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Smyrna times., 1959-01-22
500 Membership
Sets PTA Record;
Concession Booth
.Nears Completion

The January meeting of the
Smyrna Special District School
Parent Teacher Association was
held at the elementary school
with Thomas C. Mulligan, vice
president, conducting the busi-
ness session, and the invocation
by Brinton Reynolds. Norman
G. Wilder, member of the Board
of Education, gave a detailed
explanation of the foreign-ex-
change program and told of its
value in allowing students to
see America as we would like
to have it seen. He said that he
considers the PTA group to be
logical leadSr in helping to
bring about the plan in the loc-
al school. Nelson S. Everhart,
president of the International
Student Exchange Chapter of
the American Field Service at
the John Bassett Moore High
School, also spoke of the pro-
posed project. Those attending
showed great interest in the dis
cussion and the members of the
PTA went on record as being
in favor of giving financial aid
to the plan. The ways and
means committee reported that
S268.l5 was cleared on the
football concession booth dur
ing the fall. Among other re-
ports given was that of Mrs.
Dorothy Rogers, membership
chairman, who reported 5ll
members, record high for the
organization. Brinton Reynolds
announced that the concession
booth at the athletic field is al
most finished, and said that he
had received about 500 in con-
tributions to the booth. Mrs.
Thomas Mulligan will be in
charge of the annual rummage
sale to be held on Feb. 6 and 7
in the store next to Sans Res
taurant, Main Street. If Mrs.
Mulligan is contacted, clothing
to be contributed will be col
lected by a member of the COM
mittee. Refreshments were serv-
ed by Mrs. Robert Mills and
her committee.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-22
Norwegian Lass
To Visit Asbury.
Give Impressions

Two exchange students will
be the guest speakers at the
monthly dinner meeting of the
Hospitality Group of Asbury
Methodist Church on Tuesday
evening, Jan. 27. The students,
Carole Steiner and Ann Stems
land, will explain the purpose
and procedure of the American
Field Service Exchange Student
program. The program will be
part of a district-wide program
to acquaint interested persons
in Smyrna with the exchange
student program. Carole Stein
er, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles V. Steiner of Milford,
will talk of her two months
trip to Holland last summer,
during which time she was the
guest of two Dutch families.
Carole is presently a senior at
Milford High School. A n n
Steinsland, a native of Norway,
is presently spending her senior
year in Milford High School,
while living as a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Friedman, Mil
ford. She will give her impres'
sions of America and American
schools. The program was ar
ranged through the cooperation
of Mrs. George Ehinger, Dover
and the Rev. F. Douglas Mil
bury of the Methodist Church
Milford. The program will begir
with a covered dish supper a
$50 pm. in the social hall
Hostesses for the dinner will bt
Mrs. Arthur Short, Mrs. Georgt
Wilson, Mrs. Charles Blendt
and Mrs. Harvey Wright. Tht
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Smyrna times., 1959-01-22
Wallace Reelected
Bank President

Stockholders of the Clayton
Bank and Trust Company re-
elected all directors and officers
of the bank for the ensuing
year at the annual meeting held
Jan. Ia. Named to new terms as
directors were Mrs. Beulah S.
Blendt, Clarence S. Collins, Jr.,
DR.. R. w. Comegys, Bernard
Norman, A. j. Pleasanton, John
]. Roth, Sr., Ernest F. Smith,
Jr., and Samuel c. Wallace. AT
the reorganization m e e in G
which followed, MIR. Wallace
was reelected president for the
year 1859. Others installed in
administrative posts were MIR.
Roth, vice president; MIR. Col
Inns, secretary; and MIR. Nor
man, cashier and trust officer.
All were holdovers from 1858.
Harold Schmittinger is counsel
for the bank.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-22
Mother of Year
Search Underway

Official nomination blanks for
designating entries in the search
for Delaware's Mother of the
Year" are now available, ac-
cording to Mrs. William N.
Cam, state chairman for the
American Mothers Committee.
Mrs. Cam has pointed out
that, while nominations will be
accepted up to an April dead
line, her committee hopes that
those making nominations will
submit completed entry forms
at an early date so as to allow
ample time for the processing
of nominations and verification
of qualifications. Official nom-
ination blanks may be obtained
from Mrs. Cam at 1903 Penn
sylvania Avenue, Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-22
Officers Reports
Top Club Agenda

Reports of officers and de-
partment chairmen will be heard
at a business meeting of the
Twentieth Century Club on
Thursday, Jan. % at which Mrs.
Kenneth D. Mihills will preside.
The business session will follow
a covered dish luncheon which
will be held at 1890 pm. The
hostess committee~for the lunch
con will include Mrs. Howard
Sparks, chairman, Mrs. Lulu
Richards, Mrs. Jennie Welch,
Mrs. Harvey Jones, Mrs. Alfred
Tilghman, Mrs. G. Harve
Wright, Mrs. Walter Hill, Mrs.
Grant G. Garis, Mrs. Harry
Lower, and Miss Julia Griffith.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-22
2 Price Salesman
Study Techniques

James R. Ford and Warner
w. Price, Jr. of Smyrna repre-
sented Warner w. Price Co.,
Inc, at a meeting Jan. l9 and
20 in Baltimore, where they par
ticipated, along with statesmen
from l8 other companies, in an
intensive training session on
new services and techniques in
the fertilizer industry. The two
day meeting was conducted by
experts from International Min
erals & Chemical Corporation,
leading supplier of phosphate
and potash, principal raw ma
terials used in fertilizer.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-22
Il Cattle Die In
Wind-Swept Barn
Blaze At Clayton;
$4,000 Loss Set

A two-story dairy barn was
destroyed, nineteen cows and
two calves perished, so tons of
hay and some silage were lost
in a $4,000 fire Saturday after
noon on the Emma Lapham
farm on the road to Kenton,
about two miles west of Smyr-
ma. The fire occurred at ESQ
pm. and 70 volunteers of the
Clayton Fire Company and the
Citizens Hose Company of
Smyrna were at the scene for
four hours. George Knotts, chief
of the Clayton company, was in
charge, and water was hauled
by Senger Transportation Com
pany trucks. The Smyrna fire.
men received another call while
they were fighting the barn fire,
to a blaze in a tank truck of
Suburban Gas Company, at
Underwood's Corner, on the
road from Kenton to Blackis-
toms Crossroads. The Smyrna
company called the Cheswold
Fire Company for assistance
and dispatched one truck in
charge of Henry Dukes, assist
ant chief. Two cows broke to
safety in the barn episode, but
one was burned and had to be
destroyed. The tenant is Joseph
Birmingham, whose loss is par
TALLY covered by insurance. The
cause of the fire is unknown.
The fire was fought in high
winds and low temperature. 1t
was discovered by neighbor,
Mrs. Massey Moor, who lived
next door, as she was driving
to Smyrna and she notified the
Brittingham family, whose home
is across the road. Other nearby
buildings were saved. The barn
is located near the Lapham
house which is not occupied at
this time. Members of the Lad
les Auxiliary served hot coffee
and sandwiches to the volun-
teerS at the scene.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-22
Mothers March
On Polio To Aid
Area Dimes Drive

The March of Dimes is being
conducted here under the spon-
sorship of the Auxiliary to the
David c. Harrison Post No. IA,
American Legion, and the Moth
ers' March is scheduled for Jan.
81. If the weather is stormy on
that date the March will be held
on Thursday, Jan. %. Residents
are asked to leave their porch
lights on during the march. Mrs.
Lloyd Pleasanton is chairman,
and Mrs. George B. David, CO.
chairman; Mrs. Grant G. Garis,
treasurer; Mrs. Ethel Robinson
will head the drive at Woodland
Beach; Mrs. Richard w. Come
gys and Mrs. Clara Sparr will
be in charge of the Mothers
March in Clayton. In Smyrna
the volunteers will leave the
Colonial Hotel at 7 pm. and re-
turn there at $50 pm. for re-
freshments. The mothers parti-
cipating in the march include
Mrs. Ray Smith, Mrs. James
Miller, Mrs. James Rogers, Mrs.
Florence Ford, Mrs. Clay Bailey,
Mrs. Helen Grier, Mrs. Mary
Jane Behrens, Mrs. Mary Ever
hart, Mrs. Emma Mills, Mrs.
Irene FAIRIES, Mrs. Connie Nor
ris, Mrs. Robert Riddagh, Mrs.
Mary Pleasanton, Mrs. John
Mood, Mrs. Donald Mood, Mrs.
Elsie Loose, Mrs. Oscar Attix,
Mrs. Clarence Collins, Mrs.
Fletcher Truax, Mrs. Bea Solo
way, Mrs. Mary O'Neal, Mrs.
Elizabeth Barnes, Mrs. Kay
Still, Mrs. Mary Seward, Mrs.
Mary R. Collins, Mrs. Alberta
Morris, Mrs. Charlotte Pleasan-
ton, Mrs. Christine Morrow,
Mrs. Davis Turner, Mrs. Nancy
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Smyrna times., 1959-01-22
Postmaster Sought
To Fill Vacancy
At Clayton Office

Applications are now being
accepted for the position of
postmaster at the office in Clay
ton, according to an announce
ment released today by the u.
S. Civil Service Commission in
Washington. Clayton, a second
class postal institution, is pre-
sently operating without post
master. Applicants seeking the
$4,000 per year job must submit
their forms by Feb. 10. Forms
may be obtained at the post Of
flee for which the examination
will be held. The test for the
Clayton position will be con-
Quoted in Dover and will be in
written form. Applicants must
have reached their eighteenth
birthday on the closing date for
acceptance of applications. Per-
sons over 70 years of age can
not be appointed as regular
postmaster of a second-class Of
flee. A prospective appointee
must be prepared to meet the
Post Office Departments re-
quirement of eight hours per-
sonal attention to the duties of
postmaster during the business
part of each day. Preference
benefits will be given to vet
Grams.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-22
.Leipsic Firemen
Pick John Parker
For Third Term

At the annual election of Off
GERS to serve during 1859 of the
Leipsic Fire Company, John w
Parker was elected to his third
term as president. Other officers
chosen include James Parker,
vice president; Samuel Moffitt,
secretary; Horace Pugh, treasur-
er; three directors: William Fox,
Jr., James Sipple, and Henry
Marshall. James Parker and
Walter Ruere were named trus-
tees. The finance committee in
cludes Walter Dyere, Charles
Short, and Maurice Sipple.
Elected to other posts were
John Scott, fire recorder; James
Sipple, chief; Benjamin Storey,
first assistant chief; John Scott,
second assistant chief. Charles
Short, Benjamin Storey, and
James Sipple were elected dele
gates; and John w. Parker, John
Scott, and James Parker, alter
mates. The first aid captain, in
charge of ambulance, is John
Scott. William Sipple is chief
engineer; and Henry Marshall,
assistant engineer. The refresh
ment committee: Walter Dyere
and Charles Short.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-22
Clayton W.S.C.S. Meets

The Woman's Society of
Christian Service of Ewell's-St.
Paul Methodist Church, Clay
ton, will meet on Tuesday, JAN.
27 at 8 pm. The program chair
man is Mrs. Bertha Sevil, who
will present as guest speaker,
Mrs. Donzel Wildey, vice presi-
dent, Dover District W.S.C.S.
The hostesses are Mrs. Edith
Moore, Mrs. Mildred Mills, Mrs.
Mary Slaughter, Mrs. Agnes
Akers, and Miss Elizabeth Ma
brey.
Smyrna times., 1959-01-22
Clayton Mothers To March

Auxiliary members of VIEW.
Post 1901 will sponsor a Moth
ers' March" on polio next Tues
day evening, Jan. 27, from 7-9
pm. Residents of Clayton are
requested to leave their porch
lights on that the volunteer can
vassers will know they wish to
contribute in the fight to curb
one of mans most dreaded enc
mics.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03
Chest X-Rays IN
Lower Sussex

Chest X-Ray Units, provided by
the State Board of Health and the
Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis Socie-
ty, will be operating in Rehoboth
and Lewes this week.
The program in Rehoboth is be-
ing sponsored by the Junior VIA.
18th Mrs. Paul Reed, Community
Affairs Chairman, in charge of ar
rangements and publicity. A unit
will be located at the Rehoboth
Hardware Company on Thursday,
April End from 10:00-12:00 a. m.
and 1:00-4:00 p. m. On Friday, the
dours will be 2:00-5:00 p. m. and
6:00-S:00 p. m.
At Lewes, Mr.. G. v. Foley, Presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce,
is serving as General Chairman
with Mrs. Forrest Wenyon assist
ing as Hostess Chairman. The Unit
will be at End and Bank Streets on
Thursday April End, from 10000
1900 a. m. and 1:O0-4:00 p. m. On
Friday, April 3rd, from 2:00-5:00
D. m. and 6:00-8:00 p. m.
Millsboro has been rescheduled
for April 9th and April 10th. Mrs
A. Wayne Burton is Chairman and
Mrs. Wesley Bullock is Hostess
Chairman. On Thursday, April 9Th,
tire unit will be at the Acme from
10:00-12:00 a. m. and 1:00-4:O0 p.
m. On Friday, the hours will be
2:00-5:00 p. m. and 6:00-8:00 p. m.
Get your free Chest X-Ray at
one of these handy locations.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03
The Current Dairy Sup
port Prices VIII Be
Continued
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present levels, Mr. Hopkins said
Secretary of Agriculture Benson
pointed out that 1859 production is
not expected to be significantly
different from 1857 or 1858 levels,
increased consumer incomes are in
prospect, and the commercial use
of milk products per person is ex-
pected to be at least as large as in
1858. With the rise in population,
supply and the commercial use of
milk products are expected to be
more nearly in balance-on fat
basis-than in several years, al
though there will still be some sur
plus of non-fat dry milk solids.
Based on analyses by dairy tech
nicians, the Secretary said, 1T
would appear that retention of the
present support levels is desirable
to provide the level of production
with. a margin of safety to assure
an adequate supply"
For good nutrition Benson
declared, I'VE need to consume
more dairy products. We will, of
course, continue to assist the dairy
industry in every sound way to ex-
pand its markets, reduce costs and
help it build on a firmer founda-
ton"
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03
GOU. BOggs PrOcLain,s
ArbOr Day April 10
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AOAA Po6O OACy
WHEREAS, he may request on
that observance that all public
schools, private schools, colleges
and other institutions plant trees
and adorn the school and public
grounds, and hold suitable exer-
cises to stress the advancement of
the study of arbor culture and pro-
motion of the spirit of protecting
birds; and
WHEREAS, this is the eighty
seventh year that Arbor Day will
have been observed in the United
States, having been founded in
Nebraska in 1872 by j. Sterling
Morton, who was born just 127
years ago on April %, 1892; and
WHEREAS, .Arbor Day is i'm
portant to all of us who want to
see our natural resources preserv-
ed and have the added beauty of
trees and flowers on our premises
and in our parks, now
THEREFORE,, /, j. CALEB
BOGGS, Governor of the State of
Delaware, do hereby proclaim, Fri
day, April 10, 1859, as
ARBOR DAY IN DELAWARE
| urge that our schools do make
such plans to plant trees and to
hold such exercises which will
recognize the need for mass con-
sciousness of the aesthetic, physi-
cal and economic value of tree and
bird life.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03
Twenty Years Ago.
Taken from the April 2, 1889 Issue

Taken from the April 2, 1889 Issu
The Delaware Game and Fish
Commission this week an
nounced that Alfred Danne-
gger of Troop 10, Milford,
was the winner in a recent
photo contest, sponsored by
the commission, for Boy Scout
troops of the Delmarva Area
Council. He will receive two
weeks at the Rodney Scout
Camp. Dannegger submitted a
photograph of ducks on the
ice. There were IL photographs
entered.
A thrill came to a Milford
girl, Evelyn Short, when she
was notified on Tuesday of
her certification as mem
ber of the Wilmington Morning
News-New York Worlds Fair
tour group. Evelyn took only
three davs to complete her
quota. The daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold L. Short. she
is a student at the Milford
Junior High School in the
eighth. grade.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03
Homemakers To Meet
At State College

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tension Service, Miss Patricia Mid
dleton, Mrs Marjorie Whitaker
and Miss Janet Reed.
do 1t Yourself for Fun, Beauty
and Economy" by Home Demon
stration Club members, Mrs. Gladys
Savage, Mrs. Aleatha Short and
Mrs. Katherine Prettyman.
Other Home Demonstration Club
members who will take part on the
program are Mrs. Clarice Waters,
Home Demonstration Council Pres
ident, Mrs. Lillian Smiley, Past
President of the Home Demonstra-
ton Council, Mrs. Coralie Batson,
Mrs. Mary Copeland. Mrs. Imogene
Smith, Mrs. Eliza Foreman, Mrs.
Lydia Neal, Mrs. Catherine Mat
tnews, Mrs. Mary Perry, Mrs. Irene
Hatton, Mrs. Eva Hopkins, and Mrs.
Constance HutSOn.s
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03

Miss Hilda Bennett, of Bea-
com College, Vance McCabe
and William Wilgus, of Della
ware College. spent Easter
vacation with their relatives
in Roxana.
The oratorical and declama-
tion contest between the pu-
pills of Milton High School re-
suited in the choosing of Mar
tha Mustard, first, and Bernice
Clendaniel, second, in oratory;
Helen Massey, first, and Harold
Jones, second, in defamation.
These pupils will represent Mil
ton at the county contest, to be
held at Millsboro on April 5th,
the winners of which will en-
ter the State contest to be held
on April 12.
Virden Brvan is spending a
short vacation period in Lewes,
with relatives. On April s, he
reports back to. the Brook
lyn Navy Yard and the U. S. S.
Rochester and will then pro-
ceed with the Rochester to the
Panama Canal Zone. Virden is
looking good and enjoys the
life of jolly sailor.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03
Ten Years Ago.
Taken from the April 1, 1919 Issue

Taken from the April I, 1949 Issu
Effective today, Friday. April
1st, the ownership of the Mill
ford Bus Center, located on S.
West. Front St.. this city. pass
ed from the hands of Mrs. Mar
garet r. Clarke, to those of
Milton Dill. Mr.. Dill stated
that it was his intention to
continue the operation of the
business with the same help
used by Mrs. Clarke.
RoIiat's Maiden. of Benbrae.
an S-month-old Shetland sheep
dog puppy. captured Best of
Breed honors at the Perkiomen
Valley Kennel Club Show held
at Lansdale, Pa, Sunday,
March %. She captured an un-
usually large entry for this
honor and then she went on
to place in the Working Dog
Group. This promising young
sable and white puppy is own
ed and bred by Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester c. Benson of Houston,
Delaware, and a bright future
has been predicted for her.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Earle B. At
kins, of Wilmington, and for
merly of Milford, have issued
invitations to the wedding of
their daughter, Elizabeth Ger
trude, to Mr.. James L. Wise.
son of Mrs. Myron c. Lane.
of Middletown. which will
take place in McCabe Memorial
Methodist Church in Whining
ton Heights Century, Club.
Dolphus Wilkins bought the
Trice home on North Walnut
Street last week. Mr.. wilkins
engagement to Miss Aileen
Clendaniel was recently an
nounced and they will live in
this residence following their
marriage. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Trice will shortly move to their
new residence on Hall Place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter F. Vo-
shell have returned from an
extended tour through the
South, Texas and into Mexico.
Thev were guests OF their
daughter, Mrs. ]. w. Boston,
in Port Arthur, Texas, and
Mrs. Elva G. Powell, in Gal
weston, Texas.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03
Institute Is Being Plan
ned At University
This Summer
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direction of DR.. Wilfred A. Penn
berton, professor of psychology and
education and supervisor of coun-
selling and testing for. the dean of
students office, will be tailored es-
pecially to the needs of counselors
and potential counselors from the
high schools in this vicinity. The
focus of the institute will be on the
follow-up of research data obtain
ed comparatively during the past
two years by the high schools of
the state and the university, in
cluding an analysis of these data
and their use in improvement of
pre-college cOunseling of high
school students.
DR.. Pemberton, who joined the
staff of the University of Delaware
in 1851, is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Chicago and has had ten
years of teaching experience in the
public schools as well as in col
lege teaching. He has been chief
petty officer in the u. S. Navy,
counselor and chief examiner for
the University of Chicago Guid-
ance Clinic, and a psychological
cOnSultant to industry.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03

A new garage for Collins &
Ryan to be managed by George
Robinson, is being built on
Railroad Avenue, Millsboro.
The automobile owned by
Gardner Williams, of Milford
was badly damaged when it
ran over the side of the bridge
at SWANS causeway, located
between Milford and Lincoln,
last Sunday night.
Mrs. Theodore S. Coulborne
and daughter, Myrtle, spent a
few days in New York last
week with their husband and
father, Paymaster CouIbourne,
of the USS Won Steuben, that
boat having just returned from
Brest, France, with the Buck
eye Division of troops from
Ohio.
Capt. Littleton H. Sammons,
aged "a years, died at the Ma
sonic Home near Wilmington,
on Sunday last and his re-
mains were brought to Milford
for interment on Wednesday in
Odd Fellows Cemtery. He was
at one time a prominent build
er of ships and continued that
business until the decadence
of wooden ship building about
thirty years ago.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03
Thirty Years Ago.
Taken from the April 5, 1929 Issue

Taken from the April 5, 1929 IssI
Mrs. C. w. Jarrett, of Selby-
vile, teacher of the 5th and
9Th grades of the Selbyville
School, has been selected by
the State Board of Education
as one of the outstanding tea
chers of the State. She will
leave Sunday on two-days'
trip to the Towson Demonstra-
ting School, near Baltimore.
A good number of shad are
being caught by the stake net
fishermen, Benner and Britt
ingham caught "a shad and
two large rock: r. r. Davidson
and Willis Davidson caught
26 shad on Saturday last. Some
large cod fish are also being
caught, also a few hardheads.
The best run of shad are a.
round Bowers that has been in
several years. The prices, how
ever, are not so good as in
other years.
Albert Scheer, who for many
years has been employed in
the office of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Georgetown and
at Harrington. has resigned his
position and will represent in
this section George M. Plum,
Jr., and Co, of Newark. N. j..
who are dealers in pine and
oak piling.
Milford chronicle., 1959-04-03
$500 Scholarship For
Beauty Contestants
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further the girls music education,
will be awarded to the contestant
who receives the most points in
her field in the talent competition.
The recipient may be singer, pi-
anist or performer on any other
musical instrument, and she need
not be the contestant finally select
ed Miss Delaware.
Mackie said the scholarship will
be added to the growing list of
Miss Delaware prizes, which also
includes an educational scholarship
of 81 900 to the school of her choice
for Miss Delaware, from the Pepsi
Cola Scholarship Foundation.
Negotiations for the award were
made by the pageant committee
with Edward Cohen, president of
Wilmington Piano Company, Sid
ney Cohen, treasurer, and Richard
Silverstein, secretary.
Silverstein said the company
felt the need to stimulate interest
of youth to pursue the field of mu-
sic, particularly with the increased
emphasis all types of music is re-
ceiving in the various entertain
ment media
A dozen contestants will be se-
lected to compete in the Miss Del
aware Pageant on May at s p. m.
in The Playhouse. The pageant is
conducted by the Wilmington Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce in CO.
operation with the Delaware Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Tickets at s275, $3.50, $4.20 and
$3.50 may be ordered by writing
Wilmington Post Office Box 225,
or by phoning Olympia 4-4459.
Checks should be made payable to
the Miss Delaware Pageant.