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Milford chronicle., 1956-06-22

Miss Helen Coffin a student
nurse at the Methodist Hos
p;tal in Philadelphia, is en-
joying a three weeks vacation
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Potter Coffin.
Miss Mary Black, Milton, has
been awarded first place in
Delaware in the 18th National
Meat Essay Contest and Miss
Mary NAPLES. Lincoln City, was
the State winner in the Ma
tional Meat Poster Contest, for
high school students.
Mrs. Brooks Egbert of Wor-
cester, Ohio. was the overnight
guest of DR.. and Mrs. Willard
r. Pierce. Mrs. Egbert will be
remembered to Milford people
as Miss Martha Skinner, for
merly day supervisor of the
Milford Emergency Hospital.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-22
Taken from the June 10, 1895 Issue

Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Lynch of
Denver, Colorado, spent part
of last week with Mr.. and Mrs.
George NJ. Derrickson of ROx-
ana.
so&
MIR. and Mrs. Roland Walls
announce the engagement of
their daughter. Marjorie. to Mr..
Harold Quillen. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. CULLEN. all of
Milford. Miss Walls has just
returned home after spending
the past three years in Balti-
more. where she was employed.
Mr.. CULLEN was recently hon
Orably discharged from the SER
vice and is employed by the
Taylor Supply Company. The
wedding will take place in the
fall.
&o&
Miss Carolyn Tooker. daugh-
tor of Mr.. and Mrs. John Took
er. was graduated this month
from Park College. Miss Tooker
was a music major and presi-
dent of the Mu Sigma Beta
Chapter, a national music sor-
ority. She was a member of the
A Capella Choir and was on the
deans honor roll. This fall she
will teach music i'm mid
West high school. Miss Virginia
ToOker, ner sister. has just
finished her first year at the
same college.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-22
Thirty Years Ago.
Taken from the June IS, 1926 Issue

Taken from the June Is, 1926 fssu
Preston Townsend and Cow
ington Townsend, both of Selby-
vile, have returned from Staun-
ton Military Academy.
#o&
State Senator Richard Cam
of Kirkwood, aged SO years,
prominent farmer and one of
the leading Democrats of the.
State for many years, died at
3 o'clock, Tuesday morning at
the Delaware Hospital in Will
mington. Death was due to
kidney trouble.
~o#
Miss Fannie S. Harrington
last Friday submitted to Secre-
tary of State S. ID. Townsend,
Jr., her resignation as chief
clerk in the office of the State
Department at Dover. 1t is to
take effect September 80. next.
Desire TO take a much needed
rest, after 2S years of service
to the state is given as her rea-
son for leaving the position
she has held for so long.
sS$
Baseball fans throughout
lower Delaware are planning
and looking forward to June
25th when Connie Mack is
scheduled to bring his Phila-
delphia Athletics to Milford
and play a real game of base
ball for the benefit of the
Milford Emergency Hospital.
Connie Mack will manage one
team and Kid Gleason will
m mage the other. Both clubs
will be made up Of Athletic
players.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-22
TO THE RECUE!

OKLAHOMA CITY = Up - Po-
lice said a man who almost sue
ceeded in rescuing his brother
from the paddy wagon was carry
ing family loyalty too far. He was
thrown in Jail, too.
Milford chronicle., 1956-06-22

U. S. heart disease deaths de-
clined from 169 per 100000 in the
t931-35 period to 1863 in the 1851
"A period, Metropolitan Life In
surance Co. statistics indicate.
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little satisfaction to walk into a
doctors home or Office and see
his diploma hanging on the wall
with my signature on it."
The track will be owned by
the San Juan Racing Assccia-
ton. his announcement said
The association intends Ito seek
cooperation with the University
of Puerto. in order to build the
entire animal industry program
Of the island"
1T is intended to dovetail the
operation of the track into the
general economy of the island
especially in relation to agricul-
ture. he added.
THE horsemen Of the island
largely are a group of sports
men, and give every indication
Of cooperating with the track
to build better racing programs
and improve the breeding OF
horses.
There are over 600 purebred
horses on the island at present.
About 80 more (coltsD will be
ready for racing next year. In
addition. horses are constantly
being imported from the main
land"
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$50, 1913 Awarded
On Sunitory Bids

Construction contracts total
ing $60,19S were awarded to low
bidders last week BY the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission. They included:
For water and sewer main;
and house connections to serve
lis properties on various streets
Murray Hill, Prince George,
County, to Canova Bros, Inc.
College Park. on a bid of $37, 444
For the concrete encasing Of
"a 36-inch sewer and construc-
ton of a sluce-gate manholt
and seepage walls for the Ana.
costa River flood control pro.
ject. to j. j. Smarge Co., Inc.
College Park. on a bid of $11, $50
For water and sewer mains
and house connections to serve
II properties on Service drive
Wood Acres. Montgomery
County, to j. j. Smarge Co., Inc.
on a bid Of $6,828.
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CurIey Byrd Building
Puerto Rico Race Track

ment said. THE government
wants the land they now occupy
made available for Puerto Rico's
large housing program"
Praises People
He added that 'it is amazing
to know how little the average
person on the continent knows
about Puerto Rico and its peo-
pie. Impressions gained from the
actions of such as those who
shot up Congress are entirely
erroneous. Puerto Ricans are a
courteous, friendly people who
will go out of their way to be
helpful to Others"
DR.. Byrd said his Puerto
Rican associations hGve been
pleasant because about rs per
cent of all the doctors and
dentists, as we'll as many others,
are graduates of the University
Of Maryland. Gives me quite a
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virginiaSchooIs
Ask New Funds

RICHMOND, Va. Jan. 30 up.
The State Education Depart
ment is asking an additional
$2,373,867 in appropriations rec
commended in the proposed Vir-
ginia budget for 1868.
At the same time, the agency
has taken issue with a figure
purporting to show the State
will increase public school sys-
tenn operating funds by $22.-
913,9l5 over the next two years
Gov. Stanley referred to the
figure in his opening message
to the General Assembly jan
uary ii and said it was the larg-
est increase ever recommended
for schools.
The Education Department,
however, said the net increase
would be $15,425,945 under the
Stanley budget.
In an analysis Of budget sums
for schools, the agency said the
$22,913.9l5 figure included in
creases for teacher retirement
benefits through the State Re-
tirement System-money which
is not available for reimburse
ment to county and city school
boards.
The figure also included an in
creased sum put up by the State
for school purposes in 1856
the school year taken care Of
in the present budget.
Consequently, said the analy-
sis statement, the increased ap-
preparation for 1861 would
actually be only $5,423,360, while
the increase for l957-58 over
1856 would be $4,000 ,985.
In asking for an additional
81 millions. education chief
Dowell J. Howard said the money
is needed to forestall some very
serious problems in the agency's
operations.
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Shying From the Right
Seen No. | Motor Manic

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 80
(NANA) Every motorist has
his pet driving quirk, but quite
Ia few motoring manias are
shared by practically everyone
who drives our streets and high.
ways. according to safety expert
Lewis C. Markell.
Mr. Markell, president Of the
firm bearing his name head.
quartered here, known as the
worlds largest insurer of trucks
and buses. explained that the
average motorist has a subcon-
scious fear of objects on his
right. This fear manifests Itself
in two prime driving idiosyn-
IcraSies:
/. Fear of going into the ditch
at speeds in excess of IS miles
an hour. most drivers tend to
move to the left of where they
would drive at slower speeds
This deviation increases two to
three inches for every 10 miles
an hour of speed over IS miles
an hour. Thus. a motorist NOV
ling around curve at IS miles an
hour is likely to be as much as
mine inches over the center line.
This quirk makes for head-on
collisions, Mr.. Markell explained.
2. Fear of misjudging dis
tances to objects on the right
iobjects on the right shoulder or
even completely of the road, all
cause the average driver to shy
to his left. However, the distance
the driver will veer depends on
the width Of the road. On roads
only Is feet wide, the average
deviation is about three feet,
while on roads as wide as "a
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A minimum housing standards
law. which the city is now study
ing, would help relieve over
lcrowding, DR.. McGough said.
But it wouldn't be very effec-
tive unless we got additional
personnel to enforce it." he
added.
DR.. McGough said the health
department staff is the same
size as it was before the city
nearly doubled its geographical
size four years ago through an
Inexation. He said he has asked
for funds for additional man.
power every year but has been
turned down. Similar requests
are being made this year, he
said.
Housing Code Studied
A proposed housing code being
considered by the Citizens
Housing Committee would set
up minimum living space re-
quirements.
A section provides that every
dwelling shall contain 200 square
feet of floor space for the first
occupant and at least $50 square
feet for each additional. Each
room used for sleeping pur-
poses would need 100 square feet
for one occupant and rs square
feet for each additional. No
cellar space could be used as a
dwelling unit. Strict regula-
tons would be set up for use of
Easements as living quarters.
These and other health and
safety regulations would be en-
forced by the health depart
ment. A board would be set up
to hear appeals from health de-
partment orders.
A hearing on the code is
scheduled at 8 pm. Wednesday
in City Council Chambers. Copies
of the proposed code will be
distributed. Three speakers will
talk on Alexandria housing con-
ditions and housing problems in
general.
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MARYLAND-VIRGIN NEWS
TubercuIor Kin Infects
3 Alexandra Children

Overcrowded housing condi
tons in Alexandria's blightet
areas were emphasized toda!
with the disclosure that eigh
children. six of them in on
household. were infected will
tuberculosis by a visiting relativl
last fall.
DR.. Thomas F. McGough. cit.
health director. said the chill
dren in one family ranged from
to Z years old. Two-year-olt
twins were infected in the othe
home. All are colored.
Six of the victims. including
the 27-year-old man who carried
the disease. were hospitaliZed
Three children and the man ar,
still hospitalized at Freedmen
in Washington and one at Alex
andria Hospital.
disqualification has cost tn,
city more than $4,000 so far
according to DR.. McGough.
Is In Small House
Six of the victims were amonl
Is persons living in a small. sub
standard house on North Roya
street. The twins were amonI
five persons living in the bacl
rooms of another substandart
house on Queen street.
DR.. McGough said the children
contracted tuberculosis during /,
short period while the carrier
was visiting the two homes dur.
ing late summer and early fall
The man. a resident of Fair.
fax County, was reported Sep.
TENDER 8 to the Alexandra
Health Department by the Com
munity Health Center as a tn.
berculosis patient. He was re,
ported living at the Royal street
address.
DR.. McGough said the home
was checked but residents sale
the man had moved back t.
Fairfax County. After referra
to Fairfax health officials anc
re-referral back to Alexandria
the man was discovered back al
the Alexandria home September
%.
Households Checked
DR.. McGough said the health
department checked members Of
the household and discovered
the six children had been in
fected. Learning he had visited
the Queen street home. the de-
partment checked there and
turned up two more victims.
This case stresses what can
happen when an undecided car
rier and crowded housing con-
ditionS come together" said DR.
McGough. I'VE had the man in
the hospital four days after we
found him, but it was too late
then. The damage already was
done"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-30

DR.. H. c. (Curley> Byrd, ath-
lete turned coach turned univer-
sity president turned politician
is back to sports, this time build
ing a race track in Puerto Rico
DR.. Byrd is president of Balti-
more Contractors International
Inc. The company is building
the IS million track at San Juan
1t will seat approximately 5000
spectators in the grandstand,
1900 in the clubhouse and turf
club, and have enough space to
accommodate some $4,000 horse
fans in all, he said.
DR.. Byrd lost his Democratic
bid for governor of Maryland to
Theodore F. McKeldin. the in
cumbent, two years ago. He en-
tered the race after resigning as
president of the University of
Maryland. His earlier career at
College Park included a stretch
as the university's football coach.
District Men in Group
A syndicate of New Workers
and Washington men is building
the track, DR.. Byrd said. The
WashingtonianS, he said. include
Robert A. Phillipson. auditor and
accountant. and Marvin Willig
and Ray Dickey, both of the
Danzansky and Dickey law firm.
Mr.. Dickey is treasurer of the
track corporation and Mr.. Willig
is its building committee chair
man.
The race track is scheduled to
open late in July. BY then the
barns can stable about 500
horses, about 200 less than
eventual capacity. he said.
Prof. Mark NJ. Shoemaker
head of the university's Land
scaping Department, is direct
ing the new tracks handspring.
The track is being carved in a
mountainside. More than l mil
lion cubic yards Of dirt are be-
ing moved.
Two tracks in Puerto Rico
now conducting racing will cease
operations when the new track
opens" DR.. Byrd's announce
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feet, the veering is reduced by
half.
This latter driving quirk is re-
sponsible for head-on and side
swipe collisions. according to Mr..
Markell. Which could be avoided
If driving lanes we're widened.
and fixed objects moved a con-
siderable distance away from the
highway.
Mr.. Markell explained that his
company has become aware of
these motoring idiosyncracies as
a result of reports turned in to
the home Office by its 160-man
highway safety engineering force,
which maintains a 24-hour-a-
day road patrol throughout the
United States and Canada.
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Womon's Role Is Topic

Woman's role in the making of
Ia better world will be discussed
by DR.. Grace e. Frysinger, re-
tired senior home economist for
the U. S. Department of Agri-
culture, at 8 o'clock tonight in
the Mount Olivet Methodist
Church, North Glebe road. Ar
Ilington.
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IUpsoIu Choir Concert

The Upsala College Choir, Of
East Orange. NJ j.. will give a
concert at BIS pm. Satur-
day in the Springfield Methodist
Church. on Keene Mill road,
Springfield. The concert by the
65-voice group is sponsored by
pastors of the Springfield
churches.
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Building Fund Project

st. Johns Catholic Church, E.
Nido road, Falls Church, Va.
will hold its annual mid-wintei
dinner for the benefit of the
church building fund. from S tc
8 pm. Saturday at the Mclean
(Va.) High School. The dinner
is sponsored by the men of st
Johns.
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ADVERTISEMENT
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With Little Morrv

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fear OF insecure false teeth dropping,
clipping or wobbling. FASTEETH
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mummy. gooey. pasty taste Or feeling
Doesn't cause nausea IT'S aikaiiue
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Mt. Vernon School PIoy

Two performances of the play,
January Thaw." will be given
by Mount Vernon High School
students at 8 pm. on Wednes-
day and Thursday in the school.
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Moose MEETING Set

Wheaton MD Lodge IT'S Of
the Loyal Order of the Moose
will meet at $50 pm. Wednes-
day at the lodge hall on Ennalls
avenue, Wheaton.
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|. the average American factory

the average American factory
worker.
S100 for Top Man
The general director Of the
MIRA plant, who is the top man
and corresponds to the president
and general manager Of an
American factory. is Jaroslay
Chladek, a quiet, Soft-voiced,
courteous man, IS years Of age
He told me he earns 1000 crowns
per month. which is a little less
than 500.
When ! pointed out this is only
about twice what his workers
average and that in America the
heads Of factories often earn i've
to 10 times what their workers
earn or even more, he replied
that over here they accept such
low executive salaries because
they want as much as possible
distributed to the workers.
Besides conferences with the
general director, / have a long
&c conference with the chief
technical engineer Of all four
MIRA plants, a tall. quiet, 81
year-old man named vladimir
Sabach. Like the director, he is
la good member Of the Com
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munist Party. He told me he
earns 2.100 crowns or slightly
more than the general director
Already having been told that
many workers and their families
lin Prague live crowded into one
Ior two rooms, ! asked the direc-
tor what kind Of house he lived
in. He told me he has a three
room fiat in which he lives with
his wife and one child. But his
wife works in an airplane fac
tory and the grandmother looks
after the child. The chief TECH
meal engineer told me his wife
works, too.
Working Wives the Rule
It came as a surprise to me
that top executives in industry
lin a Communist country earn
only twice as much as workers
and have such low salaries that
their wives must work, too. What
is puzzling to me is this: Are
there any people left here who
have a normal family life where
the wife stays home and looks
after her children?
Textile workers here receive
free medical attention in the
plant, eat in a plant canteen a
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general atmosphere were more
relaxed than in American fac
tories.
The workers did not wear uni
forms or Stacks but were dressed
lin ordinary street clothes, wear
ing dresses many Of which were
rather attractive lowered prints
They had kindly faces. good
Ihairdo. no makeup, and in
general appeared motherly anC
benign.
As in western countries, wage:
of textile workers run lower thar
i'm such industries as steel, au.
tomobiles and mining. The wage:
lat MIRA range from 700 crown;
per month C$34l to 1900 crown:
! 1886. The average wage for all
workers is $50 crowns per month
or about SAG. Il have converted
crowns into dollars at the new
tourist rate of 81 crowns to the
dollar.)
Comparisons ! have made Of
these wage rates with American
ones in terms Of comparative pur.
chasing power indicate that the
average worker here can buy
less than a third as much as can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-12
COLLEGE NEWS
D. G Youth Receives
$500 Scholarship

received a B. S. in Education at
Miami University. Oxford, Ohio.
y -
Tri-State College, Angola, In
diana, has listed William X.
Campbell. son of Mrs. Sarah E.
Campbell, 3240 N street NV,
on the scholastic honor roll for
the summer quarter. Mr.. Camp
bell is majoring in business adj
miniStration.
X 4 -
Walter Katkovsky, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Katkovsky, 1874
Madison street NV, recently
received a Pho. from Ohio State
University.
4 \ + 4
Two Washington students re-
ceived masters degrees from the
University Of Chicago August 81
They are Carolyn Y. Fitchett
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daughter Of Dr.. and mrs. =. Ror-
ace Fitchett. 1872 Columbia road
NV. who received q master Of
arts degree in the humanities:
and Frank A. Kirk, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Richard g. Kirk, s24
Marietta place NV. who re-
ceived a master Of arts degree
in planning.
Il 4 i 4 4
Edward Leo Hagan and Broth
er Bernard "A. Shaeffer Of ST.
Johns College, 1925 Vermont
avenue NV, received Master OF
Education degrees at the Uni
versity Of Pittsburgh summer
commencement.
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Don't Ask Question

HUTCHINSON. MINI. Hl.--
The jokester who asks the
Hutchinson resident do you
think it's going to rain?' better
get ready to duck. Over one
eight-day period this summer
the skies dumped almost IL
| inches of rain. One farmer re-
ported carp swimming in his
cornfield.
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COLLEGE NEWS

An award Of $500 for the COM
ing academic year has been
made by the Shapiro Bros. Fac
tors Corp, scholarship fund to
Robert William King, 724 Rox-
boro place NV.
X X
Donzel S. Loker, 6701 Bradley
boulevard, Bethesda, was gradu-
ated recently from Gettysburg
College, Gettysburg, Pa, with a
Bachelors Degree in business
administration.
- X 4 \
Margaret Anne Moore, 6040
Brook drive, Falls Church, has
nourishing meal at a fixed price
Of % crowns (about IA cents1
and have a liberal system OF
old-age pensions and sickness
benefits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-12

Recently / visited a tate-owned
and operated textile factory here
in Prague, the MIRA plant, to
learn at first hand how much
workers make and how working
conditions compare with those
In America.
The MIRA plant here has 800
workers, 80 per cent Of whom
are women, and is part of a four
plant state textile trust with
$500 employees. They make
cloth, and various kinds Of
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washable, no-lron cotton
BLOUSES
BY Land.n.ssa
l 50
washable, no-lron colon

Fetching drip-dy cottons in white,
gold, black, red. beige, turquoise Or
green solid colors, Or the overblouse
in block. turquoise Or red stripes. All
in sizes 32-38.
Down stqis Store. Hlouses
-. also Bethesda Budget Store
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Most Czech Wives Work
And Many Children, Too
By JOHN B. CRANE

PRAGUE czechoslovakia Although and living stand
rising the few the
average factory worker here still extremely difficult to
This especially true of married workers with
small children.
AS . result it is customary for work too the
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women's and children's clothing,
ranging from undertakings and
pajamaS to dresses and pullovers
Favorable Impression
My general impression of the
workers was a very favorable
one. The work rooms were clean
and the tempo of work and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-12

Mr. Crone is an American syndicate
writer visiting cxeehoslovokio with
his wife.
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MISSES SUITS
22.'5

Handsome. fully lined suits Of so'6 wool and
zo00 Doeron A blended fobrie noted for
strength and durability, wrinkle resistont and
shape retoinino. Charcoal oroy, brown or green
in sizes 10 to 8.
Down Stairs Store, Goats and Suits
;. !. oso Bethesda Budget Store
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AIexundrions Ask
Better Lighting

Better lighting of Alexandria S
downtown business area has been
urged by a committee of the
eity's Chamber of Commerce.
The Traffic and Highway
Safety Committee has recon-
mended the city make a survey
to determine the best type OF
street lighting for traffic and
pedestrian safety.
The committee also favored
the installation of equipment or
emergency vehicles which coulc
control traffic lights by radio
beams. The committee said suct
equipment would reduce the
number Of accidents involving
emergency vehicles and reduce
the city's loss from these &C.
cidents which repeatedly cost
OboIt $1,000 a month.