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Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
OAR VIII Hold
Workshop Session
State Group Meeting AT
Legislative Hall
Tomorrow

A workshop meeting of the Del
aware State Society, Daughters OF
the American Revolution, will be
held in the Legislative Hall, Dover,
on Saturday, September "a, at 10: 80
a. m. This meeting will afford the
state chairmen of National commit
tees an opportunity to meet with
representatives of the nine chapters
throughout the State and to outline
the work for the year.
Mrs. Charles |. Hoch, state re-
gent, will hold board meeting OF
all state officers at 10 a. m. Miss
M. Catherine Downing, state vice
regent and member of Captain
Jonathan Caldwell Chapter, Mil
ford, will serve as co-chairman of
the meeting, which will recess at
l2:15 for luncheon and reconvene
at 1:30.
CONTINUED on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
Young Joe Griffith
Honored For Spotting
Milford Youth Receives COmmenda-
ton From Governor BOggs

Sixteen-year-old Joseph Griffith
of 401 S. e. Front Street, Milford,
received Commentator from
Governor Caleb Boggs for 100
hours of "spotting" The presenta-
ton was made at an Award meet
ing of the Ground Observer Corps
held in the Community Building,
September 18th.
Present among the guests were
Mayor Edward C. Evans and City
Manager Stanford c. Marvel Mr..
Kirk Schminkey, state chief of the
Ground Corps Division, and Major
William E. Blagg, Air Force liaison
officer introduced the two films,
Operation Ivy" and Menace from
the East" They also presented the
wings" for twenty hours of "spot-
ting" to the following observers: !:
Robert Austin, Elaine Coffin, Helen
Cooper, Leola Davidson, John
Deputy, Donald A. Downes,- Mrs.
Gladys Ellis, Michael Groverman,
c. Watson Hall, Homer w. Herd,
CONTINUED on page srx)
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
IS NOV !; ''''s NeW Electric
Generating Plant
Planned In County
ADULT NIGHT SCHOOL
COURSES DUE HERE

Adult night school courses
for ION the job training" for
veterans, and any other ad-
ults interested, will be given
in the Milford High School
on Monday and Wednesday
evenings, from z to 10 o.
clock, in the Industrial Arts
Building.
The courses will be all re-
lated work in the different
trades and occupations. to-
gether with courses in Blue
Print Reading and Mechani-
cal Drawing.
Registration will be in the
Industrial Arts Building on
M o n ay, September 26th,
from 700 p. m. to 800 d. m.
Glasses will begin on We'd
nesday, September 2Sth.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
Delaware Firemen
Are Holding Their
Contention Here
eliminating Feature
Will Be M a m m o t h
Street Parade TOm0r-
row Evening At Six
O'clock; $1,120.00 In
Prizes.

Welcome, Delaware firemeni We
believe We speak for all the resi-
dents Of Milford, when We extend
this greeting.
The vanguard Of the approx
mately 700 delegates and auxiliary
members of the Delaware State
Volunteer Firemen's Association
started to arrive In Milford yesteT-
day for the thirty-fifth annual con-
vention Of that organization, which
formally opens with the regisfra-
tIon Of the delegates at nine o'clock
this morning at the Community
Building.
Last evening as a prelude to
the proceedings today, the State
Fire Chiefs Association held a
dinner meeting at the Houston
Firehouse. A goodly number at
tended this affair.
George M. Reed. Jr., of the Car
Isle Fire Company, OF this city,
host company. Is serving as gen.
eral chairman for the fete. He is
being closely assisted by the fol-
lowing committee heads: Housing
OF Delegates. Norton r. Leverage;
Registration of Delegates, Joseph
McFaul. Dinner, James G. Holz-
mueller; Evening Entertainment,
Dolphus wilkins; Refreshments,
Oscar Maioney; Parade, John Jest
er; Parking, Vail Johnson. who is
also head of the fire police in Kent
County.
Enllomipo ra1fcfra tion and a
short business session, the dele
gates will be gsests of the host
company at a luncheon. which will
be featured by an address by the
Honorable Edward c. Evans, Mayor
of Milford. Garrett L. Grier, presi-
(continued on page ffveD
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
State Legion
Co m m ittee
Appointments
Many Milford, 9th er
DOwnstate Folk Includ-
ed In List Made By Ad-
jutant T. B. Egan.

Appointment of committees Of the
Department of Delaware, American
Legion, recently made by Morris
Wasserman, commander, were an
nounced this week by Thomas B.
Egan, adjutant of the department.
William ]. B. Regan, Delaware
Post 1, Wilmington, has been ap-
pointed director of the American
ism general committee.
Other committees are:
Accident Prevention and Safety
Colonel J. James Ashton, Robert
Laurence Post, 21, Wilmington
George Ayars, Walter L. Fox Post
2. Dover; Eugene H. Barcus, Della
ware Post; William r. Carrow
New Castle Post 4; John r. Fader,
]. Allison O'Daniel Post 10, New
ark; Vincent Gamacorta, Anthony
Marcozzi Post 80, New Castle;
Hyde Johnson, Milton Post 20;
Ralph Richardson, Jr., Nanticoke
Post 6, Seaford; William L. Shock
ley, William Paskins Post "a,
Bridgeville; John Beausang, JOS
eph B. Stahl Post 80, Wilmington
Manor; Grant Garis, David c. Har-
rison Post IA. Smyrna, and Herbert
Lazarus, Roberts Post.
Athletic and Junior Baseball
Robert Dickerson, Richard C. du-
Pont Post 18, Claymont; William
Moore, Fox Post; Edgar P. Moore,
Roberts Post; John Lawson, du-
Pont Post; James McDermott,
Charles E. Durney Post 27. Will
mington; Paul Horsey, Nanticoke !;
Victor Pizzaia, Sussex Post 8.
Georgetown; Joseph Wisowaty,
Robert L. Taylor Post 13, Delaware
City; Edward Wainwright. Rob
erts Post; William R. Carrow, New
Castle Post; Charles Lucas, Rob-
erts Post, and Lawrence DeShields,
Stahl Post.
Boy Scouts
Charles Burrous, Harrison Post;
Edwin Anderson, dupont Post
Harry Ayres, Indian River Post %,
Millsboro; Fletcher Brown, Bran
dywsne Post IL, Wilmington; Law
renee Alfele, Delaware Post; Bert
Fleetwood, Nanticoke Post; DR.
Glenn s. Skinner, O'Daniel Post !;
Samuel Stewart, New Castle Post;
Charles Hill, Sussex Post; Thomas
E. Beyant, Fox Post, and Peter
Grehawick. First State Post 20,
Wilmington.
Ceremonies
Garland Bloodsworth, Laurel
Post 19; Samuel Stewart, New Cas-
tie; Franklin II. Kurr, Jr., John
Wanamaker Post 81, Wilmington;
Lemuel Palmer, Nanticoke Post;
John ,Fetters, Roberts Post, and
Frank O'Neal. Callaway-Kemp,
Raughley-Tee Post, Harrington.
CONTINUED on page thirteen)
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23

nave tll6 di ed uSftlOpeu llto d up
notch tourist attraction. One of the
chief purposes of the All-South
Centennial is to develop tourism.
Governor Boggs named the fol-
lowing members of planning COM
mittee this week: Leon H. Ryan,
chairman, State Park Commission !:
w. Emerson Wilson, president, Fort
Delaware Society; Gen. Norman ID.
Lack, treasurer, Fort Delaware So
ciety; Leon de Valinger, Jr., State
Archivist: and Miles L. Frederick,
director, State Development Depart
ment-
The governor also designated Mr.
Frederick as the representative to
attend an organization meeting of
the Congress in Montgomery, Ala
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
Harrington Church
Women's Bazaar

The Woman's Society of Christ
ian Service of Trinity Methodist
Church, Harrington, is planning for
the annual bazaar and supper
Wednesday, November 9. Mrs. Ka-
tie w. Boyer, Past President, is
General Chairman.
The following chairmen and CO.
chairmen are in charge of the vari-
Gus booths: Aprons, Mrs. Daniel
Kitchens, Mrs. Willard Wright +;
Fancy Work, Mrs. Oscar Nemesh ;
Parcel Post, Mrs. Earl Sylvester
CONTINUED on page fye)
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
Distributing
New Telephone
Books Here
New Cover Design Is
Feature Of Diamond
State Directory For
1856.

Distribution of the new Diamond
State Telephone Company direc-
tories, featuring a new cover de-
ber 20), and will be completed in
about a week, it is announced by
Theodore w. Collins, local man
ager for the company.
The cover theme is long dis
tafce telephone service and on ii
are scenes from half a dozen fam
Gus cities throughout the country
The illustrations are views of the
San Francisco Bay Bridge, the
Chicago lakefront, Independence
Hall, the Miami ocean front, the
State House in Boston and sky
scrapers of New York City.
Manager Collins pointed out that
the book contains many new and
changed numbers and he emphasiz-
ed the point that the new directory
should not be used until after 3:01
a. m, October 2, at which time all
telephone numbers in FELTON, viii
be changed to five figures BEGIN
ming with the figure "a. At that
time important changes in the
method of making local and out
of-town calls will become effec-
tive for FELTON, customers.
He urged telephone users to con-
suit the information pages in the
front of the directory for new dial
ing instructions.
Approximately 17,450 copies of
the $50 page directory will be de-
livered lin this vicinity, manager
Collins said. This is an increase
of 1850 copies over last year.
The alphabetical section contains
4S,860 listings, some $3.50 more
than the present book.
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
WSCS Seminary At
Dover Sept. 28th

The sixth annual educational
seminar OF the Dover District Wo-
mans Society Of Christian Service
will be held in Wesley Methodist
Church in Dover on Wednesday.
September 2S, beginning at ten o.
clock. Mrs. j. Howard Link OF Re
hoboth, secretary OF missionary
education for the district. will pre-
side at the two sessions of the day.
Mrs. Walter Beckwith OF Smyrna,
secretary Of Spiritual Life, will give
the devotions CT the day. Previews
Continued on page nve)
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
State Highway Travel
Jumped Last Month
Heavy Increase Is Noted Along
q. s. Route 113, Near Milford

With the exception of the Con-
cord Pike, traffic on the state
highways during the month of
August recorded an increase over
the same month of last year, re-
ports of the traffic counting sta
tions of the Traffic and Planning
Division of the State Highway De-
partment reveal.
On the Concord Pike, u. S. Route
202, at a point north of Talleyville,
a decrease of 1.24 per cent was
noted in traffic as compared with
the month of August of last year
The daily average of vehicles
counted during August was 11,S72,
which was 149 less than in August
of last year. The largest single day
was Sunday. August %, when 49,
169 vehicles were counted.
Along U. s. Route 13, at point
north of Smyrna, the increase was
1904 per cent over August of last
CONTINUED ON page five)
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
Due Tod a y
.E 4 u al Day
A n d Nigh
Fall Equinox AS Sun Dips
South Is Somewhat
Later Coming Than
Last Year.

In the United States September
is the time of the harvest moon,
and the hazy blue smoke of the
outdoor picnic when a sweater be-
comes welcome in the evening chill.
It's the time when killing frost may
strike in the far north; when the
dry season approaches in the
Great Plains, and rainy spells are
due in the Southeast and North Pa
cific states.
All of which is another way of
saying that September brings the
autumn equinox, the death of sum-
mer and the rebirth of fall. This
year the shift comes officially to-
day at 3:42 p. m., E. ID. T. This is
later than it was last year by 5
hours and 46 minutes, the National
Geographic Society points out. And
in 1854 fall arrived hours and 49
minutes later than it did the pre-
ceding year.
The years two equinoxes, spring
and autumn, occur when the sun
is directly over the equator. Then
day and night are of equal length.
nc WOiQ l<dJlli
for equal night
If the earth's axis were perpen-
dicular to the plane of its orbit as
the planet makes its annual revolu-
ton around the sun, all days and
nights would be equal, and climate
would remain invariable at every
point on the globe. AS it is, the
earth has tile of 2312 degrees that
causes half of it to be turned to-
ward the sun while the other half
is turned away.
Thus the Northern Hemisphere
spring comes in and is followed by
summer when that portion of the
world leans toward the sun. In the
same period, fall and winter take
over in the Southern Hemisphere
CONTINUED on page thirteen)
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
Electric Fence Aids
Strip Grazing Plan

Movable electric fences will save
time, money, and labor il you're
grazing your cattle on a rotation
plan as practiced by several Kent
County farmers.
You'll want quick, easy way to
install and remove fences when you
shift cows TO new pastures. Merrill
Jones, President of the Kent Coun-
~ Dairy Herd improvement Asso-
citation. points out. The job can be
done with temporary steel posts
and barbiess Is gauge copper
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23

benefits amounting To $9oS,453 per
month.
Mr.. O'Connor. whose region COM
prises New York. New Jersey. Penn
sylvania and Delaware said that
total payments in the four states
during the fiscal year amounted TO
Sill billion. Payments for the
month of June went tos 1.716. 900
beneficiaries in the whole area
Nationwide. in the same f2-
month period. payments totaled 81
billion. At the end of June. over
III million benehciaries were re-
ceiving payments at monthly rate
of 1884 million
Commenting on these newly-re-
leased figures. Mr.. O'Connor said
that in the nation as a whole the
CONTINUED on page eieven)
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
Derrickson's Inc.
Close Celebration
Twenty-One Prizes Were Awarded
At Fete's Finish

Derrickson's, Inc, of Milford,
have just celebrated the Grand
Opening of their new Boys Depart
ment. Although the new depart
ment was started in March, the
official Grand Opening was with
held until the Back-to-School shop
ping period.
At the close of this celebration
last Saturday night, twenty-one
prizes were. awarded to boys who
had stopped in the store and reg
istered.
The Grand Prize was won by
Robert Hallett, III, whose mother
will receive a $4,000 Ladies Suit.
continued on page threel
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23

ness on August ~ was not as heaVy
as a year ago, causing a limited
gain for the month, according to
Charles t. Gallagher, Jr., general
manager.
During June, July and August
the traffic total came to 2.593.8
as compared to 2.473,654 a year
ago. This was net gain of 120,179
vehicles, or approximately 10000
month. For the first month in
two years there was drop in five
axle-vehicle traffic, where previous
ly gains had been shown regularly.
Seasonal hauling may be the an
swer to the drop, MIR. Gallagher in
dicated.
Passenger car traffic also de-
creased &c per cent during August
Continued on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
Essay Finalists Is
Selected By VIEW
Dover High School Youth VIII
Represent District No. 3

Kenneth Haynie, Dover High
School honor student and a flnalist
in the v. F. w Auxiliary Ameri-
canism Essay Contest, has been
selected by District No. 8 of the
Department of Delaware. Veterans
OF Foreign Wars. to represent Kent
County at the National Conference
on Citizenship to be held at the Ho-
tel Sfatler. Washington, ID. C., this
week. In addition to young Haynie,
the Delaware V. f. w. has also sent
Howard Murray. of Selbyville; Roll
and Simpson. of Newark, and Miss
Patricia Romanski. OF Wilmington,
to the Youth Conference. The four
youngsters are being chaperoned
by v. F. w. Dept Junior Vice Com
mander Edward Tingle and Mrs
Tingle of Selbyville.
continued on page fve)
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
|VFW Post Wants
Plaza Square Renamed
Recommends That Section Be
Named "Memorial Square

Blue Hen Post No. 64S3. V. +. W.,
this city. is awaiting action upon
its recommendation that the pres
ent PLAZA Square, a triangular
plot on Walnut Street, at the south
end of the Milford business section,
be renamed Memorial Square
in memory of the Areas honored
5continueG on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
Coz. Boggs Approves Plans
For Southern Congress

Caleb paric
which will
Delaware, Island Delaware
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
Memorial Bridge Officials
Studying Notes On Traffic


had increased but the accelerated 1954-5
There vehicles
Day
Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23

continued on page six)
Evening star., 1955-03-07
This and That :.

Templeton Jones read somewhere
that, at a series of breakfasts attended
by the President. eggs were served him
in different manner each day.
"You can hardly give him the same
menu-eggs fixed the same way-each
time" said the hostess.
And why not. please? asks Temp
Jones.
Jones says he has been having
poached eggs for breakfast for 80 years,
and wouldn't want them changed. at
least at breakfast.
There is noIhing the matter with
the same menu. when it comes to eggs.
he says.
Variety may do for the rest of the
day.
One may have omelettes. or eggs
scrambled, and even fried, despite the
diet experts, the rest Of the day.
When breakfast rolls out of the dark
ness, for the millionth time. it calls
for poached eggs, in the Jones family.
The members all eat eggs. when they
can get them. and they can get them
they had rather go without beef. or
coffee. My heavens. without coffee?
Yes, without coffee. sans cafe. as the
French say.
The thing is that it is only one egg,
though.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
"CirculatiOn Chart"

paign Of the Washington Heart Asso-
citation I say THANK you" from the
bottom of my heart
The act of contributing money is a
generous one but not necessarily diff
ficult one. Going out and ringing door,
bells. collecting funds to help others,
Is truly giving of oneself.
The money collected by these thou
sands of good neighbors" carries with
it message of love for all humanity.
The material good it will accomplish
in medical research. education. equip
ment, cardiac camps, ETC., is but part
of the picture-even more important
is the spiritual value exemplified by
this demonstration OF self-sacrifice and
service.
I wish that I. as general chairman
of the 1855 Heart Fund Drive, person.
ally could write to each of these thou
sands of generous people. That, of
course. is impossible, and those who
deserve praise don't want it at the
cost of the Heart Fund.
So am taking this means of thank
ing you all-on behalf of the WASH
ington Heart Association-and also
on behalf of the countless people whose
lives will be heightened and made hap
pier because of the work done with
such graciousness and good will on
Heart Sunday. May God bless all of
you! John X. Evans.
General Chairman, 1855 Heart
Fund,
Evening star., 1955-03-07

ested Father McNally most was that of solar
eclipses. He joined forces with the National
Geographic Society in expeditions to watch
them in Soviet Siberia, Canton Island and
Brazil. But his ability as an administrator
resulted in his being drafted away from his
studies of the sky. He was made vice presi-
dent of Georgetown University in 1912, d.
rected the campaign for funds for the new
Georgetown University Medical Center and
then was appointed executive officer of the
activities of the institution thus created,
serving until heart condition forced him
to relinquish the task in 1858. Since that
date most of his effort had been devoted to
the Georgetown University physics depart
ment, for the development of which he
formulated great plans.
A tireless and completely selfless worker,
Father McNally was an inspiring example
to scores of younger men. He insisted upon
the highest standards, yet his popularity
was legend wherever he served.
Evening star., 1955-03-07
By Charles {. TroceweH

duced a law: Eat one slice Of toast
for one egg. Or else! says the law.
So Templeton Jones is glad he likes
Just one egg for breakfast. and the
same way every day.
He is not the President of the United
States. and so nobody has to worry over
changing his menu every day.
Just the same old breakfast suits
Jones, and no doubt it suits a million
men.
Some have breakfast food, so called,
each day.
Some vary 1t by having breakfast
food one morning and poached egg
the next. "a very good planJ
Fixed eating is not so good, some OF
the experts say; but Templeton Jones,
who is an expert, too, says 1t makes no
difference. The idea is to have varied
diet, and II you choose to vary it at
lunch and dinner, or dinner and supper,
everything is all right.
Leave my breakfast alone" says
Templeton Jones. One egg. poached.
and one slice of toast. preferably white
bread.
IA little fruit beforehand, then the
poached egg. toast on the side, and
then two cups Of coffee.
What more" asks Templeton Jones.
could anyone want. even the Presi-
Evening star., 1955-03-07

Temp!eton Jones has tried two eggs,
and found that one is enough.
1t is the bread, of course.
One poached egg. one slice Of toast
Two poached eggs. two slices of
toast
And it is the double amount of bread
that does him UP.
Why not. then. eat the two eggs with
just one slice of toast?
Jones explains this this way: This is
a problem as old as the ages. The
world is full of problems. among which
are those OF eating. Often. IN the
worlds history, there was not enough
to eat. Now there is too much! Too
much food, no matter how good, is
bad for some people, including Jones
He no longer can eat as much bread
as once he die. He recalls the old
gentleman who sat in the library for
years, with his lunch consisting of one
tiny wafer. Jones remembers how he
looked at that small slice of bread. and
wondered why anyone would eat so
little. II would rather eat none at ALL
Jones said to himself. Now he knows
better Time has rolled around for him.
Time exists, 1t Is one of the most myS-
terious forces in the universe. but it
means little until 1t exists for the self.
Now time has rolled around for Temple
ton Jones, and in its ptlling has pro-
Evening star., 1955-03-07
Father McNoIIy

Georgetown University has lost de-
voted leader and servant in the sudden
death of the Reverend Paul A. McNally.
Born on the same day with President Eisen-
hover, he came from his native Philadelphia
to Woodstock College, Maryland, pledged
to the Society of Jesus in 1908, and was
graduated with the A. M. degree in 1917.
Later he was at Innsbruck in Austria, Ford
ham University, the Gregorian University
in Rome and the University of California.
Before beginning his Washington career in
1925 he taught mathematics at Boston Col
lege and at Fordham. His assignment at
Georgetown Observatory commenced when
the Reverend Edward c. Phillips was pro-
NOTED to be provincial Of the Maryland
New York province of the Jesuit order.
The, aspect of astronomy which inter-
Evening star., 1955-03-07
KingIy Moneuver

Norodom Sihanouk is a talented young
man of Cambodia. Educated in France, he
is an accomplished linguist and an excellent
hOrSeman. His original musical compost
tions have been played in Washington by
the United States Air Force Symphony Or
chestra and he is a master of the saxophone.
He is also a somewhat unpredictable
young man, description which is confirmed
anew by his sudden abdication as King of
Cambodia in favor of his father, Norodom
Suramarit. Sihanouk's explanation was
that his program of constitutional reforms
has been obstructed, but he did not identify
the obstructionists.
Sihanouk was named King of Cambodia
In 1941 while his country was occupied by
japanese troops. When the occupation
ended, he turned his attention to fighting
successfully for greater autonomy within
the French Union. One Of his maneuvers
was to 60 into voluntary exile in Thailand
in 1858, a gesture that helped to speed
French concessions. But while carrying on
this struggle with French rule Sihanouk
recognized during the poSt-World War II
period that communism was a greater men,
ace to Cambodias welfare and independ-
eIlCe, anu al increasing amount OF his
energy has been devoted to battling Com
muniSt political subversion. He had re-
Gently won public vote of confidence for
his policies and he had decreed that new
general elections for the suspended Ma
tional Assembly would be held next month.
While the exact significance of his abdi-
cation is not clear, one reasonable specula-
tion is that it is tactical maneuver de-
signed to muster his public following more
militantly against opposition political fac
tionS Although his strategy has been un-
conventional in the past, his record of ac-
complishment indicates that he is shrewd
judge of Cambodian politics. 1t has been
demonstrated in other cases that public
support is prime requisite to stable gov
ernment in Southeast Asia. Sihanouk has
promised to be at his country's disposal If
it needs him. His popularity, if it was
accurately demonstrated by the recent
referendum, may serve to restore him to
power in the near future.