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Milford chronicle., 1953-10-16
FACING THE MUSIC

Every now and again we discover
something else to be thankful for.
Usually it is for something that
HASN'T happened to us. And right
now, it's because we don't happen
to be a church-Organ committee
man.
Until we picked up a leaflet on
the subject by the Hammond Organ
Company, we had thought selecting
an organ was a simple matter of
counting how much money there
was in the organ fund, and then
looking around to see how much
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-16

Over 400 lbs: $3.50 to $3.50.
mostly $500 per cwt.
BOARS
(gOod quality
Under $50 lbs: $1,000 to $17.25,
mostly S14.0O per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $500 to $1,000.
mostly $500 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to good: $1400 to $1,000,
mostly $1700 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to 12-weeks old)
Choice: $1,000 to S14.5O, mostly
$1,000 per cwt.
Medium tc good: 800 to $500,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Common: $3.50 to $3.50, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $4,000 to $51.OO.
mostly $4S.00 per cwt.
Butcher type: $500 to $4,000,
mostly $500 per cwt.
LIVE POULTRY
HEAVY BREEDS
Fowl: $1.10 to SL9O, mostly $3.50.
LIGHT BREEDS
Guineas: $50 to $1.1O, mostly
$1.OO.
DUCKS
MuscOvy ducks: soc to S1.2O.
MuscOvy brakes: $1.4O to $2O0.
mostly S1.9O.
RABBITS
Large breeds: S1.OO to S12O.
mostly $1.2O
Small breeds: $50 to $50, most
ly SIS.
Young rabbits: $.85 to s.55,
mostly $.35.
Ungraded, mixed: $50 to $40
per dozen.
Large: $.8215 per dozen.
Pupet: $.S21s to $.4715 per dog
en-.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Snap bean: $40 to $1.2O per
5s bushel.
Cabbage: S.65 per bushel.
Apples: $1.SO to $1.8O per bushel.
Lard; $3.50 to $7.75 per so ID.
Turnips: $.55 to $.S5 per x
bushel.
Pumpkin; $25 per each.
Pepper; $40 to $.S5 per "a bushel.
Greens: $40 per q bushel
Tomatoes: $.25 to $1.25 per q
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-16

chusetts Institute of Technology
fifty years ago an instructor out
lined to me the idea of the Upper;
but we continued to button up our
trousers in the Old-fashiOned way
for twenty-five years thereafter!
OPPORTUNITIES FOR statesmen
Sunday newspapers today carry
many Help Wanted advertisements
for "teChniCians - electrOnic engi-
neers - mechanics" These are
needed today in connection with
new government orders. AS a re-
suit, high school graduates are
crowding the colleges for a techni-
cal education. To train now for
"electrOnics" is much like buying
stocks when the market is at an
all-time high. 1t is another illus
tratiOn of our dumbness.
The real opportunities of the
next decade will be in connection
with SELLING the new ideas which
are now on drawing boards and in
test tubes. Hence. were l a young
man today, l would take a course
in Business Administration. Sue
cessful craftsmanship, however, is
a very difficult and tedious task. 1t
requires great courage and tremen-
doUs persistency. There are no op-
portunities in Business Admins
tratiOn for the pencil pusher or the
clock watcher. Success comes not
from sitting in a chair debating
letters to a blonde secretary, but
by ringing door bells and wearing
out shoe leather. Salesmanship Of
fers the greatest opportunities and
richest rewards; but the road is
long and rocky.
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-16

during the 1932-52 period, saying, eve stop
ped wild speculation. We taxed in accord
ance with the ability to pay We enacted
minimum-wage laws and sOcial-security
laws. We helped agriculture and small busi-
ness. We moved to develop the great natural
resources of the country in the interest not
of few eXplOiterS but of all the people,
We saw to it that the American labor move
ment got an even break" Then, naturally he
denounced the acts of the new administra-
tlOn IN equally unequivOcal terms.
The Republicans have not yet brought
out their biggest guns to present their case
But the general line they will take is easily
detailed. Their principal arguments will in
clude the following: Under their leadership
the Korean shooting was stopped; they are
rldding the government of Communists who
lnfiltrated in great numbers and to high
places under the Democrats they are re-
storing an honest dollar, and will bring
about balanced budget; states rights
which were in danger of being totally de-
strOyed by the concentration of power in
Washington, are being restored; the social
istic trend begun by Roosevelt and carried
on by Truman is being stopped and free en-
terprise encOuraged; at long last, integrity
is again the symbol of government.
That this campaign will be fought hard
goes without saying. The Republican ma
jOrity in the Senate is tissue thin, and
switch Of but eight seas would give the Dem
Oclats control of the House. AS of the mo-
ment, and largely due to the Presidents enor-
nous and apparently undiminiShed personal
popularity writers generally are forecasting
that the COP will keep its control, and per-
haps somewhat improve it's Congressional
position. But anything can happen in 13
months.
<C~GO<OG
THE LAND MUST PRODUCE MORE
The population of the United States is
increasing by 1000 persons a day By 1875,
government experts forecast, we will have
to be capable of feeding five people for every
four who sat down at the table in 1850.
There are two ways this can be accom-
plshed. One is to prOpOrtiOnately increase
our crOplands The other is to make better
use OF the land we now have
So far as the first of these solutions is
concerned, it is estimated that if our pres
ent standard of living is to be maintained
through 1875, the huge total of 100,000,000
fertile acres will have to be brought into
production. So far as anyone can see now,
this is an impossible goal At present we
are bringing in only 100000 acres a year,
and more than half of this is being offset by
the expansion of communities and industrial
areas.
Therefore the population problem can be
met only by producing much more food, feed
and fiber from an acreage which will be but
moderately increased.
That, luckily for Americas future, can
be done through the application of proven
scientific production practices along with
better land conservation and utilization. And
here agriculture has a mighty ally in farm
machinery. The machine is the key to MAX
ing the land yield more-and, at the same
time, preserving and improving that land for
future generations.
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-16

careful examination Of their new
alfalfa seedlings. If very mapy
small chickweed plants can Be
found, the field should be SPRAYED.
II spraying is delayed until spring,
the chickweed often forms dense
mat which smOthers the alfalfa
plants.
Chickweed is an annual that
grows. throughout the winter and
spring, producing millions Of seeds
per acre. If buried in the soil these
seeds can stay alive as long as 30
years. The weed is most severe on
land with high fertility level.
. A leafflet on Chickweed control
Is available from tie Mailing Room,
agricultural Hall, University Of
delaware, Newark, DeI
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-16
POLITICS BEGIN TO BOIL


The 1854 elections, which will determine
the political fate of all the members of the
House and One-third of the members of the
Senate, are more than a year away. But to
all practical purposes the campaign is under
way now. Members of both parties are issU-
ing statements making speeches, holding
rallies, setting up party organizations, work
ing as if the voting were to be this year in
stead of next.
In this early stage of the game, the Dem
Ocratic leaders are the more aggressive,
which is pretty much to be expected-the
party which is out of power and trying to
get back in always carries the battle to the
enemy. Another reason for it is found in
the character and attitude of Mr.. Truman,
who is a firm believer in knOck-down-and-
drag-Out tactics so far as political wars are
concerned-the kind of tactics which
brought him his wholly unexpected victory
in 1913.
Actually, of course, Mr.. Stevenson is the
tltular head of the Democratic Party. If he
wants the nomination again and works for
it, the chances are he will get it. But Mr..
Stevenson is not the 'give EN- hell" type.
He does not see everything in blacks and
whites as Mr. Truman does, and he does not
argue that the Democrats are all on the side
of the angels while all Republicans are the
devils disciples Indeed, there are a number
OF fields-fOreign policy being one-where
1t IS hard to find any basic difference be-
tween the views of Mr.. Stevenson and Mr..
Eisenhower. So, when it comes to the heavy
line-plunging, Mr.. Truman is filling the full
back spot.
An excellent preview of things to come
was provided in Mr.. Trumans Detroit
speech on Labor Day. He gave unrestricted
praise to the achievements of the Democrats
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-16
N@W&N
BE CAREFUL. HUNTERS!

There are many parts of the country which
suffered drought this year still are finder dry
AS hunters take to the open fields and the
woodlands, they should take special pre-
cautions against starting fires which could
destroy not only crops and timber but also the
game which they have come to hunt.
The true sportsman, of course, observes
all the laws-including the law of common
sense. He is careful not only about fire
hazards but also about the hunter on the
other side of the field or woods, who may not
be too careful where and when he shoots Let
good sense go along with good hunting
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-16

The supply Of fertilizers for the
lS5S-54 season is expected to be
large enough to take care of de-
mands. However, farmers will be
wise to make their purchases early
in order to get the grades they want.
Milford chronicle., 1953-10-16
IRON CURTAIN TAX

The capital gains tax has been described
as the most damaging of all federal taxes to
the investor, and as an iron curtain which
divorces two of the most dynamic factors
IN American capitaliSm-venture capital and
industrial growth.
Anyone who thinks that this tax is of
concern only to people who buy and sell securi
ties and other kinds of property to which it
applies should think again. For the abundance
of venture capital-mOney provided by people
who are willing to take risks in the hone of
making profits a basic barometer of a
nations vitality. It is venture capital that
makes possible new industries, revolutionary
inventions and Developments and keeps the
economy expanding.
Thus it is venture capital which, to verv
considerable extent, is responsible for the
creation of jobs, for the steady growth of
payrolls, for rising living standards for us all.
Without venture capital, any cOuntry's ecOno-
my tends to become static-and, in time,
lethargy and retrOgressiOn set in.
The strongest possible argument can be
made to the effect that the capital gains tax
should be totally abolished. Short of that. at
this time, the rate should be lowered, the
holding period for determining whether the
tax is applicable should be reduced, and other
changes should be made-nOt primarily in the
interest of the investor, but in the interest
OF the tens of millions of nOn-investOrs who
profit IN one way or another from investment
5000
FURTHER ECONOMIES NEEDED
Taxpayers will have good cause to rejoice
when they get the promised 10 per cent relief
in individual income tax levies next year, and
when the admittedly bad excess profits tax
is allowed to lapse.
The lower taxes, however, will reduce the
Federal "take" by some $5,OOO,OOOOOO per
fiscal year. Unless other sources of revenue
are found new Federal economies must be
sought out to bring balanced budget in sight.
The Administration and Congress have
made a good start in cutting down Federal
spending. They must keep it up. 1t has to
be done because an unbalanced budget means
more initiation, an unsOund dollar, and higher
living costs for all of us.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14
SLAUGHTER NECK
MFs. Margaret r. Bennett
Phone Milton 5888

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Penuel well
coined another little daughter into
their home the past week. She has
been named judy Lynn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Wilkins
are announcing the birth Of a little
son on the 30th Of July. They now
reside at FELTON,. Mr. wilkins is
the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Will
kins OF Prime Hook. Mrs. wilkins
was formerly Miss Myrtle Darling.
Mr.. and Mrs. James V. Reed of
NAPLES Pond, entertained with a
buffet dinner Saturday evening in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Murray Of Exmore, Va, formerly
Of Milford. Guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Graham and son Ste
ven, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Black of
Richmond, Va, Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
eph Black, Mr.. and Mrs. Linford
Faucet and children, Carol Ann,
and Ben. Of Georgetown, Mrs.
Charles Fisher Of Wilmington, Mrs.
Henry Millman, Mr.. and Mrs. Bill
Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs. Earl King
of Milton. Evening guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Douglas Moore and Mr..
and Mrs. Mundy Seibert of Milton.
John Finnity entered the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital on Monday
for treatment of his back. His
many friends are hoping he will
soon recover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leighton Donovan
were Thursday evening guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. John F'innity and
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John s.
ArgO.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Alexander
and daughters, Dora Jean and
Sharon have returned from a va
cation trip to Christianburg, Va,
visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Marvel and
daughter Of Caldwell, N. j., spent
the weekend with their aunt, Mrs.
Thomas r. Wilson and family at
Fairfield Farm. Mr.. and Mrs. ROg-
er Hickey and three children of
Washington, d. c., were their din
ner guests on Sunday.
Joe Russell Davis of Whining
ton spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Da-
Wis.
Fred Bennett, Paynter Collins,
Carlton Clifton, Calvin Britting-
ham, and Russell Bennett motOred
to Baltimore on Tuesday evening
to see the wrestling matches.
Mr.. and Mrs Marvel Wilson and
son Layton returned to New York
City on Tuesday after visiting their
son, Marvel. Jr., in Europe, sery=
ing in the u. S. Army. He will re-
main there until Christmas.
Mary Janet Wins of Dover and
Florina Sanderson >of Milford, re-
turned to their homes on Thurs
day after spending their vacation
with their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry l.. Prettyman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Riley Bennett's s
guests during the past week were
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Carlton and
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14
OVERBROOK

A very pretty wedding took place
at the Episcopal Church in Lewes
on Thursday at 4 p. m, when Miss
Charlotte Thompson became the
bride of Earle Birmingham. The
brides home is at Miami, Florida,
and Mr. Brittingham has always
lived in this vicinity until he went
in the USAC.
Little Miss Charlotte Rae Wiley
celebrated her fourth birthday on
Tuesday, August IL.
George Rust and Mrs. Laura
Sherman, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Mason of Harbeson were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Campbell on Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Wells and
four sons Of near Milton and Mr..
and Mrs. Marshall Wiley spent
Sunday at Trappe Pond.
DeVerne DOty, who is at Els
mere, spent the weekend here with
his wife and son Bob.
Mrs. Bertha Barnes of Philadela
phia is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ar
thur Campbell.
The WSCS is having it's annual
picnic at Lewes Beach on We'd
nesday night, August II.
Mrs. Effie Parsons was in Will
mingtOn a few days last week with
her son and his family, Russell
Parsons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kerns of
Philadelphia visited their cousin,
Mrs. Roy EllingswOrth and family
on Sunday; also visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlton ArgO at Slaughter
Neck, a relative of theirs. They
had recently returned from a two
weeks vacation in Florida. Mr..
Kerns is a grandson of the late
Mrs. Clara Green DOckety, a for
mer resident of this vicinity.
Mrs. Elsie Belts of Lewes spent
Wednesday with Mrs. Effie Par
sons.
Don't forget the bake at Miss
Ann Hazards Saturday morning,
August Is. It is under the spon-
sorship of the WSCS women of
RehObOth.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14
DAGSBoRo
By Mn. EssIe HICkman

Rev. George P. George Of Har-
beson delivered an interesting SER
mon at the Bethel Methodist
Church on Sunday morning, dur
ing the absence of our minister,
w. B. Bundick, who is on his va
cation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Hudson
entertained on Wednesday, Mrs.
Dorothy Burton of Milton.
Lee Bonaway of Philadelphia
visited his sister, Mrs. Ruth Baker
and son Billy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norwood Filings
worth and sons spent Friday eve
ming with Ward Daisey at Rox-
ana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Joseph were
overnight guests of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Mears.
Mr.. and Mrs. JObie Bunting of
Philadelphia spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson o. Nc
Cabe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Porter of
Baltimore are spending a two
weeks vacation with their sister,
Mrs. Sallie M. Brasure.
Oliver Turner of New York was
home on vacation over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Baker of
Philadelphia are spending the week
with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie BrumbIey of
Philadelphia are spending the week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Chester ClOgg
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Baker, ST.,
and Mr.. and Mrs. William wilkins
entertained at a family reunion at
their cottage at RiveTdale last
Sunday. twenty-five persons of
the Baker family attended. The
dinner was served on the lawn and
much enjoyed by all.
Mr.. and Mrs George MintOn and
children of Baltimore spent the
weekend with their aunt, Mrs.
Sallie Brasure. Other guests dur
ing the past week and weekend
were Mr.. and Mrs. Aldon Brasure.
Miss Ethel Brasure of Wilmington,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Porter of Bal
timore, Mr.. and Mrs. Granville
White and children of Laurel and
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Brasure of
Wilmington.
Mrs. Florence Bunting and Mrs.
Joseph West are on the sick list,
suffering with colds. A quick re-
cOvery is hoped for them.
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Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

daughter Of Camden, N. j., and
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Argo and
daughter Elizabeth Of Dallas, Tex
as.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Argo of
Milton and Mr.. and Mrs. Riley
Bennett spent Tuesday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pretty
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Bennett
and children, Michele and Wayne,
visited in Salisbury on Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-14

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Evening star., 1953-09-29

pade cost the sign painter $500.
The arson investigators re-
membered the boy. About two
months earlier, they had been
called to a house where burning
clothing had been thrown out
of window. They boy was the
oldest of tour children alone in
the apartment. The youngest
was 1l2 years old. The boy
at that time told the inveSti-
gators one of the younger chill
dren had started a file in a
closet and he had thrown his
mothers burning 'lousecoat from
the window
"All four children could have
burned up" commented the
arson investigator. The father
was working days and going to
school nights under the GI Bill
and the mother was working as
a waitress to help him. They
were thinking of the future for
their children-but not the pres
ent."
Fireman Injured.
Last month, a 7-year-old ad-
mitted setting a fire in the Base
ment of his Fifth street home by
pouring gasoline over some rags.
The fire burned through the first
floor. One fireman was injured
and damage was estimated at
between $4,000 and $4,000.
Two f1remen were injured last
year when a Ninth street busi-
ness place was set ablaze by a
12-year-old. He set three fires
in the building to be sure he had
a good blaze going. Damage was
estimated at $4,000.
Two weeks ago, Mt. Olivet
road (NE) residents reported a
series of blazes mostly in alleys
or against the sides of buildings.
So far, they had succeeded in
putting out the fires themselves
but they were getting worried.
Boys aged 10 and II admitted
setting the fires to have some
thing to do. Both had younger
sisters and brothers they were
supposed to be. looking after
while their parents worked.
Set Blaze in House.
About six months ago, two
boys, 8 and 9, were playing in
a house being remodeled on East
Capitol street. Bored with dump
ing bags of cement over the
floors, they climbed up scaffold-
ing to the second floor, rolled
out building paper and empty
cement bags and set a fire. They
did the same thing on the first
floor. Their combined efforts
burned out the new partitions
and floor joists.
And last week, a pair of
brothers, 9 and 10, tried to burn
down the Buchanan Elementary
School. Police said they admit
ted seven other cases.
"All these kids are a men
ace," said an arson expert. They
don't stop at one fire. They keep
going till they get caught"
Fortunately, police say, it is
rare that a youngster who sets
fires ever repeats the offenSe
once he is caught.
Evening star., 1953-09-29
Todoys vunduIism-lII
Juvenile Arsonists Threaten
Nations s Life and Property

| TO play, an angry nreman Sa1Q.
TITS bad enough fighting acci-
dental flres-let alone juvenile
arSon!"
Philadelphia, as many another
city, has had enough fire-setting.
We've been averaging about a
case a week." reported Joseph
O'Neill. of the police juvenile
aid bureau. Capt. Howard Leary,
chief Of the bureau, has had to
set up something new to deal
with the foibles of youth-a
juvenile arson squad.
It's been kept busy.
At the Brooks Elementary
School one youngster was taking
summer music lessons. Between
lessons he went around setting
draperieS and floor mops on fire,
finally starting a major con-
f1agration that ruined the school
auditorium. Damage-$30. 900.
Juveniles started a bonfire on
the fire escape of the Taylor Ele-
mentary School. It had burned
a third-tloor door of and was
tapping into the building when
t1remen douSed it.
Threw Cartridges Into Fire.
Outside the Leidy Elementary
School boy. IL. and a girl, IA,
built bonfire and were throwing
.22-caliber cartridges into it to
watch the explosions. Flames
leaped to the building. burned
out a basement window frame.
Again quick work of flremen
saved the building.
Two boys of IA, another of 10,
broke windows in the Cornman
School. a special discipline school,
on a Saturday night and crawled
inside with burning torches. y
In the cafeteria kitchen they
made a conglomeration Of may
onnaise cherries, bread, and
oleomargerine and smeared it
on the floor. Then they opened
all the gas jets on the stove and
let gas accumulate-while they
proceeded to make their rounds
with burning torches.
When firemen arrived they
found several fires from torches
abandoned on teachers desk tops
and the cafeteria slowly filling
up with gas. There could have
been an awful explosion.
Philadelphia's child arsonists
occasionally have put the torch
to private homes. One boy of IA
set fire to his own house. Two
9-year-olds broke into a house,
started playing with matches,
set a floor on f1re-and poured a
milk bottle of kerosene over it.
On Ridge avenue, children
entered a beautifully furnished
home, unoccupied at the time,
and put the torch to it after
stuf1ing newspaper under tables
and piling furniture up the
staircase. The living room was
burned out to the floor joiSts.
Valuable works of art were de-
stroyed.
"Why do kids do it," I asked
Philadelphia Police Commits
Sioner Thomas j. Gibbons.
mo motivation-just devilish-
ness" he replied.
Maybe we ought to give our
children more parks to play in.
Or-maybe we ought to take q
good look at what they are doing
to the parks they already have.
Tomorrow: Plunder in the Parks
Distributed by the REGISTER and
Tribune Syndicate)
Evening star., 1953-09-29

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