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by the county attorney and
other ofi1cials who questioned
the youth:
McDaniels had been watch
ing television. alone In his
apartment. Mr.. Larson. who
came from Eagle Grove, Iowa.
was working for q doctors de-
gree In statistics. McDaniels
didn't know the Larsons, had
met Mrs. Larson only twice.
McDaniels switched on the
television and something i'm
PEELED him to enter the Larson
apartment. The only evidence
Of any struggle In what hap
pened then was the mothers
broken glasses.
Pillow Held on Baby
The county attorney said
McDaniels told him he
strangled her with his hands.
The baby's body was on Q bed
in the main bedroom. q pillow
over its face. Neighbors had
heard no noise.
McDaniels. according to his
story. returned to his apart
ment. then went back to see
II he could revive the child.
This being unsuccessful. he
went to his apartment and
called his wife. Nancy hurried
home. called her husbands
father. Rayond Mcdaniel. Q
real estate dealer at Nevada.
The elder Mcdaniel rushed
here and called police. who
found the bodies.
McDaniels was held in the
city Jail. He was to be taken
to Nevada. the county seat.
laCer.
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Nickel Plant
Ordered

The Government yesterday
Oered for sale its $85 million
nickel plant at Nicaro. Cuba.
The General Services Ad-
ministration announced ii
would receive purchase pro-
posalS until the close of busi-
ness December /. It said ar
rangements can be made for
on-site inspection by potential
purchasers.
The plant has been the sub
1ect Of congressional investi-
cations. In July q House sub
committee charged In q report
that the Government paid ex-
cessive royalties for nickel ore
processed there.
The Freeport Sulphur Co., to
which the royalties were paid.
replied that the payments were
proper.
The subcommittee report,
based on hearings held in April,
1858, said terms Of the ore
royalty contract had made II
more difficult to sell the plant.
The Nicaro properties were
described as constituting an
extensive self-contained indus
trial community In Oriente
Province about $50 miles east
Of Havana.
The plant has o production
capacity Of so million pounds
Of nickel oxide powder and
sinter Q year but has not oper-
ated at full capacity for more
than o year.
It was built by the Govern
ment during World War II to
assure q supply Of mickey for
defense purposes. From 1947
until 1851 it was on q standby
basis. In 1852 the plant was
reopened and an expansion
program completed in 1857 in
creased the capacity to so
million pounds annually.
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AttIee's Wife Hurt
In Auto Collision

LONDON. Sept. 16 APP
Lady Attlee. So. wife Of former
Prime Minister Earl Attlee, was
injured in an automobile col.
lision yesterday while driving
from their country home to
visit him In q London hospital.
The driver Of the other car
In the collision was killed.
Mr.. Attlee. rs. entered the
hospital Saturday for treat
ment Of an ailment which his
daughter described only Is "a
minor internal trouble"
The car driven by Lady Attlee
and the second machine col
lided at Q road junction.
At Amersham Hospital, Lady
Attlee's injuries were described
as minor.
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the campus. Their son. Doug
las, 8, was In school.
Mrs. Larson picked up the
baby. 5-month-old Kimary Ann.
and walked down q hall in her
apartment. There she met
Barry Mcdaniel. 20. Of Nevada,
Ia. o married student who lived
Q couple doors away.
Something went wrong In the
mind Of Mcdaniel and when he
left the apartment Mrs. Larson
and the baby were dead. she by
strangulation and the child by
smothering.
Known rs Honor Student
McDaniels was held today on
two open charges Of murder
and the only thing he could tell
officers, County Attorney Don
Nelson said. was that he had
an overpowering urge to kill.
McDaniels, an electrical en-
cheering junior at Iowa State,
was known as an honor student.
Nancy. 10, his wife and child
hood sweetheart at Nevada, 10
miles east Of here, had a job
with the State Highway Com
mission In Ames.
This was the story related
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16
Students Urge to Kill
FotoI to Woman, BODY

AMES. Ia Sept. 10 AP-rs Monice Larson rs wife Of
graduate student instructor at Iowa State University had
been baking cake In her apartment at the campus housing
development yesterday afternoon.
On table where she had left 1t OPEN popular book
Anatomy Of q Murder"
Mrs Larsons husband Harold. 49, busy In class ON
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
The Shawnee Speed Kids
Al Club News

The May meeting of the Shawnee
Speed Kids All Club was held on
May 5, 1859, at the Kiwanis build
ing. Kay Vreeland had charge of
the Bible reading, Lords Prayer
and Flag Salutes. Songs were led
by Joyce Bennett and Sharon Hit.
There were twenty-three members
present at the meeting. Our next
meeting will be held on June 8 be-
caSue of exams.
Brenda and Patsy Mulholland,
Sandra Ninzeheltzer and Barbara
McIlvaine volunteered to paint
bird houses to sell at the Hospital
Fair which was held on May /.
We discussed having a bake on
May 80. We also discussed the
talent contest, public-speaking
contest and dress revue all held
in the Midland Grange Hall, in
Georgetown. The talent and pub
lie speaking contests will be held
on May Is. The dress revue will
be held on May %. This year we
are honored by having one of our
members, Joyce Bennett, on the
advisory committee to the county
dress revue. Several members are
taking part in these events. Re-
freshments were served after the
meeting
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
Grace Porter Is
HOnOred For Teaching

A highlight of the annual meet
ing of the Delaware County Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs held at
Lansdowne last week was the pre-
sentation of the award to Grace
L. Porter, formerly of Greenwood,
who was chosen Teacher of the
Year of Delaware County.
Under a General, State and
County Federation project, spon-
sored locally by the Woman's Club
of Media, and the Junior Section,
Woman's Club of Media, Miss Port
er had been selected by a Com
munity Awards Committee as Me-
dia's Teacher of the Year, and sub
sequently as the County's out
standing teacher. She is supervisor
of music and vocal instructor in
the Media secondary school and
has been a member of the faculty
there for twenty-five years.
Miss POrter's work in promoting
school and community interest in
music is widely recognized. She
was instrumental in organizing the
Media Community Concerts series
and each year arranges trips for
students from Media and surround
ing areas to concerts, ballet and
theatre in Philadelphia. Currently
she is engaged in working on pro-
duction of the schools 14th annual
Spring Festival which will be pre-
sented on May z, and 9, and will
feature excerpts from such popular
musical comedies as "Carousel'
and ''Kismet".
Mrs. George C. Allen, County
Federation chairman of Education
introduced Miss Porter at the Fed.
Grafton meeting, and the presenta-
tion of the award was made by Mrs
w. Lashley Nelson, Jr., President
of the Federation.
Members of the Media Women's
Club committee which organized
the project in Media are Mrs. Ed
mund w. Dunn, Mrs. Charles E
Hepford, Jr., and Mrs. Robert
Stephens.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
Hospital Hostesses

Hospital Cart and Hospital Shop
Hostesses for Milford Memorial
Hospital for the week Friday, May
Is, through Thursday, May 81:
Hospital Cart - Friday, May
Is: Mrs. Jos. Calls, Mrs. James
Hammond; Saturday, May 16: Mrs
John Scherch, Mrs. Katherine Al
gard; Monday, May 18: Mrs. Ted
Aber, Mrs. David Pack; Tuesday,
May 10: Mrs. Frank Lynch, Mrs.
William Kenton; Wednesday, May
20: Mrs. Irene Webb, Mrs. Jay
Manlove: Thursday, May 21: Mrs.
Frank NAPLES, Mrs. Garrett Grier.
Hospital Shop = Friday, May Is:
afternoon, Mrs. Ed KINNEY, Mrs.
Morris Rosker, evening, Mrs. W.
Lankford, Sr.; Saturday, May 16:
afternoon, Mrs. Walter Dill, eve
ming, Mrs. Robert Wormington;
Sunday, May IT: afternoon, Mrs.
Phyllis Kelly, evening, Mrs. Lester
Hatfield; Monday, May IS: after
noon, Mrs. John Vinyard, evening,
Mrs. Wilmer Landlord, Jr., Mrs.
Thomas Galloway; Tuesday, May
10: afternoon, Mrs. Lenard Dono-
hoe, Mrs. John Snyder, evening,
Mrs. John Kirk, Sr.; Wednesday,
May 20: afternoon, Miss Cordelia
Carter, Mrs. Byron Gibson, eve
ming, Mrs. Ray L a F O n taine;
Thursday, May 81: afternoon, Mrs.
Gideon Wisseman, evening, Mrs.
Harvey Marvel.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
Hospital Births

The following babies were born
in Milford Memorial Hospital:
May l.: Mr.. and Mrs. Otis King.
Harrington, girl.
May 2: Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Kemp, Harrington, girl.
May 2: Mr. and Mrs Harvey Ril-
ey, Milford, boy.
May 2: Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Du-
Bois, Milford, boy.
May 8: Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jew
ell, Milford, girl.
May 5: Mr.. and Mrs. Beverley
Workman, Milford, boy.
May 5: Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Knotts, Harrington, girl.
May 5: Mr.. and Mrs. William
Wise, Harrington, boy.
May 5: Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Hop
kins, colored, Milford, girl.
May 5: Mr.. and Mrs. Nevin Bea-
chy, Greenwood, girl.
May 6: Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Rue,
Lincoln, girl.
May 6: Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Rust, Georgetown, boy.
May 6: Mr.. and Mrs. William
Stout, Milton, boy.
May 6: Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Bailey, Milton, boy.
May z: Mr.. and Mrs. FELTON, Lew
is, Georgetown, twin boys.
May z: Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Belts
FELTON,, boy.
May g: Mr.. and Mrs. John Clark
Houston, boy.
May g.: Mr.. and Mrs. John Short
Milford, boy.
May 6: Mr.. and Mrs. David King
Millsboro, girl.
May 9: Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fon-
tanat, Marydel, girl.
May 10: Mr.. and Mrs. Fitcheti
Dix, colored, Harrington, boy.
May II: Mr.. and Mrs. Norris
Waller, Georgetown, boy.
May II: Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wright, Georgetown, boy.
May 13: Mr.. and Mrs. Dale
Bankes, Milford, boy.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
Local Ladies
Attended u of ID
Military Review

At the invitation of the Professor
of Military Science and Tactics
and the Staff of the University of
Delaware, Mrs. Clarence Jester,
president of the Delaware Chapter
of Founders and Patriots of Amer
lea, Miss M. Catherine Downing
regent of the Delaware State So
ciety of Daughters of the American
Revolution and Mrs. Miller R. Will
kins, State regent of the American
Colonists attended the Annual Re-
view and Awards Ceremony of the
Cadet Brigade of the Reserve Off
icer Training Corps which took
place on the Green at the Univer-
sity Thursday, May z. Prior to the
ceremony a luncheon was served
the invited guests in the Morgan
Beginning at one-thirty in the aft
ernOon very impressive program
and ceremony took place. 1t was
the honor of Mrs. Jester to present
to Ellsworth V. Edwards of Will
mington, the most outstanding
student in American Military His
tory at the University an award.
The Lieutenant Clarke Churchman
prize was awarded by Miss Down
ing to Cadet William H. Walston,
Jr., the senior who held the high
est average in military science for
the four years in college. This a.
ward is given in honor of Lieuten-
ant Churchman who was killed in
the Battle of San Juan in the
Spanish American War and was
the son of the first regent of the
Delaware OAR. The American
Colonists award, presented by Mrs.
Miller was given to Cadet Captain
]. w. Sooy, an outstanding ROTC
student in the Corps.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
Local Lady HOnOred
At WSCS COnclave

Mrs. Huntley M. foyer of Mil
ford, was elected and installed as
Peninsula Conference Secretary of
Status of Women at the Nineteenth
Annual Meeting of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service, held
on May 7th in McCabe Memorial
Church, Wilmington, Del. Her off
ice includes the four districts
Dover, Easton, Salisbury and Will
mington.
Mrs. foyer served her local So
ciety of Avenue Methodist Church
as Secretary of Status of Women
for term of four years. She will
have served as Secretary of Status
of Women of Dover District for
four years when her term of office
will expire as of June 1st, 1859 and
was her local society's first Dis
trict Officer.
Mrs. foyer has given and in
structed classes on the Status of
Women concerning many women
of great ability both National and
International at the Summer
School of Missions at Wesley Jun
ior College, Dover, as well. as
Dover District and Zone Meetings
of the Woman's Society of Christ
ian Service.
In 1855 scrapbooks of many local
secretaries of this dimension OF
work from the four districts were
on display at the Summer School
of Missions when Mrs. foyer won
the honor of having the most out
standing scrapbook which is still
held by her.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15

Mrs. James J. Abrahams was in
New York City, Monday and Tues
day.
Mrs. Floyd Layton and daughter,
Debby, are in Church Hall, Md,
for few days as guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Van Willis.
Mrs. Harold Benoit of Adams
Center, N Y, arrived on Sunday
to spend two weeks with her
daughter, Miss Ruth Benoit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mulholland
have returned to their home at
Haven Lake after spending the win
ter in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Misses Joyce Bunting, Nadine
Powell and Janice Sharp spent the
weekend in New Yory City as the
guest of Miss Gloria Jean Belts.
Miss Betty Grier and William W.
Grier of Washington, spent Mo-
theirs Day weekend with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank r.
Grier.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Lankford OF
Kings Highway will leave on
Thursday for New York City and
will sail on Friday for Bermuda
to spend a week.
Mrs. Paul v. Mckay returned
home on Thursday of last week
after spending some time in Penn
sylvania and touring a number OF
states in the south while away.
Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Allen, who
have been spending several days
with Mrs. Aliens parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph j. Pearce, left for
New York City yesterday and will
reach their home in Groton, Mass,
on Saturday.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
Items Of q Purely
Personal Nature

Mr.. and Mrs. G. ID. Holzmueller
moved to their Rehoboth home on
Monday of this week where they
will spend the coming months.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert A. Reed
were in Baltimore last week, DR..
Reed attending a dental conven-
tion and Mrs. Reed shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Huntley foyer and
Miss May Watson have opened their
home in Rehoboth, moving there
last weekend. They will be at the
shore for the coming months.
Mrs. John w. Burris has been
spending the past few weeks in
near Mr.. Burris, who is patient
in Beebe Hospital.
Mrs. Wallace Jefferson and Mr..
and Mrs. George Quillen spent Mo-
theirs Day weekend in Salisbury,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Jeffer-
son.
Mrs. Lillian Lamond returned to
Washington on Saturday of last
week after being the guest of her
niece, Mrs. John w. Burris for two
weeks.
James P. Hammond, Dolphus B.
Wilkins, Charles Hammond, David
A. Clements, Jr., Howard ID. Fur
Miss and Leroy Rust were over
night visitors in Atlantic City,
N. j., on Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Annie w. Denney has re-
turned to Jewell's Nursing Home
after having undergone surgery for
the removal of a cataract from her
eye in Milford Memorial Hospital
last week.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
Fire Recorders
Report For April

John G. Jester, Fire Recorder
for the Carlisle Fire Company, Inc,
of Milford, submits the following
fire report for the month of April,
1859:
Number of alarms, Is; ifs 50 to
"a inc; City alarms 8; Rural
alarms 5; Types grass 5, woods
/, auto 2, houses 2, chimney /, hot
water heater /, rescue l; Hose
used-75O # 1 inch; $50 ft. 11a
inch; $50 ft. PA inch; Ladders
raised, 4S feet; Distance travelled
AZ miles; Time in service, 8 hrs.
10 Minis; Pumping time, hr. 5
min.; Attendance, 294 men in SER
vice, $50 man hours in service, p
average attendance at each alarm ;
Loss-Total Loss, $2,275!O0; City
loss $2,250.00; Rural loss, $25.OO.
Ambulance Report-Total trips
19; Total men in service, 80; Total
hours. in service, 10; Total man
hours in service, II; Total miles
Travelled, 502.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
Greenwood Man Is
HOnOred At Dickinson

The selection of Samuel E. Mere
dith, Main ST., Greenwood, to serve
as a student counselor at Dickin-
son College for the term starting
next September has been announ-
ced by Dean Alan Coutts.
Councillors are nominated by the
faculty on the basis of scholarship,
character, and qualities of leader
ship. They reside in the dormitor-
les of new students and help them
adjust to college life.
Mr.. Meredith, a junior, is news
editor of the campus weekly news
paper and is a member of Skull
and Key, honorary society for men.
He has been elected president of
the Dickinson College chapter of
Pi Delta Epsilor, national journal
istic society.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
Happy Homemakers

The week of May 3rd to May 10,
being Home Demonstration week,
the members of the Happy Home
makers Club attended Calvary
Methodist Church and had an
open House meeting at the Mill
wood Hall.
The meeting, Thursday. May 7th,
began with a covered dish supper
with guest invited. Mrs. Smith
our State Home Demonstration
agent attended. The members dis
played their arts and crafts which
had been made during the year.
Mrs. j. Woodall and Mrs. ira
Garbeett demonstrated, "Accessor-
izing the Basic Dress"
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
Local Happenings
STATE YOUTH COMMISSION

STATE YOUTH COMMISSION
Representing Kent County on the
State Youth Commission, Diocese
of Delaware, are Barbara Ann
Hill, Milford, (second term)
Brock Parker, Dover, and Barbara
Leitzell, Milford. These young peo-
pie were elected at the Annual
State Youth Convention held this
past Saturday at Christ Church
Parish House, Dover. The Rev
Brewster Y. Beach, Director OF
Christian Education, Diocese OF
Delaware, installed the new Youth
Commission for 1959-6O in a
church ceremony at the close OF
the Convention. Mrs. Horace B
Wiley, Milford, Lay Advisor, and
the Rev. Samuel w. Wysong, Cam
den, Clergy Advisor, represented
Kent County as adult advisors
during 1883, and will serve a.
gain during 1959-60. The Youth
Commission is comprised of to.
tai of twelve delegates, six alter
mates, six lay advisors and six
clergy advisors and is under the
direction of the Rev. Brewster Y
Beach.
120TH BIRTHDAY-The Farm
ers' Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany of the State of Delaware OBJ
served its 120th anniversary quiet
ly this week. First steps in or
ganizing the company were taken
May II, 1889, by group of farm
ers and businessmen at a meeting
in the Mermaid Tavern on Lime
stone Road in Mill Creek Hundred
The company is now Delaware
oldest insurance institution. Busi-
ness meetings were held at the
Mermaid Tavern until 1850 when
an Office was established in the ODD
Fellows Hall, Wilmington. In 1865
the company moved to its present
location at S33 Market Street, Will
mington. A modern Office building
was erected there in 1929.
The. Farmers Mutual is headed
by William w. Swayze, III, Belle
vue Manor.
The present board of managers
includes A. Stanley Ayers, C. Doug
lass Buck, j. Rankin Davis, Car
roll W. Griffith, Jr., Lloyd r. Les
lie, Milton T. Macdonald, ]. Cor
don Mcmillan, Joseph L. Marshall,
Willard A. Speakman, Jr., Thomas
Tatnall, Charles L. Walker and
Mr.. SwayZe.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
MAGNOLIA
Mrs. Frances Hart
Phone: DE 5-6185

Technical Sergeant and Mrs.
William H. Piet were dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Hart and
Mrs Margaret Hart Clark on We'd
nesday night. Then on Friday
night they were the honor guests
of Sergeant and Mrs Miller of
near Dover at a Hawaiian luau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Richards ac-
companied Richard Sipple and mo-
ther, Mrs. Mae Sipple, to George
town, Maryland, and had dinner
at the Granary.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
OBITUARY

OFT
Mrs. Carey A. OFT, 81, died May
10, at the home of her son, Clifford
S. OFT, Laurel, after long illness
A native of Aldion, Mich, she
had been in Laurel for the last
five-and-a-half years.
In addition to her son, Mrs. OFT
is survived by a grandson.
Services were held at 2 D. m,
Wednesday from the S. E. Marsh
Funeral Home, Albion, Michigan.
HEARN
Mrs. Ella Galloway Hearn, "a
died May 10 in De Paul Hospital
Norfolk, Va, after a long illness.
Survivors include a son, John l.
Galloway, Delmar. daughter, Mrs
Amy Kirby of Lynnhaven, Va, with
whom she made her home; a bro
ther, James Joseph, of Seaford
two grandchildren and four great.
grandchildren
Services were held at D. m.
Wednesday, from the Windsor and
Disharoon Funeral Home, Laurel
the Rev. e. r. Clough officiating
Burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
TOOMEY
Miss Lettie H. Toomey, Sc, dice
May 10 after weeks illness. She
was a daughter of the late Woolsie
and Elisa Kitchens Toomey.
Twin c,fC ICsk
Bunting, Selbyville, and two bro.
theirs, Raymond Toomey, George
town, and Larry Toomey, Dagsboro
Services were held in the Watson
and Gray Funeral Chapel Wednes
day at p. m. The Rev. Perry o
Hill, pastor of st. Georges Meth.
odist Church, Clarksville, officiatet
and interment was in Red Mems
Cemetery, Dagsboro.
PEPPER
Truitt Pepper, 88, died in Smyrna
May 10 after long illness. He was
son of the late Thomas B. and
Comfort Dutton Pepper of the Mil
ton area His wife was the late
Mrs. Bessie Pepper.
Surviving are two sons, T. Raj
ston, Georgetown; Highland, Mil
ton; grandchildren and Is great
grandchildren.
Services were held Wednesday at
2 p. m, in the William M. Short
Funeral Home, Milton. The Rev
J. P. George, retired Methodist
minister, officiating. Interment in
Harbeson Church Cemetery.
CHRISTIANSEN
Funeral services for Mrs. May
e. Christensen, 70, who died May
10, in Milford Memorial Hospital
were held Thursday at 2 p. m., in
Mt. Olivet Church, Georgetown. In.
terment in Union Cemetery.
She was the wife of the Rev. Sig
urd E. Christensen, retired pastor
of Mt. Olivet Church at Shortley.
She had been pianist at Mt. Olivet
for the years of her husbands
pastorate there. He has been retired
/ for two years.
The daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry G. Tucker, she is survived
in addition to her husband, By
three sons, Paul and Clarence, botl
of Wilmington and Sigurd E. Chris
tiansen, Jr., Georgetown; thre,
daughters, Mrs. George Hegen
bach, Tippin, o.; Mrs. Chester Nor
genstern, Allentown, Pa, and Mrs
John e. Wolf, Carlisle, Pa; a bro
ther, Clarence E. Tucker, Berlin
N. j.; IL grandchildren, and TIVE
great grandchildren.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
Milford Grange News

Milford Grange will meet this
Friday evening, May 18th, instead
of Saturday, May 10th. All mem
bers are requested to attend, the
regular attenders are asked to in
vite an irregular attendant, so
come out and make the meetings
interesting
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-15
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford

John E. Barcus, weather record
er, reports the following weather
conditions for Milford as recorded
on instruments located on Lake
view Avenue for the week begin
ning Thursday, May and ending
Wednesday, May 13 inclusive: