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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-15

as a director Everett j. Boothby
president, Washington Gas Light
Co.
Mr.. Boothby was chosen for
IA two-year term, expiring in Oc-
tober, 1858. He was one of 16
executives from gas utility, pipe
line and gas appliance manufac-
turing companies who were elect
ed directors of the association.
About 1000 delegates, repre-
Isenting every branch of the gas
industry, are attending the
Ithree-day meeting which began
today. Mr.. Boothby is a past
president of the association and
has been active in gas. industry
affairs for many years. He is a
civic and business leader here.
Nations Liquor Dealers
Open Convention Here
The annual convention of the
National Retail Liquor Package
Stores Association today heard
outstanding speakers discuss var
ious aspects of their business.
Some 1000 delegate, owners Of
retail establishments all over the
country, gathered at the Shera-
ton-Park Hotel for the conven-
ton, which runs ' through
Wednesday.
A welcoming address was given
by President Robert E. McLaugh-
lin of the District Board of Com
missionerS. Chairman Alan w.
Payne of the Districts Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board adj
dressed the convention. Other
addresses were scheduled by
Nathan B. Pont of Lincoln, Nebr.,
president, National Conference of
State Liquor Administrators and
Truman v. Williams of Atlanta,
chairman of the Georgia Depart
ment of Revenue.
Taking a prominent part in the
convention are: Max l.. Dorf-
man, president of the Retail
Liquor Dealers Association of the
District and Willard Schulberg,
executive director of that group,
who is convention co-ordinator
Fletcher Knebel. Washington
columnist, who appears IN The
Star, is also slated to address the
delegates later.
Benjamin Josephs of Wor-
chester. Mass. president ard ex-
ecutive secretary of the asso-
citation. was prepared to give his
annual report.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26

Political Advertisement
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26

State to Pave Entrances to
New West Geauga School,

ening as we'll as providing add
itional hard-Surfaced area for
parking in the present area SOU
tn of the building. The Board
was advised by the Department
that in the road widening pro-
gram, a regarding of the school
site would be necessary. SPAIN
and Barnes, school architects
met with the State High
way representative to coordin-
ate site planning for the class
room addition due to be con-
structed to the Chester Build
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26
Geausa Given $6,2l3
to National Polio Fund

Mrs. George Dunlap, Geauga
County Chairman for the 1856
March of Dimes has received
acknowledgement of and thanks
for the remittance of $6,2l3 .95
fro mthe National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, Inc,
New York City The sum repre-
sents one half of the contribu-
tionS in Geauga County in the
recent 1856 Polio Drive. The
other half is retained in the
County for local needs.
The thanks of the National
Office, to which Mrs. Dunlap
adds her personal acknowledge
ments, are directed to the contri-
butors in the County the VOL
unteer solicitors, the Township
and Community Chairmen and
to the Industries and Organi-
cations, who by their generous
contributions of time, emery and
money made the 1856 Drive go
10 percent over the 1855 total.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26

CHESTER - The West Geau-
ga Board of Education has
granted an easement to the OH
10 Department of Highways and
a work agreement covering i'm
provementS to school drive ap-
proaches and to the highway
widening program on the west
side of the Chesterland Elemen-
tary school. In the agreement,
the State will provide hard-sur-
faced approaches to a semi
circular drive to be constructed
in connection with highway wild
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26

season on walleyes and muskys
at an earleir date, the mini
mum legal length of walleyes
has been reduced from 13 to
IL inches and the minimum len
9Th of black bass reduced from
10 to 9 inches. The open sea-
son on bass in Pymatuning will
remain the same as last year,
July / to November 80. The
daily bag limit on all three spe-
cies mentioned above will re-
main the same as last year;
six on WalleyeS, six black bass
and two muskellunge.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26

Mr.. Bob Durschlag of Park
man was a visitor to Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Pokorny Friday even
ing.
Mrs. Henry Boerwinkle is af-
flicted with poison ivy.
Judy Fulton entertained a girl
friend from the Andrews school
over the weekend of April 18th.
Mrs. Merritt Woodin and Mrs.
Paul Tharp will be calling on
neighborS for contributions to
the cancer fund this week. Let
us all do our bit.
Mrs. Louise Peterson and
daughter of CheSterland were
Mrs. Walter Peterson.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26
Pymatuning ReIaxes
Fishing Regulations

COLUMBUS, OHIO -. Pyma-
tuning Lake fishing regulations
have been relaxed slightly for
the 1856 season which opens on
May 26 for muskys and wall
eyes. Previous to this year the
Walleye season opened on May
80 and the musky season on
July l.
In addition to opening h e
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26
s. Hamhden
News by Mrs. III. S. Woodin

Miss Judy Johnson of Chardon
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Pokorney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Hagen and
sons spent Sunday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Boerwin-
kle, also Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
Price were there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Smith
and her mother of Euclid were
Sunday visitors with Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Peterson.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26

He is former Assistant Attorney General under Hugh
S. Jenkins and c. William ONeill One of 5 Out
standing Young Men in Ohio 1855 President, Ohio
Municipal Attorneys Assn. Army Veteran Col
umbus city attorney, years.
Wyle for Attorney General Committee, John c. Young
Secretary, so W. Broad ST., Columbus Ohio
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26
CHALMERS P. WYLIE
GEAUGA COUNTY
Republican Primaries
May 8, 1856
Republican Candidate for
ATTORNEY GENERAL will Meet
the People" of NE. OHIO on
WICA-TV, 1880 PM.
rryYrpcnnv npprr &c

Mr.. Wylie is well experienced
and local government
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26

ing. The architects expressed
the feeling that the highway
work would reduce the amount
which might otherwise have and
to be spent for site improve
mentS.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26
Plan New ClaSSrOoms


Plan New Classrooms
The Board of Education also
approved basic drawings of 8
claSSrooms to be constructed at
the Chesterland location in the
near future, The classroomS
are of primary grade type and
will connect with the present
building on the north side. The
remainder of the area north of
the building will be developed
for playground facilities.
The Board met with Mrs.
Pearl Livsey, who presented
a student insurance plan that
would provide summer protec-
tion for recret'n children as well
as attendance at religious SER
vices including travel to and
from church, provisions which
are not afforded by the pre-
sent insurance. The Board a.
greed to consider the coverage
plan and suggested that Mrs.
Livsey present her plan to par
entS for examination in the
next meeting of the P. T. A.
1t was agreed by the Board to
consider bids on one or two
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1956-04-26

new school busses at the next
meeting in May, contingent on
State approval.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23
Fifth Grade Riddles
Make Annual Trip
GrOup Made Pilgrimage Section
At A Time

The annual trip to Philadelphia
vas again made by the fifth grade
# the Milford Elementary School
Turing last week. One section went
zach of four days beginning on
Tuesday. March 13tEz
This is an educational trip, from
which the children derive both
pleasure and academic benefit. The
seachers of the fifth grade planned
and organized the trip we'll in adj
rance of departure, under the
ehairmanship of Mrs. Ruth P.
Some two to three weeks
prior to the trip the classes have
4 unit in social studies n-historic
Philadelphia and the Revolutionary
period in American History. They
also see a film on Historic Phila-
5elphia before their trip. The par
ents we're called together 80 that
they could determine how the
money was to be raised. They de
sided to each contribute the cost
Der child. This plan has been very
during the past several
years. When the children return
hey complete their unit by making
scrap books. in which they include
continued on pare three)
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23
Traffic Safety
information Clinics
A Series VIII Be Held
Throughout The Three
Counties

A series of traffic safety infor~
nation clinics will be held in all
hree counties by the Delaware
State Federation of Womens Clubs,
t was announced yesterday by Mrs.
Joseph w. Ennis, safety chairman
If the federation.
The general object of the three
meetings, arranged in cooperation
with five other organizations, is TO
nform the public on safety fea-
lures that can be practiced to save
lives and prevent injuries ON the
highways.
The clinics, designed for men.
women and children, will be held
on April 10 at Dover High School,
April IL at Henry G.. Conrad
School, Woodcrest, and April is at
GEORGETOWN High School. All three
will start at p. m.
Experts in various phases OF traf-
flc safety will address the three
clinics.
The five organizations coopera-
ting with the federation IN staging
the clinics are the Delaware Safe
ty Council, the Delaware State Po-
lice, the Delaware Optometric AS
sociation, the State Insurance Com
CONTINUED on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23
Boy Scout Dinner
Chairman Named
Avery Gray, Wilmington
Heads Up 40th Annual
Fefe

The 40th annual dinner meeting
and election of the Del-Mar Va
Council, Boy Scouts of America.
will be held Tuesday, April 18th.
1856, with Mr.. Avery Gray of Will
mington as general chairman.
Announcement OF MIR. Gray's ap-
pointment was made today by Mr..
Philip g. Ehoads, Council Presi-
dent.
Mr.. Gray is a member of the
Scout Council Executive Board and
Is a veteran Scouter of this area
lie will be assisted in the meeting
arrangements by Mr.. Frank G. Ev-
ans, Mr. Albert E. Rose, DR.. Walter
A. Dew, DR.. Edwin A. Fluevog of
Wilmington and Mr. Thayer B. See
Sc, Elkton, Maryland.
The 1900 p. m. dinner will be in
the Gold Ballroom of the Hotel du
Pont- An address by an outstand-
ing citizen, the presentation OF the
coveted Silver Beaver Awards, rec
ognitien of Veteran Scout Units
and Leaders will be among the
highlights of the program.
Election of the Council Officers
fer the coming year will be the
major item Of business.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23
Sussex COP
W omen Will
Tonight
Hon. John G. Leach OF
Wilmington VIII Ad-
dress County Wide
Group At Georgetown.


The Sussex County Women's Re-
publican Club will hold an open
meeting q the v. f. w. Home in
GeorgetFlwn, sn Friday evening.
March %, IT 500 D. m. Men and
women. members and friends are
invited TO attend and hear the WE'LL
known principal speaker of the
evening, Mr.. John G. Leach, of Will
mingtOn. Mr.. Leach is Vice -9resi-
dent and Director of Education at
Goldey Beacon School of Business;
Trustee of University of Delaware;
Founder and member of Executive
Committee of Delaware Day School
for Handicapped Children (cere-
bral palsy cases, etc.; President
Of Delaware Society for Crippled
Children and Adults. He is Vice
Chairman Of Executive Committee
of Delaware Heart Association;
Chairman of New Castle County
Chapter of National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis: Author of vari-
GUS pamphlets and papers; Lincoln
at Gettysburg. Origin of the Monroe
Doctrine, New Techniques in Bust
ness Management; Served as Vet
Grams Commissioner of Delaware
during World War III and was pri-
marily responsible for bringing the
Veterans Hospital and Regional
Office TO this state. Mr.. Leach was
Continued on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23
Com m mnnity-Wide
Good Friday Service
Service For Entire City Will Be Held AT Cal
vary Methodist Church From Noon To
Three P. NJ; There Will Be Seven Divisions
To Service.

Melvin X. Ruth, First Baptist
Church, Father, forgive them for
they know not what they do; Rev.
Joseph Vaughn, Houston Methodist
Church, To-day thou shalt be with
me in Paradise" Rev. Robert E.
Green, Avenue Methodist Church,
MY God, My God, why hast thou
forsaken me-: Rev. Kenneth ID.
Kepler, First Presbyterian Church.
Il Thirst" Rev. William Tull,
Church Of God, 1T is Finished; !;
DR.. Leslie Ross. Nashville, T'ennes-
see, Father, into thy hands / cog.5
mend my spirit; and the Roy.
Donzel c. Wildey. Calvary Metho>
dist Church will be the host min
lister. The ministry of music for
the afternoon will include num-
bers by Miss Helen Messick, Rev.
Joseph Vaughn, William Drum
mond, Henry Saunders, Jr.. Miss
Ruth Tull, Miss Rebecca Tull and
others with Mrs Alice Barber at
the organ and Mrs. Geraldine Pet
tyjohn at the piano.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23
Car Runs In Ditch
Driver Is Drowned
Sussex Resident Victim OF Mishap
Near SelbyViIle

Archie James -I1ati1DEry, Al, of
near Selbyvflle, who left his home
last Thursday afternoon to go to
a store was found drowned in his
overturned car in a drainage
ditch on County Route 379, about
half mile west of Selbyville last
Friday.
State police at Georgetown said
that the victim, apparently driving
on the wrong side of the road on
his way home, veered off the dirt
highway, across a small shoulder
and toppled into the ditch which
is about 34 feet wide at the top
and about Ia feet deep. There was
about four feet of water in the
ditch.
Sussex County Coroner Vollie
Gray said Lathbury had died of
suffocation due to drowning. He
had been dead about IL hours he
indicated
Left Home for Store
Lathbury. employed by Otis
Baker, Selbyville poultryman, left
his home about $3.50 p m. last
Thursday to 20 to a store for
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Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23
Will Be Heard This Eve
ming At Mitchell Hall
University Of Della
ware.


One hundred and twenty students
have been Selected to participate
in the All State Chorus at the Uni-
versity of Delaware on Friday,
March %, at Sis p. rfSs in Mitchell
Hall. The public is invited to at
tend.
Or. Ivan Trusler. director of
choral music at the university, an
nounced today that twenty-nine
Delaware high schools will be rep
resented by the participants who
will visit the campus for a two
day period of rehearsals and the
concert. According to the rigorous
schedule which will be distributed
to each chorister, the singers will
rehearse three times on Thursday
and twice on Friday prior to their
performance.
Selections for the varied pro-
gram range from the classic GLORY
to God" by Bach to the modern
"Since All is Passing" by Paul
Hindemith, and include numbers
from opera and musical comedy.
of considerable interest will be the
performance of Jesus Walked This
Lonesome Valley, one of DR.. Trus-
ler's own arrangements.
Wallace Pancoast, director of
music at William Penn High
School, will be the accompanist
and two University of Delaware
Continued on page thirteen)
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23
Preaching Mission
AT Avenue Church
Service For Holy Week VIII Begin
Palm Sunday Evening


Holy Week Services with Preach
ing Mission will be conducted in
Avenue Methodist Church, Milford.
beginning Palm Sunday evening.
March 25, 1880 p. M, and cOntinu-
ing each night until Good Friday,
March 30th. DR.. Leslie Ross of
Nashville, Tennessee, connected
with the General Board of the
Methodist Church, will be the guest
preacher each evening during Holy
Week. DR.. Ross was pastor Of sew
eral prominent churches before be-
coming member of the General
Board. He has conducted Preach
ing Missions and EvangeIistic SER
vices in many soUthern cities. also
in the Chicago area and Indiana
area. He comes to Milford from his
recent mission in Alaska. DR.. Ross
has selected for his sermon sub
jects the experiences of Christ dur-
ing His last week before crucifix-
ion. Palm Sunday evening sermon
subject: Faced With Perfection.
st. Matthew 5:43-48. Special music.
solo, Robe of Calvary, Twomey,
will be sung by Mrs. James Abra-
hams. and other special music.
Monday evening. sermon sub
iect: House of Prayer-Den of
Robbers St. Mark 11:11-19, Rev.
Richard Gibson. pastor of Trinity,
Frederick and Th0mpsonville Meth
odist Churches, viii conduct the
worship. Guest soloist. Rev. Joseph
Vaughn, pastor of Houston and
Williamsville Methodist Churches.
Tuesday evening, sermon subject:
continued on page fvel
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23

The Milford Community wide
.hree-hour Good Friday service will
be held at the Calvary Methodist
Church, March Both, from noon to
800 p. m. There will be seven divi-
sions to the service, each about
twenty-five minutes in length, with
a gnest Minister. vocalist. hymn
singing, scriptufe and prayer. The
5ervice is continuous but so ar
ranged that persons may come from
home or jobs and worship for all
Or a part Of the three hours. En-
Dloyers are requested to cooperate
with their employees to make this
lime available for worship This
period is symbolic of the hours Of
warkness suffered by the world at
the time of the crucifixion of Jesus
Christ. The entire community is
called upon to enter into prayer
and meditation together.
The ministry of the afternoon
will include the following guest
Ministers and their messages: Rev.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23
Adult Choir
At c Calyary
Church Will
CiveICantata
Easter Offering By Choir
al Group This Sunday
Evening viii Be The
Risen Christ By l. e.
Stairs.

The Adult Choir Of Calvary
Methodist Church, under the direc-
ton of Ellen WiIdey. will present
the Easter Cantata. "The Risen
Christ, by L. E. Stairs. Sunday
evening, March 25th. at g o'clock.
in Calvary Fellowship Hall
The Cantata, devoted to script
aral passages concerning Christ's
lasd week on earth, His crueiflxi0n,
Sn6 His glorious resurrection, con-
sists of eleven selections as fol-
lows Awake, Thou That Sleep
est, Behold the Darkness Shall
Cover the Earth, Sorrow Shall
Endure for the Night, might
Within tie Garden, a contralto So
10 sung by Betty Sharp, He Is Not
Here, fer He is Risen, "AIIsiuia!
Christ Is Risen, 30 Death. Where
is Thy Sting, ''The Day Of Resur-
rection', Saviour, Thy Dying
Love-. a tenor solo sung by Brad
ford Kitchens For God SO Loved
the World, and Rejoice, The lord
Is King.
Others who will be singing reci-
tatives and duet and trio selections
are Annabelle Dill, Sandra Elliott,
Patsy Roberts. Alice Barber, Lou
ise Hallowell, Maudie Elliott, Rich
ard Kennedy, Conrad Cohen, Wal
ter Hoey, .Jr., William Drummond,
snd Charles Lacy. In addition to
the above the following choir mem
bers will participate: Elizabeth
Hall, Bessie Swain, Mary Ann Rob-
erts, Jean Rogers, Mary Drum
mond. Mae Thomas, Shirley Tingle,
Edith Kline. Janet Ward, Sylvia
Deputy. Kenneth Hopkins, Harvey
Thompson, Charles Swain and
Denzel Wildey. Geraldine Pettyiohn
will accompany the entire produc-
ton.
Prior to the cantata. the congre-
cation will share in short devo-
tional period conducted by the Min
lister of Calvary Church, Rev. DON
eel G. Wildey, and q special offer
ing will be received for the bene-
fit of the Choir
The public is invited to attend
this Palm Sunday evening pro-
gram.
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23
Blue Hen Post
Will Elect New
Officers Soon
Nominations Opened On
March 13; VIII Re-
main Open Until Next
Tuesday.

Officers to serve for the 1861
term will be elected at next Tues
day evenings meeting of Blue Hen
Post No. 6483, v, F. W, here.
Nominations, which were opened
at a March 18th meeting, will re-
main ''open" until the election.
Nominated at the previous meet
ing were the following: for com
mander, G. Gordon Kicker; for
junior vice commander, James P.
Gilmore: for quartermaster, Ralph
E. Scott (incumbent); for Judge
advocate and member-at-larg to
the. corporation board. Paul j. Du-
phily: for chaplain, Preston Can
non. (incumbent1; for surgeon,
Raymond Co7nan; for trustee,
Charles w. Sigler lncumbenD, anC
for lmember-at-large to the cor
poration board, Willis B. Hall.
There. have been no nominations,
as yet, for the office Of senior vice
commander; nominations for this
office and additional nominations
for the other elective offices will
be made Tuesday evening prior to
the election. Trustees Clement J.
Nevins and David S. Hugg, whose
terms contiHue through the current
bast vea==,@ are hold-over officers.
Officers elected on March 27th,
together with other officers ap-
pointed by the commander-elect.
SpihN be installed in April. Newly
clicked officers of the Blue Hen
Auxiliary, headed by President
elect Virginia Quering, will be in
stalled at the same time.
CONTINUED on page eighty
Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23
Plans Rapidly
Sh haping Up
1 Or Annual
Minstrel Show
Lions VIII Again
Entertain Community
April 11-12; VIII Be
Held In Milford Thea
ire.

They are on their way back, tha
group of sblack-faced merrymak-
ers", who for the past several
yearD have annually proviIed the
area populace with a "laughfest"
the Milford Lions Minstrel
RelearsaIs have been underway
for cye@two weeks and Jake
Roosa and w. Price Webb, CO.
shairmen, state that the acts are
slready taking shape. Spence Willis
hat minstrel man from way back
Yonder, has been selected to serve
as inteTlocutor.
The show this year returns to
Schines Milford Theatre, and will
be presented the evenings of We'd
aesday and Thursday, April 18th
md 18th.
Appearing in the extravaganza
this year will be, Walt Muncy, who
IS also musical director of the
show, Walt will recreate Ebony
Roy Freeman, vii dramatize gssOld
'Fishhook", Harvey ShOckley, will
7Jay to perfection "Eightbss4', Har-
vey Williams, will cause the ladies'
70 swoon as ''Loverboy'', Ralph Fry
will reach high &C" as Cool
oreeze" Burt Willis. that renowned
nintrel man, will reach histronic
aeights as dumping, Fred Geyer
will bring down the ratters" as
SNOWFALL. and Herechel Poore
viii collapse your sides as Ham
bone.
Mrs. Mabel Murphy, who has been
successfully tickling the Ivories
FOR local shows minstrel and other
wise for many years will be the
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Milford chronicle., 1956-03-23

the farm editorial field since he
owned a weekly Indiana paper at
the age of 21. He is now national
ly known agricultural speaker and
will have as his topic April 9Th.
The Farming Future" This will
include the farmers power 54cOnogn-
ically and in legislation as well as
changes in farming and rural life.
McMillen is former president and
now board chairman of the Council
for Agricultural and Chemurgic
Research: chairman of the COM
mittee on rural scouting for the
Boy Scouts of America: has re-
ceived a service citation from the
nations Al Clubs; and been made
an honorary American Farmer by
the Future Farmers of America
The dinner is an annual event Of
the Delaware State Grange 10 raise
money for two University of Del
aware scholarships one in home
economies and one in agriculture.
Holders OF this years scholarships
CONTINUED on page twol