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Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
Class OF 1908 Is
Planning Reunion,
Grads OF 80 Years Age To Meet
AT Alumni Banquet

Specially interesting to many of
the Alumni, both old and young,
of Milford High School, will be the
reunion of the Glass of 1903 at the
annual Alumni Banquet tomorrow
evening at Lulu M. Ross School.
A class of nine, seven ladies and
two gentlemen, composed that class
of fifty years ago, according to
Glass Historian Robert ID. Pretty
man, of Milford. All of the class
members are still living and sew
eral have signified their intention
of attending the reunion.
The Roster of the class, The lady
members OF the class. all of whom
changed their names by marriage,
follow, the maiGen name of each
in parenthesis, the present address
is given for each one. Mrs. Mary
(Ellis) Anderson, 159 Bryan Mawr
Ave-, Lansdowne, Pa; Mrs. Mary
(Kindle) Bedle, Seaford, DEL; Mrs.
Lucy (Arnoldl Jester. r. d., Mil
Continued on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
Aged FELTON, Lady
Is Killed By Car

An S2-year-old woman pedestrian
who had left a meeting OF the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton to use a telephone, was killed
when struck by an automobile on
u. s. Route 13 about two miles
north of FELTON,, Wednesday.
The woman, Mrs. Nellie B. Stew
ard of FELTON,, was taken to the
Kent General Hospital at Dover
and pronounced dead on arrival at
g.1o D. m. Police said the woman
Gisd almost instantly.
Icontinued on page fve)
Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
First Natl Awards
Hirsch Scholarship

The First National Bank and
Trust Company has formally an
nounced this week that Richard
NJ. Johnson. a member of the grad
uating class of Milford High
School, has been selected to re-
ceive the Daniel Hirsch Scholar
ship Award. The award to Patricia
c. Hall is being continued.
These scholarships, established
by the late Daniel Hirsch in his
last will anu testament, provide for
two scholarships, one to a boy and
Continued on page sixl
Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
Baccalaureate Sermon
Will Be Given Sunday
Rev. Harry Jaeger VIII Make De-
.Nv<ry In High School Gym

The Baccalaureate services for
the members of the graduating
class of 1858, Milford High School,
will be held in the gymnasium of
the high school on Lakeview Ave-
nue. this coming Sunday evening,
June Sth, commencing at o.
clock.
The Rev. Harry Jaeger, pastor
of First Presbyterian Church, Mil
ford. will deliver the sermon.
The complete program follows
Concerts, Milford High School
Band. Mr.. Paul Teare, Director;
Professional, Invocation, Rev. John
Scherch, Hymn. Holy. Holy. Holy"
Dykes; Reading from the Holy
Bible, Rev. Harry Jaeger, Prayer
Rev. John Scherch, Choral selec-
tions, Senior High School Chorus
Mrs. Marie Giltenboth. Director
Joyce Bennett. Accompanist; Lord
Thy Glory, "Ye Watchers and Ye
Holy Ones, Descant, Sharon John
fcontinued on page f1ve)
Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
Oldest Kent County
Voter Died May 29
Henry Williams Would Have Been
80 On August 10Th

Henry Williams, Kent County's
oldest voter. died May 18th at the
home of his son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Powell.
He would have been 99-years-old
on August 10Th.
Mr.. Williams, VINO consistently
voted the Democratic ticket from
the time he cast his first ballot for
Winfield S. Hancock for president,
died in the house where he was
born and had always lived.
He had been in failing health for
some time. Mr.. Williams was born
August 10, 1859, son of the late
James and Joanna Ford Williams.
His wife, Catherine Marvel Will
liams, died in January, 1910.
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Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
Tomorrow Last Time
To Get Polio Shots

This Saturday morning (Jsne -
will be the last chance for resi-
dents of Sussex County to get free
polio shots. Volunteer doctors,
nurses. and hostesses will be at
the Georgetown Fire Hall from 8
through 1880 a. m. for the final
clinic in Southern Delaware of the
sixteen-month series sponsored by
the Medical Society of Delaware,
the State Board of Health, and the
Delaware Chapter of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly-
fconfinued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
Guard Camps
Will Honor
Jas. P. POstles
This Summer
Civil War State Hero Will
Be H0nored By Having
Two Encam p m e n t S
Named For Him.

The Delaware National Guards
summer training areas at Fort
Miles and Bethany Beach will be
officially known as Camp James
Parke Postles this year in honor
of the Civil War hero from the
state.
The announcement was made re-
Gently by Maj. Gen. Joseph ]. Scan
nell, adjutant general of Delaware,
who also revealed { he training
schedules for participation of vari-
Gus units in the annual summer
encampment.
quarters 261st AAA Brigade. has
been designed camp commander.
1t. Col. Jerome d. Niles, Jr., will
act as deputy camp commander ct
Fort Miles.
Col. Ralph S. Baker, Headquar-
ters 160th AAA Group, has been
designated camp commander for
the second two-week training peri
cd.
The Civil War hero, Brig. Gen.
James Parke Postles was born at
Camden, Del, in 1910. While an
inspector general, Postles volun-
teered to deliver an important order
during the Battle of Gettysburg "in
the fact of almost suicidal enemy
fire" and was awarded the Congress
sional Medal of Honor.
The orders issued by General
Scannell point out that:
General Postles was appointed
Delaware's adjutant general in
1878 and served in this post until
1887. His activities during this
period may well qualify him." Cen
eral Scannell's order read, "as the
father of the modern National
Guard"
CONTINUED on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
Danny Webster
Is Graduated
Milford Youth Receives Diploma
From Mercersburg Academy

Daniel N. Webster, son of Mr..
md Mrs. Forrest n. Webster, Box
1873, Milford, Del, received a diplo-
ma at the sixty-fifth annual June
commencement of The MERGERS
)urg Academy held June 1. Head
master Charles S. Tippetts pre-
sided at the exercises and awarded
he prizes and diplomas. One hun
lred twenty seniors were gradua-
ed at the ceremony, which marked
he elimination of two days of
commencement festivity.
Webster, who entered MERGERS
)urg in 1856, was member of the
John Marshall Literary Society,
he cross country team and the
rack squad.
Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
WV Convention
Chairman Is Named
Department Judge Adv0-
cate Is Named General
Chairman OF Fete To
Be Held At Lewes, On
June 1874.

Edward w. Clarke, of Dover, de-
partment Judge advocate, has been
named general chairman for the
28th Annual Convention of the De-
partment of Delaware, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, to be held at Lew
es, June 1914.
Mr. Clarke, who, in civilian life,
is a postal service employee at the
Dover Air Force Base, served in
the U. S. Navy during World War
II. Shortly after return to civilian
status, he joined the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and has served the
Dover Memorial Post in various
capacities, including that of COM
mander. Mr.. Clarke has also served
the state organization as district
commander, chaplain, and judge
advocate, and is currently being
supported by District No. 8 (Kent
County, for the office of depart
ment junior vice commander.
In addition to capably filling
other department offices, Mr..
Clarke, during the past three years,
has also served as state V.F.W.
youth activities director, organic
ing and supervising the statewide
marbles competition, and expand
ing other phases of the veterans
youth program.
Serving with Chairman Clarke
in making arrangements for the
two-day conclave are the follow
ing:
Dept. ON. Francis Sidowski,
Dept. Service Officer Herbert Will
lis, Past Dept. Comdr. Elwood
Rikards, Samuel d. Ableman, Ed
ward Zaleski and Michael Mat
way, credentials; Harry Faust
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06

otnlCo VI Wv oOA otF anu DCld W
tion in toll rates, which became e
Frank J. Horty, General Mana
single suspension span, said that a
state Highway Division which ope
to motorists and truckers of thirty
to forty per cent in the future.
Since the bridge opened on Aug
ust 16, 1851. the toll for passenger
cars was $.75 per vehicle. This was
dropped on June 1 to $50. Special
10-trip shoppers tickets are avail
able at $3.50 book, or SIS a trip.
These previously sold for $3.50.
The larest saving will be effected
by commuters who use the span
on a daily basis. Fifty trip books,
good for the calendar month have
been reduced from $3.50 to $3.50,
bringing single crossing costs to
fifteen cents one way.
Truckers will also benefit by the
action OF the Interstate Highway
Division, Mr.. IIorty said. Two axle
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The safety record was announce
ed by +. Irving Grow. vice presi-
dent for industrial safety. of the
Delaware Safety Council. who said
the contest is one of many means
used by the council to promote
safety at work. The industrial
safety work of the council is one
OF its important fields of activity,
along with highway, school, farm
and home safety, Mr.. Grow ex-
planned.
The 81 plants and laboratories
had a total of 49 lost time acci-
dents In the three months. During
that period, 2s.77s employees work
ed a total of 14.0S0.S14 man-hours.
The accident frequency rare for the
three months was 3.4S. This Is one
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Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06

Wesley-Cannon Club.
Bath says the delegates were
named on the basis of outstanding
project achievement, demonstrated
leadership ability, community SER
vice and citizenship activity
Miss Pierson has been in 4-H
work eight years and attended Nat
ional All Club Congress in Chi
cago as state dress revue winner in
1856. Janet is q home economics
student at the University of Del
aware and was President of the
New Castle County All Junior
Council. She has entered many ex
hibits In the Kenr-Sussex Fair, and
has been president and secretary
of her local club.
Her project interests are In
(contfnued on page tenl
Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
Total OF 81 State Plants
Had Good Accident Rating

laboratories
during
yesterday
Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
-Four DeIn1Unre 4-H'ers TO
Attend National Conference

Delaware 2sth Nat
Wayne 4
The Club
Milford chronicle., 1958-06-06
Toll Rates Haze Been Cut On
DeIalUare Memorial Bridge

lly connecting link between the
has officially announced a reduc-
fective Sunday, June 1st.
,er of the worlds seventh longest
ton taken by the Delaware Inter
ates the bridge will mean savings
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Senate

s. 1883. Welfare and Pension
Funds Disclosure Act. Smith
amendment to eliminate Taft
Hartley Act provision barring
strikers permanently replaced dur
ing q strike from voting in repre-
sentation elections. Rejected, $3.50.
AGAINST: Byrd and Robertson Democrats
Of virginia. Beall.- Republican OF Mary
NOT VOTING: Butler, Republican of
Maryland.
s. 1888. Mundt amendment to
bar anyone ineligible to vote be-
cause of a State or Federal con-
viction from serving as manager,
trustee or employe Of an employee
welfare or pension fund. Agreed
to. 900.
FOR: Robertson. Beall, Butler.
ANNOUNCED FOR: Byrd
S. 2SSS. Passage Of bill. Passed,
$50.
FOR: Besll, Butler
NOT VOTING: Byrd. Robertson.
II. r. 1147O. A bill to raise the
pay of all military personnel, ex-
cept privates, by varying per-
centages and carry out the recon-
mendations of Cordiner Commit
tee. Passed, $40.
FOR: Byrd, Robertson, Beall.
ANNOUNCED FOR: Butler.
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'HoW-TO' FOR CONGRESS?
BY JAMES NJ. LONG
Associated Press stan Writer

ROME.-Italy'S pugnacious Par
lament finally has knocked itself
out after five years of free-swing-
ing flsticuffS perhaps unique in
modern lawmaking.
Nationwide elections May 25,will
pick new challengers for the
Chamber of Deputies and the SEN
ate. But candidate lists Indicate
that most Of the old champions
will come back belligerently for
further matches in Italy's legisla-
tive Madison Square Garden.
There has been no count of the
yards of bandage used in the par
liamentary dispensary this past
five years for black eyes or bloody
noses. But it has been dull month
indeed when shouts Of swine" or
dog" or traitor" have not
touched off violence in. the legis-
lative halls.
No Protocol Here
In this hot-tempered Latin land
there's little Of the English and
American system of referring TO
my honorable opponent"
More than four years ago ink
wells were removed from the desks
of Deputies and Senators. They
were too easy to throw. Desks and
microphones were bolted down.
They had been torn apart and used
as cudgels.
Critics of the unparliamentary
conduct pointed out that the 800
year-old Monteciteio. seat Of the
Chamber of Deputies, formerly had
been an open courtyard filled only
with quarTeling dogs and horse
drawn carts. The only change.
these critics say. has been that the
horsedrawn carts are no longer
there.
The supposedly sedate Senate
is an equal competitor for fist
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SupremeCour
New Bill

1t has been 80 years since Con-
gress, using the authority granted
it by the Constitution, has re-
Stricted the Jurisdiction of the
Supreme Court. At that time. in
1868, the Reconstruction Congress
removed the courts jurisdiction in
certain habeas corpus appeals.
Today much of Congress again
is in disagreement with some Of
the courts decisions. and the mood
seems to be to solve the problem
again by limiting the high court S
jurisdiction.
On Wednesday, the Senate
Judiciary Committee, by a 1915
vote. reported a bill which one
Senator has called a kill the
umpire" measure. 1t would:
Q Prevent the court from hearing
cases involving State regulations
on admissions to the bar. This
arose from decision handed down
last year which reversed rulings
excluding a lawyer from the bar
because of his alleged Communist
Affiliations.
Q Make congressional committees
their own authority on whether
their questions in a hearing validity
have a legislative purpose. Several
contempt of Congress charges
have been thrown out when the
courts have assumed this preroga-
tive.
o Permit the States to write
and enforce-their own laws on
attempts to overthrow the Federal
Government.
o Expand the Smith Act to in
clude theoretical advocacy" in be-
half of overthrowing the Govern
ment. The court last year held
that the act covered only advocacy
that constituted an Indictment TO
action"
Senate opposition to the bill is
considerable. But in the House.
where Southern delegations could
be expected to line up almost
solidly behind it, Representative
Heating, ranking Republican on
the Judiciary Committee, said last
week that there was widespread
interest in the bill.
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right. and Communists, on the far
left. Of the two houses Of Parlia-
ment But many brawls also have
broken out between. Communists
and Christian Democrats, the gov.
erning party of the center.
Communist Giacomo Caladrone
was suspended from several ses-
sions Of the Chamber of Deputies
in 1854 for kicking Christian
Democrat Claudio Merenda in the
face"
An EorIy Stort
The present legislature was only
a few days old when the Donny-
brook erupted in the Senate on
Palm Sunday evening, 1858, over
proposed election law changes.
"Carogna (carrion) porco tplg) ,
farabutto (rascaD" was shouted
from the Communist benches.
The Senate chamber was
wrecked in the succeeding battle
between communists and Chris
tan Democrats. Benches and
desks were smashed. This fight
provoked the order to bolt down
everything movable.
The five-year term ended on
the same note.
In the closing session Of the
chamber, FascistS roared in insult
over proposal to grant military
land pension) recognition to war
time anti-FaScist partisan brtx
gadeS. =
The cry from Fascist bencheA.
cts profane," set of l5-minutS
free-for-all with a half dozen
injured. x
The FasciSts finally stalked from
the chamber. Gianni de lotto, q
Deputy who lost an arm serving
with Mussolini's last ditch forces
raised a clenched fist in the Fascist
salute and reared back from tho
doorway: =
Viva IL DuceI"
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Not oo-Bight' Young Men Give
The Military a Costly Headache

to obtain permission TO give the
tests in the native tongues Of the
foreign born.
In Washington. Col. jefferson
j. Irwin, chief OF the Army's re-
tention and promotion branch,
observed in an interview that the
steady influx of the not-too-bright
really hurts.
Where there are no intelligent
followers" he said, there is no
leadership. The day when you
could throw anybody into the in
fantry went out with Frederick
the Great whose Prussian army
was probably the most rieidly dis
ciplined in history. We haven't
put automatons into the line Of
battle for a couple of hundred
years"
Is there tendency for draft
boards TO select the mentally slow
just to get them out Of the COM
munity?
mo" Col. Irwin replied. 4 be-
lieve the draft boards do a con-
scientious job. I believe they take
a cross-section Of the community.
They get a cross-section Of Amer
lean manhood"
While the mentally slow make
up IS per cent of the Army, they
represent $50 per cent of the
Army's prison population.
Wortime Legacy
The low mental and aptitude
. requirements were established in
wartime l945 when the Nation was
scraping the bottom Of its man
power pool. On the aptitude tests
a man is considered Of marginal
value II he scores less than 90.
The man who scores ITO is officer
material.
In the Is intervening years no
adjustment has been made by
Congress to improve the quality
of the peacetime services. There
is now before the Senate House.
passed bill which would permit
the President-in effect, the serv-
ices-to stiffen the requirement
that anyone scoring a mere 10
on intelligence tests be indicted.
The modification would apply only
in peacetime and would permit
the services to build q cadre of
intelligent. highly trained men
around which they could expand
in an emergency.
During the House debate on the
bill, Representative Leslie Arends,
Republican Of Illinois, made this
observation:
when we consider the fact that
the modern Army today is made
up Of complex electrenic devices,
guided missiles, atomic weapons,
intricate communication systems
and exceedingly mobile transpor-
tation methods. together with the
substantially higher requirements
for individual initiative in smaller
unit operations, it becomes quite
apparent that the Army's need for
higher quality inductees increases
almost daily"
That's the problem IN a nut
shell. There was a time when
strong backs and weak minds
were handy to have around to per-
form the mental chores. Not any
more.
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ess is not confined to new men
alone: 468 regular Army men Of
marginal value have been released
here, including some who had
been in the service for 10 to 10
years.
What does Fort Dix do with men
who are of marginal value? I'm
mediately after taking their apti-
tude tests, the men are assigned
to training battalions. Usually 1t
takes two or three days for their
aptitude scores to catch up with
them.
Some of the company COM
manders go through the motions
Of training the marginal man.
Most assign them to mental tasks.
such as cleaning latrines, so that
the training of others is not re-
tarded.
Any veteran would recognize
them. They are the men who.
when the command left face" is
given, promptly turn to the right.
They are the men who require
endless practice in field stripping
a rifle. At times drill instructors
have made the inept men carry
stones in their left hands in order
to distinguish right from left.
Who's the Dumb 0ne?'
When the word comes that the
inept are to be discharged-and
their identity is learned by the
rest of the company-the reaction
among the other men is likely TO
be: Hell, they amt the dumb
ones. We are. We passed" There
is, in fact. some suspicion that the
word has been passed among draft
eligible youngsters that the way
to avoid service is to funk the APP
titude tests. The Army is con-
sidering ways to check this.
Even so, one officer who has
worked with the men reports, "A
good 80 per cent of those going out
feel bad. They have a desire to
stay: send many Of them UP to
retake their tests" But in the
nine months this officer has had
his company none has passed on
denomination.
The boss of the training regi-
ment is Col. w. B. Edwards. He
> resents the fact that in the past
a good many Of the marginal in
telligence men have been assigned
to the Infantry.
Col. Edwards takes the long
view. IF a man is going to stay
10 to Is years in the Army and
still be a private, then my policy
is to get rid Of him. If he is willing
to study and learn. keep him"
He comedies that some. of those
going out now might be saved and
used, but they've got to produce.
They can't sit back and say the
Army owes me living"
Not all those rejected as inept
are necessarily so. This applies
particularly to the foreign born
and to Puerto Ricans. All of the
tests are given in English. Some
graduates of high schools in Eu-
rope have failed. including a
goodly portion of the Hungarian
freedom fighters who came to this
country. Obviously language was
a barrier. Fort Dix is now trying
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Continued From Page AIS
Southerner yielded to temptation.
The only Democrat to break the
line was Frank Lausche, the
Ohioan who often displayed his
admiration for, and gave his sup
port to. the late Senator Taft.
But Senator Johnson's victory
was not absolute. In order to OBJ
tain it. he had to promise the Sem
ate that the Labor and Public
Welfare Committee would con-
slider the amendments $50 were
offered, Is debated, IA rejected,
one Withdrawn and one accepted)
and report out a labor bill later.
The Senate bill, which now goes
to the House, requires financial
reports to the Secretary OF Labor
on union pension and welfare
funds that are operated by unions,
employers, OF the two together.
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WEEK IN PERSPECTIVE

versity of Iowa physicist who is
responsible for the satellites
measuring instruments. said last
week that the radiation was so
heavy at times that it jammed
the geiger counters aboard the
satellites. 'e-a---
Dr.. Van Aliens theory is that
the sun is the source Of the radia-
ton. 1t is believed that the cleo
trically charged particles of 10
nized gas drift toward the earth
but are held at bay 600 miles
above its surface, probably because
the earth's magnetic fields serve
as protective umbrella.
The theory is that when the
satellite penetrates the radiation
belt, the negatively charged cleo
irons lombard the satellites metal
shell, causing the release of
X-rays closely resembling those
used in medical diagnosis and
therapy. The rays were measured
at .06 roentgens an hour, which
means that. in two hours, an UNI
shielded human in space would
receive the maximum permissible
weekly dose set for atomic workers.
Other information collected:
Q The discovery that heat, previ-
ously suspected Of presenting an
almost insurmountable barrier to
space travel, can be easily con-
trolled within a satellite.
. Cosmic dust. or tiny micro
meteorites, have presented no
problem so far, none having pene-
trated the satellites shells.
. The atmosphere at 225 miles
altitude is IA times more dense
than was previously believed.