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CONTENTS

Christmas Carols Have BeenSung Through Centuries 3

Fred Klumpp Resigns AfterLong Service Here 7

"What's Wrong with Us?" 11

Just Ten Years Ago 13

Folk Music Has FollowersAmong Staley People 20-21

Editorial 22-23

Basketball 26

Bowling 29

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Church Has Always Celebrated Feast with Music andSecular Songs Have Crept In at Various Times Throughthe Ages.

UNDREDS of choirs throughoutthe country now practicing Christ-mas Carols are not reviving justan old English custom of celebrat-

ing the Christmas season. They are hark-ing much farther back into history—backindeed into the earliest days of Christian-ity. Church and music historians agreethat Christmas Carols like many otherforms of church music come to us fromour pagan forefathers.

Carol, which probably comes fromcarolla—a garland or circle, doubtlesscomes from the circle or ring danceswhich were performed first about pagangods and altars. Later, frankly to catchand hold the interest of their new con-verts from paganism, Christian priestsallowed these dances. In time a smallcrib was set up in the church or home atChristmas and the children and priests,particularly, danced about it and sangChristmas songs. At least that seems alogical explanation of the origin of a typeof song which has lived through the ages.

Many famous hymns have been writtenas Christmas songs, and many of themwere originally written as dance tunes ofthe sacred variety. This practice of danc-ing in Christian churches persisted wellinto the first century until gradually thefeeling against it became so strong thatit was forbidden by church councils. Butthe singing survived and many of the samesongs are sung today.

The First CarolL'erhaps the first Christmas Carols were

those sung by the angels to the shepherdswatching on that hillside almost two thou-sand years ago. Certainly that song hasbeen the theme for many, many writtensince. Folk songs, which often treat ofthe Christmas season, tell the story overand over, and many more modern Christ-mas hymns are built about it. One of the

most famous of these rather modern songsis the one, first written by Charles Wesleyin 1730, in England, and later rearranged.Some authorities give Wesley's originalthus,

"Hark, how all the welkin rings."We know it in its more modern version:

"Hark, the herald angels sing,Glory to the new-born King:Peace on earth and mercy mild,God and sinners reconciled!"

Still on the same theme is the even moremodern song:

"It came upon the midnight clear,That glorious song of old,From angels bending near the earthTo touch their harps of gold;

'Peace on the earth, good will to men,From Heaven's all-gracious King'The world in solemn stillness lay,To hear the angels sing."

Then there is the much loved Eighteenthcentury song:

"Joy to the world!The Lord is come:Let Earth receive her King."

By Famous MusiciansAt least two of these tunes were written

originally by two of the world's mostfamous musicians. The first was writtenoriginally by Mendelssohn, whose lovelymusic has glorified such a variety ofthemes. The last of the group of threeis sung now in an arrangement made fromthe original Handel composition. So themore modern Christmas hymns, at least,are no tinpan alley productions.

Both the origin and the names of auth-ors and composers of the earlier songshave been lost. Probably they were com-posites in many cases, village and churchmusicians changing and adding to themas they willed.

One of the early carols, like many ofthat period, leans much more toward the

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secular than toward the religious, but itgives a rather clear little sketch of theway the good folk enjoyed the Christinasseason:

"Lordlings, Christmas loves gooddrinking,

Wines of Gascoigne, France andAnjou,

English ale that drives out thinking,Prince of liquors, old or new.Every neighbor shares the bowl,Drinks of the spicy liquor deep;Drinks his fill without controlTill he drowns his care in sleep."

Then there is another which picturesthe thoughts of the times as turning rathermore to a jolly good time than to the re-ligious significance of the day:

"Without the door let sorrow lieAnd if for cold it hap to dieWe'll bury it in a Christmas pie,And ever more be merry!"

Xo collection of Christmas songs is com-plete without this:

Come, bring with a noiseMy merry, merry boysThe Christmas log to the firing.\Vhile my good dame, sheBids ye all be freeAnd drink to your heart's desiring.

With last year's brandLight the new block, andFor good success in his spending,On your psalteries playThat sweet luck mayCome while the log is a teending.*

Drink now the strong beerCut the white loaf hereThe while the meat is a shredding;For the rare mince pieAnd the plums stand byTo fill the paste's that's a kneading.

—Herrick.*burning.

Probably about this same period somebard felt inclined to write an ode to hollywhich even in early days was used in dec-orating the churches at Christmas. In thefollowing carol holly seems to have beenraised to a place of worship:

"Here comes Holly that is so gent,To please all men is his intent,

Allelujah!

Whosoever against Holly do cry,In a rope shall be hung fu l l high,

Allelujah!

There was a time too when carol sing-ing led to begging. Sometimes ardentAmericans, in an attempt to revive somelovely old customs, may not realize thatone which they try to revive is not being-done now as it was at one time. Accord-ing to some writers, carol singers in cer-tain localities frankly expected money fortheir singing, and made no bones of thefact that the money so collected, by sing-ing Christmas songs, was spent for a cele-bration for the singers on Twelfth Day.

To be sure, children were more guiltyof this practice than grown-ups. One oftheir songs, which has come down to us,says rather plainly that they want alms:

"Well-a-day! Well-a-day!Christmas too soon goes away,Then your goodings we do pray,For the good time will not stay—We are not beggars from door to door,But neighbors children known before;So gooding pray,We cannot stay,But must away;For the Christmas will not stay,Well-a-day! Well-a-day!"

Most of the earliest carols were notprinted, but in 1562 John Tysdale waslicensed in London to print "Certaynegoodly Carowles to be sunge to the Gloryof God." This is regarded as a probableattempt by the Reformation party toswing interest back from the secular songsto the more devout type. There is nodoubt but what Christmas had lost muchof its real meaning, for the Puritans re-fused to observe the occasion at all.

One of the early English songs to bringin the religious note was the famous:

"God rest you merry, gentlemen,Let nothing you dismay.For Jesus Christ pur SaviorWas born upon this dayTo save us all from Satan's powerWhen we were gone astray."

Another song of this same period, whichis said to be a song chiefly for children,was also much more devout and has nomention of "gooding":

"When Christ was born of Mary free,In Bethlehem, in that faire citie,Angels sang there with mirth and glee

In Excelsis Gloria."

This song also comes in about thisperiod:

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"Welcome be thou, heavenly King.Welcome born on this morningWelcome for whom we shall sing

Welcome Yule.

Welcome be ye, Stephen and JohnWelcome innocents everyoneWelcome Thomas Martyr one

Welcome Yule.

Welcome be ye, good Xe\ YearWelcome twelfth day, both "in fere,"*Welcome saints, loved and dear,

Welcome Yule.

Welcome be ye, CandlemasWelcome be ye, Queen of Bliss,Welcome both to more or less.

Welcome Yule.

Welcome be ye that are hereWelcome all and make good cheer,Welcome all another year,

Welcome Yule.

*m company.

But England was not by nature a sol-emn and deeply religious nation. It wasreligious but its home life and jolly oldcomfortable customs meant enough thatthey must find their way into song. Alongin the Seventeenth Century this little wordpicture of Christmas appeared:

"So now is come our joyfullest feast,Let every man be j o l l y :Kach room with ivy leaf is drest,And every post with holly.Though some churls at our mirth repine,Round our foreheads garlands twine;Drown sorrow in a cup of wineAnd let us all be merry."

Perhaps there is no more widely sungnor better loved Christmas song than thelovely German "Stille Xacht." The world'sbest loved woman singer, that grand oldGerman grandmother, Schumann-Heinle,nearly always includes it in her popularprograms, great choruses sing it and everyl i t t l e village choir learns it for Christmas.

The song, written by a German minis-ter. Josef Mohr, was set to music by FranzXavier Qruber and sung for the first timeby the parish choir in Oberndorf, nearSalzburg on Christmas Eve, 1818. Thestory is told that it first gained widespreadfame because the village organ brokedown. While a man from a distant citywas repairing the organ he heard the songand remembered it. Later he taught it ashe remembered it to his sisters, famous

And ii'ii.v;iV Mrs. Michel fraud <>/ thisiliirlini/ little son. tl'dyne. /tiV»/.v odd yearsago? Probably she is still proud of him. butscciny him about in the office of the mechani-cal superintendent one could liardlv call himlittle.

FAMILY REUNIONThe Schulz family had a mid-winter re-

union in the Staley club house Xo. 23.An orchestra furnished music for dancingand refreshments were served. LucileSchulz, of Dr. Kutsch's office, is treasurerof the organization.

C. J. Schuster, package sales, is back inhis office most of the time now, but has notyet fully recovered from severe injuries re-ceived in an automobile accident severalweeks ago.

singers, and they included it in their pro-grams of folk songs.

At any rate the song l ives today as oneof the favorite Christmas hymns of theworld, and the home of the author ismarked as a shrine.

"Silent X i g h t , Holy Xight.All is calm, all is bright:Round yon virgin mother and c h i l d .Holy infant so tender and mi ld .Sleep in heavenly peace.Sleep in heavenly peace."

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BALL-DENZJeane Ball and Karl C. Deny, were mar-

ried Friday morning, Nov. 17, at 10:30.The ceremony was performed in the Eng-lish Lutheran church by the pastor, Rev.Carl I. Kmpson. Mrs. Walter Dipper,sister of the bridegroom, was the matron

Is This True, Howard?According to Kd Beck, starch packing,

some girl is missing a good bet when shedoesn't meet Howard Sheets. Kd insiststhat Howard wants to get married andwould like to have the wedding nextspring. Howard, when questioned, justsmiles and goes on stenciling hags.

Jcanc Ball Dens

of honor, and the bridegroom's brother,Roy Denz, was best man. Only immediatemembers of the two families were present.

The bride wore a jacket suit of brownsatin with hat and suede shoes to match.Following the ceremony there was a wed-ding breakfast in the home of the bride'sparents.

Mrs. Denz is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. Roy O. Ball. For the last four yearsshe has been employed in the Staley offices.At present she is in the office of HelenHarder, cashier. Mr. Denz, son of Mr.and Mrs. W. E. Denz, is connected withan insurance company. Both young peopleare graduates of Decatur High school.

They are making their home north ofDecatur on the Bloomington road.

"Is old Angus a typical Scotsman?""Is he? He's saved all his toys for his

second childhood!"

One of the things W. K. Van Hookdidn't tell us about when he returned fromhis vacation was the visit he made to arather notorious dance hall clown state.Of course when some of his friends heardabout it thev hastened to tell us.

Bessie Keyhard, sales, spent a week-endin November at the World's Fair, and laterspent a week recovering from a severecold. •

The boys in the lab say they have atlast found an off-color story to whichClifford Smith will listen. They hope tofind one some da\ which will amuse him.

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John Kuhns goes calling on the neigh-bors these cold winter evenings, gets acomfortable chair in front of the fire—andgoes to sleep.

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I wish to express my sincere thanks toall Staley employes who remembered usat the time of the death of my sister.

—Clyde Williams.•

How He Saw the GhostTwo colored boys were having an argu-

ment about ghosts. One of them claimedto have seen a ghost as he passed the ceme-tery the night before.

"What was dis here ghos' doin' whenyou las' seen him?" asked the doubtingone.

"Jes' fal l in ' behin', mistah; fall in ' behin'rapid."—Illinois Central Magazine.

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"I bought a new car and traded in myplayer piano as first payment."

"I didn't know they accepted playerpianos as payment on new cars."

"They don't, usually, but the salesman isa neighbor of mine."

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FRED KLUMPPResigns After Long Service Here

Al'FR more than twenty years asgeneral foreman of our millhouseFred Klunipp has definitely decidedto resign. He is giving up the work

in which he has spent almost fifty years ofhis life, and neither he nor the men forwhom he has worked so long are at allhilarious about the arrangement. But heth inks if he is ever going to take a li t t letime to enjoy life, he really should takeit now. Last summer he took a leave ofabsence and, while he missed the millhousewith its noise and its grief, its rush and itsodors, he has decided that it really wasrather nice to he on his own.

This was the decision he reached thisfa l l and recently he asked to he relieved ofhis duties in our millhouse by December 1.It has not been an easy decision, but Fredfeels that he is doing the right thing. Heinsists he has no definite plans for thefuture al though he probably will spendsome time with his brother, John, also foryears a Staley foreman. John Klunipp hasfor several years successfully owned andmanaged a string of independent oil sta-tions through western Illinois and easternMissouri . Fred may associate himself withhis brother.

Started to Work at Age I 3It is quite an uprooting when a man

gives up the work to which he has devotedalmost fifty years. Fred, who was born inthe south of Germany, was put as an ap-prentice in a flour mill there at the age ofl.i. My the time he had finished his ap-prenticeship he was not only a well trainedmiller but a stone dresser; for everyGerman trained miller knows how to dressthe buhrs in his mill.

He had very little chance to work as amiller, however, unt i l he reached militaryage which in Germany then meant that heautomatically went into the army. Of histhree years in the army he has never saidmuch to his Staley friends, but there is areason for that. He made the grand mis-take one time of telling a story about hisarmy life, which contained reference to a

.

Fred Kluinpp has decided to give up themilling business and take life a little easy.

first attempt at chewing tobacco, and everafter any reference to his army careerbrought out so much discussion about thetobacco that he learned to avoid the sub-ject.

His compulsory army service finished atthe age of 23, Fred came to America tojoin his brother John. As the only tradehe knew was mil l ing, it was natural thathe should look for a position in that branchof business, and he had no trouble gettingjobs. Once his reputation was establishedhe was always in demand and he hasworked in most of the starch and glucoseplants in the count ry .

Followed Chamberlain to StaleysWhile working in the Corn Products Re-

f in ing company p lan t at Argo, Fred formeda f r iendship with G. 1C. Chamberlain, who

DtCHMBER, 1933

BUSINESS BOOM EXPECTEDResidents of Long Creek, suburban dis-

trict near Decatur, are getting ready for abig boom which may jump the populationof that village over Decatur's in a fewyears. And as usual, the man responsiblefor the idea which is bringing about thisindustr ial activity is our own JohnnyWyant. Johnny works at the plant, buthis home and heart are in Long Creek.Among his Staley friends he has long beenrecognized as mayor of Long Creek, andeven Long Creek residents recognize himas a leader.

Johnny's big idea has to do with hedgeapples. He has a hedge row along oneside of his house but until this year neverthought that the big yellow-green hedgeapples could he of any use. Then he heardthat properly treated they could be usedas a poison for that common pest—roaches.Xow he is trying to corner the market, andis thinking of building elevators or cribsor whatever the bui lding would be called,in which to house his stock. It's a brilliantidea—no?

was then superintendent of that plant.Later both men left that company andwhen Mr. Chamberlain came to takecharge of the new Staley plant, one of thefirst problems facing him was the selec-tion of a mill foreman. He thought of Fredand found him almost on his door step.To be exact, he found him at his brotherJohn's in Moweaqua, where he was re-covering from a long illness.

Kver since that time he has been theman responsible for the steep and millhouses. He has seen the capacity of thatdepartment increase from an uncomfort-able thousand bushels a day to fifty timesas much, and he has taken on the addedresponsibility and always handled it cap-ably.

Although he is soft spoken, almost shy,Fred Klumpp has the sincere friendship ofall of the people about the plant who knowhim—and that is a large majority of theemployes. He was one of the leaders inorganizing the Fellowship club and has al-ways been a leader in that organization.Executives and fellow employes alike haveexpressed the keenest regret that Fred hasdecided to leave us, but he promises tocome back occasionally and visit his hun-dreds of friends at Staley's.

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New HomeGeorge and Margaret Mennel and Mar-

garet's sister, Gertrude Hebert. are ex-tremely proud of their new home in XorthTwenty-Second street. The two girls saythey find plenty of time before office hoursto get their part of the work done and(ieorge has time from his work in the plantto do his share. The only thing Gertrudefears is that she will gain weight on herown cooking, which she insists is good.

Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Warren,Oct. 22. in Knglewood hospital, Chicago, adaughter. Mr. \Yarren is a city salesmanin our Chicago office.

Horn to Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Bailey, Nov.17, in Decatur and Macon County hospital,a son. Mr. Bailey is our export salesmanager.

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Says Fddie Lonergan, "I'd like to takea trip back to Ireland next summer andsee all my family."

Says Jerry Ward, who in spite of hisname has a vague idea of a location of theKmerald Isle, "You ought to make her,Kd. You got a good car."

No Liar, He

Beryl and an Englishman were "talkingbig."

"On one occasion," said Beryl, non-chalantly, "I shot 999 snipes."

"Why don't you make it a thousandwhile you're at it?" answered the English-man scornfully.

"No," replied Beryl, haughti ly, "I would-n't lie for one snipe."

The Englishman, nothing daunted, thenbegan a story of a man who had swum fromLiverpool to Boston.

"Did you see him yourself?" asked Beryleagerly.

"Of course!" answered the Englishman."I was coming across the ocean, and myvessel passed him a mile outside of Bostonharbor."

"Good!" cried Beryl triumphantly. "I'mglad you saw him, brother, and can be awitness, because / TI'O.T that man!"

She: I took the recipe for this cake outof the cook book.

Victim: You did perfect ly right my dear.It should have never been put in.

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Eibo Frerichs

ONE OF OLDEST EMPLOYES DIES

Eibo Frerichs, for twenty-one years oneof our niillhouse foremen, died in St.Mary's hospital Xov. 13. Although he hadbeen ill in the hospital for a few weeks hehad been released by his doctor MondayMorning, Nov. 6. He came out to theplant that day, but late in the afternoon,while crossing a street, was struck by acar. He was taken back to the hospitaland a week later died from complications.

Born in Germany, on the shores of the\orth Sea, in 1865, he was apprenticed tothe miller in a three hundred year old wind-mill at the age of 14. For the next fifty-four years, with the exception of threeyears in the German army, he worked asa miller. He came to America as a youngman and in the early part of the twentiethcentury arrived in Decatur as miller forthe Wellington Starch company, the site

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These lour maidens in hlue ami ti'/n'/t- look as if they had stepped rii/ht offthe Staley Starch paekai/e. Instead, they stepped out of our sales office Ion;/einnii/h In dress up and iniireli in the Deeatnr Halloween parade. Rccoymzc:hem.' I'runi left to rii/ht they are Miirjorie ll'hite. Amelia I'nson. I'.dna Keekand l.orene Hitcli/cr. Aren't they sttinninii'

of the present Staley plant .

He came to work for the Staley com-pany in February, 1912, and was in chargeof the mill and steep houses when thatmemorable first bushel of corn wentthrough the mills the next month. \Yiththe exception of a few months in 1916, heworked here from then until his death inNovember,

Mr. Frerichs had many friends about theplant and in the community. His onlyrelatives, two brothers and their children,here at the time of his death, took the bodyto their home in Fureka, III., where theMasonic burial services were conducted.Those who represented the company wereA. R. Ragel, John Mintun, Robert Pattonand Herman Herbert, for many years hisassociate in the mill house.

Home BurnsFrank Poole, Jr., 17 building, with his

wife and two children, went visiting someneighbors the other evening and when theyreturned home found their house a charredruin. In their absence their house andeverything in it had burned.

His GoalFreshie: "I'm just a poor boy trying to

get ahead."Professor: "That's fine; you certainly

need one."•

High TimeBotany Teacher: "When do leaves be-

gin to turn?"Student (reminiscently): "The night

before examination."

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WHAT'S WRONG WITH US?By W. H. WALMSLEY, Foreman Syrup House

R K A L I Z I N G fu l l well that greatstrides have been made the past fewyears throughout the country in safetywork. I st i l l ask this question—

"What's wrong with us?"I would answer it by telling everyone

that we do not care enough about our-selves or our fellow men.

This fact was driven home to me onlytoday when an accident occurred in mydepartment.

For the past several days I have beenformulating in my mind a few safetythoughts which I put in writing and feltrather convinced that they were good. To-day, I changed my mind and chucked themin the waste basket—a fitting place for thethoughts I had believed worth while—thatis one trouble—too many thoughts andnot enough action.

At the present time we are rather busypacking table syrup and today one of themen attempted to stop a belt from slippingand caught his thumb between the pulleyand the belt, thereby receiving a ratherpa in fu l injury.

Xow this accident occurred just at thetime I was actually 100% safety-minded.But of what benefit is a foreman to hismen or to the Company, so far as safetyis concerned, if he is "safety minded" butlocks it up and does not attempt to sowthe seed of safety among the men?

Just what caused this accident, or as amatter of fact, what causes most acci-dents?—carelessness of the injured, care-lessness on the part of a fellow employee,or laxity on the part of the foreman infailing to see that the men always worksafely? Nine times out of ten you canplace your finger on one of these threereasons and be correct, or perhaps youcan place your finger on all of them andstill be correct.

The injured may have been careless innot seeing that the fellow worker waspracticing safety—taking too much forgranted—and his condition of mind quitelikely came from the fact that the man incharge did not keep the importance of

safe-working strongly enough impressedupon the minds of the men.

I feel certain that all will agree that aforeman should have both the Company'sinterest and also the welfare of his men atheart.

We know that no sane person wouldpermit someone in whom they are inter-ested to needlessly rush out every time itrained and stand bare headed and coatlessin the rain. They would call them back,explain to them the danger of becomingwet and the folly of such a silly practice,or at least, provide them with an umbrella.

Is it unreasonable to assume that a fore-man should always point out the dangersof any job—to correct a hazardous prac-tice or to provide adequate means to do ajob safely?

Most accidents can be avoided if themen involved will think and also practicesafety and if those in charge will sharetheir safety-mindedness with these men.

Aren't we all just a little weak on safetyenforcement? Yes, of course, we make thebest of resolutions and promise ourselvesthat we will be very diligent in this matterof safety and see that all men in our chargeare given the proper instructions regardingsafety—see that they abide by them—andabove all call to their minds daily the factthat they are to work safely for their ownbenefit as well as for the Company's.

Why do we have accidents—they are ofno earthly good to anyone—why don't wecut them out entirely? The answer is quitesimple. We become lax and let up on thesafety idea—we let this phase of our workslide first when we become busy when as amatter of fact it should be the last thing tolet up on. Don't you know that a man whoapplies safety to his work actually pro-duces as much and the results are of abetter quality than those of a man whoknows nothing of the value of safe work-ing.

A foreman should talk safety to his mendaily—he should bear safety in his ownmind at all times so that he is fitted todrive his points home and I think it wouldbe a mighty good thing is a gentle re-

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Just ten years ago the men in the jecd house collected in a group to have thispicture ttiken. I lots many of you recognize yourselves as you looked in 1923?

minder would be handed the foreman eachday—lest he forget.

What's wrong with us? I can think ofno kinder deed being' done to a fellow manthan to sell him 100% on the idea of safetyas applied to himself and all his associates.

But we do not do this—that's what'swrong with us.

IF YOUSafely work each dayAccidents won't come your way.Forever bear in mindEternity is right behindTo carry you far off—Yet some of you will scoff

AT SAFETY.

"Stand behind your lover," said thefrenzied Scotchman to his unfaithful wife,"I'm going to shoot you both."

Visit in TexasDudley Boren, electrician, and Mrs.

Boren left early in November for a visitof several weeks in Texas. The trip, bymotor, was taken chiefly for the benefit ofMrs. Boren's health. She is just recuperat-ing from a serious illness.

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Matrimonial Agent—"There is an otherlady I can offer you—but I will be honestwith you and tell you in advance that shesquints and has false teeth."

Applicant—"False teeth! Are they gold?"

Household HintsA pinch of salt is greatly improved by

dropping it into a stein of beer.—Pure Oil News.

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TEN YEARS AGO THIS MONTHThese Items Appeared in the Staley Journal for December, 1923

I T WAS the Christinas number andthe featured story was an article onChristinas celebrations in many coun-tries. •

Pictures were used with the story aboutthe way cinders are handled at the plant.In the picture were the men in charge ofthe job. They were Bob Quillen, CarlWatson and Ed Coffev.

Seemingly the Journal was running to"fire" articles that month for Harry Wat-son, chemist, wrote an article on firingthe furnace. •

Harry Walmsley wrote an article onsafety, particularly as applied to the menworking in the sugar house (and he isdoing it again this month).

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C. Jarvis, working on the yard gang,saved an eye while chipping cement, bywearing goggles, and thereby got his pic-ture in the Journal.

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Walter Cooley had recently joined thecompany sales forces, in the New Yorkoffice, and got his picture in the Journal.

Alice Meeker, for some time a stenog-rapher in the New York office, was mar-ried. Her place was taken by LouiseScheu.

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Ralph Whitsitt, laboratory, and WihnaPerry were married.

Ella Hehir came to the Staley companyoffices from the Standard Oil offices inDecatur. (She is now Ella Yates.)

Several of the boys went hunting onthe day the season opened, but theybrought back litt le but stories. FrankMoore and Byron May went with a crowdbut the boys said that the sight of pheasantfrightened them and they forgot to shoot.Charlev Fitch mistook Hank Potrafka for

a rabbit but Hank survived. B i l l Heersaid he brought bark some rabbits thatthe dogs caught.

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Edna Coyle. Journal editor, and BenMoody were married. The foremen en-joyed thoroughly the cigars the bride sentout to them. Charley enjoyed his so muchthat it was reported he stuck a pin in oneside and held it that way so he couldsmoke it to the end. L. B. Humiston saidhe was glad Edna was married for other-wise he would never have known what hermiddle name was unt i l she died and heread her obituary.

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Somebody put a gavel in the foremen'sroom, so that all chance of a morningnap during the daily meeting was gone.

Dr. W. A. Kutsch was teaching some ofthe gay young things in the cost divisionhow to extract square root.

Charley Long got lost on his way homefrom a party at the Staley club house.

Tommy Gogerty, Harry Walmsley andLouis Burstein started out to help raisefunds in a Y.M.C.A. drive but nearlyended in the psychopathic ward.

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The aviation instructor, having delivereda lecture on parachute work, concluded:"And if it doesn't open—well gentlemen,that's what is known as jumping to a con-clusion." •

One ReasonShe: "I wonder why we can't save

money?"He: "The neighbors are always doing

something we can't afford."

Doctor: "Xow, before I examine you,may I ask you what you dr ink?"

Patient: "Thank you, doctor. A smallwhiskey and soda for me."

DECEMBER, 1933

Cohen's department store in Jacksonville, Fla., had a ivindoiv which attracteda great deal of attention jchcii the window decorator used packages of Staley'sStarch in connection with a kitchen display. The Cohen store is said to be oneof the largest and most complete of its kind in the state.

Suggest an AlternativeIf present conditions continue Corny

Furman's family must either (A) put in anelectric refrigerator or (B) keep the familybutter and milk in Corny's car. The rea-son for this crisis in the family of Drafts-man Furman is that twice, within a month,Corny has gone for ice in the morning, andthen, after having it safely anchored on therear bumper, has promptly forgotten it andcome on to work. Naturally by noon, inmoderate weather, there is very little iceleft, but as the winter weather conies onCorny hopes to still have a sizeable chunkby 12 o'clock.

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Ted Kerr's wife goes away for a visitand how does Ted celebrate? Wears hisbest suit to work in the laboratory oneday. 'Sfact!

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John Ross is not only caught up withhis work—he is ahead of it. He came outone day and did a thorough job of oilingall the machines under his care, before hediscovered the plant was down.

Of Course Not"I was to remember your old school

friend, Olson, to you.""I don't remember him.""A short man with whiskers.""I never went to school with a man with

whiskers."

Hot Words!We have heard about microphones

which burst into flames when a torchsinger was performing, but we have a manat Staley's whose letters melt the wax ofthe dictating machine records. FrankKnowlton, paper mill sales manager, isthe red headed boy whose letters areso hot. •

Did you see that face of Beulah's? Shesays it was poison ivy and she got it outnutting. It certainly was off color andout of shape, to say the least.

•No Miss Case wasn't cleaning up the

yards that day she was out pulling weeds.She was gathering a bouquet for the cafe-teria office.

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Fruit FullFather: "No appetite this evening, eh?

What's the matter? Late lunch?"Little Boy: "Xo, sir; early apples."

•Sambo: "Look heah, woman, you know

you'll done marry me jus' for mah guv-ment insurance!"

Lila: "Ah knows dat, honey, but ain't Ibeen wi l l in ' to let you die a natural death?"

•Peter (saying his prayers): "And please

make Cyril give up throwing stones at me.By the way, I've mentioned this before."

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HERMAN HERBERT MILLHOUSE HEAD

Late in Xovember, announcement wasmade that Herman Herbert had been pro-moted to a position as general foreman inthe mill house. At the same time HenryColbert was promoted to foremanshipthere. Karl Klaus will continue in hisposition as the other foreman. It is in-teresting to note that the newly appointedforeman, like the other two now there, andtheir predecessors, is a native German.Unlike them, however, he did not get histraining in a German mil l .

Herman Herbert has been with the com-pany since 1915, coming then to take theposition as chief stone dresser and assist-ant head miller. A native of Germany, hehas lived in this country many years, is anaturalized cit izen and thoroughly Ameri-can in his love of baseball. In the last fewyears he has given less time to stone dress-ing and increasingly more time to helpingmanage the mil l house, which he does inbis characterist ic and creditable manner.

Henry Colbert, who is only 31 years old.was put to work in a coal mine in Germanywhen he was fourteen years old, in spi teof the fact that he wanted to become a

Henry Colbert has been promoted to a forc-manship in the mill house.

Herman Herbert is the in-^-Iy appointediicneral foreinun of the mill house.

paper hanger and decorator. That wasduring the World War, but he was con-sidered too young to light, if not too youngto work in the mines. In 1924 his parentsand practically the entire family came toAmerica, most of them settling in Decatur.and in a few months young Henry wasapplying for work at the Staley plant.

Just nine years ago Fred Klumpp hiredHenry to work in the mill house and in ashort time saw possibilities in the youngman. While there are always a great manyGermans in that department, and one canget along there very nicely speaking onlythat language, young Henry decided hewanted to be a real American citizen andset about learning to speak the language.He has reached his goal, for he speaksw i t h only a slight accent. Six years agoMr. Klumpp began training him to be abead miller, and with that in mind hastaught the young man most thoroughly thejob he himself knows and does so well.

Kar l Klaus, also a German, has been inthe mil l house since 1916. He knows thework thoroughly and lives up to the highstandards of dependability set by hiscolleagues.

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ANNUAL SEAL SALEWhen your morning mail brings you a

sheet or two of Christmas Health Sealsth ink careful ly before deciding that youcan't afford the dollar or two they cost.Those Christmas Health Seals are small,and they sell for a penny each, or onedollar a sheet, but they do untold good.The entire amount raised each year bythe sale of these seals is used in the pro-gram of tuberculosis prevention and cure.

Kadi year this sale is conducted through-out the entire United States during theweeks between Thanksgiving and Christ-mas. In recent years it has been con-ducted ent irely by mail in Decatur, withthe Visiting Nurses association in charge.

Authorities feel that the proper attackon tuberculosis is on the preventive side,and that is the way the campaign is beingconducted in Macon County. \Yhi le theactive cases of tuberculosis are being caredfor in every way possible, a great deal oftime and attention is being given to pre-venting others from contracting thedisease.

The major projects in this preventiveprogram last year in Macon County werethe three "Health" rooms for pre-tuber-culous children and year around healtheducation. In addition there is free nursingcare for tuberculous patients. Last yearabout 1,200 visits on such patients weremade by the nurses, in Macon County.

Health authorities feel that one of thebest things done with this money is thesupporting of the three "Health" rooms.At present there are about 70 pupils inthese rooms in the schools. These roomscare for these susceptible children, to helpprevent them developing tuberculosis. Atno additional cost to their parents or tothe school system, these children aretaught in a room where they can be givenspecial care and rest. Lunches and milkare furnished and in many cases transpor-tation. They also have medical and nurs-ing supervision.

All this work depends for a large partupon the success of the seal sale. Xo oneis asked to do much, but everyone whocan is asked to buy at least one sheet ofseals.

He: "The carpet begins to look dirty."She: "Yes, we must have a demonstra-

tion with a new vacuum cleaner."

Buy Christmas Seals

Fight Tuberculosis

Back After Illness\Yil l iam Payne, reclamation, is back at

work again af ter an illness of eleven weeks.Part of the t ime he was in St. Mary's hos-pi tal .

•

Horn—To Mr. and Mrs. Karl Sigmon.Xov. 8, a daughter. Mr. Sigmon works inthe syrup house.

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Tough luck when a fellow goes to afraterni ty meeting, expecting a good oldreunion and walks in on the annual busi-ness meeting. Ask Doc West and DizzyWills for particulars.

The OptimistFrom the time of your birth

Till you ride in a hearseThere's nothing that happens

But might have been worse.

The proprietor of a lunch cart at Ken-nebunkport, Maine, hangs out a sign atnoon which reads "HOMK TO LUXCIIU X T I L ONE O'CLOCK."

Visitor: "Who's the most enterprisingman in town?"

Xative: "You'd better ask somebodyelse, stranger. I never was a hand to talkabout myself."

•Young Wife: "It says, 'Beat the whites

of eggs t i l l stiff.' I think they must be donenow."

Hubby: "Wrhy; are they stiff?"Young Wife: "No, but I am."

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Boy Scouts of Troop 9 had a lot of fun the day our gardener, Karl Simroth.i/avc them a lesson in plantiiii/ shnihs. The boys in the f/ronf are Leo Kcl/cy.I'reii/isc lliirlin, Huford (icntry, Charles Harliii. Jack Potrajka, James Cheyne.Donald 7'//>.fti wrf, Charles I-itch, Rot/cr Chnstain and Gcorac .-1/i/iflt.

TO ENTERTAIN PARENTSBoys of Staley Scout Troop No. 9 have

decided to entertain their parents and otherfriends in their new home Dec. 14. Thehoys have recently been given the use ofa cottage belonging to the company, inKast Eldorado street, just opposite thesouth gate. This has been redecorated in-side by the hoys themselves and will bein perfect order for their guests on Parents'Night.

The special business of the evening willbe the investiture of Tenderfoot Scouts.Probably some other Scout ceremoniesw i l l be gone through and Scout officialswill be present. •

J. W. Morrison, superintendent, says wecan kid him all we want about various andsundry things, but there is one thing ofwhich he is very proud, and that is hisgrand-daughter, Margaret Haspel. Only17 years old, Margaret is a sophomore inthe University of British Columbia.

When someone protested that LarryYunker was eating too much chicken at arecent chicken fry he said, "Only twopieces were chicken. The rest was sweetpotatoes." Oh, yeah?

Joe's Picture\\ understood that Joe Weiss was

pleased with his picture in last month'sJournal, but Joe says we didn't get thatright. He didn't mind his picture beingused, but he would like to have a fewminutes alone with the printer who put itnext to Tom Gogerty's.

Charley France, 16 building, is still talk-ing about the grand time he had in Chi-cago during the American Legion conven-tion. •

Add light occupations—scooping soapback into a barrel. For particulars seeWalt Morenz. •

Planes Aren't SpitefulHenderson: "Why are you in the air

force now? I thought you were in thecavalry."

Peterson: "I got transferred.""Why was that?""Well, after an airplane throws you out,

it doesn't generally walk over and biteyou." •

Chilly Miss—"Say Pilot, I'm cold! Howabout shutting off that big fan in front?"

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This was not taken when they were kids, but while most of the girls wereworkin;/ in our sales department about ten years ago. If you will look closelyymi will see that some of them are still there. We arc thinking of giving a hand-some ll'oolworth bracelet to the one who recognises most of the girls.

ALICE WALMSLEY RESIGNSAfter thirteen years with the Staley

company, Alice White Walmsley resignedin Xovember. At the time of her resigna-tion she was secretary to the president,A. K. Staley, Jr.. a position she had heldever since Mr. Staley came to the com-pany as general superintendent in 1926.When she came to the company in 1920she worked as a stenographer in the salesdepartment, but in a short time went intothe office of the late G. E. Chamberlain,general superintendent and remained withhim unt i l his death.

In 1927 she and Harry Walmsley, fore-man of 17 building, were married. Nowshe has decided to retire from the businessworld and devote her entire time to herhome and family, which consists of herhusband and their son Billy.

At the time of the announcement ofMrs. Walmsley's resignation came the an-nouncement of the appointment of EllenMelrose as her successor. Ellen, who lastyear taught in the English department atMillikin university, deserted the academicworld last spring when she took a positionin the office of our comptroller, F. Eakin.She was graduated from M i l l i k i n in1931 and took her master's degree atWellesley the following year, majoring inmathematics.

REAL RABBITSSpeaking of rabbits (and when isn't

Dizzy Wills) that gentleman's red NewZealand, 6 months old, recently won anational championship. That may notmean much to you. to whom a rabbit isjust a rabbit, but to rabbit fanciers, ofwhich we have many, it means a great deal.This particular New Zealand buck hasbrought back several prizes to Mr. Willsduring his six months of life. In the firstshow in which he was entered he wonsecond place, and since then he has wonsix firsts. The national championship wasthe crowning glory.

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Roy Rollins returned to Staleys this fall,after having taken time out the last fewyears to gather in a college degree andserve a year as football captain at Millikin.Recently he has been working in the per-sonnel office.

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It is rumored that certain members ofthe traffic office are going to hunt for ajinx to throw Rollin Staley's luck. Latelythey have found it never pays to match fordrinks with him.

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Ask Mary Doran to explain all aboutthat man whose arm was cut off.

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KILLED IN ACCIDENTWilliam A. Donelson, 16 building, was

killed almost instantly when a car in whichhe was riding collided with another car lateon the evening of Nov. 5. No one else inthe car was seriously injured. With Mr.Donelson at the time were his wife andanother couple. Mr. Donelson was notdriving.

Mr. Donelson, who was thirty-eightyears old, had worked for the Staley com-pany just one day less than five years. Hehad worked most of that time in 16 build-ing where he was well known and wellliked. He leaves his widow and onedaughter.

The body was taken to Mulberry Grovefor burial.

•

Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Hise,Xov. 14, in St. Mary's hospital, a son. Mr.Hise is in the purchasing department.

Don Lahnlcrs is the youngest son of Ed-ward Lahnieri of our auditing department,and, according to his father, is quite one ofthe smartest children he ever saw. He likedthe photographer, anyway.

Sure Bet

An Irishman was being tried in an Okla-homa court.

"Have you anyone in this court who willvouch for your character?" asked the judge.

"I have, your honor—the sheriff yonder.""Why, your honor," stammered the

sheriff in amazement. "Don't even knowthe man."

"There you are, judge, Oi've lived in thecountry more'n 12 years an' the sheriffdoesn't know me yit. How is that forcharacter?"

Lawrence Kirk !s known to most of hisStaley friends as Missouri, because that iszvherc he came from, and where he learnedto play the siood old square dances. He worksin 17 buildint/, but is in great demand asmusician at dances in this part of the country.

WRITE SANTA CLAUSFrank Moore and Heinie Broadbear al-

most bought out an east end grocery whichwas giving chances on a little red wagonwith every sale. Heinie wanted the wagonfor his small son and Frank wanted it forWalter Meinert's boy—but someone elseheld the luckv number.

No, that is not a leading man from somemovie lot you see around the tool roomthese days. It's Trail Carder, who hasrecently been transferred to that depart-ment. •

Two Ways

Two fair hitch-hikers were over-taken bydarkness and stopped an officer to inquireas to the nearest farm house that wouldprovide a night's lodging.

"Just take the road to your right,"directed the stranger, "and you can't gowrong."

"Are there any other roads?" asked theco-eds in chorus.

"My papa's a bookkeeper," said littleAlbert proudly.

"Yes, I know it," rejoined small Doro-thy, daughter of a minister. "He borroweda book from my papa."

DECEMBER, 1933 [19]

VICTOR TROLIA

SFROM the beginning of time mankind

has turned to music in his moments ofrelaxation. It may not have beenmusic as we know it now, but it had

the same underlying principles, was builton harmony and rhythm and expressed thelife and emotions of the people.

Kvery nation had its own peculiar typeof music and its own songs—folk songswe have come to call them. And each na-tion had musical instruments, perhaps notpeculiar to it, but particularly adapted tothe music of that country.

It is rather a reflection on the cul turalside of our life in America that peoplecoming here from foreign shores, to maketheir homes, so soon drop their interest inthe music of their own lands. They learnto depend on the radio and movies fortheir entertainment—but the radio, par-t icular ly , is playing them false. It is dig-ging up the old folk music of our own andother countries and making it popularagain.

In looking over our own group here atStale-vs we find any number of men whohave quite a high musical standing intheir own circles. Some are of foreignbirth, others are natives of this country.Two outstanding musicians of such typeare Victor Trolia and K. C. Ragsdale orVic and Ike as they generally are called.Vic, born in America of Italian parents, isnot by any means the only man in theplant who plays Italian airs on an ac-cordion, and Ike Ragsdale is not the onlyStaley man who can play the old mountaindance songs, but they both do these thingswell.

Like so many men of their kind, whoonly play now because their friends begthem to, they are not at all interested inhaving their pictures published. It took

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jAusic has followers"aley Peop/e

E. C. RAGSDALE

considerable begging and many long con-versations to get their permission and thephotographs.

The accordion Vic plays is not the typewhich is generally seen but is a compli-cated instrument called a chromatic ac-cordion. The instrument weighs fiftypounds, so it takes brawn as well as nimblefingers and a brain to play it. Vic hangsit by a strap about his neck and so leavesboth hands free to manipulate the nearlyhundred keys on the two keyboards.

According to Vic it has great possibili-ties but is at its best in the lovely tunefulfolk songs of Italy or the more popularclassics. Vic, who is not a great admirerof modern jazz, says he is quite sure thatthis instrument is not fitted to it anyway.The one he owns was made for him by anold Italian musician who has spent muchof his l i fe in a small mining community insouthern Illinois, but who knows theseItalian instruments as do few Americans.

Ike Ragsdale represents the purelyAmerican folk music for he was "raised"in the mountains in Arkansas and fromthe time he was a youngster played thefiddle. He also occasionally played the"second"—which looks very much like aguitar to us—but mountain folk have theirown names for things.

Ike's memory brings back pictures ofthose dances in the mountains when every-one for miles about gathered to celebrateChristmas or the Fourth'of July or a wed-ding. Those were the chief events. Every-one traveled on horse back, for mountainroads are just now emerging from untolddepths, and sometimes the party was twodays' journey away. But after he reachedthere, Rags found that it was no 9 to 12affair. More often than not it lasted two

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The STALEY JOURNALPublished Monthly

in the interest of the employees of the

A.E. S T A L E Y

MANUFACTURING COMPANYD E C A T U R • I L L I N O I S

Vol. XVII No. 6

EditorRUTH E. CADE

CartoonistW. R. VAN HOOK

Watch IntersectionsIn the last month at least four

Stale}- people figured in serious auto-mobile accidents. Two of our menwere killed and two others injured,one quite seriousl}r. None of thesefour were to blame for the accidents,hut in at least three of the cases theypaid the price of some driver's care-lessness.

Two of the accidents were inter-section collisions. Do you wonder,after watching some drivers. SomeStaley men, otherwise good citizens,and men who consider themselvesgood drivers, are on the verge ofsimilar serious accidents if they con-tinue to—

Pass cars on an intersection;Make left turns from the right

curb;Make right turns from the cen-

ter of the street;Cross any intersection without

making sure the way is clear.

It doesn't make you a mollycoddleto drive according to the traffic lawsof your city and state. It does notmark you as a good driver to tearthrough traffic ignoring these laws.Xo matter what your standing inthe community, how long you have

dr iven a car, ho\ well you may thinkyou have it under control, you are apoor driver and a poor citizen if youviolate these simple traffic rules.

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Try RollingIt would seem that several of out-

old copy-book proverbs are being—shall we say—out-moded. One inparticular there was which an oldergeneration loved to quote : "A rollingstone gathers no moss." Interpretedit was said to mean that earl}- in lifeone must select a profession andstick to it to the end if he ever ex-pected to "gather any moss"—inother words, gain riches and success.

But in more recent years success-ful men are proud of the fact thattheir career has touched so manyports. A successful teacher will tellyou that he started his professionallife as a minister; a well-knownsalesman was for years a successfulteacher; a musician is now a surgeonwith a big practice.

It would seem that success de-pends more upon the manner inwhich it is approached than uponthe fact that it is always approachedfrom the same gateway. Modernbusiness stories would indicate thatthe stone that rolls about gatherssomething better than a lot of muf -fling1 moss—it gathers a polish and abrilliance which makes it stand outfrom the crowd.

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Wait for a Big One"It is not the mountain that wears

us out; it is the grain of sand in ourshoe."

And most of us run in to very fewmountains during our ordinary day,but we do come in contact with a lotof little grains of sand and how wedo let them worry us ! If we all saved

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our temper outbursts and hurt feel-ings for really big things our dayswould be most unevent fu l ly calmand we would find ourselves at eve-ning much less weary than we gen-erally do.

Af t e r a l l . th i s tendency of ours toworry and explode over small mat-ters is as much a habit as anythingelse. One can be really concernedabout a situation without worryinghimself into a state of nerves aboutit. Too, the chances are that he willreach a satisfactory solution muchmore quickly if he waits for some-thing really big to worry about.(The catch being that the more de-termined you are to wait for the bigworry to come along, the fewer bigworries you have.)

A Guy I Hate —Or should I be rather more of a

purist and say, one person whom Ido not like—is the person who hasan uncontrolled interest in every-thing on my desk. In one short visithis eyes make a quick survey of thevarious things spread out on thedesk's surface and I have the un-pleasant feeling that he has readeverything there spread out—bits ofcopy, scribbled notes, maybe someletters. And he picks things up—be-ing in a crabbing mood I might aswell admit I don't like that either.When one of these picker-ups callsI am always reminded of my oft-mentioned grandmother. Often whena child I went calling in her com-pany, and always, when intriguingbric-a-brac tempted me she warnedin no uncertain tones, "put yourhands behind you and keep themthere. You can see just as well wi th-out touching" things."

Upsetting WeatherThere seems to be one big obstacle

which the American people cannotovercome. Wars, depressions andbank moratoriums come and we takethem and joke about them, more orless, but the weather upsets us ter-ribly.

If we have a rainy season we growlabout the floods; if there is a pro-tracted dry spell we picture ourselvesparching; when the thermometerflirts with the century mark we droopand complain of the heat and when itdrops below zero we express our-selves as being in momentary fear ofsudden death by freezing.

Fortunately it is mostly on the sur-face—this growling of ours. Weatherreally doesn't upset most of us asmuch as a visitor from some otherplanet might think. It makes us un-comfortable or forces us to changeplans and we like to talk about suchli t t le annovances.

Among all the lotions with whichwe are familiar, nothing contributes'more to success than liberal applica-tions of elbow grease.

We're out of luck. So many thingscan now be bought for a song—andwe can't sing!

How long would anybody last whotried to make a living giving honestadvice to the lovelorn ?

Too many people think that thebig jobs are "sewed up," or that theyare obtained by luck. Consequentlythey do just enough work to hold thejobs they have. They do nothing toimprove their minds or add to theirknowledge'or ski l l .

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One of the popular persons at the com-munity celebration on Armistice nii/ht MISHenry Dorr, of 17 hui/dini/. ti'/io ean call theold square dances as they should he called.The photographer caught Henry in the actof sini/in;/ out "Swing your partners!"

CLUB DANCEMembers of the Mystikum club gave a

dance in the Staley club house Nov. 18.Kathryn Sheehy and Frances Mines arc-both members of the club.

He: "Have you ever kissed a man be-fore?"

She (falteringly): "Y-yes."He (excitedly): "Tell me his name so I

can thrash him."She: "But, but he might be too many

for you."•

Does your fiancee know much aboutautomobiles?

Heavens, no! She asked me if I cooledmy car by stripping the gears.

FOLK MUSIC HAS FOLLOWERSAMONG STALEY PEOPLE

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or three days and n ights , wi th guests andmusicians playing in relays.

Rags said, when photographed, that hewanted to stand as he did at those dances.The floors were none too large for thecrowds attending so the musicians stood,and it was less tiring to stand with onefoot braced against the wall. As the fiddlertired he eased the tune into a change, the"second" took it up and the fiddler slidout for a while. The tunes they playedwere the good old dance tunes, handeddown from one generation to another andlearned by ear. Most of the musicians hadno idea of the origin of the tunes but theirfathers and grand-fathers before them hadplayed them and it is a safe guess thatsome one had brought them over fromEngland generations before.

Young Jack Galloway, son of our super-intendent, shows a strain of strong Scotchendurance which is r ight fu l ly his. Playingwith the junior high school football teamearly in November one Saturday morninghe suffered a broken collar bone. But hehad planned to go to a game at the Uni-versity of Illinois that afternoon with hisfather, and he carried out his original plan,breaking it only long enough to have thebroken bone set.

What's in a Name?

Lit t le Rosalie, a first-grader, walkingwith her mother, spoke to a small boy.

"His name is Jimmy and he is in mygrade," she explained.

"What is the li t t le boy's last name?" hermother asked.

"His whole name," said Rosalie, "isJ immy Sitdown—that's what the teachercalls him."

No Danger of Contagion

Annie: "Come in and see our new baby."Teacher: "Thank you, but I will wait

u n t i l your mother is better."Annie: "You needn't be afraid. It's not

catching, teacher."

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SAFETY PRIMER\Ve reprint from the October 1933 issue

of Monsanto's Current Events, the follow-ing "Safety Hints," which Monsanto cred-its to "Doings in General" of GeneralPetroleum Corporation:

The A B C of SafetyA is for Accident, a good thing; to shun.B is for Bandage, "A" calls for one.C is for Careful, at work or at play,D is for Do what the Safety Signs say.E is for Emergency, you must act in a

hurry,F is for Forethought, saves 'you much

worry.G is for Goggles, they sure save your eyes,H is for Helmets, you'll wear if you're

wise.I is for If, the Victim's excuse.J is for Judgment, it sharpens with use.K is for Knowledge, it pays in the end,L is for Luck, on which you cannot de-

pend.M is for Misery, each accident brings,X is for Xow, that's the time to do things.O is for Orphan, your death leaves behind.I' is for Poverty, harsh and unkind.Q is for Quickly, a very good bet,R is for Reckless, the Hospital's pet.S is for SAFETY, the greatest of al l ,T is for Tears, your family lets fall.U is for Useless, if you don't obey rules,V is for Vicious, that's block-heads and

fools.W is for Waste, of time and life,X stands for Crossing, where danger is

rife.Y is for YOU, will you do your share?7. doesn't rhyme, so we'll just leave it

there.—By Jim Hal ihan.

Said the bank teller to the new girl whowas making a deposit: "You didn't footit up."

"Xo," she innocently replied, "I took ataxi." •

Montmorency St. Clair: "Yes, by jove!I saw a play last night that made me think."

Caustic f r iend: "Really? One of thosemiracle plays, I suppose."

"Use this oar.""Or what?"

These fi'irls in the ]>ackat/f defcniiiii-nl suy."Ciiicss ii7i<>" as if trr all didn't kuoic them.

THAT WININGS MAN\n do have an upsett ing effect upon

Howard Winings. For instance—the otherday the quiet l i t t le woman who sells WarCrys about the bui ld ing stopped by How-ard's desk just as his phone rang. Hegasped, took a dime out of his pocket andput it in his ear and handed the telephoneto the woman. Then whose face was red?

The Soft Answer"I wish to report that salesman for in-

attention.""Yes, madam.""You don't seem to take my complaint

seriously.""Pardon me, madam, but yon are so

beautiful that it seems incredible."—Louis-ville Courier-Journal.

Double Check"What's this big item on your expense

account?""Oh, that's my hotel bill.""Well, don't buy any more hotels."

"Daddy," cried the boy."One more question, then," sighed the

tired father."How far is it," inquired the tot, "be-

tween to and fro?"

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One likes to use pictures of good-looking men often—therefore ive arc re-peating on Harry Lichtenbcrgcr and Lisle Brown. To be honest itr must admitthat neither Harry nor Broumic exactly l>e</</ed to han' this ficture taken. They,with their wires and Gene Roberts' wife, sat on the tof row to sec Stulcy'sbasketball team win.

BASKETBALL SEASON OPENSBig crowds of enthusiastic rooters wel-

comed the Staley team when it appearedfor its first game in the Industr ial Basket-ball league this winter. This year for thefirst time the Indust r ia l League is playingin the Armory and the crowds which at-tend are enjoying the comfort of plenty ofroom. The teams are all strong and wellmatched and so far the games have beenu n u s u a l l y good.

Staley made their first appearance on thesecond night of the season, Xov. 10, in aclose game with U. S. Manufactur ing com-pany. It was a close game with the scoretied two minutes before the final whistle,hut free throws during those last twominutes brought the Staley score to 31 asagainst a 29 for LT. S. It was an excellentstart for the season.

Games in this League are played twicea week, on Wednesday and Friday nights,two games being played each night. Thereis a small admission charge, and plenty ofgood seats for everyone.

With Gene Roberts again coaching theStaley team and several former high schooland college stars on the team, it is ex-pected that Staleys will end the season asit is starting—at the top.

Soon after the rabbit hunt ing seasonopened, all the l i t t le rabbits in this part ofthe state ran for shelter for they heardthe bad news—Lloyd Spice, Bobby Fieldsand George Shoemaker were p lanning aslaughtering trip.

DECEMBER SCHEDULEWednesday, December 6:

7:15—Stagg A. C. vs. Jr. Mechanics.8:30—Century vs. W. S. Market .

Thursday, December 7:7:15—Gebharts vs. U. S. Mfg .R:.iO—Wahash vs. Staleys.

Wednesday, December 13:7:15—1'. S. Mfg. vs. Wabash.8:30—Stagg A. C. vs. Century.

Thursday, December 14:7:15—Staleys vs. W. S. Market.8:30—Jr. Mechanics vs. Gebharts.

Wednesday, December 20:7:15—Stagg A. C. vs. W. S. Market.8:30—Wabash vs. Gebharts.

Thursday, December 21:7:15—Century vs. U. S. Mfg.8:30—Jr. Mechanics vs. Staleys.

•Hard on James

"You certainly have had a hard time col-lecting your late husband's life insurance,"remarked a well-meaning fr iend.

"Yes," responded the widow with a sigh."I have had to wait so long that it makesme wish sometimes that James had notdied."

•A Murder

'The Boss (who has just dropped in onthe football game): "So this is your uncle'sfuneral , Perkins?"

Office Boy (with great presence ofmind) : "Looks like it, sir. He's thereferee."—Oral Hygiene.

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arc //n* tu'e/rc reasons t i ' / iv //ir Staley team expects to win first place in theIndustrial Basketball Lca;/uc this season. In the i/rouf. standing, arc Charles I-itch, inanai/er;Do.rsie, Hanson, Clans, Craig-, Clyde Smith and dene Roberts, eoach. Seated are Cathcarl.Brumaster. Xiichs, I leister and Conlson.

AN EXPENSIVE RABBITSome people may think rabbits are

cheap, but not so Jimmy Carter, GordonJackson and Hugh York. 'I'his trio fromthe night cleaning forces at the office de-cided, on the opening day of the rabbitseason, to have a little inexpensive fun.They still insist that they had the fun—but it came high. For instance they hadlicenses to buy, shells to purchase, gas andoil to get for the car. Then there weresome unexpected expenses, like the ki l l ingof a dog (no, not mistaking it for a rabbitbut runn ing over i t ) ; breaking a car win-dow in their excitement. They were so ex-hausted they killed only one rabbit—andsome one stole i t !

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A Question of MaturityGuide: "The green garden snakes around

here are not harmful."Old Lady: "Aren't they as dangerous as

the ripe ones?"—Western Reserve Red Cat.

Things We Hope to See Some DayH i l l Bishop's factory outfit in a museum;A race between Howard File's Chevy and

Dr. Dale's Ford:Sam Seibert driving his car;Fd Smith dr inking a highbal l ;Dr. Kutsch smoking a pipe;Ray Bass hurrying;Don Hansen without a book.

A lit t le girl came into the village drugstore and said she wanted a bottle of oil,but had forgotten what kind.

"Is it the kind you put in sewing ma-chines?" asked the clerk.

"\(i. the kind you put in babies," shereplied.

So the clerk wrapped up a bottle ofcastor oil.

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It might not help to take a punch atsome fellows, but it certainly would befun.

DECEMBER, 1933 [ 2 7 ]

Do Staley people like basketball? Well, this is a small group out of one section ofthe bleachers on the opening nit/lit of the Industrial I.cat/tic season. See all those Sla/eypeople in that i/ronp? There nrrc dozens of other groups of Sta/ey folk on all sides thatevcniiuj, and hare been every evening since.

DISTINGUISHED GUESTSXorman 15. I ' i tcai rn , new receiver for

the Wabash railway, was a luncheon guestin the executive dining room at the officeone day in November. Acting as host wasT. C. Burwell, our vice president in chargeof traffic. In the party with Mr. Pitcairnwere S. K. Cotter, general superintendentof the Wabash, and G. A. Hess, superin-tendent of motive power, with the samecompany. After luncheon, Mr. Burwell es-corted the party on a tour of the building.

BULLY FOR OLD PURDUEI!ob Rosebery has long made this song

of his alma mater his batt le cry. and hehas said that he followed events at 1'urduewith great interest. BUT when KarlBailey said something to him about Pur-due's big victory over Notre Dame, Bob'sface was a blank and he vowed that sucha game was not even scheduled for thisseason. He was so positive that he bet adollar, and Earl was so broke that hecollected.

Why is Kd Smith yelling his head off atall football games this year? That's easy.His young son, Earl, is on the DecaturHigh team, and if Ed does say so whoshouldn't; that boy is some football player.

Mrs. Bristow: "Do you find your gym-nasium work he lpfu l?"

M r s . Brisk: "Helpfu l? Why, this morn-ing I was the first one to reach a bargaincounter out of a crowd of 100 starters."

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/ lu.f team named itself flic /:.nvi//iVr,v. U ilh / '< / / / / 7 on'e as e a phi in the othcTmen in the < / ; •<»»/> arc /:// I.euts. irank Rosier, Ross .-Hra'sun and I-'ninlc Moore.

SOCCER TEAM ORGANIZEDJohn P.utler and George Hewitt have

been most successfully organizing a Staleysoccer team this f a l l . Although the teamhasn't many victories to its credit yet. itprobably will walk to the head of its classa f t e r it gets well under way.

Kleven men have already signed up forthe team but more can be used and themanagers urge that any men who feel theurge to play soccer call either John Butleror George Hewitt . The team practices atTines Field every Saturday morning atI I ) o'clock. Any one interested may reportthen.

The men already signed are Ira Cox,Don Hall, Charles Lavery, Kennie Hig-don, Roy Roller, P.ob Martin, Ted Keith,Heinie Schimanski, Walter Kratz andJimmy Parrish.

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A Canadian court has ruled that it iswrong for a wife to go through her hus-band's pockets. Xot only is it wrong, butin these days it is nearly always useless.

—Louisville Herald-Post.

She—"You certainly do keep your carnice and clean."

He—"It's an even deal—my car keeps meclean, too."—Boston Transcript.

HEINLE-CLIFTONMable Heinle, of Maroa, and Ralph

Clif ton were married in Decatur late inOctober. The ceremony was performedin the newly fu rn i shed home of the couplein Kast Giles street. The bridegroom ison the electrical gang, and has been withthe company for several years.

OTTO'S BIRTHDAYThe Journal office suggests that it might

be nice if all of Otto Suiter's f r iends re-member him with cards or letters, or evengif t s , on his birthday. It is Dec. 14. Otto,you know, is that nice blond bachelorwhom we raised in Decatur but who hasbeen in our Xew York office for severalvears now.

Watch It Go Up

Vivian Pierce, the plant's most ardentwoman bowler, is showing real bowlingin one of the three leagues in which shebowls. With her goal set at a 600 seriesshe has already had a 545, which isn'tso bad.

She: "I'm Suzette, the Oriental dancer."He: "Shake!"

Di-:cF.MBr.R, 1933 [a 9 ]

Bowling under the name of the Machinists, these men are ne-tirly all ultt-timcr.t ill the Staley leninie. Tlicv are l.arscn. llniixcn. (/itrre/t. Hisliof anilKoshinski.

KURECK-MARTINAnnouncement was made in November

of the marriage September 29 of ElsieKureck and Stanley Mar t i n . The cere-mony was performed in St. Paul's Lu-theran church, with Rev. Walter Ober-meyer presiding. Mr. and Mrs. MasonHenderson were the attendants. Later thecouple spent several days in Chicago.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. Frank Kureck, and has been em-ployed in the office of Dr. Lloyd Dodd.The bridegroom, the son of Mrs. EmmaMartin of Raymond, works in our refinerv.

TO SUFFERING MANKINDYou who arc su f f e r ing w i t h any ai lment

whatever are advised to consult Tommy(iogcrty and Scotty Butler. Not thate i ther of these hoys can help you but theycan give you advice. And their advice isgood too—coming as it does on the heelsof practical experience. While Scotty isn'tfu l ly recovered from his trouble Tommysays that his throat trouble has cleared upentirely, so they advise all sufferers to goto the same healer they went to. Scottyhas some other advice to offer too, butwe wil l not disclose the nature of that here.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Finley, ason. Mr. Finlev works in the oil refinery.

Nervous Passenger: "Don't drive soquickly around the corners. It makes mefrightened."

Chauffeur: "You don't want to getscared. Do what I do—shut your eyeswhen von come to a corner."

"What is the rod of affliction?" the Sun-day school teacher asked.

"Goldenrod," shouted the little girlwhose mother has hayfever every fall.

It is almost the deadline for Journalnews and Dr. Pike has not kept his promiseto bring us some stories. We will be alady and wait a while longer—then if hedoesn't come in—Boy what a story wewill spring about him!

Some of the boys living in the west endwere surprised when they discovered BobPatton wandering around at 3 o'clock inthe morning carrying a lantern. He ex-plained it by saying that he was out tak-ing care of some of the neighbors' fur-naces. Chief Larsen, one of the luckyneighbors, says it is true.

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\'<>nc < > / lln'sc men arc Millwrights, but in the Major League they boit'lunder t/nit inline. They are Gerry Leaser, Lynn Davis, Claude I'letcher,Raster U'tH'il'ti'urth tind l)iz:\

MINOR BOWLING LEAGUENovember 20, 1933

TeamSolder SlingersSample TestersPole Climbers

Xut SplittersPencil Pushers

Rivet Heaters .

STANDIWon

19191817171715

. .10

NGSLost

1414151616161823

Pet.576576545515515515455303

Avg.747742738763757736754721

H.G.855889869968875872893858

TEN HIGH MENName Team ( lames Pins Avg. H.G.

Koshinski . PP 30 5385 180 242Winings SS 32 5598 175 228James XS 33 5660 172 242Long ST. 33 5552 168 231Despres SS 33 5506 167 246Rozanski CC 30 4933 164 246Schultz PP 33 5354 162+8 211Lappin ST 23 3731 162+5 199Smith PC 15 2429 162—1 236.\feinert . . .CC 27 4284 159 204

"Please announce Mr. and Mrs. Dollarand daughter."

New Butler (announcing in loud voice) —"Three bucks."

Wife: "I can't decide whether to go toa palmist or to a mind-reader."

Husband: "Go to a palmist. It's obviousthat you have a palm."—Judge.

DECEMBER, 1933 [ 3 1 ]

The /'//>!• d'aiii/ is tin" name of this team, une of the Major l.cai/ne bowlingteams. Bowling on this team are Oi^ens, l.innie. Stcicurt. Kashc\ 11. Lents.

OTTO NICHOLS.After an illness of more than a year,

Otto Xichols died in his home in DecaturXov. 20. Unti l poor health forced him toretire last year Mr. Xichols worked in theki ln house. He came to Staleys ten yearsago. He was born near Xewton, 111., f o r tyyears ago, and unti l he came to the Staleyplant had worked most of his l i fe on afarm.

When the company opened garden tractsfor employes two years ago he was one ofthe first to sign up and his garden was ashow place. In 1932 he won one of theprizes offered for the best gardens.

He leaves his widow and one daughter .Hazel, a student in James Mil l ik in uni -versity.

Funeral services were conducted in De-catur Nov. 22, and the body was taken toJanesville, III., for burial.

They do say that in the good 'old days atStaunton, 111., High school, there were nomen on the football team who could out-play Rube (Eddie to you) Eckhoff.

AMARANTH PARTYSeven of the officers of Amaranth whose

birthdays come during the fall , entertainedthe entire organization Xov. 24 in theStaley club house. Mrs. Jack Leaser, ofour grain department, was one of thehostesses. Others were Mrs. John Gaddis,Mrs . J. C. Miller, Mrs. P. C. Picknell, Mrs.John Howard, Mrs. Frank Housley andMrs . Anna Wilkinson. Bridge was playedduring the evening.

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Jean David, accounting, underwent anoperation in Decatur and Macon CountyHospital late in November. While she isrecovering, her work is being taken care ofbv Aiulrev Wood.

Vic Dewein says he didn't get any prizesout of that Decatur Club contract tourna-ment but he did get a lot of good ex-perience.

Ruth Madden, messenger, has been do-ing some special work in accounting re-cently.

Leonard Cox, millwright, was ill withpneumonia for some time in November.

So live that breach of promise suits willnever be anything but news items to you.

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Xdincd after the tallest hiiililinii in the plant, the Refinery, this team istrying to make its scores stack uf like its namesake. On the team arc A. E.Staley, Jr., Eddie Lashinski, Adolfh Lcifski. Baldy May anil C. /:'. Miller.

WALT MORENZ LEAVESWalter Morenz left the Staley company

employ the first of December, joining theDecatur city fire department. For thepresent he is stationed at Xo. 2 fire house,in North Morgan street.

\t has been with the Staley companyfor eleven years. When he first came herehe worked in the reclamation plant butwas soon transferred to the garage andhas been there ever since. For a numberof years he has been one of the drivers ofthe big trucks. He has been active inathletics, particularly baseball and bowl-ing, and is extremely popular about 'theplant. •

Harry Bateman and Ri l l Heer wenthunting one day not long ago but aboutall they got was a good razzing.

Whistle NecessaryJudge: "Why didn't you stop when the

officer waved at you?"Co-Ed: "Why, Judge, I'm not that k i n d

of a girl."•

Ed: "I have a reason for loving you."Edna: "My goodness!!!"Ed: "Don't be absurd!"

—Laffngaz.

CIGARET EXCHANGEHank I 'o t rafka announced recently in

no uncertain voice (Hank's voice neverbeing uncertain) that he was getting tiredof buying all the cigarets that Hay Dun-lap smokes. "You see," explained Hank."I've bet wi th him at the bowling alleyand he always wins so I always have togive him cigarets and I'm getting tiredof it." But Howard File, arriving at themoment, questions Hank's right to crab."It seems to me," says he, "that I've beenbuying a lot of cigarets for a lot of guysthis year, you included, and I imagineyou've been handing on to Hay the one'sI've been buying for you." Hank saysthere's a reason for that too—Howard hasbeen buying Twenty Grands.

M a l i u d a Wyckoff, messenger service, isnow working in the filing department insales. Annabel le M c K v o y , also a mes-senger, is also working on the fifth floornow.

Bob Hinton is objecting seriously to thedoor stop Ed Smith and Johnny Andersonuse in the time office. It may hold the doorin place, Bob thinks, but it certainly ishard on toes when one stumbles over it.

DliCICMBER, 1933 [ 3 3 ]

fty)HEwMRG.AuoE FLETCHER CAME BACK. FROMH'S VACATION HE TOLD US ME HAD SPENT HIS TI(V)E POSING.FOR THE ARTISTS OVER IN BROWN COUNTY INDIANA-

IT TOOK HIM THREE NA/EtKS TO GET RID OF THE GOOSE FLESH-

Joe: "When I was in New York wherethey have those food machines, you knowthose things where you put in a nickel andout comes a bowl of soup? Well, I put ina slug and what do you think came out"'"

Bi l l : "I don't know, what did come out"'"Joe: "The manager!"

High TeamSeries

Refinery 2806Sales Dep't . . .2795Klevators ....2756Pipe Gang . . . .2755Hlectricians . .2754

High TeamGame

Refinery 1063Sales Dep't . . .1052Electricians ..1050Packing House 986Klevators . . 979

SENIOR BOWLING LEAGUETeam \V.

Packing House . . . .22Electricians 19Sales Dep't 19Millwrights 18Refinery 17Pipe Gang 17Machinists 17Tinners 16Executives 16Traffic 14Elevators 12Garage 11

L.1114141516161617171921? ?

Ave.866853845871864855850849839842856825

H.G.986105010529641063967964974966949979919

High IndividualSeries

R. Wood worth. 674E. Koshinski. . .672W. Koshinski..662W. Stewart 646A. Crabb . ..644

High TeamAverage

Millwrights 871Packing House.866Refinery 864Elevators 856Pipe Gang 855

High Individual GameW. Koshinski 27HK. Talbott 266R. Woodworth 258E. Koshinski 257A. E. Staley. Jr 256

Ten High BowlersXante—Team (lames Pins

R. Woodworth—Millwrights , 33 6505E. Koshinski—Machinists 30 5706C. May—Refinery 33 6257C. Walker—Tinners 27 5066A. West—Traffic 32 5968K. Talbott—Packing House 32 5950P. Torre—Executives 33 6133R. Koshinski—Electricians 21 3877J. Lahme— Electricians 27 4980W. Koshinski—Electricians 30 5529

Aver.197190190188187186186185184184

H.G.258257231235233266225233233278

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Modern RhymeThey used to sing some time ago

A rather plaintive song,"Man wants but lit t le here below;

Xor wants that very long."But nowadays the song it set

With music to the rhyme;"Man wants as much as he can get.

And wants it all the time."

Verile"Rut thisProspect: "Rut this land overflows,

doesn't i t?"Real Estate Agent: "Sure it overflows!

What kind of a river do you want next toyour property? One of those sicklystreams that never leaves its bed?"

Lyrical"Who was that fellow who talked about

Walters all evening?""That was Walters."

It's not by the things you sax-It's not by the things you do.But it is by the things you laugh atI know what is reallv vou.

Redd: "I see Brown's got a motor car."Greene: "Yes, his rich uncle gave it to

him."Redd: "Why, he told me he put all the

money he had into it."Greene: "So he did. He bought two

dollars' worth of gas for it."

i3At3i3iTWoNWAS THE ] THE r3L<jE.

ONLY ONE ENTERED/ RIBBON-

^/VWILLS SHOWYOU THAT T6.LE

JACK HOWUEY TOJ-D DIZZIE.HE HAD SCARED (3iG

RABBITS OUT OF His- 3C.RR.Y PATCH THIS

HE. HAD I«M -THA.T SHOW-

Cj^EY SAY JOE LAHME SPENDSr-tOST OF HIS TIME. W H I L E AT

HOME - EATING OUT OF THE ICEBOX-

Life's InequalitiesHe was a good-natured Irishman, and

was one of a number of men employed inerecting a new building. The owner ofthe building said to him one day:

"Pat, didn't you tell me that a brotherof yours is a lawyer?"

"Yis, sor," replied Pat."And you a hod carrier! The good things

of l i fe are not equally divided are they?"

"Xo, sor," said Pat. "Poor fellow! Mybrother couldn't do this to save his loife!"

"Is it true that you were disappointed inlove?"

"Yes, the fellow accepted my firs t re-fusal as final."

•Einstein's presence in the United States

may be for a study of the new Mae Westtheory that a curve is the most interestingdistance between two points.

Seasonal simile: As happy as an oldgrad in a 50-yard-line seat.

"Quite the contrary," said the man onshipboard, when asked if he had dined.

DECEMBER, 1933[ 3 5 ]

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CT)H VvX-VME NHCKE.L- IS ANIDEAL. HOOSEKEEPER-

Complete CureA resident of Bolivar, Missouri, who

was formerly blind and could play theharmonica, banjo, bass drum, triangle,cymbals and Swiss bells at one and thesame time, has regained his sight, but isno longer able to play the harmonica,banjo, bass drum, triangle, cymbals andSwiss bells at one and the same time.

We would call this a complete recovery.—George W. Carlton in the

Cleveland News.

Frowsy Gent: "This liquor won't causeany damage to my eyes, will it?"

Husky Bartender: "Not if you've gotthe money to pay for it!"

He: "Have you a little cocktail shakerin your home?"

She: "No, she's in college right now."

A l w a y sC a l l 42oi

DON'T WorryRegardless of the circumstances,if you need us, Call . . . we'llcome.

J J MORAN & SONS

(T)OM(C)HANEY- WENT TO SEETHE. T=AM DAfJCER. AT THE.

LINCOLN AMD GOT THROWN OOTBE.CAOSE. He LOOKED so

Big Bad Wolf InfluenceA newly-married couple were entertain-

ing and among the guests was one whoseconduct was rather flippant. At supper heheld up on his fork a piece of meat whichhad been served him, and in a vein ofintended humor, remarked, "Is this pig?"

"To which end of the fork do you refer?"asked a quiet-looking man sitting at theother end of the table.—Montreal Star.

John was feebly attempting to defendhis friend's hell-raising wife: "Oh, she'sjust temperamental."

Mrs. John was less charitable: "Yeah,98% temper and 2% mental."

Meaning . . . ?"I'm sorry I ever became your wife," she

said bitterly."Oh," he flung back, "you were no young

bird when I married you.""No," she retorted, "but considering

what I got I was an early bird."—Tit-Bits.

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Weather PermittingVisitor: "Does the water always come

through the roof like that?"Landlord: "No, sir, only when it rains."

—Lustige Blaetter (Berlin).

Until the movie theaters began adver-tising them, Hopeless Harriet thoughtadded features meant double chins.

DECEMBER, 1933 [ 3 7 ]

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Art in Industry

"Almost every man can find work if heuses his brains," asserted the man who hadtraveled a good deal—"that is, if he hasthe ability to adapt himself like the piano-tuner I once met in the West of America.

" 'Why,' I said to him, for we were in awild, unsettled country, 'surely piano-tun-ing can't be very lucrative here? I shouldnot imagine that pianos were very plenti-ful in this region.'

" 'No, they're not,' said the piano-tuner,'but I make a pretty fair income by tight-ening up barbed-wire fences!" "

—Portage la Prairie Graphic.

Dairyman: "Yes, this is the very latesttype milking machine."

City Lady: "But do you think any ofthese machines make as good milk ascows do?" •

The Question: "What do they mean by'superfluous,' Bill?"

The Answer: "Aw, somethin' unneces-sary like 'Will yer' in 'Will yer have adrink?' "—Sidney Bulletin.

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AFTER THEV ,SHRUNK THVOASE.EN FINE T 'RUN TM'PACKARD

IrsiTQ r=oK> THE NIGHT.

Chook, Choolc, Chook!

"How did you make your neighbor keephis hens in his own yard?"

"One night I hid half-a-dozen eggsunder a bush in my garden, and next dayI let him see me gather them. I wasn'tbothered after that."—Boston Transcript.

Thunderbolt, an old Kickapoo Indian,was riding along a road on his trusty pony,while his squaw followed on foot heavilyburdened with luggage.

"Why isn't your wife riding, Thunder?"asked a friend who encountered the pair.

"Umph," umphed Thunderbolt, "she gotno pony!"

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"She isn't my best girl—just necks best."

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Earnest StudentTommy: "Grandma, if I was invited out

to dinner, should I eat pie with a fork?"Grandma: "Yes, indeed, Tommy."Tommy: "You haven't got a pie in the

house that I could practice on, have you,Grandma?"—American Boy.

Gentleman: "What would you do with anickel if I gave you one?"

Hobo (sarcastically): "Get a new suit,mister, an' some supper, an' a night's lodg-in' an' breakfast an' dinner tomorrow."

Gentleman: "My good fellow, here's aquarter. Go and support yourself for therest of your life."

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As broke as a pickpocket in a nudistcolony.—Henry Vance in the BirminghamNews. •

Policeman: "Excuse me, sir, but if you'rethe 'pale-faced gentleman who looks likea lop-eared rabbit," I was to tell you thatyour wife's gone home on the 33 bus."

—Tits-Bits (London).

DECEMBER, 1933 [ 3 9 ]

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C-HMEM) _

Staley products celebrateChristmas in so many ways, it

is hard to count them. Theycoat greeting cards and stickon stamps, make candy for thechildren's stockings, and rayonbaubles for the trees, help soapto clean the house, give starch

to table linens, and see thatbaking powder does its work.

Finally, when the feas t isspread, Staley products make

their bow in every course . . .thickening soup and gravy,

vegetables and jellies . . . giv-ing flavor to the salad . . . andcrowning the pudding withglory. It is fitting, therefore,that the Sta ley Company

should wish you one and all—A M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S !

STALEY SALES CORPORATION, DECATUR, ILLINOIS