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Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15

Joe Lark, the Milford boy.
who won many athletic and
scholastic honors as a student
at the University of Delaware,
will be the guest of honor at
a testimonial dinner on We'd
nesday, January 16. The af-
fair will be sponsored by the
Milford Lions Club and will be
held in the social hall of the
Avenue Methodist Church, Mil
ford.
Emma Pettyjohn and Vir-
ginia Williams, of Milford,
have returned to their homes
for the Christmas holidays.
Miss Pettyjohn is a second
year student and Miss Will
liams a first year student at
Wesley Junior College, Dover
Miss Pettyjohn was awarded
the Varsity ''W" for her play
as fullback on the girls hook
ey team and in the Varsity
Clubs representative on the
Social Committee which has
charge of cOordinating all So
cial activities on the Dover
campus. She is enrolled in the
secretarial course and expects
to take a position in June
when she will be graduated
with the A. A. degree. Miss
Williams is also enrolled in
the secretarial course and is a
reporter for The Wesley
Echoes,
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15

H. H. Breek has recently
opened a new hardware store
on Market Street, in Bridge
vile.
]. Grayson Elliott of Del
mar, returned from a hurting
trip to North Carolina, the
last of the week and brought
a large deer as token of his
craftsmanship.
An extension of the Milford
power lines as far west as
Church Hill is being contem-
plated. This will give SER
vices to those living on the
highway between Milford and
Houston. The lines are now
extended in that direction for
about two miles.
sos
Miss Elsie Evans, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben
Evans, of Frankford, and T.
Howard Palmer, son of for
mer State Senator and Mrs. j.
Carey Palmer, of Milton, were
married at one o'clock last
Saturday afternoon in the par
sonage of the Milton Protest
ant Church, by Rev. G. Ran
dali. The bride, who was at
tended by Miss Mildred Scott,
is a teacher in the Milton
School. The groom is employ
ed in the First National Bank
of Milton.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
CurveI Calls On
Agency Heads To
Aid Employment
continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
handicapped applicants and en-
plOyees.
8. Physical abilities of handicap
ped persons being considered for
appointment or reassignment will
be appraised in relation TO the es-
sential physical requirements of
jobs.
4. Employees who acquire disa-
bilities as the result of work in
juries, off-the-job accidents or dis
ease conditions. will be given full
opportunity in unemployment or
III transferring to other more
suitable jobs.
5. Recourse to unduly prolong-
ed or permanent benefits under the
Employees Pension Act shall be
avoided whenever possible Disa-
bility retirement shall be cOnsid-
cred only after every feasible ef-
fort at reassignment has been
made
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
Ten Years Ago.

oksn from the December II, 1851 Iss,
Announcement has been
made of the forthcoming mar
riage of Mrs. Pauline Webb to
Charles Wilbur Hammond,
both of Milford, on Sunday af-
ternoon, December 90, at two
o'clock.
Roaring out of the east, a
flash snow storm caught most
Delawareans in it's icy clasp
last Friday before they were
aware of what was happen
ing. The storm, a freak, ac-
cording to competent weather
prognosticators, was not on
the record, but arrive it did
shortly after one o'clock and
backed by a stiff wind and icy
roads, it soon had the travel
ing public at it's mercy.
First Lieutenant John w.
Schobelock of Milford, has
been awarded the first Oak
Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
in lieu Of an additional Air
Medal by direction of the Pres
ident. In part the citation read,
Distinguishing himself by
meritorius achievement while
participating in aerial flight
missions over enemy held ter
ritOry from September 3
through November l, 1851, dur
ing which hostile attack was
probable and expected.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
Twenty Years Ago.
Token from the December 1o, l94l Issue

roken from the December 19, l941 Iss
An appropriation has been
made by Milton Town Council
to be used in the purchase of
Christmas gift, to be pre-
sented in the name of the citi-
zens of Milton, to the men
from the town and its vicinity
who are now serving in the
armed forces of the Navy and
Army, including those who are
members of the United States
Naval Reserves.
George e. Chambers, Jr., of
Lewes, 19 years old, son of
Captain George E. Chambers,
Delaware River pilot, has been
appointed an apprentice in the
Pilots Association for the Bay
and River Delaware, by the
Delaware Board of Pilot Com
missioners. The appointment
fills the vacancy by resigna-
ton of Capt. Thomas H. Car
penter.
A farewell dinner was CIV
en- last Friday night in honor
of Clarence A. Bader in the
new officers mess hall at Fort
Miles, by army and navy Off
GERS ard their wives. Major
Ralph H. Baker spoke brief
ly and Captain James H. Bish-
op, chaplain of the fort. was in
charge of arrangements. Ba-
der, who has been in charge
of the construction of the
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
Thirty Years Ago.
Token from the December 10, 1891 Issue

Token from the December 10, 1891 Iss,
Frank Vincent, of near An
drewsville, while cutting holly
last Friday, fell out of the
tree and hurt himself very
badly. Fortunately, no limbs
were broken.
DR.. and Mrs. James A. Belts
of Ocean View, sailed on Tues
day, on the steamer "Olym-
phis" for London, England.
They expect to visit Germany
and France and other places
of interest and education.
The Georgetown Board of
Education will offer for sale
on Saturday afternoon, jan
uary 2, the old public school
building at North and Chest
nut Streets. Some months ago
the building was put up at
public auction with several
rural schools which have con-
solidated with Georgetown.
The price offered at that time
was so low that it was bid in
Residents of Georgetown are
hoping that the building will
be purchased by persons who
are interested in establishing
some kind of an industry.
There is more than an acre of
land attached to it. The
school building was erected in
1885 and was used until last
year when the new S250,000
structure was built on West
Market Street.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
The Past In Review
News As 1t Was Reported In The Chronicle
Forty Years Ago
Token from the December Is, 1921 Issue

'oken from the December Is, 1921 Iss,
Captain John Cornelius Wilt
bank died at Sailor Snug Har-
bor, Staten Island, New York,
December 6, where he had
been for 26 years. He was
born at Lewes, and spent most
of his active life on the water.
He was three times ship
wrecked-the last time land
ed on one of the Dutch East
Indies Islands, where he re-
mained for eighteen months
without vegetable food. This
broke his health. He was ag-
ed 81 years, 25 days.
C. S. Krick, General Mana
ger of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, with headquar-
ters in Philadelphia, and H.
II. Garrigues, Superintendent
of the Delaware Division of
the same railroad. spent Mon
day and Tuesday cunning
near Milford with Senator l.
Dolphus Short, of Milford
The railroad officials came to
Milford in a special car and
made that car their headquar-
ters while on the trip. Owing
to the showing weather on
Tuesday, they shortened their
stay here and left Tuesday af-
ternoon. While only having
Monday and Tuesday to gun,
the party had good luck and
reported an excellent two
day shooting.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15

Crystal Fount Lodge No 10, will
hold its Annual Christmas Par
ty on Monday evening, December
IS. All members are cordially in
vited to attend and bring their
wives or sweethearts. All are ask
ed to bring present not over
$1.00 There will be exchange of
presents, entertainment and re-
freshments. So, brothers, come
out on the 18th and lets make this
party a big one Can't tell Santa
Claus might be there. too.
Cos
The Margaret c. Pyle Rebekah
Lodge No. II. IOOF, held a regu-
larly scheduled meeting Thurs
day, December Z. with Noble
Grand Yvonne Bunting presiding
Vice Grand Phyllis Webb an
nounced that the Christmas party
will be held Thursday, December
q, at s p. M All members and
their families are invited. Santa
will be present
We wish all those who are i'll a
speedy recovery We also wish
everyone good health and pros
perity in the coming year
{"
On Saturday evening, December
Is, the regular monthly meeting
of the General Service Committee
of the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
of Delaware will be held in the
rooms of Morning Star Lodge No.
6, in Smyrna. with chairladv, Mrs.
Betty Stump, presiding, and call
ing the meeting to order at eight
p. m. Reports on the planned
Christmas parties for the various
state institutions and those al
ready given, will be presented by
the various coordinators Also, the
domination and election of the
officers for the ensuing year will
be held Following the meeting,
the usual social hour will be en-
ioyed. together with an exchange
of gifts.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15

o. c. Passmore of Harring-
ton, has been in Columbus,
Ohio, this week doing commit
tee work for the Brotherhood
Railway Signalmen of Ameri-
ca.
Charley Deputy of Ellen
dale had a big watermelon
feast on Monday. He had his
melons buried in some oats in
the barn, and the rats had cut
some of them, causing the oats
to sprout from the moisture.
The melons that the mice had
not bothered furnished a big
crowd of corn huskers a good
feast.
The pupils of Ingram's
School in Sussex who made
perfect attendance records in
November were: Lloyd Tyn-
dali, Arthur Walls, Walter
Baker, George Walls, Clara
Walls, Alma Carey, Harrison
Jones and Edward Lovenguth;
good attendance, Nina War
rem, Marie Vent, Elizabeth
Vent, Marietta Donovan, At
wood Wiley, Ralph Walls,
Roberta Donovan, James Reed
and Sylvester Chester. Miss
Ida Nj. Baker is the teacher
in charge.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15

excellent job on all CAP. tests.
He was awarded his Certificate of
Proficiency at the goth Anniver-
sary Celebration of CAP. held
on December 4th. Cadet Ca h a
serves as the Cadet Supply Officer
for the Squadron and has done
good job in organizing this section
of the Squadron
His past performance, plus his
receiving the least number of de-
merits for the past month, have
led to his being named Cadet of
the Month.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
Cadet of The Month
Named

The first Cadet of the Month"
to be named by the Dover Cadet
Squadron, Civil Air Patrol is Cadet
1-C Paul Catha, son of Capt. and
Mrs. Ralph H. Catha of 1O71 A
Circle Drive, Dover. Born in Alex
andria, Indiana of an Air Force
family, he has travelled extensively
through the United States an d
Europe He has lived in Dover for
the past three years and joined the
Dover Squadron two years ago.
During his Cadet experience.
Oatha has demonstrated outstand-
ing leadership and has done an
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
Old Fashioned
Christmas Trees
Are Still Preferred
Continued from page one)

Ralph suggests you consider the
location where the tree is to be
placed when making a selection.
Pick perfect" tree for the
picture window or center the
room. But, if one side goes
against a wall, or two sides will
be hidden by corner location, a
less perfect one will do
Check the bottom whorl of
branches on the tree This whorl
of branches may not be complete.
It's best to make a fresh cut for
water intake and any sawed off
branches can be used as a deco
rations The tree may be improv-
ed in appearance if the fresh cut
is made above the bottom whorl
of branches.
Ralph says many tree growers
advertise Choose and cut, which
gives the whole family a chance
to select a tree in a plantation as
in days gone by
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
FIRE THOUGH WATER

WELLINGTON. Kan. (P)-Water
helped start a fire in car here
Firemen said the seat cushion
in a car owned by John Allan was
set afire by rays of the sun shin
ing through water in a glass bottle
on the seat
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
NAME NOT ON ROLLS

NORMAN. Okla. fP)-Lt. Gov.
George Nigh mispronounced the
lame of DR.. Cedomir NJ. Slepcevich
and apologized:
They told me you were not a
registered voter so | didn't work
ON it,"
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
BERMUDA GOLF SET

fuckers TOWN, Bermuda Up
The second annual Castle Har-
bour invitation golf tournament
has been set for Jan 30-Feb. 3. Play
ers from the United States, Canada
and Bermuda will compete with
no handicap.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
so PATRIOTIC

TULSA, Okla. (P)-A sign at
service station reads, "Gas Wart
Enlist here"
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15

WinstOn-Salem, n. c.. came into
being in 1913 when the commun-
tiles of Winston and Salem merged
into one city.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-15
BIRDIE WAS ITCHY

TEMPLE TERRACE, Fla. Up
There was nothing to do in the
front office; the president (Joseph
Cairnes) did all the work" said
George (Birdie) Tebbetts. That's
why l came back to manage"
A few years ago Tebbetts said
he would never manage again
when he quit Cincinnati to become
executive vice president of the
Milwaukee Braves. Last October
he signed to manage the Braves
through 1868.
Evening star., 1961-10-22

Harvest" or "Wheatfield,"
as it is sometimes called, is
perhaps his most famous
single painting and is an ex-
traordinary technical accom-
plishment, not only in conf
position and perspective, but
in the almost virtuoso feat
of crossing the foreground
with that solid wood fence
a wall to the eye-and never
theless conducting the eye
step by sure step back to the
distant hills and the sky.
= The installation is sump-
tuous. OF particular note is
one corner of the main gal
lery, where shafts of sunlight
do nothing at all to dim the
built-in light of a series of
blossoming orchards. It's a
corner of springtime and, as
in most of Van Gogh's out
door pictures, you can feel
the urgency of growth and
the sticky leaves" of spring.
There are several pictures
not exhibited in this country
before, including three small
self-portraits. Most signifi-
cant is a good-sized still life
Evening star., 1961-10-22

pulsating with golden light
that spills out onto the frame
the painter decorated him.
self. The value of the show
is the revelation of a man
God or nature-intoxicated
who knew exactly how to go
about conveying this quality
to others through paint and
drawing.
Van Gogh was a conscious
and working artist every step
of the way. The self-expres-
sion that certainly takes
place in his work is a by
product of his unflagging
effort to come to terms with
what he saw and with what
he knew of art. He is i'm
mediately accessible because
he wanted to be. Even that
final painting, a few days
before his death, in which, to
us, the black crows winging
over the wheatfield seem
ominously to be coming for
the artist, is first of all a
strong and stark composition
of three roads framing the
expanse of wheat beneath
pulsing sky. F.. G.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
SCIENCE
CALENDAR

Tomorrow
American Statistical Association
WASHINGTON Statistical Society)-S
pm. meeting. District Chapter Of the
American National Red Cross, 2025
ST. nw Sa ssrS Of SoVss sav,.f andes eS
pert.
Tuesday
American Society of Civil Engineers
National Capital Sectionl = Noon
luncheon meeting. Barker Hall. YWCA.
eral Programs on State DEVELOPMENT, -
A. N. Carter Of Carter. Kruger and
Associates Of Minneapolis.
American Society of Landscape Ar
chitectS potomac Chapterl-6:3O p m.
dinner meeting. Barker Hall. YMCA4, oN
Today" Sn U John P. Hewitt, director Of
parks of the Maryland National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commission.
Institute of Radio Engineers wash
ington Section)-Protesstonal Group
on Space Electronics and Telemetry
rant, 1921 E St, NV. 8 pm: meeting
Potomac Electric Power Co. Audi
torium. 10th and e sts. NV; Tech
niques of Bandwidth Compression for
rsfpstgy sfaf s1sIsms d Division Is sM RsMsfOaS FED
Society Of American Bacteriologists is
(Washington Branchl-S pm. meet
ing, Sternberg Auditorium, Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, 6s25 10th
st. NV; geology of Rocky Mountain
Spotted Fever" Miss Marilyn r. Boze-
man, Army Institute of Research, and
Nitrate Reducing Streptococci," Drs.
P. P. williams and c. w. Langston,
Department of Agriculture.
Friday
The Washington Psychiatric Society
-S:30 pm. meeting, District Medical
Society, 1918 M st. NV: "Transcdl-
tural Inquiry Into Symptomatology OF
SchiZophrenia," Dr. Eric D. Wittkow-
er, associate professor of psychiatyy,
McGill University, Montreal. and DR.
Edwin A. Weinstein, Neuropsychiatry
Division, Walter Reed Army Institute
oil Research,
Evening star., 1961-10-22
ART NOTES

The Corcoran's first one
man show for an area artist
is now open. The work is
metal sculpture by Jose Ber-
mudeE.
B'nai Birth is showing re-
cent work by 10 area artists
of the Jewsih faith.
The Society of Washing
ton Artists has just opened
its annual exhibition at the
Smithsonian Institution. with
work selected and prizes
awarded by the critic. cur
ator and author, Katherine
Kuh. The society has con-
ferred honorary life member
ships on Miss Bertha Noyes,
Mrs. Margaret Zimmell. Mrs.
Clara Kimberly and Mr.. Ben
son Moore.
The Pan American Union
is showing oils and monotypes
by ROgeliO POlesellO of Ar
gentina.
Evening star., 1961-10-22

groups of eight or 10. In
many pictures, the nude, or
thinly veiled, women stand
facing the viewer in attitude
and solemnity derived from
the Byzantine saints, but in
shape and feeling derived
from Greeks of a rather ear
lier period. The combination
is unsettling at first, but it
rapidly convinces.
The graceful drawn line is
the heart of most of the
pictures and color tends to
be overall rather than local,
often a golden, rosy glow
seeming to emanate from be-
hind the figures and shine
through them. Venus her
self is the subject of some
of the painting and the
closest movable thing to
what must haYe been her
spirit animateS many of
them. The goddess is neither
the great earth mother nor
the Noel Coward heroine,
but the spiritualization of
sexual beauty.
This effect is helped tre-
mendously by the fresco
feeling that comes from the
paintings. The technique is
based on very thin-even
rubbed down-paint on a
white geSSo ground and it
works like a charm.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
Wieder GuIIery

Lajos Szalay, a Hungarian
who worked and taught in
the Argentine for a dozen
years before coming to the
United States in 1860, is
showing about 40 recent
drawings at the Wigder and
they are a pleasure to see.
Like many a goth century
artist, Mr.. Szalay seems to
have developed a whole. uni
fled world of artistic achieve
ment out of q relatively few
drawings and prints by the
old man of the sea. Pablo
PicasSo. We place a tremen-
dously exaggerated import
ance on total originality to-
day and the drawings at the
Wigder demonstrate our er-
ror. The whole show could
reasonably be called "Varia-
tions on a Theme by Picasso"
and it is none the less en-
joyable for that.
The theme developed is
that Of the classic mytholog-
ical figures, drawn with great
skill and deliberate distor-
ton better to make the point.
The characters in the art
lists mythology are about
equally divided among the
Old Testmanet, the Greeks
and Baudelaires "Fleurs de
NAL" In some Of the draw
ings, Mr.. Szalay uses such
historically recurring themes
as the family and the fisher
Evening star., 1961-10-22
Transit Group
To Hear Captain

Capt. Willard C. johnson,
(USN RetD, former director of
the Army's Military Traffic
Management Agency, will speak
to the Citizens Transit I'M
provement Association at 8
pm. Wednesday.
Capt. johnson will discuss
Planning and Development of
Rail and Inland Water Trans
portation Behind the Iron and
Bamboo Curtains"
In addition to his research,
Capt. johnson has travelled on
railways in the interior of China
and the Trans-Siberian Rail-
way.
The association will meet in
the community room of the
Washington Post, 1915 L
street NV.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
CITIZENS
CALENDAR

Meeting announcements
must be in the hands OF the
CiUic Calendar editor BY noon
Thursday OF each meek to
insure publication in the
column on Sunday. Those
received too late DiH not be
used separately unless there
is some special net0S signiti-
canoe attached to them.
Housing and zoning regula-
tions will be debated tomorrow
by the Allied Civic Group. Inc.
at 7:45 pm. at the Park anc
Planning Auditorium, silver
Spring.
other civic, associations this
week, meeting at 8 pm, unless
otherwise specified, are:
TOMORROW
DeanwoOd Civic AssoeiAtiOn--Caryei
Elementary School. 45th and Lee sts
ne.
-Four Avenues Southeast Citizens As
ISOLATION - Fort Davis Library, J7th
and Alabama ave. sc.
Mid-City Citizens Association -,
Board room, National Savings AND
Trust Co.. 18th ST. and New YORK
ave. NV.
Northwest Boundary Civic AssOcia'
tion-s:3O pm, Macfarland Junior
High, Iowa ave. and Webster st. NV
Northwest Council Of Citizens AssO.
ella Columbia Federal savings ano
Loan Association Building. o3Ol WIS
consin ave. NV.
Oldest Inhabitants, Inc.-Odd Eel
lows Hall. Ninth and T sts. NV.
TUESDAY
Civic BetteFment AssOciation-Nallc
School. 50th and c SITS. sc.
LeDrOit Park Civic Association -
DickerSon residence, 410 T st. NV.
NayIOr- Good Hope Citizens Assoeia.
tiOn-Naylor Gardens Community Hall
3036 Naylor road sc.
WEDNESDAY
IT. Davis Improvement Association
Ft. Davis Branch Library, 37th st. ano
Alabama ave. s.e.
THURSDAY
Bel Air Civic Association - West
lawn Elementary School, Grenstead st..
Westlawn, Va.
FRIDAY
Federation Of Civic Associations -
Board room, District Building, l4th
and SITS. NV.
Evening star., 1961-10-22
Special Van Gogh Loan Exhibition
On View in Baltimore Art Museum

From now until November
26, the Baltimore Museum Of
Art is showing paintings,
water colors and drawings by
Van Gogh. The work is on
loan from the Stedelijk Mu-
scum, Amsterdam. and from
the collection of Vincent w.
Van Gogh. the nephew of the
painter. There are 81 paint
ings, including many of the
universally known and loved
works, and 81 water colors
and drawings. including stu
dies for some of the paintings
and Van Gogh's totally orig
inal copies" Of other mems
work, especially Millet. Ad-
mission is a dollar and as the
prince of percale used to say,
it's a buck we'll spent.
With the possible excep-
ton of Renoir, Van Gogh re-
mains to this day the most
Immediately accessible of
m o dern painters. His i'm
menSe and ever-growing pop
ularity rests, in too large
part, on the popular image
of a dedicated artist killed by
neglect after a career Of only
10 years. The life is a NOV
ing thing to contemplate.
The letters reveal a beautiful
soul, totally dedicated to art
yet throbbing, too, with SYM
pathy for his fellow man. But
finally the fame of Van Gogh
has it's solid foundation in
the work.
There was a great deal of
it, something like 800 paint
ings Ia a career that-inter-
preted as loosely as possible
LASTED less than 10 years.
This outpouring of work is
traditionally taken to evi-
dence the frenzy in which the
painter is supposed to have
lived most of his life as an
artist. In way this is reason
able, for there is a frenzied.
note about many of the
paintings, Van Gogh's mani
pulation of thick paint seems
to trace in the surface of his
pictures the furious Joy and
drive of the artist at work.
1t is always work, though,
not the profuse strains Of
unprecedented art which,
however charming in sky
larks, get dull fast in less
blithe spirits, notably paint
ers and poets.
Van Gogh's frenzy" of ex-
preston was tempered by a
knowledge and expert prac-
tice of such nonfrenZied
fundamentals as composition
and perspective. The pic
lures on view at Baltimore
are all firmly built. The