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Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
Mother OF Three
SUccuatbs In Surf
Wife Of DUPONT Employee
browns At Mule Stable
Recreation Area

A 4S-year-old Glen Mills. pa
woman drowned in the ocean near
Rehoboth last Thursday despite
frantic efforts of her husband to
save her.
The victim was Mrs. Frances M.
Kerslake, who was caught in a
strong undertow on a lonely
stretch of beach at the Mule Stable
picnic grounds five miles south of
Rehoboth Beach.
While the couples three children
looked on, Albert J.. Kerslake, 43, a
DUPONT Company craftsman at
Glen Mills, struggled through the
surf in an attempt to reach his
wife.
A heavy wave carried her ashore
and Kerslake began artificial res
piration. A passing motOrist called
for aid from the Indian River
Coast Guard station.
The Coast Guard crew and the
motor respirator crew of the Re-
hoboth Beach Fire Company work
ed over the victim but she was
pronounced dead by DR.. e. L.
Stambaugh.
Kerslake said he. his wife, and
their three children had been
spending a week at a Dewey Beach
cottage after his return from a
company assignment in the South.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
Kiwanis Club Met
At Local Hospital
Service Club Given Resume Oh
Activities By /. G. Burton

The Kiwanis Club of Milford held
their weekly meeting at Milford
Memorial Hospital. on Tuesday
night, of this week.
The program began at 6:15 and
the membership was taken on a
tour of the points of interest i'm the
hospital in three different groups,
each group guided by a graduate
nurse.
At z p. m. dinner was served in
the nurses dining room, after
which the club was welcomed by
G. r. Messick president of the
board of Trustees of the hospital in
a short talk.
Mr.. I. G. Burton then gave a re-
sumo of the hospital activities for
the year up to June Both. He also
developed in his talk the problems
facing the board explained at
length the present building plans
and their progress Up to date.
Some questions were asked re-
gaFding the operation of the SER
vices in the hospital by different
members of the club. The meeting
adjourned at 9 p. m. and it was the
cOacensus of opinion that the eve
ming program would result in a
great deal Of good for the hospital.
as well as an interesting one for
the KiWanis Club.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
DR.. Mulligan
Will Attend
Church Meet
Dover Cleric Will Be
Among 700 MethOdists
Attending ComcIave,
October 8 To 5.

Rev. DR.. Thomas C.. MulIigan o.
Dover. superintendent of the nov.
er District Of the Methodist Church
VIII be among the 200 leaders .oI
that denomination who will attend
a nationwide meeting in Indiana
polls, Ind, Oct. 8 to 5. Purpose of
the conference will be to hear re-
ports of the first two years of Ne
JhodlSm'S Advance for Christ and
His Church and to brief the lead
ers on plans for the next years
program.
The four year Advance program
includes a nation wide preaching
and teaching mission, launched last
year, and emphasis upon increased
missionary support through per-
sonalized giving. Next phase of the
Advance will be a simultaneous
study Of "OuT Church" during the
next six months by the eight and a
half million MethOdists in America. !
Because of their key positions as
leaders in the church, the $40 dis
trict superintendent ave been Of
flcially called together by Bishop
William c. Martin of Dallas. Texas J
and DR.. E. Harold Mohn,
Chicago, executive director of the
Advance.
Headline speakers will include
Bishop G. Bromley Ornam, New
York; Bishop Arthur J. Moore.
Atlanta: and Bishop Gerald Ken
nedy, Portland, Ore. Bishop Rich
hard c. Raines of the Indiana Area
will be host.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
Elementary Teachers
To Meet Tomorrow
Over 500 Will Meet In
The Field House Of
Dover High School

More than 500 teachers, princi-
pals, and superintendent will at
tend state wide elementary
school meeting tomorrow, Satur-
day, in the Field House of the Do
yer Special District, according Ia
DR.. H. B. King. Assistant State
Superintendent in Charge of Ele-
mentary Schools.
The meeting called by DR.. Kine
will relate to the social studies
program in the elementary schools
DR.. King stated that the plans for
this meeting indicate that one OF
the best statewide meetings is in
store for the educators of the
State.
Included on the program are
the authors of the Social Studies
Series published by the Scribner
Company.
Following greetings by George
R. Miller, Jr., State Superintendent
the teachers will hear DR.. CLYDE
B. Moore, Professor of Education
at Cornell University, speak on
''The Philosophy of the Social
Studies Program" After the gen.
eral meeting sectional meetings
for the various grade levels will be
held. Mr.. Fred B. Painter, Super
intendent of Schools, GIoversville,
New York, will address the teach
ers of grades four to six. DR.. Hell
en- M. Carpenter, Chairman of His
tory and Government of the New
Jersey State Teachers College at
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
WOmen's Clubs To
Hold OrkshOp
Meeting Will Be Held AT
Dover This Saturday
And Sunday

Fhe Delaware Federation of BUS
mess and Professional Women's
Clubs will conduct their annual
workshop for officers, chairman,
and members of the local clubs in
the state Of Delaware. The meet
ings of the Workshop will be held
in the State House in Dover. on Sat
urday afternoon and evening, and
Sunday morning and afternoon,
September is and II. The Work
shop will be led by Julia Cole
Fauber. a member Of the executive
board Of the NationOl Federation of
Business and Professional Women's
Clubs.
Dr.. Elizabeth Phillips Of George
town is the program cOordinator.
The program will include sessions
dealing with Parliamentary Law.
Program Building, Education and
Nocations, Health and Safety, IN
ternational ReIakiClnl Legislation.
and Public Affairs.
Reservations for attendance at
the Workshop should be made with
Miss Ruth S. Jones. State President
126 Ross Street, Dover. Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
Dependents OF
World WarII
Veterans Can.
Get More Aid.
Amendments To
Social Security Act
Provide For Addition
al Assistance To Re
manning Survivors.

1t is estimated that several hun.
dred widows, minor children anC
dependent parents of deceased
World War II veterans in Delaware
may now qualify for social securi.
ty payments under recent amend.
ments to the Social Security Act
which became effective on Septem-
Der l, 1850, Mr.. Roger r. Minker
manager of the Wilmington Social
Security office stated today.
This new section of the Social
Security Act, giving wage credits
for wartime military service, y
said Mr.. Minker, will enable us to
reopen many old claims which had
previously been disallOWed for
lack of sufficient employment. If
we find that the credit for military
service when added to the regular
Social Security employment earn
ings of the serviceman is sufficient
to establish an insured status, we
may certify payment as soon as all
other conditions such as proof of
service, age, relationship,
etc, are met"
Mr.. Minker pointed out that the
legislation specifically excludes the
granting of military wage credits
in cases where the period of SER
vice in the armed forces is credit
ed for Civil Service, Military, Rail-
road or any other Federal retire
ment system. 1t does not, however,
the wage credits if pay
ments are authorized by the Vet
Grams Administration.
He urged that all veterans sur
vlvors who feel that they may
for benefit payments should
get in touch with the Social Sc
curity office located at 9Th and
King Streets, Wilmington, Della
ware, fer further information and
ADVICE. The amended Social Secur-
ity law, Mr.. Minker stated. provides
for wage credits OF $3.50 a montf
Tor each month Of military aprvics
TOR veterans Of World War III whs
served In the armed forces fot
more than 30 days between Sen
tember 1910 and July 1947 and whS
were separated from the service
under conditions other than dis
honorable. This means that chill
continues on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
State Firemen
Are Planning
For Thirtieth
Parade Will Be Highlight
Of Annual Gathering
To Be Held At New
Castle This Weekend.

The thirtieth annual convention
OF the Delaware Volunteer Fire.
mems Association will be held in
New Castle today and tomorrow
Fred E. Burke of Clayton, the
president, will open the cOncaye al
lO O'Clock this morning.
Col. Edgar S. Slayer, Reboboth
Beach, present commander of the
department of Delaware, American
Legion, the vice president of the
association and state liquor COM
missioner. is expected to be elected
president at the cOnclave.
F1fty-three volunteer fire comma
nles in the state will each be repre-
sented by two delegates and two al
ternates at the convention. as will
the Retired Firemen's Association
and volunteer Firemen's Relief AS
sOciatiOn.
Parade Is Highllght
One of the highlights and the
closing event of the convention will
be the competitive parade on SAT-
urday night at 6 o'clock. Companies
from Pennsylvania, New Jeresy.
Maryland, Virginia, as well as Del
aware. will participate.
Wilmington has accepted an in
Vitation to parade, although it will
not be eligible for prizes because
or their paid status.
At present so companies and 20
bands have notified the parade com
mittee of their intention of mar
tlclpating and many more are ex-
pected.
A total Of $1,000 in cash prizes
has been provided. Gov. Elbert n
Carvel has offered a sterling silver
pitcher as one of the prizes.
Another highlight of the cOnven-
tlon will be the memorial service
winch will be at the New Castle
methodist Church for members who
died in the past year.
Auxiliary To ParticiDate
The state memorial COMMITTEES Of
The association, assisted bv Mrs
Bertha =. Carlisle of Holfowav
Terrace. is in charge.
the Ladies' aIixiliarfos az the
companies will participate in the
memorial service. The "A auxiiiar-
es VIII conduct their annual con-
.eutlun in the auditorium OF fha
William Penn High School IN Sat
lrday. Sept. 16. This convention
viii open at 9 a. m. with reRistra-
ION or delegates and alternates
MIS-. Madeline Powell of Bowers
Beach, state president. will preside
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
Guard Units May Be
Sent To Savannah
736th Now In Training At Camp
Gordon, Georgia

The possibility that the 736th
AAA Gun Battalion, first Delaware
National Guard outfit recently
called into federal service, may be
transferred to Camp Stewart, near
Savannah, Ga, was revealed this
week by Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Scan
nell, adjutant general of Delaware.
The 7S6th, which left the state
September 3, is now in training at
Camp Gordon, Ga. General Scan
nell said he had received a letter
from 1t. Col. Frank J. Lynch.
commanding officer, who stated
tnat although nothing official had
come through, the chances of NOV
ing to Camp Stewart were very
good, The general pointed out that
Camp Stewart was an anti-aircraft
camp and would be we'll suited for
members of the 736th and their 80
nm weapons.
colonel Lynch wrote that the
morale of the men is good, and that
ever since their arrival, they had
been busy setting up housekeeping
and attending to newly received
equipment. Colonel Lynch did not
state just what equipment the bat
talon had received. He expressed
the belief that his group would be
brought up to full strensth by
draftees.
Colonel Lynch said a good num-
Der of the men are taking advan-
tage of specialist courses now be-
ing Onered. Some of these men
have already reported to various
schools, he stated.
Training activities for other
units of the Delaware Guard were
discussed at. a staff meeting com
posed of officers of the 261st AAA
Brigade and Of the 19Sth AAA
Group. Brig. Gen. John B. Moore.
commanding officer of the 261st,
presided.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
Big Chamber
Getting Will
Be Held Oct. 4
Milford Chamber Will
Be Host To Is Other
Like Groups On We'd
nesday Evening, Oct. 4

Milford is to be the host CITY ia
a National Affairs Conference being
co-sponsored next month by 16
Chambers of Commerce of Kent
and Sussex Counties, along with
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, it was announced to-
day by Harry J. Pierce, president
OF the local organization.
The conference, which will start
with a dinner, is to be held at Var
ney Hall. Wednesday evening, Oc-
tober 4th. An audience of $50. the
capacity of the hail, is expected.
Details for the conference We're
worked out at preliminary meet
ing held Tuesday evening at the
windsor Hotel. which was attend.
ed BY IL Chamber OF Commerce
officidls representing organiza tions
from the tive counties Those at.
tending were. Ralph r. Fischer
president. L. Lee Layton, Jr.
chairman of the national affairs
committee and Mrs. Mary Louise
Illghman. secretary of the Dover
chamber of Commerce; William S.
kruchen, president. Smyrna Clay
ton Chamber of Commerce: paul
B. HOrsey, president. Bridgeville
Chamber of Commerce: ]. K. Phil
lips, Jr., president, SeafOrd Cham
Der of Commerce; A. H. Mullins.
Jr., secretary, Georgetown Cham
ber of Commerce; Harry J. Pierce.
president, and Robert H. YerSes.
secretary, Milford Chamber of
Commerce; and Truman D. Weller,
National Affairs Advisor. Chamber
of Commerce of the u. S.
Milford was chosen for the place
to hold the conference. it was an
nounced, because of it's central To-
cation and the facilities offered by
Varney Hall.
(continned on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
The WV Carnival
WiuGet Underway
In Milford Tonight
Will Be Held On Carni.
val Grounds Located
On The Kent And Sus-
sex Motors Lot On Re-
hObOth Cutoff.

What IS expected to be the big
sesL ana best carnival to show here
IN recent years gets underway this
evening at the carnival grounds on
the Kent and Sussex Motors I,0t s
w. corner Of Front Street and the
hehoDoth Cutoff. Running eigbt
Dig nights, the V. F. w. sponsoTe5
carnival will offer many unusnaI
attractiCns, Including free oopcarts. :.
DeneiiC nights" Riddles Mat
dnees' and the much publicized
queen For A Night contest
Opening night-Friday night
VIII oe School Band Night" at the
grounds, with part of the Drocaeds
being donated by the sDonsorin@
organization. Blue Hen Post No
648S. V. F. w., to til, Milford F4ie6
S Scn0ol Band Uniform Fund. The
l.I locaI school band will take an ac-
i've part in the evenings program
assembling near the Citv PIszs
marching through the d0wntoun
business section out to the carnival
grounds and then giving a conceyt
at the grounds.
The kiddies will have tbair o;r
ning this Saturday afternoon
When the Kay Amusement Com,
pany and Blue Hen Post art &C
nosts TO the youngsters with 2 net
snow and free entertainment ~
tne grounds. Buchanan. Inc ono
OI the cOmmunity's largest TOW ami
IIccessory stores, will supplv
Ianusome I array of prizes for the
pei snow, which will be omen IN
an youngsters of pre-school ana
elementary school age. All rides
saturday afternoon will be offered
at reduced price and the proce-
e0s from these rides will be dOnaf
ca by the amusement companv ans
the sponsoring v. F. w. posts 4,
the y. A. r. for use at Camp Barn
-. the police sponsored s1mrne
lamp TOR underpriveiered chfIdre,
h . 0tner special events ard acfi,7
Ties are being planned for ne.
week with two teleyisiOn sets :,
supplied by Blue Hen Post and 81
otner by Fisher Appliances 49,,
given away during the weeIr sIrr
WlEh q oountifu1 supply 81 v1oyfb
while ground prizes y -
Next Friday evening the conte=
that all the ladies are taIkino :. M,
lne Queen For A Might" contost
VIII De brought to a climax v7itE
Ihe Growing of some lucky vo,,n. =.
ladY as Milford's "Oreen ,, TTb;s
0Oi'eSI' sponsored by Milford's pro
'oonsmued on page n
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
Finances For Lincoln Youth
Sussex County Listed Among
Vow Listed Dead In Korea
Comptroller Britting-
hams Report Cites Re-
ceipts, Disbursements
For Period Of Year.

Lorenzo B. Birmingham, conn
trOller for Sussex County, has is
sued a statement showing receipts,
disbursements and expenditures of
the county from July 1, 1949 to
June 80, 1850.
The statement shows a total of
$524,073.96 total revenue. This
amount includes taxes of S297,-
2S1.10; fines and costs of $5,297.61;
airport revenue of $4,O56.75, and
fees collected in Orphans Court.
Register in Chancery, Register of
Wills ProthOnotary, Recorder Of
Deeds and Clerk Of Peace OFFICES. I
In the list Of expenditures, $96,-
i20.2S is listed as having gone for
salaries Of office-holders and cIeri- I
cal and 0ntce expenses. Total elec- Z
ton costs were listed at $7 ,S27 so; /
total public welfare expenditures
amounted to $117 ,596.1O, and total
agriculture, $29,63O.26, which in
cludes Agricultural EXten / IN
work, All Clubs, Soil COnserva-
tiOn, Ditch drainage, and serum
for hog diseases. Total grants-in-
aid to fire companies, ambulances,
etc, came to $22,75O. Jail, and
Board of Trustees, were listed at
$9O,876.56 and total airport expen-
ditures, $6619O.
Miscellaneous expenditures, in
cluding auditing fees, revising of
indices in the ProthOnotary's Off
ice, and printing and bonding
amounted to $22,72466, making a
total for the General Fund of 1884,
677.51. The total bonded indebted
ness fund of the county is $5,50S.34.
Expenditures under the head of
Witness and Jury Fund amounted
to S29,244.45. Total expenditures
for the county were $429, ,43O3O.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15

HOIH5 U6IHOHsLTaLIOn agent VINO In
trOduced Miss Gertrude Holloway
state home demonstration leader
and nutritiOnist. Miss Holloway in.
troduced Mrs. Griffin and explain
ed the research project which she
had conducted through the sum
mer months.
Mrh. Griffin emphasized the i'm.
portance of freezing only top ouaIi.
ty food and using moisture vape1
proof packaging. She also suggest.
ed rapid turnover Of prepared
foods, emphasizing the fact thai
most frozen prepared foods will
keep for a three months period.
Continued on page ls)
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15

alone. She urged faith in American
tradition in telling of plans of Mrs
Hiram HOughtOn, new general fed.
Grafton president, who has chosen
as her theme, Building Citadels
OF Freedom" Mrs. PrOut maid
tribute to Mrs. Clarence Fraim 81
this city who has served in various
national offices.
Mrs. Peter Whaley, new presi-
dent of the Delaware State Fedora
ton, presided at the conference
and voiced the hope that club
women may contribute to the i'm
provement of living conditions in
the state, country and world.
tGontinued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
Farm Short Course
Offers New Courses
Use OF Weed Killers, HOrmOnes,
Offered In 1850 Term

An announcement from the Uni
versity of Delaware horticulture
department reports that there will
be a new course on Weed Killers
and Growth Regulators of Horti-
cultural Crops" offered at Farm
Short Course this fall.
"This course is designed to give
students detailed and up-to-date
information on chemical weed con-
troll in vegetable crops, the use of
hOrmOnes in fruit setting, retard-
ing dOrmancy, blossom thinning,
and the roofing of cuttings" says
E. P. Brasher, head of the horticul-
ture department. Professor e. M.
Rain will teach the course. Rain
has done extensive research in
this field using both contact and
hormone type weede killers.
Small and Garden Fruits, 3"
taught by Chester w. Hitz, is an
-(continued on page o.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
To Establish Reading
Clinic At University
Aimed At Aiding Children Having
Difficulty In Reading

Establishment of a reading clin-
ic in the University of Delaware's s
School of Education was announc-
ed today by Dean William o. Pen
rose, who said the clinics director
will be DR.. Russell G. Stauffer.
Joining the Delaware faculty with
the rank Of professor, DR.. Stauffer
has been assistant director of the
reading clinic at Temple Universi-
ty.
A major objective of the new
clinic, Dean Penrose said, will be
to help children who are not
achieving satisfactorily in school
because of a reading difficulty.
Extensive diagnosis will be
made of all conditions, present
and past, that may effect the in
dividuaPs reading. When the ma
ture and cause of the child's read
ing difficulty have been determin-
ed, recommendations will be made
and a prognosis given. Children
with varying degrees Of reading
(eonVmued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
City Council
Advertises
For Bids On
RePaving Work
Want Sealed Proposals
On Widening And Re
pairing Walnut Street; ;
Contract Awarded To
Paint Water Tower.

City Council in regular monthly
session on Tuesday evening of
this week, instructed Mayor Ed
ward G. Evans to advertise for bids
for widening and repairing Of Wal
nut Street, from North Front to
South Front, with Amesite. The
new road bed will be laid. over the
present brick street, which for
many years was considered the
finest business thoroughfare IN
lower Delaware.
Put down under the direction of
the late Colonel Theodore Town
send, who achieved an enviabue re-
putatlon for building thing that en-
dure, and the late John p. Carmen
who like his friend, the Colonel,
did things substantially and we'll,
the street Of brick, attracted wide
spread interest when it was first
opened to traffic in 1899, and en-
gineers and read experts from far
end wide came to see MilfOrd's
brick street"
The years have come and the
years have gone since that day so
long ago when the street was Of
ficially opened. The men respOn-
sible have long since gone to a
we'll earned rest Some of the du-
bious, who just could not see how
Dro1cks could hold up under traffic
strain, when the traffic was horse
and wagons and the famed rubber
tired hack, have lived to see the
street hold UP under the present
day motor "Leviathians" of is and
20 tons loaded It finally took
series OF pOOrely replaced sewer !
excaVa tions to make the smooth |
brick street rough.
2 rms year it was decided that the
bricks must go, not to be dug uD
however, the street crews who run
ne lateral lines into the business
louses along both side Of the street
VII testify. that the original I
re still as tough as ever but rath- ]
7 TO be covered with layer Of I
nestle. to quote the advertisement /
Dpearing on another page of this
sWspaper. Amesite, Delaware i 6
lghway Specifications or BitImaus s
oncrete, Maryland Specifications &
/. (Slag Aggregate). With sts<n a. I
It seems that either (
overing will be satisfactory.
Council awarded TO the z. w.
howard Company of MedfOrd, New
Jersey, the contract to paint the
water tower and the understruc-
ture of the Walnut street bridge
panel.
The selection of City Manager
was deferred until a later special /
meeting. when Chairman A. E.
Peterman and his committee will !
screen the % or so applicants for
the post. for the beaefit Of the rest
Of Council, who in all probability
will POSTPONE action until the regu-
lar October meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
Greenwood Southern
States Gets Reports

Southern States Cooperative
members in the Greenwood, Del,
area heard reports of their CO.
operatives services for the first IL
months Of the 1949-5O fiscal year
at a meeting held August 20, in
Greenwood, Del
In addition to the report, given
Dy district manager M. C. Hills
man. members were elected to the
teOntmueo on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
200 attend ParIey
Of Women's Clubs
Many Representatives Of Women's Groups
throughout Delaware Were Present For
An Interesting Conclave Held At Wesley
Junior College In Dover, On Tuesday,

Women have learned to think,
Mrs. r. l. G. PrOut, treasurer of
the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs, told the more than 200 rep
resentatives Of clubs in the Della
ware State Federation at their an
nual fall conference Tuesday of
this week in Wesley Junior Ccl-
lege, Dover.
Using as her subject, Backward
Glance and a Forward Glance of
the CIVIC" Mrs. Prout pointed
out that one Of the chief things
women have learned in recent
years is that they can do some
thing as an organization that they
could not hope to accomplish
Milford chronicle., 1950-09-15
Fire AuxiIiaries To
Meet In Convention

Mrs Madeline Powell, President
Of the Delaware Volunteer Fire
mems Auxiliaries Association will
preside at the annual convention "a
be held in the William Penn High
School in New Castle, Delaware, on
Saturday, September 18th. Regis
tration Of delegates will be at 9
a. m. and business meeting at 10
a. m. Appointments made BY Mrs.
Cconlinueo % pags %