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Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Police Report
For October

Police activities during October,
1856, as reported by Chief of Po-
lice Robert d. Downes to the Mayor
and Members of City Council:
Accidents Investigated by the
Milford Police: October 2, 1910 p.
m, Route Ia. two cars, no injured;
October 4, 10 q. M, Route rs, two
cars, no injured; October 6, $40
p. NJ, North Walnut street, two
cars, no injured; October 7, 2:25
a. m, Route IA (Mispillion Bridge) /,
one car, one injured; October s,
S:25 a. m, Causey avenue, one car,
one injured: October IL, 1910 a.
m, N. E. Front street, two cars, no
injured; October IS, 2:48 p. M, S.
W. Front street, two cars, no in
jured; October "a, 2:13 p. m, Ma
pie avenue, two cars, no injured; /;
October rs, 2:34 p. m, Route 113,
two cars, no injured; OetoDDer 25,
6:55 p. m, South Walnut street,
two cars, no injured; October 27,
4:45 p. M, Causey avenue and
Church avenue, two cars, no injur-
ed; October 80, 200 p. M, Causey
avenue, two cars, no injured
Fire alarms received by the Mil
ford Police Department: October
Is, 7:15 p. M, New harf Road !;
October II, 1850 p. m, Milford
Packing Company, N E. Front
street and Rehoboth Boulevard; /;
October II, 8:5S a. M, S04 S. E.
Front street; October II, 1:26 D..
M, S77 N. w. Front street; Octo-
ber IL, 7:30 p. m, John Annett's
Labor Camp, Owen Station Road;
October IS, 1853 p. m, Greentop;
October %. 6:34 p. M, Cedar Beach
Road, hear the dyke, brush fire;
October 80, OLA a. m, William
Wilson's garage, N. e. Fifth street.
Arrests made during October:
Disorderly conduct and fighting,
13; disorderly conduct and drunk,
g; disorderely conduct, Is; drunk
on street or highway, 13; trespass-
ing, 1; petit larceny, Z; receiving
stolen goods, L; breaking and en-
tering, /; peeping Tom, L break
ing, entering and larceny, 5: pos
session of deadly weapons, 81;
knowingly permitting an unlicens-
ed operator to operate motor We
hicle, L operating motor vehicle
while under the influence of intox-
icating liquor, 8; speed greater than
reasonable and prudent, 2; failure
to stop at stop sign or red light, 3 !;
failure to use due care, 8; oper-
ating motor vehicle without IL
censes or while they are revoked,
A; speeding, 5: operating motor We
hicle without consent of owner, F.;
leaving scene of accident without
reporting it, / other motor vehicle
violations, 5; throwing refuse in
Mispillion River, L; failure to stop
at the command OF police officer
1; total, 101.
Cases heard by Judge Stevenson
8; cases heard by Alderman March
| rs; cases head by Magistrate jeff.
eris, 6; three cases committed tC
the Delaware State Hospital; cases
pending for Juvenile Court, 16;
total, 108
Cases convicted, So; cases with
drawn, 3; cases committed to Del
| aware State Hospital, 8; cases
pending for Juvenile Court, 16;
total, 108.
Complaints received and answer
ed during the month, 80; radio
broadcasts during the month, 1,139 ;
car No 1 travelled 1902 miles; car
No. travelled 1865 miles; money
collected for summons during the
month, $64.60
Fines and fees collected by Mag
istrate Jefferis: Total fines paid
| $464.00, less magistrates fees
$14.00; balance in favor Of city
$4,000; grand total, $1,22910.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
RED MEN
NEWS

1t isn't very often the Red Men
hold a supper, but they really will
have feast Friday, November 1e,
serving from four to eight o'clock.
The menu will consist of chicken
and dumplings, peas, cole slaw.
harvard beets, mashed potatoes,
turnips, bread and butter, coffee.
dessert-all you can eat Tie price
is only $1.25 for adults and 75c for
children.
Walter Warren, a faithful mem
Der of the tribe, has been boarding
the hens for the past three weeks
and has really got them fat for
those delicious dumplings.
The Red Men engaged Mrs. Mark
er from Glendale, who in the .opin-
ion of many people, is an outstand-
ing dumping maker. When you
start eating them, you don't want
to stop, so come on folks, and fill
up Anyone wishing to take plat
ters out may do so by bringing
containers.
Every Red Man possible will be
needed to help because we expect
to be rather busy and we want to
give the public as good service as
we possibly can. The Red Men,
would like to thank employers and
employees of the store for obtains
ing tickets to come during their
lunch hour and you may rest as
sured that the Red Men will do
their utmost to serve you and get
you back.
Much is being planned for public
interest by the Improved Order of
Red Men, Sakamis Tribe No. 20 and
the Degree of Pocahontas, Ionic
Council No. 13. Both are seeking
new members and are hoping to
get many to join the hunting
grounds.
The Great Sachezn of Delaware,
Marvin Lighteap of Milford, is
working very hard on many prof.
ects which will benefit each MEM
ber and is going to need lot ot
backing of the members.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
Many Entries ReceiUed
For Crop ShoIC
CONTINUED from page one)

next days crops show will be in
place for them to see. Mitchell said.
Mitchell reminded farmers who
are planning to attend the Crops
Banquet or tie Crops Show on the
goth that there is also a 4-hour
short course ina crops scheduled at
the Capital Grange hall that morn
ing and afternoon. Speakers from
both Delaware and Pennsylvania
will discuss such topics as nitro
gen applications, year around
feeding of silage, hay analysis, use
of roughages, and horse sense about
growing corn. There will also be
a report on wise and unwise meth
DDS for harvesting soybeans.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
PRIZE NOT RELATIVE

DUMAS, Texas = up - Mike
Trujillo and jeanette Trujillo won
the two bicycles offered as a prize
by a department store.
Mike lives in Dalhart, Jeanette
in Dumas. The towns are about 40
miles apart. The youngsters are
not related and, in fact, never
heard of each other.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
SLIGHT MIsHAP

BECKLEY. w. Va. up -
When Bill Robinson's car collided
with a passenger train at nearby
Montcalm, he was hurled through
his windshield, into narrow open
ing between two bridges and down
a 15-foot embankment into Crane
Greek. He waded out with only
scratched finger.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
FAST TRAVELLER

RICHMOND, Va. ~ Up II 1t
isn't that Senator John Wennedy
(D-Mass.) is such a fast traveller
his baggage just moved slower.
He arrived ahead of it three times
in four days while flying about
the country to speak for the DEM
ocrats.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
SOME YOKE

FURNACE, Ky. \ up - Farmer
Floyd Willis always wanted team
of oxen. So when his Hereford
cow gave Firth to twin male calves,
Willis began carefully tending
them.
Now he has chat team and they
do many chores on the farm, which
is without truck, tractor horses or
mules. Each of the twins weighs
about 900 pounds. That's junior
size as far as oxen go.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
SPAGHETTI TIME

ALBANY, N Y. - (P) - What's
the favorite noontime dish of
school children? That's easy -
spaghetti, say school cafeteria
managers.
Why? One manager said it was
because spaghetti was familiar and
one said it was because children
hate to chew. Another said:
Spaghetti goes down quickly
and kids are always in a hurry"
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
HOT PEANUTS

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. up =
Fifty pounds of peanuts were really
roasted here recently. Fire broke
out in a peanut roasting machine,
and firemen had to be called.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
CLEANLINESS NEXT TO
GOODNESS

LOS ANGELES - Up - Sign
on a laundromat here: Crime
does net pay. Let US help you
lead a clean life
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
CALLING ALL CUSTOMERS

INDIANAPOLIS - up - Sigr
in front of a laundry: Wanted =
Customers, No Experience Neces'
sary."
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
roo FAST

WAUKESHA, Wis. - UP II Bur-
ton E. Fast appeared in Municipal
Court charged with speeding.
Fast paid a Ene Of SO and costs.
Milford chronicle., 1956-11-16
LOST AND FOUND

TRTTMANN. Ark. - Up = Mil
ford Davis could not find his auto
mobile. He renorted the car stolen.
Later that day Davis met auto
dealer Bill Kinard and told him
of the theft
"Whv vorr car is at my place, !"
Kinarss said. 'You Told me cou-
pie Of days ago to pick it un this
morning and do some work on
it,
Milford chronicle., 1956-02-03
Sussex Court News

William Joseph Lauder, 25, of
Bridgeville, pleaded guilty to as
sault and battery in the traffic
death Of Veril Messick on March
10, 1855, when arraigned in Super
i0r Court last Friday Ifogning.
Lauder had pTeyjiousiy been in
dicted for manslaugttIer to which
he had pleaded not gSSilty. He was
tried before Judge Daniel L. Herr
mann and jury. After some two
hours of deliberatiOn, the jury re-
ported that it could not agree.
Judge James b. Carey, presiding
Friday morning. granted the re-
quest of Lauder's attorney, Ar
thur Dean Belts, for a presentence
probation investigation
Before bringing the assault and
battery charge, Deputy Attorney
General Ralph S. Baker asked for
a nolle proseaui Of the manslaugh-
ter count, which was granted.
The accident in which Messick
was killed on Route 80, near Sea-
ford, in che afternoon. Messick
was driving farm wagon with
trailer and Lauder pickup
truck.
The manslaughter trial last July
aroused widespread interest be-
cause the intoximeter was used in
court for the first time to prove
drunken driving. It was demon
strated at length to the jury and
audience, and the attendance in
the court room grew by leaps and
bounds as it became known about
the court house and the town
that the intoximeter was being
shown.
It was the first drunken driving
case involving manslaughter that
had been brought to trial for many
years in Sussex County, and Judge
Herrman's charge to the jury was
heard with interest. He said that
the testimony regarding the in
toximeter should be treated like
any other evidence.
The recordings of LADDERS
breath after the accident showed
alcohol but the argument arose. as
to whether the amount shown was
sufficient to prove intoxication.
Attorney Belts argued that the
f2Glt in the accident was that Of
che deceased rather than Lauder.
Trial lasted two days and there
were some is witnesses, most of
them for the prosecution.
Milford chronicle., 1956-02-03
Potato Growers Are
Planning Association

"A Delaware potato growers mar
keting association esessid be a fine
thing for both local growers and
for everyone else growing potatoes
in the country, according to Y. u.
Kferms, manager OF the Ohio P0ta-
to Growers Association. I'VE would
welcome such an organization to
compete with our growers because
you would tend to improve market
quality and to promote more order
" marketing practices" be said.
Mr.. Kierms was the featured
speaker at the Potato Growers
Short Course Of the University of
Delaware held last Wednesday in
Dover. He indicated that while Del
aware farmers may have different
market situations, particularly as
to length of season, yet we do en-
joy some advantages over Ohio
growers. He mentioned that we
hive a larger, close market, that
growers are in a more concentrate
ed area in Delaware, and that the
industry is newer here wiki a
younger group Of farmers.
He said that the Ohio association
is now twenty years old and was
an outgrowth of the desperate con-
ditions of the depression. He felt
that the best service performed for
their. growers was in coordinating
price information. Ohio members
sell all their potatoes by u. S.
grades under a uniform Buckeye
BRAID label Each grower receives
a monthly news letter with techni-
cal information and report on
market conditions. Their assOcia-
ton helps the agricultural extern
sion service with potato grading
schools and with potato tours. They
finance their program by stocking
and selling bags to the growers, as
well as through dues on acres of
potatoes planted. He pointed out
that their association trys to stay
out Of legislative matters, except
as the membership can agree. en-
tirelv for or against proposed leg
islation.
A delegation Of Delaware grow
ers was invited to attend the an
nual meeting of the Ohio Associa-
ton in February. The group plans
to examine the organization of the
Pennsylvania growers in Harris
burg on the same trip, in order To
determine what might be develoDed
as On organization for Delaware
growers.
Two other. speakers offered data
for the growers at the short course
session. Robert f. Stevens. horti-
culture specialist at the University
of Delaware, discussed the latest
research in potato seed piece treat
ment. He indicated that antibiOtics
have. opened a whole new annroacH
to the nroblem. Donald MacCreary
entomologist at the universitv. Dre-
scented the latest recommendation
for controlling insects on potatoes
cauliflower and related cabbage
crops.
Milford chronicle., 1956-02-03

Mrs. Jean b Wurts and a friend
of Elliott, Maine. have been visit
ing Mrs. Wurts parents. the Rev.
and Mrs Elmer Baker, at the rec
tory.
MiIlsbOrO School News
The MillsnOr0 PTA will sponsor
a Valentine Dance for Grades z
through - on Saturday evening.
February II from. 7:3e to 1900
o'clock in the School Auditorium.
Richards Holts Slick Chicks"
viii furnish the music and tickets
viii be rs cents each.
On February is, 1856 a doctor
and nurses from the Sussex County
Health Unit viii be at TIE Mills
boro School No. % to examine the
students in the 4th and 7th grades.
who have their parents with them
for the examination. The 4th grade
exams will start at $3.50 and the
9TH grade at 1920.
They viii also give the diptheria,
who0ping cough and lockjaw
needle. A child should have this
first in a series Of one dose everg.
month for three doses, then one in
lection every three years until sthe
child is ten years old If your
child has never had the series Of
3, he may get the first dose at
school, and then get the other two
from your family doctor. The small
pOx vaccination should he given
every 8 years It viii also be
offered that day. If you want your
child TO be immunized, you may
have it done if you obtain a blank
from the school nurse and return
it with the parents signature be-
fore Feb. 10Th She would like to
have them back as soon as possible.
Milford chronicle., 1956-02-03
Cub Pack 1O1
Plans Activities


Along with BSA units through
out the nation, members Of Cub
Pack No. 1O1 will observe boy
Scott Week February 6-12. The
local observance will consist prin-
cipally Of the. wearing Of uniforms
% school and elsewhere on We'd
nesday, February s. scOuting's
Birthday, and the wearing of uni
forms to Sunday school andIor
church on Scout Sunday, February
~.
The next big event on the local
scouting agenda is the annual blue
and gold dinner, tentatively sched-
uled for the evening of Wednes-
day, February %. At this annual
affair, as in the past, dads and male
members Of the Pack committee
will be the guests Of Milford Cubs.
Details concerning the blue and
gold dinner will be discussed and
announced later; meanwhile, the
Cubs will plan and work on place
cards, centerpieces, ETC., for use
at the dinner.
Last weeks meeting Of the Pack
was highlighted by induction of
four new Cubs, presentation Of
awards earned during December
and January and presentation to
the Pack by its VFW sponsors, Of
new American flag. Assistant
Cubmaster Charles Sigler, assisted
by Cubmaster Ray Wilson, induct-
4A-l Do =
Davis, Teddy WilkersOn and Tom
my Burn, and then presented the
following awards: Wolf Badges to
Bobby Masten, Ray Sparklin,
Frank Hall, Joey Kemp, Dale Wood,
Wayne Billings, and Jimmy Wiki
eTson. Bear Badges to Charles
Draper, Mike Griffin, Gregory Hall,
Bruce Sharp, Billy COscorelIi, Roy
Wheelock, Ricky Rosker, and Jan
UjvarOsky Lion Badges to Tom
my Graft, Jimmy Jones, DOnny
Mears and Larry Davis. Arrow
Points to John Rogers (3), Lee Vim
yard (2), Charles Draper ~,
Frankie Hall, joey Kemp, Mike
Griffin, Tommy Craft, Jimmy Jes-
ter, Wayne Billins, Charles Glea-
son, Randy Holland, Donny Mears
and Philip Shockley.
The flag presentation, made by
Commander Walter Quering Of
Blue Hen Post No. 6483, marked
local observance by the VFW unit
Of VFW Youth Activities Night,
part Of National VFW Week. Cub
master Ray Wilson accepted the
flag on behalf of the CUBS.
Den No. 3, Of which Mrs. David
S. Hugg is den mother, was an
nounced as the winner Of the con-
test held in connection with Cub
parents participation in the an
nual Boy Scout drive. Den No. z,
Mrs. Beatrice Strahle, den mother,
won the monthly attendance award
with 81 guests present at the pack
meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1956-02-03
Nurserymen Met
AT University

Growing plants in tin cans may
not seem very commercial, but
commercial nurserymen from four
states listened closely while Ar
thur Lancaster. Jr.. of the Cole
man Nursery at Portsmouth, Va,
described this method in detail at
a University of Delaware meeting
earlier this week.
The occasion was the annual
one-day Short Course for nursery
men at Agricultural Hall on the
Newark campus, Tuesday, January
81. Nurserymen from all of Dela-
ware were there, as we'll as several
each from southeastern Pennsyl-
vaRia, Maryland and New Jersey.
Some California nurserymen
have developed successful com
mercial methods. for growing plants
in cans, said DR.. Charles Dunham,
University Of Delaware horticul-
turist who was chairman Of the
meeting, but the method has not
been used so widely yet in the
East. The advantage is that you
can transplant apv time during the
year, he reported. The cans can
be used for everything from ever
greens to roses. Gallon cans are
generally used.
Many nurserymen just set the
cans on top of the groua6s with
plant and soil in theBy Ilancaster
reported. Then when cSstomer
wants the plant, the nurseryTian
merely rips the can down the side
so that the customer can take out
earth, root and plants easily for
transplanting when he gets home.
Other speakers at the Short
Course included Dr. Francis de
Vos, of the National Arboretum in
Washington, d. c., who reported
on some of the newer plants com
ing into use for landscaping. DR..
Arthur Bing. Of the Long Island
Institute &c Farmingdale, N. Y,
told about use of chemical weed
killers and James Wells of Bob
blnk and Atkins, Rutherford, N. J.,
reported on some of the pros and
cons of growing greenhouse plants
under mist sprays.
Members C9 Ine Glasgow Home
Demonstration Club, under the
chairmanshia os Mrs Edward Gin
tner and Mrs. Steven Barcewski,
Jr., prepared a hopae-cooked ham
dinner for the nurserymen in the
AGRICULTURAL school cafeteria.
Milford chronicle., 1956-02-03
AssAILs CRAZY DRIVERS
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. IA

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Up
-Psychiatric tests could do much
to curtail Americas traffic acci-
dents, says Amos E. Neyhart, head
of the Institute of Public Safety at
Pennsylvania State University.
EmOtionally unstable people are
bad traffic risks, he says. And bad
attitudes are important factor in
many crashes.
He says that psychiatric checks
on stability and attitudes could be
an important addition to driver
training as a means of reducing
accidents.
He is an expert on driver train
ing, having conducted the first
course in driver training here in
1884. He says poorly trained
driver is twice as likely to have
accidents as is a well-trained driv-
er.
Milford chronicle., 1956-02-03
RABBIT PAPER

MOLINE. ILL., II (P) - r. L.
Bl0mberg complained that his pa
per, delivered by a carrier boy, was
missing at the rate of two or three
q week.
The carrier was dependable, and
neighbors said they hadn't seen il.
One neighbOr watched for several
days before he saw a rabbit seize
the rolled newspaper in its mouth
and scuttled on Neighbors and
the Blombergs found a neatly con-
structed rabbits nest built from
all the missing newspapers under
g porch.
Milford chronicle., 1956-02-03

Skunks sometimes share a bur-
row with rabbit or a woodchuck-
Milford chronicle., 1956-02-03
PAINFUL CHOP

SAN ANTONT. Texas Up -
Police officer E. ]. Fivel used a
"iudO choD'-a sharn blow in the
hack of the neck with the hand-
to subdue a man who resisted ar
rest.
It worked. The man was iafled
for creating a disturbance. FivnI
went 10 q hospital with a little
finger broken in three. places.
Milford chronicle., 1956-02-03
REDS Held JAPANESE

TOKYA = up Red China and
Russia repatriated 2.214 Japanese
in 1855 but many still remain. Kyo-
do News Service estimates there
are 1,O64 Japanese serving war
crimes sentences in Red China.
Another 800 civilians still are
there.
Russia has notified Japan that
1924 Japanese are serving war
crimes sentences but the fate of
1900 others on Japan's govern
ment lists is unknown.
Milford chronicle., 1956-02-03
MIL.L.SBORO
BY Mrs.
&. Z. Care.
Mnlsboro
Phone
5241

st. Marks Guild and the Auxili-
airy will meet Tuesday evening,
February z, at s o'clock in the
home of Mrs. Lambert Ayres on
Church Street. Mrs. Paul kellogg
of Dover, who will be the guest
speaker, viii show slides and give
the highligSts 0ss- the Fifty-eighth
General Convention OF the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church which
opened its sessions Sunday even
ing, September 4. So IN Honolulu.
On Sunday morning the cOngre-|
gation Of st. Marks enjoyed a
beautifully rendered solo by Mrs.
Jean B. Wurts of Elliott, Maine.
On Sunday, January %, silver
crosses suspended from appropri-
ately colored ribbons were given
members of the Junior Choir. The
color Of the ribbon designated the
number Of years or the Number of
months Of service and faithful at
tendance. Those receiving these
awards were as fellows: Toni
Hudson, June Godfrey, Johnny Col
lins; judy Hudson, Vincent Cof1n,
Jan Collins, Pat Lingo, Billy Car
ter, Lueien Lenhart, Melinda Car
ter, Mary Rose Powell, Dicky Car
ter, Vivian Revel and Linda Goslee.
New members who will take
their place in the young choir next
Sunday, are Cheryl Murray. Jackie
Ayres and Adrian Ayres.
On February 13, a choir party
a box luncheon affair-wili be held
in the American Legion Home on
State Street. Dessert and coffee
will be furnished. Games, etc., will
be in order.
Under the direction of Mrs. Ray
mond Goslee, the church organist,
Easter music. is nov being selected.
The Rev. Elme P. Baker has
his schedule for tie Lenten Season
Services ready for mailing to ali
paFisEioners. Friends and visitors
Of the church will find these printed
schedules in the vestibule and are
asked to take one for reference.
Mrs. Charles r. Godfrey enter
tanned the Ever Faithful Auxiliary
at her home on Tuesday Afternoon.
Members Of the Daughters Of
the GUAM are having a covered
dish supper in the lodge hall, Mon
dav night. February s.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wheatley
and son, Don Raymond, of Kinston.
n O., spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr. WheatIey's mother
and his a'1nt. Mrs. Ida WhaatIey
and Mrs. Elsie Lingo. Mrs. Wheat
ley has been on a months visit in
Australia with her parents This
was her first visit home since her
marriage eight wears ago and the
first time Ron Raymond had seen.
his grandparents. The entire trim
was made ny plane 1eavSug from
and returning to Washington. Ha-
waii was one of the stops on their
trim.
Mr. and Mrs Walter Kemn and
daifghfer. Renifa. nf St0nahnrst.
Newnort. snent Saturday with Mr..
ard Mrs 7. A. Parfnn.
Woster Stanlev Mitchell has beer
naf1NnC - Pen1nSuIa General
HnsnitaI. Salisbury. where he
''nde-went tonsilleetomy on Sat
n-aav.
Mr.. a~d Mrs. John Gordv sna,t
re woolv-end in Was+oate Hills.
Dn with ~. and Mrs. George
7 lvs',ch a~s F~nai1v
n I'D Mrs. W r. Attins on
tertairod fovr tables Of bridge
ca4r~dav ,,soht
NJ ard ms. c1o~oueo Liroa arc
~~ondirg this week in Atlantic
rs4--
Me- vro-t~v R,,l'ooIr ,,ndo~vvart
r''~~ery in Beebe Hospital, Tues
dow.