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The Sidney herald., 1955-04-28

E. E. Edmondson and Mrs Clint FIJI
kerson.
The regular meeting will he hold
next Wednesday and If is honed 49,
all members will be out. 4'
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Mil Fire Fatal
To Dover Painter
Harry Harrington, Victim
OF Blaze Near MOOre's
Lake

Funeral services for Harry Har-
rington, 68, Moore's Lake, who was
found dead in the burned out in
terror of a house he was painting
shortly before last Friday mid
night, were held Monday at 2 D. m
Rites were conducted at the
Trader Funeral Home, Dover. In
terment was in Lakeside Cemetery
Mr.. Harrington, whose death was
attributed to second and third de-
dree burns, was painter and had
lived in this area all his life. His
body was found on the floor of the
house, a former mill, now the
home of Mrs. Evelyn Fariess, only
a short distance from his own
home.
Neighbors said they saw sud
den flashes" in the north end of
the structure and within seconds
the old mill was engulfed i'm flames.
Firemen from the Robbins Hose
Company and the Camden Wyoming
Fire Company said the building
was practically in ruins when they
arrived. Chief George d. Hill, Jr.
of Dover stated that lack of water
as we'll as the old mills iron doors
continued on page sikh
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Betty Mae Snowberger
Honored At College
Milford Girl Recently Installed In
TaSsel At Z. Of ID.

Betty Mae Snowberger, junior
home economics major of 701 S.
Walnut ST., Milford, was recently
installed in Tassel, the senior wo-
mems honor society, at the Uni
versity of Delaware.
The tapping ceremony, perform
ed by the senior members of the
society, was performed last week
on the lawn in front of Memorial
Library.
Miss Snowberger, IS well as
other initiates, were awakened at
6 a. m. on the day of the tapping
and were informed of their selec-
ton of the honor. Breakfast was
served to them at the home of
Carolyn Weimer, a member of Tas-
sci.
The formal initiation of the new
Tassel members will take place on
Tuesday, May 10, at p. m, in Old
College Lounge. Alumnae members
of both Tassel and the Mortarboard
Society who live in the Delaware
area will be present.
Tassel was first established at
the University ct Delaware in 1850.
Mortarboard alunalae in the area
helped in the organization and have
maintained an interest in the hon
or society.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Session For Groups From
Milford, Harrington,
FELTON, Will Be Held At
Harrington.

A Rally Day for all the Girl
Scouts and Brownies of Milford,
Harrington and FELTON,, will take
place in Harrington on Saturday,
May 21st. These Rally Days are
happy occasions for Scouts and
Brownies. 1t will mean a day when
they can get to know other Scouts
and Brownies. There will be games,
and dancing, and general good fun.
The Rally will start when they regi-
ster at 10 O'Clock on the grounds
Oh the Moose Lodge in Harrington.
II it is raining at $3.50 on the morn
ing of the 2ist, the Rally will take
place on the following Saturday.
May 2Sth.
The theme of the Rally will be
Believe, Belong and Build" The
Harrington Scouts will have a sign
with this theme printed on it at
the entrance. Two 81 the Harring-
ton committee members will act as
registrar and collect the entrance
fee of sos each Scout, Brownie and
adult is asked to wear small card
on their uniform with their name,
town and troop number. Everyone
will bring their own lunch and soft
drinks will be sold by Harrington
Troop 142 at lunch time.
The program will open with
formal Flag ceremony. Troop 10S
of Milford is in charge of this Flag
ceremony under the direction of
Mrs. Charles Lundstedt. Mrs. Lund-
stedt will also have charge of group
singing, the Brownie Promise and
intermediate Scout Promise and
Laws.
Donna Elliott of Milford Troop
33, will explain the Juliette Low
World Friendship Fund. This fund
finances international encampments
where Girl Scouts from all over the
world can get to. know each other.
After Donna's talk, member from
each troop will come forward to
present their contribution to this
! fund.
Harrington Troop 127 will sing
t"Gfrf Scouts Are We" and Retreat
will follow The Scouts and Brown
les will now separate to carry out
their own programs.
The Brownie Program follows:
Hare and Hound Hunt. led by
Milford Troop So. Milford Troop rs
will make prizes for this game.
Grace, led by Mrs. Norman Hop
kins, of Harrington. Lunch; Brown
les will eat in groups according to
their birthday month. All Brownies
having birthdays in January will
CONTINUED on page two)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
City Seeks Permit
For Sewage Main
Want To Lay Submarine
Type Across Mispillion
River

Notice is hereby given that the
City OF Milford has applied for a
Department of the Army permit to
lay a submarine sewage force main
across Mispillion River near Fisher
Avenue approximately 1865 feet up
stream from the State highway
bridge on State Route IA, Milford,
Delaware.
The applicants plans, which may
be seen at this office, provide for a
12-inch force main to be buried I'M
der the channel at least IS feet be-
low mean low water. The location
of the work is indicated in the
sketch on the reverse side of this
sheet.
Decision as to whether or not a
permit will be issued on the plans
submitted must rest primarily upon
the effect of the work on navigation.
Any criticism or protest regarding
the plans from the standpoint of ma
vigation should be submitted to the
District Engineer prior to 20 May,
1866, as it is desired to act on the
application on that date.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Vince Mckay Is Chair
man For The V. F. w.
SpOnsOred Second
Annual Tourney.

Play in Milford's Second Annual
Marble Championship Tournament
is expected to be completed Satur-
day afternoon with the Growing
of 1855 local nibs champion. The
winner of the current tourney, to-
gether with the runner-up and
third place winner, will represent
Milford in the state finals to be
held here May 22d. Vince Mckay
is chairman for the local torney
which is again being sponsored by
Blue Hen Post 64S3, VFW.
Blue Hen Post sponsored Mil
ford's first marble tournament last
Spring, with 81 youngsters COM
peting. Russ Argo was the winner,
with Wayne Isaacs, as runner-up
and Ronnie Peyton, third. These
three boys subsequently competed
in the 1854 state finals, held at
Newark, with Isaacs finishing third
and Argo and Peyton tying for
fourth, a most creditable showing
for their first try at statewide
competition. Post members Bob
Miller and Harry Eypel were CO.
chairmen of last years highly
successful local tournament.
The state finals, sponsored an
nually by the Department of Della
ware. Veterans of Foreign Wars
will be under the overall direction
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Ocean Downs Plans
For Banner Meeting
200 Entries Reported; Season
Opens July 26th

Ocean Downs Raceway has beer
swamped with a record 700 entries
for the early closers and stake rae
es which will headline the 20-nighi
harness meet beginning July rs, il
was announced by General Man
ager S. Rudy Birmingham.
Birmingham said officials are
highly gratified by the record re-
Spouse from outstanding stables
across the nation, and that the
nominations indicate racing this
season will be the finest in the
tracks history. Ocean Downs has
scheduled a record purse program
this year, highlighted by twelve
early closers and four stakes.
Hundreds of top young perform
ers of both gaits have remained
eligible for the estimated $500
Trot and $500 Pace of the Ocean
Downs Raceway Stake No. for
two-year-olds on August 1 and 2
respectively; and for the estima-
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Statewide Spanish
Contest May 9th
Theodore Pyne, Milford, Head OF
Delaware Group

Spanish students will have an
opportunity to win number of
prizes including q one hundred dol
lar tuition scholarship to the Uni
versity of Delaware in the annual
Statewide Spanish Contest which
will be held in Room 220, Hullihen
Hall, on the University of Delaware
campus at 40 p. m, Friday, May 6.
Through its Department of Mod
ern Languages and Literatures, the
University is cooperating with the
Delaware Chapter of the American
Association of Teachers of Spanish
and Portuguese in sponsoring the
contest, which last year attracted
about seventy entrants.
The University will award a one
hundred dollar tuition scholarship
to the highest scoring student who
plans to enter it's classes in the
fall of 1865. To be eligible for this
award he must have applied and
Eeen accepted by the University's
Admissions Office.
continued on page two)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Odd Fellows
Hold Annual
Installation
Interesting Session Held
In Temple This Past
Monday Evening; APP
pointed Officers Named

Crystal Fount Lodge No. 10
/. o. o. F., installed its recently
elected officers for the new term
last Monday evening, April 25
1855, in the Temple on North Wal
nut Street.
The officers who were installed
are: Marion Shockley, Noble Grand ;
Lucius T. Fox, Vice Grand; Lin
wood Banning, Recording Secre-
tary.
The installation ceremonies were
conducted by Grand Master James
G. Warren of the Grand Lodge OF
Delaware, l. o. o. F., assisted by a
very competent staff recruited from
the several Odd Fellows Lodges OF
Kent County.
Marion Shockley, the new Noble
Grand, is associated with Kent
Sussex Service Company. He is
well known in business circles IL
this section. Fully qualified for the
position of Noble Grand, he shoulc
have successful term. Vice Grand
Lucius Fox, and Recording Secre-
tary Linwood Banning, make ar
excellent team to carry on with him
The appointed officers who Were
installed at the same time are:
Walter Camper, Jr., Warden; Ar
thur Everson, Conductor; Harlan
Jester, Chaplain; Clayton Lord
Right Support to Noble Grand; Ed
ward Mulholland, Left Support to
Noble Grand; James Deputy. Right
Support to Vice Grand; Frank Jes-
ter, Left Support to Vice Grand
Clarence E. Jester, Right Scene
Support; William P. Dickerson
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Pre-School Exams
Here Next Week
Riddles VIII Be Examined On
Wednesday And Thursday

The Milford Board of Education
announced today that pre-school
examinations would be held on
Wednesday, May 4th, and Thurs
day, May 9Th, 1855.
DR.. c. P. Knight of the State
Board of Health will conduct the
examination of all pre-school chill
dren who will be entering school
in September 1855 in the Milford
School District. All children will be
given physical examination and
immunizations against diphtheria,
whooping cough and tetanus, as
we'll as smallpox vaccination, if re-
Quested by the parents.
To facilitate procedures, examin-
ations will be scheduled as follows: .
Wednesday, May 4: $50 to 1900
parents whose last name begins
with the letters A to /, inclusive.
Wednesday, May 4 100 to 400
continued on page five)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Century Club Will Crown
Ladies Hold Marble Champ
Final Meeting HereTomorrow
Fine Report Given By
President, Mrs. Des-
m0nd Lyons, At SEES
sion On Monday.

Monday was the last meeting of
the present club year of the Mill
ford New Century Club. Mrs. Des-
mond Lyons, who has been acting
president, made her fine report of
the years activities and achieve
ments and spoke of the things she
would wish for the club another
year Among the goals, as it were,
she mentioned greater membership
attendance at board. conference and
general meetings, more su0scrip-
lions to the national and State club
magazine, special meetings of de-
partment chairman. where the
members might exchange ideas and
prepare reports for State chairmen,
each member be committee of one
to secure a new active member. A
telephone and membership commit
tee whose work would be 20 remind
others of meetings; weekly hostess
es. sponsors of new members who
would keep in mind the first few
meetings of that new person, a
formal reception for new members
and one social day each year when
the members might invite residents
of town to visit the club and enjoy
the meetings.
CONTINUED on page fve)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Jaycees Hold
Bosses Night
At Hollands
Rest a ur a n t
DR.. Ramon C. Cobbs
Named 'BOss OF The
Year. BY The Milford
Group; Activities Are
Outlined.

At their second annual Bosses
Night, held at Hollands Restaur-
ant, Monday night, DR.. Ramon c.
Cobbs, superintendent of the Mil
ford Schools, was named as the
BOSS of the Year.. This award is
given to the boss having done the
most during the past year to help
the Jaycees on their many projects.
To be eligible, the BOSS of the
Year" must have Jaycees working
under him. The nioht on which the
award is made is part of nation
wide ID servanc by Jaycees
throughout the country.
On this occasion, the Jaycees give
recognition to their bosses and
hope to better acquaint them with
the purposes of the Jaycees- The
main consideration in the award is
that the boss must have shown by
his giving of his time, interest, and
cooperation that he was concerned
and aware of the efforts being
made by the Jaycees in the COM
munity and actually was helpful to
them in vital way in their efforts.
DR.. Cobbs was cited in particu-
lar for his work in helping the Jay
Gees with their Embarrassing show,
you Cant Beat Fun, with which
the Jaycees purchased respirator
for the Lions Club sponsored city
ambulance In addition, he was
cited for his help in their Dale Car
negie course sponsorship, their
Girl Scout Troop sponsorship,
Voice of Democracy contest, Teen
Age Roadeo, National Olympic Fund
Raising project, Jaycee Basketball
team, Christmas Shopping Tour for
Underprivileged Children, Christ
mas Baskets for Needy Families,
Air Force Spotting Post, Red Cross
Special Gifts Drive, and the Bicycle
RoadeO.
Also mentioned at the meeting
was the contribution made by Mr..
Alex Glasmire, Mr.. Herb Griffith,
and Charlie Lundstedt of WKSB,
and Mr. Frank Jackson who are
also Jaycee Bosses.
This week in the elementary
school the Jaycees Bicycle Safety
Project, under Chairman Bill Bak-
er, will go into Phase Two with
presentation of a Aim, ION Two
Wheels, from the National Safety
Council, and safety program by
Officer Bob Fields of the City Po-
lice Force. Next month the Jaycees
will conduct for the first time a
Bicycle Roadeo" for grades 3-S.
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Top Archseologists
Visit Sussex County
Smithsonian Aides, Others Tour
Area After Fete

Top-ranking scientists of the
u. S. National Museum. the Smith
sonian Institution, and Maryland
archaeological experts joined with
The Sussex Archaeological Associ-
alton last Saturday for a field trip
to some of the current digging
sites of the local group in various
sections of the peninsula.
The field trip was the culmin-
alton OF a weekend visit with the
Sussex diggers, highlighted by a
dinner meeting at Rehoboth. last
Friday night in the Dinner Bell
Inn.
Dr. Waldo Wedel, curator of the
Division of Archaeology for the
National Museum, was invited to
Rehoboth to view some of the mani
festations OF the Adena-Hopewell
cultures of Ohio found by a local
member. Ralph w. Jackson of
Cambridge, Md along the Chop
tank River.
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Officials Elected
At Avenue Church
William v. Supple Is Presi-
dent Of Board Of
Trustees

At recent meeting of the mem
bership of Avenue Methodist
Church, the following Trustees.
Commission chairmen, and Stew
ards were elected:
G. Roland Messick, honorary
trustee; William V. Sipple, Presi-
dent; Brown p Thawley, Nj. Has
well Pierce, Secretary; Howard
Postles, Thomas Davis, James F.
Wilson, George H. Draper, George
Manlove, Raymond Masten.
Chairman of Commission on
Membership and Evangelism, Nor
man Groves; Chairman of Missions.
Mrs. G. Marshall Townsend; Chair
man of Commission on Education,
Eileen Blundon; Chairman of Com
mission on Finance. Raymond Mas
ten; Chairman of the Board of
Stewards, Howard Postles; Record
ing Secretary, Miss Sara Pretty
man; Lay Leader, George Macklin;
Communion Stewards, Mrs. James
Holzmueller and Miss Sara Pretty
Continued on page three)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
1855 Cancer
Crusade. Now
In
Milford Area
Drive Is Being Sponsored
Locally By Auxiliary
To Blue Hen Post, V.
F. W.; City Will Be
Fully Covered,

The 1855 Cancer Crusade, here
in the Milford Area, is now we'll
underway, with the Ladies Aux
Hilary to VFW Post H6483 spon-
soring this annual Embarrassing
drive. According to Mrs. Audrey
Savage, president of the sponsor
ing unit. volunteer workers in
three of the city's four wards are
already making solicitation in their
respective wards, and team of
workers is now being organized
in the remaining ward. Mrs. Verna
Deeney, past president of the
Auxiliary, is general chairman for
the drive.
The 1855 slogan of the Della
ware Division of the American
Cancer Society is "Give to Con-
division officials, human lives can
and are-being saved as result
of the research and medical care
made possible by donations to the
Cancer Crusade. During 1854, the
Delaware Division helped 1852 Can
Ger sufferers with hospital and
drug bills; supplied $4,000 dress
ings, as we'll as beds and other
sickroom needs for home care
cases, and shared in the cost of
1347 home visits by nurses. This
was in addition to the mainten-
ance of Cancer Detection Centers
and the one-fourth of all donations
allocated to Cancer Research.
Mrs. Savage is heading up the
Crusade solicitors in the First
Ward; included on her team" are:
Mrs. Gertrude Carter. Mrs. Kath-
leen Carter, Mrs. Myrtle Reedy,
Mrs. Mabel Dyer, Mrs. Marianne
Durocher, Mrs. Rosetta Wilkins.
Mrs. Beatrice Knicely, Mrs. Jose
phine Griffin, Mrs. Dorothy Strahle,
Continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29

Major speaker for the day is
Frances Scudder, director of home
economics programs for the FEEDER
al Extension Service, u. s. Depart
ment of Agriculture. Miss ScuddeI
is in charge of all home demon
stration programs In the country
Her topic will be the theme of Nat
iOnal Home Demonstration Week
''Today's Homes Build Tomorrow
World"
The conference opens with an in
vocation by Mrs. Charles 2. Dukes
of Townsend, past president of the
Home Demonstration Council. Mrs
Arthur Short of Smyrna, president
of the Kent County Council, will
welcome the homemakers.
Luncheon guests at II o'clock will
be introduced by George M. Wor-
rilow, Dean of School OF Agricul-
ture at the University of Delaware
Dean Worrilow will be introduced
by Mrs. Joseph McIlvain of Lewes,
e-president OF the state council.
Invitations for the luncheon have
Continued on page tw0)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Polio Vaccine
Unit For The
Entire State
Is Announced
Four Doctors And Two
Druggists Will Control
Distribution Of The
Salk Vaccine In Del
aware.

The membership of the Delaware
Polio Vaccine Committee, to con-
troll the distribution of the Salk po-
lilo vaccine in this state, was an
nounced Tuesday evening of this
week.
The four physicians and two
pharmacists named are:
DR.. Henry Fl. Stroud, Whining
ton pediatrician;
DR.. George J. BONES, Whining
ton, chief of communicable diseases
and poliomyelitis at Wilmington
General Hospital;
DR.. Benjamin F. Burton, Dover
pediatrician;
DR.. Floyd I. Hudson, executive
secretary of the State Board OF
Health;
F. Perry Ragains. Milford drug
gist; and
Charles A. Cavanaugh, Whining
ton druggist.
DR.. Stroud and Dr. BONES were
named to represent the State Medi-
cal Society; DR.. Burton and DR.
Hudson were appointed as the rep
resentatives of the State Board OF
Health, and the two druggists were
named as the Representatives of the
Delaware Pharmaceutical Society.
Will Meet Today
The new committee will meet for
the first time today, Friday, April
20, when il will consider two basic
problems. These are:
/. How the allotment of vaccine
to Delaware can be distributed
eluitably throughout the state.
2. What age groups from one
through 10 should have priority in
receiving the vaccine.
Delaware's allotment of the vac
cine is being determined on popu-
lation basis. Delaware's share OF
the vaccine, as supplies become
available, will be the Delaware pro-
portion of the nations population
aged one through 10. Delaware S
proportion of the total population
of the nations. runs about one-fifth
of one per cent.
The state allotlaeiits will be fig
ured out and checked in the office
of the surgeon general of the u. S.
Public Health Service, it was ex-
Continued on page five)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Band Concert At
School This Evening

The high school auditorium will
De the scene of the Annual Spring
Concert presented by the Milford
Senior High School Band. The time
500 o'clock on Friday evening,
April 18th.
The concert is under the direc-
ion of Paul N. Tears, newly elected
instrumental instructor. The pro-
gram has been arranged to include
wide variety of numbers well
suited TO the assorted musical
sastes of the audience.
Band numbers will include Rosin-
mis- famous overture to the Barber
of Seville, marches, popular selec-
lions, novelty numbers, and will
feature many of the bands gradua-
ting seniors in solos and duets. The
senior high dance band will be one
Of the high lights on the program
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29

is located five miles southeast of
Dover on the Kits Hammock Road.
Built in 1740 and known as Kings
ton Upon Hull", the ole house was
acquired in 1852 by the Colonial
Danes of America in the State of
Delaware and turned over to the
state in public ceremony in Septem-
Der of that year. Eventually the
mansion will be opened as a per-
manent museum, completely fur
nished and restored to resemble as
nearly as possible its appearance
during the occupancy of Dickinson,
author of the Articles of Confed-
Grafton and signer of the U. S. Con-
stitution. After Dover Days it will
be closed to the public until a flu
ture date.
Another showplace always popu-
lar with Dover Day visitors is the
Ridgely House on the Green, built
in 1928 and now occupied by Mrs.
Henry Ridgely, president of the
Public Archives Commission of Del
aware and leader of the Friends
of Old Dover, sponsors of the an
Eual historical tour.
Among the many treasures in the
Ridgely House is the Lowestoft
porcelain tea set, given to Mary
Continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Area Girl Scouts.
Brownies To Rally
Saturday, May II
FOOD CLINIC WELL
RECEIVED AT ECONOMY

AS the Chronicle went to
press shortly after the noon
hour on Thursday, the first
of the three daily courses in
the Food and Health Clinic
had been held at the Econo-
my Auto Supply, Inc, store
on North East Front Street,
this city, opposite the city
parking lot.
The courses, slated daily
for Thursday and Friday at
10 a. m, 2 p. m, and z p. M,
are connected with the Clinic
which is being conducted by
the store under the immedi-
ate direction of p. Lynwood
Taylor. Manager of Economy
Philco Freezer : Food Plan.
Mrs. Madeline Hall, national
Infamous home economist,
is heading a corps of experts
conducting the clinic.
The store was filled for the
first course at ten o'clock,
Thursday morning.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-29
Banks Open House
Highly Successful

A gala time was had by all at
the open house of the Milford
Trust Company held on Thursday
evening, April 21st between the
hours of and 8 p. m. to COM
memorate KNOW YOUR BANK
WEEK"
Mr.. Ebert Williams, President,
announced that $50 participated in
the drawing for eleven savings ac-
counts donated by the bank to pro-
mote thrift.
The winners were: Winnifred
Greenly, first prize; Leona Adams,
Amy Showell, Kay Taylor, Han
nah Taylor and Helen Sockrider,
second prize; Kenneth Collins,
Joyce Savage. Evelyn /. Morris,
Thelma Shafer and Ann Spicer,
third prize.
The management wishes to thank
the public for their splendid re-
Spouse and pledges ever increas-
ing banking service to the COM
munity.