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Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Citation From National
Education Association
Convention Received
By Mrs. Grace Mont
gomery Of Milford.

The Kent County Education AS
sociation received a citation from
the Department of G a m
Teachers, National Education As.
sociation, at the MEAS annual con.
vention here. The award, accepted
by Mrs Grace Montgomery, 204 S.
Walnut ST., Milford, Delaware, on
behalf of the local association was
made in recognition of outstanding
professional activity carried on by
the KCEA.
Delegates to the 1861 NEA con-
vention from the Kent County Ed
ucation Association returned to
their local association with greater
enthusiasm and renewed profess
sional vigor. With the board of di-
rectors and the officers, t h
members helped to plan an un-
usually full year of activities. The
all-inclusive association decided to
record these activities in a scrap
book that would be a challenge for
continued progress and would in
crease the $50 members aware
ness of the services provided to
them by their professional associa-
tions
Geared to the 1961-62 NEA
theme, Teach for Tomorrow" the
scrapbook was to be compre-
hensive report of local, state, and
national activities in which h e
Kent County teachers participated
continued on page pVeD
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Jester A. Gray Dies
After Long Illness

Jester A. Gray, 73. former Demo-
cratic state senator and retired
farmer and stock grower, of near
Frederick, died Thursday, July II,
in Unionville, Pa, at the home of
his son-in-law and daughter, DIR.
and Mrs. William R. Hazard
He had been a patient in The
Memorial Hospital in Wilmington,
until he moved to the Hazard
home for continued treatment of a
heart condition
Mr.. Gray was active in political
affairs for many years. He was
Kent County controller in 1898 and
was a representative from the Sth
District to the General Assembly
in 1928.
In 1957-5S he served in the
Senate.
Mr.. Gray was born near Days
boro and later moved to Milton,
where he was graduated from Mil
ton High School before attending
what is now Goldey Beacon School
of Business. For many years he
has resided on a farm near Fred
erica
Continued on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Maynard Grunstra To
Be Ordained Sunday

Maynard Grunstra, son of MIR
and Mrs. Seba Grunstra of Hous-
ton, will be ordained to the Presby-
terian ministry Sunday, July 22nd
in the United Presbyterian Church
of Bovina Center, New York.
The new minister will be in
stalled in the same service as the
pastor of the Bovina Church.
The sermon will be delivered by
the Rev. James H. Lappen, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church
of Milford. Delaware, the h m e
Church of Mr.. Grunstra.
Other participants include It h e
Rev. William w. Darsie, minister
of the Liberty Presbyterian
Church, McKeesport, Pa, who will
give the Invocation and the eve
ming prayer; the Rev. John l.. Nc
Creight, pastor of the Walton, N.
Y, Presbyterian Church, who will
give the charge to the new pastor
the Rev. Donald T. Buddle, pastor
of Hamden Church, Hamden, n. Y,
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Legion Post
installation
Last Thursday
Calvin Ball Installed AS
Post Commander For
The Second Consecu-
tive Year; Capacity
Crowd Present.

AT a dinner meeting attended by
a capacity crowd and a list of
notables that reads like a who's
who" of the American Legion in
Delaware the new officers of Mil
ford Post No 3 and it's Ladies'
Auxiliary were installed with inn
pressive ceremonies, esday
evening, July t1th, at the Post
Home on Rehoboth Boulevard in
Milford
Installing Officer for the Legion
was George Foster of Wilmington
immediate Past Commander of the
American Legion, Department Oh
Delaware, and for the Auxiliary
Mrs. Lawrence Alfele, Immediate
Past President of the Department
Auxiliary.
Both installing officers were as
sisted by former and present dis
trict and department officers in
performing their n 1t a | i o I
duties.
Installed as officers of the loca
Legion Post were commander Cal
vim Ball, who succeeds himself in
that capacity First Vice Com
mander, Oscar T. Moore; Second
! Vice Commander, Dewey Sapp,
(continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
1861 Wool Incentive
Payment Set At 44%

Shorn wool payments for the
1861 marketing year will amount
to 445% of the dollar returns each
producer received from the sale of
shorn wool during the year, the
Department of Agriculture has an
nounced.
r. Harry Wilson, Chairman,
Kent Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation County Committee,
explains that this is the percentage
necessary to bring the v ver e
wool price of 42.9 cents per pound
up to the previously announced in
centive level of So cents per pound
under the national wool program.
Producers thus will receive an in
centive payment of $44.50 for every
800. received from the sale OF
shorn wool during the wool mar
keting year ended March 81, 1862
The payment for the previous year
was $47.60 per 500. of marketings
The payment rate on sales OF
lambs that have never been shorr
to compensate for the wool or
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Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Sussex County Night
Set At Ocean Downs

Officials at Ocean Downs Race
way near Ocean City have an
nounced that Monday, July 23rd,
has been dubbed Sussex County
Night" in honor of the fine people
of the Southern Delaware County
who have been so faithful in their
support of the local trotting opera
tion.
Special passes, good on July %
only, will be available for the use
of all countians. These passes will
admit them for the tax charge of
25 cents and also give them access
to a special reserved parking area
adjacent to the grandstand. Other
surprises are in store as well as
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Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
C.. ]. DickerSOn
Of Milford
is Victim
OF Smash-Up
, Driver OF Other Vehicle
Is In Fair Condition
In Hospital Here; Ser
vices Held For Dicker-
son On Tuesday.

Charles Dickerson, 55, of Nc
Colley Street, Milford, died la S t
Friday at Milford Memorial Hos
pital of injuries suffered in a motor
vehicle accident on Route 225, near
Lincoln, last Thursday.
Dickerson, a painter by trade,
state police said, was attempting
to turn his pickup truck around
to head north on Route 225, when
a car driven by Bennie l.. Weaver,
26, of Lincoln, collided with the
truck.
Weaver is in fair condition in
Milford Hospital with head in
juries and knee decorations. Die
kerson suffered crushed chest
and head injuries. He died about
IL hours after entering the hos
pital
The investigation is being con-
tinued by police.
Surviving Dickerson are h s
widow, Mrs. Frances Dickerson; a
daughter, Mrs. Dolores Silicato,
Milford; three grandchildren his
mother, Mrs. Ida Dickerson, Mil
ford; two brothers, John of Mil
ford, and Reese of Lincoln; two
sisters, Mrs. Ann Roach and Mrs.
Catherine Mills, both of Milford.
Services were held Tuesday at
the Berry Funeral Home, Milford,
with the Rev. F. Douglas Milbury,
pastor of Calvary Methodist
Church, officiating. Interment was
in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20


zens under the leadership of Mayor
Alphonso Humes has been meeting
to make plans for the September
celebration. Tentative, and still in
complete, plans call for the cele-
bration to begin on Saturday and
Sunday, September 18th and 10th,
with the opening of selected
number of Milford's oldest and
finest homes to the public for an
interesting tour intended to recall
a great deal of Milford history. De-
tails regarding this tour of Milford
homes, which will be conducted by
members of the Historical Society,
will be announced in the near fu-
ture. Arrangements are also being
made to prominently display in
local store windows many fine an
tiques and historic artifacts re-
lated to Milford's past during the
period of the anniversary celebra-
ton.
On Saturday, September End, a
public ceremony is scheduled at
Silver Hill for the formal presen-
tation of the Parson Thorne Man
sion by Mr.. Richard Draper to the
Milford Historical Society. A pro-
gram of outstanding public interest
is being planned for this event and
will be announced soon.
Saturday, September 20, has
been set as the tentative date for
the dedication of Milford's new
City Hall. The program for the
public ceremony of dedication is
now being planned and is expected
to feature a dedication address by
nationally prominent political
leader. The dedication of the City
Hall will be the final public event
planned by the Anniversary Com
mittee, but it is expected that many
civic, service, religious, and cul-
tural organizations will schedule
their own celebration of the 175th
of the founding of the
city.
In addition to the planned public
events and the effort that will be
made to focus attention on Mil
lords historic past, comprehen-
'ive, written history of Milford is
'eing prepared and will be pub
lshed and sold by the Milford His
,orical Society during the period
If the celebration. The proposed
history will be the most complete
and comprehensive record of Mil
ford's past attempted in m n
years and should attract wide pub
lie interest. Interested individuals
and business firms are being asked
to sponsor its publication.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Milford Lions Club
Installs New Heads

At the first dinner meeting of
the new Lions year held on Thurs
day, July 12, the new officers for
the year 1962-1963 were installed
by International Counsellor David
A. Clements, Jr.
The new officers who were in
stalled by International Counsellor
Clements are: President, Leroy L.
Rust; First Vice President, Donald
Jester; Second Vice President j,
Spencer Willis; Third Vice Presi-
dent, Leonard B. Donohoe; Secre-
tary, Davis H. Wood; Treasurer,
Joseph McFaul; Tail T,w IS e r
Richard Caldwell; Lion Tanner
William Eisenbrey; Hold Over Di-
rectors, Gale G. Grove and Hugh
Martin; New Directors, Will a N
Continued on page threeD
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Boggs' Bill To Aid
Oyster Industry

u. S. Senator J. Caleb Boggs
(R-DeD has announced that t h e
Senate Commerce Committee has
reported to the Senate a bill de-
signed to aid the oyster industry.
This BILL" Boggs said, "con-
tains not only the authorization for
the Secretary of the Interior to
purchase healthy seed oysters for
resale to States having a disease
riddled oyster population but also
contains an amendment which |
presented to the Committee to pro-
vide for matching grants to he
States to artificia1ly propagate
healthy, disease-resistant oysters.
The Committee authorized h e
expenditure of 100000 for this re-
search work to be allocated to the
States on to 1 matching formu-
la.
This bill, if enacted, will help
the oyster industry toward re-
covery."
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
1868 Wheat Program
Has Been Announced

=. The 1963-crop national allotment
of 55-million acres for the 1868
wheat crop has been announced in
order to comply with existing law
in the event that Congress does
not enact new wheat legislation,
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L.
Freeman's press announcement
points out.
Current law requires that a
referendum of growers voting on
the question of marketing quotas
for wheat crop must be held
prior to-JIlly 25th in years when
quotas are proclaimed = that is,
in years when the available supply
is more than 209o above the
normal supply. The estimated sup
ply for the 1962-1963 marketing
year is actually $3.50 above nor
NAL. If the allotments had been
determined solely on the basis of
the laws supply formula, the 1868
allotment would have been 10 mill
lion acres
Continued on page temp
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Mclaughlin Continues
His Winning Streak

Delmarva racing fans witnessed
a real thrill-packed spin, flip and
wreck-flecked racing program at
the 1a mile dirt Georgetown Speed
way last Friday night Jackie Nc
Laughlin, Thorofare, ~ j., an d
Glenn Guthrie, Washington, D. c.,
kept the fans on their feet for the
whole of % laps. 1t looked as
though Guthrie would end the win
skein of the Jersey flyer, but a
wild ride off the banks dropped
Guthrie to 10th position. Glenn
roared back to finish in 4th posi-
ton.
j. R. Jones, Salisbury, Md, go
Continued on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Kent Education Paris C.. Kirby
Group Gets Heads Shore
Activity Award Electric Coop
Milford Man Is Unani-
NOUS Choice Of Del
marva Electric Cooper
ative Directors To
Head That Body.

Mr.. Paris G. Kirby of near Mill
ford, President of Delaware Elec-
tric Cooperative, was elected Presi
dent of Delmarva Electric Co
operative at a meeting of its Boart
of Directors on July II, 1862.
Delmarva Electric Cooperative j:
incorporated as a Delaware Corpo-
ration and will have headquarters
at Blades, Delaware. It's purpose is
to generate and deliver electric
energy to its three member Co
operatives at a rate less costly
than now paid the Power Company
for wholesale power.
The Delmarva Electric Coopera-
tive has as members, Choptank
Electric Cooperative, Denton, Md;
Delaware Electric Cooperative of
Greenwood, Delaware; and Acco-
mack-Northampton Electric c O.
operative, Parksley, Virginia.
Other officers and directors are
as follows:
Norris Twilley, Director of Chop
tank Electric Cooperative Vice
President.
J. S. Kirkpatrick, Manager of
ck-Northampton Elec. Co
operative Secretary.
Harry Nuttle, Sec.-Treas. of
Choptank Elec. Coop, Treasurer
continued on page f1ve)
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Go-Kart Races Last
Sunday Big Success

The Milford Go-Kart races held
Sunday were a big success. Forty
five (45) kart drivers from Milford,
Seaford, Georgetown, Millsboro,
Dagsboro, Lincoln, E lie ] e,
Lewes and Milton participated in
Sundays races.
One of the highlights of the eve
ming was father-son race. The
father drove the first laps, and
the son drove the next laps.
High point winners to date are:
Boys A Stock, 1st I'll M y
Mitchell, $40; End, Herb fisher,
Jr., $50; 3rd, Alden Wilson, Jr.,
765.
Boys A Modified, 1st, Stanley
Bunting, 1885; End. Stevie Mitchell,
$50: 3rd, Alden Wilson, Jr., $50.
CONTINUED on page three)
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20

the speeches, visit with old friends,
and tour the experimental plots of
soybeans, corn, peppers and other
vegetable crops. They stand in the
burning sun listening to the men
from the University.
Spider mites" says DIR. Walter
Connell, pointing to the yellowing
condition of a plot.
He tells of new ways to fight
the many insects that attack soy
beans and chemicals that can be
sprayed on "a field and solve most
of the problems.
Meant to ask him what it costs,
a farmer mutters ito a friend.
''Not much"
Even a dollar an acre adds up. :
DR.. William Crittendon, pl La t
pathologist, talks of varieties that
are resistant to root nematodes. He
tells how they have been able to
CONTINUED on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Historical Society
Gets L. D. Caulk Gift

Officers and trustees of the Mil
ford Historical Society met on
Wednesday evening, July 11th, at
the home of the president, Miss nj.
Catherine Downing. The business
meeting was held to make plans
and appointments for the coming
months.
The Society has received a gift
of $1,000 from the L. d. Caulk
Foundation. The first installment
of the donation, to be paid in full
over the next four years, was pre-
sented by Wilmer 0. Landlord III,
Secretary-Treasurer of the Foun-
dation. This is the first such dona-
ton by a local business organiza-
ton. As to individual membership
contributions, the Society has
ruled that new members joining
after July 1st of this year will be
considered as having paid for all
of 1863 as we'll as the remainder
of 1862.
In an effort to combat trespass-
ing and possible damage to the
CONTINUED on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
School Board Has
Reorganized Here

The Milford Board of Education
has organized for the 1962-63
school year by electing Mr. Max
Corder. President and Mr.. George
A. Robbins, Vice-President. Mr.
Corder and Mr.. Robbins have serv-
ed in this capacity during the last
seven years.
For the Milford Special School
District Building Commission, Mr.
o. Joseph Penuel was chosen
chairman and Mr.. Joseph W.
Wright, vice-chairman.
G. T. Dickerson, Superintendent
of Milford Schools, will serve as
Secretary for the Board of Educa-
tion and Building Commission.
The meetings of the Board and
Building Commission will be held
on the second Thursday night of
each month in the Board of Edu-
cation office located on Lakeview
Avenue, beginning at 500 pm. i.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Miss Delaware Is
Now In Training

Miss Delaware - 1862, Alice r.
Watts of Lewes, Del, like an ex-
pensive race horse, is in training
for very famous race with very
rich purse which is to be held in
Atlantic City, N. ]. on Sept. 3rd
through the 9th. The fillies in this
race are far more groomed and ex-
pensive than any race horse and
a good bit more attractive.
The race at the Miss America
Pageant in Atlantic City for the
coveted Miss America Crown is
now world famous for it's h i g h
standards, aims and ideals, and the
beautiful, intelligent girls it pro-
duces. They are proving year after
year that beauty and brains do go
together The wonderful hin e
about this Pageant at all levels of
this contest, local, state, and a.
tional, is that it is a far cry from
the leg shows of the past. The
famous Pageant has been upgraded
year after year until today young
lady must possess much more than
beauty She must have brain
talent and personality because this
young lady is a representative of
our country and our way of life.
Today, as never before, we have
to put our best foot forward
throughout t lis country d
abroad. The young lady who is
chosen to do this for us must truly
represent a charming, talented and
intelligent young lady of our coun-
try. Miss America.
The Miss Delaware Management
Committee. composed of Dover and
Delaware Jaycees, are workin e
very hard to see that Alice Watts,
our Miss Delaware-1962, has as
good a chance as any in this race
for the Crown. There is quite a bit
of planning and expense involved
in grooming Miss Delaware to meet
the high goals set for her. When
continued on page seven)
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Special Program Is
Set At Brandywine

Three-year-old trotting fillies
will command the night-racing
spotlight this Friday, July goth, as
Brandywine Raceway introduces
the Martha Washington, a brand
new $4,000 /(est) stake race ex-
clusively for high-stepping sopho-
more distaffers.
It's the Wilmington r p S
tracks first early-closing stake in
a series worth an estimated $210,-
900 to be presented throughout the
summer. The Martha Washington
counterpart is the $4,000 (est.)
Gen. George Washington Trot for
colts and geldings, to be presented
the following Friday (July 27th)
Considered a major prep for the
final two SECTIONS of the Triple
Crown" of trotting-the $15O,OOO
(est.) Hambletonian, Aug. 10Th at
DuQuoin, ILL.,, and the $4,000 (est.)
Kentucky Futurity. Oct. 5th at Lex
ington, Ky.-the Martha Washing
ton will bring postward a crop of
the most talented youngsters on
the national trotting scene.
fcontinued on page eleven)
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Senate Acts
On Terry, Two
Judges, July %
SOlOns Have Been Called
Into Special Session TO
Confirm The Cover
nOr's Judicial Appoint
mentS.

Gov. Elbert n. Carvel is calling
the State Senate into session on
July 23rd ito act on his judicial
appointments, including that o
Judge Charles L. Terry, Jr. to the
State Supreme Court.
Senate leaders expect no diff
Guilty in the governors getting his
appointments approved.
Judge Terry, of Dover, is
currently president judge of h e
Superior Court and will succeed
Associate Justice ward w.
Bramhall of Georgetown, who died
recently
The Governor also dv vanc d
Superior Court Judge William Duff
fly, Jr. of Hockessin to the presi-
dency of the Superior Court and
named George r. Wright of
Smyrna an associate judge of the
Superior Court.
Judge Terry is a Democrat and
has been on the bench since 1898
Judge Duffy is also a Democrat
Wright, a Republican, Is deputy
attorney general for Kent County
The appointments are each for
II years.
The appointments maintain the
political balance of the state judici-
airy as provided by the constitution
Neither party may have more than
a bare majority of the 13 statewide
iudgeships The Democrats hold z
iudgeships, the Republicans, 6.
Judge Bramhall was a Republican
However, the appointments shift
the majority on the Supreme Court
from Republican to Democratic.
The other members are Chief JUS
tice Clarence A. Switzerland, Re-
publican, and Associate Jus ic e
Daniel F. Wolcott, Democrat.
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Huber spoke at the Delaware i
Pennsylvania Artificial Breeding
Cooperative. The meetings were
held at the Delaware State Fair
grounds and Bunker Hill Farm,
Middletown.
The three percent surplus O. /
milk and dairy products in tn e
Philadelphia Wilmington market US
barely an adequate reserve, Huber
claims. The Interstate president
said either production restrictions
by government or even a rs
week continuation of the present
dry weather could create a short
age of milk in this area.
Huber, in looking to the future,
stressed the need for cooperative
efforts and said the people in ag-
ricuIture want only a chance to be
free with the privilege to produce
food to meet the needs of the Ann
erican people. He reminded co n
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Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Midget Auto
Racing At
State F air
Opening Day
Field Of Is Of COuntry's
Leading Drivers Will
Compete Tomorrow Af-
ternOOn At Harrington
Race Track.

A field of upwards of 25 of the
country's greatest drivers and
powerful midget auto racing cars
will compete in a championship
race opening the first Delaware
State Fair this Saturday afternoon
July 21st) at Harrington, Del.
Len Duncan, Philadelphia, for
mer national midget champion and
five-time Eastern champion, and
Ernie Mccoy, Reading, Pa, o t h
veterans of the 500-mile Indianapo-
lis Classic, will head up a stellar
field of top stars being recruited
by Race Director Sam Nunis for
the Delaware State Fairs first
midget auto race.
Formerly known as the K e n
and Sussex Counties Fair at Har-
rington, where the a t o a | y
known Nunis has staged thrilling
speed events, for 27 years, the an
nual event this year becomes the
Delaware State Fair under a state
charter, and has been extended to
run for eight big days and nights.
Other champions and speed
greats signed for action on a Z
event card getting underway with
a practice and warmup period at
las pm. are:
Ed (Dutch) Scheaffer, F. or a
Park, L. L., the 1860 champion of
the American Racing Driver s.
Club; King Carpenter, New Eng
land midget champion fr o m
Thompsonville, Conn; Bob Har-
key, former stock car champion
from Charlotte, N. c.; Tony Bona
dies, the colorful Bronx On. Y.)
Continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-20
Dredden Gets Two
Years In Wife's Death

James Oliver Dredden, 81, was
sentenced to two years in prison
last Friday for n1ansIaug'hter in the
shotgun killing of his wife, Ethel
He had entered a plea of guilty.
The shooting was at the couples
home near Bridgeville last Febr1-
airy. Dredden is a professional
chicken catcher.
His attorney, Herman c. Brown,
Dover, told Judge James B. Carey
that the shooting was accidental
and followed several years of bit
ter family feuding over property.
He said that when ID T d d e n
he built home on land
owned by his father-inIlaw, Chas.
Burbage, but that although pre-
liminary steps were taken, the land
was never decided to Dredden.
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