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Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Siren Serenade
Given Newlyweds
All Five Trucks Join Wedding
Parade OF Member

Shortly after noon on Saturday
last, Milford residents rushed to
their windows as the entire fleet
of equipment of the Carlisle Fire
Company drove slowly through the
main streets of Milford with sirens
blowing wide open. Residents Won
dered just what had happened.
Inquiry revealed that prominent
fireman had just gotten married.
and the fire company had sur
rounded his wedding car with fire
trucks.
The parade was in honor of the
wedding of Miss Ella ROslyn
Sharp, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Garfield Sharp of Milford, and
Joseph H. McFaul, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace McFaul of Milford.
They were married in Avenue
Methodist Church last Saturday
morning by the Rev. Robert E.
Green, pastor.
The bride works for the State
Auditor at Dover. Mr.. McFaul is
hre recorder of the Carlisle Fire
Company, and an accountant with
Bayard c. Wharton Ford agency
of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Sen. Williams Cites
Republican Record
Senator Says COP Does Not
Shirk In Doing
Duty

U. S. Senator John j. Williams,
well-knOwn for his effective one
man war against corruption in gov
eminent, said last Friday night
that "the Republican Party does
not shirk it's duty when it comes
time to expose corruption in it's
OWE ranks"
Asserting that neither the Re
publican nor the Democratic party
has a monopoly on virtue" 2ena-
tor Williams said THE Democratic
Party not only shirked its duty
but in some cases cOndoned the
crime"
Addressing an audience of near
ly 1000 Republican Party leaders
and workers at the annual Lincoln
Day Dinner, held in the State
AImOry, Tenth and DUPONT Streets,
Wilmington, the Senator said that
America had "just finished one of
the most prosperous years in its
history"
$lOOOOO.OO0 Saving
He said that reductions in Gov
eminent expenditures by the Re-
publican Party during its first year
brought direct savings to the tax
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12

date selected for the annual Mem
bership dinner meeting is March
10, the place and time of dinner
TO re announced later. Mr.. Baxter
is chairman on arrangements and
Floyd Short is chairman in charge
of tickets. The remainder Of the
committee comprises Lucius Webb
and Granville Shockley, of Mil
ford; Mrs. Edwin Williams, Sea-
ford; Daniel Galloway, Bridgeville,
r. D.; Austin Short, Georgetown;
Thomas Rust, MillsbOrO, and Cliff
ton Murray, Selbyville.
In the discussion on services of
the Farm Bureau, it was pointed
out by Mr.. Baxter that Blue Cross
Surgical COverage is now avail
able to Farm Bureau members at
the lower group rates and fami-
lies of members not now covered
by Blue Cross may enroll under
the Farm Bureau Group or if al
ready covered may transfer to the
group and receive lower rates.
Members Of the organization may
also obtain discounts through con-
CONTINUED on page sixl
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Disease Warning
Service Big Help

Teamwork is demonstrated by
plant Psychologists who cooperate
with federal scientists to control
serious crop diseases.
The University of Delaware's
extension plant pathologist, Dr.
John w. Heuberger, explains that
plant Psychologists here, as we'll as
in SO other states, are reporting
disease outbreaks to the Plant Dis
ease Warning Service of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. The
federal service, directed by DR..
Paul r. Miller, has operated since
1919.
State pathologists keep a special
watch for the occurrence and
spread of crop diseases. In Della
ware, the warning service has been
particularly helpful in alerting
growers to the presence and seri-
Ccontinued on page sevenD
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
OF Group
Extended To Mr.. Mack
lin For Accepting Post;
E. F. Williams, Fund
Director.

At the directors meeting OF
Branch Area 6. American Red
Cross, held in the High School
Monday evening, February Sth,
George T. Macklin officially ac-
eepted the Office of Chairman OF
the Area and expressed to the
members present the fact that Red
Cross must not be forgotten. ct
is an important organization to
any community" said Mr.. Macklin,
"and makes a valuable eontribu-
ton to the work that is being
done in Milford" A. r. Humes.
Disaster Chairman of the Area.
expressed the appreciation of All
interested people to Mr.. Macklin
for accepting this responsibility
and for the challenge of the Red
Cross. Ebert f. Williams, presi-
dent of the Milford Trust Com
pany, will be chairman of the
Fund Campaign for the 1854 drive.
A kick of dinner for the drive
will be held shortly before the
beginning of the campaign and
SAAO NNNC VIII Bc announced later.
Mr.. Humes, working with Mr..
Macklin, will be chairman for the
arrangements for this opening
dinner. David Hugg, well known
real estate man of Milford, was
appointed chairman of Safety SER
vices. AS Disaster chairman. Mr..
Humes expressed his concern re-
garding the committees set up for
disaster, and asked that a meeting
be held next month, at which time
a film could be shown, so that Der-
sons present might see the plan
of action in case of emergencies.
He stated that Milford and the sur
rounding area is unprepared IL
disaster strikes. Said Mr.. Humes,
"All phases of this work should be
active and prepared to the fullest
extent in case of need. Because OF
good fortune people do not realize
Continued on Page Seven)
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
White House
Safety Meet
Next Week
Forty Delawareans Are
Scheduled To Attend
Session At Their Own
Expense.

How individual communities can
help solve the nations highway
accidents problem will be the sub
ject of the White House Confer
ence on Highway Safety next week.
which will be attended by 40 Della
wareans.
According to Walter B. McKen-
drick, Jr, chairman of the Cover
nor's Highway Safety Committee.
President Eisenhower believes that
this entire matter must be ap-
preached from a local level, and
the President himself will appear
at the opening session on Wednes-
day, February II, in the General
Services auditorium.
Governor J. Caleb BOggs assign
ed McKendrick the task of select
ing interested citizens from civic
and educational groups to attend
the conference, and said that he
was delighted with the response.
Il am sure that after our 40
representatives receive this brief
ing in Washington they will return
inspired to do all they can to pro-
mote safety on our state highways"
Governor BOggs declared.
Most of the Delaware party will
be housed at the Statler Hotel, ac
cOrding to McKendrick. All are
attending on a basis of paying
their own expenses and in the in
terest Of service to their commun-
ity.
Conference deleagtes are: Gov
ernor J. Caleb Boggs, Walter B.
Mckendrick, Jr., Mrs. Thomas
Herilihy, Jr., of Wilmington; Mrs.
Otis Smith, Lewes: Mrs. Joseph
Ennis, Smyrna, president. State
Federation of WOmen's Clubs; Mrs
Donald Il, Evans. Lewes Beach:
Mrs. William n. Cam of Whining
ton.
State Representative Mrs. Vera
G. Davis of Dover, DR.. Elizabeth
Phillips. of Georgetown, president,
Delaware Federation of Business
and Professional WOmen's Clubs;
Walter c. Crawford business rep
resentative, Transfers Interna-
tional, Local l07; Leo Green, pres
CONTINUES on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12

the Shore Theatre during the
hours of 1:45 to 400 p. m, every
day except Wednesday and Thurs
day; and evenings from 500 to
800.
Bert Willis" will act as In
terlOcutOr" during the first half
of the show. His "Endmen" are
Spence "SlewfOot" Willis; Harold
"Hambone" WEIGH; Harvey Lover
boy" Williams; Harvey Eight
Ball" ShOckley; Fred "Snow-BalI"
Geyer; Jim Bones" Carnright.
The Supreme Endmen are Jake
"Skin-Head' Rosa and Walt
Ebony" Muncy.
A variety of acts will set off the
second half of the show which will
be in the form of a "Hoe-Down"
with Walt Muncy as acting Master
of Ceremonies.
Tap dancing stylist Jack Lever
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Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12

so popular from 1890 to 1900; and
valentine post cards.
Several of the valentines with
delicately pierced and embossed
backgrounds form focal points of
the exhibit. One of these is deco
rated with hand painted applied
paper flowers and leaves surround
ing a. small embossed and silver
gilded envelope containing a note
dated saint Valentines 1849",
which reads:
l wish altho' 'twere wishing
bliss
One other happiness were
mine
That you would send me one
sweet kiss
And take me for your
Valentine.
Two unique and rather rare
valentines in the form of a spray
of peoples, daisies and other flow
eTs cut from paper and cloth, en-
closed with a cupid of painted
bisque in hand-blown glass cases
are included in the exhibit.
CONTINUED on page seVen)
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Motor Fuel Tax
AT All Time High

For the first time in the thirty
years that motor fuel tax has been
in effect in Delaware, the receipts
from that tax for the month Of
December exceeded a half million
dollars. Likewise it was the seventh
month for the year Of 1858 that
more than a half million dollars
was collected IN this tax.
This was revealed in q report
prepared for Leroy f. Hawke, Secre-
tary Of the State Highway DEPART
ment, and Administrator Of the
Motor Fuel Tax Division, by II.
D. Cluley, IT., Auditor for the divi-
sion.
The total amount Of tax collected
for December which was received
by the Division in January was
s513, 42O.19, an increase OF $S6. 667.S4
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Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Dollar DAYS
Now Getting
Under Way
In Milford
Mid-Winter Sales Fete
Is Being Sponsored By
Mercantile Division Of
The Milford Chamber
OF Commerce.

All roads lead to Milford today
and tomorrow Friday and Saturday,
February ~ and Is for one of the
greatest sales fetes in Milford's
shopping history, the 1854 semi
annual Dollar Days.
The merchants of Milford have
we believe put forth a great honest
effort to bring to the resident of
lower Delaware, some real savings
on fresh seasonal merchandise, and
at the same time give them a pre-
view Of styles for Spring.
The Dollar Days are a semi
annual event and are sponsored by
the mercantile division of the Mil
ford Chamber Of Commerce, of
which Wilson w. Sockrider is the
chairman. Mr.. Sockrider, has been
assisted in the Dollar Bays pro-
motion by A. Calvin Ball, president
Of the Chamber of Commerce and
Robert H. Yerkes, secretary of taht
group.
An insight into just what awaits
you at the cooperating stores in
Milford on Dollar Days may be
Ntained by carefully reading the
advertisements appearing on pages
seventeen to TWENTY-FIVE Of this
issue Of the Milford Chronicle.
The following merchants of Mil
ford extend to the shoppers of the
DelMarVa Peninsula an invitation
to come to Milford today and to-
morrow and see for themselves just
what is going on, and remember
Milford has thelargest free parking
lot in the entire state of Delaware,
conveniently located near the bust
ness district Sears, ROebuck &
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Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
H. E. Lynch, Jr. Heads
Kent Heart Drive
Lawyer, Bankers, VIII Assist Cam.
paign Now Starting

Howard E. Lynch, Jr., president of
Dover's First National Bank, and
president of the Delaware Bankers
Association, is vice chairman of the
Kent County COmmitte in the 1854
Heart Association campaign.
The $4,000 goal of the February
appeal is being sought in letters to
members and friends of the Della
ware Heart Association, and by red
plastic coin containers distributed
throughout the countries, exclusive
of Wilmington,by members of the
State Grange.
The appointment of Mr.. Lynch, a
well known Dover attorney who has
been Dover bank president since
1913, was made by George M. Mac
LeOd, Heart Association president,
and c. Douglas Buck, Jr., campaign
chairman.
Among the principal uses to which
the money will be put in Delaware
is the work Of the free clinic
continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Delegate Sought For
Farm Youth Exchange

The opportunity of a life time
awaits some young man or wO-
man from rural Delaware.
This is the opportunity to visit
a foreign country as a delegate of
the International Farm Youth Tx
change program. Applications are
now being sought for the 1854
fall and winter phase of the pro-
gram.
The IFYE delegate would spend
four to six months with farm fam
lilies in another country. On his
retuTni he would spend consider
able time speaking of his expert
ences. At the same time, a young
man or woman from the foreign
country would visit Delaware
farm people
Purpose Of the IFYE, says Sam
uel NJ. Gwinn, state All leader, is
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Dates Set For The
Kent Sussex Fair
Down States Big Event
Scheduled For July rs
To 31st

The S5th Annual Kent and Sussex
Fair will be held at Harrington,
Delaware, July Goth to July 31st
inclusive it was announced today
by T. Brinton Holloway, secretary
and general manager.
Mr.. Holloway stated that the
Fair would be open on Monday
night, July 18th with On Automobile
Thrill Show presented by Irish
Koran and his Lucky He'll Drivers.
Stake racing will be a new fea-
ture at the 1854 Fair, when on Tues
day the Kent and Sussex County
Fair Stake No. will get under way
with the 2 year-Old-trot. The 2-year-
continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Population Surrey
Due Here Next Week
Will Provide Up To Date
Figures On Employment
And Unemployment

The Current Population Survey
will be conducted in this area dur
ing the week of February 18th, ac-
cOrding to Supervisor Orville G.
Demaree of the U. S. Census Bur-
eau district office at Baltimore,
Maryland.
The Current Population Survey,
taken monthly here and in 229
other areas throughout the coun-
try, provides up-to-date national
figures on employment and unem-
plOyment. This information is
used by business and government
Continued on Page Seven)
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Good Is My Landlord"
At Greenwood Feb. ID
Famous Hayden Play Will Be Pre-
scented At Church At 1880 P NJ.

"
Perry Hayden, the Quaker Mill
er" of Tecumseh, Michigan, who
planted a cubic inchl of wheat in
1910 that grew in 6 years to cover
1866 acres of land, producing a
harvest of 1880 bushels of wheat,
worth $150,000, appears with the
late Henry Ford in the world
famous, cOlor-sOund film, God Is
My Landlord. 1t is to be shown at
Greenwood M e thodist Church,
Greenwood, Della ware, Sunday,
February 14th, at 1880 p. m.
The inspiration for Mr.. Hayden's
experiment was the text of a SER
mon, John 1924, preached Septem-
Der %, 1910, which spoke of wheat.
1t attracted the attention of Hay
den, head of a milling firm in
Tecumseh, an active layman and
an enthusiastic tither. He decided
TO take God at His word and see
what would happen" by planting.
harvesting, and tithing wheat.
That very week. Hayden planted
one cubic inch of wheat seed, $50
kernels, on a tiny plot of land, A.
X s., furnished by the late Henry
Ford. He determined to pay a 1.-THE
of the crop, as commanded in Mala-
chi $40, and to plant the remain
ing nine-tenths, repeating this for
continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Many Graduated
In Carnegie Course
Graduates Feted At Commencement
Banquet; New Class Forms Feb. %

DuuYuCAS NCW NAdSS EOIIuS 4 tDs S0
A class of twenty-One, including
many Milford folk were recently
graduated from a Dale Carnegie
course. The graduates were feted
at banquet held at Anne's Res
taurant
The class president. and toast
master, for the occasion was City
Councilman Chester c. Coffin,
while the commencement address
was delivered by John E. DoOrdan.
vice-president and general man
ageT of Newton Chemical and Sup
ply Company, Bridgeville.
The diplomas we're presented by
Carlos Crawford, certified Dale
Carnegie instructor and a director
of Salisbury Institute, Salisbury,
Md. The recipients follows:
Chester c. Coffin, President, Mil
ford, Del; John r. Burris, Vice
President, Milford, Del; Mildred S.
Webster, Treasurer, Milford, Del. {;
Lillian 1. Martin, Secretary, Mil
ford, Del; Roy r. Adams, Denton.
Md; Michael J. Amrhein. Milford.
Del; Remsen c. Barnard, III,
Milford, Del; r. Weldon Brown,
Bridgeville, Del; Lester E. Can
CONTINUED on page seVen)
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George 7. MackLn
NeW Chairman Of
Area 6, Red Cross
HOUSTON P. I. A. TO
HOLD AUCTION FEB. 90

The members of the Hous-
ton Pareat-Teachers Asso-
citation are busily planning
for their annual auction
sale, which will be held
Friday evening, February
Goth, at the Houston Fire
House.
AS usual, everything will
be offered for sale from
"tOOthpicks to hammer
handles, with the proceeds
to be used to procure new
folding chairs to take care
of overflow crowds attending
m e etin g S, entertainments.
etc. at the school. At the
present time the school is
using chairs owned by the ,
Houston Fire Company.
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
New Term Started
By Dover Officials
Election In Capital Was Without
Contest Or Issue

The present Dover city admin
istratiOn, headed by Mayor w. Ed
ward Hannah, began a new term
at the city council meeting Mon
day night of this week.
Mayor Hannah and COuncilmen
w. G. Davis, Gilbert H. Mundy.
Ralph R. Fischer, and H. N. Helm,
who have served one two-year
term each, were reelected without
opposition in January. HOldover
council members are: Stanley Pet
ty, Victor E. Holpp, Kenneth O.
Smith, and Willard F. Biddle.
Continued on Page Seven)
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Bill Brown Heads
Deans List At Wesley
Milford Boy Has 1893 Out OF A
Possible 4

Seventeen students were named to
the Deans list for the first semester
at Wesley Junior College, accord
ing to an announcement today from
Dean Robert Kilby. The Deans List
is composed of all of those students
who make at least a "B" average
with no grade below CO..
The students in order of college
standings are: William Brown, Mil
ford, Delaware; Edna Miller,
Kennedyville, Maryland; Marie
Brown, Dover, Delaware; Jean
Nelly, Dover, Delaware; Don Moore,
Dover, Delaware; Don Moore,
Dover, Delaware; Gail O'Hearn,
Livingston, N. j.; James Hazel,
Continued on Page y
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Milford Nu Chapter
Outlines Spring Rush
Miss Jeanette Won CORES Is
Captain OF The Program

Gateway to Friendship" is the
theme chosen by Beta Sigma Phi
International headquarters for it's
spring rush program.
Miss jeanette Won CORES, vice
president of Milford M Chapter and
and rush captain, has indicated that
six or more prospective members
attended the combination Valentine
and Rush Party on February 10, at
the home of Mrs. David Greene, on
Lakeview Avenue.
At a later date, tea will be given
Continued on Page y
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Announce Policy For
Miss Delmarva Contest
Chairman Earl Hawk, Greenwood
Announces Set.Up

Announcement Of the policy of
the Miss Delmarva VII" contest
for 1854 was made by Earl S. Hawk,
Greenwood, General Chairman for
this activity of the Delmarva
Chicken Festival.
Local elimination contests to Sc
lect community representatives will
be held in March, April and May-in
IL Delaware areas, 10 Maryland
areas, and Virginia areas.
Any service club or other or
ganization DESTROYS Of sponsoring
a local elimination contest in it's
respective area should contact Mr..
Earl Hawk at the earliest possible
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Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Georgetown Municipal
Election March 9th
Mayor Harvey Spicer Expected To
File For Reelection

The annual election in George
town, which is held on the first
Saturday in March, will be con-
Quoted under rules contained in
the Town Charter as amended in
the last session of the State Legis
lature, with reference to eligible
voters and the filing of candidates
for election to the Council.
According to the Charter, as
amended, residents who are q
years or older, who have resided
in the town for at least six months
and who is not delinquent in re-
spect to any town taxes levied,
provided that the delinquent tax
of any resident taxable must be
paid prior to the day of the said
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Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Gas Diversion
Indictment Fixed
Smyrna Man Pleads Guilty To
Fraudulent Usage

William H. Waters of Smyrna was
indicted by the Kent County Grand
Jury on Monday on a charge Of
fraudulent diversion and use of gas
from the lines of the Dover Gas
Light Company to his home on
Church Street, Smyrna, without a
meter. The diversion of the gas is
alleged to have taken place from
January 20, 1850, to October 26,
1858. Waters pleaded guilty and the
court referred the case to Probation
continued on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
DeJauUare State Museum Is
Presenting Unique Display

different and styles representative of
subject
Delaware today
samples finely pattern
publishers the 1885, pded themselves
valentines
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
Board Of Health GiUes
Child InDn1unisatiOn Facts

Has your child been protected by immunizaion?
been estimated that o
infants mmunized
lockaw some time during their first
This information based by
State Board of Health Of the first 1000 children
Milford chronicle., 1954-02-12
SUSSEX Farm Bureau Group
Sets Date OrAnnu0ZDinner

The directors of the Sussex County meeting the
Center near Georgetown set the date for the
bershp Meeting
Bureau members and pertaining to farm
legislation and other policies.
James Baxter president Of the Sussex presided The
Evening star., 1954-10-07

Ruth Sleeper. president of the
National League for Nurses, and
Agnes Ohlson, president of the
American Nurses Association,
will be among those witnessing
the signature.
Gen. Eisenhower was back in
his Office today after taking most
Of the day off yesterday to fish
for trout on the ranch of Bal
Swan, Denver businessman, near
Pine, Colo.
With the cooperation of the
Colorado State Highway Patrol,
he fished in relative privacy. Re-
porters and photographers were
invited inside the ranch gates to
stand beside his fishing stream
and watch the President catch
his first two trout, but then were
asked to leave.
After that, a highway patrol
car kept newsmen from parking
on the State highway overlook
ing a good portion of the stream.
It was from this road that some
reported they saw the President
catch over the legal limit of 10
trout when he went fishing there
early in his Colorado vacation.
Evening star., 1954-10-07
Johnston Reelected
By Aircouch Group

H. B. Johnston of Washington
yesterday was unanimously re-
elected president of the Air
coach Transport Association
during the groups annual meet
ing in the Mayf1ower Hotel.
New members of the board Of
directors are Irving E. Hermann,
Great Lakes Airlines, and Kirk
Kerkorian, Los Angeles Air
Service. Reelected were Roy C.
Briten. Westair Transport; Gus
Callas, General Airways; r. D.
Jones. United States Overseas
Airlines; o. L. Morrow, Meteor
Air Transport, and H. D. Robin
son, Peninsular Air Transport.
Evening star., 1954-10-07
Actor Guy Madison
Divorces Gail Russell
-AP Wirephoto.
BY the Associated Press

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Oct.
7.-Cowboy Actor Guy Madison,
80, separated more than a year
from Actress Gail Russell, 20,
obtained a divorce by default yes
terday.
Originally named defendant
in a divorce action filed by the
actress, Mr.. Madison obtained an
interlocutory decree from Supe-
rior Judge Allen T. Lynch on the
actors cross complaint after the
court was told Miss Russell was
dismissing her suit.
Mr.. Madison agreed to pay his
wife $4,000 cash plus minimum
alimony of $4,000 a year tor the
next 10 years, or until she re-
marrieS.