Milford chronicle., 1955-07-29

Business so far this year has
been succession of pleasant sur
prises. Late last year. when II
became obvious that we were or
the road to recovery, most observ-
ers expected business to increase
further this year. But recovery
has been an obsolete term for sew
eral months now. The economy
seems to be pushing on to new
and unexplored territory.
The new boom has been support
ed by Unexpectedly large amounts
of spending for automobiles and
houses. Businessmen, revising ear
lier plans, now also expect to
ment. The most recent of pleasant
surprises has been the ease with
which labor and management
reached agreements in the automo-
bile and steel industries.
The most pleasant surprise of all
would be IL the economy continues
the recent rate OF expansion in the
face of almost certain adjustments
in spending for cars and houses.
toward the optimistic view that
other types of spending, particu-
larly capital expenditures by bus
mess will step in and take over.
On the other hand, it might be well
not to expect too much. 1t should
not be too serious for the economy
to slow down for a breath-unless
we make 1t too serious. Perhaps
ii is a good thing that the transit
tion comes at this time of year.
This is vacation time-a time to
take things less seriously.
IL Looks Like a Good Season
For the Vacation Business
In some parts of this district,
however, vacation time is time
for serious business. And from a
brief check-up of the seashore and
mountain resorts within our bor-
ders, we are impressed by the op-
timistic predictions concerning the
1855 vacation season. A brighten
ing employment picture, which
means more "take-home" pay ap-
pears to be creating the kind of
atmosphere in which people really
enjoy making plans for their an
nual period of relaxation. At this
liz written, even "Old Man Wea-
ther" seems to have been doing
his part to speed up preparations
and bring into focus the finer de-
tails of another summertime va
cation.
Advance Reservations
Have Been Heavy
AT resort areas along the Della
ware and New Jersey coasts and
vacation spots in the Pennsylva-
mia mountains, local bankers and
businessmen tell us that the ho-
tells have received many more in
quiries this season than last. Ac-
tual reservations seemed a little
disappointing at first, as Is usually
the case when there are periods of
cool, wet weather. But as summer
time temperatures became the rule,
bookings for July and August came
In with rush. Cottages also were
taken up slowly until Memorial
Day, although here too vacation
ers started looking quite early in
the season. Housekeeping apart
ments in some of the larger shore
resorts have not been renting as
fast as their owners might wish,
but the demand for these accom-
modations is improving steadily.
Summer camps in the Poconos are
said TO be filling up rapidly and
some of those catering to children
closed their books long before
school was out. other resort areas
like Boiling Springs in southern
Pennsylvania and Eaglesmere in
the north are looking for one OF
the best seasons ever.
New Roads and Bridges Attract
CHESTS from Greater Distances
In New Jersey. the opening of
the Garden State Parkway has
brought places like Cape May,
Wildwood. and Ocean City within
three hours driving time of New
York City. Some New Jersey coast
resorts always were popular va
cation spots with New Workers.
The New Jersey Turnpike with it's
convenient interchanges to shore
points increased this popularity.
But the Garden State Parkway,
running nearer the coast. provides
an even more direct. high-speed
route to virtually all the famous
bathing beaches. This year, hotels,
guest houses, and cottage owners
report inquiries and many reser-
vations from people living in a
wider area of New York State and
even in southern New England.
Rehoboth Beach in Delaware
counts the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
among its many blessings because
IL draws a lot of vacationers from
the Washington and Baltimore
areas. In the Poconos of Pennsyl-