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Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
Local Stores Open
On Monday Evening
Until Six O'clock
Will Be Closed All Day
On Christmas; Plans
Being Completed For
Yuletide Lighting Con-
test.

All Milford stores will be open
on Monday evening, December "a,
until six O'Clock, and of course, all
Milford stores are open today Fri
day, December 81 from 3 to 8, with
the same hours prevailing tomor-
row, Saturday, December p, which
incidentally, is the first day OF
Winter.
All Milford stores will be closed
all day on Tuesday, December 25,
celebrating Christmas Day.
The City of Milford and the Mil
ford Chamber of Commerce a r e
co-sponsoring a home-lighting c@n-
test for homes in the Milford and
surrounding area, served with cur
rent by the City of Milford.
The Milford Chamber of Con
merce and City Council are each
putting up $500. for a total OF
$4,000 which will be disbursed as
prizes.
The committee on Prizes n
Contest rules comprises William R,
Irwin. chairman; Robert III. Yerkes
Sr., and A. Calvin Ball. They have
met and have set up the prizes as
follows: Best out-of-town decOrat-
ed home, one $500 prize and
three lesser prizes of $3.50 each ;
in town, best decorated home, one
$25s00 prize, four Ward prizes OF
$1,000 each. and five prizes at
large of $3.50 each.
1t is hoped that much interest
will be shown in the contest and
all persons interested will cooper
ate to make Milford beautifully
lighted place at Christmas.
CONTINUED on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
MdaUest Company Is
Sizing Up Milford
Representative Spent Six Hours Last Saturday
With Milford Industrial Group Gathering
Data On City For His Company

A representative from a midwest
company visited Milford last Sat-
urday, to check the city as pos
sible location for new plant. But
Harvey G. Marvel, president of the
Greater Milford Area Industrial
Development Corp, said the COM
pany is just looking and not buy
ing yet.
Marvel said the interest shown
by the unidentified company in
sending a man to check Milford
makes it a definite prospect. H e
admitted, though, that this doesn't
mean much. 1.-The competition j s
really tough, he said.
Milford has already raised over
$4,000 to finance a program to
attract new industry to the twin
county city. The Wilmington firm
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
Horticulture Group
Approves Committee

The Peninsula Horticultural So
ciety has approved a recommends
ton to establish a permanent
marketing committee to carry out
nine-point program of benefit to
the fruit and vegetable crops in
dustry on the Delmarva Peninsula.
The recommendation offered by
special marketing survey COM
mittee set up by the Society a year
ago, was approved during the 10Th
annual meeting at Laurel, Della
ware, last week December IL and
12).
The Society also approved a
number of other recommendations
of the committee, headed by Ed
ward Ralph, Georgetown, associate
agricultural agent in Sussex Coun-
ty, and elected officers.
Irvine H. Guy, Salisbury, Mary
land, was elected president to sue
ceed Carleton Lowe, Laurel, Della
ware, who moved to the executive
committee. Succeeding Guy as vice
president was Phillip H i C m a n,
Horntown, Virginia. Rec e e d
were Herbert H. Richardson, Wy
oming, Delaware, as treasurer, and
Robert F. Stevens, Newark, ex-
tension horticulturist, as secretary.
Two new vice presidents for Md.
counties were also named: VIM
Kleinwachter, Preston, Maryland,
Caroline County, and Donald Will
bur, Salisbury, Maryland, Wicomi-
co County.
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
Special Exhibit At
Zwaanendael Museum

Toys from the Zwaanendael Mu-
seum's permanent collection, to-
gether with toys presented or lent
especially for the 1862 Annua l
Christmas Exhibit, will take their
place of prominence around tn e
Christmas tree in the museum on
Wednesday, December 18th, and
will remain as the main feature
until after New Years Day.
Garlands of popcorn and cram
berries will be draped on the tree
among the balls, tinseled orna-
ments, icicles, and other decora-
tions that were used many years
iago.
Two small wax-faced dolls will
take the place of honor in this ex-
hibit. They have wooden feet and
arms and will be in their own
homemade cradles These dol S
were presented to the museum by
Mrs. T. Wesley Salmons, formerly
Miss .Mayme Fowler of Lewes, and
had belonged to her sisters, Eliza
Leverna Fowler, born 1868, and
Sally G. Fowler, born 1872. Both
girls died of scarlet fever in 1877,
Continued on page threel
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21


have completed the officer basic or
officer orientation courses at the
Army Air Defense School, Fort
Bliss. Texas, or the Army Artillery
and Missile School, Fort Sill, Okla.
Reserve artillery officers in the
Milford area who wish to serve
with a Delaware National Guard
artillery unit in a paid-drill status
may call Captain John H. Bennett
at the Milford Armory, 422-S6ll
for further information.
Scannell said the Guards need
for additional junior officers arose
from the reorganization that took
place last Spring.
At that time all artillery units
in the Guard were converted to
40-millimeter self-propelled guns.
The self-propelled units require
six officers per unit instead OF four
as in the older-type outfits.
CONTINUED on page twelve)
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
Repairrnan Killed
BY Truck Body

Lloyd r. (Buck) Powell, 81, was
fatally crushed at his Blades truck
repair shop last Friday when he
was pinned between the body and
frame Of truck on which he was
working.
Powell, police said, was stand
ing under a hydraulic lift of a
raised dump truck and was re-
moving screw when the accident
occurred
Sgt. Alfred e. Holt III Of the
Blades police said hydraulic fluid
flew out the opening and the body
dropped Immediately again t
Powell who was braced against the
frame.
Holt said Powell had been talk
ing to two insurance agents about
policy for his wife at the time
of the accident. They summoned
help and Sgt. Holt, who arrived,
called for the fire departments
rescue squad.
Continued. on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
Cite Need Here
For Furniture,
Used Clothing
Winter Items Are Espe-
cially Needed; Distri-
button Will Be Made
By Local Red Cross.

Families of this area are being
invited and urged to contribute
any good used clothing and furni-
ture for the aid of local persons
who have real need. Clothing for
all ages from the cradle up, for
men and women, for boys and
girls, can be used. Winter items
are especially needed.
The Committee who distributes
these items can be aided in this
work if the donors will leave this
clothing at the side door of the
Milford Community Bull d in g
where it will be stored and ar
ranged for distribution.
Persons who have furniture to
give are asked to drop a post
card, on which their name and adj
dress and type of furniture has
been listed, to Mr.. Phillip Kugel-
man, 81 S. Walnut St, A. E
Humes, 209 S. walnut St, OF
Thomas Passwaters, sos N. Wash
ington ST., all of whom are local
Red Cross officials. This furniture
will be stored through the courtesy
of the Milford Kiwanis Club.
If it is not convenient for donor
to bring the clothing to the Com
munity Building, please drop a
card to any of the aforementioned
Red Cross officials or to Mrs. John
E. Burris, East Clarke Ave-, and
it will be called for.
These essentials for needy FAM
lilies are distributed by Mrs. Burr1s
and a committee for the Hirsch
Fund and by the local Red Cross
Disaster Committee to persons
who have had loss by fire or flood
or other misfortune. Your kind
ness in donating any of these
things could be real help TO
cry,n aOno in mead
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21

Passenger car traffic continues
to increase by leaps and bounds.
November found 1881 such We
hicles using the span while h e
total traffic increase was but H.
398 vehicles. A drop in truck busi-
ness shifted the balance. Nom
revenue vehicles also dropped 277
over the same month a year ago.
Total traffic for the six months
period was set at 6,S26,924 vehicles
as compared to 6,455.091 in 1861
so. This $50 gain means there
were 371,S33 more vehicles using
the span.
Bridge tolls for November added
S34S, ,5S9.10 to the Golfers, a six
tenth percent rise from 1861.
Revenue for the period from June
/ through November 30, 1862 was
reported at $2.5O7, $4,000 as com
pared to $2,4OS.736.25 for the same
period in fiscal 1961-62. This
continued on page twelYe)
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
Ice Follies Open On
Christmas Night

Comedy runs high again in the
9th annual edition of the Ship
stads and Johnson Ice Follie s
opening Christmas Night at the
Philadelphia Arena.
Mr.. Prick, known as the dean of
the worlds skating me a n S,
leads the crew of merrymakers.
Frick has skated more than 5000
Ice Follies performances and
is the most initiated comic in the
business. His most popular and
initiated trick is his cantilever
spread eagle in which he bends
back horizontal on the ice. He
takes over in this years presen-
tation in "a Day in Central Park.
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
Carvel Urges Gift
OF Safe Christmas

In statement issued at Dover
this week, Governor Elbert N.
Carvel urged all Delawareans to
"give a wonderful gift this Christ
mas = the gift of Safety of
freedom from accidents and from
the pain, expense and heartbreak
that accompany them.
After pointing out that ct h e
Christmas Season is traditionally
the happiest time of the year" the
chief executive cautioned that "un-
fortunately it can be, for some. a
time of sorrow He urged that
everyone exercise extra care,
common sense and courtesy during
the holiday period.
The full text of the Governors
Holiday Highway Safety message
follows:
continued on mage elevenl
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
Rehoboth Fire Loss
Reaches $500, 900

The blame for Sundays fire in
Rehoboth has been placed ON an
Overheated chimney IN the Avenue
Restaurant The loss to the five
Rehoboth business establishments
damaged in the fire, is now being
officially estimated at $500,000.
Yesterdays probe of the wreck
age by State Fire Marshal William
r. Favinger and his tree deputies
disclosed that the chimney appar-
emily overheated near the ceiling
Of the restaurant kitchen. T h e
fire is believed to have smouldered
a long time, between a false cell
ing and roof, and then burst
through.
Damaged in the fire. besides the
restaurant, were an adjacent cock
tail lounge, the Avenue Theatre. a
jewelry store, candy shop and
apartments.
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21

of Gerrish Gassaway Associates
was hired to represent the city ex-
clusively in seeking industry for
one year.
While Marvel is optimistic about
the search he notes that "if year
from now we have landed couple
of industries we'll be lucky"
Marvel added that the city has
talked to several companies about
setting up operations in Milford,
but so far no solid prospects have
appeared other than the midwest
firm.
Six hours we're spent in CONSUL
tation with the company represen-
tative Those present for the con-
ference were Mayor Al Humes, Mr..
Gassaway, Mr.. Marvel, Robert H.
Yerkes, Sr., Edwin L. Fisher n d
Garrett L. Grier.
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
Planning Can Reduce
Farmers Income Tax

GEORGETOWN, Del. - A little
income tax planning now can save
a farmer a lot of money, accord
ing to VIM. H. Henderson, Sussex
County Agent. Many farmers who
report income on cash basis
often suffer because the amount of
income in a given II month period
varies greatly.
Henderson suggests that you
take a look at your operating ex-
penses to date then estimate ex-
penses for the remainder of the
year.
If the total income is higher
CONTINUED on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
Adult Advisory Group
Meets On january 9th

The State Advisory Committee
on Adult Education will meet on
January 9, 1868, from 300 pm. to
$3.50 pm. in the Morgan -Vallan-
digham Room at the Student Cen
ter Of the University of Delaware.
The committee was established
as an advisory group to the State
Department of Public instruction
to determine the adult education
needs of the State The committee
consists Of some 25 members, with
Mrs. Thomas Herlihy as chairman.
The purpose Of the meeting is
to review the present status of
adult education programs in Della
Continued on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
Griffith, Matthews
Qualify At Vineyards

Joseph Griffith and Dave
Matthews of Vinyard Ship Build
ing Company have been qualified
as factory-trained outboard me-
chanics, following completion of a
training course at the Secaucus
Service School of the Kiekhaefer
Corporation, manufacturer of Mer-
curry outboard motors.
The course included daily in
struction periods, supplemented by
actual bench practice, blackboard
sessions, group discussions and ex-
aminations. Subjects covered, in
addition to 1862 model features,
were recommended dis-assembly
and re-assembly methods on the
100 hp Nero 1000. the worlds first
100 hp outboard, motor.
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
VFW viii Host The
Under Privileged On
''Missi0n'' Saturday
LOCAL POLICE LEND
SANTA CLAUS A HAND

Milford Police have really
been helping Santa Claus by
placing Toy Boxes in tn e
Children's Wards at Milford
Memorial Hospital.
They solicited the toys
from the following local
firms: Coffman-Fisher Co.,
w. T. Grant Co., Western
Auto, Ben Franklin, Silco,
Woolworth's, Milford Phar-
macy, Economy Auto Sup
ply, Polan's, and Buchanan
Firestone.
Toys will be kept in Chill
dren's Ward throughout the
year for use by patients.
Milford Police hope to make
this an annual event.
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
1t. Gov. Lannot To
Represent State

Lieutenant Governor Eu-ene
Lammot has been designated by
Governor Ebert N. Carvel to of
ficially represent the State of
Delaware at the Delaware State
Sunday Service, traditionally held
the first Sunday in january at the
Washington Memorial Chapel, Val
ley Forge, Pennsylvania.
AS Delaware's official represents
ative, Mr.. Lammot will deliver the
principal speech at the Valley
Forge exercises the afternoon OF
CONTINUED nm mage elevenl
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
SeUen Million Vehicles
Hare Used Memorial Bridge

million Memorial Bridge
during the first six months Of fiscal 96263
j.
He 13
Delaware traffic
vehicles SSS15S in November 1861
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21
Recruits Being Sought BY
Delaware National Guard

oces as well sought by the Delaware
Guard. =. -.
the Guard 90 branchquaed
lieutenants
Milford chronicle., 1962-12-21

TO SING WITH ALL-EASTERN
CHORUS Frank McClung, a
member of the Milford High
School Chorus, has gained the op-
portunity to sing with the ALL
Eastern Chorus of 375 voices in
Atlantic City, N. ]. ON March 4th.
Frank is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dana McClung. Students were Sc
lected from thirteen states from
the Eastern Seaboard. Frank sings
bass in the chorus and sings in
the Baptist Church Choir Til e
All-Eastern Chorus will sing at
Atlantic City, N. ]. for the Ma
tional Music Convention.
Evening star., 1962-01-28

Just lo-comp. VoIue 1895
6x9 Rugs
$40
HeoV royon foce in fresh muItieoors
finished all Sides
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-23
Blanche Firm Expects to Double Sales, Staff
Through AutOmatiOn and Data Processing

tons at particular peak hours
and before specific future
events.
This data processing tech.
nique was designed by the
Blanche firm and was carried
out for Omaha, Miami, Tampa,
Tallahassee, Montgomery, San
Francisco, Greenville, Minneapo.
lis, st. Paul, Waterloo, Reno,
Spokane, Houston, Norfolk and
many others.
The Blanche firm originally
designed this system for the Ma.
tional Capital Planning Com.
mission to make an analysis of
vehicular traffic in the metro
polltan Washington area during
1856 and to project traffic pat.
terms to 1865 and 1880, going as
far south as Alexandria and
Falls Church, Va, and as far
north as Rockville.
A new system was designed
by DR.. Blanche to enable the
key punch operators to punch
cards directly from continuous.
form recordings on continuous
rolls of charts produced by auto,
matte equipment measuring
temperatures, pressures, tensile
strength and amplitudes of var
ious types of electronic an6
accoustical waves.
Both of these developments
will eliminate the transcribine
process by which an individual
previously had been required tt
transcribe manually all of. the
data from the microfilm OF
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-23

er offices are at 10317 Kensing-
ton pky., in Kensington.
Blanche & Associates also per.
forms accounting by punch
card methods, inventory con-
troll, sales analysis, production
of stock catalogs, insurance pre-
MUM payments, production of
all types of notices and pay
ments due for automatic mail
ing, automatic addressing, auto
matte numbering, issuance of
checks and certificates, and sta
tistical tables of all types.
For 1862 DR.. Blanche looks
forward to being able to replace
voluminous files by microfilm
records, to produce all required
reports and computations by
punch card and magnetic tape
means, and by obtaining by-pro-
ducts for producing publica-
tons, addressing mail, produc-
ing Identification cards, main
tanning perpetual inventories,
providing for coast-to-coast
transmission of data from
punch cards to tape.
DR.. Blanche said recently:
MANY government and COM
mercial organizations are so bog
ged down with paper work and
records that tremendous office
staffs are required in order to
carry out the day-to-day opera
tons. Just as automation in
manufacturing operations is
producing more at lower costs,
it is absolutely necessary that
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-23

from the continuous form
charts to paper forms for use
by the key punch operator.
In addition to these large vol
ume data-processing projects,
the firm will continue its re-
search in the fields of reliability
of equipment, personality test
ing, opinion and consumer re-
search, and engineering compu-
tations.
The firm has worked out a
special program for computing
statistical correlation coeffi-
clients of all types for large mass
es of data, for converting an
swers mechanically into new
cards, and for printing tables of
various types which can be pho
tographed and reproduced in
tabular or page form.
Blanche & Associates make
engineering computations of all
types on its electronic comput-
er, among the major projects
one for flight tests of missiles
and their trajectories, for cut
and-fill for highway design
from data recorded either from
aerial photographs or from road
readings taken on site, and a
third the summary and analysis
of military personnel wounded
or killed in action during the
Korean conflict.
The Blanche firm maintains
its main offices and IBM ma
chine installation at 10425 Faw.
cett ST., Kensington. A coding,
editing, and numbering section
is at 1862 Howard ave., and 9th.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-23

late evening and Saturday
hours maintained by this office
had been well received by
Montgomery County residents.
Permission has been given by
the Maryland State Banking
Department and the Federal De-
post Insurance Corporation for
a 10th office which will be OPEN
ed in the Capital Plaza Center
now under construction at Anna
polls rd. and Baltimore-Wash-
ington pkwy. in Prince Georges
County. Smith said four addi-
tional offices have been ap-
proved by the Maryland State
Banking Department and loca-
tons and other details will be
announced at later date.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-23

DR.. H. King Vann, who re.
sides at Hollow Tree Farm, Old
Baltimore rd., Olney, was elected
a director at the annual stock.
holders meeting of Citizens
Bank of Maryland, according to
an announcement by President
Alfred H. Smith.
A 1929 graduate of the Uni.
versity of Maryland Medical
College, DR.. Vann is chairman
of the ear, nose and throat de.
partments of the Washington
Hospital Center, Childrens Hos
pital and the Prince Georges
General Hospital. He has lived
in Olney since 1948 and is a
member of the Columbia and
Prince Georges Country Clubs.
President Smith told stock
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-23

handling of documents be mech
anized so that the task of the
office employee is simplified and
expedited, thereby permitting
him to use his mind and energy
for work and decisions which
are not adaptable to modern
machine techniques."
The slogan of the Blanche
firm is Our eyes on the hori-
zon, but our feet on the
ground"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-23

During 1862, the application
of automation and modern data
processing techniques will dou-
BILE the sales and staff of Ernest
E. Blanche & Associates, Inc,
of Kensington, according to DR..
Ernest E. Blanche, president
and chief research scientist.
At the close of last year, the
firm had 70 persons on the pay.
roll and an IBM installation of
80 machines. Total sales during
1861 were $330,000.
Originally established in 1855
for mathematical and statisti-
cal research by DIR. Blanche,
former chief statistician of the
Army General Staff, Logistics
Division, the organization has
been required to supplement its
studies and researches by put
ting them to actual test with
large masses of economic, engi-
neering and sociological data
collected throughout the United
States. To do this the firm pro-
grammed mathematical and sta
tiStical computations on punch
card and electronic equipment
to speed up processing and to
permit the introduction of var.
iations in theory and design to
determine their effects.
The Blanche firm expects to
extend its major applications
during 1862, especially in the
following areas:
Registration of motorboat ap-
plications for the U. S. Coast
Guard and the State of Virginia
which the firm designed. Dur
ing 1861, the company processed
nearly half a million.
Conversion of data from
punch cards to tape to produce
printed plastic membership and
credit cards with ITS characters
of information embossed auto
matically on seven lines of the
plastic card. Blanche & Asso.
ciates have applied this techni-
que to produce membership
cards for clubs, associations, So
cieties, and other organizations
requiring their members to car
ry or produce Identification or
membership cards. The card has
widespread use and can be in
serted into hand stamping or
mounted devices which will
make copies of the information
as soon as the plastic card is
inserted.
A test Of the reporting sys-
tenn designed by the Soil Con-
servation Service, u. S. Agricul-
ture Department, covering Mas
sachusetts, North Carolina, Min
nesota, Kansas and Oregon.
Beside these activities Blanche
& Associates expects to increase
its work in the traffic analysis
projection field. Last year the
firm processed nearly a million
punch cards carrying license
numbers of passenger cards re.
corded at 30 locations within the
city of indianapolis. From these
data the Blanche firm was able
to produce the hourly, daily and
weekly traffic patterns for In.
dianapolis, to indicate the COM
position of traffic on the re-
spective streets and highways,
and to indicate the frequency
and repetition of individual We
hicles.
These data are being used by
the city Of indianapolis for plan.
ming changes in traffic patterns
and regulations and in project.
ing traffic builders and add.
tional traffic regulation at loca.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-23
Ecumenical Course Set
For Ministers Laymen

A course for ministers and
laymen on the present status
of the ecumenica. movement
will be given at Wesley Theo.
10 gical Seminary, beginning
February Z.
The course is under the aus
pices of the Ecumenical Educa-
ton Committee of the Council
of Churches National Capital
Area and the Seminary.
Eminent national and local
church leaders will take part
in the course.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-23
Citizens Bank of Maryland
Elects DIR. Vann Director

holders that during 1861 all-time
highs had been reached in re-
sources of $65,887 ,O68, up 1872
per cent from the 1860 year-end,
and deposits of $59,380,343, up
1852 per cent in the same
period.
Smith pointed out the fast
growth shown by the nine of
fees of the bank, particularly
the latest office which opened
in the North Gate Center at
Aspen Hill I'd. and Georgia ave.
December 1, 1860. He said the