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Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
St. Patrick's S
DanceWilIBe
Held Tonight
Blue Hen Post, V. F. W.,
Are Sponsoring Gala
Affair, Which Will Be
Held At Local ArmOry.

Milford area dance enthusiasts.
Irish" and "NOn-Irish" alike, will
observe the anniversary of Ire-
lands patron saint, ST., Patrick, in
fitting manner here next Friday
evening with the staging of what
is expected to develop into an an
nual affair-a st. Patrick's Day
Dance-at the Milford Armory. Of
course, "St. Pats Day. falls on
March II, which this year happens
to be a Thursday, but, in defer
ence to the expressed wishes of
many who would like to participate
in st. Patrick's Dance, the local
observance of the day will be post
poned until Friday.
+ In order that the attraction
might measure up to the occasion
I the dance committee of Blue Her
Post. sponsors Of Friday rights
gala affair. have secured the ser
vices of one of this areas favorit
band-leaders, Floyd Mills, a rea
son of the "ould sod" Mills,
great pre-war favorite of Delmarv
music lovers and dance enthusi
asts, will be returning to the seen
of his greatest triumphs in comini
to Delmarva; in the late 193O's an
early 1940's the Mills Orchestra wa
rated ":tops" with Delmarvians an,
, the band played at innumerabl
proms and formals throughout tn
area.
Since the war the Mills Orches
ira has been playing lengthy en-
gagements at some of the East
biggest hotels and bathrooms, an
has also made frequent appear
{ ances on eastern college campuset
The collegians ego" strongly fo
s Floyd Mills music, for it feature
every type of dance music-tar
gos, congOs, sweet and swing.
Continued on page 15)
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Kent Dry Goods
Store Opens Today
New Emporium win Feature Dress
Goods And Findings

A. b. Decktor, long time success
full operator of the Kent Shoe
Store on North Walnut Street, OF
this city, will today launch a new
venture to be known as the Kent
Dry Goods Store. The new business
is located next door to Mr.. Deck
tors large, modern shoe store, in
the building formerly occupied by
j. B. Poore and Sons, furniture
store.
The new business will be man
aged by Mrs. Helen Sapp, who is
we'll and favorably known in Mil
ford through her long association
with the Thomas Davis Depart
ment Store. She will be ably assist
I ed by competent sales staff.
Mr. Decktor, who is a member
Of the Milford Chamber of Com
nierce and before coming to Mil
ford a number of years ago. op-
Grated store in Harrington, stat
ed today that he for a long time
had contemplated the establish.
ment of edry goods store in Mil
ford, but was unable until this
year to get site which he thought
was suitable.
He has completely modernizeC
the interior of the store and has OF
display a stock of dry goods ant
dressmaking findings that would
do credit to any of the dry goods
departments in the large cit
stores.
His many friends wish MI
! Decktor success in his new under
taking.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
u. Of D. Band To
Visit Downstate
Symphonic Group viii Present
Concert At Milford Next Thursday


The University of Delaware's
symphonic band will make its an
nual tour of schools in lower Del
aware on Thursday, March "a,
presenting concerts at Milford,
Georgetown and Dover high
schools.
The first two concerts will be
presented at 10:30 a. m. and 2:S0
D. m. for the student assemblies at
Milford and Georgetown high
schools, respectively, but the Do
yer concert, at 8 p. m, will be open
to the public at the Dover Field
House
The tour of the 4O-piece band
was arranged by Floyd T. Hart
state director 'of music education
and ]. Robert King, director of the
band.
The program at each school viii
include several selections which
the band at the school includes in
it's own repertoire.
Soloists will include Lancy Boyct
of Wilmington, trumpet; Louis De
Frisco, Wilmington, clarinet; JohF
Claugh, Dover, baritone horn; JohI
Schmidhauser, Seaford, FrencI
horn; and Gordon st. Mary, Wyo
ming. trombone. Several othe
members of the band also are for
mer students of the schools whicl
will be visited. Personnel of tn
band includes:
Robert Veazey, James Short
Joseph Brown, Roy Nichols, Joa
Ware, Evangeline Everett, Rober
Stewart, Vito Pavio, James Thomp
continued on page A.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Lions See Pictures
Of Big Convention
Dave Clements, Hayes DickerSOn.
In Charge OF Program

Last Thursdays meeting of the
Milford Lions was highlighted by
the showing of motion pictures OF
the Lions International Conven-
tion, held in Madison Square Gar
den, New York, last year. These in
teresting films showed in lifelike
color all of the encampment acti-
vities, including the spectacular
and colorful parade down Fifth
Avenue. Showing of the films was
made possible by the efforts OF
Dave Clements and Hayes Dicker-
son, Lions Club members in charge
of Thursday evenings program.
In the business session which
preceded the showing of the films,
Dave Clements reported upon the
attainments of his Sight Conser-
vation committee and advised that
the week of March 21st was being
designated as sight Conservation
Week." Lion Clements further ad-
vised that his committee was ar
ranging an elaborate program OF
activities for this particular week,
as part of the clubs efforts to raise
additional funds for the carrying
out of the Milford area sight con-
servation program.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Discuss Tomato
Yields In Kent
Methods OF Increasing Crop Is
Thoroughly Discussed

Methods of increasing tomato
yields were discussed at a meeting
at the Hotel Richardson on Thurs
day, March 10th. This meeting was
sponsored by the Tri-State Pack
ers Association in cooperation
with the Delaware Agricultural
Extension Service. Representa-
tives of Delaware Canning COM
panies, Commercial Companies
tomato growers and the Agricul-
tural Extension specialists dis
cussed methods of increasing to-
mato yields in the State.
1t was pointed out that the av-
erage yield of tomatoes in Della
ware is about tons per acre. This
average yields is so low that far
mers do not make profit most
years.
Each speaker mentioned certain
! practices that should be used tt
| increase yields. These practices in
cluded: good soil management
proper fertilization, use of starter
solution, grading plants, sidedress
ing, close spacing, control of dis
! eases and insects, regular ant
prompt picking.
(continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Modern Hospital
Flexible Business
Cooperation Of Public
Necessary For Successful
Operation

A modern hospital is of necessi-
ty a flexible business capable of
expanding facilities to take care
of all sorts of emergencies. Some
days the Milford Memorial will dis
charge 20 patients within six or
seven hours and before the day is
ended 20 new patients have been
admitted.
Every new patient must of course
go through the routine of examin-
alton, charting, and where they are
conscious made feel at home; if
unconscious, made as comfortable
as possible. TheiF medical care
must be prescribed and charted
Their food schedule sent to the
diet kitchen for the dietitians at
tention. If they are surgical pa
tients for operative service, lab
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Growers Warned Of
Scab Spores Here

Delaware apple growers are
warned that apple scab spores have
matured in many orchards. Ac-
cOrding to John w. Heuberger, ex-
tension plant pathologist at the
University of Delaware, microsco-
pic examination of over-wintered
apple leaves collected at Bridge
Vile has showed the presence of
spores causing apple scab disease.
These spores, already matured, will
be discharged during rains for a
period of several weeks.
AS these spores are the ones that
cause primary scab infection on
leaves, Heuberger cautions grow
ers that the delayed dorman spray
application may be a critical one
for control, particularly if the
weather is wet during this per
iod
Continued ON page a
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18

leaders of the penfnsula's other
cage loops.
Three Mar-Del League teams
outscored the Vets from the floor,
but a record-breaking BAG foul con-
versions, added to SIS field goals,
put the Milford club we'll out in
front in team scoring with the rec
ord-breaking 1882 total for an ov-
erall average of approximately so
points per game.
Pacing the Milford attack and
breaking all previous individual
scoring records fell to the lot of
Leo Marshall, Vets sharp-shooting
forward, who scored 215 field goals
and 1876 foul conversions for a SIS
point total that tops all penin-
sular players. MarshalPs 615 total
in 81 games gave him a 1913 points
(eontlnped on page l0l
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Bryan And Rollins
Acquire New Site

John w. Rollins, the 35-year-old
President and owner of Bryan and
Rollins, the Lewes, Del, Ford
Dealer, recently made another
large step in becoming the worlds
largest dealer. He purchased one
of the finest Ford agencys and
wholesale parts business in the
State of Virginia at Newport News.
It's a 3-story building, a block
long in the center of the city, with
an elaborate used car lot across
the street. This makes his 7th To-
cation in 4 States, and he is al
(continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Blue Hen Post To
Elect Next Tuesday
w. C. t. U. INSTITUTE
WILL BE HELD AT
HARRINGTON, MAR. %

The Kent and Sussex Joint
Institute of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union
will be held in the Trinity
Methodist Church, Harring-i.
ton, on Wednesday, March
%, 1949, at 10 a. m. Since
luncheon will be served, all
reservations for lunch must
be in to Mrs. Albert Thistle
wood, Harrington, not later
than March 21. An invitation
is extended to all who are in
terested to come and spend
the day at this Institute and
enjoy the many inspiring
talks that will be given.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Kent Education
Group Net Here
Commercial Exhibit Held
At High School Last
Week

The Kent County Education AS
ISOLATION held commercial exhib-
1t in the Milford High School,
March 10, for the purpose of dis
playing the latest textbooks, work.
books, art supplies, visual-aid
equipment and other school mate
rials.
All schools in Kent County clos
ed in the afternoon to permit the
teachers, principals and superin-
sendents to attend. Several schools
In Sussex County attended, also.
gcontlnned on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Important Session Will
Be Held At Hotel
Windsor; All Top
Posts viii Be Filled
At Session.

Blue Hen Post No. 6483, Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars, this areas
largest veterans organization, will
elect officers for the 1948-49 term
at the next regular meeting of the
post, scheduled to be held this
coming Tuesday evening at the
Hotel Windsor, here. At Tuesdays
meeting the posts of commonder,
senior vice-commander, junior
vice-commander, qHartermaster,
advocate, surgeon, chaplain and
three-year trustee will be filed,
with the new officers being INSTALL
ed sometime during April.
Nominations for post elective of
ices were made at the March 9Th
meeting of the post membership
with the result that the following
names were placed in nomination:
for commander, Charles S. Sigler,
Jr.; for senior vice-commander,
Louis ]. Pack, and j. William
Wells; for junior vice-commander,
/ Jane M. Tatman; for advocate,
Clemen Miltiades; for surgeon,
Richard Farley; for chaplain, Rev.
Andrew ]. White, and for trustee,
William A. Lynch. Additional
nominations will be made Tuesday
evening, prior to the election.
Present elective and appOintive
post officers, whose terms of or
ice will expire with the installa-
ton of new officers in April, are
James r. West, commander; Louis
A. Pack, senior vice-commanderi
William A. Lynch, junior vice
commander; David S. Hugg, adju-
I tant and public relations officer
J. William Wells, quartermasteri
Charles S. Sigler, Jr., advocat,
and service officer; Martin A
Hastings, chaplain; o. A. James
surgeon; Ralph E. Scott, officer 0
the day; Harold ]. Donovan, pa
tfbotic instructor; Clemen -Milti
J ades, historian; James r. Deputy
] legislative officer: John HI. Halleti
: Jr.. trustee; G. Watson Hall, Jr
guard; Carleton Fisher and Jane
/ M. Tatman, color bearers; Charlie
/, E. Mulholland, employment officer
b Emerson Mereaith, athletic officer
s and Bradford Kitchens, SFs gf8l
= registrar. The terms 8f two of Il
e trustees carry over, Russell Eval
Il having two more years to serv
a while David Hugg has one mo-
a year remaining.
Continued on page Sd
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
50 Pet. Fund
Cut By State
Units Is Now
Being Studied
That Amount OF Capital
improvements Sought
Should Be Postponed
To 81, Council Of
State Agencies Decides

AT least 30 per cent of the capi-
tai improvements proposed for
certain state agencies in bills cur
rently before the General Assem-
bly, should be postponed until the
1851 session, members of the Coun-
Gil of Presidents and Executives of
State Agencies said Sunday.
Meeting at the Welfare Home at
Smyrna, the council reviewed the
bills in the legislature to provide
$17, 1863 500 for capital improve
ments in the public school system,
the state hospital, Delaware Col
ony for the Feeble-Minded, and
other institutions.
They decided that agencies other
than the public school system, the
University of Delaware, and the
State Highway Department could
cut their requests for immediate
capital improvements by 30 pei
cent in most cases, while some
agreed they could postpone so pei
cent of the planned Improvement
until the next session.
Must Match Federal Funds
The highway department, it wa
explained at the meeting, mus
match available federal funds t
get the benefit of the federal ap
preparations. Highway appropria
tion bills are not included in tn
SIT ,969, 500 total.
That figure does include, how
ever. S11,0OO,O 900 for the publ
schools and $1,250, 900 for the agri
culture department at the Univel
sity of Delaware. The council mem
bers did not regard these as I'M
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Class In Jewelry
Making Is Started
Group At Dublin Hill, Near Bridge.
Vile, Doing Good Work


Miss Adeline Hoffman, clothing
specialist, Extension Service, Uni
versity of Delaware, : is conducting
a class in etched jewelry at the
Dublin Hill Community House,
near Bridgeville. The first meeting
was held on Friday, March II, at
10 a. m.
Miss Hoffman discussed the types
of metals used for jewelry and she
showed a number of bracelets
which had been made. The mem
bers made the designs for brace.
let's during the meeting Friday
Transferring of the designs and the
etching process will be done at the
next meeting.
Members of the class include thu
following:
! Mrs. Earl White, Mrs. Brook!
| Wheatley, Mrs. Elmer Nelson, Mrs
Dan Galloway, Mrs. Elwood Reed
Mrs. Norman Scott. Mrs. John Mel
\ son. Mrs. Samuel Warrington, Mrs
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Drivers May Renew
May Expirations Now

Renewal of operators and chauf-
feurs' licenses which expire May
81 may be made at any time in Of
fices Of the Delaware Motor Vehicle
Commission, 1t was announced this
week by Frank L. Reed, commits
sioner.
Licenses may be renewed by
mailing stubs to the motor vehicle
division offices with check or mo-
ney order for 81 attached Mr.. Reed
emphasized the Importance Of not
ing on such stubs any change Of
address
lconsingsd on page 3
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18

All residents of the Milford area
are invited to attend, it was an
nounced today by Harry F. Bress-
Ter. Milford City Manager. Mean
while, Mr.. Bressler is going ahead
with direction of preliminary ar
rangements for the project, aim of
which will be to provide Blue Cross
coverage for hospital and surgical
bills.
Mr.. Bressler has pointed out that
many local residents have in the
past been without Blue Cross pro-
lection because they are not en-
ployed in places where total per-
sonnel number at least five. Blue
Cross does not permit employee
groups where less than that num-
ber are working.
others, Mr.. Bressler said, are
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
4-H Club Results OF
Past Year TabulatecI

Delaware All Clubs are a going
concern, in the amount of material
goods they have produced this
past year, reveals Miss Jean Lee,
state All specialist, in an annual
report of 4-H Club work.
Sixty-nine clubs throughout the
state with a total of 1,40O mem
bers chalked up the following sta
tistics in 1913: 81 acres of gar
dens; 90 acres of corn; 80 dairy
animals; 201 pigs; 9,50S chickens;
247 rabbits, S4 colonies of bees;
1,042 acres involved in soil conser-
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Hudson Bakery, Inc,
Features New Bread
Georgetown Corporation Is IntrO-
ducing 4Corn Top Breads To Public

Elsewhere in this issue of the
Milford Chronicle is announced
the introduction of CORN TOP
BREAD. This is being brought to
the market by Hudson's Bakery
Inc, of Georgetown. Delaware.
For some time there has been a
consistent demand for bread that
is truly different. CORN TOP, per-
fected in response. meets this need
with bread that is deliciously diff
ferent. It reminds those who have
tasted it of old time kitchen bak-
ing.
This new product follows nu-
merous changes which have been
completed at Hudson's. Included is
the addition of several machines
Of the most modern design. The
changes permit closely supervised
scheduling of all steps necessary
in baking.
AS with all products of Hudson;
Bakery. the new bread will be bak
cd right in Georgetown. Modern
delivery and daily distribution in
sure users Of oven-to-table fresh
ness.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Essay Winners To Be
Honored By Grange
Senator John j. williams Will Be
Guest Speaker Tomorrow Night


The members of Milford Grange,
under the direction of John NJ.
Longbotham, master, and Mrs.
Charles Lacey. lecturer, have ar
ranged ar elaborate program hon
0ring the winners of an essay con
test sponsored by the Grange. The
participants iii the contest We're
members of the junior class of the
Milford High, School and prizes will
be awarded to the boy and the girl
who wrote the best essays. The
program in full follows:
Invocation, Rev. David W. Ba-
ker, pastor Calvary Methodist
Church. Milford; address, of wei
come, Hon. John M. LOngbotham
Master of Milford Grange; master
of ceremonies, William Michel; Sc.
lection, Milford High School Band
under direction of John Frick, di
rector of music, Milford schools
solo on musical saw, John Frick
(continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Umpire Staff For
Sho' League Named
Appointments Recently Made BY
Prexy Fred Lucas

Fred Lucas, president of the. Eas-
tern Shore League, has announced
that the umpire staff for the
leagues 1949 season has now been
completed. OF the six appointees,
three have had previous expert
ence in organized baseball, and
two of this trio having previously
seen limited service in the Shore
circuit. OF the three newcomers
to umpiring ranks, two are grad
yates of recognized Umpire
Schools.
Howard (Rudy) Shomo and Mi
chael Gagiardi have both seen pre-
vious service as Shore League ar
biters. Shomo, 25-year-old native
of Merchantville, N. j., worked a
few Eastern Shore League games
Ccontinued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Milford Vets We're Outstanding
Offensive Team On The Peninsula

fourth position in the hnal
Milford nevertheless the
according unofncal
games actually played the Vets COM
of which not only nigh
total made by scoring
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
STATE Al Link Meeting Wds
Held At Georgetown Frida,

state Ali Link meeting held the
Friday night March H. at SO for the of initiating Is
members into the
had
been observing National All
The objects OF the Order OF Link achievement
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
State Troopers Probe
Three Sussex Deaths

Two Die From GunshOt Wounds;
Man Found Dead Near Glendale
State police at Georgetown in
vestigated three deaths within Is
hours on Wednesday. two of the
fatalities being caused by gun
shot wounds while the other was
attributed to natural causes.
John Showell, 48. of Lewes, died
Wednesday night in the Beebe Hos
(contnuea ON page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-18
Local c. Of c. Sponsoring Mass
Meeting On Blue Gross Mar. n

response growing demand in the Milford Blue
the Chamber of Commerce has called
m. d. Auditorium.
speakers both
chamber outline
bage the procedure in setting community plan
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-03-03
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

In The Matter OF The Adoption
of Robert Eugene Bielewich, Infant,
and Change of Name to Robert Eu-
gene Ridenour, No 1908 Equity, In
the Circuit Court for Washington
County, Maryland
TO: Stanley Raymond BieleWich,
father of Robert Eugene Bielewich,
and whose last known address is 918
East 41st Street, in Gary, Indiana.
The object of this suit is the adop-
ton of Robert Eugene Bielewich,
by the Petitioners, Lynford Cecil
Ridenour and Helen Louise Ride
nour, his wife.
The Bill of Complaint states that
the Petitioners are husband and wife,
having been married Nov. II, l947,
and having resided in Washington
County, Md, all their lives; that the
petitioner Lynford Cecil Ridenour is
employed and is able to properly
support the infant child; that the
petitioners have no children of their
own; that there was born to Georg-
eta Irene BieleWich and Stanley
Raymond BieleWich at the Washing
ton County Hospital in Hagerstown,
Maryland, on the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1945, a male child who sub
sequently was named Robert Eu-
gene Bielewich, and that said faith
err, Stanley Raymond BieleWich, and
said mother, Georgetta Irene Belle
witch, separated in November, l947,
and that the address of the father,
last known to your Petitioners, is
918 East 41st Street, in Gary, In
diana; that the Petitioners desire to
adopt the said child so that he may
have the same rights as if born to
them in lawful Wedlock and that
the natural parents, Stanley Ray
mond Bielewich and Georgetta Irene
BieleWich be freed from all legal
obligations toward said child; that
the child has been in the home of
your Petitioners since November,
1947; that the Petitioners desire the
Court, provided a decree is passed,
to also decree that the name of the
child be changed to Robert Eugene
Ridenour
The Bill then prays for a decree
of adoption, declaring the said in
FAINT child to be the adopted child
of the Petitioners and that the name
of said child be changed from Rob-
ert Eugene BieleWich to Robert Eu-
gene Ridenour, and for other and
further relief.
1t is thereupon this 23nd day of
February, 1949, ORDERED by the
Circuit Court for Washington Coun-
ty, sitting as Court of Equity, that
the Complainant by causing a copy
of this Order to be inserted in some
newspaper published in Washington
County, Maryland, once in each of
four successive weeks, before the
31st day of March, 1949, giving no.
tice to the said nonresident father
of the object and substance of this
Bill of Complaint, and warning him
to be and appear in this Court, in
person or by Solicitor, on or before
the 18th day of April, 1949, to show
cause, if any he has, why decree
ought not be passed as prayed
J. GUY WEAGLEY,
True Copy Test:
]. Guy Weagley, Clerk
Clerk
3-3-4t
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-03-03
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of George NJ. Socks, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, That the
subscriber has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Washington
County, Letters Testamentary on the
estate of
GEORGE M. SOCKS
late of said county, deceased. All
persons having claims against said
deceased are hereby warned to ex-
hibit same with the vouchers there
of, legally authenticated, to the sub
scriber on or before the LIST day
of October, next; they may other
wise, by law, be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this LIST day
of March A. D., 1949.
WILLIAM C. SOCKS,
3-3-3t Administrator