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Montana Butte Standard from Butte, Montana • Page 41

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December PARADE OF YOUTH Pnge 3 Finds Adventure and Profit in Farinin; Realistic Toy Set-Up Is Family Christmas Tradition For Role in 6 Tom Sawyer 9 Wins Over 600 Others iu Audition for a Becky Thatcher. The chance for a movie vole came to 12-year-old Betty Lou Graf as a real surprise. Here's why: Movie producers, seeking a cast for the forthcoming film version of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," held an audition in. Pasadena, where Betty lives at 545 Prescolt street. Betty's brother, Richard, wanted to try for the part of Huck Finn, but got "cold feel." To prove she wasn't afraid, Betty learned the part of Becky Thatcher, Tom's sweetheart.

She tells the rest of the story: Nearly Faults. "There were 600 other girls at the audition. We were called up TOW by row. I was in the last row. The winner was to be considered for the movie still don't know who will actually get the part.

"I had never done any acting be- Achievement Brings Club's Chief Award Makes Total Income of $3,497 for 4 Years at Farming. The MiJgley Layout Almost Too Rtal to Be Makc-Believe. Oil Pumps That Really Work Double-Track Railroad Also Featured This Endless adventure, nuil a profitable business that's what farming means to Clayton Hackman, 10. Clnylou should know. Ho hold! the highest award of the' Fuluit Fanners of l-'armci for 1930.

And he plans lo conllmio his career on the land. He lull half Interest in his Jnthcr'3 farm in Myorslown, Pu, He was chosen over 08 oilier Similar Ills of Twins Name of Get Ever have the twills? You certainly won't, unless you have a twin. For "twills" is a new word coined recently by Australian doctors to describe the phenomenon of similar ills occurring in twins at the same time. Twin girls in the Geelong Hospital, Victoria, started physicians wondering if, for some reason to science, twins ore subject to coincident illnesses. To start things both girls were stricken with appendicitis the sa day.

Later came the mumps double and after that the measles, ditto! Yep! Those are twills, Christmas tradition means an elaborate toyland to the Midgley family. For 10 years the Salt Lake City, Utah, group has thrilled to the sight of electric trains climbing through mountains or passing realistic villages. This year John Allen, 11; William Lamar, 14, and Benjamin Midgley, are helping their father set up the layout. At first I did all the work myself," writes Mr. Midgley.

"Now we all work on it, and I save a few surprise additions for Christmas morn- "Thls year the toyland will have a double deck railroad running through 1 mountains, giving the set the appearance of a mining town. Oil derricks that actually pump oil and an illuminated village will be backgrounds for the three trains. The set takes up a whole room, being placed on an elevated platform 15 feet long and 12 feet wide." Visitors flock to the Midgley toy- land, at 517 Eighth avenue. Eye for Eats Dog Snoots All But Dining Car Trains. Brownie, depot dog at Rome, Is what you might call a "well- trained" dog.

Brownie has been meeting the trains for live years, bul he doesn't speak to nil of them. No, indeed Brownie snoots the locals, which have no diners, bul the instant a fast train comes in. Brownie is rlghl there al Ihe dining-car door. And he always gels some "chow." (Story tor Parade rtcporlfr Jempi pliant, Oaflnrr, fl. Trailer Is Dormitory for Students Georgian Finds Home oil Wheels Is Cheaper Than Room.

Betty Lou Graf Proved She Didn't Have 'Cold fore. So I just sat there, talking to a friend. I wasn't even paying attention, "Then someone walked back anc told me I had won! I nearly fainted!" "General" Tom Sawyer, fresh from a sham-battle victory over the farces of "General" Joe Harper, his buddy, walked within range of Becky Thatcher's blue eyes and "fell without firing a shot" From then on Tom's heart belonged fo the girl described by Mark Twain as a "lovely little blue- eyed creature with yellow hair plaited in two long tails, white summer frock and embroidered panta- lettes" Tom "showed off" for Becky; he ran away "to be a pirate" when he thought Becky didn't care about him any more; he took a lick- Jng in school for her, and slyly traded slate-written "I love you's." Plunges Out Window To Grab Compact When her powder compact dropped out of a seventh-story department store window, 18-year-old Yasuyo Nagakawa, of Tokyo, Japan, followed benefit of elevator. Trying to recover the compact, she plunged six stories to the roof of a house next door. sustained onlj black and blue spots! Like a tortoise, a University of Georgia student carries his home with him.

The student is Emory Bobo. His "home" is a trailer which he uses as a dormitory at the Athens, institution. His roommate, or rather his "trailer mate," is Charles Colwell. "The big idea" was to save money and gain quiet, privacy and comfort. "After boarding for three school years, I decided my own home would be better for me and my studies," Emory says.

"The only logical and financially possible solution was to build a trailer." Night Work, Too. So for three and a hall months during vacation Emory sold magazines, earning money both for school and the trailer. The remaining ten most the nights, too," he worked on the trailer. He did all the work at his home in Lafayette, Ga. The finished product, christened "Silver Queen" because of the color scheme, Is 17 feet long.

7 feet wide. 'It has a living room and kitchen- Emory Babo, Left, and Charlei Coluiell Comfort lor Leu. cite, where we have plenty of fun cooking our meals," Emory contln- "There are many advantages over a rented room. The trailer Is my own. I can do as I please with It.

I have my privacy, and the rent for a room with as many conveniences would cost as much as my total living expenses. No, we The 'Silifi, Tag Along on 1937 Jab Hunt. I vouldn'f swap for 8 dozen boarding Emory haa had two often lo sell his "dormitory," bul he has olher plans, "When I finish school nexl spring I will lake my trailer job hunting," he concludes, More than 300.000 trailers are in use today As recently as five years ago, they were few and far between la the manufacturing of trailers has become the United Stales' fastest growing business Trailers can be purchased from $400 to J10.000 Trallerltes are so numerous they have formed association, even have a magazine, devoted to their interests Iloger Babson, famed economist, predicts (hat Increasing taxes will force half the population of the country.lo live in "homes- on-whcels" next 20 years Clayton Hachrnan, jr. A Thrill to Harvest Your Plnnt, standing F. A.

members nl Kansas City, convention. Hero nre some of tlic reasons: He Izod a total Income of $3.407 for four years of fnrmlnfi; won vnrluiii Stale and counly fmr prizes for vegetables nnrl livestock; managed two farm cooperatives nnd proved his Innd ond buildings. Eliminates Other Jobs. Born and raised on Hie form, Clayton grew to love the life. "I watched my brothers niul r.ls- lers at their chosen work nnd learned a llltle nboul their Jous," he tells Parade.

"1 decided frmnlng was more interesting and mivcn- lurous 111 an avlalloii, toothing, nursing or store management, "A farmer has many dllTercnt Jobs. It's a real thrill lo sec things you planned months In advance and raised with your own hands develop successfully. It'B real business and must be conducted as one. "For instance, my chief crops are poultry and potatoes. After careful study.

1 crossed two of chickens In produce certain eras- Beforehand I had contacted a hatchery, which now pays me tetter egg prices than nolghborinj! fanners receive. I sell my potatoes to a potato chip firm nt an unusually good price." Such deals, combined with careful planning, bring profits, lie snya. He studies market nnd chooses his crops from those bringing the highest prices. Many Fleldl. Clayton feels there Is great opportunity in farming for hoys nnd girls.

'There arc many fields, too," le continues. "You can actually till the soil or manage a large farm, teach vocational agriculture, be a milk tester or Bell farm supplies." Clayton did his firsl farming when freshman In high school. "My first year I had a loss, which discouraged me until I found how much I had done wrong." Having graduated Ix-it May, he plans to lake over full management of his father's 101-acre farm. "Dad sallsflod that my theories arc hel- ler lhan old-fashioned ones," ha concludes. "He will relirc soon.".

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