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The Coolidge examiner., 1946-09-13
Coolidge Locals

OMr. and Mrs. f. J Gregg and
daughter. Sandy. OF Parker Dam
spent the weekend visiting his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Gregg
and other relatives.
OMr. aud Mrs. Fred Sowell re-
turned this week from California,
where they visited relatives at FL
Monte and went deep sea fishing
off Catalina Island. They were
gone ten days.
OMr. and Mrs Troy Herring and
family returned Thursday from
Kedron. Arkansas. where they
spent four weeks visiting rela
tives and friends.
OGuests OF Mrs. Maude Guthrie
for a swim party and picnic lunch
Sunday were Aaron and Thelma
Campbell OF Tucson and Frank
Randell.
OWarren Steele of Randolph. re-
ported last week among local stu
dents entering Arizona State Col
lege at Tempe, is a student at the
University OF Arizona at Tucson,
where he began his junior year
this week. This will be his second
year at L. Of A.
OMr and Mrs. II. L. Gregg and
family have returned from Young,
where they spent the summer.
OMr and Mrs. Ray Marler and
daughters OF Portland. oregon. ar
rived Wednesday TO visit his
brother and wife. Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Marler They plan to make
their home In Arizona
OBen Mirkin left Sunday for Los
Angeles on a busines strip He
viii be gone a week.
ONT and Mrs. W. II. Higginboth-
am are expected home this week
from Texas. where they have
spent a months vacation visiting
relatives and friends in various
parts OF the state
81 T. Preuit returned Monday
from three months vacation, dur
ing which be visited relatives and
friends in California, Nevada and
Idaho.
OMr. and Mrs. w r. Elliott and
Mr.. and Mrs Dalton Cole returned
Monday from Long Beach, Califor-
MIA, where they spent a weeks
vacation.
OMr. and Mrs. William Short will
leave Sunday for Hot Springs,
New Mexico. They expect TO be
there about two weeks.
OMrs. Rita Grossmiller. her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ivan McGrew and sons.
all OF Superior. visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Grossmiller and fam
lily Sunday.
OMr. and Mrs Rodney Elsberry
were hosts TO members OF the Sat
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-09-13
Methodist Educational
Group Meets Toniqht

The board OF education OF Cool
idge Methodist Church will meet
IN the church recreation hall at
: 30 o'clock tonight. according 20
announcement OF the Reverend
Olin Lehman. pastor. Important
business is scheduled TO come be-
fore the group and all officers and
teachers Of the church school are
requested by the pastor TO be
present.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-09-13

on August %.
Mrs. Hood is the former Miss
Helen Goodwin. who taught school
in Florence. She is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. LeBaron Goodwia
OF Sidney Mr. Hood is the son
of Mrs. +. +. Jameson. During
the war he served Is months in
the South Pacific as a cavalry Of
fiCer.
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The Hoods Return from
Honeymoon, Are Now at
Home on Northern Ave.

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley David Hood
moved into their home at 424
Northern Avenue on Friday. They
recently returned TO Coolidge from
Sidney. Nebraska, where they
were married in formal ceremonies
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Hohmann-Ketchum
United in Marriage
On Friday Evening

Miss Rita Helen Hohmann OF
Chandler and Delaine ketchum OF
Coolidge we're united IN marriage
here by the Reverend j. y. camp
bell In his home al seven O'Clock
Friday evening only relatives and
close friends were present al the
informal ceremony
The bride wore "A gtey travelling
suit with blue accessories. COM
pleted by a corsage OF white gar
deuias. Miss Pat Flynn served "a
bridesmaid and Richard Clemans
was best man.
The bride Is the daughter OF
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-28
E|ks In Nation Aid
Recruiting OF Large
U. ). Standing Army

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recruits In INC -, -"''I "Iihy
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IN wartime I,,J,,o ,P' , I''iiIcS except
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posed OF highly skilled SpccioIic,c
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Inc Cornrcss Dct'lIl'S provided by
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open 10 Amnrin, r'l,aCuNe careers
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him and VIA, - orn ,''! mas TO offer
our national uc,faro '. c3ntrioution TO
can make bv ci,be ana existence he
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-28
Around Capital Square

he wanted. When he graduated in
i92' he was given. along with di-
p!oma. Grade y school teachers
certificate. When publicity abou.
increased pay for teachers warmed
up. Harden searched through soma
old papers and found that entirely
unused document. Now he's TRYING
To find out Just what he must do 10
bring II IN date. y, the same time.
he confeSSeS no intention To use il
unless teacher pay Is uppcd morc
IMAM present prospects indicate
y name on the visitors register al
the governors office which was iliC-
GlbIc but distinguished looking elicit
Sd inquiry on part q! ncwSmen They
found II was that OF Dr.. *. T. .IuStila,
FINNISH minister Of education and
representative of Finland in WASH
nston. Dr. JuStila spent some time
around the state department OF pub
nc instruction and called just 10 paw
his respects 10 the States chief exc
CutIvc.
QuaSi-tovmal announcements ct
Charles NJ. Johnson and William 3.
ImSicaG and the accepted candidacy
ui i. \. BallcntInC for governor have
put number of folks around Cap
Itol Square on the anxious seat. Ap-
poIniIyC officials and their clerical
forces are always eager To be listed
@mong the original supporters of the
winning candidates. Avowcd candi-
daCy so Ear III advance Of the zeal
campaign puts them on the spot by
calling tor more definite commit
mcntS Of support than would be re-
CURED II candidates were more ten
lhtiN". Commitments are SLOW, how
ever. because more than appoint
mcntS want TO be right" they hate
to be wrong. y lot of folks around
capitol Square will walk carcfullv
curing The next few months.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-28

inc students to maintain segregation
IN seating arrangements. In view of
the interest created by action OF the
Baptist state Convention at Ashevjlle
last week. the experiment of Negro
affiliation with the student legisla-
lure is attracting more attention
than II otherwise would,
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the sings and arrows which even
Roosevelt's enemies were wont to
defect to congress and other gov
eminent agencies will be aimed
squarely at the man in the White
House."
That prophesy required no gift
of the occult. Mr.. Truman knew it
then-or I wouldn't have.
From now on the President Is his
own man. The legislation he Of
fers, whatever its fate may be, will
be moulded to suit his own hearts
desire. He has fought the fight to
the best of his ability, assailed from
the right and the left and the rear
as well as the front. Now he will
write his own ticket, be it good or
bad. Few Presidents have had such
an opportunity or faced a more
severe test.
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Presidential Bee
HUNS in Capitol Dome

Washington withdraws from Off
cial activity for the holidays with
out getting any real impact of the
advent of the new regime. There
has been the preliminary hurly-
burly of reorganization on Capitol
Hill but the same old faces are
evident and the same old voices
speak. The active Republican lead
ers in both houses of congress have
been so much in the limelight for
the last year anyhow that they
merely appear to be stepping up,
rather than stepping in. 1t all seems
quite routine and casual.
There was just a touch of the
excitement of the beginning Of a
new era when house and senate
steering committees had their first
meetings and made their first off,
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cial statements concerning legisla-
ton and policy. Most of the steps
had been foresl,adowed and the
change of venue was not fanfared.
The last IA years make up the
longest period of lean years that
any party has suffered. I witnessed
the end of two 12-year drouths
through which the Democrats thirst
ed; close of the one that began
with William Mckinley and ended
with William Howard Taft, when
Wilson accompanied the new free
dom" to the White House. And the
next, another 12-year period, when
the New Deal followed Hoover's
exit.
The Democrats had only a short
interlude at the pie-counter between
Taft and Harding and their return
in 1888 came in the midst of such
domestic crisis, with the mad
days of the MIRA following on the
heels of the bank holiday, that our
attention was diverted from poll
les. But what the Democrats did to
the Republican officeholders wasn't
good" as one Republican put it
recently. He added: 1--WE are going
to do the same for them"
Congress begins with the Repub.
lican Presidential plum within cas-
Ter reach than any which have dan
gled in many a year and it is no
wonder many hands are reaching
hopefully for it. In fact, Senator
Vandenberg early sounded the
warning that more thoughts should
be concentrated on the responsible
tiles following the victory of '46, and
less on the possibilities of '48, fo1
the good of all concerned.
The battle between the Taftites
and the anti-Taftites began even
before election and the Ohio sena-
tor himself is so determined that
this time he will win the nomina.
ton that he leans over backward
to avoid criticism. He refused to
60 on broadcast for even a three.
minute statement of Republican
policy and he took off for Central
America shortly thereafter.
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Unique Barter Theater Plays
Significant Role in US. Drama

sometimes more. Porterfield begged
for money. Today, the reverse is
true, about go per cent of the re-
ceipts being in cash. Taking cogni-
zance of current shortages, Pcr-
terfield now begs for produce.
Trace Groups History.
History of the Barter theater is
divided into two periods, the prewar
barter period and the postwar pro-
fessional period. The distinction,
Porterfield hastens to explain, does
not indicate that prewar companies
were not composed largely of pro-
fessionals. During that period, how
ever, the actors received no COM
pensation except bed and board.
Since raising the first curtain on
June 10, 1888, the Barter colony has
presented l54 plays in more than
1000 performances. In addition to
the regular Abingdon season, the
players have trouped to nearby Vir-
ginia towns of the "fog circuit" SO
designated by Barterites because of
the ghostlike fog that is whisped
SdSll IlSHL OuSll
of southwest Virginia.
Gets State Grant.
Now, after being closed during
war years when the young founder
director entered the army air
forces, Barter theater has resumed
operations. Aided by a subsidy of
$4,000 from the commonwealth of
Virginia, Barter now ranks as the
first Estate theater" in history Of
America. From this start, Porter
field emissions an expansion of such
theatrical enterprises throughout
the nation until something resem-
bling the Old Vic theater of Eng
land has been achieved.
The state grant has enabled Bar
ter to be set up on an annual
basis with permanent company.
Although now on regular salary,
however, the actors still double as
stage hands, box office cashiers, ush-
ers and even as caretakers of ducks,
pigs, chickens, goats and other barn.
yard denizens, some of which are
recent box office receipts while 9TH
ers are descendants of the original
barter animals.
Plan Extended Tour.
At close of the regular season in
Abingdon this fall, the company
launched an extensive statewide
tour covering 70 Virginia cities in
an attempt to provide every citizen
an opportunity of viewing the best
in drama as staged by the theatrical
group which the state has underwrit.
ten. Performances in other south.
ern states will follow, with two
weeks in New York climaxing the
trip.
On the results of the tour hinges
the feasibility of state subsidized
drama throughout America, ad.
| herents of the project agree.
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den IN 'CyranO de Ber8erac, ROD-
ert Porterfield scanned the dismal
Broadway scene. He found hordes
of fellow actors out of work and hum
cry, with no prospects of casting
calls.
Recalls Ancient Trades.
He thought of produce left in the
fields and the problems of econom-
les. He recalled that in farming
communities considerable business
Is transacted by the ancient barter
system. His family, he remem-
bered, had purchased the old Vir-
ginia home place from the Indians
by barter around 1900.
Reasoning that there was
plenty Of talent on Broadway
but no money-and plenty Of
food on farms-but no money
Porterfield decided to bring the
two together by founding the ma
TONS first Barter" theater.
AS the site for his experimental
theater, he decided on Abingdon,
first English town west of the Al
leghanies and only few miles from
the family homestead at Glad
Spring. He arranged to use the
buildings of the defunct Martha
Washington college for home. Near
this spot Daniel Boone's trail west
crossed the old Wilderness road.
When Porterfield sounded out
some of his stage friends, he was be-
sieged by candidates willing to for
sake Broadway for three months of
acting in exchange for bed, beans
and salubrious Virginia mountain
air.
Selects 81 Actors.
From the list of applicants Porter
field selected 81 talented thespians,
who were willing to double as stage
hands, scene designers, SEAM
stresses and general all-around
theater people. By wheedling pieces
of furniture, old fabrics, electrical
equipment, decorations and other
properties on a round of shops,
stores and wholesalers, Porterield
finally assembled freight car of
material.
BY the time Porterfield got his 81
actors and carload of equipment to
Abingdon, he had one lone dollar
in his pocket. A canvass of the
community Melted kitchen supplies,
tableware and other necessities.
Women of the town made curtains;
Boy Scouts cleaned up the grounds.
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Washington Digest
COP Sweep Frees Truman
Of Burdensome Program
By BAUKHAGE
Ne,Us analyst and Commentator.

WNU Service, 1916 Eye Street, NV,
Washington, D. C.
WASHINGTON - There is a feel
Of Christmas in the Washington air
which is prompted by more than the
evanescence of the joyous spirit of
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spends the holiday beneath his own
rooftree or the one which Uncle
Sam so generously provides, it can
occasion than a year ago. He will
be among his friends as well as
his family, and as one of his official
circle put it, with his "professed"
enemies (the opposite party in pow
er his "unprofessed" enemies (offi-
cially his friends) having no further
opportunity to toss brickbats or
handy threats about his head.
recall another crisp, cool winter
day last February year ago, when
we wendell our way to the Presi-
dents weekly press and radio con-
ference. Bemused pansies Il re-
corded in this space) showed FROST
bitten faces in the garden Of the
White House grounds.
We were discussing the difficulties
and differences which President
Truman already was encountering
at the hands of his own party in
congress.
Congress has to be realistic in
an election year." I quoted some
one as saying, "They are facing
real issues. And the Presidents pro-
gram isn't realistic"
whether or not it is realistic"
another member of the group re-
piled, lit isn't his program. He in
herited it. It's New Deal and New
Deal is Old Hat now. It doesn't rep
resent Harry Humans ideas at all,
but he has to 60 through with it"
AS we look back, it is plain
enough that whether it was New
Deal or what it was, the program
of the President was one that the
people rejected on election day, the
moral obligations Of the past, the eff
feet of the pressure groups, the
ukase of the party of bigwigs were
swept away and Harry Truman,
who didn't want the job that was
thrust upon him when death COM
manded, was made free man.
The Presidents satisfaction
springs not from any spirit of II
told you so' hurled at his alleged
supporters, not from any lack of
| loyalty to a cause well lost. It was
simply the weary but happy flood of
relief of a man who, having attempt
ed what he knew was an impossible
task, saw that task ended, and
friend and foe forced fairly into the
| open.
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War Terminated
Honeymoon With Congress

My mind goes back to another
scene shortly before the death of
President Roosevelt. I sat in the Of
fee of the vice president talking of
days when the caissons went rolling
along and both of us - many miles
apart - rode beside them. We
talked also of the then forthcoming
San Francisco conference of the
United Nations and Mr.. Truman's
theme was what he felt to be his
function. Paradoxically enough-as
it turned out later-it was helping
establish liaison between congress
and the White House, complement
ing the highly successful effort of
Secretary of State Hull which re-
suited in the forging of bi-parti-
san foreign policy. And in so short
a time, after Mr.. Truman became
President, that liaison between
Capitol Hill and 1900 Pennsylvania
avenue snapped in twain, never to
be reunited.
Three months after the President
took office I recorded: 1.-THE politi-
cal armistice in Washington will
end shortly after the Presidents
(Truman's) return from Berlin
by that time domestic discomfort
will be crystallizing, the honeymoon
will be on the wane. : :"
And I then had the temerity to
predict that if "the Japanese
war should end within the
year . President Truman will
be stripped of the protecting armor
of the Chief. Then
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Children Rent Pets To Learn Habits

MILWAUKEE,, WIS.-Designed to
acquaint school children with the
care and proper handling of small
animals which are popular as pets,
live animal rental service has
been opened by the Wisconsin HUI
name society shelter here.
Fifteen guinea pigs, is hamsters,
20 white mice, IL rabbits, 8 Japa-
nese Waiting mice and 2 opossums
are available for loan in pairs. The
society furnishes cages and dry food
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-12-13
Ancient Cherry Tree
Still Yields Big Crop

JACKSONVILLE, KY, - Thomas
H. Mitchell, local farmer, boasts oil
the most remarkable cherry tree in
the United States. Reputedly III
years old, the tree is believed to be
growing on an old Indian buria.
mound. 1t is SO feet high, has a limt
spread of "a feet from trunk to tir
and still bears a bountiful cror
annually. In one year it yielded
1000 gallons Of cherries.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-12-13

for two weeks although borrowers
are expected to buy fresh food.
The service is available to all
schools in Milwaukee city and coun-
ty. A leafiet gives information on
habits, feeding and cleaning needs
of the animals.
The new animal service is phase
Of the society's public school edu-
cational program which began in
September, 1915,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-12-13

In order to avoid noise, the Pull.
man company has developed head
bag made of cloth-like paper. Now
If they'll get a nose-bag for the
snorerS.
Why is it that when a party is
sure it's going to win a presidential
election, it tries to pick candidate
with the least popular appeal?
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-12-13

Madamoiselle, magazine for
smart travellers, advises, "Take
along a spot remover" even for
the pleasure spots.
Five years ago, says the Aircraft
Industries publication "Planes," al
titude was measured in feet. Now
it's miles. How about applying the
same measurement to prices?
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-12-13

On sunny June day in 1888,
the Barter theater, first theater
to accept produce as well as
cash at the box office, was Of
ficially opened to a packed house
and full pantry. The theater
is located in the old Main street
opera house, erected in 1880 and
the second oldest in the nation.
The theater, incidentally, is part
Of the town hall. 1t is linked
with the mayors Office and the
local hoosegow is in the rear,
with the dressing rooms next to
the cells.
Pigs Are Prolific.
First ticket to Barter theater was
traded to a farmer for a baby pig,
which became a pet of the Barter
colony. At the end of the sea.
son Porterfield proposed to serve
the pig at a farewell banquet for
the staff, but the actors rebelled
Porterfield acquiesced and sent the
pig to his fathers farm, where il
formed the foundation for an unend.
ing supply of hams for the colony s
dining tables. Sugar-cured hams
from descendants of that little pig
also went to playwrights in lieu Of
royalties, Porterfield never having
paid a cash royalty.
Intrigued by the new theater
townsfolk and farmers focked to the
opening night performance.
News that tickets could be secured
'in trade" travelled fast. Soon the
town barber arrived with an offel
of haircuts and shaves for first row
seats.
Live chickens and other fowl
honey, potatoes, onions "enough t.
last for century" lettuce, corn ant
chocolate cakes were included
among the bartered items.
Constant problem for Porter
fields chief dietitian is to evolve
new recipes with which to use :
the cottage cheese which two eld-
erly women present for their ad-
missions nightly. Once the two
women brought more cheese
than usual and asked for "ten
cents change because we
thought we would like to buy
soda after the show"
In early years of the theater's ex
istence, produce accounted for al
most IS per cent Of the total take
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FOR bed and BEANS
WNU Features.

ABINGDON Vain these days of wholesale prosperity and
bullying bank vaults is difficult that
bread lines streets long
had ceased to bow from factory chnes banks changed shut
land Of plenty farmers could not sell their produceand the
American theater suffered the in history.
this depression setting
born 1888 Returning from Walter Harnp-
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Noel - just try
to get onto a
Connecticut ave-
nue. car headed
for the F street
shopping district.
The White House
presents its usual
decor Of pine and
ribboned wreath.
And, at this writ
ing, the chief ten
ant is, I believe,
dreaming Of a
Missouri Christ
mas among his
friends.
WI 49,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-12-13

Berry pies will run over in the
oven, but if you will make your
pie in an eight-inch pan and place
it in a nine-inch pan, you will save
the work of cleaning the oven.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-12-13

Lemon juice added to the fruit
mixture for most pies will bring
out the fruity flavor. A table
spoon or two will do the trick.