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Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14

T. J. Pyle has sold his resi-
dence, in Georgetown, and also
his cottage at Rehoboth Beach
10 the Baltimore Trust Com
pany and will soon move with
his family TO Baltimore.
One of the recent commits
sions given by the War Depart
ment is of interest to Milford
residents. James Lofland Burff,
a grandson of the late Major
James r. Lofland, is now cap
tain in the National Army.
zoe
Mrs. C. e. West returned
home to Miliville, from New
York last week. Since her arri-
val she received a message
from her son, Lieut.. Earl West,
telling of his safe arrival in
France.
Miss Dorothy Phillips. has
been visiting her parents. Mr..
ard Mrs. Charles F. Phillips, for
a few days past, preparatory to
starting for Fort Dodge. Iowa,
today. where she will enter the
employment of the u. S. Gov
ernment as dietician, she hav-
ing resigned a similar position
In the Emergency Hospital, at
Washington. ID. c., which she
had filled for some time.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
Ten Years Ago..
Taken from March ls, 1s4s Issue

Taken from March 1s, f94s Issl
Members of the board OF di-
rectors of the Delaware Anti
tuberculosis Society this week
paid tribute TO its late presi-
dent. Miss Emily p. Bissill. for
whom funeral services were
held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon.
Irwin c. and David II. King
have recently established the
distribution for Sealtest Dairy
Products. in Milford and vicin-
ity. 1t Is the desire of the King
Brothers TO serve the dairy
products under the standards
OF quality. uniformity. whole
someness and palability. in Mil
ford and vicinity.
Fifty-two years is long time
TO be In business in one place.
In 1896. 2 young man by the
name OF Harry F .Mitten en-
tered the Furniture and Under
taking business. in Frederiea.
Delaware. Just recently Mr..
Mitten decided to dispose of
his furniture business and store
building. which has been pur-
chased by Joseph F. Cook and
Henry l.. Vinyard. The new
owners. we understand, pro-
pose to carry an up-to-date line
OF furniture and house furnish
ings.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14

Dickinson College. at Carl
isle, Pa, will award the honor
ary degree of Doctor of Laws
to DR.. William S. Carlson. presi-
dent of the University of Della
ware, at special convocation
on April %, closing a four-day
observance which will mark
the colleges 175th anniversary.
Capt. Joshua j. Derrickson,
so. retired sea captain. died
Monday morning. March g. in
Milford Memorial Hospital af-
ter 8 short illness. He was a
native of Milford and began his
career on sailing vessels. For
over 90 years he was in charge
of seagoing. tugs for the Read
ing Railroad Company. He. re-
turned to Delaware after retir-
ing from the sea.
Jackson w. Lacy. 80 years
old. of 20S s. Washington St.
Milford. enlisted for three years
for assignment TO the u. s.
Air Force. in grade of corporal
as was announced by First
Sergeant Paul E. Preacher. To-
cal Army and Air Force recruit
ing sergeant for this area. Cor
poral Lacy was. a former cor
poral in the Air Force during
World War III and had 81
months previous service.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
The Past In Review
News As II Was Reported In The Chronicle
Forty Years Ago.
Taken from March Is, 1918 Issue

NAru iIVm 4hhitu tvs i@tC arS1
The farm of 102 acres owned
by the late George Pepper, near
Coolspring, was sold at public
sale and was purchased by
Howard Bryan for $500.
There passed from our midst
on February 21. Mr.. C. c. Buck,
who was an architect of no
mean order. Perhaps the last
work he did was the designing
and constructing of the new
Caulk Laboratory, at Milford.
Wilson Holden and Miss
Ethel Darling were quietly mar
ried at FELTON, on Friday even
ing, March 8, by Rev. III. S. Du-
laney, pastor of the M. Z.
Church. Mr.. and Mrs. Holden
will reside In Wilmington, and
have the best wishes of their
many friends. e
The Delaware College expert
mental farm has sold the
Guernsey bull, Anton's May
King, to a Pennsylvania breed
er for $1,000 and has also sold
a half-sister of this bull, Molly
Rose, o. D.. four years old. to
the same purchaser for s1,750.
The sire of both of these ami
mails was sold by the college
farm two years ago to a Mime
sofa breeder for $1,000.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14

Ralph G. Rust is home in
Harbeson visiting his parents.
He has been engaged in the
automobile business in Bing-
hamton. N. Y. but recently sold
out TO his partner and is taking
a much needed vacation.
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Saturday, March "a, will
mark the opening of the fine
new home of the First National
Bank of Harrington. The finish
ing touches will be executed
next week, and when. the doors
are thrown open for the formal
opening. all will be in readi-
ness. s,
Sanford S. Murphy. formerly
of Dover. but for years a resi-
dent of Denver, Colorado, died.
in that western CITY last week.
aged 78 years. The remains
were brought to Dover yester-
day. and funeral services were
held In the Murphy Memorial
Presbyterian Church. A few
years ago he built the church
as a memorial to his father.
the late Rev Thomas J. MUIR
phy. and his mother. Elizabeth
w. Murphy. He erected and en-
dowed the Murphy School for
children which was opened in
Dover about two years ago..
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14

The stork visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Curtis Steen at Salisbury
Hospital and left little Eleanor
Ann. Mother and baby are both
doing nicely. -
Excavation is being mads for
the cellar of the large, new
building to be erected by Wal
ter Belts on the site of the old
hotel in Millsboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Rogers,
who have been residents of
Millville. for sometime, have
moved to their new home which
they have had erected near
Dagsboro.
Theodore G. johnson, of the
Coolspring district. is having
erected a large combination
barn and stables on his farm.
Walls and Jackson of Milton.
are doing the work.
Mrs. Lizzie Roach has sold
her farm near Red Mill to Mr..
Beauford Warrington. of Mas
sau. Mr.. Gelena Warrington,
his son. who has been living
near Georgetown, has moved
his family to Overlook where
he will engage in farming this
coming year.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
HghlUay Projects In Sus-
sex Held Back By The
Weather
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tSOHIInueu from page On0J
peratures caused an icy condition
to form as well as making repairs
caused by the freeze and thaw con-
ditions.
The Sussex County Engineer re-
ported the use of 80 toHs of sand,
some mixed with salt, for sanding
intersections, hills and curves,
while SO tons of salt was used on
all roads throughout the County
where icy conditions existed.
MIR. McWillians also reported
that the freeze and thaw condi-
tions caused considerable damage
TO dirt roads throughout the Coun-
~, making some of the roads al
most impossible. He reported that
a total of 1900 cubic yards of com
mon borrow, mostly sand, was
placed on these roads for staDili-
cation.
Despite the adverse weather con-
ditions, Mr. McWnliams reported
that some patching WORK was COM
pleted with a total OF 2,731 gallons
Of asphalt, and $50 tons of stone
being used for that purpose.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
HORSELESS SKULL

WILMINGTON, Ohio = up =
"Old Biz, a Confederate officers
horse which died IA hears ago, is
still honored at Wilmington College
here-or at sleast the skull is.
Brought here after the Civil War,
"Old Bill'' was part of many mem
orial ceremonies. After death, the
horses skeleton was displayed for
years at the college. When it be-
came too much of dust-collector,
only the skull was retained. Gen
erations of students have auto
graphed it.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
Thirty Years Ago.
Taken from March IS, 1923 Issue

Harry Swain and Harry Shew
were elected as delegates to at
tend the Boys Conference of the
M. r. Church held at Whining
ton the latter part of March.
They will represent the Lincoln
City Methodist Church.
The town of Greenwood has
been helped by the recent open
ing OF a new manufacturing
plant, Is now In operation, is
manufacturing fibre specialties
OF all kinds. The company has
been incorporated with the fol-
lowing officers: w. l.. Cramer,
president. and J. Frank Porter
and r. Carl Porter as other off,
GERS.
Col. Nicholas r.. Johnson,
aged 75 years, for many years
prominent In Democratic poll
tics. died on Saturday at his
home near Pennington. For
many years he had been blind.
Col. Johnson was q member OF
the staff of Governor John w.
Hall, who was elected In 1878.
He served In the legislature
from Kent county in 1883 and
had served several times on the
Democratic State committee.
For a number Of years he was
a director OF the Delaware Rail-
road Company.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
Twenty Years Ago.
Taken from March is, 1888 Issue

Taken from March 16, 1888 Issu
Mr.. and Mrs. william e.
Gray, of Dagsboro. are enjoying
new 1888 Chevrolet
Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Pusey. of
Delmar. have returned from a
visit with their son and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pusey, In
New York City. Mr.. Pusey is at
tending Columbia University.
The seventeenth annual con-
vention OF the Kent County
Educational Association opened
at $50 o'clock this morning
in Dover. with Professor J. w.
Boston, assistant superinten-
dent OF Milford School. and
president of the association,
presiding.
Howard J. Williams. who for
the past six years has been gen.
eral agent of the Pennsylvania
Railroad station In Delmar. has
been transferred to Harrington.
where he assumed his new du-
ties on Monday. Leon A. Bailey.
formerly of Delmar. but who
has been employed at Wyoming
for several years. has been aD-
pointed to fill the vacancy in
Delmar. and is moving his
family to Delmar this week.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
ILLEGAL GIFT

SAN DIEGO, Calf. = Up = A
truckload of household goods given
to Goodwill Industries, Inc, in
cluded an old fashioned slot ma
chine.
Since possession of such 2 ma
chine is illegal here, Goodwill mott
fed police. Police impounded the
machine but said they were con-
vinced it had not been in operation
recently.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
NATURES TOUCH

HEBRON, Ind. - up = Clarence
Phillips has a wisteria vine growing
on the inside wall of his home
but it's not his idea.
The vine popped up through
the floor when Phillips added a
new room to the house. He cut it
off three times, but the persistent
plant kept returning. Phillips finally
got used to it.
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
Anniversary Cs NelU !,
Market WSCS Is Held
fcontinued from page one)

We wish to thank every one who
assisted in any way in making this
Anniversary a success. We thank
the newspapers, radio stations,
photographers for fine publicity
given and also thank the advertise
ing firms and sponsors for their
help in making the Golden Anni-
versary Brochure possible, thanks
to.all who helped in the kitchen and
dining room. We appreciate the SER
vices of all who participated in the
various services and recital
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-14
FAIR TRADE

PARKSTON, S. d. = up = Lo-
cal firemen pegged their campaign
to sell tickets for their annual ball
to this motto:
"Yon come to our dance and we'll
come to your fire."
Evening star., 1958-07-08
FAMILY COUNCIL
Golf Widow
Resents
'RivuI'
THE PROBLEM

OLGA RI hate my rivals
1.-The golf clubs.
FREDERICK R.-she should
travel without me.
THE DETAILS
Olga RI am one Of that
unfortunate tribe, the "golf
widows"
We have been married rs
years. Our three children are
grown and one is married. /
had long looked forward to
this time Of our lives as the
Evening star., 1958-07-08

haven't even taken any heart
tests or X-rays of my stomach
or gall bladder. How can they
tell It's NERVES" without ex-
amining me carefully? 1 just
don't know what to do.
Mrs. N.
I haven't the right to set
myself up as an oracle and
tell readers that their doc
tors are wrong. They may be
right. Besides, I keep remem-
bering doctors are in a better
position to knotD because they
have had the opportunity to
talk to and examine their
patients.
Nevertheless, I have the
right to make suggestions to
bewildered and frustrated
readers who "just don't know
what to do" In your case,
Mrs. N, I think you have the
right to have a more COM
plete checkup than you say
you had. No doctor has X
ray eyes; therefore he orders
X-rayS when he is in doubt
about what is causing his pa
TENTS indigestion. Your alb
dominal complaints might be
due to tension and nerves,
but they also might be due
to a poorly functioning gall
bladder. The way to find that
out is by taking X-rays.
And your heart palpitation
also might be due to nerves,
but chest X-ray, microscopic
examination and electrocar-
Diagrams are valuable even
when no organic disease is
found. Such examinations
tend to reasSure the anxious
patient.
Therefore, Mrs. N, I sug-
gest that you ask the doctor
of your choice to make these
examinations for you. Tell
him you want them for peace
of mind. if for nothing else.
1 am sure that your doctor
will not refuse that kind Of
request.
Tomorrow: Pills for diabetes.
tEseelased BY The Bell Syndicate,
1nc.J
Evening star., 1958-07-08
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

AGREEMENT: While serv-
ing as chairman of the War
Industries Board during
World War I Bernard Ba-
ruch managed to get things
done with the least delay.
Conferring with q group of
shoe manufacturers, he sug-
gested that fewer styles be
made and that there be more
Standardization to conserve
materials. The manufactur-
ers promised to consider this.
After several days Baruch
called another conference.
well, gentlemen" he
asked, 'have you reached an
agreement"
They confessed that they
had not.
That's too bad" sighed
Baruch. II was counting on
you to lick this problem. Now
I see I will have to do it my
self. What a PITY don't
know a thing about shoes"
An hour later the manu-
facturers came to an under
standing.
Evening star., 1958-07-08
BY PHIL YEAGER and
JOHN STARK

Special Writers for The star
Folks sometimes get con-
fused over the old saw about
a wife not being able to tes-
tify against her husband in
court.
That rule applies only un-
der limited conditions. not
always.
The matter was brought to
mind recently when the press
carried a story about a Nor
ristown (Pa.) woman who
whacked her estranged hus-
band with a $4,000 damage
suit because he ha6--she
said-falsely accused her of
forgery.
According to Mrs. Marion
BekSinski, who asked SIS, 900
for DETAINED character. in
jured reputation. humiliation
and shock. plus $4,000 in
punitive damages, Mr.. Bek-
sinski had charged her in a
long Island IN. " court
with forging his name to a
$40 check and cashing it.
The New York court dis
missed charges aaginst Mrs.
Beksinski and she promptly
filed her own against Mr..
Beksinski.
Suit Produced Queries
The case had quite q few
complications, but the point
is that it produced queries
concerning the circumstances
under which husbands are
immune from wifely testi-
mony in court - and vice
versa.
Obviously, the BeksinSki
case does not fall into that
category.
The confusion probably re-
Evening star., 1958-07-08
DEAR ABBY
Check the Hi-Fi, Then Check the Hi-Fi Fan
Sy ABIGAIL VAN BUREN

in the world. He Is in the
reformatory now. but ] know
he couldn't have done what
they said he did. He is 16 and
I am IA and my problem is
my mother won't let me write
to him and she says II any
letters come from him she
win tear them up as soon as
she sees them. Don't you
think my mother is very
narrow minded? Please help
me convince her that my
boy friend is innocent and II
he knows / believe in him 1t
will help him to live a better
life when he gets out.
A WOMAN IN LOVE.
At IA, you are hardly
experienced enough to be
mature in your Judgment.
You'd be wise to listen to your
mother. when your boy friend
gets Out--give him lots Of
time to prove that he can
lead q better life. In the
meantime, watch from the
sidelines.
So &&
DEAR ABBY: What is your
opinion of a middle-age
woman who comes to dances
in a taxicab and has the
taxicab call for her again
just before the dance is
over? She does not give her
name, address or telephone
number to anyone she dances
with. She says she doesn't
care to carry on the friend
ship after the dance. Don't
you think If she is SO selfish
as all that she should not
be asked to dance? SOL
1t is plain that the only
reason she comes to the dance
hall is to dance. That's her
privilege. Dancing cheek
tO-cheek does not always
lead to seeing eye-tO-eye.
Evening star., 1958-07-08


period when my husband and
I could start enjoying our
second honeymoon.
! thought we might travel,
do things together. Well, we
do travel-to the golf course.
Ihave grown to hate my rival
the golf clubs.
! enjoy the game, but ] feel
there are other things in life
to enjoy. I want to see the
world. To Fred the world is
q golf course.
Frederick R.-What is the
sense Of spending thousands
OF dollars just to do some
thing because everyone else
is doing it? That's the way
I feel about travel.
I don't like museums,
strange foods. packing, un-
packing, dragging yourself
around when your feet are
tired.
AS far as I'm concerned,
Olga should go on some of
these trips she has a yen for.
She could go with her sister
or one Of her women friends.
She says she doesn't want to
leave me alone, but I could be
perfectly content without
her-for q little while.
America is good enough for
me any day!
THE COUNCILS VIEW
We wish we knew the ideal
way around this sand trap,
but we're stymied.
The attempt to find an
ideal solution would be q lit
tie like aiming for the 18th
hole, and we think Olga
ought to try to adjust to ac-
cepting an answer that would
be a little below par.
She should not deprive her.
self Of the fun she has looked
forward to. It may be q little
disappointing to have to give
up her dream of travelling
with her husband, but how
many Of our dreams are fully
realized anyway? Two women
travelling together will have
more fun than q woman with
q reluctant husband.
It is possible that when
Olga comes back from her
trip and speaks Of the places
she has seen and the good
times she has enjoyed, Fred
will begin to feel like a bit
Of a duffer. He may suddenly
catch the wanderlust from
her.
1t is also possible that aft
er a short time as q travel
widower." Fred will begin to
realize how difficult it is to
accept the role Of a second
fiddle to a hobby. He may be-
Evening star., 1958-07-08

Give her credit for being
honest.
y
CONFIDENTIAL TO
"WORRIED PARENTS" IN
SILVER SPRING, Md:
Don't send your children 10
church-take them there.
The family that prays to-
gether stays together.
For a personal reply, turtle
ABBY in care Of The Epe-
ming Star. Inclose a selt-ad-
dressed. stamped envelope.
distributed By McNaught
syndicate. Ine.)
Evening star., 1958-07-08
LAW IN The NEWS
Wives Can Testify
In Certoin Cases

suits from certain rules which
have developed concerning
privileged communication"
or, more properly. "con-
fidential communications"
These are transactions,
condolences or other COM
munications which pass pri-
vately between husband and
wife and which the law will
not permit to be diyulged or
allow the courts to INQUIRE
into. If, for example, Q man
is a defendant in some crim-
inal or civil case, he has q
right to object II the pro-
secutor or plaintiff tries to
prove his culpability by dig
ging into what the man had
related to his wife or, in gen.
eral, any private communion
ton between them.
Protection May Be Invoked
BY the same token, q
spouse put on the witness
stand may invoke the pro-
lection Of the confidential
communication If he or she
is being quizzed on such mat
ters.
That's oversimplified, but
it gives the idea.
In any event, it is obvious
that the privileged" statuS.
cannot apply in cases where
a husband is in court because
he is charged with wronginE
his wife in some way or she
is charged with wronging
him. In such instances. either
party can testify against the
other and so long as they tell
the pertinent truth they can
tell it with considerable
abandon.
Tomorrow: Assuming somebody
eIseis mortsGge.
Evening star., 1958-07-08
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
The Right to Go HotIess
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Dear DR.. SteincrOhn: Your
daily columns in The Wash
ington Star are very enIight-
ening and helpful. I never
Hiss any. Here is something
nat stops me. Maybe it isn't
Exactly in your line; never
theleSs it has to do with ones
health.
What do you think Of peO-
pie going bareheaded in un-
der 6O-degree weather and
when it's over 80? I say ones
as bad as the other. One sees
people walking around shlver-
ing, wearing OvercOatS-and
still bareheaded. Likewise, it
seems just as silly when they
are burning their head to a
crisp In 9O-degree weather.
1 keep wondering about
this collegiate stunt" / have
come to the conclusion that
anyone who ShiverS In an
OvercOat and wears no hat
is balmy. Or is it vanity or
stupidity? Some of these
people say: "It doesn't bother
me. I'm used to it," Per
sOnally, / feel that somebody
ought to take up a collection
and buy them some cha
peauS.)
1 am now sure that the
head is the hardest part Of
the anatomy. I'm convinced
it is after talking with some
of these SO-called cOllegiateS!
Come to think of ii the
entire military services are on
my side. No soldier, sailor or
Marine goes bareheaded in
any kind of weather. The
service doctors must have
something to say about that.
Seriously, DIR. SteincrOhn,
don't you think our heads
should be protected? H. b.
If going without a hat is
a personal idiosyncrasy, then
I believe that each one who
feels that a hat is super1uous
baggage has the right to go
about without one. You foudle
dynamite when you tamper
with the individuals personal
rights in a democracy. Sol
dierS, sailors and Marines
wear hats because those are
the orders and because they
are regimented.
Many civilians don't wear
hats because they are more
comfortable without them:
they feel unburdened without
a hat. Few, I think, even
consider that they are being
collegiate.
Healthwise. / can see nothing
wrong with it. The person
who can get away with it in
subzero weather, or when the
thermometer is around 100,
has a perfect right to do so.
If bareheadedness doesn't
agree with him, he'll know
soon enough that he'd better
be reaching for a hat.
Evening star., 1958-07-08

DEAR ABBY: Every night
my father comes home and
turns on the hi-h. You can
hear it all over the house and
it is so loud it goes right
through me. It is driving my
mother and me crazy. He
says 1t is supposed to be loud
like that or there is no sense
In having HIN. We can't ask
him to turn it down or he
gets mad. Have you any
solution?
VICTIMS OF HI-FI.
II q hi-fi is working prop
erly It Is not supposed to be
loud enough to drive anybody
crazy. Suggest that he have
the hi-fi people check his
equipment then suggest
that your father have his own
hearing tested.
\ 4 4 4
DEAR ABBY: / am in love
with the most wonderful boy
Evening star., 1958-07-08

Tomorrow: Assuming somebody
eIse's mortgage.
Evening star., 1958-07-08
THE CASE or
MURDER IN THE
SUBURBS
BY DONALD J. sOBOL

By DONALD j. SOBOL
"The last thing Arthur
Carlton ever designed" said
Inspector Winters. indicating
the house Of cards balanced
on the coffee table.
Haledjian moved behind
the table to the couch, where
the body Of the noted archi-
tect lay slumped against a
pillow, a kitchen knife
plunged into his chest.
Who found the body?"
II did, sir" A man wear
ing a chauffeur's uniform
limped into the living room.
81 had Just returned from
driving Mr.. Pennington, a
frequent visitor, to the city.
I was delayed in getting back.
AS I drove the car into the
garage, / noticed the lights in
the living room go out, and
the house fell into darkness
Upon entering the back
door," continued the chauf-
feur, II heard Mr.. Carlton
call out as If in pain. / ran
into the living room and saw
a man dart across the room
and escape through the win
dow. I might have tackled
him, but in the darkness /
tripped against the coffee
table and fell"
1.-THE murderer must have
known the room well," NUT
tered Haledjian, looking
about at the overcrowding Of
furniture. who else lives
here?"
Miss Hancock, the house.
keeper. Her room is next to
mine on the second floor"
What delayed you in the
city?"
Mr.. Pennington asked me