Milford chronicle., 1918-05-24
MILLsBoRO.

Saturday last was gala day at Mills
ooro. Two flags were raised with appro-
PIRATE eXercises-one a Liberty Loan
Honor Flag, won by the Millsboro dis
| trict IN the Third Liberty Loan Campaign
the other a Service Flag with hfty-ons
stars, IN honor OF the boys OF Miusboro
and vicinity who are now serving in
Uncle Sans Army. The exercises began
az one O'Clock with a parade by the school
children accompanied by the Marine
Band from the Naval Base at Lewes.
one very attractive feature Of the parade
was the representation Of Uncle sam and
Miss Liberty by very small boy and girl.
Mastre Wayne Burton was dressed as
Uncle sam and little Miss Hida Lynch
as Miss Liberty. After Darading through
;he principal streets a halt was made in
front of the platform erected near the
center OF the town where the children
sang America" and then disbanded
Seated on the platform were the four
speakers for the occasion. Governor John
@. Townsend. Senator Josiah Wolcott
Major Louene Of the French Heavy Ar
ullery. and Mrs Hortense Ropp OF Vir-
GINA also Hon. Henry A. Houston, chair
man OF the meeting. Mrs. ollie Truitt
Atkins. chairman Of the Women's Com
mittee on the Third Liberty Loan drive.
and Rev. and Mrs. J. L. Sparklin. The
exercises We're opened with prayer by
Rev. Sparkliu. followed by the presen-
,aton Of the two flags by Governor
Townsend in q strong and earnest speech
q which We were reminded OF some Of
the things We may expect before the
war ends. Major Louene was the next
speaker and in a very forceful and vivid
manner related some OF his thrilling
experiences ia the front line trenches.
The Major made IL very plain that though
DE had been severely wounded and gassed
set he still possessed considerable fight
ng ambition and declared that he would
even yet get hold of the Kaiser" The
third speaker on the program was Sena-
tor Josiah WOlcOtt. who iu strong
speech explained why America had en-
tered the war and denounced German
'kultur'. The Senator is an orator of
the type OF the old school. which Is very
rare IN these modern days HIS address
was punctuated with frequent bursts Of
applause by the large audience The
last speaker was Mrs. Horteuse Ropp.
National ". G.. T. L. worker. But Mrs.
Ropp does not confine herself 20 making
temperance speeches She Is equally
fluent as a speaker on patriotic addresses.
BY the time Mrs. Ropp was introduced
The large audience had ben standing for
wo hours and an ordinary speaker would |
nave had difficulty In keeping the atten- /
tNt+T AfAAh HAAN was 1AiAiAA To NAAE NNNaHlNl i
md held the audience spellbound for fifty 1
minutes, while IN rapid-fire flights OF 4
'ratury she paid tribute 20 Old Glory and 4
he Red Cross. Rarely indeed does il fall /
O the lot OF any community TO enjoy such |
treat OF patriotic oratory and inspiring
ddrrsses as was afforded the people Of ]
i!llsbOru upon the above occasion. We
eleve the people are becoming thorough
. aroused TO the nations needs and right !
obly VIII they respond Much credit for
ae success Of the occasion is due Mr.
iouston and the members Of his COM
lttee. Expressions Of appreciation are
card on an sides.
After the speeches the band played
-W selections while a collection on the |
ed Cross drive was made .
Strawberries are Plentiful and Cheap. 2
The berries are plentiful enough now !
" the juice factory to open on Tues
ty The Gaping Of berries gives em- \
oyment 20 many and fifty cents a crate 0
paid for this work
r. +. Carey. b. r. Jones. W. T. Moore q
nd layton Houston attended the ball q
me IN Dover last Friday when the D
eademy boys crossed bats with the Mil d
rd team Z
A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs
Re Mumford on May 10th. and a ten ~
und baby girl 70 Mr.. and Mrs W. L. a
isey on the 18th. a
Mrs. Clara Young, Miss Ida Goslee and b
rs. Bess johnson Carey have been quite
* for the past week
The million dollar drive being made by T.
e Methodist Church throughout the .,
lntry, to equip the chaplains in the
my. has closed. and Millsboro. with the b,
lnty churches, raised over 5000 ia
Houston West Of Anllsboro. Delaware
S returned safely from France. and is Ci
,ndng a few days with his brother at O.
ancOck Va. His talk is very inter J"
ing after having been in France a ~
nber Of weeks He is expected to Ii,
urn to foreign duty at an early date
ne funeral Of Ephriam Ellingsworth gr
s held at the Methodist church here on El
nday Of last week and burial made es
the Brotherhood cemetery. The young Is
n had been III for about three months. az
as always. death came as a shock A.. ~.
a father, mother, and several sisters a.
brothers. among whom is Mrs Rich &c
Long Of Millsboro est
ne residence Of W. n. Truitt IS being Or
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