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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
BABSON DISCUSSES TREES AS An INVESTMENT

if agricultural products should be
contaminated and hence dangerous
to eat, people in some sections
would be forced to live on water,
wood pulp, salt, and certain oils.
Thus, theoretically trees have a
possible defensive value to keep
civilization alive.
With the large amounts spent on
missiles and other forms of .arma-
ment, / cannot understand. why so
little attention is given to. protect
ing. us from the eruption of World
War III. | urge each of my read
ers to write the Governor of his
State and ask the name and address
of the State Director of Civil De-
fense. Then write letter to this
Director asking him what he per-
sonally is doing in his hometo pro-
tect his family in case of a nuclear
war.
FORESTS AS AN INVESTMENT
Probably the largest owners of
forest lands in the United States
are the Weyerhaeuser family. The
stock of the Weyerhaeuser Com
pany sells at high price and pays
small cash dividend. When, how
ever, your wife buys package
of "ready-mix" at a supermarket,
the pasteboard box was probably
made from trees which the Weyer-
haeuser family set out forty years
ago. Your wife's dress was prob
ably made from rayon manufac-
tured from the timber of Rayonier
Incorporated, which has vast hold
ings in the Southeast where trees
grow more rapidly than in the
North
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01

BABSON PARK, Mass, April T.
Every March, go to the local
nursery and purchase two sugar
maple trees about five feet high at
a cost of about $12 each. l like to
get them in March before the new
buds come out, and set them out
on my grounds. believe they are
the BEST investment / could make
for my grandchildren.
BOOKS VERSUS TREES
In my. winter home in Florida, l
have private library >of 5000
books. These books were issued by
the publishers during the past fifty
years at about $500 copy. doubt
if any secondhand book dealer
would today pay twenty cents a
copy for the lot.
On the. other hand, "a sugar
maple tree constantly increases the
value of your estate. In addition to
the shade which they supply in sum-
mer and the ground moisture which
they hold, children enjoy tapping
these trees in the spring to get
a little maple syrup. Hence, while
most books are constantly decreas-
ing in value, most trees are con-
stantly increasing in value.
WORLD WAR III
l do not expect that there will
be a nuclear war for many years
unless it starts by accident. We
know that direct bombing could re-
suit in the death of millions of
people. AS to the effects of the
"fallout, the experts are unde-
cided. Fall out could contaminate
all except underground water and
the core-matter of most trees. And
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
Kent Home DOings
Iron for strong Bodies

Iron for Strong Bodies
Seventy-fiye per cent of the iron
we consume is used by the body
for formation of red blood. Many
people, especially women and girls,
don't include enough iron-rich
foods in their diet, according to
Florence Y. Smith, county home
demonstration agent
Health clinics report that many
school children have low red blood
counts. Surveys show that so per
cent of all teenage girls lack suffi-
cient iron in the diet
Obstetricians say most pregnant
women do not include enough iron
in their diet.
Pregnant women need 20 per cent
more iron to safeguard their own
health as well as the baby's. If
the mothers diet does not include
enough iron, the baby takes iron
from the mothers system.
Eggs, meat, molasses, enriched
bread, and dark, green leafy vege-
tables are the best sources of iron,
with liver and kidney heading the
list, says Mrs. Smith. Pork liver is
richer in iron than lamb or calves
liver A sure way to get the family
to enjoy liver is to deep-fat fry it,
she said Try the following recipe
for french fried beef liver twists.
French Fried Beef Liver Twists
Cut 1z-inch slices of beef liver
into strips about " inch wide.
Dip in seasoned -four or season.
ed corn meal. This may be done
ahead of time and the prepared liv-
er stored in the refrigerator until
time to fry.
Fry in hot shortening 3500 F.
about l minute. Keep strips sepa-
rate and do not overload the fry
kettle. The temperature Of the fat
should remain between 325o +. and
35Oo +. SO the liver cooks and
browns uniformly. Do not over
cook.
Drain on absorbent paper. Serve
hot for luncheon or dinner.
Serve with catsup or tart barbe-
cue or chill sauce.
For appetizers: Serve with a
"dunking sauce" made of chilli
sauce, prepared mustard. garlic
salt and a few drops OF tabasco
sauce.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
Prevent EnterOtOxemia
In Lambs

Baby lambs eating grain and
drinking a lot of milk may die sud
denly from enterotoxemia or pulpy
kidney disease. The organism re-
sponsibIe produces a toxin which
kills them rapidly.
County Agent William H. Hen
derson said this disease usually af-
fects the fattest, huskiest lambs in
the flock. If this disease has been
a problem in your flock, vaccinate
the ewes at least three weeks be-
fore Iambing with Enterotoxemia
Bacterin. This will enable them to
provide protective antibodies to
their lambs in their milk.
Mr.. Henderson said lambs vacci-
mated at four to six weeks of age
will develop good resistance in
about two weeks.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01

deduction of about 10 per cent from
just mentioned-on forms 1040 and
1040W.
Retired people getting a pension
or annuity had better read care
fully the rules on page IL of the
instruction sheet. In some cases
pension income from an employer
is excludable. Sometimes only part
is. It's too complex to go into
here.
Other Deductions
Here are some other deductions
you can claim: q
Interest on your house mort
gage; on a life insurance policy if
you pay the interest in cash; delin-
quent taxes; your personal note to
bank or individual; or interest on
personal property like automobiles
or radios bought on the installment
plan.
You can deduct for contributions
to charitable, religious, education
al. scientific, or literary organiza-
tions. For example; Community
Chest, Salvation Army, Churches,
Red Cross, cancer and heart assO-
Citations, tuberculosis societies, and
gifts but not dues to the YMCA,
YWCA, YMHA, YWHA, American
Legion, and societies for prevention
of cruelty to children or animals.
Generally, contributions cannot
exceed 20 per cent of your income
but 80 per cent is allowed if one
third of your contributions went
to churches and tax-exempt hospi-
tails and educational institutions.
You can deduct state income
taxes, personal property taxes. real
estate and state gasoline taxes (but
not federal gasoline taxes), auto Ii
cense and registration fees (but
not auto inspection fees except as
a business expense where the auto
is used to produce income). poll
taxes, and most retail sales taxes
Here are some taxes you can't
deduct:
Federal Social Security payments
by you as a worker, federal income
taxes, estate and gift taxes, state
inheritance taxes, refuse collection
taxes, fishing and hunting license
fees, dog licenses, federal excise
taxes on theater tickets, furs, jew
elry, luggage, telephones, and air.
rail or bus tickets.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
Weekly Tree Talk
Funglcide Sprays At Bud Break
Curb Leaf BIights OF Trees

Fungicide Sprays At Bud Break
Curb Leaf BIights OF Trees
Spray early this year to control
fungus diseases on leaves of shade
trees and shrubs. A delay of a week
or two. especially if spring is wet,
may be costly. For once leaf is
marred by .blotches and blemishes,
nothing will correct it.
Don Cantwell, District Manager
of the Bartlett Tree Expert Co., adj
vocates the early spray to prevent
fungus spores and bacteria from
gaining a fOothold. And 1t is just
as important, his studies show, in
preventing twig blights and mill
dews as it is disfiguring fungus
diseases on leaves.
The most common leaf fungus
infection in spring is anthraenose.
This attacks sycamore, oak, and
hOrsechestnut with severity, as
well as dogwood, ash, elm, hickory,
linden, maple and walnut. A basic
copper spray applied at bud break
should be repeated twice at 10 day
intervals if spring is rainy and
cool.
The fungus gnomonia dots leaves
of elms with coal-black spots. Other
leaf spot organisms assault azalea,
laurel, rhododendron, maple, flow
ering cherry, blackberry. even Bos-
ton Ivy. Again copper spray ap-
piled at leaf opening is the best
preventative.
Antibiotics (notably agrimycin)
are effective in curbing fire blight.
baterium which pounces upon
apple, Towering crabapple, haw-
thorn, mountain ash and pear.
These, too. should be applied in
early spring.
Feed Shade Trees This Spring ....-...
Feed shade trees when you feed
the lawn this spring and summer
Feed them literally. Don Cantwell,
District manager of the Bartlett
Tree Expert Co. recommends using
"a highly organic, well-balanced
tree food, not a lawn fertilizer.
Punch crowbar holes 1924 inches
deep and three feet apart, starting
about four feet from the trunk of
a mature tree and continuing well
beyond the outer branch spread.
1t is in the outer area where a tree
locates most of it's hair-fine feeding
roots. Never put food at the trunk
line. Fill the holes to about three
inches with tree food. cover with
good top soil or replace the turf.
then tamp.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01

Everyone filing return gets
his income for personal expenses,
without asking and whether or not
his expenses ran that much. You
don't have to itemize anything.
This is called the standard deduc-
ton but the limit is $1,000 for a
single person or couple filing
jointly. A couple filing separately
can't claim any more than $500
each.
But if your deductible expenses
ran more than 10 per cent, then
itemize so you can claim them all.
You can itemize on form 1040 and
on the new form, 104OW. You
can't itemize if you use form 1040A
For instance: you can deduct for
union dues, dues in professional
societies, alimony payments by the
person making them, fees to en-
ployment agencies, club dues if
they are needed for business rea-
sons, and books or newspapers
bought for use in your profession.
You can cut your tax by exclud-
ing things like sick pay and sub
tracing dividends credits.
Sick Pay Deductions
If you were home i'll only seven
days or less, your pay is taxable.
If you were home sick more than
seven days you can deduct for ev-
cry day thereafter up to $10O a
week
If you were home because of in
jury, or were h0spitalized for as
little as one day, you can start ex-
Guiding sick pay from the first day
of absence without waiting out the
seven-day period which applies to
illness at home.
Since sick pay is really an ex-
clusion. not deduction, you claim
it on line 3 of form 1040W or line
s of form 1040. You can't claim it
on the tabulating punch-card form,
1040A.
People who get dividend income
from stocks in domestic corpora
ton can exclude the first $50 they
receive. You can exclude 500 if
your wife owns the stock jointly
with you and files a joint return
with you.
Then there's something called
dividend credits. This means: you
can deduct 4 per cent of what's left
of your dividends from your tax
after deducting the $50 or 800
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
TIMBERLAND COMPANIES
WHICH APPEAL TO ME

The. Kimberly-Clark Corp. is a
large producer of cellulose and a
leading manufacturer of book and
printing paper. It is said to con-
troll (not necessarily own over
10,00O,0 900 acres of timberland. Its
stock sells, however, around $68 a
share and yields only about "a 20.
Another favorite is the st. Regis
Paper Co.-third largest paper
manufacturer in the U. s.. holding
over million acres. Your tele-
phone book was probably. printed
on their paper. The stock sells be-
low $50 a share, but yields over go,
plus stock dividend.
"A third fayorite of mine is Scott
Paper, which owns / 100000 acres
of timberland that is being care
fully protected and replanted as
cut. The stock sells in the seven
ties and yields around 3To. Read
ers will think these yields are low,
but it's the old story: "We can't
have our cake and eat it too." The
assets of these companies are
growing every day and night of the
year-which is not true of the as
sets of such popular stocks as Gen.
eral Electric, American Telephone,
Union Carbide, and most of the
"blue chips"
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
INGENUITY STILL ALIVE

In our world of standardization and con-
formity, it is good to see that ingenuity is
still alive. Certainly this is the case with
Otto Standke, 72, of Great Bend, Kansas.
Anyone who has ever noticed the problem
caused in any of our cities by starlings
knows what serious difficulties these birds
can cause for owners of buildings, hotel own
ers, etc. That is where Otto Standke comes
in. He is self-styled birdman, and carries
around double-locked box. He never opens
it and shows anyone what it in it. but he
has successfully chased starlings from hum
dred buildings in towns all over the country.
And, he gets 81 900 building for doing it.
What is more the birds do not come back
and this is what the skeptics have feared
when they have heard about Standke's bird
chasing ability. Standke goes about his
business quietly, and at night, and he speci-
feS that he must work alone.
He usually spends about week doing
the job, and his method is still secret today.
1t is thought, however, that the box he car
ries contains pair of metal clappers, which
he clashes like cymbals, and a set of n1inia-
ture chimes, which he plays.
While this may frighten the birds away,
it does not explain why the birds do not re-
turn. That is his secret. 1t is also a nice
source of income and testimonial to his in
genuity.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01

Not Magellan but Sebastian del
Cano and 81 shipmates made the
first circumnavigation of the world.
Magellan died during the course Of
this voyage.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
YEAR OF DECISION

"It is now clear that 1860 will be the year
of decision on the issue of extension of cover
age of the Federal Wage-Hour Act to the re-
tail-service industries, and other similarly
exempt areas of employment"
Thus reports bulletin issued by the AM
erican Retail Federation. Proposals to ex-
tend coverage to these industries have been
made in the past. But during this session, ap-
parently, the effort will be brought to high
pitch of intensity.
1t is important to remember that retail
and other service business exemptions has
been in effect ever since the law was first
passed, back in depression days. And the
reason for it is found in the inescapable fact
that retailing is a strictly local enterprise,
which must be responsive to local needs, at
titudes, and conditions of all kindS-cOndi-
tions which vary greatly from region to reg
ion. When the law was first passed, signifi-
cantly, this local factor was heavily stressed
by two of its principal hackers, neither of
whom could be considered anti-labOr by any
stretch of the imagination-then President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and then-Senator
Hugo Black, now an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court.
Finally, and of top practical Importance,
extension of an arbitrary federal wage-h0ur
law to retailing could do serious harm to the
inexperienced and marginal type of worker
it would be supposed to help. The employer
would be forced to pare that kind of employ
ment to the limit. This would be inevitable If
payroll costs were artificially boosted beyond
worker value as measured by service and pro-
ductivity.
: :. FIFTY FIVE YEARS OF ROTARY
A ffty-ffth anniversary is about to be
observed by major service Organization
Rotary International. Founded in 1905 by
n. n II e 49, k4rA
resident of Chicago when he founded RO-
tary, this service club has grown to be an
international giant among service clubs, with
more than 5000 clubs in 80 countries today.
The name Rotary originally was in
tended to denote the fact that groups of busi-
nessmen meeting at the place of business of
each member. However, as the organization
grew, this custom has been changed, and Ro-
tary Clubs usually now meet in permanent
place each week.
The Rotary organization in this country,
and others, has developed along two theOreti-
cal and idealistic goals /. There was strong
sentiment for a strict limitation, or ban,
against club projects. 2. There was much.
interest and support for the idea that clubs
should undertake projects to improve their
communities.
This conflict in thinking has survived to
the present day, although apparently club
projects are on the increase. We are inclined
to think this will be the eventual philosophy
of all Rotary Clubs, although this is not true
today.
Rotarys four-way test, the spirit of serv-
ing better, and improving understanding
local, national and international-is the Sc
cret of Rotarys success. 1t is hard to pre-
dict where this service organization will go
from here, but if the last fifty-five years is
any guide, Rotary International will become
an even greater force in this country and~in
the world in coming years.
1&m&&
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01

MendeIevium is the heaviest
chemical element with an atomic
weight of 256.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
TELEVISION AND MORONS

Not so very long ago prominent educa-
tor warned that the television craze, if it
continues with the present level of pro-
grams," will make us "a nation of morons" !"
The doctor deplored the lazy, shortcuts
that fool student into thinking he is learn
ing when he is not, referring particularly to
television. "The habit of reading is sine
qua non of intelligence" declared the doctor,
who thought that too much dependence on
television will make impossible the formation
of good reading habits by young people.
The educator has something to worry
about if television will prevent the young
people of this nation from developing the
habit of reading. 1t is quite possible for a
man or woman to pick up smattering col
lection of information on television, through
the movies or elsewhere, but it is important
that our young people understand that col
lection of scattered information can be prac-
tically useless.
An encyclopedia, or a book of facts, con-
tains many interesting statistics and other
things of interest. Nevertheless, no one
would call either book educated and the
same observation applies to the mind that is
burdened with the trivia that often passes
for learning in circles that are uneducated.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
-Fieurng Your Income Tax--5-
It MAY Profit You to Itemize Deductions

EDITORS every deduction Of
filing time. In how
ever pays expenses donations qualify for larger
@Figuring
will help you decide which method is best for you.
By JAMES MARROW
Associated Press Staff Writer
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
SPRING OFFERS BEAUTY

Without going into the scientific explana-
tiOn and without knowing too much about the
revolutions of the sun around the earth and
the inclination of the earth's axis, we pause
long enough to welcome the advent of what
is perhaps the loveliest exhibition of nature.
The dead hand of Winter is loosening its
grip upon the earth and the vegetable world
is making ready to stage the greatest spec
tacle that man ever witnesses. The elixir
also affects animals and men as physical bod
les appear refreshed for further earthly
existence.
When we witness the apparent resurg-
ence of vital forces, we are prone to seek a
moral and to grasp a hope. All that is GER
tain, however, is that the inexorable laws of
nature continue their inevitable procession,
inviting men and women to enjoy the delight
full experience and to seek an understanding
of its fundamental cause.
AS nature dresses herself in beautiful
colors in this section, we like to think that
human beings will refurnish their habita-
tions and brighten the areas upon which they
dwell. Men and women feel the urge to chal-
lenge nature in a contest of beauty.
In fields and gardens they begin to plant,
expecting to reap the harvest that attends
their efforts. Housecleaning, house painting
and the Identification of towns and cities
seem to be logical enterprises for US as ma
ture paints her panorama of riotous color
and bloom.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
HARDEST HIT

-
Chamber of Commerce of the United States,
observes that zone of the little understood
facts about minimum wage legislation now
before Congress is how widely it would affect
small retail and service firms in what nor
mally are considered local trade areas"
Many people think that these bills, as
written, would affect only the larger retailers.
But the Chambers careful analysis reveals
that all firms averaging as little as $1,000
weekly in gross sales would be covered if
they have even one employee who regularly
uses the mails, phone, telegraph or transpor-
tatiOn across state lines, or who orders, re-
ceives, or keeps records on goods received
from outside the state.
The result, as Washington Report sees it,
would be this: Considering their already
narrow profit margins, it's certainty that
these small firms could not absorb the added
costs imposed by the legislation. They would
have to compensate by increasing prices, lay
ing off some employees, or both. Such action
would surely jeopardize the competitive po-
sition of countless small establishments.
In extending the wage-hour law to ser
vice businesses which have exempt ever since
its beginning, arbitrary standards would be
established for unskilled and marginal work
ers without consideration of their produc-
tivity and their value to the employer. In
evitably, the smaller businesses and the un-
skilled workers would be the hardest hit.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01

Timber growth is not circum-
scribed by labor union regulations.
Trees do not observe Sunday holi-
days, vacations, coffee breaks, etc.
They are protected against fire,
earthquakes, and freezes, but are
subject constantly to increased tax
alton.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
D OAUAEO N "
Associated Press Staff Write

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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-01
HISTORIC APRIL

The month of April has long been asso-
ciated with the wars of the United States,
but it also brings the anniversary of some
other rather important events.
April is the anniversary month of the
beginning and the end of the War Between
the States, which began on April II, 1861,
in Charleston Harbor, and>ended four years
later, on April 9th, at Appomattox, Va.
April also gives us, on the 9Th, the ami
versary of the declaration of war upon Ger
many in 1917, when the destiny of the United
States carried its armed forces across the
Atlantic.
In connection with other wars, it should
not be overlooked that President Mckinley,
on April IL, 1898, called upon Congress to in
tervene in Cuba and that war was inaugur-
ated two weeks later by a formal declaration.
The War of the Revolution began at Lex
ingtOn, Massachusetts, on April 10, IT'S.
Eight years later, cessation of hostilities was
proclaimed to the American Army and the
war came to an end.
The other anniversaries to which we re-
fer include that of the first pony express,
which moved out of the frontier settlement
of st. Joseph, Missouri, on April 3, 1860.
The first formally-organized government in
the Northwest took place at Marietta, Ohio,
on April 7, 1899, when forty-seven veterans
of the Revolutionary War, under General
Rufus Putnam, founded the city on the river
bank.
Other events of considerable Importance
in the history of this nation occurred during
April, including the birth of Thomas JEFF
ferson, on the 13th the death of Abraham
Lincoln on the 18th, the landing of the first
permanent English settlers at Jamestown,
on April 26, 1907, and the Inauguration of
George Washington as the first President of
the Republic on April 30, 1889.