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Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07
Albert Runipstich
Died Here Wednesddu
Services Will BE Held
For Well-KnOwn
Businessman

Mr.. Albert Rumpstich, promin-
mt business man in Milford, died
IN the Milford Memorial Hospital
IN Wednesday, September S, 1856.
Mr.. Rumpstich was born in
iermany. December 10, 1891, and
came to the United States In 1923,
Ind settled in Greenwood, Del. He
became a citizen in 1882 and moved
o Milford and established the
Rumpstich Machine Works which
has been in operation for the past
26 years. He was interested in civic
Improvement and advancement He
was a charter member of the Mil
ford Chamber of Commerce.
Mr.. Rumpstich is survived by his
wife. Mrs. Helene Runpstich; three
daughters, Miss Ilse Rumpstich of
Philadelphia, Mrs. James p. Ham
mond and Mrs. John Allen of Mil
ford; four grandchildren; two sis
ters, Mrs. Herwig Feschke and Mrs.
Meta Ernst of Germany; one bro
ther, Herman Rumpstich. also of
Germany
Funeral services will be held
from the Lofand Funeral Home,
Saturday. September s, at p. m.
The Rev Theodore Hafner of st.
Johns Lutheran Church of Dover,
will officiate. Inter1nent will be in
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07
NJ G n
Spon soring
Dinner Sept. 10
Christian Business Mems
Committee Presenting
Glenn Martin, Vice
President AS Speaker.

The Milford Christian Business
Mems Committee, in cooperation
with local clubs and church
groups, are sponsoring Mems
banquet, Monday. September 10,
at $3.50 p. m, at Calvary Methodist
Church.
ALI men in Milford and vicinity
are invited to attend. The price OF
admission is $500 per person.
The speaker of the evening will
be Mr.. G. t. Wiley, Vice President
of the Glenn L. Martin Co., of Bal
timore, Md. Mr.. Wiley will show
a 16mm sound and color film of the
Martin Viking Horizons Unlimit-
ed".
Mr.. Wiley has been in the air
craft engineering and manufactur-
ing field for 38 years and since
1929, has been connected with the
Glenn L. Martin Company, Balti-
more, Maryland, now as Vice Presi-
dent of Manufacturing.
Born in England, his first con-
tact with aircraft in 1918 was with
the famous Bristol Airplane Com
pany. Later he migrated to Can
ada and worked with the Vickers
Company in Montreal where he re
mained until joining the Glenn L.
Martin Company as Project En-
gineer.
He then became Inspection Man.
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exceed the highest total in the
university's history. During the
peak postwar year, the undergrad
uate enrolment was 2,200.
Nearly 1,400 applications for ad-
mission this term have been pro
cessed to date, DR.. Fletcher de-
clared. Although all qualified resi-
dent studeuts have been accepted.
out-of-state applicants have not
been so fortunate.
Our refusal to accept some out
of-state students is typical of the
policy being forced upon many
state universities because of the
nationwide trend toward higher
enrollments." DR.. Fletcher stated.
"As a state university our first OBJ
legation is to our own resident stu
dents. The policies and planning of
the University of Delaware have
always been geared TO this philos-
ophy. AS enrolment pressures con-
front colleges in other states, we
believe that they viii give similar
priority to their constituents. We
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Will Organize COP
Club Here Tonight
Session Will Be Held AT Milford Grange Hall
Starting AT s O'clock; Will Include Entire
First Representative District In Sussex.

A club. to include, within its
membership. Republicans and inde-
pendents resident in the First Rep
resentative District of Sussex
County, will be formally organized
at a meeting to be held at the
Grange Hall, here, this Friday eve
ming, beginning at s o'clock. A
committee, set UP at a previous
informal meeting, has drawn up a
set of bylaws, which will be sub
mitted for floor action at Fridays
meeting, and invitations have been
extended to all "who believe in
good government and in the prin-
ciples of the Republican Party" to
attend.
1t has been quite a few years
since there has been an active Re-
publican Club here, although an
active organization functioned eff
fectively here prior to. World War
ii. Due possibly to lack of a COP
organization, of this nature, the
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07
Chestert0ioR Plans
For Big Anniversary
Scores OF Pre-ColoniaI Day
Homes Will Be
Opened

More than two-score Chester
town and Kent County -Revolu-
aonary homes and gardens will be
open for public inspection during
the 250th Anniversary celebration
OF Cbestertown, starting October
9th, and extending for nine DAYS.
Morning and afternoon events of
such variety that something is
available for the enjoyment of all
ages are being booked for the cele-
Dration, but the three tours of old
homes and gardens, on successive
days, bid fair to head the list in
popularity
Offering for inspection many
mansions of the early colonial era
on the Eastern Shore, the anniyer-
sary tours will begin on Monday.
October Sth, with dwelling, gardens
and buildings within the limits of
Chestertown. Two other tours on
Tuesday and Wednesday, October
9th and 10th, will offer opportuni-
ties to visit country manors and
historic shrines throughout Kent
County.
Attracting much interest is the
announcement h a "Widehall'
Chester River front home of Mrs.
w w. Hubbard. will be included
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Improvement
OF Dirt Roads
Up
Work Of State Highway
Dept. Engineers, Selec-
ti0n Of Roads Results
In Progress.

Innovations introduced by staff
engineers of the State Highway
Department, combined with the
methods used in the selection of
roads for Improvement, has great
ly speeded up the dirt road inn
provement program in this state,
it was pointed out by r. A. Haber,
Chief Engineer of the Department,
in reviewing the dirt road work.
AS a result of the pre- c2nt sys-
tenn now in use the Department
has total of 71.S05 miles of dirt
road being improved and more
miles will be added to this total
during the coming fall months. Of
the total mileage of dirt roads list
ed for action, 5S.111 miles are un-
der construction and contracts fOr
the remaining 1884 miles will be
awarded within the next few
weeks.
When the dirt road improvement
work was first started it was Gus
tomary to engineer and design the
project along lines similar to an
improvement for main highway.
However the staff engineers of the
Department began working on the
matter and after much study ON
their part, they introduced innova-
tions which has greatly reduced the
work of preparing these plans.
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Goldey Beacon
Opens Sept. 10th

Goldey Beacon School of Busi-
ness, in Wilmington, will open for
its fall term on Monday. September
10. with a capacity enrolment. ac-
cording to DR.. Jay w. Miller, school
president. Students are expected in
attendance from Ia states repre-
senting 80 high schools and 12 col
leges and universities.
An active orientation week has
been planned. and the activities
will open with a reception in the
YMCA to be followed later by
picnic in Rockford Park A party
and dance are planned for one eve
ming in the college auditorium.
About 100 veterans are expected
10 be in attendance under the Ko
rean CT education and training
law, according to John G. Leach,
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Joint Press
Session Has
Been Set For
Sept. l4-.l6
Del-Mar-Va, nj ary la n d
Press Associations Will
Hold Annual Summer
Gathering At Ocean
City, Md.

Mack Sauer of Leesburg, O.,
well-known humorist, will enter
tain members of the Maryland
Press Association and the Del
Mar-Va Prss Association at the
annual meeting of the two groups
in Ocean City, Md, Sept. 14-15-16.
1t is expected that the largest
attendance in the history of the
joint meetings will gather at the
Commander Hotel for the conclave.
Besides Mr.. Hauer, the publishers
ard guests will hear Harry C.
Rhodes, superintendent of schools
of Queen Anne's County.
The Ohio humorist will be among
friends as he is also a country
newspaper editor and publisher.
He publishes both the Leesburg
Citizen and Lynchburg News in
Ohio.
Mr.. Sauer has been referred to
as lone of the eminent humorists
of our time, and has addressed
press groups in West Virginia.
Missouri. Michigan and North Caro-
lima, along with many other civic
and service organizations through
out the country
The address by Mr.. Rhodes now
beginning his second term as
superintendent of Queen Anne's
County schools. will be at the
luncheon at 1890 Saturday.
The program for the affair starts
with registration in the hotel lobby
at / D. M, Friday and the Board
of Directors and Advisory Coun-
oil of the Maryland Press Associ-
alton will hold a meeting at 3 p. m.
The Del-Mar-Va Press Associ-
alton, with Milton Fried, publisher
of the Delaware Coast News in
Rehoboth as president, will be hosts
to a cocktail party at D. m.
A clam bake which was one of
the highlights of last years con-
vention at the Commander, will
begin at $50.
The 1890 o. M. luncheon will
begin Saturday events. The Mary
land Press Association and it's
president. Charles Gerwig. of the
Ellicott Citv Times, will be hosts
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Mcconnell, M C Dow ell,
DerricksOn, Brasure
And Hall Picked At
Farley In Dover.

The Democratic party at its
state convention il Dover last
Thursday nominated its state tick
ct with only one floor fight, and
that one-unexpectedly- for
the nomination for state treasurer
1t was won by Mrs. Edna Brasure
of Milton.
The ticket selected by the dele
gates at their harmonious and en-
thusiastic gathering is as follows:
For governor H. Tyler
Mcconnell of Kennett Pike
near Wilmington, the secretary
of the Hercules Powder Com
pany.
For lieutenant governor
Vernon b. Derricks0n of Do
yer, the Kent County Demo-
cratic chairman.
E0r u. s. representative
Ha ris b. Mcdowell, Jr- of
.szdletown, the incumbent
For state auditor-Cl Clifford
Il. Hall of Selbyyille, the In
cumbent.
HOI cbtC tCdsuiC Ci AHI D.
Brasure of Milton.
The convention chose as the
states three Democratic presiden-
tial electors former Lieutenant
Governor Alexis l. dupont Bayard
Of Westover Hills; Robert H. Reed
of Dover, past president of the
Delaware Federation or Democrat
ic Clubs; and James M. Tunnell.
Jr., of Georgetown, former associ-
ate justice of the Supreme Court
of Delaware.
In its other principal business
the convention adopted without
fight of any kind the platform draft
presented to it, containing a civil
rights plank, virtually identical
with the one in Democrats ma
tional platform.
The convention was prepared
for several possible fights but
shese melted away in the early
afternoon caucuses, except for the
small Sussex County battle be-
ween Mrs. Brasure and State
Treasurer Howard Fl. Dieterson of
laurel, who sought denomination.
1t came as something of a sur
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Fighting Muscular
Dystrophy In Sussex

Calling on Governor J. Caleb
Boggs to tell him the story of mus
eular dystrophy as it affects peo-
pie in Sussex County. Mrs George
1iegler, Bridgeville, said that at
least Ia known cases have been dis
covered and are being assisted by
the Sussex County chapter of the
Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Mrs. Ziegler said that she hopes
the whole state will be organized
in time to stage a campaign for
the Muscular Dystrophy Associa-
ton in November, when its annual
appeal will be made. Two-thirds of
the funds collected remain with To-
cal chapters in order to carry on
community and county work, she
said.
Mrs. Ziegler was accompanied to
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political complexion of what was
once a Republican district has
changed, with the Democrat Party
making consistent inrOads. Those
arranging for Friday evenings
meeting feel tllat organization of a
strong Republican Club, here, will
enhance the chances of a COP vic
tory in Sussex County and in Del
aware.
The proposed organization will
likely be along the same lines as
similar clubs now functioning in
other parts of the county and will
most likely be known as the First
Representative District Republican
Club. Organization will be on a
permanent basis, with monthly
meetings throughout the year. Com
mitteemen, committeewome and
other COP workers from the three
election districts comprising the
First Representative District are
all cooperating in the plans for
organization.
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07
Interstate Milk
Coop Mails Refunds

Interstate Mikl Producers Co
operative has mailed checks total
ng S113,142 to approximately g.
s56 of its members and former
members covering one years pa
ronage refuIsss from that organi-
zation.
These refund payments are
made annually, states Howard K.
Jamison, treasurer of Interstate.
who reports that each members
refund check represents his pro
rata share of the savings from the
dues paid by the entire member
ship after taking care of the oper-
ating costs of the Cooperative.
These refunds, Mr.. Jamison
points out, differ distinctly from
dividends in that they cover the
of unused money paid in
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Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07
s.sOld" Wheat Growers
May Join Program
Previous Signed Producers May
Seek Soil Bank Acreage

Any producer who has a regu-
lar wheat acreage allotment may
take part in the Soil Banks Acre
age Reserve Program for the 1857
winter wheat crop, Silas Dukes,
Laurel, Chairman of the County
Agricultural Sterilization and Con-
servation Committee, said today.
Producers on farms which receive
an allotment as a new farm" for
the 1857 wheat crop, however, are
not eligible for participation in the
1857 Acreage Reserve program.
Payments under the program will
be made for reducing the acreage
of winter wheat below the amount
of the allotment, designating a
written agreement specified part
of the allotment acreage as acre
age to be reserved" from produc-
tion. Land so designated may not
be cropped or grazed for the period
of the agreement.
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Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07
Democratic Party
Selected Ticket
On Thursday Last
SCHOOLS OPENED
HERE ON WEDNESDAY

The Milford Special School
District Public Schools open
ed September 9th at $3.50
a. m.
All teachers were present
and enrollments totaled g.
002 with the Lakeyiew Ele-
mentary enrolling 1,010:
Lakeview High School, ISL,
and the Benjamin Banneker
School. 241. 1t is anticipated
that the total will be in
creased to 2,035 within the
next two weeks. making an
increase of more than 100
pupils over last year.
On Thursday, September
9Th, regular school sessions
began with opening set at
$3.50 a. IN. and dismissed at
$40 p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07
Sussex County.
COP Chairman
Pleased With.
Party Ticket
Senator Thomas L. John
son Praises Republi-
cans For Presenting
Candidates OF High
Calibre To Electorate.

State Senator Thomas L. John
son, Sussex County G. o. P chair
man, this week, praised the Repub-
lican Party for presenting national,
state and county states, that, in
the opinion of the veteran legisla
tor, "are made up of the type of
qualified men and women IL whom
the public can and does have con-
fidence." !" While Mr.. Johnson would
not come right out with a predic
ton of Republican victory, at all
levels, he did advise that the pros
poets of Sussex County returning
TO the G. O. P. fold are looking
better each day
Senator Johnson pointed out that
the slate. selected at the State Con-
vention at Dover, last week, is we'll
balanced, Offering qualified and ex-
perienced persons as candidates
for each Office, and called attention
to the fact that Governor J. Caleb
Boggs has attracted considerable
across the line" support in each
of his four previous bids for cleo
tive office. In Gov. Boggs, David
Buckson, the G. O. P. candidate for
lieutenant governor, and in Harry
G. Haskell, Jr., Republican noni-
nee for Congressman-a Large, the
Republican Party, according to Mr..
Johnson, "has three young yet ex-
perienced men, who have honorably
served their nation and state in
both war and peace" Like Presi-
dent Eisenhower and Vice Presi-
dent Nixon, Messrs. Boggs, Buck
son and Haskell all saw overseas
services, as combatants, during
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Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07
Ice Capades Open I'm
Philly On Oct. 9Th
VIII Continue Through October
9th At The Arena

The all-new, Seventeenth" edi-
tion of Ice Capades-Ice Capades
of 1957-will open Monday eve
ming. October 8, continuing through
Wednesday, October "a, at the
Philadelphia Arena 45th and Mar
ket Streets, Philadelphia, Pa
The fabulous skating extrava-
ganza which last year entertained
more than 3.500.006 happy custo-
Iners and crossed more than s5,-
100000 in so major cities, is geared
to the demands of the young in
heart-from age to 103-and pre-
sents more than ever glamour.
glitter, speed and grace on skates,
hilarious comedy. international fla
vor and an array of champions.
The show will take skating audi
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Gov. Boggs Proclaims
Citizenship Day
Chief Executive Urges Statewide
Observation September 18th

'It is our solemn duty to encour-
age new citizens to use their priv
ileges at every opportunity in or
der to strengthen our system OF
government, Governor J. Caleb
Boggs said this week as he pro-
claimed Monday, September II, as
Citizenship Day" in Delaware.
The date was observed for many
years as Constitution Day, marking
the anniversary of the adoption of
that instrument in Philadelphia on
IL, 1887. However, it
was replaced by Citizenship Day
through an Act of Congress.
According to Governor Boggs the
day is primarily observed to greet
new citizens. He said that ''it is
most fitting that we give. recogni-
tion to all of our people who have
come of age during the past year,
as we'll as those who have been
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Some Kent Farmers
Interested In Drainage
Group In Northwest Section To
Meet September 18th

Farmers in the northwest cor
ner of Kent County have asked for
a meeting to discuss improvement
of land drainage in the Underwood
Corners Blakiston area. Accord
ingly, George Vapaa, county agri-
cultural agent, has set the time
for Thursday, September 18th, at
500 p. m., in the Kenton School.
Landowners who may be affected
by the project are invited to at
tend.
The Delaware state drainage
laws provide that any group of
landowners having common
drainage problem may petition the
Soil Conservation District for help
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New Benefits
Are Offered By
Blue Cros S
New. Plan Provides 730
Days COverage e For
Each Disease Ailment
Or Condition.

Every woman likes a bargain
and the new extended benefits plan
offered by Group Hospital Service
is '''the greatest bargain in town"
DR.. Ernestine Moore, personnel di-
rector of the Wilmington Trust
Company, declared recently.
About $3.50 of the employees of
Delaware's largest bank. have just
enrolled for the extended benefits
plan which provides coverage for
long term illnesses, major inju-
ries from accidents and operations
with long recovery periods.
Two years of coverage are pro-
vided in the new plan, which is
both an addition to and an extern
sion of the standard Blue Cross
Blue Shield contract. "It seems
impossible, that one could obtain
all that for 81 month" DR.. Moore
declared. The extra payment for
the plan is 81 for an Individual
members and So a month for a
family membership. Its amazing
ly low for the benefits received, .
she said.
Dr. Moore regards the new plan
as logical extension of the basic
philosophy of prepaid health care
The operation of the plan is an
example of democracy working AT
its best, she said, with everyone
helping everyone else. Each per-
son pays a small amount for mem
bership in the plan and those who
need health service-up to two
years of it-have the service pro-
vided for them by the plan. With
the new coverage provided in the
extended benefits program, mem
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Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07

Sunday. September and 8. accort
week by Commodore Robert M. Tunr
Invited to participate are meT
Glass Dinghy Association in Delav
New Jersey. District of Columbia.
Connecticut, Massachusetts and
Quebec. Mr.. Tunnell anticipates be-
tween so and 20 entries for the
two day meet.
Two races are scheduled for Sat
urday. September 8. beginning at
II a. m. and three will be run
Sunday, starting at 10 a. IN. Fol-
lowing the last race on Sunday
trophies are expected to be award
ed by Delaware's Governor, ]. CAL
eb Boggs.
The wide expanse of Indian Riv-
er. which flows onto Indian River
Inlet and the Atlantic Ocean is
said TO be one OF the calmest spots
on the East Coast for yacht racing.
While good breezes whip up, max
ing for interesting sailing, the wa
ter itself does not become agitated
to the extent of causing great
trouble.
The Oak Orchard yachtsmen have
been hosts on several occasions to
the Atlantic Coast Lightning Glass
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Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07

~aS "a 4AACItl4- III AsCtlo0OL4 BCcf
would be worked out for all inter.
ested in joining the Council. How
ever, in order to activate the or
ganization, the first 200 subscrib-
ers received at a starting fee of
SO will be designated charter
members of the organization. Mr..
Stewart pointed out that the SO
will be applied toward regular dues
which are to be determined after
the board of directors is chosen.
A committee of three, composed
of Lawrence Turner. Rehoboth
Beach city manager; Jack Smyth.
publisher of a daily newspaper in
and A. L. Coccia, president
of the New Castle Chamber of Com
will meet soon to nominate
a board of directors composed of
II people. Stewart said. Permanent
officers will then be selected from
that group.
At the Rehoboth Beach meeting
a constitution and bylaws was
adopted, and the objectives of the
Travel Council were outlined as
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Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07
Urge Vets To Aid
In Registration
VFW Commander Hugg Again
Urges Former Soldiers To Act

At a meeting of the Council of
Administration, Department of
Delaware, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, held at the Dixon
Post Home, Ocean View, the past
Sunday, State Commander David
S. Hugg again urged the members
of Delaware's 81 v. F.. w. posts to
extend every effort towards getting
ali potential voters registered in
the three remaining general regis
tration days. Comdr. Hugg pointed
out that more than 10000 V. f. w.
posts throughout the nation are
participating in the current Reg
lister and Vote" campaign and ex-
pressed disappointment that more
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Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07
Eldridge Prettyman
Heads Scout Drive
Well Known Resident Is Appointed
BY District Chairman

George M. Records, Dover Dis
trict Campaign, Chairman, an
nounced today the appointment of
Eldridge Y. PrettyfGan as Com
munity Campaign Chairman for
Milford. The campaign for s180,000
for its 1857 operating budget will
be launched in more than 100 COM
munities throughout the area serv-
ed by the Del-Mar-Va Council, Boy
Scouts of America, on October 8th,
according to Mr.. Records.
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Johnny Martin Wins
Georgetown Races
Styling Cop From Lewes Wins
Twenty-Five Lap Feature

Johnny Martin. the flying cop
from Lewes. Del, blazed his way
to victory at the Georgetown
Speedway last Friday night in the
NASCAR sanctioned 25 lap fea-
ture. He drove the No. 80 Sports
men Ford owned by Melvin Pretty
man and Doug Morgan.
Twenty-Five cars started last
weeks feature contest. AS the
green flag was received it was
George Smith to the front with
Tommy Johnson taking over on
the second, but his lead was short
lived, too, as Vince Conrad took
charge on the third round and re-
manned in command uatil the Is.
At this time Martin moved into the
front and set a blistering pace for
continued on page two)
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University Has Accepted
All Qualified Residents

All qualified Delaware
while
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07
viii Hold Yachting Fete
At Oak OrcharL Sept. 80

The Indian River Yacht Club located Orchard will
by Commodore Robert M. Tunnell of Georgetown.
participate members of the International
Maryland
Milford chronicle., 1956-09-07
DeInlUNye TrnUeI Council
Ready For Organization

With plans set to
which should