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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-01-27

in the Hotel Biltmore, on Sunday
afternoon, Feb. 5th, said that our
welcome to refugees was a STUN
damental American tradition"
and drew attention to the recent
State of the Union Message in
which President Eisenhower said
he pointed out ''the urgent need
for revision of the immigration
and nationality laws"
The complete text of President
Eisenhower's message to the Uni
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-01-27

Il The message, to be Incorporated
Ia the proceedings of the United
Has Annual Meeting to be held
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-13
YIN Members
Feted By
no HOSteSSeS

Members OF the YIN Sunday
School Glass of the Tabor City
Baptist Church we're feted at a
lweiner roast Tuesday evening
by Mrs. c. NJ. Fowler and Mrs.
Dock Fowler at the home OF
the former.
Following the roast Mrs. Jack
Vance conducted program and
Mrs. F. l.. Fipps, Jr. presided
over a brief business session.
Twelve members were in at
tendance.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-13
Mrs. BIanton
Passes At 60

Mrs. Bertha Ayers Blanton
SO, died at 7 o'clock Sunday
night at a Mullins hospital. She
has been in declining health for
Ia year and had been confined tc
her bed for week.
She was the widow of Julius
ID. Blanton.
Mrs. Blanton was born in
Horny County, daughter of S
j. Ayers and Elizabeth William
son Ayers. She was a lifelong
resident of Horny County and a
member of Green Sea Baptist
Church.
Survivors include four sons
Halbert Of Mullins, Murray and
u. b. Of Nichols and Hubert
Blanton Of Loris; three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Ted Holt Of Loris. and
Mrs. Sam Anderson and Mrs
Kelly Ray Hammonds Of Fair
Bluff; four brothers, J. c. and
Glen Of Nichols, Ralph and d
C. Ayers of Columbia. and p
l.. Of Washington d. c. and two
sisters, Mrs. John G.. Williamson
.of Timmonsville and Mrs. o. J.
Davis Of Chester; 10 grandchil-
dren and three great-grandchil-
.dren.
Funeral services were con-
Quoted at 4:30 p. m. Monday
from Mt. Olive Baptist Church
near Nichols, by the Rev. II. E
King.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-13
Columbus Gets First
National meefinu

by, publicity director for Boys
Home of N. c. said, 1T is a dis
tinct honor for our local area
as we feel sure this is the first
National Convention ever held
in Columbus County"
IT is felt by the directors that
the move to stage the conven-
ton at Lake Waccamaw will
give needed prestige to the ov-
eral! program now underway to
Boys Home in its new
location at Lake Waccamaw.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-13

Columbus County has shared
its first national convention.
The 1857 national convention
for the National Association
Homes for Boys will meet June
Is, at Lake Waccamaw.
Acceptance of the invitation
came during the convention last
week in Dallas. Texas. A. d.
Peacock of Whiteville, eXecu-
tive director of Boys Home of
North Carolina, was also named
to the board of directors of the
national group.
The Association meets annu-
ally, men from throughout the
United States, to discuss prob
lens of mutual interest and to
exchange ideas relative to the
proper training Of boys who
have been denied a normal
home environment
Relative to the national con-
vcrtion being held at Lake Wac
.camaw next year, r. G.. Maults-
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-13

Miss Shirley New was gradual
ed from the Rex Hospital School
of Nursing Friday evening, Jun
s. in ceremonies held in the
JosephiouS Daniels High School
Auditorium. An honor student
1t Rex she was granted a schol-
arShip by the school for her
freshman wear and was pledged
to the Santa FilOmcnO honorary
nurses society. She was treas
urer of her class during her
Junior year and represented the
school 1T the national nurses
convention held in Saint Louis
last summer. The daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. !. VI. New of
Tabor City she was graduated
from the Tabor City High
school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-10

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3-speed Automatic PhOnOgraph
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ROtisserie
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20

Fan Vegetable Crops
A good firm seedbed is most i'm
portant in getting stand of fall
vegetable crops
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
Highway Department
Awards Contracts

Walter B. McKendTick, Jr., Chief
Engineer Of the State Highway
Department, announces that the
Department has awarded contracts
for three projects to the concerns
who submitted the low bids on
them when bids were recently re-
ceived by the Department. Total
cost of the three projects viii be
$432,s57.6O.
George e Lynch, me-, Of VIII
mingt0n, were awarded two of the
contracts while the third one was
awarded to Standard Bithulithic
Company, of Newark, N. J. Two of
the projects are in Kent County and
the third one is in Sussex County.
They provide for the improvement
Of more than 12 miles of existing
roadway.
A contract for the widening and
.resurfacing Of the existing high
way from Five Points to Lewes
was awarded to George & Lynch,
Inc, at their low bid price of
S252, 2,O91.2O. This project provides
for placing a cement concrete addi-
ton, four feet wide, along the exist
ing highway from Five Points to
the Lewes town limits.
The entire roadway will be re-
surfaced and throughout that por-
ton in Lewes it will be resurfaced
from curb to curb, with new curbs
being installed. Completion date
for this project has been fixed for
October Is of this year. The pro-
ject is 2.64 miles in length.
George & Lynch also received
the contract for resurfacing por-
tions of Route IA, for which their
low bid price was $1O8,882.60. On
this project the sections Of Route
IA from 6auston to Harrington
and from Vernon to the Maryland
line, Will be resurfaced and inn
proved. The tO1al distance is 1886
miles and the completion date has
been fixed for June Is Of this year
Standard BituIithic Company was
awarded the contract for resur-
facing both lanes of the dual
highway, U. S. Route Is, through
Smyrna, for which their low bid
was S71 ,983.SO. This project starts
at the intersection of the LeipsiC
highway with Route 13, south OF
Smyrna and continues through
Smyrna to a point north of the
Duck Creek bridge. The distance is
.635 miles and the completion date
has been fixed for May Is of this
year.
Mr.. McKendrick explained thai
the awarding of these contracts
now would enable some of the
preliminary work to proceed dur
ing the present winter months.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
AG Board News

The. State Board Of Agriculture
announced today that they have ap-
piled 10 the United States Agricul-
tural Research Service for Certifi-
cation of New Castle County as
Brucellosis Bangs Disease) free
and re-accreditation as tuberculo-
sis free. The United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture coOperates
with the States in eradication and
control of cattle diseases. The Board
has had an intensified eradication
and control program for over two
years on brucellosis work and have
been placing the available person
mel in each county in their efforts
to have the entire state certified as
.brucellosis free. New Castle Coun-
ty was the first county to qualify
for certif1cation and the farmers,
milk stations, dairies. livestock
dealers, and other State Agencies
were congratulated for the fine CO.
operation given to the State Board
Of Agriculture in attaining this goal.
Personnel consisting of three
State Veterinarians, two Federal
N6iHIllkaIldll6J anu Two lSClIlC4oiif9
will concentrate their efforts in
cleaning up Kent County, which is
now over 800 tested. The goal for
completing Kent County has been
tentatively set for March of this
year. Livestock owners in Kent
County having INFESTED herds will
be contacted for the purpose of ar
ranging a date for testing. The
Board pointed out that it has the
power to quarantine cattle and
dairy products from INFESTED herds
If cattle owners refuse to test. They
also stated that violation of a quar-
antine is punishable by fine and
imDrisonment.
The Board reported that Sussex
County has over 5000 of the herds
tested and they will move person
mel into Sussex. to complete the
job sometime in March or April.
Any farmer in the State desiring
a test on his herd before receiving
a notice from the State. Board Of
Agriculture may write, phone, or
call personally to arrange for a
.brucellosis blood test.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
Hugh McKennG VIII
Address Local JayceeS
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men to develop and possess and
that such recognition viii encOur-
age others to be more conscious of
their civic responsibilities. Leader
ship training is one of the key pur-
poses of the Jaycees and is fOstered
in Milford by the many civic prof.
ects the Jaycees are involved IN.
At present the major projects in
progress are sponsoring a basket
ball team in the Dover YMCA
League, sponsoring a Girl Scout
troop, working on a park area for
youth and adults in this area and
seeking entries from this area into
the Miss Delaware contest as part
of the Miss America Pageant. Jay
Gee training is helping these young
men not only in their vocational
pursuits but also in improving their
worth as community leaders now
and in the years to come when they
are past the Jaycee age of 35. The
National Jayeee project Of selecting
the Nations Ten Outstanding Young
Men of the Year took place last
week in Springfield, Illinois, with
former Jaycee, making the presen-
tations. The u. S. Jaycees have
over 200, 900 members in $500 local
chapters. The Milford Jaycees was
formed in June of 1853 and now has
80 active members. Al membership
drive is under way to increase this
to 40 members.
The Young Man of the Year for
Milford banquet will be held FRI
day night at Hollands Restaurant
at 700 p. m Young men who are
prospects and also business, trade,
and professional men in the COM
munity have been invited to hear
the National President and to help
honor our local selection for this
coveted award. ,Jaycee local Presi-
dent Ray Sparllin is acting as gen
eral chairman for the occasion
The names Of the Judges and win
ner will appear in next weeks
| Chronicle.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
JehOvah's Witnesses
In Assembly Here

JehOvah's Witnesses Of the Del
marva Peninsula will assemble in
Milford at the National Guard Ar
mory for their semi-annual circuit
assembly today, tomorrow and
Sunday.
"This assembly viii bring to
Milford nearly 500 ministers who
will receive Bible instruction and
will engage in gospel preaching
in the area" Willis Reed, super
visor Of the local congregation, re-
-vealed.
Jehovah's Witnesses are world
wide and their work is carried
on in 158 lands. They are con-
cerned primarily with preaching
about Gods Kingdom, helping peO-
rle learn to read and doing good
in general to people of all nation
alities and races without prejudice
or favor
Mr.. Reed stated, "Our people
come together in conventions and
assemblies such as the one sched-
uled in Milford, from different To-
calities and different lands to sit in
on meetings together. This keeps
before us all the same unifying
message of Gods Kingdom. We ex-
pect about 200 ministers from Will
mington to attend and receive this
instruction"
During 1855 there we're 13 ma
tional and International conven-
tions held in the United States,
Canada and Europe. Those from
the Delmarva Peninsula who at
tended the assemblies in Europe
will take part in the program and
tell Of their experiences and out
standing events which occurred.
The public discourse, "Overcom-
ing the Fears of This Generation, 2
will be delivered by James w.
FilsOn, district supervisor Of Je-
hovah's Witnesses from New York
at 8 p. m. Sunday. This discourse
will also be broadcast over Mil
ford Radio Station WKSB.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
Local Guard Unit To
Get SkysICeeperS
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CONTINUED from first page)
Organization win result in greater
efficiency and allow battalion COM
manders to maintain closer contact
with the units under them, as well
as provide the organization needed
for the new antiaircraft gun.
To accomplish the change. units
Of the 193rd in New Castle and
MiddletOwn viii be reassigned to
the recently organized 18th AAA
Battalion, which now consists only
Of a headquarters battery in Smyr-
ma.
The 193rd will keep its headquar-
ters and one firing battery in Dover
and It's battery in Harrington, and
win take over MilfOrd's Battery o,
945th AAA Battalion. 1t viii then
have the three firing batteries re-
Quired under the new SzysWeeper
organization, all located in the area
south of Dover.
The area between New Castle
and Smyrna win then be left to the
new 197th Battalion, with a head
quarters and two firing batteries.
Temporarily, the new battery il
Lewes viii also be part Of the 1870,
but eventually il viii become part
Of a new battalion in eastern Sus-
sex County.
The g45th, which formerly took
I'm all Of Sussex County, viii be re-
organized ia the western part only.
10 will keep its headquarters in
Georgetown and Battery A in Lau-
rel, and the present Battery d in
Seaford will be split into two new
batteries, b and @. The Dagsboro
unit, now called Battery B, will
temporarily be renamed Battery ID.
Eventually, however, it viii become
part of the new battalion, along
with the RehObOth unit. The east
ern Sussex battalion, as yet un-
named. viii probably be equipped
when Il is organized with self
propelled weapons-tank-lik We
hicles carrying 40 and 50mm guns,
capable of high rate Of FIRE
against lOw-dying planes attacking
ground targets. The 197th will have
similar equipment.
Under the new organization, the
193rd, 18th and 945th battaliOns
will be assigned to the 160th AAA
Group. with headquarters in Mil
ford, commanded by Col Ralph s
Baker OF Georgetown. The 156th
and 736th BattaliOns, in northern
Delaware, will continue under the
I98th AAA Group, with headquar-
ters in Wilmington. The 198th is
commanded by Col J. James Ash
ton OF Wilmington.
The two groups comprise the
261st AAA Brigade, commanded by
Brig. General John B. Moore OF
Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
Retailers To See
Meat Demonstration
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Through their work with the
Meat Board, the demonstrators have
had first-hand experience in modern
promotion methods. Their organi-
zation has been engaged for more
than three decades in an intensive
program of research and education
on the subject of meat.
Ring will call attention to the
changes in buying habits of the
American consumer and new mer-
chandising trends, such as prepack-
aging. He will show retailers how
they can cash in on the techniques
Of successful retailers in other
places.
Ring is nationally known as an
authority on meat cuts and his
skill with a meat knife has been
witnessed by millions Of television
viewers from coast to coast, Bull
says. He has helped develop many
of the modern meat cutting meth
DDS which have made possible the
distribution of a wider range Of
meat cuts. He has shown how they
can be prepared. and cooked more
easily than was the case a few
years ago.
Ring is we'll known as an au-
thority on meat carving at the din
ner table as we'll as cutting and
merchandising in stores.s Recently
he was featured III an nol,S long
color television program on naeats
and his articles appear in national
magazines. He has appeared many
times before retailer groups b'lsi-
nessmen, agricultural and nome
maker organizations.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
TwO NeIC Scholarships
Are Listed At The
University
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dist Youth Fellowship, winner of
two public essay contests winner
OF the Latin key, winner Of the I
Speak For Democracy contest. and
a participant in dramatic activi-
ties. football, soccer basketball,
and baseball.
Winner of the William NJ. Fran
els Prize, presented at the 1855
Honors Day Ceremonies, was Ed
ward J. Taylor, 119 Cypress Street,
Kennett Square, Pa.
The presentation Of the new ST.
400 scholarship resulted from Mr..
Francis reading of an editorial,
Needed More Scholarships" pre-
pared for the 1856 Delsware-COn-
necticut football program by Dean
of Students John E. Hocutt.
In this article, Dean H0cutt
stated, "A gift Of S1,400 will estab-
lish one scholarship of $3.50 per
year, renewable throughout four
years. Such a $3.50 scholarship
would pay approximately one-third
of a Delaware students minimum
annual expenses. The university
needs at least 100 such new schol-
arships, or 2 total of $140.0O0 over
the next four years, if we are to
tap the latent reserve of qualified
college material in Delaware not
seeking a higher education for f.
nancial reasons.
Mr.. Francis has specified that
this scholarship award which, like
the others, is renewable for four
years upon the satisfactory pro-
gress of the recipient, should be
given to a student entering the uni-
versity in September 1856, prefer
ably to one who plans to major in
biology.
The University of Delaware is
indeed gratified by the continuing
support of alumni and friends like
Mr.. Francis, Dean Hocutt observ-
ed Il hope for Increasing recOgni-
ton among Delawareans of the
value Of our scholarship program
for each new scholarship we re-
i ceive represents not only an educa-
tional opportunity for a capable
young person, but a contribution
to the general welfare of the State. :
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
Poultry Day Planned
At University
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CONTINUED from first page)
blood tests being perfected for de-
tecting chronic respiratory disease
in poultry focks.
Out-Of-state speakers to appear
on the afternoon poultry SESSIONS
win be DR.. Z. /. Robertson. feed
ing management specialist for the
Eshelman and Sons Feed Company
Of Lancaster. Pa. and, DR.. Tevis M.
.Goldhaft of the Vineland Poultry
Laboratories. Vineland. n. J. Rob-
ertson will report on Nutrition
During StSess" while Goldhaft viii
summarize the different Yaccina-
ton progrms for laying flocks.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
UNUSED sOUVENIR

CHARLESTON, w. va. -(P)-
Someone in West Virginia has a
souvenir license plate he wouldn't
dare use.
License No / was stolen from
Gov. William c. Marland's big black
car while the governor was attend
ing an Industrial development
meeting in Wheeling.
State Police LIT. Roy G. Coen, the
governors driver, said it was the
first time it hads happened in his
many years Of driving for five West
Virginia governors. The state plant
has made Marland a new plate.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
Man, rs, Hit BY
Auto SuccuTnbs
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ILUITLlWsU -EUI Das5 UNsE
stationed at the lover Air Force
Base. Stires was placed under So
600 bail on a charge Of assault and
battery. The attorney generals or
ice viii be consulted to determine
whether the charge should be
changed to manslaughter.
Tuttle, a retired Army man, was
walking from a friends house on
Hubbard Avenue to the johnson
Hotel where he lived when he was
hit. Doctors said his legs probably
would have had to be anputated if
he bad liYed.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
korean Proverbs

Koreans are fond Of witty. salty
proverbs. Many are reminiscent Of
familiar Western mizims, such as
"xou cannot catch one rabbit IL
you chase two at once, and
Where there are no tigers, Eeild-
eats win be very self-imoortant."
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
Good GrnnmInr

This years Paris fashions again
emphasize that good grooming be-
gins with properly-fitted foundation
garments. Paris styles favored for
translation into American ready.
to-wear women's suits are firmly
fitted, arched at the hips and form.
defining at the bodice.
Milford chronicle., 1956-01-20
aoll Tmnr0veneut

Livestock offers farmers an op-
portunity TO increase their incomes
and conserve and increase the pro-
ductivity Of their soils at the same
time.
The Arizona post., 1956-09-28
Neumons, Who Narrowly Escaped
Death By Nozis, Stort New Life

they were all forced to wear
yellow stars on their clothes
and to stay indoors from 5
pm. to 9 o'clock the next
morning.
"The NaZis had taken away
all the rabbis and schochtim
and there was no one to ritual
ly kill the chickens for the
Pesach SederS. The people
were in despair. They had no
meat for their tables. re-
member 1 talked a Hungarian
friend, not a Jew, into loan,
ing me his truck. And at night
I loaded up the truck with
three or four hundred chick
ems and drove off to an old
schochet who lived some 80
miles away.
"And the proud Jews OF
Volove had their seder meals
"But the happiness didn't
last long. A few days after
Pesach all the remaining Jews
were rounded up and taken to
a small city and forced into a
ghetto. There were some 2,OOO
Jews forced to live in a ghetto
that could house only a few
hundred. In one living room
lust like the one here in my
home in Tucson 200 people
were forced to eat and sleep.
"THEN THE FOLLOWING
month. as the Russians began
to push the Germans back, we
were taken to Birkenau. We
were packed 200 on a truck
and we couldn't move. En-
route a woman gave birth to
child and the Nazis would
not give her even water TO
clean the newborn baby.
"When the trucks got into
Birkenau they pulled us OIL
the truck from either side. !
tried to pull my children with
me, but a German SIS guaro
struck me with a stick ano
shouted, Out, shweine'. One
of my children shouted, Dad
dy, daddy, I am hungry.
tried to pass him some crack
ers 1 was carrying. But the
German guard beat me down
to the ground.
81 never saw my first VILE
or our children again. They
The Arizona post., 1956-09-28

pered to me to take off his
shoes and look in them if he
died. He died just as he talked
to me. In the toe of one OF his
shoes I found $500 American
dollars rolled into a tiny ball.
81 remember I quickly gave
S1OO to a Jewish orderly to
bring me some soup and that
is what kept me alive. One
hundred dollars for a quarter
of a quart of soup. But some
one found out 1 had the money
and soon three men came and
beat me around the head try
ing to get the money 1 told
them to take it. 1t was hidden
in my hat.
$50 AFTER that I lay, un-
able to move, for II weeks un-
til the British came and took
The Arizona post., 1956-09-28
Continued from Page IL

away from me because l was
a Jew.
"But that was nothing. That
was only the start. In 1912 L
was sent to a working camp
in Rumania with some other
1,5OO Jews. We were forced to
build bunkers, airports and
roads through the mountains.
"It was fairly safe there,
but I wanted to return to my
first wife and our three chill
dren. l had married we'll and
had money from the dowry.
So 1 bought off the head man
of the work camp for $500.
They told me I would face
death if l returned home. But
I said 1 would rather die with
my family than be away from
them.
81 REMEMBER it was Pes
ach when 1 got home and the
Jews of our city were in de-
Spair. There were only old
folks and youngsters left and