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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02

Mr.. and Mrs. William Walker
are the proud parents of a fine baby
boy who arrived in Milford Mem
orial Hospital, Milford, last week.
Both mother and baby doing nice
".
Mrs. Mary v. Webb. Mrs. Norman
Prettyman and Mrs. Laurence Sam
mons, Ellendale Home Demonstra-
ton Club: attended the 10th annual
Short Course at the University of
Delaware, Newark, of the Home
Demonstration Clubs of Sussex
county, from June 16 to 19. A group
also visited Longwood Gardens and
saw the beautiful fountain display,
attended the American Legion Pag-
cant, SLEEPY Hollow" at the thea
tire, and toured the old homes in
New Castle. These ladies returned
home tired but very glad they had
had such a delightful and interest
ing trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Davies en-
tertained guests during the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Nelson Hall en-
tertained guests during the week
end.
Miss Mia Maclklin is having hel
home on Main street remodeled.
Mrs. Lille Millman is having as
guests this summer her grand
daughters, "The McQuaids" o.
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Tucker
were Sunday guests Of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Edward Clendaniel. Mr.. Glen
daniel has been a patient in thu
Beebe Hospital, Lewes.
Baseball News
The Glendale "Blue Socks
played at Hickman on Sunday ant
j won with a score of 8 to 4. GOoC
work and may it keep up. Sunda.
1.-The Lewes A. A. will play at FL
lendale, so come out and give tn,
boys a big cheer.
Monday, July 5, Ellendale viii
lplay at Millsboro.
ElIendale Methodist Church
Rev. James O'Neil, Pastor
Sunday, July
Sunday school services at 10 8
m. in charge of F. w. Ireland, su
perintendent.
Preaching at II a. m. by the pas
! tor.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02

storing our plant to service.
The revised survey will also
show what it will cost to produce
a XIV of electricity, to compare
with the cost of a XIV of cleo
tricity now purchased from the
Delaware Power & Light Com
pany.
Thus when the report is COM
pleted, full and complete informa-
ton will be given to the citizens
of Milford for their decision as to
their wishes on this municipal
problem, noting that the revenue
from our electric operation is
about half of the total revenues.
The Council has not been idle on
this question; for the past several
months it has conferred with sew
eral electrical contractors on costs
of reconditiOning the plant, the
costs varying from 100000 and
up. Before going to the people for
authority for the cost, whatever il
may be, it should be clear that by
making this expenditure, we must
be sure that our cost to produce
current will be low enough to pay
! off the bond issue over a period OF
15 or 20 years, and so the cost OF
producing the current is the i'm
portant figure to be obtained from
the survey.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02

During the months of July and
the M. Y. F. will not have
evening services.
Sunday evening, July 4, the Sem
ior M. Y. F. will have charge Of
the evening service.
Meeting
Glass No. 6 will meet with Mrs.
Paul v. Smith on Friday evening,
July 8. ALI cordially invited.
Holiday Bake
On Saturday, July 3, the New
Market w. S. C. S. will have "hol-
iday bake" in the Glendale school.
Chickens, pies, cakes, eggs and all
good things for the guests during
the holidays. Come and help.
McCOlley's Methodist Chapel
Rev. James O'Neil, Pastor
Sunday, July 4
Sunday school services.
Union Methodist Church
Rev. James O'Neil, Pastor
Sunday, July 4
Sunday school services at 2 p. m
AACdGnAAAG 4 cAb - r. AAs
Faith Bible Holiness Church
Rev. Robert B. NailOr, Pastor
Sunday, July 4
Sunday school services.
Preaching by the pastor.
Everyone welcome.
Special
The Home Demonstration Clut
met at the home of Mrs. Marguer
ite Moore on Tuesday evening, JUNE
! %. The topic for the evening wa'
''Know Your Wood and How t.
Refinish Old Wood"
The demonstration was put OF
by our county agent, Miss May
/ belle Sigon and was enjoyed by al
present.
The next meeting will be held a
the home of Mrs. Grace Smith Ol
Tuesday evening, July %. Topic
Making the Best of Yourself"
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02
GLENDALE


Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. ireland
and daughters motored to Oak Or
chard and Rehoboth on Sunday
Misses Betty, Shirley and Fay
Carey and friends spent Sunday at
Oak Orchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. w. EllingsWorth
and daughter and Miss Joan Ennis
enjoyed a trip to Maryland on Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Derrick
son of Philadelphia were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John B.
Derricks0n and all enjoyed a trip
on Sunday.
Mrs. David M. Warren entertain
ed guests on Sunday.
Mrs. Sarah McIlvain and daugh-
ter Mary visited relatives and
friends on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Fleming and
family had a delightful trip dur
ing the weekend.
Millard Walls has returned home
from the hospital.
William c. Clendaniel has also
returned home.
Mrs. Pauline Lynch, who was a
patient in the Milford Memorial
Hospital returned home on Nom
day.
Burton ]. Miilman, a patient in
the Milford Memorial Hospital is
improving.
Mrs. Della w. Baker, also a pa
tient in Milford, is reported as do
ing grand.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Trice of
Milford we're guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Shockley last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William ID. Ellings-
worth, Jr., entertained guests on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Workman Of
Chester, Pa, we're callers in town
during the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Filings
worth and son of near Lincoln were
Sunday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Messick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Sammons
and daughters spent Sunday al
Ocean City, Md, and Rehoboth.
Mrs. M. e. Warren returned
home from Washington, d. c., on
Tuesday, accompanied by hel
grandson, Stephen Fisher Warren
and Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac f. Warren
Jr., were weekend guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ken Beale of Phil
adelphia were weekend guests o.
Mrs. Beale's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
c. E. Carey and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Timmons
Sr., spent the weekend at thei
home in Rehoboth.
Walter Baker and son of Mary
land were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
c. w. Ennis and family last week
Birth
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02

port of the State Board Of Health,
City Board of Health. and City
Council.
1t is established that polio is
caused by a virus, probably carried
by flies. Some cases are already
being reported in Delaware. Is the
life of any one of your children
worth less than the cost of maxi
ing sanitary connection to the
sewers?
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02

Since our playground and swim
ming pool cannot be used, Mr.
Briggs is going to take the chill
dren, in the afternoons, five days a
week, to Slaughter Beach and give
them swimming instructions.
Council deemed this worthy of
support, and is donating $500 out
of our unused playground budget
to Mr.. Briggs. Parents will be
advised by Mr.. Briggs of all de-
tails, probably in today's issue of
the Chronicle. The city assumes
no responsibility in this. and is
merely making a donation to q
worthy cause.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02

An item of general interest to all
parents is a decision on part of
Council to make a donation to Mr..
Barney Briggs, local athletic di-
rector, on his plan to provide
children with some instructive
swimming training.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02

Customers of U. s. gas utility
companies totalled 21,590,OOO at the
end of 1947.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02

Attention is called to those con-
cerned that there remains only a
little over two weeks to make ar
rangements for, and notify the city
office, of the elimination of out
door priEies not connected with
the city sewers. This has full sup
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-02

In order to have all our houses
numbered on every street. a city
employee will canvass every street,
starting in July, and assign num-
Der to every house not now num-
bered. We expect that household
ers will provide numbers for their
houses. as the cost is as small as
fifteen cents.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
Guard Camp Duties
Haze Been Assigned
Various Officers Given
Posts; Promotions
Announced

Duties to be performed during
the summer encampment of the
Delaware National Guard at Camp
Duncan, Bethany Beach, July 81 to
Aug. Is, were announced this week
by Col, James L. Whaley, COM
manding officer Of the 198th A. A.
A. Group.
Colonel Whaley said that during
the training period, Lieut.-COl.
JOhn b. Moore would serve as ex-
ecutive officer while operations
and intelligence would be handled
by Mais. Paul I. DOnnelly and
Charlton C. Harding. Capt. Law
renee +. Hayes, Jr., will serve as
adjutant, while Capt. Paul M. Scott
would have charge Of supplies. The
officers win be assisted by Capts.
Joshua ~ Bennett. William o.
Smith, and Lieut.. Paul M. James.
Capt. Edmund s. Mayo was as
signed as communications officer
and Capt John W. Ellis, HeadQuar-
ters Battery commander.
Colonel Whaley also announced
the promotion Of Private Ralph T.
(sontlnued on uage Sd
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
State Bank Assets
Rising Slightly
Delaware Institutions Show S515,-
100000 Total On June 30

State Bank Commissioner John
G. Darby reported this week that
total assets of all state banks on
June 80 amounted to $515, 5,468, ,159.-
50, compared with $514,879, ,11478
on June 80 last year. The present
amount falls short off the all-time
high of Dec. 81, 1945, of $565, ,5O2,-
O25.51 by approximately $5O,OO0,-
600.
An increase of $787,OOO occurred
in cash balances and due from
banks Holdings of the U. S.
Government Securities decreased
by $27, 100000 and loans and dis
counts increased by some $21,OO0,-
600, investment in other bonds and
securities by $5,640,0O0.
u. S. Government obligations de-
creased from a June so. 1947, total
Of 1929, 9,351 ,96O.45 to- $2O2,O24,52S.-
SO, while loans and discounts in
( creased from $1O3,O7O, O,S66.32 to
I $124,415.74478. Cash balances and
due from banks was $93,544. 053. so,
compared with $92,756.94S18 last
year; all other securities. $9O.723.-
1927, compared with $S5,OS2,lS1.-
,,4S.
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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
Delaware Pays U. S.
$3O8,225,66O Taxes
Fifteen Million Drop Over l947 Due To Re-
peal OF Excess Profits Levy; Revenue
From Incomes Rises To $ll4,7I2,358.OO

The state of Delaware paid 308
million dollars in federal taxes
during the fiscal year just ended,
the Bureau of Internal Revenue
announced this week. This was
about Is million dollars less than
the amount collected in Delaware
in the fiscal year ended June 80,
1947.
A total of $3O8,225,66O.9S was
collected by the bureau in Della
ware during the fiscal year which
ended June 80, 1948, according to
preliminary estimates.
OF this sum $114,712,358.66 was
paid as income taxes by indivi-
duals whose legal residence is
Delaware. This represents an in
crease of about six and One-half
million dollars over income tax
payments in the previous fiscal
years.
Delaware corporations paid cor
pOratiOn income taxes of $167 1897 =
400.74, a substantial increase over
the 131 million dollars paid the
previous year.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
Four Local
Boards, One
APPealUnit
For Draft
Eligible Youths In Della
ware Total $4,000, But
Under 500 Slated For
Induction In 1913.

The new Selective Service Sys-
tenn in Delaware will comprise four
local boards and one appeals board,
il was learned this week after Gov.
Walter w. Bacon announced he will
recommend the appointment Of
Brig.-Gen. Victor d. Washburn as
director Of the system here.
The headquarters Of the system is
expected to be established in the old
No. 2S school at Eighth and Adams
Streets.
The boards are to be appointed
by President Truman on the recon-
mendations Of Governor Bacon. 1t
is understood that veterans OF
World War ii are among the men
listed for the posts
$4,000 TO Register
1t was estimated yesterday that
more than $4,000 Delaware youths
aged Is through 25, will be regis
tered under the new draft law.
Fewer than 500, however, are eX-
pected to be drafted this year.
While no date has as yet been
fixed when the new draft system
Is to start functiOning, it is believed
here that the first registration will
take place next month. The date is
expected to be set by President
Truman in a proclamation to be is
sued any day.
CONTINUED on page q
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
Local Woman Wins
"QueeN For Day" Quiz
Mrs. George G. Russell Has
Correct Answer To Pro-
grants Question

Mrs. George Grier Russell of
Northwest Front Street, Milford.
became the Queen for a Day" on
the radio quiz program OF the same
name Monday of this week when
she correctly identified "Old Hicko-
ry" as Andrew Jackson.
Shortly after 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon Mrs. Russell answered
her phone to discover 1t was a long
distance call from Los Angeles. The
master of ceremonies on the radio
broadcast informed her the correct
answer to who is Old Hickory
had won her a trip for two persons
with all expenses paid and a large
list of household utilities.
Mr.. Russell, a retired pOstOfice
emplOye, is now in poor health and
for that reason his wife said thev
would not take the trip given as a
prize. She said she understood a
financial consideration would be
given instead.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
Sussex Man
Killed Near
BridgevilIe
Willie Hamilton, Hit By
One Car, Is Run Over
By Second In Unusual
Accident.

Willie Hamilton, age 81, of near
BridgeVille, was fatally injured last
Sunday morning when he was
struck by one automobile and then
run over by another after the first
driver left the scene to report the
accident to police.
State police at BridgeVille re-
ported that Hamilton died shortly
after he was admitted to the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital, where he
was taken in the BridgeVille am
bulance. His injuries were a brOk-
en- neck and severe decorations of
the entire body.
Accident Occurs in Fog
The accident occurred on the
Observation-Disclosures Road,
about one mile west of BridgeVille,
at a. M, while a dense fog covered
the highway. State police, recon-
structing events leading up to the
fatal accident, said Hamilton was
walking towards his home when he
suddenly moved into the middle of
the road and directly in the path of
an On-cOming car.
They said he was first struck by
the automobile of Elmer 4. Russell,
31-year-Old Bridgeville taxical
driver, who left the scene to notify
police and summon assistance.
However, while Hamilton was ly-
ing in the road, another car, opera
ted by Ralph w. MilbOurn, "a, of
Milford, passed over his body, po-
lice said. 1t was net determined
which car inflicted the fatal inju-
ries, according to the state police.
No charges were placed against
either driver.
HamiltOn's death brings to S5, the
number of automobile fatalities on
Delaware highways so far this year
This is four above the 81 autOmO-
bile deaths that occurred for the
same period of last year.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
World Champion
He'll Drivers VII
Open Fair July 70
SCHOOL CALENDAR
SET UP FOR YEAR

The following school calen-
dar has been adopted for the
years 1948-1949:
September-SchOOl opens:
Sept. 8.
OctOber-D. S. E. A. Meet
ing: Oct. IA and. Is.
November - Visiting Day:
Nov. II; Election Day: Nov.
8; Thanksgiving Vacation:
2 days.
d c e mber ~ Christmas:
closed Dec. 1921.
January ~ School opens:
Jan. 3.
February
March
April-Good Friday: April
Is; Easter: April IS.
May
June - Graduation: June
10; Last day for attendance:
June 10.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
Society Gives
Cancer Fund
To University
Grant OF $4,000 Is First
Ever Made By State
Group For Such Work.

The Delaware Division, American
Cancer Society has appropriated
$4,000 for preliminary work on a
cancer research project at the Uni
Versity of Delaware.
The first such grant ever made
by the local society was voted at
the special meeting held recently
at the Academy of Medicine, in Will
mingtOn.
Harry o. Gray, president of the
division, explained that the cancer
society normally mades it's research
grants on a national basis. The ma
tional headquarters of the society,
acting on the advice of a committee
Of scientists, uses One-fOurth of ali
funds contributed to the cancer
campaigns for the national cOOrdi-
mated research program.
Two Projects Under Study
The national headquarters has
under consideration two cancer re-
search projects of the University
of Delaware. One of these has been
started with university funds while
the other will be financed tempo
rarily with the $4,000 grant voted
last night.
The project to be aided by the 10
cal society is a study of the effects
Of Beta Rays on living cells.
The radioactive isOtOpes being
used increasingly in experimental
work and in therapy emit beta rays
These rays are also involved in the
use of radium and X-ray, two oil
the three known treatments fOl
+ cancer. A study of the biological
effects of beta rays, it is hoped, viii
throw new light on the fundamen-
tai processes involved in all present
methods of radiation therapy, in
Guiding cancer therapy
Continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
KiWanis Head
Expected In
Milford Soon
Announcement OF Visit
OF J. Belmont MOsser
Is Made By Milford
President, Fred Geyer.

Officers of the KiWanis Club of
Milford learned today that j. Bel
mont MOOser, prominent Pennsyl-
Vania industrialist and recently
elected president of Kiwanis Inter
national, probably will speak in
this section sometime during his
Cne-year administration.
Mr.. Fred Geyer, president of the
club, said that following his cleo
tiOn at Los Angeles the new XII
wants Chief Executive had indica-
ted he would launch his speaking
itinerary in late summer. This
schedule undoubtedly will carry
him into a majority of the % XII
wants districts throughout the Uni
ted States and Canada, Mr.. Geyer
added.
Delegates to the largest cOnven-
tiOn in the history of KiWanis In
ternational named Mosser to sue
ceed DR.. Charles w. Armstrong, OF
Salisbury, N. c., who served as
president Of the community service
organization during the past year
Long active in eastern industrial
circles, MOsser is vice president and
general sales manager of the Spee1
Carbon Company and vice president
of the International Graphite and
ElectrOde Corp, both at, St. Marys
Pa, where he maintains his home
In a press conference a few days
ago, MOsser said that during his ad-
ministratiOn he would advocate a
/ program of adult education based
/ primarily on the principle that
/ freedom is "everybOdv's business. ,
He declared the public must be-
come aware of the dangers that
/ threaten liberty.
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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
Del. Park To Paw
State $978,32O
Figure Was Officially Disclosed
This Week

A total of $978,32O.29 will be paid
to the state of Delaware this year
as the tax income from the 1948
program of the Delaware Steeple-
chase and Race Association.
This was officially disclosed to-
day as auditors of the Delaware
Racing Commission notified the
race association how much the
state was due.
The amount is the third highest
in the 12-year history of Delaware
Park. In 1916 the state received
$1,271,36O.56, and in 1945 $1,O46,-
1876.
According to the auditors report,
the states take" from the racing
season consists of $9O9, ,18O.O9 real
lied from the 31a per cent tax on
$25, 5,976,574 in parimutuel wagering,
and $69, 9,14O.2O resulting from the 20
per cent state tax on admissions.
Total amount from admissions
this year was $345,7O1.
Tax payments will be made by
the race association to the state
racing commission, and by them to
the state treasurer.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
Investigate Alleged
Suicide Attempts
Men Near Milford Alleged To Have
Wounded Themselves

State troopers at Georgetown
are investigating alleged self-in-
fiicted injuries to two men who are
in serious condition in the Milford
Memorial Hospital. Both men live
in the vicinity of Milford.
The first investigation was at the
home of Mark Ullery who, troop
ers said, suffered a gashed throat
evidently inflicted with a razor
blade.
Later they were called to the
home of Floyd Sheppard, As, who.
they said, had placed a shotgun in
his mouth while sitting on the
porch of his home and pulled the
trigger Part of the left side of his
face was blown off, police said. He
was found by a neighbor who
summoned troopers.
A query AT tine hospital yestcr
day revealed that both u.en were
still living, although Sheppard's
condition is critical.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
internationally Famous
Daredevil Troupe Will
Formally Open 1948
Kent And Sussex Fair
Next Monday Evening.

New thrills, new features, new
stunts-and new records in 194S.
That is the program outlined by
genial Jack KOchman of the World
Famous He'll Drivers who will
make an appearance at the Kent
Sussex Fair on Monday, July 26,
at P. M.
Bolstered by a group of recent
ly discharged servicemen. the thrill
show sponsor will unVeil hair-rais-
ing, spine-tingling sensations and
feats, never before staged, in the
He'll Drivers S-actiOn-packed
events.
Stuntmen who have appeared
on the screen in place of your ia
VOrite movie actor, will provide the
thrilling scenes for the record
crowds. The spectacular ramp to
ramp or aerial criss-cross in mid
air, acclaimed by critics, newspa-
permen, and Fair managers thru
out the Eastern Fair circuits as
the most exciting of all daredevil
stunts ever conceived, headline
this program.
In attempting this ramp to ramp
jump a He'll Driver-any two of
the six qualified Kochman dare
devils are ready for this perilous
leap-circle the track in a stock
sedan at top speed, scars into
space from one of the highest
ramps ever erected to hurdle thru
40 feet Of air. The other driver
cuts directly underneath the first
driver to truly give one of the
greatest thrills nown in thrill
show history.
Too, there is the perilous and
nerye-Wracking Tunnel of Fire"
thriller in which a He'll Driver
races a motorcycle through a blaz-
Continued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23

Collection of excess profits taxes
from Delaware corporations, how
ever, declined sharply as a result
OF repeal of the wartime excess
profits tax. Collections in the fis-
cal year 1947 were nearly IS mil
lion dollars, but in fiscal 1948 were
only two million dollars:
Employment taxes largely So
cial security amounted to $40, =
342.46, a gain of $15O,OOO over the
previous 12-mOnth period. All
other federal taxes, including eX-
else taxes on transportation, lux
uries, telephone calls, etc. amount
ed to $13,647,617.39, a humping
gain Of five million dollars over
the previous fiscal period.
Thus, except for the excess pro-
fits levy, largely contributed by a
few big corporations, DelaWareans
footed a larger federal tax bill
than at any time in the states his
tory.
Total internal revenue cOllec-
tiOns in the fiscal year ended June
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
State F. F. A, Leader
Wins Dairy Award
VIM. Webb, OF Caesar Rodney
School, Is HOnOTed

Closely .adhering to the Webb
family tradition, it was announced
recently that William Webb, an
18th grade boy of Caesar Rodney
High School, had won the Star
Dairy Award for Delaware. In little
less than 3 years, this Is year old
boy has built up a herd consisting
OF one registered HOlstein bull, five
COWS, three heifers and two calves.
The nucleus of Williams present
herd had it's inception during his
first year as a Vocational Agricul-
ture Student at Caesar Rodney. At
this time under the supervision of
Mr.. Short, the Agriculture Teacher,
Hilliam's first major dairy project
consisting of three heifers and one
registered bull calf was successful
ly carried out. In addition to the
dairy outlay, William also found
time 10 buy and raise a purebred
Hampshire boar.
In the succeeding year, William
increased his herd by more than
twice it's previous size by carrying
out a project on four more heifers
in addition to buying a milk COW
through the profits received in car
rying out his other projects. In an
effort to gain a truer picture of the
COWS that were paying their way in
reference to butter fat and milk
production, William also joined the
Delaware Dairy Herd Improvement
Association. 1t is his belief that on
ly through records can one deter
mine which cows bring higher re-
turns. In addition to the dairy herd
on eight heifers and one bull, all on
q project basis, William carried on
projects with five acres of corn
(thus helping his feed COSTS, two
purebred Hampshire brood sOws
two purebred Hampshire boars and
four market hogs. Here again feed
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