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Show alnm,,. THE TIMES- - NEWS. NEPHI. UTAH Thursday, February 13, 1947 IN THESE UNITED STATES UMinmmm PAGE TIIREB imhuwmw). Kathleen Norris Says: Unique Library Started With Bible and Prayer WNU Features. MOUNT SHERMAN, ARK. Started One Way to Lose Your Man Bell Syndicate. WNU Featurea. years ago with "a Bible and a prayer," the Wilderness Library in the deep Ozarks hill country along the Buffalo river in Arkansas now ranks as one of America s most unique educational and recre ational projects. tages brought to his mountain peo- Hillbillies, some of whom previously were 100 miles away from the nearest library, now trudge daily over the rugged, wooded, trails to the log cabin library perched atop Mt. Sherman. For many of.the 'men, women and children, the library, which serves as a community gathering center, is the only educational ' i facility available.' l Founder of library is James Ted Richmond. The inspiration for his project came in France, where he remained after service in World War I to study at University of Toulosse. While there he organized a small library 'designed to acquaint the French with the American way of life. Lives Atop Mountain. After returning to America, Richmond reentered newspaper worlc, and while writing radio plays in Little Rock became interested in hillbillies. Deciding to live as one of the mountain folk, Richmond staked a claim for a homestead atop ML Sherman. Friendly mountain folk helped the newcomer build his cabin in a log raising bee. One of Richmond's first impressions of his neighboring hillbillies was that they were deprived of educational advantages but hungry for reading matter. To fill the void, be at first began circulating his Bible. A plea to Little Rock newspaper friends netted some books, with which he started a free library in a hollow tree outside his cabin. From this meager beginning, the Wilderness Library has grown until it now contains more than 10,000 volumes. Newspaper friends boosted Richmond's cause and books began coming in from all parts of the country. The hollow tree overflowed, forcing Richmond to move the library into his small cabin. Now the cabin is lined with shelves, with books stacked high to the rafters. Ambitious Plans. Improvement and enlargement of the library to convert it into a comcenter are munity recreational among Richmond's plans for the future. First, however, he hopes to build another log cabin home for The encroaching book ' ves have practically forced him " "'of his humble abode. During the summer time he even does most of his cooking on an outdoor stove, but, as the hillbillies' librarian explains, his principal foods are goat's milk and "garden sass." Richmond also envisages that some day he will be able to use the Wilderness Library as the nucleus for a new College of the Ozarks to provide higher education for mountain boys and girls. He would like to have a jeep and library trailer to permit taking his books to homes beyond walking distance over the rough trails. He also wants the roads improved and other advan- this-nove- i 12 '' ple." Last fall Richmond decided he achieve these objectives by political action. He announced his candidacy on the' G.I. ticket for representative from-- Newton county in the Arkansas legislature. In his platform, he pledged himself to work for better schools, building oi farm to market roads, improvement of the dairy industry, equalization of taxes and abolition of the poll tax. He was defeated, .however, by the political machine in Newton county,'' "' - .... fledges Future Fight. 'This fight for good government is only starting," Richmond insisted, adding that. J'theres another election coming." On his wild homestead lands, earns . his. livelihood . Richmond by milking about a .hundred , goats, raising pigs, chickens and turkeys, and growing potatoes and vegetables, If he receives - $10 for goat milk, sold to the creamery several miles away, he gives a dollar "as a tithe to God," $4.50 to bis library and the remaining $4.50 for his own upkeep. Often he deprives himself of necessities so he can finance his rapidly expanding Wilderness Work. In addition to the free library., the Wilderness Work includes a number of other activities launched by Richmond to improve the lot of the mountain folk. One of the major projects is the annual Wilderness White Christmas, launched in 1933 in memory of his mother, Mrs. Etta E. Richmond. Without any compensation for his work and paying all personal expenses, Richmond directs the collection of clothing, toys, medicines and other household articles for distribution to the poor Ozark families at Christmas time. Seeks Medical Aid. Another objective for the hillbillies' librarian is to secure proper medical services for the mountain people. Injured and ill persons, isolated from the larger communi ties, have died for lack of prompt attention, Richmond reports. "First aid is a necessity here, he says. He lists a hospital cot complete for first aid, antiseptics, surgical powders and sickroom supplies as articles most sorely needed. "I am sure that churches, schools, clubs and individuals everywhere would help if they only knew the predicament of these people," Richmond maintains. He is considering the possibility of educationestablishing a al foundation to raise money for financing the expanded Wilderness Work. Main difficulty is that he's not versed in the procedure, so he is seeking advice on the subject. His address:. Ted Richmond, Wilderness Library, Mount Sherman, Ark., via Twilight Trail. could ' X'. :: '::::.: v. .v.v: L LABOR SECRETARY ATTACKS BILLS . ." . Lewis B. Schwellenbach, U. S. secretary of labor, left, has gone on record against the GOP's revised Case bill and warned the senate labor committee that banning the closed shop and industry-wid- e bargaining would bring "industrial strife" instead of labor peace. Sen. Joseph T. Ball (Rep., Minn.), center, and Sen. Robert A. Taft (Rep., Ohio), authors of pending revised Case bill, are shown with Secretary Schwellenbach. STRIKE-CONTRO- . . ? ' "Paul tot into the habit of stopping in at Lisa McBreen's after office hours; Lisa supplied the sandwiches, be the liquid refreshment. They sat and chatted for a half hour. It was restful." maim mmimmm imimmwwmmmwww& wmwumiiiwwii',mw By KATHLEEN NORRIS ' small word, to many good wives it seems a small thing. But "atom" is a small all word, too. Yet we've learned, in the last tremendous years, that an atom can smash a great city to pieces I J- - CT" is a anc three minutes flat, and change the history of the world. in 1 ii Jl''"?!:! - t " 'fe,i. f f' I ' Mifiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriifiriiniiti'-iir"'- mnwrnir STUDENTS WANT PREXT TO STAT . . . Some 8,000 University of California students who met In the gymnasium and asked their president, Robert Gordon Sproul, to turn down an Invitation to head a large eastern university. Dr. Sproul is pictured, right, as he addressed the gathering. President Sproul told the students that he had received an offer to Columbia university, which has had no president since retirement of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. non-prof- it Tact has changed the married history of thousands of women or rather, the lack of tact has. It changed Emily Rogers' life, and she never knew it, and doesn't know it to this day. And I doubt if Paul Rogers, her husband, realizes it, either . . . realizes that if Emily had had any tact at all they'd still be together, a happily married man and wife. The Rogers had been married 11 years and their boy was nine years old when the break came. Paul met Lisa McBreen. Lisa was three years older than Paul, widowed, not nearly as pretty as Emily, not living in a charming eight-roohouse, as Emily was. No, Lisa was close to apart40, and she had a ment But she had tact. When Paul went home to Emily he was often tired and depressed. Emily never saw it. Often she wasn't there when he got home; always a discouraging thing for a husband. Paul used his latch key and lighted the hall lights and waited for her. When she did come in, it was to say that she was dead tired; to ask if that was his new suit, it looked terrible; to say that Bill was taking Marion with him to New York, to praise enthusiasticalat Junior's ly the headmaster school a man and a school Paul didn't like and to observe that she would go to the Billings auction if she thought she could afford a couple of chairs for the rumpus room, but that as she couldn't she would stay home. And from the top of the stairs she might call, "Did you' telephone Stella?" and if Paul hadn't, Emily would go into lamentations that lasted well through the dinner hour. A dinner, but it would taste like ashes to Paul. Lisa was Soothing: So Paul got Into the habit of stopping in at Lisa McBreen's after office hours; he supplied the liquid refreshment, Lisa supplied sandwiches, they sat and chatted for perhaps half an hour. It was restful. Lisa was affectionate, responsive, soothing. She didn't make a superman of Paul, but she liked him. After a while he began telephoning transparent excuses to Emily; he was delayed downtown, he had to go up to Stockton for a business dinner. Emily suffered. She reminded her friends that she had always been a faithful wife to PauL done her own work since the depression struck, given him a son, given him "the best years of her life." She scorned Lisa, of course. What Paul womcould see in that middle-agean, who had daughter married, and who was plain, dressed so badly, Emily simply couldn't understand. Her friends sympathized with her, but that didn't keep them la due time from liking the new Mrs. Rogers. But, of course, the situation isn't entirely satisfactory to anyone. Emily's young son is miserably divided between loyalties. His mother two-roo- m well-cooke- nicely-se- rved sit. ' 1 ' Vti A -- Un . . . Former Maj. Arthur killed 116 Japanese single-hande- d before being made a prisoner, shown talking to Lt. Col. Maynard B. Weaver, Denver recruiting officer, who Is trying to secure auIn the army as a master serthority so that the hero may geant. L'ndcr existing rules Major Wermuth would have to as a staff sergeant. Wermuth, before being commissioned in the army, had served as a master sergeant. He turned down several movie and stage offers with the belief be would be happier to remain In armed service. ONE MAN ARMY WANTS TO W. Wermuth, Hill City, 3. !., vo is st st l i v 1 ? TO HONOR GREAT WARRIOR . . . Suzanne Silvercruys Steven son, New York sculptress, has de- signed this proposed bronze statue of the late Gen. George S. Patton Jr., wartime commander of the V. S. 3rd army. Statue of General Patton will be erected at West Point. IT" f ' d y "rft'irt liiifi imtua iiiioai ' ;' iiYrifflnihrniiiiiiiifoii k , mn'iionvr - -- - . C Cl yT ; : if? lL& J ... ' s fi LATEST STYLE NEWS . . . For the first time In 20 years, marine corps uniforms have been modified. Left to right are new winter "greens"; old style; new dress "blues"; old style. Alger Stories Aro Read No Moro NEW YORK. a total of The man whose Children's Aid society name symbolized an entire era In 20,000 children reported that they American history has faded Into ob- never had hard of Alger. Less livion. The man, Horatio Alger Jr., than 1 per cent admitted having whose tales once made him childread any of his books. hood hero, is practically unknown In fact, the survey showed only 60 to New York boys and girls from per cent of the children read books, the ages oi 8 to 14, a recent poll and most of them preferred comic disclosed. books. Ninety-twThe society claims a close relaper cent of the members of the seven boys' end girls' tionship with Alger, for he once lived clubs sponsored In New York by the at its newsboys' lodging house. o PtXCIIRrTL'DE . . . Members of Michigan State college's rhampionvhip cord swimming team, left to right: Joyce Zilliker, Detroit; I'rseta Welckrn, Detroit; Helen Holm, Lansing; Alberta Towers, Ann Arbor; C'orrine Dixon, Detroit; Elaine Ilealey, East Jordan; Barbara Wright, Saginaw; Gloria Lerlercq, Teaneck, N. J.; Dolores Sullivan, Wayne; Joan Faast, Shamokin, Pa.; Jane Zimmerman, Traverse City, and Virginia Annas, Detroit. ROTARY FOUNDER . . . Panl P. Harris, founder of the first Rotary club, died at his home In Chicago t the age of 78, following extended Illness. He also served as the first president of Rotary Interna- tional and president-emeritutime of his death. Partners in marriage must be kind, sympathetic and considerate to each other, or they are bound for trouble. Doing this takes intelligence and but it is not difficult. Many poor and ignorant people are quite successful at getting along smoothly. On the other band, many people of wealth and culture are quite lacking in this essential quality of tact. Miss Norris tells today of a man who got so tired of his nagging, complaining wife that he turned to another woman for comfort. This other woman was a widow, older than he and plain and unattractive compared to bis wife, but she gave bim the solace be needed. Eventually be was divorced. He immediately married the plain widow, much to every one's surprise. His former wife reminds ber friends that she had always been faithful and gave bim "the best years of her life." She doesn't realize that she failed in one important particular betng tactful. is patiently complaining and injured, his father buoyantly happy and assured; he is ill at ease with both. And Paul has two households to support, now, which means money stringency, besides the fact that old friends are continually put in the uncomfortable position of choosing which family to ask to weddings and parties. Kindly Interest, Sympathy. Tact would have saved this situation, as it could save a thousand more divorces this year. Tact does not mean flattery or fawning or lying. It doesn't mean acting a part. It does mean extending to your partner in life just that kindly interest, that sympathy that you would give to a perfectly strange man, met casually at a luncheon or cocktail party. It does mean that if your husband Is worrying about money or bills you don't fret him with ambitious schemes for doing over the whole lower floor. It does mean that if he says his head aches you don't instantly respond, that if he and Jim Stewart wouldn't sit up all night talking business his head wouldn't ache. It means that you refrain from telling him bad news, or humiliating news, or worrying news, until he has his slippers on; until his good hot soup is inside him; until he is somewhat fortified after what was perhaps a long and lonely day. And when you do tell it, it means that you don't Interlard it with and "why don't the Stewarts ever get into these jams?" Yes, tact sounds a small thing. But it isn't. It is based in something far deeper than just the gift of saying pleasant things and suppressing unpleasant things, of look' ing on the happier side of life. For tact is tenderness, tact is sympathy and love. Men leave beautiful women and rich women and smart women and successful women. But women with tact hold their men right through to the golden wedding and beyond. ' r I Flo Vaccine Limited Influenza vaccine should be given In November in the northern areas 7i SPARTAN KINDNESS AND CONSIDERATION s at Postpone the bad naw$. ... or immediately after the first occurrence of the disease, according to the New York state department of health. Duration of the Immunity given by the vaccine is short, generally from about four months to a year. The common cold and its complications, however, are not prevented by tlie use of Influenza vaccines, nor la protection afforded against bacterial Infections such as streptococcal sore threat. t ,;, |