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Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Man Is Slain
W oman Shot
After Alleged
Lovers Row
John Tinney, Horse
Trainer And His Com
paniOn, Mrs. POrtia
Sweeney, Found In
ROOming House.

A horse trainer was shot to
death and woman seriously
wounded in rooming house i'll
Harrington last Sunday evening.
Police said that the man evi-
IDENTIFY turned a pistol on himself
after shooting the woman in the
head during renewal of quar-
rel that began d week ago.
John Tinney. AZ years old, of
Reading, Pa, a bullet wound in
the temple, was dead when Dr.
William T. Chipman arrived.
The woman, Mrs. POrtia Swee-
ney, SO years old. of Marietta, Ga.
is in serious condition in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital. She was
shot in the forehead just above the
right eye.
Earlier Quarrel Patched Up
The shooting occurred less thar
"a hours after the couple haC
patched up an earlier argument
police said.
Occupants of nearby rooms re
ported that they heard loud ant
angry words being exchanged be
tween Tinney and the woman jus
before the shots were fired. bu
they didn't know what they wer
quarreling about.
Tinney. who was employed a
the Harrington Fair Grounds. ar
rived there about two weeks ag
for the harness racing season. po
lice said.
Continued on page l0)
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
3 N med TO
Welfare Board
After 4 Quit
Chairman, 3 Associate
Members Resign Posts
Because OF Cut In
Funds, Lack OF Aid.

Governor Walter w Bacon last
Tuesday appointed three persons
to fill three out of the four vacan-
cies created on the State Board of
Welfare when the chairman and
three other members suddenly re-
signed, declaring the "administra
tions of the state and counties are
not in sympathy with the pro-
gram
Former State Senator Louis A.
DreXler of near Camden was nam
ed to succeed George Ehinger of
Dover, who had been a member of
the board for five years before his
resignation last Tuesday.
Weldon c. NAPLES of Newark
president of the Newark Lumber
Company. was named to take the
place vacated by State Senator
Vera G. Davis of Dover. who had
been a board member for about 20
years.
Chairman Resigns
Mrs. May L. Stout, POLL Della
ware avenue. Wilmington. was
named to succeed Raymond P
Genereaux of Wilmington. who
was chairman of the board an(
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Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Track Meet At
School May FL
Approximately 800 Boys And Girls
To Participate In kiwaniS Event

The kiwanis sponsored track and
field meet for the Milford Public
Schools will be held on Wednesday.
May 21 This is the third straight
year that such a meet has been
held and it has proved such a sue
cess during its first two years that
it has been made an annual affair.
Approximately five hundred boys
and girls, comprising forty teams,
and representing twenty home
room groups will participate in
this meet which begins at nine
o'clock in the morning and lasts
throughout the day.
Trophies. medals. banners and
ribbons are to be awarded to the
various winners of the sixteen
events. the semi-fiaals of which
will be run off in the morning anC
the finals in the afternoon.
AL Humes and Chuck Wright
representing the Kiwanis Club
and Athletic Director Bernard Z,
Briggs representing the public
schools. have laid plans for wha
promises to be the outstanding
athletic event of the school year.
Prominent among the Outstand
ing athletes who will participate
again this year are Joe Lank an,
Peggy DeChant. last years trOph
winners. who are expected to re
peat their excellent performance
by capturing the laurels in thi
wears meet
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
VFW Memorial Day
Dance On May 28
Lou STARTS Orchestra To
Play For Informal
Affair

The annual Memorial Day dance
sponsored by Blue Hen Post No
6483, V. r. W., will be staged at
the Milford Armory the evening
of Wednesday. May %. Announce
ment to this effect was made on
Wednesday by Robert Murphy
chairman of the V. F. W dance
committee
Lew STARTS orchestra. one of
the most popular bands on the Pen
insula. has been engaged for the
occasion and the dance will be
in cabaret style. Dress will be
optional and dancing will be from
9 p. IN. to | a. m.
The affair will be similar to the
dance staged by Blue Hen Post al
Thanksgiving time This former
affair drew one of the largest turn
outs ever to attend dance in the
Milford area and was acclaimed by
all attending aS one of the incest
affairs ever staged here.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Officials Say Next
Sugar Stamp Will
BE Good On June |

WASHINGTON - up -
The government this week
moved up the cash-in date of
the next sugar ration stamp
from July | to June |. but
said it must last for five
months.
The stamp, spare No. II,
will be good for 10 pounds.
An Agriculture Department
announcement said it must
last until October 81, when
ratiOning and price controls
expire unless extended by
Congress.
This action was taken. the
department said. to speed
sugar into consumer chan
nels before the heavy move
ment of wheat and other COM
modes this summer burdens
transportation facilities.
Supplies from big Cuban
crop are piling up in Eastern
refinery centers to create a
Temporary surplus" partly
because consumers have been
slow to cash in spare stamp
No. II which became valid
April | for 10 pounds.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Maryland Man Heads
Anti-Saloon League
Bicking Oi Rising Sun Is Appoint
ed Anti-SalOOn Chief

The Rev J. Richard Bicking. pas
tor of the Methodist church of Ris-
ing Sun. Md, who has been APP
pointed superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League of Delaware, has
been secretary of the Peninsula
Conference of the Methodist church.
formerly the Wilmington Confer
ence. for the last Is years.
Mr.. Bicking was appointed to his
new duties at d meeting of the board
of directors of the Anti-SalOOn
League last Tuesday. to succeed the
Rev. IvanhOe Willis. who has served
in that capacity IA years. The APP
pOintment is subject to the approva
of Bishop Charles Wesley Flint OF
the Washington area. which is ex-
pected to be given. at the annual
session of the conference opening
next Thursday in Union Methodist
! Church.
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Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Fine Field To
Choose From
At Harrington
Over 800 Horses Are
Available When Eight
Races Are Made Up
Daily, Evenly Matched.

Racing Secretary George G.. En-
slen is having a field day at the
current pari-mutuel meeting of
night harness races at the Har-
ringtOn track, with over 300 horses
to choose from in lining up eight
evenly-matched races for each
night of competition.
Excellent treatment accorded
hOrsemen at the inaugural meeting
of the Kent and Sussex Racing AS
sOciatiOn at Harrington last fall
brought Il flood of applications for
stable accommodations for the
meet now in progress. Nearly ev-
cry letter contained words of
praise for the way the fall meet
ing was conducted.
In addition to horses from the
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula, horsemen
from nearby states, who applied
for stalls, and many of whom are
already on the grounds. were ::
Ralph Bell, Port Norris, n. j.;
Charles o. Heckel, Jr.. Bloomfield,
\. j.; Hank LOwden, Ventnor City
\. j.; Norman H. Cliff, New Egypt
\. j.; Harry G. Craig. Warner Ro-
bins, Ga; Walter Weldin, Berwyn
Pa; Dale Fetrow, Carlisle, Pa.
Jimmy Jordan. Augusta, Me; A
l.. Dixon. Southern Pines, \. c.;
William Sheeler, Reading, Pa.
Delvin Miller, Clemons, ~ c.,
Jack Smith, Burlington. ~ j.. f
S. Conord. Burlington. n j.
Charles S. NIiddagh. Lewistown
Pa; NJ. j Brennan. Hamburg. n
Y. +. Wayne Smith. Malone, \
Y; Harold Worthley. Littletown
Mass; c. d. Higgins East Hart
ford. Conn; w g. Cowgirl, Pauls
boro. n. j.; Irving 0. Paddock
: PaulsborO. y. j.; Herbert Roth
Macon. Ga. and w. S. Hender
. son. DowningtOn. Pa.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Frost Damage To
Delaware Crops Is
Said To Be Heavy
Three Cold Nights In
Succession Means
Greatly Curt all e d
Yields And IncO c
State Farmers Say.

A vital share of Delaware's econ
Omy is said to have suffered d
staggering blow as farmers glOOmily
crops either destroyed or
seriously damaged by the 3 nights
of frost last week.
Although none would estimate
the extent of loss yet to fruit and
truck farm products. all farm ex-
perts saw three results from the
three-day wave:
Greatly reduced crop yields this
summer:
A sharp cut in state income from
farm products;
Fewer persons employed in the
many phases of agriculture. from
pickers in the orchards and fields.
to professors, shippers, and distri-
butOrs.
Loss i'm Hundred Thousands
The total crop loss. after the
third night of frost when tempera-
lures in some places fell even lower
than the previous night. was rough
ly estimated to exceed several hun
dred thousand dollars
Official low temperatures for last
Friday evening were almost the
same as the previous night, with 25
degrees at Bridgeville again mark
ing the lowest spot. The mercury at
Lewes was % degrees. at Dover. SO
degrees, and in Wilmington, 33 de-
grees.
Some field crops which survived
the first night of freezing weather
succumbed under the second wither-
ing blow of cold last Friday and
Saturday nights.
In this category are tomatoes
and on this crop growers faced d
new problem.
Plants i'm Short Supply
Originally in short supply. tomat,
plants from the South which farm
ers must replant now to replac,
their frost-killed first planting ar,
almost impossible to get.
o. A. Newton. one of the larges
growers in the Bridgeville area
said that tomato plants cant b.
: found anywhere.
Mr.. Newton added that. with tn,
: mercury at 25 degrees for tn
5 Bridgeville area for 2 nights ant
almost as low as third II can't Sc,
: how a single apple or peach aroun'
: here survived"
continued on page l3l
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Reorganization Of
School Districts Urged
Supt. Miller Says Local Units
Should Have More Power

A reorganization of school dis
tricts, to obtain larger and more
efficient units, and program CIV
ing greater autonomy to the local
districts. have been placed at the
top Of list of Some Musts in
Delaware Education by Dr.. Geo
r. Miller. state superintendent of
public instruction.
Speaking May 10 at the annual
State Education Conference in
Mitchell Hall, University of Della
ware, Dr. Miller told about 300
secondary school superintendent.
principals and teachers that "a
reorganization of school districts
in Delaware is fundamentally es-
sential to obtain the best education
and the best uses of the money
available
Also speaking at the morning
session was Willard +. GOslin
Minneapolis superintendent OF
schools. whose topic was "Educa-
ton Will Move Forward If" Mr.
GOSlin said educatiOn's responsi.
bilities were twOfold: to help ere.
ate and maintain an atmosphere Of
general welfare for all the people
and to contribute to the growth
and development of individual cit
izens who can carry their share
of the lead in free. democrati,
society.
DR.. Miller explained that he con
sidered the school district reor
ganization "all the more urgent fol
two reasons:
First, tremendous and unpre
, cedented increase in the birth rat
everywhere
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Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Ticks Are Carrying
Deadly Spotted Fever
Sixteen Cases I'm State Last Year
Caused Three Deaths

Sixteen cases of Rocky Mountain
spotted fever in Delaware were re-
ported to the State Board of Health
last year, resulting in deaths: and
cases were reported the year be-
fore with 2 deaths. Since this di-
sease is spread by the bite of cer-
tain wood ticks, and since ticks
have already made their appearance
this spring, the State Board of
Health is issuing a warning about
this dangerous disease.
First reported i'm Delaware in
1892. Rocky Mountain spotted fever
has attacked from l to persons
here each year until in 1943, when
the number of cases rose to Is. The
statewide distribution of the Ii
cases last year indicates that the
ticks carry the disease were widely
scattered. There were two cases in
Wilmington, eight in New Castle
County, three in Kent, and three in
Sussex.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Annual Event Will Be
Held In Georgetown
High School, Highlight
To Be Forest MinStrels

Setting aside a night each year to
pay tribute to the wives. daughters
and sweethearts has become d must
in the busy yearly program OF Ever
green Forest No 40 Tall Cedars of
Lebanon. This year is no different
from those of days gone by. The
largest cOmittee ever named in the
been busy preparing for this annual
event for months. This evening Of
fun. frolic and mirth. with the
ladies of the forest as the guests of
honor will be staged in the George
town High School on Friday even
ing, May 23rd., d. S. I. at eight o.
clock. The highlight of the evening
will be the Evergreen Forest Min
strel staged and directed by Bill
Dennis. Junior Deputy of the For
est with cast composed Of many
prominent Tall Cedars assisted by
several we'll known minstrel men
who are tops in the business. This
is an hour and d half of good clean
old fashioned southern minstrel
that met with whole hearted ap-
rrOval wherever shown. An addGt
feature will be the singing of cele'
brated Evergreen Forest quartet
rated as the best in Delaware
Frank Joseph. a we'll known bust
ness man of Georgetown is the in
terlocutOr. The minstrel will be fol
lowed by a buffet luncheon served
in cafeteria style. Dancing to th'
strains of a we'll known namet
Band will take over until a. M
Every effort is being made hv th'
Forest members to make this al
outstanding event.
l. Robert Wiley. Grand Tai
Cedar, Theodore H. Harrington
Senior Deputy Tall Cedar and mem
bers of the ladies night cOmmitte
will receive and welcome the guest
on their arrival at the high schOo
The committee arranging the affai
is Leroy Dennis of Georgetown
James w. Cannon, Milford, Bi
Kitchens, Georgetown, JOS. Pittart
Georgetown, Norman Fl. Bayli
Lewes. T. Scott Purse, Seafor'
Preston l.. Williams. Frankfort
; George B. Atkins, Milton. HOwar
W. Bramhall. Georgetown. v
Shockley Dougherty. Milford, Et
;. ward B. Green. Georgetown. A. Et
ward Stevens. Selbyville. Warren
Moore, Harrington, Joseph NJ. Lam
l Milton. Samuel c. Pierce. Lewe
DR.. Gilbert NJ. Wiltbank. Lewe
John McGovern, Lewes. Robert
: Prettyman. Milford. Walter S. How
4 ard. Lewes. Frank Johnson. Dag
e boro. Samuel NJ. Williams. Ha
CONTINUED on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
VFW Auxiliary Elects
Aides For Convention
VIII Attend State COnclave At
RehObOth June 1915

The Ladies Auxiliary to Blue
Hen Post No. 6483, held their reg
ular monthly meeting in the Mil
ford New Century Club on We'd
nesday. May Z. at which time del
egates and alternates to the an
nual state convention were elect
ed. Each Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post in the state and it's Auxiliary
will send delegates and alternates
to the annual encampment, to be
/ held this year at Rehoboth Beach
from June IL through Is.
The five delegates to represent
the local auxiliary are President
Edith j. Baynum. Past President
Sarah Barcus, Mrs. Mary C. Hugg,
Mrs. Ann p. Baechler and Mrs.
Carolyn Collins. The alternates
are Mrs. Rose H. Pack. Mrs. Lida
W. Wells, Miss Ruth Hudson and
Mrs. Marian H. Lynch.
The delegates and alternates
will represent the Blue Hen Post
Auxiliary at district meeting to
be held in the Clarence Vinson
Post No. 3238 Home, Camden, on
| Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Program Complete For
Grange Church. -Sund'y
Session This Year Will BE Held
At GarrisOn's Lake. May IS

Howard R. Moore, chaplain of
the Delaware State Grange and
member of Milford Grange No. 6.
announces the program for the
presentation of the bronze tablet
in memory of those of the grange
and also those of the Grange fam
lilies who made the supreme sac
rifice in World War III, and in hon
or of those who were in the SER
vice. but were fortunate to return
to their several Oranges and
Grange families.
The annual Go to Church Sun
day will be observed following
the presentation of the tablet, at
the same place. north side of Gar
rison's Lake in Kent county. in the
plot set aside by the highway de-
partment for the Grange, Oh this
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
School Musicians Met
At Newark Saturday
Highlight OF Program Was Broad.
cast BY Massed Bands

Nearly 700 musicians represent
ing 16 Della ware schools partici-
pated in the second annual State
Band Festival. held in Newark, last
Saturday, May 10. under the spon-
sOrship of the music department of
the University of Delaware with
the cooperation of the DELAY ware
State Music Teachers Association.
Highlights of the days program
included broadcast by massed
county bands over Station WDEL.
as well as performances by indi-
vidual bands.
Through the cooperation of Uni
versity authorities and of Wilmer
Shue, superintendent of the New
ark Schools. the facilities of both
Mitchell Hall and of the Newark
High School were made available
to participants.
A critic judge stationed in eacl
of these places analyZed perform
ances by individual bands. Eacl
band played two or three numbers
tilIo 'lit AOllIllS1lS
will be mailed to the director in
volved soon after the end of the
festival.
Adjudicators especially invited
to the festival to analyze perform
ances included Edward Pike of tn,
Music Department at Temple Uni
versity who judged the bands play
ing in Mitchell Hall and kennetl
Hjelmevick, Director of Music TO
the Baltimore Schools. who Judge,
the bands playing in Newark Higl
School.
Especially selected representa-
tives from the schools taking par
formed massed band. whicl
broadcast from the Newar'
High School Auditorium over Sta
| Continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Century Club Enjoyed
Style Show Monday
Ladies'. Friends Enjoyed Splendid
Review At COOpersmith'S

The calender year l946-47 of the
Milford New Century Club came TO
a close Monday evening when The
COopersmith Store gave "a brilliant
fashion show to the members and
guests. equalling in variety and
scope metropolitan shows. and
bringing to the members all the
new styles of the season. Sport
things. day time dresses. forma |
wear. coats and hats were displayed
by models, some of whom were
members of the club. Mrs. David
! COOpersmith and Mrs. Theodore
Aber. both club members. arranged
the show. which was a splendid
entertainment at the same time il
Continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Machine Co.
Here Selects
New President
Raymond B. Plummer,
Former OPA Official,
Elected Matthews Ma
chine Co. Head.

Raymond B. Plummer. former
Della ware Office of Price Adminis-
tratiOn Official. was elected presi-
dent OF the Matthews Machine Com
pany. d Delawar Corporation, Mil
ford. Delaware, at recent meet
ing of the stockholders and the
board of directors of the corpora
ton.
Plummer is well-known through
out the state. having but recently
terminated his war emergency SER
vices with the federal agencies. AS
assistant to Charles w. Hardesty
Delaware OPA director. Plummel
was in charge of gasoline ration
ing for the state until VI Day, af
ter which time he was in charge o
price control activities.
Plummer. a member of the Do
yer kiwanis Club, was fOrmerl.
vice president and general man
ager of the Riess Manufacturin,
Company. KOkomO. Indiana, pro
ducerS of autOmOtive service equip
ment. He is veteran of WOrl,
War | and a member of the Wal
ter l.. Fox Post of the American
Legion, Dover. Delaware.
The Matthews Machine COmpan
is to be congratulated on securin
the services of a man who, be
cause of his wide experience in ad
ministration, organization an
manufacturing should be valu
able asset to the enterprise.
Other officers elected were: Vic
President. Larry Evans; secretary
; treasurer. Victor Geberin; diret
tors. Harry Fl. Mulholland an
Clarence NJ. Welch, all well know
MilfOrdianS.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Firemen Kept On Run
Last Tuesday Night
Answered Calls At $500, $3.50 And
7:45 O'clock; All Local

Trouble according to the old
adage is often apt to come in
punches. like grapes. and the mem
bers of Carlisle fire company after
their experience last Tuesday even
ing are i'll mood to concur.
A fire drill had originally been
scheduled for that evening, and the
firefighters We're on the alert
The first call came at exactly e
O'Clock. but it was not drill, the
real thing, it was d chimney fire al
the residence of Bill Gillespie in
North Milford. damage nil
The firemen had scarcely reached
the firehOuse and one piece ol
equipment was still in the process
! of being housed when the siren
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Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Doverite Is
Named Head
OF Baptists
In Delaware
j. Graham Stewart, Lay
man, Elected President
OF Convention At An
nual Session Held In
State Capital.

j. Graham Stewart of Dover,
layman, was elected president of
the Delaware Baptist State Con-
vention here last Thursday after
noon to succeed the Rev. Elmer f.
Rose. Dover. who completed two
terms in the office
Mr.. Stewart. who lives on Cecil
Street and is manager of Buchanan
Serice. is member of First Baptist
Church. Dover, of which the retir-
ing president is pastor
Mr.. Rose, who presided at the
session. was chosen as represen-
tative on the Northern Baptist Con-
ventiOn Board of Finance and Pro-
motion, succeeding the Rev. f. Ray
mond Baker, Second Baptist Church
i'll Wilmington.
DR. Augustave Gableman. newly
elected executive secretary of the
Pennsylvania Baptist Convention
was named as executive secretary
of the Delaware Convention to sue
ceed DR.. Benjamin F. Browne
Philadelphia. who has been ad
vanced to executive secretary of the
editorial division of the American
Baptist Publication Society.
Other State Officials
Other officers elected are: Vice
president. the Rev. Christian Peters
East Baptist Church Wilmington
succeeding Charles Leib. New Castle
director of promotion. the Rev
George X. Merriam, New York. re
elected; treasurer. J. Arthur Lar
son. Wilmington, succeeding Ed
ward II. Porter. Wilmington. VIII
retired after 20 years in the office
Continued on page ID
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Plans Abandoned For
Kent Marble Tourney
Action Made Imperative Because
Some Posts Do Net Have Athletics

David S. Hugg. Athletic Director,
District No. 3. Department of Della
ware. V. F. w. announced Wednes-
day that plans for participation of
Kent County V. F. w. posts in the
nationwide marbles tournament
being sponsored by the Veterans
of Foreign Wars have been aband-
Oned. The action was made neces-
sary by fact that some District No. )
posts have not. as yet. set up athletic
programs while others have other
projects underway that would con-
flict with the staging of previously
projected local and district tour
neys.
Department of Delaware partici-
patton in the marble tournament
got underway the past Saturday
with the staging of zone elimina-
tiOns in the Wilmington area. Next
/ Saturday. finalists in the zone com
petition will shoot" at BaynarC
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-16
Cedars WillR. C.. Lewis
Hold Ladies' Heads State
Night May 23Bankers Assn.
Trust Com
pany Vice President
Was Elected At An
nual Dinner Meeting.

Robert E.. Lewis. vice-preSident OF
the Equitable Trust Company, was
elected president of the Delaware
Bankers Association last Saturday
at the association annual meeting
at the Wilmington Country Club.
Other officers elected at the busi-
ness meeting were: Vice-president.
Gordon Willis. vicepresident of the
Farmers Bank of Dover; secretary
and treasurer. J. Walter Taylor. as
sistant to the president of the Secu-
rity Trust Company. reelected:
member of the executive commit
te for three-yedr term, Harley Il
Bodley. president of the Fruit
Growers National Bank and Trust
Company of Smyrna.
Other members of the executive
board. whose terms did not expire
this year. are Ira Lewis. cashier O
the Peoples National Bank o
Laurel, and Robert L. Altemus. vice
president of the Delaware Trus
Company.
Mr.. Lewis, who before today wa
ce-president of the association
was elected assistant vice-presiden
of the Equitable Trust COmpan,
| Jan. l. 1896. He was formerly treas
urer of the Newark Trust Company
position he held since 1893.
Was Civic Engineer
Born in ElktOn. Md. in 1890. MI
Lewis attended the University G
Delaware and was graduated i
1912 with a B. S. in civil engineer
ing During the first World War j
WAS with the S0th Division. L.
Army. as captain and regimenta
adiutant of the 305th Engineer'
and served Is months in France.
Continued on page l6l