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Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02
Cottage Tour OF Art

Montgomery Engstrom, Mrs.
Richard Bailey, Mrs. Robert
Lynch, Mrs. William Egan, Mrs.
William H. Prescott, Mrs. Sher-
man H. Hollingsworth, Mrs.
John Compton, Mrs. John w.
Burris, Mrs. Brule Lamond,
Miss Kathryn Ross, Mrs. Otis
Smith, Mrs. Gilbert Wiltbank,
Mrs. Walter McNeilly, Mrs.
Frank NAPLES, Mr5. w. Weldon
Brittingham, Mrs. John c. Haz-
zard, Mrs. Charles Horn, Miss
Mary Naulty, Mrs. F. s.
Carter, Jr., Mrs. Earle Poole,
Mrs. Harry Grieves, Mrs. Carl
Schlaick, Mrs. H. NJ. Corning,
Mrs. Gerald Drew, Mrs. Carl
c. Pierce, Jr., Mrs. Maurice
H. Stein, Mrs. Dorsey Donoho,
Miss Angela Boyle, Miss Elaine
Loughran, Miss Ann Kane, Mrs.
Howard Purse, Mrs. Russell
Hollowell, Mrs. W. F. Spots
wood, Jr., Mrs. Ashley jenkins,
Mrs. william Hamilton, Miss
Nancy Murray, Miss Bette Muir
ray, Mrs. Harry ]. Kane, Jr.,
and Mrs. George Chambers, Jr.
Tea will be served each after
noon Of the tour at the lovely
and distinctive home Of Mrs.
Preston E. Wire, Ocean Drive
and Chicago Street, Rehoboth-
By-The-Sea. Those assisting at
the tea will be announced later
by the Tea Chairman, Mrs. Hugo
Klein.
Interesting and beautiful
homes have been selected where
paintings and works Of art by
prominent artists will be shown
In home settings, so do mark
your calendar with the dates Of
the tour in order to visit and see
the lovely paintings and homes
open on this years tour.
Price Of tickets for the COM
plete tour Is the same as last
year, $500 each.
Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02
BrundYwine Trek
Re-0pens Aug. 5

The curtain goes up again at
Brandywine Raceway next Mon
day, August 5, for Part Two Of
the tracks first divided meet.
Thirty nights Of pari-mutuel
trotting and pacing are on tap
through Sept. 2.
Plant superintendent Bill
Davis reports both the regular
half mile track and the nearby
training oval Gin perfect shape
and ready for two-minute-
and under miles," His crew has
left no stone unturned in efforts
to polish up what already IS re-
garded one of the fastest all
weather harness tracks in the
nation.
Brandywine Is attracting the
top horses in the business, many
slated to compete In the nine
remaining stake events worth
an estimated $165, 900, and
Davis says it's likely that local
Spring records for all age cate
gories 81 in all will be
tossed into discard during the
Summer section.
OF two national hah-mile
track trotting marks and five
national pacing records made at
Brandywtne In the Spring, only
one remains on the books. It's
the 2:04.3 for four-year-old
trotting geldings set by Don Nc
Ivor's Gusto on May 8, equalled
on June IL at Northfield by Mrs.
w. S. Covington's April Fool.
Training operations opened
officially on Monday July 29),
and by this weekend some 900
horses are due on the grounds.
The bulk Of them are return
ing here after campaigning at
nearby Liberty Bell which con-
cludes its first harness meet
this Saturday night (Aug. 81.
Horsemen with power-packed
stables also are arriving from
Roosevelt Raceway IN. " and
Worthwhile Downs (Mich.) which
closed Wednesday, July 81; and
from Hamilton Raceway (Ohio)
Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02

Rachael B1echman, Hartly; Kar-
en- Brown, Houston; Fredia
Carey, Dover; Marie Clinton,
Wyoming; Betty Clough, Wyom-
ing; Diane Cooper, Harrington;
Barbara and Susan Foskey,
Pennington; Joy Gooden, Dover;
Ann Hall, Frederick; Janice Har-
rison, Goldsboro; Ann Hoffman,
Harrington; Merry Hollis, Hous-
ton; Marjorie Hudson, Frederick;
Joanne Hughes, Dover; Marlene
Konschak, Nancy Konschak,
Hartly; Tillie Kukulka, Harring-
ton, Marilynn FARRELL, Har-
rington; Carolyn Jones, Wyom-
ing; Chris Jump. Houston; Dar-
1ene Masten, Clayton; Connie and
Debbie Moore, Dover; Sarah
Moore, Harrington, Karen Out
ten, Greenwood; Beatrice and
Linda Stayton, Houston; Thelma
Thomas, Marydel; and Shirley
Waskt, Dover.
Andrewsvi1le and Honey Bees
leaders Carl Wright and Barton
Torbert report the second base
ball game went to Andrewsvtl1e.
Several summer club activities
are to be held In August. Chest
nut Grove leader, Mrs. Becky
Nickerson reports on August 10 a
club project exhibit and family
picnic. While on the same day
Whiteoaks Is to hold a group
project exhibit at the Hartly
Church.
Our County leaders picnic
chairman, Mrs. Becky Hollinger,
announces plans are proceeding
for the County Leaders Picnic
August 18th.
The Dover Diamonds July
meeting found Helen Grampp of
Oak Grove as their speaker on
Al activities, particularly Fair
events. Connie Moore, Chestnut
Grove, presented a demonstra-
tion at an earlier meeting. Par
adise Al club reports their
members have been busy with the
harvesting Of their corn. This
club raises quite a patch Of corn
and tomatoes to support their
club activities during the year.
You can become a 4-H'er In
September watch for announce
ments of club membership later
this month.
Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02

Final plans are completed for
the Cottage Tour Of Art spon-
sored by the Rehoboth Art
League, scheduled for Aug. 7th
and 9th, from 200 to 500 pm.
each day.
Mrs. Naon j. Graft and Mrs.
H. Mcclellan Challenger, Chair
men Of Hostesses, announce the
following who will serve as
hostesses In the lovely homes
open to the public on those days:
Mrs. Jackson Davis, Mrs.
Carl zoller, Mrs. Caroline
Mahon, Miss Michele Murphy,
Mrs. Thomas Calhoun, Mrs.
Charles Koones, Mrs. John G.
Townsend, End, Mrs. Thomas
Bailliere, Mrs. Townsend
Tubbs, Mrs. Houston Wilson,
Mrs. Max Terry, Mrs. Henry
Sipple, Mrs. George Case, Mrs.
William Moody, Mrs. James Q.
Marshall, Jr., Mrs. Irwin Bur-
ton, Mrs. j. Louis Spang, Mrs.
w. ]. Penniman, Sr., Mrs. W. j.
Penniman, Jr., Miss Frances
Dilcer, Mrs. Stacy holland, Mrs.
Walter Piel, Mrs. Nelson
Bolton, Mrs. ]. Wright Row.
land, Mrs. Joseph Mach, Mrs.
Joseph Trew, Mrs. William v.
Marshall, Mrs. James Goslee,
Mrs. Robert Barnett, Miss Ann
Naulty, Mrs. Walter Bennett
Jr., Mrs. Raymond Atkins, Mrs.
George Chambers, Sr., Mrs.
William Morgan, Mrs. John
Gelder, Mrs. Howard Thomp-
son, Mrs. E. L. Stambaugh,
Mrs. John Watson, Mrs. Pres
ton Townsend, Mrs. Hayes VIII
son, Mrs. william c. Murphy,
Mrs. John Tubbs, Mrs. Michael
Fabrizio, Mrs. Sanford Leach,
Mrs. John Salsman, Mrs. John
McNeilly, Mrs. Thomas Bay
ard, Mrs. Everett Flood, Mrs.
j. Daniel Layton, Jr., Mrs. G.
M. Van valkenburgh, Mrs. M.
Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02
Cub-Fesf From TruiI's End
by Put Hatfield

Just sit around up there. Surely
for me there will be a little
house with a flower garden, and
meals to cook, and kids to love ,
and do for. Well, whatever our
own particular heaven may be,
we can all wait with faith and
hold steadfast to that which is
good while we are here on
earth.
Karen, our little grand
daughter, has been our guest
this week. Needless to say, We
have enjoyed that. We are help
ing her keep a little diary OF
her visit so she will be able to
tell about her vacation In school
when they are asked to do so.
Her diary goes like this: Mon
day, made mud pies. Grand .
mother came to buy some with
a real penny. In the afternoon,
Grandmother and Aunt Ellen
took me to the State Library
Bookmobile and we got books to
read. Tuesday, we were invited
to Aunt Mary's for lunch. We
had tuna fish sandwiches and
apple pie. Aunt Mary has big
black dog named Mitzi and lots
Of little baby kittens. I held the
prettiest one In my lap. It has
long hair and its name is Fluffy.
Wednesday, I washed my doll
clothes and hung them up on
the big line. Reeney Sue Fisher,
a little girl next door, came to
play with me and stayed for
dinner. After dinner went home
with her to see the new baby
calf, and they let me milk
cowl I really did. It was fun.
Thursday, ! helped my Aunt
Ellen and her boy friend,
Horace, took me to Rehoboth,
and I rode on all the kiddie
rides. Then they got me
buttered popcorn. On Saturday
evening, I went to a birthday
party that Aunt Ellen gave for
Horace. On Sunday, my mother,
my daddy and my brother,
Blair, came from Newark to
take me home.
II you like to laugh (and who
doesn't7), do read H. Allen
Smiths "Let the Crabgrass
Grow". It is one perpetual
chuckle. In one chapter about
insects, he speaks Of the fact
that all Of our insecticides,
while killing off a large pro-
portion Of the bugs, have left
a few each time that are bigger,
stronger and meaner. II this
be true, there Is really no limit,
he says, to their growth. He
goes on, "Now I am not afraid
Of a japanese beetle as things
are today, but II the Japanese
beetle gets as big as a mud
turtle, I am simply not going to
face up to him. And I'd take a
monster from Mars any day In
preference to a tomato horn
worm the size Of Jackie
Gleasonl" You know, he just
might have something there.
Better choose our insecticides
with care and spray with
caution.
Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02

In a recent chat we talked
about words and how fascinating
and meaningful they are. Then
in the next few days I picked
up a copy Of a current maya
zine and read an article that
seemed like a continuation Of
our discussion. The author says
that "Some words, especially
place names, have great music
In them. Singapore. Malaga.
Kilimanjaro. Chichicastenango.
Some are lovely and tranquil,
like twilight, or dusk. A few
actually look like what they
mean: Ugly looks ugly, glum
sounds glum, sparkle sparkles,
and gurgle gurgles." All true,
isn't it? He also tells a story
Of a little boy who tore up his
fathers magazine and, upon be-
ing questioned, replied, az didn't
like it, so I trashed it." The
author says, "If you can think
of a better verb than trashed,
let me know about it."
A very busy day today with
apple sauce In the making, also
apple jelly and apple tarts.
These apple tarts are like my
mother made and they are really
just apple pies with no top crust.
Himself will settle for any pie
with no top crust. He sees no
point in covering up the luscious
filling.
"Pisha," the Siamese, has
been on a tear today. I had just
stuffed the washer with soiled
clothing when the telephone
rang. When / returned to the
utility room to start the washer,
I noticed the clothes moving all
around. While I stood studying
this situation, a smoky little
pointed face with two blue eyes
blinking solemnly peeped around
bath towel. I hauled him out
and began to put away the break
fast things In the kitchen. The
bread drawer would not shut.
looked undernea ath. Hanging
down and very limp was a tail
and a hind leg. We finally hauled
out the fat cat 1t belonged to and
proceeded to scrub UP. He is
the Joy and despair Of our lives.
He can squeeze in almost any
where and he can open prac-
tically any door In the house
Well, 1t all goes with living.
and beyond that we do not know
for sure. I quote this from
Loren Donelson In the Far N
journal: "No one knows whaj
heaven will be like, but we agree
with the thought expressed BY
a Pennsylvania apple grower
"I sure hope I find trees on the
other side Of those pearly gates.
II don't want golden streets
where the sun never sets Not
mel I want sunsets, green
meadows, October frosts and
January icicles with a few
March gales thrown in for good
measure. It takes all these tC
give an apple just the right
flavor"
Tired as I get sometimes,
sorta feel that I don't want tc
Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02

those of numerous other men serving
their country.
Several of the astronauts have laid
their lives on the line in the hot seat
at the tip end of rocket, and have
shown exemplary courage. Others of
the Is will face the test. No one can
deny that it is a severe and demanding
test.
Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02
Survey To Establish Wafer Table

White Clay Creek. These maps
will provide useful background
Information for the solution Of
water-supply problems and for
the construction of highways and
buildings.
The map, titled ssWater-
Taole, Surface-Drainage, and
Engineering Soils Map Of TIM
st. Georges Area", was pre-
pared by John K. Adams and
Durward H. Bogges. Copies can
oe obtained from the U. S. Geo.
Iogicn Survey, Washington 4
y. G, at a cost Of $1.oo eacs.
Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02

A map showing the position of
the water table and the en-
gineering classification of soils
In the st. Georges area Of Della
ware has been published by the
U. S. Geological Survey, the De-
partment of the Interior an
nounced today.
Prepared jointly by the State
and Feders1 Geological Surveys
in cooperation with the Delaware
State Highway Department, the
map is the first Of a series of
similar maps which will cover
the State OF Delaware south of
Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02
Stories To Tell

Despite the enormously high popular
regard for the astronauts, more than
few Americans cringe a little at the
idea of their contracting to sell their
personal stories" for more than three
million dollars. There is some feeling
that they will inordinately profit by
their involvement in activities which,
though hazardous, are no more so than
Milford chronicle., 1963-08-02

Again I ask my readers to
forgive me for making this
weeks column so personal; but
I cannot help 1t. "The show must
go on" as the song on a record
SO poignantly points out. But !
am still human and / hope
shall continue to be so through
out my life. My late wife was
very human. One of the thoughts
she kept constantly before me
was our dependence on our fell
bowman and our need for faith
In God and In the power Of good
ness.
develop tolerance. We neglect
tolerance in our family Life
with our neighbors, in our re-
ligion and politics. This intoler-
ance between members OF the
same families, between en-
ployers and wageworkers, be-
tween rich and poor, between
different races, colors, and ma
tions Is the real reason for
revolutions and wars, both
"cold' and "hot". So, on this
sad morning, I shall resolve to
be more tolerant with those who
are still living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-08
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
star Staff Writer

Government employee leaders
are desperately trying 20 put
some life into the moribllnd
pay raise legislation.
They are complaining that
they are getting little help flom
the Kennedy administration,
which while talking big has
done practically n OF ing to
help the legislation.
Add to this the solid wall OF
indifference shown thus far on
the part of Congress and 1t is
easy to see why employe lead
ers are pessimistic at this stage
of the game.
They have not given up hope.
but candidly say it will take a
minor miracle to get additional
pay raises approved this year
Unsettled economic condi-
lions, plus this years 500 bill
lion plus budget, the Federal
income tax cut legislation, and
Congress fear Of raising its
own salaries all contribute to
the apathetic attitude on Capt.
toll Hill toward Federal ana
postal employee pay raise legis-
lation. Also the civil rights
legislation threatens to shunt
other bills aside.
Furthermore. 1t seems vir-
tually certain that unless Con-
gress increases its own pay, 1t
won't boost Executive Act SAL
aries and salaries Of Federal
classified and postal workers.
Another deterrent to pay
raise legislation is the fact that
Federal and postal employees
will get additional pay raises
next January /, regardless OF
what Congress does or doesn't
do this year. IhlS is tne second
phase raise OF last years pay
reform law.
Consequently. the attitude
Of many members Of Congress
is that consideration Of still
more pay increases can be
deferred until next year. They
say that with next year an cleo
ton year, Congress can gain
more good politically by vot-
ing Federal and postal workers
a pay raise then-and even
make it retroactive TO January
!, 1864.
Employe leaders point out
that the pay raise next Janu-
airy / merely will bring Federal
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B Negro Postal Promotions at Dallas
Bring Charges of Anti-White Prejudice

in the post office did not open
to them until after World War
II.
Since the Post Office does not
believe the Negroes were pro-
NOTED over the whites unfair
ly, the whites on the list have
not received any kind Of special
compensation.
Representative Alger says
the promotion Of the Negroes
has created a demoralizing
effect among the postal work.
ers in Dallas and has created
tensions which heretofore did
not exist"
Mr.. Murphy disagreeS. He
says that, on balance, the pro-
motions have boosted morale
in the Dallas office.
I'VE had a severe morale
problem before" he says. 1--WE
had hundreds Of Negro work.
ers and no Negro supervisors"
Rejects All Charges
Mr.. Murphy also says he
does not anticipate another
occasion when the department
will have to waive the rule
against promoting someone
outside the top nine on the
list.
I'm almost all other areas Of
the South" he says, there are
Negroes in the top nine"
Mr.. Murphy rejects all argu-
ments that the department is
practicing discrimination in
reverse.
Two weeks ago, he says, the
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Federal Curbs

BY The Associated Press

The Advisory Commission on
Intergovernmental Relation has
announced its opposition to
three proposed constitutional
amendments which would
weaken the powers of Federal
courts and Congress.
The 20 member commission,
established under a 1859 act of
Congress, is made up Of repre-
scntatives OF Federal, State,
city and county governments
plus public members.
One Of the proposed amend
ments, which are under con-
sideration in several State
legislatures and have been ap-
proved by u few, would prevent
Federal courts from consider
ing any case involving appor-
tionment of State legislatures.
a second would permit re-
view Of certain SurIeme Court
decisions by a Court Of the
Union" made up of the chief
justices of all so States.
The third would set up a
system under which the Con-
stitution could be amended by
the States without any con-
gressional action.
In two other actions an
nounced yesterday the COM
/. Recommended that State
governments curb Z abuses in
industrial bond financing by
municipalities. The report said
that, If the States do not act,
interstate competition will in
evitably cissipate their (citdesD
efforts to attract industry and
may oblige the Congress to stop
the abuse by Federal legisla-
ton"
2. Urged States to take the
leadership in property-tax re-
forms. The commission sub
mitted 10 specific recommended
tons, including several involv-
ing sirnplification of existing
law, steps toward fairer assess
stricter State controls
and a careful examination of
major exemptions.
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to promote the top man when
an opening comes.
The list, according to Mr..
Murphy, is a "list for order of
consideration"
When a list has fewer than
100 names on it, the postmas-
ter may pick any man on the
list. But, when a list has more
than 100 names, the postmas-
ter, unless he has permission
from Washington, must try to
pick someone from the top
nine. The Dallas list had 400
names.
Last January, Postmaster
General Day called 600 post
masters to the University Of
Oklahoma for an unusual SEM
mar. Among the topics discus
sed was the Post Offices PRO
gram for Progress"-a plan to
end any discrimination against
Negroes and other non-whites
in Post Office hiring, training
and promotion.
Pressure on POstmaSterS
Under the plan, postmasters
of large offices must take
monthly reports on their prog
ress. The aim is to report to
President Kennedy next March
that the Post Office has devel-
oped a comprehensive equal
employment opportunity pro-
gram.
In another aspect Of the pro-
gram, the Post Office announ-
ced a new policy Of refusing to
lease space in any building that
has segregated facilities and of
refusing to give a substation
contract to any proprietor who
runs a store with segregated
facilities.
So far, Mr.. Murphy says,
there has been no cancellation
of contracts. although he notes
that the policy has just gone
into effect.
In addition to the University
Of Oklahoma seminar, q post
masters and four regional
postal officials from the South
have been called to Mr.. Days
office in Washington since May
%. He has asked them to speed
up their programs to end any
possible discrimination.
Dallas Target Of Inquiry
Mr.. Murphy says Mr.. Day
and other Washington officials
did not instruct the Southern
postmasters how to do this.
The method, Mr.. Murphy says,
was left to the local officials.
During this campaign, Mr..
Murphy says, Mr.. Day discov-
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THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT .-.
Government Salary Rises
Face Wall of Indifference

and postal salaries into COM
parability with private indus
try salaries that were in effect
in March, 1862. when the latest
Bureau of Labor Statistics sur
vey was completed. Consequent
ly, they point out. Government
salaries, even with the addi-
tional raise on January /, 1864,
will still be nearly two years
behind industry pay which has
steadily increased.
They contend that If the pay
compatibility with industry
principle of last years Federal
pay reform law is to have any
validity. Government salaries
should be adjusted again this
year.
However, thus far this has
fallen on deaf ears in Congress.
Meanwhile, President Ken
nedy is expected soon to send
his Executive Act salary pro-
posals to Congress. Employe
leaders are fearful that Mr..
Kennedy will Just go through
the motions of submitting the
recommendations and that the
administration won't actively
fight for them or for the Fed
eral and postal employe pay
raise proposals he already has
made.
To counteract this POSSIBLE
ity, the postal and Government
employe groups have sched-
uled pay-raise rallies this
month and next, at which
thousands Of Federal and
postal employe leaders from
throughout the country will
descend on Washington in an
effort to line up the support
Of their Senators and Repre-
sentatives.
The employe groups will not
ask support for Federal and
postal employe pay raises but
for Congressional and Execu-
tive Act salary increases as
we'll. They realize that one de-
ponds on the other.
They realize also the heavy
odds they are up against. But
they are determined to put up
a strong fight to preserve the
compatibility with industry
pay principle that was such an
important part Of last years
pay reform law.
PRESIDENT SCORES A
HIT-The Post Office Depart
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ment has settled for $500 a
claim brought by a lady who
was struck on the shoulder by
the framed portrait of Presi-
dent Kennedy. which fell from
the wall during dedication
ceremonies at the new post
office in Belen, N. Mex.
Whether the lady is a Repub-
lican, the department sayeth
not.
SICK-LEAVE "TNSUR-
ANCE" - The Civil Service
Commission has this advice for
Government employees on the
use Of sick leave. The csc
says:
THE average Federal en-
ploye could not afford to buy
sickness and accident insur-
ance that will pay his full SAL
airy, say, at age so for a year
and a half regardless of sick
ness or disability"
But that is what your sick
leave can offer If you conserve
it for use in a real emergency.
The legitimate use Of sick leave
earned at the rate of Is days
a years. wise and is en-
couraged. II you are fortunate,
however, and can save sick
leave and permit 1t to accu-
mulate, your benefits mount
as follows:
Thirteen days sick leave &C
cumulated for 10 years equal
1870 days; for is years, 1875
days; for 20 years. 260 days; rs
years. 1925 days; and 30 years,
800 days"
The csc adds, "As you get
older, extended illness is more
likely to strike. Used con-
servatively, your sick leave
insurance will give you bene-
fits you otherwise would not
have.
I'VE are not all blessed with
good health. But those Of us
who are should remember -
sickness often strikes suddenly
and without warning. Recovery
from lengthy illness is difficult
enough without having the
additional worry Of providing
for your own expenses, or II
married for those Of your fam
lily. Your sick leave insurance
will soften the financial blow
and relieve you Of worry that
might otherwise impede your
recovery"
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the situation in Dallas" Mr..
Macy says, II am sure the
Postmaster General acted
rightly in this case"
Mr.. Macy says the Post Of
flee campaign against any pos
sible discrimination In its
ranks is part Of a general cam
paign by all agencies of the
Federal Government ordered
by President Kennedy.
II must say that Postmaster
General Day has done an ex-
ceptionally good job In this
respect" Mr.. Macy says.
A department spokesman