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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
408 Lake Avenue
Milford, Delaware
July 90, 1859

Milford, Delaware
July 20, 1853
Dear Friends:
Two weeks surely do go quickly
when you have so much you want
| to do and so many people you
| like to see. Our time will be gone
and. we will have missed seeing so
many of you we did expect to see
this visit. Hayes harem is getting
anxious to get back to him too.
Must say he is faring very well.
In the ten days we have been away
from him he has only had one meal
at home alone (other than dough-
nuts and coffee for breakfast.) Our
| friends in Topeka have had him
out for evening dinner. In fact one
evening he had five invitations.
It's been so nice to talk to him
regularly on Willard Halls anna
teur radio station. We've talked to
him two different evenings and the
| frequency was most obliging and
we were able to communicate for
almost an hour each evening. We
have another contact scheduled be-
| fore returning to Kansas. 1t has
been so nice of Mildred and Will
ard to do this for me and for the
children.
Let me tell you about some of
the things we've done since we've
been home. My Dad took me to
Wilmington last Friday to attend
the next to the last meet at the
Delaware Race Track for this sea-
son. hadn't been in the new club
house and restaurant and l was
quite impressed by both. We had
our lunch in the new air-cOndition-
ed restaurant and had such good
soft shelled crabs. We were there
for four races and / hate to tell
you l didn't cash a ticket. Coming
down state the DUPONT Highway
looked so we'll kept and the road
was not full of ruts like you find
in so many states.
Each time | come home I'm fort
unate to luck into" a big party
Thursday, after l had arrived on
Monday, Ida Wells and her sister
Edith Masten included me in their
guest list to brunch at the Wells
home on Hall Place. had not seen
Ida and Bills home since it had
been renovated and it was cer-
tainly lovely opportunity this ap-
pointed day. Ida and Edith met us
at the front door dressed in pretty
pink and blue dresses. In the din
ing room were such good things to
eat. bite-sized chicken bits, fresh
fruit salad, rolls with ham, Swed-
ish tea cookies, tiny squares OF
brownies. Mmmmmmm! doesn't il
sound good. Lots of my friends
were there too So many that
hadn't seen in a year or two OF
longer. 1t seems at parties any
more I'm the first to arrive and the
last to leave. / have so many to sec
and so much to catch up on.
Over the weekend / went In
Lucy and Jim Hammond's pool fol
the first time. They have had il
two summers now, but this was
my first chance to enjoy it. Dawn
and l had a grand time sliding
down their sliding board into the
pool and laying on the float Lynne,
the day we went, was at the new
Country Club Pool with some of
her cousins. l haven't been in that
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
TAYLOR THE Prophet

General Maxwell d. Taylor, the
nations top soldier until he resign
ed disappointedly recently, is
speaking the words of a phophet
in his analysis of this country's
military posture. 1t could be that
General Taylor, along with Sena-
tor Stuart Symington, Missouri
Democrat, could become the Chur-
chill, or the Eden, of the 1930's.
Both Taylor and Symington are
basically disturbed with the de-
fense effort of the United States.
Although we are spending $4,000
100000 on defense, neither of these
men feel that. the American public
knows the true story about our
state of defense.
Taylor was particularly disap-
pointed and disillusioned over our
rocket and missiles program. More
over, he thought the Army was be-
ing gutted, and that we are not
prepared to fight the small brush
fire wars, which we have been
forced to fight since World War II,
and which we may continue to be
forced to fight-if a nuclear war
is avoided.
Senator Symington also has been
disillusioned with our rocket and
missiles program, and has pointed
out that our intermediate-range
rockets have not been capable of
doing what the public announce
ments indicate they are capable of
doing, and that our ICBM's are no.
where near the state of perfection
where they could be used opera
tionally. Moreover, he is concern
ed with the probability that the
Russians have developed a consid-
rable lead over us in the ICBM
field, with superior rocket engines,
and with a steadily mounting nu-
merical edge over us in the ICBM
stockpiling race
General Maxwell Taylor had the
courage of his convictions to such
an extent that he stepped down as
the Army's top man, rather than
submit to enter hypocrisy or poll
cies which he could not conscien-
tiously support This is an ad-
mirable step, whether he be right
or wrong, and he is doing his duty
as he sees it, for which the nation
should be thankful
In Taylor's case, should he be
right, he will have performed an
almost invaluable service for his
country and fellow citizens. II
Taylor and Symington are correct,
the American people are being
dangerously lulled into a false
sense of security, while communist
military forces swiftly move ahead
of us. This is serious and disturb
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
WORST POSSIBLE ANSWER

A short time ago the Senate turned down
a proposed amendment to revenue bill that
would have increased the federal gasoline
tax by whopping 50%-pushing it up from
&c to 4hc gallon. This it seemed would be
the end of the matter for the current session.
However, new plans are afoot to boost the
tax-and they should meet the same negative
fate as the earlier effort
The tax burden now on gasoline buyers is
excessive. Gas is an absolute necessity, used
by practically everyone. Yet it bears excise
taxes, which are the same thing as sales
taxes, heavier than those levied on absolute
luxuries. The average excise tax, state and
federal combined, is &c a gallon. That works
out to slightly more than 42% of the average
retail price.
1t is true that the highway fund, out of
which the multibillion-dolIar highway pro-
gram is to be financed, is in trouble. There
isn't enough money on hand to meet the
commitments, and that's why the federal
gas tax increase is proposed. However, it
is within the power of Congress to remedy
the situation in other ways. For one thing
if all the money the federal government col
lects in the form of highway user taxes were
applied to highways the fund would be suffi-
cient. AS of now, very large share of this
money is diverted into the general fund.
If Congress does not wish to do that, the
solution is to stretch the highway building
program out over longer period of time
and keep it on pay-aS-we-go basis.
In any event, higher excise taxes on our
essential gasoline would be the worst poss-
ible answer.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
BY up Newsfeatures

A woman doesn't lose her femin-
unity if she chooses a typewriter
instead of an apron-that is, if she
keeps her perspective.
Being a woman is a state of
mind, with little relation to title
Or paycheck," says psychologist
Peter E. Siegle, who has just com
pleted study of $50 women in
business.
The balance of difference, Siegle
says, is how the woman rates her
non-office areas of life to her office
duties. Some tend to get their
roles mixed up and treat their hus-
bands like the office messenger
boy. Naturally this leads to
trouble"
Siegle's study found that there's
no danger of a woman losing her
femininity in getting ahead as an
executive as long as she works
with men, not against them.
When a career woman is con
stantly trying to knock her male
co-workers down the executive lad
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31


The zoo but after a while they
want something new and different.
What's available depends on where
you live but in every section of the
country there are activities that
would be interesting to a child.
Post Office Trip
How about the post office? Talk
20 the local postmaster, tell him
you would like to show two or
three children how the mail is
handled Make a date with him for
some time at his convenience.
Chances are he will be interested
and cooperative.
Get up little party with your
children and maybe a friend or
two. Talk about what happens to
the letter they drop in a letter
box. Maybe they might like to write
each other letters and see how
they get where they are supposed
10. A trip to the postoffice might
interest a child in a stamp COL
lection. And incidentally, you
might find you learned a lot your
self about the mails.
A trip to the bakery not only
can be an interesting expedition
but one that gives little boys the
notion that men can work at cook
ing as well as women.
Bank Visit
For slightly older children a
bank is a fascinating place. /
wouldn't take the very young child
to the bank but yOungster old
enough to understand what the
various kinds of dollar bills are.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31

what bank credit means, what the
Federal Reserve is all about, would
find a trip behind the grills of the
bank window a rewarding expert
ence.
A milk pasteurizing plant, a
factory, the railroad yards and
always the airport will hold great
delights for children. The list Is
inexhaustible. Then there Is the
place where Daddy works. Regard
less of what Daddy does when he
goes to work his children will en-
joy having some vivid pictures OF
what Dad is like when he is at
work.
Happy Memories
Trips enrich the life of children,
they also provide a real means OF
both parent and child learning
something which is certainly bring
ing them together in meaningfui
way.
Then there are trips that teach
the children something immedi-,
ately useful, like a trip to the po-
lice station. Let the youngster be-
come acquainted with policemen
as friends and kind, helpful people,
not as bogeymen who want to
hunt him down and punish him.
Any time of year is good for
trips, whenever you have the time
and can make the arrangements,
but summer is an especially good
time since the children are out OF
school and need some new things
tn think about
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
THE BUSINESS BOOM

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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
A LITTLE INITIATION:

AS usual the mid-year economic forecasts
have been pouring forth. And most of them
have certain things in common.
For one thing, the professional seers, with
hardly an exception, evpect booming busi-
ness in most lines of enterprise-and with
it, higher wages.
They also expect, again with hardly an
exception, moderate" rise in the general
price level-something like two or three per
cent over years time.
This is what is known as creeping in
ffation, as opposed to the 'galloping" kind in
which the buying power of a currency can
be virtually destroyed overnight. And many
people seem to think that "little imitation"
isn't really bad thing, and may even be
good. After all, two or three per cent
year doesn't sound like much.
However, over comparatively short per-
iod of time that two or three per cent could
cut the dollars value in half again-precise-
ly as it already has been cut in half in the
past 20 years. And, ultimately, we would
have ten cent dollar, or five cent dollar,
or a one cent dollar.
The federal commission healed by Vice
President Nixon has pinpointed the danger
of inaation warned us what it could do, and
made strong stand for, among other things,
a balanced budget and gradual reduction
in the national debt. Herein lies the only hope
for saving what is left of the dollars worth.
TSe&&
BIG TF'S"
According to an analysis made by the
Council of the State Chambers of Commerce,
there is hope that "the Presidents budget
line might just barely be held"
This, however is predcated on these two
very big ifs:
1. If the House and Senate make addi-
tional cuts in the appropriations bills they
have yet to act on.
2. If several new spending measures
now heading toward enactment are blocked
in Congress or by Presidential veto.
The reports cites number of measures
which, in its view, must be rejected or modi-
fled if we are to have a balanced budget.
They include housing, civil airports, federal
aid to education, and other grants to state
and local government. 1t adds that if these
measures are passed they would "have to be
paid for by higher taxes, by infationary def
cts, or by sacrifice of future tax reduction. :
The Councils analysis deals with spe-
cific current proposals and policies. Beyond
these, there are certain long-range ObJectlveS
that must ultimately be followed if any real
restraints are to be put on the cost of govern
ment and if more and perhaps disastrous in
1ation is to be avoided One is to get the gov
ernment out of activities which should and
can be carried on by taxpaying, private en-
terprise. The outstanding example here is
electric power. Socialized federal power
costs us huge sums of money-both in the
subsidies provided by the taxpayers, and in
the loss of the revenue that would come to the
Treasury if private enterprise were provld-
ing the service And the record proves be-
yond doubt that there is no needed power de-
velopment, no matter how large or costly,
that private enterprise is unable or unwill-
ing to undertake.
Let government confine itself to duties
that only government can perform. Then
the budget problem will disappear.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-31
Short Trips Can Make
ChiId's Summer Happy
BY DOROTHY v. wHIPPLE, M. ID.
AP NeMSfeatures

Now school will ahead that
need filling with good things do
children gmpes life
beyond chid knowl
edge of the world the fully he develops
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11

HILLCREST HEIGHTS-American
Home m nsssied sm6 home saS q the ,e
$4,000 homes in an exclusive
Iussom-bullt area; 3 bedrooms, .
baths; brick and cypress shakes
split-level; GAIT. living room with
fireplace, dining room, rec. room,
garage. huge screened porch; love-
ly tree-shaded private patio:
priced to sell. 2403 Foster place
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$23,5OO
Assume Az % Loan
Brick Split-Level

A 3-year- home situated
on an attractively lan0scapeu
h-acre corner lot. separated
entrance area, nvlng room
features lovely fireplace with
raised hearth and stone SAD
m q n t e !, separate dining
room, modern Kitchen oner-
ing eyeIeveI oven. counter
top range ana lois oil cap-
met space. s peurooms Win
large closets, = iull paths
with coIoreu MIXTURES ana
bullt-fn vanity, nnlsneu rec
reatlon room. walK-ouL 10
large pAJlo garage unoer
house, ZU-It. utility room.
window alr-conultloner goes
with mouse. Call FL. A-SbUU.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-11

HOUSES BY HUGHES = Quaint
retirement tir SPOT or perfect perfect for
young couple. Nestled snugly in q
secluded maple-Shaded glen. Cool
breezes Just about every evening.
House in Al condition. Features
an exciting Early American kitch-
en- built-in hooks and cranniGs,
plus new cas- hot-water heating
system. full bsmt., screened porch
and detached garage. Sacrifice at
$4,000 on your terms. W. R
HUGHES CO.. AP. 7-l4O0.
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YOUR GUIDE TO BETTER LIVING
IN NEARBY VIRGINIA:
$33,95O
90-Ft. Custom
"Mantua"

In one of the areas finest
resluenuaI communities on
lust unuer an acre OF peau-
TRULY wooueu lana relgns
this gracious prleK rambler
Generous IoX23 IlVlng room
with Dullt-ln bookcases ana
fireplace. formal dilin room
fully EQUIPPED KlLcnen with
room Tor annette. 4 spacious
bedrooms. ~ batl.s, french
doors lead 70 I2X24 screened
porch, from there th:CuGh
breeZeway 10 lear garage,
tul basement with separate
Laundry room, Utility room
ana 15X2S f1nished recrea-
ton room featuring ralseo
hearth nreplace set In one
entire prlcK wall ana unique
buiIt-ln par lncIudlng SINK,
2-unlJ range ana reIrlgeratoT
comDlnatlon. open SUNDAY
pm. I'll DARK. from y L,
over l4tn street brIdge Iol-
low Route 80 to apprcIi-
mately n miles past Z Cor
ners, lett on Barley urlve
tMantual TO Goruln- Mems
Open signs; or cali OK. 81
4OOU,
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cAMPANELLA AND CO.
- gaITp Evae IN NINA

WEST CHEVY CHASE-2-stofy
Colonial, on dead-end street, next
to Park. Center-entr. hall, liy.
rm. with firepl., din. rm., kit;
with breakfast area, den and
powder rm.: 4 bedrms., baths
on md A.: finished rec. rm. with
firepl. and powder rm., potentlal
maids rm., 2-car garage. Buy
now and select colors and land
scaping. $42,500. s. D. BUTTER
FIELD & SONS, INC. Builders
EN- k-nQSh EN- h-0A0O.
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$13,5OO
$500 Down
Vienna

A lovely Cape Cod situated
on over 10000 SO. it. Of land.
Living room with heatilatcr
fireplace, separate dining
room, bright kitchen, 3 nice:
size bedrooms, full baths. full
basement featuring finished
recreation room, front and
back pore hes. Home is
equipped with storm win
dows. doors and screens and
is completely insulated. Walk
to bus and shop. Call CIR.
3-456O.
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$26,950
Brick Colonial
Braddock Heights

A beautiful bun brick @
story home on a partly
wooded lot, featuring built:
In garaRe pine-paneled
Elassed-in rear porch, living
room with fireplace, formal
dining room, kitchen, 3 large
bedrooms, Q6xl1, l6xl4,
12x12l two " baths and
one full bath. full basement,
ISxl5 recreation room with
fireplace and utility room:
Open Sunday I pm, til
dark. South on Shirley high
wav to Route Z, turn on,
beer left onto Route q over
Shirley highway to second
traffie light, hear left on
Rraddock road approximately
a mile TO Valley drive, right
to No. 2702-or call XII.
S-o91O
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$17,71O
2 Baths
$500 Down CT

Excellent FHA ana conven-
tional financing also avail
aple on TINS new brick nome
featuring S Deurooms, nv
ing room. separate aiming
room, uream Kitchen with
eyeleveI oven, counJer-Jop
range ana plrcn capInetS:
fun basement with large un-
f1nlsned recreation area anu
outslue entrance. open sat
uruay ana SUNDAY / pm.
til dark. Directions: From
Fairfax circle continue on
Routes 80 and 9g-"ll to SEC
onu tramc rgnt, pear right
with Route 30. take f1rst
right (Bevan drivel to Fair
chester drive. right TO open
house or call CIR. 3-4560.
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$28,250
u Acre
BY Golf Course

A solid brick rambler in
lovely Pinecrest with swim
ming pool membership avail
able. Home features fireplace
In large living room. formal
dining room, roomy modern
kitchen with dishwasher and
space for eating, comtorta-
Bile den. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths,
L-shaped finished recreation
room, cool living in the
screened porch. Washer. drier
Basebosrd hot-Water heat.
Open Sunday / pm. til dark.
Drive south on Shirley high
way to Lincolnia, turn OF
(Route 236) bear right on
go to Braddock road, turn
right to house No. 630S on
left, or call XII. $500.
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HILLCREsT HEIGHTS, 25O5 Eas-
ton st.-2ia baths, 2 f1replaces.
3 bedrms.. lge. fully equipped kit,
tiled bsmt., wall-to-wall carpet in
liv rm.. garage. S23.500. 10.
7-O075.
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$25,250
Belle Haven
Terrace

Enjoy a river view from this
beautiful brick and = frame
Split-level, in this excellent
residential area. Entrance
foyer. fireplace-charmed liv.
ing room. separate dining
room. space for eating in
the Notwithstanding kltch-
en-, featuring ample birch
cabinets, eye-level oven and
counter-top range. disposal
and dishvasher. 3 5000 -siIe
bedrooms and den fer dad
or 4th bedroom. pa tiled
baths: basement level offers
recreation area with fire.
place. built-in garage, Open
Saturday AM Sunday, l
pm. It'll dark. Drive south
on Mt. Vernon boulevard
over Hunting Creek to Belle
View blvd. turn right and
continue across F. Hunt I'd.
to Cornell drive, turn right
to Princeton drive, then first
right to OPEN sign. or call
SO. 5-679O.
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$19,95O
Walk to School
Braddock Heights

One of the famed "Lustron"
Homes never REQUIRES paint.
Living room. dining area,
17-foot de luxe kitchen with
disposal and dishwasher,
jalousied sun porch, 3 large
bedrooms, utility room, at
tached garaEe; fenced rear
shrubs. Open Sunday pm.
til dark, Drive south on
Shirley highway to Route
Z turn of king street,,
bear left over the highway
on King street TO second
traffic light, hear left on
Braddock road to left on
Kenwood street to Dogwood.
right to Summit, left to
corner Of Summit avenue
and Davis avenue or call XII,
S-2320.
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$29,5OO
Wooded Setting
Mclean Heights

An impressive new split level
set opposite towering trees,
tS&turI3s entranc IOyer,
fireplace IN living room.
forme dining room, roomy
modern kitchen with dis
poSal and dishwasher, four
big bedrooms. 3 full baths,
fun oute' Pnt-ence
basement with 25x14 recre-
alton area and large utility
area, and a carport, Custom
construction through out.
Open Saturday and Sunday
for your inspection. Drive
north on Old Dominion drive,
turn left on state Route No.
1909 and watch for Gordin-
Mensh signs, or call IA. A.
5000.
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$18,250
Over y Acre
Brick Rambler

Attractive soft. home In
used brick featuring two
fireplaceS, built In bookcases
in living room, separate din
ing room. kitchen up to the
minute with disposal. 3 good
size bedrooms, back porch,
full outside entrance base
ment with recreation space.
Lovely trees on property.
81. 800 down FLA. Immediate
possession. Call FL. 4-S600.
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WHEATON-3-bedrm. bricK ram'
bier. 1h-yrs. old. Full bsnlt. :,
fenced yard. corner lot. storm
windows and doors. SEQ, din. rm,'
mr. schools and new shop. center
FLA. fnan. $4,000. 10. 5-l207,
W4FAT0N-opEN SUN. . TO
A REnROOMS- 2 BATHS
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HOUSES FOR sALE-MD.

NO DOWN PAYMENT to vets OF
$3.50 down, FILA. $50 per month
buys this 5-room home on fenced
corner lot, near Prince Georges
Country Club, Z bedrms,, separate
dining rm.. full basement. Price,
$1,000. cal ~ 2 pm; wa:
CO, INC.
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HILLCREST HEIGHTS, 2403 Fair
laow st.-112 baths, lge. fenced
rear I'd, 3 bedrms., lge. fully
equipped kit. with pict. window,
tiled bsmt.. garage. S2l,500. 10.
T-OO76
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$17,500
Brick Rambler
Enclosed Porch

A lovely home in attractive
Mt. Vernon Woods below
Alexandria. In nicer than
new condition. 2l-foot liv-
ing room with fireplace,
separate dining room, up-to-
the-minute kitchen with dis
posal. 3 bright bedrooms,
lots of shrubs. flowers and
fruit trees in the l50-foot
Anchor fenced yard. Car
port. too. Call so. $500.
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$4,000
l Acre
Air Conditioned

A gracious brick rambler in
a select area close-in Alex
andria. Exquisite entrance
hall, spacious living room
featuring marble fireplace
framed bv mirrors. Generous
kitchen offering every con-
venience, including built-in
breakfast bar. den, three
bedrooms 2lxlS. 1Sxl5, ok
Is, 3 full baths, . half baths,
full basement with 2lxl4
utility room, 20x24 recrea-
ton room with fireplace
paneled in solid mahogany.
separate maids quarters in
Guiding its own kitchen,
large fiagstone po"ch of liv-
ing room. gear garage; to
see this lovely residence call
XII, S-232O,