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Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
Crowd Estimated At 10,-
900 ThrOnged States
Popular Resort; Many
Prizes Awarded.

It's now officially here-the Del
aware Spring travel season, that
is.
According to the Delaware State
Development Department, the sea
SON. was officially launched the
past Sunday with the successful
staging of the now traditional
Easter Boardwalk Fashion Prom
enade at Rehoboth Beach. Despite
chilling breezes, an estimated TO-
600 visitors participated in the OBJ
servance.
Best dressed woman" and win
ner of the John Wanamaker tro-
ply was Mrs Rowland Wollaston
of Seaford, who won similar hon
ors in 1857.
Other winners in the Fashion
Promenade were: best dressed
man" Robert Graham of Annapo-
lis; best dressed couple" Mr.. and
Mrs. Preston Dyer of Milford:
best dressed family group" Mr..
and Mrs. Kermit Vermilyea and
children of Baltimore.
Also best dressed baby girl, !"
Carol Lynn Neal of Georgetown;
best dressed baby boy" Peter
Trelenberg of Seaford; best dres-
sed teenage GIRL" Miss Linda
Brinsfield of Eldorado. Maryland:
best dressed teenage youth" Paul
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
Outstanding State
Dairy Herds Listed

Statistics on Delaware's dairy
herds for 1860 have been released
by the Delaware Herd Improve
ment Association. They show Del
aware to have fewer dairy herds
than ever before. But the remain
ing herds are larger.
The average size Of herds in the
DHIA program Is 3S.8 cows. This
is "a more cows per herd than
last years average.
The herd testing program shows
the average COW in the program
poduced 1864 pounds of milk in
1860. This is 173 pounds more than
the 1859 average.
New Castle county herds averag-
ed over 10000 pounds of milk and
100 pounds. of fat. Kent County's
average was 1856 pounds of milk
continued on page ninel
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
Social Security For
Physically Disabled

The 1860 Amendments to the
Social Security Act provide for
payment of cash disability benefits
to qualified disabled workers re-
gardless of age, according to Ed
ward f. Sullivan. manager of the
Dover, Del. social security district
office. Dependents of these disabl-
ed workers may also be entitled,
he added.
In order to qualify for social
security disability payments, a
worker must have a disability Of
long-lasting and indefinite dura-
ton which prevents him from do
ing any substantial gainful work.
He must also have worked under
social security for at least five out
of the ten years before his dis
ability began.
leontinued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
Co-Chairnen Named
For Cancer Drive

Announcement was recently
made designating April as the
month for the Annual Cancer Cru
sade Appointed as chairman and
co-chairman respectively again
this year were G. r. Lorenz, ad-
ministrator of the Milford Memoir
ial Hospital and j. Ronald Annett.
manager of Annett Bus Service
and Trucking Farms. The chair
man and co-chairman are present
ly completing the assignment OF
zone captains who will recruit
their own teams in the same man
Ifer as was done in the past The
quota for Milford for the current
years drive is $3.50 and il is the
sincere hope that this quota will
be exceeded by an even better fig
ure then the $1,700 figure of last
year. Much progress has been
made in recent years toward i'm
proving the treatment of this dread
disease Early detection has been
as being one of the
prime factors in enabling the most
effective treatment Much money
has been spent on research to fur
ther the progress in stamping out
this enemy TO our society. Every
one is asked to work diligently in
April to make this drive tre-
mendous success.
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
Rehoboth Man Fined
Here For Lewdness

Harrison Hopkins Howeth, Jr.,
age 81 years of Rehoboth Beach,
has been arrested and fined $53. so
and costs on two separate charges
of violating Milford City ordi-
nance pertaining to Lewdness.
Howeth. who expressed relief at
being taken into custody, makes
the fifth male to be apprehended in
Milford and fined on a charge of
Lewdness in a months time.
A group of teen-age girls, who
went to the police with their story
of seeing Howeth in state OF
Lewdness, and excellent work by
Milford police was responsible for
the apprehension of Howeth. who
confessed shortly after being taken
into custody
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
Chest X-Ray Sites
Are Listed In Kent

The State Board of Health with
the Delaware tuberculosis and
Health Society cooperating. have
issued the following Chest X-ray
Schedule for Kent County Com
munity Locations:
Dover-Mr. William II. Hen
shaw is General Chairman and
Mrs. Paul Z. Ambrose is Hostess
Chairman. Acme, Edgehill Shop
ping Center, Friday, April Z. 1900
500 p. M, sponsored by the Capt.
tol Grange. Mrs. Charles r. Will
son, Day Chairman. Loockerman
and Bradford Streets, Tuesday,
April is, 9:00-5:00 p. m, Mrs.
Harry Cooke, Day Chairman; We'd
nesday, April 10, 9:00-5:00 p. m.
Beth Sholom Sisterhood, Mrs. AR
thur Sanders, Day Chairman:
continued on page ninep
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07

in Sussex County use records TO
put together a winning herd OF
cows. He points out that most
dairymen remember the high
month or high day of cows lac
tation rather than her total pro-
duction. They sometimes over
look the steady, consistently good
producer that usually out produces
her n-the-bucket" rival by
the end of the season
Accurate milk production rec
ords help locate the cows that
maintain a good level of produc-
tion throughout their lactation
periods. Guesswork is risky in
the game of dairying, too. Always
play the percentages, Henderson
advised
He says there. are three record
CONTINUED ON page seventeen)
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07

Delaware City will again provide
rcund-trip transportation to and
from Pea Patch Island. site of the
fort, at very nominal charge. A
35-foot motor launch, having ship
to-shore radio and meeting all u.
S. Coast Guard safety require
ments, is used for trips to the is-
land, leaving the dock at the foot
of Clinton Street in Delaware City
at Commute intervals between
noon and 6:30 p. m. on Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays. The trip
takes about fifteen minutes each
way.
Completion in 1859 OF a new 450-
foot pier on Pea Patch Island made
possible resumption of regular
boat schedule and now, even at
low tide, boats can safely ap-
CONTINUED on page seventesn)
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Group Hospitals Is
Extending Benefits

Trustees of Group Hospital Ser
vice on Monday, March q, reflect
ed their officers and decided to
offer extended benefits" coverage
to persons over 65 years of age
who do not already have it.
F. A. Wardenburg, who has been
president since the Blue Cross-Blue
Shield organization was formed,
was elected president for the 26th
time. Others who were reelected
are: Max S. Bell. vice president;
Henry NJ. Candy. secretary; and
IL. b. Robertson. treasurer.
Three members of the board.
representing the general public,
continued on page nIneb
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07

attention on the needs and possi-
bilities of careers in mental health,
not only of high school and college
students but of their parents and
job counselors too. The shortage
of trained personnel in this field
in our country and particularly in
our state is a serious one. A Gov
ernment investigation warns that
unless recruitment into the mem
tai health professions is stepped
up considerably today's emer-
gency situation with regard to the
care of the mentally i'll will be-
come a crippling crisis in the flu
ture.''
Over 125 local organizations will
join with the Mental Health Asso-
citation in sponsoring the special
programs to be offered during this
Continued on page seventeen)
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
State PTA Planning
For Golden Jubilee

According to Mrs. Ralph Patter-
son, 1861 PTA Convention Pro-
gram Chairman and Mrs. Robert
f. Buzzard, her assistant, parents
will have an opportunity to dis
cuss the timely2 theme-"Accent
on Learning"-during the Satur-
day afternoon program of the two
day State PTA Convention, at the
Pierre S. DUPONT High School,
April IA and Is. sThis theme was
suggested by the text of the Mort
Report where it is stated that a
school which insists on students
continued an page seyenl
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
Search Under Way For
Best Chicken Cooks

A search is or for Delaware's
best chicken cooks. Homemakers
and amateur chefs all over the
state will be scanning their chick
en- cooking recipes in search of
the one they believe will do the
greatest honor to a two-to-three
pound young chicken. ready-to-
cook weight.
Mrs. Edward III. Ralph. of Lau-
rel, is chairman of the Delaware
chicken cooking contest, which is
sponsored this year by state poul-
try groups and the Poultry and
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
State Congressman
Fights Communism

Congressman Harris B. Mellow
ell lD-DelD in presenting testi-
mony to the House Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee
said that Soviet leaders ARE NOV
ing aggressively to lure tourists
behind the iron curtain" and that
the United States must take far
reaching measures to bring tour
lists to the United States.
The Delaware Democrat called
for the establishment of an Office
of international Travel in the De-
parment of Commerce as a coun-
(continued on page elevenl
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
DHIA Records TO Improve
Herds "Batting" Average

Ever wonder how baseball such
Gene Mauch decide who
baseball
individual player In put together
or the basis OF
Henderson many dairymen
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
Completing State Plans
For Mental Health Week

National April through May g. will
in
OF
of Delaware announced
Assocvation for
win
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
79R Million Budget Due
In Assembly April 24th
Committee VIII Begin Closed Door Sessions To Pu
the Bill Together For Submission To The Leg
isLafme Next Monday, April Tenth

The General Assembys
April estimated s79500000 bud
to he
gether April
Milford chronicle., 1961-04-07
TT. DeIdiUdre VIII Reopen
To Public Saturday, May 27

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Arizona sun., 1961-12-28
THE NEGRO PRESS cREDo

The Negro Press believes that America
can best lead the world away from racial and
national antagonsms when it accOrds to every
man, regardless of race, color or creed, his
human and legal rights. Hating man, fearing
IN man, the Negro Press strives to help every
man in the firm belief that all are hurt long
as anyone is held back.
Arizona sun., 1961-12-28

State LIBRARY & archives
State Capitol Bu1 ldlng ,,
Phoenix, Ariz. lA'D
Arizona sun., 1961-12-28

Madison Wise, - If all dis
criminatory laws in the United
States were repealed Immediately,
race would remain one of the most
pressing moral and political pro-
blemS in the nation, Negro lead
er said at the 18th annual dinner
recently of the Blessed Martin
Guild.
Negroes in this country are
not simply victims of system OF
iniquitous statutes" said Stanley
P. Hebert. commissioner of the
Wisconsin Public Service Commits
sion. "The American economy. the
American society, and the Amerl-
can unconscious all are racist.
eff all laws suddenly were re-
pealed. there would still be the
vast, silent, automatic system dl-
rected against men and women OF
color. To be equal, the Negro re-
ouires something much more pro-
found than a way into the society.
He needs transformation of some
of the bais institutions of society. ?
Mr.. Hebert said that this is why
it is not enough to open the south
ern schools, to sit in at the luncn
counters and to move into the
Arizona sun., 1961-12-28
) Convicted For
Route 40 Trespass

Baltimore, Md. = Four top New
York NAACP officials and a wo-
men journalist, who sought serv-
ice in a restaurant on U. S. Route
40, were convicted of trespassing
and fined $1OO each.
Robert L. Carter, NAACP gen
eral counsel, who headed a bat
terry of defense attorneys, announc-
ed that the Baltimore County Cir
cult Court ruling would be appeal
ed.
The defendants, free on SIPS bail
each, include DR.. Eugene T. Reed,
president of the New York State
Conference of NAACP branches
and Percy Sutton, president of the
New York City (Harlem) NAACP
branch.
Also Paul Dennis, New Rochelle
NAACP branch president; Rev.
Robert D. Sherard. president Of
the Corona-East Elmhurst NAACP; ;
and Mrs. Evelyn Cunningham, city
editor of the New York Courier.
Defense attorneys, led by Mr..
Carter and Archie Williams of the
Baltimore NAACP chapter, made
motion to dismiss the case at the
outset.
Judge James C.. Lindsay set this
aside as premature.
The NAACP attorneys called for
a jury trial but challenged the
impanelled body on grounds that
no Negroes were included.
Paul j. Cockrell, counsel for the
local NAACP, told the court that
Continued on Page Six
Arizona sun., 1961-12-28
Leaders Ask JFk
To Honor 17Oth
Anniversary

Washington, D. c. = Southern
integration leaders asked Presl
dent Kennedy to honor the 170tf
anniversary of the adoption of the
Bill of Rights, this month, by
granting executive clemency t6
Carl Braden, a Southern integra
ton worker, now serving one
year sentence for contempt of the
House Un-American Activities Com
mittee.
The Southern leaders took to
the White House clemency peti-
tions signed by several thousand
persons from all over the nation
The delegation. which met with
Presidential Assistant Lee White
included the Rev. Wyatt Tee Walk
er and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy
of Atlanta, James A. DonbrowSki
of New Orleans. The Rev. Fred L.
and the Rev. Walter Fauntroy OF
Washington.
The five men represented q
larger delegation of leaders from
all parts of the South which had
visited the White House with identi-
cal petitions signed by thousands
of human rights leaders last Aug
ust. Commenting on the return
visit today, Mr.. Walker, who CO.
ordinated the delegation, said:
"Our insistence on respect for
the First Amendment is basic. If
our civil liberties are destroyed,
we shall have no tools with which
to fight for our civil rights. There
is a growing danger of rightism
and inquisitorial committees re-
tarding seriously the desegrega-
ton process.
Mr.. Walker is executive director
of the Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference, integrationist or
ganization headed by DR.. Martin
Luther King, Jr., who was one OF
the initiators of the clemency pc
tition for Braden. The SCLC has
provided the leadership for the
Continued on Page Six
Arizona sun., 1961-12-28
NEGROES URGED TO GET GOOD EDUCATION
Otis {. Finley
Speaks To North
Carolina Youth

Wilson, N. C. - Negro young
people must put as much enthusi-
asm into their personal education
al development as they do some
of the public demonstrations for
equal opportunity. Otis E. Finley,
Jr.. of New York, associate di-
rector of the National Urban
League, told a student convention.
Mr.. Finley, who is in charge of
the Leagues youth incentives and
vocational guidance program spoke
at the eleventh State Convention
of the North Carolina Association
of Student Councils.
"New opportunities for en-
ployment will mean that competi-
ton for desirable jobs will be keen
er and the need for adequate pre-
paration will be greater than ever
before" Mr.. Finley advised 400
student leaders from schools of
North Carolina.
He, pointed to the fact. that al
though most employers now re-
quire that an applicant have. at
least, a high school diploma, it is
estimated that in, the 196Os more
than rs million young persons en-
tering the labor force will not
have completed high school. j
"Worse than that" he added,
s.two-and-a-half million of these
win not even have completed grade
school"
Mr.. Finley voiced the opinion
that ''in spite of local or regional
patterns of employment discrimi-
nation against Negroes, opportuni-
ties will increase as necessity
if we are to maintain health
rate of growth in our national
economy"
The convention was under the
direction of Mrs. Thelma 7. Daley.
Arizona sun., 1961-12-28
JUDGE Jones Calls MIA A Service
And An Asset To The Community

current issue of Hospitality" the
official organ of MIA, Gas Ne
gro interested in the employment
opportunities of minority groups,
I have given considerable thought
to the matter of jobs held by Ne
groes in the larger hotels through
out the country. Practically nc
hotel outside of the South will now
deny accommodations to Negro
travellers. In fact, they all seek
Negro patronage and offer full
hospitality to their guests. l have
been discouraged as | have observ-
ed the almost total absence of Ne
gro employees in other than mental
Jobs. l think have seen NEGRO
bellmen in only one large hotel
and that was in New York City.
have never seen one in the Shera-
ton, Hilton or other large chains.
| have never seen a Negro en-
ployed in a clerical capacity in
any of these large white hotels.
Only occasionally do you see the
dining rooms with Negro walters.
Maids are used fairly frequently,
but not always are they found in
large hotels. Thus, the hotels be-
longing to your association are
a definite asset to a community
in that they offer employment in
a variety of categories to Negroes.
1t also follows that the extent to
which your services are recognized
and used, to that same extent will
your institutions be an asset to the
community"
Arizona sun., 1961-12-28
CITIZENS OVERFLOW ALA. JAIL
NEGROES ARE VICTIMS OF MORE
THAN UBIQUITOUS SAYS. HEBERT

previous all-white neighborhood.
1T is enough" he continued
ito be able to live simply or com
plexly as human beings, as
Catholic as others are Catholics, as
an American as others are Ameri
can. He deserves not more, and will
settle for no less
Negroes realize that discrimina-
nation is a national problem, Mr.
Hebert said, and that they cannot
solve it alone.
Every man, he said, has an
equal right to life, to justice be.
fore the law, to the privileges and
immunities of other citizens, to
earn a living commensurate with
his abilities and ambitions, to a
proper respect for his human digni-
ty.
He quoted Cardinal Albert Mey-
er of Chicago:
ION the basis OF personal dlI-
ferences, we may make distinctions
but discrimination based on the
accident of birth, irrespective of
the worth of the Individual, can
not be reconciled with the truth
that God has created all men with
equal rights and dignity"
Arizona sun., 1961-12-28
COURT REFUSES
TO HEAR SCHOOL
CASE APPEAL

Washington, D. c., = The U. S.
Supreme Court refused to review
an order permitting pupils in the
predominantly Negro Lincoln
School in New Rochelle, N. Y.
to transfer without restriction to
other schools in the City.
The order was issued by U. S.
District Judge kaufman in New
York last January. He upheld a
contention by a group of Negro
parents that the Lincoln School
district had been gerrymandered
to make the enrolment almost
entirely Negro.
The School Board lost an appeal
to the U. S. Court of Appeals last
August by 2-tO-1 decision, the
Appeals Court ruling that the
School Board must proceed with
integration plans in September,
1861.
At present, 26 Negro pupils who
formerly attended the Lincoln
school are attending other schools
lin New Rochelle.
Arizona sun., 1961-12-28
NEGRO SIT-IN
CASE REVERSED

Washington, D. c., - The u S.
Supreme Court reversed the con-
victions of sixteen Negro students
who participated in "sit-in' demon
strations in Baton Rouge, La. in
April, 1860. x,
The ruling was the Supreme
Courts first in a sit-in case.a4
Chief Justice Warren delivered
the unanimous decision of the
Court. He said that the convictions
"are so totally devoid of evidenc-
iary support as to render them
unconstitutional under the due pro-
cess clause of the 14th Amend
'ment. 49, 80 Il
The students, from Southern Uni
'versity in Baton Rouge, were con-
victed under a Louisiana dis
turbing the peace" statute.
Justice Warren, in a 17-page
opinion, concluded that the records
in the cases contain no evidence
to support a finding that petitioners
disturbed the peace, either by
outwardly boiSterous conduct or
by passive conduct likely to cause
a public disturbance
1.-THE undisputed evidence shows,
said Justice Warren, that the
police who arrested the petitioners
were left with nothing to support
heir actions except their own opin-
ions that it was a breach Of peace
:or the petitioners to sit peacefully
in place where custom decreed
they should not Sit
"Such activity in the circum-
stances of these cases, is not evil
dence > of any crime and cannot
be so considered either by the
police or the courts"
Justices William o. Douglas, Joh
M. Harlan and Felix Frankfurter
wrote separate concurring opir-
ions. Justice Douglas, in his opin-
ion, said in his view a state may
not constitutionally enforce a policy
of segregation in restaurants.
Il do not believe that a state
that licenses a business can license
Continued on Page Six
Arizona sun., 1961-12-28
473 Imprisoned
In Albany And
Nearby Counties

40 Il b
4 Albany Georgia - There are
now at least 473 Albany citizens
Jim Jail for participating in prayer
meetings and marches since Tues
1 day, December IL, after ii Free
dom Riders were arrested Sum
day, December 10. They have over
flowed the jails in Albany, and
are being kept in prisons of five
surrounding counties. Chief of Po-
lice Laurie Pritchett has stated
that the arrests would continue
''if have to put them in jails all
over Georgia."
The Negro citizens of Albany,
under the sponsorship of the Al
bany Nonviolent Movement, will
continue to demonstrate until they
succeed in their efforts ito attain
freedom, justice and equality"
What follows is an account of the
arrests and demonstrations on Dec
ember IS and IA.
Today the citizens of Albany met
at Shiloh Baptist Church and
marched down to pray on the
steps of the City Hall. The II Free
dom Riders went on trial at $40
a. Their trial was postponed un-
til / pm. Thursday to allow the
prosecuting attorney to review the
case. (The court had not had an
attorney until now)
When the Freedom Riders came
out of the courthouse, IS people
were kneeling in prayer on the
steps. They had knelt for four
hours. During the prayers, a po-
lice officer asked, "Who is the
leader Of this group?"
Mr.. Slater King, a local. real
estate and insurance salesman,
came forward, and said, ST am"
The police officer said, "You
will have to leave ss,s
, Mr.. King turned to his group
and said. Stay where you are.
We are not afraid
Later it was learned that Mr..
King was arrested and charged
with contempt of court, refusal to
obey police officer, melting a
mob and disturbing the peace. The
police told everybody they had to
leave, the steps and go in to the
jail. The demonstrators thought
they were under arrest but were
later told they were being hled in
protective custody.
1.-TWO young Negro women, Ber-
tina Gober and Norma Collins, re-
ported that they had never seen
anything as terrible as the arrest
of innocent people while in prayer.
They added that if they were con-
victed of the charges held against
them as Freedom Riders, they
would prefer to remain in Jail un-
til all persons were freed. Miss
Gober is an expelled student from
Albany State College, now a volun-
teer SNCC worker in Albany. Miss
Collins is SNCC office manager
in Atlanta. s
After the demonstrators dispers-
ed, they met again later at the
church, along with members of
the Albany Nonviolent Movement,
to attend a meeting with Mayor
Asa Kelly. dn order to attend this
meeting, march to take place at
5 o'clock was post-poned) The
Mayor had said he would have a
meeting with local Negro leader
ship to discuss possible release
of Tuesdays demonstrators. He
did not come, and instead sent a
representative, Joe E. Simmons,
Continued on Page Six
Arizona sun., 1961-12-28
Penny Auction Set
AT South Plaza

The South Plaza Merchants will
conduct an "Old Fashioned Penny
Auction" Friday Dec. 20, from 6
pm. to 9 pm. According to Joe
Nichols, president, fantastic saw
ings will be offered on quality mer-
chandiSe. Bidding will start at one
penny. Hot dogs and root beer will
be sold at .O5 cents each and pop
corn at .O1 cent. Lots of fun is an
ticipated-as well as top bargains.