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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-05-13
COUPLE HONORED
NORTH REDWOOD

North Redwood MIR. and Mrs.
John thinner were recently given
a surprise when their children
came to help them celebrate their
forty-fifth wedding anniversary.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford thinner and sons, MIR.
and Mrs. Martin Prodoehl and
MIR. and Mrs. George Amberg and
daughters.
Mrs. Harold Becker was hostess
to the Ladies Aid in the church
parlors Thursday afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. Dick Pettis of
Gibbon, Mrs. Sid Hutchinson and
children of Morton, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Prodoehl and family and
MIR. and Mrs. John Messer and
daughter of Olivia visited Sunday
at the H. S. Pettis home. ...
MIR. and Mrs. j. ]. Gaffney and
Mrs. Anna Lechner, daughter,
Yvonne and sons Jesse and James
were Sunday dinner guests of MIR.
and Mrs. Ralph Mann, the occas-
ion being Mothers day and the
birthday of Mrs. Lechner.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Henke and
family visited relatives at Wood
Lake Sunday. ...
Miss Florence Zielsdorf of
Franklin spent Sunday with her
mother here.
MIR. and Mrs. R. c. Scheunert
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-05-13
MIDDLE CREEK
NEWS REPORTS
By Margaret Lueck

Middle Creek-Mr. and Mrs.
Gust Teich had as visitors Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Gaffney
and daughter Iris.
Rev. and Mrs. o. S. Monson
and family were visitors of Mir
lam Rutgers Sunday afternoon.
She is a patient in the Redwood
Falls hospital.
Miss Rose Prodoehl spent Mon
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Prodoehl in Redwood Falls
Julius Manthie, Anna and Mrs.
Herman .Nemitz of Danube were
dinner guests at the Winfield
Becker home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Fischer and
daughter Marilyn of Danube, Mr..
and Mrs. Vern Kuglin and son
Roger of Redwood Falls and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Sommerfeld
were dinner guests at the Almond
Schroeder home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Prodoehl
and daughter Ethel accompanied
MIR. and Mrs. Ed Lueck and son
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-05-13

Maxine, Dellis and Kenneth Pro-
doehl, Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield
Becker and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Zachow and sons, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Brandt and family,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-05-13

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David to Lamberton Sunday az
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Lueck and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron SOM
mers and daughters Janice and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-05-13

Joan, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Man
THE, Herman Manthie, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Jahnke and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Becker, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Zachow and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-05-13

Harriet Black, Mr.. and Mrs. Will.
lam Muelfef and son Howard of
Danube, sME: and Mrs. Christian
son and family and MIR. and Mrs.
Kermit Brandt and daughter of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-05-13
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-18
GETS THE DOOR

BE quiet" Champions com.
mand was so loud and pre-emptory
that the whole office jumped. He
read through the contract with a
smile. and placed it on his desk.
Then he reread the note accom-
panying it. Holding it firmly he
showed it to Arnold. AS the sales
man paled at its contents, Cranp-
ton snapped. IT guess I don't have
to tell you where the door isl
He called Peggy over. Miss
Karns-you'd better read this. :"
He handed Collreven's note to her,
and Jimmy read it over her Shout
der.
AS Peggy read, her eyes hard.
ened, and then became soft again
On his part, Jimmy understood
why his initial reception in Collre.
ven's office had been so brusque
:. and not only did your man
Arnold know absolutely nothing
about our job, but he seemed to
assume that I knew as little as he
did.
Instead of giving me facts, he
slapped my back and offered me
a cigar found out later that
he had been attempting to flirt
with my secretary, annoying her
exceedingly"
There was a good deal more to
the effect that Atlantis was for.
tunate in having one salesman who
took the trouble to know his Job.
Champion silently pointed to
Arnold's vacant desk, and cleared
his throat. 1.-THE salary goes with
it, Hegger," he said finally.
Later when Peggy took pur-
posely delayed departure, she
found Jimmy waiting for her at
the elevator door. Averting his
eyes, she tried 70 hurry past, but
a surprisingly strong and mature
grasp on her arm stopped her.
When she looked into his eyes
and saw there the forgiveness that
needed no explanations, she smiled
in return. On the way out the
door, curiosity got the better OF
her.
"Jimmy-tell me, how on earth
did you do it?"
He laughed freely. well, you
know Arnold was always talking
about pressure" He laughed again
"He was right. It was just a cues
ton Of using the right kind"
THE END
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-18
THE Right Pressure"
Bv SHANE o'NEILL

w whole place seemed to brighten up.
"H.vah everybody" Arnod's broad grin infec-
tos as his greeting Even Crampton the district manager
smiled and Champion better known in the Atlantis
PIas+erino Conpanv his sCows
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-18

we'll tell you right now that like
Elliot Arnold very much. He's a
man"
When she had left. Jimmy sat
there for few minutes, and then
conquered his heartache. He
couldn't really blame her for not
respecting him. He'd have to show
her what he could do.
The next morning E. H, Coll
reven's smart looking secretary
froze when she heard that Jimmy
represented Atlantis. "Mr. Collre-
ven will not see anyone from your
concern" she announced firmly.
Grim determination entered
Jimmy's eyes. I'm staying right
here until he does see me-" he re-
piled. Because it was a type Of
speech he was unused to making
nervousness caused him to raise
his voice far above its usual pitch.
Hearing it, an elderly man with
the predatory features OF a hawk.
thrust his grey head from the
slightly opened inner office door.
whats going On out here, Miss
Jackson?" he rasped.
Triumphantly, Miss Jackson
disclosed Jimmy's identity.
"Of all the outright brass! You
have the nerve to come here after
l had the last idiot from Atlantis
thrown out bodily?-MisS Jack
son, call the guards!
SAVE PLENTY
Before the girl could follow her
employers order, Jimmy raised
his hand. please, Mr.. Collreven,
wa just a minute before you have
me thrown out.
1--WE made study of the Specifi-
cations on your new building, and
I've figured out a way to save you
plenty on the plastering job"
In spite of himself, 1ollreyen
was impressed. Not by what the
youngster said. Every salesman
said something like it.
But a sincerity shone in this
ones eyes that was hard to turn
down. well" he turned to his
secretary. Has this one been
bothering you?" She shook her
head negatively.
alright, alright, come inside.
You'd better have something to
say. or the Lord help you, young
man" Jimmy followed, joy in his
heart.
Four hours later, the air thick
with Collreven's cigar smoke the
two raised their heads from the
sheaf of hlueprints on the older
mans desk.
mo doubt about it. You have
the goods" Collreven called his
secretary. Miss Jackson, make
out a contract for Mr.. Hegger.
And by the way, I have a note
to dictate to Miss Jackson, Heg-
ger. Would you mind stepping into
the outer Officer"
Jimmy departed, wondering
what could be on the others mind.
He wondered, too, at the skill with
which Collreven had drawn from
him his own story-even to his
dispute with Peggy. The old pirate
had chuckled then, he recalled.
In a few moments, Miss Jackson
appeared, with a sealed envelope.
Mr. Collreven told me to say that
this is to be delivered unopened"
she said.
Jimmy couldn't wait to get back
to his office. and once there, to
thrust the envelope into Cramp-
tons hands. AS the manager
opened it, Arnold who sat beside
him, looked up angrily. What the
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-27
TOWNSVILLE GIRL
GETS All AWARD
Miss Dickerson Honored
With Refrigerator at
Formal Ceremonies

A Townsville girl, Lou Ella DECKER
son, was presented with Servel Elec-
trolux refrigerator Tuesday, Deem
her 21, 1887, as her award for having
been chosen Southern States winner
in the All Club food preparation con-
test by q national committee of 4-H
Club leaders and extension agents.
The presentation was made by Lester
G. LePach, rural sales promotion re-
preventative, and Judson Hull, sales
promotion representative, of Servel.
Inc, the company supporting the 4-H
Club food project.
The following were also present
when Miss Dickerson received her
All Club award at her home in Towns
Vile: Mrs. Hattie F. Flummer, local
home demonstration agent; J. w.
Sanders, county agricultural agent;
j. E. Richardson, assistant county
agricultural agent; j. p. Gulley, whole
sale counselor, with Richmond Hard
ware Company, distributor for Servel
refrigerators; A. S. Reid, representing
the local dealer, Traylor & Company;
the Dickerson family and some of
Miss Lou Ella Dickerson's friends, al
SO ul0ulD0TS Ol Tic III OlUU.
The North Carolina girl was one of
eight sectional winners out of $4,000
farm girls in all sections of the ma
ton who participated in the 4-H Club
food project this year. She received
the announcement of her achievement
while attending the National Al Club
Congress in Chicago as champion of
her State in the contest.
The 19-year-old Vance county girl
has completed four years as a club
member, during which time she pre-
pared $40 meals for a family of eleven
and canned $50 jars of fruits and We
getables. She has been declared the
county's healthiest girl for three years
The All Club food preparation pro-
ject is arranged by the National Com
mittee on Boys and Girls Club work
in Chicago and is under the super
vision of the u. S. Department of
Agriculture.
The other sectional winners in the
food preparation contest are: Doris
Sullivan, of Mangum, Okla, national
winner; Evelyn Kern, of Wadena.
Mimi, second place winner; Marylou
Paetzhold, of Portland, Ore, third ma
tional winner; Margaret Retts, of
Bristol, VT, Eastern States champion:
Sarah E. Moore, of Lumberpot, w.
Va, also winner in the Eastern States
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-27
NAME NEW ROADS
FOR NEGRO HEADS
Roanoke Farms Resettle-
ment project for Negroes
Is Described

Raleigh, Dec. 27-Silver Lane, Mer-
rick Road and Inborden Drive are
names given by the Farm Security Ad-
ministration to three new roads cut
through the Tillery area of the Roam
oke Farms resettlement project, Hal
flax county, to serve Negro farmers
who will occupy that particular section
of the project.
'The three roads are named for Ne
gro citizens whose useful careers
should serve as examples to residents
of this new community" said George
S. Mitchell, Regional Director of the
Farm Security Administration, Ra-
leigh, N. C.
Silver Lane is named for Joseph Sill
yer, S1-year old Negro preacher and
successful agricultural leader of his
race. Some IS years ago Silver head
ed group Of eight Negroes who
bought 2,OO0-acre tract of land in
western Halifax on credit, divided it
into FARMS paid for it, and have made
good Independent livings.
Merrick Road is named for the late
John Merrick, known for his leader
ship in this state in Negro CONNER
cial life. From humble bod carrier
and barber he worked his own way
up the ladder, built up and became
president of the N. c.. Mutual Life In
surance Company, described by his
| hometown paper, the Durham Herald,
as "the strongest and wealthiest in
surance company in America operated
by Negroes" "He was one of the few
men of his race I have known who
had the ability to build up a large
business through the cooperation of
many other men," said the late James
B. Duke. And the Greensboro Daily
News referred to him ast the best
known colored man in North Carolina
adding that Merrick's life "is evidence
that for the Negro of gentility, love OF
home, industry and thrift. there are
few things for which he may not
strive and still fewer that he cannot
attain"
Inborden Drive is named for T. S
Inborden, one OF the founders of and
for number of years principal teach
er in the Bricks School for Negroes
located near Tillery. Among Profes
sor Inborden's writings is a short his
tory of that school, an institution
which has had a marked influence
for good in that section of the state
The Roanoke Farms Community
where the new roads are located, is
strictly a farm project, with each oil
it's $50 farm units SCI up on a SOUND
agricultural base. 1t was developed
by the former Resettlement Admins
tration and is being finished by tht
Farm Security Administration of thu
U. S. Department of Agriculture, t.
help farmers to become owners ane
to demonstrate successful farming
through better farming methods, bet
ter farms and homes and better stool
and equipment Each farmer agrees
that when he moves in to follow ap
proved crop rotation and farm man
agement plans suited to his particular
farm. Families rent their farms fo
five years, after which, if they prove
satisfactory, they will be allowed t.
buy, with 40 years in which to pay, a
per cent interest.
The PROJECT is laid out in two com
munities. The section for 125 Negro
families known as the Tillery Area i!
on the Roanoke River a few mile.
South east of Halifax. The farms
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-27
INDUSTRIAL INDEX i.
STRIKES NEW LOW
Figure for Last Week at Bottom for
1887, Associated Press
Chart Reveals

New York, Dec. 27.-(AP)-Indus-
trial activity slipped into new low
ground for the year again last week,
the eleventh consecutive decline
The Associated Fress seasonably ad-
justed index dropped to 75.5 percent
Of the 1929-3O average from 1854 d
week ago, and compared with 1905
last year. It now stands at the lowest
point since October, 1885.
The headlong rate of decline, how
ever, eased sonwhat. For the first
time in more than three months, the
index fell less than one full point.
Steel mill operations, cotton manu-
featuring and residential building
chalkd up new lows for the year. Au-
tomobile output alone, after allow
ance for seasonal factors, marked UP
a gain for the week.
The modrate setback in freight
carloadings, however, resulted, how
ever, from the reduced shipment coal
following the minimum prices for con-
sumers that went into effect during
the period. ~.
instantaneous freight fell less than
seasonally.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-27

Why do they call it "idle rumor?"
Nothing works so. industriously.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-27
Ito Be Continued)

an important motor malady, Mr.. Roo-
erts pointed out.
During a long spell of cold wealth
er batteries are not given an oppor-
tunity to replenish the emergency ex-
hausted by starting cold motors and
frequently there is widespread failure
of auto starting power toward the
close of winter" Mr.. Roberts said. ut
is estimated that nearly 100000 mot
orists had battery, ignition Or tire
trouble last year and were forced to
call for assistance. This estimate is
based on reports from A. A. A. CLUBS
and more than 10000 garages under
contract to render emergency service
Gear owners will save themselves
much delay and annoyance if they Will
check the battery carefully at regular
intervals and recharge it at the first
sign of it growing weak. Replace
ment of worn out tires and periodic
ignition checking also will aid in pre-
venting interruption to car operation
Battery, ignition and tire troubles
account for more than one-half of all
motoring ills, the remainder being
made up by carburetor failures, bad
brakes, faulty starters and miscellan-
ecus mechanical failures. Analysis OF
thousands of emergency road service
calls rendered Carolina Motor Club
members the first II months this year
discloses that 20 per cent were due to
battery and ignition ills while AZ per
cent were due to tire troubles. Calls
for towing service and to cars stuck
ir mud or snowaccounte for "a per
cent of the total emergency road SER
vice calls by Carolina Motor club Of
fetal garages and service stations
throughout the Carolinas up to De
I cember L."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-27

average about so acres each. Houses
and barns have been completed on
about so farm units which are now
occupied. The Halifax area for white
families is just to the west of Halifax
and houses are also being construct
ed in this area. The combined area
cover 1885 acres, nearly $4,000 acres
of which have been paid for. L. L.
McLendon, Enfield, is the Community
Manager.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-27

But that night when Mimi ana
sat on the porch in the moon
light, a lanky youth rounded the
corner OF the house, and stood in
front of us.
Mrs. Chandler" he said. II
came down to ask you about that
girl"
What girl. Timothy ?"
1.-The one in the story that made
all the shirts for her brothers. She
didn't have to make them shirts.
did she?"
mo. She did it because she
loved them, and she didn't want to
see them suffer-"
well, I'll bet you Mary Hayes
wouldn't sew on no shirts like that
for me or Jimmie Or Johnnie"
"She might, Timothy, if it would
save you from some unhappiness."
He pondered that, sitting on the
step, his face turned up to the sky:
TRANSPORTED by the white light INTO
beauty not unlike that of a paint
ing l had seen of the boy of
Winander''.
well, l guess we don't any of
us know what we would do till the
time comes, do we? But that was
some girl to sew on them Shirts"
He left us and we laughed a lit
tie. Yet, it was Mimi who said.
He's darling, Jerry-and ne
doesn't know it."
Except for the Hayes family and
the farm labOrers, we saw prac-
tically no one from weekend to
weekend. The nearest ranches
were several miles away, and two
OF them were owned by outstanding
Scandlnavlans, practical farmers
with whom l found it easy to De
nelghborly, but whose wives had
absolutely nothing in common
with Mimi. They talked continual
ly of their housekeeping, their
health, and of their children. Both
OF them were heavy, somewhat
bloWzy creatures, though rosy-
checked and smiling, with families
OF toW-headed freckled children
AAOS StAAAAO CAAC 11c1yCS LI1U0s
g Il don't see what they get out
Of life," Mimi stated, as we rode
home one day from brief calls at
the two places.
Perhaps" I said, 'they love
their husbands and their children
enough to make up for all the
rest"
Mimi tilted up her chin. '"They
are happy because they don't
know any BETTER" she said scorn-
fully.
We rode one day in the little
automobile which was used about
the farm, to the summer hotel, 20
miles away, where Dora worked.
It was high up on one of the high
est mountains, and was a charm
ing, rambling structure, built abso-
lutely in accord with the land
scape. Its timbers were rough
hewn. there were great stone fire
places, and the simple furniture
was beautified and frightened by
Indian rugs and pottery"
IF we had a house like this.
jerry" Mimi said, sit would be
wonderful :"
Perhaps we may some
day -
She stood looking into the roar
ing fire. LIT was hearth like
this of which l dreamed :"
We stayed for dinner and danced
afterwards. The hotel had fash
ionable midwestern patronage, and
I am sure that Mimi was recog-
nized. We were much observed.
when you get your affairs settled
we can buy good car and come
Often" Mimi said happily, as we
rode home.
Ito Be Continued)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-27

Read what Mr. Babson thinks about the probable turn
December 81.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-27
CAR TROUBLE CAN
BE SHARPLY CUT
Proper Checking of Batteries Espe-
cially and Tires Also Will
Eliminate Difficulty

Charlotte, Dec. 27-Approximately
seven out of every ten motorists have
trouble of one sort of another with
their cars during the course of year
and the greater portion of the difficult
ties occur during winter, according tc
Coleman w Roberts, president OF the
Carolina Motor Club.
Motorists are becoming more care
full about protecting their cars in cold
weather and there are fewer com
plants about frc' en- radiators, but bat
terry trouble. have come to the fore as
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-12-27
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tested, l laughed. 1T will be a
great game, just the two of us
and with Mrs. Hayes bread. and
plenty Of fruit and vegetables
And I've written to Denver. Thew
ought to get a maid to us in a
week Or 10 days, perhaps before
that. 1t will be easy enough until
she comes"
Mimi entered whole-heartedlv
into the spirit of it all. We lived
plcnlc-fashion, and thought of the
arrangement as temporary. Ex-
cept when the weather was bad we
ate our meals on the porch, which
overlooked the valley. I boiled the
eggs and made the toast and
coffee, and Mimi set the table
giving it festive look with fruit
and flowers.
Those out-of-door feasts were a
matter Of great curiosity to the
i've small Hayes children. Thew
ranged in ages from two to eleven.
and they were all as tow-headed
and as freckled as Dora. The
Hayes house was on the mountain
ABOVE us, but faced, fortunately,
the back of our domicile. other
wise l am sure we should have
eaten always with an audience
gazing down upon us, spelling our
solitude and the scene.
They often visited us, however:
a trail Of them in calico and blue
denim-well-fed, rosy, and utterly
bewitched by Mimi. Like Dora
they moved in daze of admira-
ton. Mimi found in them a never
ending source of interest and
amusement. Il didn't know there
were such people in the world.
Jerry. And they haven't any man.
ners. They just stare and laugh"
l had seen many such children.
l had been brought up among
them. l had known their intelli-
gence, their quichness of thought,
their sense of humor. But to Mimi
they were funny little puppets, a
part of the show, as the kittens
were part Of it, or the bantam
ROSTERS. or the waddling line of
little ducks. She laughed at them,
but never with them, and the diff
ference is great.
Their names were Jimmie Hayes
and Johnnie Hayes and Mary and
Susie Hayes, and the Oldest one
was Timothy. How 12-year-old
Timothy had escaped from being
called Tim" nobody could tell.
But the long name suited him; he
was, in the last analysis, a digni-
fed little chap-and he was more
than that. He was a child of
great imagination and sensibility.
He attached himself at once to
Mimi, following her as faithfully
as Jason, but leaving her without
any signs of sensitiveness when
she indicated that she wanted to
be alone.
Her capture of him had come
about one day when she told the
five children the story of the ''Wild
Swans. l found them all. one
afternoon in a grove of pines not
far from the house. The ground
beneath the trees was bare of all
underground; there was a carpet
Of needles. with a few boulders
shouldering through them. Mimi
sat on one of the boulders. She
was dressed in green and looked
like dryad. She was very dra-
matte in her rendering of the
story, and kept out of sight until
she had finished it.
From where / stood / could see
Timothy. He looked up, caught
my eyes on him, and wave of
color almost obscured his freckles.
But in another moment he had for
gotten me. and was hanging on
MINIS words