The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, February 22, 1952, Image 7
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SUNNYSIDE
by Clork S. Haas
RIMIN' TIME
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THE MIGRANT
Illinois Town
Solves Probem
Of the Migrant
HOOPESTON, HI.—A social revo
lution has taken place in the small
town ol Hoopeston in the* ~iast few
years that is as important as any in
the history of this country. And
many experts have called it a revo
lution that is needed in thousands of
communities in the nation.
The town, with a population of
approximately 7,500, iz located in a
rich food production area. At har-
^ vest time it becomes the home of
.between 400 and 500 of America’s
2,500,000 migrant farm workers.
This was .the source of a social ail
ment that it took a revolution to
cure.
In Hoopeston these migrant farm
workers, like in thousands of small
towns from Maine to California,
were jammed into outlying areas
where sanitatior and cleanliness
were impossible; children were un
dernourished and not allowed in the
public schools; they were segre
gated in the balcony of the local
movie and not allowed in the park
or swimming pool. They were con
sidered a necessary evil, necessary
if Hoopeston was to survive because
the town made its living from the
caiming companies, their huge
farms and affiliated industries.
Council Is Formed
Then, three years ago representa
tives of the community’s social and
professional groups met and de
cided that something had to be
done, namely, to give the migrants
the best it had. From this group was
formed the Hoopeston Migrant Coun
cil.
The first thing the g£oup did was
to persuade the migrants to clean
up when they came into town so
people wouldn’t be prejudiced
against them. Then came lessons in
nutrition and hygiene and English.
The keynote of the campaign was
—move slowly and don’t put pres
sure on anybody.
The camps that housed the mi
grants were improved. Sanitation
was improved, showers made avail
able, and adequate laundry facili
ties provided.
As for the town, an educational
program was started to teach the
natives something about the mi
grants and to wipe out the preju
dices. The businessmen started it
off by trying to understand their
customers who began arriving in
the community in late April of each
year.
It has been a long, hard pull. To
day there is no segregation in the
local theatre and nobody can name
the exact date when it ended. It
hasn’t completely died out at the
swimming pool and in the park, but
it Is passing.
Children In School
The children go to school with the
Hoopeston kids and are even learn
ing a little Spanish on the play
ground. But more important, they
are learning that the world is a big
place and Hoopeston is not neces
sarily the most important in it.
The majority of Hoopestonites not
only accept the migrants now,
they're proud to have them and
know that the Latin Americans en
rich their town’s life, both finan
cially and culturally.
The social revolution, of course,
was not without its painful moments.
And it still goes on in some seg
ments of the population. But it hap
pened and it could happen in other
towns that want to show the world
that democracy works.
Edith Lowry, executive secretary
of the division of home missions of
the National Council of Churches,
who knows as much about migrants
as anyone in America, says that
Hoopeston has done the best job of
any town in the country.
"It no longer has a migrant prob
lem,” she said, "because it grasped
its migrant opportunity.”
Profit Sharing Pottery
Firm to Be Sold Soon
SCIO, Ohio—Most of the people fa.
the village of Scio have shared in
the profits of the Scio-Ohio Pottery
company for several years. A
$3,000,000 business, it has brought
prosperity and considerable fame
to the community.
Now the business is to be sold,
but the profit-sharing system for
employees will continue.
Lew ' Reese bought a pottery
company in the town for $3,000 back
in 1982. Since then it has grown
into the $3,000,000 class. Every year
he has shared the profits of the
company with employees and been
host every Christmas for an em
ployee party. Last year he pic 1 ed
up a $30,000 tab after bringing
more than 1,000 workers to Pitts
burgh where he practically took
over an entire floor of a large hotel.
Since he bought the plant in 1932,
Reese estimates he has paid out
more than $1,000,000 to employees
in profit-sharing bonuses.
Workers showed their apprecia
tion by putting Reese and the
plant back on their feet after a mll-
lion-dollar fire leveled the plant in
1947. They donned old clothes, got
out the tool boxes, and pitched in
beside Reese to rebuild the plant
without pay.
Reese, who is 59, has been seek
ing a buyer to avoid paying about
$500,000 in inheritances taxes that
would have to be met by his estate
after his death. Reese says his
estate couldn’t pay the levy.
JUST REWARD
Two Irishmen, meeting one day,
were discussing local news.
"Do you know Jim Skelly?” asked
Pat.
"Faith,” said Mike, "an’ I do.”
"Well,” said Pat, "he has had his
appendix taken away from him.”
"Ye don’t say so!” said Mike.
"Well, it serves him right. He should
have had it in his wife’s name.”
Smart Father .
Father looked hard at his wife and
then at his son. "That boy has
taken money from my pocket!” he
stormed.
"Ernest,” she protested, "How
can you say that? Why, I might
have done it.”
Father shook his head. "No, you
didn’t; there was some left.”
Habit Forming
Judge (in dentist chair)—"Do you
swear that you will pull the tooth,
the whole tooth, and nothing but
the tooth?”
'Turn About
A ladies’ sewing circle is a gath
ering in which more husbands are
darned than socks.
CURE FOR HICCUPS
A man rushed Into a drugstore
and asked the druggist how to stop
the hiccups. The answer was a slap
in the face. Amazed and angry, the
man demanded the reason for such
behavior.
"Well,” the druggist said, "you
don’t have the hiccups now, do
you?”
"No,” shouted the rustomer, "but
my wife out in the car still has.”
Seldom Seen
People don’t miss money they
don’t see or handle—that’s why
husbands and small taxpayers are
so unconcerned.
Solves Everything
Mary loved John, hut she worried
about tibe way he squandered money
when they went out together. Final
ly she consulted her mother.
"How,” she asked, "can I stop
John from spending so much money
on me?”
Said her mother with a sigh:
"Marry him.”
REMAINS TO BE SEEN
There was a loud knocking on toe
door.
"Who is it?” an irritable voice
shouted.
“Patrolman Smith,” toe knocker
answered.
"Well, what do you want?” the
woman’s voice cried again.
"It’s your husband,” the patrol
man said. "A steamroller just ran
over him.”
"Well, don’t just stand there talk
ing,” commanded toe wife. "Slide
him under toe door.”
Must’ve Disappeared
MacTavish and McCleary were
arrested for being drunk and dis
orderly. During toe hearing of toe
case toe judge asked:
"Where is toe other man?”
"What other man, sir?”
"The man who paid for .the
drinks.” \
PUN FUN
A young lady remarked to a
male friend, that she feared she
would make a poor sailor.
The gentleman promptly an
swered: "Probably; but I’m sure
you would make an excellenf
mate.”
MODERN GOVERNMENT
Two men were working on the
White House lawn, each supplied
with a small push cart. They walked
about picking up paper with a long
s$ear. One spied a piece of toilet
paper and started to spear it when
the wind came up and blew toe
paper into the White House through
an open window.
The' man became frantic and
rushed into toe building. He re
turned shortly, shaking his head.
"Too late. He's already signed it”
Smart Witness
x A district attorney was having
trouble with one of the witnesses, a
rather pugnacious old man.
"Are you acquainted with any of
the jurymen?" asked toe district at
torney.
"More than half,” grunted the
witness.
"Are you willing to swear that
you know more than half of them?”
The old man flicked a glance over
the jury box. “If it comes to that,”
he drawled, "Tm willing to swear
I know more than all of them put
together.”
Trade Talk
Dentist — "Which tooth do you*
want extracted?”
Pullman Porter—"Lower seven.”
Estimate
"What would I get,” inquired toe
man who had just insured his prop
erty against fire, "if this building
should burn down tonight?”
■ "I would say,” replied toe insur
ance-agent, "about ten years.”
' Reason’s Gone
He: "Remember, darling? Last
night you said there was something
about me you could love?”
She: “Yeah, but you spent it all.”
Habitual
Beans—A vegetable which some
one is always spilling.
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Lady Bullfighter
Marries Lionhunter
Consuela Cintron Verrill, a dar
ing young lady "bullfighter with
800 slain bulls to her credit, made
world headlines recently b y
marrying a lionhunter from a
weathy and titled Portuguese
family. Young girls, as supple
and pliant, as fearless and'strong
as boys engaged in the dangerous
and spectacular sport of bull-
grappling on the mcient Island of
Crete, more than 4,000 years ago.i
Unlike their modem counterpart,
Conchita Cintron, who carried a
deadly weapon into the ring, they
entered barehanded, their skill
and wits theifr only defense
against mortal danger.
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POPCORN
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THE ANSWER TO OXFORD’S
Pilgrim Bible quiz
3. Ruth. One of die short books 1 of
the Bible, and one of the best I6vcd,
is Ruth. Ruth meets her future hus
band, Boaz, while working in a grain
field*/rer Ruth 2, in the Pilgrim Edi
tion of the tioh Bible),
OPERATOR
The boy was very small and . toe
load of sand he was pushing in the
wheelbarrow was very, very big.
A benevolent bid gentleman, put
ting down his bundles, lent him a
helping hand.
"Really, my boy,” he puffed, "I
don’t see how you manage to get
that barrow up the gutters alone.”
"I don't,” replied the apprecia
tive kid. "There’s always some jay
a-standin* round as takes it up for
me.”
Sharp Defense
First Lawyer—“I’ve just taken
the case of that woman who says
she shot her husband because she
loved him.”
Second Lawyer—“I suppose your
plea will be that spring is the time
for tender shoots.”
WHOLESALE <’
"My sister is awfully lucky,” said
one little boy to another.
"Why?”
"She went to a party last night
where they played a game in which
the men either had to kiss a girl or
pay a forfeit of a box of chocolates.”
"Well, how was your sister
tuobir?”
"She came home with thirteen
boxes of chocolates.”
Big Hearted
"You Hhve been convicted on
nineteen counts, and you are hereby
committed to toe state prison upon
a cumulative sentence of ninety-
nine years. Have you anything to
offer?”
"Nothin’, Judge, except that
you’re pretty free with another
man’s time.”
TWISTER
Knott and Shott fought a duel.
The result was that they changed
conditions, Knott was shot and
Shott was not. It was better to be
Shot than Knott.
Safe Client
"Why in the world did you ever
write a policy on a man ninety-eight
years old?” asked the indignant in
surance-inspector.
"Well,” explained the new agent,
“t looked in the census-report and
found there were only a few people
of that age who die each year.”
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upper bronchial congestion
lere’s nothing like using
Vicks VapoRub in steam.
For continued relief al
ways rub it
on throat,
chest and
back.
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