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Evening star., 1952-05-07
By MurieI Nissen

DEAR MISS NISSEN: Just how
deep does hurt go? Can it keep
love in your heart yet deaden
every other feeling? Can you con-
tinue to love person who has
caused so much heartache that
you can't bear to see him? Could
I be happy with a husband in the
future, yet still love an ex-hus-
band who hurt me so much that I
couldn't take him back? Is it
natural for me to think Of him
once in a while, or will he always
come first for me? JANET.
ANSWER: Your letter was evi-
IDENTIFY written in the darkest
hours following marital breakup,
and your complete hopelessness is
readily understandable, under
those circumstances. However,
the mere fact that you can even
think of a future husband while in
the throes of despair over just
losing one is a good sign that q
complete recovery is not far in the
offing.
Your pride seems to be the real
|sufferer-not your heart. What
lever outrages your ex-husband
committed. my guess is that they
wounded your vanity far more
Evening star., 1952-05-07
To Honor Reqent

Mrs. James D. Skinner, past
State regent of the District
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton. will be the guest of honor
at the final luncheon meeting of
the season of the Susan Riviere
Hetzel Chapter, to be held at 1890
pm. Friday in the Congressional
Country Club. The program will
include election of officers.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
BY Betty Miles

Plant-loving Phebe Kiger want
ed a garden when she moved to
Washington almost % years ago
She started with one under the
window Of her apartment at 2712
Wisconsin avenue NV. Today, q
California privet hedge borders the
grass in front of the building
The entrance is f1anked by fiat
cedars. Brilliant azaleas grow
across the front. An area of 12O
by $50 feet glows with flowers and
trees in bloom from spring through
fall. And it's all still her gar
den.
Descended from generations of
florists, her fingers were itching
for. plants after several exciting
but garden-free years travelling
about the country with her hus-
band, Reuban A. Kiger, an engi-
neer with the United States Geo.
logical Survey. When their school,
age son found himself in five
schools in one year, Mrs. Kiger de-
cided it was time to settle down.
She chose Washington, home base
for her husband during the win
ter months.
Her under-the-window garden
came first. Then, with the con-
sent Of the buildings owner, Mrs.
E. B. Montgomery, Mrs. Kiger
transformed a useless, 6O-foot-
deep gully at the back of the
building into a rock garden and
terrace.
when a vacant 30-foot lot on
the north side of the building
came up for sale. told Mrs. Mont
gomery that I would plant there
II she would buy the lot," Mrs.
Kiger explained. The lot was
Evening star., 1952-05-07
Her Garden GrowsAround Apartment

many kinds Of lilies. too, and ex.
otic Towering almond. laurel
Icrysanthemurns. Burford holly
redbud. purple and white japanese
irises. mock orange, Oriental pop.
lpies, jasmine and many "old-fash.
ioned flowers" including pink
tansy and candytuft. The bright
red berries on a barberry hedge
accent one wall.
At the back Of the lot, the rock
garden slopes down toward the
grounds of Mount Alto Hospital
With a janitor's assistance the
spot was graded, terraced, and a
wall of bright-colored rocks built
with material Mrs. Kiger brought
from a Virginia farm. Pink, blue
and white creeping phlox spill
over the wall.
Various tenants have made gar
dens in the levels of the terrace.
Mrs. Kiger herself grows herbs and
onions there. She still grows to-
mato plants under her window as
she did In the beginning.
Other tenants have taken an in
terest in the garden. While her son
was growing up, Mrs. Kiger Joined
her husband wherever he was
working during the boys summer
vacation. Then the neighbors
took over the care of the garden
themselves.
Gardening is one of the paths to
peace of mind. Mrs. Kiger believes.
IF you're not in the best of spirits,
"a half hour in the garden will
make the whole world your
friend" she declared.
How does one acquire that treas
|ured green thumb? Mrs. Kiger has
this formula: Make sure the soil
is right. Then plant with loving
care"
Evening star., 1952-05-07

bought. After that, Mrs. Kiger
brought her car back filled with
plants on every visit to her fam
lily home near West Point,
N. Y. An area that had once
been a poison ivy bed behind a
story-high solid board barricade
was transformed gradually into a
lovely garden with double cherry
trees, nQn-poison ivy growing up
an old locust tree that had stood
there, a birdhouse in the tree
and a birdbath. Tulips, irises,
lilies and other plants bloom
there.
A few years later. a lot to the
south Of the apartment house
came up for sale, Mrs. Montgom-
cry bought that, and Mrs. Kiger
went to work there, too. !,
Today, five pink dogwoods, one
white one. two double cherry trees.
two weeping cherries, a crabapple
tree, a pine and two hemlocks
have been planted throughout the
grounds. Their graceful branches
combine with those of the tall
trees that were there originally.
the only things Mrs. Kiger has not
planted.
Like a mother with a large fam
lily, Mrs. Kiger has so many flow
ers she sometimes can't locate
them.
II keep dividing and moving
things-when they bloom where
they do it's a surprise" she said.
Delicate pink and white spirea,
brilliant forsythia, stately King Al
fred daffodils, deutzia, rhododen-
dron. azaleas, pink and blue hy-
|drangeas, crocuseS and yucca are
there, as well as Japanese ounce,
'pyracantha. peonies, sweet Will
liams. and baby's breath. There are
Evening star., 1952-05-07
Proqrun

An all music program will be
featured at a meeting of the In
ner Wheel of Washington to be
held at 1915 pm, Friday in the
Mayflower Hotel. Mrs. Orville
Crouch is program chairman.
It will be the groups final
meeting until fall.
Evening star., 1952-12-14
D. Hazsl Harper

taking turns, one reads aloud
from manuscript while the
other. watching the proof.
makes corrections or queries
tO-the-author in symbols.
No matter how dull the
subject. they may not read
blindly ever. Mentally they
must challenge each state
ment. sense the authors
thought, recognize misquota-
lions. They improve poor SEN
tence structure. correct wrong
punctuation, and. guided by
the GPO Style Manual, must
know such things as eastern
United States" but Eastern
States" ~un-American" but
'Part-Hawaiian," "bombsheIl"
but bomb sight" They know
that some VIPs in public life
take pique at the slightest
misspelling of their names;
that obscure place names any
where in the world may leap
into headlines tomorrow and
therefore must be accurately
spelled: that II an error
reaches print. some eagle-eyed
reader will write q letter
about it. perhaps from as far
away as England.
A fine ear for rhetoric and
keen memory for facts make
inaccuracies crate Warningly.
Hairsplitting decisions are
made momentarily. The fore
man takes responsibility for
stopping the presses while
verifying a query, possibly
slowing a rush job unneces-
sarily. as likely circumventing
the reprinting Of many thou
sand copies.
Early one morning, q Con-
gresham phoned irately that
his speech on page $40 of
the Congressional Record had
cited a book published In 1851
entitled, The Rise and Fan Of
the Confederate States" Just
Evening star., 1952-12-14
THE PROoFREADER,s job

THE PROOFREADER,S job
Il Is to ferret out bulls"
those flagrant and sometimes
ridiculous errors Of fact, spell
ing or grammar that hide 50
cunningly In the heart Of the
copy, then loom on the printed
page like a light in the
cleaning.
Alert to the cost and EN-
barrassment the minutest er-
TOR In q Federal publication
might lead to-9or example,
one altering the meaning Of
q legislative act-the Govern
ment Printing once employs
800 proofreaders. Remember
the tale Of the comma that
strayed In between fruit" and
trees" In q tariff bin long
ago, admitting both fruit and
trees duty-free?
In time. q GPO proofreader
gamers q frightening store OF
knowledge BY spending eight
hours daily reading publica-
tons ON subjects ranging over
nearly every field Of human
endeayor. A days stint could
include q scientists report Of
an exploration. pending leg
islatinn, international con-
vention proceedings. military
training manuals. farmers
bulletins. books on meteorol-
ogy, child care. public health,
or how-to-do-almost any
thing.
Manuscript copy reaching
the GPO from some Federal
agencies Is grammatically air
tight. from others loosely pre-
pared. The composing room
sets it In type. Then sample
impressions. or proofs" are
pulled from the type galleys,
sent to the proofroozn and
distributed among readers,
who work in pairs. They check
for consistency and marx out
white rivers" (lanes Of white
in type poorly spaced) or
other imperfections. Then,
Evening star., 1952-12-14
On Guard Against Errors

who had changed that date to
1881 and why?
Night proofreaders! They
recalled that Civil War years
were 1861 1865. Therefore. no
book describing the Confed-
eracy's fall could have ap-
peared In 1861. The Congress
man, retracting his ire, ex-
pressed warm thanks.
Searching the hinterlandS
for more proofreaders Of that
caliber, the GPO leaves some
desks dark rather than relax
the requirement they be
journeymen printers. Only q
printer has that needed see
ing-eye for good Typography,
broken letters, wrong fonts,
and purely printers errors.
Added experience In proof
reading, cultivation in many
fields Of knowledge, and abil-
ity to spot factual and gram
matical errors make 1t small
wonder many have gray hairs
If any-by the time they
have Travelled the route to the
proofroom.
Jokingly, they may some
times call themselves galley
slaves" Actually. few would
have any other job. They like
its exacting nature, which
would tax any ones /. q. They
also like the prestige their
trade has carried from its
earliest days. Considering
Shakespeare's first folio. which
contained 10000 errors, and
the wicked Bibles" you see
why demand arose for cor
rection Of mistakes before
printing; why authors, edi-
tors and publishers soon came
to consider the proofreader
worth his weight In binders
gold; and why they laud him
with q toast that ends in
Health. long Hte, and
dTenmIess sllEnIbey
TO the man tuh0 reads
the proof"
Evening star., 1952-01-04

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Milford chronicle., 1952-09-19

point and held off to the finish.
Wyoming scored single tallies in
the 9th and 9TH and showed over
2 in the 9Th. Four of the five Fell
ton raps of Berry went for extra
bases. Manager Johnny Bunnell
raped out a triple, double and
single to drive in 8 runs, Harold
Rothmel clouted a triple while Les
Killen hit a circuit smash in the
End with ROthmel on base. Bobby
Bell had a big day at the plate
for Wyoming as he hOmered and
had 2 singles. Reds Minner also
hit safely twice while Bennett
doubled. Each team turned in sew
eral snappy fielding plays. A twin
killing, VOshell to Dill to Sipple,
checked a Wyoming scoring threat
while Johnny Williams, Reds Min
ner and Charley Rodriguez hook
ed up to turn in a double Oplay
for Wyoming ROthmel went the
route for FELTON, and was charged
with the loss. He famed 5 and
walked 8. Berry registered his 9Th
win of the campaign without loss
as he left 3 at the plate on strikes
and gave up 2 free passes.
Lefthander Ken McClamrock
hested HarringtOn's Harry Barrett
as Frederick won their second
straight in the Semi-Finals to 6
in a well played contest that at
tracted one of the largest crowds
of the season. McClamrOck hurled
IS hit ball as he put down IL on
strikes but was liberal with pass
es as he walked z. Barrett was
touched for hits. He struck out
Z and granted the same number of
walks. Harrington jumped off to a
Al lead in the first inning but
Frederick pecked away and dead
locked the score at 4-4 in the 3rd.
They broke the tie with a 2-run
Outburst in the 9Th and added 2
more in the 9th which proved to
be the margin of victory. Harring-
ton threatened in the 9Th as
Wayne Browns drive got by Roy
Kemp to allow two runs to cross
the plate. Brown was cut down at
the plate to wind up the ball game
and end the season for Harring-
ton. Bobby Gibson was the big gun
at the plate for Frederick as he
came up with a double and two
singles while AL Brown had a
double. Charley Riley paced the
losers at the plate with 2 singles.
Harrington played errOrless ball
with Cubbage handling 8 chances
at second without a slip.
Pat Knight
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-19


Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Quillen were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Mer-
vel Campbell on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lance McCabe and
daughter Sylvia entertained at a
covered dish supper on Thursday
evening at their cottage at Fenwick
Island. Guests were Mrs. c. w. Will
gus, Mrs. Nettie West, Mrs. Kath-
ryn Browne, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Kelley, Mr.. and Mrs. Casbor Evans
and son Webby. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Adkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
West and Mr.. and Mrs. Vollie
Lynch and Mary Jane Lynch and
Mrs. Kay Goodwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Tingle were
the Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Marvin Tingle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Warren had
as their guests on Sunday their
daughter and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Artie Rhodes and daughter Pat of
Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Law enter
tanned several little guests on Mon
day at a birthday party in honor OF
their daughter jamie Law.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-19
SELBYYILLE
By Mrs. Kathryn ErOwne

The flowers on the Chancell
Table in Salem Church on Sunday
were in memory of Mrs. Maggie
Pepper, placed there by her daugh-
ter and husband, Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Mclaughlin of Merton, Pa, and
they were overnight guests of Mrs.
c. w. Wilgus and Mrs. Nettie West
on Friday.
Mrs. c. W. Wilgus and Mrs. Net
tie West visited Mr.. and Mrs. Kir-
by Thompkins near Ocean City on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kelley were
among the dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Marvel and daughter at
Williamsville on Sunday.
Mr., and Mrs. George Keene and
son of Lewes, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. A. Law and family on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Chessar
spent the weekend with their son,
John, who is with the US. Service
in Washington.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-19
BROWNSVILLE

Mrs. Frank Davis of Wilmington
and Mrs. Raymond Rufin of Pit
man, N. j., are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Welch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Cox and family
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Moore of FELTON,.
Guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Brown on Saturday
night and Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Weldin of Whining
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Price,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Coverdale and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Brown
and family of Pennsgrove, and Mr..
and Mrs. Melvin Brown and family.
Mrs. Lizzie Elwanger of Denton
and Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Bullock
were at RehobOth on Sunday. They
also called on Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Elwanger Of Slaughter Neck.
Visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Collins Sunday evening were Mr..
and Mrs. George Wright and son
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Robinson
of Burrsville.
Sorry to hear of the illness of
Mrs. Joseph Anthony.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Collision and
Mr.. and Mrs. James Tatman spent
Sunday with Rev. and Mrs. Roy
Phillips at Rock Hall, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Cornish and
family called on Mr.. and Mrs. Les
ter Taylor, of near Greenwood, Oh
Sunday.
Mrs. Alden Carton of Milford
spent Monday with Mrs. Raymond
Welch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Calvert and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl McCOlley
and sons were guests of Mr.. and
, Mrs. William Bullock on Sunday
Other callers at the Bullock home
were Mr.. S. V. Bullock and Mr.. ant
Mrs. Friedly, of Waterloo, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Collins anC
family spent Sunday afternoon witt
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Collins of Cor,
dOva, Md.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Wix over the weekend were Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Wix Jr., of Milford
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Welch, Mrs
Minnie Welch of Baltimore, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Leon Wix and family ant
Norman Wix and son.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-19
Bridgeville Kiwanis
News

John E. Doordan, President, pre-
sided at the meeting held on Mon
Gay evening, September 9Th.
Delegates were named to attend
the District Convention to be held
in Baltimore on October 10, II, IL.
Delegates elected were: Sherman
Neal, Stanley Ledenham, John
Doordan. Alternates named we're:
Lu Calhoun, Paul Lynch, and Ken
Baker.
Bob Jefferson was program
chairman and presented Mr.. Clark
Gardner of the Clark Gardner AS
sociates, from Salisbury, Maryland.
Mr.. Gardner was formerly City
Engineer of Salisbury and is now
head of his own engineering firm
which renders engineering assis-
tance to small towns in a three
state area. Mr.. Gardner stated that
he had been employed by the Town
Of Bridgeville to make a study OF
the existing sewage system. AS
result of their survey, they will
present a report to the council
within the next few weeks after
which time a public meeting will
be held to give the tax payers an
opportunity to review their recon-
mendatiOns.
He pointed out that it was posi-
BILE to finance such a project
through revenue bonds that did
not increase the existing tax rate
Such bonds would be amOrtized by
charging each user of the system
according to the metered volume
of sewage placed iii the system.
In commenting on small tOwT
management, Mr.. Gardner stated
. that street systems were usually
definite problem because o.
parking on main thOrOughfares. HI
stated that many of us forget tha
the main function of street /:
primarily TO move and not store
vehicles.
Mr.. Leroy Truitt, a member o
the Town Council, had as hi
guests, Mr.. Will Hewes, and MI
Norman Scott, also members O
the Town Council.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-19
Quads Attract Attention

PORTLAND, Me. What hap
pens to a hospital when quadrupIets
are born there? Since July z, when
Mrs. Elizabeth Pinkham became the
mother Of three daughters and one
son, the hospital has:
Received nationwide publicity;
had donations to its building fund
from as far away as Iowa; its pur-
chasing department has been be-
sieged by statesmen; :; scores of per-
sons have kept calling to ask IL
they may see the quads, and the
morale Of the hospital staff has
been snapped upward.
Not only that but patients are
being visited by friends they didn't
even know were their friends all
in hopes Of catching a glimpse Of
the famous babies.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-19
Pigs For Pets

WINNIPEG - (P) II Professor
r. A. Wardles Of the University Of
Manitoba says a hog in the house
would make a useful pet.
The zoology department chair
man told a veterinary association
meeting that the hog, for one
thing, would dispose of "those
lawn grass clippings you dump
secretly at night on someone else's
lot" Prof. Wardle said he had read
that one pound of lawn clippings
is equal to three pound of meal
3The hog is undoubtedly intelli-
gent and / imagine he could easily
be house-trained. / see no reason
why, in time, we should not have
some quite desirable varieties ,Oi
pigs on our doorsteps."
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-19
MAR DEL LEAGUE
PLAY OFFS
FlnaI semi.FInaI standings
Sundays Schedule
Final Play.Offs

HAuA4At Afty eVMA
Frederiea at Wyoming, 2:3O D. m.
Wyoming and Frederiea reached
the Mar-Del League Final Play
offs on Sunday as they eliminated
FELTON, and Harrington in the Semi
Finals BY notching their second
straight victories. Wyoming out
slugged FELTON, IL to z while Fred
erica made it two in a row over
Harrington by an 8 to score.
The opening clash of the three
best out of five Championship
Series will start this Sunday as
Wyoming is host to Frederick al
the Caesar Rodney diamond with
the opening toss at $3.50 D. m.
Frederick looms as a strong threat
to the pennant winners at this
stage of the race. Wyoming was
hit hard when highlander Joe
Moeitner was discharged at the
Dover Air Base and now lives in
New Jersey. This leaves only
their mainstay Aub Berry and
Manager Freddie Clemence for
moundwOrk. Clemence has made
OnlyS one appearance this season
when he went in last week to halt
a FELTON, rally. Harold Bennett may
be called on to take the mound if
Berry or Clemence are unable to
stop the Frederick attack. Wyom-
ing has also ! Oss their regular
shOrtstOp now that Gene hartman
is attending Bueknell but they are
covered in this position. by Coop
er, a regular in 1851. On the other
hand Frederick is we'll fortified on
the mound with Buddy Kimmel,
Ken McClamrock and Roy Kemp
ready for starting roles while in
Jim POstles they have a standout
relief hurler Kimmel will get the
starting nod for Frederick on Sun
day with Del Brown as his bat
terry mate Berry will be seeking
his 9Th win as he takes the rub
her for Wyoming with Allen o.
Neal behind the plate. Interest is
running high and a record turn
out is anticipated. Both teams
have a large following while in
terest around the League is eX-
peeted to swell the attendance.
Wyoming and FELTON, both start
ed out with a rush last Sunday
Wyoming recorded 8 runs in the
first three innings while FELTON,
chased 2 across in the 1st and 3
in the End. Berry tightened at that
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-19
Plenty Of Books

II each one Of the million people
who enter the Library Of Congress
in Washington each year were to
give it a book or other item, the
total would be less than the number
of holdings which are actually add
ed.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-19
Only Man Can Smile

Nothing on earth can smile but
man. It is a light in the window Of
the face, by which the heart signi-
fies it is at home. - Henry Ward
Beecher.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-19
Removing Lint

Clean lint and fuzz from the NOV.
ing parts Of your sewing machine
easily and quickly with pastry or
typewriter-cleaning brush. Then oil
the machine.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-19
Onyx Asates

One Of the most important stones
found along the Oregon coast are
the onyx agates. said to be some
Of the best in the world.
The Miami times., 1952-08-23

The Miami suit raises addition
al questions but contains the same
basic issue
The Miami times., 1952-08-23
0kI III I.

WAR BABI|
2 HIT RY SHOT.
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Tempora
MIAMI, FLOF
The Miami times., 1952-08-23

sold or leased to private enter
prise. The appeal was from Day.
tona Beach.
The Miami times., 1952-08-23
} lGSIuSl

of State Supreme court decision
last week. This held housing au-
thorities have no power to take
privately owned land to be clear
ed Of slums, redeveloped, and
The Miami times., 1952-08-23
.&~XVl
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Iutanur &c Nee Mutamur On Ellis
IDA, SATURDAY, AUGUST
n>~.1~-
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ID helgnt
The suit asks that condemnation
proceedings already in prepara-
ton be halted by injunction and
The Miami times., 1952-08-23
to condemn non-slum pr
determined.
Even if this right exisd

suit declares, the choice of the
tract for public housing is "arbi-
trary and capricious" because of
the private dwellings that must
be removed.
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The Miami times., 1952-08-23

He was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Melvin r. Jackson of this city.
He graduated from Wilberforce
State College, Ohio, with a B.S.
degree was a member of Kappa
The Miami times., 1952-08-23

CLAvE on
IS ASKED
wIESBADEN, Germany - An
International convention for
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Evening star., 1952-03-27

SHOW orr YOUR HOME to best
advantage with added brightness.
As part Of your spring houseclean-
ing, check ~ the lamp sockets in
your home and n;theyre emp
ty or contain the wrong size bulbs,
stock up now with GENERAL
ELECTRIC lamp bulbs. I've found
the best way to buy them is in the
handy G-E 4-lamp package for
its wonderfully easy to buy, carry
and store. The next time you 60
shopping get all the GENERAL
ELECTRIC 4-lamp packages you
need I. plus plenty of spares for
the shelf. Only Sc for the 60-watt
package, 64c for the l00-watt
package plus tax.