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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
annual Junior Class
Play VII Be Given
2 Nights, April 21-22
Tickets Are Now Avail
able From Any Junior
Or May Be Purchased
At The Door.

The annual Junior Glass Play of
Milford High School is Thornton
Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning
play, "Our Town" The perform
ances win be given in the Milford
High School Auditorium on Thurs
day and Friday, April 81 and % at
o'clock. Tickets may be pur-
chased from any Junior Class
member or at the door.
"Our Town, one of Americas
greatest dramas, is an extraordi-
nary adventure in modern the
atricals It is unconventional in
many respects: it uses no scenery
beyond that of few crude chairs,
tables, and ladders. the audience
learns the fate of the characters
several years before it's occur
renee, and the main character is
a stage manager who is interview
er, observer, and correlater.
The plot is a simple, informal
one about life in small New Eng
land town at the turn of the CEN
tury. It traces the activities of two
prominent families of Growers
Corners, New Hampshire, the
Webbs and the Gibbs. Mr.. Webb is
the editor Of the local paper while
his neighbor Dr. Gibbs is the local
practitioner In this setting we will
meet the milkman. the paperboy.
and local gossip characters pecu-
liar to all communities and our
own town.
It's three acts bring in themes
that are familiar to US all--daily
humdrum. love. marriage and death.
The play is greatly enriched by
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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
School Board
Elections In
Sussex May IA
Deadline For Filing
Names With Clerk OF
Peace Has Been Set AS
10 Days Before

Though the annual school board
elections are still more than a
month away, several petitions have
already been secured from the
Office of l. Robert Wiley, Sussex
County clerk of the peace.
None of the petitions have as
yet been returned The election
will be Saturday, May IA, and the
deadline for filing will be 10 days
before that date.
School board members whose
terms will expire this year are:
Special School Districts: George
town, w. Carl Utz; Milford, e.
Crerar Bennett, Jr.; Laurel, Ford
Warrington; Lewes, Mrs. Alma Nc
Manus; Rehoboth, John A. Nc
Manus; Seaford. Robert H. Stamm.
Regular School Districts (white)
Bethel SO, James C. Scott; Blades,
172, G. Bland Sullivan; Bridge
vile 80, John G. Hammond; John
M. Clayton 81, George H. Bunting;
Delmar 1853, Joseph N. Elliott; FL
lendale 125, Lawrence e. Sam
mons; Greenwood 81, Norman E.
Hamstead; Gumboro 81, Homan
G. Fisher; Lincoln 3, Douglas
Morgan; Lord Baltimore, Amos
McCabe; Millsboro %, Frank J.
Smith; Milton 8, Howard T. West;
Roxana 81, James Savage: Se1by-
vile 80, George Edward Gray.
Colored: Blocksoms 218, Guy
Roach; BridgevilIe 22O, Nathan
Cephas; Concord 216, Edgar Rob-
erts; Delmar 2121aS Samuel By
mum; Drawbridge, 1877; Trannie
Poole; Glendale 1876, Walter Petty
john; Frankford 2O6, Leroy Bivens;
Greenwood 222, James e. Dicker-
son; Lincoln 194, Leslie Freeman; /;
Millsboro 204, James Hall; Mil
ton 1876, Arthur Piper; Nassau 1913,
William Holloman; Owens Cor
ner 213, George Gattis: Rabbits
Ferry 201, Charles p. Norwood; !;
Rehoboth 200, Leroy w. Harmon;
Ross Point 215, George d. West;
Selbyville 21O, Charles Handy;
Slaughter Neck 1913, Oliver Neal;
Warwick 3O3, William B. Street;
Warwick 225, Robert H. Davis.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Chest K-Ray Program
Scheduled In SUSSEX
Locations For Next Week
Are Listed Throughout
County

The 1850 Chest x-Ray Program,
sponsored by the State Board of
Health and the Delaware Anti
tuberculosis Society, will continue
operations in Sussex County the
week of April 18th. The locations
are rescheduled in the areas be-
cause of cancellations due to wea-
ther influences.
Services are free to all citizens
Is years of age and over at any
community location. Those who
have not been x-rayed for two
years are urged particularly to a.
vail themselves of this opportunity.
Monday, April Is - Frankford,
Tingle's Market, 1912 a. m. and
Ia D. m. Mr.. w e. Wilgus, Chair
man with Mrs. Isabel Gum as Hos
tess Chairman.
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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15

Office of the Post Office Depart
ment, congratulated the Chamber
of Commerce and other Milton
sponsoring organizations for the
efforts made to mark the occasion
Charles T. Pepper, vice presi-
dent of the chamber. was general
chairman of the dedication cere-
monies.
Guests included U. S. Senator ].
Allen Frear, Jr.. (D-Del), State
Senator Harvey B. Spicer (R-
Georgetown). and State Rep. Will
liam T. Best (R-Nassau)-
u. S. Rep. Harris B. Mcdowell,
Jr., had been scheduled to appear
but wired from Washington that
pressing business there made 1t
Impossible for him to leave.
Seven or eight area postmasters
were also present
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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
COP Club Is
Planning For
Booster Fete
Honored Speaker At
Meeting Next Thurs
day Night Will Be Hon.
John w. Rollins Form
er 1t. Governor.

The First District Republican
Club of Sussex County will hole
a Republican Boosters Dinner
Thursday, April 81, at $50 p. m.
in the Lincoln Community Center
The honored speaker of the even
ing will be former Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor John w Rollins, a candidate
for the Republican nomination in
this falls gubnatorial race.
Among the guests expected tc
attend will be Senator John ]. Will
liams, Governor j. Caleb Boggs
State COP Chairman Elwood s
Leach, and Norman Bayliss, Sus-
sex County COP Chairman.
Under the leadership of Clut
President, Edmund F. Steiner. the
First District group is preparing
for an excellent dinner Tickets
may be purchased from any club
member or at the door on the
evening of the meeting, which will
be the kick-off dinner for the 1856
campaign in the First District.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Matinee Harness
Races At Harrington
Season Will Get Under
way On April
% and 80

The harness racing season will
get underway with matinee races at
Harrington Fairgrounds on April
% and April 30.
The Galloway -Raughley-Kemp-
Tee Post No z. American Legion,
will sponsor the races and the pro-
ceeds will be used for the Child
Welfare program of the Post
Frank O'Neal, general chairman
for the races, announced today, that
a program of races would be set up
to include horses of all classes. He
states that Dick Case. veteran race
Handicapped and general manager
of Ocean Downs Raceway, would be
on hand to classify the entries into
good matched fields.
The service of Dale Fetrow and
his starting gate have been en-
gagged to see that all horses are
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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
z en- in S ul a
Meets May l9
Grace Methodist Church
Will Be Host To Group
With Rev. w. f. Dun
kle, Host Pastor.

Grace Methodist Church, Wilm-
ington, will be host to the 1860
Peninsula Conference May 1922,
Bishop G. Bromley Oman, bishop
of the Washington Episcopal Area
of The Methodist Church, announc-
ed today.
About 500 ministers and laymen,
representing 208 pastoral charges
and about $4,000 Methodists of the
Eastern Shore and Delaware, will
attend the four-day conference
The Rev. r. Jervis Cooke, Will
mington District Superintendent,
and the Rev. William F. Dunkle,
Jr., Grace Church pastor, are head
ing local arrangements. Bishop
Oman, a former president of the
Council of Bishops of The Metho-
dist Church will preside.
Opening the Thursday morning S
session of the conference. Bishop
Oman assisted by the Peninsula
Conference District Superinten-
dents and the host pastor, will ad-
minister the service of Holy Com
munion.
During the conference the Bishop
will speak at the Friday noon
Bishops hour; address special
Saturday Conference session at the
new Methodist Country House, a
home for the aged under construc-
tion on Kennett Pike near Wilm-
ington; ordain the candidates for
orders and announce the pastors
and preach the Sunday morning
sermon.
A special banquet hOnoring Bi-
shop and Mrs. Oman in view OF
their retirement at the North
eastern Jurisdictional Conference
this June, will be held at the Scot
tish Rite Cathedral Friday even
ing.
Two conference boards, Lay Ac-
tivities and Social and Economic
Relations, will conduct the Thurs
day, evening program, featuring
an address by DR.. Edwin p. Booth
professor of Church History al
Boston University. DR.. Booth will
speak on Roland Hayes, great Ne
gro tenor who in 1885 was awarded
the Spingarn Medal for the most
outstanding achievement by mem
Der of his race.
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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Lutherans Conclude
Successful Drive For
Funds In This City
Milford Group Have Re
ceived S26,48O.OO In
Pledges To Complete
Second Stage Of Their
Building Fund.

The Reformation Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Milford has
successfully completed the second
stage Of their building fund cam
paign with the congregation pledg
ing $26, $4,000 toward the cost of
the first building unit OF their plan
for new church construction. An
nouncement of the success of the
fund drive, conducted between
April 13 and April 10, was made at
the Palm Sunday services by The
Rev. Paul Buehrle, the church
pastor.
The $2e, $4,000 pledged, which Is
above the minimum requirement
for the building program. will al
low the congregation TO begin con-
struction on their Lakeview Ave.
lot sometime during 1860. Rev.
Buehrle also announced that all
of the funds pledged to the first
stage of the building fund drive
have been received.
Mr.. Herman Hesinger. a Phila-
delphia architect, has been retain
ed by the congregation and pre-
liminary building plans have been
submitted by him to the Building
Committee. The first building unit
of the ultimate church plan and
the necessary improvements III the
church site will cost approximately
500, 10000.
Rev. Buehrle thanked the con-
gregation for their generous sup
port to the campaign and congrat-
ulated and thanked the Building
Fund Committee for their work
and success. AS pledges from men,
bers whom it was not possible to
reach during the week-long drive
are received, revised totals will be
announced.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Kiwanis Club Here
To Help Brown Child
Service Club VIII Sponsor Dance
Saturday, April %

The Milford Kiwanis Club held
their weekly dinner meeting at
the Boulevard Restaurant, Tues
day evening, April IL.
Guest at the meeting was Ar
thur H. Brandenburg, a Kiwanian
and assistant director of instruc-
ton in charge of music education
in the schools of the city of Eliza
beth, N. ]. The Brandenburgs are
spending their Easter vacation on
their farm near Milford.
The Rev. F. Douglas Milbury,
of Calvary Methodist Church, was
guest speaker and his talk was
appropriate for Easter time.
The sad plight of the Brown
family of Milford, was discussed
at the meeting, Barbara Brown, IL
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
Reginald Brown, is reported to be
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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
State Bankers VIII
Meet On May 18th

William r. Brown, President of
the Delaware Bankers Association,
today announced plans for the 65th
Annual Meeting of the Delaware
Bankers Association It will be
held on May 18th in the Hotel du-
Pont. The program will begin with
the business meeting at p. m.
followed Immediately with a panel
discussion Bankers Participation
in Politics. DR.. Paul Dolan, Pro-
fessor of Political Science, Univer-
sity of Delaware, will be the moder-
ator
The annual banquet will be held
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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Greenwood Loan Co.
Reflects Officers

Last Wednesday night. April 6,
at the annual stockholders meeting
of the Greenwood Building and
Loan Association. held in the Office
of the association, all officers were
reelected for the coming year.
Three directors were also re-elect-
ed for three-year terms.
Charles H. Conaway, secretary
treasurer, in presenting the finan-
ciaI statement to the stockholders,
noted that this meeting marked the
completion Of 40 years of service
to the Greenwood community. The
earnings statement revealed that
CONTINUED on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
The Cancer Crusade
Capt's Meet April Is
An Interim Report On Drive 70
Date VIII Be Received


A meeting Of the area captains
for the Milford Division of the
1860 Cancer Crusade has been call
ed for Monday evening, April IS,
1860 at p. m. in the Community
Building. The purpose of this meet
ing, which has been called by G. r.
Lorenz, Chairman and ]. Ronald
Annett, Co-Chairman, is to give
the area captains an opportunity
to make an interim report on the
drive to date. Up to. this point,
much of the work has been of an
organizational nature as each area
captain lined up solicitors for his
sector. 1t is hoped, however, that
at this mid-point of the drive, some
encouraging progress will have
been made in the actual sOlici-
tation. Since the last issue of the
Chronicle, the following solicitors
have been added: Mrs. Lemuel Hit
chens, Jr., Slaughter Beach, Mrs.
Herman Sharp, Jr., Cedar Beach
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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15

The story concerns the biggest
man involved in the founding of
Christianity: Simon, so huge, he
was known throughout the Holy
Land as the Big Fisherman until
he became st. Peter.
The cast is one of the biggest
assembled for a Hollywood pro-
duction, with 26 principal roles,
8S other speaking parts and $50
extras. Heading the list are How
ard Keel, John Saxon, Susan Koh-
ner. Martha Hyer, Herbert Lom,
Ray Stricklyn, Alexander Security,
Rhodes Reason, Beaulah BOndi and
Jay Barney.
The cast is so big that a special
assembly line had to be devised
to process it each morning for
wardrobe. makeup and hairdress-
ing. Manning this assembly line
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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15


the American Room will include a
concert by the Choral Airs from
the Dover Air Force Base under
the direction of Captain John H.
Porter.
The plenary sessions on Friday
afternoon will be opened by Past
District Governor George Ehinger
OF the Dover Club. conference
chairman. followed by a word of
welcome from Mayor Joseph Alt
man of Atlantic City, also from
President Vernon F. Staunton of
the Atlantic City Rotary Club. with
the response by President Clar-
ence S. Collins of the Smyrna Ro-
tary Club.
District Governor ]. Reynolds
Pratt OF the Smyrna Club will be
presented by the conference chair
man after which there will be re-
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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Milford Church Men
Elect 1860 Officers
Charlie Sigler Heads Christ Church
Group

The regular monthly meeting of
Christ Churchmen, Milford was
held in the parish house on Thurs
day Evening, April z, at which
time officers were elected for 1860.
The following officers were cleo
ted: President Mr.. G. Sigler, Vice
president, Mr.. H. Ridings; Secre-
tary, Mr.. J. Humes; Treasurer, Mr..
H. Wiley.
Annual Ladies Night is to be held
at the DUPONT Memorial House in
Rehoboth Beach on Thursday, May
26th. Mr.. Harvey Wood was made a
special member of the program
committee for this affair. 1t was
announced that Mr.. Richard Bailey,
Rector of All Saints Rehoboth,
would be the speaker at this affair.
A trip to the Church Farm School
in Paoli, Pa, is being planned for
June.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Easter Service At
Marshall's Pond
Sunrise Program VIII Start AT
$500 A. M. Easter Sunday

An Easter Sunrise Service will
be conducted at 500 a. m. Sunday
morning, April II, in Memorial
Park at MarshaIl's Pond, Milford
under the auspices of the Milford
Ministerial Association. This ira
ditional out-of-doors service will
be interdenominational, and the
public is invited to attend.
The Rev. Douglas MiIbury of
Calvary Methodist Church will de-
liver the Easter sermon and the
Youth Group of the Church of
God will offer the Scripture Read
ing. A grass quartet, composed of
William Mayhem. Robert Williams,
Lucille Green, and Edward Adams
and under the direction of Mr.
Paul Teare, will present appro-
pirate musical selections.
In case of rain or other in
element weather the service will
be held in the First Baptist Church
on N. w. End Street in Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Del-Mar-Va Scouting
Dinner On May q

The 50th Anniversary Jubilee
Celebration will be a feature item
on the 44th Annual Recognition
Dinner Meeting of the Del-Mar-V Va
Council. Inc. Boy Scouts of Amer
lea The dinner meeting is set to
be held on Saturday evening, May
81. in the State Armory at 10th and
DUPONT Streets, Wilmington, with
Louis H. Talley, of Wilmington, as
general chairman.
Announcement of Mr.. Talley's ap-
pointment was made by John w.
Noble of Easton, Md, Council Pres
ident
Continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Ministerium Gives
Books To Library
Funds For Purchase Were Made
Available At Church Services

Recently, the Milford Mini
sterium presented a group of re-
ligious books to the Milford Free
Library as their contribution to
sources of the new library. Miss
M. Edith Simpson received the
books from the Ministerium COM
mittee on books which included I:
Rev. Thomas G. Harris, chairman,
Rev. H. T. Besselieu, Rev. Paul w.
Buehrle, and Rev. William Tull,
secretary-treasurer of the organi-
cation.
Funds for the purchase of the
books were made available through
a special offering received during
the Community Thanksgiving SER
vice in 1859 Each of the books in
clude the following inscription: !:
Presented by the Milford Mini
sterium, April /, 1860, You shall
Continued on page maxl
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Hospital Auxiliary
Planning For Fair
Review Other Projects Including
Purchase OF Hi-LO Beds

The Women's Auxiliary of the
Milford Memorial Hospital held its
monthly meeting Tuesday, April
18th, at the Nurses Home with Mrs.
Raymond Masten presiding. The
purchase of five electric high-low
beds for the hospital was announc-
ed. It is a hope in the future to
have these beds throughout the
hospital to better facilitate patient
care both for nursing ease and
comfort of the bed patient
Mrs. Laurence Fitchett reported
a profit to the Auxiliary of $47O.10
from the benefit concert given in
March by Mrs Norma Heyde.
Miss CordeIia Carter announced
a profit during March from baby
photographs of $40.75. Mrs. Edwin
Fisher and Mrs. Felix Mick of the
Fair Committee have completed
continued on page four)
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Milford Track Team
Downs Will Group
Bucs Show Amazing Improvement
In Initial Meet


The thin clads of Milford High
School opened their season in au-
spicious style when they downed
the perennially strong Will Track
team by a $3.50 count
The Bucs had a three time first
place winner in Jim Smack who
capped first in Javelin, Shot Put
and Discs to give his team Is
points.
The results:
100 yd. dash-1st, Granger, Wi
Hi; End Jones Will; 3rd Williams,
Milford High. = Time: 10.4.
220 yd. dash-1st, Granger viii;
End, Williams, Milford High; Bird,
Jones, Will. - Time $40.
440 yd. run-1st Oakley, Will;
End, Kemp, Milford High; 3rd, Will
son, Will Time: 55.8.
continued on paee six)
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Plans Completed For
Georgetown Speedway
Stock Car Racing VIII Be Pro-
NOTED This Season

Plans for the coming racing sea-
son at the Georgetown Speedway
are fast taking shape At a meet
ing of the executive committee of
the Delaware Racing Club at Lin
coin, President Doug Morgan gave
his approval to the policies drawn
up for the promotion OF stock car
auto racing at the Georgetown
Speedway.
The promotion of the races this
season at Georgetown, will present
a unique situation among racing
promoter ranks. The Delaware
Racing Club, set up as a nom
profit organization will be pIowing
back all the profits derived from
the presentations, into track i'm
provements and larger purses for
the competing owners and drivers.
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Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Fashion Stylist To
Present All Fashions
Spring Roundup Due In Sussex
On April Goth

1t will be the red, white, and blue
on parade this week, when Fash
ions u. S. A." a collection of brand
new Simplicity Pattern fashions is
presented to All Club members.
This spring roundup of~all the new
styles of the season will be present
ed by the pattern company in Sus-
sex County on April 10th. $3.50 p.
m. at Agricultural Substation,
Georgetown.
And right in line with the shows
theme is the fashion stylist who
will present it. Miss Eleanor ].
Echo, Simplicity's All Club stylist,
is a young lady who is a well
known representative of three parts
of the country She is a graduate
of the University of Miami in Flor
CONTINUED on page sevenl
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Community Choir
Concert Successful
Second Annual Affair Was A
Distinct Success And Well Attended

Palms and lighted tapers pro-
vided an effective setting in the
Calvary Methodist Church Sunday
for the second Community Choir
concert. The characters, wearing
black and white robes varying in
design according to their individual
church processed through the Sane
tuary to the music of Handel's
Largo" Following an invocation
and prayer by Rev. W. E. Tull, the
choir sang three Bach chorals.
Rev. A. e. Dougherty received the
offering and read from the scrip
ture. After significant moment of
silence. Theodore Dubois sacred
cantata "The Seven Last Words
of Christ" was presented. Soloists
Irene Nelson. Jean GruwelI, r.
Alan Stewart and Leon Donovan
tcontInued on page nveI
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
The Big Fisherman NOsU
At NeiO Milford Theatre

Big word for Rowland mutimlion dollar
THE Fisherman
day,
big-seling
and has translated different languages.
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
NeaO Post office Building
Is Opened At Milton, Del

house last Saturday marked
of office building
estimated that between OO
including spectators along the
parade
Milford chronicle., 1960-04-15
Rotary Conference Due At
Atlantic City, April p

order greater attendance at the opening
attractive entertainment Friday
program
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-14
Life On Other Planets

DR. Wernher Won Braun, rocket and
- space scientist, said recently he
thought it was 'likely" that life existed
in this universe outside the earth.
This is not a new opinion, nor is it a
revolutionary one. However, it is inter-
esting because it poses many serious
questions, and because it comes from an
expert in the world Of science.
Said Won Braun: "There is good rea-
son to assume, on purely scientific
grounds, and on evidence adduced bv
observation, that life of some kind exists
elsewhere in the Universe. In my opin-
ion, that is an entirely logical assump-
ton"
Il cannot believe that the Power
which created life and order confined
all sensible organisms to this com
paratively tiny plant.
"Our sun is one of one hundred billion
stars in our galaxy, our galaxy is one
Of billions of galaxies populating the
Universe. 1t would be the height Of pre-
sumption to think that we are the ONLY
living things in this enormous i'm
mensity.'
This is a question which has been
intriguing scientists and philosophers
through the ages. Put in this form, it
does, indeed, seem questionable whether
life would be fould only on this earth,
among the one hundred billion stars in
our galaxy, and in our galaxy among
the billions of galaxies elsewhere.
When the discovery of other life -
outside this planet = is made Gf it is
made) it will propose perplexing ques-
tons for theologians, philosophers and
scientists. 1t will be a greater revolu-
tlonary development, in the history of
our civilization, than the discovery of
the new world hundreds of wears ago.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-06-14

Fundamental legal issues are being
raised in the proposed motion Of the
NAACP. They must be settled by court
action. This is as it should be.
In the meantime, Prince Edward
stand steady. Maintain the high ground
upon which these questions have been
argued. Maintain good racial relation
ships. Be careful with your words, your
actions and your deeds No good pur-
pose can be served through personal
invectives, nor i'll manners. Remember
you live here and will be living here
after these matters have been decided
finally.