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Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
ZwaanendaeI Museum
Open Labor Day
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Miss Maull says there has been
some recent additions to the pres
ent lusterWare exhibit, that will re-
main on view until October. This
exhibit has been attracting much
attention from the thousands of
summer tourists who visit the his
tOric museum.
The new pieces include a gold
toned lusterWare jug decorated on
each side with pictures of General
Jackson. The inscription reads
The Hero Of New Orleans. 1t was
lent by DR.. Charles Hollis Of Sea-
ford, having belonged to his grand
parents, Jacob and Mary Kinder.
DR.. and Mrs. Hollis have also con-
tributed cOpper-toned pitcher
bearing a medallion picture OF
President William Henry Harrison.
and on the other side a log cabin
with a sign, "TO let after 1S41".
Other pieces from Mrs. Hollis are
two copper-toned jugs decorated
with floral sprays, and one gold
toned jug trimmed with yellow
bands. She has also lent to the
museum two pieces for its glass
collection, a pressed glass tavern
type spoOnhOlder in the Diamond
pattern, circa 1910, and blue Bris-
tol glass bud vase.
Mrs. Larns Rodseth of Lewes has
contributed a pressed glass covered
compete in the Westward Hot"
pattern.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
State VIII Get
$I,O25,OOO For
Road Building
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The act provided $S75, 100000 in
federal aid highway funds for fiscal
1856 and another $1,O52,O0O,OO0 for
fiscal 1857.
The speed-up program, annOunc-
ed by Commerce Secretary Sinclair
Weeks on June 30, gave states the
green light to submit programs for
approval more than six months
ahead Of schedule.
Although technically the funds
will not be available until next
July 1, the stepped-up program al
lows states to 90 ahead with plan
ming and cOntract-letting under the
new bill with funds not vet ear
marked from previous appropriate
ions.
A spokesman said that details
OF the programs approved since
July / cannot be released because
such information might lead to an
increase in the cost of right-of-
way and to land speculation.
Under the new legislation the
state is entitled to federal aid funds
for the various road systems, on a
matching basis with the state. In
the following amounts: Primary
system, $1,547,347; secondary. or
feeder system, S1,031,6 urban
highways, $354.72O; and interstate
systems, S1.O74,61O.
Bureau In Charge
Funds under the new law will
be expended under supervision of
the bureau according to the general
procedure in which state highway
departments propose projects. pre-
pare plans, award contracts. and
supervise cOnstructiOn-all subject
to federal approval.
However. for the first time. the
new highway law allows the Com
merce Department to waive SUPER
vision to the states once the pro-
gram has been approved.
Funds earmarked for the new
programs are now indefinitely
available and the rest Of the SUPER
vision Of them will rest with the
states.
Funds AppOrtiOned
Federal aid funds for the pri-
mary highway system are appor-
toned according to area. popula-
ton, and mileage of post roads
each being given equal weight.
Secondary road funds are amor
toned in the same manner except
that rural population is used in
stead Of total population.
FUNDS for urban highways are
apportioned according to pOpula-
ton municipalities and other ur-
ban places of more than 5000 popu-
lation.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
Your Conservation
Explorers Wood
Utilization

When someone starts TALKING
about conserving our timber re-
sources theirs always one Joker in
the crowd that is sure to come
out with why save wood, anyway
In this modern day and age wood is
not necessary. We have steel and
better artificial materials for sub
stitutes."
We say this to that person and
all those like him. We, the citizens
of the world, could not have the
modern civilization we have TODAY
without wood.
Thousands of wooden telegraph
poles support the vast communi-
cation network we have today.
Railroad ties, buildings, bridges and
snow fences are largely made from
wood. Sure, we will admit that
there are steel telegraph poles
there are steel bridges, there
are buildings made of steel
and brick and that there is a me-
chanical pencil to take the place
of the wooden one. But, let us take
a look at the picture from the
economical point. Can you imagine
the cost of over a billion railroad
ties and thousands of telegraph
poles, If they were made from a
metal or other expensive wood sub
stitute? Can you buy a dozen me-
chanical pencils for sixty cents
What about all the buildings in the
u S. being made from only steel
and brick; shocking thought isn't
it?
Things in your hOme-radiOs.
blankets, lampshades, napkins, rugs,
and textiles-may have had their
beginnings in our forests. Your
rayon fabric, Photographic film
and artificial sponges are. made
from cellulOse acetate, which had
it's origin in wood.
And paints, varnishes, and tur-
pentine thinners are based on in
gradients extracted from the forest.
Even this newspaper you are now
reading is made from pulpwood,
tons of which are used every day.
The mail-Order catalogs you get,
the magazines you subscribe to,
the books you read, and the letters
you get all were once part of the
forest.
And then we always have that
someone who says, "Why save wood
anyway"
If you would like to see how
manor fe made no gurn IN rOTnn IN
our open house this evening at
eight o'clock at the Houston Fire
Hall. Two movies will be shown.
One will completely describe the
process of making paper.
Then too, don't forget that we are
on the air every Saturday at one
fifteen o'clock over radio station
WKSP in milford.
Your Conservation Explorers
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
1855 Conservation
Program Continues
Cost Sharing
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acres and in no way represents a
payment for complying with acre
age allOtments.
Emphasis again viii be given to
those conservation measures which
will continue to provide protection
and land-use improvement in the
years to come. AS under the 1854
program, cQst-sharing on a NUM-
Der Of practices will be on the basis
Of the initial establishment Of the
practices. The responsibility for
maintaining the practice will be up
to the farmer.
Under the 1855 program, farmers
will be given more than one year
to complete ''package-type" (multi-
ple-unit) practice projects. Under
the 1854 program all units Of multi
ple-unit projects had to be COM
pleted within a year.
An example of multiple-unit
or package-type practice would be
the construction of open drainage
bitches. This project might involve
the excavation of the ditch and the
spreading Of the spoil bank. Gen
orally, it is moro practical to spread
the spoil several months after ex-
cavatiOn.
Under the 1855 program, farm
ers may receive his cOst-sharine
conservation payments as he COM
pletes the excavation and does not
have to wait until the entire project
is completed.
The 1855 program continues the
provision for the development of
practices to meet special local con
ditions or emergencies.
Cooperating in the development
Of the Agricultural Conservation
Program for the counties will be
the county agricultural agent rem
resentatives Of the Soil Conserva-
tion Service. and Forest Service.
as well as official Of local soil con-
servation districts and county and
community Agricultural stabiliza-
ton and Conservation Committees.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03

Two young Germans who were
guiding q conducted tour IN Bonn.
similar 70 the one ! was taking.
i became interested in the Ger
man school system when / visited
the ofnce Of the u. S. High Com
missioner and found some inter-
esting data which made me eager
% talk TO students themselves.
The two German guides were
about 90 years old and had Just
been graduated from "hoehere
schule" or secondary school. Since
American students usually grad
uate at an earlier age, / asked them
how their system worked
Children start school at s. After
the 6rsl part (four years. Of the
elementary or "Grundschule," 75
% so per cent 50 on to .volks
echule' OF higher elementary
school Here, many Of the chill
dren must pick a trade and take
up apprentice training Others 60
on % the secondary schools, or
what we call high school.
Who viii take advanced school
Ing IS decided in the fourth or
hfth grades. My friends explained
% me that it's based on what is
called maturity examination. Even
Il this Is passed, faculty members
and parents must approve Only
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
Merchants Set
Up Hours For
Local Stores
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nights until the first Of the year,
while fifteen we're opposed to both
nights.
The second question was that Of
a Friday night opening as opposed
to the present Saturday night
opening. Another long period Of
discussion followed, and when the
vote was taken, six voted for the
local stores to 80 along with the
proposed Friday night opening,
while eighteen voted to continue
with the present Saturday night
schedule.
A motion to keep stores open all
day on Wednesdays with the excep-
ton Of the warm weather months Of
June, July and August, was voted
down twenty to four. Milford stores
are presently closed a halliday on
Wednesdays the year around, with
the exception of the holiday sched-
ule.
The holiday schedule was adopted
as follows: All stores will be omen
all day Wednesdays, starting with
Wednesday, November oath. and
continuing the balance Of the year
or through Wednesday, December
18th. The stores will also be omen
every Friday evening, starting
Friday, November 26th, until nine
o'clock, including Christmas Eve.
Friday, December oath. In addition.
the Milford stores will be Oben
every evening until nine o'clock,
starting with Monday, December
II. There was a motion made that
the stores close on Christmas Eve
at SIX o'clock, but this motion was
defeated, seventeen to seven.
Wilson w. SOckrider, chairman
OF the Mercantile Division of the
Chamber of Commerce, presided.
assisted by Robert Fl. Yerkes, sec
retary of the Board of Directors.
Tellers for the balloting were
Harold W. Wall and Greeley Pierce.
Copies of the new brochure re-
Gently printed by the Chamber of
commerce were passed out to the
members.
The following businesses were
represented: Derrickson's. Incor-
porated, Scott's Variety Store, Blu
chanan Service of Milford. Incor-
porated; TaylOr's Mems Shop
Green's Market, Sockrider and
Chandler, MiltOn's Dept. Store. Hem
~ s. Saunders, Ben Franklin Store
LOUIS Bootery, Philips Mems Store
Fisher Appliances, Inc, Warren
furniture Co., Schaffer Appliances.
Inc, ]. G. Penney Company. w. a
Grant Company Quality Market
Conman-Fisher Company, Virginia's
Hat and Speciality Shop, Emanuel's
Milford Army-Navy Store, Pierce
Hardware Company, James Store
wars Children Wear. Economy
Auto Supply, incorporated.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
d BARBARA ENGLISH
(iFiIisn EseluliVeIy Co AZ NoWsleoiUFo


about 20 per cent in the elementary
schools go on to the secondary ed
ucation.
At the end Of the secondary, the
student is ready to take the en-
trance exams Of the university.
College classes are largely lee
lures and as students advance in
their work. they attend seminars
for specialized work.
At the end Of eight semesters.
the students are awarded a doctor
Of philosophy degree. 1t is gener-
ally accepted, however, that this
is equivalent to our masters de-
gree.
When / asked IL the two stu
dents had any criticism Of their
system, they said they thought
children must make up their minds
too early about what course they
would follow. They felt il they
could go on into high school with
out having had To decide whether
70 enter apprentice training or
secondary school, it would be more
satisfactory.
They also commented that they
approved Of our co-educatiOnaI
system. Here, it seems, it is allow
ed in a few secondary schools
from necessity. Elementary schools.
however, are cO-educatiOna1.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
EPWoRTH
By Mrs. Reuben Riley
Phone BrldgeYllle 842l

There win be preaching at Ep-
worth. Sunday, September 5th, al
20 2. m. Always an "Open Door"
The EpWorth S. S. picnic was
held at Riverdale last Saturday
with 53 present
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anthony
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Cannon on Sunday. Mr.. Cannon has
been very ID. but is somewhat i'm
proved.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Nelson ac-
companied Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Nelson and Miss Anna Smith to At
lantic City and Ocean City, N. j.,
On sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Smith and son.
Donald, and Mr.. G. ,. Smith called
on Mrs. Nora Marvel and son, Har-
ley Sunday afternoon.
Gary Speicher and Donald smith
are attending the All Club Camp
e. Camp Barnes this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Smith and
family we're Monday evening call
ers Of Mr.. and Mrs. Norris Nessicly
and family
Charles Nelson Is slowly imprOv-
ING and be IS spending a few days.
tfis week with his grandmother
Swain 81 Cannon.
Callers al the home Of Mr.. and
alrs. John Nelson on Sunday eve
nins were Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mel
son. aF. and Mrs. Franklin Nelson,
.Il. and hrs. Charles Nelson.
L1Worth w. S. O. S. win be Sep
tenoer 10th az p. ~. Place an
ngunced later.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
Frederica Wins
Mar-Del Pennant
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semi-fnal series win start this sun
day with Felton at Frederica and
Niola al LeWes. The two winners
Of this series viii meet ia a best
S-out-of-5 game series.
Manager Alvin Brown plans to-
have his forces IN top-notch shane
for this first contest and all sIens
point GO a very interesting gane.
The FELTON, forces will be am out
70 get In the win column against
Frederica, having lost both games
to the local forces during the regu-
lar season play. Manager Brown
viii have Buddy Kimmel and Bobby
knight for regular pitching duty
with the veteran Jim PostIes for
fellef work. Jim has showed some
good form lately and could easily
prove very valuable IN spots.
The catching duty win be cap
ably taken care Of By veteran Gene
Moore and Bobby Glasco. At frst
base We viii have another Milford
boy in Jack Baynnm and veteran
Francis GottOrf, at second, viii Sc
hard-hitting John Bunnell. Bobby
Porter at third base and Leeg AZ
shortstop round ont the probable
starting inheld In the outield win
be heet-footed Marvin and Wayne
Brown, Billy Melvin. Harold Davis
with Manager Alvin Brown round
ing out the list to take care Of the
outer fields.
The FELTON, team has been q
strong contender all season. having
led the league during most 81 the
hrst half and you can Be sure thaf
Manager Chambers viii have his
team in shape to give the local
forces plenty Of competition. Came
time viii be $3.50 p. M, at the
FredeTica School grounds.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
DeLGCGre is Good State
For Industry, Coz.
BOggs States
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Ne0ntNueQ ArQm Elf8I pager
Governor Boggs concluded by
saying that Labor Day should be
marked to remember those who
contributed so much to our well
being and to the continued enter
prise and loyalty of our thousands
Of workers whose daily perform
ance carries the good will of the
First State to all lands and all peo-
pies"
The full proclamation follows:
WHEREAS, Delaware's future in
the field Of industrial development
seems assured, through the many
expressions of interested business
es and firms which are seeking sites
and buildings within the area: and
WHEREAS, the State may we'll
be proud Of its workers, who are
noted for their loyalty and devO-
ton to the organizations and firms
in which they are employed; and
WHEREAS, the standards Of pro-
duction in the First State have al
ways met with high approval of
employers whose wares are mar
keted throughout the nation and
the world; and
WHEREAS, it is an annual Gus
tom to set aside one day each year
dedicated to those men and women
through whose efforts we continue
a high degree Of productivity which
IN turn makes our state one of the
most prosperous in the nation and
which In 1853 again provided us
with the highest per capita income
in the United States: now
THEREFORE,, /, j. CALEB
BOGGS. Governor Of the State of
Delaware. do hereby proclaim that
Monday, September S, 1854, shall
be observed as
LABOR DAY
urge that our national and state
flags be displayed in honor Of this
occasion and that each of us Join
with workers organization, employ
ers and all of those who contribute
so much to our well being. May this
day be marked with tribute to the
continued enterprise and loyalty
Of our thousands Of workers whose
daily performance carries the good
will Of the First State to all lands
and all peoples.
There were s5.96s reported cases
States ~ 1920
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
Mr.. COIeII Reports

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Colell returned
to their home near town early last
week, afteFspending the most of
two months on the west coast. Their
first visit there since 1850, they saw
many changes as they Travelled
the coast line from Alaska to
Southern California. Mr.. COlell has
this, in part, to say about the trip.
After Chicago and Winnipeg,
Lake Louise was its own beautiful
self and eQualled only by the gran
deur of Jasper Park and the thrill
of the snOwmObiles on the awe in
spring Columbia Icefeld. 10
square miles Of solid ice. including
crevasses. Two hours west Of Jas
per via Canadian National Railroad.
on the roof Of the Canadian Rockies
stands Mt. Robson, 10000 feet and
tallest of them all. A monark
armOred in eternal ice and snow
We mOtOred to the lower camp of
Berg Lake, where we changed to
riding togs and mounted. The par
ty Of five guests, two guides, a cook
and two pack horses followed on a
sixteen mile trail for six hours,
through cedar groves, across the
Frazer River Canyon and followed
the rapids and cascades to the
Valley of a Thousand Falls and
Kinney Lake. The walls rose 500
feet from the valley floor. One cliff
indelibly stamped in my smemOry
was so steep and narrow we dis
mounted, leading our horses and
using the tail of the horse for
tOwline. A sheer drop of 1900 feet
looked much more comfortable,
however, from the solid rock three
foot wide trail than from the sway
ing back Of even a sure footed ami
NAL. Each hour, as the time passed,
the icy peak would hove nearer
and clearer, until at seven in the
evening. the beginning of the fifth
hour Of the Journey, the sun struck
its icy flank at a direct right angle.
Then after splashing through,
shallow wide glacial streams along
the $500 foot level we arrived at
the upper camp, a lodge and two
cabins on Berg Lake and looked up
$500 feet almost perpendicular at
this massive hunk of rock and ice
topping the wide and jagged peak,
one mile across the lake. At one
side was this huge tumbling glacier,
parts of which came hurtling into
the lake with a roar we could easily
hear through the day and night.
Roy HaTgreaves, who owns two
camps, and who was our lead
guide, is one Of the famous FIVE
Hargreaves Brothers mentioned in
the book "The Glamour of British
Columbia. Mr.. Hargreaves is one
of the most famous guides in the
Canadian Rockies and charges ac-
cordingly. He bagged the worlds
record big horn sheep for L. S.
Chadwick of Cleveland, Ohio, the
head Of which is mounted and in
the New York Museum of Natural
History. A card with Chadwick's
name shows the measurements of
the horns. After returning to the
States and following the Pacific
coastline to Long Beach, California
another little thrill off the beaten
path awaited us. We were Joined
by a cousin from Cotton, California
who accompanied us up into the
San BernardinO Mountains, where
we camped two days and nights in
the open. Had fresh baked bread,
coffee cake, or Parker House rolls
baked over and under wood embers
in a Dutch oven by an expert camp
cook and burrowed in goose down
sleeping bags with the stars and
moon for a ceiling"
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
MARooNED eAT

PERU. Ill.-lF)-WanderiuR Rat
~ g pure white cat owned By Mrs.
William Janz. IS back home after
I've nights out with a reasonable
reason.
hatzy was let out On q hot night
and failed % wake the family with
Us usual meOWs the following
morning a toWn-wide search failed
% locate the cat. "a passerby noticed
white cat on g roof q block away
lrom hatzy's home It was Ratzy.
The cat had climbed a pole about
tFo feet from a building, jumped
onto the roof but had been unable
io make & back the same way.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
ACCURATE REPORTING

AsHEvILLE. N. C.-lP-Doug
Brookshire, a reporter for The
Asheville Citizen, had inside infor-
nation, but it was a bit late. Warned
OF an increase in gasoline prices,
BroOkshire rushed out to get his
automobile tank filled before the
gas war ended. but he picked the
first station to boost its prices.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
QUICK CLEANUP

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - Up -
The Rev. Harold d. Haynes didn't
see the swarm of carpenters,
painters and landscrapers who
frightened up his hOuse-free of
charge. The blind minister's home
was chosen from among more than
100 suggested to start a cleanup
week.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
MONEY IN CHURCH

OCEAN DRIVE BEACH. S. C. -
lA) Members of the Baptist
Church can put money in their
church. A scale model of the
church building has a small Omen
ing in the room which opens and
closes as contributions to a fund
to pay off the church debt are
dropped in it. A placard says
Put Money in the Church."
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
PERMANENT MARRIAGE

HESPERIA, Mich. -(P- Mvr-
tilla Rumsey had been Is years old
Tor about a week when she married
Ellis Rumsey in Mainesburg, Pa
She's 81 now; he's 94. Celebration
Of their 74th wedding anniversary
was quite an affair. The Ramsev's
have SO living descendants. Their
Oldest daughter is 40. They had
nine children, four Of whom have
died.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
UPSTAIRS EXPANSION

WATERBURY, Conn.-(P)-John
W. Nolan petitioned the city board
alderman to waive the building code
to allow him to convert a second
floor porch into a bedroom. He
needed the extra room, he explained,
for his recently born twins. The
petition was granted.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
TWIN cARsl

LEBANON, Ind. -(P)- Clifton
Porter, shoe repair shop owner, and
Lowell Greene, market operator,
own cars Of identical make, model
and color and with the same extras.
Comparing mileage recently they
learned that each had been driven
c--ootlv 32.9ST miles.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
American Coed Finds
German Schools Different

EDlos2 Nclslhs
Impressions lae people d during
eec 81
g AhseegL Here ta saeend of her aspuishss
ly
Otrasn Exclusively fo AP Neeseuurosl
BONN,
cent able from high school coegd0n
class p they don't want But the final required
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
HEALTH RINT

Just before pUlIeSs go into
the laying house, It's a good
idea 10 worm them. Just take
uwuY ell feed and give them
PUFinu chek r Ton Gran-
Ules for two days. Of have us
mix chek z Ton into The
next batch Of growing mash
we grind and mix for you.
Let Us urge YOU, TOO, 10
disinfeet The house with
Purinu Insect Oil before putt
ting ii the pUIIeis. Even The
dir floor should be sprinkIed
70 kill disease germs and
worm eggs.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03
Cheekerboard News
by 6. Winebrenner, Feeding Advisor
Harrington Lumber & Supply Co.

FolKs This Your Column. IS my aim 10 bring you the
aies research findings and helpful hints which will prove
Of value in YOUT efforts 10 produce more meui milk and
eggs az the lowest cost
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03

PUFinu's new
research dis
eoverY-NUFs-
ing Chow
allows you TO
ia Ike eulVes
off milk when
- = H.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03

NoW-sAVE ALL THE MILK
YOU ONCE FED CALVES
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03

I1tINs NhIFTVNU OUT EIN KNOWS
that il takes a good feeding
Program TO get results. His
floek Of 5000 Purinu-fed
BK's went out last week, 10
weeks, 9 days, uveruging
3.53 lbs. on a 100 feed con-
version with a 9896 Iivibilify.
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03

There were s5,s6s reported cases
States in 1858
Milford chronicle., 1954-09-03

OUtY uoYS
old. Calves get Nursing Chow
Cruel for only 80 days. Dry
Calf Siariena Is kept before
them from the 3rd day 70 4
months Of age. Hay IS with
held for The first z months.
The plan has these 4 advon-
foges.
I. Costs ubOui "a as much as
milk.
z. Mukes heavier, prowthieF
calves thun milk.
3. Less labor ihun miIk-feed-
ing plans.
4. Less trouble from SCOUTS.
AR. BILL STOKES, Thompson-
vile, will see results from
PUrinas Calf Program. on
July 9Th, Mr. Stokes A-day-oId
PUrebrsd HolsteiD Calf went
on display in our store. Miss
BeCUienu IS ulmosf z months
old and is doing fine. Come
il and see the Purinu Pro.
gFum a. work.