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Evening star., 1952-01-18
By Betty BecIe

For once Washington staged an
official reception that wasn't
crowded to the point Of discom-
future. Following the dinner Sec
retary Of State and Mrs. Acheson
gave last evening for Prime Min
lister Churchill, they received some
200 guests at Anderson House, and
for this Capital which is top
heavy with officialdom, that is a
mere pleasant handful.
Members Of the Congress, the
State Department. the British EN-
bassy and the heads of the Armed
services made up the exclusive
l0:30 o'clock gathering that offered
more people a chance to talk with
the great British leader than on
any other occasion during his
visit here. And chat with him many
did, either in the line which was
not long, or after he had finished
shaking hands.
At both last evenings reception
and the one the day before in
Anderson House, the doughty
Prime Minister received sitting
down. It comes as a surprise to
see what precautions the elder
statesman must take to keep from
overtaxing himself. so vigorous has
his voice sounded all these years
from across the Atlantic.
He and his host and hostess
the latter very elegant in a Paris
gown Of violet satin damask with
a lei of violet and pink organdy
leaves-received in the paneled
room adjoining the great hall.
After greeting all three, some of
the guests paused in the room to
take another look at the round
cherubic face-and nobody knows
it's cherubic better than he, said
one officials wife.
In the great hall Margaret Tru-
man stood chatting with Sarah
Churchill and her husband, An
thony Beauchamp pronounced
Beecham, of course). Both daugh-
ters of the Government heads wore
white. Margaret had on an in
credibly beautiful, angle-like gown
by the noted italian designer
Fontana Strapless and full-skirted,
1t was heavily embroidered in
irridescent paillettes on the bodice
and on the flared hipline. Mrs.
Beauchamp's dress was Of white
chiffon with cloth Of gold on the
bodice and halter neck. Upon hear
ing what stir handsome Tony
Beauchamp caused when he walk
ed into the House Gallery yester-
|day at noon, his wife kidded him.
He always smiles and captures
every ones attention" she said.
Attractive Republican bachelor,
Representative Jim Fulton who
was accompanied by Mrs. Donald
tSawhill Of Pennsylvania, told
Margaret. "all Of us Republicans
and Democrats like you, Margaret. !"
Don't tell father" quipped the
Chief Executives favorite daugh-
ter.
Mutual Security Boss Averell
Hartman escorted Mrs. Harri-
man who was wearing a two
toned, sea foam green satin gown
with a beautiful diamond neck
lace and large diamond pin. Mrs
Robert Lovett was in a cloud OF
shell pink tulle. Lady Knollys OF
the British Embassy was wearing
green satin overlaid with sheer
black lace. and Mrs. Willard
Thorpe was in brilliant red satin,
They were accompanied by the
Secretary Of Defense, Lord
Knollys and Assistant Secretary
of State Thorpe respectively.
Mr.. Churchill's son-in.law.
Evening star., 1952-01-18

|oeal OF cIapplng, altnougn mes YET
to commit himself.
All this was as nothing, how
ever, compared with the ovation
accorded Mr.. Churchill as he was
escorted In by Senators McFar-
land. Connally. Bridges and Wiley.
Every person in both the house
and gallery rose to cheer the man
who has so often steered England
through the shoals.
Mr.. Churchill, in morning coat
and q blue-and-white polka dot
bow tie. walked slowly to the
Speakers place, hands clasp firm
" behind his back and jaw thrust
forward in his customary fashion.
The applause died while he was
introduced and then burst forth
again with renewed vigor. The old
premier stood impassive through
it all making no acknowledgment
Of the ovation. Then, when all was
still, his famous voice was heard
thanking the Congress for the
unique honor Of allowing him, q
foreigner. to address 1t for q third
time.
Frequent applause and laughter
throughout the speech attested to
Mr.. Churchill's matchless ability
to enthrall his audience.
Immediately after his speech he
made his way to his car stopping
only once when former Repre-
sentative Katharine Byron OF
Maryland extended her hand to
him. He scarcely seeming aware
Of the ovation for him.
Mr.. Churchill lunched at the
British Embassy with Ambassador
Franks at a party given in honor
of Gen. George Marshall, who was
one Of the people the Prime Min
lister expressed a great desire to
see while here. ..
Others at the luncheon were Mr.
and Mrs. Beauchamp, Capt
Soames. Lord Cherwell, British
Paymaster General; Lady Tweeds-
muir and Lord Horan.
Other luncheon hosts after the
joint meeting included the Secre-
tary Of the Senate and Mrs. Biffle
who dined on chicken salad in Mr..
Bidle's conference room with the
Vice President and Mrs. Barley
Mr.. and Mrs. Max o. Triutt, the
Tom Clarks, the Howard Nc
Graths. Treasury Secretary and
Mrs. Snyder and former Senator
Scott Lucas.
On the House side the gayest
lunch Of the day was given by
Representative Frank Boykin oi
Alabama and his wife for the
United States Ambassador te
Australia and Mrs. Pete Jarmar
hes . former Representative
from Alabama.
On the menu were such Ala.
bama delicacies as wild turkey
and leg Of antelope with oyster
dressing which Representative
Boykin had flown to Washington
for the party.
Naturally the entire Alabams
delegation In Congress was In
vited to the feast which was
held in the Speakers dining room
Others among the more than sc
there were House Speaker Sam
|Rayburn, Representative Joe
Martin, the Rev. Billy Graham
who, gave the benediction; David
Lynn, architect Of the Capitol;
Gen. and Mrs. Lewis Pick anc
Mrs. John L. Delano.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25
Births At Milford
Memorial Hospital

July Is: Girl; Mr.. and Mrs. Dal-
las Roach, Georgetown.
July 16: Boy; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Vadakin, Pennington.
July II: Boy; Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Witzke, Bridgeville.
July 18: Girl, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Moore, Pennington. Boy;
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Gray, Frank
ford
July 10: Boy; Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
MumfOrd, Georgetown. Boy; Mr..
and Mrs. Gerald Murray, Milford.
July 20: Boy; Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Pritchett (col.), FELTON,.
Boy; Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Green
ly. Milford. Girl; Mr.. and Mrs.
William Reed, Glendale. Boy; Rev.
and Mrs. Roy Phillips, Rock Hall,
Md. Boy; Mr. and Mrs. Orray Cor
der, Milford.
July 21: Girl; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Legates, Lincoln. Boy; Mr..
and Mrs. George Ellers, Farming
ton. Boy; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fur
roughs, Seaford. Girl; Mr.. and Mrs.
ElwOod COnaway, Georgetown. Girl; !;
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt Johns (cOl.)
Hurlock, Md. Girl; Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd Wilcutts, Harrington. Boy;
Sgt. and Mrs. Leon Griffith, Green's
bOrO.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25
Thompson Reunion

Sunday, July 13, 1852, marked the
first Thompson Reunion. Descen-
dants of the late Mr.. and Mrs
Isaac N. Thompson of Gettysburg.
Pennsylvania gathered on the lawn
.Of the home of Mr.. st. Clair
Thompson of Greenwood, Delaware.
OF the nine children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thompson, six are living and
all were present for the reunion
except for Mrs. WinOna ROseander,
who now lives in Richland, Wash
ingtOn, and was unable to make the
trip East this year. Those present
were Mrs. Eva Tatum and Mr.. ST.
Clair Thompson of Greenwood, Del
aware; Mrs June Farrow of West
over, Maryland; Mr.. Carl ThOmp-
son of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania;
and Mrs. Vena Ogburn of Hyatts-
vile, Maryland.
In addition there were 48 present
who were grandchildren of Mr.. and
Mrs. l. N. Thompson and their
families. They came from Gettys-
burg, Pennsylvania; Hyattsville.
TakOma Park, WestOver, Manakin,
and Fruitland, Maryland; and Will
mington, Dover. and Greenwood,
Delaware.
| This first reunion was a success
and plans are being formulated for
another to be held in July, 1858, at
the home of Mrs. Eva Tatum of
Greenwood, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25
Number OF Motor
Vehicles Increasing

There was an increase of $3.50
in the number of motor vehicles
registered in Delaware on June
Both of this year in comparison
with the same date Of last year, ac-
cOrding to a report compiled by
Harold H. Keller, Motor Vehicle
Commissioner. The total humber
registered year ago was ILL., ,376.
The report disclOses that of the
number Of motor vehicles register
ed, 90,022 are pleasure cars, an in
crease Of 4,451 for the year, 23,328
are trucks and tractor trailers, an
increase Of 1,414 for the year. The
number Cf farm trucks registered
totaled 1852, an increase Of 1858
over last year.
The number Of tractors and mo-
torcycles decreased in the State
during the year. The report showed
191 tractors registered which is a
decrease Of two over a year ago
while there were 430 motorcycles
registered and this number is q
less than the number registered a
year ago.
Mr. Keller disclosed that the re-
ceipts for the Motor Vehicle De-
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25
Presbyterian Youth
Sponsors Conference

Starting Friday evening, the
Presbyterian Young People will
sponsor a weekend series of meet
ings on the theme May the Word
of God dwell richly in my heart
from day to day"
Some outstanding young people
from the Philadelphia area have
been invited as speakers. Biddle
Foster, president of the Inter-Var-
sity Christian Fellowship at the
University of Delaware, will lead
the Friday evening service at 1880
o'clock at the manse. Saturday
night, the meeting will be at the
church at nine, to accommodate
those who are working. The speak
er will be Fred Brandauer, student
pastor at small Evangelical Uni
ted Brethren Church near Harris
burg, Pa. Refreshments will fol-
low both meetings.
Outside of the regular Sunday
School and church, the Sunday SER
vices will include a four o'clock
singspiratiOn at the manse and
youth fellowship at the church at
six. Walter Jackson, president of
the student body OF Philadelphia
Bible Institute and youth director
at the Presbyterian Church, will be
the speaker for the Sunday SER
vices. The meetings will be open
to all the high school and college
age young people of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25
Legion Junior
Baseball Team

MilfOrd's American Legion Jun
ior Baseball team, sponsored by
Milford Post No. 3, American Le-
gion, will be the sole representa-
tive of Kent County in the state
playoffs which will begin next week.
Manager S. Harvey Williams
says that his charges will meet the
winner of Sussex County, either
SeafOTd or MillsbOrO, in a twO-out-
of-three battle for the champion
ship of lower Delaware. Should
they conquer the Sussex COuntians,
they will meet the Wilmington win
ner for the state championship.
This tournament is part Of the
nationwide tourney sponsored by
the American Legion. All boys en-
tered are II years old or under.
Regional playOffs for this area will
be held in Washington and the fl
nails, which will be held in Detroit,
Michigan, the end of next month,
will crown the national champion.
The Milford squad lists on its
roll the following boys Donald
Beebe, Ronald BFengle, Bob DOno-
van, Herman Jester, Dicky Miller,
Bill Ryder, Dwight Short, Tom
Wells and Dicky Williams, all of
Milford, Bill Bowdle, Grover Brown
and Russell McCready, of Harring-
ton, and Bill EllingswOrth and Will
son Jones, of Glendale.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25
SERVICE SLANTS

SIXTH FLEET, MEDITERRA-
NEAN-Serving here aboard the
destroyer tender U. S. S. Grand
Canyon is Charles H. Webb. en-
gineman, first class, U. S. Navy,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Whitley Webb
of 4S Fisher avenue, Milford.
Webb entered the naval service
April 16, 1910.
While in the area crew members
of the Grand Canyon have visited
Naples, Italy; the French Riviera /;
Bone, Algeria and Istanbul, Tur-
key. She is acting as the flagship
for Commander Service Force Sixth
Fleet.
WITH THE 25th INFANTRY d.
VISION IN KOREA-Pfc. Sylves-
ter M. Campbell, whose parents live
at 211 Church avenue, Milford, is
returning to the United States from
Korea under the Army's rotation
plan.
He was a member Of the 25th In
fantry Division, one of the first U.
S. units to fight on the peninsula.
It has recently beeIl engaged in pa
troll activity near the 38th parallel.
A gunner in Company G of the
21st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Auto
matte Weapons Battalion, Private
First Glass Campbell entered the
Army in February 1851. He arrived
in Korea last September.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25
Delaware Artificial
Breeding Results AS
Good AS Natural

The Delaware Artificial Breeding
Cooperative offers farmers a ser
vice just as effective as natural
breeding.
The 1851 records of the Delaware
ABC show that the percentages of
successful services are almost iden-
tical to, and in many cases slight
ly above results from natural breed
ing.
OF 1856 services, 81 per cent
were successful first services, re-
ports Delmar ]. Young, dairyman
of the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. In reports on natural ser
vice, 60.1 per cent of the totals
were successful first services. On
second, third and fourth service,
the ABC records run slightly high
er than natural services.
add to this high quality SER
vice the advantage Of proven sires
from the bull stud, and artificial
breeding should be profitable for
all Delaware dairymen. The quail
ity of the bulls being used in the
stud now are much better than in
1851. We can offer farmers SER
vices from proven HOlstein sires
five days a week. In the Jersey
breed we have the best bulls in the
history of the cooperative. The
Guernsey bulls are the best that
can be obtained, and there are
other sires in the state Who will
soon be proven" Young reports.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25
Pepper Reunion

At TTappe Pond on Sunday, Aug
ust 3rd, Mrs. Maude Pepper Hast
ings of Georgetown, will preside at
The Pepper Family Associations"
18th annual Reunion. Other Off
GERS include: vice president, Mrs.
Dorothy Smith of Kenton; secre-
tary, Mrs. Geneva Morris, Lewes;
treasurer and historian, Mrs. Ellen
p. Penuel, Oak Orchard; assistant
treasurer, Mrs. Martha Bunting,
DagsbOrO. Chairmen appointed by
the president are: Supplies, Mrs.
Fora Riggin of Laurel; ice cream,
Mr.. Horace Pepper, Laurel; tables
and chairs, Mr.. Earl Pepper, of
Georgetown; recreation, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Spargo, Oak Orchard;
public relations, Mrs. Nettie w. G.
Ziegler. Bridgeville.
The members are descendants of
Joshua Pepper who came to Sus-
sex from New England around
1885. During the past year, while
searching records to establish di-
rect lineage in order to became a
OAR, Mrs. Penuel has found def
mite proof of 90 three generations
of Peppers prior to Joshua.
A Robert Pepper, along with his
wife Elizabeth (JOhnsOn) Pepper,
came from England and settled in
Roxbury, Mass, in 1910. A num-
ber of the Pepper families are in
cluded in Vols. III and ", COM
piled by the OAR in the State
Archives at Dover.
Dinner will be at 1890 with the
business meeting and program fol-
lowing. Awards will be given to the
youngest and oldest members at
tending.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25

partn.ent for the fiscal year ending
June Both tOtaled $2,O37, ,42O.48, the
first time receipts for this Depart
ment exceeded the two million dol
lar mark. Receipts for the previous
year totaled $1,862,94762 while for
the 1949-1950 fiscal year the re-
ceipts were $1,686,19181.
Mr.. Keller also announced that
there were total of 1883 regis
tratiOns expiring for the quarter
ending September Both. Of this
number, 1874 are in Wilmington
and New Castle County, 1884 in
Kent County and 6,911 in Sussex
County.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25
Wedding
GLASCO : MEssICK

GLASCO MESSICK
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Glasco an
nOunce the marriage of their
daughter, Beatrice Jane to Mr..
James P. Messick, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. David Messick OF Harrington.
The ceremony was performed on
Saturday, July II, by the Rev. Ed
ward French, pastor of the First
Methodist Church. Denton, Md.
Their attendants were Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Messick Mr.. Messick is
employed by the City of Dover.
They are living in Harrington.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25

Larry Fitchett will leave this
weekend for Camp TochwOch.
Mrs. Daisey Ely of Smyrna is
spending two weeks with Mrs. Her
man Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Welch have
returned home after having spent
three weeks in Rehoboth.
Mrs. John G. Evans of Cam
bridge, Nd. is visiting her aunt.
Miss Burdella Davis of Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jameson
of Havre de Grace, Md, spent the
weekend with Mrs. Helen ]. Hous-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Livington.
Jr., were weekend guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Conrad Livington, Sr., of
Salisbury, Md.
Thomas E. Galloway was in
Washington on business last week
and Mrs. Galloway and children
spent the time at Slaughter Beach
with Mrs. Carl Allen and Mrs. Sal
lie Joseph.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Simpson of
BroOkheaven, Pa, Miss Mildred
Holland of Temperanceville, Va,
and Mrs. William Watson of Will
mingtOn, spent the weekend with
Mrs. Herman Johnson.
James Richard Draper and Sam
uel Mitchell, of Long Island, left
yesterday on a trip to the west
coast, observing farming on their
way. They will be gone about a
month. Both are agriculture stu
dents.
Mrs. Lewis E. Jones and chill
dren, Teddy and Vance Kemp, are
spending some time with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl K. Williams,
while Major Jones is attending
Aviation Medical Examiners School
at Randolph Field, Texas.
Mrs. William A. Minner returned
to her home in Harrington on Mon
day after spending the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G..
Marshall Townsend. Mrs. Minner
is recuperating after an operation
in Memorial Hospital, where she
spent the past two weeks.
Misses Gertrude and Helen Tat
man returned home on Sunday.
Miss Tatman has been in Wicheta,
Kansas. since the first of April,
visiting relatives. Miss Helen Tat
man and Miss Maize Riley, of At
lantic Highlands, N. j., drove out
to bring her home, enjoying the
southern route as they drove east.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25
Trophy Grange Notes

Trophy Grange members met at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. D. A.
Petry at Selbyville, last Monday.
Notwithstanding the extreme heat,
there were sixteen Patrons in at
tendance. A very pleasant evening
of fun, relaxation, and good fellow
ship was enjoyed by ALL The straw
ride to and from Selbyville in
Charles Bostick's truck added to
the good time.
The next meeting will be on
August 11th, at which time Betty
Bostick and Mary and Kenneth
Bush will be in charge of the pro-
gram. Reports of Community Con-
test Work should be complete by
that time.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25
Old Fiddlers Picnic
At Lenape Park

On Saturday, August 2, there will
be held at Lenape Park on the his
tOric Brandywine near Chadds Ford,
the gath annual Old Fiddlers Pic
mic which last year was attended
by thousands from some six states.
This frolic will last from ten in
the morning until midnight. All
musicians are invited to take part.
Ben Kelly of Coatesville, Pa, and
C. c. Sanderson Of Chadds Ford will
have charge of the affair. Mrs. Ben
KJlly is secretary Of the assOcia-
tiOn.
All are cordially invited to at
tend the old fashion affair.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25
Items of a Purely
Pers on al Nature

Mrs. w. Dean Kimmel is SPEND
ing a few days in Washington. D.
C.
DR.. and Mrs. Oliver A. James and
sons are spending two weeks at
Ocean City, Md.
-
Mrs. Daisey Eley, of Smyrna. is
the guest Of Mrs. Herman johnson
at her home on West st.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Draper. who
have been spending some time at
their home here are now in Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Elinor ROosa will return
home today after spending the past
several weeks in California, mostly
Sacramento.
Miss Janet Wilson, of st. Louis.
Mo-, has been the guest of DR.. and
Mrs. Clyde Nelson, is leaving on
Monday for New York City.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Hart spent
the past weekend in MerVern, Pa,
as the guests of their daughter,
Mrs. William Smith and Mr.. Smith.
-
Mrs. Annie Prettyman and Miss
Elizabeth Hammond, who attended
the Summer School of Missions at
Dover last week, returned home
Friday.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter L. Grier re-
turned home on Sunday after
spending a few days at the Hotel
Chamberlain, at Old Point Com
fort, Va.
Mrs. Byron Gibson and son Dom
ME, Miss Irene Markert and Miss
Dorothy MRrkert have been in
Coinjock, N. c., this week visiting
relatives.
Steve and Martha Welch will re-
turn home this weekend after
spending the past month at Camp
TOchwOch and in the Poconos re-
spectiyely.
Teddy Fisher, Jack Sheaffer,
Ronald Wix, Raymond Kerr, Eddie
and Donnie Steiner will return
home Sunday after enjoying camp
ing at Camp Rodney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston L. Kenton
are at their home on Shawnee Road
after having spent their vacation
touring through the Blue Ridge
Mountains and visiting relatives
and friends in Roanoke and Salem,
Virginia. They went by way of
Norfolk and returned over the Sky
Line Drive, coming through Wash
ingtOn and Baltimore, stopping
over in the latter city to visit with
realtives before coming on home.
Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25

to bother people
about news Of what
they are doing and
what Interests them most. Did
you ever experience such heat
and for such a long time? This
is the twelfth day, according to
the weather man, but it seems
like it has been going on long
er than that. I feel so sorry
for those people who must be
in Chicago to represent their
people back home and to Sc
1ect a man who will be willing
to run for the presidency. And
] am thinking, too, of those
sick people who must be in
hospital beds, and, though at
tended by kind nurses and doc
tors, must suffer through the
days, not able to move about
like / can. Our patience gets
thin with the continuance of
this hot temperature, but there
will come a break and wesshall
soon forget the discomfort of
these days and wonder why we
fused" so much.
Many people are getting away
to the shore and on trips, try
ing to find a respite from the
weather. I hardly think they
are being satisfied, for look
ing at the weather map, with
the weather man on televisiOn,
this hot spell seems general.
That does not keep people from
trying. DR.. and Mrs. Oliver A.
James and their cute twin
sons, are spending two weeks
at Ocean City. A card from
Mrs. Byron Gibson brings the
news that she, her son Donnie
and her sisters, Miss Dorothy
Markert and Miss Irene Mark
ert, are in the south at Coin
Jock, N. c., and enioying the
beaches close by. Mrs. Benjam-
in Vinyard writes that she and
Mr.. Vinyard, who are visiting
their daughter, Dorothy, in
Sturgis, s. D., are at the foot
Of the Black Hills and have
been to a rOdeo.
Gertrude and Helen Tatman
returned home Sunday. They
have had an interesting trip.
Late in April Gertrude left for
Wichita, Kansas, to visit rela-
tives, and took short trips
from there until Helen and
Miss Maize Riley of Atlantic
Highlands, came out, and then
they were off to Colorado, Wy
Oming and all of the interesting
spots ir between. They came
home by the southern route and
crossed Missouri, Tennessee,
and into the eastern seaboard
states, coming north through
the Smoky Mountains, over Sky
Line Drive and home. Usually
the question of traffic comes up
when one is discussing a trip
but Helen said they encounter
ed little until they reached the
Chesapeake ferries. It is the
same old story of Sunday jams
and long lines of cars. But even
that will shortly be eliminated,
for / believe it is next week
that the new bridge over the
Chesapeake Bay will be opened
to traffic. That will relieve that
bottle neck that has existed for
a long time.
Mrs. Joseph Lear. the former
Miss Louise Nailor, is spending
some time with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nailor on
North Walnut street, and while
visiting them is making prepa-
rations for a trip to England.
Master Sergeant Lear was sta