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Evening star., 1961-07-30

she doesn't her act the lOudness and enthusiasm
of applause DevOtees of intimate cocktail lounges
clap sporadcally and weakly Their real tribute is to
hush the clinking of iced drinks and the hum Of
versatOn and listen And when Miss Mason perches
the grand piano and starts singing. the dmlylt room
is respectfully silent
She chooses clever lyrics sentimental numbers and
many Spanish songs, all delivered in husky voice.
Pm not the smiling kind of singer" she says "And
won't learn song just because it's popular. prefer
intelligent lyrics because people have to listen.
Personally speaking. I'm long hair when it comes
to music like Mendelss0hn and Beethoven and Schu-
bert"
At home, she usually has a record on her hf turn
table, and she has installed kitchen speaker for back
ground while preparing exotic dishes for parties.
She is also a long hair" where world affairs and
politics concerned naturalized citizen who reads
three four daily newspapers and several egghead
periodicals. she is well armed with facts figures and
the disposition to debate anyone who opposes her
conservative views.
Her Latin temperament flashes and dies quickly.
OuspOken and positive she is not apt to give in
stop trying to convert opponent any given point
from music to politics But the latter enters the ad
lib exchanges with her audiences, who seem to enjoy
her comments as much as her songs.
Mr.. Stuart predicts that she'll 60 on singing from
atop the ColOnyS piano for long time to come. To
which she responds with Shrug Il don't really worry
about manana"
DAY. THE MAGAZINE. WASHINGTON. d. c.. JULY so.
Milford chronicle., 1961-03-24
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Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08

home at EncinO, Calf, where she
lives with her parents.
MON cooked him a wonderful
Italian meal He loved it, Annette
says.
Although she doesn't want to get
married until she is 25, Annette
doesn't understand her lack of
progress in that direction.
My career will be second to my
husbands and my home" she says.
And after | have children there
won't be any career unless it's a
spare-time enterprise
Annette's latest recordings are
Pineapple Princess" and Dream
Boy" An original mousqueteer on
the TV Mickey Mouse show, she
is starring in Disney's Babes in
Toyland" and is now touring Bos-
ton, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Detroit,
Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Toronto,
and San Francisco.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
HIGH PRESSURE TELEVISION

The television viewer deserves lower
pressure fare than he is being fed by the
producers, advertisers and television indus
try. If one seeks an evenings entertainment
on television, these days, he will almost in
variably sit through hours of violence,
crime, sin and insanity.
There is too little in the way Of sensible,
inspiratonal entertainment. The great fig
ures in American history are seldom por-
trayed in first-rate productions.
This killing, this intense excitement, this
morbid fear attraction is practically all we
get. The idea is that horror stuff holds the
attention; thus the advertisers are giving
us quite a diet of this stuff.
To test television, as it comes out of
New York or Hollywood, one night, pay at
tention to how many screams, shrieks, walls
and tense emotional scenes you are subject
ed to- Just about every New York drama is
loaded with super-strained histrionics on
the part of both the good and bad actors
and actresses, and most of them are bad.
We are tired of the weak-plot problems,
the psychological crime dramas, which are
designed to keep us on the edge of our seats.
Why not some clean, inspirational fare?
Why not some great factual, historical
plays? Why not simple-easy-going uplift-
ing programs? There is precious little of
this.
American families, and especially chill
dren, should be given more restrained tel
evision diet a more patriotic one, a more
uplifting one. One can watch hours Of
television these days and end up with no
laughs, no uplifting thoughts, no added
knowledge-Only strained nerves which all
the horror produces. 1t is a great disap-
pointment and a waste of vast resources
and a wonderful medium of communication.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
5000
VERBAL BOMBS

Governor Nutter of Montana piloted a
bomber during the Second World War And
at recent hearings conducted by the Federal
Water Control Advisory Board he dropped
some large-size verbal bombs.
The governor took an unequivocal stand
against the federal governments increasing
encroachments on state sovereignty. AS he
put it, ''In the light of our current interna-
tional situation, perhaps we should be most
interested in less federal control and fewer
ways for the federal government to spend
money" He added that the people Of Mon
tana long ago recognized the need for pure
water, that it has been a state of action in
this field, and that 1--WE are getting little
tired of some other states Sitting on the
dime doing nothing, and expecting Uncle
Sam to provide federal aid to do it for them"
The governors position had an interest
ing and significant result A member of the
Advisory Board, John Charles Daily the ma
tiOnally known television personality, an
nounced that the board would fight for states
rights. Let us hope that this will prove to
be the case-and that all the other boards
and agencies and bureaus involved in all the
manifold forms of federal-state relation
ships will do the same thing
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
By Elaine townsend Dickersor

FREQUENCY. Now if Hayes has
a sudden spasm | turn on this part
of the dial yell-Id scream-MAY
DAY and I'm supposed to bank the
plane in circles until help arrives"
What farce that is, Suppose a
plane did come up to guide me
back to some landing field. /
would never, never get it back on
terra ffrma IN one piece Gadgets
and dials and knobs and levers
and instruments by the gross tell
me things that are as foreign as
Russian is to me. The knob, for
instance, that regulates the heat,
doesn't say on or Off-it reads full,
half, cabin, shield in a ver-
nacular you need a manual to
understand
We fly over town that Hayes
believes is Such and Such A City
and asks me to hunt for the air.
port SOUTHEAST of town. l can
usually spot things pretty we'll
on the ground, but didn't see the
landing strip he talked about He
wanted to know if he was on
course you see. | told him it was
there and to be ION with it." |
knew if we headed east we would
bump into the coast and why fool
around trying to locate each city
enroute. Well, | didn't fool him.
He knew there was no airport
where it should be and with that
he banks that drafted plane and
I'm hanging side-wise. | glared
at him and he leveled it out
We arrived at the Milford Air
Park and we were welcomed by
George Williams Che had called
Alexandria earlier and knew of
our plans) and by my parents.
Mother and Dad are getting braver
about our flying as | become more
cowardly. | figure | can endure
any kind of madness for forty-five
minutes And, I'll go again to get
home and I'll harbor fatalistic
thoughts all the way. | try to be
gay about the whole deal, but its
just not my favorite mode of trans
portation and | doubt it ever will
be. Hayes says to overcome my
fear | must learn to fly, pilot the
plane myself Oh. Boy, that will
be the day.
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08

ident of the First National Bank
in Milford. Colonel Fiddeman al
tered the roof lines of the house to
give it the then modern look of
high pitched roofs with sharp
gable dormers.
The original structure had a
simple roof on the main part with
no dormers and a lower pitched
roof like other colonial houses
The roofs of the wings were much
lower so that the house had a
pleasing stair-step roof line of
three levels with tall chimneys
rising above the roof at each end
Instead of the present porch in
front there was a small portico
with benches on either side. The
entrance to the cellar was outside
alongside this portico.
The interior is much as it was
when Thorne first built it with
beautiful paneling, stairwork, cor
ner cupboards of the shell design
and paneled doorways The wood
work is remarkably we'll preserved
for such an old house which has
been used as only farm tenant
house for so many years.
If this house could only talk it
could tell much of the founding of
Milford and of the state. Rev.
Sydenham Thorne. the builder,
was probably the one person most
responsible for the founding of
Milford 1t was he who persuad-
ed Joseph Oliver to lay off what
is now North Milford into build
ing lots and make them available
on a nothing down" basis with a
low yearly rental to encourage the
building of homes and the devel-
opment of a town. Some of these
ground rents are still in existence
today. 1t was he who built the
original structure of the present
Christ EpiscOpar Church on lots
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08

should make the above computa-
ton.
EARNINGS AND GROWTH
Why do stocks often sell for
much more than their asset value?
The reason is that most investors
are looking at the earnings and
the growth. If the earnings grad
ually increase and there is a
chance for an increase in the div
idend, then these earnings might
entitle the stock to sell for the
higher figure. In the last analy-
sis, we buy for earnings and not
for assets. The Waldorf Astoria
would cost more to build on a
prairie in Kansas, but its assets
would be of no use.
The wise investor, however,
does not consider merely the cur
rent dividend. Although the divi-
dend may have looked good to you
at the time you bought the stock,
the market may have caught up
with it so that the yield is no
longer satisfactory at present
prices. To ascertain the yield,
you divide the dividend by the
price. Many readers will be sur
prised, when they do this, to see
what a small yield they are OBJ
tanning on the basis of the pres
ent price of the stock. You do
not figure the yield on the price
you originally paid for the stock,
but on the price it is selling for
today. This means that the growth
feature of the stock is very inn
portant. On this matter you must
depend largely upon your Judg-
ment
COMPETITION
The competition to which the
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08

writing, music publishing, play
writing, acting and more recently
a venture in real estate-a shop
ping center in Ottawa
Among the 90 songs he has
authored are Put your Head on
My Shoulder, Lonely Boy, Pup
py Love, Tonight, My Love, To-
night, Dance on Little Girl, and
the top-selling Diana" More than
2S-million records have been made
from his songs, and Paul now has
his own publishing set-up around
the globe-Tokyo, France, Belgium,
Italy, England, South America and
headquarters in New York. He's
Travelled nearly everywhere except
Russia.
But they have my records in
Russia" he says. 81 learned from
some members of the Leningrad
Ballet I met last year"
He calls his music popular. "Its
not rock N roll" he says. ''Peo-
pie keep calling music rock n roll,
but if you asked them what they
meant by that they wouldn't be
able to tell YOU
Paul's music is born after much
observation and deliberation.
81 write what | think people will
buy" he says. 81 learn the mood
by listening to the kids and what
they are thinking-g going steady
hurts and disappointments, all the
emotional problems tied up with
love- Then I set it to music"
He isn't the first to say it, but
he plots songs on the theory that
love dominates the world
Paul is more interested in sue
cess than money because when
you sign a contract you know
there's money behind it, but you
don't always know that you'll be
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08

SAVING MONEY

Regular saving will, eventually, make
you a self-sufficient person.
Though this is the age of welfare and
social security saving and thrift are still
virtues. And the only sure way to save is
to spend less than you make.
This may mean budgets for some. 1t
may mean sacrifice or doing without or even
not keeping up with the Jonesesi But if
you will save something each week, or each
month, religiously, some day you will be in
dependent enough to live your own life, and
to enjoy some of the luxuries of life-which
the Joneses might not be able to afford.
Regular saving is the answer. If a mar
ried couple at age twenty began saving just
five dollars a week. in just ten years they
might have $4,000 or $4,000 or S5,000-or
even more, depending on how they invest
ed the money If they are fortunate enough
to see it grow, in stocks, or in fund, or in
a business investment, it could be $4,000
or more in ten years. And this, for many,
could be the difference between lower middle
class living and comfortable middle or up
per class living.
Money, of course, does not automatical-
ly mean happiness. But having enough of it
to educate your children and have some of
lifes luxuries and comforts, does often mean
enjoyment and contentment and satisfac-
ton. And the only way some of us will ever
have backlog is to save, regularly.
Resolve to acquire that habit today.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
HOW TO BE a
MILLIONAIRE
By VIVIAN BROWN
AP NewsfeatureS Writer

You think poetry is for squares
Well, don't underestimate h t
iambic pentameter.
Paul Anka, actor, singer, COM
poser, publisher, hitched his poetry
to music and now 90 songs later
is a 2-year-old self-made million
aire.
That's how it began" he eX-
plains I'D gone from an interest
in high school Journalism to poetry
and piano lessons One day | found
myself looking at poems, playing
the piano and putting a song to-
gether.
He was 16 then, a senior at
Fischer Park High School in OF
tawa, and a pretty active amateur
entertainer on and off campus. He
got permission from his dad to try
to market his songs in New York,
and arriving there, naively APP
preached the situation in the lOgi-
cal way.
Il looked up music publishers
listings in the telephone book,
called the first one that struck my
eye, ABC Paramount, and-dressed
in dungarees and sweat shirt
brought my songs to them by ap-
pointment. They listened to me
sing and play, and then brought
my parents to New York from OF
tawa, and | signed a contract. 1t
happened that easily" he says.
Paul, a 5 feet dynamo, makes
everything he does sound effort
less. He gazes at you and ticks
off his enterprises-singing, song
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
BABSON DISCUSSES COMMON STOCKS

company is subjected may be even
more important than the above
factors. There are two kinds of
competition. First, that which
comes from some new industry
taking the place of the industry in
which your company is engaged.
Second, that which comes from
other corporations which can make
the same article that your COM
pany makes.
Regarding the first, | have re-
lated in previous release about
my young days in Gloucester when
the primary industry was granite,
and everyone then in granite was
making money. Suddenly the use
of cement was discovered for
building purposes; and the rapid
rise in popularity of the automo-
bile resulted in public insistence
that the granite paving stones be
covered with asphalt. AS a result,
nearly everyone in the granite
business of my home town went
broke, and there are now a dozen
empty quarries The competition
of airlines with railroads, of oil
and gas with coal, and various
other illustrations will come to
your mind To keep alerted to
this competition, you should care
fully read the newspapers and
use your own knowledge of what
is going on.
Regarding the second form of
competition, to keep in touch you
must study the relative earnings
Of your company and of compet-
ing companies. This is a difficult
task for individual investors to
do without employing an estab-
lished investment service.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08

donated by Joseph Oliver. He
built the original mill dam across
Silver Lake and the mill at the
site of the old Red Mill which was
torn down only few years ago.
Thus it was the original owner of
Silver Hill who brought to Mil
ford homes, a church and a wa
ter-powered mill
After ThOrne's death the house
soon passed into the hands of the
Clayton family. 1t was here that
the illuStriOuS Delawarean John
NJ. Clayton spent his boyhood days
1t is here that his mother and fa-
ther lie buried.
From the Claytons the property
passed to his nephew John Darby
for a short time and then came in
to the possession of Colonel Ben
jamin Potter, an aStute business
man of that day who is best known
today because of the estate he left
in trust for the poor of Kent
County outside of the aims
house" This is known as the
Potter Estate" which today owns
and controls several farms around
Milford
From the Potters the mansion
came into the possession of Colo
mel Fiddeman, an equally promi-
nent man of his day. 1t was he
who remOdeled and restored the
property
From Colonel Fiddeman the
property passed through his
daughter to the Lofiand family and
was held by them until it was sold
by Dr. James Lofiand in 1927 to
Mr.. George H. Draper, Sr. The
Drapers have held the property
through three generations George
H. Draper, Sr.. George H. Draper
Jr., and j. Richard Draper, the
present owner and donor of the
property.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
THE BOMB

Soviet disinterest in the rest of the world
was displayed in the reported explosion of
a super bomb. First reports indicated the
blast was of fifty megaton force, or even
greater.
The whole series of Soviet nuclear tests
reflected the ruthless approach to life and
the needs and welfare of humanity. Even
the so-called neutral nations managed to
stiffen their spine to the point of voting a
protest.
But nothing ever deferred Nikita Khru-
shchev in his plan to go ahead with the test.
While we Americans are so busy worrying
about the world reactions to everything we
do, the Soviets do what they please and the
little weak and new nations are actually i'm
pressed with this forceful policy They are
intimidated by it.
The United States should, for a change,
begin to formulate its foreign policies on
the basis of what is good for the United
States Too many fuzzy-minded information
alists tell us that we can't do this and must
do that because of what other people will
think of us.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
ANNETTE DATES
BOY SINGERS
BY VIVIAN BROWN
AP NeWsfeatures Writer

A movie star has less chance
than the average girl to meet the
man of her dreams, says Annette
Funicello.
The pretty, petite 19-year-o d
singer is popular to be sure, wins
awards and gets lot of mail
But I'm never at the right places
to meet the kind of man I'd like
to meet" she says.
That's pretty rough on a popu-
lar girl who wants to make mar
riage her big career and have at
least children. Il can't even pass
up an attractive baby on h e
street." she says, 'and / enjoy
baby sitting with my 9-year-old
brother, Michael, on weekends
when my parents go out"
What kind of man would she
like to meet?
I'D like home-loving type, a
professional man maybe, and I
hope he's sportsman / like rug
ged outdoor men. But | don't meet
men who have time to fish, hunt,
golf, or ski. Everyone in this bust
ness is on the go and away from
home a lot" she says.
Annette has dated some of the
big names that would make other
girls swoon.
They're all darling boys" she
says, land we have a lot in COM
mon-Paul Anka, frankie Avalon,
Fabian and Bobby Rydell-and we
enjoy our dates, but I'd love to
meet other boys once in a while"
She admires everything Paul
Anka does" she says, and likes to
date him because of his wonder
full sense of humor" They go to
the movies and to dinner and have
look-alike French pOodles. Paul
wrote the songs for her album,
Annette Sings Anka".
Annette and frankie love amuse-
ment parks, she says, and that's
where they go on some of their
dates.
She's been swimming with Fa-
bian. to dinner and the movies.
Hes fantastic looking boy"
says Annette. "He talks, sings and
acts with his eyes"
Bobby Rydell is a home type,
and that appeals to Annette.
Hes like me. He loves to be
with his folks and friends
The last time she had a date
with Bobby, she had him to her
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08

Miss NJ Catherine Downing is
announcing the gift of the Par
son Thorne Mansion or Silver Hill
and its surrounding yard, the gift
being made by James R. Draper,
whose property it has been for
the past several years. 1t is now
the intention and plan to organ
iZe a Milford Historical Society in
order to receive the gift and to
further maintain the house as an
historical shrine. Many interested
persons will agree that the his
tory attached to the property
makes it of prime interest to pre-
serve for coming generations and
"a proper place to enshrine arti-
cles that tell of past history of
Milford After the holidays a
meeting will be called to discuss
this matter ard interested persons
will attend when general invi-
tatiOn is given for such personnel.
The history of the property makes
interesting reading 1t follows:
The Parson Thorne Mansion on
Silver Hill is one of the Oldest
houses still standing in Milford.
1t may we'll be the Oldest because
the age of the rear part of the
house is not known at present.
Rev. Sydenham Thorne acquired
the site on which the mansion
stands in 1777. There is conclu-
sive evidence that the rear wing
was standing at that time and
that Rev Thorne built the front
part of the mansion on to it in
1879.
The mansion as built by Parson
Thorne was of Old English Colon
ial style of pattern that was US
ed extensively in pre-Revolution
airy War days. The house was re-
modelled in 1879 by Colonel H. B.
Fiddeman who was we'll known
man in Milford and the first pres
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
1924 Bound Brook
Alexandria, Va.
December 4, 1861

Dear Friends:
l will probably meet my demise
falling down an attic step, while
in the arms of Morpheus or some
other every day way of entering
the other world But try as | will
| can never make myself believe
this as | fly 5000 feet above the
earth in those Internal flying ma
chimes.
Sunday morning, yesterday, was
a gorgeous day here in Alexandria
and since Hayes has recently join
ed the Pentagon Aero Club he
wanted to make use of one of the
fifteen planes available to the
members He reserved a NaviOn
and injected the infelicitous
thought that | go along for the
ride-not joy ride | assure you.
Lynne, Dawn and Leslie all
voted to stay safely home. | should
have as wen, but instead |, like
nut, decided to keep Hayes COM
pany and have visit with Mother
and Dad ITO boot"
The planes are based at the
MdTlup bdS6, t{ud1IIt II etDout
a thirty minutes drive south OF us
and a lovely ride through woods
filled with pine and holly trees.
This ride | could enjoy, but when
| arrived at the field there sat the
evil demon waiting for US. We
take off right over the Potomac
and this is a bad beginning. Take
offs and landings are renown for
the most crucial part of any fight.
AS we ascended Hayes showed me
how the handle above my head re-
leases the canopy | sit there
thinking He tells me this in case
we land in the drink, he's knocked
unconscious and l have to jettison
the canopy alone and get us out
of this tomb" You see my
thoughts are all merry as we fly
on our forty-fve minute fight to
Delaware
l think of our three daughters
home alone and wonder if they'll
be able to locate our insurance
policies. You think I'm kidding?
Hayes calls in his flight plan and
l glance at the radio and it has
a marker that reads EMERGENCY