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Milford chronicle., 1963-03-22

waiting very anxiously for this
wonderful trip.
Mr.. Hawkins, our principal,
who had invited Mr.. Davis to our
school, received a very nice
letter from him after his visit.
In part, this is what he said,
ST must tell you how overwhelm-
ed ! was by the warm response
of the children at the Lakeview
School.
This was unquestionably the
most attentive, responsive, and
appreciative audience Ihave ever
had the pleasure of addressing" "
We all enjoyed Mr.. Davis and
we appreciated the opportunity of
hearing him. We also appr eciat-
ed his nice letter about his visit
to our school and room.
Miss Jeffrey's Visit
Miss Jeffrey, Dental Hygienist
of the State Board of Health,
came to our room in February
and talked to us on the proper
care and Importance of our teeth.
She told us six ways of caring
for them.
They are:
]. Visit your dentist regularly.
2. Use florideS to prevent ca
vitieS.
8. Eat we'll balanced diet.
4. Eat less sweets between
meals.
5. Brush your teeth after eat
ing.
s. Play safely to avoid acci-
dents.
We enjoyed Miss Jeffrey's talk
very much.
We are trying to remember to
brush our teeth. Once each mark
ing period, Mrs. Hammond, our
school nurse, checks our teeth
for cleanliness.
Delaware Historical Essays
In the month of February, the
Milford chronicle., 1963-03-22

fifth and sixth grades wrote some
essays about Delaware History
for the Daughters of the American
Revolution. OAR This is a
group Of women who have traced
their ancestors back to the Amer
lean Revolution. We wrote about
many Delaware events that have
occurred from the landing of
the Swedes In 1888 to the present
times. Many boys and girls In
our class entered an essay. We
learned much about Delaware by
writing these stories.
We are very pleased to hear
there are some winners In our
room. They are: Diane Draper,
first place; Sandy Smith, second
place, John Glenn Davidson, third
place, Marsha Morgan, Hon.
orable Mention.
These winners will be given
their awards at our assembly
program.
Nancie Jones
Glenn Davidson
The Science Fair
Our school is having its Fourth
Annual Science Fair this week,
March 20-21. Almost everyone
is entering a project In our class.
A few of the entries are: The Ear,
The Eye, The Tooth, OIL Filters,
The Solar System, and The VOL
cano. We are all working indivi-
dually.
The judging will be done on
Wednesday, March 20, at 2 pm.
in the Milford High School gym.
The fair is open to the public on
Thursday, March 21.
Ribbons will be given for the
best entries. Naturally we all
would like ribbon, but we know
1t isn't possible. The best prize
Of all is what we have learned.
Some of the purposes are:
i. To learn about many things
In science.
2. To learn how to do research
work.
8. To assemble the materials.
4. To be able to explain and
answer questions about our pro-
ject.
5. To share our projects with
others. Diane Van Worst
Diane Draper
Gail Redden
Milford chronicle., 1963-03-22

Marie Garris, Townsend's me-;
Thelma Joseph and Shirley
Mitchell, Hospital for the Men,
tally Retarded; Peggy Wootten,
Millsb orc Trust Company;
Cheryl Baker, Hudson's Wallpap-
er; Carol Cordrey, DR.. A. L.
Czebotari; James Clark, Snow
White Laundry; Dolly Forse,
Town G. County TV; Bertha Rog-
ers, Home Federal Savings &
Loan Co.; and June Jones, Col
Inns & Ryan, Inc.
The buSSine Ssmen In the Mills
boro area have been cooperating
in this work experience program
since 1854, and the students be-
lieve they receive valuable ex-
perience and assistance from
this two week period.
Milford chronicle., 1963-03-22
CONSUME er Forums
Set For April II, Is

Invitations are going out this
week for the annual Delaware
Consumer Forums April II In
Wilmington and April Is In
Georgetown. Representatives
from service and civic organiza-
tions throughout the state will
hear talks and participate In dis
cussions on "The Consumer and
the American Economy"
Sponsored by the Home Econo-
mics Extension Service at the
University of Delaware through
a grant from the Sears, Roebuck
Milford chronicle., 1963-03-22
Lukeview Elementary School News

Grade 5 : Mrs. Ruth Blades's
Section 2.
Philadelphia Trip
Our fifth grade class is plan
ming a trip to Philadelphia on
April "A. We are going on a
Trailway bus. We will visit In
dependence Hall area, Christ
Church, the Academy of Natural
Sciences, and The Franklin In
stitute where we will see a DEM
onstration in the Fels Planet
arium. We shall eat dinner In
the Delaware Dining Room on
the way home. We are looking
forward to this very nice trip.
Betsy Townsend
Diane Van Worst
Ruth Lurwick
Mar sha Morgan
Mr.. Davis's Visit to Our School.
On Thursday, February 20, Mr..
Donald Davis from the Fels
Planetarium in Philadelphia,
gave the third through sixth
grades a lecture on the Solar
System. He showed us slides of
the different planets as he talked.
After the assembly, Mr.. Davis
came to our room and told US
more about outer space. He gave
US a chance to ask him questions.
We we're very fortunate In
having MIR. Davis talk to us be-
cause on Wednesday, April "a,
our class will be visiting the
Fels Planetarium. He may be
our lecturer that day. We are
Milford chronicle., 1963-03-22

Following the talk and panel
discussion, the speakers will an
swer questions from the au-
dience.
In Wilmington, Consumer For
um will be held in the Gold Ball
room of Hotel dupont, and
Georgetown's Consumer Forum
will be at Wesley Methodist
Church. Each will feature a BAN
quet before the program. Miss
Janet Reed, extension clothing
Milford chronicle., 1963-03-22

specialist at the University of
Delaware, is chairman of the
events. I
Milford chronicle., 1963-03-22
BILLY LIAR AT HEDCERoW

MOYLAN, Pa. (AP) = The
Hedgerow Theater, one of the
oldest experimental p1ayhouses
in this country, won the American
premiere rights to "Bi11y Liar"
a British play by Keith Water
house and Willis Hall.
Navajo times., 1963-03-21

The big All-Indian Independent
Basketball Tournament Set for the
final week in March at the Window
Rock Civic Center closes the
basketball season in Naval joland.
Participating in this outstanding
sports classic will be 20 Indian
basketball teams from the States of
New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado,
California, Utah and possibly New
ada. They represent many Indian
tribes from the SouthWe stern
United States.
The Navajo Civic Center Ath-
letic Committee is staging tM S ALL
Indian Tournament as a special
tribute to the St. Michaels Mission
and High School, the school and
institution which had started such
tournaments in the early days of
basketball on the Navajo Reserva-
tion. The St. Michaels School and
Mission, located only two miles
from the Civic Center, has been
sponsoring the original ReSerVa-
tion school tournaments. then the
All-Indian tournament s, and finally
the Cold Medal tournaments over
many many years.
This is a two-divl sion (girls'
and men's) tournament program
and invited are top independent
leaguers and winners of various
tournament held throughout the
Navajo times., 1963-03-21
Tuba City InuitatiOnaI
Basketball Tournament

CHAMPIONSHIP in the Mems
division--Leupp independents won
First place with Flags aft Rabbits
taking Second 1916.
The Tuba City Community Gen.
ter won Third place with 55-52
victory over the Kayena Crawleys.
Tuba City Boarding School de-
feated Reynolds Electric by score
of 57-54 to win the Cons olation
award.
CHAMPIONSHIP in the Wo-
mems division--The Tuba City
WarrioretteS beat the Window R ock
Lodgerettes 21-2O to win the
Championship inthe Womens' divi-
sion.
Virginia Largo scored % points
for the Window Rock Diamonds to
defeat the Tuba City Mixups 32-15
for the Third place trophy.
For the Consolation award, we
find the ASC Lumberjills over the
Window Rock TribetteS 3O-27.
ALL-TOURNAMENT FIRST
TEAM awards in the Mems diW-
sion: Larry Demick--Flagstaff
Babbitts. Leo Watchman--Flag-
staff Rabbits, Mike h--Leupp
Independent, Tom Woodall--Kay-
enta Crawleys and Ted Wilcox
Leupp Independents.
ALL-TOURNAMENT FIR S T
TEAM awards in the Women's
division: Ruth Damon--W.R. Tri-
bettes, Nellie Greeley--T.C. War
riorettes. Virginia Largo--W.R.
Navajo times., 1963-03-21

Third Place Trophy
Fourth Place Trophy
Consolation Trophy
Team Sportsmanship Trophy
Team Travel Trophy
All Tourney Team Trophies
Most Valuable Player Trophy
Free Throw Championship Trophy
Managers Trophy Championship
Team)
Girls Divi sion
Championship Trophy
Second Place Trophy
Third Place Trophy
Fourth Place Trophy
Consolation Trophy
Team Sportsmanship Trophy
Team Travel Trophy
All Tourney Team Trophies
Most Valuable Player Trophy
Free Throw Champi onship Trophy
Managers Trophy Championship
Team)
The ten members of the Navajo
Civic Center Athletic Committee
operating under the Civic Center
Board of Directors in the Public
Facilities and Services Division of
the Navajo Tribal organization
have stated they are again very
happy to produce this sports at
traction. "In the spirit Of coopera-
tion with the participating firms,
the individuals, the agencies, the
press, and the radio, that the Com
mittee again welcomes each and
everyone of you as players and
spectators to participate whole
heartedly in this All-Indian Tour
nament which is honoring the St.
Michaels School and Mission"
Navajo times., 1963-03-21

Lodgerettes, Carol Patty--A.S.C.
Lumberjills, Rachel Goings--
USPH Blue Jays, and Marie Den
ney--W.R. Lodgeretes.
ALL-TOURNAk1ENT SECOND
TEAM awards went to the following
individuals in the Mem division:
Ronnie Townsend --Flagstaff Bah
bits, Hoskie Yazzie--Tuba City
Boarding School. Ken Peshlakai--
Tuba City Community Center. Ron
ME PRYOR : lag staff Rabbits and
William Hannah--Leupp Independ-
ents.
ALL-TOURNAMENT SECOND
TEAM in the Women's division
went to the following: Sonya Stew
art w. R. Lodgerettes, Doris
Watchman--W.R. Tribeues, Bar
bara Baca--Tuba City Warrior
cites. Alberta Carpenter--ASC
Lumberjills, Carol Pyson--Tuba
City Mixups and Lucille LeClere--
TIC. Warriorettes.
'MOST VALUABLE PLAYER"
award went to TED WILCOX--Le-
upp Independents in the Mems
division.
NELLIE GREELEY, member of
the Tuba City Warriorettes re-
ceived the "MOST VALUABLE
PLAYER" award in the Women S
division.
INDIVIDUAL SPORTSNiANSHIP
AWARDS went to ED BEGAY of the
Tuba City Boarding School and
BETTY SHOWALTER of the Win
Navajo times., 1963-03-21

The first round of the Ganado
Invitational Journey got under way
on Monday, March 4, starting at
7:3O pm. The first game that
evening was between the Keams
Canyon Bulldogs and Reynolds
Electric of Gallup. NM, with a
final score of 61-33 in favor of
Reynolds Electric. L. Nahlee had
top scoring honors with 27 points
for Reynolds.
The second game of the evening
was between the Ganado Bears of
Ganado and Del Muerto Canyon of
Chinle. The Bears got off to
roaring start taking the lead at
half-time 1915. The Bears we're
never in trouble after they went
on to win by score of 85-41. The
scoring was pretty well distributed
among the Bears with Mickey
Dalton having the highest with 18
Navajo times., 1963-03-21
All Indian Tournament !
To Honor ST. michueIs

1962-63 season. Both tournaments
will be run on a Consolation
Championship type bracket with at
least four games being played
during each session. The MEGA
Committee together with managers
and coaches of all teams entered
completed the drawings and pair
ings in the Navajo Tribal Council
Chambers on March 18th.
Included in this sports classic
are the free throw contests for
both mems and girls division
throughout the first round games.
Every team enteredi is repre- sented
by a player where 20 throws are
allowed for the men and is throws
for the girls.
The famous Navajo Tribal Band
will again appear asthc tournament
band. The band, led by their
Director Birley r. Gardner, will be
performing at all evening sessions
thr oughout the tournament.
The highlight of this tournament
will be the bestowing of honors and
awards to teams placing, to out
standing players, and special pre-
sentations TO others. The following
is the list of team and individual
trophy awards to be presented:
Mems Division
Championship Trophy
Second Place Trophy
Navajo times., 1963-03-21

dow Rock Tribettes.
INDIVIDUAL HICH-POINT
MAN--SINGLE GAME awards went
to Wilson Stewart of the Navajo
P G H with IS points. SINGLE
GAME HIGHEST SCORE in the
Women's division went to Carol
Patty of the ASC Lumberjills with
SIS points.
HlCH-SCORER THROUGHOUT
THE TOURNAMENT--ln the Mems
bracket: Tom Woodal of the Kayen-
ia Crawleys with 1O7 points.
HICH-SCORER in the Women'S
division went to Carol Patty Of
the ASC Lumberjills with 76 points.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TEAM award went to: Truman
Connywerdy of the Leupp lndepen-
dents.
RUBY PANA of the Tuba City
Warriorettes received the trophy
for the Manager of the Champion
ship team in the Women S division.
Navajo times., 1963-03-21
SO YOU WANT TO BUY A
NAVAJO RUG?

Published by the Inter- Tribal
Indian Ceremonial. Sixteen pages
with color illustr ations. Tells the
history of Navajo weaving and de-
scribes the various rug styles and
patterns. $50 This magazine is
available for sale at the Navajo
Tribal Museum or at the Navajo
Arts and Crafts Guild, Window
Rock. All books are postpaid.
Navajo times., 1963-03-21
G0n0do InvitutionoI
Basketball Tournament

points.
Second round of the tournament
took place with the Holbr ook Police
and the Second Mesa Wings bat
tling it out. The Police team de-
feated the Second Mesa Wings
1O6-47. Dustan Everman was high
point man for the Police with %.
Leupp Rams played the Navajo
National Bank of Window Rock in
the second game and outscored
them 74-48. Mike Smith led the
Rams with 27 points.
The Third night of the tourna-
ment, we find the White Cone
Braves meeting the Warriors of
Chinle. The game was close
throughout the first half with the
Warriors holding on to a one
point lead. The Warriors then
gradually pulled away and were
Continued on Page y
Navajo times., 1963-03-21
BUSY

By KEN RAoMUoSEN
"How doth the busy little bee
Improve each shining hour.
feel quite sure it always tries
To do what's in its power
SO / sat down to contemplate
Statistics | might keep
To show me how it does its stuff
But | went fast asleep.
The chronicle., 1963-12-03
Trial Continues
On Bearings Of
Negro Prisoners

OXFORD, Miss. (UPD- The
trial of five Mississippi officers,
accused Of beating a group OF
Negro prisoners, was to contin-
ue in US. District Court here
today.
Annel Ponder. a field worker
for the Southern Christian Lead
ership Conference, testified II
the trials opening session Mon
day the officers beat her wher
she refused to say "sir."
The Justice Department flee
the charges against Montgom
cry County Sheriff Earle Wayne
Patride, Winona Police Chic.
Thomas ]. Heron j., Winons
policeman William Surrell, state
highway patrolman John L
Basinger and Charles Thomas
Perkins, a former state patrol
man.
They are accused Of beating
the prisoners after arrestine
them at the Winona bus ter
minal.
The chronicle., 1963-12-03
Panel Discusses
DropoUt Problem
At Pos Schools

A panel discussion on ''School
Dropouts' was held today in the
Pascagoula High School Audi
torium at 11:10 am. and al
11:20.
Sponsored by the Anola Club,
the panel consisted Of Edward
Khayat, Beat 2 Supervisor; M
o. Elem, Standard Oil personnel
director; Mrs. Joe Moore, super
vising interviewer Of the Pas
cagoula office Of the Mississip-
pi Employment Service, and
Robert H. Slaughter, nuclear
power department manager at
Ingalls,.
A second session of the discus
sion, with the same panelists,
will be held Wednesday at the
Junior High School at the same
time.
The chronicle., 1963-12-03
Blue Ribbon Probe On
Assassination Begins

DALLAS CUPID 80 Texas as
sembled a blue ribbon panel Of
legal minds today for a court
Of inquiry into the assassina-
ton of President Kennedy and
surrounding events.
Texas Atty. Gen. Waggoner
Carr conferred with wounded
Gov. John Connally about the
investigation Monday and an
nounced the names Of two law
yers who would help interro-
gate witnesses.
Leon JaworSki, a Houston at
torney who was trial judge ad-
vocate in the Nuremberg trials
following World War II, and
Dist. Atty. Henry Wade Of Dali
las were named to the panel
which Carr will head.
Carr said the states inveSti-
cation would open shortly after
the Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation (FBI) files a report with
President Johnson, presumably
late this month.
The state investigation, Carr
said, would openly interrogate
witnesses in the assassination,
the Staying Of policeman j. D..
Tippit and the shooting of Lee
Harvey Oswald. The findings
will be turned over to a feder-
al commission appointed by
President Johnson.
Carr said the state inveStiga-
ton would contrast both the
FBI's undercover work and the
federal commissions considera-
ton because witnesses would be
subpoenaed and questioned I'm
The chronicle., 1963-12-03
Weather
FAIR, COOL

Middle Gulf: North winds Is
to Is knots over most Of north
portion and southeast winds 5 to
10 knots elsewhere, shifting to
north II to p knots today and
tonight. North winds IL to q
knots Wednesday. Widely scat
tered showers in south and CEN
trail portion today and south por-
ton tonight.
Coastal: Small craft warnings
are displayed. Northerly winds
Is to Is knots diminishing to 10
to 20 knots this afternoon and
tonight, becoming northeast 5 to
is knots w ednesday y. Fair
weather.
Mobile Vicinity: Generally
fair and rather cool through
Wednesday. Small craft warn
ingS displayed for shifting winds
becoming northerly Is to Is
miles per hour. High today 81,
low Wednesday S6.
The chronicle., 1963-12-03

der oath either in Dallas or at
Austin, Tex, the state capital.
The three-pronged approaches
to the crimes was called ar
unprecedented example of CO.
operation between local, state
and federal government to de-
termine the facts and make
them public"
FBI Information will be Civ
en- the Texas court Of inquiry,
which will forward its findings
to the federal commission head
ed by Earl Warren, chief justice
of the United States Supreme
Court.
Carr said he did not know if
Jack Ruby would be questioned
by the state court of inquiry.
He said he didn't want to in
terfere'' with the murder case
that charges Ruby with OS.
wald'S shooting.
The Texas attorney general
said he planned to select anoth-
er attorney to aid in the states
inquiry and planned to set the
time and place of the probe
soon.
Carr said the presidential
commission would not call
witnesses, but was depending
on other sources for its infor-
nation.
"It is my understanding the
commission will take evidence
assembled by the FBI and 9th.
er agencies and evaluate this
evidence and reach conclu.
sions," Carr said.
The chronicle., 1963-12-03
Leoni Is Victor
In VenezUelu's
Sunday Election

CARACAS UPD - Raul lie
oni, a 58-year-old lawyer nomi
mated by President Romult
Betancourt's Democratic Actor
Party, was confirmed today a:
the victor in a presidential cleo
lion regarded as a serious re
verse for the Communists.
Unofficial returns from Sun
days election, reflecting the
vote Of 9O.2 per cent Of Vene
zuela'S eligible citizens, gave
Leoni 985, 23O votes 1928 pei
cent Of the total) to 691, 1923 (22.t
per cent? for runnerup Rafae
CaIdera, nominee Of the pro
government Copei party.
The remaining votes were
split among five also-ran candi
dates.
Leoni declined comment or
the results, saying he will wait
until the official returns are III
before claiming victory.
Voting is compulsory in Vene'
zuela. But pro-Castro Commu-
mist terrorists had threatened tC
shoot citizens who went to the
polls and the fact that more
than 80 per cent Of Venezuela's
registered voters cast ballots
was regarded as a serious de.
feat for the Communist terror
lists who tried with bullets and
bombs to sabotage the election
and intimidate the voters.
I'm Havana Monday night, the
Castro regime denied officia
Venezuelan charges that the
Communists have been SNUG
Cling arms from Cuba to the
terrorists in Venezuela.
CA c%ommunique signed BY
Castro's Foreign Minister Rau
Roa said the cache Of arm;
found on a Venezuelan beach
some weeks ago-and said BY
experts to have come from
Cuba-were planted by the us
Central Intelligence Agency
Leoni's victory in the election
had been predicted by virtually
every political observer in Ven
ezuela, but Caldera's strong
showing came as a surprise.
JovitO Villalba Of the leftiSt
URD party, who finished fourth
had been regarded as a likely
runnerup.
Caldera's Copei party is al
lied with the dominant Demo
cratic Action Party in Vene'
zuela's current coalition govern
ment-a lineup the Leoni admin
istration is expected to continue
The chronicle., 1963-12-03
Board Is Told
Of Program For
Mosquito Control

Criss Elmo and Fred FerSor
of the tri-county mosquito con
troll program told the Jackson
County board of supervisors
Monday that the program Will DC
effective next summer but Its
full effect won't be felt for an
other year.
Some control measures will be
in operation this season al
though most Of the first years
operation will consist of train
ing personnel to carry out the
work, they said.
The program is composed OF
Jackson, Harrison and Hancock
Counties and has an annual bud
get Of SIPS, 900. Jackson County'S
share is SAC, 900. 1t is financed
BY a one-miIl tax levy.
Elmo said the control program
consists Of eliminating breeding
places, killing larvae by chemi-
cal methods and Jogging. Most
work will be done at breeding
places such as offShore islands.
"This type program a s
proved very successful in other
areas" Elmo said.
1t was tentatively agreed that
the county'S mosquito fighting
equipment will be used by the
central commission.
E. B. Dunlap Of the Gautier
Fire Department told the board
the Gautier volunteers have
built a truck and requested a
radio for it. The board agreed
to buy a radio early next year,
The chronicle., 1963-12-03

viSors have already increased
tax millage for school operation
purposes to its maximum level,
the only solution appears to be
a change in the law to provide
special taxation for county
schools.
School officials were advised
to meet with legislators from
the county and draft such a bill.
Supervisors said they are will
ing to aid the school system
but cannot commit themselves
until the special bill is written.
Tax Assessor Norman Lyons,
invited to the meeting by Gau-
tier, said the solution might be
a countrywide school system
which would give the same
amount of money for education
to each child in the county.
Lyons said temporary relief
will be provided by a re-evalua-
ton Of taxable property now I'M
derway.
Pointing out the vast differ
ences in the county school Sys-
tenn and the three city systems
in the county, Gautier said less
than half the funds are available
for education Of a rural child
than a child attending one Of the
city systems.
Moss Point has 1903 students
and 1851 in assessed valuation
for each child; Pascagoula has
SOS students and $4585 in pro-
perty; Ocean Springs has 1898
Continued On Page Two
The chronicle., 1963-12-03
Highway Patrol
OF County Nubs
50 In November

Two Jackson County highway
patrolmen arrested SO persons,
resulting in $71O in fines during
November, according to reports
made this week to the board
Of supervisors.
Howard Ellzey arrested six for
reckless driving, ten for speed
ing, eight. for no driver licenses,
one for public drunkenness, two
for driving while intoxicated,
two for running a stop sign and
one for disturbing the peace.
o.. F. Thornton arrested five
for reckless driving, four fol
speeding, two for improper
equipment, five for no driver
licenses, one for public drunken
ness, one Tor driving While In
toxicated, two for running /;
stop sign, two for running a reC
light, five for improper tags ant
two for no safety sticker.
Ellzey investigated six acci
dents which resulted in two in
juries. He had five special de.
tails, assisted ten motorists
checked 200 driver licenses, had
two funerals and provided three
escorts.
Thornton investigated six &C
cidents, resulting in three in
juries, had four special details
and two funerals, assisted three
motorists and checked 100 driver
0opca