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Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02
Proposals For New Cas-
tie, Kent Counties Are
Submitted To State
Board After A Long
Study.

A total of II school districts have
been recommended for New Castle
and Kent County in the plan t
merge the present districts into
larger administrative units.
The proposals submitted to tht
State Board of Education by com.
mittees which have conducted ex.
tensiYe studies of the subject
would, in some cases, bring to.
gether schools close to the border
line in New Castle and Kent Coun.
ty and in Kent and Sussex County
The Kent County committee had
two sets Of recommendations, one
for immediate goals. The latter
plan, If eventually carried out
would have only two large admin
istrative school units in Kent Coun-
ty The immediate goal of the COM
mittee would result in the follow.
ing districts:
District No. Smyrna, Clayton
119, Kenton g, Smyrna Colored,
Clayton 1856, and Kenton with the
New Castle County districts of Mid
dletown, Odessa, Townsend and Mt.
Pleasant.
District No. 2-Dover, Leipslc IL,
Rose Valley 79, Little Creek S5,
Wiley's SO, Harley "a, Dover Col
ored School, Lockwood 142. Ches-
void 143, Fork Branch las and
White Oak LAG.
District No. 3-Caesar Rodney,
Oak Point 20, Magnolia so, Caesar
Rodney COlOred, WOodside 154, Mt.
Olive 1855 and the area in Frederick
north of the Murderkill River.
District No. Harrington, Fell
ton 54, Pennington 80, Harrington
COlOred, Reeves Crossing 159 and
Union 15S.
District No. 5-Milford, Houston
125, Milford COlored and the area
south Of the Murderkill River in
FredeFica 80, and the Sussex Coun-
ty school districts of Glendale 125
Lincoln 3, Ellendale 1876, Lincoln
194, Slaughter Neck 1913 and a por
tion of Milton s.
Ultimate goals, according 10 tn
committee report, would have tn
two districts formed from the are;
including Caesar Rodney and Dover
and the area including Harrington
and Milford.
the two committees, however
differed on the method of conduct
ing refeTenda to determine the re-
districting desires of the people.
"In order to avoid the undersir-
able possibility of having one dis
trict surrounded completely by an
other, it is recommended that the
voters residing within the proposed
district be eligible to vote at one
referendum, for or against the pro-
posal of creating the new district,
the New Castle group decided.
The Kent County committee de-
cided "that districts voting on a
union do so Individually" The lat
ter group also called for legislation
to cover financial differences be-
tween the districts, and to deterL
mine the type of administrative or
ganization the new district should
have.
The consensus Of the New Castle
committee was that the new boards
of education should be appointed or
elected as the community desires
and comprise five to seven men,
Ccontnued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02
Children's Health
Day, February 5th

The third National ChiIdren's
Dental Health Day VAL be sponsor
ed in Delaware by the Delaware
State Dental Society, on February
5. 1851.
emphasis on preventive dentistry
and dental health education for ali
children = Delaware is the aim Of
this years program.
After extensive studies carried
(coniinns1 on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02

DLIoOVOI OI aIFdILI anu PHYSICAL
Education and Mr.. A. w. Rand. Di-
rector of Safety Services, Della
ware Chapter, American Red Cross.
In view of the critical world sit-
uatiOn, this course represents one
Of the first steps in the defense
program Of the public schools" DR..
Miller added.
This course, starting promptly at
8 a. M, is for physical education
teachers. others who have previous
ly taken the course are cordially
invited to attend. DR.. Miller esti-
mated that sixty participants are
expected to engage in this import
Continued on page lD
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02
SUSSEX Folk Vote
For Family Court
Permanent Organization Is
Set Up At Georgetown
Meeting Last Friday

In an enthusiastic meeting held
in the cafeteria Of the Georgetown
High School last Friday night, rep
resentatives Of civic, fratefaal,
churches and other groups and in
dividuals voted unanimously in IA
yor Of permanent Organization Of
the Sussex Chapter Of the Family
Court Association of Delaware. or
ficers were elected TO serve until
the annual meeting held in octo-
Der. Rev. William o. Hackett. who
has been serving as chairman for
the temporary committee, was
(ccntlnusd on page oj
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02
New School Districts
Being Recommended
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
HERE FRIDAY, FEB. 8

The World Day Of Prayer.
sponsored by the Council of
Church Women, will be con-
Quoted on Friday, February
9th, in Avenue Methodist
Church, at three o'clock. Mrs.
Carl COlell is the president
OF the local group. The pro-
gram for the children will
be incorporated in the adult
service, as 1t was last year.
This is a service for all wO-
men, who are invited to par
ticipate. Those who cannot
attend may help with a vigil
of prayer wherever their
duties call them, whether
they be at home or at their
jobs, throughout the day.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02
Champion ! oEnato
Growers Are Listed
Awards Are Made On Tuesday By
Governor Elbert N. CarYeI

WVAoAuOI EADtfb Ne CHFFel
Guy LOckerman, of Middletown.
and Walter L. Sirman, of Seaford,
were named state champion toma-
to growers this week by Governor
Elbert N. Carvel. They were among
90 Delaware farmers who received
certificates for having grown ten
tons Of tomatoes per acre at a
special program during Farm and
Home Week at the University of
Delaware. Each Of the growers
was presented with a membership
pin in the Delaware Ten Ton To-
mato Club by the governor.
The highest yield in the state
was 21.5 tons per acre on 32.S
acres, produced BY Mr.. Lockerman.
The contest was divided into two
classes; one for farmers with over
8 acres; the other for farmers with
from three to eight acres. Next in
line in the large acreage class
were w. H. Richter. of Dover. with
1872 tons per acre, and G. Lester
GeOntihaed on page y
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02
New Band To Play
For Fire Co. Dance
Smyrna Aggregation VIII Furnish
Music For Tuesday Night Affairs


The successful Carlisle Fire
Company dances, which are held
every Tuesday night at the Milford
Community Building from 300 to
1900, continue to bring clean en-
tertainment to the people of this
vicinity both young and old. In
order to give the dances variety the
Fire Company has hired a new
band, Lefty and His Hillbilly
Pals" The new band of five pieces
halls from Smyrna and promises to
give the dancing crowd plenty OF
good music and entertainment.
These dances are one of the ways
which are used by the local fire
company to get the funds which
are necessary to operate an up 10
date company such as Milford's.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02
Pierce Hdwe. Gets
Famous Scott Line
Local Concern TO Represent Seed
Company Founded In 1870

The appointment of the Pierce
Hardware Company of Milford, as
dealer starting in the spring OF
1851 season has been announced by
o. M. Scott and Sons Company
seedsmen since 1870. The new deal.
er will carry the full Scott line OF
lawn seed, lawn food. fertilizers
and four sizes of precision-built
spreaders. Included in the line are
weed and feed and 4X-D. two dry
applied powders for the elimination
Of broadleafed lawn weeds; scutl
the dry crabgrass killer introduced
last summer by the company; and
Scott's dry pest control for the
eradication Of beetle grubs, chinch
bugs, sod web worms, chiggers
ants and other harmful insects.
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02
Interesting Program
At Century Club
Mrs. Alfred Nutter, Responsible
For Unique Presentation Monday

Mrs. Alfred Nutter, chairman of
drama for the Milford New Cen
tury Club presented a unique pro-
gram before the members on Mon
day afternoon at the regular week.
ly meeting. PrOloging her program
with a talk, Mrs. Nutter spoke of
great people of the world, what
their contribution to mankind had
been, thereby making them great.
She announced that a recent Ok
ford poll Of the leading countries
voted Winston Churchhill, Newru,
Albert Sweitzer, Albert Einstein,
Dwight Eisenhower and Mrs. Flea
nor Roosevelt aG the top six rank
ing great people Of the world. Then
by recordings, Mrs. Nutter brought
to her audienct the voices of a
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02
Only p Incorporated Toms
Have CiyiI Defense Sefups

Less than half Of the 50 incorporated
the initial civil defense
Defense according Major Director Of Civil
Defense
reported only incorporated cities towns or
ties Delaware have local directors Of that num-
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02
Semi-Annual Dollar Day N1iH
Be Held In Wilmington Feb.

Az roads VII leado Wimngton Wednesday February 7h
Anotnef elaborate merchandising
seventh semannua Dollar sponsored the Retail Merchants
Section Of the Delaware Chamber Commerc be the attraction
IN Wilmington. -
shoppers from mere vim Join those from other sections Of the Del
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02
Southern States
Farm Essay Contest
Prizes Worth $4,000 win Be Given
To Winning Contestants

A 10000 essay contest for farm
boys and girls under 1S years Of
age, designed to promote the de-
Veiopment and improvement of
pasture and forage crops in Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Maryland.
Delaware, Kentucky and northeas-
tern Tennessee, will be sponsored
February to April 80 by Southern
States Cooperative with the aid and
cooperation of the agricultural ex-
tension services and departments
of education in these states, it was
announced this week.
The essay contest was developed
to further promote the already ex-
listing green pasture programs in
the six-state area, Southern States
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1951-02-02
Special atomic Injuries First
Aid Course To Be Given Here

AN instructors refreshr relating to atomic injuries
cautions and first aid treatment physical
teachers Of Kent and Sussex Sunday
4 according to DR. George R. Miller Chairman the
on Mobilization Educational
the reresh course being George
Evening star., 1951-08-22
Misses and Teens $50 and 7.o5
Fi+z-we|| Shoes
499

Here's wonderful savings the kind of shoes that please Nom
we'll the weoer Well constructed for perfect fit and solid
comfort, in extra pretty styles.
A. Misses Block Suede
D. Teens Brown Elk Chile Tie Oxford leather
C. Teens Black Potent spt stop" Slipper so black
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. shoes-Second Floor
The echo., 1951-04-01
Hundreds Of Dollars
VIII BE Paid

Hundreds Of dollars viii be paid
% Local Presidents in the H. 3 A.
Convention. The amounts of the
'hecl1e will be determined by the
presidents themselves. We write
The checks, however. YOU tell us how
much to write the check for by the
service YOU render There is no
limit to the amount of the check,
that is 10 to YOU If YOU write your
check for $4,000. we will be glad to
10 90. however, You tell us what to
20 By sending in applications.
Today we have r checks to be is
rued and we are proving by the next
publication Of our paper that the
lumber VIII be much greater.
Our II 2 A. Crusade vault is
growing daily and it will he opened
in the Convention. Are you going
to share in this great vault? We
WOULD like for you to very, very
much.
The echo., 1951-04-01
II. B. "A. Crusade
Running in Second

Now that spring is here, it is ex-
pected that our faithful and loyal
presidents win shift to second" in
the H. B A. Crusade. We have a
heavy load to pull and to keep from
putting any unusual wear and tear
on the machine (The H. B. A. we
are asking all presidents to please
shift your machine to second.
When the weather is beautiful it
makes man want to go out and
add members. If could only bestir
some of our local presidents who are
asleep to the extent that they will
wake up and get up, l would feel
that | mad accomplished something.
Presidents, we must let Mississippi
know that the H. B. A. Crusade is
on and in the Convention we mean
to have something to shout about.
When an individual has done a good
days work he feels like relaxing in
soft easy chair when the day is
done. He is ready to read the paper
and listen to the radio however. if
he has been relaxing all during the
day when night comes he does not
need any relaxation. 1t makes a
man feel fine to read a while and
then stop reading and close his ewes
d q let his mind reminisce through
The echo., 1951-04-01

] odge No. 482 held its business
meeting Thursday night, March 9Th
After the meeting was over, Mr..
VIM. Kinslow took charge Of the
election of Officers. The new Of
ficers are as follows: Mr.. S. j.
Chambers, president; Alex McDon-
aid, Vice President; Cola V. Mills,
Assistant Secretary; Miss Iona c.
Taylor, Secretary; Mr.. Arthaniel
Bruer, Chaplain and Mrs. Rusha
Avery, Treasurer.
The echo., 1951-04-01
General Vice President
G. D. Cotton Speaks

On March 22nd, I visited lodge
I recently organized at Pachuta, Mis-
sissippi, lectured and advised them
as to the working Of the H. B. A,
and delivered policies to the mem
bers. Mr.. {. c. Combest is the pres
ident of this new lodge and from all
indications he is going to make the
Association a fine president.
This lodge vu make its first re-
port in the June Board We are not
keeping up much noise because we
are heavily loaded
The echo., 1951-04-01
WaYaesL0ro, Hiss.

Lodge No. 2a8 is moving along
mir ely. We are still working on the
a. p. A. Crusade On the 18th of
rtil we are planning to have a
zig day. Our Agent, Mr.. VIM. Kins-
on, wiz be with us. and our guest
pcaker will be Mr.. A. J. Jordan.
The echo., 1951-04-01

Mrs. Maggie Cotton, the charm
ing wife of Mr.. G. D. Cotton, Gen
eral Vice President of the H. B. A,
was a pleasant visitor in the H. B.
A. office few days ago
Mrs. Lerene Butler, our wide a.
wake president of H. B. A. Lodge
No. 40, was in the office last Sat
urday. Mrs. Butler and her men,
bers are making plans to have a
great installation service in Lau-
derdale on the third Sunday in April
The public is being invited.
The echo., 1951-04-01
Mr.. Wash williams
Passes
COLLINS

Mr.. Wash Williams, one of the old
est members of our lodge passed
while blowing in the field. Brother
Wash was faithful and loyal for a
number Of years. His survivors are:
a wife, one son, three grandchildren
and a host of friends.
Mrs. Eula Berkhaltler, Pres.
The echo., 1951-04-01
H.b.A. CRUSADE COMING IN SECOND
About Folk We Know

Mrs. Credella McCallum, presi-
dent of H. B. A. Lodge No IS of
Dekalb, Mississippi, was in the Of
flee Tuesday March 9th, on lodge
business. She was accompanied by
a Miss Rush of her community.
The echo., 1951-04-01
=. e. A. Calendar

The June Board is scheduled to
meet Tuesday, June 18th, in the H.
3. A Auditorium.
The echo., 1951-04-01
Note To Presidents

We ere ''r,'' eeRina all local
sesEesstr Sf~f tke'- sec-
retaries write all of the names of
their members on their report blanks
as to whether they pay that current
assessment crrot. 1t helps us great
~ when you DO so. Thanks.
Secretary.
The echo., 1951-04-01

.ue Tine Assessment as levied
the a<ecutive Board is $135 per
Cmbor.
The echo., 1951-04-01

The joining fee for all new mem
rs is $1.00 per applicant.
Evening star., 1951-02-04
$4,000 Scholarship Fund
To Be SET Up al Catholic u.

A $4,000 scholarship fund
donated by the late Rev. Maurice
O'Connor of Arlington Heights,
Mass. is being set up at Catholic
University for priests from poorer
dioceses to take up graduate work
at the university.
Father O'Connor, graduate of
Catholic University, started the
scholarship fund in 1884 with in
structions that it should remain
anonymous while he lived. When
he died In Boston last December
IT, it had reached the sum of
$4,000. He will that his three
sisters add $4,000 of his estate to
the original bequest, which now
has been done.
The sisters are Miss Mary
O'Connor, Miss Annie O'Connor
and Mrs. Patrick L. Everett, of
Natick, Mass.
Evening star., 1951-02-04

Park Elementary. Lyndon. H, D.
Cooke, West, Brightwood. Adams
and Whittier. The following week
Patterson will be added to the
schedule.
With wastepaper in heavy de-
mand because of the increased
production of supplies packaged
in cardboard cartons, the schools
have an opportunity to obtain
variety of benefits.
The program has the approval
of school authorities not only for
the material gain but for what
is taught the children in good
citizenship, teamwork, thrift and
perseverance.
The first salvage program
started the week before the attack
on Pearl Harbor, later was cited
by the War-Production Board. as
Evening star., 1951-02-04
Lecture Series Planned Al Corcoran Art School

Five illustrated lectures on the
Development of Painting from
Impressionism to the Present"
will be given at the Corcoran
School Of Art by Eugen Weisz,
artist and vice principal of the
school.
Light and Color" will be the
subject Of the first lecture which
will be given at $50 pm. Tues
day. The other talks, to be held
at the same time on consecutive
Tuesdays, will be on Freedom of
Expression" 1.-THE Break With
Tradition" Abstract and Nom
Objective Painting" and "Tradi-
ton in Modern Painting"
Registration for the series will
be SO. No tickets will be sold
for single lectures.
Mr.. Weisz was formerly critic
and lecturer in art at George
Evening star., 1951-02-04
d. c. Poperoopers to Resume Salvage Drive to Aid Schools

Washington's Papertroopers who
earned approximately $4,000
during the war years collecting
old newspapers and magazines in
The Evening Star-PTA Salvage
program, again are swinging into
action.
Starting tomorrow, wastepaper
collections will be resumed under
the same general plan used dur
ing the war. This year, however,
prices are much higher and the
opportunities to earn large sums
for the schools will be far greater,
AS before. the city and suburbs
will be divided into five districts
with the trucks covering one dis
trict a day. The schools will tie
and weigh their paper and will
receive a receipt from the driver
for the amount collected. Once
Evening star., 1951-02-04

a month a settlement will be
made with the dealer. AS soon
as possible thereafter each PTA
or Home and School Association
in the program will receive a
check for it's collections.
During the first campaign a
vast amount of equipment includ-
ing radio sets, record players, To-
nm sound movie projectors,
books, free milk. clothing in some
cases and other supplies were
obtained with the money earned
in the salvage drive.
The schedule for this weeks
collection will cover the following
schools: Jefferson Junior High,
Buchanan, Birney. Stanton, Tyler,
Thomson, Emery. Benning. Noyes,
Gage. Blow, Pierce. Davis, Seaton.
Westbrook, Lafayette. Takoma
Evening star., 1951-02-04

a model for salvage collections.
From the beginning here, the
Papertrooper program was estab-
lished by the Waste Paper Con-
suming Industry.
AS part of the wartime drive
here, the Papertroopers dedicated
their collections for two weeks to
the Children's Hospital Building
Fund and sufficient money was
raised to endow a four bedroom
in the building now under
construction.
Evening star., 1951-02-04
ADVERTISEMENT.
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Evening star., 1951-02-04

Washington University and at
present is instructor Of drawing.
painting and composition at Cor
corap.l
Evening star., 1951-02-04
Art Exhibit to Open

An exhibition of paintings by
Joel Marhoe and Christine Sadler
will open at the Georgetown
Library at 3 pm. tomorrow,
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23

Learn and obey farm safety rules.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23

After the luncheon, which was
served by the Grange women, Mrs.
Farrow introduced the new cOun-
Gil officers: Mrs. David Greene,
Milford, president; Mrs. Philip
Jacobs, Milford, vice president;
Mrs. Jehu Camper, Harrington,
secretary, and Mrs. Frank Mckee,
Dover, treasurer.
Mrs. Kenneth Kepler of Milford,
gave us an excellent talk on China
From Within" Mrs. Kepler was a
missionary In China for several
year and really knows China, in
side and out.
Miss Helen Samindinger, an In
ternatiOnal Farm Youth Exchange
student from Delaware, just re-
turned from Germany She talked
to us about her trip. She also in
troduced a boy from England who
is in America on the same type of
program. Both students were very
interesting.
The Pennington Home Demon
stratiOn Club won the prize for
having the largest percentage OF
members present at the meeting
To make this day a success, the
following committees did a grand
job: Exhibits, Oak Grove Club
decorations, Happy Homemakersi
hOstesses, Friendly HOmemakerS
Club, and guest cOrsages, Cee-W.
Dee Club.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23
Market Eggs, Make Or
Break Next Year

A look into the market egg pic
ture in 1852 shows that egg prices
are apt to drop more than the nor
NAL seasonal decrease this winter,
and may be low next spring.
Even if this does happen, w. T.
McAllister, marketing specialist at
the University of Delaware, says
that it should not discourage good
poultrymen from starting as many
chicks as last year.
McAllister advises starting chicks
early in 1862. With prospects of
unfavOrable prices at the time
chick orders are usually placed,
some pOultTymen will hold back, he
says. This will give pOultrymen
with early locks a definite advan-
tage next summer.
A discOuraging, but expected,
forecast is for rising costs of pro-
ductiOn. Feed supplies will be
ample, but feed prices will be high
er. To Offset that factor, McAllis-
ter advises pOultrymen to: (1)
Raise the best stock they can get
(2) Mechanic as much as possible
(S) Produce good quality eggs.
You'll have to be efficient in
1852 % be in the business in 1858
It may sound like an old story, but
it is still the one that pays OF,
McAllister added.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23
RoXANA
By Mrs. Alice Lockwood
Phone SelbYVille 1881

The net proceeds from the La
dies Aid supper amounted to
$536.97, for which we thank every
one for making it such success.
Mrs. Vance McCabe attended the
w. C. T. U. meeting held at Ocean
View last week and found it very
interesting. Mrs. McCabe with her
co-wOrkers, Misses Sandra McCabe,
Mary Jane Lynch, Lorraine Gibbs
and Gill Bunting put on a program
during the Sunday school hour
about Temperance" which was
enjoyed and appreciated.
Mrs. Myrtle DerricksOn of neal
Ocean View spent Sunday with hel
sister, Mrs. X. Ward West.
The pal" Sunday School Glass
has had shrubbery planted around
the ROxana Methodist Church
which makes the surroundings fal
more attractive. Mrs. George Gibbs
is the teacher of the class, which
was formerly Mrs. Hugh Stephens
class. This class of young married
ladies deserves lots of credit fol
their splendid work in our church
and community.
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Leary en-
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23
HOME TALK
By Eleanor R. Cavanaugh

The Annual Achievement Day
was held last Thursday at the Cap
ital Grange Hall in Dover. Over
200 attended the meeting. Mrs.
John S. FarrOw, President of the
Council, presided. Mrs. William
Storey, accompanied by Mrs. Cliff
ford Clark, led the group singing.
Rev. John Trader, pastor of the
Wesley Methodist Church, Dover,
gave the invocation. Mrs. o. B.
Williams, Dover, led in the Home
makers Greed and Flag Salute. AT
ter Mrs. FarrOw gave her welcome
Mrs. Hayward Grier of WOOdside
gave a combined achievement re-
port of all clubs. Mrs. William
Sterling, Dover, gave a report on
Pennies for Friendship"
Everyone enjoyed the two vOcal
selections by Miss Kathleen Kry-
gier, sophomore at Dover Higf
School and music student at Wes.
ley Junior College.
Mrs. Duane Lynn, Milford, at
tended the National Council meet
ing in Lansing, Michigan, last sum
mer and gave a report of the meet
ing to us. Sounds like she had I
wonderful time.