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Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17
Selective Service
Figures For 60 Days

Douglas w. Troll, State Director
of Selective Service, has released
Selective Service statistics for Del
aware of the number of men who
were examined by the joint armed
forces examining stations and how
many were accepted and rejected.
During the months of September
and October, 649 men were sent to
examining stations. In September
329 men were examined. 211 of
these men were accepted and 118
were rejected. OF the 11S rejected,
II we're rejected for physical rea-
sons, 81 for mental reasons, and 2
were rejected for other reasons. In
percentage figures-S9.1% were ac-
cepted for general service while
$500 we're rejected. "Deiaware's
rejection rate" Mr.. Troll said,
was lower than the national rate
for September which was S6.2%." ="
During October, 800 men were
examined. 210 men were accepted
and III were rejected. OF these re-
jectiOns, 81 were for physical rea-
sons, SO for mental reasons, Is for
a combination of physical and men
tai reasons, and 1 for other rea-
sons. Percentagewise 65.796 were
accepted and S4.3% were rejected
"In comparing the months oi
July and August with those of Sep.
tember and October, we find a re,
ductiOn of some 119o in rejec.
tiOns for the latter MONTHS" Mr.
Troll said. For July and August,
he added, "the rejection rate il
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17
Holiday Dinner A
Quick Trick With
Time-Saving Plan

That bountiful holiday feast
won't take any more time than
an ordinary Sunday dinner, if the
homemaker goes at the job scien-
tifcally.
According to the Servel Home
makers Institute, the whole fes-
tive meal, from raw materials to
fragrant finale, can be accomplish
ed in about only five hours in a
two-day period, including roasting
the turkey.
In a pre-holiday bulletin, the
Servel home economists have work
ed out a meal preparation sched-
ule which would not have been
possible several years ago, before
recent improvements in kitchen
equipment, notably the automatic
refrigerator and the modern range
With today's efficient equipment
AMI utensils, It is simple for a
hostess to prepare and serve even
an elaborate meal without having
to get up at dawn.
The Institutes time-saving holi
day dinner program begins the
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17
SLAUGHTER NECK
Herschel Bennett
By Mrs.

Services at the Church NOvem-
Der 18th. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Vinal H. Carey supt., worship SER
vice and sermon at il a. m. by the
Pastor Rev. William H. Revelle, Sr.
All are welcome to these services.
The Young Peoples Friendship
Society is invited to meet at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William ].
Dallas on Slaughter Beach Road,
Friday evening November 18th.
Mrs. Alex Shepard has been suf-
fering from pneumonia in the Mil-
ford Memorial Hospital for week.
It is hoped she will soon be recover
ed.
Miss Pearl Shepard was one Of
the invited guests to Miss Beverly
Thawley's birthday party in Milford
on Saturday afternoon. After an
enjoyable party the young folks
were taken to zee the movie ma
tinee. Beverly and her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Brown P. Thawley ac-
companisd Pearl home after din
ner was served.
Miss Lillian Peters Of Whining
ton visited her mother, Mrs.
George Fisher on Slaughter Beach
Road on Sunday.
Dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Prettyman on Sunday werei
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Willims and
daughter Janet of Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Bennett and
son Wayne. we're dinner gcests Of
DR.. and Mrs. Joseph w. z. Harrl-
son and family in LansdOwne Pa.
on Sunday
Mrs. Herschel Bennett, spent part
of the week with her sister Mrs
Melvin Vincent and MI: Vincent ir
Drexel Hill Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wilkins o
Lincoln City, spent Sunday witt
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Wilkins anC
children in Prime Hook.
Mr. and Mrs. Myers Wright o
fredericksburg, Nd. and Mr.. anC
Mrs. Vernon Hill, spent the week,
end in Baltimore, Md, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. William ]. Dallas
entertained to dinner Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. Norton Leverage and sol
Bill.
Monday evening guests Of MI
and Mrs. Russell Bennett, were MI
and Mrs. Leonard StOkeJ of nea
Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Short, Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Short an
children in Wyoming on Monday.
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17
Light Filipino Plane

MANILA Up - The first plane
built entirely of Philippine mate
rials made its first successful flight
here recently.
Built by the Feati Institute of
Technology, the small sports model
is a mOnoplane powered with 65
horsepower motor. It has a wing
spread of % feet and is IA feet
long.
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17

Delaware was 46.2q6 and for Sep
tember and October the rejection
rate was 35.2%o."
Mr.. Troll also gave the statistics
for the period covering July-Octo-
Der. He said that during the per-
iod 1859 men were examined. 703
of these men or 6O.29o were accept
ed and 466 or $3.50 were rejected.
He went on to say that although
Delaware's rejection rate is below
the national rate, there are still
too many reflections for physical
and mental failures.
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17
Iran To Try Rice

BANGKOK - (P) - The Thai
ministry of Agriculture has dispat-
ched ten varieties Of Thia rice to
Iran, which wants to begin a rice
industry.
The Iranian request was made by
that country's ministry of agricul-
ture. Thailand sent one kilOgram of
seeds with full information on how
to plant an expected yield.
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17
Fire Department
Chivalry

SANTA ANA, Calif.-(P)-The
fair maiden was in distress and
Santa Ana firman hesitated not a
moment in speeding to the rescue.
Less than an hour after receiving
word that Miss Carol Scott vas i'm
risOned they had her free again. A
versatile fireman who had expert
ence as a locksmith dismantled the
lock which had kept two year old
Carol a prisoner in the bathroom.
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17
Bermuda-Canada Link
Urged

HALIFAX-(P)-The possibility
of Bermuda becoming Canada's II
province is being suggested by "s
great many important persons in
Bermuda" says VIM. S. PuTvis
Nova Scotian born president Of q
Bermuda importing firm. MANY
people contend it would be the best
thing that Bermuda could do" hi
said
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17

The altar and the wall behind it
in the chapel of the Alcazar, fam
Gus Spanish palace, are decorated
with clay tile paintings Of Biblical
scenes, which have been in place
more than 400 years.
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17

6. And by all means, enjoy your
guests. You'll have plenty of time
to do so.
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17

Beans were taken to Europe from
America by early explorers.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
All Scholarship
Winner Is Named
W. Glenn Dill, OF Near Milford, Is
Recipient OF Award

William Glenn Dill, of r. 8, Mil
ford is the winner of the 1850 Del
aware ESQ All scholarship. Glenn
is IL, a graduate Of Milford High
School, and has been a member of
the MillwoOd All Club for eight
years. In 1949 he won state honOrs
In the National Al Garden Pro-
gram. The same year. the AIIis-
Chalmers Company provided Glenn
with an all-expense trip to the Ma
tional All Club Congress in Chica-
go, in recognition of his All
achievements.
Glenn has also been active on his
nigh school newspaper, in the Fu-
ture Farmers of America. high
school and Kent County All Choir
us, the National Honor Society
National Junior Vegetable Growers
ana the Civil Air Patrol Cadets. He
has served as a state president of
the Junior Vegetable Growers AS
sOciation.
The All scholarship is spOnsor-
90 by the ESQ Standard OH Conn
2any In cooperation with the an
CLUBS and the State Extension SER
rice. Similar scholarships are Civ
an in sixteen other eastern sand
southeastern states.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
Davis
.DefeatedBv
III. H.H.HansOn
Woman Senator Bows To
Newcomer, AIS To 382;
Roe Defeats Garrison,
ISL To 40.

Capt. H. H. Hanson won the Re-
publican nomination for reDresen-
tative in the General Assembly
from the Fifth Representative Dis
trict in Kent County last Saturday
defeating State Senator Vera q
Davis by an unofficial count of AK
to 3S2. -
In the same primary election.
John M. Roe, East Dover farmer.
defeated Roland E. Garrison. also a
farmer residing at COwgill's Corner
for the Republican nomination for
Levy Court Commissioner for the
First Levy Court District. Roe poll
ed 157 votes to 410 for Garrison.
In Sussex County, the onlv con-
test scheduled for Saturday last
would have pitted Samuel Bunting
and Asher B. Carey, both OF SeIbv-
vile against Irving Hudson. Jr of
the Selbyville Gumboro Road. for
representative from Sussex Coun-
tvs Seventh District. However
both Bunting and Cary withdrew
rrOm the contest in a Harmony"
gesture. both swinging their sun
port to Hudson.
The unofficial yoR,,vD~, ,,,o,
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
To Build Soy Bean
Mill In Sussex Co.
TOWnSends Corporation To ExDaDd
Present County Holdings

In order to expand it's already
large chicken hatchery and nouI.
try marketing business. the Town
SENDS Corporation is planning tn
erect a large soy bean grinding
mill at an approximate cost Of
? ?f9O'OO0, that will be a significant
industrial venture in the SUSSEX
County agricultural field.
The proposed mill will be AN adj
Junct TO Townsends poultry plant
ana ieed-grinding and mixing mill
az MlilsDoro, one of the largest
such mills in the nation. The soy
Deah mil will have a capacity of
grinding 80 tons Of soy bean meal
daily for mixing with other poul-
try feed ingredients, in addition to
extracting large quantities of soy
bean oil which is commercially
useful and readily marketable.
Family Concern
The Townsends Corporation is
a family concern, composed of for
mer Senator John G. Townsend.
Jr., and his sons, Julian, John G.
II, and Preston, all of whom are
active i'll their chicken, orchard
and general farming business.
Continued on page q
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
Old Timers Will PIav
All Stars Sept. 5th
Game win Close 1850 Baseball
Season In Milford

Inc curtain will be dropped on
the 1850 baseball season here next
tuesday evening, with the playing
OF a benefit game between the "Old
Timers" and the "All Stars" This
game, which will bring back to
Milford Park most of the areas
diamond starts of yesteryear. is
creating much interest and indica-
tions are that one of the seasons
largest turnouts will be on hand
when play is started at 8 D. m.
tuesday. ALI proceeds from this
annual game will go towards de-
fraying some of the expenses in
CURED through the operation of a
highly successful teen-age baseball
school here during the summer.
According to Bill Sisler, former
minor league manager and direc-
tor of the Milford Teen-Age Base
ball School, practically all of the
outstanding players who have
thrilled Milford area fans during
the past twenty-five years will be
back in harness" Tuesday eve
LiAlls. 4hcluded among this array of
former stars are such former To-
cal favorites as Zip Locates, Gar
rett Grior, Wilmer johnson, Frank
George Slater Howard Kill
en-, Hfinton Holloway, Horace VIII
ley, Emerson Meredith, Doc West
Bob Miller, Chuck Wright. Art
Cunning and Roy Mccullough
Supplimenting this group and per
forming with the "All Stars" will
be some of the more promising
younger players of the area, such
as Bobby Gibson, Buddy Kimmel.
Bob GlascO, Billy Morris and Bob
Porter. Sisler, himself, is expected
to see action with the "All Stars"
array and will likely pitch the
last three innings.
In last years tussle between the
old timers and a younger array,
the stars of yesteryear pushed
their younger opponents to the
limit before yielding by a one-run
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
House Warming Held
At Country Club
100000 Addition Opened At Din
ner Fer Stockholders, Guests

About $50 men and women at
tended the ~hOusewargninq marty a.
the Rehoboth Country Club last
Thursday night marking the for-
NAL opening of the new 500 900
addition to the club. There are
1O1 stockholders and each was
privileged to bring a guest.
The two-story addition is of
frame construction with white
shingled exterior. It is Just east of
and is connected with the old club
house by a hallway. The large ad-
dition has every convenience for
social activities the year round IL,
addition to meeting the REQUIRE
ments Of the growing membership
Welcome Extended Guests
Frank NAPLES, of Milford. club
secretary, was master of ceremo-
MES. Dinner was served in the
new dining room. There were no
formal speeches but John w. Bur-
ris of Milford. club president. ex.
tended a welcome and asked thu
cooperation of the membership in
carrying out the clubs expanded
program. Dancing followed the
program.
Ihe new building is now finish
ed except for some minor details
tcOntinued on page -
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
Lost" Airplane Is
Found By The CAP
Mission Was Conducted On A
Statewide Basis

Last Sunday the Civil Air Patrol
conducted a search and rescue
mission on a statewide basis. The
search covered all of Delaware.
The target, Stimulating a downed
airplane, consisted of large
orange and yellow bnner.
The Milford Squadron was as
signed that area in the state of
Delaware lying between the par
allels running through Dover and
Milford. The section of the state
below Milford was searched by the
RehObOth and Laurel Squadrons.
whereas that portion of the state
north of Dover was scanned by the
Newcastle Squadron.
Taking off from the Milford Air
Park were nine airplanes of the
Milford Squadron, each manned by
a pilot and observer. In addition,
there were seven senior members
and cadets stationed on the ground,
operating radio equipment and
prepared to drive to the scene of
the "crash" If one of the airplanes
Coontinued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
Frear Regrets Taxes
Must Be Increased

Defense Requirements, However,
Make Increase Necessary, He Says
United States Seantor J. Allen
Frear said this week that he re-
gretted the necessity to increase
federal taxes, but pointed out that
defense requirements make such
action essential.
In his weekly statement to the
press and radio, Senator Frear
said he realized how discOurag-
ing high federal taxes are to wage
earners. Taxes is an item close
to everyOne's heart whether he
makes a very moderate or very
large salary" Mr.. Frear cOntin-
ued, "and in these days the tax
burden hits all of us in one way
or another" However, the Della
ware senator warned that defense
expenditures to enlarge our arm
ed forces and keep them in a state
Of readiness are critically neces-
sary.
Senator Frear's remarks center
ed around the current tax legisla-
ton now under consideration by
the full Senate. The bill, Origi-
nally intended to provide for a re-
tcontnued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
Ernest KilIen
Is NamedTO
u. S. Position
Nominated AS Collector
Of Internal Revenue In
Delaware District By
President Truman

The nomination of Ernest E. Xii.
len, S6, of Harrington, for the posi-,
ton Of Collector of U. S. Interna'
Revenue for the District of Della.
ware, was announced recently. Mr.
klllen, a feed dealer, is a membe,
OF the Kent County Democratic
Committee.
Mr.. Killen, whose name was
recommended to the President for
the appointment by U. S. Senator
}. Allen Frear, Jr., is expected To
assume duties of the position early
in the fall.
He will succeed Norman ColIi-
son of Bridgeville. who has baon
collector for the District of Della
ware for the past seven years. The
position pays $4,000 a year. and the
district has rs employees, most of
them in offices occupying most Of
tne third floor of the Wilmington
Post Office building.
Mr.. Killen was born near LJar-
.ngton and lives on a farm near
nat town. He is married to the
ormer Miss Emily Schwartz of
lear Pennington. They have no
hildren.
He attended local schools, Fish
urne Military Academy In Virefn-
a, and Wilmington business col |
eye.
Mr.. Collision was appointed to
he post by the late President
Roosevelt in July, 1943, to succeed
James H. Latchum of Milford. He
is a former member Of the Indus
trial Accident Board and has been
active in Democratic politics in
Sussex County for many years.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
P. R. Calhoun Hurt
In MisIiGp MORday.
Elendale Man Victim Of
Car-TruCk Accident In
Milford

Peter R. Calhoun. of Ellendale.
was injured in an automobile COL
lision Monday at the intersection
of Lake View Avenue and state
highway 113. when the automobile
he was driving collided with a
tractOr-trailer which was loaded
with gasoline.
A passenger in Calhoun's car,
Miss Sara Short, also of Ellendale.
was injured about the face, but
was discharged from the Milford
Memorial Hospital.
Mr.. Calhoun suffered fractures
of the left leg.
According to the Milford police.
Calhoun was driving north on
Route 119 and in attempting to
pass a car, collided with a tractor
trailer going south, driven by Mark
w. Wilson Of AtgIen, Pa.
While endeavoring to avoid Cal
houn's car, Wilson told police. he
pulled for the side of the road. but
that the tractor trailer "iack-
knifed'' and the trailer ran over
CalhOun's. car.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
Local Defense
In Milford
Mayor Edward C. Evans
Will Serve AS Director
Assisted By Able Corps
Of Assistants.

Major D.. Preston Lee, director
OF Civilian Defense for the state
OF Delaware, was in Milford ON
Tuesday of this week to go over
civilian defense plans in this citv.
director Lee found that Milford.
the nrst City to complete its Civil
ian Defense program in World War
IL was again the first CITY readv
with a7complete defense set-up.
Mayor Evans, who directed Nil
ford's Civilian Defense set-un !,
World War II, will again direct
this phase of the current war ef-
fort and the following division
heads proposed by Mayor Evans.
were officially given an O. X. bv
director Lee, before he left Mil
ford; Public Utilities, Anton Adj
am; Communications, Harry GIas-
go; Ground Observer Corps. David
:. Hugg; Pathological, w. Dean
kimmell; Health and Medical DR.
Wild Marshall; Security, James q
dOlzmueller; Police, Chief Samuel
Powell; Plant, Clarence M
WEIGH, Jr.; Highways, James HoI- |
eger; Welfare and Evacuation
Mrs. Sara Grier Dill.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
Free Cancer Clinic
At Georgetown
Examinations Will Be Civ
en- On September Sth
And 22nd

Appointments are now being
made for free cancer detection ex-
aminatiOns to be given at the
Georgetown Health Center on SEN
tember 8 and % it was ann9unced
today by Dr. John F. w. King. Med
ical Director of the Delaware Can
Ger Detection Centers.
The Centers offer free specializ-
ed examinations for the detection
Of early cancer in women who
presume they are entirely we'll
Appointments for examinations At
these Centers may be made by cali
ing Georgetown 1919.
continued or pass q
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
Housewives Must Report Wages
Paid Servants Under Federal Lap
Associated Press

Mrs Housewife going have to make repo and pavonts
every three months beginning April 90 on Social Security
es Tor house servants employed regularly
The farmer will have the
hands. - 00i0 70 peiloiln lOr ms neIu
disclosure that quarterly be
imam stamps or coupons came
nouncemen on Tuesday preliminary plans for collection of
taxes uuer ne new Social Security
self a Commissioner George J. schoeneman announced
persons another major group among the 1OOOOOOO
adaona persons to be brought under federal did ace and s
O coverage next January be on different basis
r,on WI" make their Security pay
first @ r0Ign their regular income Their
nlS1 payments won't be due until March Is 1852
employers OF farm workers
long used for quarterly reports and tax payments on
wives reports. '0ii 10 Oelns prepared IOr mousse
IN Si Sa ~ is probable that only information required
Oh s oL Wl be the name Social Security sccount
able at pos oi @ servant should apply
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
Homecoming Conley's
Chapel, September 3
All Day Services VIII Be Held At
Church In Angola Section

Next Sunday. September 8rd. the
Annual Home Cooking Celebration
will be held at Conley's Chapel. of
the Nassau Methodist Triangle.
Conley's Chapel is situated lust off
the Observation-Disclosures Hi-way to
the right from Rehoboth, in the
Angola section. Services will begin
at ten a. m, with the Sunday
School, Mr. Alden S. Hopkins in
charge. The Morning Worship Ser
vice will be at eleven o'clock. Mr.
Everett c. Hopkins, Lay Leader.
will lead the devotions. The music
is in charge of Miss Mildred Rob-
inson, Mrs. Ida Bookhammer and
Mr.. Everett c. Hopkins. The Guest
Speaker will be Mr.. T. Blair Elv
of Wilmington, prominent bust
ness man and a lay leader of the
Conference.
Continued on page Sd
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
"COOties" Vote To Aid
Pre-SchOOL Blind Tots
Local Veterans 0rganiza-
tiOn To Make SizeabIe
Donation

AT Tuesday evenings meeting of
Puptent No. 4, M. o. c., the local
unit of "COoties" voted to make a
sizeable donation to a. statewide
drive being made for purpose OF
maintaining nursery school for
pre-school blind, and also make
tentative plans for entertaining
hospitalized veterans at Perry
Point.
The appeal for assistance for the
pre-schOOl blind came through the
Department of Del, Veterans OF
Foreign Wars, which has commit
ted its posts. and COttie and La
dies Auxiliary affiliates to the
raising of $5OOO0 for this worthy
cause. By solicitation of its own
membership Tuesday evening, Pup
tent No. 4 raised $25.OO and this
amount is being sent to deparl-
ment headquarters as the local un-
it's contribution to the fund.
Cleman Miltiades, hospital chair
man of Puptent No. 4, announced
at Tuesday evenings meeting that
arrangements are being made for
the staging of a party at the Vet
erans' Hospital, Perry Point, Md.
on the afternoon of Sunday, Sept.
24th. Local entertainers, including
Frank Jackson, Hen Saunders and
Hal Welch, will accompany the
Coolies and provide entertainment; /;
gifts of cigarettes. candies, toilet
articles, and reading matter will
also be provided, and refreshments
will be served.
Tuesdays meeting was held at
the V. F. w. Post Home and f. was
presided over by Clement Nevins.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01
Highway Toll
In StateHaS
Crystal Laws, 81, Is Lat
est Victim; Killed In
Truck Car Crash At
Georgetown, Tuesday.

Delaware's death toll from high
way accidents rose to SIS on Tues.
day, following the death of Miss
crystal Laws, 81, of near George
town, IN the crash of a tractor
trailer and an automobile shortly
before a. m, in Georgetown.
According to state police. the
heavy vehicle, driven by James
Johnson, Is, of Pennington, col
lided with the car Miss Law was
driving, knocking her car into a
tree. State Police said that if Miss
Laws car had not struck the tree.
1t would have careened into a
grocery store on the corner.
The accident occurred at Race
and New Streets-twO blocks from
Georgetown's main business sec
ton. The woman was rushed to
Milford Memorial Hospital in the
Georgetown Fire Company ambuI-
ance. She died at 10:45 a. M, there
On Monday truck driver.
George Lee Tarr, of Franklin City,
Va, was killed in multiple
crash in Wilmington Manor.
William r. Murphy of Salisbury.
Md, was seriously injured when
struck by an automobile as he at
tempted to cross Route 12, three
tenths of mile north of Seaford
this week.
He is in the Peninsula General
Hospital at Salisbury with a frac-
tured leg, decorations and abras-
ions.
State police said the man was
struck by car driven by Mrs
Grace F. Cunningham of Bridge
vile. No arrest was made.
Mrs. Morris Greenberg of Miami
was injured when the automobiIe
driven by her husband overturned
three times Tuesday afternoon on
Route 13 one mile north of Farm
ington. She is in the Milford Mem
orial Hospital suffering abrasions
and hand injury.
Police said Greenberg was driv-
ing south on Route 13 when the
right rear tire blew out CAUSING
the car to go out OF control.