Syracuse-Wawasee Journal, Volume 46, Number 4, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 9 November 1951 — Page 6

3 Waiwasee Case OPEN 7 A. M. TO 8 P. M. DAILY Clcsed THURSDAYS at 1 p. m. SUNDAY DINNER FRIED CHICKEN TURKEY and DRESSING • and SHORT ORDERS. • HOME MADE PIES, ROLLS and DOUGHNUTS.

Accident s To Infants The most frequent fatal accirents to infants are those caused by the swallowing of i foreign objects—nipples, pacifier?!, safety pins, buttons, marbles, cr other things left within the baby's reach, and from asphyxia caused by the regurgitation of milk and other liquid foods Silver' Finish To obtain a silvered or weathered finish on close-grained wood, use a eoat of gray stain. When it is dry, rub the surface with a soft rag and small amounts ol white paint.

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Light Ratio Tests indicate that a seamstress working with black thread on gray cloth needs ten times as much light as one sewing with black thread on white cloth. Pin Pads Helpful For efficiency when sewing, keep a saucer, box, or fat cushion of plain pins on the sewing table. Most dressmakers attach a pin-cushion to their wrist or fasten it on a ribbon around the neck. Even the sewing machine should have a pad of pins fastened to it.

THE HOME TOW>4 State Leaders Attend Home Town Meeting LEXINGTON. Ky. — Under the sponsorship of the Bureau of Community Service of the University of Kentucky, the first annual Kentucky Home Town Meeting was held recently at the school. The purpose of the meeting was to answer such questions as: Are you satisfied with your home town? Can you do anything to improve conditions there and are you doing anything to help your town progress? Dr. Irwin T. Sanders, head of the university bureau, said of the meeting: “Kentucky’s leaders have discovered the community. "This has resulted in every separate interest in the state organizing at the local level. Now is the time to begin to see that each interest benefits to the extent that all coordinate their efforts. "They must understand how all interests are related (_> the community, and if they get together and work together, the community, and they in turn, will benefit.” 500 Attend Attending the meeting were approximately 500 persons, divided as nearly as possible so that approximately 50 per cent represented business and 50 per cent other organizations, such as welfare and labor. They were also selected on a geographical basis with as many counties of the state represented as possible. At the morning session, community representatives selected at random, were asked to tell of the biggest achievement in their communities in the past two years. They also were asked to state the most serious problem now facing their communities. In the afternoon twelve round tables were arranged with specialists to answer questions put by those attending. The discussions covered just about everything concerning a community. Town Development At one, community development and community councils was the topic. At this the hows and whys of all-round co-ordinated community efforts were explained. Welfare services occupied conferees at another. Such topics as citizens* action concerning housing, delinquent parents and children, and care of the economically dependent was discussed. Agricultural markets and processes also got attention. The bureau contends every Kentucky community has an undeveloped agricultural potential. How to find and develop it is the big problem facing many communities. Other round-table subjects discussed were beautifying the town, civil defense, strengthening small businesses, how industry and labor can serve the community to their mutual advantage, health, alert schools, the tourist industry, industrial development and recreation. A panel of representatives of new industries in the state explained to the community leaders why they moved their businesses to Kentucky. From there on, Dr. Sanders pointed out, it is up to each person attending as to what is done in his or her home community. Almost 25,000 persons traveled to Alaska by car last year. They spent at least 30 days in roundtrip travel and a minimum of 9800 for two persons in a car.

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FEATHER DUSTER Duster Factory Main Industry In lowa Town MONTICELLO. lowa—Should you need 14,000 feather dusters in one year, there is only one place you could get \them—the little town of Monticello. For the last 20 years the Hoag Duster company, the chief industry in the community of 2.500, has been the world’s largest manufacturer of feather dusters. Last year it used 150.000 pounds of turkey feathers. Perhaps the 47 employees of the company have a good idea how many feathers there are in 150,000 pounds. Much of the work must be done by hand, and most of the machines must be fed by hand. There are no other feather duster manufacturers west of the Mississippi, and Hoag has only two competitors in the United States. The eastern lowa factory turns out more than half of the dusters made anywhere, each year. Nearly 100 Years Old The Hoag family got into the feather duster business just after the Civil War when Monticello was a tiny village. William Hoag had a small broom shop, which was one of the gathering places for men about town. One day the conversation turned to turkeys, of which farmers’ nearby had plenty, and turkey feathers, of which, there were a lot going to waste. One thrifty farmer thought turkey feathers might work into a broom. A few days later he brought in a bunch, just for fun. Turkey feathers tied to a broomstick did a good job of scattering the dust, they discovered. But Hoag kept tinkering with the feathers and the idea. Eventually he split the quills and scraped out the pith, making the feathers more flexible. Then he boufld them on a head which gave (the feathers room to spread. This time he had something which would really pick up dust. In 1872 he packed his samples and went to Chicago. In the big city, he learned others had invented the duster before him, but he found buyers. His family has been in the feather business ever since, with the company playing an active and important part In the growth of Monticello. Feathers for Hats By 1879 Hoag had built his output to S2OO worth of dusters a week, and was now employing 11 persons. He then built a two-story factory, with the impressive dimensions of 20x60 feet. In the nineties the business fell to a son, Elmer E. Hoag. During the period fashions kept the little factory humming. Feather trimming for hats and dresses was in such demand it was shipped by express to Chicago each evening. Today the company still, sells feathers to millinery houses and to makers of archery goods. Its biggest item is feather dusters, however. Feather dusters moved out of the average household about the time mother bobbed her hair, but they fell into the arms of office-building janitors with more and more desks to dust each evening. Last year the Monticello factory produced 18 different types of dusters. Small Town Business Helped by Bumper Crop VIDALIA, Ga.—ls you want to hear the cash register ring in a small town, just visit this little Georgia village this fall. So says J. Q. Cobb, who declares Toomb county farmers have gone all out on the agriculture department’s cotton project for 1951. Mr. Cobb, cotton merchant and fertilizer dealer with 40 years experience as a crop observer, has completed a survey with special reference to the crop conditions. He finds the best July condition he has ever witnessed in this section. He also points out that one farmer has a 100 acre crop field from which he expects to pick two bales per acre. Throughout the county there are several fields showing prospects for more than a bale per acre which is an unusual crop for the Vidalia area. It was noted at the county agent’s office that 14,000 acres of cotton are growing in the county as compared with around 9,000 in 1950. Besides this, other cash crops, such as cucumbers, water melons, vegetables, poultry and cattle have been good during the year. Many farmers of the area are getting ready cash from diversified farming and using their cotton crop for a sideline. Wisconsin Town Gives Scholarships to Grads . OCONOMOWOC, Wis.—Four years ago the people of Oconomowoc organized a scholarship fund for students graduating from the local high school. Since the unique fund was established, one of the few in the country supported on a community basis, 13 scholarships have been awarded. Six four-year scholarships were granted to graduates this year. The scholarship program was started by the Oconomowoc Enterprise, the local newspaper, but funds have never been solicited. Over $3,000 was donated during the past year. Hong Keng The colony of Hong Kong comprises the island of Hong Kong, at the mouth of the Canton River about 90 miles southeast of Canton, Stonecutter’s Island, and the Kowloon peninsula, on the adjoining mainland, in addition to the New Territories (356 square miles) which re mainly agricultural lands. Newspapers consistently fight corruption and incompetence in government.

"SMALL BUSINESS’’ By C. WILSON HARDER

It is often asked. "Is there one party more favorable to protection of free enterprise in this nation than the other?” ♦ ♦ ♦ Around elections every candidate is usually for everything. But as former Justice Dept, official, Wendell Berge once said

"For thirty years everybody in government has paid lip service to anti-trust law enforcement.” > But the rec-j ord shows that background,J not party affiliation, deter-

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mines the stand Congressmen take on these vital issues. • ♦ • For example, Sen. Kenneth Wherry, (R. Neb.) and a businessman, is an aggressive small business champion. So is John Sparkman (D. Ala.). Right down the Congressional roster there can be found champions on both sides. But outside of Congress the picture is confused. ♦ ♦ ♦ On the record, government at present has not only been lax in combatting monopoly, but Jias followed practices that build monopoly. » ♦ ♦ But many possible GOP presidential candidates mentioned are found to hail from states where monopoly has been steadily gaining the upper hand against free enterprise. A case in point is California, traditionally governed by a GOP administration. ♦ ♦ » Over the past the California administration has made an effort to woo the masses with a public demand for state socialized medicine. It is believed that California is the only state where (c)Xath.nal Federation of Independent & less

PAPAKEECHIE LAKE The George Nordman’s were hosts over the week end to Mr. Nordmans’ sister, Mrs. Lester Kramer, Mr. Kramer, and Norman, from Gilman, 111., and also Mr. Nordman’s father, Albert J. Nordman, and George’s brother, Albert, and Mrs. Nordman of North Manchester. Edward Nordman of Mishawaka, was a guest Saturday at supper, and the evening. Chris Myers was taken to Elkhart General Hospital last Thursday, suffering with pneumonia.

£Rom where I sit .. Joe Marsh "Talks Turkey" jr -Long Distance

Some people chuckled when Sonny Fisher rented a home recording machine to record the noise his flock of turkeys make. “I sent the recording to a buyer for a super-market chain,” Sonny said. “I told them ‘My turkeys speak for themselves—listen to this record!’ They not only took my birds, but bought the record!” “Why did they want the record?” I asked him. “Very simple,” he says. “They’re going to play it over the loud speakers in their stores—and then an announcer on another record reminds the cus-

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such a proposal has ever been advanced, and this unprecedented maneuver has been considered in Washington as an attempt to win the title of liberal. ♦ ♦ ♦ But in California, through the years the successive GOP administrations have been quite careful to avoid impeding the growth of monopoly. In fact, laws have been passed which aid monopoly development. * * * Californians with children still wait for some action on legalized milk monopoly practice which has almost doubled milk prices in the past ten years. ♦ ♦ ♦ California like New York, has a law which permits an administration appointed board to fix the minimum retail for milk. Independent dairy operators such as George Christopher of San Francisco have fought the law on grounds of public injustices and curtailment of milk sales. The present retail price of milk is about three times the farm price. * « « Milk prices have steadily climbed. The big dairy operation in California is the huge Golden State, Ltd., which at one time had financial sailing. * * * Chairman of the board of Golden State, Ltd., is Ralph K. Davies. For years Davies was an executive of Standard Oil, of Anglo-Iran Oil, and of various Standard Oil subsidiaries. * * * This is typical of the reasons why today small businessmen are not jumping on any partisan bandwagon. ♦ ♦ * They are demanding action new, net words later on, and in addit ?/ n, they are studying the records of action taken as never before in history.

He is now getting along nicely. Donna Jean Richardson had an emergency appendectomy October 28 at St. Joseph Hospital, Fort Wayne. Donna is now at home at 821 Nuttman Ave., that city, doing fine, and visitors or cards, will be very welcome. The Richardson’s have the former Roe cottage near Galloway’s Store. Mrs. Forest Galloway, Mrs. Pete Hilburt, Mrs. Bill Hare, Mrs. Florence Glass and Vivian Kern were hostesses to the Friendly Neighbor’s Club, Wednesday at the Turkey Creek Conservation club building.

tomers that turkeys are plentiful and a good buy.” From where I sit, it’s not always smart to make fun of someone just because he does things a little differently. I think a glass of beer is the most refreshing beverage there is. You —or Sonny — may prefer something else. But who’s to decide one’s right and the other’s wrong? Let’s stay “on record” that everyone’s entitled to his own tastes and opinion.

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Portable Fence for Ball Games A portable fence is a unique device used in Cameron Park. South Orange, N. J., to keep crowds at a proper distance as they watch baseball games of the South Orange Community Little League. The players are aged 8 to 12. The fence is set around the outfield before each game and removed at the close. Stair Hewarde Basement stairs will be h*xardous if they are covered with * non-skid material. A durable covering for this purpose is Masonite quarter-inch tempered hardboard, nailed with its screen side up. This is the flooring that withstood the millions of footsteps of Chicago World Fair visitors. Holland was the home of freedom of the press in the early 16th century. i

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1951

New “Angles” for Angler An all metal landing net has recently been made available to fishermen. This unique net may bo obtained in two sizes, for boat and stream fishing. The net, or filler, is made of a single strand of Monal wire knitted into cylindrical form with hinge-type stitches which makes it easy to disengage hooks that may become caught in the mesh. The frame and hollow handle are made of duralumin. Musical Toad A researcher for the Scripps Institute of Oceanography has determined that the most musical inhabitant of the sea is the toadfish, which utters a pigeonlike cooing. Thomas Jefferson aided in establishing the National Gazette in 1791.