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Milford chronicle., 1960-06-03
Happenings of Interest
Throughout Deldwdre

MOSQUITO FIGHT-- Officials
of the various cities and towns in
this state have been requested by
Charles ID. Murphy, Jr., Director
of the Mosquito Control Division
of the State Highway Department,
to assist in the eradication OF
sources of mosquito breeding.
Mr.. Murphy has requested the
local officials to impress on their
residents that the fight against
mosquitoes is community prof.
ect, in which a few persons cannot
do all of the work but instead, it
will need complete cooperation.
In his letter to these officials,
Mr.. Murphy said, The homeown-
er's help is especially valuable be-
cause he can attack breeding
places and areas that public en-
ployees cannot reach.
BRANCH CONFERENCE =. The
Delaware Chapter of American
Red Cross held their Branch Area
Conference on Tuesday, May 81,
at the Belhaven Hotel in Rehoboth
Beach, Delaware.
The entire program and work
shop period were interesting and
informative. The leaders and Off
GERS led the discussion. The con-
ference was well attended and 8
members of Milford Area repre-
sented the local area in various
groups.
Mr.. John G. Leach, Vice Presi-
dent of Goldey-B Beacon School of
Business, Wilmington, gave the
address, 1.-THE Volunteer in a DEM
ocracy".
1t was interesting to note that
the total for the 1860 Red Cross
fund drive in the Milford area was
$2,35O.65.
Red Cross is Year Round Prof.
ect-let's do our share!
-
ROTARIANS GIVING - Mem
bers of the Camden Wyoming Ro-
tary Club have personally given
$4,000 in cash and pledges during
the first week of the campaign to
raise $500 in the Camden Wyom.-
ing Dover area for a Boy Scout
hall, according to reports made to
Edward H. Nelson, fund treasur-
er.
With this show of good faith and
enthusiasm on the part of the Ro-
tarians, solicitors anticipate gen.
erous friendly reception by bust
ness firms and individuals who will
be solicited under the direction of
e. Stephen Townsend. Jr., associ-
ate chairman of the fund commit
tee.
The building located on South
West Street in Camden is already
under construction and the COM
pleted value is estimated at $751;
600. Those who prefer to contri-
butte work rather than cash should
contact Leroy e. Whitley" Weik
chairman of construction.
CHICKEN BARBECUE = Wed
nesday, June %, has been selected
by Union Methodist Church, il
Bridgeville, Del, as the date for 9
chicken barbecue dinner, to be
served in Fellowship Hall. Wea.
ther permitting, tables will be out
on the lawn, for those wishing to
eat outdoors. Thurman Adams, Jr.
is General Chairman of the Com
mittee on Arrangements. Serving
will start at 400 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Hoffman are
in charge of ticket sales. Members
of the church will have tickets
available, and will also help in the
preparation and serving of the din
ner. Summer time. is Barbecue
time, and everybody likes chicken,
so save Wednesday evening, June
%, as an evening to take your en-
tire family out to dinner.
A second barbecue dinner is
planned for early fall. The prob
able date is Wednesday, September
z, SO save that date, too.
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-03

Today Brown P. Thawley.
Jr., will be graduated from
Valley Forge Military Acad-
emy and present will be his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
P. Thawley, Miss Mary Sue
Thawley and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Dugan. His parents and sister,
Mary Sue, were present last
Sunday for the baccalaureate
sermon of the commencement
week. Brownie, as ne is call
ed by home folks, will have
several of his classmates as
guests this weekend to be
spent at the Thawley cottage
in Rehoboth.
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-03

Mrs. Clayton Lord was the
honored guest on Wednesday
when her bridge club met with
Mrs. Joseph Kemp for the BIZ
monthly game. These young
married gather at ten o'clock,
have lunch and then play
cards, which was done this
week. But added to that was
stork shower for Mrs. Lord, a
complete surprise. Present
were, beside those already
mentioned, Mrs. Wilmer o.
Lankford, Mrs. Palmer An
stine, Mrs. ]. Spencer Willis,
Mrs. Grosvenor Russell, Mrs.
Frank Lynch, Mrs. Robert Mer-
Ger, Mrs. Robert Fischer. Mrs.
Fred Watts, Mrs. Henry Frank
ell and Mrs. William Kenton.
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-03

Miss Eileen Harris of Will
mington will be the sOloist at
Calvary Methodist Church on
Sunday. Miss Harris was a
former pupil of Mrs. Marie Gill
tenboth and has gone on to
much success, being graduated
from the JuIliard School of
Music in New York this month.
She formerly lived in Har-
rington and is we'll known
here.
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-03

Tomorrow morning from ten
o'clock until noon, Mrs. Frank
r. Grier will entertain the
members of the program solic-
iting committee for coffee at
her home on Kings Highway.
This committee will soon be
working in the interest of the
mentally retarded which bene-
fits from the proceeds of the
Blue ard Gold football games
now being played annually.
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-03

COME ONE, COME ALL and help
the Avenue Methodist Church Sane
tuary Choir sell their cakes, pies,
rolls, potato salad and other foods.
Saturday, June 4, 1860. at 1000
a. m, at the Walnut Street Bridge
or in case of rain in front of ]. C.
Penney's Store, Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-03

SUNSHINE SOCIETY - TIL e
Alden Branch of the International
Sunshine Society will meet on Fri
day, June 10, at Mrs Aliens cot
tage, Slaughter Beach at II noon,
for covered dish luncheon. Please
bring table setting. Hostesses are
Mesdames Allen, Joseph, Wood,
Williams, Elton and ManlOve.
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-03
RICHTER


Erwin H. Richter, SIS, a World
War l veteran, died May "a in Vet
Grams Hospital. Elsmere, where he
had been a patient for the past
two weeks. He was a retired en-
ployee of the State Highway De-
partment and had lived in Canter-
bury for 80 years.
Mr.. Richter was a member OF
ST. Johns Lutheran Church, Do
yer, and belonged to Walter L. Fox
American Legion Post, Dover.
He is survived by his wife. Flora,
and by four sons, Hubert r. Rich
ter, in the Azores; John Richter,
San Francisco; Robert Richter,
Baltimore, and Kenneth Richter,
Canterbury.
Also surviving are two brothers
and three sisters, William and
Glenn Richter, both of Dover; Mrs.
Jessie Estep, DOylestown. Pa !;
Mrs. Ethel Rile, Wayne, Pa, and
Mrs. Gusta .Foitik, San Antonio.
Seven grandchildren also survive
Services were held last Saturday
at 2 D. m. at St Johns Lutheran
Church, Dover. The Rev. TheO-
dore Haffner, pastor, officiating.
Interment in Sharon Hill Memoir
ial Park, Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-03

FLOWER SHOW From Many
Lands is the theme OF the 1860
Delaware Flower Show to be held
at Agricultural Hall. University of
Delaware, Newark, on June 4 and
s..
The arrangement classes will be
suggestive OF many countries, rang
ing from Alaska to Africa The ar
rangements will be placed In a set
ting of gardens typical OF Japan,
France or Italy.
Part of thes how will be the ra-
ther unique program for Juniors
which will feature educational ex-
hibits prepared by youth groups.
and flower arrangements and hor-
ticulture specimens done by indi-
vidual youngsters. There viii be
Identification and Judging contests
for juniors, which even adults may
want to try.
Both amateur and professional
gardeners will display roses, per-
ennials, vegetables and other spe-
cimens. Advance entries are not
required for these.
The show opens at 2:30 on Sat-
urday. The public is invited to at
tend without charge. There will be
on three floors OF the build
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-03
Local Happenings

WSCS TO MEET-The WSCS Of
Milford Neck Church will meet at
the parsonage with Rev. and Mrs.
Churn, June s, at p. m Mrs.
Hulda Willis will have charge of
the program.
Milford chronicle., 1960-06-03

BAKE AND FOOD SALE Mar
garet c. Pyle Rebekah Lodge No.
z will hold Bake and Food Sale
June 3 and A, Friday and Saturday,
in front door of the Odd Fellows
Building. This will be a benefit
bake. 11:00 o'clock a. m.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
Catholic Press Critics

AN EDITOR OF the Tulsa Tribune
wrote not so long ago that there Is
a false theory we editors would be furi-
Gus if journalism schools criticized u
publications. The danger, he pointed
out, is not that journalism schools will
criticize, since that is a good thing, but
that they will criticize stupidity.
AS OUR READERS know, Just about
everybody criticizes newspapers. The
editor and newsman, like the baseball
manager or football quarterback. per-
forms constantly before grandStands
filled with people who think they could
do the job better.
WE SUPPOSE The reason is that
everyone fancies himself a writer or
at least a critic. And, since newspapers
are for the public, readers exercise a
proprietary air over them and feel they
have a right to tell the editor what TO
do and how to do 1t.
IN THE CATHOLIC PRESS we have
the added point that most Catholics
also consider themselves theologians
particularly after three Martlnisl Con-
sequently. they are very sensitive OH
anything connected with their religion.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12

Many feel they could run the parish
or Diocese or even the Universal
Church better than those In charge.
Here again, readers of the Catholic
Press have a personal and almost belli-
gerent interest in the Catholic news
paper. An error in their Diocesan news
paper, for instance, is not a mistake,
it's an insult,
WE FEEL this kind of interest is
not entirely to be deplored. 1t gives
us. the staff of your Diocesan weekly,
a feeling that our readers care about
their publication. AS long as they care,
We have the interest that should be
there.
CONTRARY to what may appear,
editors are very self-critlcal. We are
we'll aware that we often fail miserably.
But we are constantly trying to inn
prove even though we know the job
can never be. done as it ought to be
done.
SO, DEAR READERS, Catholic Press
Month gives us an opportunity to say:
criticize all you want. AS long as you
do, you care. And. if your criticism is
constructive, be sure to let us in on
it by sending it to us. -GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
The Yardstick
Many Agree With Ike
In Principle Not Practice
BY Msgr. George G. Higgins

pose, with regard to the Presi-
dents summary statement on
the respective roles of indl-
viduals and private groups III
the economy. Under this gen
eral heading. he says, among
other things. that leaders of
business and labor have a
joint responsibility for IA
cllltatinc economic growth
through the conduct and re-
suits Of collective bargain.
ing
AS A GENERAL principle
this would probably meet
with the approval Of the ma
lority Of American citizens.
But many individuals and
groups In varying degrees
and for different reasons
are likely TO disagree with the
President when, in the appli-
cation of this principle. he
calls for price reductions
warranted by especially rap
i'd productivity gains" and for
wage settlements which. on
the average. will be within
general productivity gains"
SOME EMPLOYERS and la
Dor leaders would undoubted.
ly take exception to these
particular recommended 0 n S,
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

economic system and our free.
doms."
CONTINUING in the same
VEN, he adds that the more
effective the Job done by In
diyiduals and private groups
and by government at the
state and community levels.
the less the danger OF federal
encroachment In areas that
have additionally been the
province OF private enterprise
and OF local government.
THE MAJORITY of Ameri-
cans. regardless of their pc.
litical utilization, would prob
ably subscribe to this princi-
pie with certain qualifica-
tons as 10 its wording by the
President.
MANY PEOPLE, however
IN both political parties would
undoubtedly disagree with the
Presidents spelling out Of this
principle in terms OF specific
governmental functions. To
some his application of the
principle viii probably seem
to be too conservative and to
others. it will seem TO be too
liberal.
MORE OR LESS the same
thing would be true, ! sup
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
This Is American?

a cry for help from some victim of an
accident and then walk away from the
scene because he found a prayer-book
not used in his place of worship?
Can YOU imagine what cries of "intoler-
ence' and "bigotry'' would arise?
The CATHOLIC TIMES has and will
continue to refuse advertising from any
firm or institution specifying restrict
ed" wording in its advertising message
in carrying out its business.
WHY CANNOT this world a
world filled with human beings, live
according to the admonition of a man
who shortly before the turn of the
century wrote:-"Giye to every other
human being every right that you claim
for yourself ."-R.J.W.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
THE INTRODUCTORY

THE
chapter OF the Economic
Report OF The President,
which was transmitted to
the Congress on January
20, concludes with a live-page
philosophical essay entitled
SHARED r S p onsibility for
Economic Growth and I'm
provement."
A BRIEF SYNOPSIS Of the
President position on the re-
spectiye roles Of government
and of individuals and pri-
yate groups in economic life.
this is perhaps the most i'm.
portant section of the 243
page Report. or at least the
one that will probably be OF
greatest interest to the sv-
erage reader.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS, in
summary, that while govern.
ment has. an indispensable
role to play in furthering eco
nomlc progress, excessive re-
lance on governmental ma
chinery may not only frus.
trate the quest for steady
growth and reasonably stable
prices. but may have undesir-
able consequences for our
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gnnNnnuHnaumnn

continue our efforts in the
hope that eventually we can
get the public TO listen.
AS FATHER WALTER Far
rell. the great Dominican,
once pointed out. the modern
apostle faces greater prob
lens than the first Apostles.
They spoke to people who &C
cepted absolute truth and had
a sense of responsibility to
find that truth. In this ever
changing world. the American
public feels there is no inn
mutable and. absolute truth.
AT the same time ii has a con
stantly decreasing sense of
moral responsibility. The in
credible crime rate IS proof
of the fact.
DR.. GRAYSON KIRK, pres
ident of Columbia University,
gave a talk at the New York
Academy of Medicine on Jan.
7 in which he showed how bad
the situation is. 1--WE observe
with alarm the rising Incl
denee OF crime, the shocking
growth of juvenile delinquen.
cy. the declining level of in
dividual and group morality
there are times when it
seems that the concern Of the
American public for the gen
eral welfare had been replac-
cd by the new criterion of
conduct aptly If inelegantly
expressed by the question,
Whats in il for me?"
THERE is SOMETHING in
Catholicism for the American
public but it's not what they
are looking for. Conversions
will not soar in the Soaring
sixties"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
A COLUMBUS PHYSICIAN

A COLUMBUS PHYSICIAN 1890 one
who does not inquire into the religion
of the patient he is treating, made plans
for a Florida vacation during the past
month and was shocked, as we were,
TO have his travel agency tell him that
persons Of his race were not able to
get accommodations at one of Flor
ida's fast growing centers,
WHEN AN ENTIRE community-an
entire city, closes its doors to any man
because of his faith, his color, or his
parents, then America is back at the
stage of history before Columbus made
his famous journey and discovered this
side of the world
SURPRISING this doctor were to
answer a call to a ~death-bed or answer
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12

not necessarily on the grounds
of principle, but rather from
the point of view of their
practical or political implica-
tions. This | could readily UNI
derstand.
ON THE OTHER HAND, |
can't for the life OF me under
stand the position of the Wall
Street Journal, which on Jan,
% editorialized against the
President Wage-priee recon
mendationS not in terms OF
their practically or impracti.
cality, but exclusively and ex-
plicitly in terms OF principle.
THE JOURNAL says in so
many words. that "in a free
society there is no moral
duty on a producer or seller
to lower prices. any more
than there is a moral duty on
workers TO ask for lower wag.
es. In the bluntcSt terms. the
worker tries to get as much as
he can and the seller as much
as the traffic Will bear
IF THIS MEANS that the
worker and the seller are
morally justified in 50 acting,
| can only say the blunt
est terms that the Wall
Street rs economic
philosophy is amoral and com
pletely at odds with the
teaching of the Church on this
subject.
THE JOURNAL adds. for
good measure, that ''the an
eient notion of a Just price,
is all wrong. Indeed we are
told that there amt no such
animal" Prices and wages are
TO be determined by competi-
ton on the free market and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12

of hard liquor were conSum-
ed at a cost Of five billion
dollars. Another five billion
went for beer and wines.
FRANCE is the only coun-
try in the world spending
more money on liquor per
capita than we do. We spend
four per cent of our con
sumner income on liquor, they
spend nine per cent. Surveys
lin Delaware and Montana in
dictate hat 30 per cent Of auto
accidents involve liquor. In
1857, 50 per cent OF arrests
in this country were related
to alcoholic beverages.
THROUGHOUT The United
States, over $4,000 men stay
away from their Jobs every
working day of the year be-
cause of drinking, This makes
a total of 80 million man days
lost per yeaf-mOre than
twice the number lost from
strikes and industrial &C,
cidents combined Yet the hid
den costs of brain damage,
broken homes, ruined chill
dren, dwarf the costs that
show up on paper.
The problem is a challeng-
ing, gigantic one. Some
are again thinking of violent
measures like Prohibition. But
The price we paid for its few
benefits was much too high.
Prohibition is not the answer.
Ii is not what goes into the
mouth of man that defiles him.
NEXT WEEK we will sug-
gest a few practical answers
involving not only the alco-
hole himself. but a team of
helpers composed Of his doc
tor, his priest, his family, and
his friends, among whom we
include Alcoholics Anony-
nous.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-02-12
Inquiry Corner
How Can Men
Speak For God?
by Fir. Henley

er than members of the i'm.
mediate family. Terms among
the Jews, the Greeks and the
Romans were used for the
place of the dead, not Just the
damned, which are usually
translated as s'hell". The
Creed refers TO Christ's visit
to Limbo where Just souls
were detained until the re-
demptive death of is f.
Christ visited these souls I'm
prison Il Peter 500, con-
Quoting them to heaven. AS
St. Cyprian says: "He went
like a great king who delivers
his subjects from a prison
where they have been kept in
durance."
@. What is the Catholic al
iitUde toward gambling? How
can something Judged illegal
by law be considered moral7
A. Ii gambling involves an
ger, resentment, %quarrels or
is connected with organized
crime or dishonesty it is i'm
moral. To risk a reasonable
amount for the sake of recre-
alton Tor as part of a project
for a good cause) is not evil.
Gambling is not sinful in it.
self. Circumstances such as
those mentioned Or such 9TH
ers as using money that is
needed at hone) can make it
sinful. Some gambling is le-
gal in our country and in most
other countries leg. pari-
mutuel betting at race tracks,
so obviously it cannot be said
that gambling as such is H.
legal. The state has a right to
make laws limiting Or forbid
ding gambling as it consti.
tutes a threat to good order,
but the total oUtlawins of le-
climate recreation gambling
would seem to be exceeding
the power of civil law.
Send questions to Father
Edward F. Healy, Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, Box
500, Columbus Is, Ohio.
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@, How can any man or
group OF men take upon them
selves authority 10 speak with
the authority of God as Gath
ollie priests do?
A. No one can take upon
himself authority to speak for
God. Down through the cen
turtles certain individuals have
done that, men of great talent
and contagious .enthusl a S m
but they were wrong. The
Catholic Church is built upon
the deepest democracy, that
of recognizing human weak
ness and basing authority not
upon personal charm or per
suasiveness but upon the del
egated authority traced to
Christ Himself. God gave def
mite and supernatural powers
(eyen including miracles to
the Apostles but we note In
particular the power and au-
thority TO teach on atthew
28.19, Mark 1919, to govern
Matthew 1918, John 20:2D
and to sanctify the souls of
men Matthew 1920, John
1922, Luke 22:19). "He who
hears you, hears me, and he
who rejects you, rejects me,
and he who rejects me. rejects
Him who sent me-" duke
1915 makes clear our obliga-
ton to accept the representa-
tives of Christ thuman weak
ness Notwithstanding as we
would accept Christ Himself.
@. What about the word
hell" in the Apostles creed7
Did Christ actually visit the
damned souls there 49, and
why7
A. An important part of
commentaries on the Bible is
that concerned with the diff
ference in meaning that is of
ten lost in translation from
one culture or language to
another leg. references to the
brethren of the Lord which
term included relatives 9TH
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my husband is good, No
one is more generous TO Us
than he when sober. But he
drinks at least q quart q day,
so We rarely see him sober.
The children are ashamed and
will not bring their friends
home. fear for his health,
his Job, his safety. viii the
new pills against alcoholism
help him?" Mrs. r. c.
YOU ARE PROBABLY re-
ferring TO Cortisone, Tolserol,
and SO on. But they are not
the answer. Your husband IN
all likelihood has a triple
problem Medicine may help
cure his bodily ailments.
These should be treated first
but that is only one.thud OF
the cure
HIS EMOTIONS constitute
another third OF his problems
Our high tension culture is TOO
great a strain for many in
dlyiduals. Alcohol is one Of
many means being used IN eff
forts TO find relief. Civlliza-
ton not only engendered al
cohoI but apparently gave man
the notion that he needs It
as insulation against the fears,
Illustrations. and d%lSenchants
ments OF an increasingly com
pick society.
ALCOHOL SEEMS 70 tenn.
porariy erase memories and
past determinations hides
doubts of the future and helps
man enjoy the present. Al
cohol h not the problem but
only a symptom Of a crippled
ego seeking relief from ten
sions.
THE LAST THIRD Of your
husbands problems may well
he religious Here the intel
lcct and Will must be brought
in. Emotional support from
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Sum and Substance:
Will Conversions Soar
In the Soaring Sixties
By FIR. John B. Sheerin, esp.

popular form of Catholic Ac-
ton at this time.
CAN WE BLAME the cler-
~ then for the slow pace Of
the convert movement? /
don't think 50. There is more
high-leveI convert instruction
than ever before. more in
quiry classes, more doo1-to
door calling, more intelligent
promotion work, more good
pam and catechlsms
than ever before.
THE DEEP INTEREST of
the clergy in convert work
was exemplified by the ma
tion8l conference of convert
workers held at Washington a
few months ago. Priests from
all over the country came to
this Paulistspon S ored con
ventlon to exchange ideas on
convert instruction.
SHALL WE THEN make
the layman the whipping boy?
While there are some out
standing apostolic workers in
the laity, | fear the great ma
iority are rather a~pathetic
about convert work. They
seem to feel it is bad taste
to discuss religion with those
not of the Faith.
YET EVEN If we had the
most jealous laity conceiy-
able. | don't think We could
do much to increase the con
vert total radically in the next
decade. For you can't per-
suade an audience that won't
listen and ! don't think the
American public is ready TO
listen TO the Catholic case.
That doesn't mean we should
give up the attempt. We must