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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-11-15
Thanksgiving Has a Deeper Meaning

THE FEVERISH activity of the
harvest time was Stacking off. Each
day the sun narrowed its arc toward
the south and winds sweeping down
from the north smelled like snow.
Squaw winter had come and gone;
nature had posted her warnings so
that her children could have ample
time to prepare for winter.
1t had been a good year. The barns
we're filled to bursting and cattle
were sleek and well conditioned for
the cold months. In the cellar were
vegetables, fruits and preserves,
lard, salt pork and uncounted stone
jars and jugs filled with those nice
extras a country woman likes to have
on hand. The house was banked with
straw and the woodpile in back grew
larger every day.
Great-grandmother Jones, small
and wiry, scurried around picking
up stray ears of corn, a handful of
apples hidden in the grass and even
the leaves on the cabbage stumps
which she logged to- the chicken
yard. Always saving, she seemed al
most possessed" as her daughter
put it, at this time of year to gather
every scrap of anything edible and
tuck it away against the winter.
I'VE Give Thanks"
Then, just before Thanksgiving
she would wander through the barns
and into the crowded cellars, rubbing
her gnarled old hands together and
saying over and over in her broken
English: "Barns full, cellar full, is
good-we give Thanks"
That vas many years ago but SO
firmly did great-grandmother inn
press upon those who followed her
the conviction that harvest time and
Thanksgiving were synonymous that
to this day it has the same sig
nificence.
There were two great motivating
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-11-15
Thanksgiving Menu

Smiles a la Baby Dear
Children's laughter
Sweet and clear
Jokes
Old, time-honored ones
Handed down from sire to sons
Memories Sweet entremets
Garnished to grace the day
Wisdom and wit and fun
And hope for new things begun
And for dessert we'll say
Thanks
For Thanksgiving Day
Mary Brennan Clapp
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-11-15
Mothers Tell How They Interest
Children in Books

MANY MOTHERS MAKE use of
the facilities of a library, if it is
available, in selecting books for their
children. Cascade county is for
tunate in having both a county and
city library. In discussing the sub
ject with the librarians, Mrs. Amy
Patterson and Miss Margaret Full
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-11-15

mer, mention was made of particu-
lar mothers who have shown a
genuine interest in reading for their
children.
Here are excerpts from letters
from a few of these mothers:
To be truthful, I had never thought
that my reading habits were so diff
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-11-15
BY Blancb be Watson

forces in her life: Her fearsome
memories of the rocky, impover-
ished soil of her native Wales upon
which only the barest subsistence
could be raised and that with the
maximum of physical effort and her
literal translation of and belief in the
Bible.
To prepare for the lean years dur
ing the fat years was a command
from on High. In this beautiful new
country it was possible to do this
a fact which never ceased to
be a marvel to her. In Wales there
was enough to go around, wen
in fat years. Fat years to them
simply meant enough potatoes for
the family and sufficient coarse hay
for the beasts.
And Every Day
And so it was that Thanksgiving
was a day set aside for mild feasting
and giving thanks, with the greater
emphasis on the latter. She under
stood English poorly but she had
her Welsh Bible, and a church serv-
ice even though not understood in its
literal sense was still a gathering
blessed by His presence and a holy
place for quiet mediation.
AS for giving thanks-she did that
EVERY DAY. Never, never, could
she take for granted the luxury of
the varieties of food in abundance
as she had come to know them in
America.
The holiday dinner always fea-
tured spareribs and stuffing. Tur-
key we knew little about. They were
hard to raise. Father said he cal
ways thought a hog was the most
stupid creature there was. until he
tried turkeys" So we had a huge
sparerib, tenderloin left on, country
fashion.
Mother put it in the oven right
after breakfast. 1t sizzled and
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Drowned slowly in its own juices
until about an hour before dinner
when she tucked big scoops of sage
stuffing in the hollows of the ribs.
Then it went back and baked some
more.
Feast of the Year
The rich, sweet juices of freshly
dressed pork soaked into the stuffing
and the overflow dripped into the
bottom of the pan for brown gravy.
1t was the feast of the year. Mother
opened a jar of spiced peaches and
brought up from the cellar a last
minute bowl of picked red cabbage
and a glass dish of preserved Blue
Damson plums to go with the meat.
Dessert was usually a cake full
of butternut meats and thickly piled
with whipped cream. Mince and
pumpkin pies were too commonplace
for holiday fare; people of that day
ate pie for breakfast.
Thanksgiving was much like Sum
day except that the children could
play games. Sundays the games of
Lotto, tiddle-de-winks and old maid
were put away-we read our Sunday
school papers and took a walk.
Even as children we sensed the
relaxed tension which came at
Thanksgiving. From planting time
on it was a race against time and the
weather. If the farmer relaxed his
vigilance for a moment, pestilence,
crop failure and the eternal pres
sure of time would defeat him.
But he was strong and fearless, in
dependent and thrifty. He planned
carefully, worked hard and guarded
his independence jealousy.
If and when the lean years came
he was prepared to see them through,
Taking chances on wind and weather
was part of a farmers creed; it was
what made him strong; it was the
law of the land and the law of life
. and it left a man his pride.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-11-15
An Editorial
Inheritance

DURING THE MONTH of No
vember it is the custom of the Chill
dren's book council to call attention
TO children's reading and children's
books. The third week of this month
parents, teachers, as well as chill
dren, will be hearing about the inn
portance of making friends with
books.
The adult is to be pitied who can
not sit down and enjoy an evening
with a book-travel, biography, his
tory, poetry, a novel. If he early
learned to recognize a worthwhile
book he can always be sure of good
company.
AS parents we are interested in
the proper nourishment for our
children's bodies. If their teeth de-
cay or they develop anemia we
wonder if we supplied the necessary
body building elements. No mother
would give her child the contents of
an unlabeled can. 1t might contain
something detrimental to her child's
body. In the same name it is
dangerous to put just anything into
a child's mind or experience. 1t
can produce a blemish for life.
Those who know tell us that much
~irvepi1e delinn11enov comes from
ideas that children get from some
of the so-called funny books. Sug-
gestions which will poison may be
contained between the covers of
such "unlabeled books"
1t is particularly fitting that the
Children's book council in co-opera-
ton with the American Library as
s~ociation has chosen this particular
season for focusing attention of par
ents on books for children. Christ
mas is the great occasion and op-
~portunity for giving books. 1t costs
no more to give the right book than
the wrong book to a child.
Your county or city librarian Of
your child's teacher are happy tx
help with suggestions for book gifts
A young woman who is one of tn,
finest high school English teacher
we know told how her grandfathe
gave her the great interest in goot
books. MY first remembrance O
him." said she, was sitting on hi
lap while he read to me 1 felt S
safe and secure with his arm aroun
me. We said the nursery rhyme
over and over together. Later cam
poetry, biography, history, trave
Shakespeare and the Bible wer
alive as they came from his lip
When he died he left no materi;
wealth. He didn't need to; he ha
given me a wealth money coul
never buy nor any calamity {
catastrophe take from me-"
What greater inheritance could
child have? - AMY MARTIN.
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history states, is a "day set
aside each year in tribute to
those who have contributed in
any way toward the support of
Resthaven," home for aged men
and women. The home, located
at 100 Fisher ave-, Roxbury, was
donated by Atty. Edgar P. Ben
jamin. The Resthaven League
helps to raise funds to support
the home. League members are.
Mildred Davenport, Founder,
Wayne J. cambridge, Club
Mother; Katherine watson,
President; Beatrice Holley, Vice
President; Geneyieve Snowden,
Grace Houston, Past Pres;
Juanita Harper, Journalist
Pearl Hawkins, Treasurer; Clar-
issa Holmes, Secretary; Rosa
Sparrow, Bessie Davidson, Grace
Roberts, Past Pres; EniSh Forde,
Harriet Jackson Young, Mar
uerite T. Bailey, Chaplain, Yo-
lande Tanneyhill.
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Hub Man Army
Lieutenant

CAMP LEE, va.-Sgt. william
H. Bates of Boston, last week was
appointed as second Lieutenant
in the Officers Reserve Corps, U.
S. Army.
1t. Bates entered the service in
DC. 1916, received his basic
training at Fit. Jackson, S. G.
and later was assigned to the
8s9th Quartermaster Laundry Co.
at FIT. Warren, Wyo. When the
899 ON. Laundry Co. was sent
to Camp Lee in May, 1s47, Bates
was assigned to the Post Special
Services ONCE, with the Head
quarters Detachment No. 2, 2154
ASH.
Upon completion Of his pre-
sent enlistment, 1t. Bates in
tends to 60 on active duty in his
Branch, the Staff and Admini-
strative Section. The lieutenant
studied music at the Baston
Conservatory Of Music and the
Virginia State College of Music.
He is well known for his work
with choral groups and organ
recitals.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-09
DIG. Hotel HOLDS TO COLOR BAR
No OPPONENTS AT NATIONAL GUARD BILL HEARING
EXPECT RECORD THR0NG AT ADELE ADDISON DEBUT
Heart Attack Fatal
To Noted Clergyman

Funeral services for the Rev.
T. Lloyd Hickman, who died last
Saturday at his home, SO Weno-
nah ST., Roxbury,, were held at
the Union Baptist Church, Cam
bridge Wednesday afternoon
April6 with the. Rev. W. Marvin
Gibson, pastor of the church,
officiating, assisted by the Rev.
DR.. Isaac Higginbotham general
secretary Of the Massachusetts,
Baptist Convention.
Prayer was by Rev. A J Sprat-
ley of Concord Baptist Church,
Boston and letters and kilograms
of coincidence were read by Rev.
Grady Davis, Rev. A. Benton
Harris read resolutions from the
Mystic Baptist Teachers Con-
vention, the Summer Baptist Va
cation School and the Mass.
Baptist Convention. Rev. ]. E.
Jeltz of Bethel Baptist Church,
Boston, sang my Task and a
member Of the church choir rem
dered MY Days are going swift
ly by and ''In the Garden
Alone, favorites of deceased. Be
sides the eulogy by Rev. Gibson
there were remarks by Rev Osta
gen, schoolmate Of Rev. Kick
man. Chisolm's Funeral Chape
of Boston had charge Of the fun
eral arrangements. The body
was sant to st. Paul, MINI. fol
interment.
Rev. Hickman died suddenly
of a heart attack at his Rnx-
bury home, Saturday. April 2
He was born in st. Paul in 1891,
converted at the age of 10, and
Continued on Page A
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LWCS SPONSORS
FIRST ANNUAL.
DANCE RECITAL

The League of Women for
Community Service, $50 Mass.
Ave, announces the First Annual
Recital of their groups in Ballet
Dancing, on Friday evening, May
6. 1949 at Recital Hall, New Eng
land Conservatory at BIS PM.
Miss Sara Stansil is pianist for
the Ballet School which is under
the direction of Mrs. Edith Rob-
bins. Miss Marian McCree is
guest artist and will sing a
group Of songs. All are assured
of splendid program, SO place
this date on your calendar. Tick
cts may be obtained at the Lea
que, 558 Mass. Ave.
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REST HAVEN LEAGUES.
ANNUAL DAY

Julius A. Thomas, depart
ment director of the National
Urban League. New York, gave
the principal address at the
Appreciation Day exercises of
Resthaven League last Sunday
afternoon at Peoples Baptist
Caurch.
Others on the program were
Mrs. Florence Heggie Taylor, Or
ganist; senior choir of the
church, selections; Miss Kath-
crime Watson. league president,
welcome address; John Murray,
violinist; A. Laurence Curtis,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-09
BY NAN BROWN

One of the largest. audiences
ever to attend a concert in Jor-
dan Hall will crowd the famed
auditorium Sunday afternoon
tomorrow when Adele Addison,
brilliant and beauteous soprano
makes her debut as recitalist.
This is no ida prediction. 1t
IS solidly based on the advance
demand for tickets. Sponsoring
the Addison recital is the Wo-
mems Service Club which has
Won unparalleled success In pro-
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Addison Concert
TopfIight Event

noting musical entertainment in
Boston. One member of the club
proudly stated Wednesday that
her own sale of tickets already
was in excess of one hundred
dollars. She was then on her
way to an address in response to
a telephone request for seats.
All persons who have not
secured tickets are urged to get
their tickets from members of
the. Women's Service Club or at
the clubhouse, 464 Mass. ave,
Boston, in order that the Club
may get full credit for the sale.
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BAY STATE STUDENTS
REBUFFED IN DC.

Leroy True, a Nantucket ON
eial who will accompany the
students. Lodg e Immediately
contacted the hotel in protest
and, in a press statement Bit
terly dashed race segregation in
Washington, pledging his word
to defeat 1t with every chance.
Nevertheless Lodge had not
changed the hotel policy early
this week. Arthur F. Baker,
Nantucket H. S. principal, stated
that he only held a ''glimmer Of
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vocal soloist, accompanied by
Colonius S. Davis; Mrs. Grace
M. Houston and Miss Mildred
Davenport, presentations; Co
lonius S. Davis, organist. Rev.
Pinkston, asst. pastor. gave the
benediction in the absence Of
Rev. Owens, who was conducting
a week of prayer at Storer Col
lege in Birginia. The inscription
on plaque to be presented to
Atty. Benjamin was read.
Appreciation Day, the League
aside each year in tribute to
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SEN. LODGE In BITTER
PROTEST OF ACTION

group, booked to tour the Ma
lions Capital has been barred
hotel accommodations. The six
day tour is slated later this
month for 20 seniors Of the Bay
State school. The complaint
against the racial bar was made
in a telegram to Sen. Lodge by
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1949-04-09

WASHINGTON - Sen. Henry
Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts,
who voted favorably on the de-
feated Civil Rights bill, found
himself stirred to further action
this week upon learning that
two colored members Of a Nam
tucket High School student
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STRIKE BREAKING
DOES NOT PAY
Workers Urged Not To
Apply For Jobs

The keystone Manufacturing Company in Dor
chester is attempting hire strkebreakers to break
strike of their 700 regular employees, who went
out on strike last February in order to win better
wages and working conditions in the factory
The Keystone workers are members of the United
Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America
CO. Local 262 in Boston.
Some unemployed workers are being mised into
going out to the factory apply for the jobs of the
strikers
We picketing the plant from morning until
night and we have been successful in turning back
large numbers of those who were msled into going
out TO Dorchester.
There is nothing any than aiding the big
shot bosses in breaking strike of the workers Those
who hired will find that the jobs are only
temporary and that the Company will dump them out
like garbage when the strike is over Those who may
have been receiving unemployment compensation be-
fore going to Keystone will lose it when the Company
dumps them out later for excuse or another. All
of us should do everything in our power to prevent
strike breaking You can help by spreading the word
along to everyone you know.
UNITED WE CAN WIN Al DECENT STANDARD OF
LIVING FOR ALL WORKERS REGARDLESS OF
RACE, CREED, COLOR OR POLITICAL BELIEFS
KEYSTONE STRIKE COMMITTEE,
Local 262 UE-CIO,
53S Dorchester Ave, SO S-4982
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Photographer williams, ss8
fremont st, says now is the time
for pictures for Mothers Day. Be
on time by having an early slit
ing for photos with attractive
frames at special rates in honor
of the day.
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Ross A.. Burgess
Ross A. Burgess was born
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on
May 21, 1904. The family moved
to Zion the same year. Ross re-
ceived his Elementary and High
School education here in Zion, be-
ing graduated from Zion Pre-
paratory College in 1922.
Mr.. Burgess joined Zion Bank
personnel in 1923 at the age of
nineteen; and his entire career
has been with that organization,
which serves the people of our
community and the surrounding
area.
Supplementing the we'll round
ed education afforded by Zion
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The Public Is Invited To

comes Public to
day, May21, 1874!
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James A. Holman
James A. Hotham, Assistant
Cashier of Zion State Bank, was
born in Zion, April 80, 1920; at
tended the Zion Parochial
Schools, and was graduated from
the Waukegan Township High
School in 1888.
In January, 1910, James be-
came affiliated with Zion Bank,
and, in order to fit himself bet
ter for the work before him, at
tended the American Institute of
Banking, taking advantage of
their evening classes beginning
with the winter semester. He con-
tinued this schooling until 1916,
with the exception of 412 years
IT
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pable young lady, has served the
bank in the capacity of teller and
general bookkeeper for seven years.
Her education was obtained bv at
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IS New Quarters
May 23rd
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1V11SS IIIEEn 1\OD1nSO11
Eileen Robinson, a bookkeeper
with the bank, is a native of Osh-
kosh, Wisconsin. She attended the
Merrill grade school of that place,
and, when her parents moved to
Zion, Eileen attended the Zion
Parochial Schools. After her par
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Gloria Nielsen
Gloria Larson-Nielsen, secretary
for the bank, attended the Lake
view grade school and Zion-Benton
Township High School, gradual
(Continued on page 81
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Evening star., 1949-03-29
After Dark
Florian's Fiddle Is a Rare Old One,
But Stradivarius Never Saw 1t
By Harry Macarthur
By Harry Macarthur

the treatment though, for q stra-
divarius or a Landolfi.
\ X X
A periodic check-up on life at
the Sazerac Room of the Old New
Orleans proved life going alons
fine there. Miss Rita Dimitriou
the volatile Greek >songstress Il
back again at her old stand, sing
ing with her accustomed verve ir
several languages. including hel
native Greek. Les Williams still
is on hand, too, proving a handy
man either with a song or piano
And the chef still is one of the
towns artists.
The dance music, too. remains
on a high plane in the Sazerae
Room. Bob Simpsons orchestrs
continually turning out more anc
livelier music than many unit:
three times its size. 1t is marked
rather strongly by Frank Coviello's
piano. which is a fine rhythmic
Evening star., 1949-03-29

and melodic piano to set an Or
chestra's style. In the rest Of Mr..
Simpsons rhythm section, Incl
dentally, Bassist Ted Alexander
who came here from California
with Paul Kahn and liked it SO
well he stayed, stands alongside
Drummer Leon Farber, who was
born here and liked it SO well he
stayed. It's a top-notch unit, as
we have neglected pointing out
for q long time.
X X X \
The Midnight Merry-Go-Round
Busiest man at the Shoreham
Blue Room ringside the other
night was Jack Dempsey, looking
fit enough to take over that heavy
weight crown again, at least from
some Of it's present would-be
claimants. No crooner ever was
beseiged by bobbysoxers more
thoroughly than Mr.. Dempsey was
Evening star., 1949-03-29

One thing a man could learn. If
he took the trouble, is that 1t is
better to remain quiet until he
knows what he is talking about.
Art, for instance. is something a
man had better not 60 shooting of
his typewriter about. we learned
after a recent visit to the Sale de
Champagne. that rendezvous at
the Cairo Hotel dedicated to old
wine and new painting. We looked
around and thought the walls
seemed hung with some admirable
work of some sensible artists.
For this we were taken politely
to task by Jane Love, VINO ar
ranges the Sale de Champagne S
art shows. The thing we neglected
to discover, because 1t never oc-
Cured to us to 60 around peermg
at the signatures on paintings IN a
room we can't help thinking OF as
a cocktail lounge, is that all tnls
was the work of one man. Alexan-
der Clayton. Culled from his
painting of the last dozen years OF
so, it represents, according to MRS
Love, his attitude toward art
Good man, she says. who can 40
almost anything with paint.
The next Sale de Champagne
show. probably starting April l.
will also be a one-man affair. the
artist will be, if the plans haven't
been changed, Bob Gates. He
teaches at American University
and is described by Mrs. Love as
imaginative"
We also have been urged by
Mrs. Love not to shrug OIL mod
ern art, but to approach it with
an open mind. We promised.
Then there Is the case OF the
Mayflower Lounges Florian Ia
Bach, whose violin was innocently
referred to here as Stradivarius.
Seemed to us that a man who
plays as we'll as Mr.. Ia Bach ought
to have a good violin and Stradl-
varius was that fellow who made
good violins, wasn't it? He was,
but the man who made Mr.. "a
Bach's was a Spanish artisan
named Landolfi.
The violin was carved in 1865
and, according to a legend Mr.. "a
Bach is willing to perpertuate, was
as near perfect as any Landolf1
ever made. 1t was given then to a
friend Of the maker, but we don't
know how it got from the friend
to Florian. beyond the fact that 1t
cost him $1,000 before it got there
The instrument gave its pres
ent owner a bad few moments a
couple of years ago. Mr.. Ia Bach
had just finished work and
packed the fiddle away for the
night when he smelled smoke in
the hotel lobby. It was the lobby
of the La Sale Hotel in Chicago
With that $4,000 investment. he
didn't hesitate. He rushed to his
room through smoke and fumes
and pitched the violin, in its case
into the alley.
He managed to find it later, too
nesting comfortably and un-
ruined. in Il bed Of debf1s. says
now that sthe triat~ by nrG aiisi
smoke lust mellowed the tone. OF
his Landolfi. Doesn't recommend
Evening star., 1949-03-29

beseiged by staid Blue Room Gus
toners turned autograph hounds.
Pianist Lynn Reynolds does
not devote herself exclusively to
those popular arrangements she
plays at the Neptune Room. She
also is composer of serious in
tent, her latest being tone poem
entitled "Corregidor" Leopold Sto-
kowski has promised to program it
later this year If the list isn't
too long already, you can add a
Evening star., 1949-03-29
Writers Workshop

Katherine Kennedy will speak
on 'Techniques Of the Modern
Magazine Story" at the Writers
Workshop, Washington School Of
Professional Writing, 1714 Con-
Evening star., 1949-03-29
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. g.
TUESDAY, Ia<s

necticut avenue NV. at 8 pxa.
tomorrow. Mrs. Kennedy is the
author of more than 100 pub.
liShed short stories.
Mysore, India, has new gold
finds.