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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-02-26
Book Review 80.

and proceed to another level. Ac-
cording to somebody in the pub
fishers promotion department,
this book is a sensitive a n d
powerful attack on the cruelty
and repression of Stalinist Rus
sia." Also it says on the dust
jacket the reader will find "a
deep and important message, a
message of indignation and OF
horror at mans cruelty toward
man" Yes.
With all that we can find no
fault. Until Russian scholarship
comes up with evidence to the
contrary, we claim that line
about "man's inhumanity to man.
was spoken FIRST in English.
Let it roll completely around the
world And let all of US keep a
little at home for use in case OF
sickness.
There is yet another level OF
interest in the book. We come at
last to real Hegelian situation
in which deep conscientious as
sertion of fine feeling is used to
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-02-26
The Petal Pare.

THE PETAL PAPER: Printed on Thurs
day of each week by THE ADVERTISER
PUBLISHING CO., Pascagoula, Miss
Published by East Publications Co., Box
349, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Entered as second class matter at the
Post Office at Petal, Mississippi, under
Act of March g. 1879
RE-ENTERED AT PASCAGOULA, MISS
RETURN FORMS 1919 TO: THE PET
AL PAPER, BOX 349, HATTIESBURG.
MISS.
P. d. East ........,. Editor & Publisher
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Per Year .s...r...... .... $500
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-02-26
wealth that helped pave the way
for her becoming the 49th state.

wealth that helped pave the way
for her becoming the 49thi state.
Where petroleum is. concerned !,
men tend to become compulsive
and sometimes they seem unable :
to account for their own behav-
ior. The vigor with which respon-
sible politicians put themselves
on the chopping block in order
to pass the Natural Gas bill, with
its bonanza for the oil interests,
is testimony to this pattern of be-
havior. 5s.s
X X X
Now once again, while public
attention is focused on the illness
of Secretary of State Dulles and =
diverted from other matters, the
oilmen are busy at work. They
are trying to get their hands on
the huge Naval oil reserves on
the West Coast.
There are three of these re-
serves: No. is atsElk Hills, Kern
County, Calf, and consists of 49,
500 acres of land; No. 2 Buena
Vista Hills, Calf. consists of 49,
341 acres, and No. is at Teapot
Continued on Page -
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-01

Alfred Donnegan who is the the
armed services, has just left for
Germany
Sunday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
RoWlett Bruce were Mr. and Mrs.
Fisher Bruce, Mrs. Graham Bruce,
and Mrs. Maud Cook, all Of Rich
mond, and Mrs. George Sheperd,
of Yorktown.
Mrs. Lewis Williams has returned
to Buckingham after spending the
winter months with her niece. Miss
Christine Forbes, in Roanoke
Miss Sue Pollard, Of Longwood
College. was a week end guest Of
Miss Betty Ruth Dunnavant.
Picnic For Brownie Troop
Members Of the Brownie Troop
No. enjoyed a picnic and wiener
roast at the home Of their leader
Mrs. j. F. Love, at Horse Per
Lake, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Webb and
daughters. Mary Louise. Margaret
and Frances, were visitors ir
Blackstone, Sunday.
Mrs. Dorothy Shumaker has re-
turned home from Southside Com
munity Hospital where she under
went an operation. She is improving
nicely.
/ Miss Mamie Spencer left Friday
for Lynchburg where she will visi,
for week with her son and daugh
ter-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Spencer.
Tapped BY Psi Chi
Congratulations to Miss Betty
Broaddus Bruce who was tapped by
Psi Chi, a national honor, society
Miss Bruce is a student at Mary
Washington College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Davis lef
Sunday for Florida where they will
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-01

siding in the home of Mrs. Alene
Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Harrell, Of
Newport News, we're week n
guests of Mrs. j. E. Gillian, OF
Alcoma. On Sunday, they were visi-
tors of Mr.. and Mrs Robert Gil
liam. Mrs. Mamie Pitts, of Dill
wynn, was also a visitor there.
Here From Florida
Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Broome
Mrs. Gerald Nilsson and daughter
Jeonne, of Jacksonville, Fla. are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John B
Boatwright for the week end.
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Moss, III
and daughters. Dianne and Donna
Of Arlington, were week end guests
of Mrs. j. P. Moss. II.
Mrs. Emmett McCraw has beer
discharged from the Southside Com
munity Hospital and is recuperat
ing at the home of her son ane
daughterin-laW, Mr.. and Mrs. En-
NETT McCraw, Jr.. of Appomattox
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph LeSueur
Mr.. and Mrs Archie Rush, of Dill
wynn. and Lewis Guerrant, of New
Canton. were visitors Of Mr.. ane
Mrs. Gordon LeSueur in Chape
Hill, N c., Sunday.
Visitors Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hamil
ton Agee, Jr. Sunday were Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Stone. of SCOTS
vile.
Miss Appling Moss and Miss Clara
Gary, of Richmond. were house
guests for the week end of Mr.. ane
Mrs. Peyton Moss.
Mr. and Mrs. Will LleWellyn anC
sons. Grandy and Wayne, Miss Fir
CELIA Sadler and o. P. Sadler were
visitors at Natural Bridge and Lex
ington. Sunday
Parades AT Festival
The Buckingham High Schoo
band under the direction Of E
Bruce Knapp paraded in the. Dog
wood Festival celebration in Char
lottesvllle. Friday
The Women of Emmanuel Epis
copal Church held a successful bak,
sale. Saturday. April 25.
Friends were sorry to hear o
the death of Mrs. Leila Eldridge
Of Atlanta. Ga. wife of Thoma
Eldridge. formally of Buckingham
Mr.. Eldridge is the son Of the lat
Mr. and Mrs. John Eldridge. Q
Buckingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Wood. 0
Newport News. were guests for TIL
week end Of Miss Minnie and Es
tell Wood
Edgar Donnegan and son, Alfret
Donnegan of Washington. were
visitors recently of Mr. and Mrs
Linnie Wisemar at Perry Hill
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-01

spend months vacation with her
daughter and son-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs Bud Tomlin.
Mrs r. B. Station and Mrs. Carl
Allen entertained recently with a
miscellaneous shower honoring
Mrs. David CobbS, the former Miss
Charlotte Ann Wright.
Mrs. Ruth Carter, of Dillwyn,
was visitor of the Misses Mary
and Annie Housewright and also
Mrs. Alice Glover. Sunday.
Dinner guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
r. H. Wood Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs. c. " Harris, Charles Harris
Mrs T. E. Wood and Jack Wood
Of Richmond
Mrs Rolfe Wood ana Mrs. Col
Inns were business visitors in Farm
vile. Saturday.
j. G. Spencer. Sr.. of Dixie, :
entered Virginia Baptist Hospital il
Lynchburg. Sunday.
He will be there for some time a:
he has to undergo surgery. Mrs
Spencer is staying in the city to bt
near him.
We wish for him speedy re
covery
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-01
Buckingham G. H. Items
Mrs. H. C. Ellis From Victoria, Canada
Ar1iues For Visit At EIdridge Home

Mrs. H. G. Ellis. of Victoria
British Columbia. Canada. is visit
ing Mrs. John Eldridge, Jr.. at AL
coma. Also visiting there is Mrs.
K. W. Weike. Of Charleston, W. va.
the former Miss Barbara Eldridge.
She will be joined by her husband
this week.
Mrs. Branch Rosen left Sunday
for Lynchburg where she will visit
with her daughter and son-in-laW
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Thompson.
Mrs. Eva Llewellyn arrived by
plane in Richmond on Tuesday of
last week from a four months visit
with her daughter and son-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs Shirley Luck in Viii
mlngton. Del. Mrs. LleWellyn re-
turned with her daughter. Mrs
Charlie Hall. to Buckingham where
she will remain for an indefinite
visit.
Receive Congratulations
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Amos. Jr..
of Manteo. are receiving congratu-
lations on the birth of a son. born
April % in the University of Vir-
ginia Hospital. Both mother anc
son are doing fine.
Miss Betsy Spencer spent t h {
week end in Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Word. o.
Richmond. were visitors of Mr.. ano
Mrs Wiley Land for the week end
They also visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ber
Word at Knoxville.
Mrs. Aubra Yancey, Mrs. M. F
LeSueur. Mrs. Stanley Jeffrey. o.
Arvonia. Mrs. Jack Snoddy, of Dill
wyn, Mrs. Rowlett Bruce and Mrs
Charles Spencer, of Buckingham
toured the gardens in Charlottes
vile Wednesday of last week.
May Day Participants
Misses Sue Agee and Betty Rutf
Dunnavant will be among those
participating in the May Day cele
bration at LongWood College Sat
urday. May 2, at 3 pm. in the
dell of Longwood Estate.
Mr.. and Mrs Dave Word, Mi
and Mrs. Jack Sanford and son
and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Throck
morton and son, all of Richmond
were visitors last week end of Mr.
and Mrs. E. j. Throckmorton.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wood. Mis-
Mary Helen Wood. John Wood. Jr.
and Miss Pam Hurt were visitors
Sunday Of Mn and Mrs. Bruce
Spencer in Farmville.
Week end guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
H. B. Springer were DR.. Walter
Draper. Earl Chldress and Jen
nings Springer, Of Richmond. Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Springer and daugh
ter, Pat, visited there Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Flora are re-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-01
CumberlandY earbOoE
Takes A First Place
At Press Meeting

The Duke Of 1858. the Cumber-
land High School yearbook. won a
first place award at the Southern
Inter-scholasti Press Association
Convention held at Washington and
Lee University. April "a and Is.
The Cumberland yearbook staff
has been a member Of the associa-
ton for only four years. This is
the second consecutive year it has
won such an award.
The delegation attending the con-
vention this year under the spon-
sorship of Miss Bessie Lou Parker.
yearbook sponsor. were Margaret
Johns. Barbara Martin. Margaret
Whitl0ck. Jack Blanton, and Cole
man Goodman.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-01

Are you the girl who was with
him?' asked the nurse.
Yes was the reply, land !
thought it was only right to come
and give him the kiss he was try
ing for
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-05-01
SO HE'LL TRY AGAIN

A blond flapper called at tn e
hospital the day after the accident.
Il want to see the young man
who was injured in the auto wreck
last night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Bridges Asks
A New Study
OF Radiation

Senator Bridges. Republican
Of New Hampshire. yesterday
called for an immediate and
complete new study Of the
danger Of radiation fallout and
proposed that nuclear testing
be conducted underground OF
above the earth's atmosphere.
Senator Bridges. chairman OF
the Senate Republican Policy
Committee. Is the most power
full Republican on Capitol Hill
to urge q new fallout study and
this new approach to atomic
testing. Chairman McCone OF
the Atomic Energy Commission
said last week he had recon-
mended q broad new study OF
radiation hazard and members
Of the House-Senate Commit
tee on Atomic Energy Endorsed
that recommendation.
Farley Failure Seen
Mr. McCone and several
members Of the Joint Commit
tee also said they favored un-
foreground or outer space atomic
testing II the current Geneva
conference on banning tests
breaks down-which they think
is likely.
"The already considerable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Sunny
today; high near so. Fair and
not as cold tonight; low about
80. Increasingly cloudy and
warmer tomorrow.
Virginia-Sunny today; high,
1852 in the west and north,
and 50-55 in the southeast. Fair
and not as cold tonight. In
creasingly cloudy and warmer
tomorrow.
Maryland-Mostly sunny to-
day; high 44-52. Fair and not
IS cold tonight. Increasingly
cloudy and warmer tomorrow.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Mostly north or
northwest winds Of 5-10 miles
per hour today. Fair weather.
Visibility more than 10 miles.
River Report
Potomac River clea- at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls. Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Special Uniforms

TAIPEI, Mar. 20 (AP)-By
police order, barmaids and
mattresses in restaurants serv-
ing wine and liquor here must
swap their form-fltting, long
slitted Chinese gowns for spe-
cial uniforms Of less allure. The
change must be made by mid
April.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29
Writers to Discuss
Opportunities

Opportunities for the novelist
short story and non-flction
writer will be discussed at the
second annual Writer'S Con-
ference In the Mayhower Hotel
May TO.
Participating will be RATHER
Inc Kennedy, short story writer
for Harper's Bazaar and Chate-
laine, John J. McHale, editor of
the Newman Press, and author
Mrs. Thelma Thompson Stay
den.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

lean Federation of Government
Employees Local No. Al.
Temporary officers elected at
an initial meeting were Ralph
A.. Starnes. acting president,
and Mrs. Mary e. Hylton,
acting secretary-treasurer. A
membership committee, COM
posed Of the charter members,
will conduct q drive during
April. May and June. The next
meeting Is scheduled for April
%. I
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - The
Once Of the Chief Of Army
Ordnance has presented sus-
tanned superior performance
awards to Donald Logan, Joel
Bartlett. Dorothy Lemen, Mrs.
Marion Willis, Mrs. Rosa
Brown, Mrs. Geneva johnson,
Brian LeBert-Francis, Bruce
Smith, John Diashyn. Mrs.
Edna Minner. Mrs. Margaret
Wood. Sara Rode. Sylvia Red
mond. Mrs. Margaret Fajella,
Seymour Lorber, Onalee Swain,
Hugh McGlinn. Mrs. Margue-
rite Wright, Lillian Jensen,
Samuel Slatrow. Dorothy
Revels, Mrs. Elsie Jameson,
Francis Crotty. Frances Marot-
ii, c. Louise Walsh, Malcolm
Spring, Augustus Sylvester,
Mrs. Miriam Sieber. David
Gardner. George Stetson, Saul
Weiss. Joseph Leep., Mrs. Alma
Fortune. Pauline Daigle. Mrs.
Rose Sokolove. Mrs. Yvonne
Pitts. Patricia Ankers, Norman
Duvall. Milton Wiser, Walter
E. Smith. Quarles Brown, Helen
Meier, Harry Levine, James
Duby. Grover Cox. jr.: Wexford
Ford. Mrs. Eleanor Ryan, Mrs.
Eleanor HELEN, Martha Adel-
man. Mrs. Ann Brannon, Leslie
Gather, Mrs. Callie Barley,
Mrs. Norma Judy. Mrs. Jayne
Shaw. John Daugherty, Mrs.
Eleanor Funk, Dorothy Mos
Gov. Mrs. Genevieve Marshall.
Mrs. Ursula Holmes: outstand-
ing performance ratings. Sey-
mour Lorber. Onalee Swain.
Margaret Lewis. Frances Ma
rotti. Walter Smith. Helen
Meier, Callie Barley, Leslie
Gather. Mrs. Norma Judy,
Mrs. Jayne Shaw: incentive
awards (inyentions). Alexander
Kramer. Joseph Church. Greg
CRY Kessenich and Kenneth
Joy. Fort Belvoir has pre-
sented sustained superior per-
Torrance awards to Charles
McGregor, Mrs. Anita Stark.
Mrs. Joyce Holland, Mrs. Shir-
ley Green, Mrs. Cathryn Lac
renee and Harold Vandiver.
Secretary Of Welfare Flemming
has appointed william Fitch.
a career Government employe,
as staff director for the White
House Conference on Aging.
David r. Gascoyne, re-
Gional director Of the Bureau
Of Sport Fisheries and Wild
lie Ia Boston, has been named
program planning officer for
the Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice in the Interior Depart
ment. The Office of Naval
Research needs an operations
research analyst, GS-0l5-l4
and operation research analyst.
GS-0l5-13. Applications should
be forwarded to the Civilian
Personnel Branch. Other
Civil Service listings include
welder. 20.l6-a day, for posi-
tons at the Naval Gun Factory,
Research Laboratory,
Naval Ordnance Laboratory
and Bethesda Naval Medical
Center. Applications should be
filed with the Civil Service
at the Gun Fac
tory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

public concern In regard TO ra-
diation fallout from nuclear ex-
perimentation will be much
heightened by the revelation
that fallout is at q considerably
faster rate than originally an
'ticipated." Senator Bridges said
although the rate Of fallout
is still far below permissible
levels. and there Is thus nc
cause for alarm, ! nevertheless
feel the American people. and
those Of the free world. are en-.
titled to the best our scientific
knowhow can produce"
Favors More Testing
He said, however, that he was
"acutely aware" Of the need foi
further military testing. "This
can be accomplished" he said
with q minimum Of fallout risk
by explosions taking place in
the ionopshere. far above the
earth's atmosphere. and in SUBJ
terranean explosions"
The $50 far almost fruitless''
negotiations in Geneva. he said,
might turn to the question Of
banning only conventional nu-
clear explosions. which are the
ones producing the most dam
gerous fallout.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

Rooak Co., made the opScrva-
tiOh at the recent dinner meet
itig of the Society for Person
nRl Administration which hon.
ofed him as the outstanding
personnel administrator Of the
year.
sMr. Folsom said the Govern
r1ent compares favorably with
industry in the retirement. sick
and annual leave 1t gives its
employees. .
But in the field Of pay, train
ing, health insurance and other
fringe benefits, the Govern
ment lags far behind industry,
he noted.
Mr.. Folsom. who as Secre-
tary Of Welfare initiated the
Tederal employee life insurance
program which was enacted
into law BY Congress, expressed
the hope that health-medical
insurance benefits for Govern
fnent workers and their fami-
lies would also soon become
law.
BETTER RREAK FOR
SMALLER. AGENCIES - Per-
sonnet officials in the Govern
ment's smaller agencies have
high words Of praise for War
FEN Irons. the Civil Service
Commissions executive direc-
tor.
They are appreciative Of Mr..
Irons and the CSC's efforts
to help them on problems of
special concern to the smaller
agencies.
For example, the csc Is
easing the rigid inspection
standards that small agencies
had to keep on personnel
transactions. The smaller bu-
reaus simply don't have
enough people In their per-
sonnet units to maintain the
inspection standards Of the
larger departments and agen-
cies.
Also Mr.. Irons and the csc
are helping smaller agencies
in their recruitment and other
personnel problems. In addi-
ton, the personnel directors Of
the smaller agencies are now
being invited to attend all of
the CSC's inter-agency advi-
sorry council meetings. on a
regular basis. at which Gov
eminent persNnnel officials dis
cuss mutual troblems. Until
now. only personnel directors
Of the larger departments and
agencies attended the meet
ings on a regular basis, with
personnel officers of the smaller
agencies alternating on a six
months on. six months of
basis. IA
End OF ARGUMENT
though he frequently vptes
with the Republicans on vari-
Gus issues, Chairman Tom
Murray Of khe House Civil
Service Committee Is very SEN
sitiYe about his standing as a
member Of the Democratic
Party.
When some allusion was
made on the House floor re-
garding Mr.. Murray's stand
ing as a good Democrat, the
white-haired, portly Tennes-
sean replied that he was as
good a Democrat as anyone.
MY full name is Thomas
Jefferson Murray" he declared,
thereby ending the discussion. !
+ 4
IRIS UNIONIZATION EN-
ployes Of the Internal Revenue
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THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
:; Folsom Decries Log
: On EmpIoye Benefits
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
star stan Writer

top industrialist who formerly served cabinet ocer
nthe Eisenhower administration the Government has
Tong TO TO catch up with the progressive personnel
practices Of private industry"
=. Marion Folsom who Secretary Of Welfare until he
ihrned last year to his job top official Of the Eastman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-29

Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight - 80 Noon 1885, 3
4 am. 80 4 pm. ----- 4
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest 70, on March 25
Lowest. II. on January and 7.
High and Low Of Last "a Hours
High. A. at 4:30 pm.
Low, 80, at GAO m.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Goa,
and Geodetic Survey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Two
Skirt
Suit

Introducing the suit with the
Il split personality It's a suit
that's designed to look two COM
pletely different ways. The idea is
that it can be purchased with two
skirts - one is widely Jared to be
gay and partyish; the other is a
sheath for more sophistication. It's
the perfect solution for a travelling
girl.
The suit was designed by Luis
Estevez for Crenelle (abOut $40
with slim skirt, $l25 with full
skirt, or about $40 with both
skirts. Jacket is fitted and bowed.
The white hat is from Sally
Victor. JOAN RATTtER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

62S REA co-operatives and
private companies are OPP
Grating In As States, more
rural phones are needed.
The Norwegian telephone
expert emphasizes that unless
farmers receive sufficient cleo
trio power and telephone
service. they will have to leave
their farms and migrate to
the city.
She observes that. although
the electronics engineering
field may not be financially
rewarding. she has never re-
gretted entering It.
II can think Of no more
challenging, self-fulfilling and
creative career for women"
she declares. TT Is an ex-
pansive field and one that
women can make fine con-
tributions TO. I recommend
1t TO any girl with q taste for
science"
Her current goals center on
making further strides In the
telephone engineering pro-
fession and obtaining United
States citizenship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

operatives In South Dakota
and Kansas.
II have always been deep
ly sympathetic toward people
who need telephones and.
therefore. have worked with
great enthusiasm TO help
farmers obtain modern tele-
phone service" Miss Stromme
remarks.
prom my experience in
Norway during the war /
know how important 1t is for
a country to have sufficient
farming" she states.
High Marks
Miss Stromme concentrated
on physics and science in
high school. And her interest
In electricity was awakened
when she completed a three
year course at a Norwegian
telegraph school with the
highest marks In her class.
She then mustered enough
courage to become the first
woman to enter the electro
technical department Of Nor
ways Institute Of Technology
at Trondheim IN 1880 despite
predictions from engineers
who had studied there that
male students would resent
her.
However. my fears proved
groundless." she notes. "The
male students proved very
friendly"
After she was graduated In
1885 Miss Stromme was en-
ployed as communications
engineer by the Norwegian
government.
During the war she planned
new telephone systems which
she hoped would be installed
when the allies won the war
For a short period she worked
to repair damaged equipment
in order to maintain sorely
needed communications for
the country's hospitals and
farmers.
1T was trying TO work
during this period" Miss
Stromme recalls. because 1t
happened that the people be-
lieved ] was working for the
Nazis who were then running
the government. However, ]
occasionally was able to in
tercept messages and relay
them to the Norwegian un-
foreground"
Conscious Of the great tele-
phone development in the
United States. Miss Stromme
was most eager to visit this
country.
After her arrival, the ener-
getic Norwegian stayed with
a nephew in Chicago-her
lone American relation. She
then entered Manchester Col
lege in st. Paul. Mimi, to
broaden her knowledge Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

English. American history
and government.
She recalls how surprised
she was to find so many
American farmers without ac-
cess to telephone as COM
pared to Norway.
The people in the towns
and villages had telephones
but few farmers who lived
away from the towns had
any," she notes. "And they
are the ones who need them
most"
C0-Operatives
Miss Stromme points out
that because Of the great cost
in constructing and main
tanning long telephone lines.
many farmers organize CO.
operatives where they receive
REA telephone loans.
She contends that, al
though more than SIS per cent
Of American farms have tele-
phones, compared to % per
cent In 1850. and although
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-22

fact that she was once warned
against entering the elec-
tronic engineering profession.
After performing COM
mendable patriotic feats for
her country during World
War II. Miss stromme en-
tered the United States in
1865 and took q Job with the
telephone division Of the Ru-
raj Electrification Admins
tration.
Since then she has offered
invaluable engineering con-
sultation TO telephone CO.