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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-06

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-06

A force of workmen started this
morning on the city hall project
to complete the repairs and reno
walton work started several
months ago under the plans Of
the FERA. r
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01
Control Water
In Flood bikes
By JACK L. HANLEY
Carter County

AS YET I DON'T have too many
acres of bikes (around 100 acres)
but on all that I have 1 can put an
average of one foot of water and
then shut the water off. When the
frost comes out the water soaks in.
With this kind of a system, we
have to be careful of the kind of
soil we have, to be sure all the
water will soak into the soil and
not drown out the crop. I think the
control of our water is a must, in
case of winter thaws, which we
almost always have. Without the
controls, bikes will fill up and freeze
over with ice and kill the crop. With
controls you can regulate the flow
of water. Too much water is worse
than none at all.
My bikes are feet high and hold
on an average of l foot of water.
The water depth may vary from 6
inches to Is inches maybe in some
places.
If you have soil that doesn't take
water very we'll, install a small
drain pipe in your dixie so the water
can be drained off after a certain
length of time.
This system is a little more ex-
pensive. You have to move more
dirt, ETC., but it will well pay for
moving the extra dirt.
The cost of pipe isn't so very high
for controls. I use and 10-inch
pipes for my incoming water in the
bottom of my dams or as near the
bottom as can get them.
Our snow is the main run-off O!
the season. Therefore, the frost i:
still in the ground. In order to ge
the water into the ground, it ha,
to be held until the frost comes out
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01
Picketed Sheep
Clean bitches

CLEAN bitches plus a cash
profit on the operation is claimed
by an Idaho farmer for his method
of picketing sheep on ditch banks.
The farmer stretches a length Of
smooth wire along the bottom of
the ditch. He puts collar on a
sheep and tethers it with a 10-foot
chain with ring on one end that
slides along the wire: One animal
is used for each 200 feet of ditch.
The sheep Craze freely up and
down the length of wire, keeping the
ditch free of weeds and grass. Come
fall they are fat and ready for mar
ket.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01
I'm Sold on Good Seed and
On Beans as a Cash Crop

was AZ bushels an acre with regis
tered seed and 40 bushels with COM
mon seed.
The farming enterprise is set up
as corporation owned by my father,
my brother and myself. The machin-
cry 1 now own amounts to about
$4,000.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01
farmland, SaUeden, Speciality
They Say You Can Learn
To Like Surstromming
By RUTH BENSON
By RUTH BENSON
IFYE Delegate to StOede~

Another berry which is well
known and liked is the hjortron
berry. 1t is yellow in color and
grows in the mountains on some
thing like strawberry plants. Both
Ingon and hjortron are used to a
great extent on cereals or served
alone with milk. The juice of these
berries is used to make fruit drink
which is very popular here in the
summertime. Lingon are also served
with meats, blood buildings and pan
cakes to a great extent.
The meals here are a little diff
ferent from those in some of the
other parts of Sweden. For break
fast we had a cooked cereal and
bread and butter. For dinner it was
either fish and potatoes or meat and
potatoes, and then for supper, cooked
cereal again. Usually with these
are served sliced tomatoes and Gu
cumbers which l think are the two
most common vegetables served in
Sweden. For special company meals,
omelet with spinach served along
with carrots, peas and cauhflower
is very common.
Summer Kitchens
Here and in the more northern
parts of Sweden nearly every farm
has small cabin which they call
their summer kitchen. Then at the
beginning of summer they move
their kitchen equipment to this cabin
and live there during this season.
This gives the family little change
and might be compared to our sum-
mer cabins in the States.
One day Mrs. Magnusson and I
went out in the field and helped pick
up bundles of oats and stack them
to dry. Here the bundles of grain
are placed on 8-foot poles and it
usually takes about two weeks, if
the weather is good, to dry.
In the last few years there has
been much remodeling of farm
houses and barns to make them more
modern. They have brought in run
ming water as well as putting CEN
tralized heating units in the houses.
Sweden, country the size of Cali
fornia with seven million people, is
land much like ours. The language,
the customs, the food, the dress all
may vary in different sections of the
country just as in America, but no
matter where you go the people are
all the same.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01
BY ALBERT H. GROSKINSKY
Richland County

At our request Albert Gros-
kinslxY prepared this experience
report early last spring. AS the
picture on this page indicates,
he has since achieved his goal of
winning the American Farmer
Degree.
STARTED FARMING when I
was Is years old. l started out on
1876 acres with some used and some
new machinery.
During the first two years I raised
grain, corn and hay. In the third
year 1 added so acres of beets and
fed out 20 head of steers. l kept buy
ing new machinery with the money
I made and 1 paid on the loan of
$4,000 from my dad for my starting
line of machinery.
In the year 1950-51 my dad and I
bought 95 head of steers in the sum-
mer and ran them on pasture till
fall. Then fed them till June and
$18,234.13.
That was my senior year in high
school. was absent little over six
weeks of school and the school board
called me in and warned me not to
miss any more. 1 actually received
my highest grades that year, as I
was determined to graduate and
farm at the same time. did grad
uate with all AS and BIS.
That same year / went on trip
to the state FLA convention at Boze-
man. won first in farm mechanics
and won the project ownership and
chapter reporter awards, the State
Farmer Degree and the gold award
in the long time farming program
This year I am filling out an ap.
phcation for the American Farmer
Degree, national award.
In the year 1852 farned 34O
acres of irrigated land and fatteneC
out 122 head of 2 and 3-year-ol'
steers. This year I farmed $40 acre
and added beans to my crops. Pr
really sold on beans as a cash cror
For the next year am planning O.
105 acres of Pinto beans, lis acre
of registered Thatcher wheat, 5
acres of barley, 25 acres of afalf
and the rest in corn.
believe in planting the best seeC
Although it is more expensive, it
worth it. My wheat yield last yea
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-01-01

L
ince of Sweden, was my home for
two weeks. lived with Mr.. and Mrs.
Anders Magnusson, half Swedish
and half American couple. Mrs.
Magnusson, the former Ruth Bengt-
son of Carlton, Mimi, was born in
Minnesota and lived there until two
years ago when she came to Sweden
to marry Mr.. Magnusson.
Their wedding really made quite
hit here, as they were married in
their forefathers' church and COM
bined the Swedish and American
customs for this event. People from
all around came to see what an
American bride and some of our Gus
toms were like. It's really interest
ing to talk with her and hear about
the many Swedish customs and some
of her experiences here.
1t seems little strange to hear
someone talk "real'' American again,
using our many slang expressions
and all, after hearing only Swedish
and what they call the Kings Eng
lish since I've been here. 1t seems
that no matter where you go there
is usually someone there who can
speak or understand a little English
from what they have learned in
school.
Learning Swedish
I'm still trying to learn Swedish,
though, and I think the people real
ly appreciate it when you try to
speak their language. 1 have found
that oftentimes it is a little hard to
be understood because the dialects
vary so much, not only in the prov
inces, but in the small villages also.
I understand that in Lapland, the
most northern province, they have
an almost completely different Ian
guage.
The food also varies and each Sec
ton of Sweden has a special food
particularly known to its part. In
Jamtland, surstromming and thin
bread are the speciality. have heard
about this fish ever since I've come
to Sweden, and it's probably so well
known because of the terrible smell
it has. Yesterday I got my first taste
of it. We opened the can out of
doors to let some of the odor escape
and then we put the fish on this
thin bread to eat. don't think I've
tasted anything quite like it before.
/ managed to get half a fish down,
though, and they told me that this
is something you gradually learn to
like, so didn't feel so bad then. It's
really quite treat to have this fish
and in the fall many surstromming
feasts are held in this section o.
Sweden. The thin bread was very
good and is made mostly of barley
flour and milk and water. 1t i
baked for just few seconds of tim
in brick oven. Most of the womel
bake twice year, in the spring an
the fall, and have enough to last tn
full year.
Berry Picking
Also special to this part of Swede
and the more northern parts are tn
lingon berries. They are Gale
Swedish red-gold of the forest" It
lots of fun to go out into the fore!
and pick these, and since it's usual
t quite long process, we always tax
S coffee and rolls along for our mic
. morning or mid-afternoon snack.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
Kent Farmers Cast
Votes In ASC Poll
CONTINUED rrom FlrsE parel

Community " Representative
Districts 6 and 9)-177 votes /:
George Sullivan, Harrington: Os-
car Draper, Pennington; Russell
Bowdle, Harrington; Homer vim
cent, Harrington; William Bullock.
Harrington.
Community v Representative
Districts 8 and 1918 votes
Melvin Brown, RID /, Harrington
Temple Stubbs, FELTON,: Howard
Warner, Milford; Herman Roe. Jr..
Magnolia; William A. Hammond,
FELTON,.
The chairman Of each community
committee met on Wednesday. De-
cember Is, in the county ASC Office
for the delegates convention To
elect a county committee for 1856.
No results are available as of the
time this report was prepared.
Some change is to be expected in
that Willard Jester, one of the
members Of the 1854 Committee has
died recently. The other members
Of the 1854 county committee are
John Leon Tarburton Of Dover, and
Joseph Ennis Of Smyrna.
The community committee men,
bers help to decide on the prOvis-
ions of the Agricultural Conserva-
tiOn Program, and also conduct sur
yeys to help carry out the program.
The county committee is a policy
board for determining schedules OF
work to be done.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
Living Eye Gets
dead COrnea'


Surgeons at Wills Eye Hospital
ID Philadelphia on Tuesday Of this
week transplanted the cornea from
q 96-year-OId woman, who died last
Saturday, Deoember IL, into the
left eye Of truck driver from Mil
ford, who has been blind In the left
eye for the past ii years.
The surgeons. who would not
permit the use Of their names. said
the operation was a success as far
as the transplant was concerned
but they would not know IL the
eyesight Of the truck driver would
be restored for about three months.
The 96-year-Old woman, whose
name also was withheld, Willed her
eyes to the hospital some time ago.
it was the first time that a cor
nea transplant had been performed
since the eye bank was set up at
Wills Eye last June 90.
a number Of individuals have
Willed their eyes to the hospital.
one Of the outstanding eye hospi-
tails in the world, but the donor in
the present operation was the first
to die since it started.
The Woman's son sent a commun-
ication to the hospital saying:
Consider this my approval for do
nation Of my mothers eyes to the
Wills Eye Hospital according to
her wish. 1"
The man mentioned in the above
article is Robert J. Jester Of Mil
ford, son Of Mrs. Elizabeth Jester
and the late Edward c. Jester Of
Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17

that the proximity Of the mill ito
the users Of the feed, its nearness
% supply Of corn and other
grains and its modern electronic
push button efficiency that saves
labor and other operating costs.
Will contribute to the lower prices
as compared to prices Of feed man
ufactured at other cooperative mills
and shipped to the shore as was the
case prior to the building Of Sea-
ford.
Steele also stressed the grain re-
ceiving facilities and their value
as new grain market for Delmar-
va farmers.
Then, he pointed out that as their
mill, farmers must use it to make
it effective and to gain all poten-
tial economies. "The use of this
mill by farmers" he said "wiu de-
termine the savings to be made. the
ultimate efficiency and the effec-
tiveness Of the entire cooperative
program here on the shore"
Mrs. Thomas L. Phillips Of Ian
rel was the winner Of the grand
prize offered to the person guess
ing nearest to the number Of pounds
OF feed in a giant bag on display at
the mill on dedication day. Mrs
Phillips, along with 10 other Del
marvians guessed 2550 pounds. The
bag actually contained 2536 pounds.
Mrs. Phillips name was then drawn
as the winner and she received as
her prize the equivalent 2536
pounds of the feed of her
choice.
Other prizes were won by Alonzo
Wrightson, Of Cambridge, Md; Mrs.
William Holland, of New Church.
Va; Mrs. II. L. Green, of Sails
bury; Mrs. A. G. Nanny, Of Seaford;
Miss Evelyn Milligan, Of Hurdlock.
Md, and Franklin Jones, Of Sails
bury.
The SeafoTd plant has an annual
capacity Of $4,000 tons of feed on
a One-shift basis; up to 10000 tons
on two shifts. It can receive over
800 of all ingredients used in feed
in bulk, thus saving on bags and
handling costs.
Storage facilities include 90 large
steel tanks holding $4,000 bushels
Of grain, and inside mill storage for
another $4,000 bushels of ingredi-
ents.
The plant is electrOnically con-
trOlled throughout and can be op-
Grated by 40 employees in plant and
Office, about half the number re-
Quired in older mills of like capac-
ity. 1t manufactures a complete
line of dairy, poultry and swine
feeds, although about three-fOurths
of its output will be broiler feeds.
Pelleted and crumbled feeds can
also be manufactured.
The mill is a batch" type plant,
mixing 3-tOn patches of feed at one
time. Operators in the control room
check a formula, set the amount of
each ingredient to go into that
particular feed on the dials and
other controls. The ingredients
then move automatically to the
mixers in the proper proportions
according to weight.
Contractor for the plant was the
Nicholson Company Of New York.
The A. E. Baxter Company of Buff
falO, New York, was the engineer.
The manager of the new plant is
G. Carol DOOley, the superintend-
ent, Clay Baird.
Bulk delivery service on feed
direct from the mill to Delmarva
farms is scheduled to begin about
January /.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
Lack OF Desire To
Learn Failure Cause
(eontlnued 80 49, -

CONTINUED from first page)
in study made during the mast
year, which showed that 40 per cent
Of the university's failures were
freshmen and that sophomOres ac-
counted for another 80 per cent.
This was despite the fact that
entering students averaged 10
points above the national college
nOrms in test ratings and had good
high school records.
The problem, says DR.. Perkins, is
not finding superior students but
challenging those we have"
Students have little desire to
learn, he maintains, because they
were raised in communities ''Where
adults often have little regard for
intellectually. Plaudits IN home
towns throughout our land are for
the boy who makes the touchdown
rather than for the boy who makes
the highest grades in mathematics.
The girl who twirls the baton Is
more complimented than the girl
who writes superior prose-"
To stimulate greater campus in
terest in intellectual things, the
university is broadening its pro-
gram of visiting lecturers, concerts,
art exhibits and theatre offerings.
Also, the student who succeeds
academically will be singled out
more often for special awards and
hOnOrs. In commenting on his re-
port, DR.. Perkins said, Every col
lege gymnasium has pictures of
star athletes. Why not pictures Of
star senior students in classrooms
and lecture haIls?"
Lately, the university has had
some success in arousing interest
in intellectual achievement by pre-
senting trophies to dOrmitOries
whose students have the best col
letcive grades.
Some Of the trouble lies inside
the classroom, Dr. Perkins adds.
Freshmen and sophomore students
often get discouraged and 'bOgged
down" in basic courses which cover
what seems to them to be rOte
learning of formulas. definitions,
vocabulary. Even students who do
not fail devote but little Of their
potential to these basic courses.
They do not discover the real Joy
of learning until their college days
are half over and they are far into
their major" In such cases, the
university is failing as we'll as the
student"
Hence, the university is planning
to Tevamp many beginning courses
in English, mathematics and modern
languages to Capture interest"
In view of the desperate need for
trained teachersS scientists and edu-
Gated citizens generally, DR.. Perkins
said, universities are not justified
in allowing intelligent but poorly
mOtivated students to "fall by the
wayside." especially when uniVeT-
stiles themselves are greatly at
fault
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
FLYING ANTIQUE

DES MONIES II up ~ You may
wonder if the calendar has been
turned back if you see Howard
Gregory and E. d. Weeks, Des
Moines businessmen, out flying.
Their plane is a replica of a 1912
Curtiss pusher-type biplane, flown
by Glenn H. Curtiss, pioneer avia-
tor. No basic improvements in the
design of the plane have been made.
Weeks and Gregory, both ex-
perienced pilots, say they've had
to acquire few new skills since
they bought the aircraft last sum
mer because it doesn't handle the
same as modern planes.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
Christmas Program
At School Dec. %
lsantInuaa rrum rn.r nara,

Christmas music interspersed
throughout the program will fea-
tlre special Christmas selections by
both the firth and sixth grade Choir
uses, and q number Of Christmas
carols By the entire audience.
The playing Of flutes and an ac-
Gordon solo, contributed BY pupils
q the fourth grade, and lively
ances BY fifth grade children will
pa variety and interest to the
Program.
Accompanies are Joyce Bennett
ellen Macklin, and Geraldine Pet
glohn. Elizabeth Bennett. music
apervisor, is coOrdinatOr for the
Program.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
PARACHUTE HERO

FORT BRAGG, N. c. - up -
Before he became a qualified para
trooper, Pfc. ElmOr L. Taylor saw
ed the life Of another fledgling
jumper, During training jump
the parachute Of Pvt. William c.
Bird collapsed in mid-air. Taylor,
floating to earth, grabbed Birds
parachute and hung on until they
reached the ground safely.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
Plan TO ThWm.t Bank
Thefts Is Organized
(continued from page one)

Gibbons said the FBI will also
cooperate in the network, which
covers the entire state Of Delaware.
Philadelphia, Delaware, Montgom-
cry and Bucks Counties in Penn
sylvania, and Camden and Burling-
ton Counties in New Jersey.
Gibbons said the FBI has report
ed 27S bank holdups and 157 burg
laries during the first II months Of
this year. He said the plan also
involved twice-daily police checks
Of all banks, especially in outlying
sections.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
High Court Clerk
Post To TOWnsend
CONTINUED from PAGE onel

He is married TO the former
Dorothy Baker, Of Wyoming, and
they have one child, Thomas B.
Townsend, 4. Another son, Timo-
thy, died Of polio on October "a, at
the age OF 13.
Mr.. Messick, a former legal sec
retary to u. S. Senator ]. Allen
Frear, Jr., has served as clerk Of
the Supreme Court since it was
created in 1851.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-17
pl. II. B. Wiley
Has Graduated
CONTINUED non TIr.r DarsI

t~eAAalAe-A AE4lA AAAat NaaN
u the place Of the winter term
january through March, 1855 the
institute Is Offering four two-week
eminars on the subjects OIL: Police
standardization The Policeman
and the Law Human Relations and
Numan Behavior: and Scientific
Crime Investigation. The next reg
lar term Of the institute win open
"a March 81. 1855
CorpcEal Wiley Is the first Off
Ger from Delaware State Police
Department to graduate from the
institute
Evening star., 1954-12-24
tion at 1915 pm, with holy COM
munion at II pm.
1880 PM.

ton at 10:l5 pm. with holy COM
munion at II pm.
1880 Pm.
Cleveland Park Congregation
al, 34O0 Lowell street N.W.--Mu-
sic program followed by Lights
and Carols" service at II pm.
st. Johns Episcopal, Lafayette
square-Music program and holy
communion at 1880 pm.
Christ Episcopal, 62O q street
S.E.-Organ recital with holy
communion ct II pm. The Rev.
Ivan =. Merrick, jr.. on "Good
Tidings."
Christ Episcopal. Thirty-first
and o streets NV. Carols with
. choral celebration Of the holy
communion ut 1870 pm. DR..
John r. Anschutz will give a
brief meditation.
Epiphany Episcopal, 1917 q
street N.W.-Carols and sermon
by the Rev. G. D. Kean.
Holy Comforter Episcopal, 701
Oglcthorpe street N.W.--Carols
with holy communion at 11:20
pm.
st. Adams Episcopal, Massa-
chusetts and Wisconsin avenues
Carols and holy commune
ion ut l1:20 pm. 2a
st. Patrick's Episcopal, Fox
hall read and Greenwich park
way NV. - Music with holy
communion at 1880 pm.
AuguStana Lutheran. v street
and New Hampshire avenue
Candlelight service.
New York Avenue Presbyteri-
an. 1913 New York avenue NV.
Carol singing before church
and service at 1l:15 pm.
Navy Chapel, 1901 Nebraska
avenue NV. - Navy Chief Of
Chaplains e. b. Harp. jr., viii
speak at the Protestant service.
Comdr. r. L. McGann will be
celebrant at q Catholic midnight
mass.
10:4O Pm.
st. Paul's Lutheran. Connecti-
cut avenue and Everett street
NV. Candlelight service.
lO:45 Pm.
Bethesda Methodist, Hunting
ton parkway and Georgetown
road, Bethesda-Organ and harp
program with candlelight serv-
ice at IL pm.
Chevy Chase Methodist, TOOL
Connecticut avenue. Chevy
Evening star., 1954-12-24
FoIIansbee Cheered
By Steel Plant Sale,
Pledge Of Operation
BY 'he Associated Press

PITTSBURGH. Dec. 24.-Ths
town Of Follansbee. w. Va,
looked forward to Christmas to-
day with the cheering news that
its main industry--the Follans-
bee Steel Corp. mills expected
to continue operating at least
three more years.
The mill, and other physical
assets of the steel firm. were sold
yesterday, writing the end to
months Of uncertainty for the
community's $500 citizens. It's
new owner. Cyrus Eaton, Cleve-
land industrialist, has promised
to continue operating the plant
through 1857.
The Federal Enameling and
Stamping Division Of Follansbee
at nearby McKees Rocks was also
sold to Charles Weiner and My
ron Hokin. Chicago manufac-
turers. The purchase price was
not disclosed in either case.
Frederick w. Richmond, New
York financier, bought the two
plants In a $9.286,620 deal with
the Follansbee stockholders. He
Immediately sold them TO the
new owners. Mr.. Richmond re-
tanned ownership Of three former
Follansbee warehouses in Pitts
burgh. Wallingford, Conn, and
Rochester, N. Y.
Marcus A. Follansbee, presi-
dent Of the steel firm, went
ahead with arrangements to
merge the corporations shell
with Consumers Co. Of Chicago
and Frontier Chemical Co., Of
Dallas. Tex.
Follansbee stockholders viii
receive stock In the new business.
to be known as Union Chemical
and Materials Corp.
Mr.. Richmond had originally
intended to sell the equipment
OF the Follansbee, w. va. plant
to Republic Steel Corp. which in
turn. planned to move 1t to its
plant in Gadsden, Ala.
A group Of minority stock
holders took court action to
block the sale and save the Jobs
Of the TAO Follansbee employees.
When Mr.. Eaton stepped in with
his offer to keep the plant going,
the directing stockholders
dropped their legal fight.
Republic and Mr.. Richmond
called of the proposed sale, and
the way was cleared to accept the
Eaton offer.