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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-27

(Coleman) Shuman. Mrs. .Shuman
was formerly a resident of Marys-
yille.
She is survived by her parents,
a sister, Janet Lucille. her ma
ternal grandparents and her pa
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-27
Plan Pistol Shoot

Reserve Officers Association
will hold a pistol shoot at 2 p. m.
Sunday, in Legion Park. The As
sociation will furnish As automat-
ic ammunition. All veterans in
County are invited. Anyone with
a As may use it. In case of ad-
verse weather, the shoot will be
postponed TO Feb. S.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-27
JANUARY q. ls4s
ternal grandmother.

ternal grandmother.
Graveside funeral services were
held at 1890 a. m. Monday con-
Quoted by Rev. George Snyder
Interment was in Hopedale
Cemetery.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-27
Infant Mary 10 Shuman

Infant Mary 10 Shuman died
shortly after birth in st. Josephs
Hospital in Mt Clemens, Mich,
at 2:40 a m. Sunday. She was
the daughter of Max and Betty
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1949-01-27
BIRTHS
ka%ssa2

Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Rupright
announce the birth of a son, Jan.
"a, in White Cross hospital, Co.
lumbus. The baby, named Tim
.othy Paul, weighed 812 pounds.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
To Begin Dial Sussex County
InstalIatiOnFiiremen Favor
HereNext WeekA Marshall
Go On Record AnnOunc-
ing FavOring State
Fire Marshall Bill And
Other Firemen's Legis-
latiOn.

The Sussex County Volunteer
Firemen's Association, meeting in
the Parish House at SeafOrd last
week, unanimously adopted d reso-
luton favOring passage of the
State Fire MarshaPs Bill and other
firemen's legislation now pending
before the State Legislature. They
also voted for a 10O% attendance
at a demonstration to be held in
Dover on a date to be announced
in the near future.
Representatives of all but three
of the fire companies of Sussex
County were in attendance at the
meeting, which was presided over
by James Wilgus of Selbyville,
president Of the association. Din
ner was served by the Ladies Aux
iliary of the SeafOrd Fire Company
of which Mrs. Eva Beard is presi-
dent. The invocation was given by
Colonel Edgar S. Slayer of RehO-
both, a vice president of the State
Association.
Van Lear Stephany. president of
the SeafOrd Fire Company. extend
ed a welcome to the guests and in
trOduced Mayor William LOngen-
dyke and members of the town
council, Norris Kitchens, Edward
Higgins, Charles Marvel, William
Parsons and City Manager Frank
Deakyne.
(c0ntnued m page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Announcement Of In
strument Installation
Is Made BY Theodore
w. Collins, Diamond
State Manager.

The Diamond State Telephone
Company will start installing dial
telephone instruments next week
in Milford in preparation for the
coming change to dial telephone
operation next fall. it was annOun-
ced today by Theodore w. Collins.
local manager of the company.
Installation of dial instruments
for all local subscribers will re-
quire several months, he said. Un-
til the change to dial operation,
local telephone users will use the
dial instruments in the same man
ner as the present manual instru-
ments, except that care should be
used not to move the dial when a
conversation is in progress as this
might result in a discOnnectiOn
Mr.. Collins said.
The manager also announced
that it will be necessary to change
all local telephone numbers when
dial service is inaugurated. Sub
scribers will be notified of their
new numbers in advance and all
new listings will appear in the
next issue of the directory, schedu-
led for delivery shortly before the
change to dial.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
w. S. c. S. Group win
Meet At SeIbyUiHe
Spring Meeting Will Be
Held Next Tuesday At
Salem Church

The WOman's Society of Chris
tian Service of the Methodist
Church, representing all churches
in the Dover District of the Pen
insula Conference, will hold a
spring meeting next Tuesday.
March 8. in Salem Methodist
Church, Selbyville. An Outstand-
ing program. built around the
theme, Advance" has been ar
ranged A feature of the morning
service will be the election Of off,
GERS which will be conducted by
Mrs. Will Sharp of Harrington.
Sectional meetings will take mp
most of the morning, with luncheon
at 1890 p. m. Rev. Charles S.
Jarvis is pastor of the host church.
(eontinued on page .
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04

crease, and, as a result, the aver
age farm operator has $4,000. 90
ued up" in animals, machinery.
ana other investments necessary to
the operation of the farm.
The Kiwanis speaker stated that
TAX systems must be kept sound
and based on ability to pay" if
the state government, state agen-
cles' and schools are to be amply
financed.
Mr.. Simpsons talk featured the
kiWanis' Farmers Night" which
IN pre-war years was an annual
event on the local service clubs
calendar. This event has been re-
vlved and will again be an annual
feature of the clubs program of
activities. Arrangements for Tues
Gay evenings Kiwanis-spOnsored
Farmers Night" was in charge of
the local clubs agriculture com
mittee.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Legion Is Planning
Clubbing Program
will Sponsor "PaCk" In Milford
Very Shortly

Clubbing is the program of the
Boy Scouts of American for boys
nine, ten and eleven years of age.
1t is hoped that all boys this age
will want to be a member of the
Cub Pack which the American Le-
giOn will presently sponsor.
Clubbing gives boy:
l. chances to play games, per-
form stunts, engage in han
dicrafts and hobbies in the
home and backyard.
2. chances to do things for
others.
3. chances to do these things
with his companions under
the leadership of trained ad-
ults and Boy Scouts.
4. preparation to become a Bow
Scout at the age of II.
Experience shows that the best
Pack are those in which parents
(father and mOther) of a prospect
Cub receive complete information
before a Cub Pack is started. The
cooperation of parents is absolutely
necessary; so anyone interested is
urged to attend a meeting of par
ents, which will be held March 6.
1949. at 8 p. m. in the First Pres
byterian Church. Trained members
of the Del-Mar-Va Council will give
a birds eye view of clubbing.
tc0nunued o. page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Sussex County
Will Help
With Flower
NJ art Upstate
About Forty Women
From Milford, George
town, LeWes, And Re
hObOth Will Aid WiIm-
ingtOn Fete; SOlicita-
tiOn Will Be Made.

The now famous Wilmington
Flower Market which will be held
on Wednesday. May Is. will be
aided by Sussex County this year.
The market now i'm its 29th year.
mas added two Sussex beneficiar-
les to its list for support from the
proceeds, and on Thursday Of last
week at RehObOth the first infor-
nation on the project was given.
About forty women from Milford.
Georgetown, LeWes. RehObOth and
surrounding communities were
present at the luncheon given in
the parish house Of All Saints Euis-
cOpal Church i'm RehObOth by Mrs.
CHARLES Mills and Mrs. Anthony
Higgins to launch the drive. Beach
House at Lewes and Camp Rodney
for Boy Scouts are to participate
in some Of the proceeds from the
market, which last year amounted
to $4,000. Attending from Milford
were Mrs. John c. Truitt. Mrs.
JOnOthan S. Willis. Mrs. John w.
Fry, Mrs. Norton Leverage, Mrs.
John Lodge. Mrs. Norman Grove
and Mrs. G. Marshall Townsend.
There will be solicitation for pro-
duce, poultry and home canned
things from the county. transported
to Wilmington in storage trucks,
which will be fresh for the mar
ket of the day. Plans are in the
Joseph Gillece. special agent Of
the National Board Of Fire Under
writer's was the main speaker and
CONTINUED on page 50
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
u. OF D. Drive
Leaders Named
80 To Represent Alumni BY Glasses
In Development Fund Canvass

A total of so representatives, one
for each class graduated from the
University of Delaware since 1901,
and two to represent all classes
prior to that year, were announced
this week by Victor H. Jones,
alumni chairman of the University
of Delaware 1949 Development
Fund. The annual campaign will
begin in the near future.
The alumni representatives are:
Glasses up to 1894, w. w. Hyn-
son; 1895-1900, DR.. w. 0. Sypherd:
1901, Cecil Macdonald; 1902, John
W. Huxley. Jr.; 1903, Charles W.
Bush; 1904, JOsheph NJ. McVey;
1905, DR.. Samuel NJ. Marshell; 1906,
William J. Taggart; 1907. Fred
erick S. Price; 1908, John w.
GOtwals; 1909. Victor H. Jones;
1910, John N. Lyndall; 1911, Joseph
L. MARSHALL, :, 1912, A. Rae DuBell.
1913, Arthur S. HOuchin, Jr.;
1914, Charles E. Grubb; 1915,
George f. Anderson; 1916 w. Comp
ton Wills; 1917, James G. Hastings: ::
1918, Robert Sumwalt; 1919, G..
Millard Lang; 1920, Harry w.
Loose; 1921, c. Thomas Attix;
1922, w. Lyle Mowlds; 1923, ].
Morton Baxter; 1924, A. o. H.
Crier, Jr.; 1925, DR.. Francis J.
Continued or. page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Local Boy Given.
3 Years In Staying
Floyd l.. Townsend Sentenced On
Man Slaughter Charge

Floyd Townsend, II, Milford.
was sentenced to three years i'm
prisOnment by Chief Justice Chas.
S. Richards and Judges Charles L.
Terry, Jr.. and George Burton
Pearson, Jr, in Court of Oyer and
Terminer Monday of this week at
ter he had pleaded guilty TO a
charge of manslaughter.
The youth, who had been indicted
on a charge of secOnd-degree mur-
der, was accused of fatally shoot
ing Martin Causey in the home of
the defendants mother, Mrs. Irene
Draper Townsend, on Truitt Ave-
nue., Milford, on Jan. 8 as an after
math of argument between the two.
He was alleged to have used a 12-
guage shotgun.
William J. Storey, attorney for
Townsend, producing character
witnesses, brought out that the de-
fendant had never been in any
trouble in the past and was a dill
gent worker.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
DR.. Robt. r. Starr To
Speak Here March 10
VIII Be Guest Speaker At Prcsby-
tcrian Church Meeting

DR.. Robert r. Starr of Salisbury,
will be guest speaker at the meet
ing of the WOmen's Association of
Presbyterian Churches on March
10, at eight. Everyone is invited to
be present to hear DR.. Starr, who
has been very successful medical
physical in Salisbury and because
of his spiritual fervOr and interest
in the missionary cause, will soon
leave to join the staff of the Sage
Memorial Hospital in GanadO,
Arizona, in the land of sage brush
and desert. Dr.. Starr, only "a, says
my ever increasing realization of
the ned for a spiritual rebirth in
people has caused me to virtually
renOunCe the secular world for an
oasis in the Arizona wastelands.
| feel it is Christian obligation to
see that we give the message to as
many people as possible" DR.. Starr
who has a wife and five daughters,
has been in Salisbury long enough
to build up lucrative practice and
made for himself a definite place
in the affairs of the community
will leave about the middle of June
for his new post. It is with much
pleasure and appreciation that the
Presbyterian WOman's Association
herald his visit on Thursday eve
ming on next week. Mrs. George Gil
tenbOth and the church choir will
have special music for the meeting
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
State Turkey Growers
Planning Supper
Session VIII Be Held March IS At
COkesbury Community Hall

The directors of the Delaware
State Turkey Growers Association
completed plans for their annual
turkey supper at a meeting Tues
day night. in Georgetown, accord
ingtO J. Thomas Robinson, Presi-
dent.
The supper will be held on March
18th, at the COkesbury Community
Hall and will be served by the
COkesbury Home Demonstration
Club.
Arrangements were also appGOV-
ed for taking movies of the turkey
industry in the state. This project
for taking movies OF the turkey in
dustTy in the state. This project
will be carried out in cooperation
with the Agricultural Extension
Service and the fins will be avail
able for educational meetings on
turkey production.
tcOntinued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04

At Tuesday evenings meeting of
the Milford Kiwanis Club, George
c. Simpson, Milford area agricul-
turist and a past president of the
State Farm Bureau, told local XII
wanians that the present system of
taxation on real estate is unsOund
and cited the present trend for in
crease in taxes on real estate hold
ings. Mr.. Simpson pointed out that
500 to 709o of real estate holdings
are in rural areas and that these
property holders are in no position
financially to bear a heavier tax
burden.
Mr.. Simpson pointed out that
while the average gross income per
farm holding has increased cOnsid-
erably during the past decade, the
OperatiOnal expense and increase
in cost of living" has more than
kept pace with this income in
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
.Cedars Will
Hold March
Ceremonial
Evenings Program Will
Begin With A Concert
By The Forest Band.

Evergreen Forest No. 49. T. c. L..
will hold its regular March Cere-
mOnial on Wednesday night, March
8, at p. M, in the Community
Building in Milford. The evening
will begin with a concert by the
Forest Band under the direction
of Walter w. Wells.
The business meeting will open
with G. T. c., H. Edward Maull
presiding, assisted by his Deputies.
Dallas A. Dennis and Elliott Ev-
ans.
The Forest Rangers under Can
tain Roy w. Palmer will confer
the SidOnian degree on a class of
candidates from all parts of the
lower end of the State. The Rang
ers visited Eastern ShO' Forest in
January and received many COM
pliments for the excellent work
they did in comforting the degrees
for that Forest.
A show featuring Doris Dave.
XylOphOnist, from Taylor and
Smith of Philadelphia, will be pre-
sented by Arthur Jordan. Re-
freshments by Chief Steward Nor
man Collins will bring the evening
to a close.
Accommodations for Evergreen
Forest at the Annual Convention
in Atlantic City are being very ably
handled by Mr.. J. c. Messner of
Harrington. The Hotel BoscObel
will be headquarters for Evergreen
Forest Any Tall Cedars desiring
reservations, please contact Mr..
Messener Immediately.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Red Gross
Roll Call
Starts Here
March 9TH
Local Captains And
Workers Met In POca-
hOntas Hall Last Fri
day Night And Out
lined Campaign.

Chairman, captains and workers
met in POcahOntas Hall Friday for
the annual dinner that launched
the 1949 Red Cross roll call. Mrs.
John w. Fry, Area chairman, pre-
sided over the meeting which fol-
lowed the dinner. Present from
Wilmington were Mrs. r. Blair
Myers, executive director of Della
ware Chapter of the Red Cross;
William Patton of Dover, personnel
chairman of the areas; Robert
Stewart, publicity director, and
Mrs. Helen s. Hill, staff aide. The
roll call will begin on March z
and will continue for two weeks.
Area will have $4,000 as its quota,
distributed In the following man.
ner: Milford, $3,O0O; Lincoln,
Shawnee. Cedar and Slaughter
Neck. 1925; Glendale, $275; HOus-
ton, 1926 and Frederick, $175. Cap
tains named for Milford for the
campaign are: First Ward, HOl-
land Prettyman; Second Ward,
Theodore Townsend; Third Ward,
Anthony SlebOda and Fourth Ward,
John w. Fry. Preceding the din
ner Reverend David w. Baker ask
cd the invocation. Mrs. George w.
Baynum. local chairman of home
service gave a very fine report of
her work during the meeting, tell
ing Of the kinds of aid. the persons
receiving Il and for what it can be
given. Mrs. Carl Collel, chairman
Of production has had PA garments
sent to her this month. 81 have
been finished and III are in the
process of being made. Mrs. Myers.
always loud in her praise Of Mil
ford and its people. cOmplimented
(oontinUsd on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Capt. Lynch
Addressed
ROtarians
Told Of Work Being
Done At Camp Barnes
To Help The Youth Of
Delaware; Explained
Police Position.

Captain Clarence X. Lynch of
the Delaware State Police in a
recent address to the members of
the Milford Rotary club said:
We, as members of the police
profession, love our trade. We are
not seeking fame, but we are seek
ing success. We receive manv
calls. Some are for assistance
Some are for information. Some
are for favOrs.
No matter what the calls are
Ior, we try to render a prompt and
ehicient service. OF all the calls
which we receive, there is one that
stands out more prominent today
than ever before. That is The call
from our youth. Never in the his
tory OF our country has there been
greater need for cooperation be-
tween police and youth.
Through education and training.
we have learned that we must iOin
with other public organizations
such as yours and assume our re-
spOnsibility toward solving this
great problem. SO it was. with
this thought in mind in 1948.
through much planning, hard work
and the splendid cooperation of
Delaware's fine people, that Camp
Barnes actually came into exis-
tence.
Travel with me, if you will,
please, down Route 113 to Days
bOrO, from there to Bayard and then
as we leave Bayard. we travel
through the countryside, dotted
here and there by a farm house,
thence over a winding road through
a pine forest where one can hear
the soft murmur of the wind as it
blows the branches to and fro.
CONTINUED On page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Festival Is
Planned Bv
Sussex Chorus
Temple Choral Director
To Be Guest Conductor
At SeafOrd Program,
March IL.

The Sussex County Festival will
be held in the SeafOrd High School
auditorium on Friday evening,
March II, at 8:15 o'clock, according
to Miss Elizabeth SlOtter, of Sea-
ford, chairman of the Sussex COun-
ty Music Educators, the sponsoring
group for the festival.
The guest conductor will be Mrs.
Elain Brown, director of choral aC-
tivites at Temple University, She
is a noted conductor, having con-
Quoted six choral groups and taught
classes in choral conducting at
Julliard School of Music, New York.
She was assistant conductor and
faculty member of Westminster
Choir for five years during which
time she toured this country and II
European countries.
She is a graduate of Bush Con-
seTVatOTy of Music, Chicago, and
Westminster Choir COllede, Prince
ton, N. J.
Those taking part in the festival
here will be the Bridgeville High
School Male Chorus, the George
town, Greenwood and Lewes Girls
ChOruses. the Delmar, Bridgeville
and Seaford Mixed ChOruses and
the Lewes String Trio, consisting
of Miss Irene Ford, violinist. Rom
ayn HeyleT, "Cellist," and Mrs.
Ruht Faust, pianist.
Rehearsals have been in charge
of Miss Joan Steele, of Bridgeville
and Wendell Johnson of SeafOrd
with Miss Lillian Klein, of George
town as accOmpanist. Others assist
are Mrs. Catherine Stallings, Laur-
Ell; Miss Anna Lee Butler, SeafOrd
Miss Louise Goddard, Lord Balti-
more; Miss SlOtter, Mr. Heyler and
Howard Helm, of John NJ. Clayton
school.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Chicken Pox Cases
On The Increase

Seventeen new cases of chicken
poX were reported to the Vital
Statistics Division of the State
Board of Health this week, bring
ing the total number If cases thus
far this year to 10. Wilmington
has reported 81 cases Of the dis
ease to date, New Castle Comfy
excluding Wilmington, 62, Kent
County 6 and Sussex County w.
Last year during this same period
only 1O7 cases of chicken pox were
recorded.
Chicken pox is a highly contag-
Continued on page l2)
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Rider Killed
AS Truck Hits
Pole In Crash
Milton Man Is Hurled To
Road A s Driver
SwerVes Vehicle To
Avoid Smash-Up.

Carl M. Jones, 81, of Milton, was
killed last Friday morning at Days
bOrO when the truck in which he
was riding glanced off another
truck and crashed into a telephone
pole.
State police at Georgetown said
Jones was riding in a truck Operat-
ed by Robert Kitchens, %, of
Georgetown.
Kitchens, troopers said, was
driving on the Piney Neck Road in
DagsbOrO, near the intersection of
Main Street, behind another truck
driven by Norman Davidson, 80,
also of DagsbOrO.
AS Kitchens started to drive past
the truck of Davidson, the latter
began a left turn, the police said.
Kitchens turned his truck to the
left in an effort to avoid a cOlli-
sion, but his truck skidded, struck
that of Davidson, glanced off and
crashed into the pole.
Jones, thrown to the highway.
sustained a fractured chin and lac
eratiOns and is believed to have
died of strangulatiOn. DR.. Robert
S. Long of FrankfOrd, pronounced
him dead.
George S. Adkins of Milton,
coroner for Sussex County, was no.
titled, and will conduct an inquest
when state police complete their
investigation. No arrests were
made.
Jones death brought the motor
vehicle accident death toll for
Delaware for this year up to II. In
the corresponding period last year,
eight fatalities had been recorded.
Jones body was taken to the
Watson and Gray Funeral Home at
MillsbOrO.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
March Value Days
Launched By Sears

With the appearance of this is
sue of The Milford Chronicle.
there is opening in Dover the an
Qual March Value Demonstration
conducted for many years by the
stores of Sears, ROebuck and Com
pany. This awakening gun of
Spring is an event that has for
many years offered many out
standing values to the residents of
Milford and vicinity.
The advertisements that are car
ried in this issue of The Chronicle
and the ones that are to follow will
afford many mOney-saving OppOr-
tunities that will not be repeated
at any time this season. and the
savings on many items of Spring
merchandise will be recognized by
smart shoppers.
Continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Observing World
Day OF Prayer Here
Service Being Held Today At $3.50
p. VI. In Church OF God

Sunrise in the Fiji Islands on the
edge of the International date line.
will usher in the World Day of
Prayer on March 4, and continue
hour on hour on continent and is
land, in Gothic arched cathedrals
or barren hospitals or factories.
When the last service is ended on
the st. Laurence Island. universal
prayer will have encircled the
world .---
The Milford Unit Of the United
Council of Church Women, prayer
fully urges every Christian to make
an effort to attend the service-Ob-
served in the Church of God this
year-N E. Second and North
Washington streets.
While the 2:3O p. m. service, or
! lginated in China, this year, was
arranged for adults and the chill
j dren's service at 400 o'clock. was
planned for school pupils. a bless
ing will be received by all those
who attend
Millions of migrants, many Of
whom are to be found at Delaware's s
back door, depend largely on the
offerings from the services held on
this day, as the U. S. Government
is doing very little for the wander
CONTINUED on page q
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04

De BFduualeu JIllS june 10 ell6lDIe
for this scholarship. (By rural" is
meant a village of $500 or less or
open cOuntryD
The scholarship shall be a gift
the first year. 1t may be given to
the same girl the second year, if
she meets the scholarship require
ments and has the same definite f.
nancial need for it as in the previ-
Gus year. If granted again in her
Junior and Senior years. the schOl-
arship shall be a loan without in
terest. The girl must pay back the
loan of $500 as soon after gradua-
ton as possible. At the end of the
first year after graduation she
must begin to pay 40 interest on
the unpaid balance.
This girl chosen will be selected
Continued on page I'D
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
R. w. Vane, Jr.., Is
Appointed End Lieut..

Ridgely William Vane, Jr., age
%, SlS Weiner Ave, Harrington.
Delaware, received a Direct Ap-
pOintment as a Second Lieutenant.
Corps Of Military Police Reserve
and ordered to active duty, as an
nOunced by 1st Sgt. Paul Peacher.
MOO in charge of the Dover Re-
cruiting Station.
1t. Vane served with the Marine
Air Force during World War II in
the Pacific theatre, having entered
the Marine Corps in March 1943.
He received the Unit Presidential
(continued on page %