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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-20

Mrs. Homer T. Hopkins, Mrs.
Sallie Williams, Mrs. William
Briggs and Mrs ]. L. Rawlins Wis
tied with Mrs. Maggie Sapp at the
Smyrna Home on Wednesday after
noon. Mrs. Sapp seemed better and
was very glad to see friends from
her home town
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Webb, Jr.,
and children, Beth and Earl, 3rd,
of Newark, spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Earl Webb,
Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dolan were
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. R.
Earl Shanks and daughter, Debby.
Staff Sergeant Shanks is attending
school in Texas for 10 days. Mrs.
Shanks also had afternoon callers
from Maryland.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dolan of town
and her granddaughter, Mrs. Pat
Gray of Harrington were Dover
shoppers on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lane and
family of Harrington and Conrad
Fassel of Slaughter Beach were
Sunday visitors of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Boone, Sr.,
and daughter Fay Miss Fay is on
the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bennett
were Sunday afternoon visitors of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Walls and Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Maloney of Milford.
Clifford COverdale butchered his
hogs on Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Coverdale's guests for the day were
Mr.. and Mrs. William Glanden and
family of Wilmington, Mr.. and Mrs.
Freeman Coverdale of Milford Neck
and the Coverdale children of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Fitrer and
son of Brier Park, were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E.
Stubbs and family.
Mrs. William Stacklin and son of
Western, Ohio, were Saturday over
night guests of her daughter and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Birch
field and son. They came to attend
the christening of the Birchield's
son. Randy William Birchfield, at
the Dover Air Base Chapel on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bishop were
Tuesday evening visitors of their
children, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Bishop,
Jr., Dover. Their grandson, Larry
Bishop, was. patient in the Kent
General Hospital, Dover, and they
all visited with him during the
evening.
The w. S. C. S. of Frederick
Trinity Church wish to thank all
who helped make their supper a
success last Saturday night.
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-20
THINKING DROWNED OUT

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (P)-Ameri-
cans do everything in their power
to avoid serious thinking because
they are afraid they'll meet God, ("
the Rev. DR.. Franklin Clark Fry,
president of the United Lutheran
Church, told meeting here
That's why Americans have ra-
dios in their bathrooms; so before
they are fully awake there's some
thing to occupy their thoughts"
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-20
WIN AND LOSE

FORT WORTH, Texas (P)-Bap-
lists do a good job of winning MEM
bers, but not in keeping them, says
Abner v. Mccall, president of Bay
lor University. He told a meeting
here that Baptist churches are not
adequately educating members, and
therefore are losing many of them
to other denominations.
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Chester K. Rich
ards of Bethany Beach attended
church services with their mother,
Mrs. Clara Richards. after which
she went home with them for din
ner.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Pusey
spent the weekend at Delaware
University with their daughter
Jean. Saturday. being Parents Day
at the University.
The w. c. T. U. will hold their
monthly meeting-as a covered dish
luncheon, at the home of Lulu
lynch
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-20
GOD AND SPACE

PHILADELPHIA tP-Religious
aspects of mans penetration into
space is the sdbject of new book,
God in the Space Age" by Martin
]. Heinecken. and published by the
John c. Winston Company.
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-20

Meteoric iron containing from
five to 26 per cent nickel was used
for axes, knives and other imple-
ments as early as 1000 B. G.
Evening star., 1959-12-25
ICC to Enforce
ruckine Rules
More Strictly
By the Associated Press

The Interstate Commerce
Commission says it intends to
be more strict in enforcing
trucking regulations.
The commission said it reg
ularly institutes prosecutions
but "the penalties imposed do
not appear to be an adequate
deterrent from continued illegal
practices"
Commission officials said a
closer look will be taken at past
performance and such things
as good character" in acting
on applications for motor car
rier rights and extensions of
existing rights.
The policy announcement
yesterday was prompted by a
number of spot road checks in
the last two years which ICC
said showed substantial lack
OF compliance" by some car
rierS with safety regulations. In
addition, some have been found
operating of authorized routes
and violating their published
lrate schedules.
Evening star., 1959-12-25
NEEDY MOTHER FINDS $3.50,
RETURNS 1T II YEARS LATER

BALTIMORE (AP). - Somewhere in Philadelphia
today woman is enjoying the most wonderful Christ
mas present ever-a clear conscience"
She is free Of a worry that has been with her IL
years.
1t IL years ago that Galen Fromme, news
director for Baltimore radio and television station
WBAL and WBAL-TV, lost his wallet containing $3.50
on the boardwalk at Atlantic City. N. ].
The wallet and personal papers mailed to Mr..
Fromme week later, but he didn't get the money back
until Wednesday
The check for $3.50 arrived from Philadelphia with
letter Of explanation The sender said she destitute
when she found the wallet She desperately needed money
for food and clothing for her children.
She kept Mr.. Fromme's address and resolved that
some day she would return the money, but until this
year she had been unable to do so.
Her children are grown and self supporting.
She has home and there many things to be thank
fu for. But best Of all she has clear conscence-the
most wonderful Christmas present ever"
Evening star., 1959-12-25
owes to Discuss Plan
For Assoteogue Island

SNOW HILL. Md, Dec. IS
(AP).-W. E. Green. ST., backer
of a plan to create a public
authority for development of
Assateague Island, said yester-
day Gov. Tawes has agreed to
discuss the plan with him.
Mr.. Green, a retired New York
heating contractor who lives in
Worcester County near the At
lantic coastal island, said the
meeting will be held January
5 in the Governors Annapolis
Office.
Also to be invited, he said,
is Attorney General c. Ferdi-
nand Sybert.
A study commission appoint
ed by Gov. Tawes has urged
the creation Of an authority to
build a toll bridge from the
county mainland to the island,
one Of the last undeveloped
beaches on the coast.
Mr.. Green, whose broader
proposal includes power for the
authority to build a canal link
ing Chesapeake Bay with the
ocean and to develop beach and
sanitation facilities, has ex-
pressed dissatisfaction with the
plan for a bridge only.
Mr.. Sybert and Assistant At
torney General James H. Norris,
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Police Charge
Baltimore Man in
HoIdup-SIoying

TOWSON, Md, Dec. 25 (AP)
Baltimore County police yes
terday charged a 24-year-old
unemployed man with homicide
in the holdup-slaying of George
A. Langenfelder last Sunday in
front Of Catonsyille home.
Charles Edward jenkins was
arrested near his East Balti-
more home Wednesday and was
held without bail for a preliln-
mary hearing Monday in Tow
son Police Court.
Mr.. Langenfelder, 41-year-
old operator Of a stall in South
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Man Saves s Children
Trapped in Home Fire

GLEN BURNIE, Md, Dec. q
AP).-An off-duty mailman
was credited today with saving
the lives Of five small children
ii a pre-Christmas fire here
George Davidson Of Glen
Burnie made his way through
dense smoke late Wednesday
10 rescue five children Of Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore S. Swi-
eczkowski. The house was de-
stroyed.
Mrs. Swieczkowski, mother of
seven children, discovered the
blaze in q first-f1oor closet and
sent one Of the children next
door for help. Her husband was
away at the time.
Mr.. Davidson helped five
children out of the house and
the oldest girl carried the
youngest, a 4-month-old child.
ALL escaped injury.
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Acc to Permit
Reuctor Boost
At Lynchburq
By the Associated Press

The atomic energy commits
sion announced yesterday IT
proposes to amend q reactor
license held by the Babcock &
Wilcox Co. to permit installa-
ton by the company Of a new
core in its Lynchburg (Va.)
Pool Reactor.
The installation will enable
the company to conduct ex-
periments related to the pro-
posed Lynchburg test reactor
at lower power.
The Acc said the company
plans to install the new core
and operate the facility as q
critical assembly at a lower
level not to exceed 1000 watts
(thermaD.
The new core will be similar
In conf1guration to the pro-
posed Lynchburg test reactor
Evening star., 1959-12-25

jr., however, have advised the
Governor they have serious
doubt about even the commit
tees bridge-authority proposal
for the next legislative session.
The 30-day session next
March is restricted by the
State Constitution to the bud
get, general welfare bills and
emergency matters. The Wor-
cester County proposal might
be ineligible for consideration
because of a bar against local
legislation at the short session,
they suggested.
Evening star., 1959-12-25

Baltimore's Cross Street Mar
ket, was shot twice as he
stepped from his car after max
ing a series Of deliveries. The
victims wallet and car keys
still are missing.
Police said they are search
ing for two other suspects, who
are believed to have left the
State.
Officers said skin divers may
search the Canton area of Bal
timore harbor for the death
weapon, believed to be a rs
caliber automatic,
Evening star., 1959-12-25

/ The family lost all of It's
clothing and most Of the fur.
niture. But the Christmas toys
for the children somehow es-
capped damage.
The SwieczkowSki family
made their home with Mrs
Swieczkowski's mother, Mrs
Clyde Stone.
Mrs. Stone said the family
''has been offered assistance to
a point where no words can
express it."
Evening star., 1959-12-25

For other suppliers, however,
the problem would. be acute
without adequate preparation.
Most coal suppliers and prac-
tically all fuel oil dealers tackle
the problem scientifically.
Know His Needs
1--WE long ago solved the
problem Of determining when
a customer needs more oil,
without his having to tell us"
Mr.. Shields said. I'VE use a
mathematical system based on
weather reports known as de-
gree days for determining how
much fuel a customer is using" /"
Thus, even after the most
severe storm, the majority of
oil-heated homes remain heated
for days without replenishing
the supply.
Customers in the Washing
ton area have learned to ex-
pect such service as a matter
of course, even when all other
transportation has snarled to
a stop.
One woman, however, who
returned from a vacation to
find her house cold and the
fuel tanks empty, was more
responsive. After an oil truck
battled its way through snow
drifts to her door, she wired
Lloyd B. Wilson, president Of
Griffith Consumers this note
of thanks:
"One hundred fifty gallons
Chanel Number Five arrived.
Oils we'll"
Mr.. Wilson and his drivers
were immensely pleased.
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Special Election Set
For Virginia Delegate

RICHMOND, Dec. Is (AP)
"A special election for the
Chesterfield Henrico Colonial
Heights seat in the House of
Delegates will be held Janu-
airy 8. 80 = '.ft
Gov. Almond set the election
date yesterday so that a sue
cesSor to the late Delegate
Minetree Folkes, jr., may be
chosen before the 1860 Assem-
bly, session opens January 13.
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Washington Senators farm sys-

Washington Senators farm sys-
tenn"
Each dealer begins hiring ex-
ira drivers in September. And
all of the service trucks which
must burrow through mud
sleet and snow despite the
weather are equipped with at
least $1,000 worth of spare oil
burner parts, snow tires and
chains.
Speed System
The industry is particularly
proud of a cooperative ar
rangement it has worked out
to speed customer service
When a truck runs out of oil
in Northeast Washington, fol
example, he heads for a nearby
storage facility to pick up fuel
although his own company may
not have a tank within several
miles.
The companies work out the
bookkeeping later. In the
meantime, the customers needs
are answered promptly.
Dealers learned many years
ago to prepare for bad weather
in advance. Most homes are
normally supplied with enough
fuel to last for many days, and
are serviced on regular routes
Propane gas consumers, for ex-
ample, are provided with an
extra tank.
when one runs out" ex-
planned Mrs. Lee Comeau, OF
Lees Gas Supplies in Alexan-
dria, "the other switches on
An indicator shows in the Gus
toners house, and he mails us
Evening star., 1959-12-25

1t is expected that the ex-
perimentS will provide informa-
ton for use in the preliminary
design of the proposed test re-
actor.
Notice Of the proposed is
suance Of the license amend
ment is being Aled with the
Federal Register. The amend
ment will be issued unless a
request for a hearing is filed
with the commission within Is
days.
Evening star., 1959-12-25
! a card. We fill the tanks then
in plenty Of time"

! a card. We fill the tanks then
in plenty Of time"
Gas Needs Estimated
Though consumers of natural
gas are attached directly to the
source by pipeline, their needs
are no less urgent when the
mercury drops.
I'VE figure that for every de-
gree the temperature drops
near the zero mark, gas con-
sumption increases Ga million
feet a day." declared a Wash
ington Gas Light Co. official.
Three hundred seventy million
feet Of gas was used on the
coldest day of 1858, he said.
The average home uses
about 1900 feet of gas on a
typical cold day.
A spokesman for the Wash
ington Coal Co. said that many
customers get panicky when
cold weather strikes.
1--WE do the best we can," she
said. "We weathered that bad
storm last year, and If we can
weather that, we can weather
anything. Sometimes we have
to work almost around the
clock, though"
There is one exception to the
rule, however.
cold weather doesn't affect
us much" an official of the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. as
serted. cat least not as much
as hot weather. A lot of people
heat by electricity, all right. but
not as many as cool their homes
in summer with electric air
conditioners. Our peak arrives
in summer"
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Child Chokes TO Death
On Only YuIe Present

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 25
(AP).-A 20-month-old girl
received her only Christmas
present yesterday-a bag of
candy-and choked to death
on one of the pieces of candy.
Little Mary Lou Winstead
received the gift at a Salvation
Army party. The girls mother
said she took down the family'S
Christmas tree today because
there would be no presents un-
der it.
Evening star., 1959-12-25
c. ofC. Names Editor

RICHMOND, Dec. IS (Spe-
ciaD. = James A. Moncure, a
member of the faculty Of the
University of Richmond, will
edit this years White Paper, a
Virginia State Chamber of
Commerce daily reporting serv-
ice on legislative activity of the
1860 General Assembly. The
announcement was made by
Verbon E. Kemp, executive di-
rector of the chamber.
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Air Service Sturts
Feb. | at Shenandoah

RICHMOND, Dec. Is (AP)
THE first scheduled passenger
air service for the Staunton-
Waynesboro- -Harrisonburg area
will begin February / at She
nandoah Valley Airport.
&C. Gordon Brown, jr., vice
president Of Piedmont Airlines,
said yesterday there will be
two northbound flights and two
southbound flights a day from
the airport. DC-3s will be used
between Washington and Roa-
nbke.
Evening star., 1959-12-25
WEATHER TELLS THE Story '... .- ..<
I Fuel Men Make Own Forecasts
By WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star stan Writer

By WILLIAM MacDOUGALL
Star stan writer
The telephone tangled in
hstently on the desk of q
Washington fuel oil dealer one
cold snowy day last winter.
There's a man with q heart
attack here and the house has
no heat" the caller said. Come
as fast as you can"
Moments later, q radio-dis-
patched oil truck arrived In
front Of the house. A man was
standing at the door laughing.
,sWhere the man with the
bad hearth" the driver asked.
That's me-" said the man.
Il made that up to get faster
service"
he got it, Of course. But
thousands Of others, caught
short by the cold wave, waited
tAeir turn while his "emer-
gency" received priority treat
nient.
Such q case, according to
dealers, is exceptional but by
no means unique. 1t happens
every time the thermometer
plunges down toward zero.
despite these occasional
cases, according to A. Graham
Shields, director Of the OIL
Heat Institute Of Washington.
most emergency calls are genu-
inc. In 1858, for example, q
storm in March knocked out
electricity and telephone lines
to 100000 persons.
SOS by Florist, r.
Zone Northern Virginia dealer
received a telephone call from
a. florist whose electricity had
failed. /.
1.-The florist was a woman
who owned a greenhouse" the
dealer recalled. THE green
house was full of flowers for
Easter and II we couldn't get
the Oil burner going pretty fast.
1t would have cost her a small
fortune"
Meanwhile. 1t appeared that
electricity-which powered the
heater-would not be restored
for several days.
1--WE secured the countryside
and finally located a portable
generator" he said. "By the !
time we got it rigged up and
working, it was midnight. When
the heat finally came on again,
the temperature was within 2
degrees Of killing all the flow
erS."
The next day, the dealer sent |
hts men out to check the heat
er. When they arrived at the
florists, both she and the gen.
orator were missing. The fuel
men thought the generator had
been stolen. Just then, the
woman returned.
She had lent it to the farm
er down the road, she explained. |
He had used it to run an elec-
tic milking machine. I
Months of Preparedness
Metropolitan Washington's
40 fuel oil dealers prepare for
such emergencies many months
in advance. During the warmer
months - from May through
october - dealers and their
5000 employees are busy order
ing fuel, storing it, repairing
equipment and setting up plans
for the hectic winter.
AT the first breath of winter,
dealers are ready to roll, their
800 trucks creased, fueled and
raring to go. Some of the
drivers are year-around en-
ployes, but many more are sea-
Sonal. /
But that's no problem"
declared James B. Patterson, a |
general superintendent for the
Griffith Consumers Co. Some
OF our drivers run ice cream
trucks in summer. And a couple
Of our men are pitchers for the
Evening star., 1959-12-25
Areas Compared

COLON.-Area Of the Repub.
lie Of Panama is slightly small.
er than the state of Maine. II
is AIS miles long and varies
from 81 to 118 miles in width
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-27
John Temple Graves
SOUTH THE NATIONS ANCHOR

est weight in both parties next
year by belonging to neither.
This can be the last chance and
it can be a good chance.
Straw polls show presidential
favorites running amazingly even
in spite Of the mid-term Democra-
tic landslide.
A free South can be looked upon
as the decisive factor.
Arkansas House of Representa-
tives passed by a Whopping 81 to 6
majority last week a bill freeing
presidential electors from obliga-
ton to vote for any particular
candidate. with this law in ef-
feet" well-said one Of the authors.
Glenn Walther, I'VE can make both
parties sit up and take notice of
the South. We can threaten both
parties, demand the South's rights
and make them stop ignoring us
Send the word to Washington, fell
low Southern Democrats! Tell your
national committeeman, your state
chairman, your senators and con-
greSSmen that we don't propose to
end up fighting janitors and scrub
women in a convention that has
kicked US in the teeth and gone
its way!
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-27

was elected by about segregation
lists. finds himself in the camp with
the token integrauonists The Rich
mond News Leader last week took
to psychoanalyzng Gov. Almond.
Halt in apology and hall III condem-
nation. the News Leader said: He.
Lindsay Almond. could have done
no more than he. as Lindsay A.
mond, undertook to do. There Is
properly no history said Emerson.
There Is only biography " Mean
while Roy wilkins Of the NAACP
urged massive enrolment Of Negro
children. Who can say where that
leaves citizens who have pinned
their hopes on token integration?
We do not pretend to know what
will happen in Virginia All we say
is that this fight over Indignation
touches the deepest human
emotions. If people believe that the
lives of their children will be ruined
by forced social experiment. they
will fight it with all their strength
and cunning. If one set of leaders
won't help them. they will find
o.ss..s.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-27

But with this last word OF Jesus
third depth Of meaning in this
parable comes TO light Jesus Was
not only predicting his own death
at the hands of those who should
have made him most welcome: and
not only predicting the passing Of
the Kingdom Of God out into the
world He was suggesting a tragic
pattern which has been repeated
over and over again IN history.
Those wicked tenants are not mere
ly certain priests in long ago Jeru-
salem, they are the Refusers of
God everywhere and at all times.
God gives to man so much, and
demands comparatively SO little:
like the owner in the parable. But
man, confronted by God, makes
over and over again the Great Re
fusal. Man wants the earth for him
self, he does not want to share it
even with the Creator. But men
who refuse God are N reality not
destroying him, they are destroy
ing themselves
fRased on outlines cop--tghhed b.
the Division OF Christian Edue4kion,
National Council Of the Churches 81
Christ II the o. s. 4 RELEASED bv
Community Press se,v!o>-,
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-27

Stock improvements have been made
through cooperation among members and
with finacial support from businessmen in
terested in the movement. Competition IS
keen in better farming contests. The FLA
Foundation sponsored by 800 national bust
ness firms provide S1800O0 annually in
awards for outstanding achievements.
a coveted award Is that Of Star Farmer
Of America, an award of 81 900 and three
regional awards of $500 each. These awards
are based on farming pursuits, leadership,
cooperation and citizenship.
Future Farmers of America is compan-
ion organization to the All Club, which also
was founded in Virginia. All clubs are ad
minstered by agriculture extension de-
partments Of the states and enrolls both
boys and girls. FLA membership is limited
to boys studying in vocational agriculture
classes. Both Of these organizations have
grown in numbers and influence.
The future Of America may depend
largely upon the future farmers They will
be called upon to feed a fast growing popu
lation, as we'll as an army, possibly in COM
bat. In addition to the leadership and in
structon given Americas farm youth, these
organizations assure the future of this
great nation and as such deserve the sup
port and encouragement of every citizen.
We salute the Future Farmers Of Amer
lea and its fine work in this section
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-02-27
Letters To Editor
Mutual Stock Funds
Offer Added Services

Editor, Farmville Herald,
Since you published my series of
articles on stocks and the stock
market, number Of people have
asked me why I advise people to
buy mutual or stock funds rather
than buying individual stocks
through a broker when the COM
mission on mutual and stock funds
is seven and one-half per cent
whereas the commission charged
by brokers for buying or selling
stocks is about two per cent?
! here answer this question When
you buy mutual or stock funds, the
companies selling them to you not
only buy and deliver stock certifi-
Gates but they also at all times
supervise and keep track of your
holdings over the years. This. a
broker does not do When you buy
stocks through broker you pay
him a buying commission, he de-
livers a certificate for same. to you
and then as far as he is concerned,
that ends the transaction W h n
you buy stocks through a broker,
he charges you commission for
buying and then when you decide
to sell your stocks. he charges you
another commission for selling.
When you buy mutual or stock
funds, you ONLY pay a buying
commission and when you decide
70 sell, YOU do not pay ANY com
mission. Then too. the fund COM
panies over the years invest the
earnings of your fund without