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Milford chronicle., 1957-11-08

daughter, Darlene, of Cambridge,
Md, and Mr.. aud Mrs. Harry JEFF
ferson of Prime Hook Neck were
guests on Sunday afternoon of Mrs.
Lille Fitzgerald and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Fitzgerald
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Messick
and family spent Saturday evening
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Messick of Milford.
Bobby Warren of Frederick spent
the weekend with his grandpar-
ents, MIR. and Mrs. Henry War
rem.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Baker of
Boothwyn, Pa, spent Saturday
evening with Mrs. Katie Fitzgerald.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hearn and
daughter, Alice Ida, of Harring
.On, were uInner guests on Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hearn.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Benson en-
tertained to dinner on Sunday,
Mrs. Dorothy Webb and chiloren.
Miss Sally Webb of Glendale, and
Mr.. Jack Webb of Georgetown.
Master Lee Hamilton of Blades
parents, Rev. and Mrs. w. w. Ham
ilton.
Miss Donna Faye Hostedler had
the misfortune of losing her glass
es during Halloween If anyone
finds same, her parents would be
interested in hearing from you.
Mrs. Irene Webb of Milford was
luncheon guest ON Friday of Mrs.
Katie Fitzgerald.
Rev. >and Mrs. W. W. Hamilton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paynter Collins, Mr.
and Mrs. Crerar Bennett, Jr., Mr..
and Mrs. Clifford Donovan and Mr..
and Mrs. Carlton Clifton we're
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Vinal Carey
at the Dutch Inn, Laurel, on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Kibler and
family of Greensboro, Md, spent
Sunday afternoon with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Warren.
The Sunbeam s. S. Glass held
their regular business meeting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Swain on Tuesday evening with
seventeen members in attendance
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mas ribbon which the class sells
from year to year, please contact
Mrs. Wanda Greenly not later than
this Sunday, November 10.
Mr.. Richard Watt spent Satur-
day with Mr.. LOfiand Deputy.
Mrs. Mabel Lambden, Mrs Kath-
ryn Wilkins, Mrs. Ann Messick,
Miss Mary Prettyman, all of
Georgetown, and Mrs. Russell
Bradley attended a dinner of the
WOmen's National Democratic Club
held in Washington, D. c., on
Thursday, honoring Mrs. ]. Allan
Frear.
A dinner was given on Sunday
by Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Hall of
Milford, honoring Mrs. Charles
Workman, who was 81 years young
on Monday. Present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Alonzo Workman and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Workman of Federals-
burg, Md; Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
GOoner of Miltoa; Mr.. Charles
Workman and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
White and family.
Jimmy Stayton" and his orch
estra will be playing at the New
Lincoln Community Center this
Friday evening. Price of admis-
sion, 75c. Refreshments will be on
sale. Dancing from 8 until IL p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-08
Home Mortgage
Credit Secretary

II. Colin Haines, of Washington,
d. c., has been appointed Execu-
tive Secretary of the Voluntary
Home Mortgage Credit Programs
Region Nv Office in Washington,
ID. c., it was announced today by
Housing administrators Albert M.
Cole, who is also chairman of the
National Committee of the VHMCP.
Mr.. Haines succeeds Malcolm M.
MacFarlene who has resigned to
take a position with the Federal
Housing Administration. The Reg
ion Nv Office serves the States of
Delaware, Maryland, Penn sylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia, and the
District of Columbia.
The VHMCP was established un-
der the Housing Act of 1854 to act
as a clearing house in channeling
funds for FHA-insured and VA
guaranteed mortgage loans into
small communities where mortgage
money is scarce, and to help make
such mortgage loans available to
members of minority groups with
out regard to the size of the COM
munity in which they reside. In
approximately 80 months of oper-
alton the program has succeeded
in placing with private lending in
stitutions approximately 10000 gov
ernment insured and guaranteed
mortgages, totalling in excess of
$270 million.
Mr.. Haines has been Deputy Ex-
ecutive Secretary of Region Nv
since December 1854. He attended
George Washington University,
Washington, d. c., the Graduate
School of Banking at Rutgers Uni
versity and the School of Mortgage
Banking at Northwestern Uniyer-
sity. He was formerly a member
Of the staff of Riggs National Bank,
a former FILA Mortgage exami-
ner, and resigned as vice president
OF Frederick w. Berens, Inc, Mort
gage Bankers to affiliate with
VHMCP.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-08
CAP Cadets Hear
Talk On Missiles


CAP Cadets and a large number
of senior members heard a very
interesting talk on Missiles" Civ
en- by Captain Rowe, new Air
Force Liaison Officer, at their
meeting on Wednesday. Captain
Rowe talked of the "Farside" pro-
gram, which is currently under
way to expedite our missile pro-
duction. He told of the missiles
in the Air Force Missile family and
explained that some are ground
to-ground, some grOund-to-air, and
some air-to-air. Three are cur
rently operational and three will
be very shortly. The talk was a
most informative one and certainly
one which would reassure any who
might have the feeling that our
own experts are sleeping on the
job.
r Another visitor this week was
Colonel Coleman, Chaplain from
the Delaware State Wing, who
spoke few words of greeting and
encouragement to the group.
MRS. Orkln gave IufJher lnSIfuc-
tions on First Aid, since it is very
likely this knowledge will be re-
quired during the forthcoming
Search and Rescue practice.
SARCAP (Search and Rescue,
Civil Air PatroD is always an inn
portant occurrence to the CAP
members, as this is where they
get their knowledge and practice
TO perform the real missions, for
which Civil Air Patrol was origin
ally founded.
The senior members are old
hands at this job of search and
rescue, but Captain Norton Lever
age, Commander of the Milford
Squadron, is giving all the Cadets
an opportunity to get into the act,
and this requires great deal of
preparation. AS Captain Leverage
says. This Is not game, it is
serious thing, and the training the
members get during this practice
might in the future mean the diff
ference between life and death"
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-08
LAST LAUGH

SILVER SPRING, Md. - up -
Five years ago Sydney Mendelsohn
ordered some fruit trees from an
Illinois firm later convicted of mail
fraud.
He got five trees right away-all
about eight inches tall-marked
plum, apricot, pear, cherry and ap-
pie. The plum Seeding \didn't
grow and the apple tree was bar
rem.
But Mendelsohn figures he got
the last laugh.
His 9-year-old son took some
peaches from what was supposed
to be the apricot tree the other
day-and won first prize at the
Montgomery County Fair
Read The Classified Ads
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-08

More than 55 nickel alloys, each
with special variations, are pro-
duced in Huntington, W. Va. A
nickel-copper alloy is used in boat
fittings because of its resistance to
salt water corrosion.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-08
MILFORD CHRONICLE MILFORD DELAWARE FRIDAY NOVEMBER

The valley floor of the Nile River
is seven feet higher today than it
was in Cleopatra's time, reports
the National Geograchip Society.
This is due to the silt deposited by
annual fioodings.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-08

Mwami tribesmen in the Belgian
Congo tower nearly z feet. They
live. for the most part, in peaceful
relations with their Batwa neigh
boring tribesmen who stand only
about Az feet.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-08

Droin conned whole-kerneI corn and
mix with chopped onion, green end red
pepper. celery and cucumber. Add soIi
and pepper TO fosfe along with vinegar
and sugar. Chill and serve with ham.
burgers.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-08

The average letter is handled by
u. S. Post Office employees IL times
before It is delivered.
The first war risk Insurance was
written in 1861 during the Civil
War
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-08

The St. Petersburg. Fla. Independent
gives away free copies Of its newspaper
on any day in which the sun does moi
shine by p. m. That happens only about
four or five times Yeor.
Milford chronicle., 1957-11-08

Read the Classified Ads
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Irrelevant and Absurd

Arlington authorities evidently went
to lot of trouble to dig up facts on
the long traffic record of Mrs. Roy A.
Stephens husband, but why they did
SO is hard to understand. Certainly Mr..
Stephens difficulties, chiefly in the Dis
trict, with traffic officers have no con-
ceivable relevance to the bedroom arrest
of Mrs. Stephens for overtime parking.
The issue in the Stephens case is
the conduct Of Arlington police in, en-
tering the Stephens home at II pm. and
serving an overtime parking warrant on
Mrs. Stephens in her bedroom, after she
had been aroused from slumber. What
her husbands traffic record, good or
bad, has to do with this issue is mys-
terry that calls for further explanation.
If this was tactic to divert public at
tention from the real issue, it reflects
no credit on those who conceived the
absurd plan and ordered it carried out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Virqinio Park Apathy

The movement in Northern Virginia
to establish regional park authority
with view to preserving some Of the
rapidly dwindling undeveloped stream
valleys and forests there is deserving
of public support. AS a matter of fact,
the Virginia General Assembly author
lied the creation of such an agency in
1850 and, by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. agree
ment, the Virginia National Capital
Park Authority" actually was organized.
AS result, the National Capital Plan
ming Commission induced Congress to
amend the Capper-C ramton Act in 1852
so as to permit the authority to partici-
pate in the park benefits of the act.
But the Virginia authority never was
completely organized and, to date,
nearby Virginia has not taken advan-
tage of the Federal offer of financial
aid in buying park land.
So Virginia has stood by while acre
after acre of sylvan land which should
have been reserved for park and recrea-
tional purposes has been invaded by
bulldozers and construction crews. 1t
is not too late, however, to save some
important nearby park areas-espe-
cially In Fairfax and Loudoun Counties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
On Using X-Roys

In erect, In recommending against
the indiscriminate use of X-rays for tu-
berculosis detection, the United States
Public Health Service has acted in keep
Ing with one Of the caveats voiced last
year by the National Academy Of Sci
ences in its somber report on the biolog-
ical consequences Of nuclear fallout and
other forms Of radiation.
The PHS recommendation has al
ready been adopted by the D. C. Tu-
berculosiS Association. As a result, the
chest X-ray program will no longer be
carried out on mass basis here. In
stead, it will be limited to groups that
are considered to be potentially the most
vulnerable to the disease AS for others
among us-notably our high school SEN
iors-they will be X-rayed only If they
show a positive reaction to skin or
patch" tests.
This is sensible modification of,
past policy. While X-rays are of great
value In terms of diagnosing and treat
Ing certain diseases, they have been and
still are being used to excess, and too
frequently by people who are not ade-
quately trained as radiologistS. This
holds true for many fields in addition
to tuberculosis, for such radiation is
employed on very large scale for dem
tai work and wide variety of medical
purposes. Indeed, we have been so care
less with it that it has even played a
brief but now-banned role in some of
our shoe stores.
The genetic danger involved in all
this is by no means inconsequential.
That is why the National Academy of
Sciences, in its report of June, 1856,
has recommended as follows: "That the
medical authorities of this country ini-
tiate a vigorous movement to reduce
the radiation exposure from X-rays to
the lowest limit consistent with medical
necessity; and in particular that they
take steps to assure that proper steps
always be taken to minimize the radia-
ton dose to the reproductive cells"
This is common-senSe counsel from
highly authoritative source, and 1t
should be needed throughout the coun-
try by all who have anything to do
with the use of X-rays. From the edu-
cational standpoint, the Public Health
Service has made good start by calling
for more discriminating approach to
the problem Of diagnosing tuberculosis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Speak Softly :

Within recent days there has been
a lot Of rather tough talk from num-
Der of high-ranking Americans. The
latest example has come from Secretary
Dulles. Replying to a reporters ques-
ton in Chicago, he has declared that
our commanders on the scene would
almost certainly" strike back instan-
aneously-without waiting for for
NAL declaration of war-if the Russians
launched an attack against NATO'S
forces in Europe. This is not new
thought, Of course, or new statement
Of policy, and 1t obviously makes mill
tary sense. But we doubt that it needed
to be uttered at this time. We doubt
that it can serve any good purpose,
either in terms of impressing and sober
ing the Kremlin or enhancing our coun-
try's prestige around the world.
In fact, although Russia's leaders
may be following policy that conceiv-
ably compels our Government to warn
them periodically, there is more than
little reason to believe that the United
States would be much better off, propa-
gandistically and otherwise, If men like
Mr.. Dulles resolved to speak out less
frequently on what our forces can and
would do in the event of Soviet as
Sault. After all, such talk takes on
certain measure of unseemlinesS when
it comes repeatedly from high places in
a rough, off-the-cuff manner. Rightly
or wrongly, peoples abroad tend to in
terpret it as kind of noisy braggadocio
or f1exing of muscles that is slightly
on the crude side and unbecoming to
great nation. And certainly it is not
likely to make the men of the Kremlin
reform themselves and turn over a new
leaf.
Speak softly and carry a big
stick" That policy is as much to the
point now as it was in Theodore Roose-
velt's day. But it seems to have been
brushed aside in favor of using Ian
guage with all sorts of thunder in it,
even though our missile club appears
at the moment to be disconcertingly
smaller than Russia's. And there is
another motto well suited to us in the
present time. AS placed on President
Eisenhower's desk few years ago, 1t
is made up of these six simple but wise
Latin words: SuuUiter In nodo, fortiter
In re. Translated, it means, Gently in
manner, strongly in deed" Maybe our
diplomatic and military leaders could do
worse than null over 1t and temper
their public remarks accordingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Back in Crime

A search Of police records has re-
vealed that, of IS persons released from
ST. Elizabeths Hospital after commit
ment under the Durham mental i'll
ness" ruling, two have returned to
criminal pursuits. AS far as the contro-
versial Durham ruling is concerned,
therefore, the threat to the community
by released prisoners is not as serious as
might have been inferred from recent
speech by Police Chief Murray before
the National Association of Citizens
Crime Commissions.
Chief Murray, in deploring handi-
caps imposed on the police by series
Of recent court decisions, told the aSso-
citation: I'm the past several years this
defense (plea of insanity has been the
vehicle for freeing dozens of persons
who, when in police custody, appeared
to be normal" He had previously men,
toned the Durham decision, which re-
Quires commitment to st. Elizabeths Of
criminals found innocent because Of
mental disease or defect at the time Of
their offenSes. Chief Murray later ex-
planned that he was referring to releases
effected prior to, as we'll as after, the
Durham ruling.
OF the two who became involved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22

/ would like to know who
is responsible for turning the
Silver Spring public parking
lots. one by one, into metered
zones. and how lowly citizens
can stop 1t.
Is there no one in authority
who takes our part against
the greediness Of the county
government and its endless
gouging? Are we not entitled
to even the small privilege OF
parking three hours free in
a convenient place to the
stores in the face of ever
rising taxes? Is there no
mercy? / refer to the big lot
at Wayne and Fenton. where
meter posts have Just been
installed.
Mrs. r. Jlnkins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Sound and Timely Policy

Secretary of Agriculture Benson has
reaff1rmed his assurances to friendly
free nations that the United States will
not dump" American farm SURPRISES
abroad in way to depreSS prices or
disrupt normal foreign markets. At the
same time, he has reStated that we will
continue to cornpete-fairly in both
price and quality-and that we must
continue international trade that per-
mitS customers abroad opportunity to
earn needed foreign exchange. The
Secretary'S latest remarks on this sub
ject were made before the United Ma
tionS Food and Agriculture Organization
in Rome, and were in answer to fears
expressed by some major growing
countries that our surplus disposal pro-
gram might upset world prices and
markets.
The domestic agricultural program,
that has resulted in accumulation of
large Government-held SURPRISES here,
necessarily requires some plan for dis
position of these stocks. AS far as dis
position abroad is concerned, it has been
attempted partly by outright gifts where
special relief needs exist, partly by
barter for strategic materials and partly
by sales. Wheat-growing countries, for
example, like Canada and Australia,
have indicated concern that our foreign
shipments might cut into their usual
markets. 1t is difficult to avoid this
possibility entirely, but Mr.. Benson has
given reasonable assurance that we
will not disregard the interests of other
friendly exporting nations. He has,
furthermore, made a basic principle
clear-that agricultural commodities
should be used for the purpose for which
they are grown, namely, to be consumed
by people who need them. 1t is sound
position, and the statement Of 1t during
the recent Rome meetings was timely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Monkey With Ulcers

An item which appeared a
few days ago in your news
paper about a cruel expert
ment on a monkey has
haunted me ever since. 1t was
a case Of building up tension.
nervous tension, in a monkey
until the poor thing had
stomach ulcers. in order to
prove the effect of the mind
on the body. That fact has
been known for centuries
why this unnecessary cruelty?
1t seems to me that I'M
necessary experiments on
helpless animals at the Uni
versity of Maryland, where
the above incident is said
to have occurred, should be
looked into.
Clara H. Fawcett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Census on Religion

The letter by Rev. H. H.
Hoyt Of Prince Frederick,
Md. disputing the accuracy
of the Catholic census" re-
Gently conducted in the Ma
tional Capital area by the
Archdiocesan Council of
Catholic Men. points up the
need for an impartial CEN
sus of religious affiliation in
the United States. Social
and political scientists have
been urging the Census Blu
reau for some time to include
the questions what is your
religious preference" and
do you belong to any
church," in the forthcoming
1860 census. Such questions
are asked by Census authori-
ties in almost every foreign
country-even in those coun-
tries that omit the detailed
questions concerning personal
income that our census takers
ask. The benefits that would
accrue to sociological and po-
litical research from accu-
rate data in this field far out
weigh whatever objections
land these have never been
clearly stated by the Direc-
tor of the Census Bureau
such questions might raise.
Private surveys by interested
parties are no substitute for
accurate Census Bureau data.
Charles r. Foster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Religious Beliefs

Your November 16 editorial
concerning the TIL o m son
committees questioning of
the religious beliefs Of two
of its witnesses is indicative
of the type of public response
that permits the perpetuation
Of such ill-mannered and
hurtful investigative pro-
cedures. l am sure that The
Star did not mean to give
this impression.
A careful examination of
the transcript makes clear
that this matter was no
trivial incident" as the edi-
torial claims. The witness did
not volunteer his church ANIL
iation nor did he offer to
pray for the committee. The
question of what religious
faith the witness followed was
put to him directly; the mat
ter Of prayer came as but
an incidental part of a long
and extensive series of ques-
tons concerning his religious
convictions and motivations.
1t is apparent that the OBJ
vious purpose of the line of
questioning was to show the
witness that the Episcopalian
belief does not require OBJ
position to segregation.
1t Is incredible that any
one who read the transcript
could dismiss this phase of
the hearing so casually. You
came nearer to protecting
the rights Of our citizens in
your opening paragraph
this instrument of the
Virginia Legislature most GER
tainly had no business asking
any witness about his or her
church affiliation."
Ross Allen Weston,
Minister. Unitarian Church
Of Arlington.
Editors note: The dis
cussion Of personal interpre-
tations of the Commandments
and the tenets Of the Episco-
pal faith, freely entered into
by a witness who attends the
Episcopal church. in answer
to questions by an Episco-
palian member Of the Thorn
son committee. struck us as
a trivial incident, which die
not warrant the significance
attached to it as an infringe
ment OF the principle of re-
nglous freedom. The Ques-
tons were irrelevant. But the
witness chose to answer then
with a candor which reflected
no unwillingness on his par
to assert his own personal
convictions. as opposed to the
personal convictions of hi.
questioner. The important
demonstration of the Incl.
dent, in our opinion, is tn,
evil Of secret hearings, which
prevent publication of tn,
testimony in full. so tina
everybody might read it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
Lab or Gym?

We are having a great deal
Of discussion on the teaching
Of science. This is good. but
let us not spend so much time
planning on the grand scale
that we overlook the things
that can be done fairly easily.
At a conference some two
years ago. there was general
agreement among science
teachers of the District that
the biggest single improve
ment in science teaching here
would be the reinstatement
Of the former practice of
having a laboratory period
extending continually over
two school periods. They ex-
planned that with a single
period, the time taken for
setting up and dismantling
apparatus was so large a pro-
portion Of the period that
little experimental work
could be done by the stu
dents.
Why was the double period
for laboratory work dropped?
I was told that this was
forced by congressional In
sistence that each student
must have i've periods Of
gymnasium each week.
I suggest that the Board of
Education begin now to make
arrangements. with congress
sional permission If neces-
sary. so that students taking
biology, physics or chemistry
would substitute that extra
laboratory period for one Pc
riod of gymnasium. The stu
dents would not only learn
more science, but would have
the chance to learn the ex-
perimental approach. I am
sure that their interest would
be far greater than under
present conditions.
Chemist.