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Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21
Air Force Academy
Appointments Due

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present procedure used at the
United States Naval and Military
Academies.
Catalogues, applications and
other Information may be obtained
by contracting Representative Nc
DoWel's Office, Room 425, House
Onice Building, Washington, ID. c..
or the Air Force Academy, Appoint
ment Branch, Headquarters, United
States Air Force, Washington 25,
d. 9. The first class Of three hum
dred Air Force cadets will be Sc
lected as result Of competitive
examinations at which consider
alton viii be given not only to the
educational qualifications and schO-
lastic aptitude but to character and
leadership and to the candidates
participation in athletics and other
extraeurEicular activities.
Candidate must be at least seven
teen years Of age and must not
have reached their tWenty-seeOnd
birthday by / July Of the year for
which they seek admission to the
Academy. Each candidate must be
a citizen Of the United States and
resident of the State Of Della
ware he must be Of good moral
character, unmarried and must not
have been married. No candidate
viii be eligible who is shorter
than s. 4" or taller than g. 4" and
his weight must be within certain
limitations which depend upon his
height. All other pertinent infor-
nation is available in the Air Force
Academy catalogue which can be
obtained from Mr.. McDoWell's Office
upon request
All letters requesting nomination
should be brief, concise and ac-
curate and should contain informa-
tion as to age, education and other
qualifications
Mr.. Mcdowell in releasing this
information to the press is, ''hope-
ful that a wide interest will be
shown in these qualifying exami-
nations on the part Of the young
men Of Delaware interested in at
tending the Air Force Academy.
This is a great opportunity for our
young men to serve their country
in a service whose Importance dur
ing this day and age cannot be
Overemphasized. Mr.. Mcdowell
further pointed out, nomination
only affords the opportunity to
compete by examination to be con-
Quoted and evaluated by the United
States Air Force for the lone va
cancy in Delaware and does not
guarantee acceptance"
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21

VisOrs, IS toll servicesmen and two
division toll supervisors on the 81
interchanges now in operation.
The distaf side is represented
among the supervisors, too. Mrs.
Veronica A. ClimensOn of Water
loo, a former school teacher, works
as a sectional toll supervisor.
The women who collect the Thru
ways money range in age from %
to 50. Their average age is 81. All
held jobs before receiving appoint
ments to their ThrUway Jobs. They
were factory workers, teachers,
mattresses, practical nurses,
switchboard operators, sales clerks,
taxi drivers and yes, toll collectors.
Toll collectors earn between So
$40 and 1886 a year, including
six increments provided in the
states Civil Service system, Of
which they are members. Sectional
toll supervisors are paid in the
S3,92O-$5,l56 range and division
supervisors salaries range from
$3.50 to $7236.
The women compete on equal
terms with men for their Jobs and
get no special consideration I'm
their work. They are on rotating
shifts, which means they spend
as much time working at night as
they do days.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21

total 8; larceny, so in Kent, 80 in
Sussex-total 50; accessory to lar
ceny, in Kent County; lewdness.
2 in Kent; making alcohol avail
able to a minor, in Kent County;
malicious mischief 20 in Kent, I
in Sussex-total 80; prostitution, !
in Kent County; receiving stolen
goods, 2 in Kent County; reciprO-
cal, Is in Kent County; reviews.
1876 in Kent. 72 in Sussex-total
238; sex delinquents, 4 in Kent.
l in Sussex-total 5; toying, 2 in
Kent, in SusseX-total 2; tres
passing, 2 in Kent, in Sussex
total 6; trancy, 1 in Kent County:
using female minor for immoral
purposes, 8 in Sussex County; vio-
latiOn of city ordinance, 4 in Kent
County; violation of compulsory
school law, in Kent County; vio-
latiOn of liquor laws, 2 in Kent
County; violation of probation, 5 in
Kent County. Total offenses in
Kent, COS; in Sussex, 687. Total
for both counties, 1892.
Dispositions of cases listed in
the following: Cases continued, 10
in Kent, 129 in Sussex-tOtal 239:
cases closed, 6 in Kent; cases dis
missed, As in Kent, 54 in Sussex
total SO; committed to Governor
Bacon Health Center, 2 in Sussex:
committed to Catholic Welfare
Guild, 2 in Kent County; commit
ted to Children's Bureau, 3 in
Kent, l in Sussex-tOtal A.; com
mitted to Delaware Colony, 2 in
Kent and 3 in Sussex-tOtal S:
committed to Detention Home, Is
in Kent and 13 in Sussex-tOtal
%; committed to Ferris School for
Boys, 13 in Kent, 8 in Sussex
total 21; Ferris commitments sus-
pended, 2 in Kent County; commit
ted to Jail, II in Kent, IA in Sus-
sex-tOtal &c; Jail sentence sus-
pended, II in Kent and in Sus-
sex-tOtal 20; committed to Kruse
School, 1 in Kent, 2 in Sussex
total 3; committed to State De-
partment of Public Welfare, II in
Kent, so in Sussex-tOtal 67: com
mitted to Woods Haven School, 4
IN Kent, l in SusseX-tOtal 5; GUS
tody to parents, 80 in Kent, 26 in
Sussex-tOtal So; custody to fos-
ter parents, in Kent and 8 in
Sussex-total 8; custody to rela-
tives, Z in Kent, 19 in Sussex
total 26; decision reserved, z in
Kent, % in Sussex-totaI 30; dis
charged from probation, "a in
Kent, % in Sussex-tOtal AZ; fines
and/Or costs, 90 in Kent, l76 in
SusseX-tOtal 266; fines suspend
ed, % in Kent County; held for
Superior Court, l in Kent County:
parents on probation, 2 in Kent
County; prObatiOns, q in Kent, "a
in Sussex-total 1O6; prObations
extended, in Kent County; releas-
ed from Jail, in Sussex County:
restitutiOns, 81 in Kent County, 13
in Sussex-total "a; State Depart
ment Of Public Welfare, protective
service, 8 in Kent, IA in Sussex
total p; relieved from custody of
State Department of Public We'll
fare, s in Kent County; support
orders, 79 in Kent and 1O6 in Sus-
sex-tOtal 1885, support orders de-
creased, 5 in Kent, 1 in Sussex
total 6; support order increased, 2
in Sussex County; support order
stricken, in Kent, 4 in Sussex
total 5; cases withdrawn, S3 in
Sussex County. Total dispositions
in Kent County, 687: in Sussex,
III; sum total dispositions, 1,458.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21
KeRt-SWSSer juvenile
Court Report Is
Submitted
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amounted to $5,78725 with $8.-
S56.30 being collected in Sussex
and S1,930.95. in Kent. Total resti-
tutiOns paid amounted to $1,543.22-
$1,236.39 in Kent County and
S30683 in Sussex County. The total
Of all monies collected amounted to
$99,3O9.S2.
The statistical report also shows
that a total of 1929 new cases
GIG in Sussex and 413 in Kent
County were before the court. Total
reviews of Juvenile cases-64 and
of adult and support cases-lO2 in
Kent County. Total reviews-166 in
Kent and 70 in Sussex. Total hear
ings before the cOuTt-1267-(579
in Kent-6S6 in Sussex. These
hearings involved 431 white boy
2l9 in Kent and 431 in Sussex; 1853
cOlOred boys, 80 of which were in
Kent County and a in Sussex
County; white girls, 1927 in
Kent and 55 in Sussex; cOlOred
girls, 59-15 in Kent and "A in Sus-
sex; adults, total 489-white, 1O8
in Kent and 1853 in Sussex; color
ed, SO in Kent and 130 in Sussex.
The average age Of juveniles was
l4.3 in Kent County, and 1875 in
Sussex County. Statistics on par
entail relations showed the follow
ing: Living together, 10 in Kent
and 108 in Sussex; separated, 141
in Kent and 81 in Sussex; one or
both parents deceased, 35 in Kent
and 72 in Sussex.
A study of the nature of offenses
which brought the cases into the
court reveals that motor vehicle
violations and nOn-support cases
run almost neck and neck. A total
Of 233 motor vehicle violations
showed "a in Kent County and 139
in Sussex. The total nOn-suppOrt
cases was 235-with 80 in Kent
County and l39 in Sussex County.
Neglected children's cases stand in
third place as to numbers-there
being a total of 127-with 80 in
Kent County and SO in Sussex
County.
The other Offenses by county and
the total are listed as follows:
Abandonment, /, in Sussex; alb
senting self from home, 10 in
Kent-9 in Sussex, total, 10; as
sault and battery, in Kent, 6 in
Sussex-tOtal Il; assault with in
tent to rape, in Sussex; bastardy,
l in each county; breaking and
entering, 13 in Sussex; breaking
and entering and larceny, As, in
Kent County; carrying concealed
deadly weapon, 1 in Kent County;
contempt, in Kent, and 65 in Sus-
seX-tOtal Sc; contributing to de-
linqUency of a minor, 2 in Kent and
5 in SusseX-tOtal z; crap shooting,
4 in Sussex; custody petitions, 6
in Kent, 20 in Sussex-total 20;
children, 6 in Kent, 12
in SusseX-tOtal 18; disOrderly
conduct, 3 in Kent, 10 in Sussex
total 13; disturbing the peace, 2 in
Kent County; drunk and disorder
ly, 2 in Sussex; feebleminded, 2 in
Kent, 8 in Sussex-tOtal 5; final
8 in Kent, Is in Sus-
sex-totai %; forgery, / in Sussex:
Habeas Corpus, 5 in Kent, 4 in
SusseX-total g; harbOring an es-
capee, 1 in Kent, 8 in Sussex
total 4; illegal use Of firearms, 2
in Sussex; incest, 2 in Sussex; in
5 in Kent, 4 in Sussex
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21
SOroptOmists Held
Dinner Meet Here
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physical illness or are bedridden
patients may be separate and chill
dren may have separate quarters
so early training and education
may be given. It is believed that
this outlay will better qualify the
child when he reaches adulthood
to be better self-sustaining and.
thereby. reduce the State burden.
Mrs. Campbell gave some inter-
esting contributions to the very in
formative message and she invited
us as a Club to make a tour to see
first-hand the functions of such a
State Project which needs great
consideration for the betteFment of
the future of humanity.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21
LEWES

Mr. and Mrs. Charles ]. Richards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison C. Lodge, Sr..
and Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Smith.
Jr., Of Lewes, are spending a two
week vacation in Florida
Captain and Mrs. G. Herbert Or
ton, Jr., and their daughters have
returned to their home here on
PilOtOWn Road after spending
several months in Camden, South
Carolina, where Captain OFton was
confined to the hospital there with
a back injury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron +. Clifton Of
Bridgeville, Delaware, were the
dinner guests Of Mr.. Clifton's bro
ther and sister-in-laW, Mr.. and Mrs.
William P. Clifton, at their resi-
dence on PilottoWn Road, Friday
evening.
Mrs. William Ackerman Of Wash
ingtOn, D. c., is spending a few
days here visiting with her brother
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. An
thony Danrow, at their residence
on Mulberry st.
Mr.. Clifford L. Trader, who
underwent an operation at the
Beebe Hospital recently, has re-
turned to his home on Second St.,
where he is now convalescing.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Britting-
ham, Jr., are receiving congratu-
latiOns upon the birth Of a son,
named Jay, born December Is, at
the Beebe Hospital, Lewes.
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Edwards,
Lewes, are also receiving cOngratu-
lations upon the birth of a son,
named David Keith, born December
2Sth. at the Beebe Hospital.
SISgt, and Mrs. Richard A.
ShOckley are receiving congratu-
lations on the birth Of son, Rich
ard Arthur on December 81, in the
Bryan Air Force Base Hospital,
Bryan, Texas. Mrs. Shockley was
the former Miss Alice Hess, of
Lewes.
Howard DerricksOn, proprietor
Of the Corner Cut Rate, in LeWes,
will observe his 18th anniversary
in business this month, at his store
located on the corner Of End st. and
Savannah Road, in Lewes. To help
celebrate the occasion he is offer
ing stOrewide sales throughout the
month of January and is giving
away free tickets on four wonder
full gifts, which will be awarded on
January 29th.
Mr.. Joseph Phipps, who is en-
plOyed in the Lewes Post Office, is
a patient at the Beebe Hospital.
Mrs. Annie Tyndall, widow of
Mr.. Rowland Tyndall of rural
Lewes, and Mr.. Chester P. Joseph,
a retired lighthouse keeper at
PaulsbOrO. N. J. and a native of this
section, were married on January
II, in the Presbyterian Manse, on
Kings Highway by the pastor, the
Rev DR.. William Leishman.
The brides niece, Mrs. John ].
Keefe of Lewes was her only at
tendant, and Mr.. Keefe was Mr..
Joseph's best man. The couple will
make their home in PaulsborO.
Captain John Murdoch White, Of
1910 Kynlyn St., Philadelphia, Pa,
died at his home on Friday after
a long illness. He was 85 in Novem-
Der. He was born near Lewes and
until recent years owned and oc-
cupied a cottage, on LeWes Beach.
For about a half century he had
been Captain Of an ocean going
tug In both shipping ports Of Phila-
delphia and New York.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lulu
Belview White, Of LeWes.
Interment was made in the Lewes
Cemetery, on Wednesday, January
18th.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21
CD Fire Fighting
Unit Available
To Local Units

How do firemen get to a fire when
their fire engine is being repaired?
The answer is simple in Delaware.
They just borrow one from the
State Department Of Civil Defense.
A 750-gallOn pumper, owned by
CD and normally used as a demon
stratOr for the annual fremen' IS
course in Dover, is being borrowed
regularly by volunteer fire COM
panies to replace units temporarily
out Of commission.
At present, the CD pumper is
housed at the Five Points Fire
Company In Richardson Park
which has been using it since
Christmas Day when one Of the
eompany's four bumpers developed
engine trouble during a fire at De-
meer's Beach.
We haven't had to call out the
CD numper vet, but you never can
tell, says Charles r.. Larkin, Fire
Chief at Five Points. "The impor-
tant thing is we can stay at full
strength while our own engine is
being overhauled"
The Five Points pumDer is ex-
pected 70 be back in working order
early this week, when the CD ve-
hicle win be returned to its Dover
quarters TO await another relief
assignment.
Recently, the State Civil Defense
purchased second pumper, now
being housed at the Delaware State
Hospital Farnhurst This is in
tended for use BY the Civil Defense
Mobile support Unit No. One. but
It Is available for FIRE protection
at the hospital and also may be
borrowed By volunteer companies
as the need arises, although none
has had to use it yet
both bumpers we're bought with
civil Defense matching funds, the
Federal Government paying half
the cost and the State the remain
der Also under the matching fund
program, various volunteer COM
panies the past year have obtained
authority to purchase a total Of 85
bumpers, using half federal and
naA IRE company money
Civil Defense aid to fire compa-
MES IS part Of an effort to insure
an adequate FIRE protection system
tor the State in a war time emer-
sency.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21


q touch Of glamor, too.
That's why IL Of its 34S toll
to women.
a ThruWaY spokesman saws:
we feel that the use Of women
ns collectors has worked out
spIendldlys Being women, they add
touch Of glamOr 90 the toll booths
and we have found that both men
and women drivers seem to like
the ladies'.
Typical Of the lady highway col
lectors is Mrs. Fred e. Pluff Of
WaterVliet. N. Y Badge No. 315,
Mrs. Plufl takes money from mo-
torists in her post at an inter-
change south Of Albany.
The highways present route is
IRON Buffalo to Hartman, a dis
lance Of 381 miles. The super road
eventually viii extend 497 miles
from New York to Buffalo and the
pennsylvania state line at Ripley,
a former department store sales
clerk, Mrs. Plum says Of her new
q love it"
She admits she was 3 BIC aD.
pFohenslYe about what 20 exDect
from truck drivers. II thought they
might be 3 little rough, but they're
not 90 all They're very nice.0
In addition to toll collectors.
there are 26 sectional toll super
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21
HOME BASE NOT COVERED

CASPER, WyO. - (P) - A truck
was stolen from a construction
firm here, and when a search fail
ed to locate it, police sent out a
Estate alarm over Colorado and
Wyoming.
The next day a Casper hotel man
notified officers about the truck.
1t was parked block from police
headquarters.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21
LOST: 9a7 UTILITY POLES

HARTFORD, Conn. - B 49, The
Connecticut Safety Commission fig
ures that it cost $2O5,583.94 in one
year to replace 937 utility poles
knocked down by automobiles and
trucks. Commented the commits
sion: I'm these auto versus fixed
object accidents, it is safe to con-
clude that the motorist has no
one to blame but himself"
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21

COMPLETES SERVICE - Harry
Wilhelm, Jr., Shipserviceman, SIC,
U. S. Navy, son of Mrs. Earl Falls.
of 615 LircOn street, Denton, Md,
and husband of Mrs. Lydia viii
helm, Railroad Avenue, Houston.
has been hOnorably discharged
from the U. S. Navy at the U. S.
Naval Receiving Station, Norfolk,
Va.
The Norfolk Naval Receiving Sta
tiOn, commanded by Captain John
Harllee, U. S. Navy, processes ap-
prOximately 5000 men a month on
their way to and from naval activ-
tiles all over the world.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21
MERcURY coMEBAcK

LAJITAS. Texas ~ up - At
least two quicksilver mines in the
rugged Big Bend area Of Texas are
planning to reopen. They closed in
1916 when the price dropped. There
were nine operating them.
From 1900 until 1916, an estimat-
ed so million dollars in quicksilver
was mined in this area. The price
Of mercury has recently been guar
anteed by the government at $225
a flask.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21
PROFESSIONAL PERIL

COLLEGE STATION, Texas LIP
-OceanOgraphy, her chosen work,
holds an Occupational hazard for
Miss Leila Mae jeffrey of the Texas
Ann Research foundation. She gets
seasick.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21
TWO 0apMnan

When the Union of South Afriea
was established IN 1910. Pretoria
was made the administrative eapi.
tai while the legislature was a..
signed to Capetown. The dual a..
rangement continues.
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21
For Whom Bells Toll
A. NswsFsaiurss

ALBANY n YThe New Thruway Authority may ope
are ITS superghWay with the bunesske eHcencybu likes
touch glamor, too.
Why II Of its 84s toll collectors badges have been sa
Milford chronicle., 1955-01-21

uaa1lasd Ads est results
Evening star., 1955-01-09
RlIGE!8 N6AseRALL
s#E:szl BEAT
IL ZatEI lr<zIE BY BURTON HAWKINS
By BURTON HAWKINS

ed with advertising. Clark
Griffith departs for Orlando
January 10 and Calvin Griffith
will leave February S.
What happened to that Pacific
Coast scout promised the fans
by the Senators? They say
the selection has been left to
Manager Chuck Dresser.
Meanwhile. the Orioles have
signed their second scout for
that territory. i. According to
one survey so per cent Of the
players in the majors last sea-
son came from the Pacific
Coast. but the Senators continue
to neglect that fertile field.
A new public-address system
is being installed at Grifiith
Stadium and recordings will be
played an hour before every
game. Jesse Leyan, the Sem
ators' pinch-hitter, is batting
$3.50 in the Colombian League.
i = *.*
The Senator'S haven't aban-
doned hope OF obtaining Out
fielder Vic Power from the KAN
sas City Athletics. -. Train con-
nections on the Senators north
ward spring training trip with
Cincinnati are so poor that part
Of the journey win be made by
bus.
Chuck Stobbs Of the Senators
is a pitching instructor at Virgil
Trucks baseball school in Au-
burndale, Fla. -. AL Kaiine, De-
troit outfielder. injured his knee
when he crashed into field boxes
adjacent to the Briggs Stadium
rightfield line last season
so Spike Briggs has ordered
the offending wall and seats
removed. Several years ago
John Simmons, then a WASH
ington outfielder. crashed into
that wall head-on while run
ming at top speed but suffered
nothing worse than a badly
banged chest.
Senators merit a pat on the
back for making 1t easier for
customers to acquire tickets
now for more parking facilities,
more-and more capable
scouts, more-and better-ball
players and maybe, eventually.
a pennant fiuttering in the
breeze.
Evening star., 1955-01-09

HONOLULU Jan. 8.-The
ninth annual Hula Bowl. pitting
a group Of college stars against
a blend Of i've pro standouts and
recruits from q town team, is
expected to draw a crowd Of
rs 900 tomorrow at Honolulu
Stadium.
Otto Graham, who quarter
backed the Cleveland Browns to
the National Football League
championship. will call signals
for the Hawaii All-Stars, who
also will have noted performers
in Ends Elroy Hirsch Of the Los
Angeles Rams and Gordie Soltau
of the San Francisco Forty
Miners and Tackles Lou Groza
OF the Browns and Charley Ane.
Arraved against those pros
and an assortment Of less tall
ented players will be such backs
Evening star., 1955-01-09
By Dick o'Brien

With the start of competition
only three weeks away, the
Northwest Athletic Club will be
hard pressed to defend Its senior
team title in The Stars Golden
Gloves tournament opening Feb
ruary / with the first preliminary
trials. at Turner's Arena.
After a series Of SIX prelimi-
nary engagements, the finals of
the tournament are set for Uline
Arena March 8.
Last year. the Northwest A. c.
turned out a battling aggrega-
ton that swept aside all oppo-
sition In winning the senior team
title
The Northwest group, OF
course, had a sterling trio carry
ing its banner in Welterweight
Francis Harper. Lightweight
Sonny Boy Williams and Ban
tamweight Harold Smith. Har-
per and Williams won cham
pionships while Smith. brother
of Gene Smith. was runnerup to
George Davis.
All three of these battlers have
since turned to the professional
ranks. Williams is undefeated In
1--WE pro starts while Harper has
lost one In four starts. Smith is
unbeaten. The task OF finding
requirements for this tito will not
be an easy one for the Northwest
A. C.
80 Seeking I6 Berths.
The team has q wide selection
of gladiators to choose from this
year. however. Thirty candidates
for novice and senior berths
have been grinding away stead
lily at the Liberty gymnasium,
Eliminations will be necessary
to decide the is available novice
and senior posts
( Conducting these eliminations
in the next 10 days will be Bobby
Brown. Ken Stribling. Jim Dud-
ley and Pop" Whitney, all vet
.rans in the conditioning field.
They may be expected to come
up with some sharp talent when
the hell sounds for combat.
Out In front for senior berths
are Welterweignts Eddie Bur
roughs and Ralph Green, Light
weight Marvin Sims and Feather
weight Eugene Hughes.
These battlers were high in
the novice division ranks last
year and now are ready to move
ahead In open competition. Bur-
roughs won the novice i47-pound
crown last year, Sims and Green
went to the sernifinais Of their
respective divisions. and Hughes
lost out In the finals of the
novice 126-pound class to the
blasting Buddy Fontana. The
latter now Is q member Of the
university Of Maryland boxing
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