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Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Scholarships
For Powders,
Hirsch Funds
Are Announced
Five Will Be Aided IN
Seeking Higher Educa-
ton According To The
First OF Milford Act
ing AS Trustee.

The First of Milford office of the
Wilmington Trust, acting as trus-
tees for the estate of the late Will
liam G. Powders, announced today
that the following scholarship a
wards for the school year 1859 and
1860 have been made to the fol-
lowing three Milford boys, all
graduates of Milford High School.
Ronald Harry Rust, 1859 grad
uate who expects to enter the Uni
versity of Delaware in the fall.
Ronnie, in the upper half of his
class Of "a, was active in athletics.
James Edward Moore, also a
graduate of the class of 1859, who
expects to enter GoldeyBeacom
School of Business, Wilmington.
James was also in the upper half
of his class.
A scholarship was continued to
Conrad M. Cohen, an honor gradu-
ate in the 1858 graduating class,
who will enter his second year at
Western Maryland College, West
minister, Maryland where he is
studying for the ministry.
The bank also trustee acting
for the estate of the late Daniel
Hirsch, long time president of the
bank, announced one new scholar
ship for tn school year 1959-1960
to Ruth Ann Pfeiffer of the Class
of 1869. Miss Pfeiffer plans to en-
ter the University of Delaware.
Scholarship was continued to
Rffsh o. I'd M IOhucOn an honor
graduate of the Glass of 1858, who
will enter his second year at the
University of Delaware in the fall
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Commissioner Tells
OF Rates Revision
Harry S. Smith Estimates
Savings On Car Insurance
To 80 Per Cent

State Insurance Commissioner,
Harry S. Smith, is very happy to
announce a revision in automobile
insurance rates for Delaware eff
fective June "a, 1859, which will
effect. savings to the policy
holders of the State in the amount
of $168, $1,000. Commissioner Smith
has held several conferences and
spent a great deal of time in re-
viewing previous loss ratios for
the past year before approving
this reduction which decreases the
rate paid for fire, theft and COLI
sion insurance .65 per cent less
than last year. Private passenger
automobile collision premiums for
$4,000 deductible are being reduc-
ed about per cent in Wilmington
and nearly per cent in the bal
ance of the State. $4,000 deducti-
BILE collision premiums are being
reduced approximately 7 per cent.
continued on page fivel
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Art Glasses Start
At Reh0both June 20
VIII Be Continued Daily
Through August
18th

The Rehoboth Art Leagues 1859
art classes get under way in Cork
ran Studio in Henlopen Acres,
June 20 and continue daily through
August % with the same faculty
as last season.
Teachers will be Howard S.
Schroeder of Lewes, president of
the League; Jon Smith of Potts
town, Pa; and Mrs. Lydiabell
Birmingham, of Lewes.
Among the students will be two
Rehoboth School eighth graders,
Carol Downes and Curtis Raynor,
who have been awarded scholar
ships, and three children of the
Lewes Beach House, who have
been offered free buttons. Other
plans for the current season have
been announced.
Starting July 2, the Artists
Sketch Group will meet at the stu
do each Thursday evening at 1880
for a period of fellowship and self
continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Hearn SCHOLARSHIPS
Are Announced By
Milford Trust CO.
Bank, Trustee Under Will
Of The Late Louder N.
Hearn Announces Aid
To Is Students; Over
$40 Awards.

1t was announced this week by
The Milford Trust Company as
trustee of the Hearn Educational
Fund. established under the will of
the late Louder N. Hearn, for the
assistance of boys and girls of this
vicinity in obtaining an education,
that the following named students
have been chosen for scholarship
aid in the twenty-f1rst annual COM
petition just closed.
Seventeen students who received
scholarships last year were grant
ed financial aid for an addition
year.
Robert B. Brereton, who has COM
pleted his junior year at the Uni
versity of Delaware, will continue
his studies majoring in Biology.
William S. Brereton, who has
completed his junior year at the
University of Delaware, will con-
tinue his studies majoring in Pre-
Law Course.
Conrad M. Cohen, who has COM
pleted his freshman year at Wes-
tern Maryland College, will con-
tinue his studies in the Pre-Minis-
terial Course.
James Joseph Dees, who has
completed his sophomore year at
the Duquesne University, will con-
tinue his studies majoring in Sec
ondary Education.
David B. Greene, Jr., who has
completed his junior year at Har-
ward University, will continue his
studies majoring in Liberal Arts.
David Elwood Hit, who has COM
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Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Milford VFW.
Units W ere.
HOnOredA At
Cow ven tiOn
Blue Hen Post Ladies
Auxiliary And Junior
Girls Shared In The
Flood Of HOnors At
RehObOth COnclave.

Honors galore came to Milford
VFW units-Blue Hen Post, La
lies Auxiliary and Junior Girls
1t the 29th annual conventions of
he Departments of Delaware, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars and Ladies
Auxiliary, held at Rehoboth Beach
asst weekend. Membership, Com
nunity Service and Americanism
awards were received by the
senior units; the immediate past
commander of the post was desig-
mated as Delaware's Commander
If the Year; members of the To-
al units were elected or appoint
I'd to high offices; and post and
members played import
ant roles in the planning and stag
ing of the conventions.
Perhaps the greatest honor to
come to the Milford group was the
designation of Post Commander
James P. Gilmore as the Della
ware Post Commander of the Year
1958-59". A handsome plaque was
presented by Retiring State Com
mander William A. Marietta to
Past Post Commander Gilmore in
what was one of the highlights of
the program that accompanied the
annual convention banquet Satur-
lay evening. Gilmore was further
aonored with appointment as state
by the new department
commander, Robert N. McCOr-
mick.
Past Post Commander Clement
]. Nevin, who turned in an out
standing performance as depart
ment inspector last year, was I'M
animously elected department sur
CONTINUED on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26

Visited By
Freak Storm
Windstorm Early Mon
day Evening Was Lik-
ened By Many Resi-
dents To Hurricane
Hazel In 1854.

Summer presented its calling
card Monday in the form of a freak
windstorm which swept through
Bridgeville shortly before 5 p. M,
knocking out the towns electric
power and causing heavy damage.
Gusts were estimated as high as
Is miles per hour.
There were no injuries reported
according to the Bridgeville Fire
Company and the state police sta
tidn there.
The Baltimore weather station
described the Bridgeville storm as
a freak. 1t apparently came on the
heels of a thunderstorm which
swept across the southern part of
the peninsula Monday afternoon.
Only the southern Delaware
community was affected as Dover,
Georgetown, Salisbury and other
communities reported no excep-
tional winds.
Bridgeville residents said the
winds were reminiscent of those
that accompanied Hurricane Hazel
a few years ago.
The storm hit at about 4:45 p.
m.
The power went out almost i'm
mediately as trees fell over power
lines and telephone service was
interrupted to some homes and
other buildings.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26

dent Verna Denney, are manning
the concession stand, and Post
Members Earl Walls, William
Stevens and Thomas Harrington
are aiding Commander Hugg with
the parking and with policing of
the grounds.
Lessons for beginners are being
given from 1 p. m. to p. m. with
lessons for Intermediates and
swimmers" being given after &
p. m. Those who satisfactorily
complete courses will receive poe
ket sized diplomas" at "gradu-
alton exercises" Friday afternoon.
The annual Aquatic School is
sponsored and the Memorial Park
Swimming and Play Area main
tanned by the Milford VFW units
as part of a many faceted and much
cited community service program
DIR. James R. West and Glenn
Campbell are co-chairmen for op-
Grafton and maintenance of the
park.
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
OUer 200 Riddles Are NOaU
At WV Park
Milton Meyer Is In Charge Assisted By Calvin Hollis David
Hugg, Chester Long, Gertrude Carter, Frances
DickersOn And Priscilla Dickerson

Over 200 youngsters are cur
rently taking ARC. swimming
lessons at the VFW Memorial
Park, Haven Lake, this week ac-
cording to announcement by David
S. Hugg, commander of the spon-
soring Blue Hen Post No. 6483,
WV, this city.
AS in previous years, Milton
Meyer, of Dagsboro, accredited Red
Cross swimming instructor, is in
charge of the week-long Aquatic
School. Assisting Mr.. Meyer are
Calvin Hollis, Jr., David S. Hugg,
III, Chester Long, Gertrude Carter,
Frances Dickerson and Priscilla
Dickerson.
Blue Hen Auxiliary President
Margaret r. Hugg, Auxiliary Secre-
tary Josephine WdOwiak and Aux
Hilary Treasurer Jane Duphily are
acting as registrars for the
school. Members of the Blue
Hen Auxiliary, under Past Presi-
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Chuck Wright
Of Milford
Dies After
Short Illness
Prominent Business Man,
Mason, Church Worker
Was As Years Of Age;
Came Here IN 1888 To
Play Ball.

Nelson "Chuck" Wright, As, died
Thursday, June 18 at the Milford
Memorial Hospital after a short
illness.
Mr.. Wright came to Milford at
Is years of age to play ball with
the team managed by the late DR..
Walter L. Grier.
He was employed by the L. D.
Caulk Co. and later by the J.. H.
Mulholland Co. At one time he
managed the Milford Good Year
Tire Agency a branch of r. ID.
Grier and Son, of Salisbury, Md.
He Joined l. G. Burton and Co.
and advanced to the head of the
truck and bus sales department.
He was a member of the official
board of Avenue Methodist Church
and the young adult Bible class.
Mr.. Wright was 32nd degree
Mason; a member of Temple
Lodge A. F. and A. M, Milford;
the Tall Cedars of Lebanon and
Scottish Rite He belonged to the
Kiwanis Club and was past presi-
dent of the Milford Club and past
lieutenant governor of the seventh
district comprising portions of
Delaware and Maryland.
A member of the American LIE
gion, Mr.. Wright served in World
War II in the Navy. He belonged
to the Milford Chamber of Com
merce.
Although childless, he was inz
terested in children and was presi-
dent of the Buccaneers Boosters
Club comprised of parents in
terested in school life.
Mr.. Wright is survived by his
wife, Sarah Elizabeth; his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Wright of Mar
della Springs, Md; and a sister,
Mrs. Gerell Wilson of Mardela
Springs.
(continued on page fivel
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26

OPCCCn -lOllOWO
THE CHALLENGE OF THE NEW
FRONTIERS
Oliver j. Caldwell
Assistant Commissioner
for International Education
Office OfEducatiOn
e. s. Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare
I
To the Glass of 1859
Two groups of spies once went
into a strange land to report on its
and its weaknesses. When
they returned to their command
ing officer, they told very different
stories.
One report said the people of
the new land were giants, that
they could not be defeated, that
the children of Israel should go
back into the harsh wilderness.
Continued on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Band Boosters Club /.
Met And ReOrga1,ized
Bill Farlow Of Shawnee
Road Is New
President

A Band Boosters meeting was
held recently in the Milford High
School, with the outgoing presi-
dent, Mrs. Wilma Roberts, presid-
ing. A report was made on the sue
ces of the Bazaar and Supper. 1t
was voted to spend Sab to buy
a set of Kettle Drums for the
Band with part of the proceeds
from the Bazaar.
The Nominating Committee re
ported that Mr.. Bill Farlow of
Shawnee Road had been chosen for
president of the Club for the next
year. Mr.. Farlow's daughter, Patsy,
is a very active musician in the
community. She plays clarinet in
the school band, is a piano player,
and a ballet dancer.
Mrs. John Kirk was chosen as
Vice President and has a son, Joe,
in the Band. Mrs. Russell Britt
ingham was re-nominated for
CONTINUED on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26


The Water Resources Commits
sion bill was one of three mea-
sures the Governor discussed dur
ing the sixth in a series of radio
broadcasts on his New Day for
Delaware" reform program heard
on WDEL in Wilmington and
VIXEN in Dover. He also called for
prompt legislative action on his
proposed new weights and mea-
sures law and thanked the General
Assembly for losing little time
in adopting the legislation neces-
sary to make possible a new state
wide fire CODE"
He said the three measures,
which are included in his 11-point
New Day for Delaware" program,
are designed to protect the per-
sonal safety, property and pocket
books of all our citizens.
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Stores Will Be Open Next
Thursday, Friday, July
2-3 To 9 p. M; Closed
Wednesday Afternoon,
July LIST.

Plans as presently set up by a
meeting of Milford Merchants held
early in May, provided for store
hours preceding the Decoration
Day and Fourth of July holidays.
In line with the policy carried out
prior to Decoration Day, Milford
stores will remain open next Thurs
day and Friday evenings, July 2
and 8 until nine o'clock. They will
be closed all day Saturday, July
4th.
1t was decided at the meeting
to make no change in the regular
Wednesday store hour schedule,
therefore with but a few excep-
tions the stores of Milford will re-
main closed Wednesday afternoon,
July 1st.
Plans are also underway for the
August semi-annual Dollar Days,
which will be held on Friday and
Saturday, August and 8.
The August Dollar Days are
without doubt the most popular
of the several sales fetes annually
sponsored by the Mercantile Di-
vision of the Milford Chamber Of
Commerce, and according to Court
ney Burch, manager of the local
Coffman Fisher Department store
and chairman of the Mercantile
Division and Robert H. Yerkes,
ST., Secretary of the Chamber, it
looks like participation in the
forthcoming Days" will be the
most extensive in years.
Coming as they do early in
August, they afford an opportun-
ity for the thrifty shopper to make
selections from a wide range of
fresh seasonal merchandise at real
savings, as well as providing a pre-
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Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Pleasure Boatrnen
Get Safety Call
Area Group Asked To Join National
Observance June "a To July 5

A call to all Milford Harrington
pleasure boatmen to join in the OBJ
servance of the third annual Ma
tional Safe Boating Week, June 81
through July 5, was made today
by Ed. Holleger, commander of the
Milford-Harrington Coast Guard
Auxiliary Flotilla Is.
Objective of the special observ-
ance, he said, is to point out to
pleasure boatmen the need for
knowing and observing basic safe
boating rules and regulations and
for maintaining a safe and sea-
worthy boat.
Commander Holleger said Presi-
dent Eisenhower has given official
White House recognition for this
action by issuing a presidential
proclamation designating June q
through July as National Safe
Boating Week.
(contiuued on mage sevenl
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Ben Shaw To
Head DriyeFor
Lewes Hospital
Wilmington Industrialist
Is Appointed General
Chair man Of Drive
Seeking $3.50, 900 Build
ing Program.

Benjamin F. Shaw, II, Whining
ton industrialist and director
and leading supporter of Beebe
Hospital, in Lewes, has been ap-
pointed general chairman of the
hospitals campaign seeking funds
for an $850,000 building program.
The announcement was made to-
day by DR.. James Beebe, ST., hos
pital founder and board president,
who pointed out that the Shaw
family has been major contribu-
tor to the hospital almost since its
founding in 1916.
The campaign now being launch
ed is to raise sufficient funds for
the following: ID construction of
three-f1oor wing to provide a
new maternity department, an ex-
banded out-patient department and
enlarged auxiliary service areas;
90 erection of a nurses home and
expansion of the nurses training
school; and 90 rehabilitation of
certain existing hospital facilities
to improve and broaden medical
services.
Mr.. Shaw who occupies sum-
mer home in Rehoboth Beach, is
president of the Benjamin F. Shaw
Company, Wilmington, specialists
in industrial pipe fabrication and
installation.
AS chairman of the fund cam
paign, he will be furthering a life
long interest in the Beebe Hos
pital. Mr.. Shaw has made gener-
GUS financial contributions to the
hospital, and earlier this month
was elected executive vice presi-
dent by the board of directors, of
which he has been a member for
many years.
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Store Hours Wesley Prexy
For July 4th TO Retire IN
Are Announced June OF 1860
DR.. J. Slaybaugh Wants
To Retire AS President
OF College; Trustees
Are Told.

The board of trustees of Wesley
College, Dover, have reluctantly
conceded to the request of Presi-
dent J. Paul Slaybaugh that they
plan for his retirement as presi-
dent of the college on June 80,
1860, or as soon thereafter as a
successor has been chosen and
prepared to assume the duties of
the office. The action was taken at
a meeting of the board at the col
lege Friday afternoon.
The board unanimously passed
resolution commencing DR.. Stay
baugh, president of the college
since July 1, 1851, for his service
and outstanding leadership during
a critical period in the institutions
history. DIR. Slaybaugh was voted
terminal leave of one year effec-
tive June 30, 1860. He will con-
tinue close relationship with the
college.
The Board adopted the follow
ing resolution:
WHEREAS, DR.. ]. Paul Stay
baugh has admitted his resigna-
ton as President of Wesley Col
lege, effective June 80, 1860;
AND WHEREAS, as of that
date, he will have during these
nine years brought the wealth of
his educational and administrative
leadership to the Presidency of
the college;
AND WHEREAS, during ex-
tremely critical days, when the
continuation of the college was at
stake, he displayed outstanding
leadership and determined cour-
age;
AND WHEREAS, during the
period of his administration, the
college has vastly improved in en-
rollment, facilities, and educa-
Continued on page eight
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
155 Pupils Enroll
For Summer School
Classes Began On Monday WIN
Continue Until July 81

One hundred fifty-five pupils
are presently enrolled in courses
being offered i'm the six-weeks
summer sessions at Milford High
School. Glasses began Monday,
June %, and will continue until
July 81. The subjects being offered
are U. S. History, English, Rene
dial Reading, General Science,
Personal Tipping, General Math,
Algebra /, Algebra II, and Plane
Geometry.
Glasses are held between the
hours of $3.50 and 11:45 a. M; the
first period ending at 10000 a. m.
and the second period beginning
at 1915 a. m. Each period is of 80
minutes duration; the tuition fee
being set at $500 per subject. The
high school faculty consists of Mr..
John Kinnikin, General Science
and Math: Mr. William Holstein,
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Girl Scout Camping
Off To Flying Start
Girl Scouts From All Over PENN.
sula Planning To Visit Camp

Camp Todd, curving in cool
wooded area around beautiful
Lake Todd, officially opened on
June Sth for camping by troops
with their leaders. Already 259
Girl Scouts and 80 Adults, COM
prising fifteen troops from eleven
towns throughout the peninsula
have availed themselves of camp
ing facilities. The girls and their
leaders have slept in tents, en-
joyed carefully guarded swimming
and eating huge meals in the large
screened dining pavilion, or en-
joyed cook-outs. They have taken
hikes, made nature studies and
some girls have worked on con-
servation projects.
The regular camping season at
Todd opens on June 2Sth. Girls
from all over the Eastern Shore
are registered for two week per-
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Peninsula WSCS
Plans Mission School
Sessions VIII Be Held AT Wesley
College July IL To IL

According to. an announcement
by Mrs. Isaacs j. Scott of Fruit
land, Md, Secretary of Missionary
Education of Peninsula Conference
Woman's Society of Christian Ser
vice of the Methodist Church, plans
are near completion for the annual
School of Missions sponsored by
the Society which will be held in
Wesley College, Dover, Del, July
1917.
The theme of the School this
year will be ''To Kindle A Growing
Light. The officers will be: Gen.
eral Chairman, Mrs. Scott; Dean,
Mrs. Arthur Benjamin, Port De-
post, Md; Asst Dean, Mrs. Mil
fred Keen, Wilmington, Del. j;
Registrar, Mrs. VIM. H. Sterling,
Dover; Asst. Registrar, Mrs. Earl
Sylvester, Harrington, DEL; Di-
rector of Music, Mrs. Donzel VIII
dey, Dover; Hostess, Mrs. j. Paul
continued on page flvel
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Freda Barbarika
Is Exhibiting Art
Milford Miss Showing Drawing
Painting At Surf Shop RehObOth

Miss Freda Barbarika, Milford,
Interior Decorator and artist will
exhibit drawings and paintings in
summer show at The Surf Shop
on the boardwalk in Rehoboth.
Representative pieces span the
time since Miss Barbarika grad
uated from Milford High School
Glass of '49. Following four years
at the Philadelphia Museum School
of Arts supplemented actual
painting and drawing classes with
two years study of the Philosophy
of Art at The Barnes Foundation,
Merton, Pa. The Barnes Founda-
ton is well known for having one
of the best and most complete
private collections of Great Mas
tiers and Moderns in the world to-
day.
CONTINUED on page ive)
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Money Available For
Fallout Shelters

The Office of Civil and Defense
Mobilization points out in response
to many inquiries that the Federal
Housing Administration and other
agencies make loans for the con-
struction of fallout shelters.
FILA will make Title l loans up
to $500 directly to homeowners
for improvement of property.
Shelters come under this category.
This is an increase from the form
er limit OF $500. Loans in excess
of 5000 may have a maximum ma
turity of 5 years and 32 days.
Loans of $500 or less may not
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26

Laurel; Mrs. Laura Lank, Milton !;
Mrs. Mary V. Webb, Glendale; at
tended IL to IA years-Mrs. Nettie
Kenney, Delmar; Mrs. Bessie Rus
sell, Bridgeville; Mrs. Jessie Will
Hanson, Greenwood; Mrs. Rachel
White, Bridgeville; Mrs. Laura
English, Greenwood; Mrs. Verna
Ewing, Newark; Mrs. Catherine
Nelson, Wilmington; Mrs. Martha
Davis, Newark; Mrs. Katharine
Waller, Bridgeville; Is to 10 years
Mrs. Blanche Beach, Delmar;
Mrs. Nora Isaacs, Georgetown;
Mrs. Virginia Parker, Seaford;
Mrs. Bessie Adams, Bridgeville;
Mrs. Treat Galloway, Greenwood;
Mrs. E. VioIette Moore, Bear; 20
jeweled home DEM
onstration pin and pen and pencil
set-Mrs. Eva Hoekstra, Dover;
Continued on page elevenl
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
Local Resident Wins
Natl Hardware Prize
Mrs. Elizabeth Webb, Milford, Is
One OF 425 Prize Winners

The National Retail Hardware
Association has announced that
Mrs. Elizabeth Webb of 919 s. E.
End Street, Milford Delaware is
one of 425 national prize winners
in the annual irha Hardware Week
contest, sponsored by the Associa-
tion and it's $4,000 hardware store
members. Humes Hardware, well
known Milford hardware store will
present the award, which is Sho
PAX. Tool Set. Mrs. Webb's prize
was number 70. First prize in the
Hardware Week contest, an Esther
Williams Swimming Pool, went to
a Phoenix, Arizona resident.
Milford chronicle., 1959-06-26
All Star Football
Game Aides Busy
Are Seeking Contributions In
Milford And Nearby Towns

During the next two weeks
solicitors for the program of adj
vertising and contributions for the
Delaware All-Star Football Game
will be busy contracting all BUSH
ness and professional personnel in
the Milford area. The game will
be played in the University of Dell
aware stadium on Saturday, August
%. These solicitors will appre-
ciate any cooperation which will
help with the proceeds for the
Delaware Foundation for Retard-
ed Children. Personal contributors
may contact any of the solicitors
named below. Mrs. Calvin Glen
daniel for Lincoln, Mrs. Frank r.
Grier for Glendale and Houston,
and for Milford, Mrs. John Glenn,
Mrs. Joseph Kemp, Mrs. Garrett
Grier, Mrs. Robert Foster, Mrs.
Robert Mercer, Mrs. Carleton
Continued on page six)