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Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Kent County Firemen
Hear State Senator
Plans For Fair Are Laid At Meet
ing Addressed By BurkhOlder

State Senator E. Paul Burk-
holder was the guest speaker at
the meeting of Kent County Volun-
teer Firemen's Association at Cam
den, last Thursday evening. Vice
president Charles Jester welcomed
the firemen to Camden and past
county president Harry C. Tee re-
spOnded
The association elected Raplh
Boyer as assistant secretary to
serve during the illness of Secre-
tary John M. Roe. Mr.. Roe is in a
serious condition in a Philadelphia
hospital.
Paul Neeman, a director of the
Kent and Sussex Fair Association
outlined plans for the second an
nual firemen's days to be held on
Friday of fair week. The opinion
of some firemen throughout the
state seems to be evenly balanced
on the question of whether the Har.
rington company should compete
for the prizes offered by the fail
association. Criticism was levelet
at the company last year after the
home company took most of th'
prizes at the fair.
Brief remarks were made by
State Association President c. W
Johnson; state vice-president, E. 3
Dougherty; state secretary. w. w
Pettviohn. state fire recorder, Lay
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Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Name Seven To Make
Salary Rate Study
State Personnel Classification Com
mission Is Appointed By Bacon

Gov. Walter w. Bacon has named
the members of a state personnel
commission which he
had recommended in his opening
message to the Hath General AS
sembly and which was authorized
in a Senate concurrent resolution
of that body.
Seven members were appointed to
the commission which is to look into
the problems arising in the state
service by reason of different salary
schedules for employees in different
offices and doing comparable work.
The members are: A. X. Van
Tine, Wilmington industrial rela-
tiOns consultant; DR.. M. A. Taru-
miami, superintendent of the Della
ware State Hospital Farnhurst
James M. ROsbrow of the Della.
ware Unemployment Compensation
Commission; w. W. Mack, Dover
former chief engineer of the State
Highway Department and now {
special cOnsultant in that depart
ment; Jesse S. Cooper, Camden, for
| ees Continued ON page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Will Dedicate
Airport In
Sussex May 81
Spectacular Air Review
Will .Precede Dedica-
tory Ceremonies Con-
Quoted By Gov. Bacon.

Final plans for the dedication
program at the Sussex County Air
port, tomorrow afternoon, Satur-
lay, May 31st, at o'clock have been
Gov. Walter w. Bacon
and his staff will enter the airport
under top cover of flight of Navy
planes. The roaring He'll Divers,
He'll Cats, and torpedo bOmbers will
be a spectacular addition to the
which will feature the
presence of Gen. Carl Spaatz and
the governors of Maryland and
Virginia.
The Navy will be represented by
Capt. w. V. R. Viewig, commandant
of the Navy Air Station at ChincO-
league, Va. The Naval Air Station
of Atlantic City, N. j., also will be
represented. Navy planes will de-
monstrate carrier landings on the
runways.
The dedication program is spOn-
sored by the Georgetown Lions Clut
and will feature an all-day air show
opening at 9 a. m. Army and Navy
planes are expected to arrive at 30
minute intervals. Among those at
tending will be Col. w. c. Colds
borough, director of aviation fol
Sussex County. Others invited in
clude: u. S. Senator John j. Will
liams; U. S. Rep. j. Caleb Rogers
DR.. and Mrs. William S. Carlson
University of Delaware and Sena
tors Tydings and O'Conor of Mary
land.
In case of rain the program will
he held the next Saturday.
The airport was used as train
ing base by the Navy during tn,
war and was turned over to tn
Sussex County Levy Court on May l
The field was built by the Navy a
cost of approximately three mil
| lion dollars.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Tragedy, Death
Stalked State
During The
Past Weekend
Blades Man Drowned In
Rescue Attempt; Mil
ton Youth Stabbed To
Death; Alleged MUIR
derer Is Apprehended.

Violent deaths claimed the lives
of two down state residents the
past weekend. One died from
drowning, while another was bru-
tally stabbed to death.
The dead are:
Arlie Wooters, 55 years old, OF
Blades, drowned in an attempt to
rescue his children adrift in a
boat in the Indian River.
Charles Edward Cirwithian, Il
years old. of Milton. stabbed to
death.
Wooters was drowned at Walters
Bluff, near the Indian River Inlet
late last Sunday afternoon while
swimming to the rescue of, several
of his children who were adrift In
a boat being blown toward the
channel in high wind.
Wooters was claiming neal
shore and the children were in {
boat nearby. Suddenly the wint
increased in velocity as a storm
approached and the boat begai
drifting out into the river. Woo
ters Immediately began swimming
toward the craft as other men II
the claiming party obtained an
other boat to go to- the rescue. b
3, the time they reached the boa
containing the children, Wooter
had disappeared,
After vain search of the are
the men notified state police VIII
in turn called the Coast Guart
A search last Sunday night faile
to locate the body and the hun
was resumed on Monday.
Continued on page s,
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Sanitary Privy Drive
Urged By Health Bd.
r. c. Beckett, Sanitary Engineer,
Urges Intensive Campaign

That there are over 4.600 insani-
tary privies located in the so in
corporated towns and other closely
built up areas of Delaware out
side the city of Wilmington but not
including strictly rural areas, ac-
cOrding to recent survey, was re-
vealed by Richard c. Beckett. direc-
tor of the Division of Sanitary En-
gineering of the State Board of
Health, speaking at an institute
held in Dover last Friday by the
Board for local boards of health and
enforcement officers from all over
the state. The meeting, held at the
Maple Dale Country Club, was cal
led by DR.. j. ID. Niles, president of
the State Board of Health, and Dr.
Edwin Cameron, executive secre-
tary, with the invited guests in
Guiding representatives from al
the towns known to have boards oi
health, some 38 in number.
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Victim S Are
Stunned By
Fury
Have Accepted Losses
Stoically, But Are Still
Amazed By Fury Of
First Twister In 30 Yrs.

Old timers tell us that about
thirty years ago "twister" or
freak tornado, struck the Jeffer-
son Cross Roads section near Mil
ton, and devastated several farm
properties in much the same man
ner as the terrific "twister" of last
Sunday evening.
Then, as now, the people in that
section were stunned by the fury
of the wind, which to quote one of
those who lost heavily in the dis
aster of last Sunday evening,
sounded like the onrush of an ex-
press train.
While the raising of chickens on
large scale, was unheard of thir-
ty years ago, and there were no
large broiler houses to be smash
ed into splinters in the twinkling
of an eye, there were large peach
orchards, and over $50 fine trees
on farm owned by the late Will
liam Isaac Simpson in this section
were blown completely out of the
ground by the terrific wind.
Houses were unroofed and several
farm animals were killed. The
storm last Sunday evening destroy
ed thousands of broilers, but live
stock in the path of the raging
wind, came through unscatched.
One stable was blown clear. of the
animal. which with the feed box
remaining continued to MUNICH its
evening meal apparently unim-
pressed by the element that had
dehOused it.
Several trees on John S. Isaacs
farm were torn from their earthly
setting. and it is believed that the
so-called wind shook" damage tC
thousands of other trees in the
path of last Sunday evenings storm
will amount to many thousands o
dollars.
Many of the spectators were vet
Grams of the recent war, and the!
+ stated that the damage looked lik
, the results of precision bombing
= Neighbors of the folk who wer,
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Camp Otonka Opens
Season On June %
Activities Will Be Directed By
Miss Ruth l.. Packard

Miss Ruth l.. Packard of Lake
City, Iowa. will direct the activities
at Camp Otonka, on Indian River,
when the annual season gets under
way on June 2S. Miss Packard,
who has been a Y. w. c. A. pro-
gram executive in Brooklyn, and
has held a like position in Elk
hart, Indiana, is graduate of
Morning Side College, Sioux City,
Iowa, and of University of Chicago
She was on the national staff in
China and was interned at Shang-
hal for seven months during the
occupation by the Japs, returning
after repatriation on the Grips
holm. Her rich experience in work
will lend much to the program of
Camp OtOnka, and the fact that
she will be the director seems to
be a good reason for a full regis
tration, many of which are coming
in already at Dagsboro.
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Fifth Grade TO Get
Sight Seeing Trip
Will Be Guests Of Will
mingtOn Chamber Of
Commerce

Visual education having been
recognized as a fine means of in
terpreting Delaware history by the
teachers of the fifth grade of Mil
ford Elementary Schools. a "trip
to see" has been arranged by sew
eral interested persons, and with
the cooperation of the Chamber of
Commerce of Wilmington, eighty
pupils will visit the upper part Of
our state on Monday, June 2, leav-
ing here at z a. m. by two busses
and chaperoned by j. Herbert
Nichols. Miss May Watson, Mrs
Leslie Blades and Mrs. Hoey Far
row. The itinerary is as follows:
8:45 a. m, d. S. T.-Arrive State
Police Headquarters. DUPONT High
way and State Road.
900 a. m.-There a state police
escort will take your busses into
Delaware streets. where you will
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Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Playtex Employees
Honor A. N. Spaniel
Brilliant Birthday Party Given For
BRss In Dover School

Employees and guests of the In
ternational Latex Corporation paid
honor to their president, A. N.
Spaniel, at a birthday party on May
IL, at the Dover High School Social
Hall. The high point in an evening
filled with glittering surprises was
reached when the curtain was
drawn to reveal stage with back
drop comprised of hundreds OF
birthday greetings adduessed to
Mr.. Spaniel. A towering birthday
cake, weighing 100 pounds, which
occupied the center of the stage
was disposed of when the guest OF
honor invited the employees and
guests to, "Come and get it.
From 500 p. m. until midnight
Dow Vichl and his orchestra pro-
vided the dancers with complete
program of music, ranging from
rhumbas to waltzes.
The second Saturday in May il
always an eagerly awaited day, be
cause it marks the festive birthda.
celebration of the Company's Pre-
sident. Everyone agreed that thi
years party was worth waiting fol
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Property Damage May
Reach 100000; Thou
sands OF Chickens Die
From DrOlUning And In
The Wreckage.
Trees UprOOted On John
S. IsaacS Farm By Ter
rife Wind Which Last
ed Thirty Seconds.

Barns were destroyed, house cut
in half, and one farm leveled by
a "twister"- combined wind, rain
and electrical storm which swept
across the fiat country north of
Milton at 6:45 o'clock Sunday eve
ming.
Depending on the amount of poul-
try which can be salvaged, the
damage is various, estimated to
run in buildings and stock from
$4,000 to $1OO0,OO0.
Building damage is estimated to
exceed $4,000. Thousands of chick
ems perished.
Much of the damage was to the
large poultry houses in the area.
The buildings in many instances
were destroyed and the chickens
either drowned or scattered over
ia wide area by the rain and wind.
John S. Isaacs, Milton, former
state treasurer, three of whose
farms were badly damaged, said the
total damage would depend on the
salvage of poultry.
| In the case of the larger chick
ems, salvage will be relatively high.
The storm covered an area south
of Prime Hook Creek and north of
Milton, just below NAPLES Pond,
from which Prime Hook Creek
starts, near Jefferson's Cross Road
The chicken houses on the prop
erty of Robert Holmes were shat
tered by the storm.
Ditch Saves Boy
Fred Edgar Rust, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Rust, and nephew of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Holmes. started
: out to Holmes home, in the path
of the storm. He had gone only a
short distance and found he could
not make it. The gale was over
powering. He crawled into a deep
ditch. Material and smashed ar
ticles scared overhead.
A truck went over him. "It
> sounded like a freight train," young
,, Rust said. Rust was not injured.
Roads are badly washed by the
, rainfall which followed the tor
nado.
Thousands of persons were out
Monday looking at the wrecked
farm buildings and in some cases
!, assisting farmers to straighten uI
farms, where possible
Isaacs' Loss Heavy
Mr.. Isaacs said the force of tht
;. wind was so strong that larg,
hay loader was blown from tn,
ground, carried more than a quar-
ter of mile, and thrown in a tre,
top.
On the Isaacs main farm a grow
of trees were snapped off at thei
=. bases and the trunks and branche
scattered about.
The wind, Mr.. Isaacs said, trav
l. eled in an east-tO-west direction
and was at a high velocity for onl
New Castle to the Amstel House
< northeast corner of Fourth an
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Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Y. Il. Estimates 100000 Vets
Have Cheated On Benefits

erans committee. announced a
soon will recommend
boost in the subsistence allowance
of veterans going to school under
the GI Bill of Rights.
A VA spokesman said the more
serious cases of suspected cheating
have been turned over to U. S. dis
trict attorneys for prosecution.
Continued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Fred Whitney
Heads State
Welfare Body
Resident OF Georgetown
Was Appointed Last
June; Child Care Pro-
gram Cash Found.

The election of Frederick p.
Whitney of Georgetown as chair
man of the newly reorganized State
Board of Welfare was announced
following the new boards first
meeting last Monday. At the same
time it was disclosed that another
member of the staff resigned, bring
ing to six the total of board mem
bers and staff workers who have
voluntarily left the welfare board
in the past six weeks.
It was announced also that cur
tailment of the agency's child care
program, necessitated by "insuffi-
cient funds" granted by the recent
General Assembly according to rea-
sons given by resigning board and
staff members, will now be un-
necessary through an undisclosed
amount of money obtained from the
state emergency fund.
Alan BOOkman Resigns
Alan Bookman, New Castle Coun-
| ty supervisor who has served with
| the welfare board since 1889, except
for three-year' period of Army ser-
vice, presented his resignation to
the new board, at the meeting hello
last Monday afternoon.
The board announced that, with
emergency funds, the agency will be
able to retain in foster homes the
As children the board previously
planned to cut from it's rolls at the
end of June for lack of cash.
The board further revealed tina
SO children in New Castle Count.
j will be taken off the waiting lis
and given grants under the laid t.
dependent children program OF
July 1.
Other Elections
Mr.. Whitney, who was appointe
to the board last June, formerl
served as it's vice-president for Sus
sex County Mrs. Harriet K. Rich
: ards of Wilmington was name
treasurer. Vice-chairmen electe
for each county are: New Castle
Mrs, Reba c. Ryan, Newark! Ken
Louis A. Drexler, Camden; an
Sussex, Manford Penuel, FrankfOr'
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Mastitis Control Requires
Treatment Plus Management

cows in the herd by taking milk
samples from each cow and sub
mitting the samples for laboratory
examination.
Since the establishment of the
Mastitis Diagnostic Laboratory at
the University of Delaware, an in
creasing number of dairymen have
been making use of this service.
Biddle estimates that there are still
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Retain Accent Tax
Rate In Kent County
$1,713,373.51 Assessment Increase
Listed By Board In Report

The Kent County Levy Court last
Tuesday retained the county real
and personal property tax rate at
40 cents on 500 of assessed valua-
ton, which is the maximum it may
fix under the law.
The court set the rate after re-
ceiving from the County Board of
Assessment the assessment books
for the coming fiscal year which
show a real and personal assess
ment increase of $1,713,373.51 over
the expiring year. The current
years assessment was $1,108, sc
greater than last year.
The real property assessment fol-
the coming year is $34,872,17144
and personal property, $1,298 ,865.21
a total of $36,171 ,O36.65 subject tt
the Accent tax.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
Evergreen Forest, No. 49,T. C.. L.,
Will Celebrate ". G. Harding
Night Next Thursday June 5th

gressive business man of lower
Sussex and treasurer of Doric
Lodge No. 30, A. F. and A. M, of
Millville. has used his business
and fraternal experience in con-
Quoting the affairs of the forest
during his term. In naming the
committee to arrange Harding
Night" he has selected Samuel C..
Pierce, Sr., past president of the
Delaware Firemen's Association,
as chairman. who will be assisted
by Past Grand Tall Cedars G. Cliff
ton Maull, DR.. Gilbert M. Wiltbank
and Cedars Virdin R. Bryan, Wal
ter S. Howard, Norman B. Baylis,
Mayor G.. Edward Maull, and John
Continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30

WASHINGTON. May-The Vet
Grams Administration made "a
rough guess" this week that 200,-
900 World War ii veterans, frau
dulently on through error, have
cashed in on unemployment or sub
sistence benefits not due them.
BY coincidence. the report came
as Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers (R-
Mass), chairman of the House vet
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30

Evergreen Forest. No. 40, Tall
Cedars of Lebanon of lower Della
ware is bringing to a close a very
successful and enjoyable half year
on June 5. at Lewes. when they
celebrate Harding Night" in hon
or of the late President, who was
a member of Evergreen Forest.
Lewes fits perfectly into the pic
ture on that memorable day in
1928 when the President visited
Delaware to become a Tall Cedar
He boarded the presidential yacht
"Mayfower' for the return trip
to Washington at Lewes during the
evening.
1. Robert Wiley, Grand Tall
| Cedar of Evergreen Forest, a pro-
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30

Penicillin is proving highly val
liable in Delaware as treatment
for mastitis in dairy cows. But
treatment will not solve the masti-
tis problem unless it is combined
with good herd management says
e. S. Biddle, mastitis specialist of
the State Board of Agriculture.
Biddle says the first thing to do
in starting a mastitis control pro-
gram is to identify all the infected
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
WILL BE HELD HERE

There will be a Memorial
Day parade here Friday
morning, May 80, under the
joint auspices of the local
American Legion and Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars posts.
Parade will form at 10 o'clock
at the City Plaza and will
march through the business
section to the Odd Fellows
Cemetery, where ceremonies
will be conducted over the
grave of James d. Abbott,
World War | veteran, who
passed away the past winter.
Evening star., 1947-09-21

riage by her father, was attended by
members of her sorority, Delta
Delta Delta, and all wore the
sorority colors. The bride wore
ivory satin with an illusion veil
and carried white chrysanthemums
Miss Louise Richards was maid
Of honor and the Misses Betty
Crane, Bert Williams and Jean
Kaylor were bridesmaids. Miss
Richards and Miss Kaylor wore
yellow taffeta and Miss Crane and
Miss Williams were in blue. All
wore halo hats to match their gowns
and carried yellow chysanthemums
and blue delphinium, with the ex-
ception of the maid of honor, whose
chrysanthemums were white. Little
Miss Roberta Page. the flower girl,
wore a long blue taffeta dress.
Mr.. Lester Sencenbaugh of
Kansas City served as best man for
his brother and the wedding guests
were seated by Comdr. Michael
Shea, 1t. Comdr. William Better,
1t. Comdr. John c. Feick, 1t. j. c.
Aller, 1t q. g. Everett Parke, all
of the Navy, and Mr.. Robert j.
Grigsby, brother of the bride.
The newly married couple will
reside in Boston following a honey
moon In Bermuda.
Evening star., 1947-09-21
Tea Wednesday,
viii Aid Clinic

Washingtonisns are always ready
to help a good cause and usually
have fun at the same time, the tea
and exhibition to be held We'd
nesday will be no exception.
The ladies who have formed the
Speech Clinic Foundation to aid
those unfortunates who cannot
help themselves toward speech re-
Mobilization will ask their friends
to tea and an exhibition OF pastels
from the portfolio of the well-known
Washington artist, Mildred Brown,
at 1744 r street. Tea will be served
from five to seven
The Countess de Castellane will
be among those pouring tea during
the afternoon and Mrs. Anthony
McAuliffe will have charge of the
punch bowl some of the time.
Also presiding at the tea table
will be Mrs. James Souby, Mrs. A
Evening star., 1947-09-21
Miss Armstr0ng,
Mr.. Moore Married

Miss La Verne Mildred Armstrong
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Armstrong, became the bride yester-
day Of Mr.. Douglas Clifton Moore,
son Of Mrs. Jessie r. Moore. The
ceremony took place in the Eastern
Presbyterian Church, the Rev
William N. Vincent officiating, and
reception in the church parlors
followed.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father. wore white
satin with a pearl-trimmed satin
headdress holding her veil. She
carried a white Bible ornamented
Evening star., 1947-09-21
1t. Sencembauqb,
Miss Grigsbv We'd

The marriage of Miss Betty Jane
Grtgsby, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph D. Grigsby Of Landover, Md.
to 1t. Donald Wayne Sencenbaugh
U. s. NJ, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jay
Max Sencenbaugh of San Diego
took place yesterday in ST. Andrews
Episcopal Church in College Park
The Rev. Nathaniel G. Acton
ohiciated at the ceremony, which
was followed by a reception al
Grigsby Station, home of the brides
parents. Miss Patricia Libbey was
the soloist.
The bride, who was given in mar
Evening star., 1947-09-21

with a white orchid and shower of
stephanotis.
Miss Mildred K. Rodgers, who was
maid of honor, wore a Nile-green
taffeta gown and shoulder length
veil draped from a floral headdress
and carried talisman roses. The
bridesmaids, Miss Patricia Wilson
and Miss Fay Carlson, wore lavender
taffeta gowns and headdresses and
carried Johanna Hill roses.
Mr.. Albert L. Moore, jr., served as
best man for his brother and the
wedding guests were seated by the
Messrs. William C. Moore, brother
Of the bride; Kenneth H. Koppitz,
Frank Knight and Richard E. West,
jr.
The newly-married couple left fol-
lowing the reception for a honey
moon in Miami and Havana.
Evening star., 1947-09-21

Cleveland Newton, Mrs. Paul Flem.
Ing Holland, Mrs. j. j. Mack. Mrs
John Jacob, Mrs. Charles Windso,
and Mrs. Jackson Davis.
Others assisting Mrs. Gardner
Luce, the general chairman, will be
Mrs. George Haselton, Mrs. Johr
Hay AFFORD, Mrs. Roland S. Lee
Evening star., 1947-09-21

Mrs A. W. Vennell Gavin OBrien Mrs rdwars r r.-.,
Nine Jeannete Massey Russell
Hof. Mrs. Mrs L. rlere rifn Mis-. Is,.n S,-s.s
Faramb Miss pherson and Mrs Arnond
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-02-27

Whitcom Thursday and returned
Friday. Mrs. Dean Judd kept
Terry and Ronnie Judd Thursday
and Friday.
Miss Louella Bowman and Ray
Lewis were dinner guests Satur-
day evening at the Carl Slaybough
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Walker, Miss
Louella Bowman of kenneWlcK
and Mr.. Walker of Hamilton,
Montana drove to Coulee Dam on
a sightseeing tour Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker of Hamil-
ton. Montana were over night
guests at the Carl Slaybaugh home
Tuesday night. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walker are the parents OF Dick
Walker. ~. II
w. J. Thurston was Benton
City visitor last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. O. Humphrey
were Sunday visitors in Yakima
with their son Glen and family.
FOOD SALE
The Fourth circle of the Meth
odist W.S.C.S. will hold cooked
food and rummage sale, Saturday,
March 1, at the S. & J. Motor Co.
Bldg, starting at 10 a. m.
Mrs. Mary Hutchins who has
been patient in the Pasco hos
pital is much improved In health
and is now being cared for in the
Radelmiller home.
POMONA GRANGE
Pomona Grange will meet at 2
p. m. Saturday, March 8 with
Kennewick Valley. Officers will
meet at p. m. for practice. The
auction for the Juvenile Grange
will be held in the evening with
Glen FELTON, acting as auctioneer.
Each subordinate grange in the
county is asked to bring something
for the auction.