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Milford chronicle., 1957-05-10
Home Gardeners
Questions & Answers

Questions directed to the county
agent on garden or farm problems
in the public interest will be an
swered regularly in these columns
QUESTION:: Is abelia also called
bush arbutus and has very sweet
arbutus odor? T. R.
ANSWER: Yes.
QUESTION: Isn't it said in most
garden books not TO put lime and
commercial ferdlizer on ground at
the same time due to the lime ac-
ton on the fertilizer? c. E.
ANSWER: Ground limestone may
be used at the same time as ferti-
lizer. but not other types of lime.
QUESTION: Is this too porous
a mixture? parts regular soil, 1
part wood dirt, l part peat moss,
part manure, l part sand
ANSWER: This would not be
too porous a soil unless the garden
soil you start with is very sandy
QUESTION: When the plant
grows up with a long stem, could
it be repotted and set down to the
crown? Also, is egg shells soaked
in water good to water them with?
S. K, KentOn
ANSWER: This variety should
be started again with leaf cutt-
ing. Egg shells soaked in water
might add little lime to the soil.
QUESTION: Just how do you
separate African violets which are
too thick? Are they separted at the
root, too? Mrs. L. D., Dover
ANSWER: Remove from pot.
Break apart, but be sure some
roots are left with each section.
QUESTION:: What could be the
cause of a violet growing very
nicely but not blooming? Mrs. r.
E. T., Dover
ANSWER: Often this is a lack
of light.
QUESTION:: Is there any best
time of year to start leaves when
fewer will rot? Mrs. M. o. R., Dover
ANSWER: They may be started
at any time of the year. but spring
is a good time Choose a strong firm
leaf
QUESTION: What is the cause
of Violets being attacked by fungi?
Mrs. E. g., Harrington
ANSWER: Fungus infests soil
and causes crown rot. SteriliZe soil
before planting.
QUESTION:: How often should
violets be watered? How should
they be divided? Mrs. H. H. Dover
ANSWER: Water every day ex-
Cept when weather is cloudy or
plants are too wet.
QUESTION:: Is it advisable to
keep water in pan under violet all
the time? Mrs. F. B., Woodside
ANSWER: This practice is all
right if occasionally the water is
dumped out and the plant is allow
ed to drain.
QUESTION: Will it stop growth
of the African violet to separate
while it is blooming? G. K FELTON,
ANSWER: Growth will be stop
ped until a good root system is
produced perhaps A weeks.
QUESTION: What causes the
leaves in the center of the plant
to curl or knot up and turn a gray
ish color? Mrs. r. ]. D., Milford
ANSWER: This is usually caused
by an insect often mite 1t is diff
cult to control and. the plant
should be destroyed
QUESTION: If violet is planted
in soil, is stable manure o. K. to
fertilize? Mrs T. j., Wyoming
ANSWER: A solution may be
made from manure which will be
o. K if it is diluted so that burn
ing will not result.
QUESTION: What should be
done for violets if they become in
tested with lice, ETC.? Mrs. H. H.,
Dover
ANSWER: Spray or dip in Mala-
thion.
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-10
Milford Hiqh
School News
Eiahth erode Parents. Nish,:

Eighth Grade Parents Night:
Parents of pupils who are pres
emily enrolled in the Eighth Grade
met in the high school cafeteria on
Monday, May 6. The purpose of the
meeting was to acquaint parents
with the requirements for the vari-
Gus diplomas that are awarded by
the State of Delaware.
Mr.. Jones, the Guidance Coun-
selOr of Milford High School, gave
a brief talk On the testing program
that has been formulated in the
High School,
Mr.. Atkinson gave a detailed de-
scriptiOn of the nine programs that
pupil might choose to follow and
the requirements of each. A qaes-
tion and answer period followed
his presentation.
Parents were then given an Op-
pOrtunity to have conferences to
discuss the program choice of their
child.
Freshmen-SophomoFe DGEee:
A dance sponsored by the Fresh
men and Sophomore Glasses will
be held in the high school audi
torium on Friday, May 10, begin
ming at 500 p. m.
Test TO be Administered MuY II:
The University of Delaware will
administer tests to students who
are applying for scholarships and
financial aid. The testing will take
place in the high school cafeteria
beginning at 500 a. m.
Sulk Polio Vaccine:
Salk Polio Vaccine will be ad-
ministered to Junior and Senior
High School pupils and personnel
on Monday, May 20. For most pu-
pills, this will be the third shot;
the first two having been given
earlier in the school year. Parents
who so desire may have the initial
shot of the battery given by secur-
ing and completing a parental per-
mission card. The cards are avail
able in the High School Nurses
Office.
The following students have
compiled a sufficient scholastic
average to have their names placed
on the HONOR ROLL Fifth Mark
ing Period:
IL: Beverly Argo, Leroy Bailey,
Marlyn Bennett, Jacqueli1e Belts,
Virginia Boyce, Robert Burris.
7-2: Nancy CleEdaGiel, Frances
Dickerson, John Dobson, Jacob
Friedman, Eugene Holden.
7-3: Linda Grier, Elaine Isaacs,
Joe Lewis, Charles Murphy.
IA: Donna Lynch.
Us: Marsha Prettyman, Linda
Schmidt, David Talbot, Ronald
Ward.
81: Elizabeth Burris, Lisa Cord
81: Donald Fisher, Sharon Hit.
8-3: Glenn Kenton, Kenneth
Kerr, Mary Killen, ROzanne La
Marge, George Leighty, Donna
Lingo, Charles Pack, Lewis Pa
quette.
8-4: Sarah Milbury, Linda Pack,
Patricia Rogers, Carol Jean Strah-
le.
SIS: Leroy Taylor, Carl Walsh,
Saralee Webb.
81: Mary Ann Davis.
9-2: John Benson, David Bon
TRACER, George Clendaniel, Deborah
Isaacs.
9-S: Tommy Ellwanger, Glenn
Kitchens.
ga: Bill Mayhew, Elaine Rutt.
Joyce Ann Sharp, Geraldine Wall.
9-5: John Thoroughbred, Bill
Warren, Charles WilkersOn.
10-1: Remsen Barnard, Sally
Belts, Maradel Burton, Brenda
Clendaniel.
1912: Sandra Fitzgerald, Greta
Friedman.
1913: Norma Kenton, Henry
Kuratle, Carolyn Lank.
1914: Christina Morgan, Connie
Parvis, Ruth Pfeiffer.
Ill: Conrad Cohen, Karen Gov
erdale, Carol Crumt, Virginia
Greene.
11-2: Gene Huey, Richard John
son, Grace Lofiand, Jeannie Mas
sey, Ann Milbury, Roma Postles,
Jeanette Pugsley, Joan Reed.
12-1: Jean Hayes.
1872: Betty Lofiand, Wanda
Phillips.
12-3 Frances Robbins, Harriet
Ward, Vernon Tucker, Charles
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-10
Milford Elementary
School News

Grade 2-Mrs. Hozel Taylor's Section s:
We have been busy getting ready
for the Music Festival for all sec
ond grades on May 18th. In con-
nection with our study of farm ami
mails we have been learning many
songs from our music teacher, Mrs.
Giltenboth A little play has been
worked out which will present the
Farmer in the Dell, his wife, child,
and a whole barnyard full of ami
mails. The children have been in
Ierested in reading stories of the
farm, in carefully writing the
words to the songs they are to
sing, and in the many practical
uses to which their arithmetic
work has been put in working out
the program. 1t has been fun, too,
to make simple costumes for that
barnyard full of animals We hope
all second grade parents will be
there to see the whole program on
May 18th at 1O:30 a. m. in the High
School Gymnasium.
erode 3-Mrs. TheIma Mayhew's
Section z:
Chip the Monkey
One day the caretaker of the
zoo came to feed Chip. When the
caretaker opened Chips cage Chip
scampered away. Chip ran on down
the street. Soon he came to a pot
terry shop and in he ran. A few
minutes later he came out with a
vase. On down the street he ran.
A policeman was standing on the
street corner Chip still had the
vase. He threw it at the policeman
Chip ran across the street, ran in
to a house, and jumped on the
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-10
Threading Needle

Use q magnifying glass to make
the eye Of your needle easier to see
when threading 1t. To support glass.
close sewing machine drawer on its
handle
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-10
Grade s-Mrs. Loretta BoynOm's
Onr Trim

Crude s-Mrs. Loretta Boynum's
Section &:
Our Trip
Mrs. Baynum's class is taking a
trip to Washington, d. C. We are
Ieia Sing May TIN at 700 a. m. We
know we are going to have a good
time.
Mrs. Baynum has told us lots of
interesting things. We have made
scrapbooks and drawn maps. We
nave looked up and talked about
the places we are going to see.
We can hardly wait.
By: Sandra Shiver
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-10

Every generation of young peo-
pie is bound for perdition, accord
ing to their elders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

PREVIEW:. Movie producer
Samuel Goldwyn. flanked by his
aides. went to a preview Of one
Of his lavish musicals. His
aides were enthusiastic.
ITS great; it's wonderful,
Mr.. GOODWIN" cried one. 1T
looks like a million!"
That's all?" said Goldwyn,
with disappointment. 1T cost
me two million to make!"
CONNOISSEUR: Chief Jus
tice Harlan Fiske Stone was a
connoiSseur of wines.
A Washington hostess invited
the jurist and his wife to din
ner. AS an inducement. she
promised to serve wine of par
ticular vintage.
When the wine was served,
Stone took a sip and savored it
a moment before swallowing
His hostess. watching him anx-
iously. leaned forward and
asked:
We'll. is it as good as / said?"
Its excellent" said Stone,
but you aren't correct about
the year. It's 1922, not 1921"
The butler was sent down to
the wine cellar to check. Sure
enough, when he returned, he
told them that he had opened
the wrong bottle.
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THE GOLDEN YEARS
Live With Children?
Here's Some Advice

even though we could follow
the sun and live on it, we
couldn't live so well. Or be so
closed to loved ones.
so Mama and 1 are about
to make the deal with our son.
But we hesitate. We know two
families shouldn't live in the
same house. We know parents,
if they possibly can. should
live somewhere except with
children. Yet we long for this
arrangement. We think it
makes sense. Can you advise
us?"
Deal Has Promise
I think you have a promising
deal. Surely no life is Sweeter
or more reasSuring for retired
people than to be with their
children-if only the children
will act like human beings. Go
on and take the chance-all
you can lose is the $3,000-but
take these matters into consid-
Grafton:
You're going to have to
make peace with the husband
of the daughter in Indianapolis.
He's the crucial fellow in the
deal, the one who will suspect
first that the son and his wife
are going to corner your es-
tate. This can split the family.
2-Be sure your wife makes
peace with the daughter i'm
law before you move into her
house. It's her house. 1t always
will be. Your wife must condi-
ton herself to help. to advise
only when she is asked to, to
stay out of the way when she's
not wanted. and never to boss.
3-If your wife takes this at
titude, and you do too. you will
assure yourselves the wonder
full freedom of retirement. You
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Tomorrow: A women who hos NOR
RED divorced mon complains thot
her husbond devotes too much time
TO his first wife.
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can lock up your room and 60
visit Australia. If you grab re-
sponsibilities of the home you
can't go anywhere.
Have Own TV Set
4. Save enough money out
of your cheap living to buy a
television set of your own. Put
it in your bedroom and make
the bedroom your living room
in the evening. Never forget
your son and his wife have
more interesting things to think
about at 10 pm. than weather
reports and rheumatism.
S. There are no rules on
earth to govern your relation
ship with your sons family.
Play it by ear. Since you are
the older and wiser the reSpon-
sibility is on you to see peace
ensues-no matter what.
6. Don't ever tell your son,
or your daughter in Indian
apolis, how much money you
have or what you are going to
do with it.
z. Be secondary in the home.
Follow instead of lead. Help
instead of asking for help. But
cling to your independence. Go
out without explaining. Plan
and play without consulting Be
pixies. Do the pleasant unex-
pected-like bringing the chill
dren suckers, or sending the
Indianapolis daughter a Vir-
ginia ham.
copyright 1857, General Features
Corr.l
The Golden Yeors oppeors eoch
Wednesday.
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How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Pregnancy After 40
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Dear DIR. Steincrohn: I
read your interesting column
every day. Will you please
write something about the
following questions?
Is IL dangerous for . wOm-
an TO become pregnant at the
age Of 46? Is ii dangerous to
her or the child at such an
advanced age? I read some
where some time ago that =
woman would be taking .
chance at that age. Can you
give me the reasons for any
abnOrmalities occurring; as
they say in the neighborhOOd.
will the baby be IAN insulted
one? Are there any books l
can read on the subject?
II . woman has been hav-
ing periods regularly all her
life and 10 still having them
at the aforementioned age,
why shouldn't the pregnancy
and the baby be normal ones?
l have two children by q
former marriage, the young
est IA years Of age and I'd
just love 10 have another.
MY husband Is \ few years
my senior.
I do hope that you will
write something in your
column 10 enlighten me on
this, 10 me, q very important
subject. Thanks 50 much, DR..
Steincrohn. Truly yours,
Mrs. A.
ANSWERING YOUR CUES
TON is much easier than ex
planning frankly to q woman i
her mid-forties who has neve
had q child. / recall many sue
instances in which a woman
anxious TO be pregnant, had I
be told that she was not likel
to have q baby. Frustrated
thwarted and unhappy. 1t
not unusual to see such person
break down and cry. All thei
friends have children: thei
and sisters have chill
dren. why can't I have
baby?" they ask.
II is one Of the most dificul
jobs the doctor has in his work
routine: telling an anxious an
hopeful woman that what sh
believes 10 be pregnancy is moi
There was one woman who's
,eri 3 stopped at As. She re
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THE DETAILS

Raymond FL am one of a
family of six children. We all
had very unhappy childhoods
because our parents are not
the type who show affection.
Our father was stern and aloof
and Mother was so ground
down by him and financial wor-
rieS that she had little spirit
or energy left for us.
Nevertheless, we all grew up
to be decent, law-abiding in
dividualS. MY sisters married
well and my brother is doing
well in his profession. Only /,
perhaps because 1 was young
est, have had great difficulty
in adjusting to life. I am in
secure financially and am hav-
ing trouble in my marriage.
I would like to see a psychol-
ogist or marriage counselor.
This means money-which I
don't have. I feel that my
mother should try to prevail on
my father to help me. I need,
not only his financial help, but
the assurance that my parents
are behind me and want to help
me.
Mrs. L. F.-What Raymond
says is true in some respects.
but he is a little unfair to his
father. My husband loved the
children very much, but didn't
believe in "coddling" them. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24

Tomorov: Diagnosing the eeuss Of
chest Aoins is one Of the kaotty
pteblsms Of medicine. Dr.. Steinereha
sstans WY.
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BY THOMAS COLLINS

1--WE have an interesting
proposition facing us when we
retire September l." says a
man who has been living
pretty high on the hog on
about $4,000 a year.
I'VE have two children-a
son and his wife and two small
children who live in a ranch
house at the edge of town, and
a daughter and her husband
and three children living in
Indianapolis.
THE son wants us to move
in with his family. and here is
his proposition: His ranch
house has three bedrooms and
a bath. Mama and I would
build another bedroom and
bath onto the houSe-which
would cost about $4,000 for the
kind of room we'd want-and
this of course would become
part of my sons property.
"Then Mama and 1 would
pay one-third of the food costs,
take care of our own laundry,
and we'd live as members of
the family. We'd also do
roughly one-third of the house.
hold chores such as making
beds. cooking and washing
dishes, and moving the lawn"
Sounds Sensible
This, he thinks. is a sensi-
BILE arrangement, and from his
savings he can muster the
So, 900.
Il figure our food share won't
run over SIS a week at the out
side, and with our son taking
care of utilities and upkeep
we can live mighty cheap.
MY retirement income will
be about $235 a month. and
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is European and comes of
people who believed it was
shameful to make a display of
feeling. He showed shis love by
trying to teach them to do
right.
Raymond's father still feels
as he always did-that the
children must be entirely on
their own as soon as they are
old enough. 1t may sound
harsh. but Raymond knows
that his father can't be moved
once he has made up his mind.
Besides. he doesn't believe in
psychologists and would never
give money for a thing like
that.
/ would like to help Ray
mond, but he knows that he is
asking for the impossible. l
have no way of getting money
to him without his father
knowing. and anyway, Ray
mond says he wants it to come
directly from his father. Ray
mond could get a bank loan if
he tried.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
Raymond, himself, says the
money is not the main issue
here. He seeks assurance that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-24
THE COUNCILS VIEW

Raymond, himself, says the
money is not the main issue
here. He seeks assurance that
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turned month after month,
certain that she was pregnant.
So sure was she that she began
to complain of morning nau-
sea. One day she came in so
excited that I could only hope,
for her sake. that the miracle
had occurred. True enough,
there was an enlargement of
the uterus. But it wasn't due
to pregnancy. She had a uter-
inc fibroid tumor.
When a woman Of As or over,
asks me what are her chances
of having a baby I usually say
about / in $4,000. But I add
that there is always the posi-
bility she may be the fortunate
one. I recall only one patient
in her forties who became preg-
nant for the ilrst time and had
. fine baby.
HH&
1T is NOT DANGEROUS,
Mrs. A.. for a woman to be-
come pregnant at 46. Espe-
cially, since you have already
given birth twice. Keep the
long odds in mind. however
Don't become too hopeful.
As for the baby Of a middle
aged mother being born lin
suited" or deformed. we feel
that there is greater likelihood
of mongolism in the child.
Otherwise. there are as great
chances for a normal preg-
nancy and normal baby as in
the younger groups.
Mongolism occurs in APP
proximately one out OF every
500 live births. And accord
ing to DR.. j. Oster Of Copen-
hagen. Denmark the only
constant finding has been the
oloer age OF the mothers OF
mongols."
II you we're my patient. Mrs.
A.. I would say something like
this: you have had two chill
dren. One Of them is still a
young teen-ager. Be thankful
with what you have been given.
Don't becloud your present by
an unnatural hopefulness that
tyou may become pregnant
again. It can turn into a pain
full obsession.
released By The Bell Syndicate. Incl
Tomonov: Diagnosing the eouse Of
chest Aoins IS one Of the kaotty
problems Of medicine. Dr.. S,einerohn
- n - -.
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my parents are behind me. -"
He wants his father to show the
love he feels was denied him in
childhood. Yet Raymond knows
that his father does not APP
prove of psychologists and is
inflexihle on the subject of Civ
ing financial help to grown
children.
Why then. does Raymond ask
for help he knows will be
denied? His position is so pain
full and humiliating, it would
appear that he should go to
any lengths to avoid it. Since
he has gone out of his way to
place himself in this position,
he must want it. He wants to
impose suffering on himself
and this is more important to
him than getting help with his
problems.
Raymond should avoid dwell
ing on the real or imagined
wrongs dealt him in childhood.
He is not capable of evaluating
the situation effectively and is
only digging deeper into his
rut. He could benefit from
guidance from a reliable, OBJ
jective source. but he should
get over the idea that he needs
his parents support in the en-
terprise. He should try to earn
the extra money for this help,
or borrow from a disinterested
source, or find out whether he
would be eligible for social
agency assistance.
Part of Raymond's treatment
would undoubtedly involve
wrenching himself free from
his obsession about what his
father ought to do for him.
tcopyriEht 1857. Genaral Features
Corp
Tomorrow: A woman who hos NOR
ried o divorced mon complains thot
her husbond devotes too much time
TO his first wife.
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can lock up your room and 90
visit Australia. If you grab re-
sponsibilities of the home you
can't go anywhere.
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THE FAMILY COUNCIL
Molodjusted Son Asks
Parents to Help Him
THE PROBLEM
RAYMOND FL need my parents behind me-
MRS L. F-He's asking for the impossible
THE PROBLEM

The Fomily Council consists Of o Judge
o psychictrist. three eIersymen. q
newspaper editor, Q women's editor
and two writers. Eoch article is q
summary Of on octuoI cose history.
The council reports on problem.
thot have been deolt with b,
responsible agencies.
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withal and the know-how
wants to dominate the social
scene enough to give frequent
important parties that in
clude only the most influ-
entail people from the in
fiuential circles.
Let's take a look at the
Capital women who have
the wherewithal. There are
dozens Of them who fall into
the category Of millionaires,
so for the purposes Of limi-
tation, let us consider only
those believed to have IS
million or more in their own
right.
Their approach to social
activity as much as their
generous donations to well
fare and the arts influences
the Washington scene. , But
how?
We may as we'll begin at
the top financially. with the
owner Of the Capitals most
palstial home, the General
Foods heiress and philan-
thropist Marjorie Merri.
weather Post, although there
is no way of knowing the
proper sequence for the rest.
Ones own personal wealth
is a topic considered tabu by
persons Of wealth, hence
1t is difficult TO ascertain.
MRS. POST doesn't first
check the Social Register be-
fore she makes out her in
vitation list. The queenly
hostess asks the people she
likes, social, important or
not so important; frequently
people who have worked
hard on a musical or charit-
able project with her. /.
She's more interested in these
latter things than politics;
prefers dancing parties. espe-
cially the wholesome fun Of
square dancing, TO CONVERSE
tional dinners.
MRS. FRANCES BOLTON,
cousin Of Harry Payne Whit
ney, who reputedly inherited
q fortune OF IS million, Ia
the wealthiest woman ofhcial
Continued on PE. DIS, Col. 1
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WOMEN AND MONEY
Thousands OF Feminine Investors
Keep Washington Market Hun1ninq

Of New York branches are
located.
From 10 until $3.50 o'clock.
five days a week, the steady
clickety click Of these board
rooms beats out the Nations
financial pulse.
They're at Home
To many Washington wom-
en-, these comfortable leather
chaired rooms-open to the
public-are literally home.
They come and stay all day,
buying and selling at q mo-
nent's notice.
Il love TO see my stocks in
action "-feHd1iy cohIesses
Mrs. David Lynn, wife of the
former architect Of the Cap
itol. ITS exciting. And when
the market gets bearish like
it is now. it doesn't bother me
at all. My father once told
me. if you don't take a
chance. how are you going
to get anywhere? Everyone
laughs at me about my stock
dealings. but its just plain
fun and you can make money
too"
Mrs. Lynn A q familiar