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Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
Operation
Santa Claus
Was Successful
In Milford
More Than 100 Deserving
Underprivileged Chill
dren Were "ROyalIy"
Entertained By The
Local V. F. w. Post.

Milford's veterans of wartime
overseas service, members of Mil
ford's much cited V F. W. unit,
Blue Hen Post #6483, accomplished
still another mission" here, last
Saturday afternoon, by again sue
cessfully staging Operation Santa
Claus, an annual project that
serves to make Christmas have
more meaning for more than 100
deserving Milford Area youngsters.
Saturdays affair, held at the Post
Home, here, was the fifth in a
series of V. F. W.-spOnsOred
Christmas Parties for Under
privileged Children, and, according
to all reports, was the biggest and
best yet staged here.
Shortly before noon on Satur-
day, members of the local V. F. w.
post began the big task of trans
porting an estimated 125 children
from their homes to the Post Home.
Upon arrival at the Post Home.
the children were greeted by
Santa Claus, himself, and, after
receiving their fill of all the good
les generally associated with the
holiday, the children were given
just about all the gaily wrapped
gift items that their little arms
could hold. Upon conclusion of the
gift distribution, the children
were transported safely to their
homes. carrying with them memo
ries that will long endure.
Many weeks of preparation and
hard work preceded Saturdays
party. Post and auxiliary members,
under the direction of Paul J. Du-
phily, solicited and collected gift
CONTINUED on page sevenl
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
Archaeologists In
Sussex See Slides
Group Afforded Opportunity To See
Indian Burial Goods

The difficulty of ascertaining
the origin and ages of the differ
ent types of trade goods" found
with Indian burials was stressed
by DR.. John Without, Pennsyl-
vania State archeOlOgist. in an ad-
dress recently before members
and guests of the Sussex County
Archaeological Association in the
Episcopal Parish House, Rehoboth
Beach.
DR.. Without illustrated his talk
with cOlored slides of the trade
goods from the Seventeenth Cen
fury sites in southeastern Pennsyl-
continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
Police Report On
Drinking Drivers
Ten Percent Are Under TWeRty.One,
Statistics Reveal

Almost 10 per cent of the drink
ing drivers involved in accidents
in Delaware during the first 10
months of this year ranged in age
from is to 81
This has been reported by Col.
Harry S. Shew, superintendent of
the Delaware State Police, to the
Governors Highway Safety Com
mittee.
Colonel Shew, emphasizing the
absolute necessity of drivers cut
ting out liquor, warned that one
out of every % fatal accidents in
Delaware during this period of the
year involved one or more drink
ing drivers.
"This should impress every one
Colonel Shew said, that alcohol
and driving simply don't go to-
gether And when they are put to-
gether, the result is usually death
These and other figures in con-
nection with drinking drivers are
CONTINUED on page sevenl
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
Another Premier
At New Milford

One of the latest and newest of
the hit screen attractions is sched-
ulted for a first showing at the
New Milford Theatre on New Years
Eve, Thursday, December, 31st.
when New Milford patrons will
have the opportunity of a first see
ing Of "HondO". starring John
Wayne with Geraldine Page and
Ward Bond, in striking Warner
Color in the new 3 Dimensional
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
Large Store Opened
At Dover Air Base
Exchange, Snack Bar Shows $780,.
900 In improvements

The $4,000 face lifting of the
base exchange retail store and
snack bar at the Dover Air Force
Base has been completed.
The project, the largest recon-
struction job undertaken at the
base, involved a complete structural
change with new equipment Install
ed in both the retail store and the
snack bar. The work was done by
Dundee, Inc, of Wilmington.
Significant changes were the in
stallat.0n of fluOrescent lighting,
overhead cooling system, a new
Continued on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
To Extend Sign-Up
Period For ACP
Kent, COuntians Have Until Jan.
22nd To Participate

The Agricultural Sterilization
and Conservation Committee (old
PMA). of Kent County, voted to
extend the initial sign-up period
for participation in the Agricul-
tural Conservation Program from
December 10th to January 22nd.
at the regular monthly meeting ac-
cording to an announcement by
John L. TarburtOn, Chairman. Diff
ferent procedures have been devel-
oped for the 1854 program, and it
is felt that many farmers had not
realized that each is NOT to be
contacted personally as before.
From 1900 to 1900 farmers in
the county usually take part in the
Continued on page sevenJ
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25

living on farms is fairly typical
of the whole country, according to
William E. Mcdaniel, associate pro-
fessOr of agricultural economics
at the University of Delaware. Nc
Daniel cites a recent report on
farm population figures published
by the Agricultural Marketing
Service Of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
The proportion Of people living
on farms in the United States has
declined rather steadily since 1910.
The actual numbers have fiuctuated
up and down in response to war
and economic influences, the re-
port shows. Even the total num-
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25

VI GSOI SelOWn as members OF the
three-man committee.
The committee craftsmanship
pays yearly salary of $500 and
the two member positions call for
annual salaries of 5000, but the
positions are part-time and the
men will be paid only for the time
which they actually work. It ae-
tually figures out about "a or Is
days per year at an average of
$500 per diem rate.
The new committee will replace
the old Democratic appointed COM
mittee Monday. The chairman of
the Democratic group, Ernest S.
Mattiford, and the members, Ray
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
City Council Decides
To Go To Court
Mayor Cast Deciding Vote On
Contested Bond Issue

In a special session lasting well
past midnight, City Council, on
Monday evening of this week, voted
to fight the court action recently
sought by a group, calling itself
the Citizens Committee, to restrain
the city from accepting bids on a
bond issue previously authorized
by referendum. With the vote tied
at three-all, Mayor Edward c..
Evans cast the tie-breaking vote.
Monday nights session was a
continuance of a special session.
held the previous Tuesday eve
ming and following an issuance of
a temporary restraining order by
continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
Local Banks Will
Take Long Holiday
Will Not Reopen On Saturday,
This Week Or Next

In order that their employees
may enjoy an extra long holiday
at Christmas, both the Milford
Trust Company and the First Nat
iOnal Bank and Trust Company of
Milford, will not reopen on Satur-
day after Christmas, giving their
help the complete weekend from
the closing hour of business on
Thursday, December oath, until
Monday morning, December 28th.
Officials of both banking institu-
tions also stated that they plan to
do the same thing at New Years.
closing Thursday afternoon. De-
cember S1st, and reopening again
for business on Monday, January
4th.
Both banking houses will hold
their yearly annual meetings early
next month. At these, the most i'm
Continued on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
Burton's Open House
Was Big Success
lrve Burton Pleased With Public
Response To New CheVrOIets

Display of the new 1854 Chevro-
let attracted large crowds to I. G.
Burton and Co., Inc, last Friday
and Saturday as the leadership held
its open house to mark the pre-
miere presentation of the new line.
Irwin G. Burton reported that
visitors came from a wide area to
inspect the 1854 model and appear
ed favOrably impressed by the
many new features introduced by
Chevrolet. He commented:
Show Day is the top day of the
year at our place, and this one was
CONTINUED on page ski
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
Corn Is Leader OF
All Crop Values

A corn crop valued at more than
AZ billion dollars topped a list of
this years near-recOrd crops re-
ported this week by the Agriculture
Department.
Cotton ranked second in value
with a crop listed as worth Just
over $3.OOO,O 100000.
Well over the $4,000, 0O0, 900 mark
were wheat and hay. Tobacco and
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
WeUKnOaUn Men Named To
The hlpOrtantASCAgency

Senator John Williams De Thursday that
Pau past master Of the Delaware Grange
appointed chairman
Committee n Delaware W CONSERVATISM
At the disclosed that the DEPARTMENT ne
mas named George Simpson Short
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
Del. Road Victims Have
Reached Total Of 1O2With
Six More Days Still To Go
Flames Cause Deaths Of
Three SUSSEX Co. Residents
brothers Die As Concerted Trailer Home Is
Swept By FIVE At Milton; Aged MiLLsbOrO
Resident Killed When Blaze Races Shack

Three men, two of them brothers living converted trailer at
Milton ana one living in shack MlsbOrO burned to death
late last Thursday night and Friday fires which DESTROYED
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-25
Farm Population Drop
Reflects N0HOn0ITrend

Delawares farm population $4,000 be-
population the propo
living %
This decline percentage people
Evening star., 1953-05-10
Step them ysvrseK with Arub U-D0-I1
and suve hundreds Of doIIars

Swarming time for subterranean ter
mites is here again. These winged in
sects, often mistakenly called "fying
ants" are the reproducers-looking for
q place to set up housekeeping and es-
tablish new colony-to do more dam
age. They nest in the soil. and the
workers" tunnel out in search Of food.
Food for them 10 cellulosa-wood, paper.
etc. That's why your house 10 % attrae-
tive to them. Once inside. they run q
neat shuttle system to and from their
nest. They n1ust get back to the soil
regularly for moisture and to feed other
members Of the colony-or they will die.
The modem. effective way to stop
termites is to poison the coil passage
ways through which they enter and leave
Evening star., 1953-05-10

Distributed at wholesale by
R. Speedily Co., 6325 BIoir Rood NV A. 6-l042
Evening star., 1953-05-10
DohIios Easily Developed For Large Blooms

Dahlias can be grown from
seed, from cuttings and from
tubers. Novices usually start
with tubers or with plants grown
from cuttings, since seeds do
not come true to type. Dahlias
require full sunlight for at least
four to six hours a day. They
will grow in any type OF garden
soil but do best in a sandy loan.
Clay soils can be improved by
mixing with sand. Large-flower-
ing dahlias measuring over 8
inches in diameter) grow usu-
ally from 4 to 7 feet, medium
towering dahlias measuring 4
to 8 inches in diameter) grow
from about 3 to 6 feet, while
small towering varieties (meas-
uring up to 4 inches) grow from
about 2 to 4 feet in height.
They start blooming in mid
summer, unless topped to pre-
vent early blooming, and con-
tinue until frost. They can be
planted from May Is to June Is
and, if full sunlight is available.
late blooms can be obtained
even though planting Is delayed
until July Is.
The soil should be turned over
several weeks before planting
and in the case of large-f1ower-
ing varieties, a fertilizer should
be broadcast, at the rate of
from about three to 5 pounds
for every 10 hills, and mixed in
the soil before planting. A mix
ture of bone meal and dried
COW manure can be used but a
mineralized 6-6-6 fertilizer is
better to get the plants off to a
good start. If the soil is a mod
erately rich garden-type, no
fertilizer should be used in
growing small-flowering varie-
ties, since these should not ex-
ceed 4 inches in diameter. Fer
tilizers should also be used SPAR
ingly in the case of most me-
dium = Towering varieties. If
Evening star., 1953-05-10

ton Planting and It's Mainte-
nance"
The annual flower mart of the
AvOndale Garden Club will be
held Thursday on the lawn Of the
Citizens Bank, Avondale. Plants,
home-baked goods, toys. lunch
and refreshments will be avail
able. Proceeds of the mart will
be used to beautify public prop
critics throughout the community.
The Bradbury Heights Garden
Club will meet at the home of
Mrs. R. Kendall, 1917 Forte Foot
road. Thursday at 8 pm. to dis
cuss plans for the flower show.
The show will be held on May Is
at the First Methodist Church.
Bowen road at Alabama avenue
Sc. and Is open to the public
from 3 to 8 pm.
The National Capital Dahlia
Society will meet Thursday, in
Room 43 Of The National Mu-
scum, Tenth street and Consti-
tuition avenue NV, at 8:15 pm.
An auction sales of dahlia plants
and tubers will be held. Plants of
eleven 1858 introductions will be
offered as we'll as tubers and
plants of older varieties.
The Countryside Garden Club
is sponsoring a spring flower
show at the Dun Loring Fire
house Saturday from 7 to 10 pm.
and Sunday from II am. to Z
pm. Mrs. Ray Fitz Patrick. the
chairman, has announced that
the theme will be Country
Livin'."
The club meets the third Tues
day of each month at 1890 and
is member of the Virginia Fed
Grafton and the National Gar
den League.
Members Of the Potomac Rose
Society and friends are invited
to be the guests Of the president,
Albert E. West, in his rose gar
den at 1909 Emerson street NV.
Saturday from 3 pm. to 5 pm.
Over 800 rose bushes in 100
varieties, selected as most suit
able for this locality, are in this
garden.
Expert rosarians will be on
hand to discuss better points Of
the different varieties and advise
on any problems of rose culture.
In the event Of unfavorable
weather, the garden will be open
on May II. at the same hours.
Evening star., 1953-05-10
By Dr.. Henry c. Porker

drainage is poor, trenches should
be provided between the rows.
Need Long Stakes.
The first step in planting is
to set the stakes. which should
be from S to 7 feet long. They
should be set about feet apart,
or. If the dahlias are planted two
to a stake, the stakes should be
spaced 4 feet apart. Holes are
dug 4 to 6 inches in depth, close
to the stakes. Plants are an inch
or two below ground level. Tubers
should be laid fiat. about 3 to 4
inches below ground, with the eye
about 3 inches from the stakes.
Soil should be filled in leaving
craters. which are gradually filled
in during later cultivation. Plants
should be well-watered and ad-
vantageously protected from di-
rect sunlight for a few hours.
AS soon as the dahlias acquire
three to four pairs Of leaves, the
tips should be broken off (top-
ped). This forces the plants to
produce 6 to 8 branches or canes.
In the case of large-fowering
varieties, all but four of these
branches should be removed.
leaving these to produce blooms.
From six to eight branches can
be left on medium Towering va
rieties. No branches should be
removed from small Towering va
rieties. If these plants do not
branch freely, the first branches
should be topped a second time.
BY midsummer, a light appli-
cation Of 4-8-12 fertilizer is
beneficial for large Towering va
rieties. Dahlias should be cul-
tivated up to about August / and
then mulched without further
cultivation. The plants should
be watered thoroughly about once
a week. For best results, they
should be busted or sprayed once
Evening star., 1953-05-10

a week with an insecticide mix
ture which will kill thrip. aphis.
red spider, corn borer and leaf
hoppers.
When buds appear on the
large-flowering varieties, water
ing should be stepped UP to twice
a week. For the largest blooms
additional fertilizer, preferably q
high potash fertilizer, must be
applied, but with consequent
damage to the tubers.
Leave One Bud to Bloom.
Flower buds appear in clus-
ters at the tops Of the branches.
Only one Of these should be left
to bloom. the others being re-
moved. It requires about 4 to
5 weeks for the smallest buds to
bloom. Blooming can be de-
layed by leaving one Of the side
buds instead of the center bud
in the flower cluster. For the
large and medium Towering
varieties, it is important to re-
move all side branches which
appear on the main branches.
Dahlias should be cut with a
sharp knife with a Slanting cut
and kept in cold water for at
least two hours before being
tranSD0rted
Promptly after the first frost,
the dahlia stalks should be cut
off close to the ground and the
clumps should be stored in the
coldest part Of the cellar in
boxes or baskets. covered to pre-
vent drying out. But openings
must be left for ventilation; 9TH
erwise the clumps will rot. The
clumps can be divided in the
spring, being sure to split the
crowns so that each eye is con-
nected to a tuber. The best way
to learn how to grow dahlias. OF
course, is to join the National
Capital Dahlia Society and at
tend it's meetings.
Evening star., 1953-05-10
Leaf Spot Shows

Leaf spot and leaf blight Of
mountain laurel are on a de-
cided increase.
The wet spring. drought dam
age of last summer and injury
due to the openness Of the past
winter, all. or separately. may
be responsible for the upsurge
of these fungus diseases, pathol-
ogists report.
Evening star., 1953-05-10

For summer bloom in the
shady garden try the free-flow-
ering Impatiens. Impatiens
seems to thrive where no other
summer bloomer will persist.
Browallia, sometimes called the
shade-loving petunia, is another
one worth giving a try. They
are both ANNALS, but plants can
be carried over winter indoors
and propagated from cuttings.
Evening star., 1953-05-10
Garden Club Activities

The next meeting Of the Ma
tiOnal GladiOlus Society will be
held tomorrow night in room 43
Of the National Museum at 8
o'clock. Discussion Of problems
pertaining to the growing and
showing Of gladiolus will be held.
The final bulb auction of the
season will conclude the evening.
The Forest Hills Garden Club
win meet at the home Of Mrs.
d. M. st. Claire. 1910 Linnean
avenue NV, tomorrow. There
will be a plant exchange and a
talk on roses by Mrs. Stanley P.
Young.
The Wesley Heights-Spring
Valley Garden Club will meet
Tuesday afternoon at S O'Clock,
at the home Of Admiral and Mrs.
Harold r. Stark. 1900 Glenbrook
road, for tour Of gardens in the
neighborhood. This will be fol-
lowed by a picnic supper in Mrs.
Santelmann's garden, 4S25 Rod
man street.
The Glen Carlin Garden Club
will meet at 8 pm. Wednesday at
the home Of Mrs. Charles L. AL
win, 5404 South Fourth street,
Arlington. Mrs. A. F. Striker
will discuss flower arranging and
judging.
The Metropolitan African ViO-
let Club will hold it's monthly
meeting Tuesday at 8 pm, at the
Engineers Club, Willard Hotel.
Room lola. Color slides of
Fantastic Gardens" will be
shown.
The Glen Mar Park Garden
Club will meet at $3.50 pm,
Wednesday. at the home of Mrs.
A. Phillip Messina, 5000 Carlton
street. j. Morton Franklin will
talk on spring gardening and
offer comments on subjects
brought by members and their
guests.
The Alta Vista Garden Club
will meet Wednesday at 8 pm.
at the home of Mrs. E. c. Ogle,
40 Lone Oak drive, Bethesda.
Md. Edward Stock of Stocks
Nursery will speak on "Founda-
Evening star., 1953-05-10

Early set chrySanthemums
should be tall enough now for
the second "pinching." This is
important to making them bushy
plants.
Evening star., 1953-05-10

The Alta Vista Garden Club
will meet Wednesday at 8 pm.
at the home of Mrs. E. c. Ogle,
40 Lone Oak drive, Bethesda.
Md. Edward Stock of Stocks
Nursery will speak on "Founda-
Evening star., 1953-09-22

Evening news broadcast
direct from The Stars news
room Monday through FRI
day over Stations WMAL
and WMAL-FM. 6 PM.
Evening star., 1953-09-22

nically impossible to make more
than 100000 color tubes-the
number may be less. BY the
second year the story should be
different.
Meanwhile the way to color
is being smoothed out as the
Federal Communications Com
mission prepares to approve as
fast as normal procedure will
permit the new standards for a
compatible system which makes
possible a universal receiver for
both color and black and white.
Final approval is expected before
the end of the year.
a y X X r.
Preparatory moves by NBC
and CHS, the principal network
proponents of color, including
setting up special studios and ex-
perimental programs, also make
it seem that transition to color
will be a gradual process. Until
an audience is built up, and that
will take time. color programs
just can't be too numerous. 1t
took seven years for black and
white receivers to pass 25 million.
However, during the intro
ductory period the two networks
naturally will try to outdo each
other in being first to color tele-
wise this or that feature. It will
be this drive as much as any,
thing which will be the main
Evening star., 1953-09-22
NEW YORK.

Before color television, now in
the offing, can make much prog
reSS home viewers must be willing
to pay higher prices for re-
ceivers. The new sets are ex-
pected to cost from IS to SO per
cent more than black and white,
and perhaps may even be higher.
At the same time, manufactur-
ing handicaps will tend to hold
down availability of receivers the
first year because it will be tech
Evening star., 1953-09-22
Slowly Is the Way Color
Will Come to TV Networks
By c. E. ButterfieId
Associated Press Stoff Writer

factor in putting over color.
ABC-TV and DuMont indicate
they will mark time for the
present.
Even when color is generally
available, there is some question
whether everything will be
tinted, for it will be more ex-
pensive to produce color shows.
Besides special equipment, more
careful lighting, costuming and
makeup. studio sets must be laid
out more elaborately.
Then there are the stations
themselves. To relay a network
compatible color show, the affil-
late unit must add at least $15,-
600 worth of equipment. If a sta
ton wants to put on it's own
color shows, that will mean extra
apparatus costing $4,000 up.
X 4 4 4
Sponsors are expected to go
along with color although NO
doubt there will be some cost
advances. The prime benefit will
be the showing of their products
in color.
Time for all the first steps
depending as it does on the speed
of audience acceptance, cannot
be specifically outlined, but by
1855 there should be definite
progress. That will give the net
works a year or SO to get rolling
AS they go into color they will
not lose the black-and-white au-
dience because compatible color
registers on those sets in normal
black and white.
The more optimistic say "color
will bring a new era in televiS-
ion," and expect it to spread at
speed equal to the expansion
OF the present TV system. This
could be underway in two or
three years, they add.
They point to the many ad-
vantageS color will give both STU
dio and outdoor programs. For
instance, when the Rose and
Orange Bowl games were tele-
vised last winter much of the
pagentry was lost because the
colors could not register on home
screens. This winter it is hoped
to have at least one and pos
sibly both in color.
AS a prime spende1" in bring
ing color TV down to the start
ing line. RCA and NBC report
their outlay is close to $25 mil
lion. CHS, whose system is be-
ing replaced with the compatible
method, figures it has spent So
to SIS millions.
X X y
RED RETURNS-Red Shelton
in a new berth on CBS-TV op-
posite the combined Milton
Berle-Bob Hope series of NBC-
TV, will open his new season at
$50 tonight. 1t will be carried
here on Saturday on WTOP-
TV at 7 p.m). Berle and Hope
will alternate two Tuesdays a
month each, with Berle the first
to return next Tuesday.
Also on CBS-TV at 10 tonight
Ed Murrow will resume his See
1t Now" with the first program
expanded to an hour for a spe-
cial Berlin filming.
Evening star., 1953-09-22

Horv MocArthur's column will op-
peor on the dromo poee while Stor
Dromo Editor Joy Cormody is on
Yocotion.
Evening star., 1953-09-22

Party Member of Parliament,
discuss Disarmament: How and
When?"
1915, WASH - Hazel Markell
Show: Margaret Thompson Bid
die is guest.
TeIevision Today.
500, WTTG-Make a Million
Jerry Lester is featured on a
special try-out show.
800, WT0P - This Is Show
Business: Betty Furness is guest,
800, WNBW-Fireside Thea
ter: John Warburton and Ger
trude. Michael star in His Name
Is JASON"
800, WTTG-Spotlight Play
Evening star., 1953-09-22
HiqhIiqhts
Rodio Todoy.

8:55, WINK - Baseball: Mil
waukee VS.. st. Louis.
800, WMAL-America's Town
Meeting: Senator Ralph E..
Flanders; Joseph E. Johnson,
president of the Carnegie En-
dowment for International Peace,
and r. w. G. Mackay, Labor