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Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01
TIUO Men DrOWned
In Flood Waters
Near Little Creek
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to the north and south were clos
ed.
More than two and three-ouar-
ter inches of rain fell between IL
p. m. last Friday and early last
Saturday morning, when the storm
ended. The rainfall, in little over
a day, exceeded the entire fall of
2.46 inches during the month of
October.
But most of the damage was at
trlbuted to high tides, driven by
winds of gale force. The control
tower at the New Castle County
Airport recorded gusts as high as
20 miles per hour during the
storm last Saturday morning.
The rain changed to sleet Satur-
day afternoon and was followed by
intermittent rain and snow dur
ing the night, until the skies clear
er early last Sunday.
The storm was followed by cold
air, which came in from the south
east, instead of the northwest as
usually occurs here. The temper
AZURE dropped to a low of 18 de-
grees yesterday morning, hitting
a new low for the season, and rose
to "a during the afternoon. Tenn
peratures in the lows zoe are ex-
pected this morning, with occasion
al snow flurries.
Two Men Drowned
1t was the wind-driven tide in
Delaware Bay which led to two of
the deaths. State police at Dover
held no hope that two men miss
ing from Port MahOn in the food
waters could have found safety.
They are Charlie Moore, about
30, an employee of NewcOmb and
Han, operators of an oyster shuck-
ing and packing plant, and Willie
Harris, about As, visitor from
Chester.
According to state police investi-
eating the disappearance of the
men, they started off in an auto
mobile with Lonnie Nichols, a vis-
ltor to the place from Jacksonville,
Fla, and four other men. The
water was about waist high at the
time and the motor was stalled.
All seven left the car and started
plowing through the food water to-
ward Little Creek but a heavy wave
swept Harris and Moore into the
underwater marshland.
Car Swept Away
The first report was that the two
men were in the car, which, after
being Abandoned, was swept into
the marshland about 200 yards off
the road and covered with water.
State police by automobile, truck,
and then boat in the turbulent wa
ter reached the automobile mid
afternoon last Saturday and found
it empty.
1t was about that time that
Nichols returned to Port MahOn to
get his car and told the story of
the fate of Harris and Moore.
Nichols and the others had fought
their way through the sWirling
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01

water to higher ground, then walk
ed to Little Greek, and got trans
portatiOn to Dover, according to
Nichols explanation.
Police said that, according to
what they learned, the numerous
employees at the oyster plant be-
came panicky when the water roar
ed over the laad. Some succeeded
in making their escape from the
area while others remained at the
oyster plant.
Police said it was impossible to
guess in what direction the heavy
waters-which We're so violent that
they uprOoted and tossed away
twO-hundred-pOund sections of the
new blacktOp road at Port Mahon,
carried the two missing men.
Search is being continued.
Man Fatally Stricken
Arthur James Tiller, 40, a guest
at the State Welfare Home, at
Smyrna, was found dead along the
Smyrna Greek last Sunday. He is
believed to have suffered a heart
attack while taking a walk in the
wind and rain last Saturday.
Police said there was no indica-
tiOn of foul play, and that Tiller
is believed to have Overtaxed him-
self. The body was discovered by
COTbit Rausch, of Smyrna, about
half mile from the Welfare Home
where Tiller had lived few
months. He formerly was a resi-
dent of Middletown and Smyrna.
Near Princess Anne, Md, 12 miles
south of Salisbury, two men died
in a freak traffic crash in which
three vehicles piled up on Route
1S, late Friday night.
Two Killed In Crash
The dead are Thomas D. Martin,
81, and Eugene Farlow, %, both
attached to the Little Creek, Va,
naval base.
State police said their car. driy-
en-. by Martin, was sideswiped by a
tractOr-trailer which had skidded
on the rainswept road to avoid the
wreckage of an earlier crash.
The high tide in the Delaware
River and in the Christina, and the
resulting flooding of low roads. in
terrupted transportation by ferry
and by automobile in the viii
mingtOn last Saturday. All major
roads were reported open last sun
day night.
Residents of Woodland Beach
were moved out in a row boat pow
cred with an Outboard motor and
took refuge in the homes of neigh
bOrs and relatives. .t
The water was 70 inches deer
on the first floor of Milton Lords
home at Woodland Beach, and left
a two-inch layer of mud. The 1O1
row boats of the park were car.
ried inland--sOme of them were
found on Sunday a mile away. Some
concession buildings were pushed
/ two blocks inland.
Tanks used for storage of bott
led gas for cooking fioated away
with the flooding tide. Fuel oi
tanks on trestles outside homes
also flOated away.
The community, which has abou
85 houses, was without electri,
power and telephone service dur
ing the storm. Mr.. Lord estimated
damage at Woodland Beach at $50,
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01

600, including about $4,000 damage
to his own property. His new au-
tomObile was ruined. 1t was in
five feet of water last Saturday,
and water which flooded the en-
gine froze up early Sunday, he ex-
planned.
Typical of the hardships brought
by the swirling food waters and
heavy wind in the Delaware Bay
area was the little community of
Kits HummOck, a summer cot
tage and fishing resort seven miles
from Dover, where damage was
estimated at $4,000.
Cottages Damaged
Sunday morning the highway to
the resort was still under several
inches Of water, but residents and
cottage owners went to the beach
to survey the storm damage. They
FOUND the area covered with debris.
Among damage listed was total
destruction Of a recently-cOn-
structed cottage and total wreck
ing of another, which had been
occupied by a soldier and his wife.
Water came into virtually every
cottage at the beach and homes
back along the highway, where the
water spread about a mile.
Rescued from one cottage were
Mrs, Dorothy Ready and her three
small children. They were guests
yesterday at the home of Mrs.
Francis Owens, Bay Road, near
the Dover Air Force Base, whose
father owns the cottage where the
Readys were Quartered. TiSgf
Paul Ready, who had been sta
toned at the Air Base, only re-
Gently left for duty in Korea.
The beach was left a series of
deep gullies, causing even greater
damage in that respect it was said,
than a storm Of II years ago.
Rescue Work Started
The water rose about $3.50 O'Clock
last Saturday morning with sur
prising and dangerous sudden
ness, James Storey, who operates
a store at the beach; Donald Legas,
and two Chester youths who were
visiting at the beach, put row
boats into action to get marOoned
families to safety.
Some 25 men, women, and chill
dren of the beach families took re-
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01

fuge at the home OF Edward G.
Hardy, back from the beach, and
remained there until late in the
morning when the water started
seeping into the Hardy home, pre-
senting them with a new threat
that caused State Police to urge
them to leave for higher ground.
Members of the state police and
Dover police, together with the
Kits HummOck residents who had
been manning boats to aid those
isolated in their homes at the be-
ginning, brought the group includ-
ing at least five dogs, to higher
ground in boats and assisted them
in getting to homes of relatives and
friends in safe areas.
The storm brought severe dam
age to Pickering Beach, a commun-
ity founded as a summer resort
only last summer. It is located on
the Delaware Bay, a short dis
tance north of Kits Hummock.
about six miles southeast of Dover.
Cottages Swept Away
The water there carried two cot
tages about a half-mile-back into
the marsh land. Another cottage.
the property of John H. Jamison
and one of the. first cottages at the
resort, collapsed when the whole
lot and an adjoining piece of land
were washed out, leaving only
scattered wood and a six-foot gully.
A partially completed store build
ing OF Harry Felty was seriously
damaged, while other cottages were
shifted on their underpinnings.
The damage to cottages along
the beach was estimated at between
$4,000 and $4,000, figure which
doesn't include the loss of the
sand beach. This beach was en-
tirely washed away when the wa
ter began to rush out to the bay.
There are about IL cottages at the
beach, seven of which were put
up last summer.
Some concern was expressed on
Saturday over Joseph Dodd, about
70, fisherman who was known to
have been on the beach at the
time of the storm. During the af-
ternOOn he came rowing up the
only road which approaches the
town. He said he had gotten tired
of sitting around by himself.
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01
Work On u. Old. Ag
Center Starts Soon
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will install an elevator for $1,000.
Security Elevator Co., Philadelphia
The total Of $1,O80.878 is more
than $114,000 under the bids which
were submitted last month for this
same work under the original
plans. Furthermore, the university
awarded no contract for a garage
and q head house for the green
houses. which pT0spectively would
have added almost another $4,000
onto the cost. In addition, there
was no contract let for sanitary
sewers, storm drainage, grading of
the site, and for paving of drive
ways. walks and parking areas.
This latter work will be readvertis-
ed for more bids in the spring.
In submitting it's bid, the Baton
firm has estimated nine months
would be needed for construction
after receipt of sufficient structural
steel. Completion of plumbing, heat
ing, venilating and electrical work
probably will take several addition
81 months.
Discussing the new building,
which will house all insEructiOnal
research and extension offices,
class rooms, and laboratories of
the entire School of Agriculture,
President Perkins commented that
it will be lone of the most signific-
ant develOpements in the facilities
of the university, which the state
itself hasf made available through
appropriation" The state granted
$1,25O,OO0 for the building as one
OF the last acts of the 1949 General
Assembly.
1.-The Agriculture Building will
benefit the university through it's
School of Agriculture" said DR..
Perkins. land through this school
and its activities, the people of the
whole state will be benefited.
1T is unfortunate that it was i'm
possible to have completed plans
by the time the General Assembly
granted the funds, so that the bull
ding could have been constructed
at once and be in use now. The de-
tailed plans. however, could not be
made until the appropriation actu-
ally was available.
But the time taken for plans
since the appropriation was voted
has been very we'll spent. The bull
ding. in every particular. is well
conceived from the. standpoint of
efficient and economical building
and operation.
1T is most unfortunate that ris-
ing building costs have necessitat-
ed the elimination Of some. of the
features which had been considered
desirable. We have had to eliminate
the auditorium and greatly simplify
both the building and the grounds
around it."
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01
Calvary Methodist
Church
"Ths Community Church"
Ralph C. Jones, Minister
Church Phone 4766
Sunday, December 8

A@AAA-+ANNaM
10000 a. m.-Church School. We
are looking for you in Sunday
School. Have you been attending
lately? There is a class for you.
John Wilkins, General Superinten-
dent.
11:O0 a. m.-Morning Worship.
Holy Communion will be Observ-
ed. We trust that you will come
and join us as we remember our
Lord and Saviour. The chOirs will
sing. Mrs. Ida Ann Emory at the
organ, with ]. Herbert Nichols di-
reeting the ehoiFs.
1880 p. m.-The topic for the
evening service will be "The Wise
and the Foolish" The Late Dis
ciples Class will render special
music.
Friday, December Don't for
get the Brotherhood Christmas par
ty at 1880 p. m. Eats and enter
tainment.
Monday, December 4: Prayer
meeting at 8 p. m. in the first floor
of the church.
Tuesday, December s !: The w. S.
G. S. will hold it's monthly meeting
at 8 p. m. in the first floor of the
church. There will be a business
meeting and a Christmas party
Each one is asked to bring a gift
for the adults Of soc. If you are
bringing child, bring 25c gift
for them. Don't forget your gift
for the Mary Todd-Gambrili Home
in Wilmington. A 10Y, game, book,
etc., will be acceptable. Don't for
get the less fortunate. The new
circle leaders will be appointed and
names drawn for The circles.
Wednesday, December 6: Ushers
meeting at 1880. M. Y. F. at 1880
p. m. Choir Rehcarsals, Youth at
$50 p. M; Senior at 1880 p. m.
Thursday, December Z: The Off
c1al Board will hold it's meeting
in the first floor of the church at
500 p. m.
Parents should be interested in
seeing that their children come out
for Junior Choir. If you are con-
cerned about your church, you will
want to know that you are helping
by making the music of your church
the best. 1t is only by the interest
shown that Christ's Kingdom can
advance.
We are approaching the Christ
mas season. A gift from you for
Christ and His church will be much
appreciated. Don't forget the
Christmas offering.
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01
CHURCHES m MILFORD
The Avenue Methodist
Church
"Ths House Of Happiness"
Roy Lawson TaWes, Minister
Sunday, December 3

Sunday, December 8
9:45 - Church School. Wilson
SockTider, General Superintend-
ent. DR.. bob" Womer, editor of
the Sunday Guardian, Of Newark,
New Jersey, will address the Youth
and Adult Departments.
11:00-MOrning Worship. The
minister will return from the
Preaching Mission at Baltimore,
and preach the morning sermon,
The sermon will be the first in a
series Of three sermons: Roses in
December" The large choir, un-
der the direction Of Mrs. Davidson,
will sing. The two numbers will be
"A Star Was His Candle" by Del
RiegO, and ''The Infant Jesus" by
Yon.
Methodist Youth Fellow
ship. Dwight Short will be- the
leader, and the minister the speak
er. High school young people are
invited to attend.
Tuesday at 7.30-General Meet
ing Of the w. S. G. S.
Wednesday at 2:O5-Week Day
School of Religion. Choir rehear-
sal at 1880.
Thursday at 7:OO-Fellowship Of
Prayer and Bible Study.
The annual program Of Christ
mas music will be presented by
the choir Sunday afternoon, De-
cember II, at A.
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01
FIRE CALLS
City Of Milford

November %, 4:SO p. m.-LerOy
Wilkins, Milford Neck, house.
$4,000 loss.
November 25, $3.50 p. m.-RiChter,
Third and Charles streets, house.
$4,000 loss.
November 25, 9:4O p. m.-Theo-
dOre Bill, Randolph Row, Milford,
house. $1,OOO.OO loss.
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01
AEiasourl River Basin

Creation Of about 1900 farms
and a substantial boost in agricul-
tural production is a predicted re-
suit of the program Of water and
land development in the Missouri
river basin.
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The Presbyterian Church
"The Church on the Plaza"
Rev. Kenneth M. KepIer, Pastor
Church Phone 57O1
Cundorr nooov,bn,, Q

Rev. Kenneth M. KepIer, Pastor
Church Phone 57O1
Sunday, December 8
9:45-Sunday School, under T.
Il. Snowberger, General Superin-
tendent. Glasses for all.
1O:45-12:15-A Church Nursery
is conducted for children whose
parents attend morning worship.
11:00-Morning Worship extends
a cordial welcome to all visitors
and strangers. The sermon will be
the concluding message on a ser
les from the book of Genesis, on
Joseph, or From Pit to Prince"
The children's message will be or
"The Queen and the Volcano"
$3.50 - Westminster Fellowship
meets at the church, with separate
groups for Senior High, Junior High
and intermediate Young People.
Welcome.
Tuesday: Women's Mid Week
Bible Glass meets at the home Of
Mrs. A. E. Humes, 2O9 South Wal
nut street at>2 p. IN. Bring a friend.
The Session will meet at the manse
at 8 p. m. The Women's Association
has voted to reverse the order of
its meetings, so that from now on
group meetings will be in the first
week each month, and association
meetings the third Tuesday. This
weeks devotional topic for the
groups will be "The NOblest Wo-
man of ALL" Read Luke 1. Group
No. / will meet at the home of
Mrs. Sallie Joseph, 300 N. w.
Front street, at 8 p. m. Group No.
will meet at p. m. with Mrs.
Leila Jennings, Is S. e. Front
street.
Wednesday,: Bible Glasses for
fifth and sixth grades at 2!O5 p. m.
Group No. meets at 8 p. m. at the
home Of Mrs. Roger Deats, 30S. S.
p. Front street. The Mems AssO-
citation will hold dinner meeting
at the church at $3.50 p. m.
Thursday: Group No. 3 will meet
at the home of Mrs. Wilson Vinyard,
N. w. Front street, at $3.50 D. m.
Group No. 4 will meet at the home
of Mrs. 2. P. Messick, N. w. Front
street at $3.50 p. m. Prayer meeting
continuing our studies in First
Peter-will meet at 1880 p. m. Choir
rehearsal at 8 p. m. Mrs. G. Gill
tenboth, director.
Friday: The Young Women's BIZ
bic Glass will meet at the home
of Mrs. R. Deats. SO8 S. e. Front
street, at 8 o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01
Local Happenings

"PISTOL PETE7 - A three-act
western comedy will be presented
by the FELTON, Senior Class on Fri
day, December 9Th, at 8:15 D. m.
in the FELTON, High School audi
torium. Admission: adults, 74c:
children, 55c, tax paid.
GROUP NO. Members of
Group No. l of the Presbyterian
Church are asked to be present at
the meeting of the group on Tues
day evening, December 5th, at the
home of Mrs Sallie Joseph on w.
Front Street, Milford.
-O-
PARTY - The Millwood Home
Demonstration Club will hold its
annual Christmas party, December
9TH, at the regular meeting. Mem
Ders, please bring a gift to ex-
change as usual. All those who
have Red Cross sewing, please re-
turn at this meeting.
The WSCS of Avenle Methodist
Church will hold it's monthly meet
ing on the evening of December 5
in the church at seven thirty. Mrs.
Roy L. Tawes will have the de-
YOtions for the evening and Mrs.
Frank r. Grier the program, which
will be ore with the Christmas
theme. New and old members are
asked to attend this important
meeting
CHRISTMAS PARTY-The Shaw
nee Home Demonstration Christ
mas Party will be held in Lincoln,
at the Community Building, Tues
day, December 18th, at 6 o'clock
This affair will be a covered dish
supper with Mrs. John LeCompte
and Mrs. George Derrickson as
hostesses again this year. Bring
your own table settings and a
wrapped gift.
CARD PARTY-Plan now to at
tend the card party on Friday eve
ming, December Sth, sponsored by
the American Legion Auxiliary of
Milford Post No. 3, to be held in
the new Post Home on the Reho-
both Cutoff. Bridge, 500, Canasta
and bingo will be played. Watch
for display of prizes in down
town store window. Members of
the Auxiliary have tickets avail
able now. Get yours soon
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01
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First Baptist Church
"The Friendly Church"
Sidney Rowland, Pastor
Sunday. Dpcamhar
Sunday, December 8

10000 a. m.-Bible School. C. H
Lynch, Sr.. General Superintend-
ent.
11:OO a. m.-Morning Worship.
THE Harvest Is Great" Matthew
S:S7, 80. We will commemorate
the Lords Supper.
$3.50 2. m.-Baptist Youth Eel
lowship. Young people plan to
write letters to our service men.
II you have any information for
these men, plan to be with us.
1880 p. m.-Evangelistic Service.
Continuing our studies in Gala
tians, the subject will be Faith
Before and After" Gal. S:23-29.
Friday, December 800 n. m
Choir Practice; 1880 p. m, Prav-
er and Praise Service.
Saturday, December 9, 500 D.
m, Youth Center.
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01
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Christian Science Society
Branch Of Tho First Church Of Christ
Scientist, In Boston, Mass.
Meets In Milford Grange Hall
w Y

Meets In Milford Grange Hall
Sunday, December 8
The subject Of the Lesson-ser-
mon Of the Christian Science So
clety, Grange Hall, Milford, cnd the
Christian Science Society. v. I A
Building, Rehoboth Beach. Sunday.
december 8, will be God, The
Only Cause and Creator"
Morning Service and Sunday
School are at 1900 a. m.
First Wednesday of each month
az $500 p. m.-Testimonial Meeting
IN Milford. Q
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-01
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Bethel A. M. E. Church
Rev. E. E. Henley, Pastor
Sunday. DRcAmhnr 9

11:OO a. m.-Sermon and Holy
Communion.
500 p. m.-Sunday School.
500 p. m.-SermOn.
Monday: 500 p. M, Young
Adults meet.
Wednesday: 500 p. m, Choir
Rehearsal.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-11-23
Dtrs. Penick and ToIiver
Featured In Who's Who
In Co|ored America

The Seventh Edition of WHO'S
WHO IN cOLORED AMERICA"
the illustrated Biographical Direc-
tory of Notable Living Persons
of African Decent in the United
States, is now off the press. The
publication is edited by G. James
Fleming and Christian E. Burckel.
Over three thousand biographical
sketches and photographs of not
able persons are listed in the
Seventh edition. The names Of
two prominent Seattle ministers
appear among this number; the
the Rev. DR.. Fountain w. Peniok,
Pastor of the Peoples Institutional
Baptist Church and the Rev. DR..
Chester DeKoven Toliver, Pastor
of the First A. M. e. Church. Both
DIR. Penick and DR.. Toliver are
prominent, locally and nationally,
in religious, social and civic af-
fairs.
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neighbor contributed), a new paint
job, and new clothes, and will be
given to Mary Ann by her mother
on Christmas. That's the way
the Jackson Street Councils n
nual toy drive, co-sponsored by
this newspaper, works. You make
some child undescribably happy
and at the same time do yourself
a good turn by getting rid of all
those old toys that always tumble
out, of your own 'Fdbber MCGEE
ECloset." ~
BUT DO TT NOW! The drive
is almost four weeks behind last
years campaign because of the
delay in finding a workshop that
could be used. Toys must be picked
up by December 8 if they r to
be finished in time for Christmas,
and right now, this week, is when
they're needed most.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-11-23

Final plans for an employ
ment seminar sponsored by the
Community Relations Commit
tee of the Seattle Urban League
are announced. On Sunday:
December 3, at 400 p. m. in
the chapel of the Mount Zion
Baptist Church, 10Th and East
Madison, a picture of various
employment opportunities viii
be presented, according to Mrs.
Mildred German, chairman of
the Community Relations Com
mittee.
In order that the labor poten-
tial of the non-white popula-
ton in Seattle be utilized, and
to conserve valuable manpowel
in this area, the Urban League
will promote an employment
seminar in cooperation with
other organizations in desig-
mated neighborhoods. This is
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DepIOres
Westberg's Defeat
By Prentice l. Frazier

The election of November Z.
with its many joys and sorrows,
its failures and successes, its
hopes and disappointments
lies behind us. 1t has left with
us however, a heritage of ex-
p%erience and some lessons that
can only be learned by living.
For the first time in the his
tory of the state a Negro has
been elected to the State Lgis-
lature from the 9th legislative
district. We are proud of the
fact that he was elected, and
prouder still in our belief that
he is eminently fitted both by
temperament and training to fill
the office he has won.
We attribute his success to
the loyalty and whole-hearted
support of the Republican party
and to many minority group
citizens who through racial
pride crossed party lines to vote
for him. We are sure that
Charles M. Stokes will be a
credit to himself, to his race
and to all the people of the
district he has been elected
to represent.
Wedeeply regret that the
unofficial count so far indi-
Gates that Senator Westberg
was defeated. He is the one can
didate above all others that
minority group voters should
have voted for. Senator West
berg, two years ago, introduced
the bill in the state senate to
strengthen the right to equal
ity of opportunity for all cit
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