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Evening star., 1960-02-05
Take Advantage
OF YOUR GI LOAN PRIvI.
LEGES WHILE YOU CAN!

Our final section Of Fair
fax Towne Estates offers two
noor plans In modern split
level designs. Zach has 8
bedrooms plus den or
guest room (ideal to get
that Tv set out Of the Nv
ing RoomD
Living room with cathe-
araI ceiling and wrought-
iron balcony Is particularly
spacious. The kitchen, with
its up-to-the-minute elec-
trio wall oven and counter.
top range has ample space
for family breakfast. Dining
room is big enough for for
NAL dinners. The basement
Is ideal for storage and
workshop.
A DOWN PAYMENT OF
JUST 81 ,026 WILL HANDLE
WITH 30-YEAR OF TERMS
AVAILABLEl FHA FINANC-
ING Is ALSO AVAILABLE.
DIRECTIONS; Out Arlington
blvd. CRte. b0j or Rte. 2e-5II
to Fairfax circle. a around
circle and out Rte. 237 to
Fairfax. Cross 230 ct trafac
light, turn left on Sager ave,
and follow Luria arrows TO
sample house.
IIIRIA RPOC
Evening star., 1960-02-05

ATTN, DOCTORS, NoN-PROFIT
ORG. UNIONS, ETC.
Zoned special purpose. Corner
brick containing is rooms,
baths: oil h.-W.h. Downtown 10th
st. location. Asking $4,000. viii
consider offers. Call Mr.. Nc
lntosh, EX. 3-24SO; ewes. and
Sunday, AD. 2-6565.
FRED A. SMITH co.
Evening star., 1960-02-05

sPRINGFIELD-(D level rambler,
3 bedrms.. rec. rm., firepi. corner
lot. Complete kit. laundry, loads
Of extras incl. In price Of ST.
300. ol Az assumption. Ne
AGENTS. OWNER, Fl. 4-s447.
Evening star., 1960-02-05

"PSST-HEY BUDDY!"
(wANT A REAL HOT BUY7)
How about q brand-new, 3-bedrm.
brick rambler with long, attrac-
tive living rm. and fireplace, lge.
dining rm, and modern kitchen,
Sta SstR.sn baths as 2S fS. aso EIo2RRs Rss Us SSs
water heat full basement With
2nd fireplace in light rec. rm.
area. and a good half-acre lot.
Il can get 1t for you for only
S19,950. with bills DOWN.
F. w. BERENS, REALTORS
304 W. Lee Hwy, Frfx.. CIR. 3-14O1
RAYMoNDALE ASSUME Az LOAN
owNER-3-bedrm. brick bi-level,
ga baths, gar. rec. rm., family
rm. Have to see to appreciate.
No agents. S24,5O0. JE. 3-3409.
REDUCED "A completely redec-
GRATED 3-bedroom, all-brick home
on q nice corner wooded lot in N.
Arlington: l block to elementary
school. Also features, large kitch-
en- with disposal and dishwasher;
dining room, living room with fire-
place: full basement and screened
Worth your while to inspect 1t.
Don't wait. call IA. $1,000
BETTER HOMES REALTY. INC,
REALTORS.
ROSES AND TULIPS will soon
bloom around the sun-fiiled patio
Of this Calf. style split-level: 8
bedrms. and den. 2 baths. frepl.
in liv. rm.. sep. din. rm. with
sliding doors to the patio: delight
full up-to-the- min. kit. with break
fast bar and adjoining util. rm.,
carport. Price, S24,500, with lge.
CT loan to assume.
HAWoRTHIMoNRoE sS1S REALTY
Evening star., 1960-02-05
CoRNERS sHOPPING. tTan

CORNERS SHOPPING. transp.
and schls; convenient to this
It. liv. rn.: big kit. 2 baths: full
bsmt. " Tremendous rec. rm.: at
tached carport and beaut. landsc.
lot. Owners must leave by March
J.. Call DARWIN REALTY. INC.
"a: 1883, JE. 4-0770; ewes. KE
Evening star., 1960-02-05
WARREN WOODS

3-bedrooms, 2la-baths. split-level
with rec. room. Spotless condition.
Very attractive section; S22,5O0.
MannaS Rlty., JE. 2-3110
Evening star., 1960-02-05

LINCOLN PIX. VIC.-2nd-fi. brick;
cleo, toilet; suit. contractor OF
dry storage: $50. RA. 3-4429.
LIST COMMERCIAL = Small brick
bldg. and equipment. rear 1852 q
st, sc. Suitable for plumber, elec-
trician or other small contractor
Price: $3.50. Sl,S00 down. Call
LU. 1-2355.
Evening star., 1960-02-05
LOTS, ACREAGE WANTED
COMMERCIAL GROUND

HAVE CLIENTS need apt: house
ground, Rio. R-1S. SIGLER &
CO.. LO. 4-S3S3
Evening star., 1960-02-05

1871 14th ST. NV.
Over 5000 SO. IT. of space on
downtown thoroughfare, desirabls
for once and showroom. printing,
drafting. etc. LOW rent.
kASs REALTY, EN-. $500
Evening star., 1960-02-05

2 FLOORS, containing 1880 50
IT, each. located at 14th and
SITS. NV. Suitable for storage,
light. assembly. etc. Zoned CM-3
Ample parking.
KAss REALTY. EN-. $500
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY Elaine townsend Dickerson

word Noel" was formed by the
same means and candles were
placed at the top of each letter.
One of the homes featured CLAM
orized styrofoam balls. An artist
had spent one complete year deco
rating the balls in yelyets, jewels,
braids, etc. They sold for six dol
lars each and they were master
pieces. They were displayed on a
self in the dining room. Laurel
edged each shelf and the fantastic
ally beautiful balls were tackled be-
hind the laurel and was an awe
some sight to behold.
Another old homes in Topeka had
rooms for every wish its occupants
might have. There was cozy, win
dow-shuttered den with fire place
where / could have spent the day,
another room with quilt covered
cot that housed the masters desk,
adding machine etc, another room,
quite Victorian, that possessed
baby grand piano and the play
room for the young miss of the
household that proudly displayed
antique love seat and old china
cupboard that housed her dolls.
This display of generosity with an
tiques was too much for me-.
Our favoirite house took us COM
pletely away from Topeka, The
landscaping around the home re-
sembled lodge in the California
Sierras. There were lots of pine
trees everywhere, which is a rare
item in this state. There wasn't a
painted wall in the whole interior.
The family room was huge place
and around one whole wall were
rough boards that held reading
material for the long winter and
other winters, padded window
seats at least twenty feet long
seemed inviting and the view out
side the windows again showed the
lovely evergreens. You know if this
| house was like ski lodge it would
have to have fireplace and there
were three. A giant one in the fami-
ly room, one in the flag stoned en-
trance way that also doubled into
one in their den.
Since this house was featuring
skiing, the large coffee table in
front of the biggest fire place had
an apropro scene. There the clever
sorority girls had placed paper
mache chip munks eating nuts and
fruit out of wooden bowls and a.
mother tray held mountain of pop
corn that other chip munks were
using for their ski run. 1t was just
darling.
Now | must go check on that
chicken and see if the wet coats
are drying out for this afternoons
snow fight or whatever.
Until next week.
Always
iETD
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16
March of Dimes Aids Child Polio Victim;
She Dedicotes Herself to Helping Blind

At one despairing point
during Mary 10 Phillips
seven-year confinement in
a hospital near Boston, and
while she was an iron-lung
prisoner of polio, a nurs-
ing nun read aloud to the
frightened little girl these
words of the tormented
Job:
81 was eyes to the blind"
Mary 10, herself tormented
after seven operations and three
months in an iron lung, never
forgot Jobs words. At Ken
nedy Memorial Hospital, Bright
on, a nun and physical thera-
pist suggested that since the
plight of the blind touched
Mary Jo deeply, she might
want to try her hand at tran
scribing Braille.
Nothing interested her more.
Mary JOS fascination with
learning to write for the sight
less was healthy in two ways.
Physically, the manual effort
of applying the Braille awl to
the fiberboard strengthened her
thin arms and fingers once
paralyzed by polio. And spiri-
tually, this labor of love for
those even more terribly af-
ficted than she, expressed her
gratitude to God at surviving
her own ordeal.
The first words Mary Jo
wrote in Braille, for the blind
to read through their finger
tips, were those of the unhap-
py Job. (The Old Testament
patriarch was reminding the
Lord OF his own succor to those
whose eyes had failed.)
Mary 10, who is IA and has
spent half of those years in
hospitals, now is home with
her overjoyed parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Phillips of Whit
man, Mass. In her wheel chair.
the child continues her plucky
night today against the ravages
of bulbar polio.
With $4,000 in March of
Dimes contributions, The Ma
tlonal Foundation has brought
Mary 10 along to the point
where she can type slowly.
write, paint water colors, dress
herself with just a little help"
and even walk a few steps sup |
ported by her crutches.
But above all, the little girl
IS devoted to her labors with |
Braille. When she completes
the bible" that is never far
from her, STANDARD English
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16


l. Customers who are not total
ly familiar with an advertised pro-
duct should seek advice on wheth-
er the plant is adapted to the use
for which it is advertised. Local
nurserymen, horticultural referen-
ces in local libraries and county ag-
ricultural extension agents are all
good sources of information
2. Check with the Better Busi-
ness Bureau or other reliable
source on the reputation of an
unknown firm making seemingly
exaggerated claims for fast grow
tn, unusually heavy fruit produc-
ton, exotic bloom, etc.
8. Take care not to mislead by
common names or names associat-
ed with plants or plant products.
For example, the amazing climb
ing vine peach" is not peach at
all
tremendous bargains" An easy
way to check prices is to write
to the advertiser asking for his
regular retail catalog.
5. When in doubt about an ad-
vertised product, take time to in
quire, of the advertiser as to the
age, size and grade of the plants
involved. A reputable dealer will
not hesitate to supply this infor-
nation.
6. Pay particular attention to
advertised guarantees to see if they
meet the standards established by
the FTC's Guides Against Decep-
tive Advertising of Guarantees.
For example, the nature and ex-
tent of the guarantee and how it
will be honored should be clearly
disclosed. Also the advertiser S
identity and mailing address
should be given.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16
5000
HOW - TO Work.


The American people have been exposed
to an extremity of distractions this year.
There was the tumultous and unprecedented
meeting of chiefs of state at the United Nat
ions, which dominated the headlines for
weeks. During it and after it was the long
drawn cut presidential campaign.
The UN meeting is over, and the Presiden-
tial decision has been reached. The congratu-
lations of the American people have gone out
to the energetic and determined President
Elect who will be the youngest man ever
elected to the office and the second youngest
ever to serve. More important John Kennedy
has the profound hopes of the people that he
will find within himself the strength, reso-
luton and wisdom to discharge the duties of
the most difficult and exhausting job in the
world.
Now, it is time to get back to work. The
basic strength of this nation does not lie in
the people, 1t is the thinking of the people,
the leaders, important as they are. 1t lies in
the decisions they reach, that will determine
whether a free, proud and strong America
is to be preserved or lost.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16

very sacred and history still re-
cords their contents.
Cost Of Making A Will
To enable your life's savings to
go as you would like, you should
have your local lawyer make up
your will. If it is simple, namely
leaving all to. your wife, he may
not charge you more than twenty
dollars. If it is more complicated,
leaving property perhaps to your
wife, in trust--allowing her the use
of it and the income during her
lifetime with provision for equal
division among your children or
their heirs--then your lawyers will
charge more He will charge ac-
cording to the amount of his time
you take
Laws concerning the distribution
estates where there is no will are
subject to change THE CASES
CITED ABOVE ARE BASED UPON
THE LAWS IN EFFECT IN MASS
ACHUSETTS AS OF JANUARY 1,
1857. WHEN THE TIME COMES
FOR SETTLING YOUR ESTATE,
THESE LAWS MAY BE QUITE
DIFFERENT.
THE BEST WAY TO ASSURE
DISTRIBUTION OF YOUR PRO-
PERTY EXACTLY AS YOU WISH
is TO HAVE YOUR WILL DRAWN
NOW BY YOUR LAWYER. This
also enables you to make some do
nations to your local church and
hospital, which everyone should do.
To provide for the carrying out of
your wishes, your will should name
an Executor in whose efficiency,
stability, and responsibility you
have confidence.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16

ly." In fact, it is commonly known
as 1.-The stink tree"
The tree can be produced for
few cents in the nursery and
grows widely as weed 1t is cer-
tainly no bargain at the nationally
advertised price of 1896. or at any
price.
Another trouble spot in this
field, Mr.. Hill said, has been false
advertising of the amazing climb
ing vine peach"
Despite its name and despite
claims that it produces bushels
of peaches" in just few months,
the plant is a member of a melon
family, and not a single peach has
grown on one yet
The wine" actually produces a
hard, gourd-hke fruit, which is
not edible except in preserves
where it is used like watermelon
rind.
Sellers of such worthless pro-
ducts as the Ailanthus tree and the
climbing vine peach are chiefly
one-shop operators, Mr.. Hill said.
They usually concentrate on one
product a season and push it
hard through direct-mail advertis-
ing and full-page spreads in news
papers, which hail the products as
new discovery or a fabulous
value" Often, however, these
plants are very small, young,
stunted or even unhealthy, re-
quiring several years, if they sur
vive at all, to grow large enough
to serve the purpose for which
they are advertised
Unfortunately, he added, many
persons are taken in by such
false and misleading claims. After
investing their money, time, effort
and hope, they discover that they
have been cheated, and the result
is an another undeserved black
eye for the entire mail order nur-
sery industry.
By exercising minimum of
care, however, consumers should
be able to sort out the advertising
of the gyp artist from that of the
hundreds of legitimate nursery
men, Mr. Hill said. He suggested
following these guides devised by
the American Association of Nurs-
erymen:
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16
2S06 Nc Alister
Topeka. Kansas
December 10. 1860

December 10, 1860
Dear Friends:
What a perfect Christmas scene
| have out our back window, as
write to you at my desk in the
bedroom. Some time during the
night Mother Nature deposited a
lovely five inches of snow on our
Kansas scenery and the children
and the adult-children in the
neighborhood are out shedding
| building snowmen, cleaning the
walks, digging out cars, etc.
AS soon as we finished breakfast
this morning we got all three
daughters warmly dressed and out
we went. Dear little Leslie could
hardly maneuver with all the wool
she had around her plus a pair OF
too big boots. Hayes and | weren't
any help in assisting her because
We were begged down with cam
eras and light meters. 1t wasn't
any time before we were replacing
iced gloves off of the little gals
two-year-old hands. She fell in the
snow, went on the sled, ate chunks
of the white stuff and screamed
when we were all ready to retreat
to the interior.
Later in the day there is a pro-
mise of an adult sleigh party a
round the block behind someone S
station wagon I.have fried chicken
cooking on the stove, the children
now are playing cards, Hayes is
tearing down or building up some
Ham gear, LESLIE IS ASLEEP
and it's a perfect day for all of us
BY the time you read this letter
my mother will have had another
birthday happy one | hope. II
is the 14th. l hate to be away from
her on special days, but it isn't
quite as difficult this year since we
were together only a couple OF
weeks ago. After Christmas / have
another embarrassing year added
| to my age THIS birthday is the
one where I'm supposed to begir
taking some Fountain of Youth ton
ic-after thirty-five :. sheeeeeee!
Yesterday, two good friends o.
mine joined me for the holiday
homes tour A Sorority here il
town gets permission from foul
home owners to show their house
! at Christmas time and how the
women flock to buy tickets tx
snoopi
One play room in one OF the
homes was decorated with tinker
toys and candlesi The tinker toy:
were placed together to form e
tree-large base and small top
they were all sprayed red and al
the end of the branches the knobs
of the toys held miniature candles
that were all sprayed gold. 1t was
darling, and so simple. Over on the
child's desk in the family room, the
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16
ETC To Crack Down On
False Advertising Of
Nursery Products

The Federal Trade Commission
plans to uproot shady operators in
the nursery industry.
ETC Chairman Earl w. Kintner
said the Commission has been
receiving an increasing number of
complaints about false advertising
shrubs. trees. flower bulbs and
other nursery products.
Although the great majority of
persons engaged in. the mail-order
nursery industry are honest, re-
sponsible businessmen, the NAL
practices of a few unScrupulOus
dealers threaten to geve the entire
industry bad name," the Chair
man asserted.
In order to protect legitimate
nurserymen and the public, he
said, the Commissions staff will
subject advertising of nursery pro-
ducts to increased scrutiny in the
future.
He warned that those dishonest
operators who already are pre-
pairing their sales campaigns for
next spring would be well ad-
vised to prune all false and mis-
leading claims from promotional
material.
A recent source of trouble for
the Commission in this field has
been false advertising concerning
the rate of growth, shade afforded
and general attractiveness of the
Ailanthus tree, according to Sher-
man r. Hill, Director of FTCs
Bureau of Investigation.
The Ailanthus was made famous
by Betty Smith in her best-selling
novel, "A Tree Grows In Brook
lyn." However, it is actually
nothing but a week tree and is
generally considered to be a pest.
Some cities even have ordinances
prohibiting it's planting.
Although its advertisers glowing
ly refer TO the Ailanthus as the
tree of heaven" it frequently
gives off an offensive odor, which
hardly can be described as heaven
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16
BABSON DISCUSSES MAKING A WILL

Babson Park, Mass, Dec. 15.
While Mrs Babson and / were in
Europe this fall, three of our in
innate friends passed away. Two
of these | knew had made no will,
despite my urgings. One had pro-
missed he would do so when he had
time" He begrudged the expense
and felt it really was not necessary.
Let me discuss these three cases.
Case Number One
In this case, the man left a wife
and three children, and several
brothers and sisters who have
children. The wife assumed she
would get all of her husbands es-
tate and then will it to their chill
dren But she did not. Since her
husband left no will, she was given
only one third; the remaining two
thirds was divided equally among
the children. Nothing was available
for the deceased's brothers or sis
ters or cousins. This is as it
| should be.
Cases Number Two And Three
The second man left no wife,
but two children as well as bro
theirs, sisters, and cousins. All of
his estate went to his children out
right, in equal proportions, or to
their heirs. None went to the bro
theirs or sisters or other relatives.
One child % years of age received
the money outright; since the
other was a minor, his share was
entrusted to the guardian appointed
by the Court
The third man left a wife but no
children; he did have brothers and
sisters and cousins. His estate ex-
ceeded 100000. The wife will be
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16

given the $4,000 which she would
automatically receive from an es-
tate valued at $4,000 or over. In
this case she also will get a sec
ond $4,000. The remainder will go
to the mans brothers and sisters
or their heirs who are now spring
ing up in all directions.
Wills Oldest Legal Documents
Originally when a man died all
his property went to the oldest son.
He was supposed to take care of
his mother and to secure work for
any other children. Then land own
ers sometimes died without leaving
any children; anticipating this, the
father left a written document out
lining his wishes or will at his
death These wills were consider
ed sacred by the Roman Courts,
and their policy and purpose were
adopted by the English Courts and
carried to America.
| have recently been seeking cop
les of early records of the forty
families who settled Cape Ann
(Which now comprises Gloucester
and Rockport, Mass.). The very
earliest documents are the wills
of these inhabitants around 1920
30. The first Babson arrived in
salem from London after sixty
days in a small sailing vessel. She
was widow named Isabel and she
came to Cape Ann in 1887. She was
very enterprising and--as there
were no doctors--served as a mid
wife. Also, since there were no
lawyers, she helped the fathers
make wills. Although these were
written on scraps of paper--per-
haps on birch bark--they were held
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16
EXPLODING YOUR POCKETBOOK

Once federal subsidies start, they don't
just grow--they explode.
That statement comes from the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States AS an ex-
ample it uses federal subsidies for local
housing projects.
In 1850, through subsidies, the federal
taxpayers footed one-quarter of the payments
on bonds for the projects. Last year. they
paid nine-tenths of the bond payments-pay-
mentS which include both principal and in
CereSt.
The result: In 1850 the program cost
mere $5.7 miion--last year it cost $131 mil
lion.
What's more, we apparently haven't
seen anything yet. The federal government
is committed to subsidize housing for as far
i'll the future as the year 1000. The Cham
Der says that the ultimate cost of the pro-
gram will run from $6.5 billion to $7.5 billion
and, if anything, this estimate is conserva-
tive.
An exploding welfare state explodes your
pocketbook with it = leaving it tattered and
empty.
WAY OF THE WELFARE STATE
The argument that soring government
costs are primarily the result of essential
defense spending simply won't wash
For instance, Senator Byrd reports that
the cost OF civilian personnel in the executive
branch of the federal government reached
an all-time high in the last fiscal year. An
average of almost "a million civilian en-
ployees were on the payroll at a cost of
over 81 billion month. And the significant
point is that over a siX-year period there
has beer steady decrease in civilian en-
ployees in the Department of Defense But
this has been more than offset by increased
employment in non-defense agencies.
Many of those non-defense agencies,
needless to say, are engaged in various fed
eral aid programs--a phrase which, in large
part at least covers activities which should
be the responsibility of Individuals families
or state and local government This is the
way of the welfare state
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16
CAB ON C0RNS

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP)-
Patrolman Ronald Ritter nurSed
some sore toes after a taxi cab
rounded a corner and ran over
his foot at a downtown inter-
section. The taxi driver said he
did not see the policeman because
of a logged windshield.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16
CHRISTMAS AND THE MAILS

Half million American soldiers and
many sailors, marines and airmen will be re-
ceiving packages from home this Christmas.
Overseas parcels to these service men, and
their families, will sometimes require six
weeks to reach their destination.
1t is already late to mail such parcels but
a check at the post office will give some in
dication as to the chances of Christmas arri-
val. If large parcels may not arrive by the
holidays, small things might be substituted.
In any event, do not wait longer to mail
Christmas packages overseas. 1t is also re-
commended by postal authorities that pack
ages destined for delivery in the United
States be mailed as soon as possible.
Every year the Post Office Department
issues this warning and every year gifts fail
to arrive on time in many households. Let
this be the year it doesn't happen to you.
Another idea to keep in mind at this sea-
son is the truth that it is not the expensive
ness of presents which counts. 1t is the tho
ught. We are already ver-commercialized at
Christmas and you need not try to outspend
the Joneses-just make your remembrances
thoughtful and in the spirit of Christmas.
but that applies to the act and spirit of CIV
ing and has nothing to do with measure
1t is more blessed to give than to receive
ment in dollars.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-16

Braille in 20 Lessons" (she
sleeps with it under her pill
low), Mary 10 is planning to
transcribe fairy tales and
Mother Goose rhymes into the
pointed dot vocabulary of those
who live in darkness.
When four years hence her