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Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
See "Straight is The Way" with
Matt Moore and Gladys Leslie at
the movies Monday night.
A Phantom Party

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gabriel enter
tanned a few young friends at their
home on Lockwood street, last Friday
evening, in honor of the fourteenth
birthday anniversary of their daughter,
Esther. 1t was called phantom party,
and the spooks were popping up at un-
expected places. The time was passed
in games and some of the little girls
did solo dances. The house was trim
med with yellow and black and Hal
lowe'en trimmings.
Those present were: Misses Doris and
Eleanor Downey, Of Chester, Pa;
Hazel Horner, Of Wilmington; Peggy
Shallcross. Eunice Horsey, Blanche
Messick, Virginia johnson, Alice Rey-
nolds, Kitty Carpenter, Virginia Brady,
Catherine Davis, Helen Cleaver. Eliza
beth Hufnal, Gladys Carey, Catherine
Conley, Catherine Hopkins, Mabel Four
acre, Helen Fouracre, Charlotte Dona-
ghay, Catherine Beasten, Grace Van
Dyke, Betty Peacock, Louise Buck
worth, Gladys and Esther Gabriel,
Robert and Forest Gabriel.
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Thomas Maloney

Thomas Maloney, one of the most
highly-esteemed citizens of Townsend,
died at his home on Thursday, October
q, 1921, in his 8lst year. Mr.. Maloney
was born in Ireland, but came to this
country with his family when small
boy. He was veteran of the Civil War,
member Of the First Delaware Regi-
ment, participating in most of the
battles in which that regiment was
engaged. He was wounded in five
engagements. Most of his life was
spent at Townsend, where he conducted
the hardware business for thirty years.
He was member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. remarkable Bible
student and an ardent Sunday School
worker. He is survived by three
daughters. Mrs. Mollie Jacobs, of Mil
lington, Md; Mrs. Harvey Daniels, of
Wilmington, and Mrs. Ella Morgan, of
Townsend, and two brothers, D. B.
Maloney, of Townsend, and Richard
Maloney, of Wilmington, and one half
brother. James Denning, of Will
mington.
Private funeral was held Sunday
afternoon at his late residence at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Ella
Morgan. Interment was made in Town
send cemetery.
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TOWNSEND

Mrs. Myrtle Beardsley has returned
home from Two weeks stay in Phila-
delphia.
Mrs. Edward Hart is spending two
weeks with her daughter. Mrs. Ira
Moore, in Elkton, Md.
w. C T. U. members held a bake
last Saturday in the restaurant, which
proved verv successful.
Oliver Foracre and family, of Rock
land, spent Sunday with his parents,
Oliver Foracre and wife.
Clarence Scarborough and wife, of
Wilmington, spent Saturday and Sun
day with her father, D. B. Jones.
West vii and family, of National
Park. N. j., spent the weekend at the
home of Herman VanHorn and family.
John Atwell and wife, of Delaware
City, and Heston Atwell. of Whining
ton, spent Sunday with Fred CHM and
family, near town.
An oyster and poultry supper will be
held in the town hall basement, Nov.
14th and 18th, by the members of the
Ladies' Aid. Proceeds for the church.
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ST. ANNE'S CHURCH NOIES
EPISCOPAL

Sunday, November 9th, 1921. The
24th Sunday after Trinity.
1880. Sermon and Holy Communion.
ll.45. Sunday Scnoo:.
7.3U. Evening prayer and sermon.
Meetings: Inc Parish Guild VIII meet
on thursday at the residence OF Miss
Mary l.. Price, West Main street, at
two 'ciOck.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary will meet on Friday
afternoon 1t the residence of mis-.
Julian H. FOard, Cochran street, at g. 30
o'clock.
AWORD ABOUT WORSHIP
We come to church primarily not to
get, but to glve-to give our worship to
God. Tbi, automatic fact seems unreal
to many people. why" they ask,
''should God need our worship? He is
all-suttlcient III HlInself." The point
is, of course, that God does not need
our worship, but He Graves our wor-
snip, because He has u tather's affec-
ton tor His children. His infinite heart
Is involved in the matter. We want
many things that we do not need, anu
we want them more than the things We
need. There are luxuries which we ap
preciate more than nee. sslties. 1t Is
an excellent thing to rec. i've aims. 1t
is far better thing TO receive love
Friends send Us flowers wnen we are
sick. We do not need tie flowers. and,
noi cover, many could buy them for
themselves. But the flowers of our
friends are of brand in our estima-
Ion that money could not buy. The
kindly sympathy, the loving remem-
brance, the fellowship of interest,
possess value beyond and above all
market price. So Is it with our wOr-
ship of God. God is not beggar. He
Goes not need from US that which He
possesses in Himself. He is a devoted
Father, and His sensitive nature re-
joices in the loving homage of His
creatures. Worship is the natural
offering of love to the object of its de-
votion. Let US have more of it, and
where two or three are gathered to-
gether" in His Name.
An offering will be received on No
vember 18th. from the parish for the
expenses of the synod, which meets in
Wilmington, November 18th, 10th and
18th.
The flowers on the Altar on Sunday,
October 3Oth, and All Saints, Novem-
ber lst, were in memory of members
of the parish and friends.
The attendance at the evening SER
vice has much improved lately. Let the
good work 60 on. There are many
more who could come May we not
count on you?
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Plan Educational Exhibit

Final arrangements have been made
to hold an educational exhibit at Dover,
November 10,l1 and 18th at the time of
the meeting of the State Teachers
Association. Miss jenkins of the State
Department office. has been put in
charge of arranging the exhibit.
State Director for Vocational Educa-
ton. MIR. R. W. Helm, is cooperating
to the end that the vocational work
carried on in the state will also be
shown. The agricultural exhibit from
the departments of the sixteen differ
ent high schools will be under the
direction of Mr.. L. c. Armstrong,
State Supervisor for Agriculture; the
Home Economics from the twenty-five
high schools under ,'iss Jennie X. Bear,
State Supervisor for Home Economies
and the Trade and Industrial exhibit
under Mr.. A. B. Anderson. Stale
Supervisor for Trades and Industries.
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BETHESDA CHURCH NOTES

Sunday, November 9Th, 1921.
$50 A. M. The Brotherhood will be
in charge of Brother Robert George.
1890 A. NJ. Morning worship with
sermon by Rev. L. E. Barrett, D. D.,
Pastor in 1901, or by the Pastor.
1l.45 A. NJ. Sunday School. Let us
see every member there.
ZOO P. M. Meeting of the Junior
League.
7.5OP. M. Evening worship with
sermon by the Pastor.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening at 7.30 O'Clock.
The membership and friends are most
cordially invited to be present at all of
these meetings. Good music at each
service.
The Womsn's Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary meeting will be held on Monday
evening. November 7th, at the home of
Mrs David R. Rees, near Middletown.
The attendance of every member, so
far as possible, is desired. Please meet
at the parsonage at 200 O'Clock. An
interesting program is being prepared
by Mrs. w. A. Wise.
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FRIENDS & VISITORS
Personal Items About People You
See and Know
THOSE THAT COME AND co

Miss Helen Biggs has returned from
visit with relatives in New York.
Miss Caroline Fouracre spent tht
weekend with friends at Townsend.
Miss Marian Pinder spent the week.
end with Miss Grace Snyder at Dover.
Mrs. John B. Cooke of Philadelphia.
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. W.. B.
Biggs.
| Miss Minerva Joseph spent the week.
end with Miss Kathern Burrls, near st.
Georges.
Mr.. and Mrs. William T. Dugan and
family spent Sunday with relatives at
Christiana.
Misses Minerva Joseph and Madeline
Hurd were Wilmington visitors on
Wednesday.
Mrs. A. J. Pennewill and daughter,
Miss Florence Pennewill were Whining
ton visitors Tuesday.
DR.. and Mrs. D. W. Lewis have re-
turned home after two weeks visit in
Chicago and Kentucky.
Mr.. John ]. Hotfecker, of Philadel-
pnia, spent the weekend with his
mother and sister here.
Mr.. William v. Kirk, of Wilmington,
spent Sunday at the home of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. L. V. Kirk.
Miss Frances Armstrong. of Viii
mington, spent Sunday with her grand
mother, Mrs. Thomas Hearn.
Mr.. Roderick Young, of Toronto.
Canada, visited his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Young, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. GeorgeI. Lockwood. of
Phi adelphia, were week. end guests OF
his mother, Mrs. George W. Lockwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Boltum, of
Wilmington, were entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. H. S. Segelken on Wednes-
day.
MIR. and Mrs. James A. Delahay, of
Oxford. Md, were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. S. Segelken several days this
week.
Mr.. A. Claude Fouracre, of Philadel-
phia, was a visitor at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Fouracre,
over the weekend.
Miss Bertha Ratledge, of near town,
and cousin, Miss Leone katledge, of
Townsend, returned home Tuesday
after spending the summer at the
Pocono Mountains.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Rogers and
son Livie, Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds
Rogers and son John, and Mrs. Anna
Rogers, of Frederick, were guests at |
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. T. S.
Fouracre sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. A. Fogel, Miss Laura |
Fogel and Mr.. Harry Schagrin, attend
ed dinner given by Mr.. and Mrs. S.
Burstan, of Atlantic City, N. j.. Sun
day, Oct. 3Oth. About 20 guests were
present. The honor guests were DR..
Jacob Burstan and Miss Sereng Chorba,
of New York City, whose engagement
was recently announced. The wedding |
will take place at Hotel Breakers, At
lantic City, Nov. 24th.
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Trespassing and Cunning Notices
printed and now ready for sale at
the Transcript Office.
A Gala halloween PARTY

St. Anne's Parish House was the
scene of very happy gathering on
Halloween night, when the members
of the Sunday School, some of the
smaller baptized children of the
parish, parents and friends, were
present to partake in the festivities.
All the children present were masked
and almost every conceivable character
was represented. Father Neptune with
his trident, Santa Claus, clowns,
Goddess of Liberty, bandits, cuppie-
dolls, farmer-boys with overalls and
large straw hats, child dressed as
pumpkin, an Oriental lady, a cat, a
monkey. boy. scout, and others too
numerous to mention The School
room was decorated with corn stalks,
pumpkin heads cut in fantastic shapes
and illuminated, foliage, and orange
and black crepe paper. There were
games and grand march and simple
awards were made to various partici-
pants. Refreshments were served to
all.
Middletown transcript., 1921-11-05
Thomas Meighan in 'sThe Prince
Chap" at the movies Wednesday
night.
Freight Station Robbed

Thieves entered the freight station,
at this place, early Tuesday morning.
and carried away about 5000 worth Of
automobile tires and tubes. The stolen
goods were consigned to Browns
Garage, at Cecilton. Nd. and had only
arrived at the local freight station the
morning previous to the robbery They
erected an entrance by prying the
heavy wire from one of the west vim
dows and the robbery was not discov-
cred until the employees arrived for
duty on Tuesday morning.
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His Seventh Birthday

In honor of their son Sewell's seventh
birthday, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Frank Biggs,
entertained a number of his school.
mates, at luncheon, Wednesday, from
IL to o'clock. The little folks thor
oughly enjoyed the affair and were
loath in leaving when the hour of de-
parting arrived.
Those in attendance were: Catherine
and Joseph Beasten, Henry Vaughan.
Malcolm Cochran. Warren Combs, Billy
and Fred Shallcross. Helen Beck.
Madeline and Alice Smith, Robert Coch.
ran. Anna Mary Beaston, Ernest Truitt.
Betty Shallcross and Sewell Biggs.
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
in THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

The citizens of Chesapeake City, Nd,
have arranged special program fol
; Armistice Day, to be held in the late
afternoon and evening.
The Playhouse, Wilmington, which
has been closed for several weeks, will
reopen on November IA under the man-
agement of Earl G. Finney.
Halloween was celebrated in its
usual frolic Monday evening and num-
mers were out in grotesque costumes,
parading the streets The order was
good and no vandalism was reported.
Last week, October 1880, was the
best week Cecilton has known for a
long time, it being Home Coming
Week, the dedication of the new Com
munity Hall being the reason for the
home-gathering
Competitive examinations will be held
by the Civil Service Commission on
November 26, from which the appoint
ments of the postmaster for Clayton
and Townsend will be made. The salary
of the Clayton Office is $500, and that
of the Townsend Office $l4OO.
The Seventh Semi-Annual Conference
of the Inter- Collegiate Ne uspaper AS
sociation of the Middle Atlantic States
will be held at the University of Della
ware. The conference date has not
been definitely announced, but will be
held between the 1st and 18th of May,
1922.
At dinner Saturday evening in the
home of the Newark chapter of the
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity the build
ing committee presented complete plans
for the proposed new home to be erect
ed on the campus of the University Of
Delaware next year. About rs men,
bers of the active and alumni chapters
attended the dinner.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
Wednesday night to plunder the safe of
the Massey branch of the Peoples
Bank. The robbers used explosives to
blow the combination lock on the outer
door of the safe, but were thwarted in
their efforts to open the inside steel
chest. At the same time the private
safe of E. Thomas Massey the cashier,
was robbed of some small coins
to few dollars.
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Martha Elizabeth Sinex

Martha Elizabeth Sinex, only daugh-
ter of MIR. and Mrs. Harry S. Sinex.
Of near this town, died at the home of
her parents, Thursday evening. at $50
o'clock, after an illness of several
months, age 10 years.
Funeral services will be held at her
parents home tomorrow Sunday after
noon, at one O'Clock, and intern ent
will take place in Smyrna cemetery.
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Corn at Low Price

Farmers of this section are we'll
uEder way with their corn husking, in
fact many Of thcT are through and are
now busy sta gdg their fodder and
within few weeks all farm work will
be finished.
The corn crop this year is one of the
best ever known here in many wears.
Several farmers have reported yields of
corn above rs bushels per acre. as
taken from the fields. The price of
corn is a source of great worriment to
the farmers, being lower than at any
time in the past twenty years. The best
offer obtainable here for cob corn is
about 33 cents and dealers are not in
any way anxious for it at that price.
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Fogel's THANKSGIVING Ad.

All should celebrate their Thanksgiv-
ing in good clothing, gentlemen treat
ing themselves to new Winter Suits,
ladies ditto plus a new Winter Hat in
the latest style.
Then get Kodak, to keep as a me.
mento of the Day. the faces Of friends
visited or who visit you. Read Fogel's
Ad. In this issue telling ell about this
and much more besides.
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"Blind Wives with an All-Star
Cast at the movies Saturday night.
New Road And Bridpe

The concrete road between Odessa
and Smyrna is now completed, the last
stretch from the new bridge over Appo-
quinimink creek having been finished
late last week, and within two weeks
the entire route between Odessa and
Smyrna will be open for travel.
The new concrete bridge over Appo-
quinimink creek is also about completed
and is fine piece of work. The bridge
was built by the Rolin Construction
Co., Of New York, and is set upon con-
crete piles, the first ever used in this
State.
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OBITUARY
Edward D. Hearne

Edward D. Hearne, of this town,
| died at the Delaware Hospital in Will
mington, at ten o'clock. Monday morn
ing. Death was due to meningitis
which developed after an operation.
Mr.. Hearne's relatives were with him
when he died., For a long time Mr..
Hearne had been respondent and had
been suffering from insomnia.
Mr.. Hearne, whose home was origi-
nally in Georgetown, where he was a
prominent lawyer, came to Middletown
few months ago and was building a
home here, which is nearly finished.
During the construction of his house he
was living with his brother-in-law,
George F. Wilson. Mr.. Hearne was
one Of the best known lawyers in lower
Delaware. He was held in high es-
TEEN by all who knew him. He served
eight years as an auditor in the State
Department at Washington. He was
the Democratic nominee for Congress
in 1904, but was defeated. He served
as secretary of the State Senate in
1898, and was member of the Con-
stitutional Convention in 1862. In
1902 he was secretary of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee and
was delegate to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention at Kansas City in
1900. Mr.. Hearne was born at what is
known as Hearne's Mills, near Mills
boro, on January %. 1859, and after
graduating from Delaware College in
1880, he studied law at the University
of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. He was
admitted to practice law in that State
in 1883. He returned to Delaware in
1884, where he was admitted to practice
law here, and he opened offices in
Georgetown He took a keen interest
in the University of Delaware and
served as trustee of that institution for |
several years. Mr.. Hearne married |
Miss Annie Laura Wilson, of this town,
in 1897. She survives him, as does also /
a son, Edward Wilson Hearne, who is a
law student in Washington.
Funeral services were held at the
home of Mr.. Wilson Wednesday after
noon, at 1.3O o'clock, in chsrge of Rev.
P. l.. Donaghay, and interment was
made in st. Anne's Cemetery.
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Trespassing and Cunning Notice.
printed and now ready for sale at
the Transcript Office.
A Halloween Party

The Standard Bearers of Bethesda
NJ. E. Church held a Halloween party
at the home of Miss Elizabeth Hufnai.
on Saturday evening, Oct. 29th.
The house and porch were prettily
decorated with pumpkins and corn fod-
der and lighted with jack o'lanterns
and the costumes of the little folks
were both quaint and varied.
After half hour spent in guessing
'Who is Who 2" games wers ulayed
until about $50, when the guests were
invited to the dining-room for refresh
ments of ice cream and cake
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Beatrice A. Arqo

Beatrice A. Argo, the Is month old
daughter of Sidney and Matte Dill Ar
go, of Glasgow, died at their home on
Tuesday, after long illness.
The funeral was held at the home of
the parents on Thursday at two o'clock,
and intern.ent made in the Presby-
terian Cemetery at Glasgow.
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To Dedicate Memorial Tablet

The Walter West memorial tablet
on the New State Highway Bridge,
near Odessa, will be dedicated on
Armistice Day. November 11th, at
three o'clock. 1t is hoped to have Rev.
J. W. Fl. Sumwalt, of Wilmington and
Rev. Howard Davis, of Lewis to speak
on this occasion. The exercises are
under the auspices Of the local Ameri-
can Legion Post.
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You are invited to attend the demon
stration Of the Great Majestic Range
to be given at the store of J. F. Me-
Whcrter & Son by the Majestic Range
Co., from Nov. 2lst to 25th. With each
Majestic sold during this Demonstration
the Company will give free one $l2 set
Of cooking ware.
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The above figures show that the
girls in both the grades and high school
have outstripped the boys, the average
Tor the girls for the entire school being
97.7 per cent, while that for the boys is
94.4 per cent.
The Attendance for the entire school
was 96.8 per cent for October, while the
per cent for the entire month of
September was 982 per cent. The
Fourth Grade made the best record of
any grade during the month. In the
High School the Fourth Year pupils
attained the hest record. A comparison
of the figures in the above tables will
show this. The Sixth and Twelfth
Grade girls are highly commended for
perfect attendance records for both
September and October. Few groups
can boast of such record as this.
Our enrolment in the grades has
reached 24O; in the high school 80,
making total of 339. There were 1863
pupils in the grades who made perfect
attendance records for the month of
October; 64 in the high school. The
number making good attendance records
were in the grades AZ; in the high school
p; making total of 296 pupils of the
}39 who are on the honor roll when it
comes to attendance. Let US work to
oring this number above the 300 mark
for November.
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FOR SALE-One Dockash Kitchen
Range, in excellent condition. Owner
has no use for same. E. E. LINCOLN.
Phone lS6. Middletown, Do.
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Dr.. Louis LeviDson, veterinarian
Graduate Of University Of Penn
sylvania. Middletown, Del Bell
Phess lls. Nsgth Bread Street
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prisoners Of Love" with Betty
Compsop will be shown at the
Opera House thursday evening.
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GOOD ATTENDANCE
Middletown Pupils Making Fine
Records
TOTAL ATTENDANCE CT 33e

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New and Old Wheat wanted on or
ders. Phones AMI Al.
JESSE L. SHEPHERD
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-23
Spring Wash Goods and White Goods

Colored Organizes, 75c
Extra wide and crisp, all the light
shades.
New Voiles, soc
40 inches wide, small pin stripes and
neat printed designs.
VIM. Anderson Voiles, 69c
40 inches wide, beautiful color COM
binatiops, very fine and sheer.
Georgette Voiles, 98c
40 inches wide, as sheer as silk,
multi-color effects that are entirely
new.
Mercerized Damask, 49c
Full width and a nice assortment to
select from, worth 75c yard.
Zephyr Ginghams, 35c
80 inches wide. in beautiful assert
ment of checks and plaids.
Double Damask, 98c
Two yards wide, this quality we are
now selling at $3.50; extra for this
week ................. .98c
Imported Ginghams, Acc
30 inches wide, very fine quality.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-23
GUARD UNIT |S.LOST
IF ENL|STMENTS LAG

EnlistmentS in a national guard
company for Richmond must be made
Immediately if unit is to be formed
in this city. Final date for the form
ing of companies has been set for
April l by Adiutant Harry E. Smith,
and at that time all the organizations
over the-state will be mustered in the
federal service, according to a letter
received by Frank Bonn, who has been
active in the efforts to enlist COM
pany in Richmond
Sixteen more men are needed to
fill the ranks of an infantry company
for Richmond. The first rush for the
joining of the company is past and
local men are dubious as to the sue
cess of enliSting this number Of men
before the final date set.
Several business men of the city
be formed, as it is said it will bring
an added amount of income to the
city. Some of these men are making
efforts to have the time of enlistment
extended a few days. Whether this
will be successful or not, leaders in
the movement here were unable to
state.
The armory on South Seventh street
will not be open evenings during this
week, Mi. Bonn stated. Anyone wish
ing to sign up with the company can
make arrangements to see Mr.. Benn
or Henry Fox, Jr., and papers signed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-23
Americans are Becoming
Milk Drinkers, Report
tBy Associated Pressl


WASHINGTON, March %. The
average American today is a great
milk drinker and consumes twice as
much as former generations, accord
ing to the department of agriculture.
The consumption of milk last year was
estimated at A gallons per capita, not
including that used in ice cream,
cheese and butter
While every family had its own COW
in colonial days the department ex-
perts said the present day develop
nRents of dairy centers, with modern
methods of handling and Transports
ton facilities, makes it easier now for