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Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21
State Happenings


CONTRACT -. The State High
way Department has awarded a
contract to Clute Brothers, of
Wyoming, for the erection of a new
building to be used as a State Po-
lice Headquarters, as well as head
quarters for the Dover Troop.
The award was made on the bas-
is of the low bid of $459, 900 sub
mitted by Clute Brothers as a gen
eral contract price when bids ON
the project were recently received
by the Department.
The award contained proviso
that alternate specifications con-
tanned in the project could be re-
negotiated between Albert Kruse,
architect for the project, and the
contractor.
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21
FELTON, School News
Magazine Drive

Magazine Drive
Mr.. George Wedd of the Curtiss
Magazine Company was at Eel
ton School on Wednesday, Sep
tember 10, to help get the annual
magazine campaign started. He
showed and demonstrated the vari-
Gus prizes that will be given out
At the end of the campaign.
Sports
Teams for the soccer intramuraI
program were picked on Monday,
September 18th, during the activi-
ties period. The program will start
on Monday, September "a.
Girls hockey clubs will meet
Tuesday activities period to choose
heir intramural teams.
Elementary Assembly
The 5th grade will be in charge
of the assembly. They are going
to show the other grades film
called America For Me-"
Seventh Grade News
The seventh grade class held its
organizational meeting on Friday,
September 14th.
The following officers were
elected:
Curtis Webb, president; jeanne
Stayton. vice president; Arlene De-
Long, IA ecretary-treasurer Pat
ty Johnson. 7-B secretary -treasur-
er Mr.. Robert II. Erne was chosen
class advisor. It was also decided
that the class dues would be five
cents per week.
The band will attend the Fire
mems parade in Claynont Satur-
day, September 22nd.
Voters Approve Bond Issue
At the referendum on Saturday
September Is, voters of FELTON,
School District approved a local
bond issue of S25,00D to finance
enlargement of the gymnasium
auditorium. OF the 10 votes cast
only one opposed the bond issue.
The state contribution toward the
project will be $500. The total
building program will cost $780,
000 Construction on the first phase
of the project, the addition to the
Maude Reynolds Elementary School
wing, is scheduled to begin within
few days when reinforcing steel
for foundations is delivered. ]. Roll
and Dashiell and Sons are the
contractors, and Dollar, Bonner,
and Blake are the architects.
Junior and Senior Play
The Junior and Senior classes
have come to a decision on their
plays. Because of the rev addition
to the auditorium, there can only
be one play this year. The classes
are going to present Junior and
Senior play. AS of yet no play has
been picked.
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21
Houston Cardinal
All Club

The regular monthly meeting of
the Houston Cardinal All Club was
held on Thursday. September 6.
We were very glad to have Will
liam Williams present again at our
meeting. William is now in the u.
S. Army stationed in Georgia
Four of the boys carrying Dairy
as their projects were invited by
the Delaware Jersey, Cattle Club
o put on a demonstration on
"Showmanship' The four boys
were Richard Simpson, Gary
Brown, Johnny Benson and Ray
mond Marvel.
On Thursday, September 6. the
members of this club conducted the
Civil Defense Survey of Houston.
Every home in Houston was visit
ID and the proper forms were com
1leted. This was Civil Defense
Week.
On Saturday, September 22nd,
<ent County will hold its annual
Achievement Day on the Kent and
sussex Fair grounds. Many mem
bers of this club will be competing
in the Favorite Food Contest, the
Dairy Showing and Fitting Con-
test and the Dress Revue. We do
hope many. many All parents and
friends will be present to see the
work of the Kent County Alters.
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21
For Sussex County
HOmemakers
BY Frances ShOffner
Home Demonstration Agent

With the fall season rapidly ap-
preaching, many of you may soon
De harvesting gOurds. If you don't
grow them yourself, you may be
interested in obtaining some to use
as decorations i'll your home this
winter.
Gourds. non-edible fruited MEM
bers of the species, Curcurbita, are
increasing in popularity once more.
Harvesting, curing and decorating
gourds can fill many hours with
enjoyment, and can serve as vari-
Gus decorations around the house
as we'll as bird houses and toys.
The seeds are best planted in May
when all signs of frost have dis
appeared. Any good well drained
soil to which some compost has
been added will suffice. A location
where they will be protected from
the afternoon sun is ideal.
Gourds should be gathered in
the fall before frost when the stems
begin to wither, then hung up in a
cool airy place for several weeks
to cure before decorating. Few
tools are needed for the decorating.
A sharp knife, lacquer, Shellac,
wax or quick drying enamels are
all that is needed. From the fiat
based gourds yarious containers
may be made: vases, candlesticks.
bowls, and bottles. They may be
converted into pin cushion by
removing the top, scraping out the
seeds, then filling the container
with cut pieces of wool and gluing
a fabric over the top. An attrac-
tive center piece can be formed by
displaying waxed gourds on a tray
or platter spread with autumn
leaves.
A holiday piece may be begun
in summer. Letters cut out of pa
per to make the words Merry
Christmas" are pasted ON separate
gourds. When the fruits mature and
papers are removed, the letters
are painted in and the gourds tied
together for stringing the message
across the wall or porch.
Gourds may be year round
source of pleasure. Then lend
themselves to many individual
ideas.
If you would like further details,
write for pamphlet F1S49, Useful
and Ornamental Gourds. This may
be purchased from the Superinten-
dent of Documents, Government
Printing Office, Washington 25, ID.
c.. price 10c,
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21
OVERLOOK
BY Mrs. Howard Miliman
Phone: Lewes 1892

Services at Whites Chapel, Sep.
tember 23rd: Sunday School be-
gins at GAS. Superintendent, How
ard West, followed by Class al
10:45. Leader. Warrington Vincent
Mr.. and Mrs. Nailor Wells and
daughter. Linda, called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Warri gtOn Vincent Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Willard White spent last
weekend i'm Wilmington with
daughter and family, Mr.. and Mrs
Arthur Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Chorman
are the proud parents of a fine
baby girl, named Joyce Ann, who
weighed 9 lb. o., was born in
Beebe Hospital. Friday. Mother and
baby are doing fine.
Mrs. James West of Milton called
on her sister, Mrs. Howard Mill
man, Saturday. Also, Mrs. Walter
Orendorf and three children of
Bridgeville.
Miss Mary Virginia Davidson
called on Miss Barbara Farrin Will
ION, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Melloy Conoway
and daughter, Melody, were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Macklin of Rehoboth, Sunday after
noon.
DR.. and Mrs. Wells Wilson of
Brooklyn. N. Y, are spending the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. j. DOrman
Robinson.
Miss Elizabeth Houston, of
Georgetown, called on Aunt Mrs.
Maragurite White, Sunday.
Mrs. Drvine Doty has been tour
ing Washington, ID. c., and visiting
friends while on her vacation and
on returning home brought friends
with her, had a delighted trip.
Mrs. Roland Millman and chill
dren were Sunday callers of Mrs.
Martha Messick of IIarbeson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Campbell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Elliott and
son Of Dover, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
r. p. MiIlman were dinner guests
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Millman. Other callers i'm the after
noon were Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Min
cy of Overbrook, Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
shall Wilson of Milton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Rust of Redden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Conoway
of Georgetown were Sunday after
noon visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Min
os Conoway.
Mrs. Cora Truitt, who has been
spending some time at Mrs. Anna
Kitchens Nursing Home in Mas
sali, has gone now to live with her
daughter at Queenstown, Md.
Mr.. Norman Truitt, who has
bees stationed in France, returned
home on Friday night.
Miss Olive Millpan spent Satur-
day with her sister and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Phillip Elliott, Jr., and
son of Dover, and on Wednesday
evening visited Miss Dorothy Crit
tendent.
DIR. Lorenzo of Reading, Pa, was
supper guest of Mr.. William Mill
man, Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud White of
Staten Island, n. Y, and Mrs. Jill
lie Loves of New Jersey, visited
Mrs. Msragurite White Friday and
on Saturday. DIR. and Mrs. Wells
Wilson of Brooklyn, n. Y, called
on their aunt, too.
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21

At the end of 1855. the U. S
population was 166,740,000.
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21
Senior SOck-HOp

oCtfVt
The Seniors will present a sock
hop Friday, September 81 in the
auditorium. The music will be
played by Jimmy Stayton. Morton
Marker, and Honey Voshel. Re
freshments will be served. Admis-
sion, $50.
Teletraining
Senior high school pupils are
carrying out a study of the effec-
tive use of the telephone. Equip
ment and study materials are fur
nished by the Bell Telephone Com
pany. The program, called "Tele-
training. is designed for the in
struction of individuals for per-
sonal needs as well as office work
ers.
School Mena-September 24-9S
Monday: Macaroni and Cheese,
Bread and Butter, Cole Slaw, Milk,
Apple Sauce.
Tuesday: Hot Dog on Roll, Baked
Beans, Milk, Peaches.
Wednesday: Turkey Pie, Bread
and Butter, String Beans, Milk,
Orange Juice.
Thursday: Hamburger and Mac
aroni Special, Bread and Butter,
Succotash, Milk, Fruit or Pie.
Friday: Baked Fish Sticks.
Bread and Butter, Buttered Peas,
Milk, Fruit Jello.
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21
USEFUL HALLOWEEN PRANK

AXTELL, Neb. = up = Old tim
ers here recalled a civic project
effected some 40 years ago. The
city fathers wanted to remove the
many hitching posts along. the
main street but fear of public opin-
ion prompted them to go easy.
They decided against any formal
action but made a deal with the
towns youngsters to include the
removal of the posts in their plan
ned Halloween Franks. 1t worked
and the hitching posts never were
replaced
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21

classified Ais Get Results
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21
MEXICAN RULING

MEXICO CITY = up - The
Mexican Supreme Court says it is
no crime to practice a profession
as long as you do not claim to be
something you are not.
The opinion was given in the
case of Mario del Rio, well-known
plastic surgeon. He appealed from
a fine imposed by the Ministry of
Health on charge of usurpation
of the profession of medical sur
geon.
The court ruled in his favor, say
ing he had not claimed to be a Ii
censed doctor or medical surgeon.
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21
SPELLING MISCUE

SPOKANE. Wash. = up - When
the ODD Fellows and their ladies
came to town for their state con-
ventioE. big banner across a
downtown street greeted them:
Welcome. Odd Fellows and Re-
beccas,"
Only one thing wrong. They
were land are) Rebekahs.
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21
OPPORTUNIST

DARLINGTON, S. C. = up =
Lightning struck ground wire
and set James Waldron's rural
store afire. The fire burned out
the stores stock.
And while the fire was burning,
somebody stole more than $100
from the cash drawer and a brand
new SIS hat.
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-21
Milford Bowling League
Standings
Averages

Averages
Besenfelder, 1871; Donohoe, 179;
Eypel, 172; Jaquette. Ia; Moore,
166; Hall, 164; Wolfe. 1853; Briggs,
1853: Nauman. 1852; Cresson, 159;
Hoch, 15S; Fink, 1856: Kennedy.
154; Schaefer, 1853; Short, 152; Bo-
guzewski, ISL; Adkins. Isl; Nc
Pherson, ISL; West, $50; Bressler,
149; Johnson, 149; Groverman,
149; Dellinger, 145; Kunkle, 140:
Grier, 1876: Webb. 1872: Williams.
1913; Holleger. 116; Tebbins, ia;
Mason, ia; Savage, 113; Brown,
1D8; Clendaniel, SS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-15
in Springs new
light tones.

The sIim-Iook is now the Spring look
Foshion Toilored suits hove the new,
moreover shoulders, morrow IopeIs,
topered points leg All give the
appearance Of toIIness, sIimness. See
Seors coreful selection of weoves, color
:. oil in blends mode to resist
wrinkles, retain crease. Sizes IS to 46
'Polyes'er fiber, Dupont TN
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-05-01

the henhouse and doing other minor
chores.
Katie" said Herman, as she busily
cleared the table, ''wiIl you marry
me?"
''But you don't love me-" protested
Katie.
1--WE never asked any other girl
to marry me-" replied Herman. Mar
ry me next month";
Katie smiled. "You talk to papa
when he comes in,' she said simply.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-05-01

i, John ]. Holmes, State Auditor and Commits
sioner of Insurance Elk Officio, in and for the
State of Montana, do hereby certify that the
PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COM
PANY, having filed sworn statement of its
financial condition as of December 81, 1855,
and having complied with the laws of this
State relating to insurance and insurance COM
paniess is authorized until the 31st day of
March, 1857, to transact such classifications of
insurance as are set forth in its present exist
ing license. do further certify that a synopsis
of the duly filed annual statement is as fol-
lows: The actual amount of Capital-U. S. De-
post to be $2,O00,00 The aggregate Income
for the year 1855, $685. ,313 OF. The aggregate
The aggregate Assets are 31,730, 538 81. The ag-
gregate Liabilities, except Capital, are $23,-
488,390.15. IN WITNESS THEREOF, have here
unto subscribed my name and affixed my Off
cial seal at the State Capitol in the City of
Helena, this first day of April, 1856. John J.
Holmes, State Auditor and Commissioner Of
Insurance.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-05-01
(9(a lleHrER MM|

The first-grade teacher struggled
with the last pair of stubborn galoshes.
Three times that day-once in the
morning and twice at noon-she had
helped IS youngsters pull their tight
fitting overshoes on or off. AS she gave
the final tug little Freddie remarked,
''TheSe aren't mine"
Counting to ten, the harassed teacher
extracted Freddies feet. He watched in
silence. When it was all over, he
volunteered, They're my sisters, but
Mommy says I have to wear them
today!"
Traffic Cop: Lady, don't you know
this is a safety zOne?"
Woman Driver: "Of course I know.
That's why drove in here.
Landlady: "a chemist formerly occu-
pied this room. He invented an explo-
sive."
New Roomer: 'And I suppose those
spots on the ceiling are the explosive?'
Landlady: mo. That's the chemist"
In a radio sidewalk interview, a
woman said she had just bought ten
dresses.
''What would any woman want with
ten dresses?" exclaimed the inter
viewer.
"Ten hats" she snapped back.
Second: well, old man, I'm afraid
you're licked now
Boxer gazing dizzily across to OPP
posite corner: ''Yeah, 1 shoulda got
him in the first round when he was
alone"
Salesman: You make a small
down payment and then you don't
make any more payments for six
months.
Customer (fIinching): Who told
you about me?
Joe was having trouble getting up
in the mornings, so his doctor pre-
scribed some pills. Joe took them,
slept well and was awake before he
heard the alarm. He took his time
getting to the office, strolled in anc
said to the boss: 81 didn't have a bit
of trouble getting up this morning. >
''That's fine" replied the boss, ''but
where were you yesterday
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-05-01
The chickens
fhof sci up
q retirement plan

The Browns put their chicken
farm NEST eggs" into Series "E
Savings Bonds. The bonds grew.
Now the Browns are taking it easy
on a lifetime vacation.
The Savings Bonds way is the
SIRE way to fulfill your dream.
Three dollars invested in Series
"E" today turn to four in nine years
and eight months. And Savings
Bonds are safe! They may be re-
placed if burned, lost or stolen.
If you'd like your Savings Bonds
interest by check every six months,
ask about Series III" Bonds. Or,
YOU may buy your Savings Bonds
automatically from your account.
Remember, when you buy Saw
ings Bonds, you invest in your own
and your country'S future.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-05-01
The crop thof never foiis
u. S. Savings Bonds

The u. S. Government does not poY for this
advertising. The Treasury Department thonks,
for their Potriotic donations, the Advertising
Council and
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-05-01

Advertisers will gladly information regarding the product service
advertised writing MONTANA
| FARN1ER-STOCKMAN."
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1956-02-15
What's Happening tic Montana's Climate
By K. Il. DIGHTMAN
State CLimzatoIOgist

about any way that we can imagine,
we simply are in much better shape
now to take severe weather than we
were at the turn of the century.
Glaciers Growing
There are several things that have
indicated, during recent years, return
to cooler average weather following the
very warm 1905. Perhaps as out
standing as any of these pieces of evil
dence is the fact that glaciers in Glacier
National Park seem to have stopped
receding. In fact, the ice faces seem to
have changed very little during the last
years or so.
This picture is not peculiar to Mon
tana, either. A trend toward cooler
and wetter weather has been noticed
several places in the Pacific Northwest
in recent years, and rapid buildups
have taken place in some glaciers in the
Cascade Mountains of Washington.
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81 Years Of Records Sbo1V
Several Changes i'm Trends

Just as important to our picture of
fluctuations in climate is the fact that
average precipitation has increased
markedly for the whole state since
1887. Here another set of comparisons
is interesting. For the ten years ending
in 1887, Montana's statewide average
precipitation was only 1925 inches,
while the ten-year average through
1855 was exactly Is inches. This is
substantial increase of 2.65 inches a
year-more than 20 per cent. The wet
test 10 years on record ended in 1915,
with an average of 17.12 inches.
Cooler and Wetter
What does all this mean? 1t means
that Montana has both cooled off and
received more precipitation since the
hot, dry 1905. Most of us know that,
but it probably is surprising to lot of
us to realize just how far Montana has
moved toward the cool, producing
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that winters IN recent years haven't
been as cold as when they were feed
ing their stock in January so or 60
years ago. There was a time about
20 years ago when we would have had
to agree that our climate was getting
warmer. But the last Is years have
shown a steady decrease in average
temperature, so this seems to be good
time to talk a little about changes we
think we have detected in Montana's
climate during the last 81 years.
While temperatures and precipitation
were measured and recorded at a few
Montana points before 1895, it was not
until 1895 that there were enough rec
Ords so that we could compute aver
ages for the state as whole Starting
with 1895, then, we have on file the
averages for both temperature and
precipitation for each year.
Now, while plotting Individual years
on graph doesn't show very much,
because of the large variations be-
tween years, we have found that by
taking averages of 1O-year periods, and
dropping the oldest years record when
adding in the newest year, most of the
erratic curves obtained by plotting each
year by itself are smoothed out.
10-Year Trends
These 10-year averages show some in
teresting things. First of all, the 10
year period with the coolest average
temperature ended in 1920, and the 10
years with the warnest average ended
in 1940 By way of comparison, the cool
10 years ended in 1920 averaged 42.0
degrees, but the warm 10 years ending
in 1910 averaged 443 degrees.
This doesn't sound like much, but
when one remembers that it means
difference of 2.S degrees warmer on
the average for each day of the year,
one begins to realize why our Montana
glaciers receded so rapidly during the
1905 and early 4O's.
We shouldn't pass this point without
noting that the average for the last 10
years, including 1855, was 42.4 degrees,
only degrees warmer than the coolest
1O-year period ending in 1920, and act
ually degrees colder than the warm
est 10-year period ending in 1910.
Now We Can Take 1t
There are some interesting sidelightS
bearing on what we now call our chang
ing climate. First, there is little doubt
that winters were tougher before about
1880 than they were on the average for
the next 10 to Is years. But there is
also little doubt about the winters
Montana has had since 1913 being jusI
about as rough as any on record.
Those of us who remember the win
tiers of 1948-49 and 1949-50 and January
1854, and then March and November O
1855, will recall the severely cold wealth
er during those spells which broke rec
Ords that had stood for over so years
One thing that is very important {,
remember when we use our memorie
in recent years is that our capacit,
to withstand cold, snowy weather i
much better now than it was so year
ago. Just compare our roads and on
present automobiles with the horse
drawn wagons and trails we had i
1905. Compare the houses, heatin
plants, and other things we had the
with what we have now.
Radio wasn't yet invented in 1900, an
electric power was still something {
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prevailed during the last half of the
18th century.
There are also few things we must
remember if we are to avoid misinter.
preting what is happening to our cli-
mate. First of all, regardless of the
general trend in any group of years,
there are sometimes years which do
not fit the overall pattern. For ex-
ample, we have only to recall that 1852
was both dry and warm But most of
the 10 years through 1855 were wet
and cool, and so the 1O-year average
was wet and cool.
Another thing is that regardless of
what the statewide averages may
show for any year or group of years,
there will be local exceptions to the
general pattern such as parts of the
area south and southwest of Billings,
which have been quite dry now for most
of several years. Then we must be very
careful about attempting to use these
trends we have observed as forecasts.
While the trends exist-they have been
measured in several ways-there is
still no sure way of telling just where
a trend in climate, once established,
will end, or even reverse itself.
Long-Range Trends
We know that trends in climate have
appeared many times, and have re-
versed themselves many times, since
the birth of Christ There is much
geological evidence that cyclical
changes in climate, as we now know it,
may have been going on for hundreds
of thousands of years. In this overall
climate change picture, if may help if
we remember that happenings of china
tic significance often have taken more
than 100 years.
One that comes to mind is the evil
dence that we have that the weather
in Greenland in the 18th and 18th
centuries was mild enough to support
agriculture along the south coast But
colder weather during following GEN.
turtles resulted in glacier advances
which covered the farms, and it was
only during recent warmer years that
Greenland glaciers receded enough to
uncover the 18th century plowshares
and other things that went with farm
ing in those days.
In terms of centuries, then, our Mon
tana records are very short only
81 years. Knowing the long-range char
acter of some of the changes in world
climate during the last few thousand
years, it would be risky to say that
our present Montana trends would con-
tinue for any length of time. While
we know that we have been riding, for
the last Is years, trend toward cooler
and wetter weather, we cannot say
whether the trends will continue OF
reverse themselves.
More Time Needed
We have followed the current trend:
for the last five years, and we have
been unable to detect any change il
them. The next five years may tell Z
different story, but it will probably
take ten years to show change if ont
takes place.
| Perhaps our successors in this jol
of working on Montana climate, 100 o
200 years from now, will have &C
cumulated enough records so change
of the kind have mentioned will
useful for forecast of future trend:
/ Right now we Sinnnlv don't have reg