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Milford chronicle., 1961-10-20
MILLVILLE
Mile c. Banks
Phone: DickersOn 46l

We were glad to welcome to our
pulpit last Sunday morning, Don
aid Dukes of Laurel. His text was
from the 8th chapter Of the book
of Acts, Philip the Layman and
the persecution Of the church. We
received great blessing from his
message.
Our minister, Rev. Melvin e.
Wheatley, Sr., having shared his
pulpit with his two sons as of
August 18th and 20th, will share
his pulpit with his second daugh-
ter, Gertrude (Mrs. Andrew G.
Wilson, of Wilmington, next Sun
day morning. Mrs. Wilson will
speak on "Life's Supreme Task"
She is secretary to the vice presi-
dent of the Delaware Trust Com
pany Bank and is associated with
the Hillcrest Methodist Church.
For this service, the men will
furnish the music.
Roger Evans, Of Upper Darby,
Pennsylvania, will favor US with
accordion music Each member of
the WS.CS and the Cleaner"
will invite a guest to sit with them.
After the service the entire group
will go to the Cleaners Hall for a
POT Luck Dinner" This promises
to be great service for all. Join
us.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Banks en-
tertained recently, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hobson Davis, Mrs. Myrtle Sturgis
and Mrs. Lula Lynch Of Whining
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Davis
of Magnolia, and Mr. and Mrs
George Gilmour of st. Barbara,
California.
The community extends SYM
pathy to Mrs. Louis Palmer and
to the family of Louis Palmer who
passed away last Thursday in the
Williams Nursing Home in Clarks-
vile, after a lingering illness.
Neighbors and friends gave a
housewarming last Saturday eve
ming to Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford
Justice and mother, Mrs. Mae Kel-
ley. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Short; Mrs. Laura
Evans and daughter, Naomi; Mrs.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-20
COKESBURY
Mrs. Mabel Lambden
Phone: MA 9-432S

The annual Fall Chicke
Dumplin and Oyster Supper" with
sweet potato biscuits, turnip
greens, corn bread, etc. will be
held at Nanticoke Com mum t y
House, November Is, starting at
pm. Everyone welcome. The
committee in charge is Mrs. Roy
Layton, Mrs. George Carmea n,
Mrs. Henry l. Short, Sr. and Mabel
Lambden.
The Cokesbury All Club will
meet October 25, at the Commu-
nifty House. All members plan to
attend.
Mrs. Henry Mears spent last
weekend with her daughter, Mrs
Robert Lambden and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Carmean
attended the Homecoming at Nc
Caulleys last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Carmean
entertained, last weekend, the lat
ter's brother, Russell Stevenson
and family of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Short and
mother, Mrs. Earl Spicer, and
Charles Swain spent last Sunday
afternoon with Mrs Hattie Fleet
wood
Friends of Mrs. Mary Simpson
are glad to hear she is improving
and home from the hospital
William Truitt is in jefferson
Hospital, Philadelphia, and expects
to return soon.
Mrs. Eleanor Lambden and Sue
Ann recently visited Mrs. Roschun
Hill near Redden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Wilson en-
tertained guests last week
Nelson Warren called on his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pretty
man Smith, last Friday.
Miss Ada Mae Warrington OF
Maryland visited her parents last
weekend
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Isaacs and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George S.
Isaacs and daughter, and Mrs Eva
Barr were dinner guests of Mrs.
Delema Baker last Saturday.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-20
University News

A thin shell concrete structure
in the shape of a hyperbolic para
baloid is attracting attention on
the University of Delaware cam
pus.
Constructed by graduate civil
engineering students under the di-
rection of DR.. Thomas Brocken-
brough. the shell is an example
of one of the newer types OF
structures under study. 1t stands
between DUPONT Hall and Acad-
emy Street.
The structure measures 16 feet
square with a thickness varying
from two to three inches. The
she'll rises three feet, four inches
from the corner supports to a
height of eight feet, six inches.
DR.. Brockenbrough explains that
doubly curved thin shells of this
type are capable of spanning con-
siderable distances without beams
or girders and are growing ac
ceptance in. modern architecture.
One such shell under construc-
ton in Paris has clear span of
720 feet and roofs an area of more
than five acres.
In the United States shells are
seldom thinner than two-and-a-
half inches because of building
code requirements for protection
of reinforcement. In Mexico shells
have been successfully construct
ed as thin as five-eighths of an
inch. Thinner shells require edge
beams for support The univer-
sitys shell is well reinforced with
steel rods but does not have edge
beams.
The shell will remain on ex-
hibition for the rest of the Sc
mester. after which it will under
go tests for strength and capacity.
Another much larger example of
modern structures now is under
construction behind South Hall. 1t
will be space framework covered
by polyethylene and will resemble
half of an eight-sided sphere.
Also a civil engineering gradu-
ate project, under the direction of
DR.. Robert l.. Nichols, 1t Will
house equipment for "trafficabil-
ity" research study in cooperation
with the Delaware State Highway
Department.
Soil will be placed in the en-
closure and mixed with chemicals
for stabilizatiOn. Traffic tests will
be run on the stabilized soil to
prove existing laboratory findings
The study, in its second year,
is tied in with the highway de
partment's planned dirt road i'm
provement program for Kent and
Sussex counties. 1t is hoped that
existing soil can be stabilized tC
accommodate a hard surface
thereby avoiding the cost of ex-
cavation and the hauling in OF
clay base materials.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-20
ST. JOHNS
Mrs. Laurence Kitchens

Mrs. Mayme Dodd spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. Ida
Gordy, in Harbeson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chop and chill
dren. Michele and Michael Allen,
of Fort Meade. Maryland. were
Sunday guests of Mrs. Edith Day
ton.
Mrs. Elsie Robinson, Mrs. James
Hastings, Joseph Walls. Mrs. Ida
Gordy and Mrs. Mayme Dodd spent
Thursday evening with Mrs. Helen
Truitt.
Mrs. Sallie Truitt spent a few
days of last week with her brother
in-law and sister. Rev. and Mrs.
Milton Milliner. at Reliance. They
spent one day in Wilmington on
a shopping trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. G. Rust, Sr.
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Golda
Pettyjohn, Sr. on Thursday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. John (Jack)
Rogers and daughter of Quaker
town. Lewes. spent Sunday with
Mrs. Lydia Rogers.
Mrs. Helen Renfrow and Mrs.
Hattie Short We're recent dinner
guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Johnson.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-20
SHARKS TAKE TEST

HONOLULU (AP)-A shipment
of Hawaii's black tip and gray
sharks have been sent to Australia
for a taste test.
1--WE have our fingers crossed"
said Michio Takata, head of the
state Fish and Game Division. II
the sharks pass their exams, Hawaii
may have a new industry.
Meat of the school shark is pop
ular in Victoria, Australia, where
it is served as white fillets."
Hawaii fishermen hope to become
shark meat exporters, improving
the islands tagging fishing industry
and decreasing the local shark pop
ulatiOn.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Warrington
of Harrington, and Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. G.. Rust. Jr. were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
G. Rust, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Johnson at
tended the funeral of their uncle,
Lonnie Atkins. at the Watson
Gray Funeral Home in Millsboro,
on Thursday.
Mrs. Ida Gordy and Mrs.
Mayme Dodd attended the funeral
of Mrs. Emma Jane Wells at
James Funeral Home in Millsboro,
on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Alberta Justice was an
overnight guest of Mrs. Hattie
Short on Tuesday night
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Steelman
had as their recent guests, Miss
Grace West: Theodore Knapp OF
Chester. Pennsylvania; Mr.. and
Mrs Birch and daughter, Cindy.
of Franklin. Ohio.
Mrs. Pearl Franklin, of Mills
boro, called on Mrs. May Kitchens
on Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Ralston PettyjOhn has been
i'll at her home here for the past
week. but is much improved at
this writing, much to the gratifi-
cation of her many friends.
Nelson Justice Of the U. S Army
and who is stationed at Fort Dix,
New Jersey, spent the weekend
with his mother, Mrs. Alberta
Justice.
Mrs. Edith Dayton called on
Mrs. Eva Legates and Mrs. Elisa
beth Stevenson on Sunday after
noon.
Sympathy is extended to the
relatives and friends of Woodrow
wilkins who passed away in St.
Cloud, Florida, on Tuesday Flu
neral services We're held at Har-
desty's Funeral Home in Bridge
vile, on Sunday afternoon, with
interment in Union Cemetery
Georgetown.
Mrs. Irene Rust and Miss Ruth
Ann Rust called on Mrs. May
Kitchens on Sunday afternoon.
The louisiana Purchase was ne
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-20

Malta is not single compact
island. 1t consists of a main island
94.9 miles square, two much small
er islands, GoZO and COminO, and
a few uninhabited islets.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-20

The louisiana Purchase was ne
gotiated with Napoleon in 1903.
Milford chronicle., 1961-10-20

Soil drainage is an important
factor for farmers to consider in
choosing a forage seeding mixture.
, 1961-01-09
St.Thomds Democrats
Urge Natives for
Top Posts in v. |.

The st. Thomas Democratic
Club urged the extension Of a
greater degree of self-government
to the people of the Virgin Is
lands and specifically proposed
the election of qualified natives
for top appointlve posts at a
meeting on Wednesday last.
The Club urged President-elect
John F. Kennedy to give primary
consideration to Virgin Islanders,
regardless to race, color or creed,
in the filling of offices, particu-
larly in the selection of a COVER
nor and government secretary,
At the meeting, officers for the
year were also selected. Alfred
Lockhart, president; Anthony
Gorge, vice president; Sosthenes
Sebastien, treasurer; Hay Thomp-
son, secretary and Leroy Lang,
sergeant at arms.
Named to the Executive Com
mittee were Algernon Maduro,
Charles Turnbull Lonella Daniel
and Leslie Moorhead.
, 1961-01-09
Chose Munhdttun
Bdnk Promotes -Four
Members Of Stdff

The Board of Directors of the
Chase Manhattan Bank announces
the promotion of four members of
its staff in the Virgin Islands for
lowing a meeting held on Deem
Der %, 1860,
w. Frits Humphreys has been
promoted to Assistant Vice Presi-
dent; Theodore Lindabury to
manager. Mr.. Lindabury arrived
in the Virgin Islands in February
1860, and was assigned to Saint
Croix. Previously he had served
in the Far East and New York
branches of the Bank.
Jerald M. Schneiderman is pro-
noted to manager of the st. Tho
mas branch. He previously served
in Cuba and was transferred to
the Virgin Islands in October
1860.
Leslie j. Moorhead was APP
pointed Assistant Manager. He
was formerly with the West In
dles Bank and Trust Company
since 1855,
, 1961-01-09
Hearings on the 1862
Budget Estimates for
Virgin Islunds Begin

Budget Director Morris F. de
Castro opened executive budget
hearings last Thursday, at which
department heads will appear to
justify estimates for the fiscal
year beginning July l, 1861.
The first to appear were repre-
sentatives Of the Department OF
Social Welfare and the Govern
ment Secretary's Office. The hear
ings are continuing this week.
The Governor is required to
prepare budget estimates for the
1961-62 fiscal year for presenta-
ton to the legislature when it
convenes next April.
, 1961-01-09
Thirteen Units From
Csted Took art III
rederiksted Purdde

A total of thirteen units from
Christiansted took part in the
grand parade in Frederiksted on
Three Kings Day, It was made
known, after the AVIS errone-
ously reported four.
The units are the Wild Indians,
a scratch band, Bobby Soxers,
The Romans, Floyd Henderson's
troupe, the Red, White and Blue
Boys and Girls, the Black Eagles,
the Busy Bees, Mrs. Shanderson
and her troupe, the float of Men
cho's Bakery and two steel bands.
, 1961-01-09
Governor Merwin
Is Host 10 Worlds
Fair Officials

Governor John David Merwin
was host at a luncheon to Robert
Moses, his party, two senators
and some local officials at Estate
Good Hope Hotel on Saturday
last.
Present were Senate President
Walter I. M. Hodge, Senator Frits
Lawaetz, Ralph Paiewonsky,
chairman of the Advisory Com
mittee on Tourism and Trade.
James A. Bough and Alexander
Moorhead, presidents of the st.
Thomas and st. Croix Chambers
of Commerce, respectively.
MI. Moses and his party came
to invite the Virgin Islands to
participate in the Worlds Fair
which vii open in New York in
1864.
, 1961-01-09
Young Women. 81.
Sets Herself Afire
After Argument

Lucia Ortiz, 81, of Lower Beth
lehem after a quarrel with a
friend, whom she called her
"Comado,"s on Saturday night
last, went out Of the house, pour
ed kerosene over her head and
body and then set a lighted match
to herself.
A neighbor saw the woman on
Continued on page AZ
, 1961-01-09
George E. Frdnk,
Dept. Officidl
Due in VI. JunudrY II

Union officers and members in
the Virgin Islands are going to
have a chance to learn about max
ing reports under the new labor
law at a special session to be held
in Charlotte Amalie on, january
IL.
George E. Frank, Area Director
for Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands, Bureau of Labor-Man-
agement Reports, us. Depart
ment of Labor, is making his first
trip here since passage of the
acknowledgement Reporting &
Disclosure Act, and will conduct
a Reports Conference, where he
will answer any questions which
have arisen under the law.
Frank said the meeting was
worked out with local labor lead
ers in cooperation with Edmond
L. Penn, Chairman of the Wage
Compensation Board. The confer
ence will be held in the Hearings
Room Of the Wage Board, begin
ming at 7:30 PM. 1t is expected to
last for about two hours.
The LMRDA was passed in
September 1859 as a result of the
Mcclellan Committee hearings on
corrupt labor practices, and has
been referred to as the Landrum-
Griffin bill, after its two sponsor
ing congressman.
while unions fought the bill
which finally passed., Frank said,
many have come to recognize
that the reporting and disclosure
sections require no more than had
been previously recommended by
labor leaders themselves"
But the reporting problems
under the law have opened areas
where union officers need assist
ance in order to know what re-
cords to maintain and how to re-
mort financial matters" He said
The Labor Department has de-
vised simplifed reporting re-
quirements to help those union
people who have little time to
devote to union affairs.
The conference will be cen
tered upon a careful analysis OF
the reporting requirements, with
emphasis on developing methods
of keeping financial Information
at the local union level which
will make annual reporting of fin
ances less difficult.
Earle B. Ottley, President Of
the Virgin Islands Labor Union.
and Roy Gottlieb, his assistant,
are urging all responsible labor
leaders on st. Thomas and Saint
Croix to. attend this meeting,
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, 1961-01-09
Procurement Comm r
Says Sale Of Ldnd
In ST. Thos. Invulid

eS3
In an interview with Carlos a.
Downing, Commissioner of Pro
perry and Procurement, it was
learned that the Government
plans to take action to recover so
acres of homestead land which
were allotted to persons at Estate
Hope, st. Thomas, on the ground
that Contracts of Sale issued
without the approval Of the Gov
ernor by the former Director of
the Land Division are invalid.
These contracts were issued after
the passage of the Virgin Islands
Code, September |, 1857. The
Third Circuit Court Of Appeals in
a case in point ruled that such
contracts have no validity, it was
stated.
For more than a year the De-
partment of Property and Pro-
Procurement has been untan-
Cling various complications in the
homestead program. Growing out
Of a Senate Investigation IN 1859
and a study made of the home
stead program by the executive,
a number of legislative amend
ments to the Homestead Laws
were enacted during the middle
of last year, among which was
the specific provision that appli-
cants who already possess land
upon which a home may be built
shall not be eligible for allotment
of land under the program,
Downing stated.
It was further pointed out that
even before the law was amend
ed it was clear that the purpose
of the homestead program wa to
create new land owners as APP
peared in the Motives" of Bill
No. 1913 rather that the granting
of additional land to applicants
who already own land, but, I'M
fortunately, this policy had not
been followed in the past through
no fault of the applicants; and it
appears that nothing can now be
done in such cases. This does not
apply to Contracts Of Sale issued
after September /, 1857 which
lack the Governors approval,
Downing explained.
The Commissioners also stated
that while the action contemplate
ed to recover the so acres of land
at Estate Hope may be unpleas7
ant to those affected, it is neces-
sary and cannot be avoided in
good conscience. In four Of the
five cases Government land had
been previously allotted to the
same persons. When asked what
the Government intends to do
Continued on page a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
Kennedy Is Expected to Abstain
In New Jersey and New York Contest!

element Of an apathetic
campaign.
Apparently the President
feels he does not want to
give interested bystanders
the chance to make any
odious comparisons between
what he can do for a Demo-
crat and his predecessor may
be doing for a Republican.
Mr.. Kennedy has a further
excuse for warineSs: Mr..
Hughes is handicapped by
factionalism which could
mousetrap the President
should he enter the State.
The New York situation is
different. Democrats there
are in a family fight and
already have resisted efforts
by the new administration
to bring order and direction
into their muddled affairs.
The muddle was COM
pounded when Mayor Wag-
ner broke with the leaders
of Tammany Hall and the
other boroughs in his effort
to achieve a third term at
City Hall. The size of his
primary victory over the
choice of his ex-allies indi-
Gates the voters accept his
reformation as genuine, but
this must be a pious hope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
DORIS FLEESoN
The President and the Campaigns

So while he almost surely
will win next month, the
question remains of how
valuable his triumph will be
to the administration. Hence,
Mr.. Kennedy's aloofneSS from
the probable victor and prob
able loser alike.
1t is naturally deplored by
Democrats that two such i'm
portant States cannot be
made to count more strongly
for the party. They are ask
ing themselves what they can
expect from the President in
the approaching congression-
al campaign which promises
to be a fierce and personal
one.
No final answer is pos
Sible. But the StrategistS who
know the President best do
not expect much in the way
OF his own participation.
They are quietly warning
that the President will de-
vote himself to the keeping
OF the peace and seldom stray
from "a high. bipartisan
road.
1t is possible that Mr..
Kennedy with his enormous
capacity for detachment has
already figured that Pies
idents normally lose ground
in Congress in off-years, and
that he might as we'll save
his strength for his major
problem of foreign policy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
StaIemote at Key Plant
Threatens Ford Output

. DETROIT. Oct. 10 CAP).-
Despite a new national con-
tract and at-the- plant working
agreements at all but one
factory. the Ford Motor Co.
today faced the threat of a
shutdown Of some assembly
plants within a week.
Ford and United Auto
Workers Union bargainers broke
off yesterday their attempts to
reach a local-level working
agreement covering some $500
employees at a key stamping
plant at Walton Hills, Ohio,
outside Cleveland.
At ChrySler Corp, top-level
negotiations were in recess
while bargaining continued on
the subcommittee level.
No new negotiations were
scheduled regarding the stale
mate at the Walton Hills plant.
which makes pressed metal
parts for all Ford cars except
the Lincoln Continental.
The union accused Ford of
insisting that pay rates of 435
jobs be reduced 5 to IS cents an
hour at the Walton Hills plant.
1t said all other issues had been
settled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19

I'VE are not proposing that
anyone's pay be cut" Ford said
in a statement. Some of our
employees at the Cleveland
stamping plant are receiving
pay IN excess of rates negotiated
for the work they are doing at
Cleveland and for comparable
work elsewhere in the company
we have offered to exempt
those employees presently mis-
classified but want to get back
TO the negotiated rate structure
for those newly assigned to such
work in the future"
A six-day wildcat strike at the
Walton Hills plant closed down
several Ford assembly lines a
year ago. and both the company
and union agreed continuance
of the current strike there
would have serious effects with
in a week on newly restarted
assembly Of 1862 models.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
DAVID LAWRENCE
Obstacles to Economic Growth

muters have to take trains or
buses for two hours a day
going to and coming from
their places of employment.
Not a cent of the cost can
be deducted as business ex-
penSe or anything else. But
a salesman travelling ION
business" doesn't pay any
thing out of his own pocket,
and the business itself can
get a tax deduction for these
same expenses.
If the Government allowed
commuters a deduction, it
would bring all kinds of
growth For one thing, the
transportation companies
could charge more for the
tickets. Railroads wouldn't
be going into bankruptcy, and
commuter service would al
most Immediately show a
spectacular improvement.
Tax receipts, too, from these
same sources would start up
ward.
Take the matter of replace
ing WORKOUT machinery. The
present tax laws are woe
fully inadequate. The Ken
nedy administration to some
extent recognizes the prob
lem, but its proposed remedy
has been regarded as worse
than the ailment. A group of
theorists came forth with a
plan of limited scope which
the administration sponsored.
But the basic need for all
industry and business to meet
the depreciation problem was
Sidetracked.
The administration appar-
emily has not yet felt the
pressure of public opinion on
the matter of revising the
tax laws. 1t is dragging along
with studies" and has failed
to prod Congress into taking
early action. There have
been plenty of studies" made
heretofore. What is needed
is some imagination and a
little familiarity with how
the private-enterprise system
really works. For If Nikita
Khrushchev'S prediction is to
be fulfilled-that what we
call free enterprise is going
to be buried" in a few dec
AIDES by state capitalism or
socialism or some other
counterpart of communism
it will be because of the in
equitable. discriminatory tax
laws that today are stunning
national growth in America.
Copyright. 1851
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-19
RALPH McGILL
Tough Task for Gen. Taylor

critical Asian area. Gen.
Taylor had reports that a rice
shortage in the north was
adding to the intensities of
Communist activities. About
a hundred people are killed
or wounded each day. One of
the generals major tasks
will be to try. as diplomat
ically as he can, to create
some chain of command.
There repeatedly is a great
lack of coordination between
the military and the presi-
dent. Army morale is not
good. Inadequate pay and
promotion and countermand-
ing orders by President Ngo
Dnih Diem are some. of the
complaints. Also. the govern
ment has not sought to fight
the Communists on the real
battle ground.
The operation would have
been largely urban-based out
Of Saigon. The Communist
guerrillas are working in the
back lands with the peasants.
This is why SO few of them
can do so much. The British
did not begin to win Malaga
until they took the battle to
the minds of the peasants.
Meanwhile, guerrilla bands
range nightly to the outskirts
Of Saigon. 1t is not an easy
assignment for Gen. Taylor.
President Kennedy is quite
right to see these as danger
Gus times.