davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-05

dan and the four door sedan.
There are five models In Fcfd 5
station wagon series for 1857 The
Ranch Wagon and Del Rio Ranch
Wagon are two-door, siX-pa ssen-
ger models, The six-Dasseneer
Country Sedan the nine-passen-
ger Country Sedan, and TIE kline
passenger Country Squire are four
door models
Station wagons also have a
separate body Shell which is
nearly six inches longer and three
and half inches lower shan 1855
models.
Each series has It's own d!stlnc
tive m0uldinas. ornam ntatI0a
and interior tr,m
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-05
Tom my knight Goes
To Navy Boot Camp

Thomas Oliver Knight II. son
of Mrs. Ruby Harlowe Knight. Of
FarmVille, Va, has, been accepted
tor enlistment IN the Navy Knight
was sworn IL At Richmond Octo-
Der and enlisted as a MUSR,
which means that after Re has
completed his recruit training, he
Will lie sent 70 the Navy's School
Of Music at Washington, d c.
tor musician studies
been elected a director OF the Au-
tomotlVe Trade Association of
Virginia tor the Fourth District
He viii be inducted as 4 men,-
her CT the STATE beard during the
directors banquet at the Assocla-
tons Richmond conventions Oc-
tober ii-l6
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-05

them is conducted in tho Uni
versal Milking Machine Factory
who is cooperating with Southern
States in holding the session
In addition to the school. Blair
will also have the opportunity to
two days touring number Of TIE
outstanding dairy farms in MIN
nesota and The Milwaukee. Wis
area. that use the Universal MIX 1
Ing equipment
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-05
Powhatan News

Royal Palmore. now employed by
SheiGCn Lumber Company at Tcan0,
and Douglas Palmore, senior at
the University Of Richmond. spent
the Wee end with their parents Nj
and Mrs J G Palmore.
Nj and Mrs. S W Palmore. Of
Yorktown. spent the week end Il
their country nome near here. aad
attic .da1 services at May Memo i
ial Church Sunday
MIS- Colrine Parker and Jim
my PARKER visited III the Villas
recently
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-05
COOPERATIVE MANAGER
AT MINNESOTA SCHOOL

@ B. Blair, manager Of Farm
erS Cooperative, Inc. Fqrmville
IS al ending a special Southern
States Cooperatlve's three 1ay
milking machine training school
at Albert Lea, Minnesota This
proeram. which will offer advanc
ed instruction primarily on pipe
line mixers and how 70 service
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-05
Award j. NJ. Brown
Honorable Mention

j. Marvin Brown, of Guinea Mills.
won honorable mention in the In
teresting Sales Experience" contest
recently completed by the N and w
Industries. of Lynchburg FRS t
award went to William Martin Of
Toano For his award Mr.. Brown
received a certificate and silver
dollar as a token Of appreciation
OF the merits of your sales exper-
! fence
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-05

The Nays School of Music is
one q the finest III the cuunti.. !,
and the Navy prices Itself IN hav-
ing some Of the finest musicians
in the United States.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-05

Harlan, Ky-Come rain. snow,
sleet or hail the mail at Harlan
goes through Even letter address
sed to Mr. Hamp Baxter. Harris.
Ky " After considerable scratching
OF heads, the letter was delivered to
Hamp Harris. Baxter. Ky Harris
confirmed that the letter was meant
for him.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-05
t. {. COOK NAMED TO
AUTOMOTiVE BOARD

E. E. Cook. os Hal11s-Cook Mo
tor Co, Inc. at Fallnylle has
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01

we ought to junk Immediately, and
then install a big machine, stuck
Someplace where it can't be seen,
with dials, buttons, wires and flues
to give whatever heat we choose.
There'd be some holes in walls and
floor and out of them hot air would
roar. Outside, beside the house.
would sit a giant tank with fuel in
it; no cobs to keep us warm, instead
we'd pay to keep that furnace fed.
The whole idea, it seems to me. is
just as silly as can be. Whenever I
come stumbling in from outside
weather cold as sin, I like to sit
down right beside a red-hot stove
and roast my hide; no little hole
upon the wall would be a substitute
at all. Mirandy claims that she's too
old to rise at dawn when floors are
cold and chase around the house
half-froze, a-building fires as she
goes. But if we had a thermostat re-
ieving her of doing that, I'd lose the
best excuse I've got for sleeping til
the house is hot.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01
Milk Production Not Affected
By lO-l4-Hour Milking Interval
By HERB BALLOU, Dairy Superintendent
Montana State Hospital Warm Springs

from the old 1912 milking interval to
the here-to-stay 1914 interval, every
one is much happier with this routine
job of milking cows. In the evenings
we are washed up and ready for sup
per at $50 rather than at 8 or $3.50,
as was the case under the old system.
And when a worthwhile movie is be-
ing shown in town, we have ample time
to attend.
Here is the way our system works:
The morning milking is scheduled at
$50 am and the evening milking at
$3.50 pm. thus making the 10 hour
interval during the day and the long
interval of IA hours occurring during
the night. We believe the key to the
success of this program is having the
long interval at night. We seem to have
less trouble with mastitis This is UNI
doubtedly due to the fact that during
the long. hours of the night interval
when the cows are normally lying down
in the loafing shed, the pressure on
the udder is relieved because the cow
is off her feet.
Certainly it is ridiculous to think that
greater production would be obtained
by using the 1914 system of milking,
but certainly this new system has not
decreased our production. During the
1884 test year our 127-cow herd av-
eraged 410 pounds of butterfat with
the 1912 system. At the conclusion of
the 1954-55 test year, using the 1914
system, the butterfat average was ASS
pounds. Certainly many management
factors are responsible for this As
pound increase, but the point is, we
have not suffered any production loss
from the change-over, nor have the
cows suffered any visible physical hard
ship.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01
Perpetual Cow
Doesn't Dry Up
By E. Il. SEATON,
Cascade County

I HAVE A COW that l consider most
unusual. To all appearances you
wouldn't think she was even an average
COW. A dairy score card would prob
ably rate her pretty low and at first
sight you would be apt to class her
as a dairy-type Texas longhorn. She
has wicked looking horns and long
rangy form which would indicate she
could outrun locomotive. She is rated
as reputable Guernsey but nine
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01

people out of ten would call her q
Jer@y.
Her unusual feature is perpetual
performance at the milk pail. In over
six years now she hasn't dried up nor
shown any tendency to dry up. Her
last calf was born July A, 1919. She
had some trouble at calving which
apparently left her sterile. l expected
she might possibly give milk through
the following winter and maybe through
the green grass season of the following
spring. She sure did! But the second
winter came on and she still gave
milk; and with green grass the follow
ing (second) spring she gave milk
almost equal to when first fresh. She
has continued now on into the seventh
year.
At the best she milks about four
gallons per day. With the poorest hay
in winter she dropped to little under
seven quarts. The milk has been ex-
cellent quality-none of that strong
taste so often appearing after long
lactation. This milk production is en-
tierly natural to her. She has never
had drop of milk producing hormone.
bought her in 1945 when milk cows
were scarce. l needed something to
give milk and trusted she would fill
the bill for awhile despite her scraggly,
unpromising appearance. One asset the
seller proclaimed was that she never
dried up normally before calving. They
always had to dry her up. At that
time she was allegedly seven years old
(no birth certificate) so now she must
be over 16 and still going strong.
1 vowed to milk her as long as she
would produce, but I'm beginning to
wonder if l and the milk stool won't
both be broken up before my perpetual
COW drys up.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01
W ~FDCt0'0oO0
REA Power Came In But | Had
To.Make My Own Water Control
BY JESS THOMAS Big Horn County
BY JESS THOMAS, Big Horn County

by an attorney in Washington, DC, and
he turned up the verdict that the idea
definitely patentable. filed for a pat
ent right away.
In the history of people who have in
vented new things, very few have made
much money from their inventions. Any
project of this kind is, at best, spare
time proposition with me. We aim to
take our solid money out of the cow
business, the only business l feel l
know anything about. know for sure
I don't want to be in the manufacturing
business. I'd be just smart enough to
lose my shirt and Margie's cook stove
and wouldn't like it either. So most
likely somebody else will start making
this water controller, and I'll stay out
in the sticks where l belong and where
1 can do all the things like to do.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01

WE AT THE DAIRY department of
the Montana State Hospital in Warm
Springs are no longer slaves to our
cows. One year ago we changed our
milking program to fit our schedule,
not the cows.
In the past old bossy interferred with
our supper schedule and evening &C.
tivies. Now that we have changed over
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01

MIRANDY's GOT me on the pan
to modernize our heating plan; she
thinks that it's big disgrace cause
there's no furnace in this place. Our
fat and friendly stoves, says she,
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01


electricity in around Sheridan and Buff
falo and that they might run the line
right down to Decker.
We had bought an old, rundown
ranch about mile down the river from
Decker in 1916 and had put in few
of the comforts of life and bath room.
We had an old clunker of light plant
and figured we were pretty well off.
1t was surely a lot handler than any
thing my wife Margie and had grown
up on.
The REA line was run into Decker
and the day after they made it hot I'll
bet they sold every electric iron in
town. This kind of electricity changed
the whole concept of the ranch business
for us. We used to allow for time to
do the thousand and one cold-weather
chores such as firing tank heater,
starting couple of gasoline engines,
always the car for school and usually
a tractor. The colder the weather, the
bigger the bite these things took out
of short winter day. Usually, come
night, there was still another job /
couldn't quite get to. Now, with cleo
trio heaters for engines, electric water
pumps, power tools, ETC., our operation
al efficiency got quite shot in the arm.
But we never seem to be satisfied for
long, and the water set-up at the corral
kept gripping me more and more as time
went on. We aim to winter around 100
calves and it seemed the tank was al
ways low when / got back from what
ever was doing. Sometimes I'd start
the pump and ask Margie to shut it off,
but every once in a while she'd get so
busy the thing would run all over the
barn yard before it was noticed. One
day she asked me why 1 didn't buy
something that would take care of that
little job.
The next time I went to Sheridan
cOmbed the town and came up empty
I worked the electrical supply houses
in Billings couple of weeks later and
had no better luck.
/ decided l could build an automatic
control out Of IS amp tumbler-type
switch and linkage float. It worked
well-for a while, then it burned out.
This tumbler switch was all right in
principle, but until it. could be rede-
signed to handle the load we just had
to keep putting in new switches.
The solution to the problem was g
mercury switch operated by rolling
balls. 1t works on the principle of g
teeter-totter. When the float goes down
with the water to point where the two
balls roll to the end of a channel il
actuates the mercury switch. When the
tank is full, the balls roll to the other
end and shut it off.
While this control was pretty crude
we hung it in the tank and wired it up
1t worked perfectly and we didn't give
any more thought to it until year anC
half later when neighbor asked me
to make one for him.
/ had gotten the switch from my
brother who is machinist in the nav.
and didn't bother to get the make an,
number of it. A search for a switcl
covered a years time and correspond
ence with eight different firms all owe
the US. / began to doubt if anybod
had ever made a control of this kind
A search was made of the patent offic
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-01

This drawing shows the basic construc-
ton of the automatic water tank con-
troll developed by Jess Thomas, Big
Horn County.
Smyrna times., 1956-10-11

the John Bassett Moore High
School there will be a demonstra-
ton and recital on the new mu-
sical marvel, the Hammond Elec-
trio Organ, and only completely
electric organ presented to the
public.
Mrs. Georgianna Garman-Le.
Compte, aged 80, of Clayton, who
had led a prominent life in~the
community, died Thursday after
noon of last week after a linger-
ing illness. Mrs. LeCompte was
a daughter of the late Thomas
H. Lamb and Mrs. Mary A. Stew
ems. She married R. B. Garman
merchant and landowner OF
Clayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Massey
who last winter lived at Belmont
Hall, Smyrna, have taken a house
at Charlottesville, Va, for the
coming winter and left last week
for the South.
Mrs. Ella H. Bone of Newtown
Pa, widow of Rev. w. ]. Bone, q
former pastor of the Presbyter.
ian Church, is visiting Mrs
Frank F. Evans.
Mrs. Nellie Rowland, who has
been spending the past two weeks
with her son, Mr.. Ivison Rowland
and Mrs. Sowland, of Montclair
N. j., has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. Lay Phillips
and Miss Elizabeth Phillips spent
the weekend at Rehoboth.
Mrs. Lillian Hsitshu johnson
of Glenolden, Pa, a former resi-.
dent of the Smyrna-Cheswold vi.
cinity, who has been on a visit
to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Stott OF
Dover, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs
John Hudson.
Miss Florence Tobin of Ketch.
ikan, Alaska, and Mr.. Paul F
Deakyne of New York City, spent
the weekend with Mrs. Robert
Deakyne and Miss ailda Dea.
kyne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mason Derrick
and Miss Wilda Besser of Audi
bon, N. j., and Mrs. Florenct
Peters of Camden, N. j., were
guests on Sunday of Mr.. anC
Mrs. A. ID. Gale.
Smyrna times., 1956-10-11

At a special meeting of Smyr-
ma Town Council last evening q
petition was submitted to the
Council from the Smyrna, Kent
County and Delaware Bay Trac-
tion Company asking for the
right to lay tracks through the
whole length of Main Street
However, the street cannot be
disturbed until at least 10 miles
of continuous line is built to the
northern town limits.
One of the most largely attend
ed meetings ever held by women
in Smyrna was that of the Dio-
cesan Branch of the. Woman's
Auxiliary of the Episcopal
Church, which was held at St
Peters Church Thursday. The
meeting was the annual one and
was attended by between $50 and
200 delegates, who represented
all portions of the diocese.
A wedding was solemnized ir
the M. e. Church at FELTON, Wed
nesday, october 10, at 1 o'clock
The bride was Miss Addie Eliz-
abeth Sunfeld, daughter of Rev
and Mrs. E. c. Sunfeld, former
ly of Smyrna. The groom was
State Representative d a n
Bourdman Murry, son of Mr.
Smyrna times., 1956-10-11
George Murry, of Viola.

George Murry, of Viola.
Mr., and Mrs. Harvey w. FAIRIES
celebrated last evening the Fifth
Wedding Anniversary by enter,
tanning a number of friends al
their home.
Miss Grace Wilson, sister Of
Mrs. w. G. Koons, is being enter.
tained by Mrs. John P. Hudson
Mrs. Koons, who has been at the
Methodist Hospital in Philadel
phia, has recovered sufficiently tc
be brought to Smyrna.
Announcement of the approach,
ing marriage of William Levi:
Fader, formerly of Newark now
of Pittsburgh, and Miss Anna
Elizabeth Conwell of Magnolia
has been issued. The wedding
will take place Wednesday, Oc.
tober "a at the home of The
brides parents.
Mrs. William Brown, of Phila
delphia, Mr.. and Mrs. oscar
Grant of Chester, Mr.. William
Grant of Philadelphia, are spend
ing a few days with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Grant
Mr.. P. H. t. Wyatt, of Phila.
delphia who recently moved there
from PENIS Grove, N. j., to be
near his son, is visiting his for.
mer Smyrna friends and is now
guest of the family of Mr.. Jos.
eph Beckett.
Mrs. David T. Smithers who
met with an accident while get.
ting off of a trolley car at Hill.
crest near Wilmington recently
is recovering from her fall as
well as can be expected. Mrs
Smithers was on her way tc
spend the day with Mrs. Tally
Smith, and in getting off the
Darby car the step gave way and
threw hter with enough force tc
the ground to sprain her wrist.
Mrs. R. P. Hazel has returned
from a visit to her daughter
Mrs. H. D. Bootes, in Philadel-
phia.
Smyrna times., 1956-10-11

Scottish Rite Club To Meet
The fall meeting of the Kent
and Sussex Scottish Rite Club
will be held at the Goshen-Grace
Methodist Church, Milton, Friday,
October II, at 7 pm, with James
Smyrna times., 1956-10-11

B. Kilvington presiding. A roast
beef dinner will be served. There
viii be a speaker in addition to
entertainment, arranged by j.
Henry Mcdonnell, and Masonic
Fellowship. ps2
Smyrna times., 1956-10-11
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
80 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old files Of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column.
now a regular feature Of the
Times. win call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1956-10-11

Franz Lehar once served as a
band master in the Austrian
Army.
Smyrna times., 1956-10-11
20 Years Ago

Tonight, Thursday, october 15,
at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-03
Fresh Styling
In Georgiana's New Cotton Crop

Every of these dresses has its special fashion new.
It's the doubebreasted effect the check the spaghetti
trim in the dress the Egyptian influence in the stripes
Everyday dresses but not with everyday look
Many styles from which to choose
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-09
Seaford COP Club
Meets March 18th

The Seaford Republican Club
will hold an open meeting at the
American Legion Log Cabin on
Tuesday, March 13, at 500 D. m.
Both men and women party MEM
bers and friends from other towns
as we'll as Seaford are cordially
invited to attend this meeting.
Representative James H. Snow
den of Wilmington, a dynamic
speaker and active member of the
Legislature from Wilmington will
be the principal speaker, but
greetings will be heard from other
prominent members of the party
including Senator Thomas l.. john
son from Rehoboth. Light refresh
ments will be served by Mrs. Rich
ard Gundry and Mr.. Lewis Trivits,
refreshment chairmen.
Do make a special effort to be-
come active in the party at once.
beginning with this meeting We
hare our great national leader,
President Eisenhower, but he needs
your activity and help on the local
level
You and your wife come and
bring a friend-see you thenl
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-09
Calvary Adult Choir
Hold Meeting

A meeting OF the Adult Choir Of
calvary Methodist Church was
held Thursday evening, March 1st,
and a new constitution was adopt
ed. Gilbert Wilkins read the con-
stitution and with slight changes
it was adopted by the members.
Miss Annabelle Dill was elected
secretary Of the Organization.
which will be known as Calvary
Adult Choir.
Mrs. Alice Barber. our new presi-
dent, appointed the following com
mittees: Ways and Means. Betty
Cohen chairman, June Roberts.
Charles Swain, Sandra Elliott,
Buddy Hoey, Charles Lacy, Ken
meth Hopkins, Harvey Thompson;
Membership B ii Daummond,
chairman, Edith Kline, Joan Viii
kins, Richard Kennedy; Telephone,
e. Wiley, Chairman, Patsy Rob-
erts, Elizabeth Hall: Publicity, B.
Swain, Chairman, Alice Beebe, Pat
sy Roberts; Welfare, Mae Thomas,
Chairman, Mary Drummond, B.
Sharp; Social, Maudie Elliott,
Chairman, Mary Ann Roberts, Shir-
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-09
Kent Junior Al
Council Organized
CONTINUED from page one)

CONTINUED from page one)
inals: John Clark, Clayton Cled-
laoppers; and Delbert Simpson.
Wildcats.
The above clubs were all repre-
sented at this meeting by Doris
Warren, Donald Carey, Norma
RObb, Blanche Webb, Sue Glen
daniel, Helen Grampp, Ere d
Grampp, Betty Hayes, Nancy This
tlewood, Jean Hayes, Calvin Hol-
lis, Richard Simpson, Connie Parv-
is. Peggy Vaughn, Elaine Mitchell,
and Yvonne Fifer.
The next meeting viii be held on
April 3, during school vacation.
National 4-GDClnb Week
The All Clubs are Organized
gToups of young people who are
engaged in farming, homemaking.
or Community activities under the
guidahee Of cooperative extension
workers and local volunteer Lead
ers. Any, boy or girl between the
ages Of 10 and q years who agrees
TO Learn by doing may enroll in
a All Club. The club elects its
own officers, plans and carries
out programs based on the needs
and interests of the members, holds
regular meetings. and takes part
in community activities. To help
prepare tomorrow's citizens physi-
cally, mentally, and spiritually, &
H Club work provides oppoTtuni-
ties for voluntary participation in
programs. built on needs and in
terest, through which All mem
bers develop talents for greater
usefulness, Join with friends for
work, fun. and fellowship; learn
TO live in a changing world, choose
way to earn living; produce
food and fiber for home and mar
ket; create better homes, conserve
natures resources, build health
share responsibilities for commune
ty improvement, and serve as use
full citizens.
Join club in your community
today.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-09
Sussex County VOLunteel
Firemen's Group
Hold Meet
Continued from first pagel

CONTINUED from first page)
highways.
Mr.. William Donovan, County
Fire Recorder from Ellendale,
gave the Association a report on
the past year of fires and equip
ment used. A very complete re-
port Thank you, Bill.
Col. Slayer, Chairman of the
Law and Legislature committee,
explained to the Association the
recent bill passed in Dover rela-
tive to all Fire Companies report
ing expenditures on all monies APP
propriated from the County and
State.
Mr.. Wesley Robbins gave a talk
on the Fire School which will be
held in Camden-Wyoming the two
week-ends In April.
State Fire Marshall, Walter La
Rue, explained to ths Association
his interest in the fire reports to
be rendered to Dover.
The next meeting will be held in
Lewes with the LeTes Fire Com
pany being Host.
Meeting adjourned at 10:2O p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-09

ley Tingle, Betty Jane Campbell
The choir is singing the cantata
The Risen Christ" on Palm Sun
day evening, March 25. at 8 p. M,
under the direction of Mrs. Ellen
Wildey.
Mrs. Barber told us of plans to
have a.night Of music some time in
April Date to be announced later.
We, as a choir, are proud to
have as our choir director, Mrs.
Ellen Wildey, and organist, Mrs.
Geraldine Pettyjohn. They are an
xious to have all those who can
sing to join the choir.
We have as our officers: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Alice Barber; Vice Pres
ident, Mrs. Betty Cohen; Secre-
tary, Miss Annabelle Dill; Treas
urer, Mr.. Burdette Kitchens.