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Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Link of near
Laws, were Friday evening visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis E. Dolan.
John Hall Anderson of Whining
ton spent the weekend with his
aunt, Mrs. Ethel p. B. Leach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernite Rash and
family of Houston were Sunday din
ner guests of his grandmother, Mrs.
Pearl Rash.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Moul and
children of New Freedom, Pa,
were Saturday guests of her sis
ter and husband. Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Carlisle
Mr.. and Mrs. Fora Tatman and
daughters wefe Sunday dinner
guests of his mother, Mrs. Zora
Tatman and brother, Daniel Tat
man and family of Wilmington.
They visited another brother, El-
mer Tatman, a patient in the Del
aware Hospital. Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17

Mrs. John NJ Quillen, has report
ed that Lewes will have IL dele
gates at the State PTA convention.
They are: Mrs. Arthur S. Handy,
Mrs. w. Allen Vessels, Mrs Quill
len, Mrs. G. Herbert Orton, Jr., Mr..
Sloan, Mrs. Bernice p Houston,
DR.. Leon H, Farrin, Mrs. Apollo ].
Keilbasa, Mrs. Winfred Davis, Mrs.
Terry Carmine, Mrs. Unla NJ. Short,
and Mrs. Emory B. Birmingham.
Mrs. Vessels and DR.. Farrin will
serve on panels.
Mrs. Earl Sylvester. Peninsula
president of the WSCS was the
guest speaker at the WSCS meeting
of Bethel Church Tuesday night.
The Bethel Cleaners Glass of
Bethel Methodist Church met on
Wednesday evening in the Church
House Mrs. Margaret Hickman,
presided. Mrs. Molloy Vaughn, Sr.,
is president
Rev. William Revelle, retired
Methodist minister and formerly
of Bethel Methodist Church, and
Mrs. Revelle, celebrated their 51st
wedding anniversary this week.
Guests and friends called at their
residence on Chestnut Street, wish
ing them many more happy years.
The Young Adult Glass of Bethel
Church will hold a rummage sale
in the Church Hall, April 18th and
18th.
The Lewes Board of Public Works
held it's annual election recently,
with no opposition for the posts of
three outgoing memers, who have
filed for reelection.
Those seeking another term were
Joseph l.. Marshall, president of
the Lewes Trust Company; Daniel
H. Littleton, retired farmer, and
DIR. Gilbert M. Wiltbank, Lewes den-
tist.
Holdovers on the five-man board
are Arthur H. Morris president of
the board and Thomas B. Morris.
Bayard Coulter holds the ap-
pointive post of board secretary,
and Dr. Wiltbank has been trea-
surer. These positions were filed
at the reorganization meeting af-
ter the election.
Traders Jewelry and Gift Shop,
of Lewes, is offering special pen
value to school students of Lewes
and Rehoboth Beach Schools. They
are offering a Sheaffer's Skripsert
fountain pen for 75c, which is a
regular S3.44 value. It includes
five Skrip cartridges. The offer is
for a limited time only.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17
EXPENSIVE HALF SHINE

RICHMOND, Va. -P)- Eu-
gene H. Loving had had one shoe
shined when the shine boy asked
to see his wrist watch. The boy
took the s35 watch to the better
light outside and failed to return.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17

George Fox. of England, estab-
lished the Quaker religion.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-17

North Africa has few natural
power resources. Coal and oil have
to be imported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07

develop early in these teen
ayers the habit Of voting.
He said that at present they
lose their interest between high
school graduation and reach
ing ala
Introduced in the Legisla-
ture is a bill to provide a fine
Of UP to $500 and six months in
jail for attempting to defraud
a telephone company on long
distance call service.
Another bill offered would
speed up the State Roads Com
missions acquisition Of homes
they must get through con-
domination.
The bill would permit the
commission and property owner
to agree to seek an early trial
within 10 to 20 days after the
petition is filed. II the trial
can't be held Immediately, the
commission would have the
right to take over the house
after go days.
At present the commission
has the right to move in on
land once it files funds deemed
adequate to acquire the prop
erty prior to condemnation.
But the same privilege is not
afforded the commission to
rae homes and business prop
critics on which there is a dis
pute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07

cases to the improvidence Of
their parents. That does not
change the hard fact that the
children are hungry, however,
he said.
ut is not the American tra-
dition to hold children reSpon.
sible for the faults of their
parents" said Supt. Hansen.
himself an advocate of school
lunches for all children.
Howard Davis, deputy direc.
tor of the food distribution
service for the Agriculture De-
partment. testified that the
District could obtain additional
surplus food without further
authorizing legislation. DR.. Ella
Oppenheimer, chief of the Child
Health Bureau in the District
Health Department, said Dis
trict officials had found a SUBJ
Stantial number of malnutri-
ton cases among children
served by public agencies.
Congress needs to be con.
WINGED of the overnight prin.
ciple" of feeding hungry chill
dren. said Senator Morse. He
promised an about fight TO
gain an appropriation to be
set aside specifically for at
least the Commissioners pilot
project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Funds Asked
For Survey
Of Potomac
BY A star stan writer

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 7. A
resolution was introduced in
the House yesterday urging
Congress to provide adequate
funds for completion of the
Corps of Army Engineers sur
vey Of the Potomac River and
its tributaries.
The resolution also calls on
the Legislative Council to re-
appoint its special committee
on the Potomac River.
Sponsors Of the bill are Dele
gates Hervey G. Machen, Demo-
crat of Prince Georges. and Les
ter B. Reed. Republican of Ale
gany County.
The resolution noted that
$500. 900 had been requested
for the survey for fiscal 1860.
If adequate funds are provided,
the resolution said. the survey
can be completed by 1861.
The sponsors noted. how
ever, that Congress last year
cut the requested appropria-
ton from $500. 900 to 100000
and limited its expediture to
a survey Of the river above
Harpers Ferry. w. Va.
The resolution urged that
the survey be made on the
basis Of the entire stretch OF
the Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Chuires Gets Post
On Rouds Agency

CUMBERLAND. Md. Mar. 2
AP).-G. Bates Chaires. vet
.eran Of 40 years with the State
Roads Commission. was named
yesterday as State director Of
maintenance.
The nnouHcement was made
by John j. McMullen. commits
sion chairman. who said the
appointment would take effect
Immediately.
Mr.. Chaires has been district
engineer Of the 9Th district in
Western Maryland, with Offices
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Towson Lawyer
Gets 3 Months

TOWSON. Md, Mar. 7
AP).-A 36-year-old Towson
attorney was sentenced yester-
day to three months in Federal
prison for failing to file income
tax returns.
Maurice w. Baldwin also re-
ceived az years probation.
Baldwin is a former police
magistrate. member Of the
property review board of Balti-
more County and a real estate
man.
He pleaded guilty to failure
to file income-taX returns for
1854 and 1855. A two-count
indictment charged that his
gross income was $7.782 in 1854
and S4,728 in 1855.
The father of two children,
Baldwin is a son of the late H.
STREET. Baldwin. former Con-
gresham and longtime boss
of Baltimore County Demo-
cratic politics. The elder
Baldwin was president Of the
Board of County Commission
ers when he died in 1852.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Baltimore Bank
Robbed of $1,000

BALTIMORE, Mar. 7 (AP).-
An unmasked bandit robbed a
branch bank of an estimated
$4,000 yesterday.
The gunman. wearing a green
hat and a raincoat. robbed the
Old Town Branch of the Provi-
dent Savings Bank near down.
town Baltimore.
Teller Betty j. Canter told
police the man wanlked up to
her at GAS am. pointed a gun
at her and said:
Give me the money"
Mrs. Canter managed to hit
the burglar alarm while COM
plying with the gunman's order
and another teller who saw the
pistol also tripped the alarm.
The holdup took only about
two minutes. The man was de-
scrihed as colored. slender
about IS and standing So.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07

ducing rural areas that would
prod them into action.
Legislation was introduced
here yesterday to authorize the
State to borrow UP to SIS mil
lion to use as grants to nom
profit nursing homes for con-
struction Of additions and new
facilities.
Proposed by the State Health
Department and backed by the
Welfare Department. the bill
would allow the State to match
Federal grants for nursing home
construction.
Two-Thirds In Grants
The combined grants could
total up to two-thirds of the
cost Of construction, so that
only one-third would have to
be raised privately or through
local taxation for nursing home
facilities.
The Health Department has
said the aim Of the bill is to
raise the nursing home stand
ards and to provide needed
beds for elderly persons in the
rest homes.
introduced in the House yes
terday was q measure to make
it punishable by a fine of up
to $500 or by six months to two
years in Jail for making a false
bomb threat.
Authorities throughout the
State are periodically harassed
by false bomb scares and in
many cases they have had to
order schools. libraries and
other public buildings vacated
while they we're searched.
A bill also was introduced to
reduce from three years to 10
months the separation period
required for divorce in the
State.
In the works is a measure to
prohibit hospitals receiving any
appropriation from the State
from making rebates or dis
counts to group health plans.
The Prince Georges delega-
ton yesterday sponsored a bill
that would permit county IL
braries to be built on school
property after agreement be-
tween the county library board
and the Board Of Education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
4o-STAR FLAG
TO GET RITES AT
FORT McHENRY

BALTIMORE (AP).
The Nations new 49-star
flag will get its official in
auguration at Fort Nc
Henry here where the "Star
Spangled Banner" was
born.
President Eisenhower has
requested that the Stars
and Stripes with Alaska's
star on it be hoisted over
the Fort at 1901 am. on
July 4th.
Francis Scott Key wrote
tie words to the Nationel
Anthem while being held
on. a British man-of-war
which took part in the
September IL. 1914, bonn
bardment of Fort Nc
Henry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
1lNew Policemen
Hired by County

The Prince Georges County
commissioners awarded certif-
icates to II new policemen
yesterday. bringing the depart
ment's strength to 152 men.
Herbert w. Reichelt. board
president, urged the men TO
be neat. courteous and respect
full to the public whose taxes
pay your salaries" He COM
mended police officials and said
they are working to have the
most improved department in
the county.
Police Chief George J. Pana-
goulis told the commissioners
ne hoped he soon could be able
to appear before them again
for the same reason. He is ask
ing for 43 additional men ii
the l959-60 budget.
In other business, the COM
missioners voted to put the
county on Daylight Saving
Time from April rs to Octo-
lber rs, same as the District of
, Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Giveowoy School Texts
Obsolete, Whittier Says

quently were turned over to
the United States Information
Agency for distribution in other
countries. USIA officials, how
ever, have emphasized the
agency did not itself accept
the books, but referred the con-
tribution to an international
goodwill organization, the
People-to-Peoplef Program.
Packaged Locally
The program, in turn, trans
ferred the books to local men,
bers Of one Of its 40 particle
pating committees-the Frater-
nal Organizations Committee.
Packaging and preparing the
texts for shipment was han
died by volunteers from the
20 lodges and chapters of the
B'nai Birth Council of the
Washington Metropolitan Area
One Of the inquiries on the
propriety of the book donations
came from a group of county
residents headed by Homer
Brett, jr.. president Of the
Montgomery County Conserva-
tive Club.
Mr.. Brett said that, acting
as an individual and not in
the name Of the club, he sent
a telegram to B'nai Birth
headquarters requesting per-
mission to inspect the books
being prepared for export. Mr..
Brett said last night he has
not yet received a reply to the
telegram.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Morse Presses Fight
For Pupil Lunches

Senator Morse, Democrat Of
Oregon, today maintained that
District officials had made a
case for serving needy school
children free lunches.
But he scheduled another
hearing for 2 pm. Wednesday
to help prove to Congress the
need for the proposed food
program.
Senator Morse presided yes
terday over the second hearing
before his Senate District SUBJ
committee investigating needs
of hungry children in the Dis
trict. The Commissioners have
proposed a 100000 program to
feed 1000 youngsters in II
elementary schools through the
year beginning next September.
School Supt. Carl F. Hansen
assured Senator Morse that
5000 boys and girls now at
tending District elementary
schools did not have enough to
eat at noon.
With no reservations, can
say that we would expect them
to do better school work if they
were furnished nutritious food"
DR.. Hansen said.
He warned that the chill
dren's needs were due in many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Company to Use
Lynchburq Plant

MARTINSBURG, w. va,
Mar. z, (AP). - Martinsburg
Veneer Corp. is expanding its
operation into Lynchburg. Va.
President Boyd j. Cummings
has announced the purchase of
the old Thornbill Wagon Co.
property and machinery in
Lynchburg for $250,000.
Production of wood veneer
at the new plant will begin
about May /. with employment
planning for SIS persons, the
approximate number of en-
ployes at the plant here.
Mr.. Cummings said the
Lynchburg plant. to be oper-
ated as a separate firm. is
aimed at supplying furniture
customers in the Carolinas
with faster service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Retired Pay PIeu
Before Tuwes

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. IA
resolution urging Congress to
amend the Military Pay Act of
1858 to equalize retirement pay
of retired members of the
armed forces is awaiting Gov.
Tawes' signature.
The joint resolution passed
both houses after being in
troduced by Senator Louis N.
Phlpps. Democrat Of Anne
Arundel.
1t scores the gross discrimi-
nation" of the act. which pro-
vided a new basis for the de-
termining the retirement pay
for all those who retired after
June 1. 1858, and exempted
from these provisions those
who left the service earlier.
The resolution calls on Con-
gress to act favorably on any
one of three measures to
equalize the retirement pay
basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Septic Tank
Code Upheld

The Prince Georges County
grand jury yesterday reported
present health regulations are
sufficient to prevent recurring
septic tank problems.
Noting that such problems
have arisen in the past, the
jurors said that "present coun-
ty regulations are more strin-
gent than the State regula-
tons"
The problem eventually will
be eliminated by the extension
of facilities of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commits
sion. jurors said. The comments
Of the October term jury were
contained in a final two-page
report submitted to Circuit
Court Judge Charles C. Mar
bury at the close Of a flve-day
recall session.
Residents in certain sections
Of the county recently COM
planned of overlooking and
otherwise faulty septic tanks.
County officials put the blame
on lax rules of past admins
trations. and declared current
regulations are adequate.
Jurors described the county
government as operating eff
GENTLY" and conditions Every
satisfactory and continually
improving" The panel said
there soon will be a need for
more space at police headquar-
tiers in Seat Pleasant, and
urged the county to make all
possible haste" to obtain new
quarters for the Welfare De-
partment.
Office space now Is rented In
Hyattsville. The County Com
missioners plan to ask the leg
islative delegation for author
ity to sell 100000 in bonds for
a new welfare building.
The jury returned 43 GRIM
inal true bills. Names were
withheld pending the serving
Of the indictments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07

liam Wilson Corcoran. the gal
lery's founder.
The paintings. he added. viii
be hung in the "all-over-the-
wall-from-the- fioor-to- the-ceil-
ing" manner of the last CEN
fury The exhibit will open Of
ficially on the night Of April 3
at the gallery's grand cham
payne ball.
Recreate q Dance
Scheduled to be the high
light Of the centennial celebra-
ton. the ball will recreate a
dance given at the gallery in
1871 to raise funds for the con-
struction Of the Washington
Monument.
In keeping with the lavish
decor Of the "gilded age" era.
the atrium in the main gallery
will be draped in rich scarlet
and gold. and the more than
300 guests will whirl beneath
crystal chandeliers much as
their ancestors did almost q
century ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07

exhibit in an effort to re-create
the atmosphere Of the gallery
in the mid-1800s.
"Some of the statuary is
really pretty horrible" COM
mented Gudmund Vigtel, as
sistant to the gallery director,
but then that's what they
were showing 100 years ago.
It's too late to do anything
about that now"
Six Scrubbings Each
The statues were also pretty
dirty. David Jones. one Of the
workmen, estimated that they
required six scrubbings apiece
before they looked even half
way presentable.
One of the statues. however,
is far from horrible" It's Hi
ram Powers marble figure of a
female Greek slave. When it
was first exhibited here after
the Civil War the lady's I'M
draped figure was q subject Of
whispered conversation in the
best gentlemen's clubs. The
gallery management order ed
that the statue could not be
shown to mixed audiences.
Mr.. Vigtel said the 100
years ago" exhibit will also
feature Early American paint
ings from the collection of Will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07

brought twice as much mail
to Gov. Tawes' office as any
other legislation.
Lloyd l.. Simpkins. executive
assistant to the Governor.
said yesterday that about 90
per cent Of the mail is in OPP
position to the commission.
Most of 1t obviously has
come from housewives and
parents who fear the commits
sion will result in higher milk
prices in retail stores.
Would Peg Prices
Introduced by Delegate VIII
liam L. Hodges. Democrat OF
Baltimore City, and Joseph H.
McElwee, Democrat, a dairy
operator Of Washington Coun-
ty, the bill would create a
three-member commission for
across-the-board regulation Of
the milk industry. including
the pegging Of prices at the
farm, dairy and retail levels.
A statewide campaign en-
couraging housewives to write
the Governor and the legisla-
ture in opposition to the bill
has been waged by C. Y. Steph-
ems, head Of Highs Dairy,
which sells milk by the jug.
The Governor has taken no
stand on the bill.
Mr.. Simpkins said the Gov
ernor's Office has not been able
to study the complicated bill
thoroughly and would have to
have experts analyze it in de-
tail before he would take a
stand.
Chances are the bill, If it is
not killed outright. viii be re-
ferred to the Assembly's be-
tween-sessions body, the Leg
islative Council. for study and
public hearing.
Shift Possible
The situation could change.
however. if the dispute between
Chestnut Farms Dairy and the
Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Association should
result in a price war that would
debate prices farmers are get
ting, to the point where they
would be economically crippled.
Then producers throughout
the State might put pressure
on legislators from milk pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Dodson Gets Post
OF Lute Futher

RICHMOND, Mar. 7 (AP).-
DR.. Austin l. DodSon. jr.. SO,
has accepted an appointment
to take his fathers place as
interim chairman of urology at
the Medical College of Virginia,
His father, DR.. Austin I. Dod-
son, sr.. was chairman Of the
urology department for 81
years, before he was killed by
an unknown assailant in a
Richmond park last month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
ALIEN PROPERTY
SALE REACHES
ODDS AND ENDS

The Justice Department
is having a "bottom-of-
the-barrel" sale. On the
block to the highest bidder
are such items as zone
cocktail shaker STAINLESS
chrome). one matching
tray and four glasses. one
broken.
The seven "lots" offered
for sale also include some
valuables, a camera. filters,
two watches and three
rings.
This stuff is the dregs,
the odds-and-ends," said a
Justice Department official.
There's about $1,000
worth of stuff left in prop
erty seized under the Alien
Property Act"
Sealed bids on the items
will be received by the Of
fee Of Alien Property. 10l
Indiana avenue NV, until
10 am. March %. The
property may be inspected
on appointment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07
Jail Must Return Youth
To Court or Free Him

The District Jail has been
ordered by a District Court
judge either to send a l9-year-
old youth back to Juvenile
Court jurisdiction or release
him.
According to papers filed in
District Court yesterday. the
youth was sent to the National
Training School for Boys in
July. 1855. by action Of Juve-
nile Court-to stay in the
school until he reached the age
of 81.
However. in November. 1858,
he was released on parole, only
to be picked up on a robbery
charge a year ago and his
parole revoked.
Then started a chain Of
events which led to the action
by District Court Judge Mat
thew F. MCGUIRE. The youth,
instead of being returned to
Juvenile Court for action on
the parole violation, was ad-
mitted to the District Jail.
An effort to free him through
a habeas corpus petition failed,
and the youngster was trans
ferred to the Federal reforma-
tory in Petersburg. Va. A Sec
ond habeas corpus petition in
Federal Court in Alexandra
failed last December. and the
same day the boy was sent to
the Federal prison at Milan,
Mich, then to another Federal
prison in Terre Haute, Ind.
and finally back to District
Jail.
In a hearing before Judge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07

High School students support
the bill. Cambridge Is the
home town Of Committee Chair
man Frederick c. Malkus.
The House Judiciary Commit
tee already has given a House
version Of the l8-year-old vot-
ing bill an unfavorable report.
This is the first time in the
memory of legislators that the
18-year-old bill has gone to the
floor Of either House for action.
The bills sponsor. Senator
John T. Parrin. jr.. Democrat
of Charles County. told the
committee he felt today's high
school students were better pre-
pared to vote than their parents
were at IS because Of the ris-
ing level Of education.
He said that "idealism and
enterprise" would have a good
effect on government. He
added that the State should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-07

Montgomery County school
officials yesterday said the only
books given away for distribu-
ton to foreign countries were
those considered obsolete, by
reason Of age. condition or out
dated subject"
County School Supt. c. Tay-
lor Whittier said at a special
conference that officials have
received many calls from resi-
dents who apparently felt the
books might be too valuable to
give away.
Earlier in the week, 1t was
revealed that Washington area
B'nai Birth groups we're sort
ing and Grating some 10000
obsolete" school books for
shipment to % foreign coun-
tries. most of them in Latin
America.
Some Tattered
DR.. Whittier declared the
school Administration Commit
tee collected the old books in
schools throughout the county
last summer and determined
which we're obsolete. Many. he
said, we're considered too worn
and tattered for further use
and others were classified as
outdated.
Disposal of the unwanted
books became a problem, the
school superintendent said. He
added, I'VE hated like sin to
burn them"
He said the books SUISSE