worship, but in the incidentals of daily life. The family altar has gradually disappeared, and it is regrettable that it has, for the testimony of gen erations indicates that in family worship some of the most useful men and women of all ages have received the direction of life which made them great for God. III. Remembrance (vv. 10-12). Israel had a history full of the magnificent mercies of God. In the day when, by his help and blessing they were to be established in their land, they were to recall his bless ings and recognize his goodness. There are few, if r,ny, more pow erful incentives to faith and coura geous living than the remembrance of past blessings. To recall how God made it possible for ordinary men and women to, by faith, subdue king doms, quench the fires of persecu tion, turn back the armies of aliens, to become strong in the midst of weakness (read Heb. 11) is to make one ready for the battles of life. Every family has its dark and trying days, its experiences which rock one back on his heels in aston ishment and fear—and in the Chris tian family God has always been the answer—the solution to every problem, the provider for every need. Keep such memories fresh in the thinking of boys -ind girls and they will be ready fc tttte storms of life. Help them to a great faith in a great Saviour and you have given them something more precious than all the riches of all the earth. OUSEHQLD IMIS® To restore the gloss of dark furs, rub lightly with a bAish which has been dipped in brilliantine. Twelve used jar rings sewed to gether will make you a handy sink mat. Or, if you crochet around them, then join them together, you’ll have pretty table mats. No squeaks if you make oiling your sewing machine a habit. To oil a sewing machine properly, put the oil on every place where one part rubs against or turns within another. —•— Even an old funnel can be glam orous. Paint it to match your kitchen color scheme and hang it on the wall as a holder for a ball of twine. Granvma SPEAKING • • THE SILENCE when gossipy women pause fer breath is the most delightful part o’ their con versation. » • • THEM TWO WORDS —“Table- Grade"—sure tell a heap o’things ’bout Nu-Maid Margarine. Yep, Nu-Maid Margarine is made ’specially fer the table. As fine a spread as money can buy. • • • DON’T TRY to mend the ways o’ others ’til you've mended yer own. You'll find that's a full-time job. mam •ROUND OUR HOUSE, every body’s plumb crazy 'bout the way vegetables taste when they’re seasoned with T&Me-Grade Nu- Mald Margarine. It don’t surprise me, ’cuz anything that tastes as good as Nu-Maid all by itself is bound to ftiake other foods taste better, too! ISIIUB®! 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