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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-05-28
THE AMERICAN WAY
Liberty or License?

Considerable heat is general
ing over alleged intent of the
House Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities to attack the
clergy for communist sympath-
les and activities. 1t is delicate
/; subject, for it impinges ON one
J of the most intimate preroga-
tives of the individual citizen,
the relationship of that individ-
! ual to God.
! But there is another side to
the question. We must honest
! 1y ask ourselves: HAS the gov
ernment the right to investigate
the ordinary citizen and not be
permitted to question ministers,
rabbis and priests? Are mem
bers of the clergy exempt from
laws that require other citizens
TO recognize their duties to their
country and forbid them from
committing acts, open or subver-
sive, contrary to the laws and
life of their country? When
citizen is ordained as the min
lister of church is he thereby
released from his duties and
responsibilities as a citizen?
The question is not difficult
to answer. The right-minded
clergy and they are legion, will
be first to declare that all citi-
zens are subject to the laws of
their country and that the gov
ernment must treat them all
alike, be they lawyers, lectur-
ers, business men or ministers.
Congress is well within its
rights and sphere of duty in
questioning even clergymen re-
garding communist activity.
We recognize and respect the
obligations of an ordained min
ister to his Creator and his
church, his high calling of bring
ing redemption to men. If the
relationship of man with his
doctor or his wife merit respect
for its confidential nature, sure
ly the relationship Of man with
his priest, rabbi or minister is
entitled to no less.
But, being a minister is not
the sole activity of a clergyman.
He eats, sleeps, buys a newspap-
er, takes ride in a public con-
veyance, plays golf and in
hundreds of ways behaves as
does any ordinary citizen of our
country. Surely he cannot claim
exemption from his duties and
responsibilities of citizenship be-
cause of special activities in
prayer and religious counsel, To
take such position would be
to permit murder with impunity
if committed in the name and
under the aegis of religion.
But there is perhaps a better
reason for clergymen welcom-
ing any investigation that may
be initiated in search of COM
munist activities among the
clergy. The man whose hands
are clean does not mind lifting
them above the table. He whose
is clear in service of
God and his fellow-man has
really to fear from be-
ing asked whether or not he is
a member of the Communist
Party and committed to destruc-
ton of the pillars of the very
temple of the Constitution un-
der whose roof he claims pro-
lection against investigation. 1t
is not really freedom of religion
that is at stake in such an in
Continued on Page 2-B)
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-05-28
This Week
in
Washington

~-S-s>-e- -S-s~>n-r-e->
The biggest step toward econ.
omy made by the Eisenhower
administration to date, was tbs
recently announced decision t
cut ex-President Truman's "de
fense budget by $8.5 billion.
President Eisenhower said hi.
proposed cut in appropriation
would not reduce the effective
military strength this country
has planned for itself and it,
Allies in 1854.
And it is important to note
that he does not expect the cut
to completely balance the bud
get for the year beginning July
/. But he declared that his ad-
ministration is making progress
in that direction-and thus to-
ward cutting taxes-every day.
. Everyone has heard the ex-
preston: There's more ways of
skinning cat than one" United
Nations delegates at Panmunion
last week applied that thought
to their talks with Communists
for peace in Korea.
The Allies warned the Reds
they might take short cut
through the snarled prisoner
exchange problem by simply re-
leasing $4,000 North Koreans
who don't want to go home.
Allied negotiators said such
action would follow a pattern
created by the Reds themselves.
1t. Gen. William K. Harrison
told the Reds turning the pris-
oners free would only be fol-
lowing their policy of liberating
prisoners at the front. Your
side already has shown us the
way" he said. 1T would seem
quite appropriate that these
Koreans whom we still are hold
ing as prisoners should be
released without further delay"
1t was obvious, observers at the
scene reported, that the Reds
were not overjoyed with the
prospect. These $4,000 North
Koreans want TO live in South
Korea and would become mater
ial for the South Korean army.
AT this writing the truce talks
remain deadlocked over the
selection of neutral country to
handle war prisoners. The Allies
suggest Switzerland as a neu-
tral. The Reds rejected the pro-
posal, but refuse to name their
selection.
Unless some important break
occurs within a few days it now
appears that the truce talks may
come to an abrupt end with the
Allies walking out. The sessions
have, at the moment, reached
the name-calling stage where
they were broken off last
OCTOBER y.
. Expenditure cuts in Wash
ington are being extended these
days beyond the federal govern
ment. Congressional Quarterly
reports that lobby spending last
year dropped to the lowest
point since passage of the Fed
eral Regulation of Lobbying Act
of 1916.
According to the CO report,
257 groups reported spending
$4,823, ,981 in 1852, compared
with $8,771, ,096 that 295 organiz-
ations reported in 1851.
Continued on 2-BS
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-05-28

Soldiers of all will be honord by patriotic organizations
friends loved Day. perhaps
most pubcized soldier Noble County of all time Pvt James
M. Dazel
Private early 19OOs and took his
family to Washington, D. c. He died there buried
Arlpo
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-05-28
CAN'T BE ROUGHT

Politicians find that the diff
Guilty in buying newspapers
influence is that the one that
can be bought has very little in
fluence.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-05-28

Civil Defense Commissioner
Brady Miller is announcing a
practice dimout of Caldwell,
Belle Valley, Coal Ridge, Ava,
Dudley, South Olive and Dexter
City, All towns up and down
the Pennsylvania railroad will
also participate in the dimout.
- -
Pvt. Robert F. Clark, Jr., a
senior at Caldwell high school,
serving with the U. S. Marine
Corps at Quantico, Va, returned
to Caldwell last Wednesday. He
received his diploma from high
school along with the other
members of his class at COM
mencement exercises Friday
night. He returned to his base
Sunday. Other members of the
senior class who are now in the
armed services are Donald F.
Clark, Frederick M. Kirkbride
and Eli B. Lonzrick. They were
unable to be present for grad
uation but will receive their dip
Tomas, also.
Deaths: Peter Halihan, so, of
Belle Valley; Julia Taylor, SO,
Beverly; Mary Ann Archer, 83,
Marietta; Anthony Dunlavey, of
Los Angeles, Calf.
- -
it's advertised In The Journal
" SO when you are buying.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-05-28

Soil Conservation doesn't cost
it pays.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1953-05-28

x it's advertised In The Journal
" so when you are buying.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
Scout Honor
Court Held
In Capital
Local Scouts Are Among
Those Recently Honor
ed; Scouting Universe
ty To Be Held Here.

Mr.. Thomas R. Newman of Mid
dletown, the Dover District Ad-
vancement Chairman of the Boy
Scouts OF America, Del-Mar-Va
Council, Inc, announced recently
the presentation of the Eagle Badge
ScOuting's highest award, to four
Scouts of the Dover District The
Eagle Badges, presented by Mr
join Charlton, the Vice-Chairman
of t4 Dover District, was awarded
to Clyde Draper, Ralph Mills, and
Daniel DOhring, Jr., all scouts of
Troop No. 100 of Milford, which is
sponsored by the Milford Lions
Club under the leadership IF scout
n.aster Daniel DOhring and Burton
Willis, general chairman. and also
awarded to Jack ShiVery OF Troop
No. "a of MiddletOwn, which is
sponsored by the civic Organiza-
tiOns under the leadership Gf scout
master Bruce Wiser and with
J homas Newman, general chair
man.
Other badges Cf honor presented
at this Court of Honor held in Do
yer were: Life Badge, presented by
Mr.. Ellis LecrOne, the past District
Chairman, awarded to scouts Rich
CONTINUED on page stx)
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
New COIOnv
Head Named
By Commission
DIR. William Fox Of IIli-
nOis, Will Take Over
Superintendent's Post
At Training School.

DR.. William Fox, a vice presi-
dent of the American Association
on Mental Deficiency, and superin-
tendent of the Lincoln State Train
ing School in Illinois, viii be the
new superintendent of the Delaware
Colony for the Predetermined.
DR.. Fox visited Delaware recent
Iy and expected to take over his
new duties at StOckley, near
Georgetown, in six to eight weeks.
DIR. Fox heads an institution for
about 5000 patients and has been
in the psychiatric field for 20 years.
He is said to be particularly inter-
ested in research on mental retard-
alton, which has been the general
subject of numerous articles he has
written.
DR.. Fox visited Delaware recent
ly to inspect the institution and liv.
ing quarters there and to interview
the members of the Delaware Com
mission for the Predetermined
which has the responsibility of ad
ministering the colony.
The Illinois institution is undel
the direction of the Department o
| Welfare in that state.
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
Farm Youth Sought
For Exchange Program
A "Grass ROOts' Ambassador Is
Needed Right Now

Wanted: A "grass roots" ambas-
sador. Must be a young man or
woman from rural Delaware, with
a desire to understand the prob
lens of farm people in other coun-
tries.
AS a delegate of the Internation-
al Farm Youth Exchange program,
this young person will spend four
to six months living with farm
families in a European country.
On his return he will devote con-
siderable time to giving talks about
his experiences.
A representative from this state
will soon be chosen for next sum
mer's phase Of tie IFYE program.
says Samuel II. Gwinn, state All
l''dcr. Gwinn lii ges young people
with a farm background TO cunsid
er seriously this opportunity. To be
eligible they must be between 90
and 30 years of age, high school
graduates, unmarried and without
dependents.
The delegate will be sc. e :tna by
committee OF All county leaders,
4-H Order of Link honorary asso-
cialion officers, and county citizen
ship chairmed of home 6emcnstra-
tl9n clubs. Trey include: Mrs. Ed
win Williams, Seaford; Joseph
Mitchell, H0Ckessin; Francis
Downs, Clayton; Frank Nelson
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
Bandana Follies
Now In Production
Talented Pair Directing Show Fol-
Lincoln Folk

The Third Annual Bandana Fol-
lies presented each year by the
Glass of Promise of the Lincoln
Methodist Church, is now in pro-
duction and is being directed by
Mr.. and Mrs. MyrOn Mezick of
Ocean View, Del.
Mrs. Mezick, born in France,
made her first appearance on the
stage at the age of five, and has
appeared at the Cirque Midano in
Paris as well as other theatres
throughout Europe.
She has studied at the Conserva-
tory of Paris and studied harp un-
der her mother, Marie Berlache,
who was a famous European artistic
and movie star.
After coming to America, Mrs.
Me2ick was a pupil of the late
Henri ScOtti, basso of the Metro
politan opera.
Shortly before her debut at the
Metropolitan opera, Mrs. Mezick
married and gave up the stage
as her career.
Since then she has conducted
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
Curt Ennis
AnnOunC CS
Com mmittees
President Of State Fire
mems Association Com
pletes Set-up For The
Coming Year.

Curtis w. Ennis, president of the
Delaware State Volunteer Fire
mems Association has announced
appointments of committee for the
State Association for 1953-54.
They are as follows: Law and Leg
islative, Walter A. Handsberry,
Leipsic, chairman; E. B. Daugher-
ty, Delmar; Col. Edgar S. Slayer,
RehobOth; Garrett Grie:, Milford; +;
J. J. Tull, Five Points Company;
Layton Baynard, Mt Cuba.
Educational: T. f. Baker. Dover,
chairman; George Hill, Dover; Will
liam Eimes, SeafoTd; Thomas Cal
hOun, RehObOth: Woodrow w.
Stanley, Holloway Terrace; Elmer
Ennis. Ellendale, and Daniel H.
Mahan, Five Points.
Permanent Memorial: Ralph A,
Walker, Five Points, chairman
Roland Parker, Milford, and Har-
vey DickersOn, Greenwood.
Safety: Marion B. Sherwood
Delmar, chairman; Paul Neeman
Harrington, and Joseph S. Benton
New Castle.
Publicity: William Kirk, Rich.
ardson Park, chairman; William
Dawson, Camden, and Granville T
/ White, Laurel.
Memorial: DR.. Thomas C. Multi
gan, Georgetown, chairman; Isaat
w. ElllngswOrth, Glendale; Calel
w. Johnson, Magnolia; @. Douglas
Mills, Harrington, and John M
Roe, Dover.
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
Several Milford, Houston
Men Are Among Those
Named For 1953-54 By
Prexy Ralph H. Boyer.

Ralph H. Boyer, newly-elected
president of the Kent County Vol
unteer Firemen's Association, has
announced appointments for 1858
Sd as follows:
Caleb w. johnson, Magnolia,
chaplain; George M. Reed, IT., Mil
ford, fire recorder; Paul Smith,
Marydel, chairman, and Thomas E.
Baker, Dover, and Newlin E. Wood,
Hartly, education committee; En-
Ory Webb, Houston, chairman, and
G. ]. Steward, FELTON,, and Fora
Tatman, Frederick, auditing COM
mittee.
Hubert Dill, Magnolia, was NAM
ed chairman, and Roland Parker,
Milford, and Lee Leslie, Marydel,
safety committee; H. A. Colt, South
Bowers, chairman, and William
Dawson, Camden-WyOming, public
ity; George Swain, Harrington,
chairman, and Caleb Johnson, Mag
nOlia, and John Bamberger, Ches-
wold, memorial committee.
Byron w. Creadick, CheswOld, is
chairman, and Paul Neeman, Har-
ringtOn; ElwOOd Knight, Magnolia
Walter A. Handsberry, Leipsic
and Ludwig Schweitzer, Hartly
law and legislation committee
Thomas Heather, Marydel, chair
man, and Charles Griffith, FELTON,
and John Meyer, Bowers Beach
evolutions; Stout Bickling, Smyrna
chairman, and LinwOOd Clark
CONTINUED on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
Woman Named
To SUISSE ex
Vehicle Post
Mrs. William J. Messick
OF SeafOrd Is Appoint
ed Manager Of George
town Office.

Thomas E. BurrOugh, state mo-
tor vehicle commissioner, assumed
his new duties on November lst,
and his first announcement Was
the appointment of Mrs. William J..
Messick, of SeafOrd, as manager of
the Sussex County office.
This is believed to be the first
time that a woman has been named
to such a job in Delaware.
Mrs. Messick, a vice chairman of
the Republican State Committee,
had the support of the policy COM
mittee of the Sussex County Re-
publican Committee for the vehicle
job. She succeeds the late Charles
H. Wheatley.
Mr.. BuTrough, who replaces Har-
old H. Keller as commissioner, said
that Mrs. Messick's executive abil-
ity and organizing experience will
be Of great value to the proper
functiOning of the Georgetown
motor vehicle office and inspection
lane, and enable that Office to rem
der efficient service to the public.
For the past four years, Mrs
Messick has been Red Cross chair
man for Area 7, which includes
Greenwood, BTidgeville, SeafCrd
and Blades. She is also chairman
for the third successive year of tn,
Sussex County section of the
American Cancer Society.
During the current State Wide
Chest X-Ray Survey, Mrs. MessicE
served as OrganizatiOnal chairman
for Area 5.
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
Dover Resident
Killed By Auto

A man, tentatively identified as
Ernest Allen of Dover, was killed
when struck by an automobile and
then thrown against another car
on the DOver-Hartly Road about
two miles west of Dover on We'd
nesday evening of this week.
The death raised Delaware's
highway fatality toll to 81, or 16
more than for the corresponding
period of last year or four more
than for all of 1852.
State Police of the Dover Troop
said a preliminary investigation
disclosed Allen was standing on
the road, Route 8, alongside of a
parked automobile, when struck.
The force of impact drove him into
the side of the parked machine.
Police said the driver of the car
which struck the man was Jared
G. McCrOskey, 21, an airman, Sec
Ond class, stationed at the Dover
Air Base. Police said McCrOsksy
would be arrested on a charge of
manslaughter.
MCCrOskey told police the acci-
dent occurred about 8:45 p. m. He
said he did not see the man stand
ing in the road until it was too late
to avoid striking him.
Coroner William Fleischauer, Jr.
of Pennington, is helping police
in the investigation.
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
Community Calendar
For Coming Week
Events Listed For Period
November 9Th To
November 18th.
FridaY. NOYemher 6fh

Friday, November 9Th
500 p. m.-FoOtball: Milford Hi
Buccaneers VS. Conrad High
School at Wilmington. Bob
Leslie and Bill Nauman, Coach
es.
Saturday, November 9TH
1900 p. m.-MilfOrd Jr.-Sr. Hi Teen
age Club. Hallet Building on
Walnut Street. Sponsored by
Milford Jr.-Sr. P. T. A.
Sunday, November Sth
Church News-See page 2.
Monday, November 9Th
300 p. m.-MilfOrd New Century
Club. Club House. Mrs. Robert
Rudolph, President.
6s15 p. m.-MilfOrd Rotary Club,
Varney Auditorium, Communi-
ty Building. Calvin Ball, Presi-
dent.
700 p. m.-MilfOrd Bowling Lea
que, SeafOrd Alleys. Jim Cres-
son, President.
500 p. m.-Crystal Fount Lodge
No. 10, 1. o. D. F., Odd Fell
lows Hall. John Savins, Jr.,
Noble Grand.
500 p. m.-Daughters of PocahOn-
tas, POcahOntas Hall. Louise
Higman, POcahOntas.
500 p. m.-American Legion Aux
iliary, Legion Home. Mrs. Hen
ry Orkin, President.
500 p. m.-GiTl Scout Leaders
Basic Introductory Training
Course. New Century Club
House. Mrs. Frank Clendaniel,
Jr., Volunteer Trainer.
500 p. m.-Beta Sigma Phi Soro-
rity. Mrs. Tatman's Home. Mary
T. ~NWan, President.
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
ReU. WiLdey VIII
Attend Ohio Meet
Pastor Of Calvary Church,
Milford Has
Invitation

The Rev. DOnzel Wildey, Milford,
Peninsula Conference Director of
intermediate Work, is among those
invited to attend the Methodist
Church's national conference on
Christian Education, November IL
Is in Cincinnati, Ohio.
''How can PrOtestants do a bet
ter job of teaching religion?" is the
principal question the more than
500 delegates will seek to answer,
according to the Rev. Gerald b
Harvey, Los Angeles, conference
president.
In attendance will be the church's
professional workers in the field
college teachers, regional vOlun-
teer leaders, and staff members of
the Methodist Board of Education
and other general agencies.
Principal speakers will include
Bishop G. Bromley Oman, Wash
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
Services For
ID. w. Jacobs
/ O m or w
Former Milford Clergy
man Succumbed To
Heart Attack On We'd
nesday Of This Week.

Funeral services for the Rev. DR..
DisstOn w. Jacobs, 67, who dropped
dead in RehOboth on Wednesday
morning as he was leaving his car
near the post Office, will be held
tomorrow Saturday at l p. m. in
EpwOrth Methodist Church in Re
hObOth.
The Rev. J. Howard Link, the
pastor, will Officiate, assisted by the
Rev. DR.. o. A. BARLEY, Dover Dis
trict superintendent. Burial will
r. in Odd Fellows Cemetery at
Smyrna.
There will be a viewing in Ep-
worth Church Saturday between II
a. m. and l p. m.
Widely Known Minister
DR.. Jacobs was one of the best
known ministers in the Peninsula
Methodist Conference.
He had retired from the ministry
in 1943 because of a heart ailment,
and went to RehOboth where he
bought a home at Al Olive avenue.
Since his retirement he was prom
inent in civic activities of RehO-
both, maintaining a strong inter-
est in municipal government. He
was a member of the RehObOth
Kiwanis Club, and of Jefferson
Lodge, AF&AM of Lewes, and the
Delaware Consistory, and an au-
thOrity on the history of Method
ism.
During the 1853 Delaware Gen
eral Assembly he served for q
while as chaplain of the Senate
He was known all over the state for
his invocatiOns at civic meetings
and conventions.
Born in Kenton on December IL
1886, the son of the late Jonathan
Jacobs and Ella Greenwell, he was
a graduate of Drew University anC
Drew Theological Seminary, Madi.
son, N. J. He married Miss Louise
Gee of Wilmington in March, 1918
and she is his only immediate sur.
1 vivOr. The couple had no children
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
Reading Clinic At
University TOMORROW
Session Will Be Held In
Wolf Hall
Auditorium

The fourth annual Parents Con-
ference on Reading, sponsored by
the Reading Clinic of the School
of Education at the University of
Delaware, will be held Saturday,
November Z, 1853, on the Newark
campus. The theme of this years
conference is "How Reading Is
Taught in the Schools Today"
Registration for the conference
will be held from $3.50 to $3.50 a.
m, in the lobby of Wolf Hall. All
sessions of the conference will be
held in Wolf Hall except the lunch
con meeting which is scheduled
for Old College.
Mr.. James SnOwden, president
of the Delaware Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, will be chair
man of the program which begins
at $3.50 a. m, in the Wolf Hall
Auditorium. The first speaker for
continued on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
Riddles At Stockley
Need Toys For. Xmas
Donations Are Needed To Make A
Merry Christmas For 500

Down at the Delaware Training
School for the Predetermined at
Stockley, there are 500 children.
800 children" translated, means
500 toys for Santa to bring, and
Santa needs help. Last year the
Colony had it's most successful
Christmas in the 80 years since
its founding. Each child received
a toy. However, a great many of
them were donated from New Cas-
tie County. This year, New Castle
is working on another Colony prof.
ect and Sussex is trying to do the
job. And with the cooperation of
all individuals, church groups,
civic organizations and service
clubs in your town, it can be done.
Under the sponsorship of The
Sussex County Unit of Volunteer
Services for Delaware Colony, al
most every town in Sussex is being
contacted, and a letter is being
sent to every organization in these
towns. Your response to these ap-
peals will make the difference be-
tween a sad Christmas for the
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-11-06
Local Guard Battery
Takes In New Recruit
First New Member OF Current
Drive Signed Up

William c. Irons of Smyrna,
Delaware, became the first recruit
to join the Battery {, 945th AAA
BN (AW) (MBL), in the current
recruiting drive that seeks to bring
the Delaware National Guard unit
to minimum maintenance strength,
Captain Finley B. Jones, command
ing officer, announced today.
Private Irons has been assigned
as assistant machine gunner in the
second platoon of Battery G. Pri-
Vate Irons said his reason for Join
ing the National Guard was because
he heard about Battery c. 945th, re-
ceiving the Eisenhower Award and
a rating of Superior in their sum-
mer encampment.
The local recruiting campaign
which. started November 1st, is
part of the statewide campaign
that seeks to bring the Delaware
National Guard to minimum main
tenance strength.
Captain Finley B. Jones invites
all young men between the ages of
II and 35 and war veterans to fol-
low the example of Private Irons
and join the Battery c, 945th AAA
BN (AW) (MBL).
"A full days pay at regular
Army rates for the two-hour drill
period each week, free specialist
schooling, social and sport activi-
ties, and the opportunities to ad.
vance according to ability and am.
bitiOn can be had by all recruits,
! Captain Jones said.
New recruits are eligible to com.
pete for the prizes to be awarded
the two enlisted men bringing il
the highest number of recruits, h,
said. The prizes are $4,000 wortl
of fishing equipment and a G. E
clock radio.
Continued on page seven)