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^ GOOD CITIZEN | pM .. ) a-- People Acting Together Make Strong Community and Nation This Is the ninth of n series of ten articles from the booklet “Good Cltisen’’ published by The Ameri* ena Heritage Foundation concern- inf the rifhts and duties of an American. The eighth promise of a good cit izen: I will try to make my com-, munity a better place in which to live. The Pilgrim fathers ••got togeth er” to come to this country. From other countries came groups which settled together at a ‘‘good bend in the crick.” Neighbors built cabins near each other, leaned on'each other, worked with each other, protected each other. Man has always liked someone By INEZ GERHARD B arbara stanwyck, pausing in New York on her way to Rome to join Robert Taylor, admitted that she was none too happy about going by plane; aviation is one of the few enthusiasm she does not share with him. One of the most interesting and best informed actresses in Hollywood, she would head the list of those I’d like to be marooned BARBARA STANWYCK with on a desert island; she is frank, intelligent, and has a sense of humor second to none. She has a terrific part in “The Furies”, soon to be released, but talked not about her own role but about the late Walter Huston, whom she admired and liked so much. “The Furies” was his last picture. When it was announced that Bill Boyd, star of Mutual’s “Hopalong Cassidy” radio series, is to co-star with Bing Crosby in a film, every one began speculating as to wheth er the Western star would sing with Bing. Boyd settled that question in short order; his reply was a definite “No! Leave that to all the rest of them.” And to Bing’s sons. Gloria Swanson is likely to be known as the Iron Woman if she continues her current routine. Recently she completed a three- month tour of 31 cities in the United States and Canada, on behalf of her Paramount picture, “Sunset Boulevard”, a trip which she began not long after a similar one to publicize “Sam son and Delilah”. Ruth Roman, while working In “Three Secrets”, paused long enough to order a swimming pool. “Just put it anywhere,” she told the contractor. He went to work the same day, and she got home that night to find that the hole for the pool occupied the space formerly used by the driveway to her ga rage. So she now uses half the double garage next door. to talk to; someone else to walk with, to learn with, to wor- Q ship with, to run races against, to wrestle, to ar gue politics with, and with whom to deplore the weather. Men early found that by their joint efforts they could achieve something far greater than Ihey could hope to accomplish singly. The more things that people working together in a community can do without depending upon the federal or state government, the more our individual rights will be preserved, the stronger our nation will be. • • • YOU HAVE cast your vote and paid your taxes. Don’t stop there. There is also an intangible obliga tion to make a community a little better for the time you have lived in it. You don’t have to be a profes sional do-gooder to be a good citi zen. No matter how busy he is, in addition to church and school, near ly everybody can find time for at least one community <ictivity. It may be the Boy Scouts, or Girl Scouts, the 4-H Club, the Red Cross, the Future Farmers of America, the Community Fund, the Campfire Girls, slum clearance, a new park, a public swimming pool or golf course, or merely your family helping another family. The spirit which motivates these groups is what makes one commu nity so much better to live in than another town the same size which doesn’t have the spirit. These things call for your time and ability rather than your mon ey, and they will give every good citizen an inner glow of pride and satisfaction for having done them. • • * “IN THE MAKING OF A TOWN,” William Allen White said of Emporia: “. . . the material— the brick and stone and mortar and lumber that make this town, are but a small part of it. Hun dreds of towns in the country have just as much brick, stone, lumber and lime as Emporia has, that are not nearly such good towns. “Those who have lived during the half century now passed, put some thing besides houses and streets and trees and material things. They put practical work in politics, in religion, in education, in business, in the social organization to make this a good town. Emporia did not just grow. To have a clean town meant a fight, every day in the year for someone; it meant sacri fice for scores of men and women —sacrifice of time and money and health and strength. To have all these schools and churches meant that thousands gave freely and in a great faith without material re sults in sight, that we who now en joy what we have, might reap where we have not sown. “This town is the child of many prayers. This town is the ideal real ized only after those who dreamed the ideal, laid them down to rest with the dream still a dream. This town is the fruit of a great aspir ation, and we who live here now, have a debt to posterity that we can pay only by still achieving, still pursuing; we must learn to labor and to wait, even as they learped it who built here on this townsite when it was raw upland prairie . . .” This article Is Chapter 8 ef the booklet “Good Citizen” produced by The American Herltafe FonndaUon, sponsors of the freedom train. A complete book may be obtained by sending 85 cents to The American Heritage Foundation, 85 West 45th Street, New York, N. Y. OSSWORD P1IZUE LAST WOK'S ANSWER ^ ACROSS 1. Eager 5. Egyptian dancing girl 9. 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No violence this first trip. But we’ll make it clear he ain’t going to be allowed to stay. This here’s my land by right of settlin’ it.” En route to the lower range Sam fell to wondering how it was that the nester had proved insulting. A young man was hewing logs in a clearing when the trio rode up. He drove his axe into a tree trunk and looked up at them, smiling pleasantly. “Howdy gents,” he said. “Climb down and squat awhile.” “Never mind the formalities, mis ter. I’m Sam Edgewater and I own this property. We don’t tolerate nesters.” “They told me I could come down here and pick myself a home. It’d be mine if I improved it some. And I aim to improve it.” “This here’s been my property for 20 years. It’s mine by right of con quest,” Sam roared. The redhead grinned. “Well, if you got papers to prove it’s yours, I suppose I’ll have to get off. Other wise, I’m staying.” Sam’s face grew purple. He turned to Chuck and Tex. “Boys, you for get what I said about warnin’ this jigger. We’re gonna have a show down right now. Kick him out!” None of them saw the redhead move, but suddenly he had a gun in his hand. It exploded and Tex BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET Show Business Offers fleart Break fo Stage-Struck Girl By BILLY ROSE As everyone and his Aunt Esmerelda knows, there’s no business like show business for the fortunate few who make the grade. But— In 1946, a stage-struck lass from Nebraska named Judy Peters moved into a boarding house off Times Square and began looking for work in the theatre. As per usual, she was average bright, round of face, figure and eye, and determined to make her mark on the 45th Street marquees. A few months later, thanks to a stage manager who took a shine to her, she got her first part—a three- line role in a two- act play that last ed four perform ances. For a solid and sobering year after that, Judy made the rounds, eating the usual health sal ads and waiting on tables to pay for her furnishe-d (after a fashion) room. It was heart- and arch-breaking work, but it fin ally paid off when the Big Chance came along—the second lead in a Shaw revivaL • • • THE DAY AFTER the play opened out of town, Judy wired her folks they wouldn't have to help her any more, and when George Billy of go Jean Nathan singled her out for mention in his review the farm girl figured it was all over but the mov ie offers. On* swell notice, however, doth not « star make, and when the play closed after a run three months, Jstdy had to bach to reading the casting notes in Actor? Cues. By this time her family, fed up with her show bstsiness shenanigans, bad put her on notice that the only further money she could expect would be train fare back to Nebraska. And so, to keep body and hopes alive, the would-be Helen Hayes went back to waiting on tables. Last April, after three grim years of scratch-as-scratch-canning, Judy was handed the script of Keith Winters’ old hit, “The Shining Hour,” by the director of a sum mer stock company. He asked her to bone up on the part of Judy Linden—a typical farm girl whose accent was pure Midwest, and whose face and figure were more silo than sex. THE AUDITION WENT off with out hitch or hesitation, and Judy was in the heaven above seventh when the director complimented her on how well she read her lines. He told her he’d let her know definite ly the following day, and she went back to her one-room-and-half-bath to wait. The next night the landlady smelled gas, but by the time the police arrived Judy was dead. On the bed by her side was the script of "The Shining Hour* opened to the scene in Act Two where Judy Linden, the farm girl, takes her own life. The cops, looking for a suicide motive, didn’t have far to look. On the dresser was a note from the di rector: Sorry, honey. You read the part fine, but I’m afraid you’re not the type.” The redhead wasn’t grinning. None of them saw him move but suddenly he had a gun in his hand.. was. staring down at his shattered wrist. The redhead wasn’t grinning. He looked at Chuck. “Well, mister, I guess you’re Edgewater’s hired gun man too. How about it, want to try earnin’ your pay?” Chuck looked mad but helpless. He wasn’t a fool. Sam recovered after a moment from the shock of what had happened. He ordered his men back on their horses. “O. K.” he said. “You win this play. Red, but we’ll be back.” “Yeah,” jeered the redhead. “Next time bring a dozen with you. E IGHT DAYS later Sam rode down to the lower range at the head of seven grim-faced punchers. “Son,” said Sam Edgewater, “we don’t want to hurt you none, but we aim to kick you off this land. You must have sense enough to realize you ain’t got a chance, playing a lone hand.” The redhead grinned. “The gov ernment,” he said, “allowed I could have this here land. However, you look to me like a square shooter, so I’ll make you a square proposition. I’ll take on any three of your heroes single handed—and agree not to marry your daughter if they beat me.” “Agree not to what!” Sam bel lowed. f The redhead looked surprised. “Shucks,” he said, “I thought Laurie had told you we were fixin’ to get married. You see, I kissed her the first day she come down here and that sort of settled things*—” “Laurie! Is what this young whip persnapper says, true? Is it?” Laurie looked at the young whip- persnapper, then at her father. “He did kiss me that first day I came down,” she said. Sam stared at her and swore un der his breath. After a moment he turned his horse and galloped away, and the punchers galloped after him. Laurie confronted the redhead and her eyes were angry. “That,” she said, “was about the most—the most—” Her expression softened, because Red was grinning. The most unromantic way of pro posing,” she finished. “I can do better,” said Red. “Want me to?” Laurie didn’t answer. She didn’t have to. Dairy Needs Each year the baker depends upon dairymen for millions of pounds of dry milk, condensed milk solids, and fluid milk to provide bread with additional food Qualities Practical Farmers Anticipate Science Many Fed Milk Product Long Before Vitamin BI2 Practical dirt farmers, with little knowledge of nutritional theories, may prove to have again anticipat ed the latest findings of research scientists who have been turning their attention to hog and poultry rations. About a year ago, when discovery of the growth promoting vitamin B12 created a stir in feed and farm circles, many farm editors were quick to point out that practical Many practical dirt farmers in the United States fed skim milk and milk prednets long be fore they ever heard of vitamin B12. Above a farmer feeds skim milk. farmers who fed milk and milk products to hogs and poultry had actually anticipated the scientists. Because, after the new vitamin was first isolated from liver ex tracts, it was found that milk and milk-by-products, like skim milk and buttermilk, are particularly good natural sources of this growth vitamin. Generations of farmers, who had never heard of vitamin B12, had taken advantage of its growth promoting values when they fed milk and milk products. Now research scientists have been testing the effect of “wonder drugs” in animal feeding. ^ They have reported startling growth gains when streptomycin and au- reomycin are added to hog and poultry rations. There are indica tions that farm editors have anoth er opportunity to point out that practical farmers anticipated the scientists In this case too. Not that there is any indication that milk or milk-by-products ac tually contain these wonder drugs, but it appears that to some extent, they have a similar effect. War to Have Strong [niluence on Markets L. H. Simerl of the University of Illinois predicts unsettled markets during the months ahead. He gives four reasons: First, the all-important corn crop Is made largely during July and August. Yield depends mainly on rainfall and borer damage. Second, military operations al ways have a strong influence on market activities. Third, needs for price control and rationing will be discussed by the public and probably debated in con gress. Fourth, even before recent inter national developments, many peo ple had little confidence in prevail ing price levels. Now most people are even more uncertain about prol> able price behavior. Margarlni Tax BUTTER AND MARGARINE ft ftt— ia *»!•#>•• •• famitf Imtomt, U S IM. IM A WIIZ - Margaria* — • *3,000 *4,000 *4.000 0 *5.000 *10.000 Repeal of taxes on colored margarine July 1 Is expected to Increase consumption of that product. Whether this win de crease butter consumption still Is unknown. Most ef t h c in crease in margarine consump tion between 1942 and 1948 was the result of more families us ing it rather than increased consumption per family. (J.S. Steel Lists Farm Tools in Top Category Steel products for use in agricul ture are listed by U. S. Steel as one of its eight major manufacturing categories. Among the company’s products, as pointed out In the annual 1949 re port, are carbon and alloy bars, shapes, plates, sheet and strip, pike and tubing for agricultural machin ery, grain bins, brooder houses, wire, gates, and formed roofing and fMfng sheet among others. Keep Vegetable Interest High (See Recipes Below) Vary Your Vegetables V EGETABLES appear on the menu so often, homemakers often find themselves at a loss as to how variety may be introduced in their service. If you’re doing some baking, why not bake the vegetable, too? If your menu plans include a meal prepared on top of the range, why not pan-fry the vegetables, or make a sauce to add sparkle to them? Sauces do excellent things to veg etables which you’ve been used to serving in the same, old, boiled way with just salt and pepper as seasonings. ' Then, too, there are combinations of vegetables that can be pleasing, like lima beans with corn, carrots and parsnips, green pepper and onions with limas and zucchini squash with tomatoes. Vegetables can be varied simply by their treatment: carrots in tim bales, potatoes in pancakes, molded asparagus. • • • I F YOU’RE serving two vege tables, pick them for flavor and color contrasts, like this combina tion of potatoes and green beans: *Green Beans, Butter Herb Sauce (Serves 6) x m pounds beans !4 cup butter cup finely minced onion 2 tablespoons minced parsley K teaspoon thyme 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon salt M teaspoon paprika Cook beans in boiling salted Water until tender. Fry onions in melted butter until tender but not brown, about 5 minutes. Add re maining ingredients and pour over hot, cooked beans. • • • Cheesed Potatoes (Serves 6) 8 medium new potatoes )4 cup butter H cup minced chives 1 teaspoon salt % teaspoon paprika % cup grated American cheese Cook potatoes in jackets; drain and return to low heat, for 2 to 3 minutes, shaking gently until they are hotand mealy, rum into a hot serving dish. Meanwhile, melt butter, add minced chives, seasonings and cheese. Pour hot cheese mixture ever potatoes. Sprinkle with extra chives and a dash of paprika. • • • Baked Succotash (Serves 8) 2 cops dried lima beans 4 cups water 2)4 teaspoons salt M cup dark molasses ft teaspoon dry mustard ft teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 2 tablespoons minced onion 1ft cops cooked (12-ounce can) whole kernel com 4 strips bacon Soak beans in water overnight. Add 1 teaspoon salt; bring to boil ing point; simmer but do not boil about 45 minutes. Drain; save water LYNN SAYS: Here's How to Get Most out of Vegetables Baking is one of the best methods (or preserving vitamins and min erals in vegetables. Simple baking until the skin can be pierced easily with a fork works best on the fol lowing: potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash, turnips, carrots, onions and parsnips. Many cooked vegetables when served the second time can be more palatable if sauteed in butter and bread crumbs. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Oven Barbecued Chicken Com Pudding *Green Beans, Butter Herb Sauce Cucumber-Tomato Salad Blueberry Pie Beverage - •Recipe Given and measure; add water from com to make ft cup liquid. Mix liq uid, molasses, mustard, Worcester shire sauce, onion, and re maining 1ft tea spoons salt. Com bine beans and com. Pour into a 2-quart bean pot or casserole dish. Arrange strips of • bacon over top. Cover and bake in a moder ately slow oven (325* F.) 1 hour. Uncover and bake 30 minutes. • • • Lima Bean Casserole (Serves 6) x 1 pound large lima beans ft cup chopped green pepper ft cup chopped onions ~ ft cup fat 3 tablespoons light corn syrup ft cup water Soak clean beans several hours or overnight in water to cover. Simmer slowly until tender. Brown chopped peppers and onions in the fat and add the light corn syrup, tomato soup and half cup of water. Place drained limas in greased casserole and pour other mixture over them. Bake two hours in mod erate oven. Potato Pancakes (Serves 4-6) 6 medium-sized raw potatoes 2 tablespoons flour 2 eggs, beaten 1ft teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons melted fat I tablespoon milk 1 teaspoon grated onion 4 tablespoons fat Pare potatoes. Grate. Add flour, eggs, salt, 2 teaspoons melted fat, milk and onion and mix well. Heat remaining fat in heavy frying pan. Drop tablespoons of potato mix ture into it. Fry, turning to brown on both sides. , • • • Carrot Timbales (Serves 6) 2 tablespoons shortening 2 tablespoons flour ft teaspoon salt 1 enp milk 5 large canrots, cut in pieces 2 tablespoons butter 2 cups soft bread cubes (ft-inch size) 3 eggs, slightly beaten 1 tablespoon chopped onion 1 tablespoon chopped parsley ft teaspoon nntmeg 1ft teaspoons salt Melt shortening in a small sauce pan. Blend in flom; and salt. Add milk and cook until thick. Clean and scrape carrots. Cut carrots in pieces and cook them in small amount of water until tender. Drain off remaining liquid. Add butter to carrots and mash them together. Combine mashed carrots and butter with bread cubes, beaten eggs, onion, parsley, nutmeg, salt and white sauce. Place mixture in 6 well • greased individual custard cups. Place cups in a shallow bak ing dish, partially filled with hot water. Bake in a moderate oven (350* F.) 36 minutes. Unmold and serve with sauce. To freshen vegetables and re move insects, soak bud. head and fruit group vegetables in cold water to which salt has been added. Yellow vegetables are among the most stable as to color and vita min content. Use them often to get Vitamin A which will help you resist infections. Cream sauce, either plain or with cheese added, will glorify many a vegetable when it’s served as a leftover. Use this idea, too, when combining two small amounts of leftover vegetables. • / •■•’V .v * **:•. . iri - Tattoo on Dog's Leg Simplifies Identification X.OS ANGELES —At least 500,- 000 heartaches a year will be saved dog lovers when “identacod* ing**—tatooing a dog’s license num ber permanently on its leg—be comes a national practice. The dog tattooing idea first was Introduced in the K-9 corps, for positiVe identification of the canine rookies. It was first used on a civilian basis by H. Graham Conar, internationally known horseman and dog authority, in 1946, in a private dog club he organized in Los Angeles. The idea received additional im petus when the national dog record bureau, a nonprofit corporation, was started, with Conar as president and James Schermerhorn Jr., for mer Detroit newspaperman, as vice- president. Since its inception, the idea has received wide acclaim and accept ance from law enforcement agen cies and anticruelty societies all over the nation, Conar claims. Ac cording to Alexander Tilley, general manager of the Los Angeles SPCA. and southern California humana society, identacoding will have 1 wider applications than tattooinf of pedigreed and valuable pets. Dogs Are Highly Prised Many a mutt is so highly by a family, they would not to sell it for aU the tea. in yet a week is the longest mutt will live in a pound, that, if unclaimed, it is make room for more hapless waifs. , “Out of 20 dogs we get at shelter,” Tilley aays, “only caught .with a license tag. 19 dogs, three may bo owners. Out of the 10 V>other four may find new The remaining 12 are Multiply this number by the of cities, hamlets and counties, you get an appalling death toll.” Tilley estimates that 50,000 dogs are destroyed yearly in New York and 25,000 in Los Angeles alone. Ha thinks that 500,000 is a conservative figure for the number of nato pets which die in the chamber every year. Tags Are Missing Another argument in favor tattooing, Tilley says, are d era themselves. “In the 71 y our SPCA work,” he of them simply would cated to keeping the tag cm him all the During the war, were made of soybean plasti dogs used to eat their tai biscuits, and when caught klentiflcation were just so closer to the gas chamber. To prevent dog records from be ing destroyed in a fire or any other catastrophe, the master micro filmed files are kept in a hank vault in Los Angeles and New York. At the moment the organization is ad ministered from Los Angeles for the western region; from Kansas City for the central region; and from New York for the eastern region. Other offices are being li censed daily and there ia even talk of the organization going interna tional within a year, with offices in all principal cities of the world. im Notice to Jtaglerss Now Scooterpoopers Lure Bast GREENWOOD, S. 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