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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH . . THE RURAL SCHOOL Holcomb's Consolidated School A Model for Rural Communities Adequate educational opportu-nity is a major desire of all Amer-ican parents for their children. The American system of public schools was designed because of that de-sire, and, it remains a dominant factor in the continued maintenance and improvement of the system. Because of sparse population that often entails special difficulties in providing financing, of housing teachers and transportation of pupils, the rural school system has been the slowest to develop. A model of what the rural com-munity can do to meet its prob-lems is the Holcomb community in Finney county in southwestern Kan-sas. For 30 years the community has been building an exceptional rural consolidated school. The village of Holcomb is situated eight miles west of Garden City, the county seat. It has a population of 200. Transcontinental highway 50 and the main line of the Santa Fe railroad pass through it. The consolidated school is the dominant institution. There are an alfalfa-dehydrati-plant, a post office, and two filling stations, one of which carries a small stock of groceries. There' is no church, no bank, no general store. For the services of these institutions, the people go to Garden City. On January 6, 1920, three dis-tricts voted for consolidation of a school at Holcomb. On July 23, 1921, another district petitioned to be admitted to the union district. At various times since 1921 addi-tional districts have joined, the latest additions occurred in 1946. These additions brought to nine the total number of districts to come in and brought the area of the con-solidated district to 210 square miles. During the past 30 years the Hol-comb school has developed a full curriculum, including instruction in the elementary grades, from the kindergarten up, and in the high school full courses on every sub-ject, 'including vocational agricul-ture and vocational homemaking. By 1950 the school owned 12 buildings and 20 acres of land. The buildings included the main school structure, a grade school, a voca-tional agriculture building, a teacherage, a bus garage, and seven teachers' cottages. VISITOR to the Holcomb community soon senses an at-titude of community pride in the school and a marked popular solici-tude for the school's welfare. The solicitude extends not only to ath-letics and other extracurricular activities but also to courses offered and to the maintenance of good academic standards. The visitor gains the impression that the com-munity, for all its enthusiasm for athletics, would feel much less dis-turbed by a "disastrous" basket-ball season than by a reduction of the school's rating by the state de-partment of education from Class A to Class B. The public created the school and the public has. stood behind it. The Holcomb community was one of the first in the state to place a program of rural school consolida-tion into effect and it has proven to be an experiment of note to the entire country. In the school's 30 years, there have been 715 gradu-ates of the eighth grade and 361 graduates of the high school. Faced thirty years ago with con-ditions that might well discourage a rural community regarding school facilities for its children, the people of the Holcomb district, through the exercise of courage, ingenuity, enterprise, and group loyalty, have met their situation successfully and in a way that may well be an ex-ample to many other rural com-munities. 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In the meantime he was a promising young welter-weight fighter, went on the stage, RICHARD BENEDICT went to war, returned to the stage and then into pictures. In "Ace in the Hole" his work was cut out for him; Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling head an excellent cast. And Bene-dict's role is so important that he simply had to be good in it. He's more than good he's excellent. Clifton Webb seems slated to go on playing fathers forever and ever. The papa of twelve in "Cheaper by the Dozen" is set for 20th Century-Fox'- s "Elopement", a comedy about the two families of an eloping couple. Red Skelton, son of a circus clown, practically grew up un-der the big tents. Now is looking for a good story based on a clown's life for him. Red Is tired of just making faces and wants a chance really to act. Reports are that his two recent pictures, "Texas Carnl-pal- " and "Lovely to Look At." have given him the sort of parts he wants to do. Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy made such a wonderful team in "Adam's Rib" that ob-viously had to find another film for them. The new one is "Pat and Mike", a romantic comedy with the two cast as rival managers of soft ball teams. It is an original written by Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon, two experts who could make even the alphabet sound iamusing. Eight of Hollywood's prettiest girls have been signed by RKO Ra-dio for featured spots as drive-i- n car hops in "A Girl in Every Port", starring Groucho Marx, Mafie Wil-son and William Bendix. It's a nau-tical comedy. SS NO APOLOGIES CORNER By Georgia C. Nicholas "yOU'RE LATE, Neil Horner!" Taffy handed Neil her jacket to hold for her. "I know it," Neil said, "And what's more I forgot to bring back that book that my mother bor-- 1 rowed from your 3 --Minute m1'l A n d vn.rp FlCTIOn not even sorry?" J Taffy prodded. Neil opened the door for her. "I'm only ten minutes late and your mother said she was in no hurry for the book." Taffy didn't answer until they were in the car and on their way to the Horner residence for dinner. "Just how late do you have to be to say you're sorry?" "What good would it do to say I'm sorry?" Taffy didn't answer. She didn't want to start a quarrel now. She didn't know Neil's parents very well and she did hope they'd like her. Taffy's mother and Neil's mother belonged to the same club and that's how they became acquainted. "When are you going to say you'll marry me?" Neil asked as if he didn't know Taffy was peeved. "I'm not. You haven't any man-ners." "I haven't had any complaints before. Don't I always open doors for you and all the other things a guy is supposed to do? "Oh, yes, the manners that can be seen. But just between us two sometimes I think you're downright rude. You never apol-ogize." "When are you going to say you'll marry me?" "See why I never apologize," he whispered. "I won't say it till you say you're sorry you were late and that you forgot the book." , This time Neil was the quiet one. The situation was still unsettled when he turned onto a winding driveway. "Oh, Neil, do you think they'll like me?" Taffy asked. "Does it matter?" TAFFY had no chance to answer one. A maid opened the door for them. She showed Taffy to a bedroom and while Taffy was taking off her jacket Mrs. Horner entered. "I'm so sorry I wasn't at the front door," Mrs. Horner mourned. "I was all upset this afternoon because the butcher didn't send the kind of meat I ordered. I'm afraid it isn't going to be a very good dinner." Taffy did her best to assure Mrs. Horner that she was quite comfort-able without her jacket. It seemed that the oil burner was out of kil-ter. "I don't know how I look in this dress," Mrs. Horner said. "It's one I made myself and I just finished it this afternoon." Taffy laughed her polite little laugh and they went downstairs. Mr. Horner was a much more com-fortable person to meet. He tried to make conversation at the dinner table and cancel his wife's depre-cation of everything. After dinner he said, "Mother, I think our guest might like to see some of your paintings." v "Yes," Neil said, "Mother's giv-ing Grandma Moses a run for her money." Mr. Horner led the way Into the living room. Mrs. Horner said, "Oh, they really aren't worth looking at." "Then let's not look at them." Had Taffy said that? Taffy had. She realized it on the word 'look' and that was too late. She put her hand over her mouth and faced NeiL His mouth was open as if he'd started to say something, changed his mind and forgotten to shut it. But there was a sparkle in his eyes, the same sparkle she had loved for a long time. She wasn't quite clear about who said what during the next minute. But somehow Mr. Horner led Mrs. Horner out of the room and people said goodnight. She still stood there looking helplessly at Neil. He held out his arms. "See why I never apologize?" he whispered. "Yes, I see. I still think you car-ry it to extremes, but if I can ever be forgiven for what I just said I'd like to marry you sometime." "Forgiven? That was just what my mother needed. Now let's take this hook back to your mother and tell hi;r we're engaged." SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World Allied Officials Again Expressing Belief Talks On 'Smooth' Footing HOPEFUL SPECULATION As the UN and Red Korean negotiators resumed efforts for a cease-fir- e agenda at Kaesong (without the "pro-tection" of the armed Communist guards), Allied officials expressed the belief that the problem of getting something on the agenda would be quickly solved. There were hints that the talks were going smoother after the lay-o- and the situation was more relaxed. The man on the American streets, however, was not too full of opti-mism. Those who had followed the criss-cros- pattern of the war and the inevitable breakdown of the initial conferences knew that there was no available sounding board to gauge the pattern of events in Korea. Most Main Street citizens approved the action of Admiral C. Turner Joy, senior UN delegate, in refusing to continue the negotiations until cer-tain Allied rights were recognized. The spark of aggressiveness offered hope that, years hence, we might ask one another who won the war in Korea. LET'S CHECK THE RECORD Administration forces and Truman backers on Capitol Hill started off the week with an eye to the 1952 elec-tions and a beckoning gesture to the voting public on Main street. Realizing the pressure from Republicans and forces, the parties-in-powe- r felt it wiser to get everything possible in the way of economic control bills in order to prepare some manner of check-list for the voting public. The Administration decided to move quickly for final action on the new defense-productio- n measure, in whatever form it could be shuttled through to replace the original law which expired June 30; is currently in force only tWrough Congressional resolution. The law carries powers for wage and price control, materials allocation, and other measures. Party leaders only hoped they would not have to compromise too much and too often to get the results. REASONABLE CEILINGS The d Washington explosion came in the House as the battle over federal authority to roll back prices opened with loud fanfare. The Administration's willingness to compromise went for naught as farm-are- a congressmen balked like the proverbial mule. Before the debate got under way, minority leader Martin and Repub-lican Wolcott (Mich.) leveled charges that the Administration hoped to load the pending control bill with pet "socialistic schemes ... to sneak in the thoroughly discredited Brannan farm plan through a system of production subsidies." Administration forces sought the compromise by offering an amend-ment to retain the present 10 per cent rollback on live beef prices, but forego other farm rollbacks. Farm bloc speaker Cooley (D., N.C.) how-ever, suggested a ban on all farm-pric- e rollbacks including the one al-ready made on beef. Cox (D., Ga.) went further seeking to bar all price rollbacks; on industrial goods as well as farm products. The hopes of the Administration thus lay in finding a way to woo the farm-are- a congressmen and also take advantage of the House Republican leaders' promise to help pass a law that will keep prices "within reason." UNPROVEN ANGEL In New York a federal judge gave evidence that life is becoming tough for Communist leaders in the U.S.; for the. second time in a week, the Civil Rights Congress was outlawed as a bondsman in federal court. The dozen-and-tw- o were already out on bond made by CRC, the Red's angel, but Judge Ryan held the Congress had failed to show clear title to bonds; ordered them to find another angel or come back to jail. MANDATORY SENTENCES In Washington the House came through with overdue attention to the narcotics problem, voicing approval of a bill requiring mandatory jail sentences for narcotics-la- violators. The measure, Senate-boun- provides for one to five year sentences for first offenders; five to ten years for second offenders; and a 10 to 30 year term for three-tim- e losers. The law would apply to both peddlers and addicts; should be a strong weapon to fight one of the nation's grave problems. Across the country parents, after watching with growing horror the dope probes and hearings, expressed the hope that here was a strong axe to keep the narcotic wolf from the family threshold. AN EYE FOR AN EYE The United States lashed back at Hungary for the expulsion of two American envoys from Budapest two weeks ago; ordered that nation to call home two top diplomats, Peter Varkonyi, lega-tion "attachee and Lajos Nagy, charge d' affaires. Varkonyi was to leave "immediately," Nagy as soon as new minister Emil Weil could present his credentials. The move was retaliation for the expulsion of American envoys and other pressure that had caused cessation of U.S. information and educa-tional activities in Hungary. It marked, however, a new low in diplomatic relations between the two countries relations that had seemed improved recently by the release of American businessman Robert A. Vogler. AND THE RAINS CAME As the week began, the most costly flood in the history of the nation moved East from Kansas City along the Mis-souri river, leaving the gateway to the Southwest strangled with slowly receding waters. Residents along a 400 mile waterway counted the damages. 75,000 or more had been left homeless, 400,000 more otherwise affected. Losses were estimated close to the billion dollar mark, nearly twice as much as that in the 1937 Ohio and Mississippi rivers floods. NO SIGNIFICANCE Navy spokesmen in Washington declared there was "no special significance" in Admiral Forrest Sherman's conferences with Franco in Spain, although sources reported that the U.S. officer sought the use of navy bases in Spain for the U.S. Sixth Mediterranean Fleet. ' Britain and France, opposing admission of Spain into the Atlantic Pact, came into the open against the U.S. --Franco ties, said only the Communists stood to gain anything. Uncle Sam, however, seemed to be envisioning a limited role for Spain in the future Western defense efforts! Supply and demand: Franco needs arms and ammunition, Amer-ica wants naval and air bases. - ST. C-Vct-a I?:; ! ' r T 1 ' i ; -- ! 1 ilv i t I - J h : ! ' f 1 I 'f r - 1 i 7 , - . ' - ; . 4 v , , s y...... , J..., J....v.v.v.v....A..r.v.. .M.v... Let Us Search for Peace General Matthew B. Ridgway (second from right) bids farewell to the five United Nations delegates as they prepare to return to Kaesong cease-fir- e conferences, from left are Admiral Burke, Mai. Gen. L. C. Craigie, Maj. Gen. Paik Sun Yup, Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, senior delegate, Ridgway, and Maj. Gen. H. I. Hodes, 8th Army. GRASSROOTS California Highways Followed by Spanish Padres By Wright A. Patterson THE VISITOR to Boston wonders and comments on the narrow, winding, crooked streets of the business section of the city. The natives, to whom he comments, tell him those streets were the cow-pat-blazed by the cattle of the early pioneers, and the people of Boston cherish them for that rea-son. Far to the west, on the shores of the Pacific, from San Diego north to the Oregon border, from the beaches of the ocean eastward through the high Sier-ras, the San Bernardino and others of the several mountain ranges, stretch the magnificent California highways. They were not blazed by wandering cattle, but by a devoted band of Span-ish padres in their- efforts to carry civilization and Christi-anity to the Indians. To those weary, disheartened, Spanish, and their following of na-tive Indians, they were traversing EI Camino Real. Today the tourist follows the same route when his car glides over the concrete marked as Highway 101. That was the first of many trails that were blazed. Along it, starting at San Diego, and north to Monterey, the padres, led by Father Junipero Serra, built mis-sions, from which to lead the Indi-an natives from the ways of bar-barism to civilization and a Chris-tian life. The tourist of today as he travels over Highway I0l, passes these missions. Some of them are now but pic turesque ruins, others are still be-ing used as religious centers. In these, the tourist may attend mass if he so desires, and enjoy some-thing of the atmosphere of those trail blazing days, of approximate-ly 100 years ago. For the continuing historic and scenic panorama as blazed by the Spanish padres, the peo-ple of California cherish their highways, as the people of Bos-ton cherish their crooked' streets, because they were once the cowpaths of pioneers. Ex-pert engineering, and vast ex-penditures have transformed the hazardous mountain passes traversed by the padres Into safe highways over and through the mountain ranges, across the sands of the Colorado desert. Should you visit California, whether you travel by train, north or south, by bus or by pri-vate car, either of the Rolls-Royc- e type or the family jalopy, you will follow the trails blazed by the Franciscan padres. Where their missions were estab-lished now are located a number of the state's cities. Los Angeles be-gan as San Gabriel mission. It was the padres who discovered San Francisco bay, and there they es-tablished a town that is today the city of San Francisco. The city of San Diego started as a mission. As the tourist travels up and down the state, and across its mountain ranges and deserts, he is following the El Cameno Real as it was blazed by the padres. On those trails are to be found intensely in-teresting history, an abundance of adventure and romance, and beauti-ful scenic effects. Those devout Franciscans did not realize that they were laying out a great highway system to serve an alien people. Their interest, other than that of civilizing the Indians, was to establish a new colony for their king, that of Spain, and to pro-vide routes of travel to and from that colony as they trudged the weary miles of ocean beaches or desert sands, through the dense chaparral and the difficult stony passes of the mountain ranges. They did not realize they were serv-ing as the highway engineers of a state in the American republic, but they were. To the trails blazed by the padres were added those of the fur traders, those of the gold seekers, those of the stage coaches and the emigrant wagons, many of them following those of the padres. Today all of these constitute the thousands of miles of hard surfaced highways, or the rails of the railroads that make California and its many places of historic and scenic inter-est so easily accessible to the travelers using such transportation as best suits their wishes. The El Camino Real of 100 years ago is Highway 101 of today. We lost the services of MacArthur but we still have the ambassador to Mexico. SETTING THE GOAL U. S. Spurs Record Grain Output WASHINGTON The Agriculture department set out to spur the na-tion's farmers to a new record out-put of wheat and other d grains with the release of produc-tion goals. Secretary Charles Brannan set the 1952 goal for both winter and spring wheat at 78,850,000 acres. With normal yields, crop increase would be 100 million bushels. The increase would not only meet all expected requirements for the marketing year both domestic and export, but would also provide for some increase in holdover re-serve stocks for that fiscal year ending June 30, 1953. As Secretary Brannan pointed out, "The goals for other d grains recognize the need to build up feed grain sup-plies to aid livestock production. |