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tied Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Miller,
Sunday, and were Sunday evening
dinner guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Huff en-
tertained at dinner, on Christmas
day, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Huff, Mr..
and Mrs Joseph Reissig, and Miss
Maize Clark, Cumberland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Rodamer and
son Chuck, Harrisonburg, Va, Wis
tied Milton ROdamer and Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Frickey during the holt
days.
George Diefenbach returned
home from a trip to Cleveland, o.
T/Sgt and Mrs. John Patton and
children are visiting Mrs. Orpha
Patton Patton has just returned
from Japan where he served Ia
months, while his family remained
in Orange. Calf. After visiting
with Mrs Patton, the John Patton
family will go to Memphis, Tenn,
where Sgt. Patton will be sta
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toned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fahey, Mr..
and Mrs. G, o. Bender, and Mr..
and Mrs. H. l.. Petit attended the
funeral of Frank j Getty, in Ha-
gerstoWn.
Mrs. Gorden Taylor Frostburg,
spent New Years eve with Mr.
and Mrs. c. o. Bender.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Glotfelty and
family, and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Glotfelty, Camp Hill, Pa, spent
the holidays visiting Mr., and Mrs
O. j. Glotfelty.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shirk, Waynes-
burg, Pa, and Robert Shirk, New
Castle, Pa, spent the holidays Wis
iting Mr. and Mrs Robert Bender
and son Randy.
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DEER PARK

Mrs c. F. Rollman will entertain
members of the Deer Park Metho-
dist WSCS, Thursday evening.
Miss Mary Lee Rodeheaver Wis
tied her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Rodeheaver.
Miss June Rhodes, Ohio, visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs B. W.
Rhodes.
Mrs E. c. Clatterbuck will be
hostess to the Deer Park Home
makers club on Tuesday evening
at 1880 p. m.
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THE
COUNTRY-PULPIT
WEEKLY SERMON
by
Postor p. r. NieUwkooP
EDGE OF A CLIFF

A lady wrote to DR.. Stein
horn a. | asked, Don't you
think all the literature on can
Ger prevention is too scary?"
DR.. Steinhorn replied, "Sup-
pose you were walking along an
unfamiliar path some dark
night and suddenly someone
shouted, "Stop, don't take an
other step, you're at the edge
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-01-04

Miss Betty Clatterbuck, R.N.,
Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Ashburn and
son Kelvin, FIR Joseph Gauvingcr,
Washington. d. C., were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. f. {. Cldtterbuck
during the Christmas season.
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of a cliff" This
sudden warning
would cause
your heart to
pound and you
would stand qul-
vering in fear.
Wouldn't you be
thankful for the
warning of your
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1962-01-04

Government published its book
let on now to survive fallout
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Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
The Milford
+ h a r m a c y
Grand Opening
Special Party Will Be
Held At Store On Fri
day And Saturday Of
This Week.

Eugene and Marilyn Nelson, the
proprietors of Milford Pharmacy,
who have recently moved FIR o m
their former location in the Han
ley Block to the large store re-
Gently vacated by Sears, Roebuck
and Company, on the corner of the
same block, are planning a gala
grand opening of the new store on
Friday and Saturday of this week.
Gene and Marilyn cordially in
vite all of their friends to attend
the Grand Opening and share in
the fun and prizes.
There will be free prizes, one
every hour; there will be FIR 9
samples supplied by brand name
manufacturers, and there will be
two free Grand Prizes daily.
There will be countless Grand
Opening Specials and scores of
Consumer Specials.
At the Fountain, there will be
specials like. you have never seen
before, and, for the benefit of the
kiddies, there is a new enlarged
toy department, where you may
use a liberal lay-away plan.
Come early, stay late =
Let's make it a date"
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Plenty OF Tourist
Rooms In State

Tourists contemplating visits or
overnight stops in Delaware now
have 1920 hotel and motel rooms
to accommodate them, according to
Frank j. Horty, general manager
of Delaware Memorial Bridge.
An attractive new broc hur e
Where to Stay and Where to
Dine in Delaware" has just been
completed for free distribution by
the bridge management. 1t is the
first completely new survey of
facilities made in five years.
Compilation was done by David
S. Hugg, information officer. Della
ware State Development Depart
ment and Miles l.. Frederick, Sec
retary, Delaware Travel Council.
The bridge and Development De-
partment will be major distrib-
utors Of the folder, Horty said.
A total of 40 establishments
are listed of which 128 are motels
and 23 are hotels in the state.
Other units are listed as inns or
apartments. Rooming houses and
guest homes were not included in
the Survey. Facilities range in size
Continued on page six)'
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
James Hudson Is
Scholarship Winner

Six Sussex County 4-H bows
journeyed to Dover on Nov. goth
to participate in the Crops Judging
contest as part of the Annual
Crops Show. This contest, as we'll
as the whole 2-day crops show, is
sponsored by the Delaware Crop
m p o e m ent Association. A
scholarship to All Camp or Al
Short Course was awarded the
high score judge in each county.
The Sussex County winner is
James Hudson of the Broadkill
All Club. Also from the Broadkill
Club were judges John Hopkins
and Bob Pepper Frank Nelson,
Richard Nelson, and Howard Alb
bott from Dublin Hill were judges
too. Richard was last years win
ner
This years contest consisted of
ranking, first through 4th, lots of
soybeans, barley and oats and
answering questions pertinent to
field crops. In addition, each con-
testant was asked to identify some
of the more commonly recognized
forages.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Christ Church Elects
First Vestrywoman

The 18th Annual Parish Meet
ing of Christ Church made history
on Monday night, November 18th,
when 1T elected Mrs. s IN e /
Marshall. Jr. to its Vestry. Thus,
Mrs. Marshall became the first
Vestrywoman in Christ Church's s
long history of spiritual and social
welfare leadership in this region.
Other members elected to fiji |
terms on the Vestry were: Mr..
Frank j. Brumbaugh, Mr.. James
Cresson, Mr.. Theodore r. Pyne,
and Mr.. Richard E. Wilson. .Vestry-
men carried over from last year
include: Mr.. Calvin Ball, Mr.
Remsen Barnard, Mr.. G eoffre y
Fernald, Mr.. Donald Heinold, and
Mr.. Gordon Kicker.
Elected to carry on the i'm
portant duties Of Senior and Jun
ior Warden, respectively, were:
DIR. John Baker and Mr.. Robert
Fischer. DR.. Baker thus begins his
third consecutive one-year term in
an office now limited by revised
bylaws to a four-year period Mr..
Fischer Is beginning his first year
Of similar sequence in the office
of Junior Warden.
.ontinued page fvet
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Services OF Officer Were
Donated By Philadel-
phia Police Depart
ment, Was Secured By
Commissioner j. B.
POOre.

City police, on Monday evening
OF this week, released police
artists conception of the suspect
sought for questioning in the rape
OF two Milford women and the at
tack on third.
The sketch was drawn by police
artist, Herbert l.. Friedhoff, of the
Philadelphia Police Department,
who interviewed the three victims
at Milford last Saturday.
Friedhoff's services were do
pated by Philadelphia police, and
he was brought to Milford through
the efforts of the towns police
commissioner, G. Brainard Poore.
A reward of $3.50 has been Of
fered for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the
rapist.
Acting Milford Police Chic f
Philip Wagner said that informa-
tion gathered by state police de-
tectives working on the case and
details given by the victims were
combined into the official descrip-
tion of the suspect.
Police are looking for a man 25
to 38 years old. about six feet two
inches tall and of slender build.
He is thought to have broad
shoulders. narrow waist and hips,
good teeth, thin mustache, black
wavy or curly hair.
Victims have described their as
sailant as having "a soft manner of
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Brownies, Intermediates
And Senior Girls Will
Cele brate Christ'S
Birth December Z And
8.

On December the 7th and 8th,
the coming birthday of the Christ
Child will be celebrated by the
Brownies, Intermediates, and SEN
ior Girl Scouts of Milford and
Lincoln. Who else knows better
than gay children how to celebrate
a birthday? The shrieks of laugh
ter and the tingle of excitement
will be felt by everyone present.
Surely if the wee Babe could be
there in Person, the radiant smiles
of the girls would fill his heart
with eternal happiness.
Each Scout and parent is asked
to bring either canned goods, toys,
or clothing which will be turned
over to VFW Post 6483 for dis
tribution at the Posts Christmas
Party for underprivileged ch il
dren.
The parties will get under way
with the making of C hri m a s
favors to be used at the Memorial
Hospital and the Hospital o r
Mentally Retarded at Stockley. All
material will be furnished by each
troop. The program of skits, songs,
or stories will be followed by re-
freshments.
The intermediate and S n o r
Scout Party will be held Decem-
Der 7th from 7:30 to $50 pm. at
the Avenue Methodist c h hurc C h
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
General Mills Again
Offers Scholarships

A high school senior girl from
this community may we'll be
among those who will share in
$4,000 in college scholarships be-
ing offered again this year by
General Mills in it's ninth annual
Betty Crocker Search for h e
A m eri C a n Homemaker of To-
morrow.
In past years, winners have
come from every type community
in the nation = large, small,
medium = and from all types of
schools = public, parochial and
private.
Senior girls here will join with
record number of more than
100000 others in more than 1880
of the nations schools Tuesday,
December 4, in a written examina-
ton to help determine winners in
the 1868 Search Program.
The test, prepared by Science
Research Associates, Chicago, to
emphasize the Importance of
homemaking as a career, is the de-
termining factor in selecting local
and state winners. Personal OBJ
servation and interviews are added
factors in selecting national win
ners.
The 1868 All-American Home
maker of Tomorrow and three
fcontinued on page sixi
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Groups President, JOSH
ua M. Twilley, An
nOunceS That Commit
tees Are WOr king
s Hard For Presentation
On December 2.

Mr.. Joshua NJ Twilley, President
of The Choral Society, announces
that various committees are hard
at work preparing for their annual
presentation of THE Messiah" by
Handel, to be held at the Dover
High School Auditorium on Sun
day, December 2, at 400 pm.
Officers of The Choral Society as
sisting Mr.. Twilley are: Firs t
Vice-President, Mrs. Ralph M.
Hays; Second vice-President, Mr..
George p Kendall; Secretary,
Miss Jean Petsch; and Treasurer,
Mr. Harry Saxton, all of Dover.
Mr.. Robert Collins, Smyrna, 1861
President of The Choral Society,
will be the Marshal for the Candle
light Professional which tradition
ally opens the program. o h r
committees are led by: Mrs Elmo
A. Bean of Dover, Program; Mr..
Fred Brown of Wyoming, Finance,
Miss Rose Chatto of Wyoming and
Mrs. Howard L. Hall of Dover,
Secretarial assistance; and Mrs.
Thomas w. Jennings of Dow r,
Publicity. Section Captains of The
Choral Society are: Sopranos, Mrs.
Earl r. Field of Wyoming; Altos,
Miss Jean MaxIsaac of Dover;
Tenors, Mr. William Obier of Mil
ford: and Bases, Mr. George P.
Kendall of Dover.
continued on page twelve)
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Teen-Age Baker
Wins Baking Fete

A high school student, Miss Gail
Brewington, of Salisbury, Md, to-
day won first place in pre-
liminary baking contest in t h e
$4,000 "Pyrofax" Gas Teer Age
Baking Contest
With the award automatically
goes an opportunity to compete
next month at the Grand Finals
and a chance to win $4,000
scholarship, a possible $500 cash
bonus, and two Caloric gas ranges
worth $500 each one for the
winners home and one for the
winners school.
Twenty-four contestants from
schools in this region took part in
today's competition. All of them
had been chosen on the basis of
their excellence in writing an
essay on 'Why | Want To Go To
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Drive Locally Is Being
Spearheaded By Three
Milford Organizations
Working In Close CO.
operation.

Spearheaded by the Greater Mil
ford Area Development Corpora
tion, in cooperation with the Mil
ford Chamber of Commerce and
City Council, a determined effort
to raise $4,000 to be expended
solely to attempt to attract new
industrial establishments to Mil
ford has been going on for the
past two weeks.
Harvey G. Marvel, President of
the Greater Milford Area Develop
ment Corporation, assisted by Geo.
r. Sheaffer, vice-president, Edwin
L. Fisher, secretary, and Robert
Fischer, treasurer, and the follow
ing corporation directors :
Laurence G. Sharp, Rob ert H.
Yerkes, Sr., Courtney Burch,
Harold Wall, Charles Nugen
Garrett L. Grier, Wayne Kline, A.
Calvin Ball and Wilson Sockrider,
have been literally burning the
midnight oil in seeking supporters
of the plan.
The present program calls for
Representation by an organization
eminently qualified in the in
dustrial relations field plus ex-
tensive advertising in the In
dustrial Section of the Sunday
New York Times.
1t is further pointed out that the
organization representing the
group will only represent Milford,
thus assuring the city of direct
representation at all levels Din
ner tickets at S100 each are being
offered and tentative plans call for
continued on page elevenl
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
New Electric
Go. Office At
Harrington
B ig ht New Building
Has Been Built By
Delaware Power And
Light Company; Pub
lie Invited.

Step inside the bright modern
new building of Delaware Power
and Light Company at Harrington,
Delaware. Immediately you sense
an atmosphere of cordiality. The
employees are happy they enjoy
the well-appointed business Of
fices, and are proud because they
have had hand in the planning.
A. B. Parsons, division manager,
and X M. Farrow, district man
ager, asked them individually and
in groups for ideas. many of which
were Incorporated in the fl n a
plans.
The lighting, from ceiling panels,
creates a soft Seffect, yet provides
100-foot candles on working sur
faces. Colorful floral arrange e.
ments are everywhere.
Comfortable temperatures ar e
maintained the year around with
heat pumps. Three General Elec-
trio weathertron machines cool l.,
clean and circulate the air in
summer, then heat, clean and cir
culate the air in winter. Thermo-
stats throughout the building are
set at rs degrees, a temperature
the employees have agreed upon
as being most comfortable.
Duct work for the heating-cool-
ing system is encased under a
ledge, around the interior peri
meter of the building. Cluttering
the ledge with papers, books or
materials is absolutely taboo, but
a beautiful floral arrangement is
set on the ledge in each office.
continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Joseph Pearce Urges
Early Xmas Mailing

II you are hoping to make this
Christmas really merry, Post
master Joseph Pearce may be your
Santa Claus.
The local postal head = formal
ly kicking off his 1862 Shop and
Mail Early campaign = noted that
mailing is, for most people, one of
the heaviest chores at Christmas.
By making this job as simple as
possible, happier holiday is like
ly to result, he observed.
Virtually all Christmas mailing
can be disposed of now by OBJ
serving the following five sug-
gestions, and during the Christ
mas rush you can relax, Mr.
Pearce noted:
/. Do your shopping for your
Christmas parcels now.
2. Check and revise mailing
lists.
continued on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
OAR Chapter Plans
Delaware Day Meet

Delaware Day, December Z, will
be celebrated tomorrow by TIL e
Captain Jonathan Caldwell Chap
ter, Daughters of the American
Revolution.
The monthly meeting of til e
Chapter will be held in the Mil
ford New Century Club at tw o.
thirty o'clock and will have as
guest speaker Clement c. Wood,
presently Chief Deputy Attorney
General of Delaware, who will
speak on the subject, Delaware
Patriots at Valley Forge" 7 h e
soloist for the occasion will be
Mrs. Richard Caldwell, and her ac-
companist will be Mrs. James B.
Homan Mrs. Jonathan s. Willis,
regent, will preside, and h e
monthly National Defense report
will be given by the chapter chair
man, Mrs. w, j. Dufendach. This
celebration has been the custom
of the Chapter for a number of
years when they invite State Of
ficers and friends to hear the pro-
gram and enjoy the tea which
follows the meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
HARRINGTON Parade
Was Big Success

Three judges, secretly selected
by Fulton j. Downing, were Mayor
AlfOnzo HumeS of Milford.
Clarence Downing of Milford, and
Rosanna Messick of Houston. More
than forty entries of decorated
cars, floats and marching units
participated in the HARRINGTON
Christmas Parade ,ushering Santa
Claus to town on a beautiful float
prepared by the Chamber of Com
merce, with Sam Short as Float
Chairman.
Prizes were awarded to st.
Stephens Church, First, and
A bury Church, Second, for
Organization Floats. Other organi-
cations particip ing were
Harrington Jaycees and Lions
Club. The prizes for Marching
Units were Boy Scout Troop lis,
First, and Cub Scouts, Second. For
Best Commercial Floats, Star Lite
Shop, First, and Peck Bros. Farm
continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Plans For Kiwanis
New Years Dance

AT the Board of Directors meet
ing held recently at the home of
the President, Daniel Friedman,
the annual New Years Eve dance
was discussed and plans an
nounced.
Robert Masten, Vice President of
the local club and chairman of the
affair, stated that the orchestra
had been engaged and that h e
dance will be held in the Milford
Armory as it has in the past years.
Tickets will be placed on sale
during the second week in Decem-
Der and will be obtainable from
any member of the club.
This annual event is the largest
money raising effort of the club,
and the proceeds are used to
further the work done by the
Kiwanis with the youth OF the city.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
County ASC Group
Seeking Manager

Silas Dukes, Chairman of h e
Sussex County ASC Committee in
Georgetown, recently announced
that applications for the position
OF county office manager for the
Sussex County ASC Office will be
accepted through Monday, Dec 10,
1862, to fill a vacancy brought
about by the retirement of Hylon
c. Smith.
The county office manager
executes the policies of the county
committee and is responsible for
the day-to-day operations of the
office. This means that he will be
responsible to the county commit
tee for the administration of such
Department of Agriculture pro-
grams as the Agricultural Con-
servation. Program, Feed Grain
Programs, Acreage Allotment and
icontinued ON page fivep
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Dover Choral Girl Scouts Christma
Society Plans Christmas S S hoppin 6
For Program Party Plans Hours Set Up
Majority OF Stores In
Downtown Section Will
Start Staying Open
Beginning With De-
cember 7th.

The Mercantile Division of the
Milford Chamber of Commerce has
announced that Christmas Milford
Shopping hours for the majority of
the Downtown stores will begin Of
ficially on Friday, Dec. 7th, and
will continue every evening" until
Monday, Dec. oath, when the stores
will close at pm.
Milford City Council, who h S
been working closely with h e
Chamber of Commerce, will have
the parking meters hood d
throughout the city on Dec. Z. For
shopping convenience. clip the ad-
vertisement showing the Down
town stores shopping night ad on
page %.
In addition to the free street
parking, effective on the 7th, the
large. we'll lighted and policed-
free municipal parking lots, on e
located on North East Front St.,
and two others on Washington St.,
with room for many more cars,
both available to shoppers the year
around. The newest one is
adjacent to the new public safety
building.
The next major activity will be
the arrival of Santa Claus from
his abode in the frozen Northland
Old Kris is due to make his Mil
ford entry by plane, arriving at the
Milford Air Park, courtesy of the
owner-manager, Willard Jackson,
at one o'clock, Saturday afternoon,
December Sth. He will be greeted
on his arrival at Milford by
officials of the Chamber of Com
merce and city and will be es-
corted to his home while in Mil
ford, the STORY Book House" on
the Walnut Street Bridge panel
Santa hopes to see all his little
friends on December 8th.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Awards Banquet At
Harrington, Dec. 4th

Under the sponsorship of n e
Parent-Teachers Association an
awards banquet will be held Dec.
4th in the school cafeteria to
honor the girls hockey team in
recognition of Harrington fir t
undefeated season since 1855. The
team was not only undefeated but
also unscored on.
The various civic organizations
have been invited to send repre-
sentatives and to support this af-
fair.
The members of Harrington S
last undefeated team of 1855 have
been contacted and invited to re-
turn for the occasion.
Miss Nancy Sawin, a member Of
the staff of Sanford Preparatory
School, has consented to be the
guest speaker for the evening.
Miss Sawin is one of four players
who represented Delaware in the
National Field Hockey Tourn a
ment held at Delaware, Ohio, on
continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Presbyterians To
Give Concert Dec. Is

The First Presbyterian Church,
of Milford, Delaware, will present
its annual concert on Sunday eve
ming, December 10th, at o'clock
in the Church Sanctuary T h e
Christmas Oratoria by Camille
Saint-Saens will be presented this
year under the direction of Norma
Heyde, Director of Music
Guest soloists will be L e o n
Donovan of Milford and R. Alan
Stewart of Wilmington. o h r
soloists will be members of the
choir.
Preceding the concert, there will
be a musicale of Christmas music
by the organist, Elizabeth Homan,
and GU est pianist, Catherine
Copple. of Greenwood. The public
is cordially invited
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Methodist Churches
To Aid Refugees

Area Methodist Churches will be
collection stations for blankets for
Algerian refugees, following an ap-
peal by Bishop John Wesley Lord
of the Washington area of the
Methodist Church.
American Protestants have been
asked by Church World Service to
solicit $4,000 blankets to warm
the more than one million home
less Algerian refugees in the
eastern provinces of that North
African country.
'Methodism's share in this an
peal has been estimated at $4,000
blankets" Bishop Lord said today,
Continued on page nine)
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30
Milford Boys Get
Fishburne Letters

Cadets Garrett L. Grier, Jr., jay
G. Sipple, and David B. Strahle
were awarded their Varsity letters
for participation in the football
program at Fishburne Military
School, Waynesboro, Virginia. The
awards were made following a
banquet held in honor of the Fish
burne Military School athletes in
the school dining room
Captain Mines Austin, head
coach, in making the awards, COM
mended the cadets for their team
spirit, craftsmanship and loyalty
Cadet Grier is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Garrett L. Grier, North
Shore Drive. Milford. Cadet Sipple
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
l.. Sipple. Milford, R. D. No. 4.
Cadet Strahle is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Strahle, 305 Old
Shawnee Road, Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-30

Caesar Rodney District involving
the supervision of Scouting in ap-
proximately 800 square miles of
suburban and rural territory south
of Wilmington in New Castle Coun-
ty. In his new assignment he will
be related to the administration of
four districts involving Suss x
County in Delaware, Wicomico,
Worcester, and Somerset Counties
in Maryland, and Accomack and
Northampton Counties in Va
Over 1000 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts
and Explorers are enrolled in
these southernmost Eastern Shore
Counties.
Prior to coming to Wilmington,
Taylor served as District Execu-
tive in the Tidewater Council at
Portsmouth, Va. during the period
from 1856 to 1859. In this capacity
he also served as Camp Director
Continued on page seventeen)