The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 5, 1951, Page 9

i i | Chapter 24 ‘HE KNEW now not journey’ other that thi end, It wa beginning. The begir she had known there mu for her, but for the not onl flown her own pri the west there almo brought ir establishe s Darrow simply told Jan has been wonderful!” pra sides, And then. a arrival. Jan was scene that was to climax every-j| thing else. scene not easy to take. Nor was it sy to know what to decide afterward AY had been impro ily, if slowly, ever sinc arrival. The doctors felt that the) crisis had passed. Young Rich-| Ray had) mond would get well. had a severe head wound, a frac tured ankle, other smaller and bruis More Power ‘ a For Trucks CARROLTON, Ga standard motor truck, add an ¢ tra axle and an extra drive shaft, and what have you? Twice the moving power at an increased operating cost of only 10 per cent. So says Roy Richards, a Carrolton ~engineer-inventor- business executive. One of Richards’ numerous in- terest is a construction company whieh specializes in building elec- tric power lines. Trucks equipped with tall towers are used exten- sively in this work Richards decided he needed more motor power and more over- | all stability to cope with the spe- cial problems and rough. terrain M—Take a \ Let Love Alone By KATHLEEN HARRIS ission and shock, but it a matter of time, ap-| y, until he regained his} tre and completely recov- ed Ray was allowed to be propped his pillows now for a while each day. He could sit for a while without becom- g too fatigued. Jan and Bernice e practically his only visitors t exception of people nd the pital, staff and em- nd a few interested pa- who occasionally stopped joor to wish him well. rule, the two girls took or overtire the patient. d aloud to him, chatted s the orders remained not} AP Newsleotures “Forgive yourself! But you wouldn't be te blame.” Yet Jan had tried to place part of the blame on Bernice when she had thought that, had it not been for her, Ray would not have flown the silver ship. She knew better, actually. Ray would have found someone else to back his venture and test flight. “I cannot help the way I feel,” Bernice said Jan decided to go to the beauty later on. Maybe she would not write it until evening. For then, | after Bernice’s conference with j the doctor, Jan might have more news to impart. avoiding s s top- or sat by his bedside if ie dozed off. On this rticular day Jan had r with Ray in the hough 5 poo her le beau- it u’d ith one f the new short cuts. Maybe I will,” Jan said. This ion took place in the where two girls had ¢ two girls parted in go to the beauty parlor. “I'll with Ray until you come. going over now because I to have a conference before Ray with Dr, Watkins.” e "Is anything wrong?” Jan asked t| Bernice shook her beautiful red head. “I didn’t mean that. cuts . but no internal com- plications had developed. He had | | { { | | | thought it time to try to get some idea as to how much longer Ray a} will be in the hospital.” “He does seem lots better.” Jan j agreed. “But I expect it will take | more time before he is up and | around.” Bernice did not answer for a j; moment. That shadow which Jan} had noticed in the violet eyes be- re seemed to be there now. “You know if anything. had happened to Rayanything se- | rious, I mean, such as his not get~ ting entirely well—I don’t be- lieve I could ever have forgiven myself.” arm Population Declining RALEIGH, N. C. (#®—The num- ber of people living on farms in the United States has been de- creasing steadily since 1910, say am | North Carolina State College agri- } cultural economists. The farm* population is now about what it was in 1900, although the national population is about cea million greater. / The 1950 farm population of 23,- 577,000 was a drop of approximate- ly five million from the 1940 to- tal. pa Sins ee SERRE R The 1950 convention of the Amer- ican Dental Association adopted resolution endorsing the use of sodium fluoride in drinking water as a means of retarding dental de- encountered in stringing power | C@Y lines. So he developed a “power. divid- er” which permits the truck motor to power the two drive shafts Teen-Agers Learn Driving DETROIT, Mich m—Teen-age automobile drivers are learning in school courses how to do a better job behind the wheel Nearly 8,000 high sthools, 40 per cent of the total, offered eith- er classroom or classroom and practice driving courses. A total of 662,370 or 43 per cent of those eligible, participated, ac- cording to a report i Association of Casualty and. Sure- ty Companies covering the 1950- 51 school r The report sho an inerease ot almost 18 per cent in the num- ber of students participating over the previous year, and an increase of 10 per cent in the number of schools offering courses. Panties: regular | sued by the | driver-training | 1 j ' id| Would be ve sbby Bernice said for Jan| ) feel hurried if she wanted | T| rectly to the hospital. Eve had written_her daughter that she and Jim Peters had de- |} cided to be married just as soon | as Jan could get back home. They | would not have a wedding; it y simple and quiet. | This had brought a smile to Jan’s | face, for she knew how Eve loved a lot of trim . Of course Eve | wanted her “little girl” to be | present. | Well, if the news was good bout Ray, perhaps Jan would be going home before too Jong. Per- | haps Ray could be moved some- | where eise for his continued con- valescence. Or. at the rate he was | improving. he might surprise | them all and get completely well in short order. Jan did get a new hair-do; was cut very short and shaped to her head and set in wide shin- }ing waves. And as Bernice had predicted, it made her feel like a new person. It was smart and it | was sophisticated and it also was vastly becoming. She was eager to have Ray see it, to gain his approval, and so she postponed the letter writing and went di- Walking toward the small building, Jan noticed how green and lovely everything was. She thought of the’ old saying: nothing so rare aS a day in June. And this was the first day of June. June—and her mother had want- ed Jan to have a dune wedding. She could understand why now. It was so heavenly, a day like this; the sky was so intensely blue with tiny fluffy clouds lazily floating around like age cream | puffs; the world was so fresh and tender. June breathed romance. There was no doubt of that. (Te be continued) shop first and write her letter | Decline | DES MOINES, Ia. #.—There is a direct relationship between in- 'a decline in the number of one- |r@>m rural school houses. | Modern farm machinery is en abling indiyiduals to farm larger course, fewer farm families and children in eur rural area ‘Native Son REGINA, Sask. (®.—Gordon | Grant is not only the 50th mayor in Regina’s history, he is the first na- tive of the Saskatchewan capital to | become its chief magistrate. | creased farm mechanization and acreage’, so that larger farms are ing the rule. This means, 6f | Citizen Staff-Photo “BUDDY” ALSO A VICTIM of the'crash which took the lives of his mis- tress and her friend. Buddy was a pedigreed retriever and was removed from the car with the humans. He Was luft at the side of the road in the, desolate stretch of highway—his leash TOMB FOR TWO and collar still around his .neck—but his license tags missing. RIS: ? “d j (|ETTA KETT Z US FAIR AN' SQUARE JEDGES CRAVE TO JEDGE TH' BUG RACE AG'IN THIS YEAR, SNUFEY NY MY PINTO'S HIDDEN $0 GOOD I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIND —___. HIM, MYSELF! : WITH EVERYCOACH IN THE COUNTRY AFTEIS HIM AND OFFERING HIM “THE MOON ~-NOW HE'S, PLAYING HARDTO, (Iie - V/ SAM WENT BACK TO SCHOOL AND LEFT ME THE JO8 OF SIGNING YOUNG a [> BACKFIELD .7/ WHATS. SOHARD Hh apour J Ae: ALTE ; OUR NEW COOK IS | VERY SLOW-~- SHE CAID THE DINNER | WON'T BE READY |. FOR ANOTHER HOUR! 'M WAITING THERE IS WIMPY READING A MILK ORDER I (MOAN) WHY DID 1 VE THAT.