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Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
Red Ruin

Red Ruin
While two French naval officers
in an iron cigar called a bathy-
scape broke the American deep-sea
diving record of $500 feet by a
healthy margin of 584 more, the
French Republic seemed to be
settling even deeper into the Red
mire of dissolution.
While cOnvicts, under armed
guards, began an offensive on heaps
of garbage that had been mounting
in Paris streets for a week, the
ranks of strikers reached the four
million mark as workers in private
business and industry joined the
natiOnalized services, railways, post
office, telephone, telegraph, air
lines and mines. At this writing,
strike orders had gone out to
workers in aTsenals and other
military supply services and build
ing trades workers were expected
to follow.
Meanwhile, Joseph Laniel,
Frances tough, millionaire premier,
fought back with everything at his
command. Policemen, soldiers anu
nOn-strikers kept a few trains,
running, handled a trickle of mail.
Nine hundred army trucks rumbled
through the streets of Paris to re-
place struck subways and buslines.
Thousands of tourists struggled to
get out of France as more arrived
in this PROSTATE nation.
81 say no to the strike" declared
Premier Laniel. Il say no to the
pressure moves =. say no to the
accumulation of discomfort q. We
do not seek to win a trial by force
But the republican state has the
duty to say no to the strike"
1t remained to be seen whether
the republican state" had the
power to say no to the Red labor
leaders or whether it would
fall to them as painlessly as it had
to Hitler thirteen years ago.
The French crisis concerns us
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
"IT THE AIR FORCE"
D. EIoIne Townssnd plekerson


a green convertible with a Della
ware tag and we raced to catch
up with it. We did, just in time
to hear the female driver we'll
Wilmington, and off she went
with the traffic and we were left
at a stand-still, conversationallv.
AS it happened she turned of into
the same housing area that we live
in, where only Air Force personnel
live. AS we turned off into Mavo
Avenue We watched to see where
she would 90 and strange enough.
she lived one street away from us.
The following day they, too. SION
ped over and you can imagine olir
surprise to find out her husband
was a fellow in Hayes squadron
at MacDill, Tampa, Florida. We
had met Rowland down there but
had never met Terry Phillips. his
wife. They are from Wilmington.
Delaware, and have been stationed
at Forbes since October. They are
both real nice people, "the SAT-
OF the earth, Delawareans, Of
course.
There is : another Delaware
couple here on the base whose
wedding announcement was in the
Wilmington paper while we were
nome on leave. She is DR.. STAN
baugh's daughter from Rehoboth
and since I do not remember her
married name we are unable Ia
look them up in the base directory.
but well eventually run, across
them, / hope.
! Last night we saw a familiar face
to us. The newsreel showed the
governors in Seattle, meeting a
troup transport and there at the
docks was our governor, Caleb
: Boggs. | remember last summer
we were in Houston, Texas. and
the Governors met at the Sham
rock Hotel and even though we
didn't get out there to see Cover
nor Carvel, we were able to talk
to him over the phone.
Well, now it's time for me ia
gather all my paraphernalia to-
gether and make OLD HAYES a
birthday cake. All my parapher-
MALTA includes a box of cake mix
and a glass of water. But then
I'll have to ice it and / can lust
see my icing slidin' OFF that cake
IN this heat. Sure is rough when
my culinary adviser is 1900 miles
away. Well, here goes nothin'.
Until next week then. Always.
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
WE GET CITY COUNCILMAN'S
REACTIONS ON CITY SEWER
PROBLEMS
PROBLEMS

At the bottom Of the editorial columns
we are printing letter received on Tues
day from. James E. Humes, member of City
Council from the Second Ward. We suggest
that you read it carefully before reading this
editorial. This is our comment upon the con-
tents of his letter. You will have a better
understanding of what we have to say after
having read Councilman HumeS letter.
Councilman Humes is one hundred per
cent right when he says that the "Chronicle
In It's editorial of June 5th evidently agrees
with the majority of the voters in that the
Bond issue should have been defeated" Our
reason, and we believe it was the deciding
reason for the defeat of the issue by the
voters, was the belief that the city govern
ment is not competent to handle such a
JoO. This remark was made so often by Mil
ford residents during the period Immediately
preceding the bond issue election that it
needs no further comment. AS one illustra-
ton, we call attention to the Bennett Park"
sewer project OF a few years ago. Milford
residents have not forgotten this costly pro-
ject. That is brought up with everv dis
cuSsion of our sewage problem.
We agree with Councilman Humes that
the newer sections of our city are entitled to
relief. But we believe that residents of the
Older section of the City are entitled to i'm
prOvements first. We think that City Coun-
cll has no moral right to overload existing
sewers by adding an additional load from
the newer sections of the City to an already
overloaded sewage system If they want to
build them it is alright with us. But we can
see no sense in pouring additional sewage
into existing sewers and creating a menace
to both health and property thereby. There
are such things as septic tanks, which,
properly Installed, will give the new prop
critics service until such time as other faciii-
ties can be provided. The Chronicle has new
er said that the bond issue would benefit anv
member of City Council as individuals. We
have heard it mentioned that it is a coinci-
dence that two members of City Council
reside on Seabury Avenue and that the Citv
Manager is now building a home on that
street. We deliberately left any personal
tiles out of the editorial discussion for the
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21

many new homes have been built.
these citizens were entitled to any
civic improvements the City could
give them. This section had been
neglected long enough.
Plans for the development of
sewer and water lines in the Sec
Ond Ward were prepared by an
Independent engineering firm by
the name of Gilbert Associates of
Philadelphia, Pa, and not by the
City Manager. The plans were ap-
proved by the State Board of
Health whose regulations demand
that sewer and water lines must
be in separate trenches. Conse-
quently, two trenches had to be
dug on Seabury Avenue and ma
turally took twice as long to do
the job. The job was completed
in the late fall of 1852 which was
too late to pave at that late date.
1t is obvious that paving must
wait until the ground has settled
sufficiently in the trenches to
make solid road bed. This meant
mud and dust all winter spring.
The residents suffered through
these incOnveniences very pa
tiently until June of this year
when paving was completed.
Now, after these improvements
are completed a new problem
arises as commented on by the
Chronicle. This is the flooding of
cellars on Seabury Avenue, Hall
Place, and vicinity. Council has
been blamed for this condition or
blamed for letting it exist.
I think this criticism is unjust.
Council members are not engi~
neers. They employed an engi-
neering firm (as stated abOve) to
make a study of the sewer and
water system and make their rec
concentrations. Council accepted
the engineers report and recon-
mendation in good faith, and
thought they were making a much
needed civic improvement when
they ordered the work done. In the
City Office is a map of the sewer
system of the City. A glance at
this map will show that the new
sewer line on Seabury Avenue is
an eight-iIch line. The line on
Hall Place is an eight-inch line,
and flows into a ten-inch line on
Lake View Avenue. At Lake View
Avenue and the railroad it in
creases to twelve-inch line. At
some point further on the line
narrOws to where the pumps for
the disposal plant take over. (Had
the Bond Issue been approved, lar
ger pumps were planned to take
care of this additional load)
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21

now go up again. This means many
things: ID The money which you
now have in life insurance, bank
deposits, ahd elsewhere will be
growing in value. (2) Your real
wages will be increasing every,
month even though you get the
same number of dollars in your
pay envelope. This means that un-
less we can prove we are producing
more goods or rendering better
service, we should not now ask for
higher wages.
Time To Buy Life Insurance
This is the time to insure
the present high wages which your
husband is now bringing home. With
sufficient life insurance bought now,
the increased buying power of this
insurance when paid will partly
offset the loss in the family in
come in case of his death.
Hence, this is the time to buy
life insurance. In addition to get
ting full insurance the day you pay
your first premium. YOU are paying
your premium with 52-cent dollars
while your wife and family may be
paid in 1OO-cent dollars when you
die. For parents this means that
now also is the time for spending
money on an education for your
children. For businessmen it means
now is the time to spend money on
institutional advertising and on
other "1Ong-term" investments.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
BABSON Discusses Life Insurance

Gloucester, Mass. Aug. 20. I be-
lieve in life insurance at all times,
the same as l believe in fire in
surance at all times. AS, however,
the amount of fire insurance taken
out should depend partly on the
cost of replacement, so the amount
of life insurance which you take
out should depend partly upon the
trend in the value of the dollar.
Value OF Dollar Been Declining
Ordinarily, when experts agree
that the dollar will decline in value
for next 20 years, you would not
buy so much 20 Payment Life In
surance as if they agree it would
increase in value during the next
20 years In the first case, you are
paying out good dollars as pre-
miums, while your wife may get
poor dollars when you deal
though she then would be much
better of than if she got no dollars!
In the second case, you are pay
ing out poor dollars as premiums
with the hope your wife will get
good dollars when you die. To illus
trate how much of a factor this
change is, the value of our dollar
was 100 cents in 1899; it declined
to 50 cents in 1852 and then started
climbing back again. Considering
that the people of the United States
hold life insurance policies total
ling $275 billions. this decline in
the value of our dollar has cost
Americans many billions of dollars.
Reasons For Declining Dollar
There are various reasons why
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
Know Your Neighbors
All Camp Theme
Continued from first page)

Continued from first page)
paper, home nursing. and similar
projects.
Afternoon programs include In
dian tribal meetings, sports con-
tests, and swimming in the new
pool. Daily assembly programs and
vesper services will be built
around individual themes - with
each day using a new theme. YES
per services will be held on the
bank overlooking Miller's Creek.
At night the campers divide into
four Indian tribes - Delaware,
Cherokee, Seneca. and Susquehan-
ma. The tribes gather around a
council circle for songs and con-
tests.
Club leaders and members of the
All Order of Link, the honorary
All society, will hold a two-day
weekend camp August 80 and 80.
The first week of camp is August
"a to 90. The second week is Au-
gust 81 to September 5.
Come to camp prepared to have
a good time and to share your fun
with Others" Gwinn suggests.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21

the dollar declined in value during
the past twenty years. The primary
one was that owing to war and
preparation for war we did not
balance our national deficit. Any
banker will accept your note at
par if you have all your bills paid,
a good job, and money in the bank.
If, however, you can't pay your bills
and are constantly giving out more
notes, then these notes are accepted
only at a discount, and the more
notes you issue, the bigger the dis
count you must give in order to
have them accepted.
Another reason for a declining
dollar is when anyone accepts
wages. interest, or profits for more
than he deserves. Wageworkers are
entitled to wage increases in pro-
portion to their increased prOduc-
ton, less fair rental for the new
machinery. When, however, labor
unions force employers to give them
more wages without giving more
production in return, this results
in an unbalanced national budget
In the long run, none of us can get
something for nothing" What
labor gets in unprOductive wages,
it loses through higher prices, high
er rents, and a declining dollar
value.
Why The Dollar Is Declining
In view of the fairer attitude
which the Eisenhower Administra-
tion is taking to balance the spend
ing, borrowing and production bud
gets, the value of the dollar should
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
More Pie.In.The.Sky

There's been an awful lot of loose
talk lately about shifting all the
lOng-haul first class mail from the
ground to the sky on the assumption
that lower costs would result for
the Post Office Department. But we
have just been reading a new book,
1872 pages of fine print by the De-
partment entitled Cost Ascertain
ment Report for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1852" This latest
and most authoritative work on
postal revenues. costs and deficits
gives a pretty clear picture of what
it costs to move your letters by rail
and by air.
Nearly seventeen and a half bill
lion pieces of nOn-lOcal first class
mail moved on the surface in 1852,
about 80 per cent of it by rail. The
Post Office Department paid the car
riers almost $45,OOOO00-of which
4O,600,00O went to the railroads.
OF the amount paid the railroads,
however, an estimated $23, 3,750,00O
was for the use of railway post
Office cars, in which mail is dis
tributed in transit, leaving less than
$17 100000 as payment for trans
pOrtatiOn alone.
Now take a look at the air mail
picture: Total volume, excluding
air parcel post, was under one and
a half billion pieces-carried at a
cost of $34,6O0,OOO! So the airlines
got twice as much as the railroads
for moving only one tenth as much
mail. For transportation alone, the
railroads got about 18th of a cent
per letter, and the air carriers about
two and 2I3rd cents per letter
more than twenty times as much!
We're nowhere near through with
figures in the book, but by now you
should begin to get an idea Of what
pipe dream it really is to think
we can carry mail cheaper through
the stratosphere than over the high
iron.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
urs News Information Supplied BY The Bureau Of N0res
State sOOFd Of Agriculture, Dover, Delaware

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscel-
laneous commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for commodities that were mar
keted throughout this week.
VEAL CALVES
Choice: $3.50 to $4,000, mostly
$4,000 per cwt.
Medium to good: $21.OO to $500,
mostly $24.OO per cwt.
Rough and common: $1,000 to
$4,000, mostly $500 per cwt.
Monkeys: $3.50 to $26.5O, most
ly $1,000 per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium: $24.0O to $25.25, mostly
$24.00 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER COWS
Medium to good: $11.0O to $12.75,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Common: 1915 to $10.75, mostly
$10.50 per cwt.
Gamers and cutters: 1925 to
$3.50, mostly 1925 per cwt.
STEERS
Good to choice, light steers:
$1,000 to $500; mostly $500 per
cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type: $3.50 to $3.50, most
ly $1S.75 per cwt.
Beef type: $1,000 to $500;
mostly $500 per cwt.
BULLS lover 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: $14.OO to $3.50,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
$500 to 1000 lbs.)s
Medium to good: $1,000 to $13.25,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
HOGS
STRAIGHT HOGS (gOOd quality
12O to 170 lbs: $2075 to $24.25;
mostly $24.OO per cwt.
40 to 240 lbs: $24.OO to $25.25,
mostly $25.25 per cwt.
240 to $50 lbs: $23.OO to $24.OO,
mostly $24.00 per cwt.
SOWS (goOd quality
200 to 300 lbs: $1,000 to $3.50,
mostly $3.50 per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs: $3.50 to 1880
mostly $500 per cwt.
Over 400 lbs: $500 to $3.50
mostly $16.50 per cwt.
BOARS (gOod quality
Under $50 lbs: $1,000 to $500,
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
Cub Scouts Enjoyed
Big League Game
(contlnued from nrst 80

game, in which the underdog Ath-
letics nOsed out the Yankees, 9 to
s. Enroute home the group again
stopped at Tinicum Manor for re-
freshments. finally reaching Mil
ford around 8 O'clock Saturday eve
ming.
Arrangements for Saturdays trim
were made by David S. Hugg. pack
committee chairman, and Horace
Wiley, assistant cubmaster of the
Milford Pack Edward Jester, Rob
ert ZOOk. Byron Gibson and Will
liam Dellenger, along with Wiley
and Hugg, accompanied the group.
The expense of the trip was de-
frayed from a special fund estab-
lished by the Cubs themselves.
from the proceeds Of a bake and
benefit movie held last spring.
In September the local pack will
resume its regular schedule, in
Guiding development Of monthly
theme and staging Of monthly
meetings. Pack No. 101, one OF
Delmarvia's largest and most ac-
tice Cub Scout units. is sponsored
by Blue Hen Post No. 64S3, VFW,
this city.
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
351S Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
August IL, 1858

351S Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
August IL, 1853
Dear Friends:
Loretta Peters Of New York City
picked me up the other morning
and together we went to. the Off
GERS Club and attended the new
cOmer's coffee. Right in front of
the club was a Delaware licensed
car! / hated to leave a note in an
unknown officers car and / hated.
too, to pass up a Delawarean, so
/ scribbled the note, gave our
name and address, slipped it in the
car and waited for the results. The
following day, Hayes and / were
Strengthening up the storage room
at the foot of the car port when
this nice looking captain and his
redheaded wife came over to US.
They were Ricky and Dick Smith.
and their young son who ultimate
ly will be called "Smitty", the
owners of the Delaware car and
they entered the service last fall
from Ocean View, Delaware. They
own a home in that city in Sussex
County but neither of them are
native Delawareans. Ricky is from
New Jersey and Dick from Penn
sylVania. He taught school down.
state and prior to their buying
their own home they lived in an
apartment owned by Bill and Ma
rie Townsend Stevenson, both of
whom Hayes and know. Bills
parents still live in Milford. We
expect the Smiths this Friday for
bridge and it will be fun to again
CAB about Sussex County.
The other day 1 was riding
downtown in our station wagon
and a car pulled up beside me and
said, Are you from Delaware?" /
yelled the affirmative answer and
asked him if he was and he said.
NO, but / was stationed in Balti-
more during the last war" (Bain-
bridge, / suppOse.) l told him we
were from Milford and he said.
Used to get a lot of pick-uos
there" was real curious to know
If he meant rides back to his base
or pickup dates, but the light
changed and he was lost in the
traffic. The girls in the car with
me laughed and thought Milford
had real southern hospitality.
Another day coming home from
Topeka 1--WE live three miles from
downtown), Hayes and / spotted
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
Councilman Humes Gives bis Side Of Sewer Disarmament

winch need water and sewer ia
cllities. And the enlargement of
the disposal plant is a MJJSTl
How are these projects to be fl
nanced if not by public financing? q?
Appropriations from the general
fund each year can never catch nm
with the demand.
One objection to the Bond Issue
was that taxes would be raised
which was absolutely erroneous
The prospectus fatty stated that
there would be no increase in
taxes, now or in the future. Paw
ment of interest and princinaI
would be made from yearly re-
ceipts from the general fund and
from the Sewer Use Charge.
some say we should not bond
the City to the limit. This limit is
liked by the City Charter. This is
a good point, and we'll worth com
menting on. We are still Oner-
ating under the same debt limi-
tation ceiling as we were 25 wears
ago! Times have changed. Costs
are higher. The cost of canitaI
improvements have doubled. saw
the debt limit should be raised
lOO9o. This would take care of a
Bond Issue the size of the ono
proposed and leave plenty of mon
ey or leeway for any other finan-
eng problem that might arise
(The following paragraph may
De omitted if the Editor of the
Chronicle so desires.)
In order to double the debt limit
the assessed value of all pronertv
would have to be doubled and -
Keep the same dollar of revenuo
the tax rate would be cut from
Sl3O to Csc. Some will immaTji
ately call this manipulating the
DOCKS" or false values. etc hut
is anything more false than cor
rylng the property values at 194O
valuations? A 1910 $4,000 90 Dron ~
erty is worth $1O,OOO.OO todav PI,t
It on the books at its true vaITo
and reduce the tax rate.
comments on the editorials n,
July oath and July S1st. ' u
The improvements to Seaburv
Avenue were done at the reouas,
OF the residents of Seaburv Ave
nue.. They asked for a sewer and
water line, curbing and CUTTERS
and a paved street. In return fo7
this Improvement, they agreed r.
put in sidewalks. Council felt t5e
request was just and timely 4
main entrance to the City. shoplT
make a presentable appearance
Also traffic on Seabury Avenne
has increased many fold durine
the past few years. And since tbis
section IS a growing section wSe-e
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21

always be criticized and never
praised. Members of City Council
serve the public by giving gener-
Ously of their time and talents
without any compensation of any
kind! In fact. any expenses they
are subject to must come out of
their individual pockets. By serv-
ing on City Council they serve the
City without personal enrichment
of any kind. All Council meetings
are open to the public and any
citizen has the right to be heard
before Council. There are NEVER
any sO-called Secret Meetings"
as Council has been accused Of
having, at least not since the
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
OF CITY COUNCIL

OF CITY COUNCIL
Having read the three editorials
in the Chronicle of June 5, July
"a, and July. 81, criticizing the
Milford City Council and the City
Manager for laxity and incompe-
tence relative to certain civic pro-.
jects and since one of these "bOn-
ers" was perpetrated in the Sec
Ond Ward, l feel it a duty to COM
ment on these subjects as seen
from the other side of the fence,
namely that of a City Councilman.
/ feel that the citizens should hear
the other side.
Firstly, the Chronicle in its edi-
tOrial Of June 5th, evidently agrees
with the majority voters in that
the Bond Issue should have been
defeated. Personally, I was very
disappointed that the Bond Issue
for the overall sewer program
was defeated. For several years
petition after petition has been
received by Council for sewer and
water lines. Growing sections of
our City who are entitled to these
municipal services are entitled to
them without petitions. The Bond
Issue program sponsored by COun-
eli was intended to bring our sew
er system up to date and to take
care of all outlying districts and
new sections of the City who are
now without sewer and water. The
Bond Issue was for the good of
the City and its citizens-not that
it was Of any benefit to Council or
any member thereof. The Street
and Sewer Committee spent many
hours working on this program.
If they had known that the citi-
zens did not want these improve
ments, how much easier it would
have been not to have ever start
ed it, and the hours Of work that
could have been saved! / also
want to say right here that the
complete handling Of the Bond
Issue was turned over to compe-
tent engineering planning and
with full legal advice and legal ap-
proval.
Even though the Bond Issue is
a Dead Pigeon, the question Of
sewer and water is still not sett-
led-nor that Of the disposal plant.
There are still sections of the City