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Evening star., 1948-02-01
Fischer Gets Big Lead
In National Skatinq
Championships
BY the Assoeioied Press

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Jan. 81 -
George Fischer. Chicago, took a
commanding lead in his quest for
the mems senior title in the first
day of racing in the National Out
door Speed Skating Championships
today.
The University of Chicago junior.
who last week copped the North
American mems crown, rolled up
10 points in three events today, 40
more than his nearest competitor.
Fischer won flrsts in the three
quarter mile and tWo-mile events,
and third in the 440-yard, while
Mel Rumfo, Minneapolis, took first
in the 440-yard to come closest to
Fischer.
In the senior Women's division,
four speedsters divided their plac-
ings in the two events run off so
that they each wound up with 80
points. The four, competing, for
the crown left undefended by re-
tirement from racing of Gerry Scott,
Minneapolis, we're Janice Christop-
herson, St. Paul; Marion Hanley,
Grossinger Lake, N. Y; Lorraine
Sable, Detroit, and Bernice Melew-
ski, West AlliS, Wis.
Evening star., 1948-02-01

A star studded field, bolstered by
the entry of Patsy and Clint Ste
phens. No. 2 ranking mixed doubles
team in the Nation, has been prom
ised for the National Capital bad
minton championships next Sum
day at Kensington Armory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephens lost in
the final round of the l947 American
badminton championships. Ste
phens also is ranked No. among
mems doubles. He and Bobby Will
liams of Buffalo lost the title to
David Freeman and Web Kimball
in three tight games in the Ma
tionals in Los Angeles last year.
Mrs. Stephens defeated Ethel
Marshall, national champion, in
Rochester, N. Y, last year, two
weeks after Miss Marshall had
gained the crown.
Other weil-known Eastern stars
entered in the tourney include Ma
tional Junior Champion Barbara
Scarlett, Susan Devlin of Baltimore,
daughter of the English Interna-
tional champion. Frank Devlin;
Zoe and Dick Yeager of New Ro-
chelle. N. Y; Carl Loveday of Mont
clair, N. j.; Helen Gibson and Wan
da Bergman of Stamford, Conn;
May Hellwig and Ed Shields OF
New Rochelle; Charlotte Decker
md polly Thomson and Joel Baker
and Howard Holman of Washington.
Evening star., 1948-02-01
New Orleans Results
By the Asseeieted Press

FIRST RAcHPurse. 81, 800, allow
po9..5 and
Patty Knot Gullol $40 go
Rap JOY tTenelio) 300
Also % %ran-John Hunnicutt, Rossie Dam
sci, Grafairchan. Sea Convoy, Babeff, War
change; GhoIla Boy. ,oo. ,,,ou
ansss sacoNp and ueysrd
Fighting Mac Crooks, 1000 $50 3.so
valdina Date lkeene) 800 z 30 80
Also rana7;Giraes Hy' canteen ., Laa ssrs- son.
rH1RD Pa'k RkAcGeurss, eRuoe ss0 ST $500 800: allow
ances; 4-year-olds and upward; g furlongs
81 RTesb cou1ar Thru phasastno) PGTSha so ssss 4
Good Hunting, Ing, tGruoh o'oo
A'fWtg FoURTH Thy RacE-Purse. Purse ST 800: allow
ances: 4year-oldS and upWssrdt u furlongs 7 SG
MsDpy Ny S1'f fndian iafnaT9, iBTooks, V'0 go go
Jeanne Belle CLoveridge) $50
Also A1me' ranDReal ne Sweet. Fraternize, Fly
inf FIFTH T9n'eR RzGESPurse epsy PSesS 81 5oo allow
ances; 2-yesrssolds' f1rlonss' n M So no
UnfGnsl fimel ":24' tc2sYens' s.s0
Also ran-Prewar Time. Jenevia De-
f'esAS Sixth TAni RAcEPurse, $4,000; allow
ances: 4-year-olds and upward; l ,s miles.
Cap plain Joe (Smithers) 14.S0 $50 $50
Rodman Keenon Picou) 100 3.S0
Bodens Pal tBrookSl o'uu
Also Notwithstanding. Frankish King,
Jacalitos and Jobstown
! r SEVENTH RACE-Purse. ST 800; allow
ances; 4-year- -olds and upward; miles
| Ground Signal (zehr) 4.4O 3.2o 3'2o
Nuclear tStrange) o.4o 4'du
Relious Lullol o.@o
Also ran - Loeb Ness, Peacemaker,
EIGHTH RACE-Purse, S1 800: allow
apces; 4-year- -olds and upward; miles
| Light Reign tBrooks) $40 $50 80
Vanflag (Smithers) 640 4.oouu
Montree Porch) 4.So
Time, 1859. ~
Also ran-credentials Our, Merrick'
! Lucky Trip. Bully Gusher. Dauoerup.
Evening star., 1948-02-01
---------------------- -
HiuIeuh Results
BY the Associoted Press

4-year- olds and upward 6 furlones.
Robert9 .RodriSgnezl a.S,nson, 1880 1$20 4so SO
Nowadays Nowadays (MartinS $50
pe As0 Amefn Flyer Leo On. s1Gs Bas Whoss Soss
and Lasting Peace.
SECOND RAcHPurse. s3,5oo claim
ns .. 4yearolds srookh and up; 6o miles So 40
Admirals Cali (Turner) $50
Time. 1:5925.
Also ran-Pats Anne Rose Canyon, In
edito, Snob Tourist, Stipulation
Daily double paid S31 1909
THIRD RACE-Purse, $4,000; maiden
:l-year-olds; l "a miles. ~
Alairne tBodiou 2.70 80
Alacrity tAtkinson) $40
Also Aioei ranNMumbo Jumbo, Faithful, East
Warrior, Silverware. Happy Flora.
FOURTH RACE-Purse, s4 1000: claim
ing; 4-vear-olds and upward; 6 furlongs.
Eye9 sfeak nt,oI Basle} $50 aeo
Mons Boy (scurlock) $50
Also ran-His Grace, Linvood Blue,
FIFTH RAcE-Purse, $4,000; claiming;
4year- -olds and up: furiongs M o.o
Tdsssas Wills ys1 Fsstherston' 1910 55sso 5so 33$oS
Ariel Song (Carvalho) 2.90
Also 5e' ran Ruling Time, Potomac St.
Jock.
dicap; purse, $4,000: added; 3-year-
oids and upward: "a miles (turf course !,
a Master Bid tMora) 80 1920 $40
Love Sonnet tRoberts) 22.9O u 40
Ned Luck Duff HOO
Also ran-Round View, Sun Herod,
Jingle Jangle, Wide Wing. Cencerro,
! Frere JACQUES and Reckon.
Brookmeade Stable entry.
| Jayess Stable. E. P. Bixer entry.
| SEVENTH RACE-Purse, $500; claim
! ing; 4-year- olds and upward; lie miles;
Blenel tTurnerl $40 4.l0 300
! Pharaday tSniderl 400 :! "
Uncle Byron lBalzarettD 4.2O
Also ran-Dry Belt. Spanaoua. Anako,
That's Him, Darby Darius, Swing High
| and Bold Dan.
EIGHTH RACE-Purse. $4,000: claim
ing; 4-year-olds, and upward; = miles oo
Attendant peabody 7.20 40 3.9o
Compa ssion (Atkinson) 7,20 40
Croesus (BalzarettD 4.2O
| Also ran-Mason Dixon. Gila Water,
Jacopoly: .Jousting Match, Right Happy
and Adelphia
Evening star., 1948-02-01
Continued From Page

tCODtlHueu rTOIH Tdso Dill
score, based on 10-5-43-2-1 points
for the first six places, shows Swe-
den far out in front tonight with
d points, all gained in skiing.
Switzerland is second with Is,
Norway third with 14lA and the
United States fourth with 14A.
Other national standings: Finland
4, Belgium 3, Great Britain 2. Italy
/ and Canada u.
But tonight, in contrast with yes
terday, there was every indication
that the various countries would be
able to add to those totals. Where
"a hours ago the very continuance
of the games appeared problemati-
cal. today the athletes occupied the
spotlight.
Their defeats in the skating sprint
and two-man bobsled, however, were
sore disappointments to the Ameri-
cans.
The boblet olive wreath went to
the United States in 1896 and pre-
meet indications were that the
Americans would retain it. Uncle
Sans third place was taken by his
No. 2 team, which stepped up its
speed to climb from sixth place in
today's final runs.
Carron'S 276 Pounds Help.
Fortune and Carron are young
sters as bobsledders 60, Carron be-
ing Is and Fortune a year older.
But they pack the weight-Carron
boasts 276 pounds-and they have
the daring that counts.
The American No. sled, piloted
by Tuffy Latour with Leo Martin
as brakeman, had coupe OF slow
runs despite a change of runners
and dropped from sixth to ninth
place in the 15-man field. Orig
inally, 16 teams competed, but
Great Britain's No. 2 sled cracked
up today without serious injury to
Wing Commander Anthony Gadd
and Flying Officer w, B. Wellicome
Latours sled came here equipped
with long runners for the sweeping
curves at Lake Placid, N. Y, where
he and Martin both live, and he
changed overnight to shorter run
ners for the sharp bends in the
glazed slide here.
Bartholomew and Fitzgerald, the
skaters, were only one-tenth of a
second behind Helgesen in the 500
meter. Tied with them was Tom
Byberg of Norway and in fifth place
came Ken Henry of Chicago.
Henry's time of 433 also bettered
the old record which was shared by
four men, one of them John A. Shea
of the U. S. team in 1882.
American Skaters Baffled.
In four-way tie for sixth were
Delbert Lamb. U. S. A. Milwaukee,
Sverre Farstad and Torodd Hauer,
Norway, and Frank Stack, Canada,
each 43.6.
Coach Peter Miller of Chicago
although he had hoped for a victory,
said he was pleased.
after all, the boys are entirely
unaccustomed to this style of skat-
ing. We are used to skating in a
bunch with the best sprint winning
in the stretch" he said.
In the Olympic, two men skate
Evening star., 1948-02-01
On Trust, d Favorite,
Defeated by Neck;
Double Jay Third
BY the Assoeioted Press

ARCADIA, Calf, Jan. 31.-Ex-
ploding with burst of speed in the
final strides, Flashco whipped the
favored On Trust and ii other
rivals in the inaugural running OF
the 100000 Santa Anita Maturity
today.
Winging to the front as $500
fans thundered in combined sur
prise and dismay, Flashco, owned
by Frank Frankel of San Antonio,
Tex, nipped the vaunted California
bred On Trust by a neck in this
initial running of the Nations
largest purse reserved exclusively
for 4-year-olds.
Double Jay, racing for the Ridge
wood Stable of Wilmington, Del,
ran third, a length and one-quarter
behind On Trust, and Louis Bron-
STEMS Brabancon finished fourth.
Battling around the mile and one
quarter strip for the winners purse
of S83.5O0, it was a horse race from
start to finish, with the lead chang
ing hands at least three times before
Jockey Jack Westrope on Flashco
grabbed it for the fourth and last
time less than 20 yards from the
wire.
E. o. Stice and Sons On Trust,
a 2-to. choice, made his move
going into the stretch, pulling
steadily into the forefront midway
down in front of the grandstand.
It looked like On Trust-and sud-
denly Flashco doomed from behind
like a rocket to grab the fat purse.
On Trust, ridden by Jockey john
ny Longden and carrying top weight
of 125 pounds to Flashco's 113, lost
the race through an old habit-he
likes to loaf when he gets into the
front.
On Trust collected $40, 900 for sec
ond place, boosting his earnings to
s288, ,720, while Flashco, winner OF
s31,615 in past performances-six
firsts in 40 starts-orought his win
nings to $115,115.
Double Jay won $4,000 for third
and Brabancon $4,000 for fourth.
Westrope, dismounting, said, Il
was pretty far back in the first part
but we had luck getting through and
the horse finished strong. The way
he ran today, he'll be a factor in the
100000 Santa Anita Handicap"
Evening star., 1948-02-01
u. S. SIedders, Skaters Trail

at a time and each Is clocked sep
arately. Fitzgerald and Bartholo-
NEW skated against weak oppo-
nents and Henry's foe, Craig
Mackay of Canada. fell 100 yards
from home so none of the Ameri-
cans was pushed.
Corey Engen of Huntsville, Utah,
captain OF the ski cross country
team, had an answer for the Amer
leans showing in the 18-kilometer
event.
Il am Norwegian-b born myself,
but somehow that does not seem
to be enough. This kind of skiing
requires years of bitter training.
guess Americans are too easy going.
No Medals for Hockey.
The American flnishers and their
times Wendell Broomhall, Rum
ford, Me, 65th, 1:30.40. nearly II
minutes behind the winner; Don
johnson. Salt Lake City, 66th
1::3e03; Ralph Townsend, Lebanon
N H., 74th, 1:37.12; Engen, 18TH
1924, and Gordon Wren, Winter
Park, Colo, 77th, 1:40.12.
Hockey continued to be played on
the ice and in the closed chambers
of the International Olympic Com
mittee.
Hockey is out and will stay out
said Avery Brundage of the United
States after an evening session.
mo chance" said DR.. Albert
Mayer of Switzerland. who has
fought to keep Olympic hockey in
st. Moritz.
The International Ice Hockey Fed
Grafton, which has been read out OF
the Olympic family. met, but failed
to pull out of st. Moritz.
It was reported that a letter had
been sent to the Olympic Committee
by the Federation, proposing that il
the AHA team wins it not be given
Olympic medals. but if any other
comes out on top, the medals are
to be handed out.
Informed sources said the IOC
never would consent to this.
u. S. Team Routs Poland.
America simply swamped Poland
Jack Riley of Medford, Mass, who
tied with Bruce Mather of Spring
field, Mass, at five goals, made the
most spectacular play of the game
in the third period when with two
of his teammates in the penalty
box. and full Polish squad on the
ice, he skated the length of the rink
to score.
Riley received a bad cut over the
eye in the last period from free use
of hockey sticks which drew no pen
atty, and several times the Amer
leans objected bitterly to the ref
eree's decisions and scuffled with
the Poles
Tomorrow comes more ice hockey
but under what heading no one
seems to know. In addition will be
the 5,000-meter speed skating, the
pentathlon. and ski jumping, in none
of which events does the United
States expect to figure.
Evening star., 1948-02-01
Suntu Anitu Results
By the Associated Press

FIRST ,RAcE-Purse; $500; claiming
comcatchme Peterson $40 40 $50
Nasal Warrior (skoronskD 4,2o 2.a0
Time, ] 30.
Also ran-Overstride, Charivari Shasta
Goal, Sporty Jack. Ex Parte, Faithful
sEcoND RAcE&Purse sa.5oo: claim
ag 4yearSds snn aexsxa and upyaaTGd II miles sn
Count Galreish Ssummersj 3l.io 1880
Roman mar. Red 70 aTreno $40
Bobio Baraello. Vain Vickie. Goidns Girl,
Sir rHiR6 Rsf fss RAcEpur5e Eria eo0d B9sy Sb allow
Dark Fire CTrent, $3.50 14.a0 $50
Burning Ginger 'choinackD 4.so
Also iae' ran-spartan Glory, Last Sou,
oeReGaE oIRp Elip BEsdeptown and MI MideT
ing and UPWARD mies
Cisco Gale Iitz'b'gl $40 430 $40
cas Eats r,Isba kfdy zBassssto sss1t $50 sso so
gaE' giFd' Sss GOOD Mas wsshaway. Sammy An
FIFTH RAcEEPurse, $4,000; allow
ances; 3-year.olds; furlogn6gs. on
}amiKin }onever Ah5s ia5fsr4 fsalassp 4so 5c 5sc
war Phantom (Nichols) $50
Time, I'll.
Also ran-Barbazure, Eaele Look.
Royal Chance, Nostoc. Tick Out
SIXTH RACE-Purse. $4,000; allow
ances: 4-year- -olds and up; l mile.
Pleasure Fund Loden) $50 $50 $50
Menu tWestrope) 80 4.e0
Double FF (Scurlock) $50
Time, / 81.
re4s As0 Bsyond sss sae Rssef sfhs
SEVENTH RACE Purse, s1oo, 900
added; 4-year-olds; The Santa Anita Ma
turity. 1H miles.
Flashco (WeStrope, 17.40 $50 4.S0
On Trust Ioneden1 4.1O 800
Double jay tGilbert) $50
Also ran-Hemmet sauaw, Tropical
Sea, Stag Night. Brabancon. Secnav,
Miss Kimo, Triskellon. Lodge Night.
Cornish Knight. Wheatf1eld.
EIGHTH RACE-Purse. $500: claim.
ing: 4-year- -olds and upward; Lis miles
Moaula Gitzenberg) 49.00 20.l0 1910
Curds N'Whey uongden) $50 81
Valdina Andre lBiermanl 4.9C
Alison ran-First Pebble. Patch UP,
Talook, Picotee Satin, Ace Antares
Evening star., 1948-02-01
Chandler VIII Break Bread
With New York Writer'S
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 3l-Commis-
sioner A. B. Chandler discovered to-
day that he could attend tomorrow
nights 25th annual dinner of the
New York Chapter of Baseball
Writers.
Earlier Chandler said he would
be unable to attend "due to previ-
Gus commitments He had in
tended to leave the city today after
last nights Victory dinner given
by President Branch Hickey of the
pennant-winning Brooklyn Dodgers
to other National League owners.
Chandler will be seated on the
dais at the writer's dinner, but will
not speak. Principal speakers will
be Bob Hannegan, new president
of the St. Louis Cardinals, and
Mayor William ODwyer of New
York.
The Bill Slocum Award for long
and distinguished service to base
ball will be presented to Manager
Bucky Harris of the New York
Yankees, and Johnny Mize, the New
York Giants home-run hitting first
baseman, will accept the Sid Mercer
Memorial Award as player OF the
year.
Evening star., 1948-02-01
n. {. State Swamps
.Deacons, 72-43, in
Sixth Loop Win
BY the Assoeioted Press

WAKE FOREST, N. c.. Jan. 81
(P.-North Carolina States Wolf
pack whipped Wake Forests Dea-
cons, 72-43, here tonight for its sixth
Southern Conference basket ball
victory in six starts.
The Wolfpack wasted no time in
showing it's superiority. running up
ala margin in little more than
eight minutes. When intermission
arrived, Coach Everett Cases out
fit from Raleigh held 1924 ad-
vantage.
The game was rough affair, with
"a fouls being called on the Wolf
pack and 26 on the Deacons. Eddie
Bartels, State guard, and Red
O'Quinn, Wake Forest guard, were
banished late in the first half for
taking swings at each other.
Evening star., 1948-02-01
.Cdsey Swimmers Win,
Two Marks Broken

Two pool records were lowered
at the Central YMCA last night
as the Knights of Columbus ma
tators defeated the host team, 80
to 27.
Ken Brown of the Y. captured
the 100-yard backstroke in 1:l0.3
lowering the old mark of 1:l0.8,
and Hank Steingass of the winners
shaved almost IS seconds off the
220-yard free style by going the
distance in 2.326
Evening star., 1948-02-01
Rhode, Levin to Gropple
For Chance at Sexton

Two of the bigger names In
wrestling-Dutch Rhode of Cam
den, N. j., and Dave Levin, former
titleholder-will headline Wednes-
day nights show at Turner's Arena.
Both are aiming for title bouts with
Champion Frank Sexton and vic
tory could clinch such a shot for
either.
Evening star., 1948-02-01
University Club Wins
AT Sauush Rockets
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 81
Navy's squash team was no match
for the University Club of Wash
ington today, bowling by an 80
count.
Frank Pace defeated Vogt by a
3-2 margin to open the rout and
Maury Nee finished it by shutting
out Fishman. 80. 1t was the Uni
versity Clubs second consecutive
vipfnrV
Evening star., 1948-02-01

Speed Skating.
Saturdays Results.
5Oo-meter t547 yards)--Won by Finn
Helgesen of Norway in Olympic record time
of 0:431 seconds Robert Fitzgerald ano
Kenneth Bartholomew. both OF Minneapolis
tied for second with Thomas Byberg OF
Norway. in 0:433: old record was o;434
Sundays Program.
& s;so am'-5'ooo-meter @ miles lsc
Bobsled.
Saturdays Results.
Two-men-United States team of Fred
Schuyler Shryie carron Of AusabIe Forks. N, Y
third behind two Swiss teams. Winning
time of Felix Endrich and Frederick Waller
was 5:292. Fortune-Carron time wa!
Tufield Latour and Leo Martin. both OF
Saranac Lake, N. Y, was ninth with time
of 5:39.2.
Sundays Program, None.
Saturdays Results.
1S-klometer Gslightly more than 10
miles,, cross country-Sweden took hrst
three places with United States shut, out.
Winner was Martin Lundstroem in hour;
13 minutes. 80 seconds. First United
States skier across was Wendell Broom
hall of Rumford, Me-, in 65th place
Sundays Shedule.
$50 am.-Combined jumping.
Pentathlon.
10-kilometer approximately 50 miles, &;
Sweden in Al minutes, Is seconds. No
Americans finished.
Sundays Schedule.
m -Shootinp
Evening star., 1948-02-01
Shea Succeeds McLennon

CAMDEN. N. j., Jan. 81 tP).-Ap-
pointment of Matthias c. (Ty) Shea,
veteran Eastern horse racing Off
cial. to succeed Charles j. McLen-
nan, jr., as racing secretary for the
1948 Garden State Park meeting,
has been announced by Walter H.
Donovan, executive vice president
and general manager of the Cam
den track.
Evening star., 1948-02-01
Grid Letter Award
Is s. Years Late
BY the Assoe'oted Press

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Jan. 81
Arthur Huntington today proud
ly displayed an Ohio State Col
lege athletic letter which he has
Just received-53 years late.
Huntington. who will be IA
Monday, received the unexpected
award after Renick Dunlap,
captain of the 1895 Buckeye foot
ball team, discovered Hunting
ton never had received recogni-
ton although he played as a sub
stitute.
Huntington's relatives have
given him a scarlet sweater and
the gray letter has been mounted
on it.
Evening star., 1948-02-01
Michiqun Five Guins Lead

Ann Arbor, Mich, Jan. 81 P).-
The University of Michigan seized
the Western Conference basket ball
leadership here tonight by convinc'
ingly trouncing Northwestern, 55-37
before 1000 fans.
Evening star., 1948-02-01
Howard Swimmers Win

Taking five first places in eight
events, Howard University's SWIM
ming team defeated West Virginia
State College, 50-25 yesterday after
noon.
Evening star., 1948-02-01
|OIympics
At d Glance
BY the Assoeioted Press
Hockey (UnoMciaD.

Hockey (Unof1ciaD.
Saturdays Scores.
United States. %: Poland. 4.
Switzerland 16; Italy, @.
Czechoslovakia, 8: Sweden. 3.
Great Britain, 8; Austria, 4.
Sundays Schedule.
thine Is Eastern Standard
4:3O am-Canada VS.. Great Britain,
United States (AHA) VS.. Italy.
1000 am-Switzerland VS.. Austria,
Poland VS.. Czechoslovakia.
Standings twon, lost, goals for. goals
against, points,
Marion progress., 1948-04-01
GOOD NEWS FROM THE SOIL

tremendous battle for American soil is
going on It has been for some years.
Arrayed against that soil are the forces of
wind and water, and the kind of unenlighten-
ed farming which mines nourishment from the
earth instead of restoring it, Fighting for the
soil are the conservation practices developed
and promoted by the United States Department
of Agriculture, the state agricultural colleges,
and by farmers themselves
The current world demand for food coupled
with the incentive of high prices, has brought
this battle to an early climax. The productive
Icapacity of more acres is being taxed more
Iheavily then ever before. Exploiters, who
would let tomorrow take care of itself, have
been riding the tide of postwar reaction against
any kind of social restraint.
But the veterans of the United States Soil
Conservation Service, in spite of all this, glow
with restrained optimism. Conservation has
caught on It is rolling of it's own momentum.
Trained experts still are needed for research,
for demonstration of techniques, and for con-
sultation. And there are still "dark continents'
where missionaries of conservation must con-
tinue to labor. But, by and large, the American
farmer is taking up the program as his own.
The signifcances of this turning point are
immense. That most obviously measurable is
the fact that the number of acres put under
conservation is pyramiding, although Federal
expenditures for the program have actually
gone down. More important even is the pros
pect that the serious problems created by the
''suitcase farmers" the irresponsible, and the
shiftless can be handled at the neighborhood
level-by the focus of public opinion and the
potential of police power which the multiply
ing conservation districts can bring to bear.
This is battle which seems far off to the
city dweller. Many farmer may see only the
local skirmisnes. But it is battle which could
we'll decide whether the United States shall
go upward and onward or follow ancient en-
pires to decay. It is good to hear that things
are going well.-The Christian Science Moni-
tor
Marion progress., 1948-04-01
THE FAMILY WILL LAST

The family, probably the oldest institution
of human race, is being challenged and de-
nounced by speakers and writer's who do not
hesitate to tell us, at times that modern life
is "destroying" the family.
There is no reason for anybody in Mcdowell
county to get concerned the excitement
of such pessimists. The family will undoubt-
edly exist as long as men and women love each
other and the nature of human beings includes
a love for little children.
It may be that the family life of 1948 is
somewhat different from that of 1848, which,
in turn, differed from that of 1748 and so on
into the past. 1t would be somewhat foolish
to believe that family life in 2048, or several
hundred years thereafter, will be identical with
that which we enjoy
The family. as an institution, serves the needs
of men, women and children It serves, in many
ways, to prolong human life In brief, family
life and home life exist for the benefit of hu-
man beings and until human nature changes,
there will always be those to exempify the
best traditions associated with family and
home life.