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Milford chronicle., 1956-12-21
FISHERS DISTRICT
By Mrs. Nora Rust

Todd's WSCS held their annual
Christmas party in Todd's Com
munity Building on Wednesday
evening.
There will be Sunday School at
Todds on Sunday morning at 1890
o'clock. Worship Service at 11:O0
a. m. The evening service will be
in Salem Methodist Church in Far
nington when they will be enter
tanned by Santa and the young folks
at their Christmas program. A
cOrGial welcome to all on Sunday
evening, December 23, at 1880 p. m.
The church cleaning schedule of
Todds for the coming year QS57) is
a. follows:
January-Mrs. Roy Lloyd
February-Mrs. Robert McDow-
ell
March-Mrs. Harold Outten.
April-Mrs. Jack Rust.
May-Mrs. Fred Seely.
June-Mrs. Clifton Seely.
July-Mrs. Lowell Taylor.
August-Airs Emory Williamson.
September-Mrs. Kenneth Will
hanson.
October Mrs. Minos Wright.
November-Mrs. Fritz Zott.
Decemb1r-Mrs. Leonard Zott.
If anyone wishes to exchange
dates they are at liberty to do so
or ii for any reason they cannot
serve at all, please notify the su-
perintendent.
Mrs. Elizabeth Zeutz, Miss Doro-
thy Humphrey and friend, Milton
Reiliey, of Raleigh, N c., were
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Post and family on Saturday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mcdowell,
Miss Margaret Mcdowell and Geo.
Collision were shoppers in Whining
son on Tuesday
Arthur Collision is an observation
patient in the Milford Memorial
Hospital at this writing. We hope
10 see him out again real soon.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Dearman
and Mrs. Jack Rust spent Wednes-
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Stubbs and family in Fred
erica.
We are glad to report Mrs. Guy
Post and Larry Milligan much i'm
proved after being on the sick list
the past week. Alya O'Bier is also
able to be at home again after be-
ing a patient in the Milford Mem
orial Hospital for several weeks.
We wish them all a very speedy
recovery.
The Sunday School Christmas
program and Christmas play by the
CBYF will be held in Bethany
Brethren Church on Sunday eve
ming, December %.
Mrs. Joseph Williamson and fa-
ther, T. j. Smith, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Robinson on
Sunday evening.
A/2c Jackie O'Bier of Dover Air
Base, spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Merle O'Bier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Taylor and
daughters visited their father, Win
ME Afford of fredericksburg, on Sun
day afternoon. Mr. Afford is among
those on the sick list.
Mrs. Della Russell of Greenwood
was a visitor of Mr.. and Mrs. l. w.
Rust on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Russell and.
family of Wilmington and Mr.. and
Mrs. Neil Russell and son of Har-
rington were dinner guests of their
mother, Mrs. Della Russell On Sun
day.
Milford chronicle., 1956-12-21

AS the Wise Men followed a
guiding star to the place where He
was born, may our hearts turn to
Him this Christmas, with love and
alteration. AS we hear again the
blessed story of His birth, may we
experience anew all the joys of
that first Christmas long ago. May
the spiritual inspiration of the day
abide with us through all our years.
And may the Star of Bethlehem
light the way to Peace on Earth,
Good Will Toward Men" Crystal
Fount Lodge shares with you in the
true spirit of the Holy Season.
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Crystal Fount Lodge members
are sorry to hear that our friend
and brother, Walter Robertson, is
in the Milford Memorial Hospital
and all of us wish for his speedy
recovery.
Last Monday evening Crystal
Fount Lodge held their annual
Christmas Party in the George /.
Jester Auditorium of the Odd Eel
lows building. A large number of
brothers were present to enjoy the
exchanging of gifts and listening
to the program that was rendered
by Brother Wallace McFaul and his
associates and the refreshments
prepared by the refreshment com
mittee.
C@
Crystal Fount Lodge opened the
Dart Ball season with two straight
wins over Chosen Friend Lodge OF
Harrington on Wednesday evening,
December 18th in Chosen Friend
Lodge Hail. The first game the
score was 80; the second game
was a thriller; it was "A going
into the last of the ninth, with two
men out, up came Babe Ruth"
Cannon and he put one out of the
park for a homerun, so Crystal
Fount won the second game, Sd.
Milford chronicle., 1956-12-21
MAKES NO CENTS

HENRYETTA, Okla. -(P)- 1t
was more trouble than it was
worth, and more expensive But
taxes are taxes, and have to be
paid.
Harley Millsap received a 2-cent
tax assessment from the Okmulgee
County tax assessor The bill came
in a letter with 3-cent stamp.
Millsap made out a check (Which
costs several cents) for cents,
and mailed it back in a letter with
a Scent stamp.
Milford chronicle., 1956-12-21
Ten Years AGO.
Taken from the Dec. 20. 1915 Issue

Taken from the Dec. 20. 1915 Issu
Allen Beebe. who is home on
terminal leave from the Army,
will enter Princeton University
in February.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Coleman Will
lard of Aiea, Oahu are spending
sometime in Delmar, with Mrs.
Willards' parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
f. ]. Donnelly.
A marble baptismal fount is
being installed in the Presby-
terian Church, this week, the
gift of Mrs. Angelina Marshall
Jones of Detroit, Michigan. 1t
viii be formally dedicated on
Sunday.
Mrs. Delema NJ. Short an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter. Mary Alva to Mr..
Francis Robert 4azzard, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Hazard
Of Lewes. Miss Short Is
graduate of Milford High
School and is now employed
by the Bell Telephone Company
in Milford. Mr.. Hazard is a
veteran of two years. nine
months of which were spent in
the European Theater of war
and nine months in the South
Pacific area.
Milford chronicle., 1956-12-21

Preston Kenton of Shawnee,
has installed a radio in his
home, this week.
aoa
There were many fish drifted
up on the Indian River shore
this past week from the frozen
spell of ice
Messrs, Clayton Bunting, Lee
Stevens and j. A. Tubbs, all
of Selbyvile, have gone On a
hunting trip.
Charles Horn of Rehoboth
Beach, has opened what he
calls his Horn, Jr. store ad-
joining his main store. He has
a very nice line of novelties
in for Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jackson
gave an old fashioned dance
at their home in Milford Neck,
Saturday evening. They moved
their household goods to
Bowers Beach on Monday.
First grade attendance for
November at the Dagsboro
School was SO per cent. Those
making perfect attendance
were: Howard Davidson, Will
liam Ellingsworth, Elmer Simp-
ler, Dale Timmons, Aleine
Dukes. Eva Davidson, Eliza
beth Bunting. Argresta Bunt-
ing, Alice Baker.
Milford chronicle., 1956-12-21

Master Harold Voshell of
FELTON,, has been very i'll with
chicken pox, but is now getting
better.
Ex-senator George Fisher
Pierce, died at his home on
South Walnut St., Milford,
Wednesday morning at 2:30
o'clock, aged 64 years.
Henry w. Harrington and
Miss Olive K. Hilman, both of
Milford, Delaware, were joined
in marriage on Saturday,
December Is, 1916, by Rev.
George Jones, at Elkton, Md.
They went on a brief wedding
tour to Baltimore, and are now
at home at E. Third St., South
Milford.
The bitter cold of last Sun
day when the mercury regis
tered as low as IL degrees
about the lake near the Milford
depot, caused ice to form to
the thickness of two inches.
and many young folks took
advantage of the opportunity
to enjoy skating. The snow of
Saturday drifed so badly that
the automobile rural routes
we're not able to make their
trips that dav. and even sleighs
found it bad going in many
sections.
Milford chronicle., 1956-12-21

A son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Dodd of Milton, on
Saturday, December II, in Mil
ford Memorial Hospital. The
young fellow arrived on the
birthday anniversary of his
dad.
Jimmie Smith, after a five
day visit with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Smith, re-
turned to San Diego, California
on Saturday. Jimmie. who is an
electricians mate second class
was at Operations Cross
roads. returning in September.
On Saturday evening, Novem-
ber 30, at the parsonage of the
Houston Methodist Church,
Miss Dorothy Ward, daughter
of Mr.. William Ward and the
late Mrs. Mary Ward of FELTON,,
and Mr.. Charles S. Pearson, son
of Mrs. Bertha p. Donovan and
the late Ssr. Charles Pearson Of
Milford were united in marri-
ge by Rev. T. ]. Mckee. The
attendants were the groom's
sister and brother-in-law Mr..
and Mrs. Rix Carey, Jr., Of
Harrington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14
District Firemen
Display Equipment
At Open Houses

All f1rehouses in the District
held open house yesterday as the
climax to National Fire Preven-
ton Week.
Children-some accompanied
by parents and many more by
Observation-Disclosures the OPP
portunity to inspect the glisten-
Ing fighting equipment and
play fireman"
During the week, several fire.
men were cited for outstanding
achievement. Rescue Squad No.
1 was given the third annual
award as the Fire Departments
honor company of the year.
Throughout the area firemen
have been campaigning for more
effective fire safety practices, in
Guiding inspection of home
wiring and cleanup of fire
hazards. Sixth grade school
children were given check lists
to be filled as they inspected
their homes for fire hazards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14
DC. Workers
To Be Honored

Ceremonies honoring 1875 Dis
trict government workers who
have served either 80 or 40 years
will be held at 10 am. Wednes-
day in the Department of Com
merce Auditorium.
Guests of honor invited to the
annual ceremony will include
members and other officials of
Congress, the Citizens Advisory
Council. labor, welfare and civic
organizations, as we'll as the Dis
trict Board of Commissioners.
Each of the city heads will adj
dress the employees, 10 of whom
are in the 40-year-service cate
CORY.
The Metropolitan Police Band
will provide music. Those Gov
eminent workers who can be
spared from their jobs will be
permitted to attend the cere-
monies, at which service pins
will be presented.
Those to be honored are:
Forty Years
Fire Department-F D. Scrogsins
General Observation-Disclosures L.
Martin
Metropolitan Police-James j. Tolson
Highway--Edward j. Carroll Ralph H
Dick, John r. Neate.
observation-disclosures N Parker
IdranseE Tpennrtione naanfA
Malcolm fretired)
Sanitary Engineering Raymond
Brown Ward A. Duckett
Thirty Years
Department of Buildings and Grounds
Joseph Goblet. Frank C Guether.
ward il. McKenna' Francis r. wells.
Roswell NJ Woodruff Merreil A. 'coe.
Department of Corrections-P. F. Pege-
low, E. e. Sawyer
Executive Ofnces-Evelyn r. Butler
oeonrey M. Thornett. F. L. Timmons. ir.
Fire pepartment--G. @. Barclay. J. R.
Barry. w; S. Boss. w H. Boswell A. p.
Burgess. H Z. Burton (retired). H. j.
Gresham, r. w. Gleason. H. E. Grimm,
y 2. Harrison, d; 3. Logan. J. H. Nc
II. r offenbacher. NJ. P. Rinick IRE
tired. r. G. Roberts, c. w. Rogers z. r
Stein: @. e. Tacey. W. E. Thomas, A. N.
AOm1OfsGTA-
tton--William e. Beachum, Randolph 8.
Brady. Melvin s. Henderson. Francis J.
Spates. Freda M. Slime. Louise Wray,
Helen L. Wyatt
Department. Of Hishways--Nellie Al
len, Wallace j. Barber, william N Bur-
nett, Robert Grimes. George B. Harvey
Leland Hedgcock Edmund Henderer
y yonn ,i HGoys. Guy H9psyell Wi;
9. Reinsmith, Joseph Thur. George D.
jackson. Francis E. Todd.
Department Of Licenses and Inspec-
tions-C. w. Hammerbacher
:. Metropolitan Police Department-wr-
s. chiidress. Melvin c r. BERNARD aEda s.
patrick, Lame; James Y. Garland Theodore +
hSags Minor TS6 w Hanger hsyTood
J. Liverman. Clarence H Lutz. Robert j
Maghan. jr., Sidney F. Malone, Raymond
z; Maust. Lindley M. Raiford. Anthony
Sanford, Carl D. schamp Lee G. Scrip
ture. James E.. Silvea. Milton N. stottle-
myer, aubrey M Tolson, George A. viii
lams, Zeno r. Wright.
Department Of public Health-Joseph
Wright.
D. c Public Library-cecil W. Car
roll Ruth A.. Hubbell, Lorena. N Ko-
land
Public Utilities commission-sarah E
Wilson.
Department Of Public Welfare-Reu-
ben A. Clausser, Catherine s. Kastner
Recreation Department - Helen 7
Capers.
Department OF Sanitary Engineering-I
Charles L. Ashly. Dock Burnett. Harry
q. Culver. Albert Freeman. Harry NJ
Gray, Edward NJ HALEY Glvn Hawkins
Charles r. Hudson. Walter Lawson. Will
liam T. Miles. Jacob P Morton, Dennis
j O'Connor. John T Outlaw John d
Pickerall. Joseph c. stoner, Charles Will
Ham
once Of the urveyor-Alton w. Nc
Ginness, Truen1an Wallace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-14

Coot and MILDLY styles mode Of long,
wearing, hioh-count loox6o cotton
broodcloth Sonforzed ~ residual
shrinkooel for permanent fit, full-eut
for comfort. Choice Of handsome prints
in stripes and patterns. Assorted eolors.
Sizes A, 8, c, D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
What's Ahead For The Joneses

train sets and elaborate dolls and doll houses.
They have lived in their house flor which
they felt they paid little too much at SIC, 500
about two years. They borrowed money TO
help put up the down payment. Last year they
made few repairs and redecorated little bit.
Mary is anxious to have Wal-to-wall caTpeting,
and John has promised her she can have it as
soon as they can afford il. They have Is long
years to 60 before they'll be able to burn the
mortgage, but the thought of I56 more pay
mentS doesn't bother them. After the initial
shock of the down payment, the home they
live in has, somehow, become worth great
deal more than $1,000.
Their home is furnished comfortably but
not luxuriouSly John does have deep chair
which is more or less his, next to good read
ing light. In her kitchen Mary has double
sink, refrigerator, washing machine and
pretty dining table with four chairs. They are
buying an automatic clothes dryer and freez-
er on time. Mary would like to have one Of
those new built-in stoves, but does very well
with her old reliable FaVorite dinner: Fruit
cup, vegetable soup, steak with potatoes and
peas, rolls and butter, apple pie la mode and
coffee.
Health is another of those immeaSurable
riches, so regardless of how they're doing
financially, Mary makes it point to have
healthy, if not necessarily fancy. menu. They
have never had caviar, but by way Of cele-
bration they have bought bottle Of cham
payne from time to time. They both drink
moderately. John - Continued on next page
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Continued from page II

Census, the Federal Reserve Bulletin, the
Institute for Social Research at Ann Arbor,
Mich, Alfred PoIitz Research, Inc, Amos
Parrish & Co., Inc, The Facts Of Life" by
Louis l. Dublin and Today The 1856
Pocket Almanac, edited by George H. Gallup
The JoneSeS, these authorities report, were
married four years ago, in June. II was church
wedding, Mary having insisted. Right now
they have thirty-four and one half years of
married life stretching in front Of them = and
that represents about their greatest wealth.
They think couple should have thousand
dollars in the bank before they get married,
but they themselves actually took the plunge
on bank account of just $500.
S. For Junior
They have slightly more than child and a
half. Junior is responsible for the toys in the
front yard. The other youngSter is Sc Of its
way along. John did not want the first child,
although upon learning it was coming ne
smiled with all the sincerity he could muster
and told Mary it would make him the happieSt
man in the world. He may now shrug his
shoulders and offer to sell Junior for five dol
lars. But Junior has become one of their
incalculabIe riches.
Mary and John spend $500 a year on toys
and gifts for their youngster. The total will
bounce to S38 40 as soon as number two makes
his grand entrance into the world. Mary buys
90 per cent of the children'S gifts, but John
spends almost as much as she does because
he buys the big expensive things like bicycles,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07

Danger. Past Experience anc
Present Trends" The panelists
who also included Dean Franci,
B. Sayre of the Washington Ca.
Ithedral. then commented on ii
and associated matters.
Preventive Law" Discussed
Much of DR.. Smiths paper had
ito do with the growing body Of
preventive law" the aim OF
which is to preclude individuals
or groups from injuring the Ma
ton some time in the future.
/ DR.. Smith said the character
istics which predispose groups to
certain behavior lend themselves
to actuarial prediction" He
asserted that the Attorney Cen
erals "subversive" list performs
the function of this kind of pre-
diction and that hearing boards
frame absolute predictions in in
dividual cases."
Senator Humphrey told the
group it shared responsibility for
not educating the people to the
tremendous evil and danger in
herent in Communism.
II think it is fair to say that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07

group of IS Latin American
newspaper executives and staff
members invited to the seminar
which starts today. 1t is being
conducted by the American Press
Institute of Columbia Univer-
sity. which said its own invita-
ton to Mr.. Vielman had never
been withdrawn.
Mr.. Vielman. a reporter for
Ell impartial of Guatemala City
and a correspondent for the
New York Times, told the Times
by telephone he had been I'M
able to learn why the travel
grant was revoked, The State
Department did not say.
The Institute said the seminar
lis being financed by a grant Of
SAT, 900 from the Rockefeller and
Ford Foundations. This covers
all expenses of the participants
except travel costs. which are
provided by the State Depart
ment under separate grants to
each individual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
Justice Aides Boycott
Risk Program Discussion

my subcommittee on the resolu-
ton to set up a Government
commission on security think
that it's inexcusable that they
are not here"
Members of the association
who did not want ito be quoted
said they understood from ex-
Icellent authority that Mr.. Brow
nell made the decision that no
one from his department would
participate.
Tompkins Had Accepted
Earlier Assistant Attorney
General William Tompkins had
informed the group he would
accept the invitation to be a
panelist. Then when he went
on vacation William Foley. one
of his assistants, was scheduled
to speak. At the last minute it
was decided no one would appear
from Justice.
Mr.. Cain, who leaves for his
home in the State of Washing
ton late today, urged the political
scientists to write and tell''
the department Of their disap-
pointment that no one from the
Executive Branch of Govern
Iment was willing to participate
because freedom and security is
|everybody's business.
At the outset. Prof. Cornelius
p. Cotter, the chairman of the
meeting, said "the administra-
ton unfortunately has not found
itself able to provide representa-
tion" for the discussions.
II speak of this in sorrow as a
partisan Eisenhower Democrat"
he added. ST won't attempt to
explain the absence"
DR.. j. Malcolm Smith of the
University of California read a
paper entitled 1.-THE Suppression
of Disloyalty in Time of Military
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07

lair. no pressure, and where they
are even outside the pull Of the
Iearth's gravity.
In such world the men
aboard the FIRST space trip would
mot know where their next meal
is coming from--up. down. or
sideways. In fact, it might be
next to impossible for the men
abroad the space ship to do any
thing; for panic would come
easily even to levelheaded men
used to keeping their feet on the
ground, if state of being
weightless makes them unsdre
which side is the bottom.
"This-weightle the
most revolutionary feature in the
coming process Of space fight, "
says DR.. Strughold.
Mass and weight are not at all
the same thing, DR.. Struggled
points out. An object can be
big without being heavy-a
feather pillow. for example-an
from that it's a step in the same
direction to realize that an OBJ
Iject might under certain copdi-
tions even weigh nothing at all,
Big Questions
What is the effect Of the
Igravity-free state - weightless-
Iness-upon mans blood circu-
lation, upon his orientation?
These are the big questions the
medical researchers have been
studying.
DR.. Strughold assigns much
medical Importance to the space
f1ier's mental reaction to his
gravity-free state.
"Space disease is like motion
disease" he explains. Some
people become carsick or airsick;
and some don't. Only some
people might be susceptible to
space disease.
There are indications that we
can adapt ourselves to this state. y
said DR.. Strughold thoughtfully,
1T seems to me that the un-
pleasant effects might last only
a short time. and then we would
adapt ourselves.
I'm fact, after some one has
spent several hours or several
days in a manned space satellite,
lit will be necessary for him to
lreadapt himself to the state Of
weighted existence back on the
earth"
Yield to Research
One by one the obstacles to
space fight have yielded to the
research, analysis and tests OF
the engineers, scientists and
doctors.
A dozen or more unnamed
vessels will take OF into space
next year, there to whirl around
the earth for short periods as
satellites.
Man can climb into a space
ship for the first manned flight
as soon as a ship is built in which
the problems Of the gravity-fre
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07

the totalitarians have sought to
infiltrate the Government" he
said.
The Senator sharply attacked
the confusion - compounded
and confounded"-in the Gov
ernment's various loyalty and
security programs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
u. S. Clears
|GuutemuIun
BY the Associated Press

The State Department said
last night it is issuing a travel
grant for Julio Vielman. a Qua
temalan newspaperman invited
to attend a New York press
seminar.
The action followed a report
that the United States Embassy
in Guatemala had first cleared
Mr.. Vielman for the grant, then
withdrew its approval without
explanation.
Lincoln White. State Depart
ment press officer. said Mr.. Well
man will get the travel grant as
a result of a review" Of the case
He did not elaborate.
Mr.. Vielman was one Of 9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-07
BY [. EDGAR PRINA

What had all the appearances
of a boycott by the Justice De-
|partment today caused as much
concern to an American Political
Science Association panel as the
subject up for discussion-pre-
ventive law and the Govern
ment's loyalty security programs.
Former Senator Harry p. Cain,
an arch-critic of the administra-
TONS internal security measures,
and Senator Humphrey, Demo-
crat of Minnesota, were among
the panelists.
When no representative of At
Itorney General Brownell came to
the meeting at the May4sower
Hotel this morning, Senator
Humphrey said:
May I say that I'm not at all
surprised. I had my troubles
getting them to appear before