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Milford chronicle., 1960-03-04
Natl Legion
Commander To
Visit State
Commander Martin B.
McKneaIly viii Be
HOnOred Guest At Ban
quet On Friday, March
18th.

During the month of March The
American Legion with its over IT,
600 community posts-aided by
$4,000 Auxiliary Units-will cele-
brate it's 41st Birthday from coast
to coast.
Now composed of veterans of
the Twentieth Century's three
wars with nearly 100000 MEM
bers, The American Legion con-
tinues to flourish and to make its
influence felt In vital matters that
affect the national welfare.
The American LegiOn's ideal of
mutual helpfulness is all-inclusive,
1t includes needy children, widows
and orphans, hospitalized veterans,
youth activities and in fact all who
are in need of a helping hand.
The Department Of Delaware
according to an announcement by
Commander Edward A. Magill, will
observe the Legion's 41st Anniver-
sary with a dinner and dance in the
New Century Club, 1914 Delaware
Avenue, Wilmington on Friday
evening, March 18th at o'clock
Delaware Post No. will be the
host for the occasion. Tickets are
now on sale throughout the local
Post Commanders at 1925 pei
person.
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Many State Aides
Are Tax DeLinQuents
So Says Alex A bra h a ms
State Tax
Commissioner

Thirty-four state employees who
owe individual income taxes from
past years adding up to $1,755. so,
plus penalties and charges, are OBJ
jects of State Tax Commissioner
Alexander r. Abrahams' latest
move to clear up delinquencies in
tax records.
In prior efforts to make the col
lection, according to the commits
sioner, nearly all of the "a have
not only received written notifi-
cation but their cases have gone
as far as magistrates for collec-
tion.
However, Mr.. Abrahams said a
magistrate cannot levy on the sal
aries OF state employees.
In enumerating the departments
in which members of the group
are employed, Mr.. Abrahams has
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Democrats In
Session Name
.JOhnM.COnway
State Leader
Many Attended Argu-
mentative Meeting IN
Courthouse At Dover
On Monday Evening.

John NJ. Conway of Wilmington
was elected chairman of the DEM
ocratic State Committee Monday
evening, at an exciting and argu-
mentative meeting in the Kent
County Courthouse. with about 200
persons attending.
The final vote on the question OF
selecting Mr.. Conway or Elisha
Dukes of Selbyville, who is vice
chairman of the committee, was
unofficially recorded as IS votes
for Conway and % for Dukes. But
the vote was never announced. In
stead on a motion by City Solici-
tor Stewart Lynch, one of the most
vocal hackers Of Mr.. Dukes, the
election was made unanimous.
The forces supporting Mr..
Dukes played their hand cleverly
at the meeting. They started out
by questioning at the very begin
ming whether the meeting had the
power under the rules of the DEM
ocratic State Committee to elect a
airman. The question was
brought up by Rep. James r. Quig-
ley and was Immediately argued
for the Dukes side by Mr.. Lynch,
who appeared well-prepared.
He said that few years ago,
the late Garrett e. Lyons, the for
mer chairman, had asked him
about the power of the State Com
mittee to fill vacancies and that he
had advised Mr. Lyons the rules
should be amended because at the
present time the rules do not give
the state committee the power to
fill a vacancy in the position Of
chairman. Also, the committee has
no authority to change the rules.
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twelve All members and leaders
will highlight special events DUR
ing the week.
Fourth members who have been
selected to visit the Governor are:
Janice Ellingsworth, Clayton; John
Woerner, Newark; Walter Often,
Greenwood; Helen Grampp, Dover;
Joyce Bennett, Milford; Joe Will
hanson, Bridgeville; Leonard Bak-
er, Dover; and Phyllis Hayes, Dow
er.
Fourth club leaders from each
county will also visit the Cover
nor.
Other All Club Week activities
include statewide square dance
sponsored by the University of
Delaware All Club at the Capital
Grange Hall, Dover, March 5th,
8 p. m. A state link meeting will
be held before the dance.
The local All clubs are partici-
pating in window display contest
to explain All club work and to
encourage other young people to
enroll in the program.
In recognition of All Club Week,
President Eisenhower said in a
letter to members:
Your theme for 196O-Learn-
Live-Serve through 4-H-reflects
the high purpose of your organi-
cation and the broad concern of its
leaders"
"This changing world places new
demands upon the spirit and abili-
ties of our people. Therefore, the
opportunities offered to All Club
members to grow in citizenship
and in practical .skills are espe-
cially valuable to them and to the
Nation.
II hope the coming year will be
rewarding both in your local All
programs and in your personal
efforts to become active, informed,
and effective citizens"
DR.. Gwinn said that Al Clubs
are groups of young people, 10 to
21 years of age, in rural, urban,
continued on page sfxl
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RAGING BLIZZARD
SWEEPS DELAWARE

Thursday, March 3 as the
Chronicle prepared for press
the entire state and a goodly
portion of the east was being
swept by a raging blizzard
the worst in many years.
All schools and many
plants in the downstate area
were forced to close, and
travel on all highway and
roads was at a near stand
still.
Weather prognOsticatOrs
said more snow, ice and sleet
was in the making with a
drop due in temperature in
fact bad weather was in
view through Saturday.
Milford chronicle., 1960-03-04
Community Concerts
Planned At Se0fOrd
Membership Campaign VIII
Get Underway On
March 7th

Under the direction of General
Chairman Mrs. Thomas S. Me-
Elrath, the Seaford Community
Concert Associations membership
campaign will get under way on
Monday, March Z, 1860 A large or
ganization of campaign workers in
Seaford and the surrounding towns
will attempt to reach the largest
number of people possible TO
spread the word of this truly en-
joyable and worthwhile organiza-
ton. Current members have al
ready been contacted by letters
urging them to renew their men,
berships for the coming 1960-1961
series of concerts.
Like many similar organizations
throughout the nation, the Seaford
Community Concert Association is
a non-profit. voluntary group Of
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Petit Jurors Are
Selected For Kent
Several From Tenth District
Included In Panel

Jury Commissioners Earle N.
Faulkner and Louis ]. Parker, Jr.,
have impaneled the following
petit jurors for the March term
of Superior Court:
First Representative District,
June Loefer, Mrs. Ralph (Lillian)
Jones, and Ernest Council, Jr., all
of Smyrna. Second, Mrs. Lee Rem
ley, near Dover, and Sarah Smith
and John T. Goodwin, Dover. Third,
Robert Hurd and Frank w. Ryan,
Clayton and Mildred Attix, near
Clayton. Fifth, Ralph Fischer,
Kenneth T. Meredith, and Charles
Morris, Dover, Mrs. Barbara
Heinemann, Rodney Village.
Sixth, Nelson Miller, FELTON,
Harrington Rash, Woodside; Clar-
ence Tweedy, Wyoming, and Earl
Minner, Harrington. Seventh, Ralph
w. Emerson, and Thomas Stevens
Wyoming. and Kline Lingo and
Blanche King, Camden.
CONTINUED on page f1ve)
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Girl, 9, Dies
In Auto Crash
Near ReIloboth
Last Sunday
Washington Child Killed
Instantly And Her Mo-
ther Critically Hurt In
Tragedy Near Resort.


Nancy Weston, 3, of Washington
was killed instantly, her mother
was injured critically, and five
other persons were injured less
seriously when one car was ram
med in the rear by another on Rt
IA, two miles from Rehoboth Beach
early last Sunday night.
The death brought Delaware's
highway death toll for 1860 up TO
13, four more than in the corre-
spending period last year. Two of
the 1860 victims have been chill
dren.
The child's mother, Mrs. Lou
Jane Weston, 4S, is slightly better
but still in critical condition at
Beebe Hospital, Lewes, where all
the injured were taken. She re-
ceived internal injuries and broken
ribs. Her husband, Joseph, 49, q
retired Army captain studying for
the Mormon ministry, sustained a
deep cut of the scalp and possible
rib fractures. and is in fair condi-
ton.
Martha Weston, IL, sister of the
dead child, received numerous
cuts and bruises and is in fair
condition.
Also listed as fair are three
Coast Guardsmen from Lewes--
Donald Gowan, 33, the driver. with
head injuries and his passengers,
William Wrightson, 81. and Rob-
ert Bowden, Al, both with cuts and
abrasions.
State police at Georgetown said
Weston was driving a Renault
north on dual Route II and it was
rammed in the rear by Gowan's
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Communion Service
AT Bethel, Lewes
Lenten Breakfast VIII Also Be
Held March 9Th

Dover District Laymen's Lenten
Communion Service will be con-
Quoted in Bethel Methodist Church,
4th and Chestnut Streets, Lewes,
Sunday, March 6, 700 a. m. by
the District Superintendent Rev.
Roy L. Tawes, Dover, Delaware
assisted by the pastor, Rev. Robert
E. Green and other clergy. DR.. T.
G. Mulligan, pastor of Grace Meth
odist Church, Georgetown, Della
ware will give the Communion
meditation. Communion music will
be sung. The pastors and laymen
from the following churches will
attend: Ellendale, Chaplain Chapel,
McColley's Church, Lincoln, Cedar
Neck and Slaughter Neck Chur-
ches, Goshen Methodist Church,
Milton, Georgetown Circuit, Be
thesda, Providence, st. Johns and
Zoar Churches, Grace and Wesley
Churches, Georgetown, Harbeson
and Sand Hill Churches, Whites
continued on page ten)
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State Guard .Derrickson
Names Camp Is Director
For LeFeyreIOf The NARCF
Milford Business Man Is
Named To Board BY
The Executive Director
At Los Angeles Con-
ventiOn.

Thomas B. Derrickson, Derrick
sons, Inc, Milford, Delaware, has
been named a director of the Ma
tional Association of Retail Clo-
thiers and Furnishers at the
groups 42nd Annual Mems Wear
Convention held at Los Angeles,
California, at the Biltmore Hotel.
He will serve for a -one-year
term, according to Louis Roths-
child, executive director of the
NARCF.
The annual conventions are only
part of the service rendered the
industry by the association. Year.
round services include Washing
ton, d. G. representation, pub
lie relations program, store design
bulletins, a monthly New York
Fashion Market Report and other
vital statistics of the industry.
More than 5000 clothiers from
all parts of the country attended
the five-day convention and were
welcomed by Los Angeles Mayor
Norris PoulSOn.
Prediction for 1860 sales were
on the bright side with boost in
fcontInued on DaKe stx)
Milford chronicle., 1960-03-04
VFW Auxiliary
To
Visit State
Will Be Feted At Banquet
On March 8 At Dover
Grange Hall; Will Out
line New Program.

Mrs. James Gertrude R.) Rhind
of Wilmington, Delaware, National
President of the Ladies Auxiliary
to the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
will report on the organizations s
new program of assistance to the
aging when she visits Delaware on
March SO.
Following her election at the last
National Convention in Los An
geles, in September, 1853, Mrs.
Rhind explained that the program
will undertake to focus the atten-
tion of 325,000 Auxiliary members
and through them. the citizens
of SITS communities having Aux
iliary units-on the tremendous
problems of the aging in our So
cietv.
Auxiliary members in all SO
states are working on three levels:
(1) continuing to help veterans
and members who are numbered
among the i'll and INDECENT aged.
(21 helping form community coun-
ellis to assist the aging, or, If such
groups. are already formed, Offer
ing the support OF the Auxiliary !;
(3) as individuals, Auxiliary mem
bers are contributing to the well
fare of the aged simply by being
friends with older persons near
them.
Mrs. Rhind observed that the v
F. w. Auxiliary is no stranger to
any of these activities. Many Aux
iliaries have been carrying on sim.
liar projects since World War |.
what is New, said Mrs. .Rhind
lis combining our strength and
the knowledge we gain from oul
experience on a national scale"
tcontinued on page SIX
Milford chronicle., 1960-03-04
State
Telephone Go.
Makes Annual
Report For 50
Plant Investment Alone
Reached A Total OF
$66,139, 900 At The End
Of The Year just Pass
ed.

The Diamond State Telephone
Company's plant investment reach
ed a record high of $66, 1884, 900 at
the end of 1859 and construction
expenditures for the year were
$6,1S1, 900, bringing the company's
construction expenditures for the
195O's TO a total of $50 million, w.
D. Gillen, president, stated in the
company's annual report published
today.
The return on the cOmpany's s
plant investment was 6.33 for the
year, an improvement over the
recession year of 1858, Gillen said.
Expenses rose during the year but
these increases were held to a
minimum by careful management,
employee efficiency and vigilant
cost control.
The company payroll at year
end was $7,705,O00, increased from
S2,005, 900 ten years ago, he added.
An additional $2,500,000 was spent
by Diamond State and Western
Electric companies for business
purchases from $40 Delaware firms
and individuals.
The number of telephones in
service in the state now stands at
2O9,335. compared with 1881 in
service in 1850 During this ten
year period, the number of calls
handled on the average business
day has increased from $4,000 to
the present daily average of 908,
600 calls.
At the present time, "a per cent
of the households in the company s
territory have telephone service.
Less than 70 per cent had tele-
phones when the 1950's began.
Future growth in company
revenue must come more and more
from increased use of our equip
ment and services, Gillen stated
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Lincoln Man State
PTA Candidate
Gordon MaeLean OF Lincoln Is Vice
Presidential Choice For Sussex

Gordon MacLean of Lincoln has
been selected by the Nominating
Committee of the Delaware Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers as
a vice presidential candidate for
Sussex County.
Mr.. MacLean is a member of
the Lincoln PTA and is a former
PTA president, as well as vice
president. of the Sussex County
PTA Council. He is presently act
ing as Secretary of the Delaware
Congress.
Other vice presidential nomi-
nees are: Mrs. Henry Street, City
of Wilmington; Mrs. Robert G..
Carter, rural New Castle County;
and Mrs. Lawrence Ellery, Kent
County. Term of office is for two
years beginning with the election
to be held during the State Con-
vention on March 25-26 at the Mt.
fcontinued on page flvel
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DeMolay Week Is
Set For Delaware
All State Folk Urged To Join
In Celebration

All Delawareans have been urg-
ed by Governor ]. Caleb Boggs to
join Delaware members of the Or
der of DeMolay in observing March
Is to 20 as DeMolay Week
In a proclamation issued at Dow
er this week, the chief executive
praised all DeMolays, past and
present, for their contributions to
community and Nation, and par
ticuIarly praised their efforts to-
wards development of the charac-
ter of young men.
The proclamation follows:
WHEREAS, the Order of De-
Molay is composed of young men
ranging in age from fourteen to
twenty-one years. who are seek
ing to become tomorrow's better
citizens by developing character
with boys of their own age; and
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Schine's VIII Show
The Chessrnan Film

Just a few short days ago,
man was prepared to meet his
doom In the gas chamber at San
Quentin. The man was Caryl Chess
man who for the past eleven and
one half years has been living on
borrowed time. Sentenced To death
at that time as a sex terrorist,
Caryl Chessman like any other
man fought desperately for his
life. A brilliant man, he sought
to further educate himself by
studying law in the prison library.
Through his ability to interpret
the law, he was able to win q re-
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the program chairman and District
Vice President, Mrs. Milton Man
love. Presidents and Treasurers of
the local societies will participate
The guest speaker of the day,
Miss Helen L. Johnson, is the pres
ent Secretary of Promotion of the
Woman's Division of Christian Ser
vice. She will address the assem-
bly, on the topic. You Make A
Difference" Mrs. Walter Palmer.
President of Peninsula Conference
Woman's Society of Christian Ser
vice, will present to the women
her impressions of the Recent
Annual Meeting of the Woman S
Division"
Miss Irene SAINT Nash. Principal
of the Adams Girls Higher Sec
ondary School, Almora, India, will
be the overseas guest. She will ap-
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Beta Sigma PHI l.
Planning For Ball
st. Patrick's Charity Fete VIII he
Benefit Affair

The Xi Gamma Chapter of Beta
Sigma Phi is again sponsoring it's
third annual St. Patrick's Charity
Ball.
The proceeds from last years
dance made it possible for this
chapter to purchase a Cardiac
Defiberlator for the Milford Mem
orial Hospital This equipment is
used to stimulate, by special elec-
trio waves, the heart of patient
whose heart has stopped beating.
It is hoped that the proceeds this
year will be sufficient to purchase
some suitable article again as in
the past.
On Wednesday the Gath of last
week the Chapter met at the home
of Mrs. Leroy Rust. All connmit-
tees reported progress in all their
fields.
It is hoped that everyone will
support these girls. AS in the past,
tickets will be reserved by calling
Mrs. Janet Hoch, Garden 2-9387.
Milford chronicle., 1960-03-04
Mrs. Elwood Wilkins
Wins Firestone Pig
Lincoln Woman Wins Nine Way
Tie For P0rker

Buchanan Service of Milford in
corporated ran a contest last week
during their Annual Farmer Days
Open House in which the grand
prize was live pig.
The porker was on display in a
pen in the store, for three days,
with no obligations involved, any
one could come in and guess at the
weight of the hog and at the close
of business last Saturday night,
the one coming closest to the act
ual weight of the animal won.
Mrs. ElwOOd Wilkins of Lincoln,
took the porker home with her
guess of so lbs. There we're eight
others with the same guess of so
lbs, but her guess came up first,
SO to the lady went the "spoiIs".
CONTINUED On Page mxl
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New 4H Projects
Are Steadily Growing

The list of projects for All Club
members to select from is growing
longer reports James Baker Sus-
sex County All Agent.
One of the newly developed All
Conservation projects is for the
birds. The project is called, Know
Your Birds, and is made to order
for urban and rural club members,
according to the 4-H Agent.
Club members, taking this pro-
ject, study birds and learn to iden-
tify them. Also, complete direc-
tions are included in the project
on bird feeding and how to buisd
CONTINUED on page tenl
Milford chronicle., 1960-03-04
1859 Chest X-Ray
Program In Sussex

The 1859 Chest V-ray program,
sponsored by the State Board of
Health and the Delaware Anti-Tu-
berculosis Society, win complete
community operations on the west
side of Sussex County on March f.
At Laurel, Mrs. Donald r. Hy-
land, American Legion Auxiliary.
is General Chairman, assisted by
Mr.. James Lowe, President of the
Exchange Club, in the rural areas.
Mrs. Dorothy Hoffman of the v. F.
w. is Hostess Chairman. Follow
ing are the time and location for
Laurel-Thursday, March 8, 1912
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of Women's Clubs. the University,
and the Delaware Music Educators
Association. All music teachers in
private studios or schools of music.
as well as teachers in public and
parochial schools OF Delaware and
adjoining communities are well
come to enter their students. En-
try blanks may be secured from
members of the State Federation of
Women's Clubs. members of the
DMEA, or by writing to the Exten-
sion ONCE of the University. Res
ervations should be made at the
some time for the cafeteria style
luncheon. Parents, teachers and
students are urged to spend the day
as one of the chief values of the
Festival is to see and hear other
young people perform from differ
ent parts of the state. Send in your
Continued on page eleven)
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The Treasurer, Lieutenant Mau-
rice SippIe gave his report for the
month of January.
The President, Capt Vincent,
named the following committees
for the year of 1860, and also gave
the following promotions.
Committees:
Law and observation-disclosures,
William Humes, Vail Johnson,
Melvin Wyatt.
Sunshine Chairman, Dawson
HolIinger, Vail Johnson, Charles
Witt.
Constitution and Bylaws -
Chairman Everett Warrington,
Howard Beebe, Charles Hegman.
Ways and Means-Chairman Dell
bert Brown, Franklin Morgan,
Victor Warren.
Color Guard-Chairman, Delbert
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Seniors Presenting
Their Annual Play
Modern Drama ssIagnificent OBJ
session. Has Splendid Cast

At 800 p. m. on Tuesday and
Wednesday, March 8th and 9Th,
the curtain goes up on the Senior
Glass play, Magnificent Obses-
This modern drama was written
by Frank Vreeland and was based
on Lloyd G. Douglas popular
novel by the same title.
The play originally scheduled
for Thursday and Friday of this
week had to be postponed due to
the blizzard.
In their efforts to portray the
characters in this beautiful story,
the cast shall endeavor to present
the spiritual message of the story
and reveal the great influence
which this book has had on the
lives of people.
The cast for this delightful
drama consists of:
Martha, the good natured house,
keeper, Connie Willis; Nancy Ash
ford, an astute, understanding pro-
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Milford chronicle., 1960-03-04
Wrestlers Complete
Successful Season
Buc's Close Season With 2 Wins,
I Loss; / Tie

The Buccaneer Wrestling team
completed another highly success
full season by defeating Cambridge
by a 3O-5 score. This victory
brought the season record to Z
wins, 1 loss and l tie. The lone
loss was inflicted by St Andrews
who has been defeating its op-
ponents by lopsided margins.
The Bucs have the distinction OF
never having been defeated by q
public high school in four years OF
competition. The summary of Mon
days matches is as follows:
103 lb. Class-JoneS, Milford
High School pinned Adkins 2:55
with "a Nelson and bodypress.
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Annual Communion
Breakfast Planned
Complete Schedule For Dover
District Churches Set-Up

The annual Lenten Communion
and breakfast will be held in the
following churches. These are
sponsored yearly by the laymen
March s: Bethel Methodist
Church, Lewes, Delaware, Rev.
Robert E. Green, host minister;
Georgetown, Georgetown Circuit,
Harbeson, Milton, Nassau, Reho-
both, Lincoln, Glendale.
March 13: Ocean View. Rev.
Charles Covington, host minister;
Dagsboro, Frankford, GumborO,
Mills boro, Selbyville, Roxana,
Whitesville, Millville, st. Georges.
continued on page twelveN
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Greenwood Father
Dies In Flaming Car
Charles L. Breeding, Age q Vic
tim OF Crash Near Harrington


Charles Breeding, 27, RID,
Greenwood, was killed at p. m.
Wednesday night of this week
when his car crashed and burned
nine-tenths of a mile east of, Harr-
ington.
Breeding, father of four children
and husband of Ann, was an en-
ploye of the Building Material
Wholesale Company, Dover. Breed
ing's death was the. 14th highway
fatality this year compared to nine
for the corresponding period of
last year.
State troopers said he was trav-
cling east on Route IA apparently
at a high rate of speed when he
lost control of his automobile.
Breeding appeared to lose con-
troll of his car on curve and 1t
left the road. He then skidded
CONTINUED on page six)