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Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Thirty Years Ago.

Taken from the January 2e, 1928 lssu
DR.. William F. Hoey, of
Frederick, died at the Homeo-
pathic Hospital, in Whining
ton, on Thursday morning, jan
uary 25, following an illness
of several weeks.
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On Thursday eveRing the N.
o. Club gave w. Pearce of
near Houston, surprise, the
occasion being his birthday.
Besides the members, there
were as guests Miss Martha
Denney and Mrs. Harry Pearce.
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William H. Donovan and
Frank Millman of Redden have
lust completed razing a big
white oak that measured four
feet and ten inches across the
stump, 10 feet in length and
making twenty railroad ties, Z
by 9 inches and thirty-seven
loads of wood. William Dono-
van has never felled such a
large oak before.
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The Rickares Brothers Dred-
ging Company have their blow
er in the Lewes-RehobOth Can
al and are deepening and Wild
ening it in several places. At
present they are working in
front Of the old Franklin G.
Maull wharf.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Twenty Years Ago.

AIKEN from the January ~, 1888 lss'I,
The newly-elected officers of
Evergreen Chapter, Order OF
DeMolay, living in Milford, are:
Junior Councillor, George Vim
yard, Milford; senior deacon,
Wilson Sockrider, Milford;
Junior deacon, William Steven
son: senior steward, Theodore
Govatos; marshal, David Gle
ments; chaplain, Ponder Nor
gan: sentinel, Tom Derrick
son: second preceptor, Lester
Johnson; fourth preceptor,
Whitley Jewell, l..
Clayton Elliott of Bridge
vile, left the first Of the week
for Harrisburg, Pa, to attend
a meeting of the Pennsylvania
State Fair Association. From
there he will spend some time
with friends in Bedford, N. Y.
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The Milford Community
Stars iOurneyed to Cambridge
Tuesday night and went down
to defeat by the score Of 49 to
2S.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Davidson
of Overlook, who we're mar
ried the first Of the year, were
given a kitchen shower at the
home of the formers mother,
Mrs. Name Davidson.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23

Mrs. S. M. Williams, Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Harrington, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Cluley, Miss Lucille Tharp,
Mrs. Esther Bader and George Tat
man, Dr. and Mrs. w. T. Chapman.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Shaw had
as their Monday evening dinner
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Pitlick
and family and Mrs. E. S. Richards.
Mrs. Nora Tharp and Mrs. Harry
Murphy are spending a few days
in Richardson Park with Mr.. and
Mrs. Bayard Van SAINT.
Mrs. Claude Neeman, Mrs. Hey
ward Quillen, Mrs. Joseph Coils,
Miss Elya Rae Rash and Miss Grace
Wanda Quillen attended the per-
formance of "The Crucible" at the
Playhouse in Wilmington on Sat-
urday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. r. Harry Quillen
spent Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry D. Quillen and family of
Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Tharp Harring-
ton entertained the members of
their bridge club on Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Vann, Sr.,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
r. w. Vann, Jr., and Mrs. Howard
Kitchens and family of Garfield
Park.
Miss Becky McCann of Bethany
Beach was the weekend guest OF
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs
Calvin Wells.
Earl Nelson and Tharp Harring-
ton attended the tennis matches in
Philadelphia Gu Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. 90 win Latshaw and
son Bruce of Cochranville, Pa, were
the weekend guests of Mr. anC
Mrs. George Vapaa.
Miss Sue Graves of Milton anC
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
The Past In Review
News As II Was Reported In The Chronicle
F orty Years Ago.

taken from the January "a, 1918 Issue
Henry w. Harrington, a
pressman at the Chronicle
Office, left on Wednesday for
an extended trip to his boy
hood home along the Kappa
hammock River, in Virginia.
He expects to be gone until
about the middle Of April.
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NJ. r. Carlisle Sipple, who
has been spending two weeks
here, left on Monday, accom-
panied by his mother, Mrs.
Emma G. Sipple, for his home
in Warren, r. 1.
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Mrs. Hettie ]. Wagamon Of
Milton, has a lemon tree which
bore such a mammoth speci-
men of fruit last season. It
now has three others, one Of
which is fully as large as the
one Of last year.
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Joshua Cain, who is a pros
porous farmer and stock raiser
of the southern part Of Michi-
gan, is visiting friends and
relatives in Delaware.
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Elmer Envert, Of the State of
Washington, and who resided
near the Canadian line, has re-
Gently bought the James ely
mer farm which lies one mile
south of Burrsville. Mr. En-
vert came to Delaware to make
his home and stated he chang
- ras,,,.,ko F0v 1,fr haa1fh
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23

The farmers in the Green
wood section had a fox chase
last Monday. AS the chase
passed each farm, the fox
hounds owned by the farmers
along the route all joined in
the chase. When the fox came
to the home of Clarence Park
er it jumped through his par
lor window. The family had
not seen the animal, but upon
investigation found the source
of the unusual noise in their
spare room. The animal was
caught by Mr.. Parker, who fed
it and the next day let it loose
and had more sport with it.
The window, however, is brok-
en- to pieces.
The new armory at Dover,
which is now completed, and
which was used for the first
time last Tuesday evening
when the Inaugural Ball. Civ
en- in honor of Governor
Charles Miller, was held, will
be one of the safest places in
the state. The large structure
has been equipped with auto
matte panic doors. The large
double doors seem to be fiTInly
locked from the outside, but a
sudden pressure or a knock
from the inside will cause
them to open wide very quick
ly. It is hoped that within a
short time, the Milford Arm
ory will be able to be equip
ped with these doors.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Ten Years Ago.

Taken from the January g, 1e4s lssul
Eugene NJ. Sharp, Jr., Of
Houston, officially welcomed ].
Thomas Warren, Grand Master
Of State Masons, to Temple
Lodge, No. 8, A. F. and A. NJ,
last Friday evening. Mr.. Sharp,
one of lower Delaware's most
active younger MasOns, is Mas
ter of Temple Lodge.
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Major Donald J. Yost Of the
Marine Corps, formerly of Fell
ton and Dover, recently led his
squadron into an air battle
near Guadalcanal and the unit
accounted for % Jap Zeros
blasted out Of the skies, while
yost personally scored six.
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Levin Latchum, stationed at
Fort Bragg. has been promoted
to First Lieutenant, receiving
his commission this month. He
Is assistant feglmenlal person.
mel officer and regimental sum-
mary court officer. This fits in
with Lieutenant Latchum's
training for he was admitted
to the bar of Virginia in No
vember, during a short leave
from the Army.
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Richard v Pendleton today
wears the silver wings Of an
aerial gunner and the chevr0ns
Of a sergeant in the Army Air
Force. He was promoted after
successfully completing train
ing at the Army Air Force Flex-
IDLE Gunnery School at Tyndall
Field, near Panama City, Ella.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Killen
are the proud parents Of a
little daughter, born in Mem
orial Hospital, on Wednesday,
January 20. She will be called
Mary Anne. Mrs. Killen was
the former Miss Frances ROg-
ers.
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Word has been received that
Lieutenant Chester Benson re-
ceived his commission as Cap
tain on his son Johnny's first
birthday. Mrs. Benson is the
former Miss Martha Counsel
man and she with her son are
staying in Houston with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Benton
Counseiman. Captain Benson
is stationed at Camp Stewart,
Georgia, and has been in the
service since April.
uSe
John F. NAPLES, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank NAPLES, will be
one Of the several students at
The Peddie School at Hights-
town, N. j., who will be init
lated into the Cum Laude So
ciety on Founders Day. The
Cum Laude is an honorary lit
erary group composed Of ap-
proximately the first IA boys
Of the senior class.
Elmer P. Hitch, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Roscoe Hitch of Mil
ford, has completed his course
Of studies as an aviation me-
chanic in the Army Air Force
Terminal Training School at
Amarillo, Texas.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Twenty Years Ago

Mallory Vaughn, Jr., of the
Lewes All Club, won the first
prize offered by the Official
Poultry Breeders and Hatch
ers of Delaware for his essay
on blood testing poultry. Ciar-
ence Outten, of the Greenwood
Chapter, Future Farmers of
America, was awarded second
honOrs, and Margaret Hastings
of the Bridgeville All Club,
won third prize.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
BANe-Up ALARM CLOCK

NEW YORK ~ up - An antique
alarm clock which shot off a pistol
and lighted a candle to awaken it's
owner is on exhibit at New York
University.
The timepiece has a built-in flint
lock pistol. DR.. Edward c. Smith
of the university says powder was
placed in the pan of the pistol.
The alarm attachment exploded the
powder and lighted a candle which
promptly popped out of the clock
to provide light.
The clock was made about 1870
A. D. in Carlsbad. Germany.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Thirty Years Ago

The new restaurant on
Church street, Selbyville, op-
Grated by Hudson and Stevens,
has been made a most inviting
and attractive place. The white
tables, new. floors and growing
plants, make eating a pleas
ure.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Forty Years Ago

Daniel Thomas of Overlook
has strawberry vines that are
in blossom and on some of
them can be found berries as
large as the end of the little
finger. The warm weather for
the past ten days has caused
almost all kinds of vegetation
to put forth.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23

Robert Quillen attended the inau-
guration in Washington on Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Wells and
son Donald were visitors in Sell
byville on Saturday.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
Police Officials Question Arresting Officer On
 300 G's of Kidnap Money

. ST. LOUIS, R-Police It. Louis Shoulders, who arrested the kid nap killer of 6-year-old Bobby Greenlease, Wednesday went be- fore a panel of high police of ficials Investigating circumstances surrounding the arrest.
 Just before Shoulders made his delayed appearance at the inquiry Police Chief O'Connell expressed doubt the missing $3O0,O00 in ran som money ever was brought to St. Louis.
 Shoulders was expected to be questioned about reported dis crepancies in his written account of the arrest Oct. and state ments by others, including other police who worked on the case.
 He previously had said he could explain every move made to the proper authorities" Earlier Shoulders had been excused from questioning because of what his physician described as a nervous condition.
 Shoulders made the arrest on a tip from taxi driver John Hager that the man who later was to confess killing the Greenlease boy was on spending spree.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
Pressure Waves From F-1OO Breaking Sonic Barrier Break Windows

PALMDALE, Ca1if., R - The airport's plate glass windows, as well as the sonic barrier, were shattered during the first public demonstration of the Air Force F-100 Super Sabre fighter plane.
 The successor to the F-84 Sabre jet, which won fame in Korea, travelled more than 12 miles a minute Tuesday before an audi ence of nearly 100 persons.
 Test Pilot George Welch boom ed through the atmosphere, and the sound barrier, at a speed ex- ceeding 72O miles per hour in North American Aviation's new sweptwing jet.
 Pressure waves reverberated with explosive force as Welch pulled out of his supersonic dives. A wooden upright, 4x4 inches, was cracked and six big plate glass windows flew apart in the airport administration building.
 In this community, four miles from airport, the sonic explosions rattled dishes as Welch put the Super Sabre through four power dives from 15,0OO to 1000 feet, where he pulled out to streak across the field about 100 feet above ground. His top speed was not announced.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
First American
 POW Has Enough Life Under Reds

PANMUNJOM, R-A corporal from Virginia's mountain coun- try-the first of 23 unrepatriated American war prisoners to quit Communism-said Wednesday "I had enough of life under the Reds"
 Cpl. Edward s. Dickenson, 25 year-old former farmer from Big Stone Gap, Va, said it was more than likely" some of the other Americans who spurned chance to return home would change their minds.
 Communism is not my belief" he told a news conference. "I have my own beliefs"
 Dickenson, whose parents live in a remote cabin high in the Allegheny Mountains, returned to the Allies of his own free will.
 Rushed to a hospital near Seoul, he told newsmen he had contem- plated returning for a quite a while.
 The young soldier flatly refused to answer questions that would have shed light on why he or the other Americans chose to remain with the Reds.
 T can't answer that I don't know what they (the 22 otherS want to do ."
 Dickenson, appearing slightly beWildered and choosing his words carefully, asked after about 10 minutes that the interview be halted. He said he had not been briefed by Army officers before meeting with newsmen the decision not to answer questions was his own.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
Seattle and Portland Wage Tug of War Over Question of ''Common Rates" In
 Anchorage CAB Qualification Hearings

ANCHORAGE, R-Seattle and Portland delegations waged tug of war over the question of "com- mon rates" for air carriers oper- ating between the States and AL aska terminals at the second day of the Civil Aeronautics Board air certification hearings here Tuesday.
 Representative of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Traffic Assn, and Port Commission took the stand and asked permanent certificates for at least as many inter-Alaska carriers as now exist. They also asked that the Seattle Tacoma area be designated as the southern terminus.
 Representatives of the Portland Chamber of Commerce previously had urged the CAB to grant a di- rect route between Portland and Anchorage, terming it necessary to the fast developing Alaska economy.
 John Paul, Seattle Chamber and Traffic Assn. delegate outlined the history of Seattle Alaska trade relations. He said Seattle has specialized in Alaska trade" 7"
 The city, he said, has "spent thousands of dollars to develop trade with Alaska and has de- signed special ways of delivering goods to fit conditions.
 Don Wallace, of the Tacoma
 Continued on Page Two)
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
AFL TeamsterS Warns
 ''Men May Be Killed" In Cleanup NY. Waterfront

WASHINGTON, R - Dave Beck, president of the AFL Team sters Union, says that '.men may be killed" cleaning up the New York waterfront.
 Beck is one of five AFL officials setting up a new longshoremen's union rivaling the one expelled by the Federation on grounds of failing to rid itself of racketeers.
 He referred to the danger of the job Tuesday in a talk to the National Press Club.
 Beck also said the influence of labor unions with the Eisenhower administration is weak in com parison with that of business and farmers, and that organized labor may be driven" into a political party of it's own if "the present trend of conditions continues"
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
THREE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS LOST ON DEER HUNTING TRIP

PETERSBURG, R - Wide : spread search was under way to- day for three 17-year-old high school seniors who left Saturday in small boat on deer hunt ing trip.
 They were Arden Hall, Leslie Reid and Sam Kito. Their boat was last cco-.. .. E;ve-Mile Point and a storm swept the area later on. Fishing boats and Coast Guard and chartered planes took part in the search.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
Jordanians Demand British Commander Arab Legion Be Replaced By An Arab

AMMAN, Jordan, R-Demon- strators angered by recent border clashes with Israel marched on Premier Fawzi Fl Mulki's office Wednesday and demanded re- placement of the British com mander of the Arab Legion by an Arab. They also pulled down notices on the door of the US. financed Point Four office.
 The Legion, considered the most efficient fighting force in the Mid dle East, is commanded by Brig. Gen. John Baggot Glubb, the col lorful Briton who organized and trained it. Although British-fin- anced, it is Jordan's army and many of it's officers are Jordan ianS.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
Reds In Treasury Supplied Russia Plates of German Occupation Currency

WASHINGTON, R- Elizabeth Bentley, wartime Communist spy ring courier, testified Wednesday that Communists working in the U. s. government had orders to help Russia get printing plates to produce vast sums of German occupation currency.
 She named two former Trea- sury Department officials as hav- ing helped first to get piffered samples of the currency.
 This was mo doubt," she said, an unsuccessful counterfeiting flot.
 Then, Miss Bentley said, she passed them orders to help get the plates through official diplo- matic negotiations by putting the pressure on" Harry Dexter White, then special assistant to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morganthau. The plates were given to the Russians in 1914.
 Ludwig Ullman and Nathan Gregory Silvermaster were the men Miss Bentley named at a public hearing by the Senate In- vestigations subcommittee.
 Both were present but refused to say whether her accusations were true. They pleaded that their answers might tend to in- criminate them.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
Feds Dissatisfied With Handling Of Cecil Wells Murder

FAIRBANKS, R - Mrs. Cecil Wells has reported to police that about $1,000 in cash and at least one piece of valuable jewelry were missing from the family apartment after her prominent husband was shot to death before daylight last Saturday.
 The 31-year-old widow made the report after her release from the hospital. She was hospitalized for treatment after beating which she said was administered by one of two men she found in the apartment upon awakening early in the morning.
 The slain man was a prominent automobile dealer and president of the All Alaska Chamber of Commerce.
 Mrs. Wells said a man in the bedroom made for her sleeping husband when she awakened, and that she fled into the front room, where she bumped into second intruder.
 Police Chief E. V. Danforth said she told of being held, with a gloved hand over her mouth, and being warned: Don't shout or I'll kill you"
 She said she recalled being hit on the head with a flower pot and seeing the man pick up an- other, although she said she was not conscious of being hit sec ond time. She received lacera- tions around the eyes and badly swollen lower face.
 Chief Danforth said Mrs. Wells was unable to give any accurate information on the two men.
 Meanwhile, there was dissatis- faction among federal officials at the police handling of the case. District Attorney Ted Stevens said he was taking action to force the police chief to give federal officers a part in the investiga- ton.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
Two and a Half Tons of TV Equipment Enroute To AnchOrage's KFVA

SEATTLE, R - Six boxes of television station equipment weighing 215 tons, was loaded aboard the freighter Nadina today for Station KFVA at Anchorage.
 The station of the Northern Television Co.,, headed by August c. Hiebert, is expected to be in operation by, December.
 Another Anchorage station, KFIA, is currently sending test patterns as the first TV station on the air in Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE IN ROME FOR RETURN OF TRIESTE TO ITALY

ROME, Rt-For the second con- secutive day students tangled Rome's main streets Wednesday with demonstrations calling for the return to disputed Trieste to Italy.
 The demonstrations, however, began on far more peaceful key than Tuesday when Rome riot police, backed up by few troops, battled parading students in front of the Soviet embassy.
 But there were a few minor scuffles between Communist and Neo-Fascist youths. Police ar rested IT persons whom they ac- cused of being Communist agita- tors.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
Vim. Hummer Named Third Division D. A.

WASHINGTON, R-William T. Hummer of Anchorage was ap- pointed by President Eisenhower yesterday to be US. Attorney for Division No. 3 of Alaska.
 Hummer, who is now in busi- ness at Anchorage, is at native of Mason City, Iowa, he is an Army veteran of World War II, and a former city attorney of North Platte, Neb.
The Nome nugget., 1953-10-21
Eisenhower Refuses Blame Agriculture
 Secretary Benson For Recent Reverses In Normally Republican Farm Areas

WASHINGTON, R President Eisenhower today voiced full con- fidence in Secretary of Agricu1- ture Benson who has come under fire from some Congress mem bers.
 Eisenhower also told a news conference he believes the na- tion's cattlemen and farmers are taking their current problems in stride and are not as upset about them as some politicians are.
 The President said he is not going to be critical of his Secre- tary of Agriculture because Ben son has not yet produced a quick solution of the farm problem.
 Eisenhower declined, with a laugh, to say whether he thought discontent over administration farm policies was the chief factor in the recent election of a Demo- crat to Congress from normally Republican congressional district in Wisconsin.
 The chief executive was in buoyant mood and touched a wide range of subjects in his news con- ference:
 l. He does not plan to take part on the state or local level in next years congressional cleo tions but hopes he can help the Republican party by trying to establish policies which the over whelming majority of American approve.
 2. On the subject of Cpl. Ed ward s. Dickenson, the soldier who changed his mind about re- maining in Communist hands - considering the intense indoctrin- ation to which American prison CTS were subjected, he sometimes wonders there weren't more who elected to stay behind.
 3. He does not know whether it would be possible to sell the Tennessee Valley Administration to private industry without wreck ing the entire system. He had been asked to comment on the statement by Clarence Manion, head of a commission studying federal-state relations, that IVA should never have been built and ought to be sold by the federal government.
 4. On Israel, he replied with a firm yes, but did not elaborate, when asked if he had discussed with Secretary of State Dulles the cutting off of economic aid to that country.
, 1953-12-24
lSEAD
BY the Governor:
Daniel w. Ambrose
Government Secretary
al THE UNITED STATE
DIVISION OF 81. CROK AT CHRISTIANSTED
In the matter of the Estate of
JOHN RICHARD EEVY Probate No. u, 1901
NOTICE or HEARING oNaFINAL ccoUN
81 THE UNITED sTATEs

i Emmeline 4. Francis. Administrators Of the above emit
tied estate, pursuant to an Order Of the District Court dated
the 3Oth day Of October, 1853, DO hereby give notice 70 az
interested parties to appear at the Court House Of the sao
Court il Christiansted On the 18th day Of December, 1853,
at 1000 o'clock am, to file any objections if any they have
at the hearing on Final Account Of said estate.
First publication made this 18th day cf November, 1888,
A D
Emmslins I. Francis
Executor
, 1953-12-24

Very often It is the-feIlow with
the prepare speech who apolo-
gizes most for just having been
called upon to talk