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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
MulhOIland's
Caulk's S Receive
Safety Honors
City Concerns Selected
By National Safety
Council For Best In
dustrial Records.

The National Safety Council hai
named five Delaware firms on the
national honor roll for outstand-
ing industrial safety records in
their respective classifications dur
ing 1910, according to an announce
ment by the Delaware Safety Coun-
Gil.
The plants are: The J. H. Null
holland Company, and The L. D.
Caulk Company, both of Milford |;
the National Vulcanized Fibre Com
pany. Newark plant; the Pullman
Company of Wilmington; and the
Bellanca Aircraft Corporation, of
New Castle. All Of these plants are
also entered in the inter-plant
safety contest of the Delaware
Safety Council, John r. Fader, act
ing manager OF the council, said.
The Pullman Company holds an
record of 1895, ,572 man
hours worked with out a report
able accident The record started
in October 1887, and continued
through 1940.
The National Yulcanized Fibre
plant at Newark had the lowest
1910 frequency rate among organ
izations In its classification, that
Of AL. This rate is determined by
the ratio Of accidents per million
man hours worked.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
$4,000 Attend
'CElildren's Day
AT Kent-SuSsex
Fair Tuesday
Largest Crowd In His
tory ThrOnged Spac-
iOus Grounds; Auto
Races Saturday; Ex-
hibits Judged Early.

Approximately $4,000 men, wo-
men and children-officiaIs called
Il the largest Children's Day crowd
in the history of the Kent and Sus-
sex Fair-thronged the spacious
grounds for the first full day of
DeIaware's annual big show" on
Tuesday.
Families from all parts of the
Peninsula declared a holiday from
daily labors and began arriving
early in order to give everyone
from junior to grandpa a chance
to take iny the sights.
Fair Slogan Fulfilled
They found that the fair slogan
of Bigger and Better Than Ever"
is no empty boast. From the small
est exhibit to the most spectacular
of the amusement attractions. the
program showed careful study and
planning.
No accidents marred the day and
even the weather man relented by
sweeping cooling breezes over the
area during the morning. Children
by adults were ad-
mitted free.
While mother. and father dis
played major interest in the agri-
cultural and homemaking depart
ments, the peninsula school set"
turned to the All and Future Far
mers of America exhibits for the
and early afternoon di-
versions Competition is especially
Keen among the schools and vari-
,us clubs, as evidenced by the con-
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Guest Pastors
Will Address
Presbyterians
Local Church Pulpit To
Be Occupied By Dis
tinguished Ministers
During August.

During the month Of August the
local Presbyterian pulpit will be
occupied by three distinguished
ministers of the Synod of Balti-
more. The Rev. John Jackson
Brown, Jr., pastor of the church,
will be in Montreal, N. c., partici-
pating in the Presbyterian forums
and lectures.
On Sunday, August 8. DR.. Thomas
A. Williams of Salisbury, Md, will
preach. DIR. Williams is a gradu-
ate of Lafayette College and Prin-
ceton Seminary and held pastor
ates in New York and Pennsylva-
mia before going to Salisbury. He
has served as chairman of Ma
tional Missions and as Moderator
of New Castle Presbytery and has
been active in the work of Synod.
DR.. Williams will be remembered
as the Goth anniversary speaker
here some months ago.
On August 10, the Rev. Paul
H. Walenta will preach. Mr.. Wal
enta, native of Brooklyn, was ed
ucated at Columbia University, and
Princeton Seminary. He served as
pastor at Havre de Grace, Md, and
Norfolk, Va, going from there to
Baltimore for his present pastor
ate at the Fulton Avenue Presby-
terian Church. Mr.. Walenta is a
former Moderator of the Presby-
terry of Baltimore.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
State To Share
IN National
Road Program
May Spend $4S7,6OO In
Delaware on Highways
Essential To National
Defense.

Fa|H H HHsH g. -
A total Of s4S7 500 may be spent
in Delaware for improvements to
state highways that have been
designated by the War Department
as strategic in national defense.
This state also may benefit from
the $150,0O0,000 fund which a bill
passed by the House of Represen-
tatives this week, establishes for
the construction of access" roads
to military bases and defense in
dustry sites.
Delaware's $4S7,50O share of a
500, 100000 highway improvement
fund was approximated by the
House Roads Committee of which
Representative Philip A. Traynor
of Delaware is a member.
This amount is based on popula-
tion and area under the bill, which
now is before the U. S. Senate, the
federal government would pay rs
per cent of the total with the state
bearing the remaining 25 per cent.
Still a third source from which
the state may realize expenditures
is the $25,O0O,O0O fund set up for
repairs to highways substantially
damaged by the army or navy.
The committee listed Maryland's
share at $833,705 and Virginia's
81 ,S44,069, part of which would
probably go to the Del-Mar-Va Pen
lnsula areas of these two states
The federal government would
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Police Officer
Shoots Himself
Accidentally
Alfred Nutter Has Mar
row Escape. From Seri-
GUS Injury When Pts
tOl Falls From Pocket.

Alfred Nutter, age 2S years, q
member of the Milford police force
was wounded shortly before noon
yesterday Thursday when a thir-
ty-two calibre automatic pistol
which he was carrying in his back
hip pocket dropped to the ground
and was discharged.
According to former State Prohi-
bition Officer Norman e. Jett, of
Dover, the, accident occurred when
young Nutter stepped from his au-
tomobile, the revolver in some way
slipping out OF Nutter's pocket and
landing in the street, where the
force Of the impact caused it to
fire. The bullet entered Nutter's
left thight about four inches below
the groin, took an outward course
and lodged directly under the skin
between the ninth and tenth ribs
on the left side.
The bullet was removed by DR..
W. T. Chapman of Harrington, after
DR.. Willard r. Pierce, of Milford
had taken two X-rays to determine
the exact location of the pellet.
While the wound is painful, DR..
Chapman said that a thorough in
vestigation revealed that the bullet
did not pierce any vital organs in
its upward course.
Nutter is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Nutter, Sr., of Milford. and
has been a member of the Milford
police force for six months
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
J.H..Prettyman
Elected Lieut..
OF Guard Unit
Well Known Merchant,
Long Active In Guard;
Clement Nevins Nam
ed Second Lieutenant.

Some 79 members of the Milford
Home Guard attended Wednesday
nights training session and elec-
tion in the Milford Armory. They
chose j. Holland Prettyman, prom
inent Milford businessman, for their
first lieutenant and Clement J. New
ins, an official of Coopersmith's
Dress Factory, as second lieuten-
ant.
At earlier meetings the local un-
1t of the statewide guard organi-
zation had elected to captaincies
Anthony Summers and DR.. Willard
r. Pierce, the latter to head the To-
cal battery's medical deta achment.
4 Mr.. Prettyman, member of the
State Militia since 1921 and form
erIy first lieutenant of Battery F
of the now federalized National
Guard regiment, has taken an ac-
tive part in local military affairs.
Mr.. Nevins has served as a first
sergeant and staff sergeant with
the National Guard battery, and
holds a second lieutenanfs COM
in the officers reserve.
Nine new members were register
ed Wednesday night. The local unit
is driving for a complement of 81
and expects to have enrolled the
needed IL by next Wednesdays
meeting when. thew will be a COM
plete drill.
The arrival of 100 rifles, packed
in heavy grease, provided the bulk
1f the evenings work as the men
and cleaned the arms.
New uniforms are expected by next
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Two Milford Neck
MenKiHed Thursday
". Waiter Sharp, Nelson Dyer Lose Lives When
Truck In Which They We're Riding Was Crushed
By HeGUily Loaded Feed Truck Last ThMrsday

I been to Wilmington for a load oi
poultry feed and was on his way
back to Dagsboro.
Bodies Pinned In Wreck
1t required the use of two tow
trucks of the State Highway De-
partment and a wreck truck of
the Markland Garage, Dover, for
more than an hour, before the
bodies could be removed from the
wreckage of the smaller truck.
A crushed black cat was also
found in the truck wreckage. Police
were unable to say how the cat got
there.
Magee was placed under arrest
by Privates Fred Lamb and Eden
Jones Of the state police on charge
of manslaughter.
Funeral services for Sharp were
held Sunday at the VIM. A. Berry
Funeral Home, Milford, with Rev.
N. c. Benson, pastor of Houston
Methodist Church, officiating. In
terment in Hollywood cemetery,
near Harrington. He is survived by
his father, William Sharp, age SO
years; two sisters, Mrs. George
Johnson and Mrs. Fred Hayes and
three brothers, Edward, John and
all of near Milford.
Dyer was married and has chill
dren. His truck was almost crush
ed fat by the heavily loaded feed
truck.
Coroner William M. Chambers
will call an inquest.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Milford Boys To Aid
Playground Fund
VIII Chose Sides and Play
Night Ball Game Tues
day, August IL

A group of Milford boys will
chose up sides and play a base
ball game, Tuesday evening, Au-
gust IL, at Z o'clock at the Milford
Giants ball park. The admission
will be 10c and the proceeds from
the game will be turned over to
the Milford Playground Associa-
ton to aid in financing the project.
In the next issue of the Chronicle
the players on each team and the
two managers will be listed.
The civic spirit being displayed
by these youths is very commend
able and the general public is
urged to help the boys aid worthy
cause, by attending the game.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Campmeeting Time
In Sussex County
Thousands OF Visitors Enjoying
Hospitality OF Religious Groups

It's campmeeting time on the
Delmarva Peninsula as well as the
season for fried chicken, lima
beans, sugar corn, cantaloupes,
fresh grown tomatoes and water
melons, all of which are necessary
at campmeeting time to make the
menu perfect for the thousands of
visitors. t2sTf
James Camp, seven miles from
Blades, and under direction of the
Rev. Harry P. Butler of the Blades
Methodist Circuit; opened on Sun
day and will continue for the next
ten days. This is one of the popu-
lar camps Of the past forty years
and annually attracts thousands of
people from Laurel, Blades, Sea-
ford, Delmar, Millsboro, George
town and many other sections of
lower Delaware as we'll as from
the adjacent counties, Wicomico,
Worcester and Dorchester, in Mary
land. While not one of the large
campgrounds, as in days of yore,
it, however, has become popular
within the past quarter of a CEN
tury. Started possibly forty years
ago at a late period in the summer
or early fall. it was known at the
time as the frozen camp" because
the weather was so cold at the
opening that people had to wear
overcoats in order to keep warm.
1t has grown each year
to be one of the leading campmeet-
ings of the Peninsula. The James
family, for whom it was named,
have long been identified with poll
tics, mainly the Democratic party,
It is said, and since its foundation
It has been a rendezvous for poll
ticians of both parties each year.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Several Local Men
Are Called In Draft
Sussex Board No. / Summons
Large Group For Induction Aug.

Forty-four men have been sum-
moned by Sussex County Local
Board No. 1 at Georgetown to re-
ceive their physical examinations
at the army induction center at
Trenton, N. j.. on August 6.
Several of the men have moved
to other parts of the county sincc
registering with the Georgetown
board, but are still under its juris-
diction. One of these now has a
mailing address in Louisiana, two
in Virginia, and one in Illinois.
Selectees with out-of-state ad-
dresses are the following: Stanley
Agrees, Peoria, ILL.,; Roy w. Dav-
export, Olney, Va; Charles v.
Shellhouse, Washington, D. c.;
Henry Strand, Melfa, Va; Isaac
Caldwell, Monroe. La, and Joseph
G. Johnson, Cambridge, Md.
Those from Georgetown are: Ed
ward l.. Balm, Donaldson P. Car
mean, Charles w. Elliott, Jr., John
T. Purnell, Leroy B. Tyndall, Jr.,
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Charges Are Brought
In Automobile Death
H. Bradley, N. R. Bennett Charged
In Beath OF Randall Lyons,

Manslaughter charges have been
placed against drivers of two auto
mobiles that collided Saturday
July 10, inflicting injuries that caus-
ed the death of Randall Lyons, q
years old, of Harrington, last Sat
urday night in the Milford Memoir.
iali Hospital,
The drivers, according to state
police, were Harvey Bradley, "A
years old, of Milford, with whom
Lyons was riding, and Norman r.
Bennett, 25 years old, also of Mil
ford.
Lyons was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Lyons of near Har-
rington. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Iva Baker Lyons; son, Sam
uel Edward, and the following bro
Tiers and sisters, Medford and Cliff
ford Lyons. Mrs. Rachel Hill, Mrs
Grace Black, and Miss Louise Ly-
ons, all of Harrington. The funeral
was held from the Boyer Funeral
Home. Harrington, on Tuesday at
2 D. m, in charge of the Rev. Chas.
Jack, pastor of the Nazarene
Church, Harrington and Rev. r.
E. Green, pastor of Asbury Metho-
dist Church, Harrington.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01

Two men were killed in the col
lision of two trucks on the East
Dover bypass, Route 113, near the
Dover Airport, last Thursday NOR
ming.
Those killed were N. Walter
Sharp, age 81, of Milford Neck, and
Nelson Dyer, age So, also Of MIL
ford Neck.
They were killed instantly when
the truck driven by Dyer. who was
accompanied by Sharp, was crush
ed by a truck operated by Vernon
l.. Magee, % years old, of Frank
ford.
Magee, who was uninjured, told
police he was travelling south on the
highway and saw the other truck
coming north on his side of the
road. The fog was so thick he did
not see the other vehicle until an
instant before the crash, he said.
Magee said he swerved to the
left side of the highway in an at
tempt to avoid head-on collision.
and apparently the sharp turn plus
the force of impact turned his truck
over on Dyer's truck.
Dyer's truck, which was light and
unloaded, was struck in the front
and was badly crushed by the
weight of the heavier vehicle turn
ing over on top of it. Dyer and
Sharp were killed instantly.
Magee, who Is employed by Van
gle Lynch of Dagsboro, said he had
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
HID. Clubs. To Conduct
Training School Aug. 6
New Castle Group To Instruct Sus.
sex Units In Rug Making

On August 6, four New Castle
County Home Demonstration Club
members will conduct a training
school on making hooked rugs for
members of Sussex county clubs.
This is in preparation for the Sep
tember meetings on 'eColor and De-
sign for Hooked Rugs" which will
be given by leaders from each OF
the Sussex clubs.
The New Castle county leaders,
Mrs Custis Price, Middletown; Mrs
William Unruh, Middletown, Mrs.
Harold Baton, Middletown, Mrs.
Clifford Pryor, Townsend, were se-
lected to give help to the Sussex
leaders because they had been es-
pecially successful in making rugs
as a result of the meetings in their
own county. They will teach the
leaders to hook both yarn and rag
rugs and will give them help in
the wise selection of patterns and
color schemes.
The meeting will be held at the
Nanticoke Community House on
the Georgetown -Bridgeville road
and will begin at 1880 O'Clock
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Wesley College To
Have Head By Oct. l
MethOdists Confer Over Finances
And President For Institute

Wesley Collegiate Institute,
which will be opened in September,
1912, as an accredited junior col
lege, will have a president by Oc-
tober 1, 1t was announced this
week.
At a meeting of officials of the
Peninsula Methodist Conference in
the parlors of the school, the COM
mittee to select a president, which
is headed by Bishop Adna w.
Leonard, was directed to make its
appointment by that date.
Bishop Leonard said he will
present candidate to his commit
tee and to the trustees of the in
stitute sometime in September.
Other members of the committee
are the Rev. DR.. Walter e. Gunby,
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Association Prepares For Del.
Display At Poultry Exposition

basing the exhibit theme on con-
sumer education, stressing the
value of Delaware's quality broil-
ers.
]. Hugh Davis, Millsboro, chair
man of the committee, has announ-
ced that the exhibits will be finan-
ced by funds obtained from all
branches of the states poultry in
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Frank Mag Now At
Coopersmith's Store
Former Manager OF Sherie's APP
.parel Shop, Dover, Is Practipedist

David Coopersmith, owner of D.
Coopersmith's ladies' and chill
dren's ready-to-wear store, Mil
ford, announced today that he has
secured the services of Mr.. Frank
Mag formerly manager of Sher-
les Apparel Shop of Dover) Mr..
Mag comes to the Coopersmith
store with years of experience, in
ladies ready-to-wear; is an expert
shoe filter. being a graduate prac-
tipedist (the science of giving foot
comfort.)
Customers are cordially invited
to visit the store and let Frank"
assist them select their ready-to-
wear and shoe needs.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Ragain's New
Drug Store
Opens Today
Mayor Evans Will Cut
Ribbon Opening Front
Door At Nine O'clock;
Public Invited.

This morning, Friday, August 1
at nine o'clock, Mayor Edward c
Evans will cut the large blue rib
bon on the front door officially
opening Ragain's Pharmacy to the
general public of Milford and vi
cinity.
F. Perry Raglan, proprietor and
sole owner of the store, stated that
it is his intention to conduct Ra-
gains as a modern, ethical drug
store, selecting his stock at all
times from nationally advertised
products that have proven their
pharmaceutical value over a per-
iod of years. According to Mr..
Raglan his special pride will be
his prescription service, where all
calls for service will be taken care
of promptly and efficiently.
. The general public is cordially
invited to attend the opening, and
see one of the most modern and
beautiful drug stores on the Pen
insula. Well lighted by fiUorescent
lights installed by Peterman's Ra-
dio and Electric Service, this city,
and the fixtures, designed and man
ufactured by Henry M. Reisch-
mann and Company, of Seaford,
are at once both modernistic and
beautiful Efficiently designed for
quick service at all times is the
handsome Weber soda fountain, in
stalled by the Equipment Sales
Company of Philadelphia. While
the handsome Armstrong tile floor
by Warren and Gibson
of this city, is the last word in
beauty and variability.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01

Seeking to bolster public recog-
milton of Delaware's giant poultry
industry, the education and re-
search committee of the Delaware
Poultry Improvement Association
is planning to stage an exhibit at
the Northeastern Poultry Produc-
ers Council Exposition to be held
at Harrisburg, Pa, during October.
The associations committee is
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Delaware AII-Stars
Down Maryland, IA
Ward Hurley, Bob Maxwell Stars
As State Team Trlumphs

The Delaware All-Stars, chosen
from the four state clubs in the
Mar-Del League took the measure
of the Maryland dream team, 2 to
A, in 12 innings Friday night last.
A three-run rally in the 18th clinch-
ed the win for the Delawareans.
The Maryland nine held a 4-3
lead as late as the eighth inning,
but in that frame Ward Hurley
stole home to deadlock the count
and send the game into extra inn
ings.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Pepper Family VIII
Meet At Trappe Pond
Seventh Annual Affair VIII Be
Held This Coming Sunday

The seventh annual reunion of
the Pepper family, descendants of
the late David Pepper. who was
married to Naomi Warrington on
January IL, 1888, will be held this
year at Trappe Pond, six miles east
of Laurel on August 3-a govern
ment project within the past two
years which has become a famous
picnic ground for lower Delawar-
cans. The first reunion of the
Pepper clan was held on Sunday,
25. 1885, at Riverdale Park
on the Indian River Bay. AT that
time there, were rs descendants Of
the late Charles T. Pepper and IL
descendants of the late David Pep
per.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Milford Honored By
State Truckers Assn.
City Requested To Place Equip
ment In Fair Motor CaVaIcade


The following letter received this
week by Mayor Edward G. Evans
from Ernest v. Keith, secretary
and counsel general of the Della
ware Motor Truck Association, is
self-explanatory and speaks we'll
for the reputation which the City
of Milford is acquiring as a mod
ern up-to-the-minute community:
"On Friday, August L, promptly
at IL o'clock noon, standard time,
the Delaware Motor Truck Associa-
ton, in connection with its public
relations activities is sponsoring a
motor cavalcade on the track at the
Kent and Sussex. Fair. We antici-
pate having between so and 100
units In line together with a band
and contingent of the State Guard.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Temperature

Total Rainfall ..... "a
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-01
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford

From Wednesday, July 2S, To
Tuesday, July 20, Inclusive
Charles J. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following atmospheric conditions
prevailed in this vicinity from
Wednesday. July %. to Tuesday,
July 20, inclusive:
Evening star., 1941-01-14
Churches Protest Reynolds
Stand for D. {. RACING

A letter to Senator Reynolds,
Democrat, of North Carolina oppos-
ing his intention to support legis-
lation authorizing race track and
pari-mutuel gambling in the Dis
trict was released today by the Com
mittee on Civic Affairs of the Wash
ington Federation of Churches,
through its chairman, Wilbur La
Roe. jr.
The committees opposition has
been confirmed by the federation's
Board of Directors, the letter signed
by Mr. La Roe said. The fedora
ton represents 152 churches with a
membership of over 10000
The letter said race track diverts
huge sums of money from legiti-
mate channels of trade to the injury
of local merchants.
Money spent at the track Will
not be spent for food or clothing or
shoes and much of it will be taken
out of the District of Columbia
permanently" it continued.
Hitting at the tendency on the
par Vi uldIlN peOpIS u get SOIllt-
thing for nothing the letter called
the failing "a weakness in our de-
mocracy"-and said that gamblers
aim to take money from others with
out any useful contribution by them
selves.
The committee told Senator Rev
nolds it was in accord with "the
greater part of your program for
the District of Columbia" but that
there is nothing constructive about
a race track"
Evening star., 1941-01-14
Band Concert

BY the United States Navy Band
symphony Orchestra in the Marine
Corps auditorium, Eighth and I
streets Sc, today at 8:15 pm, 1t,
Charles Benter, conductor; Charles
Brendler, assistant.
PROGRAM.
"A London Overture" John Ireland
don Juan" opus 20 Richard Strauss
Concerto in E Minor, Op. g." for
violin.
Allegro motto appaSsionato.
Andante.
Allegretto non troppo- allegro motto
vivace.
Musician Bernard Rosenthal, soloiSt.
"The Rose Bearer" concert waltzes,
Richard Strauss
symphony No. 4" P. I. Tschaikowsky
Andante soStenuto.
Andantino in modo di canzona.
Scherzo, Pizzicato estimate.
Finale. Allegro con fuoco.
The National Anthem.