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Milford chronicle., 1963-05-31
Speedway Races At
Georgetown Track

A hardy crowd Of race fans
braved the chilly night last Fri
day night to witness the first
night show Of the 1868 season
at the Georgetown Speedway.
Paul Walker, Milton, Della
ware modified ace, took COM
mand Of the 25 lap feature in
the goth lap and held the lead
to the end. Glenn Guthrie was
second, Johnny Martin driving
his new machine, third. Horace
Williams finished fourth and
first Sportsman, Phil Gemenden,
fifth and second Sportsman.
Martin Shockley captured the
wreck infested Hobby 15-lap
feature event. Merle Jester
off the fourth corner
bank. Bob Tice hit the fence on
the backstretch, then flipped his
Ford sedan. Bill Miles and Jim
Davis hooked together and hit
head-on into the retaining bank
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Milford chronicle., 1963-05-31
Saturday
June First
Big Sale Day
Many Merchants Are
Cooperating In Of
fering Big Values To
Shoppers On That
Day.

Many of Milford's leading
merchants have banded together
to make next weekend one that
will long be remembered by
those who shop at their stores
during the annual June Day,
Saturday, June l, from nine to
nine. The promotion is an effort
of the Mercantile Division Of the
Milford Chamber of Commerce.
Advertisements Of the partici-
pating merchants are carried in
this issue of the Milford
Chronicle.
Mr.. Wayne Kline, Mercantile
Division Chairman, assisted by
Chamber and Mercantile Di-
vision Secretary, Robert H.
Yerkes, Sr., have been hard at
work to produce a sales fete
that will meet shopping demands
of those seeking appropriate
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the base. Classes reaching
maximum size during the mill
tary registration will be closed
to civilians.
Tuesday and Thur sday course
offerings include: D 2555, Pub
lie Speaking; E 1925, Funda-
Of Composition; M 01o5,
Intermediate Algebra, no college
credit; PHIL 2025, Introduction
to Philosophy and SOC 3045,
Delinquency and Crime.
Monday and Wednesday eve
ming courses will begin on
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Milford chronicle., 1963-05-31
Bishop To
Confirm At
Church Here
Christ Church Confir-
nation Is Scheduled
For w hi t 5 un d a Y,
June ?, Is Ancient
Rite.

The Right Reverend J. Brooke
Mosley will administer the rite
Of Confirmation to a class Of
candidates at Christ Church on
Whitsunday, June 2. The class
will be presented to the Bishop
by the 31st Rector Of this His
toric parish, the Rev. E. John
Dyer. This is one Of the most
ancient rites Of the church and
is the solemn opportunity Of
fered by the church for all Bap-
tized persons to confirm in their
own name the promises made
for them by their Sponsors at
Baptism. The Bishop, by the
"laying on Of hands" and by
prayer, confirms them in these
vows. This ceremony has come
down in unbroken succession
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Milford chronicle., 1963-05-31
Local High
Alumni To
Hold Dinner
Saturday
Elisha c. Dukes, Secre-
tary Of State, Will
Be Speaker At An
nual Fete At High
School.

The old Grads will fete the
new Grads and all will hear
Elisha c. Dukes, Secretary of
State, speak at the Annual Mil
ford High School Alumni Asso-
citation dinner and membership
m Getting tomorrow evening
Saturday., June 1st, at $50
O'Clock at Lakeview Avenue
School cafeteria.
There will be several class
reunions including the class Of
1913, the 50-year class, and the
class Of 1888, the 25-year class.
According to H. T. Krauss.
the president, a capacity crowd
is expected for the dinner, which
will honor the largest class In
the history Of Milford nigh
School, the class Of 1868.
During the course OF the eve
ming, the winner Of the Alumni
Scholarship will be announced
and officers to guide the asso-
citation through the year ahead,
will be announce
In order that the Association
may be maintained on a solvent
basis, an annual dues Of $1.0o
was requested from each mem
ber Of the Association. Early
response has been excellent and
this yearly dues proposition will
be continued.
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-31
All Alters Enjoy
Garden Project

Since the early 1900's, All
boys and girls have watched the
miracle Of growth and enjoyed
the bounty Of nature through
garden projects. Hundreds Of
young horticulturists in town and
country are literally ee-deep
caring for their gardens, lawns,
shrubs and trees.
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his Santa Fe Rangers was put
on the air until ribbon cutting
time. The ribbon-cutting cere-
mony was introduced by Borden
Smith Of WKSB. Mr.. Buchanan,
owner of the store, made short
talk Of welcome to those pres
ent and expressed his apprecia-
tion to the people of Milford
and surrounding community for
their help in making the beauti-
ful service establishment pos
sible. Following Mr.. Buchanan,
Ralph Moore, manager Of the
new store, thanked all his GUS
toners and welcomed them to
the opening festivities. Mr.. C. j.
McCrory, manager Of Tire Sales
for the Firestone Tire & Rub
ber Company from Akron, Ohio,
commended the Buchanan or
ganization for the fine job they
have done in building such a
fine store and service facility
for the people Of Milford. Nc
Crory was followed to the stand
by Mr.. Edd B. Harris, District
Manager of the Firestone Tire
& Rubber Company, from Balti-
more, who expressed his love
Of the Eastern Shore and Della
ware and the pride that the
Firestone organization has in
this fine store in Milford.
Following Mr.. Harris, Mr..
Buchanan introduced the Hon.
Ebert N. Carvel, Governor Of
Delaware, who brought greet
ings for the state and expressed
his pride in the growth Of the
area, following this with a state
ment Of his appreciation Of the
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Milford chronicle., 1963-05-31
Pony League Will
Open On May 30th

The Milford Pony League will
begin activities with their Open
ing Ceremony on Memorial Day,
May 80, at 1880 pm. The Open
ing Prayer will be given by Rev.
Paul L. Buehrle, pastor Of the
Reformation Lutheran Church.
The first ball will be thrown out
by Mayor Alphonso E. Humes.
The first game will be
doubleheader, beginning at pm.
The first game will be Pierce
Hardware VS.. Fisher Appliances
and the second game, Webb's
Ford G. Mercury VS.. Tastee-
Freez.
The schedule follows: June 8 :
Tastee-Freez at Pierce; June
A Fisher at Webb's; June 5 :
Pierce at Webb's; June s, Fisher
at Tastee-Freez; June 10 :
Fisher at Pierce; June IL
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Graduation
Week Starts
At School
On Sunday
Baccalaureate Service
Due That Evening;
Annual Commence
ment Will Be Held
Next w e d n e S d a y
Night In NJ Milf or d
Theatre.

Sixty-third Annual Com
mencement Exercises Of the
Milford High School will hA hold
Wednesday evening, June 5, al
500 O'Clock in the Milford
Theatre.
The program follows:
Band Concert Milford High
School Band, Mr.. Paul Teare,
Director.
The Academic Procession :
"Pomp and Circumstance. !.
Elgar. (Audisnce please stand
and remain standing until Invo-
cation has been given.)
The National Anthem (First
Verse;. Francis Scott Key.
Invocation. (. Rev. Douglas
Milbury, Calvary Methodist
Church.
Salutatory Address. Mary
Joy Hudecz.
Choral Selections. Junior
Senior Chorus HNo Man Is
An Island". .Whitney-Kramer,
and HGod Be With You Until
We Meet Again.. Toner.
Valedictory Address. Allan
Dallas.
Introduction Of Speaker. Mr..
willard Hickman, Admins
trative Assistant.
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Beebe Hospital
Fashion Show

The annual Fashion Show,
sponsored by the Rehoboth Aux
iliary Of the Beebe Hospital, will
be held Wednesday, June 5th, at
200 pm. at the Rehoboth Beach
Country Club.
Fashions for this years show
will be presented by Bird
Speakman.
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Plans Complete For
Memorial Day Here

AS the Chronicle prepared to
go to press on Tuesday, plans
for Milford's annual Memorial
Day observance were complete.
Included were a parade, public
ceremonies and visits to the
areas cemeteries.
The parade, which traditional
ly opens Milford's Memorial
Day observance, was to form
Thursday morning in the area
between the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Station and Milford Post
Office, and begin moving at $3.50
am. Scheduled to march were
the Milford High School Band,
military units, veterans organi-
cations and Scout groups.
The parade was scheduled to
proceed east on Causey Avenue
to Memorial Plaza, downtown,
where traditional public cere-
monies were to be staged. The
Rev. w. Edwin Tull, pastor OF
the Church of God, was to be
principal speaker. Other men,
bers Of the clergy; Mayor A. E.
Humes and representatives of
the community's veterans or
ganizations were to be program
participants. David S. Hugg was
slated to introduce the program
participants and the honor volley
was to have been fired by a
Firing Squad representing the
sponsoring Blue Hen Post,
V.F.W.
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Youth Learning
Livestock Judging

The SUSSEX County All Live
stock members attended three
meetings held in May to learn
how to Judge or evaluate live
stock on the hoof.
All members In Sussex Coun-
ty having beef, sheep, swine or
other livestock projects, except
dairy attended judging training
classes held under the super
vision Of Bill Pinnell, Sussex
All Agent and Don Burton,
Assoc. Livestock Specialist,
University Of Delaware. Mem
bers we're taught how to evaluate
livestock on the hoof for car
cass quality or breed charac-
teristics. The Alters may use
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Conference On
Handicapped

DR.. A. R. Stands, Jr., Medical
Director of the Alfred l. dupont
Institute, announced that The
State Board of Health and the
Alfred l. dupont Institute are
jointly sponsoring a Delaware
Conference on the Handle apped
Child, to be held at the Alfred
l. dupont Institute in Whining
ton, Delaware, on June II. The
Continued on page AIo)
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-31
Marching Band
Clinic July 26-27

Jack K. Lee, director Of bands
at the University of Arizona, will
be the clinician at the fifth annual
Marching Band Clinic at the Uni
versity of Delaware, to be held
at the Newark campus July 26 and
q.
Sponsored by the division of
extension and the department of
music, the clinic will feature lee
lures, discussions and demon
strations, complete display Of
marching and concert band ma
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Milford chronicle., 1963-05-31
Harry White Is
Proud Of Heart

Pride is reflected in a var
iety Of ways many times In
material possessions or In per-
Sonal accomplishments.
Harry White, 76-year-old Del
mar farmer, shows his pride In
a different form In his heart
beat.
The Sussex Countian feels that
way with just cause. For with
the aid Of mechanical heart
stimulator he Is able to talk with
friends, walk around the house,
Continued on page A5)
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-31
State Flower Show
Starts Tomorrow

Thousands Of flowers will fill
Carpenter Field House at the
University Of Delaware this
weekend, as the Delaware Flower
Show gets under way. The flower
show, only statewide event Of its
kind In Delaware, will run from
2:3o to 9 pm. Saturday, June l i,
and from 10 am. to 2 pm. Sum-
day, June 2.
One Of the main features of
the show will be a huge floral
clock made from specially grown
plants by yprofessional gardeners.
The clock will serve as a keynote
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and tastefully decorated with
flowers, etc.
The theme Of the Pageant this
year will be "a Picture To
Remember. Each of the lovely
contestants will have a chance
to be framed in this picture
before the final one IS chosen
that will hold her pose all year.
The Pageant will be run exact
ly according to the Miss Ameri-
can Pageant rules and each OF
the girls will compete in the
three catagories Of Evening
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Miss Delaware Pageant At
Dover High School June 8

The Miss Delaware Scholarship Pageant be held Dovers
High School Auditorium Saturday evening" June 8h will be
auu stage veil STAGE according to Andy Mars
chairman Of the staging committee.
addition to the lovely Delaware girls who will for the
title auditorium will be gay
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-31
Plan To Offer University
Extension Courses Soon

University of Delaware extension will be offered
this at Dover Air Force Base, beginning Tuesday
49, and Rehoboth Beach, beginning Monday August
Registration for Air classes Building
from 1880 p.m., preceding
classes. for civilians
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-31
State Club Women Met At
Milford On May p 23
Fourth Convention Sponsored By The Mil
ford New Century Club Was Declared
An Outstanding Success By The Hun
dreds Of Club Women Who Attended.

Milford New Century Club organized February IA,
1885, month later joined the Delaware
of Women's Clubs and in May, 1900, hostess
Federation with its founding president Jonathan Willis,
in charge Again in May, 194e with Mrs. Willis
president the Milford Club entertained the
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-31
Buchanan's Grand Opening
Last Week Big Success
Huge Crowd On Hand For The Ribbon
Cutting Ceremony By Gov Ebert N.
Carvel And Vice Mayor Howard Doc
Furniss Last Thursday Morning; Prizes
Awarded Entertainment Was Provided,

The Grand Opening Of the local Frestone store Buchanan
Service, Inc apparently huge Several hundred
waiting the bbon-cutng which took
shortly after 1000 last rsday morning.
The local radio station made direct hooup broadcast
store starting 945, music by Mel Price and
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known to the United States
Navy, anchors the beautiful
yacht Santa Maria belonging
to Henry Ford II, who ap-
pears here between hops to
New York. where he is sup
posed to talk to his lawyer
about a divorce.
Much farther down on the
Italian coast there is a much
talked-about spot, Porto Err
cole, the hideout of the Ital-
ian aristocratS who are try
ing to develop 1t into a chic
resort. It's here that the Co.
lonnaS, the Borghese and all
the other Roman princes have
their houses. Here the royal
family of the Netherlands
spends weeks of vacations in
the villa, THE Happy Ele-
phant," and it's here that
Count Marco PUGET Casali is
building an exclusive apart
ment house, selecting careful
ly its future residents.
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and Mrs. G. Ellis Clark, of
Elizab e htown, N. c.; her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Anderson,
of KinSton, N. c.; also her
nephew and his wife, Mr..
and Mrs. Wayne Anderson,
of Chapel Hill, N. C.
Ranking guests at the
party were the Deputy Chief
of Staff for Personnel 1t.
Gen. James J. Richardson,
and Mrs. Richardson, the
Surgeon General 1t. Gen.
Leonard K. Heaton, and Mrs.
Heaton. The Air Force Sur
geon General Maj. Gen.
Oliver K. NeisS, and Mrs.
Neiss, and Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Ben Sternberg.
Coming from Florida for
the reception was the Chair
man of the Defense Advisory
Committee on Women in the
Services Miss Margaret j.
Gilkey. of Miami, she was
Joined by Mrs. Donald
Quarles; 1t. Col. Kathryn
Royster; Miss JEANNE Adker-
son, and Miss Dorothy
Sutherland of the Peace
Corps. e. M. D.
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BY MARGARET ANDERSON
Women's News Service

BONN.-Princess Lee Rad
twill is building a holiday
villa in the Aga Khau's
new playground along the
northeast emerald coast on
Sardinia.
President Kennedy's sister,
in-law is building near Ingrid
Bergman. Another neighbor
will be Bettina, the auburn
haired fashion model who
was Ally Khan's girl friend
at the time of his death in a
car crash.
Princess RadZiwill's villa
has its own half-moon pri-
vate beach bounded by man.
moth rocks providing COM
plete privacy. Presumably.
the villa building will be
used by Jacqueline Kennedy,
who has been sharing a
rented villa in Italy with her
sister for summer holidays.
Bettina's Villa
Bettina's is the biggest villa
so far built along the Aga
Khan's Is miles Of emerald
coast. 1t is set in 80 acres.
and the water's-edge man.
sion is almost ready for
occupancy.
The Aga Khan heads a
consortium Of wealthy bust
nesSmen from France and
Britain which has acquired
10000 acres Of land and is
spending 500 million to de-
velop an exclusive, gold
plated playground.
Master planning calls for
at least five new towns and
three shopping centers. There
will be 1000 villas, several
de luxe hotels, a golf course,
polo field, 5000 bungalows,
several yacht harbors and a
heliport.
When completed, the holi-
day paradise will accommo-
date 10000 visitors at any
given time. Construction has
been started and is being
pressed on a schedule to have
the playground operating by
1866.
On the Emerald Coast,
Princess Radziwill will be
able to spear fish, her favorite
sport, from a special diving
area designed for that pur-
pose.
1t Is understood that the
Presidents sister-in-law was
attracted to Sardinia by the
Aga Khan's promise to pre-
serve the dignity and privacy
of the new holiday resort
He has said, please remem-
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Miss KnebeI
Is Married
To Mr.. Jecko

Mr.. Fletcher Knebel an
nounces the marriage of his
daughter, Mary Lewis, to Mr..
Michael Whitfield Jecko, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Perry j.
Jecko of Bethesda yesterday
in st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Bethesda.
The bride, who also is the
daughter of Mrs. Edward Cox
of Washington, was gradu-
ated from Greenbrier College,
Lewisburg, w. Va, and at
tended Miami University,
oxford, Ohio. The bridegroom
is a graduate of Yale Univer-
sity and is returning there
this year to study for his
Masters degree.
After a wedding trip to
Sanibel Island, Fla, the cou-
pie will make their home in
New Haven, Conn.
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First Lody's Sister
Is Building Villa

Der that we are not going to
exploit Sardinia; we are
going to develop it. There
is a world of difference be-
tween the two.
What we are trying to do
is succeed where the French
Riviera fails. We want a
dignified family resort, a
place where any mother will
be proud and happy to send
her daughter on a holiday.
There will be no synthetic
glamour in what we are
building"
Boom
Sandman land prices are
looming. Peasants are SELL
ing their land, once worth
500 an acre, for as high as
$1,000 an acre. One 72-year-
old woman who had never
had more than $3.50 in the
bank deposited 100000 after
selling her family's land
holdings.
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COL. Harper eted
By Nurse Corps

The handsome newly re-
decorated Officers Club.
Walter Reed Army Medical
Center, was the lively scene
last evening at a hsil-and-
farewell reception for the
Army Nurse Corps.
In the receiving line
were retiring Col. Margaret
Harper; 1t. Col. Mildred
Irene Clark, who succeeds her;
1t. Col. Anne Mae Hays, re-
Gently made assistant Chief
Nurse, and Mai. Doris Led
better, who, acting as aide,
presented the guests.
Col. Harper retires August
81, and on that day Col
Clark receives her promotion
to full colonel.
The receiving line formed
in the foyer of the club
before a bevy of flags and
palm trees. The new decor of
the foyer and ballroom with
its Oriental motif was carried
out in the flower arrange
ments which graced the many
serving tables where supper
was held from 6 to way be-
yond the 8 O'Clock party
time.
Out of town guests among
the more than 500 friends
who passed through the line
included Col. Harper's
brother, Mr.. Paul Harper, Of
Wichita, Kans., Col. Clark's
brother and sister-in-laW, Mr..
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talked about Ike's visit to the
historic battle fields and Ma
mics horror of germs her
ice cubes had to be made
with mineral water.
Deauville didn't feel the
DISGUST about the bad
weather because there were
too many social gatherings
going on, and specially the
gala DIES AmbaSsadeurs' to
talk about, with Jayne Mans
field present. But the real
talk was about the long eve
ming dreSs-ladies with short
dresses were not admitted,
Some husbands had to make
a choice between buying the
beloved spouse a new dress
or just not going.
Serious Talk
At the Basin d'Arcachor
near Bordeaux on the At
lantic Coast talks are more
serious. There, an interna-
tional tennis championship
between the showers and a
bunch of international high
brows talking politics and
French food. Adalbert de Sc
gonsac, Washington CORE
spondent of France Soir has
rented a house here, Bill
Bundy is not far from him
and over the bay resides
Count Jean de la Granville,
former French counsellor in
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PARIS REPORT
Talking in the Rain

yacht, the Albercaro manned
after his children Albert and
Caroline) that burned half
down in Amsterdam just the
day before being launched
for a cruise through Gibral-
tar to Monaco. Now the
cruise is off and the Prince
is irritated.
On the Cap Ferrat, two
French PlaywrightS, Jean
Anouilh and Marcel Ayme
(both owning a house here I,
are talking literature and
playing billiards. AnG in the
harbour of Villefranche we'll
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PARIS REPORT

championship in Peru. The
sport is said to be brought
to Biarritz by Peter Viertel,
Deborah Kerr's husband.
And there's all the chit
chat among the French and
Spanish ariStocrats residing
in Biarritz or in the nearby
San Sebastian just over the
Spanish border where the top
personalities are the Duchess
of Alba and the Marquesa de
Villaverde, daug ter Of
Franco.
People
On the Mediterranean, peo-
pie mainly talk about people.
Who is where and with whom
and why, is the most impor-
tant topic even If everybody
pretends to be interested in
arts and stage shows.
In Cannes, it's the exhibit
by painter Lorjou at the Carl
ton Gallery that makes people
talk, mainly because he is
Sueing the French govern
ment for $150,OO0 for having
stopped his exhibit on a boat
in the Seine River in Paris
a month ago.
The big ballet evening in
Nizza was an event to be
talked of-not so much be-
cause Margot Fonteyn and
Nureyev danced, but because
Princess Grace of Monaco
was there with David Niven,
Elsa Maxwell and Romy
Schneider, and because the
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Program for Blind

The regular meeting of the
D. C. Charter chapter Of the
American Business Women's
Administration will be held
tomorrow at 6 pm. at the
Chamberlin Cafeteria. The
program will be provided by
the Blind Veterans Admin
istration.
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Washington and Moscow and
now occupying an important
post OF the Quai d'Orsay.
A little farther down on the
Silver Coast two topics are
en- vogue. Surfriding, an
unknown sport in France 10
years ago, but now the big
hit Of Biarritz. The natives
Of this coast, the Basques,
even won last years world
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BY ANDREA
Star Special Writer

CANNES.-August has beer
a rotten month for vacation
ers in Europe.
Thunder storms and rain
appeared on every shore and
the best sun-hungry people
could do was to get some
fun from indoor sports and
talk, talk, talk.
Where did they talk about
what? In Normandy, they
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first couple of Monaco is to
be pitied for their temporal
loss of Prince Rainier'S new
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Prevention Of Blindness Society
Catholic Charities Of Northern
Virginia, Children's Home
Society Of Virginia, and Null
tiple Sclerosis Association OF
Greater Washington.
Also Help for Retarded Chill
dren, d. c., Montgomery Coun-
ty Association for Retarded
Children, Prince Georges Coun-
ty Association for Retarded
Children, Northern Virginia
Mental Health Association,
and Prince Georges County AS
ISOLATION for Mental Health.
The total dollar amount OF
overdesignations is $48,326.
Not included In the desig-
nation figures Is $4,000 re-
ceived from the benefit per-
Torrance Of. "Mr. President,
to provide two special pro-