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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Contributions Coming
In For Camp Barnes
Campaign Directors Are
Pleased With Early
Returns

Contributions towards the fund
for building three All cottages at
Camp Barnes, the summer camp
for Delaware young people on As
sowoman Bay, are pouring in fast
er than expected as the result of
numerous Embarrassing activities of
All Club members in the state,
says Wayne Bath, acting state A.
II Club agent at the University of
Delaware.
He reports that the Kent County
All Links society has contributed
$500 towards the $2500 goal to
build a Kent County All cottage
at the camp. This amount, alone,
is enough to furnish the cottage,
Bath says.
In New Castle County, the
Greenleaf All Club held an Elec-
tion Day soup sale. Orders exceed
ed the supply.
continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Interstate MIX
Producers Banquet
Gala Affair Will Be Held
In Philadelphia On
Nov. 9th

Hal Boyle, widely known news
paper eolumnist and Associated
Press correspondent, will be the
main speaker at the 21st annual
banquet of the Interstate Milk
Producers Cooperative in the Ben
jamin Franklin Hotel at six-fifteen
p. m, on Tuesday, November 27,
1856.
The banquet is part of a two-day
annual meeting of the cooperative.
Also scheduled are business ses-
sions, a special ladies meeting, and
presentation of resolutions by dele
gates representing nearly 1000
farmer-members in Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware and Mary
land.
MIR. Boyle, a native of Kansas
City, Missouri, was awarded the
Pulitzer Prize in 1945 for human
interest stories written during
World War IL, and the General
CONTINUED on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
All Religious, Fraternal
And Civic Organiza-
tions In Special School
District Are Invited To
Exercise.

On Sunday, NC,vembsr Is, 1856
at 200 D. m, Informal ground
breaking exercises for the new
Lulu M. Ross Elementary School,
to be located at Southeast Third
Street and BRIGHAM Avenue, will
be held. All religious, fraternal
and civic organizations within the
Milford Special School District
have been asked to have an official
representative present.
For the period between halves
of the football game to be held at
the Milford High School Thanks
giving Day, November 70 at 11:OO
a. m, with the Caesar Rodney High
School, brief dedicatory program
is planned. The bands of the two
schools will play a Thanksgiving
Hymn; the Reverend Mr.. Robert
Green will offer prayer Mr.. Max
r. Corder, President, Milford
Board of Education, will speak;
and DR.. w. b. Simpson, Superin-
fendent, Caesar Rodney Schools,
will represent the visiting school.
Representatives from the Kent
County Health Unit will be in the
Milford School on November FL,
1856, to administer the second and
final doses of Salk Vaccine as fol-
lows: Lakeview Avenue School,
900 a. M; Benjamin Banneker,
100 p. m.
All Milford Schools will be clos
ed November % and % for the
Thanksgiving Holidays. Dismissal
for November 21 will be at the
usual time-3:15 p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Turkey Prices Are
Favorable This Year
Consumer, However, Is The One
Being Favored BY Price

Turkey prices for this years
crop are low and quality is high,
says Anne Holberton, Extension
marketing specialist at the Uni
versity of Delaware.
Turkey production has increased
substantially over last year, she
says, and so consumers can look
forward to a large selection of fine
turkeys in the markets. A wide
range in sizes and styles will be
available for Thanksgiving and on
into the Christmas season, she
thinks. There will be choice of
freshly killed, frozen, smoked and
even frozen stuffed birds.
1t is usually more economical to
buy the larger turkey if you can
take care of the generous amounts
of meat. But if you need only a
few servings and have limited
storage space, small turkey is
the best buy. she says.
In either case, the turkey should
have a clean waxy skin, and be
free of pinfeathers, bruises and
discolorations. 1t should have a
well-heshed breast and legs, and
a generally plump appearance.
Young turkeys have streaks of fat
under the skin on the breast, legs,
CONTINUED on page seveE)
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Class Set-up
Fer Mentally
K e [ a r d c d
Will Begin In Harrington
Very Shortly And VIII
Be Operated By Kent
Sussex Group.

A class for mentally retarded
children will open in Harrington
shortly. This class will be operated
by the Kent-Sussex Association for
Retarded Children and is being set
up for children from lower Kent
and upper Sussex Counties who
cannot qualify for classes in the
public schools due TO mental re-
tardation. The school will stress
individual attention so that each
child will be able to work at his
own level of ability. School will
be in session approximately FIVE
hours per day, five days week.
The program of the school will
place emphasis on self-care, social
ization, muscle coordination and
speech deVeIopm ent, training in
crafts and domestic skills, and as
much academic learning as the
children are able to absorb. Re-
tarded children over four years of
age will be considered for enroll
ment in the class. Children should
be toilet-trained and able to walk,
but it is not necessary that they
be able to speak.
A room for the class is being
sponsored by the Church of the
Nazarene in Harrington. Mrs Nell
lie Luff of Harrington will be the
teacher. She has had previous
teaching experience. She will be
given assistance in planning her
program by trained specialists
from the Delaware Association of
Retarded Children.
Some financial help for the es-
tablishment of the class wall come
from the Delaware Association of
Retarded Children. However, most
of the money will need to come
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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Break Ground For
Elementary School
This Coming Sunday
CHRONICLE WILL GO TO
PRESS EARLY

Because of the Thanksgiv-
ing holiday, the Chronicle
will go to press a day earlier
next week, coming out on
Wednesday instead of Thurs
day. Because of this, it will
be necessary to have copy in
the office, both advertising
and news, a day earlier to
assure publication. Classified
forms will close at Tuesday
noon instead of Wednesday,
as will display ads. The pa
pers will be placed in the
mails early Wednesday af-
ternoon.
AS is the usual custom, the
stores of the city will remain
open all day next Wednes-
day, and will continue re-
naming open all day We'd
nesdays through and includ-
ing Wednesday, December
26th. Some of the city's food
stores will be open next We'd
nesday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
X m as Clubs S
Distributing
Going Out This
Weekend Top L S t
Years Record Total By
$33, 100000.

Residents of Milford who, for the
past fifty weeks, have been prac-
ticing thrift and each week laying
aside a sum for the Christmas Saw
ings Fund conducted by the two
local banks and the L. ID. Caulk
Company, are being and will be re-
warded to the tune of $3.50, ,000.0 co.
This money is being released by
the Milford Trust Company, the
First National Bank and Trust
Company this weekend, and the
L. D. Caulk Company, ell of which
have been in existence for many
years. This is an increase of near
ly $33 100000 from the disburse-
ments made by these three clubs
last year, and indicates that the
idea is still popular in Milford.
The first savings clubs on the
Peninsula were started several
years ago at Salisbury, Md The
general public eagerly accepted the
method to systematically save for
the holiday season. Shortly there
after, the L. D. Caulk Company
conceived the idea of conducting
a. savings fund for its employees.
The plan was successful and out
siders were allowed to join the
club. The Milford Trust Company
later took up the idea and it, too,
was a success, and secured many
depositors therefrom. A few years
later the First National Bank and
Trust Company started its club
and each year has shown a satis-
factory increase in the number of
persons who have joined the club.
This year the Caulk Savings ClEO
will send out checks to the approxi-
mate amount of $85,000.00 to its
members. The Milford Trust Com
pany is sending out d total OF $780,
10000 to those who have saved in
it's club. The First National Bank
and Trust Company is paying out
$3.50 100000. This money, released
in time for the holiday buying, is
welcomed asset to those thrifty
persons who have taken advantage
of the taree clubs in Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Townsend Is
Nov Reported To
Be Ont Of Danger
Sussex COP Leader Was
Seriously Injured In
Crash Near Millsboro
Monday, In Baltimore
Hospital.

Chester V. Townsend. Jr.. of
Ocean View, injured seriously in
a motor vehicle accident Monday
night near Millsboro, is out of
danger in a Baltimore, Md, hos
pital, according to information
available at press time.
Mr.. Townsend, Speaker of the
House in the 1945 General Assem-
bly,, was injured when his automo-
bile ran into the back of a poultry
truck on Route 113, three-tenths
of mile north of Millsboro.
He was pinned inside the wreck
age of his automobile until troop
ers could pry the smashed car
apart and release him. He suffered
a fractured left leg, broken shout
der blade, severe cash of the
forehead, and possible internal in
juries. He was taken to the hos
pital in the Millsboro VFW ambu-
lance.
State police said Mr.. Townsend,
n well known Sussex County busi-
nessman, and active in Republican
politics, was returning from the
AeCCG at aAadi tis AsAOss anu ~ AtAE
south at the time of the accident
The truck was operated by Age
lee Sauls, 45, of Milford 1t be-
longed to the Milford Poultry Co.
Troopers said that had the car
been travelling at high rate OF
speed, Townsend would have been
killed.
A well-known Rehoboth contrac-
tor remained unconscious in his
car at least an hour after his We
hicle ran off the road when it failed
to negotiate a curve early Monday.
Arthur Dalton Myers. 49, of lot Re-
hoboth Avenue, was reported by
state police to be resting comfort
ably in the Beebe Hospital, Lewes-
He was one of IA persons in
jured, one seriously, in accidents
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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Milton Seniors
Present Play
The 'ENew York Revue" Is
Feature Four Act
Extravaganza

The Senior Glass of Milton High
School will present a four act va
riety show entitled New York
Revue" on Thursday and Friday,
November 15 and 16 IN the scnool
auditorium. Show time will be
800 p. m.
The Senior Glass is fortunate to
have Mr.. Lemuel Evans, school
music instructor, as director of the
show. Mr.. Evans was the director
for last years program, which was
a big success. The cast is COM
posed of the entire Senior Glass,
plus selected talent from other
grades. There are 81 students in
the cast.
The New York Revue" depicts
a first class tour of New York City
and the tourist attractions includ-
ing New York Central Park. Coney
Island, Staten Island Ferry, Broad
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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Carlisle Fire Co.
Concludes Drive SUN.
HOuse-To- House Canvass VIII Be
eliminating Feature

According to members and Off
cials of the Carlisle Fire Com
pany of Milford, the eliminating
feature of their annual drive for
funds to operate, buy and maintain
equipment, will be held this COM
ing Sunday, November 18th. When
the members of the company at
the sound of the siren at one o.
clock will begin a door-to-door
canvass of every home in Milford
proper. They hope, with the CO.
operation of all citizens, to COM
pIete the drive in one hour.
The drive has been unders way
for several weeks and business, in
dustry and various individuals
have been contacted, some in per
son and many by mails in behalf
of the solicitation.
AS most people know the COM
munity solicitation has taken the
place of the old time carnivals, and
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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Glendale WSCS
Celebrates Birthday
Splendid Program Was Presented
In School Auditorium

The Glendale W.S.C.S. held
their 50th Anniversary in the Ell
lendale School Auditorium on Sat-
arday evening, November 10, be-
ginning at p. m.
Mrs. David Houseman played
while the guests were arriving.
The meeting was opened by Mrs.
Norman Pr ttym n extending
greetings, followed by the hymn,
"Stand Up for Jesus" Rev. Olin
Shockley made the opening pray
er. Mr.. Leon Donovan Of Harring-
ton, sang two selections.
The officers present who had
served five years or more were pre-
sented with corsages by Mrs. Har-
vey M. Wilson. Each officer re-
sponded with few words. They
were: Miss May Thayer as secre-
tary for 20 years; Miss Bessie War
rem, treasurer for IA years; and
Miss Anna Sheppard, vice presi-
dent for years, Mrs. Milton Milli-
ner and Mrs. Olin Shockley. The
corsages were made up of pale yell
CONTINUED on page f1vel
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
New Republican
Club Victory Aid
First District Group Played Big
Part In Area Win

Although less than three months
old, this areas newest organiza-
tiOn, the First Representative Dis
trict Republican Club, has, during
its brief period of existence, made
quite an impact on the community,
politically speaking, and, in the
opinion of political observers, made
a real contribution to the outcome
of the November 9Th General Elec-
tion.
The First Representative Dis
trict Club, the first such COP.
organization in this district for
over a decade, was organized here
in early September after few
preliminary and informal meetings
of interested persons from each of
the three Election Districts COM
prising the Representative Dis
trict. After effecting formal or
ganizat ton, the new club rented a
vacant store in the Hotel Norman
Building, downtown, and estab-
lished there local Republican Cam
paign headquarters, which were
attractively decorated and then
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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Ralph Fry Delegate
To Southern States

Ralph Fry of Milford, Del, will
represent Southern States Coop
erative members in the Milford,
Del, area at the Cooperative's 33rd
Annual Stockholders Meeting be-
ing held November 1915 at Lex
ington, KY. All business sessions
will be held in the University of
Kentucky's Memorial Coliseum.
William Cecil Carpenter, man
ager OF local Southern States Co
operative Service Agencies in the
Milford area, will also attend
CONTINUED on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Traffic Increases On
Most State Highways
Increase Is Noted On Route 113,
North OF Milford

Traffic on the main highways in
Delaware increased in some areas
and decreased in other areas dur
ing the month of October, accord
ing to the records of the traffic
counting stations maintained by
the Traffic and Planning Division
of the State Highway Department.
Decreases along two highways,
the Conord Pike. at a point. north
of Talleyyille, and U. S. Route Is,
at a point south of Greenwood,
have been attributed to eonstruc-
ton operations in progress along
those highways.
The third decrease recorded was
along U. S. Route 13, at point
north of Smyrna, where the traffic
count was 81 per cent less than
for October of last year The daily
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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Titus Bender Has
Enrolled In College

Titus Bender, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nevin Bender of Greenwood,
Delaware, has enrolled at Eastern
Mennonite College, Harrisonburg,
Virginia, and is serving Ss Vice
President of the Young Peoples
Christian Association of the col
lege, and President of the College
Senior class.
The Y.P.C.A. is the largest stu
dent organization on the campus.
and carries on a veriety of Christ
ian service activities. including
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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
10000 State Folk
Get Social Security
Total OF S1,OOO,OOO Per Month Is
Being Paid Out

More than $4,000 Delawareans
were receiving social security
benefit payment in excess of ST.
OOO. 900 a month, at the end of
June 1856.
In making this announcement
today, Myron Milbouer, manager
of the Social Security district on
ice in Wilmington, called atten-
tion to the fact that these figures
precede the 1856 amendments to
the Social Security law. The new
law will place many more persons
including 1000 eligible wives,
widows and women wage earners
between the ages of 81 and 65-
on the rolls by the end of the year.
The new social security progi-
sions, as everyone knows by now
reduces the eligibility age for wo-
men from age So to age 81, effec-
tive with November 1855. Although
most women under 65 will receive
an actuarially reduced payment
close to 500 of the estimated 1,3OC
continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Pontiac Showing Was
Well Received Here
Hundreds Visited Wright's During
The TWO-Day Show

The Grand Showing of the all
new Pontiac on November and
10 was a big success. ''The enthu-
siasm and response of the public
for our new car was indeed graft
flying" said Lou Wright, land may
also take this opportunity to
thank the employees of Wright's
Pontiac, friends, customers and the
public for making this announce
ment such a momentous occasion" "
Door prizes this year were
Thanksgiving turkeys for the lucky
winners. Drawings were made at
900 p. m, Saturday evening, and
awarded to: 1. Pen ,Isaacs, Lin
coin, Del; 2. Daniel w. West, Lau-
rel, Del; 8. Mrs. Mildred Hub
bard, Denton, Md; 4. Rev. Doug
las Milbury, Milford, Del; 5. Capt.
D. L. Matthew'S Dover, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Legion VIII Hold
Thanksgiving Dance
Annual Affair Due In ArmOry On
Thanksgiving Night

The famed George Madden and
his band will play at the Milford
Armory in Milford, the 22nd of No
vember. Thanksgiving night, from
900 to 100.
1t is the Milford American Le-
gion's annual Dance. The Legion
gives the dance every year to raise
money so they may continue their
activities which include veterans
aid and assistance to the poor and
child welfare.
Tickets will be sold by any Le-
gion member and at the door. Don't
forget the date-22nd of November,
at the Milford Armory.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Gov. Boggs Proclairns
Thanksgiving Day

Delaware's growth both spirit
ually and materially during the
past year should be marked on
Thursday, November. %, Governor
j. Caleb Boggs said today as he
proclaimed Thanksgiving Day for
1856.
The chief executive called at
tention to the plight of people in
many parts of the world and said,
that since God in His wisdom has
dealt so abundantly with US. let us
prepare to share our good fortune
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16

son, Executive Director of the EN-
lily P. Bissell Sanatorium.
Since hospitals of the state are
administered by various state ag-
encies, there has not been gen.
era1 overall adjustment in salar-
les. Each agency must request suf-
ficient funds in their salary bud
get to provide salary increases to
cope with the rise in the cost of
living and salaries paid by indus
try in the local competitive per-
sonnel market today.
The Executive Director went on
to say that in the hospital salary
budget for the next biennium, an
increase of 1870 was requested to
meet requirements of wage adjust
ments agreed upon by the hospital
CONTINUED on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Motor Fuel Taxes
In Sept. $685., ,676.87
Increase Is Noted Over September
OF 1855

Motor fuel taxes received in Del
aware for the month of September
totaled $3.50, ,676.S7, according to a
report compiled for James ]. Depu-
ty, Secretary of the State Highway
DEPARTMENT and Administrator of
.t.ie Motor Fuel Tax Division by
Elisha c. Dukes, Supervisor of the
Division.
1t was the first time in. five
months that this revenue did not
exceed the seven hundred thousand
dollar mark in this state, although
the amount exceeds the taxes re-
ceiyed for the same month during
the previous three years.
According to the records the mo-
tor fuel taxes for September, which
were received during October,
were S13,275.52 more than was re-
Continued on page Se.Sn)
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16

civil DEFENSE director.
Mr. Vansant will direct the
planning and operation of the state
Civil Defanse engineering ard res
cue division In an emergency the
division would be stated by the
state highway department working
under Civil Defense.
Main job of the highway crews
would be to keep. roads and bridges
open for military and Civil De-
tense travel The division also is
responsible for providing technical
data on air raid shelter construc-
ton to other Civil Defense units,
and for lending technical aid to
Civil Defense rescue units at the
county and state levels.
Mr.. vansant's job will be to set
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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16

additional groups.
Group Hospital Service has been
Offering the new plan to selected
groups only; the organization is
still watching it's experience with
the new coverage before offering
il more widely. However, other
Blue Cross-Blue Shield groups may
folllw the pattern of the 21 COM
panies who expressed desire for
the new coverage and who met the
high enrolment standards by call
ing the Blue Cross-Blue Shield OFF,
ice nearest them for further infor-
maticn.
The members who have the ex-
tended benefits coverage are en-
ployees, and their dependents. of
the following Delaware firms: Her
(continued on page eIeven)
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Horticultural Group
Meets December Ii
10th Session VIII Be Held At The
Dover Grange Hall

The Seventieth Annual Meeting
of the Peninsula Horticultural So
ciety will be held at Capital
Grange Hall, Dover, Delaware, De-
cember IL and 12, 1856, according
to James Richardson, it's president.
The two-day program will in
clude all the latest research of in
terest to fruit and vegetable grow
ers on the Peninsula.
Vegetable Day, December IL,
will include a general program in
the morning with topics such as
chemical weed control, new vege-
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Buc's VIII Close
Season With "Riders v
Thanksgiving Day Tile With The
Caesar Rodney "Riders7 Here

The "Bucs" will have an open
date this Friday as they prepare
for their Thanksgiving Day tile
with the Caesar Rodney Riders.
The Thanksgiving Day game will
be. the final game of the year and
will begin at 11:00 a. N. A feature
of this holiday contest will be the
formal dedication ceremonies of the
new high school athletic field. This
will take place at halftime.
The Milford High School "Buc-
cancers" went down to their fifth
defeat of the 1856 season when
they dropped a 3O-6 decision to the
Laurel Bulldogs. The game was
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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Many NetU Subscribers To
Blue Cross Hospital PIdr.

of
extended benefits offered by Group Hos
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
AndreaU Uansarat Has Taken
.OUer CiUii Defense Duties

highway depart
taft co n Michigan
Civil Defense
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Tax Supported Hospitals
Haze Standardized Posts

the dietary and housekeeping departments of the tax
according
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-17
REALTY REVUE
Mortgage borrowers under Gov

Mortgage borrowers under Gov
ernment-assisted housing pro-
grams are maintaining an lex
cellent record" of keeping their
payments current, according to
the Mortgage Bankers Associa-
ton of America.
A survey for the three months
ending September 80 showed
2.10 per cent of CT loans were
as much as one month delin-
quent. Nonveteran loans insured
by the Federal Housing Admin
istration were 1.6l per cent de-
linquent.
Mortgages without Govern
ment guaranty showed a de-
linquency Of 1.12 per cent during
the period.
The Prince Georges County
Real Estate Board will hold its
annual dinner dance at the May
flower Hotel on December 10
A reception will begin at 6:3(
pm. with dinner at tbs O'Clock
4 4 4
-Four Washington area real
estate brokers were honored this
week at the 49th annual con-
vention of the National Associa-
ton of Real Estate Boards in
st. Louis.
! Elected to the groups boarC
of directors were Ralph P. Rip.