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Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12

mOrphic lens used in the filming Of
a CinemaScOpe picture makes its
possible for 35 nm camera to
reach out to each side as the eye
does and compress a wide angle
scene onto a narrow strip of film.
When this film is projected through
the cOmpensating lens it spreads
the image horizontally to its origi-
nal shape and fills the entire pros
cenium Of the theatre.
The New Milford Theatre also
has been completely equipped for
stereOphOnic sound, which is the
third component Of the new Cine
maScOpe process. This high fidel-
ity sound system uses four mag
netic tracks which are carried on
the 35fmm, film. The sound from
these tracks is transmitted through
speakers strategically placed in the
theatre, giving the natural and
realistic effect Of sound emanating
from the actual persons or lOca-
tons on the vast CinemaScOpe
screen.
In How to Marry A Million
aire" the audience is treated to a
real sense Of participation, &C
cOrding to Manager Evans, and no
special glasses are needed to give
the illusion Of depth to the pro-
jected scenes. The picture with its
wealth Of intimate scenes as well
as the massiveness Of its New York
locale demonstrates the facility OF
the CinemaScOpe camera in bring
ing new life and new vistas to the
motion picture screen and accord
ing to Producer Nunnally Johnson
who also wrote the screen play foI
the comedy, and Director Jean Ne
gulescO, the new method enriches
the entertainment possibilities Of
any film which utilizes it.
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12

were Billy Murray who led in the
responsive reading from 1.-THE
Psalter". LOllie Evans gave the
reading from the Old Testament;
and Jane Wilgus gave the reading
from the New Testament. Jackie
Stephens gave the prayer. The
Ushers were young men namely,
Sanford Justice, Gene and Eddie
Murray and Rex Gerald Murray.
Mr.. William r. Murray, ST., was
the leader.
Mrs. Miles Johnson, the former
Elsie Brasure, passed away at her
home in Milford, on Friday after
noon, February 5th. She had been
i'll for sometime. The deceased was
Gardner Brasure of this town. She
leaves to survive a husband, Miles
Johnson of Milford; a father and
mother, Gardner and Martha Bra
sure; a sister, Mr.. Elizabeth Dun
can; and two brothers, Oscar and
Irwin Brasure of Laurel and Ocean
View.
Funeral services were conducted
at the LOfand Funeral Home in
Milford on Tuesday afternoon
February 9Th at 2 o'clock. Inter-
ment in Milford Cemetery.
Mrs. Lemuel Lynch has returned
home from the Kent General Hos
pital in Dover, having spent six
weeks there as a patient, after being
in an auto accident. Her right
leg is still in a cast, but she is
improving satisfactorily. Her many
friends are glad to see her back
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12

Infants Weight
Most children at one year weigh
about three times what they
weighed at birth and have grown
from eight to 10 inches in heiShf
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12

Diaon''lA'lon age" Milford, Secre-
tary, and Mrs. Clifford Clark, Ken
ton, Treasurer.
Mrs. Philip r. Jacobs Of Mile
ford, retiring president, conducted
the installation ceremony. Also
present were Mrs. Jehu F. Camp
er, Harrington, and Mrs. Frank L.
Mckee, Dover, who were formerly
secretary and treasurer Of the
Council, respectively.
Each Home Demonstration Club
in Kent County is represented on
this Council by it's president, with
the immediate past president act
ing as alternate delegate from the
club. Also on the Council are Mrs.
Andrew Cole, Smyrna, Family Life
Chairman; Mrs. Fred Fifer, WyOm-
ing, Citizenship Chairman; Mrs.
Duane Lynn, Milford, Delegate-at-
Large; and Mrs. Paul hartman,
Dover, Alternate Delegate. Mrs.
Francis Thomas is also serving as
Health Chairman, while Mrs.
Philip Jacobs will remain with the
group as Advisor.
The Council meets twice each
year-in the Spring and in the
Fall. It's work is to sponsor and
conduct any Home Demonstration
program at the county level. One
of its best-knOwp functions is the
Annual Achievement Day, held in
November. Women from all parts
Of the county gather at this meet
ing to see the achievements OF
clubs and club members during
the past year, and also to hear
talks of interest to hOmemakers.
The Council also sponsors the
Kent County Home Demonstration
Scholarship. given to a girl from
Kent County who is a student in
the School Of Home Economics al
the University of Delaware.
The program for Home Demon.
stratiOn Clubs in the county is ap-
proved by the Council, after it has
been made by the Program Plan
ming Committee, and suggestions
are made.
Another important Job of the
County Council is to represent the
County at the State Home Demon
stratiOn Council, and to sponsor
the activities Of the State Council
such as its Annual State Home
Demonstration Meeting, held in the
late Spring.
AS you can see, these newly I'm.
stalled officers have an important
Job ahead of them-and with the
help of every Home Demonstration
Club they will do it well.
Help Your Curtains 10 Longer Llf,
You can increase the life Of your
curtains If you follow these simple
suggestions:
/. Rotate curtains from windoy
to window to decrease tn,
amount of deterioration from
radiator heat, moisture, ant
sunlight.
2. Avoid snagging or pulling
curtains.
3. Don't let 1t rain in on them
4. Launder or dry clean Fegu
larly to prevent the dirt from
embedding in the fabric.
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
sELEenoM IS ExTRAvAeANT

HartIand, Conn.-tA9-It would
have been cheaper for this town to
have had four selectmen than the
usual three.
Recently run of election was held
for two candidates who tied for the
third selectman's post, Cost Of the
election, s200-cost Of the select
mans salary. $50 annually.
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12

The supply Of major plant nu-
tfients nitrogen, phosphorus and
potash) available for the 1953-54
fiscal year will set a new record,
say reports from the y. S. Depart
ment Of Agriculture. The estimated
amount available is 8,614,000 tons
Ill per cent greater than last
years supply.
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Kent Home Doings

New County Home Demonstration
Council Officers Installed
New officers Of the Kent County
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12

II o m e Demon
stration Council
" ere installed
FEiday, Febru-
ary 5, in my of
ice in Dover.
Mrs. Art T
Short, of Smyr-
ma, is the new
president of the
Council. The
other officers
are: Mrs. Fran
els T HON a s,
Marydel, Vic e
President; Mrs.
Evening star., 1954-05-19
Diem Bien Phu and ThermopyIue

Dien Bien Phu has fallen.
Go tell the Spartans, thou that
passest by. that here obedient to their
laws we lie"
Over 2,400 years ago another outpost
OF Western civilization confronted the
Eastern barbarians at Thermopylae.
AS DeCaStries, SO was Leonidas faced
with an impossible situation. Just as
the Greek cities haggled as to which
should have the military command
whether or not their economy could
stand the drain of facing the Persians
and other petty internecine uuarrels.
Just so have the Western nations, in
dulging themselves in fancied security
repeated the self-same pristine errors.
Nevertheless. just as Leonidas and
his 300 Spartans faced the overwhelm-
ing numbers of Exerxes' troops, just so
did DeCastries and his devoted men
hold their ground to the bitter end at
Dien Bien Phu.
1t is hoped that their devotion to
duty will inspire in the modern West
ern world the same determination to
go on to modern Salamis or Plataea
that the heroic stand of Leonidas and
his immortal 300 aroused in ancient
Greece.
go tell the Spartans, thou that
passest by, that here obedient to their
laws we lle." Margaret Joyce.
Evening star., 1954-05-19

Those persons who. through preju-
dice, miss watching starlings are the
losers. surely, since the starting is one
of the mot interesting of birds.
There were a pair of them in the
grass, the morning after the storm.
Any kind of birds would find plenty
to eat in the grass. The rushing rain
had brought up worms, including the
very small ones. Insects were flushed
from hiding places. and all sorts OF
vegetable matter was on the ground.
The pair of starlings were eating
away, when suddenly both arose in
the air, made neat arc Of exactly the
same length, and both hit the lawn
again at the same time.
It was an amazing small perform
ance.
A pair IN any other species would not
have handled the matter in that way.
One would have leaped. followed by
the other.
The starlings took the leap at the
same time, in exactly the same way.
It is starting habit.
Starlings fly together by some sort
OF sixth sense, their most strikinR
show being that Of fight
All of the members of a starting
fight made the same turns at exactly
the same moment, as upon signal.
but the observer on the ground cannot
tell which bird. II any, gives the
signal.
Evening star., 1954-05-19
The Forthcoming DEGREES

There is more than a technical difference
between the Supreme Courts decision in the
school segregation dispute and the DEGREES
which the tribunal presumably will hand down
later on.
decision primarily is an announcement of
the courts conclusion on the legal issue at
stake. DEGREES are infrequent, but certainly
not unprecedented. A decree is an order or
directive spelling out the steps that must be
taken to put decision into effect
The decree procedure being followed in the
segregation cases has no exact parallel This is
not surprising, for the decision also stands
pretty much in class by itself. 1t is hard to
think of any other ruling which has affected
our social order as the segregation decision
promises to do. Therefore, it is eminently de-
sirape that there be ample time to reflect on
the problems involved and that the DEGREES, if
and when they come down, be as specific in
their guidance as it is possible to make them
Evening star., 1954-05-19
More Skimmers in 1854

1t may come as a surprise to most men,
but the straw hat industry is expecting a,sales
increase of between Is and 80 per cent for
1854 as compared with 1858. Furthermore, the
estimate is not based upon forecasts of more
and brighter sunshine this year. It is founded
instead upon sinister scheme to trap hatlesS
males into becoming interested, investment
wise. in foreign styles and in new color COM
binations. Narrow brims and tapered crowns
are being talked of "in the trade and some
companies are providing set of removable
bands to give color appropriate to any occasion
There is challenge here, of course. Should
one doggedly pursue the male course of resist
ing bright plumage-giving as an excuse that
one IS committed to summer Of no hat at
all, that one is tired of checking ones chapeau
in every restaurant, or that one feels the
therapeutic value of the sun is much more
important than the current style? Or should
one grasp eagerly at this gay accoutrement
sensing In 1t welcome alternative to the
multicolored sports shirts of recent seasons?
There is q problem here-and D-day In the
hat trade falls on May 80.
Evening star., 1954-05-19
This and That
By Charles E. TroceWeH

II there is signal, it is so quick
that human eye cannot see it.
Probably there isn't any signal, and
so we get around to our thesis, which
is simply this:
The Startling Personality exists in
all the starllngS as group.
In other species, each oird is its
own personality. but among the star
lings, there is this large overall Per-
sonality, which exists just as the group
personality of the bee hive dominates
This is the essential struggle among
living beings, whether to be little per-
sonalities, each one for itself. or a
major Personality, representing the
mass, or group.
This theory would explain, perhaps,
why the StarlingS manifest such ex-
treme fright when tape recordings of
their danger cries are played back to
them.
They feel the suffering Of all star
lings, and react accordingly.
One cannot carry such ideas too
far; there are many explanations, and
each has its exponents.
What is sure is that the starting,
despite the slurS against it, is an
exceptional bird. especially when sturdi-
ness and intelligence are in question.
Recently we said that the little para
keet simply had no way Of really under
standing the words 1t utters.
Evening star., 1954-05-19

Miss H. E. of 18th street takes issue.
She says:
my neighbor has a parakeet, and
/ wonder if you do not think some of
his antics indicate intelligence and
understanding.
He is adept at letting you know
when he is displeaSed. If one picks up
his little mirror. he fairly screams. In
fact, he objects to any one handling
his toys, except when he throws them
off the table and waits to have them
picked up.
"He Salutes the bird he sees in the
mirror. Then he runs to the other
side and almost breaks the glass.
"One day I tried to coax HIM into
his cage. and his comment was, You
are a naughty boy; yes, you are
ION another occasion was attempt
ing to read a magazine while he was
playing out Of his cage. He kept light
ing on the book, and said, 10 10, go
play on your lamp He went over,
and said, 10 10 is good boy said
Yes, you are, but stay where you are
Back he came, and I shook him of
about five times. Each time he assured
me ne was good boy I,gave up read
ing.
HE has heard No. no, no. more
than any other word. and knows what
Is meant, but never once has he said
it. He mastered Merry Christmas, but
baked at Happy Easter"
Evening star., 1954-05-19
Voters League Non-Purtisun

I wish to correct the implication of
statements made at Republican meet
ing in Montgomery County, as reported
in The Star May IL. The story
quoted John r. Reeves as seeking the
support of the Charter Committee and
the League of Women Voters" and
George c. Warner as retorting that he
thought it was obvious the present
committee had gotten the support of
these groups"
The League of Women Voters, in
Montgomery County and Nationwide,
is strictly non-partisan. We do not sup
port or oppose candidates. We do study
thoroughly political issues selected by
our membership; and after study, make
our position public.
We give candidates an opportunity
to publish biographical data and un-.
edited answers to League questions in
our Voters Guide which are widely dis
tributed as a public service. We also
present all the major candidates, a
walking talking ballot" to the COM
munity before each election.
For example. this spring we are hold
ing two candidates rallies. The first,
to present candidates for Congress and
for the Montgomery County Council,
will be held at the Montgomery Blair
Evening star., 1954-05-19

they may well succeed-if they maintain proper
unity and strengthen preventing war and
eventually achieving the good peace they seek.
He feels this way for these reasons among
others: C) It is basic Soviet doctrine to make
concessions and retreats when faced by power
full opposition; (2) there is an important
amount of restiveness and discomfort behind
the Iron Curtain, and 81 the Communists, in
defiance of mans ineradicable craving for lib
erty, have undertaken an impossible long-run
task in attempting to impose their will on a
third of humanity.
In any event, whether or not these points
are wishful, there can be no doubt that Mr.
Dulles is right in advocating that every avenue
of negotiation be explored as long as there is
even the slightest hope Of arriving at sound
agreements. Certainly, in this age of atomic
hydrogen weapons policy that would seek to
settle issues through an all-out war can only
be described as last resort likely to engulf
the whole world in catastrophe.
Evening star., 1954-05-19
Red Arms to Guatemala

1t is significant that the State Department
has used the phrase "a development of gravity"
"a development that could evolve into q
threat to the security of the Western Hemi-
sphere-in commenting on the arms shipment
that Guatemala has received from the port of
Stettin in Soviet-controlled Poland.
True there is no rule in international law
that debarS the country from acquiring weapons
from the world behind the Iron Curtain or
anywhere else it can get them. But tough and
conspiratorial Communist influences are very
strong in Guatemala's extremely leftiSt govern
ment and there is therefore good reason to
look with sharp and suspicious eye on this
military importation-a relatively large one
from the dominance-Seekin Soviet empire
1t may well be, actually that the shipment
has an altogether sinister purpose. This is the
more true because there have been some indica-
tions that Guatemalan agtators have been
largely Instrumental in precipitating the po-
tentially explosive strike now going on in the
banana fields across the border in neighboring
Honduras Is major violence in the making
there? Are the arms from Stettin destined to
aid and abet it? Or are they meant primarily
to help the Communists stage an internal coup
calculated to place Guatemala under their full
control?
These questions are speculative of course
but the State Departments comment on the
situation strongly suggests that there is solid
ground for concern among Guatemalas i'm
mediate neghbors and throughout the whole
inter-American community. Certainly, if the
arms shipment really constitutes "a develop
ment of gravity" and if it can be viewed as
substantial hemisphere threat, one or another
of the Americas ought to take the initiative in
seeing to it that the matter is dealt with through
invocation of the Caracas resolution or other
existing procedures for united action.
Thus, as adopted last March-with Guate-
mala alone voting "no"-the Caracas resolution
declares that the domination of any one of the
Americas by international communism would
be threat to all and would require hemi-
spherc consultative meeting to consider COM
mon protective measures Accordingly if a
Guatemalan Red coup impends, such a meeting
will be in order, or if the weapons from Stettin
mean trouble for Honduras, there will be reason
to invoke the mutual security treaty of Rio de
Janero.
Although speculation of this sort may be
alarmist, the State Department apparently finds
the situation genuinely worrisome. Guatemala,
after all, has been anything but good neigh
Dor for some time past and the fact that it has
obtained arms from Kremlin- controlled sources
can hardly be laughed of. The development
clearly calls for an on-guard inter-American
reaction.
Evening star., 1954-05-19
Wedding in May

I tUent to Ueddino so early In Mds
That lilacS ,Dere lifting their whit(
bridal spray,
And all of the air tUds fresh-blossomt
-SDeet,
While grass yielded gently to sattn-sbod
feet.
The bride Uore lacy and rose.
patterned Oot0n;
Her ueH fodted back from tiny pear
cTotDn;
She carried, close-clustersd, stoeet peas
mi0nonette;
Her eyes held q light small neDei
forget.
/ thought, can December lie hidden In
Time,
Our cares and our sorrotDs its frost and
its rine?
o LoUe, as you pause near the end oI
lfe's day,
Your hours should be full OF the fra.
GRANGE OF May.
Anna 7. Harding
Evening star., 1954-05-19
Unwise Transit Proposals

The District Commissioners showed good
Judgment in opposing the Payne subcommit-
tees plan to compel the Capital Transit Com
pany to put three public interest" members on
its board of directors. It is regrettable that the
civilian members of the Public Utilities Com
mission failed to support the Commissioners in
their stand against this unwise and impracti-
cable proposal.
At best, as Commissioner Spencer pointed
out at a hearing on the omnibus transit bill, the
idea of including-under mandate of law
three representatives of "the public" on the
transit dictatorship would be apt to prove a
futile gesture. The trio would be small mi
nority, easily outvoted by the other directors
But the biggest objection to the proposal is that
1t would be in the nature of an opening wedge
to eventual public ownership or management
of the utility development which should be
resisted as long as possible.
Equally Objectionable is another Payne
group proposal, incorporated in separate BILL
This would give the Public Utilities Commission
power to control the transit company'S dividend
payments. While the commission properly con-
trolls fares and services and logically has an in
tereSt in maintaining the financial stability of
the company, it would be carrying public con-
troll too far to give the Public Utilities Commits
sion the right to say when the companyS
accumulated earnings should be distributed
and how much should be allowed to go to the
stockholders.
Both of these recommendations of the Sen
ate transit inquiry subcommittee ought to be
rejected by Congress.
Evening star., 1954-05-19
Segregation Rulino

Ever since first heard the news, the
old joke has been running through my
mind: Great day for the race" what
race?" 'Thes human race" No more
segregation in schools. AS simple as
that, and as wonderful. Contrary to
our traditions and hence constitution
ally suspect" Americanism wins.
Already the decision has been re-
ferred to as victory for Negroes. Per-
hapS. But this is a small part of it.
The decision is a triumph for all chill
dren in areas which formerly supported
the indecency of segregated schools.
1t is triumph for all self respecting
parents. 1t is triumph for democracy
at time when totalitarianism seems
on the upSurge everywhere.
It is to be hoped that the District
government will see to it that the alb
clifton of public school segregation is
followed by the end of segregation in
all public-owned, public-licensed or
taX-exempt institutions. Government
on local as well as a national level
should show its repugnance for this
evil thing, color prejudice.
Warren w. Morse.
Evening star., 1954-05-19
The Need Continues

In retiring as president of Recreation Serv-
iceS Incorporated, more popularity known as
the Armed Services Hospitality Committee, Mrs
Henry Grattan Doyle has called attention to
some needs of the organization that the COM
munity ought to supply. AS Mrs. Doyle pointed
out in her swan song" report, the public tends
to lose interest in promoting the off-duty well
fare of servicemen after shooting war halts
In the kind of tense world we live in, however
the problem of aiding and entertaining men and
women in uniform is almost as acute during
so-called peacetime as when a war is on. It
will remain so as long as we must maintain
military forces at a strength calculated to meet
continued threats to our security.
Mrs. Doyle has seen two SlumpS in public
support of the hospitality group, first after
World War II and again after hostilitieS were
suspended in Korea. Both times she saw the
enthusiasm of volunteer workers suddenly re-
placed by reluctance to serve. The long waiting
lists of volunteer hostesses, information special
lists and other aides disappeared. Today it is
difficult to obtain volunteers and to keep them
on the job when and where they are most
needed. One of the more urgent needs right
now is more adequate downtown headquar-
could be overcome if the people of Washington
could be made aware Of the continuing urgency
of the hospitality program, in cold as well as
hot wars. Mrs. Doyles dynamic leadership of
the co-ordinating program in the past has
helped to Offset community apathy Her final
report as head of the committee SHOULD serve
to revive public interest and participation in
this invaluable civic undertaking.