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Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
Annual Convention Will
Be Held This Year At
Seaford; Full Program
Is Being Arranged For.

The Sixty-secOnd Convention OF
he Delaware State Federation OF
Women's Clubs will be held in
Seaford, Del. on May 20 and 21st
according to THE CALL sent this
week by Mrs. Ernest v. Keith, Corr
responding Secretary. Seaford club
women are busy planning tours OF
local interest, luncheons, a BAN
Duet and a reception in honor OF
the President of the General Fed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs, Miss
Chloe Clifford, and the state presi-
dent, Mrs William j. Storey. Mrs
James N. Baker, President of the
Seaford Acorn Club, is being as
sisted by several large committees
in making plans for the conven-
ton. Because record attendance
of 500 club women is expected
Seaford club women are inviting
other club women to be their
guests in their homes.
Mrs. Joseph w. Ennis, State Con-
yention Chairman. a member OF
the Smyrna Twentieth Century
Club, announces that five speakers
of national regulations have been
secured for this meeting. A panel
entitled; international Under
standing, A Pathway to Peace
will be moderated by Mrs. ]. Allen
Frear, Jr., State chairman of In
ternational Affairs. The opening
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State Women's Country Store
Clubs Will Meet Z eature OF
May 2Oth-2lst Hospital Fair
Plenty OF Surprises Will
Be On Hand For Visi-
tors During The Ex-
position On May 9Th.

Shades. of yesteryear! Come to
the Country Store! Bring your
family and friends. Show your
children what stores were like
when grandpa was boy. We hope
to have some surprises for you,
but we can promise you will find
baked goods of all descriptions;
canned, picked and preserved
foods; also produce from the farm
eggs, chickens, and anything the
garden might yield at that time.
Now the law of supply and de-
mand was in effect in the days of
the Country Store, but in this case
we are depending on you, the
friends of Milford Memorial Hospi-
tai, for both the supply and the de-
mand. So If you can make con-
tribution to our Store, please bring
it to the Fair Grounds, Saturday,
May 9, but should this be imposs-
ible, contact Mrs. Laurence Fit
chett, GA-2-5523 or Mrs. William
Sipple, Jr, GA-2-9514 to arrange
for pickup service.
We are also depending on contri-
buttons to the White Elephant; CO.
chairmen, Mrs. I. d. Short and
Mrs. Edwin Messick; the Plants
and Seedlings; co-chairmen, Mrs.
Tom Garbutt and Mrs. Francis
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Golf Course Work
Viii Start May Is
Announcement Made This Week
BY President Bob COrddry

The construction of the goli
course for the Shawnee Country
Club will start on May 18th, il
was announced today by Presi-
dent Robert Fischer. The plans
for the course designed by Ault
and Jamison, have been approved
and the contract for the construc-
ton of the course has been award
ed to Mr.. Robert Elder, of Silver
Spring, Md.
Robert Corddry, chairman of the
golf course committee, stated that
the approved plans call for nine
hole golf course of championship
construction with greens of 1890 to
$500 SO. #. in size. When complet-
ed it will be a course any mem
ber of the Shawnee Country Club
will be proud to play on.
Mr.. Corddry also advised us that
a pro-greenskeeper has been hired
to start work on the 18th of May
Hiram Taylor, former pro at Fort
Meade and Gibson Island Country
Club will move to Milford in the
near future but in the meantime
will be available on week-ends in
Milford for anyone interested in
taking golfing lessons. Any in
terested person may call GA 2-8S49
for an appointment with Mr.. Tay-
lOr.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
Sussex Fires Kill
Baby, Wreck Barn
BridgeYiIle Tot Loses Life In Early
Morning Blaze

Two fires in lower Delaware on
Wednesday cost the life of four
month-old baby in Bridgeville and
caused damage estimated by fire.
men at close to $4,000 at the barn
on farm occupied by Charles
Jurgans near Wyoming.
Harry Charles Davis, ", was
the death victim in the Bridgeville
blaze early Wednesday morning.
The chiId's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry C. Davis, III, and two-year-
old sister suffered only minor
burns and injuries.
A defective carburetor in an oil
burner was given as the cause of
the fire which swept the frame
dwelling, by State Fire Marshal
William r. Favinger. and Bridge
vile Fire Chief Joseph Wiley.
The fire near Wyoming, at 4 p.
m. Wednesday, gutted the two and
one-haIf story concrete block and
frame barn. on the Jurgans Bro
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Banks Sponsoring
Blood Bank Night
Forty Offices In All Join
In Program This
Evening

Delaware banks and their BRAN
ches-40 offices in all from Clay
mont to Rehoboth-will join in a
Blood Bank Night" Friday even
ing, May l, when volunteer work
ers will be on hand with applica-
tions for membership, James r.
McCloskey, president of the Blood
Bank of Delaware, Inc, announced
today
Mrs William N. Cam, a member
of patriotic, civic, community and
veterans organization auxiliaries.
Our membership campaign has
every mark of success so far, Mrs.
Cam said, "but this will give IL
added impetus. People too busy
to mail their applications to us
will find that volunteers have all
the information about the Blood
Bank, and they may fill out appli-
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OF
Booster Club
Here Outlined
Meetings Are Held First
Wednesday In Every
Month At High School
Interested Men Invited.

A short time ago Booster Club
was organized in Milford with the
name Buccaneer Booster Club.
The reasons for organizing such
a club in Milford are: l. Milford
School coaches and Milford par
ents felt need to stimulate a
greater interest in the achieve
ments of our students 2. To better
inform the parents of the import
ance athletics play in the develop
ment of their children. 8. To en-
list the help of members in in
teresting other parents who have
children in school who should be
active in school activities but are
not. 4. To give all members of the
community who are interested in
improving the spirit and attitude of
our students a chance to do their
part and offer their suggestions.
What has been done so far: The
group have held three meetings so
far at which time they have: Out
lined aims and objectives which
are 1. To foster and promote a
spirit of pride in the scholastic
and athletic achievements of Mill
ford High School students; 2. To
recognize and support worthwhile
social and other leisure time ac-
tivities.
They have also elected officers
as follows: President, Chuck
Wright; Vice President, Garrett
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U. S. Court Approyes
.Sl0W IntegratiOn
For State Schools
TEEN-AGE R0AD-E-0
AT SCHOOL on SUNDAY


Harvey Williams, chairman
of the Teenage Road-e-o
sponsored by the Milford Jr.
Chamber of Commerce, an
nounced today that the Road
e-o will be held this Sunday,
May 3rd, at 1880 D. m. at the
Milford High School.
This will be the fifth year
that the Jaycees have spon-
sored this Road-e-O for the
teen-ager who has a drivers
license or learners permit.
This contest consists of a
short written test and then
test of the individuals
driving skill. Anyone eligible
to enter is urged to contact
Mr.. Williams, Frank Osborne
or Raymond Stoops. Entries
must be received by Satur-
day at 600 p. m.
The winner OF the local
contest will receive a suit
able plaque, a $25 Savings
Bond and will be eligible for
the statewide contest to be
held in Dover on May oath.
The second place winner will
receive $40.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
Fre0r Wishes Herter
Success In NetU Post
Delaware's Junior II. s.
Senator Issues Support
Statement

United States Senator ]. Allen
Frear said this week that the ma
tion's new Secretary of State car
ries with him the warmest wishes
for success by the American peo-
pie in his forthcoming diplomatic
meetings abroad.
In his weekly statement Senator
Frear pointed out that the Foreign
Ministers Conference this week in
Paris during which the allied Gov
ernments will make final plans for
the Conference with their Russian
counterparts in May, poses new
and greater responsibilities for Mr..
Christian Herter. Said Mr.. Frear,
'.Much will depend on the Secre-
tary's ability to pursue a course of
action that will preserve and
strengthen the detectives of the
Western nations. The Delaware
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Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
Tom Derrickson To
Represent MARC
Milford ClOthier VIII Attend Ma
ti0nal COnclaYe In ID. c.

Thomas B. Derrickson, of Der
rickson's, Inc, has been chosen by
the National Association of Retail
,Clotltiers and Furnishers to repre-
sent it in Washington, next week,
at conference confronting manu-
facturers, retailers and wholesale
statesmen in the mems and boys
apparel industry.
The meeting will be held on
Monday, May 4, in the head
quarters of the Small Business Ad-
ministration. Problems to be con-
sidered include those relating to
credit, education, training and re-
search. The SBA Small Business
Investment Company program will
also be discussed.
Other organizations participating
in the conference include the Ma
tional Retail Merchants Associ-
ton; Clothing Manufacturers; Ma
tional Association of Shirt, Pa
jana and Sportswear Manufac-
turers; National Association OF
Mems Apparel Clubs, and the Bu-
reau of Salesmen's National Asso-
Citations
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
City Council Accepts
Bid For Police Site
John L. Briggs And Company, OF
Georgetown, Low Bidders


At their regular meeting on
Tuesday evening. of this week Mil
ford City Council awarded bid
for renovating an existing city
building into a police station and
Jail.
Some debate preceded the ac-
ceptance of the bid by Council. Low
bidder at $29,980 was John L.
Briggs and Company, Georgetown
contractors.
A meeting has been set for next
Monday evening between repre-
sentatives of the successful low
bidder and Calvin Clendaniel, the
designer of the project to see if
some of the scheduled work can
be adjusted in an effort to cut the
overall cost
The building to be altered and
renovated is presently owned by
the city on North Washington
Street and was originally built as
a WPA project in the "thirties."
Other bidders were Herman w.
Meyers, Jr., of Dover, $31,287.0
and Harrington Lumber Company,
$32, 2,639.80.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
Fatal
To Four Lower
Delaware Folks
Camden School Teacher,
Milford, Clayton And
Georgetown Residents
Among Fatalities.

Miss Marian E. Day, so. a second
grade teacher of Caesar Rodney
School, Camden. was killed when
crushed beneath her car after it
was struck by another automobile
on Route IS near Dover last Sun
day.
John Powell, So. of Columbia
Street, Milford, died last Sunday
night when his car jumped an
abutment and plunged into the Mis-
pillion River near his home Sun
day night.
Powell's death has not been
counted as highway deaths as it is
believed by police that he was a
victim of a heart attack or may
have driven straight into the riv-
err
Miss Day drove onto. Route 13.
half mile east of Dover, into
the path of q car driven by Ben
jamin F.. Tucker, 10, of Smyrna at
j p. m. last Sunday.
fuckers car struck the right
side of Miss Days automobile and
turned it over on its top. Miss Day
was thrown partly out of the car,
and it rolled over on her.
She was pronounced dead on
arrival at the Kent General Hos
pital by DR.. Edward Dennis, dep
uty medical examiner for Kent
County.
Miss Day had taught at the
Caesar Rodney School for two
years. She had retired before that
as principal of a school in Penn
sylvania and had been living in a
trailer at Dover.
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Scottish Rite Club
Plans Spring Meet
Sam Williams, President An.
nOunee Plans For Fefe

The president of the Kent-Sussex
Scottish-Rite Club, Mr.. Samuel M.
Williams, of Harrington Manor,
Harrington, Delaware announces
its Spring Meeting will be held at
Laurel, Delaware at the Centen-
airy Methodist Church on Friday
May Sth.
The program will consist mainly
of professional entertainment from
Phila., Pa, arranged through Mr..
Joseph Farina, of Taylor and
Smith, theatrical agents.
Dinner will be served by Ladies
of the church at ZOO o'clock p. M,
Daylight Saving Time.
Mr.. Elias Tingle of Frankf0rd,
Delaware, Vice President of the
Club, will be Toastmaster and in
troduce the guests at the head
table. Mr.. George T. Macklin, of
Milford, Secretary of the
Club will make his annual report.
Members may bring their Ladies
as their guests to this meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
Plans Complete For
Old Dover Days
Priceless Home WIN Be Open ITO
Public This Weekend

The eighteenth century homes
open on Old Dover Days, Saturday
and Sunday, May and 3, not only
provide a show in themselves but
contain priceless heirlooms as well
that add to the vivid picture of
colonial life provided by the ar
chitecture of the homes.
There will be, for instance,
flower arrangements in antique
containers in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. Maxson Terry opposite The
Green. A loan collection of lead
soldiers and old guns will also be
on view in the Terry Garden.
A collection of Chinese carvings
and Delaware silver is one of the
lovely attractions in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Hughes,
while the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
William K Patton contains 18th
century finishings, including
number of outstanding French
pieces and oriental jades and por-
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at which the principal speaker
will be Senator Frank Church of
Idaho.
sMr. Bayard. the Democrats last
lieutenant governor he served
with Gov. EIbert N. Carvel from
1948 to 1852 - is a lawyer turned
business man who is now one of the
owners of the Star Color Press.
Wilmington.
by his activity in politics he
is maintaining a tradition as rich
as any place in the country. Mr..
Horty said. Some of the highlights
of that tradition are:
His father, Thomas F. Bayard.
Jr., a U. S. Senator from Delaware
in 1929.
His grandfather, Thomas F. Bay
ard, Sr.. Secretary of state in the
Cleveland administration and the
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Chest X-Ray Will
Continue In Kent
Schedule Is Cited For The
Entire Month Of
May

The Chest X-Ray Program, spon-
sored by the State Board of Health
and the Delaware Anti-Tubercu-
losis Society, will continue oper-
ations in Kent County during the
month of May.
This week, unit is located in
Smyrna at Golden's Store, on
Thursday, April both from 10000
1900 a. m. and 1:00-5:00 p. m. On
Friday, May 1st, the hours will be
1890 d. m. The Smyrna Grange
is the local sponsor with Mrs
James Fleming serving as General
Chairman.
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Delaware AH-Star
Football Game Due
1T Newark, Aug. p
Proceeds OF Fray Be
tween The Blue And
The Gold Teams Will
Again Benefit Retard-
ed Children Fund.

Frank Coveleski, veteran coach
at Rehoboth Beach High this week
was appointed head coach of the
Gold squad that will meet the
Blues In the fourth annual Della
ware All-Star High School Game.
1t will be played Saturday after
noon, August %, at University OF
Delaware Stadium in Newark, and
again will benefit the Delaware
Foundation for Retarded Children.
Coveleski today announced that
his two assistants would be Ed
ward Hurley, of the Rehoboth staff,
and Dick Smith, Caesar Rodney
High School head coach.
To Coveleski, former Penn State
left halfback, goes the assignment
OF trying to bring the Gold ALI
Stars their first victory in this
fixture among June graduates. His
predecessors, Bill Horney, of
Smyrna; Bobby Dowd of Seaford
and Don Miller of Newark, all
were outpointed by the upstate
Blues.
Coveleski has been turning out
perennial winners at Rehoboth
Beach, despite small student body.
In 12 years at the resort school,
he has won 56 games, lost Al and
tied seven and has had only three
teams finish below 800. He hasn't
had a loser since 81. Last autumn,
Rehoboth posted 4-3-1.
A native of Erie, Pa, Coveleski
attended Union City High in Erie
County and was voted the out
standing athlete" of his senior
class after excelling in football
basketball and baseball At Penn
State, he played halfback for
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Clover Farm Stores
18th Annual Banquet
Affair Was Held At Caesar Rodney
School Cafeteria

Glover Farm, Foodland Stores,
Delmarva Division held their 18th
Annual Banquet in the Caesar Rod
ney cafeteria, recently. Over 800
people were in attendance, con-
sisting of wholesalers, retailers,
and manufacturer representatives.
Mr.. Joseph d. Carter, Divisional
Manager for Glover Farm Stores,
opened the banquet with a well
coming address. After the invoca-
ton, given by Rev. Frank o. Bay
nard, St Pauls Methodist Church,
a fine Delmarvalous chicken dinner
was served with all the trimmings.
Following the invocation, MIR.
Carter introduced Mr.. L. Lee Lay
ton, Jr., President of Layton and
Company. Incorporated. Mr.. Layton
gave a short talk on the growth of
the company and the Importance on
how we, the wholesalers and re-
taiIers, must continue to work as
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Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
Trans W orld
Thriller At
Fair, July 81
VIII Be Feature Of Thrill
Tournament In Front
OF Grandstand On Fri
day Afternoon.

Thrill Day at the Kent & Sussex
County Fair will feature the Trans
World Auto Daredevils in a Tour
nament of Thrills in front of the
grandstand, Friday afternoon, July
81.
Stuntmen who earned their
laurels in Hollywood movies; on
television and in daredevil shows
in both America and Europe make
UP the troupe.
In addition to the action-packed
spectacle of speed and daring prac-
ticed in the sensational driving
patterns on the track, crashes and
smashes are involved in the more
than a score of spine-tingling
events.
All told the two-hour show in
cludes every segment of thrilling
entertainment even to the comedy
antics of the internationally fam
Gus clown of daredepiltry, the
Roberts Brothers. Many new and
special acts are included in the
current Tournament of Thrills
which has become one of the an
nual features at scores of the tor
state, county and district fairs
Brand new automobiles are used
IN the precision driving events
while wOrn-out cars ready for the
iunkyard are used in the crash
events. Motorcycles too play an
important part in the show includ-
ng a sensational catapult of a
speeding motorcyclist through the
air over four parked cars.
Audience reaction and the cash
register totals have won the Trans
World Daredevils, Tournament OF
Thrills, a place at the top of the
ladder as grandstand entertain
ment at American fairs.
Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
Staytonsville Church
Site Is Cleaned-Up

Lebanon Methodist Church, just
off the rd-Greenwood Road at
Staytonsville. is now just mem
ory to the many people who at one
time or another, worshipped there.
Following its abandonment by
the Methodist Conference, this
church and church yard fell into
sad state of repair and wilder
ness. Hurricane Hazel in 1854 did
her best to demolish the then 83-
year-old edifice,. but a sorry por-
ton still stood, swaying-in every
breeze.
The ehurchyard, where many
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Al Swine Program
Is Being Planned

Fifty-four Alters and 10S pigs,
two for each 4-H'er are in this
years All swine feeding program
sponsored by the Delaware Swine
Producers Association and the Dell
aware Agricultural Extension Ser
vice
The pigs will be shown and judg-
ed at the Kent and Sussex County
Fair. July 27-Aug /, and prizes
awarded in three weight classes:
light, $50 pounds and under: mid
die, 1S1 to 200 pounds; and heavy,
POI pounds and over
There is also a Grand Champion
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514 Apprentices Are
Working In Delaware
40 Trades Represented BY Group;
Many Reach Goal This Year

There are now 514 apprentices
working in 40 trades in Delaware,
with 80 of them expected to reach
jounrneyman status this year.
Frederic G. Krapf, Sr., general
planning committee chairman and
Clemont j. Lemon, host state
chairman for the Middle Atlantic
States biennial conference on ap-
premiership and training sched-
uled for Wilmington in July, cited
those figures today as an example
of the size OF the program.
Eight years ago, when the pro-
gram started, Mr.. Krapf pointed
out, there were just "a apprentices
in the program.
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Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01
Speaker Selected For
Blood Bank Meeting

Greer William of bingham,
Massachusetts, one of the out
standing medical writers in the
nation and contributor to scores Of
nationally known periodicals, will
be principal speaker at the Fourth
anniversary birthday dinner of the
Blood Bank of Delaware on We'd
nesday evening, May 20.
This announcement came today
from James F. McCloskey, Blood
Bank president, who said that he
hopes to have $50 to 400 persons
attend the fourth birthday party
i'm the Gold Ballroom, Hotel Du-
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civic and professional organization,
schools, businessmen's organiza-
tions and other community-minded
groups will join in the observance.
Nationally, Donald A. Williams,
administrator of the Soil Conser-
vation Service, indicates that we
have reached the time when soil
and water conservation has become
an ideal in the hearts of millions
of people.
II should not surprise anyone
who likes to farm, garden, putter
around his flower beds and lawn,
camp or hunt or fish in beautiful
surroundings. All these things
bring forcibly to mind our depen-
dence on the soil. Even il we only
eat food, wear clothes and like
nice furniture and house. we live
from the soil. Our well-being rests
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u OF = Band VIII
Present Concerts
David, Hit, OF Milford Play
Trumpet With Group

The University of Delaware SYM
phonic band, a 70-piece ensemble
under the direction of J.. Robert
King, will present six concerts in
the public schools of the state on
Tuesday and Wednesday, May SO.
On Tuesday, the band will visit
Caesar Rodney High at a. m, the
Jason Comprehensive High School
at 10:45 a. M, and Lewes High
School at 1:30 p. m.
The Wednesday schedule fea-
lures performances at FELTON, at
8 a. M, Laurel at 10:30 a. m. and
Millsboro at 1870 p. m.
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Gov. Boggs Initiated
Into Alpha Phi Omega
Chief Executive Was One OF Six
Inducfed In Impressive Ceremony

]. Caleb Boggs, Governor of the
State of Delaware. was one of six
new members initiated recently by
the University of Delaware chap
ter of the national service fra
ternity, Alpha Phi Omega. The
ceremonies were held in the fac
ulty lounge of the Student Center
on the university campus in New
ark.
Governor BOggs, a member OF
the class OF 1881. is the first COVER
nor, to be initiated by the fratern-
ity since Adlai E. Stevenson was
honored while serving as COVER
nor of Illinois.
Two faculty members were ini-
tiated and will serve as advisors
to the chapter. They are DR.. Jack
N Behrman, professor of eco-
nomics and business administra-
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Milford chronicle., 1959-05-01

Some club will have window dis
plays with a theme based on some
phase of this years home demon
stration program,
The highlight of the week will
be the state home demonstration
meeting at Capital Grange Hall.
in Dover, May 6. The meeting will
begin at 1000 a. m, with a well
come message from Mrs. Raughley,
Dover. The State Home Demon
stration Council committees will
then give reports of their goals
and accomplishments during the
past year.
Mrs. A. Carl Nelson, regional di-
rector of National Home Demon
stration Council will speak on
Delaware's place in the Council
Mrs Ray Keesey will lead group
singing.
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