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RidgeIy House
Mistress viii Be D0Uer
Days Attraction
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Lying directly opposite The
Green and the old State House, the
early 18th century structure with
its paneling and wide board floors
Is one of the big attractions of the
two days.
The ola State House also owes
it's existence today to Mrs. Ridge
ly. She was a leader in 1910 In the
successful effort to preserve it
when many proposed that it be
razed for a modern building.
Mrs. Ridgely's public activities
began in 1904 with a movement to
protect the public records of Della
ware. When in 1905 the Public Ar
chives Commission was created,
she was appointed to membership.
She remained on the commission
until few years ago, serving for
more than 80 years as its presi-
dent.
In the early 1930s she stimu-
lated an interest that led to Dover
Day as an annual institution that
was interrupted only during the
days of World War H. In the la
ter 1940's concern for Dover as a
historic community with sites and
traditions to be protected as it
changed from town to city crystal
lized into The Friends of Old Do
yer, sponsor of the May 2 and 8
program. Mrs. Ridgely, one of the
most active of it's organizers, was
elected its first president.
Mrs. Ridgely has spread her in
terest in many directions. When
the Library Commission was cre-
ated to provide service for village
and farm families in Delaware, she
was one of it's vigorous supporters
and an early member. During
World War / she was chairman of
the Women's Liberty Loan Com
mittee of Delaware. AS a worker
for women's suffrage she was pres
ident of the Womens Suffrage
Committee of Delaware in 1920 and
first president of the League of
Women Voters the following year.
On June 2. 1857, the University of
Delaware-where Mrs. Ridgely had
been a member of the board of
trustees from 1941 to 1955-rec-
ognized her contributions to the
state by comforting upon her the
honorary degree of doctor of hui
name letters.
She will be on hand to greet Wis
itors on Old Dover Days. Her
home will be one of the many on
view during the two-day observ-
ance. An elaborate program has
been arranged, including folk
dancing on The Green and crown
ing of a May Queen on the Wesley
College campus.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-24
REACTION TINE

The time it takes for your eyes
to flash warning signal to your
brain, then for your brain to trans
NIT the signal to the part of the
body that must act upon the sig
nal, plus the time required to
complete the action, is known as
reaction time" Stated this way,
it may seem like a long time. 1t
can be an awful moment in an
emergency. Tests indicated that
reaction time among motorists
lin applying brakes) varies from
as little as three-quarters of a
second to as much as one and a
half seconds.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-24
Applicants For He0rn
Fund Are Sought By
The Milford Trust Co.
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vicinity for the furtherance of their
education. Applications should be
sent to the Hearn Educational Fund
in care of The Milford Trust Com
pany. The final date for the receipt
of applications to be acted upon
this year will be May 18th, 1853.
Blank forms of application can
be secured by. calling in person at
The Milford Trust Company.
The trustee will under no cir
cumstances accept any application
after aforesaid date of May 18th,
1859.
In accordance with Mr. Hearn's s
intents, no restrictions upon places
or fields of study are made; it is
the trustees desire that the funds
at its disposal shall be granted to
the ablest white boys and girls of
this vicinity to assist them in Sc
curing an education, without re-
CARDS to any other considerations
The assistance of the fund will
be granted by the trustees upon
nominations made by a Committee
of Selection appointed by and re-
spOnsible to the trustee Grants
will be made for one year, subject
to revocation If the evidences of the
recipients industry and ability are
not satisfactory; and they may be
renewed for additional years upon
evidence of continued progress in
and fidelity to the work upon which
the recipient is engaged.
RESOLVED, that The Milford
Trust Company, as trustee of the
Hearn Educational Fund shall con-
slider, all other things being equal,
that boys and girls living within
the boundaries of the Milford
Special School District shall be
preferred
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-24

Three of the oldest houses of
worship in America are located
in Newport, r. I. They are the
Quaker Meeting House, built 1899;
Seventh Day Baptist Meeting
House, 1923, and the Touro Syna-
gogue, 1863.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-24

A record of 1,534,26 acres were
reforested in the United States DUR
ing 1858. Both private owners and
government agencies cooperated in
planting the new trees.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-24

Pulitzer Prize winning play
wright Elmer Rice was practic-
ing lawyer before he became an
author of many stage and screen
hits.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-24

A major reform in schools of
Japan since American Occupation
is co-education.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
Hospital Hostesses

Hospital Cart and Shop Hostesses
for Milford Memorial Hospital for
the week, Friday, July 10 through
Thursday, July Is:
Hospital Cart-Friday, July 10,
Mrs. Robert Masten, Mrs. Joseph
King; Monday, July Is, Mrs. George
Sheaffer, Mrs. Eddie Isaacs; Tues
day, July IA, Mrs. Perry Ragains,
Mrs. Robert Mercer; Wednesday,
July Is, Mrs. Irene Webb. Mrs. Jay
Manlove; Thursday, July 16, Mrs.
Frank NAPLES, Mrs. Garrett Grier.
Hospital Shop-Friday, July 10,
afternoon, Mrs. Raymond Davis
evening, Mrs. George Westphal;
Sat, July IL, afternoon, Mrs. j. w.
understanding Sun, July
~, afternoon, Mrs. Lee Hirsch-
evening, Mrs. Albert Strahle; Mon
day, July 13, afternoon, Mrs. John
Baker, Mrs. /. ID. Short-evening,
Mrs. William Lynch; Tuesday, July
IA, afternoon, Mrs. William John
son, Mrs. Robert Foster-evening,
Mrs. Walter Conaway; Wed, July
Is, afternoon, Miss Cordelia Car
ter, Mrs. Byron evening,
Mrs. Roy LaFontaine; Thursday,
July 16, afternoon, Mrs. Gideon
Wisseman-evening, Mrs. Harvey
Marvel
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Rebekah News

The Margaret C. Pyle Rebekah
Lodge No. IL held it's last regular
meeting of the summer months on
June 10, at O'clock At this meet
ing plans were made for a family
picnic to be held on July 16 at six
o'clock at the cottage of Mrs. Ruth
Jester, Slaughter Beach. All food
will be furnished by the ways and
means committee and a donation
of soc per adult and Csc per child
will be asked. In case of rain mem
bers will be advised of another
date. 1t is hoped that all members
and their families will try to at
bend this affair. Following the
meeting members surprised Mrs.
Jane Sapp with stork shower.
Jane received many beautiful and
useful gifts and everyone extended
her wishes for very happy future.
Reported sick at this time: John
LeCompte, Katie Jewell, Clara In
gram, who is now at home, Mildred
Bridgers and Mrs. Alice Robertson.
Our wishes for a speedy recovery
to all. Our birthday book shows
that we do not have member
whose birthday falls in July. If you
have not recorded your birthday in
our book, please notify your noble
grand, Sara Prettyman. May all
members have very pleasant and
restful summer.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
Local Happenings

SPECIAL DANCE = Harrington
Canteen, Friday evening, July 10,
from $3.50 to H. Music furnished by
Russ Argo and the "Jems."
ICE CREAM FESTIVAL at Man
ship Church Hall, miles west of
FELTON,, on Friday, July II, begin
ming at $50 p. m. Homemade ice
cream and cake. All welcome.
COMMUNITY PICNIC-The An
nual Community Picnic sponsored
by the WSCS of Thompsonville
Church will be held at Big Stone
Beach, July 18th, at $50 p. m. The
chairmen are Mrs. Catherine Webb
and Mrs. Blanche Burckk.
CEDAR NECK HOME COMING =
Sunday, July 10, will be home COM
ing day for Cedar Neck Church.
There will be guest minister and
singers. A social hour will be en-
joyed by all on the church lawn be-
fore the service. Social hour, 1890
Preaching at 2 p. m. Full details
will be published next week.
LOCAL FREE TENNIS-Seventy
girls and boys of the Milford Spe-
cial School District signed up and
participated in the opening day of
free tennis instruction being spon-
sored by the Delaware Lawn Ten
mis- Association each Tuesday at the
Milford High School from 900 a.
m. to 500 p. m.
instruction is being presented by
Woody Won Seldeneck, member of
the DLTA summer tennis staff and
outstanding tennis star of Wesley
an University.
Bernard Briggs, faculty manager
of Athletics of the Milford Special
School District, announced today
plans for two additional tennis
courts to be located at the Lulu M.
Ross School. Such courts will be
used in the tennis Institutional
program to be presented daily in
the recreational program of Mil
ford.
The Delaware Lawn Tennis As
ISOLATION will continue Tuesday
tennis clinics at Milford High
School through July 81.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
Square Dance Time

What is Square Dancing? It is a
form of singing with the feet. "
1t is Americas own folk dance,
and characteristic of Americans.
You can learn to do the Ameri-
can folk dance 1t is not too diff
cult. Make plans to join the new
class for Square Dancers to start
in September. Contact any of the
members of the Diamond State
Twirlers and ask for details.
In the meantime, come out and
watch these folks dance when they
meet on July 18th at the Social
Hall of the Avenue Methodist
Church. Spectators are welcome to
attend free of charge. Guest caller,
Lou Hildebrand of Hyattsville, Md,
will be on hand with his smooth,
relaxed style of calling to provide
a most enjoyable evening for both
dancers and spectators. Time: $3.50
to 1870 p. m.s
The summer weather does not
deter these enthusiastic folks, and
one night this week IA group of
square dancers were the guests of
Marian and Jack Dickerson. Des-
pite the heat, two squares had
very enjoyable evening dancing to
records. Appetizing refreshments
completed the evening.
from these get-togethers can be
yours too-join the group and
learn to square dance.
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Wedding
BLACK : CALHOUN

The double ring ceremony of Dor
is Ella Black, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John L. Minner, Harrington,
to Leroy M. Calhoun, son of Mr..
and Mrs. MedfOrd Calhoun of Green
wood, took place Sunday, June %.
at 2:3O p. m, at Trinity Methodist
Church, Harrington.
The Rev. Milton r. Elliott of Sea-
ford officiated at the candlelight
ceremony and was assisted by the
Rev. Nelson Benjamin.
Following the wedding, a recep-
ton was held in the Harrington
New Century Club.
The bride, given in marriage by
her step-father, wore a waltz
length gown of chantilly lace over
slipper satin. The fitted bodice fea-
tured a picture neckline encrusted
with pearls and sequins and long
tapering pointed sleeves. Her
finger-tip veil of imported illusion
was attached to a clip cap of the
matching lace pearl trimmed.
She carried colonial bouquet of
white carnations with a detachable
white orchid.
Mrs. Virginia Black Maloney of
Harrington, sister of the bride.
was matron of honor. Her ballerina
length gown of white lace over
aqua was styled with scoop neck
line, short sleeves and the fitted
bodice featured a matching color
satin front bow and streamers over
the full gored skirt. With this she
wore matching color horsehair
head band pearl trimmed and cir
cular veil
She carried colonial bouquet of
multicolor, aqua, maize and orchid
carnations which were bordered
with white carnations.
Bridesmaids were Barbara Min
ner and Louise Minner of Harring-
ton, step-sisters of the bride. Their
gowns, head bands and bouquets
were identical to the honor attend
ant in the maize and orchid tones.
The flower girl, Linda Kay Min
ner, cousin of the bride, wore a
short length dress of white lace
over taffeta, a V-shaped neckline.
short sleeves with satin bows. She
carried a basket of mixed flowers
with matching head piece.
Willard Calhoun, brother of the
groom, was the best man. Ushers
were William Allison Davis, Jr..
and Bruce Maloney
Wedding music was played by
Melvin Brobst and Mrs. Jeanne
Warner was soloist Church deco
rations were white glads, snap
dragons and pom-poms
The mother of the bride wore a
blue lace over taffeta with a trim
of slipper satan. Matching lace hat
with white accessories. She car
ried corsage of blue carnations
on her purse.
The bridegroom's mother wore
pink lace over taffeta with white
accessories. She wore a corsage of
white carnations.
After a wedding trip they will
reside in Tampa, Florida, where the
groom is serving in the Air Force.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Donahoe
spent last week at Myrtle Beach,
S. c.
Miss Ruth Phillips of Endicott,
N. Y, is the guest of Mrs. Paul ".
Mckay at her cottage in Rehoboth.
Miss Madeline Ford and Miss
Barbara Slane of Pittsburgh are
spending some time with Mr.. and
Mrs. George H. Baynum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Baynum
were in New York City last week
end and attended the sessions of
Lions Club International.
Mrs. Clara M. Carter and Mr..
and Mrs. Stanley Carter and chill
dren of Claymont are spending two
weeks in Dewey Beach.
Miss Edna Law and Jack Law
of Philadelphia were holiday guests
of Mrs Willard r. Pierce at her
cottage at Slaughter Beach.
Marvin Shelhous, who is sta
toned in Philadelphia at Marine
recruiting depot, spent the past
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Lindale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Draper left
on Saturday for Florida, where Mr..
Draper will be doing more photo
graphing of scenes in the state for
the coming few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Baechler and
children moved to the Primrose
cottage at Slaughter Beach on
Tuesday and will remain there for
this month.
Mrs. William c. Smith and Mrs.
Frank R. Grier spent Wednesday in
Ocean City, Nd, as guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Donald Smith and chill
dren of Wilmington, who are at
the resort for two weeks.
Dr. and Mrs. James Renuart and
children left yesterday for Dur
ham, N. c., after spending week
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Dean Kimmel. They will leave
next month for Montgomery, Ala
bama, where DR.. Renuart will be
stationed for the coming two years
at Maxwell Air Force Base.
On Tuesday morning many folks
in and around town enjoyed seeing
and hearing Bob Brookmeyer, a
prominent young progressive jazz
trombonist, on television when he
was a guest on the Sam Levenson
show. Mr.. Brookmeyer's wife is
the former Phyllis Porter, Mil
ford girl
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
Items Of q Purely
Personal Nature

Joe and Carey Isaacs are spend
ing this week at Camp Pe-Co-Meth
in Centreville, Md.
Miss Lois A. Littleton is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Eunice Strucko in
Baltimore for two weeks.
Richard Gordon of Frederick was
the weekend guest of William w.
Grier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Legates of
Lynch Heights spent last week at
Raleigh, N. c., visiting their son,
DR.. ]. E. Legates and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard T. Norwood
and grandson of Silver Spring, Md,
spent a few days this week with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Kimmel.
spent the holiday weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. John C. Truitt, who
are at their cottage in Rehoboth.
Mrs. William BrimijOin and chill
dren, who have spent the past few
weeks at Slaughter Beach, left for
their camp in Maine on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mercer and
daughter Kay left last week for a
camping trip which will extend in
to Nova Scotia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman d. Walker
had as their house guest from Mon
day until Friday their daughter,
Mrs. Fred D.. Gillespie of West
field, N. j.
Miss Elizabeth Carlisle of
SwarthmOre, Pa. but formerly of
Milford, is in Rehoboth for three
weeks vacation and is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Poole.
Miss Gale Clark, who has been
spending the past several months
with Mr.. and Mrs. William Miller
of South Walnut Street, left for
Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday.
-
Mrs. Wallace Jefferson and Mr..
and Mrs. George CULLEN spent the
fourth of July weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Jefferson in Sal
isbury, Md They all spent Satur-
day evening in Ocean City and en-
joyed the very beautiful display of
fireworks.
Miss Ada Daggett has returned to
her home, 1O1 N. w. Front Street,
after spending a month with DR..
and Mrs. julius H. Grower, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Maloney and Mrs. Kath-
ryn Bryant of Middletown, Connec-
ticutt.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
RED MEN
NEWS

Sachem Grover Knight opened
our regular Tuesday evening meet
ing on a very sad note. The Red
Men played the Rebels at the Ball
Park earlier in the evening. Bro
Their Jim Bell, of Harrington, one
of our best soft ball players, was
sliding into third base and in his
rush to slide for a safe play, his
right arm was beneath him. The
result, a broken arm about two
inches above the wrist. Our Bro
Their is in distress and we are real
sorry this happened.
The regular business of the even
ing was dispatched in quick order.
We voted on an application for
membership and considered an
other.
The First District Association
will hold their meeting in Bethle-
hem, Pa, Saturday, July II, at the
Red Mems Lodge Be sure to plan
to attend this wonderful meeting
of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland that is held
only three times a year.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
Fire Recorders
Report For June

John G. Jester, fire recorder for
the Carlisle Fire Company of Mil
ford, has submitted the following
fire report for the month of June:
Number of alarms, 16; Nos. 101 to
116, inclusive; city alarms, II; ru-
raj alarms, 5.
Types: woods, dump, grass; 1
auto; l truck; grain elevators;
electric stove; 2 mercantile; 1
house: l rescue
Hose used: IT'S feet 1 inch; 800
feet ~ inch; 100 feet 21a inch.
Ladders raised: 245 feet.
Distance travelled: lie miles.
Time in service: 2312 hours.
Pumping time: IL hours.
Attendance: 431 men in service;
607 man hours in service; 81 aver
age attendance at each alarm.
Loss: Total loss, $675.00 city
loss, $625.00; rural loss. $4,000.
Ambulance report for month of
June:
Total trips: 33.
Total men in service: II.
Total hours in service: "a.
Total man hours in service: %.
Total miles travelled: go.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10
Hospital Births

July 1-Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Dennis, Greenwood, girl.
July 1-Mr. and Mrs. Jeff John
son, Georgetown, girl.
July 1-Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ham
ilton, Milford, girl.
July 1-Mr. and Mrs. James Lay
ton, Milford, boy.
July 2-Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Belts, Georgetown, girl.
July 8 = Mr.. and Mrs Harold
Warrington, Georgetown, boy.
July 4-Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bis
hop, Dover, girl.
July 5-Mr. and Mrs. Franklin
Hastings, Laurel, girl.
July 5-Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Kraus, Milford, girl.
July 5-Mr. and Mrs. Alton Isa-
acs, Millsboro, boy.
July 7-Mr. and Mrs. Jack Eli
oft, Laurel, boy
July Z = Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin
Price, Glendale, girl.
July Z = Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Carlson, Marydel, boy.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10

This evening at the Corner
Cupboard in Rehoboth, Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Harold Barnidge
of st. Louis, are giving a din
ner party following the we'd
ding rehearsal of their son, Mr..
Francis T. Barnidge and Miss
Bonnie Burton. Their guests
will be the members of the bril-
dial party, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
G. Burton, Mrs. Fred H. Bur-
ton, Mrs. John Cannon of Pitts
burgh, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Russell
Burcher of Pottstown, Pa,
Miss Josephine Coleman, Mr..
Edward Barnidge, Miss Edith
Barnidge and Miss. Janet Tay-
lor of st. Louis. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Ryan, Mr.. David Ryan
of Philadelphia, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Prettyman of Will
mington, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Geuting, Mr.. Thomas Geuting
of Washington, Miss Mary Bur-
lington and Miss Lucy Wiltra-
kis of New Jersey, Miss Jane
L'Hommedieu of Lancaster, Pa,
Miss Eileen McMullin Of New
York, Miss Freda Barbarika
and Miss Mary Lyons of town.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10

The wedding of Miss Nancy
Marie Giltenboth, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Gilten-
both and Mr.. Thomas H. Hon
eychurch, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Honeychurch of Will
mington, will take place in Sill
brook Methodist Church tomor-
row at two o'clock. The bride
elect will be given in marriage
by her father and will have her
sister, Miss Martha Giltenboth
of Wilmington, as her maid of
honor. The bridesmaids will
be Miss Lynn Donovan of Long
Island, and Mrs. Albert Skinner
of Wilmington. Mr.. Richard
Mclaughlin of Wilmington will
be best man for the groom and
Mr.. Richard B. LETTERS of Har-
rington and Mr.. Albert M. Skin
ner of Wilmington as ushers.
A reception will follow in the
social hall of the church.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10

The annual Fourth of July
picnic was held on Saturday at
the farm of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Dutton with the famil-
les of the w. Price Webbs, the
Thomas Calloways, the Frank
r. Griers, the buttons and
friends of Sharla and Sue Dut-
ton who were Ruthann and
Helena Yerkes, Bonnie Dean,
Susan Benson, and Anna Lee
Thistlewood. The picnic and
the out of doors were much en-
joyed.
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Playground Activities
Schedule for Senior Baseball
High School Diamond $3.50 p. Vi.
TUESDAYS and Wednesdays

July 14-Reds VS. Pirates
July 15-Phillies VS. Braves
July 21-Reds VS. Phillies
July 22-Braves VS. Pirates
July 2S-Reds VS. Braves
July 29-Pirates VS. Phillies
August 4-Pirates VS. Reds
August 5-Braves VS. Phillies
August 11-Phillies VS. Reds
August 12-Pirates VS. Braves
August 18-Braves VS. Reds
August 19-Phillies VS. Pirates
August 25-Reds VS. Pirates
August 26-Braves VS. Phillies
September 1-Phillies VS. Reds
September 2-Pirates VS. Braves
Attendance first week-444.
Tennis clinic each Tuesday at 8
. IN. to p. MO boys and girls
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1959-07-10

The Sewing Club met yester-
day at the cottage of Mrs. Ed
win l.. Fisher in Rehoboth for
a covered dish luncheon. 1t
was also a surprise miscella-
neous shower for Miss Bonnie
Burton. The luncheon a t
twelve-thirty and the afternoon
was a pleasant one for the reg
ular members, the honored
guest, plus some members of
the families of Miss Burton
and her fiiance, Mr.. Francis
Barnidge.