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Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Methodist Evangels To
Tour Cuba Feb. 11-19
Local Pastor VIII Be In Group
Making Tour

The Reverend Roy L. Tawes, pas
tor of Avenue Methodist Church,
is one of so Methodist ministers
from 25 states chosen to conduct an
evangelstic mission throughout
Cuba, February 11-19.
His selection was announced by
the Methodist Church's General
Board of Evangelism, Nashville,
Tenn. The international evangelis-
tic crusade" will be directed by
Bishop John Branscomb, Jackson
Vile, Fla. He is the presiding Offi-
Ger of MethOdism's Florida and Gu
ba conferences.
DR.. Harry Denman, executive
secretary of the church board, said
the evangelists will meet February
no in Miami, Fla, for a briefing
session, and again the next day IL
Havana with host pastors.
Working as twO-man teams, the
Americans will join with Cuban
Methodists to preach and visit
CONTINUED on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Harrington Civic
Club Dinner Feb. 19
Annual Affair VIII Be Held In
The Fire House At 2 P. NJ.

The annual Friendship Dinner of
the civic clubs of the town of Har-
ringtOn will be held at the Fire
House Community Hall on Thurs
day, February 18th, 1858, at z
p. m. The Business and Profession
al Women's Club are the sponsors
this year.
They have been most fortunate
in securing Madame Berthe Male
cot, world traveller, teacher and
lecturer as their guest speaker.
Madame MalecOt was born and edu-
Gated in France. She has been an
American citizen since 1888. In
1949 she planned and undertook
alone a world tour in which she
visited extensively Europe, Asia,
South America and the United
States.
The theme of her address will be
Friendship Across the Seven
Seas. Her experienced background
promises to make this a worthwhile
message.
Tickets may be procured from
any member of the Lions, Rotary
New Century or Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Clubs. The tick
cts are $500 each and may be
bought until February 18th al
which time the sales will be closed
Everyone is welcome
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Hap GIGscO 25 Years
With Phone Company
Milford Odd Fellow Has
An Outstanding Ser
vice Record

Completion of Is years service
with the Diamond State Telephone
Company was marked last Sunday,
February 1st, by Harry L. Glasco,
of North East Sixth Street, Mil
ford, an neutrality-suspicious. at
tached to the Milford office.
GlascO started with the company
in 1928 as a helper in Wilmington,
later becoming a cable splicer and
installer. He transferred to George
town in 1888 and to Milford in 1886.
He is in charge Of Civil Defense
Communications in Milford and is
member Of the Odd Fellows, the
Telephone Pioneers Of America,
and the Hundred Thousand Mile
Club, telephone company safe
driving group.
He is married and has seven
children. His oldest son, Robert, is
also employed by the Diamond
State Company, as an installer.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Dollar DAYS
observance
In Milford
Next Weekend
Friday, Saturday, Febru-
airy 1914, Selected AS
Days By Merchants
Who Plan To Have
Greatest Sales Fete In
City's History.

Next Friday and Saturday. Feb
ruary 18th and 14th, will be OBJ
served as Dollar Days in Milford,
according to Mary Keller, chairman
of the Mercantile Division of the
Chamber Of Commerce who are
sponsoring the semi-annual sales
fete.
The first Dollar Days in this city
in over decade were held last
August, and the public's response
to the bargain was such, that it
was decided by the Mercantile Di-
vision Of the Chamber to hold the
sales fete twice year, in February
and in August.
Serving with Mrs. Keller on the
special Dollar Day committee are
Wilmer o. Lankford, manager of
the local ]. G. Penney Co., Store,
Lou Pikus, oWner-operator Of LOUIS
BOOtery, Edwin L. Fisher, owner
operator Of Fisher Appliances. Inc,
Harold w. Wall, owner-OperatOr Of
Wallis Ladies and Childrens Shop,
Cal Ball, manager of Shore Thea
tire, and Robert H. Yerkes, secre-
tary Of the Milford Chamber Of
Commerce.
A full six-page circular is being
prepared, listing the participating
merchants advertisements, and this
same group of advertisements viii
be placed in next weeks Milford
Chronicle as a special section. In
addition, the committee is planning
to run an advertisement in the
News-Journ papers and use time
on Station WJWL.
Il. is said that a word to the wise
lis sufficient and we believe, that Z
lstpdy Of the advertisements in thu
circular and the Chronicle will pa.
dividends to those persons who ar
planning to make Milford thei
headquarters next Friday and Sat
urdaY, February 18th and 14tl
? during Milford's great semi-annua
Dollar Days.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Annual Convention VIII
Be Held This Year At
Laurel; May %, % And
"a Have Been Selected
AS Dates; Program Be
ing Prepared.

The annual convention of the
State Federation of Business and
Professional Women will be held in
Laurel, May %, %, and "a. DR.. Lena
Madison Phillips, founder of the In
ternational Federation Of BPWC
and past National Federation pres
ident will be the featured guest
speaker.
Decision to hold the convention
in Laurel was reached in q meet
ing of the State Board of Directors
in Dinner Bell Inn, Dover, this
week. The Laurel Chamber of Com
merce had extended an invitation
to the State Federation, which was
accepted.
Mrs. Madeleine Arnold Dunn, OF
Laurel, president Of the State Fed
Grafton, presided at the directors
meeting which also was open to
BPW Club members Of the state.
Miss Ruth Jones, Membership
chairman, reported on the club ex-
pansiOn citing formation of new
clubs and plans for organization OF
others in the near future. Kathryn
Bnchan, of the Christian BPW Club
extended an invitation to all clubs
in the state to attend the Interna-
tional Relations dinner and pro-
gram of her club to be held in Han
mas, in Wilmington, on February
5th, when Mrs. Esther w. Hyman
National Director of international
Relations and UN Observer for the
National Federation will discuss
every Right Entails A Duty.
Mrs. Estella Cochran gave a re-
port on the recent meeting Of "Wo-
men for Better Government. Fol
lowing the business session mem
bers viewed a Danish film, which
had been obtained through Karen
Balsev, of the Copenhagen BPWC
who visited the state last year.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Health Unit Hears
About Colony Costs
rive Children Have Cost s1O0.000
In Past q Years

Five children" who have been
patients at the Delaware Colony for
the predetermined more than "a
years have already cost the state
over 100000 because of the lack OF
an adequate program and facilities,
the Mental Health Association OF
Delaware has been informed.
George Bryan, superintendent OF
the colony, told the association s
board of directors that, because OF
lack of the proper setup, these
children will live on the state the
rest of their lives. Reason for this,
! he said, is that there were insuf-
fcient funds and thus lack of
planning for them when they came
into the colony.
A parents organization was FORM
ed at the colony last Sunday, pri-
marily composed of parents of chill
dren at the institution, Mr.. Bryan
announced. However, this group
will later be developed into a state
wide organization, open 70 parents
of children who are not in the
colony.
Something has got to be done,
Mr.. Bryan told the Mental Health
/ Association.
He told the board of directors
there are asa children" at the col
Ony, ranging in age from foul
months to IS years. There is no
academic school building nor work
shop and the substitute for these
is a small room in which $50 boys
participate.
The infirmary, built in 1929, is
nothing short of a Ere trap, Mr.
Bryan told the association direc-
tors. Cooking is done on an out
mOded wood and coal stove with nc
fire protection. Total renovation is
necessary to strive for the better
ment Of mental health, the super
intendent said.
He explained that last years bud
! get of S5OO,0O0 worked out at SO pei
day per patient "but you cannot
educate or have any sort Of medi.
ical program for So a day"
Mr.. Bryan said he is now asking
for S750,O00 annually, which viii
provide 81 a day per patient and
will give better education facili.
ties and better medical care.
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Leona Wiley Freed
By Sussex jury
Grand Jurors Ignore Bill Naming
Her In Death OF Baby

Miss LeOna Wiley, 21, former
SeafOrd bank employee, was free
Monday as the Sussex County grand
jury ignored a bill charging her
with the murder Of her day-Old
child.
The jury's action, based on lack
of evidence, climaxed the chain of
events which began early in De-
cember when a gunner going
through the woods about 31S miles
east of Concord found a box con-
tanning the corpse of an infant girl.
State police said that following
her arrest, Miss Wiley admitted
the infant was her child and that
she had placed it in the woods.
However, she insisted, the baby was
born dead. Police had contended
the baby was alive when born and
death was caused by strangula-
ton.
Attorney-General H. Abort
Young said the state presented, all
it's evidence but pointed ont that
the medical testimony failed tC
show that the child was alive al
the time it was placed in the woods
The witnesses before the grand
jury included state police ofleerS
and DR.. Henry Mccullough Of Sal
isbury, who performed an autopsy
on the body in Nanticoke Memorial
Hospital.
Deputy Attorney General John ]
McNeilly of Sussex represented the
state. Robert Tunnell Of George
town was attorney for Miss Wiley
The case aroused widespread in.
terest throughout lower Delaware
Intensive Investigation
Miss Wiley was taken into Gus
tOdy December u, following an in
tensive investigation by state pO
lice detectives. Her arrest follow
ed an examination of more thar
40, 900 slips containing shipping ad
actresses at a Newark, N. J., con
cern.
Police said the only mark on th'
box found in the woods was a stree
address in Newark and a part o
the forwarding. address which bOrl
CONTINUED on page eight
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Job Tempo D o
On Increase
AT Dover Base
Multi Million : Dollar
Work Speeded Up AS
Deadlines Near In Vast
Expansion.

All phases of the multi-milliOn-
dollar construction program at the
Dover Air Force Base have speed
ed up and completion dates for
many projects are looming close at
hand.
And with the promise of abnorm-
ally warm temperatures the next
few weeks, indications are that the
momentum which the program has
been gaining each day will cOntin-
ue, according to a base survey Of
the operations.
One of the most recent projects
started is a $92,376 airmen's service
club, a One-stoTy, frame structure
for recreatiOnal and social facili-
ties.
The largest and most elaborate
room in the new building will be a
ball room with a large dance floor
and rollaway stage for "live" en-
tertainment.
Dressing rooms will be built and
there will be an open fireplace at
one end of the room. The room will
also include writing tables and let
ter-writing supplies.
Plans also call for a game room
for pocket billiards, pingpOng, OF
cards, furnished with Overstuffed
chairs. There will be a music room
and a snack bar,
To Have Civilian Head
The new club will later be super
vised by civilian service club di-
rector. For a short time after COM
pletion Second 1t. Elmer D. Wat
son, personal services officer, will
be director. The tentative compile
ton date is June 9Th. According tC
Lieutenant Watson the present
Continued on page eight
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Wesley Sponsors
Organ Recital
win Be Given This Sunday In
Wesley Church, Dover

Stuart Gardner, ACCOMPLISHED
young American organist, VIII pre-
sent a recital Of varied works for
organ at Wesley Methodist Church,
Dover, Delaware, on Sunday after
noon, February 8, 1858, at three
p. m. Mr.. Gardner is a graduate
of the Westminster Choir College
and Yale University, receiving de-
grees from both institutions. He
has done further study with Alex
ander McCurdy and Claire Coci in
New York. Mr.. Gardner has been
heard in numerous recital pro-
grams throughout New England and
has played some of the outstanding
instruments in Europe. AS well as
being a profound Organist, Mr..
Gardner is an accomplished 'cellist
conductor, and composer. At the
present time, he is studying with
Paul Hindemith, is conductor of the
NOrwalk Chamaber Ensemble, and
Organist at st. Pauls Episcopal
Church in Norwalk, Connecticut.
On his program in Dover, Mr.
continued on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Boy Scout Week
February z To Is

We salute the Boy Scouts Of
America, observing it's 4Srd birth
day during Boy Scout Week, Feb.
Z to 10, with its membership at an
all-time high Of 3,250,000 boys and
adult lefders enrolled.
Our nation is all the richer for
since 1910 more than 20,200,O0O
Americans have benefited by the
training, fellowship, handicraft
CONTINUED on page fiVe)
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Scottish Rite
Club To Meet
At Harrington
Kent And Sussex Group
Will Meet At Collins
Hall, Asbury Methodist
Church, This Evening,
At z O'clock.

The Kent and Sussex Scottish
Rite Club will hold their mid-win-
ter Dinner Meeting in Collins Hall,
Asbury Methodist Church, Harring-
ton, Delaware, on Friday, February
9Th, at 700 p. m
Meeting in Collins Hall, Asbury
Methodist Church, Harrington, Del
aware, on Friday, February 9Th, at
700 p. m.
The presiding officers Of the
four Scottish Rite Bodies Of Della
ware ConsistOry will be guests OF
the club, with the main speaker
being Ill. Jay Miller, $50, COmman-
der-in-Chief of Delaware Consis-
tory.
Mr.. James V. Kilvington of East
over Hills, Dover, will be acting
in a dual capacity, as one Of the
presiding officers, Thrice Patent
Master of the Wilmington Lodge Of
Perfection, and 'as Program Chair
man and Vice President Of the
club.
A roast beef dinner will be
served at 1900 o'clock by the
WSCS ladies of the church under
the direction of Mrs. Theodore Har'
rington. Mr.. Samuel Williams o.
Harrington. is the Dinner Chair.
man.
Mr.. Dorsey Burnham of Milton
Delaware, President of the Club
will preside. Mr.. George T. Mack
lin of Milford will act as Toast
master. Among the distinguished
Masons present will be I'll. J. Wal
lace WoOdfOrd, Deputy for Della
ware and founder of the club, wh'
will give a short talk and presen
Gov. Caleb Boggs, a member of tn
club.
Entertainment win be furnishes
by Miss Arleen Harris who will
render several musical number
accompanied by Prof. MelVi'
Probst, both of Harrington, Della
ware, and by Mr.. Freddie David
HarmOnica ViTtuOsO lOf radio
screen, stage and concert fame.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
World Day Prayer
Offering Used Well
Christian Education In Many Lands
Is Aided Yearly

The offering taken at the annual
World Day of Prayer is used in
many different ways. Christian ed
ucation in fourteen government In
dian schools in the United States
and Alaska; training of native In
dian Christian leaders at Cook
Christian Training School, Phoe-
nix, Ariz., and church and cOmmun-
ity work among Indians in indus
trial celters. For pastors and lay
leaders, both men and women,
among rural Negroes and farm fam
lilies in Puerto Rico; training in
techniques of church-centered COM
munity development and Christian
family life. Religious and social
ministry among immigrants in 25
states; stimulation of employers,
public agencies and local commun-
tiles to bring essential health and
educational services and a sense
Of Christian community to a mil
Continued on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06

continuing basis. In addition, each
month Census enumerators will
visit an ever-changing groups Of
local businesses in different sec
tons Of the area to obtain supple
mentary figures.
Sales data collected each month
viii be included with figures from
229 other areas Of the country to
provide national Information On
retail aad service businesses.
The local survey viii enable the
Census Bureau to check the cover
age Of the forthcoming 1858 Cen
sus of Business and 70 include data
in the 1858 Census for retail and
CONTINUED on page sevenl
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Business Women To
Convene Next Nav
LINCOLN DOUBLES POLIO
DRIVE QUOTA

Under the very able lead
ership Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rich-
ard Clendaniel and their
efficient helpers, Lincoln
more than doubled the quota
for the Polio Drive. The
quota was $3.50; the amount
collected, $52S.SO.
Those who worked hard
to make this drive a success
were: Mrs. Logan LeCompte,
Mrs. Ray WilkersOn, Mrs. A.
G. Davidson, Mrs. Janice
Greenly, Miss Jessiefy Mack
lin, Mrs. Pennewill Isaacs,
Buck Jones, Mrs. Ruth Will
kins, Mrs. Gordon MacLean,
Rev. L. o. Lockerman and
Robert Young, Slaughter
Neck and Fred Drummond
at Green Top Camp.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
New Vocational High
School Down State
Academic Courses Would Also Be
Offered Under Program

The possible construction of a
pilot area NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. high
school for the youth Of Kent and
Sussex Counties is being consider
ed by the State Board of Education,
DR.. George R. Miller, Jr., state su-
perintendent of public instruction,
announced this week.
DR.. Miller said the state board is
in agreement that "the one voca-
tional school for white children of
Delaware, located in Wilmington,
cannot be considered as adequate
for the needs of the entire state. "
Involved in the state board con-
siderations are the coming impact
Of enrollments in the secondary
schools, the need for developing
the vocational aspects of the edu-
cational program, and the costs of
secondary school construction.
"Of one thing we can be sure,
DR.. Miller stated. "The increasing
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06

Chiefs Association which would
use a map carrying numbers Of all
roads in the county for Information
Of firemen through the twO-way
radio communication system and
the showing Of two films, "Fgause-
hold Fires" and Target u. S. A.
shown by Maj. Clifford Hall, State
CD Field Representative in Sussex
County.
Elmer Dodd, president Of the
Sussex VIA presided. Col Edgar
IS. Slayer, Law and Legislative
chairman reported on presentation
Of legislation concerning fire com.
panies to be considered e TINS
Continued on page sixl
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Supplee Entertained
Nassau Area Farmer,

Dairy farmers in the Nassau
area who ship their milk to the
.Supplee-W Wills-Jones Milk Company
were entertained by the Philadel-
phia company at the fifth annual
farmer-company meeting on Tues
day, February 3, 1853. The meet
ing was held at the CoolspTing
Community Hall, Coolspring, Del
aware.
CONTINUED on page slxl
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06

Phillips, CHAIRMAN OF the aBFOnO-
my department. Thursday, Febru-
ary 18th, we have two men whom
we feel are best qualified to answer
our questions"
To set the background, at 10
a. M, JOhan ]. Groot, Delaware
state geologist, will talk on the
ground water resources in Della
ware. The water situation, says
Groot, has changed greatly in the
last decade. Industry has moved to
the southern part of the state.
Rural areas increased their water
demands to is much as ten times
as before"
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Delaware Farmers
Look To The Future
State Agrlculturists Hope To Find
Answer To Problems

What is ahead for farmers in
1853 and the future? A partial an
swer to Delaware farmers ques-
tions can be had at the University
of Delaware Farm and Home Week.
BrOilers and turkeys, egg prOduc-
tion, and beef and swine are out
look items on the program.
Paul =. Nystrom, chairman Of the
agricultural economies department
at the University of Maryland, will
relate egg production outlook tC
the overall agricultural outlook
with comments on how agricultural
policy can affect the picture, too
He'll outline long-range prospects
rather than the immediate future
CONTINUED on page sixl
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Big WrestEIng Show
AT Dover Saturday

Roland Meeker. a two-time win
ner on Bert Bertolinis two provi-
ous wrestling cares IN the Dover
Armory, win be cunning for No 3
tomorrow evening, February 9TH,
and against one Of the roughesc
customers Ia matd0m's ranks.
Providing the opposition for the
popular 225-pound gripsmith from
Harvey, NJ. ID, viii be the 300-pound
(coptlnued On page fiveA
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Oyster Industry Has
Outstanding Exhibit
State Industry Is Subject OF Special
State Museum Display

Delaware's oyster industry,
which has shown considerable inn
provement in recent years, is the
subject Of special display in the
Delaware State Museum, Dover,
which is believed to be the only
one Of its kind in the United States,
according to Kenneth M. Wilson,
Continued on page ssvanl
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
st. Johns Sponsoring
Card Party Feb. ii
Gala Affair VIII Start At Eight
O'clock To Benefit New Church

A public card party will be held
on Wednesday evening, February
11th, in the Parish Hall at St.
Johns Church on Maple Avenue in
Milford. The party will start at
eight o'clock and there will be a
door prize, refreshments and priz-
es.
Mrs. Frank Martucci and Mrs.
Edward KINNEY are in charge Of
the prizes. Mrs. Joseph Dunn is
arranging for the refreshments. In
addition to card games, those who
wish may play Chinese Checkers
Parchesi and other games.
The public is invited and it is
hoped that many will attend since
the proceeds will go toward the
building of the new church. The ad-
mission will be 75c.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Sussex Diggers Seek
Site OF Old Fort
ArchaeOlOgists Hope To Discover
StOckade Built By DeYries

Regarded as 'the most important
undertaking in the recent program
Of the Sussex Archaeological Assoc
citation is the current attempt 10
establish the exact site Of the stock
ade built BY the first Dutch colony
under DeVries in 1881, at Lewes.
Despite the fact that the 5eVries
monument at the end Of Pilot
Town Road bears an Inscription
indicating it was erected "on the
Continued on page twol
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Census Bureau To Begin Survey
In Sussex County This Month

The U Census Bureau will begin month bymonh
Sussex County retail February according
VISOR George Wink Of the Bureaus district Office Baltimore
Maryland
whose will be asked furnish
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
HighGghts Of Farm And Home
Week 1t University Are Listed

Will pasture irrigation in Delaware? have enough
water to rgate? What do know about irrigation in
other
pasture foremost questions Della
minds and Home University
Is devotng whole mornng TO Drobem" b.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-06
Sussex VOlmniees Firemen Held
Monthly Meeting At LeVeS

The Volunteer Fremens Association meeting IN
the discussed pending legislation concern
the Marshall Bills fire hazards
existing county supply and received
1852 Sussex County Also on
the eZnanaLon sys-em .lo-a-aa ny .e --e
Evening star., 1953-09-17

26l7 Penno. Aye. Sc.
1900 Homlin St. NE.
BIOS Nichols Ave. Sc.
1925 MINI. Ave. NE.
Clarendon, Va.
Evening star., 1953-09-17

Arlington Forest, Va.
1898 S. Capitol St.
2l4l Wis. Ave. NV
l7lo Duke St.
Alexandria, Vo.
Prince Frederick, Nd.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-07-03
ECONOMY ARGUMENT ON
R.E.A. FUNDS NOT VALID
SAYS ATLANTA EDITOR

ATLANTA-CNS- Economy h a
nothing to do with whether rural
electric co-ops should expand, Ralph
McGill, editor of the ATLANTA
CONSTITUTION, wrote June 10.
The argument that it's mot possible
to allow them to expand all their
wonderful benefits to others be-
cause of the necessity for econ
omy'' is, McGill said, completely
phony' and 900 per cent untrue"
"REA', he wrote, "has never cost
the federal government one cent"
McGill noted that Georgia rural
electric Colquitt County Rur-
al Electric Company-is refunding
$4,000 to it's member-customers
25 per cent Of their 1852 bills. This
coop he says, has enabled farmers
in the area to "revolutionize agricuL
ture and raised living standards in
seven counties, making it possible to
achieve things that no farmers in
history had been able to do before"
The Atlanta editor charged that
President Eisenhower, Agriculture
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson, In
terror Secretary Douglas Mckay,
and Rural Electrification Admins
traitor Anchor c. Nelson are pur-
suing "first to kiss then to dis
ENDOWED" policy toward rural
electric co-ops.
Explained McGill, REA loans
money to farmer co-ops. without
a single exception these loans are
being, and have always been, repaid
on or ahead of time and with inter-
est" REA administers these loans. |
But, interest payments more than |
pay for the administration.