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Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Man Killed In
Auto Crash
In Sus S ex
Sunday.
Melvin o. Harmon, Age
"a Years, Dies AS Auto
mobile Rams Adult
ment; Was World War
Ill Veteran.

A 24-year-old AndersontOwn, Md,
man was killed instantly in an au-
tOmObile crash seven miles west of
Bridgeville early last Sunday morn
ing.
The fatal accident victim was
Melvin Otis HaymOn, manager of
the meat department in a Bridge
vile store, who was returning to
his home at 1:40 a. m, when he
fell asleep at the wheel, state po-
lice at Bridgeville reported.
HaymOn had worked all day Sat
urday in the store and remained in
the town Saturday night to visit
his girl friend, according to state
troopers.
He was travelling west on Route
404 when he dozed off and the car
ran off the road The vehicle struck
a concrete abutment at a private
driveway, tore the FIXTURES from its
base and ran across the driveway to
hit another abutment. The two
concrete fixtures were thrown as
feet by the force, state police said.
They added that Haymon was
thrown from the vehicle, which
turned over twice. The victim suf-
fered fractured skull when his
head nit the concrete highway. He
was pronounced dead at the scene
by private physician from Bridge
vile.
HaymOn's body was lying on the
road about nine feet from the over
turned car. He was removed to the
Hardesty Funeral Home in Bridge
vile.
Mr HaymOn was a veteran of
World War II. He had managed
the meat departments in several
Acme stores in the area.
He is survived by his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester M. HaymOn:
one brother, Francis NJ. HaymOn.
who was scheduled for induction
into the Army this week; several
uncles and aunts,
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday afternoon from the Con
cord, Md, Methodist Church. The
Rev. Melvin Kay, pastor, oficiated.
assisted by the Rev. Melvin Wheat
ley, retired minister, of North East.
ND. Burial was made in the adioin-
ing cemetery
The death was the ninth automo-
bile fatality on Delaware highways
so far this year. Last year at this
time, IA persons had been killed.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
COOtiettes Unit To
Be Organized Here
Mrs. Margaret Wardle, Supreme
Organizer, Will Be Present

This Saturday evening, March
10th, a new unit of the CoOtiettes
will be organized here i'm a meet
ing at the Blue Hen Post Home.
Present to participate ! in the in
stallatiOn of the local club will be
Mrs. Margaret Wardle, of Wash
ingtOn, Supreme Organizer of the
Cootiettes P. w. Smokey" Graves.
also of Washington, National Com
mander of the M. o. c.; Mrs.
Graves; Louis Szymanski, of Will
mingtOn, past Department Com
mander Of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, and Clement ]. NeyiEs, head
of the local NJ. o. c. unit.
Charter members of the Milford
COotiettes Club are: Margaret An
stine, Constance Barto, Hilda R.
Cannon, Alice COsden, Verna Deem
ey, Anna M Puphily, Mildred Hall,
Catherine H. Huddy, Mary G..
Hugg, Josephine KINNEY, Beatrice
Kniceley, Priscilla G. Lank, Mar
garet w. Miltiades. F. Jane Null
holland, Rebecca M. Nevins, Audrey
A. Savage, Nettie M. Schlegel, Ann
X. Sparklin, Romaigne X. Welch,
Dorothy L. Weller and Helen C.
West.
Saturdays installation ceremo-
MES will get underway at p. m,
and will be preceded by a buffet
supper at D. m.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Bryan's Rexall Store
To Give Out Orchids
First 200 Women Coming Into Store
Tomorrow VIII Be Rewarded

AS a part of their Appreciation
Day program, the management of
Bryan's ReXall Drug Store. Milford.
will give away absolutely free to
the first 200 women coming into
their store tomorrow morning (Sat-
urday, March 10TH, an Aloha or
child.
According to Mr.. Everett Bryan,
the owner of the store and his man
ager, Edmund Jackson, if anyone.
because of illness, can not come to
the store, their orchid will be de-
livered by calling 5000.
For the benefit of the evening
shoppers, orchids will be given
away at 1880 on Saturday evening,
also.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the general public to attend this
party and join in the fun and
awards which will be given away
during the course of the evening.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09


yanother generation. She wore a
dress belonging to her mother-in-
law. who had worn it in 1898. Mrs.
Alfred Nutter, Jr., was the narra-
tor and wore a beautiful wine col
ored dress, dating back to 1890
which belonged to the mother of
Mrs. Charles Prettyman, the late
Mrs. Eldridge Yardley. Suitable
music was played by Mrs. Robert
Rudolph. First came Mrs. Alex
GlasmiTe wearing the 1899 wedding
dress of Mrs. e. F. Bratten, then
Mrs. Eldridge Prettyman wearing
the wedding dress of Miss Clara
Yardley, now Mrs. Ernest PulsfOrd.
of the 1905 vintage. A wedding
dress of the Empire style was that
of Mrs. Wilmer Lankford, of 1917.
and worn by her daughter, Mrs. E.
Dale Lynch. Miss Patty Baxter
wore the short front model we'd
ding gown of Mrs. A. E. Humes.
and the veil worn by Mrs. Frank r.
Grier, both married in 1928. Mrs.
Ira Garbutt wore a gown belonging
TO her sister and a veil of Mrs. Rob
ert Mercer Of the year of 1897.
Then came wedding gowns, begin
ming with 1941 on to 1850 and worn
by the brides themselves. In this
Continued on page 25)
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
National 4-H Week Now Being
Observed Throughout Delaware

National 4-H Club Week is the
most important All event Of the
year. Locally, il is the week when
All AZ members take stock OF
what may be needed for the sue
cessful completion Of their All
goals, so essential In the building
of sturdy character. tt is a check
upa week a "get-set" week. More
over 20 may be an sOpen-house"
week when members get together
% display what they have accom-
plished 3 date, % welcome new
members to exchange ideas. and to
inform parents and neighb0rs re-
garding tde newest developments
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09

$4,000. Types of fires listed were:
Mercantile, 81; dwelling, 584; Chin
ry, 402; auto, 234; grass, 1912;
wOods,272; chicken houses. So; and
miscellaneous, 351.
A total of nine deaths by fire was
recorded in the state. The report
also revealed that a total of 44,-
256 volunteer firemen spent 123,-
CS112 hours in service and travelled
total Of 22.998 miles.
The report on ambulance SER
vices maintained by fire companies
outside the city of Wilmington. IA
in number, made a total of 2.468
trips covering 81,4S0.9 miles. There
were 5,367 men participating in the
service with total of $3.50 hours
LinWOOd Hastings of Blades, vice
president of the Sussex AssOcia-
ton, presided in the absence Of
ellis Kyttle, president. Volunteer
firemen representing Is companies
In Sussex were in attendance. Fire
police for II of the companies were
sworn in by Deputy Sheriff A. l.
Pittard. Fire police for the remain
ing companies will he sworn in at
tne next meeting of the associa-
tion.
G. H. Dennis, formerly of Oak
land' Calf. and Washington, D. c.
@aYe a brief talk on services of vo-
lunteer firemen in the corHtrv and
the benefits derived by communif-
les from services of volunteer fire
companies.
CONTINUED on page III
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
10000 Peeps To Signal attack
On The Cost OF Chicken Dinners

The first peeps of $4,000 elite
baby chicks, which will peck their
way out Of shells at the University
Of Arkansas March 16, will signal
a new attack on the high cost Of
liYing-or at least that part repre-
sented by the cost of chicken din
ners.
These chicks, now being incuba-
ted as entries in the National
Chicken-of-Tomorrow Contest FL
nails, will be descendants OF 40 Of
the most outstanding flocks in the
nation. During the last five years
these flocks have demonstrated ca
pacity to produce more and better
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
HAWKS
1252x15OO

meat on less feed. and have had
much to do with bringing the cost
Of chickens down in comparison
with the cost Of other meat.
w. ID. Termohlen, chief of the
Poultry Branch, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, says the program
started in 1916 from a suggestion
by Howard C. Pierce, national pouI-
try research director for A & PI
Food Stores, that something be-
done to develop in meat chickens
qualities smaller to those Of the
broad-breasted turkey. Results are
indicated by TermOhlen's estima-
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Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
State Is Set
For April 12-13-14
Annual Sessions viii Be Held Al
The Legislative Building

Boys State - American I.egion-
sponsored annual youth education
IN government project-win be
held this year April IL, 1S and IA
A third day has been added to
the usual two-day program to i'll
clude student instruction in muni-
cipal and county as well as state
government, it was announced by
Col. Edgar S. Slayer. state legion
commander. Colonel Slayer met in
Wilmington stale legion headuuar-
ters on Tuesday with William E.
Mathews, Jr., Smyrna, chairman of
the Boys State committee, and
Thomas A. Egan, state adjutant.
Announcement of the dates follow
ed the meeting.
Pupils elected by the junior and
senior classes of 40 Delaware
schools will serve" for the first
two days-Thursday and Friday
in the House and Senate, sitting
with members of the regular Cen
eral Assembly. Other students will
be chosen as governor, lieutenant
governor, secretary of state, attor-
ney general, auditor, treasurer, and
insurance commissioner.
The cabinet officers and governor
are chosen each year from a differ
ent school. The school for this ses-
sion will be announced Sunday
when the full Boys State Commit
tee will meet in Walter L. Fox
Post No. 2 in Dover at 2 p. M, to
complete plans for the event.
Mayors of Wilmington, Harring-
ton and Dover and Levy Court Of
ficials from the three counties will
meet with the pupils Saturday, the
final day, to explain details of city
te0ntlnued on page -
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
318,085 Final Official Census
Figure Compiled For Delapare

The Census Bureau has an!.oun-
ced that the final and official popu-
latiOn Of Delaware revealed by the
Census Of 1850 is S1s,OS5.
This is an increase Of 1914 per
cent over the final figure Of the
1910 Census. 266,5O5.
The Official population Of Milford
is 5,179. This is an increase Of 965
over the 1910 population which was
4.214. This was one Of the largest
percentage. gains Of any city in the
state.
The ofdclal population Of Wil-
mington is 1l0,S56. This is re-
duction Of more than 2,0e6 from
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09

the 1910 population. 112.5O4.
New Castle County. however. has
grown to Q population Of 218,8T9. q
gain Of 2l.s peg cent over the 49,
562 population Of 1910.
Sussex County has a new Ofioial
population Of 81 1856. gain of ls.S
per cent over the 52,502 residents
who We're counted Ia the census
Of 1910. Kent County picked ID an
even ten per cent in population.
coming out with an Oflcial count
Of $3.50. against a 1910 count 81
S4,441.
ln round figures New Castle
teoatlnosd e. paee isl
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Avenue Church Choir
Planning For Easter
Completing Final Preparations For
Presentation OF "HOly City"

Final preparations are now being
made by the Avenue Methodist
Young Peoples Choir for their
presentation of Gauls sacred can
oata, The Holy City" in Avenne
Methodist Church, Milford, Sunday
afternoon, March 18th, at 4 D. m.
The Young Peoples Choir has nov
been in rehearsal for two months
preparing this well-loved choral
work, which was originally sung
at the Birmingham Music Festival
in 1882. The sixty-vOice Avenue
Choir will sing the entire Cantata
and the complete program will ap-
pear next week.
Committees now at work on the
various details include: Music.
Florence Hearne, Alice Wilson, Vir-
ginia Scott, Frank Pettyjohn, Rob
ert Layton, Clayton Emory, Con-
stance Hugg and Vivian Yon; Pub
licity, Wilbur Haight, William
Wells, William Wilson, Mildred
Continued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09

in tBeif All program
Nationally, 4-H Club Week pro-
vides an excellent opportunity to
tell the 4-H story to the general
public through the press, radio and
television. If this is done we'll, the
people Of our county will under
stand the far-reaching values Of the
4-H program, Then they will in
creasingly support All work wher-
ever they may be TO the end that
all youth may serve as alert, stur-
dy citizens in the best interests Of
national and world peace and pro-
gress.
fcontinusd on page 10)
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Methodist Workers
To Meet In April
Session VIII Be Held In EpwOrth
Church, April 12.13.14

A children's workers conference
of the Peninsula Methodist Confer
ence will be held April IL, Is, and
IA in EpwOrth Methodist Church,
Rehoboth Beach, with Charles E.
Davis of Pittsville, Md, district
director of children's work for the
District of the Peninsula
Conference, as dean.
Miss Annie e. Howe Of Salisbury,
conference director Of children's
work, will be registrar and treas
urer. The Rev. Waldo Disc is the
host pastor.
Ce0ntinued on page -
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Record Forest Fires
Laid To Careiessness
Twenty-Five Fires Last Week Caused
Heavy Timber Losses

An unprecedented number of
forest fires was recorded by the
State Forestry Department last
week, with a loss of $50 acres of
forest land.
Officials Of the department said
this week that mo other compar-
able period in the departments
history has recorded such an ex-
tensive amount of forest loss for
the month of February.
Carelessness Major Cause
twenty-five forest fires were re-
porCed last week, causing an esti-
mated loss Of more than $1,000
CONTINUED on page %
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Dover Merchants
Opposed To Meters
Capital Businessmen Disagree With
CanCeling OF Free Parking

A majority of Dover merchants
and other businessmen appear to be
in disagreement with the proposal
that parking meters be installed in
the two public parking lots now
operated by that city.
At a recent meeting of City COun-
Gil a proposal was made that met
ers be installed on these parking
lots in order to keep traffic moving,
as we'll as to provide possible rev.
enue with which to maintain the
lots.
(continus0 on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Seafoi'd Fire Co.
Is so Years Old
SeafOrd Volunteer Unit Observes
Anniversary With Banquet

An elaborate ladies night ban
quet and program marked the 5Oth
anniversary Of the Seaf0rd Volun-
teer Fire Department, recently.
Among the approximately 275
persons present were many we'll
known guests, including Mayor
Lannes W. Marvel; City Council
and City employees: Col. Edgar s.
Slayer Of Rehoboth, State Volun-
teer Firemen's president; Ellis Kyt-
tie, Of Laurel, Sussex president:
Mrs. Harold Brittingham, Of LeWes.
State auxiHaries president: Mrs.
Martin Uhler, Of Greenwood. Sns-
sex anxiliaries president: the Rev.
Walter H. Stone. the Rev. Omar
Jones, the Rev. Jervis Cooke and
the Rev. N @. Clough. of Seaford
Wives Of deceased local members
were special guests.
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Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Martha Allen Sears
Stylist In Dover
Famous Figure Specialist VIII Offer
Analysis March 1918

Miss Martha Allen, Sears Char
mode Corset Specialist, assisted by
the local staff of Sears trained
cOrsetieres will be in the Sears
store in Dover, March 18th and
14th. She offers local women a fig
ure analysis and figure consultation
service absolutely without any OBJ
legation or charge.
Miss Allen says "Corsetry is
highly specialized and very inn
CONTINUED on page 25)
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
WSCS Held Spring
Meet At Millsboro
All Day Sessions On Wednesday
Held In Grace Methodist Church

The spring meeting of Dover Dis
trict Woman's Society of Christian
Service was held on Wednesday in
Grace Methodist Church in Mills
borO. The morning and afternoon
sessions were presided over by
Mrs. w. Harmon Money, president
of MiddletOWn. Business took up
most of the time before 1890 when
was served by the WSCS
of the host church. Miss Ruth Fla
herty, deacOness and superintend-
ent of the Camden IN. j. Dea-
coness Work was the guest speaker
of the day, and gave interesting
phases of her work and that of the
work in other parts Of
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Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Years Fire Loss In State
Tops Million, Report Says
Figures Were Given By Delaware State Fire Recorder
Granville T. White, At Recent Meeting Of
Sussex County Volunteer Group

he annual report OF the Delaware State Recorder
Whte laurel was released last week the
County
Mr. Whites showed the state of 81 PSI 7O 50
with insurance $656831
losses in the state listed $444
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Milford Rifle Team
Downs Greenwood
Win Is Fifth For Local SharD.
shooters Against One Loss

The Milford Eagle Rife Team
again wned the Greenwood
Hawks last Thursday evening in
another series match held at
Greenwood. 1t was the fifth win for
Milford in this series. with only
one loss accredited thus far.
High individual scoring hOnors
went to Henry Saunders, Jr., with
a 275, followed closely by Bob
Young and William Chandler. each
turning in tie scores Of 269. Ralph
HynsOn. of the Hawks, followed
with a 262.
Team totals.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-09
Delightful Program Given
1T Milford Century club
The Pageant Of Brides Was Presented This Past Monday
Afternoon Under The Direction Of Mrs Frederick
F. TOrsCh Chairman For The Day
Chronicle photo

Mrs Frederick TOrsch program at the
New Century Club Monday and delightfully."- presented
geat Oh Brides which quite
OF other promenaded in wedding
OF former members Of the club
showed blouses
Evening star., 1951-07-08
SMust Not Korean PeoceBnnq Letdown in Military Effort

litical gangsters in Moscow, tt
communize and rule the globe
has been broken.
An armistice now in Korea
would be triumph of the valol
of our fighting men and the quail
ity of their leadership. 1t would
also be tribute to the judgment
of our joint chiefs of staff, headed
by Gen. Bradley and backed by
Secretary of Defense Marshall
who advised the President that il
we poured enough fire power on
the Chinese Reds they could be
forced to quit. and to Mr.. Truman
for standing firm behind them.
But should the United States
now let down it's guard, either
failing to continue building its
military strength or tearing away
its bulWarks against imitation, our
victory in Korea could become a
major Red maneuver working to-
ward our ultimate destruction.
Controls on Initiation.
If, in a happy surge of nor
malcy, we should be so foolhardy
as to slash our military program
before the day when we have de-
pendable assurance that the Red
drive to conquer the world is end
ed, we would be leaving our coun-
try vulnerable to attack whenever
the Kremlin should decide its
Evening star., 1951-07-08

atomic stockpile had reached ade-
quate proportions.
! And if we continue our plan tc
devote from $38 billion to $5C
billion of our productive power
next year to turning out weapons
and yet delude ourselves into be-
lieving we can escape a ruinous
spiral of imitation unless we con-
tinue adequate emergency con-
trolls, We are likely to play squarely
into the prediction made by Karl
Marx, that sooner or later the
internal pressures of contesting
factions in our system would de-
stroy it.
There Is already ample evidence
that many powerful groups, in
Icluding some in Congress, are
ready to go along with the mill
tary program, but do not realize
that the two policies-military
and anti-inflation-are linked to-
Igether.
Incentive System Involved.
They have urged Congress to
count solely on the law of supply
and demand and looking to the
quick, swollen profits that are
reaped by a few in some stages of
a careening imitation, they disre-
gard the fact that the great ma
jority of the American people
would be crudely caught by fur
ther violent price rises. And they
Evening star., 1951-07-08

Ioverlook the fact that by burn
ing out the substance of the Ma
Ition's economy. and deterioratine
the value of the American dollar
they might well be destroying
through a subsequent deflatior
and widespread unemployment
forcing Government economic anc
social action on a scale never be.
fore contemplated, the free in.
Icentive system under which they
have prospered so well.
Nevertheless, these forces anc
their spokesmen in Congress have
fgraSped at every excuse to teal
down the direct effective bulwarks
against higher prices.
Business-as- Usual Era.
Now the inf1ationists are urg-
ing that a truce can mean the
end of emergency. the repeal OF
effective anti-inf1ation measures
and the beginning of a let's-take-
business as usual
era.
Nothing We could do would
please Stain more. The ironic
part Of it is that the principal
disciples of such a policy are
those whose chief concern seems
to be with preventing higher taxes.
Inflated costs of military goods
purchased since the Korean in
vasion, estimated by Secretary
Marshall at 81 billion, have more
Evening star., 1951-07-08
Bread Supplies Drop,
Violence Reported
In New York Strike
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 7.-Scatterec
violence was reported and homes
restaurants and hotels were run,
ming short of bread today in the
sixth day of a strike by 4,O0(
metropolitan New York bakery
truck drivers.
The strikers, members of the
AFL International Brotherhood o1
TeamsterS, are seeking higher pay
and shorter work week. Theil
companies deliver about 80 pei
cent of the wrapped white bread
in the metropolitan area.
Federal mediators have been un-
able to get the union or repre-
SentativeS of the 16 affected bread
companies together.
The union has denied that its
members were responsible for any
OF the acts of violence.
Ralph Agavino, striking
driver. reported that two men
stopped his truck in Brooklyn.
Slapped him, then drove him and
his truck to Manhattan.
George Pasis, another driver,
said a man darted behind his
parked truck and punctured the
rear tires.
With deliveries curtailed, res
taurants were sending taxicabs
and trucks to the bakeries to get
bread and rolls. Police said they
were getting reports of pickets
preventing such pickup attempts
In some cases.
The pickets allowed trucks to
pass through their lines to get
bread for hospitals and similar
institutions
The strikers seek a 4O-hour
Evening star., 1951-07-08
Army and Marine Bands
10 Give Concerts Toniqhf

Public concerts will be given
tonight by the Marine Band and
the Army Band at 8 o'clock. Each
will feature popular MUSIC and
soloists.
The Marine Band will play at
the Thomas Jefferson Memorial,
the Army Band at the Carter
Barron Ampitheater in Rock
Creek Park. There is no ad-
mission charge.
Evening star., 1951-07-08
As Senator Moody Sees 1t
By Bloir Moody

DETROIT, July 8.-The end o1
the war in Korea, if it can be
achieved in the Kaesong negotia-
tions starting tomorrow, will con-
front Congress and the country
with new and equally grave test
of judgement and fibre: Shall we
then relax and let our guard
down?
If we assume that the fina
shot at the 38th Parallel also con-
cludes our struggle for surviva!
against world communism ano
therefore curtail our building OF
military strength, we will be walk
ing into a Kremlin trap.
II we continue our military
program but rip away the steering
wheel and emergency brakes need
ed to keep our high-speed economy
from plunging off the road into a
wreck of imitation, we will take a
long step toward the self-destruc-
OAS1l Va Jul oS oICIIA anu Jul OOukl-
try on which the Reds are count
ing for cheap global victory.
Basic Problems Remain.
A cease-fire in Korea will ease
the suspense and heartache OF
thousands of families, and end
the immediate danger to their
fighting sons who have established
the principle that in today'S world
aggression cannot be permitted to
pay.
But, so far as our two funda-
mental problems national
strength and national economic
stability-are concerned, it will
not change the situation at all.
The fight against Communism
cannot be won until there is a
basic change in the policy of the
Kremlin. There can be no real
peace until the drive of the po-
Evening star., 1951-07-08

than chewed up the tax increase
passed by Congress a year ago.
If we do not check imitation now,
the new tax boost Congress is
about to vote will be kissed away
many times over in higher prices
alone, while the stage is set after
the inflated balloon ascension, for
a crushing drop, which no one
in America could escape.
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate, rneN
Evening star., 1951-07-08

five-day week, instead Of the pres
ent 40 hours spread over six days.
They also are asking a $40 salary
increase over the present average
of SOS a week and a raise in sales
mems 8 per cent commissions to
10 per cent.