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long as we live, we shall never
cease being grateful to people,
all kinds of people, mostly
strangers, who turned themselves
inside out to be helpful when we
could not help ourselves.
People, don't know what we
would have done without them in
the past six weeks!
, 1951-05-08
Mrs. Brown Reelected

TOLEDO, May 8 (INS)- Mrs.
Ivalu Brown of Dayton was re-
elected president Of the Ohio
Nurses Association at the final
session of the groups th~ree-day
conference in Toledo.
, 1951-05-08
NAAACP Blasts Truman
For Failing On FEPC
By HENRY LEE MOON

E YORK, May 8. (Special)- The apparent
collapse Of all Administration efforts to establish on FEE
PC was cited today by Walter White, executive secretary
of the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, as an indication of the Administration
~"flagging interest in the civil rights program"
, 1951-05-08

The ADMINISTRATORS failure to
act, despite repeated promises,
compels the supporters Of FEPC
and other civil rights measures
to formulate plans and strategy
for a new drive to secure their
detectives, White said. It is for
this purpose that the NAACP has
called the conference of national
organizations in Washington on
, 1951-05-08
Q
DlsfIibuied bylniaInatiOnuI News Service

IIcIt LIDS UGCIl " lOC VI 1OOSC
talk for centuries to the effect
that mans best friend is CD the
dog and or (2) the horse.
But when the squeeze is on and
the chips are down, mans best
friend is people: just plain, or
nary, everyday people. And I
would like to present some evil
dence because, generally speak
ing people have been taking an
awful beating of late.
People have kind of hit bottom
recently. Public opinion has been
more or less against them, with
no one willing to say a good
word for the next fellow and
everyone trying to hang n on
his neighbor.
The air is full of mans in
humanity and iniquities to man.
These are the times that try
mems souls, and swapping, snarl-
ing and back-biting 7 the order
of the day. Man is pre-occupied
with war, ak murders, public lar
ceny, organized crime, political
malfeasance and the general cuss-
edness of his kind.
All in all, people seemed at
lowest ebb, and it didn't surprise
me to find more and more in
dividuals buying a framed copy
of that old curmudgeon cartoon
ed bv the New Yorker and cap
toned "People Are No Damn
Good" I was saving money to
buy a copy myself until six
weeks ago.
Yet in that period, my family
and I have been the recipients OF
so much plain, unadorned kind
ness from people, the vast major
itv Of them strangers, that l
would like to write a little testl-
mony to people while there is yet
time.
Six weeks ago, my mother was
injured in an auto accident. just
plain people began being wonder
full. People at the hospital
whether doctors or nurses OF
Julia. who scrubbed the floors,
surrounded my mother and her
children with warmth, sympathy
and tie deep kindness that some
times works that miracle where
medicine and great professional
skill cannot.
And finally, when the doctors
said that mother could be moved
Fast near one of her children, we
we're overwhelmed with the great
est kindness Of all. For our
mother will never again be able
to sit up or walk, and the prop
lem Of transportation for an olo
lady so gravely injured boiled
down to a sleeper plane, 1ne
doctors decided.
AND THEN PEOPLE went IN
to action. People we scarcefy
knew, but who had heard o.
mothers plight and our dilemma
came to our rescue. People founo
some other people, whom we &c
not know and have never seen
who loaned us a private alrplane
equipped with a couch.
It was the miracle we hao
prayed for. God heard our pray
ers, but it was his people who
made the miracle possible. A
, 1951-05-08

May 1928.
The NAACP executive review
ed, step by step, the actions
taken on behalf of an FEPC
since the opening Of the var in
Korea last June.
Last July 16, President Tru-
man was urged by the National
Council for a Permanent FEPC
to tissue an Executive Order
similar to President Roosevelt's
1902 as an integral factor
in the mobilization Of manpower."
The following month, on August
10, a committee representing a
dozen national civic, labor, church
and fraternal organizations, met
Continued Page 4
, 1951-05-08
Students Present Opera
TONIGHT AL WiIberforee

WILBERFORCE, May s. An
all-student cast will present ex-
cerpts from Bizet's immortal
opera Carmen" tonight at s P.
M. in Galloway Auditorium. The
performance will be a highlight
of the Central State College cele-
bration of National Music Week,
May 6-12.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
Communicated
Letter to the Editor
Halloween and Milford Youth


Halloween with all its fun and
mischief-Yes, I'll admit the mis-
chief and absolutely do not con-
done the malicious mischief part.
But, no words can express my
feeling on Tuesday night when our
town was under Martial Law and
our streets were patrOlled by the
local GestapO sent out by our
publicity-r2zed Mayor-sent out to
drag in every dangerous" kinder
garten criminal who dared to ring
a neighbOr's door bell. Yes, my
boys were out and you can imag-
inc my feeling when two of those
brave(0 men armed with two
foot cudgels entered nay yard and
searched through the shrubbery,
looking for some fun-loving s to
10 year old to strOng-arm. 1t gave
me the feeling of our town being
full Of escaped convicts, being pur-
sued by the Law. You all remem-
Der when" Halloween and what
it meant to you-fun. And that is
the way Milford Youth would think
OF 1t If they were allowed to. Our
Mayor and his efficiency would not
allow them to think in those chan
nels. They were expected to go
out and do mean things and what
kid or for that matter, anyone.
wants to think they haven't pro-
duced the expected. No one could
walk across the street on Tuesday
night, any street in town, without
a police escort, wanting to know
why you were out. However, when
the occasion arises to really need
cOp-where can one be found?
Do you suppose it ever occurred
to those powers-that-be to appro-
pirate funds for a Halloween
Street Dance or some form of en-
tertainment for our boys and
girls? A little thought along lines
of this nature would really be
worthwhile
Mother of a Teen-ager
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
Week OF November 5th
VIII Be Blue Cross
Week In Milford
CONTINUED from nrss paasl

Transfer to the Blue Cross COM
munity group and save" is the ad-
vice of P. Lynwood Taylor, Blue
Cross field representative of Blue
Cross in Kent County. Payment is
made quarterly through the First
National Bank and Trust Company
and the MilfoSi Trust Company.
The Blue Cross reopening is be-
ing sponsored by civic organiza-
tiOns. Cooperating in the sponsor
ship are: The Carlisle Fire Com
pany, Garrett Grier. president; The
Milford Lions Club. David Clements,
president; the Milford Kiwanis
Club, John Rogers, Jr., president; +;
the Blue Hen Post, V. F. w, Will
liam Kenton. commander; Blue
Hen Post Auxiliary, Mrs. Vernon
Deeney, commander; ShaWnee
Home Demonstration Club. Mrs.
Frank Vibbert. president; Shawnee
Evening Home Demonstration Club.
Mrs. Michael Groverman. president:
Happy Home Makers DemOnstra-
ton Club, Mrs. Robert Mercer.
president.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
Milford Lady Hostess
Of Welcome Wagon
reOntinued from nEsE pagsl

That gracious tradition lives on
today in Welcome Wagon. A mod
ern version of "old-fashioned" hos
pitality and good will is extended
to the families of a community at
the crucial moments of their lives
Throughout the United States and
Canadian more than 1000 towns
and cities-Over $500 Welcome Wa
gOn Hostesses carry the good wish
es of civic and business organiza-
tions to families on the occasion of:
the Birth of a Baby. Sixteenth
Birthdays, Engagement Announce
ments, and when families move
from one home to another within
the community or from out of town.
The Welcome Wagon Hostess
knows her town, and wherever she
goes. she carries a word of its out
standing features - its libraries.
churches, newspapers, parks. mu-
seums, youth groups, welfare as
sOciatiOns, banks, shops, radio sta
tiOns. restaurants, schools and
services.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
25,631 Vehicles Have
Licenses Expiring Dec. ]

There are a total of 25,631 motor
vehicle registrations in Delaware
expiring on December 81, accord
ing to the records of the Motor We
hicle Department. Owners of these
registrations can have their mo-
tor vehicles inspected now.
OF the registration expiring on
December 81. there are 1896 in
New Castle County, 5,822 in Kent
County, and 5,S73 in Sussex Coun-
ty.
In addition to those registra-
tiOns there are 1,429 motor We
hicles operating on exempt regis
trations which must be inspected
before December 81. These are
owned by the state, counties and
various cities and towns.
Motor Vehicle Commissioner
Harold H. Keller points out that
it is possible for the owner of a
registration expiring on December
81 to have the motor vehicle in
spected now and purchase the re-
newal of the registration at a later
date. The registration does not
have to be renewed at the time the
vehicle is inspected but must be
renewed some time prior to Decem-
ber 81.
Mr.. Keller has expressed a re-
quest that the persons in charge
of the motor vehiclf with exempt
registrations, arranEe to have them
inspected as soon as possible since
the Department hopes to have all
of these vehicles through the in
spection lanes before November
Is.
Some state departments have al
ready had most of their motor We
hicles inspected but there are still!
a number owned by the various
cities and towns that await in
spectiOn.
Inspection lanes operated by the
Motor Vehicle Department are To-
Gated at Eighth street and Ban
croft Parkway, Wilmington: South
State street, Dover, and near the
railroad station in Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
Part Of N. J. Turnpike.
Now Opened ToPublic
Ceontinued from hrst pagsJ

George Washington Bridge, across
from New York City, to Deepwater,
N. j., on the Delaware River.
Most of the landscaping will not
be put in until next spring. The
bare earth along the shoulders and
the dividing parkway looks a bit
raw. Even so, the southern section,
which parallels Route 1870, will be
one Of the most scenic of the en-
tire turnpike.
1t cuts through rustic sections of
the State few motorists have seen
before.
At the start motorists on the
southern stretch will have use of
six temporary service stations and
restaurant facilities. Ultimately
there will be 13 service areas.
When the southern section open
ed, a 33-man force of State police
was put on duty. They also wear
the regular State police uniforms,
but their cars are blue and white
instead of black and white. Their
operations are cO-Ordinated by a
micrOwaye radio network, that can
carry sc ven different messages at
one time.
The entire stretch of the super
highway originally was scheduled to
open at the same time. However,
supply difficulties brought about by
the defense emergency have slowed
down the northern sections, where
a great deal of steel was needed for
bridges.
The Turnpike Authority now
hopes to open the 56-mile stretch
between Bordentown and Newark
late this month. But the final nine
miles, between Newark and the ap-
proaches to the George Washing
ton Bridge, will not be ready until
January Is. That delay of six
weeks is costing the authority ST.
800 a day for every day the last
nine-mile section remains closed.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
Missionary Worker
In D0Uer District
teOntinueu from nrst pars,

On Tuesday afternoon at two o.
clock, she will speak at Little
Greek and in the evening of the
same day, at eight o'clock. will be
at Bethel (Mariner's) Church. Ocean
View. She will spend the weekend
at RehObOth where she will speak
Sunday morning at Epworth
Church. On Sunday evening, She
will meet with the women of AS
bury Church. Harrington. who have
invited the women of all churches
in the surrounding community to
an informal tea in her honor. The
evening of November 5th. she will
hold meeting at Selbyville. After
spending the day at the Dover Dis
trict Fall Meeting in Dover. on No
vember 9Th. she will hold her final
meeting on Tuesday night at Ave
nue. Church. Milford.
On Wednesday. November eth.
Miss Gerhart will 20 to Chester
town, MARYLAND. to begin her visit
in the Easton District.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

| Mrs. Annie Morgan and son, Clin
ton, Of Burrsville, were SUNDAY
quests at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
William Blessing, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thompson
! visited relatives in Wilmington OF
Sunday and also made a trip across
the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Blessing visit.
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Olan Dill at Bow
ers on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Kennedy spent
Sunday with their daughters at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. l.. Paul
/ fGreenlee and sons on Shawnee
Road.
Little Miss Nancy Thistlewood
spent the weekend with her grand
mother. Mrs. Annie Sharp in Har-
ringtOn.
Mr. and Mrs. c. Emory Webb and
daughter, Eileen, spent Sunday af-
ternOon in their cottage at River
dale.
The Houston New Century Club
held its first fall meeting on Tues
day night, October 9Th, and it was
a dinner meeting with II members
present. 1t being strictly business,
there wasn't a program. The presi-
dent was in charge. Reports from
the State Federation Convention
held on June 7th and 8th in Selby-
vile, were given by Mrs. NJ w.
ThistlewOOd and Mrs J. Carroll
Pearson. At the conclusion of the
business session the meeting ad-
jOurned till Tuesday night, Octo-
ber 23rd. Mrs. Merrill ThistlewoOd
was program chairman at this
meeting and her subject being
Legislation" she had prepared a
most interesting program in which
the members took part. There were
some lovely displays in the Art
Corner and we hope there will be
more at the next meeting. During
the social hour. refreshments were
served and the meeting adjourned
till Tuesday night, November goth.
Mrs. John Forest will have the pro.
gram and the subject will be In
ternatiOnal Relations.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Yerkes
and Mrs. Jennie Hendricks enter
tanned to a turkey dinner on Sun
day in honor of Mrs. Hendricks
birthday anniversary. Guests were
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Carey and
children, Leonard, Hazel and Anne.
all of Townsend, Mr.. and Mrs. S. G.
Armour of town and Mr.. and Mrs
Howard r. Moore of Lynch Heights.
Guests in the afternoon were Mrs.
Hendricks niece, Mrs. Margaret
Hudson of Milford and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Wall, also of Milford.
The Junior Choir will hold a
Bake at Webb's Store on Saturday
afternoon beginning at 1870 o.
clock. Come out and get goodies
for your Sunday dinner and help
the Choir, too.
Mr.. and Mrs. Josiah NJ. Parvis.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Parvis
of Millington, Md, attended the Ice
Capades in Philadelphia. one eve
ming last week.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
Dramatic Cup To Be
Awarded AT U. OF b.
Ceontlnusa tom nm n.a.n

discussion at 1880 which will be
led by Miss Phyllis Shaw of the II
c. Conrad School. This same tech
piQue was used very successfully
last year in a performance Of
Shakespeare at the Conrad High
School. Central staging may be
the answer for the harrassed high
school director who can never get
the use Of a stage for rehearsals.
This discussion will also be ae-
companied by a demonstration of
the method as applied to a scene
from Life With Father" which
incidentally the delegates will have
a chance to see conventioually
staged during the evening session
of the conference.
A third important feature of
practical value will be the films
on Theatre Production prepared bv
the famous Goodman Theatre of
Chicago. These films will demon
strate principles and practice in
the areas of play directing, set de-
signing, makeup, and set building.
Three of the films will be in color
and all will use sound. Several
showings will be given during the
conference.
The Delaware Dramatic Confer
ence is arranged by the UniRer-
sity Dramatic Center in coopera-
ton with the Delaware Dramatic
Association. Eligible to attend wilI
be students and directors of high
school dramatic organizations, OFF,
GERS, directors, and members of
community theatres, and students
and directors of college theatres.
The conferences have been held
annually since 1887, except for the
period of the war.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
Religious Leaders
Applauds American
LegiOn's Appreciation
Program

Clerygmen of all faiths have Civ
en- their enthusiastic endorsement
to the American Legion for inaugu-
rating the Americanism Apprecia-
tion Month of November with a
week devoted 10 Religion.
Never before have our people
had greater need for Divine Guid-
ance in the decisions now facing
them. We need this spiritual aid.
not only in our relations with other
nations, but also in our community
and national affairs. and indeed, in
cur personal everyday lives.
AS sponsors of Americauism Ap-
probation Month. American Legion
Posts and their Auxiliary Units
from coast to coast are working
with local. civic, religious, educa-
tional and industrial leaders to de-
velOp a variety of activities and
events which demonstrate the ad-
vantages of our democracy.
The American Legion has always
recognized that family solidarity.
founded on a respect for religion
" tAAAAn TIC AAOlAlC anu III ever gudy
life, is the bulwark of our national
unity and strength. In dedicating
the first week of November to the
Importance of Religion in COM
munity life. The American Legion
is stirring to draw all Americans
once again toward the eternal prin-
ciples on which our country was
founded. which have made it grow
and prosper, and which. if adhered
to, will assure it's greatness and
continuing leadership among the
nations of the world.
Mrs. John DickersOn is Ameri-
canism Chairman for the local
American Legion Auxiliary Unit.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
Achievement Day To
Be Held November 7
tcOntinued Irun urss page,


hghts the program carried on by
nome demonstration groups during
the year.
The program, beginning at 1O:3O
a. m, will feature exhibits. reDOrts
OF program accomplishments. grOuD
singing, and luncheon which will
be served by the Midland Grange
IN the Grange Hall. Persons sched-
uled to give reports are Mrs. James
3. Hayman, County Seat Club; Mrs.
GreylOck Noble, Greenwood: Mrs.
Edwin Williams. Wesley-CannOn:
mrs. Fred c. Marshall, Nassau; and
Mrs. Linden Isaacs, Nanticoke.
Group singing will be led by Mr..
Maurice Field, New Castle County
4-H Club Agent. accompanied by
Mrs. Mary Fleming. Salisbury.
Clubs assisting with the program
are HOllymOunt, BrOadcree
Georgetown, County Seat, and
Loves X Roads.
Certificates will be awarded TO
the families participating in the
rural fire prevention program. Blue
Award winners in the living room
Improvement contest conducted in
the county this year will be an
nOunced.
Mrs. Whites talk, PHILOSOPHY
Through Your Hat" will highlight
the afternoon program. Mrs. White
is known as lecturer. humorist,
and book reviewer. AS she models
her collection of hats, she inter
views her philosophy of life and
human relations.
Luncheon reservations will be
accepted until November 3rd. at the
County Extension Office, George
town.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
THE NAME"

SINGAPORE = up - They call.
ed him "The Name" aboard the
French liner andre Lebon."
That was because Monsieur MOu-
gammadOucOssOmarecar usually
couldn't find space enough to write
his name on chits. A French In
dian businessman. he was among
passengers from Saigon bound for
France when he vessel arrived
here recently.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
DON'T WORRY If JUNIOR
SPURNS FOOD

NEW YORK - R) - A baby
usually triples its weight in the
first year. If it kept on eating like
it did the first year, it would weigh
20 pounds by two years, and 700
pounds at four years.
Or. Lyon Steine of Valley Stream,
y. Y, gives the estimates in an
article in GP, journal of the Acad-
emy of General Practitioners. The
point, he says, is that it's normal
for the baby's appetite to decline
after the first year, and mothers
shouldn't worry about it.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
SLICES BROTHERS HEAD
THOUGHT IT WAS A MELON

CAIRO - (4) - Ismail Hassan
appeared before a court charged
with attempting to murder his bro
ther.
My bOrther was sleeping in a
watermelon field" he told the Judge.
All of a sudden l had a dream. l
dreamed my brothers head was a
watermelon. So I tried to cut it
open with my knife to find out if it
was a good one"
Other Witnesses testified Hassan
was jealous because his brother
won his girl away. He was sentenc-
ed to hard labor for seven years.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
Darkness Cause OF
Many Traffic MIishaps
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Councils program Of traffic safe
~ education, which is being UNDER
taken in cooperation with the Nat
ional Safety Council.
Darkness was a factor in SO Of
the II fatal accidents occurring in
Delaware last year and in many Of
the 2.l00 traffic deaths that occur
red throughout the nation last Octo-
ber," he said Eve must realize
that night is traffic hazard "a
real in its impact as ice on the high
way. In fall and winter the coinci-
dence Of heavy travel and hours of
darkness is due. to the envelopment
Of the gOing-to-Work and returning
frOm-work periods Of the day BY
the lengthening night"
The Delaware Safety Councils
traffic safety education program
this month has as its slogan, Might
Doubles Traffic Troubles, and
seeks to curb the after-dark toll Of
lives and property.
"lf we can convince beth drivers
and pedestrians of one fact. this
month" Mr.. Kennedy said, "our
program will have succeeded. That
fact is: nighttime is more than
twice as dangerous as daytime for
walking and driving. To stay alive
double your eantionl"
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
Correct Account Number
OF Employees Aid
To S. S. Agency
CONTINUED from arst page)

the employer and an increase in
our operating expenses" he OBJ
served.
Mr.. Minker added that over the
years the majority of employers
have improved their reporting prac-
tices and that now it is a small
minority who fail to send in reports
that contain a social security num-
per for each employee reported.
The Wilmington field office loca-
TED IN Room POI, Old Custom House
Building, 9Th & King Streets, tele-
phone 4-7776, will be glad to give
any interested employer advice on
how they can improve the quality
81 their quarterly social security
tax reports.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
FoUR-LEAVED LUCK

GUELPH, Ont. - (P) - Thir-
teen-year-Old Marian Downs of
Flora should be one of the luckiest
youngsters in Canada. Since school
vacation started she's picked IS
four-leaf clOvers, FIVE with FIVE
leaves, and one with six leaves, all
on her fathers farm.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02
KidneySIOW-DOWD
May Bring
Restless Nights

When kidney function slows down, many
folks complain Of nagging baekaehe, head.
aches, dizziness and loss Of pep and energy.
Don't suiter restless nights with these az.
comforts i reduced kidney function Is get
ting you d0Wn-due TO such common causes
as stress and strain, oVer-exertion or expo-
sure 70 cold. Minor bladder irritations due
20 eoid or wrong diet may cause getting up
NIGHTS or frequent passages.
Don't neglect your kidneys II these eondf.
tions bother you. Try DOan's Pills--a mild
diuretie. Used successfully by millions Tor
over 90 years. It's amazing how many time
p0an's give happy relief from these diseom.
lorts-helpt the lBmilesOf kidney tubes and "a.
ters flush out waste. Get Doan's PilIs fOdsvf
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-02

The state flower of Minnesota is
the Moccasin flower.
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Shurett to Visit Here

JERUSALEM. Aug. % P.-
Israel's Foreign Minister Moshe
Sharett will visit the United
States next month. He will ad-
dress the annual convention OF
Hadassah, opening at Atlantic
City, N. j., September IA. and
a week later will participate in
the National Conference of Israel
Bond Drive in Washington.