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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Cedars Held
Big Ceremonial
Last W eek
Many Distinguished Ma
sonic Figures From
Other States We're
Present At Meeting.

The opening ceremonial of Ever
green Forest No. 49,, Tall Cedars of
Lebanon, last week in the Varney
Auditorium in Milford topped any
opening night the Forest ever held.
The weather was excellent allow
ing the large membership scattered
over the two lower Counties to at
tend without travelling difficulties.
The meeting opened as scheduled
with "a concert by Evergreen Band
that was up to its usual high stan
dard Walter w. Wells, the director
who was injured recently, was
present leading the band as though
nothing had happened to him out OF
the ordinary. I. Robert Wiley
Grand Tall Cedar, called the meet
ing to order at 8:15 p. M After
singing America, prayer followed
by Rev. VIM. Casson, substituting
for Chaplain Joseph Lank who is
i'll. A dramatic spectacle followed
as the Band and Rangers escorted
Supreme Scribe Edmund H. Reeves
Of the Supreme Forest of the United
States into the meeting where he
was received with all honors due
his position. Past Grand Master T
Scott Purse of the Grand Lodge oil
Delaware A. F. & A. NJ. accompan-
led the Supreme Scribe presenting
and introducing the distinguished
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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
CarniiyaI To Close
Tomorrow Evening
Many Big Features This Evening And Closing
Night High School Band Concludes Con
certs This Evening Crown Miss Popu-
ularity This Evening AT l. Parade Tues
day Night Was Big Success.

The annual carnival sponsored by
the Carlisle Fire Company is sche-
duled to close tomorrow evening at
midnight From all reports the
carnival has been decided sue
cess.
Many big features are scheduled
before the closing. The first will
be the crowning of Miss Popular
ity" on the carnival grounds. which
are located on the Municipal park
ing lot, this evening (Friday) at IL
O'Clock. There are presently twen-
ty-fiye winsome Milford lassies vie
ing for the honor of most popular
girl The Queen, runner-up and
third-place girl, will all be reward
ed for participating in the contest
through the generosity of Dave Kay
who furnishes the amusements at
the carnival.
Mr.. Kay. who for the past several
years, has cooperated with the local
fire company in putting on the an
nual carnival, announced today the
donation by himself of $25.00 TO Boy
Scout troops 100 and 1O2.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
FundF: l.! {: :!,;::s:::'::~~paign ); :: I: For
The lVev Hospital Is
Building UpNicely
Representatives Are Or
ganized For Every
Family" Canvass For
Institution To Be Lo-
Gated AT Georgetown.

The campaign for $5OO,OOO to
build the Sussex Central Hospital,
Inc, is NOW well under way. with
the representative in the various
localities organized for an Every
Family canvass. According to
plans as outlined by Vol. Ralph S.
Baker, who is heading the drive in
the county, goal of $4,000 per
family is being sought, and early
returns from 80 families indicate
the average amount contributed
amount to $5S.97. Thirty-two of the
families represented in this early
return are in the rural area near
Shortley. of which Mr.. Elwood
Workman is chairman. The Special
Gifts Committee met in the Office
of Col. Baker in Georgetown last
Wednesday evening, to perfect
plans for the solicitation of special
gifts.
Interest in the building of CEN
trally located hospital in Sussex
was demonstrated when over one
hundred representatives of towns
located all over Sussex County met
the first of the month in George
town to discuss plans for the cam
paign and receive pledge cards and
other material from the chairman of
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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
''Most Popular Girl"
Crowned This Evening
Over Twenty Young Ladies Are
Vlcing For The Honor

The second of a series of Special
Nights" will be staged at the carni-
val grounds this (Friday) evening,
the evenings program being cli-
NAKED by announcement of the i'd
entity of the winner in the novel
contest being conducted locally by
the Auxiliary to Blue Hen Post, ".
+. w. The successful candidate will
be designated as the Milford areas
Most Popular Girl" will be crow
ned and enthroned, and will be pre-
sented with a handsome ladies
wrist watch.
The "Most Popular Girl" contest
has been we'll received docalIy with
public interest being maintained at
a consistently high pitch. Over
twenty of the Milford areas young
ladies have been participating in
the contest and balloting has been
so close that the outcome will not
be definitely known until the final
tally early Friday evening. In addi-
tion to the first prize winner, two
other prize winners will be selected
with the second highest contestant
receiving a novel portable all-pur-
pose radio and the third highest
contestant receiving lovely vanity
dresser set. All three of the prizes
have been donated by David Kay
owner and operator of the carnival
equipment used here each year by
the Milford firemen.
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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17

Another highly enjoyable feature
of the carnival the past few even
ings has been the concerts present.
ed by the crack Milford high school
band. The final concert will be
presented this evening. The Mil
ford band has during the past sum-
mer won approximately $500 in
prize money at the various firemen
and civic parades held on the PEN
insula.
The concluding feature tomorrow
evening will be the awarding of
numerous prizes including a 1947
Dodge sedan.
The firemen's parade held Tues
day evening was highly successful
and was witnessed by an orderly
crowd of 10000, the largest ever to
witness firemen's parade in this
city.
A total of 35 companies from
Delaware and Maryland were in the
line of march, many of them ac-
companied by bands and auxiliaries
Nearly 1000 persons participated in
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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
New Visiting Hours
At Zwanendael' House
Miss Catherine C.. Maull CuratOrs
Announces Change

In order to accommodate the
steady stream of visitors daily at
the Zwaanen6ael Museum in Lewes,
the states memorial to the first
Dutch steelers. special weekday
hours have been announced for the
months of October and November.
Miss Catharine c. Maull, new Cur
ator of the museum, announces that
through October and November, the
visiting hours will be from noon un-
til 4 p m. daily, except Mondays.
Similar Sunday visiting time will
prevail.
More than 1000 persons vacation
ing around Cape Henlopen, repre-
senting 20 different states, five fore
ign countries and from all sections
of Delaware registered at the mu-
scum during July, August and
September, Miss Maull reports, tes-
tifying to the urgency for keeping
it open for another two months
Students and school children of all
ages have found the museum a val
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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Mother Burned
T FatallyI IN
Sussex Fire
Son And Daughter Hurt
Trying To Aid Her
After Stove Ignites
Clothing.

A 45-year-old Sussex County
mother was fatally burned by blaz-
ing kerosene in the kitchen of her
home Last Saturday night, while
her two children sought unsuccess-
fully to beat out the flames in her
clothing.
The victim was Mrs. Amanda J..
Lake, who died in the Milford Me-
mortal Hospital about four hours
after the accident from second and
third degree burns of the entire
body. The farmhouse where the
family lives is located in the small
community of Robbins, on Route
113, between Georgetown and Ellen
dale.
State police and Coroner William
I. Conoway said she was preparing
the family dinner at large kitchen
stove about 6 O'Clock in the evening
and sought to revive the shoulder
ing embers of a wood fire by pour
ing the kerosene upon it from a
large can.
AS the fluid caught afire, the
flames spread to the container
which exploded in the woman's
hands, showering her with blazing
kerosene.
Robert, 19, and Reba, 13, sor
and daughter, were in the kitchen
at the time and they sought to ex.
tinguish the flames in their moth.
er's clothing as the woman also at
tempted to beat out the fire. Bott
children suffered burns of the
hands and arms and required medi
cal attention. However, their con
dition is not serious, it was dis
/ closed.
| The youth later rushed to barr
about $50 feet away and notified hi'
/ father, Elmer Lake, and two othe
brothers, Fred. 10, and Enoch, 8
who were engaged in feeding bors
es. BY the time they arrived back a
the farmhouse, the mother was Sc
verely burned.
Robert placed his mother in a ca
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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Seniors To Try For
Pepsi Cola Prizes
Arlene McGee, Charlotte Swanson.
Joe Lank May Win Scholarships

Three seniors from Milford High
School have been elected by their
classmates to compete with stu
dents from other high schools
throughout the United States and
territories for the 119 Pepsi-Cola
Four-Year College Scholarships and
more than 500 fifty dollar College
Entrance Awards being offered a
gain this year by the Pepsi-Cola
Scholarship Board
The contestants chosen were:
Arlene McGee, CharOlOtte Swanson,
and Joseph Lank.
According to w. w. McGinnes
principal of Milford High, it is both
scholastic and personal honor
to be selected as contestant for
one of these scholarships, since a
student so elected must be one who
is in the opinion of his classmates
"most likely to make an important
contribution to human progress
The election, which was held at g
senior class meeting on Oct. 3, was
in itself an exercise in practical
American democracy, Mr.. McGin'
nes said.
Continued on page 50
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
MGSORS To Put On
Program At Home
Members Of Milford And
Georgetown Lodges
Busy With Plans

A joint committee of Temple
Lodge No. 8, A. F. & A. NJ. of Mil
ford and Franklin Lodge No. II, A.
+. & A. NJ. of Georgetown with Wor-
shipful Masters Archie A. Feagan
and Emmerson Keeler heading the
committee, are working on plans to
conduct services at the Masonic
Home on Lancaster Pike near Will
mington, Sunday afternoon, Octo-
ber 18th, 1947 This is an annual
affair arranged a little different
this year, that is opened to the
membership, their families, wives
and children.
The service is scheduled to begin
promptly at 2:30 p. m. The trip will
be made in private cars. Members
are requested to contact the officers
of their lodge of the committee fol
details.
The committee of Temple Lodge
No. 9. A. F. & A. M. is William w
Sharp, of Harrington, DR.. Frank
Herson and Frank Elton of Milford
All masons are invited and re
quested to attend this service.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
New Officers
Installed By
Crystal Fount
Herschel Billings, Noble
Grand; Leslie Blades,
Vice Grand; Vernon
Kerr, Recording Secy.

The new officers for the ensuing
six months of Crystal Fount Lodge
No. 10, /. o. o. F., Milford, were in
stalled last Monday evening by
Grand Master Paris c. Kirby and
his staff of the Grand Lodge l. o.
o. f. of Delaware. A large crowd
greeted the installing officers with
visitors present from several diff
ferent lodges of Kent county.
The new officers are as follows:
Past Grand, Earle F. Worthington
Noble Grand, Herschell Billings
Vice Grand, Leslie Blades; Re-
cording Secretary, Vernon Kerr
Financial Secretary, Henry w. Will
kins; Treasurer, Wilson Sockrider
Warden, Clayton Lord; Conductor
Albert Honeycutt; Chaplain, Mich
ael Groverman; Inside Guardian
George Collins; Outside Guardian
Frank Jester; Right Support No
BILE Grand, James A. Hall; LET
Supporter Noble Grand, Leroy Viii
kins; Right Supporter Vice Grand
]. Lewis Wright; Left Supportel
Vice Grand, Eli Casner; Righ
Scence Support, George Reed; Lef
Scene Support, Leroy Reed.
The installing staff was compos
ed of the following: Grand Maste
Paris c. Kirby, Grand Marshal
George T. Rodney, Grand Secretar.
Herbert B. Downing; Warden Clar
ence Jester. Grand Treasurer Sam
uel McAllister; Grand Conducto
Millaway Broadway, Grand In
structor Harry c. Johnson, Gran
Herald Cornelius Wilkins, Actin
Grand Outside Herald e. w.
Cooper, District Deputy Gran
Chaplain William Hackett.
CONTINUED OH page 50
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
DR.. King To Attend
National Conference
Delaware Educator VIII Attend
Ann ArbOr Session

Delaware will be represented by
DR.. II. B. King, Assistant Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, at the
National Conference on Rural Edu-
cation to be held at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, October q to November 5.
The conference was planned by
the National Council of Chief
School Officers of which DR.. George
r. Miller, Jr., Superintendent of
Public Instruction, is a member. DIR.
Miller will attend the conference
from November to November 5.
The conference, the first of it's
kind in the country, will deal with
the problems of the small school. 1t
is agreed throughout the country
that education in the rural areas
has not been on par with that of
the urban communities. DR.. Miller
feels that, on national scale, there
are many contributing factors that
stand in the way of equaliZing
small school education. In some
places it is the lack of proper f.
nances; in others it is the lack of a
sound administrative organization
or the failure of state and local ed
ucational departments to find the
proper approach to the problem. o!
particular interest to DR.. Miller and
DR.. King will be the discussions or
how a program of rural school sup
ervision may best he developed and
the devices through which state
department may most effectively
work with local administrators and
| teaching staffs.
The Ann Arbor Conference. dir
ected by DR.. Cyril o. Houle, Dean O
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
B0ggs Aids Passage
OF Farm, Legislation,
One Measure Solon Sup.
ported Procured Labor
ers For Farmers

f. WASHINGTON, d. C. = Rep. j.
Caleb Boggs, Delaware AT Large,
aided in passing farm legislation by
his vote on important agricultural
bills during the recent session of
Congress.
Among the measures supported
by Boggs was the bill providing a
six months extension of farm labor
importation, bill which eased
serious farm labor shortages.
Approved by the 80th Congress in
the Agricultural appropriations bill
passed by voice vote was $265 mil
lion for soil conservation: $225 mil
lion for rural electrification; $65
million for the school lunch pro-
gram and sis million for farm ten
ant loans.
On other occasions. the House
authorized the expenditure of SIS
million to aid in the repair of re-
cent damages and approved 50
million appropriation for a joint
American Mexican program for the
control of hoof and mouth disease.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
5 BODIES OF DELAWARE
WAR DEAD ARRIVED IN
AMERICA LAST FRIDAY

The bodies of five Delawareans--
four WilmingtOnians and a Harr-
ington man-were aboard the U. 5.
S. Honda Knot that arrived in San
FransicO harbor last Friday with
the first shipment of American war
dead from cemeteries scattered
over the vast Pacific theatre.
The transport, inbound from Hon
olulu, carries 3,028, mostly of vic
TINS of Japan's attack on Pearl
Harbor, but also of casualties of la
ter Pacifis battles:
In Delaware, as elsewhere
throughout a grateful nation, flags
flew at half staff, and in Washing
ton, the Capitol flag was dipped in
a salute heretofore extended only
on the death of a President or a
member of Congress.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Building Lots On Sale
Tomorrow Afternoon
j. Frank Saleyan Lands VIII BE
Offered At Public Auction

The heirs of the late ]. Frank
Salevan have advertised a number
of building lots, both business and
residential, at public auction. The
sale will be held on the premises
tomorrow afternoon and will be
handled by the Grimes Realty COM
pany. An advertisement telling of
the sale and the time it commences
will be found on another page of the
Chronicle. The lots are located at
the northern entrance of Milford,
on both the Rehoboth Cutoff and
the du Pont Highway. Cross streets
have been laid out in this develop
ment. The Salevan land is one of
the latest developments within the
city limits It is well located and in
near proximity to both water and
sewage facilities. AS Milford ex-
pands, good building sites are be-
coming scarcer and scarcer. For
that reason it is likely that tomor-
rows sale will draw a large crowd
of interested buyers.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Farmers Warned On
Five New Diseases
American Veterinary Medical AS.
sOciatiOn Issues Warning

American farmers were alerted
today to the dangers of five live
stock and poultry diseases which
have become more serious and
widespread in the past II months.
The American Veterinary Medical
Association declared today that au-
thorities feel real concern" over
these five problems. The associa-
tons statement pointed to the dis
ease threats as follows:
ID Foot-and-mouth disease. "The
disastrous outbreak in Mexico now
seems to have been checked,
through United States and Mexican
cooperation in a campaign of quar-
antine and slaughter of cattle. New
ertheless, the danger to our stock
will continue until the entire North
American Continent is again free
of foot-and-mouth disease"
(2) Rabies. Rabies was probably
more serious during 1916 than ever
before. In some areas, it is becom-
ing a real economic problem-kill-
ing valuable cattle, swine and work
stock"
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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Auxiliary TO
Legion Held
Installation
Ceremony Here
Mrs. John LOngbOtham Is
Installed AS President
For Year BY Mrs. Har-
ry McSherry, Depart
ment President.


At the first fall meeting, Monday
evening of the American Legion
Auxiliary, of Milford. held in the
New Windsor Hotel. Mrs. Harry Nc
Sherry of Dover, Department Presi-
dent, installed the following off,
GERS: President, Mrs. John Longbo-
than, Vice President, Mrs. William
Goodrich, Secretary, Mrs. Maude L..
Frick, Treasurer, Mrs. Nelson
Wright. Historian, Mrs. Richard
Pendleton, Chaplain, Mrs. George
Wills. and Sergeant-at-arms, Mrs.
Frank Nelte.
Other State Officers present we're
Department Secretary, Miss Myra
KERN, of Dover, Kent County Vice
President. Mrs. Charles Jerread of
Harrington, Sussex County Vice
President, Mrs. j. A. Wilker, of Lau-
rel. and State Chaplain, Mrs. Glen
daniel of Georgetown; each brought
a message relative to her respective
phase of Auxiliary.
Gifts were presented to Mrs. Nc
Sherry and to the outgoing Presi-
dent. Mrs. Anthony Summers, for
her splendid leadership.
In addition to reports by commit
tee chairman. Mrs. Duane Lynn,
gave a most interesting account of
her recent visit TO England, Hol-
land. Belgium and France as a dele
rate from Delaware to the conven-
ton of the County Women of the
World.
II was noted to accept the hotel
managements offer of the use of the
room for future monthly meetings
Refreshments were served by
Mrs William Goodrich and her COM
roittee. bringing 10 close very
pleasant first meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Hartly Nine Retains
Mar-Del Loop Crown
Fast-MOYing Kent Team Winner
For Second Consecutive Week

/ Hartly won the championship of
the Mar-Del Baseball League for
the second consecutive year by de-
feating .Chestertown, 10 to A, last
Sunday in the deciding game of the
loop play-off series.
Joe Vodarka, Hartly pitcher
spaced out six hits, while his mates
combed a pair of Chestertown hurl-
ers for 10 safeties.
The box score:
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Mrs. A. E. Hunes To
Head Church Meeting
Milford Woman VIII Preside Az
Presbyterian Session On October 81


Mrs. A. Z, Humes of Milford, will
be the presiding officer at the An
nual Fall Conference of the W0-
mems Presbyterial Society in the
Presbytery of New Castle, which
will be held on Tuesday, October
21st, In the First and Central
Church in Wilmington. The pro-
gram will start at 10 O'Clock in the
morning and continue through until
late afternoon.
The complete program is as fol-
lows:
Devotional Period: Mrs. William
Drydale Gibson.
Greetings from Synod: Rev. j.
Howard Braunlin, Moderator.
Highlights from Grinnell:: Rev.
John Oldman-W. Fellowship advi-
sor.
Departmental Reports
Workshop Conference: Led by
Miss Neya Palmeter, Board of
Christian Education.
Luncheon
Worship Service: Mrs. Frank f..
Wright-Secretary for Spiritual Life.
Offering, Prayer: Mrs. Willard G..
Purdy.
Summary from Workshop
Presentations of Presbyterial
Giving, Mrs. John b. Moore-Treas-
urer for National Missions.
Address: Miss Neva Palmeter
from Board of Christian Education,
Youth and Children's Work"
Address: Mary Hooper from
Board of National Missions, MEM
bership."
Closing Hymn and Prayer: Mrs.
Norris Pilchard. Fellowship Hour.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17

Within the next few weeks, the
State Board of Health Mobile Tu-
berculosis X-ray Unit will visit all
high schools in Kent and Sussex
Counties to x-ray the chests of stu
dents in grades 9, 10, and IL, the
faculty, and members of their fami-
lies who are over Is years of age.
New Castle County, exclusive of the
City of Wilmington, will be done
during December.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Each to Have Honor Guard

Each TO Have Honor GuHru
The Delaware dead will go by
train across the country to dis
tribution center at the Army Quar-
termaster Depot in Philadelphia.
Each of the bodies will be escorted
thence by an honor guard to a new
resting place in a private or nation
al cemetery as requested by the
next of kin.
The names of the Delawareans
and the names and addresses of
their next of kin are listed by the
Army as:
James T. Cleaves, private U. S. A.,
Wilbur H. Cleaves, Rout 5, Har-
rington.
A.. Mrs. Sara Buchanan Herstine
27O7 North Broom Street.
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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Mobile Tuberculosis Unit To
Visit AH County High Schools

The program for mass x-ray of
high school students was first in
troduced by the Delaware Anti-Tu-
berculosis Society. In 1916, the
State Board of Health acquired
Mobile tuberculosis X-Ray Unit,
and in the fall of that year x-rayed
1859 students in the Wilmington
High Schools. This year is antics-
pated that more than $500 will be
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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
j. O. Shanks Named
Scout Executive
New Leader For DelmarYa Area
Has Fine Scouting Background

Has Fine Scouting Background
John o. Shanks, Assistant Ma
tional Director of Volunteer Train
ing, Boy Scouts of America, has
been chosen as Scout Executive of
the Del-MarVa Council, Boy Scouts
of America, with headquarters at
East 9th Street, Wilmington, Del
aware, it was announced after a
meeting today by Paul ID. Loyett,
president of the Council.
Mr.. Shanks, who has a back
ground as public school admins
TRAITOR, physical education director,
Scout Executive and author, will
assume his post November 1. He
succeeds Frederic Wellington,
Scout Executive at Wilmington for
the past eight years, who becomes
Scout Executive at Rochester, New
York.
Mr.. Shanks was born at Stone
wall, Oklahoma. After graduating
from Oklahoma State College in 49,
so. he became Principal of the Wy
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Men ''AHDelavare" Cage Loop
Being Talked Up Dom State

The first step in what may lead
TO the formation of new indepen-
dent "All-Delaware" basketball cir
cult was taken the past Sunday
when representatives of downstate
cage teams met with officials of the
Sussex County League to discuss
possibilities of forming new and
larger league that would embrace
within its membership all of the
downstate sectors stronger basket
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17

ball teams. Due to fact that all in
vited teams were. not represented al
the meeting which was held in the
offices of the Sussex Countian,
Georgetown. no formal action was
taken towards formation of the pro-
jected league other than the deci-
sion to send out ''feelers' to all eli
gible teams.
Last winter, lower Delaware was
Continued on page III
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17

Chestert'n % 30 / 2UO1 o.
Hartly % 02 O1 1 XII
Errors: Coakley (2), Lynch (3),
Benjamin, L. Everett (2). Lord,
Nodvarka. Semans.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-17
Whites Chapel To
Hold Homecoming
Special Program Has Been Ar
ranged For October 26

Rally Day and Home Coming will
be observed at Whites Chapel on
the Nassau Charge Sunday, October
26th, in all day services. Whites
Chapel is situated on the Lewes-
Milford highway, two miles north of
Nassau, or about seven miles north
of Rehoboth Beach. Services will
begin with the Church School at 10
a. m, and continue throughout the
day. There will be Special Music,
singing and speakers.