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Milford chronicle., 1952-02-08

Mrs. John Rifenburg.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry d. Quillen
and children. of Georgetown, spent
Tuesday and Wednesday with Mr..
and Mrs. Il. Harry Quillen and fam
lily.
Mrs. L. G. Marker, of Milford,
spent Monday afternoon with Mrs.
W. s. McCabe.
Mrs. Orie Hobbs and son, Cpl
Louis Hobbs. have returned from a
visit with relations in Richmond.
Virginia.
Mrs Fred Greenley Sr. spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. r. H..
Bunting, at Salisbury. Md.
Mrs Jack Masten and daughter.
Miss Barbara Masten, of Ellicott
City. Md, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Pitlick over the weekend.
Fred Powell came home from the
Milford Memorial Hospital, on Sat-
urday.
Mrs. L. T. Jones entertained the
Thursday afternoon bridge club.
Mrs. Claude Newman. Mrs. Ray
mOnd Quillen and the Misses Grace
Wanda QUillen and Elva Rae Rash
attended a play at the Playhouse,
in Wilmington, Friday evening.
Mrs. Geneva Hurd visited her
daughter. Mrs. Donald Harris. Of
Salisbury Md, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. O. Lankford, of
Milford, entertained at a dinner
party, Friday evening, in honor of
the birthday of Mrs. John G. Parks.
Pfc Francis Quillen. of Aberdeen,
spent the weekend with his par
Cnts
Donald 'Vane. of the University of
Delaware, has been spending some
time at home.
Mr. and Mrs. w o. Landlord and
Mrs. Walters, of Milford, and MIR.
and Mrs John G. Parks spent Sun
dav with Mr.. and Mrs. r. +. ful.,
in Wilmington.
John Pitlick spent the weekend
in Wilmington with Mr.. and Mis-.
+. s Richards Jr.
John Harrison Rifenburg of the
Maritime service, spent Monday
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-08
HARRINGTON
By Mrs.
w. C. Burgess
Phone
Harrington s6s7

The ALLEGATION of almost all of
the critical materials needed i'll
constructing a building for pupils
of the elementary grades in the
Harrington Public School system
has been made and the Inaugural
ton of the project in the near fu-
ture is a certainty, it was divulged
by J. G. Messner, superintendent Of
Harrington schools, at a meeting of
the Board of Education, on Tuesday
evening, Mr.. Messner told the body,
of which he is secretary, that he
had recently received a wire from
U. S. Representative Caleb Boggs
that practically all critical mater
ials, including structural steel,
needed for the project, had been
allotted by the United States Office
of Education. However, not all the
copper needed was allowed. Addi-
tiOnal copper may be forthcoming,
the superintendent of the schools
explained, but he added that other
metals could be substituted.
The proposed building will house
the elementary grades. cafeteria,
kitchen, and administrative offices.
Plans 70 the structure have been
drawn up by architect Walter Carl
son, with specifications rewritten to
conform with available materials,
MIR. Messner said. Continuing, he
disclosed that specifications would
be available for bidders within a
few days and that advertisements
for bids on construction would soon
be placed Bids will be opened at
3 pm, March 5. Specifications call
for construction to begin within 80
days after bids are opened.
Plans for a field house, a part OF
the building program, are being
drawn up. When this has been COM
pleted, a request will be made for
an ALLEGATION of critical materials
needed in building
The school district has $675 900
derived from bond issues in Decem-
Der, 1949, and October, 1851, and
from state appropriations for its
building program. Costs OF the
grade-school building were estimet-
ed at S515.000 and of the field
house. $150.000
At the meeting Tues day evening,
the Board of Education voted TO
raise the salaries of cafeteria help
on a pro-Tated basis not to exceed
$50 per month. The raise. activated
by the recent increase in. the salar-
les of teachers and maintenance
help. is retroactive to Jan. l. 1852.
The increase will come out of the
proceeds of the cafeteria
The Board also agreed that the
cost of school lunches be maintain
cd at the present level for the time
being. Their are five cafeteria en-
ployees. including the supervisor,
Hazel Johnson.
"TO most Europeans the United
States seems like heaven. said
Miss Mary Perrone, at Tuesday
evenings meeting of the Harring-
ton Rotary Club. "Of course smil-
ed Miss PerrOne, "they don't know
what heaven looks like" "In Italy"
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-08

the poor and very poor. The last
class is assisted by the government
with pensions. etc, and they have
welfare homes, as we have here.
You seldom see an automobile in
south Italy. 1t isn't so much the
cost of the automobile. but the
scarcity Of gas and its almost pro-
hibitive price-and with the eXcep-
J tiOn to the reads around Naples, no
i roads are fIt for automobile travel.
At the time of her residence in
Italy. one American dollar was the
equivalent of 20 lire, but now, with
initiation rampant in that country,
a dollar is the equivalent of 634
lire-and the skilled bricklayers.
highest paid of all the laborers, re-
ceive less than one dollar per day.
/ She lived in Italy at the begin
/ ming of the MussOlini regime and at
that time there was no persecution
of the people regardless of their
religious or political beliefs.
When her father became natural
/ lied the mother and children be
came American citizens automatic
ally, as the children were under 81
years of age. They were arranging
to join the father in the United
States, when Tony, who was Is, was
called for induction into the army
military service being compulsory.
After a physical Check-up the
authorities decided that Tony's
shoulders were not broad enough
and he was told to report again in
six months. Time after time he was
called up for examination and each
time was ordered to report after
another six months. Finally" said
Miss PerrOne. I'VE went to the
, American consul and found him
very gracious, and through his ef-
torts all of us were permitted to
Join my father in the land of our
dreams-and so here we are"
John Parks was program chair
man for the evening.
The Pathfinders Sunday School
Glass of Asbury Methodist Church
held its monthly meeting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs Guy Wine
brenner with Mr.. and Mrs Jeffer-
son Larimore assisting Tom Peck,
president. presided The Rev Ron
ert VanCleaf, pastor. and Guy Wine
brenner, teacher of the class. gave
very impressive talks in connection
with the building fund of the church
school After refreshments were
served, the meeting adjourned, to
meet, Friday, February 90 at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Lester Smith,
with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mastcn
as cO-hOsts.
Mr. and Mrs George Birmingham
of NanticOke Annex. Seaford. visit
ed Sunday with the latter's mother
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-08

she continued. I'VE refer to this
country as the United States, in
stead of Amortization Ameica may
include Canada, Central America
and South America. Europeans
dream of visiting the United States.
hut if that dream is not possible OF
attainment, their next wish is to
visit other sections of the Amer
icas."
Miss PerrOne, who was born i'm
southern Italy, not far from Naples.
lived in Il small village There are
no detached houses in villages, and
no houses made of wood. Thick
walled, with many houses included
IN one unit, it is not difficult to
keep the residents warm in winter
with a minimum of fuel Coal is
very scarce. as it has to he import
ed. Heating stoves are rarities and
fireplaces abound. There are COM
munity tracts of woodland where
the people go to cut their supply of
wood.
All Italian families have gardens.
AS there is no available space in
the villages, these gardens arc
within a short walking distance of
the town and in them practically
everything indigenous to that zone
is grown. Every inch of land is
utilized and you'll never find a
weed in any garden. HarringtOni-
ans have an example of this type of
gardening, for Mary's father. Joe
Perrone is HarringtOns champion
gardener.
Until she came to the United
States at the age of II Miss Perrone
had travelled little. Young Italian
girls never travel much, she ex-
planned.
In her particular section of Italy
flowers. all varieties of them, grow
everywhere and it is not necessary
to bring some of them indoors dur
I ing the winter months. Olive groves
dot the country side and are q
source of considerable income
Grapes are grown in abundance
and for the most part are used for
making wines. Figs and chestnuts
are valuable food crops. we eat
the fresh figs" she said, "and dry
the surplus. When bread from grain
is scarce. chestnuts are ground into
a kind of meal and made into bread
This occurs occasionally, but not
frequently"
There are few extremely
wealthy families in that part Oi
italy. but their wealth has been
handed down from generation Il
generation and these families arc
afraid to invest that wealth, as they
prefer to hold it in reserve. Then
there is the middle class, much like
the middel class in America, and
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-08

of Ocean City, called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Brobst. on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. William fischer
finger and son, of Baltimore. spent
the weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. c. Messner. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Cullen and family, Of
Dover, spent Sunday with the Mess
ners.
Mrs. Clarence Rash has been i'll
but is much improved,
Mr. and Mrs Eugene Tyre and
son Bobby. of New Castle. spent
Sunday with her grandmother, Mrs.
o. c. PassmOre
MI and Mrs Howard Williams
spent the weekend with Mr.. ana
Mrs. Joshua Bunting. of Berlin, Md
Little Susan Gilstad is i'll and
must STAY in bed for a while.
Mrs. Virginia Sculley and son
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-08

with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John
Rifenburg, before returning to
lnglesidc, Texas.
The children of the Junior Choir
of Asbury Methodist Church enjoy
ed a treat given by the Mothers
Auxiliary Of the church choirs after
rehearsal Thursday afternoon. The
Mothers Auxiliary will entertain
the ChanCel Ind Junior Choirs and
their mothers at dinner, Feb. Is,
in Collins Hall.
Miss L.cille Tharp spent the
Weekend in Wilmington
Donald Wells is visiting his
grandparents in Roxana.
Mr. and Mrs Ernest Killen at
tended The POlicemen's Ball held in
Wilmington, FRIDAY evening.
Mr. and Mrs Edgar Welch, of
Milford, and Mrs. Stanley Pointer,
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-08

Jimmy, Tommy Berry, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Clarkson and family. Of
Wilmington, Lee Clarkson. OF Phil
adelphia, Walter Moore. of Milford,
Richard Autry, of Dallas Texas,
and Gene Morse, of Mariana, Fla,
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. William Clarkson.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Messner at
tended the Pennsylvania Dutch
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-08

meeting held in Newark. on Fri
day night.
Officers for 1852, of Kent Chapter
No. II. Order of the Eastern Star,
were recently installed by Mrs.
Irma LeCompte, Worthy Grand
Matron, assisted by Thomas c. Rod
way, Worthy Grand Patron; Mrs.
Milfred Minner, Grand Marshall:
Continued on following page)
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-08

With Infrored Lamps
o No hOvers are necessary
Q Fire hazards are minimized
Q Chicks are always in full view for
checking
Q Chicks seek degree of heat they
need,
o Chicks feather faster
o Labor is greatly reduced. Heat is
quickly provided by the flick of an
electric switch
o One lamp provides warmth for SIS
chicks at an economical cost. Lamps
have long life.
Milford chronicle., 1952-02-08
Now Available!

EaVNE ~ SaaseAbsaSH
Complete A or g.
lamp units with
bulbs, thermOstat.
chain, outlet box,
etc. For information
write Industrial
Sales Dept. Eastern
Shore Public Ser-
vice, Salisbury, Md.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
Family Spending Is
Exceeding Income
City Groups Received $4,000 In
1850 But Paid Out s4,7OO
BY AssoeIutad 80.

Americas city-dwelling families
apparently had to borrow or din
into their savings to make both
ends meet during 1850.
The Bureau of Labor statistics
said this week in a preliminary re-
port that families living in cities
and towns averaged a net income
of $4,000 for 1850. But they spent
$4,7OO.
The report-which BIS experts
say is only preliminary and sub
ject to adjustment-Was based on
a door-to-door survey in 81 cities
and towns.
When the survey is completed.
BIS will put out new consumers
price index-probably early next
year. Since many labor contracts
tie wages to the cost of living, this
index is important to the nations
economy.
The average net income Of $4,000
was computed from all sources,
with personal taxes deducted. The
$4,000 spending average, attribut-
ed partly to the late 1850 buying
spree after fighting broke out in
Korea, was a record.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
Sussex Girl
Is Third To
Die OF Polio
Bonnie Ann DOwnes Of
Georgetown, Dies In
Hospital Six Days Af-
ter Being Stricken.

The death of a seven-year-old
Georgetown girl last saturday
night in the Doris Memorial Unit
of the Wilmington General Hospi-
tai raised to three the number of
Delawareans killed by the bulbar
type of polio in 1852, all during the
month of August.
Bonnie Ann Downes, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin D. DOwnes,
died last Saturday at 7:48 D. m.
Her death from polio follows those
of Mrs. Nancy Glenn, 26, on August
II, and William T. Mirch, Jr., on
August 2.
BOnine Ann complained of feel
ing i'll last Sunday night. On Mon
day she suffered from nausea and
headaches. Her parents took her
to a physician, Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday, and her illness
was diagnosed as polio on the lat
ter day.
She was rushed to the Doris Me-
mortal Unit that day in the Ellen
dale Fire Company ambulance, and
admitted to the hospital in a criti-
cal condition. Bonnie was immed-
lately placed in a respirator. She
remained in critical condition until
her death.
NeighbOrs said brown-eyed, dark
haired Bonnie had apparently been
in excellent health until she was
stricken with polio She had play
ed about the family home as usual,
and about three weeks before had
vacatiOned at the salt water resort
of Riverdale, near Oak Orchard.
BOnine was a student at George
town Elementary School, and would
have entered the second grade in
September She lived in the
Georgetown home with her par
ents, an older sister, Barbara, and
two brothers, Billy and Howard
Her father is an employee of the
State Highway Department.
tcontinued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
EUGngeLiStic DriUe
Planned In Sussex
The ''Happy HeraldS" With
Headquarters Here Plan
ing Movement

1t was announced today from the
office Of the Happy Heralds Evan
gelistic Team in Milford, that a
special two week campaign will
open Friday, August 22nd, under
the auspices of the Sussex County
For Christ Crusade. Mr.. Fred Witt
man, sOlo-eVangelist for the Happy
Heralds Team will be the featured
speaker during the Crusade. Mr..
Whitman, formerly of Sharon Hill,
Pa, has pursued extensive studies
at the Philadelphia Bible Institute,
Oklahoma University, Norman, Ok
lahOma, and the Missionary Medi-
cal Institute of Toronto, Canada.
His evangelistic endeavOrs have
been centered throughout the East
ern SeaboaTd and Canada. The To-
cation of the Gospel Tent is a mere
18 of a mile from the RehObOth
Boardwalk at the Rehoboth-Indian
River Fork on Delaware Route IA,
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
HerOisns Of Late
Captain Is Hailed
Gold Star Is Awarded To
Georgetown Man Killed
In Korea

Word has been received in
Georgetown that a Gold Star in
lieu of a second Silver Star, has
been awarded posthumously to Cap
tain Leroy M. Cooke, of the Marine
Corps, who was killed in action in
the battle of Chungkin Reservoir
in Korea, November q, 1850.
Captain Cooke, a reservist, was
recalled to duty in August, 1850. He
was a veteran of Pacific service in
World War IL. He was awarded
his first Silver Star for bravery in
action on the Solomon Islands in
194S.
Captain Cooke was a son Of Mrs.
Howard Cooke and the late Howard
Cooke, an attorney of Georgetown.
The posthumous award was sign
ed for the President by Daniel A.
Kimball, secretary of the Navy,
for gallantry in action, outstanding
leadership, courage, and aggressive
fighting spirit.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
New Artesian Well
Has Excellent Flow
Yield OF 800 Gallons Per Minute
Is Disclosed

The new artesian well being driV-
en- to supply Milford with an addi-
tiOnal water supply has reached a
depth of S29 feet, and shows a flow
of 345 gallons per minute.
The contract with the City of Mil
ford stipulates a flow of 800 gal
Ions per minute.
The first we'll which was settled
at the old Milford Playground did
not produce a sufficient flow.
The new we'll now is being COM
pleted at the terminus of Northeast
Front stree., on a plot of ground
purchased by the city.
The Mayor and City Council has
received a check for s1,075.20 from
the Delaware Power and Light
Company as a result of a new
reduced rate for electric current
bought by the city, retroactive to
January Is, 1852.
This was the amount due the city
under the new contract from last
January Is to July Is. which is a
saving from the former rate of
charge.
The contract for sewer and wa
ter on Polk avenue, water mains on
Northeast Front street, water lines
on Southeast Fourth street, and a
water line on Seabury avenue. were
awarded to Pleasanton & Edgell
on their low bid of $19,924.2G.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22

Fount Billings and Fred Greenly,
both of near Harrington.
Second Senatorial District 49,
Charles G. kelly Moore and for
mer State Senator William Jen-
nings POOre, both of Hartly.
Contests also loom in the Sussex
County Democratic primaries, which
will be held Aug. 80. They involve:
Second Senatorial District 49, r.
Allen Cannon the incumbent, and
DR.. Charles F. Moore, both of Sea-
ford. DR.. Moore is president of the
State Board of Health.
Third Representative District
Randall c. Willin, L. Spencer Le-
Gates, and Howard E. Larrimore,
all of SeafOrd.
Fifth Representative District -
William S. Marvel III, and Leon Il.
Bailey, both of Delmar.
Ccontnued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
Malloy Vaughn Is
HOnOred By Bank
Farm Loan Association Gives Ger
tificate For 30 Years OF Assistance

FhFIll Loan Association UlVeS Ger
tificate For 30 Years OF Assistance
A certificate of merit for 80 years
of outstanding service to the far
mers of Delaware" has been award
ed to MOllOy c. Vaughn of near
Lewes, president of the Delaware
National Farm Loan Association,
by the Federal Land Bank of Bal
timOre.
The award to the Sussex County
turkey raiser was announced by
Nathaniel J. Taylor, association
secretary, at a recent meeting of
the groups directors in Dover.
Mr.. Vaughn also is chairman of
the board of the Delaware De-
partment of Welfare and is a mem
ber of the Sussex Levy Court.
The National Farm Loan Asso-
citation was first organized in Kent
County in 1919, in Sussex County
in 1920 and in New Castle County
in 1922. Mr. Vaughn helped organ
ize the association in Sussex and
was elected one of its first direc-
tors and its first president.
He served as president of the
Sussex branch until the three coun-
ty branches were combined in 1916
under the Delaware National Farm
Loan Association and then was
elected president of the state group,
which he has served continuously
ever since. He is the only remain
ing charter member of the assOcia-
ton.
Other important state and dis
trict committees on which he has
served are: as a member of the
National Farm Loan Advisory
Council, as one of two representa-
tives from the Second Farm Loan
District which includes Pennsyl-
vania, Delaware. Maryland. Virgin
ia, West Virginia, and the District
of Columbia.
The Delaware association has
supplied more than 1000 farmers
with loans totalling $3,5OO,OOO Mr..
Vaughn said.
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
Harmony Was
Evident At
COP COnclave
Everyone Seemed To
Have A Good Time AS
"Old Sores" Were APP
parently Forgotten.

Harmony. which political lead
ers spell with 4 capital H, was in
evidence wherever Republicans, at
tending their state convention.
gathered in Dover on Wednesday.
There were many examples.
Former Chief Deputy Attorney
General c. Edward Duffy, who was
defeated two years ago in his bid
for the nomination for attorney
general, was a big, happy wheel in
the pre-couventiOn and convention
activities.
Caleb M. Wright, Georgetown at
tOrney, nominated John w. Rollins,
the party's candidate for lieutenant
governor. who had defeated Mr..
Wright in a meeting of the Sussex
delegates at Georgetown on Friday
night.
No one seemed to mind very
much that the three presidential
electors, if the state goes Republi-
can in November, will not be voting
for Senator Taft but will cast their
ballots in the Electoral College for
General Eisenhower.
Pictures of Eisenhower
Part of this harmonious scheme
was the smart decoration of the
stage of the Capitol Theatre, where
plants and pictures of General
Eisenhower and Senator Nixon, the
vice presidential candidate, reliev-
ed the backstage drab.
CONTINUED on page 50
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
Dover Air Base
Will Replace
Mass. Field
Military Reveals Plans
To Buy Leased Site,
And Take In Added
Acreage.

The U. S. Air Force Base at Do
yer, under present expansion plans,
will become major operating base
on the Atlantic Coast and will, after
personnel is moved in within the
next year, replace WestOver Field,
WestOver, Mass.
This was disclosed this week af-
ter Brig. Gen. Robert E. L. Eaton
advised U. S. Senator J. Allen
Frear Jr.. that the Ali Force is TAX
ing steps to purchase the 587 acres
of the base now owned by the City
of Dover but already being used by
the Air Force under lease arrange
ment
In addition the Air Force also
plans to purchase S1.7 acres Of
contiguous land, now held by
private owners for further expan-
sion of the field.
Portions of the present base have
previously been purchased by the
Defense Department.
Purchase of the portions of the
base still owned by the city is being
speeded, it was announced by Air
Force authorities today, because
the lease between Dover and the
Air Force expires in October.
/ The expansion here, it was said,
| is expected to result in doubling the
Force shortly before October, 1851,
when Congress approved a $25,411,-
900 appropriation for expansion at
! Dover.
The expansion program was CIV
en- it's physical start yesterday when
Gov. Ebert N. CarYel spaded the
| first shovelful Of dirt from a
drainage ditch at the base.
Purpose of the program - to
transform the air field into a sup
Elemental east coast port of en-
barkation for MATS-was revealed
last April 1, when the base was
transferred officially to the MATS
by the Air Force.
! frnnfinfed m maze S1
Milford chronicle., 1952-08-22
DR.. A. G. SmlOOt
Dies At His
Summer Home
Well Known Georgetown
Physician Victim Of
Heart Attack Last
Saturday Morning.

DR.. Aubrey Cannon SmOOt, Sr.,
who had been a practicing physi-
clan in Georgetown since 1880, died
last Saturday morning at his sum-
mer home on Indian River. He was
stricken with a heart attack while
in bed around 2:30 a. m. and died
within a few minutes after the ar
rival of DR.. John w. Armand, who
had been summoned
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Virginia Norris SmoOt, formerly of
Baltimore; two sons, DR.. Aubrey
Cannon SmOOt, Jr., who is an in
terne in Delaware Hospital in Will
mingtOn. and Lieutenant (iunior
grade) William Norris SmOOt, who
is serving in the U. S. Navy aboard
the Carrier Princeton in the Pa
cific. There are also two brothers,
Dr. Merrill c. SmOOt of HagerstOwn,
Md, and Ralph Smoot of Fordyce.
Arkansas.
DR.. SmOOt was born in FELTON, on
August 29, 1898, a son of the Rev.
TrustOn C. and Fannie Griffith
SmoOt. His father was pastor of
the FELTON, Charge at that time.
He attended Western Maryland
College, graduating with an A. B.
degree in 1919 and for a few years
taught in the prep school at Wes-
tern Maryland. He majored in
Pharmacy in the Philadelphia Col
lege of Pharmacy and entered the
University of Maryland Medical
School in 1924 Graduating with an
NJ. D. in 1928, he was associated for
two years with DR.. Julius Freiden-
void. a stomach specialist, in Bal
timOre. In 1880, together with his
brother, DR.. Merrill c. SmoOt, he
came to Georgetown and took over
the practice of the late DR.. Frank
Jones. DR.. Merrill SmOOt left
Georgetown in 1892.
continued on page 81