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Evening star., 1961-08-25
Clearing Out,
Cleaning Up
Mrs. L. H. R., Seabrook

Mrs. L. H. R., Se16rooE
AS we are leaving this area,
we have, numerous odds and
ends which we are willing
to part with.
Included among the items
we would like to give away
are Christmas cards, RICH
clippings, old magazines,
mostly Life and Dog World
old toys, material scraps, etc.
There are too many things
to itemize. If anyone is in
terested in obtaining these
things, I can be reached in
writing through this column
Evening star., 1961-08-25
Bias PIedts
Mrs. T. E. Arlinnton

Mrs. T. F., Arlington
I have a heavy cotton
skirt, with two deep pleatS in
front and two in back. The
material has started to sag a
very little bit in the back
and it is almost brand-new.
Should I hem it or should
just try and iron the sag
out?
Evening star., 1961-08-25
Pressure Cooker
p. R., KenSington


Have any of you readers
used your pressure cookers
for sterilizing your baby for
mula, by the terminal meth
cd?
This method involves ster-
ilizing the bottles with the
formula in them. How long
should the formula be steri-
Iized and then how long
should it be allowed to cool
before opening the pressure
cooker?
How much water should
be used in a siX-quart pres
sure cooker?
Evening star., 1961-08-25

and the Women Who Made
Them" by Ruth E. Finley,
1 find that it is now out of
print. 1t was published in
Philadelphia in 1929.
I would be very happy to
hear from any readers who
might have it among her old
Evening star., 1961-08-25
Centennial Costume
K. c., Ldnham

After witnessing the re-
enactment of the Battle at
Manassas, I realized that for
a costume, I will need hats
and paraSols, to ward off the
sun. Do any of you readers
know where I can get such
articles? Thank you.
Evening star., 1961-08-25
READERS CLEARING HOUSE
Here's How

Readers Clearing House is con-
Quoted ENTIRELY THROUGH THE
MAIL os a publie-seNice exchange
of ideos between oreo readers. The
Stor eonnot oeeept phone coils per-
toinins to this column. All letters
must bear the writer's full nome and
oddress. No advertising is printed.
Evening star., 1961-08-25
Mother and Daughter Team
Mrs. 1. G., College Par

My mother has written chdrenS short story,
of the type found in the small stiffbacked books.
I am Illustrating the story.
Neither of us has had any experience in doing
this before; she is not an author and am not a
professional artist. However, we feel we do the
Evening star., 1961-08-25

"Old Shoes? Any help you
readers can give me will be
deeply appreciated.
Evening star., 1961-08-25
WEE WOMEN

Nov if you could only
1Vork like a horse :"
books and can no longer use
it. 1t would be helpful to
me in my hobby.
Evening star., 1961-08-25
Poem Authors
T. n u All

E. K, Arlington
Can any of you readers tell
me the authors of two poems,
one entitled THE Rule of
Pythagoras," and the other
Evening star., 1961-08-25
Quilting Book

Mrs. C. F. c., Alexandria
In my search for the
book "Old Patchwork Quilts
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
Farmers Week To
Feature Paper Work
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tCOuLluueu lTOm page Oucl
Mr.. Leonard Hold, vice presi-
dent of the Farmers Bank of Del
aware, will follow Weeks with an
explanation of the need for wills
and estate planning.
Mr.. Dorsey B. Kinnamon, pres
ident of Kinnamon, Taylor and
Dawes, an insurance agency in Will
mington, will explain basic insur-
ance buying principles, the kinds
of insurance farmer needs, the
basic kinds of farm insurance and
the qualities to look for in good
insurance.
In these days of heavy paper
work it becomes more and more
important for farmers to under
stand the many management sit
uations he must face. This pro-
gram was planned to help pro-
vide some the needed information
to solve these paper problems,
Henderson said.
That's February s, starting at
9:45 in Agricultural Hall, on the
campus of the University of Del
aware at Newark.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
Questions And Answers

Q-I went on VAS pension roll
this year, under. the new system
effective July 1, 1860, and l un-
derstand | will receive an in
come QUESTIONABLE soon, which
also will ask about my net worth.
Will you explain this term for me,
please?
A-Net worth for VA pension
purposes is the market value of
all the property you own except
your home and personal belong
ings necessary for your day-to-day
living, such as your automobile,
clothing, household furniture jew
elry and the like-anything nee
essary for your day-to-day living.
Q-Does the VA have any sort
of Christmas gift certificate
arrangement whereby | could
give a patient friend the certifi-
cate and let him choose a gift him.
self, up to the value of the certifi-
cate?
Ayes, only the certificates are
coupons, sold in books. The Cou-
pom Books are sold for as little
as fifty cents, or as much as five
dollars, for each Book. The pa
tient spends the coupons at his
hospital canteen, picking ou
whatever pleases him. Just write
a letter to the Manager of the VA
| hospital your friend is in. Tell him
what you want.
Q-Are there any restrictions
on CT insurance that would make
the policy invalid if the veteran
is engaged in a hazardous occupa
ton?
A-There is no such restriction
on CT insurance. The veteran may
engage in any occupation, no mat
ter how hazardous, without alter
ing the terms of his policy or the
amount of his premium.
Q-I understand that by a new
law a World War II veteran nov
has until July 25, 1862, in which
to file an application for G.
loan. Just what steps toward get
ting a loan have to be taken b.
that date?
A-By that date, lender mus
at least have agreed to make th'
loan :and must have requestet
VAS approval. The. new lav
places. no limitation on the tim
needed to complete the deal, one
your lender has agreed and aske'
for VAS approval.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
2806 McAlister
Topeka, Kansas
January 16. 1861

Dear Friends:
This is such gorgeous day
here. Is it with you? Seems to
me / heard reports about ice on
the roads in your area so perhaps
Delaware is at least in tune with
the season. We have had one
snow this whole winter. Today
the high is slated to be in the mid
fifties. so once again we're spoil
ed
Friday we had the incest eve
ming with two other couples in the
neighborhood Our host and hos
tess were Jim and Marceen
Grimes. They are both younger
than we are by three or four years.
Marceen graduated from K. u. at
smart but even we, the run of the
mill ones, can enjoy her. She
works for the state department in
some writing capacity. Jim is the
..ole shoe" kind of friend and is
the attorney on our street. They're
lots of fun to be with. The Nal
colin McClanahans completed our
six-some They live between the
Grimes and us. Malcolm must be
six feet, a captain in SAC and an
avid television fan. Doris Me-
Clenahan is an even five feet and
weighs S5 pounds when she's heal
thy. They both are from McAlis-
ter, Oklahoma.
We drove far out into the coun-
try west of town and parked ouI
cars near a farm house and not
too far from a mammouth grain
elevator. Lights Pickering at the
top part of the high elevators re.
minded me that was another pari
! of Kansas / wanted to see before
we left this area. The back door
of the farm house was locked and
it made me think of the speak
easies before my time. A very un.
obtrusive, Digger O'dell" sort OF
man opened the door for us and
! Jim flashed his smiling face and
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY eloine townsend Diekerson

we were in. This is a Members
Only club and the happy soul at
the door was the owner He and
his wife (the cook have fabu-
lous business going out there on
the ranch and surely business is
booming, not because of his per-
sonality but because of the fork
cutting-steaks they sell. / whis-
pered to Hayes when we got in the
car. They must put meat tender
izer. on those steaks" And he was
positive they didn't cause he usu-
ally can tell when il is used. Such
large, tender steaks | have never
eaten before. You know nosey me
II was dying to know how much
those out-of-this world steaks cost,
but the menu was non-committal.
We then adjourned to the Trade
Winds back in town. This is d
new night club in Topeka and is
reminiscent of places in Califor-
MIA The interior reminded you of
the South Seas and the dark, coxy
interior was inviting. Japanese
girls were the mattresses, artifi-
4
and hurricane lamps furnished the
light on our table There were
only three boys in the band and as
/ far as we were concerned they
only needed the pianist. Such mu-
sic we hadn't heard in ages. oh,
that boy surely could play and
with no notes in front of him. We
asked him to play Midnight Sun
and he ran over a couple of bars
of the piece and then said TO the
other two boys, Lets try it,
How wonderful it is to have such
talent. We stayed until the band
stopped playing and fortunately
that was midnight Good music
you can't hear every day and we
were willing to stay until the last
note sounded.
Today is bridge club day and /
must get this house little organ
lied before | leave for the after
noon. I'll write to you next week.
Always,
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
.162 TB Cases Found
In State In 1860
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among migrant workers.
This winter an experimental
program of tuberculin testing was
started among Wilmington school
children, in cooperation with the
Wilmington Board of Public Ed
ucation and the city and state
health departments.
DIR. Floyd |. Hudson, executive
secretary of the State Board of
Health, commented that the un-
covering of 162 new cases of TB
represents significant achieve-
ment in Delaware's health pro-
gram.
"Only through intensive case
finding efforts can we locate all
active cases of tuberculosis and
arrange for treatment of TB vic
TINS" he said. This is one of our
most vital without this, vic
Tins spread the germ to other
citizens.
"It is important that every case
of TB be discovered in the early
stages and those cases be referred
to the proper facilities for treat
ment,' DR.. Hudson concluded.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
A BELOVED PRESIDENT

Relatively few of those who try to look
at such things effectively would maintain
that Dwight ID. Eisenhower will go down in
history as one of our greatest presidents.
But that he has been one of our best loved
presidents, both at home and abroad, is be-
yond question.
Virtually everyone has "hked Ike" This
applies even to those who thought he played
too much golf, or was too often vacillating
and indecisive, or failed to grasp the scope
and influence of the presidency, or was in
clined to delegate more authority than he
should have.
Mr.. Eisenhower is a man of rare charm,
able to project warmth, sincerity and good
will as few other leaders ever have done. AS
he leaves the White House, the good wishes
of millions here and abroad go with him.
Historians will think of him chiefly, per-
haps, as an outstanding military leader ra-
ther than as an outstanding chief executive.
From the time he entered West Point so
years ago, to rise from cadet to five-star
general, to European commander in World
War III, to NATO commander and for the
last eight years ommander-in-chief, Mr..
Eisenhower has made an incorporate con-
tribution to the security and survival of the
country he loves so devotedly
Democrats and Republicans recognize
Ike's appeal. Recently Senator Humphrey,
who was President-elect Kennedy'S chief
rival in the race for nomination, expressed
the hope that Mr.. Eisenhower's public SER
vice would not end with his retirement.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
BY JOE FOUNTAIN
written for the
A Associated Press

THE PROCESSING of installing
John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts
in the White House will contrast
strongly with ceremonies that
went with the first inauguration
of another New Englander, Calvin
Coolidge.
Inauguration day for Kennedy
is expected to cost several mill
lion dollars, with the federal gov
ernment, Democratic committees,
Washington b u S n m n and
Kennedy himself picking up the
tab.
The Coolidge inauguration in
1923 cost government and party
precisely nothing and the only
merchant in Plymouth, VT, where
Coolidge took the oath as presi-
dent, wasn't even asked to con-
tribute.
In fact, Coolidge, a thrifty New
Englander, made the only ex-
penditure-a nickel.
He spent that to buy a soft
drink while awaiting completion
of long distance phone call from
the Plymouth village store, the
only telephone in the town.
At least seven mammoth events
already are arranged for the Ken
nedy guration-among them
receptions, the inaugural ba |
and, of course, a parade.
Nothing about the Senator's in
auguration will be free except the
actual swearing-in. Til e y IT e
even selling choice seats along
the parade route from $500
to $1,000.
On the other hand, silent Cal"
didn't have a parade when he was
sworn into office as the goth pres
ident by his father, Col. John
Coolidge, in tiny Plymouth on
Aug. 8, 1923. a few hours after
Warren G. Harding died in Cali
fornia.
For one thing it was too early
in the day-2:47 am, to be exact
and for another thing there
weren't enough people around to
line the two unpaved streets in
Plymouth village.
There wasn't even a camera
man around to record the event
and only one newspaper reporter
was on hand.
| know because / was the only
newspaperman in the room when
Coolidge swore to protect and
defend the Constitution of the
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
COST OF CONVENIENCE

High food prices may represent the con-
sumer's biggest cost-of-living complaint, as
survey indicates, but the consumer VINO
bothers to do more than gripe might discov-
er that he is partly responsible for the stu
alton. Food preparation has come long
way since grandma's day, when pickles and
crackers came out of barrel and dried ap-
Piles and prunes in bulk were grocery staples.
The consumer now gets an astonishing
array of packaged and frozen foods, from
cake mixes to complete meals that need only
be heated. The housewife almost daily finds
on the market new wonders of convenience,
which she eagerly accepts and her family
relishes.
Those who complain about the food bills
should realize that processing adds greatly
to the cost. An old-style grocery wouldn't
get the modern housewives patronage even
if it saved her money. Buy pickles out of a
barrel? Ugh!
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
Holstein Group To
Meet January 26
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record of 639 pounds of butterfat
in 365 days from 20,589 pounds of
milk on twice a day basis.
Diamond Hill Star K Ebie 371-
1924, owned by H. w. Cook & Son
Newark, produced 1862 pounds of
milk and $50 pounds of butterfat
in 337 days on two-time milking.
Smart Place De Kol Ajax 1859
487, owned by Arthur c. Davis,
Middletown, made a record of 15,-
03O pounds of milk with 533 lbs.,
of butterfat in 3O5 days.
University of Delaware's Tony
Jimbersa 4O235O6 Induced 16,100
pounds of milk and $50 pounds
of butterfat in 305 days on two
time milking.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
NeiU England
MnuguraIs Contrast

United States. u covered the
story for The Associated Press.
None of the current niceties
and frills accompanied the in
auguration of Vermont-born Cal
vim Coolidge. They weren't re-
quired The ceremony took less
than 10 minutes.
Crowds were conspicuous by
their absence but in the nearly
four decades that have intervened
since August 3, 1928, scores of
persons have thought they wit
messed the event.
In fact these folks are becom-
ing so numerous that the Coolidge
porch--and the street in front of
his fathers home, would have had
to been as large as the White
House egg-rolling green to ac-
commodate them all.
Actually only six persons, in
Guiding Coolidge, were in the
room when the oath was admin.
| istered by his father, who, as a
notary public, was filling in" for
the Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court.
Four more persons saw the
event from the porch through the
screen door,
Coolidge's inauguration, unique
in American history, was a pretty
simple affair but most Impress
i've for those of us grouped a.
round the single lamplighted 'sit-
ting room" of the plain farm
house.
OF the six persons in the room
that hot, sultry August morning,
am the only survivor, although
two of the four who watched from
the porch also still are living.
Besides Coolidge, his father and
myself the others were his wife.
Mrs. Grace Coolidge; is secre-
tary, Erwin C. Geiser: and U. S.
Sen. Porter III. Dale
Those who saw the ceremony
from the porch were Herbert p
VThompson of Pittsfield, Mass, &
Coolidge's chauffer, Joseph McIn-
erney of Washington. both still
Living, and l.. l.. Lane of Chester,
VT, and Dan Barney Of Spring
field, VT, both now deceased
No doubt Kennedy's Inaugural
ton and the fringe events con-
nected with it will be gala and
impressive.
But | question whether it will
provide the stark drama of the
event in tiny Plymouth nearly two
score years ago, when another
son of Massachusetts assumed the
presidential mantle.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
State Seal Drive
Has Hit 100000
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continued from page one)
per cent in the weeks ahead, we
will be able to match last years
income for fighting tuberculosis
and other respiratory diseases"
The Society official said nation
wide reports made at a tubercu-
lOsis conference last week in New
Orleans indicated Christmas Seal
returns throughout the nation
were running about 1.9 per cent
behind the 1859 totals.
Forty of our fifty states showed
decreases, while the remaining ten
reported increases in Christmas
Seal contributions" he said.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20

The Mon Who Rode the Thun-
der"-Rankin.
Worship Programs for Jun
iors-Gakberg
Rise and Fall of the Third
Reich"-Shirer
Let the Crab Grass Grow" =
Smith.
Journey Into Summer"
Saint Exupery"-Migeo.
Enjoy, Enjoy"-Golden.
The library is open:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday eve-
nings-7-9.
Tuesday and Thursday after
noons-3-5
Saturday morning
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
Three Milford Folk
Sentenced For Theft

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to two years each for their part
in the crime.
All three were indicted by the
December grand jury for grand
larceny and at their later arraign-
ment, Huber said that street
talk" placed a large sum of money
hidden in the Sharp safe.
The safe and its contents were
valued at S4,150. The three carted
it away in the open trunk of Mrs.
Paulson'S car.
Edward Washington, Jr., Sea-
ford handyman, entered a plea oi
mot guilty to the rape of 55-
year old Mrs. Bertha Jane West,
at Seaford Oct 10.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
CSo(E
LET. .'EM EAT CAKE

1t is generally conceded that an inaugur-
al ball in Washington ought to be a gala
event. Well, this one is going to be gala, all
right-and maybe downright extravagant
if the cake situation is measure of the fes-
tive mood.
At each of the three ball sites there will
be what the inaugural committee describes
as beautiful, symbolic cakes bearing de-
signs depicting "not only the office of the
president and vice president, but also the
role of the legislative and judicial branches
of government The imagination boggles !
The cake at the Armory is to be three
TERED, seven feet square at the base, with a
lreplica of the White House on top. At this
point we defer to the committees "a real
spouting fountain will appear in the proper
place in front of the White House-and do
its work without injury to the cake
For all we know, the fountain may spout
pure rum; the committee says the cake will
contain 60 quarts of the stuff Less heady
ingredients include 500 pounds each of but
ter, sugar, white raisins, pecans, pineapple
cherries, citron and orange peel Also 900
pound of flour, 335 dozen eggs, and assorted
spices.
And aren't the ball guests lucky to have
such morsel served to them? The answer
! is no. 1t seems that the guests will eat cake
but not these cakes, from which token pieces
will be cut for the president and vice pres
ident and their wives.
One other item of interest: cost of the
cakes and transportation via air from New
York to Washington will be. about $4,000
And one question: If the guests aren't going
to eat those noble cakes, what will become OF
them (the cakes)?
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
BABS0N DECLARES Sl.25 MINIMUM WAGE WILL
INCREASE UNEMPLOYMENT

try are now suffering because of
goods imported from Germany
Japan, and Italy, where wages are
low and working hours long. AS
we Americans buy these import
ed goods, we are increasing unem-
ployment here at home. Hence,
any move to further increase our
u. S. wage scales at this time will
result in the importation of more
foreign goods This would cause
more unemployment here at home.
Fearing this S1.25 minimum wage
some corporations are already
building factories in these foreign
countries. Hence, l forsee that
much more unemployment in this
country is inevitable, whatever
Congress does as to our wage
scale
AID FOR DEPRESSED AREAS"
IS JUSTIFIED
President Kennedy deserves sup
port from Congress for his appeal
for certain cities which are suf-
fering from exceptionally large un-
employment. These are areas
which have depended too heavily
on one certain industry such as
hard coal, coarse textiles, and
some farm crops. | am very SYM
pathetic with the report of Sena-
tor Douglas on this subject.
1t is only fair that the entire
country which is enjoying fair
prosperity should be taxed to sub
sidize such unfortunate areas un-
til they get back on their feet
again. The money given them
should, however. be used partly
to develop new industries and not
merely be distributed to the unem-
ployed for temporary relief
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
THE COMING WEATHER

We are in the coldest part of the year
January-and it might interest you to know
what is expected for the next few weeks and
months by the forecasters. The forecasters
are not always right in their predictions but
their guesses are at least interesting.
The Old Farmers Almanac says this win
ter will prove to be colder than the last and
that January will be bitterly cold Febru-
airy, it predicts, will not be so cold but will
feature quite bit of snow in the areas where
SNOW is customary.
March will be cold again, according to
the forecast. The u. S. Weather Bureau
also forecast colder-than-normal weather in
the first weeks of the new year. Other pre-
dictions have generally agreed that it will be
a cold winter.
AS for the rest of the year, the general
guess by most of the guessers seems to be
that summer will not be too hot in 1861.
Nowadays, of course, the weather is not
as important to as many people as it once
way. Farmers still are made or broken by
it--most of us work indoors and go about
our business whatever the weather outside
1t is the one topic everyone can talk about,
daily, and share a mutual interest in, and
never exhaust all new and changing situa-
tions. For this reason, the weather is al
WAYS news and to some it is the most i'm
portant information in the local newspapers,
though no scientist, yet, can understand ev-
erything about it, and accurately predict it's
course. 1t remains one of the great myster-
les of nature, and maybe that is good.
Milford chronicle., 1961-01-20
THE GROWING STATES

The latest Washington estimate on
growth for the current decade-the sixties
shows that the western states and Alaska,
and q few other states, will experience rapid
growth in the next ten years.
The fastest growing state in the United
States is expected to be Florida, which now
has a population of 4,93O,0OO, and which is
expected to have population of 1851 900
by 1870. This is gain of 54.8 per cent
Alaska is expected to grow at rate of
better than so per cent, and Arizona is ex-
pected to grow at rate of approximately
AZ per cent. These states are the leaders.
But other states also will grow rapidly.
California by 81 per cent, Hawaii by 36
per cent Nevada by 35 per cent, New Mexi-
co by "a per cent, Colorado by 25 per cent,
Connecticut by 26 per cent, Delaware by 27
per cent Maryland by 26 per cent, New
Jersey by "a per cent and Utah by 25 per
cent
Other states to grow faster than aver
age are Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Or
egon, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
Only two states will lose population -
Arkansas and North Dakota.
States which will grow very much slow
er than the national average include: Ala
bama, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Miss
ouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina. South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont
and West Virginia.