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Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Jack Dyer Is
New Head OF
Christ Church Rector
Named To Succeed
Rev. James H. Lap
pen For Year 1862.

The Reverend E. John Dyer
rector of Christ Episcopal Church
was recently elected to head uI
the Milford Ministerium for the
year 1862 He succeeds the Rev
erend James H. Lappen. pastor OF
the First Presbyterian Church
who led the deStinies of the Min
isterium through the year, 1861
This group consists of the min
listers of some Is of the is Mil
ford churches.
Mr.. Dyer, in the short time he
has been in Milford, has made his
presence known in the Ministe err
ium by his active participation in
its meetings and activities. He
was the preacher of last years
A nnua Ministerium-spon
Community Thanksgiving Service.
along with the Reverend
Paul L. Buehrle, he has helped to
make the arrangements necessary
to carry out a new Ministerium
project, that of bringing to Mil
ford the famous Upsala College
Choir.
bOPC W IAlt lull
an effective instrument of Gods
will in the community of Milford
and this can only be done by hav-
ing laymen share in our efforts, .
recently observed the new Minis
terium president. To facilitate the
realization of this revolutionary
philosophy he intends to appoint
I subcommittee of ministerial
md lay members soon. The mem
bership of this committee will be
announced at the next Minister
ium meeting on February II.
Mr.. Dyer deplores the ineffec-
tiveness of the Ministerium in the
Dast and lays the blame for this,
in good measure. on the lack of
lay membership in the group. His
aim, is to have the Ministerium S
views well-known in the many
areas of social problems in Mil
ford.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
80 Pts. OF Blood
Needed For Surgery

Mary and Oscar White of Ellen
dale, Delaware, viii need so pints
Of blood before they can undergo
open heart surgery and live a
normal healthy existence
You can be a donor at the Mil
ford Fire Hall, Monday, February
18th, between 11:00 a. III. and 100
p. III.
Why does the Delaware Heart
Association need blood for these
children? In 1856 the heart lung
machine was invented. This ma
chine does the work of the heart
and lungs when il is used in
heart operation. The heart lung
machine circulates and Oxygen
ICES the blood; therefore, allowing
the doctors to operate on a dry
non-moving heart. Many lives
have been saved by this machine
alone, because you gave. Twenty
900 pints of blood are required to
prime" this machine. Each pint
Of blood used may be replaced
by paying $4,000 per pint or by
replacing pints for each pint
used. (40 pints.)
The Delaware Heart Associa-
tion is not able to pay 100000 for
blood per operation. Unless, per-
son is able to pay $1,000 for his
blood, the only way we can make
the blood available for that per-
son is to replace the blood on a
continued on page hNeD
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Wilmington Dollar
Days Due This Week

For four straight days next
week. Wednesday through Satar-
day. Wilmington merchants will
stage their seth semi-annual Dol
lar DAYS in a carnival atmosphere
that promises % draw many thou
sands OF shop. RS into the city.
Sponsored by the Retail Mer-
chants Section OF the Delaware
State Chamber OF Commerce. the
February sales event will repeat
the pattern established last Au-
gust. when the traditional one-day
affair was deliberately scheduled
over four consecutive days 10 per-
nit greater shopping opportunity
for more people
The change was brought about
last February. when inclement
weather forced an extension OF
Dollar Day shoppers and mer-
chants alike reacted 50 favOrably
TO this extension that the follow
ing August il was decided 10 make
the semi-annual occurrence a reg
ular fOur-day event
tcontinued on page fivel
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Oeadline Near On
Handicapped Essays

The chairman of the Governors
Committee for Employment of the
Handicapped, L. III. Snyder. of At
las Chemical Industries, Inc, ad-
vises that the time is drawing
close for submission of entries in
this years Essay Contest. The
national prizes total S2,275 and
are donated by the Disabled Amer
lean Veterans National Organiza-
tion. The Delaware prizes consist
of Savings Bonds with a value of
1915 donated by the Disabled Am
erican Veterans, The American
Legion and the Veterans of For
eign Wars. In addition, Della
wares first place Essay Contest
winner will receive an all expense
paid trip TO Washington as a gift
OF the Delaware State Labor Coun-
ell AFL-CIO.
The interest in this national Es-
say Contest has increased each
year and this years theme. THE
Role of the Community in the En-
ployment of the Handicapped" Of
continued on pase nvel
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
DeMolay Here To
Install Officers

The impressive ceremonies OF
installing the new officers OF
Temple Chapter will be held Sat
urday evening. February 3rd, at
7:30 o'clock in the Milford High
School cafeteria.
The Kent Chapter of Dover. who
so impressively conferred the de-
grees last December, will conduct
these ceremonies.
The Dover and Georgetown
Bethels of the Order of Jobs
Daughters have been invited to be
present and to participate
The Flower Talk will be given
as soon as the installation is com
pleted
To hear the Flower Talk. which
is a beautiful tribute to mothers
and mother love. will stir your
deepest emotions.
Invitations have been sent to the
present and To the Past Grand
Masters of Masons of Delaware.
Invitations have also been sent
to Masters of Delaware Lodges.
a personal invitation was ex-
tended TO Mayor Al Humes to be
present
continued on page hve)
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
CarveI N ames
Bob Thompson
Sussex Judge
Rehoboth Attorney Gets
S12,500 Post; Has To
Be Confirmed By The
Delaware State Senate.

Governor Carvel announced this
week that he has selected Robert
ID. Thompson, Jr.. Georgetown and
RehObOth attorney, to fill the va
cant seat on the Family Court of
Kent and Sussex Counties.
If confirmed by the Senate. the
37-year-old lawyer will join Judge
Marion Stevenson on the bench.
The new law creating the court
went into effect February l.
Thompson has been practfcing
law in Georgetown since 1857 and
was an attorney for the State SEN
lte in the 10th General Assembly
He is Sussex right-of-way attor-
ney for the State Highway Depart
ment and was delegate to the
1850 Democratic convention.
He is graduate of Lewes High
School and both the University of
Maryland and its Law School
The appointment is for a 12
year term and carries an annual
salary of $4,000
In picking Thompson. Carvel
by-passed the other two candi-
dates submitted to him by the
Sussex County Bar Association
Ralph Baker and Claud Tease.
Earlier the Governor had Sc
lected Milford School Superinten-
dent Chester T. DickersOn for the
lob, but Dickerson declined to ac-
cept it, saying he felt he could
serve his community best in his
present position
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Teacher Recruitment
Helped By Sen. Bill

Governor Elber; y. Carvel's
signature on Senate Bill SO will
be a big incentive 10 the recruit
ment OF teachers for the school
year ls62-63." Charles X. Harris,
Executive Secretary. Delaware
State Education Association. said
this week
Governor Carvel signed the bill
into law on Wednesday. January
"a. IL received final legislative ap-
proyal or December I.
The measure. which amends the
State Employees Pension System.
permits professional school EN-
ployees 10 count out-of-state teach
ing experience toward pension
eligibility. Under provisions of the
measure. a total of four years. on
q year FOR year basis. is allowed
for this credit II the employee
has four years OF out-Of-state ser
vice. the experience can only be
used toward a 30 year retirement
The experience cannot BE- used to-
fcontinued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Merchants Today And
Tomorrow Will Offer
A Host OF Bargains In
Every Store; Open
Both Evenings.

Every potential shopper in low
er Delaware is enjoined to come
to Milford today, Friday, February
2, and tomorrow, Saturday, Febru-
airy 3, and find out for themselves
that the slogan of the Milford
Chamber OF Commerce, sponsor of
the annual mid-winter Dollar
Days, is not just idle gossip, but
really the truth-"There are Bar
gains Galore in Every Store"
There is no question but that the
merchants of Milford have put
forth a supreme effort TO make
February semi-annuaf Dollar Days
q sales, fete that will be remem-
bered for a long time to come.
You will not only find bargains
galore in every one of the cooper
ating stores, but along with their
marvellous offerings of fresh sea-
sonal merchandise budget priced,
the stores will give them a pre-
view OF styles for spring.
Plans for this mighty sales
event have been developed and
carried TO fruition by Wayne Kline,
chairman of the Mercantile Divis-
ion, and Robert III. Yerkes, secre-
tary of the Board of Directors.
An insight of just what you can
expect from cooperating stores,
may be surmised by reading the
Dollar Day section of this news
paper from page 3 through IA, a
complete six-page section. This
same section was also sent as a
circular early this week
To take care of the many per-
sons who, because of work, etc,
are unable to shop during the
daytime hours. the stores will be
open both Friday and Saturday,
February , and 3. until 8 p. M.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Miniature PlOw Given To
Smithsonian Institute
By The Francis p.
Leithisers.

The Smithsonian Institution re
Gently acquired from Mr.. and Mrs
Francis P. Leithiser a miniature
plow for the Museums collection
Mr. Edward C. Kendall Associ-
ate Curator in Charge of the Di-
vision of Agriculture and Forest
Products for the Museum, ar au-
thOrity on early agriculture imple-
ments, recognized the plow as an
outstanding object of early Amer
lean craftsmanship.
This miniature plow was recoy-
cred from the bottom of the Suse-
quehanna River, just below Hayre
de Grace, Maryland, by a net fish
erman sometime prior to 1924.
Snagged at night, ard being a
sunken obstruction to nets, it was
taken into the fisherman's boat for
disposal ON shore Not until the
next day was the object recogniz-
ed as a small plOw instead of the
usual sunken driftwood Being a
curiosity, the plow was not thrown
aside but given to a resident of
Havre de Grace, from whom it
was obtained by Mr. and Mrs.
Leithiser
No date is available as to its
origin or where it came from Git
is estimated to be over a century
old. Taken from the Susquehan-
ma. prior to the construction of the
Conowingo Dam, the plow could
have drifted down from New York
or Pennsylvania However, in all
probability, it came from the i'm
mediate vicinity of Hartford or
Cecil Counties in Maryland
CONTINUED on page fiVe)
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Milford AS Well A S
Other Districts Is Now
Free To Buy Sites And
Let Bids for COnstruc-
tiOn Purposes.

A bill authorizing a $12,388,3 800
school construction program was
signed into law by Governor Ell
bert \. Carvel last Friday.
The bill, HB 359, provides for a
state contribution of S8.0O0.3OO to
local school districts, toward total
construction costs of $12,21O, 900.
The school districts will put up
the rest.
Also included in the state bond
issue will be $17S, 200 for the State
Board of Education for supervis-
ing and auditing the projects.
Formerly the supervising and
auditing was done by the private
ly-Operated Delaware School Aux
iliary Association, which has re-
Gently stated it can no longer
shoulder this burden.
The bill provides for construc-
ton Of q school projects through
out the state.
Largest of these is a $4 million
project for Newark Special School
District. Also included is a ST.
100000 project for the Alfred l.
dupont School District and
$4,000 Wilmington project.
Most of the projects have the
customary 60-40 state-local fl
nancing, but ten would be under
taken entirely at state expense.
These are: Bridgeville, $4,000;
Frankford, $2S,7O0; Greenwood,
100000; William W NJ Henry,
1923 500: Millsboro. $5S.O0O; Caes-
ar Rodney, $24O.OOO; Wilmington,
$65 900. Townsend. $500; Ben-
jamin Banneker, $250.000; and Re-
hobOth Special, $4,000.
continued on page four)
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02


The county office manager ex-
ecutes the policies OF the county
committee and is responsible for
the day-lo-day operations OF the
Office This means that he Will be
Responsible 10 the county commit
tee for the administration of such
Department OF Agriculture pro-
grams as. the Agricultural Con-
seryation Program. Feed Grain
Programs Acreage Allotment and
Market Quotas and the commod-
iiy Credit Corporation Grain and
Farm Storage Facility Loan Pro-
grams he must be able 10 read.
Interpret and anuiv instrneiinfn4
received from the State ASc
County Committee which governs
the operations nf thass- --eEEssss.
In Sussex County
la order 10 qualify for employ
lcontlnued on page filte.e1
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Crop Production In
State Fluctuates

Crop production in Delaware
last year was characterized by
ups and downs" notes the Del
aware State Development Depart
ment in summe. .'izing the state s
farm yields for 1861.
Basing its observations upon
statistics supplied by the U. S.
Department OF Agriculture, the
state information agency points
out that while the total value of
1861 Delaware crops increased
more than 100000. the increased
yields for some crops were offset.
10 some extent. BY production de-
ciines in other crops.
Delaware production OF corn for
grain tOtaled 7,37S.OOO bushels in
1861. 2l per cent below the pre-
yiOus year This decline was ap-
parently due 10 an equivalent de-
'fcontinued on page FOUR
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Employment E Museum Piece
State Youth Acquired From
Vital Need Milford Couple
State Commission Of
Children And Youth
Has So Informed Con-
gressiOnal Members.

The Delaware Commission on
Children ard Youth informed the
Delaware members of Congress
this week that it considered pass
age of a federal Youth Employ
ment Opportunities program vital
for the employment needs of Del
aware's youth There are over a
thousand unemployed young peo-
pie under u registered with the
State Employment Service, 65%
Of whom lack high school educa-
ton, and many with no work ex-
perience at all A combination
program of retraining and work
experience is needed to prevent
the development of group of
'hard-cOre unemployabfes" for the
decade ahead. with its attendant
problems of welfare allowances,
delinquency, and crime, according
TO a report on out-of-school, un-
employed youth in Delaware issu
ed today by the Commission
During the 1861 session of Con-
gress, President Kennedy asked
for enactment of a bill embodying
three pilot programs for refrain
ing unemployed youth: an On-the-
Job Training Program: a Public
Service Employment and Training
Program; and Youth Conserva-
tion Corps Program, similar to the
one of the 1930's.
0n-the-JOb Training Program
This program may include.
through arrangement with the De-
Welfare, supplementary classroom
Instruction
The cooperation of private and
public agencies; employers; trade
associations; labor organization;
and other industrial, educational
and community groups will be
sought. Private employers will be
continued on page six
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Sussex Plans
For Big 1862
Heart Drive
Luncheon Held At The
Milford Hotel Las t
Thursday Evening Was
County Wide.

The annual luncheon for all SU6-
sex County Community Chairmen
was held al the Milford HOte. on
Thursday, January 25th, where al
plans for a successful campaign
We're organized Last year SUSSEX
County went over The mark by 30R
and each one is hoping to make
il bigger and more successful
drive n his or her community. The
goal ICr Delaware is 1925, 900.
Mr.. Marlin Mowery, Executive
Director of the Delaware Heart
Association, spoke on the work and
services of the Heart Association
and how our dollars have made
possible the extensive research
which mas produced the many
cures aHG preventative in thiS.
our nations number one killer
heart disease.
He pointed out the many ser
vices Delaware Heart Association
gives its people and how many
lives have been saved because you
gave Cardiac Camp, Rheumatic
Fever, Preventive Medicine Clin-
les, Loan Shelf, Heart Clinics,
Blood Drawings, are a few of the
many services provided by the Del
aware Heart Association.
Mrs. Frank Lynch, Sussex Coun-
ty Heart Chairman, discussed the
various phases of the drive and
was particularly happy to have the
chairmen see the Memorial Heart
Fund Fountain which was placed
in the lobby of the hotel by the
Milford Rotary Club in memory
of the late Rotarian, Mr.. Don Holz
The Fountain has to date
brought in over $4,000 since Oc-
tober %, 1861, and the Rotary is
to be commended for this mem
orable project
lcontinned on page tiNel
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Special Program At u. OfD.
ON Horses Newt We'd. Nighf

on Wednesday evening. Febru
school OF Agriculture. VIII preset
and showing ot horses This prOgr
Field House in Newark. Delaware.
81 the program concerns the iudgi
horse shows AZ a walk. trOt and &
Judge OF West Chester. Pa. viii
Judge the horses giving his rea-
sons Tor his decisions He Will BE-
assisted by members 81 the Uni
versity's Equestrian Club. riding
their horses
The second half ~ the pro-
gram will be 4 demonstration %
high school riding known as
Dressage. This takes a highly
trained horse aTrd a skilled rider
and Is very beautiful tO watch.
The horse appears 60 D. dancing
Few riders are able 70 achieve
skin In thss ara hlt rlaay FissiEs
schools teach the basic movements
10 their pupils for il makes bet
ter al rnnnA he>~4sa = = = ~
trained. Brigadier General r r
wing. Jr,. viii describe the dem
oastrstsOn which viii Be ridden hS
continued On pNgS fifteenl
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
,$12 Million State
School Bill Nov
Signed Into Law
ATTENTION, READERS OF
THE CHRONICLE

When an address change
is reported to the post office,
and not reported to the office
of the Milford Chronicle, the
post office is obligated, ac-
cOrding to regulations, to
charge a fee for executing
the change of address. This
situation proves to be both
ersOme to postal handlers,
and expensive to the Milford
Chronicle.
In the future, if you
change your mailing address,
please notify the Milford
Chronicle when you notify
the post office to save both
parties concerned consider
able bother and expense.
Thank you,
THE EDITOR
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Local Twist Winners
At Capitol Theater

nihdy EnaEess and Eddie Fas-
sell. who recently won the Twist
nnAis AZ the Milford Theatre. win
appear ~ the Capitol Theatre in
Dover Tor the state Twist" Con-
test on Saturday
They will compete with Min.
ners throughout the state The
contest viii be held a. $50 b M
me movie Twist Around the
'l. a.ss ias Chubby Checker
and Dion wlil BE- shown.
20 go on down % the Capitol
@..s. avvt fOr sindy and
Eddie.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
State Museum Has
Two New Exhibits

Inc Delaware STATE Museum has
Installed two new exhibits whss
p.oA lns very popular Oas .
an exhibit % New Y4.r Fsr-...ss
Elegant Eighties- asd
uAuN presents thai w~Te
popular during - 1SSaSs Ts-
type % gIvsrs oriri-.r..s ,.r,rs, rar
-sz.3 sssssaan ssInpsr~r~ - rsx~~
New Years giving - a,qss1~ vxv
- extract hc=tas~s fr.as.a s~-.s- -a.A-
e SWING Was ali one SD
80 the Ernpcrer eTi1S the
l''eSst and aDyOne TaiiRcx 70
s'Ne would be in dissavOr. TO re-
'Se'attnued On p2se ssNeas
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Dollar Days Non
Being Observed By
Milford Merchants
TRUST COMPANY is NOW
PAYING MORE INTEREST

The Milford Trust Com
pany is now paying three
per cent interest on savings
accounts.
According to bank officials,
this new rate went into eff
feet on January l.
The general policies of the
bank pertaining to savings
accounts remains the same.
The Milford Trust Com
pany is a member OF the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Cor
pOratiOn.
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
Farm And Home
Week Programs

Copies Of the University of Dell
aware's Farm and Home Week
program were mailed 10 s.UOO Del
aware farmers during the past
week. according to George Napaa.
Kent County Agent Mailing was
handled b. the county ASCS Of
fees ia MIddletown. Dover and
Georgesow he said
Additional EupaGs aEs available
- the county. extension Office an
~ second floor of she Dover post
-. s~a s,-rs. aitu picn mp =
copy or give us cali and we'll
mail YOU one. MIR Napaa adds.
continued o.. paSe siAl
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02

- 80 t'ftA @ttf-h ARANA - - AkA
F4ascn
Mr. Roe has been director 81 in-
a8strlai sales for the electric CON-
Pany slncr 1864 He is a native ~
Dover. Delaware. a graduate ~
fs~la~Are schools aud has a de-
gree la eis~ctrAcAs engineering from
the tnlyefsHy ~ Delaware
Mr. Roe s0ined the electric COM
f.swy in 1855 as Installation enEi-
n~sr. hs has subsequently, been
54nioF eiklsi0n engineer la haF-
flnsfons dlsfrhct mAhsFer Ia Mile
t1efo ABd l~surei. Industrial sales
sAxan~sfs superintendent 81 the
aaAs-tsf-FslaF department. and as-
sast2nf sales manager
49, = r-r1TH "a rlsEch.
s-As'a~ sd r<scisl s-~srs iie l. =
m~Gb~r os A asaiy Methodist
q z44ax--x4 x4-a. 90 - c.
tooatinas-d Ca t1-xr rss@rn5
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
County ASC Committee Is
Seeking office Manager

Silas OF he in
be
cepted Thursday vacancy
e. Smith
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02
4. e.. Roe, Named General
Manager Of Electric Utility

rhoas oe has been named general
Public he
.hleh include
and viii be under his s~per
Milford chronicle., 1962-02-02

iary I. the University Of Delaware
m prosrHm on Judging. training
am Wiil axe place in the Carpenter
oeslnaing AZ D. M The first half
lns X hunter As shown in tcaay's
canter Mr.. Fred Pinch. wen kno~n
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-25
School Artists
Offered Contest

Commercial art students in
the local high schOOls-Whea-
ton, NOrthwOOd, and Einstein
- are invited to submit de-
signs for a membership decal
for the Wheaton Chamber of
Commerce.
The Wheaton Chamber has
additionally used a, triangle
as its symbol, but this is not
necessarily a requisite for the
decaI. The emblem should be
from four to six inches i'm
height and width and would
probably be most effective i'm
color.
All entries should be sub.
mitted to the Wheaton Cham
Der of Commerce, 1890 Viers
Mill Road, Wheaton. by No
vember Is, 1862. A trophy will
be awarded to the student sub
hitting the winning design as
determined by a panel of
judges.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-25
Apple Butter Pays Off at PAS

the Student Council as they
scraped the bottom of the kettle
the apple butter kettle, that is.
Last week, in an effort to MAKE
money, the council picked, peel
ed and cooked six bushels of
apples. On Wednesday the
council descended on McCalrS
orchard and dignified members
were soon high in the trees fill
ing their buckets. On Friday
evening they came in to peel
apples with the help of two old
fashioned apple peelers; then at
8 on Saturday morning they
rolled out of bed to start the pot
bubbling. A 25-gallon kettle was
filled to the top and, as it
dubbed away, enthusiastic
members took turns stirring it..
About 4 o'clock 80 pounds of
sugar was added and five bags
of cinnamon candy. Then at Z
O'Clock while one weary mem
Der stirred, several others fill
ed and sealed 1913 jars which
amounted to 81 quarts.
At the fair the council set up
a stand sold S21 worth of butter.