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Evening star., 1949-01-30

In spite OF the incessant rains
and the increasing depth of mud
that makes our passage from house
to barn more insecure each day, we
are making progress on our 40 Vir-
ginia acres.
The first goose egg Matched the
other day, and there Is a lone gos-
ling in wooden box by the front
radiator. And in a special stall in
the barn there Is a new Jersey calf
that we brought down from Falk-
lands farm in Pennsylvania.
The gosling Matched from an egg
that was under a hen out in the
barn. When it first broke the shell,
we brought it in to the incubator
and there watched it's slow emerg-
ence. 1t was nerve-racking
experience that lasted about "a
hours. We gave it little help now
and then. and all of us felt a great
relief when it was finally free of the
shell.
A goSling is a sturdy creature. Its
only difficulty now seems to be lack
of company. and this we hope will
not hold for long. Other eggs
should hatch progressively from now
until spring.
We brough the calf back on one of
the dreariest. wettiest days of the
winter. We had gone into the
mountains of Pennsylvania, Juggling
our ton trailer, only to run into
sleet and rain. We were afraid of
Evening star., 1949-01-30
Current Activities
OF Garden Clubs

Dorothy Biddle, author and lee
turer on flower arrangement, will
speak at 3 pm. Wednesday at the
home of Mrs William S. Corby, 6
Chevy Chase circle. Her lecture
is sponsored by the Garden Club
Of Chevy Chase, Md.
Mrs. Robert Ash, president, an
nounced that all garden groups Ia
the area are invited to attend
Tickets may be obtained from Mrs.
E. Barrett Prettyman, ticket chair
man, Wisconsin 1868. A luncheon
in honor of Miss Biddle will be
held at the Chevy Chase Club be-
fore the lecture.
The Montgomery County Mems
Garden Club will hold its annual
ladies night program at 8 pm.
Thursday at the Battery Park
Club House, Bethesda. A program
consisting of music and motion pic
lures has been planned.
National Capital Orchid Society
at recent meeting elected J. Frank
Schairer, president; Roy Tuerke,
first vice president; James E. Har-
rell, secretary; Linnaeus T. Savage
treasurer, and Eugene Griffith, direc-
tor. The club voted to help expand
the Botanic Gardens collection OF
both hybrid and established species
and to hold q show October % and
20 when the trustees of the Amer
ican Orchid Society meet.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

visitors whom he would normally
wag his tail at if he met them any
other place on the premises.
Your dog may look attractive
stretched out on your front steps
but it is not the place for him
especially if he is one of those which
you have to watch closely when
strangers are about.
Your Dogs Collar.
You have a half-grown puppy
You buy a collar for him. 1t Ats
nim-perhaps. But he keeps on
growing. Did you ever stop to think
how you would feel, at the age of 20
If you were forced to wear a collar
or pair of shoes that fitted you
when wou were 10 years old? Well
that Is the way your dog feels if you
have not the sense or the kindness
to remember how fast he has been
growing.
Every few weeks examine your
dogs collar to see If it needs to be
let out notch or So II it presses
into his throat, or II you cannot
slide at least two Of your fingertips
under 1t, the collar needs loosening
There is another angle to this
collar which is too loose may easily
be rubbed of by its wearer and be
lost.
That is much less important than
the danger that too-loose collar
may be caught in twig an up
thrust root or a strand of barbed
wire In the woods. and that the dog
may remain imprisoned there until
he dies of hunger or of strangula-
ton.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

Team competition, final event in
the three-day Maryland State an
nual, gets under way at / pm. today
at the Hotel Emerson in Baltimore
Numerous seasoned District of Col
umbia foursomes will appear in the
lineup.
They'll be of again to New York
for the yearly Life Masters and
Senior Masters Individuals, Febru.
ary AS. Washington eligibles who
have accepted invitations to this
event include DR.. A. ]. Steinberg
life master, and Fred L. Karpin
Kathleen McNutt, Miller S. Roberts
and James G. Stone, senior masters
Ex-Washingtonians Mrs. Frederick
Eberson and John ]. Parish, who
earned life mastership last summer
while residing in the Capital, will
also compete.
A score Of local duplicate fans
upped their national standing by
winning in four master-point con-
tests during the past 10 days. Larg-
est event was the bi-monthly Wash
ington Bridge Leagues Women s
Auxiliary matinee last Saturday
Section A tops went to Mrs. G. N.
Poulief- Frederick Van Nuys
and Mrs. J. A. Dearing-Mrs. Ida
Terrant with identical scores for
Ms honors and to Mrs. Marianne
Boschan-Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher,
E-W. Section B leaders were Mrs.
]. B. Gregg Custis-Mrs. Harold
Young (N-SJ and Mrs. j. G. Fletch-
er-Mrs. Lester Gibson (E-W). Sec
ond honors to Mrs. H. S. Klein Mrs.
]. r. McGhee, Mrs. Ruth Broadfoot-
Mrs. Mary Wurzer, Mrs. William
Plum-Mrs. Alice Wilson and DR..
Emily Grewe-Mrs. D. E. Stephan.
John Luttrell and DR.. E. M. Short
missed their national awards by one
match point at the Stephan Studio
last Friday night, losing to Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernard Rosson In E-W posi-
ton. Winning Ms, Mrs. Dora
Schwartz and Charles Lyons, led
Evening star., 1949-01-30
Life in the C0untry-New Arrivals
Star SAT- Photos.

a lesson on our trip. Well never
again take ton trailer after a TO-
pound calf.
The new seed catalogues are be-
ginning to arrive. and we are able
to get lot of gardening done these
long evenings. The catalogues, with
their bright color illustrations, al
ways make us excellent February
gardeners, but their spell seems to
wear away about the time the sun
gets Strengthened out for her sum-
mer run.
I think we'll try a trick this
year. Well put the catalogues on a
shelf and bring them out again in
June and July. Then we will see
if they can get us out behind the
hoe when the temperature is ranging
up toward the 100 mark
And that reminds us, if the
weather ever dries up bit, we must
get to work on the new garden site
on the hill beside the house. Just
now this spot is growing honey
suckle, sumac and briers, and we
are going to have a lot Of fun clear
ing it off,
We've had battles with honey
suckle, mostly loosing ones, in the
past. And we wonder if a peighbor
once wasn't right when he said
the best way to get rid Of it was
to die and leave it.
Well, at least 1t scents the air
sweetly in the spring.
Evening star., 1949-01-30
Notes
By Donald H. Muqridqe

The winter tourney of the Inter-
high Chess Association ended, as
seemed likely, with the victory Of
Roosevelt. In the final round the
Roosevelt team defeated Fairfax by
312-1h, with Irving Yalom of the
victors winning from William Ruff
on first board. This brought the
Roosevelt total to 181a-61a. Eastern
made valiant effort to catch up
by scoring Az points out of against
Coolidge, but remained points be-
hind Roosevelt, with 1872 -SHa. Will
son, with 14-10 and one unfinished
game, secured third place.
The individual championship of
the association went to Eastern's
first board man, James Miller, who
won four games and drew the fifth.
Mr.. Yalom followed, almost with
out loss, having won two games and
drawn three. The Interhigh play
ers will now rest for a few weeks,
but will engage in another tourney
of the same proportions in the
spring.
The match between Reuben Fine
and Miguel Najdorf Of Argentina,
which Is being contested in various
clubs Of the New York metropolitan
area, has taken an unexpected and
interesting turn. After Mr.. Fine
had won two games, the third and
fourth were adjourned, and the fifth
and sixth drawn. Both of the ad-
journed games have now been won
by the Argentinian, leveling off the
match at 8 points each, with four
games to 60.
Recent fast chess results at the
Washington Chess Divan have been
q follows: A double round 5-min-
ute game tourney on January II
Evening star., 1949-01-30
Scientists List
ropVarieties
For Virginia

Nine corn hybrids joined the list
of recommended crop varieties ir
Virginia for 1949 as researchers ano
specialists from the stats of Vir.
ginia Agricultural Experiment Sta.
ton and Extension Service com.
pleted their reports on tests
throughout the State.
Corn hybrids newly recommended
for farmers in Eastern Virginia are
Woods V50, yellow corn, anc
Woods WIS, Dixie II and Broad
bent 309W, white varieties. Dixie
II, the researchers explain, is high.
yielding but has quality grain
except in the southeast.
In Piedmont Virginia corn hvbrids
on the approved list for the first
time are Southern States 1862
Pioneer 303, Pioneer 1872 and Wards
II, all yellow varieties, and South
ern States 9O3W, white variety
The Ward varieties are produced in
Loudoun County.
Varieties familiar with Virginia
farmers that remain on the recon-
mended list for Piedmont Virginia
are yellow, U. S. 1852, U. S. 265, U. S
357, Ill. 200, Funks G-SO and N. c
1882: white. Indiana $50, Funks
5l5W, Pioneer $40 and KY. 2O3. The
tight husk in N. c. 1882 may be Oh.
Jectionable at harvest. However. II
is well adapted for silage in this
area.
All hybrids have been tested in
all sections Of the State, and will
not give satisfactory performance
except in those sections for which
they are recommended.
Letoria was dropped from the
recommended list of winter oats
west of the Blue Ridge. leaving only
Forkedeer and Lee Cold Proof for
that section. However, Letoria re-
mains, with Lee Cold Proof and
Stanton, on the list for Eastern
Virginia. Letoria again shows up
on the approved list for the Pied
mont section, as do Lee Cold Proof
and Forkedeer.
Spring oats recommended for west
OF the Blue Ridge and Piedmont
Virginia are: Clinton, Benton and
Fulghum.
Barley varieties recommended for
Eastern Virginia are: Wong, CAL
houn and Kentucky No. /; for Pied
mont and west of the Blue Ridge,
Wong, Calhoun, Kentucky No. and
Jackson No. l..
Wheat varieties for Eastern Vir-
ginia are: Vahart, Thorne and Nit
tany or Penn "A; for Piedmont and
west of the Blue Ridge, Vahart,
Thorne, Leaps Prolific and Nittany
or Penn A. v. P. I. 131 also is
recommended for west of the Blue
Ridge.
Approved alfalfa varieties are
Kansas common, Oklahoma COM
mon, Williamsburg, Atlantic, Buffalo
and Grimm. Seed for williamsburg
new Virginia variety, is not vet
available, and very little seed Is
available for Atlantic. Buffalo
should be used where bacterial wilt
Is known to be present and Grimm
should be used only on exposed
locations and very high attitudes.
Soybeans recommended for East
ern Virginia are S-100 Early, Ogden
and Volstate; for Piedmont, S-1OO
(south Of the James,, Patoka and
Lincoln (north of the James, for
west of the Blue Ridge, Lincoln and
Patoka.
Evening star., 1949-01-30
1948 Corn Crop
Reduced by Borer

The Nations corn crop last wear
was reduced by 85,5O0,O 900 bushels by
the European corn borer, resulting
IN loss to farmers Of $1O3, 900 900,
according to the Agriculture De-
partment.
The department said last years
loss was double the 1947 loss and
predicted that future damage by
the borer will be greater still. Peak
damage, the department said, prob
ably will come in years favoring
the development of the insect. The
borer, it was said, can now be
found in nearly every corn field
from New England to the Dakotas,
and from Virginia to Canada,
The District of Columbia Branch.
National Association of Gardeners,
will meet at 7:30 pm. Friday at the
F. w. Bolgiano g. Co., All New York
avenue NE. Films on fertilizers,
vegetable gardening and flower ar
ranging will be shown.
Evening star., 1949-01-30
lDl4syg21 Is y21[t N9ttts2s Ns9Stt2

Judging from my mail, there must
be a regular epidemic of dogs chas-
ing automobiles. So many requests
have come In asking for advice on
how to stop dog from chasing and
barking at every passing auto that I
am going to repeat my suggestion on
how to cure a dog of this dangerous
habit.
First Of all. 1t is necessary to Sc
cure a water pistol. The toy de-
partment of almost any department
store carries them. If they don't
they undoubtedly can secure one for
you. Fill the water pistol with a
solution made up of three parts wa
ter and one part ammonia. Enlist
the help of two friends, one to drive
mis- car slowly by your house, the
other to operate the water pistol
from the moving machine. When
the dog starts to run alongside, the
person with the water pistol should
discharge it at the dogs face. 1t
will smart and burn, but will not
hurt the animals eyesight. After
two or three such lessons, you will
find that your dog has lost his de-
sire to chase after each car as 1t
passes.
~
Dogs Versus People.
1t Is claimed, and Justly, that
some city dogs are unsanitary in
their habits. Did you ever glance at
q patch OF city park or of rural road
side where q carful of average hu-
mans had been picnicking? Dogs
seem spotlessly neat. by contrast.
Some dogs dig destructive holes in
gardens. That also is true. But
have you noted the hideous havoc
wrought by motorists among the
sweet springtime trees and flowers
1t is claimed that dogs sometimes
are vicious and bite. Have you
never heard Of a dozen people killed
in q week by gunmen or of 10000
innocent persons murdered each
year by automobile drivers.
On the strength of the record,
which are more harmful-dogs or
humans?
X
Not on Doorstep.
Why 1t is that the favorite place
some dogs choose to lie on is the
front steps? Perhaps it is from
habit {. waiting to be let inside.
But 1t is one habit that should be
discouraged. Not only has many
person been seriously hurt by trip
ping over dog on the steps, but a
normally placid dog seems to de-
velop special guarding instincts
while on that perch and snaps at
Evening star., 1949-01-30

was won by D. H. Mugridge with
1872. Comdr. Charles D. Mott, 9-5;
Nathan Robins, sh-5k, and Oscar
Shapiro, TT, followed. On the eve
of Inauguration Day, the first class
event dwindled to a quadrangular
10-second tourney. in which the
scores were D. H. Mugridge, 60; E.
M. Knapp, 3Ha-21z; 1t. Comdr. w.
c. Michaels, 1h-41z, and w. Rey-
nolds, is.
The following lively battle was
one of the pair of exhibition games
recently played by the United States
Open champion at the Divan. Mr..
Adams sacrifice of q bishop reduces
the Black army to almost complete
passivity, and his king side pawns
advance unopposed.
Evening star., 1949-01-30
By james BirchfieId

pneumonia, so we stuffed the calf in
burlap feed bags and propped her
in the back seat of the car. We
piled straw about her to keep her
steady and started down the noun
tains, pushed along by our empty
trailer.
We got back safely, and learned
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-11

Florida. They have spent some
time with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Rennley at Fruitland Park and
with their daughter, Norma Lee
Truitt at Fort Lauderdale.
Mrs. Leon B. Derrickson spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ward Bennett.
Recent callers of Mr.. and Mrs.
George H. Townsend were Rev. and
Mrs. T. c. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
land West, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Cannon. Elbert Evans and Mrs.
Sadie Williams, Mrs. John Walters
and Mrs. Lula Lynch.
Mrs. Lloyd Baker and Mrs. Beu-
lah Birmingham of Georgetown
called on Mrs. Ann Collins on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H. Dukes,
Sr., entertained at dinner on Sat
urday evening the following guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Holt, Mrs.
Dorothy Holt, William Murray,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Helm and Mr.
and Mrs. Harry H. Dukes, Jr.
Amos F. McCabe and Richard
Wood were in Baltimore recently.
Mrs. Harry H. Dukes, Jr., was in
Salisbury on Monday.
LeatOn Hooker spent Tuesday
with his sister, Mrs. j. S. Noble.
Friends of r. b. Holt were very
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-11

and issuing is a full time job for
one man. The maintenance OF min
or repairs in the hospital, laundry
and nurses home takes one per-
sons time with not much to spare.
The transporting of students to and
from the nurses home requires the
time of another person. Two book
keepers are needed to consolidate
all the charges to patients from
the different departments. To audit
and pay all the supply bills for
goods and services as we'll as to
send statements to patients for
services rendered and to make up
the payroll and keep the books of
business aggregating $300,000.O0.
per year or more. This totals Sc full
time, part time employees.
At the present time we have 10
student nurses; probably we should
have "a, and these young ladies, our
future graduate nurses must be
taught, housed, fed and transport
ed daily.
Also, we must after a short train,
ing period pay them a small amount
monthly adding SS to 10 plus the
services of the writer who is sup.
posed to coordinate all the activi-
ties of the different departments
we arrive at total of 108 men
and women whose mental and
physical efforts are required to do
the job competently. The labor
costs are approximately two-thirds
of the cost of hospital operation.
! Food for 10000 meals, cleaning
and laundry supplies, drugs and
medical and surgical supplies, lin
en-, towels, paper and cotton sup
plies, bandages, adhesives, anesfhe-
sia, laboratory chemicals, electric
ity, gas and fuel oil, paint and re-
pairs for equipment and building
makes up the other third of bet
ter than $25,O0OO0 monthly.
I Last year the total cost of oper-
!, ating this was just a few dollars
! over $300,000.0O. This, therefore
shows we must take in hard cash
of $850.00 per day.
Our average census last year was
rs patients including new born,
; which roughly gives us cost OF
: over $11.30 per day. Actually our
: reimbursible costs for the year 194s
/ were $12.91 per patient day The
reimbursible cost figure is arrived
: at by taking a total of our costs oi
D.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-11
HOSPITAL NOTES


Why does hospital care cost so
InUchg This question is asked Of
ten by folks who are by necessity
forced to enter hospital for an
operation or for treatment for some
illness that requires hourly medi-
cal and nursing care.
First, one must remember that a
hospital is in definite operation "a
hours every day. This means that
sGfficient nurses, nurses aides and
orderlies must be on hand to give
nursing care every hour of the day
and night. At the present time 26
general duty registered nurses, 8
nurses aides and 5 orderlies3 are
on the payroll at Milford Memorial.
For medical care and diagnostic
services the following personnel
are required: A resident surgeon,
a resident medical doctor, a roent-
genologist, two technicians in the
X-ray department, two technicians
in the clinical laboratory, two
nurse anesthetists. The laundering
of bed linen, towels, nurses and
doctors gowns, student nurse uni.
forms totaling from 5000 to 10000
pieces per week requires a laun-
dry supervisor and six women op-
orators. The job of food prepara.
ton is no small one. We must pre-
pare and serve over 300 meals pei
day or close to 10000 per month
This job requires the services of {
dietitian, an assistant, three cooks
8 maids and tray women, 2 disl
washers, one janitor. TO keep tn,
linen in repair and to make sucl
special articles as are needed il
the nursing department takes tn,
time OF one seamstress. Cleaning
the hospital rooms and hallway
requires four cleaning maids. TIL
nurses home takes maid five day
per week. At the students home w
also must have a house mothe
who is in attendance every day an
night. The filing of patients med
ical records requires the time O
one clerk and the services of a reg
istered medical librarian two day
per week. The telephone desks re
quires two operators s hours pc
day and two days per week for
relief operator. The drug and SUI
gical supplies. purchasing, storag
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-11
MILLVILLE
Church News

Church News
Worship service 10 a. m. Rev.
T. c. Jones, pastor. Church school
at IL a. m. r. j. West, superinten-
dent. Prayer meeting Friday eve
ming at 1880 o'clock. Junior choir
rehearsal at 4 .. M, Friday.
Mrs. Mary i. Townsend, Mrs.
Pearl Evans and Mrs. Estella Holt
have returned home from a two
weeks trip to Florida. They re-
ported having a wonderful time.
visiting many places of interest
and seeing many of their friends
down there.
Mrs. Eva Culley and grand
daughter, Patricia Weik, spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Dale. On Saturday
they celebrated Mrs. Dale's birth
day Little Patricia sang Happy
Birthday" to her great-grandmo
ther. Other guests of the Dales were
Mrs. Gladys Warrington and chill
dren and Mrs. Clara Setman and
son, West Setman.
1 Mrs. Percy Davey was a dinner
guest of Miss Flo Chestnut and Mr.
and Mrs. G. H. Townsend on Sun
day.
Mrs. E. H. Banks who has spent
the winter in Philadelphia has re-
turned to her home here.
Walter Lynch is not so well al
this writing.
Mrs. Edna Mclaughlin and sor
Richard went to Philadelphia or
Saturday. Mrs. Mclaughlin ex.
poets to remain there for a few
weeks. Mrs. Estella Holt is actine
as postmistress at Clarksville dur.
ing her absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter B. Carey
are spending the winter months il
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-11

sorry to hear of his illness and
hope that he will soon recover. His
son, Weston Holt and family, ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Swain
ey Bennett motored to Florida this
past week to see him and have now
returned home.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-11

operation and dividing it by our
total patient days less new born
infants.
Yes, expenses can be cut to the
end that unsatisfactory service
would result, a consequent loss of
patients. A lower census would
mean less revenue, less revenue
higher cost per patient day with the
answer inevitably the same.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-11
Spring Season For
Machinery Repair
IcOntInued from nrst paRe1

chances for accidents. 1t is irri-
tating, fatiguing, and mosters care
lessness.
The National Safety Council rec
ommends that all farm equipment
be checked thoroughly before field
work starts. Look for defects in
bitches, seats, clutches, wheels,
brakes, steering and unguarded
gears or shafts. Make repairs now
and head off costly breakdown or
accidents during the busy season.
Careful operators will also take
time to equip tractors with fire ex-
tinguishers and provide secure
holders for grease guns or other
servicing tools carried on the trac-
tor. Loose accessories may lead to
falls or other casualties. A secure
step or grab bar may also avoid a
fall in getting on or off the trac-
tor.
See that all fuel lines are tight
and check fuel servicing equip
ment. A leaky hose or valve can
easily lead to a costly fire. If the
fuel supply is too close to farm
buildings for safety, take time to
move it before an accident occurs.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-11

Although the word ''incunabula"
means in its Latin original "swad-
ding clothes" cradle" or birth
place" it has come to denote books
printed during the 18th Century.
The first voting machine was
used in Rochester, N. Y, in 1898.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-03-10

the roster of the persons attend.
ing the "Great Books discussion
group" at the Pasco library, was
read. --.... ......-.. .-' ....
The group is formed from resi-.
dents from both Kennewick and
Pasco and the subjects range all
the way from crbstone philo-
sophy to Plato's best of books
The meeting Tuesday of las,
week was made up of two house
wives, woman lawyer, an in.
-surance man, a school teacher,
a newspaper man, a librarian, and
a recreation supervisor.
The subjects discussed last week
were the Declaration of Indepen.
dence and two bible selections
In charge Of the discussions arr
two persons who took the course
for trained leaders at the uni.
versity of Washington last sum.
mer. They are Mrs. James Pearct
Of Pasco and Mrs. Curt Bennine.
hoven Of Pasco. There were
eleven at the meeting.
This isn't, as to what the name
may ordinarily imply, a cours,