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Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19

mington. In addition the absorp-
ton into the Pennsylvania sys-
tenn brought about the removal of
the competing line of steamers at
Lewes. Sussex County's first court
house town again lapsed into a
quietness that characterize it to-
day.
The operation of the railroad
was not without its amusing incl
dents, and one of the most humor-
GUS of these occurred at George
town. At the time of our story
Georgetown was possessed of a
practical joker who had quite a
local reputation as ventriloquist.
One day coffin containing the
body of a departed colored man
was being unloaded from the train
for burial. The event was wit
messed by colored pallbearers in
dark somber suits, chanting friends
of the deceased and curious on
lockers including our friend. Just
as the pal1bearers were lifting the
coffin down from the baggage car, a
deep voice from within said, "let
me down easy, boys" With thud
the coffin dropped to the ground,
faces turned an ashy white, and our
ventriloquist made a quick exit.
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19

I Il
Railroad, also completely within
state lines had been promoted and
built by the Philadelphia. Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad and has
always been operated under lease,
first to that railroad and then the
Pennsylvania system when the two
were merged.
The charter for the Junction and
Breakwater was put through the
State Legislature on February 13,
1857, just over one hundred years
ago. The railroad was to commence
at Harrington at a junction with
the Delaware Railroad and was to
be built. first to Milford, then to
Georgetown and then east again to
its terminus at Lewes, covering a
distance of about forty-five miles
in all.
The incorporation of the Break
water and Junction was actually
fortunate for the Delaware Rail-
road because by the terms of its
charter the latter was required to
build a branch from Harrington to
Milford. However it had been fore
ed to secure a state loan in 1855 to
continue its construction and so
was hardly in a position to build
the branch line.
Several of the provisions of the
Breakwater and Junction charter
are rather interesting. First of all
there was to be a capital stock of
not more than half a million dol
lars, consisting of 10000 shares at
twenty-five dollars each. The
Board of Directors was to number
nine with a majority of them citi-
zens of Delaware A state tax was
provided for at the rate of one
half of one per cent each year on
the total capital stock. With
capital stock of $500,O00 this would
have made an annual tax of $4,000
per year. However it was further
stipulated that the tax should be
paid only when the profits yielded
a dividend of nine per cent or
more.
The $500,000 was to be raised by
stock subscription with SO much
being paid each month much like
OUy Ca
cept in this case you were buying a
railroad. In addition the restric-
tions on the subscriber of stock
were just as stringent as they are
today. If he failed to meet month
ly installment he was forced to
pay interest on that installment at
the rate of two per cent each month
and if he fell down on that he for
feited all the shares of stock he had
already paid for
The group of commissioners who
organized the railroad could almost
constitute a mid-nineteenth century
Who's Who of lower Delaware.
The group of twenty-seven COM
missioners was rich mixture: pol
iticians, bank presidents and trans
portation capitalists. The group in
cluded two former governors and
the present one, Peter F. Causey of
Milford. Two Superior Court
Judges including John w. Hous-
ton, later President of the Railroad,
and also former Chancellor Har-
rington who was appointed Chief
Justice of the Superior Court one
month afterwards. A good half
dozen were either presidents or di-
rectors of banks. Among those al
ready engaged in transportation
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19
Ocean Swim Races
Due At Rehoboth

CONTINUED from page one)
men and one for women, open only
to Delaware residents and involv-
ing state championship honors. Also
featured on the final days program
are mile races, for men and wo-
men, the winners of which will be
recognized as South Atlantic AAU
champions.
August 26-27 have been selected
as alternate dates in event ocean
storms should force postponement
of the August 1920 program.
Additional information concern
ing these races may be obtained
from Col. G. B. Shaffer, secretary
of the sponsoring Rehoboth Rec
reation Club, at Rehoboth 1878.
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19
Big Bond Issue At
Caesar Rodney Today
continued from page one,

continued from page oneJ
Residents of the district from the
former Comegys District east of
st. Jones' River are also to vote al
Star Hill.
The voters in the remainder of
the district are scheduled to vote
at Caesar Rodney High School in
Camden.
Voting hours are between 1000
p. m. and 500 p. m. eastern
Standard Time).
In addition to voting on the bond
issue the Board of Education will
give those voting an opportunity
to express a recommendation as TO
whether or not the new school, to
be located on a separate site, should
be one-story or a two-story
building. This arrangements was
made by the Board since consider
able interest in the type of build
ing was expressed at the recent
public meeting. At present the
Board has preliminary sketches of
both types of buildings under con-
sideration.
The Board has pointed out that
the need for additional classrooms
is urgent.
A total of Is temporary rooms
will be in use during the coming
school year.
The government will pay rem
tai charge on seven of the nine
portable classrooms in use this
year. The firm supplying the trail-
ers has offered to repurchase them
as soon as they are no longer
needed by the district
Due to the retirement of the
1888 series of bonds and an in
crease in the real estate assess
ment the new bond issue would not
involve a change in the tax rate.
-.
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19
WHAT'S THAT AGAIN?

ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. up =
The Rev. Frank Simpkins, So, a
retired Free Will Baptist minister,
holds the distinction of having a
Methodist church named after him.
It's the Simpkins Chapel Metho-
dist Church near here which the
Rev. Mr. Simpkins served for some
80 years when it was the non-de-
nominational Marrowbone Union
Church.
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19

was the former president OF a steam
boat company which had attempted
to run a passenger service between
Milford and Philadelphia. But the
sidewheeler that they used wasn't
able to dodge the Mispillion mud
| fats and the business folded up.
Andrew G. Gray was an influential
commissioner. He was president
of the Delaware and Chesapeake
Canal, President of the Farmers
Bank of New Castle and former
president of the New Castle and
Frenchtown Railroad. Another inn
portant commissioner was Trusten
P. McColley, of Milford He had
been president of the recent Con-
stitutional Convention of 1852,
and was one of the first presidents
of the new railroad.
Construction was begun but by
the outbreak of the Civil War only
the branch to Milford had been
completed. A marble plaque on
the side of the depot at Milford
commemorate the. opening to Mil
ford with the words opened to
Milford Septr. 7th, 1859" 1t then
gives the names of the directors
and officers.
Examination of the rights of way
at the Recorder of Deeds Office at
Georgetown reveals that this
branch was described as "The
Southern line or route from Mil
ford Junction or Clark's Corner to
the Town of Milford" At this time
Harrington was best known as
Clark's Corner and it was not until
1862 that the Legislature changed
its name to it's present form. The
rights of way are all dated 1858
and call for sixty foot wide strip.
The usual consideration stated in
the deed so as to make the trans
action binding was one dollar al
though the consideration in one
deed from a Charles T. Polk is
listed as five cents. Several of the
deeds required the railroad to es-
tablish and maintain fences on the
branch line. In one instance the
Railroad relieved itself of this re-
sponsibility by paying to the prop
erty owner two shares of stock in
the Railroad.
with the end of the war thoughts
again turned to the completion of
the line but by this time the rail-
road had come under financial diff
ficulties. Once again the State of
Delaware bailed out a fioundering
railroad by extending a loan, this
time for 100000. To get the loan
the railroad had to raise an addi-
tional 100000 as a matching fund.
Apparently the railroad had diff
Guilty raising this much money be-
cause the following year the Legis-
lature reduced this amount to
$4,000. The loan was to be repaid
by 1890, with the Company giving
the state a mortgage on the rail-
road The rate of interest was cor
related to the volume of business
twenty-five cents on each
passenger and twenty per cent of
the fares for all freight carried.
An interesting bit of price regula-
ton was a rider on the loan to the
effect that the state could fix rail-
road fares. This was later repealed
however with the stipulation that
the railroad could not charge more
than eight cents per mile for any
kind of freight or more than six
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19
EFFECTIVE TREE CLEARER

ATLANTIC CITY, N. ]. up =
The Naval Aviation Facilities Ex-
perimental Center here was faced
with quite a problem how to
clear its grounds of trees while
keeping the roots for drainage
and anti-erosion purposes.
To solve the problem, huge
tree-crushing machine was brought
from Texas. 1t took eight railroad
cars to carry the 165 ton machine
and six days to assemble it.
AS it moves along at 10 miles
per hour, its steel teeth mounted
on 40-ton rollers chew through
all sizes of trees, clearing as
much as 35 to 40 acres in a day.
And in case the machine gets
begged down in a swamp. a con-
verted Sherman tank stands by to
haul 1t free.
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19
Au-StGr Football
VIII Be Played At
NeIOark Aug. eth
tcontlnued from page onel

Three players from last years
undefeated Salesianum eleven form
the nuscleus of six first-team ALI
Staters on the Blue team. From the
Sallies is Tom Harrison, talented
end; Wayne Allen, rugged guard
and Mark Mulrooney, agile quar-
terback. Tom Stephenson, end from
Friends; Tom Patton, Mt Pleasant
tackle, and Pete Vassos. Whining
ton High center are the other three
All-Staters.
A capacity crowd is expected for
the game, but tickets will be on
sale at Delaware Stadium.
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19
DIVER TRIES SWIMMING

CHARLESTON. S. C. up Af-
ter IL years as a professional deep
sea diver, A. F. Ackerman enrolled
in beginners swimming class
here. He explained he didn't need
to swim in his profession Che
wears a 190-pound divers suit),
but he had always wanted to learn.
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19
swEDE AMONG IRISH

WORCESTER, Mass. up - The
only group of its kind in New Eng
land in Worcester's Hibernian Gae-
lie Choir, consisting mostly of
singers who have been in the
United States only since 1949 and
several, only year or two. But ~
Who is the pianist who pounds
out ali the choir's traditional Irish
music? Gunnar o. Forslund a
Swede.
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19
Junction and Breakwater Railroad
Primarily Sussex County Project
BY WILLIAM Il. MccAULEY

The Junction and Breawaer Railroad railroad which should
particularly The Junction
Beakwaer operated entirely within the Delaware most of
locally knowledge the
railroad operated completely within which had its
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-19

Only seven vice presidents of
the United States have been elect
ed President in their own right.
Evening star., 1960-04-26
DEAR ABBY
Tocky Setup Calls for Tact
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

can't understand why I'm
not married. She says there
are so many unhappy mar
ried men around, why not
hook one? He can get a di-
vorce and marry me. Heaven
forbid!
CAREER GIRL"
= y
DEAR ABBY: Should I be-
lieve my eyes or not? In the
past year I have seen ny
husband squeeze his mother
until she giggles, pinch her
from behind and carry
her around like a rag doll.
They always call each other
Honey" He never treated
me like that. When they are
together I feel like 1 am in
the way. How can I get over
this jealousy? BY the way,
my father-in-law sleeps in
the basement.
JEALOUS.
Jealousy feeds on self pity.
Stop sulking and feeling
sorry for yourself. Join in
the fun. You pinch your
husband from behind and
call him Honey" If you
want affection, you have to
give it. And call your father
in-law up from the base
ment. He's probably sulking,
too.
Evening star., 1960-04-26
Gold in Your Attic
Webster's 1928 Edition Scarce
By Van Allen BrodIey

One of the milestones
in American n educational
achievement is Noah Web
ster's first large dictionary
of the English language,
published in two volumes in
1923.
The result of many years
Of work and the outgrowth
Of Webster's earlier Com
pendious Die tionary" of
1906, it was instantly &C
cepted as the first really au-
thoritative American diction-
ary. 1t set the standard for
the Webster dictionaries that
followed.
There were only $500 sets
Of the first edition of 1928
and they sold for $40 a set.
Complete copies are quite
scarce today and, in good
condition, command as much
as S60-sometimes more at
auction. In rare book shops,
they bring up to S100, de-
pending on condition. The
title page of Vol. reads, in
part:
AN AMERICAN DICTION-
AIRY OF THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE BY NOAH
WEBSTER, LID, IN TWO
VOLUMES. VOL. I. (Quo-
Evening star., 1960-04-26
FAMOUS FABLES
BY e. E. EDGAR

INSCRIPTION: Several
years ago, Illustrator Norman
Rockwell attended one of
President Eisenhower's stag
dinners at the White House,
he relates in Norman Rock
well. My Adventures as an
Illustrator"
Before each plate at the
dinner table was a small
jacknife. a present from the
President to each guest.
There was no inscription on
the knife, however. So when
I arrived at Penn Station the
next day, I walked up Eighth
Avenue to a.jeWeler's.
could you engrave From
ODE to Mr." on this knife?'
I asked.
Sure he said.
During the next few
months, whenever I took out
my knife, always being care
full to show the inscription,
people would ask:
ODE? Is that President
Eisenhower? Where'd you
get that knife?'
so I'd get a chance to
describe my evening at the
White House"
Evening star., 1960-04-26

scarce and worth about So in
fine condition.
Mrs. r. L. S.: The address
of the Antiquarian Booksell-
ers Association of America is
3 w. 46th street. New York
10. Its list of dealers is avail
able for a stamped, self
addressed envelope.
M. S.: Your Edward H.
Halls The Great West"
New York, 1864 is a scarce
paper-bound and getting
scarcer. A couple of years
ago I would have said SIS
was a good price but a copy
brought sos at an auction
last fall. The retail price is
now more like $125 for a fine
copy.
Mrs. H. j. M: Your Edgar
Allan Poe's THE Concholo-
gist's First Book" CPhiladel-
phia, 1889 lis scarce. A fine
copy is worth $50 to $50 at
retail.
H. A. B.: Your "Appleton's
Illustrated R il way and
Steam Navigation Guide"
New York, 1852 is worth
around $3.50 in fine condi-
ton.
Selected reader questions
tOiU be GnSWered in this
column. Address: Van Allen
Bradley, in care of The
EUening Star.
Copyright, 1850, General Features Corr
Gold in Your Attic oppeors eoeh
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1960-04-26

being that stimulates that Of
Of a bear like standing or
walklng) is a challenge to
the bee who considers the
bear his natural enemy.
But suppose, in spite of all
precautions, you are stung?
Attempt to remove the Stinger
by scraping it out with your
fingernail. If you try to pull it
out you will only squeeze more
venom into the wound.
ideally, you should have
been immunized weeks be-
fore the sting. by taking
a series of injections of ex-
tract of bee venom
However, it is likely that
you haven't. Then you should
be ready for emergency treat
ment (by YOURSELF. Help
from others may come too
late. Carry Isuprel to dis
solve under your tongue. Also
an antlhistamine to swallow.
But such methods may not
work fast enough. Therefore
you should be taught by your
doctor how to give yourself
a hypodermic of epinephrine.
Syringe and epinephrine
should be with you at all
times when you are out of
the house.
Such an injection may pre-
vent an overwhelming allergic
reaction (shortness of breath,
cyanosis [bluenessl and COL
lapse). People can get you
to a hospital where-if you
need it-they will give you
oxygen, intravenous Unto
the vein) antihistamine drugs,
and any other methods of
treatment that may be life
saving.
IHOPE l HAVEN'T created
a "bee-scare." Most people
can take a bee sting in stride.
But the few who know they
are intensely allergic should
be on guard.
y
OUerUeight? Write to me,
care of The EUeniro Star, for
my ledfet, So, HON to ouer-
come obesity" IncloSe 10c
and a stamped, Selt-qddreSSed
enUelope.
released by the Bell syndicste)
Tomorrow: Tribute to O wife.
Evening star., 1960-04-26

You have to eat to live but you
don't have to put up with dishwashing
all your life! And who says you must
endure accumulations of scraps, un-
pleasant odors and unsanitary germ
breeders? It's time you said goodbye
to all that, with those two wizards of
the kitchen-the Electric Dishwasher
and the Electric Disposer. Stack your
dishes, glasses and silver in the Electric
Evening star., 1960-04-26
Have q Questions?

Miss I. l.: Your Antonio
de Herrera's History of
America" Oondon, 1725), the
Stevens translation, was in
six volumes. Selling your first
two volumes would be diff
cult; and this is true of any
broken set of books.
A. M. r.: Your Jesse
Browns and A. M. Wizards
BLACK Hills Trails" Rapid
City. 1920 is getting scarce.
Its price range is $3.50 to
$24, depending on condition.
B. J. H. and others: The
first edition (1880) of Ben
Hur" bears a six-word dedi-
cation ITO the Wife of My
Youth" and does not bear the
added words, who still abides
with me-" A fine first is worth
up to $3.50.
T. O.: Your H. Massac
Buist's Aircraft in the Ger
man War" Oondon, 1910 is
Evening star., 1960-04-26
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
How to Deal With Bee Stinos
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Dear DR.. Steincrohn: My
husband. 80, who is intense
ly allergic, was stung by a
bee a few weeks ago and al
most died. The fact that we
live across the street from
our local hospital saved his
life.
We got him to the emer-
genry room within minutes.
He was told to "stay away
from bees" from now on
but that's easier said than
done. Do you have any Sug-
gestions?-Mrs. L., Alabama.
EVERY YEAR a small
number of people die of sud-
den shock called anaphy-
laXiS) within minutes of the
sting.
Therefore, I think it will
interest you to learn a few
practical points I have picked
up in reading a recent arti-
Gle in the Journal of the
American Medical Associa-
ton. by Roy Patterson,
NJ. D., of Ann Arbor, Mich,
called "Allergic Emer-
gencies."
Here are a few practical
suggestions ba led upon stud
les conducted | Adrian Wen
ner at the University of
Michigan:
Three important consid-
erations in preventing a fatal
outcome in a person stung
by a bee, wasp or yellow
jacket are: l. Avoidance of
the insect. 2. Immunization
to the insect (by taking a
series of Injections. 3. BY
emergency treatment which
the patient learns to give
himself.
How to avoid the pesky
creatures? That's not easy.
But it is known that bees
sting more readily if you
wear brown, black or red
clothes with a flannel or
worsted texture; if you wear
wear bright objects such as
jeWelry; and if the odor of
perispiration is great (for
example, after exertion).
If you swat at them the
chances of your being stung
multiply. If you are stand
ing, you will more likely be
stung than If you are sitting
or lying down. 1t seems that
any activity c2 the human
Evening star., 1960-04-26
THE DETAILS

Jim E.-My wife and I
were married five years ago
Evening star., 1960-04-26

Dishwasher. They come out clean and
sparkling-washed and dried auto
matically. Scrape food waste into the
disposer, turn on the cold water and
the powerful grinders of your Electric
Disposer will wash it all away. Just
like that, two unwanted chores dis
appear from your life, and for just
pennies a day, at PEPco's low house
hold rates.
Evening star., 1960-04-26

DEAR ABBY: MY husband
was recently transferred to
another city. The wife of his
new boss Mrs. X.) asked me
If I would serve as "co-hoSt-
ess" for a shower she is Civ
ing a bride-to-be. I don't
know the bride and I hardly
know Mrs. x. but my hus-
band said I should accept for
business reasons. So I did.
1t seems Mrs. x. sent out
dime-store invitations to 40
women, RSVP. Ten did not
respond, so she called them
up and told them if they
didn't come and bring a gift
or send one-she would not
put their names in the paper
as one of those invited to
share the occasion" Have
you ever hear of anything
so ignorant0 I told my huS-
band l wanted no part of this
tacky set-up. He insists that
I go through with it. I feel
like telling her what I think
of her. Please advise me.
KNOWS BETTER.
A good wife sometimes
must make small sacrifices
for her husband, so consider
this a duty" and serve as
promised. Now that you know
how little you and Mrs. X.
have in common, keep a safe
distance. Remain friendly
without becoming chummy.
1t takes tact, diplomacy and
intelligence to stay on good
terms with the wives of hub
by's associates, but it can pay
big dividends.
y
DEAR ABBY: If you only
knew how the expression
"old maid" hurt, you'd never
use it again. I was one of
those girls who, because of
circumstances, couldn't marry
earlier. get so annoyed when
! see gay divorces and Wild
oWs getting introduced to
eligible men. They've had
their chance-What's wrong
with us girls who have never
had a chance?
Do you know how scarce
a good man is, Abby? It's
gotten to the point where
we girls are almost ready to
read the obituary columns
for news of new widowers.
A friend tells you of a recent
widower and promises to in
troduce you after a decent
interval. Within three
months the widower is al
ready married.
Maybe I should take the
advice Of my co-worker who
thinks I'm so wonderful she
Evening star., 1960-04-26

tation) NEW YORK: PUB
LISHED BY S. CONVERSE
E. 1928.
A future column will de-
scribe the dictionary of 1806O
Evening star., 1960-04-26

The Fomily Council consists Of
q Judge, q psyehiotrist, three
elersYmen, three editors and O
women's editor Eoeh article is
summary Of on oetuoI eose
history. The Council reports on
problems thot have been deoIt
with by responsible agencies ond
counseloEs.
Evening star., 1960-04-26

planned to go on studying
for a number Of years. I was
aiming for a professional ca
reer and Sandra said she
would work until I could es-
tablish myself. When the
first baby was born I left
school to take a job.
I've been doing pretty we'll
with an aggressive company
and I feel I have a future.
But Sandra is terribly dis
appointed that I don't
have professional status. She
wants me to borrow from
my parents and go back to
school. I can't do that.
Sandra E. - Jim's par
ents are heartbroken that
he gave up his professional
studies. They hold me re-
sponsible for spelling his
plans and I want them to
know I'm willing to live on
practically nothing Just to
have Jim back in school.
Jim's parents are very
well of and they would have
helped us from the start if
Jim hadn't gotten so nasty
with them about our mar
riage. They wanted us to
wait, but We eloped and Jim
got into a fight with them
over the way they treated
me.
l think they're now ready
to forgive and forget. Jim
is just full of false pride.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
1t sounds to us as though
Sandra has been doing a bit
too much mulling and has
come up with a plan that
cryStalizes a daydream of
hers, but not of her hus-
bands. Sandra evidently
feels considerable guilt about
having been instrumental In
destroying Jim'S plans. She
now daydreams about COM
ing to his rescue, living on
next to nothing, being a
heroine while Jim studies
again.
There are advantages to a
professional career but there
are sacrifices as well, and the
man who doesn't want a par
ticular career very keenly
would be foolish to make the
sacrifices merely because
others wants it for him.
We see no great harm in
parents giving a boost to a
married son or daughter who
has a vital ambition, but we
see a lot wrong with accept
ing support to do something
merely to satisfy the ambi-
ton Of parent or spouse.
(copyrisht. 1850, General Features
Corp
Tomorrow: Girl boss.