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THE NEWBERRY SUN on th* mailbox read tt-. Johnson. The boldly tetter* wore fairly new. not tarnished by weather. Hal John- •htv, « youngish man with quick *tMt and confident bearing, panted there to kiss his wife good- before ha left for work. “Be paad." ha Mid softly. % 'Qoodl* % Joan pulled away im- pattently. “What else can I be? Oh. Hat I'm so lonesome.” know. Why don't you go call- (ag again? Skip your practicing for ana morning. ••What’s the use?” Joan’s bitter- ness overflowed. ‘Two months and anly one visitor! And you know what happened when I returned her call. I broke up a canasta party. That was the fastest brush- eff I’ve ever had!” “If Td known this was a neigh borhood of deadheads. I never would have asked you to move. I miss having friends drop in, but I don’t know what we can do.” Where was the mailman? Joan wandered, stepping onto the clean- swept porch to watch for him. The piano could wait. She only prac ticed to .kill time and loneliness. She was glad she hadn’t told Hal about the woman next door. Joan had been hanging clothes up when the woman had come out doors. “Good morning,” Joan had called gaily. “Hello, I’ve been meaning to get ever to see you, but I’ve been so busy . . her voice trailed off.” “Oh, that’s all right,” Joan had said quickly, “come anytime.” “You have a knack with the piano,” the woman had spoken al most grudgingly. “My boy plays.” 4 T’ve heard him,” Joan had said eagerly, “maybe I could help him.” “He gets along well enough,” the woman had replied coldly and moved away. Rebuffed, Joan had walked off, hoping the woman would call her back. But she hadn’t. Now she thought of the evening ahead when the long silence, which should have been filled with news and gossip about the neighbors, would come between Hal and her-. self. Both would be conscious of the lack in their companionable silenca and she would have to bridge the gap. “That nice mailman,” she would say, “he’s so friendly and he just can’t get over all our mail.” Grad ually, the mailman had assumed heroic proportions in their talk. His very complaint that they got more mail than anyone on the block drew hearty smiles. Lately Hal’s laugh had been a little strained. Sensing the edge in his approval, she had reduced the mailman to size and the silence grew longer. Tonight, Joan knew, would be just like last night and the night before. But what can I do? she thought angrily. Joan leaned forward, a fantastic idea growing in her mind. It might work. She couldn’t lose anything by trying it. Where was that mail man? And then she saw his plod ding, blue-clad figure. “Hi.” she put her hands behind her, smiling up into his broad, good-humored face. “I was wonder ing . and then the words came in rush. “Joan, where have you been?” Hal demanded as she came whis tling into the house that evening. “Oh, Hal, I should have left a note,” she was contrite. “I walked home with Mrs. Gorman. She gaVe me the most divine recipe for cheese souffle.’’ Eagerly she talked. “Visitors, Hal, imagine! And such , nice women. Wonderful! Mrs. Hard ing wants us for dinner tomorrow night—can we go?” Joan laughed at Hal’s puzzled expression. “It’s all the mailman’s fault. He left our mail in the wrong boxes so three women had to re turn it. Naturally, we got to talk ing so I invited them over to after noon tea and we all got acquainted. Said they were busy and hesitant about coming sooner—it doesn’t matter now. Friends, Hal. I couldn’t be happier!” . “I don’t see how the mailman made such a mistake.” Hal looked searchingly at her. “I asked him to.’’ Joan admitted candidly. A Socratic Study Of President Eisenhower mm NEW KOREA WAR CHIEF ... Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, 51-year- old “parachute general” of World War n, confers with President Elsenhower on new duties as UN commander in Korea. He succeeds retired Gen. Van Fleet. fwe brain bi 1. Ad hoc or ad hocced has been used in the news a number of times recently. It means: (a) go away; (b) for this; (e) per taining to. t. Two Inaugurations have been held in cities other than Wash ington. They are: (a) Boston; (b) New York; (e) Richmond; (d) Philadelphia. S. What President said in his inaugural speech, “We must embark on a bold new program?” (a) Lincoln; (b) Roosevelt; (c) Truman; (d) Hoover. ANSWERS ■avaiBJX *S *•1 9n|a|«}j»* Jo/puw S|q} inj THE BAFFLES kkford? all) well-while you THAT RACKET IN ^ WERE OUT 1 TRIED THE BASEMENT?/ TO FIX THE HOT WATER . HEATER L By Mahoney I KJNDA BUSTED A PIPE. JUST A LITTLE LEAK. I CALLED THE PLUMBER AND HE’S DOWN THERE NOW. BE THROUGH W . A MINUTE.NOTHING SERIOUS/. IT’S JUST A PIN-POINT LEAK.NOT AT ALL SERIOUS. V “What qualities must one have or cultivate in order to be a leader among his fellows?” was the first question asked General Eisen hower. “In order to be a leader, a man must have followers,” he answer ed. “And to have followers, a leader must have their confidence. Hence the supreme quality for a leader is unquestionably integrity. Without it no real success is pos sible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, or a football field, in an army, or in an office. If a man’s associates find him guilty of phoniness, if they find that he lacks forthright integrity, he will fail. His teachings and actions must square with each other. The first great need therefore is in tegrity and high purpose. “Next I would name optimism. Nothing defeats one so quickly as lack of faith—that means a readi ness to be defeated. “The third great quality needed by any leader is love of people. No body should enter any occupation where he must deal daily with people unless he loves people. A leader must get others to do things he asks of them because they like him and wish to help him, and find pleasure In helping him.” “What person most influenced your life? was the next question, and here again the reply revealed much of General Eisenhower’s philosophy of life. “It is a common answer, but nonetheless true in my case—my mother influenced me most. She was a Southerner—born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in 1862. Her earliest memories were of the ruin and devastation wrought by war. Ever after she hated war almost as an obsession. But she and others like her never gave up, never surrendered to dis couragement. Thrown on her own resources at 18, she found a way to get some college training in the then sparsely settled West to which she had moved. Always she kept this fine old American pion eer faith, and passed it on to her boys—‘There is no limit to what anybody can accomplish by in tegrity, intelligence, and hard work! Never pity yourself, and want nothing but what you can earn by the sweat of your own brow.’ Tolerance, optimism and love for others kept her young until she died at the age of 84.” Next, about the selection of a life work. General Eisenhower of fered counsel of especial interest particularly to farm boys. , “You shoud have work in which you can have fun,” he said. “There should be joy each day in- tackling some problem and doing some thing about it — confidently and cheerfully. We should not merely believe that ‘Life is real, life is earnest,’ but that we should get pleasure from it every day. If a boy has an ambition to have the nicest farm in the community or county, for example, he can have fun every hour he lives, work ing toward that ambition. And so with any other worth-while purpose. Not to have such real pleasure and satisfaction every day—this is one of the greatest tragedies of life.” “What about farming General?” To this he answered: “Hardly any other occupation offers such opportunities for combining work and pleasure as farming,” General Eisenhower continued. “At a time when other farmers are letting their soil — America’s basic re source—wash into our rivers and oceans, it must be a great satis faction to maintain the fertility of a farm and pass it on unharmed to the next generation. The work l did on a farm was of great bene fit to me. In fact, I frequently wish I had been a farmer,” Gen eral Eisenhower added—a remark which reminded us that his broth er Milton is one of the foremost Americans in agricultural educa tion and research. And General Eisenhower’s insistence that one should laugh every day as well as work every day, and that we should have work that we can find happiness in doing—this re minded us of Lanier’s saying that one’s work should be “a sing ing with the hands.” “What was the greatest difficul ty you had to overcome as a hoy?” young Glen McDoniel who was with us next asked General Eisen hower. “Well, there were so many,” the general laughed, “I hardly know where to begin. But like nearly every normal boy, I had a great desire to succeed in athletics— football, basketball, and boxing— and yet I was not of a size to succeed in them. I weighed only 106 pounds when 15 years old, so you can guess the terrific punish ment I had to take to make the high school football team. I had to work like a dog. But it was good for me. Then, because there were six of us brothers in a poor family, how to get a college edu cation presented a tremendous difficulty. An older brother and I were ready for college at the same time. I helped him go for his first two years, then he help ed me.” At this point another question followed naturally. Glen asked what a boy should do now about entering college In view of the possiblity that he might be called into the Army. “Go on to college, wait on tables, do whatever it takes to get through, and let the future take care of itself,” he replied. “All my life I have made this a rule— Take the major circumstances that surround any problem and de cide what they indicate is wise; them do it without delaying and without worrying over this or that possible future contingency.” “What do you think of the place of our churches in our American democracy?” was next asked. “Religion is basic in any proper conception of democracy,” Gen eral Eisenhower answered. “For democracy rests on the belief of the yorth of an individual not as a mere animal, but as a creation of God. And if we believe in the dignity of our fellows, we must wish to serve them.” “What can America do to pre serve world peace?” was the next question we asked the man to whom this has now become the greatest problem he must face as President of the greatest nation on earth. “To begin with,” General Eisen hower answered, “if we are to preserve world peace, we must cooperate with other nations through the' United Nations and all other agencies working to pre vent war. But we cannot co operate with them successfully unless we are strong. By strength I do not mean merely tanks and armies. We must be economical ly strong. We must also be morally strong—not only fair and decent, but Oven more, we must be altruistic. And the people must value and defend their democracy and their freedoms— freedom such as we have here to day where we may criticize our President, no matter who he is, and anybody else—without fear.” Not to have our Interview deal only with serious problems, Gen eral Eisenhower was next asked the question— “General, what are your favorite hobbies?” Golf and fishing, he mentioned —fresh-water fishing for trout and bass—and bridge as his favorite game. Then he added one that surprised us: “I cannot dignify it by calling it painting,” he insisted, “but I enjoy dabbling with colors Never say you don’t like the dress your wife is wearing. I made that mistake recently. “O.K.,” says she. “We’ll go to town this afternoon and you can help me buy one.” The first store was very nice. There were many flimsy articles hanging here and . there. I began to feel slightly out of place. At that moment I bumped into a woman and she crashed to the floor and her head rolled off. I apologized. “Stupid,” my wife whispered, “that’s a dress dummy.” “I’m not stupid,” I whispered, a little louder. “Can’t we get out of here?” “Stop shouting,” says she. “And we are not leaving yet. You wanted to buy me a dress, now buy it.” Thirty minutes later we left the store. But no dress. Two hours and five stores later we still didn’t have a dress. “Please, honey,” says I, “my feet hurt. Let’s go home.” She ignored me. “That first dress we looked at is the best buy,” she says. “Lets go back.” “But that’s five blocks,” 1 said. “You are going to buy me that dress.” And off we marched. As we entered the store the saleslady rushed to the dress dum my and dragged her into the back room. She returned and was all smiles. “Now what can I do for you?” “I want to see that first dress I looked at,” my wife says. “But, my dear, it has been sold,” says the saleslady. “What!” I shouted. “Silence,” says my wife. “Then we will look at the others again.” It started all over. Gentlemen, believe me, always compliment your wife’s clothes, even if she is wearing an old housecoat and has her hair in curlers. —sometimes a portrait, sometimes a landscape.” In his reading, his tory and biography have long been his favorite subjects. Washington and Lincoln are his two favorite American heros, while he regards General Lee as one of the greatest soldiers of all time. He confess ed to a genuine enthusiasm for Shakespeare. “While in high school I read the Bible through under my mother’s direction,” he told us, adding, “Every evening she would ask me the gist of what I had read that day. In sports, he still thinks the Indian Jimmy Thorpe about the best America has produced. He also tremendously admired Babe Ruth. “Why?” we asked and the answer we got was significant, “Because he started from nowhere as a poor orphan, and after slip ping later in life, then got hold of himself and so gave America an object lesson in self-mastery.” Finally, General Eisenhower is still Southern enough to like hominy grits. “But please don’t ask any of your Progressive Farmer subscribers to send me any,” he warned. “Once during the war, Bing Crosby asked me what I should like to have while away off from home, and I casually men tioned hominy grits. He reported it over radio, and friends sent me nearly two tons- I gave them to our hospitals. There the boys from Dixie lapped them up, but the Northern boys never showed any enthusiasm!” €*, RS By LYN CONNELLY /COLUMBIA Records began 1952 ^ with one 2,000,000 sales record, Johnnie Ray’s “Cry,” and closed with another, 12-year-old Jimmy Boyd’s “I Saw ^flommy Kissing Santa Claus,” establishing both singers as stellar entertainment personalities . Johnnie Ray’s first album also topped the 100,000 sales mark to become Columbia’s top set of the year, and his record ing of “Please, Mr. Sun,” was the company’s fourth best-selling single disc. 1952 was a year of double-header hits for singing stars Jo Stafford anc’ Rosemary Clooney . . Miss Clooney’s recording of “Half As Much” was No. 3 on Columbia’s best-seller list and “Botch-A-Me” was No. 7 ... Jo Stafford’s “You Belong to Me” and “Jambalaya” were Nos. 5 and 6 respectively . . . Jo has started 1953 with a bang with her * nsational recording of “Keep It « Secret”. . . Frankie Laine’s “High Noon” was No. 8, Arthur Godfrey’s “Dance Me Loose” was No. 9 . Doris Day’s “A Guy Is a Guy” was No. 10, while a collection of songs from her film, “I’ll See You In My Dreams,” was Columbia’s second best-selling album of the year. The jass record renaissance, in itiated in 1958 with Columbia’s re lease of the Benny Goodman 1938 Carnegie Hall Jass Concert, was further stimulated in 1952 with a second Goodman anthology of 1937- 38 performances which had become the nation’s best-selling album by the end of the year . . . Gene Autry and Rosemary Clooney were the top children’s recording artists of the year, each with a string of 1952 successes added to their perennial best-sellers and a hit dno disking of •‘The Night Before Christmas.” A quartet of young singers domi nated Columbia’s folk music best seller lists during 1952 . Carl Smith had four hit records and close beptad was Lefty Frizzell with two. T EAVING an Indiana sheriff’s ^ office after asking directions, two girls took his badge. Seems they brushed against him, took it off his jacket. A real brush with the law, eh! * • • A water tank marked: “Do* Not Steal” was stolen from an Iowan’s back yard. Guess the crook didn’t believe in signs. * * • The reward paid French police men capturing escapees is assured by law and regulation. It only takes three months to clear gov ernment offices and amounts to 15 francs (four cents). Tax free? * * * The lady winner of a piano at an English lottery left no name. The instrument toured the town while a player banged the keys but she wasn’t found. Maybe she didn’t know how to play! * * * * A hungry truck driver concen trated on food for many miles, stopped when he smelled bacon frying close by. It was then he spotted his load of bacon sizzling and his truck on fire. Probably fired and fried by power of sug gestion. Th* colored dot on file forehead worn by many women in India does not denote a caste observance. This tika is merely a beauty spot and may change color to match the wearer’s clothes. know your State (roin Power fePotfci) Catawba Indians once domi nated the South Carolina up- country. Although shamefully treated by early settlers, they furnished fighters in the Revolu tion and subsequent wars. Re maining members of the once powerful tribe live on a York county reservation, where their pottery is admired as an example of Indian art. Now in the Catawba home state of South Carolina, the new ly established United States Brewers Foundation Division Office works constantly to en courage maintenance of whole some conditions wherever beer and ale are sold. As in other states, the program calls for close cooperation between law- enforcement officers and beer li censees throughout South Caro lina. Beer belongs ... enjoy it. United States Brewers Foundation South Carolina Div., Columbia, S.C. 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HAS MANY NEW FEATURES Steering handle throttle control... smoothly increases or decreases speed — gives quick, positive control at all times. Automobile type fuel system — separate six-gallon “Fuel-o-Matic” tank gives longer running time, less re fueling. High-tension magneto combined with positively non flood carburetor and new simplified starter assures one-pull starting! One knob operation of choke and carburetor adjust ment for convenient, simplified control!. New simplified shock absorber propeUer affords maxi mum shear pin protection. Plus underwarter exhaust for quiet operation. Special alloy steel connecting rods and Torrington nee dle bearings for long, efficient, trouble-free service . . aircraft precision quality for maximum smoothness, long life, dependability. SEE IT ON DISPLAY $199 95 Firestone Home <&* Auto Supplies JOHN SWITTENBERG, JR., Owner 945 Main St. Phone 571