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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Oak Orchard

Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Phillips and
nephew, Paul Phillips, of Whining
ton, accompanied by Miss Catherine
Phillips, of Georgetown, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. J. Hen
ry Phillips.
Wedding bells rang very merrily
on Christmas Eve when Miss Grace
Lingo, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Laurence Lingo, and Mr.. Albert Par
sons were quietly married at Fred
erica. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons
have the best wishes of their many
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Morris and
family, of Philadelphia, are spend
ing the holidays at their cottage at
Riverdale.
Messrs. J. R. Lyman, Joseph
Slack and f. Stuart, of Newport, are
enjoying the remaining days of the
hunting season, with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Phillips.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Zoar

Mr.. and Mrs. James Treaster
gave a birthday party on Tuesday
night in honor of their daughter,
Rebecca, it being her fourteenth
birthday. The evening was well
spent in playing games of all kinds.
At a late hour the guests were call
ed to the dining room where all
kinds of refreshments were served.
Those present were as follows. Mrs.
Fred Lawson and Elmer Lawson,
also the Misses Hulda Lawson, Ruth
Thoroughbred, Mildred Lawson,
Dorothy Treaster, Ada Treaster,
Matte Parker, Huldah Rogers, Pearl
Rogers, Sarah Treaster, also the
Messrs. Carlton Moore, Bill Moore,
Harry Hastings, Earl Thoroughbred,
Clarence Parker, Paul Parker, Hen
ry Johnson, Harvey Johnson and
Floyd Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Moore enter
tanned on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Truitt of Denton, Md, Rev. R.
K. Foster and wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Cordrey and Mr.. and Mrs. Pete
Moore OF AllllSbOrO.
Granville, the youngest child of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Johnson, is
very ill at this writing. We hope for
his speedy recovery.
Miss Hulda Lawson also Ruth
Thoroughbred who spent part of
the Christmas holidays with Tela-
tives near Laurel, returned home on
Sunday.
Miss Margaret Shock returned to
her home in Gloucester, N. j., on
Sunday after spending the week
with Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Law
son.
Earl Thoroughgood is spending
few days with relatives in Camden,
N. J.
We are very glad to say Carlton
Moore is able to attend school
again after being out about a
month on account of illness.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08

no you love children?
- Would you pay $500 a month,
pr $50 a year, to save the life of a
child?
Governor Robinson points the way.
In Christmas letter addressed to
the people of Delaware, the Cover
ernor makes a powerful plea for
popular support of the great human
tartan efforts of the Near East
Relief to reclaim the lives of thou
sands of orphan children in the Bible
lands of the Near East, and, in a
holiday appeal to the people of this
state, urges them to give more gen.
erously now than they ever have
lcne before.
Peculiarly timely and appropriate
rs it is at this time, when dispatches
from Syria tell OF the burning of
Christian homes by the rebellious
pruse tribesmen, adding thousands
If prosecuted people to the growing
army of Near East refugees, Gov
'rnor Robinson calls attention to the
Pitiful plight of 10000 orphans in
he scope of Near East Relief inAu-
!nce, as well as of countless thou
'ands of others in refugee camps
Who cannot be reached.
Delaware, the Governor points out,
an ma ke this a personal affair. BY
ne contribution of funds that scarce
p .,culd be missed, he declares, many
# these little lives may be saved.
No greater privilege is ours today"
Ie asserts, "than to share in making
hesC children happy"
The Governors Litter, addressed to
very resident of the state, follows:
cit simply is not American to quit
job when the work is only half
me- If it means life or death to
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
PROMOTING EFFICIENCY.

Congressman Will r. Wood, of
Indiana, who usually knows where
of he speaks, thinks that the bureau
of the budget and the bureau of
efficiency should take scientific
survey Of all the government de-
partments in Washington, and he
believes that this would result in a
twenty per cent reduction in the
personnel.
"I feel, too," Mr.. Wood declared,
"that since the bureau of the bud
get is making reductions in appro-
priations, it is its duty To foster a
survey that would bring about such
economy"
1t is pretty generally agreed that
something ought to be done to re-
organize many of the departments
and bureaus in Washington in the
interest of governmental economy
and efficiency. 1t is common know
ledge in Washington that many of
the bureaus created from time to
time, are almost Independent units
in the government responsible to
nobody directly, and making regula-
tions of their own for their opera
ton.
This is not in line with the spirit
OF the American government and
the representative idea on which it
is founded. 1t makes neither for
good government or for efficiency.
Bureaucracy is never popular, and
it is rarely efficient. The difficulty
seems to be in getting a definite
plan put into operation but it is to
be hoped that a big step in that di-
rection will be taken before the
present Congress has gone into his
tory.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08

Rule. No greater privilege is our
today than TO share in making tn
children happy, especially those VIII
are in greatest need. Rescued fror
death by American workers, thes
boys and girls in the wonderful OF
phanages over which our flag j
flying in the Near East, are bein
taught how to live. Tit Near Eas
Relief is doing a marvellous con
structive work in character building
in vocational training, and in tn
preparation of these children for tn
moral leadership of that strategi
part of the world.
eve must carry on till the task i
completed, We car no. stop now. w
must not fail these children who trus
America.
"I an confident Delaware will d
her full share, as she always ha
done. The sum of 5000 a year o
$500 a month will sa a child.
"In the Split of the Golden Rule
which is accepted by men of al
races and creeds, and in gratitud
for Gods abundant blessings upol
our own children, will ecu not max
your gift at this Christmas seasoI
unusually liberal?"
G. E. Silloway, regional directo
of Near East Relief, supplement
Governor Robinson's appeal by arg
ing that contributions be sent direc
to L. L. Maloney. Delaware Stat
Treasurer, Security Trust and SAT-
Deposit Co., Wilmington.
On the Delaware State COMMITTEE
of Near East Relief are, beside.
Governor Robinson: Philip D. Laird
Hon. William D Denney, Hon. L
Heisler Ball, Hon. Coleman dupont
Chancellor Josiah o. Wolcott Dr.
George w. K. Forrest, Leroy Harvey
David Snellenburg, John S. Rossell
Mrs. Donald Ashbrook, Mrs. William
S. Hilles and J. H. Burns.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08

Mrs. William Timmons is num-
bered on the sick list at this writing.
Mr.. Rhinehart Shredder had loss
of nearly so baskets of white pota-
toes from freezing. We thought po-
tatoes were too high to freeze.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ruben Smith and
family, of Greenwood, spent Satur-
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Moore.
Mrs. Charles Phillips is making
an extended visit with her mother,
Mrs. Lawrence, of Philadelphia.
Through the efforts of the Central
Community Association a contribu-
tory fund of $2O.85 has been raised
for playground equipment.
Miss Della Mills left Sunday to
spend few days with friends and
relatives in Wilmington.
Mrs. Alfred Spears had as her
guests over the holidays Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Hughes and family, of
Chester, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Phillips and
son Billie spent the weekend with
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Tuesday, January 19
NATIONAL BUDGET AND HOME
ECONOMY DAY

If Education is the cheap defense
of nations" as Edmund Burke tells
us, it is unpatriotic to leave proper
provision for kindergartens out OF
the city or town burget. For Freder-
ick Eby, Department of Education,
University of Texas, says:
I'm my judgment, the kindergarten
is the most valuable educational in
stitution in our modern civilization.
Every child deserves, as a natural
right, the opportunity of the train
ing it affords. Wherever the kinder
garten has gone. it has transformed
all other school grades. On the best
educational authority it can be stat
ed that the kindergarten saves the
student from one to two years
through his college course. No insti-
tuition offers the possibility of rails
ing the level of intelligence among
the masses so certainly as the kim
dergarten."
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Thousand Dollars a Minute
Toll of Fires in u. S.

Every time the clock ticks of a
minute in the United States, property
valued at more than 81, 900 goes up in
smoke and flame. The nations fire
toll for 1924 was placed at $548, ,0OO,-
600, a figure which gives this country
a per-capita loss eleven times as great
as that of the average for all the ma
tions in Europe.
Surveys by the National Fire Pro-
lection association and similar organ
izations indicate that incautious
smokers and careless use of matches
are the leading causes of fires. A
property loss of S7O,0OO,000 was laid
to those two sources alone in 1924.
Nationwide education and freproof
construction are being directed to-
ward decreasing the annual fire toll.
As an example of efficient building,
Astoria, Greg, is cited. Here there is
but one frame structure in the busi-
ness and residence district which was
rebuilt after disastrous fire in 1922
GOften applying 5000 pounds OF
pressure to the keys in a minute, a
pianist in the same time reads 1900
signs and make 1000 finger move
ments.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Simple Method of Building
Large Aerial

A cage antenna is simple to build
if the wires are supported above the
ground as shown in the illustration.
Two posts or trees, sufficiently far
apart, serve as supports. Four, six
or more strands of No. IS bare copper
wire may be used. Cut the strands
of equal length and string them be-
tween the supports. Make loop in
each strand with a pair of pliers, at
the points where the hoops are to
be placed, as shown in the illustra-
tion. The hoops are formed of heav-
ier copper wire, No. 8 or 10 being suit
able for the purpose, and spaced
about 6 #. apart. Before joining
the hoops together, thread them in
to the loops in the antenna wires, and
then solder the ends of the hoops to-
gether. Also solder each loop where
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
MednesdaH. January 20

NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE DAY
''If time be of all things the most
precious, wasting of time must be
(as Poor Richard says) the greatest
prodigality; since as he elsewhere
tells us, Lost time is never found
again; and what we call time
enough! always proves little
enough" h."-Autobiography of Ben
jamin Franklin.
When approached on the subject
of kindergartens some still say,
"There will be time enough for edu-
cation later on" 1t always proves
little enongh" for if a child loses
the years he should be in kindergar-
ten they are "enever found again"
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
What the World Is Doing
As BY Popular ehancsNI Magazine
As Seen by Popular Mechanics Magazine
Go Halfway around Globe
for Two Minutes Work

To watch the eclipse of the sun,
January IA, a party of scientists from
the naval observatory in Washington,
D. c., has gone to Sumatra in the
Dutch East Indies. The phenomenon
will last only two minutes, but in that
time the observers hope to make mo-
tion pictures and color plates which
will show more about the suns gases
and other features. The expedition
has devoted three months to erecting
their lookout station and telescope
tower. Other parties from England,
Germany and France, as well as one
from Swarthmore college, will be at
Sumatra. An italian group will be
stationed in Africa.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
ADOPT A NEAR EAST
ORPHAN AND BE HAPPY
AT CHRISTMASTIDE


IF EVERY resident of Delaware
L were to "adopt" one of the little
boys or girls who are wards Of
the Near East Relief, the problem
of reclaiming the lives of countless
thousands of these unfortunates
will have been started well on the
way to solution.
Many charita 5ly-inclined per-
sons have done this, and in so
doing have "cast bread upon the
waters, to be returned hundred
fold"
Anyone may do it-you, for in
stance. The way to do it is easy,
and the eost comparatively little.
The sum of $50 a year or S5 a
month will give you the glorious
feeling Of proprietorship over one
of these helpless children.
G. E. Silloway, regional director
of the Near East Relief, Broad
and Locust Streets, Philadelphia,
will explain the method fully to.
any one who is interested.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Friday, January %
NATIONAL. SAFE INVESTMENT
DAY

'Wise spending and prudent in
vestment constitute twO-thirds of
the problem of personal economics" :"
says "The Thrift Magazine" and
adds, Successful saving is the other
third"
The same is true Of municipal eco
nomics. And it is not successful saw
ing to deprive the peoples chill
dren of kindergarten education for
kindergartens are an excellent in
vestment. Educators are realizing
more and more the great need of
systematic training for the young
child. AS Homer Folks, Secretary
of the State Charities Aid Associa-
ton, tells us in Better Times" !"
Each year, research and expert
ence make clearer the fact that
what ails John Doe aged Al can be
traced back to some neglect or dis
turbance when he was Johnny Doe,
aged s."
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
WHITE
COTTON
MACK
"a u3

If the Eastern States Fa
Exchange were to put it's 81
mash up in white cotton sacl
label it Eastern. States Chick
er" it would be able to sell
dreds of tons at from $3.50 tC
a hundred. This statement is
each spring by local agents
know what the farmers in
towns are buying.
But for around $500 a bag
present market this same 4
available in new jute sacks d
Eastern States Growing Mas
anything could be gained fo
poultryman by putting out a
chick starter, the Eastern
Farmers Exchange would q
The authorities assure us, hO|
that our growing mash is add
Thousands of farmers are uS
successfully as a starter fol
third year.
If YOU are one OF those I'D
who believe in the magic of
try a chick starter, but if yoI|
fed birds long enough to knoI
the ingredients of a mixture
than the color of the sack in
it comes determine it's quail I
der a months supply of E
States Growing Mash on tn !
Eastern States car to your s
Be sure to order enough so tn
will always have some ON ha|
For the formula of the 3
States Growing Mash writ.
office.
EGster0 States Furmers Excl
A non-stock, non-profft organI3
owned and controlled by t
farmers It serves
SPRINGFIELD. MASS.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08

thousands, it isn't even human. That
is the reason we feel confident you
will not turn deaf ear to this letter.
" Stand By as little LOnger'-this
is the challenging cry of the orphans
of the Near East. Their safety is
at stake; the lives of thousands of
these little children h.r~ in the bal
ance. Many are scarcely more than
babies, most of them are under II.
Alone in the world, with nobody to
care for them but generous souls
who love little children.
"The gladstone Christmas season is
at hand--the month Of the Golden
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
THRIFT WEEK.
Sunday, January IL

NATIONAL SHARE WITH OTHERS
DAY
mot what we give, but what we
share,
For the gift without the giver is
bare"
james Russell Lowell.
This S the spirit of the kindergar-
ten and those who have the happl-
ness to be trained there are not
likely to grow up unspmpathetic and
arrogant. The daily habits of shar-
ing is of more value than any
amount of preaching on the subject.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Thursday, January 21
NATIONAL. OWN YOUR OWN HOME
DAY

"I want to build home where
love will dwell. A home valued not
by the dollars it cost, or the rich
ness of materials or furnishings go
ing into it so much as by the happl-
ness it has created. A home which
has grown dear and near because Of
the stress and storm it has weather.
ed, the tears it has dried, the smiles
it has caused. A home where pa
thence and effort and denial have
brought their treasures of happiness
and contentment and peace. A home
where love comes like the tiutterlng
dove, and perches and dwells-un-
willing to search elsewhere.
Il want to build home! !"-Chesla
C. Sherlock in Better Homes and
Better Gardens"
It is an ideal home. In such a
home the little child's rights will be
recognized. He will be lovingly
trained from babyhOOd and given
the benefit of the kindergarten
when old enough.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Saturday, January %
NATIONAL PAY BILLS PROMPTLY
DAY

can honest mans the noglest work
of God," says Robert Burns. He who
does not pay his bills when he is
able is not honest even in thought,
and if he be not able his creditor is
none the less defrauded. Very like
ly the defrauded one will be, for
this reason, prevented from paying
his own indebtedness.
In the kindergarten children are
taught fair dealing. 1t is a worth
while lesson and should be incul-
Gated during early childhood.
Kindergartens should be provided
for all children. If you wish to get
one opened in your community you
can obtain assistance by writing to
the National kindergarten Associa-
tion, 8 West Forteith street, New
York.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Mirrors Aid to Sun in Drying
and Coloring Macaroni

By using mirrors to supplement the
sun in drying macaroni, manufacture
ers of the product have found the
color to be more satisfactorily pre-
served, since the deep yellow tint is
not bleached so easily, and the flavor
also is said to be improved The
process is quicker than sun-bleaching.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Monday, January Is
NATIoNAL. THRIFT pAY

"Make no expense but to do good
to others or yourself; i. e., waste
nothing" This was one of Benjam-
in Franklin's Rules of Conduct. 1t
is a good rule either for an individ-
ual or community. The community
that puts education first and recog--
nizes the claim of the fOur-year-old
as well as that of the fourteen-year-
old will find that the expense does
good both to the community and the
individual and will prove to be
measure of thrift to all concerned.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Guard Fits inside Keyholes to
Prevent Picking Locks

Doors are made
almost as secure
as VIII 9 n fitted
with cylinder or
other safety locks
by means of an
expanding guard
that is slipped
inside h e key
h ole and grips
the doorplate on
the other side.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Round Snowshoes for Horses
Aid Travel in Alaska

So they will not sink into deep
drifts, horses in Alaska are fitted with
round snowshoes which are chained to
the hoofs. The animals are said to
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
Home Education
"The Child's First School Is the
Family"-FrObel

Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West 40th
Street, New York City. These ar
ticles are appearing weekly In
our columns.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08

We regard with no little dread
this suggestion to choloroform men
tai detectives. Our own idea as to
where it should begin is curiously
outweighed by possible doubt as to
where it may leave off.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08

It may be used either from the inte-
rior or exterior and is provided with
a hole for the attachment of a pad
lock to prevent its being pulled
through the opening.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08

SHOULD the man with a million
retire?" asks an editorial caption.
Most of us are not in a position to
answer the question. Give us the
million and We'll make a definite
statement on the subject.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08

The motorist who tries to beat the
train to a crossing may not have
much wit, and yet he is likely to be-
come a man Of parts.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08

become accustomed quickly to the
shoes and usually refuse to enter deep
SHOWS without them.
GCracks in plaster walls and ceilings
can readily be repaired before paint
or paper is applied by filling them
with a stiff paste consisting of plas-
ter of paris and whiting mixed with
water.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08

"a little neglect may breed mis-
chief" said Benjamin Franklin.
Those who have neglected the
early education of their children
are proving the truth of that say
ing. KindergarteRs should be pro-
vided in every city and town, for
the child of kindergarten age needs
the sympathetic direction which
only those who have studied child
nature are able to give.
If the little ones of your COM
munity have no kindergarten, the
National kindergarten Association,
8 West Fortieth Street, New York,
will be glad to help you to get one
opened. Write for information on
the subject.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-08
A SUCCESSFUL PARENT
Helen Gregg Green

ct know have not been what the
world calls successful" one of my
husbands friends confided to me,
"but my son will be-"
"You are naturally brilliant, ev-
erybody admits that, ThrOck," I
told him, land Junior has the same
keen mind"
you are evading the issue" I"
Throck laughed. "You think it
would hurt to say, No, you have
not been a success!' 1t wouldn't
hurt. I know it, and 1 know the
root of the trouble. I shall see that
Junior does not have that same
handicap"
"But what handicap did you have,
Throck?" 1 asked, surprised. "You
had a most indulgent father who
encouraged you in everything you
ever wanted to do"
"He encouraged me in most
things-yes. But he did not teach
me the joy of work! In fact,
when 1 was about twelve years old,
when the natural desire for real
work is very strong, begged to be
allowed to work like the other fell
lows but Father would not allow
David or me to lift a finger. You'll
have responsibilities enough when
you're older. This is the playtine
of your life, he insisted"
HE meant WELL" l interrupted.
Eyes, no doubt. But when David
and 1 faced the responsibilities Of
life and tried to buckle down to
work it was too late. Already I am
beginning to instil in Junior the
love of work. There's nothing like
it to compel concentration and pro-
tect a lad from the dangers of idle
ness. OF course it must not be ov-
erdone, but that's what a dad is for
to be guiding hand, to see that
these character-building doses are
given in just the right proportions"
What is Throck doing now?" I
asked, all interest.
well, you know he's only ten.
But he's editing his own newspaper,
is a regular errand boy as he calls
it, for three of his mothers friends
and during the summer vacation he
delivers papers, sells magazines
and helps Mother with the house
work. You should see his paper!
1t has taught him to be systematic
and business-like; best of all, he's
learning how to meet people," and
the fathers face lighted with pride.
"And what does he do with his
money!" was the next question.
I'VE leave that entirely to him."
Throck replied, "and he's learning
the value of a dollar. Most of it
he saves-he has quite a bank ac-
cOunt-the rest he spends carefully
or gives away where he thinks it
will do the most good. He discrim-
mates very well for a little fellow,
too"
'Well, Throck," I said smiling, 81
know one thing, you're a most sue
cessful parent! And being a par
ent is really the biggest, best job
of ALL"
"a LITTLE NEGLECT NAV breed mis-
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