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O. How is the blood collected by the
Red Cross divided between civilian and
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through all facilities an unprecedented
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@. Does it ever become so cold in the
Great Lakes region that wave freezes
in place as it is about to break?-C. S.
A. The United States Lake Survey
says that it has no knowledge Of waves
ever freezing in place.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Williams
Due TO Direct
New Tax Probe
Delawarean Will Prob
ably Be Named To
Head Special Investi-
eating Committee Of
Upper Chamber.

Information from Washington on
Wednesday was to the effect that
Senator John j. Williams Of Del
aware will be named next week by
the Republican controlled Senate
to be chairman Of a special inSss-
tigating committee that will probe
continuing scandals in the Bureau
Of Internal Revenue.
The story circulating about the
Capitol was that Senator Eugene
Millikin (R-ColO) chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee, has
agreed to a plan to let the inves-
tigating group function as a sub
committee Of the Senate Finance
Committee.
The Finance Committee has pri-
mary jurisdiction over all tax leg
islation and over the Bureau Of In
ternal Revenue. Williams is now a
ranking member Of this committee
due to the turnover in Senate con-
troll.
Personnel of the new investiga-
ting group will be determined at a
meeting Of the Finance Committee
next week, after the matter Of con-
firmation of Treasury Department
nominations has been settled.
The subcommittee will do more
than rake over old chestnuts Of the
now departed Truman Adlninistra-
tion.
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Plan Mile OF Dimes
Fete Here Saturday
win Be Conducted By Coolies And
COOtiettes

Laurence G. Sharp, chairman OF
the local drive for funds to com
bat polio, announced today that as
part of the campaign for funds,
the Coolies, with the able assist
ance Of their female counterpart,
the COotiettes, are planning to stage
a mile Of Dimes" stunt in the bus
mess section this coming Satur-
day afternoon.
The Coolies, according to plans,
will solicit dimes on one side of
the street, while the Cootiettes will
take the other, to make the solicit
tatiOn more interesting the losing
group has agreed to furnish the
winning group with a steak dinner.
Charles 3. Mulholland, Jr., will
head the Cootie team and Mrs
Lynn Jones, the Cootiettes.
Chairman Sharp has announced
the appointment of the following
additional workers: Emma Gun
ming, Connie Barto, George Bay
mum, Dorothy Strahle, Pearl Hop
kins and Mrs. Tony Vican.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Grand, Petit City Council
Jurors Drawn ReOrganized
In Sussex Go. On Tuesday
G.. Roland Messick, Re
tired Milford Industri-
alist, Named To Grand
Jury Panel From First
District.

The Jury Commissioners of Sus-
sex County have released the list
of Grand Jurors for Sussex County
for 1853 and the Petit Jurors and
additional Petit Jurors for the Feb
ruary Term of Superior Court be-
ginning February 2.
The Grand Jurors, who will serve
for this year and the districts from
which they are drawn are as fol-
lows: District No. /, Roland Mes
sick; District No. 2, Montilles J..
Webb; District No. 3, j. Kenneth
Fleetwood; District No. 4, Jennings
H. Moore; District No. 5, John s.
Horton: District No. 6, Henry B.
Mitchell; District No. Z, William
Ross Ringler, Jr.; District No. 8,
John w. Phillips; District No. 8,
James B. Hayman; District No. 10,
Norman c. Neff.
Petit jurors drawn for the Feb
ruary term of court are as fol-
lows: District No. Alden Wilson,
Mrs. Gertrude M. Donovan, both of
Lincoln; Mrs. Adelaide ShaeffeT
and Mrs. Marjorie Clements, both
of Milford. District No. 2-Alfred
R. Corey, Mrs. May Stuart, and Will
liam w. Newton, all of Bridgeville;
Luther H. Lyons, Greenwood. Dis
trict No. 3-ThOmas S. McElwrath
West Seaford; Rowland McCalis-
ter Georgetown, r. D.; Ruth E
Messick and John Fish, both Oi
Seaford. District No. 4-Carltor
Tyndall, c. Parker Wheatley, both
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Midget Basketball
Practice Jan. 26th
Complete Schedule Is Set
Up For Both Boys
And Girls

officials of the Milford Youth
Recreation Association announced
this week that practice schedule for
the Midget Basketball Teams would
begin next Monday, January 26,
with the first game scheduled for
Saturday, January 81. The same
IL organizations that sponsored the
boys teams, have agreed to assume
that responsibility again this year,
while the four girls teams will also
have the same sponsors they had
in 1852.
While everything points toward
an outstanding season particular
ly for the kiddies, there are still
needed at the present time twc ad-
ditiOnal coaches and several vOlun-
teer officials, persons interested in
assisting in the COMMUNICATIVE
endeavor, are urged to contact p.
Lynwood Taylor, as soon as pOss-
ible.
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
High School
PTA Meets.
On January 28
Elected Officers
Will Be Duly Installed
By Max Terry, Presi-
dent OF The State
Board Of Education; ;
Panel Discussion.

According to P. LynwOOd Taylor,
president-elect, the Milford High
School Parent Teachers Associa-
ton will meet at the high school
next Wednesday evening, January
%, at eight o'clock. Highlights Of
the program will be the installation
of the neWly-elected officers by Max
Terry, president of the State Board
of Education; the presentation Of
the P. T. A. charter by Dean Steele,
president Of Delaware State Jar
ent-Teachers Association, and a
panel discussion what Makes A
Good High School p. T. A. and
How 1t Can Serve the Community. %
Participating in the panel discus
sion will be state and community
leaders.
The program in it's entirety fol-
lows: Meeting called to order, Al
Humes; invocation, Rev. John A
Corrigan; introduction Of John
RoOsa, president of the Board OF
Education, Milford Special School
District, AL Humes; introduction OF
Max Terry, president of the Della.
ware State Board of Education
John ROosa; installation Of officers
Max Terry; new officers response
/ P. LynwOOd Taylor; secretary's re.
port, Mrs. Florence Harrington;
treasurer's report, Mrs. Mona Mill
er; program committee chairman
George Sheaffer; music, Higl
School Chorus, directed by Georg,
Messick; intrOdu ton Of M. A. Glas
mire, principal OF Milford Higl
School, George Shaaffer; introduc
tion of Dean Steele, president, Del
aware State P. T. A., M. A. Glas
mire; presentation of P. T. A
Charter, Dean Steele; acceptance
of P. T. A. Charter, p. LynWOOl
Taylor; music, High School Chor
US; introduction of Clarence N
Weleh, Jr., master of ceremonies
George Sheaffer; introduction c
) panel members, Clarence M. Welcl
Jr., DR.. Ramon Cobbs, superinte1
dent of Milford Special School Dis
I trict, Wilbur Jump, former stat
representative, Dean Kimmel, men
, Der Of the Board of Education, Mi
! ford Special School District, Dea
Steele and Max Terry; panel dii
cussion, What Makes a Good Hig
! School p. T. A. and How It Ca
Serve the Community" announce
ments, P. L. Taylor; adjournment
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Fair Group
Has Approved
Stake Racing
Meeting OF Direc-
tors Approves Resump-
tiOn OF Harness Racing
At Annual Kent Sus-
sex Fair.

At a recent meeting the board
Of directors Of the Kent and Sus-
sex County Fair, Inc, approved
stake racing and reelected it's Of
ficers and executive committee
without contest.
The board of directors approved
the executive committees request.
for stake racing and instructed the
fair race committee to draw up
conditions for presenting stakes.
The schedule now calls for races
for two-year trotters and PAGERS
next year and races for twO-year-
olds and three-year-Olds from 1856
on.
All officers reelected are: Presi-
dent, Jacob o. Williams, Federals-
burg; first vice president, J. Cor
don Smith, Dover; second vice
president, r. Edmund Harrington,
FELTON,; third vice president, A. B.
Parsons, Harrington; fourth vice
president, r. Allen Cannon, Sea-
ford; treasurer, c. Tharp Harring-
ton; assistant treasurer, F. c.
Powell, and secretary-general man
ager, Il. Brihton Holloway. The
new members of the executive
committee, all reelected, are: w.
]. Swain, Bridgeville; r. Allen
Cannon, .Seaford; ]. c. Williams,
fredericksburg; ]. Gordon Smith,
Dover: r. E. Harrington, FELTON,
Charles Murphy, Jr., Milford; Nor
man Collision, Bridgeville; George
Simpson, Houston; A. B. Parsons
Fulton Downing, John Camper
Arnold Gilstad, John H. Holloway
T. Brinton Holloway, William W.
Shaw, Earl Sylvester, all of Har-
ringtOn.
The board of directors approved
AAA big car races for Saturday, the
last day of the fair, and photo
finishes for horse racing.
The group also decided to ask
the Legislature to increase apprO-
priatiOns from $4,000 to $4,000
to increase premium awards. T
Brinton Holloway, secretary-ge
eral manager Of the fair assOcia-
ton, said the board felt that in
creased premium awards would en-
courage more and better exhibits.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Ground Observer
Post Meets Jan. 29th
First Class OF Instruction WIN Be
Held At Community Building


The Milford G. o. P. will have
its first clasG Of instruction on
Thursday, January 29th, at 8 D. m,
on the End floor Of the Community
Building.
It is hoped that all thirty-three
of the people who volunteered for
this important role in Civil De-
Tense will be present and that each
one will bring in another who has
not volunteered but would like to.
Everyone interested in Civil De-
fense is welcome.
Volunteers for duty at the
Ground Observer Post are not re-
stricted to the City Of Milford, but
will be welcome from the areas sur
rounding the city as well. we need
at least $50 people to man the post
"a hours a day, seven days a week.
So far we have 33, thus everyone
is needed to help make the City Of
Milford and the State Of Delaware
proud Of the part we are playing
in the defense Of the nation.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
DIR. James r. West Elect
ed Vice Mayor; Two
New COuncilmen Are
Sworn In By City Al
derman; Appointments
Are Made.

Milford City Council convened
Tuesday evening in the city hall
for reorganization meeting with
Mayor Edward C. Evans presid-
ing.
Richard Wilson, from the First
Ward, who was elected Monday by
vote of 245 to 173 over Carson
r. Ward, was sworn in as was
Chester c. Coffin. from the Fourth
Ward. City Alderman Harvey B,
Davidson administered the oaths Of
office.
All eouncilmen were present as
DR.. James R. West was elected vice
mayor, James c. Downham was re-
elected secretary and Harold W.
Wall, president of the Milford
Chamber of Commerce, was re-
named treasurer.
In a three-way fight for the
post of city alderman between Nor
ris Groverman, David Clements
Sr., and Harvey B. Davidson, the
encumbent, Mr.. Davidson was re-
GlGGtCu vi = SCH CT A0AAOss AsObCA
H. Yerkes was reelected parlia-
mentarian.
The choice of an acting alderman
was withheld as Mayor Evans noted
that the charter required that {
man must be a justice Of the peace
to hold the position. The term o
Mr.. Clements, presently in the of
ice, will expire shortly. Until some
one is named to fill the resulting
vacancy, the appointment will b.
withheld, the mayor decided.
Wallace F. McFaul, Willard r
Hall, both Of whom have served be
fore, were elected auditors. Henr,
]. Ridgely, deputy attorney ger
eral of Kent County, was reelecte
city solicitor. It was decided to re
employ the present city polio
force with Samuel G. Powell re
appointed as chief.
Council agreed to accept tn
recommendation of City Manage
Harry F. Bressler, who urged tina
all present city workers be reem
plOyed.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Vets To Mark NdFL.
WV Week Jan. 25-3I
Elaborate Program Has
Been Set-Up For Local
Observance

Milford will mark observance Of
National V. F. w. Week, January.
25th-31st, with attendance at spec
ial church services, induction of
"0Ommanders-in-Ch Chiefs Class of
Y. f. w. recruits, presentation
Of a Pack Flag to The v. +. W.
sponsored Milford Cub Scout Pack,
an open House" at the v. F. w.
Home, here, a benefit bake, and
presentation of citations "a local
concerns and organizations that
have assisted the local post, Blue
Hen Post No 6483, in its much
cited community service program.
The weeks activities will get un-
derway this Sunday morning, when
(continued on page sixj
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Natural Resources
Conference Feb. 4th.
Day-LOng Session Win Fea-
ture Talk By Francis
A. Pitkin Of Penna.

Speakers Of STATE and national
prominence and exhibits that viii
help tell the story Of DelaWare's
natural resources viii all be
part OF the first conference on this
subject ever to be held in the state
on Wednesday, February 9Th, ac-
cording to Edward p. Neilan,
president Of the Delaware Bankers
Association, conference sponsors.
Lloyd A. Partain, a former u. S.
Department of Agriculture Official,
now sales manager Of Country
Gentleman Magazine. viii be one
OF the principal speakers at the
dinner in the Gold Ballroom Of
Hotel dupont at the evening ses-
sion.
Mr.. Partain Is an expert in his
field, having served as a consul
tant to Air Cargo Carriers Insti-
tDte, The American Cotton Coun-
ell and the Farm Film Foundation
He has also been a member Of the
advertising and distribution come
mittees Of the Chamber Of Com-
merce Of the United States. He
Continued on page sevenl
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
lack Mcdowell
N ames Four
Staff Members
Selects For His Assistant
Secretary OF State
Margaret TOmlinsOn; ;
Helen ScanlOn, Mary
Metz, Elizabeth Will
son lin Important Posts.

Secretary Of State John N. Nc
DOwell has appointed to important
posts four women with a total of
al years experience in state gov
ernment to key positions.
The appointees sand the positions
they will I'LL, all of them in Mr..
McDOwell's department, include:
Mrs. Margaret d. TomlinsOn, as
sistant secretary of state; Miss
Helen Seanlon, director of the Cor
poration Department.; Miss Mary
Metz, chief clerk of the Franchise
Tax Division, and Mrs. Elizabeth
w. Wilson, secretary to the Secre-
tary of State. All of the appointees
are from Dover.
Served Governor Bacon
Mrs. TOmlinsOn served as steno-
grapher for former Governor Wal
ter w. Bacon from 1945 to 1949,
and also was employed as a steno-
grapher for the General Assembly
for six sessions. She is now en-
ployed by. the City of Dover. A
graduate of the Dover High School,
Mrs TomlinsOn has a son, Captain
William w. TOmlinsOn, serving with
the u. S. Army Air Force, and a
daughter, Betty, who is employed
at the New Castle County Air Base
Miss ScanlOn has served the State
of Delaware for % years. She start
ed in the Corporation Department
in 1923, and remained there unit
1888. She was employed in the Of
fee Of the State Auditor from 1893!
until 1941, when she returned Il
the Corporation Department as as
sistant director. In 1851, however
she returned to a position in Tho
State Auditors Office, where she il
now serving.
I Miss Metz, who is slated to be
, come chief clerk in the Franchise
Tax Division, has been with Iii
unit of the state government fo
the past II years. Prior to thii
she spent two years. in the Stat
Auditors Gfice, and before tina
was employed in the Motor Vehicl
Department for 16 years.
/ With State Board
I Mrs. Wilson, who will be th
t personal secretary Of Secretary o
g State Mcdowell is the widow o
b the late NJ Allan Wilson, forme
]. chief engineer Of the State High
: way Department, and has been con
a nected with state Departments 70
some time.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Dollar Days Now
Are Scheduled For
February. 1914
Majority Of Local Mer-
chants Are Planning
To Cooperate In Put
ting On Semi Annual
Sales Fete.

The Mercantile Division of 4the
Milford Chamber Of Commerce has
announced that Friday and Satur-
day, February 18th and 14th, will
be observed as Dollar Days in Mill
ford.
Tentative plans call for a full
section in the Milford Chronicle,
10000 circulars, which will be dis
tributed entirely by mail, and radio
time, which will be purchased as
"SpOts" to be used at least 10
days prior to the Dollar Days. Ad-
Ve. tisements viii also be placed in
other papers circulating in this
area.
The public response to the Dol
lar Days held here last August was
most gratifying, and Milford mer-
chants, at least the majority OF
them. are planning TO participate
in the semi-annual sales fete..
The. Dollar Days held last Aug
ust were. the first to be held in
Milford in over a decade, and de-
spite inclement weather, (the open
ing day Of the sales fete it rained
ali day. the Days" we're a decided
success.
Directing the activity for Dollar
DAYS are Mrs. Mary Keller, Man.
ager of the Sears, Roebuck and Co.
catalogue sales office, Wilmer O.
Lankford, manager of the J. G.
Penney Co, Store, Lou Pikus
owner and operator Of LOUIS Boot
cry, Edwin L. Fisher, owner and
operator of Fisher Appliances, Cal
Ball, manager of the Shore Thea
ire, Harold w. Wall, owner and
operator of Wallis Store, and Rob
ert II. Yerkes, secretary Of the Mil
ford Chamber Of Commerce.
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Directors Renamed
BY Railroad Firm
Delaware Company Held 1O1st
Stockholders Session

Officers and directors of the Del
aware Railroad Company were re-
elected at the one hundred and first
annual stockholders and directors
meeting held in the company's OFF,
ices in Dover last Friday.
The officers, reelected by the di-
rectors after the latter had been
reelected by the stockholders, are:
David @. Bevan, Philadelphia, pres
ident; E. w. Smith, Philadelphia,
vice president; P. d. Fox, Philadel-
phia, vice president and treasurer;
Ralph c. Wilson, Dover, secretary.
Officials Renamed
The directors also renamed Ell
mer Hart, Philadelphia, as comp
troller; J. w. Ewalt, Philadelphia,
real estate agent; J. L. Gressittr
Philadelphia, chief engineer, and
John B. Prizer, Philadelphia, gen.
eral counsel
The directors are: Victor G. Rec
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
BoggS lraagurated
During Impressive
Ceremonies / NeSddy
Oath OF Office Admins
tered By Chief Justice
Clarence A. SOuther-
land; Upwards OF 81
600 Crowded Dover
Field House For Dance,
Program.

More than 5000 persons, repre-
senting the highest and lowest ech-
elons Of the Republican party IN
Delaware, Monday night braved fog
and poor driving conditions to iam-
pack the Dover High School Field
House for the Inauguration Of Gov
ernor ]. Caleb Boggs and other
state officials a few minutes after
the hour Of midnight.
Governor Boggs said in his in
augural speech that when the
festivities are over, and all the
others connected with this admin-
istration will get down to work.
Immediately in a sound and pro-
gressiVe manner to meet the needs
Of our fast-groWing state"
Shortly after midnight, Mr.. BOggs
received the oath Of Office as Della
wares sixty-second governor from
Chief Justice Clarence "A. Souther-
land, In colorful ceremonies at the
Dover High School Field House.
Also receiving the oath Of ofice at
the first midnight inaugural in
DelaWare's history were the newly
elected Lieutenant Governor, John
W. Rollins, and the neWly-appoint-
ed secretary Of state, John N. Nc
Dowell.
1T is a great honor to become
Governor Of the state IN which I
was born and reared and which
love. feel deeply moved, proud,
iyet humble in the thought Of the
responsibilities to be faced, the
decisions to be made, Governor
BOggs added.
Pledges His Best
Pointing out that he could no.
say now what the future holds Il
store for US all, nor what histor
ians viii say In the future Of tn
state administration which bega,
Just a few moments ago" Dela
] wares new Republican g0verno
{ continued, "but I can assure 70
that I win endeavor always to liv
: up to my oath of performing 10
, duties to the best of ny ability"
State Senator Thomas y. John
son (R-RehOboth Beach,, presiden
pro TEN of the state senate, presid
ed at the Inauguration ceremonies
In a brief address prior to the ad
ministering Of the oath Of Office d
Mr.. Boggs, Senator Johnson toll,
the assemblage Of state, po.itica
and civic leaders that cit is fttinl
and traditional that this (the IN
augural ceremony is done public
"" and assured the new governo
Of the hearty cooperation and pray
: ers Of all for his guidance as hl
; Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23

Division Line Foreman at Har-'
rington.
Mr.. Farrow, who is a Lions Club
member, has spent all but one Of
the 80 years in the Harrington ter
ritory-the one odd year he serv-
ed as District Manager in Laurel.
Levin Brittingham, the other re-
cipient Of a 30-year pin, has work
ed as a member and as foreman OF
line crews right from the start
Today he is Division Line Foreman
in Kent and Sussex Counties.
A 5-year service pin was pre-
sented to Francis Mckee who is
Division Engineer stationed at
continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
Help For Late Puzzles
On Farm Income Tax

If you're still puzzling ovey your
farm income tax returns that are
due January 81st, a bulletin from
your county extension Office might
help you.
County agricultural agents in
Newark, Dover, and Georgetown
have copies Of 1882 Farm Income
Tax" available. Questions such as
how to handle the cost Of lining,
Continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
No Relief Seen
On Food Prices

Higher prices for fruits and. to
8 lesser extent for vegetables. are
on the way. according 10 the re-
gi0nal Oflice of Price Sterilization.
Last seasons crops have now
moved almost entirely from the
farms TO either professors or mid-
dlemen. Meanwhile. demand for
f6od continues at record levels.
with indications that this demand
Continuation page si1
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23
DeMolay Officers
Greet The Governor
Milford Group Attended Inaugura-
tlOn Ceremonies In A Body

tlOn Ceremonies In A Body
Accompanied by two members of
the Advisory Council, a group of
Officers Of Temple Chapter, Order
of DeNolay, Milford, attended the
Inaugural Ceremonies in which j.
Caleb Boggs became the 62nd Gov
ernOr Of the State of Delaware just
after midnight in the Field House
in Dover
It was in tribute to Governor
Boggs as a Senior DeMolay that
the local Chapter chose to attend
the Inauguration. AS a young man
in his teens, the new Governor
was a member Of Kent Chapter, at
Dover, and while serving in the
Congress of the United States as
Representative from Delaware, he
was elected by the Grand Council
Of the Order Of DeMOlay to re-
ceive the Legion of Honor Degree
the highest honor within the
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-01-23

Or. Roy f. Davenport, Supplee
Director Of Field Service, announ-
ced the meeting date while disclos-
ing that 120 farmers in the Har-
rington area received S735,7s2 for
their milk from the Philadelphia
Company during 1852. AT the meet
ing, Or. Davenport viii give his am
nual report on the current state
and the prospects for 1888 Of the
dairy industry. from both the COM
pany and farm points Of vieW.
Also on the program viii be g
film. Lets Go to Grass" This film
win show the newest methods Of
ensiling grasses now In use on
(c0ntinUed on page SIX