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r'“ : THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. / S>;X Sr HEADIN' AND WRITIN' Penmanship Isn't Such a Lost Art, Survey of Teachers Shows sswono mm LAST WEEK'S ANSWER Apparently the quality of Amer ican school children’s handwriting has not fallen victim to the “rush of our times” and outside interests and distractions, after alL A survey among 5,000 grade and high school principals across the nation turned up a vote of nearly two to one that today’s youngsters write as well as or better than those of a generation ago. The Sheaffer pen company, that made the sur vey, said the actual balloting was 64.4 per cent to 35.6. Most of the principals credited improved teach ing methods and more widespread • . Jasisi '*>■ m tx V < .v. •%:. ■■v & i. > '»x j - 1 ■sss.'y.. .•y.yy.•■i • •.<>. • .: . •*••-.- .••• • A ‘ i . ~ 1 iESCREI By INEZ GEBHARD B EN GRAUER, in nearly 21 years ofv radio, has built up a terrific list of famous friends who have al ways wanted to do something for him. They got their chance when Ben started his new daytime show, “Ben Grauer’s Footlights and Klieg- lights”—practically every star in show business clamored for a chance to appear for nothing. It looks like printing, but it is really a new style “manu script writing”. A recent survey of the country’s school prin cipals found that 95.5 of the na tion’s schools now teach this method in at least first three grades. nita issS&sS?; ■ : m a X use of good writing equipment for the fact that penmanship has “sur vived” as well as it has despite crowded curriculums and less time for instruction. The widely held notion that basic arts like reading, writing and spell ing have been shamefully neglected in this mechanized age is well re futed—so far as penmanship is concerned—by results of the poll. However, the minority of principals who feel handwriting has declined is so sizable and in many cases so emphatic as to leave no doubt that there’s still lots of room for im provement • • • ACROSS 1. 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Stop 39. Enclosures 40. Nobleman 44^ Guided 1 Z 3 4 5 1 6 7 8 9 1 IO / II 12 i (3 Ut /VVV IS 16 17 18 YUi 19 20 Zl 22 23 24 I I 25 26 8 27 28 29 1 30 31 32 33 34 i & i 36 I 37 38 39 40 | 4/ 42 1 43 44 45 8 46 47 1 48 1 THE FICTION CORNER MY MISTAKE By Richard H. Wilkinson BEN GRAUER Among the first were Ed Wynn, Os car winner Jose Ferrer, Ralph Bel lamy, Edward Everett Horton, Vic tor Moore, Robert Sterling, Susan Douglas, Arthur Treacher, Barbara Bel Geddes and William Eythe. Thousands of dollars would have been paid out for guest shots if they’d worked for money. Jackie Kelk, squeak-voiced Homer of **1116 Aldrich Fam ily”, is in a dither these days getting his Poundridge, New York, farm in readiness for a Paramount camera crew. Scenes will be made there for *‘Burning Orchard”. Jack Benny will return to the screen after seven years’ absence in “Somebody Loves Me”. He will play himself, as he was in the days when he was a vaudeville star, often sharing star billing with Blos som Seeley, whose life story this is. Robert Young, who has won in numerable awards for his “Father Knows Best” radio program, took his youngest daughter Kathleen to Warner Brothers as a fifth birthday celebration to watch him working with Joan Crawford in “Goodbye My Fancy”. She had a lovely day, just loved playing with Miss Craw ford’s poodle. She paid very little attention to her father, or Miss Crawford, thought the dog was al most as nice as her pets at home. BEARING OUT this observation was the high school principals’ ver dict that only about two-thirds of their students have a “satisfac tory” handwriting by the time they graduate. Grade school principals voted about two to one that children “learn to write more easily” now adays. Use of the "manuscript” form of writing—taught in about 95 per cent of the schools in the first two or three grades—was given much of the credit for this, along with more general use of good equipment. The survey showed that quality of handwriting has an influence upon the marks children get in schooL Among grade school prin cipals, 89.9 per cent said “good handwriting helps produce good marks,” and among high school heads the count was almost the same, 89.6 per cent. The most commonly indicated reasons among those who think to day’s handwriting is better were: improvement of teaching methods, more widespread use of good writ ing equipment, and the repsondents’ own disinclination to glorify “the good rM days.” However, there is a sizeable min ority of principals—35.6 per cent— who feel that the handwriting of their present pupils is worse than that of their forebears. The manuscript form of writing (like lower-case printing) is now taught almost universally in the early grades. A change is usually made to cursive (conventional writ ing) at the third or fourth grade. M RS. Luther was very smug. “Of course, darling, I know how happy and thriUed you are at being married. Phil is a nice boy. Dear me, I remem- —————y jjgj. w hen Alvin 3 -Minute and I were first Fiction married. I was just the same.” Mrs. Luther “The illusions of youth. sighed. Dear me.” Beth Franklin tried hard to main tain a role of gracious hostess. “Were your illusions shattered, Mrs. Luther?” “Shattered?” Mrs. Luther laughed and suddenly looked wise. “Well, yes, I suppose they were. For I did have illusions about my husband, darling, just as you have about your Phil. And then—” Mrs. Luther’s lips tightened—“he strayed.” “How dreadful!” “Not dreadful, darling—fortunate. Oh, my yes. You see, Dave, my husband, is not naturally a woman chaser. He was frightfully upset and shamed. He promised to do anything if I’d only not leave him. To this day Dave is repentant. He’ll do anything I ask. He is humble and grateful, and I declare I think I have the best husband in the world.” “I suppose wasn’t it?” it was fortunate. Mrs. Luther leaned toward her young hostess. “So fortu nate, my dear, that 1 wish oth ers could benefit by the same experience. Your Phil is very handsome, and Gretchen Carter is very beautiful.” She smiled. “Well, darling, I simply must be going.” Beth sat down at a window, cupped her chin in her hand and GRASSROOTS MacArthur Testimony Advises Stalin of Our Fear BSfe, B: By Wright A. Patterson pVERY ONE—of both officers and enlisted personnel of the armed services of the United States—pwe to the nation first allegiance over anything they may owe to any other superior or to themselves. That is a part of the rigid train ing they undergo and it continues throughout their career in the armed services. In the final analy sis, the United States is congress. It is not the President. That was the basic argument of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, a general of the army. In his In sistence in placing his views in opposition to those In higher au thority. He was exercising his training he had received as an officer in the army. He recognized, not the Presi dent, but only congress as the top authority. That was as he had been taught. It was that final decision, as to what was best for the interests of the United States in the far east, that Gen. MacArthur forced his con victions to the point where they 4 would receive the attention of con gress, and congress only should make the decision. The investigation by a senate committee was for the purpose of providing the facts that con gress, Including the senate, might have the information needed in making such a deci- Gen. Bradley, in refusing to answer any question the com ask him, violated to the nation, and in contempt of congress, a situation from which he was relieved by a ruling of the chairman and later by a vote of the members of the com mittee. Had the quest!cm been asked of the President, the only legal reason he could have given for not answer ing would be that to do so truthful ly might incriminate himself. The committee was attempting to ascertain the reasons for, and the methods used, in firing MacArthur. There are innumerable rumors in Washington of the existence of a feud in the high command that dates back to when MacArthur was chief of staff of the army, and stopped, for a time, the advance ment of Marshal^, with some like incident in the case of Bradley. The committee was trying to find out if these incidents had any con nection with the firing of MacArthur and opposition to the MacArthur views of the far eastern situation. As to his reason for the firing of MacArthur, the President in a statement, not under oath, said the letter written to Representative Martin had nothing whatever to do with it. Marshall had testified ear lier that it had. Which is right? MacArthur’a action was for the purpose of best serving the national interests, but what was started in that spirit has de generated into a partisan politi cal quarrel, both parties at- * tempting to make political capi tal out of the investigation. The only purpose it has served is to advise Stalin of our fears, and our disunity. There was no possi bility of good, but there was a pos sibility of additional harm, and it is time 1 the investigation stopped. MacArthur is out. Continuing the investigation would not put him back in Japan. He will remain a five star general of the army. Con gress named him that, and con gress, not the President is supreme. Congress, not the President, is the United States. Nex£ to congress, the people will decide. They are the real commander-in-chief. * When you make an estimate on the results of the November, 1952 elections, do not forget that there are considerably more than two mil lion voters on the federal payrolls. These two million, plus another two million relatives and friends, will vote the way personal, rather than national, interests dictate. It is natural to consider one’s bread and butter as of first importance. That is the “why” of the army of bu reaucrats. They represent four mil lion votes. Count them for the “ins.” * At the meat markets in my town there has been no reductions in prices at the retail level. How about it in your town? Was that meat price reduction all talk with no ac tion? * The reduction the farmer took on his meat animals has not reached the demanding consumer. So far he has only a promise. '-J The orchestra swung into a foxtrot. Beside her, Tom Craig said: “My dance, Beth?” stared out at the rain. “Gretchen Carter is very beautiful.” What had Mrs. Luther meant? Mrs. Luther was bitter and disillusioned . . . Poor Dave Luther. How dreadful it must be to be constantly under sus picion. T WO weeks later the Hempton Country Club held its annual spring opening ball. Phil and Beth went with the Craigs. En route, Dorothy Craig said mischievously: “Keep your eye on that handsome husband of yours tonight, Beth. They tell me Gretchen Carter has bought the most seductive gown...” • Beth laughed. She strove for and maintained an attitude of ip differ ence. Even later when she saw Gretchen Carter, blonde and gorge ous in a white, filmy gown that was truly seductive, she would not ad mit that what Mrs. Luther or Doro thy had said was affecting her peace of mind. She danced the first dance with Phil and then, conscious of Mrs. Luther watching her from across the room, conscious of Dorothy Craig’s mischievous glance, she de liberately ignored her husband. It was quite by accident that to ward the middle of the evening she saw Phil slip through the French doors out on to the terrace. Or was it accident? Certainly it wasn’t ac cident that sent her eyes sweeping around the room till they found Gretchen Carter. And then her heart stood still. Gretchen was moving toward the same French doors. The orchestra^ swung into a fox trot. Beside her, Tom Craig said: “My dance, Beth?” “No,” she said. “No, Tom, I— I’ve got a headache . . . .Ex cuse me, please.” And she moved away, swiftly, blindly. Without consciously establishing a destination, she made her way out on to the terrace, stood there in the dim light. Abruptly she saw them—two fig ures silhouetted against the sky at the far end of the terrace standing close together. Reason left her. Logic fled. Seized by an uncontrollable fury, consci ous only of one desire—the desire to wreak vengeance on this woman who had robbed her of her faith, she sped along the terrace, cried out in sudden anguish and flung herself toward the filmy white dress and startled {ace of Gretchen. As from a great distance she heard a masculine exclamation, saw a face in the dim light—and suddenly it was as if an Icy cloak had engulfed her and was holding her close. For the face of the man who had been standing with his arm about Gretchen Carter was that of Dave Luther. * Organic Matter Vital To Soil Building Plan Legumes and Grasses Are Recommended for Plan Feed the soil so it can feed the growing crops, if you want to get high yields per acre, advises Dr. J. B. Peterson, Purdue University agronomist. Dr. Peterson says the best way to tell what your soil needs is to study the land, its management his tory, its past cropping program and then have the soil tested. The soil tests will tell what fertilizer is TWI6 PRESCRIPTION MAKE YOUR SOIL MORE PRODUCTIVE. Sgrrooo needed and how much is required to keep the soil well stocked with a well-balanced nutrient supply. But Dr. Peterson points out that tilth and soil structure must be good if the plant food is to do its crop nourishing job. Crops can starve in the midst uf plenty and fertilizer can be wasted if the soil’s structure is poor. Poor soil structure shuts off drain age and ventilation. It keeps air and ewater out. Crop roots can’t penetrate the tightly-compacted soil to reach needed nutrients. Dr. Peterson says the best way to' correct soil compaction and re pair damaged structure is to add organic matter. This can be done by including well-fertilized legumes and grasses regularly in the rotation and by returning manure and crop resi dues to the soil. Legumes and grasses do a two-way soil building job. The deep-probing taproots of alfalfa and sweet clover do their soil-mellowing work in the heavy subsoils. Fibrous-rooted grasses such as brome or timothy open up tough surface soils and make them granular and porous. Good Pasture Cuts Milk, Beef Production Costs Since the time when man first began cultivation of the earth, grow ing grass for pasture and hay has been one of his major projects. Only in recent years, however, have farmers learned the importance of pasture as a wey of cutting milk and beef production costs. It is be coming one of the farmers main money crops. According to department of agri culture reports, about two-thirds of the nation’s land is now in grass. And some farm experts believe a 25 per cent increase in the acreage ia justified for a more efficient type of agriculture even though greater crop production has been demanded of the nation’s farms. With the nation demanding greater production of beet the farm er who has a good grass program will make more profit per acre In the coming year than was antici pated in 1950. Soil Testing An accurate and inexpensive soil testing kit, which may be obtained from local garden sup ply or hardware stores la now on the market. The kit contains all the solutions needed to mske tests for nitrogen, phosphorous and potash. The Mts come with complete easy-to-understaUd in structions and may prove of greet value to heme gardeners. Spring Is Time to Check fill First-Aid Supplies “Be ready with gause and first- aid remedies. Mother, lest you're caught napping in an emergency,” is the advice of Miss Margueritte Briggs, family life specialist, at the University of Illinois. Miss Briggs suggests that now la the time to check first-aid supplies, replace antiseptics and salves that have lost their strength, and re plenish tape and bandages to take care of the summer accidents. He Would Too / it ir it irifiriritltiriririt mmssm 11P K Us m Cool Off with Chilled Ribbon Cake (Set Recipe Below) Alr-Condtion Entertaining ICY COOL BEVERAGES, frosty desserts and a cool porch where the light breezes play invitingly on wilted brows give a perfect recipe for summer entertaining. Plan to have beverages and des sert in the refrigerator just in case someone decides ■ to drop over. Nothing is lost if they aren’t used ^ immediately, as beverages and dessert can al ways be used the following day in the menu plans. Make the desserts' and beverages while the morning coolness gives you the energy, and then you can appear with luscious desserts and beverages like magic when it’s serving time. Apricot Punch (Serves 8) 4H enps (2 18-ounce cans) apricot nectar 6 tablespoons lemon juice 2 cups orange juice H cup light corn syrup Combine all ingredients. Chill. Serve with ice cubes, if desired, and garnish with lemon or orange slices. * Raspberry Frost (Serves 6) 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1% cups lemon juice 3H cups cold water H cup crushed red raspberries Cook 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water for 5 minutes; chill. Add juice of 6 lemons (about 1% cups) and 3V4 cups cold water. Put a spoonful of crushed berries into bottom of glasses. Fill with crushed ice. Pour over lemonade. 1 2 1 1 Pink Cherry Sodas (Makes 2 quarts) envelope cherry-flavored summer drink powder cup sngar cups milk quart vanilla Ice cream quart carbonated water Combine drink powder and sugar. Dissolve in milk. Add scoops of ice cream and pour over carbonated beverage. This is a lovely beverage to serve in a punch bowl because of its deU- cate cool color and sparkle. Lime Cooler (Serves 8) 2 enps sngar 4 enps water . 1 tablespoon grated lime peel % cup lime juice Few drops green food color ing 8 7-ounce bottles lemon-lime carbonated beverage Combine sugar and water; heat to boiling and cook over low heat 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add grated peeL Cool. Strain and add lime juice and green color ing; pour into refrigerator tray and freeze firm. Turn frozen mix ture into chilled bowl; break into chunks; beat with electric or rotary beater until smooth. Return quickly to cold tray and freeze firm. Fill tall glasses with lime ice, add beverage; or serve in punch bowL LYNN SAYS: Use Handy Kitchen Tips While You’re Cooking Apples will be crusty if you pare them one-third of the way down the stem, fill the centers with brown sugar and dot with butter. Pour over them 1 cup of water and bake uncovered, basting them occasion ally. Serve fresh and molded salads together: make individual or large ring mold of tomato aspic. To serve, fin the center of the mold with creamy cole slaw. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU Creamed Chicken on Cornbread Buttered Broccoli Tomato Aspic Salad Celery Ripe Olives Pickles •Raspberry Frost • •Coffee Ribbon Cake •Becipe Given Double Raspberry Milk Shake (Serves 4) % cup finely sieved fresh red raspberries K enp sugar 1 pint vanilla tee cream 1H cups milk /- Combine berries and sugar. Add mixture to one-half ice cream; beat smooth. Add milk qll at once and blend. Serve in chilled glasses. Top each with a scoop of ice cream. •Coffee Ribbon Cake (Serves 8) 1 envelope (1 tablespoon) gelatin % cup cold water 1H tablespoons Instant caffein- free coffee K cup sugar % teaspoon salt 1% cups heavy cream Piece of sponge or white cake, 8x4x2-inches 2 tablespoons sngar 1 cup shredded coconnt, toasted Combine gelatin and cold water; mix well. Dissolve instant coffee, % cup sugar, and the salt in bet water; add to softened gelatin and stir until gelatin is dissolved. ChiU until slight ly thickened. Whip % cup, of the cream and fold into gelatin mixture. Chill until almost firm. Here’s a quick fruit alaw recipe: toss 4 cups of shredded cabbage with 1 cup orange sect!(ms. Mix in 2 tablespoons salad dressing blend* ed with 1 tablespoon cream. Place a spoonful of firm vanilla ice cream across the center of small individual pancakes, then roll. Serve with fresh fruit sauce or but terscotch sauce. Use the large meat basters when you’re making mayonnaise. This helps you to add the oil slowly to the egg yolks to start the emulsion properly. The instructor in the Medica. College exhibited a diagram. “The subject here limps," h« shorter than the other.” explained, “because one leg ii He then turned to one of th« students, and addressed him: “Now, Mr. Sneed, what would you do in such a case?” Young Sneed pondered earnest ly and replied with conviction: “I have an / idea, sir, that ] should limp, too.” k EASYI No skill required RESETS Handles like putty LOOSE HANDLES .u 'A On electric fans, lawn j roller skates 3~IN*ONE — FOR 25 YEARS “My husband introduced ALL-BRAN shortly after married. I use it in my well as for break- i faat. The result: I we’re regular as | clockwork!” Mrs. Antonina Graziano, 453 Garfield Ave., j Jersey City, N. J. One of many unso licited letters from ALL-BRAN users. to lack of dietary ounce (about H cui ellogg’s ALL-BRAN K< plenty of water. If Meanwhile, trim cake as needed to fit 8x4x2-inch loaf pan and split into three layers. Line pan with waxed paper. Place first layer of cake in bottom of pan; spread with half the thickened gelatin mixture. Add second layer of cake; spread with remaining gelatin mixture. Top with third layer of cake. Chill 8 hours. Unmold loaf on platter. Whip re maining % cup of the qream with 2 tablespoons sugar. Spread over top and sides <4 loaf. Sprinkle with coconut. Chill 1 hour before serving. Pineapple Refrigerator Cake (Serves 6-8) 1 tablespoon (1 envelope) unflavored gelatin % cup cold water 3 beaten egg yolks 1 cup crushed pineapple 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel % cup sugar H teaspoon salt 1 cup dry csttage cheese % eup sugar * 3 stiff-beaten egg whites Soften gelatine in cold water. Combine egg yolks, pineapple, lemon juice and peel, Vi cup sugar, and salt. Code over hot water until thick, stirring constantly. Add sof tened gelatine and stir until dis solved. Remove from heat and add cottage cheese. Chill until partially set Gradually beat % cup sugar into stiff-beaten egg whites. Fold into gelatine mixture. Pour into Corn Flake Crust: Combine 1 cup crushed corn flakes, % cup sugar, and % cup melted butter; press firmly in greased 6xl0-inch pan. after 10 days, return rg’a, Ba to Kellogg’s, Battle Get DOUBLE TOUR MONET Here is Benia, Clnb E.tablUhed These services died out or al most so, during the years of com parative peace, but now that the United States Is rearming and tens of thousands of young men women are being inducted into tho services, the problem of providing off-time recreation has again arisen. The President’s committee on religion and welfare recommended an Integrated program of religious, entertainment recreation, informa tion, and housing for service peo ple. With this idea in mind. Long Branch fell to with a will. Loading citizens of the town and Monmouth county, N.J., met with military personnel and put into operation a plan which has been highly successful and is proving a model for other communities throughout the nation. One of the first things the town did was erect a sign on Long Branch’s main street—“Servicemen Welcome.” The men and women stationed at Fort Monmouth, a short distance from Long Branch, soon found that the town meant just what the sign said. - . ... V Y 1 inn—ft 1 ‘H b7 tiRISTT