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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

ed by Mrs. Harry Shank and Mrs.
Marion Harshman.
The program topic was "He Is
Risen" with Mrs. Harshman as lead
er, and the meeting opened with a
piano prelude by Mrs. Sabina Bak
er, Christ The Lord Is Risen To
day" Mrs. Entler read the Scrip
ture lesson and Mrs. Weaver led in
prayer
Readings featured the topic and
vocal solo was rendered by Mrs. Rob
ert Thomas. During the social hour,
refreshments were served from
table centered with Easter emblems
and lighted tapers. Daffodils and
tulips provided background for the
affair Mrs. Shank poured coffee
and Mrs. Entler presided at the
punch bowl. The door prize was
given to Miss Pearl Poffenberger,
and it was announced that the May
meeting will be held at the home of
Mrs. Raymond Lowe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Keedy and
daughter, Sandra, of Charlestown,
w. Va, were Sunday guests of Mrs.
Goldie Wyand
Fred Ellis is a patient at the hos
pital in Martinsburg.
Mrs Grace Buxton has returned to
her home after visiting her daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs
Russell Mills, of Silver Spring.
Mrs Ernest KoogIe spent Wed
nesday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Reeder.
Mrs. Annie Griffith was the Sun
day guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Zimmerman.
The Rev Karl Warner, Stafford
Kline, f. r. Hodges, Leo Wyand
and Carroll Rohrer attended the
Mems Congress of the Evangelical
United Brethren Church at Red Lion,
Pa, on Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Shaffer and
son, Billy, spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. Verdun Shaffer, of
Cumberland.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shank, deputy lee
turer, will visit Olive Branch Chap
ter, Order of the Eastern Star, to-
morrow evening. All Eastern Star
members are invited to attend.
A film, "The Vicious Cycle" was
shown under the auspices of the To-
cal W.C.TU. at the Salem Evangeli-
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16
Keedysville News

Mrs. Alice Wasserman, grand
chief, visited Potomac Temple of
Pythian Sisters last evening A cere-
mony, The Garden of Beautiful
Friendship" was presented in her
honor.
Mrs Mary b. Suman has returned
to her home after spending five
weeks at the Washington Sanitorium.
She is much improved
Mrs Cora Weaver and Mrs. John
Entler entertained the Mite Society
of st. Peters Lutheran Church on
Tuesday evening. They were assist
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

ians and Paul Kefauver served as
general chairman of the affair. He
was assisted by Mrs. Paul Kefauver,
John Wagner, Wyand Rohrer, Eu-
gene Order, Bernie Smith and Bruce
Clipp.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

Mrs. George Line entertained the
Ladies Aid of the Mount Vernon
Evangelical and Reformed Church
on Tuesday evening.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

Give some people an inch and
they think they are a ruler.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16
LEE COMMERCIAL TAGs

Use Delphey's Daily Service
No delay. 237 E. Franklin st.
Adv.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16
Leitersburg News

Mrs. Louise Rodgers Bowers, who
has spent the past year at the Victor
Cullen Memorial Hospital, Sabillas-
Vile, spent five days over Easter
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Rodgers, Waynesboro Hagerstown
Highway.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

Altman BIC Charles Stockslager,
who has been stationed for the past
year in Arizona, recently spent
twenty-five days with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs, Lester Stockslager.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

they were named for prominent
American poets and historical per
sonalities.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

highway.
Sgt. William Billy Barnhart,
who is stationed in New Hampshire,
spent the Easter holidays with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Barn
hart. and his wife, Mrs. Carolyn
Burkhart Barnhart, north of town.
Coast Guard Lawrence Johns, who
is stationed in Cape May, N. j.,
spent the Easter week end with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Johns, ST., and his wife, Mrs. Patsy
Troupe Johns.
H. r. Robinson, father of Mrs. Ger
aid Cross, has moved into the apart
ment above the Bozangus store. The
apartment has been vacated since
the Valentine family moved to Hag
erstoWn.
Robert Cross, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerald Cross, near Jacobs Church,
broke his arm while playing at
Woodland Way Junior High last
week.
Airman SIC Gene Hollingsworth,
who has received a thirty -day leave
before being sent to new camp, has
been stationed in Pittsburgh for the
past several months. He is spending
his leave with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sheridan Hollingsworth, and
his wife, Mrs. Elaine Warner Hol-
lingsworth, Hagerstown.
Edward Mitchell, husband of Patsy
Lowman, cut his hand on broken
car window last week and was taken
to the emergency room of the
Waynesboro Hospital, where several
stitches were required.
The Leitersburg PIT A. held its
April meeting at the school house
last week with Mrs. Paul Koppisch
presiding The election of officers
was held, but the results have not
yet been announced.
A number of old landmark trees
have been removed from the school
ground. The writer of this column
can well remember the Arbor Day
exercises, held over sixty years ago,
in which she took part in as stu
dent. When the trees were planted,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

Georgia Anne Wyand won first
prize in the small children's class by
finding seventeen eggs at the annual
egg hunt held in Taylor Memorial
Park. Eugene Milburn won first
prize in the older children's group
by finding eighteen eggs.
Name eggs, which entitled them
to prizes, were found by the follow
ing children: Otis Long, Jr., Renee
Gordon, Phyllis Wyand, Beverly
Ann Meats, Carol Ann Lowe, Deb
bic WEIGH, Violet Roberts, Carolyn
Miller, Judy Taylor, Sheila Line,
Connie Line Tommy Eckstine, Eu-
gene Milburn, Louise Mongan, Junior
Eckstine, Ellis Rhodes, Danny Ellis,
Linda Guyer, Gary Clipp, Christie
Moser, jamie Ellis, Roland Rohrer,
Margaret Duborow and Martin Line.
The egg hunt was sponsored by
Mcclellan Lodge Knights of Pyth-
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

twenty-five days with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Stockslager.
Donald Feiser, oldest son of Mr..
and Mrs George Feiser, has receiv-
ed his honorable discharge from the
service after serving two years. He
has accepted a position with the
Fairchild Aircraft Division.
Donna Rinehart, student at Tow
son. spent the Easter vacation with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan
Rinehart.
Mr. and Mrs Russell Wolfgram,
Arlington, Va, spent their Easter
vacation with Mrs. Wolfgram's sister
and her husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Eakle. They also visited another
sister and her husband, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Anderson.
Charles Monroe Beale has been in
Quoted into the armed forces.
Miss Mary Poe, who spent the
Easter holidays in Westminster with
Mr.. and Mrs. William Warner and
their daughter and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Jacob Hesson expects to
return home this week
Mrs. Weldon Whetzel, who has
been in Australia since October Wis
iting her parents, Rev and Mrs.
Thalberg, Adelaid, sailed yesterday
from Sidney, Australia, for Vance
yer, British Columbia The trip will
be about a month long,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

RUBBER STAMPS
We make 'em in Jiffyl
StOuffer Printing Co, Phone 1900
Advt.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

Sgt. William BILLY" Barnhart,
who is stationed in New Hampshire,
spent the Easter holidays with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, Walter Barn
hart, and his wife, Mrs. Carolyn
Burkhart Barnhart, north of town.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

cal United Brethren Church on Sun
day evening.
Greg and Gary Hammond, of
Washington, spent the week end
with their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roscoe Hammond.
Mrs. Robert Gordon will entertain
the Loyalty Sunday School class of
st. Peters Lutheran Church on Tues
day evening. She will be assisted
by Mrs. Harold Lowe.
The girls All Club is making
plans to hold Parents Night at the
Pythian Hall on Friday evening,
April "a.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

Coast Guard Lawrence Johns, who
is stationed in Cape May, N. j.,
spent the Easter week end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Johns, ST., and his wife, Mrs. Patsy
Troupe Johns.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

Robert Cross, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerald Cross, near Jacobs Church,
broke his arm while playing at
Woodland Way Junior High last
week.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

H. R. Robinson, father of Mrs. Ger
aid Cross, has moved into the apart
ment above the Bozangus store. The
apartment has been vacated since
the Valentine family moved to Hag-
erStoWn.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

The Leitersburg PIT. A. held its
April meeting at the school house
last week with Mrs. Paul Koppisch
presiding. The election of officers
was held, but the results have not
yet been announced.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

Donna Rinehart, student at Tow
son, spent the Easter vacation with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs Harlan
Rinehart.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-04-16

Edward Mitchell, husband of Patsy
Lowman, cut his hand on broken
car window last week and was taken
to the emergency room of the
Waynesboro Hospital, where several
stitches were required.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-06
REACTION TO NEWARK CASE
DECISION is BAD

For several months past DelaWareans
have shown more than passive interest in
the cases of the several Newark boys who
had confessed to numerous thefts and other
crimes over a period of months. They were
guilty without dOubt-they had pleaded
guilty to the Offenses charged against them.
Three in particular were singled out as lead
erS of the group.
Last week three judges in the Superior
Court of New Castle County Judges Lay
ton, Hermann and Terry)) sentenced these
culprits. All were given terms of various
degree-and then the sentences were sus-
pended. In practical effect, this means pa
role. The decision of the Court was not un-
unanimous. Judge Layton, in a minority
statement, said that he felt that the three
leaders should be jailed for their part in the
crimes committed. Judge Hermann agreed
that the crimes justified Imprisonment, but
felt that the New Castle County WorkhOuse
was not place in which they should be inn
prisOned.
Immediately following the sentencing of
the boys a strong public reaction developed.
Voices of condemnation and disapprOval of
the disposition of the cases were raised. Not
only in Newark, but from all sections of
Delaware announcement of the decision of
the Court is condemned. The Outcry con-
tinues throughout the entire state. Almost
unanimous SenClmenf is against the SuS-
pended sentences granted by the Court.
We believe that the Court was too lenient
with respect to the three leaders of, the
gang. We personally know the parents of
several of these young men. They are fine
people, but for some reason their sons "went
bad" The parents have our sympathy
they need it. But sympathy for them can
not bring us to believe that these young
criminals should not pay for their misdeeds
Here in Milford last year two young
boys were committed to the Ferris School
for crimes of lesser degree. In their cases
we believe that Judge Stevenson meted out
the right sentence. We cannot agree with the
reasoning of the Court in the Newark cases.
To us it seems that these vandals and thieves
were not entitled to the gentle pampering
that they received. We have discussed these
cases with scores of people-peOple of all
walks of life. We have found only two per-
sons who think that leniency was justified in
this instance. To the public there seems
nothing in the handling of the case which
will act as a detergent to others criminally
inclined to commit acts of like character in
the future. Like thousands of other Della
wareans we were surprised and disappointed
at the outcome of these cases.
~TS&GN<L
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-06
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OFF TO A GOOD START

This is the mechanized age.
We see the evidence of that fact every-
wherein our homes and businesses, in the
great cities and the small towns And no
where has the machine effected swifter or
more dramatic revolution than on the Am
erican farm.
Today, it is estimated, our farmers are
using more than $12,5O0,00O,0OO worth of
achinery-tractOrs, corn pickers, COM
bines, hay balers and so or down the long
list. These mechanical marvals perform
basic farm tasks far more cheaply, far more
swiftly, and far more efficiently than is pOss-
lble with human or animal labor They have
been one of the biggest factors in increasing
the farm incOme-and in making it possible
for a small percentage of the population to
provide ample farm products for all the rest
of us, with heavy quantities left over for
export to less fortunate lands.
This represents tremendous progress. But
it is not the emo of the story. In agriculture,
the mechanized age is still far from matur-
ity.
An authority on farm management has
stated that the average American farmer is
actually working for less than one dollar
an hour Commenting on that fact, the pres
ident of an organization which markets farm
equipment nationally said, "There can be
only one explanation for this. It is simply
that no enough tolls have been provided foI
the American Farmer. Power has not yet
been applied to enough of the jobs that make
up the complex business of farming. The
average farmer still does 60 per cent of his
work without benefit of any power other
than his own muscles"
The machine has been boon to agri
culture What is needed now is still more
machines, still more mechanization, still
greater gains in productivity and efficiency
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-06
FACTS ABOUT CALENDARS

AS the clock ticks off the minutes and
hours, so the calendar will record the days
and mcnths with unfailing regularity until
the end of time.
A day rarely passes that we do not glance
at this infallible recorder that hangs on the
wall or sits on our desk. We take the calen-
dar without question. We never miStrust it's
accuracy or reliability.
But the calendar that regulates our lives
from birth to death was not always the Obed-
lent servant it is today.
Two hundred years ago, the English
speaking world received jolt when people
suddenly discovered September did not
follow September 2.
In fact, IL whole 6avs were dropped out
Of the calendar and the lives of those living
in 1852. Folks who went to bed September
2, woke up on September IA. Business and
domestic life were utterly disrupted.
This was just another growing pain of
civilization. The British parliament decided
the calendar must catch up with time and
English people must get in step with the
rest of the world
Since the first cave man dug a chunk
out of a handy tree with his axe TO mark
passage of a day, man has tried to keep ac-
curate track of time.
The unfailing operation of the solar sys-
tenn marks time in days, years and seasons
Anyone can whip up a calendar but if ii
doesn't tally with the movements in the
heavens, it will soon be way off the beam.
AS early as $500 B. c., the Sumerians
came up with calendar. 1t was useful but
inaccurate. The Babylonians, too, worked
out chart for keeping dates. Their brain
child also missed the boat
By sticking in extra days when the
months ran short and even adding days
wholesale to make the year come out right
these ancient folks kept their calendars uI
reasonably well.
Julius Caesar dabbled with the calendar
and instituted more reform to take care O-
errors in previous computations. Finally
Pope Gregory had his scientists work out
new calendar in the 18th century with mar
gin Of error that will lose but one day in 3,OOl
years.
This is the calendar the English worlc
finally adopted in 1852. To do so, it had Il
drop II Gays because the Julian calendar il
use over the centuries had lost that mucI
actual time.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-06
THE ADMINISTRATIONS FARM
POLICY

Farm problems were not much of an
issue during the last campaign. Both the
candidates endorsed the price support idea,
and the speeches aimed at the farm audience
were largely Of a routine character.
It is now evident, however, that the
Eisenhower Administration is taking very
different approach to agricultural issues
than did the Truman or Roosevelt Admins
trations. And that approach is based on the
philosophy that all the people and all groups
should depend less on their government
and more on themselves.
The way the new Administration hopes
to apply this philosophy in it's handling of
farm problems was blueprinted I'll SOME de-
tail by Secretary of Agriculture Benson, in
a speech before livestock association at St.
Paul. ''YOu cannot" he said, "build char
acter by taking away mans initiative and in
dependence. The supreme test of any
government policy, agricultural, or other,
should be How will it affect the character,
morale, and well-being of our people?
With the development of mechanized COM
mercial agriculture, the family farm has
become closely geared into a complex inter
dependent industrial economy. There is no
hope for peace, growth, or prosperity if
each economic group is seeking its own ad-
vantage to the detriment of others
Mr.. Benson went on to deal with the
price support laws These, he assured his
audience, will be carried out faithfully. The
existing law makes it mandatory that GER
tain basic commodities (wheat, corn, cotton,
rice, tobacco and peanuts) must be support
ed at 80 per cent of parity this year and
next. Other farm products must be support
ed to a lesser extent. Then he said these
significant words, "While enforcing these
laws, there will be formulated long-term pro-
grams which will more fully and effectively
accomplish our overall detectives Price
supports should provide insurance against
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-06
Washington Letter = By Robert Nelson ToYlor

American Activities Committee
ground on, revealing further the
shocking grip of Communist philO-
sophy, if not of the Party itself,
on the instructors of American
youth.
During the past week two col
lege professors admitted having
been Communist party members in
their youth, when they had mis-
taken Marxism for liberalism. "
One became disillusiOned in his
first year as 2 member, the other
in his second. Both quit the party
in 1899 and have since been ac-
lively fighting Communism.
But with a third professor, it
was the same old dismal story, of
refusing to answer the $64 ques-
tiOn because 1T might tend to
incriminate me-" And no one will
ever be able to explain to this un-
! legal mind why such an answer is
not in itself the most convincing
incriminatiOn.
incidentally, Daniel ]. BOOrstin,
! associate professor in American
History at the University of Chi
cago, and one of the two educa-
tors who admitted he had been a
party member "fOr less than a
year." seems to have disposed OF
the sacred cause of intellectual
freedom" for which so many pink
os are carrying the torch. 81 dOn't
think" said BOorstin, ANYONE
should be employed to teach in q
university who is not free intel
ilectually-and / consider member
ship in the Communist Party evi
dence that the person is not fret
intellectually"
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM
When Senator Taft was askeC
the other day what he though
about President Eisenhower
statement that he would, unde
certain conditions go halfway t
a meeting with Joe Stain, the Sen
ator thought long and hard, an
then said, mo comment"
Thil is probably the best answe
to this question to date. And
should probably be an example t
your humble servant. But W
, would like to suggest that a grea
| many people may be unduly excit
, ing themselves over a highly i'm
/ probable event. To begin with, tn
: President was answering a double
barrelled question of ms report
, er Robert E. Clark: stain wa
: qouted few weeks ago that b
would look favOrably on a face-tC
face meeting with you. Do yo
think anything could be accom-
plished at this time and would 20
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-06
ARTIFICIAL PROSPERITY

Most economists agree that great new in
dustry-Defense-is what has kept us going since
we caught up with post World War II demand. While
many have viewed Republican victory the harblnger
OF happy days, former President Truman was prob
ably more nearly correct when he lkened our situ-
alton to the Hoover boom. I've said many times that
governments can influence the course of economic
action, but they cannot repeal NewtOn's Law OF
Action and Reaction.
There now is no such thing as perpetual pros
perity Barring war; we may well be at the down
turn of the economic cycle. If we had not had the
Korean outbreak in $780, the Truman Administra-
ton would not have Jared so well. Our Government
is still "priming the pump" with national security
expenditures to the tune of about $48 billion annually
A peak figure of $50 billion may be reached by 1854.
After 1854 what's goug to happen when Govern
ment defense spending gradually cut back $40
1860? The only hope is to treat businessmen and
investors in friendly manner as labor leaders
have been treated.
NATIONAL DEFENSE SPENDING
At currently planned rates, national defense
spending would purchase about 17@o of total
national output by 1854 but soon drop back to only
so. One of our main problems, then, is for mer-
chants to find customers who can afford to pur-
chase goods and services to take up the slack.
stantia cut is made in Government spending and
taxes. The bottom 500 of our population. where
the mass market lies, holds only about 72o of our
gross national savings This is very important
statement. THINK II OVER
EisenhOWer's problem is going to be a tough
one moving from a kind of straw man economics to
an economics of natural law. His "eleven million
aires and plumber" Cabinet brings to the job out
standing experience and abilities. Certainly they
understand, as well as any can, the problems
of business. Time will tell how well they under
stand politics so as to get real results