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Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01
UNDER THE INFLUENCE

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP)-Arrested
in Tucson on drunk charges during
one day were:
A woman who hooked a garden
hose to her kitchen faucet d
sprayed persons entering and leav-
ing nearby grocery store
A University of Arizona student
who walked down a main street
trying to balance a basketball on
his nose
An under-age youth who leaned
on an unmarked police car to
drink a can of beer.
And man who staggered by
mistake into the downtown police
station.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01
Twenty Years Ago
Taken from the June 5, 1912 Issue

AIKEN from the June 5, 1912 Issu
Nine sittings by the K e n
County Board of Registrations
since April A, have produced
only 19 additional voters on
the books, according TO War
rem T. Moore, secretary. Of
that total, only one is a voter
newly become of age. T h
others are transfers.
80
William S. Long, Jr., an
engineer on the Merchants and
Miners Line, is recuperiting at
his home in Frankford, after a
narrowing experience on his
last trip at sea. The IS h p
upon which he was on duty
was torpedoed and sunk i'm the
Caribbean several days ago.
Mr.. Long and other survivors
were able to cling onto four
open RATS, which were roped
together to prevent separation
on a tossing sea. Mr.. Long re-
lates that after 81 hours they
were rescued and conveyed to
a home port. He was treated
i'm a hospital until able to come
home. MIR. Long considers him
self fortunate in being here
with Mrs. Long to witness the
graduation of h e r son, Will
liam S. Long, 3rd, on Wednes-
day evening at the John M.
Clayton High School.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01
MILFORD CHRONICLE MILFORD DELAWARE FRIDAY JUNE 1862
All Short Course
Set For June 1920
continued from page one)


come better prepared to accept
adult responsibilities he said.
The event starts with a chicken
barbecue on Sunday afternoon and
encompasses a variety of activities
including class work, group dis
cussions, tour of the University
campus, public speaking contest,
square dancing, swimming, and a
style show. The State All talent
show will also be held during
Short Course.
DR.. Howard Rowe, assistant su-
perintendent of schools at Dover,
is the lead-off speaker on Sunday
evening. He will give the .cIub b
members a look at Russian Gull
ture". Other speakers include the
Rev. E. c. Thomas, pastor o f
Queen Anne's Methodist Church,
Queen Anne, Md; and DR.. Daniel
Biebuyck, University of Delaware
professor of anthropology, who win
discuss "our international oppor-
tunity as it applies to the Belgium
Congo. Other members of h e
University of Delaware staff will
also be included on the program.
While on campus at the Univer-
sity, the Alters will visit the school
of home economics and agriculture,
in addition to side trips to the Du-
Pont Company, the ]. c. Penny Co.
and others. Baker says demonstra-
tiOns will be conducted by many
of the departments during t h e
tours to acquaint the youngsters
with the work of the University.
Any All member over IA years
of age is eligible to attend t h e
Short Course. Reservations m ay
be made through the county All
agents in Newark, Dover and
Georgetown
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01
FRANKFORT
C. G.. CrOcker
Phone: 732-451S

Presbyterian NOres
Church School 10 AIN.
Worship Service III am.
Rev. Richard G Thompson. pastor.
Methodist Notes
Church School 10 am.
Worship Service IL AIN.
Rev. William I'll. Smith, pastor.
Bacculareate at pm. Sunday,
June 3rd, at John M. Clayton
School. Rev. Richard G. Thompson
will deliver the message. Rev. Will
lam H. Smith the Scripture Read
ing and Rev. Ronald Starns, the
benedictiOn.
Mrs Burton Cannon, Sr., has re-
turned to her home on Thatcher ST.
for the summer after spending sew
eral months with her daughter and
family in Rehoboth.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Mrs.
George Hersey, Mrs. Samuel Lock
wood and the newly elected presi-
dent, Mrs. Raymond Townsend at
tended the Delaware Women's IS
State Federated Club meeting held
in Seaford, Del
On June 4, John NJ. Clayton Sem
ior Glass will receive their diplom-
as at s pm. There are % grad
uates this year. The Valedictorian
is Miss Dean Muirhead and t h e
Salutorian is Gary Cash The two
other representative speaking for
the class will be Joyce Long and
Donna Rae Glover.
Mr. and Mrs. David Checker and
family are spending few days in
Fenwick from their duties at Cam
bodia. On Friday afternoon, David
gave a slide lecture ON life and
conditions in Cambodia at the John
NJ. Clayton auditoriu.
Birthday congratulations: M i S s
Elizabeth Richards on the End,
NAPLES Gum on the 9th.
G. G. says: HAndicaps maybe
stumbling blocks, but you can
make yours into stepping stones
and rise above them.
-OOO-
Classified Ads Get Results
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01
The Past In Review
News AS 1t Was Reported In The Chronicle
Forty Years Ago
Taken from the June ., 1922 Issue

Taken from the June 2, 1922 iss
Harry Jester of Glendale is
building an immense house or
home car, in which he and his
family will soon start a six
months tour from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, landing in Fla,
for the winter season.
Mo and Mrs. Warren Baker,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Lynch,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowcher and Mr..
and Mrs. Acant of Philadelphia
were guests at the Johnson
Hotel, Bowers Beach, over the
weekend and Memorial Day.
The men of this party are
veteran nimrods and usually
very expert with the rod and
reel. They took in the fishing :
on Monday and were very sue
cessful. They brought in one
hundred and fifty-six speckled
beauties.
o
The marriage of Capt. Chas.
r. Davis, Jr., to Miss Frances
Nelson, both of Frankford,
came as quite a surprise to
their many friends. The cere-
mony took place last week in
New York City. Mrs. Davis is
a daughter of Oscar Nelson.
Capt. Davis is a son of Chas.
r. Davis, cashier of the First
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01
Silver Hill SprUcing
Up For tomorrow

Continued from page one)
including a china silk brocade we'd
ding gown, and other finery pre-
served from a former day. Mrs.
Hoey Farrow and Mrs. Arthur Hall
are arranging this display.s
Mrs. Leslie l. March is supplying
period touches for the par1Or with
the addition of a love seat and a
few incidental pieces which recall
the past history of the house. The
parlor is where guests will be re-
ceived by Mrs. Elbert N Carvel,
Mrs. John j. Williams, Mrs. Harris
B. Mcdowell, Mrs. A. e. Humes and
Miss M. Catherine Downing, Socie-
ty president. Mrs Eldridge Pretty
man, hostess at the door, will be
assisted by Miss Lindas Thomas,
Miss Milford of 1862.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01
Ten Years Ago
Taken from the June 6, 1852 Issue

Taken from the June 6, 1852 Issu
The appointment of Charlotte
IsaTour Swanson as II o m e
Demonstration Agent i'm Kent
County, effective July 1, was
announced this week by Miss
M. Gertrude Holloway, State
III ON Demonstration leader.
Miss Swanson will graduate
from the University of Della
ware in June with a BIS. de-
gree in home economics edu-
cation.
Eleven Brownie Scouts have
received their health cards
and are now registered to at
tend Camp Todd, which is six
fhiles south of Denton, Md, on
beautiful Silver Lake for the
week of July 27 to August 2.
The girls who have been
selected are: Martha Wheat
ley, Ann Smith, Ann Mercer,
Jerry Wall, Starr Jewell, JOY
ce Hudson, Jean Strahle, Joan
Jefferson, Nancy Dohring,
Nina Jean Goodrich, and Nam
cy Clendaniel.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01
TEMPORARY STRIKE

TUCSON, Ariz (AP) More
than 100 workers walked off a
Titan missile silo construction job.
They just didn't like the work
ing conditions. Inside the 150-foot-
deep silo they had found two
skunks.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01
ONE-THIRD THE WOODS

LOUISVILLE, KY. apt h e
wooded area of Kentucky today is
about one-third as large as when
explorer Daniel Boone made h S
first trip into the state prio to the
Revolutionary War.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01
FIVE-TIME WINNER

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) = Cal
umet Farm holds the modern day
record for breeding the most Ken
lucky Derby winners :. five. But
A. j. Alexander turned the same
trick before and around the turn
of the century.
Milford chronicle., 1962-06-01

Africans in Uganda and Tangan-
yika make a tasty porridge out of
boiled green bananas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-07

of the car were down and he
saw his son, Eugene, 7, crawl
from the auto.
"A wave or something must
have broken his hold" Mr..
Waters said. II knew he was
gone but I didn't tell my wife. I"
Mr.. Waters said he shouted
to the other children to close
the windows. Then he saw a
rescue team waving a flag and
a boat manned by two mem
bers of the Dover fire company
took him, his wife and John,
jr., to safety.
Four Dead in Car
Members of the Delaware
National Guard pulled Mrs.
Wilmington and Alisa from
the car. They were rushed to
the hospital.
-Four of the children were
found dead in the car. A fifth
was found nearby later. They
were Monroe, IL; Rosa, 6;
Wayne, S; Charles, 3; and
Elizabeth, Is months.
Eugene was missing and pre-
Sumed drowned.
Mrs. Wilmington and Alisa
were admitted to the Kent
General Hospital. Mr.. and
Mrs. Waters and John, jr.,
were treated for exposure and
released. They are being shell
tered by the Red Cross.
Mrs. Waters is expecting an
other child in q week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-07
Pair Sees Children Die
As Flood Enqu|fs Car

family sat in the car and wait
ed for the tide to fall.
He recalled that he, his wife
and John, jr., finally struggled
to a nearby oyster shocking
house mounted on stills. He
said he was saved by his wife
when both were smashed under
water by a heavy wave as they
headed for the building.
"She dragged me to a spot
where I could get my head
above the water" Mr.. Waters
said. II got her in the build
ing, got my son out of the car
and started back for the rest.
I was going to start back but
my wife kept hollering that I
wouldn't make it. I did have
my doubts"
1t developed that Mr.. Waters,
his wife and John, jr., were
stranded at the shocking house
and had to watch helplessly as
the car containing Mrs. Whit
tington and the other seven
children was swept across the
Waters yards by the tide and
waves.
Mr.. Waters said the windows
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-07
DOVER, Del, Mar. { (AP)

DOVER, Del, Mar. Z (AP).-
Mother, they're all dead"
Mrs. Virginia Waters. 81,
recalled these words from Der
daughter, Alisa, 9, after high
waters from the flooded shore
line of the Delaware Bay swept
away six other Waters chill
dren yesterday as they tried
to flee their home during a
severe storm.
Five children drowned. The
sixth was missing and pre-
Sumed drowned. Only Mrs.
Waters, her husband, John A.
Waters, Al; Alisa, and a BROTH
er, John, jr., S; and Mrs. Wa
ters' blind mother, Mrs. Mamie
Wilmington, 81, survived.
"She (AliSa) didn't know us
when we were in the hospital, "
Mrs. Waters said. She kept
telling us, Mother, they're all
dead She knew. She knew"
Couldn't Get Away
The family's house is in
Bowers, 20 feet from the st.
Jones River and near Delaware
Bay, about 10 miles southeast
of Dover.
Mr.. Waters said the water
was so high by the time the
family was dressed and in the
car that he saw no chance to
drive away safely. He said the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-07
u. S. Recognizes
Burma Regime
Of Gen. Ne Win

The United States today ex-
tended its official recognition
to the new revolutionary gov
eminent of Burma, headed by
Gen. Ne Win.
The State Department an
nounced that Unites States
Ambassador John S. Everton
in Rangoon delivered a note
to the Burmese Foreign Office
which was IAN expression of
recognition of the present gov
eminent of Burma by the
United States Government"
Gen. Ne Win took power last
Friday for the second time
within three years, with the
announced purpose of speeding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-07

Queens, New York City, was
declared unsafe because of
storm damage and occupants
were ordered out. This area is
on the South Shore of Long Is
land. Similar steps were taken
at two apartment buildings.
The Belt parkway in Brook
lyn, which hugs the shoreline
in many places, had to be
closed.
At Wildwood, N. j., a series
OF severe fires destroyed a
furniture store and burned
seven other buildings. Sparks
from a blaze in the two-story
store were blown to a pair of
az story residences a block
away and set off fires which
destroyed the houses. Also
damaged were four one-story
offices and a restaurant near
the furniture store.
Thousands fled low-lying
areas along the seaboard.
Damages were expected to
mount into the millions of dol
lars.
The ferocious storm let go
with its main punch yesterday
and these were some of the
effects:
At Dover, Del, five children
members of the John A.
Waters family - drowned as
they started to flee the flooded
Shoreline of Delaware Bay. A
sixth child was missing and
presumed drowned.
Two New Jersey couples were
washed away and declared
missing last night when a
Coast Guard amphibious vessel
evacuating them was smothered
by a 10-foot wave near Beach
Haven inlet. Three other evac-
ueeS and two Coast Guardsmen
managed to hang on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-07
JobIess Pay Plan
Due Next Week
BY the Associated Press

The White House says Presi-
dent Kennedy's proposals for
improving unemployment COM
pensation will be sent to Con-
gress next week.
Press Secretary Pierre Sal
niger also said yesterday that
Mr.. Kennedy's proposals for
an office of science manage
ment will 60 to Congress next
week.
NewSmen ha ID understood
that the unemployment insur-
ance recommendations would
go to Congress yesterday. but
Mr.. Salinger said it was a mis-
understanding,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-07

replied to a Burmese note.
The United States express
sion of recognition followed by
less than a day a similar &C
Ition by the British government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-07

reforms and hating a drift
toward communism.
The State Department said
Mr.. Everton's message from
the United States Government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-07
Furious Winds, Flood Tides Continue
To Lash Northeast; Death Toll Rises
By the Associated Press

AhC ACiiIldIlIS VI GerrlIlC
storm, shorn of snow and
freezing rain but strong in
battering winds and inundating
tides, continued to lash the
Northeast today.
The storm, by far the areas
worst of a waning winter, was
born Of systems that converged
from the West and South and
hurtled up the Eastern Sea-
board yesterday, piling up deep
snow in some inland areas and
flooding vast coastal areas.
Numerous sections reported
snarled transportation, devas-
tating fires and flooded towns.
At least 20 deaths were
counted, and 8 persons were
reported missing.
The main body of the storm
moved out to sea.
The storms backlash of stag
gering winds-reported as high
as "a miles an hour or hurri-
cane velocity at Block Island,
R, I.-churned seas into noun
famous waves and sent them
smashing into coStal areas
from North Carolina to New
England.
Outer Banks Battered
A violent storm whipped in
to the Outer Banks region of
Hatteras, N. c., early today
leaving numerous persons"
stranded and doing consider
able property damage. No
deaths or injuries were re-
ported.
The storm, causing tides of
three to five feet above normal,
virtually cut off a major por-
ton of the 70-mile stretch of
Outer Banks from the main
land. Mainland cities and towns :
along the coast also were af-
fected.
The North Carolina State
Office of Civil Defense said it
was advised that the Elizabeth
City Coast Guard station was
sending helicopter to remove
some persons stranded in sum-
mer beach cottages in the Mays
Head area. .
Numerous persons" were re-
ported stranded and boats were l
sent to aid excavations.
Some winter residents of !
Fire Island, a summer play
ground off the South Shore of
New York's Long Island, were
reported to have appealed to
the mainland for someone to S
come get them. This, however,
was not Immediately possible
because of the tempestuous :
seas.
At least IS homes were de- =
stroyed on Fire Island and :
other coastal areas of Long {,
Island. A large house on the
estate of James F. Mcdonald ,
near Southampton was re- !
ported washed away. Another :
home lost was that of Harry :
Brandt, motion picture theater
chain owner, at Westhampton.
Commuter train and ferry
service in the New York metro
politan area was Snagged again !
today, as 1T was yesterday, by :
the violence of the storms
aftermath.
Ferry service linking Manhat-
tan and Northern New Jersey
was halted, but boats continued
to ply between Manhattan and
Staten Island across the harbor :
to the south.
New Railroad Troubles
The Long Island Railroad had G
new troubles and delays on it's :
South Shore line and had to
transport some passengers by :
bus.
Flooding of tracks and stalled q
trains also snarled commuter i,
railroads in Northern New Jer- :;
Sey, some of which carry pas 1.
SengerS into New York.
A hotel in the Rockaways,
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-30
Mckinney PARK NOW. OPEN

Mckinley Park Station throughou;
the summer.
Superintendent King stated that
improvements to the park roa1
would continue during the season,
Short sections of the road betweea
Sanctuary and Teklanika Rivers
will be under construction. arL
while subject to short delays, vii
be open to traffic at all times.
Indications are that Mount Me-
Kinley National Park will attract
visitors from the smaller states as
we'll as from foreign lands during
the 1862 season. Many will come
after seeing the attractions at the
Seattle Worlds Fair. Hotel Manage
Vaughan suggests that anyone desic-
ing to stay at the hotel should make
their reservations in advance of "a
rival at the park
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-30

The Mckinley Park Hotel opened
last Saturday; Robert Vaughan, no.
tel manager and his staff had been
busy for days getting the hotel ready
to accommodate visitors in the best
tradition of Alaska
In addition to hotel accommoda-
tons, eight-hour Wildlife tours are
available to park visitors. Following
an early Sourdough breakfast. mod
ern buses will leave the hotel daily
for the 130-mile tour to Eielson
Visitor Center and return
A service station where motorists
may obtain fabrication and repair
service as we'll as gasoline and oil
is located on the park road near the
hotel. Campers will be able to pur-
chase food supplies, including fresh
produce and meats at the grocery
store adjacent to the service station
For those who wish light snack
or full meal, the hotel dining room
will be open from 7:30 am. to 10
am for breakfast, from 1870 m to
2 pm. for lunch, and from $50 pm.
to pm for dinner.
Removal of ice and snow from
the park road was difficult this year
but road crews expected to have
the road open to Eielson Visitor
Center by June l.
The Denal Highway approach to
the Park is expected to be open
for private car travel by June l.
Additionally, the Alaska Railroad
will provide daily train service
from Anchorage and Fairbanks to
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-30
FIRST CRUISE

Capt. Jim Binkley of the River
Boat Discovery began the first of
his seasons cruises last Saturday
down the Chena. The official OPEN
ing of his increasingly popular
river cruises is today, Memorial
Day.
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-30
=. THIS WEEK IN FAIRBANKS j..

Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
Alaska Section, pocket transit award
as the engineer who shows the most
promise of contributing to the min
eral industry.
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-30

, of the United Funds group of mu-
tual funds. Representatives from all
over the nation are expected to at
tend the convention June | and 2
in Kansas City, Mo.
The United Funds group of mu-
tual funds has assets of over S1A
billion and is the fourth largest such
group in the nation.
LIFT RESTRICTIONS
The Department of Highways an
nounced Friday that restrictions
have been lifted on Airport Road
and on College Road to Esther Sid
ing.
SOCIETY FORMED
At recent local meeting of the
Tanana Valley Bar Association it
was voted to form a legal aid So
ciety; about 80 local attorneys will
par ticipate.
The primary purpose will be to
aid INDECENT persons An office is
to be set up and each week a diff
ferent attorney will be available for
few hours each afternoon at
which time counsel will be given.
SENATOR'S AIDE HERE
Miss Laura Olson of Senator Err
nest Gruening's staff, arrived in
Fairbanks today to learn first hand
some of the agricultural problems in
the Tanana Valley. Miss Olson is
accompanied by Floyd Higbee, depu-
ty administrator of the Farmers
Home Administration, and William
H. Rover Of the Federal Crop In
surance Corporation.
The trio also visited the Matanus-
ka Valley, the Kenai Peninsula, and
Kodiak.
INDIAN READING CLUB
The Fairbanks Public Library an
nouncessa summer reading program
for children who have completed
4th grade. No dues-no meetings.
just read
S'AACAi JolliiIiS tilS lfididi1 RtdufIS
Club, members receive club but
ton. When two books have been
read, members get their Indian
head-bands. For each book read
after that they receive feather for
their head-bands.
The club will end August Is. A
party will be held after Labor Day
for all members.
SOCIAL SECURITY MAN
It's social security time again.
Ray Williams. SIS field representa-
tive will be in Fairbanks Monday,
June 4 through Friday, June s. He
will. be at Room / in the Post Office
Building from l pm. until S pm.
$ Anyone @inS The Fairbanks arsass is
urged to make. note of .WillMd5s
visit if they wish to file a social
Security claim or have question
about social security.
WINS AWARD
Daniel Renshaw, senior in mining
engineering, University of Alaska,
received the American Institute of
Jessen's weekly., 1962-05-30

Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
Alaska Section, pocket transit award
as the engineer who shows the most
promise of contributing to the min
eral industry.
SET COMP HEARINGS
Hearings on disputed claims will
be heard by the Alaska Workmens
Compensation Board in Fairbanks
The hearings will be held in Car
penters' Hall on June 1919.
HOME &c COURSE
Judy Mckinley, University of
Alaska junior in home economics.
Will take part in a four weeks
course of the Danforth Fellowship
program. The course includes two
weeks in st. Louis and two weeks
at camp in Michigan.
WATER STUDY
Quantity and Quality of Surface
Waters of Alaska, 1860, is the title
of Geological Survey Water-Sup-
ply Paper 1920. just received in Fair
banks. The 122-page book was pre-
pared in cooperation with the State
of Alaska, under the direction of the
US. Department of the Interior.
FAMILY DEPARTS
Mrs. Marily Thrift and her To-
year-old son Carl. left Fairbanks
recently. Mrs. Thrift joined her
husband, Charles, who was recently
appointed Police Chief at Wrangell.
Carl Flew to Hillsdale, Calf, where
he will visit with his grandparents.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thrift. until the
fall school season.
FUNERAL SERVICES
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow at 1890 am. at the Fair
banks Memorial Chapel for Irene
Fouquette, who died last Saturday
in ST. Joseph Hospital.
Mrs. Fouquette's husband died
here only seven weeks ago on April
Z, after undergoing surgery.
BOAT RACES TO-DAY
The Fairbanks Cupboard Associa-
ton will open the racing season
today with pit races at their racing
pit located 11s miles south on the
Richardson Highway.
The pit races will substitute for
the Yukon 700 Marathon, originally
scheduled for Memorial Day, but
Cancelled due to the condition of the
river and the Steese Highway t,
Circle.
OPEN HOUSE
The Fairbanks Trap and Skeet
Club will have an open house today
at the club grounds located at Mark
Acres, z Mile on the Steese
There will be team and exhibition
matches until 3 pm, followed by