Milford chronicle., 1926-10-29

State of Delaware to be consigned
for shipment to foreign countries.
This is the largest quantity of ap-
pies shipped out of this country
from Delaware in the history of the
apple industry. Up to date the Har-
rison's Nurseries, at Berlin, Mary
land, have shipped 27 carloads to
England and three carloads to Ger
many; and the W. f. Allen Company
of near Salisbury, Maryland, has
consigned IS carloads for overseas
consumption.
The first conference for rural
ministers covering the whole Del
Mar-Va Peninsula was held at
Washington College, Chestertown,
Maryland, September 6 to 10th in
elusive. There were AZ ministers
registered which was far more than
was expected. Courses and lectures
covered such matters as Town and
County Surveys for Churches. The
Relation of Economics to Churchly
Welfare, Psychology of Religious
Education, Elementary Psychology,
Relation of Employers and Employ
ees, War and Peace, The Place and
Significance of the College of Agri-
culture, Rural Church and Agricul-
ture, and other similar topics. This
conference met with such pronounc-
ed success that it is expected that
another year will find it expanded to
meet the needs of a growing interest
in such matters in the Del-Mar-Va
Peninsula.
Washington College, at Chester
town, Maryland, opened this season
with 215 students, an increase of 20
per cent over last year. The fresh
man class numbered S5 with few
yet to register. The growing popu-
larity of Washington College is an
indication of the interest of the peo-
pie of the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula in
local higher education.
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Kiptopeke, Northampton County,
Virginia, claims the honor of being
the place where Captain John Smith
first set foot on the Del-Mar-Va Pen
insula in 1908. He was received and
kindly treated. A fascinating place
of interest is the Wise Mansion
which was erected in 1896 by John
/ C. Wise, a descendant of one of Del
Mar-Va's first settlers. President
Cleveland and many other prominent
persons have been entertained at the
Wise home.
Smiths Island, Somerset County,
Maryland, is named in honor of Cap
tain John Smith. 1t was the scene
of Del-Mar-Va's first mandatory
AS early as 1914 salt was obtained
by evaporating the ocean water by
the heat of the sun. In 1886 ]. Neale
received the first grant for the is
land. The island is now a private es-
tate.
Old Green Hill Church, five miles
south of Quantico in Wicomico
County, Maryland, is located on the
north bank of the Wicomico River
This was one of the historic places
where the early settlers desired to
build a city, the church being the
first building erected. Up until 176S
it was a Port of Entry with ware
houses and offices erected for the
collector. The endeavor to develop
this site into town failed. This
church was used as a rendezvous FOL
two wars, the Revolutionary wal
and the War of 1912. For many years
the church was abandoned as
place of worship but was repaired
with a new roof about so years age
and occasional services are now helC
in it. 1t is under the supervision ol
the Episcopal Church.
The Salisbury-Wicomico Chamber
of Commerce has just issued lt'
first number of a monthly bulletin
with the exception of the Whining
ton Chamber of Commerce, this Il
= tbe first bulletin of it's kind publish
ed on the Peninsula. Such publica
tions indicate the activity which Il
going on in the more progressive
= towns on the Peninsula.
-
worcester county poultry rails
ers are realizing an average Oh $zV'
600 weekly from eggs and poultr!
shipped to northern markets, II wa
f stated following check-up D.
chicken men in this county. Ap
proximately 1000 crates of chicken
, are shipped from Worcester count!
,, farms and communities each WeeR
.. twelve years ago county poultr:
raisers boasted few hens in eacl
farm ward. Today the industry ha
; grown to poultry farms of iron
, 900 to 5000 layers which take full
? time work for five and six men
The farmers have found that poui
try pays and is practically an all
= the-year-round source OF revenue
r because the hen is always on tn
= job"
= The radio broadcasting program
4 of the Del-Mar-Va Eastern SAor
S Association is meeting with enthu
r siasm inside and outside of the Del
e Mar-Va Peninsula. Enthusiast
a marks the feelings Of the people O
= the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula, as we
as the people listening in from Tn
outside. The WIZ station report
that it has an audience Of 2O,OOO
i, 600 hearers each evening.
These programs are being finanC
7 ed in part by the Del-Mar-Va Eas'
Z ern Shore Association and by COZ
tributions from individual town
which receive mention from wee
to week. 3
4 Eastville, Northampton count!
e Virginia. has been the county sea
a noIIn.t r.nnnEn0 naL