TUESDAY, MARCH 6. 1956
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
PAGE FIVE
r, r; u
Kmmwfife va' 1
'in
V"--
w
''A Ilk.
4 VP" T
Farm Income Said Down During Year
WASHINGTON W Total (arm-,
er Income fell nearly one billion,
dollars last year, ihe Agriculture;
Department said today.
While this was happenmg. a de
partment report said, the income I
of the nonlarm segment of the
nation's economy was rising above
19M levels. !
The department said the income
of the nation's farm population. !
from all sources, last ye.ir totaled
a little more than 19 billion dol
lar?. The Individual average was
$860. Thii compared with jusi
under 20 billions received in 1954
and an individual average of $913.
The nonfarm population was
said to have received total income
of 275 billions last year for an
individual average of $1.92- more
than double the farm average.
The previous year the nonfarm
total was 258 billion; for an in
dividual averace of $1,837.
Included in the farm income es
timate were net returns of farm
operators, farm wages, allow
ances for home consumption o:
farm products and rental value of
farm dwellings, changes in inven
tory values of farm products held
by farmers, and earnings from
nonfarm sources, such as invest
ments, off-farm employment and
the like.
A major factor In the decline Ir.i
farm earnings a major political
issue in this presidential election
year was a lurther drop of
nboul 10 per cent tn farm product
costs. The drop tn prices was off
set to some extent by a 3 per eeiit
increase in the volume of farm
pi-eduction asi year.
Agriculture Department econo
mics predicted lust lull that latin
income would decline further this
vettr. Put Sccrt'tarv of Agricul
ture Benson has said It would in
crease K Consress acted promptly
to enact a soil bunk plan recom
mended by President Eisenhower.
Under the soil bank the govern
ment would make payments total-
DEANNE DORRIS. center, .w
Basketball tournament to b
reign as queen of the seventh annual Alturas Elementary School
held in Alturas on March 9 and 10. The awards are a part of the
54 trophies that will bs presented to various teams and their members -to some 14 schools.
Roberta Rowman, left, and Patsy Haise, right, are members of the queen's court. All three
were chosen by members of the Alturas Elementary School A basketball team.
Photo by Chas. E. Goulden
HOME EXTENSION
By HOl'E 1101. BROOK
(Editor's Note: This is the first
of a series of four articles on the
history of the development of home
extension activities and the import
ance of the work of home exten
sion agents in the lives of thou
sands of women in the United
Stales.)
Opportunity! A keyword of our
American heritage!
One .of the most important op
portunities is education. America's
education started out slowly in
deed. As part of cur home life in
the beginning, parents taught chil
dren. ' Time went on and we de
veloped private schools, the public
schools for children of all ages.
Advanced education came with
private colleges. They gave op
portunity to the few who could af
ford It. A little later In our history
we find that colleges became im
' portant in the states and state
supported schools came Into being.
In Oregon we have Oregon State
College, the University of Oregon,
Southern Oregon College of Educa
tion, Ashland, Eastern Oregon Col
lege of Education, La Grande, and
Oregon College of Education, Mon
mouth.
Among the many service pro
arams from Oregon State College
is one that truly belongs to you
the people. This is the county ex
tension service, developed to carry
college education to residents of
cities, towns and rual areas away
from college sites.
Right here In Klamath County.
women sought this service. It be
came a realistic program here tn
1838. On August 1 of that year
Mrs. Winllrcd Gillcn arrived
Klamath Falls to serve as the
first home demonstration agen.
She found a W'ide open field for
the services offered by extension
work.
And what did that mean? And
what does it mean today?
First, groups of people, usually
a close-knit group in a community
have met to form units, have de
veloped programs in the field of
home economics for study.
This is the opportunity to keep
up with new research in foods
and nutrition, clothing, housing,
home management, child care.
family life, recreation, in fact all
the phases of living that build hap
pier homes.
During those four months in 1938.
a home and rural life conference
was held to study needs of Klam
ath homemakers. This committee
of 26 leaders from communities in
the county were chosen by Airs,
A. L. Marshall, Mrs. Bert Schultz,
Mrs. R. H. Anderson and the coun-
tv extension office. Services that
the home extension agent offers
Air Search Unit
To Name Officers
New officers of the Klamath Air
Search Rescue Unit will be elected
during the March 7 meeting of the
unit to be held in the Pilots Club
Lounge at the airport. Nomina
tions were miide during- the Feb
ruary 1 mcctins. Other nominations
will be in order from the floor at
the next meeting, to be called at
8 p.m.
Nominated for president, are
Harris Brown and Bob Horton. for
vice president, Douglas Howrer and
Fritz Markwardt. e.nd Bill Davig
and Clela Scholcr for secretary.
Nominees for the " board of di
rectors include Joe Steele. H. H.
Ogle. Ed Scholer. Orval London,
Elwin Brown and Murray (Rcdi
Button. .
include home visits, office visits,
telephone calls In answer to re
quests from homemakers. Help is
given in planning menus, finding
quantity recipes, procedures
sewing. Mondays have been set
aside for office day for home
agents since the beginning of 1938.
I To be continued)
Friendly
Helpfulness
To Every
Creed and Purte
Ward's Klamath
Funeral Home
Marguerite M. Ward
and Son
925 High Phone 3334
German Rivers
Slowly Recede
FRANKFURT, Germany W
Most of West Germany's thaw
swollen rivers were reported
slowly receding Tuesday. Dry, cold
weather halted at least temporar
ily the chances of a .major flood
disaster.
The Danube, Rhine, Main and
other major German rivers went
on a rampage over the weekend
when moderating weather started
thawing the Ice and snow piled up
by Europe's worst winters In decades.
Second Annual
Pops Concert
KUHS BAND
"Music to everyone's liking -
entertainment supreme"
PELICAN COURT
8:00 P.M.
Thursday, March 3
ADULTS 50c
STUDENTS 25c
in;! up to Sl.lOO.OOu.OOO a year to ; l7e the soli bank plan but would
faimeis for voluntarily takim. i ali o )mik the administration'! flex
htnd out of production of surplus i tble price support- system and
crops. restore high, rigid larm price
The Senate Is nrariiur the voting prrps opposed by Elsenhower and
stage on s biil that would author- Benson.
I. A,
hri jfHE
z I iff I
ml
5. J ' ... 1
Sf'5 -'v. . I
K itV:."L.
Be right back! When you're out for the evening at a
party or somowlH're it's mighty comforting to lie able to phone
your babysitter to see if everything's okay, isn't it? You've prob
ably done it lots of times. As a matter of fact, it would be hard
to count all the ways your telephone docs bring you peace of
mind... which ia just one more of the things it's for. The men
and women of Pacific Telephone work to make your
telephone more useful every day.
NOW DIM
THE
"Phaeton
Most MODERN
arid convenient
way to buy
MILK
in half gallons !
EASY TO HANDLE
EASY TO DIVIDE
EASY TO STORE
TWI1M-PAK
FROM YOUR
CRATER LAKE
DIALER OR
ROUT! MAN
DAYS FRESHER!
FAR RICHER!
I
JAMES LANCE
P. O. Box 163
Bend, Or?"""
Phone: 2273J
your Equitable
representative
iayt
kk k. iirj
f "PUTTING IT OFF"
I has kept mere people peer
. than any other one thing
Your Equitable representative hcan so many of hii
present customers say: "I wish I'd realized years ago how
much help an Equitable systematic savings plan would he to
me. If I had, I'd he that many more dollars ahead!"
The experiences of actual Equitable savers prove that
this is the-savings plan that rully uorh. Your Equitable man
is eager to tell you more about it. Why not checlc
with him or hM in and mail the coupon below5
Do it now, before any more days and dollars slip byl
lOUITAIll tUltDINS, fOUIlANO 4, OIIOON
Vieite tet chit I nft lull informmon ihout E-VMubif
iTinjp plini.
Newest, most advanced design in 4-door hardtops.
Available in Mbntclair, Monterey, or Custom series.
O-fip
s (
Strut Aiitttt
mlfD. St.,
tHI NIW MONTCIAI! AND MONKRIY PHAETONS-No center pillara, of course. But more important, no view-crumping curve of the roof only llm whole wide world to
Now there's a Phaeton to fit almost any new car budget. And which
ever model you choose, you get the advantages of greater visibility for
all passengers plus easier entrance and exit, and exclusive styling
touches which distinguish the Phaetons from all other 4-door hard
tops. We invite you to see America's most beautiful fleet of 4-door
hardtops at our showroom today.
Newest reasons why jyp PfjDV
tne big move is to u m mum Lw vS J -jar Jk mm& WY
Don I miis Iht b'g lelevision bit, "THE EO SULLIVAN SHO W," Sundoy even.ng, 8 00 lo 9.00 Kliti - TV Chann.l i
BASIN MOTORS
424 So. 6th St.