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Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
Southern States
Contest Sept. 10th
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The Whats The Answer" con-
test-there will be about $50 such
contests held throughout the six
state operating territory of South
ern States Cooperative within the
next few months-will be built
around a slide film report of
Southern States Cooperative and
local agency operations for the
past year
To be eligible, contestants must
be IS years of age or older as of
August L. 1856, and be member
or patron of Southern States or be
member of their families, or be
member of any farm family. He
or she must attend the local South
ern States meeting in the com
| munity.
There will be three contests,
based on Whats The Answer
questions, to be held at local meet
ings. All winners will have their
names entered in the grand prize
competition which will be held as
part of the Southern States annual
Stockholders meeting scheduled
for Lexington, KY, in November.
Two winners at the local meeting
will receive electric skillets.
A total of Is grand prizes, all of
them with cash options, will be
awarded at Lexington. Included
among these are $1,000 worth OF
Southern States supplies for use
| ~, tho xyippor~,c for.,,, a Q6n11hio
foot food freezer; fertilizer
spreader; SLIGO worth of Southern
States supplies for use on the win
ner's farm; $1,000 worth of seed !;
milking machine; a bulk milk
tank; $1,000 worth of fertilizer,
and other prizes.
Philip Keller of Milford will
serve as chairman of the local
meeting. Rev. Douglas Milbury of
Milford will give the invocation.
Group singing will be led by Doug
Fry of Milford.
A report on local operations and
services will be given by William
/ G. Carpenter, Manager of Southern
States Milford Cooperative. South
ern States District Manager r. w.
Durham will report on overall
Southern States operations for the
year ended last June 80.
Nominees for the local Southern
States board for the Milford area
are Rodney Sharp, Jr., Lincoln !;
Enoch Donovan of Glendale and
Ben Markowitz of FELTON,; Earl
Holleger and Frank Reed, Sr., both
of Milford.
Nominees for the Farm Home
Advisory Committee are Mrs. Ralph
Hunt, Mrs. Paul Smith, Mrs. Rob
bins Webb, all of Lincoln; Mrs.
Blanche Bennett and Mrs. Andrew
Donovan, Jr., both of Milford.
Other nominations may be made
from the floor.
Members of the board whose
terms expire this year are Alden
Wilson and Phillip Keller.
Members of the Farm Home Ad-
visory Committee whose term ex-
pires this year are Mrs. Harold
Davis and Mrs. Alden Wilson.
Members of the general commit
tees assisting with the meeting are
Decorating, Mrs. Harold Davis and
Mrs. Philh VanVorSt, both of Mil
ford; Patrons Tickets, Alden Will
son of Lincoln and Mrs. Alonzo
Deputy of Houston; Greeting,
Granville iShockley, Chr, of Mil
ford and Ushering, Harold Davis
of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
HELPFUL TROOPER

WICHITA. Kan tP) - Pa
trolman Dale McCoin of the Sedge-
wick County sheriff's patrol goes all
the way to help motorists in dis
treSs.
When he found one stranded on
the highway with fat tire, and
the spare also fiat. McCoin loaned
the spare from his patrol car to
get the hapless driver to a filling
station.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
DOlOnstate Fog Blamed
\ In Accidents
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Earlier Monday morning on u.
=. Route 13, south of Smyrna, Les
lie Blackman, 81, of Bay Road,
near Dover, suffered possible rib
fractures and contusions when the
automobile in which he was rid
ing, operated by William j. Short,
o., of near Dover, ran into the side
Of Greyhound bus.
State police said the bus, driven
by Robert M. Clug, 81, of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, was going north on
Route l3. Short was coming out
on the main highway on the Leip-
sic Road, when the collision oc-
CURED.
Troopers said Short will be
charged with going through stop
Sign. Short said the accident was
due to fog.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
Kent-Susser Radar
Unit Arrests As
Continued from page onel

In all, throughout the state, the
two radar units made a total OF
244 arrests and issued 261 warn
ings last week.
The new Kent-Sussex County
unit operated on Route IA, the
Milford-Rehoboth Beach highway
south of Milford; y. S. Route 13,
north of Seaford; Route 20, the
Seaford-Federalsburg road, west
of Seaford; and on Route 404, the
Bridgeviile-Denton road, west OF
Bridgeville.
The State Road radar unit, which
has been in operation several
weeks, made 199 speeding arrests
issued II reprimands, and arrested
one driver for a violation other
than speeding.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
SECURE HIDING PLACE

FORT BRAGG, Calf. = up =
A nest of acorns was uncovered in
the heart of redwood tree by
workers at Union Lumber Com
panys shingle operation. Fores-
ters estimated squirrels had placed
the acorns there before Columbus
discovered America.
Milford chronicle., 1956-08-31
TEEN-AGED DRINKERS

WHITE ROCK, B. C. - up -
|RCMP announced summer-long
breakdown on teen-aged drinking
.parties in the White Rock area
Just south, of Vancouver, follow
ing the arrest of 22 Juveniles, in
lcluding four girls under II years
of age, on charges of drinking in
Ia public place.
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Wilson to See
Rudur Lines

Defense Secretary Wilson. viii
Join Canadian officials in an in
spection of the mid-Canada anc
Distant Early Warning (DEWI
radar lines April clio. the De-
tense Department announced
yesterday.
Accompanying Mr.. Wilson viii
be Air Force Secretary Quarles
Gen. Earle E. Partridge, com,
mander of the continental All
Defense Command; and Ambas
sador to Canada r. Douglaj
Stuart.
Representing Canada will b,
Defense Production Minister c
D. Howe; Defense Minister RALPH
Campney; Northern Affairs Min
lister Jean Lesage and Air Vic,
Marshal L. E. Wray. who com
n1ands that country's Air De
Tense Command.
The party will go first to Grea
Whale River, mid-Canada lin,
assembly point. Other stops vii
include Frobisher Bay; tn,
United States Air Force station
at Thule, Greenland; Point Bar
row, Alaska; a Canadian ali
force station at Cold Lake, AL
berta, and Fort Churchill, Mani
tOba.
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z Rehabilitation
Unsupported

Two committees to advise the
District Department Of Voca-
tional Rehabilitation were APP
pointed by the Commissioners
yesterday.
+ One. composed of IL members
is the General Vocational Reha-
Utilization Advisory Council. The
other. with Is members, is the
Professional Vocational Reha-
Utilization Advisory Council.
Named to the General Council
for three-year terms were DR..
Preston A. McLendon, past pres
ident Of the District Medical
Society: A. L. Jagoe, past presi-
dent Of the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce; Omer Clark, director
of Legislative Services, Disabled
American Veterans and William
J. Smith. Federation of Citizens
Associations.
Appointed for two-year terms
were MacHenry Schafer, direc-
tor Of personnel. Agriculture De-
partment; Virginia Conway, per-
sonnet and training director,
Washington Restaurant Asso-
citation; Nathan A. Clark. secre-
tary and personnel officer. Aca-
cia Mutual Life Insurance Co.;
and Harry Boyd. director of
personnel, Potomac Electric
Power Co.
Named for one-year terms
were DR.. w. Montague Cobb,
president Of the District Medico-
Chirurgical Society: c. F. Prel-
Ter. president, Washington Gen.
trail Labor Union: Mrs. Irene
Koenigsberger Of B'nai Birth,
and Arthur c. MUIR. vocational
rehabilitation officer. Civil Serv-
ice Commission.
Appointed to the Professional
Council for three-year terms
were DIR. Harold Stevens, DR..
Howard Payne. DR.. william J.
Tobin, DIR. Charles Wise and DR..
William j. @. Davis.
Two-year appointments went
to DR.. Aubrey Fischer. Miss Ger
trude Stewart. DR.. Charles P.
Waite, DR.. Albert K. Leon and
Miss Juanlta Thorn.
Appointed for one-year terms
we're Miss Sarah VanBuskirk.
Mrs. Barbara Beard, Alvin Cherr-
nay. Miss Blanche PARCEL and
Miss Mary r. Billmeyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04
Detective to Face
Court in Girl Case

A 260-pound private detective
yesterday refused to enter a ples
to charges of contributing to the
delinquency of two young girl.
until he could obtain legal as
siStance.
Juvenile Court Edith H. Cock
rill continued the case until
Tuesday and set bond on Will
liam H. Davis at $500.
Davis is charged with harbor-
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Old Murfreesboro Homes
ToOpen for April Tour

A treasure trove Of 18th Cen.
fury American architecture ir
Northeastern North Carolina will
be opened to public inspection
on April IA and IS.
The two-day tour Of homes
in the area Of Murfreesboro
N. c.. will be the second annual
display of buildings and furn-
ishings dating from before the
Revolution. Less than so miles
from the much-publicized Colo
NAL reservations at Williams
burg. Va. the old homes were
until recently unknown to the
general public.
Numbers Of Washingtonians
are expected to visit Murfrees-
boro for the tour. The 16 old
homes will be open on Saturday
April IA. from 10 am. to noon
and from 2 to S pm. On Sunday,
April Is, they will be open from
l to 5 pm. Half-hourly tours
will leave from the Freeman
House in MurfreeSboro.
Among the old houses to be
shown are the boyhood home
of DR.. Walter Reed, later to win
world fame for his pioneer work
against yellow fever. Walter
Reed Medical Center in Wash
ington is named for him.
Another well-preserved pre-
Revolutionary building is Mel
rose, the some of William Muir
free. who founded the town of
Murfreesboro in 1888.
The first permanent English
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ing two runaways. one IL, the
other IA. at his ONCE at $50
Eighth street NE, for foul
days and three nights.
A warrant was obtained fol-
his arrest when the mother Of
the l2-year-old brought her
daughter into court on charges
that she was uncomfortable and
had spent as much as eight days
away from home at one time.
In other action yesterday
Judge Cockrill sent a middle
aged Negro father to jail for
six months for non-support OF
his infant daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04

settlement in America was
jamestown, Va, about 10 miles
away. Murfree Landing. which,
in 1888. was chartered as MUIR
freesboro, was for decades pre-
viouSly an important inland port,
serving the new country develop
ing to the west. Today. Murfrees-
boro is the center Of an agri-
culture and numbering area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04

United Lutheran Churches in
America, at a luncheon meeting
at 1915 pm. tomorrow in Luther
Place Memorial Church. 1926
Vermont avenue NV.
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Writers Club to Meet

The Writers Club Of Wash
ington will meet at 8 pm. to-
morrow in the Pen Women's
Studio, 1851 Columbia road NV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04

You can't vote In the Dis
trict II you don't register. Now
Is the time to qualify. Regis
tratiOn headquarters on ground
floor of the District Building.
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'Luymen's Speaker

The Lutheran Laymen's Fell
lowship will hear DR.. Gould
Mickey. executive secretary of
the Board Of Higher Education,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-04

IT'S SPRING. time to
DOT it's terrific!
multcoOred dots all
more it's all ALUMINIUM tubular construction!
lasts lasts! light
collection furniture the
Metropolitan Area. You'll S to a
Smyrna times., 1956-07-19
Sherif's Sale
OF VALUABLE
Real Estate

By virtue of writ of Levari Facias
for sale of land to me directed, will be
exposed to public sale by way of public
vendue, at the front door of the Kent
County Court House. Dover, Kent County.
State of Delaware, on
FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1856
At 10000 AM. Daylight Saving Time
PARCEL NO. /. All that farm, tract.
piece or parcel of land and premises
situated in West Dover Hundred. Kent
County and State of Delaware on the
ner to Hazlettville and being also on the
public road leading from Pearson's Cor
ner to the Hour Glass, adjoining lands
of Emmett Pleasanton, lands of Timothy
Slevin and lands of others. and contain
ing seventy-seven (77) acres of land, be
the same more or less;
AND BEING the same land conveyed
to John William Collins and Ethel p.
Collins. his wife, by deed of Theodore J..
Rezek and wife. bearing date the 10th
day of May, AID. 1856, and recorded in
the Office of the Recorder of Deeds in
and for Kent County. Delaware in Deed
Record Book Y, Vol. 20. Page S67. I'M
provements being 2 story frame house
with out buildings.
PARCEL NO. 2. ALL that certain
lot, piece or parcel of land and premises
situated in the Town of Wyoming, Kent
and bounds, courses and distances where
of are as follows. to-wit:
BEGINNING at a corner on the south
side of Second Street, said Corner is one
hundred thirty-one and one-half (131h)
feet from the west side of Camden Street !;
thence running back from said Second
Street in a southerly direction and at
right angles with said Second Street one
hundred fifty (150) feet to a corner for
this lot and lots designated on a plot
of building lots as Nos. IL, 15, and 16 !;
thence westwardly with a line parallel to
said Second Street fifty (50) feet to an
other corner for this lot and also cor
ner for lots marked on said plot as Nos.
16, II, and 13, thence with line run
ming parallel to the first line of this lot
and at sight angles with the aforesaid
Second Street and is the dividing line
10 one hundred fifty (150) feet to a cor
ner on the south side of Second Street
and binding with the south side there
of and running toward Camden Street
fifty (50) feet to the point of place of
beginning and containing seventy-fve
Hundred (7.500) square feet of land, be
the same more or less; and
BEING the same lands and premises
unto Robert A. Carton, Jr., by deed
Of Alice T., Carton, Widow. bearing
date the 3ist day of August. AID. 1850
and recorded in the Office of the Re
COrueF Ol Deeud III anu lOT hthl OOunlyf
Delaware. in Deed Record Book F. Vol.
10. Page s6. improvements being a 155
story frame Bungalow.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of John William Collins and
Ethel p. Collins, his wife, Robert A.
Carton. Jr. and Mary E. Carton, his
wife. and will be sold by
ALLEN ]. COOK.
Sheriff.
sheriff's Office. Dover. Delaware
I,,Ix IQEg
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for sale of land TO me directed, will be
exposed 10 public sale by way of public
Vendue. at the front door of the First
National Bank and Trust Company, Mil
ford. Kent County, State of Delaware.
on
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1856
at $500 PM. Eastern Daylight
Saving Time
All those two several tracts, pieces or
parcel of land and premises lying ad-
jacent to each other and forming one
tract of land. situated. lying and being
in Milford Hundred, Kent County and
State of Delaware. and more particularly
described as follows. to-wit:-
No. /. ALL that certain tract. piece
and parcel OF land lying and being in
Milford Hundred. Kent County and State
of Delaware. on the North side of the
public road leading from McCaulley's Mill
to Houston. adjoining lands now or late
of Joseph Perkins formerly of Dennis
Cannonl. lands now or late of the heirs
of Henry 7. Hynson now or late of Will
! liam McColley, lands now or late of one
Marvel. lands now or late of Henry Vim
i yard. and lands of others, and being
more particularly described as follows,
Viz:
Beginning at stone, corner for lands
late of Andrew Tauderbough. now of
Brown Warrington and running from
thence S 273/40 w. Four and seven-
tenths (4.0 perches to a stone. thence
| S. 44o e.. Twenty-eight (2S) perches to
hickory. thence go w. One and
four-tenths 40 perches to stake in. a
fence. thence N 52o w, One hundred
Ninety-one and six-tenths U9l.6) perches
to the run of Manlove's Branch, thence
with said Branch. about fifty-five (55)
perches TO corner in the middle of the
run of said Branch. and from thence
!. $50 E. One Hundred Sixty (160) perches
to the place of beginning. and said to
contain Fifty-one (51l Acres of land, be
the same more or less.
No. 2. ALL that certain tract or par
eel of land and premises situated in Mil
ford Hundred. Kent County and State of
Delaware. and lying on the Westerly side
) of the public road leading from Houston
to the Town of Frederick. the Eastery
line of said land hereby conveyed being
the center of said last mentioned public
road. and being bounded on the North
by the center line of the public road
leading from the Houston and Frederics
road to a corner for these lands and
lands now or late of George A. Downes
thence with the lands of said Downes tc
another for these lands and lands of the
said Downes in line of lands of Tract
No. | above described. thence with line
of lands of Tract No. l in an Easterly
direction to the place of beginning at the
center of the said Houston and Frederics
road. and containing Fifteen (15) acres
of land. be the same more or less.
Being the same land and premises con.
veyed to Albert Walker Dolbow by deet
of Edna P. Sapp. widow, bearing dats
February 18th. 1s47. and not yet recorded
but intended soon to be. Recorded: Mort.
gage Book R. Vol. Z. Page $50 etc.
Improvements thereon being two story
frame dwelling.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property Of Albert Walker Dolbow ans
will be sold by
ALLEN J. COOK.
Sheriff
Sheriff's Office
July IL. 1856
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the Delaware State Highway Department
at its office (Room 20S) in the Highway
Administration Building, Dover, Delaware.
until 2 100 Pm. E. D.. S. T., August /,
1866, and thereafter publicly opened for
the following contract:
CONTRACT 1464
TROOP NO. 8
STATE POLICE HEADQUARTERS
AND GARAGE BUILDINGS
DOVER
Kent County
L. S. State Police Headquarters and
Garage Buildings at Dover
Kent County, Delaware. Alter
mates for Intercommunication
System, Air Conditioning for
Buildings, and Temperature
Controls for Garage
Attention is called to the Special Pro-
visions in the proposals. the specifica-
tions and the Contract Agreement.
The employment agency for these con-
tracts shall be the Delaware State En-
ployment Service whose offices are locat-
ed at COL Shipey Street. Wilmington, 307
S. State Street. Dover. and the Wagamon
Building, The Circle. Georgetown,
Work on the above contracts shall be-
gin promptly after the execution of the
contract and shall be completed within
time specified.
Monthly payments will be made for
ninety (90) percent of the construction
completed each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
complete forms as provided by the De-
partment for bidding purposes.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
a surety bond, certified check, or money
to the amount of at least ten Q0) per-
cent of the total amount of the pro-
posal
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked Proposal for the con-
struction of State Highway Contract No.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The contract will be awarded or pro-
posals rejected within twenty (20) days
from the date of opening proposals. The
right is reserved to reject any or all bids
Plans. Specifications and other contract
documents may be obtained from the
Highway Administration Building, Dover.
Delaware after Thursday. July IL, 1866
upon deposit of twenty-five do ars
(s25.00) for each set.
Checks for deposit shall be made pay
able to the Architects, Pope and kruse.
The full amount of the deposit on one
set of drawings and specifications will be
refunded 10 any bidder for the General
Contract upon the return of the Docu-
ments in good condition. Non-bdders,
ISub-contractors, and material men will be
refunded only Fifteen Dollars (S15.00)
upon return of extra copies of documents
obtained.
A complete set of Documents will be
placed on file in the offices Of the Allied
Construction Industries of Wilmington.
42l Orange Street, and the F. w. Dodge
Corporation, 1921 Arch Street, Philadel-
phia. Pennsylvania, for the convenience
of sub-contractors.
The standard disqualification for bidders
will be omitted, but bidders must qualify
as set forth in the contract documents.
Make checks payable to the Architects,
Pope G. Kruse.
DELAWARE STATE
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
By: J.. Gordon Smith.
Chairman
R. A. Haber. Chief Engineer
July l2. 1856
Dover. Delaware
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
EVENINGS TILL s

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed proposals will be received by
the State Highway Department of the
State of Delaware at its offices tRoom
207) in the Highway Administration
1856 and thereafter publicly opened for
the following equipment:
Contract KE-4S-5-2 Door Sedans
Contract KE-49-1 Station Wagon
Contract KE-LAB-50-1-h Ton
Pickup
Contract NCE-3S2-1-2 Door Sedan
Attention is called to the General Con-
tract Provisions. the Specifications. and
the Contract Agreement in the proposals
The contracts will be awarded or re-
jected within 20 days from the date of
opening the proposals.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be submitted in a
separate envelope and the envelope shall
be clearly marked Proposal for State
Highway Department Contract No.......
.,........-......
The right is reserved to reject any or
all bids.
Proposals may be obtained any time
after July 16, 1856 at the office of the
Equipment and Maintenance Engineer
fRoom 207) in the Highway Administers
ton Building. Dover. Delaware.
DELAWARE STATE
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
BY: J. Gordon Smith,
Chairman
July 1e. 1856
Dover, Delaware
Smyrna times., 1956-07-19
ALIAS SUMMONS IN DIVORCE

ALIAS SUMMONS IN DIVORCE
Dated June 10. 1856
To the Above Named Defendant:
If this summons is served personally
upon you, then, in case of your failure.
within 20 days after such service, exclusive
of the day of service. to serve on plaintiffs
attorney named above an answer to the
complaint, the case will be tried without
further notice.
II personal service is not made upon you
and If this summons is published as
required by statute. then, in case of your
failure. within 20 days from service by
publication of this summons, to serve on
plaintiffs attorney named above an answer
to the complaint, the case will be tried
without further notice.
JOHN P. IeFEVRE.
Prothonotary