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Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Son Killed By Dad
Who Shoots Self
Sussex Man Estranged
From Wife In Serious
Condition

An 11-year-old boy was shot to
death by his father who then at
tempted to commit suicide in their
trailer, police reported Monday of
this week. The tragedy occurred
six miles east of Bridgeville, last
Sunday night
1t was discovered about 2 D. m.
on Monday when a poultry service
agent went to the trailer OH Route
Is and saw the father, Rufus
Mitchell Brittingham, AZ, sprawl
ed on the floor in the living room
area. The son, Darrell Lee Brit
tingham, was dead in mis- bed.
The boy, shot several times on
the left side, was pronounced dead
at the Nanticoke Memorial Hospi-
tai where he was taken in the
Bridgeville ambulance. The father,
suffering three bullet wounds in
the chest, is in fair condition at
the hospital. The shooting appar-
CONTINUED on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Plans Complete For
Police Chiefs Race
Stock Car Race VIII Be Held On
Saturday, August 18th

This year on August 1S. at the
Harrington Fair Grounds at Har-
rington, Delaware, the Delaware
Association of Chiefs of Police will
sponsor a stock car race for the
10th consecutive year. All proceeds
to go toward the operation of Camp
Barnes, Delaware's only boys
camp and as of this year a girls
camp.
Camp Barnes is located in the
southeastern section of Sussex
County and is on body of water
known as Millers Greek. This camp
in past years has been attended
yearly by over 500 boys complete
" free of charge for a two-week
period of camp life. This year not
only will this same number of boys
attend this camp, but also over 100
girls will attend on the same basis
as the boys. This is trial but it
is almost certain that this will be-
come a part of the regular sched-
ule of the Camp.
For many years after Camp
Continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
DEMOCRATS TO HOLD
BEACH JAMB0REE

The Sussex County DEM
ocratic B h Jamboree
will be held at Lewes Beach,
August II, starting at $3.50
p. m. Rain date, August IL,
same time, same place. An
drew O'Neal, Deputy State
Treasurer, is chairman. He
states this will be the big
gest and best yet. Everyone
invited. Tickets $1.00. Plen-
ty of refreshments.
The entertainment chair
man is former Levy Court
man Victor L. Adams, or
Bridgeville; Ticket chair
man, Mrs. Mary P. Hill, Lau-
rel; Publicity chairman, Mrs.
Mabel Lambden, Georgetown.
Next week, the Publicity
chairman will give more de-
tails. Please keep this date
in mind. Get your tickets
from the presidents of the
various clubs or at the gate.
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05


IN urging the participation of
Delaware's young people, Governor
Boggs called attention to the fact
that boys and girls who make
good use of their leisure time
strengthen the moral fibre of the
community in which they live and
build happier and more productive
lives
According to information preyi-
ously made available by James F.
Godsey, executive secretary of the
Delaware Junior Fishing Rodeo,
this years competition will take
place at twelve Delaware ponds
and lakes between the hours of 10
a. m. and 2 p. m. August 20. Saw
ings Bonds and other prizes, earn
ed in the competition, will be
awarded at a banquet to be held
at Dover, August %, and the 1860
CONTINUED on page sixteen)
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
DuPonts Are
Planning Big
New Expansion
SeafOrd Plant Manager
McGinty Says Present
Plans Call For $9,OOO,-
900 Building Program.

More than $9DOO,O00 will be
spent by the DUPONT Company to
modernize and expand facilities at
the Seaford Nylon Plant, Arthur
]. McGinty, Manager, announced
today.
The major project, aimed prl-
marily at increasing production OF
sol nylon carpet fiber through the
use of improved technology, will
begin Immediately. 1t is in addl-
ton to earlier expansions for pro-
duction of the sol product. The
new facility is expected to be in
operation within the next IL
months, Mr.. McGinty said. To-
gether with current expansion and
modernization activities already
under way at the location, ap-
proximately 500 people will be re-
Quired at the peak of construction
The work includes the recently
authorized installation of new
equipment in the plants technical
laboratory and other improve
ments.
Arthus S. Trumpore of the COM
pany's Engineering Department
who will be in charge of construc-
tion as the field project manager
has already established headquar-
ters at Seaford.
Mr.. McGinty said the project,
when completed, will not require
additional people since the person
mel presently working on sol pro-
duction will operate the new
equipment. At present, $500 men
and women are employed a the
plant.
The program calls for the in
stallation of new production ma
chimes, a new building to house
certain new operations, plus in
CONTINUED on page four)
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Singer Sales Man
To Attend Seminar
BIZ Hemphill, OF Milford Center,
One OF 80 In q. S.

Mr.. William HemphiH, Sales
Representative of the Milford Sing
er Sewing Center, will attend a
seminar at the Singer Executive
Offices in New York City for 5
weeks.
Only thirty men from the entire
United States were selected for
this program. Selections were made
on the basis of Sales Production,
General Ability and Customer Re-
lations.
The overall effectiveness of the
Sewing Center, at which the Rep
resentative is employed, was also
prime consideration in the selec-
tion.
The Milford Sewing Center, un-
der the managership of Mr.. Gil
Griffin, has since its inception,
been consistently an agency leader.
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Delaware Park
K acing Tax
Take Sc t At
5000, no
Revenue To State VIII
Constitute A New ALI
Time Record; 718,668
Persons Attended Meet
At Stanton Track.

The states net income from the
55-day fiat racing meet, which
ended last Saturday at Delaware
Park, will probably exceed $3.-
100000 for new all-tIme record.
An examination of the key sta
tistics for this just-ended 2Srd
racing season shows the amount
to be turned over to the State
Treasury will approximate 3d.
OS5,7 ITO.
Wagering on the final day of the
session continued or the downward
trend triggered by the competi-
tion from Brandywine Raceway
since the harness plant opened it's
extended season on July 8.
The 1860 meeting, longest in the
history of the Stanton track, pro-
duced total amount ,Eagered of
$59,711,926, which breaks down
into $1,0S5.671 per day.
Although the gross amount wag-
cred during the meeting was al
most $4,O00,000 higher than last
years total of $56,000,061, the
daily average was off 3.0ls per cent.
The final attendance figures
show that 718,668 persons fiocked
to the race course, also sn all-time
record. But the meeting this year
was five days longer than in 1859.
Before the overlapping period
with Brandywine Raceway began,
Delaware Park had comfortable
increase of &c per cent in betting
compared to last years season.
The attendance was five per cent
below last year when viewed on the
basis of daily average.
Continued on page four)
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Carvel's Strength
Disputed BY Rivals
Hoey And Smith Both Claim Form.
er Executive Exaggerates Power

Insurance Commissioner Harry
S. Smith and Senator Walter j.
Hoey both declared recently that
Former Gov Elbert N. Carvel has
exaggerated his strength in Sus-
sex County.
The former Governors two Sus-
sex County rivals for the Demo-
cratic nomination for governor
disputed his last Thursday predic-
tion that he will have a majority
of the convention delegates from
that county.
Senator Hoey's comment: ST
thing he's absolutely wrong. He
doesn't know what he's talking
about" IF Mr.. Carvel has that
kind of strength" he added, 81
haven't been able to locate it."
1t is not secret that the Hoey
forces are quietly marshaling their
forces not only in Sussex but in
CONTINUED on page four)
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
State Ninth Most
Crowded At P resent
Delaware Now Has 244 Persons
Per Square Mile
Feeling cramped latela?

Feeling cramped Lately?
According to figures released
from the census bureau in Wash
ington, Delaware is the ninth most
crowded state in the country.
With population of 244 per-
sons per square mile, Delaware is
far behind the leader, New Jersey,
which has S002 persons for every
square mile.
The population density of the
United States as whole actually
decreased in the 1950-60 despite
an increase of 28,000,000 in the
population Alaska made the diff
ference.
The census bureau announced
this week that the population dem
sity of the so states was 50.4 per
square mile in the 1860 census. In
1850 it was 507 per square mile.
CONTINUED on page sfx)
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Telephone Go.
Planning New
System L or
Hartly Del.
Numbering Set-up viii
Go Into Effect March
OF 1861; Same Plan
Due Here The Follow
ing Year.

A new modern telephone num-
bering system is coming to Gypsy
(Hartly) in March, 1861.
The new system is known as ALI
Number Calling or "ANC" and
uses telephone numbers with sew
en- figures it was announced today
by Theodore Collins, local manag-
er of the Diamond State Telephone
Company. Mr.. Collins also stated
that Garden (Milford) could ex-
pect like system by March of
1862.
When ANC is introduced in
Hartly next year, all present Gyp-
sy numbers will be changed and
the new numbers will be prefixed
with the three-figure code "492",
Collins said
For example, telephone number
Gypsy 2-9970 would become 492-
1910, the manager stated.
Current nationwide planning en-
visions the eventual changing of
all telephone exchanges to the
new seven-figure ANC system, he
added.
Customers and company will
benefit by the advantages of the
new ANC system which makes pos
sible faster and more accurate
dialing of calls.
1T has been demonstrated in ex-
tensive tests that customers can
locate numbers more quickly on
the telephone dial, mainly because
they do not have to change gears
mentally from letters to figures
and can concentrate on dialing
quickly and accurately" the man
ager stated.
He also pointed out that use of
seven figures eliminates confusion
which sometimes arises between
CONTINUED on page sfx)
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05

single axle trailer, tandem axle
trailer, and tank trailer. Only
drivers who have had no accidents
during the preceding year are eli
gible.
The Roadeo is sponsored jointly
by the Delaware Motor Transport
Association and the trucking asso-
Citations of New Jersey. Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland. Last year the
Delaware Association was host for
the Roadeo. which was held in New
Castle.
Roadeo rules are prepared by
the American Trucking Associa-
tions. and are standard at Roadeos
all over the country. Judges will
include experienced officials from
insurance companies and police
forces in the four-state area.
The Roadeo tests include a writ
CONTINUED on page sixteen)
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Rich Stakes Tonight
At Brandywine

Brandywine's first of nine rich
stakes will be unfolded this Fri
day august 81 when the estimated
$4,000 General George Washington
for 3-year-old trotters will be stag
ed as the highlight of the weeks
racing.
The General George Washing
ton. in which many of the 27
young trotters who remained in
nomination here will compete in
the $150,000 Hambletonian classic
at DuQuoin, Ill, and other rich
races Coast-to-CoaSt, will have a
star-studded field.
Continued on page sevenl
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Second Annual Blue
Carriage Ball Aug. 26

Plans are complete for the Sec
ond Annual Blue Carriage Ball, a
special feature Of the Kent-Sussex
1860 Fund Appeal for the Chill
dren's Bureau of Delaware. Mrs.
Joseph S. G. Mach of Seaford and
Lewes Beach, Sussex chairman. and
Mrs. John o. Snyder, Milford, Kent
chairman, tell us the ball, with
Mrs. Otis H. Smith Of Lewes, as
chairman, will be even more SEN
sational than the one last year.
1t will be held at the RehOboth
Beach Country Club on Friday eve-
ming, August 26, from 8 p. IN. 10
CONTINUED on page sevenl
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Marion Drippen To
Judge Dairy Show

Marion Deepen. County Agent for
Montgomery County. Pennsylvania,
will serve as the official judge for
the 18th annual Sussex County
Dairy Show on Wednesday. August
10, at the Agricultural Substation
Farm near Georgetown.
Robert Zehr, Bridgeville, chair
man of the Show Committee, re-
ports that the number of entries re-
ceived equals that of previous
years and five new exhibitors are
on the list this year, which is an
encouraging sign.
Five classes will be shown. They
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Wilmington To Hold
Dollar Day Aug. 10
Plans Are Being Completed Fer
Semi-Annual Fete

The 86th semi-annual Dollar Day
sponsored by the Retail Merchants
Section of the Delaware State
Chamber of Commerce, a merchan-
dising event which has attracted
the cooperation of area merchants,
will be held Wednesday, August 10
The cooperating stores will offer
bargains in every line of merchan-
disc and according to Samuel H
Morrison, chairman of the Coopera-
tive Sales, Promotion and Adver-
tising Committee which is spear
heading the planning, "the low
prices will go beyond the imagi-
nation of the most thrifty shop
per-"
The bargains galore will be avail
able on this one day only in all the
Dollar Day stores in downtown
Wilmington and in shopping CEN
ters and other locations on the edge
CONTINUED on page four)
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Chaplains Active At
Bethany Beach Site
Programs Under Supervision OF
Capt r. j. Cooke

While the Delaware Army Nat
ional Guard engages in summer
maneuvers at Bethany Beach,
matters religious and spiritual
will not be neglected. Under the
supervision of Chaplain (Capt)
Raymond j. Cooke, a program has
been designed to fill the religious
needs of Delaware Guardsmen of
all faiths during the summer en-
campment.
Regular Sunday services have
been arranged for Protestant and
Catholic personnel, while men OF
the Jewish faith will hold their
Sabbath services on Friday eve-
nings.
When in the field on maneuvers
outdoor services are held. Guard
Chaplains use standard Army
chaplain's kits appropriate to their
CONTINUED on page four)
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Accident Death Toll
So Far Equals 1859
Number Killed In Fuol Accidents And Pedesiun-cor
Mshaps TofuI 80 In State Outside cify Of Wilmington For
Both JonUury-June Periods. ssufe Police Report

deaths in
period
A e. Daney,
of the tate police
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Local Trucking Firms To
Compete In Truck ROadeO

Two local hrmsBurris Food Distributors Inc and Masen
Cowi their drivers the
Mid-Aantc held Philadelphia
August 18th to 2Oth
knowledge,
championships
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
State Fire Marshall Has
Urged Escape Procedure

Fire Marshal believes that Della
procedure worked out and ready to
recommended the following workable
plan"
Milford chronicle., 1960-08-05
Third Annual Fishing ROdeO
viii Be Held August 2Oth

Saturday
officially
In at
Of
+rorthr -oi-io orndort Linz
Evening star., 1960-08-09
Gold in Your Attic
A Lamb Juvenile Brinqs $500
BY VAN ALLEN BRADLEY

Although his fame rests on
his essays and criticism, the
English author Charles Lamb
also wrote some delightful
stories for children.
He suffered greatly from
worry over his sisters in
sanity, drank excessively, and
had cause to be depressed by
some of his literary fiops, but
he still managed to get gaiety
into his writing.
One of the rarest of his
works is the anonymous
paper-bound tale, "The King
and Queen of Hearts," a first
edition of which is worth at
least a small kings ransom.
Its cover title reads. in part:
THE KING AND QUEEN
OF HEARTS: WITH THE
ROGUERIES OF THE
KNAVE WHO STOLE AWAY
THE QUEENS PIES
London 1906
There are only a few copies
known, and there are at least
two different arrangements
OF the title design. In 1949,
Frank Capra's copy brought
$700 at a New York auction
sale.
Evening star., 1960-08-09
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

Error: One day at rehears-
al, conductor Arturo Toscan-
ini became convinced that
there was an incorrect note
in the score that lay in front
of him.
Although the note had ap.
peared thus for many years,
he was suddenly sure that the
composer had written some
thing else.
He asked an assistant to
check with the musical di-
rector of the Library of Con-
gress, where the original score
was kept. The musical di-
rector, in New York at the
time. phoned Washington and
had the passage hummed to
him.
He then phoned ToScanini's
assistant and hummed the
passage to the latter. The
assistant dashed out on stage,
interrupting the rehearsal.
and hummed for the maestro.
Toscanini clapped his
hands in delight. AS he had
suspected, his version had
been the correct one. Rap
ping for silence. he solemnly
hummed the corrected pas
sage to the members of the
orchestra.
Evening star., 1960-08-09

The Fomiy Council consists Of Q
Judge. o psyehiutrist. three clergy.
men. three editors and o women's
editor. Eoch article is a summary
Of on octuoI case history. The
council reports on problems thot
hove been deoIt with by respon-
sible agencies and counselors.
Evening star., 1960-08-09
Youths Attending
Traffic Sessions

More than $50 Maryland
high school sophomores and
juniors are attending the Sec
ond annual State Youth Traf-
fic Safety Conference at the
University of Maryland.
At a series of meetings on
the campus, the teen-agers dis
cuss pedestrian safety, driver
licensing, traffic courts. traffic
laws and engineering, and law
enforcement.
Gov. Tawes addresses the
group today.
The program is sponsored by
the Governors office, and Mary
land Law Enforcement Officer,
Inc, in cooperation with the
Maryland Traffic Safety Com
mission and Maryland Youth
Safety Advisors, Inc.
Evening star., 1960-08-09
Have q Question?

Mrs. P. M: Generally
speaking, Grosset & Dunlap
titles are reprints and have
no commercial value in the
collectors market.
S. De S.: Dealers are not
inclined to make a trip to
your home to inspect books
unless they Cor you) know
the items are of value. In
any case. they do not normal
ly make appraisals without
charge unless you are will
ing to sell at their prices.
Expert appraisals are avail
able for a fee, usually / per
cent or more of the value
of the items concerned.
N. K: Your Alfred w. Pol
lard's "An Essay on Colo
phons" (Chicago, 19O5), a
Caxton Club book limited to
252 copies, is worth roughly
$35 at retail. There were
three copies printed on Jap
anese vellum.
Mrs. H. F.: Your first edi-
Evening star., 1960-08-09

ton of John Greenleaf Whit
tiers Home Ballads and
Poems" Boston, 1860 is
worth about $40 at retail if
in fine condition.
Mrs. w. B. S.: Your
Frances Lichten's Folk Art
of Pennsylvania" New York,
1946) is worth around SIS or
$40 at retail if in fine condi-
ton.
T. H. Y: Your Francis
Bacon's "Sylva Sylvarum"
london. 165D is a rare
natural history item and is
worth around $50 at retail if
in good condition.
Miss ]. M: Your first edi-
ton of w. H. Hudson's Birds
and Man" Oondon, 190D is
scarce ana worth around $40
to SIS at retail if in fine con-
dition.
S. R.: There are two rea-
sons why paperbound copies
Of important first editions
sometimes bring higher prices
than hardbound copies. AS
a rule, they have appeared
first (and are the preferred
first isSued). Since they are
more perishable than the
hardbound copies, fewer sur
vive.
Selected reader questions
Will be anSwered in this
column. Address Van Allen
Bradley in care OF The Eue-
ming Star.
copyright, 1860. General Features Corp
Gold in Your Attic oppeors eoeh
Tuesdoy.
Evening star., 1960-08-09
THE DETAILS

Laura Rive gotten in
to a terrible hassle with my
husband, all because of a
friend who is too good ma
tured.
My husband has had some
serious business problems re-
Evening star., 1960-08-09
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Some Old Doctors Are Needy
By DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

Old doctors-like old gen.
erals-don't die: They just
fade away.
Few things sadden me so
much as to see a doctor in his
seventies or eighties, clutch
ing his tattered old black bag,
as he walks infirmly into his
Office.
I recall such a one. When
I was a youngster he was our
family doctor. In fact it was
he who encouraged me to
study medicine after another
doctor had said to me:
Don't! There are too many
doctors around already"
OUR DOCTOR was a kindly
and able man. He was strong,
yet gentle. He had the larg-
est practice in our city. His
waiting room was always full
during his long Office hours.
Many was the night we kids
saw his car in front Of some
neighbor's house late at night.
You could get him any time
day or night. We wondered
where he got all his strength
and reserve.
Now he is in his mid
seventies. His Office is a hole
in-the- wall. Most of his pa
tientS have died or moved
away. He is alone. His wife
and two children died in an
accident years ago. I doubt
that he. sees as many as 10
patients a week, He looks
under-fed and his clothes are
old and worn out. s -.
There's a home. for old,
actors. There's guaranteed
comfort for old executives.
And I am sure the labor un-
ions make provision in some
way directly or indirectly
for the welfare of workers.
How about good old doc?"
Evening star., 1960-08-09
Gichner and Union
Sign New Contract

A new one-year contract has
been signed by Local 131, Inter-
national Union of Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers
IUE) and the Fred S. Gichner
Iron Works, Inc. 1914 Twenty
fourth street NV.
The contract covers all shop
employees of the company's
plants here and in Beltsville,
Md.
Evening star., 1960-08-09

opinion is often slow in be-
coming manifest-but vote
pressure" at last makes it.
self felt.
Lately the papers have
been full of the need to pro-
vide care for the millions
over IS. I hope most of US
live long enough to witness a
world in which helpless old
men will not be forced to
hang on to existence with
their f1ngernails.
Be they old doctors with
their little black bags or old
men in any other profession
or business, who have been
bypassed by the young, the
elderly deserve to live out
their lives as they started
protected and loved.
CReleased by the Bell syndicate)
Tomorrow: Bronehoscopy.
Evening star., 1960-08-09
DEAR ABBY
Imposed Upon Stirs Debate
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

DEAR ABBY: The woman
who signed herself I'M
POSED UPON" had every
right to complain because
parents and her hus-
bands parents pestered them
with surprise visits with the
excuse, I'VE are dying to see
the grandchildren"
You were wrong to have
told her and her husband
that they made a "serpent's
tooth look dull" You're Slip
ping. Abby. That gal is
sharper than you are. We
informed both sets of parents
that we wouldn't drop in on
them and we didn't want
them dropping in on us. 1t
worked fine.
NOT IMPOSED UPON.
y y y
DEAR ABBY: This is for
IMPOSED UPON:
You should have been
raised in the orphanage I
was raised in and I should
have had your parents. They
could visit me as often as
they wished and would be
welcome to stay as long as
they cared to. My children
have never known loving
grandparents and they never
will because my husbands
parents are both deceased
and I have never known mine.
I am sending Abby my name
and address with permission
to invite your parents and in
laws to come to visit me.
MOTHER OF THREE.
+ y y
DEAR ABBY: I am IA and
quite mature for my age. My
Evening star., 1960-08-09

little sister is IL and she Is
even more mature than I am.
We are both considered cute
by the boys.
On Saturday afternoon we
60 to the movies. Last Satur-
day some boys sat behind us
and started fooling around.
One boy asked my sister to
come back and sit with him,
so she did. Abby, she didn't
even know his name. She was
a disgrace! She is always
giving boys she never saw be-
fore her telephone number,
too.
I have tried to tell her it
was wrong, but she won't lis
ten to me. I hate to be a
tattle-tale, but don't you
think my mother ought to
hear about this?
BIG SISTER.
Your sister needs to have
many things explained to
her, and your mother should
do it. You will do your sister
land mOther) a tremendous
favor by telling your mother.
If you tell her Immediately,
there is still time to head off
serious trouble which usually
starts this way.
+ = y =
II you Wdnt a personal
reply from Abby. t0rite to her
in care OF The EUening Star
and incloSe a stamped, SELF
addressed envelope. She an
StDerS ALL letters.