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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31

to provide frills, but merely to come
closer to providing the minimum es-
sentials."
She summed up, 'The problem
with our foundation program, basic
ally. has not been its purpose or
its method, but the consistent fail
ure of the state to meet its finan-
7 cial obligations"
While the money problem remained
unsolved there is hope in the field
of teaching itself to find the tech
niques to pound learning into the
young ones.
CONFERENCE LEARNS ABOUT
TEACHING MACHINES"
Thomas D. Clemens, educational
media specialist from the u. S. Office
of Education, Washington, d. c.,
told the conference about chose
teaching machines. There are now
about 20 different types which make
automatic some portions of teaching.
The teacher can be relieved of a
great deal of the explanation and
drill which take up so much of teach
ing time.
The machines would introduce the
Cafeteria" school in which the stu
dent would select and be selected for
the type of instruction to which he
is best able to assimilate. Individual
talent would be cultivated to the
utmost.
Clemens said that even the Rus
slams are realizing that it is individual
ability to solve problems which is
not the note memorization
which marks the educated person of
modern times.
Another interesting highlight of
the session was the panel discussion
about the experiments in team
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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31
A MARKET FOR ALL
WE PRODUCE

Commenting that he did not share
this view, Andreas said, eff you had
seen all the hungry people | have
seen you would know there are plenty
of empty stomachs. There is a mar
ket for all we are producing today,
he said, "and if it had not been for
the unfortunate actions of the prev
ious Secretary of Agriculture we
would not be in the position we are
in today +. SURPRISES are not over
production but failing to use facili-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31
By E. w. PFEIFFER, Ph.D., Missoula
First of Series of Three Articles)


First of Series of Three Articles)
Many communities throughout Mon
tana have seen increased activity
among civil defense officials within
the last few months. Programs aimed
at telling people how to survive have
been instituted, especially in the
schools. Much of this work has been
carried out by people with little scien-
tific training. The result has been that
misinformation has been spread and
this confuses the layman, making it
difficult for him to consider intelli-
gently the most important question of
our time: ''Will the human race use
nuclear energy for constructive or de-
structive purposes"
Scientists in many parts of the U. S.
have been concerned that the public
should get accurate information in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31
GTA Leader Tells Institute. -
Co-ops Must Become Y ZYorldwide

washington is charged with hope and enthusiasm anda
has been accomplished years" Emil
Loks president of Farmers Union GTA told nearly 1000
people at the banquet which closed the 18th annual GTA ns
tute Great Falls D. Andrea
tive vice president and assistant general of the GA
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1961-03-31

dition to indignation it will be
necessary for the farmer to diversi-
fly his production, he said.
Two examples were cited: The live
stock crop which uses feed, and the
soybean market. Andreas said soy
bean and wheat are not unrelated and
the co-ops should be in the soybean
field.
He warned against an attitude in
Washington that is ga little bit dis
turbing'' in the form of an almost
unanimous opinion that "crop cut
ting is the answer to the farm prob
lem.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1961-09-07
A BOOK
REVIEW
PEACEABLE LANE. Keit h
Wheeler. Simon and Schuster,
New York, 1860. 345 PIP. $3.50.

ANC" AVAhS A~VVs O1S RFs YHs~Vs
The scene is a street in a
peaceful suburban community
near New York in the late
1950's. It is a typical street in
American "Suburbia":: Eleven
upper-middle class families live
there in neat houses away from
the noise, crowds, and evil in
fluences of the city; husbands
commute, wives form a car pool
to transport their children to
school; families cook in the
backyard; and all share COM
munity swimming pool.
Peaceable Lane is the story
of what happens to this COM
munity when Negro painter, a
successful man with an attrac-
tive wife and young son, makes
bid on house which is for
sale on the street. The subject
is not an easy one to handle at
present. Keith Wheeler, how
ever, has succeeded in one very
important way: His characters
come through as human beings
in conflict with themselves and
each other. The novel becomes,
then, a story Of; human beings,
not an essay on the race ques-
ton. Rather, this problem of
modern American society serves
as a setting, a situation, in which
those people involved find their
true characters expos to
themselves: their weaknesses,
Continued On Page -
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TIERS

Greenville, North Carolina
Dear Mr.. East:
I received my copy of The
Magnolia Jungle. Thanks for the
autograph on the inside cover.
1 would like to protest, however,
your lack of understanding of
the true position of the Scotch
Irish.
The ST.. are truly the superior
race, and best suited to rule the
Earth. I can prove to you, as
the result of detailed genetic
study. that every great man in
history had some ST. blood in
him. Also, there are many pass
ages in the Holy Bible that
clearly point to the ST. as Gods
highest creation. In addition,
research has shown that the cor
rect translation of the Old He
brew word is not Israel, but
Irish! Thus it is clear that the
Irish are Gods chosen people.
If this isn't enough, you can
see that the dominating group
of the nations greatest state,
Mississippi, is made up of ST..
In any case, / believe we should
ship all members of inferior
groups such as the Jews, Ger
mans, Swedes, English, and
Continued on Page p
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1961-09-07

AS every Southerner knows,
there is a sharp distinction be-
tween the truth and the sure
huff truth. One is concerned
with facts, the other with es-
Sence.
The only inheritance I got
from my two grandfathers-one
a Confederate, the other a I'm
ion man-was the sure huff
truth about the Civil War. It
sounded lot different from the
truth put out by the historians.
For this reason l had always
considered it a purely private
treasure, of no value to anybody
except the family.
Recently, however, have be-
gun to suspect that it might be
a vital asset to the national
economy. For a major industry,
the writing of Civil War books
is now suffering to a dead stop
because it has run out of raw
material. The official records
and generals memoirs were
used up long ago; prospectors
armed with Geiger counters
have rummaged through every
attic in the country in search
of letters and DIARIES, and by
late 1860 the last surviving
scraps of paper, from every
sutler, cook, and camp follower
who could write, had been run
through the m ills. (Notably
Cations Nostalgia Foundry and
the Miers Distillery, bother of
90-proof blood.)
Today, with a recession al
ready threatening, thousands of
writer's, printers, and bookshelf
ers are facing unemployment
even though the Centennial
which starts this month has
four years to run and the de-
mand for Civil War books ap-
parently remains as Unsuitable
as ever. Under the circum-
stances I don't feel that in good
conscience I can keep my little
hoard of raw material cached
away any longer.
The first bit of sure huff truth
l picked up-at about the age
of six-was that the Civil War
was fun. This seems to have
escaped the historians and all
of the stuffier generals such as
Sherman. (Not Lee. He believed
it might be fortunate that war
is a bloody business, lest men
learn to like it too much. And
until the Battle of Yellow Tav-
ern Jeb Stuart evidently re-
garded the whole thing as a
wonderful lark.)
Anyhow, as my grandfathers
told it the war was a four-year
picnic, with fireworks. A partial
explanation, no doubt, is that |
familiar trick of old mems
memories, which filter out the
(My Confederate
data trickled through double |
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1961-09-07
From The Editors Easy Choir /,
THE SURE huff TRUTH
ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR
BY JOHN FISCHER,
Editor Harper's Magazine

filter. Because my Grandfather
Caperton died before / was
born, his story reached me sec
ondhand, mostly from three
uncles.) Certainly both young
sters, like any other soldiers,
were often cold, hungry, scared.
and in pain. But I am pretty
sure that on the whole they had
an uproarious good time.
For one thing, neither of them
had to walk. The Caperton fam
lily (none of whose members has
ever cared for walking) man.
aged to spare one of its plow
horses so that George could en-
list in the Fourth Alabama Cav
airy. Grandfather Fischer was
born beside the Ohio, on farm
near Marietta, and from the
time he was old enough to lift
a hoe he had looked with envy
at the sailors Longing on the
decks of the paddlewheelers
that steamed past. So at the age
of twelve he signed up as cabin
boy on one of Commodore
Foote'S gunboats.
Zone of the saddest days of
my life" he told me later, twas
when they paid me off at the
end of the war and sent me
back to that damned farm"
They ate better than most.
The cavalry had endless chances
to steal chickens, hogs, and
roasting ears (plus an occasional
jug of whiskey), and it is one
of Americas oldest military ira
ditions that the Navy always
gets better food, and more of it,
than the Army.
Their bloodshed was modest.
That old infantry jibe-"Who
ever saw a dead cavalryman?"-
wasn't quite fair, but it wasn't
altogether baseless either. And
among the river sailors, squat
ting behind their armor Of
boiler plate and railroad rails.
the casualty rate was lower
still.
Finally, my grandfathers
found time between battles for
some memorable parties. The
Fourth Alabama was command
ed by disciplinarians - Nathan
Bedford Forrest and late Joe
Wheeler-who never encour-
aged the sort of carousing which
was legendary among Stuarts'
troopers; but they couldn't pre-
vent a campfire brawl now and
then. One of these ended up in
a bowie knife argument, in
which George Caperton got his
most serious. if not exactly
glorious wound. Iater he
broke an arm when horse was
shot out from under him at
Sin &c the surgeons
weren't bothering with trifles at
the time, he never got it prop
erly set and carried a lump of
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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1961-09-07

And so it is that new organization is born doubt
additional information will be needed however, should 1T
be desired please Roger Cowan Pastor The
Central Presbyterian Church. At Second St. Me- Massi-
on Ohio pastor in charge and will welcome you to
the Stanley Society of America.
His commercial reads:
WELCOME TO THE sLowEsT GROWING ORGANIZATION
AMERICA!
What is its name? The Stanley Society Of America.
What is it? you think and will be whatever
you think it should be-
ht does Il stand for? In word Federal Aid
Control in areas needing Federal Aid and Control.
II believes that republican form of government
not equated with particular economic system long
the political rights of men to govern through their
representatives is retained
It believes that an urban mature society will
regard the Federal Government the servant Of all
the people, and those responsibilities which
be born by Federal Government behalf of the
total welfare.
1t believes that just public responsibility
for private interest there private responsibility
toward the public interest.
It believes that he purpose Federal Government
to achieve goals Of social economic and political
which the right of all citizens
this Society named for? Rupert Stanley that's who Son
of missionary to China he has served the American
Friends Society and Rupert Stanley for than forty
Mr. Stanley believes in the admission of Red
United Nations the admission of Southern Bapsts
n Roman Catholic Church, and low rates
workable alternative to free love.
Stanley? Like the namesake Of another
famous Society," leader spent many years China
But with advantages.
He born there
z. He speaks the language.
He is still alive
Because he is alive, he is able to dsseciate himself
publicly from the organization bearing his In
fact, he has probably already done
What Stanley Society carried Cook County,
nois the 1860 presidential In ward sc alone,
Stanley voted one hundred and thirteen times
the Stanley Society hope accomplish Elect Negro
president and Red Chinese vice-presdent in 1864.
Also by being assanne begin with, it hopes make
Of the members of another famous society.
What motto We have nothing against
insist that people act like people. In short,
to the horses and let you in peace
What emblem? The Stanley Steamer representing
l. The coming of the industrial and machine
z. The recognition that in twenty
Continued Page p
Evening star., 1961-12-26

Sit or stand while ironinel
Ventilated top makes
ironing easier. Tubular
steel legs; metal top. BY
Proctor.
pad and eoverte fit-1.79'
Evening star., 1961-12-26

by a trash barrel fire. lie re-
quired much special treatment
More hospital visits are on
schedule. But he's recovering
It's assumed that Ritchey's
serviceman uncle, w. E. Raine,
probably has been responsible
for the deluge in the mail
He's stationed with a military
communications outfit in Italy
Men Of the Army, Navy and
Air Force have been sending
Ritchey cards, trinkets and ex-
pensive gifts. The mail has
averaged six sacks a day.
Ritchey's parents say the
boy has been taking it all in
stride even though they aren't
quite that capable.
Mr.. Munschy, a pharmacist,
has set up a filing system to
handle the letters and pack
ages.
"It's not possible at this time
to give any list of all the coun-
tries heard FROM" Mr.. Mum
schy said. But, offhand, il
seems like the only place not
on the list is Russia"
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Burned Boy
Is Swomped
With Gifts

IONA. Mich, Dec. 26 (AP)
-Five-year -old Richard Mum
schy's mother is flabbergasted
at all that has happened.
II just don't KNOW just
don't know" she repeated,
"how we will ever keep up with
it,"
Mrs. Richard Munschy, sr.,
meant the mail, including
gifts, that has been piling UP
by the sackload daily, all sent
to her son.
1t comes from all over the
world.
This has been going on since
october when the American
armed forces stationed around
the globe heard of Ritchey's
troubles.
"The neighbor women help
when they can, but we just
cannot keep ahead Of the
mail" said Mrs. MunSchy.
Ionia Postmaster ]. r. Mag
ney and his employees are also
next to stupefied.
Its something you read
about but never think would
happen" said Mr.. Magney.
Ritchey, one of five brothers
and sisters, was burned badly
Evening star., 1961-12-26

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 26 (AP)
Egyptian belly dancers have
been told to cover up and con-
vert those shakes into some
thing more in keeping with the
nations ancient culture.
The belly dancers, naturally,
are trying to squirm out of
the edict.
The reform movement was
started by the Ministry of Cul-
ture and it appears to be win
ming. But the belly dancers
are not going down without a
fight.
1t started when the ministry
told the girls to revert to a
respectable expressive nation
al dance" The girls also were
ordered to cover up that por-
ton of the anatomy for which
their ancient shimmy is named.
Using ballet movements based
on preSent-day belly dancing
Egyptian dance experts have
come up with the outline of a
new dance they hope will re-
Evening star., 1961-12-26
DURANTES TO ADOPT BABY
Eqypt's Abdominal Art
Hit by Cultural Edict

fleet Egyptian nature and folk
lore.
Some we'll known belly dane
erS have accepted the new ma
tional dance. The rest have
called the ,ministry'S appeal "a
crazy and uncalculated decision
capable of destroying one of
the Orient's most valuable art
heritages."
Prof. Michel Debh. director
Of the ministry's newly formed
Ballet Institute, says:
Belly dancing is a catastro-
phe which befell the genuine
Egyptian national dance
Ancient Egyptians created sew
eral national dances 5000 years
ago."
But ex-belly dancer Safa'S
Magdi, who has become a
folklore" dancer, shakes her
head sadly at pessimistic pre-
dictions that the death of belly
dancing is imminent and says:
Belly dancing is an art.
! 1t may be true that we make
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Alaska Reindeer Meat
Catching On in States

Alaska's west coast, four are
privately owned.
In addition, there are four
village -owned herds, two Gov
ernment-owned and operated
herds and nine Government
owned herds on loan to indi-
viduals.
The largest herd, some 5000
animals, ranges in the Golovin
area, east of Nome, under the
watchful eye of owner Siegfried
Aukongak.
Under the loan arrangement,
the individual borrows a herd
from the Government. At the
end Of five years, he repays the
Government the number Of ami
mails originally borrowed and
keeps the increase as the nu-
cleuS of a new herd.
In recent years there has been
increasing pressure to permit
whites to own reindeer. Law
restricts ownership to natives.
Opponents Of exclusive native
ownership contend the reindeer
. industry has remained static
and needs the guiding hand of
white entrepreneurs who have
a financial interest in the in
duStry.
Don Hoover, vice president
and manager of the Miners and
Merchants Bank of Nome, ex-
plains it this way:
"Traditionally, if the Eskimo
people have something to eat,
they don't worry about work.
Hunger Prompts Work
"They start hunting or work.
ing when they are hungry.
"They handle their reindeer
herds pretty much the same
way.
II know Of markets available
where they could sell several
hundred reindeer a month, if
they would prepare their ami
mails for the market"
Unlike their counterparts in
the United States Southwest;
Alaska'S Arctic cowboys cannot
use horses or vehicles in herd
ing reindeer over the snow
covered areas of the Far North.
During the summer, they
plod afoot through nearly i'm
passable muck after their
charges. During the winter,
they use a dog sled, and that
means running a good share Of
the time. The reindeers' eager
ness to join caribou herds
whenever they see one makes
the work doubly hard.
Reindeer steak has the same
texture and a flavor COM
parable to beef. 1t is not mar
bled with fat as beef is. Sprin-
killed. lightly with bread crumbs,
dotted with butter and then
broiled, it is fork-tender and
VERY delicious.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
knowledge Slated
For Big Upsurge

MINNEAPOLIS (AP). - If you
think school was tough in your
day, pity the poor scholar OF
five years hence.
DR.. A. Richard Baldwin, re-
search director of a farm prod
ucts firm. estimates that mans
accumulation of knowledge will
double between 1860 and 1867.
1t will be the fourth time
that mans volume of knowl-
edge has doubled, says DR.
Baldwin. Previous times were
between 1900 and 1850; and
between 1850 and 1860.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Trend From Farms
In Western Europe

NEW YORK. - Authors Of
the newly published book,
"Europe's Needs and Re-
sources" say the most signif-
icant employment trend" for
Western Europe as a whole
and for every one of its 18
countries is away from agri-
CT lture and into manufacture
ing and other urban activities.
In 1910 about AZ per cent of
Europe's labor force was in
agriculture, but by the early
1950s this proportion had fallen
to 81 per cent and by 1870 may
be less than 20 per cent.
Evening star., 1961-12-26
Four Privately Owned

OF the 10 reindeer herds
tended by the natives along
Evening star., 1961-12-26
No Cars on Rood

DETROIT-Michigan High
way 1876 on Mackinac Island
was paid for and is maintained
by the State. but no car ever
rides on it. The eight-mile- long
road is reserved for pedes-
trianS and horses. No cars are
allowed on the island.
Evening star., 1961-12-26

MEKORYUK, Alaska, Dec
26 (AP).-Some $4,000 herded
reindeer are giving Alaskan ma
tiveS from Noatak to the Yu-
kon-KuskokWim Delta a meas
ure of economic stability
they've never known before.
And a new experiment in
marketing reindeer meat in the
48 States south of Alaska
promises to bring reindeer
herding up from a marginal to
a profitable operation.
Under the Reindeer Act OF
1887, the Federal Government
restricts the ownership of REIN
deer to native Alaskans.
Now, along the coasts Of the
Arctic Ocean and the Bering
Sea and on desolate Nunivak
Island, there are 10 herds Of
reindeer, consisting of about
30 ,UUU animals.
Here at Mekoryuk on NUM-
yak Island, a modern slaugh-
tering and refrigeration plant
was constructed in 1914 to
handle the $4,000 deer that
Craze on the island under the
watchful eyes of their native
herderS.
10000 Pounds Produced
Nunivak Island produced
some 100000 pounds of REIN
deer meat this year.
About 80 per cent went to
commercial outlets in Alaska,
to Alaska native service hos
pitals and to Bureau of Indian
Affairs boarding schools.
About 10 per cent was
shipped south to the 48 States
on the mainland. A full-grown
steer will weigh about $50
pounds dressed.
Within the past few weeks,
the Bureau Of Indian Affairs
negotiated a contract with a
Seattle firm for the sale OF
25. 900 pounds of prime reindeer
steaks.
The fresh-frozen steaks will
be packaged in cellophane and
flown to Seattle directly from
Nunivak Island. The wholesaler
will pay 40 cents a pound.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs,
which keeps a tight watch on
all reindeer operations, believes
the meat will sell readily as a
gourmet item at a price COM
lpetitive with the better grades
of beef, such as sirloin steak.
Four Privately Owned
OF the 10 reindeer herds
tended by the natives along
Evening star., 1961-12-26

the shaking of the belly and
the hips the central feature for
the entire dance, but it should
never be forgotten that belly
dancing Symbolizes Oriental
rhythmic music through move
ments. making the motion OF
the belly the center for all
other motions"
Evening star., 1961-12-26

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Evening star., 1961-02-05

"Charge 1t" on your Sears Revolving CHARGE
ACCOUNT or use your Sears Easy Payment Ac.
count Some quantities limited. No phone, mail or
COD. orders can be accepted.
Evening star., 1961-03-21

Daughters Of Scotia Birth
day banquet at $50 pm. in
Emory Methodist Church.
!. B,nai Birth Women Of
Alexandra - Donor dinnel
dance at Z pm. in the Ro-
many Room Of the Rou-
manian Inn.
Rockville WOman's Club
Bridge section at 8 pm. In
the Consignment Shop.
WOmen's Club Of Franklin
Park-Evening section meet
ing at 8 pm. at the home of
Mrs. r. A. Osborn.
Arlington Branch Of the
AAUW-International rela-
tions study group at 8 p.m.-
at the home Of Mrs. Wilhelm
Anderson.
Junior WOman's Club Of
Silver Spring, Md.-Board
of Directors meeting at 8:15
pm. at the Citizens Build
ing and Loan.
Evening star., 1961-03-21
Flea Market
Sale Set

Mrs. Alphand. the wife Of
the French Ambassador, will
cut the ribbon and officially
open the paris Flea Mar
ket," sponsored by the Soci-
ETY. for the Prevention Of
Blindness, on Thursday in
the Silver Spring Armory.
Mrs. Alphand is the hon
orary chairman Of the bene-
fit sale that will feature an
tiques and white elephants
contributed by embassies and
theatrical celebrities.
The market will be open
from / to 8 pm. Thursday,
from 10 am. to Q pm. Fri
day; and from 10 am. to z
pm. on Saturday and Mon
day.
A fashion show was set Z
to 9'p.m. on Thursday and
Friday / to 3 pm. Saturday.