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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22
Ten Years Ago
Taken from the AprII ss, 1850 issue

Taken from the April 2S, 1850 Issu
Private Virgil Leroy King.
IL, son of Oscar King of Lin
coin, has begun a thirteen
week course of indoctrination
at Lakeland Air Force Base.
"The Gateway to the Air
Force" San Antonio, Texas.
Mrs. George r. Miller. of
Frederick, recently elected
State regent of the Daughters
of the American Revolution,
was sworn in at the meeting of
the fiftyninth Continental Con-
gress in Washington, d. c.,
last week. The ceremony took
place in Constitutional Hall on
Friday morning and was a part
of the weeks program of the
National Society.
A. Nelson Stills, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. David N. Sills, left on Fri
day by car for Seattle, Wash
ington. He will continue his
trip by boat to Anchorage,
Alaska. He has accepted posi-
ton for the coming two years
as a soil engineer for the
Army with a civilian rating.
Mr.. Sills has been a soils en-
gineer for the State Highway
Department for the past two
years. He was accompanied by
William Young Of Niagara Falls
as far as Seattle.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22

Miss Louise A. Nelson, a
graduate and also a former
teacher in the Milford High
School, has been appointed to
the teaching staff of the Uni
Versity of Lille France. She
will be a Professor of English
this summer.
sos
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Porter and
daughters Betty and Helen Lee
of Greenwood, returned on
Monday night from a trip to
New Haven, Conn, where they
visited Mr.. and Mrs. William
Porter and Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Phillips.
The Frederick elementary
school baseball team arrived in
Houston in a drizzle last week,
to the surprise of the Houston
team. Rather than disappoint
them, the Houston lads risked
getting wet and won the game
by a score of six to four. This
makes three straight wins for
Houston.
A play was given by Wooden
hawk patrons in Smithville
Community Club House entitled
Object to Matrimony," last
Thursday evening. A wooden
quilt was given away the same
evening to Earl Pennypacker of
fredericksburg. Ice cream, cake,
and candy were on sale.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22
Twenty Years Ago
Taken from the April 96, 1910 Issue

Taken from the April 96, 1910 Issu
e. J. Elliott, president of the
Drug Club of Delaware, enter
tanned the members of that or
ganization at his home last
evening in Bridgeville.
@oe
Ronald Cobb of Ocean View,
has completed the engineering
course at the Jour den Diesel
Engineering College in Phila-
delphia, and is spending a few
days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernon Cobb.
Charles w. Truitt, age SO
years, fishing sportsman of
Lewes, who operated a fishing
camp at Red Mill Pond, died
Wednesday, in a hospital at
Philadelphia, following an op-
Grafton ten days previous. He
was known to anglers all over
the East.
In horseshoe pitching AL
bert Lank and Paul Parsons
represented Milton and won the
semi-finals over Harrington
by the score of 1922. They lost
in the finals to Milford 22-13.
Paul Parsons represented Mil
ton in the wood chopping con-
test. He won third place in the
state in cutting a ID inch di-
ameter. green oak log in 2
minutes and IS seconds.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22
May Designated As Sen
iOr Citizen Month
By Governor
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recognize the injustice of depriv-
ing our people of opportunities to
yOnd middle age, especially in those
cases where men and women pos
sess trained skills and valuable
experience which can benefit their
respective communities; and
WHEREAS, the number of Senior
Citizens (65,years of age and over)
in Delaware in the eight years from
1850 to 1858 increased more than
20 per cent and is now over $4,000,
in an estimated population of 454,-
900, thus emphasizing the size and
Importance of this group; and
WHEREAS, while widespread
undertakings have been launched
at national, state and local levels
to solve the problems of the aging,
these projects without the full
in these projects without the full
understanding sympathy and CO.
operation of all our people; now
THEREFORE, I, ]. Caleb Boggs,
Governor of the State of Delaware,
do designate and set aside the
month of May, 1860, as
SENIOR CITIZENS MONTH
in Delaware and urge all citizens
of our state to observe this month
by showing personal concern for
the health, we'll being and happi-
ness of our Senior Citizens at
home, at work and at leisure, and
especially by visiting those who
are confined by illness or inca
pacity in hospitals, nursing homes
and other Establishments.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22
Delaware Ranks
No. | In Inventors
$40 DeIawareans Took Out Patents
During 1859

While Delaware is next to the
bottom of the list of states when
it comes to comparison of size,
Delawareans rank number one in
the Nation for receipt of patents
for inventions advises the Della
ware State Development Depart
ment,
Basing its observations on a tab
ulation made recently by the U. S.
Patent Office, the state information
agency points out that, in 1859,
Delaware lead the Nation in patents
per capita with a total of $40 for
an average of one patent for each
1905 residents. By contrast, the
national average was one to every
3808 persons.
A total of 46,937 patents were
issued during calendar year 1853
to residents of the United States
as compared with 43,429 patents for
the previous year.
The more populous and larger
states, naturally produced a great
er number of inventors, but no one
of them topped Delaware percent
agewise. New Jersey, according to
the Patent Office tabulation, was
second to Delaware with one pat
ent grant to every 142 persons,
while Connecticut was third with
one to every 1856 residents and
Illinois fourth, with a patent to
one person out of 2225.
The large and heavily populated
states of New York and California
ranked eighth and ninth respec-
lively in the Patent Office COM
pilatiOn.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22

Andrew Martin of Magnolia,
was the king bee" at the an
nual shoot of the Harrington
Gun Club for the county cham
pionship at the Kent and Sus-
sex grounds recently. His
score was so straight.
The Forrest N. Webster Com
pany arranged for Eddie Pa
quette to go to Connecticut for
a two weeks specialized course
in wall to wall carpet installa-
tion, cutting, binding and meas
uring This, in conjunction with
Mrs. Webster's recent training
course in Philadelphia, will en-
able the Webster Company to
give outstanding rug and car
pet service to the Eastern
Shore.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. wilkins
announced the engagement of
their daughter Phyllis, to Mr..
Carlton Fisher. son of Mrs.
Jeanette Fisher. of Milford,
and Mr.. Paul Fisher of Ann
apolis, Maryland. Miss wilkins
is a Senior at the Milford High
School and is employed by
Mr.. wilkins, Milford contractor.
Mr.. Fisher served in the u. s.
Navy for three years during
World War III. No date has
been set for the wedding.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22
Thirty Years Ago
Taken from the April 25, 1880 Issue

Taken from the April 25, 1890 IssT
The asparagus crop is very
late this season due to so much
cold weather. This time last
year shipments were being
made from Bridgeville station
several hundred car loads
daily--but so far this year not
much has been cut or shipped.
Unless the weather is extreme
ly warm there will not be many
shipments before the first of
May.
The following students were
home from college over the hol-
idays: the Misses Roda Lynch
of Beacon College, Whining
ton; Hilda Ryan, Washington
College, Chestertown; Volley
Collins, Beacon College and
Cleveland Collins of Goldey
College, Wilmington. They visi-
ted their respective parents in
BishopVllle.
eos
Miss Mary Johnson of John
sons Corner, near Selbyville,
entertained on Sunday evening,
the Misses Elsie Evans, Alber-
ia McCabe, Cecile Evans, Hes
ter Selby, Nadine and Ann
Hickman, Doris Collins and
Ruth Godfrey, also Messrs.
Everett Selby, Joshua Hickman,
Edward Baker, Glen Twiggs,
Thurl Long and Veletus Hud-
SON
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22
The Past In Review
News As It Was Reported In The Chronicle
Forty Years Ago
Taken from the April %, 1920 Issue

Taken from the April %, 1920 IssI
VIM. P. jefferson sold his
farm in Slaughter Neck to
Watts and Harry Clendaniel
This farm has 85 acres and
$1,000 was the price paid.
&os
Mrs. Maude Blackstone, Miss
Miss Maude Blackstone and
Miss Mildred Galloway, all of
Millsboro, are spending some
time in Philadelphia.
Sos
George w, Murphy who has
recently been discharged from
the military hospital at Fort
McHenry, Baltimore, Md, spent
the week as the guest of Henry
w. Harrington.
Lynford o. Russell, who is
employed by a large fertilizer
corporation, travelling out of
New York City, is spending a
few days with his father and
sisters in Lewes.
sos
On April 1. 1920, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer s. Warren of Philadel-
phia. had born unto them Miss
Miriam Lee Warren, and the
mother and daughter are doing
fine. Mrs. Warren was former
ly DR.. Nellie Teas. of Milford,
Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22
DeLGIUare Park Will
Become battle-ground
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The public is invited to attend
the training maneuvers on Satur-
day at p. m. The principal scenes
of activity will be on parking lot
"A" located between the B. & o.
Railroad entrance and Robert
Kirkwood Highway and the recre-
ational sarea approached from the
Stanton entrance.
Colonel Chidester will command
$50 men and officers of the 198th
Artillery, 4th Bn. which will set up
gun defense positions and bivouac
areas on the parking lots. The de-
tense unit will muster at their as
County Airport, following an alert
and will move in military combat
signed station, the New Castle
formation to the defense posts.
Guns will be set up to protect
against air attack and there will
be actual air sallies and ground
attacks upon the defense positions
and bivouac area.
The training for the past several
weeks of the Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery of the 4th
Bn., 198th, has been directed in the
preparation of the necessary field
orders for the two-day operation.
Intelligence reports on which the
training maneuver will be based
and the compilation of canned
messages have been completed for
the operation.
The war games" by the Della
ware National Guard have been one
of the highlights prior to the open
ing of the thoroughbred race sea-
son in previous years. This years
race meeting of 55 days opening on
May % and continuing through
July 80 is the longest session in
track history.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22

In other census developments.
NJ (for mission) night will be held
in Delaware today Friday. April
%, when tramps, drifter, and jail
mates are counted). Crews in Della
ware, as we'll as the rest of the ma
ton. will visit fiophouses. skid row
missions, cheap hotels, and small
overnight jails, although there are
few such places in the state.
Guests paying more than SIPS
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22
ms TO OUTS

RICHMOND, Va. Ups. j. Brad
bury pulled his new automobile Ii
cense plates from the envelope and
a note fell out. Help" it said,
I'm being held a prisoner at 500
Spring Street" That's the address
of the state penitentiary where the
tags are made.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22

Roy Mitchell, a well known
young man of the Carey's vi
cinity, has located in Selbyville,
where he will practice dent
istry. He recently married Miss
Jennie Wootten of Gumboro.
Jacob Prettyman of Lewes,
has bought of Oscar S. Belts,
about 200 barrels of salt fish
that have been stored at the
Dodson factory until they have
spoiled. Mr.. Prettyman will
convert them into fertilizer.
Arthur B. Workman of near
Georgetown, and Miss Violet B.
Webster of Deals Island, Md,
were married at the George
town Circuit M. E. parsonage
by the Rev. E. H. Marshall.
Sunday night, April 11th.
So$
S. E. Staples was in Whining
ton the first of the week to ar
range with the p. b. & w. r. r.
Co. to run a switch into the
packing and grading house that
will be built in the near future
for the Produce Association,
near the freight station in
Bridgeville.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22
BIG LEAK

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. up A
leaking tank truck sprayed 5000
gallons of oil over so miles of high
way near here. 1t cost the high
way department $4,000 to lay sand
over the oil streak.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22

When the Eiffel Tower was erect
ed in Paris in 1887, a petition with
300 signatures demanded that the
"tall, lanky pyramid" be torn
down. Among those protesting
were Alexandra Dumas and Guy de
Maupassant.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22
Final Stage Of Census
Is Under Way In City
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in the computations, he said.
However, they have an uncanny
skill when it comes to figures or
statistics. They can add 10000 fig
ures per second or can multiply
10000 per second.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22

a day in hotels OF more than so
rooms were counted on the night
of March 81 in what was called T
(for transient) night. Prisons are
being visited during the regular
day-to-day canvass.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-22

In the early 18th Century, seven
out of every 10 persons worked on
the land in the United States. To-
day the average is one of every 10.
Evening star., 1960-04-24
HOyas Handed
Double Defeat
By Penn State

A talent-deep baseball team
from Penn State University
moved down Georgetown in a
double-header, 1874 and TO,
yesterday at GUS Medical
Field.
Pitchers Tom Durbin and
Marlin Biesecker both notched
their second victories without
defeat as the Nittany Lions
brought their record to 60.
Durbin, a junior lefthander,
struck out IL Hoya batterS in
working the first eight innings
of the opener. Sophomore Bic
seeker, a highlander, limited
Georgetown to three hits and
didn't walk a batter to win the
seven-inning nightcap.
Penn State overcame a 20
deficit with six unearned runs
in the fourth inning of the
opener. The Lions took advan-
tage of eight Georgetown errors
to score nine unearned runs in
their 13 total. Joe DiMare was
the only Hoya to reach second
base against Biesecker in the
second game.
Georgetown lost its fifth and
sixth games in seven this sea-
son.
Evening star., 1960-04-24
Coker Stars
AS PhiIs Top
Reds in 18Th

PHILADELPHIA, April %
(AP) Rookie Catcher jim
Coker hit a double to center in
the 18th inning today to give
the Phillies a 80 victory over
Cincinnati.
Coker also batted in the
Phils' tying run with a single
in the seventh.
The game was a six-hitter
for each team through nine
innings. Neither of the starting
pitchers, Cal McLish for the
Reds and the Phillies' John
Buzhardt. finished the game.
Dick Farrell, who relieved
Buzhardt in the 18th, pitched
hitleSs ball and struck out four
men in taking his first victory.
McLish gave up six of the
PhillieS' nine hits before he
was relieved in the ninth.
Coker's payoff double came
on the heels Of a walk to
Pancho Herrera and a bunt
by Bob Malkmus.
Philadelphia got the first run
in the third on BuEhardt's sin
gle, two walks, and a double
play grounder.
The Reds got two in the
sixth on a force out and a fly
after Vada Pinson and Roy
Mcmillan had gotten on with
singles and Pinson had stolen
base.
Evening star., 1960-04-24
Bouer's Single in Ninth
Hands Tribe 4th Loss

had scored four times off Dick
Hall and Bob TroWbridge.
The hapless Indians lost de-
spite a 13-hit attack that in
cluded a home run by their
giant rookie outfielder, Walt
Bond.
Tuttle began the last half
Of the ninth with a single to
centerfield and was sacrificed to
second by Jerry Lumpe. Then
Bauer connected.
The Athletics battled into q
SIS tie in the sixth inning as
Harry Chit and Shortstop Ken
Hamlin drove solo home runs
over the leftfeld fence off
starter Barry Latman.
Cleveland took a 10 lead off
Hall, who pitched to only four
batters and got no one out in
the first inning. Johnny Tenn
pie doubled, Jim Piersall and
Bond singled and Tito Fran
coma walked before Trowbridge
came in and squelched the rally.
The AS went ahead, 2-1, on
singles by Norm Siebern, Bob
Cerv and Chit plus a passed
ball in the second. Cleveland
got three more in the fifth on
singles by Temple and Nixon,
Bonds home run and Powers
double, and added another in
the sixth off Brunei. PierSall,
who had singled for his 1,OO0th
major league hit in the third,
drove in Bubba Phillips with
another safe knock to leftfield
CIEVET rUTV
Evening star., 1960-04-24

yards to the / at the end of
the first period and Drass
plunged over on the, first play
of the second.
Betty passed II yards to End
Cary Collins for a touchdown
in the second quarter. Bob Gal
lagher kicked the extra points
after the first two touchdowns.
The first team consisted of
Collins and Vincent Scott, ends:
Dick Barlund and Bill Kirchire,
tackles; Joe Hrezo and Pete
Boinis, guards; Leroy Dietrich,
center; Betty and Novak, quar-
terbacks; Ev Cloud and Fletch-
er, halfbacks and Drass full
back.
For the second team it was
Ed Rog and Hank Poniat atowski,
ends; Roger Shoals and Bob
Moore, tackles; Jack Reilly and
Tom Broumel, guards: Bob
Hacker, center; Jim Davidson,
quarterback: Dennis Condi and
Bob Gallagher, halfbacks: and
John Forbes, fullback.
Evening star., 1960-04-24
SENATORS
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Thomson crashed the 260th
homer of his career into the
leftf1eld seats.
The Red Sox picked up their
final run in the ninth at
Woodeshick's expense as Ed
Sadowski singled with one out,
BowSf1eld sacrificed and Bud
din singled to left.
NOTES - Pedro Ramos will
try to salvage one game of the
series with the Red Sox today
when he opposes Tom Sturdi-
want, the opening game loser
at 1870 o'clock. Manager
Cookie Lavagetto kept Lemon,
Green, Battey and Mincher,
among others, on the field after
the game for batting practice.
Killebrew handled eight
chances afield flawleSsly and
made a brilliant play on Bud
dins slow roller in the third,
scooping the ball bare-handed
to nail the runner Battey
whipped out two Would-be
Stealers, but Clinton got such
a jump on Pascual in the
fourth inning that Earl didn't
bother to throw.
The Senators are 9.025 Gus
toners ahead of their 1859
home attendance for the first
three games. Allison has
obtained at least two hits in
each of the Senators six
games. Green is hitless in
his last IL tries.
Evening star., 1960-04-24
THE BASEB
BE AT
BY BURTON HAWKINS

1t could be a tall story, but
there's a rumor that 6-foot-5
Outflelder Jim Lemon and g.
foot-7 Pitcher Frank Sullivan
will be the principal figures in
trade between the Senators
and Red Sox. Boston de-
sires more righthanded power
to take aim at Fenway Parks
convenient left1eld fence. .
Cal Griffith says no trade is
brewing.
Ray Looney, former George
Washington University quarter
back and first baseman who
signed with Pittsburgh for
$4,000, was released by the
Pirates after suffering a dis
located shoulder and now is
working out with the Senators.
=. . 1t was personally painful to
General Manager Bucky Harris
of the Red Sox when Outfielder
Jim BuSby was handed his re-
lease. They've been firm
friends for years.
Reyes Figueroa, Puerto
Rican catcher-outfielder with
the Senators in spring train
ing. pestered his bosses for
weeks for the $1,000 bonus due
him for signing. When the
check finally came through
after being delayed because of
technicalitieS, Figueroa cashed
it and quit the Senators farm
club at Charlotte, declaring he
wouldn't play in the South.
\ y y
Fate was functioning for
Manager Bill Jurges of the Red
Evening star., 1960-04-24

KANSAS CITY, April %
(AP).-Hank Bauer's ninth-in-
ming single drove in Bill Tuttle
and gave the Athletics a 6-5
victory over Cleveland today.
The Indians have dropped all
four of their starts.
Bauer's smash into the left
field screen came off a pitch
by Bob Grim, ex-A's pitcher
who was traded to Cleveland
for Pitcher Leo Kiely during
spring training.
Marty Kutyna, who pitched
only the ninth inning, was the
winning pitcher. He came on
in relief of George Brunei,
third AS hurler, who took over
in the sixth after Cleveland
Evening star., 1960-04-24
Boyer Bats In
Five as Cards
Drub Dodgers

ST. LOUIS. April % (AP).-
The Cardinals made it three
straight today with Ken Boy
er's five runs batted in on two
homers and a double and Bob
Dulibas tight relief pitching
pacing a 9-5 victory over Los
Angeles.
The Redbirds spotted the
Dodgers a 40 lead. then
doomed back. knocking out
starter Danny McDevitt and
Larry Sherry in a 12-hit as
sault.
Bill White had two singles
and a triple for the Cards,
raising his average to .424.
Daryl Spencer was 3-for-5, in
cluding a tremendous home
run shot off the top of the
scoreboard in leftfield.
Duliba held the Dodgers to
just one run on four hits
through the last five innings to
get his first major league VIC
tory. The chunky 5-foot-lO
highlander from Glen Lyon,
Pa, also delivered his first big
league hit in a decisive four
run sixth inning.
St. Louis pinned the defeat
on Sherry, second of four
Dodger pitchers. Sherry walked
Pinch-batter Bob Nieman with
the bases loaded to force in
the tying run. Then White
greeted Ed Roebuck with a
two-run single, making it Us.
Consecutive solo homers by
Boyer and Spencer routed Nc
Dewitt in the second. Boyer's
second homer and fourth of the
season was a tWo-run blast in
the fifth off Sherry which mar
.rowed the Dodger lead to 5-4.
Los Angeles routed Ron
Kline with three runs in the
first after he was shaken up by
Duke Snider's drive off his
left forearm. The Dodgers
made it 40 in the second off
Ernie Broglio and had the
bases loaded with none out
when Bob Gibson stopped
them.
Evening star., 1960-04-24
Giants WaIIop
Cubs, 1872, in
1S-Hit Spree

> CHICAGO, April % (AP).-
The league-leading Giants
mauled the Cubs, 1872, before
$4,000 fans today with an 18-
hit bombardment that included
homers by Orlando Cepeda,
Bob Schmidt and Willie Nc
Covey.
All the Giant starters except
Ed Bressoud hit at least once,
with McCovey and Cepeda each
driving in four runs and Bob
Schmidt three.
Willie Kirkland had a perfect
day at the plate with three
singles and a double.
Jack Sanford went the route
for his first victory, yielding
five hits. as the Giants collected
their third straight triumph
and extended the Cubs losing
streak through five games.
The Giants teed of against
five hurlerS, disposing of Dick
Drott after four innings and
o TO lead.
San Francisco had a romp
against Moe Drabowsky and
Art Ceccarelli in the fifth, 10
batterS appearing to hammer
five hits and get six runs.
The Giants scored four times
in the first inning, with Ce-
peda's third homer good for
two of the runs. They recorded
three more runs in the fourth
on Schmidt's first homer of the
season.
After the six-run outburst in
the fifth, which included Ce-
peda's two-run double, the
Giants added four more runs
in the seventh, with Joe Amalfl-
tano's triple and McCovey's
third homer dong the damaee.
The last run in the eighth
was driven in by Don Blasin-
games single that followed a
walk to Schmidt and a single
by Sanford.
SAN FRANCISCO CHICAGO
Evening star., 1960-04-24
Novok, Betty Battling
For Quarterback Job

Dick Novak and Dale Betty
are waging a red-hot battle
for the No. l quarterback spot
on the Maryland football team
and right now neither has an
edge, according to Coach Tom
Nugent.
Novak and Betty were picked
as alternate quarterbacks on
the first team yesterday as the
Terps went through their l4th
spring drill.
Nugent and his aides picked
the first two teams after the
players went through five quar-
ters of scrimmage. Then the
all-star teams played four five
minute quarters with the first
team winning 300.
Fullback Pat DraSS and
Halfback DWayne Fletcher were
the stars for the first team.
DraSs, a sophomore from Ches-
ter, Pa. scored two touch
downs, one on a 50-yard run
in the third period.
Fletcher returned q punt so
Evening star., 1960-04-24
Bustien Brothers
On Mat Program

Four Of the toughest wrest-
lerS in the business will get
together in a team match
Thursday night at Capitol
Arena when the Bastien BROTH
ers, Red and Lou, take on Skull
Murphy and Pat Kelly.
The match is set for one fall
to a finish and will open the
program at $50. 1t will not
be televiSed.