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Milford chronicle., 1958-08-29
Blue AH-StarS
Whip Gold Men
By 27-O Score
Huge Crowd OF 1900
Packed University Sta
dunn To See Northern
Team Win.

Football at its finest, played for
the finest of causes, produced a
crowd of 1900 at Delaware Stadi-
um, Newark, last Saturday, and
convincing 27-0 victory for the
Blue over the Gold in the third
annual Delaware All-Star Football
Game.
The smashing success, achieved
via four touchdowns in the first
19 minutes of play, left the Blue
forces, comprised of northern New
Castle County high school gradu-
ates, with a spotless record in the
intra-state competition.
The 1856 team defeated its
southern Delaware counterpart,
27-6, and the 1857 unit nipped the
Gold, 7-6.
However, the biggest winners are
the state retarded children.
All box-office receipts, plus all
revenues realized from the publica-
ton and sale of the game program,
will be turned over to the Delaware
Foundation for Retarded Children,
Inc. The fund will be swelled by
siOns. Also, the radio stations who
participated in the sponsored,
statewide play-by- y-play broadcast
of the contest will add their re-
ceipts to the total.
{ Unofficial estimates place the net
profit from the overall promotion
between $4,000 and $50, ,000-a rec
ord sum.
The game justified such support.
Although the Blue, spearheaded by
the superlative passing of Salesi-
anum quarterback Ted Kempski,
held the initiative from the outset,
the Gold never conceded. Indeed, in
the final minutes it was the Gold
that pressed the fight. Four times
in the fourth quarter, Coach Don
Miller's southern Delawareans PEN
etrated Blue territory only to be
Commission from its beginning in
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Is
Selected For
Handicapped
Principal Speaker AT
Physically Handicapp-
ed Dinner Sept. 10 Will
Be Gen. NJ. j. Mas.

General Melvin j. Mas, USMCR
(Ret), chairman of the Presidents
Committee on Employment of the
Physically Handicapped, will be
the principal speaker Wednesday,
September 10 at the second annual
awards luncheon of the Delaware
Governors Committee, it was an
nouuced this week.
James H. Sears, chairman of the
State Committee on Employment
of the Physically Handicapped,
said that his group was highly
honored that General Mas had
accepted their invitation despite
his busy schedule.
The awards luncheon will be
held at 1915 p. m, September 10,
in the dupont Country Club, scene
of last years highly successful af-
fair, Mr.. Sears said. 1t is the fore
runner of National Employ the
Physically Handicapped w k
which begins October 6.
One employer of handicapped
workers and one handicapped per-
son who has shown outstanding
PROCESS on the job will be honored
at the affair. Governor ]. Calet
Boggs will award citations of merit
in each instance.
Governor Boggs has issued 50(
invitations for the luncheon" Mr.
Sears said, "and we are confident
that more than 800 people directly
interested in our handicapped viii
attend. This will be nice increase
over last years attendance"
Specially invited luncheon guests
are u. S. Senators John j. Williams
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All Candidates Won Un-
animous Approval OF
The Delegates At The
Well Attended Con-
clave; Platform Strong.

The Republican ticket for the
1858 election, headed by U. s. SEN
ator John j. Williams OF Mills
horo, was nominated in Dover ON
Wednesday of this week
The nominations of the six can
didates in the new State Armory
were cheered by approximately
800 delegates, alternates and fol-
lowers of the party.
Selected by the convention for
election on November 4 were:
For u. 3. SenatOr-J0hn J.
Williams of MiIlsbOrO, the In-
cumbenf.
For u. 3. Representative
Harry G. Haskell, Jr., of West
over Hills, the incumbent.
For Attorney General JAM
uar ID. B0ve, Jr., of Whining
ton.
For State Treasurer - Vera
G. Davis of Dover, the lncum-
bent.
Fer State AuditOr-DaIe e.
Wheatley of Seaford, the n-
cumbent.
For Insurance Commissioner
Arthur R. Hudson of Selby-
vile.
The nominations held to form.
For several weeks it has been
known that Mr.. Hudson would be
the conventions choice for insur-
ance commissioner even though
Kent County made motions for a
nomination. 1t was understood that
Kent County would accept the dep
uty insurance commissioners Office
and that Sussex had agreed to this
kind of a negotiation to end war
fare between the two counties.
The large auditorium made it
fnnu%fnsxoA ~, ro Avail
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-29
TOrreRtiGL Rains
Play Crop Havoc
Factory Limas Take A
Beating AS Wet Weather
Persists

The almost daily fall of rain
for over a week has started to
play havoc with two of lower Del
aware farmers money crops-to-
matoes and factory limas.
The tomato crop has been large
ly ruined by the persistent rains,
and in some instances, particularly
in upper Kent County, large fields
have been abandoned with tons of
the fruit" still on the vines.
Factory limas are hurting some,
mostly because they have ripened
rapidly and the farmers are unable
to harvest them because of the
muddy condition Of the fields.
Many streams nearly reached
flood conditions on Monday and
Tuesday, and some roads and high
ways were partially covered.
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Labor Day Hours
At ZlUaGnendaeL
VacatiOners Will Be Afford
ed Chance To Visit
LeWes Museum

Holiday hours, 1890 to $50 p.
M, will be observed at the Zwaan-
endael Museum on Labor Day,
Monday, September 1st, for the
pleasure OF vacationers. Early
American glass, arranged for spe-
cial display during the summer
mnnths, will be on exhibit over the
holiday and will continue to be
during the month of September.
This collection includes clear and
colored glass goblets, and a varie-
ty of other pieces such as pitchers,
wine and cordial glasses and cake
plates in fayorite patterns. Many
have admired and enjoyed this
glassware during the summer, be-
cause the Museum has come to be
the center of interest in the historic
Town of Lewes. The Curator says
that she has received hundreds of
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1924 Vehicles Are
Registered In State
Largest Number Ever Recorded
BY Motor Vehicle Department

There were a total of 182,241
motor vehicle registrations in OPP
Grafton in this State on August 1st,
according to the records of the Mo-
tor Vehicle Department. This is
the largest number of registrations
ever recorded in this State.
OF the registrations in operation
at the start of this month, 107, ,419
were in Wilmington and New Cas-
tie County, 40,815 were in Kent
County and 34,0O7 were in Sussex
County.
Pleasure vehicles accounted for
129,351 of the registrations while
the other registrations were divid-
ed as follows: Commercial vehicles
36,422, trailers 1859, tractors 3S8,
motorcycles 702, stock cars 33, and
farm trucks 1886.
About So per cent of the pleasure
registrations were located in Will
mington and New Castle County,
as was also about SIS per cent of
the commercial registrations. Kent
County has about SO per cent of
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Song About State
Has Been Published
Mrs. BIema j. Tatman, OF WI
mingt0n, COmpOses Song

Some years ago, while driving
from Greenwood to Rehoboth
Beach, Mrs. Blema j. Tatman,
native Delawarean and music
teacher, was inspired to write a
poem extolling the. beauties of her
native state. Later, she set this
poem to music, only to tuck" the
finished composition. away with
other tunes and poems, there to be
all but forgotten as the composers
time was taken up with teaching
piano to countless Delaware school
children and with the raising of
her own children.
This spring, the former Green
wood native and now long time
resident of Wilmington, remember
ing the song poem written years
previously, had it published as in
Dear Old Delaware.
Fitted to a moderate tempo to be
played ir four-four time, I'm Dear
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and have been very active in rails
ing funds for this purpose under
the leadership of Reverend Jack
Symonds. They operated restaur-
ant during the fair and through
the hard work and cooperation of
their membership had very sue
cessful week. If the food served
then was a criteria the public at
tending the race meet can be as
sured of good food at reasonable
prices.
Holloway stated that stall ap-
plications are coming in and from
all indications the $50 stall barn
area will be filled to capacity with
some of the shores top horses.
There will be nine races nightly
with post time for the first race at
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Rehoboth Art League
Plans Exhibitions

The Rehoboth Art Leagues late
summer season will feature two
major exhibitions: a 4-Member
Group of our own artists, with Mrs.
Reginald T. Glare of Washington
and Rehoboth as Chairman, in the
Corkran Studio: and, in the Pawn
ter Studio, 3 members of the Stu
dio Group of Wilmington, Mrs.
John d. Hayes, Mrs. Donald F.
Carpenter, and Mrs. Dewey w.
Kemp. These shows will open on
Sunday afternoon. August 80. with
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Milford chronicle., 1958-08-29
Dem. Organization
Slate Gets Nod 1T
Party Contention
Carvel, Mcdowell, Poppi-
I'll, Everett, Killen And
Smith Get Endorse
ment By Party Dele
gates Last Friday.

The Democratic State Convention
last Friday afternoon nominated
for the Democratic state ticket in
the 1858 election the six candidates
predicted earlier, putting down a
briefly exciting bid for renomina-
tion by Attorney General Joseph
Donald Craven.
The slate named last Friday con-
sists OF:
Former Gov. Ebert n. CarVeI
Laurel, u. 3. Senator.
Permer u. 5. Rep. Harris b
Mcdowell, Jr- MiddletOwn, con-
gressman.
Michael A. POppIti, attorney gen.
eraL
Mrs. Belle Everett, KentOn, state
treasurer.
Ernest e. KilIen, Harrington,
auditor.
Harry 8. Smith, Georgetown, for
reelection as state insurance CON-
missioner.
Mr.. Craven's defeat was fore
shadowed by the vote on an appeal
from the chairman's ruling that a
voice vote would be used in ballot
ting on the two candidates for the
attorney general nomination-Mr.
Craven and Mr.. Poppiti. The Crav-
en- forces had sought vote by Sc
cret ballot.
The presiding officer, State
Chairman Garrett E. Lyons, ruled
that a voice vots is required under
the party rules unless the conven-
ton call specified otherwise.
This ruling was appealed by the
Craven forces, led by the Rev.
Robert Andrews of Newark.
The voting on the appeal was the
first roll call and the high point in
excitement at the convention. There
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Two New Bulletins For
Farmers Available
Carry CQmnlete Information On
insurance For Farm Families

Two new bulletins on insurance
for farmers are in the County Ag-
ent's Office, said Ray Lloyd, Assoc.
County Agent the other day.
One covers Life Insurance for
Farm Families". II is Cornell Ex-
tension, Bulletin number 1902.
The bulletin goes into detail on
the various kinds of life Insurance,
explaining the purposes OF life in~
surance and is intended to help
farm families build life insurance
programs fitted to their needs.
IL explains how life insurance
works and describes the types OF
policies such as term insurance
straight life, limited payment and
endowment insurance.
The bulletin gives details and
suggestions on amounts and kinds
OF life insurance farmers should
buy and lists the factors to con-
slider in choosing a policy.
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Milford chronicle., 1958-08-29
Tax Ditch Companies
Working In Kent
Use OF Heavy Machinery Is lR-
proving Land

Landowners attending the tour
of the Culbreth Marsh Tax Ditch
last week heard Peter DeMarie
comment on the benefits of i'm
proving land drainage by the use
of heavy machinery.
Mr.. DeMarie explained how the
cellar in the tenant house used to
have two feet of water in it, and
the turkey house foundations were
breaking away. But since draining
the two low pockets of land and
hooking into the outlet ditch, the
land has firmed up and standing
water is no longer problem.
Eugene Orr showed the group
how he has built bedding ditches
with regular farm machines, which
also carry the excess water to the
outlet bitches away from the farm.
A field of lush clover hay was
being moved and crimped on the
Isaac Thomas lands, where such
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Turkey Growers To
Tour On Sept. 11-12
VIII Carry Group Through The
Shenandoah Valley Area

This years Delaware turkey
producers tour is set for Septem-
Der IL and IL in the Shenandoah
Valley region of Virginia, accord
ing to an announcement by Ray
Lloyd, county agriculture agent
Turkey growers will visit pro-
ducers of both bronze and white
turkeys in the area.
The two-day tour will also take
in historical points of interest, in
Guiding Washington and Lee Col
lege. The Shenandoah Valley is
well known for its scenic splendors
and the trip, which will be by car,
will pass through the Blue Ridge
Mountains, so there will be recrea-
tional aspects to the trip. as well
as educational, Mr.. Lloyd says.
Plans are afoot for the overnight
stop to be made in the Harrison
burg area.
Turkey producers who wish to
60 on the tour this year should
contact Mr.. Lloyd as soon as pos
5ible.
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-29
Bethel Church. Lewes
Plans For Festival

Plans are nearing completion
for the first annual Summer Fes-
tivaP' to be held Friday, August
29, in Bethel Fellowship Hall on
Fourth Street This event is being
sponsored by the Church School
and is to be held from to p. m.
Co-Chairmen of the festival are
]. Vincent White, Superintendent
of the Church School and Rev.
Robert E. Green, Pastor of the
church.
A cafeteria supper will be served
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u OF D.Extension
Program Announced
Importance OF Adult Education
Stressed BY Dean PenrOse

Education today is more i'm
portant for adults than it is for
children" said Dean William o.
Penrose today in announcing the
University of Delaware school of
extension program for
the coming academic year.
I'VE often speak of preparing
our youth to cope with the world
of tomorrow" explained Dean Pen
rose, "but our greatest present
need Is SfoS continued education of
adults who must live and rule in
a word for which their training
as students did not prepare them
at all.
1--WE regard in-service training
for teachers as adult education, and
we attempt to direct our extension
program according to this point
of view. Teacher education in ex-
tension is not so much training to
teach as educating teachers"
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Greenwood s. s. Group
Meets September 3rd
Annual Membership Meeting VIM
Be Held AT Greenwood School

A ''It Pays To Know" Contest
leading to prizes valued at more
than S5,00O-and elections of local
board and Farm Home Advisory
Committee members, will be among
the highlights of the Southern
States 35th anniversary member
ship meeting for the Greenwood
area to be held at $3.50 p. m. on
September 3 at the Greenwood
High School. The session is being
sponsored by Southern States CO.
operative and the Mills Supply
Company, Greenwood, Del.
There win also be a Farm
Youth Speaks Contest for farm
youth between the ages of 13 and
19 years of age. The contestants
were selected by local committee
and asked to prepare an essay or a
talk of 1,200 words on one OF five
subjects regarding farmer coop
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Robinson Cops Honors
At Ocean Downs

In one of the tightest battles in
the ten years of harness racing at
Ocean Downs, Nanny Robinson, the
hometown reinsman, who makes
this resort oval his off-seasoR
training headquarters. came
through in the final two nights to
defeat last years winner, Wilbur
Zendt of Mifflintown, Pa.
Tied at 202 points at mid-week,
Robinson broke away on Friday
night, when racing over the first
really OF track of the meet he had
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rental payment rates be establish
ed for his farm.
At the same time, the farmer
should bring with him information
to be used by the County ASC
Committee in establishing rates for
his farm. The chief facts needed,
Chairman Hopkins said, are acre
ages and yields of the three prin-
cipal crops on the farm for the past
two years and acreages for other
land use on the farm.
The Conservation Reserve is the
only Soil Bank program available
for 1859. Under the program, farm
ers retire land from general crops
for up to 10 years and devote the
reserved acreage to land, water.
or wildlife conservation practices.
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Gov. Boggs Proclaims
Labor Day Sept. 1st
Chief Executive Calls For ObserE,
ance Next Monday

Governor ]. Caleb Boggs has
praised the skill, ingenuity and
courage of the American worker
and his determination to raise the
standard of living for himself and
his fellow toilers" in proclaiming
Monday, September 1. as Labor
Day. These, the chief executive
said, "have been major factors in
providing the comforts, security
and happiness we enjoy today"
In his proclamation, Governor
Boggs also pointed out that these
benefits @Se enjoyed to a greater
extent in this country than in. any
other part of the world" and stated
that 'it is fitting that the contri-
buttons of working men and wo-
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Milford chronicle., 1958-08-29

Milford Cooperative.
There will also be a Farm
Youth Speaks" Contest for farm
youth between the ages of 13 and
19 years of age. The contestants
were selected by a local committee
and asked to prepare an essay or a
talk of 1,200 words on one of 1--WE
subjects regarding farmer coop
eratives. A copy of each essay or
talk will be sent to Southern States
Cooperative for judging. The best
essay or talk on each of the five
topics will win for their writer's an
expense-paid trip to the 35th an
nual stockholders meeting of
Southern States Cooperative in
Richmond, Va, November CT. The
second place winner for each topic
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Heavy Rains Cause
Mosquito Breeding
Standing Water From Current
Down Pour Is Causing More Pests

The unusually heavy rainfall,
which has occurred in Delaware
during the summer months, has re-
suited in standing water which
has contributed to the breeding OF
large numbers of mosquitoes in
some areas of this State.
Because the early stages in
growth of the mosquito are neces-
sarily spent entirely in water, the
most effective method of annihilaz
ting mosquitoes is to eliminate all
standing water when possible Fa-
vorite breeding places around the
home are-stagnant bitches, old
automobile tires, buckets, clogged
roof cutters, tin cans, fiat rooftops
and anything else that can become
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Church To Operate Race
Track Food Concession

Holloway of the Raceway
18th
for
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States Meeting
viii Be Held Here Sept. 9

"It To prizes at
elections
Committee will
35th
held $50
sponsored Cooperative
Milford chronicle., 1958-08-29
Soil Bank Sign-up For 1859
VIII Officially Open Sept. 2

Conservation Reserve of the
Stablza
chairman, William
N. Hopkins, announced today
the who interested
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with her team. Glad to have you
back Doris,
Beretta House became challeng.
er for Champion on Bowlerama
Sunday. We're sorry she didn't
take the crown, however the lovely
prizes to the challenger soften the
blow quite a bit. Besides a large
trophy Beretta received an electric
mixer and a mattress.
Art Moore, Bonnie Fowler, Gift
Burnes, Howie Barrett and Howie
Gunnells bowled Sunday, Mar. %,
in the Mems City Tournament
NORTHERN LIGHTS
High Single Game: Edna Judy
1877, Muriel Gardner l76, Louise
Thomas 40, Ralph Jones 2S6,
Ron" Judy lss, and Geo, Man
ming 1877.
High Series: Munel Gardner
456, Agnes Bailey Az. Bessie
Green 444, Ralph Jones $50, Geo,
Manning 5S5, and Ron" Judy
4q4.
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Drake Is equal to the task. but
he is a weak number at the plate
He played the 1855 season with
the Cubs. except for long spell
when he was recovering from in
juries.
They say that Taylor can have
the third base job II he can hit
well enough. He only batted around
22O for Dallas in the Class "A
Texas League But during winter
ball, he has been setting the Cuban
League ablaze with ris bat.
The Cubs might wind up with
Biny Bruton, the Milwaukee swift
centerfielder who was injured in
midseason last year Buutons
soundness is as yet undetermined
Doctors have pronounced him
ready 10 undergo tests when the
Braves open training at Bradenton.
IL win not be until he Is thor
oughly tested. however, that he
might be dealt 10 the Cubs Ia
complete a player deal OF last
December.
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campaign As a matter OF fact,
Banks, one OF a few major leagu-
ers who played in every game last
season, has been the North Siders
outstanding performers for four
years, In that span, the slender
Dallas TEX native has collected
lS6 home runs,
Banks, after a slow start last
season, came through In a big way
In the last half OF the schedule,
Tie banged tS home runs, battcd
in 1902, and hit .?SS. He smashed
IS doubles and six triples His
home run production was only
one less than the "A, major league
/ tops knocked by Hank Aaron, OF
the Milwaukee Braves
You couldn't ask for much more
but II the Cubs are 20 move up IN,
MI ladder this season, Banks vii
have 10 measure up TO that per
Torrance, or even surpass a. suci
is the importance OF the clubs az
tack
The solid soclSer is one OF tire,
tan players who will be in IN,
Cubs uniform az Meza, Ariz, Tn,
others are Tony Taylor a 22-ycar
old third haSeman drafted from
Dallas. and Solly Drake a fleet
centcrfieidcr who spent the 1881
season In the Pacific Coast Leagu,
with the Cubs farm al Portland
Ccntcrueld is admittedly the
clubs weakest spot. Defensively
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Piled that record despite the fact
that he was often sidelined with
injuries once a hgament in the
area Of the right knee and once
in the elbow OF his pitching arm.
II is this record that makes
Manager Hutch look forward TO at
least IS victories. He bases that
feeling on Jones past record and
on Aiming job the other day in
spring training against the Gin
cinSu Red Legs, In that perform
ance, Jones struck out 4, allowed
3 hits. but no runs.
There are four Negroes in train,
ing here with the Cardinals. the
largest number in the history OF
the organization, Present at the
camp besides Jones are Frank
Barnes, another pitcher. Curtis
Flood and Joe Taylor. both out.
fielders.
Observers say this is far cry
from the pre- Anheuser Busch
ownership OF the Cardinals when
no Negro players were either
secuted, signed or sent TO spring
training. Today the organization
has approximately 40 Negro bah
players scattered throughout the
vast farm system. II is believed
that since 1853 when Gussie Busch.
President Of the Cardinals. and
Anheuser- Busch announced that
players would be judged on the
basis Of their ability alone so far
as the Cardinals were concerned,
that the greatest strides were
made by the Red Birds in pro.
vtding equal opportunities,
Barnes a 3O-year-old right hand,
er was a 1910 pitcher for Omaha
last season and turned in goot
performance Sunday when h,
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started against the American
League champions, the New York
Yankees. He allowed only one run
and that crossed the plate as he
forced one OF the Yankees into
double play,
Flood and Taylor are both con.
sidered al this time able 10 help
the 1855 team. Flood has played
both at third base and center field
The 2O-year-old speedster led the
Carolina league in hitting with a
$40 average in 1886 and last year
moved TO the South Atlantic league
where he hit .2ee, the NTH best
mark in that league,
During spring training with the
Cardinals, Flood has shown that
he can field with the best OF them
and has good power at the plate