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Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05

public misunderstanding and dis
satisfaction" A year and a half
ago, Congressman Paul c. Jones
(Dem), of Missouri, in commenting
on a constituents blast against
the Act, told Congress: Expert
ence has taught us that the legis-
lation which which became
P. L. 1919 was not in the interest
of the general public, and that it
should be repealed as quickly as
possible"
Okay Congress, Well pay four
cents an ounce on first class mail
if you say so. But while you're at
it, for Heavens sake straighten out
the parcel post mess.
Timely Show
An unexpected assist from the
presently stalemated Suez crisis
lends new drama and Significance
to the 1856 observance of Oil Pro-
gress Week-from October 14th to
goth. Just as we never miss the
water Tor OLD till the well runs
dry, the prospect of serious dis
ruption of Middle East oil supplies
inevitably throws the spotlight on
petroleum production here at home
Actually, we don't use much OF
the Mid-East oil ourselves, since
the bulk of it goes to Western Eur
ope. But if Western Europe is cut
off, we undoubtedly will be called
upon to provide the Free Countries
with vitally-needed oil supplies.
Thus, underlying all the mardi-
gras features of the week, such
[as the selection of service station
munities as Ambassadors of Coco
WIFI, prize drawings, parades
beauty queens, open house at re
fineries. oil field and distribution
installations, speeches and lun-
cheons and dinners, is the deadly
serious question of our own OF
upplies-especially during the
upcoming winter season of peal
demand
!. And while the basic purpose o.
Oil Progress Week is to show th'
j. American people how the oil in
dustry operates, and the benefits
| that flow from free, competitive
i enterprise, it will also demonstrate
7 that this nation is self-sufficient il
i, providing needed petroleum pro
ducts in times of stress.
The animated color motion pic
ture Destination Earth. which
will have its premiere in towns al
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05

high tide from the natives, and
selling it at low tide to the sum-
mer visitors; but | guess this rule
is now outdated, Waterfront prop
erty in northern and central states
can, however, usually be purchased
for less during winter snowstorm
than on beautiful day in summer
Special bargains can often be Sc
cured just before subdivisions,
shopping centers, and other real
estate developments are to be
started.
Beware OF Land That Has Been
Overlooked
When buying waterfront with
which you do not have a lifelong
acquaintance, it is well to learn
whether it has ever been flooded
This especially applies to lake or
river frontage. The best test OF
such property is to study the
character of the buildings nearby
and the trees, shrubbery, etc. II
may even be wise to spend a day
studying files of the local news
paper covering the last fifty years.
Although it is safe to build only
above and beyond the possibility
of destructive floods, yet the ma
tional and state governments are
constantly working on flood con-
troll. Hence. it is reasonable to
believe that flooding will be less
rather than more in future years
This. however, does not apply to
ocean frontage. No means have
yet been discovered to eliminate
ocean storms and hurricanes. but
certain non-erosiop work now be-
ing carried on bv the Norton L.
Holmes Co. of Lake Wales. Fla. is
worthy of careful attention.
0ufb0ard Motors And Land Prices
Every new outboard motor sold
should add penny to the value
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05

Gloucester, Mass, Oct. 4. A few
final days of my annual vacation
here on the .Island of Cape Ann, !"
including Gloucester and Rockport,
convince me that the best invest
ment program is not necessarily
to confine yourself to stocks and
bonds.
Growth OF Population Versus
Growth Of Land
The population of the United
State is constantly increasing.
Prices, salaries and wages are also
constantly rising. However, the
amount of waterfront will be no
greater 100, or even 1000 years
hence than exists today. Stocks and
bonds can be manufactured indefi-
nitely by stocks dividends, stock
splits, spin-offs and other printing
press methods; but it is impossible
to increase waterfront property
except by dredging.
The above statement applies not
only to ocean frontage. but also to
river and lake frontage. 1t also ap-
plies to close-by interior property
with a direct, short right-of-way
to the water. This, however, should
be carefully protected by proper
deeds and restrictions.
Where And When To Buy
Although the field furthest away
looks greenest," such waterfront
land in the community in which
you live, or on land nearby. is US
uaIIy the safest You know the
"outs" about such property, which
YOU do not now about other prop
erty. Although all such land, in
cluding well-located house lots.
NAV be attractive. you will profit
most bv buying land bv the acre
before it is sold by the foot.
A local real estate broker might
advise buying ocean frontage at
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05
Safety Council Notes

"Drive right, slow down at
night"
In these words, Col. Harry S.
Shew, superintendent of the Della
ware State Police, yesterday en-
phaSizeC the necessity of reducing
speed at night. Col. Shew spoke on
safety after dark which the Della
ware Safety Council is emphasizing
this month.
Darkness reduces visibility. so
the distance you can see at night
is greatly limited" Col Shew said.
"A good rule of thumb is to travel
at speed that is slow enough to
enable you to stop within the dis
tance covered by your headlight
BEAM"
Even when travelling at lowered
speed, the drive is still in greater
danger of an accident at night than
in the daytime, SO he must. increase
his vigilence, Col Shew said. He
especially cautioned drivers to
watch out for pedestrians dressed
in dark clothing and for vehicles
with dim lights or no lights at all.
"Be sure your own lights are in
good condition. he warned. MAKE
it habit to turn on your driving
| lights at the first hint of dusk,
and always use them properly. Use
the upper beam only on rural high
ways when no approaching car is
within 1000 feet. Dim your lights
even though an oncoming driver
fails to dim his"
It's also important that all parts
of your car be in top condition.
Because danger is much closer be-
/. fore you can see it in the darkness,
night driving makes sure mechani-
cal response a must, Col Shew said.
Here are few more dos and
don'ts the Col mentioned. Be sure
your lights are turned on before
you pull onto a thoroughfare at
night. Don't wear tinted glasses at
night. Never stop on the travelled
portion of the highway at night;
pull completely off the road, leav-
ing parking and dome lights on.
/ If you must have full headlamps
on, dim them. It's also good idea
to have your directional light flash
ing. Carry flares for use in emer-
gencies. All of these precautions
help to let other drivers know
you're stopped.
"And remember" Col. Shew said.
1.-THE most important rule of all
lis: BE your brothers keeper At
night it's twice as important 10
give the other fellow the benefit of
the doubt in traffic"
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05
Campus Calendar
Highlights Giver

October 5: Football Game. Del
aware VS.. Lafayette. Kickoff at
200 p. M, Delaware Stadium. -.
October 10: Cross Country. Del
aware VS.. Lehigh. White Clay Creek
Course at 400 p. m.
October IL: Artists Series Con-
cert-Flor Peters. Organist. Nit
chell Hall at 8:15 p. m.
October 13: Soccer Game. Del
aware VS.. Franklin and Marshall.
Frazer Field at 11:00 a. m.
October 13: Homecoming Foot
ball Game. Delaware VS.. Bucknell.
Kickoff at 200 p. M, Delaware
Stadium.
October Is: Graduate Lecture by
DR.. Alan Gowans, Chairman of the
Art Department, University of Del
aware. Topic: Quebec and Vir-
ginia-Two Concepts of the Clas-
sic in Architecture" Room 220
Hullihen Hall, at 4:20 p. m.
October II: Winterthur Lecture
by Miss Helen McKearin, New
York City, N. Y. Topic: Glass
Tableware Used in Eighteenth
Century America" Wolf Hall Au-
ditorium at 8:15 p. m.
October IT: University of Del
aware Open House. All Day. Labo-
ratories, dormitories, the Library
and other buildings open for in
spection. Staff members available
for conferences from 1:30-5:3e
| p. m.
October IS, 19, 20: ESP Univer.
sity Theatre Performance-"The
Glass Menagerie." Mitchell Hall al
Sis p. m.
October 20: Cross Country. Del
aware VS.. SwarthmOre. White Clay
Creek Course at 200 p. m.
October %: Lecture by DIR. Arm
old NJ. Clark, Professor of Biology
University of Delaware. Topic
Radiation and Human Heredity.
Lecture Hall, Wilmington Institute
Free Library, at 500 p. m.
October %. %, "a: Choral Festi-
| val. Mitchell Hall at SIS p. m.
October 26: Soccer Game. Del
aware VS.. Washington College
Frazer Field at 800 p. m.
October 80: New Castle County
Home Demonstration Achievement
Day. Auditorium, Agricultural Hall
1000 a. m. to 800 p. m.
October 30: E-52 Lab Theatre
Performance. Mitchell Hall at S:ls
p. m.
CFor further details please cal
the University's Office of Alumni
and Public Relations-Newark EN
S-S511, Ext. 391.)
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05
Don't Forget 1919

Certain as New Years is another
request to Congress for four cent
stamps for our letters-and it's
an odds-in bet that Congress will
oblige the Post Office.
The need for increasing postal
revenue hardly needs debating, nor
will the average citizen citizen be
too upset over paying another
penny for his stamp. But, in its
consideration of this new legislation
our lawmakers should investigate
additional sources of postage mon
ey-and the desirability of giving
the tax-paying stamp-licker some
thing in return for his added con-
tribution.
Both of these highly desirable
ends can be achieved by undoing a
legislative mistake of 1951-by re-
pealing the destructive and obnoxi-
Gus Public Law 1879. This is the
law which cut in half the size OF
parcel post packages and reduced
acceptable weight more than two
| thirds. This is the law that created
three different sets of mailing rules
to replace the one uniform regula-
! fion which had served America SC
we'll for 90 years. Endless confu-
sion, truslration and greatly in
creased COSTS have been the inevi'
table result.
This idiotic law was passed, not
because the Post Office wanted it
hut because So railroads wanted
ito put their whOlly-owned rail
way express agency in the parce
post business. But, in four years
it has benefited no one-not ever
the railroads or the express agency
1t is estimated that it costs thi
railroads upwards of $125 million
a year in out-of-pocket losses t.
keep their private express business
alive. In addition, they lose man.
millions a year in profitable parce
post haulage fees they might other
wise have gotten from Uncle Sam
Public Law 199 costs the Pos
Office Department $40 million ;
year in net revenue loss. The mil
lions it costs American businesses
big and small (but most of then
4 ssinalD, farmers, merchants an
householders are beyond calcula
ton. In a plea to Congress for re
lief from this legislative ill-wind
The Postmaster General states
"Public Law 1919 has create
operational difficulties, losses @
postal revenues and widespread
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05
1881 Mayo
Topeka, Kansas
SeDtember 80. 1856


September 80, 1856
Dear Friends:
This week certainly has been
full of diversified activities. Want
to hear about them?
Monday morning / went to
neighborhood scout organization
meeting. | am not a leader or
even a co-leader this year, but am
in charge of publicity for this dis
trict. A job l had no business
accepting, but you yourself know
how pleased your youngsters are
when you have some official title
connected with scouts, PTA, or
even a room mother. That after
noon | was all set to go to my
every other week bridge club and
a car outfront signified to me that
the painters were descending upon
1881 Mayo. There have been ru-
mors in this Likens-Foster add
tion that one, of the hoard of
painters, was left mentally derang-
ed from World War III. ] tried to
size this man up aud see if this
was the painter | hoped to elude.
| told him it was impossible to
have the painting done early in
the week and maybe he could come
back Wednesday or Thursday. He
left and my next door neighbOr
came outside shaking her head
negatively. It seems / did the
wrong thing by letting him leave
even though was unlucky enough
to draw the mentally sick painter.
Tuesday afternoon l found an
old, old friend. / played bridge
that afternoon at Mrs. Robert Nc
Lendon's house. / noticed in one
of her bedrooms she had an up
right piano exactly like the one
that my mother had early in her
married life, the piano which fur
nished my sisters and my wedding
music. We traded this piano in
on a new one last Christmas and
Mayme McLendon had bought it
for her daughter to begin taking
piano lessons. 1t was kinda nice
to know it was once again in good
hands.
Tuesday evening l received
three long distance phone calls
and with each one | wondered if
Hayes was calling and had been
taken off the survival trek be-
cause of illnesS. NY first call was
from Jim Kelley, formerly OF
Lewes, Delaware, now living in
| Chicago. Jim makes frequent trips
to Kansas City for his company
ysr,p a p n
| for almost a year now, to a WISH
from Jim, Hayes University OF
Delaware classmate and Sigma M
"brothers." Well, with Hayes away
again, we had to postpone his visit
until October. | told Jim not tC
put off his visit any longer than
! that, because knowing SAC Hayes
might be off on another jaunt af-
| ter being home one whole month.
The second call was from my
father telling me he had taken
care of our over expired license
tag on our. station wagon. (We
keep our Delaware tags.) My third
call was from Carbondale, Kan
sas. and it was from Hayes pilot
who wanted some information on
| Christmas leaves. We're planning
on coming to Delaware to welcome
Saint Nick. Hope it materializes.
Wednesday morning | arranged
| a coffee ct my house in honor OF
| Gene Shirley's seth birthday. While
all that gang of cackling hens was
| here Hayes called from Reno. My
| first communication from him In
eight days, I'll tell you more about
his survival in the mountains in
another column, but l will tell you
he lost Is pounds during this or
deal.
The girls had hardly gotten out
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05
END OF THE BIG TOP?

Many heart was saddened by the an
nouncement that the tour of the last of the
great circuses had been abruptly ended in
mid-season, and that the spectacle would
not be seen again, at least in traditional form.
Soaring costs apparently had made opera
tion impossible.
The circus parade-fnally destroyed by
modern traffic-was as American as apple
pie. And the circus itself brought color and
wonder to all the Main Streets of the nation.
A thought expressed by the New York
Herald Tribune will be echoed by millions
of us: "But if the tent itself and its ranked
wooden benches, its tanbark, its color and
its whole atmosphere of impermanent fan
tasy, were to vanish forever into folklore
and fading memories, it would be tragedy
of large proportions. Americans are ingen-
ious. They pride themselves on it: Let's
summon ND that quality to save the big top"
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05
THE FAMILY FARM

The charge that the family farm is dying
and is destined to be almost entirely replac-
ed by gigantic corporate farms has no basic
in fact. Every objective study shows that
the family farm is the solid foundation on
which our agricultural economy rests-and
that there is every indication that this will
continue to be true.
However, the character of the family
farm has changed.
The change was made inevitable by ag
riculture's technogical revolution. The trac7
tor, symbolically speaking, utterly trans
formed farming. 1t put it on business basis.
A substantial investment is now necessary,
as is high degree of operating efficiency.
Numberless family farms have adapted
themselves to the new conditions-to their
enormous benefit. These farms have grown
larger, too - primarily because modern
equipment gives each man far greater pro-
ductive power than he had before.
In modern agriculture, there is less and
less room for marginal farmers, with poor
land, or the inability or lack of desire to deal
with the conditions OF today as against those
of the past. Many of these farmers have left
agriculture to enter industry-and they are
better for it. The good farmer, on the other
hand, has stayed with his land and enlarged,
improved and conserved it. Like everyone
else, he's had his ups and downs. But over
the years he's done very well indeed.
Yes, the good family farm is here to stay.
And efficient farm equipment is among its
principal mainstays.
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05
Washington Letter = By Robert Nelson Taylor

over the u. S. during the celebra-
tion week( and be generally avail
able ON request thereafter), will
tell the oil story with humor, wit
and refreshing satire. Even though
it is the legend of Martian ex-
ploref who saucers to earth on
mission to steal the secrets of
American progress and prosperity
Gust to reverse the customary
"space-maH" story, the fir; pre-
sents more truth than fantasy.
All in all, there would seem to
be no better time than this-with
the menace of SuG2 abroad and the
annual expression of political free
dom at home commanding our at
tention-for the nationwide dem
onstration by a great industry of
how our freedom, our individual
initiative, our faith III private
management and unfettered COM
petition are serving US.
): X X \
Perish The Thought
In his latest press conference.
President Eisenhower made it
fairly plain that he does not put
much stock in the four-day work
week predicted bv Vice President
Nixon at Colorado Springs. 1t would
be wonderful if it were to hap
pen, he said. but it could only
come about through the evolution
of economic forces and not by de-
cree. Whether it would be so won
derful' tat full paw is another
question. We doubt that the human
animal is yet able to cope success
fully with three days of leisure out
especially, should forget that an
economic slump is the quickest
way to four-day week. and when
there isn't enough work for five
days, no one is very happy.
X X X 4
Blue Y0nder Is Really Wild!
In case you are fresh out OF
something to worry about, Honsider
1.-THE fact that outer space is law
less! Legal eagles attending the
International Astronomical Con
gress in Rome are now trying tC
write laws for it, Present law gives
rights to "the limit of the atmo
sphere" above nation. but the
LAWYERS can't define atmosphere
and we are now actually operat
ing bevond it. Next thing. how dc
you police outer space anyway?
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05
THE COST OF GOVERNMENT
CAN BE CUT

A short time ago the federal government
released revised estimates of spending and
receipts for the fiscal year that will end next
June. tp .s...
This states that both the spending and
the receipts will be some S4 billion greater
than was anticipated last January. There
will be a small surplus. But, it is obvious,
that surplus is not the result of any real
economy movement in government. 1t is,
instead, the result of the fact that extraordi-
nary high business activity has produced ex-
traordinarly high tax income and other reve-
nue..
AS of now, the prospects for future re-
duction in government costs-and for tax
reduction-are exceedingly dim. Indeed,
many believe that we are likely to have big
ger budgets still, no matter which party is
given power in November.
i. Yet there is one way the cost Of govern
ment can be substantially reduced, and the
Treasury can also obtain huge sums of mon
ey in addition to regular revenues, without
in any way imperily or even changing any
legitimate function of. government. That is
by getting government out of activities
most of which incur heavy losses-that are
in the domain of commercial business.
A salient example here is government
power plants and systems-the field in which
government business spending has been heav-
est and the field in which the socialists and
their followers have worked hardest. Gov
ernment power is tax-free. 1t is also tax
subsidized. It is constant, heavy drain
on the Treasury, which means every taxpay-
er. And it is an entirely needless drain. For
beyond argument, the independent utility in
dustry has proven that it can and will under
take any needed project, do it with private
savings-and pay heavy taxes in the bargain.
1t would take time to sell off the govern
ment plants. Meanwhile, the taxpayers could
be given another boon, by putting these sys-
TENS on the same basis of operation as pri-
vate enterprise In other words, make them
pay their own way-including their fair
share of taxes. That would mean more mon
ey in the pockets of us all.
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05
ATOMIC POWER GADFLY

Gadfiies-the human variety, that is
are useful sort Aggravating, at times, but
useful. They point out faults or at least what
they regard as faults, in government and so
ciety. Even when one does not agree with all
that they say, it must be admitted that the
stir they create is often worthwhile.
A case in point is DR.. Henry DeWof
Smyth's recent charges that progress on de-
velopment of industrial power from nuclear
energy is much too slow. DR.. Smyth is no
ordinary critic. A former member of the
Atomic Energy Commission he is now chair
man of the Board of Scientific Engineering
Research at Princeton University. His words
about nuclear energy carry weight.
Dr.. Smyth's position is that the govern
ment ought to be building nuclear power re-
actors instead Of depending on private in
dustry to come forward and do the job. ''We
peace major part of our foreign policy"
he writes in the magazine Foreign Affairs,
land atoms for private industry a controlling
part of our domestic policy"
This gets into the whole touchy question
of public versus private power development,
a question which DR.. Smyth says has "con-
fused" the Acc. He thinks that, however
desirable it may be to get the government
out of the nuclear power business, it is more
important to back our announced foreign pol
icy with a vigorous and fast-moving pro-
gram of reactor development and construc-
tiOn."
Many persons would vigorously question
this viewpoint. Both sides deserve to be
heard. But the important thing is that they
be heard-that the whole matter of nuclear
power be thoroughly debated so that sound
policy may be established.
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05

The first model railroads were
manufactured around 1880.
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05

Girl Scout Camp Todd comprises
about 100 acres.
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-05
OUR WORLD OF MACHINES

We in America perfected the world of
machines-and it was rapid perfection. Only
so years ago about half of the work in our
country was done by animals and men. To-
day, mechanical power does virtually the
whole job, and yet we have been hitting new
peaks in total employment.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-01-03

Nh, and Mrs. Bill Raymond. OF
] Farmville. spent Sunday night
with his daughter, Mrs Charles
DeNoon and Mr.. DeNoon.
The Christmas entertainment
and tree Friday night at Muddy
Greek Church was good. The chill
dren did splendidly in reciting and
singing. 1t was directed by Miss
Ruth E. Stokes. Mrs. Celeste
Jones and Betty Jane Willis. The
quartette sang a number accom-
panied at the piano by Mrs. r. B.
Swami
MI. and Mrs. r. j. Willis and
Mrs. Eva Stokes spent Tuesday
i'll Richmond. Mrs. Stokes visited
her daughter. MIS-. Gerald Ha-
gen.
Among those that were hunt
ing Monday and had good luck to
bag o deer were Charles DeNoon
Wilfred and Buddy Stokes. Nh
Leviner, of Richmond. and SD
ney Alan Stokes.
Christmas Party
The SIS and BTU members of
Muddy Creek Church visited all
of the homes in the neighborhood
Sunday night and sang Christmas