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Evening star., 1961-03-20

"HOME WITH INCOME"-Close- in
TAX. PIX. Immaculate 2-family
home near shops, bus and schools.
Very roomy and comfortable. Nice
Kitchens. New gas furnace. Only
S18,500
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
OUR HIGHWAYS

The latest report on the great super
highway project is that about 3,7O0 miles
of super-highway have been completed.
Work is underway on another 4,700 miles
of super-highway and rights-of-way are be-
ing acquired for another 10000 miles of
the new federal road.
ways will be built By 1875 you should be
able to drive across the country at sixty
or seventy miles an hour without stopping
for one light. But that is still almost fifteen
years into the future-too long.
1t is still obvious that we started too late
and what we are building now for 1875
should already have been built. Had the
program been started Immediately after
World War ii it could be nearing compile
tion by now-and many lives would have
been saved in the postwar years.
When one realizes that Germany had a
system of super-highways (autobahns) be-
fore 1889 (World War I'D it can be seen
how slowly we are achieving similar success
in our richer country, and with our far
greater number of vehicles.
The public is financing the great project
flour cents of each gallon of gas is federal
super-highway taxes and the state also col
lects taxes for this purpose) and is entitled
to have this national highway network as
soon as possible. Delays, high profteerine
and scandals are occurring in some states
and where this is holding up the program
Such delays will inconvenience millions
of Americans and should be ruthlessly elm
mated by a combination of strong fedora
and state action.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06

major list would come out. Hayes
announced my present his promot-
ion. Many of you know that for the
past three years Hayes has had a
spot" majority. While those pro-
motions bring the gold leaves on
the shoulders and the raise in pay
as well, they also mean uncertainty.
One false move and the Strategic
Air Commands take away the spot
as quickly as it was given. Fridays
promotion came from Washington
and is the lasting kind.
This same day we were told that
close friend of ours did not re-
ceive his promotion and this was
very serious for him. If after
designated number of years you
have not been promoted you are
automatically put out of the SER
vice. This real fine boy had had
trouble with plane, a superior
officer "chewed him out" in his
office one day and our friend re-
sponded with verbal repercussions
of his own. It's hard to know, but
he feels this was enough for the
promotion board to read in his re-
cords. They have six months to vet
serve which will give them time
to plan somewhat. Hayes pro-
motion was wonderful to have, but
the absence of our friends dam
pened our spirits December the Is.
The wife of the doctor who de-
liyered Leslie, was flown from To-
peka to the Mayo clinic with two
to one chance to live. We have been
close to them the past eight years.
| visited her mother prior to going
to Forbes to work in the morning.
Jane has disease that is one of
500 cases in the world and will pos
sibly leave her semi invalid for
life. She is 38 and the mother of
six nice children. AS each hour of
the day progressed / wonder what
else could happen.
We had dinner at the end of the
day with Lynne and Dawn at the
Officers Club. We left Leslie with
a sitter at home. We spent the re-
naming part of my birthday with
an attorney and his wife who are
good friends of ours and who live
two doors from us. Marceen and /
had gone upstairs to see some of
her Christmas gifts and as we
walked down her white carpeted
stairs, my nylon-covered feet Slip
ped on the fifth step from the bot
tom and thud, thud, thud, thud and
thud, my sacroiliac screamed and
a Happy Birthday to you too! You
talk about your aching back Sheee!
It's fun to have an interesting
birthday, but this one was exag-
gerating things a bit.
Do have Happy New Year. Let's
hope 1861 is the best year you and
| have ever had.
Always, ETD
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06

A native of Lynn, Massachuset-
IS, DR.. Hartnett was employed by
General Electric's aircraft gas
turbine division there until 1949.
when he decided to complete his
doctoral work and enter the
teaching field.
T He received his PhD. in me-
chanical engineering from the I'm
iversity of California in 1854. He
received his bachelors degree
from the Illinois Institute of
Technology and his masters de-
gree from Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. He served in the
Navy during World War ii.
DR.. Hartnett is member of
the American Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers and was chairman
of the society's papers committee
from 1858 to 1860. He also is a
member of the Institute of Aero
nautical Sciences and the Ameri-
can Rocket Society.
He is 81 years old. married and
the father of five children.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
Mass Distribution
Goes South

Sceptics may say that a free
market mass production and mass
distribution system won't work in
Latin American countries, but at
least one major U. S. retail firm
has proved that it will. In a re-
cent issue of The Saturday Even
ing Post, Harold H. Martin writes
highly entertaining and signifi-
cant account of Sears Roebuck's
southern ventures Starting with
one store in Mexico City in 1947,
Sears now has $50 million in
vestment in SO stores and 9 sales
offices in 10 South and Central
American countries. They do a
500 million a year business and
plow nearly all profits back into
new stores and expanded inven-
tories.
In lining up the $500 manufac-
turers, large and small, which now
supply its Latin American stores,
one problem that had to We over
come by Sears was the Latin
philosophy of producing a few
items and selling them at as high
a price as the traffic would bear.
This ancient attitude has changed
in favor of mass production for
mass markets. Local manufactur-
ers are now as cost and price
conscious as their American cou-
nterparts. This one American firm
now employs nearly 5000 citizens
of the countries in which it opera
ties south of the border.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
Department Head Is
Named At University

DR.. James P. Hartnett, profess
or at the University of Minnesota
since 1854. has been appointed
chairman of the department of
mechanical engineering at the
University of Delaware effective
in September, it was announced
recently by Dean of Engineering
Edward W. Comings.
He succeeds DR.. Lyle Clark,
who resigned at the beginning of
the current school year to accept
a position at the University OF
Texas. DR.. Milan H. Cobble is
acting department head in the
interim period.
DR.. Hartnett, who also will be
accepting full professorship is
currently on leave from Minneso-
ia and is travelling abroad under
Guggenheim and Fulbright fellow
ships. He is one of six editors of
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06

the international Journal of Heat
and Mass Transfer" and has writ
ten or collaborated in the publi-
cation of some 4S books and pa
pers in this field.
The new department head is
completing a five-month trip un-
der the Guggenheim grant to ia
pan. where he has visited the nat
tion's leading universities and talk
ed with educators in the fields of
heat transfer and fluid mechan-
les.
He has accepted an invitation
to attend a symposium, sponsored
by the Academy of Sciences of
USSR, in Minsk, Russia, later this
month. After IA days in the Soviet
Union he will take up Full
bright award for four months
study at the University of Alex
andria, Egypt.
DR.. Hartnett also has been in
Mexico City, London and Paris
this year attending technical and
editorial meetings.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
Sweet Sour Soil With
Lime

There is a rumor around that
Sussex County has lot of sour
soil in it." This is the word from
Assoc. County Agent Ed Ralph.
"Sour is a term used in the farm
trade to indicate that soil is too
acid" Ralph explained. He said
many farmers could turn their soil
from sour to sweet by applying
ground limestone to their fields.
"This is a good time of year to
have soil tested for acidity and
plant food, so that time and fer
tilizer applications, or plans for
them can be made"
For one thing, you can buy fer
tilizer at a discount now. And IL
there is no hurry for the lime,
ground limestone can be used. 1t
is cheaper than the faster acting
burnt and hydrated types"
The soil testing laboratory at the
University of Delaware is not rush.
ed at this time of year and your
soil tests can be taken care OF in
a short time, the agent said. The
only trouble is, of course, taking
the sample when the soil is frozen
-or very wet.
Sweet soil makes a great deal
of difference to many crops"
Ralph said, ''but soybeans. are es-
pecially partial to sweet soil. Soy
beans will respond very well to
soils with a PHI of six or above"
Bring your soil samples into the
Extension Office at the Agricul-
tural Substation on the George
town-Laurel Highway between $3.50
a. m and 4:30 p. m. any day, Mon
day through Friday.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY Elaine townsend Dickerson

2S06 Nc Alister
Topeka, Kansas
January l, 1861
Dear Friends:
Here / sit, the first day of the
new year, on the softest chair we
have in the house with a heating
bag warming my sacroiliac. Sounds
like wild New Years Eve, doesn't
it? I'm telling you after the furious
last week we have put through its
a wonder l can even hold my head
up let alone sit.
Well, to begin with-my first con-
fession to you is / completely for
got my letter last week. You would
think after nine years certain
things would become a habit. This
is the second time in that space of
time that I've been absent minded
about my obligations to you and
both of them took place at Christ
mas. With Christmas being on the
weekend when. usually write to
you, Hayes being home this year
after his absence last year, this
being Leslie's second Christmas
and all the parties in the neigh
borhood for young and old, / just,
impossible as it may seem, forgot
to write to you!
Our Parkland South Association
had a cocktail-dinner-da party
at the Shawnee Country Club, we
went to pre- Christmas pink cham
payne party given by a former crew
member of Hayes. Interesting
after math of this was a fema lie
adult guest the next day came
down with measlesi). There was a
cocktail-buffet party in the neigh
bOrhoOd given for a visiting rela-
tive, a party few days before the
25th just for the crew, we had
guests in Christmas Eve (as is our
custom) so you see things are busy
and gay here. We had fun shopping
for our Christmas tree, seeing
Dawn's Christmas program at Sch
ool, driving around in the evening
and comparing our outdoor lights
to others, taking the whole family
downtown shopping and trying to
buy family gifts surrepticiously.
This all seemed like a busy
enough time, but nothing can COM
pare to December 30th. It's no sec
ret-that is my birthday date and
this year is the Geritol year-after
35. Gifts, cards, and telephone calls
made the day happy full one. !
also had to work at Family Ser
vices at Forbes and volunteer three
hours of my time helping new ar
rivals. At 1890 that morning my
husband walked into my office. |
had expected to have lunch with
him, but this hour was ridiculous.
l looked at him rather puzzled and
knew news was about to come my
way. For months we have known
| that my birthday was the day the
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
Politics And Oil Don't Mix

During one of their campaign
TV debates presidential candidat-
es Nixon and Kennedy devoted a
substantial amount of time TO the
question of the tax credit or de-
pletion allowance granted to oil
producers. Under the present tax
law the allowance is 27-1-2 per
cent-this is the amount OF the
tax credit allowed for discovering
and taking crude oil from the
earth. 1t does not apply to other
branches of the industry-refin-
ing, transportation, by-products,
etc.
The depletion law is a compli-
Gated subject In spite OF this 1T
becomes a national political issue
periodically because ii seems to be
good politics to go after the man
who looks like he might be max
ing money. However, sometimes
looks can be deceiving.
The u. S. Bureau of Mines in
it's Mineral Facts and Problems,
1860 Edition, comes up with some
hard figures. The cost of finding
and producing a barrel or crude
oil in 1858 was 35 cents higher
than the value of the oil at aver
age well-head prices, and today
while costs have continued to
climb the well-head price of crude
oil has dropped still further. The
average selling price Of crude in
the us. during 1858 was $3.03 a
barrel. (Today it is .$2.9O. The
cost of replacing that barrel of
oil was 1888.
Replacement costs have risen
because the search for oil has
moved into less accessible areas,
wells are being drilled deeper and
material prices have scared. The
constant competition OF oil COM
panies for a share of the market
places an effective ceiling on
prices for oil products. This COM
petition, of course. also places a
ceiling on the price of crude oil
at the well.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
COckney Role Nets
Highest London Wage
BY MILTON MARMOR

LONDON (AP)A motherly char
acter actress known for her cock
ney portrayals surprisingly is the
highest paid actress on the Lon
don West End stage.
Her name is Kathleen Harrison
and the play she stars in is some
thing called Watch 1t, Sailor"
a light comedy that has become
one of LondOn's biggest success
eS.
The play is presented by Toby
Rowland, an American-born thea
| ter producer living here. Towland,
from Montana, recently became a
British subject.
Rowland's success in a sort of
play that doesn't worry about the
carriage or egghead trade in a
strange way is indicative of what
happens in the British theater.
For several years he has been
producing serious, high minded
plays. Most of them flopped. But,
he realized that the London thea
ter has always supported cockney
shows that appeal to the coaches
clientele, bus loads of theater
lovers from the provinces who
laugh loudly at simple, hearty
| humOr.
So, Rowland decided that if the
theater-going public liked broad
comedy he'd give them something
to laugh at.
He produced Watch 1t, Sailor!"
sequel to a former success CALL
ed Sailor Beware"
For some odd reason, no other
theater man had appeared to be
interested in Watch 1t, Sailor!"
which had been touring the prov
inces. Rowland grabbed it up and
that's that.
Now the show is topping S16,800
in weekly receipts-and Kathleen
Harrison gets 10 per cent of the
take along with her three figure
Tin pounds) salary. That yields her
few thousand dollars a week
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
RUBY ROSS VALE

With the death of Ruby Ross Vale, Mil
ford has lost distinguished citizen and
one of its greatest benefactors
The classic Georgian style building, 10
Gated on the site of his late residence, to be
known forever as Vale-Williams Memorial
City Hall, presented by himself and his
faithful companion of SO years of happy
married life, who survives him, tells better
the story of his generosity than reams OF
copy ever could.
A giant in his chosen professionally,
Mr. Vale never lost the common touch, and
while often away from his adopted home,
(he was Pennsylvania by birth), for long
periods of time, he enjoyed leaving the
scenes of his great triumphs in law and re-
turning to Milford and Rehoboth for relax
alton among his books and on the greens
at the Rehoboth Country Club for round
of golf with his friends.
A Republican among Republicans, ne
never could quite adjust himself to what he
termed the wasteful habits of the so-called
New Deal and the later Fair Deal, and none
rejoiced more than he when the Republicans
returned to National power under Eisen-
hover.
Active almost until the end, it seems a
shame indeed that he was unable to live to
see his generous gift to the citizens of Mil
ford, completed and occupied by our loca
Government.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
~sO~&
IT'S NOT THAT BAD

The National Committee for an Effective
Congress wants President-elect Kennedy to
lift America out of the fatty mediocrity'
into which the nation allegedly has slipped.
We are not particularly impressed with the
cavalier implications of this phrase and see
a marked carelessness of terminolgy.
1t may be true that a fresh approach is
needed. 1t certainly is true that compla-
cency is too much with us, and that we at
tach too much Importance to night club,
country club and plentiful living But is
fatty mediocrity'' the apt phrase?
Apparently the United States is behind
the Soviet Union in the space race. Unem-
ployment is an increasing problem, and our
economy has hit lull.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-06
NIXON'S FUTURE

Vice President Richard Nixon has re-
ceived many offers - from universities, cor
porations, etc. - for his services after JAN
uary goth, Nixon, unlike Senator Lyndon
Johnson, for example, was in the position OF
being out of work if defeated in the election
Come next January goth, he will go off
the u. S. payroll. Curiously, he will be in
office for couple of weeks after the new
Congress meets = and will be, technically,
the President of the Senate.
Adlai Stevenson was given rather cold
shoulder by President Eisenhower after his
defeat, both in 1852 and 1856. In addition,
former President Harry Truman was given
an obvious brush-off by Mr.. Eisenhower.
President-elect Kennedy has indicated he
will not be so unforgiving While Eisenhower
was military man, Kennedy is a politician,
and he will better understand the stresses
and strains of an election campaign and be
quicker to forgive and forget.
In fact, Kennedy has already indicated
that he will attempt to utilize the experience
and talents of men like Truman, Nixon and
even Eisenhower himself. There is no reason
why the United States should lose the SER
vices and abilities of her distinguished men
- just because they happen to be on the los
ing side in presidential election.
Therefore, it is possible President elect
Kennedy will be able to call on Eisenhower
former President Herbert Hoover, Truman
and others who might render service to their
country, either in an official, active capacity,
or in lesser capacity
Kodiak mirror., 1961-08-18
Don't Eat Breakfast On The Run

assembly-line readiness. For ex- ample, are bowls and boxes of cereal near a pitcher of milk? Butter on hand and bread near the toaster, eggs beside the electric skillet? Seating-whether it in- wolves stools, benches or chairs has to be adequate and comforta- ble. First eaters should be expected to remove their trays so that the table or counter is left attractive and uncluttered for the next con- tingent.
 3. Are our breakfast menus mon- otonous? Variety is still the spice of life-at breakfast as well as at other meals. Families welcome an occasional surprise. With all the muffin and pancake mixes, the frozen products, and the many packaged and refrigerated breads on the market, cooks should be able to break any monotony.
 4. Do we enjoy weekend break lasts? You don't have to be slave to morning meals; but do give your family chance to learn how good they can taste and what a pleasant altogether time they can be. Weekend breakfast time is a great time for young cooks to try their skill. Do they want to learn how to make waffles? The following rule for cornmeal waffles is the best of it's kind we've ever tried. You might like to know that we've made a batch of these, stored them in our freezer, and relocated them most successfully in the toaster.
Kodiak mirror., 1961-08-18

111 cups sifted flour
 1z cup enriched yellow corn meal 2 teaspoons baking powder
 1 teaspoon baking soda
 "A teaspoon salt
 1 tablespoon sugar
 1A cups buttermilk
 3 eggs (slightly beaten)
 25 cup butter or margarine
 (melted)
 1s s-cup coarsely chopped oceans Sift together into a mixing bowl the flour, corn meal, baking pow der, baking soda, salt and sugar. Add buttermilk and eggs. Beat with rotary beater until smooth. Stir in melted butter and oceans. Bake in hot waffle iron until steaming stops. Serve hot with butter and maple syrup. Makes 6 servings.
Kodiak mirror., 1961-08-18
Shocks Or Jeans?

Worrying about the high cost of outfitting your children for an other year in school?
 Then picture yourself as shopper for 21 1000 children across the globe who need jeans and loafers ana raincoats without which they can't go to school.
 The woman with this big family to worry about is Mrs. Josephine Brewster, whose clothing pur- chases yearly amount to $75o,OOo.
 Her charges are needy children in viet Nam, Hong Kong, Korea, Greece, Italy and France who are clothed through Foster Parents Plan, international relief agency.
 Tn picking school wardrobes, she must consider not only durability, but, local custom of dress, western style or otherwise.
 The Vietnamese, she says, prefer to do their own sewing, so the Plan ships cloth by the yard direct to Saigon.
 Girls in France still go to school in traditional smocks, so smocks by the hundreds are made in New York's garment district in off sea son for shipment overseas.
Kodiak mirror., 1961-08-18

out meat or fish, and milk. Mid morning coffee breaks with their popular sweet-roll accompaniment cannot compensate for this basic pattern for the first meal of the day. If you expect coffee breaks to do so, don't blame Junior when he runs out of the house without breakfast to catch the school bus, then snacks later on candy bar or soft drink.
 If breakfasts aren't nutritious enough at your house, give your self this quiz:
 1. Is hurry-hurry our homes usual morning atmosphere? If so, your routines need changing. Do the members of your family go to bed in time for adequate sleep and early enough rising? Do you super wise, discipline, or scheme so that your children get their homework done the night before? Do your youngsters get their clothing, lunchboxes or other school take alongs ready in time so there's no hectic last minute scrambling?
 2. Do sit-down or cafeteria-style breakfasts best suit our family's needs? It doesn't matter which style you choose so long as the meal is organized enough to make it pleasant and efficient. If break fast is an everybody-around-the- table affair, preparation has to be done the night before or by an early riser. Children of all ages benefit from being given respon- abilities; let them help here.
 If cafeteria style is most suitable, food and equipment have to be in
Kodiak mirror., 1961-08-18
By CECILy BROwNsTONE Associated Press Food Editor


 If nom and pop go without good breakfasts, this sin of omission may be visited upon their offspring.
 Do you gulp orange juice and coffee in the morning, and then complain that your children just won't eat decent breakfast?" If so, child-guidance people would suggest gently that you try to change your habit.
 Example is the best stimuiant and persuasion a youngster can have. Boys and girls who admire their parents are inclined to lmi- tate them. If morning drink-and- nfbble is good enough for Mother and Father, youngsters reason, why isn't it good enough for us?
 Of course parents can preach to children: Boys and girls need good breakfasts in order to build strong healthy bones and tissues and at tractive appearance. But how much effect will this have? Intelligent children often shrug off facts when they feel only lip service is being done creed.
 Dr. Frederick J. Stare, eminent scientist of Harvard's School of Public Health, has stated many times that the breakfast recom- mended by nutritionists should supply one-fourth to one-third of the days nutrients-foods rich in protein, vitamins, and minerals.
 A balanced breakfast consists of fruit (high in vitamin O, cereal or toast Cor both), egg (with or with
Kodiak mirror., 1961-08-18
H. GottschaIks'
 California Bound

MT. and Mrs. Harry Gottschalk left for California "Wednesday, where they expect to spend the winter.
 The will live in Oakland. The Gottschalks will continue to lease their business, the Ships Tavern, returning here in the spring.