Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1957-06-21

i Glastonbury, Connecticut, said to
be quite a chicken eater, and the
sales manager for Arbor Acres in
that community could not place in
competition with the Delmarva
FenInsula men.
Judges for the above events
were: Harold White, Georgetown,
/ Euguene Parks, Laurel, and War
rem Allen, Seaford, all of Delaware.
Pulchritude and talent always
have a place in the DelmarVa Fes-
tiVal and 1857 was no exception.
Some 80 girls wed for the title of
Miss Delmarva x, with elimina-
! tions having been held at Ocean
City, Md, under the direction of
Earl Hawk on Saturday and Sun.
day, June rs. Five girls from eacn
of the states of Virginia, Maryland
and Delaware were chosen for the
annual pageant on opening night.
After parading in beautiful eve
mig gowns, then in bathing suits,
the judges first chose a queen
from each state. The results were
as follows: Miss Delaware blonde,
blue-eyed Janice Grain, II, of
Georgetown. She is five feet, five
inches in height and weighs I20
pounds. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
f. Glen Grain.
Miss Maryland Constance Phil
lips, Is, who had entered as Miss
Berlin. She is also blonde and blue
eyed. feet, five inches and weighs
LOB pounds.
Miss Virginia-Joan Fluharty,
Is, who was entered as Miss Parks
ley. feet, six inches tall, III
pounds with blue eyes and dark
hair.
For the fourth time in the his
tory of the festival, the entry from
Berlin, Maryland, Miss Phillips
was the winner, and she was ap-
propriately crowned queen of the
festival by Governor j. Caleb
Boggs of Delaware. The first Miss
Delmarva-now Mrs. John Pig
man-was on hand to greet the new
queen.
Another first was established
this year when a Junior Miss Del
marva was chosen from an entry
list Of sixteen darling Peninsula
youngsters, ranging in age from
3 to five years. The title was be-
slowed on an attractive four-year-
old blonde, Lynn Kaczorowski of
Belle Haven, Virginia. Runner-up
was 313-year-Old Melody Johnson
of Snow Hill, Md; and third place
went to Debbie Lou Belote, a four
year-old cutie.
In 1856 the Delmarva Poultry
Industry, Inc, established two
awards. The first was to choose the
outstanding Delmarva citizen of
the year, and the second to honor
someone in the newspaper or affil-
lated professions who were espec-
tally kind in publicizing Delmar-
valOus poultry. Former U. S. SEN
ator and Governor Delaware won
the first citizen award, and Miss
Eleanor Parrish, News-Journal
Co., food and fashion editor, was
named member of ''The Order of
the Golden Chicken"
These titles were bestowed again
this year. Winner of the outstand-
ing citizen of the year on the Pc
ninsula was Otis G. Esham, nation
ally known poultry leader of Sails
bury, Md. Only 80 years old, he has
been in the industry since he was
sixteen and made a profit of $500
in growing his first flock of broiI-
ers. Sterling White presented a
plaque to Mr.. Fsham which said:
ITO Otis Esnam who has been
one of the outstanding boosters of
all the varied industries of the Del
marva Peninsula; who gave freely
of time and money to establish
what is now known as the Delmar-
va Poultry Industry, Inc, and who
has gained national recognition
through his promotion of the chick
en- industry.
so deep has been his interest in
all activities beneficial to Delmar-
va and so strong has been his faith
in Delmarva people, we are proud
to designate him as distinguished
citizen of Delmarva. He has served
Delmarva well"
Today Mr.. Esham heads five cor
pOratiOns to handle the diversified
operations he always dreamed of
as boy The concern grows broil-
ers, manufactures all poultry feed
used, has breeding fiocks, produces