davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03

Dome streamliner, The Canadian
Enjoy the comforts and Injuries Of
Canadian Pacihc's new train-at nc
extra fare! Choose from coach, tour.
ist and first class accommodations!
Make reservations now!
See your local agent or Canadian Pacific
1904 K Street, NV,
Washington S, D. c. National S-<23S
, 1955-10-08
Virgin Islands Agricultural Progrum News
Contributed by the Experiment Station
"A New Guinea Grass Seed Harvester"

Al new Guinea grass seed harvester has been put into
operation this season by the Virgin Islands Corporation. This
machine was developed under the supervision of the, Expert
ment Station. The need for such a machine cannot be over
emphasized as the local demand for Guinea grass seed far ex-
ceeds the available supply. This machine, which IS mounted
on a large six-Whee-drive truck, consists Of an 8-foot cutter
bar and a conveyor belt which transfers the seed heads to the
truck bed where they are carried until picked up. The height
and angle of the cutter bar may be adjusted to tit the vary
ing heights of grass.
In addition, the harvesting process requires that a truck
or farm trailer accompany the machine to carry the harvested
seed to the processing area. A considerable quantity OF seed
heads can be accumulated on the harvester truck before it
has to be unloaded.
The termination percentage of commercial Guinea grass
seeds is relatively low, usually somewhat less than 10 per
cent. termination of the seed harvested BY VICORP has been
to 5 times as high, due to a processing method that gets rid
Of most Of the worthless seeds. Therefore less VCORP seed
il needed to plant an acre in order to insure adequate stands.
AS Guinea grass is considered to be the most important grass
for this region, it may readily seen that the demand for seeds
is high among farmers who are establishing pastures by plant
ing.
After the seed heads are cut they are then spread out in
i dry location to cure. During the drying process the seeds
fall free from the stems. The stems are discarded, and the
seed is put through a machine that sits out dirt and trash,
and blows away dead and empty seeds. The clean seeds are
then sacked ready for planting. The cost per pound OF this
seed will be higher than commercial seed, but the. cost per
acre planted will be considerably less. Farmers insthe Virgin
Islands wishing to buy seed should contact Mr.. Rexford
Hodge Of VICORP.
Other things Cmeaning the weather) being equal, the
new machine should be able to harvest considerably more
seed than was available last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-04
The only low-sudsing
detergent Nth the
full cleaning power
of the best high sudsers!

Now with this great new Dash you get cleaner. f0y
cleaner clothes than with any other product made
especially for automatcs. And your wonderful auto
matte gets the low suds needs to washrnse freely!
Dash the only detergent to bring you the full clean
ing power that made the best high s,ldsers famous ;.
witkosd any of their r-sudsing that smother
washing action and cause poor cleaning
Don't wait-ty Dash soon It's the result of years of
research by Proctor & Gamble. Once you see those
cleaner Dash washes you'll agree it's truly modern
miracle for automatic washers!
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Farm Bureau
10
Aid Blue Cross
Top Officials Will Assist
Members OF The Farm
Bureau In Enrolment
Of New Members.

Directors of the Farm Bureau in
Delaware will assist members of
the Farm Bureau in enrolling in
Blue Cross and Blue Shield at
group rates, it was announced by
Robert c. DenZler, assistant man
aging director of Group Hospital
Service, Delaware's Blue Cross
Blue Shield Plan.
About 375 members of Farm
Bureau and their families are al
ready members of Group Hospital
Service, the nOn-profit community
disqualification agency to which
about two-thirds of the people in
Delaware belong. Those Farm Bur-
eau members not already enrolled
in the disqualification agency will
be visited by a Farm Bureau direc-
tor accompanied by a Blue Cross
representative in the period from
February 21. to March 2. During
this period Farm Bureau members
will have the opportunity of en-
rolling in the Blue Cross and Blue
Shield plans at the group rates,
which are lower than individual
membership rates.
CONTINUED on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
DIR. 0. v. James
SucCumbS lin
Hospital Here
Veteran Local Physician
Had Practiced Medi-
cine And Surgery In
Milford Since 1922.

DR.. Oliver V. James, IS, chief
surgeon at Milford Memorial Hos
pital throughout World War IL
and regarded as one of the most
skilled surgeons and surgical ad-
visOrs in the state, died in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital Tuesday
morning, February 22nd, after a
short illness.
He was also a general practi-
toner and had Office hours here
up until two or three weeks be-
fore his death.
A graduate of the University of
Maryland Medical School in 1906,
DR.. James started practice in Gum
bOrO that same year. A member of
an old and distinguished Sussex
County family, he was known for
his many philanthrOphies. He was
an active worker in the Methodist
Church. AS an ardent prOhibitionist,
he spoke before many gatherings
against the use of alcohol in any
form.
He was a member of Temple
Lodge No. 8, AT. and AM, of
Milford, Evergreen Forest No 49,
Tall Cedars of Lebanon of Kent
and Sussex Counties, Avenue
Methodist Church. the official
board of Avenue Church, a charter
member and past president of the
Milford Rotary Club. a member oi
the Milford Memorial Hospital staff
continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Nine NeLU Directors
For Farmers Bank
Senate Gives Approval To
Measure Naming The
Men

The State Senate adopted a joint
resolution last Thursday afternoon
naming nine persons, including
two of its own members, directors
of the Farmers Bank Of the State
of Delaware.
The resolution was approved
unanimously after a lengthy caucus
involving the New Castle County
appointments. The Sussex County
appointments were the subject of
a similar parley Tuesday.
Directors named for the banks
main office at Dover are Vernon
B. DerricksOn, Kent County Demo-
cratic leader; Walter L. Wheatley
of Clayton, and DR.. Henry V. P.
Wilson of Dover.
New Castle County directors are
Aaron Finger, Wilmington attOr-
ney; Charles F. Krug, secretary
treasurer of the Pacific Western Oil
Company, Wilmington. and State
Senator Eugene Lammot, city in
surance man.
The Sussex County directors are
Charles D. Murphy, Jr., of Mil
ford; former u. S. Senator John
G. Townsend, Jr., and State Sena-
tor Curtis w. Steen of DagsbOrO.
The joint resolution must be
passed by the House of Represen-
tatives and approved by the Cover
nor before the appointments are
effective.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Winners Announced
In DHIA Projects

Winners of the National Dairy
Products awards for Delaware
Dairy Herd Improvement Associa-
ton supervisors and members
we're announced this week.
John Hartman, Georgetown, sup
ervisOT for the Sussex County
DHIA Circuit No. 1, was selected
as the Delaware supervisor doing
the most outstanding job in 1854.
Russell N. Abel. Newark, past sup
eTvisOr for New Castle County
DHIA Circuit No. /, was selected
as second prize winner of the year.
Donald PUsch, Dover, supervisor
for the Kent County DHIA Circuit
No. 2, was selected as third place
winner.
These supervisors will receive
bronze plaque and cash awards
from the National Dairy Products
Corporation of New York City The
awards are being made at county
DHIA annual banquets. The selec-
ton Of the supervisors was made
by the Board of Directors of the
Delaware Dairy Herd Improvement
Association, Inc, Of Newark.
Outstanding dairymen -participa-
continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Dissolve Allied
Poultry Firms
Six Plants In Delaware And In
Maryland Are Liquidated

The Allied Poultry Professors
Company, with six plants in Del
aware and Maryland, is now in
process of liquidation, it was
learned recently.
Harry Landes of FrankfOrd,
chairman of the Allied board of
directors, gave operating Difficult
ties as the reason for the decision
to liquidate.
after following the situation
very carefully for a period of 80
days" said Mr.. Landes in a state
ment, Il found the company too
far gone from the period Oct. 1,
1854, to Jan. 1, 1866. In this period
our sales dropped from 2 million
pounds weekly to 731,00O pounds.
found that rebuilding the busi-
ness would be impossible under
prevailing market conditions"
The Allied company was OTgani-
zed in October, 1853, by the merger
of six companies, Allied Poultry
Company FTankfOrd; Delmarva
Poultry Company, with plants in
Continued on page fve)
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
'Drop-Out" Provision
Social Security Aid

Monthly payments to benefici-
aries now on the rolls may be in
creased through the "drOp-Out" pro-
vision Of the 1854 amended social
security law However, Myr0n Mil
bOuer, district manager Of the Will
mingtOn social security Office, ex-
planned that these individuals must
meet certain additional earnings re-
quireInehts.
To qualify, an individual must
have six quarters Of coverage
(abOue 1lh years Of work. after
June. 1853 A quarter of eOverage
is any calendar quarter in which
the individual is paid at least $50
in wages or can be credited with
$100 or more of self-enployment
income.
Millions of benefciaries received
automatic increases in their bene-
fit for the month of September, 1854.
Many Of those who meet the above
requirement may qualify for a still
higher benefit However, II is
necessary that they fle an applsca-
tion for q drOp-but recomputatiOn.
This type Of an increase Is not au-
tomato.
continued on page six
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Fire COLLEGE
Site Pushed
ByFiremen
Group From Kent COun-
ty, At Houston Meet
ing, Disclosed Support
Of Project.

The Kent County Volunteer Fire
mems Association advanced a pro-
pOsal that a site be secured for a
State Fire College at its meeting
in the Houston Fire Hall last week.
After discussion of the pOssibili-
ty G. Douglas Mills, Harrington,
president of the association, re-
quested the education committee to
meet with the Education Commit
tee of the Delaware Volunteer Fire
mems Association as soon as prac-
ticable to make plans to submit
the proposal to the DVFA Law and
Legislative Committee.
The annual state fire school has
been held in Wesley Junior College
at Dover the last two years, and
previously was held at the Uni
versity Of Delaware. If a State Fire
College should materialize, it would
be the center of year-rOund fire
training and educational activities
rather than a Once-a-year program,
according to the firemen's inten-
tiOns.
Any definite proposal decided
upon would be submitted to the
state legislature for its action.
Thomas E. Baker, Dover, re-
porting for the radio committee
advised that he had contacted the
Kent County Levy Court request
ing addition radio equipment foI
the Civil Defense Center near Do
yer so that it would be possible
for the civil defense heads to be in
contact with the fire radio network
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Boost Is GiUen lH
Citizenship Program
National Foundation Has
Received Grant OF
$4,000

Agrant Of $4,000 from the Emil
SchwaTzhaupt Foundation to the
National All Club Foundation,
Washington, d. c., will finance a
three-year project for improving
the 4-H citizenship program, re-
ports All Club Agent, Marion Mac
Donald.
Purpose of the new program, ac-
eording to Mrs. Macdonald, will be
to increase the contribution of All
Club work in the development of
citizens. The two phases of the
project will be ~ developing an
improved program of citizenship
activities and experiences for All
Club members and 90 providing
improved program materials and
projects for All extension workers
i'm each state, as we'll as in-serVice
training in citizenship education.
The project viii be centered
around the needs Of the local All
Club. the individual club member,
the volunteer local club leader. and
the county extension worker. Their
cooperation and participation will
be an integral part Of the citizen
ship program.
DR.. Glenn c. Dildine of the All
Foundation staff will carry out the
initial steps and develop long
range plans for the project during
the first six months. In this time
he viii CD inventory and eEaluate
the citizenship activities of the cur
continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Dover District
W.S.C.S. Plans
Meeting Here
On March End
Session Will Be Held In
Avenue Church With
Mrs. Earl Sylvester,
Dis strict President,
Presiding.

The Annual Spring Meeting of
the Dover District WOman's SOcie-
ty of Christian Service, of the
Peninsula Conference, will be held
in Avenue Methodist Church, Mil
ford, Delaware, Wednesday, March
2, 1855, cOnvening at 10 a. m. Mrs.
Earl Sylvester, District President.
will preside.
Mrs. William o. Hackett, Secre-
tary of Spiritual Life for the Dis
trict, will have charge of the morn
ing devOtiOns.
The Theme for the day will be
1--WE Have This Treasure. The
morning session will include the
usual routine business, as well as
the Report of the Nominating Com
mittee and the Election of District
Officers for the ensuing two years
beginning June /, 1866. The Presi-
dent will report on the progress OF
the District from 1851 to date; Mrs
Harry B. Hygate, Secretary of Mis-
siOnaTy Education for the Confer
ence. will talk about the Summer
School held annually at Wesley
College, Dover, and Mrs. Ralph
Lloyd. Secretary of Youth Work Ot
the Conference, will talk about the
Conference School of Missions fol
Girls, held each summer at CamI
Pecometh. DR.. o. A. BARLEY, Dis.
tTict superintendent, will give the
nrinciDaI address Of tho mOrnin q
The afternoon session will con,
vene at 1:45 with Mrs. Donald
HOrnung of MillsbOro, leading the
devOtions. The Annual Pledge Ser
vice, which consists of the Pledg
ing of the 1O2 Societies of the Dis
trict, will take place in the after
noon, as will the Installation Cere
mOny, which will be in charge o
Mrs. A. J. Jackson, Conference
/ President.
Continued on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Sussex Co. Breeders
Group Meets March 3

A program Of unusual interest
has been planned by the Sussex
County Breeders Association for
a meeting to be held at the Cool
spring Community Hall, on the
Georgetown -RehObOth Highway on
Thursday evening. March 8, at eight
O'Clock. according to Stephen
Vaughn and Clyde Belts, cO-chair-
men.
The highlight Of the meeting will
be the awarding Of a pure-bred
Guernsey heifer calf to the boy or
girl from Kent or Sussex County
who has submitted the best plan
Of What I Would Do If I Owned
a Registered Guernsey Heifer." In-
formation may be obtained from
4-H Club leaders or VO-Ag instruc-
tors concerning this contest, which
is being jointly sponsored by the
Delaware Guernsey Breeders As
sociation and the Guernsey Breed
ers Of Sussex County.
Other awards to be made include
that Of a second pure-bred Guern-
sey heifer calf as a door prize to
the member Of a farm family hold
ing the lucky number. These heif-
continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Play Festival Set
For Mar. 3I-APr. I
Thirteenth Annual Fete
Will Be Held At The
University

Entries in the 18th Delaware Play
Festival have reached the maximum
permitted under the rules, accord
ing to DR.. c. Robert Kase, director
of the festival. Altogether there
will be "a plays presented this
year during the tWo-day festival,
March 81 and April /. This num-
Der represents an all-time high,
four more than last year.
In the school division there are
16 plays and in the community
theatre division 8 plays. The school
plays will be presented during the
morning and afternoon programs.
and the community theatre plays
will be offered in the evening.
School participants in this years
festival and their plays are: Alexis
I. dupont High School, Sub
merged; H. c. Conrad High
School, "The Mist; Delmar High
School, "The Valient": Laurel High
School, "Opening Night; Mills
bOro High School, I'm A FoOl";;
Newark High School, "The ClOd" /;
Smyrna High School, "The Vail
ent"; Tower Hill School. (which
Is The Way to Boston,; Alfred /.
dupont Junior High School, "The
ms and OutsY; Oak Grove Junior
High School, "a Sunny Morning
and Ocean City High School, N. j..
"Highness'.
Community theatre entries are:
Bridgeville Theatre League. "The
/ continued on page fve)
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Jake "Skin Head" ROOsa
Is Directing Show That
Will Be Presented In
Two Parts In Shore
Theatre.

The sixth annual Milford Lions
Club Minstrel Show will be held
this year for three nights, Wednes-
day. Thursday and Friday, March
%, "a and 25, in Shore Theatre.
City Councilman, Jake "Skin-
Head" Roosa, that super supreme
endman from the minstrels of the
past, is directing the forthcoming
production and will also act as in
terlOcutor.
Super supreme endmen this year
are: Roy Fish Hook" Freeman,
and Harvey Eight Bali, Shockley.
other endmen are: Harold "Ham
Bone" Welch; Harvey Lover Boy"
Williams; Fred Snow Ball" Gey-
er, and Ralph "Cool Breeze" Fry.
The first half of this years ex-
travaganza will be given over to
the old fashioned Hoe Down. type
minstrel. The second half. under
the direction of Walter Muncy, will
feature several variety and novelty
numbers. Included in this category
will be numbers by the all-MilfOrd
girls tTiO-DOt Galloway, Alma 7.
Rust and Betty Jane HOllis-and
songs, both old and new. by the
Milford Metropolitan Quartette -
Charles "Chuck" Hammond. Claude
Tease. Clyde wilkins and Walt
Muncy.
The second half will be generally
patterned after a Television show,
a unique feature of which will be
participation on the stage by per-
sons from the audience.
All tickets will be reserved and
will go on sale at S1.00 each on
Thursday, March 10th. All members
of the club will have tickets for
sale; in addition, they will be Of
CONTINUED on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Houston Graders
Designed Rugs
Work On Display In State House
Annex, In Dover

The fifth and sixth graders of
the Houston School, Houston, Del
aware, have proved themselves pro-
life designers of hooked rugs as
shown in the current exhibit of
their WORK in the State House An
mex, Dover.
Beginning last fall with a few
children, the interest in hooking
small rugs became contagious and
more boys and girls wanted to
learn. The children made their own
designs and translated them into
cOlOred woods with punch needles
on burlap.
These original zone of a kind"
rugs show many sources of ideas;
animals, boats, flowers, and geo.
metric shapes are to be found in
the collection. Learning about col
or and design went along with the
hooking. At intervals the class had
opportunities to see their own pro-
gress and that of their classmates
Discussing color combinations and
design qualities, they made sug-
gestiOns for continued work. These
suggestions we're kindly given and
received in the same spirit.
Mrs. Thelma Warren, their teach
er, finds this activity relaxing and
| has been pleased that it carries
continued on page seVen)
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Gen. WOOdcOck
Guest Speaker
At Century
Monday
Told Group Of Recent
Ten Weeks Tour Of
The Far East And
What He Saw And
Heard While There.

Several years ago young boy
came to visit his sister, wife of the
Reverend T. E. Martindale, pastor
of Avenue Methodist Church. On
Monday this visitor, General Amos
w. w. WOOdcOck, returned to ad-
dress the members of the Milford
New Century Club and guests. A
recent ten weeks tour of the Far
East was the basis of General
WOOdcOck's talk. Whether an area,
containing half of the worlds peO-
pie will turn to Communism or
Democracy is the problem now and
unless the victory is for Democracy
the freedom of the western world
is in danger. Having visited India,
PakistOn, Hong Kong, FOrmOsa and
Japan, the club got a first hand
account Of conditions in these plac-
es. Suggestions for better relation
ships with these people included
assistance for relief of poverty and
from terrible economic pressUres
under which they work. together
with a sincere attempt on the part
Of the United States to understand
these people according to Christian
standards. A big prize is at stake
and its loss would be most tragic.
1t was of special interest to listen
ers that General WOOdcOck favored
British plans for FormOsa, which
is for the United States to create
de factO cease fire in the FOrmO-
sa Straits by Chiangs withdrawal
of troops from the coastal islands
and returning them to Communist
ownership. FOrmosa itself was a
different story but the speaker de-
plOred the possibility of war over a
few small islands. The philosophy
underlying General WOOdcOck's s
talk was illustrated by calling the
attention of the members to in
| scTiptiOns on several statues he
continued on page fVe)
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25

Cap workman orchestra.
Gov. ]. Caleb BOggs will be the
main dinner speaker. Other invited
guests will include Mrs. Boggs
Walter LaRue, State Fire Marshal,
and Mrs. LaRue; Charles Jester,
State Firemen's Association presi-
dent, and Mrs. Jester; DR.. Thomas
c. MUlligan, Chaplain of the State
VIA, and Mrs. Mulligan; Joseph
Wiley, president Of the Sussex
County Fireman's Association, and
Mrs. Wiley; Mrs. Ella Roach,
president of the Women's Auxil-
iaries Association In Sussex, and
Rev. John W. WOOten, County Chap
lain, end Mr.. WOOten; Mrs. Fred
Brown, State Auxiliary President,
and Mr.. Brown; Mr.. William Hines,
President of the State Chief AssO-
citation, and Mrs. Hines; and Mr..
William BatchlOr, Sussex County
President of the Chief Association,
and Mrs. Batchlor.
Committees for the affair in
clude: tickets, William Lowe Of
Lewes, Chairman; publicity and ra-
diO, Mrs. ElwOOd Short, George
town; program, Curtis Ennis, OF
Glendale; table decoration, Charles
Marvel, SeafOrd, who is also chair
man for the floor show; tickets and
communications, Granville 4
White, Laurel; souvenirs. Mrs
Eleanor Waller and Charles Mar.
CONTINUED on page flvel
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25
Lions To
Present Minstrel
Show Mar. 23-24-25
WILL CAP NURSES HERE
THIS EVENING

Gaping exercises for Mil
ford Mem Orial Hospital
Training School for Nurses,
will be held this evening at
8 p. M, in Avenue Methodist
Church.
Professional singing will
be led by G. Roland Messick,
president of the hospital
board. Invocation will be
offered by Rev. Milton Elliott
of Harrington.
The address will be deliV-
cred by Rev. Earl Watts, and
there will be numbers by the
Student Nurses Choir and a
solo by Diana Neal.
The Gaping ceremony will
be conducted by Mrs. Alice
L. Stevenson, Supt. of Nurs-
es, followed by the Nightin-
gale Pledge by the class.
Rev. w. E. Tull, of the
Church of God, will offer the
benedictiOn.
The class follows: Ellen
ArgO, Grace Beachy, Ann
Ross, Helen Mitchell, Betty
Jean Tibbitt, Mary Lou Tim
mons, Joyce =. ClarksOn,
Gertrude Dickerson, Carol
Lee Taylor, May B. Smith,
Mary X. Murray. Ruth E..
Moore, Constance L. Camean,
Isabelle Sherman, Lois Ham
iltOn, Janet Collision, Vir-
ginia Mcdowell, Elizabeth
Hill, Emily J. Mariner, Eunice
Ebhardt, Barbara Morris,
Esther King, Charlotte No
bic, Mary Mullins.
Milford chronicle., 1955-02-25

All events in Delaware during
1854.
AS in previous years, the 4-H
flag will fly over the state capitol
building during the week.
All counties will hold window
display contests during the week
showing the many phases of All
work carried on by the members.
The winning display in each cOun-
ty will be shown at the Kent
Sussex Fair in July.
Many of the clubs throughout
the state will hold special All ac-
tivities to call attention to the Op-
pOrtunities offered rural young
people through All club work.
The theme for this years All
week is, improving Family and
Community Living" During 1866
greater emphasis will be placed
upon the growth and development
Of young people, their families and
neighbOrs as we'll as their farms
and homes.
Fourth clubs do much more
than train young people in slills
and knowledge Of agriculture and
home economics" says Sam Gwinn,
state All Club leader. ''They de-
velope moral detectives. a philOsO-
ply Of life that fits their age levels
and the willingness to accept group
responsibilities. Through practical
projects, effective club meetings
CONTINUED on page eleven)