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Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22
SORORITY MEETING

SORORITY MEETING = The XII
Gamma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi
Sorority met on Wednesday, March
13 at the home of Mrs. Mary Tat
man.
The Speakers for the evening
were Mrs. Victoria Worden, Public
Educator and Dr. Campana, Direc-
tor of Division Cancer Control.
They showed two very interesting
films on cancer titled "One Hun
dred Forty-six Thousand Could
Live" and Man Alive.
M Chapter were guests and fol-
lowing the films delicious refresh
ments were served by the refresh
ment committee.
The next meeting of the sorori-
ty will be on Wednesday,, March
27, at the home of Mrs. Phyllis
Rust.
CALVARY CIRCLE - On March
10, thirteen members of Circle
and one visitor met at the home
of Mrs. Preston Cannon on Elm
Street with Mrs. Mary Curtis as CO.
hostess. Mrs. Robert Kennedy had
charge of devotions. The theme,
''The Larger Life, was developed
with the members contributing
names and facts about people who
have had and those who have spiri-
tual rather than material aims in
life.
A lighter note for the evening
concerned a cake sale under the
effective aucJioning of Mrs. Sadie
Emory.
At the close of the meeting our
hostess served refreshments with
the honored st. Patrick foremost
in food and color.
Our next meeting on April 16,
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Mary Lindale on Fisher Avenue.
ART EXHIBIT art exhibit
at the Milford New Century Club
was open to the public for two days
this week and was visited by a
number of interested people. They
were asked to vote on their fav-
orite picture as it was hung and
the result was as follows and in
/ lnCAl ign OidCA VI ldfOt
| Head of Christ-Donald Downes.
Purity Row Harry Vinyard.
Doorway of Emmanuel Church,
New Castle-Dr. Edward Kuhl-
mann.
Christ Church-Katherine Acko
Swans on Silver Lake-Virginia
Kirby
Twenty other pictures received
votes. The exhibit was a very fine
one and the chairman, Mrs. Paris
Kirby, and her committee were
congratulated upon the splendid
hanging arrangement. The school
exhibit was particularly good and
the speaker, Mrs. Edward Gang
were of Wilmington called atten-
tion to one or two of the exhibits
as a pattern in point.
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First Presbyterian
Church the wedding
of Miss Helen Cole
lIIlllllll.QA11 Wilgus, daughter of
Mrs. S. Willis Hammond and
Mr.. William Wilgus of Frank
ford and Mr.. Carl Gustaf
Swanson, son of Mrs. Bertha
Welcome Swanson and the late
Mr.. Gustaf A. Swanson, will
take place in candlelight SER
vice performed by the Rever-
end Harry Jaeger, pastor of
the church. The time is seven
thirty O'Clock. Miss Janice
Olson of Wilmington will be
the soloist and Miss Carolee
Green the organist. The bride
will be given in marriage by
her father and will have her
sister, Miss Sue Wilgus, as her
maid of honor. Bridesmaids
will include another sister,
Miss Charlotte Wilgus, Miss
Natalie Swanson, sister of the
groom-elect and Miss Sylvianna
Daugherty. Mr.. James Bell of
Philadelphia, will be best man
for the groom. The ushers will
be Mr.. Charles Belts of Mil
ford, Mr.. Albert G. Selke and
Mr.. Michael D'Ariengo of Bal
timore. Miss Wilgus is a grad
uate of the University of Della
ware, receiving her degree this
June and is now teaching in
Baltimore. Mr.. Swanson is a
graduate of Drexel University
and is associated with the
Glenn-Martin Corporation in
Baltimore where they will live.
A reception will follow the
ceremony in the social hall of
the church. After the rehearsal
last Sunday, Mrs. Swanson,
mother of the groom, entertain
ed the wedding party at her
home on Shawnee Road for
buffet supper.
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INTERVIEWS - The Social Sc
curity representative from the Will
mington office, Mr.. Joseph Menu
stik, on his regular visit to Mil
ford this Tuesday interviewed 80
local residents.
Regular visits are made to this
area to assist in the completion of
applications for old age, survivors
and disability insurance benefits
and to furnish information about
social security. No charge is made
for this service.
The next visit to Milford will be
on Tuesday, April at the City
Office Building, from $3.50 until
IL noon.
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22

CHILDRENS' BANQUET = The
Milford Lions Club will hold it's
annual Childrens' Banquet in the
Calvary Methodist Church, Thurs
day, March 2Sth, at $50 p. m. This
regular meeting of the club has
been set aside in honor OF the mem
bers' children. Other guests will
include the club-sponsored Boy
Scout Troop No. 100. Special films
and games will provide the enter
tainment for the evening. Lion
Spencer Willis is the chairman.
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22

HIS evening liz the
Firs { Presbyterian
Church the wedding
of Miss Helen Cole
Wilgus. daughter of
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Sezna
of Wilmington, welcomed their
fifth child in Delaware Hospi-
tai on Monday, March Is. No
name has yet been given to
this second son. Mrs. SeZna
was the former Miss Jean
Grier.
Milford chronicle., 1957-03-22
OBITUARY
KILLEN

KILLEN
James Albert Killen, 73, died in
the Kent General Hospital, Dover
March IA, following q brief illness
He had been employed by the Dia-
mond State Telephone Company for
80 years retiring in 1888.
Survivors include his wife. Mrs
Edith M. Killen of Dover and q
sister, Mrs. Mary c. Williams OF
Wilmington. He resided at $50 S
Governors Avenue, Dover.
The funeral was held at the
Berry Funeral Home, FELTON,, Sun
day at p. m with the Rev. John
A. Trader, pastor of Wesley Metho-
dist Church officiating Interment il
Hollywood Cemetery, Harrington.
JOHNSON
Jennie P. Johnson, age 81 years
wife of the late Mark Johnson
passed away at the home of hel
grandson, johnson Parks, on Marcel
z. Funeral services were held from
the Berry Funeral Home, Milford
on Monday afternoon, March II
Rev. Kesmodel of Richardson Parl
Methodist Church officiated. Inter
ment was in Odd Fellows Gene
terry, Milford.
Besides her grandson, Mauric'
Johnson Parks of Ashley, Richard
son Park, with whom she resided
she is survived by l daughter, Mrs
Jesse Pengelly, of Philadelphia,
grandchildren, and 5 great-grand
children.
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BELHAVEN PERSONALS

DR.. and Mrs. J. T. Wright have
returned from Philadelphia, Pa,
where he attended series of lee
lures at jefferson Medical College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Harrington
and children of Beaufort, were
week end guests of his mother,
Mrs. U. w. Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Powell had
as week end guests their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Tut
Powell, and their son, Mark, Jr.,
of the U. S. Navy.
Mrs. T. A. Rydingsvard and
daughter, Lynn, of Norfolk, spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
Heber Wilkinson.
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portant. This stability and modera-
ton have enabled us to deal with
even the most controversial of is-
sues with calmness, resolve and
understanding.
AS we look ahead in North Caro-,
lima, let US do it with enthusiasm
and optimism, recognizing our
problems and opportunities. Let's
face up to these problems with
clear mind, clear heart, and will
ing hands. Let's be inspired by our
love of our State and what she
has done for us and our children,
and what she yet holds out for US
and those who will come after us.
May the Good Ford lead and
bless each of sus!
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has no mercy on such dilatory

has no mercy on such dilatory
actions.
Sir Jamse Jeans once said:
"As inhabitants of the earth, we
are living at the very beginning
of time. We have come into being
in the fresh glory of dawn, and a
day of almost unthinkable length
stretches before us with unimagin-
able opportunities for accomplish
ment. Our descendants of far off
ages, looking down the long vista
of time from the other end, will
see our present age as the misty
morning of the worlds history; our
contemporaries Of today will az
pear as dim historic figures (wort
ing :. to make a world worthy
for mankind to live in"
1t is with the realization of such
limitless opportunities before US,
that l assume the office of Gov
ernor of North Carolina. Surely
God has been good to US and has
given to each of us responsibility
and an opportunity to work for our
own welfare, the welfare of our
children and the welfare of gen.
erations yet unborn. 1t is my pur-
pose to dedicate myself in the
spirit of unselfish service to help
in the unfinished tasks of building
better, greater and more beau,i-
full North Carolina. 1t shall be my
purpose to do everything possible
to raise the standard of living for
the people of this good State.
am not satisfied with where we
are. At the end of my four-year
term, l may not be satisfied with
the progress we have made, but l
shall be pleased and gratified with
any forward movement accomplish
ed with zeal and courage. l shall
give the State my best!
My motivation to serve our peo-
pie has grown from love, affection
and a sense of duty for North
Carolina. | hope you will under
stand personal reference which
comes from grateful heart. More
than 40 years ago l was working
as a mill hand in Rockingham
County, with my only assets being
my youth, good health, and stub
born determination to move ahead
in life. had been born across the
line in Virginia, and my home in
North Carolina is still within eight
miles of where l was born. My
father was tenant tobacco farm
er who found in 1899, the year
after my birth, that he could not
make it any longer on the farm,
that he must find work to support
his wife and eight children, so we
moved over the line into North
Carolina to mill town where the
ninth child was born.
My father, as did some of my
brothers and sisters, worked in the
mills 60 to 70 hours a week for
about ten cents an hour. The pay
was about the same when l went
to work years laters, as l was next
to the youngest of nine. was in
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the firm is asking for a judgment
against the two corporations, Tur-
ner and Rakes for $751;, 166.66-a
third part of the $417,500 profits.
The plaintiff claimed this share
was assigned it by Roger L. Mann,
a Richmond real estate broker
who helped handle the Roper trans
action.
The complaint alleged that
Rakes, Turner and the corporations
agreed to give Mann a third of
the profits if he could interest a
buyer in the land.
Later, Dwight claimed, Mann as
signed it that profit Share for
valuable considerations = includ-
ing the right to cash commissions
on sales of land for Dwight.
The suit said Turner, Rakes and
the two corporations took an OPP
ton with the Roper company in
1854 to buy the timber and I'M
developed land.
1t said they attempted to find a
buyer, contracting Mann for help.
Mann was able to "interest certain
parties" the suit said, and Dwight
was formed to buy the property
with intent to resell it.
While Dwight held an option on
the property, the suit continued,
the timber was appraised by
Stuart in the Impossible" time of
four to six days.
The suit alleged that Turner,
Rakes, Stuart and the corporations
conspired to commit fraud. The
real estate developer asked that it
be awarded $1,OOO,OOO damages for
alleged fraud misrepresentation
and deceit"
Less than two years ago,
Charles L. Gleaves, then president
of Dwight Corp, announced that
the firm expected to pour some
100000 into roads which would
make the Roper wilderness Access
sible to development.
Dwight was described in a news
account in late 1854 as "a group
of investors organized by Pre-
views, Inc, national real estate
clearing house."
At that time, the land was be-
ing looked over for prospective
cattle farming, and the possibility
of drilling for oil was raised also.
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INAUGURAL
Continued from Page One)

not to mention ideas, programs,
deeds and accomplishments beyond
immediate recall. Each of these
men represented principles and
causes followed by thousands of
North Carolinians devoted to the
welfare and future of the State.
This is the first time in modern
times that inauguratin ceremonies
have been held in February instead
of January. Following the amend
ment of the Constitution in the
September 8, 1856 election chang
ing the date for the converting of
the General Assembly, it was my
responsibility to decide whether or
not to be inaugurated in January
or February. l decided to continue
the custom of having the Governor
take the oath of office in the
presence of the Joint Session of
the General Assembly.
The inaugural address of Gov
ernor has additionally been the
time when he outlined in some de-
tail his legislative program for the
State. Although | respect this ira
dition l should like to take a some
what different approach in that my
remarks today will present broad
look at North Carolina, our gov
eminent, our people, our heritage
and our future. Subject to the APP
prevail of the General Assembly, l
should like to present my legisla-
tive program in the form of a
Biennial Message to q Joint Ses-
sion of the General Assembly on
next Monday night.
Let us look now at North Caro-
lima. The history of North Caro-
lima and it's settlement reaches
back through the misty corridors
of time to 1924, when the first
of various French, Spanish and
English explorers touched this
region. The first English Colony
in the new world was founded on
Roanoke Island in 1885, and Ralph
Lane of Surry, England, served as
the first Governor of that Colony,
which failed. William Drummond
of Virginia, as the first Chief Elk
ecutive under the Proprietors began
a period of colonial government
which reached from 1868 to 1928.
Richard Everard served as the first
Governor under the Crown in 1923.
and Josiah Martin became the last
Governor under this arrangement
in ITS. There was a brief period
in which leadership was carried
by the presidents of the Provincial
Council beginning with Cornelius
Harnett in ITS and ending with
| Willie Jones in 1776. Then began
the election of Governors by the
Legislature, with Richard Caswel
serving as the first Governor under
that system. This era ended with
the term of R. D. Speight, Jr., in
1886. E. B. Dudley became the
first Governor elected by vote Of
the people in December 1886 anc
since that time 35 different mer
havt htld this Office until today
! Governor Daniel G. Fowle of Wake
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the seventh grade before I ever
ente1ed a school building owned
~ the state or local government.
My early school was a transformed
mill house owned by the company.
However, these were my begin
nings and l am grateful for them
and the opportunities offered to
me by my>famiIy, teachers, friends,
and the State of North Carolina.
| had the privilege of attending the
University of North Carolina,
where l found that you could make
friends regardless of your station
in life-yes, even those of us who
were working our way through COL
lege. For all the opportunities
have had, l am eternally grateful
and l can never repay this State
for what it has done for me.
Through the years, have tried
in my own way to serve my COM
munity and my State in many dill
ferent capacities, just as tens OF
thousands of others have done. 1t
is my honest belief that part of
the genius of this great State is
the wonderful service rendered
without hope of personal reward,
with humility and dedication, by
good citizens who want to help
their State, county or community.
l recall statement made many
years ago that went something
like this: "Rome's citizens did not
love her because she was great.
Rome was great because her citi-
zens loved her." That is the spirit
l like best, the spirit which moves
men to serve their communities
and State rather than solely them
selves, and the spirit l believe
which is prevalent in our State. If
we keep this spirit, if we nourish
it, if we practice it, nothing can
stop US.
May / say to the 4 1/3 million
people of North Carolina that we
have a great heritage, a great
present and a great future. If we
take our heritage and couple it
with the opportunities of the pres
ent, great future is assured. Our
strength is within ourselves-as a
people of a strong State. l am fill
ed with pride when l think of the
overwhelming love of our people
for their State. Most of us are
descendants of those hardy early
settlers and our family roots are
deep in the rich soil of this fair
land. We have cherished the indie
pendence of thought and action
typical of our forefathers. The i'm
portance of morality in thought
and action should never be over
looked. From all of these qualities
have come strong people, strong
leaders and respected leadership
among the states of the nation.
We are a moderate, but progress
sive people. Since our earliest days,
our citizens have faced many tough
and serious problems without panic
or extremes. There is a character
istic stability about our people and
our approach which is most i'm
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HYDE COUNTY ANDSFIGURE
in MILLION DOLLAR SUITS;
PURCHASER ALLEGES FRAUD
Dwight Corporation Owners AIIege John /. Roper
Property was MisrePresented and Ask That
Notes Given in Payment be voided; Million
Dollars in Damages Sought.

Dwight Corp. of Washington
N. c., purchaser of the sprawling
270, O00-acre John L. Roper Lum-
Der Co. holdings, filed suit for
more than 100000 last week in
Norfolk against four Virginia men
and two corporations, claiming it
was deceived as to the value of the
timber on the property.
Defendants include Curtis Tur-
ner, millionaire Roanoke lumber
man and stock car racer.
Also named in suit filed in
U. s. District Court were Inland
Sales and Development Corp. of
Salem, Shen-Virginia Lee Corp. of
Roanoke, described by Dwight as
a corporation owned by Turner;
Charles Powell of Stuart, Hugh
Rakes of Salem and Edward
Stuart Jr. of Hampton.
Spread across parts of Norfolk
County, Virginia, and Hyde County,
N. c., the Roper holdings had at
various times been looked upon as
the possible sites for oil drillings,
cattle farming and naval bombing
practice. @
Dwight Corp. claimed Stuart was
represented to the firm as an I'M
biased professional forester who
would appraise worth of the tim
Der on the land.
The plaintiff said it had Stuart
cruise the timber, innocent that
he had Gin fact entered an agree
ment" with Turner and Rakes
whereby he would get 20 per cent
of the net profit from the sale of
the Roper property.
The firm alleged the appraisal
was excessive to the extent of
as much as 500 per cent" This,
the plaintiff claimed, was discover
ed only after Dwight had "irre-
vocably agreed" to buy the land.
Dwight, a real estate firm,
claimed it suffered a net operating
loss of $4,000.
The firm asked the court to
award it $1,OOO,OOO in damages
against Inland, Shen- Virginia,
Rakes, Turner and Stuart.
It also claimed to have paid in
$4,000 to Inland, Shen-Virginia,
Turner and Rakes for their interest
in an option on the property. A
large share of this sum, the plain
tiff said, was in notes.
The suit asked that 100000 of
these notes held by Powell be
voided, that other notes be return
ed on grounds that they were OBJ
tanned by fraud, and that a judg-
ment be granted against Inland,
Rakes and Turner for $4,000 in
cash payments which the plaintiff
claimed were "fraudulently obtain
ed"
In the event the court does not
follow those courses on the $417,-
500 matter, the plaintiff, pursued
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AMONG THE COLORED
RICHARD SAUNDERS HAS
PARTY ON HIS BIRTHDAY

Richard Saunders recently cele-
brated his seventh birthday with
party at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleon C. Tillett.
Those attending were Mary
Esther Daniels, Bernice Berry,
JUNE Berry, Dwight Meekins, Ath-
en- Boone, Seward Jr. Simmons,
Geneva Simmons, William Percy
Saunders, Herbert Daniels, James
Alive Blackard, M. P. Lee.
He served ice cream, cookies,
peanuts and candy. He received
many gifts.
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1856 Ford Fairline, 4-door
loaded, like new
1855 Ford 2-doOr, R&H, Fair
lane
1855 Ford 4-dOor, 6 cyl.
1854 Plymouth, 4-dOOr
1853 Ford 4-dOOr
1858 Ford Station Wagon
4-dOOr, Heater
1853 Chrysler Windsor 4-dOOr
1853 Plymouth, 4-dOOr
1858 Chevrolet Station Wagon
1852 Chevrolet 2-dOor
1852 Ford Ranch Wagon, VS.
1852 Ford 4-dOOr, R&H
1852 Willis 6 cyl. 2-door, q
miles per gallon
1851 Buick 4-dOor, R&H
1851 OldsmObile, Super SO,
4-dOOr
1861 Studebaker Champion,
2-dO0r
1851 Chevrolet 4-dOor, R&H
1850 Mercury, 4-door
1850 Mercury, 2-dOor, R&H,
Cd.
1850 Oldsmobile, 4-dOor
1850 Ford 2-door
1850 Studebaker Champion,
4-dOor
1919 Chevrolet Coupe
l949 Ford VS coupe, R&H,
good tires
TRUCKS
1866 Ford H-ton Pickup
1852 Chevrolet, 1-tOn Panel,
Used Parts " off
Used tubes SOC up
X X X
r. D. SAWYER
MOTOR COMPANY
Your FORD Dealer
Phone 116 ManteO
N. C. License No. 1869
Statesmen:
Julian Snow, Powells Point
Bill Rogers, Kitty Hawk
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HOUSES uMFuRHIsHEp

HMLCREsT HEIGHTS, MD.-Brick
ramb.: three bedrms., 2 baths,
gar. cleo. kit, rec. rm,: COW.
to air bases. 5125 eth ave-, 10.
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$40 MO. UP TO 8 bedrm. homes.
nearby Nd, only 30 min, from
p c Immed. poss. KAY REALTY
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HOME VALUES

FALKLAND ACRES. vA.-iis-
acre wooded lot: bedrms.. LIVING
rm. with fireplace, dining rm.. lTe.
kit. full bsmt., built-in garage;
will decorate 70 suit tenant; l25,
2s26 BLADENsBURG RID NE -
2 bedrps. Nv. rm.: din. rm" sS gen
72T ATLANTIC AVE. S.E.--Six
rms. and bath, full bsmt S105.
r. A. HUMPHREYS a. SONS
2 Mass. Ave. NV. Ma. 5000
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rooms. ia OF more baths. D. G.
NV, nearby Nd. Price range
5000 70 $3.50. col. ELIJAH a
ARNOLD lU.s.A. Retl Broker
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ARLINGTON, NORTH-Nr. Wilson
BllydS bedrm;, det.; fenced I'd
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GOODACRES

Beautiful. spacious 2-bedroom
apts.: fireproof. soundproof walls.
B.5 freezer-top refgr.: rent includes
all utilities; express bus: must be
seen to be appreciated.
1919 Piney Br. Rd.. sill. spE.,s Md.
JU. still
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COLUMBIA PINEs-Custom bit.
rambler, 3 bedrms., "a baths,
SI75 mo-. op. to buy. CT. 6-2303.
e392 Goth ST. JN.W.-4-bedroom
town house. gar; excel: Tor em-
bassy family. Phone DU. 7-7sl1.
FALLS CHURCH. bedrms. with
garage and l2-acre lot: mr.. schools
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;lsth and 7 SITS. NV, si75-3.
bedrm. EngliSh row. front rear
porches. gar, bsffit. quiet street.
en- 3.354S. ME. 1881. JOHN
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ARL.-LYoN vILLAGE-e-rm. brk
corner house, all improvements
garaee; $50 per mo; avail. Nov
u 70 May /. 26l7 Key blvd
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FALLS CHURCH, . bedrooms, 81
It. living room with fireplace. large
kitchen, walk-up attic for storage,
sos mo. s. @. GERAcHIs CO. JE
2-2314.
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COLORED-645 LEXINGTON PL.
N.E.-Beautifu Kennedy-built row
/ bath. gas heat, detached brick
garage. Only S110 mo. Mr..
NETIMANN. Ma R-2321.
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NEAR BOILING AND ANDREWS
FIELDS, PALS Southern ave. Sc
Lovely 3-bedrm. corner house
bsmt, and fenced yard; $50.
HARRISON a. ADAMS
Q3o X sd, NV. Ma. S-S30s