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Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01
ANCIENTS KNEW RX

DETROIT-(P)HA University OF
Pennsylvania professor says that
the oldest known medical prescrip-
tions show the ancients had "a
broad acquaintance with chemis-
try" and used material which re-
quired skills for preparation.
DR.. Samuel Noah Kramer. re-
search professor of Assyriology at
Pennsylvania, said the ancient pre-
scriptions are on clay tablets which
lay buried 1000 years in the sands
of Mesopotamia, and are written in
Cuneiform script developed by an
cient Sumerians
Kramer told the American Assn.
of the History of Medicine. the
ancient doctor used potassium nj
trate. table salt. ground snakeskin
and turtle shell in his prescrip-
tions, as we'll as botanicals made
from seeds, bark, roots and leaves
of cassia, myrtle. THYME. willow.
pear. fir, fig and date.
''The prescriptions" he added.
reflected the long-standing con-
fidenee of the ancients in odorifor-
ons PRINCIPLES of botanical e1e
-ments. Asafetida was included"
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01

were divided into small groups 10
discuss the suggestions and deter
mine which topics should be in
cluded in the program. They agreed
that another questionnaire would
be sent to club men. bers to get more
information about the material
which should be included
Those who attended this session
of the Program Planning Commit
tee were:
Mrs. Alice NJ. Webb of Millwood
Club; Mrs. Edith Lacy of Millwood
Club; Mrs. Ruth Stokes of Viola
Club; Mrs. Ada Vaughan of Smyrna
Club; Mrs. Sylvia Harris of Smyrna
Club; Mrs. Alfredo G. Conard of
Cowgiils Club; Mrs. Elizabeth NJ.
Hayes of Houston Club; Mrs. Irene
Wooleyhan of Kenton Club; Mrs.
Helen Pedrick of Kenton Club
Mrs. Lucille Burrows of Leipsic
Club; Mrs. Anne Knots of Leipsic
Club; Mrs. Marie Sterling of OAK
Grove Club; Mrs. Margaret Ken
nedy of Chestnut Grove Club; Mrs
Marie Ougheltsee of Chestnut Grove
Club; Mrs. Joan Winkler of Merry
makers Club; Mrs. Mildred Steele
of F'raziers Club.
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01

The U. S. national debt is about
275 billion dollars.
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01

While both Benson and the Farm
Bureau took no direct position on
the quota issue. advocates of legis-
lation TO restore rigid 90 per cent
supports for major crops got out
and campaigned for farmer APPROX
al of controls.
Farmers Union Active
Particularly active was the Nat
ional Farmers Union. which in the
past has lined up consistently with
Democratic Party farm policies and
which has been bitterly critical of
Benson. Also active was a group of
grain-belt senators who also want
high supports restored.
One of this group, Senator Young
(R-Ind), said the referendum vote
was strong evidence" that farmers
prefer rigid controls-even though
they carried lower price supports
than this year-to a new program
which he said Benson favored.
The House has passed legislation
TO restore 80 per cent supports. but
the Senate Agricultural Committee
presently plans no action on the
measure before next year.
The referenum results are ex-
pected to encourage new demands
for immediate action. But even il
the Senate passed such a measure
it would face a presidential veto
which farm leaders agree Congress
would not override.
Senator Humphrey D-Minn)
commenting on the referendum
vote, said in a statement that
Americas wheat growers have
shown they have better under
standing of their problems than tht
present Administration has. / an
highly gratified by this overwhelm.
ing evidence of their willingness tc
cooperate in necessary production
adjustments.
Il hope the proper Interpretation
rs put upon this vote. 1t is in nc
sense an endorsement of Admins
tration policy. Instead, it is a re
Election of the growers confidence
in Congress changing such policie:
as are now depriving them of de
cent prices -"
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01
RehObOfh Is
Enjoying A
Big Season
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space on the south side of present
Rehoboth Avenue, east 10 State
half-mile, west 10 the Rehoboth
Canal, and north TO Rehoboth Ave
nue. Ii is believed that those at
tending camp-meeting in the early
days lived in tents. as they did al
the famous Brandywine Summit
camp-meefing near Wilmington.
Later as conditions improved.
more substantial houses began 10
spring up in the area and this
camp-meeting progressed for many
years. Ii gave impetus 10 the pro-
gress of the area Churches were
developed TO meet the needs Of the
people. and many came 10 Reho-
both and remained as permanent
residents. The camp was finally
dissolved but not until its leaders
had solidified a new community
which still holds the imprint Of the
early Christian pioneers in its daily
life.
At present the Rehobofh Beach
lS1 5uEtDltS seven EuultutS- III
the order OF their organization they
are: Presbyterian. All Saints. Epis-
copal, Westminster Presbyterian,
ST. Edmunds Roman Catholic.
Christian Science and the Lutheran
Vacation Church The latter is now
in its fifth year. In all of these
churches there is decided growth
which has called for additional i'm
provements and increased space. In
the past four years, and with pres
ent work scheduled. more than
s55s,000 will have been expended.
Rehoboth Beach will continue to
be primarily a summer resort, but
there is a strong trend toward the
building of permanent homes. es-
pecially for those Of retirement
age. and for others seeking a mild
winter climate away from the more
crowded areas of the larger cities.
In contrast 10 its meager early be-
ginning. Rehoboth now boasts a
year-round population of $500
people.
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01
.CO0NSKIN HAIRCUT

COTTAGE HILLS. Ill. - tA1 =
Lacking money for coonskin cap,
Jerry Powell. 10. had his dad give
him a special hair cut.
Following Jerry's instructions for
a Davy Crockett cut, Powell pro-
vided shaved head with a curled
forelock left sprouting above the
forehead. and bristle of h1ir on the
back of the head in the approximate
shape of coontail.
Jerry says he likes IL better than
a coonskin cap because. Il don't
have to take it off when ! go to
bed at night"
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01
Strict Controls
Retained By u. S.
Wheat Farmers
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Continued from page one)
please them more.
Farm leaders in and out of gov
eminent had expected a much clos
ed contest, with a chance that con-
trolls would fail to win the neces-
sary two-third majority. Doubt as
10 the outcome had developed in
the face of official suggestions that
the government would offer a new
wl1eat-aid program if quotas were
rejected.
The unofficial vote in the IS
major wheat-producin states where
the Department of Agriculture con-
Quoted the referendum was 254, ,197
for marketing quotas and 1882
against In similar election year
ago, farmers voted 20S,623 for and
76,023 against quotas for the 1855
crop, a 1873 per cent majority.
Under the approved program, the
government will apportion $4,000
/ 600 lion acres among individual
farms for production of wheat. In
general, each farms marketing
quota will be the quantity of wheat
grown Ci1 its share of the national
planting allotment. The total is the
same as this years but about 3d.
100000 acres less than that planted
in peak postwar years.
The department proposed the quo
1 tas because present reserve and
! surplus supplies total about 1,000.-
/ 100000 bushels, or more than
enough TO supply market demands
for full year.
In approving controls for another,
growers also accepted government
price support for the 1856 crop at
rs per cent of parity or national
average of S1.S1 a bushel. This COM
pares with S2.5 per cent, or S2.O6,
for this years crop. Had they re-
| jected quotas. the support rate
would have dropped to so per cent
of parity or about S1.19, unless
Congress changed the law to write
new wheat program
Parity is a standard for measur-
ing farm prices declared by law TO
/ be paid TO farmers in relation TO
prices they must pay.
interpretations Differ
The outcome of the referendum
was open to various interpretations.
Political leaders in Washington
weighed the results for clues to
farmer thinking in advance of next
years presidential election.
| Both sides in a controversial price
support issue claimed victory. Those
advocating a return of Truman-era
high, rigid price floors declared the
vote favored them. Conversely, the
Eisenhower Administration read
| the results as vote of confidence
in its new flexible price support
system.
Secretary of Agriculture Benson
! issued a statement saying thai
while approval Of quotas will un-
doubtedly result in substantially
smaller 1856 wheat production than
otherwise would be the case, the
problem of accumulated wheat
stocks remains an extremely seri-
Gus one"
While Benson stated before the
referendum that he was taking a
neutral position. some of his crit
les claimed he indirectly sought de-
feat of quotas so that he might be
free to seek congressional enact
ment of a program advocated by
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
| ton.
This program would have set 1856
crop wheat supports at SIS per cent
of parity, or about s1.54 a bushel
and would have set planting allot-
ments at 100000 acres.
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01

tate rentals are strong and are sure
10 exceed last year. Rehoboth Beach
became a first class post office last
January, another sure sign of
growth
One of the outstanding improve
ments in the area is the Midway
Shopping Center with seven units,
which makes il one of the larger
developments OF its kind in the
Delmarva area Next door there is
also a modern driye-in motion pic
ture theater.
The area is growing culturally
las we'll On Friday night, July /,
the Showboat viii open its second
summer season in Rehoboth High
School. "The Merry Widow" will be
the first feature, and other plays OF
equal interest will follow. Showboat
caught on" toward the end Of last
season. The Rehoboth Art League,
with headquarters at Henlopen
Acres, an exclusive residential area,
staged a number of unusual annual
events which are becoming well
known. The Village improvement
Association also holds an annual
art exhibit on the boardwalk.
The area has shown many capital
improvements in highway, city. and
private construction activities dur
ing the past several years. A new
approach road to the city, new
water supply. street and sewer ad-
ditions, and remOdeling OF the bank,
business houses, boardwalk con-
cessions, hotels, and homes have
been some improvements A total
of eleven motels with 226 rooms
were constructed in the area at a
total cost of S4,603,000.
The Indian River Yacht Easin
and the Wilson Boat Co. at Dewey
Beach are two of the finest head
quarters on the Atlantic Coast for
boating and fishing. These two
sports spots show an initial invest
ment in wharfage, docks. and ser
vice buildings of S167, 900, and a
total of 113 various types of boats
for hire, representing an outlay of
S412,000. Important factors in the
areas economy, the boats opera
ting out of Dewey Beach support
$50 families.
Most of the working population
of the area is employed locally by
stores and service companies, or
by the fishing industry. The COM
munity has only two industries.
both nationally advertised. The
Stockley-van Camp Canning Co.
cans vegetables and fruits, while
the Allen Kirkpatrick Co. in a few
short years has become leader in
the oyster canning field. These two
companies average about 200 en-
ployees year round and are grow
ing steadily. The new Kirkpatrick
oyster plant represents an outlay
of some s250,00O. This expenditure,
together with the buildings and
items mentioned above, represents
total over a three-year period of
1855, 900 for serving the people
who live in and come to the recrea-
tion area.
Another decided sign of growth
is the opening of four new land de-
velopments, three on Rehoboth Bay
and one on Herring Creek. The
combined projects contain hun
dreds of acres of beautiful land
well-suited for year-round as well
as summer living.
The community is served by the
Rehoboth Airport, the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. two passenger bus
lines, and four trucking lines. Wa
ter transportation is provided by
the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.
Dewey Beach, the border COM
munity joining Rehoboth on. the
south, is possibly the fastest grow
ing section in Delaware, and will
be reviewed in a future article.
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01
ADAMS X ROADS
Mrs. Marian Robinson
Phone Greenwood 1867

Mrs. Glenna Adams of Bridge
vile, spent Sunday morning with
the Johnson sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dennis and
daughter were Saturday afternoon
callers with Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Arner..
Mrs. Marian Robinson and aunt.
Minnie Adams, spent Sunday after
noon with Mrs. Lester Leeser of
fredericksburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Bailey and
family have been entertaining her
brother and family of Baltimore for
a few days.
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01

ton Clubs have,
Sixteen T e p e.
sentatives fro m
C u b S met on
Thursday, j u n e
3. at the Capital
Grange Hall, 10
consider the re-
suits of ques-
tionnaires dis :
cussed at club
m e e j n & S and
other suggestions
for the 1856 pro-
program.
After this in
formation W a 5
prese sented. [ h e Y
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01
DANGEROUS BIRD

DETROIT - up - Charles Wal
ker estimated fire damage at $500
after bird picked up a lighted
cigarette and deposited it in its
nest in his garage
Milford chronicle., 1955-07-01
Kent Home Doinqs

Have you started plans for 1856
yet?
Kent County Home Demonsfra-
Evening star., 1955-05-07

Building
Permits
Recent building permits issued

Recent building permits issued
by Arlington County include:
". T. Broyhill & Sons. 1921 Lee
highway, owner; three dwellings
at 1886 North Thirty-sixth street.
3401 North Kensington street,
5e24 North rty-fourth street;
cost. $4,000 each.
Robley Winfrey. Arlington.
owner: dwelling at 1887 North
Piedmont street; cost, $4,000;
architect, G. H. May.
Macpherson Morris Co.. SOB
Radio Building. owAer; dwelling
at Ali South Kensington street;
cost, $4,000; architect, Lloyd
Mayors.
Raymond w. Cotton, 612 North
Kenmore street, owner; dwelling
at ,31Ol North Monroe street;
cost. $32, 900; architect, Allen j.
Dickey.
Barnard Joy. 171S North Hart
ford street, owner; dwelling at
Bill North Monroe street; cost.
$4,000: architect, Allen j..
Dickey.
Gus T. Chaconas. 512s North
Twenty-eighth street, owner:
dwelling at 3001 North Oakland
street: cost, $4,000.
Gladys w. Bradford and Will
liam E. Bradford. TIA South
Lowell street, owner: dwelling at
5414 South Fifth street; cost,
$4,000; architect. Lloyd C..
Mayors.
George Elliott, 2130 South Oak
land street. owner; semidetached
dwelling at 2208-10 South Mon
roe street; cost, $4,000.
Madison Manor, Inc, 2062
North Fourteenth street, owner:
two dwellings at 1002-06 North
Quintana street; cost, $4,000;
architect, M. j. Anderson.
Fred G. Behm, 4844 Yorktown
boulevard, owner: two dwellings
at 2806-12 North Dinwiddie
street: cost, $4,000; architect,
C. S. Iightbown.
c. M. Roberts. 1850 North
Pershing drive, owner; dwelling
at 3482 North Emerson street;
cost, $4,000.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-27
]ESCA Kindergarten To Open Sept. 6

TheNDay Care Center and Kin
dergarten of the James E. Scott
Community Association will open
its doors for service to pre-school
children on September 6 at 63O6
NV 18th ave-, in the rear of the
administration building of Liberty
Square.
Under the supervision and guild
ance of a trained personnel, the
children in James e. Scott
Community Association Center ex-
perience a satisfaction of work
ing and playing together.
A balanced diet and nap per-
iod are included in the days pro
gram.
Registration dates are August
20, 80 and 81. From 7:3O am. until
1900 pm. Sept. 1, 2, from 8 am.
until 2 pm. and 6 pm. to 9 pm.
For further information call
Plaza 7-7289 or 84-2326.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-27

TO build, buy, repair or refinance
your mortgage?
Call MR.. JOSEPH WILLIAMSON
82-0989
1903 Congress Bldg.
indef
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-27
BISHOP COHEN
HONORED

Bishop A. M. Cohen of Eastern
Florida and treasurer of the
Church of God in Christ, Inc, was
honored with a banquet given by
the state workers of Eastern
Florida on Wednesday, August 10
with Mrs. Gussie Gamble, state
supervisor of Women at the helm.
2 This honor came as an apprecia-
ton for his services in the church
from 1917 to 1855 and his ele-
walton to the bishopric during the
last International Convocation Of
the Church in November, 1854.
TIE Banquet was held at the
Church of God in Christ on 3rd
ave.
A well-planned menu was serv-
ed and enjoyed by all. Mrs. Trudy
Sims, teacher in the Palm Beach
County public school system and
an ardent church worker of the
18th Street Church in West Palm
Beach was the mistress of cere-
monies. Other participants were:
Elder o. EaSon, pastor at Opa
Locka: Elder M. June. pastor at
West Palm Beach: Elder Pompey,
district superintendent of the st.
Augustine district: Elder E. d.
Johnson. state secretary OF Tam
pa; Mrs. Lula Mae Bowman,
state president of the Young
Women's Christian Council of
Miami; Mrs. Lula Henderson,
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-27

supervisor of women of Western
Florida from Jacksonville.
Among the gifts bestowed on
the Bishop and Mrs. A. M. Cohen
were an album of money, a
plaque from the Women's De-
partment of Eastern Florida, a
beautiful floor lamp and many
other useful gifts.
Present were five sons, two
daughters, two daughters-in-law
and five grand children of Bishop
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-27
NOTICE

Amaranth Court, OES, all
members of Electors Court No.
re- asked to meet at Love and
Charity Hall, 18th st. and Srd
ave., Sunday, August %. at 3
pm. for regular meeting. All
those who wish to renew their
membership must be on time.
Please come out prepared to pay
your dues and tax. ~
Sister Hattie Nottage, R. Q.
Bro. Chas. Dean, r. P.
Sis. Mary Smith, r. S.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-27
MIAMI TIMES, MIAMI, FLORIDA
E 2 SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 1855

and Mrs. Cohen. In addition to
the family there were visitors
from as far west as California and
is far east as New York. Mrs.
A. M. Coleman, Mrs. Wright and
others of the Friendship Garden
Club as well as delegates from
every section of the state were
on hand = to witness this grand af-
fair.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-27
WEAVER SAYS
ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY ).

The article below was written
by William 3. Weaver, manager,
Social Security Administration, 81
S.W. First ST., Miami 80, Fla,
phone 9-8461. This is one of a
series of articles appearing in
these columns weekly.
This month more than $4,000
retired workers over the nation
received the first higher social
security benefit amount payable
under the new disability freeze
provision in the law. We have
been accepting applications from
disabled workers since January l,
although July was the first
month for which increased
amounts could be paid under the
law.
Under the new disability freeze
provision, worker who has been
totally disabled for work for six
months or more, with a disability
which is expected TO continue in
definitely, can apply to have his
social security record frozen as of
the time his or her disability be-
gan. When the time comes for fig
uring up the monthly benefit
payable to him at IS or to the
family in case of the workers
DEATH the years when he was
unable to work because of dis
ability will not be counted against
him.
AS an example of how the new
disability freeze provision works,
let me tell you about a woman
who became totally disabled for
work more than IL years ago. She
had been receiving a social Sc
curity check each month for $3.50.
This month her check was for
5000 - $21.80 more than she
had been receiving. This was the
result of her application filed
early this year for the disability
freeze provided for in the 1854
amendment. This lady's increase
was the largest I've seen - the
amount of increase will range
from only a dollar or so up to
about $21 or So. 1t all depends
on the length of the disability and
the seriousness of the loss of
earnings.
Because the law was written to
apply to workers now over IS
(if they became disabled before
reaching that age) as well as to
younger workers who are now,
or who may become disabled, this
lady was able to have her month
ly benefit refigured to leave out
the years when she had no earn
ings from March 1914 to March
81, 1854, the date of her 65th
birthday. This resulted in the
$21.80 increase in her check for
the month of July and in all her
monthly checks from now. on.
Old-Age Insurance beneficiar-
les who meet the requirements
and apply before July /, 1857, to
have their social security earn
ingS records frozen, will receive
any increases due in their bene-
fit amount retroactively to July,
1855. The average increase to the
$4,000 or more beneficiaries re-
ceiving higher checks this week
is $l1.00.
Totally disabled people who
worked under social security for
five or more years before they be-
came disabled may be eligible for
higher benefits. In the case Of
those already over IS, it may mean
increases in their monthly social
security retirement checks. For
Younger disabled workers. il NAV
be a means Of protecting their
future benefit rights, and those
of their families. against reduc-
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-27
NOTICE

Vacation time is over. AL mem
bers of the O.ES. Council will
meet at the home of Sister Hattie
Nottage on Sept. 6, 8 pm. Bust
ness of Importance.
Ethel Curry, reporter
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-27
NOTICE

To all Elks: The Greater Miami
Elks' Club, NV End ave. and 18th
ST., will be opened Sept. 3, 4 and
5 for the Labor Day celebration.
All Elks and their guests are urg-
ed to attend.
Jesse Ross, M. of S.
Thomas Rivers, E. r.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-27

Trying out the new electric
water cooler in the Day Care
Center of the James E. Scott
Community Association are Ber-
nadine Ellison, Harold Williams
and Nathaniel Dyers. The cooler
was purchased through the eff
forts of the Day Care Committee
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-08-27
Pullman Company
Retires Mrs. Curry
This is to certify that
FLORIDA CURRY

of 1885 NV Third court, Miami,
Florida. has been employed by
this company from February,
1927 to April, 1855, and having
faithfully performed the duties of
said employment for a period of
% years and two months, is here
by honorably relieved from active
duty.
The Pullman Company
S. c. r. Garding, president
Evening star., 1955-09-11
NJ Just S WEEKS
At TIE
JOHN ROBERT POWERS SCHOOL
YOH cGa have
. A new face
A new figure
. A new fashion
. A new you

This is school for personality de-
veIopment. poise and self-ossur-
once for the housewife, the coreer
girl. the teenoger. Only q few
people wont to become professional
models, but EVERYONE desires to
look like q lovely POWERS GIRL.
Evening star., 1955-09-11

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Also kindergarten -Hol or Full Doy
Certified BY Marylssd State Board Of Education
Summer Doy Comp for Six Weeks
Member, AmevicSn Camping Associations
sll4 CARROLL AVENUE, NORTH OF TAKoMA PARK, Nd.
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