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Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16

the "wOuld-be popular teacher
eases up, avoids issues, and be-
comes popular by not insisting upon
proper standards of conduct or
academic achievement" This "eas-
ing up" is undermining all industry
today and will be a cause of the
"big smash" when it some day
comes.
The Standards We Raise
Teachers tell me that when they
insist upon high standards and en-
force them, they become known as
good teachers, but unpopular. "
The school paper and the yearbook
take cracks at them. When such
teachers question obvious laxities
at faculty meetings. the other tea
chers smile and refer to them as
trouble makers 1t is wrong for
a principal or school committee
to allow this. but then they also
want their jobs!
Many good teachers tell me they
have ceased being martyr and
have at last seen the light. They
say that they get promoted faster
by being a good fellow, smiling at
students who need discipline and
passing all students. whatever their
work. This growing habit means
much to every reader of this
column. 1t explains why these high
school graduates do not get and
hold better jobs. This poor training
handicaps your children throughout
life. It is more than school prob
lem. Tou end your family will al
ways suffer from such lack OF
school discipline. In fact, this
leasing up" may be basic cause
of the next business depression
who, ~ comes.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16

business leaders today, James F.
Lincoln of Cleveland, tells his
workers he looks upon them as
players on a team. He expects them
to play to win, and the minute one
of the players slacks off, a sub
stitute will be sent in. There are
only a very few places in this
world where one can compete with
just oneself If you doubt it send
to Utopia College. Eureka, Kansas,
for a free copy of McCOmb's essay
on the crime of present day High
Schools.
Teachers Don't Dare
A different point of view is pre-
sented by another high school
teacher, who writes: 1--WE cater tC
mediOcTity. Only lip service is paid
to the principle that achievement is
the basis for grades. The truth is
High Schools are constantly drop.
ping their standards. Since stu.
dents, along with many others in
our present society, are not anxious
to work for rewards, a teacher finds
it expedient to give fairly goOC
marks to ALL The good students, il
turn, finding good grades come
with relatively little work, begiI
to let up. Then the downward
cycle cannot fail to operate il
school as in business" Let me ado
here that S,725.OO0 unemployed il
good for the nation. Such unem
plOyment supplies the discipline
which teachers fail to give.
This teacher finds much of thu
cause of this difficulty is in tn,
home because too many parents
think that discipline is all righ
as long as it falls on the othei
fellows kidsl" The result is tha
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16
"IN TEE AIR FORCE
By EIoino townsend Diekerson

ing, but for sure it isn't to us now.
Dawn and l had shots this MORN
ing to lessen the severity Of our
cases, but this won't prevent us
from getting them.
You should have heard the
shocked expression I got from
Hayes when / called him in Ala
bama last night and told him Of
our latest developments. Maybe
after this year WE CHILDREN
will have had all those childhood
diseases.
Sure was nice to have a phone
call from Sara Barcus Wright this
weekend. She and her husband,
Don, live in Kinston, North Caro-
lima, where he is associated with
Dupont. They have recently bought
home there and are enjoying
working in their garden these nice
warm days. At club yesterday,
Norma Hollis Sills mentioned talk
ing to Sara, too. Norma and her
surgeon husband Dave, have re-
Gently become residents of Milford
again and every one is so glad to
have them home. Had lunch at
club yesterday with Barbara Gallo
way. Barbara and Bill, until re-
Gently, were stationed in Oklaho-
ma and when Bill got out of the
service they came home to live.
They know a good town when they
see one, too.
Was disappointed to learn this
weekend that 1t. and Mrs. David
d. Taylor are leaving town. Dave
and Bobby" have been living at
Haven Lake while Dave is station
ed at Dover Air Base. He has been
assigned to Williams College, Mas
sachusetts and will teach RIO. T. c.
there. Know it will be fun living
in a college town and, too, they'll
be just four hours from home at
their new assignment, but we sure
hate to see them leave Milford.
And now back to the contagion
room.
Your to-be blotched columnist.
E. T. D.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16
The Old Heave-HO

Now that the Senate Investigat-
ing subcommittee headed for the
time-being by Senator Karl Mundt,
Of South Dakota, has gotten itself
another lawyer, it is expected to
work by April 21st on the already
very cold potatoes of the Mccarthy
Army brannigan.
And if the senators were ready
to start in right now, it would re-
quire the best talents of Senator
Joe himself to warm up this pud-
ding. Now that Defense Secretary
Charles E. Wilson, in a public hear
ing before the Senate Armed Ser
vices Committee has announced a
new look" in armed forces security
regulations, there would seem to
be little point and much embarass-
ment, in pTying further into a
quarrel that grew out of a quarrel
resulting from the injured feelings
of recalcitrant witness who
happened to wear a generals stars.
Mr.. Wilson's new directive put
in force a revised security pro-
gram that is expected "to clean
out and keep OUT security and
( loyalty risks from the Army, Navy,
| Air Force and Marine Corps. Under
the new rules, known Communists
will not ne inducted into the ser
vices. Those who are drafted and
fail to fill out loyalty questiOnnaires
satisfactorily" or reveal "signifi-
cant derogatOry information" will
be kept on 'nOn-sensitive assign
ments" and at the lowest pay rate
until thorough investigation is
completed.
If the investigation shows the
inductee to be undesirable as &
security risk, he will be separated
under other than honorable con
ditiOns." Grounds for such investi
cation in all ranks are rather
sweeping and include any evidenc,
of subversive activity in the pas
membership in, or sympathetic
association with, Communist, Fas
cist, tOtalitarian or subversive or
ganiZatiOns, as we'll as espionage
sabotage and advocacy of the force
full overthrow of he Government
plus moral delinquency including
drunkenness and drag addiction.
It is true that the new directiv
will not, automatically, at least
reveal how the former Army den
tist, Major Irving Peress got s
well after refusing to sign tn
the loyalty pledge. Put still. W
think Senator Joe Mccarthy shOul
be quite happy -. and take bow
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16
GUARANTEE OF VALUE

All of us naturally like to find bargains
All of us, when shopping, try to get top re-
turn for each dollar spent. And in the long
run, the surest way to achieve that is to
patrOnize established merchants who are
concerned with the future-nOt just tOday's
sales.
That was the theme of an editorial in
the Garner, Iowa, Leader. The paper ad-
vised its readers: "In any hometown, the
reputable merchants and dealers will be the
kind of people that you like and trust. This
editor does not think you will lose any peace
of mind or money if you rely on them for
good values at fair price / am sure you
will find this procedure is much safer and
simpler than searching for bargains in
strange places"
Many a bargain, bought at an alleged
big discount from some fy-by-night opera
tor, has proven worthless. The established
local merchants, chain and Independent,
have to protect their regulations that's
vNnr best guarantee Of value.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16
April 1S, 1854
Milford, Delaware

NlAAAQA u LCAu W0AC
Dear Friends:
AS most of you know who usual
ly read this column, my husband
is in Squadron Officers School in
Montgomery, Alabama, and my two
daughters, Lynne, z years old, and
Dawn, four years old, are staying
with me here at my parents home
until Hayes school is terminated
i'm June. We thought while I was
home it would be an excellent time
to have tonsillectOmies done on the
children.
April 7th, our little girls had
their operations and the following
day / brought them home. 1t
didn't take Dawn long to recuper-
ate but Lynne's sore throat and
temperature fingered until finally
yesterday I called in our good
family doctor to see if we couldn't
give her something other than the
sulfa she had been taking. I
thought Lynne had had so much
of this medicine that a rash had
developed from it. Just how wrong
can one be? Yesterday afternoon
Lynne was peppered with measles
not the three-day kind, but the old
fashioned variety Poor little thingl
We all felt so sorry for her, but
of course if she has to get them
she might as we'll get it all over
with at once and be out of school
for her operation and measles
simultaneously.
Now the next thing on the agen-
da is for Dawn to get them. I hate
for the children ever to be sick
but I'd much rather she had then
now than to have them when she's
2S. No, I've never had measles
either. In 1851 I got mumps for the
first time in my life. January O.
this year I had a severe case O
chicken pOx and I suppose by pres,
time next week I will be in be,
with these drafted old measles
with Dawn in bed beside me
SOMEDAY this will be very anus
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16
DELAWARE FARM MARKET NEWS
Market News InfOTmuOn Supplied BY The Bureau Of Mores
Suio BOard OF AgrieUIturs Dover, naIaN.ara

The following is a weekly round
up of livestock prices and miscel-
laneOus commodities prevailing last
week. This report shows average
prices received by Delaware farm
ers for commodities that were mar
keted throughout this week.
LIVESTOCK PRICES
VEALERS
Choice: $2S.0O to $34.5O, mostly
$500 per cwt.
Medium to good: $1,000 to $27.5O
per cwt.
Rough and common: $1,000 to
$21.OO, mostly $17OO per cwt.
Monkeys: $1,000 to $1,000, most
ly $3.50 per cwt.
LAMBS
Medium: $4,000 to $4,000, mostly
$25.75 per cwt.
Common: $11.75 to $1,000, most
ly $500 per cwt.
COWS
Slaughter, medium to good :
$11.5O to $14.OO, mostly $3.50 per
cwt.
Common: 1925 to $11.25, mostly
$1025 per cwt.
Gamers and cutters: $500 to
$500, mostly $8.75 per cwt.
STEERS
Good to choice: $11.00 to $3.50
mostly $500 per cwt.
FEEDER HEIFERS
Dairy type: $500 to $14.O0, most
ly $11.00 per cwt.
Beef type; $1,000 to $500, most
ly $14.00 per cwt.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Good to choice: $1,000 to $500
mostly $500 per cwt.
BULLS
lover 1000 lbs.)
Medium to good: SLABS to $15.75
mostly SIS rs per cwt.
900 to 1000 lbs)
Medium to good: $1,000 to $16.25
mostly $11.75 per cwt.
STRAIGHT HOGS
(goOd quality
12O to 40 lbs: $500 to $27OO
mostly $265O per cwt.
10 to 24O lbs: $27.5O to $3.50
mostly $27.75 per cwt.
240 to $50 lbs: $1,000 to S26.75
mostly $26.5O per cwt.
SOWS
(gOOd quality
200 to 300 lbs: $4,000 to S25.25
mostly $23.25 per cwt.
300 to 400 lbs: $3.50 to $24.75
mostly S21.75 per cwt.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16

ing Ritter, Lewes, fourth.
Seeds and hays, Ronald Collins,
Bridgeville, first; William Brit
tingham, Delmar, seconds Don Self
ger, Alexis 1. DUPONT, third: Rob-
ert Saatman, Smyrna, fourth.
Livestock Winners
Livestock. Grise McCabe, Jr.,
Selbyville. first; Robert Penning-
ton, Alexis /. Dupont, second; Will
liam Markwood, Alexis l. Dupont,
third; Dalvin Robinson. Milton,
fourth.
Land judging, Frank Reed, Mil
ford, first: Jack Covert, Conrad,
second; Edgar Downs, Lewes.
third; Francis Farmer, Conrad,
fourth.
Public speaking, John e. Truitt,
Selbyville, first; Robert T. Giles
pie, Caesar Rodney, second; Cecil
Tate, Seaford, third; Malvin v.
ZOrn, MiddletOwn. fourth. Truitt
received an award from the Nat
iOnal FLA Association.
National OFFICER Speaks
Over 200 attended the banquet.
Walker James, national FLA vice
president, Of Orwell, VT, urged
the cooperation Of parents. schools,
and communities in carrying out
the FLA program.
Another speaker, H. N. Hansuck-
or, program specialist in agricul-
tTre of the U. S. Office Of Educa-
tioR. reminded the Delaware FLA
to make 1954-55 banner year as
it marks the groups 25th ami
versary. Dr. w. B. Simpson, school
superintendent, welcomed the dele
gates and guests.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16
DeLMlGr Youth
Is Presented Star
Farmer FFA AWard

continued from first page)
ture at the University of Delaware,
was reelected executive secretary.
Winners of the state FLA judg-
ing contests held last week at the
University of Delaware, of which
the convention was a continuation,
were announced and their awards
were presented them. The various
winners were:
Milk Judging Awards
Milk judging, Delbert Simpson,
Caesar Rodney, first; Stephen Van
SAINT, Newark, second; William
Earle, Conrad, third.
Poultry, eggs and dressed broil-
ers, Blaine Bunting, Selbyville,
first; Paul Cataldi, Caesar Rodney,
second; Dale Wheatley, Bridge
Vile, and Albert Jezyk, Newark,
tied for third; Harry Jarman,
Smyrna, fourth.
Dairy Cattle, James Smith,
Georgetown, first; Thomas Pleasan-
ton, Caesar Rodney, second; Paul
Williamson, Greenwood, third; FL
bert Harrington and Marvin Roth
emel of FELTON, and Richard Beider-
man, Newark, tied for fourth.
Meat judging and Identification,
Franklin Hastings, Laurel, first !;
Frank Skillman, Newark, second ;
Donnie Gregg and Edward Hughes
of Conrad and Ray Duhadaway OF
MiddletOwn, tied for third: Ken
meth Fitzgerald, FELTON,; James
Givens, Laurel, and William Tull
Seaford, fourth.
Tractor operators contest, Rob
ert Webb. Selbyville, first; Charles
Kelley, Newark, second; David
Houghtman, Smyrna, third: Irv.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16

Over 400 lbs: 1880 to $21.OO,
mostly $2O.5O per cwt.
BOARS
(gOod quality
Under $50 lbs: $1,000 to S19.25,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
Over $50 lbs: $3.50 to $1275,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
SHOATS
Medium to good: $1,000 to $24.5O,
mostly $1,000 per cwt.
FEEDER PIGS
(6 to 12 weeks old
Choice: $1,000 to $4,000. mostly
$14.5O each.
Medium to good $500 to $11.OO,
mostly 1886 each.
Common: $500 to $500, mostly
$3.50 each.
HORSES AND MULES
Work type: $4,000 to $500,
mostly $4,000 each.
Butcher type: $500 to $500.
mostly $4,000 each.
LIVE POULTRY
FOWL
Heavy breeds: $1.1O to $1.4O,
mostly $125 each.
ROosters: $50 to $1.1O, mostly
$1.00 EACH
LIGHT BREEDS
Bantam chickens: $50 to $50,
mostly $50 each.
Guineas: $50 each.
Geese: $500 to 1910, mostly
$3.50 each.
DUCKS
Muscovy ducks: $50 to $1.35,
mostly $1.10 each.
Muscovy brakes: $1.4O to $1.8O,
mostly S15O each.
RABBITS
Large breeds: $1.OO to $40,
mostly S1.25 each.
Small breeds: $50 to $.S5, most
ly SIS each.
Young rabbits: ,$.S5 to $.55. most
ly S.45 each.
EGGS
Ungraded, mixed: $.35 to S.48
per dozen.
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCE
Sweet potatoes: $130 to 1910
per bushel.
Sweet potatoes: $50 to $3.50 per
5s bushel
Greens: $50 to $.45 per "a bushel.
Strawberry plants: $4O0 to $500
per 1000 plants.
! Country butter: $.45 per ID.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16
Charrx Iuloa

Save some Of the juice from your
sour pitted cherries and spoon over
your favorite tapioes pudding just
before serving
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16
FREEDOM MADE THIS POSSIBLE

Freedom has made this country strong.
It's accomplishments during it's less than
two centuries are the marvel of the modern
world. Freedom has created the modern
hospitals of today. They have, in large mea-
sure, grown and developed on a free, vOlun-
tary basis Freedom has seen our voluntary
hospital and medical care programs develop
at rate of speed and to a size believed to
be beyond achievement, and the end is not
yet in sight. Freedom has seen the develop
ment of medical science and medical prac-
tice in this country, which is second to none
Freedom has made all this possible without
cOmpulsiOn, without government enactment,
without police action, and without licensure
If you and / can hold fast to freedom the
future has nothing to fear.
All the details and controversies to one
side, here is the strongest possible argument
against s0cialized medicine, government
domination of medicine, or any variant
thereof. 1t is a case where the record speaks
for itself. In no other major power has
there been such improvement in the health
standards of the people. In no other is so
vast wealth of medical service available
measured either in terms of quality OF terms
of quantity. In no other have so many people
voluntarily insured themselves against ill
ness and accident-the number is now past
the 100000,000 mark. And in no other does
the future hold so much promise for still
greater achievement.
Milford chronicle., 1954-04-16
DESERVE EASTER IN THE SPIRIT OF
RELIGIOUS DEVOTION


1t is cause for regret that for so many
persons the religious significance of the
great feasts of the Christian calendar has
been all but lost in the gaudinesS of the
modern commercialized type of observance.
This is unfortunate not only because it
means that many are relinquishing spiritual
graces that are theirs for the asking, but be-
cause the world can i'll afford to do with less
religious devotion and moral strength at
time when it is desperately in need of more.
Non-reigiouS elements have intruded in
to the observance of Easter Sunday IN
stead of marking it as the day of Christian
Resurrection, there are those who look upon
it wholly as a secular holiday to be featured
by fashion parades and the hunting of col
Ored eggs by children.
Similarly the mOdern-day Christmas has
become a time for gift-giving and merry
making, with little thought given to the
Nativity of Our Lord Children are taught to
revere, not the Crib but Santa Claus and his
reindeer and the symbols of Christmas the
pagan ones of holly and mistletOe.
Easter and Christmas are joyous Occa-
siOns, and they should be celebrated in that
spirit. But the rejoicing should be for the
right reasons. Not because of an expensive
new bonnet but because of our Salvation.
The first Holy Week and the first Easter
were not cOmmercialized affairs The follow
ers of Christ strewed leaves of palms in His
way when He entered Jerusalem; they
mOurned close to despair when His broken
Body was borne away to the tomb There was
no thought Of finery or frivOlity at Casters
dawn when they found the sepulchre empty
only bewilderment and a sense of loss that
were to be replaced by almost unbearabIe
exultation when the Master reappeared.
There is so much to be grateful for today
so much spiritual comfort and invigoratiOr
to be obtained in church worship and prayer
When Jesus came upon His disciples where
He had left them in GethsenIane, and founC
them asleep, He said to Simon Peter: "Could
est not thou watch one hour" Do we merit
the same reprOach?
This is a day Of glorious thanksgiving,
day to put aside the things of the world, anC
follow the Risen Christ
Evening star., 1954-05-25
By Robert K. Walsh

House committee hearings on
tax exempt foundations blew
wide open again today when
members accused one another of
such things as supporting DEM
ocratic Socialism" Republican
dictatorship" doublecrossing
by the chairman and character
assassination by a witness.
The session was even angrier
and more acrimonious than yes
terday's meeting from which the
two Democratic members walked
out. They returned today but
still protested against the con-
duct Of a witness who yesterday
described Senator Douglas, DEM
ocrat, Of Illinois. as Socialist.
The witness, Aaron Sargent,
San Francisco lawyer, finally
was able to continue. his testi-
mony following the stormy ex-
change of charges by commit
tee members this morning. He
asserted that some foundation
programs are "slanted"- in pro-
noting certain types of economic
or social doctrine in this coun-
try. He also charged that some
of them engage in political prop
aganda.
AS soon as the open hearing
resumed, following a futile at
tempt at peacemaking at a half
hour closed session, Democratic
Representatives Hays of Ohio.
and Oracle Pfost of Idaho, made
Evening star., 1954-05-25
National Bank Of Washington
Combine With Hamilton Due
Cotton, Of Former, Named Head of Latter;
Merger With American Security Rescinded

official of the United Mine
Workers, or some one allied with
NBW.
From an authoritative source
today it was learned that at
least IS per cent of the Hamil-
ton National stock was sold to
the unidentified client at the
offered price, representing near
ly $50 per cent profit to sellers
in many cases.
Merger Plans Forecast.
The brief announcement from
the brokerage firm left unan-
swered how Mr.. Cotton will fill
the presidency of the Hamilton
National Bank without resigning
as president Of the NBW and in
dicated the strong possibility
that an announcement would be
made shortly of plans for con-
solidation of the two institu-
tionS.
Inc merger with National
Bank of Washington instead
of American Security & Trust
would carry out a proposal first
made by NBW to the Hamilton
in letter March 8.
The proposal, calling for an
exchange Of two National Bank
OF Washington shares for each
Hamilton share, was turned
down by the Hamilton board.
A few weeks later a proposal
from American Security was ac-
cepted.
The next move, the offer of an
$110 a share from an undis-
closed buyer. upset the apple
cart for those who favored mer-
ger with American Security.
Book value of the Hamilton
stock is about 500 per share.
Evening star., 1954-05-25

A 3-month-old baby, left in a
parked car with all the windows
closed while his father applied
for a job. died of heat prostra-
ton yesterday at Washington
Sanitarium.
Montgomery County police
said Stephen D. Olney, infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen B.
Olney of Collegedale, Tenn, died
at the hospital at $50 pm.
about three hours after guards
at the National Institutes of
Health in Bethesda removed him
from the car. The child was
admitted to the hospital with a
temperature Of los degrees.
The father, "a, q student of
industrial arts at Southern Mis-
sionary College. in Collegedale,
Evening star., 1954-05-25
Boby Boy Left in Closed Auto
Dies Later of Heat Prostitution

said he and his 23-year-old wife
Eudora didn't think Of how
warm it was" when they left
their son in the car while Mr..
Olney applied for a job 1t NH.
The temperature outside
ranged up to II degrees, police
said.
NH guards spotted the baby
in the car. according to police.
and removed him to a guard
house. When the parents re-
turned the child was first taken
to the home Of a friend in the
1900 block of Garland avenue,
Takoma Park. where the Olneys
were staying, and then to the
Sanitarium.
DR.. John @. Bah, county med
ical examiner who performed
an autopsy, said the cause Of
death was heat prostration.
Evening star., 1954-05-25
Senate OK's Utilities Bill
Star Want Ad Sells
Air Conditioner

Warm weother and Stor Classified
teomed up to find the right buyer for
Mr. =. K. HOvins on oir conditioner
to sell. he placed on od in Stor
Classified. The I'D brought u coils.
He sold the item the first doy his od
appeared.
II you have something to buy. trode
or sell, tell il to the long established
audience Of The Stor readers and get
the some kind Of quick oction.
The Stor publishes more classified
dds than the other WoshinstOn news
popers combined because il produces
the best results It's easy to place
an od in Stor Classified. Just phone
Sterling $1,000 and ask for On od-
tokeE.
Evening star., 1954-05-25
Racial Issue
In Deep South

FIGHT JUST BEGUN-In Alobomo
people believe the Supreme Court
mode its segregation decision
but now the "Iitisotins" will really
stort. See pose At for the fourth
Of series Of orticIes surveying re-
actions in the Deep South to the
history mokins court decision.
iNDoNESlA NExT-A tired Indo-
nesio, "a country like an army without
serseonts," offers the next line Of
least resistance TO the Reds. See poes
AS for the second Of o series Of
stories BY WiIIiom l. Ryon, Assoeioted
Press foreign news onoIyst, surveying
Southeast Asio.
Evening star., 1954-05-25
Billy Graham Visits
Briefly With Churchill
BY the Assoeiofsd Press


LONDON, May 25.-American
Evangelist Billy Graha m
rounded out his three-month
London crusade" today with
a visit to Prime Minister
Churchill at 10 Downing street.
Mr. Graham, who said the
visit was at Mr.. Churchill's re-
quest. declined to disclose ti>
subject Of their 10-minute con-.
versation. Mr.. Graham said he
was deeply impressed. adding:
"As we shook hands to part.
! thought was shaking hands
with Mister History"
Mr.. Graham leaves tonight
for a vacation in Scotland be-
fore continuing his evangelistic
crusade on the continent.