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Queen Contest
In Milford
Is An Outstanding Fea-
ture Of Milford Fire
mems Carnival Now
Going On; Crowning
Next Tuesday Night.

Who will be Milford's Queen for
a Night'?" That is the question that
everyone seems to be asking as the
date of the staging of this novel
contest approaches. In case you
haven't heard - and who hasn't -
the Queen for Night" contest is
sponsored by Milford's progressive
businessmen and will be one of the
many feature attractions offered at
the Milford Firemen's Carnival,
currently being staged here. This
contest will reach its climax on
next Tuesday evening, Oct. 4th,
when some lucky Miss--or Miss
us"-will be crowned Milford's
Queen for Night" and will be
literally showered with approxima-
tely $1,000 worth of gifts donated
by Milford merchants.
Milford's Queen for a Night"
will be completely outfitted from
head to foot; will be given a lovely
Bulova wristwatch and other jewel
ry; will receive flowers, luggage,
perfumes, portraits, cosmetics and
groceries; will receive $500 Saw
ings Bond; will have one room of
her home completely outfitted with
venetian blinds; will receive free
permanent, facial and manicure;
will receive free admission for one
month for herself and escort at
both of Milford's theatres; will re-
ceive an electric iron plus other
home appliances, and will be given
dinner for two at Kugler's, famed
Philadelphia restaurant, plus two
tickets to an outstanding stage hit;
in addition to all this, local in
surance agency will insure all the
clothing and jewelry, against all
risks, for a one-year period.
The list of prizes and their don
ors are as follows:
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Milton's Dept. Store /
Observes Birthday
Anniversary Sale OF Appreciation
VIII Last Until October Sth

Milton Smith, owner and opera
tor of Milton's Department Store,
of Milford, announced today that
plans are being completed for the
observance of the stores first an
niversary.
The outstanding feature of the
anniversary celebration will be the
anniversary sale, which, according
to Mr.. Smith, is being held as a
form of appreciation for the splen-
did reception the store has received
from the buying public during it's
first year in Milford. The sale will
open today at 9 a. m. and will con-
tinue throughout next week, con-
Guiding next Saturday night, Octo-
ber Sth.
During the sale, Mr.. Smith states.
each customer will be given 10%
discount on all merchandise. This
includes all Fall merchandise in the
store. h4
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-30
Rev. Kenneth Kepler
Service Club Speaker

Rev. Kenneth Kepler, pastor of
First Presbyterian Church, Milford,
was the guest speaker at an inter-
city meeting of the Milford and
Harrington Rotary Clubs held in
Milford at the Community Building
this Monday evening past.
The speaker of the evening, who
for number of years was a mis-
sionary in war torn China, was in
troduced to the group by Ted Aber,
vice president and program chair
man of the Milford Club.
Rev. Kepler described from his
personal observation during the pc
riod 1946 to January 1949, the dis
astrous effect of communism upon
the conquered people of China.
( He stated that the ruthlessness
of the political commissars, who
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160th Anniiyersary
Observed 1t Chapel
Sermon Of The Day Was Delivered By Dr.
John N. Link, Pastor Of Peninsula Metho-
dist Church, Wilmington; Many Were
Present For Annual Pilgrimage To Hallow-
ed Shrine Of Methodism.

The return to fundamental con-
cepts of Christianity and observ-
ance of the Golden Rule is needed
by all nations for world peace, DR..
John N. Link, pastor of the PEN
insula Methodist Church, Whining
ton, said last Sunday afternoon at
the 169th anniversary of the found
ing of Barratt's Chapel, the "Cra-
die of Methodism."
The annual pilgrimage to the
noted Methodist landmark was at
tended by $50 church leaders from
various parts of the state and ma
tion. Many who attended also WIS.,
tied the old cemetery adjoining the
chapel.
The service was in charge of the
Rev. G. M. Elderdice, pastor of the
Magnolia Methodist Church and
Barratt's Chapel. The opening
prayer was given by the Rev. j. R
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-30
Dave Greene Speaker
At Lions Meeting
Former Kiwanis President Tells 0i
Recent Western Trip

At recent dinner-meeting of the
Milford Lions Club, Dave Greene,
a former president of the Milford
Kiwanis Club and now a prominent
Dover businessman, told of the
experiences enjoyed during a cross
country tour from Delaware to
California and return, which was
taken by Mr. Greene and members
of his family this past summer. A
large gathering of Lions, present
for the first Fall meeting OF the TO-
cal service club. enjoyed Mr..
Greene's interesting talk.
During the business session
that preceded Mr.. Greene's talk,
reports for various committees
were given, with Michael Grover
man reporting on recent meeting
of local organization representa-
tives with the members of the Mil
ford School Board; David Hugg re-
porting on plans for Lions-spon-
sored observance of Fire Proven
tion Week." and Harry Mulholland
Jr., reporting on plans for publ
cation by the Milford Lions of a
city directory.
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Fire Prevention Week
Set For October 9-15
Safety Council Urges Everyone To
Cooperate With State Firemen

October to Is has been official
ly designated as Fire Prevention
Week.
The Delaware Safety Council
urges everyone to cooperate with
the Delaware Volunteer Firemen to
fight and prevent fires that so mer-
cilessly claim lives and property
each year.
Homes are dangerously .vulner-
able to fire. In one year, home fires
snuffed out about $500 lives and
exacted a property damage toll
equivalent to wiping out all the
dwellings in town of 115,000 pop
ulation..
These are not cheerful figures.
They are especially disheartening
because the majority of these fires
could have been prevented. Many
of them resulted from just plain
carelessEess and ignorance.
The Delaware Safety Council
says that safety begins at home
Measures for fire safety can and
should be practiced by everyone in
every home. In order to prevent
your home from being damaged OIL
destroyed by fire, number oi
things should be done now. First
says the Council, careful survey
of your home from cellar to rooi
will expose number of danger
spots" For example,:
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COP Agrees
@ n B O n u S
Bill Change
Abolition OF Appeal Body
Administrators Post;
Substitution Of 4-Man
Unit Is Urged.

A three and one-half hour eau
Gus of Republican Senators and
Representatives agreed Wednesday
afternoon to number of changes
in the bonus bill introduced Tues
day afternoon including abolition
of the appeal board provision and
substitution of a four-member bon
US commission.
Meeting in caucus until $50 o.
m. on the second day of the spe-
cial session called by Governor
Carvel to consider the bonus, the
caucus made the following recon-
mendations among others:
That the proposed job for an
administrator be abolished and thai
this work be done by the bonus
commission which, on organizing
will appoint an executive secretary
That the proposed appropriation
of $4,000 be cut to 100000.
That the commission be bi-par-
tisan with each of the major par
ties submitting four names to the
Governor and with him selecting
| two names from each list.
That the commission members
come from the four principal po
litical subdivisions of the state
! that is Wilmington, Rural New
Castle County, Kent County ant
Sussex County.
Commissioners Pay
| That the commissioners be pait
$40 day during meetings, plu
reasonable expenses, and that
limit of so days be placed on tn
number of days in which the com
mission may meet in a calenda
year.
/ That the maximum interest pay
able on the $S,500,000 bond issue
which was left untouched-be thre
per cent instead of the propose
four per cent.
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Education Leaders
Held Dover Session
Need OF Public Understanding OF
Education Is Stressed

The need of creating public un-
derstanding of and interest in the
problems and requirements of ed
ucation predominated discussions
at leadership conference, spon-
sored by the Delaware Education
Association, in the Dover High
School last Saturday.
Another subject to which en-
phasis was given is the desirable
ity of bringing community school
problems and suggestions to a
statewide level for consideration
and development.
To receive consideration is sug-
gestion that the conference become
an annual affair supplemented by
weekend workshops" at differ
ent points which would include not
only discussions but also recrea.
tion.
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State Ranks High
In Poultry Sales
Delaware Growers Produced Al
most $70,000,OOO Worth Last Year

BY tailoring their products to
consumer preferences, Delaware
pouitrymen produced almost $780,
100000 in poultry products last
year to rank 9th among the 4S
states in setting up record-break-
ing national total of $3,071, ,000,0 900,
it was pointed out today by Howard
c. Pierce, national poultry research
director of A. and P. Food Stores.
Whenever a commodity shows
jump in sales, it is always the
result of consumer choice, and
poultry is no exception to the rule,'
said Pierce, "as 80 years of food
retailing have repeatedly demon
strated in our company.
"The public definitely wants
chickens with more meat in proper
tion to bone," he said. 1--WE relayed
this preference to the poultry in
dustry and since 1916, the A. and
P. has backed the Chicken-o To-
morrow campaign to produce such
chickens.
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parent that people generally de-
pend too much on fate for protec-
tion of their youngsters.
The State Board of Health has
joined in a continuous child safety
program co-sponsored by the Chill
dren's Bureau of the Federal Sec
urity Agency, the American Acad-
emy of Pediatrics, the National Sa-
fety Council, and several private
organizations. 1t is the distinct
purpose of this program to encour-
age parents, other adults, and old
er children to recognize accident
hazards, to provide and maintain
safe conditions for the children in
the home and at play and to help
the child to develop safe practices,
Child safety is a community chal-
lenge. The effectiveness of any eff
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Sussex Man Given
Three Year Sentence
James w. Thomas Jailed On Break.
ing And Entering Charge

James Walter Thomas of Cedar
Greek Hundred, near Milford, was
sentenced by Judge James B. Carey
in General Sessions Court last Fri
day in Georgetown, to pay prose-
cution costs and serve. three years
in Sussex County Prison.
Thomas entered a plea of guilty
when arraigned in court to a
charge of breaking and entering
the home of Pauline Girardi and
Mildred Cobaugh, near Milford, in
September, 1916. Shortly after the
alleged crime he was picked up at
Cambridge, Md, to be held for Del
aware police.
He escaped from the officers af-
ter he had been handcuffed and
fed. He later had the cuffs sawed
off and remained at large until
picked up by New Jersey police
some weeks ago and turned over to
Delaware police. He was then ar
raigned before Magistrate Oscar
B. King and placed in Sussex Pris-
on to await trial. Before Judge
Carey last Friday he entered the
plea of guilty after declining coun.
sci.
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Milford chronicle., 1949-09-30
Location OF Disabled
Folk Is Being Sought
Employers Are Urged To Lend
Every Effort To Hire Them

In Proclamation issued by Gov
ernor Elbert N. Carvel on Monday,
Sept. 26, the people of the State of
Delaware have been asked TO unite
in a common effort to locate as
many disabled persons as possible
in the State of Delaware, and to
lend every effort in guiding them
into suitable employment. Gov.
Carveps Proclamation is in cooper
alton with joint action of the Con-
gress and the President of the Uni
ted States in designating the first
week of October (Oot 2-8,1949) as
NATIONAL EMPLOY THE PHYSI-
CALLY HANDICAPPED WEEK.
The program Of activity for this
special effort has been placed in
the hands of special Committee
appointed by Governor Carvel sew
eral weeks ago, and the members
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Diehl, pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church, Frederick.
Greetings were extended by DIR.
Thomas G. Mulligan, superintend-
ent of the Dover District of the
Peninsula Methodist Conference.
A vocal solo was given by j. Her
bert Nichols, principal of the Mil
ford Elementary School. The Scrip
ture lesson was read by the Rev
F. o. Baynard, pastor of the Wy
oming Methodist Church.
Built In 1850
DR.. Link preached on the theme
"Transcending Our Troubles" The
singing Of old hymns and the offer
ing corcluded the service. Mrs
Harry Clark of Magnolia was the
pianist.
Barratt's Chapel is an unpreten.
tious two-story building that stands
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Kent Home Makers
Installed Officers
Mrs. John S. Farr0w Will
Direct Activities Of
Middle County Group

At the fall meeting of the Kent
County Advising Council for Home
Demonstration Clubs, officers for
1949-51 were installed announces
Mrs. Violet N. Goodwill, Kent Coun-
ty Home Demonstration Agent. The
new officers are: President, Mrs.
John S. Farrow; Vice President,
Mrs. David Greene; Secretary, Mrs.
Paul hartman, Treasurer, Mrs. Nor
man Short.
Plans were made for the annual
Kent County Achievement Day to
be held in Dover on November 8th
with Miss Elsie Stark, home eco
nomist representing the Best
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b r e n n a n S
Found Guilty
Mercy Asked
For The Boy
Jury Out Five Hours;
w man w eeps, Boy
Composed On Hearing
Verdict; To Hear New
Trial Arguments.

A jury at 8:45 O'Clock Wednes-
day night returned verdict of
first degree muder against Robert
v. Brennan, 16, with a recommen-
dation for mercy, and found his
mother. Mrs. Inez Gertrude Bren-
nan. 46. guilty as an accomplice in
the killing Of Wade N. Woodbridge,
67-year-old Stone Mountain, Va,
carpenter, No mercy recommenda-
tion was made by the Jury for the
mother.
The jurors, including a dinner
recess. were out five hours and five
minutes. Mrs. Brennan wept
copiously when The verdict was an
nounced while Robert appeared
composed, but tears came to his
eyes few minutes later as he
was led away with his mother by
state police and prison officials.
The officials carried tipstaves
with the fronts of red facing out
signifying guilty.
Benjamin r. Donolow of PhSa-
delphia, chief defense counsel, had
the jurors polled after each verdict
had been announced for the jury
by the foremen Harry Ney Jr.
The defense attorney moved fol
an arrest of judgement pending dis.
position of arguments for a new
trial. The court directed that NJ
submit reasons for a new trial b,
Oct. 19.
Arguments Set for Nov. 3
Arguments will be heard on tht
reasons Nov 3.
Chief Justice Charles s. Richards
just before the jurors came into tn,
courtroom warned against any den
onstration after the yerdicts wer,
announced. He said any offende
would be cited for contempt o
court. There were no demonstra
tions, and the crowd that jamme,
the courtroom filed out slowly af
ter the lonely heart" principals
had been taken out.
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Services Held At
st. Thomas Church
Rev. Roy L. Tawes, Pastor OF Ave.
nue. Church, Milford, Speaker

Annual home coming services
were held at historic st. Thomas
Methodist Church, located on the
road from Millsboro to Laurel, last
Sunday, with morning and after
noon programs.
Always popular as reunion OF
Delaware families, the homecom-
ing affair featured worship SER
vices and the singing of old-fash.
ioned hymns.
The morning service was held
with the Rev. M. T. Romans, pastor
of Bethel Methodist Church, as the
speaker, the Rev. Roy l.. Tawes
pastor of Avenue Methodist Church
Milford, spoke at afternoon ser
vices.
William Boyce of Laurel was the
soloist for the services and choil
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BOGGS VOTES AGAINST
MILITARY AID MEASURE

Rep. j. Caleb Boggs made
it unanimous for the Della
ware congressional delega-
tion on Wednesday voting
against the $1,314,000, 900
Military Aid Bill for Europe.
Both Delaware senators vot-
ed against it last week when
it passed the Senate. Earlier
Boggs had voted against
smaller appropriation bill
which passed the House.
News that Russia has the
atomic bomb has if anything,
strengthened my conviction
against this bill," Boggs said.
He said that he has studied
the matter for several weeks
and, like his colleagues, Sem
ators Frear and Williams,
had reached the conclusion
that it is not wise policy
and will not do the job.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-30
LaHerty Resigns
Extension Post

John E. H. Lafferty, agricultural
extension editor at the University
of Delaware for the past eight years,
has resigned his position, it was
announced today by George M.
Worrilow, director of the Della
ware Agricultural Extension Ser
vice.
Lafferty will leave on October 1,
to become associated with a COM
mercial firm in Lancaster, Pa.
A 1888 graduate of the Univer-
sity of Delaware with a B. S. de-
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All Achievement Day
In Sussex Tomorrow

Final plans for the Sussex
County 4-H Achievement Day to be
held Saturday, October /, at the
Sub Station in Georgetown, are
complete, according to Sam Gwinn,
All agent. Details of the all-day
program for All members were
completed at the county All lead
ers meeting on September 16.
All exhibits will be brought to
the Sub Station on SATURDAY. NOR
ming, before 1000 a. m, to be
judged and displayed for the public
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HospitaIized Vets
We're GiUen Party
Milford v. F. w. Auxiliary
Went To VA Hospital
Last Thursday

The. past Thursday evening, the
Auxiliary to Blue Hen Post No.
6483, Veterans of Foreign Wars, of
this city. made its regular semi
annual visitation to the Veterans
Administration Hospital at the New
Castle County Air Base and gave a
party there that was much enjoyed
by seventy-two hospitalized veter-
ans. Mrs. Lillian Hugg, the Blue
Hen hospital chairman, was in
charge, of arrangements for the
affair.
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DR.. Murray Banks To
Speak In Milford
One OF Nations Leading
Psychologists Will Be
Here October 18th

DIR. Murray Banks, one of the
countrys outstanding psyscholo-
gists and author of the best seller,
How to Live With Yourself" will
give his Interpretation of Love,
Life and Marriage at q program
to be held Thursday evening, Octo-
Der 18th, in the auditorium of the
Milford High School.
DIR. Banks is being brought to
Milford under the sponsorship of
the Milford Kiwanis Club. The pro-
ceeds of the ticket sale above nee
essary expenses will be placed in
the fund set up by the Kiwahis
Club to assist underprivileged chill
dren of this area.
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SCiNtCc W lhQiCdtC thCll iCilSlOuS
groups, to churches and to stu
dents temporarily away from their
home church.
OF more than 2,10O students pol
led only 4S failed TO specify a re-
ligious preference, or wrote
none"
Among the remainder, 26To are
Methodist, 219o Roman Catholic.
17Iqo Presbyterian, 14%o Episcopali-
an, $50 Hebrew. 4.5% Lutheran,
ESQ Baptist, go of unspecified
denominations, and 1.5% members
of the Society of Friends. Other de-
nominations, each represented by
less than one per cent of the total.
include: Greek Orthodox. Congre-
gationalist, Christian Science. Uni
tartan, United Brethren, Bible
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Three Die In
W Weekend Car
A &C id ent S
One State Fatality And
Two In Nearly Mary
land Reported; State
Toll Now Is 81.

A 21-year-old veteran, who had
been discharged from the Army
only two months ago, was killed
almost instantly when his car went
out of control, turned over twice
and struck a concrete culvert on
the Leipsic-Smyrna highway early
last Sunday.
His death was the third highway
fatality in Delaware and nearby
Maryland over the weekend.
Five others were injured, none
seriously, in automobile accidents
in Wilmington.
George Hitchison of Smyrna was
pronounced dead at the Kent Gen
eral Hospital in Dover, where he
was taken in the Smyrna ambu-
lance following the accident near
Smyrna at 1880 a. m. He died of a
broken neck and internal injuries
The Maryland crash claimed the
life of Frank Mitchell, who lived
near Denton and an unidentified
bicycle rider of the Pocomoke City
area.
Returning to Home
Hutchinson, a graduate of the
Brown Vocational High School
had been visiting friends in Leip.
sic and was returning home wher
the accident happened.
An eyewitness account of the
mishap was given by John Walker
FL, also of Smyrna, who was fol
lowing Hutchinson in his car. Hs
saw the automobile in front of hin
careen off the highway at turn il
the road and come to rest agains
the culvert.
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posters printed to be placed on the
doors of poultry houses and feed
rooms, with the warning that poul
try diseasee can be spread from
farm to farm.
Edward McIlvaine, Georgetown,
chairman Of the disease control
committee, said in announcing the
release OF the poster, THE whole
sale distribution and effective plac-
ing of this poster, with its title,
Fight Poultry Diseases, will make
people more aware of the serious
ness of poultry diseases. We are
also pointing out that reducing
mortality is one means of increas-
ing efficient production.
McIlvaine also stated, Because
poultry diseases can be spread
from flock to flock, all visitors are
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Change Schedule AT
Zwaanendael Museum

Miss Catharine G. Maull, curator
of the Zwaanendael Museum at
Lewes, announced this week that
the summer schedule of visiting
hours will be changed on October
1. The fall program, she said, will
be revised on that date to permit
visitors from 1880 p. m. to 4:30
p. m. on weekdays, excepting Mon
days. On Saturdays and sSundays
the hours will be from 1890 to 5
p. m. The museum is closed on
Mondays.
. CONTINUED On page %
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Rehoboth Win Pleases
State Baseball Fans
"Sea Hawks Fought Courageous
Battle To Win Shore League Title

All lower Delaware joins in con-
graduating the Rehoboth Sea
Hawks in the courageous uphill
fight that carried them to victory
in the Eastern Shore Leagues post
season .Knotts Plan" playoffs. The
Sea Hawks victory was Delaware's
victory inasmuch as the Rehoboth
entry was the Blue Hen States
sole representative in the four
club battle for possession of the
presidents cup, awarded annually
to the Eastern Shore League play
offs winner.
For the Sea Hawks it was hard
and, at times, discouraging hight.
(continued on page Cd
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Fight Poultry Diseases Now
Slogan Of Poultry Committee

Flight Poultry Diseases timely slogan adopted by the Della
Poultry improvement Association meeting its board
O directors.
The disease control committee the
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-30
$40 Of All U. Of D. Students
fire affiliated With Some Church

than 81 cent of all Delaware students con-
affiliated registration
The national
according to Her
Religious Council
preferences
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-30
Accidents Claimed Lives Of12,OOO
Riddles Aged l To II Last Year

about 10000 children between the of and IA
children
a problem.