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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-02

A discussion on the Thinking Day
Box followed and we decided what
each person would give, after which
the meeting adjourned.
We held our Christmas Party on
Friday, December 20. We opened
our meeting by giving the Scout
Promise, then, after discussion on
articles to be used for the Thinking
Box, the girls exchanged presents.
Our party broke up as the girls
left with the happy cries of Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year
ringing in the air.
Marie Zimmerman, Scribe.
Girl Scout Troop 6, st. Mary's, was
given Christmas party at the Ham
ilton House on Friday, December
20, by the troops assistant leader,
Miss Gisela Luiperspeck and her
mother. Gifts were distributed by
Father John Ballard, and immed-
lately following refreshments, the
Girl Scouts provided entertainment.
Mary Stinebaugh and Peggy Ba-
sore sang ''The Man Don't Come to
Our House Any More" Helen Dunn
sang I'm Always Chasing Rain
bows" Shirley Baum and Dorothy
Liar sang Jingle Bells" with Vir-
ginia Calvo jingling. Other enter
tainment was given by Paula Jean
Lizer, Helene Dunn, Shirley Hend-
rickson and Georgianna McMillen
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-02
Scouting
BOY SCOUTS

Troop 2, H. F. Johnston, Scout
master, sponsored by ST. Paul's Ev.
United Brethren Church, held its
final meeting for 1916 in the Scout
room at the church on Friday night,
December 20. Our Scoutmaster and
20 Scouts were present, with 16 be-
ing in uniform.
We held a brief business meet
ing, during which Mr.. Johnston told
us about a coming Patrol contest
and dues were collected. Members
of the Troop then exchanged Christ
mas gifts, after which ice cream and
cakes were served.
Daniel Rohrer, Scribe.
TrOp 16, w. F. Schilling, Scoutmas-
ter, sponsored by Zion Reformed
Church, held its final 1916 meeting in
the Scoutroom at the church on Fri
day evening, Dec. q. Our Scout
master, two Assistant Scoutmasters
and IA Scouts were present.
The meeting opened at 7:30 p. m.
with the Lords Prayer, followed by
a Signaling relay. We were then
dismissed to Patrol Corners for an
attendance check and the collection
of dues. Reassembling in the main
room, we played game of Signal
Baseball. The meeting then closed
with the Pledge to the Flag and the
Scoutmaster's Benediction.
Richard Hajek, Scribe.
Troop SO, sponsored by the Lincoln
School PIT. A., met in the Troop
room on December 20. The S. NJ.
A. S. M, 10 regular boys and Wis
itor were present.
The meeting began with the Pa
rade of Colors, led by William SAINT
man and Phillip Adams, both new
Scouts. Plans for hike to be held
on Jan. 3, 1947 were made and the
dues were collected. The Scouts
then participated in game of "Mur-
der" and several tests were passed
A report on the Toy Drive was given
and the 1947 calendars were dis
tributed. Mr.. Phillips was announced
as the new Chairman of the Troop
Committee, as the result of the res
ignation of Mr.. Sterling. The meet
ing closed with the Scoutmaster's
Benediction.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-02

Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Farmer and
family are visiting relatives in Rich
mond, Va.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-02
Sunday.

Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mowen and
daughter, 10 Ann, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Foster,
Hagerstown. While there 10 Ann
also visited her cousins, Betty Yates
and Nancy Thomas.
MIR. John johnson is confined to
his home with bronchitis.
Pvt. Fred Spigler spent five-day
Christmas furlough at his home.
Pvt. Spigler is now stationed at
Camp Kilmer. N. J.
Miss Edith Ringer, Huyetts Cross
Roads, was a guest in the Johnson
home this past week end.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-02

Geesie Luiperspeck recited 1.-THE
Night Before Christmas" in a for
eign tongue. The master of cere-
monies was Virginia Calvo and Paula
Jean Lizer played the piano.
Virginia CaIvo, Scribe.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-02

ITS the difficulty of taking lick
ing in politics that causes revolu-
tions. President Truman.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-02

Overheard on crowded subway.
I'm getting along in years. I can
remember way back when folks
were willing to work for living"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-02
Maugansville News

Miss Mae Riggs, of Washington,
D. c., and MIR. Warren Riggs, of the
University of Maryland, are spend
ing the Christmas holidays with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. E.
Riggs.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-02

Guests at the George Keadle
home Christmas Day were: Mr..
and Mrs. c. o. Morningstar, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Keadle and daughter,
Sharon, Mr.. and Mrs. H. C.. Wilhide
and children, Donna and Clyde M.
Miss Arlene Mercson spent the
past week end with her relatives
here, MIR. and Mrs. Robert Hissong.
MIR. and Mrs. T. B. Farmer and
family are visiting relatives in Rich
mond, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Kriner, Mama
roneck, N. Y, and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Diehl, Drexel Hill, Pa, visited
their .brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. H. E. Rice, during the hol.
idays.
Spectators at the Ice Follies in
Hershey included: Mr.. Harry Cham
berlin, of Waynesboro, Faybelle
Palmer, of Clear Spring, and Wayne
Fox and Lorraine Baer, of Maug-
annsville.
MIR. and Mrs. Lewis Martin, Har-
risonburg, Va, were Christmas Day
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Phares Wit
mer.
Pvt Richard Bowders, of Spring
field, ILL.,, is home on fifteen-day
furlough. During the holidays he
was guest in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Baer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Baer and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Martin in Shippensburg, last Sum
day.
Mr.. Allen Martin and family Wis
tied his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Martin, on Broadfordng Road, last
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01
Norway Fur Production
so Per Cent OF Pre-Wor

OSLO.-Norwegian fur produc-
ton for 1916 has been set at $780,
600 pelts, approximately so per
cent of the pre-war figure, with
little prospect for improvement
during the coming two years
Most of the fur surplus on hand
at the time of liberation was sold
during the past year, but the
prices are still out of line with
high feed costs. This applies espe-
cially to silver foxes.
Johan R. Lindstrom, Norwegian
fur spokesman, noted that though
furs were about the only Nor
wegian export item in limited de-
mand, producers could still be sat
isfied with 1916 sales. Stores on
hand at the beginning of the year
represented "a months production,
as producers had succeeded in
keeping quantities of furs hidden
from the Germans.
Prospects for increased produc-
ton during the coming year are
poor, notes Mr.. Lindstrom, as no
appreciate reduction in feed costs
is expected. European market
prospects for 1947 are considered
better than in the United States.
where a price-drop predicts a de-
cided reduction in fur imports
from Norway.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01

jority of Firms who possess neith-
er Swedish crowns nor American
dollars. The country's financial ex-
perts feel that the only way to end
the black market is not through
repressions, but through a grad
ual expansion of industry and ex-
ports, thereby removing the root
of the cause.
Meanwhile, though every con-
ceivable delicacy is available at
a price. the food situation for the
people at large still is critical.
This country is far from self-suf-
ficient agriculturally. Out of a
projected 1947 import budget of
$3.50, 100000. S75,OO0.0O0 will be
allotted to food imports, while
S20,000.000 will be for fodder and
fertilizers. This compares with
S12,000,000 for raw m eri a S
needed to meet PREPARATIONS deliv-
cries to the Soviet Union and S22,-
100000 for imports of coal and
coke.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01
ceIIuIose Clothes and Bedding:
Finnish Ingenuity Has Devised
Substitutes From The Forests

HELSINKI, Finland - Cellulose
topcoats and suits, paper under
clothes, and cardboard soles are a
postwar style in Finland.
Lacking foreign exchange with
which to import consumer goods,
Finnish ingenuity has devised its
own substitutes for many items
from the only raw material the
country possesses in abundance
wood.
In addition to walking about all
day in cellulose and paper, many
people go to bed at night between
paper sheets. They eat off paper
tablecloths, and the chances are
that wood or some of it's deriva-
tives is an ingredient of their food
and drink.
Finnish housewives drape their
windows with paper Grapes and
curtains and cover their floors
with paper rugs, which Finnish
artistry and skill succeed in maxi
ing surprisingly attractive and
durable.
There are limits, however, to
such substitution, which not even
the Firms have overcome yet. So
far, they have not succeeded in
building automobiles or industrial
machinery from wood and paper.
Wood Provides Credits
Even in this category, however,
1t is wood that provides the solu-
ton indirectly through the medi-
UNI of international trade. For it
is primarily by exporting lumber,
pulp, and paper that Finland OBJ
tains foreign exchange to cover
its minimum import requirements
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01
New Gifts To Norway
From American Labor

OSLO. - Equipment sufficient
to outfit 10 health centers for
mothers and children as well as 10
industrial clinics has recently ar
rived in Norway gift from
American Labor Relief. This gift,
representing the combined contri-
buttons of millions of members of
American organized labor also in
cludes 1000 layettes and equip
ment for floating J-ray center
to be built in Norway. Six ambul-
ment for floating X-ray center
plete this latest gift from Amer
lean Labor Relief, will arrive
shortly.
During a recent press confer
ence Mr.. Rolf Hofmo, secretary
general of the Norwegian agency
charged with distributing these
supplies, revealed that gifts from
American Labor during the war
totaled over 100000 kr. This
amount represents food and cloth
ing distributed in Norway during
the occupation.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01
Romantic Trek OF
Swedish coIonists
To Canada Told

Out on the Canadian prairie,
some sixty miles from the city
of Winnipeg, there has been liv-
ing for sixteen years a little group
of emigrants-sixty persons all
told-who although they originally
came from Russia. speak an
ancient Swedish dialect. These peo-
pie, who have become firmly root
ed on Canadian soil and whose
school age children are soon
wholly assimilated, have re>
markabl history that reaches far
back in time.
In 1871 a large group of peo-
pie left what was then the Swe-
dish island of Dago off the Bal
tic coast. They embarked on a
long journey through Russia and
ultimately settled at place called
Gammalsvenskby (Old Swedes
Village) near where the river
Dnjeper flows into the Black Sea.
There they lived for nearly $50
years, retaining all this time their
Swedish character and the Swe-
dish language. During the hard
years after the first world war
the colony suffered severely, and
in 1929 the Swedish Red Cross
sent an expedition to the Ukraine
and helped almost 900 of these
descendants of early Swedish
settlers to come to Sweden. Most
of them came to live on the Island
of Gotland, in the Baltic Sea, and
it was from this place that the
little group broke up and emil
grated to Canada.
A Swedish reporter has recent
ly visited the sixty emigrants on
their common farm in Manitoba.
The sixteen years they have lived
in Canada have been filled with
hard work. For long time every
thing was done collectively, but
now only blowing, sowing, and
harvesting are done on this basis.
The Canadian Government has
shown the group sympathy and
consideration, allowing them to
buy their 1000 farm on credit.
I'VE are happy in Canada" they
say. I'VE have done well-better
than we ever hoped. But some
times we feel homesick for our
lovely church on the banks of the
Dnjeper. where we gathered Sum
day after Sunday and sang our
Swedish psalms. which we had in
herited from our forebears through
the centuries. We also feel home
sick for Sweden, for Gotland,
where we have so many rela-
tives." But they are grateful to
their adopted country. although
they still speak. young and old, a
language which resembles that
which was spoken in Sweden two
hundred years ago.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01
Sonto Answers
From Norway

OSLO. Thanks to a kindly
Norwegian postal employee, g.
year. Margaret Todd of Birming-
ham, England. received a wonder
full answer to her Santa Claus
letter. Addressed to Father
Christmas, North Pole, Iceland"
her request for crayons and q
drawing book was placed in a
Norway-bound mail sack by mis-
take. On Christmas Eve, however,
a special automobile from the
Birmingham Post Office brought
Margaret her package from Santa
Claus - with it was letter
Dear Margaret: When l got
your letter, 1 Immediately opened
my big book where l have the
names of all good little children
the world around. While happen
to be in Norway today I'll prob
ably come to Birmingham for
Christmas but you must re-
member that I'm very busy right
now. Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year from Santa Claus"
In the package were four Nor
wegian drawing books and two
packages of crayons. There was
another letter from the Oslo Post
Office addressed to the Postmas-
ter in Birmingham, but Margaret
doesn't know about that one.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01

AL AOoN,
raw materials, and fuel.
The entire superstructure of the
Finnish economy and trade is
founded on the logging industry.
When, as happened this fall, the
logging Program Jagged 10000, 900
cubic meters behind schedule be-
cause of the labor shortage, every
one from the Prime Minister down
took alarm and sought correctives.
Shortage of foreign exchange,
both for current expenses and
long-term investment is the CEN
trail problem of Finland's eco
nomic recovery. Despite the coun-
try's record for debt depayment-
the current installment payment
on interest and amortization of
the old debt to the United States
was met on the dot on Dec. 1s-
the western powers have been re-
luctant to extend new, credit. The
Firms suspect this is for political
reasons.
Second Loan Refused
A year ago, Finland borrowed
S3O,O00,00 from the United States
hut its application for an addi-
tional S25, 600 90 was turned down
last September. Denied adequate
credits, Finland has managed to
acquire enough foreign exchange
to cover its essential imports by
concentrating its industry on pro-
duction for export-and by keep
ing home consumption at an aus
terity level.
AS a result of such economic
hootstrap pulling, Finnish foreign
trade virtually was trebled in 1916,
compared with 1915. For 1947, the
F nm S h Government Economic
Council recently upped its export
plan to $275, 100000 from the
S200,0OO,00O originally projected.
The Economic Council has project
ed its import figure for 1947 at
$3.50, 100000.
To implement this program. the
Firms hope to negotiate a long
term foreign credit of at least
$50, 100000. They also will require
a short-term credit of S2O,OOO,O 900
to finance imports during the first
half. of the year. before returns
from exports start rolling in.
New Program Set
, AS maximum goal, the Eco
romic Council also has projected
a supplementary import program
of an a dditional $4,000, 900.
chiefly in the form of industrial
equipment But this is contingent
on the obtainment of additional
foreign credits.
One of the most damaging con-
sequences of the foreign exchange
shortage for the country's inter-
nal economy has been to force to
the wall those industries and con-
Germs which produced consumers
goods and which relied on imports
for their raw materials. Thus. the
old-established conf feet o merry
house, Fazer. whose candies were
widely famed before the war out
side Finland, is having to cease
operating since it cannot obtain
foreign exchange with which to
import chocolate and sugar
solution Sought
All this naturally plays little
part in the lives of the vast ma
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01

The Swedish State Railways
have length of about 5000 miles,
and of these 1900, or about 40 per
cent, are electrified. Of the total
traffic volume no less than Sc per
cent is hauled by electricity. The
private railroads, which are grad
ually being taken over by the
State Railways, comprise at pres
ent about $500 miles, of which
about 500 miles have been cleo
trified.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01

The number of telephones per
1000 inhabitants in Swed e n
amounts to III. For Stockholm,
the figure is 4S3, while in New
York City there are approximately
$50 telephones per thousand popu-
lation.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01

Customer-Charging me dol
lar for cutting my hair is out
rageous. Why l am half bald, as
you can see.
Barber - Sorry. sir, we don't
charge for cutting your hair. We
charge for the time spent hunting
for il.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-02-01

Il hope, sir, you don't think I'm
too young to marry your daugh-
ter" said the young man, anx-
iously.
That's all right, my boy. You'll
age fast enough when her bills be-
gin to come in"
Laurel outlook., 1947-06-18
HAPPENINGS

Mrs. Charles Swindler and her
mother, Mrs. Minnie Marsh, were
guests from Reed Point at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Starbard.
En- route to their home in Sacra-
mento, Calf, after a visit with rel
atives in Miles City, Mr.. and Mrs.
Emerson Billie and children Ronald
and Douglas, were overnight guests
Monday of Mr.. and Mrs. J.. H.
! Crutcher.
Captain and Mrs. Madison Hart
ley and children, Tom and Carolee,
of Great Falls are visitors at the
homes of Mr.. Hartley's parents,
MIR. and Mrs. J. A. Hartley and
other relatives. Captain Hartley is
on two weeks leave from the Great
Falls airport.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Larson re-
turned Sunday from Spokane, Wash,
where they spent 10 days the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Flanely, former
Billings residents.
Dinner guests Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Green were
Miss Lila Green and Gene Mckinney
of Billings and Mr.. and Mrs. Neal
Gunnels.
and Mrs. Robert Mace returned
Tuesday from a visit with relatives
in Iowa. Their trip home was by
way of Sioux City, Iowa, the Black
Hills, and Sheridan, Wyo., bypassing
Nebraska because of the high water.
During their stay they were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Kelly of
Cedar Rapids, and MI. and Mrs.
M. Minshall of Logan and Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Jones of Missouri Val
ley, all brothers-in-law and sisters
of j. G. and Robert Mace.
En- route to Idaho where they will
be employed in the forestry service
were Duncan Harkin of Ceverly, Nd,
and Charles Waterman of Washing
ton, D. c., who were overnight
guests at the home of Nh. and Mrs.
P. A. Johnston and accompanied the
] Johnston family on a trip to Custer
Laurel outlook., 1947-06-18
Garden Club Plans
August Flower Show

The Unity Garden club met
Thursday at the home of Mrs. J.
H. Albertus for a 1:3O dessert lunch
con. Each member answered roll
call by telling of her rock garden.
Plans for a flower show to be
held in late August and for a sale
of fall bulbs were made. Plans
were also made for members attend
ing the state garden club conven-
ton at Bozeman, June 1918. Mrs.
Olive Cook, secretary-treasurer, and
Mrs. Mabel Sommers were dele
gates. Mrs. Nell Brown, president,
Mrs. Emily Richardson, vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. Leila Shay, Mrs. Harriet
Shay, and Mrs. Jennie Starkey at
tended the convention Tuesday.
The club will meet again June 26
as guests of the Park City Garden
club at Harmony hall at 1870 for
a dessert luncheon.
Laurel outlook., 1947-06-18
Over Million Spent
In Cancer Research
Detection Clinics Taking Part
In Intensive Campaign.

NEW YORK. - Expenditures for
cancer research passed the million
dollar mark this year for the first
time.
This uprush is just the beginning
that promises to put cancer re-
search in the multi-million dollar
class, as a result of campaigns for
money by American Cancer society
and appropriations of the federal
government.
More than 10 years was needed to
arouse the public and the medical
profession to anything more than a
w-hundred-thousand-dollar annual
research program against the dis
ease that is the second cause of
death.
To the II million Americans now
living who. by the predictions of
American Cancer society, will get
cancer, there is another phase of
TINS upsurge that is far more inter-
estlng and personally important.
This is cancer detection clinics.
Where there were only one or two
NNNSH SiiiiiCS tWO years ago, Inere
are now 119 in the United States.
Most of the present hope of saving
the lives of ance victims of the
immediate future centers in these
and similar clinics to come. They
catch cancer early, the only period
when it is likely to be durable.
1t is Illuminating to contrast all
the past history of cancer cures
with the estimate of what could be
done by early treatment.
American Cancer society's fig
are that 50 per cent of skin
cancer could be cured, rs per cent
breast, rs per cent of uterine and
per cent of lip. But the entire list
Of cured cancers, as kept by Ameri-
can College of Surgeons, is under
so, 1000.
There r many sites of cancer
not included in the estimates of high
percentage cures by early treat
nent. But one thing is certain about
.hese, that more will be cured
through early examination.
Laurel outlook., 1947-06-18
Campfire Girls On
COOney Dam Outing

The Oda-ko Campfire girls, spon-
sored by the church of the Nazarene,
left Monday to spend a week at
the Cooney Dam reservoir. Girls
taking part in the outing are Lottie
Ward, Ethel %Scammon, Mary Ann
Scammon, Patty Mathis, Berta Jean
Wilson, Edith Belle, Donna Edg-
mond, Mary Lou Wilcox, and An
ma Resser.
The girls have been divided into
two competitive sport groups and
three work groupes. Camp super
visors are Rev. Haueter of the
Nazarene church, Miss Harriet
Smith, and Miss Marie Dawson.
Laurel outlook., 1947-06-18

Bert Childers was saying, it's
funny how so many of our wartime
habits stick with us.
Bert likes plenty of butter on his
bread, but even now he can't get
over spreading it like it was scarce
as hens teeth. And as a war;
worker, Bert used to stick to a
temperate glass of beer on time off;
and he still holds fast to beer and
moderation.
Same way with Bert's wife. She
not only has no trouble saving
used fats, and waste paper. She's
learned from wartime necessity to
Laurel outlook., 1947-06-18
Fish Food

AS to food value, for practical
purposes it is common to group fish
with meat, poultry and eggs. These
foods are all outstanding as a
source of protein, and supply iron
and some B vitamins as well. Fish
high in fat also contain significant
amounts of vitamins A and D.
Laurel outlook., 1947-06-18
Transit Facilities

If all the street cars, trackless
trolley coaches and gas buses in
America wer parked bumper-to-
bumper, they would make a solid
line from New York to Cincinnati.
Laurel outlook., 1947-06-18
From where | sit. by Joe Marsh
Can't Break
His Good Habits!

save every single thing that might
possibly be used again.
From where I sit, it's mighty
good that so many of these COM
nonsense habits like thrift and
moderation have stayed with us.
Because they belong in America
along with tolerance, and mutual
respect for one another's rights.
They're habits that have helped to
make this country strong and
neighborly and free.
9h M~sAs
Laurel outlook., 1947-06-18
CALENDAR
Ooming Events. ..
Friday, June 20.
~A//HHH~HH/N//N%

Friday, June 20.
The circles of the Woman's Society
CT Christian Service will meet at
2 o'clock in the afternoon as fol-
lows:
No. AT Mrs. Kenneth Walkers.
No. PAT Mrs. Arthur Callahan's.
No. Sat Mrs. John Dyer's.
No. AT Mrs. T. S. Buford's.
No. Sat Mrs. Ted Webb's home
in Columbus.
Wednesday, June 25.
A special meeting of the Laurel
Garden club will be held at the
home of Mrs. L. L. Smith to make
arrangements for members to at
tend the Park City Garden club
meeting at Harmony hall in Park
City on the following afternoon.
Marine Gear
In 1895, the h~eadgear of marines
was a spiked helmet.