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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23
Sacred Music
Concert Here
9th
p hila d elph ia Chorale
Group Will Make Pre-
sentati0n In First Pres
byterian Church.

An outstanding musical event
will take place on December Sth
with the presentation of a concert
of Sacred Music by the Philadelphia
Bible Institute Chorale at the First
Presbyterian Church, Milford, at
7:45 p. M
The Chorale consists of more than
forty voices, representing 10 states.
Under the direction of Professor
Gordon A Curtis, the members of
this A Cape1la choir; which last
year. enjoyed such success in it's
Easter concert tour through 4 states
will again blend their voices in
a program of notable variety rang
ing from stately anthems to simple
Negro spirituals and hymn arrange
ments. Interspersed in this pro-
gram will be selections by vocal
ensembles and individual artists.
Special interest is added by the
personal testimonies of these young
people as to why they are attending
Philadelphia Bible Institute and
how and where God is leading them
into Christian service.
Professor Curtis is a graduate of
Westminster Choir College, we'll
known Choral director and dur
ing the summer months, he directs
the music at the famous Keswick
Bible Conference in New Jersey.
Philadelphia Bible Institute, one
of the largest and strongest Bible
schools in America, was formed by
the merging of. two time-honored
Bible schools in Philadelphia on
July 1, 1951-Bible Institute of
Pennsylvania and Philadelphia
School of the Bible. These schools
were founded in 1913 and 1914 re-
spectively.
The Institute is located in the
heart of Philadelphia" Students
come for training from many de-
nominations and in epen d
gronns and during the present
school year there are over 1000
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Local Legion Unit
Plans For Christmas
Mrs. George Marvel, Presided Over
Busy Session Monday

The regular meeting of Milford
Post No. 3 American Legion Aux
iliarv was held on Monday mite in
the post home Mrs. George Marvel
the president presided.
1t was announced that one hun
dred gifts would be taken to Perry
Point Hospital for the Gift Shops"
on. Saturday, December first. Any
member wishing to contribute to
this project is asked to contact the
president or Mrs. John M. Long
botham, the rehabilitation chair
man.
Mrs. S. Harvey Williams, men,
bership chairman again stressed
that dues are payable as of now
and said that the membership
theme this year is "Be Zeller
Best SelleT' of membership. Leta
Zeller, the National President, has
called for a spotlight on service"
and the membership appeal will
CONTINUED on page s1x)
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Delaware Day
ToBe Observed
9TH
DR.. Harry V. Holloway
Chairman OF Commits
sion Has Invited Wide
State Participation.

Plans for statewide observance
of Delaware Day on December z
have been outlined by DR.. H. v.
Holloway, chairman of the Com
mission, in letter sent recently
to long list of First State or
ganizations.
'The Delaware Day Commission
hopes that all organizations in the
state will take due note of the time
and, as near as may be to their
regular meeting dates, arrange for
its recognition, DIR. Holloway said
1T should be recalled" he con-
tinued, that the deputies appoint
ed by the Delaware Legislature to
the Philadelphia Constitutional
Convention of 1887 were George
Reed, Cunning Bedford, Jr., Jacob
Broome, John Dickinson and Rich
ard Bassett. Reference to the vari-
Gus histories of Delaware, includ-
ing Scharf's, Conrad's, Bevant's,
Reeds, Powell's and others, will
furnish interesting details of the
contributions of these men to the
decisions finally adopted by the
Convention in the form of the Fed
eral Constitution, which was sign
ed on September II, 1887, a date
now celebrated as Citizenship
Day"
1--WE cannot live upon the repu-
tation for the courage and far
sighted judgment of our ancestors.
Ours is the imperative task of per-
dom for which our ancestors lived
and died and of keeping green the
memory of the struggles and sacri-
fees which have made possible our
American way of life," the Com
mission chairman concluded.
Continued on page eighteen)
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Annual Laymen's
Dinner November q
Affair WIN Re Held Tn Avenue
Fellowship Hall

The annual Laymen's Dinner.
sponsored by the Laymen of Dover
District of Peninsula Methodist
Conference, will be held at Avenue
Fellowship Hall next Wednesday
evening, November 28th, at six
thirty o'clock.
The guest speaker will be Bishop
Fred Corson of the Philadelphia
area. Bishop Corson, in addition TO
being a Prince of the Methodist
Church, is also renowned as an
educator, having served at one
time as President of Dickinson
COLLEGE, Carlisle. Pa. He has also
served as President of the Council
of Bishops of the Methodist Church
and is presently serving as Presi-
dent of the General Board of Edu-
cation of the Methodist Church.
Continued on page three)
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l. Delaware has over two per-
cent of all active Reserve officers
in the seven-state Second Army
area, but only one and a half per-
cent of the total population.
2. Delaware is now second high
est in the percentage of participa-
ting Reserve officers in comparison
with the total officers in the Sec
ond Army area.
g. Delaware is the highest in
the percentage of enlisted men
who are participating in active
Army Reserve units in comparison
to the total number of enlisted men
in Pennsylvania, Virginia, West
Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, and Ken
tucky, the states which. with Del
aware. make up the Second Army
continued on page f1ve)
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Special Questions
Population Survey

Special questions will be asked
in the November Current Popula-
tion Survey to determine if unem-
ployed persons are seeking full
time or part-time work, according
to Supervisor Robert N. Scheller
of the U. S. Census Bureaus. field
office at Baltimore, Md, which will
participate in the survey.
These special questions, asked
four times a year, round out the
labor force statistics provided by
Current Population Survey month
CONTINUED on page ten)
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Encyclopedias Are
Presented Schools
Milford High, Benjamin Banneker
Receive Free Sets

Milford's high school students
now may consult the brand new,
1856 edition of Funk and Wag-
nails Universal Standard Encyclo-
pedia for research in preparation
of their studies. This week, the
publishers of the distinguished
work presented two sets to Willard
Hickman, as gifts to Milford High
and BENJAMIN Banneker School.
The publishing firms public re-
lations representative, Miss Mary
Frazer of New York City, came to
Milford to present the 25-volume
sets to Mr.. Hickman, and to visit
the schools.
Lavishly illustrated with some
5000 pictures, charts, and recently
revised maps, the books ccntain
some 10000 articles on wide
(continued on page six5
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23
Ice Follies Of ST
VIII Open Dec. 25th

Ice Follies of 1857, the 21st edi-
ton of the first professional
touring ice show, opens Christmas
Night. December 25, at the Phila-
deIphia Arena, 45th and Market
Streets, Philadelphia, Pa.
The all-new, completely different
skating production follows the
Shipstads and Johnson policy of
mot one star, but an entire cast
of featured performers, which has
brought so much success to ''the
boys as Eddie and Roy Shipstad
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Rev. Bob Price To
Visit Houston Sun.
TeleVisiOn Evangelist VIII Be On
Nj. I. f. Program

Theodore T. Yerkes, program
director for the Houston Methodist
Youth Fellowship of Houston
Methodist Church announced that
Rev. Bob Price, well known tele-
vision minister, who appears every
Sunday evening at six O'Clock over
Channel II, will present his inter-
denominational program, the Good
Life, in Houston Church this COM
ing Sunday evening, November %,
at eight o'clock.
Appearing with Rev. Price will
be his famous quartet, who will
render several numbers. His son
will also be present and sing.
Another feature will be the show
ing of some exclusive slides of the
Holy Land, said by qualified ex-
perts to be the best ever taken in
that presently strife-ridden land.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23
% State Dairynen
Get Natl Honors
Many From D0wn-State Area Are
In 40O-Lb. Group

Twenty-three dairy herds from
Delaware, including 10 from New
Castle County, from Sussex
County and from Kent County,
made the honor roll of the National
Purebred Dairy Cattle Association
this year, reports Delmar ]. Young,
Extension Dairyman at the Uni
versity of Delaware.
The honor is given to dairymen
whose herds average more than
400 pounds of butterfat production
per COW as tested by official dairy
herd Improvement association SUI
pervisors. The owner of each herd
qualifying receives a certificate
from the national association.
Top production herd in the state
during the 1856 testing year was
that of Maurice Adams of Har-
rington, Young reports. His 81
cows produced an average of 492
CONTINUED on page seven)
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A. 5. z. Ballots VIII
Be Mailed Nov. 30

Sussex County farm owners and
operators will receive, on Novem-
Der Both, ballots for the annual
election of Community Committee
men for the 1857 AS.C. Program.
The ballots will contain the names
of those farmers who are eligible
to serve as committeeman and who
have been nominated by the Com
munity Election Boards. Other
names may be written in on the
ballots by the voter if he so desires.
Five committeeman from each of
Continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23

Crowned Soybean King at the
banquet was L. NJ Reichert Of
Townsend, who grew an average
of sos bushels of beans per acre
in the 1856 five-acre Soybean Yield
Contest.
County winners in the Corn Con-
test were John F. Wilson of Har-
rington, for Kent County, with
1855 bushels per acre. New Castle
County's best was Horace Wood
ward of Middletown who averaged
1899 bushels.
In soybeans, the contest between
counties was much closer, with Ed
ward Metz of Georgetown the wiz
ner in SuA TX County with SOL
bushel yield hat was only seven
tenths of a bushel off the state
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23
Christmas Seal
Appeals Delivered
Have Been Sent To Homes
Throughout The State

The 50th annual Christmas Seal
appeals for tuberculosis funds were
delivered to homes in Delaware on
Thursday, November 18th accord
ing to officials of the Delaware An
ti-Tuberculosis Society. The Christ
mas Seal appeals were signed by
DR.. Gerald A. Beatty. President of
the Society. The letter states in
part:
Why are we asking you to buy
Christmas Seals this Tear?
BECAUSE - Tub sulosis is
still active in Delawe ; today.
BECAUSE - 43 Deaths in Del
aware last year-197 new cases
discovered.
BECAUSE - Complete victory
over tuberculosis means finding
new cases.
CONTINUED on page sixl
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DeIaaUdreans PIaudited
For Their Reserve Program


handicap recruiting
challenge
ant Delaware"
The nine listed follows
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23
Market Pool Is Supported
At PhiIa. MIX Hearing

joint federaa hearing proposals to change milk regua
Philadelphia
witnesses
Philadelphia market pool
o pricing o
The to change handler
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-23
1856 State Crop King
Named Tuesday EUening

the
the Capital Grange Hall Dover His
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oIer Cassini

Japanese geisha girls never Mako Mkt OieE Cassini
wear nail polish They always fix their hair in the traditional
pompadour couture No Italianboy cuts for them Marko
herself favors wearing pony-tail hairdo offstage
A BEST SELLER-In New York book circles abuzz
with amusement Oleg Cassni aShondesigner son
of the Countess Cassni bought about $500 copies of his
mothers newly published memoirs This put it best
seller" distributed the book friends fashion
editors many Others only to discover that Never Dull
Moment" didn't really need his loyal "push"-it selling
beautifully on its own.
SHE'S FOR MAMIE-There all kinds of campaign
buttons floating around these days of election but brand
cropped up the other day at luncheon Mrs Mary
McCaree to Mrs. Eisenhower had on button
and the only thing it pretty smiling picture Of the
Presidents wife. N
WE'VE GOT TROUBLES TOO-There dinner at
of the embassies last week in honor Of important
State visitor 1t routine task of reporters to call the
basy and get dinner list that will know who broke
bread with whom However the embassy member who had the
list didn't the authority release and the with the
authority didn't have the list Cest la vie!
IN TRIBUTE-The esteem with which Mrs Margaret
Thompson Bdde held by Americans and French alike
evidenced her funeral attended by Generals Gruenther and
Norstadt and from the American colony in Paris
Three former French MnsersPleven Reynaud and Pnay
also among the dgnitaries there.
Dean Riddles eulogy impressive. During the holo
caust of she Good Samaritan: during uncertain
she endavored better international relations Before
her sudden death several weeks she contributing
editor to Realities famous French magazine.
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who I am very fond has re-
Gently had an operation. We
are not engaged or anything
like that, but I would like to
send him some little remem-
brance to cheer him up in his
convalescence. If it is proper
to do this, what would you
suggest sending?
Miss d. G. S.
Answer-Contrary to gen.
eral belief, men enjoy receiv-
ing flowers when they are i'll
as much as women do. Books
are also very acceptable in a
case such as this.
~ \
Question-How do ! intro
duce my husbands brothers
wife? 1t is such a mouthful to
say my brother-in-law's wife,"
What would you suggest?
Mrs. M. X.
Answer-It is perfectly cor
rect to say my brother-in-
laws wife" 1t is preferable,
however. to say my sister-in-
law" This is much easier to
say.
Questi0n-About a week ago
/ accepted an invitation to at
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MODERN
MANNERS
More About Your Behavior
As q Summer COTTAGE Guest
BY CAROLYN HAGNER SHAW

vitation to spend the week end
with someone. make every eff
fort when you arrive to follow
the routine of the family you
are visiting. Never place your
self in the position of the guest
who takes the attitude of I'm
on vacation and I'm here to
relax and get the most out of it,
MY wayI" Don't sleep when
others are up and doing. Don't
drink the clock around, expect
food at odd hours and general
ly make an obnoxious nuisance
Of yourself. Needless to say, if
you do. further invitations will
not be forthcoming!
The guest whose departure
will be regretted is the one who
recognizes the fact that his
hostess has the right to rest
and relax too. He will endeavor
to place himslef in her hands
and do graciously what has
been planned. If she says
breakfast at nine, be there at
nine. If a picnic is the order
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Of the day. and you happen
to hate picnics, be a good
sport and join in with the
crowd, making yourself agree
able, even if it hurts! Remem-
Der. too. that space in the
average summer cottage is linn
tied. so don't spread yourself.
and your belongings. all over
the place.
It all boils down to the guest
observing just plain common
thoughtfulness for the rights of
those around him. The fact
that. everybody is letting his
hair down and relaxing, doesn't
mean that the rules governing
consideration for others be
relaxed too!
A parting hint: Don't over
stay your visit, even if urged to
do so. If asked to stay from
Friday evening till Monday
morning, take your departure
Monday morning. not the fol-
lowing Friday! That is. if you
harbor any hopes of being
asked againl
Questions and Answers
Question-A young man of
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To continue my diatribe of
last week on the subject of the
thoughtless unlimited summer
week end guest, I thought it
would not be amiss to offer a
few hints of what NOT to do
if you are i'll the category
of an invited guest.
To begin with, never fish for
an invitation! If you happen
to meet Bill Jones on the street
on broil;ng hot day land you
remember that he has a cot
tage at the beach, don't be-
siege him with artful hints,
and some not SO artful, that
you would not turn down an
invitation which would enable
you to get away from the heat!
Don't greet Bill Jones like a
long lost friend either, when
in the winter time you would
acknowledge meeting him with
a mere nod!
If you do receive an unsolici-
ted, and obviously sincere, in
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ALEXANDRIA: 6is North Washington Street. King $1,000
Mondays Thursdays Fridays $50 0o other Days 9soto6
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ton on June 81 in the Free
Methodist Church in Spencer
vile, Md. The Rev. Richard
Irwin. member of the Temper
ance Board of Washington,
D. c.. will be guest speaker,
Election of officers will be
held at the morning session,
followed by a box luncheon.
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B Y THE w a Y
There Is q Real Lotus Blossom;
Sons Efforts Were for Nduqht

SHE'S FOR REAL-Mariko
Mkt. beautiful japanese ac-
tress who plays Lotus Blossom
in 1.-THE TeahouSe Of the August
Moon" at the National The
ater, says most people aren't
aware that there is a real
Lotus Blossom. She's the
geisha girl after whom her role
in the play is patterned. One
of Mariko's exciting moments
was meeting her. The real
Lotus Blossom was flown in
from Okinawa to see the plays
opening in New York.
incidentally, Mariko says,
Tononaea OniSha GIRLS never
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Jewish Aid Circle
Plu1s Final MeetinQ

The Hebrew Aid Circle will
hold its closed meeting of the
season Tuesday at the Hebrew
Home for the Aged, 1125
Spring road NV. with Mrs.
Abraham Lapkoff presiding.
Lunch will be served from IL
to / pm.
Mrs. Helen Sharnoff, coun-
selor for the Jewish Social
Service, will speak on Child
Welfare" Mrs. Isaac Cymes
will say the opening prayer.
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tend a dinner at the home Of
a fairly close friend. Unex-
pectedly an out-of-town guest
has come to visit me. Would
it be permissible for me to tele-
phone my hostess and ask If I
may bring her along? UNI
derstand it is to be a fairly
large party.
Mrs. S. TIL.
Answer-Under no circum-
stances place your hostess in
this position. She will nat
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urally have to say yes and
from what you say it is a
seated dinner and. therefore,
the a addition of an extra
woman guest would upset her
seating arrangement. Only in
a case where you know it is to
be a buffet supper would it be
permissible to ask such a favor
Of the hostess. Even then it is
advisable to think it over care
fully before doing SO.
REGISTERED. United States Patent ofice)
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WCTU Conceive Set
The Montgomery County
Women'S Christian Temper
ance Union will hold a conven-
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Here Goes Bob,
Again Playing
With Dynamite

HOLLYWOOD Up. - Pro-
ducer-director Bob Aldrich is
playing with dynamite.
Aldrich got most of the
town mad at him with The
Big Knife" which was a brutal
expose of backstage Holly
wood.
In his second venture, THE
Fragile Fox" he is toying with
the temperament of actors
and actresses.
Aldrich holds that no star
is bigger than another. Each
player, regardless of rank.
boxofflce pull or what have
you, occupies a dressing room.
simple and comfortable, but
identical with all others.
The letters spelling out their
names, both on dressing rooms
and on the canvas set chairs,
are the same height for star
and featured player.
During rehearsal periods,
there are no late calls for any,
one, whether they're needed in
the mornings first scenes or
not. All must stand by in
case a change of plans takes
place.
So far it's working all right
with such as Jack Palance,
Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin,
Robert Strauss and Buddy
Ebsen.
But wait. says one set
worker, until he gets a CLAM
our queen in the cast.
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make In Munich is Unfinished
Symphony" with Rossano Brazil
This will be a reunion. Brazil
made his only picture in Holly
wood with her-remember him
as the professor in Little Wom-
en-? Dick Powell can't accom-
pany June, but he'll join her
with their children when school
lets out.
Gordon MacRae's new TV
show will be kinnied while he
takes the family to Europe this
summer to make a dramatic
movie. It's beginning to sound
as though, there will be more
stars over there in the hot
months than here.
After three years, John Huston
is bringing the finished 'Moby
Dick movie to New York where
all the executives concerned -
Warner Brothers and Moulin
Productions-are converging to
appraise the film at a special
showing with Huston. Then John
brings the picture for its star,
Gregory Peck, to see.
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
hop all over the place for their
next, Hollywood or Bust" The
pair do locations in New York,
Pittsburgh. St. Louis, Columbus,
Indianapolis and Gallup, N. M.
Don Taylor turned down $685.
900 to do Battle Hymn" with
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Rock Hudson at U-I, in order to
direct and star in Seven Year
Itch" at the Sombrero Theater
in Phoenix. for which he will
be paid peanuts by comparison.
David Niven, currently occupy
ing Mike Todd's apartment in
New York, is off to Boston to
enter his sons in a private
school. This rates as an Ameri-
can victory over England, be-
cause David planned originally
to send them to school over
there.
Shirley MacLaine wants the
expected baby to be a girl, and
has already picked her name
and profession-"Stephanie will
be a dancer"
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GRAHAM
Continued From Page AZ

Continued From Page A-22
gets a real change of pace in
Back From Eternity" He plays
a cruel policeman in the Anita
Ekberg starrer. Jennifer
Jones and David Selznick plan a
year in Europe, with Jennifer to
star in Farewell to, Arms" in
Italy just before they return.
I'm much happier now than
when I left Hollywood a year
ago." Marilyn Monroe told me
at goth. where she's fitting
dresses for her new picture. Bus
Stop My measurements are
about the same" she continued,
although l thought she looked
a bit thinner in the right places.
When someone referring to her
new company, Monroe. Inc,
commented, You're now bust
nesswoman, Marilyn said firm
ly, I'm an actress"
The movie June Allyson will
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MRS. ROSA BELL GRAY,
NATIVE OF AVON DIES

Mrs. Rosa Bell Gray, 81, of POT
oath St., wife of Edward M. Gray,
died Monday at the Virginia Beach
hospital after long illness.
A daughter of Isaac T. and Hen
rietta Meekins, she was a native
of Avon, and had lived at Virginia
Beach 33 years. She was a member
of the Virginia Beach Methodist
Church and of Virginia Beach
Chapter 75 Order of the Eastern
Star.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by four sons, Edward. M.
Gray Jr., Maxton S. Gray, Isaac
T. Gray and Lee Gray of Virginia
Beach; two brothers, George H.
Aeelins of Avon and Tommie
Meekins of Elizabeth City; a sis
ter, Mrs. L. P. O'Neal of Avon,
10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Thursday at pm. at the Vir-
GINA Beach Methodist Church by
the Rev. C. o. Kidd, pastor. Burial
was In the Eastern Shore Chapel
cemetery.