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Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
Federal Tax Bite
Declines In State

Federal tax collections in Della
ware during fiscal 1861 were $780,
0S6,000 less than in the previous
year, the Internal Revenue Ser
vice has reported.
The drop in Delaware was in
contrast to a national increase of
$4,000, 100000 for the same per-
iod.
The IRIS report for the II
months, ended last June 80 show
ed federal tax collections in Del
aware, sS13,7 900 compared with
1888, 100000 in the previous fiscal
year.
Corporation income and profit
taxes collected in the state tOtaled
$46S, ,421, 900. Individual income
and employment taxes amounted
to 5331, 1864 ,OO0 OF the latter
amount, $236,530,O0O was withheld
income tax and $93,638,000 was
not withheld.
Other taxes listed for the state
during fiscal 1861 were: Estate,
s7,797,00O; gift, $3,009,000; alco-
hol, S4S.000; and miscellaneous ex-
else, $2,466,000.
Tax collections for all SO states
totaled S94.4 billion in fiscal 1861.
and individual tax contributions
amounted to more than SAG bill
lion Of that total, the IRIS report
ed
The national tax total showed
gains in all major categories ex-
cept corporation collections, which
fell about 100000 to $21,765,-
100000
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
Coldwater Will Visit
Sussex March 10th

The Sussex County Active Young
Republicans can have us. Sen.
Barry Goldwater, R. Ariz., as their
next March 20, 1862 dinner speaker
in Seaford Fire Hall.
State COP and AYR leaders a.
greed yesterday at meeting in
state headquarters, $40 King ST.,
that the Arizona senator's COM
mitment to the Sussex group
should be hOnored.
Hope is still alive that Gold
water will also speak in Whining
ton. Howard T. Ennis, state AYR
president, said yesterday an effort
will be made, but his major con-
Germ was that the conservative
leader would be frightened off
from either date by the internal
party hassle over which would
get him.
An AYR spokesman pointed out
that the $2-a-plate price, publish
ed last week, was in error. The
Republicans are practically assur-
ed of a full house of about $50
persons at $40 each for the affair.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
Sussex Roads
Closed By The
Tides
The Unheralded Storm
From The Northeast
Last Week Put Hurri-
canes To Shame.

The weatherman promised a
mild, sunny weather most Of this
week, after a dismal weekend of
rains and high winds which were
most severe in Sussex County.
An unexpected northeast storm
lashed the Delaware coast with
winds up to As miles an hour,
pushing high water points as
much as three feet above normal.
The raging elements made the
greatly touted Hurricane Esther
look like a summer zephyr
The winds and tides closed
roads, washed away tons of sand
and made coastal residents jit-
terry Adding to the troubles of
lowland residents was a heavy
rainfall along the coast for the
4S-hour period ending Sunday
night
Official rainfall figures showed
half an inch last Saturday and
0.16 inches last Sunday The total
SO far this month is 1876, COM
pared to a normal rainfall for
October Of 299.
Unofficial reports, however, set
rainfalls along the coast at four
inches.
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
New Statewide Drive
To Prevent Crime

A statewide campaign for better
handling of both adult and youth
full offenders will get underway
Monday.
The year-long drive is being
spearheaded by the new Delaware
Kiwanis Committee for Citizen
Action, group formed by Kiwanis
clubs throughout the state
The educational program has
been titled "The Three-S Citizens
Campaign" It's aim is modernixa-
ton of Delaware's corrections and
rehabilitation systems.
The three SIS stand for:
Salvage people, Save dollars,
and Shrink the crime rate.
The campaign is being timed to
coincide with a report to be made
by a special committee formed by
Gov. Ebert ~ Carvel to study
the corrections problem. Its re-
concentrations, being prepared by
the National Council on Crime and
Delinquency, are expected to be
published early in 1862.
Service clubs, civic organixa-
tons and other groups through
out the state are being asked to
join in the campaign.
continued on page fourl
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
Proceeds, According To
Mrs. Jack Carpenter,
Will Benefit Heart
Fund.

The Milford Go-Kart Club will
hold a Racing day to benefit the
Milford Heart Fund Mrs. Jack
Carpenter, chairman of Heart
Benefit Races, announced this
week that the races would be held
at Carpenters Dirt Pit, Sunday,
November 5, at l o'clock
According to Mrs Carpenter,
there will be seven exciting races
with splendid trophies going to the
top three winners OF each race.
This will afford Go-Kart en-
thusiasts an opportunity to see
some excellent racing and at the
same time, help the Milford Heart
Fund with their attendance.
There will be a race exclusive
ly for the ladies, race for children,
and race for the men.
Early entries indicate that the
afternoon of Sunday, November
5, will be jam packed with thrills
and fun
Dick Eflingsworth is Go-Kart
Association President; Bill Chand-
Ter, Jr., vice president; Frances
Ann Chandler, secretary-treasure
Mrs. Jack Carpenter, assistant Sec
retary-treasurer
The Milford Rotary Club, active
in all phases of the Heart Fund
effort locally, will have three Ro-
tarians present at the races to
collect donations. They are Co..
onel George Westphal, Bill Miller
and Wilson Sockrider.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27

UNANIMOUSLY approved Dy DAIRY Idl
of the American Dairy Association.
The symbol which is now be-
ginning to appear on American
Dairy Association promotional ma
terials and advertising will serve
to provide a standardized identi-
fication in all phases of the Asso-
cations program, Hesseltine en-
phasized Since the trademark is
registered, its use is controlled by
the American Dairy Association
and its member units.
Adoption of this symbol marks
the first time the American Dairy
Association has had registered
trademark. At various times the
association has used such marks
Of Identification as cowbell, q
rainbow of dairy products. a hand
holding a glass Of milk. and a
cartoon character called Mr.. Moo.
Three parts make up the new
CONTINUED on DaSo ten)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
Dinny The Drummer
Club Again Forming

Due to the many adult films, it
has been decided to have a kiddie
show featured at each Saturdays
matinee. This matinee will again
be known as the 'Dinny The
Drummer Show" The matinee
will consist of good kiddie fea-
lures, as we'll as cartoons and COM
edies. There will be games on
stage, birthday parties, treats and
prizes.
The Dinny shows will start on
Saturday afternoon, November 4.
Each child attending will receive
an application blank, and are to
drop it off at the theatre, either
the following matinee or at any
time the child or parent is down
at the theatre. Each child will
then receive a membership card.
Every member will receive a
Continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
Co-Kart Club Phone Go. Has
Will Hold A Had Old Nos.
R icing Day Micro Filmed
If You Are Looking For
That Old Gals Num-
Der, See Wilmington
Free Library.

Men, have you been having
trouble trying to locate girl
friends telephone number from
the ."old gas light" days?
Well, if her number appeared
in any Delaware telephone direc-
tory since 1899, your troubles are
over.
The Diamond State Telephone
Company has just micro-filmed
Delaware telephone directories
published from 1899 to 1860. 1t
amounts to Is rolls of film. The
film will be available for viewing
in the Wilmington Institute Free
Library.
Harland A. Carpenter, library
director, accepted the film Tues
day October 24) from Donald ].
Wolfe, district manager for the
Diamond State Telephone Com
pany.
This micro-fllming job includes
the alphabetical books and Yellow
Page directories, with total of
36,4S2 pages.
If the girl friends number is in
the 1899 Dover directory, it will
be an easy task to find her listing
that directory has only % pages
and 800 listings. The 1860 Dover
book has 1872 pages and approx
mately 61.44O listings. Whining
tons first directory was publish
ed in 1903 it had So pages, COM
pared with the 1860 book which
has 762 pages.
Continued on page FOUR
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
Plans Complete
For Halloween
Parade Here
Next Monday
Jack Lisbon, Chairman
OF The Fete, Is Highly
Enthusiastic Over The
Cooperation He Is Re-
ceiving.

Plans for the 1861 edition of the
Jaycee Halloween Parade are
building on a grand SCALE. Indi-
cations are that in every field
there will be more and better rep
resentation than ever. In all
areas, bands, floats, mummers, and
fire companies, the inquiries and
registrations have been most sat
isfying to the Jaycees.
Mr.. Jack Lisbon, chairman OF
the event, is most enthusiastic
about the results to date. Each
day." says Mr.. Lisbon, "the num-
Der of entrants mounts. And all Of
the groups and firms entering
seem to be as enthusiastic about
the affair as we are"
The mystery man adds to the
Halloween spirit These un-
known individuals will be spotted
in the crowd 45 minutes to parade
time of 1880. Anyone recognizing
mystery man will receive a sill
yer dollar for his query-and a
new mystery man will appear ev-
cry minutes.
While many have already ap-
piled for a spot in the parade,
there is still plenty of room for
all interested parties. Bands, civ
ic and fraternal groups and busi-
ness firms should apply to Jack
Lisbon or Ray Stoops. Mummers,
individuals or groups, may apply
at the Bobby Kay Shop in Walnut
Street or the Milford Pharmacy
on S. E. Front Street, both in Mil
ford. All are cordially invited to
participate or attend.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
No VIZ No Money
Back State SAYS

No refunds will be paid by the
State Tax Department to persons
who do not submit VIZ forms
with their income tax returns, ac-
cording to State Tax Commission
er Alexander r. Abrahams.
The forms are those issued by
employers to employees, indicat-
ing their earnings and the income
tax withheld.
In reviewing large batch of
returns of taxpayers requesting re-
funds we found hundreds without
the VIZ FORMS" Abrahams said.
Many of these returns with no
VIZ forms were filed by respon-
sible citizens who | am sure read
the instructions from the Office
before making their. returns" :"
Abrahams declared
Abrahams also said some tax
PAYERS receiving 'final-notice-be-
fore-suit" bills claim they have
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
World Community
Day November 3

In the strong belief that free
dom must be buttressed by knowl-
edge, Protestant and Orthodox
church women in the U. S. are
preparing for their annual obser-
vance of World Community Day,
Friday, November g. United
Church Women of Milford an
nounced plans for the local OBJ
servance today.
Freedom To Know" the World
Community Day theme for 1861,
highlights United Church Wo-
mems program of peace, educa-
tion and action. On November 3,
church women of Milford will be
part of a nationwide observance,
giving expression to their belief
that the mission of the church and
world affairs are interdependent
and interlocking in their concern
for people of other lands.
DR.. Clyde A. Nelson, prominent
Milford research dentist, who for
years has headed the Dental Re-
search Department at the L. d.
Continued on page four)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
Junior Red Cross
Enrolment Nov. 1st

The annual Junior Red Cross
enrolment in Delaware public, pri-
vate and parochial schools will be-
gin on Wednesday, November L.
Mrs. Herman r. Phillips and
Mrs. Samuel Klaiman, co-chair-
men of Junior Red Cross for the
Delaware Chapter, announced that
during the first two weeks in Nov.
students in schools throughout the
state will be given the opportunity
to join a program which bands to-
gether the nations young people
in a humanitarian service provid-
ing a variety of good citizenship
building activities on local, nation
al and international levels.
AS a result of a youth study
completed recently by the Ameri-
can National Red Cross, the organ
ization in the secondary schools
Red Cross instead of the Junior
Red Cross. The program in the
elementary schools will continue
to be known as the Junior Red
Cross.
High School Red Cross and Jun
ior Red Cross enable young people
to express themselves through ac-
tivities that will promote their own
educational growth and provide
valuable service to the community,
the two Red Cross leaders declar-
ed.
aiding people in need is a job
of the Red Cross" Mrs. Phillips
and Mrs. Klaiman said in a Joint
statement "A student can do his
or her part in coming to the help
of other young people when dis
aster strikes, exchange albums
with friends in the schools OF other
countries, make articles to cheer
patients in hospitals and other in
stitutions, and take part in a va
riety of other activities which will
help a young person grow into
good adult.
Many of the High School Red
Cross and Junior Red Cross pro-
grams are part of regular school
work; others are carried into the
community. giving ad iona
meaning to classroom study"
More than 20 teacher-sponsors
in Delaware will guide the stu
dents in the elementary school
projects. Teacher-coordinato and
student-coordinator will direct
the program in the secondary
schools. Among community pro-
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
2 New Homemakers
Clubs In Sussex Co.

In the Grange Hall at George
town on Wednesday, October 25,
two new clubs were welcomed as
members of the County Home
Demonstration Council. Mrs. Ger
trude Sharp, Council President,
presented Mrs. William Brumbley,
of Georgetown, first Council Pres
ident, who in turn presented the
two new club presidents, a gavel
for each club. Mrs. Calvin Glen
daniel accepted for the Lincoln
Club and Mrs. Donald Lynch ac-
cepted for the Selbyville Club.
DR.. Elizabeth Phillips Of George
town, showed slides and told of
her recent trip to Africa and the
Middle East.
Mrs. John Dyer of Milford, was
guest vocalist, accompanied by
Mrs. Roy LaFontaine at the piano.
Twenty homemakers presented
a Tailoring Revue of Fashions"
These garments had been made
from instructions received at the
Agriculture Sub-Station from Miss
continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
1861 All Star Grid
Game Earned $36, 900

The 1861 Delaware All-Star
Football Game earned $4,000 for
the cause OF retarded children,
game cO-chairmen James w. Will
liams and Edward d. T. Trevorrow
announced today. This brings
total receipts for the six all-star
games to slightly more than
$157 900.
From this sum, the Delaware
Foundation for Retarded Children
has contributed $4,000 toward the
construction of an All-Star Re-
Mobilization Center at the State
Hospital site near Stockley. Con-
struction on the $28O,0O0 center
began late in September.
According to r. r. NJ Carpenter,
Jr.. president of the Delaware
Foundation, which promotes the
All-Star Game, receipts from this
years contest have been allocated
to other projects which the game
clude scholarships for teachers
training to work with mentally re-
tarded children, curriculum
Continued on page eight)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
State Doctors Hold
Wilmington Meeting

The states doctors meet in
Wilmington today, Friday, October
27, as the Medical Society of Del
aware holds its 172nd Annual Sci
entiflc Session In the Academy of
Medicine The business session
was held last Sunday in Dover.
Mayor John e. BabiarE and DR..
Andrew NJ Gehret, president Of
the host New Castle County Medi-
cal Society, win welcome the
group. Following q business re-
port to the members by DR.. ]. w.
Abbiss, secretary. the doctors will
hear an address by Governor Ell
bert N. Carvel. DR.. Lemuel c.
MCGEE will give his presidential
address, following which the So
ciety will hear three scientific
papers and two major panel dis
cussiOns.
Colonel Henry F. Steinbock,
Chief Medical Oficer at the Dover
Air Force Base, will give a paper
CONTINUED on page four)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
Complete Plans For
MDA Fund Campaign

Mrs George Ziegler, Bridge
Vile, President of the Sussex
Kent County Chapter, Muscular
Dystrophy Association of America,
Inc. has announced the 1861 An
nual National Campaigning for
funds will be conducted during
November.
Letters to Commerce, Industry,
Professional and organization, are
currently being mailed out.
The respective areas, special
gifts chairman and treasurer are:
Georgetown: Richard Braunfield,
Hugh Smith, Jr.; Milton: Mrs.
Fred Harper, Jr, Mr.. Roland
Bunting; Lewes Mrs. William E.
Lowe, Jr., Mrs. Sadie Marshall; +;
Rehoboth: Mrs. Kathryn and Miss
10 Ann Holson, Raymond Masten ;
Millsboro: Mrs. Ellen Penuel. Mr.
Elisha, Steele; Milford: Mrs. Flor
ence Gillespie, Mrs. Paul Larsen
Mrs. William Stayton, Treasurer,
Miss Alice L. Brown; Bridgeville:
Mr., Donald L. Nelson, Chapter
continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
Spanish Instructor
May Form Glasses

On Wednesday. November /, at
700 p. m., Mr.. Pauline Rodriguez,
instructor of Spanish in the Mil
ford High School, will meet with
those adults in the community who
wish to learn to speak the Spar
ish language in Room 261 in the
high school. The group will dis
cuss the length of class periods,
days suitable for meetings, and
price of lessons.
In view of the great interest in
South America, Mexico, Puerto
Rico, and all of Latin America,
now being displayed by hundreds
of American Corporations, who are
presently locating or relocating
branches in those areas and the
need for key personnel from the
mainland with a knowledge of
Spanish to fill those posts AN OPP
portunity. to learn to speak the
Spanish language such as offered
above is important.
1t is also interesting to note that
our consular service and other
branches of foreign service are
eagerly recruiting eligible persons
with working knowledge of
Spanish.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
Plans Complete
For Running
OF Holloway
Handicap Race
Memory OF Former Gen.
eral Manager Of Har-
ringt0n r ace Track
Will Be HOnOred By
Fast Race.

A field OF eight OF the fastest
PAGERS ever to appear in the 10
year history of the Kent and Sus-
sex pari-mutuel meeting will go
postward Thursday, October rs,
for a purse of $4,000 in the Invi-
rational Handicap Pace to be NAM
ed the T. Brinton Holloway Mem
Orial
The late Brit" Holloway was
the manager of the Kent and Sus-
sex Fair and the annual pari-mu-
tuel meeting for IL years. Mr..
Holloway died in June after a brief
illness.
Rated the best of the field is
Russell Kirby's PAGER, Milford
Hanover, from nearby Milford. He
has a record of 1:57.1 made this
year in a time trial at Vernon, N.
Y. over the 3/4 mile track. Mil
ford Hanover also won this year
in 1:01 at Roosevelt Raceway. He
has five victories in 2l starts and
will be driven by his regular dri-
yer, Robert Bobby Camper of
Houston. Delaware.
Stanley Dancer, New Egypt, N.
j., will be driving DR.. Nichols
Derrico's Lucas Luck in the ham
dicap event. Lucas Luck has won
six starts this year at Yonkers
and Roosevelt Raceways. Fastest
winning time 2:03.4.
Dancer, one of the most sue
cessful drivers competing today,
is a District s director of the Uni
ted States Trotting Association
and served on the board with the
late Brit Holloway, who was a di-
rector also.
In accepting the invitation, Dan
Ger said. III be there to drive;
happy to do so out of respect of
Brit. Thanks for inviting me-"
continued on page four)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27

made by Messrs. Kline and Yerkes.
Agreed to were the turning on
of the Christmas lights on Satur-
day, November 25th. The hooding
of the city parking meters on Sat-
urday, December End, through
Saturday, December 23rd. At this
juncture, the Chamber delegation
pointed out that they had sent out
a questionable to 50 local mer-
chants requesting them to see
that the meters were not used
either by themselves or their en-
ployees during the hooded period
1t was shown, for Councils edi-
fication, that 1920 responded to
the request, and when Howard
Furniss, Fourth Ward Councilman,
offered the motion that the hood
ing request be granted and stated
at the same time, if the privilege
was abused as it most certainly
would never support such a re-
quest again. This feeling was
echoed by First Ward Councilman
j. Brainard Poore. Both members
of the delegation assured Council
that plans were being set-up with
in the Chamber to police the park
ing, and if the cooperation guar
anteed by the merchants in their
signed returns to the committee
was not forthcoming, then they or
no other members of the Cham
ber would ever approach Council
with a hooding request again.
Council also agreed to allow
and assist in the erection of the
Santa Claus house on the Walnut
Street bridge panel and the Ma
tivity Scene in front of Vale-Wil-
liams Memorial City Hall.
1t was pointed out by the dele
cation members and First Ward
Councilman A. Calvin Ball, who
is a director of the Chamber and
overall chairman of the Christ
mas fete, that extensive repairs
and redecoration to the Santa
Claus. House are being undertake
continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
School Rolls
In DelaW are
Scared.
To New Mark
DIR. John G. Parres, Di-
rector Of Research
And Publications, Re-
ports Increase Of ATOP
Pupils This Year.

The greatest number of new stu
dents in Delaware history fiocked
into classrooms this fall to send
the states public school enroll
ment to an al1-time high of S6,908.
DR.. John G. Parres, director of
research and publications for the
State Department of Public In
struction, last week reported the
increase Of 4,702 pupils since 1860.
For the third straight year, the
Stanton School District is Della
wares fastest-grOwing with a
PAT per cent increase in enroll
ment since last year Tiny Blades
six-grade school increased it's en-
rollment by 23.5 per cent.
DelaWare's percentage enroll
ment growth continues to edge up
year after year.
The increase from 1860 to this
year was 5.72 per cent. The year
before it was ST per cent, and
from 1853 to 1858, the growth was
Sc per cent.
Three Delaware school districts
reported an enrolment decline to
DR.. Parres; Frederick in Kent
County lost 1920, probably in
Air Force personnel whose chill
dren are now attending classes at
the Dover Air Force Base School;
Lincoln No. 8, down ia per cent,
and Frankford No. 206, down 81
per cent, possibly because of inte-
grafton.
Wilmington remains by far the
largest school district in the state
with an enrolment of 1892, al
most identical with last years
13, ,143
The Newark Special School Dis
trict is the states second in size,
with it's 7,085 enrolment up 9.5
per cent from last year. Alfred /.
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27

that the establishmont and main
tenance OF good schools in Della
ware II essential to our progress
and prosperity. apd to assure that
our state will make it, contribu-
tioa 70 . strong national de-
Tease" He also stated that the
problems presently confronting
the schools arc the personal re-
sponsibility Of every citizen OF this
stato."
Tno American Education Week
o6oGrvance y sponsored nation
wt1o ~ the National Education
Ao1ocintion. the Unlted States
00eq e Education. the National
Co1GpoGs u Parents And Teach
~ ~ tho Amefieoo Legion. The
onbo5o Co1e psovt1es that the
oVpgnors shall aunnally proclaim
1g1oo0 u1neotioo Wook tor Oh
&C nonnoo - pooo NJ
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-27
DAYLIGHT TINE ENDS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20

This coming Sunday, Oc-
tober 20, is the day you can
cash in that hour you've
been boarding all summer.
You may sleep an hour
more, or dance an hour
longer, or just sit in your
garden and lazily and
happily watch the 60 gold
en- minutes slide by. Al
though the lost hour is Off
cially regained at a. m.,
there will be no penalty for
setting the clock back an
hour Saturday night, if you
don't feel like sitting up and
waiting. We plan to do just
that and we might add that
we are mighty glad that the
advanced time is ending, we
don't like it now any better
than the first time it start
ed.