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Milford chronicle., 1963-05-17
Items Of q Purely
Personal Nature

er's Day weekend guests of Mrs.
c. Donnan Holzmue1ler.
4**
Mrs. Roger Harrison Of Hunt
ington, Long Island spent few
days this week with her mother,
Mrs. Della Deakyne.
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Price Webb and Garrett Grier
were in Waynesboro, Virginia
last week for a reunion at Fish
borne Military College and visit
ed with Garry Grier, Jr. who is
a student there.
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Miss Betty Grier Of Washing
ton was a weekend guest Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
L. Grier.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. William Wells.
Mrs. George Wells and Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Masten and fam
lily attended the wedding Of Miss
Ann Ward in Crisfield, Maryland
on Saturday.
Mrs. Charles I. Carpenter Is
. patient at the hospital at An
drews Air Force Base, Maryland.
Mrs. Mabel Sichtermann Suf-
fered a broken hip in a fall this
week. She is a patient In the
Milford Memorial Hospital.
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-17
Happenings Of Interest
Throught Delaware

DIABETES DETECTION : A
Diabetes Detection Station will
be conducted by the Delaware
State Board OF Health In George
town on May 81, 1868 at ti
Fire Hall on The Circle.
This clinic is sponsored by
the Sussex County Business and
Professional Womsn's Club and
the Georgetown Home Demon
stration Club, with Mrs. Howard
T. Smith, Chairman.
The test consists OF taking a
few drops OF blood from finger
for examination, and this State
Board Of Health station will be
in operation on the date listed
from 1880 500 pm. No ap-
pointment Is needed. For further
information, call the chairman
or Sussex County Health Unit
sos E. Market Street, George
town, Delaware Phone: 656-
2571, ext. 244.
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LOWER KENT COUNTY RE-
PUBLICAN CLUB Rep. VIM.
T. Best will address the club at
the Century Club on Dorman
Street, Harrington, Wednesday,
May "a. Guests Will be members
Of the Kent County Republican
Club. The dinner will start at
$3.50 pm. and Rep. Best will
speak about 1880. The public Is
invited.
CHICKEN & DUMPING sup
PER : On Sunday, May 1s, In ths
Farmington Fire Hall, with
serving from 1 to 6 pm. .
adults, $1.5o, children 75e.
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-17

KENT & SUSSEX TWI-LITE
LEAGUE SCHEDULE Time:
$3.50 pm. May 81, Sussex;
May 2s, Kent June 4, Sussex;
June II, Kent; June 18, Sussex;
June rs, Kent July 2, Sussex;
July 8, Kent; July Is, Sussex;
July 20, Kent. ALI rain-outs are
to be shot at the end Of season =
so targets, $4.00, $1.5o to form
a seasonal purse at end of
schedule Trophies 8 Silver
Spoons each shoot Lewes Class
and prizes at end Of season.
GUEST SPEAKER The Rev.
Walter Stone Of the Peninsula
Conference will be the guest
speaker at the Memorial Service
at st. Johnstown Methodist
Church, near Greenwood, Della
ware on Sunday, May 26, at 2:30
pm. This annual event is at
tended by old friends and former
members. ALI are welcome to
attend. In addition to the guest
speaker, other ministers will
take part and there will be guest
musicians. The v.F.W. Post and
the Auxiliary will be special
guests for the service.
SILVER TEA The Hollymount
Home Economics Extension Club
will sponsor a "Silver Tea" to
be held at the home of Mrs. Alden
S. Hopkins, Jr., on Saturday, May
18, from 2 to SPIN. Mrs. Hopkins
has many Early American
antiques In her home and her
lovely garden will be an attrac-
tion, too.
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-17
Obituaries
GRAHAM

GhAHAM
Funeral services for the Rev.
Edward G. Graham, a retired
Methodist minister, were held at
2 p.m., May 10, at the U1lrich
Funeral Home, 4210Belair Road,
Baltimore, Md. Burial was In
Woodlawn Cemetery.
Mr.. Graham died Tuesday, May
2, at the Church Home and Hospi-
tai, at the age Of 50. He retired
from the ministry twelve years
ago, after serving as pastor Of
churches In Maryland, Delaware
and Virginia.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Edna Graham; two sons, Jr.
Stuart Graham and Donald c.
Graham, both of Baltimore.
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-17

the names and addresses OF the
bike owners and descriptions Of
the bikes, including serial num-
bers, were compiled; this latter
information will be turned over
to Milford Police so as 10 ex-
pedite recovery Of the bikes in
the event that they should later
be stolen or lost.
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BROWNIE TROOP #45 The
members Of Brownie Troop #45
met at the home Of their leader.
Mrs. Helga Jackson, on Satur-
day morning, May a. From there
they were taken by car to
Redden Lodge to spend the
weekend. Mrs. Jackson, Mrs.
Phyllis Kemp, Mrs. Verna
Walls, Mrs. Phyllis Fisher, and
Mrs. Chadda Hall were on hand
to lend assistance to the girls
with their projects. Mr.. and
Mrs. jackson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Kemp remained overnight. The
Brownies spent the weekend
hiking, gathering wood, playing
games, cooking, conducting q
church service and making
gift for Mothers Day. On Sun
day afternoon, the girls were
called for by their respective
parents. They returned home a
little tired, but happy.
Peggy Short Publicity
ass
CLASS MEETING The Sun
shine Class Of Calvary Meth
odist Church will meet with their
teacher, Mrs. Milbury, on We'd
nssday, May % at 7:45. Try to
come out and support the new
officers and enjoy an evening of
Christian fellowship.
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SPECIAL PROGRAM The
ILewes and Nassau Male Chorus
viii give a program at Sloan
A.M.E. Church on Sunday, May
10 at 8 pm. All are cordially
invited to attend. Program is
sponsored by the Willing Work
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-17
Loco Happenings

BAR-B-QUE fhsre viii bs
q chicken barbecue sponsored
NJ the Class OF Promise on May
~ on Route 113 across from
Yxxgsrxld's Anto Salvage, start
tAx nj 1850 o'clock am. o. .ooper
platter.
MOTHERS AUXILIARY OF
LITTLE LEAGUE held a meet
ing on Thursday night, May 8, in
the Farmers Room Of City Hall.
Forty members were present.
The officers are: President, Dor
okhy Cosdsn; Vice president, Jean
Murphy; Secretary, Joan Dudley;
Treasurer, Betty Shea.
Plans for earning money for
Little League we're discussed.
Frances Johnson was appointed
chairman of a committee to plar
for the Mothers soft ball game.
Barbara Kntz was appointed
chairman Of the bylaws Com
mittes. Trixie Wilson is In charge
Of finding workers for the conces-
sion booth at the ball park. Please
call Trixis II you can work any
night In May. She still needs
workers for the month Of May.
Phone 422-54s1.
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BIKE SAFETY Rightfully
concerned about the increasing
number OF accidents befallins
cyclists and corresponding In
crsasss In bike thefts, Blue Her
Pest #64s3, v. F. W., ha;
launched a "bike safety" cam
paign aimed at decreasing botl
accidents and thefts.
The campaign was inangur ate,
Last Saturday afternoon when
more than fifty bikes wsr'
"safsty-izsd" with the affixinl
Of Scotchlite reflective ma.
terials to front prongs, handle.
bars and rear tenders. This wa
accomplished by Sr. Vice Com
nandsr Charles Bs~~-hale an
Adiutant Dave Hugg with the as
sistancs of Stan Robbins an
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-17
DUPONT

New York City, formerly Of Re-
hoboth Beach and Wilmington.
widow OF A. Felix dupont, Sr.,
died last Wednesday, May 8,
In New York. She had been Ill
for some time. She died at her
apartment, ITO Park Avenue,
New York.
Mrs. dupont was a member OF
the State Park Commission
while living in Rehoboth.
She was the second wife of
Mr.. dupont, who died June 20,
1888. She was first married to
Frank L. DeArtmond Of Phila.,
Oct. Is, 1907. They were di-
vorced June 20, 1885. Her
marriage to Mr.. dupont took
place in September, 1897.
Mrs. dupont had lived In New
York City most Of the past Is
years.
She gave "The Pines", her
home at Rehoboth, to the
Episcopal Diocese OF Delaware
in 1852 as a memorial to hel
late husband. The residence,
known now as the A. Felix du-
Pent Memorial House, is used
as a conference center by the
Diocese Of Delaware.
Mrs. dupont was born Feb.
8, 1885, in Georgetown, the
daughter Of the late David
Thomas Marvel and Mary
Robinson Wooten Marvel. Sh e
was educated at st. Mary's
Episcopal School for Girls,
Psekskill, N. Y, Miss Ferris
School In Paris, France, and
Bal Gascsroni in Italy. She spent
most OF her girlhood years In
Milford with her grandmother,
the late Mrs. Rhoda Roudebush,
at the "Towers".
Surviving are a stepson, A.
Felix dupont, Jr., Of Whining
ton, and a stepdaughter, Mrs
Alice dupont Mills OF Middle
burg, Va.
Funeral services were held
last Friday In the Chapel OF st.
Andrews School, near Middle
town, with burial In st. Anne's
Cemetery, Middletown.
The late A. Felix dupont, Sr.
was co-founder Of st. Andrews
School, with his sister, the late
Mrs. rense dupont.
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EWING
Services for Hall E. Ewing.
81, who died last Saturday, May
IL, were held in the Atkins
Funeral Home, Lewes, Tuesday.
Mr.. Ewing was found dead In his
bed at his home, 80 Wilmington
Ave., by his wife, Mrs. Ann
Raughley Ewing. He was q
former deputy state auditor and
was co-owner with his wife OF
the Ann and Hall rooming house
on Olive Ave., Rehoboth Beach.
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CLEAVES
Wilbur H. Cleaves, Sr., IS,
husband OF the late Mrs. Nora
Cleaves, of Greenwood, died
Thursday, May 8, in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital, after
short illness. He was a saw
mill worker for many years In
Harrington.
Funeral services were held
Sunday from the McKRatt Fu-
neral Home In Harrington.
Surviving are two sons, VIII
bur H. Clsaves, Jr., Of Denton,
Md, and Ellsworth Of Harring-
ton, and two daughters, Mary
Cleaves OF Milford, and Mrs.
Martha Raymond Of Trenton,
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PUSEY
Harold R. Pussy, IS, died on
Wednesday, May 8, at his home
in Frankford, following a heart
attack.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Ella Pusey; a daughter
Mrs. Alberta Wilson OF Augusta
Ca; a son, willard r. Pusey of
Ocean View, and two grandchil-
dren.
He was a farmer and mem
Der OF Bethel Mariner Church
Of Ocean View.
Funeral services were held
Saturday from the Watson and
Gray Funeral Chapel, Frank
ford.
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-17

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all so to the Fair"
Many weeks Of work by
many, many persons in the
community will culminate to-
morrow in the 9Th Annual
Hospital Fair to be held at
the grounds behind the hos
pital. All week the framing
for the many booths has been
ready for the final decora-
tions. As In past years, there
will be the usual booths for
refreshments, baked goods,
handiwork, white elephants,
and plants, as well as the
attractions for children the
pony rides and games Of
skill. This year there will be
new features such as the
ceramic booth and a do-it-
yourself booth and "horse"
racing. Don't miss a minute
OF the fun run, don't walk
to the Hospital Fair to-
morrow morning at 1000.
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Last weekend the two
dances held at the gym Of the
Milford High School afforded
memorable occasions for
students Of the school. On
Friday night the Junior Prom
was held and on Saturday
evening the younger teen
ayers attended the Junior
High Prom. Who can forget
the thrill Of Prom night and
the excitement Of evening
dresses and formal dinner
jackets, corsages and prom
decorations? Certainly not
those who attended the
dances.
Many families were re-
united for the Mothers Day
weekend. Perhaps one Of the
largest reunions was that OF
the Manlove family. Mrs.
George Manlove began her
day by attending morning
services at Avenue Church,
accompanied by nine children
with their families. She was
honored with a flower for
being the Oldest mother
present and the one having
the most children with her at
the service. Afterwards a
family dinner was enjoyed at
her home on South Walnut st.
Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Jay Manlove and son
Gary, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Manlove and son Larry OF
Seaford, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Manlove, Patty and Kenny,
also Of Seaford, Mr.. and Mrs.
Gordon Manlove Of E Ellendale,
Mr.. Ted Manlove and daugh-
ters Susan and Martha Jane
of Denton, Mrs. Horace Van
Buren,, Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer
Anstine and sons Danny and
Tommy, Mr.. and Mrs. Neils
Jensen, and DR.. and Mrs. Roy
Manlove OF EIkton. The only
absent member was Ben
Manlove who is in California.
He will be making a visit to
Milford later in the month,
coming east by Jet plane.
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This weekend Mrs. David
Sills, Mrs. Pennewill Isaacs,
and Mrs. william A. Minner
OF Harrington will attend ths
reunion Of their classes NJ
the University Of Delaware
on Saturday.
Milford chronicle., 1963-05-17
Obituaries
WALLS

ford, died Saturday, May II, at
the home OF an aunt, at So2
Blackshire Road, Wextovsr
Hills. Chief Deputy Coroner
Herbert Harrington said Walls
died OF a heart attack.
Mr.. Walls was an accountant
for the Haveg Corporation, q
member Of the Carlisle Fire
Company Of Milford, q graduate
OF Milford High School, grad
uats OF Goldey-Beacom Bust
ness College In Wilmington, and
veteran OF the Korean War,
serving in the U. s. Navy.
He Is survived by his widew,
Mrs. Arlene Walls and his
mother, Mrs. Edith Walls, both
Of Milford; two step-childrsns
Renee and Scott; a sister, Mrs.
Donald M. Sanderson OF Med
ford Lake, N. ].
Funeral services were held
from the Berry Funeral Homss
Milford, Wednesday, May Is.
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PRITCHARD q
l. william J. Pritchard, rs, 8
retired carpenter, died last
Saturday, May II, at his home
on Washington Street, Milford.
He is survived by two sons.
George OF Medina, N. Y, and
Joseph C. OF Chadds Ford, Pa;
three daughters, Mrs. Eva r.
Rust Of Newark, Mrs. Helen NJ.
Clark Of New Castle and Mrs.
Margaret M. Tremblay OF Hol-
land, N. Y; a brother, Gus Of
Milford; Il grandchildren, and
IL great-grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday
In the Berry Funeral Home,
Milford.
FLOOD
Mrs. Nora Flood, ss, died OF
a heart attack last Tuesday
night, May z, at her home In
Selbyville. She was a former
school teacher in various
schools In southeastern Sussex
County and a member Of Salem
Methodist Church, Sslbyville.
She is survived by three sons,
James H. and Andrew Of Selby-
Vile, and Wilmer Of Frank3ords
q daughter, Mrs. Mary Barlst
OF Wilmington; IL grandchildren,
and 80 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
last Friday from the Watson
and Whalsy Funeral Home.
Sslbyville.
Felicia Ann Wynns, Is, eS
School Lane and dupont Sts.s
Lswes, died last Tuesday, May
Z, at hsr home. She was the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. JEAN
H. Wynne by whom whs is sur
vived. Other survivors ara O
sister, Deborah Wynns and q
brother, Marshall Wynns, both
at home.
Funeral services were held
las Sunday In 81. Georges
A.M.E. Church, Lewes.
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DAY
Charles E. Day, II, died at
his home In Harrington last
Wednesday, May Q. He was q
lifetime resident Of the Harrin9-
ton area and q member OF the
Church OF the Nazarsns, g World
War I veteran, and member sS
Harrington Post, American
Legion, and the Milford V.F.w.
Post.
He is survived by his widsw.
Mary jana; and one sister, Mrs.
Henrietta Earl Of Colorado.
Funeral services were held
In the Church Of the Nazarsnss
Harrington, last Saturday.
HALL
Gus Hall, 81, q farm worker
In this area all his life. died
last Tuesday, May z, In Milford
Memorial Hospital.
Services were held last Sun
day In the Pilgrim Holiness
Church, Milford.
He Is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Bernics Hall; o son, Dem
mis- B. OF Greenwood; q brother.
Dennis B. Hall OF Minquadala.
and one grsndchild.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12

CPA much less a youthful secretary just
learning with what suspicion that Gov
eminent views anyone's compassion to-
ward the old and sick.
In view Of the short time left be-
tween demand and execution, we Sug-
geSted the young lady call the local
IRIS office. That was a mistake. She
got such short shrift over the phone
that the fright was compounded. BY
this time it didn't do a bit Of good to
tell her that Mortimer Caplin is really
a nice fellow.
We don't know how it's all going to
end, since she's now out Of the office
trying to make her peace with those
whose job it is to see that the rich
and lordly don't gyp the Government.
We don't even know how the Govern
ment, taxes being what they are. can
avoid asking questions. Still, we find it
all just as disturbing as the young lady
did. Be you rich or poor, can you be
undiSturbed if suspicion is to PREJUDICE
all the frightening letters browbeat with
the arrogance of office?
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Sylvia Porter. .
Education In Leisure

much leisure and too few in
terests to enjoy the leisure. Now
It's becoming the curse of mil
lions who have been accns 1r-
ed to filling most Of their days
with time-consuming tasks and
who are utterly unprepared for
non-work.
Since extended leisure time Is
inevitable, whats's the answer?
It's not more golf, more garden
ing, more fishing, bowling or
TV-watching. These pleasures
can become tortureS IL there
Is little else.
The answer Is a step-up In
education Of the American adult,
as well as the young, to prepare
all Of us to reach a higher pla-
teau of literacy in every sphere
economic, political, social, cuL
tural.
The dimensions Of our future
adult education cannot even be
guessed, but this Is sure: we are
a remarkably ignorant people
and we have a long, long way
to 60 before we can claim other
wise.
The chronicle., 1963-12-12

rarely a leader In the Demo-
cratic or the Republican party,
and hence has no intimate ex-
perience with Congress - some
thing very important In the
presidential office.
In Canada, in Great Britain,
in Australia, the cabinet which
is selected from the party mem.
bers in a parliament consists as
a rule Of men who have come
up through the ranks of the
party - just as Lyndon John
son did. While in recent years
there has been a tendency in
this country to put a majority
or minority leader from one
house Of Congress or the other
on the ticket as the vice-preSi-
Dental nominee, no provision
has been made for all possible
successors to be selected from
Congress. The 1947 law does
designate the speaker Of the
House and the president pro
tenn of the Senate to follow the
vice president in presidential
succession, and both are, Of
course, party leaders in their
respective houses. The speaker
is chosen just after the congress
sional election, held every two
years. The president pro tenn of
the Senate also is elected every
two years at the start of a new
session of Congress because the
seats Of one-third Of the senate's
membership have been up for
election.
The present law is satisfac-
tory as far as it goes in pro-
viding that the leaders Of the
two houses of Congress are next
in line after the vice president.
The real defect in it is In the
succession beyond these two in
dividuals. This could be a prob
lem if the accidents of fate, in
Guiding war, should wipe out
the top leaders in both branches
of the government.
The present statute needs
amendment to make it crystal
clear that the succession will
not 60 to the cabinet if any
thing happens to a speaker of
the House who has become
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
John Chamberlain
Rhythnns OF History

Irish Brahmin," is followed by
Lyndon Johnson, a largely self
made man from the poor ranch
country Of mid-Texas.
Now, when there is a change
in the presidency through death,
the suddenly exalted former
Vice President invariably stres-
ses the continuity of his party
and Administration policies. But,
though the intentions may be
good, everything depends on
temperament. The style. the
rhythm, the emotional boiling
point, Of the So-called back-coun-
try man from Missouri or Tex
as will never be the same as
styles and rhythms and temp
ers nurtured in the cosmopolitan
East.
The mark Of the Harvard
educated patrician, both in the
case of FDR and JFK, was a
willingness to trust that reason
would prevail in the relations
between great sovereign states
whose aims might differ.
When Harry Truman moved
into the White House on that
Spring day in 1915 when the war
The chronicle., 1963-12-12

Due to our habit of "balanc-
ing" our national party states
with presidential and vice pres
idential candidates who have
contrasting characteristics, a
strange rhythm has marked our
recent history. The conserva-
tive Mckinley is shot, and the
broncobuSting Teddy Roosevelt
opens the Age of Reform. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, a patrician
from a Hudson River estate
and a background Of Groton
School and Harvard, dies in Of
flee and is succeeded by Give
em-Hell" Harry Truman, the
man from the "show me" state
of Missouri. And John F. Ken
needy, once called the first
The chronicle., 1963-12-12
Case OF Shaking Secretary
(From the Wall Street Journal)

(From the Wall Street Journal)
The other day n of the young ladies
In the office came to see us with shak-
ing hand and ~quivering voice. She'd just
received n Of those letters from the
Internal Revenue Service. In blunt
terms it suddenly announced that the
IRIS questioned her deductions to help
support an 80-year-old aunt, and that If
within Is days exactly it did not re-
ceive documentary proof that the aunt
actually existed and a detailed account
Ing of the aunt'S total financial situa-
ton, the young lady's tax claim would
be forthwith denied and she would be
automatically assessed more taxes.
The day this little love note arrived
was only a couple Of days before the
ult'matu mdate stamped on the form.
Since the franked envelope bore no post
mark, you couldn't tell whether the let
ter had kicked around the IRIS office
for a week or SO before mailing or
whether the delay was the fault of the
other arm of the Government, the Post
Office. Luckily she wasn't on vaca-
ton.
In any event, there was hardly time
left for breathing, which may explain
why the young lady was breathing so
hard. We breathed a little hard our
selves when she showed us the form
the IRIS wanted her to fill out, docu-
ment and swear to at the risk of pros
ecution for perjury. The Government de-
manded such detail as to challenge a
The chronicle., 1963-12-12

president, but that the power
will definitely pass to the next
individual who has been elect
ed speaker of the House or to
be president pro tenn Of tn
Senate. Each Of these officials
should always be someone In a
leadership position who knows
the legislative branch of the
government and, through his
service on congressional COM
mittees, has become familiar
with departmental problems on
the executive side.
The duties of cabinet officers,
on the other hand, today are
confined pretty much to the
routine of their own depart
ments. For that reason, the
late President Kennedy held
few cabinet meetings. He de-
pended instead, as did other
presidents, on an anonymous
staff of presidential assistants
who were not nominated for
confirmation by the Senate, and
in whose selection the peoples
representatives therefore have
had no voice. This weakness has
been apparent in many admin
istrations, irrespective of party.