The Hutchinson News from Hutchinson, Kansas • Page 14

PAGE FOURTEEN THE TT ri tr A A NEWS WEDNESDAY, 5, Amateur Radio; Operator Talks With Tlam Ops' Hnn ronvriM-d Orlirr; Anintriir OpriBlnrsFroiti; I'ailM Of World; Tht Cartoon Which Won Pulititr Prist Bv norothj- ration it looked easy so I made onp and hnvc bcni mnkinK thnn rvcj- fiiHT." slfltcri Boh Rrming- Inn, lunior coUcRc sophomoiT, rc- (prvinK the linmr-madc rariin IrnnF.miller v.luch he displayed with deserving pride. To the interviewer it looked hkc a mass ot tubes. liRhl bulbs, buttons, and hoses. Bob also has a receiver which he purchased. Bob besan building radios IMl when he the homemade set ot William T.

fole, a Hutchinson high school teacher. Bob re- crivcd his opeiiiling license in March, 1S32. Call Cardu Exchannfd Bob transmits in code or on phone; ho has vunverscd with amaliur operators all over the Ignited Slates, in Kngland, Canada and in Kacl, operator has call cards which he e.xrhangcs for those of the other "ham ops" with whom he makes a contact. Boh has quite a collection of these -QST" cards. All Ihc radio call.s begin with the letter The letters and juimbcrs which follow after are according to the districts in whirli the amateur is oper.it- ing.

There arc more than am.iteur in the United Station Operator Also Traniimila Harold Bourell. president of the Sunflov.er Amateur Radio club, and a radio operator at the local broadcasting station, KWHCl, also has his tiansmitler and receiver. His present set i.s purchased, but lie iias made several. Bourell has been operating since 1922, when he watched another operator working. He sends hcitii in code and over the mike.

amateuis linndle on tjie third class free of charge and are ready in case of an emergenc.v. 'Ilie can be run from automobile batteries." Bourell also slates, "A lot of as did, got my first commercial in ISHii, My hobby turned into a profession." Karl Bush, a postman in Pretty Prairie, decided to make his set in alter listening to the other amateurs on the short wave length of his radio. he replied, "I am iust an experimenter. It is strictly a hobbv although it takes up six or seven hours a day." Bush also both Ihc cnoc and piionej. Answers From California Ki om anotlier part of the United the answers lo your re- liorier's questions came through the air to Bourell and his guests.

After It had been explained that It the first call. George Euing, also a radio service man in Hernardino, California, lauglungly replied, you didn't need to tell me it was his first call; 1 know all the symp- loms." Kwing started operating in 1916. transmitrr and receiver are both homemade. Another operator in JJutchinsun Keith Blinn. also junior coHrgc student.

Keith began operating when he was in the grade at Liberty junior high sciiool. liiat time he WH.S known as the youngest rtper- ator in and the surrounding receiver and tiansmitler are both entirely homemade. When he was sophomore high school he carried messages for the National Guards. Keith laugliing "When 1 went to see about a neighbor's which was bothering our radio at home, 1 became interested that 1 made ene ot mv own." Started In Sepleinltrr Morris Jlnnea, Hutchinson high student, started reading in magazines about the liomcmtide radio stations and l.i.-t ScpU niljcr decided lo make one for himself. He uses only the code and has conversed with over the United and on both coasts of Canada.

His set has about watts power. I In explanation of this great hi.bby one miglit add tlial some opoiatois are just -PX that IS, they try to contact foreign stations only. amateur s. have from 100 to 250 meter wave lenglhs. The fewer the meters more kilocyrjes and one Is able to cover There are Sli to kilocvcles in a five-meter band, while there are only 550 kilocycles in a lll.i-meter hand.

There are a number of girls and women on the air; however llie percentage is only about one half of one per cent. A few of the other bovs and men who have amateur in Huu-hinson are Roger K. Ghormley, frank Elliott, and Stevenson, students, and Frank wife, Mrs. Ixircne Piper. Lower Grades Study Plants Planting Of Seeds, CosI, i Art Included Photographer Snaps Advisor The cartoon at the right, with the caption "Come on in, I'll treat you right.

I used to know your daddy," won the Pulitzer tor newspaper cartoons for C. D. Batchelor (right), of the New York Daily News. They Made tht Priso-Winning Picturot Ky Mariaret Jacobin "Rcadin', 'Ritin', and 'Rithmetic" I have been varied by actual ex- I perimenis for the third grade cla.ss 'of Mr.s. Rutina Martin.

North Side! I grade school teacher. A plant project, which includes the plant- ing of the indoors and out, figiu'ing seed costs, art work, and poems and stories about plants, has been used in their studie.s. The unit has been developed in jail its phases liy the children, have in addition to the many I beautiful plants a rock Kaidcn, leach rock of it having a histor.v, i and an outdoor garden in which they planted onions, radishes, and I lettuce, I Room Brtthtly Decorated The school room itself is gaily decorated with a shelf of the plants along the windows, anrt the 1 table rock garden in the front of 1 th.e rooiTi. Kxamples of the chil- idren's pictures of flowers, birds, I and trees hang all around the walls. Green trellLses.

made and I painted by the boys, are used for jsweetpeas and other climbing I plants. visit to tile greenhouse recently provided a tliriU when the proprietor gave each of the children a pink carnation to take home. The children wrote stories about they saw at the greenhouse. Some attempt at entomology has I been made; one boy brought a glass iar of ants which were very intently observed by the children. Children Amase Parents Pitreiiis of Mr.s.

Martin's pupils are amazed at their wide knowU edge of varieties of and the like. In fact some have confessed that their children ask questions the parents are unable to answer. 1 A class party is being planned i for the last week of school so that pupils may test their skill at gard- I Human eyes are called upon for more severe visual tasks today than ever before, due to the increased use of mechanical equipment and to increased speed. Miss Catherine Wrenchy, high school instructor, is shown above as she posed for Donna Lou Dewces, staff photographer, at the side of the News butldmg today. pounds pliosphorus, 112 cubic Giraffes can ptill leaves off a oxygen.

60 cubic feet nitrogen, 561 tree with their tongues, cubic feet hydrogen, and seven' pounds lime. And NIGHTLY Thru SAT. Cenvvntion Hall CVmiTS GROTTO PRESENTS POLACK IROS, CIRCUS 41 Star Pre Aets SEE CAP-T. PROSKE'S ROYAL HENOAL TIGERS PROF. SNYDER'S PERFORMmC BEARS Other GREAT FEATURES Doori Open 7 P.

M. Show SUfU II P. M. RESERVED SEATS (numbered on sale at 3 N. Main MATINEE I P.

M. CHILDREN ISe 2 NASH 8' Rr WE 20 RCA Victor llMllot MO MO SINCLAIR BABE RUTH CONTEST Minn Iain at Siaclair OMitrt A 200 -pound human body con- I tains about one-fourth ounce of i iron, one-fifth ounce sugar, one land eight-tenths ounces salt, 24 pounds coal (in the form of car- I 'oon), 10 gallons water, one-tenth drop iodine, one and eight-tenths These Press comerarncn carried off the first three awards In Editor and Publisher'a annual news plioto contest. John Lindsay (center), of New York won the first prize with the picture of a diam gang reinforcing a levee at Memphis during recent floods. James Keen (right), of won second prize vvith his picture of the "Lowland Madonna' showing a flood refugee nursinp her babv. Edward O'Haire (left), of Washington took third prize with a photo of J.

P. Morgan listening intently during a Senate committee investigation. New Zealand Teachers Write Own Pay Checks Say Former Resident Two Forces Chosen By Lucille Fife i The Hutchinson senior high i school ticket and u.sher forces for next school vear have been se- By BHty Frans They respect their royalty r(uite lectcd by Walter Rmehart, "Vou in -N'eiv (he highly. HovvevOT. Mrs.

sor. school teachers are given blank could not help having her jokes i Out of the thirty-seven appli-; checkis and thev out their about Mrs. for the ticket force, sixteen; own p.iy clieck'f." This was the patted her hair into were selected: Marion Smith, head i statement made bv Phice she with a ticket laker. Verne Belton. Mr.s.

Klhvl RagsdJilc, former re.s- "I going to have a Wally Simp-, Charles Bcvan. Frank Bobb, Wil-: idcnt of' New Zealand who is bob one of these i fred Colvin, Vearl Croslcy, Wil- now living at ri27 -l A. the reporter turned to go liam Fairchild, Norman Hall. Bill; Mrs. Ragsdale was born and 'he added, "Vcs.

N'cu- Zealand is; Hutchinson, P. W. Johnson. John: reared in Zealand. While beautiful place and I hope to Kncrr.

Loran I.ipe, Arthur Mar-j she was attending hiyh school she return someday. If you ever have tens, Glendon Nestor, Fred O'Don- was girls' tennis champion. She opportunity to visit nell, and Forrest Pruner. has snappy blue eves and a ruddy Vou'll like it:" From the fifty-nine applicants JUSTICE" with Geo. Brent and Josephine Hutchinson.

Also musical and cartoon Easter Egg." Today and Thur. BABY" with Patsy Kelly and Robt. Added "California Missions" and "Grandmas Boy." thru "ROMEO AND JULIET" with Leslie Norma Sitear- er and John Barrymorc. Added "Colorful Islands." James Marah In CLOSER FOLKS" Hutchinson Country Club "Where Rood Friends Meet" WEDNESDAY. MAY Sfh The Collegians Orchestra Floor Show 10:80 AdmUsion 40e 5 Miles West on Miles North on Wilson Road He cater to Private Parties.

Phone 48F2 for Reservations. Steali and Chicken Dinners. Today Toniorifm Only Frtd QinqT Rogers "TOP HAT" Selected Shurln complexion which proves her I point wlien she Kcw I Zealand much atientioti is given physical education and outdoor sports." Open lllurid.itiiii^ upon the school sv-sicin jemaiked, "(jver there On The Air of Mu- for the usher force, sixteen were i cho.scn: Edna Mne head usher Frances Handv, Crer- Irude Hockett. Opal Holt. Karlcen King.

Donna Mae Miickey. Inez MilJer, Laurinc Quinnjf, Tweeriie. Unruh. Lil- i lian Weiss. Helen Williams, and i opt-n ail- kind.

Thn lun 'r(''ifp, Ini'. they nn Tii-'j children their chairs and writn UJKHI board lai)s, for ihfv have "Dmrt the fiios luitiicr 'KhcsV tlicrc were And onn raiely a When was asked at what a cliild in seliuol. (hat ho at the (if five or and was ready for school at fourteen. If 111' pa.s^cs ihc exanuniitiun salis- factnrily. lu' was allowtd lo go to high for twn Kind!) Teople Cordial ynu fiisl vinnn lo this cfiuniiy what you ihe Kinjjering tlie pockrt of iier frock she said.

"Tv.d tliiriRj: of Metrorolttdn I', rn Murray. iiol- KFH p. Kfrial, "Her mi Hujitiand." Ne-t' Ynrk. 7:00 p. Alipn In opmtic bur- iop'ltic, NPW- ViTk, KFH 7 :r.ii (1 loprano.

YnrH. KMnx 00 drama. "Hang KFAH ft V. ClarK, Irnor. New 'TK KfJA p.iiOi t.ftil KMOX m.

niiow. Chicafo nn 11 I'THhWlyn MacCormack, I '-hicaKCv KFAB il (I, ni nf ftn- pr. SBC JO'flO fn Weeks ChiiHKf. WBBM 1, m. ttramHUc thrllltr.

Nfu Ynrk. NBC y.M Home, orianlit. These forces are selected for their references, scholastic rating, and caoabilitv limstnent Qx Inc A Wist. AT A 10. (Ill Exhibit Al Liberty Bv Ikirothy IVtlon Snicc last Monday, May 3.

and pxtendinj; nvrr a period of two weekr, at IJbcrly junior an nrl exiuiiil of in each of Uie. schuuls of llulchinson. ihe jumoi u)l- Ictrr, is on diiiplay. This exhibit i 'on of approximately iliirty-six individually tiiounlcd pieces from the schools, from and Lib- ri'Iy junior hiuii schotils, and from Miss Gertrude Chapman instructs all of these classc. There has been no special as- fignmcnt.s, the drawings and de- being chosen from the regular class work by Miss Chapman.

These art exhibits have formerly been licld in connection with fl national and the pir, rs displayed at Sherman junior high school. KKII WrMminsUr Choir, Pnncf Till KSI ai. Btata colleitt. seemed -i stand out in mv mind: YUM n-jsfipAnna M. Knirintr; the friendliness of the people, the Today?" Nina M.

way they made me wel -a. and also 1 iioticeri the condition I i)r "aa iVHwhiitBton. VVPAF. of the cities. I was perhaps, bit too critical, hut I did notice I the flics were b.id and the "Kq im nnyinc K.

i- Barcrr; streets were not alwav.s too Koh-nfi; -Ar- Prviiij! HHV. T. K', Otln: F. F-nr-tn, KPAC. i 1 ou re walchiim the corona- janr with n'iueii intrrc-t.

are ynu Nrcro fjusrift. "Oh. yes. and the lec'-nl abfh- catinn ine Vou i' Army hMnl. Waphini rv, seen the Duke of Wmd.sor jand the and Queen.

s. Toi.i At this inonieiit her nine-year- SHC. eld dauKhler. her lappearance dressed in a printed silk dress from New Zcalanci. iwas all smiles and as she' Ichaltered about the things her i Mi Jo Bi.mp.

wono- mother had been sayiriji. I mi.t, si.u.iotii^ HI the held up a babv doll all '-i WIBW. dressed in She explained, I This IS Margaret Jto.se. favorite. I have anotlier doll; llr.ipcs and curtains beautifully I whose name is I'rtnccss vhaii-rd.

Oean- Annelle'; speech no! MJ ac-lers. I'h. 700. Adv. -5 -lt.

t'ciiled was her niolbrr's. I They arc truly Knuhbh people. I Kead Waiit Ads. curter, comm.ntatar, KAIJ. LEARN THE FACTS Behind the Headlines The screen down the rtirtain hldinx the last barbaric outixmt of 2(lth century ni.vMterioiiK communities of child brides, Ush law, witchcraft and mountain loves! GEORGE BRENT JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON ROBERT BARRAT Mt'SICAL CUMEDV CARTOOK TO PARENTS We do not recommend thU pielure to children.

1 StWDAY, MAY 9th, is HER day. A token of your lova for her will help to make it a happy one. luggeit a bos of our own chocolatei, cuttom made for ui by Gobelin. Various aiiortments priced ixom 60 cants to $1.00 the pound. BLACK (UG conipflny f- It nhnm I )' THI FIRST PRODUCT TO HOLD TWO NATIONAL RADIO AWARDS.