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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-30
Fashions At Capital. Social And Sartorial
 What Women Wear

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 2s.-Al- ready one hears plans for a flight to the south or even to the Riviera to rest up from the imaginary du- ties of maids and matrons prominent In the capitals vanity fair, but for the great majority of busy men and charming women from every part of the world who make up the great body of society at the national capi- tai, the season has just begun.
 Another state dinner at the White House has passed into history with Increased admiration for the clever young hostess from Vermont and the dignified simplicity with which she received the representatives of kingdoms, empires and republics of all the civilized world at the an nual dinner to the chiefs of missions, generally described as the diplo- matic dinner.
 In keeping with the season, the decorations were in Christmas color Ing with the huge poinsettia blos- soms glowing among delicate Far leynse ferns. In harmony with the decoration the hostess wore gown of red velvet much the same tone as the poinsettia blossoms. but made on the simple draped lines with V-shaped top. She wore no orna- ments and had her abundant dark hair waved and drawn back in the graceful becoming fashion she has followed from her first season in Washington.
 Tho new gold plate ordered by Mrs Harding and used for the first time at the dinner to the cabinet of De- cember is evidently to be reserved for state occasions, and was natu- rally used for this dinner. It was not used, however, at either of the .arge luncheons given in the past month and is never used by the President and his wife when they are alone, or when they are enter taining their personal friends.
 The dozens of gold forks and spoons so widely discussed are the sterling silver of past administra- tions gold plated to the order of the late mistress of the White House, but very heavily plated and warranted to last through many administra- tions, particularly if only used for the state occasions.
 While the rich new colors, sew eral shades of crimson, a deep French blue, and some wonderful green tones are crowding the gold and silver evening gowns for first place, day time companies show black and white in ultra smart lines the favorite costuming for smartly dressed women. The housewarming which the members of the Metropoli- tan club gave last week for the Met ropolitan annex, which is the former apartment house adjoining the club on H street, made into big ball. room with additional club chambers, brought out the smartest street dresses of the winter. Invitations were limited strictly to the imme- diate families of the members and every woman within this sphere wore her best hat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-30
MISSES TOWARDS SCHOOL RECEIVES GIEr

According to custom the students of the Misses Towards school for Girls remembered the school with a worthwhile joint gift at Christmas. This time they gave handsome floor lamp.
Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19

walks, borrows his neighbors' phone,
reads by candles, has cold house and
wears rags, is not called civilized by
his neighbors.
A good road is as necessary for the
enjoyment of the advantages modern
civilization has to offer as is the abil-
ity to read (Which was once the ac-
complishment only of the priest and
the king).
The abandoned farm is seldom or
never found on a good road. The il
literate child does not live beside
good road. People who live on or
near good roads get to town, see pic
lures, mix with their fellows, enjoy
a rich social life, visit each other, buy
and sell quickly and easily, are in
touch with the world. Those who live
on bad roads cannot even depend upon
the f. F. D. if rain or snow lays its
prohibition upon the carrier.
Mis- great country is away down
the list among 'he literate nations;
one of the reasons is the difficulty Of
educating either child or adult where
mud prevents attendance at school.
Gibbons measuring rod may not
be comfortable, but the facts seem to
show it is accurate.
Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19
ROxana

The paint has been ordered for the
parsonage which will make a great
improvement.
+ Mrs. w. H. Cummings is spending
some time with her sister in Balti-
more, Md, and also her son who is
employed in that city.
DR.. and Mrs. Isaac McCollum visited
their mother, Mrs. Orlando McCollum,
on Sunday.
Misses Alice Lockwood and Mildred
BENEFIT were entertained 10 dinner on
Sunday at the home OF Miss Marian
Graham, at Parsonburg, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Derrickson
spent a part of last week with their
daughter, Rev. and Mrs. 4. w. Wells
at New Castle.
Mrs. o. w. Wilgus has been suffer-
ing with neuritis, but is improved at
this writing.
George c. Goodwin made a business
trip to Philadelphia this week.
Mrs. Angie Breasure Of Selbyville
has been spending some time with her
brother, Mr. and Mrs. @. w. Wilgus.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Ringler were
callers in Bishopville, Md, on Sun
day.
Mrs. Katie Hickman Of Frankford
has returned to her home after visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. Will
gus.
Mrs. George M. DerricksOn is visit
ing in Philadelphia this week.
Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19
FELTON,

Mrs. John Carson received notice on
October 3rd, of the funeral of her
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. William Serry,
who were both killed in an accident,
above Philadelphia, on Saturday even
ing, September Both. They were visit
ing relatives of Mrs. Serry, at the time
and were returning from a ride, and
while crossing a railroad, were hit by
an express train and killed instantly
They were taken to their home in
Philadelphia and services were held
on Thursday, October 4th, with inter-
ment in Philadelphia. Mr.. and Mrs.
had no children, but large number
OF other relatives. They both had heart
stricken mothers to mourn their loss.
Mrs. George G. Herring, Mrs. Bring
hurst, Mrs. Charles Cook, and Mrs.
Dawson attended the State w. c. T. U.
Convention held in Wilmington, from
October 10th to 18th. Mrs. Satterfeld
is spending some time with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lulu Harrington, of Trenton,
N. J.
Mrs. Bringhurst has been spending
a few days with her parents at West
Chester.
The stork visited Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Daniels, on October 9Th, and left
them the happy parents of a baby girl.
Reynolds Kitchens who has been
spending a few days with Wilmington
friends has accepted a position there
and will start his new work at once.
Mrs. John Carson, Elizabeth C. Hill
and little son, Nelson, were the guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Barcus> at
Bowers on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Atkins, of
Chester, also spent the weekend at
Bowers with Mr.. and Mrs. James E.
Barcus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Abbott had as
their guest on Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Moody and daughter, and Mr..
Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19

and the curves as well as the grade
The amount of income must be con-
sidered and much time must be spent
in settling the location.
All these factors apply when the
"right-of-way" is a public road, and
not a railroad. But how often do po-
litical authorities delve as deeply into
these details as they should? Seldom,
when the road builders are political
appointees and not engineers.
This was one of the fundamental
reasons why the federal government
insisted that no state without a High
way Commission, presumably employ
ing engineers, could benefit from fed
eral aid. The building of road is
political matter only in the raising of
the money and the authorization of
bonds or taxes. It's actual location,
kind, material, construction, width,
gradient, drainage, and materials, are
wholly matters for experienced road
engineers. Taxpayers who submit to
any others authorizing the construc-
tion of their roads are throwing their
money away.
Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19
CONCRETE is ANCIENT
HIGHWAY MATERIAL
Is Among Oldest Of Road Surfaces

The first known concrete highway
was laid down by the Romans in Eng
land, between Westchester and Lon
don. Excavations uncovered several
sections, in excellent condition. APP
parently the material was a natural
cement mixed with pebbles and work.
ed into roadbed about twelve inches
thick.
The art seems to have been lost for
nearly two thousand years, the next
example being in Edinburgh, Scotland,
in 1872, when some concrete pave
ments, still in use and good condition,
were made.
In our own country, Bellefontaine,
Ohio, gets credit for being the first
municipality to experiment with ce-
ment streets, in 1898. But it is really
Wayne County, Michigan, the Detroit
automobile factory region, which
made the concrete highway known to
the nation. This early experiment
was in 1907. In 1909 less than half
a million square yards of concrete
were laid (perhaps fifty miles), while
in 1921 more than sixty million square
yards were laid (more than 1000
miles,.
Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19
OMAR NEWS
(near Frankfordl

Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Derrickson
are spending a few days in Philadel-
phia.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Derrickson, Mr..
| and Mrs. John Taylor were MillVille
visitors on Sunday.
Mrs. c. G.. Howard has returned
home after spending some time in Do
yer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Heath are oc-
cupying their winter home here.
Mrs. Mae Carey is spending some
time at Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Hitchson made
business trip to Philadelphia this
week.
Washington Richards has been
spending some time in Philadelphia.
J. J. Lynch has been spending some
time in Philadelphia.
C. G. Howard spent the weekend at
his home here.
Ivan Mears has been visiting Mr..
Carlton and Anderson Long.
Mrs. A. Aydelotte is spending some
time in Philadelphia, with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Asher Holt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Christopher Of
Philadelphia motored here and spent
the weekend with their father, S. B.
Christopher.
Mrs. Everett Stokes and son are Wis
iting in Philadelphia at the present
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. S. Daisey Of Frank
ford and Kendall Holt of Quincy, In
diana, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Louis F.
Daisey recently.
Mrs. Emily FARRELL who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. w. d.
Hudson, has returned to her home in
Smyrna.
Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19

One of the great advantages of con-
crete is the low cost of hauling, its
surface being less resistant to tractive
effort than any we know. DynamOm-
eter measurements show that the trac-
tive force required to move a wheeled
ton of weight on a level road are, for
concrete, S2.5 pounds; for asphalt,
TIT pounds; for brick, 51.8 pounds;
and for earth, 134.7 pounds.
A taxi company so situated that it
drove one set of cars almost entirely
on dirt roads and another set almost
entirely on concrete roads, reports
that it costs "a cents less per mile to
operate the taxis on the cement road
than on the dirt roads.
There are 100000 automobiles in
the country. If they average the low
amount of 5000 miles each per year,
the total miles driven is 36,O00,O0O,-
900. At cents a mile saving, the
sum of $720,OOO,O00 a year could go
towards building hard surface roads,
which income would build $4,000
miles of permanent highways every
year!
Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19
NO SEED, BUT BOOKS
FOR STATE FARMERS

Senator L. Heisler Bali and Senator
Thomas F. Bayard, will soon distri-
butte their allotment of the Agriciul-
tural year book to the farmers and
others in Delaware who are interested
in farm activities. Senator Bayard
has about 800 copies of his allotment
for distribution.
There will be no free distribution
of seeds from the Department of Ag-
riculture this year, as the appropria-
tion providing for the free distribu-
ton of seeds, bulbs and plants from
the Department was exhausted with
the close of the last fiscal year.
Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19
ROADS SHOW DEGREE
OF CIVILIZATION
Highways Index to Kind Of Lives Its
Users Live.

Gibbon, famous historian, wrote
"The character and civilization of any
community can be properly judged by
the class or roads it has,"
The community which can afford a
good road and is content to wallow in
mud,is, by this standard, not thor
oughly civilized. This may not be
agreeable reading to those contented
with bad roads, yet these very people
will Judge their neighbors by stand
ards no more exacting. The man
who can afford an automobile, a tele-
phone, a lighting system, a warm
house, and good clothes, and who
Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19

and Mrs. Rodney Abbott from Ches-
ter, Pa.
Mrs. Raymond Alexander and daugh-
ter Sarah and Wilbur Cook of Fred
erica, were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Carson on Sunday.
TONIGHT is the NIGHT
Friday, October 18th, at the Plaza
Theatre, Milford, Del, Big Vaude-
vile Acts. Call Milford Is for your
Reserve Seats.
Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19
USE is MAIN FACTOR
IN BUILDING NEW ROAD
Railroad Practice Followed With Pro-
fit in Road Building.

The board of directors of a great
railroad system, before authorizing
the construction of a new right-of-
way, calls engineers in consultation to
determine the amount of use to which
the new road will be subjected. The
present and probable future traffic is
discussed, the number of trains per
day and the size and weight. The ex-
pense of eliminating heavy grade is
balanced against the saving in trac-
tive effort. The question of ballast is
largely affected by the speed of the
proposed trains, which is in turn lin
tied by the weight of the steel rails
Milford chronicle., 1923-10-19

Have you had the chimney cleaned
this fall? If not, why not?
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
COUCH CONTEST

The Couch contest was concluded
with a meeting of all the contest
ants at the shop last Saturday
About 40 names had been suggested
The judges were Mrs Steele, Mrs.
Afford and Oscar Hellbeck After
careful review of the suggested
nemes they choose the name offer
ed as THE Up-todate Millinery"
Mrs. Mable Delano was the lucky
winner and received the award of a
ten dollar hat.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
HOLLY MOTOR ROUTE NEWS

Mr.. Glenn James is on the sick
list. Mrs Henry States is assist
ing in their home.
Many farmers are actively en.
gagged in preparing the ground for
the seasons crops. They say the
ground works fine
A. l.. Cox and family are once
more irrigated farmers after try
ing out the dry farming section.
Spelling matches have been held
in the Young and COulson school
districts. Ray McWilliams heads
the class having defeated all on
comers along spelling lines. We
did not learn whether or not he
uses clarence Saunder' tthe Pigg-
ly Wiggly stores managerl method
in getting and retaining the head
of the class, but, anyhow we're
strong for a good spelling scholar.
Chas. Thomas and Geo. Blackwell
are engaged in the well-drilling
business and have met with sue.
cess in this neighbOrhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Cox are
sporting a brand" new Ford tour
ing car.
The III. L. Thompson family are
preparing to leave soon for Ore
gon They intend "Fording' 1t
there and have leased their farm
here to Orville Wood for the com.
ing season. We are sorry
to have them leave us and hope
they will hurry back.
Sent in by Harry OKane.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
$. s. CONVENTION
o.

A Sunday School Convention will
be held in Granada. Monday mad
of next week the meeting
beginning at ZOO PM. Monday even.
ing. Actresses will be given by
speakers from Denver, Larmar,
Bristol and Granada Rev. 7. NJ.
Graham and Rev. r. E. Scarffe OF
Holly will lead the singing at the
various services. Chaplin John Il.
Edwards, Mrs. H. r. Shaw and J. G.
Arnold. all of Denver will be the
sneakers on Monday evening. Every
one Is invited to attend.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
MISSION IN LAMAR

A series of lectures will be given
by the Rev +. J. Mannix of Den.
yer at the Catholic Church Lamar
next week.
Several weeks ago he gave mis-
sion in Grand Junction and the
daily papers of that city spoke of
his talks as having attracted many
people. He is clear thinker and
possesses a personal magnetism and
a smooth flow of words which cap
ture the attention of his hearers
and holds it intently.
This series of lectures will begin
at 1000 A. NJ. Sunday April 18th.
On the night of April 23rd he will
give a lecture on the Oberammer.
gau Passion Play with authentic
slides at the Victory Theatre. Lamar,
beginning at s P. NJ.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
OBITUARY

Betty Louise Calkins, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester
Calkins of La Jurta, was laid away
to rest in the Holly cemetery Mon
day afternoon. The funeral party ar
rived on No. and were met at the
depot by large number of friends.
Rev. Il. +. Scarffe fthe M. f.
church had charge of the services.
Mrs. Scarffe and Miss Alice Adkins
sang a duet. Betty Louise was born
in LaJunta, Colorado, October 4th.
1921 and departed this life April Z.
1923. age two years, four months and
three days. MorichGithens had
charge.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
BRIDGE CONTROVERSY

r. s. DeBOis of the state highway
apartment and l.. +. Copeland of the
road district were here this week in.
vestigating the new grade at the
Trail bridge of which the city coun
ell complained. These gentlemen
made full investigation and left on
Tuesday to report their recOmmen-
dations to the district and state en-
gineers They had come to full
decision in the matter hut were non
committal until they had made
n report at headquarters. That de.
cision is not known ut this writing.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
FRANCIS CoLLARD

Francis COllard. aged 73 who re-
ceived stroke of paralysis at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. |. w.
Holcomb, who lives south OF town,
passed away on the 3lst day OF
March at the home OF Mrs. w. Z.
Farn0n. another daughter at Ty.
rome, Okla The funeral services
were held at that place last Monday
afternoon. Mrs. COllard and three
daughters survive him. Mrs. A. Z.
Shea OF Kansas City Is the third
daughter, Fred Collard of Tlmpas,
Colorado, is his only brother.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
MORE IMPROVEMENTS

C. L. Hughes has enlarged his
blacksmith and machinery shop Mt
the Holly Feed Yards, making the
structure three and half feet long
err and four feet wider. A cement
floor has been put in, except for
tn horse-shoing section which is
laid with heavy wooden plank. A
trip hammer and other machinery
hasbeen installed and the whole
equipped with power in manner
more adequately to care for his in
creasing business.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
JUNIOR MUSICAL CLUB


The Junior Musical Club met last
Tuesday evening at the home Of
Francis and Arbee Raser. All mem
bers were present with one new
member. Louise Apple called the
roll and read the minutes. Francis
Rasar reported on Schuman and Mrs
Steele played Traumerce by Schu
man. A scale contest was held and
Louise Apple received the prize for
four Octayes and Elizabeth Howell
received the prize for two octaves.
Miss Berger was the judge. A pie
ture of Beethoven was given to
each of the prize winners. Refresh
ments were served by the hOstesses.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
FRIENDLY BIBLE cLAs MEETS

The Friendly Bible class OF the M.
l.. Church was delightfully."- enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs Morich, last
Tuesday evening, The gathering was
called to order by the president, Mrs
|. N. Swafford and the devotional
consisting OF songs. scripture read
ing and prayer was in charge of
Mrs. II. F. OKane. Many good
thoughts were given. After dispos-
ing Of the business a social time
followed. Delicious refreshments
were served by the host and host
ess.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
NUMBER YouRTY-rHREE
THE aERHARprs

| The Gerhardt duo entertained an
audience completely filing the FL. s.
auditorium last Thursday evening
In the Lycium course. They gave a
varied program of songs, jokes and
readings. all Of which were greatly
enjoyed. Some OF the selections
were exceedingly comical and will
net be soon forgotten. The girl at
the movies chewing gum was true
to the life and answered Burns de.
sire for the modern flapper. "Oh
wad some power the giftie gle us"
The essays on THE Duck" and
THE Man" will long be remember.
ed. The serio-cOmie enlogy OH Mot
hers" was full oftears and laughter
Both performers showed remark.
able facility in inpersonation and
character sketching.
Mr.. Gerhardt, in pleasing man.
ner opened the program with a com.
plimentary speech ON Holly's fine
school buildings and educational
advance in Colorado in general as
compared with many other states.
He said he would tell the story OF
our good schools as he moves down
through Missouri, Arkansas and
Louisiana. Educational progress in
Colorado was a surprise, also to the
writer. Her advance in this parti-
euler Is far ahead of many other
conditions In the state as seen
by an eastern man.
Mr.. mad Mrs. Gerhardt come from
tDesMoines, Iowa where for several
years they have maintained a studio
Mr.. Gerhardt teaching expresson.
Louis Fl. Gerhardt was for several
years cunductor of music for both
the Plymouth Congregational and
one of the jewish Synagognes. He al
so led the musical activities OF the
Chamber OF Commerce for, a time.
On account of illness, induced by
,overwork led them far afield into
lyceum work. They will eventually
make their home in Denver.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
LIMERICK TOWN

The Holly Golf Club announces
the date for their play Limerick
town" for Friday April 20 at the
high school auditorium. The pur-
porpose of the play Is to, raise
money to beautify and otherwise
improve their grounds. Tress will be
planted, the pond stocked with fish
and the grounds made attractive
in other ways. The play to be CIV
en- will be presented by local talent
and will be first class in every par.
ticulr A chorus OF 25 voices will
render beautiful melodies and snap
py airs. 1t will be real musical
treat that none should miss. f. g.
Hicks, especially will delight the
hears. Admission will be 20 and 35
cents and seats may be reserved at
the Valley Drug store.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
FREE BAND CONCERT


The public Is invited to attend the
band concert at the Lycan school on
Tuesday evening, April II at eight
o'clock by the Backers Band OF
Ridgeview. This is the regular re-
hersal night for the Lycan band and
the concert will be given at the
intermission. No doubt some have
said. "how can the farmers have q
band OrganiatiOn?" So the visiting
band, made up of farmers, and
year old. will probably dispelll this
from THAR minds. Another purpose
in coming is to encourage the new
Lycan band. Come and enjoy the
evening OF music.
The Holly chieftain., 1923-04-12
DRAINAGE DITCH
OONS1RUNfIoN

Things are all set for the new
drainage ditch. At, the election this
week to ratify the contract for the
construction. 1t carried unanimous
ly, all IS votes cast we're favorable.
The signatures necessary to legal
ize structures were obtained at the
same time Jacob ROhrig has the
contract for structures.
The Sayler Contraction Company
who have general charge OF con-
struction are already on the ground.
Their hunks and cook shack have
been established on the SwaffOrd
il-Nillins addition. The machinery for
dredging is on the way and will be
here shortly. These consist of two
Northwest Drsgline Dredgers. en-
ttirely ample for the big job. The
ditch will run from west to east
just north of the city and cut dia-
gonally through the northeast cor
ner OF town toward the river
1t means the draining of five
Thousand acles of seepy land which
will again become arabic and fer
tile. The redemption of this seepy
area will add to the value of pro-
perty by perhaps 0OO,OO000 in the
time to come. 1t is calculated also
to drain the town site making
gardens more productive. house
foundations more secure and eel
lars usuable. No improvements that
have come to Holly can be ranked
for moment with this great ditch
which will reclaim in few years
this whole end of the Arkansas
Valley. Oscar Hellbeck is the local
engineer and has been untiring
and Jealous in this work.