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Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Civil Defense Plans
Full Time Directors
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County Director on a volunteer
basis, but at a special levy court
meeting there last week to sound
out sentiment on the need for a
more intensive Civil Defense pro-
gram the court members appeared
convinced that a full-time director
was the first requirement.
If the Kent County appointment
goes through, the Organizational
structure of Civil Defense will be
at its strongest since it's formation
in Delaware, Mr.. Lee said.
1T is not economical for everv
community in Delaware to have a
paid director" Mr.. Lee said. "but
so much of our organization is
made up of volunteers that we need
some full-time men in key posts.
especially county chiefs. They tie
the operation together, serve as in
formation clearing points for local
communities and also as counsel
ors to volunteer directors in vari-
GUS towns.
Ihe new Sussex County Director.
Mrs. Barney, fills a post vacant
since the resignation last Septem-
Der OF Judge Isaac d. Short. who
was part-time, volunteer director.
Mrs. Barney is a director of the
Woodshaven School for Girls at
ClaymOnt.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Donald Hall Attends
GIN Training School
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Chevrolet and oldsmobile cars.

Chevrolet and OldsmObile cars.
The Fairfax training center.
with more than $4,000 square feet
Of floor space, has eight specialized
shop classrooms, for use by the
Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile.
Buick, Cadillac. GMC Truck and
Coach, Fisher Body and United
Motors Service divisions of GIN.
Each division supplies a highly
trained instructor for its courses
at the center, which is managed by
LaVerne E. Sickle.
GIN officials expect a total of s.
600 mechanics to attend the center
each year, Similar attendance is
expected at other training centers
when they are completed.
Harlow H. Curtice, president of
General Motors, explained that the
purpose of the centers is ito in
sure that the people who buy our
cars and trucks will continue to
receive efficient and satisfying ser
vice" He said that "the centers
will make it possible for dealer
service personnel to keep up to
date on systematic basis with i'm
proved service methods and tech
nological advances such as air
conditioning, power steering, power
brakes and other major improve
ments."
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04

CAPPED LAST TUESDAY-Misg
Doris Greenly, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie c. Greenly of Milford
Neck, who received her cap at
st. Stephens Lutheran Church,
Wilmington last Tuesday evening,
Feb. %. Miss Greenly 1854 grad
uate of Milford High School is en-
rolled at Memorial Hospital Train
ing School for Nurses, Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
1855 Crop Plans
Completed In Kent
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in the program.
Corn Yield Program:
Samples are taken prior to har-
vest for each field of corn that is
enrolled for the purpose of deter
mining the yield per acre. The cul-
tural practices that have been
used in growing the crop arc re-
corded and summarized with those
of all cOoperators. A copy of the
summary is made available to all
interested farmers as a guide for
their use. All farmers making the
100 Bushel Club will receive GER
tificates and the farmer with the
highest yield will be named the
Corn King for the year.
SOybean Yield Program:
Samples are taken prior to har-
vest from each field enrolled for
the purpose of determining the
yield. The cultural practices are
recorded and summarized as i'm the
case Of the corn program. All farm
ers making the 40 Bushel Club will
receive certificates and the farmer
with the highest yield will be
named SOybean King of the year
Enrolment in these programs is
free and may be completed by
writing or calling the Extension
Office, P. o. Building, Dover, (Tel.
DOVer-2621).
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Kentucky Pioneer At
Presbyterian Church

DR.. Samuel VanderMeer, pioneer
into some of the remote mountain
areas of Kentucky, will tell of work
in what for years was known as
Bloody" Breathitt County, at the
Presbyterian Church in Milford, at
8 o'clock Wednesday evening,
March 9, in a meeting open to the
public.
Going into an area where travel
on foot was the only means of ac-
cess, or by riding on horse or mule
back, with streams as the high
ways, DR.. VanderMeer visited peO-
pie cut off from the outside world,
helped them get started with a
school, a church, with healthful
social activities. Joined by a wife
with the same Christian purpose as
his, who was a trained nurse, the
two were the only medical help
that hundreds upon hundreds in
those lonely mountains could OBJ
tain. Feuding, murders, moon
shine" and brawls were the order
every week when Sam" arrived.
Today, the mountains in his area
find a transformed community. DR..
and Mrs. VanderMeer have been
cited on televisiOn shows as one
of the ten top outstanding families
who have done most for their COM
munity. DR.. VanderMeer, a miss
iOnary, whose work is partly sup
ported by the Presbyterian Church
of Milford, has been here before,
and proved himself an outstanding
public speaker. The message by
DR. VanderMeer will be followed
by a reception, where all may meet
him personally.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
A Statement

This week group of local citi-
zens concerned with the Importance
of good schools and friendly to the
present administration of the local
schools, made a spontaneous effort
TO secure signers to a petition which
fully explains their thoughts and
beliefs and which is reprinted be-
low. According to a report from a
member of the group this action
has resulted in the signing of the
petition by nearly 1000 persons.
Petition
IN recent years the Milford School
has seen a spectacular raising of
the educational standards in the
district. We, the undersigned, feel
that an outstanding task has been
performed under the administra-
ton of Dr. Ramon c. CObbs, the
staff and the faculty.
We wish publicly to make known
our hearty endorsement of. and
confidence in the policies which the
school board and this administra-
ton uphold, and to state that we
will promise our utmost efforts tn
support them, their policies, and
their efforts to maintain a high
standard of discipline and Ameri-
can concepts of conduct.
We sign this petition with the un-
derstanding that our signatures i'm
ply no endorsement of, nor Oppo-
sition to, the recent issue Of segre-
cation.
Additional supporters of this
declaration may register their sig
natures at the Milford City Hall.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Local Happenings

GIRL SCOUT TROOP 89-Troop
No. SO, group of IL year-old In
termediate Girl Scouts, has Just
been organized through the interest
of Mrs. John Burris, Jr. Mrs. w.
G. Norman was leader last year
and she will serve as Troop Com
mittee Chairman. Mrs. Daniel
Dohring is the new leader. Their
meetings will be held at the
Church of God, Thursday after
Moons.
Mr.. Daniel Dohring, who has
long been active in the Boy
Scouts, has promised to help with
the outdoor activities.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Veterans HOROred
LGHk Last EUeRiR0
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his state and country dates all the
way back to before and including
the Spanish-American War and also
includes service through World
War |. For many years he was an
officer in the Delaware National
Guard and still continues to 60 to
camp with the d. N. G. each sum-
mer. His present rank, that of brig
adler general, was conferred bv
Gov. j. Caleb BOggs at an encamp-
ment Of the Delaware National
Guard.
General Lank. with viii Sam
mons, are the only two survivors
Of the Torbert Guards, Milford's
first recognized military organiza-
ton, and the granddaddy of all
military groups in this city.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
GREAT APPETITE

BLOMMINGTON, III. - up -
The dog catcher has discovered
that Great Danes have great appe-
tites. He is holding one. In re-
questing the owner to collect his
pet, he says the animal has eaten
almost all the available food.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04

Color. blindness is one of the few
visual defects for which there is no
known remedy.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Four Local Girls
Capped In Phila.
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V0V'IV1IIUVW = VIII UeI8U UIIoJ
near Milford; Ruth Holleger,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Holleger, Of near Milford; Kath-
arine Cook. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph r. Cook, of Milford; +;
and Sylvianne Daugherty, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs W. Shockley
Daugherty, of Houston.
The class, one of the largest in
the history of the hospital, num-
bered eighty. and the exercises in
the great building were most inn
pressive and were Witnessed by a
large crowd of people. Especially
impressive was the recital of the
Florence Nightingale Pledge by the
group of young women.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
SAYS FEAR cURBs STUDY

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (P)-Fewer
students are studying Russian at
the University of Michigan than
in previous years. Prof. Thor Sew
cenko, Slavic language teacher.
deplOres this as a result he calls
fear of public attitude toward
anything Russian. What we have
to work fOr is to dispel fear. We
are not going to be stronger bv
not knowing Russia" he said.
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President Makes
Known Receipt Of
Report Of Negro
COP Leader
Ike Backs Equal
Dignity Right
To Freedom
For All People

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. Is.
-(DSN) - President Eisenhower
Monday acknowledged receipt Of
the widely discussed progress re-
port made last week by leading
Negro Republican.
The Republican National Com
mittee released the text of the
President Aug. 1st communication
to Val J. Washington, Director of
Minorities for the COP group.
1t was made public in conjunc-
ton with a progress report by Mr..
Washington who said: 1.-THE Repub-
lican Party has fulfilled each Of
it's special promises on civil rights
made during the 1868 campaign" "
Complete fulfillment was a
chieved, Mr. Washington said, when
the President appointed E. Fred
eric Morrow, Negro, to the White
House Administrative Staff.
Acknowledging receipt Of the re-
port, Mr.. Eisenhower said he got
"a great deal of satisfaction" from
being told CT complete rcaliza-
ton" of a IA point program of
promises to Negro voters.
: lie told the COP official this
was particularly heartening and
gratifying" He said that it "em-
phatically proves that the unity of
the American people is neither a
mere political platitude for a pure
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SEE FURTHER DROP IN NEGRO
VOTING IN next TUESDAYS
ELECTION FOLLOWING Staying
OF bR00kHAVEN NEGRO LEADER
Lamar Smith Widely Known In State
EIks And Masonic Circles Shot
To Death On Courthouse Lawn
Arrest Three White Men In
Connection With The Staying
Arrest Three White Men In
Connection With The Staying

Jackson, Miss. Aug. II (DSN)-
The National spotlight will def
initely be turned on Mississippi
next Tuesday, August 22nd when
the voters of the state go to the
polls in the run-off election to vote
for candidates for governor and
numerous lesser officials following
the Staying OF widely known Ne
gro leader in Brookhaven, in Lin
coin County last Saturday.
The victim, Lamar D. Smith, who
is widely known in state Elks and
Masonic circles, and a moderately
successful farmer and businessman
was shot to death on the Court
House Lawn following what is re-
ported to have been an argument
with group Of white men arising
out of his activities in connection
with Negro voting in Brookhaven
and Lincoln County in the August
End Democrat primary.
Although its president, Robert
Patterson has publicly denied that
the organization is opposed to Ne
gro voting the Staying is general
~ regarded as resulting from sem
timent created against Negro lead
ers in the state by the White Citi-
zens Councils organized to pre-
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Speaker Tells
Graduates They
Will Not Achieve
Distinction Wholly
By Own Efforts
Says Greatest Factor
In Every Life
Must Be God

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Aug. Is
Especially - DR.. Jesse Belmont
Barber of New York City told
members of the graduating class
that they will not achieve distinc-
ton wholly by their own efforts.
Hundreds of parents, alumni,
and friends heard the Presbyterian
Church U. S. A., evangelism and
national missions associate secre-
tary deliver the 43rd annual bacca-
laureate commencement at Nash
ville's Land-Grant university as he
pointed out that behind every truly
successful life there is the influ-
ence of others which determines
the course Of life, and that the
greatest factor in every life must
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Carter Wins
Nomination For
Ohio Judees,ip

Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 15.-Attor-
ney J. Russell Carter, who in 1858
became the first Negro to serve
as municipal court judge in Day
ton, was successful in his primary
election bid for the judgeship. In
the Tuesday primary, Attorney
Carter won over two other entrants
to capture the Democratic party
nomination. He will enter the gen.
eral election in November as the
party nominee.
Attorney Carter first served as
Judge when he was appointed by
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche to
serve the unexpired portion of the
term of Judge Robert c. Mcbride
who died in office.
An overseas veteran of World
War III, he is a native of Columbus,
Ohio, where he was graduated
from the Ohio State University.
He is vice president of the Dayton
chapter of the NAACP and an ex-
ecutive of the state body.
His wife, the former Miss Esther
Scott of Atlanta, was very active
in his previous campaign. The
Carriers are the parents of two
children.
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The Mississippi Progressive Vot-
ers' League said its investigation
indicates the Staying of 63-year-
old Lamar "Ditney" Smith in
Brookhaven Saturday was not pro-
voked by Negro voting in the re-
cent Democratic primary election.
A. w. Wells, league president,
and James A. White, secretary,
said their inquiry points to the
Negro Staying as the result Of the
victims active role in the race for
a supervisor post.
Meantime, Noah Smith, white
Lincoln County farmer, was being
held for investigation of the muir
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tigation because we have no jur-
isdiction."
He said, eve would only step
in in a general election. When
federal candidates are on the ticket
and when there had been a COM
plant that Negroes or white per-
sons had been deprived of their
right to vote"
Rep. Diggs, who was joined by
the other two Congressman IN
making the complaint, cited news
paper reports as graphic evidence
of fragrant denial CT the right OF
Negroes to vote in the Mississippi
Democratic primary.
There were reports Of wide
spread intimidation of Negro vot-
ers following the August 2 voting.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-08-20

Washington, D. c., Aug. H.
(DSN)-Arthur Caldwell, Chief OF
Civil Rights section of the U. S.
Department of Justice, said here
Monday that no investigation will
be made of complaints made by
three Negro Congressman that Ne
groes were denied the right to vote
in the August Democratic prl-
mary in the state of Mississippi.
The three Negro members OF
Congress, all Democrats, are Will
liam l.. Dawson, of Illinois, vice
chairman Democratic National
Committee; Charles C. Diggs, Jr.,
of Michigan, and Adam Clayton
of New York.
Mr.. Caldwell said the Justice
Department would make no inves-
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Fiery Cross
Burned On Lawn
OF NAACPLawyel

RICHMOND, Va.-A fiery cross,
symbol of the Ku KluX Khan, was
burned last week on the lawn of
Oliver w. Hill, Negro attorney
for the National Advancement Of
Colored People.
Hill was one of the lawyers in
the Virginia school case which led
to the Supreme Court decision
against segregated schools.
"Some people across the street
woke me up about two o'clock
Hill said. "There was cross six
feet high and five feet wide burn
ing on the lawn. called the fire
department and they came and put
it out"
He said the cross was made Of
wood, wrapped in ,burlap and ap-
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State Odd Fellows
Meeting Called
Most Successful
In Many Years
M. D. Upchurch Is
Elected Grand Master

Vicksburg, Miss, Aug. 9.-At 5
o'clock this afternoon, the 65th
annual session of the Mississippi
division of the Grand United Order
Of Odd Fellows, generally known
as District Grand Lodge No. 10,
delightfully."- ended in a striking
demonstration of Peace and hap
oiness.
Officers and members came out
Of the meeting loudly proclaiming
this to be the most successful an
nual session held in many years.
The meeting was held at the Spring
Hill Baptist Church, located at the
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SAY U. S. Government HAS NO AUTHORITY TC
INVESTIGATE ELECTION Held In MISSISSIPPI

The votes cast at the all-Negro
community Of Mound Bayou were
reported thrown out by the Bolivar
County Democratic Committee.
In West Point, Tom Tubb, chair
man of the State Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee, said no Negro
votes would be accepted in his
home county.
Diggs said today that he had re-
ceived no reply from the Justice
Department on his request.
"If the Justice Department
stands idly by in the face of this
latest affront to constitutional
rights and ordinary decency," he
said, "then the Citizens Councils OF
Mississippi and others of the like
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PROGRESSIVE VOTERS LEAGUE
SAYS NEGRO VOTING WAS NOT
CAUSE IN BR00KHAvEN Staying

der of Lamar Smith on the court
house lawn.
The league report said the VIC
tim had taken an active part in the
campaign to elect Nelson Case as
supervisor over J. Hugh James,
incumbent.
Smith is said to have been shot
to death shortly after stepping on
to the lawn at the court house
where he was scheduled to attend
to some business.
From their investigation, said
Wells and White, it appeared
Smith was not killed simply be-
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View Agreement As Turning Point
In African Labor History

JOHANNESBURG, South AZ
rica.-The Rhodesian agreement on
African advancement in the copper
mines is seen as turning-in the
labor history of Africa.
White mine workers on the Rand
Gan important gold mining district
in the TransvaaD are under no
illusions about the ultimate mean
ing of the Rhodesian white miners
union concession"
They expect that at each revision
of the agreement, nothing will stop
the concession from being extend
ed until no industrial color bar in
the mines is left.
Under the agreement, "a cate
gories of jobs now held by whites
are to be transferred to Africans.
A three. way survey is to be made
of other positions and the union
and the Anglo-American group II
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Prentiss Institute
Sets Opening Of
49th Session

PRENTISS, Miss. Aug. IS -
Especially - The Prentiss Institute
begins its 10th session September
5. Prospects indicate an increas-
ed enrolment with very efficient
faculty employed.
The Institute shows marked pro-
gress in that it has received sew
eral requests, most Of which will
be used for scholarships. One
comes from Mrs. James w. Garner,
formerly Of Mississippi, but who
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Plans Ministerial
Govt. In Uganda

LONDON-(ANP) - A prelude
to the return to Uganda of the
Kabaka (King) of Buganda are
plans for multi-racial ministerial
system Of government, proposed in
a dispatch recently by the secretary
of state for colonies.
The plans call for the appoint
ment of six official ministers, con-
sisting Of the chief of secretary,
attorney general, and ministers for
agriculture and natural resources,
local government, social service and
finances.
1t is proposed to offer the new
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Negro Senator
From Indiana
Proposed For UN

indianapolis, Ind, Aug. Is
The name Of Negro State Senator
Lee Brokenburr, proposed by Sen
ator Homer E. Capehart, has been
included on a list Of nominees for
UN delegates and alternates, SUBJ
mitted to Congress by President
Eisenhower.
If chosen, Brokenburr, an attor-
ney by profession, will be the first
Indianan and the fifth Negro to
serve in the UN.
Brokenburr is also the first Ne
gro to sit in the Indiana General
Assembly. He has served three
terms in the Senate.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-08-20
Baptist Training
School Session Set

NASHVILLE, Tenn. = Opening
Of the 1856 session Of the Ma
tional Baptist Missionary Training
School has been officially set for
Monday, September 10, according
to the announcement of the Execu-
tive Committee Of the SchooIs
Board Of Directors.
The committee announced also
that registration will be held
Thursday and Friday, September
Is and Is while classes will begin
Monday, September 10.
The Missionary Training School
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9Th District State Federation co|ored
Womens Club Meeting In Columbia

counties. A first and second prize
is being given for the most new
clubs brought in by an affiliated
club. The motto of the general
body, Lifting AS We Climb" as
we'll as the theme of the meeting,
Achieving Brotherhood through
Wider Service of Women Within
Club Circles, will be emphasized
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THE sheriff and his deputies
can handle any situation that might
arise in Brookhaven," said Governor
Hugh L. White after a visit by
Lincoln County Sheriff Robert
Case, Monday.
The Governor added that he has
no intention of sending the Ma
tional Guard to Lincoln county on
second primary election day.
Sheriff Cases visit to the Gov
ernor followed the Saturday STAY
ing of Lamar "Dipney" Smith, Ne
gro political figure in Lincoln
County, and an appeal to the Gov
ernor for help by District Attorney
E. C. Barlow, and the subsequent
arrest by the sheriff of a white
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-08-20

COLUMBIA, Miss, August Is
(SpeciaD-The Annual Session Of
the Sixth District Federation Of
Colored Women's Clubs will meet
August &c, 1855 in Columbia, Mis-
sissippi at the Marion County
Training School. The District COM
prises Is counties of southern Mis-
sissippi and Representatives are ex-
pected to attend from each of the
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Negro Appointed
Tonic. Board OF
Higher Education

DURHAM, N. c., Aug. 15.-W.
J. Kennedy, Jr., president OF the
North Carolina Mutual Life lnsur-
ance Company, has been appointed
to the North Carolina Board OF
Higher Education.
The new board, created by the
1866 legislature, will have the re-
snonsibility Of supervising the
state-supported colleges and uni
versities.
Commenting on the appointment
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Nine Negro Cadets
Among Forty-Two
Police Graduates

New Orleans, La. Aug. Is (Spec-
ial) - Nine Negro cadets were
among AZ members of the gradual
ing class at the New Orleans Po-
lice academy last Saturday morn
ing. Three Of the grads ranked
among the first IA with 80 and
above averages in what has been
termed one of the best classes to
complete the 10-week course at the
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Whites To Boycott
Arkansas School

HOXIE, Ark. More than $50
white persons have agreed to boy
colt schools in this northeast Ark
ansas town until racial Indignation
is abolished.
The persons signed a resolution
presented at a town meeting by
Herbert Brewer, farmer, and they
agreed to withhold their children
from school starting August 4th.
Hoxie, like many towns in the
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