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Milford chronicle., 1960-01-22

The idea of the gathering was to
gether periodically for fellowship.
At the invitation of the Methodist
Mems Group of Bethel Methodist
Church, those attending were a
good representation of m n s
groups of st Peters Episcopal
Church, Bethel Methodist Church,
and Groome Memorial Church.
The Bethel men served steak
dinner
Thomas Morris of Bethel Church
was chairman of the program COM
mittee. Mr.. Morris presented as
speaker Mayor Otis H. Smith who
gave a talk on his recent trip to
the Holy Land
Miss Janice B. Lowe, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs Charles NJ Lowe of
122 Dewey Avenue, Lewes, is SER
wing as chairman of the planning
and arrangements committee for
the mid-year. graduation exercises
of Goldey Beacon School of Busi-
ness, Wilmington, to be held on
February H.
Miss Lowe is a graduate OF the
Lewes High School, class of 1858,
and while there was active in the
school band, the choir, and a men,
Der of the dramatics club. She is
pursuing a secretarial program at
Goldey Beacon.
Louis p Shannon, manager of the
dupont Company's Extension Di-
vision will be the speaker at the
exercises.
Members of the Lewes Fire De-
partment win once again this year
sponsor a March of Dimes on End
Milford chronicle., 1960-01-22

directly. in helping pay for sur
plus milk produced in other areas
in the marketing pool.
Mr.. Brittingham said that all
farmers contacted to date have
agreed tosign the affidavits. He
said the Delaware Eastern Shore
never has been part of the Balti-
more market which it would be-
come under the federal plan
Bayard Coulter. uperintendent
of the Board of Public Works in
Lewes, has been elected president
of the Delaware Association of
Municipal Administrators.
He succeeds G. Preston Ward,
Dover, who was elected president
when the organization wah formed
year ago.
Elected vice president is Rex
Gilmore, city manager of Smyrna.
The president will chose a secre-
tary later.
Mayor Otis Smith of Lewes
talked to association members
about new electronic fishing meth
DDS now in use.
Representatives attended the
day-long session from Newark,
Dover, Smyrna, Lewes, Rehoboth
Beach, Georgetown and Laurel.
The association will next meet
in Seaford in February.
"a Venture in Interdenomina-
tional Faith was attempted by
some $50 men of four Protestant
Lewes Churches last Wednesday
night at a dinner in Fellowship
Hall, which is hoped to be a. uni
fled effort in the betterment of the
whole community.
Milford chronicle., 1960-01-22

way Department bridge operator at
the Lewes Canal about five years
ago.
Mr. Warrington was member of
jefferson Lodge No. Is, AT & AM,
and Bethel Methodist Church.
Heis survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ethel L. Warrington, a grandson,
John Lynch of Washington, d. c.,
three sisters, Mrs. Nellie NJ Haz-
zard, Lewes, Mrs. Bessie Butler and
Mrs. Katherine Otis of Bridgeville.
Services were held Friday at 2
p. M, at the Nelson Funeral Home,
the Rev Robert E. Green pastor of
Bethel Church, officiated.
Burial was made in Lewes Meth
odist Cemetery in charge of jeff
erson Lodge.
Milford chronicle., 1960-01-22
DO-IT-YOURSELF DESK

FRANKLIN, N. ]. Up - If you
can't buy it, build it, says the
Township Committee.
The committee recently decided
it needed a new, larger desk. The
cost: $4,000. Too much, decided
the committee.
Result: Councilman ]. Willard
Vliet built one big enough and
strong enough to withstand the
councils most heated arguments.
The cost to the council was 5000
worth of wood
Vliet said the table would not
have a glass top. Were supposed
to be nonpartisan but anything can
happen"
Milford chronicle., 1960-01-22

The largest county in the United
States is San Bernardino, Calf,
with an area of more than 10000
square miles. 1t is larger than
eight states.
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01
JUSTICE FOR ROMANCE

TOLLAND. Conn. Up II Justice
Court Judge Howard Metcalf gave
romance chance in granting a
postponement in a drunken driving
case.
The accused motorist pleaded
that his schedule arraignment
would interrupt his honeymoon.
So the Judge continued the case
until the honeymoon was over.
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01
SOFAS

was NOW
Modern Pc. R. Arm-Left Arm Sect.
FICUsh.. Gov. Persimmon .. 1920 I65.7S
Traditional Mig. Pc. Soto &
Choir. Gov. Natural Print Rd.
Arms, F. /cush. Box Pleot, Self
Platform ................46 $3.50 26O.2S
Modern srv woI1Uf 20" Solo, Cow Copper : ..-
Gov. Charcoal Stripe. Fl cush. .273.75 211.7S
Modern Walnut 90" Solo,
Gov. Toast. FIcush, Zppers -. .25s.5o 1890
Modern Walnut 90" Sofo.
Gov. Persimmon, /CUsh. ..... .245.75 1880
Modern Walnut S8" Sofo,
Gov. Gold, Ficush. zippers .243.5o 1890
Modern Walnut lo4" Soto,
Gov. Rose, F/cush. .......... .3T4.25 1890
Modern Walnut Left Bumper Davenport,
Gov. Navy Blue, IcUsh. .. .3lo.25 24S.SO
Modern Walnut Pc. Sectional R. Arm Sect,
Wedge 81" Bumper Sect. Cow
Persimmon Nylon, F Cush. .453.25 $4,000
Modern Walnut Pc. Love Seat,
RISeet., Left Sect. Corner Sect.
Gov. Persimmon JCush. .....4 484.25 2S6.SO
Trod Mig. 2 Pc. Lawson Soto
Choir, Gov. Rose. FIcush. g.
Fringe Base ................ $4,000 26O.OO
Trod Mig. Pc. Sectional. Cow Green Nylon,
FIcush., Self Platform. zppers 356.5o 26S.75
Trod Mig. Lawson Sofo &
Choir, Gov. Turq. NyIon, F /cush.,
Fringe Base .'............ 35o.0 90 26O.1S
Contemporary Ebony Soto.
Gov. choreooI Stripe. FIcush. .2s7.25 I72.5O
EARLY Amer. Mig. Pc Sectional.
Righf-Leff-C Center Cow Gold print,
F/cush. Box PIeuf. Self Platform 654.5o SO4.7S
Eory Amer. Maple Pc. SecfonoL
Gov. Seofoon. FICush., Box
Pleot Skirt. Self Platform ...... so 260.2S
Modern Walnut Pc Sofo. Left-cenier,
Right Secfionol Cow Persimmon.
Modern Walnut Soto. Gov. Lime,
rI~uSn. .SI3.25 ES5sSU
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01
sH%has aspah hts leo tor arise
VAN SEWERS CLEARANCE
Open Wed. 6 Fridoy until o-PIenty of PorItins
Months

was NOW
Ebony Pillow Back A Aicho.
Gov. Flame. F/cush. Back. 1850 62.5S
Wolnuf A. Ichoir, Gov. Mist Blue,
FIcush. .................l .los25 $3.50
Walnut Pillow Back AIchoir,
Gov. Toast NyIon F Icush. Back loI.25 8l.75
Walnut A. Choir, Gov. Lime. Icush. l22.75 04.7S
Walnut A. Chair. Gov. Lime,
FI(USn. 1919 OOsGO
Mig. Al Ichoir, Cow Blue Mist.
FICush. ......... IOo.5O 04.0W
Walnut Al Chair. Gov. Blk. Ficush. 1925 82.SO
Wolnuf AIchoir. Gov. Coral.
FIRvb cvsh. 1850 02.75
Walnut Al Ichoir. Gov. Coral.
FIcUsh. l01.50 SI.2S
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01

Mig. Lawson Al Choir. FIcush.
Cow Brown Nylon 1925 $3.50
Ebony Oec. Choir. Gov. Turq. 80. 1925 SOs5
Mig. Lawson Al ichoir,
Gov Willow Print .1aloo 1878
Ebony Choir Cow Silver .. 6775 S4.75
Walnut AIChor, Cow Turq - 1875 S1.7S
Walnut A. Choir, Gov. Turq. FIcush. 1875 1850
Ebony Afchoir, Cow Parchment . SAYS 20.7S
Mig. Swivel Choir, Gov. Beige =. s1.25 1918
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01

Wos NOW
yi FfRvbber De % Cushion ...s..... .2sooo 1890
Wonut Sleep Sofo, Gov. Tongerine.
FIRubber CUsh .38050 SAl.<0
Wonvt Pc. Left Focine Right
Fccing Sleep Soto, Gov. Mcrisold,
Lotex Nodded cvsh. 4oI so $4,000
Costors Sleep Soto. Gov. Turq. Icreen.
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01
PROVINCIAL TABLES

Wos NOW
Cherry Lomp TobIe, Brn Lea -. $3.50 1915
Cherry Chorside Table, VII. Leo =. 65.75 $3.50
Cherry Corner Table, Brn. Lea -. 5o.25 1875
Walnut c. 7. TobIe ........ 74.5o 44.75
Cherry Chorside Tobe. Brn. Lea :. eo.5o 1880
Cherry Commode, Brn. Lea ..... 1925 $3.50
Mig Souterne End Toble, Br. Lea 42.50 34.75
Normandy c. 7. TobIe D II Br. Lea.
Shape 1915 1925
SoUterne c. 7. TobIe, Brn. Lea -. 42.5o 34.75
Versoille c. 7. Toble, Brn. Lea .1o7.50 1915
Normondy Rd. c. T. Toble, Br Lea $3.50 1915
VersoiIle Commodes, Brn. Lea Top l03.25 $3.50
Versatile c. 7. Toble Brn Leo. 107.75 87.75
Normandy Muffin Stond ...... $50 5I.75
Versatile Choir Side TobIe. Br. Lea 1925 1925
Buekskn Step Tobles. Dawn Lea :. oo.5o 1880
Prov Cherry c. 7. TobIe, Br Lea 6o75 $3.50
Prov Cherry Step TobIe's. Br Lea 1000 1925
Normondy curio Table.
Gloss TopI sides ..12675 1915
Prov Cherry c. 7. Toble. Br. Lea ;. 1850 58.75
Poste Green c. 7 Tobe, Decorated o4.5o 53.7S
French Prov Console TobIe.
w/whte Rose marble top. -. 15l.25 1925
Cherry Chest, 3 Drower ....... $3.50 69.75
Mig. Hostess Server ......... 1925 lIO.75
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01
MIRRORS

wa. NOW
Gold sunburs, Mirror 1915 1915
Cold Erome Mirror - 6o25 1915
Gold Frame Square Mirror. 42x30 5o.25 41.15
White Gold 32x42 Mirror ...... 69.25 1915
Gold Rd Leaf Mirror ............ 35Z5 20.25
White Gold Framed Mirror -. $3.50 1915
White Gold Fromed Mirror ..... 1875 29.75
White Cold Oval Mirror ...... 1915 1913
Gold Picture g Mirror 1915 29.75
Gold WoI Sconce 6 Mirror ...... 25.25 1915
Gold EogIe Rd. Mirror 20" ....... 60.25 1915
Gold Eagle Rd Mirror .......... 1875 $3.50
Gold Leof Mirror - $3.50 1915
Gold Frcmed Mirror . 5o.25- Ills
Gold Framed Mirror 20x30 ....... $3.50 1850
White & Gold Fromed Mirror 38x3o 60.25 1915
Gold Framed Mirror . 5o.25 Ills
PIoin Gloss Mirror - 1880 06.25
Tortoise Shell Border Mirror - 80 so G2.75
Rosewood Mhg Honerg Mirror 22.25 1925
chompoqne Mirror ...... $3.50 29.75
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01

WALNUT ARM CHAIRS
Gov. Beige, Gold, Coral. F/cush.
Was $3.50 N0W 5S./9
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01
CONTEMPORARY
OCCASIONAL FURNITURE

Bufiernut Low Rd. Tobe .. 1925 1915
Bufternut Low Rd Toble .i3s.25 80.7S
Butternut Square c. T. Tohle ..... S0.25 S1.5S
Buifernut Rd. Cigarette Toble.
Formico Top ................ 49.50 32.5S
Green Hex Bunching Table ...... 40.50 26.5S
Red Hex Bunchine TobIe ........ 40.50 26.55
Rvtfernuf A/Choir.
Fiber Gloss Cover 1875 1878
Buffernut Low Dining Choir -. 5o.75 1915
Green Buffernuf Swivel AIchoir 1915 53.7S
Butternut Teok Secretary Red. 36o.25 1878
Buffernuf Green Low Buffet :. 1925 1878
Bvtfernvi WoI Cabinet .... 6e.75 47.5O
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01
TRADITIONAL AND
PROVINCIAL MARBLE
TABLES

Bross Clover Leaf c. 7. TobIe,
White Marble ..........1l1.25 1915
Bross Step Tobe's. wfgolery
Gold Vein Marble ....137.25 1I2.25
White & Gold c. T. Tuble. vi gallery
Cold VEN 1879 O1.0W
Brcss c. T. Toble,
White corroro Marble .....Il2.2s $500
White 6 Gold Step TobIe.
wIBk. Marble .......... ql.25 Ills
Mig. Rd. c. 7. Toble St. Flor
AAoIple .s.a....sesss tzZ.I9 OOseS
White 6 Gold Step TcbIes,
Gold Vein Marble .........1o8.75 80.55
Bross Rd. Tobe. Blk Marble - $3.50 3I.S5
Bross c. T. Tobie. Topoy Marble :. 1850 29.7S
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01
SPECIAL PRICES
on ALL SUMMER
FURNITURE
Rattan. Wrought Iron,
and Aluminium
PROVINCIAL LIVING ROOM
FURNITURE

White Solo, Cow Pink. FICvsh.,
Self Platform ziPpers ....... 245.25 1890
White & Gold Pc. Curved Sectional
Gov. Beige. F/cush., Self Plot
Self Well ...,.......4... ss4.25 722.75
Mig. Sof0 Gov. Toosf. Dbl. Welt
Self Potform. FIcushions -. 1880 S4S.SO
Mig. Sofo. Gov. Aqvo Blk,
F/cushons, Kick Peot Skirt. 279.oo 2lS.OO
Fruifwood 2 Pc. Sectional. Left Sect
Right Bumper. FIcush., Gov.
Champagne, Self Platform * sl.5o 584.ZS
White 6 Gold Wing Back Choir,
Gov. Gold. FIcvsh.. Self Platform,
Nail Trim .143.25 1918
Prov. Pillow Back lounge Choir,
Gov. VII. ITurq, Fl cush. Back 1873 1879
Prov. A Ichoir, Gov. Soee ..... $3.50 1898
Mig. Wing Choir. Cow Texus Beige,
FIcvsh. ..................l 1850 1873
Fruifwood Arm Choir, Cow Beige.
FECUshons ...............Z2 .Z29.I5 ASO.1O
Fruifwocd Pillow Back Choir. Cow
Seofo0m. r Sect 6 Back, Self
PIotform' Self Well ..l54.50 1860
Fruitwood Arm Choir, Gov. Willow 1915 1915
Normandy Arm Choir. Gov. Brown $3.50 1878
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01
DANISH WALNUT
LIVING ROOM TABLES

Modern Walnut c. T. TobIe ... 26.75 2I.75
Modern Walnut 36" Rd c. T. Toble-
Block Insert ............e.... $3.50 28.7S
Modern Oil Walnut Oval c. T. Tuple $3.50 1925
Modern Oil Walnut c. 7. Tobe -. $3.50 $3.50
Modern Walnut c. T. Toble ~ 5225 1915
Modern Serr Walnut c. 7. Table . 44.50 $3.50
Modern Walnut c. 7. TcbIe ....... 44.25 $3.50
Modern Walnut End Tables ..... 3l75 25.75
Modern Oil Walnut Step Toble -. 4o.25 26.5O
Modern Walnut &
Chrome Step TobIe .. $3.50 $3.50
Modern Walnut Oil Finish Step Table $500 1918
EARLY AMERICAN AND
TRADITIONAL CHAIRS
wus NOW
Maple Wing Back Al Choir
Gov. Copper Print ............. 475o 37.75
Milford chronicle., 1960-07-01
DANISH WALNUT
LIVING ROOM FURNITURE
CHAIRS

Modern Walnut A IChoir
Covered Cane Back Seat -. $3.50 51.SO
Modern Nat Walnut High Back
A AIChoir Gov. Nut Brown Cifron :. 72.00 1915
Modern Not. WolnUt Oec. A. Chair
Gov. Rex Tvrq. .............. 1915 1913
Modern Walnut Swivel A/Choir
Gov. Green, Olive ........... 102.75 1913
Modern Walnut Swivel IChoir
Gov. Neo. Vista Copper ...... 102.75 6l.75
Modern Walnut A /Choir Gov. Gold 1o7.75 84.2S
Pc Modern Wolnut AIChor
Oftomcn Cow Rex Brown ..... 184.50 1878
2 Pc Modern Oil Walnut "a
Sectional Cow Turq. l 1850 1878
Modern Walnut Love Seat Gov. Gold 23o.75 I42.7S
Evening star., 1960-06-26

Hermanos was the most prolific writer on the
Warner lot. His name seemed to be on every
Hawaiian Eye script Then someone told her
w. HermanoS meant Warner Brothers IN
Spanish.
In the case OF 1.-THE Silent Caper," however,
1t may have launched new writer (Smlth) ana
a,se nronpted some of the TV writers and pro-
ducers to re e-evaluate the elements OF script
which too often include talk that adds nothing
of value and actually diStracts from the VlSuaI
development of the story Garry Moore was KID
ding recently when he said the writer's striKe
made it possible for him to present Marllyn Moi-
roe and Marion Brando on ms snow 'he cou,u,
he said, but they declined), but the Ill wino olo
b,ow hit of fresh air down the smoggy Sunset
Strip
Note; THE Silent Caper" is due for re-
neat on the series late this summer. wen ie'
you know when.
Evening star., 1960-06-26
After Story Stardom

That "West Side Story" would make stars
Of some of its unknown" players was obvious
from the first thrilling late summer night IN
1857 at the National when the Leonard Bern
stein musical drama opened prior to Broad
way. One of the choices: The black-halreo
beauty who decorateS TeleVue'S CoVer-Caroi
Lawrence.
Her career since then-juSt on TV-Would
seem to indicate this Miss Lawrence Coorn
Carol Laraia, Melrose Park, ND has 1t made
Garry Moore for example, has her on his
CBS-TV variety show as often as she's available;
Ed Sullivan, ditto; Gene Kelly picked her
for one of his infrequent specials and now, come
Thursday, it's Phil Silvers turn. Carol, along
with Carol Haney will help Phil toast Summer
in New York" 90 to II pm, WTOP-9).
Too Old for Juliet?
What Carol was worried about that long
ago day in New York when she auditioned before
Bernstein, Jerome Robbins and the others,
wasn't her dancing-Shed been dancing for
years-but her (a) age and (b) singing. Juliet
was II; Carol was %. Il afraid Mr.. Bern
stein would know right away hadn't had much
voice training" she said.
He did know. 81 liked her voice because 1t
wasn't schooled." AS for director Robbins:
when she let her dark hair down, knew
we had our Juliet"
Evening star., 1960-06-26
cohtinued From Preceding Poss

ccAtihued From Preceding Pos0
newspaper headlines and a note left for his
sidekck Louis QUINN.
1t could have been a very bad show of course
The line-less script would have been merely
a Simmick if the director and writer hadn't
collaborated to achieve that compelling flow OF
story and action that prompted SO many viewers
to recall the art of the action "silents"
And while the climax of the script was pure
violence it had an old fashioned zng to it that
was just plain fun, the way those Roadside The
ater (Rockville pike melodramaS used to hit us
in the 30s 1--WE attended regularly, just for the
pleasure of kissing Eugene Kressin or Hal
SteplerO
Evening star., 1960-06-26

Carol Lawrence, the loss who leoped
from anonymity to stordom in West
Side Story" makes her next TV appear
once with Phil SiIvers in his Summer
in New York" nusicoI special. Thurs
doy, 10 pm, WTOP-9.
Evening star., 1960-06-26
That Prolific HermanOs

The writer's strike forced producers to dig
deep into their files for scripts. Pretty Connie
Stevens told us that for while she thought w.
Evening star., 1960-03-06
Trunslotions

Favorite stories with the
children are those universal
European classics: PUSS
IN BOOTS, SLEEPING
BEAUTY, PETER PAN and
novels by Jules Verne and
Hans Fallada. From the
United States, in Spanish
translations, older children
choose WILD ANIMALS 1
HAVE KNOWN, LITTLE
WOMEN, LAST OF THE
MOHICANS and TARTAN.
What about Peruvian au-
thors? What about national
heroes, folk tales and family
stories? Yes, there are some
on the library shelves. More
fantasies than anything else.
When the local newspaper in
Lima offered a prize in 1858
for the best story for chill
dren, the winning story was
a fantasy with a moral by
Carlota Carvallo de Nunez.
Stories from other Latin
American countries have wide
appeal. One of the most
popular, I was told, are the
animal fantasies by an Ar
gentine author, Constancio G.
Vigil. His story of THE
BLUE FOREST (El Bosque
AzuD is outstanding for its
gay and inviting illustrations
by Federico Ribas.
Evening star., 1960-03-06

Va llCI SLyLC.
"Aimez-vous Brahms?" is
Mile. Sagan at her silken
best.
The situation is intriguing.
We have Paule, age 80, beau
tiful, composed, moderately
well pleased with her situa-
ton as the mistress of Roger
and as a successful interior
decorator. Roger does not
wish to marry her, although
he is free. Why not? Eh bien,
Roger cannot be content with
one affair. Within its illicit
limits. he must have other
little filings. Paule sighs, but
what to do? Enter Simon,
aged 25, theatrically hand
some, ardent. eager for love.
En- Pour ce Soir?
"Aimez-vous Brahms?" he
asks Paule in a note. which is
the French equivalent of ask
ing for a date. Paule shrugs,
goes, and then, what will
you?
Mile. Sagan does not make
a federal case of this tri-
angle. She recounts its for
Evening star., 1960-03-06
The English Novel as q
Passport to Another World

sympathetic sister, desperate
for love; her two obtrusive
adolescent sons. His parish
Is poor. his vestrymen as kind
or meddlesome or self-right-
eous as people are.
A Frail Shelter
When Alice Imber, a spir-
tied widow who does not be-
lieve in Christ but who prac-
tices a brisk Christianity,
comes into his life, Maurice
finds his calling a rather
frail shelter against the de-
mands Of flesh and spirit.
Parish gossip, a well-meaning
curate, his own clamor for
personal happiness bring
Maurice to a crisis that must
be resolved for him as it
is for ordinary mortals:
with pain, compromise and
a hope Of help from on high.
Miss johnson renders the
life Of st. Lawrence's with
humor and a quick eye for
the eccentricities that can
not be left at the church
door. Maurice's struggle is
conveyed without dramatics
but feelingly. Miss johnson
has in short, done all that
we can ask Of the novelist:
she has taken us to the heart
Of another life. M. MEG.
Evening star., 1960-03-06
Hidden Talents

I came away from Peru
with a strong feeling of many
stories waiting to be told, as
well as children ready to
listen. Children and adults
alike appear to be gifted
with imagination, with crea-
tive ideas, and a natural flair
for dramatic storytelling. I
wanted to return to the IL
brary for a puppet show or a
story hour, to join the book
mobile for one of it's morn
ing jauntS. Instead, I had to
say good-by.
When I signed in the Ii
brary guest book, I discovered
that other North Americans
had found their way to this
friendly center of books and
children. The name above
mine was a librarian from
Chicago; above that, a
teacher from Howard Uni
versity. Are they waiting
and watching, as I am, for
further word from those
gifted children and librarians
in Callao. Peru.
Evening star., 1960-03-06

There is always, when all
else fails. that unfailing
passport to another world,
the English novel. 1t may
not be a better world,
or any less troubled; but it
is a different world, rendered
with an absorbing complete
ness that is the unique gift
OF our British cousins at the
writing table.
Pamela Hansford john
sons THE HUMBLER CREA-
TION (Harcourt, Brace:
$4.50) is in this admirable
tradition. A simple, rather
somber story Of a London
vicar. bedeviled by personal
and parish problems, it COM
pels attention for its literacy,
compassion and insight. 1t is
at once DETER and deeper
than her previous books.
Her hero, Maurice Fisher,
is a decent man and a good
priest. He is also human.
The celibacy his beautiful,
silly. tiresome wife has forced
on him is burdensome. His
home abounds with her rela-
tives-her sickly mother, her
Evening star., 1960-03-06
EDISON AWARD
IN BIOGRAPHY
AND SCIENCE

In choosing prize-winning
books, the Edison Founda-
tion takes a poll among rep
resentatives of 62 national
organizations concerned with
children and reading. The
prizes recently announced IN
the neglected field of biog-
raphy and science follows:
THE best children's science
book: EXPERIMENTS IN
SKY WATCHING by Fred
erick Brandley (CrowelD is
a practical, do-it-yourself
handbook for young scientists
who want to study the sky
with equipment they build
themselves.
"The best science book for
youth: ICY: YEAR OF DIS
COVERY by Sidney Chap
man University of Michi-
gan Press explains to lay
men and young people the
physical processes in the
upper air and the magnetic
changes on the earth.
For special excellence in
portraying Americas Past:
THE GREAT DISSENTERS
by Fred Reinfeld (CrowelD
tells how history was made
by six brave men who were
not afraid to express inde-
pendent ideas. These men
were John Quincy Adams,
Horace Mann, Thoreau, EN-
erson, William Lloyd Garrt-
son and Oliver Wendell
Holmes. B. N.
Evening star., 1960-03-06

Traps guilty and pronounced
sentence.
What then happened? I
won't tell you except to say
the ending is grim. This
novella. with its lean, hard
prose, might have been
written by MaupaSSant or
Chekhov.
Frederick Duerrenmatt
wrote "The Visit" a hit on
the American stage, and The
Pledge"
Pittsburgh Phil" was an
actual character, as the
sporting fraternity knows. He
flourished shortly before the
turn of the century, and he
made millions playing the
horses.
Frank Mastroly has been
a movie executive and pro-
ducer. and Mel Heimer is a
New York columnist, author
of several books.
Actual Characters
While they have made a
novel out of Pittsburgh Phil's
career. they have followed
the essential facts so far
as they are known. Some ac-
tual characters, like the ia
nous Jockey Ted Sloan, Nat
Goodwin and Diamond Jim
Brady, were friends of Phil's;
others the writer's have in
vented to fill out their story.
Pittsburgh Phil started life
in an impoverished family,
and as a lad worked in a cork
factory. When he left Pitts
burgh for Chicago, he had a
few hundred dollars saved.
and he was wondering about
the horses. How long has this
been going on? He worked
out his own system Of handi-
Gaping. The authors do not
tell us too much about this
system-perhaps they are not
too sure how it worked-ex-
cept that Phil was always
looking for "overlays," that
is. horses rated 5 to or more
when they should have been
2 to or even money. Finally,
Phil, rich, elegant, yet always
quiet and gentlemanly, moved
to New York and took a
house on Fifth avenue and
sent for his mother and kid
prother. He acquired his own
racing stable.
Died Broke
But there was trouble
ahead. There always is. Ira
dition has it that Pittsburgh
Phil died broke. The authors
save us such a debacle, and
yet they do show other hard
luck pursuing the fabulous
gambler in the end. They
have brought in a couple Of
romanceS, which may or may
not have waylaid Phil. But
the story as a whole is per-
SuaSiVe.
1t should interest every one
who ever bought a So ticket
at a race track and others
who simply like true adven-
tllre and actual Deon1e
Evening star., 1960-03-06

would ever be the same after
'27.
This was the year Of the
romance of Peaches Heenan
and Daddy Browning, Lind
bergh's epochal flight to
Paris, President Coolidge's
announcement that he did
not choose to run in 1928,
the execution of Sacco and
Vanzetti, the Hall-Mills mur-
der trial, the sashweight
murder for which Ruth Sny-
der and Judd Gray were exc
cuted, the "long count" fight
between Gene Tunney and
Jack Dempsey.
Mr.. Churchill, who wrote
"The Improper Bohemians"
and Park Row." has, with
his usual skill, portrayed Wv
idly the last year of whoopee
unreStrained, of prosperity
unendlng. C. B. j.