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Milford chronicle., 1959-09-18

lilo. instructor of many of Phila-
delphia's better chess players.
In the afternoon she would play
at a Philadelphia chess club, re-
cording every move so that DiCam-
lilo could go over the games later
and point out her mistakes.
In the evening she played just
for fun.
Less than a year after she learn
ed the difference between a rook
and a pawn-in March, 195S-Lisa
won the Philadelphia woman's
chess championship.
She won the U. S. women's cham
pionship at Asbury Park. ~ j.,
last May.
Next year she'll be one of nine
women in the United States Invi-
rational Tournament. The top two
players from that event will play
in the international matches in Eu-
rope in 1861. .
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-18

She was a philosophy major at
Temple University in the summer
of 1857 when she went TO a Phila-
delphia coffee house and someone
she doesn't remember who
taught her to play chess.
Since then, her main interest has
been chess.
Il had never even seen anybody
play chess" Lisa admits. Il just
knew it was the name of a game,
like whist is game, but that was
all l knew about it."
AS she became more adept at
the game, she resolved to learn
all she could about it.
1T became like dope to me.
she says. 81 would stay up until
five or six in the morning playing
chess"
Lisa spent a whole year learning
to play well. In the morning she
took lessons from Attilio DiCam-
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-18
National PT.A. Sets Coal:
Over 100000 Members

More American children than
ever before are enrolled in
school this fall.
And more and more of their
parents and teachers will be
P.T.A. members by the time the
National Congress of Parents
and Teachers concludes its an
nual October membership en-
rollment.
Through the efforts of the mil
lions of parents and teachers al
ready working in P.T.A.'s, chill
dren all over the United States
are assured the closest kind of
home-school cooperation on
their behalf. Out of this working
together of home and school
have come higher educational
standards, curriculums geared
to the needs of today's world,
more adequate school facilities
and more effective parent edu-
cation programs and, of course,
good Fairgrounds, safe side
walks, driver-training classes.
and continuous health pro-
grams.
Mrs. James C. Parker, of
Grand Rapids, Michigan, presi-
dent of the National Congress.
points to such P.T.A. achieve
ments as ga significant factor"
in the growth of the National
Congress, which already ranks
as the worlds largest voluntary
organization.
"a membership of more than
$4,000, 900 is our goal this year,
she says, land we intend to call
on all the families we can to en-
roll new members = whether
parents or teachers or other cit
liens with a real interest in
children. ]"
Work for All
The variety of P.T.A. activi-
ties, Mrs. Parker believes, "of-
fers all members an opportunity
to work on the many problems
that involve the welfare and ad-
vancement of the nations chill
dI~u."
Because the P.T.A.'s chief
concern is for children, its ac-
ton on their behalf starts even
before they're ready for school.
"A pre-school program en-
phasizes the child'S health, his
safety, and his sound emotional
development. It may take the
form of an immunization pro-
ject like that undertaken In Ten
nessee's Washington County,
where children started to school
this fall protected against diph-
iberia, smallpox, whooping
cough, and polio-because
P.T.A. members took the lead in
a countrywide fight against COM
municable disease.
When a child takes the big
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-18

Illinois, high school students can
look forward to receiving sound
advice on future vocations,
thanks to a P.T.A. guidance pro-
gram that eliminates in day
long career conference.
Because of its interest In
children, the P.T.A. also offers
adults many chances for con-
structive community work that
will benefit children.
Through the years, the Ma.
tional Congress consistently sup
ported kindergartenS, promoted
hot lunch programs in schools,
alerted the public to violations
of child labor statutes, improved
the standards of treatment for
juvenile offenders, and backed
programs to focus attention on
the urgent needs of the public
schools.
1.-THE more members we en-
roll" Mrs. Parker points out,
''the more opportunities the Ma
tionaI Congress viii have to
work for the weIl-being Of all
the nations children.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-18
THESE SMALL HOUSES

We have long felt that many of the houses
being built today, in our inflated times, are
smaller and smaller, and our larger and lar
ger families are moving into these smaller
houses.
The chief disadvantage of today's smaller
homes include lack of privacy and lack
of spaciousness. This shortage of space
forces us to put most of our furniture out
doors, so when one entertains indoors, many
people find themselves sitting on the floor.
Because the smaller houses contain made
quate space for privacy and recreation, fam
lilies are trying to compensate by getting in
to their cars, seeking recreation and enjoy
ment elsewhere.
We realize that the increasing cost of
utilities, including heat, the increasing cost
of construction, and the high interest rates
make it harder and harder for the average
American to build large house, Moreover,
the cost of servants is also high, and those
who build large house face the task of
cleaning and maintaining it properly.
Nevertheless, ones home is his castle and
the place where he will spend most of his
life If it is a question of adding one more
room, or enlarging the house slightly, and
the couple concerned believes they can foot
the bill, we would advise it-for history
shows that most people who build eventually
regret they did not provide for themselves
better at the beginning, and that the cost
of adding to ones home after it has been
completed is far greater than adding to it
when it is originally built.
(S@&%
FREE" MEDICINE IN ORBIT
SOcialized medicine, as practiced in Eng
land and elsewhere, is allegedly "free' med
icine. It's true that the patient doesn't pay
his bill out of pocket each time he obtains
medical service But he pays, and through
the nose, when tax time rolls around.
Here are some facts of record concerning
Britain's National Health Service the gov
ernment department which has charge of
medical care in all its manifold branches.
In the first full year of operatiOn-1949
5O-the so-called "free" health service cost
440 million pounds to operate, which was
nearly triple the amount of the estimate
when the law was passed Of this sum, only
million pounds were paid by patients, and
% million came from social security deduc-
tionS. The government-that is, the taXpay-
ers-paid all the rest.
In 1858, the cost really ZoOmed into tinan-
cial outer space-to 705 million pounds. This
means that the service was costing each Brit
ish family an average of S140 year. Mat
ters had reached the point where the Chan
cellor of Exchequer-the British equivalent
of our Secretary of the Treasury-told the
House of Commons that the "free health
service, whatever it may be doing for the
health of Britons, is leaving the Treasury
gasping."
This year the service is going to cost more
still-some TAO million pounds, or 81 billion
And Britain has far smaller population
than the United States, and all prices and
costs are much lower there than here. The
potential socialized medicine bill, should we
ever fall for the scheme, makes the imagina-
ton reel, es..ss ess. eess
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-18

BY
l4She's She's o. And she's
champion
Her is Lisa Lane
But already her
play players the nation.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-18
S&@&%
KICK OR BE TAXED

What chance has the public for protec-
tion from constant tax increases? Appar-
emily it has almost none. A proposed in
crease of 112c a gallon in the Federal gas
tax was voted down by Congress. Within
days new proposal came up to increase the
tax 12c gallon for one or two years, and
transfer some receipts now received from
present gas taxes from the general fund into
the special highway trust fund, where they
should have gone in the first place. Another
proposal would raise the gas tax 112c for a
two-year period only.
Any way you look at it, the determination
is to make the public pay additional gas
taxes for crash program of highway build
ing instead of doing the construction work
as money becomes available.
If anyone is gullible enough to believe
that a one or two year Special gas tax
would be dropped at the end of such periods,
he should have his head examined. All one
has to do is to check over the emergency"
taxes that were passed for various purposes
years ago to realize that no special tax for
one or two years would be dropped at the end
of that period.
The tax spenders will always be exceed
ing their income no matter how large the
taxes are. The people will never get relief
until they tell Congress in no uncertain
terms, that tax reductions, not tax increases,
are in order.
At the end of two years roads will again
be costing twice as much as estimated, "spe-
cial' taxes will have to be retained and it is
safe to say increases will be asked.
Milford chronicle., 1959-09-18
WE CAN HOPE, CAN'T WE?

The Seth Congress, urged on by President
Eisenhower, has exercised some measure of
restraint in approving big government spen--
ding programs during its first session. Still
the legislators have provided for appropri-
ations running in the neighborhood of $76
billion dollars. That's whopping amount
of money in anybody's country.
Now it's up to the various federal de-
partments, bureaus, agencies, offices, divis-
ions, administrations, authorities and ser
vices to supervise the distribution and spend
ing of these funds. We hope they'll remember
that the taxpayers expect them to get full
value out of those dollars. We hope they'll
remember also that there's no federal law
compelling them to spend every cent whether
they need to or not
Of all the myriad arms of the federal
government, only two-the Executive Office
of the President and the General Services
Administration-spen less in fiscal 1859
than in fiscal 1858. Can't we make it three
in 1960-or maybe even four?
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-16

About seventy-five relatives an6
friends were guests at the mar
riage Sunday, Nov. 20 at 2:3(
| pm. of Miss Helen 10 Wersland
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Wersland, of Sidney, and Walter
A. Hill, son of Mrs. Bertha Hill
of Nashua. The Rev. Stanley
Larsen performed the double
ring candle light ceremony in
Pella Lutheran Church. Baskets
Of pink and white gladioli were
at the altar.
Jerry Schaeffer lit the candles.
Mrs. Ed Thogersen played nup-
tial music the wedding marches,
and the accompaniment for Miss
Eva Pena who sang Because
and for Hugh Brown who sang
The Lords Prayer" and 20
Lord Most Holy.
Escorted by her father, the bride
wore a floor length gown Of net
over taffeta, with fitted bodice,
accented by a boat neckline. Her
elbow length net veil fell from a
sequined crown, and she carried a
cascade bouquet of pink roses and
white snowdrift pompons.
Mrs. Leroy Schaeffer of Willis
ton, N. OAK, Matron of Honor,
and Mrs. Hugh Brown, the brides
aunt, wore similar dresses of light
blue eyelet embroidery, and car
ried bouquets of pink roses and
white pompons. Connie Wersland,
the brides sister, and flower girl,
wore floor length white taffeta,
in pink, and carried a
bouquet similar to the
brides attendants.
Erwin Schmidt of Glasgow was
best man, and Franklin Hill, the
groom's brother was a groomsman.
.ennie Wersland, the brides
brother was ring bearer. Another
brother, Harold Wersland, and
LaFreniere, Jr. of Savage,
lshered.
At the reception in the church
.arlors, Mrs. Mansel Woods cut
the four TERED cake, baked by
Mrs. Sam Ritter, and trimmed in
pink roses, and topped by a mini
ature bride and groom. Mrs. Har-
I'D Dickey of Williston, N. Oak,
served; Mrs. George Brynjulson,
If Plentywood, the brides aunt,
and Mrs. Cornelius Folkvord,
poured the coffee, and Mrs. Peter
7olkvord served the brides table.
Mrs. Erwin Evanson of Fairview,
the punch. Mrs. Donlad
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-16
Announce Winners
'0fSt. Philemena's
Christmas Posters

Court Mother Cabrini has
selected the winners of the Christ
mas Poster Contest. Father Shin
nick presented the prizes at ST.
Philomena's Christmas program
on Dec. 10. The theme of the
contest was, Keep Christ in
Christmas.
Winners of the contest were as
follows: Eighth grade, first, Den
mis- Eggum, second Dorice Her
rick; seventh grade, first, James
Crosgrove, second, Nancy Dasin-
ger; sixth grade, first, Rodney
G%artner, second, Terry MERCER;
fifth grade, first Paula Gartner,
second, Russell Fisher; fourth
grade, first Cecile Gartner, second,
Toni Maltese.
This is the second year the
Court has sponsored this contest.
The merchants of Sidney were
again very cooperative in placing
the posters in their business
establishments.
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-16
PEOPLES CHURCH GUILD
CHRISTMAS PARTY DEC. 10

The Peoples Congregational
Church Guild met in the church
basement Thursday, Dec. 10 for
the annual Christmas party. The
executive committee was in charge
of a lis luncheon served at tables
attractively decorated f0r Christ
mas. Mrs. V. H. Ross gave the
blessing.
Following the luncheon a bust
ness meeting was conducted by
President Phyllis Ellington. The
treasurer's report indicated a very
successful year for the guild and
president Ellington emphasized the
fact that such success was due to
the splendid stewardship of in
dividual members, which makes
each n a part of the Women's
Fellowship and the Church.
1t was decided to meet Wednes-
day, Dec. 16 at 2 o'clock to pack
candy for the Christmas treats and
to fix the boxes for the shut-ins of
the church.
Mrs. Blubaugh and Mrs. Magru-
der took charge of a very impress
sive installation service at which
the following officers were in
stalled: President, Mrs. Vincent
Holmquist; LIST vice president, Mrs.
Don Nutter; End vice president,
Mrs. Nora Rennie; secretary, Mrs.
Bert Weber; treasurer, Mrs.
Robert Howard; corresponding
Mrs. Gordon Tuott.
The next meeting will be held
Jan. IL at 2:30 pm. in
the Fireside Room of the church.
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-16
DIR. AND MRS. A. r. SANFORD
HOSTS AT HOLIDAY PARTIES

DR.. and Mrs. A. r. Sanford have
entertained at a series of three
holiday parties recently. On each
occasion the home and tables were
attractively ornamented in keep
ing with the holiday season. All
were evening parties. Three ia
bles of bridge were in play at each
of the first two and whist furnish
ed the evenings diversion at the
third party with two tables in
play.
Individual high prizes for
men and women respectively were
awarded at the first party to
Lionel Gall and Mrs. Bill Ford;
the second evening prizes were
awarded to D. w. johnson and
Mrs. Otto Habedank; and at the
whist party Chuck Berner won the
high NOR men and Mrs. Orville
Norgaard high for women.
Each evening was concluded
with a social hour during which
a delicious lunch was served by
the hosts.
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-16
By Webbe


Rozelle kept the guest book, and
Mrs. Orlan Strom, Miss Patsy
Brynjulson, a cousin, Mrs. James
Fixen, the brides sister, and Mrs.
Mario Blomberg assisted with
the gifts.
After a wedding trip to western
Montana, MIR and Mrs. Hill will
live in Sidney, where he is a fire
man for the Great Northern Rail-
way Co. He is a graduate of
Nashua High School. Mrs. Hill is a
graduate of Sidney High School,
and has been employed at the j. c.
Penney Co. store.
Prenuptial entertainment in
cluded a shower given by Mrs.
Mansel Woods and Mrs. Don Ro-
zelle.
Out of town guests included
Erwin Schmidt and Mr.. and Mrs.
Schmidt of Glasgow; Mrs. Bertha
Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Hill,
and Elmer Hill, all of Nashua; Mr.
and Mrs. George Brynjulson and
girls, OF Plentywood; Mr. and Mrs.
Mario Blomberg, Mrs. Willard
Bourlog, Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy
Schaeffer and Jerry and Mrs.
L'ale Scott and Mickey, all Of Will
iston, N. OAK; Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Seel and Joan, and Miss Lorraine
Bourlog of Buford, N. OAK; and
MI. and Mrs. Edwin Bundheim
and Mrs. Florence Anvik and
children. of FairVieW.
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-16
MRS. E.. E..
VISITS IN

Mrs. E. E. Edmondson returned
Tuesday from Roundup, where she
spent a week at the home of her
s~on-in-law and daughter, Nh. and
Mrs. J. l.. Kiplinger, and made the
acquaintance of a new little grand
daughter, Gean Lynn, born Tues
day, Dec. 8. The Kiplingers will
be remembered as former residents
of Sidney. They have three other
children, two boys and a girl.
He who doxes while he drives will
rest in pieces forever.
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-16
MRS. MABLE HANSEN
HOSTESS TO
CLUB

Mrs. Mable Hansen was hostess
to her birthday club at a $50 din
ner at her home Monday evening.
The Christmas theme was eff
fectively carried out in the room
and table decorations. Following
the dinner a social evening of
bridge was enjoyed and gifts were
exchanged among the members.
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-16

morning. He was checked out
Monday morning and is now back
at work. He tells us he is feeling
fine Thanks to the wonderful
care by doctors and the hospital
Staff.
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-16

Mrs. Katherine Lauster was
awarded the prize for high bridge
score and Mrs. Hansen was pre-
scented with the usual birthday
remembrance from the group.
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-16

RECORD CHRISTMAS EVE ON
COLOR FILM FROM THE NEW
SIDNEY DRUG STORE ALL
SIZES OF FLASH BULBS AND
COLOR FILM NOW IN STOCK.
lo-l4c
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-16

J. 1. Turner spent a few days
at the Community Memorial Hos
pital last week, where he under
went major surgery Wednesday
The Sidney herald., 1959-12-16
CARD OF THANKS

l wish to thank DR.. Hyde, the
nurses aids and the entire hospi-
tai staff for their wonderful care
during my recent illness. Thanks
also to all of my friends who
remembered me with flowers and
cards, and to those who visited
me.
l would like to express my
thanks also to Mrs. Hyde for taxi
ing care of my family, and to
those who brought food to our
home and called on me there after
l returned from the hospital.
Thanks to you all and may God
richly bless each of you.
Sincerely,
Mrs. VIM. c. Ball y
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Home Ec Students adopt" Local
TOddLers for Latest Behavior Studu

Bluffton college students on nu-
merous occasions have been
adopted" by Bluffton townsfolk
as part of the colleges home &C.
onomics studies, but this semes-
ter there is a new twist with BC
students adopting" toddlers
from Bluffton homes for study in
their Mara-Alva nursery.
The students are members of
DR.. Edna Ramseyer's child de-
velopment class. The adopted"
children are youngsters from two
to four years of age in local
homes.
For the next six weeks, each
girl in the experiment will visit
the home of her particular sub
ject child for at least two hours
a week. This will enable the stu
dent and child to get acquainted
in preparation for the time when
the child will be taken to the
nursery school,
While she is with the child in
the home, the student will OBJ
serve its reactions to parents and
other members of the family. A
complete history of the child from
birth will be obtained from the
parents - when he took his first
step, said his first word, ate by
himself, his illnesses.
At the nursery school in the
basement of the Mara-Alva home
economics house, there will be a
two-hour session each week when
the student can observe her child
playing with others of the same
age.
A written report will be made
on each child at the close of the
semester.
Purpose of the course will be
to enable students to observe
firSt-hand how a child grows
how children adapt to certain
situations, learn self control and
absorb new facts.
The department believes the
experience will teach the stu
dents in a more personal way
than a textbook, although text
book will supplement their stud
les.
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MAINLY PERSONAL

VALENTINES DAY was a
memorable day for Mrs. Leon
ard Gratz who was happily sur
prised with a birthday dinner
party in her honor at the Fort
Findlay hotel dining room in the
evening.
The piece de resistance was a
parfait served to the guest of
honor on tray with burning
sparkler cascading sparks while
the mattresses sang Happy
Birthday to Pearl"
Friends dining with Mrs. Gratz
and her husband were Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice Bell, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Reichenbach, and Mr..
and Mrs. Willard Jennings.
REMEMBER CHARLES HAIR.
OLD SWINEHART? His father,
Almon Z. Swinehart and Cal
Balmer operated the sawmill
some years ago on College ave.
nue. where the Bluffton Cement
Block Co. most recently did bus,
mess.
Friends of the SwinehartS re
Gently received clippings from
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The names of the students, the
children they are observing, and
parents are as follows: Shirley
BURY Mary Pannabecker,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Pannabecker; Carolyn Bios
ser - Roger Triplett, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ropp Triplett; Lynda
Dosher - Jimmy Lehman, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Lehman;
Elnora Heckathorn Debra
Knox, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Knox; Jane HerStine -
Mark Niswander, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dean Niswander; Marietta
Lehman - Carolyn Gratz, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert
GratZ; Margaret Litwiller -
David Moser, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Moser; Roberta Mohr
Karen Kreider, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Kreider; Lois
Shut - Timmy King, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Paul King.
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the Quincy CID Herald-Whig,
noting that Charles was Quincy's
Golden Deeds" man for 1858.
The former Bluffton boy is now
transportation superintendent for
Quincy City Lines, Inc.
The Golden Deeds award is
presented by the Quincy EX-
change club each year to the
man or woman who a committee
decides has done the most un-
selfish work for the community
in the past year.
Swinehart was chosen for the
honor because as president of the
Chamber of Commerce and in
previous service he led efforts
which brought a number of road
improvements, and had worked
for improvement of boating and
water recreation in the city. He
was also active in various civic
organizations of the community