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Evening star., 1962-01-12

@. Is Charlton Heston the
actors real name?-A. K.
A. The actor was born
Charlton Carter, son of
Russell and Lila Charlton
Carter, on October 4, 1924,
in Evanston, III. The Car
terS were later divorced.
After his mothers remar-
riage, to Chester Heston,
Charlton Carter adopted his
Stepfather's surname and
has retained it.
Q. What is the origin of
the name schooner for that
type of sailing vesSel?-M. F.
A. Scoon or schoon is an
old verb that means to skim
or skip across the surface of
water. The story is that
when Capt. Andrew Robin
sons new vessel of this type
wes launched, at Gloucester,
Mass, about 1713, she sped
over the water so fast that a
bystander said, See how she
scoons!" and Robinson re-
piled, "A sooner let her BEL"
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Old Tune, Familiar Words

1HOSe VINO nave come over the
years to expect little from State-of-the-
Union messages will find nothing to
surprise them in President Kennedy's
report to the Congress. For it is essen
TALLY another political document. It
holds forth promise of much more than
will be performed. The sore spots on our
BODY polite are bandaged in soothing
phrases. And the problems which
plague us and threaten the peace of
the world are discussed in a spirit of
hopefulneSS that is not warranted by
the alI-too-obvious facts.
This, OF course, is not a technique
that has been invented by Mr.. Kennedy
II has been employed by Presidents
since the memory of man runneth not
TO the contrary. And it will be with u.s.
one suspects, for long time to come
STILL it is message which con-
traStS sharply with the eloquent and
even stirring words of the young man
who, on last January 20, took the oath
OF office as President of the United
States. On that occasion notice was
served that "the torch has been passed
to a new generation of AmericanS-born
In this century, tempered by war, dis
clpllned by cold and bitter peace,
proud of our ancient heritage :" For
the people of the United States, Mr.
Kennedy had this to offer: "Ask not
what your country will do for you-ask
what you can do for your country"
And to the citizens of the world: "Ask
not what America will dc for you, but
what together we can do for the freedom
Of man"
1t would be inaccurate and unfair
to suggest that there is nothing of this
In the State-of- Union message. Some
of 1t survives. But not much. After
almost year in office, the President
unveils long list of things he thinks
the Federal Government should do for
Americans; precious little that Ameri-
cans should do for themselves or for
their country. To the citizens of the
world, especially those in Latin America
and in the new or developing nations"
the emphasis is on what the United
States should do for them Not great
deal is said about what they should and
must do for themselves if they, with
our help, are to achieve freedom with
economic and political stability.
We suppose there should not be
too much hand-Wringing. This state-of-
the-Union message, as has been true of
those that have gone before, drops a
large and generally indigestible mass
into the congressional hopper. The real
objectiveS - those legislative programs
for which the President will do battle
in an election year-will be more readily
identifiable in special messages and
appeals which will come later This is
fully understood at both ends of Penn
Sylvania avenue, and when adjournment
time comes probably in July-CongreSS
will pack up and depart for the hustingS
with few of the important legislative
jobs done-and much left undone. The
critics and the special pleaders then will
have their brief hour in the sun. But
the state of the Union will have been
somewhat advanced - not so much
because of what Congress approved
among the Presidents many recon-
mendationS, but because of what it
refused to approve.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
Emigroting Industry

President Kennedy seems
concerned over American
business firms not investing
in the underdeveloped coun-
tries. Instead. he complains
that many are emigrating,
lock, stock and barrel, to
European Common Market
countries.
In taking this tack, the
President once again proves
himself to be amazingly naive
about q matter of critical i'm
portance to this republic. Let
us cite what happened in
Cuba;
American business and in
duStry had invested upward of
a billion dollars in Cuba be-
fore it was communized by
Castro. Since then all those
investments have been con-
fiscated, without one cent of
reparationS being paid to
American investors.
But what was more star
Ting is that not one word of
protest. not one ounce Of ef-
fort was put forth by the
United States Government to
protect those investments or
to enforce payment for the
appropriation thereof. In
stead. State Department Of
ficials. hostile to American
free enterprise and favorable
to Castro, condoned the
wholesale takeover.
Without adequate protec-
ton and support of our Gov
ernment. it would be the
height of folly for business
management to squander
stockholders funds in under
developed countries when our
Government couldn't care
less about protecting their
security.
On the other hand, let's
look at Great Britain: When
dictator KaSSem of Iraq
threatened to take over Brit
aims private investments in
Kuwait. Whitehall acted
quietly and Immediately to
send forces there to protect
those interests. The threat
vanished. That's business!
Our industry is leaving the
country for the more favor
able climate in the ECM.
Ironically, American-estab-
liShed firms in Europe en-
ployed upward of 3 million
West Europeans and paid out
more than 81 billion in
wages in 1861. If Americans
who now swell our national
unemployment roles had been
provided those jobs, unem-
ployment would be no prob
lem in our country today.
Our business leaders are
not stupid, naive, fuzzy
minded as our national lead
erS may believe. They are not
about to invest any money
in underdeveloped countries
only to have them expropri-
ated by left-wing govern
ments inspired by Sovie t
propaganda and without one
iota of protection by our
own forces.
If Mr.. Kennedy does not
wise up to these realities, a
great many more businesses
are going to pack up and de-
part these shores perma-
nently for more equitable
and better protected oppor-
tunities in the booming
Western European economy
while their workers here 90
on relief.
Harry Puffer.
Evening star., 1962-01-12
GOULD'S MILLIONS. /

GOULD'S MILLIONS, by
Richard O'Connor. 335pp.,
illus. (incl. port). Doubleday
g. Co., $4.95.
OF all the 19th-century fin
ancierS of unhallowed mem
ory, Jay Gould was conSid-
cred by his contemporaries
to be endowed with the most
straightforward lack of prin-
ciples. Gould began early in
life. In 1857, aged 10, he took
a Shrewd and successful buSi-
ness man in upstate New
York for 100000, a very con-
siderable sum in those days,
and thus launched his spec
tacular career.
There are some detailed
studies of Gould's business
operations and a standard
biography that is now more
than so years old, but Mr..
O'Conner's book seems to be
the first full-length popular
study of this odd man who
had a nervous stomach and
died of tuberculosis. who was
probably the most rapacious
of all the robber barons and
whose personal life was never
touched by even the slightest
breath of scandal.
Mr.. O'Connor is a former
reporter who makes a Spe-
ciality Of popular biographies
of the more high-spirited
characters of Americas un-
trammeled past. "Gould's
Millions" is a Skillfully,
brightly written book. though
Mr.. O'Connor would do we'll
to inform himself of the
meaning Of "dislnterested."
THERE is A DANGER in
books Of this sort. The viii
lain-hero often turns out to
be the most dishonest man
on the face of the globe, but
a nice fellow, really, if you
are willing to ignore the ant
isocial propensitieS that flaw
the poor fellows character.
Mr.. O'Connor does not deal
in this sort Of nonsense.
Gould's negotiations were so
flagrant that there is a Ger
tain sense Of eXuberance
about them, but Mr.. O'Connor
scrupulouSly avoids the temp
tation to cozen the reader
into believing that this is a
great, big hilarious tall tale.
Many Of the great corporate
CutthroatS Of the 10Th century
built as they plundered. The
price was high, but with
James Curley they could say.
in effect, "They got the
bridge, didn't they?"
Not so Gould. There was
no such thing as corporate
loyalty in Gould's book, no
romance in railroading
through the Wild West, no
adventure in opening the vast
new territories to settlement.
If he helped to change the
face Of the country, it was
only inadvertently; his whole
attention was focused on q
company'S books and it's
fluctuations on the stock
market. A railroad to him was
a set of books, a safe full of
securities, not an engineer
pulling down the Johnson
bar to outrun an Indian war
party while arrows and bull
let's pierced the cars"
The details of the business
operations are so complex
that many Of them have
never been unraveled; an ex-
pert accountant trying to
follow Gould's tracks through
the books Of the Erie Rail-
road could say only, II could
give you an estimate (of the
amount Of money stolen from
the road throwing off a
couple of millions here and
Evening star., 1962-01-12
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Single Women

Dan p. Van Cord,
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02
Harrington Lumber
Builds Many Projects

The Harrington Lumber and
Supply Company has recently
completed another of their many
building projects the New Mil
ford Shopping Center. 1t is one of
the largest construction projects
in Milford for long time, and the
finished project is very pleasing to
the eye. as well as commodious.
Many of you remember 1t was
this same Harrington Lumber and
Supply Company that built the
large new w. t. Grant Company
store on North Walnut Street.
This company does not confine
its activities to the State of Della
ware. Among other things, they
were contractors and builders Of
the Blizabethtown, Pa. Shopping
Center, the Columbia, Pa, Shop
ping Center, the Safeway Store in
Laurel, Delaware. Fulton j. Down
ing is manager of the company.
The ~ b. Downing Company
which is closely associated with
the Harrington Lumber and Sup
ply Company installed the Heating
and Air Conditioning in this New
Shopping Center for the comfort
of employees and shoppers.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02
Hospital Hostesses

Hospital Shop and Hospital Cart
for Milford M e m j al
Hospital for the week Friday. Nov
ember 2. through Thursday, Nov
ember s.
Hospital Shop
Friday, afternoon, Mrs. Andrew
Dill evening, Mrs. James w e st
Saturday, afternoon, Mrs. Henry
T. Holston.
Sunday, afternoon, Mrs. Ray
mond Bennett, Mrs. Wallace Nc
Faul evening, Mrs. Gilbert Muir
ply. Miss Dorothy Derrickson.
Monday, afternoon, Mrs. Carl
Short, Mrs. Howard French eve
ming, Mrs. William Clendaniel.
Tuesday, afternoon, Mrs. o h n
McGee, Mrs. E. Steiner evening,
Mrs. Dallas Kitchens.
Thursday, afternoon, Mrs. r. A
Derrickson, Mrs. Harvey Conr ad
evening, Mrs. William Bradley.
Hospital Cart
Friday Mrs. Joseph Pearce, Sr
Mrs Carleton Fooks.
Saturday Mrs. Jackson Raysor
Mrs. w. p. Portz.
Tuesday Mrs. Emery DQugher-
ty, Mrs. Leslie Dobson.
Wednesday Mrs. Charles Muir
ply, Mrs. Kenneth Furnish.
Thursday Mrs. Ira Garbutt.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

The Shawnee Country Club
lent itself very delightfully."-
to the coffee which Mrs. Les
ter Adkins and Mrs. William
Adkins gave there Wednes-
day morning. The spacious
lounge served as the place
for the large gathering of
friends and the pleasant time
is always a certainty when a
coffee is the event. The hos
tesses greeted their guests at
the entrance, their costumes
enhanced by beautiful orchids
that were grown by Mrs. c.
Edgar Wood. The juices of the
day were poured by Mrs. Will
liam Draper, Mrs. Edwin Mes
sick, Mrs. Oliver A. James
and Mrs. T. Carlisle Collins.
Pouring at the two tables
were Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Davis
r. Grier, Mrs. /. Dolphus
Short and Mrs. Clyde Nelson.
Guests remained until twelve
thirty and after, enjoying the
delicious food that accompan-
les, cup of coffee and enjoy
ing, too, the friendship of each
other.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02
Items Of q Purely
Personal Nature

Mrs. Belle d. Steen of Lincoln
is now at the Messick Nursing
Home in Harrington.
Miss Doris Nochols of Whining
ton was the past weekend guest of
DIR. and Mrs. Laurence Fitchett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Mills NOV
ed into their new home on Kings
Highway Wednesday of last week.
Mrs. Della H. Deakyne is spend
ing some time in Wilmington as
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Hall
Deakyne.
Mrs. Craig Robertson is in De-
troit, Mich, this week where she
is representing the Dover Air
Base at an educational conference.
George HI. Draper, 4th and Fred
Ragains, students at the Penning-
ton School, were home the D
weekend for a visit with their par
entS.
Mrs. c. Donnan Holzmueller, who
has been in Suffolk, Va, for the
past two weeks, returned m
Wednesday accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. George V. Beamon.
Robert N. Emory, student at
the Medical College of Virginia is
in Miami, Florida this week, rep
resenting the school of Dentistry
of that college at the sessions of
the American Dental Association.
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Mrs. B. B. Vinyard and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fergus Purves of Corona
Del Mar, CAL, spent last weekend
in Hartford, Conn Mrs. Purves will
leave for home on Monday a It e r
spending a month here. Her moth
er will accompany her for a visit.
Carol Jean Strahle of 305 OIL d
Shawnee Road was elected presi-
dent of the fall pledge class o f
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority a t
American University, Washington,
DC. Carol is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Strahle.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

Miss Mary Welch of Reading, Pa,
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Har-
ry Ennis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Allen of
Groton, Mass, were weeke n d
guests of Mrs. Joseph ]. Pearce.
Miss Virginia Greene, now of
Chatham, NJ, was the weekend
guests of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
David B. Greene.
Miss Lena Short returned h m e
Sunday after spending some time
in Richmond, Va, as the guest of
Mrs. Burton P. Short.
%
Mrs. David N. Sills, Sr., has re-
turned home after having been a
patient in Milford Memorial H s.
pital for a few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin McCrillis
and daughters of Westfield, N j.,
were weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Postles Hammond. Mrs.
Hammond returned home W it h
them on Sunday for a visit.
.
Tech. Sgt. and Mrs. Frank Fos-
ter and children, Eric and Melanie,
have returned home after a tour
through New England and a visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harold P. F'os-
ter in Reading, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paris G. Kirby and
Mrs. F. A. Webb will leave We'd
nesday for Fort Wayne Indiana,
where they will attend the session
of the National Grange. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kirby are representing Della
ware and are voting delegates Mr..
Kirby is Master of Delaware State
Grange.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02
State Happenings

BE L H ANY CHURCH H ONE.
COMING-Services will be h Ell d
at Bethany Church, loves Cross
Roads, Sunday, November 4th. Sun
day School at 1:30 pm. w or ship
service at 2:30 pm, with Rev.
John Irwin as speaker.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

The kindergarten class, be-
ing held in the Church of God,
enjoyed a Halloween party on
Tuesday and a parade of boys
and girls in costume on We'd
nesday. All of the symbols of
the season had been given
play in decorations and games
and much credit for the sue
cess of the affairs and the
kindergarten itself goes to
Mrs. Thomas Harris and her
assistant, Mrs. Roy LaFon-
taine.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02
RIBLE PRESBYTERIAN church

- The Ladies Missionary Society
OF the Bible Presbyterian Church
of Milford will meet at the home
of Mrs. Howard Warner. The guest
speaker will be Miss Evelyn Cor
rell, missionary to FormOsa.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02
Local Happenings
MEMORIAL FIRE COMPANY

AUXILIARY - The S Slaug t er
Beach Memorial Fire Co ompany
ladies auxiliary will hold its regn-
Tar monthly meeting at the home
of Mrs. Sally Paisley, November z
at pm. All members please try
to attend.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

Lawrence S.. Hill, 54, farmer
salesma, died Tuesday, October 80,
after hear attack at his home
on the Milford-H Harrington r o d.
Monday night, he had driven
float in the Milford Halloween
Parade. He was a member of thu
Moose Lodge in Harrington an d
had lived in the Milford area all
his life.
He is survived by his widow, Lot
tie Hill, three sons, Benton G. and
Wayne L., of Milford, and Eugene
L., at home, one daughter, Shirley,
at home, sister, Mrs. Mildred Ber-
ridge of Milford, his stepmother,
Mrs. Dora Hill of Harrington.
Funeral services will be held to-
day (Friday) at 2 pm, in t h
Berry Funeral Home, Milford, with
the Rev. DR.. Charles |. Carpenter,
pastor of the Avenue Methodist
Church, officiating.
WEST
Edward Samuel West, So, a farm
er of the Reliance area, died We'd
nesday October "a, in Nanticoke
Memorial Hospital, Seaford. He
was the son of Elijah West of Sea-
ford and the hate Hattie Foster
West.
He was a state representative IN
1912, and was active in the Demo-
cratic Party. He was past master
of GethSemane Lodge, AT and AM,
charter member of Reliance
Grange. and a member of Gethse-
name Methodist Church and W s
superintendent of lie Sunday
School.
Surviving are his widow, Bertha
Handy West, a son. Melvin of Sea-
ford, a daughter, Mrs. Jean Mer-
ritt of Wilmington. four grandchil-
dren, a half sister, Mrs. III a t t e
Nelson of Seaford
Services were held Sunday from
Gethsemane Church, with the Rev.
Milton G.. Milliner, officiating. / n
terment in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

Miss M. Catherine Down
ing will be hostess to the Cap
tain Jonathan Caldwell Chap
ter, OAR, tomorrow at two
o'clock. She will be assisted
by Mrs. G. Z. O'Bier, Mrs. Car
Teton Fooks, and Mrs. John
Jewell, Mrs. w. ]. Dufendach,
chairman of National Defense,
will have charge of the pro-
gram. The members haye been
asked to bring clothing for
the approved schools.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

The Bridge Luncheon given
by Mrs. c. Bernard Shortal1,
Mrs. Elton Lynch and Mrs.
Roscoe Galloway on Wednes-
day of last week at Dinner
Bell Inn in Dover was much
enjoyed by their guests.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02
CHICKEN AND DUMPLIN, SUP

PBR-Nov. 8 Milton. The WSCS
of Goshen Church, Milton will hold
their Annual Community Supper in
Fellowship Hall, Saturday. Novem-
Der 8, from 4 to s pm. T ckets:
Adults, $3.50; children, $.75.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

ENGAGEMENT NOUNCEDNr and Mrs Charles L. Daughery of
their
Mr. William ~ Daniels, William e. Dam
iels =.
University Washington
L. Ohio.
ies years
United States presently
No the wedding.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

Robert Emory, SON of DR..
and Mrs. Russell Emory, is in
Miami, Florida, this week rep
resenting the School of Dem
tistry of the Medical College
of Virginia, where he is a stu
dent. 1t is the 103rd annual
session of the ADA that he is
attending. He is presenting a
table clinic on some phase of
dentistry.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02
State Happenings

TURKEY SUPPER will be
held at Zoar Community House on
Saturday, December 1. Serving
starts at $3.50. Tickets, adults, 1.50
and children, SIS.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

1t will be Paint, Palette
and Picture" day at the Mil
ford New Century Club on
Monday. Mrs. Henry Burkette
is in charge of the program
and will present, as her guest
speaker, Mr.. Jack Kunkfe,
who will talk on art and it's
appreciation.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

Mrs. Harry Zeisig and Mrs.
Elton Lynch were co-hos-
tesses Tuesday when they en-
tertained friends at the Zeisig
home in Lynch Heights for
luncheon. Local friends and
friends from Sussex County
were present.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

Mrs. Paris Kirby was a win
ner of a prize given by the
Home Demonstration Clubs
for an essay on Land Grant
Colleges. The organization
met here last week for an all
day session and luncheon.
Two prizes were awarded in
Kent County and Mrs. Kirby
was awarded one of them.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

Mrs. Fergus Purves, the for
mer Miss Mary Vinyard. has
beer home visiting her mother,
Mrs. b. b. Vinyard. Mrs. Pur-
yes lives in Corona Del Mar,
California. She, with her mo-
ther is leaving for home on
Monday. Mrs. Purves has an
exhibit that will be a part of
the annual Art Festival in
Rehoboth next year. 1t is a
portrait in oil of the Rever-
end Joseph S. Kinks ands is a
very striking likeness. Mrs.
Purves is presenting the por-,
trait to Reverend Kinks before
her departure.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

IEncxsgs TTSl I'D the goblins get
~ you? 1t has been
III prolonged Hallow-
EX cen season an
- there has b e n
much time for the celebration.
The parade on Monday eve
ming deserved a good rating
for il is said that it was the
best in several years. Ger
tainly there were varied and
many entrants and afforded
those who watched good en-
tertainment as well as many
laughs. Even the Democratic
donkey got in the act. Won
der where the Republican ele-
phant was? Too big to import,
one guessed. Many strange
people. with many strange
faces, called at homes Tues
day and Wednesday evenings,
affording the house wife an
opportunity to see and to give
handouts of candy and such.
1t is a gay season FOR kids.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

ELECTION NIGHT RETURN
PARTY - Shawnee Country Club.
No charge Come anytime.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

C0OTIES CLAM FEAST - PUP
Tent 4, Military Order of the Coot-
lie and its ladies auxiliary will hold
a Clam and Crab Feast at Blue
Hen Post Home on Williamsville
Read, Milford, on November 9Th.
This affair will be held in con-
junction with what has been known
as Election Return Night W n
many of the members and t h r
guests assemble at the Post Home
to hear and see the results on tele-
vision of the elections.
Affair will start promptly at 8
pm, and only nominal charge
will be made. Seam Squirrel, Bill
Vernotico will be in charge with
Cootie Courtland Clarke is chef in
charge. The ladies of the auxiliary
will act as mattresses.
All members and guests are in
vited bo come out and enjoy the
hospitality and comradeship. There
will be a short business meeting
prior to the Crab Feast. Business
meeting will start promptly at 7:30
pm.
For a night of good entertain
ment, dancing, eating and late cleo
tion returns plan now to be pres
ent.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

LADIES' AFTERNOON BRIDGE
Shawnee Country Club, Tuesday.
November 9th, at / pm.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-02

SHAWNEE BRIDGE TOURNA-
MENT Monday, November 5th,
at s pm. Call Adele Barnard or
Howard Faust to register.
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Western. / Hour. Color. Mountain
Girl" A dying old man asks Little Joe
michael Landonl to take his grand
daughter nina Shipmanl to meet her
patemal grandfather tcarI Benton Reed,
who 20 years earlier had rejected her.
@ OPEN END.
Public Affairs. Hours. "FemaIes and
Fashion" Guests: Ernest Adler, China
Maehado. Jacques Tiffeau. Bonnie cashln.
Bill BIass and John FairchiId.
@ G.E. THEATER.
Drama. "Acres and Pains" A light
hearted story about couple CWalter
Nathan. Anne Jackson who forsake the
frenzy Of city living for the pastoral
pleasures Of country life. Alice Pearee
and Philip Coolidge are featured.
Sunday Liseinss Cont. on Next Poas