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Evening star., 1960-02-14

General Electric, 1916; Dow
Chemical, 1858; Standard Oil
Of New Jersey, 3,O43; Tri-Con-
tinental Corp, also; American
Telephone & Telegraph, 2,266;
Sperry Rand Corp, 2,254; Phil
lips Petroleum, 2,12l; Interna-
tional Business Machines Corp,
2,032; Chas. Pfizer g. Co., 1851.
The next 10 most pop
ular were Radio Corp. Safe
way. General Telephone, Mon
Santo Chemical, Sears Roebuck,
Minnesota Mining & Manufac-
turing. American Cyanamid,
Standard Oil of California,
Lehman Corp. and Eastman
Kodak.
$4,000 Plans Remain
OF the 2O7.50O plans started
since 1854, $4,000 remained in
force and 113.700 had been
completed or terminated by
January 25.
Forty-three per cent of the
plans in force are on a monthly
basis and the remainder on a
quarterly basis.
Many investors apparently
prefer to take advantage Of
the regularity of monthly in
vestments. while others prefer
the advantage Of larger quar-
terly payments because COM
missions are likely to be lower.
Automatic reinvestment of
dividends is provided for in 80
per cent Of the plans. This
ratio is the highest in NIP his
tory.
Evening star., 1960-02-14
Blue Chips Preferred

Preference for the blue chips,
representing ownership in the
Nations largest companies, was
evident in the list for Decem-
ber 81.
The top 10 favorites rated in
this order with their plan
totals: General Motors, 1924;
Evening star., 1960-02-14
Business !
Monthly Investment
Plans Grow Steadily,
Blue Chips Fovored
BY DONALD B. HADLEY
Star Financial Editor

More than $4,000 small investors started monthly invest
ment plans and invested than $42 million by this
IN 1859 from the New York Stock Exchange show.
Washington exchange member firms shared with
other cities this steadily broadening securities
Throughout 1859 here indicated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-16
BY EILEEN LARDNER
New Bedford Standard-Times
stan Writer

NEW BEDFORD. Mass. Nov.
Is (AP).-Lita Levine of Brook
lyn. N. Y, bought Q new pair Of
hands last week.
The story Of Lita and her
hands began on the night Of
August Is, 1858. Northeast Air
lines Flight '25s-two hours
late out Of New York because Of
bad weather-was coming in for
a landing on tiny Nantucket
Island, OF the Massachusetts,
coast.
Lita, %, q $73-a-week cashier
in q New York brokerage firm.
starting q To-day vacation.
fastened her seat belt and
smoothed her brown hair with
slim. graceful fingers. She de-
ferred reaching for her gloves.
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almost complete external de-
struction Of both ears end ex-
tensive skull injuries. Her left
+kneecap was fractured. And
she had numerous deep SCOOP
like cuts.
Weeks Under SedatiOn
There were days and weeks
under ISOLATION. Her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Levine,
were constantly at her bed
side. There followed during
the next two years 81 opera
tons. Surgeons tried to save
her flngers-and failed.
DR.. George L. Nardi feared
for Lita when she pleaded to
see her, face, when she should
learn about her hands. He
brought in a psychiatrist.
But Lita did not worry about
her fingers because I could
feel my fingers ache under the
bandages."
Doctors at last reported "the
left eye out Of the woods. y
But there were repeated graft
ing operations.
There came o victory when
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manned hands she could hold
q cigarette. or a cup of coffee.
"At last, I could do some
things for myself" she says.
On June 20 this year, after
10l weeks. she was discharged.
But. ahead lay more surgery.
She had to have a new right
eyelid and lashes. Her brown
hair had been replaced with a
wig. Her arms and legs we're
SCARED. External portions of
her skull. including her fore
head. needed more surgery. Her
nose had BEEN re-made. One
leg is permanently stiff.
There's still a patch over
Lita's right eye. The Scared
right side of her face must still
be repaired-and her Scared
forehead. Plastic surgery may
rebuild her ears.
A few weeks ago, she was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-16

burns. She cried. II can't SCI" "
A man took q handkerchief
and wiped her eyes and face.
please don't let me die" she
cried and then, as pain swept
her, kill me-"
Thirty men lifting with ropes
and hands at last lifted the
engine and freed Lita. I'VE
were given superhum q n
strength" one said afterward.
Lita lost consciousness. She
awoke In the Massachusetts,
General Hospital, Boston.
when I came to, I couldn't
see anything. I thought / was
blind. / remember screaming.
A physician. understanding her
panic, removed bandages mo-
mentarily. giving Lita a brief
blurred glimpse that treasured
her.
Hospital records show Lita
had second and third degree
burns over 40 or SO per cent Of
her body. Her arms and legs
were charred. her fingers black.
Her right eyelid was deeply
burned and there was some I'M
pairment Of vision. There was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-16

awarded q settlement Of $375.-
900 for her injuries.
Now she. has plans.
She viii shop for drapes for
the Boston apartment where
she and her parents live while
awaiting her further surgery.
Maybe she will paint. She was
good in art while at school.
She hopes to tour Europe for
six months or so.
Her invested trust fund
should care for her needs for
life. But she hopes to work
again in a brokerage house.
And now she has bought
some new hands-plastic arti-
fetal hands which she will
have to learn to manipulate.
She will wear rings on them.
and gloves. She always liked
gloves. She almost reached
for her gloves-just before the
crash.
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the crash. OF 10 survivors. two
later died. ,Lita was one who
lived.
ut happened so suddenly. "
she recalls. 1T was as though 1t
were in q dream. as though it
were happening to someone else,
One minute everything was fine.
The next minute. I was pinned
under something I didn't
know what"
That something was an 800.
pound engine.
Mind Turns on"
II. knew I was badly hurt,
explains Lita. My arms were
crossed in front Of me and
could see my fingers burning
and raw. :. Your mind sort Of
turns OF at a time like that"
She remembers rescuer.
struggling to free her. A doctor
gave her something to ease hel
pain. A priest administers
last rites.
Lita lay on her back. hel
hair and head burned. her fact
and body black with oil ant
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Lita stood on her good left
leg. And. q month later, the
worst blow when on November
10. she learned her fingers were
gone.
AT first I made myself be-
lieve itwas q bad dream, that
the fingers would grow hack
on again." she says.
The despairing girl, asking
for death. said. 81 won't accept
it; I won't live without hands. +"
Eighteen hours q day her
mother fought a battle of the
spirit. In between, Lita's
father took over. softly speak,
ing hour after hour that she
would be all right.
At last the parents love won
ana Llta at last accepted the
thought. II did have a chance:
! had to get better"
More Operations
Doctors cut V-clefts between
the stumps Of her thumbs and
middle fingers. With her
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1t didn't really matter. Soon
Lita wouldn't need gloves.
The big twin-engine Convair
came down through heavy fog
and struck the ground 800 yards
short of the runway. 1t plowed
q 500-foot swath through q field
Of scrub growth and pine trees.
then burst into flames.
Twenty-four persons died in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-16
s.Moimed in Plane Crosh
Girl Begins New Life

How the will to live con transcend
the frailty Of broken humoa body
d movissIy told in this exclusive
story mode sveilobIs to the Asse-
eieted Press BY the New Bedford
Stouderd- Times. II is q eondense-
tion Of three articles. the first Of
which Is being published BY the
Stondsrd- Times sodoy.
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
Beta Sigma Phi
Begins New Year
New Equipment Contributed To
Hospital For Mentally Retarded

The, XII Gamma Chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi celebrated it's local 18th
birthday at the home of its new
president at Slaughter Beach this
week, thus beginning what ap-
pears to be an interesting year.
The evening, at the home of
Mrs. Rae Welsh, began with a
beautifully served, delicious buff
fet dinner. The social committee
took charge.
Following dinner Mrs. Helen
Holleger, program chairman, pre-
sented each member with the COM
ing year program book, World
Travel.
1t was announced during the eve
ming that the Hospital for Men
tally Retarded, Stockley, was pur-
chasing straight skis, cerebral
palsy chair, and a standing sta
bilizer This equipment was made
possible through the profits of
the Chapters annual st. Patricks
dance, generously supported by
the public. Beta Signals activities
are many and useful, and the
funds raised through the efforts
of this organization are used in
ways such as this.
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
Petit Jurors Are
Picked For Kent
M. Anstine, ]. Lennon,
l.. Reed H. WallN
Are Drawn

Petit jurors, including 16 wom-
en-, have been impaneled by Jury
Commissioners Earle N. Faulkner
and Louis J. Parker, Jr., for the
September term of the Superior
Court, as follows:
First Rep. Dist, William Broad
way, Paul Deakyne, Edith Hos
kinson. Second, Mrs. Alice I. Gar
ton, Mrs. Martha Miller, Louise III.
Swerbeck. Third, Mrs. Marion Mas
sey, Herman Sevil, Evelyn Nc
Clement. Fourth, H. F. Wilkens,
Mrs. Anna Thomas, Lee Leslie.
Fifth, Talbert Carty, Helen
Mag, Herbert Watson. Sixth, Dor
is May Shuttle, Edgar B. Bell,
Norman Walls, Clarence Welch.
eventh, Katherine Shockley,
Louise Schmidt, Margaret Boyd,
Mary w. Weik.
Eighth, Harry Blades, James
Raughley, Hazel w. Harrington,
Irwin Wyatt. Ninth, Myrtle Stat
ford, Archie Ford, Walter Schif,
Willis Laughery. Tenth, Margaret
Anstine, John Lennon, Leroy
Reed, Harold Wall.
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
Harness Meet
Has Opened
At Harrington
A Capacity Crowd Was
Present For The First
Race Of The 1860 Sea-
son Last Evening.

1t is harness racing time again
at Harrington.
A capacity crowd was on hand
last night as the Kent and Sussex
Raceway opened its 18th annual
harness racing program with a
nine-race card featuring some OF
the outstanding trotters and pac-
ers scheduled to campaign at the
Harrington track this season.
The first race nightly will go
at $3.50 d. m. with the daily double
window closing at 500 p. m.
A reduced admission charge OF
soc and the designation of each
Tuesday night at Ladies Night will
be in effect for the 30-night meet
which will extend through Oct
ober 10.
Some $50 horses, many owned
by residents of the Delmarva area,
will be competing for total pur-
ses amounting to $200,000 Track
officials have announced that the
purse schedule for the current
meet will be $1,000 for Glass A
events, $1,000 for Glass B, $500
for Class c, and $500 for Class d.
Ellis Myer, of Bridgeville, and
Pat Hubbard, of Harrington, will
both be back to resume the battle
for the top driver award. Last
year Myer amassed 200 points on
the basis of 5 points for first
place, points for second and
one for third to take the driver
title. Hubbard finished second with
167 points.
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
DIR. Joe NAPLES, Is
Honored By Society
Georgetown Physician Gets Award
OF Medical Group

DR.. Joseph B. NAPLES, Jr., of
Georgetown, has received the Med
ica1 Society of Delaware's annual
Award of Merit.
1t was presented at the society S
banquet in the Henlopen Hotel.
DR.. NAPLES was honored for his
long and dedicated life in general
practice in Sussex County.
He was born in Georgetown in
1884, attended the University of
Virginia and it's medical school,
and interned there, returning to
Georgetown in 1919 to open prac-
tice.
He is a member of the staffs of
the Beebe Hospital, Lewes, and the
Milford Memorial Hospital, and has
been medical director for many
years of the hospital for retarded
children at Stockley.
DR.. NAPLES has been president
of the Sussex County Medical Soc
iety, and in 1886 became president
of the Medical Society of Delaware,
an office his father had held before
him. The same year. he published
History of Medicine in Della
ware"
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
NATL VIEW Auxiliary
Head To Visit State
Department Of Delaware Head
Announces Plans For Visit

Mrs. Nettie Ziegler, Bridgeville,
president of the Ladies Auxiliary
to VFW, Dept. of Delaware, am
nounced the forthcoming visit of
the national president, Frances
Millican. Mrs. Millican will arrive
in Wilmington on Sept. % to re-
main in Delaware for a three-day
visit During her visit she will
call at the VA hospital in Elsmere
as we'll as the Gov. Bacon Health
Center.
Plans are being made for a
Department meeting to be held on
Friday evening, Sept. %, at the
Polish-American Post Home, Will
mington. A banquet in honor of
the national president will be held
at the Capitol Grange Hall on
Saturday, Sept. "a, at $3.50 p. m.
Chairman for this affair is Mrs.
Elizabeth Zalecki Tickets will be
$3.50 per person, and requests for
tickets may be sent to Mrs. Zal-
eski, 1902 Mihiel Ave-, Stanton 4,
Del. Checks must accompany tick
ct orders, made payable to Ladies
Auxiliary to VFW, Dept. of Del.
The Virgil Wilson Auxiliary,
Seaford. will hold a testimonial
dinner on Saturday, Sept II, at
CONTINUED on page seven,
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
Heart Surgery
For FrankfOrd
Girl Success
Operation On Mrs C. r.
Stuart Was Sponsored
By Della are Heart
Assn. Clinical Program

Mrs. Ronald C. Stuart, "a, of
Frankford r. ID. 1, was operated
on last Friday, September 9, for
correction of narrowed opening
of the mitral valve of her heart.
The operation was performed at
the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania, where the doctors re-
ported that Mrs. Stuart is conval-
escing very nicely, was up and a.
round in the hospital, starting on
Monday (three days after the oper-
atom and will probably be back
home on the 23rd.
Mrs. Stuart's operation was spOn-
sored by the Delaware Heart As
sociation under their special heart
clinic program, which brings an
eminent diagnostician from the staff
of the University Hospital to Del
aware every Tuesday.
According to the surgical team
that operated on Mrs. Stuart, her
condition undoubtedly resu ! tie d
from an attack of rheumatic fever
when she was child. The bacteria
from the fever attacked the delicate
membranes that serve as a valve
between the auricle and ventricle
of the left side of the heart. The
blood from the lungs which has
just been re-oxygenated enters the
auricle, then flows into the vent
ricle,, from which it is pumped into
the aorta and through this artery
to the entire body.
With the valve opening restricted,
the heart was not able to pump
sufficient oxygenated blood to meet
Continued on page f1ve)
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
Plenty To Do At
The Shore Resorts
September Visitors VIII Find No
Dearth Of Activities

Although the Delaware coastal
resort areas are now quiet COM
pared to the hustle and hustle
found there during the recent La
Dor Day holiday period, the Sept
ember visitor will find plenty to
do at the Delaware beaches, advises
the Delaware State Development
Department.
According to the state promotion
agency, September and early Oct
ober are still vacation time" along
the Delaware shore. In fact, the
claim is made that this is one of
the most enjoyable periods of the
year, due to the warm waters,
bright sunshine, and cool, pleas
ant evenings that characterize early
fall along Delaware's Riviera"
Swimming, whether it be in the
ocean or an inland bay, is partic-
ularly enjoyable during September,
and fishing, one of the main div
ersiOns of Delawareans and Della
CONTINUED on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
Delnarva Camp To
Close Tomorrow
Special Christian Film Will Be
Closing Feature

Delmarva Camp old fashioned e.
vangelical services came to close
Sunday a week ago after cam
paign of music and preaching by
ministers of many faiths brought
messages OF Gods love, grace and
salvation through the shed blood
Of his son Jesus Christ. Sinners
came to know Christ as their saw
iour and Christians were revived.
Now. by special request, a great
Christian film will be shown to-
morrow night, Saturday, Sept IL,
at 7::30 p. m at the Camp Grounds,
2 miles north of Laurel, just off
Rt. Is. The film is entitled Cen
terville Awakening" Old and young
alike will want to see this fine film.
Then to close the 1860 season
Sunday afternoon singing conven-
ton will start at 200 p. m The
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Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
James @. Baker
Is Appointed
All Leader
Former Sussex Leader
Named To New Post
By DIR. Samuel Gwinn,
Agricultural Director.

James o. Baker has been ap-
pointed Delaware state All Club
Leader, according. to an announce
ment by DR.. Samuel Gwinn, assis-
tant director of the University Of
Delaware's Agricultural Extension
Service.
Baker will guide the All youth
program in Delaware in cooper
alton with the agricultural exten-
sion specialists in agriculture and
home economics. He will direct
state All events such as All short
course and camp which will bring
him into close contact with local
All leaders and club members
throughout the state.
Baker joined the University of
Delaware staff as All agent in
Sussex County in 1858. Before
coming to Delaware he was All
Club agent in West Virginia for
seven years and club member
for eight years.
Z Baker holds bachelor of science
degree from West Virginia Univer-
sity.
He served 18 months in the
Army's. engineer corps, one year
in Europe.
Mr.. Baker and his wife, Frances,
have two children: Vicki, z. and
lanes, 3. They live at 40 Augusta
Drive, Chestnut Hill Estates, New
ark, Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
Reception Due For
Methodist Bishop
John Wesley Lord To Be
HOnOred This
Evening

A Conference.-The reception for
Bishop and Mrs. John Wesley
Lord will be held Friday evening.
September 16, at s o'clock, in
Wesley Methodist Church, Dover.
A social hour will follow the pro-
gram Guest soloist will be Mrs.
Guthrie Frye, of Wilmington. She
is the daughter of the late Rev.
w. H. Revelle, and her brother,
the Rev. W. H. Revelle, Jr., is
minister of ST. Paul's Methodist
Church, Wilmington.
Bishop Lord comes from the
Boston area to succeed Bishop G.
Bromley Oman, retired. He holds
degrees from Dickinson Colloeg.
Drew Theological Seminary, Uni
versity of Edinburgh, Rutgers
University and Boston Pniversity.
He is a native of Patterson, N. ].
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
The Hospital
Trustees Give
A Reception
Mrs. Alice L. Stevenson
Is rendered Farewell
Party By Memorial
Board, Wednesday.

A farewell reception in honor OF
Mrs. Alice L. Stevenson was given
at the Nurses Home of the Milford
Memorial Hospital on Wednesday
evening, September 14th, by the
Board of Trustees of the hospital.
Mrs. /. G. Burton and Mrs. Ray
mond Masten poured.
A large group of the hospital
family, including trustees and
their wives, doctors and their
wives, Auxiliary members, and
Mrs. Stevenson's fellow workers,
turned out to honor one of the
hospitals most highly respected
employees. Mrs. Stevenson has
served the hospital for nearly 26
years, with complete unselfishpess
and a consuming interest in the
well-being of the patients in her
charge. On the occasion of her
retirement, she was presented a
check as a token of appreciation
for her loyal, devoted service by
the Board of Trustees. In addition,
her fellow workers made a pre-
sentation of gift as evidence of
their respect and love for Mrs.
Stevenson. 1t is the fond wish of
all concerned with the hospital
that Mrs. Stevenson be frequent
social visitor at the hospital.
Last weekend the administrator
of the hospital, G. A. Lorenz, re-
turned to Milford from his recent
trip to San Francisco. Mr.. Lorenz
was seated as the official repres-
entative of Delaware to the House
of Delegates of the American Hos
pital Association at it's anual con-
vention from August 28th through
September 1st. The House of Del
egates is the voting body which
controls the Aemerican Hospital
Association, the official profession
CONTINUED on page two)
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
Blue Cross COUerage
AUaiLabLe To All
Drive For Members Will
Continue Through
Sept. 30

"Blue Cross coverage is avail
able to almost every Delawarean
during the statewide enrolment
period which started yesterday,
Thursday September Is and end
ing September 30''. Robert C. DEN
zler. Assistant Managing Director
of Group Hospital Service, stated.
This two-week enrolment per-
iod marks the 25th anniversary of
Blue Cross in Delaware, he con-
tinued. During this month Della
wareans may apply for any con-
tract for which they are eligible.
The non-profit community or
ganization offering hospital and
surgical-medical coverage appro-
aches it's 25th anniversary with
$4,000 Delaware members. That
means almost two out of three
Continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16

The regimental get-together GEN.
ters around a dinner in the Will
mington Armory Saturday evening.
Tables will bear unit designations
so the Homecoming veterans can
more easily find the other men
with whom they have served.
The table designations will re-
fleet the variety of names the regi-
ment and it's battalions have borne: !:
1st Delaware Infantry. on the Mex
lean border; 59th Pioneer Infan-
try. in World War /; 198th Coast
Artillery and 261st Coast Artillery
Battalion, between World Wars
and into World War II; 736th,
945th and other separate AAA bat
talions, from World War ii thru
the Korean conflict; and now once
again the 198th Artillery.
CONTINUED on page f1ve)
Milford chronicle., 1960-09-16
AL Humes Is
Installed As
M O d tor
Milford Man Named At
Stated Meeting; Dave
Green, Jr., Ministerial
Candidate.

Alfonso E. Humes was installed
as Moderator of the New Castle
Presbytery at it's 538th stated
meeting held in the Buckingham
Presbyterian Church, Berlin, Md,
on Tuesday, September 13. The
gavel, symbol of the office of Mod
orator, was presented to Mr.. Hum
es by the Rev Wilbert B. Smith,
Jr., retiring Moderator.
The office of Moderator is the
highest office within the Pres
bytery and is one that seldom is
bestowed upon a layman. AS Mod
orator, Mr.. Humes is the parlia-
mentary leader of all the Pres
byterian Churches on the Eastern
Shore Mr.. Humes, who is an elder
and clerk of sessions in the First
Presbyterian Church of Milford,
will serve as Moderator for one
year.
At the afternoon Communion
service, he recognized David B.
Greene, Jr., Richard Manning and
Robert George as candidates for
the Holy Ministry.
Mr.. Greene, who is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. David B. Greene, of
308 Lakeview Avenue, Milford, is
a graduate with honors from Har-
ward University and is planning
to enter Princeton Theological
Seminary in the near future. He
has been active in the youth work
of the First Presbyterian Church
of Milford, having served as the
Moderator of the Westminster Fell
lowship and was on the Execu-
tive Board of the Harvard Christ
ian Fellowship.