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Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
- : ". w Nnteer Firemen
.MarchedLn Parade
AtDO1er Wednesday
Four States Participated
In Mammoth Affair
Sponsored By Del-Mar-
Va Association; Clay
mont And Salisbury
Big Prize Winners.

Fifty-nine companies with so
pieces of equipment moved through
Dover city's streets Wednesday
night Of this week in what veteran
firemen described as the biggest,
best, and most cOlOrful parade IN
the history Of the Del-Mar-Va Vol
unteer Firemen's Association. The
parade closed the associations an
nual convention which will be held
in Parksley, Va, next year.
-Four states were represented
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and
New Jersey, one company hailing
from Berlin in the latter state.
Firemen and auxiliary members in
smart uniforms, spic and span fire
fighting equipment, and cavorting
drum majors and majorettes head
ing bands from all parts of the
peninsula made up the line of
march which attracted one Of the
largest crowds in the towns his
tory.
In the parade were Gov. Elbert
N. CarVel, accompanied by State
Senator Walter A. Handsberry;
Dover Mayor w. Edward Haman;
Dover City Manager. G. Preston
Ward: member of City Council:
/ Chief Marshall, c. r. Dempsey;
Fire Chief, Ralph H. Boyer, Of Do
yer, chairman of the convention
committee; Dover Police Chief,
James E. Turner, Sr.. and state
troopers in three police cars from
the tri-state area. Walter L. Fox
Post, American Legion, provided
the color guard
Claymont with six and Salisbury
with three awards topped the prize
list. Judges announced the follow
ing winners:
Parade Prize Winners
Company with best band in line
Smyrna, $100, Smyrna Firemen'l
Band.
Company with second best ban'
! Cambridge. Nd. $50, Cambridg
Municipal Band.
Company with the best drum an.
; bugle Corps Salisbury, Md, $40
VFW Corps.
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Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
European Flea Beetle
Attacks State Crops

The European flea beetle, a new
conner among the insect pests In
Delaware, is growing in numbers in
our state. This was reported last
year in a survey Of insects attack
ing cole crops by Dr. H. 2. Milliron
Of the entomology department, Uni-
versity Of Delaware Agricui tural
Experiment Station Now he reports
that the pest is already doing its
Cocntinued On page 9
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
Six New Pastors
Named By Catholics
Father White Goes To New Castle
Rev. J. J. COrrigan Comes Here

Rev. ]. j. COrFigan Comes Here
Six parishes of the Catholic DiO-
cese of Wilmington received new
pastors. and nine other priests are
transferred to new assignments
under appointments made by the
Most Rev. DR.. Edmond J. FitzMaur-
ice. bishop of Wilmington.
The changes, announced Wedues-
day of this week through the Chan
Gerry Office of the diocese, are effec-
tive May 23rd.
Included in the changes is the
assignment of a separate pastor to
st. EdmOnd's. RehobOth, which had
previously been served as a mis-
sion by priests Of st. Johns Parish,
Milford.
The new pastoral appointments
follow:
The Rev. Edward A. McAteer,
who has been administrator of st.
Thomas Church, Wilmington. be-
comes pastor;
The Rev Andrew J. White, pastor
of st. Johns in Milford, to be pas
tor of st. Peters Church, New Cas-
tie;
The Rev. John ]. Corrigan, as
sistant at st. Peters Cathedral
wilmington, to be pastor of the Mil
ford church;
The Rev. Francis ]. Desmond, who
has been assistant at ST. Peters IN
New Castle. to be the first full-timt
pastor of ST. Edmond's Church, Re-
hoboth Beach;
The Rev. John j. McGee' nov
assistant at st. Elizabeth's, to b'
pastor at Sacred Heart Church
Chestertown, Md;
The Rev. ROderick B. DWyer, nov
pastor at the ChestertOwn church
named pastor of Our Lady of Fati
ma Church. Wilmington Manor
succeeding the late Rev. Edmund
lJ. McDonough;
The Rev. Leo Montgomery, assist
ant pastor at Christ Our kint
Church, has been serving as ad
lministrator at Wilmington Manol
until this appointment.
The release Of the Rev. Alex Cor
ski. assistant at Corpus Christ
Church, Elsmere, fer service in th'
Navy, as a chaplain was also an
nounced.
Announcement was made that tn'
Rev. Thomas ]. Reese, assistant q
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Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16

money for these specials has been
increased this season, as has been
the policy for all past meetings. at
the track near WilmingtOn-at
$4,000.
The nominees for the Wilmington
which have already scored stakes
triumphs at this early stage Of the
year include F. Ambrose Clark's
veteran Tea-Maker. victorious in
the Jamaica Handicap. third to
the Toboggan at Belmont Park and
q csOse second to Call Over in the
1851 wilmington as the topweighted
favorite, the Palatine Stable g
Woodchuck. star IN Florida the
(contInued % page D
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16

Festival at PocOmOke on June 9th
to 18th. said that the cash and
merchandise prizes were more than
double those for previous contests
and were attracting contestants
from many states as well as the
Delmarva peninsula.
First prize winner of the NatiOna
Cooking Contest, to be held in the
ArmOry at POcOmOke beginning at
9 O'Clock on the morning of the
11th, will receive $500 in cash her
choice of a new gas or electric
stove, and the trophy awarded by
the Poultry and Egg National
Board, which is cO-sponsor OF the
Continued on page o.
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
Hatching Eggs Up
Says Research Report

Hatching egg production in the
Delmarva area has increased, ac-
cording to a research report just
released by the University of Della
ware Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton.
The publication, cailed Hatch
ing-Egg Procurement and Inter-
regional Competition in the Com
mercial Hatehing-Egg Industry,
Continued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
Milford Cub Pack
Is Doing Nicely
Nearly 80 Boys Are Now In The
s-TO-ll Age Group

Milford's new Cub Scout unit,
Pack No. 101, is now in its second
month of existance and is making
notable progress. Near y fifty boys,
in the 8 to IL age group. are menu
bers Of the local pack and all these
are currently working on the May
theme, Westward HO!" The result
of their efforts will be shown to
parents and other interested adults
at the regular monthly pack meet
ing to be he at tle Community
Building later this month.
In early June, local Cub Scouts
will begin vacation or summer
schedule that will include picnics
short hikes and other outdoor ac-
tivities. While most Of these actiVi-
ties wi be at the den level, under
direction of den mothers and der
chiefs, one or more viii bring the
entire pack together. One such pach
gathering will likely be at nigh
Continued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16

will be used to purchase play
ground equipment and complete
the construction of a bath house,
and the Coolies aEe appealing to
all friends Of MiL'ord's kiddies to
help cut by either attending the
benefit dance or by making a di-
rect donation to the play area
fund.
Friday evenings dance is not
only for a most worthy cause, but
also promises to offer much that is
unusual in entertainment. Built
around a Leap Year" theme. the
benefit dance reverses the usual
procedure and has the ladies as
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Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
All Short Course
To Be At u. OF D.
Members OF l.H Clubs Will Gather
On Sunday, June 18th

On Sunday. June 18th. All Club
members from all over the state
will gather at the University Of
Delaware for their annual 3-day
short course. Club members wi l
participate in activities designed
to help them live up to the All
motto, ITO make the best better"
Club members who attend short
course must be IA years of age on
or before June 18th, 1882" accord
ing to Sam Gwinn, State All Club
Leader. Boys and girls interested
in attending can get complete in
formation from their local All
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
Foreign Trip Open
For State Farm Youth

A trip to the Southern Hemis-
phere as part Of the International
A trip % the Southr
Farm Youth Exchange is now open
to young Delawareans. Fourth
Clubs, Home Demonstration Clubs.
and Oranges, as we'll as other or
ganizations throughout Delaware
have contributed to make this trip
Ccontlnusd On pass q
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
Playground Benefit Dance VII
Be HeldAt Armory This Evening

Milford adults helping provide safe and ade
quae play for the communs youngsters wiz
this Friday evening wnen
Pupten No Military Coo Of the
Annual Benefit Spring Dance
Friday evening ena
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
nyW'inners WIillRaceAtO Opener
At Delaware Park On May 29th

Winners major 1852 stakes 36 nominations
Wilmington Handicap which
will feature the opening Of Delaware Parks meeting
May 29th
The wilmington the offered during the
steepechasesand total added
Milford chronicle., 1952-05-16
Many Valuable Cash Prizes Are
Listed For Chicken Cooking Fete

prizes oang $1325 and electric stoves
Cooking
City, Maryland 10th 11th.
chicken cooking which
viii be the publicity hghghts Chicken
Evening star., 1952-03-09
The Biggest Eye
PALOMAR: The Worlds Larg-

= 11A401MxAxt. 4AAS WOAAA AadA -
est Telescope
BY Helen Wright. (MGcmil-
Ian; $3.75.l
This Is the story. essentially.
Of an ounce Of aluminium that
has enabled man to see farther
than he has ever seen before.
This ounce is the metal that pro-
vides the rejecting surface Of
the biggest telescope. But 1t is
the story. too, Of tons Of glass
and metal, man-years Of effort
and technology and human
thirst for knowledge that made
possible the 200-inch telescopic
mirror at the Hale Observatory
on Mount Palomar in California.
II you have wondered-aS
nearly every one has-what was
going on millions Of years ago
when the universe was q pup,
you win be interested in Palo-
mar. Miss Wright's tightly writ
ten history Of the great telescope
leaves unasked, but poses never
theless, the question about Elm
STEMS curved universe: As We
look farther out into space at
unimaginably distant galaxies.
are we nearing the ultimate In
astronomy? And what viii that
ultimate be-? viii we some day
find ourselves gazing. in cosmic
manner Of speaking, at the backs
Of our own necks?
yUuJfAAf yyfNva.
Evening star., 1952-03-09

But the Merrimac moved on
unscathed, a perfect target, shot
and shell raining harmlessly on
her ironclad sides. The Federal
gunners could hardly believe
their eyes. The Merrimac
headed straight for the Cum
berland, which never stopped
firing at the monsters impene-
trable hide. The distance les
sened to 100 yards, then to so.
then to 10. Then. with a terrible
crunch. the Merrimac drove her
beak into the wooden Cumber-
land, opening a waterline hole
big as a grand pianos Leaving
her ram broken off in the Cum
berland. the Merrimac backed
of and lobbed shells into the
doomed ship. With pennant fly
ing and guns blazing. the Cum
berland went down, taking $50
killed and wounded with her.
Now. the Merrimac went for
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Southeast Asia: Testing Ground for Point Four

are. 180 million people, most Of
them so poor that their interest
in self improvement is confined
to the primary needs Of life.
No aid program in Southeast
Asia has even q remote possibil-
ity Of success unless it accepts
this area Of the world for what
it is--not what we wish 1t were,
or hope 1t will become.
In the simplest Of terms,
Southeast Asia Is a region Of
ancient cultures and illiteracy
that runs as amazingly high as
95 per cent. It is nom Christian.
and perfectly satisfied with its
religions. 1 It has q newly
achieved independence and
strong nationalist pride. Its
economy Is overwhelmingly and
primitively agricultural.
Poverty Is Monotonous
Each village Of this poverty
stricken area Is q monotonous,
frightening repetition Of the
next. Cattle are infected with
rinderpest. and humans with
malaria, tuberculosis, dysentery,
yaws, trachorna and syphilis.
J Wells and streams are polluted.
The goats are scrawny, the
chickens stringy.
Agricultural practices are as
crude as the crooked sticks used
for plows. Seed is poor. crop
yields low. The average tenant
farmer often pays as high as Is
per cent Of his crops as rent and
taxes purely for the privilege Of
remaining In his tIatched or
mud shack on q tiny plot Of
land.
What has America to offer
this man? Here Is an example.
In Thailand. nine months after
ECA aid was extended there. our
experts had scored one accom-
plishment which pleased them
more than all the others. This
was no great industrial improve
ment. effected at the cost Of
several million dollars. It was
something more important than
that. An American sanitary en-
gineer had persuaded q Thai
farmer TO build q bamboo privy
at q total cost Of $50.
This was not only q victory,
but q revolution. It actually
represented the first cultural IN
novation this native farmer had
ever taken to improve his own
and his family life.
In essence. that bamboo privy
built by Q single farmer in p far
on land proved the vital truth
about aid to-. Southeast Asia.
It must begin with the farmer,
on whose shoulders his entire
government rests. it must be
simple.
Aid programs which viii di-
rectly affect the masses cf Asia
not only must begin with the
farmer. but ON the farm. Power
tractors, and gasoline pumps
are not the answer the farms
are too small for tractors. and.
the peasants do not know the
difference between . gasoline
Evening star., 1952-03-09

died down the Elizabeth River
on her maiden trip and headed
across the Roads for the Federal
ships anchored 6 miles away;
The boys in the Yankee fleet
were hanging out their wash
when lookouts spied the clumsy
monStroSity. Warned for.
months that the Confederate,
secret weapon might appear
anytime. they were still un-
prepared for what they saw.
But they flashed warnings to
the rest of the feet. and hastily
cleared for action.
Bouncing Broodsides
Straight across the Roads
came the Merrimac. Shore bat
terieS opened up as soon as she
came in range. Two great Fed
eral warships-the Congress $50,
guns and Cumberland CA
guns)-let 60 broadsides that
would have sunk any other ship.
Evening star., 1952-03-09
. By Edword RoYkin

Sunday, March 9. 1920
years ago today--was a hectic
day in official Washington. A
telegram to. the Navy Depart
ment from Hampton Roads that
morning brought the frighten-
ing news that the dread Con-
federate dragon, Merrimac, had
emerged from its lair and
hreathed fiery destruction on
two of the Navy's most power
full fighting ships. BroadsideS
had pattered OF the Merrimac's
invulnerable sides like pebbles.
The North's psychological reac-
ton was not unlike that OF
Japan to the 1irst atomic bomb.
There had been some warn
Ing: In August, 1861, Federal
spy brought news to the Navy
Department that the Con-
federates were building q fearful
something" that would sweep
Northern ships from the seas.
Apparently. this something"
was conceived in the inventive
mind Of the Confederate Sec
retafy Of the Navy, Stephen
Mallory, former chairman Of
the United States Senate Mill
tary Affairs Committee. The
something's" design was in
trusted to 1t. John Brooke,
formerly of the United States
Navy.
Secret Preparations
Quietly. Mr.. Mallory ordered
the raising of the q. S. S.
Merrimac $500 tons, 40 guns
which had been scuttled at the
Gosport Navy Yard when the
Federals abandoned Norfolk.
Workmen on this project were
sworn to secrecy. First, they
cut her down to the deck, on
which they superimposed a
heavy oak easement $50 feet
long. Its sloping sides were
covered with 4-inch iron plates.
On the water she looked like a
house submerged to the caves,
with 10 guns peeking out of
the dormer windows. Design
ers gave her an iron beak. for
ramming purposes. When they
finished arming her, she was a
6,000-tonner. She drew % feet
of water and made about S
knots with her primitive en-
gines. Confederates christened
her Virginia. but history will
always remember her as the
Merrimac. Command of the
ship was given to 1t. Franklin
Buchanan, recently resigned
from the United States Navy.
About l pm. that Saturday,
March 8, the Merrimac had wad-
Evening star., 1952-03-09
By chorIes Cooke

He has done murals in many
public buildings throughout
America, including the only
photo-mural in the world. q
mammoth spread in Toffenet-
it's Restaurant, Times Square.
New York. It is rumored that
Dali is jealous ofvTroy's photo
mural. in which lambs turn into
peas, melons into a talking
! machine, a cow into a fish, a
; tree into fireworks. a parasol
into the Winged Victory" and
nude girls into baked potatoes.
Mr.. Troy also has written. and
illustrated, several popular chill
dren's books, including the cele-
brated Give Golden Wrens."
which recently won the, New
York Herald Tribune's annual
spring book prize.
But it's as Hyde that Mr.. Troy
has made his name, so far as
most Of the public is concerned.
In New York, he had Central
Park bench built to order. He
sneaked it into the park, later
took it out of the park, was ar
rested-and confounded the
magistrate by producing the bill
of sale. With three friends, all
in working clothes, he dug a
large hole. unchallenged, in the
street at the intersection of
Broadway and Forty-second. He
pried countless restaurant oysters
just far enough open to insert
a Woolworth pearl. He SUBJ
scribed to lonely hearts clubs
in the name Of happily married
friends Of both sexes, deluging
them with eager letters. He
obtained an artificial hand,
placed his Holland Tunnel
ticket between its thumb and
forefinger, then left a Mortified
ticket-taker holding both ticket
and hand.
Crusader Agoinst Sodness
The ghost-painting ad was q
mild example Of the late Troy
technique. He doesn't mind
talking about it, and this re-
porter put the question square,
ly: why did you place that
ADJ"
"All I have ever tried to- do, ,'s
said Mr.. Troy, "is make people
happy. When, during the war.
! introduced q Daily Fly Count :
into the Morning Report Of the
039th Engineer Aviation Bat
Evening star., 1952-03-09
The Case Of Dr.. Hugh and Mr. Troy

The tempest in a paint pot
stirred up by Hugh Troy of this
city hasn't died down yet.
What began a month ago as a
purely local excitement is now
being argued across the Nation.
It is not an easy thing to ex-
plain-for any explanation of
the incident involves an ex-s
PLANTATION of Hugh Troy.
The Sphinx, according to some
authorities, is an open book
compared to Hugh Troy. Others
assert that this master of the
practical joke as a weapon in
social criticism is not so much an
enigma as a split personality
so widely split as to make DR..
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde seem, by
comparison. a paragon Of inner
harmony.
Grondmo Moses Ghost
Mr.. Troy's latest escapade, of
course, was that ad he put in a
local paper last February S:
TOO Busy to Paint? Call on
the Ghost Artists, 1926 $50 st.
NV. Phone Michigan 2574. We
Paint It-You Sign It! Primi-
tive (Grandma Moses type), i'm
pressionist, modern, cubist,
abstract, sculpture also,
Why Not Give an Exhibition"
Coming, as it did, hard on the
heels Of American University's
announcement of a new course
in ghost writing, Mr.. Troy's ad
rapidly established itself as the
ad Of the month. 1t evoked
wide-and mostly favorable
comment. not only on editorial
pages but also in national
magazines. And in the end,
inevitably, Mr.. Troy was recog-
nized as the advertiser.
Who is this man?
He's as big as Paul Bunyan-
physically giant. as tall C
feet 81 as his own stories, as
broad as his satire. His eyes are
what give him away: They mar
vel endlessly at mankind's gull
libility, glinting with a thousand
fertile schemes to prove its ex-
tent.
AS Jekyll, Mr.. Troy is an
artist and author Of distinction,
He was born in Ithaca, N. Y,
a years ago. served in the
Pacific with Air Force intelli-
gence during the war. and now
lives here. painting and writing
with his wife, Patricia. and
an Irish water spaniel, Kim.
Evening star., 1952-03-09

talon, then stationed at Rich
mond, Va. - Number Flies
Caught This Day. Number Flies
Caught Preceding Day. Number
Flies Expected to Be Caught
Following Day. etc.-it made a
whole raft of people happy. Mill
tary headquarters adore paper
work. It even made me happy,
for I had always wanted to go
to the East, and, shortly after
q, higher echelon discovered who
had started the Daily Fly Count,
I was on my way to Saipan. It's
the same with this ghost-paint-
ing. Everybody benefits. The
customers ego gets a lift. The
artist who does the work turns
q fast dollar. The public :"
Doc JekyII Again
Never mind" the reporter
said. How many paintings have
you ghosted?"
Mr.. Troy paused, reflected,
and then he let DIR. Jekyll
quietly take over from Mr.. Hyde.
mot one!" he said, and it
was plain he was telling the Bit
ter truth. "And I never will
paint one.
"Let me fill you in on exactly
what happened. I was fed up
with the ghost-writing ads, with
the whole ghoSt-writing racket.
It is an American activity that
sickens me, and Washington is
its richest spawning place. So I.
tried this innocent reductio ad
Gbsurdum. And what happens?
Blue hell breaks loose. The
phone rings all day. driving my
wife out Of her home to the
Public Library. It rings all night.
driving us both crazy. Mostly
men and women ready to pay
astounding sums for ghosted
paintings.
1--WE tell them we're too busy
right now and will call back.
We never do. sse
"Imitators were calling before,
breakfast the first day, whining
to take on my overflow. My
weight has dropped to $50.
"Yes"-he hung his head and
looked penitent--"I admit I
played it along for q while. r
wanted to let it sink in, you
see. But now I wish / had never
taken this fling at constructive
social criticism. All I want
now" said Hugh Troy, 'is
peace"
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Parental Courage
The Inspiring Story Of How q Couple
Fought for the Life Of Its Baby

vice-preSident Of the Society
for the Promotion Of voluntary
Euthanasia. A gilded youth in
the time Of Waugh's Bright
Young Men, he was the play.
mate Of celebrities and q COM
stitutional dilettante. In this
glib and brittle memoir he
drops names by the dozen. in
many cases accompanied by
snide and not particularly lie
Illuminating anecdotes. He Is
particularly spiteful about the
Oxford Group, which ne feels
failed him .dreadfully, at least
partially because when he went
to confess" to a fellow group
er, she fed from him.
Mr.. Nichols book, like any
well-served gossip. holds the
attention to the end. It's ter.
ribly subjective, but then every.
thing happened to him person.
ally.
MARY McoRoRY.