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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Jt ^UtcHome. MyHAin WASHINGTON ii®/ Walter Shead Y/NU Correspondent WNU Washington Bureau, 1616 Eye St.. N. W. Why Do They Leave The Family Farm? A T LONG LAST, so your home town reporter believes, some thing may be done about getting at the basic and underlying reasons why American rural life is breaking up in these United States. And immediately I can envision the raising of eyebrows from many individuals and leaders of farm or ganizations. “What do you mean, breaking op?” they will all ask, and then they start pointing . . . pointing to good roads, to 4-H clubs, Future Farmers organizations ... to farm bureaus and granges and farm unions, to co-ops, to consolidated schools, to rural electrification, to many, many newly won farm con veniences. They point to all these things, and more, and they are all good for farm life. Members of the congress who rep resent the so-called farm bloc spend their time listening to these farm pressure groups and pushing through the legislative mills bills intended for the advantages of the farmers. I read their speeches. Con gressman Jolrn W. Flannagan Jr. of Virginia, one of the outstanding battlers for agricultural legislation, made a speech before the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chi cago and listed eight “musts” as necessary to place American post war agriculture on a firm basis. But in no place in Mr. Flannagan’s speech are there answers to the two factors which are breaking down rural life in America. What's the Trouble? Why, with all these things being done, is there a steadily diminish ing rural population? Why is there such a larger pro portion of rural youth physically un fit than in other strata of our na tional life? There have been attempts to make general answers to these two questions . . . technological devel opment . . . power machinery . . . greater yields per acre, but there has been no basic research up to this point, in an attempt to find the real answer. Farm leaders are concerned . . . economic, industrial and spiritual leaders are concerned . . . and as a result there has been in the proc ess of formation during the past year the Foundation for American Agriculture. Its organization is now complete, its research under way in several fields and to steer its progress it has obtained the serv ices of Charles Dana Bennett. That name . . . Charles Dana Bennett . . . conjures up a long line of writers, artists, publicists, corre spondents, publishers — who have made history in America. Food Processors Interested Upon its board of directors, the foundation has the names of some of the "Big Business” leaders of the nation, leaders interested primarily in agriculture because their business is with agriculture . . . Quaker Oats, Swift & Co., Ralston-Purina Co., Pillsbury Mills, Sears, Roebuck and Co., and others, but it also has rep resentatives of the various farm or ganizations, co-operatives, milk as sociations and outstanding individu al farmers and ranchers. Its work will be educational, based upon research findings. “The Foundation for American Agriculture is to serve as a place for men and women to think out their problems, rather than to fight them out. Its job is to create through the processes of education, a better understanding between the people in our cities and the people in our villages and on our farms . . . that education will bring this under standing and understanding will bring tolerance . . . out of tolerance comes peace and progress,” Mr. Bennett explained. | Why does a farm boy or farm girl leave home? Is it because the house is unpainted, because there is no bathroom in the house, or is it the lure of better paid city jobs? Why do young people in the home tewns move on to the larger cities? Why do the oldsters on the farm retire to the smaller nearby towns and let the farm go to tenancy? The answers to these questions are being sought in a foundation-backed project undertaken at Milford, Ind., a smaU rural town of about 700 pop ulation in Kosciusko county. Re search has been started there under the direction of the Rev. Harry Gra ham, lecturer for the Indiana State Grange. Better Educational Movies Another research program has created the Rural Film Foundation. Three important factors are being kept in mind in the production of these 16-mm films: (1) that they can not be produced on a five and ten cent basis such as many cheap rural films have been heretofore; (2) that scenarios must have good Holly wood technique and the educational angi^s sugar-coated or worked into the story; and (3) they must con tain nothing objectionable to farm organizations. Homes This Way, Please This is la dizzy age. You can now buy a home ir a department store! • And get the landscaping one flight up and the poultry house in the basement. * Aliadin was a small time magician by comparison. He couldn’t get any more staggering results using his wonderful lamp than a shopper can get using the elevators. ♦ Even a man who thinks he has been everywhere and seen every thing yells for an aspirin when he hears the elevator girl chirp “Sixth floor for bungalows, villas, du plexes, country estates and small farms!” « We joined the shopping rush at one of the big stores selling homes the other day. It was terrific. We lost a rib in the hall of a cottage for two, got a dislocated shoulder between the bath and the kitchenette of a country home and had our shins barked in the patio of a demi tasse residence marked down to $4,998 from $5,000 (only on* to a customer). • You may think the women folks are tough when in search of pylons but you haven’t seen unnecessary roughness until you see them with their boy-friends determined to find out which department store is of fering the hottest sale of bargain domiciles. * An embattled shopper in the Christmas rush trying to grab the last bottle of perfume is a mildly aggressive foe compared to a wife, mother or sister out to find the best buys in kitchenettes, guest rooms, sun porches and picket fences. . Some of the hardest looks we ever saw exchanged between human be ings we saw exchanged between two recent brides claiming an inspection priority on the threshhold of a 10 by 12 living room. • Artificial trees, rocks, rills iind grass gave such an effect of reality to the homes, that we sat on one porch and complained to the floor walker that there was no sea breeze. * In the patio of the house in the next alley, we heard a woman ask a salesman, “Haven’t you some thing with a better view?” * Be it ever so humble there is no place like home, wrapped to be taken out or sent parcels post. • Next elevator, please, for garages, Cabanas, extra circular stairways, spare cellars and hanging gardens! • • • GOOD LOSER “I never lose a thing of mine,” A woman oft will brag— That is, she ought to add, unless She puts it in her bag. Pier. • • # Those Old Buggies Do you recall the one-cylinder Pierce-Arrow Motorette which had a surrey top and was steered by a lever which came out at right angles from the side? Prior to that one, I rode as a kid in a one-cylinder Selden. This had wheels like a bicycle and the seats were back to back and it was steered with a tiller in the center. The old model K-Winton (four-cyl inder) was driven with planetary drive, which had a low and high speed, of course, and this was con- troUed on a side lever. There was a second side lever, which, whlh pushed forward, was supposed to be an emergency brake, but had no ratchet to hold it and if you relied on the braking power you were com pletely lost. •"The Thomas Flyer, which was built in my home-town in Buffalo, was a very good car and most ex pensive. I remember that one of them won a race around the world in competition with two or three others, one of which was a Fiat. Jack L. Desbecl er. • • • Vodka drinking in New York is increasing. We never touch the stuff. Makes us see “Pinsk” ele phants. And it makes a man a drunkard steppe by steppe. • • • "NOTICE. I wish the two snakes who paid me a visit last Friday wouldn’t pay me another. The rest of the turkeys are all promised. It takes two cheap guys to rob their own friend. Bill Exware, 62 Cedar street.” — Tupper Lake Free Press. e That’s telling the pesky var mints! • • • INSIDE STUFF I’ve looked both far and near and I’m Convinced I’ll never note A sailor with his hands outside The pockets of his coat. • • • Add great linet of the theater: Chief Justice Holmes in “The Magnificent Yan kee”—“Life is not just doing a sum; it it painting a picture.” Shrimp-Stuffed Peppers Are a Surprise (See-Recipes Below) Fish Food Favorites There are quantities of fish on the markets right now. This food arrives often, you’ll find on investigation, more than just once a week, and you may buy ft fresh, canned, and often frozen. Fish is a delicate food and needs only short cooking time to bring it to perfect done ness. Broiling is a good method of preparation be cause it gives fish a crusty, golden brown ap pearance; and so is baking because it makes preparation so easy. You’ll want to use all varieties of fish to round out the diet. For, fish is not only good when properly pre pared, but it’s also a fine protein food with many fine minerals. Seasonings are important because they enhance the delicate flavors of fish itself. A touch of onion is always in order, and occasionally you’ll want to add parsley, chives and herbs. Here are two unusually tasty baked fish recipes. They use cereal to extend the fish, and make a fine blend when the food is baked: Crunchy Fish Scallop. ("Serves 6) 3 tablespoons butter or substitute 3 tablespoons flour 2 cups milk 1 teaspoon salt % teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons onion juice 4 tablespoons finely chopped green pepper 2 cups (1 pound) flaked fish, cooked 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 hard-cooked eggs 1 cup coarsely crusned corn flakes V4 cup grated American cheese Make a white sauce by melting the butter, adding the flour and blending. Add milk, salt and pep per. Cook and stir until thickened. Then add onion juice and green pep per. Remove bones and skin from cooked fish. Flake. Arrange in greased baking dish and sprinkle with lemon juice. Place sliced eggs, half of the crushed corn flakes and half of the cheese on top. Cover with white sauce and top with remaining crushed cereal and cheese. Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) until browned and heated. Flaked Fish Puff. (Serves 6) 1 cup milk 4 tablespoons farina or corn meal Va teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons water 2 teaspoons chopped chives or onion 2 tablespoons chopped parsley 1 cup cooked flaked fish 4 tablespoons chopped celery 2 eggs LYNN SAYS Use Common Sense: Problems that every cook comes up against every once in a while can be solved with some good, practical common sense. Here are some examples: Rolls and muffins which have become too stale to eat can be freshened by sprinkling with wa ter and placed in a brown paper sack be heated for about 5 minutes in a moderate oven. Tea mixed with a little grated orange rind will go twice as far, and will be delicately flavored. To use leftover egg yolks, poach them until they are hard-cooked, then grate them and use as a gar nish for salads and vegetable dishes. Use celery tops as a flavoring for soups and stews. Add leftover sausage or bacon to waffle and pancake batters or combine with leftover potatoes (mashed), then fry. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU IDEAS Baked Stuffed Peppers Creamed Boiled Onions Shoestring Potatoes Beet-Lettuce Salad Graham Bread Beverage Fresh Fruit Cookies Heat milk to the boiling point, combine cereal and salt with the water. Add to the hot milk, continue cooking until thickened. Add chives and parsley. Remove from heat and add fish and celery. Beat egg yolks slightly and add to fish mixture. Beat egg whites and fold into mix ture. Pour into a greased baking dish, place in a pan of hot water and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees) until inserted knife comes out clean (about 45 minutes). Many of you have eaten and en joyed Fish Chowder, but have you ever tried it in pie form with a crusty topping? Any type of fish fillets may be used in the fol- lowing recipe. You’ll like the seasonings, too. Fish Chowder Pie. (Serves 9) 1V4 pounds fish fillets 1 cup cooked, diced earrots 2 hard-cooked errs Vt cup fat 2 tablespoons chopped, r r cen pep per 1 cup chopped onion 14 cup flour 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons lemon juice 14 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 1V4 teaspoons salt 14 teaspoon pepper 1 recipe pastry Poach or simmer fish for about 20 minutes in 1 quart boiling water to which 2 slices of onion, 214 tea spoons peppercorns, 1 bay leaf and 1 teaspoon salt have been added. Drain fish and flake coarsely. Save liquid. Arrange fish, carrots and sliced eggs in a greased casserole. Heat fat, add green pepper, onion and cook slowly over low heat for about 10 minutes. Blend in flour, add milk and 1 cup liquid left from fish. Cook slowly until thickened, stirring constantly. Add lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and seasonings. Pour over ingredients in casserole. Top with pastry and bake in a hot oven (450 degrees) about 30 minutes or until crust is lightly browned. Note: 1 pound of cooked or canned fish may also be used in the above recipe. There’s nothing new about stuffed peppers, but if the filling is nutri tious and delectable shrimp, then there’s definitely something new in this dish. Here’s the way it’s done: Shrimp-Stuffed Peppers. (Serves 6) 7 ounces canned shrimp Va cup diced celery 14 cup chopped onion Vt cup sliced carrot rings 14 cup mayonnaise 14 cup chili sauce 3 tablespoons lemon juice Scallions, radishes and potato chips Reserve six shrimps for garnish. Chop remaining shrimp and com bine with celery, onion and carrots. Mix together mayonnaise, chili sauce and lemon juice. Combine with shrimp mixture. Use to fill pep per shells. Garnish each with a whole shrimp. To serve arrange stuffed peppers on a platter with scallions and radishes. Pile potato chips in center of platter. Another stuffing which is certain to find favor is this one: Shrimp and Cabbage Stuffing. Combine 7 ounces of shrimp with 14 cup chopped cucumber, 14 cup diced tomato and 14 teaspoon salt. Blend 6 tablespoons mayonnaise with 3 tablespoons grapefruit juice; add to shrimp mixture and toss light ly. Use to stuff peppers or tomatoes. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Released by Western Newspaper Union. By VIRGINIA VALE R aymond massey is set ting up an all-time record for other performers to shoot at; so far no one else has ap peared in all four branches of the Thespian art. To begin with, there’s his regular week ly stint on the radio, in “The Harvest of Stars,” on NBC. He’s also appearing currently on the Broadway stage in “Pyg malion,” with Gertrude Lawrence. RAYMOND MASSEY Just recently he did two television shows for CBS. And in April he returns to Hollywood to make “One Secret,” with Joan Crawford. That’s covering the field! * Hedy Lamarr and Gene Lockhart are right back where they started, on Stage 3 on the Goldwyn lot. They both got their first big screen breaks in “Algiers,” which was filmed there. Now they’re back for the first time, for “The Strange Women.” * James Stewart’s back in Holly wood, after visiting in Washington and New York—where even night club audiences look at him with in terest. His first postwar picture will be “It’s a Wonderful Life,” made for Liberty Films and re leased by RKO, is a Frank Capra production. That’s under way now. His next film will be “The Magie City,” a Robert Riskin production, for RKO. * Got a baseball team you want to sell? Anne Baxter’s interested. She’s been a baseball fan since she was in high school; now, like Bing Crosby, she wants to own a team, or part of one, at least. Incident ally, the Charles R. Rogers picture in which she has a leading role is now known as “Angel on My Shoul der” again; exhibitors who were polled liked that title better than “Me and Mrs. Satan.” * Michael Bottoms has retired from the screen, after appearing in “A Scandal in Paris” for 30 seconds as the infant Vidocq. Mike’s father in Guam, has never seen him, so Mrs. Bottoms Jet Mike, aged three months, play the part. —*— Jean Tennyson, star of “Great Moments in Music,” will take a chance on any young singer she be lieves in. She’s presented many of them on her radio program; discov ered Mario Lanza, who substituted for Jan Peerce when Peerce was on the Coast. —*— Constance Moore was called for makeup and wardrobe at 5 a. m. one morning, because of the elabo rate costume she was to wear that day In “In Old Sacramento.” Four hours later she was ready, stepped on the sound stage, and saw ma chine-made rain falling like mad. “And now. Miss Moore,” said Pro ducer-Director Joseph Kane, “if you’ll lie down on your face in the mud—you’ve just fallen out of a stagecoach!” —*— Jack Dempsey’s children knew he was “Mr. Hush” on that gorgeous stunt on “Truth or Consequences”; he phoned them after the third week and'when they said they’d heard him on the radio he swore they hadn’t; couldn’t admit the truth, because ho outsider could know it was his voice that was puzzling contestants. * Ed Wynn has been held over as guest star on the program headed by James Melton and Annamary Dickey. Originally Wynn was signed for only four weeks, but the public has been so enthusiastic about him that he remains a while longer. * The time of "Strangers in Love,” Paulette Goddard’s next for Para mount, is 1947, so she and a studio stylist are trying to figure out what fashions will be current next year. ODDS AND ENDS—The first day ads for “Adventure” appeared in New York subways, 2,000 additional ones had to be printed, to replace those swiped by fans who wanted Clark Gable's picture. . . • During his three years in the marines Mac donald Carey sent allotment checks to his wife, who saved them for a down payment on a Hollywood home. . .. Friday night is going to be CBS night in a lot of homes— Durante and Moore at 9:30, Danny Kaye at 10:00, Bob Crosby at 10:30, EST Drew Allen, featured with Gilbert Roland in Monogram’s “The Gay Cavalier,” took his name from the pre-war journalistic team of Drew Pearson and Robert Allen. SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLECRAFT Star Medallion Lovely for Cloth Oiiinlrlv mssmnrirpfl. this medallion Pattern No. 7404 T HE STAR medallion is crochet, starred for its handsome de sign, its lovely effect when joined for cloths, spreads, small acces sories. Quickly memorized, this medallion win be your favorite crochet! Join for small or large accessories. 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