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Milford chronicle., 1952-08-08

rench officials demand that we buy
$625,OOO,OOO worth of arms from
them to support their own muni-
tiOns program and the NATO prom
ises to which they are already
committed. Our order is for only
$185, 100000, and the Frenchmen
know there are hundreds of mil
lions left in our Mutual Security
fund from last year.
Lenin is having help he hadn't
counted on.
A SAFETY-PIN FOR EVERYBODVS
BRITCHES
Accelerated amortization" is a
provision by Congress that may
well have saved our basic indus
tries, notably steel, from national
izatiOn, and hence rescued all of
us from a sudden plunge into deep
water socialism. At the very least,
this double-barreled mouthful,
made necessary by an income tax
bite that takes the pie and leaves
us just piece, is protecting us
from billions more of additional
taxes.
The clearest explanation of this
new legal gimmick we have yet
seen is in the July-August issue OF
Steelways magazine, from which
we will borrow, with a polite noe
to it's publishers, the American
/ Iron and Steel Institute.
Briefly, the government asked
the industry for 90 million tons o.
additional ingOt steel capacity from
: the end of 1850 to the end of 1853
This will cost 3.6 billion dollar:
chats 5000 milliOns), which al
the steel companies in America
haven't got. You can see why
when you realize that from 194t
to 1850 the industry's taxable in
come tOtaled 6.1 billions of which
2.7 billions went for taxes, g.
billions to pay for previous expan
sion (fOr World War ID and l..
billions for stockholders.
Normally, this new expansion
would be written off in 90 years
But the bankers shied away from
a 20-year term on an emergenc,
defense program. Thus, Congress
authorized accelerated amOrtiza
tion" of 2.3 billions of this expend
ituTe, which simply means tn,
steel people can charge off one
fifth. instead of One-twentieth o
the cost of new mills each year. Blu
for this Congressional action, as
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-08
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News Information Supplied BY The Bureau OF Moke.
Stute Board Of Agriculture, Dover, DeTuwure

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscel-
laneOus commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for commodities that were mar
keted throughout this week.
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEALERS
Choice: $2S.00 to $35.00, mostly
$29.50 per cwt.
Medium to good: $4,000 to $27.5O,
mostly $2400 per cwt.
Rough and common: $1750 to
$21.00, mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Monkeys: $1,000 to $4,000, mostly
$24.00 per ewt.
LAMBS
Medium: $24.00 to $28.0O, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Common: $500 to $2O.5O, mostly
$4,000 per cwt.
COWS
Slaughter, medium to good:
$500 to $21.5O, mostly $3.50 per
cwt.
Common: $16.5O to-$1S.75, mostly
SITS per cwt.
Gamers and cutters: $12.75 tC
$1,000, mostly $15.75 per cwt.
STEERS
Light steers: $17.5O to $26.5O
mostly $2250 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type: S16.75 to $24.00
mostly $21.0O per cwt.
Beef type: $25.OO to $34.50, most.
ly $27.50 per cwt.
BULLS
Over 1000 lbs, medium to good
$23.75 to $25.75, mostly $2475 pei
cwt.
500 to 1000 lbs, medium to good
$1,000 to $2S.0O, mostly $1,000 pei
cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS Good Quality
12O to 40 lbs: $500 to $22.50
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
40 to 24O lbs: $21.75 to $23.75
mostly $23.50 per cwt.
24O to $50 lbs: $21.0O to $2S.25
mostly $22.25 per cwt.
SOWS Good Quality
200 to 800 lbs: $500 to $3.50
mostly $17.25 per cwt.
800 to 400 lbs: $14.00 to $1750
mostly S1700 per cwt.
over 400 lbs: $145O to $1725
mostly $16.5O per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-08

Steelways points out, "the govern
ment might simply have built the
mills for itself and gone into the
steel business" And this, of course,
would have been with your tax
money instead of private funds.
In short, accelerated amortiza-
tiOn" is a new and unsuspected
guardian angel of American free
dom, that is giving us the defense
plant we need and leaving us
something to defend.
JUST HOT AIR
There are no flying saucers. AS
nearly as we can decOde Pentagon
gobbledegOOk, that is what Air
Force brass wishes us to believe.
The air chiefs and their technolO-
gists, aided and abetted by sundTy
civilian scientists, are converging
on Temperature inversion" as an
explanation. This, it seems, is when
some hot air, of which there is al
ways an ample supply in Wash
ington, becomes trapped between
layers of cool evening air, and
forms a lens in the sky. Such a
lens, we are told, will reflect
ground targets" as far as 80 miles
away from the observer. 1t is mo-
explained why the reflections al
ways look like "saucers" to Tadal
and veteran pilot alike.
Captain Roy L. James, of All
Force Technical Intelligence, a
Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, wa!
asked about flying saucers in I
radio interview. He claimed no
to understand what the question
er meant, since the words do not
describe anything He ought t
hang around the flying people a
the Washington National Airport
where the radar scopes picked III
these objects" on July 10, 26, ant
30. If you know any aviation peO
pie, whether they're clerks, me
chanics or pilots, they're a prett.
calm lot, and if they're mirage
happy, it's something distinct!
new.
So, all-in-all, we're just as gla'
the Air Force plans to follow
through and photograph thes
phenomena with special, new de
flection-grid cameras that will re
veal the source and nature of tn,
light emanating from these ..
we'll, these flying saucers.
! Classified Ads get results
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-08
Washington Letter - By Robert Nelson Taylor
WE COULD FIGHT DISASTERS
INSTEAD OF EACH OTHER

WE COULD FIGHT DISASTERS
INSTEAD OF EACH OTHER
What may well be the worst
drought in the history of the coun-
try had already placed Alabama,
Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi,
Tennessee and huge areas of Miss
Ouri and Arkansas on the "disas-
ter" list of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture as this is written, with
Virginia, North and South Caro-
lima, Maine, Massachusetts, Con-
necticut and parts of Texas, likely
to follow.
Losses in livestock, food, feed
and fibre crops, certain to be
enormous at a time when they can
i'll be spared, were still beyond es-
timating. In designating the dis
aster areas, however, the Depart
ment of Agriculture made emer-
gency financial relief available to
farmers through the Farmers
Home Administration. Those who
have suffered drought loss and are
unable to obtain credit from banks
or other local institutions are eli
gible for loans through this gov
ernment agency.
Meantime negotiations have been
proceeding on new contracts be-
tween the steel industry and it's
650,000 workers, whose 53-day
strike idled nearly a million more
. while John L. Lewis planned
new coal strike for anytime af-
ter September 20, unless, of course,
he gets what he wants in the in
terval.
Maybe this explains why those
! flying saucers don't land. If hu-
man, or super-humans are smart
enough to penetrate to our world
from another planet, they are GER
tainly smart enough to hurry back
home after seeing the mess
we're making of earth's most bOun-
tiful continent
3 3
LAUGHTER ON THE LEFT
Lenin, the architect of the USRR
the man who started communism
on it's way as a world threat, the
teacher OF Stain, once said: eve
shall force the United States tC
spend itself into destruction"
In London, Prime Minister
Churchill has sold England on an
arms showdown, so that exports
(fOr us to buy may be built up tC
prevent economic collapse.
In Paris, and in Washington
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-08
BOARs Good oualityl

BoARS Good Quality
Under $50 lbs: $1,000 to $1,000
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $8.25 to SIO.25.
mostly $500 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to good: $1,000 to $1,000.
mostly $14.00 per cwt
FEEDER PIGS (6 to 12 weeks old)
Choice: $500 to $3.50, mostly
$500 each.
Medium to good: $500 to $3.50.
mostly $500 each.
Common: $500 to $3.50, mostly
$3.50 each.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $45.OO to $1,000, most
ly $500 each.
Butcher type: $4,000 to $500.
mostly $500 each.
LIVE POULTRY
FOWL
Heavy Breeds: SIPS to $2.lO,
mostly $1S0 each.
Roosters: $1.1O to $1.45, mostly
$1.20 each.
BANTAM CHlCkENS
Light breeds: $50 to $50, mostly
$50 each.
Geese: $500 to $4.OO, mostly
$500 each.
DUCKS
Muscovy ducks: $50 to SI.4O,
mostly $95 each.
TURKEYS
Hens: $4.25 each.
RABBITS
! Large breeds: $50 to $1.15, most
ly $50 each.
Small breeds: $50 to $.75. mostly
$50 each.
Ungraded, mixed: $40 to $.5715
per dozen.
Pullet: S,225k to $50 per dozen.
! MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Watermelon: $40 TO $50 per each.
Tomatoes: $.45 to $500 per x
/ bushel.
Squash: s.85 to $50 per * bu-
Cantaloupes: $50 to $3.50 per
/ 5s bushel.
Lima Beans: S4.OO per bushel.
Peppers: $1.S5 to $1.6O per ss
/ bushel.
bushel.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-08

of the South That S section seems to
have arrived at a stage where it is no longer
attracted or repelled by mere labels. "The
Times Dispatch" points out that it had sup
ported Franklin D. Roosevelt four times,
albeit with waning enthusiasm; that it had
endorsed no candidate in 1948 Now, for the
first time in its history, it has whole-heart-
edly approved Republican for the Presi-
dency. That is significant symptom of a
historic development in American politics.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-08

2. At night, drive at the speed
which will let you stop within your
range.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-08

The reminders are:
1. Slow down before you get to
curves and-ihtersectiens
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-08
NOT GOOD ENOUGH

If the Administration has it's way, the
Federal government will spend $85,4OO,OOO,-
600 of our money this year. The Treasury
anticipates an income of $71 ,OOO, 100000
which would leave deficit of $14,4OO,OOO,-
900. Even that picture is probably over
bright - the Joint Congressional Commit
tee on Internal Revenue Taxation believes
that the Treasurys revenue estimates are
too high by about $4,00O,OO0,00O.
Luckily for the present and future
strength and security of this country, Con-
greSs seems to be finally opening it's eyes to
the fact that the budget can be cut-and
must be cut. Many requested appropriations
have been sharply pared, and more reduc-
tiOns are in prospect. All in all, it looks as
if Congress will reduce the Presidents bud
get by total of something like $9,OOO,OOO,-
00O
This is good news - but it isn't good
enough. A great many experts on govern
ment administration and policy are con-
Vinced that, so far, Congress has only dealt
with some of the more fragrant wastes and
eXtravaganceS. They are convinced that
many more billions can be saved without
lmpalrlng any necessary government actiV-
lty-lncluding an adequate national defense
and reasonable amount of foreign aid.
The ordinary American family is un-
dOubtedly giving more thought to the tax
burden than it ever did in the past. That
family must contribute about 81, 800 a year
to meet the current tax bill. 1t is the people
of modest means who must carry most of
the load nOw-fOr the rich have long been
taxed to the point of cOnfiScation.
Waste can destroy nation just as it can
destroy a business or a family We're no
exception to that grim rule.
5000
THEY WERE WISER IN 1888
AS the old adage says, history has habit
of repeating itself. The following quotation
is an interesting example of that truism
"It has been found by experience that limi-
tatiOn in the price of commodities is not
only Ineffective for the purpose proposed,
but likewise productive of very evil conse-
quences, to the great detriment of the public
service and the grievOus oppression of indi-
viduals."
Save for a slight archaism in the lang
uage, that could have been written today.
Actually, it is resolution which was passed
by the Continental Congress way back in
l78S-a period when Americans valued lib
erty above all else, and held fast to the phil
OsOphy that that government is best which
governs least.
When will our modern Congresses show
a little of the wisdom displayed by the Con-
tinental Congress?
5000
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

BENTON TWP:
Harmon Goetz, ct al to Arthur
Goetz, 80 acres, re-, ID, sec 2.
CATAWBA PLATS:
Gordon Gray, ct al, to Stanton
F. Markell, ct al lots 2z-24 Wild
wood.
Gordon Gray, ct al, to Walter
Christensen, ct al, lots 45-47,
Wildwood.
Orya T. Page to Ben A. Turner,
lot 284, Cliffs.
ERIE TWP:
Clarence w. Balduf, ct al to
Earl H. Balduf, ct al, so acres, r.
16, so.
PORTAGE PLATS:
Jessie J. Tilson, ct al to Wendell
J. Molnar, ct al, 80 acre, II, S
PORT CLINTON CORP:
Robert J. Gerding, ct al to Char
les F. Gerding, ct al, lots 1916
Lenkes.
Quentin Floro, ct al to Duane
j. Erney, ct al, blk 26, pit lots 7-8
Orig
George McMunn, ct al to Jesse
Starnes, ct al, 0.137 acre, sec 6.
PUTIN-BAY TWP:
E. w. Howell, Jr, to Violet
Brickley, ct al, lots 454e, p Bay
Resort Co.
SALEM TWP:
Raymond E. Kreager, ct al to
| Elsie E. Greiger, .167 acre, re- Is
sec 2.
Raymond E. Kreager, ct al tt
Harold R. Sans, ct al, .38 acre
re- Is, 2.
Lowell Robinson, ct al to Mar
shall w. Guhn, lot 3, sec 3, Robin
son SD.
William Gulau to Warren II
Gulau, ct al, LOG acre, rs Is, SCI
SO.
OAK HARBOR CORP:
Christian E. Krumm, ct al t
William J. Rahm, ct al, blk SO, p
lots 1878, Orig.
LAKESIDE:
C. S. Kirk, ct al to Ida NJ Her
ne, blk 25, lot 2.
MARBI IEHEAD:
Richard Walland, to John
Pepa, Jr., 607 acre, pit lot 81
Marblehead.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

Judge Tom D. Stahl of the COM
mon pleas court has been assigned
to hear number of Huron county
cases at Norwalk next week.
Deputy sheriff William Cullenen
investigated a traffic accident on
Route No. 1853, west of Oak Har-
Dor, Tuesday morning, in which
two trucks were involved. The
trucks were reported badly damag-
ed, but the drivers escaped in
jurieS.
The vault in the county treasur-
er's department, received its an
nual inspection and adjustments
Monday, by a representative from
the company in charge of the IN
spections.
Officials of the Ottawa county
Board Of Elections report an IN
creased demand for absent voters
ballots for the coming election,
with the number having nearly
reached the 18O mark. Thursday,
October Both at $50 pm. is the
dead line for filing absent voters
ballots. .
Velma Sauvey, clerk of courts
reports an increase in the number
of titles of certificates for auto
mobiles was recorded for Septem-
ber with a total of 833 titles for
new and used cars as compared
with 689 for August. During Sep
tember 1O3 new cars were regis
tered and 81 for August.
Miss Laurna Gulau, of the pro-
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10
Court House News

bate court staff, was the guest of
friends in Columbus over the
weekend.
Work of installing the new hot
water furnace and heating system
has been started in the County
Jail, the work being done by Oh
ler and Holzhauer of Port Clinton.
When completed the Jail and sher-
ifs residence will be heated by
an independent system. In the
past years this service was sup
piled from the heating system in
the court house.
County superintendent Of schools
Edwin Digby has announced that
the schools of the county system
will be closed on Friday, October
"a, when teachers and school Off
cialS will attend the annual North
western Ohio Teachers CONVEX
ton to be held in Toledo.
Auditor Melvin C. Guth reports
that the Ottawa county commits
sioners and Wood county COM
; missioners will Join in the con-
struction of a new culvert on the
inter-county Line between Allen
township in Ottawa county and
Lake township in Wood county.
While in session Monday the
county commissioners discussed a
number of matters pertaining to
the county program, and some
matters are being continued. A
large number of bills were approx
ed and ordered to be paid.
Judge P w. Gulau of the pro-
bate court reports number of
juvenile matters have b n
brought before his court during
the past week, which are being
investigated and taken under ad-
visement.
New steel filing cabinets ard
desks are being installed IN the
office of Judge P. w. Gulau Of the
probate court, this week, as part
of the remodeling program which
is being carried on in this de
partment.
A quiet weekend was reported
by sheriff Merlan Budd, with nc
traffic accidents having been in
vestigated, and the number o1
prisoners in the county jail still
numbering five
The will of John Henry DaytoI
has been filed in the probat,
court for probating.
The following appointment
were reported by Judge P. w
Gulau in the probate court for tn:
week; Jessie F. Knox, appointed
administrative of the estate o
Willis Knox. Libbie Weaver az
pointed eXecutriX of the estate o
Harry ]. Weaver.
, MARRIAGE LICENSES
Mario Enrique Vara, 19, mai
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10
dez, 20, laborer, Oak Harbor.

dez, 20, laborer, Oak Harbor.
Clifford r. Fleming, %. night
manager, Port Clinton and Miss
J. Charline Runion, 18, secretary,
Port Clinton, Rev. Blankenship to
officiate.
Olan A. Lovelady, 26, laborer,
Clye, and Miss Lois E. Tilton, 27,
registered nurse, Port Clinton,
RID. Rev. Robert Cora to Off
ciate.
Harry E. Dodge, %, laborer,
Port Clinton and Mrs. Bertha M.
Smith, 25, assembler, Port Clinton.
Rev. O. C. Doenges to offjciate.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

~~~r A girl, weighing seven
pounds, six and a half
ounces, was born October
5, to Mr.. and Mrs. William Kar-
shuk of Route 3, Port Clinton, at
Magruder Hospital.
-.-.-
Robert E. LaTourrette, Fremont,
assistant shop foreman at Erie
Ordnance Depot, and Robert E.
Hart, Oak Harbor, electronics
technician, left this week for II
weeks of special training at White
Sands Proving Ground, Las Cru
ceS. N Mexico
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

Rummage Sale, Tuesday. ocfo-
Der Ia. Guild Hall. 9 a. m. TO 4:30
p. m. Ottawa County Nedica!
Auxiliary. 35-lfW
,.v Mr.. and Mrs. Myron
WV Brenze, of Sand Beach,
Oak Harbor, Ohio, are
parents of daughter, born in
Magruder Hospital, October 2 The,
baby weighed nine pounds nine
ounces.
-.-.-
~ can wear my vaiuabies. Gene
SoIfe lnsures Them" 52-tf
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

~~cr A daughter was porn IN
y@ Magruder Hospital on Oc-
tober 3, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Roland Qualman of Port Clinton.
The infant weighed six pounds,
two and one quarter ounces.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Souvier
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Ehr-
bright of Toledo spent Sunday in
Port Clinton as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Misch.
Rummase Sale, Tuesday. oeto'
ber Ia. Guild Hall. 9 a. m. to 4:30
.. m. Ottawa County Medical
Auxiliary. 35'1fW
Mrs. Amos Englebeck and dau-
ghter Miss Alice of Akron, were
visitors at the home of Mrs. Helen
Miller and other relatives here,
Sunday.
-.-.--
Sylvia Perry's Beauty Center
Salon will be closed for vacation
for one week. starting October II
thru October 10. 35-lt
Miss Minnie Bredbeck of Cleve-
land was the guest of friends and
relatives here last week. Miss
Bredbeck was a Port Clinton resi-
dent several years ago.
~r Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle May
n.y. hew, of $50 N. Madison,
7 Port Clinton, are parents
of a son. The baby was born in
Magruder Hospital, October 8, and
weighed six pounds, five ounces.
Curtis Kuhnle of Conner's Cam
era Shop and Robert Conner of the
Nissen Shoe Store, returned home
Sunday after having spent the
past week at Rochester, N. Y.
where they also visited the East
man Kodak Company plant.
More than forty members of the
Colonial club held a stag dinner
party in their club rooms on the
third floor of the National Bank
Building, Monday evening, when
a number of guests were present.
Sylvia Perry's Beauty Center
Salon will be closed for vacation
for one week, starting October II
thru October 18. 3S-It
| Mr.. and Mrs. Albert l.. Fall
spent the week end in Columbus,
attending some of the Masonic
Grand Lodge activities.
M. H. Barron, Port Clinton
statistician in the management Of
flee of Erie Ordnance Depot, and
F. j. Peters, Oak Harbor, organi
zation and methods examiner OF
the same office, leave this week
end to attend management train
ing courses at Rock Island Arsen
al, Rock Island, Ill.
~,vr A daughter, weighing
! IVY six pounds, two ounces
- was born in Magruder Hos
pital, October 2, to Mr. and Mrs
David Crissey, of Oak Harbor
Ohio.
| Philips, 1.-THE Home Of Scr
ling" Gorham, international. Lun
Heirloom, TowIe, Wallace. 2ees
B Barton. Also DiriIyte. 25.l
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10
HAPPENINGS :

Mr.. and Mrs. Don Mooney are
now occupying the second floor
apartment in the Bennett Wool
ley, Jr. residence on Wilson Ave
nue.. Mrs. Mooney is the forlner
Joan QMntell.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

-@lI A son was born on Oc-
tober 2 at Magruder Hos
pital to Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Harmon, Marblehead. The in
FAINT weighed six pounds, Is
ounces.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

. A daughter weighing
@ nine pounds, nine and a
half ounces was born Oc-
tober S, to Mr.. and Mrs. Alher,
Breech, Route /, Port Clinton, at
Magruder Hospital.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence F. Smith
and Shirley had as their overnight
guests, Mrs. Myrtle Ellis of Akron.
Mrs. Ellis is the mother-in-law of
the former Marcy Pulschen.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

->r A daughter was born in
y0 Magruder Hospital on Oc-
tober 8, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Roland Qualman of Port Clinton.
The infant weighed six pounds,
two and one quarter ounces.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

$1.00 will hold your choice un-
til Xmas at Philips. 35.1t
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Souvier
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Ehr-
bright of Toledo spent Sunday in
Port Clinton as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Misch.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

Stephan j. Molnar, Port Clinton,
mechanical equipment processing
inspector, Erie Ordnance Depot,
is attending the two weeks joint
military packaging course at Ross
ford Ordnance Depot. Toledo.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Seeger of
Blissfield, Michigan spent Tuesday
and Wednesday here the guests
of relatives.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-10-10

Rummage Sale, Tuesday. octo.
Der Ia. Guild Hall. 9 a. m. to 4:30
.. m. Ottawa County Medical
Auxiliary. 35'lfW
Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21
Safety Council Notes

Keep 'em flying" safely, was the
advice of the Delaware Safety
Council.
Each year during the kite flying
season, the Delaware Safety Coun-
ell, in cooperation with the Della
ware Power and Light Company,
distributes several hundred color
full posters on safe kite flying. This
years poster features "Reddy Kill
Owatt", funny little electric char
acter, who advises the youngsters
to BE KITE CAREFUL! "Reddy"
also lists a few rules for the safe
kite flyer: Q Keep kites away
from electric wires; ~ Use dry
Gotten only; 90 Never use metal
on kites; (4) Never climb poles.
The type of string that you
choose is very important. because
we. know it is possible for some
kinds of string to conduct cleo
tricity-tinsel string, for instance,
the kind that is used for tying
Christmas packages. But ordinary
Gotten string will conduct cleo
tricity if it is wet. And the person
who uses fine wire as a substitute
for string is just asking for
trouble.
And even if safe string is used,
there is no sense in flying kite
near electric wires. A kite lodged
in power lines may cause trouble
not only for its owner, but also fer
the power company. Trying to re-
trieve kites has brought death to
more than one youngster-either
through falling from a power pole
or through electric shock.
So let's all go out and have lot
of fun with our kites and let's do
the job the right way on these
windy days.