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Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
FELTON, SCHOOL
NEWS

Senior examinations will be Civ
en- June 1st and End preceding the
departure of this years graduates
Tor their New York trip. Final ex-
aminations for grades seven to
eleven will be held on June 5th.
Sth, and 9Th.
Plans are being completed for
the annual Faculty-SchOol Trus-
tees Picnic at Garland Lake on
the evening of June 1st. This event
is always very enjoyable, although
the athletic activities lead to ach-
ing muscles the following day. The
families Of the faculty members
and school trustees are Included
in the festivities.
On the afternoon Of June 2nd
the senior class will leave FELTON,
School on their New York trim.
They will travel by Greyhound Bus.
Feltop High School will have
many losses in athletics because
OF graduation. My two of the
Seniors boys, Bill Mack and Bob
Wyatt, will be absent from sports
next year. Both boys played soccer,
basketball, and baseball. Bill Mack
was captain Of the basketball team.
The girls athletics will be hit
hard by graduation. Hockey.
Marilyn Steele, Doris Ann Cahall
Lenora Hughes, Claire Jester. Jan
ct Lee Carroll, Phyllis Hrupsa. lean
Maris, and Betty Stanton. Basket
ball: Marilyn Steele, Doris Ann
Cahall, Claire Jester, Jean Maris.
and Betsy Butler. Baseball: Marilvn
Steele, Doris Ann Cahall, Lenora
Hughes, Claire Jester, Janet Lee
Carroll, Phyllis Hrupsa, Jean Mar
is, and Betty Stanton.
The FELTON, High school Band
will give its spring concert this
Friday evening at S.15. The band
is making good progress under the
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
Birthday Party

More than sixty guests attended
birthday party given in honor ~
the l4th birthday of CaroIe Fnid
Wilson, in Grange Hall. on Tnas-
day night of last week. The guests
were for the most part, members
oI the 9th grades in the local
school, members Of the junior class
OF Grace Church and also of 49,
Chancel Choir, and other friends
Claude Adkins, Al Agent of
sussex County, supervised = nro-
gram of folk dances and games
Carole was the recipient of a Iarga Isl,e..
number Of beautiful gifts. Flower
decorations graced the tables and
homemade cake and ice cream
candy and nuts were served - s,.I,,, t1a
guests. The party was given bv Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Wilson narents
OF Carole, and Mrs. Mary q. wilson
her grandmother.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

direction Of Bob Arthur. In the nro-
gram viii be featured French horn
and baritone duets. There viii ~
ensembles by both the senior ana
junior bands with clarinets and
trumpets. The main feature 81 This
program will be several number
Dy saxophone quintet. Numhers.
VIII be played by flutes as well ss
me Glee Club and Girls Cborns
The FELTON, Future Farmers -
America Chapter held an election
OF oiIicers for the school wear Iess-
q. The new officers are as follows.
president, ElwOod Fisher. wee.
president, Eibert Harrinoton.
Secretary, Linford IoekwooS
treasurer, Robert Cooper. Renort.
er, Joe Hughes; Sentinel. Kennatb
fitzgerald. The first and second
year As boys went on & tonr -
the Swift Poultry Plant Fr;asv
afternoon, May 22nd. This was
very interesting and educafiopai
tour.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
DELAWARE FARM MARKET news
Market News nfomufiOn Supplied BY The Bureau OF Ml
State Board Of Agriculture, Dover, Dsuware

The following is a weekly round
up Of livestock prices and miscel-
laneOus commodities prevailing
last week This report shows aver
age prices received by Delaware
farmers for commodities that were
marketed throughout this week.
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEAL CALVES
Choice: $26.0O to $4,000, mostly
$2S.5O per cwt.
Medium to good: $1,000 to $3.50,
mostly $24.0O per cwt.
Rough and common: $500 to
$1,000, mostly $4,000 per cwt.
Monkeys: $500 to $4,000, most
ly $24.00 per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium: $23.OO to $28.75, mostly
$28.75 per cwt.
Wool: $.45 per lb.
SLAUGHTER COWS
Medium to good: $13.75 to $1,000,
mostly $14.25 per cwt.
Common: $11.75 to $3.50, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
Gamers and cutters: $1,000 to
$11.5O, mostly SLIPS per cwt.
STEERS
Light steers; $3.50 to S21.5O.
mostly $1700 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type: $1,000 to $1,000.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
BULLS
lover 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: S15.25 to $1,000.
mostly $16.75 per cwt.
$500 to LO0O lbs.)
Medium to good: $3.50 to $1,000.
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(goOd quality
12O to 40 lbs: $500 to S24.OO.
mostly $23.75 per cwt.
40 to 240 lbs: S24.0O to S245
mostly $2425 per cwt.
24O to $50 lbs: $21.75 to S2275.
mostly $2S.75 per cwt.
SOWS
(gOOd quality
200 to 300 lbs: $500 to S22.25.
mostly $21.5O per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs: $1,000 to s2O.;5.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
IN lie AR FORCE.1
By Eloine townsend Diekerson

.4730 El Cerrito
May %, 1853
Sacto. Is, Calf.
Dear Friends:
Time is sure flying by. In an
other week Jean and Gladys will
be on their way back to Salisbury.
Maryland, and two weeks after
they leave we'll be headed on our
way back to good old Delaware.
Think We'll eat up those 5000
miles quickly when we get all
packed" in that car, and 1 do
mean packed in.
Last Saturday night we took the
girls back to San Francisco to see
it at night, something we hadn't
seen, either. The top floor of the
Mark Hopkins Hotel or the "Top
of the Mark" is the place to view
the splendor of all those thousands
OF lights .. lights on the Golden
Gate Bridge, lights on the Oakland
Bay Bridge, the street lights down
town, the MANY neon signs adver-
t1sing what each building holds
within, etc. 1t was a clear night
and we were appreciative of our
luck. We ate at Tarentino's on
Fisherman's Wharf, took a ride on
a cable car and spent quite a bit
OF time shopping in Chinatown.
This is the most fascinating place
to go night or day. The grocery
stores, the newspaper shops, the
nlghtclubs, the restaurants and the
many gift shops are all different
from our own, and it is so different
that you never seem to tire of go
ing there. In one shop while the
girls and Hayes were looking
around l watched two little Chinese
boys run behind their fathers store
counter and get a couple of staff
pens and begin to write on a paper.
wanted to see how well they
would know their A. B. C.'s in
Chinese and peeked-they were
playing Tit, Tat, Toe! Very Chi
nese-y, huh?
Sunday we rode up in the Sierra
Mountains through Donner Pass
and to our great disappointment
found very little snow left up there.
The girls got to see Donner and
Tahoe Lake, which are both SO
beautiful and we crossed into
Nevada and came back home.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

mostly S19.75 per cwt.
Over 400 lbs: $1,000 to $40 75.
mostly $19.25 per cwt.
BOARS
Cgood quality
Under $50 lbs: $1,000 to $1,000
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $500 to s1IOO
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to good: $14.0O to $1,000
mostly $500 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
Is to 10 weeks old eg
Choice: $3.50 to $1,000, mostly
Sll.OO per cwt.
Medium to good: $500 to $500
mostly $500 per cwt.
Common: $3.50 to $500, mostly
$3.50 per cwt.
HORSES AND MULES
work type: $500 to s132.5O.
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
Butcher type: $4,000 to S45
mostly $4,000 per cwt.
LIVE POULTRY
HEAVY BREEDS
Fowl: $1.30 to $1.SO, mostly 81 CO.
LIGHT BREEDS
Bantam chickens: SIS to $40.
DUCKS
Muscovy ducks: $50 to S14O
mostly $1.15.
RABBITS
Large breeds: SI.OO to a. 2O
mostly $1.5O.
Small Breeds: $50 to $50. most
Young rabbits: $50 to $50.
mostly $40.
EGGS
Ungraded, mixed: $40 to s55
per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
ASPARAGUS: $50 per bunch
STRAWBERRIES: S.S5 to S.37h
per quart.
APPLES: $3.1O per bushel.
STRAWBERRIES: $6.s5 to $500
per crate. S'0O
PEAS: $3.50 per e 0ushel
LARD: $4.OO to S5.25 per 50 ID.
COUNTRY BUTTER: S.35 per III
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29

OF approval, though there will be delays
the President and his team are learning that
in government, results can't be attained near
ly as quickly as in military and business life.
There has been little really bitter Congress-
ional criticism of his Administration or HIM
self. For the most part, debate over cOntro-
verslal issues has been conducted on a high
plane.
Where and when the Administration has
shown weakness, it generally has been due
to political ineXperience-no one in the TOP
group ever held top federal position before.
To take one example, the early Juror over the
stock holdings of certain Cabinet appointees.
and the period of confusion that followed.
seemed largely due to ignorance or misunder-
standing of an old law. To take another. some
of the Cabinet members obviously felt that
reorganization of their departments could be
accomplished in jig time whereas, due to
Civil Service, patronage, and other such
forces it is lOng-term job. To take a third,
administration members on occasion have
wounded Congressional Sensibilities, because
OF lack of knowledge of the unwriten laws
of protocol and custom that are jealOusly up
held by both House and Senate.
In helping the Eisenhower Administra-
tlon make its unavoidable adjustments to the
realities of political life, the man who was
his foremost opponent for the nomination
plex senior Senator from Ohio; Robert A.
Taft No one living in all probability, knows
as much about how the government operates,
or is as adrOit at getting things done Almost
everyone once predicted an early Taft -Eisen-
hover split. Now it looks as if the two men
have reached a firm working and personal
relationship. Dissimilar as they are in many
ways, their basic principles are much the
same. Senator Taft has said that he will not
at Il q
again, and that he expects President Eisen-
hover to be the victorious 1856 candidate.
He is devOting himself to making this Repub-
lican Administration a success. In prestige
and influence he is second only to the Presi-
dent himself, and he is much more skillful
in political dealings.
To sum up the general view, the Admin
istration is doing excellently-and all the
future auguries are favorable.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
DON'T UNDERTAKE. THE FARMER

Senate Majority Leader Robert A. Taft told a
group of farm representatives from his native Ohio
the other day that the Eisenhower Administration
will find to the farm problem, even though
it might be politically "unpaatable."
The fiscal and farm problems, he declared, were
the most serious of all the difficulties facing the
American people and the Administration. AS of now
he noted, the Government has nearly three billion
dollars in stored surplus farm commodities, and the
figure may be twice that by the end of the year.
Present legislation, Senator Taft declared, could
only lead to disaster. Continued price support of
ninety per cent of parity could not continue he said
without drastic. production controls"
The problem has indeed grown so staggering as
to threaten the whole national economy. 1t grew
and grew because it was nursed through the years
by ambitious politicians 1t only be reduced by
reversing the process and nobody LIKES 70 lo-
duce. But think today's farmers are wise enough
and patriotic enough to be just worried about it
as anyone else They don't want handouts" And
it goes against the grain to the bounty of the
good earth turned into a calamity instead of the
blessing it is intended to be.
Secretary Benson has long since expressed these
sentiments, and farmers have applauded them We
believe he will come up with some answers that will
be both fair and effective And to farmers who want
to profit by their good judgment rather than their
mistakes they will not be politically unpalatabe"
FRANKENSTEIN?
Now that the scientists have completed the latA
est series of atomic blasts in Nevada and going
to give the dust a chance to settle down on Yucca
Flat, it would probably be the merest coincidence
if the weather pattern of the u S. also returned to
something nOrmalcy.
We are assured by the meteorOlogists that the
frghtful tOrnadoes that have whirled through
likely areas the excessive rain that has fallen else
where and the antics of the thermometer in many
places could have nothing to do with this atomic
PandOra's Box we've opened up.
But, consider blast number nine at Yucca Flat
for example. We're told it released as much force
10000 tons of INT. And, way back in World War
l a pound or two of it made quite bang. This
blast set off on 300 foot steel tOwer-which
didn't melt it VAPORIZED! In towns 100 miles
away 5000 people kept indoors for three hours
by the police to protect them from radiO-activity
SeismOgraphs in Pasadena, 800 miles away, re-
corded the shock
The SUNRISE said Congressman observer, was
but candle compared with the flash Maybe the
earth is but football
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
Washington Letter - By Robert Nelson Tovlor

China out of its seat in the U. ~ and welcoming the
Red puppet in it's place.
Perhaps modern armies do not fight from behind
stone walls and trees, Molly Pitchers are loading
held-peces and the musket and the pOwder-horn
are out of date RadaT farther than the anxious
eyes that watched the belfry of Old North Church
But the sacred honor for which we have paid so
dearly must be defended, are lost That Is not
disaster" That is dissolution And history is full
of nrecedents
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
AGRICULTURE AND THE FIGHT
FOR PEACE

In America we have defeated famine.
But famine and hunger still stalk much of
the rest of the WOrld-and are a root cause,
as they have always been, of unrest and
turmoil and war.
In recent talk, an official of a company
which manufactures farm machinery said,
Hungry nations are not happy nations-nOr
are they the most cooperative in matters
relating to the continuation of peace Be-
cause of this fact, agriculture is a key in
dustry in our fight for peace-in our en-
deavOr to provide sufficiently for ourselves
and for other nations the vital fOOdstuffs
so essential to peace. =.
II people everywhere could adopt Am
erlcas modern methods and use modern
American farm machinery, famine and star
walton could be stamped out in one year, and
thus eliminate the most important single
cause OF war;" He then went on to point out
that II we are to have peace and freedom
we must do the best possible job of conserv-
ing and utilizing our land and other natural
resources.
Since 1920, our population has increased
by 25 per cent-but food production has in
creased only Is per cent. During the next 25
years another 25 per cent increase in Amer
lca's population is expected. Large Quanti-
ties of agricultural products will continue
to be needed by friendly peoples overseas.
The situation can be met by making every
acre of farm land produce to capacity-and
at the same time applying the proven tech
nlques for keeping that acre fertile for fu-
ture generations. In this, science and the
machine are the farmers true and tested
allies.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
EISENHOWER'S FIRST FOUR MONTHS
IN OFFICE

The Eisenhower Administration has been
IN power for four months-a sufficient period
OF time to give Congress, the commentators,
and the public at large good idea of its OBJ
Jectlves and methods. Much discussion is
going the rounds as to how it has done thus
far.
The concensus is that the Presidents
popular standing is as high as it was at the
time OF his election-perhaps even higher.
ne has improved materially as a speaker, and
he presents his thoughts with greater cla,.ifS,
and precision He has happy and rare com
Dlnatlon Of friendliness and dignity. His
continued stress on traditional, Old-fashioned
ideals and principles has evoked the warmest
KIND OF response In the hearts and minds of
millions Of people.
He has enjoyed genuine honeymoon
with g Congress which is narrowly divided
between the parties and this happy relation
ship IS continuing. All the basic elements in
MS legislative program seem almost certain
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-29
70 YEARS OF NIGHT BASEBALL

On June 2, 1888 baseball game was play
ed at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The occasion was
a landmark in the history of the national
sport, for it was the first game ever played
under electric light. The score was amazingly
high, 1911, and this was attributed to the
poor lighting the old arc lamps provided.
On June 2 of this year the 10th anniver-
sary of the advent of night baseball will be
celebrated in ball parks all over the country
with the approval of Baseball Commissioned
Ford Frlck. In many areas, professional
baseball is now played exclusively at night,
save for Sunday and holiday games This
enables the working man and woman to take
IN weekday games without giving "sick
grandmother" excuses to the boss. And the
quality OF lighting in modern parks today
comes about as close to perfection as anyone
could ask.
This is just one more colorful little ex
ample of electricity's contribution to better
living for the American people. To millions
OF those people baseball is an important part
OF lie, and without night play only the rela-
tive few would be able to see much of il.
Abundant, inexpensive electric power has
made revolutionary contributions to the rec
reatlon OF the country no less than the work.
FEDERAL DEMANDS EXCESSIVE
Taxes-Federal, state, and local-are now
taking about 20 cents out Of every dollar of
our national income. Some experts on eco
nomic history, say that's more than any
nation can afford to collect, because no eco
nomy can endure it for an extended period.
Yet our state and local governments need
more money. Roads and streets need repairs.
Schools are overcrOWded. Funds to remedy
this situation are lacking because the Federal
government takes 78 cents of every tax dol
lar. ~
The state and local government had no
such problem in 1913, when the Federal gov
eernment took only 33 cents of each tax dol
lar, leaving 67 cents for state and local use
The only solution for the problem now lies in
bringing government back home, where the
taxpayers can watch expenditures and keep
them down.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-28
Neirs From Utheyrin
Lunenburs Bank President Speaks
To Ruriian Club: Scouts Make TRIPS

master for Troop 1874, is doing a
NICE lob with the boys The Rev.
r. F. Dunkum. The old Scout
master. aids Mr. Fowler with The
boys
Concord Baptist Association met
at Tussekiaf Baptist Church on
Wednesday. April %, at $50 a m
This is the first time the AsSocla-
ton had met with this church
in thirty years. Three hundred and
twelve persons were served dur
ing the lunch hour
According to the pastor. Rev
r F. Dunkum, the following We're
among the outstanding speakers.
Dr. J E Edward, Superintendent
OF The Baptist Home for AGED at
Culpeper Va. Dr r L. Randolph
State superintendent Of Evange-
ism; Mrs Harvey Jeffreys, w NJ
Y. Superintendent OF the Concord
Association. Rev. L. c. QuarleS
Missionary to Argentina Dr.. John
II CARRIER, president Of the Bap
fist General Association of Viz
einia. Dr. j B. Hill, Executive
Secretary Of the State Board OF
Missions and Education Rev
John M Tubbs. Baptist Training
Union Secretary Of the State Dr.
r f Alley, editor OF the Religious
Herald the Virginia Baptist
Journal
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-28

Scott Irby. president OF The
Bank OF luneuUure, at kchbridge.
spoke to the Meherrin Ruitan
Club on Thursday evening. April
%. supper was served by the Wo-
men Of the Methodist Church. AcS
cordine to the statement OF the
president who Is the Rev r f.
Dukum Nh Irby gave the best
talk on the value OF government
bonds that he has cvel heard
The meeting was well attended
The next time the Ruritan Club
meets il VIII be a Ladies Night.
on the fourth Thursday night in
May al The Mehelrin Public
School
A few nieht ago the two scout
masters Of Meherrn Troop l24
TOOK car load Of boys TO one Of
the best private obServatories of
the state Of Virginia This obser-
Natory IS the property Of f. n
Hibbard Colonial Heights. Va.
Scouts were amazed how large and
beautiful The stars and the moon
Were as they were looked at
through an ll-foot telescope. with
lens II inches in diameter. Rev.
Mr.. DunkNm one OF the Scout
masters said that ne never saw
such beautiful SlghtS in the hea-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-28
Green Bay

W. c Glascock went TO Rich
mond Tuesday to VISIT his son
r II Glascock, who is taking
treatment in a Richmond hospital
Miss Mary Tucker, OF CreWe
was an overnight guest Wednes-
day OF Miss Lily Hardway.
Mr. and Mrs. A L. Francis spent
Sunday of last week at Richmond
with their daughter. Mrs. B. c.
Christian and Mr. Christian
Mrs. T V. Owen and Mrs. c. B.
Beck spent Tuesday night with
relatives at Richmond
Mrs j. w Pollard and Mrs.
Martin Roach attended the dis
trict P-TA meeting held al Cum
berland Friday April II.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-28
Rubber Employees
Favor Go Union

Employees Of the Z. s Rubber
Co, at Scottsville, voted two to
one last week in favor Of repre-
sentation by the Textile Workers
Union of America (CIO) in a
secret ballot election conducted by
the National Labor Relations
Board. according to BOYD f. Pay
ton. upper south regional director
Of TWUA
The count was 1872 in favor Of
Go representation sc for no
union with 10 votes challenged
and one void ballot Payton stated
The employees formerly belonged
to the United Textile Workers
ALL but that union received
only % votes IN a previous election
TO ll3 for TWUA. Payton declared,
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-28
keysville Private
Is Awarded Badge

Combat lnfantlymau Badge for
excellent performance OF duty
under enemy fire in Korea re-
Gently was awarded TO Pic Emery
L. Cheek. il. Of KeySville, While
serving with the Fifth Regimental
Combat Team.
Pfc Cheek a radio operator
with headquarters company. ar
rived in Korea in January
His wife and parents. live on
Route 3. KeysWlle, entered the
army IN January. 1852, and re-
ceived basic training at Fort Ord
Calf.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-28

Some 25 men met in the Court
House Wednesday night to or
ganize a Lions Club there
Mr. and Mrs Elijah Simpson
will celebrate their 50th wedding
anniversary here Sunday Open
House wIll be held by their chill
dyen
w r. Parker spoke to the Mid
lothian Ruitan Club Thursday
night on Bonds and Interest
Rates.
Mr. and Mrs Il H DobbnS are
spending sometime in West Viz
GINA.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-07-15
Farm to Live,
Live to Farm

"FARM TO LIVE and live 10
farm" is the slogan OF the 10th
National Farm Safety Week to
be held July 19 to Is. according
TO George w. Gustafson. chair
man of the farm safety commit
tee of the Montana Extension
Service.
National Farm Safety Week.
is sponsored by the National
Safety Council and the US. De-
partment of Agriculture as a
nationwide effort to call the at
tention of rural people TO the
need for reducing the number
of farm accidents.
In the last 10 years. Cusfafson
says. progress has been made in
reducing the number of farm
accidents through educational
efforts carried on during the
year. In 1851. the last year for
which estimates are available
1880 farm people lost their
lives as a result of accidents.
This number. large as it is. rep
resents a reduction of one fifth
from the estimated annual rate
s in 1941.
However. Gustafson p DIN 6
out. agriculture still has a long
way 10 go in improving its safety
record when it is considered
that the chances of an agricuI-
tural worker being killed on the
job are over three times as great
as for a worker in manufacture
ing.
While National Farm Safety
Week focuses attention on the
need for accident prevention.
farm safely requires the atten-
lion of every farmer and home
maker every day of the 81
weeks in the year if the accident
rate is to be further reduced.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1953-07-15
Tractors Cause
Most Accidents

TRACTORS HAVE taken the
place of the morse on the farm. IN
fortunately the taking over has been
too complete. 1t used to be that
the horse was one of the chief
causes of farm accidents. Now it
is the tractor.
Of Is deaths caused by machinery
accidents on Montana farms last
year IL were caused by tractors.
L. L. Benepe, registrar, Montana
Board of Health reports that of the
fatal farm accidents in 1852 IL in
volved tractors, 8 involved trucks,