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Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Jaycees Held
Annual Boss's
Night Program
W eek
Several Are Hon0red At
Program Held Recent
ly At Hollands Res
taurant In Milford.

The Jaycees held their annual
Boss's Night recently at Hollands s
Restaurant. This affair is held, sc
that the Bosses can meet the Jay
Gees and find out about their op-
erations in civic and community
affairs.
The Boss's honored were: Mrs
Mary Keller of Sears, Roebuck
Company, Mr.. Frank Grier of L. D.
Caulk Company, Mr.. Jim Atkinson
and Mrs. Chester Dickerson of Mil
ford High School.
Other guests were Mr.. Charles
Engren OF Sudlersville, Md, the
Seaford Jaycees were represented
by Past President Leon Ellis and
Bill Hinterleiter.
Tom Faix, National Director OF
the Delaware Jaycees gave an ad-
dress on the Ten Young Men of the
Year Banquet. This banquet was
held in Dallas, Texas this year and
Tom was very fortunate in being
able to attend The purpose of this
banquet is to point out what OuI
young men are doing in the United
States and to honor them recog-
milton. Principle speakers of the
night were Russ Snider and Dick
Stevenson of Financial Industrial
Fund, Inc. They gave very interest
ing talks on Investments.
The Milford Jaycees are looking
for the Young Man OF The Year
from Milford Harvey Marvel, last
years Young Man OF The Year, is
chairman for the affair this year
Anyone wishing to nominate some
young man between the ages of q
and 81 please notify Harvey Marvel
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
500 At Rally
Last Tuesday
Told OF Need
For Ferryline
D0wnstate Group Discus
sed Possibility Of Ferry
System From Lewes To
Cape May.

A picture of two 350-foot ferry
boats each carrying 13O vehicles
and loco passengers per crossing
was painted at Georgetown Tues
day evening as 500 Sussex Coun-
tians, state legislators, civic Off
cials and businessmen sat down to
talk over the possibility of a ferry
between Cape May, N. j., and
Lewes.
The picture of crossings by boats
that would require only 81a feet
of water when full loaded and
which could operate $50, days of
the year was brought by N. j.
State Senator Charles Sandman of
Cape May County, a leader in the
40-year-Old plan for the project.
No conclusions were reached at
the meeting, although it was noted
that legislation had been intro
duced in the State Assembly to
make a survey of the feasibility
of the project.
The large crowd gathered in
Grace Church Hall despite the de-
tracing influence of snowstorm
to hear explanatory talks on the
ferry. Officials of towns, Chambers
of Commerce and service clubs at
tended the meeting under the spon-
sorship of the Lewes-Cape May
Ferry Commission with the George
town Kiwanis Club as host.
Wilmington Mayor August H.
WalZ and HARVEY r. SDicer of
Georgetown attended.
Sussex County legislators were
introduced by Curtis w. Steen,
president protein of the State Sen
ate.
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
End Of Hearings
On Milk In Sight

The end of the concurrent Fed
eral-State milk hearing, dealing
with milk marketing in the Phila-
delphia area, is in sight. The hear
ing began June IL, 1856. Present
daily sessions are being held in the
John Bartram Hotel in Philadel-
phia.
Interstate Milk Producers Co
operative, representing dairy farm
ers in four states producing milk
for Philadelphia, continues its de-
termined fight to retain a handler
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Electrical Devices
Ruined By Flames
Truck Load Goes Up In
Smoke In
Milford

Electrical equipment, valued at
about $1,000, according to Milford
firemen, was destroyed by fire last
Saturday noon on South East
Front Street, Milford.
The cargo was being carried in
a truck of the Irby Construction
Company, sub-cnntractors for the
Delaware Power & Light Company.
While passing through Milford,
smoke and flames were observed
coming from the body of the truck.
1t was stopped and the Carlisle
Fire Company called.
Firemen managed to extinguish
the fire without much damage to
the truck. Only the electrical ma
terial was on fire.
Origin of the fire has not been
determined.
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Prizes Are Presented To
Five State Residents
For Their Outstanding
Efforts.

Five Delaware dairymen and
three Dairy Herd Improvement
Association county supervisors
have been recognized for their
work last year to improve dairy
herds.
Dairymen Elwood Gruwell, Fell
ton; Wallace Cook, near Summit
Bridge; Phil Pierson, Hockessin;
Wills Passmore, Wilmington; and
G. Douglas Buck, New Castle; re-
ceived DHIA achievement awards
Feb. 6 during the Farm and Home
Week Dairy Day program.
Virgil H. Ritchey and Samuel o.
Weaver, both of Kent County, and
Willis e. Geiser, New Castle Coun-
ty, were announced winners of
DHIA supervisor awards.
They were presented cash prizes
and bronze plaques by Paul Young
of the National Dairy Products Cor
poration, New York, donor of the
awards.
Ritchey was presented SIS cash
and a plaque for taking first place.
A plaque and $50 went to Weaver
for second place, and $25 cash was
given to Geiser for third place.
Annual awards are given to
DHIA supervisors for outstanding
work in maintaining local organi-
cations and keeping accurate herd
records.
Gruwell, first prize winner, was
given $50 in cash and a plaque for
his grade Holstein herd of Is cows,
with each COW averaging 1855
pounds of milk and 45S pounds of
butterfat during 1856. His herd
ranked second highest in the state.
He is a director of the Interstate
Milk Producers Cooperative, Phila-
delphia, an active All Club leader,
charter member of the Coopera-
Continued on page f1ve)
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Retarded Children
Aided Downstate
Recently Organized Association
Has Started A Day School

An organization that is doing an
outstanding job for retarded chill
dren in the downstate area, is the
recently organized Kent and Sus-
sex Association for Retarded Chill
dren. In fact, the group organized
by the parents of five retarded
children only, came into being on
October 20, 1856. The downstate
group is under the direct super
vision of the Delaware Association
for Retarded Children.
The officers of Kent and Sussex
group are: President, Raymond l..
Hopkins, Harrington; Secretary,
Mrs. Earl Holleger, Milford.
The day school for trainable re-
tarded children opened in Harring-
ton, on Monday, December 8, 1856,
and is thus a little over two
months old.
continued on page fve)
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Pay Boosts Urged
For State Aides
Gov. Boggs Is In Accord With
Proposed Legislation

Salary increases for numerous
positions should be authorized by
the current General Assembly, Gov.
]. Caleb Boggs said this week.
In a message to the House, Gov
ernor Boggs, recalling his biennial
summary delivered to a joint ses-
sion of the Legislature on Jan. 4,
said:
q. I believe it is imperative
that salary increases be authorized
for numerous positions for which
the salaries are established by the
constitution or by statutes. Some
of these increases, in my opinion,
should be rather substantial.
"I consider this action to be
necessary in order to attract candi-
dates for highly responsible cleo
tive offices and to obtain and retain
high caliber personnel in important
and essential appointive positions.
'The action | suggest is also i'm
portant in order for state govern
ment to compete successfully with
other employers for the services of
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Plan Referendum On
Sale Of City Hall
Enabling Motion Passed AT Special
Council Meeting Tuesday

At a special meeting of City
Council Tuesday afternoon, mo-
ton introduced by William Berry
was passed to hold a referendum
regarding the lease Or sale of the
L. D. Caulk Co. office building,
which the city has purchased. The
resolution follows:
Resolved, that a referendum be
held to lease or sell the L. d.
Caulk Co. office building which
the city has purchased. Since no
money has been budgeted for this
purpose, approximately 100000 will
have to be raised in order to oc-
cupy the building.
CONTINUED on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Wilmington Dollar
Day February 13

The first Dollar Day of 1957-a
carnival of bargains for all thrifty
shoppers-will be held on Wednes-
day, February 13 in Wilmington,
sponsored by the Retail Merchants
Section of the Delaware State
Chamber of Commerce.
: This annual sales event which
attracts shoppers from all sections
of the Delmarva Peninsula as well
as Pennsylvania and New Jersey
will, according to committees which
have spent months in planning,
Continued on page nine1
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Rev. Roy L. Tawes
To Head Dover Dist.
Former Milford Clergyman Now
Stationed AT Wilmington Church

In two changes slated in district
uperintendencies of the Peninsula
Conference of the Methodist Church
the Rev. Roy L. Tawes, now pastor
of Peninsula Methodist Church,
Wilmington, is expected to become
superintendent of the Dover Dis
trict, replacing the Rev. DR.. Oler
A. BARLEY.
The second anticipated change
is that of the superintendency of
the Easton District of the Confer
ence, where it is expected that the
Rev. DR.. Preston w. Spence will
be succeeded by the Rev. DR.. j.
Leas Green, pastor of the Bethesda
Methodist Church, Salisbury.
Both changes are subject to ac-
tion of the Annual Conference,
which is scheduled to meet this
year at Grace Methodist Church,
Wilmington, May 16 through 10,
and to the approval of the presi-
CONTINUED on page elevenl
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08

tenth milestone in the holding of
these contests to select DELMAR-
VAS Chicken Queen. In the years
since the first contest, the number
of contestants has grown to the
point where in 1853, it became
necessary to hold local contests
throughout the tri-state area and
have the winners of these contests
appear at the site of the Chicken
Festival for final selection of state
winners and Miss DELMARVA. For
the past three years the schedule
has been enlarged to give all local
winners a two-day visit in Ocean
City, Maryland, where all but the
top five contestants from each state
group are eliminated and the fif-
teen finalists go to the site of the
CONTINUED on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Soil Banks 81 Corn
Acreage Sign-up Due

Agreements signed under the Soil
Banks 1857 corn acreage reserve
program will be made on a first
come, frst-served" basis, George G.
Simpson, chairman of the State
Agricultural Sterilization and Con-
servation Committee, reminds s
farmers.
ALLEGATIONS of funds for pay
ments under commodity acreage
reserve programs for Delaware are
corn, S673,000, and wheat, S54, 900.
Acreage reserve payments will be
Continued on page twelve)
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Milford PTA VIII
Meet On Feb. 18th
Session win Be Held In High
School Cafeteria

The February meeting of the
Milford Parent Teachers Associa-
tion will be held in the school
cafeteria at 500 p. M, Wednesday,
February 13, 1857.
Members of nominating and an
auditing committee will be nomina-
ted and elected at this meeting and
the nomination and election of Off
GERS for the 1957-58 school term
will take place at the regular
March meeting.
The meeting next week will be
called to order by Mrs. Evelyn Bay
less, President. The Rev. f. ID. Mil
bury will give the opening prayer
After the regular business session,
the remainder of the time will be
devoted to Learning to Read"
Miss Cary, Supervisor of Reading
at the LakeYiew Avenue Elemen-
CONTINUED on page fivel
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Spring Flower Show
Aides Are Named
Show VIII Be Held AT e. OF ID.
June 1-2

Spring Flower Show committee
members met recently on the Uni
versity of Delaware campus to
plan details of the annual event
The show will be held June 1 and
2 in Agricultural Hall at the uni
versity, according to Robert f.
Stevens, general chairman. More
than 100 different flower classes
have been planned for competition.
These classes include sections on
flower arrangement, horticulture,
a junior section, and professional
gardeners section.
This year the show will follow
the same general pattern of previ-
Gus shows, except that new flower
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Alden p. Short Is
Reelected Chairman
Georgetown Resident VIII Head
Sussex Soil District

Alden +. Short, Georgetown, was
reelected chairman of the Board
of Supervisors of the Sussex Coun-
ty Soil Conservation District at
their re organizational meeting
held in Georgetown this week.
Other officers elected were: Hy-
lon G.. Smith, Harbeson, Vice
Chairman; Earl White, Bridgeville,
Treasurer: and Cashar Evans, Sell
byville, Assistant Treasurer.
Mr.. Evans was selected to repre-
sent the District at the annual
meeting of the National Association
OF Soil Conservation District Su-
pervisors to be held in st. Louis
February 5, 6, and 8.
Plans were approved to purchase
and erect District Conservation
signs along the highways entering
the county at the following points
continued on mage eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08

will dine at the Kent Manor Inn on
DUPONT Highway, any Aux. mem
Der is invited to dine with them.
Nine (9) o'clock breakfast honoring
the National President will be at
Hotel DUPONT. Noon luncheon with
Mrs. Kevton will be at Holiday Inn,
1843 Marsh Road Viii. Every one is
welcome. The Regular Dept Meet
ing will convene at 8 p. m. at the
J. F. Speer Post Home, 3208 Mar
ket St, Viii. All Dept. Officers, Aux.
Presidents, and members are urged
to turn out. A banquet in Honor Of
Mrs. Kevton will be held at the
Gen. w. w. Atterbury Post Home,
1O9 E. 26th ST. at p. m. Reserva-
tions must be in the hands of the
General Chairman, Mrs. Mary Reed,
CONTINUED on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08

Assembly of Delaware. The act
creating it provided that it should
be on a foundation sufficiently
extensive to be conducive to the
general interests of the state and
tend to promote the agriculture.
commerce and manufactures there
Of
In a congratulatory message to
William K Patton, chairman of the
band board of directors, Governor
J. Caleb Boggs extended his best
wishes on the occasion.
"On this significant anniversary,
Gov Boggs said, II congratulate the
Farmers Bank of the State of Del
aware, which has such a close re-
lationship with the state itself, and
offer best wishes for continued
CONTINUED on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Blood Bank Is
Being Accepted
Many Members Are Renewing Their
Memberships For 1857

Increasing public acceptance of
the Blood Bank of Delaware is
shown by the high percentage of
members who renew their mem
berships as well as a continuous
influx of new subscribers, execu-
tive director Frank Gallagher said
today.
Mr.. Gallagher stated that since
May of last year a total of 10,127
Blood Bank members have return
ed their renewal forms with the
one dollar annual membership
dues.
Blood Bank membership at pres
ent totals 16,900 Of this figure,
more than six thousand persons
Continued on page twelve)
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
Farmers Bank Celebrating
Their I5Oth Anniversary

Monday, February
long industry
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
The Miss DeImarUn Contest
Franchises NOtU Available

Poultry that
participation the Miss DEL
MARVA are DELMARVA
ontestCo
Milford chronicle., 1957-02-08
National WV President To
Visit State February 1916

T. National
February
Council members
of
trudel OF National m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22

In his reply, however. Mr.
Ring challenged the reason
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the District Commissioners by
the association.
The home builders attack on
public housing was an answer
to an August 6 defense of the
local program handed city
fathers by Mr.. Ring. He, in
turn. submitted the material
after the home builders had de-
manded the Commissioners
start a thorough investigation"
Of public housing In the Dis.
trict.
Although home builders asked
for the probe July 10. the Com
missioners have neither agreed
nor refused as yet, according
to Joseph Deckman, chairman
Of the associations committee
on public housing.
Hit "Exorbitant Costs"
Committee members, Mr..
Deckman and Herman Schmidt,
both builders. and E. F. Henry.
an attorney. explained their
point-by-point response TO Mr..
Ring yesterday at a press con-
ference in association head
quarters, Twenty-f1rst and K
streets NV.
The three men pegged as Eek
orbitant costs" the Federal con-
tributions, tax losses and high
management fees Of public
housing. These three factors
will make 1889 units built is
years ago cost nearly $21 mil
lion by the time the debt in
CURED for construction is amor
tized. they said.
Some $4,000 new units called
for recently by Senator Morse.
Democrat Of Oregon. as a neces-
sity here would cost $500 mil
lion to build. at $4,000 per
unit. Mr.. Deckman estimated.
He said Federal contributions,
tax losses and management fees
would raise the total cost to
SIS billion over a 40-year Pc
Rod Of amortization.
Mr.. -Ring did not deny any
lof our important charges
against him." Mr.. Deckman in
sisted. "He just hollered like a
kid caught with his hand in
the cookie jar"
Ring Challenges Reasoning
In his reply, however. Mr..
Ring challenged the reason
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22

applause which marks the big
time Miss" Examinations.
Those people who strutted
their stuff did so to please their
friends perched in positions OF
vantage on the quadrangle,
shouting braves from their
favorite rockers.
A blind lady tapped her way
up the runway, sang briefly
and tapped back.
Another, bedizened like q
music hall queen, fiounced her
short skirts and ratified skeinS
Of beads to the plaudits Of the
crowd.
Poke BOnnets Appear
Some of the ladies simply at
tired themselves in their very
best, and passed in review be-
fore the judges, without
deigning to perform.
remnants few bravely be-
tween the trees and lights
flickered on the river.
The finest shawlS and poke
bonnets made their appearance
for the festive occasion.
Two men impersona { e d
women with dubious anthem
ITCHY but hilarious success.
John Roane made a winsome
Miss Nevada, while william
OBrian vowed the crowd with
his Characterization Of Miss
State Of Matrimony.
Mr.. OBrian performed q
floozy rhumba. clad basically
in q dowdy dress and conspicu-
Gus sinner.
Winners Announced
Suspense irnmobilized the
gathering As Jimmy Lake. an
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ing" Of the study. Computation
Of total cost figures as calcu-
lated by the home builders be-
come impossible to follow -
Mr.. Ring stated.
He continually pointed out,
in his statement, that the home
builders primary argument was
with the public housing laws,
not with the administration Of
those laws.
Mr.. Henry said yesterday the
home builders feel Mr.. Ring has
built a bureaucracy Of public
housing by overestimating the
need Of Washingtonians for this
kind Of low-cost housing. Any
public housing. he said. Is q
poor substitute for private
building.
His alternate to public hous-
ing would be legally established
companies with limited divi-
dends TO buid low-cost units.
These companies sh ould be
granted good terms to buy land
acquired by the Government,
he said. and be given borrowing
power equal to public housing
agencies.
No U. S. Contribution
Then. with no Federal con-
tribution, no tax exemption and
no extraordinary management
fees. private builders could put
up houses needed in the Dis
trict.
The home builders commit
teeman said that, II they failed
to get a response from the Dis
trict Commissioners, they would
60 to Congress with their re-
quest for an investigation.
b
Il just want to get the eco
nomic facts of public housing
before the people so they can
understand the enormous hoax
and farce being laid upon
them" Mr.. Deckman insisted.
Public expenditures for our
public housing will lead US to
economic disaster. II contin-
ued."
He said welfare recipients
should be helped to find homes
In safe and sanitary old houses
kept up to standard by housing
code enforcement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22

name from the number over
her door. so called for the room
where it was organized.
Theodore johnson. SIS, was
crowned Mr.. d. C. Village. En-
tered as Mr.. Connecticut. he
copied top honors with his
song, I'm Looking at the
World Through Rose Colored
Glasses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22

Carlos r. Sauna. q George
town University student. who
was charged with the traffic
death, on January IL, of a pass
enger in his car, Miss Victoria
Krizman. %. of the 25th block
Of K street NV.
Miss Krizman died after the
auto driven by Mr.. Sauna hit
a streetcar platform on Wis
consin avenue NV. near Upton
street and careened into q tree,
totally demolishing the car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
Hung Jury Ends
Auto Death Trial

The negligent homicide trial
Of a 22-year-old Mexican COL
lege student yesterday ended
in a hung Jury after two days
Of elaboration.
Assistant United States At
torney Oscar Altshuler said q
new Municipal Court jury trial
Is scheduled for October II for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
Grandson of Souso
Is Sued for Divorce

LOS ANGELES. Aug. % up.
John Philip Sousa III. AZ,
grandson of the late bannister,
was charged with cruelty in .
divorce suit filed yesterday by
Mrs. Dorothy La Toilette Sousa.
S6, Los Angeles socialite.
The complaint said Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22
THE EVENING STAR, Washington. D. c.
THURSDAY AUGUST &c, 1887

Sousa and her husband. a New
York magazine business execu-
tive. had signed an agreement
dividing community property
and providing for support Of a
lO-year-old son. John Philip ~.
Mrs. Sousa said she and Mr..
Sousa were married in New
York May IL. 1914. and have
been living apart since March
I29. 1853.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-22

nouncer for Capital Arena. re-
vealed the winners.
The title Of Miss D. c. Vii
lage went to Alice Vereka, q
multiple sclerosis patient who
has lived in the village since
1927.
Miss Vereka is the prime
mover and originator Of the
"222 Club" the social group in
the village. The society got its
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Housing Financing Cost
'Undenied, Builders Say
BY GRACE BASSETT

National Capital Housing Authority Director James Ring
has failed to deny that it costs the public three times much
to finance public housing does build it. the Build
ers Association of Metropolitan Washington today
This the nub of fourpage memorandum nailed to
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OIdsters EnIiven Home
In Own Beouty Contest
BY MICHAEL MOK

1t was beauty contest with difference.
Best dresses which had been cherished for years
broken out last night when residents Of the District Home
the Aged and Inm competed for the titles Of Mr. and
D. c. Village
There self-concous posing and strained
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N you haven't paid your sub.
seription promptly do 90 today,
The cost Of newsprint and pToduc-
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zUMBRoTA pTA HGARs
NEWSPAPER EDiToa

The Zumbrota. Minnesota. Par
ent-Teaehsrs Association heard an
address by Cecil Newman.
Spokesman and Recorder editor
Monday night. Feb. %
The audience. the largest n the
current season, heard the Twin
CITY newspaper man describe this
effect on the u. s. international
position Of continued racial segre-
cation and discrimination in the
nation.
"Minnea0tsns can DO something
about the situation by supporting
the enactment OF federal civil
nights laws" Newman said.
Great advances in ending un-
Just conditions have been made by
the determination Of Negroes and
their white friends, Newman add
ed. but there Ia much work yet TO
be accomplished.
Newman was introduced by pro-
gram chairman Robert D. seeley.
head Of Zumbrota Ford, auto firm.
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home. Three bedrooms up. Gas
heat, agent. Call Taylor 5-527l-
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