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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-18
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cheering graduate of the
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q graduate of the George
Washington University Law
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during World War II Is .
chemical warfare and coun.
ter-intelligence officer In both
Europe and China.
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Smyrna times., 1955-12-22

keep its needles throughout the
Yuletide season. So heed the ad-
vice of Martin L. Davey, Jr., who
heads the Davey tree experts.
Look for a tree that tapers
from a moderately wide base to a
graceful spire top. Branches
should be close together with
abundant foliage of an attractive
color and with good texture. Stay
away from trees that seem dry
and brittle to the touch. They
are fire hazards and needle drop
pers.
Keep the tree in a water-filled
base to prolong its needle reten-
ton, and change water daily.
Best bet is a balsam fir, if you
live in the Northern states. The
Norway spruce is fine but is al
lergic to heated rooms and sheds
its needles quickly. Firs hold
their needles particularly well.
Smyrna times., 1955-12-22

OF cookies made from authentic
Dutch recipes furnished by Mrs.
van Helden-van Selms and the
Netherlands Information Service.
The latter also supplied the pic
lures here displayed of the Saint
Nicholas celebration in Holland.
Nearby are darling old dolls,
treasures which brought delight
to little girls hearts long ago,
lent by Mrs. George H. Woo1ey
of Lewes. They are dressed in
their original costumes supple
mented by clothing made by Mrs.
Wooley herself from bits of ma
terial saved from family christen-
ings and weddings.
Toys of yesteryear will interest
both young and old today, as they
did in the past. The dainty tea
set belonged to Jane Tilghman
about 1920 and is lent by Mrs.
Orville H. Peets. Indian River
Hundred. Mrs. ID. Anthony Pot
ter of Lewes contributed a glass
punch bowl set, tiny fiatware,
quaint doll house furniture for
living room, bedroom and bath,
and, for the kitchen, an iron stove
with accompanying lids, pots, coal
scuttle and tin cooking utensils.
Included also are iron banks, both
still and mechanical. An iron
covered wagon drawn by two stall
wart steeds is lent by Mrs. w.
Layton Reed of Milton. Mrs. Reed
presented to the museum ten love-
ly old tinsel decorated tree orna-
ments and some toy fiatware.
Among the old Christmas cards
on display are some lent by Mrs.
Joseph L. Megginson of Lewes
and two presented previously by
Mrs. Harold w. T. Purnell of
Georgetown.
Smyrna times., 1955-12-22
CHRISTMAS AT
ZWAANENDAEL
Special Christmas Display at
Museum Until After New
Years Day
CLOSED XMAS DAY

The special Christmas display,
opened to the public this week,
in the zwaanendael Museum will
be continued until after New
Years Day, is announced by Mrs.
Dorothy Lank Givan, curator. Wis
itors are invited to view the ex-
hibit Tuesdays through Saturdays
from 10 am. to $50 pm, Sum
days from 1890 to $50 pm. The
museum is closed on Mondays and
will be closed ON Christmas Day
and New Years Day.
This first Christmas exhibit in
the Zwaanendael Museum is two
fold. 1t depicts the celebration in
Holland with Saint Nicholas in his
bishops robe glittering with gems
and riding on a white horse; it
carries us back more than half
a century in America when Christ
mas trees were trimmed with pop
corn, candles, balls and paper
angels bright with tinsel.
Prominent in the display is the
tree, simply decorated. Beneath
rests the small wooden shoe filed
with hay for st. Nick's white
horse, a Dutch custom. There,
too, swings a doll cradle, made
for Mrs. Ethel S. Prettyman of
Lewes by her father.
The central case displays gifts
to the museum from Hoorn, Hol-
land. The recent ones presented
by Mrs. van der Grift van Veen
include a lovely christening bon
net of delicate net, handmade lace
and ribbon, baby's handmade
sleeves or arm warmers, and a
beautiful West Frisian cap of
purple net trimmed with lovely
handmade lace. With the Dutch
cookie mold is featured a plate
Smyrna times., 1955-12-22

Pines, though not of the tradi-
tional shape, are attractive and
popular.
In the South, there is the Fras-
er balsam fir, the Whitecedar
falsecypress, the longleaf and
slash pines and eastern redcedar.
The Rocky Mountain states have
the Englemann spruce, common
douglasfir and lodgepole pine,
among others.
The West Coast likes the white
and silver fir and the California
incensecedar.
If you have no objection to a
smaller tree, pick one wrapped
in now popular plastic materials.
This wrapping slows moisture
loss, assuring you "fresher"
tree.
Smyrna times., 1955-12-22
Good Yule Tree Is Well
Shaped, Fresh To Touch

Selecting the right Christmas
tree can bring even more joy and
beauty to your home this year.
There's no mystery in this if
you know what to look for. There
are several kinds of evergreens
available for indoor splendor.
Most important is a tree that will
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-31

Jest as I'd said, an she told them
some jokes.
Mart an his woman felt glad
She didn't act stuck-up an make
them all mad
Because we lived in town an
was gittin' on top
Ownin' our own home an me
having a barber shop.
Well, long about then my wom-
an Belle
She sed: sGrif, it's time to start
to Caldwell.
But, l didn't start fer awhile
Fer | looked to see if she had
plenty of lie.
Then l looked at 'er tires an
'er gas
An seen about her water, an
wiped off the front glass.
well, from Mart we parted
An for home we darted.
We sure had big lark
An got home before first dark.
So that's about all, 'cept to
mention
I looked the car over an she
needed no attention.
All the way to Cumberville we'd
dun bin
An back home the same day
again" "
N. B. Mileage from the home
town to Cumberville is 1915
round tripl
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-31

$1,3l4, 400 to help cover the cost
of further expension and i'm
provement.
During 1854 electric power
sales declined slightly = from
6,298,800,000 kilowatthours in
1853 to 6,289, 100000 kilowatt-
hours in 1854. The drop occurred
IN consumption Of electricity by
Ohio Powers industrial custom
ers - a decline of 335,500. 900
kilowatthours. Most of this
decline was offset by a major
increase in use of electric power
by customers in other categories.
Ohio Power had significant
increase in the average annual
use of electricity by its residen-
tlal customers. At the end of
1854 the company's average
residential customer used 2,835
kilowatthours of electricity an
nually, compared with the 2,6l8
klloWathours that the average
residential customer used in
1853. This compares with the
l,l72 XVIII used annually by the
average residential customer of
Ohio Power during 1914.
The company invested $25, $685.
600 in 1854 for new facilities and
improvements to existing facili-
ties. This brought to $3.50 million
the total construction investment
made by the utility since end
of l945 for new equipment and
expension and improvement of
existing facilities.
Ohio Powers total investment
at the end of 1854 was $399, ,O0O.-
900, compared with 1915, ,000, 900
at the close of 1858. Total invest
ment is the equivalent ofI
$10l,656 for every man and
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-31

1nat year, operating revenues
rose SO percent over 1852.
Revenue during 1854 included
$29, ,986,000 from industrial Gus
toners, $24,771, 900 from residen-
tial customers, $11,312,O00 from
commercial customers, and
$13,753,000 from all other
sources.
Ohio Powers annual report
also showed that average cost
of kilowatthour of electricity
dropped again in 1854. At the
end of 1854, average cost of one
kilowatthour of electricity for
the utility's residential customers
was 2.49 cents. At the end of
1858, average cost was 2.55 cents
per kilowatthour. Ten years ago
Ohio Power residential customers
paid an average price of 3.44
cents for one kilowatthour of
electricity.
Operating expenses total1ed
$62,233, 800 last year, an increase
of $l,098,500 over the previous
year, when operating expenses
were $61, ,135,1O0
The company's expenses last
year included $15,424,000 for
fuel; $16,500,000 for wages,
salaries and benefits; $8,300,00O
for materials, supplies and SER
vices; $9,314,700 for depreciation,
and $4,603,000 for interest or
borrowed money and other
deductions.
Out of every dollar received
in revenue during 1854, Ohio
Power paid out 20.6 cents in
taxes. This made total of
$l6,480,000 paid for federal, state
and local taxes. During the year
stockholders received $12,539,4 400
and the company retained
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-31
PAUSE :, A
@ r FIJI
- REELE ECTlGN 49,
TRADEMARK corr. iss4
with JAMES c. INCEBRETSEN
President, Spiritual Mobilization


with JAMES C. INcEBRETsEN
President, Spiritual Mobilization
Instinct largely regulates ami
mails. Mechanical laws regulate
machines. But a highly complex
combination of mental and emo
tional responses regulates hu-
man beings.
Endowed with some intelli-
gence, they are yet ruled largely
by their emotions. This is why
the entertainer, who helps us
laugh, receives many times the
income of the educator, who only
helps us learn.
A product that has what adver-
tisers call "snob appeal sells
better than an equally good, or
even better, similar product that
lacks this appeal.
Style commands far higher
prices in clothing than does
warmth-or even comfort.
We often drive ourselves crazy
trying to keep up with the
Joneses without even bothering
to find out where the Joneses
are going.
Man, with his tarnished halo
and broken wings, is indeed
both a ludicrous and a pitiful
figure. Made for winging up
ward, he tends to wallow down
ward. Only the Spirit of God in
his heart can give strength en-
ough to his drooping wings to
enable him to take off, and
rise about the fears and hates
and passions that threaten to
destroy him.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-31

feelln all right.
Saturday, I had a purity bizzy
day, I'll say,
AS there were goin' to be a rear
in big funeral on Sunday.
Bout nine o'clock, when it was
gittin' late that night,
There weren't nobody in the
shop nor anyone in sight.
So | quickly pulled thine winder-
bline down,
l knowed Henry Hill would loaf
round town
Keepin' me waitin', drat his bald
/ dome!
Always maxim me late for gittin'
home.
I've shaved him now for nigh
unto twenty years
So I figgered | could lose him
once, without sheddin' no
tears!
Then, thru the ally | made a
quick dodge,
never stopt till l got in my
own garage!
looked the car over, she had
plenty Of lie,
An her engine looked good for
many a-nile.
l give her some water and other
attention,
Then drove her right up to the
cut-rate gas station.
had her loaded plumb full;
With her tires blowed up, gee,
how she could pull!
took her back and locked her
up tight,
An jest bout then, recollected
it was Saturday night.
My woman had the water het
up, so | took me a wash
Then, put for bed, just as I'd
done other nights, by gosh!
Well, Sunday mornin' | rose at
the break of day
An still had my flare for trav-
elm far away.
My woman was all ready with
breakfast
But, / delayed this re-past;
| jest couldn't set me down to
the table
Before goin' to the garage,
(Which jest our old stable).
Il had to give our automobile
another once-oVer,
She looked as good as a cow in
clover.
Jest as before, she had plenty
of lie,
An her engine looked good for
many a-mile.
She still had her gas an her
water an nary a flat,
She was ready to go, jest like
bat.
Then, right after breakfast, be-
fore the neighbors was risin',
Without more of a to-do, Belle
havin' finished her prissin',
We clumb in the old bus and
started for Cumberville,
Of travelin' we was out to git
our fill.
Says l to my woman, says /:
Belle, don't faint,
Speedin' in traffick is nothin'
where traffick jest aint.
So, stepped on the gas, an says
I: Get wise.
We're goin' to give my brother,
Charley some surprise
In front Of his house, / honked
my horn
An walked him up, as sure as
you're horn.
Now, by cracky, we done it, jest
as I said,
When we got there, Charley an
his woman was still in bed.
But when / honked and honked,
he stuck his head out the
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-31

woman employed by the COM
pany.
During 1854 the company add
ed 1851 customers to it's lines,
bringing to 408,1 1877 the number
of customers served by the
utility at the end of the year. In
the 10-year period, from end of
1914 to end of 1854, Ohio Power
has added 1929 customers to
its lines.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-31
Happenings In Ohio

Westerville = Funeral services
for Mrs. Jennie Farnbacher was
held Saturday at st. Paul's Luth-
eran church near Westerville
when Mrs. Farnbacher was
blown from a footbridge she
was crossing Tuesday during the
wind storm and was drowned in
the creek.
Marysville - Some 1900 in
diVidual phones were knocked
out by the storm that hit the
town Tuesday morning and $50
telephone poles blowned over.
1t was stated that it was one
of the worst storms to hit Marys-
vile for several years.
E1nCrSfSnIr
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-31

Wellington In a freak
accident that happened only with
the aid of diabolically precise
timing, the lives of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Banning of New PhiIa-
delphia, were snuffed out when
tree on Main street fell and hit
their car.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-31

T2nd birthday on March z. His
| had just alighted from the
old B. z. & c. r. r. train, also
known as the Marrow Gauge OF
the Bent, Zig-zag & Crooked
i was in my hometown again
after an absence of twenty five
years. Starting to walk around
the court house square, the vii
lage promenade, l noticed the ole
striped barber pole. This caused
me to pause, thumbing my chin
One step up from the street, and
4 was inside. My old friend, the
barber, with razor poised in mid
air, shouted:
"JUMPIN HELL'S BELLS!
IF IT Amt DAN WELLS!
Glad to see you back!
Thought you'd lost the old home
You're next! Set yourself right
downi
These here fellers air jest Ioafin'
round.
They don't git a shave til Sat
urday
An it aint often a visitor comes
our way"
Soon my turn came in the chair
Time was no factor there!
While stroppin' his razor, the
Marathon began:
DO you recollect you was my
first haircut, Dan?
Is 1t a haircut now you crave,
Or air you jest gittin' a shaver"
Give me all you have, I re-
piled.
You are great barber" I
cheerfully lied
well, Dan, it's quite some spell
Since you've bin back to old
Caldwell.
But I've stuck right about here
All these years, never goin'
nowhere.
Still, I've done purity goldern
good,
AS no rollin' stone naturally
would.
Me and my woman has lived in
our means
Never goin' much to extremes.
Paid for our home, an with no
rent to dodge,
| then joined the lodge.
Then, | decided we'd git us an
automobile,
Jes to see how ridin' in one
would feel.
Well, that's Exactly what we
done,
An we sure got us a good one.
The business here in the shop
l had to be tendin',
So there wern't no time for us
to be gaddin',
'Ceptin' Sundays, then meetin'
bin out so late
We never got further than
Blake's south gate.
But, long this summer, durin'
dog-days,
I was settin' here in the shop
alone most always.
So, to myself l got to thinkin'
An for travel l got a hankerin.
So, one night when I got me
home
An we'd had our supper of milk
and corn-pone,
l says, says ! Belle, l amt
promisin'
But it's Friday with Sunday soon
comm
So, If you wanter do some fixin'
to your clothes an sech
Well take a trip up to Cumber-
vile, altho it's some stretch.
Well, I didn't mouth no more
bout it that night
Just got set and went to bed
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-31
Ohio Power COmpanY's Operating
Revenue Jumps 43o Durinu 1854

ONO Power Companys operating
percent during 1854 revealed annual
report to shareowners
Inc companys operating electric
oaea S|9z00 up AZ percent from the $76594000
operating revenues during 1858 Although continued
climb last the rate considerably below 1859
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1955-03-31
Visit To Caldwell Is
Told In Literary Vein
By A. Wade Wells

A. Wade Wells executive secretary Of the Moundbuders Park
Home Owners Association in Newark and former well
resident Caldwell gone poetic following
relates visit back Caldwell in the yesterdays the
title "Visitn Barber" Mr. Wells celebrated his
72nd birthday March His lerarx effort folos
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threw open the door, sleepy-eyed.
Senior Deck stood beyond at the
door to his bedroom, on his face a
puzzled frown.
Que tienes:9 What is it," Man
uel was still drowsy.
''Queek! The wolves. They come
down after the goats. Senior Deck.
your rife. There are many. many,
many"
The senior had already pulled on
his trousers and showed his feet
into cowboots standing conven-
iently near. He threw on a heavy
coat. almost in the same motion
sweeping a rife from the deer-horn
brackets over his bed. Together he
and Concho sped down to the cor
raj. the seniors heavy heels sound
ing sharply against the frozen
ground.
HEY reached the corral and for
a moment stood spellbound. Such
a sight neither had ever seen before.
Dozens of tawny forms darted here
and there in the moonlight. FORM
ing almost a complete circle around
the herd of terrified and milling
goats.
Africano's cultural growl proved
that he was faithful to his trust.
With Africano in the outer circle
stood a half-dozen brave old billies,
also willing to do battle in defense
of their mates and their kids.
horns down with the sharp tips
pointed outward. jagged bull
wark against the fleet-footed.
silent and shifty marauders.
One coyote lay still on the earth
in front Of the raging Africano.
Another, disemboweled, linped
wailingly off toward the woods.
staining the snow with carmine
along its track.
But Africano and the old billies
were not alone. Ranging around
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lilies = for their mamas. their
brothers. their sisters"
And then Conception made his
confession. He had not drowned
the half-breed puppies. He had
given them to the mama does who
had lost their babies. The mama
goats had raised them.
so. you comprende. senior.
Concho ratified on nervously.
they are dogs. Only they are not
dogs because they think they are
goats. Only they are goats be-
cause -
The voice Of Senior Deck lost its
chill. He began to laugh.
AND so it happened next day
that Concho brought a green bill
for one hundred dollars to his
Micaela.
This is for your wedding dress. ;"
he said proudly. Senior Deck. he
give it to me. And Senior Deck say
! no watch the goats no more.
Conception will help with the
brown and white dogs in the big
kennels. Maybe ! go to Canada
some time. Maybe you go with
me-"
Micaela tried to press the bill
back into Conceptions hands.
mo, no. she said. You need the
new clothes the most ... for our
wedding" she added shyly. in
half whisper.
Il do not need the new clothes, =
responded Conception, drawing
himself up to his full five feet six
inches. These working clothes.
they are enough for me. The peo-
pie who come to our wedding. they
do not look at Concho's clothes.
They look only at Concho! ).
They say. There. there is Concep-
cion Gomez. he who raises the
goats that fights the wolves!'
The End
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
ADVENTURE AT MIDNIGHT
Continued from preceding page

the outer circle, within which the
helpless goats crowded upon one
another suffocatingly, was a shift
ing melee Of shaggy. woolly. I'M
calmly beasts. fangs showing, slash
ing skillfully here and there as one
of the killers came in range, fight
ing silently but with a dexterity
that even Africano, trained as he
was. could not match.
A COYOTE ventured too near the
flock. One of the shaggy beasts fas-
tened on his neck. The coyote
arched in the air and fell to the
earth. stone dead before its body
hit.
Another of the woolly creatures
darted from the circle. Teeth
crunched against bone. and a
coyote yelped toward the timber,
front legs dragging his hindquar-
tiers behind him.
Senior Deck brought his .220
Swift into play. Senior Deck did not
miss. Before the circling coyotes
could vanish into the shadows.
three more dark. furry bodies lay
on the snow.
Senior Deck sat downon a log. He
was calm. His cold eyes searched
Concho.
Where. Conception" Senior
Decks voice was more frigid than
the night, did these dogs come
from?"
They are not dogs. senior. ex-
claimed Conception, beside HIM
self with excitement. They are
goats!r'
You're crazy! They are dogs. .
FORGIVE me. senor," Concho's
voice quavered with emotion and
a near frenzy. Il did not mean
that they were really goats. They
are the dogs who think they are
goats. They fight for their FAM
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-05-06
Mattoax

The Tranine Union Of Ped
mont Baptist Church viii observe
Youth Week this week. and the
week viii be chmaxed on Sunday
May g. Mothers Day when the
Sunday School worship service.
and Training Union viii be IN
charge Of the young people There
Will be special music by the youth
choir The Sunday school is
stressinR 100 per cent attendance
for Mothers Day All members Of
Sunday school and church are
urged 70 attend and visitors Will
be welcome
Mrs y J Lawrence spent the
week end With relatives III Hope
we'll
Several people in this commu-
nifty attended the "Broiler Festiy-
al at Bellfonte Park on Satur-
day afternoon
Mr. and Mrs Roy Sauuder.
visited Mr. and Mrs T W, Rcd
mond. at their home near Rich
mond on Saturday
Woodrow BoVlin and children
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1955-05-06
IN Bill WALL.

lat Neek 5 Mystery Farm Is
Buke Tavern farm owned and
operated by MacLean p Mac
FaIrar + IS located Two miles vest
~ BurkeWlle on route 62l Part
u lhe farm Is IN Prince Edward
County and the rest ~ NottoWay
County
Tie farm receives It's name
from IT'S original owner Colonel
Burke vino owned thc farm over
200 gears ago The town Of Burke
vile Isl also named for the same
Colonel Burke IN fact Burke $
Tavern vas known as Bnkfvill"
81 one time but the town grew up
~ IT'S present site upon tho ad-
vent of the railroad
The tavern Itself vas huge
place Part Of 1t was torn down
and used III building an old dor
miloiY next 20 the High School ~
BHkVlllc cTms old building is no
LONGER standing w Is Fariar
Sr Is nov LIVING IN the remain
lnr portion Of Burke S Tavern,
which ne baa rcmodcledl TO ms
pccIfcations The lower part OF
tir houae i& brock and the upper