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Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-12-01

the few remaining dairy heifers will
be sold this year. He has 81 ir-
rigated acres and is raising wheat,
barley and hay as before.
With his sons help, he used to
handle 20 acres of peas, but that is
out now. He has $1,000 invested in
a sprinkler irrigation system which
he believes he will have to dispose
of, because he has time to do only
his flood irrigating.
William Johns raises beef cattle
near ST. Ignatius. He used to keep
ITO, cows, and with the good feed
and pleasant climate of the Mission
valley, they produced as many as
106 calves a year. Counting the
yearlings, he was handling about
800 head. His oldest son saw COM
bat in Europe in World war 2 and
came back too restless to stay on
the farm. He is now working for
the railroad. The second son was
drafted in the fall of 1850 and is
now in Korea.
Johns cut his cows down by half;
he has SIS now. He is still irrigating
$50 acres of pasture and hay, but
is having his hay put up on con-
tract. He is also buying grain. He
had 105 acres of wheat and oats in
1850, but it is too much for him
now. Johns says he will go along
for while with the SIS cows, but
he may have to cut down even
farther.
Shifting TO Beef
Don Costello owns 20 irrigated
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-12-01

acres and some dryland pasture in
the Bitter Root valley near Stevens
vile He kept IA milk cows and a
few beef cows, raised oats and hay,
and followed plan of rotating his
land from grain to hay, to pasture,
and then back to grain.
One son, Larry, went in the air
force in January, 1851. The other,
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-12-01
The Draft Hits
The Family Farm
BY ADRIAN ALLEN

FAMILY FARMING, as an econ
onnic system and as way of life,
is pretty sturdy plant. 1t is deeply
rooted in the desire of farm people
to be independent, to work for
themselves or their families rather
than for someone else. Yet some
of the trends of the times tend to
complicate family farming, and one
of the these is selective service.
Here is what happened on four
western Montana farms where boys
were drafted
Russell Burns farms $50 acres in
the Moiese valley. When he had
his three boys helping him he kept
20 milk cows. Nearly half of his
ia irrigated acres were pasture. On
the rest, he raised wheat, oats, hay
and sugar beets. 1t is a typical
western Montana farm-small, di-
versified, irrigated.
The farmer has to work around
the clock in summer, flood-irrigating
each part of his fields in turn, and
hurrying to get around the cycle
before the dry parts turn brown.
With four of them to do the work,
they were able to take care of the
20 cows, the irrigating, the grain,
the haying, and do most of the labor
on 20 acres of sugar beets.
Sold Milk Cows
Burns sold the milk cows in the
fall of 1850 when his first son went
in the service. The other two boys
were drafted in 1851. He now pas
lures a few beef cattle and tries tt
keep up with the same crop acreage
he had before.
He is doing well, but there are {
few rough spots. One was in hay
ing, last year. He couldn't get hell
to do his cutting at the proper time
and his third cutting was delayed
until late in the season. Part of tn,
hay had to be put up in wet weather
and some of it spoiled.
Last spring one of his sons got
medical discharge from the army
and came home to help with tn
blowing. But he didn't stay long
he left the farm to take a job Her
is where the draft hits hardest. On
of the farmers in this article est
mated that not / in 20 of the boy
p-Decenober 1859
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-12-01

in his county wanted to settle down
when they got back.
Son in Navy
Dave Anderson runs what used
to be a grade-A dairy near Pablo.
His son went in the navy last May,
but Anderson began making his
plans the year before. He sold all
but one of his 20 cows in 1851, and
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1952-12-01

W1lndm JOINS digs a mole lot new
fence post. Many farmers LET their
fences go when they are short of help.
Johns has 10 take care of his. because
he has lot of Herefords 10 keep fenced.
Marvin, studied agriculture at Mon
tana State college and helped sum-
mers on the farm Marvin graduated
in June. He was already in the air
force as an ROTC student. He got
a 60-day leave before beginning
active service, and worked on the
farm again this summer.
Costello changed his operations
last year. He cut down to eight
milk cows and took on few more
white-face cows, which are consider
ably less trouble. He crossed the
less productive Holsteins with Here
fords. He stopped raising grain.
His irrigated land is half hay and
half pasture now. He seeded the
grain land in alfalfa and bronze, and
the rotation system is out the win
dow.
Costello says he has eliminated
the breaking of ground as much as
possible, and he may replace all the
milk cows with beef if they are too
much trouble. A couple of years
ago he was thinking about getting
equipment for grade-A milk pro-
duction. Now he is glad that he
didn't make the investment.
Loss of Production
All four of these farmers are still
making a living, but they have had
to cut their production down a lot.
Hiring much help is out of the
question-they aren't used to oper-
ating that way, and hired help to-
day is high-priced, hard to get and
often inexperienced. From the ma
tional point of view, perhaps, this
loss of production is not important.
Some day it might be.
What hurts in the long run is the
fact that most of the boys don't
come back to stay. You can't blame
them for that. In the service, they
had spending money, people, excite
ment, and afterwards, the farm
particularly when it happens to be
a small farm, looks dull in compar
ison. A job with plenty of poke
money and a car of their own look
good to them.
Some farm boys learn trade il
the service, acquire a real love TO
machinery and became good air
plane mechanics or electronics spec
ialists. Others pass into the root
less, unsettled civilian life. Som
of them would have left the farr
anyhow. But a lot more of Their
have left because of the draft.
Most farm families would nc
argue that their boys should &c
more d eff erment ITS than anothe
group; they are ready to do the
! share. There is no easy answe
But those family farms are needle
AS economic units and for the fir
people they produce.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
OCEAN VIEW

The Sunday School Picnic of
Bethel Methodist Church was held
on Thursday of this week at Trappe
Pond, leaving here in the morning.
Everyone took their lunch or dinner
and spent the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard entertain
ed as their guests last week Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Goss, of Will
mingtOn, and their two children,
Rick and Elaine, and over the week
end they had Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
TObin and three children from Lar
annie, Wyoming.
Mrs. Grace Briggs and sister,
Miss Jeanette Belts, of George
town, visited their mother, Mrs.
Vera Belts on Friday.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Keen is spend
ing this week with her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Maurice Keen at Richmond, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Middleton, of
Frankford, visited Mrs. Clara King
Richards on Sunday evening.
On Tuesday of this week Mr..
Charlie Williams, Mrs. Lena Gray
and Mrs. Clara K. Richards were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs
James Mitchell of DagsbOrO.
A correction in last weeks letter
should have read: Mrs. Marie Knox
was baptized by Rev. Larry, which
O.. took place at POssum's Point. There
were Is baptized.
The Presbyterian Sewing Circle
will hold a bazaar of aprons and
other useful articles at the Pavil-
ion at Bethany Beach, on Wednes-
day, August 9th, beginning at 1C
O'Clock in the morning. Everyone
invited. Due to the rain last Satur.
day morning. it will be continued
on the date above.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hadley anC
two children, Junior and Carol Ann
of New York, are spending theil
vacation here and also with Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Hickman anC
Mr.. and Mrs. John West.
Mrs. Rena Bennett and daughter
Miss Regina Bennett also son Mr.
Delmar Bennett Jr., of Phila., anC
four daughters and one son were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac L
Bennett and family on Tuesday ant
/ Wednesday.
Mrs. Evelyn Mushake and Mrs
Helen Buell.. Of Arlington, Va, Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel LyncI
last week.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
GLENDALE
By Mrs. Hazel
d. EllingsWOrth
Phone
Milford $3.50

Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Derrickson
were Wednesday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Williams of Clarks-
vile, Del.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Dickerson
and son had. a delightful vacation
when they mOtored south and Wis
tied friends in Virginia and W. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Spicer Wis
tied Mrs. Thomas Hobbs, in Booth
wyn, Pa, on Sunday. Other guests
from Pa. were also present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Marker, of
st. Petersburg, Fla, are spending
the next few weeks with relatives
and friends in this community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Lynch and
Mrs. Chester DickersOn and daugh-
ter Phyllis attended Carney's Camp
at MillsbOrO. Sunday evening.
Sgt. and Mrs. VIM. o. Holloway
left on Sunday to visit relatives and
friends in Lancaster, Ohio. Sgt
Holloway will leave in September
for Austria.
Saturday guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Oscar Johnson were Mrs. MaylOn
Graves, Anna Bar, Billie d. and
Maylon, of Lewes, and on Sunday
their callers were Mr.. and Mrs
Bill Roach, of Georgetown, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Carpenter and Edgar
COverdale, of Glendale.
Mrs. Mary Isaacs is receiving
treatment at the Union Hospital
Baltimore.
Pvt. Wrenzie B. Massey gave his
aunt, Mrs. Mary R. Smith, anC
cousin, Mrs. Rowland Moore, a bis
surprise when he arrived home
from Korea. They had not hearC
from him for four months and hC
expects to go to Maryland on Sept
5th for reassignment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Filings
worth and son Phillip and Mr.. ant
Mrs. Robert EllingswOrth ant
daughter Connie mOtored to Sails
bury. Md, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Messicl
visited in Milford on Sunday.
Cpl. Joshua Clendaniel and Mrs
Clendaniel, of Texas, were guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Waters las
week
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Tucker en-
tertained guests on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Webb enter
tanned guests from Baltimore dur
ing the weekend.
Mrs. Buryl EllingswOrth visite
relatives in fredericksburg, Md, dur
ing the past week.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. El
lingswOrth last week were Mr.. an
Mrs. Marion Melvin and son, Jim
my, of Milford, and Mrs. John Mel
win and Mrs. Herbert Melvin an
son, of Lincoln.
Mrs. E. T. Wilson entertained rel
atives last week.
Mr.. Edwin Patterson, who ha
been ill, is recovering at this writ
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Jones Sr. wer
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs
Hummel Sapp and family in Will
mingtOn.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22

Mr. Ernest Lathbury, who is en-
plOyed IN Phila., spent two weeks
vacation with his family here.
Mrs. Roxie Knowles, of Laurel,
and son Mr.. Maxwell Knowles and
family, of Wilmington, and Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Spence, of Bethel, Del,
visited Mrs. Martha Conway and
daughter Mrs. Lulu Lynch recently.
Mrs. Lurinda Wells and niece
and her husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Singer, of Phila., are spend
ing two weeks with Mrs. May
Hearn.
Mrs Lille H. Belts and daughter
Mrs. Elsie Hickman, Mrs. Clara X.
Richards, Mrs. Lulu Lynch and Mr.
and Mrs. Ebe H. Davidson were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
James H. Belts Jr., and mother,
Mrs. James A. Belts, at Bethany
Beach on Monday evening of this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin West from
the south attended the funeral
I services of their uncle, Mr.. James
NJ. Evans, on Friday afternoon, here
at the Ocean View Presbyterian
Church. The deceased, Mr.. James
NJ. Evans, a highly respected and
( esteemed citizen of this community
died at the ripe old age of "a years
on Thursday afternoon, August IL
at his home here. He will be great
ly missed. Funeral services were
held from the Presbyterian Church
on Friday afternoon. An account Oi
his death in detail was given in last
weeks issue of this paper by your
correspondent. The deceased leaves
to survive, two daughters, Mrs VIM
Powell, of FrankfOTd, and Miss
Mary G. Evans of this town and Mr.
j. Maurice Evans, of Wilmington
Misses Bessie and Lizzie Tunnel
of Dover, attended the funeral Of
Mr.. Evans on Friday.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22

Mr. and Mrs. F. w. Ireland and
daughters had a delightful trip on
Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Carey visited in Phila.
the past weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. T. Baker Jr. and
son and Mrs. Della w. Baker had
delightful trip on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Clendaniel Wis
! tied Mr. and Mrs. Hastings of Lin
coin recently.
Mr. and Mrs. julius Gorlich Sr
entertained guests from New York
! during the month of August.
Mr.. and Mrs. ElwoOd Morgan Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Calhoun of Lin
coin on Saturday evening.
Pvt. Ray WOotten is stationed
with the U. S. Army in Italy at this
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Filings
worth and son, of Milford, were
Wednesday evening callers of Mr..
and Mrs. David Ellingsworth and
daughter.
Mr.. J. M. Dickerson celebrated
his Goth birthday on Saturday, Au-
gust 10Th, at his home near Bridge
vile. Relatives and friends called
during the afternoon and evening
to wish him many more Happy
Birthdays" Mr. DickersOn received
two beautiful birthday cakes. One
contained 80 lighted candles. Pic
lures of four generations of the
Dickerson family were taken. Cake
and ice cream were served. Mr.
DickersOn is the father of Mrs
Harvey NJ. Wilson.
Church News:
Glendale Methodist Church
Rev. j. h. PettuS, Pastor
Sunday, August oath
Sunday School services at 10:0(
4. m. in Charge of F. w. Ireland
Supt.
4 No other service.
Special:
On Friday evening, Sept. 10Th. the
New Market W.S.C.S. will have {
"Silver Candelelight" Tea in the
! Ellendale School Auditorium at
o'clock. Tickets will be on sale b!
members.
. Supper: \
The Glendale W.S.C.S. will serve
chicken and dumpling supper il
: the Glendale school on Friday eve
ming, Oct. 18th. Everyone try t.
come and enjoy the delicious sup
e per.
McCOlIey's Methodist Chapel
( Rev. j. b. Pettus, Pastor
Sunday, August oath
Sunday School services.
5 No other service.
t Union Methodist Church
Rev. J. b. PettuS, Pastor
= Sunday, August Gath
No services.
= Faith Bible Holiness Church
= Rev. Robert b. NailOr, Pastor
Sunday, August oath
Sunday School services at 2 pm
- Preaching by the pastor. Every
one welcome.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
Virginia Coal

Virginia has sufficient coal re-
serve to maintain its current annual
production for period of one thou.
SAND years.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
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Evening star., 1952-11-30

66TTVHE hunting season opened at 800 this
IL nso1ning. At sos they brought tn the
first hunter"
Unfortunately this opening day story is be-
ing repeated from Maine to California -
wherever there's hunting. As 13, 500 600 men,
armed with high powered rifles and automatic
shotguns take to the game trails, some of them
bang away indiscriminately at anything that
moves, or stands suspiciously still. Another
years casualty list of hunters starts mounting.
By the time this years game shooting
is over, around 1900 sportsmen will come
back from the hunt on stretchers. Of these.
hunters bullets will have killed some
300. Nor is the toll limited to hunters. Many
non-hunting bystanders, people who hap
pen to live in hunting areas, get shot every
year.
Maine folks have the saying, There's moth
ing in the woods to be afraid of - except the
hunters" Insurance companies recognize the
peril by advertising special hunting season
policies. Hunters joke about the mother deer
who cautions her young fawn with. when
Evening star., 1952-11-30

hunting under his direction looked for elk in
brushed-in mountainside area They'd hiked
two miles from their car, and when the trail
petered out, they split into. two parties to
find it again.
Five minutes after they separated, Town.
send signalled his companion that he'd sighted
game. He raised his 1920, hesitated an in
slant, then sped two bullets into what he'd
have sworn was an antlered bull elk looking
back at him over its rump. A couple of min
utes later his partner heard Townsend's agon-
lied shout, my God! I've shot Lon!'
Evening star., 1952-11-30

those men in red get to shooting at each other,
don't get in between them, or you might get
hurt
But while they joke, the majority of hunters
are genuinely worried and feel the time has
come to launch constructive program that
will protect this great American sport.
Man on Elk?
How do hunting accidents happen? Let's
look at some of last seasons casualties. Three
days after Montana's big game season opened,
guide Ernest Townsend Jr., and three men
Evening star., 1952-11-30
SNzD8 W0RID

The certain elk he'd brought down turned
out to be Lon A. Webb, one of his party. Guide
Townsends accurate shooting accounted for
bullets in Webb's head and chest, either of
which would have been instantly fatal.
AS the local newspaper (''The Western
News" Hamilton. Mont summarized it
later:
The distance between the two men was
about 60 yards. Webb wore red cap and red
coat, overalls and tan sweater under his
coat, demonstrating how easy it is to mistake
man for an elk"
His Two
A FEW days later three hunters stalked elk
in the early morning dusk near Hungry Horse
Dam. As they walked into a strip of land
cleared for road, a bullet shrieked out of the
timber in front of them. The slug missed the
first man, killed the second, went on through
him and wounded the third. The injured man
spent several months in the hospital. and felt
lucky the bullet lodged near his spine hadn't
Continued on page 28
Evening star., 1952-11-30

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including non-hunting bystanders. Here's two-edged
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Evening star., 1952-02-14

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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1952-08-02

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nun ebenfaus berfanenen &ir9lein
oen Namen ct. Sboma erbielt.
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Evening star., 1952-09-17
French City PIanner
Honored by District
During Tour Of U. 5.

Frederic Surleau, a top city
Iplanner of France. who is visiting
the United States, yesterday was
greeted by District officials and
presented with the key to the city.
Mr.. Surleau, chairman of the
National City Planning Commit
tee OF France and former admin
lstrator Of Marseille, is in this
country for a tour Of some of
Americas leading cities. He wants
TO have a look at public works,
roads construction and transpor-
tation facilities of various munich
palities. His tour was arranged
by the Educational Exchange
Service OF the State Department.
The visitor had handsome words
for Washington. He said he was
impressed by the perfect appear
ance OF your beautiful town, so
charming with its trees planted
all along your streets, the green
lawns. the splendid parks"
Brig. Gen. Bernard L. Robinson.
Engineer Commissioner, politely
gave credit for most of the city's
beauty to Maj. Pierre L'Enfant.
who laid out the plan for the Ma
tion's Capital in George Washing
tons time. I'VE think we have
the most beautiful city in the
world" Gen. Robinson said, "and
we give full credit to the vision of
L'Enfant. We are still following
his plan"
After the brief ceremonies. Mr..
Surleau took off on fast tour,
supervised by department chiefs.
OF the Districts water system and
aqueduct. as well as the Capital
Transit Co. transportation system.
Among his other positions, the
visitor is Counselor of State.
chairman of a commission on
transportation questions, chair
man of the Colonial French Rail-
ways Board and head of the pur-
chasing commission of the Air
Ministry.
Evening star., 1952-09-17
ID. c. Asks Reopenine
Of Comfort Stution

National Capital Parks today
was asked by the District Com
missioners to consider reopening
the public comfort station of
Mount Vernon Square.
Police Chief Robert v. Murray
recommended reopening the sta
ton ito eliminate the unsanitary
condition" around the Central
Public Library building. The Com
miSsioners said they understood
lavatory facilities of the Library
itself have been taxed of late by
reason of the station closing.
Chief Murray said he canvassed
101 business establishments in the
library vicinity and found the
majority in favor of reopening
the station between Q am. and
8 pm.
Evening star., 1952-09-17
Dental Aides to Meet

The District Dental Assistants
Association will meet at 8 pm
tomorrow in Rothstein's audito-
rum, 1922 I street NV. Refresh
mentS will be served,
Evening star., 1952-09-17

Sofas with such magnificent styling with such expensive
uphosteres usually almost $I5s to make but
for this sale at Godenbess they're tagged just $l5s
just because the nationally known maker closed out the COM
pete assortment of outofhisord covers All are the cus
tom-ype priced by decorators. Choose from modern and
conventional patterns choose from rich dark shades and
light tones but choose early Thursday.
Evening star., 1952-09-17

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engineered spring eonstrvc.
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