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Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15
IN THE AIR FORCE"
BY EI0Ine townsend Dleksrson

At night the lights are just lovely.
From this view we feel close to
town, but from our front door it's
another story. All around the front
of our house is the country. Burn
ett's Mound (the highest point in
Shawnee County,, a farm house,
barn and field are about a block
away. Sambo will have a real hey
day with the birds, rabbits, squir-
rels and sns kes that abound in
this new habitat.
Down the street, about two
blocks away, runs the Shunganun-
ga Greek. You can tell Indians have
lived near that stream at one time.
The children are looking forward
to the spring when they can ex-
plore the park that adjoins the
creek and perhaps have picnics
there, too.
I'd love to tell you much more
about our new home, but all can
think of are the zillions of things
l should be finding a place for. I'll
talk to you longer next week. All
right?
Always, Z. T. d.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15

it proved very youthful. The car
pet is a deep turquoise shade, and
there is a turquoise and white
shiki silk mural in an apple tree
design by Robert Crowder, behind
her bed. The theme is carried out
in draperies with an apple blossom
print. Citron gold is used for ac-
cent in pillows"
When Miss West planned the
Layne home, she studied the fam
lily before she made her room
plans. Then she met with them,
showed her plans, color samples
and fabric swatches. Not single
thing was changed in Diana's
plan" she says.
She used chintz for Diana's bed
spread because it is young and
frivolous" in girls room. She
put a double skirt around the bed
to Iand an airy, ballet-skirt touch
to the bed. The chintz was used,
too, in the closet for garment bags,
shelves and to cover coat hangers.
Miss West used milium in the
lining Of the draperies in Diana's
room for dual purpose-to
screen out the early morning rays
of the sun and keep her room cool.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15
A PLAN OF ACTION

There was no stirring call for blood
sweat and tears in the Presidents talk to
the nation about science, technology and de-
fenSe. Mr.. Eisenhower contented himself
with two othings-reassurance as to our over
all strength in comparison with that of the
Communist world, and the outlining Of Wig
orOus new measures to be taken to speed up
our defense program
This was moderate, even a rather mild,
approach to what many regard as major
crisis in the nations affairs Yet if the
course of action outlined by the chief execu-
tive is pursued with zest and diligence, the
underlying hopes of those who wanted Mr..
Eisenhower to deliver a ringing challenge to
action will have been realized. Those hopes
are, in essence, that the United States shall
fully mobilize its resources to match and sur
pass the achievements of the Soviet Union.
The appointment of DR.. James r. Killian
as a sort Of scientific overseer of our defense
research and development program is a
worthwhile step in that direction. The prom
ise of Defense department administrative
changes is another such step. And if Con-
gress backs the President in his desire to CO.
operate more fully with friendly nations, we
will really be moving.
sensible plan of action has been set
forth by President Eisenhower. Now it is
up to the nation, from the President on down,
to make that plan effective.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15
MILESTONE-FOR EyERYBODY
BABSON DISCUSSES BANK STOCKS

mercial paper have increased a
bout 80 per cent. Yet current in
dices of bank stock prices are prac-
tically unchanged since mid-1955.
Local bank stocks have a poor
and irregular marketability. If you
wish to buy ten shares, you will
probably have to get them through
the president or cashier of the
bank. He likewise must find a buy
er when you desire to SELL On the
other hand, the stocks of big banks
like the Chase Manhattan, the First
National City, and the Guaranty
Trust Company, of New York City
are active and can readily be
bought or sold at any time.
Competition And Imitation
Banks have very little competi-
ton. Their competition takes the
form of getting deposits rather
than the starting up of new banks.
1t will help your personal credit
to try to get new depositors
for the State or National Bank with
which you are doing business. Also,
try to keep good balance your
self.
Banks do not suffer from infla.
ton. If money becomes cheaper"
they take in money of declining
value and also pay out the same
kind of money The only way that
imitation harms banks is in the
decline of their long issues Of
Government Bonds: but wise
bankers will buy only short ma
turtles
Careful Examinations
Banks are not only audited by
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15

their own communities, but also
by state or national examiners, or
perhaps by both Stockholders can
at any time get a financial state
ment, free of cost You, therefore,
can keep a constant watch on your
banks financial condition.
Instead of bank Statements being
paded, they usually contain hid
den assets. Banks may be COM
PEELED by the examiners to treat as
"Valueless' certain notes or COLA
teral; but these are not destroyed
and may again become valuable.
Bank Stocks Give Local Prestige
1t seldom helps ones credit or
social standing in the community
20 own stocks listed on the New
York Stock Exchange, even if they
are of the highest grade 1t, how
ever, does help ones credit and
standing to be a stOckholder in the
local bank. / especially advise
young people-men and women
to acquire few shares of their
local banks stock every year.
When / refer to such bank stocks,
/ have in mind the stock of State
or National Banks Most Savings
Banks, Federal Loan Banks, and
Cooperative B1nks are Datually
owned and hence have no stock
holders. Let me say as a final
thought: Banks are one of the
few businesses which need not
fear new competitors. 1t would
be hard for any group to secure
charter for a new bank in your
city or town.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15
Washington Letter a. BY Robert Nelson Taylor

IN that year, when William How
arc Taft became the 9th president
of the U. S., the matter of going
places (farther than just down
town. was a serious undertaking.
If L was just a few miles, Grand
pa might hitch up and take you in
the family surrey, or, if you weren't
affIuent enough to have your own
horse, you could hire a rig at the
livery stable. But if you were go
ing any distance, you'd have to
take the train-and probably a
shoe-box full of fried chicken and
pickles and home made cake to
eat on the way. A trip was some
thing you really had to plan for!
AS a result, people didn't galli-
want around very much in 1908, but
changes, that were to revolution
ize national life, were in the max
ing. This was the year that a firm
called General Motors was organ
lied, amalgamating four of the pi-
oneers of motordom, Buick, Olds-
mobile, Oakland (Which became
Pontiac) and Cadillac. Ten years
later the company formed by the
Chevrolet brothers joined the new
organization.
On Sunday, November II, GIN
people will formally announce their
Golden Anniversary Year." cele-
brate the production of 55 million
automobiles and nearly IL million
commercial vehicles, and give a
party for all us neighbors from 8
to IL p. m. (EST). BY 1908 stand
ards, it will be quite a party, since
practically every one of us in the
U. S. will be able to attend! 1t is
described as a television "extrava-
ganza" with more than 100 per-
formers that will include, we are
told, 'the brightest Broadway and
Hollywood star" But this ultra
modern colOrcast will hark back
even beyond 1908 to our founding
fathers-for it's theme, "The Pur-
suit of Happiness.
Just how much the automobile
has contributed to this traditional
American right, the pursuit of hap
piness, is something we seldom
stop to think about. Even those
whom the machine age has per-
sonally delivered from the back
breaking toll of the old days have
largely forgotten how it used to be-
And few, who take for granted the
luxuries that surround us-the ma
chimes that do our work at home
and on the job; that coddle our
comfort, summer and winter; pro-
vide us with most any food we want
to name, any time of the year; that
entertain US when our no-so-ardu-
GUS day is done-consider the fact
that all of these spring from the
magic of mass production. This,
along with the exhiIaratiOn, con-
venience, comfort and general util-
ity of individual transportation, is
the auto-builders' great and shin
ing gift to the world.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15
A Message From
Animal Heaven
TO THE POISONER"::

TO THE POISONER":
To the animal world, there are
two kinds of people (. those who
love animals and those who don't.
How one cannot love a gentle and
defenseless creature is beyond un-
derstanding My Master and Mis-
tress loved me, and / returned
their devotion in my humble ways.
l showed my appreciation for their
i.cUi.4g care by performing the few
simple tricks they had taught me.
/ wagged my tail joyously when
ever they returned home. l rest
ed my head on their knees to say
81 love you" They taught me also
to be gentle and kind, yet to bark
furiously when strangers ap-
preached | knew / must never
harm the little children whose
probing fingers found their ex-
plOratOry way into my mouth, or
tangled in my fur; not even when
their little feet stepped incauti-
cusly on my toes. For l was a Col
lie, bred of champions, and thor
Oughbred must always display its
good breeding.
| knew | was not supposed to
leave the yard, but sometimes il
was adventurous to wander +.
well, just a little way. l did so one
morning before Master and Mis-
tress were astir, and l came across
a tempting looking morsel, and
since l had not yet had breakfast
I promptly devoured it. Almost in
stantly, l was seized with the
most agonizing pains and / real
lied I must reach home for help
l collapsed near the front door. ]
struggled against the pain, but it
was more than | could bear, and l
knew l was going to die without
seeing my beloved Master and Mis-
tress again. When they found me
their grief was inconsolable. Mis-
tress petted my poor cold body,
then Master carried me tenderly
and buried me out on the gentle
slope of a hill beneath the pro-
tecting branches of a pine tree.
They often pause beside my grave
and remember" Nine happy and
carefree years I had with them,
and but for YOU, l could have
had many more as l was well and
healthy.
What kind of world would there
be without the pleasures and joys
that pets can give? What kind of
world would there be without love
and kindness and human decencies.
You, "the Poisoner", should know,
ais there can be none of these in
your small and private world.
"One of Your Victims
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15
Decorate The
Home Around
Y our Type
BY VIVIAN BROWN

A big mistake made in home dec
Grating is trying to decorate
around a can of paint, says Bea-
trice West, one of the country's
foremost color and design consul
tants.
"Once you've picked the paint it
may be a difficult job to choose
the other important furnishings to
harmoniZe with it. One should
choose first the items that are go
ing to be permanent, such as the
rug.
After that fabrics may be chosen,
then the paint Then, if mistake
is made in the paint selection you
can change the walls, whereas If
the rug is chosen to harmonic
with some odd tint you have put
on the walls, you may be stuck
with a rug color you do not like"
Put your room plan on paper
first, though, she advises. Draw the
room to scale, attach swatches of
fabric and paint cOlOrs to the
sketch. Live with the idea for
while before going ahead with the
plan.
IF cool colors are soothing to
you and if your room is exposed
to much sunshine, consider shades
of blue and green. Soft silvery
green's are popular now, and these
are compatible to blondes and bru
nettes" says Miss West.
SIC believes in planning a room
around your type. Why not, she
says, favor tones from beige to
cinnamon if you are the warm type
CantaIOupe is a popular and fash
ionable hue right now. Beige is a
best seller in floor coverings, so
you can be right in style with
that, also. Combine these with a.
shade like turquoise from the cool
family for chic contrast
A typical example of how to plan
a room around a personality in
wolves a room Miss West planned
recently for Diana Layne IA, of
Hallendale, Fla.
Diana is a warm, sparkling
blue-eyed type with ash-blonde
hair, so I chose aqua and gold with
white for femininity," says Miss
West. Diana wanted French Pro-
vincial furniture, normally too
sophisticated for her age, but in
aqua and with a deeper blue trim
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15
School Acts
TO Prevent
Ira &c die S
BY STEVE LOWELL

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. - up =
Grade school pupils got a warning
recently to keep away from
strangers!"
The public school system sent a
printed and illustrated page home
with them to give to their parents
so fathers and mothers could read
and enlarge on the subject.
Through the years, we have had
quite little trouble with children
being lured away," says F. NJ. Will
son, safety director for the pubic
school system. 1.-THE children
would go with strangers, not
thinking, and run into trouble
The warning starts out with this
statement to parents:
Children are not released to
unidentified persons. Parents who
want their children released must
come to school and not telephone.
School children are in the schools
care from the beginning of the
school day until the close of that
day"
Ounce of Prevention
ne 46dllCL SuOWS d IkILlG SlIl
standing on a sidewalk facing a
man sitting in a parked car with
the door open. The warning says:
"If man asks: Directions-Tell
him if you know but do not go with
him. Would you like a ride to
school?-Tell him you do not ride
with people you do not know.
Would you like some candy ?-TelI
him you do not take things from
strangers. Would you like a job
for a few minutes ?-Tell him you
are on your way to school. Would
you go with him because your par
ents want you to come homer
Tell him you will see your princi-
pal and he will call your parents"
The well-illustrated leafiet goes
op to warn:
Don't go with men or women
you 90 not know. Don't play away
from home, and always play with
other children. Stay with people
you know. Do not ask a stranger
for help. Don't play alone on
school Fairgrounds.
Friendly Policeman
Each subject is accompanied by
a photo depicting a fitting situa-
ton. 1t winds up with a picture of
two husky, smiling policemen on
each side of little boy holding a
school crossing patrol signal. The
leaflet says:
when you need help. these are
your best friends. Do not be afraid
to talk to them if you are lost, sick
or in any kind OK trouble. They will
help you"
Wilson says, I'VE think these
warnings have done some good. We
haven't had any unhappy expert
ences, that l can recall, in the past
few years"
He gives this example of how
well the warning sinks in:
about three years ago noticed
boy having trouble with broken
bike. / offered to take him home.
This little fourth or fifth-grader
looked at me suspiciously and said,
Well, we're not supposed to-
had to prove to him that l was a
school man before he would trust
me. The principal OK'd me-"
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15

Babson Park, Mass, Nov IA. A
very popular book of forty years
ago was entitled "Acres of Dia-
monds" by Russell H. Conwen. The
story was the true account of how
a diamond expert had sought the
entire world over for the largest
diamond, and it was finally found
on his fathers farm.
Bank Earnings For 1867
So many readers are today seek
ing the safest gOod-yielding invest
ment that is a pleasure for me to
suggest that it may be in his own
city. I refer to your local bank
stock as an investment. Your local
bank will probably show an in
crease of 10 per cent in 1857 earn
ings, compared with 1856.
Furthermore, banks are the only
investment group showing such an
advance in earnings under tOday's
competitive conditions. 1 know of
no banks which are decreasing their
dividends; while most banks are
planning some increase in divi-
dends for 1857
Effect OF National Interest
Increases
The real reason for the prosper
ity of banks is the increase in the
basic Federal Reserve rate. Since
the middle CT 1855, interest rates
nf the popular ''3-to-5 wear" U. S.
Government issues (the worlds
most conservative and most active
bonds have increased SIS per cent:
while the rate on the ''9-to-12
months" U. S. issues has increased
11O per cent Rates on prime COM
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15
&@S&
COMBAT USELESS GOVERNMENT
SPENDING NOW

In the view of Vice President Nixon, mil
itary preparedness must always take pri-
Ority over the understandable desire to re-
duce our taxes"
Practically everyone in the country will
agree with that-eSpecially in the light of
Soviet rocket achievements
However, this certainly does not mean
that there is no longer any point in talking
about government economy. It should, in
stead, mean that every possible frill and nom
essential in government is now to be crop
ped down to the root. And an excellent place
to start would be in government activities in
the field of commercial business. Most of
these run at big losses. If they were returned
to private enterprise, where they belong, all
the financing would come out of private cap
ital and private savings-and, to frost the
cake, government would get big new tax rev.
enues that could prevent tax increases or be
the basis of tax reductions.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15

veterans of the two World Wars
and Korea, but to all the neighbors
up and down the street. In it, the
story of Legion services to the vet
eran and to the community is told
through case histories and in the
simple but dramatic technique that
has made the great American
comic strip one of our most effec-
tive mediums of mass information
Saved By The Bell'' is for Le-
gionnaires, too, as well as veterans
at-large who haven't joined up, for
we doubt very much that one Le-
gi0nnaire in a dozen could come
close to listing all the services his
own organization performs For
God And Country.
The back cover OF the book, for
instance, presents a list of ques-
tiOns about available aid to vet
Grams with spaces for nine yes"
or mo" answers, and is headed
with an invitation to TEST Your
Veteran IQ". Unless the reader can
answer at least seven of these
correctly, says The Legion, you
are out of touch with veterans af-
fairs, and you or your family could
suffer loss of badly needed bene-
fits
The QUESTIONABLE asks Tin part) j:
IF a veteran dies, do you know
what help can be had for his widow
or children from, (a) the Veterans s
Administration, (b) The American
Legion?
Minor disabilities or diseases
incurred in service sometimes get
worse and cripple veterans in later
years. Do you know, (a) what bene-
fits are available to such veterans,
(b) what steps must be taken to
prove that the original disability
was service-connected?
"Can you list what preference
rights vets have in obtaining pub
lie employment, JOB retention and
promotion in those jobs9
do you know of any special help
for the higher edJ cation of vet
eranG' childrcn?"
Quick answers to these and a
thousand other questions are to be
had, as the booklet points out, from
the Service Officer of the Legion
Post-along with his help and that
of the entire national organization
behind him.
And implicit in every page is the
thought that, ranking fairly Close
to the privilege of American citizen
ship, is that of being a part Of
the veterans organization that does
so much for so many.
MILESTONE-FOR EVERYBODY
In 1908 the horseless carriage
was just beginning to look like an
automobile, but there were still
mighty few of them churning up
the dust. breaking down, and scar
ing horses on the narrow, largely
unmarked roads that more or less
linked Americas towns.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15
No summit" Meeting?


In his TV address to the nation
on Science and National Secur-
ity", President Eisenhower assured
us that the military strength of the
Free World today is greater than
that of the Soviet. But he warned
that I'VE could fall behind in the
years ahead, and urged as pre-
ventives the training of more scien-
tific information with our allies.
why deny to our friends" he ask
ed, information we are sure the
Soviets already have?"
In his bipartisan meeting with
Congressional leaders early next
month, the President said, he would
ask for legislation necessary to this
closer cooperation. But he added
the somewhat reassuring remark
that: This does not mean that we
must mount our charger and ride
off in all directions at once" More
ominous was his promise that we
could have the defense we require
eff each of us carries his own share
of the burden willingly and without
complaint
The President unveiled the nose
cone of a guided missile that had
scared through the earth's atmO-
sphere, reentered it and landed
without being burned up, and as
sured us that this vexing problem
had now been solved. He also un-
yelled DIR. James R. Killian, presi-
dent of Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology, as the newly-created
Special Assistant to the President
for Science and Technology, and
whom, he indicated, will put an
end to interservice rivalries and
apply the heat to top-secret crash
programs.
But for those who may have ex-
pected to hear when we will launch
sputnik, build a space platform
or put a man on the moon, there
was only disappointment. 'Satel-
lites in themselves, he said, "have
no direct effect on the nations
security"
There was little in the Presidents
address that we have not read in
the newspapers. The significance
lay not in his words but his impli-
cations. Despite our present pos
ture of strength, there will be
crash programs, there will be in
creased spending for which we
can brace ourselves. And the Presi-
dent may still, in spite of his words,
mount the commander-i in-C Chiefs
charger and ride off in all direc-
tions at once'-even to another
summit" conference, providing the
Soviets give lip-service to his plea
to "align themselves with the UN
disarmament effort.
#&&&
The Legion Sounds OF
The American Legion rings the
bell, we think, with new booklet
that is now being distributed by
local posts not only to non-member
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15
1906 McAlister
Topeka, Kansas
November IL. 1857

Dear Friends:
So help me, I don't even know
my own name, but we are new
residents of McAlister Avenue. We
have spent the last four whole days
moving from Mayo to our lovely
new home. 1t has been quite an or
deal, but we're beginning to see
daylight now.
The most luxurious part about
our new home to me is not having
to take the children to and from
school, morning and night. I'm in
a car pool now and / feel maybe
I'll be able to catch up with my
work that has been tagging since
the day after Labor Day when
school commenced.
Our new home sits high on a
hill. It's south west of Topeka and
just about as far out of town as one
can be and yet still be in the city
limits. From the back of our house
we have a complete view off in the
distance of the towns skyscrapers.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15
III WOULDN'T 60

RICHMOND, Va. = Up - City
employees at Richmond's Mosque
auditorium felt like the man who
built a boat in his basement and
found it too big to get out The
new $4,000 gas-fed boiler for the
heating system wouldn't go around
a turn and had to be disInantled be-
fore installation.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15

A federal census estimates that
Australia's population is approx
mately 100000
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-15

The Legion Sounds OF
The American Legion rings the
bell, we think, with a new booklet
that is now being distributed by
local posts not only to non-member