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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Leadership Institute
At Wesley Church
Session VIII BE Held At Dover
Church On November 12

The Annual Leadership Institute
of the United Church Women will
be held at the Wesley Methodist
Church, Dover, Delaware, Thurs
day, November 18th, starting at
$50 a. m, with registrations and
coffee There will be an address
by Mrs. Charles w. Hauser, Vice
President Council of Churches of
Pennsylvania, at 1O:30 a. m. on
the subject-'W What to do at a Time
Like This" At 11:0O a. m. there
will be panel discussion on Chris
tian World Missions; Christian So
ciaI Relations; Christian World
Relations; Public Relations; Lead
ership Education; Finance; and
"The Church Woman.
At 11:45 a. m, there will be a
reading of the Purpose of United
Church Women followed by prayer.
Luncheon will be served at 1915
p. m. At 100 p. m. discussion
groups, with the State Chairman,
will follow. There will be Regis
tration Fee of One Dollar, and One
Dollar for the Luncheon. Please
plan to attend this very important
meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Milford Cub Scouts
Have Many Activities
Included Are Skits, InductiOns
Awards And Parade Participation

Recent activities of Blue Hen
Cub Pack 101 have included pre-
sentation of skits at a recent pack
meeting and participation in Mil
ford's annual Halloween Parade.
At last weeks pack meeting, the
five dens comprising the local pack
presented well received skits built
around Aesop's Fables. Induction
of eight new members and presen-
tation of awards provided other
highlights of the meeting.
Inducted into Clubbing ranks
were Ricky Webb, Eddie Isaacs,
Jackie Dickerson, Chris Lane,
Tommy Portz, Mike Shea, Gayle
Rogers and Pat Darling. Examin-
alton of the candidates was made
by Davey Hugg and Chester Long;
the welcome was extended by Cub
master David Hugg; and Clubbing
insignia was presented by James
P. Gilmore, pack committee chair
man.
Awards were presented as fol-
lows: Wolf Badges, Eugene Nc
Knatt, Merritt Savage, Joey Webb,
Danny Wiley and Randy West;
Bear Badges-Scott Sipple, Jay
wilkins, Larry Farley, Chris
Wiley and Ricky Mills; Arrow
Points, Scott Sipple, Gary McKnatt
and Daryl Craft, Gold; Eugene Nc
Knatt, Danney Wiley, Bobby Hal
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Bridgeville Youth
Struck BY Bullet
% Slug Enters Skull OF Donald
Howard BOwden

A Bridgeville boy escaped with
only a slight fracture of the skull
last Sunday afternoon when he was
struck a slanting blow in the head
by a bullet from a rifle of a
friend.
The boy, Donald Howard Bow
den, Is, was reported in satisfac-
tory condition today in the Nanti-
coke Memorial Hospital, Seaford.
State police identified Norval
Parsons, 1S. RD2 Bridgeville as
the owner of the gun. Police said
both boys were sitting on a bench
and Parsons was cleaning his %
rifle when it accidently discharged.
Police said the bullet entered
Bowden's skull just above the right
ear and followed an upward course
under the skin emerging near the
crown of the head.
Bowden and Parsons had been
shooting at tin cans in the rear
of the Parsons home on State
Route 40 about lis miles east of
Bridgeville.
A state police patrol car, sum-
moned by Parsons, took Bowden
to the hospital.
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Public Card Party
At st. Johns Church
Affair Will Be Held Nov. 9
In Social Hall OF
Church

On Thursday, November 18th, at
500 p. m. Saint Johns Catholic
Church will hold their annual Pub
lie Card Party in their Social Hall
on Seabury Avenue here in Mil
ford.
The program includes all types
of card games - Old Maids, Five
Hundred, Pinocle, Bridge and any
others you may know. Prizes will
be awarded to the high scorer at
each table. There will be several
door prizes and the always popular
cake auctions will be held. The
evening will be concluded with the
serving of refreshments.
A new and novel idea is being
used to distribute the table prizes
for the party this year. Each table
prize will be displayed on the in
dividual tables, and card players
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Tom Draper
ElectedCaptain
OF Grid Team
Milford Youth Attending
Mt. Hermon School, In
Mass, Is Varsity Lead
er In Sports; May At
tend u. OF ID.

Tom Draper, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Draper of 211 S. Walnut
Street, Milford, has been elected
captain of the Mount Hermon
School varsity football team. Drap-
er, two-year letter man, has been
shifted from end to right half back
in Coach Bill Rineer's version of
the Delaware CIV. In Mount Her
mons first game against Cushing
Academy, Draper scored twice
once on a dash of seven yards and
then on a sensational 96-yard
jaunt.
In the winter Tom is a mainstay
on Mount Hermon's basketball
team and in the spring he patrols
the outfield for the Hermon nine
Toms college plans are still in
definite but Brown, Middlebury
and Delaware are high on his list
Mr.. William Draper is associat-
ed with Draper Foods of Milford
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Blue Hens Play Home
Finale Tomorrow
Opposition Will Be Furn-
ished BY Temple Owls
At Delaware Stadium

Temple University's Owls will
provide the opposition for the Uni
versity of Delaware football team
in the Hens home finale on Sat
urday. Kickoff time at Delaware
Stadium is 1870 p. m.
Owls, under Coach Pete Stevens,
will be the fourth Middle Atlantic
Conference university division OPP
ponent for the supremacy among
the East's small college teams.
Delaware meets BuckneI1 in the
conference and season finale on
November 21 at Lewisburg, Pa.
Coach Dave Nelson's Blue Hens
whipped Temple, 35-14, last fall
at Temple Stadium. Delaware
boasts five straight victories over
the Owls since becoming an East
ern power under Nelson.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
4-H Lamb ShOlU At
Fairgrounds Tomorrow
Seventeen Kent County
nj m b e r s, Is From
Houston Exhibiting

November 7th, Saturday, at the
Harrington Fair Grounds IL Alters
from Kent county will participate
tn lamb Show and Auction. These
4-H'ers have been raising two
lambs each since August. Along
with the fun they have been learn
Ing about the feeding and care of
sheep. Mary Grampp, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Grampp has
named her lambs Lambiepie and
Lambiekin. Recently the members
learned how to prepare their lambs
for the Fitting and Showmanship
classes. Mr.. John Shropshire, Ex-
tension Livestock Specialist dem
onstrated before thirty members
and parents. Preparing for the
show consists of washing, currying,
brushing and clipping. Each mem
Der Is busy spending their after
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Mayor Murphy
.PrOclaiIlls Md.
Month In City
Ceremonies In City Hall
Were Witnessed By
Campaign Officials For
Drive.

Mayor w. r. Murphy has pro-
claimed Muscular Dystrophy y
Month throughout Milford, in cere-
monies witnessed by local cam
paign officials of the 1859 March
for Muscular Dystrophy.
Calling upon the people of Mil
ford to support the annual ap-
peal by Muscular Dystrophy As
sociations of America, Inc, the
proclamation was signed lin the
Mayors office in the presence OF
local officials.
The Thanksgiving Week appeal
(dates November Is to 20th) seeks
funds to support an all-out re-
search attack against the Gripping,
musclewasting disease and to pro-
vide additional clinics and pa
tient services.
Nearly a quarter million Ameri-
cans are victims of muscular dys-
trophy, most of them children in
whom it is nearly always fatal.
Neither the cause of the disease nor
an effective treatment for it has
yet been found.
Text of Mayor Murphy's procla-
nation follows:-
WHEREAS the health of our
citizens is of vital concern to the
community, nation, and world, and
WHEREAS November will mark
the 1859 annual campaign by Mus
cular Dystrophy Association of
Inc, to combat the fear
inspiring disease of unknown
cause or cure which. has stricken
more than 100000 Americans
a majority of them children
and
WHEREAS this campaign offers
the only source of hope that these
innocent youngsters, most of whom
are doomed to complete Gripping
and death before reaching matur-
ity, may yet be spared by virtue of
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
State 3. p. w. Group
Convenes Tomorrow
Sessions VIII Be Held In
Legislative Hall, Dover

State President, Mrs. Rosella
Humes has announced the Della
ware Business and Professional
Women's Club state workshop will
be held November 7th in Legisla-
tive Hall, Dover, from $3.50 a. m.
to 400 p. m. o'clock. Miss Mar
garet Thompson, Wilmington B.
p. w. Club has been appointed
chairman.
State Standing Committee Chair
men will hold section meetings in
the morning with the local club
chairmen and general membership
of the state stressing the state
theme, Preparing for Effective
Living" Miss Thompson has ap-
pointed Mrs. Revona Lankford, End
Vice President of the state and a
member of New Castle Club to
preside at the morning session,
summary at which time results of
individual meetings will be pre-
sented to the state group.
Toastmistress for the luncheon
will be Mrs. Elizabeth r. Clugs-
ton, Wilmington Club. Mrs. Ann
Tatman, Brandywine Club, will
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
FOurDem0crdtic Jobs
Settled By Sussex
Poll Last Saturday
Next Big Chore Of Coun-
ty Democrats Will Be
Selection Of A County
Chairman; Isaac Leroy
Smith Is Incumbent.

The remaining contests for men,
bership In the Sussex County DEM
ocratic Executive Committee, ex-
cept for Bridgeville and idilton,
were settled before elction time
last Saturday.
3 In BridgevilIe, which is the Sec
Und election district of the Second
Representative District, Victor r.
Adams, a strong organization man
and former Levy Court commiss-
Toner, was reelected over his OPP
ponent, John M. Russell, lis to 85.
Mrs. Emma Myers was reelected
also, with los votes to 93 for her
opponent, Mrs. j. Geneva Wheatley.
In Milton, where the contest was
primarily to fill the post left va
cant by Elmer Dickerson who de-
clined to run again after 35 years
of service, William f. Belts, for
mer Milton policeman, was elected
over his opponent, Eugene j.
Moore, by vote Of 296 to 1877. The
incumbent committeewoman, Mrs.
Christine Donovan, was elected
over Mrs. Carol Thomas 80 to 1872.
In Georgetown, which is the
Ninth Representative District, four
men held their ground as candi-
dates until Friday afternoon and
yesterday morning. Charles e. Will
kins, another organization man,
was victor by default. The other
three withdrew, one of them only
an hour before the p. m. election.
Withdrawals in other disputed
districts left the incumbents as
winners. Mrs. Nettie Wooten will
continue in office in the third of
the Sixth and Donald Palmer in the
third of the Tenth District.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Two Veteran Day
Fetes Planned Here
Blue Hen Post Is Providing Only
Local Observance

Blue Hen Post #64S3, VFW, and
Ladies Auxiliary, noted for their
patriotic and youth activity pro-
grams, will combine the two next
Tuesday and Wednesday in pro-
viding the areas only observances
of Veterans Day"
The first of the two V.F.W.-
sponsored observances will be held
at the Post Home at nearby Mem
orial Park next Tuesday evening,
October 10, with Blue Hen Post
acting as host be members of
V.F.W. families. Special guests of
the Post will be the thirty some
little girls comprising the Blue
Hen Chicks, Delaware's only VFW
Junior Girls unit.
The early portion of Tuesday
evenings program, which begins
at 7:30, will be in the nature of a
birthday party in recognition of
the approach of the Chicks first
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Scouts,
Leaders Plant
Trees Sunday
Ceremonies Were Held
At Camp Todd With
Nine Milford Groups
Participating IN Plant
ings.

Milford had large representa-
ton of Brownie, intermediate and
Senior. Girl Scouts, and adult lead
ers present and participating in
Tree Planting Day ceremonies held
at Camp Todd, near Denton, Mary
land, the past Sunday afternoon.
During the course of the after
moons gram, intermediate
Scouts Geri Clarke Cindy Endress,
Marjorie Fisher, Bonnie Jones,
Susan Kirby and Susan Mayhem of
Troop No. 78, planted, with the help
of Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Hitch and
Mrs. Lorenzo Clark, Tulip Popu-
lar.
intermediate Scouts Christina
Lee Homan, Ann Elizabeth Hick-
man and Colleen Teare of Troop #
SO, with the assistance of DR.. and
Mrs. James B. Homan, planted a
Fig Tree.
With assistance of Mrs. Rosker
and Mrs. Elwood Montgomery,
Troop No. 1873 planted a Pin Oak
Tree. Scouts participating were
Cecilia Craig, Rebecca Dill, Anna
Lee Dougherty, Martha Montgom-
cry, Honey Rosker and Mary Ann
Westphal.
Mrs. Claude Lynch, Mrs. Dorothy
Rothmell and Mrs. Albert Rosen,
leaders of Troop No. 180, helped
the following plant Weeping Will
low: Sally Galloway, Deena Collins,
Linda Doughty, Marlene Evans,
Beverly Donovan, Becky Frankel,
Janice Drzymalski, Mary Ann Gill
espie, Carol Henderlong, Paula
Lamorge, jeanne Lynch, Ann Ros-
en-, Deedee Rothmel1, Connie Town
send, Joan Watson, Beth Walls and
Dorothy Wheelock.
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Essay Prizes
Awarded At
Fire Meeting
Three Top Winners In
Sussex HOnOred At
MI e etin g OF County
Volunteers Association.

Trophies were awarded the three
top winners in the Sussex COun-
ty Firemen's Fire Prevention Es-
say Contest at the county firemen's
meeting in the Milton Fire Hall
last week.
Judy Hudson, Frankford, first;
Miss Carolyn Collins, Gumboro,
second and William Walls, Ellen
dale, third.
The trophies were presented by
Ray Trice, Indian River Volunteer
Fire Co., who is chairman of the
Fire Prevention Committee.
Milton Niblett, Gumboro, presi-
dent of the county firemen, also
presented Miss Hudson with the
trophy Of the Sussex County Vol
unteer Chiefs Association.
Mr.. Niblett presided at the busi-
ness session. The Rev. DIR. Thomas
G. Mulligan, Georgetown, gave the
invocation.
Owen Davis, Milton Fire Co.,
gave the address of welcome and
Mayor Ernest Jefferson gave the
welcome for the Town of Milton.
G.. T. White, Laurel, presented
Miss Connie Wiley, Laurel, Miss
Fire Prevention for 1859 and 1860;
Miss Bonnie Figgs, Snow Hill, Md,
and Miss Joan Prettyman, Lewes.
Grover Dickerson, an active fire.
man for 81 years and a member
of the Bridgeville Volunteer Fire
Co., was introduced and gave a
short talk on firemen.
Marion Sherwood, Delmar, gave
talk on the American Firemen's
Association.
The Rev. John Townsend, Del
mar, gave the benediction.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Witnessed
Parade
Here Last Saturday
Gala Affair Followed BY
Fireworks Was Spon-
s0red BY Milford Jay
Gees; Police Are Prais-
ed.

Over 10000 persons from all
parts of the peninsula lined Mil
ford Streets last Saturday night to
view the annual Halloween parade
sponsored by the Milford Jaycees.
Former Mayor Edward c. Evans,
an honorary member of the jay
Gees, was chairman of the COM
mittee.
Milford police, headed by Chief
Robert Downes and auxiliary po-
lice were in charge of traffic and
won the praise from civic leaders
for their handling of the large
crowd and the steady stream of
automobiles maneuvering in the
area.
The parade started and dis
banded at the Lakeview Avenue
School with a big fireworks dis
play as the climax of the festivi-
ties. Later the Jaycees entertained
parade aides at the Milford Com
Building.
The parade was headed by Mill
ford police, Mayor William r.
and seven pieces of equip
ment of the Carlisle Fire Company.
Winners in the various divisions
follow:
Club and fraternal - First, Girl
Scout Troop No. rs; second, XII
wants Club.
Military organization First,
Dover Air Force Base Unit 1907
drill team; second, Headquarters
Battery, 160th Group drill team,
Milford.
Commercial First Slaughter
Beach; second, Sears, Roebuck
store.
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62-Cent Wool
Incentive Price

The incentive price of shorn
wool in the national wool program
will continue next year at So cents
a pound, the same as for the first
five years of the program, accord
ing to Delaware Agricultural Stab
ilization and Conservation Com
mittee Chairman William N Hop
kins. The price is for the 1860
marketing year, which begins next
April /.
Payments to growers will be
figured in the same manner as this
year, Mr.. Hopkins ssaid. Each pro-
ducer will receive a shorn wool
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06

to sage observances to point up
the invaluable services of those
who wore their country's uni
FORMS" These veterans, according
to the chief executive, "as citizens.
keep up the good fight for a strong
and free United States of Ameri-
ca"
In his proclamation. Governor
Boggs traced the development of
the November IL observance. point
ing out that, as "Armistice Day." it
initially commemorated the ending
OF World War | and provided a
means OF paying tribute to the
heroes OF that tragic struggle" ="
Later, according to the gubernator-
ial proclamation. the name of the
holiday was changed 10 Veterans
Day" in order to expand the sig
nificance of that commemoration
continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Church Folk AT
Houston Plan
Complete Anniversary
And Homecoming Ser
vices Will Be Held At
Methodist Church Edi-
flee This Sunday.

The Houston Methodist Church
will hold it's Anniversary and
Homecoming Services, Sunday,
November 9Th. The day will be-
gin with a Fellowship Breakfast
at the Libby, McNeill and Libby
cafeteria, from 7::30 to $50 a. M,
sponsored by the Methodist Men.
Sunday School will begin at
1000 a. M, with Robert H. Yerkes,
Sr., General Superintendent; Alvin
Brown, Junior Superintendent, and
Mrs. Donald Clifton, Cradle Roll
Superintendent.
Morning Worship service will be-
gin at 11:00 a. m. Music will be
furnished by all three choirs of
the church, the Junior, the Chan
eel, and the Senior. The guest
speaker at this service will be
Rev. Roy Lawson Tawes, Supt OF
the Dover District of the PENN
sula Conference. Mr.. Clifford Berg
strom of Wilmington, will play a
violin solo.
The evening service will begin
at 7:30 p. M, with a song service
led by Mr.. Robert H. Yerkes, Sr.
Special music will be furnished by
the choir of Bethel Methodist
Church, Dagsboro. The guest
speaker will be DR.. John A. Trad
er, pastor of Wesley Methodist
Church, Dover.
Immediately following this SER
vice, an "open house" will be held
in the Fellowship Hall with re-
freshments furnished by the OUR.
Sunday School Glass and the VS..
C.S. All attending this service are
cordially invited to enjoy this fell
lowship hour as fitting close to
the homecoming.
These services mark the sixtfeth
anniversary of the present Hous-
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Patriotic Societies
Meet In Wilmington
Annual Session Held At University
Club Yesterday

The annual meeting or the Con-
vention of Patriotic Societies of
Delaware was held yesterday, Nov.
5th, at the University and Whist
Club of Wilmington and began
with luncheon at twelve o'clock.
The chairman this year was Miss
M. Catherine Downing, State Re-
gent of the Daughters of the Amer
lean Revolution.
The speaker was David S. Hugg
of the State Development Depart
ment, who talked on the subject
of Delaware's historic places and
buildings.
Also attending the meeting from
Milford was Mrs. Clarence e. Jes-
ter, president of the Delaware
Chapter, Daughters of the Found
ers and Patriots of America.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Farm Census Field
Work Begins Nov. IL

Field work in the 1859 Census OF
Agriculture gets underway locally
on November IL, 1859 when a force
OF census takers will start visit
ing every farm in the area, it was
announced today by Field Director
John G.. Gibson of the Census
Bureaus regional Office at Phila-
delphia.
Farm census QUESTIONABLE have
been mailed to all farm operators.
The census takers will visit all
local farms to collect the ques-
tionnaires and, if necessary. assist
the farmer in filling out the report
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year period, while in other cities
in the state, an 18 per cent rise
was recorded. Those establish
ments not in standard metropolitan
statistical areas showed gain in
sales in nine per cent.
The Bureaus count showed that
retail trade establishments in the
state had 21,976 paid employees as
of last November Is a IL per cent
increase over the same week in
1854. In addition, there were 1858
active proprietors and partners
engaged in the operation of retail
trade outlets.
Annual payroll for all the retail
trade establishments climbed at
a slightly higher pace than did
sales, rising is per cent from $52,-
100000 in 1854, to s61, 1,294,0O last
year.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Bove VIII Speak
To Police Grads
AttOrney-General win Be Principal
Speaker Next Monday Night

Atty. Gen. Januar d. Bove, Jr.
will be the principal speaker al
the graduation exercises of the
Delaware State Police Recruit
School in the auditorium of the
Dover High School next Monday
night, November 9. They will start
at 8:15 p. m.
Mr.. Bove's topic will be "The
Importance of Police to the Citi-
zen".
The class includes IA state po-
lice recruits and one Delaware
Memorial Bridge policeman.
The invocation will be given by
Capt. Francis ]. Desmond, Cath
oIic chaplain of state police. The
class will be received by Col. John
P. Ferguson, superintendent OF
state police.
Glass orator will be Recruit
Trooper Edward Montaigne.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06

alternateS in each community. The
community elections will be held
between November 20 and Decem-
ber 1 by mail
The Selection of the community
election boards announced today
was made by the Kent ASC election
board composed of George X. Va
paa Kent County Extension SER
vice; Roland E. Carlson, president
of Kent County Farm Bureau: Fred
Richards, Farmers Home Admin
stration; Harold McGrath, master
Kent County Pomona Grange and
Fred T. Mott, Work Unity Conser-
vationist, Soil Conservation Ser
vice.
The chairman of each commun-
ity committee elected will be the
community delegate to the county
convention that will elect the
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Area Youth Meeting
Called For Nov. 18th
Session is Being Sponsored BY
Bible Presbyterian

A meeting designed especially for
youth of Milford and surrounding
areas will be held in the Milford
New Century Club on Saturday
evening, November Ia at 7:30 p. m.
The meeting is being sponsored
by the Bible Presbyterian Church
to I'LL In the much needed activity
program for young people of the
Milford area.
Rev. Mood, pastor of the spon-
soring church, said today that "the
youth of the community need to
have some activity that will give
them something to do, some place
to go. 1t Is not good for us to let
our children wander idly about the
streets. The movies and the dance
does not provide the wholesome
recreation activities that our youth
need. II is up to US to guide them
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Gov. Boggs Proclairns
Honenakers Week

Governor J. Caleb Boggs, in a
proclamation this week designated
the period, November 1921, as
Homemakers Week" and urged
DelaWareans to observe the week
in honor of homemakers, "who",
he said. make a big contribution
to our way of life by looking after
the health, happiness and morals
of their families and their commun-
tiles"
The proclamation follows:
WHEREAS, it is desirable to set
aside a week to honor the home
makers of our state, who try to
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Milford chronicle., 1959-11-06
Harry s. Smith Is
Honored BY Magazine
DeIaware's Insurance Commission
Is Cited In Statistical Publication

The Interpreter, monthly publi-
cation of the Insurance Accounting
and Statistical Association, which
is devoted to the study of the re-
search and development of mod
ern theory, practice and procedure
as applied to insurance account
ing and statistics, honOTed Della
ware State Insurance Commission
er Harry S. Smith in their October
1859 issue.
Commissioner Smiths picture
and his biography and a list of
his accomplishments as Insurance
Commissioner appeared in a spe-
cial section of the publication.
They made special mention of his
in the election of 1858,
as well as reminding their sub
scribers of his effective committee
work. in the National Association
of Insurance Commissioners. The
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