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Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12
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FrankfOrd Correspondent in Florida

FrankfOrd Correspondent in Florida
The Delawareans who are in Flor
ida are enjoying mild weather, but
much of January was cloudy and
damp. Practically all the large.
towns have band concerts in the
parks, afternoons and evenings. Two
of the largest dog racing clubs in
the United States are at Miami and
Tampa. County fairs are now in full
swing. The HillsbOro County Fair
in which Plant City and Tampa are
located is the largest in the state.
1t is going on this week and is
known as the Gasaparvilla Fair,
named from a famous old pirate.
Strawberries and vegetables are
plentiful and have been so all win
ter but on account of the wet season
shipments have been very light.
AS to poultry and eggs, it is un-
derstood that Florida imports as
much as is raised in the state. The
writer recently attended a poultry
show and was very much taken with
it's bigness and the large number of
exhibits, and strange to say he lear
ned that the White Leghorn is not a
leading favOrite. POultrymen are do
ing well as eggs and chickens are
high and in good demand. The fav-
orite seems to be the R. I. Reds.
The International Press Founda-
tiOn has been touring Florida for the
past week. The delegates from Della
ware were our mutual friends, Ev-
erett C. Johnson, editor of the Post,
Newark, and Col. Theo. Townsend of
the Chronicle. We were very glad to
meet them at Plant City. They were
met by the motorcycle police, also
the mayor, the city council and
other city officials. The Chamber of
Commerce gave them a strawberry
and ice cream lunch.
While straw hats have been worn
all winter, the season was officially
opened the first of February.
Farming and planting is going en-
all winter. The other day a man tcld |
us he was planting his peanuts. |
They were entirely for pigs. The |
same day we saw four of his dress
ed porkers. They looked nice. Sever
al times we have eaten the peanut |
fed pork and it is very good.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12
Millvileo

The extra meetings at the Church
of Christ are still in progress under
direction of Rev. Dale Benjamin, as
sisted in the singing by Mr.. Tuttle.
Joe Hastings is spending a few
days in ROxana as the guest of his
brother, Rufus Hastings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Holloway and
child of Selbyville visited Mrs. L. M.
Powell land Mrs. Oliver Evans on
Sunday.
Mrs. Lydia A. Evans is on the sick
list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Bennett spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. H. o.
Derrickson at Omar.
Mr.. and Mrs. James P. Dukes of
Camden, N. j., were weekend visit
oTs with Mrs. Harry Dukes.
Mrs. Loper and Mrs. Charles Me-
gee are spending few days in
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Lula G. Lynch spent Monday
in Harrington and was accompanied
home by Mrs. VIM. Sharp and C. w.
Steele.
On January "a, Evangelist Dale ].
Benjamin of Washington state, be-
gan protracted meeting at the
Church of Christ at Millville. This
is one of two Churches of Christ in
the entire state as the strength of
that body, which numbers 100000
members, is found in the south and
west and in four of the middle-wes-
tern states it is the leading religious
communion.
The Millville Church was closed
for while and was re-opened only
last May. 1t has faced trying times
but few faithful souls held on and
the church doors stayed open.
The revival began with small
crowds but after week of nightly
preaching by Evangelist Benjamin
the crowds had grown to over 100.
Wallace Tuttle of Kensas City, a
widely-known song leader and SOLO
ist, arrived February 2. In eight
days of invitation, eighteen have re-
sponded to the gospel call and the
entire community is aroused. On
February Bible School records
were broken and the building prov
ed too small to hold the evening
crowds. The entire community
seems to be unanimous in praise of
the work of these men and would
welcome them back for a return
meeting.
The meetings will continue till
Monday, February 18th.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12
You'll be surprised
at how far you can travel for a quar-
ter by telephone. See the front pages
of your telephone directory.
COMBINATION DINNER

A combination farewell dinner party
and birthday celebration was given by
the Traffic Department of the Dia-
mond State Telephone Company at the
Company's offices, 9th and Shipley
Streets, recently in honor of Miss
Lydia Semple and J. R. Moore.
Miss Semple, Visiting Supervisor
for the Telephone Company, was re-
ceiving birthday congratulations, and
Mr.. Moore, formerly Assistant to J..
H. Christensen, Traffic Superintend-
ent in Delaware, was leaving to take
up his new duties in the Traffic De-
partment in Reading, where he has
been transferred.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12
SUMMONS AID IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
NEAR HOCKESSIN

Mrs. Sadie Writ, telephone operator
at Hockessin, recently took heroic
measures to save the life of woman
injured in an automobile accident on
the Lancaster Pike near Hockessin.
A telephone call to the Diamond
State Telephone Company's Central
Office in HOckessin from some one
who saw the accident resulted in Mrs.
Writ relaying the information imme-
diately to the State Police. She then
called a telephone subscriber living
near the scene of the crash and asked
if the injured woman could be moved
to the house until some conveyance to
the hospital might be procured.
In spite of these measures, however,
the woman died shortly after being
to the Homeopathic Hospi-
tai in Wilmington.
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eral laws of health, rules of first aid
and the care of the sick. Forty min
utes of the hourly classes are devoted
to lectures on the above subjects. Ten
minutes are given over to practical
demonstrations in first aid and the re-
naming ten minutes to calisthenics.
No attempt is being made to turn
out accomplished nurses in as short a
time as the course covers, says Miss
Wharry, but rather the need for a
professional nurse or physician is en-
phasized in case of sickness. The in
struction merely attempts to fOrmu-
late the general rules of hygiene, the
danger of colds from exposure and the
elementary care of the sick.
The popularity of the movement is
attested to by the fact that so many of
the young women operators vOlun-
tarily give up their spare time to take
these courses.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12
Blanchards Station

Mrs. Norman T. Webb from Green
wood was operated on at the Mar
shall Hospital last Thursday for
stomach trouble. At this writing she
is getting along fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. L. Kratz are the
happy parents of a fine son, born
at the Marshall Hospital, January
oath. Mrs. Kratz has been very sick
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12

but is very much improved at this
writing.
Walter D. Lyons from Lewes
spent the weekend with his mother,
Mrs. Anna Lyons at Greenwood.
Misses Helen and Margaret Nc
Dowell and Miss Ruth OrendOrf
spent Sunday afternoon with Miss
Emma Tucker.
Mrs. Anna Lyons from Greenwood
has gone to Wilmington to stay a
month with her son and daughter,
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12

No score, first game. z dealt and bid
three spades and A doubled. Y never
hesitated a minute and promptly bid
four diamonds. B doubled and defeated
the contract 400 points while the three
spade bid would have lost only 200
points less eight honors. This example
is an extreme case perhaps, but is fine
of what not to do.
Here is a peculiar hand, both in the
bidding and play and an illustration of
the great possibilities Of apparently
weak hands.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12
PROFITABLE FOR SON

A group of farmers were talking
at the village store and one of them
asked: "Do you think it pays to
keep poultry?"
''Well, no, I can't say that 1 do"
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12

10000 local calls that are normally
handled in Wilmington from nine to
ten 'clock in the morning, the recent
snowstorm that enveloped this region
caused Wilmington local calls to
jump to 13,S80-a 80 per cent in
crease. He added that there was a cor
increase in the number of
out-of town calls during the storm.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12


(Right) blaze, reported it
to the telephone Office. While Mrs.
Reba' TAFT, one of the operators, called
the Brandywine Hundred Fire De-
partment and the State Police, Mary
O'COnnell, another operator, notified
the neighbors in the vicinity.
Selling buckets and axes, the vOlun-
tary fire fighters thus summoned rushed
to Mrs. Frye's dwelling, which is
across the street from the central Of
fee. When the fire engines arrived,
the confagration was under control.
G. G. Reynolds, Superintendent of
the State Highway Department, COM
mended the Holly Oak operators
highly. for their prompt assistance.
Miss P. L. MOusley is the operator
in charge of the Holly Oak Office for
the Telephone Company.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lyons and also
Mrs. Ethel Curlett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter J. Mills took
their son, Alvin to Baltimore Hos
pital for surgical operation last
week.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12
HEALTH-A-HABIT
MOVEMENT GROWS
New Class Recently Formed
Has Twenty-Seven
Members
The Health "a
-

The Health "a
Habit movement
in Delaware, spon-
sOred by the Dia-
mond State Tele-
phone Company,
now has twenty
seven of the young
women operators
enrolled in a class
recently formed,
according to Miss
Mary Wharry, the
instructress in Will
mingtOn.
w eekly meet
ings are held in
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12

Now let's hope Henry Ford won't
clutter up the sky the way he's clut-
tered up the earth.
There are two sides to every
question:: yours and the idiotic one.
Birmingham News.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12
Union
(near Lincoln)

Ralph Anderson of near Uni
Church, son of Mr.. and Mrs. MAJ
Anderson and Miss Ruth ReynolC
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. GeOr
Reynolds, of near Lincoln, we
quietly married Sunday eveniI
January 31st at eight o'clock
Rev. G. A. Morris, pastor of q
Methodist Protestant Church Of Ha
rington.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12

was the answer, "but I'm sure it
pays my son jim" =.
Flows that?" asked another man.
well, you see, I bought him the
fowls; I have to furnish their food;
buy the eggs from him and he
eats them."-Farm Life.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12
Hearts 9, 81, So
Clubs u
Diamonds J,9,7,6,A

Diamonds-K, J,9,1,6,A
Spades II none
No score, rubber game. z dealt anu
passed. A bid one spade. Y passed and
B bid two clubs. z bid two hearts, A
three clubs, Y three hearts and B four
clubs. z bid four hearts, A FIVE clubs,
Y doubled, B passed and Z bid five
hearts. A doubled and all passed. A
opened with the ace of clubs and then
Observation-Disclosures Ztrumped.
How should he plan the play of the
hand? An analysis of the play and the
other three hands will be given in the
next article.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12
Many Calls During Storm

J. H. Christen-
sen, District Su-
perintendent of
Traffic for the
Diamond State
Telephone Com
pany reports a
close relationship
between storms
and telephone
calls.
During a storm
thenumber of calls
increases, he said.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12
Everybody has friends in
nearby towns. Why not keep in
touch with them by telephone?
PROMPT ACTION
PUTS OUT FIRE
Holly Oak Telephone Opera
tors Direct Fire-Fighting
Efforts

Fire in the
dwelling of Mrs.
Frye, Philadelphia
Pike and Silver
side Road, Holly
Oak, was prompt
ly extinguished re-
Gently through the
aid of the opera
tors in the Holly
Oak Central Of
flee of the Dia-
mond State Tele-
phone Company.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12

Most homes ought to
have two telephones. An ex-
tension on the second floor is
a time saver and costs but a
few cents a day.
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12
Hand No. 2

Hearts j, 10, 4,3
Clubs %, ~
Diamonds j, 10, 8,7,S,S
Spades II none
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12

No score, rubber game. 2 dealt and bid
no-trump. A bid two hearts and Y
doubled. B Immediately got panicky
and bid two spades which 2 doubled. A
now bid three hearts, Y doubled and
all passed. A lost his contract by only
one trick so that if B had left the double
alone, he and his partner would have
won game and rubber. What B failed
to consider was: First, that A must
have a very strong hand to bid over
one no-trump; and, second, that if he
wanted a spade bid, he would have
doubled no-trump. Be on the look out
for such hands and don't take your
partner out of a bid just because it has
been doubled. The following hand is an
even worse example of what not to do:
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12

that his partner has made bad bid OF
he wouldn't have been doubled and
that it is his duty to rescue him. Here
are two hands that came up recently
which are excellent examples of what
not to do:
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12

Hand No. 1
Hearts
Y = Clubs-K, 8, Z, So
"a B1 Diamonds -8, 8
Il Spades @, 10, 9, S,
Milford chronicle., 1926-02-12

Our highest wish, if you do not yet know
Camel quality, is that you try them. We
invite you to compare CGnreLs with any
cigarette made at any price.
R. ]. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.

Universal Confusion will he the
subject of an address by Linn II. Gale
at the opening meeting of the Secular
League, o'clock. at 1905 + street.
Admission free. Public invited.
The closing meeting of the Setting
Up Conference at Phyllis Wheatley
Y w. c. A., at 4 o'clock, will be
presided over by Mrs. Kelly Miller.
Campbell c. Johnson will explain how
''To choose some path that leads to
God and keep it to the end" A can
delight service will follow in the eve
ming.
The Red Triangle Outing Club will
meet at Sligo Bridge at 2.45 o'clock.
Take Takoma Park car from Fif-
teenth and New York avenue. Ride
to end of line and take shuttle car at
bridge. Hike will he along Sligo
Greek and across country. ending at
Forest Glen. John r. Jameson leader.
The Washington District Council,
National Council Of Catholic Women.
will meet 3 o'clock, at the National
Catholic School of Service, 240O Nine
teenth street.
The Women's Political Study Club
will meet, ) o'clock, at Phyllis Wheat
ley Y. w. G. A. The chairman, Jean
nette Carterwill will present a special
program for getting out the vote"
for approaching campaign. Musical
program.
The United Lodge of TheOsophists.
Hill Building. Seventeenth and
streets, will have a talk, s o'clock. on
"TheoSophy." No charge or cOlleC-
ton. Public invited.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
CONSIDERS CLOSING
OF OYSTER SCHOOL
DR.. BaIIou Awaits Decision
of Parents on Mud, Cold
and Furniture Lack.

The new James F. oyster School
on Calvert street will be temporarily
closed early this week If parents of
the approximately 200 pupils indicate
they are dissatisfied with conditions
there as they now exist, DIR. Frank
w. Ballou. superintendent of schools,
announced last night.
Should the school be closed, 1t was
stated by DR.. Ballou, the pupils will
necessarily have to stay home, mas
much as there are no other accommo-
cations that can be offered them.
1t was disclosed last night that DR.,
Ballou's inclination to follow the de-
slreS or the parents is also held bv
several members of the Board of Edu-
cation, who, with the superintendent.
inspected the school yesterday.
A combination of circumstances
nave /caused dissatisfaction among
some parents of children attending the
James F.. Oyster School. One is that
grading of the street is in progress
with a steam shovel in front of the
buildings, compelling the children to
wade through a quagmire of mud.
Another Is that the heating plant has
not been perfected, and a third is that
all OF the necessary furniture has not
yet arrived.
DIR. Ballou makes it plain that all
pupils of the Oyster School should
report tomorrow when vigorous ef-
forts will he made to remedy the
conditions. 1t is planned to put down
hoardWalkS for the children. A fire
was tested in the furnace yesterday.
The weather, according to school of
ficials. will have a great deal to do
with the solving of the problem. If
the weather is fair and warm, in all
probability it will be found practicable
to continue operation of the school,
but If it turns rainy and chill it will
likely be closed.
The question of the advisability of
closing the school was brought before
the school officials by Morton j. Luchs,
real estate man. who lives in the
neighborhOod and has two children in
the school. In a letter to DR.. Ballou.
in which he complained of the situa-
ton there as a taxpayer, Mr.. Luchs
frankly stated he did not believe the
existing conditions should be tolerated.
American automobiles are the most
popular in South Africa
Evening star., 1926-10-03
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Mostly fair
today and tomorrow. not much change
in temperature; gentle to moderate
south and southwest winds.
Maryland-Mostly fair today and TO-
morrow, not much change in -tempera-
ture; moderate to fresh southwest
winds.
Virginia-Mostly fair today and to-
morrow, not much change in tempera-
ture; moderate to fresh southwest
winds.
West Virginia-Mostly fair today,
tomorrow showers; not much change
in temperature.
Temperature for "a Hours.
mperature-Midnight 65; am.
64: 4 am. 64; 6 am. "a: am. "a;
10 am, 20: IL noon. "a; pm, 90; 4
pm, 73; 6 pm, 73; s pm, Il; 1U
pm. 68.
Highest, II; lowest, ga.
Relative humidity-S am. 81; ,
pm, 70; s pm. SO.
Temperature same date last year
Highest. 66; lowest, SO.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
Today-Low tide, 1909 pm; high
tide, 5:32 am. and 556 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1921 am.
and 1852 pm; high tide, 6:17 am. and
6:3S pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, sos a.m.; sun
sets. SAC pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, sos am; sun
sets, SAT pm.
Moon rises, 2:46 am; sets, 4:43 pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
CARDS of TbankS.

LACEY. We wish to express our sincel
thanks and deepest appreciation for th
kind sympathy and beautiful floral tri1
ntes extended by relatives and friends
brother. f HOMER LACEY.
MRS: F: HOMER LACEY. MRS. J.
CHAPPELEAR
LOWE. We wish to express to our relative
friends and neighhOrs our most heartfe
and sincere appreciation for the unliu
tied sympathy and tireiess assistance rel
dered US al the death of our husband an
father. ERNEST &. LOWE. also for tn
beautiful floral tributes sent at the tim
OF our bereavement
WIFE AND DAUGHTERS
MANkIN. We wish To express our deepet
appreciation and thanks to our relatIve
friends and neighhors for their kindneR
sympathy and beautiful floral pieces a
the death of our beloved mother LAUR,
MANkIN. who died september IS 1a2t
FAMILY.
THOMPSON. We wish To express our sir
cere thanks and appreciation 10 friend
Tor their kindness. sympathy and beaut
ful floral tributes ex--nded AZ the deaf
Of our brother. GEORGE \. THOMPSON
THE FAMILY
Evening star., 1926-10-03
HERBERT CECIL LEWIS,
SERVICE EDITOR, DIES
Founder of Army and Navy Jour
nal Will Be Buried
Tomorrow.

Funeral services for Herbert Cecil
Lewis, 81 years old, founder. editor
and publisher of the Army and Navy
Journal. who died of heart disease
at his residence in Wardman Park
Hotel Friday night, will be conducted
in Wright's chapel 1897 Tenth street
tomorrow morning at 1890 o'clock.
Rev. DIR. ]. j. Muir. chaplain OF the
Senate, will officiate. The place of
interment is to he decided later
Born in London. England. Mr.
Lewis came to this country when II
years old and lived in Danville, Va.
before coming to Washington 40 years
ago.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Helena Freeman Lewis: a son. r.
Cecil Lewis, and a brother, Arthur u.
Lewis Of Albuquerque, y. Mex.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
BLACK WANTS COTTON
CROP CUT rs PER CENT
Texas Representative Appeals to
Planters to Reduce Acreage
Next Year.

By the Associated Press
An appeal to Southern cotton plant
ers to reduce the cotton crop next
year by at least 25 per cent was is
sued here yesterday by Representa-
tive Black, Democrat, Texas.
He urged the farmers to diversity
their crops and get away from 80
much cotton" If they don't, he said.
they will become poorer and poorer.
What we need to do is to raise
crop small enough to make the mills
hungry for cotton, and it wouldn't
hurt If we made crop so small that
some of them would have to shut
down for the want of the staple" he
added.
He accused the Crop Reporting
Board Of the Agriculture Department
of an overestimate of this years crop,
but added that too much cotton was
raised during the last season. He said
not more than 13,5O0.OOO bales should
have been raised, while department
figures showed 1870. 200 produced.
Asserting he himself expected to re-
duce his own acreage % per cent he
called on the landlords and tenants
to do likewise.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
SPANISH ROUT CUPID.

MADRID, October ? IP).-Oficial
statistics show a falling off in the
number of marriages in Spain from .
per cent of the population } years
ago TO per cent at present.
The decrease in marriages is at
tributed to the high cost of living and
also to the fact that an increa sing
number of women of all classes of So
ciety are entering professional life.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
Chinese Eggs Arriving.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TACOMA, Wash, October .
After a lull of three years importa-
tion of Chinese eggs has been re-
sumed. Ten thousand tins of frozen
eggs loa ded in Shanghai arrived here
this week on the Ala ba ma Maru The
eggs in four refrigerator cars were
routed East for large centers.
Evening star., 1926-10-03

inc, will hold It's first meeting of the
season October Z, s pm, at the Hamil
ton Hotel. Speakers will be Robert
Carleton Mason and DR.. Zaida Il.
kaites. Mrs. Carolyn Norton Bast
will sing. The first business meeting
of the foundation will be October II,
s pm, at the Hamilton Hotel.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Ked Triangle Outing Club will
hold its election of officers tomorrow,
$50 pm, at GA j. street. Free sup
per for those who make reservations
in advance. Active members only.
Evening star., 1926-10-03
The survivors of Moshy's command

me SURVIVORS OF MOSDy COmmand
have been invited by the ladies of the
L. -. G, Chapter Of Marshall, Va, to
be present at the fair grounds at Mar
shall October I. when they will give
an entertainment
Evening star., 1926-10-03
FOUND.

Brazil is taking to radio and has %
stations.
Evening star., 1926-10-03

DOG. Boston terrier. brindle with white
markings. Can N. 6979.
RING. gold. bsbys, initiated. Phone Coum-
bia 1900 before noon.
TRUMPET-Siver plated. gold bell. found
last July Address Box 1890. Star office
Evening star., 1926-10-03

The knights Of Columbus will hold
a luncheon at the Lee House Monday
at 1890 pm.
Evening star., 1926-10-03

tary of the American Mission to
Lepers, will be the chief speaker at
the Civitan luncheon Tuesday at 1890
pm. Other features are promised.
Evening star., 1926-10-03

The Coal Merchants Board of Trade
will hold luncheon at the Lee House
Tuesday at 1870 pm.
Evening star., 1926-10-03

American automobiles are the most
popular in South Africa
Evening star., 1926-10-03

ZANNELLI On September 30. 1926
HARRY ZANNELLt, the beloved hus
hand Of Irene Zanei. aged 30 wears. Fu-
neral from his late residence. 3114 st.
Sc on Monday. October 4, at $ 30 am.
thence TO ST. FrapCIs Xavier Church on
Pa ave Sc. where mass VIII be said At
9 o'clock. lutermeut Arlington National
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-05-18

NEW YORK, May IS. The
tastes of people who make the night
life of New York change like fash
ions, and if those who provide the
entertainment would survive through
the years they must make humanity
a subject of constant study.
This is a conclusion Sophie Tuck
er. internationally known night club
artist, reached long ago She be-
lleyes it's observance was never more
necessary than at present.
when | came back from Paris
and London last winter. after seven
years absence from night life here,
found conditions entirely changed
from what they used to be-" she
said
'Would you think ballads would
take with those who now frequent
the clubs? Oh, no. They don't want
any Little Gray Homes in the West
songs.
"I1ot songs are what they demand
and you've got to sing them II you