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The Sidney herald., 1956-01-05
MRS. HOWARD
DIES FROM BURNS IN
ACCIDENT HERE

Mrs. Howard Crawford, about
%, of Wibaux, died Wednesday
evening at the Community Me-
mortal hospital from first and
second degree burns suffered in
a flash gasoline fire at the Yoder
Texaco Service Station in Sidney
Tuesday afternoon. Sidney Fire
Chief Bonnie Dave, Jr., in the
official statement above gives the
facts of the accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford had
driven here from Wibaux where
they resided. Mr.. Crawford, who
is blind, was waiting in the car
in the driveway in front of the
filing station for his wife when
the flash fire occurred. K. o.
Eckley of the Sidney Carburetor
& Electric half a block north of
the filling station in rushing to
the scene, took off his jacket and
shirt and wrapped them about
Mrs. Crawford, whose clothing
and hair were aflame, snuffing
out the fire. Mr.. Eckley sustained
several burns himself in getting
her out of the fire through which
she was struggling to escape.
Harold Mercier hurried to the
scene from the Yoder garage
where he is employed and climb
ing into the cab of the burning
truck drove it out of the drive
way of the station.
The Sidney herald., 1956-01-05
Woman Fatally
Burned in Ser
Station Fire =

Mrs. Howard Crawford of Wi
baux, Montana was fatally burn
ed as a result of a fire at the
Texaco Service Station January
8. Mrs. Crawford was in the rest
room at the time and as she
came out of the rest room her
clothes became ignited and she
started through the wall of
flames. Mrs. Crawford was rushed
to the local hospital where she
was treated Immediately. She was
on the critical list and passed
away January 4th at 400 p. m.
Funeral arrangements are pend
ing with the Fulkerson Funeral
Home in charge.
The bulk gas truck was I'M
loading gas to the underground
storage tank in front of the la
dies rest DON door at the sta
ton when gas and gas fumes
were ignited but up to the pres
ent time the origin of the fire
is unknown.
The gas station suffered a
loss of about $4,000, the bulk gas
truck loss was approximately
100000, all damage was covered
by insurance.
J. B. Dave, Jr.,
Fire Chief.
The Sidney herald., 1956-01-05
s,ecord Attendance Seen For 25h
Feeder Day Program Here

The 25th Annual Sidney Feed
er Tour and Banquet Saturday
is expected to be one of the best
and will be attended by record
crowds. In recognition of the Sill
yer Anniversary, an outstanding
program has been arranged by
the Agriculture Committee of the
Sidney Chamber of Commerce.
Registration and Tour
Registration will open in the
Lalonde hotel at 800 a. m. and
the feedlot tour will start at
1000 a. m. Tour stops will be
made at the Eastern Montana
Experiment Station to inspect
lamb feeding tracts, at the Bill
Lindvig farm for cattle feeding
and at the Frank Steinbeisser
farm where both cattle and lambs
r on feed. Those interested will
make a final visit to the Holly
Sugar yards. Glenn Hartman, Dean
Davidson and College representa-
tives, DR.. Thomas and NJ. A. ia
cobson, will assist on the tour.
Afternoon Educational Program
The 1870 p. m. afternoon edu-
cational program promises to be
one of the features of the day
with a capacity crowd expected
at the Yellowstone Livestock
Commission Company sales yards.
This session will open with carcass
demonstrations of two beeves and
three lambs. The two panels to
follow are expected to draw
many questions.
The first panel on feeding will
be moderated by Jim Ganaway,
Trenton, NJ. D. Members are DR..
Cloy Knodt, ruminant specialist,
General Mills, Indianola, Indiana;
A. B. Beggs, state supervisor Oc-
The Sidney herald., 1956-01-05
Harry Johnson
County Chairman
OF March of Dimes

Harry johnson, campaign chair
man for the Richland County
March of Dimes, has appointed
Sam Scammon of Lambert, Keith
Taylor of Fairview, and Lawrence
Brown of Savage as supervisors
of the program in their respective
communities, with Mr.. Johnson's
assistance. Coin collection boxes
have also been placed in the
various stores and business places
and Mr.. johnson says he hopes
that collections and contributions
will equal those of last year.
Mrs. Al Lane is organizing
the mothers of this community
for the torch light project and
other activities for the benefit
of the March of Dimes, a more
detailed account of which will
appear in next weeks issue Of
The Herald.
The Sidney herald., 1956-01-05
SISSEL w. M.
OF O D

Howard SlSSel was installed as
Worshipful Master of Lower yell
lowstone Lodge No. 80 at the last
regular meeting. William Red
gren, retiring master, was install
ling officer assisted by w. w.
Hall as installing marshal.
Other officers installed were
Howard Eichholtz, senior war
den; William Rounce, junior
warden; John Burns, senior dea-
con; Alexander Besel, junior
deacon; Earl Hawley, senior
steward; Curtis Ball, junior stew
ard; Charles Newell, secretary;
E. E. Turner, treasurer; Rev. Ru-
ben Dutton, chaplain; Clinton
Fulkerson, tyler; Orlan Strom,
marshal.
The Sidney herald., 1956-01-05
Holly President
Merrill Shoup
To Be Speaker

Merrill L. Shoup, president oil
Holly Sugar Company, will be
the Sidney Chamber of Commerce
annual banquet speaker on Thurs
day, January 10. The meeting
will be dedicated to Holly Sugars
50th anniversary and thirty years
in Sidney.
The speaker is president and
director of seventeen corporations
including Holly Sugar, Holly Oil,
mining corporations, several
banks and others. Mr.. Shoup is
vice president and director of
two corporations, secretary-treas-
urer and director of two and di-
rector of five others. He is the
son of former Colorado Govern
or Oliver Shoup and was admit
ted to the Colorado Bar in 1927.
Shoup was also an instructor of
economics, banking and market
ing at Dartmouth college and
Brown University. He is author
of numerous articles on sound
money, gold and related topics.
According to retiring presi-
dent, Ed Edmondson, and presi-
dent elect, Dean Beck, a ca
crowd is epected to a.
tend. Banquet tickets will be
sold to members by a twenty
man committee. Reservations are
to be made at the Chamber of
Commerce office. The program
will include installation Of new
officers and a short report of
1855 Chamber plans.
The Sidney herald., 1956-01-05

Was initiated into the club In
1943, has attended three Dis
trict conventions and one train
ing conference.
The Sidney herald., 1956-01-05
OBITUARY
Helen Patricia Crawford

Helen Patricia Harris was born
Nov. 10, 1927, at Palo Alto, Cali
fornia to Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Harris who moved to Salt Lake
City when she was yet a babe
in arms. She was married to
Howard Crawford July 80, 1855,
at Wibaux where they have since
resided. She is survived by her
husband and her parents, MI. and
Mrs. Milton Harris of Salt Lake
City and one sister, Mrs. Ruth
H. Wood of Ogden, Utah, and a
brother Boyd Harris of Santa
Monica, Calf. The parents and
Mr.. Crawford's mother arrived
in Sidney this morning to accom-
The Sidney herald., 1956-01-05
CHIDREN'S o HOUR
AT LIBRARY

The Children's Story Hour, for
children ages 5 to Z inclusive,
will be held in the Children's
Reading room in the basement of
the city library this Saturday at
10 a. m. Mrs. Vic Koch win be
the reader and will be assisted
by Anna Schmoll. Parents are
requested to observe these age
limits as space is not available
for children outside Of this age
group.
This reading hour is sponsored
by the local chapter OF the
American Association OF Univer-
sity Women.
The Sidney herald., 1956-01-05
L. S. Schmererhorn
Former Resident
Dies In Calf.

Word was received here the
first of the week of the death of
Rev. L. S. Schermerhorn, one of
the early day residents of Rich
land county. His death was re-
ported by his daughter, Mrs.
Frank Quigley of Bakersfield,
California, with whom he had
been making his home for several
years. He was 81 years old.
The obituary will be published
in a later issue Of The Herald.
The Sidney herald., 1956-01-05

pany the remains to Glendive
where funeral services will be
held at 2 p. m. Friday at the
Koch and Hubel Chapel, with
interment in the Glendive ceme-
terry. The body was taken to the
Fulkerson Funeral Home from
the hospital last night and from
there in the Fulkerson ambulance
to Glendive this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29
BY JAMES BACON

HOLLYWOOD, April % (P).
-Debra Paget is one Goth
Century-Fox star who is glad
Daryl zanuck no longer is
studio boss.
For the past five years."
she discloses, Il couldn't even
get in to see him. I think
things will be different now
that Buddy Adler is running
the studio
Zebra. still under contract
to Fox. hasn't made a picture
there since Prince Valiant"
three years ago.
Il was only IA when Fox
signed me. The front Office
under the old regime-thought
l was still l4-and that's the
kind of parts / got.
I'm a big girl now-puShing
23-and I think I've long been
ready for big girl parts. They
don't think of me as a child
when / do night club appear
ances in Las Vegas"
The sultry, sloe-eyed beauty
raised eyebrows at the Flamin-
go Hotel when she cut loose
in Las Vegas with costuming
that was daring even for that
town.
Mrs. Maggie Gibson, Debra's
mother and manager. discloses
that her daughters career
would have been sabotaged if
it hadn't been for loanouts to
Paramount. Zebra has one of
the top parts in De Miles
THE Ten Commandments"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29
QUIET MOMENT AMID THE DRAMA

Anne Francis and Paul Newman manage tender
moment or two in the dramatic doings of "The
Rack" The movie about young officer court
martialed for breaking under Communist pres
sure in a Korean POW camp is now showing at
LoewS Columbia Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29
Debro Poget One Film Star
Happy With Her New Boss

and is the star of THE Loves
Of Omar Khayyam."
Il know it's hard to be-
lieve." the mother says, but
neither one of US could get in
to see the boss at Fox. That's
what hurts.
There was part after part
that Zebra could do-'The
Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
was one she wanted to try for
but what chance did she
have when she couldn't get
past the boss secretary?"
When Adler took over,
Zebra called up for an ap-
pointment and was told:
Come right up. MI. Adler
will be happy to see you any,
time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29
GLOVER

Continued From Page Ell
fine set of critical notices came
her way for "A Month in the
Country"
She good-naturedly COM
ments: There certainly is
snob appeal in getting pupils.
The little devils who want to
get into acting certainly watch
the critics notices.
THE morning after the show
opens, there were over 100
telephone calls asking if we
were going to reopen the en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29
DRIVEN THEATER!
RRRNCH DRIVEN

RE. $4,000. 6lt Mi. Sc. d. c. Line
e. SlintS 3, MAJ cS SI sEa9SS Aye .s
JAMES DEAN in REBEL WITHOUT
CAUSE" CinemAScope, SGD.
JACK BALANCE in kiss OF FIRE"
Color 1890
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29
FOOtlight FoOtnotes

Eastward in Eden" Doro-
thy Gardeners play about the
bittersweet romance of poetess
Emily Dickinson, is getting a
tasteful revival by a new off,
Broadway group at the Green
wich Village Actors Playhouse.
Reaching Broadway in the
coming week are two items:
On Tuesday, May 2. Wake
Up, Darling" a comedy by
Alex Gottlieb starring Barry
Nelson reaches the Barrymore.
On Wednesday Frank Loes-
ser's musical, THE Most Hap
py Fella," debuts at the I'M
perial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29

HAYES CONCERT BUREAU
I'm CampbelPs) HOS G st. NV.
National 8-1lb1 Steinway Piano
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29

rollments lists. But we just
can't teach any more"
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12
"Seed-Bed OF Freedom"

America S expanding economy is
largely small business growing in
to big business, and in turn recreat-
ing smill business. Cola G. Park
TT, president of the National Associ-
alton Of Manufacturers, asserted re-
Gently.
Mot counting farms. there are
today more than 900 900 business
enterprises in the United States. :
Mfr, Parker said. Forty per cent
of all private income is produced
by unincorporated business proprie-
tors
What the U s. Bureau of Census
classifies as small business pro-
duces more than one-third of the
country's output. Half a million
small or medium-sized corporations
own more than half the corporate
assets Of the country.
A Question Posed
Small business has been defined
as the seed-bed Of freedom and
correctly so. because it is precisely
on the right of everyone in this
nation to work for someone else or
to go into business for himself that
freedom rests.
The president Of the NAM which
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12
Andersonville

Misses Louise Nand Rita Morgan
Mr.. and Mrs. R. NJ. Morgan, Bob
Williams and Al Smith spent the
week end ii the home Of Mrs c.
B. MORGAN
Mrs. N. J. Harvey is spending
several days at her home in Dill
wyn. Mrs Mary Jamerson is caring
for Mrs. A. S. Gillian in Mrs Har-
vey's absence
Sunday dinner guests CT Mr.. and
Mrs. Juan r. Anderson were Mrs
"A. c. Wood, Miss Cora Wood, Mr.
and Mrs Julian Dunkum and Mr.
and Mrs W. Beasley.
Mrs. Sam Anderson and Ken and
Linda spent the week end with Mrs
C. II. Anderson.
Nh. and Mrs. Herbert Anderson
and Mss Virginia Anderson attend
ed the funeral Of Mrs Helen King
in Fluvanna last week.
Mrs. Luther Walden and Nat
spen; several days last week with
Mr. and Mrs O. J Thompson.
Miss Lula Flood visited Mr. anC
Mrs. j. w. Morris in Burkevllle
las; week end She also attended
the State Fair in Richmond
Claude Anderson spent the weel
end at this home here.
Mr. and Mrs John Morgan VISITED
/ the Rev and Mrs Curtis Hollomar
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12

lege He received the B. A. de-
gree from Wake Forest in 1888
While attending Southern Bap-
fist Theological Seminary he
pastored churches near Louisville,
KY. After completing Seminary
training in 1887, he returned to
North Carolina for further work
with rural churches.
In l943 he accepted a call to the
Olive Chapel Church, Apex, N.
c. After six years OF service there
he was selected Rural minister
of the year by Progressive Farm
er magazine. In 1850 The Christ
ian Century featured Olive Chapel
! in its series on Great Churches
of America Nationwide publicity
followed in Life and other maya
zines.
In 1850 he became director OF
Cnurch-CCmmunity Development
at Gardner Webb College He is
author of Biography Of a Coun-
try Church. and Interpretation
of the l00-year growth of the
Olive Chapel Community. He
writes weekly newspaper column
and has written many articles fOl
various denominational maya
zines.
f. B. Knapp, teacher Of music
in the Buckingham Public Schools
viii lead the sone service each
night
The public is cordially invited
TO attend these services.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12
Trinity Church At
New Canton Starts
Fall Series Sunday

Trinity Presbyterian Church an
ncunces the fall series of services
beginning Sunday morning, Oct. IA
at HAS. and continuing through Fri
day evening, Oct. ~. The evening
services will begin at 7:30, The pub
lie is invited to attend
The Rev David r. Holt, assistant
to the president of Union Theologi-
cal Seminary iii Richmond, will be
the evangelist He received the
bachelor of divinity degree from
Union Theological Seminary in 1855
and master Of theology in 1886 Rev,
Hollis subjects for the week will be
Hearing God Sin and Grace. >
why Did Jesus Die" The Per
lection of the Cross. The Value
of Soul The Gates of Heaven. .
and The Tragedies of Life
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12

1T needs first of all, !" Mr. Parker
continued, IAN atmosphere which
encourages growth, and tax sys-
tenn which does not make growth
out of earnings forlorn hope.
The basic difficulty smaller COM
panies have in getting operating
cash is the high. discriminatory fed
eral income tax The corporate tax
rate consists Of 80 per cent normal
rate and a Sur-taX of y per cent on
all income over S25 900. This COM
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12
. Nuckols

Mr. and Mrs. II. S. Springer were
among those who attended Cumbar-
land Day Saturday. Mr. Springer
had his Model rs on parade.
Mrs. W. F.. Davidson entertained
with an oyster dinner Saturday
evening. The guests included Nh
and Mrs. w. D. Walker, Mr.. and
Mrs. Il D. Mcmillan. and daugh-
tars, Lynda and Rita Gail. and Mr.
and Mrs II. S. Springer
Mr.. and Mrs. Chuck Seay + {
visitine her parents after her stay
at Medical College Hospital.
The Womans Missionary Union
of Buckingham Church meets al
the home Of Mrs W. F. Davidson
Thursday night. Oct, H. AT 80
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12

bination becomes an effective rate
OF 50 precent at S275 600.
The effect is that about 80 per
cent of ali corporate net income is
taxed at 10 per cent and over. This
in itself is discriminatory and an
impeachment to capital growth
Small businessmen. operating unin-
corporated businesses. find them
selves kicking in half of their earn
at only $4,000 of net taxable
income. Thus the tax system puts
a penalty on success.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12
Revival To Begin at First Baptist
Chur ch. Dillwyn Sunday, October IA

Rev. Garland Hendricks of the
Southeastern Seminary. Wake
Forest. N. c., will be the guest
minister for the week Rev. Hen.
bricks came to the Southeastern
Theological Seminary as professor
Of Church Community Develop
ment from Gardner Webb COL
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12

Revival services will begin SUM-
day morning. Oct IA. at the First
Baptist Church. Dillwyn. Sunday
School will be held at 10 a. m
to be followed by the morning
service ut IL. Services will be held
each night, including Sunday at
7:30 p. m.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12
"seed-Bed OF Freedom"-
Small Business Seen Needing Relief
From Discriminatory Tax

IS the greatest organization of small
businessmen in the world with SO
per cent Of its q 900 members hav-
Ing fewer than 500 employees then
posed the question as to what small
business needs in order to grow
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-10-12

for the week end.
Mrs John Dorrier, Miss Beth
Forbes and Susan Forbes spent
Saturday in Richmond T. W Gil
liam returned home with them for
week end visit
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-04-28
To The EDITOR
BY Alfred Baker Lewis

President Eisenhower at recent press conference
March 13th), answering question his attitude to-
ward enforcing desegregaton in the public schools said
that must be gradual and must be patient in
not been acting defiance of law when they had segre
gated schools heretofore but had followed the dis
carded Supreme Court ruling that separate but equal
schools were Constitutional.
This remark illustrates clearly two facts of present
day politics. first the in which the Republicans play
ball with the reactonary Southern Democrats and second
the deep ignorance of President social and economic
the segregated schools the South namely that they
separate but equal according to law, just not true
nearly everyone but the President knows.
The separate but equal doctrine laid down by
the Supreme Court in 1896 Fortyfive after that
here the stuaon The Southern states in 1910 spent
only 43 cent much pupil for the
education of Negro children they did for the education
of school still less for somewhat smaller proportion
of Negro children at school, Alabama Georgia, Lou
Siana South Carolina spent only one-thrd less
Negro pupil compared what they spent for each white pupil
In addition Mississippi spent only II cent much
By 1862 there had been very substantial improvement
to be BY then the Negro children not getting
what the white children getting in the South, but
Alabama had gone up in expenditures per Negro pupil
compared with whites from 33 cent much 80
cent Georgia from 81 cent to 60 cent and South
Carolina from 30 cent to 60 cent Even laggard
Mississippi had from II cent to 30 cent.
Even then, despite President Eisenhower, the Southern
states (here individual exceptions like
Okahoma) still not obeying the law under the sep
arate but equal doctrine.
For President Eisenhower to say in face of these
facts which known in every way though
figures to nearly everyone thought about
the matter at ALL that the South has been obeyg the old
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-04-28

members of three of the
church choi IRIS; Halleluiah
Chorus, Junior and Senior,
augmented with other train
ed voices. They rendered such
selections as "He Will Re-
member Me-" "Were You
There" Christ the Lord is
Risen Today" "All Hail the
Power" and "Crown Him
With Many Crowns" Solos
were rendered by Mrs. Bessie
Patterson and Norma Smith
who sang "The Crucifixion,"
"He Never Said a Mumbling
Word," and "The Holy City,"
respectively.
The pastor of Hill Street,
Rev. Johnson Smith, deliver
ed a most appropriate Easter
sermon. He was assisted by
the assistant pastor, Rev.
Thomas f.. Crews, who read
Holy Scripture and offered
invocation.
BY a vast public demand,
these services will again be
presented by Hill Street next
year. Hill Street looks for
ward with great anxiety to
share the Gospel Truth with
the citizens of Roanoke and
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-04-28
5000 ATTEND
HILL STREET
SUNRISE SERVICE

The Easter Sunrise service,
held in Washington Park by
Hill Street at $3.50 am, was
an overwhelming s ucces s.
There was an estimated at
tendance of between three
and three and a half thousand
persons. The morning was
cool but throngs of people
stood and witnessed the serv-
ices while others remained
in their cars and heard the
services by the public address
system. The crispness of the
morning, the scenic environ
ment, and worshipful atmos-
phere made any witness of
the service feel as if he was
among the saints of old as
they witnessed a Risen Lord.
A m ong the outstanding
features of the services was
a 100 voice choir under the
direction of Mrs. Maxine N.
Hunt, a member of the facul-
ty at Booker T. Washington
Junior High School and di-
rector of the school choir.
The choir was composed of
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-04-28
HYMN COMPOSER ILL

Hollywood, Calf The Composer
of 1.-The Old Rugged Cross" one of
the worlds most popular hymns,
Rev. George Bernard, 83, is seriously
i'll in hospital here. The hymn is
said to have been translated into
more languages than any other
Gospel song.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-04-28
FLOAT TOO HOT

Washington - The float entered
by West Virginia in the annual
Cherry Blossom Festival was the
hottest one in the parade. 1t burst
into flames as the parade ended and
was destroyed
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-04-28

vicinity.
May we, the official board,
and members of Hill Street,
take this opportunity to
thank the many members
and friends for their patron
age.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-04-28

Newport, KY. - City Manager A.
G. Joseph recently turned down a
$4,000 salary increase offered by
city commissioners. Joseph explain
ed he couldn't accept an increase in
view of the city's low Financial
status.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-04-28
TRAIN KILLS Roy. DOG

Baltimore, Md. - George Roberts,
14-year-old Negro boy, was killed
by train as he raced onto an over
pass in futile effort to save his
pet dog. The dog also died.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-04-28
Eightin' Words

Eight of any ten girls don't have
the right physical specifications says
a corset publication. Those are fight
ing words to eight of any ten boys
Alexandria (Minn.) Echo.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1956-04-28

separate but equal doctrine is just plain
ne was abysmay ignorant else he making specous
plea for the South in the hope that he repeat this
his feat of the 1852 election by winning
Southern states.