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Milford chronicle., 1953-02-20
HOUSTON
By Mrs. Merrill
ThistleWOOd
Phone
Milford 4944
Houston Methodist Church
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Houston Methodist Church
F. Charles LOuhOff, JE, Minister
services for Sunday, February
%:
10 a. m.-Church School. How
ard 2 Moore superintendent. Ill
ness for the past several weeks
has caused a decrease in attend
ance. We are trusting that the
worst is over and that all will soon
be back in their places at the
schools. If you are not enrolled in
our church school come out next
Sunday and enjoy the fellowship,
and if you are not affiliated with
any other church school we invite
you to join with our school.
IL a. m.-MOrning Worship SER
vice. Mrs. Agnes Webb, Organist;
Miss Carolyn Davis, pianist. The
senior choir will sing an anthem.
Sermon by the pastor. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend this
service. The church after all is the
best agency in the world for human
helpfulness. Why not join it? They
who would make their lives count
should be counted amongst those
upon whom the church may count,
6:45 D. m.-The Methodist Youth
Fellowship. Leader, Richard Simp-
son. Every young person is invited
to attend this service.
1880 .. m. - Evening Worship
service. Come out and enjoy this
service with us. You can partici-
pate in the singing which is full Of
inspiration. The MYF will also
assist in this service. Sermon by
the pastor.
A very hearty thanks is extended
to all who contributed money to
the Holland Flood Relief. The
amount realized from the Thistle
wood Milling Company, the Hous-
ton Lumber Company and the few
residents of our little town con-
tacted was $3.50. Also a hearty
thank you to the management and
employees of the Matthews Ma
chine Company, Milford, for their
generous donation of $500 and a
special thank you goes to Mrs,
Nellie Bennett of Marvel Corner,
Harrington, for her generous un-
solicited gift of $500, making a
total contribution in this area OF
$125.O0, which has been sent on to
designated address by registered
mail.
Anyone who has not been con.
tacted for a donation for this wor-
thy cause and would like to do so
may contact Mrs. Seba Grunstra
Houston, or call Milford $3.50 and
further contributions will be crate.
fully accepted and sent on for the
relief of these stricken people who
need our help. Thank you, again
Mrs. Seba Grunstra.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Paul GreenleC
and son Tommy went up to the
Jack Kennedys on Old Porter ROAD
on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Green
lee had an appointment with hel
doctor on Monday and the repor
she received was quite favorable.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond Bennett
and children visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Isaacs at Greenwood on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bennett and
children were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. ROthermel, near Frederick, on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Bennett az
tended the miscellaneous shower
given for Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Hart at Loves Greek, near Lewes,
Monday evening.
Weekend visitors with Mr.. and
Mrs. Riley Bennett were Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Argo and son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Prettyman, Mrs. Alice
Shepard and Mr.. and Mrs. George
] Fisher. They enjoyed the TV
shows together.
Mrs. Garfield Sharp and family
4 visited her cousin, Mrs. Edgar
Bennett and family on Monday eve
ming.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-20

Mr.. and Mrs. William Johnson
COulbOuTne of Milton are receiv-
ing congratulations upon the birth
of a fine son. William Levin Coul-
bourne. This young man is the
CoulbOurne's third child, all being
boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Blessing,
ST., entertained Mrs. Sallie Nor
gan and son Charles of Greenwood,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Blessing of
Milford, and Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Blessing, son Kenny, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Moore and
daughter Betsy ian vi Milford,
were brief callers in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Moore and
daughter, Betsy Ann, visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Blessing and
son Kenney on Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Blessing,
ST., made a business trip to Del
mar on Monday. Enroute they call
Cd on Mrs. Sallie Graham at the
Swartzentruber Nursing Home,
near Greenwood.
The PTA auction will be held on
February q. Everyone will be So
licited, so please give generously.
The drive for membership closes
Monday. February %. Please give
your membership to some child.
Each room observed LincOln's
Birthday, Valentines Day with ap-
lprOpriate programs and parties.
Mr.. Brittingham's room won the
attendance banner for January
This makes the third time this year
the banner has gone to Mr.. Brit
tingham.
Calvin Hollis donated fifteen
books to the school library. These
were greatly appreciated
Mr.. Wolfe, head of the English
Department of the Milford High
School, visited the seventh and
! eighth grades on Monday.
This week we have enjoyed two
movies, 1.-THE Great Waltz" and
1.-THE Birth of a Nation"
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-20
IIN INDUsTRY sPoNsoRs 80

KUALA LUlIPUR, Malaga - ~
The Malayan tin industry is soon
to sponsor the making Of a flm
entitled "The Miners Wife. Cath
ering material here for the pro
duction is w. Henry Lawrence, for
mer United States Information Ser
vice official in Singapore WhC Is
now assistant director Of the Ei1
Bureau in washington. The flm
viii be produced by a Hollywood
company, says Lawrence.
He also announced that the FIN
Bureau is appointing a public rela-
ton officer in Kuala Lumpur. lie
will serve as liasion between the
bureau in Washington and tin pro-
ducers in Malaga, supplying up-tO-
date information and material for
use IN the United States.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-20
Ike's Double

GOSHEN, N. Y. - (P - Most
of us have a double somewhere in
the world, it's said, but few of us
know it. Harry Strong, now resid-
ing in White Plains, knows who
and where his double is.
The other day a shOeshine ur-
chin in New York offered a free
shoeshine to Mister Ike" When
Strong said he wasn't the new
President the offer was repeated,
because you look so much like
him." The shOeshine incident was
only the latest in series that has
been going on ever since Dwight
D. Eisenhower came into prOmi-
nence.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-20
Tax Exemption
Reciprocity Sought

DIES MONIES - Up - Lord and
Elijah are sponsoring a bill deal
ing with a religious subject in the
Iowa State Senate.
Senators Herman B. Lord, Mus
catine, and Earl Elijah, Clarence
who sit side by side in the Senate
have offered a bill to establish re-
ciprOcity with other states on in
heritance tax exemptions for be-
quests to religious and charitable
trusts.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-20
'U Causes TypiRg
Trouble

NEW YORK - (R - The letter
"u" and the word conclusion"
cause the most errors to CONNER
cial users Of typewriters, say the
deans of a chain of business
schools (Speedwriting Instituted d.
The deans think "u" may be trOub-
lesOme because it is located in the
center section of the keyboard near
many other letters frequently used
in commercial English.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Survey Of Great Potential Value

social and economic study which may
become of greatest value has been announced
by the Twentieth Century Fund in disclosing
its plans for three-year survey Of that portion
of the African continent lying south of the
Sahara and north of the Union of South Africa
The project will begin about September ! of
this year, under supervision of Dr. George H. T.
Kimble, who is resigning his post as director
of the American Geographical Society.
Recognition of the Importance of Africa,
strategically and in terms of undeveloped re-
sources, began in large way in World War II
and has progressed rapidly in the years since
Coincident with this progress has been the
emergence of strong national movements, rang
ing from the peaceful growth of political indie
pendence in such areas as British West Africa
to the terrorist Mau Mau agitations in Kenya
A large part of the answer for these STRINGS
within the continent is found in existence of
its great resources.
Already, in the atmosphere of developing
independence, the people and the countries of
the continent are being wooed by the enemies,
as well as the friends, Of freedom. The attrac-
tions and the stakes are obvious ones A study
such as the Fund Is planning could provide
valuable guidance for the African peoples
concerned and for friendly non-African powers.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Sales Tax in Alexandria?

Alexandrias city manager, Ira F. Willard,
would have encountered less opposition for his
sales tax proposal if neighboring Arlington and
Fairfax Counties were on sales-tax basis. The
idea of sales taxes has met with increasing
favor in Virginia in recent years, especially in
areas where real estate levies have reached
burdensome levels. In fact, Fairfax County
already is on record in support of Statewide
sales tax The General Assembly has considered
the plan on several occasions, but has turned 1t
down.
Mr.. willard pondering over a proposed
budget nearly one-fourth larger than that of
the current fiscal year and realizing that
reaSSeSsment of properties in the city will bring
taxpayers substantially heavier tax bills, in
dorsed the sales-tax proposal of a citizens
advisory committee. This committee includes
representatives of the business community as
well as other segments of the population. But
some business interests that might approve Of
q sales tax if Arlington and Fairfax Counties
were to lead the way are UNDERSTANDABLE reluc-
tant to indorse any such pioneering effort In
Evening star., 1953-05-25
This and That .
By Charles E. TroceweN

locust music along Connecticut avenue,
up Brookville road, and the various
streets between these two running east
and west.
We recall perfectly well the 1896 vis-
itation, and realize that the noise this
time is about 1000 per cent greater on
our block than it was then.
We have no recollection of listening
to the music from our own arm chair,
as we can do this time.
This is due, no doubt. to the fact that
winds must have waited many thou
sands more of the newborn locuSts Gin
the 1886 crop, that isl over to our i'm
mediate neighborhood, so that after
the 17-year period they were able to
climb our trees.
There must be an immense loss, in
all this millions of the newborn must
die. before they get to the ground.
+ +
Millions are lost, too, in the ground.
Experiments show that the newborn
locusts love TN light, and seek it. at
first, but the moment they feel the
ground beneath their feet, something
impellS them to dig. So nature takes
care Of her own. Her processes seem to
be without regard to the individual: it
Is the tribe, alone, that counts. This
cults Of modern days that hold to this
type Of political belief are closer to
nature than the democracieS. especially
the Christian democracies. But, that Is.
Ia their very nature, their glory. that
Evening star., 1953-05-25

they have strived to be better than
nature, more kind, more gentle and
loving.
Those persons who find the locust
music annoying, or sad, might try the
following interesting experiment:
Cup the hands up in front of the ears.
This will increase the sound to an
amazing degree.
Then even this volume may be in
creased by slowly moving the little
finger edge of the hands forward until
the point Of greatest volume is secured.
Now, suddenly take down the hands.
The real locust music will not sound
one-tenth as loud as it did before.
This is variation of the old picture
of Grandad with his hand up to his ear,
saying, "Heh?"
Maybe some day they will provide
thin happers of flexible plastic to be
fixed to hearers ears at symphony or
chestra concerts.
In this way, the low points would be
heard more easily, and 1t would be very
easy to suddenly remove the flapperS
when the forte passages became too
loud.
When the hands are cupped to in
crease the volume Of the locust music,
and then suddenly removed, the music
Is heard. then. to be just right. not at
all noise, but mixture as real music
should be. Of varying tones. blended by
the skilled hands Of o master composer.
Evening star., 1953-05-25

Alexandria. They had one sad experience in
this field several years ago. When the city
imposed sales tax on cigarettes, the mer-
chants soon reported marked drop in ciga-
rette sales. AS the protests from businessmen
snowballed, the council finally decided to repeal
the tax.
The lesson of the cigarette tax has not
been forgotten. MIR. Willard is said to be hope
full that Arlington and Fairfax Counties will
join the sales-tax movement If Alexandria
adopts the two-cent plan he recommends. But
both counties would first have to obtain approval
of the Legislature before imposing such a tax.
Alexandria is one Of the few cities in Virginia
which already has this authority. No county
now has it. With the demand for new sources
Of tax revenues rising in many parts Of nearby
Virginia, the sales-tax plan merits more atten-
tion than has been given it in the past. What
ever Alexandria's final decision on the question:
Mr. Willard has stimulated public interest across
the river in one possible tax source that ought
to be more fully explored there.
Evening star., 1953-05-25

One of the most amazing facts about
the periodical cicadas, popularity known
as neutrality-suspicious.. is that for
about a month, in July, they are prac-
tically extinct
The parents. male and female. are
dead, and the young locuStS have not
yet been born, or Matched.
This state of affairs is not duplicated
in nature except in some other insects.
Once the adult female locusts have
slit the tree branches, and laid their
eggs in them, their job on earth is done,
just as natures assignment to the males
already has been accomplished.
There Is no need for the adults to
guard the branches, since the nests are
high in the trees.
The cut in the branches or twigs
finally causes them to fall, but by this
time, in most cases, the eggs have
hatched and the little new locusts. about
one-twentieth Of an inch long, have
fallen to the earth.
It would be best to say they have been
waited to the earth, since they are ex-
tremely light. and invisible to the hu-
man eye.
This must account for the variation
in neighborhood location of the locusts
from one 17-year period to another
In our own neighborhood, in 1896 the
noise land hence soun6 was at its
highest point on Brookeville road, espe-
cially from Bradley lane south to Chevy
Chase Circle.
This year there is an almost universal
Evening star., 1953-05-25

Egyptian capital. but in 1875 DiSraeli
made British influence paramount by
buying the Egyptian shares from the
bankrupt Khedive. Having checkmated
France on the canal question, Disraeli
turned his attention to Russia and in
1873, at the Congress of Berlin, not only
barred Russian advance toward the
Straits and the Aegean, but secured the
strategically important island of Cyprus
for England. The approaches to Suez
secure on the north, Disraeli turned his
attention to Egypt. Theoretically Egypt
was Turkish province. Practically it
was independent. under the rule of the
spendthrift Khedive Ismail. Since 1868
Ismail. with the assistance of European
capitalists, had been piling the Egyptian
debt to dizzy heights. Bankruptcy
opened the way to foreign political con-
troll. In this situation the weak Khe-
dive was afraid both of the foreigners
and of the nationalists, who were then,
as now. led by an army officer, Arab.
Today Gen. Naguib has placed himself
at the head of the spirit of Egyptian
nationalism, and like Arab in 1881,
Naguib encourages anti-foreign agita-
WILL LA OAACA w oU4CAA6OAAC1A AA4S BOVC4u~
ment.
The consequences of the quarrel over
the Canal Zone do not stop with ten
sion between London and Cairo; the
events on the Isthmus of Suez affect the
fate of far-off Afghanistan and of
nearer nations. The history of the
Middle Eastern question from 1868 to
1886 illustrates the difficulties of pre-
serving world peace among the great
powers. The vast reaches of Central
Asia were far removed from ST. Peters,
burg and Moscow. Transportation was
difficult, and for months at time the
Cars ministers were out of touch with
the military commanders who exercised
almost complete authority in the East.
Similarly the London cabinet knew
little of conditions in and around India,
and the officials on the spot sometimes
took action which embarrassed the
home government in dealings with
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Sometimes ! Wish

II / had neuer knoDn :. then spring
tDouId be
Only a change of seasons, oreening
Spreading across the hills; budding
tree
Would mean but shade in summer,
le1Des that pass.
And May could never hurt my heart
again,
With old remembered magic haunt
night,
There'd be no memory of a fragrant
lane,
A moon too golden or the stars too
bright,
With you beside me, making spring a
song.
And all the dreams that / had dream
ed alone
Were yours and mine together, right or
Sometimes 1oish that had neper
InotCn.
Catherine E. Berry
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Second Best Is No Good

The question which lies at the heart of the
debate over the reduction in Air Force funds is
this: Will the Air Force which emerges be in
ferior to Soviet air power? If the answer is yes
the cut in. funds is an unwarranted gamble.
For in these time, a second-best Air Force is no
good. -'...~> ,
There is every reason to believe that the
Russians are relentlessly stockpiling A-bombs,
and that within about two years they will have
enough to launch devastating attack on this
country. There is also reason to believe that
the Soviet air force, in terms of modern air
craft is superior to ours, and that its margin Of
superiority will increase rather than decrease
in the immediate future.
If these assumptions are correct it Is hard to
see how any one can justify the decision to
abandon the 143-wing goal set by the Truman
administration and currently described by the
Air Force as "the absolute minimum in order to
attain adequate national security in view of the
military strength of the Soviet Union" If the
assumptions are not correct-if some factor not
publicly known alters the picture of relative
military strength-the administration should
say So
To this time, Defense Secretary Wilson has
not given a satisfactory explanation of the S.
billion cut in the Air Force budget. He says,
to be sure that we will get more air strength
W4VAA AOAAcy A0o1, oAAO VA4oV AoJ NC VAuo
But the projected slash in funds seems certain
to mean that, in the long run, we will have
fewer planes, less defense and a smaller
capacity for aircraft production. What Con-
gress wants to know is how this gamble with
our security can be justified in the light Of
Russia's known power and apparent intentions.
This is a legitimate inquiry, and Congress
should insist on getting better answers than
Mr.. Wilson has given.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Montdomery School. BUDGET

l. am writing to. voice publicly the
strongest protest of which am capable
to the tactics of the Montgomery
County PTA in it's efforts to restore
the $17,680,000 budget proposed by the
Board Of Education. The PTAS are
circulating a petition Cor two petitions,
they would have you believe), so all
taxpayers may register their opinions
as to whether the entire budget Of
$17,680.0OO asked by the Board of Edu-
cation or the 13,445, 900 recommended
by the County Manager be adopted by
the County Council.
The petition has two tear coupons,
one of which is to be signed by the
taxpayer. The affirmative one states.
in effect, II will be willing to forgo a
tax reduction for fiscal 1854, if neces-
sary to meet school needs" The mega
tive one states II am not willing to
forgo the reduction in taxes affecting
me for 1854 which would result from
accepting the recommendations of the
county manager respecting the school
budget"
This puts the taxpayer and parent
In the embarrassing predicament If
AAC NA4OOOCO w dO1uC NY II1C COU1Iy
managers recommendations Of signing
a statement, picked up by a neighbor,
and available for any one to see, that
he is unwilling to spend the money
the Board of Education thinks neces-
sary for education in the county. A
few tough-skinned individuals may
sign it mo-" but most will be coerced
into signing the affirmative side, which
is what the PTA hopes will happen by
their nasty little wording. This is no
more an open two-choice affair than
is an election in Russia today; it is
pressure tactics at its worst.
hope every taxpayer will do what
I have done-refuse to sign either
petition and make their wishes known
directly to the County Council.
Parent and Taxpayer.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Lobor-Industry Peace Contract

Big Business and Big Labor settled upon
a pattern for peace when General Motors Cor
poration and the United Automobile Workers
reWrote the wage provisions of their fve-year
contract two years before its expiration.
Without a strike threat, the company
agreed in brief and apparently amicable nego-
tiationS to revision of the cost-of-living
escalator clause so that hourly wage rates can
not drop more than five cents as against
previous potential dip of "a cents and to GER
tain fixed increases for specified categories
of labor. They agreed, also, on application of
the new Consumer Price Index as against the
"old series" index-a change of measurement
which will work to the benefit of labor.
1t is estimated that the new agreement
will mean for General Motors an investment of
about $50 million over the next two years in
added labor costs BY implication, it is an
expression of confidence on the part of the
company that industrial activity and prosperity
will remain on a high level but it also may be
interpreted as an expression of belief that the
"inflationary impact which has been brought
to bear upon the national economy in recent
years will remain with us for at least the two
more years involved.
The Ford and ChrySler companies the other
two of the Big Three in the automotive indus
try, are next in line for review of their labor
contracts. It is unlikely that either will risk
a production stoppage and it is reasonable to
believe that the new General Motors formula
will now be considered the broad base for the
industry While the economics of this formula
may yet be questioned-partic by some
of the smaller concerns in the f1eld-the
example set for peaceful relationship between
management and labor has substantial value
that reaches far beyond the automotive field
alone.