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Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Budget
Of Republicans Is
Given TOAssembIy
FRANK Y. DUPONT
L. S. ROADS CHIEF

Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks, with the an
proval of President Eisen-
hover, on st. Patrick's Day.
appointed Frank v. dupont
OF Wilmington, commission
er of the Bureau of Public
Roads, U. S. Department of
commerce. He will take Of
fee April l, succeeding
Thomas H. Mcdonald in the
post.
"Mr. DUPONT is nationally
recognized as one of the
foremost administrators of
public highways in America" /"
Mr.. Weeks said in making the
announcement. "He served
as a member of the Della
ware State Highway Com
mission from 1922 to 1949. in
Guiding % years as chairman
and developed the states
public roads into one of the
most modern systems in the
country"
His choice for the post had
been widely forecast late
last month.
The job will place him in
charge of the nations high
way system and the alloca-
tion of the federal aid to
highway funds.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Legislature
Voting
Machine Bill
House Of Representatives
Votes Measure 80 To 2,
In Closing Hour Of
Session On Tuesday.

The House of Representatives an
proved by vote of 80 to two late
tuesday afternoon the Senate bill
to require the Levy Courts of the
three counties to purchase or renL
voting machines.
Speaker F. Albert Jones ordered
the measure, sponsored by Senator
Ihomas E. Peeney (R-Wilming-
toni, returned Immediately to the
Senate where it will be prepared
within a short time for the sigma
ture of Governor J. Caleb Boggs.
The lower chamber also passed
another Of Senator Peeney's mea-
sures, the one which provides for
vote registration every four years
IN place of the present permanent
system OF registering.
The voting machine bill that
the House approved, with two mem
bers voting no, one voting pres-
ent and two absent, is the same
measure that the Senate Republi-
cans passed on March after it
became apparent that the original
item, calling for a three-fourtbs
vote, was in trouble.
Senator Peeney's new bill reuuir-
ed only a simple majority. It pro-
Vides that the machines "shall he
used throughout the state in all
general and special elections, in
municipal elections in the CITY of
Wilmington, and in primary cleo
tlOns in those districts where
a contest exists"
The effective date of the mea-
sure would be July 1, meaning that
machines would not be required
for the Wilmington election com
ing up in June. Not later than
September 1 Of this year the De-
partments of Elections in the three
counties would certify to the Levy
Courts the bids to be accepted and
the courts, in turn, would award
the rental or purchase contracts.
Vote Machine Provisions
Senator Peeney's bill also pro-
Vides that there would be one vot-
ing machine in a district with 600
or fewer registered votes. In dis
trlcts with more than this number
there would be one machine for
each 600 voters or fraction there
of.
To pay for the machines the
Levy Courts would make whatever
arrangements best suited them. If
they provided machines by renting
them this system would last a max
lmum of five years. After that, pre-
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Figure Is S3.-
411,282 Higher Than
CarvePs; Some Agen-
cies Get More, While
Some Get A Cut.

A new budget bill calling for an
preparations tOtalling s7O.9SO 104
for the biennium starting Trlv
or SS,411,282 more than was ear
marked in the measure of the adj
mlnistration Of former Governor
Elbert N. CarVel, was introduced
into the House Of Representatives
on Monday afternoon.
This new bill, handed up bv Rem
resentative Robert P. Maclarv CR-
Newport Pike, chairman of the
House Appropriations Committee
and vice chairman Of the Joint
Budget Committee, was accompan-
led by a report of the latter unit
which has worked on the proposed
budget since early in January.
One other general appropriation
measure has been presented during
the session, the one introduced on
February 16 by Representative
James L. Dickinson '(D-TownsenS).
the minority leader, which called
for expenditures totalling S67.568.-
822 for the two-year period start
ing July and was based on the
recommendations of the former
Permanent Budget Commission
headed by Mr.. Carvel.
Among the agencies, boards and
commissions which will have con-
siderably more money to spend the
next two fiscal years if Mr.. Ma
clary's bill is approved than thev
would have had if the recommen-
dations of the former Permanent
Budget Commission had been fol-
lowed are:
State Board Of Health-S773. 100
compared with $45O, 400.
State Board of Agriculture
$5OO,200 compared with $3.50 200.
Delaware Commission for the
Blind and Sunnybrook Cottage -
1929 800 compared with $244, 400.
Delaware State Hospital-S2.S .S14.-
600 compared with $2,415,O 900.
Governor Bacon Health Center
S1,425,OO0 compared with S1,1I9, 900.
Delaware Commission for the
Predetermined - S1,319,SOO compar-
ed with $1,O68,O 900.
FeTTlS ScnOOl Tor BOyS-$462, 900
compared with $4,000.
EdgewOod Sanatorium - S36O,2OO
compared with $257, 900.
Brandywine Sanatorium-S1,114.-
600 compared with $779, 900.
University of Delaware-S4,232,-
26O compared with $3,483 300.
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Taft Says Ike
Will Gus t
New Dealers
Senator Reveals Presi-
dent Is Set To Gust
New De al Thinkers;
Authority Due Hobby.
By Associated Press

Seantor Taft (R-O) said this
week President Eisenhower is get
ting ready to sweep out hundreds
of top pOlicy-making officials whom
Taft described as New Deal think
ers" left over from the Truman
administration.
At the same time, the Eisenhow-
er Administration dOused cold wa
ter on any move to revive the con-
trOVersial Health Insurance Pro-
gram Of the Truman regime, dub
bed "socialized medicine" by its op-
pOnents.
These developments came as the
new Republican Administration be-
gan to shift into high gear its drive
to get its own team and its own
policies into operation.
Emerging from a White House
conference, Taft told newsmen he
expects Eisenhower to issue an ex-
ecutive order within a few days
stripping away the civil service
status that has protected the Jobs
OF numerous pOlicy-making Off
cials.
Several administration leaders
have complained that Democratic
blanketing Of many key jobs under
civil service has made it impossible
for them to name even their own
top assistants in some cases.
Taft and House Speaker Martin
(R-MaSS( who also atfandad A.
White House parley, both indicated
that thorough "house cleaning" is
in the ofing.
1t was not Immediately disclosed
what departments or agencies
would feel the brunt of the shake
up.
Agriculture First
However, Martin said Eisenhower
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
COnstables Named
In Sussex County
Group OF 12 Confirmed; KellOck
Succeeds Burt Masten As Assessor

Group Of IL Confirmed; KellOck
Succeeds Burt Masten As Assessor
The Levy Court Of Sussex Coun-
ty has appointed and confirmed a
number of Constables in Sussex
County Following is the list, by
district, name and residence: 81,
Benjamin Orkin, Milford; 2-2, Will
liam Wiley; 2-6, Charles H. Lock
wood, Frankford; 1-6, Thomas w.
DOnOway, Millsboro; 2-7, Albert c.
Warren, Selbyville; 1-1O, William
F. Belts, Milton; 2-1O, Lynn Ritter.
Lewes; 3-S, Brice w. Hughes, Sea-
ford; %, John A. Orkin, Bridge
Vile; 9th, Watson c. Cook, George
town; 2-5, Clarence H. Matthews,
Delmar; $40, Mason J. Gilliland,
RehObOth.
Other names to be confirmed will
be announced later.
The Levy Court also appointed
Joseph A. KOllock, Sr., of DagsbOro,
to the Board of Assessment for a
six-year term. He succeeds Daniel
B. MasteD Of Milford, whose term
expired.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Sussex Trucker, p,
Killed In New Jersey
Daniel J. Short, Jr., Of
Georgetown, Thought
To Have DOzed Off
While Driving On
Turnpike, Tuesday.

Daniel Joseph Short, Jr., %, OF
Georgetown, was burned to death
and a tractOr-trailer of the Mills
bOrO Poultry Company was destroy
ed by fire following a collision
with another truck on the New Jer-
sey Turnpike, 23 miles south OF
New Brunswick, shortly after 2 a.
m, on Tuesday of this week.
New Jersey State Police said
Short apparently fell asleep at the
wheel of the New York bound
truck, which was loaded with fro
zen chickens and crashed into the
other vehicle operated by Anthony
Shipani, 81, of NcKees Rocks, Pa.
The MiddletoWn, N. j., fire de-
partment and rescue squad sped to
the scene to eXtinguish the blaze.
NOrthbOund traffic was diverted to
the sOuthbOund lane for more than
two hours until the fire was put out
and the Wreckage cleared away.
Bundles Of fat stainless steel
sheets spilled from Shipani's truck
and Uttered the toll road. Shipani
was reported not hurt.
Gas tanks 81 Shorts truck ex-
ploded, police said. Shipani leaped
from his vehicleaand joined state
troopers in trying to get Short out
Of the crushed cab Of his truck.
Shipani's truck had been moving
at a slow speed when the accident
happened, police said.
Trooper c. F. Stahihut of New
Jersey State Police said it was i'm
possible to get near the flaming
tractor and semi-trailer.
DR.. William Allgair of South
Continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20

zaLlOn 70 Dr. Floyd /. Hudson, exc
cutive secretary Of the state health
unit.
The limited gamma globulin sup
ply, which is now being sought
from public donations Of blood So
licited by the Red Cross, will be
allocated by the health departments
of each state, the ODM reports.
From the beginning of the pro-
gram, neither the Red Cross nor
the National Foundation for IDfan-
tile Paralysis has been responsible
for the distribution Of the vital sub
stance reported to Offset paralysis
in polio.
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
All Boys Learn To
Care For Tractors
Group In Kent County Receiving
Adequate instruction

Kent County All Club boys learn
tractor care through training meet
ings held throughout The country,
announced Margaret w. Osborne,
All Club Agent.
Three Tractor maintenance
schools hGve been organized in the
cOunty-Harrington Milford area,
Overwhelming Camden area, and
Smyrna area. Older All boys are
serving as leaders for the schools.
Marvis Davis, Milford, a member
Of the Milford Millwood All Club
and the 1852 state winner in the
All tractor maintenance project
just completed the tractor school
In the HaTringtOn-Milford area.
Davis arranged with dealers in the
area to hold meetings in their shop
with their mechanics doing the in
structing. Twenty boys enrolled in
the project and attended the train
ing schools at Warri2gton's, Har-
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Will Discuss Child
Problems March Is
Kent HOmemakers Sponsoring Ses.
sion At Caesar Rodney

Young children's problems will
be discussed by Mrs. Lydia Lynde,
Family Life Specialist, at a meeting
on Wednesday night, March 25, at
I8 O'Clock at Caesar Rodney High
School. All mothers of young chill
0ren are invited to attend this
meeting, which is sponsored by the
Kent County Home Demonstration
Clubs.
The hostess group for this meet
ing is the COwgilrs Home Demon
stratiCn Club.
Mrs. Lynde has been a family
life specialist with the Federal Ex-
tension Service, as we'll as a home
maker. She will be in Delaware
for the last two weeks of March.
Another meeting Of interest in
Kent County is a meeting for mo-
theirs of young children in Milford
on March 20. This will be held at
o'clock at the Parish House. Mrs.
Lynde will also meet with the
family life chairman of Kent COun-
ty Home Demonstration Clubs on
Tuesday, March "a. This meeting
will be at 1870 in the board room,
State Board of Agriculture Build
ing. 1t will follow a luncheon.
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Family Life Meeting
Series Open To Public

Everyone welcome, IS the in
vitation given Delawareans by the
Delaware Agricultural Extension
Service, in connection with a series
OF family life meetings during the
last Of this month.
Mrs. Lydia Ann Lynde, family
life specialist from the Extension
Service Of the U. S. Department OF
Agriculture, is in the state for two
continued on page twelve)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
New Fire Unit Has
Secured A Purnper
Form Company To Protect River.
dale And Oak Orchard Area


Plans which have been under
way for several weeks for the for
nation Of a volunteer fire company
for the protection of Oak Orchard
and Riverdale on Indian River, cul-
minated in a formal organization
at a meeting held at the garage of
Linden Short last week in George
town.
The group has been seeking funds
for needed equipment for some
time and has obtained a pumper.
purchased from the RehobOth Fire
Company. Plans for obtaining a
water wagon are nearing compile
ton. Chief Charles Clark at River
dale has offered a plot of land for
a proposed fire hall FOR the com
pany, and plans for the hall are
expected in the near future.
Present at the organization meet
ing were members Of nearby fire
companies who spoke briefly on
fire-fghting and provided advice on
organization steps to be taken by
the new company.
Officers of the new fire company
are Ray Trice, president; Charles
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
All Star Wrestling
Card At Dover, Sat.

The Mighty Goliath, known in
wrestling circles these days as the
Human BlOckbuster," will be one
OF the windup principals on Bert
Bertolini's semi-monthly mat card
Saturday night, March 21, in the
Dover Armory.
This six = feet eight 800 pound
giant played the role of the Biblical
giant who led the Philistine Army
Continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Harrington Taproom
Robbed By Bandit
Masked Man Takes $3.50 In Armed
Robbery Late Wednesday Evening

~ If4lAJ AssAo WcuubbuAy AVcuAAB
a daring armed robbery was
quickly accomplished late Wednes-
day evening by lone masked ban
dit in a Harrington taproom, al
most before the owner and patrons
had recovered from their surprise.
His take was estimated at more
than $3.50.
According to Mrs. Amy Stone,
prOprietress of the Stone Hotel, in
which the taproom is located, the
masked man entered the taproom
at about 11:30 p. m, when there
were only two patrons, herself and
Alton DOwnes, the bartender, pres
ent. He ordered DOwnes to empty
the contents of the two cash regis
ters, taking only the bills. and
quickly stepped out Of the door.
Mrs. Stone, at first suspecting
that a practical joke was being
played upon them, refused to take
the matter seriously almost until
the man disappeared. She described
the bandit as young, and having a
pleasant voice. She intimated that
continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20

Most members of Group Hospital
Service belong to employee groups.
The employer aids the group by
collecting through payroll deduc-
tions the membership dues Of the
members land in many cases by
contributing part Of all OF theodues)
and by forwarding the amount to
Group Hospital Service. This aid to
the non-profit agency helps to at
tain the goal Of providing hospital
and surgical-medical insurance at
lowest possible cost, Mr.. Maybee
explained.
A smaller proportion Of Blue
Gross members are ''non-grouD"
{ CONTINUED on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Farm Cleanup Week
Set Mar. 29-Apr. A

The states annual Farm Clean
up Week, planned te reduce live
stock and poultry losses from dis
ease, injury and parasites, was set
today for the week Of March 29th
through April 4th.
The American Foundation for
Animal Health said farmers can in-
crease this years livestock profits
and reduce needless loss Of animals
CONTINUED on page sWelYe)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Jail Three Men In
Dover Corn Theft
6O-Day Sentences Given In Default
OF Payment OF $50 Fines Each

Arrested by state police of the
Dover troop in connection with the
theft of field corn from a farm
near Petersburg, three men of that
area have started serving 6O-day
Jail sentences in default of pay
ment of fines of $50 and costs.
The men, sentenced by Magis-
trate Maurice w. CarrOw of Cam
den, are Charles Howard Ross, 35; ;
William B. Berry, 33, and Emory
Berry, 80.
Police said a 17-year-Old boy Of
near Wyoming, already under bail
awaiting disposition of a charge
growing out of an attempted hold
up of a 70-year-Old stOrekeeper
near Petersburg several weeks ago,
is also involved in the corn theft.
In Juvenile Court sentence on the
corn charge was deferred pending
final action in the attempted rob-
berry case.
Police said William Warren left
the corn standing in his field near
Petersburg to await weather cOndi-
continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20

VIIaIIYH, H5aL, and Keeping ChiCk-
ems eating.
When chronic respiratory disease
first appeared 4 common practice
was to feed high levels of antibio-
tics. AS yet, no sure treatment or
cure has been found for chronic
respiratory. Several states and the
U. s. Department of Agriculture
and commercial concerns are now
conducting research on the causal
organism and possible controls.
DR.. Morris S. Cover, of the Uni
versity of Delaware, stressed that
a sure diagnosis is important. The
varies with conditions. Dis
Continued on page twelve)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Cub Scout Carnival
Next Wednesday Mite
Affair VIII Be Held In Cafeteria
Next Wednesday Night

Milford's Cub Scouts, members
OF the VFW-spOnsored Pack No.
1O1, are busy these days with prep
arations for the monthly pack
meeting, which will be held in the
Milford School Cafeteria next We'd
nesday evening, March 25th, and
which will feature a "Mardi Gras. !"
Like their sons, Cub Scout mothers
are also busy these days, although
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
State Board To Distribute
Polio FOe Gamma GIObnlin

Ine state Board Of Health will be distributing agency IL Della
LOT e gamma gobuin Cbood subssnce preven
or mIanCle paralysis Delaware
O cubic cenmeters of the whole blood
Inc ohaWalted announcement discovered
blood dervave will be handled Defanae oh
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Sound Management Important
To Chronic Respiratory Control

Following sound practices is one of the most
aCIOTs IN controlling chronic respiratory disease
rive poultry
at Milford last week Members the panel on bat We've
Ou ABOUT chronic Respiratory
sound relation to adeouae
Milford chronicle., 1953-03-20
Group HOspita! Service Is
Studying Types Of Coyerqge

Group Hospital Service making study relative co ~
@ coYerage % community groups with employee
today
The study part Of the process of
lr Maybee - FNNo "HN Aeep operating
Evening star., 1953-05-23
Realty
Revue

darlington, the Washington
areas largest apartment develop
ment, will celebrate its 10th an
niversary next Friday. Hyman j.
Cohen is chairman of the Fair
lington Civic Associations
Anniversary Committee. The
development has $500 apart
ments and is thought to be one
OF the largest neighborhoods of
it's kind in the world.
The District Chapter, Society
of Residential Appraisers, will
hold it's monthly dinner meeting
at $50 pm. Monday at the Bur-
lington Hotel. Speaker will be
Albert w. Ward, secretary of the
Maryland State Tax Commission
x X X
Life insurance funds invested
in commercial and industrial
rental properties almost reached
the billion dollar mark in the
first quarter of this year, the
Institute of Life Insurance said
this week.
The Fred S. Gichner Iron
Works. Inc, has leased 10000
square feet of space at 1858
Twenty-third street NV. for use
as a plant in which to build
trailers for the Navy.
Keyes, Smith, Satterlee g.
Lethbridge. a Washington archi-
tectural firm, won a regional
first prize of $3.50 in a home
design contest sponsored by a
national air-conditioning equip
ment manufacturer, the firm has
announced.
The spring meetings Of the
Virginia Real Estate Association
will be held at Natural Bridge,
Va. next Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. About 80 members
OF the Alexandria Arlington
Fairfax Real Estate Board will
attend.
The first game Of the Realtors
Sottbau League will be played
on Monday. on Diamond 2, at the
Polo Grounds. William M.
Ihrockmorton, president of the
board, will throw out the first
ball.
Officers OF the league are:
PRESIDENT, James T. Galloway;
wee president and secretary,
Robert A. Humphries, jr.; treas
Evening star., 1953-05-23

urer, Roland Brown: Eligibility
Committee, Frank Francella and
Reto Scalco.
X 4 + X
Latest shot in the war between
the cast iron soil pipe people
and the clay soil pipe people
was fired by the National Clay
Pipe Association out of their
offices in Cleveland. Said the
clay pipe people: Homer Thomp-
son, professor of archaeology of
the American School of Classical
Studies at Athens. Greece, has
Evening star., 1953-05-23

recently announced the uncover
ing of a clay pipe line which was
installed in the early fifth CEN
tury, B. c., In ancient Athens"
Evening star., 1953-05-23

Pictures showed the 2,500-year-
old pipe to be still in good shape.
Will peace never come to the
soil pipe front?
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-29
Top Ranking Delphos Jays Slated
On Pirate Hardwood Next Tuesday

During the first period, the Harris
men kept pace with the Logan coun-
ty crew in a red-hot scoring duel,
and at the close of the quarter Bel
lefontaine held a bare one-point edge,
Is to IT.
However, in the next s~tanza, Belle
fontaine scored Is points, while Bluff
ton was getting but four, and at
halftime the Pirates were on the
short end of a 33 to 81 count. The
third-quarter score was 46 to 35.
The victory was Bellefontaine's
eighth in a row and the 18th of the
season for the Chieftans. Undefeat-
ed in Western Buckeye league play,
B~ellefontaine is vying with st. Marys
for top honors in the loop.
The defeat was the fourth league
setback for Bluffton, as compared
with two loop wins. In WBL play
the Pirates have lost to Shawnee,
Celina, St. Marys and Be~llefontaine,
while winning over Wapakoneta and
Kenton.
In last Fridays contest, Tom Buch-
err set the scoring pace for the Pi-
rates with Is points.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-29

Bluffton High cagers will play two
games during the coming week, n
at North Baltimore on Friday night
and the other against Delphos St.
Johns next Tuesday on the local
court.
In the Delphos contest here Tues
day, local fans will have an oppor-
tunity to see in action n of the
best teams in the state. The Jays
have lost only n game so far this
season, and the first setback for the
team came less than a week ago
when st. Marys' fine aggregation
turned the trick.
st. Marys also had beaten Bluff
ton earlier, but by a wider margin
than the score against Delphos. AS
a consequence the Pirates will be
decided ~underdogs for the tilt here
next Tuesday.
Following the Delphos assignment
next week, the Pirates will play only
one more home game, a tilt On Feb
ruary 6 with Van Vert.
In last Fridays play, Bluffton was
spilled at B~ellefontaine by a score of
62 to 45, largely because Of a wide
Bellefontaine lead built up in the
second quarter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-29
Society and Club.

leaders served a birthday cake. Two
new members were invested at this
meeting, also.
Beayerdam p. 7. A. :
Beaverdam P. t. A. will meet Wed
nesday evening, February a, at the
school. The Girl Scouts will be in
charge of the program and the 7th
and 9Th grade room mothers will
have charge of the lunch.
= 4 =
Orange Twp. Farm Women's Club
The Orange Township Farm We
mans Club will meet at the home of
Mrs. Pearl Anderson on Thursday af-
ternoon, February 5, at 200 P. M.
The program viii be as follows:
Song; Devotionals. Eleanor Marshall;
Roll Call, A Flow&ipg Shrub; Read
ing of minutes; Business; Trees Of
the Presidents, Edna Crawford; What
Makes SUGGEST, Myrtle Warren; Try
la Color Toriey~~Berdella Marshall;
| Color in Flowers and Shrubs, Fame
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-29
Masonic Inspection
Here Next MOndaU

Annual inspection of the Bluffton
Masonic lodge will be held at 1880
p. m. next Monday in the lodge hall.
At the meeting the F~ellowcraft
degree will be conferred for the Off
cial visitation of Earl d. Purdy,
deputy district grand master. Re
~freshments will be served following
the meeting.
Charles Steiner, master of the
lodge, will preside.