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Milford chronicle., 1960-12-02
The Past In Review
News As 1t Was Reported In The Chronicle
Forty Years Ago
Taken from the Dec. 8, 1920 Issue

Taken from the Dec. 3, 1920 Issu
1t has been decided by the
directors of the Delaware
Trust Company of Milton, to
postpone the erection of the
new bank building until next
spring, owing to the near ap-
proach of cold weather.
Harry NJ. King will move
his family to Seaford this
week, where they will make
their future home. Mr.. King
has been transferred as mail
clerk running from Seaford to
Cambridge. He has been en-
ployed for several years on
the M. ID. & V. railroad, run
ming from Lewes to Loves
Point, Md.
Fire destroyed the large
warehouse of the Ryan-Atkins
Canning Company at Mills
boro, Delaware, early on
Thursday morning. The build
ing and contents were a total
loss, the money loss is es-
timated at $500. The fire
started between one and two
o'clock, and in an hour there
was nothing but smoudlering
ruins. This was the second
fire within a week the first
having ravaged the business
section, causing a loss of $50,
900.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-02
Thirty Years AGO
Taken from the Dec. 5, 1880 Issue

Taken from the Dec. 5, 1890 Iss
DR.. and Mrs. William Meade
Burwell of Baltimore, Md, and
C incote ca que Va, were
Thanksgiving guests of Miss
Nell Gray of Milton.
Miss Lucy Hanson of the
University of Ohio, is spending
a short vacation with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Hanson of Harrington, also
with Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Jones.
The following pupils in sec
tion 81 of the sixth grade
made 100 per cent in spelling
for the month of November
Marian Affeld, Helen Globes,
Margaret Deputy, Geraldine
Draper, Myrtle Farrow, Mar
garet Hammond, Gladys Hos
tedler, Norman Jester, William
Kenton.
Miss Esther Truitt, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Truitt
of Lincoln, and George M.
Reed, Jr., of Glendale, were
married on Saturday night,
November 29, at the NJ. E. par
sonage, Ellendale, by the Rev.
James M. Faulkner. George
had his house furnished and
ready for his bride-which
they occupied and commenced
housekeeping at once after
their marriage. Their home is
the Jester property on Rail-
road avenue.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-02
Top Crop Producers
Have Been Honored
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continued from page one)
the crowning.
Anglin produced tons of alfal-
ia per acre on his contest plot to
win the alfalfa crown This is
nearly half a ton more than last
years winner, George Simpson,
Houston. Use of an artificial drier
enabled Anglin to produce the best
quality hay also. The judges rated
his hay first in color, leafiness and
smell
Mr.. Wilson won the soybean
crown with 81 bushels per acre
on his five-acre plot.
The County winners in the soy
bean contest were Paul McCom-
mons, Bear, New Castle County
winner with 47.9 bushels and John
F. Wilson, Harrington, Kent Coun-
ty, 45.9 bushels.
County alfalfa winners were
James Mitchell, Smyrna, Kent
County winner with 5.5 tons of
alfalfa per acre, and Zeitler Bro
theirs, Glasgow, New Castle Coun-
ty winners with tons per acre.
Two Alters, Robert Stafford,
Newark, and Marlene Konschak,
Dover, were awarded scholarships
of their choice to All Short Course
or All Camp for winning the seed
judging contest held November 21.
The scholarships are sponsored
by the Delaware Crop Improve
ment Association which, with the
cooperation of the Agricultural
Extension Service of the Univer-
sity of Delaware, also sponsors
the Crops Show, Short Course and
Awards Banquet.
The Delaware Crop Improve
ment Association elected a new
president, Mr.. Carlton Blendt, Jr.,
Townsend, and vice-president for
each county. They are Mr. Fran
els Winkler, Harrington, Kent
County; Mr.. David H. Woodward,
Middletown, New Castle County;
and Mr.. Allison Davis, Greenwood,
Sussex County.
The speaker at the annual ban-
quet was Wally Kinnan, weather.
man on WRCW-TV, Philadelphia
He explained the complexities of
weather forecasting and the re-
cent advances made possible by
earth satellites.
About $50 people attended the
affair.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-02

Miss Hazel Benson who is
taking a business course at
the Hurlock, Md. high school,
spent the Thanksgiving holi-
days with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William d. E. Benson. in
Milford.
In the annual Freshman
parade at Delaware College, on
November 10, the second in
dividual prize of Sc for the
best make up" was won by
Clarence Downing of Milford.
He was dressed to represent
Uncle Sam.
Miss Jess Pleasanton, a
teacher in the Wilmington
high school and her sister,
Miss Helen Pleasanton, stu
dent at the Beacon Business
College, Wilmington, spent the
Thanksgiving holidays with
their mother, Mrs. Jennie
Pleasanton, in Milford.
Henry Marvel of Magnolia,
had his leg badly sprained on
Saturday of last week while
attempting to render assist
ance to sick horse. The
animal was down and in its
lunging it fell over on Mr..
Marvel's leg nearly breaking
it. He is unable to walk but
no bones were broken.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-02
RIGHT TOWN WRONG STATE

CUSHING, Okla. = (AP) - The
Paul Johnson family is reunited
after a trip to Michigan that went
awry and a three-state search for
16-year-old George Ray Johnson.
The family was en- route in two
vehicles with the boy driving a
truck and his parents in the
family car. The father told George
to drive to Springfield, meaning
Springfield, Mo. But the boy mis-
understood and drove to Spring
field, Ill.
Il thought Pop was away off the
beam when he wanted me to drive
so far but it was do or die with
me and l made it" the youth said
after the family was brought to-
gether again.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-02

Neal Welch, James Hopkins,
William T. Jones, Harold
Jones and Charles Lingo, stu
dents at the University of Del
aware, Newark, spent the
Thanksgiving holidays with
their parents in Milton.
Misses Alice Hastings and
Louise Wright of Trinity, at
tended the Recognition exer-
cises OF the Girl Reserves held
at the Tuesday Night Club
House on Tuesday evening
last. Margaret Hastings is
also a member but was un-
able to attend because of ill
ness.
The wedding of Miss Eliza
beth Meredith, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Alfred Meredith of
Milford Neck, and James w.
Cannon, son of Major and Mrs.
James w. Cannon of North
Milford, took place Wednesday,
November 26, 1880. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev.
j. M. Bennett at the M. e.
parsonage in Frederick. A re-
ception was held at the home
of the brides parents, where
the newly-weds will make
their home for a short time.
Mr.. Cannon is engaged in the
meat and grocery business in
Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-02
-OOO-
BIKE CURB

GRAND JUNCTION Colo.
(AP)-Grand Junction kids now
get tickets for riding bicycles on
sidewalks. riding double, parking
illegally or having no licenses
The penalty: The youngsters
surrender their bikes for week
to the cops.
Police say this method is more
effective than fines.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-02

Mrs. Donald Jones and girls
visited Mr.. and Mrs. William Jones
on Sunday.
Sunday School at Bethel Church
on Sunday morning at $3.50 o.
clock, Maurice Wright, Sup't.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-02

The Woman's Society of Christ
ian Service of Bethel Church will
hold their Christmas Party at the
home of Mrs. Hubert Cannon on
Tuesday, December 6, at 2 p. m,
with exchange of gifts.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-02

The seventh of the seven won
ders of the world, the Pharos
Qighthouse) of Alexandria, was
destroyed by 18th Century earth
quake.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-02

Crystal Fount Lodge No. 10 will
confer the Initiatory Degree on
Monday evening, December 5th. ALI
members of the Degree Team are
urged to be present. Refreshments
after the degree.
co
We will have a Christmas Party,
but at this writing the date has not
been set. Watch this column for
date, exchange of presents and re-
freshments. Even Santa Claus
may come to the party
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11

tiers of the financial resources
of the State and its political
subdivisions"
Mayor Buys Stock
Rockville Mayor Alexander
j. Greene, after a keynote ad-
dress, bought $500 in stock
from the nonprof1t Rockville
Centennial, Inc, hackers of the
Tooth birthday celebration of
Rockville's incorporation as a
town. He announced the COM
pletion this week of a master
plan for the area.
Representative Foley, Demo-
crat of Maryland, called June
IL. 1854, the most important
day in Rockville's history. PA
triots," he said, "joined in pro-
test at Hungerford Tavern
against the English Embargo
Acts for the first time"
This scene and others from
Rockville's colorful past will be
re-enacted in a pageant this
summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
MOTOR BOAT FEE
REDUCED IN BILL
SENT TO HOUSE

RICHMOND (AP).-The
Shreves House bill for reg
istration of motor boats
was reported favorably
yesterday by the Senate
Fish and Game Committee.
Under two major amend
ments adopted by the COM
mittee, the act would be
applicable only to boats
propelled by motors Of
more than 10 horsepower
and the registration fee
would be changed. In
stead of a 81 annual fee,
the amended fee would be
SIS for a three-year period.
Still another amendment
would permit the Virginia
Commission Of Game and
Inland Fisheries, which
will administer the act, to
employ an executive sec
rotary for the registration
activities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
Almond Gets Is Bills
For Washington Area

to the University of Virginia
for use of the branch college.
Enlarge the powers of county
water and sewer authorities.
This was designed primarily to
allow the Fairfax Water Au-
thority to condemn all of that
portion of the privately owned
Alexandria Water Co. in Fair
fax County with the idea of
extending a publicly owned
water supply system.
Bond Issue Measures
Two bills, one local to Ar.
lington an dthe other applic-
able to all counties, allowing
governing bodi este issue bonds
for diversified public purposes.
This means, for instance, that
bonds could be issued or park
acquisition" without specifying
exactly which projects would
receive a certain share of the
money.
Continue this States par
ticipation in the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transporta-
ton Compact with Maryland
and the District.
Correct an error enacted two
years ago so that the Arling-
ton County Board would have
final say on decisions of the
Planning Commission involving
refusal of permits conflicting
with a master plan.
Authorize more than one
deputy treasurer to sign vouch.
ers for county expenditures.
This was designed to relieve a
situation created recently when
Arlington Treasurer Colin C.
Macpherson was hospitalized.
Increase the maximum width
of buses to LOG inches to allow
the Alexandria, Bancroft and
Washington Bus Co. to use
newer and larger equipment to
serve Dulles International Air
port.
Require motorists to yield
the right-of-way to members
OF voluntary fire departments,
when answering emergency
calls and when properly
equipped with lights and sirens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
MotherweII Defense Summing Up;
Case May Go to Jurors Monday

every human being to live her
life without someone else taking
it away" he said.
"And another thing we must
remember about Mrs. Putney,"
he continued. "She was not
unique. She belonged to a
large sorority of people taken
in by this psycopath."
He was referring to two other
women who had taken what he
called 1.-The Motherwell tour"
coast-to-coaSt trip across the
Southern United States.
One of them was pretty
Marie Colley, of Roanoke, Va,
whose testimony blasted an
other of Motherwell's stories
that he had never been in
Marysville. She said they had
spent a night there on a trip
the year before the Mother
well-Putney journey.
Strange" Actions Cited
Motherwell told police in Las
Vegas he had never seen the
town.
The police then didn't know
about Marie Colley," Mr..
Compton said. This little girl
from Virginia had taken the
Motherwell tour a year before.
The fact is that he is familiar
with this country"
Mr.. Compton pointed out
that Motherwell was the last
person to see Mrs. Putney alive.
I'VE know he did several
strange things after she disap-
peared." he said. I'VE find
him diSposing of her jewelry
and sending a phony telegram
to her brother. He is suddenly
dush with money, moving about
the country telling lies about
her whereabouts"
1t was also a most amazing
coincidence" he said, that
Motherwell pawned, in Atlanta,
Ga, a group of diamonds "of
the same size. shape, and de-
Scription of Mrs. Putney's."
Toward the end, Mr.. Comp
ton referred to the defense S
hint that wild animals had
covered Mrs. Putney's body
with forest debris.
Calls MotherweII animal"
"An animal covered up those
bones in Turner Canyon, and
he is sitting right here in the
courtroom" he said.
Then, his face bright red,
the prosecutor turned to the
jury and said:
The line Of least resistance
is easy. It's easy to say we will
acquit him."
Then he strobe to the center
OF the courtroom, pointed to
Motherwell and concluded:
1T takes courage - and /
hope you have got ito come
back in the courtroom and look
at him like I am doing and
say, Larry Motherwell, you are
a cold-blooded murderer, but
this is the end Of the trial
do it," he asked. and sat
down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
Science Fair Reset
For This Week End

The Alexandria Science Fair
which was scheduled for last
week end will be held tomorrow
and Sunday in the George
Washington High School cafe
terra.
Student projects will be
judged tomorrow morning. VIM
ners will enter the Alexandria
Fairfax-Prince William fair,
scheduled March 1920 at An.
Mandate High School.
The Alexandria fair will be
open to the public from 2 to
9 pm. tomorrow and from ! to
5 pm. Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
Virginia Democrats
To Convene Nav Il

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. II
(AP .-State Democr attic
Chairman Thomas H. Blanton
yesterday called the party's
State convention for May 81
at Virginia Beach.
Major business at the con-
vention will be election of
party officials to serve for the
next four years. The conven-
ton also will elect delegates to
the party's national conven-
ton at Los Angeles. beginning
July IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
owes Louds Rockville,
County for Planning

Gov. Tawes officially opened
Rockville's year-long centen-
NAL celebration last night with
praise for the way the Mont
gomery County city has avoided
suburban sprawl"
But he cautioned that ur-
banization will require a great
deal of intergovernmental and
regional cooperation in the
years ahead as growth con-
tinues.
Suburban slumS "aS ugly and
uninhabitable as the city slums
they left" will face the null
tiplying residents unless there
is careful planning, he added.
About $1,000 of Rockville's
$1,000 people have arrived in
the community since 1850. A
master plan unveiled earlier
this week forecasts a population
of $4,000 by 1880.
Praises County
Complimenting all of Mont
gomery County. Gov. Tawes
named its excellent planning"
as the chief factor in its de-
velopment as one of two or
three Of the most prosperous
counties in the country"
Later in his speech the Gov
ernor noted increasing requests
from local governments for
more State support of local
government, especially for a
greater share of road funds
and more aid to education. !"
He said the Maryland Gen.
eral Assembly, in an attempt
to solve this problem, last
month requested a "compre-
hensive survey by the Com
mittee on Tax and Fiscal Mat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11

RICHMOND, Mar. 11.-Six-
teen bills local in application to
Northern Virginia were sent to
Gov. Almonds desk today after
clearing the General Assembly.
Among them were a new ur-
ban government plan for Fair
fax County and a revised stand
by charter allowing Arlington
County to incorporate as a city.
Both measures are subject to
approval Of the voters.
The Fairfax urban plan
carries out recommendations
of a Virginia Advisory Legisla-
tive Council study virtually I'M
changed. An amendment added
by the House would allow
voters to decide whether pro-
posed districts created by the
Board Of Supervisors should
be administered by commits
sions elected within each dis
trict or appointed by the super
visors.
The Arlington charter would
replace one that has been
available on a standby basis
since 1912 and amended in
1916.
Would Become City
It would allow the County to
become a city but keep as
closely as possible to the present
county manager form of gov
erment.
The commissioner of revenue
and the treasurer would re-
tain their local tax assessing
and collecting authority but a
department Of finance would
take over all other fiscal
activities.
The Fairfax bill cleared the
Senate and the Arlington
measure passed the House yes
terday. They were among IL
bills applicable to Northern
Virginia that passed the Senate
and five that passed the House.
Other bills given final approval
would:
Amend the Falls Church
city charter. All local refer
endum features of the bill have
been eliminated.
Amend the charter for the
town of Fairfax by Incorporate
ing the so-called Charleston
ordinance" to offer coming pro-
lection for historic buildings
and sites.
School Speed Zones
Allow Arlington to establish
school speed zones on secondary
roads not Immediately ada
cent to school property.
Permit a referendum in Ar
lington on creation of an ur-
ban redevelopment authority
aimed primarily at cleaning up
the Rosslyn industrial area.
Allow the town of Fairfax
and other counties and munich
palities in the area to buy a
l00-acre tract adjacent to the
proposed George Mason Col
lege site and donate the land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
BY RICHARD OLONE
Star Stan Writer

BONNEVILLE, Calf, Mar
11.-Defense Attorney John T
Reyes today began final argu-
ments in the Larry Lord Moth
erwell murder trial.
The Washington lawyer prob
ably will take today and part
OF Monday in an attempt tc
convince the jury Motherwell
did not murder Mrs. Pear
Putney, wealthy Washington
widow.
A State rebuttal by District
Attorney Gordon l. Smith will
follow. and the case may go tc
the jury of nine women and
three men by Monday after
noon.
Special Prosecutor Lynn D
Compton spent nearly three
hours yesterday in a scathing
denunciation Of Motherwell
calling him a "psychopath'
and animal" who murdered
the 72-year-old woman for hel
money.
He carefully consolidated the
testimony of so State witnesses
and brushed off Motherwell's
accounts of what happened as
the. product of "a habitual
liar"
Activities Charted
The burly lawyer submitted
the Compton Plan" a chart
Of Motherwell's activities be.
ginning August 4, 1858, when
Mrs. Putney opened a postal
box in Las Vegas, New.
It followed the defendant
actions until September 4
1859, when Motherwell gave
Ken Horton. State investi.
gator, yet another story Of
what happened to Mrs. Put.
ney-the fourth separate tale
he had told.
The Compton Plan" was If
contrast to the defense account
Of the "Putney Plan" a plot
by a hard-drinking widow tt
take a handsome man, 80 years
her junior. away from his wife
The entry headed August
IA and 15-trip to Marysville'
occupied much of Mr.. Comp.
tons attention.
"At Marysville, and in this
county, is the crux of this
crime" he said.
Marysville, Calf, is the
small Sierra County town
Last Seen Alive There
where Mrs. Putney was last
seen alive on August IA, 1858
after she and Motherwell took
a cross-country trip from
Washington. At that time, Mr.
Compton said, Mrs. Putney had
$4,000 in cash and nearly
$4,000 in securities.
How did this murder hap
pen. and why?" Mr.. Compton
asked. Il think the pigeon was
starting to get away some
thing happened in Marysville
to change his plans"
Maybe, he said, Mrs. Putney
told MotherweH it was time he
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got the divorce and married
her, like he had promised.
Maybe she was beginning to
mistrust him.
"She Got Wise to Him"
when the con man sees the
pigeon getting away, he puts
on more pressure" the prose-
cutor said.
In Marysville, when she got
wise TO him, he put the supreme
pressure on her and killed her
and took her dough-
Motherwell took her to Tur-
ner Canyon, a lonely area of
Yuba Pass some 100 miles from
Marysville, and there he "belted
her or choked her to death, "
Mr.. Compton said.
Mr.. Compton, a stocky ex-
paratrooper, spoke mostly in
soft, confidential tones to the
jury. But occasionally, his voice
rang through the ia m m e d
courtroom as he drove home a
point.
Frisco Story Attacked
He tore into Motherwell'S
story that Re and Mrs. Putney
drove to Las Vegas early Au-
gust is, parted there, and that
the next day he drove to San
Francisco via Reno, New.
He can't create that trip
accurately because it never hap
pened," Mr.. Compton said.
Every time he tells it, it is out
of whole cloth because he can t
remember what he said the last
time"
He wants to be out of
Northern California because
he knows that is where the body
is buried" Mr.. Compton con-
tinued.
The Las Vegas trip, Mr..
Compton said, was just as
phony as "D'Avious," the name
of the man Motherwell said
Mrs. Putney was to marry.
"D'Avlous is a Pigment of this
twisted mind" he said, pointing
at Motherwell. Just as he
created a fictitious name, he
created a fictitious trip to Las
Vegas. Mrs. Putney never got
back to Las Vegas"
Proximity Noted
He pointed out that Reno,
where Motherwell bought an
airline ticket to Washington on
August Is, is just a few hours
drive from Turner Canyon.
Before taking the stand,
Motherwell had denied stop
ping in Reno. However, the
State had established he bought
the ticket there.
This is a tip-off to his en-
tire pattern" Mr.. Compton
said. He will deny something
until you can prove it, then
he'll admit it,"
Mr.. Compton told the jury
that perhaps Mrs. Putney
should not have done what she
did-run of with a much
younger man who had promised
to marry her.
But she had the right of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-03-11
To Honor Rober' ..
RICHMOND, Mar. II ZAP

RICHMOND, Mar. IL (AP)
Senator Robertson, Democrat
Of Virginia. will receive the
distinguished alumnus award
of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity
at the University of Richmond
during a Founders Day pro-
gram here tomorrow. He was
a member Of the fraternity and
a 1907 graduate of the univers-
ity.
Evening star., 1960-04-17
April u

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4-hews. Bill Gribben.
5-Todoy in Your Life.
900
4-Insn's Angle.
5-Kortoon KIub. Kids
7-Dine Dong School. Kids.
Miss Fronces. teocher
9-The Morning Show. Movie
! Hour, IS Minis. Society low
yer" 1899. Walter Pd1eon, Vir-
qinio Bruce
$50
Ave Arden Show. Comedy.
5-Joek Lo Lonne.
HeoIth and exercise.
7-Amos n ANDY. Comedy.
1000
4-Doush-Re-Mi. Quiz.
5-Ten O'Clock Movie.
IA Hours. 1.-THE Day the Book
les Wept." 1889. Joe Penner.
7-Trouble With Father.
l0:25
9-News. Morno CompbeII.
1890
4-PIoy Your Huneh. Games.
7-My Little Morsie. Comedy
Son the Go. TroveI.
1900
4-The Price Is Right. Color.
Hopper. Comedy.
81 Love Lucy. Comedy.
ll:30
AUGMENTATION. Game.
Slime for Science.
1.-The Peoples Choice.
9-Oecember Bride. Comedy.
Evening star., 1960-04-17
AFTERNOON
1900

IZ:UO
4-Truth or Consequences.
5-Romper Room. Kids.
Hour. Connie 6ohIin, teacher.
7-Restless Gun. Western.
9-Love Of Life. Serial.
1890
Alt Could Be You. Color.
7-Love Thot Bob. Comedy.
9-Seorch for Tomorrow. Ser1.
12:45
9-Guidins Light. Serial.
loo
4-Motinee Four. Movie.
Hour. "Choin Of Events" 1857.
Oermot Walsh, Susan Shaw.