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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-09-28
Rough Riders
Unsaddled 200

A strong HiIliard eleven sound
ly defeated the West jefferson
Rough Riders on the Iatter's grid
iron here Friday night. The score
was 90. Max Gray scored all
three touchdowns for the visitors
while Bill Walker kicked two out
of three placements.
West Jefferson will meet Uni
versity High here next Friday.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-09-28

Settlement Of Account. Account and
vouchers of the following named
person and estate have been filed
- the Probate Court of Madison
County, Ohio for approval and set
tlement: Glenn f. Kelso Estate
Number 12,125 Docket Page H.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-09-28
GEORGE 0GILVIES
HAVE DAUGHTER

Mr.. and Mrs. George Ogilvie,
announce the birth of a daughter,
Annette, Monday, September 13.
The Ogilvies returned to their
borne at $50 Wedgewood Drive
Columbus, Friday, after a visit at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Shipley.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-09-28
PERSONALS

Miss Ruth Daily of Palmer,
Nebraska, is making her head
quarters at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Kell, while she is
here for an extended visit with
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stephenson
had as their guests last week,
their nephew, Charles Stephenson
and Mrs. Stephenson of New York
City.
Eddie Roberts of ObetZ juno
ton, was the guest last Tuesday
afternoon of Mr.. and Mrs. t. z.
Lewis.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-09-28

ATHENS, OHIo-The late Thomas N. Hoover.
ght for 80 years professor OF history at Ohio Uni
verSty, Is the author of 2T4-pase book published
this summer feature of the universitys sesqui-
centennial observance. Entitled The History OF
Ohio University" the volume represents the most
complete history written during the schools $50 years
of existence. Reproduced above are the opening
pages OF the book The history was published BY
the Ohio University Press. whose first publication
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-09-28

Mrs. Curtis Finney attended the
Hickman reunion at Lake jackson,
Sunday, September 10.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-09-28
Ohio University History by Prof. Hoover
Published AS Sesquicentennisl Feature
The Founding of Ohio University

C)NFEeRUARY 10. 1901 the General Assembly Of oho
sased IN establish university the q Athens -Four
yean Ohio UnvertY opused r~osoom brd building
~ snxe instructor ard thee students Nodes this eanS sea
DENY claim the distinction Of beng the hrS seat o.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-09-28

earlier this year was Charles Allen Smart's The
Green Adventure" historical drama of the univer-
sitys founding.
Professor Hoover who died in 1851 tells the story
OF Ohio University In chronological order through
the administration of each of the ID presidents
DR.. John G. Baker. who has been president since
le45 writes in the foreword that the comprehensive
ness Of the book adds to fuller understanding of
America"
The Nome nugget., 1954-01-25
Cpl. Dickinson
Faces Charges OF
Dealing With Reds
WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, R-Cpl. Ed
ward S. Dickinson, a Virginia
farm boy who changed his mind
about staying with the Commu-
nists in Korea, faces Army char
ges that he dealt illegally with his
Red captors to get better treat
ment. If tried and convicted of
one of the charges, he could be
sentenced to death.
The Army notified Dickinson
of the charges Friday, then placed
him under arrest at its Walter
Reed Hospital here, where he has
been undergoing a physical exam
ination.
The 23-year-old soldier stands
accused Of unlawfully holding
intercourse with the enemy" to
get Favorable treatment" The
formal charges say his activities
hurt other prisoners Of war held
by the Reds.
Officials explained that the filing
of these arges-based on accu-
sations by former fellow prisoners
is only a preliminary action. 1t
does not even necessarily mean he
will be brought to trial.
A second American, Cpl. Claude
]. Bachelor, renowned the Com
munists on New Years Day. He
is in the Tokyo General Hospital.
The Far East Command said
Friday it has no knowledge of any
similar action that may be taken
against Bachelor The soldiers
mother, Mrs. D. l.. Bachelor, said
in Kermit, Texas, she hopes her
son will come home land face
whatever he has to face.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Large Attendance
Predicted At Rodney

The largest attendance at the
Rodney Scout Camps in its 81
years of operation is predicted for
the 1854 season by Phillip G..
RhOads, Chairman of the Camping
and Activities Committee of the
Del-Mar-Va Council, Boy Scouts
of America.
Mr.. Rhoads reports that to date
over 100 Troops have paid regis
trations covering 1000 camper
weeks. These Scouts will attend
Rodney with their Troops under
the leadership of their own Scout
masters, or as small groups from
their own Troops, or as individ-
uals under the supervision of Camp
Scoutmasters supplied by the
Camp.
If the registrations for Rodney
continue at the present rate. the
present facilities at Rodney will
be taxed to the limit, but there is
still available space
Scouts who are planning to 60
10 Rodney as individuals and camp
in the Provisional Section are urged
to register early with their Scout
continued on page eight)
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Memorial Day Buddy Poppy
Services Will Day Due Here
Cover 3 Days Tomorrow
Will Begin Next Friday,
May %, With Observa-
tiOn At The Schools;
Parade On Saturday.

Due to Memorial Day falling on
Sunday, Memorial exercises, in the
Milford Area, this year, will be
spread over a three-day period, be-
ginning with the usual exercises
in the schools, on Friday, May 2Sth
and ending with the traditional
decorating of graves on Sunday,
May 30th. AS in previous years,
local Observances will be under
sponsorship of the areas veterans
organizations.
AS in previous years, Blue Hen
Post No. 6483, V. T. W., will pre-
sent the program for the Milford
Schools. This program. now being
arranged by Dale L. NOlen, patrio-
tic officer Of the local v. F. w.
post, will feature an address by a
we'll known speaker on "The Sig
nificance of Memorial Day; the
school band, a color guard from
the sponsoring post, local clergy
and school and city officials will
also participate. The program will
be presented as part of a special
assembly and will get under way
at 2 p. m. on May 28th.
The traditional Memorial Par
ade and graveside exercises will
be held the morning of Saturday.
May 29th. The parade, featuring
continued an page five)
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Milford Electric
Equipment Sold
Auction Of Generating Ma
chinery Brings Only
S4,577

MilfOrd's unused electrical gen.
Grating equipment was sold this
week at public auction. The equip
ment had been laying idle since
the city had signed a contract with
the Delaware Power and Light
Company a year ago to supply
power for the city.
Persuant to a referendum in the
city, local officials obtained the
service of Samuel T. Friedman
Company of Philadelphia and BOs-
ton to conduct the auction. The
sale was advertised in eastern
trade journals and newspapers.
The large generator and the me-
dium generator were sold to the
Samuel MeldeTman Company of
Philadelphia. The Delaware Com
pressed Steel Company of Will
mingtOn purchased the small gen.
orator and the boilers.
A mOtOr-driven coal cOnveyer
and a large steel storage hopper
for coal were sold to the MallOy
Machine Company of Philadelphia.
1t was estimated that the total
receipts of the sale would be S4.-
577 so from which the auctiOneers
fees will be taken. The machinery
continued on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Sussex Bankers Held
Session At Laurel
Group Enjoyed Banquet
And Dance Last

About lis members and guests
OF The Sussex Chapter American
Institute of Banking held their
first annual banquet and dance at
the Laurel Legion Home on May
~. 1854.
Glenn w. Ward, President for
i95S-54, presided and introduced
distinguished guests, including:
Mr.. George A. Reese, Equitable
Security Trust Company, Whining
ton, Delaware, First Vice Presi-
dent Wilmington Chapter A. I. B.;
Mr. Edward c. Travers, Delaware
Trust Company, Wilmington, Del
aware, Second Vice President Will
mington Chapter A. I. B.; Miss
Katherine 0'Rourke, Farmers Bank,
Wilmington, Delaware, Chairman
of the WOmen's Committee, Will
mingtOn Chapter A. /. B; Mrs. Em-
ily H. WOmach, The Sussex Trust
Company, Laurel, Delaware, Chair
man Delaware Group Association
Of Bank Women and Mr.. Marshall
G. Tyndall, Sr., President Whining
ton Chapter A. /. B.
The invocation was given by
Joseph L. Marshall who also led
IN group singing during the course
of the evening.
Mr.. Ward gave a report of the
Years activities and installed the
new officers fOr the year 1954-55
as follows: President, Mr.. William
taont.nue0 on page fivel
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Mills. Alumni
.TOHOld Annual
.DinnerinHOnOr
OF Graduates
Rear Admiral J. Lock-
wood Pratt To Speak
At Affair On Friday,
June 4th, At The High
School.

Graduates of Milford High School
will gather at the High School
Cafeteria on Friday evening, June
4th, at $50, when the Milford
High School Alumni Association
holds it's annual dinner meeting
in honor of the graduating class
of the high school, About 300 alum
nj and their guests are expected
to attend. Mrs. Martha McC.
Prettyman, president of the asso-
citation, said this week.
Rear Admiral J. Lockwood
Pratt, native of Milford, will be
the principal speaker of the eve
ming. Admiral Pratt, who left this
city in 1918 to enter the u. S.
Naval Academy, has never lost
contact over the years with his
many friends in Milford. He and
his wife, the former Mary Grier.
daughter of the late DR.. and Mrs.
Frank L. Grier, are frequent visi-
tors here when they vacation with
his mother, Mrs. J. Lynn Pratt.
David A. Clements, Jr., will act
as POSTMASTER of the evening,
during which presentation of a
$500 scholarship will be made to
one of the graduates. Results of
the annual election of officers will
also be announced at that time.
The slate nominated as candidates
this year are: For DreSiCert
Thomas L. Faix. '43, and Mrs.
Octavia Leverage French, 81: for
ylce-president, Mrs. Mary Hallett
Jamison, '23, and R. Emerson
Meredith, '36; for secretary. Doris
Anne wilkins, 81, and Ruth Ann
Beideman, so; and for treasurer
Mrs. Carrie HummeIl Bowman. '26
and Mrs. Virginia Lindale Glen
daniel, 40
Members of the Association have
continued on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Marble Champ Will
Vie For State Honors

The three 11-year-old young
stcrs, who came out on top in the
V. F. W.-spOnsOred marble tour
ndment held here last month, will
go to Newark on Sunday, May
2Srd, to compete for state cham
piOnship honOrs, and the right to
represent Delaware in the national
tournament to be held at Akron,
Ohio, this summer. The Milford
entries will be Russell ArgO, win
ner of the local tourney; Wayne
Isaacs, runner-up, and ROnnie
Payton, third place winner. The
local entries will be accompanied
by members of Blue Hen Post No.
6483, V. F.. W., sponsors of this
years Milford Marble Tournament.
Johnny Mueller, of Newark, won
state marble laurels in last years
V. F. W.-spOnsOred tournament and
then went to Portland, Oregon.
where he made creditable show
ing in the national finals. In 1850.
Tilton Holt, young colored boy
from Wilmington, went on from
winning state hOnors to victory
in the national tournament.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Campaign Is Under Di-
rectiOn Of Ray Wilker-
son; Mrs. Gertrude
Carter, CO-chairman.

Buddy Poppy Day" will be OBJ
served here in the Milford Area this
Saturday, when members of the
sponsoring units, Blue Hen Post
#6483 VFW, and Ladies Auxiliary,
offer for sale $500 of the eOlorfuI
little Flowers of Remembrance. "
The 1854 Buddy Poppy Campaign
will be under the direction of Ray
WilkersOn, with Mrs. Gertrude
Carter as co-chairman.
While Poppy Day" will be OBJ
served on Saturday, the actual sales
campaign will get underway on
Friday, when Poppy "salesladies"
visit local plants and offices and
solicit sales there. The street sale.
however, viii not get underway
until a. m. Saturday.
AS in previous years, the sale
effort will be pretty much cOncen-
trated in the downtown business
area. Attractive window displays
will help call attention to the signifi-
cance and purpose of the Buddy
Poppy Sales Campaign, and a public
address system will be used to
remind shoppers that they should
Honor the Dead by Helping the
Living.
The pOppies to be offered for sale
here are made by disabled hospital
lied veterans and net proceeds from
the local sale will again be used
to carry on the cited relief and re-
habilitation program of the local
VFW units.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
University ROTC
Students HOnored
State Chapter DFPA Awarded
Medals On Thursday

The Delaware Chapter, Daugh-
ters of Founders and Patriots of
America, presented two medals for
craftsmanship to the ROTC stu
dents of the University of Delaware,
at the military review held yester-
day at l O'Clock Mrs. Douglas Fry,
is State president of the Organi-
zatiOn. The presentations of the
medals was made by Mrs. Charles
P. Blinn. Jr., national president of
DFPA. Preceding the review Mrs.
J. Pilling Wright of Newark en-
tertained members of the chapter
and guests at luncheon at her home
on Orchard Road, Newark. Guests
were Mrs. Blinn, Mrs. Brandt E.
Roberts, national corresponding
secretary, Mrs. John Perkins, wife
of the President of the University.
Mrs. r. w. Hiddleston. wife of the
COmmandant and Mrs. Everett
Johnson. Following the review a
ceremony was held at Welch Tract
Baptist Church. CoOch's Bridge, and
a plaque was placed on the gate post
by the Delaware Chapter, DFPA.,
marking the church as a historic
spot The first church was built in
continued on page FOUR
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Chicken Cooks
Are Film q
Their Entries
Both Senior And Junior
Entrance Blanks Have
Been Steadily Pouring
In This Week.

Mrs. Arthur S. Hanbv. general
chairman of the National Chicken
Cooking Contest Of the Delmarva
Chicken Festival, to be held in
Georgetown, during June 21. % and
20, announced this week that en-
trance blanks for the contests. both
Senior and Junior are coming in
rapidly. The quotas for Delaware
and Maryland are almost filed.
A total of 100 entrants to the
Senior Cooking Contest is divided
by states on the Peninsula and in
the nation. There are 25 places each
assigned to Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia and the remaining 25
are assigned to states outside the
Delmarva Peninsula. Should the
quotas of other states not be filled
by the deadline for entrance on
June 3, the names of applicants re-
ceived over the Delaware and Mary
land quotas will be accepted in the
order in which they are received
bv the committee of which Mrs.
Handy is chairman.
Contestants have already signed
up from New York, Delaware and
Maryland with possible entrants
listed from a number of states out
side the Peninsula. The contestant
is to be furnished with two chickens
dressed according to his or her
specification. Also furnished will be
the flour, salt, pepper and fat for
frying. Each contestant will be as
signed to a range. There will be
so ranges, electric and gas, thus
continued on page fiVe)
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Music Educators
Sponsor Vocal Camp
viii Be Held At Wesley College,
Dover, June 21-27

For the fourth consecutive year,
the Delaware Music Educators
Association will sponsor a Vocal
Camp at Wesley Junior College in
Dover, from June 21 to June 81.
The camp is open to all high school
students interested in vocal music.
This years musical director will
be DR.. Clyde Dengler, who for the
past several years has been director
for the all-city high school chorus
at the annual Music Festival in
Philadelphia each June.
AS usual, Harrington will again
have large representation in the
membership of the camp. With the
continued on page eighth
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21

effort to let the American people
know how important the chemical
industry is to each and everyone.
Mr. Brayman spoke to the Milford
Rotary Club at their dinner meet
ing. His topic was Formula for
Progress" He was presented to
the club by Alex Glasmire, assist
andt superintendent of Milford
School, and program chairman for
the evening.
"None of our great social ad-
vances would have been possible at
all if our dynamic economic de-
velOpment had not supplied the
MEANS" he said, noting that this
applied to every improvement con-
tributing to our ease, comfort and
convenience" and to all areas of
human activity.
when this country was founded
it took nine people ON the farm to
feed themselves plus ono city
dweller. Today. in contrast, one
man on the farm feeds himself, IA
city people and one person over
seas" he said
Tracing the rise in mechanical
farm equipment, which has ended
peasantry" in agriculture, he con-
cluded, Il leave it to you as to
whether the farmers advancement
has been due to laws. legislation or
bold speeches in Congress, or to the
CONTINUED on page eight
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Wilbur Haight
Elected Head
OF Milford
Lions Club
Member Of Local High
School Faculty Will
Succeed w. Price Webb
AS Head Of Local Ser
vice Club.

Wilbur Haight. of Milford, was
elected president, of the Milford
Lions Club at its regular meeting at
AIMS Restaurant last Thursday
evening. Mr.. Haight, a member of
the faculty at Milford High School,
will succeed w. Price Webb in this
capacity when he is installed at the
clubs annual charter night late in
June.
Other officers elected at the meet
ing were: Dolphus wilkins, first
vice president; Calvert Morgan,
second vice president; Calvin White,
third vice president; William Brown,
Sr., tail twister; and Fred Watts,
Lion tanner. Also named were James
F. Salevan and Leonard DonOhOe as
directors for two years. Burton
Willis and Thomas Galloway are
hOldOver directors.
The club also unanimously en-
dOrsed one of it charter members,
Howard d. Furniss, as a candidate
for district governor of Lions In
ternatiOnal District 22-D, which in
cludes all of the 35 clubs in Della
ware. Mr.. Furniss is a past presi-
dent of the Milford club, and has
served as zone chairman and deputy
district governor of District 22-D.
Following the election of officers.
Lindsay B. TrOxler, of the Phillip
Morris Tobacco Co, talked on "The
Story of Tobacco" DR.. Troxler re-
lated to the members and guests the
history of the cigarette from the
time of infancy to the gigantic in
dustry it is now. The span is rich in
research, advertising. industrial
merit and initiative. To be con-
sidered is the fact that tobacco is the
oldest cultivated plant in the world,
dating back to Chinese dynasties. It
was first used as snuff. secondly as
p'pe tobacco and cigars; but 1909
saw the "little" member of the
continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
.ethOdists Shift
~ Pastors During
Annual Conference.
Appointments Made At
Annual Conference
WILMINGTON DISTRICT

"lLMlNSEVN DISTRICT
Superintendent, ]. N. Link.
Aldersgate. G. A. Foster.
*Bayview-Bethel, Francis MicheIs
Bethel-Chesapeake City, o. B.
Reed.
FBrookside KingswoOd, N. H.
Keene.
Cecil United, P. o. Hall.
"Cecllton-St. Paul's, R. H. Payne,
JT.
Charlestown, w. L. Robinson. Jr
Cherry Hill, ]. w. Jones.
Christiana, A. B. Golden.
ClaymOnt, E. p. Thomas. assist
ant, c. E. Devis*).
Delaware City, T. B. Brinton.
Ebenezer, j. B. Horney.
ElktOn, H. NJ. Davis.
+Galena, w. NJ. Owens.
HOckessin-CedaTs, Leon Ross.
Holden's Chapel, Mrs. Mabel Frs
kline.
Holly Oak, K. NJ. Snyder.
*HOpewell, J. D. Patterson.
kirkwOod. J. G. Steen.
MarshalltOn, o. E. Mercer.
MillinStOn, o. G.. Brewer. Sr.
Mt. Lebanon, w. E. FOsnocbt.
Newark, J. J. Bunting, Jr.
~CO-directOr, Wesley Foundation
Miss M. A. Sherron.
Continued on page 24l
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Avenue Choir
Will Present
Concert May2
Will Be Given In Fellow
ship Hall Of Church ;
Tickets Now Being
Offered By Choir.

The Avenue Sanctuary Choir of
seventy voices will present their
fourth all-secular concert Wednes-
day evening, May 26th, at 8 D. m,
E. D. T., in Fellowship Hall. Ave
nue. Methodist Church, Milford, Del
aware. Tickets are now on sale
and may be purchased from any
member of the choir. The price is
$1.OO for adults and so cents for
children under 12 Tickets will
also be available at the door the
evening of the concert.
The complete program is as fol-
lows: South Pacific, Rodgers
and Hammerstein, "Dites Moi, So
pranO solo, Shirley Kemper: Bali
Hai', "a Wonderful Guy, Young
er Thai Spltngtime", There Is
Nothin' Like A Dame, the Choir:
Some Enchanted Evening, bari
tone solo, Thomas Faix and the
choir; Happy Talk, "a Cock
Eyed Optimist", the Choir; This
Nearly Was Mine, baritone solo
James Hazard; I'm Gonna Wash
That Man Right Outta My Hair"
trio, Miss Charlotte Ryder, Mrs
Elizabeth HOman and Mrs. Alma
Rust; Honey Bum, male quartet
Frank Wolfe, Wilson Sockrider
Henry Saunders, and Harvey Will
liams, sOloist with the quartet. Ed
ward Steiner, Jr.; Deep Purple"
Peter deRose, Piano solo, Miss
CarOlee Green; Oklahoma, Rod
gers and Hammerstein, "Oh, What
a Beautiful Morning, "The Sur
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
MILFORD LIONS BACKING
FURNISS FOR GOVERNOR

The Milford Lions Club
at it's meeting of Thursday,
May 13, unanimously en-
dOrsed one of it's charter
members, Howard d. Fur
Miss, as a candidate for Dis
trict Governor of District
22-D of Lions International.
District 22-D includes all of
the Lions Clubs in the State
of Delaware.
Mr.. Furniss is very we'll
known throughout the state
and multiple-district for his
civic and service club work.
He is a former president of
the Milford club, and has
served as zone chairman and
deputy district governor of
District 22-D.
The district convention
will be held at Atlantic City.
N. j.. on May 26 to 20. in
elusive. William E. Davies.
of the Laurel Lions Club, is
the present district governor.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21
Revs. Robert E. Green
And DOnzel Wildey Re-
turned To Avenue And
Calvary Churches;
LOuhOff To Houston.

The Peninsula Annual Confer
ence of the Methodist Church closed
in st. PauPs Church, Wilmington.
on Sunday last with the announce
ment of AZ ministerial changes
and the formation of a new church
at Brookside near Newark.
Bishop G. Bromley Oman, pre-
siding bishop for the Washington,
D. c., Area-which includes the
Peninsula Conference-read the ap-
proximately 22O ministerial ap-
pointments in the four districts
within the conference.
The traditional service, which
opened with ordination of elders
and deacons, drew an overflow at
tendance of more than 1000 per-
sons, including the $50 lay and
ministerial delegates to the four
day session.
In Milford, Rev. Robert e. Green
was returned to Avenue, Rev. Dom
eel Wildey to Calvary, and Rev.
H. Charles LOuhOff, Jr., to Hous-
ton.
Wilmington churches involved in
the pastoral changes are Harrison
Street, KingswOod, Asbury and
Mt. Salem, while another change
brings the appointment as chap
lain at the Dover Air Force Base
of man still serving in Korea.
The new church is Kingswood-Of-
BrOokside, for which a plot of
ground has already been purchas-
ed. It's first pastor is the Rev.
Milton H. Keene, who leaves Will
mingtOn's Harrison Street to take
up his duties there some time this
week.
Succeeding Mr. Keene, at Har-
! Tison Street, is the Rev. John Ed
ward Jones, now pastor of the
MillsbOrO Church and former pas.
tor of the Brack-Ex Church.
WilmingtOn's KingswoOd Church
had it's last service Sunday nigh
! and its pastor. the Rev. Roy T
Thawley, was appointed pastor ol
! the Asbury Church in Wilmington
I The Asbury pastor, the Rev. w. S
McGinnis, was appointed to the
! Beilefonte Church, which has been
on pastoral supply basis for
about year
Continued on page eight)