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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1954
Page
3
A fragmentary recount shows a tense social interaction where a guest and host fail to greet properly and the guest questions manners. The tale mentions a diner scene with a girl from the home town now a college freshman and ends with a confused farewell exchange.
A radio and TV stars feature centers on Walter O Keefe defending women while Meredith Willson and his wife Rini discuss a NBC TV deal. The piece highlights Willson’s prized childhood flute, and reviews Capitol label tracks by Billy May Helen O Connell Jackie Gleason and others with notes on songs and performances.
An Old Timer column describes a guest finding the serving of frozen pudding at a governor’s event, noting the host’s reaction as he explains the new technique of freezing desserts on purpose and promises to speak to the Mrs. about it.
Studies show pastures damaged by grazing reduce beef and timber yields. Restoring land with permanent pastures, well balanced fertilizer, and legume-grass mixes improves milk and meat production. Six acres at Purdue yielded 18 pounds of gain May to August.
Trudy Sallinger enters the Apollo Soap Contest to help her husband Jim save for a shop. She wins a New York trip and a choice between a car or cash, choosing the cash after imagining Jim’s success and their town’s admiration.
A Ford demonstration uses interlocking plastic blocks to build miniature spillways in soil and water management. Farmers adopt the working models to cut construction time for soil conserving structures, with rapid spread across Wabash Valley, Illinois. Patrick Buckley of Plastic Block City, Chicago, notes the blocks were designed for children but suit scale models of concrete spillways and masonry work.
A simple hook device fits a 3 heavy clevis on tractor drawbars enabling quick dropping of a chain link over the hook. It provides a convenient handle when setting clevis and assists in lifting a heavy tongue or hitch.
Necchi explains her project on the Constitution with a blue sash and yard of fabric. She aims to display the work at Necchi sewing schools across the country and then donate it to the Library of Congress after a nationwide tour watched by millions at fairs expositions and home shows. The script used is more legible than her handwriting and she notes she slows slightly to dot i's and cross t's but otherwise travels quickly through the work.
Farmers build in house machine shops to reduce outside repair bills. Leslie Lieberg and family near Grand Forks North Dakota run a 1 500 acre farm and fixed a tractor clutch in under an hour using tools and an electric power setup powered by REA Co Ops. The rural electrification drive since 1945 enabled affordable equipment like welders grinders drills lathes and other tools.
A German small-fly football team selected by Chancellor Adenauer and the Foreign Office will fly to Houston December 1 to meet the Texas champions in the Sixth Annual Milk Bowl. The event draws national media coverage and may include a live telecast. Mayor Wagner of New York will host an official reception for the German youngsters.
In Haluk Atoll Caroline Islands natives fear a giant starfish from Ifaluk Atoll. It measures over two feet across with thirteen long spiny arms and a tough back with needle tipped spines. Its mottled red, olive and gray color helps it blend with the reef bottom. It poses a danger to islanders who wade in shoal waters.
Minneapolis doctors warn that air conditioned spaces in homes theaters and business buildings keep temperatures far cooler than outside. Sudden changes from 90 to 70 degrees heighten risk of summer colds sore throats and digestive upsets. Doctors advise setting indoor temps about 10 degrees below the outside heat.
A quirky claim suggests 35 million Americans stop work each day at 4 o clock for tea, reflecting a playful twist on a custom. The note contrasts British tea traditions with American workplace rhythms.
An unusual demonstration by L. E. Hanson at the University of Minnesota shows modern 1953 pig rations dramatically outperforming 1910 and 1930 feeds. Weaned pigs on the 1953 ration gained 150 pounds in eleven weeks with lower feed costs, while 1930 and 1910 rations lagged. shifting older pigs to the 1953 mix boosted daily gains and lowered feed per 100 pounds gain.
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