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Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Another Air
Alert Is Set
For Weekend
Hanger At Milford
Airport Will Be Used
AS The Local Observa-
tiOn Post.

Milford area members of the
Ground Observer Corps, 4. W. s..
will participate in another "air
alert the weekend of April l4-l5.
As IN previous alerts, held last No
vemher and again The past Febru-
airy, the main hanger OF the Mil
ford Air Park will be used as the
local observation station and this
post will be manned from 8 a. m.
to p. IN. on each of the two DAYS.
This week-end's exercise will be
observed throughout all the states
along the Atlantic Seaboard, and is
being staged at request of the Head
quarters, Eastern Air Defense
Force, located at Stewart Air Force
Base, Newburgh. N. Y.
The Milford Station, in previous
alerts, has been among the few
lower Delaware observation posts
to be fully manned throughout each
two-day exercise, with thirty some
observers from the Milford Fred
erica area participating; despite
this fact, additional observers are
needed in order to build up a suf-
iciently large enough group to in
sure arOund-the-clock operation in
event of an emergency or all-Out
war Residents of the area. interest
ed in participating in Civil De-
fense. as aircraft spOtters," may
obtain additional information. as
to how they may serve, by calling
Milford 8161 or Milford $3.50.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13

IhatiOn as state candidate for the
title by Gov. Elbert N. Carvel at
the regular meeting of the Clayton
Lions Club at the Paddock, near
Smyrna, next Wednesday night.
Mrs. Browns trip to New York to
compete in the national contest is
being sponsored by the Lions Clubs
OF Delaware. She will' be accom-
panied by Mrs. Jonathan S. Willis
of Milford, Delaware Mother of
1850. The selection will be made on
Mothers Day May 18th.
Delaware's 1851 choice for the ma
tiOnal honor is the mother of four
children. She has two sons in the
teaching profession and two daugh-
ters, one of whom is a nurse and
the other a student at the Univer-
sity of Delaware.
In addition to full-time duties as
housewife, Mrs. Brown is a mem
Der of the Round Table Club of
Wyoming of which she has served
as president and vice president and
currently is treasurer. She also is
a member of Wyoming Methodist
Church and takes a leading part in
most of its affairs. She was Kent
County president and historian of
the State Federation of Women's
Clubs and is active in the Parent
Teacher Association, Red Cross.
Cancer and other community drives
Educated in the Georgetown Dub-
lie schools, Mrs. Brown later
taught there. Since her marriage
she has considered being a house
wife and subsequently a mother
her full time job. However, she has
to distinguish herself in
many worthwhile organizations and
causes.
At the New York meeting. Mrs
Willis, Delaware's 1850 mother. will
present decorative plates showing
Delaware scenes to Miss Mary
Hughes, director of the American
Mothers Committee, and to Mrs.
Henry Rowe Cloud who was named |
he American Mother of 1850.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Locker Plant
In Milford
Prey TOFire
Ingram's Cold Storage
Unit Is Destroyed By
$4,000 Blaze On Mon
day Of This Week.

Farmers and resident of the Mil
ford area who rented the 5OO-odd
lockers at the Milford Cold Stor-
age plant have been busy salvag-
ing as much meat and farm pro-
duce as possible from the charred
building which was swept by a
spectacular fire at $3.50 a. m. on
Monday of this week.
Firemen estimated the total loss
at more than $4,000. The interior
of the building was ruined.
Flames spread rapidly through
the twO-story concrete block plant
and ragged out of control for several
hours. Cause of the fire has not
been determined.
The Carlisle Fire Company was
assisted by firemen from Houston,
Frederick, Glendale, and Harring-
ton and their combined efforts
finally brought the blaze under
control.
Milford firemen remained on the
scene until noon Monday, while
Houston volunteers did not return
to their headquarters until 10 a.
m. Burning embers were carried
between 400 and 500 yards but were
blown in the opposite direction
rom the Sussex Poultry Company
plant, located nearby.
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Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
State Farmers Have
Joined Credit Clinic
Houston Man Among Those Who
VIII Take Part On Panel

George G. Simpson, Houston, and
D. E. Harris, HOckessin, will take
part in the Agricultural Credit
Clinic, Old College Lounge, at the
University of Delaware today.
Simpson is former president of
the Delaware State Farm Bureau
and a director of the Peoples
Bank of Harrington. Harris is mas
ter Of Center Grange. and secretary
Of the Delaware Guernsey Breeders
Association.
Both will address the morning
session, at 1O:4O, on what a Far
mer Expects from His Banker"
Edward F. Matthews, secretary
and treasurer of the Newark Trust
Company, will be moderator for a
panel discussion on case studies of
three actual loan applications.
Panel members are: Karl X.
Brown, president of the First Ma
tional Bank Of Seaford; Lindale C.
Fisher president Of the Georgetown
branch Of the Farmers Bank Of
the State Of Delaware, and Clark
M. Knots president of the National
Bank of Smyrna.
The clinic is an annual affair
sponsored by the Delaware Bank
ers' Association in cooperation with
the School of Agriculture, ct the
University Of Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Century Club
Members See
Southern Film
South Carolina
Shown Through Court
esy Of Mrs. VIM. V. Sip
pie; Taken By Nephew.

A beautiful film of South Caro-
lima, with photography by Tom
Draper, nephew of the chairman
for the day, Mrs. William v. Sipple.
was shown on Monday at the Mil
tOrd New Century Club. It was
an eye opener, as to how delight
ful and painless education by the
visual method could be these davs.
south Carolina was brought clos
er home by the showing of "The
Citadel" where a number of local
students spent happy years and
hampton" the ancestral home of
Archibald Rutledge was pictured.
this now being the home of an
English professor, formerly of
Mercersburg Academy. The mar
ration, too, was excellent and the
club learned of the changed econ
Omy OF the state as cotton, tobacco.
potatoes and vegetables replaced
the original crops of indigo and
rice. The movie ended with a
canoe trip through the famed Cy-
press Gardens of Charleston with
lhe DOatman chanting his love of
his native state. Wilbur Haight
OF the high school faculty, was
technician, and also showed the
slides of Kent County homes as
prepared by the Home Demon
5tratiOn Club, with the narration
by Mrs. J. S. Willis. Being Busi-
ness and Social Day the treasurer.
Mrs. Charles H. Heisler read her
report. Recommendation of the
BOARD of directors was made for
donations to cancer and crippled
funds, were adopted, as
we'll as an endorsement of a schol- /
arship for a worthy student to at
tend the Wesley Music Camp. Mrs
W. Henry Elfreth read an original
poem, quite aprOpos. about the
March winds.
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Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Model Airplane Show
In Milford May goth
Plans Being Completed For Show
Sponsored By Civil Air Patrol

At the last meeting of the Mil
ford Squadron, Civil Air Patrol,
plans were laid for a model air.
plane show to be held at the Mil
ford Air Park on Sunday, May 20,
1851.
The show will consist of contest
flying of airplane models, both in
free flight and under control of an
operator The models are gasoline
powered and vary from two to four
feet in wing span. In controlled
fight, the operator can cause the
airplane to perform various maneu-
vers such as take-Off, landing,
loops, wing overs, climbs, dives,
etc. There are also events for maxi
mum speed. The top speed of these
models are of the order of 60 miles
per hour.
This meeting is being sponsored
jointly by the Milford Model Maui
ers and the Milford Squadron of
the Civil Air Patrol In addition to
the local contestants, there will be
entries from Wilmington, Salisbury,
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Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Delaware's Senior Sena-
tor Says Surrender To
Great Britain Was Ac-
cOmplished In Dismis-
sal Of Far Eastern
Leader.
Scion Says The General
Should Be Brought
Back To Address Joint
Session OF Congress;
Sen. Frear Says Situa-
tiOn Is Unfortunate.

The removal of General MacAr-
thur from his Far East commands
Is surrender to Great Britain"
and the end to effort for a biparti-
san foreign policy, Senator John /
Williams (R-DeD declared on We'd
nesday.
The senator's statement was one
OF three made by Delaware's repre.
sentatiyes in Congress following an
nouncement of President Truman's
action.
Rep. J. Caleb Boggs R-DeD
branded it victory for Secretary
OF State AchesOn, while Senator !.
Allen Frear, Jr., (D-DeD voiced the
hope that MacArthur's removal
will not foOlishly be construed nv
the Communists as weakness and
uncertainty on the part of the Uni
ted States"
Senator Williams said the Brit
lsh press apparently had a tin on
what was going to happen" and
that he was afraid the United States
might now "bOw to CIR, al Britain
and give Red China Fornosa."
Truman should have consulted
Congress at least as much as he an
pears to have consulted the British
government" Senator Williams
stated.
AS far as I can determine he
never consulted anybody, not even
members of his own party" the
senator continued" IT'S the same
as June %. 1850, when Truman or
derea troops to Korea without con
sulting anybOdy-it's a One-man
war"
Senator Williams said positively.
Macarthur should be brought back
to address a joint session Of Con-
gress" and the senator said that he
believes the general will be invited
to do so.
I'VE have got a right to know
what he thinks" the senator con-
tinued. Macarthur is a great gen
eral and an expert on Korea. We
are entitled to the benefit of his
advice"
This is unquestiOnably a victory
for AchesOn but I can't forget"
Senator Williams said in cOnclu-
sion, that the same man who
wouldn't turn his back on Alger
Hiss has done just that to MacAr-
thur"
II am not acquainted with all
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Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Calvary Church Choir
Will Sing April 26
Concert VIII Be Held In High
School Auditorium On That Evening

The Calvary Methodist Church
Choir in an effort to raise funds,
is sponsoring an evening of sacred
and secular music. The concert
will be held in the high school
auditorium on Thursday evening,
April 26, at 8 O'Clock.
The program is not complete at
this time, but expects to be finish
ed by the end of the week. 1t will
consist Of solos, duets, and choir
numbers. Several chOirs in Mil
ford will be on the program and
the Chancel Choir of the Asbury
Methodist Church, Harrington.
The proceeds from this will be
used to buy robes and music for
the Calvary Methodist Church
Choir. In the fire few weeks
ago, practically all of the choir's
music and robes were destroyed.
Tickets will be sold by the men,
bers of the Senior Choir. They can
be purchased now at SOC each.
They are anticipating a fine pro-
gram and sincerely hope that
many of their friends and members
will come out to hear the pro-
gram and support a worthy cause.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Statewide Spring
Turkey Meeting Here
Session VIII Be Held At Milford
High School, April 18th

There will be a state wide turkey
growers meeting ut Milford High
School, Tuesday, April II, 8 p. n.
1t is co sponsored by the Delaware
Turkey Growers Association. the
Delaware Poultry improvement
Association and the Agricultural
Extension Service.
DR.. E. F. Waller, head of the ami
NAL and poultry industry depart
ment at the University of Delaware
will talk about erysipelas, fowl pox,
fowl typhoid, and cholera in tur-
keys.
Karl Seeger, of the Georgetown
Experimental Substation, will tell
the growers about the possible con
troll of Blackhead with Enheptin an
treatment of sinusitis with anti
biOtics.
w. T. McAllister, extension
marketing specialist, will discuss
marketing possibilities for turkeys
in 1851, turkey contract agree
ments, and turkey broilers.
A panel discussion on Cutting
Production Costs for the 1941 Tur-
key Group" will have J. Frank
GOrdy, extension poultryman, as
moderator. The members of the
panel are T. D. Runnels, University
of Delaware. on feeds; Claude F.
Phillips. University of Delaware,
seeding good ranges; George Simp-
son, Houston, growers viewpoint;
Milton Gordy. Seaford, growers
viewpoint; and Karl Seeger, disea-
ses.
Bill Sloan, Sussex County assis-
tant agricultural agent, will pre-
side over the meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Cullen Span Reopens
To Traffic May IS
All VIII Be Finished On Structure
By That Date

The Charles w. Cullen Bridge
over Indian River Inlet will be re-
opened to traffic on May Is, it was
announced Monday by R. A. Ha-
Der, acting chief engineer of the
State Highway Department. The
opening date had previously been
put at May 30.
He said it is expected the con-
struction work on the brige, ex-
cept for a few minor details, will
be finished by May Is.
The bridge, which is along the
ocean-front highway, leading from
RehobOth Beach to Ocean City. Md.
and serves a lengthy. resort area
and pleasure territory, was par
TALLY destroyed in February, 194S.
when ice from the ocean, forced
by unusually strong winds, destroy
ed the south span of the struc-
tUre.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
PSC TO HOLD HEARING
ON POWER SITUATION

The Public Service Com
mission will hold a hearing
Thursday, April 18th, 1O:3O
A. NJ, at the Courthouse, at
Georgetown, Delaware, to
hear the complaints Of the
customers of the Lincoln
Ellendale Electric Company.
This hearing eliminates a
chain of events that began
back in January when the
customers of the Lincoln
Ellendale Electric Company
held their first meeting in
protest of the excessive rates
and the unfair practices of
the company. At this meet
ing a committee vas appoint
ed 10 act for the customers
and a second meeting was
held in February. Since these
two meetings the committee
has worked hard 10 bring
this matter to a final deci-
sion.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13


! IlHtendent of the Dover District
and will be assigned to- a pastorate
at the coming session Of the PENN
sula Conference. DR.. Disston w
Jacobs, of RehOboth, only living
former minister OF Avenue, has been
invited to participate in the service
Mrs. A. c. Davidson will direct the
large choir in appropriate anthems
Arrangements are being made for
an overflow attendance, and Dol
phus Wilkins, head usher, will be
assisted by a large staff of ushers.
AT the close of the service the
congregation will go to the new
social hall where lunch will be
served. The lunch will be in charge
of the Woman's Society of Christ
ian Service, Mrs. Dean Kimmel.
president. Dessert will be provided
by the Official Board. After lunch
there will be a tour of the building
Memorial windows in the new un-
it carry out the theme of Pioneers
in American MethOdism. The church |
bulletin will furnish information on
the several characters. This idea is |
original with the committee. Bishop |
Francis Asbury preached in Mil |
ford, and Bishop Richard Whatcoat
preached his last sermon here. |
Avenue is rich in its historical back
ground, and the windows are
quite fitting for this particular !
church.
Members of the Building Com
mittee are: /. D. Short, chairman: |
NJ. Haswell Pierce, DR.. o. V. James, |
G. Roland Messick. treasurer;
Brown P. Thawley, Garrett Grier
George H. Draper, and William Y. |
Sipple.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Ted Faulkner
Victim o {
Kit-Run Car
Last Friday
State Police Hold Green
wood Man On Man
slaughter Charge e In
Connection With Trag-
edy Near Glendale.

State Police have arrested Grow
er r. Bullock, age 26, of Green
wood, on charges of manslaughter
and leaving the scene of an acci-
dent in connection with the hit-run
accident which resulted in the death
of Theodore r. Faulkner, age "a,
of Ellendale, last Friday, near El-
lendale.
According to state police the ac-
cident occurred between $3.50 and
8:45 p. m. Faulkner was riding the
bicycle east on the highway, the
GreenwOOd-Ellendale Road, when
the vehicle was struck in the rear
by an automobile travelling in the
same direction, police said.
Driver Fails To Stop
The driver of the car continued
on his way leaving the dying man
in the road DR.. C.. G. Noble of
Greenwood, was summoned and pro-
nOunced Faulkner dead.
Police said Faulkner who was
a poultry worker had been to a
store at Oakley and was riding the
bicycle. recently acquired, to his
home. Faulkner was married.
Troopers said the bicycle wheel
had a large reflector on the rear
and was easily visible.
Funeral services were held for
Faulkner at the Hardestv Funeral
Home in Bridgeville on Monday af-
ternoOn at 2 D. m. The Rev. J. E.
Layton Of Greenwood conducted
the services. Interment was made
in st. JOhnstOwn Cemetery. near
Greenwood.
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Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
c. M. WEIGH HONORED
BY GOVERNOR CARVEL

Governor Elbert N. Carvel
named c. M. Welch, Jr., of
the John H. Mulholland Com
pany in Milford, Delaware, a
delegate at large from the
State of Delaware to repre-
sent the businessmen of Del
aware at the Twelfth Nation
al Session of the Conference
of American Small Business
Organizations, which was
held at Washington, D. c.,
April 2-3-4, 1851.
Mr.. C. w. Welch, Jr., VINO
is Executive Vice President
and Treasurer of the John
II. MulhOlland Company, in
Milford, Delaware, later par
ticipated in drafting the sew
eral resolutions to be later
submitted to Congress and to
Federal Departments of the
government. He served on
the Government Economy,
and Fair Trade Practices
Committees.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13

money Tor l4 stakes. IN al, approx
imately $1,000,000 will go to horse
men during the meeting in cOmbin-
ed purse and stake money. Since its
inaugural meeting in 1897, Della
ware Park has continued to in
crease its stake program without a
break.
The New Castle, which was re-
Gently increased to its present fig
ure from $4,000, and the Leonard
Richards Stakes, exclusively for
three-year-olds, and the Delaware
Oaks, for three-year-old fillies, are
responsible for the 1851 increase.
The Oaks and Richards. DelaWare's
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13

Then there is the redoubtable
Bertha Rosecroft, brm. s, t. 2:08, by
Long Key, and also owned by
James and Hurlock. This favOrite
Of many Eastern Shore fans has
worked out this spring in 2:21.
The Cambridge reinsinan, who
is assisted by his son, Cody, owns
Mary D., brm. 8, T. 2:O9.S, by Guy
Mckinney. This mare has earned
$l0.567.85 In her lifetime.
Then comes Honor Direct, a four
year old chestnut horse. with q
pacing mark Of 2s12.3. The daueh-
loontinuad "a Dage 8
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13

place in Delaware, there was a.
queen contest in Easton, and par
ade in Georgetown. The next year,
a National Cooking Contest was
added to the festival which was held
in Salisbury. And Tie following
year, with the affair in Dover, a
poultry equipment show was added
to the other features.
The 1851 festival, in Salisbury
again. promises to be the biggest
and best ever. All of the major
events of former years will be pre-
sented, and new features Will be
added.
The festival directors have been
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
New Wing Opened
By Dover Hospital

Many Visitors Inspected Facilities
Of $677,887 Addition Last Weekend
The facilities of the new $677,887
wing of the Kent General Hospital,
etficient-lOOking and meticulous,
were viewed with approving eye by
group after group Of persons from
over a wide area last weekend.
The many visitors were escorted
through the building by members
of the WOmen's Auxiliary and
Junior Board of the hospital as
other committee members, members
of the hospital staff, and hospital
officers received the visitors and
assisted in explaining the facilities.
In the meantime, remodeling of
the lobby Of the old building is
under way. There will be an i'm
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Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13

seven trotters and PAGERS, outstan-'
ding of which are Mighty Boy and
Bertha Rosecroft. The former, a
boy horse, has a pacing record of
2:O5.4. The pride and Joy Of the
James stable the six year old has
raced against some of the best in
the country, including Highland
Ellen. The son of Volomite belongs
to James and Hurlock, Of
Cambridge, Md. Already he has
worked this spring in 2:1S. The
sidewheeler has trotted only once,
and then in 2:09. Next year he will
start out as a green trotter in 2:25
stake races.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13

two rich early-closing steaks, each
will carry $4,000 in added money,
gain Of $2,50O over 1850. The
Richards is expected to gross ap-
prOximately $4,000, and the Oaks,
$4,000 for their 1851 renewals.
There are still 172 sophomore Of
both sexes in the Richards, while
120 flllies remain eligible for the
Oaks.
AS is customary, the 1851 curtain
raiser stake will be the popular
sprint feature, the $4,000 added
six furlong Wilmington Handicap,
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Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Harrington Band
Concert April 2Oth
Two Guest Conductors VIII Direct
School Group On That Evening


school Group On That Evening
When the Harrington High School
Band presents its Annual Spring
Concert next Friday night, April
20, at $500 p. m, in the high school
auditorium, they will have as one
of two guest conductors a member
of their own community who will
direct his own composition, "Old
Delaware We Love You," which
has been arranged for band by Joe
Basile, a Harrington visitor each
summer when he brings his own
Madison Square Garden Band to
play at the Kent-Sussex Fair. The
composer, Mr.. Sam Short, manager
OF a local Glover Farm Store, has
had several compositions published.
The other guest conductor will be
Mr.. William Rugg of Seaford, Della
ware, who is returning as special
conductor and performer when he
will play two saxOphOne solos and
direct an arrangement of Desert
Song" by Romberg, and the march
National Anthem" This is the sec
ond time Mr.. Rugg has appeared
with the local band, and this ap-
pearance is by special request.
CcOntinued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13

busy over the winter promoting the
peninsula's young chickens. Their
exhibit of dressed birds at the New
York Poultry Exposition was that
shows center of attraction. Through
the cooperation of the Delaware
Poultry Commission, several radio
and television shows originated at
that exhibit.
Another winter activity of the
Delmarva Chicken Festival has
been the distribution of chicken re-
cipe books. These list the winning
recipes Of the 1st and End National
(conmUsd on page iO)
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Home Demonstration
Clubs To Be Honored
National Week Will Be Observed
April p To May )

Delaware home demonstration
groups will observe National Home
Demonstration week April 20 to
May 5. This was announced this
week by Mrs. Charles z. Dukes, the
president of the Delaware Home
Demonstration Council, and Miss
M. Gertrude Holloway, State Home
Demonstration Leader.
During the week national atten-
tion will be focused on the educa-
tiOnal program carried on by the
Home Economics Extension Service
in the 48 states. This years theme
is "Todays Home Builds Tomorrow
World"
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Braunstein's Dover
Fashion Show April IL
Plans Are Being Completed; Christ
Church League Sponsoring Fete

Braunstein's of Wilmington and
Dover will present a Fashion Show,
sponsored by Christ Church League
at the Social Hall of the Dover
High School on Tuesday, April 18th
at 500 P. M.
Ladies AND gentlemen, the dona-
tiOn of $1.00 each will cover enter
tainment, a door prize, souvenirs
for all and refreshments. Mrs. Will
liam K. Patton, chairman for Christ
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