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Milford chronicle., 1953-05-22
Memorial Bridge
Business Increases

Business over Delaware Memorial
Bridge showed an appreciable in
crease in April 1858 over the same
month a year ago, G. Lester Dam
iels, General Manager, stated in
his monthly report to the State
Highway Department this week.
There were 68,952 vehicles, trav-
cling in either direction last month.
more than there were in April.
1852, with total traffic hitting $685.
OBS passenger cars and trucks. Net
revenue for the month was S481,-
1885, compared to S401,5 1856 in
1852, according to the report.
Daily traffic averaged 20,168 We
hicles, which was a gain of nearly
1000 cars daily over the month of
March. The high day was on Sun
day, April 9Th, when 3f,589 vehicles
used the span.
Passenger cars travelling NORTH
bound in April continued to reflect
the trek back from the southland.
Daniels believes. There were 231,-
OlO passenger cars going north
ward while 21S,4O2 travelled the
other way. Daniels said that for
many months southbound traffic
was ahead until February of this
year when the trend started to re-
verse.
The bridge manager also point
ed out this morning that when the
ll,OOO,OOOth vehicle crossed the
span on Friday night, it marked
the end Of 21 months of bridge
operations. The span opened On
August 16, 1851, and the monthly
traffic average at the end of that
period stands at 523,809. At the
end of April total traffic since the
opening reached the 1O,71S.O22
mark, meaning that 281,97S vehic-
les used the bridge during the first
fifteen days of May.
Daniels pointed out that .commu-
tation ticket traffic is almost
double that. of a year ago, with
4O,48F trips having been made.
The new 10 trip ticket books,
valid for a calendar month, have
also increased in popularity. the
bridge manager reported. In April
there were 1864 such tickets
used.
The new Information Center has
been in operation for two and a
half months now. according to
Daniels, and service to the public
lis being expanded at every oppor-
tunity. Scores of people stop
daily in their travels to relax and
find their way or to learn where
ITO stop for good meals or lodging.
There has also been an increased
demand for information regarding
the shopping areas in Wilmington
and the surrounding areas and
Daniels said that information is
now being compiled which will he
helpful to potentiSl customers in
the community and state.
Breakdown of traffic for the
month of ADril follows.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-22
FIGURING MADE EASY

SACRAMENTO. Calf. -(P)-It
looked like the adding machine
mad stuck when State Public
Works Director Frank B. Durkee
awarded a contract for grading
a highway in Shasta County. The
contract was for $555, ,5C5.55.
Milford chronicle., 1953-05-22

The first American Christmas
cards were engraved by a Roxbury.
Mass, printer in 1847-for EXPORT
to England. They were not given
to the American trade until the
following wear
Smyrna times., 1953-03-26
f the ball teams of today.

of the ball teams of today.
How about the old strawrides
later called hayrides. One time We
heard of a big load of young peo-
pie upsetting on Sam Lambs hill
but no one was injured. In an
other case a wheel came off of the
hay wagon in which a party of
young people was riding near
Townsend and while no one was
injured the participants were bad
ly frightened and did not get home
till three hours later. 1t was
thought some practical joker loos-
ened the nut, 50 the mishap had to
happen, but don't say the crowd
was not angry.
Before the morning service at
the Methodist Church on Sunday a
beautiful, large church flag and a
lovely large American flag were
presented to the church by Golden
Rule Council No. 5, Daughters Of
America. Mrs. Estella Outten rep
Smyrna times., 1953-03-26

resenting the Council made a clev-
er presentation of the two flags,
while Mr.. Walter Lee and the Rev.
Henry M. Parks responded in a
neat speech of acceptance. Before
the ceremony closed Mrs. Bernice
Shakraboni sang charmingly THE
Star Spangled Banner"
At last all barriers have been re-
moved and now a new dress fac
tory is to come to Ginn's Corner in
short order. The promoters claim
the factory should be ready for OPP
GRAFTON within two or three weeks.
About forty or sixty operators will
be employed there and the building
will be enlarged if necessary. The
plant is to be in the building there
which is owned by Mrs. Bertha
Graham. Bringing the plant to
Ginn's Corner was held up by the
owners for several weeks owing to
a misunderstanding on the plans to
operate in Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1953-03-26
RACING PARK
OPENS MAY 29
Horsemen Racing at Delaware
Park Will Compete For
S1,250,C00
OPEN THIRTY-TWO DAYS

The Circle NJ. Farm of Mrs. Ed
ward S. Moore won the richest of
all Delaware Oaks renewals last
year when its Big Mo took down
$31.425 in first money out of a
gross of S42,310. For the coming
renewal of Delaware Parks soph-
omore filly stake. Circle M. has
Special Fleet and Polly's Song elig-
ible.
One of the most cleverly named
of the 140 nominees still eligible
for the Forthcoming renewal of
Delaware Parks rich three-year-
old fixture, the Leonard Richards
Stakes, is the Christiana Stables
Bicarb. The colt is by Half Crown
Brides Biscuit.
The 100000 New Castle Handi-
cap, richest race in the world for
fllies and mares, will be run this
year on July and the place is Del
aware Park. The race was recent
ly doubled in value, making it the
most lucrative event of its kind in
thoroughbred racing.
Horsemen racing at Delaware
Park, which opens May 20, will
compete for approximately 81, $780,
900 in stakes and purses, the high
est total distribution in the tracks
history.
The minimum purse at Delaware
Park, where racing begins for 80
days on May 20, will be $4,000, an
increase of $500 over last year.
Watch the three and four-year-
old fillies in Delaware Parks $780,
900 New Castle Handicap, richest
race in the world for fillies and
mares. A check of the records re-
veals that of the past is runnings
of the race, fillies have taken the
measure of the mares no less than
10 times. Four-year-olds have won
six of the races, with three-year-
olds having been successful on four
occasions.
Smyrna times., 1953-03-26

terest in the lessons and attend
ance. They came here from Rack
Hall, Nd, where they also did a
good work for the Master.
Local fans say the best sport
day they ever had was to watch
the Athletics play the Yonkees at
Philadelphia back in 1888. An
other good game to watch when
Jack Coombs beat Cleveland 8 to 1
on July 3rd, 1912. Coombs also
pitched against Gregg of Cleveland
in an 1S-inning tie in 1910. Such
games are scarce these days.
H. X. Mofitt of New York was
a visitor here on Monday.
George Medders of Chicago, was
in town on Monday.
One man says he is going to get
the bad apples out of the govern
mental service. While he's at it
he may as well throw out the
lemons too.
Catching load of dogs was the
job of the dog-catcher while here
on Saturday. When he left this
locality he had all types of dogs in
his cage and he said that the most
of them will not be back. He said
that he had caught 1872 dogs so far
this spring.
A poor excuse is better than
none until you use it twice.
Smyrna times., 1953-03-26

The average person never gets
too old to learn but at a rather
early age he becomes too old to un-
learn.
Harry Castleman thinks Town
send could do better by having a
circus or vaudeville show on the
outskirts. It would seem that less
shows however, would do much to
make the town a more desirable
place to live. The show fever is
all right in New York or Chicago
but it drags down a country town
too fast. 1t is a poor way to grow
up, we think.
A baseball game with no UNI
pire was played here on June
18th, 1905. At the start of this
odd game a resident named M. B.
Donovan was chosen to be the UNI
pire. The game had fairly started
when one of the players made an
insulting remark about the umpire.
Although spoken in a low tone,
the remark was overheard by Mr..
Donovan and this so angered him
that he walked straight off the
field. Nobody was named to take
his place, so the game went on
and there was no fussing over any
of the plays. Some of the players
said that no umpire was needed
but this idea is not shared by any
Smyrna times., 1953-03-26
Townsend

The Eppley Sisters Gospel Quin-
tette of York, Pa, gave real de-
Ightful entertainment, composed
of both vocal and instrumental
music before a completely filled
church at Emmanuel on Sunday
evening. The large attendance
watched with rapt attention as the
entertainers went from one part of
the program to another. With
charming ability the Sisters play
ed their fine musical and song role
in a way that charmed their listen
ers from the start and everybody
was glad to see and hear them.
These Sisters have appeared in
churches of Al different denomina-
tions during the past nine years.
The congratulations they received
after the entertainment showed
that their program was of the kind
to highly please the general public,
no matter where given or under
what circumstance.
In March OF each year railroad
men and others, some retired, are
seen reminiscening the blizzard of
'88. While most of the men TAX
ing part and doing their share to
return conditions to normal, have
passed away there still remains a |
few who will sit back and recite
to new generation what they ex-
perienced in those tough winter
days. Many of the men who faced
the hardship without f1inching are
still with us and every March
seems suitable time to give
graphic account of that great win
ter storm of years ago. Some of
the men who were on the railroad
and had to be out in the severe
weather were David I. Allen,
Thomas Fluhaty, John McCleary,
J. w. Weber, James c. Wilson,
Joseph Gray and many others.
On Sunday morning the Rev.
Henry M. Parks gave a very in
teresting sermon to a good sized
congregation. The text chosen
was 1.-TWO Great Emblems". He
said in part: 'srhe Christian Flag
is the greatest sign or symbol
among men. This, united with the
Flag of State makes for a way of
life, second to none. One challeng-
es us to be character, other to be
a citizen. We live with both here
and only the other in Life Eternal.
If we want to be on side of VIC
tory, join the church. One repre-
sents the Christian way of life,
other patriotism and citizenship. |
The two are inseparable to the will
of God; and may He guide us to
be loyal to both.
The Rev. Henry M. Parks has
been invited to return to the pas
torate of Emmanuel Church of
Townsend, also to cSott Church at
Blackbird for another conference
year. The Rev. Parks and Mrs.
Pc-ks have been here for a year
a~d during that time they have
gr'~ed many friends, also gave the
cg.-rah fine help by creating in
Smyrna times., 1953-03-26

Biff Morgan's four-year-old
laughter Rusty is something of a
night owl. Stays awake way past
her bedtime.
Every night Mrs. Morgan COM
planned about how hard it was to
get Rusty to go to sleep. Finally
Biff decided to handle the situa-
tion. "Anyone can get a kid to
sleep - takes a little patience!
Here, hand me her storybook."
He grabs the book and goes
into Rusty's room. About an hour
later Rusty comes padding out in
pajamas and hands her mother
the book. Read it quietly" she
Smyrna times., 1953-03-26
From where | sit by Joe Marsh
"BiH" FuIIs for
His Own Story

whispers, $50 we don't wake
Daddy"
From where l sit, Biff won't be
so quick to be "chiId-care spe-
cialist" the next time. If we could
just resist being such 'know it
alls," our neighbors would be
better off. Take those who would
deny me a glass of beer with my
supper = well, I might not care
for the buttermilk they like. We
all ought to realize that we all
have different abilities and diff
ferent preferences, too.
2e M@'4e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-18

Capital FlaShes-Air Chief
Marshal Sir William Elliot.
chairman of the British Joint
Services Mission here, is seri-
ously i'll at Bethesda Naval
Hospital. The tall, slim, good
looking Sir William suffered a
heart attack on Friday. He
was on the critical list yester-
day.
Lord Ismay will see his old
friend, Dwight D. Eisenhower,
when he comes here on March
IL, for a two-day visit. He
will stay at Blair House. Here
on NATO business-he is sec
rotary general of the Perma-
nent Council of NATO-his
host in Washington, in Gen.
Bradley's absence, will be Rear
Admiral Arthur Davis, deputy
United States representative
to the Standing Group. Omar
Bradley, by strange coinci-
dence, will be in England at
the time. He's going over for
Field Marshal ViscouIlt. Mont
gomery's map exercises which
seem to be the same thing as
TeWts in British lingo. TeWt
sounds cute bal, il stands for
tactical exercise without
troops" Lord ISmay, better
known as pug" because of a
certain -doggish look. was
Churchill's military adviser, as
Gen. Sir Hastings Ismay, DUR
ing the war.
The Averell Harrimans left
Washington on Monday for
Hobe Sound, Fla. where they
have a place and where they go
every year. Former Secretary of
Defense Bob Lovett and his
wife have a house there, too,
and are already down there,
They say that Bob Lovett looks
wonderful, is a glowing, healthy
example Of what it means to
get out of Government service
=. The Oscar Chapmans are
Of fha NforTli Gros IN Noyr
Mrs. Dwight Davis sailed to-
day on the Queen Elizabeth
for Europe. She's going to
France and Italy, will check
back here about April /, is not,
apparently, going back for the
coronation. Mrs. Chauncey
Parker, who's been in Wash
ington a month. leaves today
on the new Italian liner, the
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Diplomats
Entertain

Chinese Ambassador and Nine.
Koo were hosts at dinner last
evening entertaining in honor
Of the Chief of Chinese Naval
Operations, Vice Admiral Ma
Chic huang. and the Comman-
dant Of Chinese Marine Corps,
Maj. Gen. Chou Yu-Huan. The
visitors are in Washington for q
series of conferences and have
been entertained by United
States officers.
UnderSecretary Of the Navy
Charles s Thomas was at the
Dime: and officers of the United
States Navy and Marine Corps
in the company included Vice
Admiral Marcus B. Gardner and
Vice Admiral James l.. Hollo-
way. deputy chiefs Of Naval
operations; 1t. Gen. G. c.
Thomas. assistant Commandant
of the Marine Corps; Maj. Gen.
w. D. Brice, assistant comman-
dant of Marines for Air; Rear
Admiral @. A. Fort, Rear Ad-
miral c. c. Hartman, Rear Ad-
miral Tom B. Hill, Rear Admiral
Carl F Espe. Rear Admiral A. A.
Burke. Rear Admiral B. L.
Austin, Capt. s. B. Frankel and
Col. 3. j. Holcomb.
Argentine Ambassador and
Sonora de Paz gave a cocktail
party yesterday entertaining In
their attractive Embassy on @
street. The party was as infor-
NAL as they could make 1t and
therefore they maintained no
set receiving line but were in
the handsome drawing room
through the reception hours Of
8 to 8 o'clock. The dainty host
ess wore becoming gown and
the house was bright with guam
titles Of early spring blossoms.
Guests numbered between 100
and 200 and included personal
friends of the hosts in diplo-
matte, official and congressional
circles as well as q number in
residential groups.
The Japanese Minister and
Nine. Kamimura were ranking
guests at the dinner last evening
when Miss Wilhelmina Hill en-
tertained. The party was planned
In honor Of DR.. Giro Harada,
advisor to the curators in charge
Of the exhibition of japanese
art now on view in the National
Gallery of Art.
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Mr. Hogerty Attempts to Calm Writers

White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty struggled val
iantly yesterday to pour oil on
the White Houses troubled rela-
tions with the distaff side Of the
press.
Facing about 20 women re-
porters at q Women's National
Press Club luncheon at the Con-
gressional Hotel. Mr.. Hagerty
listened to q long. list Of COM
plants about the women's diff
culties in getting news on Mrs.
Eisenhower's activities and social
doings at the executive mansion.
. Much of the trouble stems
from the fact that there is as
yet no social secretary at the
White House, and such few So
cial notes as are available are
released by Mr.. Hagerty to the
men regularly assigned to cover
the White House.
Appointment Uncertoin
The press secretary said he
did not know how soon q social
secretary would be appointed.
I'm the meantime / have been
trying--without much success
to act as social secretary he
said ruefully, He made it clear
he would be delighted to shed
the responsibility just as soon
as possible.
ct Is revealing no secret to
report that the men corre-
spondents are equally unfasci-
mated with describing the table
decorations in the State Dining
Room and other such feminine
lore.)
II refuse to hazard any guess
or description on the clothes
Mrs. Eisenhower is wearing UNI
less someone writes out that de-
scription and hands it to me, "
the harrassed press secretary de-
clared. Il will not at any time
attempt to describe gowns. hats.
shoes, pocketbookS or. so forth
worn by the First Lady"
In an effort to meet some of
the women'S complaints Mr..
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friendship with the star, Rosa.
lind Russell. When she found
out the day before that Miss
Russell was not going to DO
there she changed her mind"
"We are In difficult period
in the administration. the press
secretary said. "All Of us are
actually feeling our way along.
j am sure all these things can bA
worked out. My door is always
open to any press representative
with suggestions.
One woman correspondents
drew a laugh by asking the
speaker: Are women going to get
a-pardon me-fair deal from
the new regime?
Mr.. Haggety drew an even
bigger laugh when he told how ha
had answered President Eisen-
hover, who had asked him II his
luncheon talk was to be on thu
record.
II have. discovered that In
Washington the only way to talk
of the record Is to get In q closet
and talk to yourself-and even
then something may leak out"
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By lsobeIIe Shelton

Hagerty said he would arrange
that q list Of Mrs. EiSenhoWer's
engagements for the following
week be released to the women
either Thursday or Friday each
week. either by himself or by
Mrs. Mary Jane McCaffree, Mrs.
Eisenhower's personal secretary.
It was suggested that Mrs.
McCaffree would be more salts
factory as she "just might be
willing to speculate on the First
Lady'S costumes.
His attention was rather
forcibly" called to the initiative
of women's press corps men,
bers, he said, when he read in
q column that very much to the
horror of some people whisky
was served at the first diplomat
ic reception" He was referring
to an exclusive story by the
Stars Betty Beale.
Other complaints tossed at
the somewhat harried press Sec
Rotary:
A reporter trying to find out
from the Girl Scouts whether
a scout delegation scheduled to
see Mrs. Eisenhower was to be
in uniform. and whether there
were to be two or three scouts,
was told: 1--WE can't tell you.
We have been ordered not to
by the White House. That would
be breaking faith"
A demand was made that a
paper remove from its story
mention of the fact, that Mrs.
Eisenhower was attending the
World Day Of Prayer meeting at
the Washington Cathedral, be-
cause "the White House doesn't
want it published"
Denies Rumof
The issue Of segregation also
was raised. The press secretary
denied that Mrs. Eisenhower
failed to appear at the premier
OF the motion picture, Never
Wave at a Wac because she
disapproved the theater's poll
icy of segregation. 1--WE did not
know what the segregation pol
icy was. Mrs. Eisenhower was
going only out of personal
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Andrea Dora. She's returning
to Rome, where her husband is
now Mutual Security head. :. :
Former. Assistant Secretary Of
the Treasury John Graham
and his wife, Libby. did not sail
for Italy last month but are
heading that way on the 25th
Of this month abroad the Sa-
turnia.
Leopold Quarles van Ufford,
good-looking young Second
Secretary of the Dutch En-
bassy whose Chilean wife,
Anita. is a beauty. says goodby
to Washington next week. His
new orders came through only
three days ago and he has to
be at The Hague pronto to en-
roll in the Defense War College
course there that is similar to
our National War College
course open to key career di-
plomats and military men.
Anita will have to do all the
packing and closing of their
Alexandria house single
handedly. Washington will be
sorry ~ see them lgo.
Democratic Delights
At the Argentine Embassy
cocktail party yesterday Rep
reSentative Albert Thomas said
that he had been at the White
House luncheon earlier in the
day with President Eisenhower
and Adlai Stevenson. In fact,
the President had sat between
him and Stevenson. And, !"
drawled the Texan who's as
Southern as he can be and a
dyed-in the wool Democrat,
Eisenhower hasn't been in
such good company since he
became President"
Senators on Capitol Hill said
their secretaries went on strike
Monday when they learned
that Adlai Stevenson was COM
ing up there. They went out
in the halls and stayed until
his visit was over and for the
rest ,of the day they. couldn't
get any work out of them.
They are frankly puzzled by
this demonstration of the
swoon department in the light
Of the large feminine vote
rolled up on the Republican
side in the election.
And while in the Democratic
vein, 1t was Shirley Woodward
who won the Trumal-auto-
graphed 500 bill at, the Jeffer-
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GoIIoghers'


The Chief Justice and Mrs.
Fred M. Vinson were the rank
ing officials of the United States
at the dinner which Mr.. and
Mrs. Bernard J.. Gallagher gave
last evening in the Washington
Club. Guests from the diplo.
matte circle were Portuguese
Ambassador and Senhora do
Esteves Fernandes, Costa Rican
Ambassador and Sonora do
Oreamuno, japanese Ambassador
Eikichi Araki and Commercial
Counselor Of the Indian Embassy
and Nine. Sujan.
Senator and Mrs. Andrew p.
Schoeppel were there and other
officials in the company were
Senator and Mrs. Edward
Martin. Senator and Mrs.
Spessard Holland and Senator
and Mrs. Willis Smith.
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Exclusively Yours '-r'y '.>--
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Elliot Is Seriously MI;
Lord Ismoy to Stoy at Blair House and See President

Son-JackSon Day dinner in
New York Saturday night. The
wife of former Chief of Proto-
col Stanley Woodward, who
was Ambassador to Canada
until the new administration,
was the one whose name was
drawn by Margaret Truman.
When Margaret saw it she
said, II guess this looks like
collusion," she and Shirley
are very good friends.
The friendship between all
the Trumans and the Wood
wards dates back to the begin
ming of Humans presidency
when the social and protocol
problems peculiar to the White
House had to be quickly learned
and assimilated. The Trun1ans
used to visit, too, at Cole, the
Woodwards' place outside Of
Charlottesville, Va.
Mrs. Woodward, incidentally,
turned the 500 bill, which
raised $2,750 Saturday night.
back to the Democratic Com
mittee to be raffled OF again
as a door prize at the next JEFF
fefson jar ks0lis Day dinner.
Democrats IN the know, who
have commented favorably on
Margaret's first political speech
that was, all of As seconds long.
says that the former Presi-
dents daughter is extremely
interested in politics and they
wouldn't be at all surprised, if
and when she leaves the enter
tainment field, should she step
into the political picture.