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Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-06-01
BY Dec Valante

Rhythm, faith and craftsmanship
of our members and sponsors are
our encouragement for winning
the championship. Last year, our
first year in Scratch League at
Queen Anne Bowl, we won
beautiful trophy for the Paradise
Inn, under the sponsorship of Mrs.
Vicky Navarro.
This year, we were sponsored by
Rodrigo Radio and TV Service, and
we did not only win one beautiful
trophy by winning the league
championship, but also another one
from the Sponsor and Captain
Tournament bowled by Joe Santi-
ago as sponsor, and Dec Volante
as captain.
1884 season was rather eX-
citing for us. The 1854 Amer-
can Bowling Congress was held
in Seattle, and thus enabled us
to participate. We captured second
place on our squad losing only
by few pins from an out-of-state
team.
Championship Won
Due to an important business
that took Joe Cache to Wapato
for several weeks and Gene Ag-
gustin to California for a lodge
convention, our team was pushed
down to 9th place almost to the
bottom. After the two came back,
we began to climb up until there
were only five weeks left of the
season when we were tied for first
place with the Bee Hive team
among three other teams with only
,. 1 and e points below us. At the
last week, Rodrigo Radio and TV
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-06-01
Faith ond Spor+smanship
Led TO The Championship

were still tied up for first, and
the other three runner-up teams
did not catch up. Rodrigo Radio
and TV Service and the Bee Hive
Service and the Bee Hive teams
played two out of three games
championship play-off. Rodrigo
Radio and TV Service won all
three games successfully, thus
capturing again the 1953-54
League championship. (See photo
this page of sponsor and players)
Played Out of State
But we did not stop there. We
entered some of the local, out-of-
town, and out-of-state tOurna-
ments, and we had the thrills of
placing not below fourth place.
In the All-Coast Classic Tourna-
ment held at Albany Oregon, our
team took fourth place, while Joe
Cacho's single event took second,
and first on his all event, followed
by worthwhile scores in the sweep
stakes by Gene Agustin. At the
finish on June 81, if our score
will not be knocked down, we
five Pinoys expect to divide over
one thousand dollars ($1,000)
equally.
This, my friends, is what I call
rythm, faith, and craftsmanship.
If our sponsor gives us a square
deal, we will try our very best
in return. We thank Paradise Inn
and Rodrigo Radio and TV Service
our two separate past years
sponsors. Next season, we will try
to triphcate the championship with
a better showing for our new
sponsor, TOMMY S CAFE.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-06-01

Joined the Filipino Community
during the months of April and
May.
MIR. and Mrs. Senador Afaga-a
boy, Senador, Jr., on April 80;
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Visaya-a
son, on May IA; Mr.. and Mrs.
Ponce Divina-a daughter, ROsita
FiOrena, OH May 81; Mr.. and Mrs.
SAMMY Raceles-a daughter on May
21; and Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Martos
"a daughter, on May 81.
TWelVe-year old Darlene Pierce
was honored with a party by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Pierce
recently. She received bad
minton set.
Ophelia May De Fiesta was re-
Gently honored on her second birth
day at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick De Fiesta.
Guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy BaIdoz, Mr.. and Mrs. Ted
ArreOla, Mrs. EdwardO Antonio,
and the Misses Presie BaldOz and
Evelyn Arreola.
Recently featured at the Broad
way Grange Hall i'll Yakima were
members of the JFAC, who danced
the "Habanera." They were Lor-
emf Bucsit, Kathcryn Ibatuan,
Evelyn Marie ArreOla and Evelyn
d. Arreola.
They danced for the district
convention of the Yakima District
Federation of Junior WO,nen's
Clubs.
Making his residence in Wapato
upon arriving from the aPhilip-
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-06-01
DOWN
WAPATO WAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Alberto Arreola
arrived in San Francisco from the
Philippines on May 26, and are now
back in Wapato Their departure
last December was to visit rela-
tives in the Islands.
Darlene Peredo will represent the
FilipinOs of the Pacific Northwest
during the Seafair festivities in
Seattle in August. Miss Peredo,
who will be entered as one of the
princesses, is attending Yakima
Valley Junior College, taking a
course in business administration.
Mrs. Victor Oar and Mrs. Tom
Dandin were hostcsses to a SUPP
rise baby shower given to Mrs.
Ponce Divina at Mrs. Divina S
home last April IA. The ladies
enjoyed the games and later were
served refreshments.
Those attending were: Mrs. Dan
ry Arreola, Mrs. Angela Baldoz,
Mrs Ed Pierce, Mrs. Teddy Pas
Qua, Mrs. Paul Pascua, Mrs. Nick
De Fiesta, Mrs. Ted Arreola, Mrs.
Roy Baldoz, Mrs. Steve Benedicto,
Mrs. Ray Arreola, Mrs. Paul
Tabayoyon, Mrs. Harry Buscit,
Mrs. Leon Julaila, and Mrs. Ed
ward Antonio.
X
Two baby boys and girls have
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-06-01

Two baby boys and girls have
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-06-01
THANKS

l, as chairman of the Ai-iku
Guild of the Children's OrthO-
pedic Hospital Penny Drive,
would like to thank the people
of the community who so gen
ercusly supported the Penny
Drive to make it such a wonder
full success.
Thanking you, l remain
Most Sincerity,
KIM NAGAMATSU
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1954-06-01

and Mrs. CelestinO Alta
|. Jr., after their wedding at
Santa Monica church i'll San
lncisco on April 8, 1854. The
|Om is the son of Dimas-
Inc Grand Master and
|. CeIestino Alfafara and
bride, Blanca Gloria Thar
Is the daughter of Francis
|Ibarra, an accountant of the
|lippines Air Lines. The
be and the groom are going
the City College. Only inn
.liate relatives and friends
Fe present at the church and
the buffet dinner in the
be of the groom, 1865 Sac
bentO.
Smyrna times., 1954-10-28

dent of Smyrna, died Friday at
the Kent General Hospital, Dover
from stroke of apoplexy, where
he had been taken after being
suddenly stricken.
At an informal meeting of the
local Board of Education and the
Town Council, held last Friday
afternoon on the school grounds,
it was decided to widen South
Street by eight feet in front of
the school property. This will al
low cars to be parked diagonally
along South Street whenever there
will be any public function held
in the High School Auditorium.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Slaughter
and Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Slaugh-
ter, of Philadelphia, Pa, were
guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Slaughter on South Street.
Professor Highfield and son
Francis of Wilmington, were din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Smyrna times., 1954-10-28
70 Years Ago

Everything is in readiness for
the big Halloween Mardi Gras
TO be held in Smyrna on Wednes-
day evening next, October 81, and
sponsored by Citizens Hose Com
pany, No. l, of Smyrna. 1t is
hoped large crowd will visit
Smyrna and help make HaIlow-
cen this year big success.
William Edward Brown, aged
20, of Mfddletown, was killed
when a motorcycle he was riding
went out of control shortly after
8 o'clock Friday morning on the
road running from Walkers
School House to Taylor's Bridge,
a short distance from Smyrna.
Brown was driving the motorcycle
from his way to work, when he
lost control and turned over.
The new east side highway by
way of Church, Spruce, Eleventh
street bridge and the Northeast
Boulevard, cutting out traffic thru
Market Street, Wilmington, and
shortening the route to the Phil
adelphia Pike, win be opened to
traffic in two weeks.
Daniel c. Bailey, aged 68, prac-
tical1y a lifelong resident resi-
Smyrna times., 1954-10-28

p. Corrie on Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Taylor,
Mrs. Howard R. Jones, Mrs. Luth-
er Lapham, of this town, and Mr..
George Richards of Wilmington,
spent Monday in Bridgeton, N. J..
Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey P. Hall
have returned from a two weeks
visit with Miss Nora Wills at
Stanhope.
Mrs. Frank E. Postles has re-
turned to her home in Philadel-
phia.
Smyrna times., 1954-10-28

as an auornInenI IOr OneSelf.
Some people think that buy
ing a diamond is a mysterious
process. that only an expert
should try to buy them. This
isn't altogether so. True, you
should buy only from a reput-
able firm that has enough vari-
ETY. to give you a wide choice.
But to know the standards by
which diamonds are bought or
sold is not difficult.
A prominent diamond house
divides them into three grades:
AAAl are blue-white and per-
feet under l0-power dia-
mond glass. For the many '
such extreme perfection there
monds contain tiny ''inclusions'
seen only under a magnifier tt
those who like large diamond
with slightly larger inclusions,
Smyrna times., 1954-10-28

Saturday was more like Elec-
tion Day in Smyrna than Regis
tration Day, and from morning
until night there was continued
activity among the leaders to get
their men registered. Those who
failed to qualify Saturday will be
deprived of their vote on Election
Day.
Mr.. Charles E. Napp of Tren-
ton, N. j., who last week purchas-
ed the old Tschudy & Cats bas-
ket mill came to Smyrna Monday,
and is now actively engaged in
getting the concern properly fin
anced with view of making it one
of the best local industries Smyr-
ma has had in many years.
William S. Sapp, of near Ches-
void, while returning to his home
from Cheswold last Thursday
night met with thrilling exper-
ience. Near Prices Hill two men,
he says, seized his horse by the
bride while the third approached
the side of his carriage. Realiz-
ing his situation, and having a.
young and spirited horse he ap-
piled the whip when the hose
struggled, and reared up, which
loosened their grip. Mr.. Sapp took
the precaution to get low down
in the foot of his vehicle which in
so doing he put out burning
lantern on the dash, which placed
him out of range of the bullet
from the back and out of sight at
a time when he afterwards felt
was most fortunate with his life.
Mrs. J. w. Clifton of this town
went to Philadelphia Wednesday
where that evening she attended
the wedding of her nephew, Mr..
James Barrett Conner, of FELTON,,
to Miss Henrietta Herring, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William A.
Herring of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Katie e. Smithers, Mrs.
Albert Chandler, and Miss Anna
Sutton left this morning for New
Castle to attend the 25th annual
convention of the Delaware w. C.
r. III.
MIR. and Mrs. Levi Anthony
have moved in from their country
home and have taken the resi-
dence of Mrs. E. r. FAIRIES on
South Street for the winter.
Miss Mary LeFevre has return
ed from an extended visit among
relatives in Philadelphia. Mrs.
John P. LeFevre is expected home
Friday from a visit to Borden
town, N. j.
Miss Ella Smithers is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard d. Taylor
in Camden, N. j.
Mrs. John H. Hoffecker left
yesterday to spend the winter
with her niece, Mrs. Faun M.
Freeborn (need Miss Louise Bald
win) at Dallas, Texas. She went
south via of st. Louis and will
visit the Worlds Fair.
The Bible Glass of st. Paul M.
e. Church met at the home of |
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Ennis near
town last Wednesday night.
Mr.. ]. E. Holland, who for the
past year or so has been conduct
ing general store in the Cats
building is moving his goods this
week to the Cooper property in
Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1954-10-28
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week. as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature Of the
Times. win call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1954-10-28
New Italy Tfpless Heaven

Visitors praise the new Italy
for many things, not least the
abolition of tipping. Warnings are
severe: Attendants receiving
gratuities will be instantly dis
missed. Visitors offering gratui-
ties will be requested to leave the
premises.
Smyrna times., 1954-10-28

Cost of " carat diamond
is about 1870 for the most per-
feet, 1920 for AAA and $270 for
grade AA. However. a diamond
half this size costs much less
than half the price and a dia-
mond twice the size may cost
over 2h times the price.
A fuller guide to buying a
diamond is in free booklet,
How to Choose a Diamond"
Just drop a postcard to l.. & c.
Mayors Co., 518 West 34th
Street. New York |, N. Y. one
of Americas Oldest and best
known diamond houses.
Smyrna times., 1954-10-28
How to Buy a Diamond

In almost everyone lifetime there supreme occasion
when purchase is made of the glorious all gems-a
diamond-perhaps for betroha ring or even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
'1Our Conover girls know what it can do
for every skin type dry, oily or normal!'

do for every kind Of complexion. :
s'It's such wholesome beauty care
for my dry skim smiles lovely
Joan. Il always heauty-wash with
Cashmere Bouquet soap just
cream that fluffy, fragrant lather
over my face with my fingcrtips.
Ii leaves my skin looking softer,
smoother, with a fresh, loyelyglow. Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15

ssJoan Fetherston Is a TV actress
and dancer" says Candy Jones
Mrs. Harry Conover) ''and pretty
complexion plays'a big part in her
career. That's why | taught her
as do all my Conover students
to beauty-wash twice . day with
gentle Cashmere Bouquet soap.
Years ofexpericnce show whatit can
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
FELINE FIRE ALARM

CLAYTON. N. Y. - (P) 49, A
gray ard white cat named Muggsy
mas seven toes on each foot and
he makes good use of them. When
an electrical storm knocked down
high-tensiOn wire outside the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Baker.
Muggsy's owners. the cat clawed
at the blankets of Mrs. Bakers bed
until she woke, saws sparks show
ering about the house and notified
the power company.
The next night Muggsy again
woke Mrs. Baker when a ware
house fire became visible from the
bedroom window. Police said her
phone call was their first word on
the blaze.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
New Gelatin Dessert
introduced BY Arp

A new gelatin dessert, Ann PAGE
Sparkle Black Cherry, an eighth
flavor, is being introduced by
A & P Food Stores.
The new dessert is the result of
months of research in A & P's
laboratories to obtain the proper
tavoring and color. It will be mar
keted in the regular three ounce
size in a new package under the
Ann Page label and will be manu-
factured in the company's Quaker
Maid plants in both Brooklyn, N. Y,
and Terre Haute. Indiana.
Gelatin desserts have been in
widespread demand for many wears
but most have been limited tn siv
popular faVors: Lemon. Lime
orange, Cherry, Strawberry and
tied Rasberry. Sometime ago. A g p
added Black Raspberry to its
hayors, and the Black Cherry
makes the eighth with its own dis
tlnctlVe flavor. This will give house.
wives wide choice of easily pre-
pared gelatin desserts.
While the ready-mixed gelatin
contains. sugar, natural and artifi-
cial flavor. fruit acids and colOring.
each average serving is low in
calOries. 1t is also free from carbO-
hydrates. Gelatin dessert is widely
used in hospitals and is recon-
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
100000 Worth Of
Prizes Due In
Singer Contest

Three thousand prizes worth
100000 are awaiting young seam
stresses ages IL through II years
lin the Singer Sewing Machine
COmpany's 1854 Junior Dressmak-
ing Contest, which opens June IL,
it was announced today by Mr.. Gil
Griffin, manager of the Singer
Sewing Center, 108 N. E. Front ST.,
Milford. Del.
This is the first time the Singer
contest is national in scope, and
something new and valuable has
been added in the way of grand
prizes" he said.
Top grand prize winner, selected
from the U. S. or Canada, will re-
celVe $1,000 scholarship fund or
cash payment, if preferred. Sec
ond, third, and fourth placers each
win a $500 scholarship or cash. In
addition these top four get an all
expense trip to New York City
for themselves and their mothers.
There they will be hOnored at a
fashion show where the top win
ner will be selected.
Grand prize winners will be Sc
lected from top entrants in 33. re-
gfOnal competitions in the United
States and Canada, where SO Singer
Sewing Machines will be awarded.
First prize in each region will be
a famous $2275O Singer slant
needle portable; second prize, the
popular Singer Featherweight nor
table which sells for $159.OO; and
third, the Singer straight-needle
portable. $114.5O value.
Contestants advancing to the re-
gional competitions will be select
ed in each of Singers Sewing
Centers. The first prize winner in
each center will receive a com
plete scissors set and her garment
will go to the regional Judging.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18

Second place winner will be pre-
sented with a fitted sewing box.
Thus some skilled seamstress
by making one garment, a dress
or sports outfit-nO suits or coats
can win a scissors set, a Singer
slant-needle portable, a scholar
ship, or $1,000 cash, and an all-ex-
pense trip to New York for her
self and her mother" stated Mr..
Griffin.
Girls from IL through II years
Of age enrolling for a Singer
Teen-Age Sewing Course at eight
dollars for eight lessons between
May II and August 21 are eligible
for the contest. The garment must
be made in the class and must be
completed by September 4.
Local, regional, and national
judging will be based on coordina-
tion of fabric and design, construc-
ton, workmanship, fit and finish.
Official entry blanks and rules
can be had at Singer Sewing Cen
ter, located at 1O8 N. E. Front St.
Milford, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank
Reports on Current Trends

Each edition Of the newspapers
seems to bring more predictions
Of a near-term revival in business.
And each new statistic is seized
upon and examined for evidence to
bear out the prediction. Optimistic
observers find support in the fact
that production in April did not
decline below March, that unem-
ployment has receded, that retail
sales rose in April, and that con-
sumer credit has increased. Yet in
most cases special circumstances
seasonal and therWise-sugges
that the figures should be inter-
preted cautiously. Then, too, the
psychological reaction could be ad-
verse if the optimistic. expectations
do not materialize.
Psychology OF prices
One reason sometimes cited for
current optimism is the relative
stability of prices during the pres
ent recession. But this can be
viewed in two ways. One might
argue that greater fiexibility of
prices would facilitate recovery
After all, this is often characteriz-
ed as an adjustment period, and
the price mechanism is the classic
adJuster. Perhaps lower prices
would stimulate more spending, en-
able businessmen to work off ex-
cess inventories faster, and bring
about recovery sooner.
On the other hand, one might ar
que that the stability of prices has
helped to keep the recession from
being worse than it might have
been; that if prices showed signs
or weakening, consumers would
hold OF buying. Consumers have
indicated they do not think prices
will change much and, on the
whole. that this is "a good time to
buy. The statistics show that con-
sumer spending has held up fairly
well in the face Of declines in some
other sectors of the economy. lend
ing stability to the economy.
Whatever may be the psycholo-
gical aspects of price behavior. it
is clear that prices have not be-
haved as they usually do in a re-
eession. In the 1949 recession
the closest thing in recent years
to the current situatiOn-whOiesale
prices dropped 8 per cent. This was
about half the decline during the |
1888 recession. In the recession of |
1921 and in the Great Depression. |
wholesale prices fell around 40 per |
cent. Since the current recession
began, wholesale prices have risen !
by about / u per cent.
In fact, any one looking only at
a chart of wholesale prices would
get a peculiar idea of business
trends since 1850. He would see the I
rising trend through 1850 and the
first part of 1851, but then a mild |
doWntrend for two years, followed
by a leveling in early 1853. and
some upward tendency in the past
ten months.
The adjustment in many prices
came well before the
adjustment was felt in other sec
tors OF the economy. The sharpest t
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18

drop was in prices that rose very
fast after the Korean outbreak. 1t
may be that this early decline in
some prices has helped keep the
business recession from being more
severe. At the same time, the rela-
tive mildness of the recession when
1T finally arrived, and continued
faith in prospects for lOng-term
economic growth, may have tended
to keep prices from going down
further.
Price of money
There is at least one kind of
price, however, which has behaved
about as usual-the price of mon
ey, or interest rates. Rates on Trea-
sury bills, which averaged % per
cent in the second quarter of last
year have recently been well below
per cent. Rates on commercial
paper have declined by nearly per
cent and yields on lOng-term Gov
ernment bonds and high-grade cor
porates are down about One-half of
i per cent. AS is usually true, how
ever, rates charged by banks on
short-term business loans have
moved more slowly; in early March
they were about what they were
last June. After mid-Mafch. how
ever, leading commercial banks in
large cities reduced rates charged
on prime loans by One-quarter of
! per cent.
The basic reasons for the de-
clines IN rates are as clear as the
declines themselves. On the one
hand, the demand for credit has
slackened. On the other, Lhe sup
ply of savings has stayed high and
the Federal Reserve has pursued
a policy of actively promoting ease
in the money market.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
BUSINESS MEETING

NORFOLK, Va. - (P) - Just
before the Exchange Clubs week
ly meeting began the scheduled
speaker notified program chair
man Taylor Hubbard he couldn't
appear.
The luncheon was half over
when a large floral arrangement
arrived with a note attached ::
When words fail, send flowers"
Hubbard is a florist.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
NEW MINNESOTA PARK

ST. PAUL, Minn.-(P)-Minne-
sofa has received a deed for 1920
acres to be used as a park in the
lower ManitOu River Valley on
Lake SuperiOr's North Shore. Con-
servatiOn Commissioner Chester
says, the property contains some of
the widest and most picturesque
scenery in the area.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
Happy Is The Day
When BaCkaChe
Goes Away

Nagging baelEaehe, loss Of pep andepervv
headaches and dizziness may be slue Ia sloS:,,
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Don, neglect your kidneys II these condi.
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Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18

mended by physicians as an article
OF diet, according to nutrition ex-
perts, for its services as a compile
ment of other pToteins, for its
property of making various foods
more palatable or more easily di-
gestible, and for it's value in neu-
tralizing an excess Of acid.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
HONEST WOMAN

WICHITA, kan. -(R- A wo-
man from a nearby city failed to
get a nickel into a jammed park
ing meter So, city traffic engin-
eer w. w. Rankin says, she mailed
the nickel to us and told us the
number Of the ailing meter"
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-18
cALL EoR HELp

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.-,
A resident summoned police to his
home late at night, saying there
was trouble and he wanted to reg
lister a complaint Two patrolmen
found David Bylsma, s. had a dis
pute with his teen-age baby sitter.