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Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
contract lis
Signed For
New Wing To
Hospital Bldg.
Announcement That Con-
tract Has Been Signed
With Rupert COnstruc-
tiOn Company Made BY
G. r. Messick.

Mr.. G. Roland Messick, presi-
dent Of the Milford Memorial Hos
pital, announced on Wednesday
morning of this week that the con-
tract had been signed with the Ru-
pert Construction Company, of Will
mingtOn, Delaware, for the con-
structiOn Of the new wing to the
local hospital building, the new
building for the nurses home and
training school. and the separate
building for the greatly enlarged
boiler plant. Work win be started
on or before July Is, and is sched-
uled to be completed by September
i, 1852. Mr. Edward r. Steiner of
Milford, is the chairman Of the
Building Committee Of the Hospital
Board Of Trustees and Mr.. G. Nor
mis- Whiteside Of Wilmington is
the architect.
Mr. Messiek emphasized the vi
tally urgent need for these addi-
tiOnaI hospital facilities. The in
stitution has a present capacity of
100 beds but frequently the census
shows we'll over one hundred pa
tients, with beds having to be
placed in corridors. Furthermore,
the medical stan is required. be-
cause Of these often crowded con-
ditiOns, to postpone disqualification
for many patients, awaiting the
necessary accommodations. This
near-capacity situation always, and
over-eapacity frequently Is danger
ous for the welfare of the large
community which the Milford Hos
be ready to take care Of practical
ital serves. For safety's sake, to
" any eventuality short Of q major
catastrophe, there must be a more
reasonable margin between the
daily census Of patients and the
caRacity of the institution.
The new wing to be built will be
attached to the center-rear of the
present building and will extend
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Young Farmers Can
Aid Defense Effort
State Youth Can Aid In Producing
More Vegetables

+ Delaware farm youths were told
today they can make a direct con
tributiOn to the nations defense
program by taking part IN this
years production-marketing con-
test of the National Junior Vege-
table Growers Association.
Secretary Of Agriculture Bran
nan has called for greatly increas-
ed vegetable gardening" said Rob-
ert F. Stevens, extension horticul-
turist, University Of Delaware,
'and feel this contest, teaching
more efficient methods of growing
and selling vegetables, will be very
helpful in building up adequate re-
serves Of food supplies for emer-
gencies."
In announcing opening of the
NJVGA's eleventh annual cOmpeti-
ton, Stevens pointed out that it
ties in directly with the Depart
ment Of Agriculture's belief that an
expansion of vegetable gardening
in all states will contribute mate
rial strength to national defense
efforts.
CcOntInuad on page 81
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Blue Hen Post
Active At
Local Veterans Organiza-
tiOn Was Disappointed
In Not Getting Service
Honor AT Meeting.

MiIfords Blue Hen Post and it's
Ladies Auxiliary we're ably and ac-
lively represented at. all sessions
Of the Twenty-first annual En-
campment of the Departments of
Delaware, Veterans of Foreign
Wars and Ladies Auxiliaries. A
member of the local auxiliary, Mrs.
Priscilla Lank, presided over all
sessions Of the ladies department,
in her role as department presi-
dent, and the Rev. Andrew J. White,
Blue Hen Post chaplain. was elect
ed to a second term as department
chaplain; other members Of the
Blue Hen units were present at all
sessions Of both mems and ladies
departments and took active parts
in the proceedings.
From a Milford viewpoint, the
encampment was successful in
every respect but one; this one dis
appointment occurred when Blue
Hen Post was not included among
the top three posts in the announce
ment Of the Community Service
Contest results. Sharing the sur
prise-and disapDointment-Of the
local group we're ". F W. members
from all parts of the state, who,
naturally, assumed that Blue Hen
Post. three times recipient of nat
i0nal recognition and sponsors of
a varied, all-yeaT-arOund program
Of community service. would again
be Community Service Award
winner. However, Blue Hen Post
members took the results in stride
ana displayed commeRdale- sports
manship.
The ladies department opened its
sessions on Friday morning at
nine, at the Speer Post Home, with
Mrs. Lank presiding. Two other
members Of the Blue Hen Auxili-
ary, Mrs Verna Deeney and Mrs.
Mary G. Hugg, assisted with the
proceedings in their roles as pages.
Friday evening. the ladies joined
the men at the Atterbury Post
Home for the Joint Memorial Ser
vices, at which Rev. White gave
the principal address. The ladies
resumed activities early Saturday
morning, and, during the morning
session. a 17-year-Old Milford girl,
Miss Mary K. KepleF, was intro
duced and presented with $4,000
and an appropriately inscribed
medal in recognition Of her having
won the AmeTicanism Essay Con-
test, sponsored annually by the
Ladies' Department, Veterans Of
Foreign Wars. Miss Kepler, who
graduated from the Milford High
School last week as valedict0rian
of her class, was accompanied by
her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth
Kepler..
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Coolies Are Planning
To Aid Crippled Vets
Affiliate Of WV Hopes To Pur-
chase COlsOn Wheel Chair

Fiddlers Puptent No. 4, Military
Order of the Cootie, a v. F. w.
affiliate, is arranging purchase Of
a ColsOn all-weather wheel chair,
to be donated by the local Coolies
to the Delaware Department, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, for use of
crippled veterans. Announcement
to this effect was made by Clement
J. Nevins, head of the Milford
M. o. c. Unit, at the closing ses-
sion of the Annual Department of
Delaware Encampment, held in
Wilmington the past weekend.
The Coolies offer of donation Of
a wheel chair came on the heels of
action by the state v. F. w. de-
partment 20 the effect that the
Delaware Department should OBJ
tain wheelchairs and make same
available for use Of crippled vet
Grams. Past Department Comman-
der Raymond Loose. co-chairman
of the departments hospital COM
mittee the past year, had previous
ly urged the Delaware Department
to obtain wheeIchairs, advising
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Girls State VIII
Be Held Next Week
Gov. Carvel viii Speak At
CeremODies In State
Capital

Every public and private high
school in Delaware will be repre-
sented by the more than 20 girls to
take part in Girls State, Monday
through Friday Of next week at
Legislative Hall, Dover.
Gov. Ebert N. CarveI will head
the list Of officials scheduled to
address the girls during the i've
day civics lesson sponsored BY the
Delaware American Legion Aux
iliary.
The girls viii be housed at Wes-
ley Junior College IN Dover.
A cOnvocatiOn of the girls and
sponsors representatives, viii be
held in Holt Chapel at $3.50 b. M.
Monday.
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Frear FavOrs
Up To 20 Pct.
Hike In Some
Present Rents
Junior Delaware Scion
Criticizes Truman Adj
IninistratiOn For Bung-
ling In Enforcing Price
Curbs.

Senator ]. Alien Frear, Jr., ID
Del) said Tuesday that all land
lords who have not yet received a
10 per cent increase in rents over
their 1912 base period. ought to be
given that relief in the extension
OF rent control which Congress is
expected to pass shortly.
I'm some instances an increase Of
as much as 20 per cent is justified"
the Delawa.e senator declared.
Senator Frear is a member Of the
Senate banking and currency COM
mittee which is struggling to write
new control law before the June
Both deadline on the present act is
reached.
He expressed doubt that Congress
will be able to meet the deadline,
and said that a temporary extern
sion of the present law will prob
ably be passed until Congress can
agree on a new statute.
The senator also expressed him
self as opposed to price rolIbacks
unless prices throughout the whole
economy are rolled back stimuli
taneously, and he criticized the ad-
ministratiOn for bungling and in
eptness in enforsing the price con-
troll and defense production regu-
lations which Congress has ap-
proved.
He said "there is no excuse" for
several Of the difficulties which
have arisen in administration Of
the act.
The Delaware senator said that
he will oppose efforts to bring new
areas under rent control unless the
secretary Of defense makes a de-,
termination that those are areas Of
housing shortage due to defense de-
mands.
Some administration supporters
have demanded that tho housing
expediter be given authority to re-
control areas that have been de-
controlled in the last two years. !.
This provision would effect all
of the state of Delaware south Of
the Delaware Chesapeake Canal
which was decontrolled more than
a year ago.
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
Milford iii. s.
Alumni Group
Reunion
Largest Fete Ever Held
By Former Graduates
Put On Last Friday
Night At High School.

The largest gathering of former
graduates in the history of Milford
High School took part in the Alum
nj banquet last Friday evening. The
gala affair, with approximately $50
present, was held in the spacious
new cafeteria. Three hundred per-
sons from Is states took part in
the evenings activities as former
State Senator Robert H. Yerkes
acted as tOastmaster. Members of
the current graduating class were
introduced by Harry Humes, the
president
John F. Roosa, chairman of the
nominating committee, presented
the following slate which was elect
ed: Chester Coffin, president; will
mer o. LankfOrd, III, vice presi-
dent: Sara Prettyman, secretary,
ard Hazel Sapp, treasurer.
A message was read to the alum
nj from 1t. L. Hayes DickersOn, now
stationed at MacDill Air Base,
Tampa, Florida, and current presi-
dent Of the body. The address of
the evening was given by the Rev
Joseph B. DickersOn, pastor of Nc
Cab9 Methodist Church, Whining
ton, a graduate of Milford High
School. class of 1929. His topic was
"You Can Make A Difference" and
was one of tie best ever delivered
to the association. The Alumni
scholarship Jf 5000 was awarded
to Miss Patsy Kern, class of 1851.
Group singing, which was great
ly enjoyed, was led by Milton Man
love.
Glass reunions were held by the
classes of 1911, 1921. 1927, 1913
and 1941.
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
Petit Jurors
Are Selected
In SUISSE ex
Many MilfOrdians Are
Included In First Dis
trict Group; Superior
Court Meets June Is.

The Jury Commissioners for Sus-
sex County have drawn the list of
Petit and Additional Petit Jurors
for the June Term of Sussex Coun-
ty Superior Court, which will begin
on Monday, June 25.
The list folio VS.: Petit Jurors
Dist. No. 1-Myron c. Warren,
Clarke Ave, Milford; Mrs. Mary G..
NAPLES, S. Walnut St., Milford:
Mrs Elizabeth Johnson, Kings
Highway, Milford and Harry Null
holland, Sr., Milford. Dist No. q
Mary Kinder, Bridgeville; Harry
Warrington, Greenwood; William
E. Ferguson and Mrs. Frances Ham
mOnd, both of Bridgeville. Dist. No.
3-Paul Wooten, Mrs. Marie Fox,
Irwin F. Smoot and Cecil B. Tull,
all Of SeafOrd.
Dist. No. Emily Hass, SeafOrd; ;
Mrs. Helen Splitter, Laurel; Mrs.
Mary NJ Moore, Blades Dist. No.
5-TheOdore Elliott and Mrs. Kath-
crime Phillips, both of Laurel: John
Lee Phillips and Mrs. E. Reeves
Marvel, both of Delmar. Dist. No.
.6-Raymond L. Kollock, DagsborO; /;
Mrs. Kathleen Messick, Millsboro;
Roscoe ~. Bennett. Dagsboro: {:
Chester Pepper, r. D. 1, George
town, Dist. No. 7-Georgie Camp
bell: Anna Lee Gray and Madison
NJ Gray. all of Selbvville.
Dist. No. 8-COra B. DOrey, Har-
beson; Henry B. Johnson, Mills
boro and Aliene Hurdle. HarbesOn.
Dist No, 9-Mrs. Frances L. Rust,
Eva B. Pittard. Mrs. Grace T. Hat
field. all of GeOrgetOwn. Dist. No.
1n-Edward Phillips. RehOboth: ::
Mrs. ClaUdea r. Orr. 1875 Savannah
Road. Lewes: Dora NJ. Jarvis, Har-
heson and Charles T. Nelson, Jr.,
Lewes.
Continued on page 20)
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Kent County Jury
Panels Are Drawn
July Term Jurors Selected BY
Commissioners Jacobs And Mifflin

July LtEM JuIOFS DeAecJeU By
Commissioners Jacobs And Mifflin
Jury Commissioners Walker. L.
Mifflin and Wilbur E. Jacobs have
drawn two panels of petit jurors for
the July term of the Kent County
Superior Court.
On the regular panel: First
Representative District - Lillian
Dodson, Mary George, Walter W..
Hynson and Edna Truax; second
Charles Pyott, Lawrence FOard,
William Sterling and Garrett D.
Paradee; third - Helen Walker,
Ruth Rambo, Albert Cote, and Flea
nor O'Neal; fOurth-James w. Pip
pin, Herbert Churchman, Mary M.
Rash, and Joseph c. Lewis.
Fifth-DOrOthy Lucas, George W.
Smith, William E. Messick, and
Ralph Boyer; sixth-Henry Austin,
William Humes. Carl S. Lewis, and
Norma Rash; seventh - George
LaramoTe, Hayes Keller and George
w. Busch; eighth--Mary Slaughter
Johnston, Grover Dill, and Virginia
Morrow; ninth - William Croll,
Samuel Short, Jr., and Woodrow
Holloway: tenth ~ ]. ward
French, Charles Glendon and Leon
ard French.
The members Of the special panel
are: First Representative District
Elmer S. Boyer and Ella Jones:
second Oliver w. FarrOw and Earl
Carey; third-Lee Everett, Byron
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All Short Course
At State College

Learning to Live in a Changing
World, means classes in nutrition,
home gardening, safety, council
circles, and group discussions at
Delaware State College, June 1919,
It's the 4th Annual All Short
Course at State College. Learning
to Live in a Changing World" is
the theme for the meetings, accord
ing to Mrs. Camille s. Jacobs,
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Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15

out of each group will be dressed
and judged for size and quality.
The boys and girls entered from
Sussex County: Seaford. Billy Abb
b0tt, Nelson Adams. Robert Beck,
Richard Booth, Edward BCyoe, Ken
~ Golbourne. Avery Ellis. Troy
Horne, William Larrimore. Billy
Morris, Bobby Murphy Johnson
Murphy, Cecil Pepper. Jack Ridge
way. Edward Trultt. Melvin Truitt,
Ianines Tull, Floyd Tuli, Charles
Tyn6all. James Williams. Tom
Williams; BridgeVille, Bobby Lare,
Wayne Spelcher. Mary Ellen Warns
or, GEORGETOWN. George Ieaaos. ALE
Continued gn page 20l
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
Utility And Union
Agree On Wages
Threat OF Power Strike Removed
On DelmarVa Peninsula
By AssocIated press

BY Associated Press
Agreement was reached late Mon
day in a wage dispute between three
power companies operating on the
Delmarva Peninsula and their en-
ployes, members Of the AFL Broth
erhoOd of Electrical Workers.
However, a management spOkes-
man said the terms would not be
announced until the settlement has
been ratified by both parties.
Union representatives and Off
cials of the three companies met
throughout the day on Monday in
the office of Maryland Labor and
Industry Commissioner, Joseph D..
Their contract expired May 81,
but both parties agreed to extend
1t to June Is to avert a walkOut.
Continued on page 1917
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
Fresh Air Guests
Due Here June %
Another Group win Arrive In Mil.
ford On July 18th

A group of Fresh Air guests
will arrive in Milford on June %
and another group on July 19.
Mrs. Chuck Wright, the local chair
man announces these dates. She
also has placed eighteen boys and
girls in homes here and in the sur
rounding communities for a visit
of two weeks. Hosts and hOstesses
are as follows: Mrs. Randall John
son, Houston, Mrs. James c. Reed,
Milton, Mrs. Barbara Roach,
Georgetown, Mrs. Lester B. HueY
and Mrs. Martha Embleton OF
Greenwood, Mrs. John LeCompte of
Lincoln, Mrs. Horace Van Buren,,
Mrs. Dick Pendelton, Mrs. Ben Or
kin, Mrs. Jack Laremore, Mrs. Mar
vim Hitch, Mrs. Harvey G. Wood
Mrs. John Roosa, Mrs. Chuck
Wright, Mrs. Oscar T. Moore, Mrs.
G. B. Travers and Harry J..
Pierce df Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
Ceiling Prices Must
Be Posted For Beef
Must Be Available TO All COnsum.
ers BY Monday Next

Next Monday, June 18th, ceiling
prices on beef must be posted for
all consumers to see in retail meat
shops, Henry McC. Winchester, dis
trict director Of the Office Of Price
Sterilization, reminded Delaware's
butchers and consumers this week.
Charts are being mailed out from
the regional mailing center, the
OPS official said, but, he explained
that copies of the dollars-andrcents
ceiling price posters are also avail
able at the district Office in Will
mington
Also required by OPS regulation
is that beef cuts must be displayed
with the various grades in sep
arate trays and with each tray price
tagged. This is the first of three
price postings. On August 1, retail
ers, as we'll as wholesalers and
slaughterers, will put into effect
lower beef prices. On October 1,
still lower prices will become effec-
tive. Every consumer has the right
to see these prices and the right Of
complaint on any violation.
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15

VIII present q program Of tradi-
tional music on the Battery.
A high spot Of the festivities will
be the principal address by Hon.
James Bruce, direct descendant Of
one Of the Founders Of New Castle.
Mr.. Bruce is former Ambassador
to Argentina, and presently directs
one of Americas great industrial
concerns. There will also be repre-
sehtatives of the Dutch Government
and dignitaries from Washington.
A token session of the Delaware
General Assembly will pass resolu-
tions hOnoring the Founding Fa-
theirs, and memorializing the First
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All Clubs To Hold
Speaking Contest

The State All public speaking
contest viii be a feature Of the
30th annual boys and girls All
short course at the University Of
Delaware, according to Margaret
Webb and Sam Gwinn, County All
Agents The college week for 4
Hers IS June 20 to %.
Kent and Sussex Counties are
selecting county public speaking
fconfnuea 81 nera 81
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
Shortage Seen OF
Choice Beef Cuts
Butchers Check Reveals
Impending Shortage In
Most Areas
Br Associaled -

CHOICE cuts Of beef, it appeared
this week, are going to be on the
scarce list in many Of the nations
butcher shops in a few days.
There still is beef in shops
across the country, a survey show
ed. But the continued slump in cat
tie marketing, packing spokesmen
said, viii mean an extremely tight
retail supply Of beef soon.
After a week Of price controls
for live beef animals, there ap-
peaTed no indication Of a boost in
supplies. Mondays cattle shipments
continued on page s.
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
LIONS GOING TO BALL
GAME THIS SUNDAY

The members of the Mil
ford Lions Club are sponsor
ing a trip to Philadelphia
this Sunday, June 18th, to
see the Philadelphia Athletics
play a double header with
the Chicago White Sox. The
bus will leave Milford around
8 o'clock and the cost is
$3.50 per person. Those de-
string to go should contact
Garrett Grier at Milford
1927, for full particulars.
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
] Treasure Found In
Delaware Forests

They're finding treasure Ia the
Delaware forests these days. That's
how one landowner 81 Millsboro de-
scribed his present timber opera
tiona. When he said it he was
standing near the short of Indian
River Bay whore legend says plr-
ates buried some of their booty
But he was thinking Of che cash
returns from eeiective woodcuttine
fcontnpsE 81 raee 81
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
Warburton Seeks
Young COP Post
Stste Man To Be Candidate For
National Chairman At Convention

National Chairman At Convention
Delaware's Young Republican
Federation will have a candidate
for chairman Of the national or
ganizatiOn at the 48-state conven-
tion in Boston June $3.50 it was
revealed yesterday with the an
that First Assistant
Wilmington City Solicitor Herbert
b. Warburton will seek the Office.
Mr.. WarburtOn, an advocate Of
increased Young Republican influ-
ence in the regular party councils,
was keynoter in May at the New
York State Federation of Young
Republicans convention at Troy. A
graduate Of the University Of Del
aware and the Dickinson Law
School. Mr.. WarbUrtOn is secretary
Of the Republican State Committee.
(eontlnued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15

according to Mr.. Ehinger's report.
FOrty-nine Troops have reserved
camp sites for one week or more
where they will camp under their
own Troop Leaders using the
camps facilities and the help Of
the camp star Registrations Of in
dtYidual Scouts who are not going
to camp as a Troop are being re-
ceived daily at the Scout 0fiice,
1912 Jefferson Street Wilmington.
Scouts are urged to get their appli-
cations in early for the camp peril
DDS Of their choice. Information on
registration and camp costs can Be
secured from any Scoutmaster or
Continued on page 20)
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Firehghters To Check
On Noted Hazards
Members OF Carlisle Fire Co. win
See Inspection Brought Results

Members of the Carlisle Fire
Company will visit the business
houses and places Of public gather
ings on Monday, June 18th, for the
of checking on the haz-
ards noted and submitted to the
mayor and chief Of the fire COM
pany during the recent inspection
held during the month of May.
1t is hoped by the boys of the
Carlisle Fire Company and the
mayor and Council that corrections
will have been made by the time
the Techeck time rolls around and
that all Of the nearly 500 separate
hazards found will have been re-
paired and 500 possible fires in our
city viii have been prevented.
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
Delaware Farm Boys Ind Girls
ire Raising 1850 Contest Chicks

Multiply 158 BY so and have 1850 promising chickens Of to-
being raised By Delaware farm boys and girls
University Delaware,
starting cockerels
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
Building Program Is
Planned AT st. PauI's
Goal OF $4,000 Has Been Set For
Badly Needed Improvements

st. Paul Church, Milford, begins
its building improvement program
with a special service Sunday,
June H. This service will mark the
beginning Of the S6,500 REPAYMENT
and Improvement Campaign. To be-
gin this important project finan-
cial organization was set up by the
efficient pastor, Rev. Randolph
Fisher.
The personnel in this organiza.
tion are: Chairman Mr. J. II. Ed
wards vice chairman, Mrs. Fon-
taine s. Mitchell, also publicity
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Plans Complete For New Castle
Tercentenary Fete Tomorrow

The New Castle Tercenenary tomorrow Saturday June 10Th Of
special Delawareans will
mateaize
curtain rises the that constitute the celebration
United Presidents will be
heard in Directed Major William Saneman UsMC it
Milford chronicle., 1951-06-15
RodneyScOut CqmPsUi Officially
open On JuDe "a For 34th Season

The Rodney Scout Camps the Chesapeake North
Maryland, will "a
record enrolment all Districts according
to yesterday Ehngr Dover chair
man Of the DeNarVa Councils
no date than 1909 boys nad
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-11-23
Feminine Fashion
FLdir=
BY BERNADINE CARRICKETr

you the fabric
will fashion along with fur coat? Well the
public certainly letting the designers know they will So
shouettes the
the silk tafea Innings that they
commanding attention
fashion depended Hairy
feecy suffs luxIrian appeal In blacks
the they fashion the dramatic the
whether the fitted shoues the that
sections unusual designs make
additional tapeng
the
The the fitted although fitted
silhouette biggest excitement this
with deal skill because the waist line cinched tightly
and skirts flare with width Sometimes these skirts have
double fold deep the which makes appre
caby width that already wide hem line Even
though neec particularly thick hairy
manipulated look
especially exciting solid
eybndng pats checks dots and stripes Both
tafta extremely noticeable audible all these coats
Tweed which until this associated
clothes different 1t spotghted
parade and trimmed with satin silk and sometimes dramazd
black
at
all the cloth choice will
it with a proud head