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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25
Building
Construction Means Jobs

Construction Means Jobs
Rundown highways, over
crowded schools, obsolete oil re-
fineries and inadequate power
plants point to a high level OF
public aid private spending.
Fixing up schools, factories
and industrial plants or building
new ones, and laying new cross
country thoroughfares will en-
tail vast capital OUTLAWS in 1854
both by state and local govern
ments and private business.
Stepped up public expendi-
lures at the state and local leve
are expected to go a long way
toward Offsetting any decline II
! defense work.
Major Beneficiary
Major beneficiary will be the
sprawling construction business
wi.-se annual payroll is the big.
gest in the nation.
According to F. w. Dodge
Corp, construction news spe
cialists, contracts awarded fol
street and highway projects thi!
year have been running abou
81 per cent of last year. In the
81 states east Of the Rockies
contracts let through Nov. 80 to-
tailed more and 112 billion
dollars.
Comm ercial building con
tracts, slightly under IA billion
showed a So per cent rise over
1852. The total for educationa
building was IL billion, up II
per cent; religious building, 35;
million, up 20 per cent, and So
cial and recreational building
208 million, up 50 per cent. Con
tracts awarded for all types Of
construction including apart.
ments and homes came to more
than 16 billion dollars-a gair
/ OF 5 Per cent over the first II
months of 1852 and an all-time
record.
Work CarryOVer
| Much of the actual construc.
ticn work involved in these con.
tracts won't start until mex
year. Most of the work already
begun is likely to continue a
least into the first quarter.
The real significance Of these
boom statistics in terms 0
jobs, take-home pay, and I
sound economy all around-lie
mot in the past but in the future
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25

Churches have moved to the
forefront these days, committing
Christianity to a new, head-on
struggle with an theology that
knows no God.
Freedom Through Faith
"True freedom is possible only
through the faith whereby
Christ sets men free" says the
National Council of Churches of
Christ in the U.S.A.
'In this stern and tragic mo-
ment of history, it is particularly
important that the churches
should fulfill their prophetic
mission in international affairs. E"
1t is not a new thing for Chris
tianity to be challenged and OPP
posed, for ever since the Child
was born and before, powers of
WfongdOing have roamed every
land.
But not before in modern
times has there been such a
boldly defined gathering of op-
posing dynamic forces-a reli-
gion of spiritual belief and a re-
ligion that calls that belief a
myth.
From Marx to Malenkov, the
Communist sees Christ as the
enemy to be exterminated," de-
.clared the Roman Catholic
Bishops of the United States.
ut is a war against all who
believe in God and his Christ,
against all who dare to claim for
man the liberty of the sons of
God"
So it is, in this atmosphere of
struggle, that Christians of the
world come again to the day
that marks the Towering of their
faith-A day proclaimed as bear
ing good tidings of great JOY
to all people"
The Pilgrims Kneel
1t was an humble beginning,
there in the barn in Bethlehem,
and once more today, travellers
from afar are gathering to kneel
| at the spot over which the star
shOne.
On the occasion, border guards
in troubled, divided Jerusalem
will step aside to let pilgrims
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25

their representatives in the halls
of government and the United
Nations.
Good Versus Evil
The churches donot claim the
secret of a Heaven on earth, but
they see the world as it was de-
scribed in the beginning-a duel
between good and evil - and
they do not intend to stand on
the sidelines.
World catastrophe may now
result from the use of power by
men without moral restraint, "
declared 500 representative
church leaders, met recently to
hammer world issues against the
anvil of faith.
''The thing to fear is not the
bomb but man." they said. Here
the witness of the church speaks
to the need of our times. We
must urgently preach the gospel
God makes men new creature:
in Jesus Christ"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25
Democrats
Aim at Ike'S
IS Record.
By SICRID ARNE
AP NetOs analyst

THROUGH the heavy crust
1 of problems perplexing
Washington, a revived Demo-
cratic Party is bubbling up
with a set of issues.
The Democratic donkey is
telling himself that there is hay
ahead at the polls in the 1854
elections for Congress. H happy
brayS may we'll break Il usual
Christmas quiet on the Potomac.
He got his first good sniff of
fodder on Dec. IL when Adlai
Stevenson spoke to an eastern
states party powwow.
Now the party's magazine,
"The Democratic Digest" in its
January issue prints a handy
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25

The President bows heed dur
ing invocation at meeting Of
mayors Of major US. cities.
become, principal targets, for any
enemy seeking to conquer our
nation. The city has moved, from
a position of support in the rear
into the front line"
Some mayoral critics, asserted
however, that civil defense will
become a dead duck" unless
the administration takes the lead
in dispelling public apathy and
iE providing jobs.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25
Arts g. Science
H-Bomb Test

Exotic, remote little Bikini
Atoll looks today much as it did
for centuries-except it has no
people.
The United States detonated
two test A-bombs there in 1916,
after carefully evacuating tribes
men to another sanctuary in the
Marshall Islands. The two test
blasts left no mark on the
islands fringing the 20-mile la
COON.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25
Fight for Survival
.BIKINI SET FOR HOLOCAUST

An air burst sank ships,
crushed others with its shock
wave, set still others ahre. An
underwater bomb sank a big
carrier, a battleShip and other
vessels. But sometime next
spring, when the seasonal
change comes to the trade winds
which can carry radioactive con-
Elimination long distances, the
little tropic island may be wiped
out in fierce, fleeting instant.
The United States has decided
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25

gram which will give NATO at
least some increase in planes
and manpower in the next year.
They were operating under a
warning by Secretary of State
Dulles - directed especially to
those who are tagging about es-
Enlistment Of the European De-
tense Community with its inclu-
sion of Germany in a unified
Rrmy-that if they didn't get
down to their muttons, America
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25

journey to the holy places which
lie in Jordan beyond the Zone
separating it from Israel.
And around the globe, bells
will peal in celebration of a
Christ. who taught that mans
days on earth are inbued with
both goodness and evil-and
that love, hope and charity are
the keys to the Kingdom.
AS modern disciples, the Chris
tian churches have sought in
creasingly, in time Of clashing
ideologies, to project His mes
sage into the worlds decisions,
policies and conduct.
Fight for Survival
But in many places, behind
the iron curtain and in other
lands ruled by despots. the
churches have had to fight for
their lives. Yet in most places
except perhaps for China, they
have survived-and grown.
In the United States, the
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25
Robot Weothermon

The Weather Bureau, Navy
and Air Force are cooperating
on daily tests of a robot wealth
elm3n" which should make pos
sible quicker and more accurate
forecasts.
The robot, a big electronic
computer, can produce in 80 min
utes information derived from
millions of mathematical steps.
The same task would take a hu-
man forecaster about seven
years of pencil and paper work
The machine thus makes it pos.
sible to use far more data il
preparation of the forecast.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25

m 6 n t b e
forced into an
"agonizing re-
appraisal" of
her policy to-
ward Euro
pean defense.
Dulles left
the strong i'm
plication that
a Europe
which did not
j n C lu d e a
Franco = Ger
m an entente
fnrd afanSn
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25

Front-Line Turqets

The time has come to prepare,
without panic or hysteria, for
the possibility of atomic attack,
President Eisenhower told IT'S
mayors of the nations major
cities at a White House confer
ence on national defense.
''For the first time in history"
the President said, "cities have
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25

con to those
who would be
just and free.
"Our religi-
Gus faith"
President Els
enhower h a s
said, els the
living source
ofour strength
in our world
wide struggle
against the
.f0-oO1 sc 1oI
less OppreS-
sion"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25

guide for any
Democrat who
likes to be
heard but who
is at a loss for
issues.
Spok eSnen
at Democratic
headquarters
also are ready
with a digest
of criticisms of
the Eisenhow-
er adninistra-
finn Thew ara
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25
nflsA\XOHL IIIHS\XEEN
Christmas: Zine for Rehabilitation
By GEORGE w. CORNELL
ZIP RELIGION Vrifer

AZ ReIgIOn " ritter
NINETEEN hundred and
IN ty-three years ago
next Friday, a Child was
born, and today His message
towers as the invisible
strength and armor of mil
lions on the earth.
He called himself the Light
of the World"
And at this Christmastime.
amid the clamor of angry and
suspicious nations, His ancient
creed has become a rallying bea-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1953-12-25
Free Europe Moves Steadily
Observation-Disclosures
By J. NJ. ROBERTS JR.
Associated Press NelCs Analyst

which
military goals this week
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(An Rights RESERVED, AP Nel0steatEresl
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-24
Frannie Heite Gets
Farmers Bank Award

At the Semi-Annual Meeting of
all the Directors of the Farmers
Bank of the State of Delaware
held in the new Board Room in Do
yer on Thursday, July 16, 1858,
William X. Patton, President Of
the Bank commended S. Francis
Heite, Jr., Assistant Cashier of
the Bank, on the honor that he
has brought to the Bank on Grad
uating from the Graduate School
of Banking at Rutgers University
and presented Mr.. Heite with an
engraved gold knife, pencil and
pen set on behalf of the Directors
of the Institution.
Mr.. Heite, one of the popular
young men of the City in receiv-
ing the honor of being a Graduate
of the Graduate School of Banking
at Rutgers University, not only in
dicates that he is now an expert
on Banking, but also specializes
in handling Veterans Administra-
tiOn Policies and Loans. Under
his direction his department in the
Bank is one of the largest in the
State and the Veterans Of this
community can we'll be proud of
the service the Bank has given
them through Mr.. Heite's direction.
Mr.. Heite is also President of
the Robbins Hose Fire Company in
Dover and hold many responsible
elected positions in Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-24
Mrs. Sawyer To Observe
Her Tooth Birthday

Mrs. William o. Sawyer, a native
of Delaware, having been born and
raised on a farm in Milford Neck,
near ThOmpsOnville. but who has
resided in Camden, N. j., during
her married life, will celebrate her
Tooth birthday anniversary at her
home. 20 East Collins avenue, Col
lingswOod, N. j., where she will be
expecting the pOstman to leave her
many cards and letters from her
many Delaware friends to mix with
the many calls and packages from
the numerous friends and rela-
tives all over the country. This
event takes place today, Friday,
July "a.
Nothing could make her happier
than to receive such tokens of love
and respect. Last year she was the
recipient of nearly two hundred.
beside those who just stopped in
to wish her good health and hap
piness."
She is a wonderful grand old
lady. Sees perfectly, able to read
her Bible and sews and crOchets or
knits daily.
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-24
BLUE HEN POST
OFFICERS NAMED

Seven members of Blue Hen Post
No. 6483, V. F. W., and it's Ladies
Auxiliary have been appointed to
state Veteran of Foreign Wars
offices, announcements to this
effect having been recently made
by ElwOOd Richards, V. F. w. state
commander, and Mrs. Florence
Gillespie. state president of the
auxiliary department.
Eurie M. Savage. Jr., service Off
Ger of the local post, has been
appointed Americanism chairman
for the Delaware Department.;
Paul J. Duphily, president of the
Milford V. F. w. Assn, Inc, and
junior vice commander of Blue Hen
Post, has been appointed inspector
for the Kent County district, and
Ralph E. Scott, quartermaster of
the Milford post, has been reap
pointed national aide de camp.
David S. Hugg, adjutant of Blue
Hen Post, recently elected to the
office of department judge advocate,
has been named acting department
service officer.
In the ladies department, Mrs.
Priscilla Lank, a member of the
Blue Hen Auxiliary and a former
state president, has been appointed
secretary; Mrs. Hilda Cannon, hos
pital chairman of the local unit.
has been named civil defense chair
man, and Mrs. Virginia Quering,
cOnductress of the Blue Hen ladies
unit, has been appointed depart
ment color bearer.
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-24

Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Holz-
mueller spent the past weekend in
Roanoke, Va.
Left Erickson of Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, is the guest of Frank
Draper at Slaughter Beach.
The homes of Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore Aber and Mr.. and Mrs. Chuck
Wright of Hall Place are rapidly
being completed.
-
Colonel and Mrs. V. ]. Esposito
of West Point. New York, are
spending two weeks in their cot
tage at Slaughter Beach.
Mrs. F. Burgette Short was the
past weekend guest of Mrs. l. D.
Short and Mrs. William G. Taylor
at their cottage at Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Markert, Jr..
and children of COinjock, N. C.
were recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. T. Markert at their home on
North Walnut Street.
Mrs. Mortimer Browning, who has
been in LeVittown, ~ Y. for the past
few weeks, returned home Sunday,
accompanied by her son, Richard
Browning, who remained overnight
with her.
Miss Jean Jaquette and Miss
Evelyn Marvel recently returned
from a week at PecOmeth Camp at
Centreville, Md. Miss JaQuette was
one of six to graduate after three
years of summer study there.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Smith and
daughter, Mimi of Wilmington
came yesterday to be the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r. Grier
until tomorrow when they leave
for Surf City, ~ J. for three weeks.
-
Mrs. Charles Benedict of Newark
is the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Robert Jaquette and Mr.. Jaquette
and family this week. Tuesday
evening dinner guests of the Jaqu-
cites were Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Dwyer
and daughter of HolbroOk, Mass,
Mrs. Louise Jaquette and sons of
Newark.
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-24
NeWtOns To Install
New Armour Feed Mill

0. A. Newton and Son Companv
OF Bridgeville, Delaware, have re-
Gently concluded contract negotia-
Iions to sell and install machinery
and equipment in the new Armour
reed Mill at Pittsville, Md. Elmer
Z. Thomas, Jr., will head the erec-
ton and installation services on
the project. Thomas, who has been
with the Newton firm for one and
a half years, has been serving in
the capacity of field installation
supervisor and more recently field
sales technician. Other men of
Newtons who will be instrumental
IN completing this project are
Fulton Bradley, Crew Supervisor
william Gray, Jr., Roy LeDno
Nelson Cannon, Crew Supervisor
Floyd Messick, Charles Iaro
Charles Baker, Crew Supervisor
and William Stewart. The new
Armour Mill to be erected at Pitts
vile, Md, will he the newest mem-
per OF the growing eastern shore
mill groups. This modern mill will
nave a capacity large enough IN
feed the ArmOur-C Chesapeake chick.
world. iii 'He
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-24
Milford Girl Among
Those Enrolling At
Martha Washington

Over $50 recent graduates of sec
Ondary schools have already re-
ceiVed notification of their admis-
sion this September to Mary
Washington College of the Univer-
sity of Virginia at Fredericksburg,
Va, representing 26 states, the
District of Columbia, Territory of
Hawaii, Germany and Thailand.
Personnel records reveal inter-
esting family connections as kin
ship is claimed by three with Mary
Bali Washington. for whom the
college is named, by two with Mar
tha Custis Washington, with eleven
signers of the Declaration of IN
dependence, with nine presidents
of the United States and with two
first ladies. Other names of note
are John Marshall, George Mason,
Francis Scott Key, General Robert
=. Lee, Daniel Boone. Roger Will
llams, Elder William Brewster.
Governor Bradford, William Penn.
Noah Webster, General George B.
Mcclellan, Stephen Foster, Edward
MacDOwell and writer's F. p. Dunno
and Pearl Buck.
There are fourteen daughters of
former students and among the ia
theirs are a general, nine colOnels.
two commanders. sixteen navy cap
tains, a former budget director of
the United States, and a member
OF the House of Representatives in
Hawaii.
Among the new students are Miss
catherine Britain Cooper of Mar
shallton, a graduate of Henry c.
Conrad High School, WoOdcrest:
Miss Barbara Jean Sheaffer. of
Milford a graduate of Milford
High School, and Miss Marie Eileen
Papciak, Miss Nancy Carroll Ward
and Miss Elizabeth Ann McGovern,
graduates of Lewes High School
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-24
Service Slants

WITH THE SEVENTH INFAN-
TRY DIVISION IN KOREA-Pvt.
Reynolds E. DickersOn, whose
wife, Lillian, lives on Route /,
Wyoming, Del, recently joined the
Seventh Infantry Division in KOr-
ca.
Private DickersOn, son of Mrs.
Ethel N. DickersOn Gather deceas-
ed, of Wyoming, is maintenance
specialist with the 10th Ordnance
Battalion.
He entered the Army in October
1852, and received basic training
at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
In civilian life he was a self
employed fisherman.
The Seventh Infantry Division.
which made the amphibious land
ing at InchOn in September, 1850.
has carried the fight to the Com
munists in every sector of Korea
from Pusan in the South to the
Yalu River in the North.
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-24
Simpson Ayrshire
Completes Record

Whitpain Sunny Nan, a twelve
year-old registered Ayrshire in
the herd of G. c. Simpson at Hous-
ton, has completed an actual pro-
duction record Of 11450 pounds Of
S.T96 milk and 41S pounds OF but
terfat in S05 days on a strictly
twice-a-day milking schedule.
According to Chester G. Putney,
Executive Secretary of the Ayr
shire Breeders Association, this
record is equal to 1892 pounds of
milk and 465 pounds Of butterfat
when figured to a Mature Euui-
valent basis. The record was made
in accordance with the rules az
the Ayrshire Herd Test plan
The Ayrshire Breeders AssOoia-
tion Herd Test Program is reeog-
nized and used by Ayrshire dairv-
men from coast to coast. MonfhIv
production tests are made and -,
pervised in cooperation with fbo
Extension Services Of the Ststs
Agricultural Colleges.
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-24
Old Fiddler's Picnic
At Lenape August 1st

On Saturday, August /, there will
be held at Lenape Park on the
Brandywine, near West Chester,
Pa, the twenty-fifth annual Old
Fiddler picnic which last year had
an attendance of over 10000 from
some ten states.
All are cordially invited to at
tend this old fashion frOlic which
will last from early morn until the
midnight hour.
All musicians, young and old.
are invited to take part.
Christia c. Sanderson of Chadds
Ford, Pa, will have charge of the
program while Ben Kelly of Coates
vile, Pa, will manage the great
square dance. Mrs. Ben Kelly is
secretary.
This should prove to be "a great
Silver Anniversary of Old FiddIers
at Lenape.
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-24
Items of a Purely
Personal Nature

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Muncy are
spending this week at Rehoboth
Beach.
William r. Draper returned home
Tuesday from a business trip to
Detroit and Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Clendaniel
Of Milburn, N. J. were weekend
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
POstles.
Miss Caroline Washburn of
Binghampton, New York, is spend
ing several weeks with her aunt.
Caroline Vinyard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Postles have
had as their guest, for two weeks,
their niece, Miss Doris Kellermann
of Swarthmore, Pa.
Mrs. Harry Mayhem, Jr. and Miss
Ruth Clements leave today for
Williamsburg, Va. where they will
be weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Duane Holloway.
-
James r. Draper, Harry Mayhew,
Jr., James Bradford and Robert
NAPLES, who have been in Alabama
and Texas attending ROTC Camp
will return home August 1st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Draper have
had as their recent guests Mr.. and
Mrs. Carroll Lancaster of Tampa,
Florida. At present their guest is
Mrs. ]. J. SaxtOn. also of Tampa.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett Grier and
children will go to Atlantic City
tomorrow for the weekend. DR..
and Mrs. Walter Grier, who have
been there for the past two weeks,
will accompany them home.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Gibson, Miss
Doris Gibson and Donnie Gibson
returned home Tuesday evening
after a motor trip to Greenwood,
Indiana, where they were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Boughman,
former residents here. They stopped
at Fort Knox, Kentucky on their
return trip to visit their son, Bob,
who is stationed there with the
Army.
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-24
Cancer Clinics Are
Set-Up For August

August 4-Seaford: Nanticoke Hos
pital. 1912 a. m and 1-3 p. m.
Call SeafOrd 4944 for appoint
ments.
August 6-Lewes: Beebe Hospital,
9-12 a. m. Call Lewes 5311 for
appointments.
August II - Newark: Student
Health Center, Delaware and
South College avenue, 1912 a. m.
and 1-3 p. m. Call Newark 1861
for appointments.
August 13-Dover: Health Unit,
1912 a. m. and 1-3 p. m. Call
Dover 1922 for appointments.
August IA - Georgetown: Health
Unit, 1-3 p. nj. Call Georgetown
2319 for appointments.
August IS - Frankford: Health
Unit, 1912 a. m. and 1-3 p. IN.
Call Rodney 1898 for appoint
ments.
August O-MiddletOwn; Old Acad-
emy Building, 1912 a. m. and 1-3
p. m. Call MiddletOwn Pill for
appointments.
August 27-Milford: Health Unit,
1912 a. m. and 1-2 p. m. Call
Milford 1859 for appointments.
August % - Georgetown: Health
Unit, 1-3 p. m. Call Georgetown
2319 for appointments.
Newark Clinic, starting August,
held at Student Health Center of
University of Delaware, S. e. Cor
ner of Delaware and South Col
lege avenue. Newark, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1953-07-24
A Correction

In the write-up appearing in the
last issue of the Milford Chronicle
concerning the pastOrates previous
ly served by the Avenue Methodist
Churchs' new pastor, Rev. Robert
E. Green, no mention was made of
the churches on the Greenwood
Methodist charge, which he served
following his graduation from
Boston University. We are happy
to make this correction, and assure
all concerned that the omission of
this former pastorate of Rev. Green,
was not intentional in last weeks
article.