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Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26
FISHERS DISTRICT
BY Mrs. Nora Rust

The 50th anniversary services at
Epworth Methodist Church will be
held on Sunday afternoon and eve
ming, October 2S. The afternoon
service will begin at 2 p. m. with
Rev Richard ID. Bailey, pastor of
the church, being the speaker.
William e. Miller, music instruc-
tortor in the Greenwood School,
will be the soloist There will be
special music at both services.
The evening service will begin at
7:30 o'clock. Or. George H. Pig
ueron, Jr., pastor of Union Meth
odist Church in Wilmington, will
be the guest speaker in the eve
ming. DR.. Pigueron is featured
each Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.
m. on Circuit Rider" over WDEL
TV program. Rev. Bailey asks ev-
cry one to attend these services
and bring your friends
Todd's. WSCS committee extends
their appreciation and thanks to
every one who volunteered their
help and donations and to the
large attendance in making their
supper a real successful affair on
Wednesday evening.
There will be a Halloween par
ty held in Todd's Community
Building on Saturday evening, Oc-
tober 81, sponsored by the four
churches of the Pennington charge.
Everyone is looking forward for
big time so don't fail to be there.
Deepest sympathy is extended to
Mr.. and Mrs. Oraville Wilson in
the loss of their sister, Mrs. Dor
othy w. Kitchens, who passed
away in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital on Monday, October Is. In
addition to her husband she is sur
vived by her father, Theodore j.
Wilson of Milford; one son, How
ard, Jr., of Sacramento, Calf. /;
one daughter, Mrs. Mary Ann Rich
ards of Milford; five grandchildren,
and two brothers, Oraville Wilson
of Milford, and Gerald Wilson of
Baltimore. Funeral services were
held in the Lofand Funeral Home
at 2 p. m. on Wednesday of last
week. Interment in Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mcdowell
and Mrs. Ralph Griffith and chill
dren of BridgeviIle were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Nc
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26

in Philadelphia on Saturday after
noon at 1880 o'clock when Miss
Clara NJ. Pierce, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. Frederick Pierce. be-
came the bride of Donal j. Powell,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Powell,
both of Philadelphia After a hon.
eymoon in Florida the bride and
groom will make their home in
Philadelphia
Recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
w. Rust were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Fisher of Harrington and Mrs.
Norman Delhi and daughter of
| Odessa.
Mrs. Laura Sharp is improving
rapidly and extends her appTecia-
tion and thanks to all her friends
and Todd's WSCS who remember
ed her with so many cards, gifts
and delicious fruit to help shorten
the hours during her stay in the
hospital and make her birthday a
happy one-it being the day she
came hcme. A birthday dinner was
given at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. A Robinson and family in her
honor with big birthday cake as
a centerpiece of all the good eats
that filled the table.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Moore of
Chester were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. M. A. Robinson and fam
! lily on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy. Post and sons
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
| Lundell on Saturday evening.
Don't forget the religious film
entitled "The Hidden Heart at
Bethany Church in Pennington on
Sunday evening, October 2S. On
Monday evening, October 20, reyiv-
al services begins and will con-
tinue through Sunday evening, No
vember IL, with Elder Walter K
Mahan, evangelist. Special music
has been planned for each even
| ing.
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26
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Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26
LEWES

officers Of Henlopen Grange,
Lewes, were elected at the annual
meeting last Tuesday night in the
Grange Hall in Quakertown.
Carl Prettyman was elected wor-
thy master. others elected. are: r.
A. Wahl, oyerseer; Mrs. Florence
Stauffer, lecturer; Harry Hazard,
steward; Charles Powell, assistant
steward; Mrs. Alice Hart. chap
lain; Mrs. Linda Lank. treasurer;
and Mrs. John Wilson secretary.
Louis Mobiles, was named gate
keeper; Mrs. Carl Prettyman
Ceres; Mrs Louis Mobiles, Pomona;
Mrs. r. A. Wahl, Flora. Mrs.
Charles Powell was chosen as lady
assistant steward and Walter Lank
and Hazard were named to the
executive committee.
A letter Of greetings from Willie
Trautman of Frankford. Germany,
an exchange student here several
years ago, was read by the health
chairman, Mrs. Joseph Megginson.
Young Trautman was a member of
Henlopen Grange during the period
he attended school at Lewes.
A new full length dramatization
of Mark Twain's immortal "Connec-
ticut Yankee" will be presented
by the National Thespian Society,
Troupe 1921. of Lewes High School,
on December z, in the Lewes High
School Auditorium. Reports Of the
cast and committees picked indi-
cate that it will be the most popu-
lar presentation yet produced by
this group.
There are hilariously funny
scenes when the wfse-cracking,
Yankee battles the knights of DID,
with a simple cigarette lighter and
by predicting the eclipse of the sun
which he knows has already taken
place. Mrs. Charles Warren,
director of the group promises one
OF the most enjoyable evenings OF
the season. The cast includes: H.
Green, Karen Cole, Kay Reed, John
Vessels. Ann Ratledge, Ned Maull,
Marty Stango, Arthur Hill, Bette
Reed, William Miller, Shirley Coll
ings and Janice Lowe. Under
studies: Mary Koontz, Ann Mcin-
tire, Louise Powell, Pat Harrington.
Dorothy Massey Diane Hopkins,
Committees: Tickets and ushers:
Joan Marsh, chairman; Mary
Koontz. Judy Mitchell, Joy Smith,
Dorothy Crittenden. Helen Mill
man. and Dorothy Massey. Pro-
grams and Newspaper Releases: +:
Josette Coverdale, chairman, Diane
Hopkins, Ann Barr Graves. Posters
and Publicity in other schools:
Jane Ingram, chairman, Candy Rat
ledge, Dorothy Massey, Helen Mill
man, Olive Millman, Helen Foley,
JOY Smith. Costumes: Ann Mac
intire and Pat Harrington, co-chair-
men. Stage Managers: o. Howard.
w. Walls, cO-chairman, G.. Lafferty,
b. Snyder. Lighting: Richard Bunt-
ing and Rufus Joseph co-chairmen.
Bob Beckett, Bailey Maull. Scenery
Set Decoration and Painting: Fran
ces Mitchell, chairman, Cathy
Stack, Marta Ann Pierce. Special
Effects: Sylvia Vessels, chairman,
Robert Gurley Sound Effects: Will
liam Miller. chairman, Barry Sny-
der. On Curtain, Gerald Medd
Makeup, Martha Brugge. Chair
man, Sharon Howarth, Sharon
Richards. Jackie Horner. Sara
Vincent. Deoyman for rehearsals:
James Kneman. Staging: Mr.
Dooney, II. Hamilton, w. Kuneman.
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26
REAL STICK UP

PHOENIX, Ariz. - up A
real stick-up was reported to po-
lice by Mrs. Marie Powers. 80. She
said a man approached her in q
downtown parking lot. threatened
her with a stick, and fed when
she gave him SO.
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26
STARTING ON RIGHT FOOT

NEWARK. N. ]. II Up - Thieves
who stole a case of shoes from a
salesman's car are in for a sur
prise-they're all for the right
foot.
Police said they were women's
demonstration models, size A.
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26

er is sparkling
clear and cleanl
Not only lint
but tiniest par
ticles of soap
scum, too-are
flushed over
the tub and
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26

The ancient Chinese piped ma
tural gas through sections of bam-
boo.
Milford chronicle., 1956-10-26

Nearly three million persons
move. annually to a new place of
residence.
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zsszEEl NE|CHboRAoo6 "a ziaa ~
Films of More Than Routine Merit

1.-THE TROUBLE WITH MANIPULATED Hitchcock and some
New England villagers make macabrey merry corpse.
THE COURT-MARTIAL OF BILLY M1TCHELL"-The Air
Corps battle with Of its sharpes critics finally
the screen With Gary Cooper
MAN WITH GUN"-Robert Mitchum plays a dramatic
town-ta In Samuel Godwyn jrs first film production
Observation-Disclosures Hepburn spinster school,
teacher succumbs to in faefuy beautiful
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES"-A star-packed olde
which still holds the Academy Award grand total mark.
winning nine prizes.
LOVE is A MANY-SPLENDORED THING"-Wliam Holden
and Jennife Jones star in Of the years
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Hunsters'
Have Busy
March Set

You can list the Hamsters Of
the Recreation and Welfare
Association of the National In
stitutes of Health among the
buster amateur theater groups
in the area. Projects to occupy
Its members in the month COM
ing up are these:
March l and REPRESENTATION
Iof two one-act plays, "The
Sheriff" and Hands Across the
Sea-" at the NH Clinical Center
Auditorium.
March S-Presentation of "The
Sheriff" in the One-Act Play
Tournament preliminaries.
March Is, Is and 17-Partici-
patton in a production of Julius
Caesar" at the NH auditorium
lin cooperation with the Ken
Isington Players. the Garrett
Park Players and the Rockville
Little Theater.
March "a, Is and 26-Staging
Iof the 1856 edition Of Life al
NH" an original musical satire
lat the same auditorium.
This is an ambitious schedule
but ambitious projects are moi
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new to the Hamsters. In De-
Icember, 1854, members of the
group bravely took on the Rod
Igers-Hammerstein musical clas-
sic, oklahoma" This, oil
course. demanded not only act
ling but a lot of spirited singing
and dancing on the part Of the
company Of So. plus such things
as a complete ballet sequence,
With the aid of q five-piece pro-
Ifessional orchestra. it was
brought of with considerable
success.
The group began in 194s
when some loving en-
ployes of the NH who were
members of the Recreation and
Welfare Association formed q
dramatics club. That subsequent
ily became the nucleus Of the
Hamsters. which is the dramatics
wing Of the Recreation and We'll
fare Association. It is dedicated,
according to Chairman Hazel
w. Rea Ito the production of
plays and other entertainment,
to afford scope for the exercise
and development of dramatic
and related talents and, most of
all. to have fun" HIM.
This is one OF q series on
little theater groups entered In
the d. c. Recreation Depart
ments 1856 One-Act Play
Tournament. 1t will be held
March 6-22 at Roosevelt Audi
forum, Thirteenth and Allison
streets N.W.J
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WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage
National - Damn Yankees;
$50 pm.
Shuber Stop; $50
pm.
Screen
Ambassador - Never Say
Goodbye; 1:25, 1928. $50. 1880
and 9;;35 pm.
Capitol - "Carousel":: ll:35.
am, 2:10. 4:40. tbs and GAS
pm.
Colony-"Marty";; $50. $40
and $50 pm.
COlumbia-"The Big Hunt;
11:l0 am. 1:15. 800, $50. 7:35
and 9:45 pm.
Dupont - ''Diabolique"; 1880
am, 1870, $3.50. $50, 7:35 and
GAO pm.
Keith's - Benny Goodman
Story; 11:15 am, 100, $3.50.
$40, 7:45 and 9:55 pm.
Little - Summertime; l
2:40, 4:3O. 6:25. BIS and 1905
pm.
Metropolitan - Never Say
Goodbye; 1880 am. 1885, $40,
$40. 7:45 and $50 pm.
Macarthur - THE Prisoner"
SOS. 8:05 and 9:55 pm.
THE Man With the
Golden Arm; /, $40, SIS. TAO
and $50 pm.
Palace-"Ill Cry Tomorrow;
1880 am, 2:05, $40. ITO and
GAS pm.
Playhouse-"All That Heaven
Allows: l1:l5 am, /. 2:45, 4:30
$40. sos and 9:55 pm.
Plaza - "Littlest Outlaw;
IL. lao, 1920. sos. 6:45. $3.50
and 1910 pm.
Trans-Lux - Picnic; I0:1s
am, 1915. 2:15, AIS. 6:15, 8:2G
and 1920 pm.
Warner-"Cinerama Holiday;
$50 pm.
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bright stars of Arena Stage in
its brilliant infancy.
TITLES: Where it all will end.
knows heaven. but the distinc-
ton of playwrights the like Of
Carson McCullers and Tennessee
Williams begins with their titles.
Each of these is prepared to
submit. new plays and not since
their last ones, 1.-THE Member
of the Wedding" and Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof" respectively. has
there been anything like them.
Miss McCullers' incipient Of
fering is called THE Square
Root of Wonderful" and Will
Hams will come with the title.
The Seven Descents Of Myrtle. "
Yet "Valour Will Weep" one
of this corners favorite titles
of the season. had to become
Time Limit" because everyone
was afraid the former was too
| off beat.
BULLETIN BOARD: Opening
tomorrow at the Ontario. THE
Rose Tattoo" with Anna Mag
mani ;. For whom. by the way,
Tennessee Williams is reported
to have written the original play
which Maureen Stapleton played
on Broadway. Also opening
tomorrow, Come Next Spring"
at the Metropolitan and Ambas-
sador theaters. Moviegoers
who have delayed seeing THE
Prisoner" at the Macarthur will
have to hurry. 1t will give
way on Thursday to Lease Of
Life" starring Robert Donat.
THE Benny Goodman Story
will be replaced on Saturday at
Keith's with The Conqueror. I"
starring John Wayne.
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DTeIIy otdIc III d otuiuy' WAAAA "
thanks to the mischief OF some
gnome, Hobbit or gremlin. al
ways have an element of tension
The subject of South Dakota,
indeed. almost never comes up
that we do not put our foot in it
and both of US are unhappy
again.
We have just heard from
South Dakota once more-more
in hurt than in anger. bless its
heart-as the result of our re-
view of 1.-THE Last Hunt" 1t
seems that in our innocent but
nevertheless ignorant way. we
attributed the photogenic land
scape of that MGM picture to
North Dakota. whereupon we
have heard thus from Ross
Horning:
1T is the absolute despair OF
people from South Dakota that
Washington newspaper writer's
continuously seem to put every
thing and everyone in North
Dakota" Therefrom, with q
charm that makes one want tc
attribute all things American to
South Dakota, Mr.. Hornine
points out that the picture was
shot near Custer State Park .
near the Black Hills" and that
headquarters for the film COM
pany was at Rapid City, South
Dakota"
We think we can explain, il
not justify, how this happened
And. If neither minds too much
we'll Include Dick Coe twho
made the same mistake) in the
explanation to Mr.. Horning.
\ Drama departments are sup
posed to get. and read. press
books which explain the geogra-
ply Of pictures. Something hap
pens to these so many times be-
fore they get read and. for a
quick cover. reviewers turn to
another source, which is often
weekly Variety. This ever so re-
liable publication in connection
with THE Last Hunt" said its
landscape was North Dakota.
From now on, at least until
North Dakota shows that it also
vehemently cares. all lovely
things Dakotan are going to be
called South" If there is the
slightest doubt. and no way of
checking.
1t is such a gracious Dakota
In its reproof to erring writer's.
OFF TARGET: Want to know
how wrong critics can be?
Sixteen years. that's how
wrong.
1t was that long ago. a little
longer to be precise, that the
drama critics affixed the label
1.-THE Hamlet Of 1910" to Burgess
Meredith.
The labellers have occasion to
remember it today with the an
nouncement that Mr.. Meredith
will be off in a few weeks for
Waco. Tex, where he has a
May date to play Hamlet" in
Baylor University's production of
Shakespeare's greatest tragedy
Nearest Mr.. Meredith came TO
Hamlet" in the years between
the forecasts and today was
more than a decade ago when
he read the soliloquies on a net
work radio program. When this
department chided him that
they were less than Shattering.
Mr.. Meredith observed: Not
my best medium. you know"
TIDINGS: Nat Dorfman who
is paving the way for the
arrival of Affair Of Honor"
with Dennis King, at the
Shubert on March IL. can
wax enthusiastic about another
project.
This is the Shakespeare
wrights' off-Broadway produc-
ton of Romeo and Juliet"
which has drawn an enthusiastic
set Of notices from the New
York critics. Among other
merits" he says, lis a Mercutio
performance by an actor named
Pernell Roberts, whose Macbeth
in an earlier production also
drew raves from the critics"
That is the Pernel Roberts.
af course uho wac ono Of tho
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THE PASSING SHOW
But, South Dakota,
We Do Mean Better
BY JAY CARMODY

1t would that highest ambition Is to
live harmony with South Dakota
Yet passage of time that is becoming Of our
fonder hopes.
that like South Dakota and think OF 1t as
nretty State Wndblown Our relations with It,
Evening star., 1956-03-28

recently telling how he saw at
close quarters a clutch of young
'cobras which mewed like kittens.
Mr.. Philipps, who had been
quietly fuming for upwards of
two decades. sprang to his writ
ling desk and dashed off a letter
which appeared in The Times
today.
High-Pitched Hoo"
I'm your issue of September Z.
1882" he wrote, II ventured to
record an observation of mine
that certain African snakes, in
addition to their hiss of fear or
anger, are capable of producing
a prolonged and repeated high
Ipitched liquid note. a subdued
but very clear belling hoo
"The director of the East
African Agricultural Research
Station, Mr.. Leechman. replied
Ito you on September IL, 1882,
that my statement was a direct
challenge because all snakes
known to science are unable to
make any other sound than hiss
ing or rattling.' He was there
fore rather unkind about it"
| The unkindness of Mr.. Leech-
man Mr.. Phillips indicated,
was such that it had silenced
the Londoner ever since. How
ever, he did not fail meanwhile
to note:
I'm your issue of September
j27, 1882, David Freeman. after
i23 years in Malaga, described. as
the cry of a cobra, "a very faint
and exceedingly shrill note, so
high-pitched as to be barely
audible by human ears
Claims Snakes Can Crow
I'm March, 1888, in the peri
odical East Africa a Northern
Rhodesian reported killing in his
orange-packing house two snakes
whose sounds he described as a
'hooh.' He adds that local Afri-
cans state that these snakes can
crow
Subsequently, DR.. j. O. Shir-
core. after 80 years in Nyasa-
Evening star., 1956-03-28

land, described in African At
fairs page 1889 another snake
'unhooded and not a cobra He
adds that the male crows like
a cock both (male and fe-
male) have a warning note
chu. chu. chu, chu-which is re-
|peated in quick succession.
ButtreSsed now by the testi-
mony of the Times man, Mr..
Philips concluded with these
biting words:
"This evidence. whether
known to science or not, may
be of interest"
And as for you. Mr.. Leach
man. hoo, hoo, hoo.
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I15O-Foot Crosses

NEW YORK, Mar. 2s R.-On
Good Friday. three downtown
Office buildings will display l50-
| foot symbols of the three crosses
on Calvary. The crosses will be
formed by lighted windows in
the otherwise dark buildings.
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Reds See Egyption Film

LONDON, Mar. % (R.-The
first Egyptian movie shown in
the Soviet Union, "The Struggle
in the Valley" got an accolade
on Moscow radio. Part of its
sound track was broadcast on
Moscow's Arabic program de-
voted to political wooing in the
Middle East
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Snakes Can Meow 'Hoo'
And Crow London Told

LONDON Mar. % Q41.-Ever hear a snake meow"
British reports that he has, in Rhodesa and
Philips the happest London After
20 years, vindication is his
After ALL snake meow then there's why
another snake can't go "hoo!"
Evening star., 1956-12-14

the same as it has been the past
three years.
The manpower hearings con-
clude today with the Budget
Bureau.
Military. Pay-In another ac-
ton hitting at the same subject
Senator Goldwater, Republican oi
Arizona, said in a speech at Nellis
Air Force Base, New, that Con-
gress must revise military pay
on the basis of skill rather than
ranks or face a loss of $1.25 bill
lion in trained manpower in the
Air Force alone during the fiscal
year ending in June.
The Senator said the re-en-
liStment rate of Air Force person
mel with technical skills is about
10 to is per cent compared with
60-93 per cent for non-technical
personnel.
\ X 4 X
RURAL CARRIERS-Senator
Purtell, Republican of Connecti-
cut, says he will support legisla-
tion in the coming session OF
Congress to see that rural letter
carriers either get paid overtime
for working on such days as
December "a, which has been
made a holiday by executive
order.
His statement was in reply to a
letter from Ray L. Hulick Of the
Evening star., 1956-12-14

National Rural Letter Carriers
Association saying that, unlike
other Government and postal
workers, the rural carriers will
get neither holiday pay nol
compensation time of for work
ing that day.
X \ \ 4
GOVERNMENT PRINTING
Employees of the Government
Printing ONCE will get q long
New Years holiday, by admin
istrative order. The Office will
close at 8 am. Saturday, De-
cember 20 and will remain closed
until 8 am. Wednesday, jan
uary 2. They will work Saturday,
January 5, to make up the day.
X 4 4 4
NOTES-Twenty-seven Rural
Electrif1cation Administration
employees will get cash awards
ranging from 500 to $500 at
ceremonies in the Agriculture
auditorium Monday. They are,
Rose Alfandre, Richard L. Allen,
Carl w. Bark, Melvin r. Boone,
John v. Busceni. Rachel Cooper,
Elsie Echols, Thearl d. Essig,
Sarah j. Everett, Fred A,
Fromke, Howard L. Greene, ST.;
Charles Hatton, John P. Hewitt,
Wilson j. Hodgin, WILDER A,
Lewis, Margaretta M. Maloney,
Myron Merchant, Thomas J,
McD Donough, Harold F. Park.
Ellen M. Reid. Robert H. Rob-
Evening star., 1956-12-14

platform on the Capitol Plaza.
This will give the Greek Ortho-
dox Church representation, as
well as the Catholic, Protestant
and Jewish churches.
The President plans a 20-min-
ute speech after the oath is pub
licly administered by Chief JUS
tice Warren. A private swearing
in will take place a day earlier
at the White House.
The vice presidential oath will
be administered to Mr.. Nixon by
his colleague, Senator Knowland,
Republican Of California.
Alexandria, Va, has offered the
use Of more than 1000 motel and
hotel rooms in that area for the
overflow of inaugural visitors,
but right now it looks as If Wash
ington will be able to take care
Of the situation.
Herbert c. Blunck. president
OF the Washington Hotel Asso-
citation and vice chairman of the
Inaugural Housing Committee
said today there is still plenty
of room here for visitors. Alex
andria is working with thi;
group.
There are ample accommoda-
tions at this time in Washington
for those who wish to attend,
Mr.. Blunck declared.
A housing committee is con.