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Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08
CAMERA ANGLES
BY IRVING DESFOR
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I'VE HAD THE dubious salts
faction of convincing an caves
dropping stranger about the merits
of camera. | should have kept
my big mouth shut.
| was talking to my nephew in
the first place, not the stranger,
and describing the advantages of
4 tiny camera | had been shooting
with recently. l reached into my
hip pocket and produced the Olym-
pus Pen-EE camera and pointed
out its features. 1t had a fixed
speed, no focusing and automatic
electric eye shutter setting so all
one had to do was sight the sub
ject and press the button 1t used
standard 35mm roll films but pro-
duced twice as many pictures since
each was half the size of a normal
frame. Then | put the camera
back into my hip pocket, showing
how inconspicuously it could be
carried.
Unfortunately the demonstration
took place while we were standing
in a crowded New York subway
on our way home. One of the by
ISLANDERS, undoubtedly impressed
but seeking further personal en-
lightenment, showed me that it
could be inconspicuously removed.
When I reached for it at the
end of the subway ride, it was
gone
Memo to the pickpocket whose
hobby is photography: the rewind
button is on the bottom of the
camera Please return the roll of
film or, at least, tell me how the
pictures / took turned out.
In summer, with its brighter
light, it's good idea to step up
normal shooting speed and shoot
faster For instance. on a year
round basis. | rate 1-50th as my
average shooting speed. At this
time it's 1-200th or at least 1-100th
of a second. The faster shutter
unsteadiness or camera motion
and produces sharper pictures. Use
/ slower speeds when the light falls
off or when you need the depth
of field that you get with smaller
lens openings.
The other day I pulled a classic
boner in shooting a roll of movies
so here's a word of warning to
home movie fans.
l used a turret camera just as
it was handed to me without in
vestigating. 1t had only one lens
in place: the other two positions
were capped. 1t wasn't till blank
roll of film was returned to me
that / checked and found the lens
was not in proper shooting position.
So check your turret camera and
make sure the lens you want is
| in position over the aperture gate
and that it corresponds to the pro-
per viewfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08

and George, who had inherited the
business, moved the main factory
from the city to the woods of
Westchester on the Bronx River
where they bought an old wooden
grist mill. dam, water rights and
many acres. About 1900 they a
bandoned the old mill and built
new snuff mill of native field
stone bit farther up the river.
Peter planted an acre of roses
nearby to use in pertaining his
snuff.
The mill was in operation until
1870 when the family firm moved
to a modern factory in Jersey City,
New Jersey. In 1884. the City of
New York acquired SCI acres of
the family property on the Bronx
River to add to Bronx Park. The
New York Botanical Garden
in Bronx Park was given the Loril-
lard property in 1915. In 1854 the
Lorillard Snuff Mill was restored
to house a public restaurant. Some
of the Lorillard grinding stones.
uncovered during the restoration,
have been laid in the stone dining
terrace overlooking the Bronx Riv-
er.
Today, the rose garden of The
New York Botanical Garden. dis
playing over 1000 plants. lies near
the site of Peter Lorillard's famous
acre of roses. From the middle of
the nineteenth century the Loril-
lard family had an estate near
their protection of the wealth OF
native trees. including hemlOck
forest. was a great natural heritage
for The New York Botanical Gar
den. established in Bronx Park in
1891. Such native trees as built
our wealth and the early naval
and shipping fleets of Britain are
planted throughout the 230 acres
of the Garden, along with trees
imported from other parts of the
world. Visitors to the Garden will
| find tobacco growing there. too. in
the economic botany greenhouse OF
the Conservatory. This native hert
! became one of our most importan,
economic plants through mans TO
ibles which made him smoke. sniff
and chew his way through life.
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08
BABS0N DISCUSSES SUPERMARKETS

whic his properly located in res
idential district and which has al
ready purchased a large amount
of land that will permit free park
ing for many years to come.
AN INVESTMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Young married coupes are
learning that by living close to a
modern supermarket Oike the
new Stop and Shop Markets. they
can get along without cooking.
The father can get his own
breakfast: lunch is a simple
meal: and freshly baked already
cooked complete dinner may be
secured from the supermarket. AS
a result. the small houses sur
rounding the supermarket have
almost doubled in price. This in
crease in demand comes primar-
lily from living so near a super
market But, If course, the SUI
permarket is gradually buying
houses adjoining its land.
A young married couple should
first put their money into simple
life insurance, which can now be
bought very cheaply. Next, al
ways have reasonable deposit
im local bank for emergencies.
The best plan of all. however,
both for the convenience and as a
good investment for appreciation
is to own a small house next to
the land for supermarket Fur
thermore. if a family decides to
move to another city for business
reasons. there is always a good
demand for such property. In
short, / am bullish on good SUI
permarkets and the neighborhoods
in which they are located. But
one should avoid newly organized
supermarkets
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY Elaine townsend Dickerson

to their size. Many people were
there buying them by the live
dozen for $3.50. We passed up the
fish and bought some clans for the
freezer. We like clam chowder and
if you do, this is good way to
keep them on hand. All you do is
wash the clans, freeze them and
when you want chowder take them
out ahead of time and as they thaw
they open automatically. CLANS
here were half dollar. They are
cheaper at the lighthouse at Della
ware Bay, but l was grateful for
these.
This afternoon at Fort Belvoir
away from us) we watched the
first polo game | have ever seen
other than newsreel pictures. They
play each Sunday at Belvoir and l
hope to see an entire game some
time, but today it was too hot to
sit in the field and we drove on
our way
This Friday, the 8th, / am being
instructed from $3.50 to 400 on how
to become an Armed Forces Host
ess at the Pentagon. 1t will be
similar work to the volunteer Job
did at Family Services with SAC
strategic Air Command) at Forbes
in Topeka. Should be interesting
and l will tell you about it as l
learn. / will be tutored three Fri
days in September and then in
October I'll be qualified ito Ie a
Hostess. Do hope it doesnt include
giving instruction to some lost soul
in the Pentagon. This / don't be-
lieve | will ever be equal to doing.
Until next week. Always. ETD
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08
HISTORIC TREE

FOSTORIA, Ohio (AP) The
gingko tree near Fostoria's munic-
ipal building is going to get a pla-
que.
1t was presented by the Japan
ese to the late Charles Foster
a congressman and governor of
Ohio-in 1891 when he was U. S.
secretary of the treasury. Foster
was member of the pioneer fam
lily for whom Fostoria was named.
For II years the tree has been
some residents felt it was time to
record its history City Council
has authorized the plaque and a
private citizen says he will pay
for it.
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08

ETY. of other reasons, the right
diagnosis is not made.
I'VE now estimate that in
the United States, more than
$4,000 adults who suffer from
rheumatoid arthritis had their
actual onset of the disease in
childhood" DR.. Clark added.
Had they received modern
treatment at that time, most of
the Gripping in maturity could
have been prevented. That's
one reason why The National
Foundations program in ar
thrills and patient aid for the
young is SO significant"
Child victims of rheumatoid
arthritis are estimated to total
$4,000 in this country alone,
with $4,000 a year i'll enough
to need medical care. About
5000 or 5000 of these may re-
Quire treatment as intensive as
the rehabilitation need d for
those stricken by paralytic
polio.
There are at least IL millions
in the nation today who suffer
from some form of rheumatic
disease, including arthritis.
Rheumatoid arthritis victims
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08

total about 100000. The dis
ease is the nations No. l Grip
pier.
To return to Christine, the
little girl with the arm and
shoulders turning into a stony
element, she is receiving treat
ment at the March of Dimes
supported Arthritis Study Gen.
ter at the University of Roch-
ester School of Medicine-one
of four National Foundation
arthritis centers around the
country. Her doctors hope they
are slowing the advance of
Qualification but the outlook at
this time is not certain.
Uncertainty, then, is the dis
quieting prospect facing this
little girl. Her mother, Mrs.
Eugene Versluis, hopes that if
enough people support Nation
al Foundation research, per-
haps in time Christine's right
arm will fall back where it
belongs and the stoniness will
disappear; and that eventually
the appalling figure of 10000
children with crippling rheu-
matoid arthritis each year will
decline.
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08
Native American
Plants Assured
Colonies Success

Native American plants insured
the success of the early colonies
and changed the world Vast for
eSts felled for timber built ship
ping empires and tobacco was the
golden cargo that bought every
thing from tools to wives.
Today. very fittingly. an historic
landmark of the American tobacco
industry. the Lorillard Snuff Mill,
stands on the grounds of The New
York Botanical Garden, which is
dedicated TO the research and dis
play of all the plants of the world.
The eighteenth century became
the age of reason and sneexin'.
The socially elite made snuffing
tobacco an international vogue and
the pastime of sneeZing was adop-
ted by royalty and indentured SER
wants aiike-but not without crit
icism. From the time tobacco
was discovered its uses were VEN
Grated and vilified by physicians,
clergy and kings. Advocates of
snuff claimed it was a cathartic
for the "superfluous humOrs" of
the head, invigorated the brain and
frightened the eyes. Abolitionists
warned that the habit would fill
the head with SCOT, suffocate the
"mois humors" of the brain and
ruin the complexion.
The foppish ritual devised by the
dandies of the day drew these
scornful lines from a member of
the clergy:
ITO which a height with some is
fashion grown
They feed their very nostrils with
spoon,
One and but one degree is want
ing yet;
To make their senseless luxury
complete:
Some choice regale. useless as
snuff and dear
To feed the may winding of the
ear"
Amer ican tObacconists were
quick to serve the sneezing public.
BY the 1760's, young French
Huguenot immigrant, Pierre Loril-
Lard. had mandatory" on the
High Road to Boston-now Park
Row-in New York City where he
produced a variety of tobaccos and
snuffs. In 1892, his sons, Peter
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08
ChiIds Arm Turns Hard Stony;
Medical Treatment Slows Process

Christine Versluis, who is
nine and lives on the shores
of Lake Ontario at Hi n,
NY, is unable to straighten
her right arm because of
rheumatic disease.
Her arm and parts of
both shoulders are becom-
ing increasingly calcified,
which means change of the
muscle tissue into a hard
stony substance.
This somber-faced child is
the tragic victim of dermato..
myositis, one of the forms of
rheumatic disease. Another
form is rheumatoid arthritis.
The majority of people don't
know that children suffer from
arthritis; they believe mistak-
emily that arthritis affiicts only
the aging-someone's grand
father or grandmother, surely
not the very young
But there is urgent reason
today why grownups and par
ents especially should be intel
ligently informed about arthri-
tbs among children. DR.. William
S. Clark, director of medical
care of The National Founda-
ton, whose expanded program
embraces arthritis, birth de-
fects and continued work in
polio, said this week:
"Rheumatoid arthritis Is a
type that can make children
very i'll indeed. They may be-
come severely crippled. Their
joints may freeze Happily,
we can now demonstrate today
that with proper treatment
and care, most of the crippling
caused by juvenile rheumato-I
arthritis can be prevented"
But the cardinal point. DR..
Clark emphasizes, is that thou
sands of children have rheu-
matoid arthritis without know
ing what the disease they suffer
from really is. Their parents
may dismiss the aching in
neck, knees, wrists or elbows
Cor, more rarely, in all these
Joints simultaneously as
growing pains: or for a vari-
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08

BABSON PARK, Mass, Septem-
Der S-The New York Stock Elk
change roughly divides into 80
groups the approximately 150o
stocks which are listed thereon.
The electronics and the oils are
the most active. but the retail
stores have shown the most steady
progress. This group includes the
upermarkets. of which there are
about % large chains.
SuPeRMARkErs ARE A MONOPOLY
A successful supermarket must
have three requirements: ID IL
must be located in the center OF a
growing population, (2) it must
have very large parking space,
CD 1t must be financed slowly out
of its own growth. This means
that successful supermarket is
more or less of a monopoly after
A sufficient number of successful
years
As our population increases 1t
becomes constantly more dlfhcult
to secure sufficiently large and
central location Furthermore,
these locations are constantly be-
coming scarcer and much harder
to find near the residential sec
tons. At one time we thought
that 'off street" parking lots
would satisfy city shoppers. I'm
fortunately. however. women with
children do not want to travel
from an of street" parking lot
to the supermarket. They insist
on parking directly on the land
Of the supermarket where boy
can wheel the purchases to the
woman's car and where there is
no time limit or parking fee.
IMPORTANCE OF FOOD
Food Is the most important or
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08

all commodities. The farmer
but his price is not for him to de-
termine. The party who makes
money on food is the middleman,
who buys when and where food is
cheapest
Another commodity that has
had steady increase in demand
is electricity. Hence | like SUI
permarkets as speculation and
the cumulative preferred stocks
of public utilities for steady in
come. To keep track of your in
vestment, buy the common stock
of the supormarket with which
you trade and the preferred stock
of the company which supplies
your electricity and bills you each
month.
WHAT ABOUT SHOPPING cENrERs7
Shopping centers are popular at
the present time. But only the
ones properly located have been
successful. Merchants located in
these shopping ccnters are doing
much better than the downtown
stores. Many of the old-fashioned
city stores which have no parking
facilities are making most of their
money today from their suburban
branches that have limited park
ing facilities. Therefore, the shop
ping center has its limitations.
If shopping center Is too
large, 1t becomes less desirable to
many women shoppers. Many
shopping centers today are doing
y OF their business on Friday and
Saturday. Then the father. mo-
Their, and children all go together
and make day of IL. All of this
brings us back to the value ana
convenience of the supcrmarket
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08

1924 Bound Brook Lane
Alexandria, Virginia
September 3, 1861
Dear Friends:
/ will bring this letter to the
publisher the middle of this week.
Am waiting until Wednesday to
come, so on Tuesday l may see
Lynne and Dawn safely matricu-
lated in their new schools, namely
WoOdley Hills Elementary and
Mount Vernon High. Tomorrow
night my husband flies to Texas on
military business and this seemed
to leave Wednesday as the best
day to come home. Certainly didn't
want to travel on this busy week
end and / know Mother Dickerson
didn't either. She has been with us
since Thursday at noon and we
have enjoyed having her.
Last night we were hungry for a
seafood dinner and took Mother to
the Warf at ID. c. Sounds very I'M
glamorOus, but its an interesting
place to go. There are a couple of
very excellent restaurants down by
the IolOIlldC anu we dle DIT the
Flagstaff. Ship lights on the walls
inside, shells diffusing other lights,
canvas dashed to the bottom half of
the wall all lend to the atmos-
phere; but besides all this the food
is superior We had good shrimp
cocktail and all three of us had
different en- trees that were fixed
to perfection.
| After dinner, we went across the
street to the boats in the. harbor
that were selling their catch of the
day. We watched them place hard
shelled crabs in baskets according
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08
SEPTEMBER, 1861

September, the last summer month, is
upon us, and when it is over, only three
months will remain in 1861. Needless to
say, time continues to fly.
Autumn begins on September 23rd this
year, which is late for autumn, and school
for millions of youngsters opens during the
month. Football begins late in the month";
and, generally speaking, a welcomed fall,
with its cool weather, will be ushered in
The official end of World War ii fell on
September End, 1915, with the authorita-
tive surrender of Japan, although the fight
ing actually ended August 18th. Labor Day
fell on September 4th this year. and that
weekend was the last summer holiday week
end for many of us.
September 9th, 1914, will long be re-
membered the date on which the Allies
stopped the Germans on the Marine in the
Kaisers attempt to end World War | in
the first year.
The Star Spangled Banner was written
on the 18th of September, 1914; the first
Continental Congress was held September
5th. 1774, in Philadelphia, Constitution Day
is observed on the 18th, and many other an
niversaries and memorable dates are recall
ed during the month.
But, in general, September is month
when the weather changes-from summer
to tall. 1T is nostalgia month, IN sense
for it brings us the first cool weather. the
first smell of burning leaves, the first taste
of hunting in many areas, and the first hints
of coming winter.
And, on the 23rd, the length of the day
and the night will be exactly equal, one of
the two times during the year this occurs
BY December 21st, when winter will arrive
we will see the shortest day of the year, for
after the 23rd of September the nights will
be longer than the days, increasingly SO,
with each new day.
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08
TAKE YOUR CHOICE
SECURITY OR OPPORTUNITY


Can new business succeed in the USA
today? Is the risk worth it? One of the
best answers we've seen to these questions
is the following editorial by the Warner and
Swasey Company. manufacturers of heavy
industrial products:
with all the emphasis in this nation on
personal security, it is encouraging to know
there are still young Americans more in
terested in Opportunity. Last year almost
quarter of million new (most very smalD
corporations were started in this country,
plus countless partnerships and Individual
one-man concerns.
There is proof some true Americans are
still alive, with courage and determination
and willingness to work. And willingness
to take chance, for they know nobody
guarantees them successfully will have to
earn it.
"Out Of those thousands some will fail
and many of these will try again. Some
will succeed-and provide the taxes, the
jobs. the better products of the future.
"Wfen this 'new-companies-started in
dex steps, America stops. And it will stop
uness tax laws let these young companies
keep enough profit (when they make it, to
grow and build for the future and unless
Government changes its attitude from pun
ishing and suspicion of success to one of
encouraging it.
big corporations, unions and govern
ment should all devote healthy part of
time and attention to providing Opportun-
ity, and encouraging Americans with cour
age to seek and seize it,
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08
CLEAN GETAWAY

MIAMI. Fla. (AP)-A burglar
stole a Siamese cat from Harvey's
Kennel.
He took one other item: A gall
on of cat shampoo.
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08

You can thaw frozen meat either
in the refrigerator or at room
temperature, but don't try to re-
freeze ii.
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08

The setting for Robert Louis
Steyenson's Treasure Island" was
the Isle of Pines off the coast of
Cuba.
Milford chronicle., 1961-09-08
MEANWHILE, BACK HOME

how he thinks the Administrations doing?
The chances are that he-like millions
of other loyal Americans-will talk about
what the government is doing about the for
eign situation.
Well, we don't like the frigid war any
more than the next fellow. But the sad
fact is that while we're moaning about Mos
COW, the administration is hammering to-
gether 1O-program domestic wefare-state
plain that would annilhilate our basic Ameri-
can liberties.
Each of these programs includes a plan
to increase centralisrn-the central govern
ment control of the vital elements of our
economy.
Here's what the 10 programs would do:
l. Control factory location. 2. Control
wages in local interstate business. 3. Con-
troll local school systems. 4. Control pro-
duction and distribution of power 5. Con-
troll city development 6. Control the en-
ployment market. Z. Control hospitals f.
and ultimately medicine. 8. Control the
farmers g. Control the market place. 10.
Control of capital accumulation through
tax tinkering.
Or, to put it in two words:
Control us.
GAS TAX ISSUE STILL ALIVE
A temporary" one-cent-a-gallOn in
SIcdSc III Tie lcucI al RdSOllHc TAX Was sup
posed to expire at the end of June But it
didn't. Congress voted, and the President
signed, a bill which extends this temper
airy" tax until October 1, 1912.
That date is IL years away. And if so
long period of time is to be regarded as
temporary, it looks as if the dictionary
should begin revising its definitions.
The argument for this extension-which
is used on behalf of other tax measures af-
fecting the motorists that it is necessary
to keep the S4O-billion-plus federal super
highways program in the black. But there
is little justice in that position. The pro-
gram was urged and adopted largely as
national security measure. And national Sc
.curity costs should most certainly be charg-
ed on as equitable basis as possible against
all the taxpayers-not just one group of
them.
Moreover, excessive gasoline taxes =
which, state and federal combined, now av-
erage about so per cent of the pre-tax value
of the fuel-are self-defeating Motorists
restrict their driving, buy the small econ
Omy cars, and escape the burden in every
way they can. An exorbitant tax can, and
often does, produce less revenue than rea-
sonable one.
The issue is still very much alive Be
yond doubt, there will be campaigns to fur
Their boost the state and federal gas taxes.
Beyond doubt, there will be more empty talk
of temporary" increases. The motOrist will
have to come out of his corner fighting if
what is left of his rights are to be preserv-
ed.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-07

Mrs. Charles F.. McRae is
spending the week at MasSanct-
Ia Springs.
Mrs. A. A. Cover, of TazeWell
spent the holiday with her broth
er and sister-in-laW, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Peery.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Leese and
family spent the holidays at
Mays Head, N. C.
Mrs. H. E. Southall and daugh-
ters, Norma and Susan, and Mr.
and Mrs. Johnnie Southall viSi-
ted Mrs. H. E. Southall's broth
er-in-laW and sister, Sgt. and
Mrs. Lyle Meeks, at Myrtle
Beach, S. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Martin and
family spent the week at Vir-
ginia Beach.
Buzzy Goodwin. of Atlanta
Ga, is visiting his uncle and
aunt, DR.. and Mrs. w. P. Terry.
Mr., and Mrs. j. B. fowler and
children have returned from
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. R. M.
Wright and family of Alexan-
dria, and Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Gordy and family, and his
mother, Mrs. o. H. fowler, of
Bloxom.
Mrs. Norman Williams, Of
Petersburg was a guest Wednes-
day of Mrs. Thomas Snead.
Mrs Ruth Brockwell, of New
port News. was a holiday guest
Of Mrs. w. A. Schroeder.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Cosby and
family, of Richmond, visited her
mother. Mrs. M. M. Layne, Sun
day. Susan and Mike Cosby re-
manned for a weeks visit with
their grandmother.