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Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Crier Family
Reunion 70 Be
Held. August IA
Descendants of George S.
And James Grier VIII
Be Entertained By Mr..
And Mrs. Geo. MackIin

The annual reunion of the Grier
family is scheduled to be held on
Sunday afternoon, August IA, at
the home of Clara and George
Macklin, Kings Highway, Milford.
Invitations have been issued to
the descendants of George S. and
James Grier, who came to the
United States in the first half of
the nineteenth century. James
Grier, who emigrated from England
and settled in Frederick. George S.
Grier came few years after his
brother James, and settled in Mil
ford. Strong effort has been put
forth to reach all living descend
ants of James and George Grier
Personal invitations have been is
sued to all available. Thus this
reunion will give the opportunity
to all members of the clan to come
together, renew bonds of family
and. perchance, to meet relatives
who may never have attended be.
fore.
Box lunches will be brought t.
be eaten on the lawn. Coffee, tea
and soft drinks will be furnished
by the hosts.
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Dollar Days At
Salisbury Aug. 11-12
Semi.Annual Sales Events Expect
ed To Draw Thousands

Salisbury merchants are prepar-
ing for what they expect will be
their greatest Dollar Days" This
semi-annual event. which attracts
thousands of people into the town,
will be held next Thursday and
Friday, August IL and IL, with
some stores carrying the sale over
informally into Saturday.
Lee Johnson, chairman of the
Retail Merchants Davision of the
Salisbury Chamber of Commerce,
reported that values will be the
greatest ever offered in any DOL
lar Days" held by the group. Stores
are making special efforts to pro-
vide special values from new and
current stocks.
Because so many people come
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Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
VIEW. Groups Polio Figures
Will Meet Here In Nation Top
This Month 1913 Mark
Sessions OF Men And La
dies Will Be Held Next
Monday Night; Pre-
pairing For Fete.

Next Monday evening, August 8,
the Department of Delaware, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars and the La
dies Auxiliaries to the v. F. W.,
will hold their regular monthly
meetings here in Milford, with the
mems department meeting in the
Youth Canteen of the Community
Building and the ladies' depart
ment meeting in the Milford Cen
tury Club. Both meetings will get
underway at 8 p. m. and will be
presided over in each instance, by
the heads Of each organization.
Blue Hen Post No. 64S3 of Milford,
will be host post for the meeting
at the Community Building, while
the Auxiliary to Blue Hen Post
will be hostesses for the meeting
at the Century Club.
Next Wednesday, August 10, Blue
Hen Post will hold a combined
cleanup session" and post meet.
ing at the new post home site or
Haven Lake. The cleanup ses.
sion" will begin at 3 p. m. anC
non-member friends of the v. F
W., as well as post members, are
being requested to come ou
equipped with axes. rakes, hoe!
and shovels. and participate in this
effort to beautify the area sur
rounding the new post home.
buffet type lunch is being planned
for the late afternoon, following
which regular meeting of tn,
post membership will be held il
the post home. In event of rain o
inclement weather, the cleanup
session" will be moved back to tn
following weekend, the luncheon
will be cancelled, and the pos
meeting will be moved to the Hote
Windsor, here in town.
The post and auxiliary sponsor
ed a beach party at Tower RoaC
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Fire Destroys Barn
In Slaughter Neck
Lightning Responsible For $1,000
Blaze Last Friday

Lightning was responsible for
$4,000 fire at the farm of Hammond
Bennett in Slaughter Neck last Fri
day. According to Mr.. Bennett and
other members of the family, the
bolt struck the barn, and in a mat
ter of seconds the structure was
ablaze. The Carlisle Fire Company
of Milford was called, but the fire
was too far advanced and the fire
fighters devoted their efforts to
saving adjacent buildings.
Lost in the blaze was valuable
milking equipment and over 500
bales of hay.
During the height of the blaze
lightning struck the meter box on
the Bennett residence, but did moi
cause a fire.
Last Saturday evening the fire.
men were again called from Mil.
ford to the Bennett farm to extin.
guish the embers of the fire which
blazed up during the wind storm.
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Wilson Cabinet Co.
In New Quarters
Smyrna Outfit Moves Into New
Offices Year After Fire

A little more than a year after
the disastrous fire which destroyed
their Office and all records, Wilson
Cabinet Company, Inc, Smyrna,
has moved into its new Offices.
Since January they have occupied
the Twentieth Century Club, where
they moved following their evac-
uation of temporary space on the
second floor of the old town hall
when the third floor was destroy
ed by fire Christmas night.
The new offices are located on
Main street, Smyrna, at the site
of the original Offices. They COM
prise a main Office so 80 feet
an executive suite, including an
Office each for the president, the
board of directors, and the vice
president The main Office is
/ fianked on one side by the engi.
neering room and on the other by
ia dealer-replacement Office; g
I class and show room are on the
/ Main street side of the building
/. reached from the reception Office
/ which is in its original position anC
which has a modern glass-brick en-
trance.
(continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Trio Held For
Court, SlO,OOO
IS &C &
IN E screw
Bail Totaling $12.5OO Fur
nished For Mrs. Fannie
Scott And Daughters
OF RehObOth.

Mrs. Fannie Scott of Rehoboth,
and her two daughters have been
arrested and released in bail to-
taling $12,50O which was furnished
when they agreed to put in escrow
the $4,000 Mrs. Scott enormously
received from the state, and later
deposited in her daughters bank
accounts.
Magistrate Oscar King of George
town set bail at $500 for Mrs.
Scott, widow, on charge of
larceny, and $4,000 each for her
daughters. Mrs. Gladys Scott Hay
den and Miss Ann Scott, on charges
of receiving stolen money.
The events in the overpayment
case which arose when the state
sent a $4,000 check when $500
was due-moved swiftly after State
Treasurer Willard d. BOyce swore
out warrants for the arrest of the
three women.
They were taken in custody by
State Detective Rodney Wilson and
a state trooper, who took them tC
Georgetown for hearing before
Magistrate King.
The magistrate ordered then
held for the Court of General Ses
sions.
George E. Shockley, marine con
tractor of Rehoboth, agreed to g
bail for the three women on tn,
condition that the two daughter
sign checks to the bank for tn,
amount of the state money sen
their mother, and that they Civ
the bank power of attorney pend
ing outcome of the. civil suit file'
last Thursday by the state agains
Mrs. Scott. This they agreed to dc
(continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Harm gtOn
Fire Company
Planning For
State Programs Arrang-
ed For September Ii,
Is Sessions; Frank C.
O'Neal Is Chairman;
Auxiliary Will Assist.

Plans for entertaining the Del
aware State Firemen's. Association
in Harrington for two days, Sep
tember Ia and Is, are being made
by the members of the Harrington
Fire Company and Auxiliary.
Frank G. 0'Neal, past state presi-
dent, is general chairman of the
convention committed The parade
of fire companies and auxiliaries
will be held the second day of the
convention.
Representative J. Caleb Boggs
has been invited to attend. J. Mil
lard Tawes of Maryland will be
the speaker at the dinner for the
firemen at 1 p. M, September IA. A
similar dinner will be held for
auxiliary members September 15
Chairman O'Neal, at the meeting
of the fire company on Monday
night, announced that the turkeys
have been purchased for the two
dinners. The Harrington AuxiI-
iary will be in charge of the din
ners.
Show Planned
Church organizations are again
expected to erect eating booths
to provide such facilities for the
visiting delegates and firemen. AS
thousands are expected, Harring-
ton restaurants will be unable to
care for the overflow.
A Baltimore show will be given
/ fa IA h 1Ck he
d night of September IA for the fire.
men, auxiliaries and their friends.
Grover c. Lord was named to
! aid the representatives of the dec
Grating company. Harrington city
council has advised Chairman o.
Neal that they will pay the cost of
decorating the streets over the
t route of the parade.
J The Harrington Auxiliary donat-
{ ed $100 to the prize fund Eugene
: Anderson and c. d. Mills were
; named the parade committee.
: Five Alarms In June
Y Five alarms were reported dur
e ing June. Chief Shockley appoint.
ed Ben Emory, Paul Porter, Clar.
2 CuCc DGIAOW dS ulS pOllCS W ulcC
: the law requirement passed by the
S State Legislature.
s Edgar Dill and Ernest Home.
: wood were unanimously elected
f members of the fire company. Pau
S Neeman reported on the recent
county meeting at Leipsic. Chic
e Shockley, Swain, Hamilton were
named delegates to the count.
t meeting at Frederick this month.
e The board of directors made ;
report on the condition of the kit
J. chen. A committee Inspected i
: and will order it repaired befor,
:, painting has been done.
r, Already painters and decorator
a have begun their job of face-liftinl
u in preparing of the convention
One of the pumps has been paint
:. ed, new neon lights have been in
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Auto Races Last Satur-
day Closing Feature of
Thirtieth Exhibition;
Poultry Prize Winners
Listed.

On the basis of attendance and
interest shown in the varied ex-'
hibits, the Both Kent and Sussex
Fair, which closed Saturday night
of last week, was comparable to
last year, according to Brinton
Holloway, general manager of the
fair.
He stressed that last years ex-
hibition was one of the most sue
cessful in the series and said that
this years paid admissions would
be around the 100000 mark.
ut undoubtedly was one of our
best fairs" said Mr.. Holloway. The
only adverse factor was the ex-
treme heat which tended to affect
the attendance during the day
time. The crowds seemed to pre-
fer the late afternoon and even
ing for their visits to the fair
grounds, Mr.. Holloway said.
The auto race program drew a
large attendance last Saturday. In
the evening the special show in
front of the grandstand was inter-
rupted by a severe windstorm
which destroyed some of the seen
cry. Producer George Hamid es-
timated his loss at $4,000. How
ever, the crowds remained on the
grounds until midnight.
Poultry Show Awards
Awards have been announced in
the poultry department, one of the
leading exhibit attractions of the
fair. This year set a record witt
$50 entries of chickens, ducks, anC
geese. Leading winners were Hen
ry Miller of Lebanon, Pa; r. NJ
Hearld of West Chester, Pa, ami
Elmer Pyle of Cheltenham, Md
w. D. Scott was superintendent
assisted by Harry w. Sterlong
Awards follow:
Dark Barred Rocks-All awards t.
Heald.
White Rocks-All awards to Elme
Pyle.
Pyle.
Silver Rocks-AlI awards to Miller
Partridge Rocks--An awards I
Miller.
Columbian Rocks-All awards t
Miller.
4 Elue Rocks--Au. awards to Miller.
, Silver Wyandottes-Firs hen, Pyle
: first cockerel, first pullet, Miller.
Golden Wyandottes-All awards I
j. Miller
!, White Wyandottes-All awards t
: Pyle.
Partridge Wyandottes-All award
a to Miller.
{ Columbian Wyaadottes-All award
: to Miller.
o Silver Penciled Wyandottes - A
9 awards to Miller.
: Black Java-All awards to Miller
DominqueS-All awards to Mile
II second cockerel to Heald.
s S. c. A. /. Red-Miller first cOc
II first hen, fourth cockerel first pu
: let: Pyle first, second and third cocl
= erel, second, third and fourth pullet
s. r. c. r. +. Red-An awards to Mil
" err
" S. C. r. /. Whites--All awards
Ie CONTINUED on page III
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
PostIes Farm Returns
To Postles Ownership
Farm Sold By b. F. Davis Is LO.
Gated On MilfOrd-Frederica Road

The old Postles Farm, located on
the old State Road about half way
between Milford and Frederick.
was sold this week by Benjamin
Davis. The farm for century or
more has been a show place IN
lower Kent County. The late James
H. Postles built the farm up TO
a high state of productivity in the
early fifties. After moving to Mil
ford he operated the place from
this town. Later the late DIR. James
H.. Stanton purchased it and for
many years it was tenanted by the
late Levi Riggs. Mr.. Davis purchas-
ed it several years ago. The new
purchasers are James and Charles
Postles. direct decendents of the
original owner. The founder of the
Milford Chronicle, the late Col
Theodore Townsend, spent his boy
hood days on the farm. He was q
nephew of the original owner. The
farm adjoins the old Charles Post
les Farm, and 1t is assumed thaf
the two new brother owners will
reside on the two farms.
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Southern States
Greenwood Meet
Full Program For Sussex Member.
ship On August "a

Annual reports, elections and a
Farm-Grown Hat contest will be
among the highlights. of the South
ern States annuaf membership
meeting at Greenwood High School
at 500 p. m. August "a.
Sponsored by Southern States
Cooperative and members served
by Mills Supply Company, Green
wood. Cooperative Agency, the
meeting will be presided over by
Medford Calhoun, chairman of the
local Southern States Advisory
Board.
The annual Southern States Co
operative report will be delivered
by M. c. Hillsman. of Salisbury
Southern States district manager
for this area.
A report on services rendered
farmers locally will be given By
Alvin Mills, manager of Mills Sup.
ply Company.
Election of new members to thu
local advisory board and farm home
advisory committee will be includ
ed in the business session. Nomi
nees for the board posts are Har
vey P. Lofland, Greenwood; War
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Waterfowl Hunting
Season Is Heightened L
Improvement In General Welfare
Of Waterfowl Reason For Change

An increase of eight days in the
migratory waterfowl hunting sea-
son in Delaware has been announ-
ced by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service as a result of a survey last
winter, which showed an improve
ment in the general waterfowl sit
uation.
The increase is from two open
seasons of IL days each to two of
16 days each. The seasons in Della
ware for ducks, geese and coots
will be from November 4 to 19 and
December % to January z. Daily
shooting hours will be from one
half hour before sunrise to one
hour before sunset. There will be
no increase in bag limits.
The open season for rails and
gallinules in Delaware will be from
September / to October 80; for
woodcock, November Is to Dec.
IA. and for mourning doves, No
vember / to November 80.
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Sussex Dairymen
See New Castle Herds

Sussex County dairymen will Wis
it the headquarters of the Delaware
Artificial Breeders Association,
Inc, at Newark. as well as the
farms of two other New Castle
County dairymen on Monday, Au-
gust 8, according to William H.
Henderson, county agent.
The trip is being arranged to af-
ford dairymen an opportunity to
see the results of the artificial
breeding program as it has been
conducted in New Castle County
(continued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Kent-Sussex Far
attracts 100000
DELAWARE TOPS BOND
DRIVE QUOTA 80 PCT.

Delaware went 30 per cent
over it's quota in the recent
Opportunity Drive for the
sale of u. S. savings bonds,
it was announced this week
by Alex d. Cobb, state di-
rector of the u. S. Savings,
Bond Division of the Trea-
sury Department.
Delaware's Series E Bond
quota was $2,180,O0O. Sales
of the bonds during the OPP
portunity Drive, according
to the final tally, reached
$2,S26,7S8.
In addition, New Castle
County in piling up a total
sales of $2,234,4b9, topped
its quota by 81 per cent
and even exceeded the entire
state quota by $54,499, Mr..
Cobb said.
Kent County sales were
$220,629 which was % per
cent over the county's quota
of $180,0O0. Sussex County
with a quota of 100000 had
sales of sS71,S12, or "a per
cent over the quota.
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05

conform to the increased salary
schedule adopted by the past ses-
sion of the Legislature.
Both the city and state boards
of education were urged by the
board of directors of the DSEA to
adopt the program in letter sent
to the two educational governing
bodies. Neither board has taken
any action, although DR.. George r.
Miller, Jr., state superintendent of
the Department of Public Instruc-
ton, said the state board is con-
sidering the recommendations.
The letter sent to DR.. Miller and
bearing the signature of Robert L
Durkee, executive secretary Of the
DSEA. follows:
"The board of directors Of the
icOntinued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Three Polio Cases
Listed In DeLalUGre
Fourth Child Is Held For
Observation; Total Is
Highest For Year

The Wilmington Health Depart
ment reported this week that there
are three children under treatment
and one under observation for po-
liomyelitis in the Doris Memorial
Unit of the. Wilmington General
Hospital.
This is the largest number OF
sufferers and potential sufferers
from the disease reported in Del
saware this year.
From June % until July 26 there
were no cases whatever. On the
latter date, a New Castle County
child was admitted. and was dag
nosed as having the disease in {
paralytic form. This patient il
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Set Up Staff For
Delmarva Camp
HarbesOn And ROxana Pastors To
Have Charge OF Worship


Delmarva Camp which is sched-
uled to- open at Broad Greek to-
morrow evening and continue
through four week-epds, will be
directed this year by the Rev. T.
c. Jones, who now resides in Har-
beson, where he serves the Har-
beson Methodist Church and the
Groome Memorial Church, Lewes,
and the Rev. w. w. Hamilton, pas
tor of the Roxana Methodist
Church. .
Johnny Trader of Brooklyn, N.
Y, song writer, musician, evange-
list, and leader in the Youth Cam
paign in America, will be at the
camp from August 6 to IA. The
Rev. and Mrs. L. M. Mechlty, of
MOntoursville, Pa, known as the
Musical Ambassadors" will ar
rive at the camp on the 18th, to
remain until it closes.
All services there will start al
Z 1880 o'clock, and numerous visit
ing ministers and church groups
will participate in the various ser.
vices. Special Sunday evening ser
vices have been held preceding the
camp opening and these have beer
we'll attended. This Sunday even
ing, the Rev. Lee Elliott of Lau
rel, will be the speaker, with Silai
Dukes as the song leader.
The special Sunday evening ser
vices being held this summer hav
been attracting large audiences an,
creating additional interest in tn
camp leading up to the cominj
three weeks service.
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Ball Scores Rise Up
With Torrid Weather

Blame it on the weather-or
what you will-but baseball here
on the peninsula produced scores
last week just about as hard to take
as the recent heat wave. Delmarva
fans have heard of overheated an
imals going loco" and running in
circles until they were completely
exhausted, but they can't recall
a time when on evenings as humid
and hot as those of July 26 and
July %, baseball players ran the
bases until they and the fans were
CONTINUED on page Isl
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Sub-Station Field Day
Program Is Outlined
Next Tuesday Has Been Set Aside
For Fifth Annual Observance

Tuesday. August 8, is the date
set for the fifth annual field day of
the Delaware Agricultural Substa-
ton on the Georgetown-Laurel
Highway. Beginning at 1870 p. M,
research in progress will be ex-
planned by members of the horti-
culture, agronomy, plant patholo-
gy and entomology departments OF
the Delaware Agricultural Exper-
iment Station.
In the horticultural field. results
will be reported on chemical weed
control in asparagus, lima beans
and cantaloupes; variety tests Of
cantaloupes, watermelons, cucum.
bers, snapbeans, and tomatoes; fer.
tilizer experiments with asparagus
tomatoes and strawberries: ap-
plying fertilizer to tomatoes anC
watermelons by foliage sprays
apple and peach soil management
experiments; and variety tests o
I apples. peaches, blueberries anC
grapes.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
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Huge Thirty-Eight Ton
Tractor Trailer Move
12O nm. Cannon From
IndiantOwn Gap T o
Camp Carvel, Lewes.

Americas heaviest anti-aircraft
National Guard battalion, the 709th
AAA group of Philadelphia serv-
ing with the Delaware National
Guard during the two weeks train
ing exercises being held at Camp
Carvel, Fort Miles, moved its big
120 nm. guns into firing positions
late Wednesday.
The guns, which can also be us
ed as artillery pieces, with a range
of approximately Is miles were
moved to the vicinity of Bethany
Beach about 20 miles away where
they will be fired at towed targets
during the latter part of the en-
campment. The 120s, which shoot
projectile weighing over 100
pounds, is believed to be the larg-
est anti-aircraft gun in the world.
A special 3S-ton army tractor
trailer type vehicle was taken to
Fort Miles from Indiantown Gap,
Pa, earlier in the day. Because OF
the weight and width of the trac-
/ tor, special permission had to be
granted from the Delaware State
Highway Department.
A police escort was furnished
by Pennsylvania and Delaware
State Police who rerouted the
heavy vehicle over highways
strong enough to stand up under
the load. Colonel William A. Nc
Williams, chief engineer of the
highway department, said it was
the heaviest army gun to be moved
over Delaware's highways. The
gun weighs approximately 80 tons
Colonel John B. Moore, command
ing officer of the 198th, said Della
wares guns, the COS and 40's of tn,
736th AAA Gun Battalion and tn,
945th Automatic Weapons Battal
ion, will be moved to positions to
day. The guns were hooked t,
prime movers late Thursday.
Colonel Moore also announce
test machine gun fire will star
soon, These so caliber weapon
will be fired under the direction G
+ Captain Jack Stillwell of Whining
) ton. Captain Stillwell is an OR
officer who is conducting a CUR
! EHery course. There is a possibilit
! that all of the big guns may b
! test fired before next week.
+ Drilling on all the guns. carbin
! firing, and the first practice pal
! ade in preparation for Governor
|. Day, highlighted Wednesday
s training. All units were represen
ed in the parade which consisted {
+ nearly 1000 men. HeadquarteI
Battery of the 945th, commando
by Captain Walton Rhesa, was til
: color battery.
Training on the anti-aircra
v weapons and so caliber machir
q guns were the 945th, commando
, by Colonel Ralph
. Baker; 156th, commanded by MI
: jor Albert w. West, 457th OR
headed by Major John S. Shrive
n and the 326th of Pennsylvan
! commanded by Lieutenant Colon
n George S. Mckee.
Lieutenant Colonel Ernest
(continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Poultry Buying
License Revoked
Milton Concern Cannot Buy For
Sixty Days

At regular meeting of the Del
aware State Board of Agriculture,
action was taken to revoke the live
poultry buying license held by the
Roth Poultry Company located at
Milton.
In adopting a motion to revoke
Roth's license, the state board ad-
vised the plant representatives that
they could reapply for a new Ii
cense after sixty days. This means
that the Roth Poultry Company
cannot legally negotiate to buy live
poultry directly from the growers
for at least sixty days, after which
time the state board will consider
a new application for a live poul.
TRY buyers license. The action was
continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05
Two Safes Stolen
At Georgetown
American And Economy Stores
Victims OF Robbers

Georgetown police and state po-
lice are investigating the stealing
of two safes from stores in George
town last Saturday night. The safes
were stolen from the American
and Economy Auto Supply, Inc,
stores and were probably hauled
away in trucks.
The safe stolen from the Econ
oGIy store is said to have contained
more than $1,000 while the other
stolen safe had about $77 in it
The safe taken from the Ameri.
can store weighed between 700 anC
500 pounds and the other about 45(
pounds. 1t is believed that prob
ably two or three men participat
ed in the thefts.
(continued on page 81