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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02
Twist OF the Wrist

Now that the frost is on the pun
kin and the folders in the shock,
and small fry are bobbing for
apples, it would be a good time to
sit back and consider whether to-
days TV is trick or treat.
The expansion of television COW
erage over the nation in recent
years has been phenomenal. It's
swift grip on our attention and
much of our leisure has threatened
every other form of entertainment
including the pleasure of read
ing. But, has TV improved as it
has expanded? Does it teach as
well as amuse? Can it inspire us
as well as sell,us the sponsors pills,
puddings or platforms. Is it a
stimulant or an opiate?
The answer lies within ourselves.
Program variety-what. with the
costly spectacularsL the ancient
movies, the colossal give-away
shows, the news-reels, panel inter-
views, documentaries, sports, trav-
elogues and adventures-in-science
gives the hand that twists the dial
the power to fill the mind with sub
stance or with drivel. What the
trend is, will depend of course
on which type of material most of
us turn to.
For instance, we have watched
with interest an unpretentious
Crossroads" and cherished the
'low-budget" production called
Crossroads" and cherished the
hope that 1t can hold its own
against the glamour extravaganzas
and the get-rich-quick shows-for
its fate could well indicate whether
we prefer to nourish the spirit or
crafty the flesh. It's temperance
this fall with fresh new dramas
out of the lives of clergymen sug-
gests that it can compete on its
own terms-and that it will never
run dry. We can well imagine
that, as each new story is unfolded,
new material has flooded in to the
producers. For, after all, every
minister, every priest and every
rabbi is a hero to his own congre-
gation-and countless are the
stories that are worth telling.
Crossroads has displayed the
tenacity and zeal of the crusader
for which increasing numbers of
viewers are surely grateful. And
certainly its growing appeal is a
tribute to the good taste of its
sponsors, the Chevrolet dealers of
America, and their appreciation
of the widespread hunger for spir-
itual nourishment.
With nv what it is this season,
we should be able to tune our way
to rewarding entertainment, infor-
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02
TN THE AIR FORCE"
By Elaine townsend Dicksrsor

October 29, 1856
1881 Mayo
Topelta, Kansas
And a Happy Monday
Morning to Youi
/ feel closer to you this week. We
watched Dave Garroway's To-day"
television show this morning for
the first time in months, just be-
cause you are on standard time,
and so are we and it makes our
programs appear at a decent Sour
again. The midwest stays Gu stan
dsrd time all summer and we'rS two
hours away from you then, instead
of. one.
Just guess what I did this week?
painted, but that isn's too unusu-
al any more, since we bought our
Lixens-Foster home. On Friday
Hayes had a mission in his BAT
and while he was away all day /
thought it would be an excellent
time to paint under the caves in
front of the house. We have a lad
der rented from the housing Office,
but it has several rungs missing.
Clever me, / thought that wasn't
too safe, so hauled out one of our
foot lockers and turned it up on its
end, climbed aboard with my paint
can and started painting away.
Several dozen times | had TO get
down to wipe paint off the front
window panes, or get some kero-
sene, or get rag to wipe. the
grey paint off my mouth, eye brows.
etc. During one of these descend
ing trips / was on the ground be-
fore was quite ready to be. /
turned my ankle and then placed
my los pounds on top of it, My
ankle hurt so, that / couldn't get
up and yet / could feel all the
neighbor eyes watching this anna
teurish painter at work. So / laid
there methodically searching our
dry. scorched, dead grass for four
leaf clovers. AS soon as / could, /
went into the house, shed my
clothes and got in a hot tub of
water. BY this time I had a real
coIorful goose egg where my skin
ny ankle Used to be.
/ called two r. N. friends for
instructions about treating my
sprained ankle. That night when
Hayes returned l gave him blow
by blow description you can be
sure and also told him, Daddy says
| for you to take me Ic the doctor. :"
That brought reaction. your Dad
dy?" 1t just happened that my par
ents called a couple of hours after
the accident and l gave my SYM
| pathetic parents my complete med
ical report. The following day we
had a bachelor here for dinner so
you can visualize how serious my
catastrophe really was.
We had another catastrophe in
our family this week. Shasta had
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02
BABSON DISCUSSES OLD BUSINESSES

ter which fiourished 1900 years
ago at Athens, Greece, has been
buried for many centuries. John
D. Rockefeller is now rebuilding
this as a lesson to cheer merchants
who cannot now afford to change
to a new shopping center"
MERCHANTS MUST BE
PROGRESSIVE
During Bible days the chief mu-
sical instrument was the harp. This
gradually developed into the piano.
Musical instrument stores which
refused to sell pianos were prob
ably forced out of business. Yet
more harps are being sold today
than ever before. We once thought
that Kerosene would kill the can
die business; that gas would kill
the Kerosene business; and that
electricity would put gas out of
business. Yet more candles, more
kerosene, and more gas were sold
last year than ever before.
Why do I write this column to-
day? My reason is to prevent any
manufacturer or merchant from
hastily giving up without having
soloe expert make study of his
business, prospective parking lots,
and needed changes. Such mer-
chant should not be in a hurry to
sell or give UP, but it is wise for
him to keep out of debt and to ad-
vertise. Then he viii have very
little to worry about. Sometimes !
think that when the next business
depression does come, it win be
due to the worries of manufactur-
ers, retailers, and especially the
consumers, who are most import
ant of all.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02
A TIME FOR TACT

1t is only if America now shows tact
that we will see the events in Poland re-
dound to our advantage. The Polish people
were ready to rise in arms not principally
because of American nel;cies, but because
of the failure of Russian-imposed economy
and the control which Russis. and its Stain
lied Gauleiters imposed upon the people of
Poland. They wanted bread and freedom.
If we brag and take credit for the gains
they have just made, we will only insult
them. For years now they have had hate
America propaganda drummed into them.
They have seen nc tangible evidence of AM
erican aid They were prevented from re-
ceiving Marshall Plan aid because of the will
of Stain and the actions of .Molotov, who
was following Stalin's Instructions
If in our policy and comment we try to
let them understand for themselves, if we
refrain from boasting and trying to give
ourselves the credit for what they ruay now
begin to do, then we have better chance to
reach them and eventually to establish better
and more sympathetic relationships with
Poland. This is a time for TACT not bragga-
dOcio.
But some Americans and some newspa-
pers have already begun to boast. And by
boastlng here, Americans only stand a good
chance to play into the hands of the Kremlin
The Soviet leaders have already tried to
blacknlail the Poles by calling some of them
American agents.
1t is an excellent rule for us to allow
Khrushchev and his collective leaders" to
make themselves ridiculous instead of MAX
ing ourselves appear in that undignifed light.
And this we can do best by acting with tact
and intelligence
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02

days newspaper headlines are
now on Egypt, which appears to
have Is great nations eating out
of it's hand! The great wheels even
of history are slowly but con-
stantly revolving. This means we
should carefully avoid using two
words - "Dcw" and always" -
In connection with an art, pro-
fession, a business, or even a ma
ton, or religion.
THE BIBLE AND ECONOMIC
HISTORY
However readers may disagree
as to the Importance of daily BIZ
BILE reading, the Bible gives us an
excellent review of what busi-
nesses have continued through the
centuries. Bankers, lawyers. and
tax collectors existed then as now.
Jesus even spoke a good word for
the bankers luke XIX although
He did not want them TO carry on
their business in the Temple. Fish
ing has also survived and much
of it is being carried on in the
same old-fashioned way.
When we realize that stocks and
bonds were unknown several CEN
turtles ago, one wonders at their
permanence; yet / forecast that
some form of investment will ex-
ist. Real estate has served that
purpose for thousands of years.
Just now we hear much about
Shopping Center; but the down.
town Main Street merchant who
will adapt his merchandise and
hours to new conditions has little
to fear. The Stoa, in the worlds
once most beautiful shopping cen
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02

nation and inspiration. Let the
billiards comet
$3.50
@Charity Begins AT HOme0
Neighborliness, the business OF
helping out the other fellow when
he is in need, is not properly a
Federal, State or even County re-
sponsibility, but the application
person-to-person, of simple Chris
tian ideas, and leadership IN the
application of these ideas is the
logical function of local religious
groups.
These views, expressed by Mon
seigneur John O'Grady of Wash
ington, D. O., Secretary of the
National Conference of Catholic
Charities, provide a thumbnail sum-
mary of the forty-second annual
conference of that body in Buffalo
N. Y. It was the consensus. of the
meeting that in today world we are
facing more confused, more deli
cate and more difficult problems
than ever before; that in America
as elsewhere, there is a growing
tendency to rely on Government
experts to solve our personal prob
lens for rs and that it is of the
utmost Importance for individuals
to develop their own potentialities
Where help is needed, it, is the
'sneighbor''-in the form of local
religious groups-who can most
effectively play the good samaritan
in the opinion of the conference.
.Monseigneur Raymond ]. Gala
CHER, of Cleveland, chairman OF the
program committee urged that
Catholic charitable organizations
join together with those of other
faiths for greater service to their
fellow man since christianity is
like a spring whose function is to
flow out upon the world bringing
comfort and refreshment." He criti-
.cized the Catholics unnatural ex-
.clusiveness" and Tack of associ-
alton with other groups in the de-
velopment of cooperative Christian
action. This, he felt was original
ly due TO the feeling of bitterness
toward Catholics by other groups
in an earlier day-but which has
been outmoded by common sense
and the growing feeling of Christian
brotherhood among all faiths.
The city of Buffalo itself-scene
of the conference-provides elo-
quent testimony to the plea of the
meeting for "do-it-yourself" char
ity versus Government paternalism.
During the past year. Catholic
charities in that city raised enough
money-nearly tive million dollars
to take care of all the people
needing assistance! Thus, delegates
to the conference may well return
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02

BABSON PARK, Mass, Novem-
ber $50 much is published today
about electronics, atomic energy,
and new gadgets of all kinds that
have been investigating what
businesses have survived through
out the centuries. Let this weeks
column give you my report.
WHAT EGYPTIAN HISTORY
TEACHES
Probably the best evidence of
what businesses are the oldest is
to be found in ancient Egyptian
Tombs of several thousand years
ago. They all contain ceramic
ware, jewelry, musical instruments,
tapestries aud pictures. Although
all these asts have had their ups
and downs or cycles-they con-
tinue to exist. Religion has also
been a "big business" alternating
between great influence and bar
barrie persecution. Gold, silver,
and fine architecture have repre-
sented wealth throughout history.
Although the Egyptian art and
music of those early days seem
crude to many of us, yet modern
art and jazz have now returned to
it. This definite cycle has taken
place several times during the past
1000 years. In fact, the cycle is
shown in the history of Egypt it
self.
Three thousand years ago Egypt
was the richest and most pro-
gressive nation in the world. Then
a decline came which brought pow
erty and chaos. finally dropping
that nation into the lap of Great
Britain as its poorest colony. To-
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02
Washington Letter : By Robert Nelson TaYlor

to their homes with the Biblical
admonition Go thou and do like
wise, fresh and strong in their
minds.
Americans of all faiths every
where should be grateful to this
Buffalo eonvocation for the clear
picture it has drawn of mans OBJ
legation to man, and the means of
fulfilling that obligation-and a.
voiding the pitfall of socialism.
Should Have Asked Harry First
The formal reply of the White
House to the Stevenson proposal
to put an end to the testing of
hydrogen bombs, supports the wide
ly-held suspicion that the Demo-
cratic candidate has launched his
Stanley C. Allyn is a seasoned
quate information on the subject.
Specifically, resumption of halted
tests would require not the eight
weeks Mr.. Stevenson spoke of but
as much as year or two. Further,
the strontium 80 fallout he most
fears is caused not by hydrogen
fusion bombs but by atomic fission
weapons which Mr.. Stevenson
would continue testing.
AS the President reiterated in
lis Madison Square Garden speech,
the vital matter is not testing such
weapons, but through a position of
strength, making their use. i'm
possible in future wars"
Most important perhaps, this doc
umented reply made clear that the
Acc and other Government agen-
cies were studying these problems
long before Mr. Stevenson sug-
gested his panacea-and will con-
'inue their constant and organized
studies.
They Shall Not Scram
The news that 2 family of three
bound for Russia were prevented
from sailing from New York on
the Queen Elizabeth the other day
is in pleasant contrast to the fail
ure to halt the earlier departure
of three-year-old Tanya Chwastov
aboard the Queen Mary.
James L. Hennessy, executive
assistant to immigration Commits
sioner Joseph NJ. Swing. told Sem
ate Investigators that he had been
ordered to stop little Tanya "at
any cost, and that, under the law,
this might have included forfeiture
of the huge liner by Britain to the
u. S. He instructed the Customs
Service, he said, to hold up clear
snce of the vessel until his immi-
grafton men found the youngster.
Later. he withdrew the order fear
ing he lacked authority to make it
stick.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02
Ken. Home Doings
by CHARLOTTE L. SWANSON
Honre Demonstration Agent

November 8th is an important
day for Kent County Home Demon
stration Club Memberships the
date for the 1856 Achievement Day
program. The place is the Capital
Grange Hall, in Dover; the time
1000 to 300.
The program for Achievement
Day will be an interesting one for
everyone. Do you like fashion
show? You will see one featuring
dresses which were made in the
project schools last spring. Did
you always want to travel? You
will hear reports of trips to Texas
and the Near East.
Mrs. Francis Raughley, president
of the Kent County Home Demon
stration Council, will preside at the
meeting. Group singing will be
led by Miss Margaret Black al
ways a favorite with Delaware
Homemakers. A report of the Ma
tional Home Demonstration C0un-
ell meeting which was held in
Texas will be given by Mrs. Clyde
Campbell, Hartley
The activities of the Home DEM
onstration clubs for 1856 will be
summarized and reported in
panel discussion by Mrs. Robert
Mercer. Milford with Health chair
man, Mrs. Leonard French. Mil
ford; Safety chairman, Mrs. George
Meyer, Dover; Citizenship chair
man, Mrs. Cliord Clark, Kenton;
and Family Life chairman, Mrs.
Harvey Fifer, Dover.
A former Kent County Home
Demonstration scholarship recipi-
ent, Mrs. Mary Ann Simpson Teats,
will talk to the group about her
activities since her graduation
from the University of Delaware
in 1855. Mrs. Donald Quasi. Dover,
will discuss Art Appreciation.
HighIights of the program will
be slide talk by Mrs. Duanne
Lynn, of Milford. on a recent tour
of the Near East and a Fashion
Fhow featuring garments which
were made in the project schools
last spring.
Exhibits of things which have
been made by Home Demonstration
club members in the past year
will he shown. Luncheon will he
served by the Capital Grange. Make
vour reservations through your
club president right away.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02
University News
Sixth Annual
Parents Conference

Parents Conference
Henry Gerstenberg, a. senior in
the School of Engineering is one
of three student members of the
Parents Day Planning Committee
which is arranging the program
for the Sixth Annual Parents Con-
ference to be held at the Univer-
sity of Delaware on November 10.
Patricia Samples, junior arts
and science student, and Alfred ].
Walter, Jr., of Wilmington, presi-
dent of the Student Government
Association, are also members of
the committee under the chairman
ship of Miss Margaret Black.
Special features of the Satur-
day program disclosed today by the
committee included an announce
ment that all parents attending the
conference would be the guests of
the university at the Delaware
Rutgers football game and that a
tea for parents will be held by
President and Mrs. John A. Perk-
ins Immediately following the ath-
letic contest. Kickoff for the game
at Delaware Stadium is scheduled
for 1:30 D. m. The tea will begin
at approximately 400 p. m. and
will be held in the, HiIarium of
Warner Hall.
Other features of the program
will include an address by DR..
Perkins at the opening session,
900 to $50 a. m. in Mitchell Hall,
discussions groups for parents and
student advisers, individual con-
ferences, and luncheon with sons
and daughters in Kent and old Col
lege dining halls.
Parents Day serves to familiar
ize the parents of new students
with the University of Delaware,
its purpose, regulations, offerings
and workings. At the same time,
the conference provides a fuller
understanding of higher education
and the problems involved when
students make the transition be-
tween high school and college.
Other faculty and staff serving
as members of the Parents Confer
ence Committee are: DR.. Evelyn II.
Cliff, Harold c. Condra, w. Fran
els Lindell, DR.. Wallace II. Nav
and Stanley G. Thomas. Student
groups assisting in the program
are the Student Government Asso-
citation, Alpha Phi Omega service
fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa
Society, Tassel, the Delaware STU
dent Teachers Association and the
junior counselors.
The program:
8:30-9:00 a. m. - Registration,
Mitchell Hall.
9:0O-9:3O a. m.-Opening Session,
Mitchell Hall.
9:30-11:00 a. m. - Discussion
Groups, to be announced.
11:a0 a. m. to 100 p. m.-Indiyid-
uaI Conference, to be arranged.
1z:15-1:30 p. m.-Luncheon, Kent
and Old College Halls.
1:30-4:00 p. m.-Football game,
Delaware Stadium.
4:00-5:O0 p. m.-President's Tea,
Warner Hall Hilarium.
DIR. B. F.. Skinner, Professor at
Harvard, TO Visit the
University of Delaware
DR.. B. F. Skinner, professor OF
Psychology at Harvard University,
will visit the campus of the Uni
versity of Delaware on Tuesday,
November 6, during his Mid-Atlan-
tic tour as Sigma Xi national lee
turer for 1956-57.
''The Experimental Analysis of
DR.. Skinner for his address in Old
College Lounge at 500 p. m.
A native of Pennsylvania. DR..
Skinner taught at the Universities
of Minnesota and Indiana before
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02
EVERYBODY'S CAMPAIGN

The young man had just moved from a
populOus industrial state in the East to an
agricultural area in the Middle West. At
the first party he attended the conversation
was almost all about politics, and the dis
cussion was spirited.
The new guest was amazed to find such
concern about farm problems among city
people. He was inclined to toss off agricul-
ture as relatively unimportant in the cam
paign, and it was plain he considered his new
friends blind to the great issue of public
versus private control of power for industry.
He was reminded that his new state of
Wisconsin also belonged to the Union along
with all the other predominantly agricultural
states. At the same time, the others in the
room couldn't miss the hint that maybe they
should pay more heed to the worries of the
eastern states.
People inclined to sneer a bit at the usual
candidates custom of trying TO provide
something for everybody would do we'll to
try occasionally to see the United States as
whole, as candidates for national office have
to. Agriculture, industry, power, natural re-
sources, problems of health and welfare, and
a variety of regional issues are all part of
America.
Few persons can know enough or be wise
enough to see the solution for man of these
problems at once, but they all exist and all
deserve attention. It is the business of the
leaders of the federal government to try to
understand them all and to move toward
gains IN as many as possible of the difficult
situations.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02

Girl Scout trooDs in the PENN
sula Council number II.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-02
ELECTION EVE PRAYER

Recently friend brought III what he
called "A Prayer for Election Eve" We want
to share it with readers who may feel, as we
do, that reverence and humility are good
qualities to have in mind at election time:
Dear God, let us approach the polling
places next Tuesday with wonder and with
reverence, mindful of what it has cost in
blood and sacrifice to make it possible for
us to vote unafraid.
Give us the wisdom to know that what we
believe about politics is not the beginning
and end of all wisdonl-that there may be,
and probably is, some right on the other side
Make us aware that other men all over
the world are watching us as we vote, some
with envy and some with cynicism Let this
election, whatever its result, be a testament
to the ability of a free people to select their
own leaders.
Help us to vote honestly Danish preiu-
dices and personal spite from our hearts as
we mark our ballots
Make us humble. When the votes are
finally counted let neither joy at the triumph
of our ideas nor disappointment at their reG
lection keep us from standing united behind
the men given the task of leading us.
Let what we do next Tuesday be form
of prayer-a recognition of Thy power and
glory, and a reflection of Thy dignity with
which we are endowed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-18
Jury Awards $1,000
For Broken Leg

A jury in the United States
District Court for the District Of
Columbia yesterday returned a
verdict for $4,000 damages in
favor of a 72-year-old man for
right leg fractures suffered in
December, 1858, when struck by
an automobile.
He is Grover c. Nicholson, Of
1888 u street Sc, who was cross
ing at Eighth and F streets NE.
when struck.
The verdict was against Hays
wood Camp, colored, of the 900
block of Twenty-flrst street NE,
driver of the automobile.
Mr.. Nicholson was represented
by Attorney Leo N. MCGUIRE.
Attorney Everett M. Raffel rep
resented Mr.. Camp. Judge Rich
mond B. Keech presided at the
trial.