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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18

John Leach, vice president OF
Beacon College, will be the guest
speaker at the Kent County Annual
Achievement Banquet to be held IN
Milford Grange Hall on Friday eve
ming, November Is, at $3.50 o'clock.
George M. WOrrilOw, director OF
extension, will extend greetings to
the group. Recognition will be Civ
en- to all local volunteer leaders Of
Kent County who organize and
carry out the club program in
their communities: Three fve-year
leader service awards will be CIV
en-. All county awards will be given
to All club members by the coun-
ty club agent, Miss A. Margaret
Webb. One of the outstanding
awards to be made will be the pre-
sentatiOn of the silver cup award
to the most outstanding club in
Kent County in 1949. The silver
cup award is sponsored by the Kent
County Links. Charles BOstick
president of the Kent County Or
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Sen. Frear Differs
With Pres. Truman
Doubts Election Results Will
Change Civil Rights Line-l'ps
BY Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers di-
vided last Friday over President
Truman's assertion that the Demo-
Gratis success in last Tuesdays s
elections will smooth the way in
Congress for the party's program.
Senator Byrd of Virginia, a DEM
ocrat who has opposed much of the
Truman legislation. said the cleo
tions didn't change his mind on a
single issue.
Il am going to continue to vote
my convictions" Byrd said, adding
that he still is unalterably oppOs-
ed, for example, to Mr.. Truman''
controversial civil right program.
Another Democrat, Senator
Allen Frear of Delaware, reacted
similarly with that respect. H,
said:
Il don't think the outcome of an,
of the elections Tuesday will max
any difference in the line-ups 70
and against civil rights"
Mr.. Truman's prediction wa
challenged sharply by Republica
Senator Bricker of Ohio Bricke
said the outcome at the polls won
have much effect one way or tn
other on the future of the Presi
dents Fair Deal"
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Leach To Speak 1t
Tonight
Vice President Of Beacon College Will Ad-
dress Annual Achievement Banquet In Mil
ford Grange Hail. Awards Will Be Made.

der of Links, will make the presep-
tation and will serve as master of
ceremonies.
Invocation will be given by Rev.
David Baker, pastor of the Calvary
Methodist Church, Milford. Colored
slides of Delaware's First All Camp
will be shown by Sam Gwinn, Sus-
sex County Al club agent Leading
the group singing will be Miss Jean
Lee, All club specialist with Jerry
Nichols, All club member of Will
low Grove Club, as pianist.
The banquet is sponsored by the
Kent County Order of Links. The
candlelight service will be done by
Joseph ParVis. Committees for the
banquet are: Programs, Mrs. Pau
line Hufnal, Mrs. Louise Pearson
Francis Downs and Sam Armour
general arrangements, Sam Arm
our and Miss Hazel Sapp.
Square dancing will be led BY
Maurice Fields, New Castle County
All Club Agent.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Capt. Pratt
Spoke To New
Century Club
Milford Sea Officer Told
Milford Club Ladies Of
The Great Problem Of
Communism.

Captain John L. Pratt, u. S. N. of
Washington, addressed the mem
bers of the Milford New Century
Club on Monday. 1t was an open
day and many guests were present.
Declaring communism to be the
greatest problem facing the world
and the greatest menace to peace,
Captain Pratt gave his own views
on the subject. A map of Eurasia
had been placed on the wall previ-
Gus to the meeting, which had been
marked with red line and enclOs-
ed those countries dominated by
communism Beginning with Nor
way, Captain Pratt took each coun-
try, one by one, and explained the
situation there, giving much of the
economic and political background
of each as he circled the enclosure.
He touched on the work of the
/ United Nations and the North At
lantic Pact and expressed his views
of their Importance. 1t was a fine
lesson in present day geography
/ and gave sharp glimpes of rela'
tions between this country and the
cOmmunistically dominated areas
Mrs. Robert sBaynum, the chairman
for the meeting. presented Captain
! Pratt to old and new friends VIII!
were present to hear him and tt
again greet him.
A business session preceded tn,
talk during which time Mrs Will
liam Faix was elected to member
ship. Mrs. Robert Coulter and Mrs
Alex Sadowski arranged the flower
for the meeting.
! On Monday Mrs. F. Burgett
/ Short will be chairman of
Thanksgiving program and will
have Reverend Roy Lawson Tawe
as her speaker. Mrs. Clyde NelsO
, will be the soloist. This will be an
other interesting meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Mclaughlin
Elected State
IOOF Head
Wilmington Man Named
To Succeed Berman P.
Melvin; Other Officers
Elected And Named.

J. Stewart Mclaughlin of Wilm-
iDgton was elected grand master of
the Grand Lodge of Delaware, In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, at
the 115th annual communication of
the grand lodge held in the Odd
Fellows Temple in. Milford, We'd
Eesday.
Other officers of the state order
elected were: Edward J.. Cooper,
Camden, deputy grand master;
! Norman G. WeybOld. Wilmington,
grand warden; Francis NJ. ClOugh,
Wilmington, grand secretary; Sam
! uel McAllister, Wilmington, grand
treasurer; Harry c. Johnson, Smy-
ina, grand representative.
Appointed officers follow: Will
liam Dever, Delaware Lodge, Wilm-
ington, grand marshal: Thomas H
Talley, Eden Lodge. Wilmington
grand conductor; Ellis H. Bacon
Fairfax Lodge, Wilmington, grand
chaplin; MillaTd L. Kemp, Asylum
Lodge, Wilmington. grand herald;
Carlton Money, Fairfax Lodge
!. grand instructor, and John G
Wainwright, Fairfax Lodge, granC
pianist.
Mr.. Mclaughlin succeeds Ber
man p Melvin of RehOboth Beach
Greetings were extended by Vino
4 G.. Bennett vice mayor of Milford
/ Principal speakers at session
were Robert G. GrOat of New Jer
! sey, grand treasurer of the Sover
eign Grand lodge and Frank Shan
non grand secretary of Penna.
T The afternoon session opened fol
lowing a luncheon in the lodge hal
given by the Margaret c. Pyle Re
2 bekah Lodge No. Z of Milford.
? 10 Grand Masters Present
: Fifteen past grand masters al
i present to witness the installatiO
e Of officers, which will feature thi
. session.
Arrangements for the com
r municatiOn were made by a loc;
4 committee made up of ClarenC
: Jester, chairman; Paris c. Kirt
and George P. Rodney.
MIR. Mclaughlin has been a men
ber of the Odd Fellows for 81 year
He is a member and past mob
:. grand of Delaware Lodge No. 1
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Christmas Dance
Sponsored By Lions
Formal Bid Affair Will Feature
Madden's Orchestra

The Milford Lions Club will
again sponsor the traditional
Milford Christmas dance to be Civ
en- on Monday, December 26. This
year George Madden and his we'll
known band from Wilmington will
furnish the music Madden and his
band has long been a favOrite with
Milford dance goers.
AS has been the practice in the
past, this years dance will be a
formal bid dance. Two bids will he
given with each ticket purchased.
The dance this year promises to be
another one of Milford's highly
successful Christmas dances.
The proceeds of the dance will
be used by the Lions Club Boys and
Girls Committee to aid the chill
dren's activities in Milford.
"A committee to make arrange
hIents for the Christmas Foima
has been appointed by Bob Bay
mum, and this committee was t
make its first report at this Thurs
day evenings dinner-meeting of tht
club membership.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Milton Youth Dies
In Train Mishap
Companion Hurt when Car Rams
Train Near Milton

A 19-year-old Milton High School
youth was killed and his compan-
ion injured Wednesday afternoon
when the car in which they were
riding crashed into caboose of a
Pennsylvania Railroad freight
train on the -Ellendale
branch of the company near Milton.
The youth killed is William Car
penter, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Carpenter of Milton. He was a
senior at the school. The injured
youth, Elwood Long. II. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Alton Long also of Milton,
suffered head and leg injuries and
possible internal injuries. His con-
dition at the Milford Memorial Hos
pital is reported as fairly good" ="
The youths death brings the high
way fatality toll in Delaware this
year to rs compared with 73 for the
/ corresponding period last year.
In another accident south of
Odessa, II men were injured, three
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18

according to J. Robert King, bano
director at the University of Della
ware, who is in charge of the pro-
gram.
Arrangements have been made to
have the gates open early, to per-
nit spectators to enter the park
prior to the starting time OF Il: 40
for the band performances. Eacn
band will have a five-minute drill
on the field, and the band portion
of the program will continue until
1870 o'clock.
Mr.. King said that the bands par
ticipating, in order, will be:
Harrington High School, John M
| Clayton of Frankford, Georgetown
Alexis l. dupont of Wilmington
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
5 DELAWARE People
Are Killed In State
Highway Mishaps
Death Toll Mounts To Is
For The Year; Milford
Woman, Lincoln Man,
Are Among Traffic Vic
tins.

Delaware's highway death toll
was increased to IS last Saturday
evening with the death Of a Mill
ford woman who was struck by a
car on Route IA, near Milford.
Mrs. Wilhelmina C. Wheaton, 33,
of 615 North Walnut street, was
pronounced dead upon arrival at
the Milford Memorial Hospital. She
suffered compound fractures of
both legs, internal injuries and lac
eratiOns of the face.
According to state police at Do
yer, the car which struck Mrs.
Wheaton was operated by Mrs.
Vermadel d. Kirby, also of Mil
ford. When the accident happened,
the victim was walking south along
the right side Of the highway. The
death was the fourth traffic fatal
ity in the state in the space of
three days.
Funeral services we're held at the
Berry Funeral Home in Milford at
one o'clock Wednesday afternoon
with the Rev. David Baker Ofici-
ating. Interment was made in Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
The fifth state resident to die
from vehicular accident was Ed
gar Lee Chapel, killed near Elk
ton, Md.
Two pedestrians and a motorist
were killed and a passenger of an
automobile injured critically in ac-
! cidents in Delaware and nearby
Maryland last Thursday night and
early Friday morning.
/ Killed in accidents were Charles
H. oliver, 40, Dover.
Andrew Campbell, 20, of Lincoln
Edgar Lee Capel, IS, Glasgow
killed on the Chesapeake City RoaC
!. near Elkton, Md.
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Set Sewerage Tax
Rates In Milford
Minimum Rate Will Be $500 Per
Year; Estimate $4,000 Revenue

Recognizing the need for more
money to be spent on expansion OF
the sewage system, and the need
for several additional storm sewers
to be built in Milford, Council re-
quested authority from the last
Legislature to establish a sewerage
tax in Milford, to provide money
specifically and solely for use on
expansion of the system, as we'll as
maintenance of the sewer lines and
disposal plant. This authority was
granted by House Bill 314, with an
amendment by the Senate, on June
8, 1949.
The sewerage tax is to be based
on water consumption, on the basis
that users of the sewerage system
should pay the tax in proportion
to the use they make of the system.
General Ordinance No. So was
adopted by Council Nov. IA, 1919
I to establish the rates for the sew
er tax, which is published in to-
days Chronicle.
The minimum sewerage tax viii
be $500 per year. There are quite
few homes which do not use City
water, and they do use our sewer
age system, and they would pay {
fiat rate of $500 per year.
There is another group of plants
which do not use the City water
which do use the sewerage system
The rate schedule for these wOul'
be based on the gallOnage Delivers
to the sewer system.
1t is estimated that the tota
revenue from the sewer tax will b
about $4,000 a year. This amOun
S would provide money to bull
4 about 1000 feet of sewer lines
! year.
Since in the past all costs fO
sewer lines has been borne out {
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Local v F w
Post r etes
W omen Folk
Blue Hen Auxiliary Hon
Ored By Men At Sur
prise Dinner Party;
Plaque Presented.

Members of the Ladies' Auxiliary
to Blue Hen Post, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, are taking special
pains with their culinary efforts
these days after sampling the cook
ing done by some members of the
post recently. The auxiliary, which
recently observed it third anniver-
sary, was given a surprise dinner
party by the post with all arrange
ments, including cooking, taken
care of by post members.
After the Delaware fried chicken
dinner, complete with the usual
trimmings, was consumed, the aux
iliary agreed, to a lady, that Mil
fOrd's overseas veterans can hold
their own when it comes to cook
ing.
Credit for preparation of the
dinner was given to Glenn Nevins
Hal Brimer and Bill Harvey, the
post members who actually did the
cooking.
Attractive Setting
When auxiliary members begaI
arriving at the post home the!
were greeted by an arrangement o
tables, chairs, and decorations tina
gave the home all the appearance
of a well-appOinted banquet hall
After everyone was seated, Com
mander Charles w. Sigler bid then
welcome on behalf of the post an
congratulated them upon the man
achievements of their Organiza
ton.
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Plans Complete For
Christmas Seal Sale
Will Be Offered To Public On
Monday, November 21

Plans have been completed for
the opening of the forty-third an
nual tuberculosis Christmas Seal
Sale in Delaware on Monday, No
vember 81, according to DR.. Will
liam Marshall, Jr., Milford, presi-
dent of the society. AS usual the
sale will be conducted by mail and
the headquarters of the sale will
be in the society building in Will
mington. Approximately seventy
thousand DelawaTeans will receive
the seal sale appeal this year. Buy
ing Christmas Seals is now an Am
erican tradition. The late Miss
Emily P. Bissell originated anC
/ launched the first seal sale for tu.
bercUlosis funds in Delaware il
1907. Today more than three thou
sand tuberculosis associations af
/ filiated with the National Tubercu
losis Association depend upOl
Christmas Seal funds to finance tn,
tuberculosis work in their com
munities,
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Milford OF G
Makes Plans
For Annual
Xmas F etc
Stores Will Stay Open
All Day Wednesdays
Beginning Nov. %; Ma
tivity Scene Will Be
Greatly Added To.

The Milford Chamber Of Com
merce Board Of Directors in ses-
sion Wednesday evening made
plans for the annual Christmas
fete for Milford. The street lights
and the laurel ropping, 5000 feet
of it, will be strung the week fol-
lowing Thanksgiving and the
lights will be ready to be turned on
here the evening Of Saturday, De-
cember 3rd.
Plans call for Santa to arrive in
Milford Saturday afternoon, De-
cember 10th, and proceed to his
headquarters on the Walnut Street
bridge panel.
Milford merchants will begin to
keep their stores open all day We'd
nesdays, beginning with Wednes-
day next, November 23rd. This poll
cy will continue through the
Christmas season, Milford stores
will begin remaining open in the
evenings, Monday, December IL
and continue through until Christ
mas.
The handsome Nativity scene
that aroused so much favorable
comment last season and which
was prepared by Calvin Ball ant
his assistants, will be greatly add
ed to, and promises to be, whel
completed, a scene of spectacula
beauty.
The kiddie matinee will be hell
Saturday morning, December 18th
and Old Kris will be present wit
bags, bundles and bushels Of toy
for good little boys and girls. TIL
matinee will be held at the ShOr
Theatre and admission will be free
Old Santa will have a small gii
for every little boy and girl tina
visits him in his STORY Book
House on the bridgepanel, but thi
wear he wants every tot to writ
him a note and bring It with him.
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Cancer Examinations
Nov. Is And Dec. 9
Appointments Now Being Made At
/ Georgetown Detection Center

Appointments for cancer detec-
tiOn examinations are available at
the Georgetown detection center on
November 25 and December 8, it
was announced by the Delaware
Division, American Cancer Socie-
ty, which operates the centers.
Examinations are offered free of
charge to women 35 years of age
and over who believe they are in
good health. The examinations are
given in an effort to save lives by
discovering cancer cases early
before any symptoms appear.
In giving more than 1000 exam.
nations, the physicians have so fal
discovered an average of one early
cancer case in each 100 patients
( examined.
The examinations are given a
+ Georgetown in the Suussex COUNTY
Health Center. Appointments MAJ
be made by calling Georgetown
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
.G. CACOSden GiUes
Interesting Lectures
Milford Civil Air Patrol
Group Hear From Asst.
Training Chief

At a meeting of the Civil Air Pa
troll, Milford Squadron, recently,
two interesting lectures we're given
by the assistant training officer,
Gilbert c. Cosden.
Mr.. COsden started his first lee
ture by telling the origin of mod
ern concept of weather and air cir
culatiOn. Some Of the highspots
were as follows: the development
of theory of air circulation through
out the world; general frontal the
Ory of boundary between all
masses, and storms and their char
acteristics.
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Local Choir To Glue
Wilmington Recital
Will Present Sacred Con-
cert At Eastlake Sum
day Evening

The adult choir of the Calvary
Methodist Church, under the direc-
ton of John Frick, have been in
vited by the Eastlake Methodist
Church, Wilmington, to present a
sacred concert on Sunday evening,
November 20.
The choir of 80 voices will leave
the church at p. IN. At 900 o.
clock they will be served dinner by
the members of the choir of the
church they will visit.
The following is the program
which will be presented: praise
Alteration, Be To Our God" J. c
Rinck; "In Thee, o Lord, My Trust
ing Soul RepOses," Boon H. Klein
90 Come, Let Us Worship" Felil
MendelssOhn; M. A. Glasmire, dl
rector; J. c. FTick, tenor.
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Carbon Monoxide Is
Deadly Destroyer

w. w. Harris, vice president for
Public Safety of the Delaware
Safety Council urges all Delaware
motorists to be on the alert for the
approach of cold weather which
generally causes a number of fa-
talities due to carbon monoxide.
This deadly carbon monoxide gas
pours valunes from every motor
exhaust. It is colorless, tasteless.
without odor, and therefore strikes
without warning. Only a few min
utes, under certain conditions, are
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Delaware Colony Is
Filled To Capacity
Waiting List OF 3S Is Reported BY
Supf. H. T. Ennis

The members of the Commission
for Delaware Colony. The State
Training School at StOckley, at a
regular monthly meeting on Mon
day in the Administration Building
were informed by the Superinten-
dent that the Institution is filed to
capacity and that there is a waiting
list. The present enrolment is 504
with q on Home Placement status.
There is a waiting list of S8. Dur
ing the past month. there were four
new admissions, one discharged and
one death. Three of the new admis-
siOns were Court commitments and
one was admitted upon application
of parents.
The Commission decided that the
/ Superintendent should begin the
transfer of epileptic cases and bed
cases to the Bacon Health Center
after advising the parents of the
procedure, the Superintendent O
Bacon Health Center having previ
Ously been advised of the number
! TO be transferred. This action is il
accord with plans announced at th'
time the Legislature approved tn
program for the Health Center.
Work has been started on tn
construction of a hay barn and ma
chine shed at the Colony farm an
plans are being made for the con
structiOn of a central maintenance
shop, a pasteurizing plant and
slaughter house. The Colony raise
it's own pork and beef on the farm
Vacancies exist for a teacher c
OccupatiOnal therapy in the SchoC
Department and a trained nurse
the Infirmary.
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Farm Outlook Good
For Coming Year

Demand for the farm products
OF the United States will probably
continue on a high level through
1850, reports w. T. McAllister. ex-
tension agricultural economist Of
the University of Delaware. who
recently attended the annual Out
look Conference in Washington, D.
c.
Further outlook informant on
compiled by McAllister shows that
maintenance Of the present high
level Of production will result in a
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18

the NlJdh part DAuo OAOSo pays IN
the lives of its citizens. Applica-
tiOns from new members are being
urged by the Lions Club and wO-
mems organizations.
Enrolment headquarters is at
SamuePs Department Store, where
benefits are being explained and
applications being accepted. The
telephone number is 1921.
Co-sponsOrs of the enrolment
campaign are the Auxiliary and
Guild of the EpipscOpal Church (;
the w. S. G. S. Of the Goshen Meth
odist Church; the w. S. c. S. Of the
Grace Methodist Church, and the
Harbeson w. S. G. S.
Heading arrangements is a Lions
Club Committee made up of Sam
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Horticultural Group
VIII Meet NOU. 1880
Plans Are Complete For
63rd Session To Be
Held At Salisbury

The 63rd annual meeting of the
Peninsula Horticultural Society
will take place Nov. 29 and 80, at
Fellowship Hall. North Division
St., Salisbury, Md, announces Rob
ert F. Stevens, secretary of the So
ciety.
Tuesday, Nov. 20, will be vege-
table day, and Wednesday, Nov. 80.
fruit day The program will touch
on all phases of fruit and vegetable
growing, with emphasis on culture;
insect and disease control, ani
marketing.
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Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Presbyterian Men
Organize Group Here
John Parks OF Harrington, Is Elec-
ted First President OF Group

At the largest turnout Of Pres
byterian men in many years a
dinner meeting held in the Church,
the men of the Presbyterian Church
voted to organize themselves as a
chapter of the National Council of
Presbyterian Men. The dinner was
presided over by Mr.. AL Baxter,
who introduced the various speak
ers of the evening. Mr.. AL Humes
presented to the men the plan of
organizing the local chapter, and
read letters of cOmmendatiOn from
Rev. Clarence Barbour, Moderator
of the Presbyterian Church, and
from the secretary of the National
Council, and from the Moderator of
the Presbytery. After the vote to
organize, the men elected Mr.. John
Parks, of Harrington, as President,
and Mr.. A. Baxter as vice-president
of the chapter. Mr.. Joseph LOfland
Jr., was elected treasurer and Mr.
w. o. LankfOrd, III, as secretary
The address of the evening was
given by Mr.. Alexander Glasmire
who gave an inspiring talk on the
-four fields in which an organization
of Christian men could play an i'm
pOrtant role-the fields of Christ
ians culture and nurture; of Christ
ian education; of Christian service
and of fellowship. His talk wa
we'll illustrated with actual expert
ences in mems work, as we'll a
with humorous anecdotes to driv
the points home. He received grea
appause at the close. A spirit of en-
thusiasm for the new OrganiZatio
was evident and it was decided t
. hold another meeting in Decembe
The dinner was served by a grOu
, of women from the Women's ASST
citation Of the PRESBYTERIAN Churcl
Milford chronicle., 1949-11-18
Braun's Stores To
Aid Xmas Needy

Will Collect Clothes For UnfOrtun-
ates In Sussex County
A plan for the collection of
clothing for the needy in Sussex
County was announced yesterday
nv Joel and Richard Braunfield Of
Braun's Stores in Georgetown.
Known as the Braun's Christmas
Clothing Chest, this well-knOwn
Georgetown and Laurel store will
collect and distribute Mems suits,
OvercOats, and Ladies suits to the
needy families in the community.
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