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Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Schedule Of Events Is
Disclosed For Session
Which Will Cover A.
Day Period II To 20.

A schedule of classes, workshops,
speakers, and other events during
the four-day short course for
homemakers June IL to 20 at the
University of Delaware has been
released by Mrs. Alice NJ. King,
state home demonstration leader.
Afternoon class and workshop
sessions VIII bssnlight the activi-
ties tSe first three days, she re-
ported. These include music appre-
citation, water color painting,
speech improvement, enameling
iewelry, clothing, nutrition, and
personal appearance.
Another highlight Mrs. King
pointed out was a June 19 eve
ming program, presented by people
from other countries. Miss Jeanne
Hurley, a native of Peru and a
dancing professional from Phila-
delphia, viii demonstrate how dane
ing is done in her country. A group
of eight people, led by Miss Velta
Petersons; Wilmington, will offer
Estonian and Latvian dances. Ra-
jai Alfalfa, a Jordanian studying al
the University, will discuss clothes
worn by his people. Charles Rog-
ers, Norristown, Pa, will demon
strate arranging flowers for a Jap
anese tea ceremony.
Instructors in the afternoon
classes will be: Mrs. Jack Gerster,
Newark, music; Julio Acuna, Uni
versity art department, water col
or painting; Mrs. Mary Lou Sher-
wood, Wilmington, Mount Pleasant
High School, speech; Miss Char
lotte Swanson, Kent County Home
Demonstration Agent, and Mrs.
Marion Macdonald, Kent County
continued on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Tomorrow Set For
Wesley Fund Report
Total OF $415,OOO Was
Reported At Annual
Conference But Coming
Report Expected To
Disclose Goal.

Saturday, June 1, has been set
as the next report day for the
$500,000 Wesley Junior College De-
velopment Fund Campaign, it has
been announced in Dover.
With a report of $415,OOO at the
annual meeting of the Peninsula
Annual Conference of the Metho-
dist Church, and action by the Con-
ference of the Methodist Church,
and action by the Conference under
writing unprecedented support for
Delmarva's only junior college,
workers in the campaign have been
spurred to new activity to reach
the goal by the end Of the college
year.
The Peninsula Conference, last
Thursday. gave almost unanimous
support to a resolution by their
Commission on World Service and
Finance recommending that the
Conference raise $750,O00 itself for
the further development of the col
lege. The method of raising the fund
was referred to a Commission on
Higher Education, with power to
evolve plans and report to the 1858
session of the Annual Conference.
This action followed report by
the Rev. Howell o. wilkins, presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees Of
the college in which he announced
that the trustees have accepted an
obligation to raise an additional
s250,OO0. This would mean, with
the Conference fund and the a.
mount of the current alumni and
friends campaign "a total of ST.
100000 for the development of the
college.
CONTINUED on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Hal Haskell Steps
Up Air Safety Plea
Congressman Hopes To Make Della
ware Air Lanes Safe


U. S. Representative Harry g..
Haskell, Jr.. who has been calling
attention to the need for better air
safety, said today that the Civil
Aeronautics Board has informed
him that there were four near-col-
lisions in the air over Delaware in
the first three months OF this year
compared to two near-cOllisions in
the last four months of 1856.
"These four incidents involved
six military planes, one single-en-
gine private plane. and one plane
that could not be identified" Con-
gressman Haskell said.
There were forty-three persons
aboard the four aircraft reporting
the incidents. Two of the near-col-
lisions occurred during the day,
one at night, and one at twilight.
THE planes involved in the in
cidents missed each other by as
little as 100 feet. Il one case, the
two planes we're so close that it
was impossible for the pilot to take
any evasive action. In other words,
it was sheer luck or Providence
which kept them from colliding.
"These facts were uncovered in
the study ] have been conducting
Continued On page s1x)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Opening Of
TideWat er
Refinery Was
Big Affair
Appropriate Cerem0nies
Marked Dedication Of
The Refinery OF The
Future" At Delaware
City Last Thursday.

Two significant events in Della
ware last week increased the
states industrial economy and en-
riched its heritage of the past in
the dedication Of Tidewater Oil
Company's refinery of the future"
at Delaware City and opening of
the new Hagley Museum along the
Brandywine near Wilmington. ac-
cording to the State Development
Department.
on Thursday, May %, with ap-
prOpriate ceremonies on the site,
the new Tidewater plant was de-
clared ready for full operation and
was described as the most modern
refinery in the world, built from
the ground up. II features every
latest device in the oil engineering
field and represents "the first in
the new generation of refineries,
opening up the era Of the 1905
anu 1905"
"On a vast 5,0OO-acre site near
Delaware City-the largest proper
~ ever assembled for Industrial
purposes on the Eastern SeabOard
this $2OO,OO0.OOO vision has be-
come a reality" officials declared.
"Tidewater's 10000 barrels-a-day
Delaware refinery is the largest
new refinery ever built at one time.
II is so advanced in its planning
and design, so gigantic in its ca
pacity to change crude oil into
super-extra gasoline, that it be-
gins new cycle-a new genera
tion of refineries."
More than 1000 Delawareans
visited the installation on Saturday
when Neighbor Day was observed
There were tours through the "oil
city" SO that people could better
understand the size Of the opera
tion.
tcontinued on page fveJ
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
New Policy On High
School Diplomas
VIII Eject All High Schools Out
side ChS OF Wilmington


The newly enacted policy con-
cerning high school diplomas was
distributed to all school authorities
outside the City of Wilmington on
May 27, 1857. The new policy was
adopted by the State Board of Edu-
cation on May Is, following sew
eral years of general professional
discussion OH the subject and six
months of specific study and re-
view.
Under the system presently in
effect the high school diploma car
ries one of five designation-aca
demic, scientific, business educa-
tion, vocational, or general. The
diploma represents a specific selec-
ton of courses. The academic and
scientific diplomas theoretically de-
note preparation for college. In
practice, however, there have been
1888 per cent more graduates en-
ter college than possessed the aca-
demic or scientific diplomas.
The chief purpose for the change
is a completely educational one
aimed at more positive, realistic.
and flexible approach TO student
continued on page fiye)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Memorial Day Plans
Are Complete Here
Observance Slated To Begin With
Parade, GraYeSide Exercises

AS the Chronicle prepared to go
to press Wednesday morning, To-
cal veterans were completing
plans for traditional Memorial Day
observance Planned for Thurs
day morning was a parade, and
exercises at both the War Memo
rial and graYeside.
According to Harold R. Welch,
commander of Blue Hen Post No.
6483, V.F.W., parade was to form
at $3.50 Thursday morning at Rail-
road Station and proceed east on
Lakeview Avenue to Plaza Square.
At the Memorial, there, brief exer-
cises were scheduled featuring a
Memorial Day talk by State V.F.W.
Commander David S. Hugg; tradi-
tional laying of wreaths by rep
resentatives of the Ladies Aux
iliaries to Blue Hen Post, V.F.W.,
and Milford Post No. 8, American
Legion, and the firing of a Menori-
al volley by the Blue Hen Firing
Squad.
continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Special Races At
Delaware Park June |
Famous $4,000 Kent Stakes VIII
BE Big Prize

Delaware Park will offer the
$25, 900 Kent Stakes as its first Sat-
urday feature this weekend June
u, then-on MOnday-will begin
the .nly seven days of the Stanton
tracks 32-day meceing free of con-
Fiction with New Jersey racing.
The track near Wilmington, op-
Grating its traditional dates of May
29 through July 4, never has run
into so much competition from
across the river. The Garden State
Park meeting ran into the first
four racing days of Delaware Park,
including the latter's Wednesday
opening. Memorial Day and first
Continued on page eight
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Private Contractors
To Get Base Work
Dover Air Force Base Is Planning
More Opportunities

Dover Air Force Base plans to
open the way for more civilian en-
ployment opportunities by trans
ferring a large share of its repair
and maintenance work from service
personnel to private contractors
Col Francis C. Gideon, com
mander of the base, said the change
in policy is expected to result in a
substantial increase in civilian en-
plOyment. Some 1000 civilians are
already working in various capaci-
ties at the big Military Air Trans
port Service base.
Colonel Gidean said the change
over will probably be gradual, with
progress depending on the Air
Forces success in finding civilian
to do the work. Con-
tracts will be open, he said, for
most of the repair and maintenance
work carried on in the bases big
hangers.
The policy of relying on civilian
workers in these operations has
(continued on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Milford High 81 Employees
Alumni Will OF Latex Corp.
Meet June lSt Are HOnOred
Address OF The Evening
viii Be Given By Rev.
Harry Jaeger, Milford
Pastor.

The members of the Milford
High School Alumni Association
will hold its annual banquet to
which the members of the class of
1857 will be honored guests will
meet at the cafeteria at Milford
High School on Saturday evening,
June 1st.
Rev. Harry Jaeger, pastor of
First Presbyterian Church, Milford,
will make the address of the eve-
ming. Rev. Jaeger will also give the
invocation.
Chairman of the banquet which
is the seventh since the alumni as
sociatiOn was rejuvenated, after a
long period of inactivity, is Mrs.
Octavia L. French; other chairmen
are: Decorations, Rosanna B. Mes
sick; accompaniment, Mrs. Willard
Hickman; banquet caterer, Mrs.
carolyn Clarke; amplification, Mr..
William Haight. The hostesses are
Mls. G. d. Holzmueller, Mrs. G.
Marshall Townsend and Miss Ruth
Ann Beideman.
The highlights of the evening
Will DO the presentation VI the
Alumni scholarship award. This
presentation will be made on be-
half of the association by Mrs.
Marjorie Cresson; the scholarship
award from the class of so years
ago will be made by Miss Elizabeth
Hammond. The eliminating feature
of the presentations will be the
a x1ro rd fno Of q eGOId Koxy5 RI NTrc
Florence Williams Boiling, of
Washington, d. c., as the most
popular former teacher of Milford
High This selection was done
through a ballot sent to the entire
alumni membership.
superintendent of MiIfor
Schools, Chester Dickerson, will
offer some remarks, and Chester
Dickerson, Jr., the president of the
class of 1857, will present the men,
bers of the class.
Leon Donovan viii sing a solo.
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Free Chest X-RGyS
To Be Continued
Are Offered Free To Any
one Over Is Years
Of Age

The State Board of Health and
the Delaware ARti-tuberculOsis So
ciety continue to offer the OppoT-
tunity for a free chest x-ray to
everyone in Delaware who is Is
years of age and over. Medical au-
thorities recommend an annual ex-
animation as the best way to dis
cover early tuberculosis. The SER
vice is free, you need no appoint
ment, no undressing IS required
and it takes only a minute.
A unit will operate in George
town at the Acme on Friday, May
Fl, on Saturday, June 1, and on
Monday, June 8. On Friday, the
hours viii be from 2:OO-5:00 p. m.
and 6:O3-5: 90 p. m. On Saturday
and Monday, the unit will be open
tcontinued on page sixi
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
June Dairy Night
Has Been Announced
Guest Speaker viii BE Robert
Mckinley OF Philadelphia

A Delaware June Dairy Night
program has been announced in
connection with the 21st national
observance Of June Dairy Month.
The announcement came from
Wesley Dasher, Wilmington, chair
man of June Dairy Month promo
tiOn in Delaware. He said a June
Dairy Night awards banquet will
be held June 25 at Harmony Grange
Hall on Limestone Road near Mar
shallton. All segments of the milk
industry will be invited.
One guest speaker will be Rob-
ert Mckinley, general manager of
the Philadelphia Dairy Council. He
will discuss the promotion of dairy
products.
Dean George M. Worrilow of the
University of Delaware School of
Agriculture will speak on the topic
Teamwork in the Milk Business. "
Continued on page sIx)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Cooperative Effort
Aids Sheep Raisers
First Season ''POOP' Of
Lambs Was Highly
Profitable

Cooperative effort as demonstrat-
ed by members of the Delaware
Sheep and Wool Association con-
tinues TO be profitable, according to
reports given by the president, Will
liam Gray of Harrington.
The first pool" of lambs held
two weeks ago brought members
an average price of 27.5c per pound
Fifty-fOur animals were shipped
then; 100 we're marketed this week:
and similar lots will be sold every
two weeks until July lambs are
sold as meat animals when they
reach market weight Of 20 to so
pounds, and pooling or gathering
together the suppy, permits mark
citing by grades which can net a
farmer more money.
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
New Booklet Tells
Of Poultry's Rise

autos or chickens. Which is the
most efficient? Growers of chick
ems from the storied DelmaTva Pen
insula, birth place of tOday's giant
broiler industry, can be pardOned
perhaps if they think the answer is
"chickens."
In a new booklet entitled World
Champions in Farm Efficiency" they
recite the details of their rise in
a single generation from a back
yard flock status to bellwether of
the modern, highly integrated bill
CONTINUED on page flvel
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Barbara SheGfer
Graduates Monday
Is Honor Student At Mary
Washington College
In Virginia

Mary Washington College of the
University of Virginia will hold
commencement exercises in the
amphitEeater Monday, June 3, at
1890 a. M, EST. DR.. Burney L.
Parkinson, professor emeritus of
education and Psychology, Mary
Washington College, president
emeritus, Mississippi State College
for Women, is to give the address.
Chancellor Grellet G. Simpson will
award 251 diplomas.
Among the candidates, represent
ing % states, the District of Co
lumbia, Puerto Rico. and Hawaii.
Miss Mary G. Byrne, daughter cf
Mrs. Jean Bradford of Middletown,
a graduate of Southern Seminary.
Buena Vista, Va, who has majOred
CONTINUED on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Cited For Years Of Ser
vice At Silver Anniver-
sary OF Well Known
Company.

Thirty-two employees of Inter-
national Latex Corporation were
honored recently at a celebration
of the Silver Anniversary of the
Company and the Twentieth Anni-
versary of Playtex Park, Dover.
The occasion was the birthday of
A. N. Spaniel, Founder and Board
Chairman of the Company.
The men and women hOnored for
20 or more years of service with
the Company were: Minerva Beck,
Magnolia; Robert A. BLOW, Wyo-
ming; Ivan B. Cameron, Dover; A.
Preston Cannon, Milford; Elizabeth
P. Cohee, Dover; Floyd Conley,
Smyrna; William H. Cuthrell,
Wyoming; Arthur w. DObberstein,
Dover; Maurice w. Dodd, Wyo-
ming; Octavia NJ. Farrow, Dover;
George w. Jones, Dover; Edna L.
Kelly, FELTON,; Pierce E. Marker,
Dover; Viola c. McAfee, Dover;
George S. McClelland, Camden; !;
Leonard Moore, Dover; Irving J.
Moress, Dover; Harold W. Muir,
Newman, Georgia; Mildred r. Mutt,
Dover; Leo ]. Osika, Dover; Har-
old A. owen, Dover; Casper E.
Powell, Magnolia; Roberta M.
Powell, Dover; Carl K. Richard
son, Dover; Lottie M. Teat, Dover;
Phyllis Turner, Dover: Mary r.
Waller, Dover; Fannie G. Vessel,
Camden; Charles Williams, Dover;
Myrtle M. Wills, Dover; Nathan E.
Wing, Dover; Edward ziebutski,
Dover.
Honored guests at a dinner pre-
ceding a birthday party for Mr..
Spaniel at Playtex Park included
Governor J. Caleb Boggs. Governor
continued on page twelvel
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
4. 3. Means Dies
In Wilmington
Long Time Bank Aide Was Former
COP Treasurer

Herbert B. Mearns, 65, president
of the Wilmington Board of Water
Commissioners for 20 years and 6
recently retired vice president ana
treasurer of Wilmington Trust
Company, died Monday.
Mr.. Mearns, of 23O0 Ridgeway
Road, Wilmington, entered The Me-
mortal Hospital three weeks ago.
His death came at a. m.
He started at Wilmington Trust
AZ years ago as a $20-a-month run
ner and became treasurer in 1923
of what is now one of the 100
wealthiest banks in the country.
He established the b. nk's loan de-
partment.
Mr.. Mearns was foreman of the
New Castle County grand jury
which returned recommendation
this February for recognition of
county government and submitted
a report last year on gambling.
(continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31

ciude: Free Government in the
Making, 1919; Lectures in the
American Liberal Tradition. 194S:
"The Braudeis Way, 1888; and
other studies in politics and juris-
prudence.
A native OF Snow Hill. Md, he
received the ALB. degree from Dick
inson College. 1920; AN. Prince
ton University. 1921: Ph.D., Prince
ton. 1923; and D.Litt, Dickinson
College. 1947. He has taught at
Duke University as well as Prince
ton and has been a lecturer at Mer-
Ger BeasIey School Of Law: Liberal
Summer School, Cambridge, Eng
land: Stanford University: Con-
necticut College; and Syracuse
University.
CONTINUED on page twelve)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
FELTON, Alumni Had
Big Annual Dinner
Gala Affair Attended By 225 Held
Last Saturday Night

Approximately 225 Alumni and
their guests attended the banquet,
entertainment, and dance at the
FELTON, Fire Hall on Saturday eve
ning, May 25. Rev. Larry Renner
gave the invocation at the banquet.
Liston Webb, Jr.. president and
postmaster, introduced Miss Doris
Greenly, '55, who presented a cor
sage to Mrs. Bess E. Dill, retiring
second grade teacher. Corsages
were also given to Mrs Maude Ang-
stadt Reynolds OF the class of 1900,
and Mrs. Ora Eaton Lynch of the
class of 1904, and to Mrs. Helen
Morris Koenemund of Hamilton
Beach, N. Y, who came the great
est distance to attend the twenty
fifth reunion of her class. Miss AL
berta S. Cornelius, adviser of the
class of 1882, and eight members of
this class-Ann BOstick Slater,
continued on page SKI
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
ROmemakers toH0ld
Short Course June II
LEGISLATURE rs N
EXTENDED RECESS

Both houses of the 18th
General Assembly will be in
adjournment until Monday,
June 3, at / p. m.
There are a couple of mi
nor reasons for the recess
that will delay the end of the
session at least until June Is.
Five members from each
branch went to Fort Knox,
KY, Monday and Tuesday to
inspect Army facilities. Me-
mortal Day falls on Thurs
day and it was the feeling
in caucus this holiday should
be followed by at least a
short rest. That eft only
Wednesday for work and it
was decided to knock off for
the week.
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Sen. Frear To Speak
To Explorers June 8

Ernest DUPONT, Jr. and Explorer
William Press, General Co-Chair-
men for the Explorer Citizens Now
Conference have annOunced the
acceptance Of United States Sena-
tor ]. Allen Frear of Delaware, to
speak to the delegates on June Sth,
at the University of Delaware.
Mr.. DUPONT also announced that
DR.. Wallace H. Nav, Associate
Professor of Education at the Uni
versity OF Delaware viii speak TO
the delegates.
CONTINUED on page twol
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Spring Flower Show
Due This Weekend
Affair VIII BE Held As The
University OF Delaware

Last-minute preparations for the
Spring Flower Show Saturday and
Sunday (June l and p at the Uni
Yersity of Delaware are being COM
pIeted, Robert F. Stevens, general
chairman, said today.
In making the announcement, he
reported the total number of en-
tries has not yet been tabulated,
but that the total runs into the hun
dreds
Judging will be done by Satur-
day afternoon, the chairman said,
and winners will be announced
then. Awards will be made by Mrs.
George NJ. Worrilow, Newark
Silver AID ribbon winners will
be chosen in arrangement classes,
horticultural classes for amateurs,
continued on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Sylvia DaugheEty
Graduates AS Nurse
Houston Girl Was President OF
Nurses Christian Fellowship

Sylvia Ann Daugherty, of Hous-
ton, Delaware, has been graduated
from the Philadelphia General Hos
pital School of Nursing, DR.. F.
Lloyd Mussells, Executive Direc-
tor, announced today.
She was one of so young women
from five states in the class of 1857
who have received professional
nursing degrees following success
full completion of the three-year
nurse education program. Her
course included classroom study
and practical experience in IA hos
pital services.
The school. one of the oldest in
the nation. was founded in 1884 by
Alice Fisher, a student of Florence
Nightingale. The hospital itself.
one of the worlds largest, is a
major East Coast center for treat
ment and training.
(continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31

b J. James Ashton, state safety
coOrdinatOr
Mr.. Ashton, who is manager of
the Delaware Safety Council, said
that in that period last summer
there were 1898 motor vehicle ac-
cidents resulting in property dam
age, and 1854 arrests for speeding
by the Delaware State Police.
Another huge education and en-
forcement campaign will be con-
Quoted this summer in an effort to
cut down on these figures. The
campaign is concentrated on traf-
fic violations associated with speed.
These include improper passing,
following too closely, and failing
to yield right-of-way, as well as ex-
cessive sped and speed too fast for
continued on page elevenl
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31

composed 5000 hymns and was
called the sweet singer of Meth
odism."
This oratorio is in three parts.
PartI, THE Need in a New World" +.
features the following selections:
From Beyond the Far Blue Mopu-
tains", Sinners, Turn; Why WIN
Ye Die, "The Spirit of God is
Upon Me-, What Must We DC To
Be Saved?" 'As Moses Lifted Up
the Serpent. Father, l StretCaas
My Hands To Thee, and arise,
My Soul. Part II, The Call to the
Circuit Rirders" includes: And
Are We Yet Alive, THE Harvest
Truly Is Plenteous", 4 Heard the
Voice, The Voice Of the Lord,
Come Holy Ghost, GO Firth,
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Masten's Sign-up
With Safety Drive
Is Being Conducted On National
Level By Truckers

Masten Transportation, Inc, Mil
ford, has signed up to Team Up
For Highway Safety" in support
of the summer safety campaign be-
ing conducted all over the country
by the trucking industry. The
trucking industry's campaign is
being conducted by the ATA Coun-
ell of Safety Supervisors and is
being run in conjunction with the
Slow Down and Live Campaign"
of the National Conference of State
Safety Coordinators in an all-out
effort to hold down summer vaca-
tion time rise in traffic accidents.
I'VE feel that there is no more
tragic end to a vacation than an
accident whether on the highway
or in the course of some related
continued on page sevenD
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Avenue Sanctuary Choir
VIII Present OratOriO

The Oratoro The Evange of World Denman
will the Avenue Sanctuary Choir We'd
Methodist Church. Milford
MethOdism and is based
birthday being celebrated
Wesley
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
Commencement Exercises
At Wesley College, June 2

Apheus Mason DItt PhD, Mccormick professor
Wesley Junior College, Sunday June
address
monies 3 DIR
Milford chronicle., 1957-05-31
SLOaU DOaUn And Lie DFiUe
Campaign NOtU Underway

Campaign which night
toll 30 deaths
524 personal injuries the highways
campaign, part extends the of
the
highway