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Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Sudden Increase In Fatal
Hi gh way Accidents
Has Caused Action On
Part OF Chief Execu-
tive.

Governor J. Caleb Boggs yester.
day declared an emergency exists
in Delaware because of the sud-
den increase in fatal highway acci-
dents and proclaimed the month
of September as Safety Month
in Delaware"
The action was announced by
the Delaware Safety Council which
was called upon by the Governor
to launch "a campaign to inform
the public fully on the causes an6
remedies for the current highway
death toll, and take other de-
sirable steps to stop the slaughter
on the roads of Delaware"
Clifford T. Foster, Jr., president
of the Council, declared that or
ganization is making preparations
to conduct such a campaign.
The Governors Highway Safe
ty Committee and other official
agencies of the state to cooperate
in the campaign.
Governor Boggs said that high
above the figures for the same
period last year. This increase has
come about in recent weeks, he
said, reversing a downward trend
in Delaware highway accident sta
tistics for the first half of this
year."
Highway accidents have in
creased the hazards of public
travel on Delaware roads and have
become a pressing danger to the
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Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
FELTON, Blaze
Caused Loss
Estimated AT
S7O,OOO.OO
Ducat t Poultry Ware
house, Two Privat t e
Ho m es Among The
Buildings Destroyed I'm
Spectacular C0nflagra-
tiOn Monday Morning.

Damage from the FELTON, fire
which destroyed the Ducat Poul-
try Company warehouse, two pri-
vate homes, a tavern and an un-
occupied dwelling early Monday
morning may reach $4,000, Chief
Wilbur Sherwood of the FELTON,
Fire Company said last night.
But, the chief said, cause OF
the blaze which caused two fami-
lies-including seven small chill
dren and a man with his leg In a
cast-to flee from their homes, Is
still undetermined.
A short-circuit cor four or five
other things may have caused it,,
the chief said.
"All we know definitely now,
he added, ''is that it started on the
inside of the warehouse"
Whatever the cause, it was an
exploding 500-gallon fuel oil tank
that helped spread the flames to
surrounding buildings. Fortunate
ly two of the company's gas pumps
in front of the building did not
catch fire.
The firm which supplies poul-
try for the nearby Swift & Com
pany plant, had just received a
shipment of new chicken crates.
These served as pyre to consume
the frame and sheet metal struc-
ture which occupied one block.
Chief Sherwood said firemen
were on the scene for nearly three
hours. The blaze was fought by
Continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
VIM. K. Patton Gov. Boggs Has
Died In Phila. Proclaimed An
Hospital Tues. E m er g ency
Farmers Bank President
Had Been A Banker
For "A Years; Was
Dover Resident.

William K. Patton, Dover, Chair
man of the board and president of
the Farmers Bank of the State of
Delaware, and a banker for a
years, died Tuesday evening at the
Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia,
where he had been a patient since
August s. He was 65 years old.
Mr.. Patton had been president
of the Farmers Bank since jan
uary, 1941, and had been reelected
for the 18th consecutive year last
January.
Since coming to Delaware he had
been active in many community
affairs, particularly the Red Cross,
of which he was vice chairman and
a member of the executive COM
mitee of the Delaware Chapter.
He had undergone surgery at
Jefferson Hospital last Wednesday
and his condition had been improv-
ing until the weekend, when he
took a turn for the worse.
Before coming to Delaware, Mr..
Patton was a special representative
for the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, assisting in the company's
reorganization. He had been vice
president and a director of the
Paterson Savings Institution, Pat
erson, N. j., from 1880 to 1888.
Born in Paterson on March 6,
1894, he was a graduate of Phillips
Exeter Academy, Exeter, N. H., and
Williams College, Williamstown,
Mass. During World War 1 he at
tended the Naval Academy Re-
serve Officers School and served
with the Atlantic fleet as an ensign.
He started his career as a bank
messenger for Guaranty Trust
Company of N. Y. in 1915 after
graduation from Williams College.
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28

snip.
The third Delaware winner was
Elwood T. Wilmington, Whining
ton, who won the single axle
tractor trailer class for the third
straight year.
The grand roadeo champion was
William K. Heiser, Sr., Baltimore,
who was the top scorer over 100
entries from Delaware, Maryland,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Wadkin's victory was his first
since 1855 when he took Delaware's
tandem axle championship. En-
ployed by Masten Transportation,
Inc, he has gone Is years and
5000 miles without an accident.
Donald Currie's victory was his
first in roadeo competition. He won
out in the finals over his brother,
Robert, the defending Delaware
champion in the straight truck
class. The brothers also are en-
ployed by Masten. Donald has a
three year no accident record COW
ering 100000 miles.
Host organization for the road
60 this year was, the Delaware
Motor Transport Association. Har-
vey Shafer, of Milford served as
the general chairman. Joining as
sponsors were the motor truck
associations of the other three
states.
The three runners-up in Della
ware classes Saturday also were
Milford Drivers. They were: Pres
ton H. Timmons, tandem axle
class, employed by Burris Food
Distributors; James F. Sanderson,
single axle class, also with Burris
and Robert Currie, straight truck,
MaSten.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Early Church Bowling
League Is Organized
Robert Kennedy Is President OF
MilfOrd.HOuStOn Church Group

The early Church Bowling Lea
que has been organized for the
1959-60 season. The officers elect
ed are as follows: Robert Ken
nedy, President; Palmer Anstine,
Vice President; Harold Davis,
treasurer; Frank Lynch, secre-
tary.
The League is comprised of
twelve (12) teams who are as
follows: Christ Church Mike
Groverman, captain; Church of
God II-Richard Young, captain;
Houston Methodist Chester Ben
son, captain; Houston Methodist
II-Herman Argo, captain; CAL
vary Methodist III-Otis Webb,
captain; Calvary IV-Robert Ken
nedy, captain; Calvary Methodist
V-Glenn Campbell, captain; Pres
byterian William Gordon, cap
tain; Presbyterian II = Harold
Davis, captain; Presbyterian III
Robert Wormington, captain; Lu-
theran -Ephraim Metelica, cap
tain.
This League will bowl on Friday
night at 1900 p. m. at the Milford
Bowling Lanes and will start the
schedule on September IL, 1859.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Lewes Child Killed
In Sand Avalanche
Three Year Old Lynn West Mitchell
Died From SuffOcatiOn

Buried under a sand slide while
playing on Lewes Beach Wednes-
day of this week, a three-year-old
boy died from suffocation.
The tragedy which snuffed out
the life of little Lynn West Nit
chell, son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
H. Mitchell, Dewey Avenue, turn
ed happy frolicking companions
into frightened, screaming group.
The fatal accident, at 10:30 a.
m. occurred in sand pile at the
Graves Sand Pit in the vicinity of
the Lewes Coast Guard Station on
the eastern edge of Lewes Beach.
An employee of the Henry Graves
and Son firm, who was busy on a
crane shovel nearby, witnessed the
accident and alerted the Coast
Guard station. Officers on duty
there notified Lewes city police.
Continued on page sevenl
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
College Courses Open
At Wesley College

High school graduates who are
not working towards degree but
wish to take college courses on
part-time basis may enroll for
any of the regular courses at Wes-
ley College, Dover, Dean George
w. Wright announced this week.
Wesley is fully-accredited
two-year college, offering pro-
grams in the liberal arts, natural
sciences, social sciences, and busi-
ness and secretarial subjects. All
courses carry full college credit
Although no evening courses are
held at the college, a large number
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Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28


At 10 a. m. on September II,
registrations will begin at the
campsite, when the Conference
Board will meet At IL a. m. a
general assembly will be held,
with the conference lay leader,
Clinton H. Brown of Wilmington,
presiding.
John Kelso of Marshallton, trea-
surer of the conference will lead
2 p. m. discussion of the finan-
cial program, with John R. Rogers,
Dover District lay leader, presid-
ing.
The 1880 p. m. session will dis
cuss social and economic prob
lens facing the church, with Jo-
seph w. Brosius, chairman of the
conference board on social and
economic problems, as program
Continued on page ninel
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
State ROTC Cadets
Make Good Scores
Figures From Ft. Geo. Meade Are
Excellent

University of Delaware ROTC
cadets scored second highest in
total cumulative scores among %
schools at summer camp, accord
ing to figures just released from
camp headquarters at Fort George
Meade, Md.
First place went to Morgan State
College with 67.27 points based on
the average of the final camp grade
achieved by its cadets. Delaware
had a score of 66.S5, while Buck
nell University placed fourth with
$500 points.
A further breakdown of each in
stitution's Military proficiency
shows Delaware placed sixth in
percentage of cadets in the upper
third of their platoons. Delaware
had 1856 in the upper bracket.
CcontinueC on page sevenI
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28

Under Secretary of Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare for the Federal
Government; and is now chairman
of the American Council on Edu-
cations survey of Dentistry. His
latest book is called plain Talk
from a Campus. DR.. Perkins and
his staff. particularly, the depart
ment of Extension headed by DR..
Gordon G. Godbey, have been as
sisting the State Federation in the
plans for this conference. The
theme of this biennium of the State
Federation and of this conference
is: Meeting the Challenges of the
Space Era" DR.. Perkins will speak
in Mitchell Hall. The coffee hour
and registration on September 10th
will be held on The Mall in front
OF Mitchell Hail.
The Invocation will be given by
CONTINUED on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28

In the summer series was acnleVe0
via quarterback Ken Reeder's
fourth quarter sprint from six
yards out and guard Don Buraw-
skis subsequent PAT from place
ment.
Reeder's run climaxed an after
noon of offensive Illustration for
both squads and f1ttingly, was
made possible by stellar defen-
sive effort-end Johnny Persons
block of Phil Horsey's punt on the
Gold 30-yard line.
Pierson, abetted by fellow flank
er Joe Crockett, hurried Horsey,
detected the ball and quarter
back Gene Mccormick recovered
for the Blue at the 35.
From there, the Blue struck
quickly and decisive1y.
With Reeder directing coach Bob
Continued on page twelYel
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Local Contact Lens
Specialist Reports

More than 1000 eye specialists
representing "a nations met in
Chicago during Eye Research
Foundation Week for the worlds
largest contact lens conclave re-
ported DR.. Harold Halpern re-
Gently after his return from the
First World Contact Lens Con-
greSS.
1T was a history-making event
which brought together top con-
tact lens researchers, scientists
and eye specialists, said DR.. Hal
perm. "As a result of this Con-
gress, and its exchange of infor-
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Ballots Being Mailed
For New Wool Vote

Ballots for voting the September
referendum on the lamb and wool
marketing development program
are now being mailed to produc-
ers in Delaware, Chairman Will
liam H. Hopkins, of the Delaware
Agricultural Sterilization an d
Conservation Committee announced
today.
The referendum will determine
whether or not deductions will
continue to be made from produc-
er payments earned under the wool
incentive program. Funds collect
ed are used by the American Sheep
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Three Dirt Roads Are
Completed Downstate
Projects Finished In Kent And
Sussex Total 1881 Miles

The completion of three dirt
road projects, totaling 1881 miles,
during the past several weeks, has
been announced by L. w. Moving
er, Construction Engineer for the
State Highway Department. Two
of the projects were in Sussex
county and the other one in Kent
county.
The largest project consisted of
the improvement of sections of
Is dirt roads, totaling 30.2 miles
in the general Laurel area, being
both east and west of Laurel, with
some extending to the north and
south.
The low bid price on this project
totaled $455, ,663.30 of which s173,-
S21 was for grading and installing
drainage along the roads, and $751;
342.30 for placing a bituminous
surface, 90 feet in width, on the
roads.
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Bridgeville Church
Plans Chicken Dinner
September 9th Is Date Selected
For Second Annual Affair

Wednesday, September 9, has
been selected by the Union Metho-
dist Church of Bridgeville as the
date for their second chicken bar
becue dinner of 1859 to be served
at the Fellowship Hall on Market
Street, in Bridgeville. Serving will
start at 4 p. m. and continue until
a p. m.
Tables will be set-up in the
Fellowship Hall and on the lawn
weather permitting, for those who
prefer to eat out-of-doors. The
price is $3.50 per plate for adults
and 75c for children. A home de-
livery service in the BridgevilIe
area will be abailable for 25c per
plate additional. Call William J.
Tidey, EDgewater 1887 or Mrs.
C. Walton Smith, Jr., EDgewater
7-2071 before 8 p. m. September
8. Ready to-go-dinners" may also
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Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Arkansas Man To
Speak To Poultrymen
j. Frank GOrdy Announces Speaker
For Sept. 2 Meeting

The featured speaker at the an
nual poultrymen's Open House at
the Georgetown Substation of the
University of Delaware, Sept 2,
will be Mr.. Harold Snyder. Dar-
denelle, Ark. according to J, Frank
Gordy, director of the Substation.
Mr.. Snyder will discuss Our
Experience With Our Broiler Mer-
ger" He is president of Arkansas
Valley Industries, Inc, the Arkan-
sas Feed Manufacturer Asso-
citation, and several other busi-
nesses associated with broiler pro-
duction.
He is credited with originating
the poultry industry in the Arkan-
sas Valley area and now directs
a totally integrated production of
more than Is million broilers an
nually, as well as other poultry
and livestock.
CONTINUED on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Nurses Baccalaureate
Service August 3Oth
This Years Program WIN Be Pre-,
scented In The Church OF God

Announcement was made this
week of the Forthcoming Bacca-
laureate Service for this years
graduating class of nurses of the
Milford Memorial Hospital School
of Nursing. 1t will be held on
August 3Oth, 1859, at 1880 p. m. in
the Church of God on North Wal
nut Street, Milford, Delaware with
the Reverend w. Edwin TulI Off
ciating. The baccalaureate service
is the first official service herald
ing the graduation of another class
of nurses 1t will be followed on
September 4th with their gradu-
alton, which will be held at the
Avenue Methodist Church, Church
Street, Milford, Delaware. The
members of this years graduating
class are:
Mrs. Sandra Friedel Bennett
Seaford, Delaware: Miss Voleta
Mae Bixler, Sugarcreek, Ohio; Miss
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Prospective Extension
Bulletin Mailed Out
More Than $500 Prospects Have
Received Copies

The 1959-60 bulletin of the UNI
versity of Delaware division of
university extension has been
mailed to more than $500 prospec-
tive students and is available to
the general public today, it is an
nounced by DIR. Gordon G. Godbey
director of university extension.
The 65-page bulletin has been
distributed to numerous educa-
tional institutions and business
and industrial firms as we'll as to
individual students. Wilmington
area students not on the extension
mailing list may obtain bulletins
at the Wilmington Institute Free
Library.
During the fall term, which be-
gins Monday, September 81, the
extension division will offer 165
courses and sections in five loca-
.(continued on page six1
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Milburys To Be Hosts
To Japanese Youth
Tokyo Youth VIII Go To School
Here During Coming Year

A Milford family will be host
to a Japanese boy for the COM
ing school year. AS result of a
scholarship granted by the Amer
lean Field Service, Seiichi Watan-
abe, IS, of Tokyo, Japan, will re-
side with the family of Rev. F.
Douglas Milbury, of 206 South East
Front Street, Milford, and will at
tend Milford High School as a
senior. He is expected to arrive
in New York City about Septem-
Der 8.
Seiichi is the oldest Of four chill
dren q brother and two sisters) 4,
whose father is the credit man
ager of one of Tokyo's largest de-
partment stores. He expects to en-
joy residing in a smaller COM
munity, after living in one of the
largest metropolitan cities. In a
recent letter to the Milburys he
says, Now there are only two
Continued on page fve)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Methodist Laynsen Retreat
Is Planned At Pe-CO-Mefh

Methodist organizations
willie Sunday, September and
permitting outdoor
of
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Gold BOaUs Again To Blue
In Annual Football Classic

blocked punt and produced
Football played Foundation
Retarded Children before
ware
perfect
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
DR.. John A. Perkins viii Be
State Federation KeynOter

Perkins University Delaware has
of
Annual Fall of
a
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-28
Milford Truckers Win TtUO
ROddeO Championships
William T. Watkins Sr. And Donald r. CWrit
Among Those DeLalUGreGns Who Came Out
Winners At Estate Fete Held At NeU
Castle Airport Last Week.

Delawars
Airport
William T. Watkins,
Deawares trailer
Evening star., 1959-11-28
MoryIonders Hit
Smoking Report

GRAFTON, Md, Nov. %
(AP).-A spokesman for Mary
land tobacco growers criticized
Surgeon General Leroy E. Bur-
ney yesterday for his statement
that cigarette smoking is the
chief cause Of lung cancer.
Samuel c. Linton, general
manager of the Maryland To-
bacco Growers Association,
said in a statement DR.. Burney
had used his Office "as a sound
ing board to refashion old
statistical claims for the benefit
of anti-tobacco zealots."
"Burney has an obligation,
not only for farmers, but for
all citizens" Mr.. Linton said.
"He should emphasize the
scientific fact that there is an
increasing body of reliable
medical researchers who today
completely discount the hoary
claims made by those who
would embarrasS tobacco.
"As a scientist, Burney knows
this, and he should underscore
the truth that the lung-cancer
smoking theory has not been
accepted by scientists in this
country or elsewhere"
Evening star., 1959-11-28
Race Bios Claim
By 81 Is Refuted

VERDUN, France. Nov. %
(AP).-The United States Army
said yesterday a formal investi-
cation has disclosed no racial
discrimination in the case Of a
Negro sergeant and his Japa-
neSe wife who were barred for
a time from facilities at his
former base.
The sergeant - Willie r.
Brown Of Detroit, Mich.-was
barred from the facilities Of
the 9th Medical Depot in Elm
Siedlerhof, Germany, after he
was transferred to a nearby
unit.
The depot commander said
Sergt. Brown had been barred
because Of his personal conduct
and for disregarding traffic
regulations on the base.
The headquarters of the
Army advance section said to-
day an inspector generals re-
port had found the allegations
of racial discrimination by
Sergt. Brown were not sub
stantiated."
Evening star., 1959-11-28
Bishop Asbury's Home
In Britain NoWMuseum

WESTBROMWICH, England,
Nov. 81 (AP).-British Meth
odiStS Joined with churchmen
of the United States at a service
yesterday opening for public
visits the four-room cottage
where Bishop Francis Asbury
lived as boy.
Bishop Asbury, the horse
back riding churchman who
lived from 1745 to 1916 and
sided with the colonists in the
American Revolution, was the
first bishop of the Methodist
Church in the United States.
In a message to organizers of
the dedicatory service John Hay
Whitney, United States ambas-
sador to Great Britain, referred
to the pioneer bishop as IAN in
dustrious man of God and a
sturdy patriot" The little cot
tage here becomes, the ambaS-
sador added, a memorial to "a
man whom Americans of all
faiths and sectS may proudly
acclaim"
The cottage, to become an
Asbury museum, was opened to
the public by Sir Roger Makins,
former British Ambassador to
Evening star., 1959-11-28

the United States. Among
Americans attending the cere-
mony were Methodist Bishop
Fred Pierce Corson Of Phila-
delphia and Bishop Ivan Holt
of st. Louis. Heading a delega-
ton of British churchmen was
DR.. Harold Roberts, president
of the World Methodist Council
The cottage will be pre-
served as a memorial by the
city. 1t has been sought out by
an increasing number Of visitors
from the United States so the
city council acquired the
property and with the financial
help Of the World Methodist
Council restored it and brought
in furniture of the period of
Bishop Asbury's residence here.
AS an Asbury museum, it
will be a repository Of letters,
books and mementoes relating
to the early days of Methodism.
Evening star., 1959-11-28
Dock Union
Stand DELAYS
Strike Pact
BY LEE M. COIN
Star stan Writer

Union objections at the last
moment have blocked settle
ment Of the dock strike, at
least temporarily. Peace efforts
will resume Monday.
Federal mediators disclosed
that a settlement was within
reach yesterday afternoon, but
it then fell through unexpect-
edly. They said the dispute
between the International
Longshoreman' Asso citation
and stevedoring companies still
is very, very close to settle
ment."
Unless the dispute is settled
by December ~, when a Taft
Hartley Act injunction expires,
the LA will be free to resume
its strike.
Attenuation Key Issue
Mediators thought they had
a deal practically wrapped UP
yesterday on the main sticking
point-automation. The LA is
resisting use Of new machinery
and techniques, for fear Of
sharp reductions Of employ
ment.
The proposed compromise on
this issue calls for study and,
II necessary, binding arbitra-
tion.
Both sides apparently were
willing to accept this COM
promise. But at the last mo-
ment, union negotiators OBJ
jected to the language Of the
proposal. Some observers
thought they saw signs of dis
sension within the union.
Other issues have been re-
solved, mediators believe. The
proposed contract repeatedly
calls for 4lla cents in increased
Evening star., 1959-11-28

wages and fringe dement's dur
Ing q three-year contract.
The Federal Mediation and
Cancellation Service is handling
the negotiations in New York,
with Deputy Director Robert
H. Moore in charge.
Further Mediation Set
A board Of inquiry appointed
by President Eisenhower had
planned to hold hearings on
the dock dispute Monday. But
now the fact-f1nding board,
headed by Guy Farmer, has
decided to postpone hearings
while awaiting results of
further mediation efforts.
Mr.. Farmers board is obliged
under the Taft-Hartley Act to
report to the President by De-
cember Z, 20 days before the
S0-day injunction expires. The
board hopes to report q settle
ment.
"Containerization" Is a basic
issue in the dispute over auto
nation. Huge containers have
been developed for packing
large quantities of items for
shipment. Their use would cut
down on work in loading and
unloading ships.
Evening star., 1959-11-28

Two others, Jesse Raymond,
24-year-old truck driver, and
John Taylor Coggins, 80, q
car salesman, drew three-year
sentences. Another man, ]. D.
Sims. q, truck driver, got five
years.
The fifth defendant, Samuel
G. Beavers. 40, a carpenter,
will be tried next month.
Sims testified during Lauder
dale's week-lons trial that Lau-
derdale supplied him with dy-
Mantle. He earlier had named
the defendant as leader of a
bomb plot aimed at harassing
Little Rock for accepting token
integration in its public schools.
Perry and Beavers gave tes-
timony against Lauderdale
similar to that Of Sims.
CogginS refused to testify on
grounds Of possible self-in-
elimination.