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Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Swatting The Golf Pill

1t is figured that 2,162,OOO Ameri-
can men, women and children walk
ed 23s.OOO,OOO miles last year on 5000
golf courses in the United States, as
they swatted the little white pill
and gloried or groaned according to
whether or not the wicked little
ball fell into the elusive hole.
Five thousand golf courses is an
average of about 100 to each state,
which shows that golf fever is in
fecting more and more people. 1t
is a form of fever that leaves only
health and happiness behind. Peo-
pie forget their troubles on the golf
links, but the men should not stay
out there so long that the dinner
gets cold at home. Any town which
has adequate vacant land can make
itself more attractive by laying out
a golf course on the same.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Business At High Level

Business is reaching a high level
Of production. It is unfortunate that
this high level is largely caused by
the necessity of preparing for de-
Tense against war-making nations.
One regrets that the boom had not
come naturally, without acceleration
due to war threats. At least the
high level of business sets many idle
hands to work. It gives encourage
ment to countless people who found
the doors Of industry closed against
them
The young fellow who got through
school or college and could find no
place in which his eager hands could
work, should take courage. Many
doors that were closed a few months
ago, are now open. Many places that
were full up with help now need
workers.
If he goes the rounds, and finds all
doors still closed, there will at least
be chances for him il he could ac-I
quire some special skill with his
hands. There is a shortage of skilled
labor in many lines. If he could
acquire that kind of skill, the coun-
try would need his labor. There are
many places in which training is
being given in such forms of skill.
Also the chances for elderly work
ers are improved. With the govern
ment and many concerns asking for
quick delivery of needed merchan-
disc, machinery. tools, ETC., the pre-
judice against the elderly worker
has in many cases gone. The man
who knows the feel of the machine,
whose eyes ars familiar with the
slightest change in the material, is
a welcome addition to many force.
Let us hope that never again will
the United States sink back into the
mire of depression, where the people
wanted many things, but the good
old job ON which many of them de-
pended to get those things was no
longer in existence. The American
people win show lack of sense if
they permit such conditions to re-
cur.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
First Aid

The Red Cross reports 65 per
cent increase in two years in the
number of students taking courses
in first aid to the injured.
The scene where somebody is bad
ly hurt has become a too familiar
picture in American life. In count
less cases people are picked up along
the side of the road critically in
iured in an automobile accident. The
people who gather around them are
excited and eager to help, but they
may do the wrong thing.
Accidents are necessarily happen
ing in homes. and people may not
know what to do until the doctor can
get there. The Red Cross comes
like good angel, to tell people what
is the intelligent and skillful thing
to do. Lives will be saved as the
result of the practical ideas they
suggest.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Plans For l94I

What plans has your work or bus
mess made for advance and pro-
gress in 1912 Have you new
schemes to be pushed ahead to earn
more money and to draw in more
trade? The ambitious person is al
ways trying to improve his capacity
to render service. The advancing
business or the advancing town
should be constantly looking also
for new chances for success.
The people who are satisfied just
to let their work or business run
along the same as it always did,
rarely get any great advance. What
usually happens is that trade slips
away from them. Plans are con-
stantly needed to branch out and
draw in new customers, and for ad-
vertising the advantages of trading
in our community to a wider area.
There is always plenty of trade ly-
ing around, ready to go to the place
that shows the most enterprise.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Foreign Names

Very many Americans who have
foreign sounding names are appeal
ing for the right to change these
names to make them sound less
foreign. You can't wonder at this
desire, when a man has name
which sounds like a hedge fence of
consonants and is hard to pronounce
or understand. A name understood
with difficulty does not help anyone
get work or business.
If some of them clipped on two or
three extra syllables. it should solve
the problem for them. No one should
be ashamed of a foreign name, no
matter what it is. These foreign
names come from races that have
played great parts in the world, and
some day we shall appreciate the
great things they have done for the
world and our country.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Selling German Ships

A high official in the British gov
ernment has expressed the wish that
the United States should seize Ger
man ships now lying in United
States harbors. and turn them over
to Britain, which sorely needs them.
The German magnstes blow up in
wrath at the chance that such a
thing may be done.
The United States will not be
bluffed by any threats from that
source. The possibility of seizing
those ships had not probably occur
red to many of us. Our people want
to help Britain, and will do so still
more. Seizing the ships of a power
with which we are still at peace
would seem an act of war, and that
is very doubtful policy at this
point in the game.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Religion And War

The voice Of religion has been
against war. Jesus said, They
that take the sword shall perish by
the sword" The Jewish prophet
Isaiah told about day when nation
shall not lift up sword against ma
ton, neither shall they make war
any more. The philosophers who
founded the religions Of the Orient
were men Of peace.
One more Christmas has come
and gone, and contrary to these
great voices, the nations continue to
hurl their deadly bombs and send
ships and their occupants to the
bottom of the sea. Speaking the
voice of religious faith, Pope Plus
XII again pleads to the world to give
up the ways Of war, and his appeal
is seconded by those of all religious
faiths. But these appeals fall on
deaf ears.
Most people claim to believe in
the fundamental truths of religion.
that there is God in heaven, a sp-
preme power who rules the world
with justice and mercy, and who
will punish those who break his
laws. The modern world holds that
God is love and that he would lift
up the fallen and heal the broken
hearted, and give heavenly peace to
all who merit it.
It seems strange that people hold
ing these beliefs will violate the
laws of this just God by engaging
in these savage wars, which are as
cruel as any that have been fought
from the earliest days of history
The world claims to have made great
progress in kindness and humanity,
yet these wars continue just as if no
revelation from God had ever con-
demned them.
Each fighting nation thinks that
God is on its own side. The world
of fighting men has very crude and
imperfect conception of religion. If
people had the spirit Of Jesus or of
the ancient prophets of Judaism.
they would exercise such Justice
and display such kindness that the
nations would all want to be
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Back To Study

The holidays slip away fast, and
millions of students are about to
get back to the world of books and
learning. Are they so jaded with
parties land dances and flirting, that
the old textbook looks sad and
sober? Or has the iollity of Christ
mas and New Year so frightened up
the dusty road, that everything looks
cheerful?
Some may say the lessons Of his
tory and literature and language
don't seem to have any particular
relation to the conditions they wifT
meet in life. "How will it help me
earn living" some may ask, ito
know the things Of England or hear
about the rivers Of China?"
People need to know many things
besides the articles they handle in
their occupations. The person who
has looked down the ages of history,
and who has read the books of Wis
dom, and surveyed the lands of the
earth, should have a well stored
mind. A well stored mind is like a
museum filed with the treasures Of
the earth. People come to learn
from its accumulations, and discover
what its riches have to teach them.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Calendar For 1e4l

Many persons have received gifts
of calendars. Some Of them con-
tain separate page or space for
each day Of the year. on which is
presented some thought from the
poets or the philosophers. Busy
folks may say they have no time to
read these noble quotations. 1t would
do them no harm to take one minute
every morning to see what the
worlds wisdom says to them on
that day.
These grand thinkers would say
that each day is a precious gift, and
its success depends upon ourselves.
Even though we do not sell all the
goods or win all the successes we
expect on some particular day, yet
if we have learned something use
full. the day has been one of vic
tory.
1t is q wonderful thing that most
of us can be- fairly confident that
we have these ss5 days Of opportun-
ity ahead of US. They are capable
Of producing grand results for us,
and they give us the chance to con-
fer many gifts Of happiness on
those we meet in daily life.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Magnetism in Business

1t is often remarked of people in
public life, that they win out thru
their quality of personal magnetism.
Many candidates get elected to office
because they have this warm and
winning trait. Many people are sue
cessful as public speakers, ministers,
ETC., because of this extremely de-
sirable quality.
1t 81 also tremendous factor in
business. The salesman who has a
warm greeting for the customers,
who is glad to see everybody, is
usually winner, and he is likely to
get promotion or make success if
he goes into business for himself.
The old saying has it, that if you
smile at the world, the world will
smile back~at you.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
The Family Money

The newspaper wisecrack tells
about the man who was asked what
part of his salary he took home to
his wife on pay day. The reply was,
that he didn't take any home, that
she met him outside the Office and
took it home herself.
There are some men for whom that
would be good plan. The sense of
a completely filed pay envelope Gre
ates heavy temptation. The chances
they would not come straight home
are large. There are many tempting
things by the way. AS a rule the
wife makes the family money go
farther. She knows family needs bet
ter. The chances for the youngsters
to get the new shoes are improved if
she holds the purse.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
The Untiring Flowers

What a wonderful thing flowers
are.aahd how they 'bloss5n ana bios
som. until it seems as if they would
never tire of throwing out their
blooms! They are like the birds of
the heavens, which sing all day and
next morning are ready again to go
through with the same display Of
ecstacy.
Two men of Watertown, Mass,
counted the blossoms on six rows Of
morning glories the past summer.
They counted 113 blossoms one
morning. and the seasons total was
1880 blooms. Plants like that seem
like fountains Of beauty, which keep
throwing forth their streams Of color
day by day, until old King Frost
tells them it is time for them to lie
down in quiet sleep.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
CHAPLAIN'S CHAPEL

Mrs. Elizabeth Hanson and daugh-
ter of Trenton, N. j., spent the
Christmas holidays with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Conaway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Peterson, of
Boonton, N. j., and Miss Iona Peter
son of the University of Delaware,
spent Christmas with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Peterson.
Miss Ethel Witzke, of Philadelphia,
has been spending some time at the
home Of her father, Albert Witzke.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Short have
been entertaining their daughter and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Taylor
of Pennsylvania.
The Chaplain's Aid met at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond O'Day, at
Bridgeville, on Friday evening.
Miss Elizabeth Ann Hill has been
visiting at the home of her uncle,
Mr. and Mrs, Leroy Moore.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
The Electoral College

At every presidential election it
is asked why people are not allowed
to vote directly for the candidates,
instead of voting through an ancient
system called the electoral college,
in which a group of men and women
meet and cast their ballots as di-
rected by the vote at the polls. There
is always the possibility that a can
didate might have the majority of
the popular vote, and yet lose out on
the electoral vote. Which would
seem wrong.
If this ancient method should be
changed, and the people were allow
ed to vote directly for candidates, it
would probably be demanded that
elections in all states be supervised
by the federal government. That
would not be so popular in some
states.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
The Long Talker

The joker tells about the public
speaker who talked for an hour and
seemed wound up for an hour more.
Someone asked the lady next to him
if something could not be done to
shut this man up. To which the
lady replied, that she was afraid
not, as she had been trying to do it
for rs years.
There are many people, and not
more than half of them are. men,
who love to talk indefinitely. They
bore their friends, who in social life
soon make an excuse to escape from
their orations. The family at home
can't SO easily avoid their eloquence,
but very frequently these folks at
home are asleep while the takers
are still going it on high gear.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Popularity OF Cooks

The university of New Hampshire
appointment bureau has statistics
showing that the average home eco
nomics teacher marries within three
year, This seems to go against the
traditional idea that men pick out
pretty dolls as wives, and do not care
for practical girls who can run a
home on a small sum OF money.
Pretty faces and stylish clothes
break down masculine resistance.
The boys are proud to take such a
good locker into a place Of amuse-
ment. When it comes to getting
married they begin to figure on the
cost of the game Probably they
wonder if that pretty face. can run
a home. The more they figure on
the budget, the more the practical
girl will be the winner.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Uncle Sam Says Get Busy

ApCIe oaIn OayS 1eC DuSy
slwilliam S. Knudsen, head Of the
defense production commission, asks
the American people to fguratively
pull off their coats and roll up their
sleeves. and give their concentrated
attention to one thing, swift produc-
tion of defense equipment. Our peo-
pie should ask that all obstacles in
the way Of fast production of the
weapons Of war should be pushed
out Of the way
The American people are capable
of great speed and tremendous en-
ergy. They watched inactive while
Germany was working for half a
dozen years to build the most threat
ening war machine the world ever
saw.
What were our people thinking Of,
still more what were England and
France thinking Of, as they saw that
machine of destruction being Gre
ated? Did they think it was to hunt
lions in Africa, or drive the Esqui-
maux out Of Greenland?
1t is no use to regret the omissions
Of the past, but our people should
insist that everything possible be
done now to remedy this national
lack of forethought.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Milford, Friday, January 3, is4l
The Year OF The ImpossibIe


Looking back at 1910, what will be
the story OF this year, as it is told to
future generations7 1t might well
be called the year Of the impossible.
For many things happened in 1910
that would formerly have been
thought impossible. 1t would have
been regarded as practically impos-
sible that Germany. with little help
from anybody. could have succeeded
in conquering half dozen nations,
including France. which was said to
have the best army in Europe.
The world saw France sitting
pretty behind walls of steel and con-
crete. with vast network of barbed
wire, tank traps. and machine gun
nests. How could any attacking
force ever penetrate that terrible
barrier?
Yet the Germans ran around the
end of that line in about fortnight.
When that happened. the United
States and England took the worst
shock in their history. The result
was to subject England to the most
merciless war from the skies that
the world ever saw, while America
is in serious danger. and is telling
its factories and workmen to hurry,
hurry up the defense program.
The year saw little Greece, which
had seemed at the bottom of the
whole pile, rise in the might of its
valor. and deliver stunning blow
at the great Italian army, which ap-
parehtly is not enthusiastic over
this war. 1t has seen British army
administer blow to a stronger
force Of Italians in Africa, from
which they are still reeIing. Our
country has seen the turmoil of a
! presidential election, succeeded by
calm ana quiet acceptance of the
result. Il has seen tradition in
6fcs Tor f50 years. BY Witch a
srssident should not serve more
than two terms. thrown into the
wastebasket. These are times of
change. and more greatSchanges are
coming.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
War On Machine Basis

1t showed the trend Of modern
war, when Marshal Rodolfo Grazia-
nj, in reporting on the defeat of the
italian army in Egypt and Libya,
attributed these reverses mainly to
a lack Of armored cars. With these
machines the British army swept in
resistless force across those fiery
desert plains.
The wars Of the old days were
fought mostly with men. Those
methods are about as obsolete as the
crudef forms of hand work. War
has gone on machine basis, and it
is won largely in factories, turning
out vast volume of tanks, air
planes, etc. The men can always
be found to operate the war ma
chimes, but getting the machines
made in hurry is a quite different
proposition.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Events Of 1e41

A study of the programs of the
various organizations of Milford will
show that they have planned many
interesting events to be run OF be-
tween now and next summer.
Churches, fraternal societies, clubs,
etc. are doing plenty of interesting
things. They will present pleasing
entertainments and parties, and they
will put an many able speakers and
fine musical and dramatic perform
ances.
The people who plan and present
these features are entitled to high
praise. They go a long way to make
life pleasant and save the people
from going elsewhere for entertain
ment, instruction, and inspiration.
Let us be present at as many of
these events as we possibly can, and
the more we see and hear of them,
the more we shall realize that our
community offers many advantages.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
The Fire of Enthusiasm

1t takes the fire of enthusiasm to
make anything go, whether it is
pushing a business, promoting pro-
gress in your home town, or run
ming an entertainment If people are
cool and Indifferent toward the life
of their community, they won't give
time necessary to push the things
which the community needs for its
success.
Let people of enthusiasm come
along. and people rally around and
they get things done. They paint a
picture of the things the commun-
ity or organization needs, and tell
the people they can have these
things IL they will only do a little
work for them. So many more
catch the fire of enthusiasm. and
they go to Work. The community
owes wonderful debt to such folks,
and we need more of them.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
Continental Highway

Western automobile clubs meeting
at Reno, Nevada, indorsed the move
ment for continental highway rum
ming north to south from Alaska to
Argentina. The continent is crossed
by multitude of highways run
ming east and west, and they bind
the Atlantic and Pacific coast
states with indissoluble ties. We
need similar highway running
north and south to bind together
North and Central and South Amer
ica in eternal friendship.
If the motorists were running up
and down such a road all the time,
many of the suspicious and jealous
les which now separate the two
halves of our hemisphere would
vanish like the fog before the morn
ing sun.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03
The Smiling Town

Smiles are said to be one of the
principal means by which people
achieve personal success. The smil-
ing salesman sells more goods than
the sour-faced one. The smiling
politician, who is glad to meet peo-
pie and is friendly with them. is
more likely to win than the one
with somber and forbidding face.
In town life there is such a
thing as smiling town, one which
greets all newcomers with hearty
good feeling, and acts as if it was
mighty glad to see them come. Also
1t greets people who come into the
stores with hearty welcome, it re-
members their names, and it takes
all possible pains to please them.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03

THE STAND-PAT attitude does
not get anywhere in personal am
bition, business. or the life Of
community. If we are not con-
stantly trying to produce a better
town, we shall fail to keep up with
the procession, which is always
moving ahead.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03

A good shower of rain amid the
drought Of summer makes the wilt
ing crop spring up and grow. Money
spent at home is like that it creates
new growth Of prosperity in home
town business.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03

AS THE FRosTs of winter nip
and destroy the gardens. so frosts of
adverse criticism and knocking de-
stroy many efforts to advance the
prosperity Of the home town.
Milford chronicle., 1941-01-03

DOLLARS ARE SEED. in that
when sown in purchases. they pro-
duce new business for somebody.
Spending them away from home is
like sowing seed in somebody else's
field.
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