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Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Hon. Frank v. Dupont
Will Be Guest Speaker
At Twelfth Annual Af-
fair; Officers Will Be
Installed.

The membership Of the Milford
Chamber Of Commerce will hold
the twelfth annual dinner meeting
Of that organization next Wednes-
day evening, April 2Srd, in Varnay
Auditorium, in the Milford COM
inunity Building. The meeting will
begin at six-thirty o'clock.
The Honorable Frank v. Du-
Pont, of Wilmington, longtime
chairman Of the Delaware State
Highway Commission, and son OF
the late U. S. Senator T. Coleman
DUPONT, father of Delaware's good
road system. will be the guest
speaker. Mr.. Dupont will speak on
the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
He will be introduced by Robert
H, Yerkes, secretary of the Mil
ford Chamber Of Commerce.
Rev. Roy Lawson Tawes, pastor
of Avenue Methodist Church, will
serve as Toastmaster for the din
ner, which will bring together in
Fellowship the memberships not
only of the Milford Chamber OF
Commerce, but of the three local
service clubs, Rotary, Kiwanis,
and Lions.
The newly elected officers Of the
Milford Chamber of Commerce,
Harold Wall, president; Forrest
N. Webster, vice president; Will
mer o. Lankford, treasurer, and
| Robert II. Yerkes, secretary, will
be installed by ]. Huber DEM, Of
Wilmington. Mr.. Denn, no stranger
to local businessmen, is industrial
commissioner of the Chamber oi
Commerce of Delaware.
His Honor, Mayor Edward c
Evans, the members of Milford Cit
Council and City Manager. Harr,
F. Bressler, will be the guests 0
the Chamber at the dinner.
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Boy Scouts To
Hold Annual
Meet May LIST
Session Will Be Held In
The Gold Ball Room OF
Hotel DUPONT In Will
mingtOn.

The 36th Annual Meeting of the
Del-Mar-Va Council will be held on
Thursday, May /, 1852, in the Gold
Ball Room of the Hotel Dupont,
Wilmington, Delaware.
]. Harold Williams of Providence,
Rhode Island, Scout Executive of
the Narragansett Council, Of the
Boy Scouts of America for 33 years,
will be the speaker. Mr.. Williams
is an outstanding dynamic speaker
having toured the United States
and Canada on speaking engage
ments. In 1851, Mr.. Williams was
director for the American delega-
ton at the Seventh World Scout
JambOree in Austria. In 1850, he
wrote and produced the Sunday
evening sconVOcation of $4,000
Scouts at the Valley Forge JambO-
rec. He is widely known in Scout
ing circles in the United States
and Canada. He is the author of
many Scout plays and stories. and
has been a speaker at all National
and Regional Scout Executives
Conferences in the United States
since 1924.
The program of the evening will
consist Of the report of the NOmi-
mating Committee by Philip G.,
Rhoads and the election of the 1852
Council Members and Officers. DR.
Ward I. Miller, Chairman of the
Council Leadership Training Com
mittee will present Veteran TrooT
and SCOuter Awards. The Silver
Beaver Award. the highest recog-
milton that can be given TO a Scout
er by the Council, will be presented
to five of the Del-Mar-Va Councils
ScOuters for distinguished serv.
ice to BoyhOod". These awards vii
be presented by John H. Banks
Jr., Chairman of the Silver Beaver
Committee.
The Annual Meeting Committe'
is headed by Don w. Martin anC
assisted by f. Avery Gray ant
Clark w. Mcknight. The Silvel
Beaver Committee includes JohI
H. Banks. Jr., Chairman; HOwar'
! Mcclure, Irving J. Cox and Georg
Ehinger. The Nominating Commit
tee consists Of Milton L. Draper
| Sr., Chairman; assisted by Franl
C. Evans. William A. Hyde, Levi
H. Talley and Philip G. Rhoads.
Due to limited accommodations
the ticket sale must be by advanc
reservation on a "First-come. First
served basis. Unit ScOuters ma
request tickets through Institution
al Representatives and Chairme
Of Pack. Troop or Explorer Uni
Committees or direct to the ScOu
Office. Tickets may be secured b
CONTINUED on page y
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Roller Skating At
Community Building
Will Officially Begin Here
This Evening In
Gymnasium

According to officials of the Car
lisle Fire Company of Milford,
roller skating will be conducted in
the gymnasium Of Community
Building every Friday evening, be-
ginning with this evening, Friday,
April 18TH The program is being
conducted under the auspices of the
Ways and Means Committee of the
Carlisle Fire Company.
An admission fee of SOC will be
charged and persons who desire to
skate must furnish their own
skates, which, incidentally, must
be of the wooden wheel type. Steel
wheel skates cannot be used.
A complete refTeshment booth is
being set up and hot dogs, soft
drinks, etc, will be offered for sale,
Proceeds from the sale of admis-
sion tickets and profits from the
refreshment booth, will go into the
emergency fund of the company to
provide a backlog of money
against the day when new vehicu-
lar equipment, hose and other sup
plies are needed.
There will be adequate adult
supervision of the rink at all times
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Solicitors
Are Nam ed
For Annual
Cancer Crusade
Mrs. Merritt Tatman Has
Named Her Aides For
Every Section OF The
City; Bake, May 10th,
Is Also Planned.

Mrs. Merritt Tatman, general
chairman of the Cancer Crusade in
Milford, has announced the 1852
aides by wards. The drive, which is
being sponsored locally by the
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority of Milford.
viii carry the solicitation for funds
into every city ward, and a culmin-
ating feature OF the drive will be
bake. which will be held under the
auspices of the sorority, in Argos
Linoleum Store, on Saturday, May
10th.
The need for funds for Cancer
Research are more acute this year
than ever before and it is the ear
nest hope of the women who are
making the solicitation, that the
response from the general public
will be generous.
The solicitors by Wards. follow:
Ward No. 1 Mrs. Clyde Draper,
Mrs. Percy Haughey, Mrs. Harold
Stauffer. Mrs. LinfOrd Jeread. Mrs.
Barbara Kutz, Mrs. Suzanne Mills,
Mrs. Marianne DurOcher. Mrs
Edith Masten, Mrs Mildred Snow
berger, Mrs. Carlton FoOks, Mrs.
Ellen Orkin, Mrs. Viola Wiley
Mrs. Ellen GTier, Mrs. Irene Short,
Mrs. Joyce Quillen, Mrs. Robert
Miller, Mrs. John Savage, Mrs.
Emma Cunning, Mrs. Margaret
Deputy. Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt Tat
man and Mrs. Evelyn Brengle.
Ward No. 2: Mrs. Jennie Evans
Mrs. Frances NAPLES, Mrs. Randall
Christensen, Mrs. Vivian YOn. Mrs.
Lucille Mercer, Mrs. Edwin Fisher,
Mrs. Nelte. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Del
linger, Mrs. Retta Lank, Miss
ElOise COnte. Mrs. Edward Favin-
ger. Mrs. Sarah Mae Webb, Mrs.
Sarah Kirby and Mrs Phyllis Rust
Ward No. 3: Mrs. Mildred Ber-
ridge. Mrs. William Burke. Mrs
Betty Jensen. Mrs. Margaret Mil
tiades, Mrs. Edward Williams. Mrs.
june Roberts and Mrs. William
Emory.
Ward No. &: Mrs. Rose Pack,
Mrs. Mildred Hall, Miss Isabel
Kinks. Mrs Verna Walls. Miss
WoodstOn and pupils of Benjamin
Banneker School.
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Penney
Store Aiding
Celebration
Milford Manager Lank-
ford Announces Formal
Opening OF The Com
pany's Golden Jubilee.

w. o. Lankford, manager of j.
&. Penney Company, announced
today the formal opening tomorrow
of the COmpany's Golden Jubilee.
This is a great occasion for us,
a time for celebration" said Mr..
Lankford. "In> jnst so years this
company has greWn from a single,
tiny store in Southwestern Wyom-
ing to a great retail merchandising
OrganizatiOn-the largest of its
kind i'm the wOrld-with more than
1900 stores and 10000 associates
serving nearly 40 million people.
That's a monumental achieve
ment i'm which all of us can take
pride. For where else. but in our
own United States of America,
could such an achievement be pos
sible? In the words inscribed on
our medallion, the Penney Com
pany has grOwn--is grOwing-with
this nation.
ours is a success story, not OF
one man alone but of many men
Early in his career our founder, J
G. Penney, realized that he would
succeed only if others found sue
cess with him. Eventually he be-
came known as the 'man with q
thousand partners"-and thereby
pioneered a prOfit-sharing idea
which contributed much to the com
pany's success.
Thoughtful consideration fol
customers, associates, supplieTs anC
stockholders always has been /;
Penney Company objective; alsC
ron'uUed on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
State Tax Forms
Filed By 3,1OO
Nearly Half OF 1O5OOO Returns
still Due By April SOth

State income tax returns for the
wear 1851 filed up to last Saturday
night totaled 53,1OO, about SO per
cent of approximately 100000 re-
turns required to be filed on or
before April Both, it was announced
by State Tax Commissioner Howard
S. Abbott.
It was pointed out by Commits
sioner Abbott that the law requires
that income tax returns must De
filed by the following
Every single person, including a
minor. and every married person
who was not living with his or her
husband or wife, with a gross IN
come of 81 100000 or more, who was
a resident of the State of Delaware
at any time during the year 1901
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
DOUer Quiet NOU Due
To NeIU Bypass
Residents Of State Capitol
Enjoy A Pleasant
Easter

An unaccustOmed quiet from
roaring holiday traffic reigned for
residents along DoYer's Governors
Avenue this Easter weekend after
about 20 years Of absorbing the
steady whir of impatient lines of
motor cars. The reason is that the
avenue is no longer a bustling,
necessary link in the heavy-traveI-
ed u S. Route 13, thanks exUlt
Dover residents - to the opening
of the new Dover bypass highway.
The thickly populated thorough
fare cheerfllly surrendered its i'm
portance as a segment of a main
artery of travel on Thursday after
noon when the new boulevard,
skirting the eastern borders of the
city. was dedicated and opened to
traffic.
While Governors Avenue is re-
laxing i'm relief from the grOaning
brake-squealing trucks and trac-
tOr-trailers - bane of residential
life there for so many years-and
the almost continuous flow Of
passenger cars, all of that traffic
is moving alertly and smoothly VI
and down the new road with little
to impede its course.
There has been noticed, however
just about a dribble of through
traffic on Governors Avenue, attri
buted to drivers following Tho
route out of habit or wishing Il
make stops in the city Governors
Avenue, which extends from thu
northern boundary to the southern
boundary of Dover. has in realit!
reverted to the status Of just an
other local traffic thorougfare.
Truck Ope IA tors and Othe
(raatinued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
.SSO2,799 Of
Road Funds
Diverted, COP
Women Hear
State Auditors Aide,
Mrs. Lillian l. Martin,
Says Most OF Money
Went To Pay Demo-
Gratis Wages.

Mrs. Lillian l. Martin, deputy
state auditor, charged this week
that in. the past two fiscal years
the Cafvel Administration has di-
verted $802,799.50 of $2,O50,OOO ap-
propriated by the General Assemb-
ly for road construction to other
Highway Department budgetary
items.
"The largest portion of that
amount" Mrs. Martin told the New
Castle Comfy Womens Republican
Club, was transferred to salary
accounts.
1T hardly seems that good ad-
ministratiOn for all of the people
of the state.' as the Governor
claims is being followed, is realized
when funds that are appropriated
by the Legislature for construction
of new roads which would benefit
all Delawareans are transferred to
highway salary accounts which
benefit only a few Democrats"
introduced by Mrs. w. w. Heck
ert, program chairman for the or
ganiSation, Mrs. Martin said that at
recent Democratic meeting Gov
ernOr Carvel really left himself
vulnerable"
At that meeting, Mrs. Martin
said, cit was reported that the Gov
ernOr asserted that despite the
huge school and road building pro.
grams the states income tax, from
which it derives a major share O
revenue, is at the same rate i
was when his administration came
into office.
"With that little remark" saiC
Mrs. Martin, "he really left him
self vulnerable. In the first place
state monies for school cOnstruc
ton are derived from bond issue
| to match on al, established basi
i'm most cases funds from bond is
sues of local school districts whicl
have held referendums for authOri
zatiOn to bond their own district.
In the second place, income Ia,
revenues are credited for curren
operations to the states genera
fund from which only a very meag
or annual appropriation is mad
for highway construction. Whethe
or not they are especially interest
ed in state finances, almost ever
individual knows that state bond
are issued for the purpose of neV
roadways. They also know that tn
amount Of those bonds is determin
cd To a large extent by allotment
the federal government grants 10
highway construction.
Can it be that our Governor /
unaware of those conditions? O
would 1t seem that ne has issue
an ambiguous statement attemptin
to <distOrt the true circumstance
Continued on page Sd
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Milford c. OfC. To
Hold Annual Dinner
OnWednesdayMght
CHANGERS TO OBSERVE
RURAL LIFE SUNDAY

Howard r. Moore, Chap
lain, announces that Rural
Life Sunday will be observed
by the Delaware State Grange
in cooperation with the PO-
mona and subordinate
Oranges of the State on Sun
day. May 18th, at Barratt's
Chapel, at 2::3O p. m, ID. S. T.
Rev. John A. Trader, Pas
tor of Wesley Methodist
Church, Dover, will be the
Guest Speaker, and the
Quartette of Capitol Grange,
which won first prize at Nat
iOnal Grange, in competition
with quartettes from several
other States, will be with us
to sing.
This service is not for
Grange members only, but
everyone, regardless of de-
nomination, is cordially in
vited to worship with us.
The program in full will
be given later.
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18

benefit program being given i'm or
der to raise scholarship funds. The
chairman is Miss Hazel Sapp. It
will likewise include a preliminary
report of the Banquet Committee,
whose chairman is Mrs. Clara
Pierce Macklin, and the report of
the Alumni News editor, Mr.. Will
mer o. LankfOrd. Mr.. E. Dallas
Kitchens, chairman of the Commit
tee on Legislation. will read the
new Bylaws as revised by his
committee. The Nominating Com
mittee, J. Hyman RoOsa, chairman,
expects to make its report on NOM
inees for next years offices. Such
other business as may properly
come before the meeting will, of
Ccontinued on p so
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Goshen Church, At
Milton, $50 Years Old
Special Services VIII BE Held Al
Edifice This Coming Sunday


TIE first Methodist Church in
Miltoa was built in 1902. II was
located beside the graveyard on
Chestnut Street. II was then a part
of the Lewes Circuit but after
wards became a part of the George
town Circuit. In the spring of 1863,
IL became head of the Milton Cir
cult with Rev. Joseph Dare as its
first pastor in charge. Sometime
later it became station with only
one church.
In 1872 the old church became
too small for the congregation and
in many respects unsuited to the
nurpose for which it was used.
Plans for a new church were form
cd and a lot was purchased on Fed
eral Street where the new church
was built and now stands. Fhe new
church was Dedicated in 1878 by
Bishop Levi Scott.
In 1911. a pipe organ was placed
i'm the church and a service Of dedi-
cation was held Sunday, October !
of that year. Reverend w. o. Hurs;
was the pastor.
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
alumni Group VIII
Meet On "Wednesday
General Membership Session OF Milford Asso-
ciation Will Be Held On First Floor OF The
Community Building; Full Attendance Is
Desired

Mr.. Chester c. Coffin, President
of the Milford High School Alumni
Association, wishes to announce
that a general membership meet
ing of the Association will be held
on Wednesday evening, April 23rd,
in the Community Building. The
meeting room will be located on
the first floor under the balcony
of the gymnasium.
The officers of the Association
as we'll as the members of all COM
mittees are urged to attend. and
all Alumni are invited to be pres
ent in order to acquaint themselves
with the years program.
The Agenda of the meeting will
include the final report of the
1852 Varieties" Committee. the
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Enlistment Period
Shortened By Army
2i.MOnth Term Has Been AutllOrlz-
ed BY Government

According to word received by
Master SerJ;eant Carl T. KillmOn.
area Army and Air Force Recruit
ing Sergeant, the Army has au-
thorized, in addition to the 3, 4. S
or year enlistment periods now
in effect, a 24-month term for ap-
plicants of draft age.
To be eligible for enlistment un-
der this new policy. Sgt. Killmon
said. the applicant must be within
the draft age of 181s to rs years,
must meet the minimum mental and
physical requirements for Army
duty, and must enlist in the regu-
lar Army unassigned.
L Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Farm Youth Exchange
Plans Are Made

Delaware's 1852 Farm Youth Ex-
change will be with some Southern
hemisphere country, next winter
Sam GWinn, state All Club lead
er, announced that a decision has
been made to take part in the win
ter program, rather than the sum-
mer exchange program with north
ern European and Asiatic countries.
Last year. Helen Samendinger,
Continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Cootiettes' Head Due
In Milford April Fl
Mrs. Ann b. Vinyard Will BE Guest
OF Local Organization


Next Monday evening, Milford
will be host, for the second time
this month, to a top ranking officer
Of a nationwide organization, Mrs.
Anna B. Vinyard, national president
of the CoOtiettes, making her offic-
ial visit to Delaware at that time.
Earlier in the month, w. J. Cow,
national commander of the M. o. c.,
visited here and was the guest at
a banquet sponsored by members
of the local M. o. G. puptent.
Mrs. Vinyard is currently making
tour of the East and will arrive
Monday afternoon in Wilmington
where she will be met by dele
cation from the Wilmington COoti-
cites Club, the Ki-Yets. She will
accompany the Wilmington GROUP
on a trip downstate and will be the
honored guest at a buffet-style din
ner here at the V. F. w. Home on
Monday evening.
CONTINUED on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Greater Weeklies To
Meet In New York
Chronicle viii Be Represented At
Sessions Next Weekend

The Fifth National Annual Spring
Conference of Greater Weeklies
Associates. publisher-Owned and
operated organization of the lead
ing weekly newspapers in the Uni
ted States, of which this newspaper
is member, will be held at the
Hotel Statler, New York, on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, April
oath. 25th and 26th.
Miss Mary Margaret Mcbride
First Lady of Radio, will official
ly open the Conference when she
broadcasts direct from the opening
luncheon meeting of the publishers
Her program, on which she inter
views her famous guests, will be
heard over the facilities of Radio
Station WIZ. New York. and on the
American Broadcasting COMPANY
network coast-to-cOast, plus WGN
Chicago.
/ (contiuued on page Sd
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18

McAllister points out that many
eastern states do not produce
enough poultry for their own con-
sumption, and that they are egg
producing states. That means their
meat production is heavy poultry,
so they could be doubly important
as markets for famous Delmarva
lightweight poultry.
I'VE could not be displaced from
these smaller markets as easily as
from larger areas" McAllisteT
feels. "If local production is to
continue to expand, rather than to
cut down, it is time these markets
were exploited to their fullest de-
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Price Pressures
Increase, OPS Says

Price pressures continued to in
crease all along the line during the
past week, with but few exceptions,
according to Joseph J. McBryan,
regional OPS director.
Despite lower overall wholesale
price indexes for food,--the result
main OF abnormal drops in egg and
pork prices-grocers reported many
more price advances than declines,
CONTINUED on page %
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Drummondville Splits
Bill With Harrisburg

Drummondville Of the Provincial
League, currently going through
preseason training PAGES here at
the Milford Baseball Park, broke
even in pair Of games played
here, the past weekend, against
the Harrisburg Senators Of the
Glass b Interstate League. On SAT-
urday afternoon, Herb Crompton's
Canadians defeated Buck EtchisOn'a
Continued % page D
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Houston Easter
Services A Success
Large Crowds ThrOnged Edifice
Both In Morning And Evening


The Easter services at Houston
Methodist Church last Sunday drew
the largest crowds that ever attend
ed any service. Both morning and
evening, the Church was packed to
capacity. The Sunday School atten-
dance was the largest for the year
The Morning Worship service with
Mrs. Ethel Johnson, Organist, was
i'm charge of the pastor, F. Charles
Louhoff, Jr.. who preached the ser
mon. Both choirs sang appropriate
selections. Four children received
the Sacrament of Baptism and nine
persons were received into tull
membership to the church.
In the evening, beginning at 1:SU
u. m, the Junior Choir and the
Young People had charge. The
Committee appointed by the pastor
responsible for the program were
Mrs. Eleanor Yerkes, Miss Hazel
sapp. Mrs. Pauline Hayes and Mrs
Cooutinued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18

]. Frank Gordy, University Of
Delaware poultry specialist is
chairman. other members are w.
Lyle Mowlds Jr., state vocational
agricultural supervisor; George
Bringhurst, poultry grower, Viola,
Karl Seeger, Georgetown Expert
mental Sub-station; and Jack
Blades, State Bureau Of Markets
Rules for this years junior con-
test arel Any Delaware resident
under II may enter Each contest
ant ii allowed one entry Of SO
straight run chicks, which must be
wingbanded at the beginning Of the
contest. Wingbands Will be pro-
(continue6 on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18

Said Mrs. Farrow, "The State
Meeting program will follow our
year round program, with empha-
sis on family life and health. Dr..
Willard Purdy. First and Central
Presbyterian Church, Wilmington;
and Mrs. Jane CalIaghan, Of New
York; will be the main speakers.
Mrs, Callaghan will talk on, "Ihe
Heart Of the Home, presenting the
kitchen as a work simplification
project. Mrs. Callaghan is appear
ing through the cooperation Of the
Delaware Heart Association.
DR.. Purdy's talk is entitled, !
Am in Debt. and pertains to fam
CONTINUED on page D
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Women Urged To Go
See New Cancer Film
Can Learn Protection Through
Seeing New Special Picture

Women can learn to protect
themselves against cancer of the
breast by seeing a film available
through the Delaware Division,
American Cancer Society, it was
pointed out today by Dr. HIS. Rafal,
Medical Director of the Delaware
Cancer Detection Centers.
Many groups of women have al
ready seen the film, "Self-examina-
tion of the Breast, which was pro-
duced by the American Cancer So
ciety and the National Cancer In
stitute. Other groups interested in
seeing the film, which is of interest
to women only, may do so by com
municating with the Cancer SOci-
ETY., at 1924 Market Street, Will
mingtOn.
CONTINUED on page y
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
National Chickeu-of- Tomorrow
Rules Committee Is Named

Uelawares 1852
this TOmhave state chairman
Of Chicken-of- committee
Gordy Delaware poultry specialist chair
Mowlds, vocational agri
Bngurs poultry VIOLA Karl
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Small Eastern Cities Possible
Delaware BrOiler Market

nearby markets which Delaware has built
industry still offer good outlet But those
looking might investigate the cities and
New York
McAser marketing specialist the Delaware Agricultural Ex
Cnrvfon
Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Council Announces State
Home Demonstration Meeting

Magnolia president Of the delaware ae
Council announced the program Io me M a. ~
Meeting this week Ihe meeuhs 10 -
CAPITOL Grange Hail. Dover May 1st
VIII follow our
round nrogam with emphasis family life and health Dr.