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Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Twenty Years Ago.

Taken from the March 1, 1895 issue
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton ManIOve
are the happy parents of a lit
tie daughter, born in the Mil
ford Emergency Hospital on
Saturday, February %. She
will be called Shirley Anne
Mrs. ManlOYe was the former
Miss Margaret Beck.
zee
On Wednesday evening. the
members Of the Presbyterian
Sunday School and congrega-
ton gave an informal recep-
ton to the new minister. John
Jackson Brown, Jr., at the
residence Of Mrs. James II
Macklin, on South Walnut
street.
Fire, Of undetermined orig
in, at 1880 o'clock last SatnP-
day night destroyed the large
frame dwelling house on the
apple orchard Of u. S. Senator
John G. Townsend, Jr., three
miles from LeWes with a loss
Of more than $4,000. The build-
ing, containing Is rooms. three
stories in height, was more
than 100 years old, and occu-
pied by Manaen Marvel and
his wife and eight children. all
Of whom we're in Milford when
the fire broke out. When they
returned home about 10 O'clock
they found the place a smold-
ering ruin.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04

DR.. Howard CIymer of Phila-
delphia, spent Monday with
his parents in Harrington.
Son
Captain Howard Hickman
accompanied his wife from New
Jersey and spent the weekend
at Ocean View with his family
Hos
The past few days have
seemed like real spring and
have caused some to think if
is time now for the most i'm
portant thing on the menu for
Sunday supper to be cold cof-
fee and biscuits in place of
hot dogs and rolls.
&oa
Professors Calvin E. Affler-
bach and Albert e. Earlev of
Georgetown, supervisors of
schools for this county. spent
this week in Cincinnati. Ohio
attending the convention that
was held in that city of the
Departments of the National
Education Association.
500
Making preparations to care
for the summer trade. Mrs. w
p. Palmer of Harrington. is
remodeling and enlarging her
store on Commerce street.
which is now occupied by Neal
Stevenson, who conducts the
ice cream parlor known as
the Fountain.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
ROXANA
By Mrs. Alice Lockwood
Phone SelbyVille 44O6

Services Sunday morning. March
6, at the ROXana Methodist Church
as follows:
Church School at 10 O'Clock.
Worship Service at II a. m. Rev
G. Wayne Burwell, pastor. Every
one welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Ewell spent
Friday night with their children
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Bunting at
Willow Grove, Pa. Saturday thew
We're also overnight guests of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlton Lyons at ClaymOnt
Mrs. Leroy Bennett has returned
home from the. Milford Memorial
Hospital after undergoing surgery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel LeKites had
as their dinner guests last Sunday.
Mrs. Peggy LeKites and two bows.
wilson and Leroy, JT., of Selbyville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Richards of
near Bayard spent Saturday even
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Ben
nett.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Brasure are
the proud parents of a fine daugb-
ter, born Monday, February 28. at
the Beebe Hospital in Lewes. The
happy grandparents are Mr.. and
Mrs. Charlie Brasure of here and
Mr.. and Mrs. LinwOOd Evans of
near Ocean View.
Glad to report that Mrs. George
NJ. DericksOn is now improving at
her home, near here.
Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Lewis and
chlldren are now occupying their
new home just completed on the
RoXana-Selbyville Road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Millard Macklin
spent the weekend with relatives
and friends in Wilmington and
Philadelphia.
Miss Susanna Stephens, daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Stephens is
III at her home here. Mr.. and Mrs.
Allie Stephens of Bayard spent Sat
urday evening with the above Stem
hens. We wish Susanna a speedv
recovery.
Mrs. Charlie Brasure is improv-
ing and able to be up and around
the house, after being confined to
her bed for quite some time.
The WSCS held their monthly
meeting Monday evening, February
%, at the Community House, Due
10 the absence of the president
Mrs. Vance McCabe, the vice pres
dent, Mrs. John Hazel, presided.
sympathy is extended to the
amlly of John McCabe of Selby-
vile, who was laid to rest Sunday
n the ROXana Cemeterv
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
FARM FOR MARRIAGE

MADISON, Wis. - up - Mrs.
Orpha Chandler Moore, 8S, who has
been married to William Moore.
", for 20 years says the trouble
nowadays is that husband and wife
don't see enough of each other. She
advocates a back-to-the-soil move
ment.
The happiest married life is
where a man and his wife can farm
together, where their interests are
the same" she says.
MIR. and Mrs. Moore have spent
90 OF their married years on a
farm.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Thirty Years Ago.

Taken from the February q, 1925 Issr
William Days, a member Of
the senior class of the Selby-
vile High School, received the
Lincoln medal for the best
essay written on the Life of
Lincoln"
Charles Lofland, who resides
near Glendale, on one of the
EllegoOd farms, has a flock of
hens numbering one hundred
and fifty, from which he gets
over one hundred eggs daily.
Can you beat it?
aoa
The oyster boats at Bowers
Beach are doing nicely dredg-
ing for crabs. On last Satur-
day. eighty-fOur barrels of
crabs were taken in two trucks
to Crisfeld, Md. The Della
ware Bay Oyster Shucking Co
and Blakes Shucking Co. are
receiving numerous orders
from New York dealers.
see
On Saturday evening the
trederica Bowling Team paid
the Milton team a visit. Eight
games We're played, four being
won by Frederick. three bv
Milton, and one game tied. The
Milton team has just been or
ganized and did fine consider
ing this fact. They expect to
play a return game with Fred
erica in the near future.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Veterans Administration
INFORMATION SERVICE
Questions and Answers

Q-l am going to night school un-
der the World War IL CT Bill
My employer has just told me
Will have to take an un-
expected twO-mOnth trip to call
on customers. Because of the
trip / will have to interrupt
my course. Will l be permitted
to resume it under the CT Bill
after / return?
A-Yes. Temporary Interruptions.
because of unexpected circum-
stances related to your job, are
permitted under the CT Bill. If
they extend for four months.
however, you will have to show
VA that it was impossible for
you to resume training within
four months.
ID intend to convert my World
War II CT term insurance poli-
cy to permanent plan. What
will VA consider as nv age
for purposes of premium rates
my past birthday or my birth
day to come?
A-Your age will be considered
as your birthday nearest the
effective date of your perma-
nent-plan insurance.
l-As a Korean veteran, may I
join with a non-veteran in OBJ
taining a CT business loan?
Yes. But VAS guarantee will be
based only on that amount of
the loan which represents your
interest. The guarantee cannot
extend to the portion of the
loan representing the non
veterans contribution to the
enterprise.
Il received an administrative dis
charge from the armed forces
to give up my enlisted status
and become an officer. On the
basis of that discharge. would
/ be eligible for Korean CT Bill
training?
No. Korean CT training may
not be taken by persons on
active duty. You must be
veteran-Out of service-in or
der to train.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
HOLDUP ON SCHEDULE

PONTIAC, Mich. - up - The
telephone rang at the sheriff's Of
fee late at night.
I'm about half an hour" the call
er said, another fellow and I are
going to hold up the Avon Inn out
on Adams Road"
Deputies rushed to the scene and
set up an ambush. A short time
later two men walked into the lob
by, drew guns and announced
This is a holdup."
When officers stepped out of hid
ing places, the gunmen meekly sur
rendered. One of the men admitted
making the phone call but could
give no reason why he did it. How
ever, police said, both men had
been drinking heavily.
The two were held on charges
OF armed robbery.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
The Past In Review
News As It Was Reported In The Chronicle
Forty Years Ago.
Taken from the February &c, 19t5 Issue

Taken from the February &c. 1915 issr
On Wednesday morning
Bob" Wiley caught twenty
iiVe herring in the Broadkiln.
and sold them at three cents
each.
Coulbourn's Opera House at
Seaford was packed to the
doors at the entertainment
given under the auspices of the
Crescent Club by the Fisher
Shipp Concrete Company. prov
ing one Of the best OF the SER
les yet given.
William A. Russell has been
awarded the contract for re-
pairing the bulkhead at the
Cape HenlOpen Lighthouse
damaged during the two recent
storms, The work calls for the
driving Of between fifty and
one hundred pilings and will
be commenced the first of
March.
eoe
Mrs. Maud S. Derrickson. Of
Lincoln, and James NJ. G. ABB
bott, Of Milford, were quietly
married at the Methodist Epis-
eOpal parsonage by Rev. w. r.
Mowbray, on Saturday morning.
February Goth, 1915. Immedi-
ately after the ceremony they
were conveyed by automobile
TO Harrington and took the 9
o'clock train for Philadelphia
and points in New Jersey.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Ten Years Ago.

fasen from the March 2, is45 Issue
Private First Glass Paul G.
Williams has returned to Low
~ Field Denver, Colo. after
having spent IS days with his
wife, Mrs. Hilda H. Williams
at Frankford.
zee
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Gibson
are being congratulated upon
the birth Of their second son
in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital on Wednesday, February
zo. He has been named Donald
Lee Gibson.
zee
The Bronze Star for "eour-
age and quick thinking in
picking up a German hand gre
made and tossing it away from
his machine gun company he
fore it exploded, has been
awarded to Private LAFAYETTE
Burlingame, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lafayette Burlingame
Milford, and husband of Mrs
Clara Burlingame, Harrington.
uoN
Miss Clara West came from
the Delaware Hospital Ia VIII
mington, accompanied bv
girl friend, who Is also a stu
dent nurse there, and spent
Saturday and Sunday with Miss
Vests parents. Mr.. and Mrs
Andrew West Of Omar. Mr
West took them back to the
hospital Sunday night on his
way TO Philadelphia. to join
his boat.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04

The sessions Of the public
school at Shawnee are held in
the church building since the
school house was burned two
months ago.
A kitchen shower was given
to Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Adams
by their many friends last
Wednesday evening. A number
Of useful articles were receiv-
ed.
The stOrk visited the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Simp-
son, of near Milford. last Fri
day and left a fine baby girl.
Mother and youngster are do
ing fine.
Going into the poultry bus
mess on a large scale, large
poultry houses have been erect
ed and A. G. Jones, of Eng
land, put in charge of the Mar
vel Farm, near Georgetown.
eos
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Brede-
meir, who formerly owned and
resided on the Wiswell Farm,
near Milford, at the Dyke. but
who have been residing in New
Castle County for the past six
years, have sold their farm in
that county and have moved
back to GdiifOrd.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
RETIRED STAY HOME

DETROIT - (R A survey bv
the Metropolitan Committee on Ag-
ing covering 1890 persons who
have retired on pensions showed:
9,7l2 remained in Detroit: 3.O66
moved to smaller Michigan com
munities; 1,042 left the state. and
OF these, 328 went to Florida, 1872 to
california and small numbers NOV
ed to other states or foreign coun-
tries.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04

Chief Cimmissary Steward
John NJ. Quillen of Quakers-
town, has been transferred
from the Lewes Coast Guard
Station to Boston.
William Pearce, Seaman 1/c.
arrived home early this weaR
after being in the South Pa
cine for the last several
months. Bill is the son of YER
non Pearce Of Milford
Mrs. Kenneth H. Jewell. Of
Milford, received word from
her husband, who is somewhere
IN Germany, that he has bean
promoted to sergeant. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Jewell, and has two bro
thers, John and Whitley. serv-
ing in the Pacific.
500
Miss Pauline Bakota, daugb-
ter Of Mr., and Mrs. Steven Ba-
kota, Of Harrington, and viii
liam 0. Ward, S. 2/c. son of
mrs Helen s. Ward, Of Hous-
ton, We're united in marriage on
FepFuary is, at the Houston
Methodist parsonage by the
heF Norman @. Benson, in the
presence Of the immediate fam
liles. Seaman Ward returned
@ bis duties on February 21.
lie Is stationed at the present
time at the Bainbridge Naval
Station az Port Deposit, Md.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
YOYO OUTBREAK

AMARILLO, Texas = B - The
Daily News reports "yoyo fever
mas neared epidemic proportions
in neighbOring Paducah. Some bows
nave made their own. Their yoyos
average 31s inches across and spin
on Quarter-inch bolts.
Linda Beatty has the largest yoyo
Made from a nail keg bottom. II
is 10 inches in diameter and has
a 12-foot cord.
Milford chronicle., 1955-03-04
Use Cold Water

Use cold water on utensils which
have had the following foods 70
loosen them most effectively: milk.
egg. cheese or dough.
Homer news., 1955-05-12
CLEANUP DAY PLANS

Final plans for clean-Up day are expo cted to be an- nounced nextsNeek, according to Helen Bachman and Alza King, co--chai rmen ' for the event Whi oh will take place Sunday, May g. This years program will be similar to the one held last year with the local residents cleaning up the ifsom pro perty on Sat- urday and placing the gar bage at the roadside So that trucks can pick 1t up Sunday.
 On Sunday morning all 1oc- al residents ( caring to take part in the program will meet at the schoo1houss to be as- signed 43obs. A. community pot1uck {, dinner will be held at noon and work will cont in ue into the afte rnoon if nec- essary.
 It vas st mated that be- tween 50 and 70 tons Of rub bish vas picked up last years
Homer news., 1955-05-12
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

(Conts from Page | Col. p @
 Cap King told the group of his need for capital in pro- noting his KWik-Log company. He said that If capital can be raised, he can increase his operat ions considerably and that he forsees the day when full scale sami II could be p1a ced in operation across the bay to supply the demands of his plant. An chorage capital. is interested in the company, he stated, but they would like to see moro Homer money inve sted. The stock in the KWik-Log company sells for $1oo a sharea a@ sti
 Cue sta at the meeting were Errol Bailey and Nayne Hill of the Gilbert Roberts Con- struction company and Yi1l1s Townsend of the Continental Insurance company. Three represent attves. of the She'll Oil company who were eating in the cafe were introduceds They were C. P Butler, II. J. Thompson and Wesley G1rth.
Homer news., 1955-05-12
GILBERT ROBERTS ARRIVES

GILBERT ROBERTS AERLVES
 2 Gilbert Roberts, head of the C construction firm bearing his name, arrived in Homer Monday to take charge of the cons struc tion work on the Hom- CT hosptta1-health center. W The bulk Of the construc- tton materials have been 1tak- en to the ite and Lloyd Max we'll has started excavat ion work. It was expected that the pouring of the concrete would start late this week. FIVE CANDIDATES FILE
 Acco rding to latest re- ports, five candidates have filled in the district court as cand1 dates for the coming const1 tutional convent ono
 A Filing for Di strict 13, Hhic includes the Homer, Sc1dovia and Kenai recording districts, were Don Srnt tn, Harry Cregc ire and Yu1e Kill cher of Home r, Frank Huey of Ntnilchtk and N. Talmase Nell son of Mile lOl3 Kenat High way Spur.
Homer news., 1955-05-12
FAIRGROUNDS BURNED

Members of the Homer vo1- unteer fire department and, members of the fair associa- tion assi sted 'Iayne Fs1lers Of the Forest Service in burning the grass on the fair grounds Wednesday evening. A ma jority of the 40 acres was burned and plans will now be made to make the utmost use Of the area. It is expected that this year's Homer fair will be he Id on the grounds and that the baseball dia- mond and picnic area will see much use during the spnmer&
Homer news., 1955-05-12
A1RPRT ENGINEER IN To7N

Howard Parks, air port en- gineer for the Territorial Department of Aeronautics, was in Homer this week to make si dc trips to Se1dovta and Port Graham. Paul Cho- quette took him over to lay out an airport si te at Port Graham and to stake out the Se1dov1a field whi ch will be ditched and low spots filled in the near futures
Homer news., 1955-05-12
CL.ASSIF FEDS
Rate: 3s a word
Phone 239 For 24-Hour Cab Service AURORA CAB

WANTED: Small or large Homer acreage. State price and lo- cation, Write Locke Jacobss Box lle2. anchorage, Alaska.
 FOR SALE: Ramp sleeping trailer. Good co ndttion. See Harris Gordon or write Box 1o4. Huners N As AZ, 46 ATTENTION FLR1fERS: Ernie Robirts is taking orders for Matanuska Valley calves for Homer deliverys Two to four week old calves, heifers $5os bulls $35s delivered in lots of IS by trucka Write Ernie Robirts, Homer or see in 5rd house behind Seventh Day Ad- ventist church.
Homer news., 1955-05-12
SCHOOL CAFETERIA TO CONCLUDE SUCCESSFUL YEAR

When the school cafeteria serves it's last meal next Wednesday at the close Of the school year, approximately g !, 500 hot 1unches will have gone over the counter to hun gry school children, accord ing to Mrs. Dorothy Hollis, manager.
 Good ne WIS for the P-TA, whi ch sponsors the lunch pro- gram, is that the safeter ria will just about break even, thanks to the efficient man. agement of Mrs. Hollis, the excel lent cooking Of Mrs. Howard Wtckersham and food donations by the governme nt, local residents and the game conmi ss ions The cafeteria also receives nine cents per meal from the To Terr1tory.
 During the year approd- ma ately 900 pounds of beef vas consumed plus three quarters of a small mooses Fifteen sacks of potatoes were pur- chased and nuner ous sacks do- hated. The government pro- vided 24 cases of butter, II cases of canned meat and a large quantity Of canned veg 6tables and fruit plus dried milk, cheese and peanut butt ter.
 The nid nployees include the manager, cook and dish- washers. Volunteer labor come from mothers Of the school children and grade school girls. Two mothers are on hand each week and two school girls assist daily in scroping the trays. %
 The menu for the last week is as fo11ous:
 Monday: Beef Stew and Cherry co bblers
 Tue sday: Chop Suey, cook tes and frutteA
 f Wednesday: Cheeseburgers, potato ga lad and te11es FITTING I,TOrJOR STORE
Homer news., 1955-05-12
BOX SOCIAL PLANNED WEDNESDAY EVENING

A box soc ia1 and dance will follow gradual ion exer- ises next Nedne sday evening, accord ing to Paul Choquette. The affair will be sponsored by the P-TA and admiss ion charge will be a decorated box lunch for the ladies and some cash in the pocket for bidding by the men. Time and ph ce for the event had not been established at press 1imes
Homer news., 1955-05-12
NEW CAFETERIA MANAGER

Mrs. Herb Mccain has bean chosen to manage the school cafeteria next year, acco rd- ing to Margaret Pate, P-TA pre- idents B
Homer news., 1955-05-12
ALASKA STEAMSHIP co

The MS LUCIDoR has three sai1ings set for Homer on May l9. June g and June 90 For furthe T info rsnation contact TYTHE & SON local 4 agents
Homer news., 1955-05-12

FIXING LIQUOR STORE
 Harold Bi1lups has been busy this week building shelves in a room off the Homer Bar which will serve as a liquor store. He al so has received and install led new ice machine for tfe bar. DAUGHTER BORN
 4 daughter vas born Wed- nesday, May II to Mir. and Mrs. orvi il1e Wadde11 in the Seldovia hospital. The new baby has been named Celest Marie and she has an older sister, Pam. Mrss Wadde11 wes flown to Se1dovia by Gene Lawrence early EIe dne sday ev- en1ng and ce lest arrived at Il p.m.
Evening star., 1955-09-04
Jewish Heads
To Meet Here

Approximately 1000 Jewish
leaders from the United States
and Canada will meet here be-
ginning next Friday to devise
plans for economic aid to Israel.
Two major objectives will be
sought by the National Mobiliza =
Ition Conference for Israel Bonds,
according to Abraham Feinberg,
president of the State of Israel
Bond Organization. These are:
/. To enroll large numbers
Iof Americans in a nationwide
effort to furnish Israel with the
financial means to provide eco
nomic opportunities for 10000
Jews who must be brought out
of distress areas in North Africa.
2. To enable Israel through ex-
Ipansion Of her economic devel-
opment to overcome Arab boy
cott and economic blockade.
Israel's Finance Minister, Levi
EShkol. is expected to arrive in
Washington Wednesday and
will address the conference. Is
raeli Ambassador Abba Eban
also is scheduled to speak.
Col. Dina Werth. commander
Of the training program for
the Women's Army Of Israel. is
also scheduled to attend the
conference.
Evening star., 1955-09-04

and equipment; an art metal
and ceramics shop; a sewing
room with 10 machines; a cook
ing and homemaking suite; a
shoe repair shop; a carpentry
shop; a typing room; a welding
shop, and academic classrooms.
Use Latest Equipment
All are equipped with the most
modern materials and machines.
A group from the Blue Plains
Institution, brought to Cedar
Knoll ostensibly to clean it UP
but really to acquaint the in
mates with their new home, re-
acted. Miss Thompson said, like
this:
tits all very beautiful. This
only thing wrong with it is that
we HAVE to come"
After the present inmates are
moved out of the Blue Plains
institution, workmen will begin
a $350,000 remodeling job that
will prepare it to receive occu-
pants Of Junior Village, a home
for dependent children now OPP
Grating in century-old buildings,
some Of them condemned, on
Loughboro road NV. Mr.. Shea
hopes to have the renovation
completed in time to move the
children by April, 1856.
Evening star., 1955-09-04
Six Killed in Falls,
2 Bitten by Spiders,
Red Cross Reports

Two persons were treated al
Garfield Hospital for black
widow spider bites last week, the
District Red Cross Safety Serv.
ices reported.
Last weeks home accidents
also included six fatal falls anc
one infant suffocation.
The Red Cross breakdown
listed So falls. five burns. II
accidental poisonings, four for.
eign bodies in ear, eye or nose
20 cuts and 81 miscellaneous
accidents.
A 13-year-old youth was ad-
mitted to Casualty Hospital fol
surgery after he closed a win
dow on his hand. A man nearly
amputated two toes while using
"a power mower. A housewife suf
fered burns when a pressure
cooker exploded, and two 1-year-
old boys were also burned; one
pulled over q pan of hot grease
the other a hot iron.
Evening star., 1955-09-04
Ceremony Slated
At Langley Park

Langley Parks rapid post
World War II expansion will be
noted with outdoor ceremonies
at noon September % at New
Hampshire avenue and Univer-
sity lane.
Robert E. Lohr, founder and
president of the Langley Park
Chamber of Commerce. said the
community today ranks third
as a trading market in Maryland,
behind Baltimore and Silver
Spring.
Mr.. Lohr added that since
1916 when a filling station was
erected at New Hampshire and
University lane ''in a vast heavily
wooded region" thousands of
homes and businesses had arisen
in the area.
Mr.. Lohr predicted that high
way construction now underway
would more than double traffic
in the community.
Evening star., 1955-09-04
Attendant Beaten
In HoIdup Attempt

A service station attendant al
Suitland, Md. was given a Sc
we're beating by three men late
yesterday afternoon in what
appears to have been an at
tempted holdup.
He was identified by a fellow
worker at the Suitland Texaco
Service. 4434 Suitland road. as
A. L. Kidwell.
A witness at the station said
cars were being serviced at the
gas pumps and on the wash rack
when three men, between 25 and
28 years of age. walked into the
office where Mr.. Kidwell was
emptying change into the cash
register.
One of the men Slugged the
attendant, knocking him to the
floor. While one of the men held
Mr.. Kidwell. the other two bea.
him with their fists and kicked
him. When customers tried to
intervene. one of the men BRAN
dished a pistol and the three
sped off in a car they had
parked next door.