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Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
Program Complete
For Shut-In Party

The annual Christmas Party for
the many shut-ins in the Milford
community and surrounding areas
will be held Sunday, December 10,
at 800 p. m. to 4:30 p. m., in the
Presbyterian Church.
Again this year, as last, the
members of XI Gamma Chapter
will be hostesses along with their
husbands.
A most interesting program has
been planned to entertain ALL
There will be a Young Boys Quar-
tet again this year Renee Walls
will present a dance routine Mrs
Abbott, known by many will pre-
sent one of her skits. This will be
followed by girls quartet and
everyone will join in singing
Christmas carols.
Following the program gifts will
be distributed and refreshments
will be served Many of the gifts
lave been solicited from local bus
inesses and the Sorority wishes to
thank these firms for being so
generous; thus making it possible
for shut-in persons to have at
least one day out in festive sur
roundings
Should anyone desire informa-
ton on this coming event, please
contact Mrs. Jack Laremore or
Mrs Leroy Rust GA-2-4369. Again,
as last year, transportation will
be provided.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
W.S.Cashel,J Jr.
Will Emcee
Safety Meeting g
The Operations Manager
OF Diamond State Tel
ephOne Co. Will Preside
At Annual Meeting.

William S. Cashel, Jr., opera
tions manager for the Diamond
State Telephone Company, will be
the master of ceremonies at the
42nd Annual Meeting of the Della
ware Safety Council, it was an
nOunced today by J. James Ash
ton, Safety Council manager.
The meeting will be held on
Monday, December II, at Z p. m.
at the dupont Country Club, Will
mington, Ashton said
The program will focus atten-
ton on Delaware's outstanding
street and highway safety record
Delaware has shown the greatest
reduction in fatalities of any state
so far this year
Cashel, who has been operations
manager for the telephone com
pany since August, 1860, is re-
spOnsible for the company's com
mercial, plant, and traffic opera
tions for the entire state
Cashel is a member of the board
of directors of the Diamond State
Telephone Company, the Whining
tor General Hospital, the Greater
Development Council,
the Delaware Safety Council, and
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
St. Johns Holds
Art And Craft Show

The first Art and Craft Exhibit
ever held by st. Johns was held
in their parish hall last Friday and
Saturday. Those who visited the
exhibit enjoyed a wide range of
subjects among the 96 paintings
and sketches that were displayed
from some rather extreme eX-
amples of modern art to the more
conventional and less drastic
styles. Of the works that were of
fered for sale prices ranged from
ten dollars to five hundred dollars
Artists from as far away as Will
mington and Salisbury submitted
paintings for exhibition Those
closerby included some of the
artists from Milford, Harrington,
FELTON,, Camden, Dover, Milton,
Lewes, Rehoboth. Staytonsville,
Seaford, Laurel, and Silver Spring
The panel of judges for the art
consisted of Mr.. Howard Schroe-
der, Mr. Henry Progar, and Dr.
Edward Kuhlmann. They awarded
prizes to the following: the first
prize of a silver bowl from Saun-
ders jewelers., to Sue Thomas of
Salisbury, for her painting of
Alone" Second prize-the l. G.
Burton award of ten dollars to
Gerard Lorenz for his entering
Milford Street Scene" by Bebe
Mick Third prize-the Lofiand
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Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
Man Saved AS Car
Plunges Into River

A Milford mOtOrist managed to
crawl out an open window of his
car, u feet under water Monday,
TO escape death in the Mispillion
River
The motorist, Lawrence Daino,
50, of Gil South Washington
Street, was rescued by town po-
lice and taken to the Milford Me-
mortal Hospital where he was
treated for shock X-rays were
taken to learn whether he is in
jured internally. His condition is
reported fair.
Daino, an accountant, was on his
way to work when he apparently
suffered a coughing. spell. He
bIacked out as the vehicle ap-
preached the bridge in the busi-
ness section of Milford The car
swerved to the side, crashed into
several barriers, ard then plung-
ed into the water
He tried in vain to open a rear
window of the twO-door vehicle,
then managed to squeeze through
the open window on the driver S
side and struggled to the surface.
Continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
J. J.W.Rouse, Co.
Set Finances
For Shopping
Center Here
Arr an 6 EN- ent S Have
Been Made With The
Connecticut eraI
Life, Insurance Co. AS
Mortgage Lender.

James w. Rouse and Company,
well known Mortgage Bankers of
Baltimore, Maryland, and Wash
lngton, ID. c., announced this week
that they have arranged the fl
nancing of the Milford Shopping
Center with the Connecticut Gen
eral Life Insurance Company at
the mortgage lender.
The Center, located on the north
side of North East Front Street,
will be $4,000 square feet, with
ample parking for 400 cars. So
far, the major tenants are Safe
way Stores, Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Company, F. w. Woolworth,
Gilpin Drug, Sherwin-Willia
and the American Oil Company.
The developers of the Center
are Thomas G. Hanly of Ocean
City, Maryland, and Scott S. Barr
of Westminster, Maryland. While
Mr.. Barr is a newcomer to Mil
ford, Mr.. Hanly has been active in
developing Milford real estate
since 1915. Mr. Barr has been ac-
tive in shore realty, however, for
some time and presently owns a
10000 square foot shopping CEN
ter at Westminster, Maryland, and
has, for the past several years,
been developing shopping centers
in Laurel, Delaware, and FEEDER
alsburg, Maryland. Mr. Barr esti-
mates construction will begin in
about two weeks, weather per-
mitting.
The Center is scheduled to open
next summer
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
Sponsors Hope 1t Will
Induce Folks To Be-
come More Interested
In Decorating.

Something new is being added
to the Christmas festivities in Mil
ford and the rural area using Mil
ford as their address. The Vim
yard Fuel Company, of Milford
with Hallett Vinyard as sponsor
will conduct a Christmas lighting
contest in the hope it will induce
folks to become more interested
in decorating for the holiday sea-
son.
This contest will be judged on
Friday, December %. Three wo-
men from three local clubs will
serve as judges for this contest.
Prizes will be awarded by the
Vinyard Fuel Company as follows:
First prize, $4,000; second prize,
S35.00; third prize, $500, for the
most artistic display. Prizes will
be in awarded in cash unless the
winner specifies he would like to
have his prize in oil.
Any person wishing to partici-
pate in this contest, not living in
the city of Milford, but havine
Milford r. D., as his address, call
Vinyard Fuel Company, Garden
2-5566, and let them know about
your decorations, give them your
name and where you live, and
they will see that the judges visit
your home to see your decOra-
tions. Remember you must call,
so the judges will know about you
and come see you.
Mr.. Vinyard hopes to create
more interest in decorating to
the Christmas season.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
Power Company Saves
Consumers Thousands

The Public Service Commission
oOf Delaware, through its chair
man, Mr. Vernon B. Dericksan, an
nounced last week that electric
customers save an estimated
S65S,454 annually as result of
revised electric rates filed by Del
aware Power and Light Company.
These revised rates, applicable to
residential, water heating, COM
and industrial service, are
scheduled to become effective with
meter readings after January 1,
1862.
Savings to electric customers in
Kent and Sussex COunties are es-
timated at S529,320 annually and
are partially attributed to reduc-
ed production costs resulting from
the operation of the new, modern
and efficient Indian River Power
Station in Sussex County. 1t is
estimated that residential custom
ers in Kent and Sussex Counties
save S319.757 annually; water
heater customerssave $40,29S an
commercial customers
save S76,032 annually and the an
nual savings to industrial custom
ers is estimated at $93,233. Month
ly costs to the average residential
electric customer using $50 kiIO-
watt hours will be reduced from
$10.54 to SS.62 or a saving of more
than 1870 for customers in Kent
and Sussex Counties and for use
in excess of 500 kilowatt hours a
Continued on page siX)
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
Local V ct S
Planning Party
December 23rd
Blue Hen Post VFW Will
Again Entertain The
COmmunity's Und e r
privileged Riddles.

These are busy days and busy
nights for members of Milford s
much cited V. F. w. unit, Blue
Hen Post No 64S3, and affiliated
organizations.
In preparation for the Christ
mas Party for Underprivileged
Children, staged here at the Post
Home annually, members of Post
and Ladies Auxiliary are present
ly collecting, sorting, repairing
and wrapping toys and other gift
items for distribution to an antic-
ipated 125 deserving youngsters on
Saturday, December %.
Although some solicitations and
collection had been accomplished
prior to this week, the work ses-
sions of ''Santa's Helpers" got un-
derway in earnest this week and
will continue right up until the
eve of the party.
The party for Underprivileged
Children was first staged here -
years ago and from rather hum
BILE beginning has grown into one
of the largest and most extensive
affairs of this nature held any
where on the Peninsula.
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Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
Kris Kringle Starts
Harrington Program

Kris Kringle arrived in Har
rington Saturday afternoon, inau-
gurating the Chamber of Com
merce's annual Yuletide program.
The whiskery gentleman, accom-
panied by a fire engine and the
Harrington High School Band, ar
rived at the Quillen Shopping Cen
ter at l D. m.
Afterward, Santa delivered
treats to the children at the Santa
Claus house at the corner of Flem-
ing and Commerce Streets, ada
cent to the building of Ernest
Raughley Insurance Agency. Ben
iamin Emory, as usual, has charge
Of the house, and Walter Messick
helned move it to its present To-
cation
Santa will give treats at the
house every Saturday AFTERNOON,
winding up December %. In the
CONTINUED on page siX)
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
Peninsula Hort
Meeting Dec. 1918

"Marketig Orders" what they
are and what they do, will be one
of the featured topics of the Pen
insula Horticultural Society when
it holds it's 18TH annual meeting,
December IL and 13 in Salisbury,
MARYLAND.
With surpluses of fruits and
vegetables occurring almost every
wear, federal and state market or
ders have assured a new import
ance. DR.. Harold Hoecker, Univers-
ity of Maryland will discuss this
problem during the first session of
the meeting.
According to H. George Kemp,
Princess Anne, Md, president of
the association, the Peninsula Hor-
ticultural Society. was founded in
1886 to provide educational infor-
nation in the area of horticulture
to it's members. This is still the
main purpose of the Society. The
annual meeting is dedicated to this
purpose.
Continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
Fire Insurance Tax
Gets OK In House
Measure N0U Goes To The Upper House For Ap
proUal; 50 Fire Companies And Wilmington
Pension Fund Viii Benefit Under The Act

A rs per cent boost in the spe-
cial tax on fire insurance prem
iums to benefit Delaware fire COM
panies was passed Wednesday in
the House of Representatives
The bill, which goes now to the
Senate, would increase the spe-
cial tax from per cent to 3h
per cent.
The tax produced S290,05224 last
year at the per cent rate. The
proceeds went to Delaware'S SO
volunteer fire companies and to
the Wilmington Firemen's Pension
Fund.
In addition to the special tax,
there is a state tax of IL per cent
on fire insurance premiums.
On Tuesday, the proposal, HB-
92, got 26 votes-one short of the
three-quarters majority required
for passage of bill granting state
funds to. private organizations.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
Father OF Four Dies
Man AZ Is Seized

A 47-year-Old laborer has ad-
mitted killing 24-year-old
Georgetown father of four, ending
a sidewalk brawl in Milford last
Saturday night, Milford police re
ported.
Police Chief William NJ. Short
identified the victim as Albert
McCrea, Jr., a labOrer, of George
town.
Held without bail in the Kent
Correctional Institution is Wiley
Rufus, of New Wharf Road, near
neighbOring Lynch Heights, Chief
Short said. He said Rufus is also
a laborer
Both men had apparently been
drinking when they got in a fight
outside 522 Church Avenue about
a car door being open
Police quoted witnesses as say
ing that Rufus pulled out a pistol
and shot McCrea in the chest
McCrea was pronounced dead on
arrival at the Milford Memorial
Hospital about 11:40 p. m.
Rufus was arrested at his home
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
Santa Claus
Has Arrived
In Milford
For Holidays
Old Kris PilOted His
Own Plane Into Air
Park; Stores Are Open
Every Night I'm til
{ Christmas Eve.

Santa Claus, the Patron Saint
of Children everywhere, made his
1861 debut in Milford last Satur-
day afternoon at one o'clock.
jolly Old Saint Nick arrived al
Milford Air Park in an airplane
furnished by Willard Jackson
owner of the Air Park and pilot
ed by Old Kris himself. He buzz
ed the field three times before his
graceful landing.
He was greeted on his arrival
by huge throng of children and
their parents, as well as members
of the Milford Chamber of Com
merce who with the city are spon-
soring the annual Christmas fete
in Milford.
Santa was loaded aboard the
new Milford aerial fire truck and
taken to his abode on the Walnut
Street Bridge Panel, where he
meets his little friends daily from
1870 to 500 o'clock in the after
Moons and from $3.50 until 900
o'clock in the evenings. This
schedule will continue until Christ
mas Eve, weather permitting.
The city police patrolled the
area and generally lent assistance
to Santa in handling the crowd of
youngsters, the number of whom
visited with Santa on opening day
being estimated at over 1000.
The overall committee for the
City of Milford, Mayor Roy E. Pet
tyjohn, and City Manager Robert
Green; for the Chamber of Com
merce, A. Calvin Ball, Bob Yerkes,
Wayne Kline and Courtney Burch.
Milford stores are now open ev-
cry evening. They are also open
all day on Wednesdays.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
State Group
Is Organized
By Delawa are
Fire Police
State A ssOci atiOn Is
Formed During Mil
ford Meeting By Mem
bers OF Three Counties
In The State.

The three County Fire Police
Associations met in Milford Fire
Hall on November 26, 1861, and
organized a State Association.
At this meeting the three coun-
ties presented bylaws and adopt
ed them for a state organization.
The name of this association
will be known as the Delaware
State Volunteer Fire Police As
sociation.
The main feature of this meet
ing was to elect officers.
The following men were elect
ed and installed: President, Vail
Johnson, Milford. Del; first vice
president, Allen Taylor, Millville,
Del; second vice president, Y. w.
Levering, Five Points, Del; sec
retary, Harry McMinn, Efsemere,
Del; assistant secretary, Lee Cor
die, Brandywine Hundred, Del. :;
treasurer, Everett B. Warrington,
Jr., FELTON,, Del; assistant trea-
surer. George Vincent, Farming
ton, Del.
The officers of this association
were installed by Fred Brown, an
honorary member of the New
Castle County Fire Police Asso-
citation.
Motion was made that all fire
police attending this meeting will
BE charter members of this asso-
ciation
President Vail Johnson named
4 temporary publicity committee
for this association The follow
ing men were appointed: Harry
McMinn, Everett B. Warrington,
Jr., John Torbert. Allen Taylor
and three other men from Sussex
County.
Other committees will be named
at the first executive meeting, the
last Sunday in January at 200
,. m when the association will
be the guest of the Millville Fire
Company in Sussex County.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08

Vote changes produced the final
tally of 81 yeas, one nay, one not
voting and two absent
The House also passed bills to
permit two school districts to use
construction funds left over from
earlier projects.
One of these, HB-443, would per-
nit the Laurel Special School
District to spend $13,267.5S, the
balance from a 1851 school con-
struction project of the former
Bethel District, merged with Lau-
rel in 1860.
The other measure, HB-432,
would authorize the New Castle
Special School District to build
central administrative offices with
$45, 900 left from its 1855 project
Among new bills received was
one to add a member to the Youth
Services Commission and to take
Continued on page SeVen)
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08

5000 dairy farmers in the four
state area surrounding Philadel-
phia opposed quotas on the basis
that they could subject farmers to
penalties for over production and
also expressed the belief that
health regulations for milk should
be enforced by local units of gov
ernment rather than on a national
level
Another resolution commended
the action of Inter-State's Board
Of Directors in proposing that milk
marketing in South Jersey be reg
ulated under an expanded Federal
Order 81, the order that regulates
the Philadelphia area A hearing
on this is expected to be called
sometime early in 1862.
The business sessions were at
tended by approximately 400 per-
sons and 700 members and guests
of all phases of the dairy indus
try gathered in the ballroom of
the Benjamin Franklin Hotel last
Wednesday night for the Coopera-
tive's annual banquet.
Robert Stauffer of Benton, Col
umbia County, Pennsylvania, was
elected to the board as a new di-
rector and seven others reelected
for three-year terms included:
F. Bennett Carter of Centreville,
Md, who also is vice president of
the Cooperative; Paul l.. Coates
of Coatesville, Pa; ]. Lawson
Crothers of North East, Md:
Continued on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08

gram, an inventory of planned pub
lie works projects, improved state
financial management through a
Department of Finance, streng-
thening of the states vocational
education program, action to pre-
vent discrimination in hiring be-
cause of race, age, or sex, and the
bolstering of certain phases of the
Employment Security Commits
siOn's operations.
The document is the work of a
five-member committee created by
the COP last summer "to deter
mine effectively and without par
tisanship the extent of immediate
and future problems in providing
full employment opportunities for
our citizens"
The Survey gathered the views
of Delaware and Out-Of-state au-
thorities in the fields Of business,
agriculture, labor, government and
education. 1t dealt with such situ-
ations as "Delaware's postwar
trend away from white collar to
production employment" this
years peak unemployment figure
of 10000 people, declining agricul-
tural employment, the increasing
number Of young people entering
the labor market, and Delaware's
heavy "in-migration" OF new resi-
dents.
On the subject Of automation,
the Survey report said it could
uncover no evidence that auto
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
Home Demonstration
Club Leaders Meet

Club presidents and secretaries
from the twenty-five Sussex Coun-
ty Home Demonstration Clubs
have been invited to meet with the
County Council Officers and Chair
men, and the Home Demonstration
Agent, Miss Frances Shoffner, on
December 18th, at the Agricultur-
al Substation, Georgetown. Lead
ers from clubs in Group A are to
meet at $50 a. M, those in Group
B at 1 100 p. m.
Home demonstration work, an
educational program for home
makers, is based on principles de-
veloped through research in home
economics. 1t is designed to help
families attain happy, wholesome
family living.
continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
School Brochure Is
Being Distributed
Through TheDistrict
DeMOLAY TO INITIATE
NEW CLASS HERE

Saturday evening Of this
week, December 9, Temple
Chapter of DeMolay will in
itiate a class of approx
mately twenty boys. The cer-
emonies will be held in Po-
cahontas Hall, Washington
and South Second Streets,
Milford. The time has been
set for 7:30 p. m.
The degrees will be con-
ferred by the degree team
of the Kent Chapter of Do
yer.
All Master Masons are cor
daily invited to attend the
ceremonies and by so doing
will signify their support of
this great order which has
done SO much for the youth
of our nation.
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
1861 Christmas Seals
Have Been Delivered

More than 100000 Delaware fam
lilies saw the first signs of Christ
mas this week
Postmen throughout the state
delivered envelopes of Christmas
Seals. the traditional Christmas
greeting stamps which have help
ed to finance the fight against tu-
berculosis and other respiratory
diseases for more than half CEN
tury.
Officials of the Delaware Tuber-
culosis and Health Society said to-
day that recent developments in
the field of respiratory diseases
point out the Importance of inten
styling the work done by TB So
cieties throughout the nation.
Continued on page siX)
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08

state recruit men up to their 22nd
month active duty training program
Siflce September 1, only men
with military service, or under 20
years old have been accepted for
Guard enlistment, and men sched-
uled to start six months training
between September and December
had it postponed until after jan
uary.
The restrictions on Guard re-
cruiting were imposed to avoid
overlooking Army training camps,
which were already filled to ca
pacity with increased numbers of
drafted men. Guardsmen will start
leaving again for six months train
ing after the first of the year.
General Scannell explained that
the six-months training program
lets a man under % discharge his
military obligation by serving six
months on active duty, then re-
turning home to his hometown
Guard unit for the rest of his OBJ
ligated service.
IF there is no emergency for
which his unit is needed" Cen
eral Scanned said, "a man may be
able to discharge his military OBJ
Iigation with only six months of
active duty On the other hand,
his unit might be called up, like
several of our units have, and he
would then have to serve more
time on active duty.
1--WE don't have any place in the
National Guard for men who are
trying to avoid military service"
continued on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
Some Salient Points Are
Discussed About The
Feeder Districts; Final
Citizens Meeting Next
Monday Evening.

The Milford Special School Dis
trict brochure will be distributed
through all three of the public
schools on Thursday and Friday,
December and s, 1861. An effort
in the name of thrift ard econ
omy is being made to see that one
copy is in each family having at
least one child attending the Mil
ford Schools.
Since there seems to be a great
lack of information about our
feeder districts carrying their
share of costs from local funds,
parents are urged to read care
fully page four, which shows the
number of pupils ard amounts of
money paid by our four feeder
districts as follows:
Milford chronicle., 1961-12-08
ASC Committeeman
Have Been Selected

County and Community Com
mitteemen, who will administer
the 1862 Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Program in Sus-
sex County were declared elected
today by Hyon c. Smith, A. S. c.
Office Manager.
Mr.. Smith reported that 1173
ballots were cast by mail to de-
termine who would represent the
ten communities that make up the
county for the purpose of the A.
S. c. program.
The County Committee members
are Silas Dukes, Laurel, chair
man; Earl White, Bridgeville, vice
chairman: Rollie N. Lewis, Mills
boro, regular member; Joseph N.
Elliott, Laurel, first alternate, and
Thomas T. Jones, Milford, second
alternate.
Community committeeman and
the communities they represent
are as follows:
Community A
Representative Districts ! and y
Joseph Penuel, Milford
Donnell Calhoun, Milford
l.. Robbins Webb, Lincoln
Herman l.. West, Ellendale
C. Rodney Sharp, Jr., Lincoln
William Ray, Bridgeville
Leon Wheatley, Bridgeville
Leonard Chaffinch, Bridgeville
George w. Elliott, Bridgeville
Herbert Mcdowell, Greenwood
Community b
Representative Districts 3 and 81
Roland f. Mumford, Seaford
Ralph j. O'Day, Seaford
Calvin Friedel, Seaford
Glen Lovelace, Sr., Seaford
Arthur l.. Messick, Seaford
continued on page five)