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Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Mrs Crier
Dies After
Short Illness
Funeral Services Were
Held Monday For Well
Known Milford Lady;
Was Lifelong Resident.

Mrs. Elizabeth R. Grier, wife Of
DR.. Walter L. Grier, an official Of
the L. D. Caulk Company, died Fri
day, December %, 1855, in Milford
Memorial Hospital following short
illness.
She was a daughter Of the late
Frank and Rattle Richards, who
were lifelong residents Of Milford
as was the deceased. She was a
member of the Women's Auxiliary
of the Milford Memorial Hospital,
lifelong member OF Avenue Meth
odist Church, and a former mem-
Der of the Milford New Century
Club.
In addition to her husband, she
lis survived by three sons, Frank
.R. Grier, also an official of the
Caulk Company and a member OF
the State Highway Commission
NJ. Logan and Garrett i. Grieri
operators of the Grier Lumber
Company; six grandchildren, one
great-grandchild, and a sister, Mrs.
Willard r. Pierce of Milford.
Services were held Monday af-
ternoOn at 2 O'Clock in the Rogers
Funeral Home, Milford. The Rev.
Robert E. Green, pastor of Avenue
Church offfciated, assisted by a
former pastor, Rev. Roy Lawson
Tawes, pastor of Peninsula Meth
odist Church, Wilmington. Inter
ment Odd Fellows Cemetery, Mil
ford.
The deceased was greatly in
terested in the National Game and
when Milford was represented in
the Eastern Shore League, rarely
| if ever, missed one Of the home
games. She was possessed of a
gracious disposition, and was q
wonderful wife, mother and friend
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Gas Tax Take Passes
$1OO,OOO,OOO Mark

Total gasoline tax payments Of
Delaware motorists since 1928,
when the state levy was first i'm
posed here, passed the 100 million
dollar mark this year, it was an
recently by Harry R.
Cross, Executive Secretary Of the
Associated Petroleum Industries of
Delaware.
He said the state gasoline tax,
which began at one cent per gal
lon in 1923 and has risen steadily
until today it is five cents on each
gallon, will cost Delaware car and
truck owners ne2rly S7.000,000 this
year alone.
sOn top Of this, he added, these
people pay. a federal tax on gaso-
line-which started at one cent per
gallon in 1882 and is now up TO
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Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Milk Producers
Get Advice On Mill

Leveling out the spring flush and
the fall slump in milk production
meant S. a day greater returns to
many a Delaware daiTyman this
mast year. according to DelmaT
Young. Extension dairy advisor
from the University Of Delaware.
He has just finished study Of
11S Diamond State dairy farms en-
rolled in the Greener Pastures pro
gram this past year. One man who
evened out spring and fall milk
production got over $50 more a day
on his milk check in the fall than
liz he had let his herd production
slump the usual 2O9o below spring
levels, Young reported. However.
this was an unusual case and the
average herd Of 19 cows which
held up in fall production to take
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Special Program For
Vegetable Growers
Interesting Set-Up. Arranged For
U. OF d. Meeting

Vegetable growers planning to
attend Farm and Home Week, Feb
ruary z, 8 and at the University
Of Delaware, viii find one Of the
most complete programs designed
for their needs that has ever been
presented at this annual winter
get-together Of Delaware farmers,
says DR.. G. Fred Somers, general
chairman for the event and asso-
ciate dean at the College Of Agri-
culture.
This year, for the first time in
three years. their program win be
ioined with that Of the Tri-State
Gamers Association at Agricultural
Hall. Approximately Is different
sneakers from in-state and out-of-
sfafe win appear on the vegetable
sessions discussing everything from
new varieties and planting methods
to the latest in processing meth
ods Most OF the talks are sched-
(contfnued on page sevenl
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Miles OF Dimes
March Being
Planned Here
Fete To Aid Polio Fund
Drive Will Be Held
Here Saturday, jan
uary 14th.

Kicking off the Fund Raising
Drive for the, 1855 Polio Campaign,
Milford Post, V. F. w, Coolies and
Cootiettes will stage their annual
mile of Dimes" race on Walnut
Street, Saturday, January 14th,
starting at II a. m. Heading South
from North Front Street from a
point opposite Penney's store each
group will stretch a tape on the
sidewalk and attempt to cover it
with a "mile of dimes" quarters,
halves, and dollar bills, of course,
welcome.)
The Coolies, headed by Seam
Squirrel Gordon Kicker of the Do
yer Air Force Base lA1r. Kicker is
a master sergeant) and the COoti-
cites, headed by Chief Grayback
Hilda Cannon, will vie for first
place in soliciting dimes from pas
sersby to cover a mile.
Last year these two groups turn
ed in a wonderful job and it is
hoped that public support will en-
able them to equal, if not surpassr
their 1855 results.
Fight Polio-Help yourself Dy
helping them cover mile Of
Dimes"
Likewise, on the Polio Fund
Front, co-chairmen Nelson Chuck
Wright and Dolphus Wilkins an
nounce that final detitils are being
settled, and areas asSigned to the
various volunteers who viii make
| a house toulouse solicitation fol
contributions to the Polio Fund
1.-THE vital needs for funds to hell
polio victims and carry on the
/ search for preyentives is being
recognized and evidenced by tht
response to Ward Captains reques
i for volunteers.
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30

The 33-year-Old driver, who in
13 wears Of commercial truck op-
Grafton never has had a serious
accident, is credited with saving
the life of a BADLY injured woman
motorist last month on the Penn
sylvania turnpike.
She was thrown from a car when
it struck an Overpass abutment
during a snowstOrm. Wallace, who
found the unconscious woman
about to slide headfirst down an
1g-foot drop to a concrete high
way below, held her by a foot for
about an hour and a half until he
was finally able to attract atten-
ton Of a passing mCtOrist.
In making the award. Mr.. McCOr-
mick said, Every professional
truck driver is expected to stop at
the scene of an accident and help
if he can But few are called upon
to undergo what you have endured.
It was a remarkable display Of
courage and physical stamina.
Every truck driver in Delaware.
CONTINUED on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
.Seaford Youth Gets
Deer With Arrow
Sussex NimrOd Lands 99-POhnd Doe
At Bombay Hook Refuge

Charles Kuhlman, Of Seaford, be-
came Delaware's first successful
archer of the twO-day-Old deer sea-
son when he bagged a 99-pound
doe at noon Tuesday on the Bonn
bav Hook Refuge, near Smyrna.
Kuhlman's arrow entered the deer
lust above the kidney causing the
animal to fall within 80 yards.
The largest concentration OF bow
hunters, approximately IS Tuesday,
was on that portion of Bombay
Hook Refuge opened to hunting.
Successful archers are requested
to contact the Delaware Game and
Fish Commission, telephone Dover
5S13. A technician will come to the
site of the kill, check and tag the
deer. During the shotgun season
for deer, January 9Th aRd 9TH, the
police stations at State Road, Do
l.ver. Georgetown and BriegeR9Ne
will be manned by Delaware Came
and Fish personnel. The hunter is
required to bring his deer for tag
eing to one of these stations with
i'm II hours after the. kill.
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Three ire Killed On
Christmas Weekend
Death Toll From Acct
dents To Date Has
Now Reached All Time
High OF 1O9.

Christmas Holiday accidents
brought deaths to three persons on
Delaware highways to add to the
national all-time high death record
for motor vehicle accidents.
The deaths in Delaware brought
the auto accident death toll for the
state this year up to 100 which is
Is more than all of last year, and
only two less that the states all
time high Of III in 1858.
Those killed in the Delaware ac-
cidents were: John w. Davis, Al,
of 119 East Sixteenth Street, assis-
tant traffic manager, National Vul-
lcaniZed Fibre Company, in a col
lision early Monday.
William H. Harris, %, of 2O8 Nor
man Street, Harrington, killed
when his car ran off the road and
overturned early Christmas Day,
near Harrington.
John ID. Brasure, 20, of Clarks-
vile, passenger in a car which ran
off the highway and overturned on
Christmas Eve at Bethany Beach.
Lawrence Scott, 19, Of Houston,
a passenger in Harris car, was in
iured critically. His condition to-
dav in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital where he is being treated for
a possible skull fracture, multiple
llaceratiOns, and shock, is poor.
Davis was killed when the auto
mobile in which he was riding, OPP
Grated by Edwin Spanish, 917 Kirk
4 wood Street, and a tractOr-traileE
cOllided at Lancaster and Gray
Avenues.
Police said Spanish told them he
had picked up Davis at the Penn
sylvania Railroad station, and they
drove to Colonial Heights As they
were leaving the community, Span
Iish drove north on Gray Avenue
then entered the intersection with
Lancaster Avenue.
Hits Tractor On Side
! According to police. Spanish
said he looked to his left, but mol
to his right, as he pulled from
Gray. Avenue. His car ran into the
side Of the westbOund tractor trail
er.
Davis was thrown from the cal
and fell under the tractor~tradlel
and was crushed by the real
wheels. He was pronounced dead
on arrival at the Wilmington Gen
eral Hospital at 4:40 a. m.
John B. Eberly, Akron, Pa, driv-
Ter Of the truck, owned by thC
i Shock Independent Oil Company
MI Jov pa. and Spanish were
arrested on manslaughter charges
Davis funeral will be held Il
Boston. He was unmarried.
Harris, an employee Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, was killed whel
: the car he was driving on a coun
: try road less than two miles mort
of Harrington ran off the lei
(cohttnued on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30

prices, he added. Farmers set new
records for efficiency in 1855, he
pointed out, and still are producing
more than the market viii take, de-
spite population growth and in
creased consumer demand. He
warned that it is this pressure Of
large supplies of many cOmmodi-
ties in the marketplace which
keeps farm prices low and said that
unless some means is found to re-
duce the supplies, prices to farm
ers in 1856 can be expected to fall
below those they received this past
year
McAIlister thinks that lower
prices viii cause farmers to step
up their output in an effort to
bring in a little more cash. He be-
Iieves that total farm income may
be about equal to that Of 1855 if
farmers can increase their total
sales but says that for a farmer
to hold his net income close 70
that Of 1855 win be mattes Of nis
success at cutting costs.
CONTINUED on page seventeenS
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Jehovah's Witness
To Assemble Here

The Watchtower Bible and Tract
Society Of New York will sponsor
a three-day assembly Of Jehovah's
witnesses in Milford, Friday. Sat
urday and Sunday, January 2O-22,
1856. The assembly, which viii be
held in the National Guard ARM
ory, is for Bible instruction and
contrated gospel-preaching.
All three days o. the assembly
will consist Of morning. afternoon
and evening sessions Of Bible talks,
discussions and demonstrations
which are open to the public with
out charge. Jehovah's witnesses ex-
pect 500 ministers and friends to
attend from throughout the Del
marva Peninsula.
James w. Filson Of New York
will be the featured speaker Of the
CONTINUED on page nve)
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30

Is we'll advanced, It is still short
Of the halfway point. But with the
ground work laid and most Of the
processing units started, the con-
struction pace now viii accelerate
steadily, the contractors pointed
out.
Employment at the busy con-
struction site totals over 5000
workers. The peak in 1856 will be
we'll over 5000. it was said.
"The weather has given us a big
assist in maintaining construction
headlines" one official stated.
''The only things that can slow
us down are heavy snow or food
ing rain, but even they wouldn'l
stop u.s. he added, pointing out
that much Of the underground worh
IS complete, along with paving anc
foundations for many Of the pro
cessing units.
',This will give us a firm toOtinl
for further above-grOund construc
tses even in wet weather. In addi
tion most OF the main arteries o
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Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Frigid December
Sets Dry Record
Is Also One Of The Driest Months
Ever Recorded

December is preparing to bow out
Saturday as the dry ice" month.
The continued squirt of sub
freezing temperatures es-with an
other cold front moving this way
from Canada-has piled up a six
inch layer of ice over a 20-mile
stretch of the Chesapeake Bay and
brought Delaware its best ice skat-
ing in years.
More serious is the fact that this
month up to now is the driest De-
cember on record and one of the
driest months on record.
Up to now the total precipitation
is II of an inch. According to the
weatherman that is the lowest pre-
cipitation for any December since
they started keeping records here
in 1894. Although a complete check
hasn't been made as yet, it is also
Continued on page llve)
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Jobs, Wages 1t n!
Time High In State
WATCH NIGHT SERVICE
AT LOCAL CHURCH

A Watch Night Service"
will be held in the Presby-
terian Church from IL p. m.
to midnight for all who wish
to spend the closing hour
of the year in worship, and
in thanking God for the great
blessings which have been
received throughout the year,
and to find His grace and
strength for the coming year.
There viii be special music,
and a brief devotional mes
sage, with inspiration for all
who can come. Friends are
urged to bring their New
Years Eve guests for this
hour.
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Lister Hall, Jr. To
Replace Harry Wilson
FELTON, Man will Manage Kent
Agricultural Program

Lister Hall, Jr., of FELTON,, has
been named as the office manager
IF the Kent County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Pro
gram according to the announce
nent Of Joseph Ennis, chairman
# the county committee. He starts
work as OF January 1st, and viii
seplace r. Harry Wilson, who has
lust been elected to serve as a
member Of the county committee.
Mr.. Hall has been grain and
Hairy farmer for the past thirteen
wears. during which time he also
grew lima beans as a cash crop
he graduated from the FELTON, High
school in 1910. and attended the
University Of Delaware for a short
period. He is married and has q
family Of three children.
In his earlier years, he was a
An Club member for five years
and won trip TO the National 4-H
CONTINUED on page ski
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Firemen Kept Busy
Last Few Days
Three Fires Wednesday IN Period
OF One Hour

With a respite only on Christ
mas Monday, the members of Carl
isle fire company of Milford have
had a busy holiday season.
On Christmas Day they answered
two calls, the first being an assis-
tance call by Frederick, at the home
of a Mr.. Horace White, particulars
as to TIE damage, etc., not avail
able. Later the same day they
fought stubborn grass fire at the
rear of the residence of Mrs. Ed
Salevan.
On Tuesday, December Z7th, they
had two more calls, the first a
corn field at the rear of the Jewell
Nursing Home on N. Walnut, the
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Boy Killed On
Grandad's Farm
Little Walter Jerry Faust Is Victim
OF Truck Tragedy

A four-year-old boy was fatally
injured when his grandfather
truck ran over him on a farm five
miles west of Clayton on Tuesday
Of this week.
Kent County Coroner Roland P.
Trader identified the victim as Wal
ter Jerry Faust, son of Mrs. Hazel
Mabrey.
The child was crushed when he
attempted to ride his tricycle. be-
hind the truck as it was backed
up in the driveway. The accident
happened on the farm of the grand
father, Walter Conley, and was not
classified as a highway fatality.
Walter was pronounced dead on
arrival at the Kent General Hos
pital in Dover by DR.. James R. Nc
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Presbyterians To
Show Martin Luther
World Famous Religious Film VIII
Be Shown Tomorrow Night

The wOrld-famous moving pic
-ure. Martin Luther, will be
shown at the Presbyterian Church,
n Milford, this Saturday evening
1T $3.50 as a New Years Eve en-
ertainment program for all the
and all who wish to
come, from far or near. The film,
which was discussed around the
world when It appeared two years
lgO, and which received such out
standing praise both for its Christ
ian and its factual historical ac-
curacy, is being shown, without
admission charge, to help provide
Outstandingly fine entertainment
sor the closing night of the year,
prior to the Watch Night Service
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Sanatoriurn Gives
Operation Report
Total Of 5,OO5 Patient Days Care
Given In November


The report of operations for the
months of November 1855, of The
Emily P. Bissell Sanatorium is: A
total of 5OO5 patient days care was
given with the total hospital cost
amounting to S56,121, the cost per
patient day being S11.21. The total
member of meals served was 22,23S
at a total dietary cost of $15,1O4
or $.68 per meal.
The average number of patients
for the month of November was
167, with 112 from New Castle
County, 25 from Kent County and
% from Sussex County.
The sanatorium again wishes to
thank the American Legion Aux
iliary, the VFW Auxiliary. the En-
cheering Department Employees
Activities Association at LOuviers
Building Of the Dupont Co, the
Delaware Red Cross, the Salvation
Army, the Boy and Girl Scouts OF
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Delaware Day At
Valley Forge Sunday
Rep. Jas. II. snOWden VIII Be The
Principal Speaker

The Honorable James H. Snow
den, Wilmington, a member Of the
Delaware House Of Representa-
tives, will be Tie principal speaker
when Delaware Day is observed at
Valley Forge, Pa, on Sunday, jan
uary first, it was announced this
week.
Following a custom that was es-
ta,bMshed many years ago by the
late DR.. Francis Burke, who was
responsible for bailding the Chapel
at Valley Forge. a service on each
Sunday Of the year is dedicated tc
one of the AS states.
Delaware, assuming its tradition
al position as First State, autOma
tically is assigned the first Sunda!
in January.
(continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Construction At State s
Refinery Is On Schedule

The years the Tide Water Associated Oil
right schedule OFFICIALS
of Braun and Company general engineering construction
said today.
which began last March
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
State Truck DriUer Cited
For Outstanding HerOisn'

For outstanding driver in 1885, Glenn
awarded wrist
by Association
Mccormick H. DTA pres-
Freight
d Dodson wilmington, Wallace is employed
Milford chronicle., 1955-12-30
Economist Sizes Up 1866
Prices For State Farmers

employment takehome plus
demand
in
University Delaware yeand New
But demand for farm produets only picture
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-13
Edwin S. Holloway,
Lived in RosoryviIIe

Edwin S. Holloway. SO. who
retired in 1850 after Is years
with the Dictaphone Co. OF
Bridgeport. Conn. died Sunday
in Providence Hospital. He had
lived at Woodstock" in Rosary
vile. Prince Georges County
since he was 6.
Mr.. Holloway was manager Of
the Baltimore branch Of the
Dictaphone Co. when he retired
A native Of Baltimore, he was q
1908 graduate Of Maryland Agri-
cultural College. He was an in
structor at the New York Mill
tary Academy and later worked
with Arms here and in Atlanta,
Ga.
He was active In church, civic,
Agricultural and social affairs OF
Upper Marlboro. He was q mem
Der Of the vestry Of Trinity Epis-
copal Church in Upper MARI
boro; director Of the Southern
States Cooperative and a men,
Der Of the Merchants Club of
Baltimore, Baltimore Country
Club, the Rotary and the Vans
vile Farmers Club. He was the
first president Of the Marlboro
Hunt Club.
He is survived by his widow.
the former Josephine Hoffman,
whom he married in 1924.
Services were held ut Trinity
Church.
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Hodijoh Meade, IS, Retired,
Ruilwuy Bridge Engineer

Hodijah Meade. 50, retired
Southern Railway bridge engi-
Ineer, died yesterday ct his home,
STA North Pershing drive. Arl-
lington.
A native Of Amelia, Va, Mr..
Meade was the son Of the late
Hodijah and Mary Hardaway
Meade. He was o 1909 Virginia
Polytechnic Institute graduate
and an Army veteran Of World
War ]. After working In south
west Virginia doing surveying
work and with the Virginia
Bridge and Iron Co. Of Roanoke,
Mr.. Meade came to. Washington
with Southern Railway In 1916.
He retired in 1852.
Mr.. Meade was formerly active
In Boy Scout work In Arlington
and Southwest Virginia.
Survivors are his widow, the
former Mary Russell Scoggin Of
Warrenton. N. c.; q daughter,
Mrs. w. p. Beard, jr, Lansing,
Mich; two brothers and Q sister,
BENJAMIN L. Mead and Mrs. n.
e. Weisiger. both Of Amelia;
John H. Meade. Damascus, Va,
and four grandchildren.
Services win be held ut IL
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Mrs. Goodwin,
Bishops Wife

Mrs. Frederick D. Goodwin,
wife Of Bishop Goodwin Of the
Episcopal Diocese Of Virginia,
died today in a Richmond nurs-
ing home after a long illness.
Mrs. Goodwin was the former
Blanche Ebert Moncure. q ma
tive Of Williamsburg. She and
her husband lived in Warsaw,
Va. before they went to Rich
mond rs years ago. Her husband
has been bishop since 1874.
Besides her husband. Mrs.
Goodwin is survived by two sons,
Frederick, jr.. an airline pilot
in Alaska; Edward LeBaron
Goodwin. Richmond: a daughter,
Mrs. Peyton r. williams, Nor
folk. wife Of a former rector Of
Christ Episcopal Church in
Georgetown; q brother. Henry
T. Moncure. 113 West Maple
street, Alexandria. an insurance
man: q sister. Miss Mary Cary
Moncure Of Staunton, and five
grandchildren.
Services will be held at st.
Stephens Episcopal Church in
Richmond. Burial will be in Old
Yeocomico Churchyard, Hague.
Va, where Bishop Goodwin had
his first pastorate.
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John J. Fegon, 70, Engraved
Many Military Honor Medals

John j. Fegan, -, who had
engraved Congressional Medals
of Honor and thousands Of other
medals for the Defense Depart
ment. died Tuesday at Suburban
Hospital. Bethesda. He lived at
1907 Upland terrace NV.
Mr.. Fegan was q jewelry en-
craving apprentice until 1900
when he opened his own bust
ness at 437 Seventh street NV.
For many years his shop had
been at sos H street NV. under
his name.
During World War II, he was
awarded yearly Government con-
tracts for engraving medals,
especially Purple Hearts. He had
engraved many Congressional
Medals Of Honor, Silver Stars
and Bronze Star Medals.
Mr.. Fegan was born in Brix-
ham. England. When he was 2,
he came to the United States
with his family.
He was q member Of the
knights Of Columbus and the
Holy Name Society.
Survivors are his widow. the
former Marguerite Meyer Of
Washington. whom he married
20 yeras ago: two daughters and
two sons, Mrs. Edna 8. Parker,
8608 Garland avenue. Takoma
Park, Md; Mrs. Marguerite c.
Fridell. 91l6 Seventh street. Lam
ham. Md: John r. Fegan, 673l
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Mrs. WhippIe,
Wife of Colonel

Mrs. William Whipple, A, wifi,
OF Col. Whipple, died yesterda,
In Orleans. France.
The Whipple's lived at 1921
Leland street, Chevy Chase, Md.
until July when they went t.
France. Col. Whipple is deput,
&c o m m an der communication.
zone. United States Army In
Europe with headquarters al
Orleans. From 1852 until july
1855, he was executive Of civil
works, Office of Chief of Army
Engineers. in building Temporary
II, opposite Washington National
Airport.
Mrs. Whipple was the former
Dixie Ancrum, daughter of the
late Marine Col. Calhoun Ancrum
Besides her husband, she Is
survived by three children, Ann
10; William, jr.. II. and Claire. 8
Her body will be brought to
Arlington Cemetery for burial.