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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
New Club Will
Be Formed In
This Vicinity
Wives Of ServicemeE
Born In Other COun-
tries Invited To Meet
ing Here Tomorrow
Evening.

A meeting will be held at Mil
ford's New Century Club rooms on
Saturday July 18th at p. m,
with the purpose of forming a
club composed of wives of service
men, from foreign countries.
Mrs. Lore Hennessey, of Milford
is the guiding hand in this new
organization and announced that
a suggested name of Forget Me
Not Club" would be discussed at
the meeting tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Hennessey, has announced
that the thought for the club came
to her and other of her friends,
when it was realized that many of
its prospective members from
countries all over the world, did
not belong to any group or groups
where they could get together to
enjoy themselves.
The meeting at the Century Club
tomorrow evening according to Mrs.
Hennessey will be devoted entire
ly to the discussion of plans for the
club and it is hoped that every
foreign born woman in the COM
munity will attend and participate
in the discussion.
A general membership meeting
according to Mrs. Hennessey has
been scheduled for Wednesday
evening, August 5th, the time and
place of this meeting will be an
nounced in an early edition of
this newspaper.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Local Student
In Finals OF
Natl Contest
Milford Will Be Repre-
scented By Sally Ann
Belts On First "My
True Security" Pro-
gram.

Sally Ann Belts of Milford will
represent Delaware in the finals OF
the first MY True Security" pro
gram in Washington, D. c., July
10 thru July %, 1859. The State
winners are coming to Washing
ton and the National winners will
be announced at an Awards Ban
.quet at the Statler Hilton Hotel
in Washington, D. c.. on Tuesday
evening, July 81. 1859.
"My True Security" is script
writing and delivery competition
which encourages high school
seniors to think, write and speak
on the Importance of initiative
and self-reliance in providing a
secure future for the individual
MY True Security" is co-sponsor-
ed nationally by the u. S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce and the
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Company, Newark, New Jersey.
Principal speaker and guest OF
honor for the National Awards
Banquet on July 81, 1859 is
DR.. Keith T. Glennan, Administra-
tor of the National Aeronautics
and Space Agency. This vital
government agency headed UP
by DR.. Glennan is responsible for
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10

Uncle Sam spent about $780,
100000 a week but actually is in
no danger of running out of money.
He is borrowing $5,O00,00O, 900 this
month, which will boost his oper-
ating balance by that much.
Meanwhile, he keeps collecting
taxes which help pay his bills.
The Treasury figures showed a
balance of $3.50, 100000 as of last
Wednesday, the last day of fiscal
1859. However, some of this money
is tied up and cannot be spent
readily. The department considers
only part of the sum to be its oper-
ating balance.
At the end of fiscal 1858, the ma
tional debt was $276,444, 900, 900
and the operating balance was So
029 100000.
The new figures were made pub
lie in the final daily Treasury
statement for the bookkeeping
year. This statement is a record of
money deposited and withdrawn
through the g. s. Treasury during
fiscal 1859.
There is no connection between
the daily Treasury statement and
the national budget. The figures
are entirely different.
For example the Treasury state
ment showed Withdrawals of 1884,
00,000,000 during the fiscal year,
compared with estimated budget
spending of about $4,000, 200, 900.
Treasury receipts totaled $751;
Gil, 100000 while budget revenues
are now estimated at about 1884,
00O,0OO,0OO
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Timber Land Promotion OF
Burned In State Police
Houston Fire Are Approved
Blaze On Fourth Of July
Was Apparently Caus-
ed By Sparks From
Railroad Freight En-
CINE.

Valuable timberland was de-
stroyed in a blaze which kept
down-state volunteers from four
fire companies busy for several
hours on the Fourth of July.
The fire, which firemen said ap-
parently was caused by sparks
from a hot box on an eastboun6
Pennsylvania Railroad freight.
train, leveled a three-mile stretch
of brush and woodland along the
railroad right-of-way between
Houston and Harrington.
Milford, Pennington, Houston
and Harrington volunteers com
bined their efforts in fighting tht
blaze and were joined by Stat,
Forester William S.. Taber of Do
yer, who used bulldozer to Gu
a path through the woods anC
backfired in an effort to halt ths
spreading flames. Men from the
Dover Air Base also assisted In
fighting the flames.
Many farm buildings were en-
dangered by the spreading fire, but
volunteers placed their attention
at protecting them. At one point
the flames ignited several poles
supporting high voltage line
of the Delaware Power and Light
Company. They were extinguished
before any serious damage could
result.
Fire Chief C. Douglas Mills OF
Harrington reported that valu-
able pine and oak trees lost in the
rs acre forest fire might result
in a loss of more than $4,000.
The Ladies' Auxiliaries of the
Houston, Harrington and Farm.
ington Fire Companies served eats
and cooling drinks to the volun-
teers.
Six acres were burned in a brush
fire near Andrewville and a three
acre plot of woods between Dover
and Harrington was destroyed in
fire attributed to a dump blaze
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Buckson, Lynch Are
Attending Camp
Were Invited To Fort Bliss BY
Col. HI. Il. Orth

1t. Coy. David p. Buckson and
Col. Frank T. Lynch, of the adju-
'tant generals staff of the Delaware
National Guard, flew from the
Philadelphia National Airport last
Sunday to Fort Bliss, Texas, at the
invitation of Colonel Harry T. Orth.
Colonel Orth and other officers
of the Delaware National Guard
are in charge of the two-week
National Guard and Army Reserve
training program at the Air De-
tense Center there.
A cocktail party and buffet style
supper were given Monday night
at the Fort Bliss officers Club in
honor of Lieutenant Governor
Buckson and Colonel Lynch.
They will also observe the 40 Of
ficers of the Delaware National
Guard and Army Reserve of Della
ware who are in training at the
Air Defense Center.
The center gives instruction in
the maintenance and firing of
Nike, Hercules, and Hawk guided
missiles. Each summer a different
state is chosen to send National
Guard officers to give instruction
to National Guard and Army Re-
serve units.
Lieutenant Governor Buckson
and Colonel Lynch are expected to
return today or tomorrow.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
NJ ill S b orc
Car Agency
Destroyed By
100000 Fire
Jackson Motor Company
Leveled By Flames On
Tuesday; Building And
Contents Were Partial
w Covered.

Fire Of undetermined origin on
Tuesday destroyed the Jackson
Motor Company building in Mills
boro resulting in loss estimated
between $4,000 and $4,000 to
the structure and contents.
State Fire Marshal William r.
Favinger said the building was re-
duced to rubble and 1t is prac-
tically impossible to determine how
the blaze started.
It was surmised the fire may
have been started by some person
breaking into the building, al
though an examination of the COM
pany safe disclosed no marks of
a chisel or other instrument on 1t.
One fireman claimed that one of
the doors opened lawfully easy
when he yanked at. The fire mar
shall said Reynolds, who owns the
building and operates the COM
pany, was notified by telephone of
the fire but the identity of the
caller was not ascertained.
The front of the building was a
mass of flames when firemen ar
rived at $3.50 a. m, and 1t is be-
lieved the fire had been burning
at least two hours. The building,
about Zoe feet wide in front and
800 feet deep was partly frame with
brick walls on the sides and con-
crete wall in the rear. A vacant
apartment over the showroom was
quickly consumed by the flames.
y The loss to the building, cars and
equipment of the company was
estimated at $18O,0OO and to tools
owned by the mechanics, will run
more than $5,000-possibly $4,000
the marshal indicated. One
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
independence Day Was
Observed 1T VFWHome
49Star Flag Presentations Made By The Ladies Aux
iaries Of Blue Hen Post Of Milford During The Day.

independence Day observance
in this area was centered around
the Post Home of Blue Hen Post
No. 6483, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, and the adjacent post-main-
tanned Memorial Park, where 40
star flag presentations were made
by the Ladies Auxiliary of the
VFW.
Taking advantage of Post Com
mander David s. Hugg's invitation
to spend safe and sane Fourth
at Memorial Park, a large crowd
gathered at the VFW recreation
area Saturday to enjoy the play
facilities, the swimming and the
picnicking facilities there. Mean
while, in town, 49-Star American
flags presented by the local VFW
units to the City of Milford, Mil
ford Memorial Hospital and the
L. D. Caulk Company, were Off
cialy flying for the first time.
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Apprenticeship Will
Be Discussed July -
Natl. Famous Authorities
Will Talk AT A Day
Wilmington Session

Featuring many nationally prom
inent speakers, the third biennial
Middle Atlantic States Apprentice
ship and Training Conference opens
Monday in Wilmington in the Ho-
tel DUPONT.
The conference, which runs from
Monday through Thursday will
examine all aspects of apprentice
ship and training. Several hundred
delegates, primarily from the Mid
die Atlantic States will attend
although representatives from a
number of foreign countries will
visit the four-day meeting.
In addition to the speakers
there will be panel discussions,
special group meetings and many
exhibits so that every topic may
be covered thoroughly. The panel
discussions will include such topics
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10

Order Signed
On Monday By
Judge Layton
Forty School Districts I'm
State Have 80 Days In
Which To File An APP
peal From The Court
Order.

u. S. District Court Judge Caleb
r. Layton, III, on Monday of this
week signed an order directing re-
naming segregated Delaware pub
lie school districts to comply with
the State Board of Education's IL
year desegregation plan.
The number is estimated at about
10. including seven in Kent and
Sussex Counties which were NAM
ed defendants in the three-year.
old litigation.
The state board and DR.. George
r. Miller, Jr., state superintendent
of public instruction, are ordered
to carry out the plan in the affected
districts.
Thirty days from Monday are
allotted for an appeal from the or
der. The directive becomes final
If no appeal is filed within that
limit.
The stairstep plan provides for
admission Of Negro pupils to the
first grades of previously. all-white
schools beginning in the fall term
this year, and successive school
years thereafter until the process
is completed in 1870.
Provision is made for admission
to higher grades with state board
approval. Children of migratory
workers are to attend ungraded
classes established by the state
board. Transportation is subject
to the state education agency's
rules.
The plan is in accordance with
opinions handed down by the judge
on April "a and June is. His first
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Activity Of State
T. 3. Society Lauded
National Group Notifies Executive
Secretary Evans OF Action

/, The National tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION has commended the
Delaware Tuberculosis So
ciety for its wisdom in expand
ing its program to include all
respiratory diseases, it was an
nounced this week.
G.. Taggert Evans, executive
secretary of the Delaware society,
said that DR.. James E. Perkins,
managing director of the MIA,
endorsed the move in this state.
The Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis
Society is affiliated with the MIA
in the nationwide fight against tu-
berculosis and-more recently
respiratory diseases as a whole.
tuberculosis, most important in
fictitious disease in this country,
will continue to be the principal
concern of the MIA and its affili-
ates itself demands that attention
be paid also to other respiratory
diseases.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
New Public Relations
Head At Ocean Downs
Larry Hogan, Washington, ID. c.,
Attorney In New Post

James c. Robinson, Chairman of
the Board for Ocean Downs Race
way announced this week that
Larry Hogan, of Washington, D. c.,
has been appointed Director of
Public Relations for the Ocean
City harness track.
Hogan, an attorney who spent
ten years with the Federal Bureau
of Investigation before opening
the Larry Hogan Associates Pub
lie Relations firm in Washington
and Hyattsville, Md, received
Bachelor of Laws degrees from
Georgetown University and did
graduate work in radio, television
and public relations at San Fran
cisco State College and American
University.
Before entering the FBI, Hogan
worked for a Washington Public
relations firm and the Georgetown
University Athletic Publicity De-
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Antique Show Due At
Lewes July Is, II, Is
VIII Be Held In Bethel Fellowship
Hall, Lewes

A midsummer event in the Sus-
sex town of Lewes, which prom
ises to hold interest for many Mil
fordians. is the Antique Show to
be held three days, July Is, II, 18,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, in
Bethel Fellowship Hall, corner of
Fourth and Market SITS.
Thirty or more dealers will be
coming from many sections of the
East bringing their exhibits OF
glass, china, small and period fur
niture, lamps, guns, silver, old
collectors items. Over Ia of these
dealers have never exhibited be-
fore in lower Delaware.
Deserving particular mention
will be exhibit of one of the old
vanishing skills, weaving, by Mrs
Marguerite Phillips of Philadel-
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Chicken House Saved
By Houston Firernen
Boys In NeighbOring Town Did
Excellent Job Tuesday Night

Fire of undetermined origin
broke out in a chicken house, in
Houston, belonging to Byron M.
Phillips on Tuesday evening about
6 o'clock.
The fire was discovered by Mrs.
Robert H. Yerkes, ST., who with
two of her children, were in her
car delivering the Journal-Every-
Evenings in the town. She i'm
mediately stopped her car and
her 6-year old son ran to the rear
of the Phillips home and told Mr..
Phillips the chicken house was
on fire. Mr.. Phillips ran to the
chicken house and Mrs. Phillips
called the fire company, which re-
sponded Immediately and had a
stream on the blaze within five
minutes of the time the fire siren
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Local Monument Firm
Represented AtOuting

Rear Admiral H. D. Sipple of
VIM. v. Sipple and Son with Mrs.
Sipple and Miss Barbara Sipple at
tended the Summer Outing of the
Tri-State and New England Monu-
ment Dealers Associations at
Barre, Vermont, June %, % and
80. The Tri-State area includes the
States of Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, Maryland and Delaware.
Over 500 retail monument deal
ers were hosted during this outing
by the Barre Granite Association.
The Honorable Robert T. Stat
ford, the Governor of Vermont, and
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Grand Jurors Are
DrGIUn In Sussex
Five New Members OF
Panel Will Serve With
Present Five

The five new members of the
Sussex County grand jury have
been drawn as follows:
Nelson Gilbert, Bridgeville; Nor
ris Benson, Laurel; Vaughn Out
ten, Millsboro; Carl Prettyman,
Millsboro and Melvin w. Fell, Re-
hoboth.
They are from the even repre-
sentative districts of the county
and replace e. Lair Kratz, Green
wood; Harley G. Hastings, Bethel;
]. r. Baker, Jr., Millsboro; G..
Frank Harrison, Millsboro and
Edward ]. Suthard, Rehoboth,
whose years terms of office ex-
pired July 1.
Continuing to serve with the
new members until their terms
expire Jan. /, are G. Franklin
NAPLES, Milford; Dallas d. Culver,
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Danny Webster, Saves
Boy From Drowning
Local Youth Pulled Unconscious
Youth From Pool

A 15-year-oId boy, pulled un-
conscious on July 4th from an in
door swimming pool at Wake For
est College, Wake Forest, N. c.,
was revived by a lifeguard, as
sisted, by ambulance attendants.
Erik (Ricky) Goodman of S39
Watson Avenue was treated at
Baptist Hospital and released af-
ter being revived at poolside. He
apparently was overcome by lack
of oxygen while swimming under
water.
An unidentified teenage boy,
looking through a glass wall into
the. pool, spotted the Goodman
youth about p. m
He summoned lifeguard Daniel
Webster, a student at the college,
from Milford, Del. Webster pulled
the unconscious youth from the
pool and began to revive him with
manual artificial respiration. An
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
1860 Referendum On
Wheat Due July 23rd

Wheat growers of Delaware will
soon be making their annual de-
cision on Marketing quotas, Chair
man VIM. N. Hopkins, of the Della
ware Agricultural Sterilization
and Conservation Committee said
today.
On July %, they will join with
wheat farmers in 38 other States
in a referendum to decide the type
of marketing control program they
will have for the 1860 wheat crop.
The referendum is held at this timei
so that farmers will know at win
Continued on page ninel
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Chart Of Bay, Needed
On Pleasure Boats

A chart of the Delaware River
and Bay is an essential piece of
equipment on any boat venturing
out on those bodies of water, the
Delaware Safety Council declared
this week in a warning to the thou
sands of Delawareans who own or
use boats.
The number of boats which run
aground on the jetties in the river
is shocking, ]. James Ashton, man.
ager of the council. declared, point
ing out that on a recent weekend
three boats piled up on the con-
crete and steel jetties. There are
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10

All Club leader said, every
youngster that attends. gains ex-
erience and self-confidence as well
as an opportunity. to learn from
the classes"
Project classes were held in live
stock, sewing, dairy, soil conser-
walton, electricity, woodworking,
entomology, horticulture, foods,
and clothing.
Other classes dealt with teen-age
dating, swimming, photography and
square dancing.
In the Contests
Two glib Sussex county young
sters talked their way to the state
Public Speaking championships.
Sharon Hit, Milford, and Wayne
Elliott, Delmar, made Sussex
county All agent Jim Baker, a
happy man by taking both the pub
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Income Tax Bills
Haze Been Mailed Out
Second Quarter Payments
Due In July; Refunds
100000

Some 10000 taxpayers found
Fourth of July salutes from the
State Tax Department in their
mail this week.
The missives were personal in
come tax bills for the second
quarter of 1859, which ended last
Tuesday. They were sent to all
taxpayers who have elected to
pay on a quarterly basis.
State Tax Commissioner Alexan-
der R. Abrahams and his staff Ia
bored from Wednesday until late
Friday getting the bills in the
mail.
Guess some taxpayers will not
like receiving the bills after being
away for. the holiday, the COM
missioner said, "but I got them out
as soon as l could. I have had a
continual rush period since April
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Twenty-One Troopers Are
Elevated By Highway
Department AT Meet
ing On Wednesday At
ternOOn.

The State Highway Commission
at its meeting in Dover on We'd
nesday of this week approved 81
promotions within the state police
as recommended by Col. John P.
Ferguson, superintendent.
These included the permanent
promotion of George F. Schmal-
hofer from staff captain to major
and field force commander. He has
been acting as such since May Is
due to the illness of Maj Carl l.
Lawrence.
The promotions also included the
advancement of a number of troop.
ers to the status of first class
troopers.
The new ranks of the officers
become effective Aug. Is and the
troopers July Is.
In addition to the promotion OF
Major Schmalhofer, the other adj
vancements are:
Allen j. Wentz of Laurel, from
lieutenant to captain and director
of the Bureau of Criminal Investi-
cation, to replace Major Schmal-
hofer.
Allan c. Field of Delaware City,
from sergeant to traffic lieutenant
at Troop 2, State Road. He re-
places Ernest S. Spence, Jr., al
ready promoted to troop comman-
der.
Clifton M. Rogers of Georgetown
from sergeant to- traffic lieutenant
of TrnoYo No0rrafaxuu rorIooi,a a
1t. Joseph B. Allen, who retires
Herman B. Gray, Jr., of Laurel,
from sergeant to traffic lieutenant,
Troop 5, Bridgeville, replacing 1t.
G. Granville Allen who becomes
troop commander.
Continued on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Rehoboth Art League
Costume Party July Is
A Trip To The Moon VIII Be
Feature OF Fete

BY coincidence with something
happening in Europe two weeks
ago the Rehoboth Art Leagues
Junior Costume Party theme for
Thursday, July 16 is "A Trip to
the Moon. In Hollands Festival,
at the Hague, they were present.
ing Franz Joseph Haydn's opera
1.-The World of the Moon" in which
one of the joyful lines is Its a
Wonderful Life on the Moon"
Mrs. ]. B. Shelnutt HIS COM
mittee evidently thinks life on, or
toward the moon may be wonder
full, for they are planning fan
tastic things for the young art
students and their friends to cele-
brate this trip to the Moon. "A Trip
to the Moon" of course, will re-
quire rockets, spacemen, launch
ing pads, tracking-station anten-
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10

dates from east and west. Heading
the hopefuls are G. v. Whitney's
"Tomboy" Silver Spoon, who has
beaten topnotch colts and fllies
alike in the west, and the eastern
stars Quill, 1858 Juvenile filly
queen, and Resaca, who edged
Quill in Belmont Parks Coaching
Club American Oaks. Numerous
other good ones will try to prevail
over this terrific threesome.
Following the Oaks on success
sive Saturdays will be the $4,000
New Castle at a mile and a six
teenth and the $3.50, 00O-plus Della
ware Handicap, the worlds richest
stake for fillies and mares, run at
the classic mile and a quarter dis
lance.
Not only has Silver Spoon, con-
Queror OF Kentucky Derby victor
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
To Award Ribbon
: And Cash At Fair
Best Yeast Baker AT Exposition
win Be Rewarded This Year

For the first time in the history
of the Kent and Sussex County
Fair good cooks will have a chance
to compete for prize of $50
and diamond-studded gold ribbon
pin.
This outstanding award will be
given to the woman who bakes the
yeast-raised bread, sweet bread
or rolls judged BEST of Show.
Any yeast-raised bread, sweet
bread or roll-from any class-is
eligible for the award-contribut-
ed by Standard Brands incor-
porated makers of Fleischmann's
Yeast.
The gold ribbon pin, designed
by famed Tiffany's of New York
City is in the form of q traditional
rosette or prize ribbon, and is
diamond-studded. Only one fortu-
nate woman exhibiting in the Gull
nary Department will wear this
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Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Farmers Hit Hard
By State Dry Spell
Income OF Farmers, Migrants
Curtailed BY The Drought

Lack of rain in lower Delaware
is drying up income of farmers and
migrant workers as well as the
land.
With only spotty thunder
showers providing little moisture
this week, migrant crews are
standing by idle and unpaid while
the potato harvest is delayed for
about 10 days despite extensive
irrigation. The harvest is expected
to begin next week.
The Delaware State Employ
ment Service in it's Farm Place
ment Service at Dover reports that
2,435 seasonal workers were har-
vesting or food processing as of
this Tuesday, 1,1O1 of them local,
903 southern migrants and 427
Puerto Ricans. The potato harvest
will bring more the latter part of
the week.
The service says snap beans are
being picked but the harvest is
below expectations. Cucumbers and
melons are drying up while sweet
corn is whitening.