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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Mortimer Browning
To Teach Music
Well Known Composer VIII Also
Write Music Here

On or about June /, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mortimer Browning Of New York
City, will move to their summer
home on West Front street. Dur
ing this summer they will reno
vate their home and prepare it for
winter occupancy. Mr.. Browning,
composer, writer and teacher of
music, will relinquish his Snany
and varied musical connections
and will take a sabbatical leave,
spending the time here and will
satisfy his long expressed desires
to write music away from the
masses. His schedules of cOncer-
tizing, recording and teaching have
not permitted him to do this and
with more time at his disposal he
will write, compose new works and
complete many that are in sketch
form. And while this will take
some of his time there will be per-
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Standards FOR
The Draft Are
7 o Hig h
Says Director
Troll, Head OF Delaware
Selective Service, Pro-
tests That Too Many
Men Are Rejected In
Younger Age Group.

Douglas w. Troll, state director
of selective service, declared Tues
day that induction standards Of the
armed forces are unnecessarily
high, with the result that available
manpower is being discarded.
Mr.. Troll also expressed the
opinion that National Guard and
Organized Reserve Units are being
permitted to siphOn off parts of the
potential manpOwer pool.
Meanwhile he protested, the "Ar-
my has been coming to Congress
for lowering the age requirements
and for drafting of married men,"
He cited the figures on the rejec-
tions at pre-inductiOn eXamina-
tons in support of his contention
that standards are too high.
Since June 1850 some S5 percent
of all the men taking the eXamina-
tions have been rejected, whereas
during World War II reflections ran
21.5 percent.
The directors records show that
in the past 20 months, a total OF
l,543 young men from Delaware
have been rejected for physical OF
mental reasons.
This" he said, is in the age
bracket from 19 to 25, the cream Oi
our young manhood. 1t is a dis
grace"
Mr.. Troll pointed out that the
draft is currently digging into &
manpOwer pool made up of mer
horn during the depths of the de-
preston, when birth rates across
the nation were very low.
"Still, we are going to be called
on" he said, ito fill the manpOwel
quotas from this greatly reduced
pool. The Army continues to rejec
the men we send up on mental
physical and emotional grounds
hand over fist, and then call for ex'
tension Of the draft to 18-year-OldS
and married men"
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Will Install
Gale G.. Grove
AsIOOFHead
Installation Ceremonies
Will Be Conducted By
Norman c. Waibel And
Staff, Monday Night.

Following it's time-hOnOred Gus
tom of changing officers twice each
year, Crystal FOunt Lodge, No. 10,
l. o. o. F., of Milford, at it's annual
election of officers on Monday,
March 81, unanimously elected
Gale G. Grove as Noble Grand;
Donald Jester as Vice Grand and
Barrett Morgan as the Recording
Secretary.
Mr.. Grove, the Noble Grand-elect,
is supervisor in the tabulating de-
partment at the International Latex
Company in Dover. He lives with
his parents in Lynch Heights
Progressive with ideas of a modern
trend, he should fit into the Noble
Grand's position at a time when
his services car be of untold value
to Crystal Found Lodge.
Vice Grand Jester and Recording
Secretary Morgan make an excel
lent team to carry on with him
The balance Of the elective officers
are on a yearly basis and remain
in office until October. Installation
ceremonies with Grand Master Nor
man c. Waibel and staff of the
Grand Lodge of Delaware as in
stalling officers, will be held next
Monday evening, April IA, at eight
O'Clock in Odd Fellows Temple.
To lend the evening that bit OF
social that goes with an installa-
ton in Crystal FOunt Lodge, Noble
Grand Deputy has appointed Har-
risOn Lynch chairman of the en-
tertainment committee, who will
Iprovide special refreshments fol
the members and guests of the eve
ming.
james Deputy, the retiring No
BILE Grand, leaves the Office will
the thanks and best wishes o
Crystal FOunt members. His tern
has been a success.
The appointive officers for tn
term will be named on MOnda,
evening. All nearby Odd Fellow
Lodges and all Odd Fellows in thi
vicinity are cordially invited to at
tend this installation.
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11

The Governor has no right un-
der the state constitution to cause
to be presented to the grand jury,
without the Intervention of the at
tOrney general, a complaint with
respect to violations of the election
laws, the Supreme Court ruled on
Monday.
The court, in an opinion written
by Chief Justice Clarence A. South
erland, also decided that it has the
authority to answer the governors
requests for advisory opinions and
that the law existing before the
present tribunal was created by the
1851 General Assembly, respecting
this question, is constitutional.
The State Supreme Court was
asked by Governor Carvel to de-
eide:
l. Would the attorney general
be disqualified to investigate cleo
tiOn fraud charges growing out of
an election in which he was the
successful candidate?
2. If the attorney general is dis
qualified in such a case, does the
Governor have the power to name
special investigator to investi-
gate these charges?
8. Is there any way that this
complaint can be laid before the
Grand Jury of New Castle County
without action by the attorney gen
eral?
After the justices of the Supreme
Court received the Governors let.
ter, dated January 16, they request
ed the assistance of counsel Il
brief and argue the questions anC
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
More Spoilers Are
Needed In Milford
Additional Planned Alerts
Means A Greater Staff
Of Volunteers

The services of additional public
spirited citizens are required if the
Milford Unit of the Ground Observ-
er Corps is to continue it's splendid
record, and persons, interested in
becoming "air spOtters", are re-
quested to contact Milford c. o. c.
officials now. Local G. U. G. Off
cials made this announcement on
the heels of an Air Force announce
ment to the effect that one or more
tests or "alerts" are now planned
monthly.
The local unit of the G. o. c. was
organized here nearly two years
ago and has since compiled an i'm
pressiVe record. It has been one OF
the few Delaware units to have its
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Verde Williams Is
Named Auxiliary Head
Milford Woman Unanimous Choice
OF Ladies' WV Group

Mrs. Verde L. Williams was the
unanimous choice for president of
the Ladies Auxiliary to V. F. w.
Post No. 64S3 at that organiza-
tiOn's annual election meeting, held
Monday evening at the V. F. w.
Home, here. Mrs. Williams, who
served as senior vice president the
past year, will succeed Mrs. VeTna
Deeney on April 22nd, when install
latiOn of newly elected officers will
be accomplished.
Other officers elected Monday
evening are: Mrs. Emma w. Gun
ming, senior vice president; Mrs.
Audrey A. Savage. junior vice
president; Mrs. Gertrude G. Car
ter, conductress; Mrs. Virginia
Quering, guard; Mrs. Mildred Hall,
treasurer; Mrs, Helen West, chap
lain; and Mrs. Verna Deeney,
trustee.
Eight new members were added
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Sen. Williams
Honest
U. S. Officials
Delaware's Senior SOlOn
Says Voters Must Show
More Interest, In Ad-
dress Here Last Friday

People must take more interest
in government if corruption in pub
lie life is to be eliminated, U. S.
Senator John J. Williams said last
Friday night in an address at the
first anniversary dinner of the Mis-
pilliOn Business and Professional
WOmen's Club.
Senator Williams, who was given
an ovation by the audience, which
numbered between 300 and 400,
said public apathy has contributed
to the growth of graft and wrong
doing by government officials. He
reviewed the uncOvering of SHADY
dealings" in the Internal Revenue
Bureau and said the current
mess" could be cleaned up if the
people themselves took a definite
stand for honesty and morality
among governing officials.
All BPW Clubs in Sussex County
were represented at the affair held
in the Varney auditorium of the
Community Building.
Miss Ruth Jones of Dover, state
BPW president, presented Mrs. Mil
dred Webster, the Milford unit pres
ident, with a medal from the ma
tiOnal club headquarters in rec
OgnitiOn of her work and interest
! in club affairs.
There was group singing and
Mrs. Mary Nichols sang a solo
accompanied by George Messick
The dinner was served by the WO.
mans Society of Calvary Methodist
| Church.
other officers of the Milford clut
are: Miss Ruth Foster, vice presi
dent; Miss Jessify Macklin, trea
surer; Miss Helen Kern, recording
secretary, and Miss Pansy Hawley
corresponding secretary.
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Alumni Scholarship
Letter Applications
Deadline Has Been Set For
April SOth By The
Association

DR.. Ramon C. Cobbs, superinten-
dent of the Milford Special School
District, announced to the gradu-
ating class of Milford High School
this week, that the deadline for the.
receipt OF letters of applications for
the Milford High School Alumni
Association Scholarship will be
April 30th. His announcement, in
the form Of letter from the Alum
nj Association secretary, Sara A.
Prettyman, states that applications
may be made by any member Of the
senior class; that such application
must be made in the form Of a let
ter to the Association secretary,
according to the specifications con-
tanned in a bulletin issued by the
scholarship committee Of the AssO-
citation, sufficient copies Of which
are on file in DR.. Cobbs' office.
In continuation of last years po-
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Liquor, Cash Looted
In Sussex Thefts
Police Also Probe Attempted Theft
OF School Safe

Three recent breakings and en-
terings in Sussex County are being
investigated by state troopers-one
involving the theft of liquor valued
at $500, another involving approx
mately $1O0 in cash, and the third
an attempted safe-racking in the
Bridgeville High School
The liquor, comprising 10 cases
and two half-gallOn jugs, was
stolen from the tavern of Wilbur
at the edge of the DUPONT
Boulevard at Stockley.
The cash, about S10O, was taken
from a juke box, pin ball machine,
and cash register in the poolroom
of George Stoeckles, next door to
Rogers taprOOm.
The thieves entered the taproom
by a front window, tearing cut a
screen and forcing the window open
police said. They worked under a
2OO-watt overhead electric light
bulb, left on at night, which flooded
the front Of the building.
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Blind Camp Is Due
To Reopen June Is
Free TWO-Week Vacation Offered
Delaware Sightless

Camp Landis, near Centerville,
operated by the Delaware Commits
sion for the Blind as a summer
recreation center for the blind, will
be opened June 16 this season, Dr.
j. Francis Cummings, executive di-
rector for the commission, annOun-
Ced.
Located about eight miles from
Wilmington on the Center Meeting
Road, the camp this year is expect
ed to provide a free twO-week rest
period for some eight blind guests.
The camp is operated from June to
September.
Preliminary to opening, painting
and roofing renOvatiOns and repairs
will be made, DR.. Cummings said.
He also announced that Miss Mary
Forester, school teacher from
PhOenixville, Pa, will again this
season, as last, serve as camp ma
trOn. The overall direction will be
assumed by the Commission.
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Knapp Critical Of
Omwake Custer
Former LeWes Board Head Takes
Exception To Procedure

While Principal James A. Moore
OF the aLewes Public Schools on
Monday night expressed the opinion
that high school students had
"calmed down" so far as a strike
protesting the custer of Supt. H.
Geiger Omwake is concerned, the
Board Of Education's action drew
criticism from L. B. Knapp, form
er school board president, and
spokesman for a group favOring the
retention of the superintendent.
Approximately 25 students staged
an orderly walkout Monday MORN
ing in contrast to the 800 students
who signed petitions in favor of
such a move. Mr.. Moore said that
he had talked to leaders of the pro-
strike group Monday afternoon and
explained to them the possible PEN
alties involved and the futility of
their position, citing the 1896
school strike in Lewes when 40
pupils were placed on probation
for an indefinite period and one
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
OPS Session To Be
Held Here April Is

For the convenience of business
men in Milford who may have ques-
tiOns about their responsibilities
under price controls, two staff
members of the Delaware Office of
Price Sterilization, will be on hand
in the council chambers, City Hall
on Tuesday, April Is, from / to Z
p. m.
Willard d. BOyce, state OPS di-
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11

for their teams. The known play
ing material was divided as equal
" as possible and the development
Of potential stars was left up to
the coaches.
The players named their Tespec-
tive teams and in this Midget
League will be the Dark Horses,
coached by doc" West and Frank
Hall; the Dodgers or "Bums," by
Harold Johnson and Garrett Grier;
the Yankees, by Chuck Wright and
Lyn Taylor, and the Phillies by
Frank Lynch and dyke" Hitch
ems. The order of their appearance
here has nothing to do with a poss-
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
80 Plants Score
In Safety Contest
DUPONT COmpany's SeafOrd Plant
Leads Class A Entries

Thirty-nine Delaware plants and
organizations had accident-free rec
ords for February in Group A, and
nine maintained spOtless records
for the month in Group B, in the
Inter-Plant Safety Contest Of the
Delaware Safety Council.
Leading in Glass A is the SeafOrd
plant of the DUPONT Company, with
no accidents, an adjusted frequency
mark of 90 for two consecutive
months. Second and third place in
Group A are held respectively by
the BOP Assembly Division of the
General Motors Corporation, and
the Chemical Department Of the
DUPONT Company. The Wilmington
shops of the company and that con-
Germs Edge Moor plant are fourth
and fifth respectively.
The DTavO Corporation leads
Group B with an accident-free
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Famous Baking Co.
Has Changed Name

It was announced today by s. H.
Bob" Rayner that Article Of A.
mendment changing the name OF
the Ray-Mor Baking Company 70
Sweetheart Bakers, Incorporated,
has just been approved. The Oifi-
GERS Of the corporation are: Presi-
dent, S. H. Rayner; vice president.
William E. Morgan; End vice presi-
dent, Lewis Morgan; secretary, L.
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Keep 'Em Playing;
Watch Your Driving

Warning that April brings chill
dren on to the streets in drOves,
the Delaware Safety Council used
this slogan in launching its April
traffic safety campaign.
The Delaware Safety Council is
cooperating with the National Safe
ty Council in it's April effort.
The responsibility for cutting
down on child traffic accidents is
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Collins & Ryan, Inc,
Convert To Bulk Gas
New Service Established Due To
Increased Demands

The demand for prOpane gas
has become so great Collins &
Ryan, Inc, of MillsbOrO, are in
creasing their storage facilities for
uses approximately
three times as great as it is now.
The gas plant located in MillsborO
has Just recently been enlarged
three times it's original size and is
now operating with a capacity out
put of more than double that of
any other bottling gas plant on the
entire peninsula.
Commercial customers now be-
ing served gas with the 10O-lb
cylinders will be converted to the
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Heidi At Milford
Theatre, April 18th
Presentation viii Be Made By
SalOme GaynOr Theatre

A thoroughly delightful drama
tization of the much loved story of
Heidi" will be presented on Thurs
day morning. April II, at 9:15 O.
clock in the New Milford Theatre,
by the SalOme GaynOr Theatre for
Children.
This adaptation of the tale by
Johanna Spyri is beautifully writ
ten version of the ever popular folk
play of the Swiss Alps. 1t not only
has the color and action so essen
tial in plays for young people, but
it has the quaint charm of the
simple peasant folk.
From the little hut on the Aim
Mountain to the wealthy home of
the SOsemann family in Frankfurt
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
WCTU Conclave To
Be Held In Dover
Workshop Conference Scheduled
Fer Wesley Church, April lj


Miss Helen G.. II. Estelle, State
President of New York WOman's
Christian Temperance Union, will
speak at the Kent County Work
shop Conference IN the Wesley
Methodist Church in Dover, April
18th. at 1880 p. m. These Work
shops are being conducted by the
National w. c. T. U. in every state.
There are three being held in Del
awaTe-One each in Wilmington,
Dover, and Georgetown. Topics for
discussion are: Membership, Organ
izatiOn, Periodicals, Finances, Nat
iOnal w. c. T. u, Publishing House,
Cooperation with other agencies,
Special meetings for local unions.
The Grange Quartette composed OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer Chappelle and
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Kendall will
sing. All members of Kent County
Unions are urged to attend. The
public is invited.
Helen G. H. Estelle of New York
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Drurnmondville Club
Is Training Here
Daily Sessions Underway At Mil
ford Baseball Park

Drummondville of the Glass c
Provincial League began preseason
training here Monday, when more
than two dozen candidates for po-
sitiOns on the Canadian pro club re-
ported to Manager Herb CrOmpton
at the former Milford Eastern Shore
League Park. Candidates for the
1852 Drummondville team began
arriving Sunday and additional
players came in Monday morning.
James B. CASTOR, Drummond-
Vile business manager, arrived
here Friday morning after tour
of southern bases used by Wash
ington Senator's farm clubs and ad-
vises that the Senators, with whom
DrummOndVille has a working
agreement, are sending fine look
ing bunch of young prospects to
DrummOndville' base here. Late
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11

connection with the death Of Lee
Grant, in Nanticoke Hundred. Grant
died as a result of stab wounds
alleged to have been inflicted by
Butts on October %, 1889. Butts
pleaded not guilty Of the 1st degree
murder charge and was sentenced
to serve life Imprisonment after
the state had accepted a change
of plea to guilty Of End degree
murder.
Butts is charged with leaving
the premises Of the Sussex Coun-
ty prison last September.
Other arraignment before Judge
Terry and pleas entered were as
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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Baseball Organized;
-Four Teams vii Start April %

Program for boys under Is of
Saturday afternoon when FOuream League
The Coaches
abilities ranging then proceeded
Choose up positions
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
Superior Court In Sussex Heard
Many Cases Monday Of This Week

In Superior Court Monday afternoon Irwin Butts entered plea
charge Prison,
September Charles L.
serving life sentence imposed by former Chief Justice
Layton February indicted
February charge
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-11
State Corporation Department
Increased 400 Per Cent In 1851

Corporation Department revenues for 1851 increased nearly forty
1885, according
Harris Mcdowell
o Corporation Department.
by the Corporation Department dur
ncorpoaton fees corpOratons and
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-01-03
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
EVELYN WARE TAYLOR
RIONE BROOKE TAYLOR

l.
No. 1920 Equity in the Circuit
Court for Washington County.
To: RIONE BROOKE TAYLOR,
Defendant and Nonresident of the
State of Maryland:
The object of this suit is that the
Complainant may be divorced A
VINCULO MATRIMONII from the
said Defendant and for other relief.
The Bill states that the parties here
to were married on the fifteenth day
of August, 1947 in Washington Coun-
ty, Maryland by a Minister of the
Gospel; that, although the conduct
of Evelyn Ware Taylor toward the
said Rione Brooke Taylor was kind,
affectionate and above reproach the
said Rione Brooke Taylor did never
theless, without any just cause or
reason, abandon and desert her in
February, 1913 and declared his in
tention to live with her no longer;
that such abandonment and deser-
ton has continued uninterruptedly
for more than eighteen months and
is deliberate and final and beyond
any reasonable hope of a reconcilia-
ton; that the said Evelyn Ware Tay-
lOr has been a resident of Washing
ton County continuously for more
than one year; that there were no
children born to the parties to this
suit as result of the aforesaid mar
riage; and The Pill prays for an Or
der of Publication
1t is thareupon this 18th day of
Decembc,, 1851, by the Circuit Court
for Washington County, sitting as a
SQUIRT of Equity, ORDERED that the
Complainant, by causing a copy of
this Order to be inserted in some
newspaper published in Washington
County, Maryland, once in each of
four successive weeks prior to the
10th day of January, 1852, giving
notice to the said nonresident and
defendant of the object and sub
stance of this suit and warning him
to be and appear in this Court in
person or by Solicitor on or before
the 26th day of January, 1852, to
answer the premises and show cause,
if any there be, why a Decree ought
not be passed as prayed.
J. GUY WEAGLEY,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Washington County.
TRUE COPY TEST:
J. Guy Weagley, Clerk
12-13-4t
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-01-03
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

In The Matter of the Adoption of
EMMA JANE LIGHTNER,
No. 19249 Equity in The Circuit
Court for Washington County.
The object of this proceeding is to
obtain the adoption of Emma Jane
Lightner by the Petitioners, Walter
Leonard Schamel and Mytice Ben
nett Schamel. The Petition states
that the Petitioners desire to adopt
Emma Jane Lightner, minor child,
born August q, 1851, the mother of
the said child being Margaret Eliza
beth Lightner and the father of the
said child being Eldon Lightner. The
Petition further states that the Pc
titioners have one child named Rob
ert Ryland Schamel, born June Z,
1947, that they were married on No
Vember Is, 1884 and that they live
near Smithsbrg, Maryland, the Pc
titioner Walter Leonard Schamel be-
ing agent for the Farm Bureau In
surance Company and a retired Ma
val Officer. The Petition further
states that the mother of Emma Jane
Lightner has consented to have her
child adopted by the Petitioners and
that the mothers consent is filed
with and made part of the Petition.
The Petition further states that the
whereabouts Of the father of Emma
Jane Lightner is presently unknown
and that the mother of Emma Jane
Lightner is living in Washington
County in Smithsburg and has an
older child resulting from the mar
riage with the father of Emma Jane
Lightner. The Petition then prays
for decree declaring Emma Jane
Lightner the adopted daughter of the
Petitioners and changing the name
Of the said child to Emma Jane
Schamel.
It is thereupon this 22nd day of
December, 1851, by the Circuit Court
for Washington County, Maryland,
sitting in Equity, ORDERED that the
Petitioners by causing copy of this
order to be inserted in some news
paper published in Washington
County, Maryland, once in each of
four successive weeks prior to the
oath day Of January, 1852, thereby
giving notice to the absent Eldon
Iightner, which notice will advise
the said EldOn Lightner of the object
and substance Of this proceeding and
warn him to be and appear either in
person or by solicitor on or before
the 7th day of February, 1852, to
answer the premises and show cause,
il any he may have, why a decree
ought not to pass as prayed by the
Petitioners.
7. GUY WEAGLEY, Clerk
TRUE COPY TEST:
J. Guy Weagley, Clerk
12-27-zt
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Ralph Anderson Freeman, TAT
Spruce Street, died of exposure on
or about December a. He was SO
years of age.
Mr.. Freeman, who operated a bar
Der shop on East Franklin Street,
had been missing from his home
since Thanksgiving Day.
He is survived by: his wife, Mrs.
Frances E. Freeman; and four step
children, Mrs. Janet Beard and
Richard, Donald and Kenneth Muir
ray, all of Hagerstown.