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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
VIII Review Bingo
Licenses December 8
Control Group VIII Hold Initial
Session In Wilmington ArmOry

BingO Control Commission MEM
bers will meet at p. m. on Mon
day, Dec. s, at their offices at No.
4, main floor, State Armory, Tenth
and DUPONT Streets, Wilmington,
to consider and pass upon applica-
tions from prospective bingo spon-
soring organizations, which may
be filed at any time after Dec. 1.
The date and place of the meet
ing was set by the commission
meeting in the Offices of the chair
man, State Tax Commissioner
Alexander r. Abrahams.
At the Dec. meeting the appli-
cations will be considered and
those which are approved will be
licensed by the commission in am
pie time to permit first legalized
bingo play by the Dec. 1e date set
by the commission.
License will not be granted un-
til the commission has satisfied it.
self on every detail regarding the
applicant and until the files of the
commission contain a form known
as Findings and Determination OF
Bingo Control Commission, State
of Delaware"
Information on this filed briei
of each application contains the
district in which the game is tc
be located and the name of the ap.
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Schools Superintendent
Asks For Fire Inspection
George r. Miller To Get State Fire Marshal Favnger To
Make Check AS Soon AS Possible.

There's no state law requiring
fire escapes on any such building
less than three stories high. Our
Lady of the Angels School in Chica-
go, where heat and choking fumes
swept up six indoor stairwells,
was only two stories high and it
had one outside fire escape.
Another point: There is no Del
aware law requiring inside stair
cases in such buildings to be en-
closed in fireproof walls. It was
apparently the lack of such enelo-
sures that caused smoke to mush-
room through the Chicago school.
Fireproof stairwells are required
| in schools under the Wilmington
and New Castle County Building
Codes, and under a special regu-
lation adopted by the State Board
of Education 10 years ago.
The state boards code applies
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Referendurn.On
School Bonds
Due Tomorrow
Whether Milford Special
School District Will In
crease Present Facili-
ties is Up For Decisive
Vote.

In February of 1856 building
program to relieve the overcrOwd-
ed conditions of Milford Special
School District schools was ap-
proved. This new constitution and
additions are almost finished.
Everyone is cordially invited to
make an inspection Of the new fa-
cilities including detailed costs.
There remains approximately
$4,000, roughly enough to COM
plete and eqdip five classrooms.
The architect has already had the
rough plans for these rooms at the
Lulu M. Ross Elementary School
approved by the State Department
of Public instruction and a request
for bids will be asked in January,
1859.
Since the classroom needs are
increasing by five rooms each year
and the district is already using
four at the American Legion Build
ing, the Board of Education
thought they should present the
problem of housing the district
children to the people of the dis
tFiet.
Accordingly, q citizens meeting
was called on October Is. On this
date a committee consisting of
Mrs. Caroline Clark, Mrs. Florence
Gibson, Mrs. Lucille Mercer, SEN
ator Harry Mayhem, DR.. Leslie
Dobson and Mr.. ]. ,Heyman Roosa,
was elected to name Citizens
Committee. The twelve business
men chosen were, Clarence Down
ing, Brown Thawley, Albert Peter
man, Burton Willis, Robert ZoOk,
Harris Belts, John Wilkins, Sr.,
George Hammond, Granville Shock
ley, Dallas Kitchens, William Ken
ton and Daniel Friedman. These
men met with the local Board of
Education on October 27 and again
on November 8. The Committee pre-
sented it's findings at a second
Citizens Meeting on November 10
At this time it was unanimously
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
First National
Bank, Milford
IS Startin ng
Big Merger
MiIford's Oldest And
Largest Bank Is Merg-
ing With Wilmington
Trust Company; No
Personnel Changes

The biggest news in downstate
banking circles in years. developed
Thursday of this week when direc-
tors of the Wilmington Trust Com
pany and First National Bank and
Trust Company, Milford, signed
merger agreements. The agree
ments, subject to stockholder and
State Bank Commissioner approx
al, will merge Delaware's largest
bank and Milford's Oldest and
largest bank.
The directors of both banking
houses met simultaneously at their
respective banks at eleven o'clock
in the morning.
According to highly placed off
cials in Wilmington Trust, the
merger, when completed will in
no wise affect the present employee
status at the First National. The
institution will proceed along the
same business lines as in the past
with the same directors and Off
GERS directing and managing the
bank affairs.
The merger, officials of both
banks agreed, would enable the
Milford bank to handle loans of a
size that previous to the merger,
could not be made locally.
The Wilmington Trust Company
is one of the largest and strongest
banks in the east and has assets of
over $500, 100000. The First Nation
al Bank and Trust Company. char
tered in 1876, has for years been
the largest single bank in Della
ware, south of Dover, and has as
sets in excess of S11,000,000.
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
9th POLIO CASE
REPORTED IN STATE

Another 3-year-old Will
mington child has been
stricken with polio, DR..
Charles H. Benning, Will
mington health commission
er, reported Wednesday. =
The youngster, a girl, is
the second three year old
child to be victimized by the
disease this week. 1t is the
9th polio case of the year
for Delaware and the 18th
in the City of Wilmington.
A spokesman at the Doris
Memorial Unit of the Will
mington General Hospital re-
ported the girl in fair" con-
dition last night.
The latest victim had re-
ceived none of the Salk anti
polio vaccine. She is suffer-
ing from the paralytic form
of the disease and is the 14th
victim in this category. The
other 13 contracted the nom
paralytic variety of polio
In addition to the Is polio
cases occurring in Whining
ton this year, 10 have been
reported in rural New Castle
County and two in Sussex
County, with none in Kent.
Last year only five polio
cases were reported in Del
aware.
Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05

County and in most SUSSEX County
central Office areas, Collins said
and new tter-five-figure num-
bers will become effective for all
telephones in the areas involved in
the change.
The new central Office names
which will be introduced on Sun
day are: Avenue in FELTON,, DEER
field in Frederlca, EDgewater in
Bridgeville, Exeter in Harrington
FIeldstone in Greenwood, Garden
in Milford, Gypsy in Whiteoaks
Myrtle in Bedford, National in
Seaford, Olive in Smyrna, Red
field in Dover and Trojan in Lau-
rel.
Telephone numbers in these COM
munities will consist of the first
two letters of the central Office
name and five figures, Collins ex-
planned. A typical telephone num-
ber in Harrington, for example
might be Exeter 8-3406.
when these new names and
numbers go into effect, the two
letter-five-figure method of dial
ing calls to telephones within the
local calling area will also be in
troduced," the manager stated. "FoI
example, to call Avenue 4-407f
from another Avenue lFelton) tel
ephone, the customer would dial
the letters A and v and then dial
the figures, 4, 4, z, and 6 in that
order"
The new numbers and complete
instructions for making all loca
and out-of-town calls are contain
ed in the information pages of the
new telephone directory, he said.
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Huge Generator Is
In Full Operation
Delaware Power And Light
Indian River Plant
Produces 10000 kw's

If you had thousands of good
sturdy horses at work, it would
take more than 226 thousand of
them pulling hard to equal the
work of the electric generators at
Indian River Power Station. The
station has been producing power
for a year from an $4,000 kilowatt
generating unit. This week a sec
ond unit for making electricity was
completed according to schedule
and it's output officially placed "on-
the-line."
The plant, located in Sussex
County. Delaware. supplies elec-
tricity to people on the eastern
shore of Virginia and Maryland and
in Delaware. Through "a three
state interconnection and power
pool. power is also transmitted to
Industrial centers to the north. The
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Prominent Milfordian Is
Honored At 84th An
nual Convention Of
Delaware State Farm
Group.


Paris G. Kirby, Milford, was
elected master Wednesday Of the
Delaware State Grange now cot
vening for its S4th annual convenS
ton, in Dover. Mr.. Kirby succeeds
William H. Naudain of Harmony
Grange.
Other newly elected officers are:
Francis Raughley, Capitol Grange,
overseer; Wallace Caulk, Fruit
land Grange, lecturer; John
Wright, Broad Greek Grange, stew
ard; Richard Phillips, Peach Bios
som Grange, assistant steward; FL
wood Coulbourne, Reliance Grange,
chaplain.
Harry Johnson, Smyrna Grange
treasurer; Bayard Taylor, Dala-
ware Grange, secretary; Wallace
Caulk, Jr., Fruitland Grange, gate
keeper; Mrs. Irene Hufnal, Capt.
tol Grange, Ceres: Mrs. Joan Pass
more, West BrandywiHe Grange
Pomona; Mrs. Paris Kirby, Flora /;
Mrs. John Wright, lady assistant;
and e. Guy Wheatley, executive
committee.
Balloting took place Wednesday
morning as the conclave opened for
its second day. Final sessions were
due on Thursday.
Memorial services were held
Wednesday afternoon for deceased
past masters. Mr.. Coulbourn, state
chaplain, conducted the service at
which time, the Rev. George Glad
den of Galestown was the speaker.
In another session Wednesday,
the delegates heard addresses by
Dean George Worrilow of the Uni
versity of Delaware College of Ag-
riculture who spoke on Changes
in Agriculture" and George r. Mill
er, state superintendent of public
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Y outh Will Paris G. Kirby
Hold Safety Elected Head
c Conference OF Crang e
Hundreds OF High School
Students VIII Discuss
Safety Problems At
Dover School Dec. 6.

Three hundred high school stu
dents from all parts of Delaware
will consider traffic safety prob
lens and suggested solutions at the
fifth annual Youth Conference on
Traffic Safety to be held at the Field
House of Dover High School Satur-
day, December 6.
Unlike previous youth conferences
on that subject, the activities will
be concentrated in one session.
from 9 a. m. to about 2 p. m, rather
than divided up into full days
programs. Also, all 800 participants
will meet together for the entire
conference instead of separating
into workshop groups.
William L. Andrews, chairman of
the adult planning committee, will
call the conference to order, and
Miss Barbara BOwden of Seaford
High School will preside. Governor
]. Caleb Boggs will extend greet
ings to the conferees.
A youth forum will occupy the
early part of the program. Ronald
Mccoy of Smyrna High School will
speak on How Teen-agers Con-
tribute to the Traffic Problem. Then
Robert r. Warner, of Mt. Pleasant
High School, will discuss '.Promot-
ing Traffic Safety in Delaware, =
touching on the Boy Scouts 1858
safety Good Turn" project and on
safety projects in schools.
Traffic Safety As I See 1t In
Maryland" will be reported on by
Richard Dove, law student at the
University of Baltimore. A debate
will follow, with Judy Taught OF
Ursiline Academy as the moder-
ator. The subject: SHOULD Teen
age Traffic Violators Be Treated AS
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Varsity Club VIII
Hold Banquet Dec. 10
First Father And Son Football
Fete Due On That Date

The Varsity Club of Milford High
School will sponsor the first Father
and Son Football Banquet to be
held at Milford next Wednesday
evening, December 20. starting at
$50 p. m.
The Club announced plans to
make the banquet an annual affair
in the future This years program
promises to be one of the outstand-
ing events of the year with guest
speaker Dr. James Bender, line
coach at West Chester State Teach
ers College. DIR. Bender is author of
three current books dealing with
fundamental skills and philoso-
phies of football. Last year he. was
one of the principal speakers at the
Atlantic City Coaches Convention,
the largest football convention held
in the country. The entire coaching
CONTINUED on page sfx)
Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Marketing Keynote
At Coming Hort. Meet

A special section on marketing
of fruits and vegetables will be a
major feature of the 72nd annual
meeting of the Peninsula Horti-
cul.ural Society in the Capital
Grange Hall, Dover, Del, Dec. g.
10.
Some of the outstanding market
ing specialists from both industry
and universities will take part in
this section of the program.
The two-day meeting, starting
at $3.50 a. m. Tuesday, will include
the marketing session in the morn
ing, two vegetable production Sec
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Sponsors Say
Toys Needed
For Operation
Santa Claus
Members Of Blue Hen
Post VFW Say Toys
And More Toys Are
Needed For December
20 Fete.

Toys and still more toys-are
needed by Milford's overseas vet
erans. members of v.F.W. Post No.
64S3. If mission Operation Santa
Claus" is to be a complete success.
Announcement to this effect was
made here this week by David $.
Hugg, chairman for the annual
Christmas Party for Underprivil-
eyed Children, this years version
of which will be held at the V.F.W.
Post Home, Memorial Park, Satur-
day, December 20.
According TO Chairman Hugg,
the need for new and serviceabie
toys, particularly dolls. is greater
than ever this year. AS in previous
years, Milford merchants are sup
porting the drive with donations,
but indications are that additional
assistance, in form of donations or
good used toys or cash donations
with which toys or clothing may
be purchased, is needed. Clean SER
viceable children's clothing can
also be used to good advantage as
can foOdstuffs for distribution to
deserving homes at Christmastime.
John Deeney is in charge OF q
group of post members who are
collecting and repairing toys. Mrs.
Claire LaFontaine, committee CO.
chairman, is in charge of the ladies
who are repairing clothing. items,
and tagging and wrapping gift
items. James Weller heads the COM
mittee charged with arranging for
and providing transportation for
the more than one hundred young
sters who will attend this years
Larty.
Persons desiring to donate toys,
clothing. foodstuffs or money for
Operation Santa Claus" can ar
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Tall Cedar Officers
Election Dec. 10
Installation VIII Be Held
The Same
Evening

The Annual election and instaIla-
tion of Officers for the 1859 term
in Evergreen Forest No. 40, Tall
Cedars OF Lebanon, will be held at
their regular ceremonial in the
Community Building, Milford, on
Wednesday evening, December 10.
Frank Jarman, P.G.TC. of Eastern
Sho' Forest No. So, Salisbury, and
District Deputy Supreme Tall Ce-
dar for District No. Is, will offici-
ate at the installation.
The reorganized Evergreen For
est Band under the direction OF
Richard d. Blaner, will open the
evenings entertainment with a
concert of selected music. This
band, under the management of J.
Robert Green, is rapidly regaining
its former title as Evergreen's g
prize winning band.
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Christmas Program
At School Dec. 18th
Musical Nuabers And RecitatiOns
VIII Be In Order

A Christmas Program will be
presented at the Milford High
School on Thursday night, Decem-
Der 18th, at 800 o'clock in the
High School Auditorium
Parents and friends are cordial
ly invited. There will be Christmas
Carols for the audience to sing, the
Christmas Story, read by student,
Dennis Hazard, and selections by
several groups.
Seven-1 homeroom of Mrs. Bau-
sell, 81 homeroom of Mrs. COsden,
the Junior High School Chorus OF
14S voices, the High School Male
Quartette, the High School Octette
the High School Chorus of rs vol
ces, and solos by Christine Morgan
and Wayne Parker will comprise
the program.
The entire program will appear
in next weeks paper. Chimes and
organ selections will be played be-
fore and after the program.
Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05

VI LIlO DOlA.
Top soybean producer, Elwood
T. Fox, Jr., Bear. who produced
SIS bushels of soybeans per acre
in the contest was crowned soy
bean king.
George NJ. Worrilow, dean of the
school of agriculture at the UNI
versity of Delaware, was toast
master and NJ. o. Pence, extension
agronomist with Purdue C1iver-
sity, reminisced on his early days
here as the first county agent IN
Kent County in 1914.
Other leaders in the yield con-
tests were:
Corn-second to Tarburton: B.
Irving Armstrong, Middlet0wn,
174.0S bushels; Roland Garrison,
Dover, 1887; Townsends, Inc,
1924; Daniel Harris, Newark.
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Help Is Available
For Cancer Patients
Persons Desiring Information
Should Contact Ann LOngb0tham

Do you know what services are
provided by your Kent County unit
of the American Cancer Society
for cancer patients? Help is avail
able for needy cases with hospital
expenses for ward care, pain-re-
lieving drugs, homemaker service,
dressings, the loan of sickroom
equipment, and the transportation
of out-patients to the hospitals for
treatment. The American Cancer
Society is a voluntary organization
and these services are made possi-
BILE by contributions to the Cancer
Crusade. Anyone needing assistance
must make application at one of
the society's offices. The Kent
County office is located at 306
South State Street, Dover, with
Mrs. Donald g. Carey in charge.
The telephone is Dover 7431. APP
plication must be made by the pa
tient or a member of the patients
family. After the application has
been approved, help is immediate
ly forthcoming.
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Regional Poultry
Meeting AT Laurel
Session Due At st. Philips Church
Wednesday, December 18th

A New York broker will be
among the speakers at this years
Regional Poultry meeting in st
Philips Episcopal Church, Laurel
Del, December 18th.
Mr.. Ralph Barwick, University
of Delaware extension poultryman
said Joseph A.. Friedman of the
New York Mercantile Exchange
will discuss the possibilities for
"A Futures Exchange for the Sci.
byville Auction"
Other speakers scheduled are:
DR.. L. M. Greene. University oi
Delaware Substation, Georgetown
will talk about Management Be-
tween Flocks."
DR.. Thomas Coulton, Coopera-
tive Mills Research and Evalua-
tion Farm, Greenwood, Del, will
cover Cost of Decentralization"
Continued on page sevenJ
Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Santa Claus
Will Arrive
In Milford
L o m Orrow W
VIII Weather Permitting
Pilot His Own Plane
Into The Milford Air
port; Will Stay Until
Christmas.

Santa Claus, that jolly old elf
that is beloved by all Children
everywhere, will arrive at Milford
Airport, tomorrow afternoon, Sat
urdays December 6, at one o'clock.
Santa. who is quite air-mindeC de-
spite his advanced years will, ac-
cording to Milford Chamber of
Commerce, Milford Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, and City of Mil
ford representatives, who arc ar
ranging for this annual local usi-
tation, pilot his own plane into
Milford.
II the weather is stor1py, how
ever, Santa will not atteript to fy
into Milford, but will arrive a diff
ferent way, but will be at his To-
cal abode on the Walnut Street
bridge panel at the same hour, to
greet all his little friends.
IL the weather Is fair, the MEM
bers of the 40 ct s, that fun-making
organization of the American Le-
gion, will be on hand with their
famous 40 ct 8 locomotive to greet
Santa at the airport and escort him
through Milford to the Story Book
House. They will also stay awhile
to give the kiddies free rides on the
locomotive.
The members of the 40 ct do
this entertaining of the kiddies as
a part of their child welfara pro-
gram and their activity is deeply
appreciated by the sponsors of the
Milford fete.
The Chamber, the Junior Cham
ber and the City, really getting
into the spirit of Christmas, are
planning many more exciting
things for the people who make
Milford their shopping headquar-
ters. On Monday, December 8, the
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Increases Noted I'm
Highway Traffic

Increases in traffic were re-
corded at every traffic counting
station along the main highways in
this State during the month of Oc-
tober, in comparison with the same
month of last year. according to
the report of the Planning Divi-
sion of the State Highway Depart
ment.
This is the first time in some
months that increases were re-
corded at ali of these traffic count
ing stations, particularly along
Route Is, at a point north OF
Smyrna.
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Costly Accidents Are
Showing An Increase

Accidents on State highways, in
volving damages in excess OF
800, reported to the Financial Di-
vision of the Motor Vehicle Depart
ment during the month OF October.
showed an increase over the same
month of last year. but a decrease
over October of 1856.
There were total of 682 OF these
accidents reported during October,
and this number was an increase OF
So over the same month OF last
year, but decrease of 64 over
October of 1856.
OF the accidents reported during
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05

ware, the agriculture dean stated.
Program topics are being plan
ned in the following general areas !:
Crops and fertilizers, poultry,
home economics, home gardening,
dairy. livestock. fruit and vege-
tables. A general session program
of broad interest will be offered
each day as the final morning ses-
sion.
Delaware agricultural scientists
and specialists will report on their
research aimed at more effective
plant disease and insect control. re-
duced losses and increased eff
cheney in poultry production, inn
proved marketing practices, and
their many other efforts 10 help
farmers solve problems through
science. Several out-of-state speak
ers are being invited to address
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Santa Claus VIII
Parade At Lewes
Bay Old Saint Is Due In Sussex
Seaport Tomorrow

A big Santa Claus parade on
December 6 will start off a whole
month of yuletide celebrating in
the old town of Lewes. Announce
ment of the annual Christmas pro-
gram sponsored by the Chamber
of Commerce in cooperation with
its merchants division was made
by Walter S. Howard. president.
This is how the mop..hh-long cele-
bration is carried out by the trade
body. Old Chris will arrive in Lew
es at 2 p. m. on Dec 6, by airplane,
landing on the field of Mayor Otis
H. Smith on Kings Highway. He
will then get in the parade and
proceed down Kings Highway to
his own special house set up on
Second Street, where gifts and
goodies will be handed out to wait
ing youngsters. That evening, and
each succeeding Saturday night
preceding Christmas Day the mer-
chants will donate special gifts to
those who have made yuletide pur-
chases in their business establish
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Milford chronicle., 1958-12-05
Could it happen here?

O00A0 II 44aPPCAA AC1 z
Could supposedly safe school
one that meets all legal require
ments- become a death trap like
the one III Chicago where 81 chill
dren and three nuns died?
The concensus among school
and government officials is mo-,
but there is enough haziness in the
safeguards against a Delaware dis
aster of this kind to cause concern.
Rejecting that concern, DIR.
George r. Miller, Jr., state super
intendent of public instruction, re-
quested on Wednesday a special
inspection of all public schools
outside of Wilmington by the state
fire marshal.
The concern over fire protection
and escape facilities applies not
only to schools, but also to room
ing houses, nursing homes, apart
ments, and other structures.