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Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
ALUMNI SHOW REHEARSALS
ASSURE FINE ENTERTAINMENT
Large Cast OF Local Talent Will Be
In "lIy Friend From India"

Rehearsals are being held every
afternoon and evening in the Com
munity Building for Milford's big
musical comedy, my Friend From
India" which is to be presented on
March 12, under the auspices Of the
Milford Alumni Association.
A big cast, numbering over as Of
Milford's best talent, are taking
part, the production being staged
under the direction of the Wheeler
Producing Company, well known
here, having staged Melody Land"
last year with big success.
my Friend From India" is a big
musical comedy in three acts, writ
ten along new lines, for laughing
purposes only, and is a big laugh
from start to finish. The solos and
musical numbers aIe pretty and at
tractive, and in the hands of our
best singing and dancing talent
should prove most entertaining.
Among those taking prominent
speaking parts in the cast are the
following: Messrs. Willis Hammond,
Fred ireland, Clarence Downing,
Roland Walls, Ralph Tyler, Louder
Grier, H. ]. Wheeler, Mrs. George
Macklin, Mrs. Wilson S. Vinyard,
Virginia Mason, Leah Jordan and vi
ola Stadler.
Throughout the action of the three
acts are several chorus numbers,
among them: The Society Girls, The
Maids and Buffers, The Sailor Boys,
The Dutch Girls, and The Arabian
Dancers, in which our best singers
and dancers will have part. In the
Arabian scene, Miss Bess Elliott ap-
pears as the Arabian solo dancer, in
an artistic and cleverly executed
solo dance. The personnel Of the
choruses will be announced in our
next issue.
Fine progress at rehearsals is re-
ported by the producers and "My
Friend From India" gives promise
of outdoing last years big success.
The reserved seat sale opens at
Pettyjohn's Pharmacy on next Tues
day morning, March and judging
from the interest shown about town
a word to the wise would be, secure
your seats early. Seats may be re-
served by phone and will be held
until 1880 p. m. performance night
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
STATE BANKERS MEET
in WILMINGTON TODAY
Semi.Annual Meeting OF AssOcia
tiOn Will Be Held At Hotel
Du POnt.

The Delaware Bankers Associa-
tion will hold its semi-annual meet
ing in the club room of the Hotel
dupont today. More than 100 bank
ers from the so or more financial in
stitutions of the State are expected
to attend. The morning session will
begin at 10:45 and will be taken up
largely with business and reports of
committees appointed at the last
meeting held in Dover.
w. L. Barnhart, vice president of
the National Surety Company of
New York, will be the principal
speaker at the morning session
which will be presided over by Hal
deman C. Stout, president of the as
sociation. Mr.. Barnhart will speak
on Criminal Psychology" The
speaker will discuss how criminals
are detected and particularly with
banks dealings with criminals.
Following the morning session the
Wilmington Clearing House Associa-
ton will be host to the bankers at
luncheon in the grill room Of the
Hotel QuPOnJ.
At the afternoon session George
A. O'Reilly, vice-president of the
Irving Columbia Trust Com
pany, New York, will address the
meeting on 1.-THE Bank in Step with
Business" Mr.. Stout announced
tlat both speakers are well known
for their oratorical ability.
The committee in charge Of ar
rangements for the meeting COM
prises Haldeman c. Stout. Warren
K. Ayres, and Henry P. Scott. The
committee made it understood that
while only one postcard announcing
the meeting had been sent to each
bank in the State, that did not mean
that only one representative from
each bank had been asked to attend.
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
NEXT LEGISLATURE
MAY GIVE DELAWARE
STATE UTILITY BOARD
Measure Lost In Last Two Leg
isIatures May Be Passel Next
Session.
UTILITIES CHANGE VIEWS
1t Is Said That Public Corpora.
tiOns Have Changed Front On
Proposal.

According to information from
reliable sources the bill to create a
State Board of Public Utility Com
missiOners for Delaware, which was
introduced at the last two sessions
Of the General Assembly, will be re-
submitted to the next legislature in
January, 1927.
The proposed act, which has had
a stormy voyage since it was first
launched in the State Senate in 1928,
and defeated, and was again intro
duced in 1925, but died a natural
death in committee, it is said, has
assurance of more consideration
and possible passage when the legis-
lature convenes next year.
Reasons given for this assurance
are many, but the most logical one
advanced is that the public utilities
have experienced a change of heart
toward the proposed legislation.
When the measure to create a non
partisan board of public utility COM
missioners, to be composed Of four
members appointed by the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent
of a majority of all the members of
the Senate, was first introduced, it
met with strong opposition from the
utilities, which the act defined to
include every individual, co-partner-
ship, association, corporation or
joint stock company, their lessees,
trustees or receivers that now or
hereafter may own, operate, man
age or control within the State of
Delaware any steam railroad, street
railway, traction railway, canal, ex-
press, subway, pipe line, gas, cleo
trio light, heat, power, water, oil,
sewer, telephone, telegraph, system,
plant or equipment for public use.
The act would empower the State
Utility Board, further, to determine
what such privilege or franchise"
as public utilities may enjoy ''is nee
essary and proper for the public
convenience and properly cOnserves
the. public interests, and to impose
such conditions as to construction,
equipment, maintenance, service or
operation as the public convenience
and interests may reasonably re-
quire.'"
While public utilities enjoying
privileges extended them at the out
set opposed the bill, the old adage
that circumstances alter cases" is
said to have changed the attitude of
these utilities oward the proposed
legislation.
One of the principal factors in this
change of heart is said to be the rap
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Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
YOUR INCOME TAX

John W. Herring, U. S. Col
lector of Internal Revenue, to-
day stated that the income tax
for the year 1925 is less, in
proportion to >>the taxpayers
income, than was the tax for
1924. A rate reductfSp, how
ever, is not the only benefit af-
forded by the revenue act St
1926. Increase in the exemp-
tions and other changes in
p revenue legislation are of i'm
mediate interest to every tax
payer.
The revenue act 0f 1926 pro-
Vides exemptions for single
persons of $500, and for mar
ried persons of $500, as well
as a credit for dependents in
the amount of $4O0 for each
dependent. In order to claim
this credit, it is necessary
that the taxpayer be the chief
support of a dependent either
under eighteen years of age
or incapacitated because of
mental or physical defect on
the last day of the year for
which the return is filed. Hus-
band and wife, living together
may include the income of
each in a single joint return,
or each may file a separate re-
turn reporting thereon the in
come received by each.
The period for filing returns
ends March Is, 1926. The re-
turns, accompanied by at least
One-fourth of the amount of
tax due, must be filed with the
collector of internal revenue
for the district in which the
taxpayer has his legal resi-
dence or has his principal
place of business.
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
WILL ASK new SURVEY
FOR INDIAN RIVER PROJECT
Congressman Houston Says Present
Project Is Out OF Date

Congressman Robert G. Houston,
of Georgetown, says that he is gath
ering facts with a view of having a
resurvey of Indian River. The old
slrvey of that project he pointed
It, is many years old and out of
date, and under the law, after five
years, a survey of this character is
considered out of date.
Senators Bayard and du Pont,
Congressman Houston have received
communication from L. e. Faucet,
in regard to bring about the reopen
ing the Indian river inlet, which
was closed by filling sand last year.
Mr.. Houston said that he was look.
ing up the original survey for thik
project to find out if it included,
inlet. If not, he would endeav(
have the river and harbor comnf
order new survey to include
inlet
The hearing held last January at
Millsboro, was not by order of Con-
gress, but was more of a private
nature. 1t was said that the report
was not considered favorably by
war department officials.
Mr.. Houston was successful in
having ordered a resurvey of the
Delaware breakwater and he is
hopeful that he will be able to have
a new survey made of Indian liver
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
SALISBURY SELECTED
AS HEADQUARTERS OF
PENINSULA PROJECT
Quarters Will Be Secured And
Offices Opened In Maryland
City.
CHOICE WAS UNANIMOUS
Every Delegate AT Meeting Voted
For WicOmicO County City As
Being Centrally Located.

At the meeting of the County
Chairmen of the DeI-Mar-Va Eastern
Shore Association held last Thurs
day afternoon, it was definitely de-
cided that Salisbury, Maryland, will
remain the headquarters of the cas-
tern shore publicity movement, at
least, until December 81, 1927.
Contrary to the expectation Of
many, the WicomicO county mem
bers of the Del-Mar-Va Association
neither proposed nor voted on this
question when it was raised in the
meeting. The motion to authorize a
committee to select and lease regu-
lar business headquarters for the
association in the city of Salisbury,
Maryland, with the understanding
that the said headquarters shall be
taken for the period dating from
March 1, 1926 to December 81, 1927"
was offered by DR.. G. Layton Grier,
chairman of the Sussex county, Del
aware, committee, and seconded by
Chas. C. Gelder, chairman of the
Somerset county, Maryland, commit
tee.
In the discussion of the motion,
General Chairman Adkins stated
that WicomicO countians would well
come the association but would not
be willing to bring to bear any in
fuences contrary to the general
wishes of the majority of the men,
bers of the conference. Numerous
members of the committee in ex-
planning their reasons for support
ing the motion as made by the Sus-
sex county and Somerset county
chairmen stated that they regard
Salisbury as the most convenient
city from which to operate and in
which to secure the various accom-
modations required by the associa-
ton.
The vote on being called was un-
animously in favor of considering
Salisbury as headquarters for the
association during the operations of
it's initial two-year period"
Chairman Adkins was then, in
separate resolution, requested to ap-
point a small committee to select
rooms for the offices of the associa-
ton in Salisbury; and the sugges-
ton was made that possibly one of
Salisbury's residence properties
might be taken over and nodestly
equipped for use. The personnel of
the committee will be selected and
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Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
MILFORD ice COMPANY
WILL ENLARGE PLANT
New Addition VIII More Than
Double Capacity. Also Cold Storage

The Milford Ice Company, of
which Charles e. Varney is propri-
etor, has started work on an addition
to the plant operated here which
when completed will more than dou-
BILE the capacity of the plant. The
new addition will be erected at the
eastern end of the present plant and
will be of brick construction. The
most modern equipment for the
manufacture of ice will be installed.
The tank system will be used. Pow
er for the new portion of the plant
will be supplied by an Ingersoll-
Rand crude oil engine directly con-
nected with the compressor. The
present plant, which is operated by
steam, will not be changed; but will
be used for the next few years at
least, at which time in all probable
ity it will be replaced with a new
system.
Under the plans as announced by
the ice company cold storage facili-
ties on a commercial basis will be
available to the public. The present
capacity of the plant is ten tons of
ice day. The new unit will have
a capacity of fifteen tons per day,
and will make the finest grade Of ice.
The entire new equipment will be
in operation about June 1st.
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
new BRIDGE FINISHED
AT ST. GEORGES
Lift Bridge Put In Operation On
Monday OF This Week

The first of five new bridges being
placed over the Chesapeake-Dela-
ware canal-a new steel lift bridge
at st. Georges which has been un-
dergoing- construction since. Septem-
ber, 1924, was opened to public
traffic ON Monday.
The bridge is 175 feet long over
the lift span, and it lifts to height
of 14O feet above the water level,
five feet higher than the Brooklyn
Bridge.
Seth Gibbons and Dal Wolfe, who
were formerly lock tenders at the
canal at Delaware City and Chesa-
peake City, have been engaged to
operate the bridge and from the
center tower will operate the
mechanism which raises the span to
let vessels pass under it. The span
weighs about 1000 tons.
The new bridge at Chesapeake
City will be completed late in April
or early in May, it is expected. An
other span being constructed at
Summit will be ready for use about
June 1, and another at Delaware
City some time in July. These
bridges are being constructed by the
Government. A fifth bridge to span
the cana Kirkwood is being
built - sylvania Railroad.
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
/ PEOPLE START
FOR SYNAGOGUE
lent And Sussex Residents Of
Jewish Faith To Start New
Building In Milford.

The residents Of Kent and Sussex
counties of the Jewish faith have
started a drive for funds with which
to erect a Synagogue in Milford.
The opening meeting was held in
Coopersmith's Hall in Milford last
Sunday evening, at which final plans
for the campaign for funds were
made. At the meetings were promi-
nent Sews from all sections of Kent
and s. ussex counties. Those promot-
ing I'll se drive plan to make an inten-
sive four weeks solicitation for
moni es. A tentative site for the new
structure has been selected, but the
announcement will not be made un-
til after the funds are in hand with
which to build the synagogue.
The first list announced of contri-
butors to the new centre for Jewish
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Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
WILL START SUSSEX ROAD
WORK EARLY In APRIL
Contractors Hope To Get Early Start
This Year In Lower Delaware

BY April 1, contractors for new
highways throughout Sussex coun-
ty expect to be ready for the spring
start in road construction. The tenn
perature in lower Delaware is so
much milder, normally, than 100
miles more north, that it is possible
with safety to begin road building
about ten days earlier than in New
Castle county.
In Kent and New Castle counties
contractors are planning to start
work by April 10, and from then on,
if the weather is fine, the work of
constructing state highways will
proceed as rapidly as the work can
be arranged for and supervised.
One of the first stretches of road
work will be that of widening the
road from Odessa to Pine Tree. In
order to make the highway four feet
wider, and as the extension will be
laid on the east side of the road,
Chief Engineer c. D. Buck has plan
ned for a detour over the highway
from Fieldsboro to Odessa. Only per-
sons driving north, however, will be
affected, because one of the items of
interest brought out at conference
of eastern highway engineers and
officials held at Syracuse this month,
which was attended by many Della
ware engineers, the method Of cur
ing concrete with chemicals VIII en-
able the Delaware work to be done
without cutting off all travel if it is
a case of widening a road.
Ordinarily after concrete has been
laid, it is watered and kept wet for
a certain period, and then allowed
a certain period to cure or dry. I'm
der the new method, it is not neces-
sary to play water on the concrete,
and consequently, while the north
ern route or eastern section of the
highway from Fieldsboro to Odessa
is being laid, only that portion of
the highway will be marked for a
detour.
There will be $S75,OOO available
which the government will give to
Delaware this year for highways, a
part of the Federal appropriation for
Federal aid roads. The money will
be apportioned as equitably as pos
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Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
HIGH SCHOOL CLOSES
SUCCESSFUL SPORT SEASON
Late Start Greatly Handicapped Mil
ford Basketball Teams

Milford High School basketball
teams closed a very successful sea-
son here last night when they play
ed two games with Salisbury High
School.
The local teams had some Difficult
ty in getting started as other schools
started playing December 4th. The
Community Building was not ready
at that time and consequently other
schools had big lead when Milford
started to play. They have won the
last three games and are now on a
par with any team in southern Del
aware.
Isaacs Warren of Ellendale is cap
tail and is one of the best players
developed here recently. He also is
starring on the Community Club
team. Tatman is his running mate
at forward and this pair make op-
posing guards hustle every minute
of the game. Dallas Kitchens has
been the find of the season. This di-
4ninutive youngster has succeeded
in getting the jump on every center
he has played against. His game has
improved one hundred per cent in
the past three weeks. The guard po-
sitions are ably cared for by WoOt-
ten and Grove. This combination is
the best one In Jnat position this
season. They work we'll together, are
steady and play first class ball all
the time.
Sipple, Humes, Coffin, Walls and
Dickerson comprise the rest of the
squad and all are capable Of making
the varsity team step for their re-
spective position. In fact the junior
varsity has beaten the first team
several times in scrimmage.
Rollie Walls, the jovial senior, is
the only player on the squad to
graduate and at that rate Milford
can expect some championship ball
next year. Rollie has been the life
of the school team this year as he
has kept the squad in the proper
spirit with his humor on their trips
to other towns.
Baseball will soon occupy the at
tention of the student body and can
didates will be called out in a few
days. The losses from last years
team have been very heavy, but
few veterans remain, including Cap
tain Logan Grier.
The season opens about April IA
and consists of ten games with the
leading schools of this section.
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
DELAWARE SESQUI BUILDING
WILL HOUSE STATES EXHIBITS
Structure Will Be Constructed Along
Lines Familiar To This State

The Delaware Sesqui Centennial
Commission has announced that bids
for the Delaware building at the
Sesqui Centennial, Philadelphia,
will be opened after IL o'clock Mon
day, March 15. Estimates will be re-
ceived up until IL o'clock on that
day at the Office of C. R. Hope, archi-
tect, room AGO DUPONT Building,
Wilmington, who has prepared the
plans and specifications for the
building. Contractors desiring to bid
can secure the necessary documents
from the architects Office for nom
inal sum.
Members of the Delaware Sesqui-
Centennial Commission, Senator ].
Gilpin Highfield, chairman; Repre-
sentative James C. Hastings and Sem
ator Charles w. Hardesty, have been
working on the details relative to
Delaware's part at the coming great
Exposition in Philadelphia for some
weeks. The plans to date will assure
building at the Exposition of
which every Delawarean will be
proud and the members of the COM.
mittee are anxious that every citi2
AAofa hooorao fT1faroc}rr
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
SUSSEX RESIDENTS
ASK FOR new ROADS
Western Side OF County Still
ClamOrs For More COncrets
Highways.

The State Highway Department at
a session held at Dover last week,
had several delegations before them,
all from Sussex county but one, and
all asking for improved concrete
roads leading from constructed
roads to the Maryland line in some
instances, and in other respects
connecting up with the state high
way. The delegations included those
from Bridgeville asking for a road
from Dublin Hill to Woodenhawk, a
distance of 6 miles in Sussex coun-
ty.
A delegation of rs persons from
Indian river hundred appeared, ask
ing for a road 9 miles in length
from Harmon's School, near Oak
Orchard, to Midway.
Another delegation of 10 persons
petitioned for a road from Bridge
Vile to Epworth Church in Sussex
county, a distance of miles.
Another delegation from Green
wood petitioned for a road from
Greenwood to Hickman and from
Greenwood to Owens, distance of
ten miles.
A delegation from Harrington pc
titioned for a road from Cannon's
Corner out from Harrington to
Whiteleysburg, distance of z miles.
Careful consideration of all the ap-
peals was given by the commission.
Sussex county is the only county
in the state with uncompleted road
work, there being II miles of unfin-
ished road. Kent and New Castle
counties have some grading but no
roads to complete.
Authorization also was made for
a road from Concord to LAUREL
Bridgeville road.
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
ORGANIZED SEARCH FAILS
TO FIND MISSING BOY
Lake And Surrounding Ground At
Dover Fail To Give Up Child

Search for six hours last Saturday
by 200 men and boys, failed to find
any trace of Victor Graham, the s.
year-old son of former Sheriff and
Mrs. Charles w. Graham, who dis
appeared from his home in Dover on
February z.
The searching party included
Deputy Attorney General Earle D.
Wiley, State Detective Dauphin
Wharton, Chief of Police Lane of
Dover; MAYOR ]. Wallace Woodford,
of Dover, members of the Robbins
Hose Comp g and the Boy Scouts.
Silver L; at the edge of the
town wher be boy was last seen,
was and the Boy Scouts
arched all of the fav-
pf TIE boys about this
+6iclkly covered wood
,s.ooarched. The -aarty
IS ITf INTO sections and
NC most sXS
Milford chronicle., 1926-03-05
FARM BUREAU DISCUSSES
PLANS FOR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
At Meeting OF Directors Question OF
Increasing Membership Talked Over

Several important matters of bus
mess relating to the Delaware State
Farm Bureau Federation were dis
cussed at the meeting of the execu-
tive committee held in the State
Farm Bureau Office in Dover on Feb
ruary IS. Ten members of this COM
mittee were present at this meeting
which was called by President John
D. Reynolds of the Delaware State
Farm Bureau.
Among the more important sub
jects discussed at this special meet
ing were the actions taken by the
committee members in regard to
the several bills affecting agricul-
ture which are now before the Con-
gress of the United States, and the
proposed program Of work for the
organization to follow during the
coming year. 1t was suggested that
each member of the executive COM
mittee prepare some plans for a
statewide program Of work and
submit these suggestions to Thomas
N. Rawlins of Seaford who is Sec
retary of the state organization. 1t
is hoped, therefore, that suitable
and practical program for the year
will be Formulated from these several
ideas and suggestions.
Secretary Rawlins was also in
structed to make request to Wash
ington for copies of all the agricul-
tural bills which are now pending
before Congress, and which will
likely be passed at this present ses-
sion. The executive committee fav-
ored the Smell Resolution which per-
tains to the Muscle Shoals PROPOSE
ton, and it was advised that the
Delaware representatives in Con-
gress be notified Of this action and
anSestsd to support this bill. Con-
discussion was also enter
Srd to the Haugen and
hich are of vital
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