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Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Theatre Opening
Contest Continues
Much Interest Being Shown In
Novel Date Contest

Last weeks announcement of
the contest to guess the opening
date of Schine's Milford Theatre
has resulted in many replies with
dates ranging from May through
October. The guessing contest
will continue until May l.. SpOn-
sOred by the Chronicle and the
Schine management, the person or
persons guessing the opening date
of the new theatre will, along with
their families, be guests at the
opening performance and at a din
ner party preceding it. Partici-
pants may mail their entry to the
Contest Editor, Co Plaza Theatre,
Milford, Del.
The new Milford Theatre will
have seating capacity of approx
imately 1900, the largest on the
Eastern Shore. Replacing the old
Plaza, destroyed by fire in Septem-
ber, 1916, the new theatre will be
the last word in beauty and COM
fort. 1t was designed by the firm
of John and Drew EbersOn, noted
architects of New York City, who
have been responsible for the de-
sign of hundreds of the nations S
leading theatres.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Farmers Urged To
Fight Corn BOrer
Agriculturists Will Be Paid
Dividends BY Elimi-
mating Pests

Sussex county farmers are being
urged by County Agent William H.
Henderson to fight the European
Corn BOrer in an effort to reduce
the damage that this pest annual
" inflicts upon the cOunty's corn
crop. The annual loss is conser-
yatively estimated to be $3.50, 900
due to reduced yields and damaged
corn.
Stressing the need for action
County Agent Henderson pointed
out that a survey conducted
throughout the state last fall by
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, showed an average of II bor-
eFs per 100 stalks Of corn.
Continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Ali Rural Life
Sunday, May 2
FlanS Being Made BY Clubs
Throughout State

Throughout Delaware, as i'm the
rest of the nation, All Clubs will
pause from their busy schedule to
observe Rural Life Sunday, on May
2. This annual event is set aside by
All members to emphasize and
recognize the spiritual value and
character building qualities of All
Club work.
Delaware club members are cur
rently making plans, through in
dividual ClGbs, to observe this Sun
day in some special manner. Many
clubs will attend church in a group,
and some will take over a part of
the church service.
Rural, Life Sunday enables 4-H
members to think together about
home, community, and world
events in spiritual terms by some
specially chosen theme such as
Creating better homes today for a
more responsible citizenship to-
morrow"
All members are encouraged to
Continued on page D
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
H. M. Candy Will
Keynote Convention
Lawyer win Speak At G. 0. p.
"Little Convention"

Henry M. Candy of Wilmington,
attorney and counsel for the Levy
Court of New Castle County, will
deliver the keynote address at the
Delaware Republican Party's little
convention" next Wednesday in Do
yer, it was announced this week by
Isaac r. Brown, Jr., state G. o. z.
chairman.
Mr.. Candy, a World War II vet
teran, has long been active in Re-
publican politics and is one of the
charter members of the Active
Young Republicans, Inc.
Mr.. Candy accepted the assign
ment as keynOter today at the in
vitatiOn of party leaders.
He succeeded J. Donald Craven
as Levy Court attorney in January
1947. A former deputy attorney
general assigned to the State Tax
Department, Mr. Candy entered the
armed services in 1912 and became
major in the Air Transport Com
mand.
For meritOriOus service during
the period Of more than a year lie
served at ATC headquarters at Cal
cutta he was awarded the Bronze
Star.
The son of the late Henry NJ. and
Mrs. Candy, he was educated al
Tower Hill School, Phillips Exc
ter Academy, Princeton University
and the University of Pennsylvania
Law School. He is associated with
the law firm. of Richards, Layton
and Finger.
In 1898 he was elected state rep
resentative from Wilmington
third district
Continued on page D
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Memorial Race
.TOHOnOr Shaw
AT Harrington
Will Be Special Feature
Opening Night; War
rem Moore Will Also Be
HOnOred By Race.

Over 800 of the best trotters and
PAGERS in the East are stabbed at
the Harrington track, where they
are being given daily workouts in
preparation for the spring meeting
of the Kent & Sussex Racing As
sOciatiOn, which opens on Saturday
night, May 1st. A special feature
race, called the B. l. Shaw Memoir
ial Race, will be run on the Open
ing night, May 1st, with a $1,000
purse for two heats.
Also, a Warren T. Moore Men,
Orial TrOt with a $1,000 purse for
two heats will be run on Thursday
night, May 9Th.
State Harness Racing Commits
siOner J. Morris Harrington, of Eel
ton, has granted the Association a
permit for Is nights of Pari-mu-
tuel harness racing on one of the
best lighted tracks in the East.
Racing Secretary George G. En-
slen and Mrs. Enslen have been
here two weeks, classifying the en-
tries which include many promi-
nent stables.
The New England states, for ex-
ample, are we'll represented. Ar
thur Cobb, of Norway, Me-, has
been airing Dynamite Hal, PAGER
2:O7 2i5 by Hal Dale 2:O2H ;
FitzrOy 3, 2:16 by Scotland 1891 ;
Tippy's Boy green trotter, no rec
ord, by Desparado 2:O91a. Another
Maine horse is Harvest Dale by
BrOokdale 1:59%, owned by John
MOrestOs of Winthrop.
continued on page q
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
$5,OOO,OOO School
Program In State
Work Has Already Been Started On Projects
Costing $l,7lO,366 Milford Elementary
Building In Group Vocational School,
Costing 100000, To Be Erected At Mil.
ford In 1850.

More than S5,OOO,OOO worth of
school buildings are being built in
Delaware outside of Wilmington
OF are to be built soon.
This was shown in a surrey of
state and district appropriations
authorized for school building pur-
poses.
A check of such planned con-
structiOn disclOses that of the $5,-
125,35O in contracts authorized,
there is $1,71O,366 worth of con-
structiOn under way. Another $2,-
823,500 is earmarked for use in
the building of schools for which
plans have been completed.
No City Construction
All of this construction activity
is outside of Wilmington, since the
city has no school building pro-
gram calling for immediate ac-
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Charlotte Swanson
Wins Scholarship
Milford Girl HOnOred By Sussex
HOmemakerS

Charlotte Swanson of Milford
has been awarded the scholarship
offered by Sussex County Home
Demonstration clubs, according to
an announcement made by Mrs.
Jonathan Wheatley, council presi-
dent. Florence A. Houston: Of
Greenwood was named ais alter
nate.
Miss Swanson is the daughter of
Mrs. G. A. Swanson, Shawnee
Road, Milford. In addition to
maintaining a superior scholastic
record at Milford, she has been
active in All club program. In
1916 she was a delegate to the Ma
tiOnal All Club Congress as state
winner in the Style Revue. Miss
Swanson will enroll in the School
of Home Economics at the Univer-
sity of Delaware in the fall.
Miss Houston, the daughter of
Philip Houston of near Greenwood,
has excelled in her high school
record.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Name Officials For
Pistol Matches

Sergeant George X. ShOckley,
Delaware State Police (retired)
has been named Chief Range Mas
ter to OfIiciate at the Registered
Pistol Matches to be fired in Will
mingtOn. April 18.
Mr.. ShOckley is we'll known as
a range master, having recently Of
ticiated in this capacity at the Ma
tiOnal Mid-Winter Matches at Tam
pa, Florida. He is also an active
member of the Delaware Rifle and
Pistol Club, sponsors of Delaware's
first pistol tournament since 1899.
L. d. Schober of Jenkintown,
Pennsylvania, will represent the
Continued on page q
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Firemen Harnpered
By LeaI1y Plug
Local Firemen Delayed In Fighting
Fire At Tingle Home

A leaking fire hydrant was blam-
ed for the delay of the Carlisle
Fire Company in getting a stream
on flames which partially gutted
the residence of Clarence Tingle on
North street late last Sunday night
before it was extinguished.
The fire, origin of which has not
been determined, had gained con-
siderable headway by the time the
firemen hooked up their hose to the
faulty hydrant They discovered
that the leak at the bottom of the
hydrant was so bad sufficient flow
was not available for a stream, so
they we're obliged to drop back to
another plug.
This caused some delay in get
ting a good stream on the fire, but
despite the handicap the firemen
saved the building from destruc-
ton.
Mr.. Tingle was away at the time
of the fire. Very few of the con-
tents we're saved.
The dwelling is owned by Mrs.
Elizabeth Harmon who resides next
door.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

tiOn.
Construction now under way in
cludes: Mt. Pleasant Special
School District, Silerside elemen-
tary, $297 900, and Edge Moore ell
ementary, $3O6,OOO both by w. d.
Haddock Construction Company;
Alfred I. dupont, cafeteria addi-
ton, d. M. Fontana Construction
Company, $16,75O; Rose Hill, same
contractor, $28,2OO; Minquadale,
same contractor, $500 Milford,
same contractor, $262,1 Mills
bOro, cOlOred. James H. Wood, con-
tractor, $4,000; Laurel, John E.
Healy & Sons, Inc, $254,5OO; Lau-
rel, colored, gymnasium addition.
Frank Dolby and Son, $73,25O, and
Seaford, Charles F. ROhleder, con-
tractor, $262,5OO.
Continued on page o
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Four Bishops
Will Attend
Conference
Of MethOdists
Full Program For PENN
sula Conference Begin
ming May 18 In Wilm-
ingtOn Announced.

Four bishops Of the Methodist
Church will attend sessions of the
ninth Peninsula Methodist Confer
ence which will open at / p. m,
Tuesday. May IS, in Union Metho-
dist Church, Fifth and Washington
Streets, Wilmington.
The complete program for the
fOur-day conference was annOun-
eed this week.
Bishop Claire Purcell of the
Charlotte, N. c., Area of the MethO-
dist Church, viii preside. The
other bishops who will take part
in the conference are, Bishop Paul
N CARRIER, elected in 1914 and as
signed TO the Geneva, Switzerland
Area; Bishop 2. 7 Kaung Of China,
and Bishop Arthur F.. Wesley Of
South America,
Pre-cOnference activities will
open Monday, May IL with exami-
nations at a. N. and 1 p, m. in
Union Church, and a meeting of the
conference board Of ministerial
training there at 2 p. m. At 4:3O p.
iIl.s TIE DOalu OF trustees VIII meet
in the Y. NJ. c. A.
Memorial Service
Board and committee meetings
will begin the following day at 8
a. m. At the first conference ses-
sion there will be a memorial serv-
ice with the memorial flowers pre-
sented by the Minister'S Wives AS
sOciation of the conference. At a
service Of Holy Communion, the
Rev. DR.. Robin Gould, pastor of Nc
Cabe Memorial Methodist Church,
will be the speaker. and T. Blair
Ely, conference lay leader, will
preside.
Thursday mornings session will
feature the corporate session of
Wesley Junior College and the Bis
hops hour, with Bishop CARRIER.
Following adjournment for lunch
con, the conference. session will re-
sumo with reports on evangelism,
temperance and world service.
continued Oh page i5)
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Teachers In Kent
Elect Officers
COrdelia Carter OF Milford Again
Heads Group

Miss COrdelia Carter sof Milford,
was reelected president of the
Kent County Teachers Association,
at the spring meeting in the Do
yer High School last Thursday
evening.
other officers elected were: Vice
President, Mrs. Jacob Kast, Do
yer; secretaFy-treasurer, Morris
Daisey, Caesar Rodney; director,
Miss Alberta Cornelius, Smyrna.
That the assembly go on record
as favOring a minimum salary of
$2.40O and a maximum of $4,000,
with steady increase, and with
scheduled changes, as approved by
the National Education AssOcia-
ton, be adopted for this state
through the combined interest of
laymep and professional educa-
tors.
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Preserving Contest
For Homemakers
Many Prizes VIII Be Offered State
Participants

Delaware hOmemakers,, again in
1948, will have an opportunity to
receive recognition for their home
food preservation efforts. A food
preservation contest, sponsored by
the National Garden Institute, is
being conducted in Delaware, as in
many other states, announces Miss
M. Gertrude Holloway, extension
nutrition specialist for the Uni
versity of Delaware.
a sterling silver pitcher awaits
the 194S winner. Foods canned, fro
zen or otherwise preserved betWe cen
Nov. i, 1947 and Oct 4, 1948, will be
eligible Tor entry in the 1948 con-
test This permits homemakers to
report meats butchefed and can
ned OF frozen in the fall Of 1947,
as we'll as potatoes and other win
ter vegetables stored.
Continued On page %
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
LegiOnnGireS To
Dedicate Plaque
Will Be Located AT Milford
High School; Local Ser
vice Clubs To Help

At the last regular meeting of
the American Legion Post No. 3, it
was decided upon to dedicate a
serviCeman's plaque at the Milford
High School which at the present
time has only the Veterans flag
without any names upon it. This
flag was donated to the school four
years ago, as a temporary fixture
until the war was over. This prof.
ect is now being arranged with the
superintendent, Mr.. Shaterian, to
prepare for the purchase and dedi-
cation of the plaque.
The date of dedication will be
announced in later edition of this
paper and all civic, fraternal, and
Veterans organizations will be no.
tilted by invitation.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Milford Red Sox
Are Shaping Up
Have Won First Two Games Oh
Practice Session

According to dispatches received
here from the Florida training base
of the Milford Red Sox,o the local
Eastern Shore League entry is
shaping up fine and already has
two exhibition wins to its credit.
The Milford squad opened it's
Spring exhibition schedule recently
with a to 0 win over the WelIsville
SOX, another BOsOx farm club in
training at the Melbourne base, and
followed this with a win over the
OneOnta IN. W Red SOx; Oneonta,
a Class c BOsOX farm club, was up
set Alb by Milford
During the past week, the axe
fell for the first time on the 1948
Milford squad, with a catcher, pit
cher, Outfielder, and two infielders
getting releases. Dismissed from
the Milford squad were Ernie
GraziO, 19-year-old catcher from
Philadelphia; Don Honig, right
handed rookie hurler from Long
Island; Billy Wood, highly publici-
zed first baseman from Anton, Tex
as; Robert O'LOughlin, youthful
shOrtstOp from Chelsea, Mass; and
Robert Walker, 22-year-old out
fielder from Philadelphia. OF the
original squad of twenty-five that
reported at MilbOurne on April
5th, the SOx now have twenty play
ers, ten of whom are hOldOVers
from the 1947 Milford club.
According to E. Roscoe Galloway
business manager of the local club
considerable more shuffling in the
makeup of the Milford squad is in
prospect with the BosOx system
sending in requirements for those
players who are released.
Continued on page o
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Blue Hen Post
Installation
Next Tuesday
Lloyd Ricards, Mrs. Ha-
eel Dewitt Will Ofic-
late At Installation Ex-
ercises.

Blue Hen Post No. 648S, v. F..
W., and its auxiliary will be hosts
to the community's veterans and
their families and friends at public
installation ceremonies to be held
here in the Jester Auditorium of
the Odd Fellows Building next
Tuesday evening, April q. The in
stallation ceremonies will get un-
derway at 8 p. m. and will be pre-
ceded by a regular meeting of the
post membership.
Ranking State Department Off
GERS will be in charge of the in
stalling of the officers with Lloyd
w. Ricards, Wilmington, COM
maDdeT, Department of Delaware,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, admin
istering the oath to post officers,
and Mrs. Hazel Dewitt, Whining
ton, president, Department of Del
aware, Ladies Auxiliaries to the
V. F. W., Obligating the auxiliary
officers. Mrs. Serena Hayes, pres
ident, District No. 8, Ladies Aux
iliaries, and a charter member of
the local auxiliary, will act as in
stalling cOnductress. Delegations
are also expected from V. F. W.
posts in nearby communities.
DR.. James r. West, who has SER
we'd as commander of the local post
ever since it's activatiOn two years
ago, will begin a third cOnsecu-
tive term with next Tuesdays in
stallatiOn, and, as far is known
this establishes a new record for
any Delaware post commander
Under DR.. Vests leadership, Blue
Hen Post has grown to a member
ship of over two hundred overseas
veterans and has taken an active
role in the affairs of the cOmmun-
ity
continued on page 14l
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Missionary At
Milford Church
Mrs. r. E. Jenness From China To
Address Presbyterians

Mrs. Richard E. Jenness, a mis-
siOnary from China, will be guest
speaker at a supper meeting in the
Presbyterian Church on Thursday,
April 20, with a supper at $3.50 p.
m.
Mrs. Jenness first went to China
in 1916 where she and her hus-
band worked together for nearly
twenty-five years. After the death
of Mr.. Jenness, Mrs. Jenness car
ried on alone In June 1943, she
was sent to an internment camp,
where she was confined until Au-
gust 1943.
She is now home on a long de-
layed furlough and will speak at
eight o'clock. The public is cor
idally invited.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Extension Office
Plans NeIO SerUice
Daily Weather Reporting
Service Will Ad Co.
Farmers

A daily weather reporting service
primarily designed for the benefit
of farmers of the county was in
augurated this week by the Exten-
sion Service in cooperation with
the Weather Bureau office in Bal
timore, according to William II.
Henderson, county agent.
In an effort to provide this
timely information without cost to
farmers, Mr.. Henderson stated that
arrangements have been made with
the following people throughout
the county to supply the infOrma-
tion by telephone to those wishing
to call:
Eastern States Farmers Ex-
change, Laurel 831.
A. S. WOOlley CO., SeafOrd 661.
Continued on page q
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Closing Date For
'48 Farm Program
May 81 Has Been Officially Set As
DeadIine

Farmers of Delaware are re-
minded that the closing date for
signing up, or enrolling, in the 1948
Agricultural Conservation Pro-
gram is May 81.
The 1948 conservation program
carries about the same provisions
for assistance in the way of finan-
Cial aid, materials and assistance
as last years, except that the assis-
tance to any one farmer is limited
to $500.
c. 2. Ocheltree, chairman of the
Delaware Production and Market
ing Administration Committee re-
Continued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
w. w. MOu1NNES
RESIGNS HIS POST

Walter w. McGinnes, for
the past Is years a member
of the faculty of the Milford
Junior Senior high school
faculty aand presently serv-
ing as assistant to the Super
intendent, Harold A. Skater
ian, rendered his resignation
to the Milford Board of Edu-
cation on Monday of this
week. A native of Chester
town, Md, he joined the fac
ulty of the Milford school in
1880.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Vets Open Home
Season Sunday
will Play Exhibition Game With
FeltOn'S Mar.Del Group

The Milford Vets, the cOmmuni-
TVS new home talent" baseball
club, will make it's first local start
this Sunday afternoon with the
playing of an exhibition game on
the Milford High School field. The
FELTON, Vets, a Mar-Del League
club, will supply the opposition.
While MilfOrd's starting lineup
is somewhat in doubt as of this
writing, it is assumed that the fol-
lowing local players will partici-
pate in Sundays tilt: Art Gun
ming, Stan Carter, Hershal Poore,
Howard Killen, Horace Wiley,
Bill Watson, John Mcpherson,
Dick KINNEY, Irv Bowls, Henry
Holland, Lloyd Elton, Emerson
Meredith, Roy Mccullough, Les
WheelOCk, Chuck Wright, Hal Da-
Wis, Herman Short, Eurie Savage,
and Ray Sparklin.
Sundays game will get under
way at 2:3O p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
COopersmith's To
Observe Baby Week
will Give Free Pair OF Shoes To
Infants Born That Week

Ted Aber, an official and man
ager of the d. COOpersmith store
in this city, announced today that
COOpersmith's in observance of
National Baby Week will present
every baby born in Milford Mem
Orial Hospital during the week,
April "a to May 1st, with a band
new pair of shoes absolutely free
of charge.
There are no strings attached to
this Offep, and it is the second
year that COOpersmith's in ObserV-
ance of National Baby Week, have
remembered the newcomers" with
gift. Anyone desiring further
information regarding the gift may
obtain the same by contracting Mr..
Aber, at D. CoOpersmith's.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
County Agent Cautions Farmers
On Safe Use Of Farm Machinery

Arrival calls
ana work with farm machinery county were reminded
hS by County Agent William
sponsbe for the the farm and
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Weather Report
For Past Week

From Wednesday, April IA To
Tuesday, April 90, Inclusive
G. Edgar Wood has submitted the
following report on the weather for
the past week:
Evening star., 1948-09-03
Body Of Mrs. Sloan
Released for Burial

A death certificate has been issued
for Mrs. Florence M. Sloan. "A. who
was found dead in her Hampshire
Knobs home Tuesday night, but q
medical examiner has withheld .
statement as to the manner of her
death.
DR.. John T. Maloney, deputy
medical examiner for Prince
Georges County, said the certificate
was issued to permit burial. but he
would not state the manner OF
death until police complete their
investigation. He attributed the
death to hemorrhage under the
skull.
The police have charged Mrs.
Sloan's husband, Anson, 80, a tele-
phone repairman. with strangling
her. He has maintained innocence,
declaring he found her unconscious
an hour and half before she died.
The police suspended further
questioning Of Sloan yesterday at
the Hyattsville lookup. after he had
been permitted to talk with an at
torney and members of his family.
In spite of the issuance of the
death certificate, no plans have been
made for Mrs. Sloan's funeral, it was
reported today by the Gasch funeral
home, HyattSyille
Evening star., 1948-09-03
By the ksSoeioted Press

LONDON, Sept. 3.-Meteor JET
fighters of the Royal Air Force
tangled with American Super
FortresSes in mock battle 10000
feet over the Thames estuary to-
day
1t was the beginning of the big
eest test of this nations air defenses
since the Battle of Britain eigh;
years ago.
Ninety Super Fortresses and hun
dleds of British medium and heavy
boinbers are taking part in simu-
lated attacks against targets in the
Midlands, Southeastern and South
ern England
The 'raiding' force is primed fol
a four day mock air war. Prepare
tons were carried out under the
Stllctest secrecy. The whereabouts
Of the attackers and where they
would strike was unknown to grounc
defenders. The bombers had specia
permission to fly over the Neither
lands, Belgium and France before
turning in toward Britain for the
attack
At the zero hour the sky was
"mucky in places, likely to be show
cry, but with bright intervals anc
fairly good visibility" the Air Min
istry SAID.
The nations defense chiefs met
with Britains cabinet to consider
defense needs. Government sources
said the talks we're concerned pri-
marily with making certain that
Britain will keep an effective fight
ing force under arms and with slow
ing down demobilization.
The conferees included Field Mar
shal ViScount Montgomery, chief of
the Imperial General staff; Lord
Tedder, marshal of the Air Force