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Milford chronicle., 1954-12-10
How To Buy A
Christmas Tree

Between now and Christmas
more than 30 million Christmas
trees VIII be purchased. There will
be little ones for the table. larger
ones for the living room. live ones
that can be planted outdoors after
Christmas. " 70
FIRST consideration in choosing a
Christmas tree, says Don CantweII
of the Bartlett Tree Fxpert Co. is
It's lasting qualities-does it shed
its needles quickly in a heated
room! Next, does it have beauty
and fragance?
Best bet is a balsam with fiat
dark-green needles that are soft AZ
the tip and twigs that form a cross
at the end of each branch. Other
frs are soft at the tin. too.
Spruces can be distinguished bv
their sharply pointed needles. A
white spruce with bluish-green
needles is an accepted indoor tree
But the Norway spruce is not be-
cause it drops needles quickly in
doors.
Yet, it makes an ideal outdoor
Christmas tree.
To determine the freshness of a
Christmas tree is a lot, rub a finger
across its butt. If it is sticky, it's
quite fresh.
Buy your Christmas tree as early
as possible to get the best selec-
ton. Get one with symmetry. one
that will fit the floor and ceiling
space in your home. Spread of the
lower branches should measure
half the trees height. A stump CT
inches long will give the tree
drinking area to soak up water
and allow stability when the tree
is set up.
When the tree is brought home
cut diagonal One-inch slice from
the stump and peel back the bark
another inch. Place the tree in a
pail of cold water to which Won
may add a cup Of sugar or syrup.
Keep the tree outdoors, on the
porch or in a garage, until Christ
mas Eve. Add water to the pail and
sprinkle the branches each dav
with cold water.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-10
Kent Home 'Doinqs
BY CHARLOTTE [. SWANSON,
Home Demonstration Agent
Time-Saving Desserts

I1me-SaVtng Desserts
The pre-Christmas season is a
rushed one for everyone, and es-
pecially for hOmemakers. In addi-
tiOn to Christmas shopping and
preparation, there are parties to at
tend (or give) and-as usual-a
family to be fed
All modern hOmemakers realize
the time saving advantage Of pre-
pared miXes-this is the time to put
them to full use! Try these cake
mix variations to save time and add
a festive air to everyday meals.
Cranberry Stack Cake:
Split layers of cooled white cake
and spread whipped cream and
cranberry sauce between each, end
ing with the brilliant red sauce on
top.
Lemon Surprise Dessert:
Make a packaged lemon filling.
Spread it on the bottom of an OBJ
long pan; pour white cake mix
batter over the top. Bake.
Strawberry Sundae:
Use squares of cake made from
white cake mix. Top with a SCOOP
of vanilla ice cream and a spoon of
frozen strawberries.
jelly Ribbon Cake:
The cOlOrful ribbon effect is
achieved by splitting yellow cake
LAYERS in half and using jam or
jelly as the filling. For a harlequin
ribbon, YOU might use a different
flavor between each layer-red cur
rent, bla kb erry, strawberry.
orange marmalade Sifted cOnfec-
TONERS sugar adds the final touch.
Pineapple Upside-DOWn Cake:
Make an upside-down cake in
the usual way, usir~ a package of
yellow cake mix. Or you can make
individual upside-dOwn cakes by
pouring the batter into muffin pans
with the butter, brown sugar and
fruit in the bottom of each.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-10

About $4,000 U. S. children 5 TO.
"A years old die each year.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-10
Here is the Club Plan-CbOose the Glass YOU Prefer.

IN As Many CLASSES AS YOU DESIRE
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-10

covered dish of food for supper at
6:l5 p. m. Games and recreation to
follow.
The Sunshine Sunday School
class, Mrs. Elsie Evans. teacher.
was entertained at the home Of
Mrs. Edwin Murray on Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Elise Hickman of here. ac-
cOmpanied her daughter and SON
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. ElwoOd Lynch
of Lewes, to Springfield n J..
where they spent the recent holi-
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Rog-
eTs. They also visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Bob Duffy and Mrs. Lille
H. Belts, Mrs. Blanche Calvin and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Spanutius.
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Murray
will soon be occupying their lovely
new home, which they had built
along the river in Whites Neck.
Mrs. Flora RObb spent the week
end recently with her brother. Tom
Carey, in Philadelphia.
There were 16 members of the
Young Adult Fellowship Sunday
School Class who attended the
monthly meeting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Steele on
Thursday evening. The beautiful
red and white carnations arranged
in vases on the table in Bethel
Methodist Church on Sunday were
presented by this class of William
P. Bant.
Three Sunday School classes Of
Bethel Church provide flowers for
Bethel Church each Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph West have
had a home erected on the lot pur-
chased from Charles Kaufman.
The Loyal Workers Sunday
School Glass, with Mrs. Mamie
Hickman, president, and Mrs. Ethel
Davidson, teacher, will be enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. Viola
Burton on Tuesday night, Decem-
Der IA.
The devotiOns will be led by Mrs.
Annette Butler. The Christmas
program will be in charge Of Mrs.
Mary F. Bennett and Mrs. Mary
Cobb. The class will exchange
gifts, not exceeding a dollar in
value.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Richards
were supper guests of Mrs. Clara
Richards on Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Mamie Long and Miss Mary
G. Evans were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. William Powell at Frank
ford on Thursday.
Miss Bonnie Burton of Milford
visited her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Howard Burton and also
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Burton over
the weekend.
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FELTON,
By Mrs.
Elizabeth Gleason
Phone
FELTON, 4642

The FELTON, PTA will hold an
auction in the school cafeteria on
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Par
ents may send their contribution
of articles to school on the day Of
auction. The next meeting will be
the Christmas program on Decem-
Der 20.
People are very busy this month
shopping for Christmas. Our town
on Main street is under way with
the Christmas decorations and the
FELTON, Fire House is being very
beautifully decorated again this
year by the FELTON, Fire Company.
tJUr town will soon look like
Christmas time again. They are
expecting to have another cOmmun-
ity tree in front of the fire house
and a Christmas entertainment
with old Santa.
A very interesting sermon was
delivered in our church on Sunday
morning by the pastor, Rev. Carl
HEM. The flowers in the church on
Sunday morning, November d8,
were presented by Miss Nellie
Hughes in memory of her father,
Carl S. Hughes, also a basket Of
flowers was presented by the Eel
ton High School Alumni AssOcia-
ton.
Mrs. Anne Sharp has returned
from visit with her sister, Miss
Bertha Helm and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Russell in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Killen will
have sale of household goods on
Saturday, December IL. They are
planning to go to Florida after the
holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Wyatt and son.
Norman are expecting to move in
FELTON, right after the new year on
Main street in the Masten proper
ty, which was purchased by their
son Norman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bostick has
had as their recent guest, Edward
Banning Of Trenton, N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Raughley
had as their guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Byron Sipple of Sharon Hill Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs Roland West of
Millville, has been the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. James Cahall
December has arrived with some
winter weather. The ground being
covered with snow looked like real
winter had arrived.
Mrs. Reynolds Kitchens has re-
turned home after being a patient
at the Kent General Hospital in
Dover. She is getting along nicely
at this writing. Her many friends
hope she will soon be able to be
out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Sherwood
entertained during the week Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Sherwood of Ris-
ing Sun, Mrs. Gardner Kersey and
son Lee Of Viola, Mrs. Woodrow
KraUse and Mrs. George Springer.
On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Sherwood had as their guests, Mrs.
Bertha FARRELL, Mrs. Ella Melvin
and Mrs. John Green.
Erwin Griffith was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Thomas on
Sunday
Mrs. Blanch Sherwood is spend
ing some time with her niece in
Greensboro, Md.
Mrs. Hattie Eaton spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs. John Hop
kins in Bridgeville.
Mrs. Roy Lynch of Milton spent
few days recently with her sister,
Miss Elma Eaton.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-10

Experience how Pontiac's recirculating
ball steering and larger, more efficient
brakes provide almost efSortless handling.
Then glance around you at the wonderful
roOminessofthe all-new bigger, wider, more
luxurious Body by Fisher. And finally,
notice the admiring glances Pontiac's
distinctive years-ahead styling attracts.
But don't get the idea it's too rich for
your blOod-because you can buy a
Pontiac at a price so near the LoUest It will ft
easily into any HeO-car budget Come in
and try the worlds most modern driving!
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-10
OCEAN VIEW

Those who are in charge of the
nursery at Bethel Methodist Church
on Sunday morning during Decem-
Der viii be: Sunday, December s,
Mrs. David Steele and Mrs. Jean
Tyre, we're in charge; December
~, Mrs. William F. Wilgus and Mrs.
Robert Wiley; December 10, Mrs.
William Bant and Mrs. Isaac Long;
December 26, Mrs. Howard Burton
and Miss DECIDE Mezick.
Oficers Of the MYF are: Presi-
dent, Lollie Evans; vice president,
Billy Murray; secretary, Marian
Evans treasurer, Jack Stephens.
The MYF wants to distribute
Christmas baskets. a box is placed
in the church vestibule for a con-
tribution from any one Of canned
goods.
The senior choir and also the
junior choir rendered good singing
on Sunday morning with Mrs. My
ron Mezick, director; Mrs. Dorothy
Murray and Mrs. Sally Hickman,
Organists.
At the WSCS held on Tuesday
evening Of this week the hostesses
were Mrs. Lillian Evans and Mrs.
Doris Blundon.
on Thursday evening of this
week at $3.50 o'clock, the annual
Laymen's Banquet took place at the
Grace Methodist Church in George
town. The speaker was DR.. H. An
president Of the American
University in Washington, d. C.
The Fellowship supper will be
held in Bethel Methodist Church in
Ocean View on Thursday evening.
December Is. Everyone bring a
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-10
Gingerbread Frnit Rars.

UAAEI ICAWAEMW EEWAb nMEHS
Add gradually q cup lukewarm
water to a package Of gingerbread
mix, mixing until batter is smooth.
Stir in 1 cup chopped dates and /
cup chopped nuts. Bake and ice
with a thin white icing made with
sifted cOnfectioners' sugar.
ChOCO-Cruneh Cake:
Into the DEVILS food mix batter
fold u cup chopped peanuts. Bake
according to directions. While the
baked cake is still in the pan.
spread a mixture of brown sugar,
cream, peanut butter and chopped
peanuts on the top. Broil it until
1t bubbles and turns a beautiful
light brown.
Double Chocolate Sundae.
Bake DEVILS food cake mix in an
oblong pan and serve it in squares
topped with a scoop of ice cream
and rich chocolate sauce. For
triple chocolate sundae, use choco-
late ice cream.
Ice Cream Pie:
An attractive and delicious cake
and ice cream pie is made with one
layer Of cake (made from any of
the mixes topped with ice cream,
garnished with fruit, and served
in wedge-shaped pieces. You can
freeze that leftover layer for an
other day and another dessert.
Just let it thaw, wrapped, and
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-10

then top with a mixture Of whipped
cream and crumbled peanut brittle
or chopped milk chocolate nut bars.
Goodies for the Cookie Jar:
You can fill the jar in less than
half an hour with a package of any
cake mix. Just take your choice
white, yellow, chocolate, or spice.
Add "A cup of shortening, and egg
and a tablespoon Of water, and stir.
To any flavor, add your choice Of
nuts, semi-sweet chocolate pieces,
cOcOnut, candied fruit, dates or
raisins. Adding your own ideas, you
can have cookies for every day in
the year.
Easy Decorations:
Here are two easy to fix sugges-
tiOns for bringing the festive
Christmas spirit into your home
now or in the next week or two.
Why not make use of your
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-10

Christmas tree balls now, before
your tree is trimmed? The Main
colored balls can make a beautifnl
centerpieee arranged in glass
or metal bowl. or If you don't have
suitable container, make one
Cover low box (such as a candy
box with foil wrapping paper ard
heap 1t fun Of colOred balls. Your
be surprised at the richness Of This
arrangement
Plastic foam can be used for so
many things that we often foreet
how useful it can be for a hsee
for arrangements. Candy canes az
different sizes make a lovely ar
rangement when they are placed
in a base Of plastic foam. along
with sprigs Of evergreen.
About $4,000 U. S. children 5 70
IA years old die each year.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-10
Hips, HiDs Hoor.v

OF half million women enrolled
IN nome beauty courses, 81 per cent
reported themselves overweight 90
per cent said they were disturbed
over their hip sizes.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-10

They reported, "The whole country
is discussing the filthy conditions
under which poultry is being slaught-
cred" They added, "It is evident now
that something will be done about it. :"
They asserted that the Juror Gre
ated by affidavits made by striking
employees of Eastex Poultry Co., and
Denison Poultry Co. both of Center,
Texas, charging that "filth existed in
both plants, has convinced even the
T-don't-give-a-damn' type in the poul-
try industry that federal regulation
for wholesomeness must be adopted
and that the use of phony labels our
government permits is a farce upon
the retail poultry buyers of America"
Emerson and German said that an
example of cleanliness in the poultry
industry is the George A. HORNED Co.
of Austin, MINI. That firm, one of
the pioneers in canning chickens,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-10
PREDICTION

There's a lot of people including officers of various
taxpayers leagues, newspaper editors-and-a
who may find their necks out mile when all the facts be-
general information the 20 per cent increase in
property assessments supposedly demanded by Board of
Equalization Member Jack Reed.
Well try clear up lot of the smog that is currently
permeating the air this issue just
complete studies the matter the meantime
suggest you hold in allegiance the formulation of any
hard-an fast opinion this subject which, to date, has
been characterized by heat than light
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-10
UNION LEADERS ASK FAST ACTION
ON FILTHY P0uL TRY CONDITIONS

CHICAGO-QDNS)-"Th time is for every decent
minded citizen and every pouyslaughterer in the country
Fundamentally join the crusade of organization for pou
try cleanliness and wholesomeness President Earl W. Jmer
and Secretary Treasurer Patrick German of the AF
AmaIgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen said.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-10

termination on how it is done
Amendment to the pure food laws
to label bakery products according
to the 20 of observation-disclosures
ments to the unemployment compen-
sation laws including financing by
merit premium rating principle, de-
tendency allowances, principle of
payments by employees as well as en-
ployers, maximum conditioned upon
wage credit principle should be re-
examined, second quarter require
ments for eligibility should be elimi-
mated, the fund should be increased
to nearly double it's present size dur
ing good years, the waiting period
should be at the most only seven
days, and funding should be on an
acutarially sound basis.
So that sums it up. Don't look now,
but l have more pages than this of
transcribed notes. My good old Dad
would say, "don't APOLOGIZE, and Pm
not-but as l read them over [ wish
all of you could have been there. For
Heavens sake one of the Montana
Powers chief lobbyists for the 1855
legislative session was there for at
least half of the thing.
Kathleen M G lire, Anaconda
Teachers Union, gave the summary
which put the institute in a nut shell,
and rounded out the whole affair
beautifully.
The attendance was good-it should
have been better-it seems a lot of
this important education doesn't get
down to the individual member,
which is well-known by the opposition
when they coin their "high sounding"
phrases that leave everyone salts
fled, such as the Fright to Work.?
What else can fellow ask? All
can say is he better ask!
James S. TIMBER, President of the
Montana State Federation of Labor,
was chairman and Leonard Kenfield
Of the Farmers Union, the secretary
Of the Institute executive committee.
Andy Cogswell, director of public
relations at MSU, was in charge of
The mechanics of putting on the in
;titute.
The institute executive committee
S composed of: James S. TIMBER,
MSFL; Mary McNelis, NIT; Albert
Root, vice president of State Fedora
ion of Labor; Ernest Salvas,
UMM&SW; Glen Zorn, representing
Butte Miners Union No. 1 John ].
7onk, Helena, president, East Helena
Local 72; Don W. Chap
nan, president Montana Farmers
Union, Great Falls; Ralph Cook and
leonard Kenfield. George Kalafatich,
Butte, is an alternate committee mem
'er for Ernest Salvas, and Richard {
,hipman is committee alternate to '
Jon Chapman. Is
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-10
MONTANA COULD USE A
LAW SUCH AS THIS!

Under the lobbyist registration act
of Louisiana a lobbyist can be fined
500 for going on the floor of either
legislative house while in session.
Having watched the performance of
lobbyists for one powerful corpora
ton group in session after session,
such law on Montana's books would
certainly cramp the style of some of
the boys.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-10

''strictly observes sanitation" they
pointed out, and added:
GREAT DIFFERENCE
at has rigid United States inspec-
ton in its own plant, even for poul-
try that this firm purchases in good
faith in the belief that it is whole
some and sanitary when bought. From
very reliable sources we have learned
that as far back as 1927, HORNED,
when it began canning chickens, knew
positively that much of the poultry it
bought in good faith could not meet
the HORNED standards for sanitation,
even though the poultry was presumed
to have been inspected under United
States supervision.
HORNED, we are advised, quickly
discovered that there was a great diff
ference in the health condition of
poultry in various sections of our
nation. In fact, our information would
indicate that the condemnation of
poultry bought by HORNED was so
great under it's own rigid inspection
that the business was very unprofit-
able, and for a time the company in
tended to stop entirely the canning
of poultry. These same chickens, un-
fit for human consumption according
to the HORNED standards, were being
sold and fed to consumers in many
areas of our nation without any
regulation whatever"
The union officials recalled that
the Saturday Evening Post, at the
time, was running large ads on Hor-
mel Canned chickens" The Post,
they stated on the basis of conforma-
ton in their possession, intended ''to
disclose the deplorable conditions ex-
listing in the poultry industry if the
HORNED company would permit the
Post to use the company's actual fig
ures on condemnation because of filth
and disease" They added:
although this fine company at
the time was anxious to get this
filth eliminated, some of our top of
ficials,were afraid to agree to the
expose the Post intended to make
They decided to withhold the records
which the Post needed for their ar
ticles.
FEARED FOR INDUSTRY
"The HORNED people thought that
in doing so the poultry industry
would be ruined. If all this is true,
then the HORNED company rendered
to the poultry industry, !.
particularly when their own high
standard of production should have
prompted this concern to Cooperate
with the Saturday Evening
Post.
"The time for dillydallying on this
subject is past" the Amalgamated
said, demanding national
legislation outlawing most of the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-10

A baby born in Brazil has life
expectancy of 80 years compared
with more than 65 in the United
States
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-10
LEGISLATIVE ISSUES

Legislative issues that will be of
interest to farmers and labor and
which will be watched with an eye
to protecting as well as advancing
their interests were outlined by panel
members Charles V. Huppe, Helena
attorney; Cascade Rep. Ronald Holtz,
and Ernest Salvas. Mine-Mill District
No. 1 Board member, as;
Farm to Market Roads Coop
Taxes Review Of the Welfare Pro-
gram-E Equalization of land values
Highway Financing -Under ground
water codes with pollution control
Interim committee legislation-Ac-
tivities of the Montana Economic I'M
provement Association-Iegislative
investigating lobbying registration
billy Legislative p y-taxes-and
the need to support our state govern
ment and an interest in equitable de-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-10

Many years ago, we are told, some
great Republicans made revolutionary
advancemehts in the field of conser-
walton of our natural resources. To
dav our resources have become the
source of a national donnybrook,
while the nation sits by and watches
valuable water go to the sea, and
individuals become vastly wealthy
from underground resources at the
expense of our present and future
generations of Americans.
Montana's staunch supporter OF
conservation of human and natural
resources lead the panel on Kilowatts
and the Watershed. Montana's good
Judge Bottomly can really get wound
up over this business of saving and
developing Montana's great source OF
strength and power, our falling. water.
He was assisted on the panel by
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-12-10

strictly observes sanitation" they
pointed out, and added
Evening star., 1954-05-09

tions, however, is at the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing. where little
more than 3,70O tons were sold last
year for $4,000.
The bulk of the bureaus waste is
highly inflammable link stained
rolls" which are hauled from the bu-
reau two or three times daily because
it is dangerous to handle and to allow
to accumulate. The contractor dumps
it in open fields, and after it has been
exposed for a time, the danger of
spontaneous combustion is gone, but
the quality is poor.
On the other hand, the bureau also
has scrap Of the highly valuable and
secretly made currency paper. For
security reasons and because it can be
re-worked into new currency paper, it
is sold to the mills that make money
paper and its price deducted from the
Governments currency paper costs.
Evening star., 1954-05-09

index cards, filing records and cor
respondence by the ton-or when an
agency, such as OPS, goes out OF
existence.
The House of Representatives takes
the law literally and disposes of its
own waste paper The law authorizes
GSA to be the collection agency for
the executive departments and, since
the House belongs to the legislative
branch, it collects its own 600 tons
year, which 1t sold last year for $500.
The Senate uses GSA.
Another agency that diSposes of its
own waste is the Government Printing
Office. Because of the high quality
of much of its paper, GPO last year
turned $198,923 back to the Treasury
from the sale of $500 tons of scrap
paper, or more than twice as much
per ton as the GSA sales.
One of the most interesting opera