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Milford chronicle., 1961-10-13
INSPECTION NEEDED -

INSPECTION NEEDED = Con.
sumers of Delaware have become
more conscious of the need for
weights and measures inspection
since passage of Weights and Mea-
sures Bill 1S6, according to Molloy
C. Vaughn, Secretary of State Board
of Agriculture.
This bill passed the House and
Senate without opposition and was
signed by the Governor on Septem-
ber 6. According to the law. ii will
not become effective until Decem-
Der 6, three months after it was
signed. The law is to be admins
tered by the State Board of Agricul-
ture. A director and three inspec-
tors will be selected by competi-
tive examinations which will be
held in Dover. October 10.
Application forms can be obtained
from the office OF the Secretary,
State Board of Agriculture, Dover,
Delaware.
PICK MOYER-John Meyer, of
Bowers. was elected president of
the Kent County Fire Chiefs As
sociation recently. The meeting
was held in the Citizens Hose Com
pany Building, in Smyrna.
Chief f. Reynolds Bradley of
the host company, told the group
that Kent County fire chiefs should
work to develop interest in their
organization by putting on worth
while programs.
Chief Bradley is also president
of the Delaware Fire Chiefs AS
sociation.
Other officers. Fletcher Bryan,
Magnolia, first vice president;
Ben Roy, Cheswold. second vice
president; Albert Lane. Marydef,
secretary, and James Sipple, Leip-
sic. treasurer.
Russell Hayes, Houston, Henry
Dukes, Smyrna, and William Bow
ers, Clayton, are directors.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-13

Before the football game
Friday evening Miss Sharon
Gellens entertained group
of her friends at dinner at
Hotel Milford, celebrating her
fifteenth birthday.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-13

In the golden days of the Orient
Express. the nobility travelled with
an encourage of servants, includ-
ing chambermaids who made up
their berths with silk sheets.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-13
CONFERENCE DELEGATES

tO-NE
Mrs. Sally Ramsey, president of
the Soroptimist Club of Eastern
Sussex County. and Mrs. Mary
Sipple of Milford will attend the
fall district meeting of the North
Atlantic Region.
The conference will be held on
October 13, IA, Is at the Traylor
Hotel, Allentown, Pa. This was
announced at the first fall bust
ness meeting of the Sussex club
in the Greig home on Columbia
Avenue, Rehoboth.
The Sussex Club also decided
to sponsor the iandscaping of the
grass island on Rehoboth Avenue
in front of the GreSin Gift Shop,
as one of its special projects. The
landscaping will be done by Paul
Lynch of the Delmarva Gardens.
The Sussex Club will give a pub
lie card party in Dinner Bell Inn
at s p. m. on Monday. October Is,
to raise money toward its schol-
ership fund for nurses training of
Sussex County girls
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-13

SUPPER CANCELLED The
supper planned by the Milford
Grange for Saturday, October IA,
has been cancelled.
LINCOLN CANTEEN-Dances
are held every Friday evening $3.50
til IL 80 at the Lincoln Community
Center. The Dyna-tones, featuring
Jimmy Stayton as singer. will play.
TRICK OR TREAT for UNICEF
will be sponsored again this year
by the Milford churches, with Mrs.
Charles French, Jr., as general
chairman. The date ard churches
participating will be announced
later
GOLF BANQUET - The Shaw
nee Country Clubs annual golf
banquet will be held at the Tread
way Inn Saturday evening, No
vember IL. Music will be by Bob
Wagner.
CHICKEN SALAD, AND DUM-
PLING SUPPER-sponsor by the
Ellendale w. S. c. s., to be held
Saturday, October 2S, in the Ellen
dale Fire Hall, starting at 4 p. m.
Adults, $3.50, children Csc.
CANTEEN AT ELLENDALE =
A Canteen will be held every Fri
day night from 8 p. m. to mid
night in the Glendale Fire House,
under the auspices of the Auxil-
iary of the Ellendale Fire Com
pany. Music will be furnished by
the Playboys. Jitter1ug Contests
weekly. Ages Is to 19. All are
invited.
HARVEST BALL, sponsored by
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital, will be
held Friday. October 20. and Sat
urday, October 81. at the Milford
Armory. Table reservations are
required Tickets may be obtain
ed by calling Mrs. Eleanor Dra-
per, GA-2SS12, or through any
Auxiliary member.
THANKSGIVING DINNE =
Why bother and fret over prepar-
ing your Thanksgiving dinner
when you can buy one at the Ell
lendale Fire Hall on Thanksgiving
Day, November %, sponsored by
the Women's Auxiliary of the Ell
lendale Fire Company, for S125,
children under II years old, soc.
1t will be served family style
Turkey with all the fixin's. in
Guiding pumpkin pie: also ham
Serving will be from 2 to p. m.
Get your tickets early.
CIRCLE No. 2 = of Calvary Meth
odist Church. met at the home of
Mrs. Marie Webb Mrs. Violet Mar
vel was leader. There were ten
members present. Mrs Mildred
Oday had charge of devotions. She
talked on Faith. Following de-
votions, the leader took charge.
When she closed the business meet
ing, the hostess served delicious
refreshments.
The next meeting will be on Oct
ober II. at the home of Mrs. Louise
Love, 700 S. +. 4th Street. Mrs. Nora
Donovan will be in charge of de-
votions. Hope all will be present.
CLASS NETTING Sunshine
Sunday School Glass of the
Calvary Methodist Church will
meet Friday evening, October
18th. at the parsonage with
Mrs. Lillian Milbury as teach
er. All please try TO attend.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-13

Mr.. and Mrs. William T.
Ferrelf of Wilmington are
proud parents of Jennifer
Lynne Ferrell, who arrived on
October 8. There is a brother
and sister to welcome her al
so. Mrs. Terrell was the for
mer Miss Eleanor Geyer.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-13

Miss Cristine Homan invit-
ed several friends on Sat
urday evening to help with
the celebration of her fifteenth
birthday. Dinner at ix-thirty
was followed by gift unwrap-
ping and an evening of fun.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-13

HE Harvest Ball.
vi coming next week
on Friday and Sat
urday nights, is
claiming much at
teIftion just now. 1t is under
the auspices of the Milford
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
and is being given for the
benefit of the hospital needs.
Decorations, special features.
lovely door prizes. in and out
of town guests and very good
music are the things that
most will be looking forward
to having during both even
ings. Bob Wagner's Band will
play and it is expected that
there will two most enjoyable
evenings. Mrs. Eleanor Dra-
per has charge of the tickets.
which are limited for both
nights.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-13

Mrs. Carleton Fooks. Mrs.
Joseph Pearce and Mrs. Carl
Morgan are asking for help
with the sewing they have
begun this week for the Hos
pital Fair next year. They
have been given materials
which will be used for the
making of articles for the
hospital benefit and would like
help for the simple sewing
that goes in the making of
these things. All things are
cut and ready to sew. Vol
unteer soon,
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-13
Local Happenings

SUPPER CANCELLED = The
supper planned by the Milford
Grange for Saturday, October IA,
has been cancelled.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-13

CHICKEN SALAD, AND DUM-
PLING SUPPER-sponsored by the
Ellendale w. S. c. s., to be held
Saturday. October 2S, in the Ellen
dale Fire Hall, starting at 4 p. m.
Adults, $3.50, children Csc.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Caroline at Play

1t is not clear to us just how Pierre
Salinger, the Presidents press secretary,
proposes to prevent tourists from taking
snapshots Of Caroline at play on the
White House lawn. But that is Mr..
Sal1nger'S problem, not ours.
News photos taken through the
White House fence with telephoto lens
are in somewhat different category.
Instead of going into some tourists
Scrapbook, these are intended for pub
llcation-often on front pages. And
while we don't imagine that Caroline,
who is three, spends much time read
ing the newspapers, she probably is not
entirely unaware that she has become
something of a celebrity. At any rate,
II the news reports are correct, the
President and Mrs. Kennedy are "wor-
ried" about the effect on their child Of
this publicity, and news photographers
have been asked not to photograph
Caroline when she is playing. This re-
quest, we should think, will be respected
even though Caroline first emerged
as photogenic personality in pictures
released by the White House, presum-
ably with the approval Of her father.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Play BoN-ond Good Luck

There will be lots of "New Frontier"
spirit in an old setting in our town
tomorrow.
At 1880 pm, at venerable Griffith
Stadium, President John F. Kennedy,
who might be said to be playing his first
season in the big leagues, will throw out
his first first ball" to open the 1861
American League pennant race Except
for the stadium, just about everything
else will be new-a new ball club for
Washington (even with the old name Of
Senators), newly expanded ten-team
American League and even a new gim-
mick in opening against Western club
(the Chicago White Sox) instead of
against one of our Eastern neighbors.
1t is fair to say, also, that there is
a new spirit among the fans. Optimists
by nature, the fraternity Of "baseball
bugs" has been cheerfully excited ever
since the new deal was worked out last
autumn. If Minneapolis and st. Paul
are happy to have a lot of our old
favorites, the fans here are happy to
make favorites of a lot of new Ito Wash
1ngton) ballplayerS. Tomorrow it will
make little difference that most of the
experts" have picked our new Senators
for last-place finish. Every game is
a new one and the boys wearing the
big "W" have been behaving down South
as II they have no plans to "scare easy"
SO let's hope for the best while we can.
Evening star., 1961-04-09

body more to their liking-somsbody
free of what they regard as his bias in
favor Of the Soviet-backed Lumumba-
Gizenga forces
Unfair as all this may be to Mr.
Dayal, it is nonetheless a fact of life
in the Congo, and it can hardly fail to
impair his effectiveness there as chief
of the U. N. mission. In the circum-
stances, despite Mr.. Nehru'S objections,
strong case can be made for naming a
successor to the post, which is an ex-
ceedingly difficult and thankleSS assign
ment at best.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Old Frontiersmon

BY normal political standards,
former Secretary of Labor James P.
Mitchell appears to have qualif1ed as
a candidate for elective office. And we
say this despite the dim view of Mr..
Mitchell, the candidate, which has been
taken by State G. o. P. Chairman Carl
Erdman
Making his flrst speech in a
campaign to win the Republican
gubernatorial nomination in New Jersey,
Mr.. Mitchell took on the tried and
trusted problem Of taxes-always good
ammunition for shooting down votes.
Candidate Mitchell's aim was fine. He
came out against any general sales tax
or personal income tax at the State
level in New Jersey, promised to
eliminate inequities and close loop
holes" in the existing tax structure,
and to recapture from the Federal
Government revenues that "rightfully
belong" to the Garden Staters them
selves. His own management Of fiscal
affairs in Trenton would, Of course, be
a prudent" one. Presumably for the
purpose Of indicating that he has shed
his Washington cloak, he tossed of
crack about the government "gobbledy-
COOK" in our town.
In this off-year for national
politics, the contest for the New Jersey
governorship will be one of the few
promising either fireworks or any clue to
voter reaction toward the era of the
New Frontier. With Democratic Gov
ernor Robert B. Meyner barred from
running for a third term, both parties
are expecting rip-roaring campaign
for this important prize. Republican
chances, and probably Mr.. Mitchell'S
political future, will depend greatly on
how or whether the intra-party feud
Is settled.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Mr.. DoyoI and the Congo

Rajeshwar Dayal is highly esteemed
in India as a diplomatist of great
competence and unquestionable integ-
rity, and so 1t Is not surprising that
proposals to replace him as head Of the
United Nations mission in the Congo
have been sharply criticized by Prime
Minister Nehru.
- Thus, speaking to the Parliament
in New Delhi, the Indian leader has
emphasized that his government is
entirely opposed" to the idea Of re-
lieving Mr.. Dayal Of his CongoleSe
duties Gin the present context or in the
near future" Indeed, any such action,
according to Mr.. Nehru, might have
"some effect presumably an adverse
one-on the important troop contribu-
tion that India has made in support Of
the U. MS effort to establish law and
order, and prevent the outbreak Of all
out civil war, in the anarchical Congo.
Yet the simple truth Is that Mr..
Dayal-who is on leave as Indian High
Commissioner in Pakistan, and whose
original term as head of the U. N. mission
expired on March ! but was then ex-
tended by Secretary General Hammar-
skjold-does not get along well with
the key leaders of the Congolese
Republic. The leaders include President
Kasavubu Of the central government
and President Tshombe. of secessionist
Katanga, where the U. MS position has
just been subject to mob action. These
men have long since made clear that
they do not have confidence or trust
in Mr.. Dayal's handling Of the situation
and they want him replaced with some
Evening star., 1961-04-09

dream, but in humble accept
ance of a providential task we
can say amen" to words
uttered more than so years
ago by Senator Albert j.
Beveridge: Gods great pur-
poses are being revealed in a
manner which surpasSeS the
intentions of Congress and
cabinets. We cannot fly from
our world duties. It is ours
to execute the purpose Of a
faith that has driven us to be
greater than our small inten-
tions."
We have put Kipling's Re
cessional" in our hymnalS, but
long after it was there the
American amen" was very
faint in its words, "Still stands
Thine ancient sacrifice, an
humble and a contrite heart"
A spirit of isolation dimmed
the RecesSional's stirring
words.
But now a chastened and
an alerted America, seeing
clearly that neighborliness
has nothing to do with dis
stance or geography, has
learned, please God, the hard
lesson that history teaches
namely, that privilege can be
a thing with which to COM
init suicide, and that the
only thing to do with
strength is to give it away;
that any might that does not
serve weakness is doomed.
No retribution surpasses the
penalties of misused strength.
Nations whose strength has
been stored, instead of
poured, have reverted first to
weakness, and then to OBJ
livion.
One of the heartening signs
Of the present situation is
pointed to in a challenging
address by William I. Nichols,
editor of This Week maga-
zine which, every Sunday, has
a circulation of more than 13
million families. He says:
People are seeking some new
sense of dedication, of mean
ingful Involvement They
want to find something above
and beyond themselves which
will make life important and
worth living" That means
that America is looking for
tremendous commitments to
which with all her vast power
she can say amen"
Elizabeth Barrett Brown
ing has sung the sonnet of
Americas amen" in her
lines:
Happy are all free people,
Too strong to be diSpoSSeSsed;
But, blessed are those among
nations
Who dare to be strong for
the rest.
All, there is the beatitude of
America at its best. Blessed
is the nation that dareS to
be Strong-for the rest! To
measure up to the implica-
tions of that supreme role
America must take the pen of
her idealism and sign anew
for this day of destiny the
compact which was in the
hands of the Pilgrim Fathers
as they landed on the wild
and bleak New England
coast, and which began "In
the Name of God, Amen"
Evening star., 1961-04-09
l00Yeors AGO

There was no element Of
surprise in the shelling of
Fort Sumter. The only un-
certainty about this century,
old tragedy that triggered the
Civil War was the day, the
hour and the minute the
command would be given to
yank the lanyards of the
South Carolina cannon
trained on the Federal fort
in Charleston Harbor. For
days before Sumter was
shelled, The Star ran daily
telegraphed items telling of
the build-up for the show
down. On April 13, 1851, The
Star broke out the one-col-
umn boldface headline type,
used then only on news Of
gravest import. It's dispatches
from Charleston dated
April 12) were headed: 1.-THE
War Commenced. Conflict at
Charleston. Immense Excite
ment. Bombardment of Fort
Sumter. The Fire Returned
by Mai. Anderson" The
story started: 1.-THE excite
ment prevailing here for sew
eral days past rose to the very
highest pitch this morning,
when 1t was ascertained that
war had been actually COM
menced and Fort Sumter at
tackled by the forces of South
Carolina. 1t appears the fire
was opened on Sumter about
4 o'clock this morning with
considerable spirit. Ander-
son was warned at 800 am.
that the Confederate batteries
would start firing within an
hour" (In "a hours some $500
shot and shell hit the fort or
fell inside it. Sumter fired
back more than 800 times.)
A dispatch to The Star, timed
10 am. April 13, 1861, stated:
". At 9 this morning a
dense cloud of smoke poured
out from Fort Sumter, and
the Federal flag was at half
mast, signalling distress
Two of Anderson'S magazines
have exploded :. The great
est excitement prevails here.
The battery, wharves,
steeples and every available
place are packed with peo-
pie :" Being without Sum
day edition then. The Star
did not report Sumter's sur
Evening star., 1961-04-09

The manner in which
Ralph McGill has handled
the John Birch Society In
his column Of April 4 comes
as a surprise to me. He Is a
writer who is perhaps the
greatest moralizer among the
syndicated columnists today
and his clamor Tor truth and
justice and fair play heavily
punctuate nearly all Of his
writings.
The viciousness of the at
tack he makes on this society
might be understandable if
what he has to say about it
had in some measure been
based on fact. But his regard
for fact-or truth-seems to
be a matter of no concern to
him in his discussion Of Mr..
Welch and the society. Why
he has so scrupulously
avoided it is known only to
him.
I had always understood
that journalistic competence
meant writing the truth,
praising honestly, attacking
fairly but always presenting
the truth. OF course, it is
sometimes hard to ferret out
the truth. and in the process
of searching, many times the
effort becomes a painstaking
one. The purpose, the meth
DDS of operation, the month
ly programs of the John
Birch Society are readily
available even to the least
enterprising reporter. These
facts are easy to come by
that is, If 1t is the truth that
is being sought.
A conscientious reporter, a
Journalist loyal to his read
ing public, would have GER
tainly determined the truth
in this controversy. He may
or may not have liked it or
approved of it, and his story
might well have reflected his
honest feelings. But would a
journalist with these creden-
ials have let his feelings be
exposed to the public in an
article devoid Of truth and
built on the smear" as Nc
Gill has done? The answer,
Of course, in NO
How the actions of the
Evening star., 1961-04-09

render until Monday, April
Is, 1861, when its Charleston
dispatches dated April 13)
said: Anderson has hauled
down the Federal flag and
hoisted a white one. The bat
teries have all stopped fir
ing, and two boats with Con-
federate flags are on their
way to the fort Fort
Sumter has surrendered. The
Confederate flag has been
hoisted. No one of the gar
rison. or Confederate force,
as far as is known, has been
killed After the flagstaff
of Major Anderson was shot
away, Col. Wigfall, aide to
Gen. Beaureguard went
to Fort Sumter, with a white
flag, to offer assistance in
extinguishing the flames. He
approached the burning
fortress from Morris Island,
and while the fire was rag
ing on all sides, effected a
landing at Sumter. He ap-
preached a portfolio and was
met by Major Anderson, who
said he had just displayed
a white flag, but that the
firing from the South Caro-
lima batteries was neverthe-
less kept up. Col. Wigfall
replied that Major Andersonl
must haul down the Ameri-
can flag; that no parley
would be granted; and that
surrender or fight was the
word. Major Anderson then
hauled down his flag :.
When Sumter was in flames,
and Anderson could only fire
his guns at long intervals,
the men at the secession
batteries cheered at every
fire which the brave gar
rison made in their last
struggle
Evening star., 1961-04-09

and Americans-a bond al
ready established through the
long years that led up, before
the great war came, to the
guarantee Of national inde-
pendence. AS the long
shadows of military defeat
fell over those Filipino and
American warriors in the
tropical night in Bataan, the
victory of the free spirit
hovered overhead. 1t foretold
the irreversible march of ma
tionalism in Asia and Africa,
the massive and exciting ros-
ter Of nations that would
quickly win their freedom in
the years to follow-India,
Pakistan, Burma, Ceylon,
Indonesia, and all the others.
The victory of Bataan
showed the way. 1t was i'm
portant in time of war. It Is
even more important now. For
we can now place the troubled
problems Of relationships be-
tween nations against the
background of the lesson we
taught ourselves on Bataan.
Today we are faced with a
new menace. We are really
still fighting the battle that
we fought on Bataan. 1t is a
new threat, this menace Of
imperialistic communism. We
see it in Laos, in South Wet.
nam, in Berlin, IN the Congo,
even in the august halls of
the United Nations. And un-
der the leadership Of Presi-
dent Carlos P. Garcia, we are
meeting it in the Philippines
with the same determination
and the same courage that
we showed in Bataan nine
teen years ago.
Asia and Africa are afire
with nationalism. This power
full force, which in a different
incarnation gave Europe its
bloodiest centuries and its
most magnificent civiliza-
tionS, can now do the same,
one or the other. in the rich
and vast continents peopled
by human beings in the mil
lions. American survival and
that Of freedom itself depend
on the capacity Of the people
Of the United States to rec
ognize what is happening in
the world; and, having rec
Evening star., 1961-04-09
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Botqon in Retrospect: A Victory

Today is the 18th anniver-
sary Of the fall Of Bataan.
To commemorate the event,
the District Commissioners
decided to name two streets
near the Philippine Chancery,
Bataan and Corregidor.
At the official naming
ceremony, at $3.50 this after
. noon. Secretary of State Dean
Rusk will deliver the main
address.
That Bataan and Corregi-
dor should thus be remen1-
bered in the Capital Of the
United States recalls the in
ner meaning Of the blood
brotherhood between the
American people and the Fill
pino people that was sealed
on that little peninsula and
on that little rock whose
names are enshrined in the
his to riess Of both our
countries.
Bataan fell but its fall was
really a victory. It was the
victory Of the human spirit.
1t was such a victory because
1t was a strange and wonder
full symbol of what the 20th
century could mean to the
human race. Ever since those
terrible days of 1912 we have
been aware of this symbolism.
1t does no harm to repeat it
now-because, like all great
verities, it seems to acquire
new truth each time it is
repeated.
We recall the victory Of
Bataan: The demonstration
to the whole world that
people Of different races, diff
ferent. origins, different
backgrounds, have a common
cause in liberty. That the old
and despicable balance of
mastery and slavery, Of colon
ial power and subject nation,
can be wiped out in a spirit
Of mutual trust and respect.
That the men of the West
and the men of the East can
face a common foe in alb
solute and unquestioned
equality.
That was the victory of
Bataan. It sealed the bond of
friendship between FilipinoS