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Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
10th Anniversary
At st. JOhnstOICn
Celebration Will Be Held At
Historic Edifice
Sunday

On Sunday, October 10Th, at 2:3O
p. m, the members and friends of
st. Johnstown Methodist Church
will celebrate their 18th Anniver-
sary. This historic church located
one mile east of Greenwood, Del
aware, came into being as result
of a series of meetings neld at the
home of William Laws under the
inspiring preaching of Francis AS
bury.
The Rev. Fl. II. Conner, Pastor
of Calvary Methodist Church, in
Wilmington, will be the guest
speaker for this OCCASION Rev.
Conner will be remembered by
many persons as the former minis
ter of the Greenwood Charge.
Special music will be-a feature
of this service and the ministers
of several churches of the area will
take part. The Rev. Muriel Smith
is the minister of st. JOhnstOwn.
Plan to attend this service and
enjoy it with your friends and
neighbors.
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
Chas. Shockley Stage
Manager For Bus Stop
Lincoln Youth viii Serve Group
At Richmond, Virginia

Charles Lee Shockley, Jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John r. ShOckley
0f Lincoln, Delaware, has been
named Stage Manager for the first
major production of the 18th sea-
son of the Department of Dramatic
Art at the Richmond Professional
Institute, Richmond, Virginia. The
play to be. presented is William
Tnge's broadway success, BUS
Stop, which will be presented at
the Shaeffer Street Playhouse on
the campus of Richmond Profes-
sional Institute October 20, 80, 81.
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Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
Kent County COP
Planning Big Fete
Thursday, Oct. 3Oth
Harvest Dinner And Meet
Your Candidate Night
Will Be Held At New
Caesar Rodney High
School Cafeteria.

The Kent County Republican or
ganization ia planning a Harvest
Dinner and Meet Your Candidate
night Thursday, October 30th at
$3.50 p. m, at Caesar Rodney High
School Cafeteria
Mrs. Ruth Hall Concilio of near
Dover is general chairman Of the
dinner, which is expected to draw
an attendance of over 400. Other
aides are, Tickets for Distinguish
ed Guests, Mrs. Hazel Hancock,
Hostess, Mrs. Ada Van SAINT, Deco
ration and Tables, Mrs. Alice
Holmes, Publicity, Mrs. Betty Lou
Wooleyhan, Door Tickets. Mrs.
Marjorie Lane, Door Prizes. W.
Deane Johnston and Ralph Wine,
Lieutenant Governor David p.
Buckson will be Master of Cere-
monies.
According to Mrs. Concilio there
will be plenty of door prizes which
will be awarded during the evening.
Tickets are now being offered for
sale at $500 each and can be OBJ
tanned from Committeewomen and
Committeeman, and may also be
picked up at Republican Headquar-
ters in the Harrington Building on
North Street, Dover.
u. S. Senator John j. Williams,
who is running to succeed himself,
will be the main speaker, other
Candidates including Congressman
Hal Haskell, Jan Bove, Vera G..
Davis, Dale e. Wheatley and Arthur
r. Hudson will also speak briefly,
County and District Candidates will
be introduced.
Continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17

The Student Center and four
new dormitories will be dedicated
in a simple ceremony in the Stu
dent Center lounge shortly before
luncheon.
Another feature of the day will
be the annual Homecoming parade
staged by fraternities and residence
halls. Colorful floats representing
the living units will be displayed
at the Stadium after the parade at
1915 p. m.
Alumni will meet after the foot
ball game at the Newark Country
Club for the annual Goal Post
party. A Homecoming dance has
been scheduled from $3.50 to 1880
p. m. at the Student Center.
Homecoming programs have been
mailed to all alumni and Raymond
B. Duncan, faculty manager of ath-
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
DCIA To Hold 5Oth
Anniversary In Nov.

This years Delaware Crop I'm
provement Association program at
the Capital Grange Hall in Dover,
Nov. 1918 will mark the organiza-
tion's 5Oth birthday, according to
president James Dickinson, Town
send.
The program will include pre-
sentation of awards to state and
county winners of the soybean and
corn yield contests at the banquet
Tuesday night; crops judging con-
test by Alters; crop exhibits for
hay, soybeans and corn; Monday
banquet in honor of Farm-City
(continued on page Eixl
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17


Land has served Us well in the
past, it is pointed out. It was vir-
tually the only resource available
to our ancestors at the end of the
Revolutionary War. Proceeds from
the sale of land were used to pro-
vide funds to launch the fiedgling
Nation. More important sales of
agricultural products provided cap
itai for the rapid industrialization
of our economy. Sales of land n
nanced some of our communica-
tions-canals, railroads, and the
National Pike. Through the land
grant college system, public lands
have helped in educating the
young. And in a larger but i'm
measurable sense, abundant land
may have been responsible for
much of our political and econom-
ic freedom.
(continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17


continues to climb to new high
levels, according to a report by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
on current developments in the
farm real estate market. Values IN
IS States reached the highest point
on record during the year ended
on July 1.
The rise of five per cent in farm
real estate values across the Ma
ton is only a little less than rises
in several preceding years. South
eastern and Northern Plains States
experienced the sharpest advances,
while smaller than average in
creases occurred in the Corn Belt
and Great Lake areas.
Active farmers are the most i'm
portant buyers of farmland, puf-
chasing about three-nfths of all
farms and farm tracts sold. And
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
School Citizens Group
Is Selected Here

The elected group FROM the Mil
ford School District Citizens meet
ing of September 20. 1858, met on
Monday night, October 6, 1858, and
chose twelve businessmen to form
a School Citizens Committee to sit
with the Milford Board Of Educa-
tion to survey the need for class
rooms in our district and suggest
type and cost of construction.
The committee consists of !,
Daniel Friedman, Clarence Down
ing, Brown Thawley, Albert Peter
man, Burton Willis, Robert Zook,
Harris Belts. John wilkins, Sr.,
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
Peninsula Hort.
Society To Meet

Plans are under way for the
72nd annual meeting of the PENN
sula Horticultural Society which
will be held on Tuesday and We'd
nesday, Dec. $40 at the Capital
Grange Hall, Dover, Delaware, ac-
cording to an announcement by
the Executive Committee of the or
ganization.
Feature of the program will be
marketing. Plans for the special
marketing program are under way
under a committee headed by Rich
ard Allen. Salisbury, Maryland.
This marketing program will
CONTINUED on page nvel
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
Hospital Auxiliary
Has First Meeting
Enthusiastic Session Marked Open
ing Of Years Activities

The Women's Auxiliary of the
Milford Memorial Hospital had a
very enthusiastic meeting to start
their year. Letters from Mr.. Gerard
Lorenz, Hospital Administrator,
and from DR.. Leslie Dobson, chief
of staff, thanking the Auxiliary for
the $3.50 check to cover the
equipment purchased by the Aux
iliary for the Hospital, were read.
There was an additional thank you
for the two stretchers for the Re-
covery Room purchased FROM the
membership fund.
These set the proper mood tC
start the year. Mrs. Felix Mick had
sign stretched across the front
of the room saying Wen Shine
in '59".
Mrs. John Baker, president, an
nounced that at the next meeting
on November 11th, Mr.. Lorenz
would take the Auxiliary members
on tour of the Hospital. This will
give them an opportunity to see
all the equipment that the Aux
iliary has purchased during the
past. During the tour, they may
also see other needs that they may
work towards supplying. Mrs.
Baker hopes for a large turnout to
take the tour of the Hospital. 1t
should be of great interest to all.
Reports from Mrs. Bayard Whar-
ton, treasurer; Mrs. George Reed,
shop treasurer, and Mrs. Laurence
Fitchett, shop chairman, were ad-
ditional proof of all the good that
has been accomplished thru the
work of Auxiliary members. Miss
Cordelia Carter reported profit
of $3.50, from the baby pictures
during the summer months. There
have been 100 babies born in the
Hospital since January and the
Auxiliary feels these pictures are
a heart warming service as well
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Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
Ice Capades Under
Way AT Pa. Arena
VIII Continue Through Sunday,
October 26th

The famed "Old Smoothies" are
back again in Ice Capades, the
10Th edition of which opened at the
Philadelphia Arena on Tuesday
night October 14) where it will
continue through Sunday, Oct. 26.
Known more formally as Irma
Thomas (the very beautiful fem
mine half of the team) and Orrin
her portly partner, the
"Old Smoothies" have always been
popular with ice show fans in the
Philadelphia area just as they have
been wherever Ice Capades has
played. Their smooth skating to
tuneful waltzes have delighted au-
diences for Is years. They are
"everybody's champions.
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
Biologist Named For
Bayside L Laboratory
DIR. z. ID. de sylvia viii Be Resi-
dent AT LeweS Site

To meet the growing need for
research in the Delaware Estuary.
he University of Delaware has ap-
pointed Dr. Donald p. de Sylvia as
assistant research professor and
resident fisheries biologist at the
Bayside Laboratory in Lewes.
DR.. de Sylvia, who received his
1octorate from Cornell University
in June, also received his B.S. de-
9ree from Cornell and his masters
degree at the University of Miami.
He also studied at Northwestern
and at UCLA.
In addition to teaching and re-
search work at these universities,
Or. de Sylvia served as aquatic bio
logisl for the New York State Con-
servation Department in 1851 and
spent two years in the q. S. Army.
CONTINUED on page Eix1
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
Sussex COP Swings
Into High Gear At
Meeting In Milford
NIXON Will SPEAK
IN STATE, OCT. 31st

Vice President Richard M.
Nixon will be the guest of
the Republican State Com
mittee, and will address a
rally of Republican and In
dependent voters in Rodney
Square, Wilmington, Del
aware, next Tuesday, October
21. The rally is set to start
at IL o'clock noon.
The Vice President will
have a message of interest
for all the people of Del
aware.
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
COP Campaign Is
Stepped Up In Kent
County Chairman Johnston An
nOunces Important Meetings

AS the Election Day comes clos
er the tempo of the campaign Re-
publican wise has been stepped up.
County Chairman w. Dean Johns
ton and aides, are stating head
quarters in the old Index building
on North Street, Dover, every day
except Saturdays from early until
late.
The Chairman has called the at
tention of all Candidates to a series
of Must" meetings in the county
starting with Monday, October goth,
at s p. m when they will be afford
ed the opportunity of meeting with
many of the voters in the 7th dis
trict, at a meeting at Lou Gibbs
auditorium at Wyoming.
Thursday, October 30th, at $3.50
D. m, the Republican organization
CONTINUED on page rve)
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
Two State Men Buy
Okla. Aircraft Firm
John MerviRe, OrviIle Smith, Pur-
chase Duncan, Oklahoma Concern

John M. Mervine of Greenwood,
Del, and Orville v. Smith of Har-
rington, Del, have purchased Ray
Johnson Aircraft, Duncan, Okla
homa, and have Incorporated it as
Duncan Aviation, Inc.
Joel Meyer, 1901 North 10th St.,
Duncan, former Halliburton ma
chinist, and a licensed pilot, flight
instructor, and instrument rating
instructor, will be general man.
ager. He has been an instructor
for Ray Johnson Aircraft.
Duncan Aviation assured city
officials they could expect much
the same service as the previous
firm offered, charter service, flight
instruction and maintenance.
Meyer assumed management OF
the service Immediately. Directors
of the corporation owning the SER
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Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
Annual Homecoming DdyAt
University, Saturday, Oct. 25

Preparations being Homecoming Day
which scheduled
Saturday,
returning
game faci
which
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
1853 Agriculture Book
Entitled: "Land" Is Out

population
This years Agriculture
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-17
Farm Real Estate Values
Are Soaring To Ne,U High

The market value of farm
w
This five
rcentd during
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-12
Man And Wife
Team New Heads
Legion Groups

The election Tuesday of Mrs.
William Mericle as president of the
American Legion auxiliary places a
man and wife team at the head of
Legion affairs in Bluffton, since her
husband was recently installed as
commander of Button Post.
Mrs. Mericle will be installed at
the auxiliary's next meeting with Mrs.
Robert Hursey as first vice president;
Mrs. Richard Hauenstein, second vice
president; Mrs. Swan Stonehill, Sec
retary; and Mrs. Robert Dillman,
Mrs. Lyle McCarty and Mrs. Theo
Schultz as members of the executive
committee.
Mrs. Don Martz continues as
treasurer since that is a two year
term.
Delegates to the convention will be
Mrs. Mericle, Mrs. Stonehill and Mrs.
Garnette Foltz. The district conven-
ton will be at Kenton on June 19.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-12
Herr Elected
Regional Officer
Of Men Gardeners

Kermit Herr, long active in the
affairs of Bluffton's Mems Garden
club, was elected second vice presi-
dent of the Central Great Lakes Re-
gion, Mems Garden clubs of Amer
lea, last week end at the regional
convention in Cincinnati.
Under the organization constitu-
ton, Mr.. Herr will automatically suc-
ceed to the presidency of the regional
group by 1860 when Bluffton will be
the location for the annual conven-
ton.
The Cincinnati convention was at
tended by Mr.. and Mrs. Herr and
their niece, Carolyn Borkosky of Raw
son. They visited the famous conser-
vatory in Eden Park near the con.
vention hotel, the Hotel Aims, Mt
Airy Forest, and numerous other
parks and points of interest in the
Queen City.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-12
All Club Names
Second Candidate
For Freedom Queen

Carol Ann Schmidt, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. E. F. Schmidt, 121 Jeffer-
son avenue, was the second person
named this week as a candidate for
Freedom Queen in the annual Fourth
of July parade.
Her name was submitted by the
Buttons and Bows All club, after be-
ing elected to the honor by other
members. She is a sophomore at
Bluffton high school.
Carol AIMS attendants, who will
ride with her on the All float, are
Janette Benroth and Janice Oberly.
Janette is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Benroth and Janice is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Oberly.
Mrs. Burdell Huber and Mrs. Her
bert Rupright are advisors for the
All club which has 26 members.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-12
Harold Balner
New President
OF BlufftOn UF

Harold Balmer, prominent Bluffton
merchant, was elected president of
the Bluffton-Richland Township Unit
ed Fund at the reorganizational meet
ing Monday evening.
He succeeds William Edwards, who
held the presidency of the group dur
ing its first year of operation.
Other officers named at the meet
ing Monday include: the Rev. James
Heininger, first vice-president; Mrs.
Phyllis Simcox, second vice-presi-
dent; Ralph Stearns, treasurer and
Woodrow Little, executive secretary.
Four directors were elected for
three year terms. They are Richard
Smith, Byron Fritchie, Garnett Foltz
and Balmer. This will be Foltz' first
time on the board of directors. The
other three men were members of the
first board of directors and were re-
elected for the coming trm.
The board of directors also voted
to allocate an additional $500 to the
Girl Scout organization for 1858. The
Girl Scout budget was $710.-
46, which they received at the con-
of last October's highly sue
cessful drive.
The additional $500 will be used to
pay Buttons share of new exec
utive to be hired by the area Girl
Scout council.
Groups participating in the local
United Fund program viii soon be
asked to submit their 1859 budget re-
quests to the UF directors. Planning
for the next campaign, which will
probably be held in October, will be-
gin as soon as the member groups
submit their fund requests to the
budget and admissions committee.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-12
Vidella Herr
Now Sole Owner
Vida-Vidella Shop

Miss Vidella Herr, who established
the Vida-Vidella Shop in partnership
with the late Mrs. Vida Althaus, four
years ago, has acquired the sole
proprietorship since the death o fher
partner, it was made known this week.
Announcement that Miss Herr had
acquired her partners interest from
the estate was announced at the same
time the stores fourth anniversary
sale was announced. 1t begins Friday
and continues through Saturday.
According to custom, all items in
the store are marked down 10 per
cent during the two-day sale.
The Vida-Vidella shop was founded
when the partners acquired the stock
of the former Davies hat shop four
years ago. At that time it was located
in the room now occupied by Ms.
wander Newsstand. More than a year
ago the shop was moved into its pres
ent location.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-12
Births

The following births were record
ed at Bluffton Community hospital
during the past week:
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Kagy. Bluff
ton, girl, Ann Margaret, born last
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Early, Col.
Grove, a girl, Nancy Lynn. born last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ropp Triplett, Bluff
ton, a boy, Lawrence Ray, born Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Alt, Pandora,
a girl, Kathleen Marie, born Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Bixel, Lima,
boy, Wayne Stanley, born Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Closson MAR
gle Gerber, Bluffton, a girl, Kaye
Elaine, born Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bohrer, Bluff
ton, a boy, David Roy, born Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Benham, Lima,
a girl, Teri Lynn, born Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Halsey Hutchinson,
Lima, a boy, born Wednesday.
Rev. and Mrs. Lyman Hofstetter,
South Whittier, Calf, a girl, Deanne
Suzette. born June g. Rev. Hofstetter
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Waldo
Hofstetter, Bluffton Route 2.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-12
No Parking Zone
Before Mail Box

A no-parking zone will be estab-
lished in front of the motorists con-
venience mail box recently installed
in front of the U. S. post office, vii
lage council decided Tuesday eve
ming.
The no-parking zone will extend
from Franklin ST. As feet north on
Main street. Two parking spaces will
be eliminated. Motorists will be per-
mitted to stop while dropping mail
in the convenience chute but they
will not be permitted to park
there.
Council also voted to permit park
ing on the north side of Franklin
street between Main street and the
first alley and ban parking on the
south side of Franklin.
The ordinance was placed on first
reading and cannot be given final
approval until the next two council
meetings.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-12
.Three-DayRain
Bring Bumper
Forecast

Good soaking rains the first three
days of this week have ended threat
OF an early spring drouth and farm
ers of the Bluffton area are becoming
enthusiastic about crop prospects
this year.
Mother nature can play many tricks
before the harvest, but some local
farmers were reporting wheat pros
poets as 1.-THE best in several years."
Earlier dry weather during the
planting period has enabled farmers
to get practically all seed into the
ground including soybeans. Most
of the corn was planted locally be-
tween May Is and 20, whereas ordi-
narily Memorial Day is regarded as
the deadline.
But. if farmers were concerned
over the lack of moisture in April
and May, the subsoil supply has now
been replenished, and they are ready
to shut off the faucets. Continued
rains might interfere with wheat pol
lnation and provide a weed problem
IN the corn and soybean fields.
Well over half an inch of rain fell
on each of the three days, Sunday,
Monday Tuesday, bringing the total
rainfall for June to 2.34 inches. With
water standin gin the fields Tues
day, it appeared that there would be
little cultivation possibl until early
next week, if the rain stop.
Modern sprays, however, are an aid
to weed control in wet. seasons which
in former years had serious conse-
quences.
Oats have been considerably bene-
fitted by the moisture although they
were off to slow start during the
dry spell.
Much hay has been made and is
reported to be of good quality. Be-
cause this weeks rain was suspected
on Saturday. little hay was cut to
lie in the field over the week end
and thus escaped the heavy down
pour.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-12
Western Reserve
Awards BlufftOnite
Medical Degree

The degree of doctor of medicine
was awarded to John Bauman, son
of DR.. and Mrs. /. w. Bauman of
West Kibler street Wednesday in
commencement exercises. at Western
Reserve university.
The Bluffton man was president of
his graduating class of X members,
and is a member of the national
honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha.
During his four-year career at West
ern Reserve, he had received two
fellowship grants for summer re-
search work.
DR.. Bauman will serve his intern
ship at Cuyahoga County hospital,
formerly known as the Cleveland
City hospital.
He was graduated from Bluffton
college in 1854 and married former
Bluffton college student, Ruth Gill
liom of Berne, Ind.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-12

KATHY KELLAM, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Kellam, Route 2,
Columbus Grove, has been named
queen of Bluffton Chapter Future
Farmers of America, and will COM
pete for the title of Freedom Queen
in the annual Fourth of July Parade
here.
Miss Kellam will be senior at Bea-
verdam high school next fall. She
will also be a candidate for State
FLA queen in a contest August % at
the Ohio State Fair.
Attendants for the queen candidate
will be Arlene and Marlene Basinger,
twin daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Le-
land Basinger, Route 2, Bluffton.
They will be 'sophomores at Bluffton
high school in September.
The announcement was made this
week by Steve Dunlap, president of
the local FLA chapter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-06-12
Village May Buy,
Rather Than Lease,
New Police Cruiser

Village council indicated Tuesday
evening they may prefer to buy,
rather than lease, a different police
cruiser when the contract for the
present cruiser expires July 1.
/. Council expressed dissatisfaction
with the rising costs of leasing a po-
lice cruiser. They pointed out that
monthly leasing costs have risen
from $65 per month to SIS per month
since they began the leasing por-
gram two years ago at this time.
The present car, 1857 Chevrolet,
was leased from Bob Williams Chew
rolet, Inc. Its predecessor, a 1856
Ford, was leased from Bixel Motor
Sales.
Under the leasing program the au-
to dealer retains ownership of the au-
tomobile and it is returned to him
upon conclusion of the years use.
Maintenance for the police cruiser is
also furnished by the firm leasing the
auto to the village.
Council is advertising for the out
right purchase of a 1858 automobile
and they are also advertising for the
lease-rental of 1857 or 1858 car to
be used for police patrol work.
Final decision on whether to con-
tinue the leasing program or pur-
chase a patrol car will be made af-
ter bids are opened at the next coun-
Gil meeting, Tuesday, June "a.