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Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Sussex County Three Local
Firemen Elect Students Get
New Officers Scholarships
Are Among Twenty Sc
lected In State Accord
ing To Dean OF School
Of Education, U. of u.

Three students from Milford
High School are among the 20
young men and women selected to
receive the first scholarships
awarded under a new grant to the
School of Education, University
OF Delaware, Dean w. Earl Arm
strong of the school announces to-
day.
The Milford winners are: George
Burton COverdale, of r. ID. 2; Miss
Janet Lee Prettyman. AIT South
Walnut street, and~Miss Eva Joan
Swain of Lincoln. All will grad
uate this month.
Six other students are from
county, sand seven more from New
Castle county. Sixteen are grad
uating this month from Delaware
high schools, and the others al
ready are underclassmen at the
University.
The scholarships, valued at $40(
each, will become effective with
the school term starting in Sep
tember in move planned to i'm
prove Delaware's supply of tea
chers and to maintain the Qualit!
of the states teaching personne
in both elementary and secondar!
schools, Dean Armstrong report
ed Representing the larges
+; scholarship grant ever made il
! Delaware, the awards are subjec
: to renewal for at least one yea
and possibly until each recipient
graduation from the University
contingent upon his doing salts
factory work in courses leading t
the teaching profession.
Continued on page l5l
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
E. B. DOugherty Is Nam
ed County Group Pres
ident At RehObOth Con-
ventiOn.

Edward B. DOugherty, Delmar,
was elected president of the Sus-
sex County Firemen's Association
at the annual meeting and dinner
last week in the Epworth Metho-
dist Church, Rehoboth Beach.
James Wilgus of Selbyville. was
named first vice-president, and j.
c. McGee of Dagsboro, second vice
president. Other new officers are:
Secretary, E. C. Bailey of Laurel;
assistant secretary, James Baker
of Frankford; treasurer, David
Joseph of Laurel; fire recorder,
Granville White of Laurel. and
chaplain, the Rev. c. S. Jarvis of
Selbyville. Installations were made
by State President Caleb Johnson
of Magnolia.
More than 100 county firemen
were present at the dinner, which
was followed by memorial SER
vice for the firemen who died dur
ing the past year. The committee
in charge of this service consisted
of Charles Conway of Greenwood
and William Henning, Rehoboth
Beach. with the Rev. David w
Baker, retiring pastor of the Ep-
worth Church, conducting the SER
vice. and the Rev. c. S. Jarvis
Selbyville, the memorial address
The Lords Prayer was sung by
Jack B. Jeglum of Rehoboth. Din.
ner was served by the Ladies Aux
iliary of the Rehoboth Volunteer
Fire Company. Mrs. Ruth Hudson
was another solOist, and Mrs. ID
w. Baker ,accompanist, while viii
liam McCabe sounded taps.
At the business meeting in tn,
church social hall, the Is fire com
panies of Sussex county were rep
resented with the exception o
Lewes, Seaford and Blades. COun
ty Fire Recorder j. c. McGee o
Dagsboro, read the months re
ports from all companies. except
CONTINUED on page 15I
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
4-H Short Course
Begins June Is
Full Itinerary Is Planned
For The Annual
Session

Beginning at p. m. on June
Is, approximately 23O Delaware
boys and girls will ,congregate on
the University of Delaware CAM
pus to participate in the 26th an
nual All short course. which is
held under the direction of the
Delaware Agricultural Extension
Service.
Upon their arrival. the All men,
bers will, in true college fashion.
go through the registration and
room assignment lines. This year,
the girls will be housed in three
temporary dOrmitories, Topsy,
Turvey and Boletus, while the
boys will take over a portion of the
veterans barracks.
Continued On page l3)
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Lions Club Ladies'
Night On June IL
Gala Affair VIII Be Held At RehO-
both Country Club

The Milford Lions Club will OBJ
serve it's first anniversary with
gala affair at the Rehoboth Coun
try Club on the evening of June
H. This affair, which will be in
the nature of a dinner-dance, will
serve jointly as the Annual Ladies'
Night and as the Charter Night;
originally scheduled for a local
hall this Friday evening, the affair
was moved to the Rehoboth Coun-
try Club when local facilities were
found to be inadequate for the type
of affair being planned.
Five members of the Milford
Lions Club attended the recent
District Convention of Lions In
ternational, held in Washington, D.
c.. Those making the trip from
here were Dean Kimmel, Howard
Furniss, Bob Baynum, Harwood
Jamison. and Phil Jacobs. Sam
Pierce, Seaford, former zone chair
man, who had the active suppor,
Of the local delegation, was the
unapimous choice for district pres
ident at the Washington meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Milford Girl
Will Attend
Red Cross Meet
State Junior Red Cross
Group Will Be Repre-
sented At Cleveland By
Miss Frances Collins.

The Junior Red Cross unit of
the Delaware Chapter will be rep
resented at the National Red Cross
Convention, June 8 to 12. at Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Miss Frances Collins of Milford
has been selected as one of the
two delegates from the state. Miss
Rae Priestly of the Wilmington
High School is the second dele
gate.
Miss Collins is in the eleventh
grade in the Milford High School
and is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Collins of near Mil
ford. The Milford delegate repre-
sents area No. of the Junior Red
Cross and was selected by joint
student and faculty committee.
She has been active in All Club
work and eXtra-curricular activi-
ties in her school life.
The convention group from the
Delaware Chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross will leave Whining
lOll NY opCCidi puiiihelh oii u ouhS
and return on the 18th.
Nearly 5000 delegates are ex-
pected to attend the convention
coming from the United States an(
! foreign countries.
Mrs. Allen Ferver of Wilmington
is director of the Delaware Junior
Unit and Mrs. Herman Phillips /!
chairman of the Junior work fol
Area No 6. Mrs. Mildred Wells o
the Milford High School faculty il
teacher-sponsor in the junior ant
senior high school of Milford.
The expenses for the Junior del
egates to attend the National Con
vention were made possible by al
anOnymO OuS donor
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Delmarva Broiler
Federation Formed
Lawrence Isaacs OF Milford Is
Named To Advisory Committee

Realizing the need for a repre-
sentative and strong organization
which can speak and act for the
entire Delmarva broiler industry,
a group of prominent Peninsula
hatcherymen, feed men, process
ors, live buyers and growers met
at Salisbury, Md, last Tuesday
night and set up a new all-indus-
try Peninsula-wide broiler organi-
cation to be known as the Delmar-
va BrOiler Federation.
The Federation is designed to
become strong and united force
which can develop potential mar
kets, promote and publicize Del
marva broilers, devise methods for
stabiliziDg production and, in gen.
eral, work for the good of the en-
tire industry.
Continued on page 50
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Four State Detours
Have Been Posted
L. :. Route 113, Milford To Little
Heaven, In Group Affected

The State Highway Department
has announced four detours on
main routes.
The detOurs are: u. S. Route No.
13, st. Georges to COrbet, for 2.6
miles, reconstruction of the south
bound section of the dual highway.
Traffic is detoured to the north
bound section of the dual highway.
The speed limit is reduced to AS
miles per hour.
U. S. Route No. Is, Seaford to
Bridgeyille, 6.3 miles of recon-
struction of two-lane highway.
Traffic will be maintained at a
speed reduced to 35 miles per hour.
U. IS. Route No. 113, Milford to
Little Heaven, 9.S miles recon-
struction of two-lane highway, traf-
fic maintained; speed limit reduc-
ed to 35 miles per hour.
U. S. Route No. 113, Georgetown
to Glendale, 81 miles reconstruc-
ton of two-lane highway, with
traffic maintained and the speed
limit reduced to 35 miles per hour
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
State Apiary Law Main
Topic At Odessa Meeting

The features of Delaware's new
apiary law were explained to some
SO beekeepers from all parts of
the state by George III. Latham. in
coming president of the Delaware
State Beekeepers' Association, at
the sixth annual meeting Of this
group at j. P. Kirkpatrick apiary,
Odessa, on May "a.
Ralph c. Wilson, secretary of
the State Board of Agriculture,
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
So Candidates 1T
Milford High WM
Graduate June 10
Paul DOlan Of University
Of Delaware Will Be
Guest Speaker At First
Out of Doors Com
mencement.

Diplomas will be awarded So
for graduation from
Milford High School, including
seven graduates through the Gen
eral Educational Development tests
of the armed forces. at the forty
seventh annual commencement of
the school, which will for the first
time in the history of the school
be held in the open at the high
school. In case of rain the tickets
which presently call for the CEN
ter, would be good for the main
floor of the auditorium and the
side tickets would be good for the
balcony.
The commencement address will
be delivered by Paul Dolan of the
Department of History and Politi-
cal Science of the University of
Delaware. Mr.. Dolan is a graduate
of the University of Pennsylvania.
First taught at the University of
Delaware in 1940-1942, leaving
there to serve with the United
States Naval Reserve, was honor
ably discharged December, 1916,
and resumed his chair at the Uni
versity of Delaware in January,
1947. Mr.. Dolan, has chosen as his
subject ideals and Citizenship"
Glass Night will be held this
evening, Friday, June 6, at the high
school.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered by Rev. David w. Ba-
ker, pastor of the Calvary Metho-
dist Church in that edifice this COM
ing Sunday evening, June s, at 500
o'clock
Continued on page l4)
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Assn Gave
Banquet "wednesday
Awards Were Distributed To Over Fifty Stu
dents at First Annual Affair Sponsored
By The Group. Pictures of Cigar Bowl
Classic Shown at Close of Meal School
Board Members Present.

A highly enjoyable affair was
the High School Athletic Associa-
ton Banquet held the past We'd
nesday evening in Grange Hall.
The banquet, the first annual af-
fair of the association, came as a
fitting climax to one of the most
outstanding sports years in the his
tory of Milford School.
Former State Senator Robert H.
Yerkes, a graduate of Milford High
School, and one-time captain of the
track team of that institution, was
tOastmaster.
The invocation was given by
Rev. John M DeChant, pastor OF
the First Presbyterian Church, this
city, and father of two letter win
ners.
Among the speakers were Super
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Pupils Here Put On
May-Day Circus
More Than 1000 Persons Attended
Novel Fete Last Wednesday

The Milford school circus in
conjunction with the crOwning of
the May day exercises of the schools
held last Wednesday afternoon on
the high school campus was at
tended by more than 1000 persons.
Not only were there circus seats
with circus drapings and flags, but
the circus band played the overture
while toy ballons, popcorn and pink
lemonade vendors made their
rounds.
First on the program was the
browning of the Queen of May who
was by vote of the students, Jean
Mccullough. Her court was COM
posed of Virginia Lindal, Margaret
Walls, Norma Hart, Norma Greenly
Barbara Harrison. Carolyn Nelte
Irma( a(McCullough. and Joan Harri-
son.
On platform of green she was
crowned by Norma Hart who wore
a pink gown. The queen wore white
Ann Bennett and ROslie Bunting
were the flower girls.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Broiler Field Day
To Be Held June 18
Educational Session Will Be Held
In Georgetown, Followed BY Tour

. Delaware's annual Broiler Field
Day will be held June Is with an
educational session during the
morning in the Jones Memorial
Hall at Georgetown, followed with
a tour of the broiler research plant
at the University of Delaware Sub
station during the afternoon.
A. E. Tomhave, head of the de-
partnient of poultry and animal
industry of the University of Del
aware, will preside during the
morning session, which has been
arranged by the University poultry
department. the Extension Service,
and cooperating poultry agencies
in the state.
Subjects which will be discuss
ed at this session will include
What to do about Newcastle Dis
Continued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06

discussed plans for administering
the act. All bee keepers must reg
lister on or before June 80, 1947.
All bees will be inspected at least
once each year. If any colonies are
found infected by disease, suitable
approved steps will be taken for
eradication or control of the dis
ease. By June 80, 1850, all bees
must be installed in modern, NOV
Continued on page l6)
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Mark Founding Of
Old Drawers Church
Service COmmemOrates 23eth Ami
versary OF Church

r Twos-meetings will DE held next
year in observance of the ami
versary of the founding of Old
Drawers Church Odessa. it was
decided last Sunday at a service
commemorating the 236th anniver-
sary of the church. One meeting will
be held in the morning and one in
the afternoon.
About 100 persons attended last
Sundays service at which the
preacher was the Rev. DR.. John E.
Thomas. pastor of Forest Presby-
terian Church, Middletown. DR..
Thomas spoke on the topic, "The
Faith Of our Fathers" Following
the service, the Sind annual meet
ing of the Friends of Old Drawers
Association, originated in 1895, was
held. Officers elected were: Presi-
dent, William NJ Davis; vice-presi-
continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Milford Girl.
Wins Place In
Essay Contest
Bernice Abbott, Tenth
Grade Pupil, Won First
Place I'm Contest SpOn-
sored By Local Legion.

In the annual "Americanism"
essay contest sponsored by the
Legion and Auxiliary,
Mrs. Duane Lynne is happy to an
nounce the winners as Bernice Alb
bOtt, first in the local contest and
fourth in the state for girls, and
Vernon Lemex, first for the boys
in the local school. The awards of
$3.50 each will be given on COM
evening. The essays
follow:
Americas Contribution For A
Permanent Peace
America, as one of the great pow
ers of the world, has a definite con-
tributiOn to make toward the es-
tablishing of permanent world
peace.
AS the most prosperous of the
powers, it is to Americas best ad-
vantage to help feed and clothe the
rest of the world. If the people OF
the various countries of the world
do not have food to eat, clothing
W WSdI, anu lOlilcS III w ulCI u
live, they are going to try to Sc
cure them by some drastic means
even. if it should finally result in
war.
1t is essential that our farmers
raise as large crops as possible
because the food goes not only tC
feed the people of our country
but to help feed the people of the
war-ravaged countries of Europe
and the Far East.
1t is also important that we man
ufacture and have available tt
those less fortunate countries, farm
machinery and supplies will
which to reclaim their lands ant
grow some of the food which tn,
people of these countries need s,
desperately.
Continued on page III
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06

intendent of Milford Schools Har-
old A. Shaterian, who paid tribute
to the athletic prowess of Mil
ford's students and their mentor,
Bernard E. Briggs. Coach Briggs
also spoke and thanked the mem
bers of each and every sports team
and squad for their cooperation.
The highly priced MS" and
other trophies were presented to
over fifty youthful athletes by AL
Humes, president of the Milford
Board of Education. Other MEM
bers of the board present were A.
r. Robbins and Wallace F. Nc
Faul.
The speaker of the evening was
Coach Bill Martin from the Uni
versity of Delaware. Coach Mar
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Few Days Remain In
Chevrolet Contest
All Entries Must Be Filed At Bur-
tons BY Midnight June Is

Only a few days remain before
the close of the search to find the
Oldest Chevrolet truck in the Uni
ted States, whose owner will win
a new advance design Chevrolet
truck. Entries must be filed by
midnight, June Is, at l. G. Burton
and Company, Inc, Rehoboth High
way, Milford. Delaware.
Nominations for the oldest truck
should be submitted without de-
lay. The winner will be announ-
ced on or before June 20, and may
select a new vehicle of his choice
from any standard model in the
current line of Chevrolet CONNER
cial cars and trucks.
tcontinued ON page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Coach KibLer RetireS
At ChestertOUn, Md.
Veteran Athletic Mentor
Gives Up Post After
35 Years

Coach ]. Thomas Kibler, for 50
years connected with athletic ac-
tivities at Washington College i'm
Chestertown, Md, has retired.
His resignation, previously sub
mitted became effective last Sat-
urday when the college board met
for it's annual meeting prior to the
165th commencement.
Widely known by the nine or 10
student generations" who have
passed through Washington Col
lege during his long period of SER
vice. Coach Kibler became direc-
tor of athletics for the college in
1912, and has been dean of men
since the creation of that post
more than a year ago.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Camp Rodney Opens
On Sunday, June %
Still Room In First Period For
Additional Applicants

With little more than two weeks
to the opening of the Rodney
Boy Scout Camps there is still
room in the first period for addi-
tional applicants. The first two
week period begins June %. The
second two-periOd, beginning July
6, is filled except for the possibili-
ty of cancellations, and there is
still plenty of room In the third and
fourth periods. Many Troops which
have indicated their attention of
attending in large delegations have
not yet sent in actual registration
cards and rush is expected as
soon as the warm weather begins.
Camp Director James c. Pyle an
Continued ON page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06
Decide On Site For
Hospital At Seaford
Plans To Buy Locates Property,
Area Around Williams Mill Pond

The board of directors of the
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital have
agreed to purchase the Locates
property. formerly known as the
Williams Farm, with some addition
al acreage as the most suitable To-
cation upon which to erect the pro-
posed hospital.
The following officers of the
board served as a committee for the
purpose of investigating and study
ing several proposed sites: w. Allen
Hastings, president; Horace White,
vice-president; Ray E. Hamill, vice
president; Van Leer Stephany, Jr.,
treasurer; and Donald H. Frieday
secretary.
(rnpf{puad op poca ~
Milford chronicle., 1947-06-06

Continued on page l5)
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08
T-H PLUS BARNES

Several days before the expired foemen
went through the plant coercng
pared cards requesting the NIRB to decerty the UE
Department meetings company property and on
company time to line for the
union Company guards barred union chief attending
these meetings.
In the building the firm but
Air. has working staff of SO
the company refuses contract.
The company demands that the 1907
the TaftHartley Board to get certified
When negotiations company became i'm
possible the workers all walked off their
real power at their command-the right to strike
Then the old Chicago joined
Hartley Act Captain Barnes and uniformed
strikers around Warrants phony charges
battery issued girls
time In their life And finally the heavy hand Superior
brought into play and Judge
pcketng breaking injunction attorney
so minutes notice before the hearing injunction.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

RAMS resolution, Aid. Archibald
Carey (3rO told the City Council:
People that are paying $12 a
week for a hole in the wall can't
afford, and shouldn't pay, a Is
per cent increase. Some people
are already paying rents that
amount to exploitation. Their
rents should be cut not increased. !"
Merriam's resolution was adopt
ed. After study of the Advisory
B r d S recommendation, the
Councils Housing Committee is
scheduled, on Friday or Saturday,
to make its report.
The Independent Voters of Illi-
nois bitterly criticized the Rent
Advisory Boards proposal as a
spur to further initiation. The
group said a general rent raise
here would lead to similar in
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08
Hit Ryon's
rent boost
CONTINUED from page 81

NOitt1lliC0 lO1l1 pdSC u
ing Tighe Woods in Washington
and we're notifying all our locals
to do the same. And we're letting
the board know how the people
feel, too"
HENRY Meihs, director, Pro-
gressive Citizens of America, Ten
ants and Housing Council, point
ed out that Chicago leads the
rest of the country in rent in
creases, while at the same time
there has been marked reduc-
ton of essential services below
the minimum health and safety
level" Meihs continued:
"The Pea Council places re-
sponsibility at the door of the
local rent advisory commission.
We urge Tighe Woods to overhaul
this board to include bona fide
representation of consumers and
tenants organizations"
On Monday, when news of the
boards recommendation reached
Chicago's City Council, Aid. Rob-
ert E. Merriam (5th) introduced
a resolution urging Tighe Woods
to refrain from action until the
City Council could study the
proposal" Merriam added:
1t has caught everyone in
Chicago off guard. The board
consulted no one. not even the
Chicago Area Rent Office"
SPEAKING in support of Mer-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

creaseS all over the country.
Il
AT THE same time, Ken Pettus,
housing committee chairman of
the Chicago chapter of the Ameri-
can Veterans Committee, sent a
protest to Woods.
THE Rent Advisory Board as
presently constituted is group
which does not represent the
citizens of Chicago" Petius
said. I'VE feel that no rent in
creases should be made at this
time. and we feel a public hear
ing would show that The public
wants no increases"
Meanwhile, the Chicago Area
Rent Control office reported that
hundreds Of calls have flooded
the switchboards, as protests
mount in Chicago.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

equipment WORKERS union.
The union wrote a 2,000-word
letter to company president John
L. McCaffrey Nov. 6 and distrib-
uted 100000 copies to Harvester
employees, farmers, cooperatives
and all sections of the labor
movement.
The letter was an answer to a
message sent by the corporation
to employees attacking FEE. The
company's letter, distributed Oct.
20, blasted the union for alleged
violations of contracts and in es-
sence urged members to join the
company in its fight against union
leaders.
FEE President Grant w. Cakes
and Secretary Treasurer Gerald
Fielde insisted the corporation has
departed from its highly publ
cized program of considering the
interests of stockholders, the pub
lie and the workers.
+
THE UNION reported how the
corporation declared a special ex-
ira premium" last month granting
stockholders 81 per cent in
crease by raising common stock
dividends to SIS on each of the
4, 400, 1875 shares"
The union explained that re-
cent price reductions on farm ma
chinery were preceded by ser
les of increases"
Price increases of IL per cent
would have completely offset our
unions 1916 wage increases" the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08
THE NEXT MOVE IS YOURS!

The pattern is plain. The
Cory trial balloon is getting at,
teniion of all the other profit
hungry outfits under union con-
tract in Chicago. The big OUT
fits. with their contract expira-
lion dates looming up early
next Spring. aren't missing the
lessons of this test flight either.
The question is-will organ
lied labor rally behind the
Cory workers and prove that
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-11-08

First. LET'S get the facts
straight. @
This tight-fisted little outfit
Of coffeepot makers has about
ITS workers that average
100000 a year in wages. The
company pays starting wage
of 74c an hour TO women. who
constitute the majority of the
working force. And Zee an
hour is the generous starting
rate for men.
Last year the penny pinching
outfit melted a million bucks
after taxes. And according to
the rate of profit for fhe first
quarter of this year it'll be