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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-23
Teen-Agers
Find Snow
Brings Fun
By Fiji GORSKA
Star stan Writer

The snow that fell so
quietly last week end was
an overture to an unsched-
uled winter carnival for
teen-agers.
While most adults hud-
died indoors or battled to
get to work, teen-agers
here went into a furry of
activity outdoors.
1t was as if life got
stuck on the letter IS"
What with skating, sled
ding, sliding, skiing, show
cling and sculptoring
Snowmen, to mention a
few, there was hardly time
for sleeping.
AS Vicki Bell, a Ham,
mond High School Sopho-
more, said about the big
gest snow she'd ever seen,
at was deep and beautiful
and wonderful. Shedding
was the most fun - but
then they ruined it by put
ting sand on the street"
A couple Of Sea Scouts,
David O'Donnell of Mackin
High and Bill Dodson Of
Jefferson Junior High,
slipped down to the
wharf to scrape snow off
of boats for boat owners.
Although thev got paid
for their efforts, David
claimed he and Bill
wouldn't have done it if
they hadn't liked boats
and the outdoors in the
first place.
Z While some teen-agerS
were busy shoveling walks
and digging out cars for
profit or lust because it
was something different to
do, there were others CIV
ing yards a carnival-like
atmosphere sculptoring
snow figures. There were
wild rides on sleds on hills
so steep that spectators
thought thew were wit
Messing bobSled races.
Four Georgetown Uni
versity freshmen fit into
this group. They turned
an almost perpendicular
cobbleStone street in
Georgetown into a sled
run by posting a friend at
the intersection of the
street to ward off traffic.
Teen-agerS on farms
found what a difference a
throw of snow over the
acreage could mean. Take
Carol Mudgett of Rock
vile for instance. This
Broome Junior High
School seventh grader
, 1958-01-10
VIRGIN ISLANDS FORESTRY PROGRAM
ANNUAL REPORT = FISCAL YEAR 1857
Robert w. Mobiles. Forester

Continued from yesterday
Within three weeks of seed
collection, $4,000 small-leaf,
broadleaf, and hybrid maho-
gany seed W sown in
twelve seedbeds in the en-
larged nursery at the Agricul-
tural Station. Insecticide, fun
gicide, a n d fertilizer were
applied to the seedbeds. Ger
mination in the seedbeds aver
aged Is percent. Hot, drying
winds are the greatest deter
rent to seed termination and
Seeding survival. All water
ing was done by hand hose
from the cistern at the Agri-
cultural Station, the water be-
ing replaced with a tank trail
er by the Forestry Program.
Since both research and ac-
ton, programs have shown
that barefoot planting is sue
cessful only with broadleaf
mahogany, and then only in
the most humid areas of Saint
Croix, it was necessary to pot
much of the stock. Seedlings
were lifted twice during the
year, in late August for 1856
planting and in early Febru-
airy for 1857 planting. Usually
seedlings are lifted when they
are about 8 inches high. Con-
siderable mortality frequently
accompanies this lifting opera
ton. Hot, drying winds are
prevalent just before the fall
, 1958-01-10

planting season when the seed
lings must be lifted if they
are to become established in
the pots in time for planting
during the rainy season.
Plotting is costly, and to the
present has not been entirely
satisfactory. Two types Of pots
have been usedNon st. Croix:
1-quart, bottomless tin oil
cans and pots constructed with
taxpayer and staples. Expert
ence has shown that it is ne
cessary to remove the pots
from the seedlings at the time
Of planting, even at the risk Of
breaking the ball of earth
about the roots, because other
wise root development is SO
hampered that losses in the
dry season are excessive. Be-
cause of this situation, only
taxpayer pots, more easily re-
movable than cans, have been
used during the past year.
There was a 10 percent seed
Ting loss during the lifting and
potting operation.
Nursery stock costs for the
year have been as follows:
Seed collection, sorting,
dewinging, drying $O.0o5
Seeded preparation,
sowing, watering, etc. o.O20
Taxpayer pot construc-
ton O.O2s
Continued on page a
, 1958-01-10
LEGISLATIVE RECORD
Continued from fly-sheet)

Continued from f~ly-sheet
Land for Home-Building Purposes in the Virgin Islands.
COMMITTEE OF WHOLE
BILL NO. $50 Resolution Authorizing the President
of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands to Invite the Adj
ministrator of the Social Programs Administration, Com
monwealth Of Puerto. Rico, to visit the Virgin Islands Tor
conference.
BILL NO. 1872 To Provide for the Selection Of a
Special Legislative Committee on the Organic Act OF the
Virgin Islands, and for Other Purposes.
BILL NO. 1888 : To Permit Parimutual Betting Dur
ing Specified Hours During Date in Carnival Week, 1857,
and to Provide for the Control thereof.
ADOPTION Of BILLS:
The following bills were discussed, and/or amended
andadopted in the manner and by the votes indicated.
BILL NO. $50 .
SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE RGN ISLANDS
OF THE UNITED STATES
Regular Session
1857
Resolution Authorizing the President of the Legislature of
the Virgin Islands to Invite the. Administrator of the So
cial Programs Administration, Commonwealth OF Puerto
Rico, to visit the Virgin Islands for conference concerning
LoW-Income Houses.
WHEREAS, there is an alarming shortage of decent
housing accommodations within the Virgin Islands for
families Of moderate income; and,
WHEREAS, the cost of construction of decent homes
homes is so high as to be beyond the financial means OF the
vast majority of our people; and,
the problem of acquiring land and max
ing it available to families who desire to build their homes,
and of Initiating a housing development program within
the means Of persons of moderate income, is of major con-
Germ in the Virgin Islands; and,
WHEREAS, in the neighboring island of Puerto Rico
a similar problem is being rapidly overcome by a bold and
imaginative program Of self-help and government assis-
lance under the auspices of the Social Programs Admini-
~stration Of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and,
WHEREAS. under this program a family may con
Continued on page A
, 1958-01-10
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VOL. IA FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1858 NO. z
, 1958-01-10
Regular Session

Resolution Authorizing the President of the Legislator
the Virgin Islands to Invite the Administrator OF the
cial Programs Administration, Commonwealth OF Pu
Rico, to visit the Virgin Islands for conference concern
LoW-Income Houses.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17
THE FAILURES OF COMMUNISM

What has communism accomplished? A
terse and compelling answer to that question
is provided by the distinguished historian
and teacher Russell Kirk, in his new book,
"The American Cause" which the Chicago
firm of Regnery has published.
Mr. Kirk states Although the Com
munists have preached brotherhood, in prac-
tice they have murdered many millions of
innocent people. Although the Communists
have praised absolute equality they have es-
tablished absolute despotism Although the
Communists have aped Christian charity in
words, they have resorted to theft and con-
fiscation in actuality. Although the Com
munists have promised Utopia, they have
delivered whole nations to mortal torment.
Although they have talked unendingly of
peace, they have thriven by war"
Communism is a philosophy of pure ma
terialism. Yet Communism in practice has
miserably failed to better the material liv-
ing standards of the people. An article in
1t takes Russian factory worker 306 hours
himself suit-the American factory work
er can earn the suit in % hours and min
ues. 1t take that Russian worker 19 min
utes to earn the price of cake of soap, as
against 3 minutes for the American. 1t
to make enough to buy pound of butter;
it goes, down the roster of practically every
thing in ordinary use.
81 In terms of human values and better
ment, Communism has been not only fail
ure but a ruthless despoiler
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17

pastor Of Lincoln Methodist
Church. The body was then taken
to Wilmington for cremation.
The following officers were elect
ed to serve Lincoln Methodist Sun
day School for the year of 1858
superintendent, Douglas Morgan ;
assistant superintendent, Paul
White; secretary, William Dono-
van; assistant superintendent, Mrs.
Iris Swain; recording secretary,
Madalyn Bennett; financial secre-
tary, Phyllis White; treasurer, Ed
ward Hearn; pianist. Mrs. Karen
Fitzgerald; assistant pianist, Mrs.
Iris Swain; cradle roll superinten-
dent, Mrs. Delema White; temper
anceS superintendent, Mr.. Dukes /;
missionary superintendent, Mrs.
Cleora Donovan; primary superin-
tendent, Mrs. Marian Bennett; as
sistant superintendent, Mrs. Del
ema White; MYF counselor, Albert
Coleman; assistant counselor, Mrs.
Karen Fitzgerald; attendance SUI
perintendent, Logan LeCompte
and superintendent of supplies,
Mrs. Bernice Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Tucker
entertained to a birthday dinner
on Sunday, honoring their son,
Leon. Other dinner guests includ-
ed Mrs. Leon Tucker of Whining
ton Manor, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Nealis of Palmyra, NJ j., Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Hudson and family of
Harbeson, Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood
Tucker and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Tucker of Glendale, Kev.
and Mrs. w. w. Hamilton, Mrs
Edith Fisher and Mr.. and Mrs.
Douglas Morgan and family.
Master Gilbert Massey of Milford
was the weekend guest of his un-
Gle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Donovan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Bradley
and daughter Sharon were dinner
guests on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Bradley. Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Morris
of Wilmington spent Sunday with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William
V. Morris.
>. WIiOOn anu WI
Harry Beebe attended the double
wedding of the sonf and daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Peterman of
Milford on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert Adams of
Bellefonte spent the weekend with
her mother, Mrs. Jennie Messick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Campbell and
daughter Joan and Mrs. Ronald
Jefferson of Milton were dinner
guests on Sunday of Mr.. aad Mrs.
Ura Walls.
Mrs. Harry Glasco underwent a
minor operation at the Milford Me-
mortal Hospital on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Morgan
attended the funeral of her bro
ther-in-law,. Joshua Murray of Sell
byville on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Healis of
Palmyra, N. j., spent the weekend
with her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Tucker.
Mrs. Matte Greenly returned
home on Friday after spending the
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17

Babson Park, Mass. Jan. 16. The
big-paying. easy-to-get first job out
of college is something we shall
see less of this year. Company re-
cruitment officers are saying that
this year for the first time in a
long while we shall find plenty of
June graduates around at prices
we want to pay"
Babson studies of business activ-
ity have for some months now re-
vealed a mild softening in both en-
ployment and payrolls The cause
of this showdown in the cycle can
be attributed to a number of things;
among these are rising productivity
through chronological advances,
automation, and declines in govern
ment spending.
The reason / am writing this
article now instead of in the spring
is to try to make both young people
and their parents aware of this
changed condition. If a college. ed
ucation teaches nothing else, 1t
should make individuals aware that
survival of the fittest is law OF
nature not likely to be repealed In
hurry by any congress, soviet, or
college placement officer.
Unemployed College Graduates
You may be surprised to know
that there are a number of last
June's graduates who have not yet
been able to find full-time employ
ment of the kind they want. | learn
ed from one large eastern univer-
sity recently that better than 20
ner cent of it's last-June graduates
had failed to find employment to
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17
JOBS WILL COME HARDER FOR 1858 GRADUATES

their liking by Labor Day. Some
are still working at part time jobs; !;
some have gone back to college
for graduate work. While this fig
ure may be somewhat atypical, it
does nevertheless, point up trend.
Did you know, too, that a fair
sprinkling of last June's graduates
who did get jobs have already been
"excessed" by their employers? ?
This word excess" is a lovely new
personnel word which means you
are nice individual: you have
done we'll on the job; we would like
to have you around. but we just
don't need you any more" In short,
he has been fixed.
Start Job Hunting Now
One well-known college place
ment officer has stated that he ex-
poets the number of campus visits
by companies this year to be cut
by so per cent: / cannot agree
with this; but, l do say there will
be some shrinkage.
If, therefore, you expect to grad
uate from school or college this
year, and want a job, start hunting
now Include these things in your
preparation: IL Make an appraisal
of yourself. Know your vocational
interests, strengths and weak
nesses. (2) Find out what kinds OF
jobs can best use your abilities,
education, and experience: working
with people, with numbers, or with
materials and things? (3) Investi-
gate your college library to find out
what companies offer what kinds of
jobs. (4) Go to a good financial
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17

source book and check specific COM
panies for growth potential and
product diversification.
Study Companies To Be Visited
90 Have a general knowledge,
before you go into the interview, of
each company as well as of the
industry it represents (6) Be able
to tell prospective employer in a
general way why you are interested
in his particular industry and his
company. CD Set up contact
schedule for yourself. and send a
resume a day to companies you
think you would like to work for,
asking for the privilege of an inter-
view. (8) when interview time
comes, be able to talk intelligently
about yourself, indicating again, in
a general way, the kinds OF things
you think you might be able to do
on the job. 90 Send a follow-up
letter after the interview.
Sure, this is lot of work, and it
take a good deal of time! But the
person who fails to take minimal
steps of this sort is mentally lazy.
Time spent now in geeting ready for
interviews is far better employed
than time wasted in interviews from
which you will obviously be wash
cd out" because of your lack of
preparation. 1t is also far, better
than time spent later on a job for
which you have neither the interest
nor the aptitudes. Job hunting is
serious business, more so this year
than at any time since the war.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17
I'm TIE AIR FORCE"
BY eIoins Townsend Dieksrson

other male neighbor arrived to bor-
row Hayes plane mot airplane, but
tool plane-you know. And it is
Dad Dickerson's)- Then at the
front door is another female neigh
Dor and she wants our typewriter
to help her daughter with her
home work. The daughter being
behind in her school work as a re-
suit of severe attack of Asian
flu.
We borrow. too, It's usually
bread and butter with me. The
Children will be packing their
school lunches before breakfast and
its then l find / have no bread
No one seems to object to my in
efficiency in keeping my kitchen
shelf stocked. We all seem to en-
JOY fae visiting back and forth.
'Wisn some of you might visit in
our neighborhood with us. We have
an Air Force major next door, an
Army colonel on the other side, a
SanteFe man, a man from IBM, a
National Brewery Relations man,
a city lawyer, on Office manager
from leading mems store and
soon we will have Topeka's own
mayor as our neighbor, and just
this week a DUPONT (employee)
family moved in down the street
Must see them soon. So you see
we do have a nice group.
Now to the mail box and get
this letter off to you.
Until next week.
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17
TRINITY

Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth West and
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hardesty. OF
Bridgeville visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Carey, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Warning
ton, Misses Joyce and Janice War;
ington and Miss Bonnie Milspaw
and Everett Warrington were all
Sunday afternoon visitors of Mr..
and Mrs. Dean Seeley, near Wood
enhawk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Dickerson.
of Milford. Mr.. William Hudson and
daughter, Miss Marcia Hudson, of
Georgetown, eIr. and Mrs. Sol Mar
tin of Harrington and Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Mitchell and Charlie Nit
chell were callers of the Hugh Mar
tins last week.
John Hastings attended an Agri-
culture Meeting at the Grange Hall,
in Dover on Wednesday, as a repre-
sentative for the Greener Pastures
program.
Miss Grace E. Hastings returned
to her school duties at FELTON,, on
Monday after several days absence
from q severe cold
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Martin are
i'll at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Walston spent
Sunday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Warrington.
4 The Trinity WSCS will meet at
the Dublin Hill Community Hall. on
Friday evening, January IL. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Friedel will be the
host and hostess.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17

past six weeks with her children,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fetter of Jenk-
intown, Pa, and DR.. and Mrs. Will
liam Rothernel and family of
Canton, Ohio.
Pfc. Harry Swain returned to
his base at Fort Jackson, South
Carolina, on Friday after enjoying
a ten-day furlough with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Swain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Glasco en-
joyed a phone call from their son
Robert on Wednesday evening.
Bob, who has been serving with
the Armed Forces in Augsburg.
Germany, expects to receive his
discharge on April 8, and he and
his wife will be returning to the
States shortly afterward.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dawson BOyce of
Laurel spent Sunday afternoon
with Mrs. Veril Johnson and Ron
ME Worden.
Eugene Parker and Douglas
Morgan left on Monday for bus
mess trip to Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Worden
spent the weekend in Chester. Pa,
as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Lowry and son David.
Honey Voshell and his orchestra
will be playing this Friday even
ing at Bhe new Lincoln Commun-
ity Building from $3.50 to 1880 p.
m. Admission 75c. Refreshments
will be on sale.
There will be free skating at the
Lincoln Community Center this
Saturday evening, starting at 7:30
=. m. Bring your own skates.
Sorry, no steel wheels allowed.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17
2806 McAlister
Topeka, Kansas
January 2, 1858

Dear Friends:
My good brother-in-law, Bill
Minner of Harrington. is sweet
sixteen (?) today. Let's see, he
was born in 1920-yeah! That
makes hiu 16 all right. Hope he
has a nice day with my sis and
their two cute daughters. They'll
have dinner with the Amos Min
ners at Masten's Corner and hav-
ing Sunday and birthday dinner
with ones parents sounds like a
perfect way of celebrating any
birthday.
We have spent this rainy Sunday
undecorating our Christmas tree.
Our nice new neighbors on MEAL
lister have teased us numerically.
1.-THE Dickersons are so smart.
They're going to have their tree up
THIS year ahead of everyone =
Then / spent Is minutes the other
evening talking with fictitious
Irish fire marshal, who pleaded
with me = to abandon our 1857
Christmas fire trap tree. Last night
four neighbors with open books in
hand and wool mufflers tied around
their necks sang Christmas carols
outside our front door. The neigh
borhood is a closely knit group
and we've enjoyed all this kidding.
One neighbors came over this
a. m. to give me roast lamb rec
ipe | had asked for (stuffed with
sausage). While she was here an
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17
LINCOLN
Mrs. Rena Morgan
Phone: Milford s18
Lincoln Methodist Church
Rev. w. w. Hamilton, Pastor


Services fer Sunday, January 19:
IL a. m. Church School Session.
Douglas Morgan, superintendent; !;
Paul White, assistant superinten-
dent. Come worship with us as we
gather together in the Lords
Name
Whether you are new or old, you
are cordially invited at all times.
4 to 4:30 p. m. Precious Men,
cries broadcast over Georgetown
Station, 900 on the dial.
7:SO p. m. Revival services
are being conducted at our church.
The MYF will combine their ser
vice with the evening service. Spe-
cial music will be rendered. Your
attendance is needed to make these
services a success. Visitors are
always welcome.
The "Class of Promise" will hold
their business meeting on Wednes-
day evening, January %, at the
home of Mrs. Matte Greenly. All
members are urged to be in at
tendance.
The PTA will hold their monthly
meeting on Thursday evening, jan
uary %, in the Lincoln School. A
nursery will be provided for the
little tots whose parents desire to
attend the meeting. We are plan
ming to have a member of the Leg
islature in attendance to discuss
the financial conditions existing in
our schools. Don't forget the at
tendance banner to be given to
one of the class rooms. There will
also be refreshments for all.
Little Miss Cathy Walls cele-
brated her second birthday on Sat
urday. January II. Her sister,
Mrs. Patricia Walls Jefferson gave
the party at her home in Milton,
where shet invited a few of Cathy
friends in to share the occasion.
Present were Jerry Ann and Billy
Carpenter, Carol. Donald and Gail
Tucker, all of Ellendale, Mary Jane
Gordy of Georgetown. Nancy
Smith, Clara Reynolds, Joan Camp
bell, Nora Marie Morgan, Marilyn
Hunt, and her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ura Walls.
The community extends their
sympathy to the family of Mrs.
Lena Zeuner, age SO, who passed
away Monday. January 13, at the
Milford Memorial Hospital after a
short illness.
Surviving are her husband, Max
Zeuner; one daughter. Mrs. Helen
Currie of Pennington. Michigan;
three grandchildren, two sisters,
Mrs. C. Doram of Elmont, N. Y,
Mrs. Charles Ganser of Long~Is-
land, N. Y, and an aunt, Mrs. Ell
frieda Crasser of Zone Park, n. Y.
Funeral services were held in
the Lofiand Funeral Home in Mil
ford on Thursday at 2 p. m, in
charge of Rev W w. Hamilton,
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17
SSeNs
NOT BY COMMITTEE

Our society is one of myriad interrela-
tions. Each of us depends on many others.
One result of this is that we tend to become
committee-minded; we are in danger of be-
lieving that a group can do anything. The
fact of the matter is that many of human
ity's finest achievements cannot be done by
groups, but depend on individual ability
DIR. "A Whitney Griswold president of
Yale University, had something provocative
to say on this subject in his recent bacca-
laureate address. He suggested that indi-
vidual freedom is threatened by the Organ
national way of life" and said that the
progress of the human race is determined by
the progress of individual men.
DR.. Griswod scorned the endless, ster-
lie, stultifying conferences held in .substitu-
ton, or in the desperate hope of substitution,
for Individual inventiveness' He asked whe
ther a conference group could have put to-
gether the. New Testament, or whether the
Mona Lisa could have been painted by a
club, whether Hamlet could have been
created by a committee, however diligent.
"The divine spark" he said, 'leaps from
the finger of God to the finger of Adam,
where it takes ultimate shape in the law of
physics or the law of the land, poem or a
policy, a sonata or a mechanic computer.'
There is solid nourishment for the mind
in what DR.. Griswold said. It is perhaps
more important than ever before, in our in
terdependent age, for men to work together
at solution of their problem. But we must
not lose sight of the central fact that there
are some things which cannot be done by
"togetherneSs" and committee work. The
individual must have freedom and encour-
agement to work to the best of his ability in
his chosen field.