Milford chronicle., 1959-10-02
State VIII Participate In
National Hall Of
Fame
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Other features will include an
Indian village; an early American
| farm village complete with sod
house, log cabins, school building
and church; pasture fields with the
important breeds of livestock;
demonstration plots of crops, veg
etables and fruits; an area show
ing soil and water management
practices, forestry and wildlife
conservation.
Sponsors of the project include
farm organizations, agricultural
business and industry groups, state
land grant colleges and universi-
ties, farm youth groups, churches,
schools, individual farmers and
others interested in agriculture. 1t
will be financed largely through
contributions from agricultural
| ly-related businesses and indus
tries, farm organizations and in
dividual farm families No public
funds will be used in the project.
In Delaware, former Governor
| Ebert N. Carvel of Laurel is
4 CAoAA man VI lnC OLdLC
He was elected to head the Della
ware effort at a recent meeting
of representative farm leaders held
in Agricultural Hall on the cam
pus of the University of Delaware.
Also attending the meeting were
Mr.. Paul Bickford, representing
the Delaware State Farm Bureau;
Mr. Harold Shipley, manager of
White Brothers Supply Company,
Middletown, representing Della
ware farm machinery and equip
ment dealers; Mr.. Frank Richard
son, farmer, Camden; Mr.. Paul M.
Hodgson, assistant superintendent
of public instruction, State of Della
ware.
Also Mr.. w. Lyle Mowlds, state
supervisor of agricultural educa-
ton; Mr.. George K. Vapaa, Kent
county agricultural agent, repre-
senting the National Association
of County Agricultural Agents; and
Dean George M. Worrilow of the
University of Delaware School of
Agriculture, who was elected
secretary of the state committee.
AS president of the Valiant Fer
tilizer Company, Laurel, Mr.. Car
vel attended the meeting as a
representative of the fertilizer and
agricultural chemicals industry.
Mr.. Paris Kirby, master of the
Delaware State Grange was in
vited to the meeting but was un-
able to attend.
| Another Delawarean, Mr.. Clark
w. Davis, general manager of the
industrial and biochemicals de-
partment, Dupont Company, is ma
| tional vice-chairman of the pro-
| ject. Mr.. Davis met with the local
group and explained how the pro-
posed center will operate. He de-
| scribed it as national shrine to
agriculture dynamic educa-
tional center that would attract
100000 people year, many of
them city people.
In explaining the project, Mr..
Davis observed that farmers have
contributed considerably more to
the American heritage than base
ball players and other groups that
have established halls of fame"
1T seems fitting than-fhat Ameri-
can agriculture and the farm peo-
pie who have made such outstand-
| ing scientific and economic con-
| tributions to our national commun-
ity, be properly honored", he de-
clared. Mr.. Davis pointed out that
approximately 40 per cent of the
entire u S. labor force is en-
ployed either directly in agricul-
ture or in related fields.
Mr.. Carvel said the project Of
fers Delaware farmers a unique
| opportunity to tell the agricultural
story to non-farm people. He an
nounced that he would appoint a
representative state committee
within few days to plan and carry
out Delaware's part in the national