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Show Giving Away Money Is WkaIv ' i - nrl rArftfullv.' -- t , rnniUnrirnnir. i trusts carrvi out the wishes of the dead.; " ' nrmniniifwiiwmmiwmBjinL vrm- - 1 - ijs - bv - ' jet other , Youngsters enjoy the James Memorial Library. V 6 S 7a be- - citizens queath their worldly goods to promote a perpetual calendar, a way to reach the moon, or shelters for wayward sparrows. The money of Mrs. Lucy Wortham James is tjetngised to benefit the people of Crawford and Phelps Counties, affairs Mo, in the life. of everyday The "descendant of early Missouri settlers, Mrs. James left almost $2,000,000 when she died in 1938. The money has been used to build a memorial library in Si James, aid students at the Mis- souri School of Mines, equip the obstetrical division of the Phelps down-to-ear- ' Jerry-Kle- in ' i" i- I -- ' iIhmujili ..niu I - TThMr MmimessS th County Memorial Hospital in Rolla. help insure the health of schoolteachers in St. James, pre- - serve the recreational area Home talents vie for the Lucy Wortham James Awards at the grape festival in St. James, Mo. t ifci ii ii' ia ainwi liiri iiM iirMM of Maramec Spring, and sponsor the Lucy Wortham James Awards. iiiiBiimM nimi. iiiih muiium Given in connection withJhe St James annual grape festival, these awards are for such homely talents as making pickles, cookies, and blackberry jelly; pillow- cases, ' pot holders, arid towels. Temwoman responsiBlef6falt Jhis was the of Thomas James, who marched into Missouri from Ohio with a band of Shawnees in 1825. The Indians led James to the source of their face paint iron ore and he built the Maramec Iron Works, which hummed for almost half a century. Today their ruins form part of the Maramec Spring area which Mrs. James left for "the enjoyment of the people.',' Of course, Mrs. James didn't personally lay out all the details of the philanthropic left to the program. This job-sh- e New York Community Trust, one of 83 trusts in the U.S. which "stand in the shoes of those who have moved along to heaven" and direct the use of the money they've left behind. At an average cost of less than a cent a year for each dollar in resources, . great-ffanddaugh- -- far-flu- ng tef these trusts Investigate worthy causes and see that bequests, are spent in precisely the spirit intended by the donors. ' For example, in addition to the many good works done through theLucy-Wortham-James-Eo- un- daii6rttie"'NeWYorkCoiTimu mty Trust haTinTdcaTedlegacies to repair the only remaining wind -- driven corn mill in England, to reward the girl at New York's Public School No. 9 who earns "the highest respect of her teachersand to teach underprivileged girls the social graces. All in all, the trust manages some $21,000,000 in bequests of which less than ten percent exceed $500,000 apiece. All sorts of requests for aid com,e in, but a trust and its t soon parted, Its money primary duty is to see that bequests are used wisely and in ac- cordance with the wishes of the 31-year-- old are.-no- deceased "We help the dead to spend their money," says the trust, "and we spend it just as carefully as if it were our own money." i "My doctor 7 7 recommenciea Carnation" ' ! 5 ' i , 7 ; " . . " - I - . , 8 out of IO mothers who feed their babies a Carnation formula say: My doctor recommended it! No other form of milk for baby's bottle is so safe . . . none is so nourishing and so digestible. Yet Carnation costs far less than prepared formulas. No wonder leading baby specialists here and abroad recommend Carnation by name. Ask your doctor about l Carnation . . . the milk every doctor knows. for free copy of "You and Your Contented Baby." 64 illustrated pages of interest to every mother. Address Mary Blake, Carnation Los Angeles 36, California. Co.. Dept. FW-55- Z SEND TODAY |