The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 December 1955 — Page 2

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CARACAS, Dec. 26. -OJP> — New superhighways are "liberating" this beautiful capital of Venezuela from the towering, majectic mountains that surround it. The new r roads are part of booming Venezuela’s public works program, in which $331,000, was spent for new projects in The past year. Besides highways and bridges, these projects ranged from slaughterhouses and sugar mills to vast low-income apartment developments designed to eliminate slums . Completed in 1955 is a $5,000,000 four lane highway through the mountains that separate Caracas from a flourishing industrial and farm region to the west. Formerly, commerce between the capital and the cities of Maracay, Valencia and Barquitirneto was hampered by a winding, two-lane road that caused both delays and accidents. Also completed under this year's roads program is the Autopista del Este, an extension of the $60,000,000 superhighway that sweeps from La Guaira, Venezuela’s chief port, to Caracas. This extension cuts through the congested eastern port of Caracas and speeds up travel from the Caribbean coast to all parts of the city. These two routes, along with a third being completed across the mountains that wall in Caracas to the south, have freed most of the city from the isolation sought by its founder some 400 years ago. But the oil-rich history of Venezuela in the last two decades changed all that. The cultural and political capital of the country also has become a teeming industrial city with more than a million inhabitants and aggravating traffic and housing problems. With space getting scarce, not only homes, but office buildings are sprouting up on the slopes of mountains to east and west of the city. One of the most impressive new commercial structures completed this year is the Esso Building, occupied by the Creole Petroleum Corporation, a Standard Oil of New Jersey affiliate and Venezuela’s biggest oil producer. This year. 13 new low-income structures with a total orf 1,950 ipartments, and 52 four-story buildings of eight apartments each were completed for the housing of 11,800 persons living in nearby slums. Altogether, $40,000,000 was spent on low-rent housing in the past year, the government report said. JOE LOUIS MARRIED NEW YORK. Dec. 26.—(UP) —Joe Louis, ex-heavyweight champion, and Rose Morgan, operator of beauty salons and manufacturer of cosmetics, were married yesterday in a Christmas ceremony before the fireplace in Miss Morgan's home. FLOODS SUBSIDING SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26 - (UP) Recoids floods that poured over parts of three western states began to subside yesterday. Authorities counted at least 32 persons dead in Oregou- Nevada and Northern California. Fifty to 60 persons were missing. More than 12 small towns were wiped out by the floods cieated by week-long tropical lains that sent rivers boiling over their banks crumbling levees and ripping down homes. Damage was estimated at $50.000,000.

Arnold C. Varland at Morris, 111. On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Varland entertained friends at a I tea at he: home. She announced | the engagements of her daugh- j ters, Carole to John Krider of j Greencastle, and Joan to Gerald I

Faber of Sandwich, 111.

Miss Carole Vailand is a junior J student at DePauw University and is a member of the Delta

Zeta sorority.

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E MOTION A L ST A BILITY IS DIETING FACTOR ITHACA, N. Y., Dec. 26. (UP) —If you plan to go on a diet to reduce, make sure you're emotionally stable before you start. That's the advice of two Cornell University psychiatrists. Dr. C. Douglas Darling and Dr. John Summerkill tested 29 students who undertook a supervised diet and found that emotionally stable persons had four times as much chance of successful dieting as those who showed sign of emotional instability. The scientists pointed out that nearly all excess weight comes from over-eating, and that what often causes over-eating is a minor emotional stress. But a serious emotional stress may be made worse when a person tries to cut down on eating. The tests showed that a few of the Cornell dieters appeared tense or distressed, did not have as many friends at school and were not hapy at home. The successful dieters were alert, had many friends, and had contented home lives. They had adjusted to being over-weight, but had decided to reduce to “look better.” WHITE WAY LEAGUE W L Coatesville Imp. Co. 29 16 Home Decorators .... 25 20 Starr’s TV Service .. 24'4 20'j Singer Sewing Mach. 23 22 Sandy's Song Shop . 23 22 Lucas-Collins 22 23 Home Laundry 19 , 4 25 Roman Holiday 14 31 High Indiv. Game: R. Brattain 179. High Indiv. Sex-ies: R. Brattam 504. High Team Game: Singer Sewing 609. High Team Series: Coatesville 1632. Series over 350: Brattain 504, Cantonwine 466, Burchfield 456, Aim on 454, A. Domasco 428, Shaw 427, Chestnut 404, Justus 390. Long 387, Reid 385, Riley 384, Harley 380, McClure 375, Godfrey 384, Katzbach 372, Starr 364, Siilery 360, B. A. Brown 354.

TODAY'S BIBLE THOUGHT Isaac loved Esau because he did eat of his venison, bVt Rebecca loved Jacob.—Gen. 25:28.— A father might admire the skill of a son, but a mother is apt to value other spiritual qualities. It takes the training of both father and mothet to bnng- out the essential good qualities of a son.

Personal And Local News Briefs

DOUBLE FEATURE CHATEAU Tonight and Tuesday

Mr and Mrs. Ralph Irwin and son, Jock, of Cleveland, O. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Don. McLean. Mr. and Mrs. Felix Cook and baby of Noblesville were Christmas guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cook, Taylor Place. Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Krider and sons, John and Jim, were Christmas Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Krider at Brazil. Mrs. Stella Crouian of Greencastle, and her grandson, Jerry Ray Crodian, are spending part of the Christmas holidays in Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Zol McIntyre are in Kankakee, 111., as the Christmas holiday guests of their daughter, Mrs. William Reitz, Mr. Reitz and son. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Husky, Brazil and Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, of Fillmore, were in Peru, 111., Monday for the funeral of Mr. Husky’s mother. Miss Ann Cannon is the guest of Miss Elizabeth Ann Cannon, Ben Cannon and Miss Helen Black. Miss Cannon will remain in Greencastle until New Year’s Day before returning to her home in Gary. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin R. Snavely and daughters left Monday for Los Angeles, Calif., wheie they will attend the Rose Bowl football game on January 2. Mr. Snavely will attend the National Coaches’ Association meeting following the football game. They will take in the Rose Bowl parade and a l the features that go with that great spectacle on New Year's day. Mr. and Mrs. Noble Webb and children of Cohoe, Alaska, are spending Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Webb. They drove through from Alaska over the frozen roads without difficulty. Since they left their Alaska city, the mercury has dipped to 32 degrees below zero. Mr. and Mrs. Webb have made their home in Alaska for the past several years

The Union Chapel Church held i s annual Christmas program in ne church Friday evening, with a large attendance. A pitch-in supper was served prior to the ■ rogram and a food shower wr.s :ven for the minister, the Rev. Winslow and famiily. He was mere than pleased with the great offering in his behalf. The playlett, “The Invited Guest" was presented by the members of the church and the following program was rendered. Welcome Song, Primary Class. Marilyn O'Hair sang “O Holy Night, accompanied by Marcia Winslow. 4 Recitation, "For You and Me,” by Marilyn O'Hair. Song, Vivian and Virginia Leonard and Kathryn Harbison. Recitation by Gary Clodfelter. Song "Winter Wonderland" by Young Girls Class. Recitation, Dennis O'Hair, "The Star.” Song. Janet Albin and Daretha Nicholson. Recitation, Susie Scobee. Song, "Santa Claus is Coming Soon,” Gary Clodfelter. Recitation, Gary Leonard, "A Note to Santa.” Solo, Janet Albin. Santa Claus visited the church at the close of the program and each child received a gift from him.

LIEUTENANT IMPROVES

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good f'nuthing’ man. He write ’ tpo dim and spell too bad f me to ' read it. What ho say?’ A iiikl

a survivor of last Wednesday's i would ree l the message, then .atal auto-lrmk crash on U. 3. j she would act.

.o, \.as reported as "improved" at the Putnam county hospital Monday morning. The other suivivor, John Hugh Doland, was still listed as "critical.” The third occupant of the car which hit the rear end of a truck, John E. McLaughlin, died early Thursday of inji'iies suffered in the crash.

HOW ILLITERATE JENNIE KEPT UP WITH THE NEWS

"Now, here’s my good stationery vvid my name printed on it. I And my new' pen yoit’ Daddy gimme. You set down w'hile I makes my biscuits ami you tell him. . . Write it nice, now!" Saturday afternoons were for visiting and check-cashing, both of which were done at the big grocery store where the cashier pretended to agree that banks were indeed overly fussy about

who had a large part In formu!- | liberty-loving philosophy which atirg and signing all three of influenced American IndefWidrhe br ie documents of the Re- ence movements in Japan for

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Blackwood Mr. Dale Is Helped To Exceed Contract Looking at Mr. Dale's jump to foiir spades today, you might think that he had miscounted his hand, that he w r as under the impression his partner had given him a double raise, or that he had lost his mind. None of these things was true. North dealer. East • West rulnerable. NORTH (Miss Brash) A Q 6 3 V Q 6

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He based his aggressive action on the following considerations. He had a good, playable trump suit, supported by partner. He had second-round control of the two unbid suits and his longest side suit, diamonds, was under the protection of his partner 's

opening bid.

Those were the technical considerations. But the most important point of all was that the hand would be defended by Mr. Muzzy and Mr. New and therefore there was a good chance he would have a trick or two “donated" to his cause. HERE'S HOW Do you see how he could win 10 tricks on this hand. Well, he didn’t. He won 12. Here is how

it happened.

Mr. Muzzy decided to open a club and for some reason (which even he probably could not explain) he chose the nine spot. Mr. New elected to duck after a low club went on frem dummy. Mr. Dale took the trick with his lone king. A small heart was now led toward the board. Mr. Muzzy saw no reason to go in with his ace. and the queen won. A small club was returned and Mr. New went into quite a huddle. It did him no good. He still came up with the wrong answer. Afraid that Mr. Dale now held the lone jack, he went in with the ace. Mr. Dale ruffed, entered j dummy with the ace of diamonds. cashed the queen of clubs and got rid of his last heart. SINGLETON ACE He ruffed a heart to get back to his hand and led a small spade toward the queen. Mr. Muzzy had seen three aces so far in this hand—one played by his partner, one in his own hand and one on the board. How could Mr. Dale jump to four spades without the ace of that suit ? They weren’t going to fool him on this one. He played right in with his king and Mr. New groaned loudly as he won A-ith his blank ace. When the queen of diamonds .ell uoubleton, Mr. Dale found he had lost only one trick. This is the type of hand Miss Brash loves. “Made six and bid only four, partner?” she chided. “You aren’t losing your nerve,

are you?"

Jennie conrld neither read nor write, but at her tinre of life she saw no point in admitting it. That certain advantages derived from these skills she was quickto recognize, although privately she reckoned she had done all right without them. If, to some, illiteracy appeared a handicap, why handicap herself by appearing illiterate? So reasoned Jennie. She cooked for “her family”—three motherless children and their father. More than victuals, she thcaight, they needed food for thougnt. Which she gave unsparingly. Fussing aunts, meddling friends, doting grandmothers overseeing "her i$rilluns" homework? Humph! Jennie held "open school” befor e supper, making the three speak their lessons aloud. Outside suggestions were disrupting and uncalled for, she felt. She alone was responsible for cooking, mending, spanking, advising and loving

them.

Only by the subtlest flattery could an outsider enter Jennie’s good graces. That flattery consisted of giving her a newspaper clipping on the assumption she could read. Listening carefully for clues of its content, she would beam appreciation. Later one of the children would be made to read it aloud “so as to practice

up their schooling.”

Letter writing was carried on with great style. Three styles, you might say, since there were three children serving as secretaries and interpreters. Jennie’s

! such details as check endorsement. "I plumb forgot my pen.” Jennie would say. "Lef it on my desk where I writes my letters.” Back at home, she would put the plumed hat and lavender coat away, hide the new can of snuff, apply fresh black s’hoe polish to her whitening hair, and display her evening paper prominently on the kitchen table. “Don’t you go messing up my paper, now!” she would tell the children. "Folks has to keep up

vvid de news.”

BEN FRANKLIN, PRINTER, TO BE HONORED JAN. 1?

250TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF GREAT AMERICAN WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. (UP) —The noted statesman and scientist who prefered to describe himself as “Benjamin Franklin, printer,” will be honored around the world on and after the 250t'n anniversary of his birth nex^ Jan. 17. Events will continue through 1956. C. L. Jordan, chairman of the 250th anniversary committee of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, informed the Library of Congress that organizations in 40 different countries already have reported their plans to honor Franklin, and the list steadily

expands.

This interest, he said, “represents an amazingly splendid ex-

beaux were many, as were her ample of international coopera-

former husbands—all of whom wrote frequently and fondly. "I’se too busy to write that

tion.” In his own country, Franklin is renowned as the one patri t

7 ; •' In. '- pemlenee, the Tr< aty of Pea e with Giear Britain and the Constitution of the United States. He is known universally ft>r h ; - studies of electricity and the natural sciences. But Franklin's memory has a peculiar personal appeal to many I nations because of his skill in comunicating, printing and publishing, as well as creating great ideas. He has become a sort of j apostle for the editorial profession, the printing crafts and the paper industry. Wherever newspapers are printed, there is magic in his

name.

At Washington, events in Congress, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution will render tribute to Franklin’s versatile and universal genius The Library of Congr ess has an immense collection of his diplomatic papers and will open an exhibit Jan. 17. The U. S. government purchased abort 2,500 Franklin items from a London book dealer in 1882, ard they were in the custody of the Department of State until th<'y caime to the Library in 1903. The Smithsonian will display a printing press used by Franklin in Philadelphia. Congress already has given evidence of its extraordinary interest in the anniversary. At its last session it enacted a bill directing the Secretary of the Treasury to strike 71 bronze medals to commemorate the oc-

casion.

Twenty-one of these medals will be given to the various scientific, artistic and learned societies of which Franklin was a member. These still-existent societies are found in the United States, England, Scotland, Fiance, Germany, Holland, Italy and Spain. The remaining 50 medals will be given to 50 other institutions and enterprises which were founded or helped in their early development by Franklin. Franklin’s achievements extended into almost every field of human endeavor, and the honors accorded to him will vary with the country. In France, for example, he will be honored as “the great savant”; in Pervr for his

terdependence of nations and the

unity of religions.

Steam Engines Going To India WASHINGTON. Dec. 26. tUP) —A contract for what may be the last steam locomotives ever to be built in this country now is nearing completion, according to the General Services Administration. The Baldwin - Lima - Hamilton Chip.. Philadelphia, n^w is in tire process of delivering 50 steam locomotives to the government of India for the Foreign Operations Administration (now under the International Cooperation Administration) with (ISA acting as purchasing agent. Not a single steam locomotive had been built in the United States since 1949, bu. a year ago the Indian government asked industrial countries to furnish 100 of the steam-powered giants. India, with a lot of coal, is better suited for this type of transportation than for diesels. Fifty of the engines were ordered from the United States, 25 from Britain and 25 from Japan, India also ordered 8,730 freight cats from firms in the United States, Britain, Japan, France and Austria. Deliveries of the equipment to rehabilitate India’s transportation system are to be completed in the near future. A GSA spokesman said tho project meant a lot of designing and redesigning before construction could start because the Indian railroad is based on British and European standards. He said it also meant calling out of retirement many of the few remaining experts on steam locomotive construction. “These may be the last steam loconrtives built in the United States,” he said, "that is, unless some country needs more of them. Then the experts will have to be called hack from retirement again.”

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