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and Mrs. ]. P. B. Barrett. Mount

and Mrs. j. P. B. Barrett. Mount
Vernon.
Runnerup for sweepstakes
award was Comdr. w. s. Domer.
$500 Idaho avenue NV. He
amassed SO points.
A tri-color red specimen by
Col. Edwards was best-in-show.
William C. NOEL. Alexandria.
entered a magnoliafiora speci-
men that was runnerup best-in-
show. e
Gold medal winner in the
seedlings class was Mrs. A. M.
Nickerson of Norfolk.
Other HOnors
Among other winners of hon
ors were:
District-Mrs. Niels Hansen,
DR.. Allen Walker. jr., Mrs. Frank
Lyon. Mrs. Isabel Smith.
Bethesda-Mrs. E. L. Tolson.
jr.
Hyattsville-Wade Rice.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS F. Hold
en-. William c. NOEL. Mrs. Clyde
C. Lamond. DR.. Robert B. High
tower. Mrs. Clifton Luce.
Fort Foote, Md.-Frank L.
Teuton.
Arlington-Mrs. Ben Markert.
Silver Spring-Leon B. Ha-
becker.
Chevy Chase. Md.-Mrs. Wild
red Lacy Goodwin, jr.
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1850 Admire
CanleIIias at
First Show

Col L. E. Edwards 3737 Chesa-
peake street NV. won sweep
stakes honors with Isl points in
the first annual show of the
Camellia society of the Potomac
Valley neld Wednesday and
Thursday at the Woodward &
Lothrop auditorium In Chevy
Chase. Md
More than 400 single blooms
were entered in the specimen
bloom classes There were 90
different types of bloom entered
by 43 exhibitors More than
$500 fans attended the event.
Richard Nixon Variety
A show feature was the intro.
duction of the Richard Nixon
named variety of the camellia
japonica. 1t was awarded as q
prize to Col. Edwards by its
originators. Urban B. Stair of
148l9 Jaime drive. Whittier
Calf. Vice President Nixon's
hometown.
Mr.. Stair said that the original
plant is now seven years old and
was set out in the fall of 1851
next to the Gen.. Dwight Eisen-
hover cameliia in Mr.. Stairs
garden. The Nixon has two rows
OF outer petals. "A third row
stands upright and the petals are
very crinkly The center is a
mass OF mixed petals. pataloids
and stamens, and in some bios
SONS the stamens ale completely
hidden. 'fhe whole flower aver
ages from 4 to 5k inches in
diameter.
Arrangements Winners
In the arrangement classes
which permitted combination
with other flowers, Mrs. Frank
Watkins Of Fontaine street.
Alexandria, Va. won the pre-
ponderance of honors. including
best in the show" other
"firsts" in the five classes were
Mrs. Joe K. Bailey. Arlington.
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"a sprinkling can with a fine
nozzle may also be used If it is
not used for watering other
plants.)
2. Spray when there is very
little or no wind.
8. Hold nozzle close to plant
being sprayed so there will be
no drift into shrubs, flowers, etc.
4. Use q coarse spray nozzle
Or low pressure.
5. Spray on a warm day, pre-
ferably in the, late afternoon or
evening, when the weeds are
actively growing.
s. Spray before the weeds go
to seed. A dandelion plant
sprayed in bloom will mature
seeds before it is killed.
If 2.4-D compounds are prop
erly applied. single applica-
ton each year should be suf-
flcient to keep weeds under con-
troll.
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Rose Society's
AnnuuI Dinner
Set April ~

The annual dinner of the Po-
tomac Rose Society win be held
April 81 at Emory Methodist
Church, Georgia avenue and
Quackenbos street NV. at 6 pm.
DR.. Henry T. Skinner. director
Of the National Arboretum. will
address the group. Roses and
Other Woody Plants" will be his
topic and he will project color
slides Of European gardens he
has visited.
Reservations can be made until
April 81 with Mrs. Grace II. Bar
rett. 4719 Brandywine street
N. w. GEM. 2-2041).
The society's April meeting
will not be held.
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BY CLYDE CUNNINGHAM

DA SAADG CCHNINtIN0AhAA
Extension Horticulturist University Of
Missouri
Troublesome weeds like dande-
lions. chickweed and plantain are
making their appearance on your
lawn. Chemical weed control
can help get rid of these pests.
However. chemical weed con-
troll should not be considered a
substitute for good cultural prac-
tices that encourage a good
growth of lawn grass.
A properly fed lawn will en-
courage grass growth to the
extent that it will tend to
smother or. choke out broad
leaved weeds.
A fall application Of a COM
plete fertilizer such as 6-24-8 at
the rate OF 10 to Is. pounds for
each 1000 square feet will give
the grassean early start in the
spring,
During March and April, two
applications Of nitrogen fer
tilizer such as ammonium nitrate
at the rate Of to 8 pounds for
each 1000 square feet should
provide the requirements for
summer growth. It is also de-
sirable to permit the short grass
clippings to fall back into the
lawn.
Protect Glover
Various kinds of 2,4-D are
used to control broad -leaved
weeds in well established lawns.
However, 2,4-D should not be
used on newly seeded lawn
since grass seedlings are suscep-
tible to damage. And since
cloyers are broad-leaved plants
they are also damaged by the
chemical.
The vapors from volatile
types Of 2,4-D often damage
flowers. shrubs and vegetables.
The dry powder sodium and
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GLENWOOD ROAD
CLUB TO MARX
ANNIVERSARY

Glenwood Road Garden
Club viii celebrate its 18th
anniversary with a program
Tuesday at 8:l5 pm. at the
home of Mrs. w.. A. Reeder.
5000 Glenwood road. Be-
theSda, Md.
Initially composed of 10
members. the club now oper-
ates with q complement
of 43.
Mrs. F. D. Reynolds. jr..
has charge Of program. Mrs.
George Smith viii review the
clubs history. A birthday
cake VIII be shared.
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American Plant Food Co.
63l5 Blair Road
Boulevard Hardware
5437 Macarthur Blvd.
Homewood Hardware
1857 Massachusetts, Avenue
Meenehan's Hardware
1904 l4th Street
324l M Street
Mt. Pleasant Paint e. Hardware
3167 Mt. Pleasant Street
Peoples Hardware
PATS 18th Street
4877-79 Macarthur Blvd.
3511 Connecticut Avenue
TILT Georgia Avenue
Schlossberg Hardware
1778 You Street
WASHINGTON, NORTHEAST
Adamson. w. w., Co.
BOT North Capitol Street
Brookland Hardware
3501 18th Street
Peoples Hardware M
3431 Bennings Road
1434 Florida Avenue
WASHINGTON. SOUTHEAST
Berlins Hardware
44l1 Bowen Road
Peoples Hardware
603 Pennsylvania Avenue
3S42 Alabama Avenue
MARYLAND
BETHESDA
Chevy Chase Village Supply
6109 Brookville Road
Peoples Hardware
1000 Wisconsin Avenue
BLADENsBURG
Akman,s Hardware, Inc.
5403 Annapolis Road
CAPITOL HEIGHTS
Rays Hardware
5ei2 Central Avenue re-
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EVANSVILLE
Burton, J. H., Il Sons. Inc.
$3.50 Ager Road
LANDovER HILLS
Bills Hardware
743l Annapolis Road
Peoples Hardware
5448 South Annapolis Road
LAUREL
Colonial Paint g. Hardware
G Street
MT. RAINIER
Peoples Hardware
1000 oath Street
QUEENS CHAPEL
Peoples Hardware
3l22-24 Queens Chapel Road
ROCKVILLE
Abode Hardware
8 West Middle Lane
Wismer, j. w., g. Sons
$50 Rockville Pike
SILVER SPRING
Armiger, G. r., Inc.
045 Pershing Drive
Garden Center, The
84i8 Georgia Avenue
Maloney's, Inc.
8l26 Georgia Avenue
Murray Hardware
5000 New Hampshire Avenue
Peoples Hardware
8637-39 Flower Avenue
WHEATON,
Triangle Hardware Company
HAS viers Mill Road
Viers Mill Hardware
1928 Viers Mill Road
Wheaton Firestone store
1907 Georgia Avenue
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
State Clubs Plan
Seaford Conclave
Women's Federated Group To Meet
At Nylon Capital Sept Is

Plans for the annual fall confer
ence of the Delaware State Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs in Seaford
on Sept Is were announced at a
luncheon meeting of departmental
and division chairmen recently in
the home of Mrs. w. Harman
Money, federation president, at Mid
dletown. The Acorn Club of Sea-
ford will be hostess to the all-day
conference in st. Johns Methodist
Church. Mrs. j. Fred Miles is Acorn
Club president.
The conference is planned each
year prior to the club season to ex-
plain and promote the program of
the federation. 1t is open to all fed
Grated clubwomen of Delaware.
The morning session will be de-
voted to workshops conducted by
the state departmental chairmen.
They are: Mrs. Howard w. Bran
nan, communications; Mrs. Charles
o. Bratton, community affairs; Mrs.
Wilbur Mumford, conservation of
natural resources; Mrs. Clarence
Fraim, education; Mrs. Clarence S.
Simpson, fine arts; Mrs. Clinton H.
Brown, home department; and Mrs.
Jesse Loven, international affairs.
Miss Alice Ulmer, chairman of the
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
E. w. Buchanan
By
FTestOne TO.
Dealer In Dover And
Milford Congratulated
For 25 Years OF Ser
vice With Company.

Edgar w. Buchanan, Firestone
Dealer in Dover and Milford, Del
aware, was honored for 25 years of
service with The Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company during a visit at
the Company's home offices in Ak
ron, Ohio, the latter part of July.
Raymond c. Firestone, Executive
Vice-President, presented Mr.. Buch-
anan with a Ffrestone pin for his
quarter-century of service and
other executives, including H. d.
Tompkins, Vice-President in Charge
of Trade Sales, also were present
to offer congratulations.
Mr.. Buchanan is president OF two
corporations, Buchanan Service,
Inc, of Dover, and Buchanan Ser
vice of Milford, Inc. He was accom-
panied to Akron by Mrs. Buchanan,
who is secretary-treasurer of both
corporations, and H. S. Stare, Bal
timore District Manager for the
Firestone Company.
A native of Spruce Pine, North
Carolina, Mr.. Buchanan attended
North Carolina State College at
Raleigh, receiving both a bachelors
degree in business administration
and a masters degree in economics
in four years study. Upon COM
pletion Of his college work in 1880
he joined the Firestone Company's
College Training Glass in Akron.
He then worked in sales in North
Carolina and in the Richmond, Vir-
Continued on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
Will Be Point OF Discus
sion In Delaware-White
House Education Con-
ference.

Total school enrolment in Sus-
sex County is expected to increase
by $500 within the next 10 years,
from 1850 now To 1890 by 1865.
And this Is one of the problems
that face the public school authori-
ties in Sussex County-and will be
one OF the points of discussion in
the White House Confer
ence on Education to be held in
Wilmington on October Sth.
The population forecast has been
worked out by special work COM
mittee of the major Governors Ad-
visory Committee for Study of the
Needs and Problems of Education
and will be presented in detail to
the Delaware-White House Confer
ence on Education.
Total school enrolment in Kent
County is expected to increase by
3,400 within the next 10 years-from
$500 this year to $4,000 by 1865.
Total school enrolment in New
Castle County Is expected to in
crease by 1S.600 within the next 10
years from current enrolment of
61.100 to 79.700 by 1865.
About 100 men and women dele
gates are expected to attend this
day long conference on basic edu-
cafional problems. The meetings
will be held In the Pierre S. dupont
High School and the nearby Harlan
School in Wilmington because no
other location could be found in
Delaware to accommodate such a
large working conference.
CONTINUED on page eighteen)
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Lakeview Avenue School
Will Have Seven First
Grade Sections Person.
mel For Schools Are
Listed.

The Milford Board of Education
has tentatively set September 7, as
opening day for the 1866 school
term. The faculties for the Milford
Schools are almost complete. One
vacancy remains in the first grade.
At the Lakeview Avenue School
there will be seven sections of this
grade.
The list of personnel as announ-
ced by the Board of Education on
Wednesday,. August "a, is as fol-
lows: Chester T. Dickerson, super
intendent of schools and secretary
to the board of education. High
School Faculty: Willard Hickman,
high school principal; James At
kinscG counselor and coach of bas-
ketball; Mrs. Jane II. Bergler.
physics and chemistry; Bernard
Briggs, physical education and
track coach; Earl Brown, junior
high science; A. c. Davidson. agri-
culture; Thomas l.. Faix, social
studies; Ruth Foster, biology; Mrs.
Edwena Greene, junior high Eng
lish; Wilbur Haight, manual arts,
Mrs. Mabel Harrington, nurse; M.
Louise Hastings, business educa-
tion; Jane Herson, social studies;
Mrs. Eva S. Kiel. home economies;
Mrs. Denise Liller, home econom-
les; Paul j. Malie, high school
mathematics; Erna Martin, librar-
ian; Mrs. Grace Montgomery, busi-
ness education; Theodore Payne,
foreign language; Raymond Stoops,
junior high social studies; Paul
Teare, instrumental music; Edgar
NJ Welch, vocal music; Garfield
Williams, manual arts; Robert
Massaferi, driver education.
The following new teachers have
been appointed to high school po-
sitions: Alan r. Edsall graduate
of Rutgers University, to teach ag-
riculture; William b. Ely, gradu-
ate of Oklahoma Baptist and the
University of Pennsylvania, to
teach high school English; Leroy
Jones, graduate of West Chester
Teachers College, to teach science
and coach football; Lawrence ID.
CONTINUED on page sIx)
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
Kent-Sussex Get
CD Medical Aid
Equipment Worth Thousands Turn
ed Over To Lower Counties

Civil Defense medical equipment
worth $4,000, enough to treat be-
tween $500 and 5000 casualties,
was turned over to Kent and Sus-
sex Counties yesterday by the State
Department of Civil Defense for
use in a wartime emergency or nat
ural disaster.
The supplies. consisting of six
fully equipped field first aid sta
tiops, are for use by Kent and Sus-
sex CD forces but they would be
made available to the Red Cross in
a natural disaster, according to
ID. Preston Lee. state CD director.
Two of the first aid stations,
packed in numerous cartons, were
turned over to Mrs. Mary Frances
Barney, Sussex CD director, who
plans to store them at prepared
sites in Selbyville and Delmar. The
supplies were picked up at the state
CD headquarters in Delaware City
by a large van provided by the Sus-
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
Local Schools To
Open September 7;
Faculties Picked
OLD LAND MARK is
PREY TO FLAMES

The old Landmark Pier
Beach Hotel, converted to a
farmhouse many years ago,
was destroyed by fire We'd
nesday afternoon. Loss, in
cluding the contents was es-
timated at about $1,000.
The two-story frame farm
house was located on Pier
Beach Road. Owned by F. A.
Webb and Sons, it was oc-
cupied by Earl Baldwin, who
titled the farmland. He and
one of the Webb boys were
working in the fields at the
time.
A passing motorist saw fire
shooting out of the roof of
the building, and summoned
the Carlisle Fire Company of
Milford. But the building was
too far gone to be saved.
Origin of the fire is unknown,
and no check could be made
on insurance coverage.
In the days before the rail-
roads spanned the Delmarva
Peninsula, the Broom build
ing was a popular overnight
hotel stopping place for pas
sengers who travelled on
packet boats. The boats car
ried freight and passengers
to ports on the Delaware Riv-
er and Delaware Bay, as well
as the Chesapeake Bay.
But when railroads ex-
panded, the big pier at the
hotel site was abandoned and
the hotel was moved to the
. nearby farm and rebuilt.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
School Board
Gives Policy
On Integration
From State
Group Follows Reports
Received From 62
School Districts.

The State Board Of Education al
its meeting last week adopted a
policy on integration reiterating
the boards stand that the u. S. Su-
preme Court decision requires "all
districts to make prompt and rea-
sonable" start toward full compli-
ance.
Sixteen of the So school districts
in the state reported to the board
they plan to have integrated classes
at the start of the new school year,
while seven districts failed to COM
ply with the boards request for
plans on integration.
Dover School Plan
1t also was brought out that
Dover is the only Kent County
school with an integrated program
and no school in Sussex has plans
for this year.
Statements from nine Negro
schools said they are ready for i'm
mediate integration. Thirty one
white schools gave over-crowded
facilities, community sociological
pressures, and confused boundary
lines as reasons for not planning
integration this year.
The board rejected "lack of faci-
lities'' and sociological pressures'
in a community as adequate reason
for refusing to plan for integration.
Wherever such pressures are
claimed, the board said. "a prompt
and reasonable start would require
immediate steps to foster climate
in which orderly integration might
take place"
Assistance Offered
Assistance was offered all local
districts. Frequent reports on pro
gress of plans will be asked from
those districts which are not inte-
grating promptly.
In New Castle County, the schools
which replied they are prepared to
accept Negro students are: Newark
Mt. Pleasant, New Castle, Alexis /.
dupont, Arden, Hockessin No. 29,
Oak Grove. Wilmington. Richardson
Park, Delaware City, Stanton, York
lyn. Conrad.
The Marshallton School said it
was willing but that boundary lines
in that area would have to be clari-
fed.
New Castle County schools which
said they were not. for various rea-
sons. ready to integrate. are:
Krebs. saying the State Board of
Education would have to assume
the responsibility for any integra-
tion in that area: Commodore Mac
donough. now using three tempo
rary rooms for their own classes
and claiming lack of space; Rose
Hill-M;nquadale, awaiting plans for
(continued on page ffvel
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
Name Van Solver To
Head Veterans Day
State Selective Service Director Is
Named BY Governor

Governor J. Caleb Boggs an
nounced this week that he has ap-
pointed Brig. Gen. Harry B. Van
Solver, state director of Selective
Service as chairman for the second
annual observance of Veterans Day
on Friday, November 18th.
The new holiday replaced Armis-
tice Day for the first time last year
following action by Congress. Gov
ernor Boggs said that he hopes
there will be full observance OF
the day this year to commemorate
the part that the states veteran
population has played in preserving
the nation during periods of nat
ional emergencies.
The chief executive has also call
ed upon all veteran organizations
to appoint committee members to
work with Mr.. Van Solver FOR the
observance.
In accepting the Craftsmanship,
Mr.. Van Solver said that he would
be delighted to coordinate the eff
forts of the state group with a nat
ional program under the direction
of Harvey " Higley, Administrator
of Veterans Affairs, who is serving
as national chairman.
1t is hoped to use full facilities
of all news media. radio and tele-
vision to tell the Veterans Day
story to the public, Mr.. Van Solver
asserted, and their support will be
sought.
In accordance with a custom be-
gun last year, the observance will
center around Arlington National
Cemetery, Virginia, and there will
be further ceremonies in four other
key cities of the United States that
have not as yet been designated.
National leaders of veterans or
ganizations will be the speakers in
these key cities.
Gen. Van Sewers military history
dates back to 1915. He enlisted as a
private with Company c of the old
First Delaware Regiment, an infan-
try outfit.
BY 1916 he was lieutenant and
CONTINUED on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
Dover District
WSCS Plans
Anniv
Tea Will Be Given At
Home OF Mrs. Gran
vile Tyndall In RehO-
both Sunday.

In celebration of the fifteenth
anniversary of the founding of the
Woman's Society of Christian Ser
vice, Dover District officers, headed
by Mrs. Granville Tyndall, presi-
dent, of Rehoboth, will give tea
this coming Sunday afternoon from
three TO six o'clock at the home of
Mrs. Tyndall at PIP Stockley Street,
Rehoboth, with its lovely yard will
be the setting for the tea Guests of
honor will be the officers of the
first cabinet formed in 1910. They
included Mrs. w. S. Almond, Sea-
ford; Mrs. t. c.. Jones, Tilghman,
Md; Mrs. w. o. Covey, Seaford;
Miss Lila Carey, Georgetown; Mrs.
Frank Conlin, Claymont; Mrs. Will
liam Wroten, Wilmington; Miss
Yolande Thomas, Dover; Mrs. Les
ter Daniels, Townsend; Mrs. Harvey
Phillips, Laurel; Mrs. Roland West,
Millville; Mrs. Lavinia Roscoe, Fell
ton; Mrs. Melvin Wheatley, Jr., Los
Angeles, and Mrs ]. j. Tangeman,
Laurel. Present officers of the Pc
ninsula Conference WSCS will pre-
side at the tea table which will be
arranged by Mrs. Edgar Timmons
and Mrs. George Phipps of Reho-
both and Mrs. Willard Webb of
Lewes. Mrs. j. Howard Link of Re
hoboth is arranging table of ex-
hibits to show the progress of the
organization since its inception.
Mrs. Henry G. Graves OF George
town, will head the receiving hos
tesses for the afternoon. Each local
president of the District has re-
ceived an invitation to the affair
which included the members of the
society of her church. 1t promises
to be large gathering of Methodist
women and their friends who will
celebrate this fifteenth milestone of
the important organization.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
Church Women Will
Meet September 8
Planning Session Will Be
Held At Camp Pecometh
Centreville, Md.

A planning conference of the
United Church Women of Delaware
will be held at Camp Pe-Co-Meth,
Centreville, Md, on September s.
All officers of the six local coun-
ellis and all women interested in
the work of the organization are
invited to come for the day. Even
the potential leaders which may in
clude young women may come and
be informed in this planning day
The program, nicely arranged for
the convenience of those who at
tend, will begin at ten o'clock and
the conference will close at eight
in the evening. A panel discussion,
of which the six presidents of local
councils will take part will have
as its subject "It Takes a Team"
Mrs. Carl Coleli, Milford, president,
will be one of the members. Mrs
]. Edward Snyder of Annapolis, who
has just returned from a tour of
the Continent and the Holy Land
will speak in the morning on
Christian Missions in a Revolu-
tionary World" and in the afternoon
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
3 Local Drivers To
Compete In Rodeo
Masten Trucking Co. Announces
Participants In Tri-State Affair

Masten Trucking Co., Inc, an
nounced today that three drivers,
all from the Milford area, have been
entered in the Tri-State Truck
Roadeo which will take place at the
Camden Airport, Camden, New Jer-
sey, September s through Septem-
Der 10.
The Truck Roadeo consists of
competition in three classes; name
ly, straight truck; tractor, tandem
axle trailer combination; and trac-
tor, single axle trailer combination.
Roscoe Mitchell of Milford will
compete in the straight truck class.
Robert Hill of Milford will compete
in the tractor, single axle trailer
class and William Watkins of
Lynch Heights will compete in the
tractor, tandem axle trailer class.
These men will compete with other
drivers from Delaware in their re-
sDective classes for the state
Continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-26
Best Growers Keep
Their Chickens Cool
Plenty OF Ventilation, Floors And
Equipment Space Needed

Plenty of ventilation, floor and
equipment space was allowed by
Delaware's best broiIer growers
who sold their f1ocks during July.
In spite of the hottest weather in
several years. these ffocks aver
aged 3.32 pounds weight at 10
weeks, / day of age. Feed CONVEX
sion averaged 2.72 a difference of
so points Average size of these
fiocks was $4,000; and mortality
was SO.
"Broiler Producers of the Month"
nominated for July include: Clar-
ence and Charles FARRELL, Viola; ].
W. Hollis, Milford; Earl Passwa-
ters, Bridgeville: William Pusey,
Georgetown: William Tinker, of
Georgetown: Mrs. Calvin Derrick
son, Selbyville; and George Nc
Cam. Williamsville (listed geo
graphically.
continued on page seven)