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Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Founders Sale At
Rays Jewelry Store
Yearly Event VIII Begin Today At
Milford Store

This event is held yearly, since
the beginning of Rays business
founded many years ago. It has
grown from one small store to a
chain Of ten fine, large, modern
jewelTy stores In New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Delaware. The
growth Of this concern is due to
the fact that Rays always goes out
of the way to please each and ev-
cry customer, and the firms slO-
gan, 'It Pays to Shop at Rays
has always been predominant with
the lowest price policy.
It is the annual big event in
which most of the people of this
town and vicinity look forward to-
as large savings prevail through
out the store on Americas fine
diamonds, watches, jewelry,. radios
electrical appliances, etc. Many
hard-to-get items will be on hand
as we'll as many special items
Extra sales people will be on hand
as the usual large turnout is ex-
pected and a great event is looked
forward to.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Concert At
Dover COLLEGE
On APriIl6
Choir And Glee Of Wes-
ley Jr. Group Will Take
Part In Alumni Home
coming Program.

Former singers of the Wesley
Junior College Choir and Glee
Club, as well as other alumni of
Wesley since the class of 1875. are
looking forward to the April Is
choral concert which starts the
activities of alumni home coming
weekend. In addition to the gen
eral alumni and class meetings
Saturday morning, April H..
Coach HamOr has a baseball game
scheduled in the afternoon, follow
ed by President Bartley's recep-
tiOn in the gym. At this time the
alumni will have the opportunity
to become acquainted with the stu
dent body and faculty. Saturday
evening the dramatic production
class, under the direction of Miss
Catherine Shaffer, head of the
English department, will present
two One-act plays. They are Cor
ridOrs of the Soul" and "WilI o.
the Wisp." The annual concert of
the choir and glee club has been
the occasion of many reunions of
alumni music lovers in former
years, and Harold Shaffer, chair
man of alumni activities, is in hope
that all will send him their reser-
vatiOns as soon as possible.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Contract For Portion Of
A New Elementary
Building Awarded To
Wilmington Company.

The D. NJ. FOntana Construction
Company, of Wilmington, has been
awarded a contract for the con-
structiOn of a portion of a new
Elementary school building; their
low bid was $262,13O
The new addition will consist of
10 class rooms and cafeteria
which will be used to serve both
the Elementary and the high
schools.
The building committee is COM
prised of Edmund F. Steiner,
chairman; A. E. Humes, John Ro-
sa, Peter F. Collins, H. w. T. Pur-
nell and G. r. Miller, Jr., secre-
tary; A. J. Taylor represents the
Delaware School foundation and G..
Norris Whiteside, End, is the archi-
tect.
According to the local school Of
ticials the work on the new build
ing will begin in about two or three
weeks and is expected to be COM
pleted in time for September open
ing of the schools in 1949.
The old elementary school
building will be retained.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Three Applications
For Manager Post
Council Receives Names
Will Be Considered
Later

At a special meeting of City
Council on Monday evening of this
week, three applications were pre-
sented for city manager to fill the
vacancy left by the resignation of
Fleming Hart which went into eff
feet April 1.
The following names were pre-
sented to the cOuncilmen: Oscar
G. Biddle of Townsend, Leslie l..
Maxwell of Smyrna, and Herman
Johnson of Milford. The name of
Herman Johnson was sOffered to
fill the gap until a permanent man.
ager could be selected.
No decision was made on the
applications pending further con-
sideratiOn.
The contract for collection Of
garbage in the city of Milford for
this year was awarded to John
Burris, the lowest bidder.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Scrap Metal Drive
Here Tomorrow
r. c. Barnard, III, Is Director Of
Local Set-Up

Tomorrow Saturday all per-
sons living in Area 6, Red Cross,
are urged to take their SCRAP
metals to filling stations in the
area, where they will be given a
receipt for the same and where
the metal will later be collected
by trucks and taken to the metal
depOts upstate.
Remsen c. Barnard, III, is the
director of the scrap drive for
Area 6, and is working closely
with Area Director Irwin G. Bur-
ton, and fund drive director Roland
G.. Messick.
The proceeds from the sale of
the metals will be turned over to
the Red Cross fund, and the names
of all the donors to the drive will
be published in one of the Will
mingtOn papers, and the Milford
Chronicle.
The scrap metal, so badly needed
by heavy industry today, will be
sent to the scrap mills in this
country, and not abroad, and will
be in shape to be used by the steel
mills of the nation in less than 80
days after its pickup.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
G. I. Reed, Jr. Heads
Sussex Bankers
Milford Banker Unanimous Choice
OF His Associates

The Sussex County Bankers Asso-
citation met in the Old Bell Tea
Room, Georgetown, last Monday
night for the first time since 1912.
Karl K. Brown. of Seaford First
National, presided. Fifteen of
Sussex county's II banks were
represented by two or more Off
GERS.
The nominating committee, head
ed by Edward B. Green, nominated
new officers, which were .unani-
mously elected to serve for the en-
suing term: President, George T.
Reed, of the Milford Trust Co.;
Vice-president, Clifton E. Morris.
Sussex Trust Co., at Lewes; secre-
tary. James X. Phillips, Jr., of the
SeafOrd Trust Co; treasurer, J.
Sherman Neal, of the Baltimore
Trust Co. at Bridgeville.
The association went on record
favOring tax reduction and larger
exemptions to corporations, on in
come taxes, and recorded them
selves as opposed to capital banks.
The new rates of the Bar AssO-
citation were discussed but action
was deferred until a future meet
ing. 1t was also agreed that each
of the county banks would contri-
butte the sum of $4,000 to the Soil
Conservation Propaganda Fund,
as an aid to farmers.
The association plans to hold
regular monthly meetings hence
forth. and will meet in June on a
date yet to be announced.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Dedication Sunday
At Avenue Church
will Dedicate Honorary Plaque
This Coming Sunday

This next Sunday, April 4, will
be known as Dedication Sunday
at Avenue Methodist Church, this
city, for on that date a handsome
and costly bronze plaque, contain
ing the names of the 12O men and
women of the church who served
their country in the past war and
the names of those who were kill
ed in action, will be dedicated with
fitting ceremonies. The names of
those who made the supreme sac
ritice will be memOrialized, and
the remainder will be hOnOred.
The Rev. Waldo Die of the Off
GERS Reserve Corps and a chaplain
in the past war, who is presently
serving the Methodist Church at
RehobOth, will be the special
speaker and will dedicate the
plaque. The plaque will be unveil-
ed by Mrs. Neal wilkins.
Members of Blue Hen Post No.
648S, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
and the members of Milford Post
No. 3, American Legion, will be
present.
The chancel choir will offer as
their part of the service "The
Lords Prayer" by MallOtte, and
"The RecessiOnal," by Kipling and
the music by Reginald De Koven.
The music will be under the di-
rectiOn of Mrs. Jessica Davidson,
with Mrs Edward II Hurley at the
console.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
F. w. Richardson On
Farm Credit Board
Camden "MaSter Farmer" Named
To Succeed j. Allen Frear

Frank w. Richardson, of Cam
den, has been appointed by Cover
nor l. w. Duggan of the Farm
Credit Administration, district di-
rector on the Farm Credit Board
OF Baltimore, as announced by E.
Paul Crider, general agent Mr..
Richardson was named for the un-
expired term of j. Allen Frear,
Jr.. of Dover, who recently re-
signed because of his enlarged
personal interests.
w. Lawson King. of Gathers
burg, Md, will succeed Mr.. Frear
as chairman of the board.
Mr.. Richardson, who qualified as
a master farmer in 1929, owns and
operates a 700-acre farm, a large
part of which is devoted to grow
ing apples. He is a graduate of
Michigan State College, and holds
membership in the Farm Bureau,
the National Grange, the Peninsula
horticultural Society, and the Do
yer Rotary Club, of which he is
past president. He assisted in the
organization of the East Central
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Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Local Doctors Work On New
10 Aid With School Bldg.
Health Drive To Start Soon
Have Volunteered To AS
sist With Blood Test
ing And Mass X-Ray
Week OF April 10Th.

Local physicians in Milford have
volunteered their services during
the week of April 19, to assist with
the blood testing and mass X-ray
program sponsored by the Board
of Health of the City of Milford in
cooperation with the State Board
of Health and the Delaware Anti
tuberculosis Society.
A blood test is one of the best
known and most dependable meth
DDS Of determining the presence of
syphilis in the human body. 1t is
recommended rOUtinely for per-
sons who are apparently well, be-
cause syphilis can be, and is fire.
quently contracted without the in
dividuaPs knowledge.
Syphilis has long been one of the
nations most pressing health prob
lens. 1t is a slow acting, highly in
fectiOus disease which may infect
the entire body. 1t is mostly infec-
tiOus in the early stages of the dis
ease, even before the first symp-
toms appear. Syphilis is a disease
of both young and old, but is most
prevelant among persons between
the ages of Is and 80.
But syphilis can be cured much
more readily now than = was few
years ago. The discovery of peni-
Cillin is effective in the treatment
of both syphilis and gOnOrrhea has
reduced the period formerly re-
Quired from several months to a
few days or weeks, depending upon
the nature of the case. Treatments
in the early stages of syphilis will
render the patient non-infectiOus
within a short time after medica-
ton is started, but treatment must
be continued until cure is COM
plete.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
State Will
Observe Army
Day April
With Program
Ray I. Brannaman, Com
m ander-In-Chief Of
Veterans Of Foreign
Wars Will Be Present
To Assist With The
Observance.

The week beginning April 6 has
been designated through proclama-
ton of the President and Of the
governors of the forty eight
states as Army Week" Della
ware will, of course, have state
wide observance of this special
week, this states observance be-
ing climaxed by a twO-day vista
ton to Delaware by one of the
nations outstanding veteran lead
ers and military authorities. Raw
1. Brannaman, cOmmander-in-
chief of the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars. Commander Brannaman. a
native of Colorado, now on a ma
tion-wide tour, will spend next
Tuesday, April 6, in the Whining
ton area, and will wind-up a tour
OF the state with an appearance at
LeWes on the evening of the 9TH.
Two elaborate. affair have been
arranged in connection with oh
servance of Army Week and the
appearance in Delaware of the
national leader of the country's
largest overseas veterans organi-
zation. On next Tuesday evening.
veterans of Wilmington and the
surrounding New Castle county
area will gather at the gold bali
room of the Hotel dupont to at
tend and participate in a dinner
dance at which Commander Bran
naman will be principal speaker
and guest; sharing the spotlight
with the v. F. w. cOmmander-in-
chief will be leaders of the states
veterans organizations as we'll as
the leaders from governmental and
industrial fields. Earlier in the
day, Commander Brannaman will.
broadcast over a nationwide
hOOkup.
Delegations of veterans and civic
leaders from all the communities
of lower Delaware will be in at
tendance at the affair scheduled for
LeWes the evening of April z. Com
mander Brannaman will reach
Lewes in mid-afternOOn and be
met at the entrance to the town
by a convoy of cars containing the
official welcoming committee.
which will consist of the town Off
cials, the commanding officer of
Fort Miles, and state and district
leaders of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. After a tour of Fort Miles
and visits to historical spots in
the Lewes area, the party will go
to the town hall where Mayor M.
Edward Maull will present the
"key to the city" to the distin-
guished guest.
At z p. m, Commander Branna-
man and his escOrting party will
enter the banquet hall of the
Lewes Fire Company and there,
together with several hundred vet
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
ChiLdren'8 Beach
House liz 18th Year
Lewes Institution Has
Proven Utopia For
Many Children

The Children's Beach House at
Lewes has completed its 18th year
of service to the handicapped
children of Delaware. Located on
Lewes Beach, it has proven itself
to be utopia for many fraiI or
crippled child. weary from long
weeks in a hospital, and not yet
well enough to return home
The Beach House is really a
home away from home for cOnval-
escent and handicapped children
between the ages of 2 and IA years
Of age, where their individual
needs, physical, mental and social,
are met by a well-trained staff,
and specialists in the field of con-
yalescent care and child guidance.
During 1947, ffty-six children
were given an average of 131 days
care per child at the Beach House.
This group included rheumatic fe-
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Big Original Show
1T School Tonight
America, It's Fun" Will
Be The Greatest Show
Ever Produced In Mil
ford; 200 In Cast.

The new original show. "Am-
erica, It's Fun" will be presented
at the Milford High School on Fri
day and Saturday nights, April 2
and 3, at 8 o'clock. This extra
vaganza combines the efforts of al
most 200 students and teachers.
The music, art and agriculture de-
partments have pooled their best
talents and the results are beauti-
full, pleasing, exciting and hilar-
iOus. Yes, this show does have
everything.
Ihe IOllOWlng program will give
you glimpse of this unique show:
Scene I, Out West, Oh, What a
Beautiful Morning, from Okla
homa; Home on the Range, Joe
Lank and girls trio. Scene II, Got
the Blues, Dance Band, Saint Louis
Blues, Blues in the Night. Scene
III, Broadway, chorus, Summer
Time, from POrgy and Bess; In
dian Love Call, from Rose Marie,
Barbara Mariner. Scene w, Dark
Town Minstrel Show with end men
and gags galore, plus the chorus
singing Dry Bones, a singing quar-
tet of end men, Mr.. Frick and his
musical saw and an instrumental
speciality by Rastus and Hambone.
Scene V, Juke Box, dance band,
I'll Get By, I Miss You, by Martha
Wilson 80; Dipsy Doodle. Scene
vi, Hill Billy, chorus, I'm My
Own Grand-Paw, Skip Mayhem; ;
I'm Comm A COurtin', COrabell,
Ralph Fry, Country Style. Scene
VII, America, America, chorus,
Battle Hymn of the Republic, Her
bert Nichols; America, the Beau
tiful, Phoebe Houston.
Between scenes speciality, Pass
That Peace Pipe, Sixth Grade In
dians. Accompanies, Mrs. A. c.
Davidson and Miss Adele Knepley.
Narrator, Dick Lank. Special mus
ical arrangements by Frank Yon
and John Frick.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02

Mud was Spattered on her green
sun glasses, her CT field jacket,
and her blue jeans. AS she began
to unhitch the bay PAGER, she re-
marked that she had five more hor-
aes to job before the afternoon was
over. The 23-year-Old blonde ordin-
arily trains but three head for the
Bohemia Point Farm Stables,
Chesapeake City, Md. However,
the owner, her father, Ralph Bow
er, was under the weather and she
was training the lot in preparation
for Is nights of pari-mutuel racing,
conducted by the Kent & Sussex
Racing Association, which gets
under way at the Harrington track
Saturday night, May /.
AS she spOnged Royal Bohemia,
Miss BOwer<told how she became
an owner, trainer, and even driver
of harness horses. my interest in
Continued on page 50
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Jurors Drawn
In Kent County

Two panels of petit jurors drawn
by Jury commissioners Walker L.
Mlttlln and Wilbur E. Jacobs for
the April term of the Kent County
courts include the names of 21 wO-
men, among them the wife of Com
missioner Mifflin.
The regular panel follows:
First Representative district. H.
[. Webb, Arthur Shorts, Mrs. Har-
yey Jones, Mrs. James X. Ennis.
Second, Mrs. J. o. Adams, George
Hill, Eugene Smith, Mrs. NJ. Hayes
Wilson. Third, Mrs. Ella w. Stew
art, Samuel c. Rich, Sr., Harry A.
Walton, Mrs. Mary G. Slaughter.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
University Women
Study School Needs
Committee Headed By
Mrs. H. r. Phillips,
Milford, Conferred Re-
Gently With Delaware
Educational Groups
On Survey.

Representatives of Delaware's s
educational groups conferred on
the progress of the study of the
physical facilities for public edu-
cation recently made by the Della
ware Division of the American
Association of University Women.
Mrs. Herman Phillips, president
of the Delaware Division; Mrs.
Bert NOrling, education chairman
of the division; Mrs. Jonathan
Williams, education chairman of
the Wilmington Branch; and Mrs.
Frank SWezey of the planning
committee for the survey. Mrs.
Niven Campbell of the Dover
Branch and Mrs. r. o. Bausman
of the Newark Branch, represented
the American Association of Uni
versity Women.
Dr.. Ward /. Miller, superin-
tendent of the Wilmington schools;
Dean Earl Armstrong of the Uni
versity of Delaware; r. c. Stewart,
director Of research. and publica-
tiOns Of the State Department of
Public instruction, representing
DR.. George Miller; DR.. Richard
Schrieber, vice-president of the
Council for Delaware Education
and Mr.. Thomas Miller. public re-
latiOns cOnsultant of the council
attended the meeting.
Mrs. NOrling, presiding, present
ed the completed tabulatiOn of the
survey made of the 164 public
schools of the state. Each public
school in the state was visited.
With the advice and suggestions
of DR.. Ward Miller, DR.. George
Miller and Dean Armstrong, the
planning cOmmittee-Mrs. Norling
Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Swezey-as-
! sembled a QUESTIONABLE which
dealt in great detail with the
schools to be visited.
The study was carried out by
members of the A.A.U.W. with the
aid of a few interested individuals
A total of 95 workers took part in
the study, using the QUESTIONABLE
as guide for securing the data
on the schools. Wherever possible
two workers visited each school.
Under the heading of general in
formation, the QUESTIONABLE tabu-
lated the grades in the building
the total enrolment, administra-
tive officers and teachers anC
other personnel employed for the
administration of the school.
4 Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02

Is
Now Underway
Delaware Quota Is $751;
300; 2526 Of Every Dol
lar Collected Will Go
Into Research.

Contributions to the Delaware
Cancer Campaign which opened in
Delaware, yesterday, April 1, will
go into a three-front attack on can
Ger, through research, education
and service.
Mr.. Harry o. Gray, general
chairman of the drive, explained in
a Report to the People of Della
ware" how the Society uses the
money it is asking for the war on
cancer. This April, Delaware's
quota is $51, 300.
First, said Mr.. Gray, 25 per cent
of every dollar collected in Della
ware will go into Research, the
most powerful weapon against can
Ger. The Delaware share will go
into a National fund used for a
huge cOOrdinated Research attack
on the disease.
Another Is per cent of the funds
collected in Delaware-as in other
states-will be used for nationally
directed Education and Service.
Through this program the public
and physicians and scientists are
informed of the latest develop
ments in the Detection and Treat
mept of Cancer.
Sixty per cent of the funds col
lected will remain in Delaware to
be used in the work of the Della
ware Division, in Education and
Service. A major part of the Serv-
ice Program here this year is the
creation and operation of the state
wide chain of Cancer Detection
Centers, to be financed at first part
ly from campaign funds and partly
from donations from the persons
examined in the Center.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02

Mrs. Dukes will promote among
home demonstration clubs, the
study of nations which are con-
cerned in current international de-
velOpments. She will initiate the
collection of Pennies for Friend
ship and Pen Pals-both projects
sponsored by the Associated COun-
try Women of the World, and will
serve as liasiOn with this interna-
tiOnal group of rural women.
The Council voted to cooperate
in observance of National Home
Demonstration Week, May 2-S. bv
urging individual clubs to put
forth special effort to acquaint the
public with home demonstration
work. 1t was decided that a
statewide meeting of home demon
stratiOn clubs will be held on
May 6.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Boyd Houtz Opens
New Store Tomorrow

The Milford Paint and Wallpaper
Co., which has been located at 4
Southeast Front. street, is moving
to their now location at III North
Washington street, One-half block
north of the APP Super Market. It
will be under the supervision Of
Boyd HOutz who started the Mil
ford wallpaper store here three
years ago.
He wants to thank all the people
of Milford and surrounding neigh
borhOOd for their support in MAX
ing his business a success. and is
looking forward to giving you the
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Hope To Reopen
Bathing Beach
Engineer Beckett Advises ChIOri.
nation OF Present Pool

Mayor c. Van Nuis WiIkerson
met with representatives of civic
and fraternal organizations in
Milford last Friday night to as
certain what cooperation could be
expected of them in the move to
open the bathing beach at Milford
Playground and Recreation Park.
The swimming facilities have
been closed during the past two
summer seasons following a find
ing by state authorities that the
water was polluted. At last Fri
day nights meeting, State SAM
tary Engineer r. c. Beckett ex-
planned steps necessary to make
the pool sanitary.
No immediate action was taken.
but those attending agreed to meet
again with the mayor in two weeks
to define the attitudes of their re-
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Turkey Growers To
Discuss Outlook

Turkey growers of Sussex cOun-
ty will discuss the outlook for 1948
turkey crop at meeting on April
8th in the Dublin Hill Community
Hall starting promptly at 500
P. M.
The meeting is being arranged
by the GreenwOOd-Bridgeville local
OF the Delaware Poultry Improve
ment Association and the Agricul-
tural Extension Service. Earl
Hawkes., president of the Green
woOd-Bridgeville local, will pre-
side. The program for the meeting
will be as follows:
Preparation for the Poults and
Continued on page -
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-02
Hudson Bakers Have
Streamlined Loaf
New Wrapper Saves Housewives
Much Shopping Time

The Hudson Bakers have Just
come out with a novel idea
streamlined bread! They say that
the people would not be content to
drive around the streets with a
horse and carriage; neither would
they be content to urge and old
sidewinding One-cylinder auto up
the side streets of our city. So
they reasoned that neither should
they be content to buy bread in the
old ccluttered-up wrappers that
graced the grOcers' shelves since
days long before the old Model r
snorted to stop at the street cor
ner.
Women are exceedingly STYLE
conscious today. They want mod
ern furniture, modern refrigera-
tors, modern cars. Bread, too. has
been improved by modern scientific
baking methods. So the Hudson
Bakers reasoned ~ why shhOuld
they be content with modern bread
wrapped in Old-fashihoned wrap
pers?
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