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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-12
Observe 10th Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Bowser, Mill
Run, celebrated their 40th wedding
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY Eluins townsend Dicksrsor

grave yard 80 miles north of here.
Finally he found that cars singer
and almost tipped his lid when he
discovered it, too, was cracked,
only worse than "Shasta's." So
now we have abandoned hunting
among the old cars and are order
ing one from 1old reliable-S Sears
We hurried home yesterday af-
ternoon from the junk yard to get
ready for a dinner party. Our
neighbors, the Fred Shirleys, had
invited their fase medical doctor
and their base dentist over for a
bar-b-que dinner and we were in
GUIDED in the invitation.
This morning intended to have
coffee with Liz Wright. It's her
birthday and the neighborhood was
planning to help her celebrate.
Dawn, however, developed an up
set stomach, and / figured I'd bet
ter not take her with her bug
over to the Wrights, who have
four children ranging from II to
liz years old
Let's hope our two gals stay
well for our journey to Delaware.
We will leave three weeks from to-
morrow and expect to arrive in
good old Sussex County May 16.
OF course, | have to keep my
fingers crossed about Hayes, too.
When he flies you just never know
if he'll have to RON (remain over
asght) in Timbuctoo or not, nor
for how long. He left this morn
ing on a 12-hour mission, it's
clouding up and I'm just keeping
my fingers crossed that he'll be
able to get in Forbes at midnight
tonight.
Until next week
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
BABSON DISCUSSES SMALL BUSINESSES AND YOU

the strong. If America will do
right, have no fear of Communism
with its Standardization of every
thing. We, however, must encour-
age the unknown geaius, the small
manufacturer, and lie little spe-
cialty store around the corner"
What About Religion and Invest
menfs!
1t seems too bad that Protestan-
tism should be divided into $50
denominations. | have great re-
spect for the Holy Catholic Church.
often wish there were some way
that the Roman Catholic Church
and these $50 Protestant denomi-
nations could be combined. On the
other hand, if religion is largely a
matter of Spirit and Emotions, the
next great NEW HORIZON may be
the study and harnessing of these
spiritual powers which are now so
divided. / have learned that the
world is ruled by feelings rather
than by figures; and that we have
not given proper consideration to
the different feelings of different
people.
I admire the work the President
of the New York Stock Exchange
is doing to popularize investments.
If, however, his idea is carried
too far, it may result in a great
stock market panic. Too many
people-for. instance-are being
advised to invest in the standard
ICED ''blue chips. Investments
cannot safely be standardized. An
investor should make purchases ac-
cording to his age, esponsibilities,
temperament, and the kind of work
in which he is engaged. He needs
an investment counselor to advise
him about this. People are different
and free enterprise will sHcceed
only as this difference is recog-
nized in every field.
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27

consolidated schools, state univer-
sites, and other attempts at mass
education. Having learned, how
ever, that all young people are
different and are entitled to differ
ent instruction, | have concluded
that the solution is to teach young
people to educate themselves. When
the 'do-it-yourself' movement ex-
tends to education, We will begin
to get good results and at very
much less expense.
The Labor Union movement is
fulfilling a need in combating the
misused power of employers; but
it will soIne day break up of its
own weight. due to the inherent
differences in people. Its present
program of paying every workman
in a certain group the same wage
is against human nature. I fore
cast that for labor unions to sue
ceed, they must recognize that
workers are entitled to different
wages, based upon their initiative,
energy, intelligence and other
qualifications.
Small Businessmen Should BE
Encouraged
Some DAY the small businessman
will have to be helped by sub
sidy of some kind. especially to
use for advertising. There is a
demand for every product which
has ever been found useful. More
candles are sold today then ever be-
fore; more hard wood is sold for
fireplaces; horses and sulkies for
racing sell at higher prices today
than ever. There are buyers awSs :
ing every product and service, II
the puslic only knew where tc
set them.
Therefore, let no small business
man get discouraged As the Good
Books says (see Ecclesiastes. 9th
chapter. 18th verse;: 'The race is
not to the swift, nor the battle to
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
Traffic Show
Increase On
Most Highways
Largest Increase Is
Reported On Route
Ii Just North Of Smyr-
ma.

With one exception traffic on
highways in all parts of the state
showed an increase during the
month of March in comparison
with the same month of last year,
it was reported by the Traffic and
Planning Division of the State
Highway Department.
The one exception was along u.
S. Route 202, the Concord Pike, at
point north of Talleyville where
the decrease was 2.34 per cent.
The average daily count of vehicles
was 1852 which was 219 less than
the previous year. The largest
single day was Sunday, March 4,
The largest increase was re-
corded along u. S. Route 13, north
of Smyrna, where the increase was
776 per cent and the daily aver
age of vehicles counted was 1I,746,
an increase of SAC over the aver
age for March of last year. The
largest single day was Friday,
March 30 when 1e,487 vehicles were
counted.
Along Route 40, west of Bear,
the increase was 2.24 per cent and
the daily average was 1906, an
increase of 397 over March of last
year. The largest single day was
Friday, March 80, when 29,489 We
hicles were counted.
The increase along u. S. Route
113, at a point north of Milford,
was % per cent and the daily
average was 4,914, an increase of
LOG over March of last year. The
largest single day was Friday,
March 80, when 6,367 vehicles were
counted.
Along u. S. Route 13, at point
south of Greenwood, the increase
was 401 per cent with the daily
average being 5000, an increase of
ZIG over March of last year. The
largest single day was Friday,
March 80, when 8,l9S vehicles were
counted
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
Hollymount Club

In observance of National Home
Demonstration Week throughout
the nation, the various clubs will
observe this period-April 29 to
May 5 in different ways.
Nationally, the Home Demon
stration program reaches 515 mill
lion women. In Delaware there
are 81 Horne Demonstration Clubs
with membership of 2,579. Meet
ings conducted by Home Demon
stration agents in Delaware reach
ed total of more than 5000 peo-
pie this past year. Also, local
leaders conducted $50 meetings
and reached total of nearly
10000 homemakers.
The Hollymount Home Demon
stration Club is planning to OBJ
serve National Home Demonstra
tion Week in these various ways:
The club members will attend
st. Georges Episcopal Church on
Sunday. April 29.
Several members are planning
to attend the State Day meeting of
the Home Demonstration Clubs at
Dover on May /.
An exhibit of many and varied
articles made by the members will
be on display at the drugstore at
the Midway Shopping Center. The
trophy which was presented to our
club as being the outstanding club
of Sussex County will also be on
display.
A group of our members will
participate in a radio program ov-
er the local stations.
An "Ice Cream Social" will be
held at Coolspring Grange Hall or
Monday evening, April 80, at eight
O'Clock. Homemade ice cream an6
cake will be on sale.
On May 8, the club is sponsoring
bus trip to Sherwood Gardens
and other points of interest around
Baltimore.
A newspaper article concerning
Home Demonstration work will be
published.
All in all, Hollymount Club mem
bers are quite busy group ant
really enjoy all the activities in
which they participate.
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27

Babson Park, Mass, Apr. 26. |
was recently asked which was the
most important thing | had learned
during my fifty years in active
business. The answer is what New
England's famous surgeon, DR..
Wi.Iiam Warren Babson, once said
to me: Remember, Roger, that
no two people are alike,-what's
food for one can be poison for an
other and vice versa" This was
brought home to me only recently
when reading in the Readers Di-
gest an article praising aspirin for
arthritis.
After finishing my reading of the
Digest, | picked up an ENCYCLO-
PEDIA OF HEALTH, by j. l. Ro-
dale of Emmaus, Pennsylvania,
who has systematically collected
what are recognized as the best
opinions on a hundred physical
ailments. This book lists aspirin as
very dangerous product, fifty mil
lion tablets of which are being con-
snmed daily. / have great respect
for Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt Wallace,
editors of the Readers Digest, but
wonder if they realize the tre-
mendous risk they run as their
circulation becomes bigger? My
purpose. therefore, this week is to
further the urge of my friend Ern-
est Gaunt, and appeal for subsidy
to the small publisher, the small
businessman, and the unknown
genius. These may be the hope OF
America, and not "big business
which assumes all people to be
aiiko
Education And Labor Unions
After spending many years and
millions of dollars educating young
people. I am convinced OF the
great imDorfance of small colleges.
small schools and classes. Figures
may show that costs of so-called
education may be decreased by
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
Nanticoke Club

At the meeting of the Nanticoke
Home Demonstration Club in the
Cokesbury Community House re-
Gently, the membership pledged
100 per cent cooperation in the
Identification tag project to be con-
Quoted in connection with Civil
Defense.
At the close of the meeting, rs
per cent of the application blanks
were filled out.
Mrs. Mabel Givens, chairman OF
Citizenship and Civil Defense, and
Mrs. Velma Davidson, co-chairman,
explained the Identification tag
program.
1t was decided also for the club
members to take home nursing,
another CD program. in Septem-
Der. They win also attend State
Day in Dover on May l, and will
sponsor a CD radio program.
Plans for the observance of Ma
tional HID Week, beginning April
80, were announced. The members
will go in a body to the Cokesbury
Methodist Church on that date,
Later they will visit the Delaware
Power and Light Company's mod
ern electric kitchen in Harring-
ton.
The report of the international
Relationship Committee was given
by Mrs. Sadie Hill. She said that
the last CARE package had been
sent to Yugo Jugoslayia and that
another package would be sent
this month.
Mrs. Irene Layton, reporting on
the health program, said that the
membership had joined 100 per
cent in the chest X-ray.
Mrs. Cecil Morgan gave dem
onstration on new trends in froz-
en- foods. Mrs. Doris Carmean re-
ported that $500 had been cleared
on the April IA supper.
Mrs. Eliza Givens, president OF
the organization, presided. Two
visitors were present: Mrs. Vera
Hearn and Mrs. Eva Brittingham.
Mrs. Hearn later joined the club.
Officers will attend the 25th an
niversary of the Atlanta Club on
May 8.
Each member was urged to
bring at least one guest to the May
meeting. Hostesses for Tuesday
evening were Mrs. Nora Isaacs,
Mrs. Emma Hearn and Mrs. Mae
Jones.
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27

price they can afford to pay, the
corporation will remain big and
many Michigan cities will grow and
prosper in spite of sharpshooters
in Washington searching for q
political issue.
If Mr.. Jenkins had as widespread
a national leadership as have some
of the syndicated columnists who
like to snipe at big business" he
might have pointed out that every
city and hamlet in the United
States-not just Michigan-shared
directly or indirectly in GINS pros
perity. GIN, with 126 plants in 6s
American cities, paid out more than
So billion in payrolls to an aver
age of over 100000 wage earners
in the United States alone last
year, more than Sc billion to $1,000
suppliers, and $605 million in divi-
dends to over 565,G00 shareholders
We might just note, too, that
since GIN had tax bill of $685.
100000, it seems clear that Wash
ington, d. c., was among those
present when the firms prosperity
pie was cut up.
This Is Progress
No father, and certainly nc
mother, will argue the fact that
daughters are taller, stronger
healthier even prettier-than the
preceding generation. Even Govern.
ment statistics bear that out.
But now comes new evidence tC
prove that they are also smarter
than their elders in the matter OF
enhancing their natural charms
We have it on the authority Of
the jewelry Fashion Show Direc
tors who cover all sections o.
America and talk to more thar
million young women every veal
that daughter is really a sharI
number:
What she thinks of today il
the matter of personal adornmen
they assure us, becomes the ac
cepted jewelry fashion of tomor
row. Charm bracelets, for instance
are her idea. She thought of pin
ming a silver, gold or jeweled or
nament on severe-looking ha
and creating a Hollywood number
When she wanted new necklace
she hooked a few old bracelets to
gether-and created a new rage
And so it goes. The examples are
too numerous for us to remember
Just ask the next pretty girl yol
see what's new in costume jewelry
and she may show you creation
she dreamed up five minutes ago.
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
Washington Letter : BY Robert Nelson Taylor


The findings of the fashion ladies
should assure us males of all ages
that it's brave and beautiful
world we lige in-and getting more
beautiful all the time. Perhaps we
should pay a little more heed, be
little more observant and ap-
preciative of all the lovely things
around us.
And we don't mean just the robins
and the spring flowers or even the
/ fishing.
They've Pr0mised-Again
On the twelfth day after his de-
parture from the UN norman 's-land
in New York, Secretary Dag Ham
marskjold succeeded-insofar as
any mortal cou1d-in his delicate
mission to the embattlad Israelis
ard Egyptians whose border raids
were threatening the uneasy peace
! of a jittery world. His mandate
from the Security Council was to
obtain, through the force of the
UN's moral pressure, proper OBJ
servance of the armistice agree
ments, between Israel and her
neighbors, Egypt Jordan, Lebanon
and Syria.
At p. m, April 18th, an uncon-
ditional cease-fire agreement be-
tween Israel and Egypt went into
effect, and was announced stimuli
taneously the following day i'll
Terusaleum, Cairo and New York.
Since the truce violations have
occurred largely and most con-
sistently between Israel and Egypt,
similar agreements with the other
Arab neighbors should be easier to
achieve.
With his task completed, Mr.,
Hammarskjo1d will leave Palestine
substantially where it was nine
years ago when the truce was es-
tablisbed. Whether his talks with
Premier David Ben-Gurion in Israel
! and Premier Canal Abdel Nasser
in Egypt have implanted deterrents
more effective than the agreements
themselves, remain to be seen.
There is no solution here. None
was undertaken. or considered
possible at this time But the Sec
retary General has apparently
clamped the lid on this ferment of
ancient animosities, and we can
hope the UN will be able to sit on
j it-for a while, at least.
Housewives On The Warpath
Little has haen. heard about
Housewives United as yet-bui
| Just you Waiti
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
Dover Century Club

The Dover Century Club Chorus
previewed a group of numbers
from their annual spring concert
ON Monday, April 16, for the re-
gional Cultural Workshop of the
Peninsula Conference of the Wo-
mans Society of the Methodict
Church at Wesley Church in Dover.
The SpIing Concert will be held
on Wednesday, May is, in the Muir
phey School auditorium in Dover
at 8:15.
This is the fifth year the Dover
Century Club Chorus has presented
spring program assisted by an
outstanding young artist from New
York City. The guest artist for
this year will be Miss Frances
BARLEY. Miss Barley is well known
in this area not only as a brilliant
young singer launched on a COM
cert career, but also as the daugh-
ter of Dr. and Mrs. o. A. BARLEY,
of Dover. Dr. Rartley was presi-
dent of Wesley Junior College prior
to becoming the superintendent OF
the Dover District of the Penin-
sula Conference Of the Methodist
Church. Miss BARLEY has recently
been associated with the Arundel
Opera Theatre in Maine.
Tickets to the Dover Century
Club Chorus concert on May 16
have been mailed to former sub
scribers and friends of the chorus.
Anyone not receiving this letter
may obtain one, with cards en-
closed, by calling Mrs. Alf Ander-
son, Dover 3765, or writing her at
TIA East Division street. Sub
scriptions reaching her by April
30 will be listed on the program.
The Dover Century Club Chorre
will appear on the program Of
the State Convention of the Del
aware State Federation of Women's
Clubs in Wilmington on May 28.
To finance their trip to Whining
ton members of the chorus, mem
bers of the Dover Century Club
and friends held a. food sale April
13 at the new Acme Market IN
Dover. Mrs. E. Stuart Outten was
chairman of the sale.
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
1881 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
April 23, 1856


Dear Friends:
Shasta" needs singer, do
you know where there is one? I
don't believe / have written to
you, telling you that we have
named our 1885 Chevie Shasta" :"
She-has-ta have gas. she-has-ta
have oil and now she-has-ta' have
a singer The other day Hayes
drove Shasta into our yard and she
alcgped whole bucket full of oil
on our driveway. The singer in
our twenty-year-old car is cr2ck-
ed and it seems Shasta has to
have one to sling the oil back into
the shaft. ] believe this is right,
If it isn't you can correct me. One
thing | do know they change these
singers each year u don't believe
cars have them now but 1885 or
1897 just won't do, it has to be a
1886 singer. We spent most of
the weekend touring automobile
grave yards.
I'm telling you, these junk yards
are the busiest places I've ever
been in. Men of all ages. sizes and
colors go into the yards and just
disappear for an hour or so and
emerge with such a conglomera-
ton of auto parts-fog lights, heavy
chrome bumpers, old tires, but all
of them return to the outer world
with black greasy hands. One junk
yard man told us he spent "a days
in the hospital last year when a
car exploded while he was work
ing on it. Since then he has learn
ed to let the customer retract his
own part from the defunct cars.
So old Hayes. who is no mechan-
ic, struggled for an hour stripping
the 1896 CheYie he found in a ear
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
Our Turn is Coming

The British hosts of the Soviet
Good Will Twins, Bulganin and
Khrushchev, are reported to be on
their best behavior-than which
nothing could be colder. There
were, we hear, some listless cheers
and boos, equally balanced, from
the man land woman) in the street
as they began their carefully super
vised movements from here to
there. But largely, they were be-
ing ignored.
1t would be serious mistake
however, to think that Britain,
especially it's officialdom, is taking
the ten day visitation lightly. To
have prevailed upon Her Majesty
TO receive these thugs at tea
these emissaries of the Terror
that did in her own blood rela-
tives-should be significant. But
the haste with which Prime Minis
ter Eden launched into the "con-
versations" plainly indicates the
Importance attached to, the USSR's
attitude in the Near East and the
trade concessions that may be
offered for the Tbetter mutual
understanding and the further
| improvement of relations between
Britain and the Soviet Union,
which these travelling statesmen
seek.
In all probability, we are next
in line for the treatment" from
Bulge and Krush. So perhaps we
ought TO watch the British show
carefully, and decide while we can,
whether or not we wish to receive
these curiously inseparable ped
dlers of coexistence.
Many Share In This Pie
In an election year, plain talk
| is as refreshing certainly as
unusual-as a cool breeze in Au-
gust
| So we hope someone will think
up some kind of award for Guy H.
| Jenkins, chief of the Lansing
bureau of the eight Booth News
papers in Michigan. Mr.. Jenkins
had been reading some Democratic
broadsides which viewed with alarm
the sinister fact that General Mo-
tors-like thousands of other COM
panies-had a good year in 1855.
In a recent dispatch in the Flint
Journal, he cited few figures on
GINS 1855 payrolls, taxes and divi-
dends, and wound up with this dry
observation:
$50 long as GM makes the things
people want and sells them at a
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27

NGn-white people more than 65
years old make up per cent of
that age group in the United
States compared to 10 per cent
among the total population.
Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
LET THE USERS PAY

Much discussion is now gong ON con-
cerning possible changes in the rates and
policies of the post office department. The
pros and cons are being widely debated. In
all this, we should not lose sight of a pro-
posal made by the Hoover Commission con-
cerning one of the departments s services
parcel post.
This vastly authoritative Commission
simply recommended that all costs-direct
or indirect--should be considered in fixing
parcel post rates. The idea, in other words,
is to make sure that parcel post is support
ed by those who use it-not by the taxpayers
through subsidy. Several bills to put such a
policy into effect were introduced at the last
Congress but nothing came of them. There
is hope for action this year.
The Hoover Commission is not alone in
urging parcel post reform. A policy decla-
ration of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States said Charges for parcel post
service should be sufficient to cover all costs
incurred by the government in the perform
ance of this service Such costs should be
determined under sound commercial ac-
counting practice" 1t was further recon-
mended that charges for land parcel post
service should be periodically determined
and fixed by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, and those for air parcel post by the
Civil Aeronautics Board.
These are certainly reasonable proposals.
of time, parcel post has often run up large
deficits for the general taxpayers to meet.
That should not be allowed to happen again.
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INTERNATIONAL TACT
1t seems to be characteristic of Ameri-
cans in their dealings with other countries
that they put action ahead of procedures,
energy above native customs and fast re-
suits ahead of human feelings. In their i'm
patience to get the Job done efficiently, they
are inclined to overlook the impression they
may be making on the people involved.
A New York Times survey of the effect
of American foreign policy in Japan, Korea,
Nationalist China and the Philippines has
revealed once more the trail of confused in
depreciation of American efforts.
All these countries are friendly to the
United States and appreciative of the help
in the two big projects of fighting Commun-
ism and raising living standards. But they
wish that the United States would put more
emphasis on peace and economic improve
ments and concern itself less with possible
war. They would like to be informed more
fully and consulted more frequently on mat
ters involving their own future and their
relationships with other governments.
They are. sensitive about both their own
weaknesses and their own gains, in the
staunch efforts to stand on their own feet
and demonstrate democracy. In short, these
smaller nations want, above all, the respect
of the big brother
When American leaders can slow. down,
be more tactful and make genuine effort to
understand the point OF view of the others,
they often discover that this approach re-
veals another kind of shortcut to the Ameri-
can goal of efficiency.