European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse John Madison hammers a freshly felled beam into place. Talk about do it yourself he grows his own House by Douglas Gripp up staff writer ree Farmer John Madison of Troutlake wash., cakes the do it yourself idea very very seriously. In fact he s taken it about As far As it can go. Madison is building a new Flarrie Home for his family in the Shadow of Snow topped it. Adams the 12,307-foot Peak about 40 Miles North of the Columbia River. To which you might very Well say so what lots of people build their own Frame Homes. That s True but do they also raise their own Timber for the House har Vest the Trees and saw them into lumbering a one Man Sawmill Madison does. He goes even farther than that. Bolts from Cedar Trees he is growing will be split and used As shingles for the roof. Even some of the furniture for the new House will be fresh from the tree farm via Madison s Carpenter barn already built on the property was constructed with umber from adjacent Trees Ponderosa Pine fir Larch a id Cedar. Madison has a Thrifty Bent too. Wood shavings from his planer go into the cow barn for. Use As bedding material and other leftovers Are used for firewood. Madison has 240 acres of Trees. He has t used them All up for the House by any Means and in fact has the operation at a Point where it is on a sustained yield basis. The Western Pine association which sponsors the Forest Industry s tree farm program to recognize outstanding forestry practices on privately owned taxpaying Timberland in Pine areas of Western states has certified his property As Western Pine tree farm. What s it like to have your House in the Middle of a tree farm Madison his wife Veronica and their daughter Sheila 12,Are sold on it. They have More Shade and fresh air than they will Ever need. And landscaping is no problem atall. You merely Cut out what you Don t need Govert on Bridge North South vulnerable. West deals. North4 k q 9 8 7 43 a j 4 4t k j 10west East 4 10 7 4 2 v 10 9 j 8 6 5 4 k 6 3 2 q 10 985 a76 8542 South 4 a j 6 5 3 a k q 2 7 q 9 3 West North East South pages 1 pass i pass 2 4� pass 3 v. Ass 3 pass 4 4 pass 6 � pass pass opening Lead Deuce of i a Declarer in today s hand was prepared to claim Nis Small Jim contract when Dummy was u spread. At thick two however he found himself Che. Victim of a very bad Trump break and was forced to dig a Little deeper into his resources to come up with successful remedy. The final contract was reached on sound bidding after North s single raise of South a one Spade response the latter embarked on a detailed slam signed off after the three heart bid. But when he elected to show the Ace of diamonds on the next round South Felt that six Spades should prove to be a reasonable commitment. West opened the Deuce of Dia monds which was won in Dummy with the Ace. There were u tricks apparent in High cards and the i2 h could be brought in by. Ruffi n g the fourth near in Dummy so Declarer started the extraction of Trumps. A dark Cloud Dot Facend d when showed Dee later must Hope that West had at feast three hearts but this seemed unlikely. Presently a sure fire method occurred to South be could in. Crease the n= bar of Trump tricks to six by riffing two. Dia monds in his own hand and draw4 ing Trumps with Dummy s Spades. After cashing the Ace off Spade South led a club and Dummy s ten held. A Diamond was ruffed by Declarer and a club return was taken by West who. Shot Back a third club to Dummy King the last Diamond was puffed by South with the Jack of Spades and now a Trump was led an the s nine of Spades finessed the King and. Queens of. Spades Drew the p a/1 n i n g Trumps As South discarded his Little heart an the Ace Wing Queen of hearts took the last readers Are invited to submit their verse to the Pup ten poet editor co the stars and strikes Apo 175, . Army. The editor re serves the right to make minor changes and suggests that the author retain copies of their submitted Poelns As manuscripts cannot be returned. All contributions should be typed and to facilitate editing at the Ament can cemetery in Cambridge / do not Praise you Brothers in my song. The world is choked with symbols of your Praise it Well might lavish on your honoured throng being grateful for its present peaceful Days. But for a year a month or smaller space t should perhaps be with you tying Here or in some other Field less Given to Grace As this quiescent English atmosphere. I read your names at random on the Wall and gaze out at your crosses on the grass in Toic. Silence rowed. No word shall pass from my tight lips of How i knew you All dead of my youth s fresh time and threatening Prospero Sculthorpe How hard it was to leave your toys to die the silent Stream the silent Stream casually flows its meandering course starting near the top of a High Mountain and passing Many Dales of High Sweet grass and abundant Blue Flower before starting its Rocky bubbling journey downwards past shepherds and their flocks and further still. Meager farms and Homes of Stone and travels swell its body and soon it is a peaceful Sisail River silently joining its Sweet voice with the songs of its Birds and dancing Reeds but As we All must die. The cruel Salt sea Waits at its Mouth to Swallow this quiet life. John nod Nan Sixa Taf. Blue Moon Blue Moon was once a Lovely phrase but now with All this rocket craze you re blasted at from until your nerves Are All a jangle. You sit up there and meditate you Don t shoot Back or retaliate. You be been called Green alas and yellow it in t right to be so Mellow it you Don to fight for your rights on one of the atomic nights remind you naw lest be forget Texas is set mfr to Annex you yet. Foj Randall raymond97th Gen hasp taps boreas opens his ears to the of the Bee to the dancing Law along Stoney Riu and the sudden note where a fish Breaks hears the Haasse chorus from Lusty throats -,?.of virile frogs v a pheasant too makes comfortable sound bedding Down in Ien tree to Aub missive leaves dusk s Anantua agora. Tbs Star an St webs David Magazine s Delight we sat there it seemed for hours wrapped in a sea of stars. Joan sighed and i kissed he softly the whole world seemed to be ours. I Felt her heart beat wildly As i Drew her close to me she sighed and said demurely please turn to Page is. James l. Hofford Augsburg Post greetings from Lake Garda the Lake had a record rain Thi year the ten Days and nights that decamped Here a. A. S. Leaves know How to die leaves know How to die they Don t sigh or cry they just turn Brown and fall Clown. Ernest Frod by bread alone no Dogma has i withstood Bot time and scorn no supernatural Faith Outi weighed the scale when measured against the actual they fail the temples Are forsaken rom forlorn. For each in turn Man leaves u it s outworn to hew out Granite from the shift ing shale to build a truth that will not shr Tiik or fail As those whose vested priests no Kneel and mourn. For what fat never been can never a and tvs is right if there is Sucha thing the wanting cannot make a deity nor spells nor prayers celestial King Downs bring. Man. Must final at Creed that s Nota Unish for Golden apples in a Crystal dish. Mary Harrison Rochefort France the search i sit on the Sand and with a Dull knife Force oysters inside Oit handsome shells Fiul of flesh yet empty " a a sleek stinking gulls dive with gleaming Brin up pearls. Friday August 7, rf5
