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Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
Capt. A. S. Summers
Heads Home Guard
Former Battery Command
er Elected By Milford ,
Group Monday Night

Captain Anthony S. Summers,
former commanding officer of Bat
terry F, 19Sth Coast Artillery, Della
ware National Guard, now stationed
at Camp Edwards, Falmouth, Mass,
was elected Captain of the Milford
Home Guard Unit, at a meeting of
that organization Monday evening
at the new Milford Armory.
Captain Summers, long identified
with the states military activities,
has been in charge of the Home
Guard recruiting drive in this city.
Elected as Captain with Mr..
was Captain Willard r.
Pierce, this city. DR.. Pierce has
been in charge of the medical de-
tail, and his election to. captain,
assures the unit of having an eff
cient medical adviser.
Following the election Monday
evening the group was addressed
by Major Raymond Lynch, a mem
ber of the state staff, on First
Aid"
Nine recruits were signed up on
Monday night, bringing the
strength of the Milford Unit up to
sixty, The members also agreed to
change the drill night from Mon
lay to Wednesday.
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
MasOns
Pay Honor To
Past Masters
Affair Held In Temple
Outstanding Success,
Earl X. Williams Is
The New Master.

The observance of Past Masters
Night in Temple Lodge No. 8, A.
F and A. NJ. last Friday night was
"a decided success. The evening
was hot and sultry, nevertheless
the attendance was very geoa.
Worshipful Master George 8.
Grier presided at the meeting, turn
ing his Office over to Past Master
Warren T. Moore, former State
Treasurer, after Junior Warden
Fred Bailey had presented and in
trodnced the Past Masters present.
An unusual incident was called
to the attention of the gathering by
Past Master Moore who was Wor-
shipful Master in 1916, that Temple
Lodge was the only organization
that he knew of that had an un-
broken line of past masters for the
last quarter of century. They are
Warren T. Moore, 1916; James P.
Pierce, 1917-1S; M. Haswell Pierce,
1919; Samuel M. d. Marshall, 1920;
William r. Murphy, 1921; r. Ar
thur Derrickson, 1922; C. Donnan
Holzmueller, 1923; George T. Mack
lin, 1924; Robert d. Prettyman,
1925; Charles E. Banning, 1926;
Jesse F. Legar, 1927; Edwin P.
Messick, 1928; George A. Swain,
1929; Leander G. Markert, 1880;
James X. Pettyjohn, 1881; Fred W.
Ireland, 1882; Clarence B. Down
ing, 1888; Clarence S. Morris, 1884;
Fulton ]. Downing, 1885; Samuel
Berlin, 1886; Howard G. Martin, |
1887; Frank R. Grier, 1898; Obey |
F. Sapp, 1889; George S. Grier,
1910.
M. r. Frank Herson, past grand |
speaker of the evening,
who was introduced by Past Grand
Master George T. Macklin, made an
address that held the close atten-
tion of those present from the time
he began until he concluded. His
subject was Say 1t With Flowers.
Those present consider it one of the
pest addresses he ever made.
Past Grand Master James P.
Pierce, on behalf of Temple Lodge,
presented a past masters jewel to
George S. Grier who made an in
eresting speech of acceptance.
Other past masters of Temple
lodge are: William G. Sammons,
1895; John C. Truitt, 1899; Charles
D. Abbott, 1900; Walter L. Grier,
900; G. Layton Grier, 1907-0S;
William v. SippIe, 1909; Samuel c.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
Emil Kielbasa Joins
u. S. Army Air Corps
Milford Youth Has Been Accepted
For Basic Training

Emil A. Kielbasa, age % years, of
Milford, has been accepted for Air
Corps assignment for basic train
ing while awaiting Flying Cadet
appointment. Mr.. Kielbasa is a
graduate of the University of Della
ware of the class of 1941.
Mr.. Kielbasa is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Kielbasa, who
reside on the Sharp farm near Mil
ford and has taken an active part
in All Club activities for many
years.
You're lucky to have been born
an American. Doubly lucky if you
were born between June, 1914, and
June 1921. To men of your age
the U. S. Army offers the finest
air training in the world-sound
preparation for a career in the field
of aviation-pays you while you
learn!
Your country needs young men
of action and decision for the job
of air defense. Now is the time to
"get going" You can apply for
appointment as a U. S. Army Fly
ing Cadet at any time, before or
after your call under the selectiye
training and service act. =
AS Flying Cadet you will re-
ceive SIS a month. plus uniforms,
equipment, board and lodging dur
ing the 71S-month period of in
struction. Upon graduation you
will be commissioned a Second
Lieutenant in the U. S. Army Air
Corps Reserve, and placed on ac-
tive duty with the Regular Army
Air Corps with pay ranging from
$2O5.50 to $245.5O per month.
To qualify, you must be not less
than 20 nor more than 26 years
old, unmarried, sound physically
and pass a written examination in
U. S, history, English grammar and
general history, geo
graphy, arithmetic, higher alge-
bra, geometry. trigonometry and
physics. Successful
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Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
State Franchise Tax
OF $3.O5O, 900 Seen
Exact Status OF Highway, School
Funds Not Known At Present

81 Revenue from the franchise tax
for the 1901 fiscal year will to-
tai approximately $S.050s009, James
2. T4hss. state tax commissioner,
reported to the Permanent Budget
Commission on Monday Of this
week. Governor Walter w. Bacon
presided at the session in Legisla-
live Hall.
The return apparently will ex-
ceed the $1,000 900 mark predicted
for il by the State Tax Department
when the rates were changed in
1887, Mr.. Truss reported. Collec-
tions for June will total approx
mately $2,S25, 900, he said.
Funds Merged Tuesday
With the "one-fund act" passed
in 1889 becoming effective on Tues
day, the Budget Commission indi-
Gated that the exact status of the
school and highway funds. which
were merged with the general fund,
will not be known until after July
10.
The state auditor will keep his
books open until that date In order
to give all checks and other claims
a chance to clear. 1t was estimated
last week that the state would show
a cash balance of $2,875, 900 at the
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Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
PermanentCar Tags
ToBeMnlhCoIored
And White While Insets Will Be COiOred To
Represent The -Four Seasons OF The Year.

With the issuing OF the perma-
nent tags two types of license
plates will be evidenced in Della
ware until March 81, 1912, when
the present plates will have expir-
ed. The present tags are blue and
gold, the state colors All vehicles
registered after July will bear the
new permanent tags.
The new tags will be colorful. In
addition to the black and white
insets placed in either side of the
plate will be of various hues.
In the upper right hand side is
small slot in which will be an in
set one and one-half by one and
a quarter inches, which will spe-
city the year. This will bear the
state colors, an official of the de-
partment said.
On the left side, larger inset,
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Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
~ Merton Succeeds
I. d. Short On State
Board Education
19STH ARRIVES HOME
IN 300 AUTO TRUCKS

The 1ssth Coast Artillery, A. A.
Federalized Delaware National
Guard Regiment. consisting of
1,675 officers and men. riding in
, 800 motor trucks, arrived at the
State Rifle Range in New Castle
County shortly after o'clock yes
terday (Thursday. July 81 after
noon, from Camp Edwards. Fall
mouth, Mass.
Enroute to Delaware the regi-
nient stopped at Peekskill, N, y,
and Sunbury, Pa. The regiment
brought its artillery, machine
guns, sound locator and search
light equipment home.
Ninety per cent OF the members
of the regiment were given leaves
on arrival in the state. The leaves
went into effect at approximately
6 O'Clock yesterday evening and
will end at eight o'clock Sunday
evening, July 6.
Many members of Battery F,
MilfordS own, arrived home late
yesterday evening and early this
morning. Transportation was pro-
Vided men from Kent and Sussex
counties to visit their homes and
ibuses operated between Whining
ton and the State Rifle Range for
the Wilmington soldiers.
A review will be held for Gov
ernor Walter w. Bacon Sunday
afternoon and Sunday evening an
artillery demonstration will be
given.
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
Auto Crash Injuries
Fatal To w. /. Messick
Retired Sussex Dairyman Was In.
jured In Crash Two Months Ago


William I. Messick, IS years old,
retired dairyman, who was seri-
ously injured in an automobile ac-
cident on the -Middleford
road about two months ago, died
late last Wednesday afternoon at
his home at Cannon, near Seaford.
He returned to his home about 10
days ago from the Milford Memoir
ial Hospital where he was receiv-
ing treatment for head and back
injuries and nervous shock. His
wife, Mrs. Kate Wootten Messfck,
who was also badly injured, and he
were driving along the road when
their car was in a collision with a
car driven by Mrs. William A. Mill
er, of near Seaford. Messick, who
has also returned to her home, is
still confined to her bed with a dis
located knee cap, cuts and bruises
and shock.
Funeral services were held at
the H. E. Hardesty Funeral Home
at Bridgeville last Saturday at 2
p. m, standard time, in charge of
the Rev. G. S. Ross, pastor of Sea-
ford Circuit. Interment in Odd Eel
lows cemetery Seaford.
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
Ten Persons C.A.A. Selects
Named To State Airport Site In
Boards By Gov. Sussex County
Levy Court Action Is
Now Needed To Pro
vide Bond Issue For
Class Three Field.

The Civil Aeronautic Admins
tration, Washington, last Friday an
nounced the selection of a George
town site for a Glass Three air
port.
Before receiving the CAA decis-
ion, the Sussex County Levy Court
passed a resolution requesting that
the government provide more in
formation on the use of the airport,
An act passed this year In the Leg
islatnre provides the commission
ers to bond the county for $4,000
to purchase land II the field is to
be used In the national defense
program
The Commissions resolution ask
ing for information before it en-
ters into contracts of purchase or
other obligations for the improve
ment of land or erection of facili-
ties for the said airport" will be
forwarded by Clerk Of Peace Fran
els F. Morgan, secretary of the
Levy Court, to the proper author+
ity.
Action by the court will depend
on the answer submitted by the ma
tional authorities.
Several surveys have been made
of land in the vicinity of George
town and the CAA has tentatively
approved a 390-acre tract about
one and a half miles southeast of
Georgetown.
The proposed site is a short dis
tance from the "Y" where the
Georgetown-Lewes branch and the
Franklin City, Va,
branch of the Pennsylvania Rail
road meet.
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
School Bonding
Issue Will Be
Voted On Here
Thurs, July "A
Milford Special School
District Must Raise
$15O,OOO In Order To
Secure State ApprOpri-
alton OF 100000.

In order to claim Milford's share
of the State School Building Fund,
the Milford Special School District
Board of Education at a special
meeting on Monday, unanimously
adopted the state boards building
program for the district, which
calls for a 20-room elementary
school building, complete with
cafeteria, kitchen, auditorium and
necessary service rooms and equip
ment.
The estimated costs of the build
ing program is $3.50, 100000, of which
the Milford Special School District
is Obliged to raise $150,000.00. Not
only must the district raise the
$150,000.00 but the state board of
education must be assured within
30 days that this will be done.
Failure to comply with the terms
of the school building appropria-
tion bill passed by the Legislature,
within this specified time will au-
tomatically result in Milford's
share of the state funds being ap-
piled to the cost of building pro-
ject in some other school district.
At the same meeting the board,
therefore, unanimously voted to Of
fer the citizens of Milford Special
School District the opportunity to
vote at a special referendum cleo
tion to decide whether or not to
issue bonds Of the district In the
amount Of s150,000.0O, or continue
to use indefinitely the antiquated
now being used as an
school.
, The date of the special referen-
dunn election will be Thursday,
July "a, between the hours of 1
and p. M, standard time, at the
old elementary building on the
corner of Northwest Second and
North streets, North Milford. Ev-
cry person twenty-one years of age
living in the Milford Special School
who would be entitled TO
cast q ballot at a general election
Is eligible to vote.
Under the laws Of Delaware, no
series Of bonds shall run for more
than twenty-five years and accord
ing to the experience of other dis
Lricts which have recently sold bond |
issues for school building purposes
In Delaware the average rate of
has been 212%.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04

A black and white color scheme
is predominating the new perma-
nent registration plates now being
issued by the State Motor Vehicle
Department. The plates, consid-
erably heavier than the present
tags, have a black background with
raised numerals of white. The name
Of the state appears at the top of
the plates.
Car owners whose machines
were registered prior to Tuesday
will not be affected by the new
system until the expiration of their
present license in March, next
year. However, If a car carrying
1941-42 plates is sold before the
expiration of the life of the pres
ent plates the new system will then
be applied to that auto. A person
buying new car will have to Sc
cure the new plates.
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
Rotary Club
Officers We're
Installed Here
Monday Night.
Irwin G. Burton, New
President, Takes Of
flee; Committee Heads
For Ensuing Year Are
Announced At Meeting

Installation exercises were held
Monday evening by the members OF
the Milford Rotary Club at Poplar
Grove when the following new Off
GERS and directors were installed:
President, Irwin G. Burton; vice
president, C. Van Nuis Wilkerson;
secretary, August r. Faix; treasur-
er, G. Donnan Holzmueller; direc-
tors, Mayor Edward c. Evans, w.
Shockley Daugherty, Elton Lynch
and Ebert Williams.
Following the installation, which
was conducted by Mayor Evans, the
retiring president, the following
committee chairmen were announc-
ed: Club service, Raymond Mas
ten; vocational, Mayor Evansi in
ternational, William v. Grier; com
Edwin f. Fisher; member
ship, Mr.. Daugherty; aims and OBJ
jects, Mr.. Burton; music, Charles
E. Varney; fellowship, Robert H.
Yerkes; attendance and classifica-
ton, Mr.. Fax; publication, Mr..
Yerkes; program, Mr.. Wilkerson;
menu, Mr.. Varney.
Other members OF the club are:
DR.. Lester o. Adkins, William A.
Berry, E. Roscoe Galloway, David
Coopersmith, Robert A. Derrick
son, Frank Elton, Wilmer o. Lank-
ford, George W. Perry. Harry ].
Pettyjohn, James P. Pierce, Robert
E. Shilling and Anthony S. Sum
mers.
Next Monday evening the newly
installed president will be in
charge of the program.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
County Agent Snyder
Addresses Lewes Club
ROtarians Hear What Future Holds
For Nations Agriculturists

In the future our farmers will
live and do business in an eco
nomic world different from the one
they have known, according to a
talk recently given by C. R. Snyder,
county agricultural agent, before
the Lewes Rotary Club. Snyder
stated that the farmers stake in
this worldwide crisis is a great
one, and will not be a rosy path.
Win or lose our agriculture seems
destined to be greatly affected. Our
farmers are faced with the neces-
sity of cooperation, careful. plan
ming and readjustment to new con-
ditions, and in this present situa-
ton these basic facts stand out
clearly:
War has cut off completely
the continental European markets
and reduced the volume of farm
products going to England, and
whatever the outcome of the war,
the prospect is small for export
trade in most of the years ahead.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
Civic Groups
Discuss Walnut
Street Traffic
Meeting Called by Mayor
Evans Endorses Paral-
lei Parking For Main
Th0roughfare Here.

Z
The frafffc situation ON Walnut
street, the main business thorough
fare of this city, was the topic OF
discussion at a special civic meet
ing held Monday evening of this
week at the city hall.
The meeting was called by Mayor
Edward c. Evans following many
complaints concerning the traffic
order on Walnut street.
Attending the meeting in addi-
ton to the members Of Milford City
Council were approximately rs per
cent of the main street merchants,
John w. Burris, head of the Bur-
ris Express Trucking Company;
Masten, head of the Mas
ten Trucking Company and Harry
Mayhem, representing. the Victor
Lynn Transportation Company.
An of the aforementioned trucking
have their headquarters
in this city.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
President Cites All
Thrift, Self-Reliance'
Delaware Delegates Hear Letter
From President Read By Wickard

With $50 other club members and
their leaders from all parts of the
country attending the fifteenth an
nual National All Club Camp in
Washington, the Delaware dele
gation-Alberta Pordham, Middle
town; Sue Webb, Greenwood; Will
liam Phillips, Middletown; Lister
Hall, Frederick; Miss Anne B.
Moore, Sussex county All club
agent, and G. e. McCauley, state
All club superintendent Secre-
tary of Agriculture Claude R.
Wickard read letter written by
Roosevelt and addressed
to the Alters attending the 1941
national get-together.
President Roosevelt's letter re-
fleets his interest in the All clubs
of the country. In the letter he
shall be grateful if you
will express to the delegates and
through them to every member of
the All organization my deep in
terest in the important, worth
while work being done by them,
particularly in National Defense
during the present world crisis.
The All Club as a great educa-
.ional and character-building move
nent are contributing to better liv-
ng, and a stronger nation. With
he training given their members
n work, thrift, self-reliance, and
n the practice of democracy, they
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Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
Hit-Rull Driver
Killed Milford
Farm HandLast
Saturday Night
r. j. Hyler, Also Known
AS Rich Thomas, Dies
OF Injuries Before
Reaching Hospital;
Death Car Found.

Richard Joseph Hyler,- 3S years
old, (better know as Rich
Thomas), a Milford Neck farm
hand. was fatally injured early
last Sunday morning when struck
by hit-run driver while walking
across Northwest Front street in
Milford. Hyler expired on bench
on the porch of the New Windsor
Hotel shortly before the arrival
Of the Milford Memorial Hospital
ambulance.
Hyler's death brought the states
automobile toll to 3S so far this
year. During the corresponding
period of last year "a persons were
killed.
p State. police said the accident was
witnessed by Edward Lank, %
years old, another Milford resi-
dent, who gave police description
OF the hit-run car. Later the car
was found at nearby canning fac
tory. II bore Florida license plates
The officers are now making a
search for the owner, who is al
legged to be Willie Williams, a So
year-old Florida negro.
Man Hurled 25 Feet
Police said the force of the i'm
pact hurled Hyler rs feet. He suf-
fered crushed chest, a fractured
skull, and decorations of the body.
Hyler was employed on the Clar-
snce e. Jester farm. He formerly
lived at Jersey City, N. J.
Coroner William F. Chambers of
Kent county will conduct an in
quest into the death probably the
first of next week.
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
Trust Co. To Close
Saturdays At Noon
Banking House Will Con-
tinne Schedule During
July And August

During a meeting of the direc-
tors of the Milford Trust Company
on Tuesday morning it was unan-
imously decided by that body to
close the bank at noon on Satur-
days during the months of July and
August, starting with tomorrow,
Saturday, July 5.
1t is the hope of the directors
and the bank employees that per-
sons who have business to trans
act with the bank and who have
been accustomed to coming in Sat
urday afternoons will rearrange
their schedule SO they can call in
the morning.
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
Kent Home Clubs To
! Discuss Canning Art
Miss Florence Yetter, County Agent
VIII Meet With Each Club

Kent County Home Demonstra-
tion Clubs will have as the topic
for their July meeting Canning
Review" Miss Florence L. Yet
ter, Kent County Home Demonstra-
tlon Agent, will meet with each
club and present short demon
stration and particular stress will
be on the canning of tomatoes. Miss
Pearl Macdonald. nutrition spe-
cialist of the University of Della
ware Extension Service, recon-
mends that tomatoes occupy one
third of the canning budget.
Heavy tomato orders are being
placed with all Gamers by the gov
ernment for use in army camps
and for shipment abroad. Tomatoes
are one of the best and cheapest
sources OF vitamin G, that all i'm
portant vitamin for the prevention
Of scuryy.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-07-04
Milford Man Had Served
The Past Year AS Pres
ident OF The Board;
w. Riley Brown OF
Wyoming Named To
Succeed C. ID. Clark.

Governor Walter W. Bacon on
Monday of this week appointed two
new members to the State Board of
Education for three-year terms
commencing July l.
The new members are Warren G.
Newton of BridgeVille and W. Ril-
ey Brown of Wyoming.
Succeeds /. ID. Short
Newton, trustee Of the University
of Delaware, and a graduate of
Delaware and Cornell, succeeds /.
d. Short, of Milford, who is COM
pleting his service as president of
the state board. Mr.. Newton is a
former president of the Delaware
Alumni Association.
Brown, a bank cashier and a
member of the Board of Education
of the Caesar Rodney School Dis
trict, succeeds Clarence D. Clark of
Camden. Mr.. Brown is the son of
former State Senator Oliver Brown.
Governor Bacon also made the
initial appointments to the Board
of Registration for Professional
and Surveyors, created
by an act of the recent Legisla-
ture.
The members and terms of ap-
pointment follow:
Harry s. Stanton, Wilmington,
civil engineer, four years; Leo
Wilmington, mechanical
engineer, two years; John C. Hop
kins, Dover, land surveyor, two
years; Hyland P. George, Dover,
civil engineer, three years; Morgan
T. Gum, Frankford, land surveyor,
.hree years; Thomas j. Mcdonnell.
land surveyor ,one
year, and T. B. Evans, Seaford, me-
,hanical engineer, one year.
The bill for the board was offer
ID in the House by Representative
Frank s. Pritchett of Woods Cove.
The terms went into effect July
when the act which requires the
registration OF all professional an
sineera and snsasl Hanf inta
'orce.
Governor Bacon also announced
he appointment Of State Senator
]. Leslie Gooden. Dover real ss-
ate broker, as a member OF the
Delaware Real Estate Commission,
Lewis ]. Tull of Lewes
or a three-year term starting on