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Milford chronicle., 1956-08-17
Animal Health Group
Warns On Weed Diet

Now that many cultivated grass
es and plants are dry and feed is
less plentiful, trouble may develop
from livestock eating weeds and
plants which are poisonous, the
American Foundation for Animal
Health warned today.
Under normal conditions, says
the Foundation, animals will stay
away from poisonous plants be-
cause they are unpalatable. But
when animals are hungry, they will
feed on almost anything that Is
available.
Losses from plant poisoning in
livestock are common in many
areas OF the country, especially IN
some of the western range states,
the eastern mountain areas and
localities where drought cuts down
normal feed sources.
LocOweed is the most important
trouble maker in this respect in
the western and mountain areas.
In other sections, deadly night
shade. laurel and water hemlock
are dangerous. Larkspurs also
cause large number of losses and
the lupines likewise can cause
trouble.
A large number of plants are
deadly because they develop hydro
cyanic or prussic acid. Included in
this group are wild chokecherry,
sorghum, sudan grass, Johnson
grass. fax and arrow grass. Some
of these plants, when grown under
normal conditions, are considered
very good feed. Only when the nor
NAL growth is interrupted by
drought, frost or some other cause,
do they tend to become poisonous.
Forage crops grown on soils con-
tanning a high nitrate content may
result in costly cattle and sheep
losses under certain adverse con-
ditions of growth, and the symp-
toms picture is easily confused
with prussic acid poisoning.
Farmers should be alert for sus-
picious symptoms of plant poison
ings at this time of year and OBJ
tain veterinarians diagnosis
promptly if trouble develops, as
time is a vital factor in such cases
the Foundation says.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-17

and 3" hot MIX AsphaltIc Concrete
Surface
o.732 Mile
L. s. Clearing & Grubbing
$500 C. Y. Excavation
100 c. Y. Borrow Pit Stripping
1900 G. Y. Selected Borrow
1000 G. Y. c. g. Base Course with
Crack Control
1900 Tons Hot Mix Asphaltic Con-
crete
10 c. Y. Cement Concrete Ma
sonry
1000 L. F. 12" r. C. Pipe
800 L. F. 151 r. G. Pipe
1,5O0 L. F. 18" R. C. Pipe
46O L. F. 81" r. c. Pipe
270 L. F. "a" R. c. Pipe
200 L. F. A" V. c. Pipe
200 L. F. 5" V. c. Pipe
200 L. F. 6" V. C. Pipe
200 L. F. 81 v. c. Pipe
200 L. F. 10" V. C. Pipe
1900 L. f. c. G. Curb, Type /
5000 L. F. 4" c. c. Sidewalk
300 L. F. s" c. C Sidewalk
AZ Each Catch Basin IA
z Each Catch Basin 'sB''
Is Each Manholes, Standard
Each Manholes, Special
"a Each Adj. Minor installations
32,500 Lbs. Castings
1890 S. Y. Topsoiling
A. Seeding
400 S. Y. Sodding
80 Tons Sand
1,750 Gal. rel Asphalt, Tack Coat
IL Each Special Junction Box
S. Y. Grouted Rip Rap
1O,5OO s. F. Brick Sidewalk
725 S. F. Reset Brick Sidewalk
500 S. Y. Removal of Present
Pavement
(Under Present Pav't)
2,4OO L. F. IN" Galv. Pipe Conduit
(Under New Pav't)
IS Bags Extra Cement
5 Tons Calcium Chloride
L. S. Maintenance of Traffic
Attention is called to the Special
Provisions in the proposals, the spe-
cifications and the Contract Agree
ment.
The provisions of the Federal Aid
Highway Act as amended are appli-
cable to Federal Aid Projects.
The employment agency for these
contracts shall be the Delaware State
Employment Service whose offices are
located at 601 Shipley Street, Whining
ton, 307 S. State Street, Dover, and
the Wagamon Building, The Circle,
Georgetown.
Performance of contract shall COM
mence within ten (10) days after exc
cution of the contract and be complet-
ed as specified.
Monthly payments will be made for
ninety 900 percent of the construction
Bidders must submit proposals upon
complete forms as provided by the De-
partment for bidding purposes.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by a surety bond, certified check or
money to the amount of at least ten
Q0) percent of the total amount OF
the proposal.
The envelope containing the pro-
posal must be marked Proposal for
the construction of State Highway
Contract No. ...-........-...-.--
The contract will be awarded or re-
the date of opening proposals.
or all bids.
Prospective bidders who have sub
mitted to the Department thirty (30)
days prior to the opening of the pro-
posals, the completed forms "Contrac-
tors Financial Statement" and Elk
perience QUESTIONABLE, and who have
been prequalified twenty 600 days be
fore the receipt of the bid, may obtain
the Highway Administration Building,
five dollars ($500). Contract dOcu-
ments need not be returned and the
above payment will not be refunded.
Make checks payable to the Della
ware State Highway Department.
DELAWARE STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT
BY: J. Gordon Smith, Chairman
r. A. Haber, Chief Engineer
August 8, 1856
Dover, Delaware S-l1-zl
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-17

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1856
BEGINNING AT 1000 O'CLOCK a. M.
Rain or Shine
The following:
FARM MACHINERY
One John Deere tractor, Model A
(good); one John Dere Tractor, Model
H, and cultivator, one set IA" John
Deere tractor plows. bottom (goodl !;
one set John Deere cultivators, fits A
or B (good); one John Deere I2-A
combine (good condition); one John
Deere picker, No. 200 (good shape};
one 72-74 John Deere forage harves-
ter (good shape); one International
double disc, Z it,; one ft. John Deere
tractor mower (quick tachD; one is
wheel John Deere spreader: one g.
section John Deere spring-to tooth har-
row (nearly new); one David Bradley
side delivery rake (very good; one
3 section drag harrow; one 2-section
John Deere rotary hoe; one 2-row
John Deere 290 corn planter (very
good; one grass seed sower with agi-
tator, fits any tractor (good condi-
tion); one David Bradley rubber tire
wagon; one John Deere plow packer
weed controllers; one set F'airbank
scales q, 900 lbs.) one lot forks, shov-
els, etc; one mower blade grinder, one
electric fence controller, one set barn
trucks.
DAIRY CATTLE
One registered Holstein Cow-NAC
Rag Apple Sara, born September 80,
1949 Bred to SH39 Rag Apple Lack
haven Bondsman on 11-23-55; one reg
istered Holstein Cow-Carlo Ormsby
Pabst -Guinevere, born February g.
1853. Bred to Knollwood Double Chief
tian on 1224-55: ope Grade Guernsey
Cow-fresh milkingl SIS lbs; one Grade
Holstein Heifer, fresh with first can;
one purebred Heifer, due at sale time;
one open registered Holstein Heifer,
Is months old, out Of Hayland Master
Ann by Hillmac Sovereign; one open
registered Holstein Heifer, Is months
old, out of Hayland Master Mary by
SH42 Tony; one open Holstein Heifer,
Sovereign, out of Pearl Inez De Kol;
one registered Holstein Heifer born
September %, 1855, by De Ormsby,
out of MAC Rag Apple Sara; one reg
27, 1855, by Knollwood Double Chief
tian out of Carlo OrmsSy Pabst Gui-
neVere; one registered Holstein heif-
err, Viv-Hy-Ann Masterpiece, born
February 10, 1855, by son of Mas
terpiece out of Willow Ridge Dandy
Is months old, by Old Lucifer Bull; one
Grade Holstein Heifer, 10 months old,
by Hillmac Sovereign; one open Grade
Holstein Heifer, 16 months old, by
sovereign BUN; one pufeDfed bun,
born March A, 1856, out of Hayland
Master Mary by Hillmac Sovereign.
DAIRY EQUIPMENT
One complete set Conde 2-unit milk
ers (nearly news one 3-can Wilson
electric milk cooler, one DeLaval hot
water (nearly new; IL water cups
with pipe; milk cans, one set Sum
beam cow clippers, one set dairy
scales, double wash vat.
TEDNEC- CASH dow of cola
Lunch served by Prospect WSCS.
HYLAND WEBB, Owner
John Hastings, Auctioneer
Harry Hanson, Outside Clerk
Elwood Wright, Inside Clerk 8-17-1tp
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-17
TURTLE TRAPPING

HARDIN, Ill. II (F) - Turtle
trapper Harley Johnson has ere
ated a going business.
In. one week he trapped an6
dressed As turtles, and local fan
ciers store the meat in deep freez
ers.
Johnson has developed a sure
fire system for catching turtles. He
makes trap of poultry netting
from two to four feet in height and
with a shallow, wide throat. The
traps are set at the edge of sloughs
and ponds and are submerged tC
about two-thirds of their height
leaving part of the trap out of the
water so the turtles can get air
He bats the traps with the car
casses of fresh fish which have
been fiayed for boning.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-17
Tidewater Flying A
Refinery Nears
Completion In Delaware

Construction Is over Tf1e nalI way
mark at Tidewater Oil Company's
Delaware Flying 4 Refinery IL
miles south of Wilmington, neal
Delaware City, officials of G. F
Braun and Company, general con-
tractors, reported today.
More than 1000 workers, repre-
senting 25 different crafts, are now
employed on the big project
Barring unforeseen delays, the
first of the refinery's major manu-
featuring units will start up this
fall, and large-scale production OF
petroleum products is expected TO
be under way before the end OF the
year.
Four of the plants chief manu-
featuring units, two of them the
worlds largest, are nearing COM
pletion.
One of the most complex OF
these. the Orthofiow catalytic
cracking unit is rs per cent finish
ed. This unit will have a 100000
barrel-a-day capacity making it the
largest ever built.
The crude unit, which also will
be the worlds largest, is 80 per
cent complete. Almost half finished
is the Fluid Coker, the worlds big
gest.
All three Of these will perform
vital steps in converting crude OIL
into the highest grade petroleum
products.
Other units now far advanced
are: the gas plant, rs per cent, and
poly plant, go per cent.
Other phases of the vast con-
struction project are also taking
final shape. A group of seven per-
manent buildings, which will form
the refinery's business section
near the plant entrance on Wrangle
Hill Road, is 20 per cent finished
Among them are the administration
and the industrial relations build
ings. the changehouse, fire station,
pilot house and two laboratories.
In the refinery "tank farm, al
most all the huge storage tanks
are finished. These will have a
total capacity of 100000 barrels.
Other facilities serving the tank
farm, such as piping, electrical
lines and instruments are well ad-
vanced. bikes and fire walls around
the tanks are over 20 per cent I'm
ished.
Another major project, the re-
finery water cooling system, IN
volying over Is miles of pipe both
under and above ground, is about
finished. Nine 1000 horsepower
pumps, which will form the heart
of this system, have been installed
and workmen are completing erec-
ton of the pumping station.
On the Delaware River front, one
Of three T-head tanker piers, cap
able of docking ocean-going tank
ers. is about complete. Work on the
other two is we'll along. At the
nearly finished pier, pipe lines and
hose handling equipment also mas
been installed. These will make pos
sible the mechanical loading and
unloading of tankers. Their cargoes
will be piped directly to and from
the refinery about a mile and
half from the river.
Dredging of a river channel ant
a large turning basin to serve the
piers also is progressing. Silt from
the river bottom is being used TO
fill i'm a diking system which Will
eventually turn shOreline marshes
into commercially valuable proper
tV
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-17
PUBLIC SALE!
OF VALUABLE
Personal Property

Having discontinued farming, / will
sell the following at my farm on road
leading from Harrington to Burrsville
at Nernnn. on
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-17
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
Farm Machinery

Having decided to discontinue farm
ing, | will offer at Public Auction the
following Farming Equipment at my
home, 8 miles west of Harrington on
Vernon Road, Route IA, on
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2Sth, 1856
BEGINNING AT 100 O'CLOCK p. M.
Rain or Shine
FARM MACHINERY
John Deere easy attach cultivators,
John Deere corn planter, John Deere
rotary hoe, John Deere z disc, John
Deere tractor manure spreader, John
Deere side delivery rake, John Deere
tractor mower, John Deere rubber tire
wagon, John Deere Model B tractor,
Massey Harris combine, g. cut; Nc
Cormick- Deering grain drill, lar Oil
yer plows, bottom; McCormick-Dee
ing cultipacker, one 1-horse pillow, dairy
hot water heater, Wilson milk cooler,
6 can size; Farmmaster milking ma
chine, New Idea hay loader, corn she'll
er, so tooth drag harrow, section
spring tooth, grindstone, iron body
car trailer, dairy washing tubs, hog
killing pot, quart lard press, battery
and fence charger, walking cultiva-
tors. A lot of other things too num-
erous to mention.
Some HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
TERMS: CASH-no goods to be re-
moved until paid for.
HARRY &. LEGATES, Owner
Grover Tharp, Auctioneer- S-17-2t
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-17
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
Personal Property

Having decided to discontinue farm
ing, l will sell at public auction on my
farm on the road from Masten's Corner
to FELTON,, a half-mile from the for
mer community, on what is known as
the Warren farm, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 25th, 1856
AT 11:oo A. M. ID. S. T.)
Rain or Shine
The following property to-wit:
FARM EQUIPMENT
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-17

CONTRACT 1865
LEGISLATIVE STREETS
Kent County
s2' -4o' Pavement, s1 c. c. Base Course
and 3" Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete
Surface
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-17

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1856
BEGINNING AT 1000 O'CLOCK a. M.
Rain or Shine
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-17

HrNm E9OfFmGN
John Deere tractor so, new in 1858;
John Deere tractor Is, new i'm 1851;
John Deere 227, mounted two-row corn
picker, years old; John Deere 12A
combine, 6 tt; John Deere mower,
John Deere grain drill, 13 spouts; John
Deere corn planter, 212A, with fertil-
izer attachment; John Deere 16-in
plow, John Deere 14-in. plow, John
Deere 7-ft. disc, new last spring; John
Deere tractor 3-Section spring tooth,
;0-tooth drag harrow, 2 John Deere
tractor cultivators, 32-fOot Smoker
Ised days; 3 rubber-tired wagons, 2
with corn bodies; garden tractor,
Planted Jr., with cultivator; good Case
horse mower, 10-foot Mccormick Deer
ing grain binder, on rubber; mounted
rass seeder, double culti- packer, saw
bench with saw, corn shelter. grain
an, LantZ coulters, 4 Russells weed
controls, heavy block and fall, new
lectric bench saw, tap and die set,
i-gallon shoulder spray, grindstone,
? grease guns, 6-quart lard press, lard
DOT, ham boiler, large sausage grinder,
large wise, small wise, big lot of
wrenches, all sizes; pile of old iron
and junk, set electric clippers, set of
Conde mixers, scan milk box, Wilson
electric: hot-water heater, electric; set
iouble tubs for washing mixers, milk
strainer, milk buckets, Is milk cans,
milk stools, water pump, electric, with
pipe. John Deere 4-section rotary hoe,
and many other things too numerous
to mention.
HOUSEHOLD GOOD
Three metal yard chairs, venetian
blinds, Coin. cast-iron top kitchen
sink, white, steel kitchen cabinets
5 metal kitchen chairs, 4 solid oak
chairs, wash stand, 2 dressers, wash
bowl and pitcher, several bed quilts,
mirror, 12-quart iron pot, 20-inch iron
griddle.
Lunch will be served by the Dorcas
Circle of Asbury Methodist Church.
TERMS: CASH
CARROLL WEIGH, SR.
Carroll Bros, Auctioneers S-3-3t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-12
You never had salad
like this before!

Here's an exciting new salad
that's a sure pickup for list
less summer aPPetites. And
there's a trick to ia surpris-
ing trick only Minute Rice can
do. You blend il h0f-for zeSty
flavor. Then chiTit-for a cool,
complete meal!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-12
New! Patio Salad

AND ONLY MINUTE RICE CAN MAKE IT!
package frozen green peas teaspoon ~
1b C5-Omce PACKAGE Minute Rice
chopped dill pickle teaspoon grated
Add frozen and salt to water minutes Then add pickle
saucepan Cover. Bring quickly onion mixing
full BOIL Then add Minute serving
with all
and 'front.' heat Lei standI wedge
PERFECT WITHOUT COOKING fine produ, General Food.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-04
To Sell 900 In Stock
10 Sell S25. GOO In Stock
Powhatan Organizes Corporation To
Secure Industry For County

Twenty representative Powha-
tan business men met Friday at
the Bank of Powhatan to form
corporation TO interest industry
in Powhatan county. The corpor-
alton Will be known as the Powha-
tan Holding Corporation.
The tentative plans of the
group are to construct a building
which can be rented to an indus
try. The present plan is to sell
SIS 900 worth of, stock at SIS per
share,
In discussing the organization.
ono of the members noted that a
New York operator Of a garment
factory expects to move south and
had expressed a desire to locate
In Powhatan county He said that
Powhatan is a desirable distance
from Richmond, and the factory
would employ from $50 to 200
people: mostly women. The fac
tory would start with about 40
machines and soon expand to 100
machines.
L Flo-d Ya.c1 presided at the
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-04
Tour Of France Available to Library
''TrayeIers" Thanks To New Informant

Genevieve LalouX. Of Nalenci-
ennes. France, could get by on her
weekly stint Of 10 hours teaching
but in d true spirit Of internatlon-
ahsln, she's putting much more
than that into her year Of service
as an informant in French at
Longwood College
Her colOrful authentic exhibit
on Provence one of Frances 10
governmental areas somewhat
similar to an American state, is
typical of the extras Miss LaiouX
is putting into her work
The exhibit is on display in the
college library foyer and is only
one Of several she has displayed
on the provinces of her native
country An earlier ono was oh
Brittany
Pictures, pamphlets. BOOK S,
newspapers brochures. art ana
handicraft items are some Of the
items comprising the exhibits
From Northern France
Miss Laloux. "a, comes from the
mining and industrial center.
Valenciennes, in Northern France
She did her secondary school work
in a parochial lycee, or high
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-04

meeting. Winfrey R. Parker twas
elected temporary chairman. E
F Yates was elected president OF
the cooperation; Phillip N. Brauer
VICE president; Leslie L. Mason
secretary and E. A. Dunn, treas
urer.
William r. Blandford and Les
lie l.. Mason were elected to the
bylaws committee, and the nom
mating committee was composed
OF P Clayton Williams. w. r
Parker, and Charles P. Montgom-
cry.
Those elected TO the temporary
board Of directors were f. f
Yates. Leslie l.. Mason. w. r
Parker, r. c. Goodwin. E. A
Dunn, c. NJ. Hogg and DR.. w. S
! Lloyd.
Blandford and Mason statec
that they have already completed
the certificate of Incorporation
and will make application to the
State Corporation Commission fol
. charter ~ egCo ac rnc.i,la
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-04
Two Small Fires
Over The Week END

Farmvillc volunteer flcmon
answered two calls this week end
and prompt action prevented fire
from causing serious damage.
The first call came Saturday
afternoon. An electric pump at the
Texas Oil Company storage yard.
at the north end of South street.
caught fire Walter Rhodes who
was at the yard at the time. took
a hand fine extingmsher and put
the flame out before it could do
any extensive damage
Saturday night about 8 p. m.
the firemen rushed to the home
of NJ. c. Branch at 800 Hooper
street, where chimney fire was
threatening the entire dwelling
Prompt action brought the fire
under control and damage was
held TO $40 OF less
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-04
Christmas Window
Door Prizes SlOO


A total Of $500 in prizes Will be
awarded winners Of The Christmas
decorating contest sponsored by
the Nora Lancaster Garden club.
Deadl.ne for entering the con
test is midnight December 10.
Entire, which should be made
with Mrs. J. Monroe Johns. viii
be judged at $50 pm. December
81.
Previous winning entries will
not be eligible Ior prizes. All en-
trants are required TO be residents
of Farmville or TO 1--we within a
two-mile radius Of the corporate
limits. The decorations are to be
kept lighted and intact through
out the Christmas season.
judging VIII be based upon at
Effectiveness from the street, orig
inaity and simplicity. proportion
of design and the suitability OF
the decoration to the type 0 +
house, Conservation materials
such as misteltoe holly and run
ming cedar are not to be used.
The contest Will be divided
into two sections, decorated doors
and decorated windows. First
prize in each section Will be S25
with SIS second prize and $40
third
Money for the awards was do
mated by BaldWns. Buffalo
Shook Company. Carriers Flower
Shop, Collins Florist, Davidson's S,
Dunninglon Tobacco Company
Farmville Electric Appliance Com
pany. Gordon's Transfer, KIlkare
Laundry, Martin the Jeweler,
Motley Hardware. Newman Chew
rolet. SmittY Brothers, TAYLOR
Manufacturing company. Weya-
noke Garden Club and Wilson S
Home and Auto Supply, and
LongWood Garden Club.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-04
Funeral Rites at Hampden-Sydney
Held For Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Spindler

JOINT funeral services were held
Sunday at College Presbyterian
Church at Hampden- Sydney for
Frank Wilson Sp.ndler, S. and
his wife. Julia Venable Spindler
50 who were killed Friday, Nov
30 1856 in traffic accident in
Chesterfield county Intelment
was in the church cemetery.
Mi. Spindler was a former
Latin professor and was currently
the audio-viSual conSultant of the
Encyclopedia Britannica. He was
a graduate of Hampden-Sydney
College and the University of Vu-
ginia He was member of the
Masonic Order, the Prince Edward
County School Board, Sigma Up
Silon fraternity, and was a dea-
con and assistant Sunday school
uperintendent Of College PreSby-
terrain Church.
Mr.. Spindler was born IN
Blackstone September 4, 1901 a
sop of the late Granville Faster
field Splndler and Sally Lipscomb
Splndler.
Mrs. Spindler attended Green's
boro Woman's College and was a
member of College Presbyterian
Church, the Huguenot Society
and the Association for the Pres
ervation of Virginia Antiquities.
She wa3 born II pittsvlvania
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-12-04
Old Belt Markets
Set Closing Dates,
Averages Falling

For the fifth consecutive week
most Old Belt flue-cured tobacco
prices have declined. Quality of
offerings also poorer last week
and volume was light except on
Monday and Friday.
Gross sales FOR the week ending
November 80 totaled 20,437. $50
pounds for the low average of
S45-98 per hundred. The Average
was $3.50 under the season low
average of s45.50 set before the
THANKSGIVING holidays. Sales for
the season were raised to 296,773.
1893 pounds averaging $5088. In
1855 during the first as days 200.
880.375 poonds were sold for an
average of $5410.
Approximately ST percent of the
grade averages were down. Be
cause Of lower prices receipts OF
the Floe-l Sterilization Cor
poratlon Jumped to a little over
! IS percent Of gross sales. Season
deliveries were approximately Is
percent.
Lawrencville and Rocky Mt.
Va, closed for the season Novem-
Der 30 Closing dates. for other
markets are as follows Brook
neal, Clarksville. Kenbridge and
Petersburg, Va, and Mebane and
Stoneville, N c., December 7.
Chase City. Va, and Mt. Airy. N.
c., December 10. South Hill, Va,
and Roxboro N. c.. December ID
ard Winston Salem. December 10.