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was pretty sure sign. Il remember how
wonderful the score sheet felt under my
arm as rode on the subway"
Carols husband reports that she burst
in the apartment that night waving the
manuscripts in the air. ''She was sort Of
hysterical and kept saying. Darling, !
have the most beautiful songs ever writ
tent And nothing would do but she
must sing them TO me over and over
before we even started dinner cooking.
And when she realized that didn't quite
appreciate the full effect Of the music,
she sank down in chair and said. But
you can't possibly understand without
piano! Oh. honey. il you ever loved me.
buy me q piano quick!
Around The Clock
Young AIIeeretti. a fond husband. did
just that. Next day the piano arrived
Though to tell the truth. II was rented,
not boueht.)
And from then on. Carol rehearsed all
day at the theater. and all night at the
apartment. The neighboD didn't knock
on the wall except once in a great while.
Maybe they knew. even before the
Washington irst-nighiers. that they were
listening to a star.
West Side Story" opened on Broad
way several weeks ago. As everyone
expected, the critics were BOWED over
by its excitement. And Carol wept again
as the first-nighters cheered and the cur
tain rose and fell for seven bows. TO
this day she still cries at every show.)
And Mother and Father Laraia were
proudly there to sec il all. They are no
longer worried about their little Juliet"
on Broadway. - The End
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eyes and whiskers on whenever they
came loose.
Then one day ] heard some talk
about a new musical set in the West Side
sums" she said. The Juliet pan
sounded so beautiful to me that ! knew
this was what wanted more than any
thing else on earth. so of ! marched TO
the first informal Office auditor with my
heart in my mouth. and praise be, they
asked me TO come back. Al the second
Office addition. they asked me 10 come
back again to work on real stage. and
began to dream"
Carols third Try was on the bare stage
Of the 46th Street Theater. and she really
had misgivines. Leonard Bernstein, the
composer. was sitting out front. and ]
was afraid he'd know right away that
hadn't much voice training. You see, Id
only taken lessons on the side. because ]
was primarily a dancer But anyway.
said a quick prayer and sang Puccini
aria. And thank heaven, they asked me
TO come back again.
(Mr. Bernstein later reported: ~ liked
her voice from The START because IL WASN'T
TOO 'schOoIed' We had 10 look for charm
rather Than perfection, because the audi
eHce Hsiehf NOT believe in our 'yMIief' if
she sang like a InLI-biOwH opera STAR
"Afrald To Answer"
The second addition at the theaier gave
Carol another uneasy moment. Some
one called from the darkness Of the
auditorium. Miss Lawrence. would you
please tell US your age"
81 was afraid to answer for a second"
she says. Il knew the girl was supposed
to be seventeen, and was twenty-three.
But then someone yelled, She's exactly
seventeen They all laughed and didn't
ask me about II again"
CT was the one who Yelled" cOHfeSSeS
arthur L0HSerfs, the shows author. by
that time KNEW that Carol was our girl,
and wouldn't have cared II she was
Sevenfy.")
The final addition brought a final
ordeal. THAT time thought I'd really
made good impression" she says, but
then they asked me to take my hair
down. l had hair-do that I'd spent two
hours on. and when it all fell in ruins.
was sure I'D look like a real mess"
director Jerome Robbins says: II
think h0f'S what finally did il for me :
When Carol let that lovely dark hair
down. I decided that nobody else could be
our Juliet. -
They didn't tell Carol for certain that
day, but they did give her three Of the
songs TO take away with her, and that
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Program Is Sc, For
Kent Gardeners
Affair VIII Be Held On "Wednesday
And Thursday, March 1921

Most of the program for the
Kent County Home Gardeners
Short Course at Grange Hall, Do
yer, Del, has now been COM
pIeted according to an announce
ment by George Vapaa, Kent
County agricultural agent. There
will be afternoon and evening
sessions for March goth and 21st.
A program of African Violets will
be a feature of the Wednesday
afternoon session, while the pro-
gram on Thursday afternoon will
be concerned with flower arrange
ments. Competitive classes are set
up for the best specimen plants
of African Violets, and there will
be a competition tor the best floral
arrangement using spring flowers.
Anyone interested in either activi-
ty should contact the Kent County
Extension office, Post office Build
ing, Dover, as soon as possible,
since the total number of entries
must be limited.
The evening programs will be
built around outdoor activities.
Ralph Barwick, the New Castle
continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Hospital Auxiliary
70 Install Officers
New Lenders VIII Take Office Al
Session Next Tuesday

On Tuesday, March II, at 1:3C
p. M, n the Nurses Home, the
Women's Auxiliary of the Milford
Memorial Hospital will have their
regular monthly meeting, at which
time there will be the installation
of new officers for the ensuing
year. President, Mrs., John B. Bak-
er, Vice President, Mrs. William
v. Sipple, Jr., Recording Secre-
tary, Mrs. Vincent Acko, Cores
ponding Secretary, Mrs. Thomas
Garbutt, Treasurer, Mrs. Bayard
Wharton, Auditor, Mrs. Edwin P.
Messick.
There will also be presented at
this meeting the following chair
men: Publicity, Mrs. Irwin Bur-
ton; Hospitality, Mrs. I. d. Short;
Mrs. Oliver A. James; Cart Hos
tesses, Mrs. Dorothy Rothmel, Shop
Hostesses, Mrs. Ira Garbutt; Baby
Pictures, Mrs. Oliver Bonnert as
sisted by Miss Cordelia Carter and
Miss Emma Swain; Shop, Mrs.
Lawrence Fitchett assisted by Mrs.
Frank NAPLES, Mrs. Edgar Isaacs,
Jr., and Mrs. Leslie March; Jewel
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Milford Library Has
Interesting History
Has Grown From 1,30O Books To
Over $4,000

The history of the Milford Town
Library is an interesting one, and
goes back quite a distance in the
past when 1900 books formed the
lending library and was housed
in a part OF what is now the Odd
Fellows Hall. That was the nucleas
for the present library, occupying
two rooms in the Community
$4,000 volumes. The situation at
Building, which has grown to
the present time of overcrowding
is becoming a serious problem and
is the concern of the Milford Lii
brary Commission, as to what its
next step will be, to serve this
community with reading material
and to house books that must be
kept up to date. Recently meet
ing was held, to which represent
atives from the several civic or
gaSizations were invited to Ee pres
ent, 50 that they might become fur
ther informed of the present need
for expansion and to invite opin-
ions on the matter. Miss M. Edith
Simpson, librarian, brought those
present up TO date on the history.
Edwin p Messick, treasurer of the
Commission explained the provi-
continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Big Basketball Game
Here Tomorrow Night
Milford st. Johns Will
Meet Baltimore
Colts

On Saturday night, March 3, at
$3.50, the Milford High School
Gymnasium will be the scene of
one OF the best basketball games
to be played in this area during
the current season,
Local sports fans will have their
first opportunity to see the Balti-
more Colts in person in this area.
st. Johns, the local team, will be
opposing the Colts who have gone
undefeated this year in their first
eleven games. The Colts are lead
in scoring by Bert Rechichar, who
was voted the most valuable play
er in the "All Pro" Football Game
where he kicked four field goals
this past season.
If weight would determine the
outcome of the game on Saturday
night, the Colts could start line
up totaling 1850 pounds, consisting
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
d IN P S IN IS
Named Head
OF Fund Drive
Kent County Educator
Will Serve AS Chair
man OF Wesley College
Executive COmmitte.

Dir. William B. Simpson, super
intendent of Caesar Rodney
Schools, Camden Wyoming, will
serve as chairman of the executive
committee for the Wesley Junior
College development fund drive
it was announced today.
DR.. Simpson, who has been with
his school district for more than
20 years said that he would be de-
lighted to head the Committee oi
thirteen men and women who have
pledged their support to direct the
campaign to a successful conclu-
sion.
DIR. Simpson is a graduate OF
the University of Delaware. He
finished his Masters degree work
in Agriculture at Cornell Univer-
sity and later received his docto-
rate in education at Temple Uni
versity, Philadelphia.
The officers of the Wesley Alum
nj Association and the Friends OF
Wesley, groups which laid the
foundation for the development
fund drive chose DIR. Simpson for
this important post because of his
association with Wesley over
a long period of years. Currently
he serves as secretary of the Board
of Trustees of the college.
The development fund drive
goal is set for $500,00O which will
be used for physical improvements
to the college plant, details of
which are soon to be announced,
DR.. Simpson said this week.
Those associated with DR.. Simp-
son on the Executive Committee
are: DR.. John =. Shilling, Dover
former assistant State Superin-
tendent of Secondary Education
associate chairman; DR.. J. Paul
Slaybaugh, president of the col
lege; William E. Matthews, Smyr-
ma, past district governor, Rotary
continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Town Elections In
Sussex Last Sat.
Incumbents Successful In Most
OF The Contests

The incumbents won in all but
one contest in the spirited cleo
tions of three area towns Satur-
day afternoon.
The exception was in Millsboro,
where Joseph G. Lingo, a new
conner to the political scene, re-
ceived top vote in a field of four
candidates for two town commits
sioner jobs.
In Milton, Charles Barker, pres
ent mayor, was reelected by vote
of 161 to 94 over John Duguid.
In Georgetown Edwin Pepper,
incumbent, won out over William
E. Pusey by a vote of 253 to 161
for councilman from the first ward,
and Edwin Roach, incumbent, was
elected councilman from the sec
.ond ward by vote of $50 to 1872
over Thomas Littleton.
In Millsboro, where the commits
sioners are elected at large, Lingo
continued on page elevenl
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Kent Lima Bean
Growers Are Cited
Several In Milford Area Among
Those Who Are H0nOred

Seventeen Kent County lima
bean growers were among those
cited as being among the top 1870
producers of 1856 in Delaware at
a meeting in Milton last week.
They were: l.. II. Greenley, j..
Heyman Roosa, and Reginald Mos
ley, all of Milford; William Shock
ley, Clifford Lyons, j. Medford
Lyons, Hubert Cannon and Harry
Hanson of Harrington; George
Fischer and Chester Stachecki OF
Smyrna; w. L. Wheatley and Com
pany of Clayton, William Still and
Son of Goldsboro, and Charles
West of Frederick.
Most growing practices have be-
come fairly well standardized ac-
cording to Robert F. Stevens, Uni
versity OF Delaware horticulturist
The average fertilizer application
for top yields is about $50 lbs. OF
a 5-10-15 analysts, a PHI of 60, a
row spacing of about 36 inches with
CONTINUED on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
ULtinsdtuns Laid DOIUn
To PinbaLL Operators
Sussex Attorney General
Cites The Law On
Gambling

Deputy Attorney General Ralph
S. Baker said last Friday after
noon that he was informing all
Sussex County distributors of PIN
ball machines as well as the users
that hereafter if these machines
are run for any type of gambling,
even for free games, the users
would be arrested and the ma
chimes destroyed.
Col Bakers comment followed
the fining of six Sussex County
business men 500 each for opera
ting pinball machines with none
tary awards.
They had been taken into custo-
dy on Feb. IL following a series of
raids staged by the State Police
of Troop 4, Georgetown, and
Troop 5, Bridgeville.
They ali entered guilty pleas in
Court of Common Pleas before
CONTINUED or page tenl
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Timothy Sapp
X lille d B Y
School Bus
Son Of Mr.. And Mrs.
Dewey e. Sapp, Dies AS
BUS Wheel Passes Over
His Head.

A 6-year-old schoolboy was kill
alighted on Wednesday while his
mother watched from across the
highway The victim is Timothy
Allen Sapp of near Milford, who
died when the bus wheel passed
over his head. 1t was Delaware's
18th highway death this year.
The fatality occurred on Route
208, eight-tenths of mile east of
the limits of Milford about 1925
p. m, when the boy alighted from
the bus with his two brothers.
His mother, Mrs. Dewey e, Sapp,
according to state police, was in
front of her home, awaiting the
arrival of her sons. Two of them,
Dewey. Jr.. and Robbie, made their
way safely in front of the vehicle
but Timothy, the last one to aifght,
never made it.
Troopers said details of the ac-
cident are sketchly because the bus
driver, Steven Roberts, 81, of Mill
ford, collapsed in state of severe
shock after rushing the Sapp boy
to the Milford Memorial Hospital
where he was pronounced dead.
It is believed that the boy either
fell as the bus started or the drfv-
er may have thought the road was
clear when he started off and the
vehicle grazed the victim knocking
him down and under a wheel. Tim
othy suffered fractured skull and
brain concussion.
Police were also unable to ques-
ton Mrs. Sapp as she also became
Ihysterical and had to be treated
by a physician. There were several
other school children on the bus
CONTINUED on page sevenl
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
.Burris Food
To Relocate
Their Poultry
Dressing Plant
Site Behind Trucking Ter
minal Will Be Used If
The City Can Re-Zone
That Particular Area.

A conference between Milford
city officials and Burris Food Dis
tributors has apparently settled
a long-standi1g dispute over the
concerns poultry processing OPP
erations in Milford.
The firm offered to move it's Wis
cerating department to a site be-
hind its truck terminal on State
Route IA, the Rehoboth Beach by
pass-provided the city rezone that
outlying area to permit processing
there.
The City Council moved swiftly
to take advantage of the offer. 1t
voted to have the city solicitor start
rezoning proceedings at once.
The viscerating operation has
been the subject of protests by
residents of Marshall Street, where
the firm has its main plant. The
residents have complained that
such an operation should not be
carried on in an area zoned for
residential purposes.
Recently, petition sigp4d by 20
residents of the area was submit
ted to City Council, complaining
about the operation. As a result.
the city Zoning Board of Adjust
ment told the plant it had so days
to discontinue viscerating opera
tions at its present site.
Councilment said that a public
hearing will be scheduled after the
rezoning is set up, to hear possible
protests about the proposed relo-
cation.
Houston Wilson, attorney for
Burris, agreed last night to hold
another meeting with City Council
to iron out details of the proposed
move.
The Burris firm employs large
number of persons in Milford. It
packs frozen foods and poultry.
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
ID c | a w ar G
Poultrymen 2 en-
Have Set Goal
Industry Will Raise $685.
OCO To Launch Greatest
PrOmOtiOnal Drive in
History.

A goal of $125,000 has been set
by the DelmarYa poultry industry
as the amount to be raised for a
promotional drive to acquaint the
public with broilers and other pouI-
try products of Delaware and cas-
tern shore Maryland and Virginia
Plans for the Embarrassing drive
were announced at a special meet
ing of Delmarva Poultry Indus
tries, Inc, in Salisbury, Md, Feb.
so.
Area farm, business and indus
trial groups, merchants, and other
persons interested in the welfare
of the Delmarva poultry business
will be invited to contribute to the
fund, according 10 Sterling White
of Delmar, Delaware, who is pres
ident of D.P.L., Inc. The money
will be used for promotional efforts
in newspapers, magazines, radio
and television, and in food mer-
chandising, and consumer service
and educational activities.
Orgsnizational plans for the
drive also were made at the meet
ing, which featured Dean G. NJ.
Worri.nw of the University of Del
aware school OF Agriculture as
keynote speaker.
Fund drive chairman is G. r. Nc
Cauley, Seaford, vice president of
D.PI., Inc, for Delaware. State
leaders for the campaign are Byard
Carmean, Laurel, for Delaware;
Clifford Dryden, Pocomoke, fer
Maryland; and Roy Twilley, Cnin-
colleague, for Virginia.
Nearly 100 community leaders
and solicitors received instructions
on carrying out the drive. Most of
the soliciting will be done by per-
sons directly associated with the
poultry business, including grow
ers, hatcherymen, feed dealers,
professors, plant managers, farm
equipment dealers and statesmen,
and others.
(continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Natl Legion
u @ I'M IN q II 0 G L
Is Due Here
Will Be Greeted On His
Arrival In Milford
Next Week, By State
C0mdr. Longbotham.

w. c. Dan" Daniel, National
Commander of the American Lee
gion, will visit this city next
Thursday afternoon, March 14th.
He will be greeted on his arrival
in Milford by State Commander
John M. Longbotham, and other
dignitaries. He will come to Mil
ford from Dover, where he will ad-
dress a joint session of the GEN
eral Assembly.
Commander Daniel will arrive
in Delaware on the 18th, and will
be first feted by the Delaware Com.
mander and staff at an informal
dinner at Hotel Lord Delaware.
A banquet in his honor will b'
held at the on-commissioned off
GERS club at the Dover Air Fore
Base on Thursday night.
Dan Daniel Of Danville, Virginia
World War II Navy veteran ant
personnel executive of Dan River
Mills, was elected National Com
mander of The American Legion
by the 3Sth National Convention
at its closing session in Los Ange-
les, California, on September 6
1856.
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Lions Club
Will Present
Their Annual
Minstrel Show
9Th Annual Mirth Pro-
vOking Spectacle Due
At Schine Theatre On
March 13 And IA.

The Milford Lions Club will pre-
sent its 8th Annual Minstrel Show
in the Schine Theatre, Wednesday
and Thursday, March 18th and
14th, at 8:15 p. m. Rehearsals for
the show have been in progress
for the past ten weeks and the re-
suits promises to be one of the
clubs best versions of the old
fashion minstrel show.
This years show will be headed
by Bob Fischer as the interlOcu-
tor and he will be assisted by those
black-faced funmakers, Roy Free
man, Harvey Shockley, Jake Roosa,
Harvey Williams. Herschel Poore,
Gil Griffin, Jim Holland and Ralph
Fry: plus an all male chorus con-
sisting of thirty club members.
The outstanding specially acts
are of a wide variety and will in
clude such names as Jimmy Stay
ton and his trio; Miss Sandy Pep
per OF Georgetown, tap dancer;
Paul Lynch, tenor extraordinary;
a girl trio composed of Alma Rust.
Charlotte Donohoe and Dotty CAL
laway, the ever popular patOmi-
mists from Rehoboth, Bill Will
liams and Strick Tewelow; a
black-faced quartet comprising
Olivia Abrahams, Mildred Powell,
Harvey and John Williams; and
returning by popular demand, the
hit of last years show, Sgt. Frank
Mcclure, tenor, from the Dover Air
Force Base, and last but not least
is Elvis (''Doc" Furniss) Presley.
Tickets are on sale now at Bu-
chanan Service, Coffman-Fisher
Co., Hospital Auxiliary, Brereton's
Pharmacy, Milford Chronicle, Mil
ford Bus Center and by all MEM
bers of the Milford Lions Club.
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
DeLnsarra Scouts To
Camp At Valley Forge
Peninsula Group Will Be
Part Of $4,000
Group

Two hundred seventy-one boys
and 80 leaders of Scouting in the
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula area will be
part of a 1,500-acre tent city which
will rise next July at historic
Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. The
city will house $4,000 Boy Scouts,
Explorers. and their leaders from
every part of the nation, in addi-
ton to some Scouts from other
lands.
This will be the Fourth National
Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of
America. The organization has
held similar great encampments
in 1897, 1850 and in 1853.
Here is high adventure for boys
at it's best. Jamboree campers will
be Scouts from all walks of life,
all races and creeds living together
governed by their Scout Oath and
Law. Here the campers will ex-
continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Many Sussex Boys
Inducted I'm Army
Almost All County Communities
Represented In Call

The following registrants of Lo-
cal Board No. were inducted into
the u. S. Army on February 28th,
1957-Gerald Edward Frey, Ocean
View, volunteer; William Emory
Townsend, DagsEoro, a volunteer;
Robert Clifton Lynch, Selbyville,
a volunteer; William Darby Nc
Cabe, Frankford, a volunteer: An
drew Bourton Hammond, Days
boro, volunteer; Irwin Dallas
Veasey. Harbeson, volunteer;
Henry Joseph Fordham, Millsboro,
volunteer; Lawrence Leroy
Washington, Rehoboth; Clayton
Howard Mcgee, Frankford; Robert
Thomas Randall, formally of Re-
hoboth now living at Pocomoke
City, Md; William Augustus DAY.
is, Millsboro; Ben Ira West, Lau-
rel; Earl Solomon Harrington, Jr.,
Delmar; Granville Licurgus Haz-
zard, Lincoln; Clifton Norman
CONTINUED on page srx)
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
Sixth Grade
L n tert rs
Century Club
Youngsters Presented A
Splendid Program Of
Songs, Dances, Solos
At Meeting Monday.

Eighty members of the sixth
grade of the Milford Elementary
School, were present at the Milford
New Century Club meeting on Mon
ody and delighted the members
with the singing, dances and solos
that they rendered A spring fes-
tival is in preparation which will
have as it theme "Glimpses of Our
American Heritage and the color
and tone of some of the numbers
will have a Mexican air. Some of
these very numbers were given on
Monday and the children were at
their best The sixth grade has
Rachel Grier as it's president with
Mary Lou LankfOrd as its secre-
tary. These girls announced the
numbers as they were presented.
1t all began with an accordion So
10, played by Chester Long. Group
two part singing accompanied by
musical instruments preceded a
Mexican dance. Seeing Nellie
and "Home on the Range" were
two typically American songs.
Lama Sharp, who played most of
the accompaniments, also played a
piano solo. A number of the boys
and girls danced the Virginia
Reel and The MiHuet. The program
was brought to an end by the sing
ing of Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lic", tThe Pledge OF Allegiance
and Stag Spangled Banner" Mrs.
August F. Faix, chairman for the
afternoon was loud in her praise
to the teachers and the pupils for
the fine entertainment. A display
of Mexican things of art and cul-
ture were disployed. Hrs. Robert
e. Green gave the devotions for
the day aud the business followed
the program.
On Monday, March IS, the clubs
of Kent County and the Zwaanen-
dael Club of Lewes are invited to
be guests of the local club for an
afternoon in art Mrs. Paris Kirby,
CONTINUED on page tenl
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-08
OAR Chapter
Hears About
"OId Silver -
Jonathan Caldwell Unit
Hears Interesting Talk
By Miss Ruth Hines Of
New Castle.

On Saturday, Miss Ruthanna
Hines of New Castle, spoke before
the Captain Jonathan Caldwell
Chapter. Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, having as her sub
ject, 'Old Silver. The makers of
the lower counties, the patterns
and their other vocations were re-
lated as the types of silver were
displayed. Miss Hines took the
period of Delaware silversmiths
from 1900 to 1850, there being
forty-seven smiths in all, who
worked in this state at one time.
The methods of hammering, or
mouldings or spinning were ex-
planned and the story of that long
ago art was mGss interesting to
her listeners. Coin silver, plain be-
cause of the Quaker influence,
seemed to predominate this period
of silver history. Miss Hines named
Joseph Warner, Johanas Nye and
Duncan Beard, as being of this
period and gave William Coleman,
William Parker, Robert Ross,
Continued on page seven)