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Milford chronicle., 1959-10-09
ST. JOHNS
Mrs. Laurence Kitchens
Phone: Georgetown 24S6

The annual Homecoming of St.
Johns Methodist Church will be
held on Sunday, October IL. Sunday
School at 10 a. m. Robert West,
Superintendent. Worship service at
IL a. m. Rev. Melvin Shultz will
bring the message. Services in the
afternoon as follows: The Rev.
William Archer Jr., of Rock Hall.
Md, will be the guest speaker.
Singers in the afternoon will be the
st. Johns trio, Mrs. May Kitchens,
son Vernon, Mrs Mae Pepper and
Mrs. Jeanett Pepper of Providence.
Guest speaker for the evening
will be Rev. Ira E. Crum, a former
pastor, now of Cecilton. Md. Guest
singers are the Millsboro mems
quartette and Mrs. Catherine Lit
tleton.
A covered dish supper will be
served by the ladies of the church,
in the church house following the
afternoon service. All are cordially
invited to attend all these services.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Matthews
and Mrs. Hattie Short visited Mrs.
Shorts daughter, Mrs. Leslie Tim
mons in the Peninsula Hospital in
Salisbury on Saturday.
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-09
Lakeyiew Elementary
School News
Grade Mrs. Mae w. Balls
Section 4

Grade Mrs. Mae w. Balls
Section 1
School is such a busy placeI The
day goes by very quickly because
we have so many interesting things
in our books, Before We Read"
and Ready for Numbers. We have
studies about Dicks and James
pets and the fun they had with
them. We have learned to draw
their pictures and to read and
write their names. We can write
our names, also. We have learned
to sing songs about other pets and
to listen to stories and records a
bout pets and farm animals. Mrs.
Gordon has read some nice stories
about dogs for US. Mrs. Kunkle let
US draw pictures of our pets and
cut them out for the bulletin board
Mrs. Bennett taught us some
songs about pets that we liked.
We have fun playing with Miss
Rissmiller, who takes US out for
gym once each week.
At first we were not quite sure
that we liked school but now we
feel more at home. Last week we
talked about some of the things
that we liked best in school Here
are some of them:
Denise Hoggatt, Drew Downing,
Debbie Carter and Bobby Sparklin
like reading and writing best.
Daniel Roe, David Porter, Billy
Lankford, Sally Ames, Cindy
Jones, Mitchell Banks, Patty Lor-
enz. Linda Bowden, Jackie Ennis,
and Debbie Harris like to color and
write.
Mike Mccoy likes to play and
write. Terry Fox likes to draw and
write. Cathy Marshall likes color
ing, writing, playing and resting.
Jay Bennett and Craig Hitch like
to erase the blackboard.
Lynn Pierce likes rhythms -
skipping and galloping.
Eddie Walls likes to write his
name.
Debbie Tribbett likes art, music,
and gym.
Steven Deeney likes to play and
get a drink.
Margaret Rogers likes numbers
and writing her name. Linda
Draper likes to write her name.
Linden Thompson likes to write
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-09

for several weeks to come. Mrs.
Quig, who makes her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Lester E. Glen
daniel on Broad St, was visited by
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Melvin
Mrs. Martha Donovan began her
kindergarten Classes on Monday
morning at the V.FW home near
Milton, with an enrolment of IA.
Those attending the first day class
es included Logan Herbert, Walter
Cannon, Brenda Chesgar, Jeanne
Donovan, Jane Lynn Sharp, Mary
Ann Avery, Tommy Jensen, Jimmy
Sherman, David Benson, Lou Ann
Belts, Keith Lawson, Bobby Wiley,
Jimmy Moore and Herbert fisher.
The morning session begins at 900
a. m. and closes at 11:30 a. m. Mrs.
Donovan will still accept registra-
tions and would be grateful for any
outdoor equipment which anyone
would donate for the enjoyment of
the little students.
Following ceremony in which
members of Boy Scout Troop No.
1913 were awarded badges of ach-
ievement, the mothers of these boys
met and began an auxiliary to
troop No. 198 Mrs. Peg Tobin was
chosen president; Mrs. Dorothy
Cox, vice-president; Mrs. Lynn
Kane, secretary; and Mrs. Mary
Betty Cannon, treasurer. The OBJ
jective of this organization will be
to further the purpose of scouting
and to assist the scouts with their
problems. The first project of the
organization will be to collect any
used Scout equipment which no
longer is in use by former scouts,
and can be offered to new scouters
at very little, if any expense. Any
person desirous of contributing or
selling to this project may leave
Scout equipment and uniforms at
the beauty parlor of Mrs. Dorothy
Cox, downtown, Milton.
Members of the Fisher Bible
Glass met at the home of Mrs. Elsie
Graves on Tuesday evening at 500
p. m. Mrs. Graves and Mrs. Doro-
thy Burton were co-hostesses.
Railroad ties, the wooden beams
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-09
SPEEDY ACTION

HOPKINSvILLE, KY. P)-City
officials bought an electronic
speed-timing device and start
ed to erect speed limit signs. Some
one discovered the city had no
speed limit law, an omission the
city council quickly corrected.
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-09

United States farm families had
1900 fewer accidental deaths in
1857 than in 1947.
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-09

Doors that open wider - easier to get in
and out. Family-SiZe interior. Seats that are
higher, more deeply cushioned, and reposi-
toned to provide more room for feet and
legs. Perhaps the quietest running car in
America due to Bucks high use of insula-
ton and torque-tube drive Bucks quality
control program comes TO a peak in the
Tnrbine Drive Buick 90.
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-09

Railroad ties, the wooden beams
on which the steel tracks are laid,
cost an average of SO each.
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-30
Milford Hiqh
School News
Lewes Downs Bucs 9e-7

The Milford High Buccaneers, af-
ter posting two straight wins at the
beginning of the season, have drop
ped three straight contests; the
third defeat being administered by
Lewes High with a score of 26-7.
Lewes led by triple threat back
Johnny Morris and tall Leonard
Maull jumped off to a 1870 lead in
the second quarter by virtue of a
well balanced running and passing
attack. Milford broke into. the
scoring column late in the second
quarter when Steve Cunning on
delayed handoff ran so yards for a
touchdown. The try for the extra
point was good and Milford was
back in the ball game being behind
in the score 1877.
In the second half, Lewes domi-
mated the play and scored 2 touch
downs to put the game on ice; the
final score being 26-7. The win for
Lewes marked their third straight
win for the Pirates over the Milford
Bucs. Milford last defeated Lewes
in 1856.
Bucs Journey to Smyrna
The Bucs travel to Smyrna to
take on another undefeated squad.
Previously Milford had played un-
defeated Wicomico and Lewes. The
Silver Eagles, fresh from a 20-19
victory over Seaford will be eager
to add Milford to their list of vic
tins. The game is a Homecoming
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-30
THE NAMES THE THING

OLYMPIC VALLEY. Calf up =
Or Squaw Village, Calf. Or even
Iahoe City, Calf. But no Squaw
valley, Calf. At least not on uni
ted States mail postmarks.
That's the story from this Sierra
site of the 1860 Winter Olympic
games. -
The post Office can't approve the
use of Squaw Valley postmark
because another California com
munity has used that name for
years, although it no longer has a
post Office.
So Squaw Valley will be known
on the postmarks as Squaw Village.
And to help keep things clear.
mail from the Olympic Village in
the valley will be postmarked OIym-
pic Valley.
The news stories, of course, will
be flowing from Squaw Valley.
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-30

game for Smyrna and large crowd
is expected.
A victory for Milford would pro-
vide tremendous lift for the squad
and give them confidence for the
remainder of the schedule which in
cludes Laurel, Middletown and
Caesar Rodney.
Junior Varsity Wins
Fourth Straight-S9-7
The Milford High Junior Varsity
football team numbering Is men,
bers is proving to have very
defense. Thus far, the Junior Bucs
have scored 1873 points in four con-
tests and have limited their oppo-
nents to a mere points.
The latest victim of the Junior
Bucs was Seaford who went down
to defeat by a score of 1877. The
Blue Jays received some solace by
being the only team to score
against Milford.
The Milford offense functioned
smoothly due to the blocking of the
linemen and the hard running of
Steve Cunning, Bill Stayton and
Johnny Brooks. The Bucs aerial
game was outstanding as quarter
backs J. c. Dobson and Charles Lo-
per repeatedly hit their receivers
for large gains. Loper completed
three out of five passes while Dob
son was one for one. Dobson was
outstanding on defense as he re-
peatedly came up from his position
in the secondary to make tackles.
The scoring was accomplished in
the following manner:
Steve Cunning touchdowns:
1. A yard plunge ever right
guard which was set up by 35
yard run by Johnny Brooks.
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-30
ANDREWVILLE
Mrs. Florence Walls
Phone FI-9.4954

Mrs Walter Paskey will enter
tain the Bethel WSCS on Tuesday
afternoon, November 3.
Mrs. William Smith is a patient
in the Oil City Hospital in Pa. We
wish her speedy recovery.
The Andrewsville Home Demon
stration Club will meet at Mrs. HUI
bert Cannon's on Thursday after
noon, November 5th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Ryan were
dinner guests of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Elwood Shuttle of Har-
rington on Sunday.
Mrs. Lizzie Butler and Mrs. Fred
Walls visited Mrs Emma Bradley
of Lewes, on Sunday.
Mrs. Donald Jones and girls
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mckinley Anderson on Saturday.
Mrs. James Morgan visited Mr..
and Mrs. Willard Chew and family
on Thursday evening.
Mr.. Lester Taylor and Mr.. James
Morgan attended the cattle sale at
Lancaster, Pa, on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arley Bradley and
sons attended a birthday party at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Conoway of Houston, in honor of
Mrs. Conoway's birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Butler
spent Sunday at Riverdale.
Mr. Preston Mitchell spent the
weekend with his mother and chill
dren
Mr.. John Mitchell is still pat
lent at the Milford Memorial Hos
pital.
Mrs. Edwin Hopkins and Mrs.
Donald Jester attended the South
ern State Fall meeting at Rich
mond,j Va. last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hopkins
visited their son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bradley
and family of Laurel, Md, on Sun
day. Miss Evelyn Hopkins and girl
friend returned home after visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Harold Brad
ley on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Selders had
as their guest their granddaughter
Bonnie Smith of Smyrna
Mrs. Laurence Hammond, Sr.,
and family of Houston, visited her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Laurence Hammond, Jr., last
week.
Mrs. Laurence Clifton and son
Thomas of Blackstone, Va, have re-
turned home after visiting rela-
tives and friends last week.
Sunday School at Bethel Church
on Sunday morning, November / at
$3.50. superintendent, Mr.. Maurice
Wright.
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-30
LEWE.S


Commander william Spooner of
Lewes Post, No. II, American Leg
ion, received an invitation from
Gov. j. Caleb Boggs to send dele
gates from the Lewes Post to the
Delaware State White House Con-
ference on Children and Adults to
be held November z in the Dover
High School. Commander Spooner
has appointed Clarence Edgens,
Child Welfare Chairman, of the
Legion, as delegate to attend the
conference.
In his letter, Governor Boggs told
Commander Spooner, I'VE are plea
sed to invite you as the leader of an
organization interested in the well
fare of the Youth of Delaware" He
said plans for 1860 are to focus at
tention of citizens on conditions
affecting young people ''in today's
changing and complex society" He
said that the Del. committee and 100
or more persons associated with it
have been studying such problems
as social, cultural and economic
factors affecting children and youth
Of the state. The sessions of the
conference will be at 900 a. m.
and $3.50 D. m.
Commander Spooner has announ-
ced that women of the Post Auxili-
airy have donated concrete walks
and a platform around the post
home on Lewes Beach to supple
ment a newly laid hard-surfaced
parking area just completed by the
Legionnaires. Six light standards
will be erected in the parking area,
and five tons of top soil will be
spread for growing grass in front
of the home. The post home now
has a new floodlighted name sign
In front Of the building.
The Lewes Post Color Guard will
participate in the Lewes Halo
ween Jamboree Parade this Satur-
day. October 81, and also in the Re-
hoboth Beach Halloween Parade,
Friday night, October 30
A panel discussion of the recent
visit OF Premier Khrushchev of the
Soviet Union to this country was a
feature of the program of the
Lewes Rotary Club last Monday
night in the Lewes School cafeteria.
Halsey Knapp was program
chairman. On the forum were DIR.
Leon II. Farrin, who spoke of the
educational value of the premier's
tour; William Stevenson, who
dwelt on why Krushchev was in
vited here and why he accepted;
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-30

2. A pass from Charles Loper
good for 46 years.
8. Nine yard run around left end
A. A pass from Charles Loper for
Is yards.
Mike Phillips touchdown:
Pass from ]. C. Dobson good for
As yards.
Bill Stayton-1 touchdown:
Plunge over right tackle for four
yards.
Extra points: Loper. Cunning and
Stayton.
The Junior Bucs travel to Lewes
on Monday, November 2, and wind
up their season on November 9 at
home against Harrington.
Cafeteria November 2-6
Monday: Milk, bean soup, assort-
ed sandwiches, baked custard or
sliced peaches.
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-30

Tuesday: Milk, meat loaf, mash
ed potatoes, peas and carrots,
bread and butter, cubed pineapple.
Wednesday: Milk, submarine
sandwich, chicken noodle soup
fruit cup or apple.
Thursday: Milk, baked beef pie,
Harvard beets, bread and butter.
diced pears.
Friday: Milk, tuna fish salad, cut
green beans. potato chips, hot corn
bread, butter, jello.
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-30
DRY HUMOR

TEMPE, Ariz. {P)-Officials are
wondering who put up the Official
looking sign at a nearby bridge over
the Salt River reading:
please Do Not Moor Vessels"
The river has been dry for the
past 20 years.
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-30
ONLY FOUR TO GO

SACRAMENTO Up : California
has become the 46th state to i'm
pose a cigarette tax, leaving only
Colorado, North Carolina, Oregon
and Virginia without a state levy
on tobacco products.
Milford chronicle., 1959-10-30
CLEAN, CRISP. UNCLUTTERED

CLEAN, CRISP, UNCLUIIERED that's
Mercury's totally-new look for 1860. There's
totally-new look to Mercury prices, too Every
single model is priced much lower. The Monterey
2-door Sedan, for example, is more than $1S5 loUer
Holmes County herald., 1959-10-15
Delta Cotton Fiber
Exceptionally Good

Delta Council President Miller
P. Holmes said this week that
tests from points throughout the
area indicated that fiber proper
ties of the 1859 Delta cotton crop
were exceptionally good.
On cotton classed Strict Mid
ding, from five locations, the
average fiber strength was 3d.
400 pounds per square inch, and
the average Micronaire IA.
Middling Plus cotton, from
six locations, results were aver
Presley of $1,000 P. S. l., and
average Micronaire As.
Cotton clasSed Midding, from
eight locations, had an average
Presley of $1,000 S.P.I., and
average Micronaire of 4.6.
On the Strict Low Middling
Plus cotton, the average Press
ley was 82,400 PSI. with Mi
cronaire averaging A, taken
from six locations.
Mr.. Holmes said that Yields
per acre were very satisfactory
throughout the area and that
the staple length was also good.
Holmes County herald., 1959-10-15
The Old South
BY Eva Burwen

made Senate debate history.
Senator Williams studied at
the University of the South, the
University of Virginia, and at
the University of Heidelberg in
Germany. This famous Mississ-
ippian was a lawyer, planter,
tawmaker, and Democratic
leader of the House of Repre-
sentatives. He was first elected
to Congress in 1893. His career
in the National legislature ex-
tended to 1923, and the last
twelve years he was a member
of the Senate.
Williams was one of the ablest
debaters in Congress. AS a
Senator he continued to exer-
else an important influence in
shaping legislation. He was also
noted as a good story-teller. But
considered very careless in his
dress. One writer says, ''his
clothes never fit him, but bag
and droop impossibly". When
Senator John Sharp Williams
said his formal goodby to the
Mississippi Society of Washing
ton, he declared, IN stir my
self a toddy. I am going back
to Yazoo, and my old home
Holmes County herald., 1959-10-15

Farmers and ginners are doing
an excellent job thus far of pre-
serving fiber quality" Mr.
Holmes stated. This will GER
tainly pay off in the increased
demand for Delta cotton" he
said.
While mechanical cotton pick.
ers will be utilized to a greater
extent than for the past two
years, more than so percent Of
the Delta cotton crop will still
be gathered by hand. "This
means that mills will be able
to fill their demand for both
hand-picked and machine-picked
cotton in the area" Mr.. Holmes
stated.
He called attention to the fact
that mechanical pickers will en-
able farmers to maintain a high
er picking efficiency with fewer
breakdownS.
He also cautioned against
starting mechanical pickers too
early in the morning during pc
RODS of heavy dew and high
humidity.
Holmes County herald., 1959-10-15

COlOrful Mississippi Senators
Many colorful leaders have
represented Mississippi in the
United States Senate. Joseph
McLaurin served an unexpired
term in 1894-95, he was known
for his practical leadership and
good humor. H. D. Money was
the colleague of Senator Nc
Laurin, and was born in Holmes
county, but lived at various
times in Lefore, Montgomery,
and Carroll counties. He had an
interesting career, so history
states. AS a planter, lawyer,
newspaper editor, and repre-
sentative before his election to
the Senate in 1897. His services
in both houses of Congress, ex-
tended over a period of twenty
eight years.
John Sharp Williams, who
lived most of his life at Cedar
Grove plantation near Yazoo
City, typified the Old South. He
had all the weapons of oratory,
from satire and sarcasm to
eulogies of the purest English.
Educated in both this country
and abroad, he was one of the
few real scholars who have
Holmes County herald., 1959-10-15

Now that the hunting season
will be In full swing soon 1t
would be a wise matter IL all
hunters use caution to keep from
having a serious or tragic as
cident The hunting trip can
turn into an enjoyable outing If
we keep in mind that a gun Is
an instrument that Is meant to
be a killer and treat 1t in this
respect at all times. Here are
some good things to remember
in handling a gun.
Treat every gun with respect
especially If 1t is loaded.
Guns carried into camp or
home or when otherwise not in
use must always be unloaded.
Always be sure that the bar
rel and controls are not OBJ
structed. Often when you STUN
bic and get dirt in the barrel 1t
is liable to explode and hurt
YOU when fired.
Always carry your gun so
that you can control the dir
ection of the muzzle even If you
stumble and keep the safety on
until you are ready to shoot.
Be sure of your target and
know what you are shooting at
before you pull the trigger.
Don't think every moving thing
is game. 1t may be a farmers
horse, COW, pig or sheep, even
human being. Many persons
have been shot from such an act.
Never point a gun at anything
that you do not intend to shoot.
Too many fools point loaded
gun at a person and afterward
say they did not know it was
loaded.
Unattended guns should be I'M
loaded at all times.
Never climb a tree or tense
or jump a ditch with a loaded
gun and by all means never pull
gun through a fence with the
muzzle toward you or any of
your fellow hunters.
Never shoot a bullet at q flat
hard surface or the surface Of
water. Bullets richochet with
killing results.
Don't ever drink and then 60
hunting. A drunken hunter or q
drunken driver is a potential
killer.
Holmes County herald., 1959-10-15

ter of Crenshaw visited her %
ents, DR.. and Mrs. J. ]. Kaz
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Mcclure
Sardis are the proud parents
a baby daughter. The bal
weighed 8 lbs. and 8 ozs. 81
is being welcomed by a brotht
and sister. The maternal gran,
parents are DR.. and Mrs.
KaZar.
Miss Lucy Robinson of Co
umbus and Miss Mary Alic
Shields spent the weekend
Webb and attended homecomin
at West Tallahatchie HE
School Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Turner sper
Sunday in Jackson with the
daughter, Miss Margaret An
Tackett.
Holmes County herald., 1959-10-15

Cedar Grove, which is in the
country on an r. F. D. route. !
want to get up each morning as
I hear the ROSTERS crow. I want
to pick flowers while the dew Is
still upon them. Then / will
come back to the house and have
my coffee and my breakfast.
Later on in the day, if I am so
fortunate as to have any left in
these days, I want to stir my
self toddy, when ever I feel
like one. Through the middle OF
the day I am going to read
books, putter around my farm,
and talk to my neighbors.
I will have dinner at noon,
rest and read, and later in the
evening will eat supper, and
notice that I said supper, this
last meal of the day. That's
what we call it In Mississippi.
And at night 1 will listen to the
greastest chorus of voices that
man ever heard, music that will
charm me, ready for repose, the
voices of my hooking BIRDS.
Senator Williams also added
in conclusion, I'D rather be a
dog and bay at the moon than
to stay in the Senate another
six years. I'm tired of it all,
and I am going home to rest.
Holmes County herald., 1959-10-15
WESLEYAN GUILD MET
MONDAY OCTOBER

NAONOA1 OC1OBEh b
The Wesleyan Service Guild
met Monday, Oct. 5, at the
Methodist Church.
After the president, Mrs. VIII
son Ray, called the meeting to
order, the devotional period
was conducted by Mrs. H. C.
Waterer. Jr. The secretary
Miss Sula Mature, called the roll
and read the minutes. A report
on the card fund was given by
Miss Lorraine Norman.
A total of twenty four visits
were made by members during
the month of September to sick
and shut-in people of the COM
munity. The Guild decided to
meet the fourth Monday of Oct.
at 200 p. m at the church to
assemble boxes to distribute to
those people who are i'll and
unable to get out.
At the conclusion of the bus
mess session, the meeting was
adjourned with the Mizpah. The
hostess, Mrs. Austin Long,
invited the group to Moore's
Cafe, where pie and coffee were
enjoyed.
Others present were: Mrs.
Edwin McKibben, Mrs. Marshall
Bennett, Mrs. Frank Wooten,
Mrs. Nick Shelton, and two new
members, Mrs. Maury Shurlds
and Mrs. Bill Murtagh.
Holmes County herald., 1959-10-15

This last meeting between
Nikita and Mao, both red ty-
rants of China and Russia, was
not a love feast by any means.
They disagreed on many things
especially where the peace of
the world is involved.
If you recall it was not so long
ago where Russia was glad TO
help China with guns and all
kinds of ornaments and furnish
officers to train the soldiers of
Red China. That has lead to
what they call the Volunteer
Army of China and it was these
killers that invaded Korea, Tibet,
Vietnam and Laos.
The big hearted murderers of
the Kremlin are now quivering
in their boots that Red China
may decide to bump them off.
Red China boass of the larg-
est population in the world and
even if the Russians killed a
million of them daily it would
take years to whip China with
its vast manpower.
And Russia is now reaping
what they have sown when it
,ones to becoming an ally of
China. Dictators have a way of
changing quickly and the Kren-
lin is keeping this in mind a
Dit more serious than you think.
They want no trouble out of the
nation they helped to become a
fighting power and nobody
knows this any better than old
Nikita. That is why Nikita runs
over to see Mao as often as he
does. He knows Red China could
easily spell the doom of Russia.
And they are both past masters
of brutality. So the feeling be
tween these two countries can
De watched with foreboding.