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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-03
Jas r Morford
Is Victim OF
Heart Attack
Nationally Known Law
yer; Former Attorney
General Ill Since Tues
day; Won Last Case
On Day He Died.

Former Attorney General James
r. Morford, a acknowledgement
lawyer and senior member of the
firm of Morford, Young and Coma
way, died early Wednesday evening
at the Delaware Hospital, Whining
ton, to which he had been taken
Tuesday afternoon. He would have
been 81 on August II.
Last November Mr.. Morford suf-
fered heart attack and was in
capacitated for several weeks. He
recovered sufficiently to carry
through with plans for the forma-
ton of the new law firm in which
one of his partners, H. Albert
Young, Is also former attorney
general. Announcement of the for
nation of the new unit, with Offices
in the top floor of the Bank of Del
aware Annex, was made January
rs.
Mr.. Morford was elected attor-
ney general in 1898, serving from
January, 1885,. through December,
1912. 1t was but one of many i'm
portant Offices which he held in a
busy career after his admission to
the Delaware Bar in 1921.
From 1885 to 1888 Mr.. Morford
was city solicitor of Wilmington.
For two years starting in 1913 he
was president of the American
Council Association. Earlier he had
been president of the Delaware Bar
Association and a member of the
board of governors of the American
Bar Association, serving in the lat
ter capacity from 1914 to 1947. He
was chairman of the House of Dele
gates from 1948 through 1850.
Recently, Mr. MOrford, whose
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Big Summer Show
Season At Schine's

Herman Kopf, manager OF
Schine's Milford theatre, recently
attended a meeting of Schine
Showmen at Glenn Falls, New
York. Attending the meeting were
the circuits home office officials,
managers from Maryland, Della
are and New York. Everyone was
given conclusive proof that the
summer months ahead promise to
deliver the greatest line up of hits
ever.
Milford theatre patrons will see
South Pacific, Walt Disney's
Sleeping Beauty" and Darby o.
Gill;, Say One For Me-, at Hap
pened To Jane, ASK Any Girl" /,
1.-THE Nuns Story, Hercules,
''The Last Train From Gun Hill",
John Paul Jones', North BY
Northwest, This Earth Is Nine,
Five Pennies" and sayes Mr.. Kopf,.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-03
Kent-Sussex Fair To
Feature Foot Race
Event VIII. Consist OF 6 Laps
Around The Track

The Kent and Sussex County
Fair will sponsor a Smile foot
race consisting of six laps around
the half mile track in front of the
grandstand at their 10th annual
fair which begins July q, at Harr-
ington, Delaware. This is an add
ed attraction of the fair and is pre-
scented for the first time this year.
In order to be eligible partici-
pants must reside on the Delmarva
Peninsula and must be strictly
amateur.
The test will be held at $500
p. m. probably on Tuesday night
of fair week.
Trophies will be awarded to the
first three finishers and to the first
finisher from New Castle, Kent and
Sussex counties for total of six
awards. No competitor may win
more than one trophy.
There are quite few long-dis-
lance runners in the Delmarva
area who could make this an in
teresting, closely contested event
IL they choose to enter.
Entry blanks may be secured
by writing to: The Kent and Sus-
sex County Fair, Harrington, Del
aware.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-03
Presbyterian Bible
School Opens July 20
The Theme Selected VIII Be
sailing With Christi

Mrs. Robert Warrington will be
director of the Presbyterian Daily
Vacation Bible School starting July
20 at $50 a. m. classes will con-
tinue until 1880 through Friday
and will include training in the
principles of Christian living plus
projects work, music, recreation
and refreshments. The theme will
be Sailing With Christ" graded
material from the Gospel Light
Co., has been obtained for an esti-
mated enrolment of a hundred
pupils ranging from three years to
seventh grade in public school.
Department heads are: Mrs.
Betty Shea, nursery; Mrs. Helen
Conard, kindergarten: Mrs. Nor
ma Stills, primary; Mrs. Mildred
Vineyard, Junior intermediate. Glass
members of the Sunday School
will serve as assistants.
/ The term will be from July 20
through July 80 and a special clos
ing program is planned.
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Plan OF Blood Bank
Is Fully Explained
Subscribers Part And Benefits Are
Outlined In Detail

The Blood Bank of Delaware is
a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., nom
profit. whole blood replacement
plan to which all Delawareans, and
those who live out of the state but
work in Delaware, should belong.
1t assures the subscriber and his
dependents of all the whole blood
they may need while patients in any
of Delaware's nine 90 community
hospitals, and saves it's subscribers
the cost of blood replacement, or
the necessity of trying to find dom
ors.
The subscribers part in the pro-
gram is to pay the enrolment fee
of $1.00 and the annual dues of $1.00
thereafter, and to donate one pint
of medically acceptable blood when
called upon to do so, which is once
every five (5) to seven Cd years
under normal conditions, but never
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-03
18th Annual
Chicken Fete
Last
Saturday Mite
Beauties Were Crowned;
Culinary Artists Young
And Old H0n0red And
Everyone Enjoyed The
Parade

The 18th Annual Delmarva Chic
ken Festival is over, as of early
last Saturday evening and in brief
the highlights were as follows:
Delaware scored a clean-sweep
double for beautiful beautiful girls
last Thursday night at the open
ing night of the Festival.
Nina Lou Ringler, 16-year-old
brown-eyed brunette from Selby-
vile, was crowned Miss Delmarva
XII and reigning queen of the 18th
annual Delmarva Chicken Festival.
Second to Nina was blue-eyed
Linda E. Humes, Is, amateur ac-
tress and aspiring stagestar, from
Harrington.
The girls were chosen in a nip
and-tuck race against 10 other
Delaware and Maryland girls in
the festivals annual Miss Delmar-
va beauty pageant, staged before
a capacity crowd at the new Dover
High School auditorium.
Earlier last Friday the we'll
known Wilmington artist Frank
Dele Dome was awarded first
prize for best-in-show in the festi-
val art exhibition.
The annual Distinguished Citi-
zen. Award went to William r.
Murray, Delaware broiler industry
pioneer, in opening ceremonies this
evening at the Dover High School.
And in the Little Miss Delmarva
pageant which preceded the beauty
contest, four-year-old Donna Hope,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
L. Hope, of Pocomoke, Md, was
declared the winner over 18 little
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126 Graduated AT
VIEW Aquatic School
Great Number Complete. Courses
At Memorial Park

One hundred and twenty-five boys
and girls are today possessed of
cards signifying that they salts
factorily completed A. r. C. courses
in swimming, given here, at VFW
Memorial Park, Haven Lake, last
week. More than 200 youngsters
participated in the Aquatic School.
annually sponsored here by Blue
Hen Post No. 6483, VFW and its
Ladies Auxiliary.
Seventy-eight youngsters learn
ed to swim for the first time dur
ing the week-long sessions; 35
others showed sufficient prowess
to warrant designation as inter-
mediate swimmers; and eleven
more experienced youngsters were
graduated" as swimmers.
AS in previous years, Milton
Meyer, of Dagsboro, accredited
Red Cross swimming instructor,
was in charge of the Aquatic
School. Assisting Mr.. Meyer were
Calvin Hollis, Jr., Mrs. Gertrude
foopttppa0 nm ia De apwap
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-03
Cottage Art Tour At
.Rehoboth July 22-23

Things are shaping up for the
tenth annual Cottage Tour of Art
of the Rehoboth Art League, with
the appointment of the general
committee and the announcement
that the two day tour of cottages,
previously held in August, has been
advanced this year to July % and
%.
This is the Leagues largest mid
summer event, when the public
may visit number of designated
Rehoboth Beach cottages to view
paintings of contemporary artists
hung for the occasion as a part of
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well grain elevator last Saturday
morning. Firemen said hot wea-
Their contributed to spontaneous
combustion.
Joseph Tomlin, manager at the
plant, said Monday morning he
didn't think the loss would exceed
$780, 900. He said a figure would
be reached in serval days after
an appraisal by insurance men.
The four-story building is close
to the Murderkill River but the
heat of the Fire forced the volun-
teers to relay water from farther
down the bank Smoke darkened
the sky and flames leaped so feet
into the air. Fire smoldered all
day Sunday and only the concrete
and galvanized iron she'll remain
today.
Chester Donovan, chief of Fred
erica Fire Company and one of his
men, John P Donovan (no rela-
tom, were overcome by smoke
and heat and treated at Milford
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Wool Payment For
1858 To Be 20. 80

Wool growers of Delaware will
receive payment of 1913 cents
for each dollars worth of shorn
wool marketed during the 1858
marketing year, Chairman VIM. II.
Hopkins of the Delaware Agricul-
tural Sterilization and Conservation
Committee announced today.
The payment rate represent the
percentage necessary to bring the
national average price wool grow
ers got for their wool during the
year ending last March up to the
established national inc entive
price of So cents per pound.
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State Toppled AS
Xmas Seal Leader

Took An Act OF Congress To Do
1t However
Delaware has finally lost its No.
/ ranking among the states in the
sale of Christmas Seals-but it
took an act of Congress to do it,
according to the Delaware Anti
tuberculosis Society.
For 81 years the Diamond State
has been at the top of the list in
per capita contributions. And
Delaware's 1858 Christmas Seal
Sale looked like a shoo-in to win
again this year.
Congress, however, had different
ideas. 1t approved the admission
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Keynote speaker SUNDAY aIter-
noon was Mr.. Louis p. Shannon,
director of the DUPONT Company s
extension division. Mr.. Shannon
sold the group that ones success
IN his profession depends as much
or more on his ability to work
= ell with people than on his tech
meal knowledge and skill. Friend
.iness is the key to good working
relations, he told the group.
Another speaker, Mr.. Ray Bailey,
director of food marketing of THIS
WEEK magazine, discussed i'm
lortant challenges facing the ma
lions food marketers.
Other Sunday afternoon speak
ers were DIR. Rudolph L. Treuen-
sels, executive vice president, Ma
tional-American Wholesale Groc-
ers Association New York, and
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Slaughter Beach
Fire Co. Seeks Funds

Annual Drive VIII Be Held This
Sunday At New Fire House
The Annual Fund Drive of the
Memorial Fire Company Slaughter
Beach will be held on Sunday, Ju-
ly 9Th with the sounding of the
siren at the new fire house at 100
p. m.
Residents and property owners
of the Zach and surrounding COM
munity will be called on during
the afternoon for their contribu-
tions toward the maintenance and
operation of the Company.
Being the youngest fire-fighting
organization in the State and not
being able financially to comply
with the State Firemen's Associa-
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years as a school executive in pub
lie education. He has been describ-
ed as "the teacher who made the
whole continent his personal class
room"
DR.. Mcfarland is currently edu-
cational consultant to the General
Motors Corporation. In addition
he is a member of numerous edu-
cational associations and commit
tees.
I'VE are most fortunate in hay-
ing one of the country's finest
speakers and greatest educators
to address us at the Apprentice
ship and Training Conference din
ner", Frederick G. Krapf. ST., gen.
eral planning committee chairman
for the. event said. DR. McFar-
lands talk should be outstanding" /,
he added.
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Problems in Safety Education"
and offers graduate credit. DR.. d.
Kenneth Steers, Associate Profess
sor of Physical Education is the
instructor.
The course is being conducted in
Robinson Hall beginning at 9:35
a, m. from June %. to July 81, in
elusive.
The Safety Council said that the
course will serve a three-fold pur-
pose in preparing teachers in safe
ty education. First, it will give the
prospective teacher up-to-date in
formation on the safety needs of
students, parents and the COM
munity. Second, it will suggest
the teaching principles and pro-
cedures that can be used to meet
these needs. And, finally, it will
furnish concrete material that can
Continued on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-03
Annie Jump Cannon's
Portrait Presented
University Given Picture OF Dis
tinguished Woman Astronomer

A portrait of the distinguished
woman astronomer, Annie Jump
Cannon, was presented to the Uni
versity of Delaware recently by
group of friends and relatives
and the artist, Orville H. Poets of
Millsboro.
In an informal ceremony in the
office of the president DR.. John
A. Perkins accepted the portrait
and commented on the life and
work of one of Delaware's most
distinguished daughters.
Miss Cannon's life is an inspir
alton to researchers and students"
he said, "and exemplifies what cap
able young people can do if well
educated and devoted to their spe-
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-03
Frederick Grain Elevator
Burns, Loss At $3.50, 600
Spectacular Blaze Last Saturday Night Attracted
Thousands Of Folks On Way Home From Chicken
Festival; Score Of Volunteer Fire Companies
Also Er0ute Home From Festival Fought
The Fire All Night.

More than 20 companies hot and volunteer remen
Chicken Festival
g. to
battle
grain
10000 bushels
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-03
Special Safety Course Being
Offered At The University


University
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-03
200 Food Retailers Haze
ReceiUed Certificates


successfully completing Delawares
University Delaware
program merchandising workshops
sponsored
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-03
DR.. Mcfarland VIII Speak
To Apprenticeship Group

and lecturer Dr. Kenneth Mcfarland
Apprenticeship
will held Wilmington Delaware
it announced today
who Americas
a
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II. McQuade, Prof. Neill
Set DCCM Speakers

Christ wanted him 10 bs-a
lay apostle, Charles empha.
sized.
One of the workshops, for
example, will be on youth and
will be under the direction of
Father Kenneth Wise, pastor
of st. Mary church, Waverly,
and Robert Vogelmeier of st.
Francis parish, Newark.
The first 45-minufe session
will center on the 1860 white
House Conference on Youth.
Panel members will be Char.
les cafon, executive secretary
Of the Ohio Commission for
the 1860 conference, and Faith.
er Robert White, principal Of
Hartley High.
The second session will con-
Germ the youth in the diocese
and the parish with Father
Richard Dodd, diocesan youth
director, as leader.
Every Catholic man in the
diocese is invited to the con-
vention. A nominal registra-
ton fee of So will be charged
and. will include the luncheon.
The convention will close
with a general session at 4
pm. and announcement OF
new officers for the coming
year.
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name Of Ryan can become per-
turbed.
She decided she would out
pro the professionals.
With a lot Of faith and
nothing t lose" and with the
assistance of Bo Gallo, youth
full downtown tailor, who has
taken some of the male parts
with the Masquers for the
past two years, Sister Eliza
beth contacted several local
charitable and service organi-
cations offering them the
house or any part of it for
the spring performance of
"The Torchbearers" written
by George Kelly, uncle of the
Princess of Monaco.
Half the profits, with the
Springs paying all expenses
out of their share, was the big
inducement, plus free park
ing and ushering. Under simil-
ar agreements professional
theater groups seldom offer
more than 40 per cent, usual
ly it's something far less, with
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ish and inter-parochial organi-
eaton and representatives to
the eight workshops from each
parish.
The convention will open
with Dialogue Mass at II am.
offered by Bishop Clarence 6.
lssenmann Of Columbus. The
men will use the new booklet
authored by three diocesan
priests.
The Mass is part of the
move to promote lay partici-
patton in the Mass. In the
short time he has been head
of the Church, Pope John has
celebrated three Dialogue
Masses.
James P. Charles, diocesan
CCM president, said this will
afford an opportunity Tor a
large number of men to ia
miliarize themselves with the
procedure and take their ex-
perience back to their respec-
tive parishes.
AS many men as possible,
he said, should take advan-
tage of the workshops SEIZED
uled for the convention, be-
ginning at els pm.
The scope Of these work.
shops is broad enough to in
clude the vital areas in which
every man can become what
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Holy See Says It's Sinful:
Catholics Can't Vote
For Red Politicians

flee who, though not members
Of the Communist party them.
selves, and though they may
claim TO be Christians, are
known TO unite with The COM
munisfs and favor them by
their actions"
The general effects of the
resolution are clear, but it is
also seen on the Italian scene
as being directed chiefly again
st the present government in
Sicily which has favored open
collaboration between commu-
nists and Catholics.
The text of the Holy Office
resolution follows:
This Supreme Sacred Con-
sresafion has been asked
whether, in the choice OF a
representative OF the people,
II is Iicit for Catholics to give
their vote to those parties and
those candidates who, though
not processing principles in
contrast TO Catholic doctrine,
or who openly attribute TO
themselves the qualification Of
Christian, do nevertheless, in
fact, unite with The eommu.
nisfs and favor them by their
actions.
During the meeting Of
Wednesday. March rs, 1859,
Their Eminenees, the Most
Reverend Cardinals RESPONSE.
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At Cathedral:
SO Diocesan
Scouts To Be
HOnOred

Thirty-five Boy Scouts
will receive the AID Altare
Del Award and 81 Girl
Scouts will receive the
Marian Award from Bish-
OPP Clarence G.. Issenmann, 3
pm. Sunday, April 10, in st.
Joseph Cathedral.
The ninth annual Holy Hour
and Court of Honor is spon-
sored by the Diocesan Catho-
lie Committee on Scouting,
for boys and girls in the Co
lumbus Diocese. Both the boys
and girls after fulfilling the
requirements were examined
by a Diocesan Review Board
under the direction of Ray
Eyerman and Mrs. John Hen.
Messy.
The AID AIfare Del Award Is
. cross that may be worn on
the Scout jacket and is the ap-
proved Church award for Boy
Scouts. The Marian Award is q
medallion Of fhe Blessed vir.
gin and is given TO The girls
who have shown excellence in
the scout program.
The parade will form in the
old st. Joseph Cathedral
school yard at 2:30 pm. and
will proceed to the Cathedral.
During the ceremonies Father
Robert Reilly, assistant pas
tor at St. Peter parish, will
give the sermon. The hymns
will be sung by the boys and
girls under the direction of
Father F. Thomas Gallen.
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Msgr. WOLF
To Discuss
Evolution

Monsignor George WOLF,
rector of st. Charles Semin-
airy will lecture on "Evolu-
ton" at s pm. in Newman
Hall, 1916 Iuka Ave-, on Sun
day, April 10.
This lecture is jointly spon-
sored by the Faculty Council
of Newman Clubs and the
Newman Association, the
group of graduate students,
alumni and their friends. Re-
freshments will be served af-
ter the talk by Monsignor
WOLF.
Monsignor WOLF is well
known in this area as the
leading authority on the sub
ject of evolution, and he will
answer questions from the
audience after his lecture is
finished. The next lecture
in the current series will dis
cuss the Proposed Ecumeni-
cal Council" Monsignor Thor
alf Thielen of the Josephinum
will be the speaker on Sun
day, May II. All lectures
are open to the public.
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VAIlCAN CII1, NCN
The Holy See has ruled it
sinful for Catholics to
vote for any candidate,
communist or not, who is
known to support the
Reds or their activities.
The ruling, fhe strongest
a-nfi-eommunisf action taken
by fhe Holy See in 10 years,
esme in the form Of . resoIu.
tion passed by the cardinals
Of fhe Sacred Congregation Of
the Holy Office and approx
ed by His Holiness Pope John
XIII.
AS published here in Los
servatore Romano, the reso-
luton used the term mot law
full" to describe support given
to any Representative of the
people" who backs the Reds.
Use of this term makes the
resolution clearly legislative
and thus the term means "sin-
full"
The resolution quoted the
substance Of the Holy Office
decree Of 1949 excommuni-
eating communists or those
who support communism. II
goes further than that decree,
however, since ii makes il sim
ful for Catholics to support
any candidates for public Of.
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DR.. Neill, father of nine
children, has gained a national
reputation as an author, lee
turer and lay leader.
The author of many articles
on the lay apostolate, his
works have appeared in
"Commonweal," America"
Theology Digest and the
Priest"
In addition, he has written
nine books including the pop.
ular Makers Of the Modern
Mind" They Lived the
Faith" Religion and cvl.
fure," and THE Common
Good"
Dr.. NeilI, who earned his
masters degree at Nofre Dame
University ano his docforsfe
at ST. Louis University, served
as chairman Of the resolutions
committee Of fhe NccM con-
venfion in Detroit this month.
He is also former president
of the American Catholic His
torical Society and former
chairman of the Catholic Com
mission on Intellectual and
Cultural Affairs.
More than 500 men are ex-
pected to take part in this
first annual convention. They
will include the official dele
gates from each affiliated par
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She Likes CROWDS:
Springs Drama Group
Has Professional Touch

no chance for returning tick
cts.
Sister Elizabeth Seton would
not let her angels" theatre
lingo for a show-backer) ac-
cept the word of critics that
the group was of a profess
sional calibre-she proved it
by showing interested groups
full-length samples of their
work. at special perform
anceS.
Result: All tickets have been
pledged by:
Saturday, May 2-HoIy Spir.
il Parent Teachers Association
-enfire house.
Sunday, May 3 - Hartley
High PTA, St. Gabriel's PTA,
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Begin Series
On Marriage
AT Ohio State

DR.. Richard Burk, MD, will
give the second lecture in the
current series on youth,
Marriage and Morals" at Hag-
erty Hall Auditorium on the
Ohio State Campus. The sub
ject will be Emotional Diff
ficulties in Marriage" and
will be presented at 4 pm,
Tuesday, April 81.
DR., Burk is wei known
in this area as an outstand-
ing authority on the counsel
ling of young married
couples. A member of the
faculty of the Medical School
at Ohio State University, he
received an award as "the
outstanding Catholic Man of
the year" in 1857.
The next lecture in the
series will be a discussion on
Planned Parenthood." This
will be presented by Father
Richard Walsh, Director of
Newman Hall on April %.