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Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
COceIIa Will
Be Football
Coach Here
Assistant Football And
Track Coach Succeeds
Dick PaciarOni Who
Goes To p. S. DUPONT.

Mr.. Laurence Gocella has been
Varsity Football Coach
of Milford High School to sue
ceed Mr.. Richard Dick" Paciaroni
who took over the coaching reins
at P. S. DUPONT High School. Mr..
Gocella was graduated from Brad
ford High School in Bradford, Pa,
where he played three years of
varsity football at the positions
of halfback and fullback and serv-
ed as captain his Senior year. Upon
graduation from high school, he
attended Lock Haven State Tea
chers College in Lock Haven, Pa,
from 1851 to 1857, where he receiv-
ed his Bachelors of Science degree
in Health and Physical Education.
His schooling was interrupted by
two years of military service with
the United States Army Field Ar
tillery. While attending Lock
Haven State Teachers College, he
played four years of varsity foot
bail alternating at the blocking
back and fullback positions.
In addition to being number one
diver on the 1857 swimming team,
he captained the 1854 football,
gymnastic and track teams. After
receiving his degree in 1857, he
taught Physical Education for one
year in Pittsburg, Pa, serving as
assistant coach in football. He has
been a member of the Milford High
School faculty in 1958-59 school
term, teaching Physical Education
and serving as an assistant foot
ball and track coach. He coached
the varsity wrestling team and
compiled an excellent record of z
wins and two losses. His team also
captured second place in the State
Wrestling Tournament.
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Dannernann's, Dover
Observing Birthday
Capital City Fabric Center Is Now
Ten Years Old

Heard the old phrase, from
rags to riches?" Sure you have.
Mr.. Ernst Dannemann, proprietor
of Dannemann's fabric center in
Dover revised the phrase slightly
when he remarked that it took
Dannemann's ten years to go from
rags to RAGS"
He was referring, of course, to
his stores tenth anniversary in
Dover-a decade that has seen the
establishment grow from a mere
$50 square feet of retail merchan-
dising space to the present mod
ern store with over 5000 square
feet of space.
Mr.. Dannemann opened the
Dover fabrics center in August,
1949, after being in business with
his father, George Dannemann, for
several years in a store bearing
the same name in Newark, Del.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14

his helicopter. He gave a heart
shaking exhibition of craftsman
ship with his machine.
Other crowd pleasers included
chicken for lunch and free water
melons in the afternoon.
Many farmers were strictly on
business at the Field Day, however,
as they rode and walked around
the muddy experimental plots toss
ing questions at research scientists
about varieties of crops, what kind
of chemical weed control treat
ments to use, and how much Of
what kind of fertilizer to put on
particular crops.
One of the most popular Ques-
tions asked agronomist Frank
Springer was: whats the best
we e d controlling chemical for
corn?" Springer said 2-4-D is still
Continued on page ninel
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Reunion AT Concord
Is Due Tonorrw
VIII Be seth Celebration; Election
OF Officers Planned

The 39th annual reunion of the
Sons and Daughters of Concord
will take place at the historic lit
tie village located about four miles
from Seaford at the headwaters of
the Nanticoke River, tomorrow,
Saturday, August Is.
While the day will be spent
mostly in "just visiting, accord
ing to F. Ray Phillips of Whining
ton, acting president, a program
consisting of memorial and church
services will be held at 1870 p. m,
the famous Concord dinner in the
community house at 8 p. m, and a
business meeting will be held. The
election of officers for the coming
year will take place at the busi-
ness meeting.
The history of the community
started in 1853 by the purchase of
a large tract of land by Abram
Mitchell of Philadelphia and Wal
ter and Samuel Franklin of New
York. Concord became a center of
iron making after failure in
New Castle County due to scarcity
of good ore and furnaces.
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
State Democrats Are
Planning Jarnboree
Annual Gala Fete August 81 Set
For LeWes Beach

The big event of the year for
Democrats throughout the state
the Sussex County Beach JAM
boree-has been set for Lewes
Beach, Friday, August 81, starting
at 6 p. m.
Candidates for the nearest cleo
ton are made and unmade, cam
paign tactics are discussed, and
theoretical policies tentatively for
mulated by the "boss men" abb
sorb some of the ideas of the
common man as the Democrats Of
all classes and from all parts of
the state gather together in picnic
informality.
Frank Dickerson, Sussex County
sheriff, who is president of the
jamboree board, has appointed An
drew O'Neal, Laurel, deputy state
treasurer, as this years general
chairman with H. Edward Maull,
Lewes and George town and
Charles Calhoon, Georgetown, as
co-chairmen.
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
75S Accidents On
Highways In July

There was a total of 75S acci-
dents, involving damages in ex-
cess of 500, on Delaware high
ways reported to the Financial Re-
sponsibility Division of the Motor
Vehicle Department during the
month of July.
This was the highest number Of
these accidents to be reported DUR
ing July for several years, it be-
ing 131 more than were reported
during July of last year and an
increase of 81 over the number re-
ported during July of 1857.
Continued on page tenl
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Wool Growers VIII
Vote In September

Sheep producers will have an
opportunity to vote in September
on nationwide referendum on the
question of continuing to finance
market development program for
wool and lambs, according to Will
liam H. Hopkins of the Delaware
Agricultural Sterilization and Con-
servation Committee.
The program of advertising, pro-
motion, and related activities, is
carried out under an agreement
with the American Sheep Produc-
ers Council. It is financed by de-
Continued on page ninel
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Clarence E. Jester Is
New Member Of FHA
Milford Resident Valuable Addi-
ton To Farm Loan Group

Clarence e. Jester, Milford, is
the new member of the Sussex
South Kent Area Committee for the
Farmers Home Administration.
He is a former county committee
man for New Castle and North
Kent Counties. He succeeds J.
Frank Short, Seaford, who three
year term has expired.
Mr.. Jester was raised on a farm
in Kent County and owned and
operated his 15O-acre grain and
dairy farm until his retirement in
1856.
]. Morris Young, local county
supervisor, in announcing the new
committee member, said Mr.. Jes-
ter will make a valuable addition
to the committee. The other two
members are Granville w. Shock
ley, Milford and William H. Pretty
man, Jr., Georgetown.
Mr.. Shockley was raised on a
farm and is presently an owner
and renter of about 700 acres OF
farm land. His major farm oper-
ations are dairy, corn, soybeans
and lima beans.
(continued on page ffve)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Libby's Report Big
Increase In Earnings
Worldwide Outfit Operates Huge
Plant At Houston

Libby, McNeill & Libby reported
marked increase in earnings for
the fiscal year on sales that were
at the same level as last years.
Earnings for the year ended
June q amounted to $5,S06, ,958
compared with $2,701,379 in the
preceding year. Earnings per COM
mon share were s1.25 as against
$50 year ago.
The increase in earnings result
ed largely from return to bet
ter business conditions generally
and better margins throughout the
industry, following the levelling-
of of oversupplies.
Domestic, overseas and Cana
dian business all shared in the
improved earnings Company Presi-
dent Charles S. Bridges told stock
holders in the annual report.
CONTINUED on page si0
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Set State Rate For
1860 Conservation

The basic rate of rental pay
ments in Delaware under the 1860
Conservation Reserve of the Soil
Bank will average $1,000 an acre,
William H. Hopkins of the Della
ware Agricultural StabiIization
and Conservation committee an
nounced today. This is the same
as the basic payment rate in the
state under the 1859 program.
For individual farmers, a per-
acre rate will be set for the par
ticular land to be placed in the
Conservation Reserve taking into
CONTINUED on page ninel
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Six Milford Schools Will
Truck Drivers Open In City
Enter Roadeo On Sept. 9th
Timmons, Watkins, IN
gram, Sanderson And
Two Currie's Listed
Among Those Compel
ing On Aug. 2O-21-22.

Six Milford truck drivers are
among the Delaware's field of eight
entries in the Tri-State Safe Driv-
er Truck Roadeo to be held August
20, 81 and % at the New Castle
County Airport.
The eight Delawareans, all top
fight working truck drivers, have
amassed a total of 73 consecutive
years of no-accident driving COW
ering 4,479y000 miles, according to
E. A.. Yutzi, general manager of
the Delaware Motor Transport AS
.sociation, host for the contest.
In addition to Delaware entries,
drivers from Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Maryland will be in
the competition. Each state will
in effect hold its own roadeo to
select state champions in four
truck classes. Judges will pick the
winners on the basis of their
showing in written examinations
and performance on the roadeo
obstacle course to be set up at
the airport.
Heading Milford's entries will
be Robert w. Currie, RD4, Della
wares defending straight truck
champion. An employee of Masten
Transportation, Inc, Currie won
his title in 1856 and has not COM
peted since because no straight
truck competition has been held.
Currie has a nine year no-accident
record, covering 100000 miles.
Other Milford entries are:
Preston H. Timmons, Old Shaw
nee Road, tandem axle class, en-
ployed by Burris Food Distribu-
tors, Inc, 16 years and over
100000 miles without an acci-
dent.
CONTINUED on page nve)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Ocean Downs Reports
Increase In Handle
First Ten Nights OF Meet Cited
In Report

Ocean Downs Raceway announc-
ed this week that the tracks
handle, total amount bet by the
fans, has increased substantially
during the first 10 nights of the
harness meeting.
This is in contrast to the down.
ward trend of betting felt at every
other harness track in Maryland
this year.
Attendance has been on a par
with 1858.
A total of $966,SO1 was run
through the pari-mutuel machines
in the first 10 nights, an average
of over $4,000 a night above last
year.
Although the peninsula has been
plagued with weather threatening
at best and in many sections ac-
tually raining. the bleak skies
caused a drop in business only four
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14

porters make world headlines,
broadcast every Sunday afternoon,
coast-to-coast, over the American
Broadcasting Company Television
and Radio Networks. In 1859, Mrs.
Hagy capped an already impressive
list of awards when her television
program received one of the much
coveted Peabody Awards for Dis
tinguished Television. She is Nat
ional Co-Chairman of the NATO
Tenth A n nj We sa ry Celebration,
and, in this capacity, served on the
U. S. Delegation to the Atlantic
Congress which was held in Lon
don last June.
She has been Director of Youth
Projects for the Overseas Press
Club of America and organized the
First National Student Editors
Conference, which was attended bv
Continued on page ninel
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Stock Cars To
Race Saturday
At
Slate S Sanct toned By
NASCAR Is One SpOn-
sored By Harrington
Fire Co.; Postponed By
Rain.

Eagerly awaited as one of the
biggest stock car racing classics OF
the year is the NASCAR sanction
ed slate of modified and sportsman
races scheduled at the Kent and
Sussex Fairgrounds for this Sat
urday night. Due to weather con-
ditions prevailing over the Har-
rington area last weekend the
program, originally scheduled for
last Saturday evening, had to be
carried over another week. The
fairgrounds oval, located a half
mile south of Harrington on u. S.
Route Is, will be the only race
way in Delaware and Maryland in
operation this Saturday night. Be-
cause of this, the promoters, the
Harrington Volunteer Fire Com
pany, expect the largest field of
cars seen at any northeastern
speedway this season. Drivers are
expected from all over the two
state area plus New Jersey and
Pennsylvania as the green signal is
given at $3.50 p. m.
The f1remen have been assured
by NASCAR officials that all of
the entries received for last week S
rained-out card will be on hand
this Saturday evening. Included
in the latest revised entry list are
AL Aasnady, Vineland, N. j.;
George Harrison, Georgetown; Bud
Olson, Paulsboro, N. j.: Ed. Lind
say, Randallstown, Md; Dean Pei
ton, Silver Spring, Md; Glen Gu
thric, Washington, D.. c.; Johnny
Martin, Lewes; Vince Conrad
Kutztown, Pa; Jackie McLaugh-
lin, Thorofare, N. j.; Reds Kagle
Baltimore; Russ Warrington
CONTINUED on page eleven1
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14

needs help. The Bureau is private
child care agency offering tempor-
ary boarding care and adoption
placement to children in the three
counties of Delaware. From the be-
ginning of the Bureaus existence,
up to and including the present
time, one of the specific purposes
has been to cooperate with other
agencies and groups in promoting
and providing for the general well
fare of children.
There are people in each of the
three counties who work actively
and directly with this agency, SER
wing as the governing Board of
Directors. It is up to this group to
see to it, among other things, that
there are sufficient funds made
available to the Bureau to carry on
its wonderful work.
CONTINUED on page tenl
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Hold Funeral Today
For Accident Victim
Services For Chas. L. Bowen, At
Berry Funeral Home

Services will be held at p. m.
today, Friday, August 14th, from
the Berry Funeral Home, Milford,
for Charles L. Bowen, 81, who died
Monday of this week at the Della
ware Hospital, as a result of in
juries suffered in an auto accident.
The Rev. Douglas Milbury, pas
tor of the Calvary Methodist
Church. will officiate.
Burial will be in Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Milford.
Mr.. Bowen was taken to the
hospital with a fractured skull,
following an automobile accident
early Saturday morning.
Mr.. Bowen was travelling north
on Route 113, near Milford, when
the left rear tire blew out causing
his vehicle to go into skid.
The car ran off the right side of
the road, turned over, and threw
Bowen onto the road.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
State Police Canine
Corps Will Perform
VIII Be Added Attraction AT Camp
Barnes Races

The Delaware State Police
Canine Corps that have received
National recognition VIII be on
hand at the Harrington Fair
Grounds on August %, 1859 at the
Annual Camp Barnes Stock Car
Race. These dogs and their hand
lers were featured earlier this year
in Life" magazine and have also
been featured in the International
Chiefs of Police magazine, many
publications put out by other State
Police Units and have received
numerous writeups in the news
papers. AS you well know by now,
Delaware was the first State Police
Unit to use dogs in police work,
and since then many other Police
Depts. have used these dogs and
found them to be of great aid in
police work.
These dogs live at home with
their handlers and their families
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Hotel Here Features
Fine Chinese Food
Many Dishes Are A Real
GOurmets Delight
by Bob Yerkes

Uy bOD 1OFkOS
Despite many of the fine articles
that have appeared in the travel
sections of various Metropolitan
newspapers and the fine citation in
Duncan Hines Observations of
Gourmet" it is possible that even
now the rank and file of the many
folk, in this area, who enjoy Chin
ese food are unaware of the fact
that Seymour Gellens, the genial
"Boniface" of Hotel Milford, is
steadily building up an excellent
reputation for serving fine Chin
ese food.
Ted Townsend and myself re-
Gently had the pleasure of being
the guests of Mr.. Gellens, and
while neither our capacity or time
would allow us to try all of the q
different Chinese dishes served at
CONTINUED on page ave)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Big Thursday
Coming
At Slaughters,
Starts Sunday
Fete At Bay Shore Resort
Is Being Sponsored By
Newly Organized Mem
Orial Fire Company.

This Sunday, August Is, will
mark the grand opening of Slaugh-
ter Beach's first organized Big
Thursday Celebration, sponsored
by the Memorial Fire Company.
The Reynolds Rides Carnival
Midway will swing open at D. M,
and continue throughout the en-.
tire celebration week, closing on
Sunday evening, August %, with
many added ground and water ac-
tivities scheduled.
The boat parade, sponsored by
the Milford-Harrington Coast Guard
Flotilla No. 16 will pass the pier
judges stand at D.. m. with three
merchandise prizes contributed by
Milford Merchants in two classes
of entries; three prizes for the
best decorated inboard craft and
three for the best decorated out
board craft. Judges for this event
are Mrs. Willard Pierce, Clarence
Downing and George r. Draper,
Sr. Merchants donating prizes for
this event are Dixon's jewelers.,
Webster Furniture Co., Pierce
Hardware, Wilkie Furniture Co.,
and Sherwin- Williams, all of Mil
ford. William z. Evans is chair
man for this event.
Many advance reservations have
been made for the free moonlight
boat rides from the Mispillion
Light wharf, Monday, August IL,
at p. M, and this event bids to
be an outstanding feature of the
celebration. Many entrants have
already been registered for the am
ateur skiing contest on Tuesday,
August 1S, starting at IL a. m.
Judges for this event will award
Continued on page tenl
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Al Feeder Pig
Winners Announced
Reserve Champion HOnOrs Went
To Kenney Marvel OF Houston

Grand champion honors in the
-nnusF All Feeder Pig Program
went TO Jimmy Jestice, Laurel,
with his 1S0-fb purebred Hamp-
shire barrow at the recent Kent
Sussex Fair. This grand champion
won out over 36 other market hogs
in the light weight division and
then was placed tops over the mid
die weight champion and the heavy
weight champion.
Reserve Champion honors went
to Kenny Marvel, Houston, with a
203-fb purebred Yorkshire barrow
This animal was winner in a class
of 38 hogs weighing between 181
and 210 pounds. The champion
heavy weight barrow was a 223-fb
Hampshire shown by Elmer Briggs
of Georgetown, shown in a class
of "a hogs weighing over ZIG
pounds. The heaviest hog weigh
CONTINUED on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
CroiUd Of 800 Present At
SubstatiOn Farm Field Dav


probably
enng weather.
The crowd pleaser DR. Carra vo etysburg and
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Children s Bureau Charity
Ball Set For August 18th

Everybody loves baby There something child per-
life that help
child
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Outstanding Speakers To
Address State Federation

Clubwomen attending Communications Workshop
will
Richard
A s nd moder-
Milford chronicle., 1959-08-14
Huge Cr0tUd Expected
For AU-StDr Game
Fourth Annual Fray To Benefit Retarded Children Will Be
Played At u. of ID. Stadium On August %; $S83.0O
Was Raised In Milford

fill University
Stadium Saturday August % the Fourth Annual ALI
Star High School Football
Colds
be
Evening star., 1959-11-10

Saxon and considered perfectly
proper for most Of the CEN
turiese since. However it fell
under the ban Of Victorian
"nice-nellyism." Stomach
which doesn't mean the same
thingg at all-came to be used
as a euphemism for belly To
many people belly" still sounds
slightly indelicate.
The phrase "belly timber" "
however, is another dish Of
tea, as your English friend
might say. Originally q per-
fectly serious phrase, 1t is now
used only in jest, as a rather
pompously facetious synonym
for food. 1t seems to me that
your British representative can
be pardoned this very minor
indiscretion, If such indeed 1t
be.
QUESTION: You often hear
the expression flag down a
cab"-even though 1t simply
means waving ones hand to
attract the drivers attention
so he'll stop. What does flag
have to do with this gesture?
ANSWER: Originally this ex-
Evening star., 1959-11-10
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
III AND LOIS
UNCLE CHARLIE
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

QUESTION: The British rep
resentative of our firm was in
to visit the home Office last
week and completely charmed
everybody with his hearty, en-
thusiastic approach to life
and his frank admiration for
some of our American habits
that must have seemed odd to
him at first. Only once did I
note what seemed to me to be
q remark in poor taste. AS he
walked through the outer Office
with our treasurer at lunch
time his voice doomed out with: :
well. my fine fellow, don't
you think it about time tor
some belly timber?" This SEEM
ed to me a very vulgar express
sion.
'@. ANSWER: The word belly
Is one of the Oldest English
words, traceable to Anglo
Evening star., 1959-11-10
BY Peter Loins
By the Beers
BY Al Smith

down. This signal is also
sometimes used to signal other
drivers that they should stop
or proceed with caution.
(Released BY the Bell syndicate.l
Evening star., 1959-11-10

preston came from the vo-
cabulary Of automobile racing,
the ofilcials signal to
the winner that the race is
over by waving a flag up and
Evening star., 1959-11-10
WORD GAME
Find 26 words or more in
BACKBO ONE

meaning "the spine" Average
is % words: time limit, rs min
utes.
Rules Of the game: l. Words must be
Of four or more letters. 2. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition Of
"s," such as bats" cars" are not
used 8 Only one form Of a word is
useo. Proper names are not used.
"a
Answer to HODGEPoDGE
hedge heed, hope. hoed, hood. hoop
hogged, deed. deep, dope, dodge, dose
dogged, good, edged, egged, epode
pegsed, pogo. podge, pooh.
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Loud Contract

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