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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. BE A BUDDY Poppy Sale To Provide Funds For Children of Soldier Dead WNU Features. Like every American girl and boy, the children of our coun try’s soldier dead are entitled to a normal home atmosphere and a happy childhood. To assure them of that American birthright, Veterans of Foreign Wars maintain the V. F. W. National home in Eaton Rapids, Mich., for widows and or phans of ex-servicemen. From this home every spring a little girl, daughter of a de ceased ex-serviceman, goes to Washington to present to the President the first Buddy Poppy. ^ This presentation is preliminary to opening of the general sale of Bud dy Poppies, which is conducted an nually by the V.F.W. throughout the nation during the week preced ing Memorial Day. A national goal of 21 million poppies has been set for the 1947 sale. Made by Veterans. Buddy Poppies, made by dis abled ex - servicemen patients in government hospitals as a phase of their occupational therapy work, « are distinguished by a green label copyrighted by V.F.W. French poppies, made by women and children of areas devastated in World War I, were used by the V.F.W. when it inaugurated the Buddy Poppy sale in 1922. The present plan was developed in 1924 to extend the relief afforded by the pop pies to men disabled and needy but still capable of making the flowers. V.F.W. was the first veterans’ or ganization to undertake the poppy sale on a nationwide scale. Entire proceeds of the sale are used for welfare and relief activi ties among veterans and their de pendents, including an allotment to the V.F.W. National home. Houses 250 Children. The site of the home, now cover ing 640 acres, was the gift of Corey J. Spencer and his wife, Mattie Ebb Spencer, in 1925. The home BUDDIES AID THEM . . . Funds derived from the annual Buddy Poppy sale will aid children and widows of ex-servicemen at the V.F.W. National home in Eaton Kapids, Mich. Two of the children are shown here enjoying life in the nursery. consists of about 22 family-size cot tages, no two exactly alike in archi tecture and furnishings. There also is a $35,000 hospital constructed by the V.F.W. auxiliary in 1931. Approximately 250 children, sons and daughters of deceased or total ly disabled war veterans, are living at the home. They receive the bene fits of an ideal home environment, food, clothing and education. In re turn, the V.F.W. hopes only that these children will grow up to be come useful and patriotic citizens. Children are divided into family groups, each group occupying a cot tage supervised by a “house moth er” who keeps strict watch over their welfare. Wherever possible, the “house mother” is actually the mother of one or more of the chil dren. Honor Navy Dead Each year, as part of its poppy program and the Memorial Day ob servance. the V.F.W. places a giant wreath fashioned entirely of pop pies at the Tomb of the Unknown* Soldier in Washington and at the crypt of Woodrow Wilson, World War I president, in the National cathedral. Thousands of similar smaller poppy wreaths are placed at the graves of our hero dead throughout the country by V.F.W. posts. Another highlight of the organiza tion’s program is the presentation of a huge anchor of poppies to the secretary of the navy. He, in turn, presents the wreath to the Peary Ship post of the V.F.W., an all-navy unit, for appropriate services on Memorial Day. At that time the anchor is cast into the ocean as a tribute to the men of the navy and marine corps who have lost their lives at sea. Cat Disgraces Himself And Police Chief Owner BEAUMONT, TEX. — Of all the cats in town, the one belonging to Police Chief Artie Pollock had to disgrace himself (and the chief) by going to a local hotel and getting drunk. Learning that scraps of food from the hotel provided his three square meals a day, the cat decided to inspect the place. His trip, how ever, was interrupted when some rascal gave him a bottle of beer. AIRPORT CHATTER Frank Hartman, Denver real es tate agent and a commercial pilot with 15 years of flying experience, combines his flying and selling skills to advantage. He recently closed a large ranch sale in a single day after showing the prop erty to a customer from the air. The ranch buyers said they learned more about the property from the air in a half hour than they could have learned during a week riding horseback. . . . After criss-crossing the Pacific ocean for 26,074 miles on a survey flight to Singapore and the Royal Netherlands East Indies in a big DC-4 Skymaster plane, Mrs. Mamie B. Nelson, 67, is convinced she is “just as batty about air travel as my son.” Her son, with whom she made the flight, is Orvis Nelson, president of Transocean Air Lines and vice president in charge of international operations for Phil ippine Air Lines. . . . Fred Richol- son, farmer near Davis Junction, 111., finds it convenient to allow Roger Lace, local air enthusiast, to use part of his pasture for a landing field. The arrangement works out to their mutual advantage, Richolson finds, since Lace frequently makes trips to nearby cities for badly- needed farm equipment. . . . Cran berry bogs in Massachusetts are being dusted and sprayed with a helicopter, purchased by National Cranberry association for use of its members. Airplane dusting, used for the first time last year, is being continued on larger bogs but the helicopter supplements its work on small and inaccessible bogs. • • • “There were no complaints received or arrests made for in toxicated flying in Pennsylvania during 1946.” That evidence of the lack of tipsy fliers is taken from the Pennsylvania Aero nautics commission’s annual re port on aeronautical violations. • • • AVERAGE PILOT The average airline pilot and co pilot in the United States is 32 ypars old and has been piloting planes 4,859 hours. This is a part of the picture of the average airline pilot as produced by a Civil Aeronautics administration study looking to ward possible reduction of the hu man element in air accidents. The program for redetermination of physical standards for airmen will take into consideration the physiological effects of extended oc cupation as an airline pilot and the possibilities of increasing air safety through use of pilot selection meth ods other than those of proficiency determination. The average pilot and co-pilot weighs 165 pounds and is 5 feet, 10 inches tall. There were fewer than three chances in 100 that he wore glasses, only 2.7 per cent requiring a lens correction. The group average for solo flying, 4,859 hours, included flying of all kinds and in aircraft of any descrip tion. During 1946 this group aver aged 63 hours a month, 37 during daylight hours and 26 at night. CAA allows an airline pilot to fly 1,000 hours a year, an average of about 83 hours a month. ■AIRMAILER’ . . . This is the “Airmailer,” a new helicopter model designed and produced by Bell Aircraft corporation specific ally for service on new helicopter airmail routes to be proposed by the post office department. • • • OWNER DIRECTORY An official directory of registered aircraft owners in each of the 48 states has been completed by Air Review Publishing corporation of Dallas, Tex., under contractor to Civil Aeronautics administration. For the first time, an alphabetical listing of each owner by states is provided, supplanting the govern ment’s former method of listing air craft by license number. The direc tory also includes the owner’s ad dress, and. complete information about his plane. A MIGHTY ARM OF THE FLEET . . . The U.S.S. Wisconsin, one of the navy’s mighty battleships, played a prominent role in World War n. The 45,000-ton battlewagon mounting 16-inch guns also has been assigned a peacetime task—that of carrying naval reserves on train ing cruises. To focus attention on the current drive to enroll recruits in the naval reserve, “Operation Naval Reserve” will be conducted the week of May 18-25. Culminating the campaign. Naval Reserve Day will be observed May>25. Special activities are planned in communities throughout the nation to aid the enrollment drive. The naval reserve, the civilian branch of the navy, is composed of both veterans and non veterans. Its prime purpose is to develop and maintain a source of trained personnel from which the navy may draw if necessary in a national emergency. LOS ANGELES RAISES PRIZE CATTLE . . . Future Farmers of America, including Dowlin Young, 16, of Fullerton, Calif., entered their steers and cows in show held at Los Angeles, the first competition of its kind held in California since Pearl Harbor and the first ever held in Los Angeles. Twenty-three southland high schools were represented in the event. Dowling is shown with his Jersey cow and calf. He had competition from 70 other members of the Future Farmers of America. Many leading agricultural leaders received their start in this organ ization, the Future Farmers of America. Dowlin did not win by acci dent—he has studied cattle breeds, feeding and management and reports that the University of California at Davis has helped him day by day. AFTER 32 YEARS THEY MEET AGAIN . . . The world knows Glenn L. Martin, industrialist and plane builder, and Mary Pickford, movie producer. At left is a still taken from “The Girl of Yesterday,” vintage 1915. Martin, left, is the villain, Mary Pickford, the girl with the curls. At right Glenn Martin and Mary Pickford re-enact the scene, just for old-time’s sake. Some of the oldsters will remember Martin as a daredevil barnstorming pilot. HAVE A DRINK ON ME • • • Proving their friendship. Spot, a pointer owned by Warden Lloyd Clark of Calais, Me., helps in the rearing of a 10-weeks-old motherless fawn, holding the nursing bottle of milk as the fawn drinks. The pair are pals and frolic together. The no bunt ing sign will be always out. a PRESIDENT OF U. N. . . . Bra zil’s Dr. Oswaldo Aranha, as he took over his new position as president of the United Nations special assembly session. CHAMPION DISCUS THROWER . . . Mel Scheehan, University of Missouri, gives a mighty swing and lets go of the plate for a record 155 feet, 5‘A inches, win ning the event at the Drake re lays. NEW SPORT . . . Mrs. Mildred (Babe) Zaharias, national wom en’s golf champion, tries her hand in a new field of sport. She is shown driving a trotter at Pine- hurst, N. C., race track. She re cently won the North and South gulf title. MEXICAN PRESIDENT . . . Pres. Miguel Aleman of Mexico, who has been touring America. He warned would-be aggressors that the American republics will ptand guard together over hemi sphere security. He also consulted Washington about loan to Mexico. Woman's World Make Good Use of Fabric Scraps By Doing Attractive Quilting £.rtta ^Jlaley J UST looking at an attractive quilt sometimes, we wonder how someone ever had the patience to sit down and finish it, but women who do a lot of quilting will tell you there’s lots of satisfaction in mak ing one. In the first place, a well-made and pretty quilt is an asset to the sim plest bedroom. It may form the focal point of the whole room and set the theme. Then, too, quilts do not wear out readily if they are well constructed, and we have the satis faction of looking at them for years to come. And last, but by no means least, there are so many good looking pieces of material that find their way into the rag bag, it’s a shame not to use them for something so permanently lovely as a quilt. Dig them out, and let’s see just what you can do. Before making a quilt, decide on what type you want to have. The traditional English quilt has a layer of padding between two pieces of fabric. All three are held in place by tiny stitches in close or open de signs that form puffs of fabric. If you follow the Italian tradition of quilt making, you will not use padding until fabric and lining are completed. A heavy padding yam is then run between the two layers of the design. Quilting frequently is done by machine these days, as the work goes faster, naturally. However, if you prefer, the background may be machine-stitched and the design worked by hand. One often sees straight rows of stitching, or stitch ing spaced in squares, lattice, trellis or sunburst effects. For machine quilting straight lines are most desirable. The pres sure foot or the cording foot may be used for straight lines or for curved designs. Fabrics Unlimited For Quilts Any type of material may be used for quilts. If you are making some thing for summer, it would be best to work in cotton, as these make beautiful quilts. White sheeting or muslin may be used as the basic fabric and color introduced in the joining of contrasting fabrics. Quilt linings are usually of sheet ing or velveteen. Cotton batting is used for lining. Achieve decorative effects . • • The thread used for quilting must be very fine and of a color matching the quilt. Sewing cotton, twisted em broidery floss, or silk may be used, but thj color must be sunfast. If you are making a quilt for a bed, you will need a frame for the quilt. This may be made at home or purchased. Smaller articles such as pillow covers, table covers, etc., may be quilted on an embroidery frame. Quilting Procedure Easy to Follow Before you can attach your ma terial to the quilting frame, decide upon your fabric and design. Here’s the way you work from there: Trace the design of the pattern on the outside of the fabric if you are going to use backstitch. If you are going to work on the back of the lin ing, use backstitch. Now it’s time to lay out the fabric, lining and padding. These may be placed on a large table or on the floor. The lining and padding are not sewed together, but rather are held in place by the tacking. The edges should be pinned all the way around and set in the frame. If a frame is not used, the edges are pinned and basted. The fabric, lining and interlining should not be allowed to slip. The With lightweight quilts. best way to prevent this is to tack them all together. This may be done by machine, if desired, using an open stitch that follows the back ground. The frame is placed over the quilt as it lies on the floor. Pin the edges Flounced Peplum Sweet and lovely, and ready to partake of warm weather activi ties is this cotton dress designed by Greta Plattry of Ivel gingham. It’s a pleasant style with a perky flounced peplum, showing the sea son’s trend for accented hiplines. There’s a tiny white batiste insert at the neck with a corded bow. of the quilt to the muslin at tfie edge of the frame and clamp. In the English type of quilting you may push the needle straight through the design and bring it back. However, in outline stitch, you must work on the wrong side. French knots or chain stitches may be in troduced into the pattern. When you have finished working the pattern, turn the edges of the lining and outside fabric so they face each other. There are several different types of edge finishing that may be used such as plain stitching and slip-stitching. The edges may even be piped or corded. Another attractive edge finish is the scallop, but this naturally is a little more complicated and will take extra time. You also may stitch several rows; and keep them evenly spaced. Then run a soft cord through them for nice effect. Be Smart! Nothing is so important in to day’s fashions as the going-away impression one makes. Back drapes have a new importance, but even newer are frothy lingerie touches at the hemline of the skirt and also slender, smooth bodices. They are ideal for crepes. Time-Savers The flat darner attachment, fashioned after an embroidery hoop, mends worn parts of sheets, pillow cases and other precious cottons. Stocking darners are made to fit the heel or toe of a stocking. With it you can dam stockings quickly and perfectly on the sewing machine. The hemstitcher for the ma chine operates the threads of the material and overcasts them firmly into position, creating dur able clean cut hemstitching or picot edging. It’s excellent for linens, laces, nets, silks or fine cottons. The edge stitcher can be used to give firmness to the edges of deep flounces. It accomplishes even stitching without deviating a hair’s breadth from the desired course. The gathering foot shirs as you sew. This gadget gathers one row or 20 with the same even spacing and saves you the effort of figuring it out. By Proxy “Why did they hang that pio- ture?” “Because they couldn’t find the artist.” Sad Plight Plain, matter-of-fact, John disliked the female sex with a vengeance, pre ferring a man's world altogether. Upon his return from his first day at school his mother politely itsqseired: "John, are there any girls in your room at school?" ' .... Instantly be answered with utter dis gust: "Pooh—the room’s full of ’em. Why, Pm just SURRENDERED with ’em." Threatened Showers The little four-year-old, Dorothy May, took a tumble off the veran dah. Said her mamma: “Did it hurt you, baby?” “Yes, it hurted, but I didn’t cry. Mamma. I just clouded up.” This came from a lonely moun tainous section of the country. A young man needing false teeth wrote to a dentist ordering a set as follows: “My month is three inches acrost, five-eighths of an inch through the jaw, some hum mocks on the edge. Shaped like a hoss shoe, toe forward. If yon want me to be more particular. I’ll have to come thar.” And How Billy’s parents had a visitor, a man with whom his father had gone to college. When the par ents were out of the room, Billy asked the guest, “Haven’t you got a wife?” “No, I haven’t,” was the an- swer. “Well, then,” asked Billy, “who tells you what to do?” Better by the Foot "Mr. Editor, what do yon charge to run death notices?" "Two dollars an inch.” "That’s more than I can afford, Mf husband was six feet four." Writing Pays! “Hurrah! Five dollars for my latest story.” “Congratulations, young man. From whom did you get the money?” “From the express company. They lost it.” WHY TAKE HARSH LAXATIVES? Healthful Fresh Fruit Drink Makes Purgatives Unnec essary for Most People Here’s a way to overcome constipa tion without harsh laxatives. Drink juice of 1 Sunkist Lemon in a glass of water first thing on arising. Most people find this all they need -stimulates normal bowel action day after day I Lemon and water is good for you. 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