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Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

Mr.. Clyde Clark has returned TO
work after being in the hospital.
-
David Fitchett is spending this
week at Stowe. Vermont, enjoying
skiing with other students of
Swarthmore College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson vinyard and
Mr.. and Mrs. Justus Hudson will
leave tomorrow for Sarasota, Flo
rida, for stay OF ten days.
-
Jack Sheaffer returned to Gettys-
burg College Tuesday after spend
ing his mid-year vacation with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Sheaffer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clement j. Rohrer
and two sons OF Lancaster. Pa,
were weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Griffith at their home
on Clarke Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. James III. Salevan
OF Athol. Mass, will arrive Sunday
for visit with Mrs. Leila Jen-
nings. They are enroute To West
Palm Beach for a stay of two
months.
Miss Anne Mercer. a freshman
at University of Connecticut. is
spending an in-between semester
vacation with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Mercer. She is re-
turned to her studies today.
Glen Kitchens, freshman at
Dickinson College, has returned to
his studies after spending vaca-
ton with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dallas Kitchens.
=
Mrs. Francis Humphreys of Co
lumbus, Miss, will arrive on Sun
day for visit with her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Harold Short Captain
Humphreys will join her in about
ten days for visit before they both
return south.
Mrs. Mary Johnson, Miss Gladys
Welch, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Isaacs
were joined by Miss Doris Lynch
of Georgetown and Mrs. Ada Deck
ert of Philadelphia for vacation
in Hawaii They left Philadelphia
by jet plane on Friday of last
week. had stopover in Los Ange-
les, and then on to the Pacific Isle.
They plan TO return on the thir-
teenth of this month.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03
Hospital Births

The following babies were born
in Milford Memorial Hospital last
week:
Jan. 1S-Mr and Mrs. John Tor
bert. Milford. girl; Jan. ls-Mr.
and Mrs. James Pase. Milford,
boy: Mr.. and Mrs. 0rin Crane, Do
yer. boy; Jan 20--Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Warrington, Rehoboth,
boy: Mr.. and Mrs. Alton wilker-
son. Laurel boy; Jan. 22-Mr. and
Mrs. Williams Hammons, wilm-
ington, girl; Mr.. and Mrs. David
Slaughter, Milford. boy: Jan. 23--
Mr.. and Mrs. Millard Cooper, Har-
rington. girl; Mr.. and Mrs. James
Maloney, Rehoboth, boy. Jan "a
MIR. and Mrs. Oliver Hyler. Bow
ers Beach. boy: Jan. 25-Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Watson. Milton. girl;
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Millman.
Milford, girl.
January 25-Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Evans. Bridgeville, boy.
January 26-Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Larrimore. Harrington, girl:
Mr.. and Mrs. William Morris, Mil
ford. boy
January 27--Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam f. Moore, Milford, girl.
January 29-Mr. and Mrs. Ly-
rell Brock. Georgetown. girl; Mr..
and Mrs. George Wiley, Milton.
girl; Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Todd.
FELTON,. boy.
January a0-Mr. and Mrs. Alton
King. Ellendale, girl: Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Wins. Harrington,
girl: Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Carey,
Georgetown. boy; Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Garrison. Jr., Frankford,
boy: Mr.. and Mrs. Isadore Moore,
Lincoln, girl; Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Davis, Jr.. Milton, boy: Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving Legates, Greenwood,
boy.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03
Obituary
HICKMAN


Mrs. Viola Hickman, age 10
years. wife of William s. Hickman.
passed away in the Milford Memo
rial Hospital on Monday. January
80. 1861. Funeral services will be
held from the Lofiand Funeral
Home In Milford on Saturday, Feb
ruary 4th. at 10 a. m. Interment
in Slaughter Neck Cemetery, near
Milford. The Rev. William Tull of
the Church of God, will officiate.
Mrs. Hickman had been a patient
in the hospital for several weeks.
Besides her husband. she Is sur
vived by a son from previous
marriage, Robert J. Pane of Trail
er Town of Randolph Field, Texas;
four step-daughters, Miss Ruth
Hickman, Mrs. Esther Taylor, Mrs.
Mary Smack of Milford. and Mrs.
Anna Wells of Milton: step-son,
John Hickman of Milford, and nine
grandchildren.
Friends may call Friday evening
from to p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03
G8

Weather permitting. the Cap
tain Jonathan Caldwell Chap
ter, Daughters of the American
Revolution. will celebrate it's
twelfth anniversary tomorrow.
The luncheon will be held in
Fellowship Hall OF Avenue
Methodist Church at one o.
clock. Mrs. J. Raymond Ben
nett. assisted by Mrs. Arthur
Domke, will give a program on
colonial customs accompanied
by music of the colonial period.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

JUN DouSids hlih-
- mey. and Mr.. Chris
topher Loring Pierce were mar
ried In St. Johns r. C. Church
on Saturday, January 2S. at
noon. In double ring cere-
mony performed by the Rev
erend John Corrigan. The
wedding music was played by
Mrs. John Young who also ac-
companied Mrs. Walter Con-
away, soloist. Escorted TO the
altar by her father. the bride
wore a princess gown of white
chiffon velvet. the neckline of
the bodice was outlined with
alencon lace. Long pointed
sleeves. floor length bouffant
skirt ending in a chapel train
were the features of her gown.
Her veil of silk illusion was
held in place by a crown OF
seed pearls. She carried a mo-
ther OF pearl prayer book top
ped by white orchids. Miss
Carole Ann Norris OF Whining
ton was the maid OF honor, and
wore a floor length gown of
blue velvet with fitted bodice
and bouffant skirt. A small
face veil with blue velvet bows
and a white mum with pinned
on carnations completed her
costume. The bridesmaids were
Miss Evelyn Hyer of Sudlers-
vile. Maryland. Mrs. Harry
Humes of Wilmington. Miss
Carlene Chichester of Frederick
and Mrs. NAPLES Jester of Al
lentown. Pa, sister OF the
groom. They wore red velvet
gowns fashioned like that of
the maid of honor and carried
muffs with red carnations. The
flower girl was little Ann Har-
rington who also wore a floor
length gown of red velvet and
carried an arrangement of fur
and red carnations. The mother
OF the bride wore an afternoon
dress in navy with matching
accessories and had a corsage
OF pink rosebuds. The groom's
mother chose a navy dress and
wore pink accessories with a
pink rosebud corsage. The
groom. son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Greedy Pierce of Norwich, ". Y.
had Mr.. Robert Aubrey OF
Frederica as his best man and
MIR. James Deputy. Mr.. Edward
Steiner, Mr.. Lee Beetschem of
Milford and Mr.. Nelson War
rem of Georgetown. as the ush-
ers. A reception followed the
ceremony in the church social
hall. The bride Is a graduate
OF Milford High School and OF
Wilmington General Hospital
School OF Nursing. The groom
also graduated from Milford
High School. served three
years In the armed forces. one
OF which was in Korea and is
now attending the Northern
Texas State College at Denton.
Texas. where they will live.
The rehearsal dinner was Civ
en- by Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie
Blades at their home on Kings
Highway with about thirty at
tending.
Q3
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Rovey.
Newfield, New Jersey, have an
nounced the engagement OF
their daughter. Jean. to Frank
S. Pettyjohn. son OF Mr.. Horace
Pettyjohn and the late Mrs.
Pettyjohn. and nephews OF Mr..
and Mrs. James X. Pettyjohn.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03
Local Happenings
MONTHLY MEETINGS =

MONTHLY MEETINGS - The
regular meeting of the Mispillion
Business and Professional women's
Club will be held this coming Mon
day night. February 6th, in the
New City Hall at 1880. The program
that has been planned looks TO be
very enjoyable. so all members
please make sure you come.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

Incorrectly repcrte d last
week was the program for the
Milford New Century Club on
Monday. Mr.. and Mrs. w. o.
Landlord will be present to
show their selection of slides
which they took last summer
during the tour OF Western
Europe and the British Isles.
Miss Starr Jewell will play her
electric organ as a part of the
program. She Is having 1t
moved from her home for the
afternoon. This will be the pro-
gram next week instead OF next
month.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

40l South Walnut Street. Mil
ford. Miss Rovey graduated
from high school in Evanston.
Illinois. and is now a senior
education major at the Univer-
sity of Delaware. Mr.. Pettyjohn
graduated from the University
OF Delaware with a civil engin-
eering degree in 1856. During
the years 1957-195S. Mr.. Petty
john served in Korea as First
Lieutenant, U. s. Army Corps
of Engineers. He is currently
studying medicine at Hahne-
mann Medical College in Phila-
delphia. Pa. A July wedding is
planned.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03
Obituary
BANNING

Daniel A. Banning, age A years
died Thursday, January 10. Funeral
services were held from the Berry
Funeral Home, Milford, on Sunday
afternoon at 2. O'Clock. Rev. Will
liam Tull of the Church of God,
officiating. Interment was made in
Oakley Cemetery.
He was a veteran of World War
II.
He is survived by two brothers,
Thomas NJ. Banning, Minquadale,
Del; Linwood w. Banning, Mil
ford: two sisters, Mrs. Ethel Wis
seman and Mrs. Alice Wisseman,
both of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

SUSSEX DIVORCES - Judge
William j. Storey has granted de-
cress nisi in the following Sussex
County divorce cases:
Harry Emil Health v. Gladys
Wilby Heath, habitual drunken
ness; Robert Peter Ayers V. Alice
l.. Ayers; Bonnie s. Jester v. Ed
ward Jester; Annie Pearl Reed v.
Percy Reed, voluntary separation.
FESTIVAL PLANNED St.
Mary's Episcopal Church, Bridge
vile, will observe its Patronal Fes-
tival for the third consecutive year
February 5, at p. m.
Eleven clergymen and three Jay
persons will participate in the
Scripture readings which will be
taken from two modern transla-
tons of the Bible.
ST. Mary's first observed this
feast at its patronal festival So
years ago in 1892 when the then
newly built chapel was formally
opened for services and solemnly
DltSStu Dg Lit UlSuOp dS QuOlcu
from a yellowed newspaper clip
ping attached to an old parish reg
lister.
TAILORING CLASSES Two
classes in Advanced Tailoring are
in progress at the Agricultural Sub
station of the University of Della
ware, Georgetown. Thirty home
makers from the areas of George
town, Milford. Greenwood, Bridge
vile. Seaford, Delmar. Millsboro
Lewes and Rehoboth Beach are en-
rolled in classes being sponsored
by the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice.
Working with woolen materials
suits, dresses and coats are in vari-
Gus stages of construction. At the
completion of the projects the. two
classes will combine to model their
garments. Miss Janet Reed, Exten-
sion Clothing Specialist, is the in
structor. Miss Frances Shoffner
Sussex County Agent, is assisting
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Enrico Thomas
Palomba of South River. ". j.,
announce the engagement OF
their daughter. Marilyn Anne.
to Mr.. Frank Saxton Draper,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George III.
Draper, Jr. Miss Palomba at
tended the schools in South
River and is graduate OF the
University OF Delaware. She is
presently a member OF the fac
ulty OF the South River Schools.
Mr.. Draper is a graduate of
Pine Crest Preparatory School
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
and is now attending the Uni
versity of Delaware. Upon COM
pletion of his studies in June,
he plans to take position with
Draper Foods. Inc. An early
summer wedding Is planned.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03
Obituary

JOHNSON
L. Clinton Johnson. S3, farmer,
died Monday. January 80, after a
lingering Illness at the home of his
niece, Mrs. Mabel Harmon.
He is survived by brother, Gus
tis Johnson, and a sister, Mrs. An
ma p. Harmon, both of Millsboro.
The funeral will be Friday at
p. m. at the Indian Mission Church
near Hollymount. The Rev. Harvey
Sturgis, pastor, will officiate. In
terment will be in the adjoining
cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

Interesting things are being
said in New York papers about
Miss Lydia Bancroft, a former
teacher in Milford Schools.
Now she is living in Montclair,
y. j.. and her artistic talents
have been recognized to such
an extent that her work is ON
exhibit In the Newark Museum.
and articles about the same
have been carried in Hand
weavers and Craftsman maga-
zine. The treadcraft has been
her specially and local people
have specimens of her exquis-
ite work. Her work as teach
er went on for fifty years and
even now she still considers
herself a pupil as well as a
teacher in the beautiful work
of her creation and design.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03
CHRIST CHURCHwOMEN-T The

regular monthly meeting of Christ
Churchwomen will be held Tues
day, February 7th. in the Educa-
tional Building. After the business
portion OF the meeting members
will move to the Parish House
where Mrs. Thomas Draper will
show slides and give short talk.
on her recent Mediterranean
Cruise.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03
PARKER

Mrs. Orphie r. Parker, 20, wife
of Levin Parker, died Tuesday in
Milford Memorial Hospital after a
lingering illness.
In addition to her husband, she
leaves a daughter, Mrs. Phoebe Ad-
ans. and son, Ben Parker, both
of Georgetown: IL grandchildren;
nine great-grandchildr and a
brother, Clarence Rogers. George
town.
Services will be Friday at p. m.
at the Watson and Gray Funeral
Chapel, Millsboro. Interment will
be in Mechanics Cemetery, Mills
boro.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

brother, Clarence Rogers. George
town.
Services will be Friday at / p. m.
at the Watson and Gray Funeral
Chapel, MiIlsboro. Interment will
be in Mechanics Cemetery, Mills
boro.
vESER
Mrs. Minnie t. veser. 50. died
Saturday, January %, at her home
after brief illness. She was the
daughter of the late Henry and
Mary Turner.
She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Elsie Martin, Willow Grove,
Pa, a son, Carl, Frankford; a
grandchild, and one great-grand-
child.
She was a member of the Taylor
vile, Nd, Methodist Church.
Services were held Monday at the
Watson and Gray Funeral Chapel.
with the Rev. Roy Phillips. pastor
of st. Georges Methodist Church,
Clarksville. officiating.
INGRAM
Paynter Ingram, 81, died Tues
day in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital.
He was taken there following
heart attack Tuesday at the A. and
NJ. Market. Argos Corner. near his
home.
Mr.. Ingram was the district DEM
ocratic committeeman. He operated
his own business Installing asphalt
driveways. He also operated an ex-
terminating company. He was a
member of the Slaughter Neck
Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Naomi;
three daughters, Charlotte, Rena.
and Betty; three sons, Frank, Ar
go's Corner, and Allen and Phillip;
three sisters, Mrs. Lena Johnson,
Houston: Mrs. Elva Lightcap,
Lynch Heights; Mrs. Edna Argo of
Argos Corner; three brothers. Ed
gar and Wilson of Milford, and
John of Georgetown, and two
grandchildren
Services will be held from the
Lofiand Funeral Home Friday at 2
p. m. The Rev. w. w. Hamilton of
Lincoln Methodist Church. will offi-
ciate Interment will be in the
Slaughter Neck Cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

PRAYER DAY ~ World Day of
Prayer will be held February nth,
at p. m, at the First Presbyteri-
an Church.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03
EPISCOPAL CHURCHwOMEN
PLAN PANCAKE PARTY The

women of Christ Episcopal Church
are busy making arrangements for
the annual Shrove Tuesday Pan
cake Party to be held February
IA in the Parish House from 500
D. m. to 11:0O D. m. A door prize
and a prize for each table is plan
ned. Tickets for this affair are to
be $1.00 each and can be purchased
in advance from Mrs. Glenn or Mrs.
Eldridge Prettyman. Tickets can
also be purchased at the door. Pan
cakes will be served.
Milford chronicle., 1961-02-03

ALDEN BRANCH - The Alden
Branch of the International Sun
shine Society will meet at 200 p.
m. Friday, the 10th. in the New
Century Club Room. Hostesses are
Mesdames Pierce, Burgette Short.
Sills. Wharton. Richardson. Helen
Sapp, and Miss Margaret Pollack.
Evening star., 1961-05-14

service, Elmer Moten: merito-
rious service. John j. Mccarthy;
30-year service, Sheldon Demo,
Walter Hall; 20-year service,
Arthur Grina, George Jordan,
June Nicholson, Monroe Day,
William Romig and Mrs. Freda
Ocheltree. Navy's Bureau
Of Yards and Docks has given
incentive awards to Melvin
Hermann, Mrs. Loretta Zir-
zow, Earl Taylor. Alice NARROW
and Mabel Evans. National
Federation Of Federal Employees
Local 1922 at Nays Bureau of
Yards and Docks has elected
the following officers: Louis
Dowling. jr., president; Hamil-
ton Sweeney, vice president;
Frances Murphy, secretary, and
Marc Estimate, treasurer e.
Emily Steele. an attorney in
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, has received an out
standing performance award.
OPEDA Organization of
Professional Employees Of the
Department of AgricuIture) has
selected DR.. T. Roy Reid, for
mer Agriculture Department
personnel director, as the win
ner Of its 1861 award. DR.. Reid
will receive the award and
address the group at a lunch
con at noon Tuesday in Room
1852 of the South Agriculture
Building. with the program in
the auditorium to follow.
Evening star., 1961-05-14

related he had learned, the rea-
son Washington and Lee
had been cold-shouldered "was
that some objection had been
made to the acceptance of the
statue of Lee because he wore
a Confederate uniform"
After considerable discus
sion among my colleagues" Mr..
Woodrum continued, II was led
to believe that If there had been
such feeling in other years, it
had entirely passed away"
Lee Proclaimed Hero
I'VE now unite" said Senator
David Walsh of Massachusetts
at the 1884 ceremony, lin pro-
claiming Lee q national hero"
Senator Walsh's declaration
contrasted vividly with that of
another Massachusetts, Senator
65 years earlier.
Back in 1870, soon after Lees
death. a Kentucky Senator
launched a move to return
Arlington to the Lee family:
it had been confiscated during
the war for nonpayment of
taxes and made into a cemetery
for Union dead.
Senator Charles Sumner, a
Evening star., 1961-05-14

bitter foe Of the Confederacy,
knocked that property return
plan in the head. saying Of
Lee:
He stands high in the cat
alogue of those who have i'm
brued their hands in their
country's blood. I hand him
over to the avenging pen Of
history"
Senator Summers instructive
antipathy toward Southerners
had been hardened. If 1t had
ever needed to be, by a terrible
physical beating he took in the
Senate at the hands of Rep
resentative Preston S. Brooks
of South Carolina In 1856.
Mr.. Brooks beat Senator
Sumner so hard with his cane
he broke it.
SouthernerS who hated Sen
ator Sumner and all other abb
olitionists mailed new canes
to Mr.. Brooks in great numbers.
Mr.. Brooks mourned later that
he would never be remembered
except as the man who caned
Charles Sumner.
Gentle Oren Long hopes to
be remembered as one of those
men with malice toward none.
Evening star., 1961-05-14

freedom and that the Union
would endure"
Senator Long said Lee es-
pecially served the aims Of
principle and unity as presi-
dent Of Washington College at
Lexington. Va, now Washing
ton and Lee University, after
the war.
THE time has come for Gen.
Lee to come home to the man
sion in Arlington" said Sena-
tor Long. Always, he has been
there in spirit. and I suggest
that that spirit is one which
all Americans revere"
Almost so years ago that
Virginia presented to the Ma
ton the statues Of two Of her
sons-Lee and George Wash
ington to represent the Old
Dominion in the Capitol'S
Statuary Hall.
But for 80 years they were
not accepted by the Govern
ment. They just stood there,
with no official sanction.
On May 10, 1884, there was
finally a ceremony in the Cap
itol's rotunda, sealing their
right to remain.
On that occasion. Repre-
sentative Woodrum Of Virginia
Evening star., 1961-05-14
By JOSEPH YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

One thing emerged rather
clearly from the hearings held
the other day by a Senate Civil
Service Subcommittee on the
need for financially strengthen
ing the civil service retirement
system.
Government employees and
their leaders face an uphill
fight in the immediate years
ahead to get any substantial
liberalization Of present retire
ment benefits, such as increased
annuities based on more lib
eral computation rate or earlier
retirement. In fact, their pres
ent equities in the retirement
system are also involved.
OF course, employees could
always contribute a greater per-
centage Of their salaries for ad-
ditional benefits. But they al
ready contribute 61a per cent,
and few would care to give
more.
Agree on Need
The reason future liberaliza-
ton Of retirement benefits is
not a bright prospect is the
present financial plight Of the
civil service retirement system.
1t has an unfunded liability of
$31 billion.
Nobody is predicting that the
system will go bankrupt. But
practically everybody is agreed
that 1t needs financial bolster
ing. The difference of opinion
is on how this should be done.
The Senate subcommittee
headed by Senator Clark, Dem.
ocrat Of Pennsylvania, is hold
Ing hearings on an administra-
tion-indorsed bill to strengthen
the retirement fund two ways.
The first is by giving a greater
interest yield on it's Treasury
bond investments. But this
would raise only an additional
$50 million a year, not enough
to- solve the funds difficulties,
So Billion a Year
The second part of the bill
would require automatic appro-
priations by Congress wherever
the funds in the system drop
below the amount of the total
contributions made by en-
ployeS. This is expected to oc-
cur starting in 1880.
Thus, according to the CSC's
own estimates. starting in 1880
the Government would have to
contribute $815 million a year
with the yearly contribution
steadily increasing. BY the year
1000, the Government contri-
button would be nearly 50 bill.
lion a year.
The alternative is to start
Evening star., 1961-05-14
Nursing Home
Groups Director

Alfred S. Ercolano has been
appointed executive director of
the American Nursing Home
Association.
Mr.. Ercolano has been serv-
ing as acting executive director
since February /.
From 1853 to 1861, he was
associated with the Arkansas
Blue CroSs-Blue Shield Plan in
Little Rock, Ark.
Anative of Flushing, N. Y,
Mr.. Ercolano was graduated
from the University of Arkan-
sas with a degree in secondary
education. He also has done
graduate work at the univer-
sity.
He and his wife and three
children live in Alexandria.