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Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
fH Alumni To Be
HOnOred For Service
National Recognition Pro-
gram Will Take Care
OF HonOrs

Former All Club members will
again be honored in 1856 for out
standing citizenship and leadership
activities in community and busi-
ness affairs through the National
All Alumni Recognition Program.
The search for outstanding All
Alumni is going ON in AZ states.
Awards for the winners are pro-
vided by the Plant Food Division
of the Olin Mathieson Chemical
Corporation.
Framed certificates are offered
for two winners in each county
who have adhered to the ideals
and principles Of All in their adult
careers. Furnished copper plaques,
mounted on walnut, will be pre-
sented to four state winners.
Eight national winners, chosen
from the state nominees. receive
gold keys and all expense trips to
the National All Club Congress
in Chicago, November 25-29. At the
Congress, they will be guests of
honor at several events, including
the National All Alumni Winners
Banquet.
Former national winners i'm the
Alumni program include governors.
continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
Spring Festival 1T
School This Evening
Festival Is Divided Into Three Sections And
Is Being Presented By Pupils OF The Ele-
mentary School.

The Milford Special School Dis
trict presents pupils of the Elemen-
tary School in a Spring Festival
this evening, Friday, May 4th, at
500 p. m, daylight saving time,
in the school auditorium. Mr. A
Ray Wilkerson, Elementary Prin-
cipal, is i'm charge of arrange
ments, and Mrs. Elizabeth c.. Ben
nett, music teacher, is coordinator.
Assisting with the program are
Mrs. Margaret Conger, Physical
Education teacher, Mrs. Ruth Nor
peth, Art teacher, and all teachers
of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades.
Accompanies are Mrs. Geraldine
Pettyjohn, Mrs. Helen Holleger,
Mrs. Marie Giltenboth and Mrs.
Helen Hickman.
The festival is divided into three
sections and opens with its A
Grand Night for Singing, sung by
pupils CT the combined fifth and
sixth grade choruses and a select
number of fourth graders. Four Sc
lections by the special group from
the fourth grade complete the first
section.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
Girl Scouts Held
Banquet Last Night
S e con d Mother-Daughter
Affair Held AT
Calvary Church

The Milford Girl Scouts held
their second ANIMAL Mother
Daughter Banquet, Thursday eve
ming. May 3rd, in the Calvary
Methodist Church at $50. A pro-
gram in which all the troops par
ticipated was presented. The pro-
gram follows:
Advance of Colors, Troop 108;
Grace, Troop 58; Dinner; Intro
ductions, Mrs. Frank Clendaniel;
Songs. Troop 58; Presentations OF
Awards. Mrs. Frank Clendaniel;
Skit, Troop 13; Pantomime, Troop
8; Skit, Troop 78; Song, Troop 156;
Skit, Troop 1877; Skit. Troop go;
Skit, Troop 80; Songs, Troop 58;
Play, Troop 108; Skit, Troop S3;
Surprise, Troop SO; Song, Troop
So: Retreat of Colors, Troop 1O8:
Song, Taps, led by Troor 5S;
Taps, Barbara Biggs; Brownie
Judges, Mrs. Francis Hollenger
and Mrs. Clarence Elliott; Inter
mediate Judges, Mrs. Pennewill
Isaacs and Mrs. John Mcpherson.
Certificates of Appreciation were
presented to those who have done
so much for the Girl Scouts. These
awards were printed by Mrs. Bar
bara Kicker and were as follows:
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Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
Future Homernakers
Elect New Officers
Ann Mumford, OF Seaf0rd. Is The
New State President

AT the annual State Meeting of
the Future Homemakers of Ameri-
ca held in the Peoples Church in
Dover, Thursday, April 26, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: Ann
Mumford, Seaford. president; Bar
bara Jean Hastings, Laurel, vice
president; Arlene Futty, Marshall
ton, secretary; jeanne Lissey, Cae-
sar Rodney, treasurer; Janet Pier
son, Conrad, reporter: Marlene
Tyndall, Seaford, parliamentarian !;
Joyce Neidig, Caesar Rod1esss, MS
torian.
Ann Mumford was elected to at
tend the National Future Home
makers of America Convention in
Chicago, July 6, as a voting dele
gate: Barbara Jean Hastings was
elected as alternate. A chapter ad-
wiser will accompany the delegates.
The meeting marked the tenth
anniversary of the organization in
Delaware. An appropriate cere-
mony was conducted at the lunch
con.
Barbara Cluley. outgoing presi-
dent from the Caesar Rodney
School, presided at the meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
Canadian Exports
Profitable To State

Delaware businessmen and farm
ers profited in 1854 from nearly
s2 600. 900 worth of exports to, Can
ada, a nationwide survey showed
today.
The study. sponsored by the Ca
madam Institute of International
Affairs, traced the geographical
origins of $685., ,G00, 900 worth, or
$3.50. of the s2,70O. 100000 of goods
which the United States sold to
Canada in 1854.
Out of this sampling were tlsaced
81, 1873, ,088 worth of products as
having originated in Delaware.
In addition. s159,00 worth of ag-
ricultural and other exports were
accounted for as having been
shipped from Delaware.
The Battelle Memorial Institute,
of Columbus, Ohio, a leading re
search organization. conducted the
survey for the Canadian Institute
Its findings were made public this
CONTINUED On page stx)
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04

The second section is devoted to
classroom music activities of the
fourth grade. The children perform
under the guidance of their grade
teachers who are Mrs. Virginia Cos
den, Mrs. Helen Holleger, Mrs.
Mary Jones, Mrs. Ruth March, Mr.
Raymond Palmer and Mrs. Ger
aldine Pettyjohn. Special numbers
include Donna Fischer playing
"Oh Suzanna" ON the glockenspiel,
Bonnie Hoey singing Little Old
Lady, Carol Dobson and Jean Ac-
ko playing Lullaby" by Brahms
with piano and melody bells, Ches-
ter Long Especial guest from fifth
grade), playing an accordion. and
Jimmy KINNEY playing his steel
guitar. Others who play instru-
ments during a cowboy scene
around the campfire include Susan
Kirby. David Kenton, Danny
Schurman and Gail Corder playing
auto harp, Jean Acko and Henry
Vinyard playing glockenspiel, and
Carol Kline playing melody bells.
A minuet, a gaYotte, and two crea-
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Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
Miss Delmarva
Contests On
Shore Listed
Winners VIII Vie For
Top HOnOrs At Delmar-
va Chicken Festival
This Coming June.

Several local contests to select
Representatives from four more
areas throughout the Delmarva
Peninsula have been listed with the
Miss Deimarya committee.
On Wednesday, May second, con-
tests will be held at Exmore, Vir-
ginia, Laurel, Delaware. and POGO
moke, Maryland.
The Miss Exnore contest will be
held at the Cameo Theatre in Ex-
more and will be sponsored by the
Rotary Club Of that town.
The contest to select a Miss Lau-
rel, which is being sponsored by
the Exchange Club will be held at
the Laurel High School along with
tots contest to select the Miss
Laurel OF 1870.
The Junior Womens Club of Po-
comoke, Maryland, is sponsoring
the big Miss Pocomoke Contest
which will be held at the Pocomoke
High School.
On Thursday, May third, the Ro-
tary Club of Harrington, Del
aware will hold the Miss Harring-
ton Contest at the Reese Theatre,
along with a surprise speciality.
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
Dickinson Mansion
Open To Public
Reception Held At Historic Home
Wednesday OF This Week

The recently restored historic
John Dickinson Mansion, home OF
'The Penman of the Revolution"
was formally opened today. A
large group of invited guests We'd
nesday afternoon attended re-
ception at the newly furnished and
Handicapped Mansion. The historic
site will now open to the public
on a regular schedule
At the invitation of the Public
Archives Commission a number of
distinguished guests from Del
aware and elsewhere visited the
Mansion between 200 and 500 p.
m. to inspect the house, its FIR
nishings and it's gardens. The hand
some eighteenth century house,
built IN 1740 by Judge Samuel
Dickinson, the father of the Revo-
lutionary patriot, is administered
by the Public Archives Commits
sion, of which Mrs. Henry Ridgely
of Dover is President The Man
sion, a branch of the Delaware
State Museum, is located six miles
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Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04

advance knowledge that the vol
ume of additional wool will be suf-
ficient to warrant the extra ex-
pense for which a nominal handl-
ing charge viii be made.
In the past two years, the asso-
citation has obtained the best price
for its wool offered in Delaware
because quantity has attracted buy
ers interested only in large
amounts of graded wool. Associa-
ton membership has increased so
much that the amount of wool
from members fiocks is approach
ing the maximum amount that a
grader can handle in one day.
Reasonably accurate forecasting
Of the amount of wool to be offered
for sale benefits both wool grow
ers and purchasers. The pctential
from Delaware ard nea~1y adjoin-
ing Maryland counties is not fully
known. because the advantage of
marketing through the Pool has not
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
.New Century Club
Officers Inducfed
Here On Monday
Mrs. ]. S. Willis Presi-
dent OF Kent Federated
Women's Clubs, Install
ed The Newly Elected
Officers.

An impressive ceremony con-
Quoted by Mrs. Jonothan S. Willis.
vice president of Kent County Wo-
mems Federated Clubs installed the
newly elected officers of the Mill
ford New Century Club ON Mon
day. Ii was the last meeting of
the club year 1856 and Mrs.
Desmond Lyons, retiring president,
presided. With the theme ITO help
build a better world, Mrs. Willis
told each officer of her duties and
how she must perform them and
each responded with some part of
the Mary Stewart Collect as she
lighted a candle designated for
that particular officer. Responding
were, Mrs. Leonard Elfreth, presi-
dent; Mrs. John Longbotham, first
vice president; Mrs. Harold Wall,
second vice president; Mrs. w. j.
Dufendach, third vice president:
Mrs. Howard Isaacs, recording sec
retary; Mrs. Charles Banning, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. Helen
Warrington, treasurer; Mrs. Lyons,
director for the club on the State
Board, Mrs. Dufendach, Mrs. Daisy
E. Hoyt, Mrs. August Faix, Mrs.
I-nngbotham and Mrs. Frank Aus
tin, new directors. A presidents
pin, symbol of her new office, was
presented to Mrs. Elfreth by Mrs.
Carl Allen.
The last meeting conducted by
the retiring president consisted of
annual reports by several of the
chair1nen that were present They
included Mrs. S. Willis Hammond,
literature, Mrs. o. G. F. Bonmert,
safety; Mrs. Marion Shockley, leg
islature; Mrs. George T. Macklin,
International relations; Mrs. Frank
Austin, art; Mrs. ]. S. Willis, par
liamentary procedure; Mrs. Morris
Groverman, American homes. The
final report was that of Mrs. Lyons
who gave highlights of her admin
istration. She spoke of her term as
sometimes being arduous. some
times quite pleasurable and she
came to the final day with mixed
emotions, sorry to have her term
over and yet happy to turn the CAV
ell over to the new president, to
whom she pledged her loyalty and
help. Not saying goodby but giving
her blessing to the club, its MEM
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Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
c III 1 III s III L q
WSCS vi e e t
On May 10th
Annual Session viii Be
Held At st. Paul's
Church Wilmington;
Mrs. Lefever Speaker.

The annual meeting of the Wo-
mans Society of Christian Service
of Peninsula Conference, which is
to be held in st. Pauls Church,
10th and jackson Streets, Will
mington, on May 10, convening at
10 a. m, will have Mrs. Ernest
Lefever for the afternoon speaker.
Mrs. Lefever lis a native of Iowa
and, lived most of her life there. AS
youth she was active in Methodist
youth and student groups, serving
in various capacities from the local
to national level.
She graduated from Stephens
College Ca junior college for wo-
men) and from Northwestern Uni
yersity, after which she was select
ed to go abroad representing the
Methodist Board of Education in
Belgium and North Africa. She
stayed in North Africa, working in
Algiers, for a year and a half
While abroad she attended the Am
sterdam Conference of the World
Council of Churches and was a del
egate to the World Student Christ
ian Federation Theological Confer
ence held in Zeist, Holland.
After returning to the United
States, Mrs. Lefever worked as
Field. Secretary for Missionary
Personnel, of the Board of Mis-
sions of the Methodist Church. In
This work she visited over 200 coll
leges and universities in all parts
of the United States, speaking to
and interviewing students about
their vocational problems. More
recently she has been connected
with the United Nations. She has
contributed articles to the Metho-
dist Woman. and the November
Continued on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
4. C.. L. Minstrel rs
Set For May W-u
Gala Affair Will Be Pre-
sented At Georgetown
High School

The annual minstrel of the
Evergreen Forest No. 49, T. G. L.,
held annually in Georgetown, is
scheduled for presentation this
year on Thursday and Friday, May
10 and II at the Georgetown High
School. Curtain time is 500.
The Tall Cedars Minstrel, which
through the years has earned a
reputation of being one of the
finest on the peninsula, this year
features a chorus of over so voices
and ten end men. Interlocutor this
year will be Charles Saunders, of
Chincoteague, Va, a Past Grand
Tall Cedar.
Also featured will be speciality
numbers by Williams and Tewelow,
pantomimists; Iris Clogg, popular
singer: Bill Taylor, instrumental
Continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
1856 Cancer
Drive N OW
i d er W y
In This City
Capt. Edgar f. Isaacs, Jr.
Has Announced AS
signment Of Solicitors
For The Entire Milford
Area.

The local Cancer Drive, headed
this year in Milford by Capt. Ed
gar f. Isaaes, Jr., got off to a start
this week by his announcement
that assignments of solicitors for
the various sections of the city has
been completed
The drive will continue for two
weeks with $500 or more set as a
goal for the collectors. The quota
for the entire state is. $4,000, 500
of which is spent in the state for
local service and education, treat
ment of INDECENT persons, visiting
nurse service, etc. The remainder
is forwarded to the national foun-
dation and used mainly for basic
research into a cure for the dread
disease.
Solicitors as announced by Capt.
IsaacS this week are:
First Ward: Mr.. and Mrs. Hor-
ace Wiley, captains; Mr.. Al
Humes, Mrs. Elizabeth Bradford,
Forrest Banning, Gertrude Carter,
Kathryn Carter, Georgia Deputy,
Maudie Elliott, Rebecca Exley,
Frances Frankel, Marian Haughey,
Helen and Parker Hitch, Margaret
Ann Jones, John Mcpherson, Annie
Morris, Mrs. Henry Orkin, Betty
Lou Pearce, Catharine Peterman,
Elizabeth Poore, Charles Porter,
Mrs. Joseph Sllarratt, Nelson Short,
Rose Marie Shut, Olga Stayton,
Lena Taylor, Marguerite Ujvaro-
sky, Laura WapIes, Agnes West,
Bessie Wilkins, Mrs. Henry Will
kins, Lorraine Wilkins, Mrs. Doris
Brown, Mrs. Joe Lofand, Jr., Mrs.
Herman Argo, Isabel Hauser, Mrs
Sparklin Mrs. Frank
Webb, Mr.. Roy Mccullough, Mrs.
t. C. Collins, Mrs. William Watson,
Mrs. Donald Donovan, Mrs. Jay
Savage, Frances Savage, Mrs. Rob-
ert Field.
fcontinued on page fivel
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
Id c | q w are S
Mother OF Year
Got Official
Citation Mon.
Presentation To Mrs.
Margaret Collins Seitz
Was Made By Governor
]. Caleb BOggs At Blue
Rock Club.

Mrs. Margaret Collins Seitz oi
Gordon Heights, Wilmington, Mon
day morning received her official
citation as Delaware's Mother OF
the Year from Governor ]. Caleb
Boggs at the Blue Rock COmmuni-
ty Club, Brandywine Boulevard
Present for the occasion were her
five sons and daughter and mem
bers of the American Mothers Com
mittee for Delaware.
Mrs. Seitz, who has passed her
10th birthday, was hailed in the
American Mothers citation as a
devoted worker who established
on the solid foundation of mother
ly love, home and a life that are
model in their every spiritual and
material appointment; who reared
her children in reverence for God
and in an atmosphere of love
sympathy n d understanding
whose successful service to her
state and community has made her
widely recognized for her SELF
sacrificing efforts and who is be-
loved by all who know her."
Governor Boggs took the same
occasion to proclaim Sunday, May
13, as Mothers Day and paid trib-
ute. to Mrs. Seitz as the symbol of
all Delaware Mothers for 1856.
He said that "all of us who are
fortunate enough to have our mo-
theirs living at this time, want to
pay them tribute and honor due
them for their patience and for
bearanee in rearing and nourishing
their families both morally and
physically"
Governor Boggs also called May
t3 an appropriate time to memoir
ialize those mothers who no long
er grace family circles and urged
citizens to attend a service in the
church of their choice ON that day
out of respect to their mothers.
Mrs. William N. Cam, chairman
of the Delaware Committee. then
presented Mrs. Seitz with the off
cial gold pin which accompanied
the citation and expressed her own
qualification at this years selec-
ton.
All VI MS otlJZ . UiOOu WSlS
present to witness the ceremony
today. They are: Chancellor ]. Col
Inns Seitz; Capt. Casanove G. Seitz,
Delaware State Police; George n.
Seitz, a chemical engineer; Maj
Gen. John F. r. Seitz, now in
charge of the New Jersey Military
District; Alfred P. Seitz, a manu-
facturer; and Miss Margaret Seitz,
well known psychologist.
Other American Mother Commit
zee members in attendance were:
Mrs. Jesse Loven, Odessa; Mrs.
Paul Mitchell, Hockessin; Mrs.
Joseph w. Ennis. Smyrna; Mrs. E.
w. Buchanan, Dover; and Mrs.
George Toll. Rehoboth Beach.
CONTINUED on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
I7lst Annual
B pis c o p a |
COnye ntiOn
May 8th-9th
Annual Sessions Will Be
Held At st. Philips
Church At Laurel; BIZ
shop Mosley Will Ad-
dress Group.

The 171st Annual Convention OF
the Diocese of Delaware will be
held l,ext Tuesday and Wednesday,
May 5 and 9, u, Saint Philips
Church, Laurel.
Top items of business facing the
convention will be the proposed
diocesan budget for 1857. and a full
report by the Rev. Canon Charles
p Leech on the ''new curriculum
now in use in most Episcopal
church schools.
The convention itself will get un-
der way at 3:45 p. an. Tuesday iii
the st. Philips Parish House. The
annual convention banquet will
follow at 2 p. m. In the Seaford
Fire Hall.
At the banquet, the Rt. Rev. j.
Brooks Mosley, Bishop of the DiO-
cese of Delaware, will give his an
nual address, and Mr.. James t. Nc
Kinstry of Wilmington will make
a short progress report on Camp
Arrowhead, the diocesan camp for
young people near Lewes.
Captain Hudson ID. bravo, USNR,
vi hciliicIl IOWu0iilVs Il d. WITH Dc
honored at the banquet for his
work with the Diocesan Advance
Fund, $300,00D fund used to assist
churches In the diocese with new
construction and expansion.
On Wednesday, there will be a
corporate communion at $50 a. I'M.
in Old Christ Church, Broad Greek,
and a luncheon in the Fellowship
Hall of Centenary Church in Lau-
rel. The second and third business
sessions of the convention will be-
gin at IL a. m. and p. M, respec-
lively, in the st. Philips Parish
House.
Considerable floor debate ON the
proposed 1857 diocesan budget is
likely.
The 1856 asking budget for the
diocese was $226. 800, with a work
ing budget of $194.925. The pro-
posed budget for 1857 will be $780,
675.
The 1857 budget siiows an i'm
crease of $14,375, o.. slightly over
six per cent, compared to the bud
get adopted for 1856. Compared to
the working budget, Or actual bud
get in use, however, it represents
an increase of $45,750, or a whop-
ping 23 per cent.
The major increases in the 1857
budget are a $4,000 Increase in
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04

starting Wltn SpScldi cnurcn SerNlc
Caulk, chairman of the Kent Cou
letter to ministers says that: "We
faiths will join with us in placing
ton to be a faithful steward of
American farmers are discovering.
by their efforts to conserve and
husband the land. a new aware
ness of responsibility to God"
The former chief of the u. S.
Soil Conservation Service, Mr..
Hugh Bennett. who has talked sew
eral times TO Dover service clubs.
observes: Down through the CEN
turies man has upset the natural
balance of birth, death, and rebirth
of the soil with his sharpened
sticks. axes, plows, and fire, not
with intention to damage tne land.
but to produce essential food and
rainent for himself. Unwittingly
he set in motion the process of
erosion, which has damaged or
ruined millions of acres of the
Lords land.
He continues: Our farmers are
moving steadily toward the kind
Of soil stewardship which provides
secliriy for land and people. better
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Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04

" VI 10-A61AtOU1 AAlti sc II III itnIt1 4S1f
pital Association has designated
the week ending Or that day as a
time to honor the au1Eanitarian
services rendered to communities
by hospitals.
'srhe vast educational and train
ing program for doctors, nurses
and technicians in our institutions
contributes to our wealth and pro-
gress, which has and is being made
in the betterment of public health, .
Governor Boggs declared.
The proclamation says:
WHEREAS, the birth-date of
Florence Nightingale, world fam
Gus nurse, is conmemorated
throughout the work5 on May IL;
and
WHEREAS, the American Hos
pital Association has designated
The period of day through Nav
IL as National Hospital Week
throughout the United States in
recognition of the humanitarian
Continued on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
Miss Milford Fete
Due Here May Is
VIII Be Held In New Milford
Theatre

Bob May, chairman of the Miss
Milford Contest, announces that
final plans are being made for this
wonderful and gala pageant which
is to be held in the Schine's Mil
ford Theatre on the evening of
May Is.
This years contest promises to
be a larger and more beautiful af-
fair with ten entries already in,
and with an additional contest for
Miss Milford of 1866, open to the
TIMER lassies of age Til, which is
being arranged by Mrs. Raymond
Sparklin with the cooperation of
Mrs. Frank Lynch and Mrs. Jean
Clendaniel, scout leaders of Troop
H33. This is wonderful oppor-
tunity of any young woman, age
1921, to compete in the ultimate
contest sponsored by the Delmarva
Poultry Industry which will offer
a scholarship of $4,000 or $4,000
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
Cardiac Camp Is
Now Set For July
Twenty Young Victims VIII Enjoy
Retreat At Fairlee

The Cardiac Camp Committee of
the Delaware Heart Association
announces that they will make it
possible for at least twenty young
cardiac victims to enjoy two weeks
of camping at Fairlee Manor. near
Chestertown, Maryland, the first
two weeks in July.
Committee chairman, Mr. John
G. Leach announced that the sum-
mer camp, which had previously
been held ait Triangle. Virginia, at
the camp maintained by the Fam
lily Service Association of Wash
ington, ID. c.. was being moved to
Fairlee Manor because of the fatig-
uing trip involved in transporting
the children to Virginia.
1T is felt that the arrangements
made with the Delaware Society for
Crippled Children and Adults, Inc,
fcontinued on page aixl
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-04
Singer Sewing
Contest Judging
VIII Be Held At Singer Sewing
Center To-day

The Singer s125,OOO sewing con-
test ended April 27, local judging
to be held at the Singer Sewing
Center on Friday, May 4, at TOO
p. m.
Gil Griffin, manager of the Mil
ford Sewing Center announced to-
day that all local participants in
the big nationwide sewing con-
test have finished their entries and
are anxiously awaiting the decis-
ion of the judges.
Judges for the local contest will
be: Mrs. Arthur Kiel, Mrs. Ber-
nice Liller, home economic in
structors at the Milford High
School, and Mrs. G. Marshall Town
send. social editor of the Milford
Chronicle.
continued on page 1ve1