The Daily American from West Frankfort, Illinois • Page 46

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21, IBM TUB DAILY AMERICAN, Wft) LOCAL WOMAN REMINISCES ON EARLIER DAYS Ada Sinks Horrell, 92, Recalls Fashions in Girlhood; Teacher Taught With Thumb In the reminiscing preparatory to the Founders' Days observance an account was recalled today of the first demonstration of a reaper in this area held where the Denning cemetery now is Mrs. Ada Sinks Horrell, 92, who lives with her daughter, Mrs. Lewie Thompson, 2104 Kast St. Louis street, had described the occasion in an earlier special edition of The Daily American.

"I well remember the first reaper I ever saw (hat cut and Iwund the wheat at the same time," she said. "A demonstration was held on the Resh Muiphy farm and people came from miles around to see it demonstrated." She also recalled how "we made curtains which hung to the floor and stretched them around our corded bedsteads to hide the. trundle beds which, the daytime, were pushed under big beds." Her description of fashions of the day showed a startling resemblance to those worn for evening and "dressy" occasions this summer. They had "tight waists with full skirts and huops." she recalled. Too, bustles were often worn.

"My father would say 'if one had been born with a hump like bustles made every cent would have been spent in an effort to have it Their Sunday hats she recalled as "shakers." They were made by using straw for ihe head piece and calico for the; and crown. A big bow of calico was usually placed in front trimming. "Our everyday headwear was a split bonnet." she said. She "imagined our babies' wardrobes would lock rot her odd to the young mothers today." She wondered how the little red flannel petticoats and colored dresses would appear at a present day bassinet shower. Their babies had cribs, usually made from dry goods boxes placed on homemade rockers and they "liked them as well as today's babies like iheir strollers," she declared.

The old Methodist church, only one for pules areund. a little south of when- Trinity Methodist church is located, she said. "People would walk over muddy roads as far as three miles attend a service." Although it was; a Methodist lunch, denominations worshipped, there, she recalled. "Very lew of them could afford a hymn Ixxik," she said, "so the preacher would read aloud a line or two and the congregation would sing tile lines he had read until they sang the entire song. This naturally made the services longer, but our preachers pleached longer, too." Still fresh in Mrs.

Uorrell's mind was the memory of a first-grade teacher's thumb as he pointed out the letters of the alphabet in a one- room school building which stood where the sliding board stunds on the Logan school ground. He was Sylvester Williams and he pointed out each letter with a thumb, the nail of which had been blackened by being mashed. "Nuturally, to my childish mind, the black nail was more often in my thoughts than the letters," she declared. Another amusing incident happened when her faily lived in a two-roomed log house on a farm Likes U. S.

Troops THI SICMTAIY OINIRA1 of the French Sociallat party, Guy Mollett tella a National Preaa club luncheon In Washington, D. that he American troops will remain In France because he believes Russia never will make war as long aa she ta sure the United States would light He pointed out there were no U. S. forces In Europe when Germany struck In 1914 and 1839. Folks Who Miss Sermon Get A Playback Okla.

(I'P) can't come to the Church here, the to them by v. ire re- SHAWN KK When folks Presbyterian sermon goes corder. Fie v. Sam P. Fliccohene, the pastor, visits the homes of absent from their pews because ol illness mfirmpcss" and laker, along his recording machine on which he plays back the pastoral prayer, special music and the sermon.

"We all enjoy it together, and 1 feci like it meets a real nonl," the past expla.ne.l. which is now the Sinks addition to West Kiankforl. "Our dcors had latch strings on the outside which when pullid. released the latch on the inside. 1 well remember a very bad day-too bad we thought fur company--when a knock was heard at the door.

My brother, Tom, thinking Josh or 1 was playing a joke on him called out 'Pull the string and come Imagine his embarrassent when our minister walked Mrs. lloVrell was 11 years old then. Her father, F. A. Sinks, was a partner of "Uncle" Frank Sadler a blacksmith shop, which stood where the Logan school is situated.

Their home then was at the foot of the west hill, known as the Mitchell place. PRANKFORT, DUBOIS PAGE rms Engine Repair Simplify By Color Identification CHAMP AGIN, 111. (UP) A method of simplifying auto and aircraft engine repair has resulted from research at the University of Illinois using color Identification for complicated engine parts. Another part of the method is a 'lock and key" system of design? ing each part so no other part is quite like it. Prof.

Lawrence Stolurow, U. of t. professor who conducted the research, said the two principles rsould be put into practice with lttle change in present equipment tnd would save thousands of hours ipent in training assemblymen, nechanics and repairmen. Air Force Cops Devise Simple Speed Check OMAHA, (UP) Air policemen at Offutt Air Force Base, home of the Strategic Air Com- don't need radar to trap tpecders. They devised their own rap.

The servicemen have set up a contraption employing a spotlight and mirror, a chart and a stop watch. The spotlight is flashed at the mirror from across the highway When an automobile breaks the beam, an officer standing down the road clicks on the stop watch. The chart tells him how fast the car is going by computing the time it took to cover the area between the beam and policeman. Call 48 when you have news. VALUE For fhe funiral Dollar WALKER 1003 EAST MAIN PHONE 323 THOUGHTFUL SERVICE' Simmons Heating Co.

112 South Emma Phone C61-R In our small way we 3re pleased to be a part of a community like West Frankfort. It has been a genuine pleasure to serve the people of this area with the finest in heating systems. FrontRank HEATING SYSTEMS Coal, Oil and Gas Conversion Burners Founder's Days Specials! Gas Space Heaters 95 Up Furnace Filters 34 YEARS YOUNG When we first openedlour-doors back in-1921, West Frankfort was a boom town with few improvements but many opportunities. We have advanced with the town, building our reputation upon a policy of fair dealing nd honest values As West Frankfort has added parks and gymnasiums and swimming pools we have arged and beautified our store in an effort to provide for our customers the ultlmate.ln shopping comfort and wT. ar at ful fo increasing patronage that has made these improvements possible 1 West Frankfort has been good to us.

We have endeavored to be good to you OUR STORE IN THE BEGINNING TRY DEEP THERAPY For those ehronic conditions that fail to respond to other treatment. You'll be surprised at the results. DR. T. A.

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