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Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11
Senior sIants
BARBARA }. WALLS

The year is reaching its end and
we are nearing the completion Of
our Senior personalities" But
somehow or other we'd be leaving
unfinished business" if Barbara
J. Walls was not introduced along
with her moods and notions.
Barbara likes to read but she
also has a peculiar passion for
Johnnie Ray and emeralds. Along
with jazz and "blues" music she
is fascinated by "off-beat" phrases,
POe's and Shakespeare works, and
LOngfellOw's psalm of Life" plus
Hymn to the Night"
walls" is a very peculiar girl
in that she dislikes diamond, (can
you imagine)? She also has an
adversiOn to 'uncalled for brutal
ity," profane remarks, people who
talk necessarily, Byran't and Whit
tiers poetry, and to be called
Barbara Jean.
Barb" is a busy gal. She has
been a member of the MHS News
for three years. In her senior year
she was abe assistant editor and
also did a feature article called
Faculty Glimpses." Besides these
activities she has done humorous
articles in association with "DOsci'
Slacum, as we'll as being treasurer
of the Senior Glass and Literary
Editor of the 'MilfOrdian."
Full-skirted dresses with crinO.
lines, chick suits, sweaters witt
corresponding or contra tt n {
scarves, new piazzanO-heeled shoes
and earrings make up Barbara
wardrobe. Her favOrite cOlOrs arr
navy blue, black, and white.
Old "fireball' has many Othe
favOrite things-fOOd-Italian ant
salads, movie, "The Snake Pit,
subjects: history (Roman perior
and war years in the U. s., AM
bookkeeping; reading matter: sa
tire. religious novels, and plays
book: Goodbye Mr.. Chips" b
James Hilton.
. Barb" considers an enjOyabl
evening one spent in quiet seren
ity with a good book, something t
eat, and animated discussion anon
friends
Other than the U. S., she wOul
like to live in Rome, Italy, becaus
Of the influence of the Vatican
and the atmosphere once estal
lished by a great and ancient civ
ilizatiOn.
Scarlet O'Hara - that's wh
Barb" would like to be. She az
mires her because she went OF
|. to get what she wanted regardle'
of the manner in which she ol
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11
Lewes Falls Victim
TO "BUcs", q To !

EllingswoTth and Beebe cOllabO-
rated to hold Lewes to two hits on
May 25 to gain a Al decision over
Lewes in a contest played at
Lewes. A fOur-run rally in the
sixth inning accounted for all of
MilfOrd's scores to help the pitch
ers along substantially. Lewes'
only run also come in the same
inning, but their scoring ended
there as the "Bucs" protected their
three-run lead through the remain
der of the game. Short pitched the
whole game for Lewes, allowing
eight hits to the "Buc" players.
Huey knocked out two hits to top
the "Bucs" in hits for the game
while six other members of the
team collected one apiece.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11
Milford Edged BY
Henry, z To !

William Henry High ended what
they hope to be state champion
ship season, as they topped the
Milford "Bucs" for the second time
this year in a game on Monday,
May "a, on the victOr's diamond at
Dover by the close score of 2-1.
The game was highlighted by the
pitching duel that went on for
both teams. both pitchers. Jester
for Milford and Soloman pitching
for William Henry, giving up four
hits a piece. Short collected two
of the "Bucs" four hits as Filings
worth and Davis shared the re-
naming pair
Henry's runs came in the first
and last half of the seventh frames
as their timely hitting gave them
the victory.
The box score:
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Social WhirI
Sue Wilgus

Sue Wilgus
Here we are at the end of the
school year with a list of the So
cial events Of the last two weeks.
The Seniors have been caught
in q whirl of activities centered
around the graduation exercises.
On Friday, June 4, they were the
guests of the Alumni at the Alum
nj Banquet. other weekend activi-
ties included an open house" at
Sylvianne Daugherty's home in
Houston, the BaccalauTeate serv-
ice, and on Monday, the Rotary
Banquet and a free movie at either
the Shore or the Schine theaters.
This week the big day finally
arrived. On Wednesday evening a
very solemn group of seniors re-
ceived their diplomas. The COM
mencement service was followed
by parties and celebrations. Kitty
Co... and Doris Greenly we're the
gracious hostesses at one of these
pOst-cOmmencement partir~
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Teachers Plan Summer
Miss Martin: Relax.

Miss Martin: Relax.
Mrs. (Williams) Boiling: Moving
to the suburbs of Washington, d..
c., to take up a new job, that of
being Mrs. Boiling.
DR.. Malie: Going home.
Mr.. Wolfe: Paint from 1900 a. m.
until 1900, six days a week; fish
seven afternoons a week.
Miss HersOn: Going to summer
school at the University of Del
aware.
Mr.. Haight: N. C. A. convention
and the Lions convention.
Mrs. Montgomery: Stay home
part of the summer and do some
travelling the other part.
Miss Brown: Going to Europe.
Mr.. Zulick: Going to Florida.
Mr.. Kern: Find another job and
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11
F. F. a. News

At the last meeting of the F. F.
A., the officers for next year we're
elected. Reginald Evans will be
the president, Fred Wolpert will
be vice president, Charles Heath
will be secretary, and Eddie Arm
strong will be treasurer. The re-
porter will be Donald Van Worst,
and the sentinel will be Robert
Roach.
The members Of the Future Far
mers of America Association de-
cided to buy camping equipment so
that they can go to the State f.
f. A. Camp which has been es-
tablished at Trappe Pond.
During the meeting, certificates
were awarded to Frank Reed and
Donald Hall by the State AssOci-
alton F. F. A. for having been
awarded the degree Of Diamond
Farmer.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11
Hit Purude

Up to this time, Hit Parade has
featured as songs. For the last is
sue, 1t was decided that we would
list the ten most popular songs.
Here they are in order of popu-
larity.
Wanted, Perry Como; make
Love to Me-, 10 Stafford; stranger
in Paradise, Tony Bennett; "Rags
to Riches, Tony Bennett; Gross
Over the Bridge. Patti Page;
That's Amorep, Dean Martin:
''Vaya Con Dios", Les Paul and
Mary Ford; Young at Heart,
Frank Sinatra; "Oh Mein Papa"
Eddie Fisher and Eddie Calvert: /:
Three Coins in a Fountain, Four
Aces.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11
"BUes" Upset Caesar
Rodney In Final Game

The first night ball game in the
history of Milford High School was
played on May q at the Milford
Ball Park with the "Bucs" winning
it. Az. Donald Beebe pitched a two
hit ball game for the "Bucs" whose
record for this season now stands
at eleven wins and only four de-
feats. SchelhOuse and Huey starred
at the bat for Milford, Schelhouse
going 3 for and Huey knocking
the ball for 2 hits in 2 tries.
Milford got out to an early lead
in the first inning and heightened
the margin with two more tallies
in the third frame, and yet another
in the seventh. Caesar ROdney's
runs came in the third and seventh
innings
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tanned it. Walls also admiTes two
other people-Mr. Boiling and Mr..
Wolfe because of their knowledge
and understanding of literature.
She has two pet peeves: crowds,
and books with an Overstress on
sex. Senator Mccarthy doesn't ex-
actly please her either. When ask
ed what she thought of him,
walls" replied, land duote),
Its probably best left unsaid."
This wraps up one of our most
energetic seniors. Except for one
thing her philOsophy-"that
which is to be will be" or so says
Miss Barbara S. Walls.
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Totals
HENRY
BasebuII Summary

This season the "Bucs" wound
up their campaign with a record
of eleven wins against four de-
feRts. Wilson Jones took the laurels-
in the batting department as he
clipped the "ole" apple at 1867 in
49 appearances at the plate, had IS
runs and as many hits to lead the
1854 "Bucs". The next regular was
Billy Ellingsworth with a batting
average of 1926, 10 runs, and Is
hits in as chances.
The pitching was headed by
Brengle, winning one game and
losing none in two starts, with
Jester close behind as he racked
up four wins to his credit and only
one defeat. Jester deserves the
credit with strikeouts. 81: While
Brengle allowed only nine safe
ties. and Ellingsworth allowed the
lowest number of free passes, 8.
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In Appreciation

The M. H. S. NEWS staff
wishes to extend its most
sincere thanks and deepest
appreciation to the staff of
the Milford Chronicle and to
all others who have given Of
their time and talents in or
der to assure the success of
the M. H. s. NEWS this
year.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11
TRAEEIc ueHT pERIL

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. Up
A new traffic light was installed at
a busy intersection here. Accidents
tripIed, property damage scared
$50 per cent.
1T is evident the traffic light is
contributing to the excessive num-
Der of accidents" said K. M. Will
kinsOn, assistant traffic and plan
ming engineer for the highway de-
partment.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11

state and federal irrigation ex-
periments in the James River val
ley of South Dakota boosted corn
production from about % to over
81 bushels DER acre.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11
Congratulations

The members Of the news
paper staff and their spon-
sor, Mr.. Theodore Pyne, are
to be congratulated on the
splendid coverage they have
given school activities dur
this school year. These pu-
pills, through their efforts,
which has been an educa-
tiOnal process, have rendered
a public service to the COM
munity.
DR.. RAMON c. COBBS
Superintendent of Schools
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11

Recent surveys show that rural
cium and vitamins A and C-nu-
family diets are often low in cali
trients readily supplied by milk
fruits and vegetables produced
right on the farm.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11

Pastures seeded with ladino viii
Withstand lot Of chickWeed.
Heavy chickweed infestations are
the only places where spraying
appears economical
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11

work.
Mrs. Harrington: Going to the
mountains for several days, but
will enjoy her home most of the
time.
Mr.. Miller: Six weeks summer
school, six weeks working, and
last of all one week of vacation.
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4 Lewes
iiiford 4 CnighO Caesar Rodney
80

Team Batting Average .210.
Average Run per Game: s OPP
pOnents Average: 3.
Won II. Last 4 Win Average:
.733
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11

Amateur radio stations in the
United States are limited to 1000
watts Of power output and some
stations use as little as 10 watts.
Milford chronicle., 1954-06-11

Insects cost the United States
four billion dollars year, entO-
mologists say
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
By Hermon Boum

"In my new home. there is a
quarterback wide space between
the floor and the molding at the
bottom of the Dashboard. What
causes this and how can it be
repaired?"-P. G. L., Burlington,
N. G.
Answer-You have a graphic
example of what we mean when
we complain about the green
lumber that goes into residential
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construction. This trouble is
more pronounced in areas where
lumber comes from local forests.
We have actually seen trees
felled one day. sawed and dressed
on the second day and delivered
to a building site on the third
day. 1t is amazing that small
children do not get lost through
the cracks that open up in the
houses.
Another contributing factor to
this condition is that, in care
less carpentry. the shoe molding
is frequently nailed to the base
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Dashboard Crack in New Home
Blamed on Green Lumber

board. AS a lumber shrinks, the
holding and floor part company
and the crack which you OBJ
serve is the result. Properly in
stalled, the shoe molding is
nailed to neither the floor nor
the Dashboard, but with nails of
sufficient length to reach through
to the Subflooring.
To correct this trouble in your
home, the molding should be re-
moved from its present location
and replaced in contact with the
floor. Secure it with 1O-penny
finishing nails driven at a As
degree angle SO that they will
pass between the finished floor
and the Dashboard to reach the
sub-f1oor. There will probably
(See BAUM, Page BID
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-10-06

California JACL regional office
sought to contact Mike Masaoka
who is in Washington to get his
statement of bereavement on the
sudden passing of the 78-year- old
upper house lawmaker
1t was Masaoka, who, during the
closing moments of Congress in
1852. fought desperately to include
the naturalization for Issei" section
of the law and successfully won the
support of both McCarran and
Walter The bill was passed over
the then President Harry S Tru-
mans veto.
McCarran who served the last %
years was foe of the Roosevelt and
Truman administrations. He was
neer one to hide his opinions In
1887, when the US Navy gunboat
Panay was sunk in Chinas Yangtze
River by the japanese, McCarran
commented:
1--WE should have been out of Chi
ma waters long time ago"
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Sept. rs

sept. 20
At last tomorrow we reach Yoko-
hama We are all of just going tc
hate leaving the boat. Everyone has
been so wonderful to us and, my
goodness, all the Thousand and one
| new friends I've made Today, we
passed some typhoon wind and were
rather disappointed since the Off
GERS said arrival in Japan would be
delayed about hours.
Did we get seasick? Well, to pu,
it mildly-yes. The crackers l had
were devoured in three days and il
surely did lot of good Mrs. Mi
hara was rather ill and stayed in
bed for about 4 or days. She's al
right now
MORE FUN!
Oh All the funny and dramatic
incidents that happened during the
last two weeks More fun! Last
night we had a lemonade party and
invited all the stewards and engi-
neers, etc, who were so nice to US
1t was truly success Anyway,
tried taking pictures with flash
bulbs and kept burning my fingers
because l didn't put the bulbs in
right.
' Oh, how l crave good juicy steak
or even a simple hot dog All we get
is fish and more fish At first, We
at least tolerated it, but gee! Toe
much is too much Some people ii
the Yoshoku dining room have peer
kind enough to exchange With u,
occasionally, We gals have become
very audacious and every night We
take Nippon baths together.
NICE-LOOKING CREW
We have had two very current
movies Most people on this ship
are missionaries, teachers, and stu.
dents. I know 1t isn't exactly pro-
per but we've all been watching GER
tain looking crew members
They think we're nuts
We gave our individual speeches
to some of the passengers on the boat
for practice.
A man from Vancouver who was
next door to us passed away about
| the 7th day cause was hard
ened arteries. He had children in
Japan waiting whom he hadn't seen
for "a years or so His body was bu-
ried in the ocean. Very sad We
run into all types of incidents, ii
seems.
We gals are always singing oil
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THE nation has lost great lea
der and statesman and persons of
japanese ancestry have lost one of
their most influential friends in
Congress
sen. McCarran, co-author with
Congressman Francis f. Walter of
Pennsylvania of the McCarran-
Walter immigration and National
ity Act of 1852, was instrumental in
the enactment of legislation extern
ding the privileges of naturalization
In our Issei parents
AS chairman and ranking men,
Der of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee, he had given support on ap-
preparation for the payment of eva
cuation claims and other matters of
direct concern to Issei and Nisei,'
President Inagaki stated.
Condolences on behalf of the Ma
tional JACL were wired last week
end by President Inagaki to the wi
dow Of the late senator in Reno
Nevada
At the same time, the Southern
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yer Next bus especially for us
took us to the New Grand Hotel
very huge and modern) where we
had supper | even drank the wa
ter after OK from some OF the men
who are helping with our tour, Pro-
lessor Matsumoto and Koi Nakaba-
yashi who recently came to Seattle.
MINIMUM. A FEAST!
The dinner was a feast-long
missed meat and fresh vegetables
Mmmmml And so on to Tokyo! All
the excitement and anxiety and
surprises and actually being here
are Just too much for one day. Here
are some places we passed-oculdnt
see cuz it was rather dark. Iseizahi-
cho-busy Yokohama section. Ma
tsuya Dept-world famous, Yoko-
hama station. Tamagawa Bridge
tthe middle means you are In To-
kyo). Shinbashi station. the Gina
GUST glimpSe). Hibiya Park, I'M
perial Hotel Nikkatsu Building I'M
perial moat, Morinaga candy facto-
ry and Tokugawa family temple
Arrived at hotel happy. very tired
After unpacking, we washed up for
bed This morn. | feel rested and
ready to take in everything about
Japan l wish you could all be
here I've gotta get ready for the
first days tour Just thrilled to
death l will keep in touch, people.
-KazukO Nakashima
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NEW Pastor Named
At Presbyterian

Glen Holden has been appointed
as the new pastor of the japanese
Presbyterian Church. At the pre-
sent time, he is studying in the gra-
duate school of the University of
Washington, majoring in philosophy
Before coming to Seattle, he SER
we'd as music and as youth director
in churches in Hastings, MINI, and
Eugene, Greg He is native of
Minneapolis, and graduate of
Northwestern College in that city.
With him in Seattle are his wife,
Delpha. and children, Galen 2, and
Luanne 6 months
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Editors note: The following let
tiers, loaned to The Northwest Times
were written by. Kazuko PATSY
Nakashima to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs S. Nakashima
Patsy, six other girls, and their
chaperOnes. all of Seattle, are max
ing three month tour of Japan.
Arrangements for the tour were
made by Mr. Ban Okada who spent
four years preparing the plans
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Obituary
O KAMEJIRO TOMOOKA

Mr. Kamejiro Tomooka, rs, retir-
ed farm worker, died october 2 in
his home at 67O Weller st He was
born in Hiroshima-ke Japan, on
January II, 1876 He had been in
the United States for fifty years, all
of which he spent near Seattle He
had been farmer for 80 years
Mr.. Tomooka had no relatives
Funeral services will be held at
4:30 pm Thursday in the Butter
worth Drawing Room Chapel The
Rev. T. Ichikawa will officiate Gre
nation will follow Susumi-Butter-
worth is in charge of arrangements
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Japanese Woman Struck With Pistol,
Loses $40 To Jackson St. Area RObber

The bacg hand of struck
ROBBIE pushed n near
natohe purse containing holdup
pistol robbery
Mis- YiSui e49 King St Haborview County
Hospital for scalp informed Paromen Carleton Doc
her assailant Negro
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Utah NiSei Form 442nd WV Post

SALT LAKE CITY, post the veter-
of Foregns Wars recently meeting post
called the 442nd Veterans
The groundwork for the institution
Al Fleming of Francisco Depart
o
The Nse will developing
and maintaining active you'll, the community
Wallace Dol, Lyle George
Yamashite, Tobari
Shig Tanimine Bill Shmu George Gil
Oki Arakaki Tom Inouye and Kay
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Introducing:
Q YASUKO HASHIMOTO

Tacoma correspondent of The
Northwest Times is Miss Yasuko
Hashimoto, l7l6 Fawcett Ave, Ia
coma.
Living near the Tacoma Bud
dhist Church. Yasuko is active in
many church activities She is a
Sunday School teacher, adviser to
the Junior YBA. secretary-treasur-
er for the Sunday School, and pre-
sident of the Northwest Sunday
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ton outside We were getting clo-
ser closer.
LIKE ANY U 5. PORT
After lunch we could see the city
of Yokohara-looked like any us.
port and we were getting more ex-
cited by the second A customs boat
came beside the Hikawa and the Of
ficial business of entry began. Tai
yos were lucky and we were passed
without any waiting and just a lit
tie peep at our cases Then news
papermen, newspapermen and pho
tographers just opped in and popped
/ 900 questions and golly, we must
have each felt like some imoortant
political figure Questions like
What do you think about the Biki-
nj bomb" or why did you come to
Japan?"
FRIENDLY PEOPLE
We were met by very friendly peo-
pie from Japan Travel Bureau and
the band I mentioned sent by Mayor
of Yokohara We were presented
with flowers and from a pretty lady
Miss Yokohara and then interview
ed on a ~ broadcast Cad, it was
just only a big hearty reception AS
we descended the gangplank, we
waved at members of ship person.
mel who were all graf. (They say
the trip was real fun because of u.s.
And then all the gals relatives
were waiting and big reunion all o.
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Sept %

Stpt 20
At last, at last we are in the large,
large city of Tokyo
NY first impression OF Japan? It's
absolutely perfect I love the mar
row streets, with the opposite flow
ing traffic, the hundreds and thou
sands of people who are all Japan
csc and the strangeness of the old
Japan combined with the new ]
want to meet everyonel
I sti at a desk in the Hilltop Ho-
teltPlans of staying at the Maruno-
uchi were changed 1t is raining
To me, this is Just like Seattle and
is to me as welcome as the police
band of Yokohara which came to
the pier and gave US a royal well
come.
PRETTY COAST
III try TO go into the details Of
yesterday, though one page is hard
ly enough for such a glorious day.
We awoke early in the morn yester-
day and saw the coast of North ia
pan lying only about two miles a
way 1t was so pretty. And, yes,
Mount FULL, though very dim, was
towering up from the rest and at
this we took many pictures Many
fishing boats were out on the warm
day and we waved at them for fun
Around II we dressed TO our Taiyo
uniform and prepared for inspec-
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Our Correspondent In Tacoma.

School Teachers League. as we'll as
serving in many other church acti-
vities
She is employed by Valleys, inc.
where she has worked for five and
one-half years
Besides contributing news to The
Northwest Times. Yasuko likes to
read and sew and bowls occasional
ly.
Residents in Tacoma should con-
tact her with news items.
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NTSEI CALENDAR
OCTOBER

OCTOBER
9-Lotus YBA's 31st anniversary
semi-formal dance in Buddhist Au-
ditorium.
16-St. Mary's Guild of st Peters
to sponsor sukiyaki dinner 6-8 pm
16-Hostess Hill dinner of Nisei
Womens Fellowship in the japan
csc Congregational Church.
24-Open House Nisei Methodist
parsonage, 2 to pm
NOVEMBER
7-NVC bazaar a tNVC Clubhouse
Tacoma Buddhist Church Ba-
zaar in Tacoma Buddhist Church.
25-NVC Thanksgiving dance
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Nishm,ua public
relations chairman for the Veterans Committee i'll
this week His column written jointly with NVC Commander
Hrahara will The Northwest Times Bill
and Speedy recovery,
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CLASSIFIED ADS

Buy or rent with option Small
house. Use my furniture. EA. 1902
evenings
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House for sale. Beacon Hill Own
er. bedroom brick IL bath, oil
burner. Hot water heat. Close
schools and bus $4,000 Appoint
ment MO. 4719
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The shower the project the NVc Memorial Clubhouse
Much friends dollar
Ne Committee Clubhouse Project 1912
King St attle Wash