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Milford chronicle., 1961-03-17
California VS. Florida Land As An Investment

Babson Park, Mass. March. 16
As / write this column, thousands
of farmers and their wives in the
snow-packed Central West are in
sisting they will never spend a.
mother winter on the farm. They
are agreeing to spend their winters
in California or Florida, and are
trying to decide which it will be.
Here is a brief. but impartial, an
swer
What About California?
Although | have spent 35 win
ters in Florida and expect to do so
for the remainder of my life, Of
ten wish | had been born in Cali
formal 1t is wonderful state,
with tropical climate in the south.
snow in the north, and any climate
between these which anyone could
wish. 1t has a long coastline, a de-
sert interior. and great mountains.
The only out is Los Angeles, with
it's crowded population, terrific
transportation problem, its "smog, /"
etc.
California is also rich i'm natural
resources, with the possible ex-
ception of coal. II has great water
falls which supply electricity to all
the homes; it furnishes natural
gas which heats most of the homes:
but its great asset is oil. California
has an abundance of oil of good
quality. and this has been q tre-
mendous asset to the state indust-
a
state buildings. and other public
improvements. All of these came
after the discovery of gold in 1849.
which sparked the gold rush" and
resulted in the building of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
railroads.
Milford chronicle., 1961-03-17
YOUNG MECHANIC

NEW VERNON, Nj. (AP)-Five
years before he becomes eligible
for a drivers license. 12-year-old
George Emory buzzes around the
family property on a custom built
motor scooter. It's the sixth mid
get motor vehicle the youngster
has built in four years.
II got the idea from a magazine"
the seventh-grader says, 'but most
of it is my design"
The one-horsepower lawnmower
engine has seen service on several
of his homemade gasoline carts.
He gathered other materials from
junkpiles and helpful neighbors.
Milford chronicle., 1961-03-17
~w@&~%
ROPE FOR CLIMBING

When a man sets out with his compan-
ions to climb mountain he makes sure that
all his equipment is of top quality and in
good order Most particularly, the rope that
links him to his fellow climbers must be
strong and supple The man does not an
ticipate disaster, but he prepares for emer-
gencies.
We are all climbers-and on a mountain
not lacking in treacherous slopes and cliffs.
Although we do not anticipate disaster, it is
wise to be prepared for emergencies. 1t is
vital to make sure that the rope linking us
with our fellow men is strong enough to
withstand any strain that may come.
Not to labor the alegory, the rope here
referred to is the Red Cross. For the better
part of century, that rope has prevented
climbers from falling to their destruction.
1t has comforted and helped many thousands
of Americans in times of crisis and agony !;
it has snatched countless victims from the
jaws of disaster, and bound up their wounds,
and given them a new start in life
The rope of the Red Cross, which links
us all for our mutual protection in the dang
erous climb we share, has served Americans
well. Americans have a clear obligation to
keep the rope strong.
Milford chronicle., 1961-03-17
Women Bravely Dye
BY VIVIAN BROWN
AP Newsfeatures Writer

Women are getting braver all
the time-at least in their beauty
habits.
A survey conducted by maker
of hair preparations shows that
more American women are color
ing their hair than ever before.
Thirty per cent of the 1910 wo-
men who answered the question
naire distributed to 1000 subscrib-
ers of a major woman's magazine
for the 18th year. admitted that
they colored their hair. This is
an increase of Z per cent over last
year.
OF 26 per cent who confessed
they would like to have new hair
color. Is per cent wouldn't dye be-
Milford chronicle., 1961-03-17

problems, the survey indicates.
Dandruff plaques SO per cent of
them. The manageability of tn e
hair is source of concern TO some
"a per cent Dry hair is a nuis-
ance to 2S per cent.
Falling hair is not a problem of
old age, either, as many older
women believe. Twenty per cent
of those with this affliction were
in the under-35 group. Only II per
cent were between 35 to 55.
Edward Breck, president of the
hair products firm that conducted
the survey, says its purpose is to
provide information to the cos
metics hair industry to aid in eff
forts to help women achieve beau
tiful hair.
Milford chronicle., 1961-03-17
First Phone
Conversation Occurred
85 Years Ago

Eighty-five years ago tomorrow
March 10, 1870 the telephone
carried its first ineligible SEN
tence.
II was in the evening. Alexan-
der G. Bell and his assistant,
Thomas Watson, were about TO try
another experiment with a new
liquid transmitter in their Boston
workshop.
Watson went to the other end
of the line, in Bells bedroom, and
put the receiving telepone TO his
ear. Almost at once he heard
Bells voice saying, "Mr. Watson.
come here, / want youi" That first
sentence travelled a phenomenal
distance of 40 feet
Watson rushed down the hall and
into Bells room. shouting, "Mr.
Bell. heard every work you said,
distinctly"
A jar of sulphuric acid had been
overturned and the burning liquid
was running down Bells clothes.
But Watson paid no attention to
the spreading acid.
Whether Bell took off his acid
stained clothes, whether or not he
was burned, neither of them ever
told. What they remembered o r
years afterward was that sentence.
Mr.. Watson, come here, / want
you
Bell and Watson continued their
research.
Then in 1877, an experimental
telephone switchboard was placed
in service in Boston with boys as
operators. But girls soon proved to
be quicker and more deft in making
connections and they soon replac-
ed the boys in the central offices.
As the number of subscribers
grew. directories were issued. The
first of these, published in " e W
Haven. Connecticut, about a month
after the exchange opened there,
had fifty names.
And all the while the service on
The "thumper" which Watson had
invented TO attract the attention
of the person being called. was
succeeded by a buzzer, and the
buzzer was replaced by a bell.
After a while a network of cop
per telephone wires spread so thick
above the city streets that it was
decided to run them underground
along with the water pipes, gas
pipes, and electric-light wires.
Then on January 25. 1915. tele-
phone wires linked the East and
West coasts. There was a great
celebration. No less a person than
the President of the United States
Woodrow Wilson. took part in the
opening ceremony.
That day at his desk in the
White House, Woodrow Wilson
held the receiver to his ear and
listened. There was a cracking
sound, a pause. and then clear and
plain. the voice of the Governor of
California.
Hello" cried Woodrow Wilson
into the black rubber tube. Hell
10! l greet the great state of Cali
fornia from Washington. D.C.i"
But the President and the Gov
ernor were not the only ones TO
take part in that demonstration.
For in New York Alexander Gra-
ham Bell, white-bearded now. sat
at a desk with another telephone
before him, and in California,
more than 5000 miles away, Thom-
as Watson was listening. Both
men were using replicas of their
1876 sending and receiving instru.
ments.
Then. with his eyes sparkling.
Bells voice clear and resonant
spoke into the old transmitter.
"Mr. Watson" he called across
the continet. Come here, | want
you"
Milford chronicle., 1961-03-17
BY Roger w. BabsOn

Is II Too Late To Move To Cali
f0rnia!
AS | think of the farmer and his
wife in Nebraska, | wonder whe-
ther all these natural resources
will be of much help to them? For
the businessman with money, who
can purchase large acreage for an
extensive cattle ranch or orange
and other fruit groves, there is
still an opportunity for health,
power. and prosperity in California.
Few investment bargains, however,
exist at the moment; although they
will appear again when the next
depression comes. A large amount
of money is borrowed on Califor-
MIA enterprises, and most of these
mortgages are held by one or two
great California banks which could
be very tough if the tide turned
against them.
For the farmer and his wife in
moderate circumstances who want
only a winter home or place TO re-
tire to California NAV not be
the state. Prices are high, and
there is a shortage of houses in
most sections. If you have friends
living in some small California
city preferably near the coast =
and they know of some reasonably
priced home, it might be wen to go
out and look il over California in
general, however. is a place for
big business rather than for re-
tired farmers.
What About Florida!
Outside of sunshine and a fair
rainfall. Florida has only o few
natural advantages. 1t has no coal;
no waterpower; no natural gas,
except that being brought in by
Milford chronicle., 1961-03-17

The Bahamas comprise nearly
700 islands, but only % are in
habited
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08
Renal Area Listed
In First Priority

Both the Small Business Ad-
ministration and the Agriculture
Department have announced that
they will give first priority TO
the redevelopTnent areas desig-
mated last week by Secretary of
Commerce Hodges as eligible for
assistance under the Area Rede-
ve1opment Act.
Among the hundreds of areas
SO designated this week by See
retary Hodges, are Kenai, Bristol
Bay Area, Norton Sound Area,
Cook Inlet Area and Southeast
! Area"
Reaeyelepment areas are des-
ignated on the basis of chronic
urban unemployment and persis-
tent rura underemployment.
Loans will be made for projects
designed to create employment
through manufacture Or process
ing of industrial or farm pro-
ducts and through wholesale, re-
tail and service establishments,
and may be used to purchase and
develop. land and facilities, and
for cosIstruetioil@ conversion and
enlargement of buildings. The
! SRA announcement stated that
projects to stimulate tourist
trade, and projects sponsored by
cooperatives ara eligible for ARA
loans.
Area Redevelopment Act funds
may be used only where loans
are not available from private
! lenders, the Snail Business Adj
ministration or sother federal ag-
encies, but may not be used for
working capital.
{ So called overall economic de-
velopment programs must have
the approval of state authorities
and the area redevelopment adj
ministrator. Individual projects
must be certified by the desig-
mated state development authority
as likely to give permanent en-
EpIoyment in their areas.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08
SeWard-NikoIski
Mail Beat Run
On New Contract

An issue which has been in
dispute in Washington and out
along the fog-bound Aleutian
Islands for many months was
settled recently when the Post
Office Department announced the
award of 22-month contract to
the Aleutian Marine Transport
Co., of Seward, to carry the mail
on the Seward-to-Nikolski run.
The government will pay $780,
400.57 per year for the service.
The new contract, effective
Sept. 1, eliminates Port Graham
and Seldovia as ports of call. It
also provides for circling Kodiak
Island only once each round
trip instead of two stops each
trip. The service is to continue
on the basis of IL round trips
per year, Approximately at one
month intervals. The annual rate
for the new contract is $$533, 546. 90
less than that provided by the
previous contract.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08

high school students over the 100
starting school in September 1860.
Superintendent Hoover also an
nounced the hiring of an addition
al teacher other than those listed
by him at the beginning of the
term. Mrs. Virginia Holt, with
7 years teaching experience, will
teach Junior high school English.
Still another instructor is yet to
be chosen and will teach Spanish.
The present 31-teacher staff is
c o mpris of II elementary
s h 0 o teachers and Ii high
school instructors, in addition to
Superintendent Hoover. J. Vonn
Phillips is high school principal
and ROLAND V. Thomas, new
conner to the staff, heads the
elementary school as principal.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08
kenai Schools Show
Enrolment Increase;
IS ! Students Register

9 :
Registration figures for Kenai
schools, as released by Winiford
A. Hoover superintendent, this
week show gain of 1872 students
over the total number enrolled
last year in elementary and high
school.
Total enrolment last week was
657 in comparison with last years
total of 535 students.
In the 1960-61 term, concluded
this past May, Soldatna area
students in the 7th and 9Th grades
attended Kenai schools and were
included in last years registra-
ton figures. This is not the case
this. year, however, as arrange
ments have been made for the
Soldatna school to absorb stu
dents in that area enrolled in
those two grades.
Totals In Kenai schools this
year include 446 students in ele.
mentary grades | through 8, in
elusive, and eli high school stu
dents in grades 9-12. This is an
increase of II students in ele-s
mentary school, over the 3T5 reg
istered hast year and a gain of 81
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08
Winter Bowling
League Schedules
Are Announced

Winter bowling leagues now
are being formed, Al sMorasse,.
manager of the, Sky Bowl. said
Wednesday. Schedules for several
leagues already have been set
and he suggests that others de-
string to. form leagues contact
him soon in order that regular
bowling dates may be calendared.
Match games with other towns
also will be scheduled during the
winter season.
Morasse is especially interested
in contracting parents or other
adults willing to assist in organ
izing and supervising proposed
Bantam and Junior Leagues. He
will arrange for sponsors. Mail
o-graph tournaments, in which
young bowlers will do their bowl
ing here and have their scores
turned in for national scoring
against other youthful leagues,
is planned.
Morasse is feserving Saturday
mornings for Bantam Leagues
and Saturday afternoon for teen
ayers in Junior Leagues.
Winter leagues, whose officers
have not been elected, will meet
early on .theiw FIRST night of bowl
ing to choose officers and adopt
playing rules and regulations for
the coming seasdh. Match games
with otherEt6wnsfafe planned.
The weekly schedule and the
first meeting dates are as fol-
lows: i
Monday Oil Field Services,
mixed league, Sept. 10, $50 PM,
Bud Dye currently heading the
league,
MondayAH ei. Binders, mixed
league, Sept. Is, 9 p.m., Don
Wilson, pres.
Tuesdayes Bbwlerettes, 5-wom-
an team, Sept. 5, $3.50 pm. Shir-
ley Ford, sprss.sf Maurine Jones,
sec.-tfeas.
Tuesday-Bdsiness Mems Lea
ne, 5-man team, Sept. 10, 9 PM,
Chuck Tachick, pres; Joe Scar
entino, sec.
Observation-Disclosures after
noon league for women is being
planned but nothing definite
scheduled as yet.
Wednesday Women's Doubles
League, Sept. 90, $50 p.m., shir-
ley Ford, sec.
Thursday-Queen Pins League,
5-woman team, Sept. IA, $50
p. IN. Audrey Shelman, pres;
Mary Lon Marshall, secstrsas.
Thursday-Men's Scratch Lea
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08

que, number of men in team not
determined yet, Sept. ID, . pm.
Friday 49'ers League. 5-man
team, Sept. 8, $50 pm.
Friday = Sourdough League,
Sept. Is, 9 pm.
Saturday nights Open bowl
ing. Sundays-.0pen bowling.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08
TRAILER SPACE

SPACE available at River Ter
race Mobile Park. $40 per
month, including garbage dis
posal. Must be seen to be
appreciated. Beautiful large
wooded lots. Modern facilities
Approved by, Alaska Depart
naent of Health. Located Sol
dotna side of bridge. Visitors
welcome to scenic drive through
park. 45-bc
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08
Postmaster Nomination

Included in nominations for
postmaster. positions sent to the
Senate recently by President
Kennedy was that of Lillian +.
Ingrim at Dillingham; to succeed
NJ. e. Olsen, retired.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08
On leave from Navy

Victor Tyler of Kenai is home
on leave from the Navy. He at
tended boot earap'aat San Diego.
Calf, and will leave soon for
Camp cambridge, Md, where he
will. attend the Navy fire control
school.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08
FOR SALE

GLASS HULL sport boat, 25 hp.
cupboard Evinrude motor; re-
mote control, speedometer, etc.;
complete $500. Stan Thompson,
Kenai Korners. 45-bc
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08
Too LaIe 10 CLASSIFY
5###===#azHHIaz
FOR SALE

"a NASHUA trailer. Bath and
cleo tric refrigerator, $3.50.
Watch for C. C. Foster sign
at Mile %, Sterling Highway.
45-1
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

27e HWY. FRONTAGE lot over
looking Kenai river in Soldatna
across from Wilson's Soldatna
store. Ideal business property.
M. K. Realty, Soldatna. 45-bc
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08

1856 FORD 4-door sedan good
condition, for good pickup,
same model. George BONN,
Box %, Kasilof. 45-1
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08
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WANTED


CLEAN COTTON RAGS. loo {
ID. and up. sCheechako News.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08

FOR 4CATE

1-BEDROOM modern house on
75,x135' lot nm Ridgeway, fur
nished. Available about Sept.
18th. VIII take: trade as partial
payment. Easy terms. slawson
& Associates. Phi. 262-4711. !.
.shA5-bc
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news. (Kenai, Alaska) 1960-1985, 1961-09-08
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

TIRED of fighting crowded sub
standard housing? Now avail
able 3-bdrm. dream home on
large wooded lot. Only 1920
down. FILA ms. financed. At
tention contractor.
ATTENTION
BUILDING CONTRACTOR
Vaihalla lots available. Pick
your lots now from this excep-
tional subdivision.
NORTH KENAI
24x28 commercial garage build
ing and 16x16 house, only
$500.
KENAI HOMESITE
IL acres; 5000 down; total
price S1075. Fine wooded build
ing site, excellent soft water,
and this is our best buy. Insul-
ated 12x16 prove-up cabin.
WANTED-LICENsED REAL
ESTATE SALESMAN.
LEO r. OBERTS
Realtor--Insurance
Box 458 Kenai. Alaska
Phone 283-7951 or 262-4726
Evening star., 1961-08-08

ers (millions of 'em), and
shoes, oh we love shoes"
A BwOC Chg Woman on
Campus) often may be a
young business-minded lass
who rents out her profess
sional hair-dryer to fellow
students; the yourig woman
who hens, irons or sews or
does odd jobs to pick up cash
with which to buy more
clothes.
Clothes, we discovered, are
more of an "obsession" with
some of the girls who attend
schools where uniforms are
worn. Says Georgeann GUIDE
of Stone Ridge. it's a top
topic-"what's in the closet
and what Wen wear on the
week end"
Tabbie deButts, who is a
repeat performer in the
Back : to : School Modelling
Corps, says at Mary Washing
ton keeping up with fashion
is a major subject. There
are lots of boys schools
around and you have to be
ready" she adds. Mary
Louise Kean. of National
Cathedral School, added a bit
of a damper when she said
''in a girls school nobody
cares how they look" Boys,
apparently, do make a differ
ence.
Do they notice and COM
ment on clothes worn by their
girl classmates? The general
opinion was Eyes, if only to
criticize"
Full of wisdom, we felt, re-
garding the role that fashion
should play in the life of a
schoolgirl, was this little gem
that was polished off. "If you
have lots of pretty clothes
when you go off to school
don't wear them all at once.
Be inconspicuous."
Asked how this could be ef-
fected, our scholastic trio in
sisted it could be done by
sharing them with three
roommates. Eventually you'll
have to wind up doing it any
way, so why not from the be-
ginning"
Bermudas have bit the dust
on campus, we also were in
formed. I'VE all wear skirts.
Most colleges now have a ban
on wearing them to classes,
and after 6 pm. who needs
to. Anyway, for dorm loung-
ing everybody's in a muu muu
nowadays"
The 20 young women, like
their counterparts through
out the city on other school
boards, are getting quite an
Evening star., 1961-08-08
By ELEM
Fashion Editor

You never know where a
conversation will lead.
This is the time of the
year when fashion editors
meet the current crop of
young women who comprise
Back-to-School Boards in
the various stores.
Each August we discover
the subject of back-to-
school clothes is never more
important than at this time
of the year.
Twenty-nine young and
more than attractive girls,
representing a croSs-section
of schools here and across
the country, were honored
luncheon guests yesterday
Evening star., 1961-08-08
FASHION NOTEBOOK
No Mink on CAMPUS
But Millions of Sweaters

at Julius Garfinckel g. Com
pany, where they will finish
their "summering" as back
to-school models.
The trio we drew for
lunching partners consisted
of Tabbie deButtS Of Mary
: Washington College, Mary
Louise Kean of National
Ca ath edral School and
Georgeann Guide of Stone
Ridge Country Day School.
1t was an illuminating
hour. We discovered, given
an unlimited amount of
money to spend, the trio
came up with this eye
opener: They wouldn't buy a
mink coat to wear on
campus, but skirts, sweat
Evening star., 1961-08-08

my daughter was working at
your store during the sum-
mer, and making some of
her school expenses. We
wound up paying a gigantic
clothes bill for her at the
store because she couldn't
resist buying everything she
modelled"
Mrs. Ruey Messenger, JUL
ius Garfinckel g. Co.'s FASH
ion Co-ordinator, welcomed
the new members of her
fashion staff" and provided
them with a handbook" of
Evening star., 1961-08-08

the young women generally
get a discount on personal
selections.
Each model working a
minimum Of three days per
week also gets her hair done
at The Antoine Salon.
Mr.. Arthur Madison, v. P.
Of the store, told. the assem-
bled group at yesterdays ORR
entation meeting, one father
buttonholed him once and
said, What kind of a racket
are you running. Supposedly,
Evening star., 1961-08-08

fashion facts for them to
absorb.
From tomorrow through
September 9 the Modelling
= Corps will be informally
showing back to school
fashions at all three Julius
Garfinckel & Co. stores from
1890 am. to 4:30 pm.
On August 16 they will all
star together in "The Look
of knowledge" at a public
fashion to be held at 2::30
pm. on Wednesday, Au-
gust 16.
Evening star., 1961-08-08

exposure to retailing tech
niqueS.
Along with being exposed
Evening star., 1961-08-08

to clothes, clothes, clothes"
and helping counsel fellow
students who "are buying"
The Nome nugget., 1961-10-13
|X-I5 Is Paving Way
 For AstrOnautsT to Ride Back to Earth

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. M Tn the most danger ous x-15 flight yet. pilot set a worlds record for going up-to prove this important point about coming down:
 That an astronaut doesn't have to ride back to earth as prison CT in a falling capsule e-but can land safely through the earth's atmosphere in a winged craft and land where he wishes.
 Air Force Mai. Bob White We'd nesday set a new worlds alti- tude record for winged flight, 40 miles, and then made belly Hopping re-estry into the at mosphere which cracked the wind shield of the rocket plane.
 The plane dropped spread eagle into the atmosphere the way diver belly Hops into a swimming pool The stress and friction heat would have torn a conventional plahe apart.
 The method spreads the heat of re-entry over a large area of the plane. Wednesdays successful flight proved techniques which may be used in re-entries on fu- ture Dyna-Soar and Apollo man ned orbital flights in winged rocket craft, scientists said.
 White said the windshield broke as the plane hit the thickening atmosphere at so, 900 or 10000 feet. He said the crack, on the outer glass panel of the x-15's windshield, didn't interfere with any control of the plane.
 The temperature on ttiile x-15's surface reached 900 degrees 300 under the maximum the x-15 was designed to withstand.
 White reached an altitude of 215,000 feet--rnore than eigk.. miles higher than the previoua x-15 record, I169 ,O0O feet. His top speed was BAIT miles an hour, under the x-15's previous record of 3,845.