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Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
HUMAN NATURE AND THE BUSINESS CYCLE

ity did not have the artificial
stabilizers that our present period
has. but they had others For in
stance, the Prosperity Era of 1S48-
1858 was inspired by the famous
Discovery of Gold in California.
The post-Civfl-Wa Prosperity was
stimulated by great Railroad Build
ing. The Prosperity Era of 1893
1906 was stimulated by Consoli-
dations. In all cases, the stimula-
tor or stabilizer was not removed.
Gold continued to come from Cali
fornia, the railroads continued to
operate; and we continued to en-
joy the development of oil and
electricity. But we finally became
immune to all these stimulations
and stabilizers because there was
no change in human nature.
What Is Human Nature!
Frankly, / do not know how to
describe it, 1t seems to take CEN
turtles to change human nature one
per cent Comparing today with
the days of the Persian. Grecian,
or Roman Empire. people seem to
have the same swing from De-
preston. to Recovery, then to
Prosperity; and back again TO De-
cline and Depression. This is now
called the Business Cycle" - but
it is only human nature, which in
trinsically is ambitious and sell
fish, then discouraged and prone
to failure; which always over
reaches and then learns only by
suffering.
Stimulation has always helped
get nations out of depressions. Dur
ing the days of Columbus it was
the Era of Discovery which saved
Spain: Ii was the Thirty Years
war which saved Austria; and our
own Revolutionary War was the
stimulus for the founding OF the
United States. But = both as races
and as nations we seem to become
immune. to discoveries, inventions,
and legislation. We get used to
these things. Eaten bread is soon
forgotten" is an old but true say
ing. therefore feel that we
Americans will someday get used
to the ten artificial stimulants
mentioned early in this column.
OF course, it takes time for hu-
man nature to work. Furthermore,
so long as the cold war lasts 1t
may be necessary for the United
States to provide full employment
and continued prosperity; but the
end must come someday.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
By Roger w. BabsOn

give investors confidence to buy
good securities. Probably the Nut
ual Funds, which have had such a
tremendous growth during the past
few years, were greatly stimulated
by the SEC. This helped employ
ment by resulting in the incorpor-
alton of new companies.
Z. Government Spending was
greatly expanded and the money
mostly comes back to the people
after the government receives taxes
from the contractors. This has
been the greatest stimulant of en-
ployment. Although / pray for
peace. | shudder to think what will
happen when this 'shot-in-the-arm"
no longer exists.
s. Checking Wall Street Specu-
lation. Speculation under con-
trolled conditions is a good thing.
Ii enables an investor to have a
market available to buy or sell
stocks. But before 1929, very little
margin was required so that almost
every stenographer and elevator
operator was buying stocks. Start
ing at $3.50 in 1886, margin require
ments have subsequently been
dropped to as low as 1870 and
raised as high as 1000; are now
709o. These under the Federal Re
serve System. stabilized Wall
Street and again gave it good
name.
9. Labor Unions were encouraged
bv Franklin Roosevelt. They pre-
vented wageworkers from becom-
ing panicky and management from
unnecessarily cutting wages. Al
though certain labor leaders now
go too far, these unions stabilized
wages. from which the country
then benefited.
10. Initiation This may become
most potent of all; but ii needs nc
description here.
Human Nature Makes And Un'
Makes Presidents And Nations
When | am in Florida, look out
on acres of orange groves which
are being sprayed to kill worms
which destroy the fruit. / once
asked the foreman in charge no"
many times he sprayed. He re-
piled: Now we must spray three
times each season because
the worms and flies get immune
to the old sprays. and we must
continually find and try new ones.
Now this is how human nature
applies to the business outlook
Preceding periods of US. prosper
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17

first outboard to cruise from Mon
treal to Chicago via the st. Law
renee Seaway; THE Greatest
Show on Water" water skiing and
boating at Florida's famous Cy-
press Gardens; and "D'Jamba-
Jungle River Safari." filmed in
the heart of Africa.
Two other films available are
magic Circle" the story of how
Johnson outboard engines are de-
signed and manufactured in one
of Americas most modern plants.
and 1853 National Water Ski
Championship" all the thrills and
spills of the country's top water
skiers in action.
All you have to do to obtain any
of these films is stop at Taylor
Marine and book them. Plan your
bookings at least a month in ad-
vance, Taylor advises. and he will
even show these films with his own
protector.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
ASC Reminder On
Excess Wheat Acreage

With the measurement or winter
wheat acreage under way in Kent
County Delaware. Chairman r..
Harry Wilson of the Agricultural
Sterilization and Conservation
committee today reminded wheat
growers who are found to have ex-
cess acreage at this time of the
effect that they may have on their
future wheat allotments.
IF you are out of compliance
with your 1861 wheat allotment
and remain out Of compliance" Mr..
Wilson said, your farm generally
will be credited with the allotment
only as your wheat history for 10
81, which is used in determining
future allotments.
However. il you want to be
credited with your base wheat
acreage farm wheat acreage al
lotment plus the acreage consider
ed diverted from wheat) for 1861,
there are two ways you can ac-
complish this. One is to dispose of
your excess acreage before the
deadline date in advance of har-
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
Free Films Available
At Taylor Marine

is your club or organization
looking for an interesting film to
show at it's next meeting?
If so, Bill Taylor of Taylor
Marine, Rehoboth Highway, Mil
ford, has a number of sports ard
adventure films available at no
cost.
These. films, produced by john
son Motors for its dealer organi-
cation, range from the first out
board crossing of the Atlantic
Ocean ("Three For AdventureD /,
to fishing for the vicious man-eat-
ing Piranha fish in South Ameri-
cas- Amazon River ("Beyond the
Andes'D to safety and instruction
al films ("Boating Safety" and
Water Skiing0.
"All of the films are 16 nm. with
sound and in full color" Taylor
said. Most of the films run from
% to 81 minutes In length"
For the fishing enthusiasts. in
addition to Beyond the Andes"
Taylor has such fine films as
Fighting Gar Fish," Search For
Sea Speckleds," Gods Country,
and "Discovery In Bermuda"
Entertaining movies about boat
ing adventures include: "Seaway
BY Sea-Horse," the filming of the
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
RANGE GONE, BRANDS REMAIN

DENVER Up Most of the open
range is gone in Colorado. but not
the cattle brands.
Orlin Corn, state brand inspec-
tor. says more than 10000 cattle
mems marks still are registered in
Colorado. Corn estimates he has
looked at the brands of a million
head of cattle in the Denver stock
yards since he quit farming in
western Colorado and took an in
spector's Job in 1851.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
1856 Nc Alister
Topeka, Kansas
February 13. 1861


February 13, 1861
Dear Friends:
Many days ago. but this month,
we went to visit good friends of
ours and to hear about their un-
usual experience. For this account
we'll call them Ruth and Henry.
We have known them for almost
our complete tenure at Forbes
seven and one half years. Henry is
a pilot with thousands of hours
racked up in Air Force planes.
Ruth not only was valedictorian of
her large high school class but set
record so scholastically high it
hasn't been exceeded. / tell you
this so you'll know she's not a nit
wit All the fairy tales she wants to
indulge i'm she gees out of the
reams of books she reads a week.
That's the reason when Hayes
came home and told me Ruth had
seen something mysterious in the
sky / knew / had to talk to her a
bout it.
I've read about flying saucers as
long as / can remember and have
queried any of our friends who
were curious about these Unidenti-
fled Flying Objects and asked what
they too might have read. Aren't
you a wee bit inquisitive yourself
about these accounts from people
who have seen them in the deserts
in the southwest, pilots who have
tried to chase them, highway pa
troll men who have seen them on
their night duty?
Well, to get back to Ruth. She
had two children who were sick
this particular evening and about
one in the morning she got up to
see that the children were proper
ly covered. While she was up she
sensed the absence of their family
pet and went to their back door to
call Spot, a German police dog.
AS she opened the back door she
felt a shadow on her forehead. As
she related this to me she said. AS
one would do I've tried to put all
these different happenings into
reality and tried to place some
semblance of reasoning to them
She said she felt at first the sha-
dow was a bird. They recently had
seen some birds building nest in
one of their trees. 1t was SO quiet,
everything seemed so still, the
moon was full and luminous. Ruth
looked up as one would to see the
bird in flight and there was huge
ball of bright light; it was away
from the moon. Milling all this in
her mind she thought at first II
was the fuselage of a plane, re-
flecting the brightness of the moon.
No. perhaps it was a meteor. but
no it didn't arch like meteorlte
About sixty degrees up in the sky
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17

Babson Park. Mass, Feb. Is. / am
writing this column to further en-
phasize that Presidents do not
not make or unmake conditions;
but that conditions make or un-
make Presidents. This will be tes-
ted in 1864. and perhaps at the
next Congressional Elections in
1862.
Insurance Against Depressions
The Democrats are counting
upon the various stabilizing mea-
sures which have been passed by
Congress since 1880 and even be-
fore the Depression from which Mr..
Hoover unjustly suffered. Let me
enumerate ten of these tonics.
/. Social Security, which pro-
vides billions of dollars annually
to millions of people in pension
and dependency payments. This
should be a real stabilizer and pre-
vent certain unemployment which
would otherwise surely occur.
Presently about 45.000.000 workers
are entitled. in an emergency, to
unemployment checks from their
states. Added to this, most states
give old-age relief to especially
needy persons This latter will be
pressed by President Kennedy's s
proposed old-age-aid legislation.
8. Farm Price Supports, for which
several billion dollars are distrl-
buted annually to the farmers OF
the nation. This money will large
ly filter through to farm labor
which otherwise would be reduced.
Hence. this should help as an en-
ployment stabilizer.
a. Insuring Bank Deposits. Short
ly after Mr. Roosevelt took over
the Presidency in 1888, nearly
every bank was temporarily closed
TO prevent more bank failures and
alleviate the financial panic then
developing. The country was shock
ed. This resulted in legislation to
insure bank deposits up to $lO,OOO
and TO provide more careful super
vision of banks. This restored con-
fidence and helped stabilize EN-
ployment.
S. Mortgage Loans were former
ly written for five or ten years al
a rate of around SO. Now legls-
Iation permits them TO be writ
ten for 90 years or more at an
average rate of 4isgo. This surely
is a stimulant to building and real
estate. and hence to employment
6. The Securities & Exchange
Commission was established uc
eliminate bucket shops" and to
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17

vest that will be announced later.
"The other. If your wheat acre
age is more than Is acres and the
normal production of your acreage
is 200 bushels or more, is to store
your excess wheat or deliver it to
the Secretary of Agriculture. You
then get credit for the full base
wheat acreage. although If you Ia
ter use or market any of the stor-
ed excess wheat, your history for
1861 would be cut back to the al
lotment only.
"If you have any questions con-
corning the manner in which these
provisions apply to your farm, we
suggest that you get in touch with
the Kent ASC County once at
Dover. or phone RE 4-3O7S.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
MILLSBORO
Mrs. 4. 4. carey
Phone: MilIsb0r0 ss41

Services, st. Marks PIE. Church.
James d. Cummins, Ministers In
Charge. Mrs. Robert Atkins, Or
ganist. William A. Carter. Church
school Superintendent. $3.50 am
Church School, 1900 am-Holy
Communion. each Sunday through
Lent.
Flowers in Grace Methodist
Church, Sunday, were presented
in memory of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
p. Monroe by Mr. and Mrs. Millard
w. Monroe and Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter L. Monroe.
The regular meeting of the VS..
C.S. will be held Monday, Feb
ruary 20, at s pm. in Grace Me.
Church with the Rev. George Cod
/ frey of Centerville as the speaker.
All circles will meet at 1880 pm
Mrs. Meyer Ableman. Mrs. John
A. Cordrey, Mrs. Clarence Lingo,
Mrs. William F. Bachelor, and
Mrs. Walter NJ. Belts attended the
Quiet Day Meditation at Christ
Church, Dover. last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Broadbent
of Blackwood. Nj, spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Schockley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mcdaniel
and children of Milford were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond ID. Lingo.
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Phillips
spent Sunday in Denton with Mrs.
Phillips mother. Mrs. William
Carey.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Johnson
entertained at p goose dinner on
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Philip john
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey john
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Johnson
and son, Jimmy, Mrs. Elsie Rust.
Mrs. Ira Belts, Philip Rogers, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Smith. Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall Hudson. Mr. and
Mrs. Richard johnson and son,
Bobby. of Millsboro: Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Paisley of Slaughter Beach
and Mr.. and Mrs. Granville john
son of Delmar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kemp of
Stonehurst. Newport, spent Satur-
day with Mrs. ia. Burton. Mrs.
Watkins Grove from Westhaven.
Wilmington, who accompanied
them, visited Mrs. Harley P. White.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Bowen of
! Bridgetown, Nj. were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Cordrey.
Mrs. Miriam Hickman and friend
and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Peters
visited Mrs. Sara c. Rogers. who
is critically i'll in Wilmington Gem
eral Hospital, Sunday. They were
jovernight guests of Mrs. John III.
Long in Greenville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Clifton of
Washington spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Arville Hall.
Miss Billie Lynn Timmons,
student at Goldey-Beacom. spent
the weekend with her mother, Mrs.
Nina Timmons.
Mrs. Alma Wolf has completed
the practical nurse course and was
graduated from Browns Technic-
al School. Wilmington, on Febru-
airy 3.
Mrs. Paul Godfrey and her sis
ter. Mrs. Elton Lynch, of Milford
were Tuesday overnight guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Parlier, Har-
mony Hills. Newark.
The Bi-Monthly Bridge Club was
entertained by Mrs. Richard Cor
drey and Mrs. John S. Cordrey at
the formers home on Tuesday eve
ming.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
CULINARY ERROR

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Up Police
Sgt. Leonard Dansby sent a fellow
ham operator in South Africa some
Mexican food recently and received
a letter from the man saying the
on the tamales was a bit
hard on the stomach"
Dansby recalled he failed to ad-
wise the man that one doesn't eat
the corn shucks in which tamales
are wrapped. --sAaaaazzA
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
Stayton Home Is
Wrecked BY Fire

Fire of undetermined origin
wrecked upstairs bedrooms and
heavily damaged the rest of the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Stayton of S29 DUPONT Blvd, Mil
ford, last Sunday.
The Staytons. in addition to
heavy property damage, the full
extent of loss which has not been
determined, lost all of their cloth
es and furniture in the upper part
of the house. The rest was heavily
damaged smoke and water. The
Carlisle Fire Company responded
to the call.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
Wedding
MERvINE COLLINS

MEfAN 1ANE 0OA@A<AANo
Miss Peggy Joana Mervine be-
came the bride of John Robert Col
Ii Saturday at two o'clock p.
the Pilgrim Holiness Church,
Harrington, Delaware. The Rev.
w. H. Miller officiated. assisted by
Rev. James C. Mervine, brother OF
the bride. Mrs. Ruth Mervine kept
the guest book.
The bride is the daugher of Mr..
ard Mrs. w. H. Mervine, Sr., of
Greenwood, Del. Mr.. Collins is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. John r.
Collins, also of Greenwood.
The vows were exchanged be-
fore the altar decorated with bas-
kets of white gladiolus and fern.
A white satin heart shaped arch
was entwined with greenery and
glads, branched caHdelbras hold
ing white tapers completed the
setting.
Mrs. Kenneth Masterman, or
ganist, played a prelude of nup-
tial music and accompanied Mr..
Kenneth Masterman who sang:
whittier Thou Goest'', "I'll Never
Walk Alone, Because, and the
Lords Prayer. Mr. Roland Mel
vim, Jr., gave a reading written by
him for the ceremony.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, chose a gown of white
chiffon velvet trimmed in lace,
seed pearls and sequins. The fit
ted sleeves tapered to points over
the wrist. The full skirt fell into
cathedral train. Her fingertip
veil of bridal illusion edged in
lace was attached to a matching
crown. She carried a cascade bou-
quet of ivy leaves with three white
orchids
Mrs. Catherine Isaacs, sister OF
the bride, served as matron OF
honor. Her floor length gown OF
red chiffon velvet was a sheat
skirt with train line in red sat
in and wrist length sleeves. She
carried a cascade bouquet of red
and white variegated carnations
surrounded with red carnations
and ivy leaves.
The bridesmaids. all sisters OF
the bride. Mrs. Awilda Millaway
Mrs. Betty Snyder, Mrs. Lou
Crandall and Mrs. Carlton Melvin
wore identical dresses to the hon.
or attendants with the exception
of the sleeves which were three
quarter length ard the train was
shorter. They carried cascade
bouquets of red and white varie-
gated carnations and ivy leaves,
Little Miss Debra Snyder, niece OF
the bride, served as flower girl
and her dress was also of red vel
vet. Master Jimmy Crandall, nep-
hew of the bride, accompanied the
flower girl. The attendants
dresses were designed and made
by Sadako Reid of Harrington,
Del.
Mr.. Clarence Collins. cousin OF
the groom, was best man. Ushers
were George Wiley. Paul Mer-
vine, George Harris and Carlton
Melvin.
The brides mother chose a
taupe brown lace sheath dress
with accessories to match in sat
in. Her corsage was two brown
orchids.
A reception in the v. F. w
Hall in Greenwood followed the
ceremony.
For travel. Mrs. Collins chose {
winter white wool FLANNEL suit
Her accessories were grey ant
she wore the orchid from her bri
dal bouquet. After wedding tril
to the Poconos the couple will re
side in Greenwood.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
SAFE SAFES

MYSTIC, Conn. (H)- Two safes
at a local jewelry store were real
Iv safe. After fire ruined the store,
the safes were fished from Ihe
wreckage. More than $4,000 worth
Of iewelry, watches and cash was
recovered virtually unharmed.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-17
ONE VnTEl

In every election millions of Americans
who possess the right of franchise fail to
exercise it. Apparently they reason that one
vote doesn't amount to anything.
Well, if they can think at all, the last
election should cause them to think again.
The official returns show that Mr.. Kenne
dys margin over Mr.. Nixon was under 112,-
0O0 votes-out of total which approached
10 million. The President-elect's edge was
the smallest in relation to the total vote in
all of our history.
An especially dramatic example of the
Importance of every vote is provided by the
newest state, Hawaii. At first, Mr. Nixon
was thought to have taken the state with
14l-vote majority. Final tabulations give
it to Senator Kennedy-by 21 vote mar
gin, out of just under $4,000 cast
Whether or not full vote would have
changed the result is beside the point. The
general election of 1860, in which the stakes
were never higher, should make every nom
voter who could have gone to the polls thor
oughly ashamed of himself.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-11-17
NEW S or BELHANEN
And The Pungo River District
MRS M l. WlNDLEY. Telephone WI 3so6l
UNIT 24s OF THE AMERICAN
LEGION AUXILIARY MEETS

Unit. 249 of the American Legion
Auxiliary met on Wednesday even
ing at the home of Mrs. Thurman
Spencer on Main Street. The meet
ing opened with the chaplain's
prayer by Mrs. j. H. Harrison,
followed by the group pledging al
legiance to the flag and repeating
the preamble to the constitution
in unision.
Mrs. Spencer read letter noti-
flying the Unit it needed only one
member to make membership quota.
Gifts that will be shipped to the
". A. Hospital Gift Shops were on
display. This program provides each
hospitalized veteran with gifts for
family friends at Christmas Time
without charge.
The next meeting will be held on
December goth at the home of Mrs.
Elsie Harris. The meeting adjourn
ed and the hostess assisted by
Mesdames j. H. Harrison and Char
lie Sutton served Russian tea, cook
les and assorted candies.
The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-11-17
SOCIAL SECURITY TIPS

In order to speed up claims, per-
haps the most important proof you
should bring with you when you
come in to file application for social
security benefits is proof of age.
There are various old records or
documents that can be used as proof
of age. If no original birth registra-
ton record is available (which gen.
orally is the case with older people),
such records or documents as old
insurance policies, old FANNY Bible
records writtin in ink, marriage
certificates, children's birth certifi-
Gates, and so forth, may be used.
If none of the above are available,
you can write to the Bureau of the
Census in Pittsburg, Kansas, and
request census, search. Your So
cial security office will be glad to
furnish the request form and give
assistance in completing it, if nee
essary.
When proof of death is required,
this may be either a death certifi-
cate or statement of death COM.
Ipleted by the funeral home. The
Social Security Administration pro-
vides a special form for the funeral
director to use.
If there are children under IS,
you should bring certified birth GER
tificates of the children (not uncer-
titled photostatic copies of birth
certificates).
A widow must bring a copy of
the marriage certificate, which may
be received from the register of
deeds Cor other custodian if the
marriage took place in another
state). If her husband had worked
for wages, she should bring in a
copy of his last VIZ form also; and
if he was self-employed, she should
bring in copy Of his last years
income tax return, just like the one
she sent to Internal Revenue, and
also the proof Of payment of the
self-employment tax. IL it was paid
by check, this should be the cancel
led check if by money order, the
money order stub; or the rural car
rier receipt; or the receipt given BY
Internal Revenue If the tax was
paid directly TO that agency.