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The Kenai Peninsula pioneer., 1956-01-16
.HEA MEETING

Notices for the annual membership meeting of the Homer Ele ctric Ass ocia- tion were received by the consumers last week. The nee ting Vd II De held February ' at 8 pm. at the Methodist church. &
 According to the notice, the purpose of the meeting will be to elect three trustees for three year terms and to consider and take action upon 7other things as may legally and lawfully cone before said meeting as provided by the Articles. of Incorporation and Bylaws of the corporatione
 The three trS tees whose terms ex- pire this year are Howard Ayhi1l, Cap King and Jack NcLal gh1in.
The Kenai Peninsula pioneer., 1956-01-16
HOSPITAL FUND RECEIVED HERE

at least portion of the new funds might be spent for that.
 According to Margaret Ander9en, chairman of the hospital committee, most of the hospital equipment has arriyede The only large pieces Of equ ipment not on hand are those that will furnish the semi-pr1vate room.
 Dr. Prov @asha is now using the hos- pital as his office and Public Health Nurse Iris Jette is currently in town.
The Kenai Peninsula pioneer., 1956-01-16

The -FD last week reoelved tWo c1 ecKS totaling $3482 fren the Territorial De- partment of Health to purchase equipment for the Homer hospit -hea1 th centers
 The checks were issued on the basis of a1locations made ia 1853 and 1855 by the Board of Health.
 Thanks to the generosity of Mir. and Mrs. E. E. Barte tt, the hospital is we'll equipped, however there is need for dental equipment ad-it is expected that
The Kenai Peninsula pioneer., 1956-01-16


 message delivered this week made refer erce to statehood for Hawaii and Alaska in the following words: nOne particu- lar challenge confronts us. Tn the Ha- waaian Islands. east meets west. To tho Islands, Asia and Europe and the Western Hemisphere, all the continents, have contributed their peoples and their. culture to display unique ex- ample of 3 comuni ty that is success full laboratory in human brothe rhoode "Statehood, supported by the repeat edly expressed desire of the Islands people and by our tradi tions, would be q shining example of the American way to the entire earth. Consequently, I urgently request this Congress to grant statehood for Hawaii. Also, in harmony wi tn the provi sions I last year con- nunicated to the Senat te and House Con- nj ittees on Interi or and Insu lar Affairs trust that progress towards state hood for Alaska can be made In this session.n
 Delegate Bartle tt issued the follow-- ing r ess release in that onnec tion:
 HFriends of Ala ska statehood are bound to have mingled feelings of en- couragement tn q doubt after reading the President 's statement or the subj ject...
 Tt is certa nly orrect to say th is is. the most posi- tive statement the President has made. Only once before in lo55--did he a1lude to Alaska state hood in a State of the Union message. At that time he said, As the complex problems Of Ala ska are resolved, that Territory ah ou1d expect to achieve statqhood. Always he has advocated statehood for. our sister Territory, Ha- Waii. So we are pleased now to be tied in closer, even if not on terms Of equal footing.
 Livery eloquent word used by the President in urging Hawaii statehood should be applied to Alaska. The rea- sons Ehy each should have statehood differ on the surface only; basi cally they are the sanes
 s HCertainly I for one wish the Presi- Alaska statehood bill rather thap to have expressed the hope that we of AL aska will find ourselves in a si tuat tion where we are making 'pro gress' toward statehoods
 nThe President has referred to his previous decla ration on this subject as outlining the kind of Alaska statehood bill which might meet his approval. ! assume that expression was made i n sim liar letters addressed last year to Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington and Repre- tive A. |. Eillar of Neb- raska. The pc rtinent paragraph of that form Of, 1egis sl t1on can wholly remove
The Kenai Peninsula pioneer., 1956-01-16
RETURNS HOME

srN3L-1 OIN1ND Il1lVlL
 1trs,. Faye. ArDheR has returned to her home in Kenai after visiting her fami " in England. This was her first visit back in , years. Mrs. Archer said she vas very glad to be back n Kenai.
 For one thing, Mrs. Archer reported, "the weather there IS too damp and the sidewalks were always Wet.n She said most the same as in Kenai, the wages about quarter of our wages ,- and the income tax, double. One busi nessman T. told her, Htho governments made crooks Of Us all, an we can think about is how to cheat on the income. tax.
 Mrs. Archer stressed how the govem-- msnt now runs practically everything and she esp ecially was unhappy at the present set-up of socialized medicine. "A person is registered vi tn a certain doctor, she said, and he must have that doctor or else pay the regular fees to another doctor plus his compulsory in- surance. One doctor told her that he was sick of it, that people came to him with nothing more wrong with then than runny noses and once, when his waiting room was full of people sa were not really sick, he could not get away to see a patti ent whom ne vas very concern cd about; by the time he did get away, she was dead.
 A lot of the young doctors seem to like so cialized medicine, according to Mrs. Archer, because the government sets them up vi tn full practice Vi th- out their having to build ore of their oWns She stressed that England has all ways been more liberal on welfare medi- cal cases than the United States and it vas never heard of there Tor pegan not to be admitted to hospital or cared Tor because he did not have suf- ficient funds. Now, she feels, the medi cal sl tuation is a mess, although, of course, there have been some people who have benefited from 1t,
 Mrs. Archer felt the red tape in all phases of life so appalling that she asked one citizen how England differed from Russia and was told, nwe still can gr1pe, but that is about the only di florence.
 She said that though she received a lot of kidding on different subjects ard though the people feel discontent because of the high salaries copara tiye1y speaking, that our seNicemen stationed there receive, the feeling toward the United States was very good.
 Mrs. Archer flew all the way to England ard back and returned home on the Both of DecMhere
The Kenai Peninsula pioneer., 1956-01-16

l4I I-I l-ll TT N EI- VlII yl1 II
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16

George A. Jones Of Lewes,
has resigned his position as
boatman al the Maritime Ex-
change Station on the Break
water. Ernest Nicholson was
appointed to fill the place.
se@
Elkton kdams, son Of z. G.
Adams, of Bridgeville, who is
employed by the Singer Sewing
Machine Co., and recently To-
Gated at Charleston. w. Va.
has been promoted and has
left for Iron Hill. Ohio, where
he will make his future home.
While driving spirited
horse last Sunday evening,
Raymond Jester met with an
accident. The animal took fright
while passing a large snow
bank, and jester was thrown
out. He landed fairly on his
left arm, which was broken.
Miss Helena Viven, chief oper-
ator for the Diamond State
Telephone Company at Seaford.
gave an informal party to
several of her girl friends at
her home in West Seaford last
week. The time was spent in
playing various games. after
which refreshments we're served
to all present.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16
SAINT PATRICK

st. Patrick is the patron saint of
Ireland He lived about 800 years
ago and was the first man to spread
the Christian faith throughout Ire
land.
He was probably born in the year
3S9. When he was sixteen years
old, he was stolen from his home
in Britain by Irish outlaws and
was sold as 2 slave in ireland. AT
ter six years as a slave he escaped,
but he was sure that he could
bring Christianity to the Pagan
Irish. The Pope, the religious lead
er of the Catholic Church, made
him a bishop and sent him to ire
land. In ireland ST. Patrick op-
posed the pagan priests called
Druids. He converted many people,
both rich and poor. to Christianity
He founded many churches and
monasteries, and by the time he
died, in 461, Ireland was well on
the way TO being Christian nation.
There ere many legends about st.
Patrick. One says that he used the
threc. leaves Of the shamrock to ex-
plain the idea of the Blessed Trim
ity; that is, that there are three
persons, the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit, in one God. For this rea-
son, the shamrock is often used to
stand for st. Patrick and Ireland
Another legend tells that he drove
the snakes out of Ireland, but
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16

over-sympathetic with the child, a
little encouragement to put forth
greater effort to seek help from the
teacher will in most cases give the
child the necessary confidence to
persist and conquer his difficulties.
IN some schools, belief in such un-
founded assumptions spreads
throughout the student body result
ing in q large percentage of good
students electing the so-called
4snit courses" rather than the more
challenging mathematical courses.
Lack of ability in learning particu-
lar subjects is not inherited. Hence
parents should be cautious on coun-
selling their children regarding the.
election of courses.
Throughout the country there is
a crying need for men and women
graduates with scientific and math-
ematic2l backgrounds. Every effort
should be made to induce students
to prepare themselves for such po-
sitions if they haze aptitudes in
these fields. Reliable data from be-
hind the Iron Curtain show that
these nations have stimulated their
young people to accept the chal-
leng4 of such courses as part of
their plan to gain chronological su-
premacy over the western nations.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16
HOME BANK RESCUE

MEDFORD. Mass. Up Al
bert Goodrich. So. showed much
more concern for his burning mat
tress than for his own safety when
police rescued him from his blaz-
ing apartment over his screaming
protests.
When he got to the hospital for
treatment OF smoke inhalation. po-
lice learned the reason for his pro-
tests. He had 500 hidden in the
mattress.
They returned TO the scene of the
fire and found the mattress, which
had been thrown into the yard, with
the $1G9 intact
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16

equinox. It is preceded and fol-
lowed by series of religious hol-
idays. Ash Wednesday. the seventh
Wednesday preceding Easter, is the
first day of Lent Holy Week. the
week before Easter. includes Palm
Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good
Friday and Holy Saturday. Fol-
lowing Easter, which is a time for
universal rejoicing, come Ascension
Day and Whit Sunday. Easter reg
ulates all the other movable Eas-
ter feasts of the ecclesiastical year
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16
Milford High
School News
FAILURE IN MATHEMATICS


There are five common causes of
failure in mathematics: ID lack
of reading ability; (2) failure to
read the entire problem; 90 the
desire on the part of the student
to begin to figure before he fully
comprehends the facts involved
and the results to be determined: :
(4) lack of ability to decide on the
processes to be used; and (5) the
inability to decide whether the
answer is reasonable or could not
possibly be right
Statistics shcw that more stu
dents fail in arithmetic than in any
other subject in the curriculum.
Many who are quite successful in
other subjects often have diff
Guilty with arithmetic and other
mathematical courses. Even when
the students know how to perform
the various operations, they do not
always know when or why they
should use these operations. While
it is true that some subject matter
in the field of mathematics is ra-
ther difficult for many students to
understand the basic cause Of fail
ure actually is failure in reading.
Ii addition to the general habits
in reading, mathematics, like all
other content subjects, requires
certain specific skills and teehnI4
ques which are peculiar to its
purpose. Reading in mathematics
differs considerably from reading
in other subjects; consequently
some of the tire devoted to arith-
metic and the other mathematical
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16
MARCH 10 TO %
MENU

MENU MARCH 10 TO p
MONDAY
Platter
Milk Hot Dog
Baked Beans Fruit
Bread and Butter
Soup
Milk
Tomato Soup
Sandwich Cake
TUESDAY
Platter
Milk Meat Loaf
Whipped Potatoes
Picked Beet Fruit
Bread and Butter
Soup
Milk
Bean Soup
Sandwich Pudding
WEDNESDAY
Platter
Milk Tuna Fish Salad
Potato Chips Cut Green Beans
Bread and Butter
Cake with Cherry Sauce
Soup
Milk
Tomato Soup
Sandwich Fruit
THURSDAY
Platter
Milk : Chicken Noodle Soup
Submarine Sandwich Apple Pie
Soup
Milk
Chicken Noodle. Soup
Sandwich Fruit
FRIDAY
Platter
Milk Fish Sticks
Scalloped Potatoes
Pickles JellO
Bread and Butter
Soup
Milk
Vegetable Soup
Sandwich Fruit
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16
The Past Ira Review
News AS II Was Reported In The Chronicle
orty Years Ago.
Taken from Mareh 10, 1sls Issue

raken from March 10, 1916 Issu
The Milton Illuminating Club,
a musical organization founded
by Prof. William Ware, Of
Philadelphia, has elected Off
GERS as follows: President ]. G.
Ellingsworth; Vice president, c.
]. Jones; Secretary, William
Ware; Treasurer, w. B. Waga-
mon.
Monday night Harold Hat
field, Ewell Calhoun and Sarah
Rutt, represented the Geerge-
town. High School at the de-
bate at Lewes on the subject
Of Should the defenses of the
United States be strengthened?
The Lewes High School debat-
ers were Misses Margaret At
kins and Grace Marshall The
Lewes team won the debate.
*e&
While out cunning last Mon
day, Clinton J. Lofland, son of
John L0fiand, near Milton, shot
and killed large otter. The
animal weighed 25 pounds and
measured 4 feet in length. 1t
is rare indeed that these ami
mails are caught in this section
of the country. and the hides
command a fancy price. 1t was
killed along Prime Hook Creek.
This is the first otter reported
captured or killed in this Sec
ton in three years.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16
Thirty Years Ago.

Taken from March 12, 1926 IssI
The Lincoln essay medal,
which has been on exhibition
at DR.. G. l.. WhiItaker's drug
store in Selbyville. was won
by Miss Hilda Evans. Donald
Simpler and Miss Thelma Nc
Cabe won honorable mention
in the contest.
Pilot Charles S. Morris who
has been visiting his daughter.
Mrs. Lewis w. Mustard and
family in Boston for the past
month. arrived at his home
in Lewes. last Sunday evening
His wife will remain in Boston
until the first of April.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Lock-
wood of Philadelphia, visited
relatives in and near Frank
ford on Sunday. Mr.. Lock-
wood is chief engineer of the
Ford Motor Company's tug.
bay Mead" which has been
docked in Chester for the win
ter.
The Millsboro town election
was held In the school hopse
last Saturday afternoon. K. r.
Podd and L. T. Hearn were
elected auditors to audit the
books of the town treasurer,
F. G. Ryan and w. L. Parker
were the retiring members of
the board. Mr.. Ryan was elect
ed and E. f. Carey was elected
to succeed Mr.. Parker.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16
Twenty Years Ago.
Taken from March 13, 1895 Issue

TakeE from March 13, 1895 IssU
Grayson Elliott Of Nayres-
boro, Va, spent the weekend
with his wife and parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. J. Elliott of Del
mar.
Excavation of the cellar for
a new home for M. and Mrs.
Clifford Cahall has been started
on Church Street, Millsboro.
adjoining the property occupied
by Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Darden.
zoe
Announcement has been made
of the appointment of Charles
Edmond McCauley 27 years
old, formerly of Milford, as
Boys Club Agent-at-Large to
fill the position vacated re-
Gently by George M. Worilow,
who was appointed county
agriculture agent for New Cas-
tie County.
A Troop Charter was pre-
sented to the recently Te-or-
ganized Milford Scout Troop
No. 100 on Sunday morning by
Mayor ]. WalIace Woodford of
Dover, District Boy Scout
Chairman at a brief Charter
presentation and Troop Inves-
ture Ceremony held in connec-
tion with the Sunday School at
the Avenue M. e. Church.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16

Mrs. Ethel p. B. Leach, a
talented artist from Frederick,
has entered in the Annual ex-
hihition a painting Flower
Wilderness" at the Plastic Club
in Philadelphia.
soe
DR.. James r. West, Comman-
der of Bl,ze Hen Fost. Veterans
of Foreign Wars, has ap-
pointed James F. Salevan as
Adjutant of the local veterans
post. Mr.. Salevan. who is also
Post Advocate, has already as
sumeG his new duties.
eos
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold w.
Wall of st. Louis. Mo-, ar
rived in Milford on Wednesday.
Mr.. Wall left for Lancaster,
Pa. on Thursday to manage
the w. T. Grant Company Store.
Mrs. Wall is with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Hudson
where she vii remain until
Mr. Wall is adjusted in has new
position.
Mrs. Robert F. Mccartney
(the former Miss Lily Lord of
Milford) who is in Orange.
Texas. will be among guests
to attend the commissioning
Of a new destroyer. the Z. S. s.
CORY. DDS17. Later she and
her husband viii 90 to Calves
ton for an indefinite stay until
Ensign Mccartney has been as
sigred duties aboard the U. s.
s. Cory.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16
GOOD FRIDAY

Good Friday is the Friday preced-
ing Easter Sunday. 1t commence
rates the crucifixion of Christ. and
is observed as day of religious
service, especially in the Roman
Catholic and Protestant Episcopal
Churches. In England and ireland
it is legal holiday. In some of the
American states, Good Friday is
also a school and bank holiday
Since it comes on a certain day OF
the week the date necessarily shifts
The actual date of the crucifxion is
held April 6, 33 A. D.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16
Ten Years Ago.
Taken from March 15, 1915 Issue

AIKEN from March Is, 1916 Issu
Bob Roberts of the Univer-
sity OF Delaware and his sister,
Miss Evelyn Roberts of Gibbs
town, New Jersey, spent the
weekend with their parents.
MIR. and Mrs. Oscar Roberts
in Harrington.
Verda Ruth vana, soprano,
of Harrington, will be pre-
sented by the Music Depart
ment of Wesley Junior Co..
iege at Dover in a recital Sun.
day afternoon, March II. at
1880 She is a pupil of Mrs Will
liam j. Storey at the college
and has been outstanding in
dramatics and all social activi-
ties of the school. She will be
accompanied by Mrs. Gloria j.
Coiburn at the Steinway.
ne VII tCloio VI the hCflt
Horse Show Association have
chosen the Ralph w. Emerson
farm, near Moore's Lake. about
one mile south of Dover, as the
site for its show grounds. for
mer-Speaker of the House Ben
jamin F. Johnson, president.
announced this week. The farm
is leased to Medford Carter.
director of the association. who
vii make available IL acres as
show grounds. Mr.. johnson said
that a show ring and iuInps
will be built at ouce and that
II is expected a club house will
be erected in the near future.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16
EASTER

Easter is the appellation given to
the festival kept in commemoration
of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The name and the festival have
their origin in the worship of a
pagan goddess of spring; it is now
the most important of Christian
festivals. Easter is a movable day.
It comes on the Sunday following
the first full moon after the vernal
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16

Truman Campbell and DR.. Ed
ward Clogg of Dagsboro. spent
Saturday evening at Ocean
City. attending the last game
of the season of basketball.
&os
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi S. War;
ington of Seaford, who are
planning to open an up-to-date
ladies and gents store the
latter part of this month, are
on a business trip to New York
City.
Miss Irene Long, eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Long of near Selbyville,
became the bride of Robert
Pennewell of Berlin, Md, on
Saturday. March Z, 1886. The
nuptial knot was tied by the
Rev. Ralph C. Jones, at the
NJ. E. parsonage in Delmar.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gilbert
Leach, of Wilmington, were
overnight guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Downing on
Thursday of last week. Mr..
Leach was one of the speakers
at the reorganization meet
ing of the Young Republican
Club, which was held in Grange
Hall on that evening.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16

though it is a good story, it is not
true because there were none in
Ireland ST that time. His feast day
is on March II, and on that day the
Irish people of New York City
parade up Fifth Avenue past st.
Patrick's Cathedral in HE honor.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16

A pretty home wedding took
place on Saturday at noon
when Miss Emma Welch Davis,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter H. Davis, of Milford, be-
came the bride of John Mer-
Ger Mertz, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Adam Mertz, of Whining
ton. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. H. L. Bunstein.
ses
In the nursery es H. E.
Cenwell. Milton, are more than
a thousand red cedar trees,
from two to three feet in height
that is attracting the atten-
ion of passersby. MIR. Conwell
also has many large boxwood
specimens in his nursery that
he has brought from Virginia
and transplanted. In a few
weeks his stock of towering
plants will be blossoming, pre-
senting a very pleasing appear
ance.
Fire about 9 o'clock Monday
night destroyed the home of
Thomas Doyle Of Houston.
MeDsOers of the family were
seated In the living room when
they noticed smoke and on
opening the door leading to
the hallway they found the
stairway in flames. The origin
of the fire has not been deter
mined. The Carlisle Fire Com
pany Of Milford answered call
for help. but the house was too
far gone to save by the time
the firemen arrived.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16

The population of the United
States Is increasing rapidly enough
to produce another city the size
of Madison. Wis. every 10 days.
The port of Hamburg Is So miles
from the sea.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16

Non-white people more than So
years old make up per cent of
that age group in the United
States compared TO 10 per cent
among the total population.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-04-05

steel helmets were issued 10
Marines fof the first time Aug.
aist 13. 1914
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-04-05
Health Department Staff Members
Take Special Civil Defense Training

The staff of the Montgomery
County Health Department will
get some special training on civil
defense today, when 1t. Col. Ar.
thur Steer of Walter Reed Army
Medical Center will speak and
show movie on radiation effects.
This will be followed by a dis
cussion on the Washington area
survival plan.
Adm. Roy Hartwig, deputy di-
rector of civil defense for the
county, will introduce the
speakers.
This is the first of a series of
training sessions for public
health personnel, planned jointly
by the civil defense office and the
Health Department, and follows
series of training sessions which.
took place during the last two
months.
DR.. William J. Peoples, health
officer; Miss Ruby Manter, chief
of the division of laboratory serv-
ices, and Miss Jeanne Wright,
health educator, attended three
day workshop on the provision of
medical and public health serv-
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-04-05
Referendum
Picks System
of Retirement

Many state and county en-
ployees who are now members
of the state retirement system
soon will be called upon to make
an important decision.
The question to be decided on
June 4 and 5, in a statewide ref
erendum, is whether they wish
to take advantage of the provi-
sions of the Social Security Act
in addition to the benefits pro-
vided by their present retirement
system.
If you or your group have any
questions, the person from
whom to get complete informa-
ton is your social security rep
resentative. For a concise state
ment of the old-age and sur
Vivors insurance provisions,
write to 8605 Cameron Street,
Room 400, Silver Spring and
ask for the booklet entitled
Your Social Security" or call
Juniper 5-0087.