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Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
E. S. WHITNEY AGAIN HEADS
POSTMASTERS ASSOCIATION
At Convention Here Congressman
Houston Praises State POstmasters

Earle S. Whitney, of Glendale,
was reelected president of the Del
aware Postmasters Association of
the Postmasters of Delaware at the
convention held in Milford last
Wednesday. S. E. Vandergrift, of
Odessa, was elected secretary-treas-
urer.
Congressman Robert G.. Houston,
made the principal address at the
convention. He said he was proud
of the record of Delaware post
offices, and collectively ranked high
inthe scale. During the last year
there had been a great increase in
business, and in the lower part of
the state much of it was due to the
poultry trade, he said. Matching of
chicks has become a trade in Della
ware that has brought increased
revenues to the postoffice depart
ment. Many thousands of young
chicks incubated in lower Delaware
are shipped by parcel post to all
parts of the country
I In speaking of his recommenda-
tions for postmasters Congressman
Houston said he endeavored to be
fair in tn matter and as first re-
quisitive he required qualification"
before his endorsement was given.
He requested the postmaster in
their own communities to raise the
standard of citizenship. He said at
the last election only so per cent. of
the registration voted, in many
places, and the ones of a certain
class were sure to vote and the
postmasters should urge all of the
better element to exercise their
franchise.
In introducing Congressman
Houston Postmaster Whitney, presi-
dent of the association, said Della
ware had been ably represented in
Congress by Mr.. Houston, and it
gave him great pleasure to know
that the postmasters could be in
personal touch today with their re-
preventative.
1t was decided to hold another
convention of the postmasters of
Delaware. on August 10 and Reho-
both was selected as the place. A
mong those present was Postmaster
Leroy w. Hickman, of Wilmington,
who gave personal instruction to
some of the postmasters concern
ing technical questions of their Of
flee work.
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
SHARP LEADS ALL
MILFORD BATSMEN
Finishes Season With Average OF
.419; Letters Are Awarded Z

Milford High Schools baseball
squad this year had one of the most
successful seasons in the history of
the school. With a hard schedule
confronting him and only mediocre
material to work with, Coach Barsby
succeeded in whipping together a
fast fielding and hard hitting COM
bination.
Captain Elwood Tatman held down
left field in fine style and was one
of the leading sluggers on the team
until his departure in midseason for
Williamson Trade School
big Ralph" Sharp proved to be
the find of the season and his bat
ting and fielding were a big factor
in the teams success. He led the
team with the stick, having an aver
age of .419 for the season. Garrett
Grier, captain-elect for next season,
was a stellar performer at bat and
afield. He is one of the best school
boy shortstops in Delaware today as
he excels in every department of the
national pastime. This youngster
will spend three weeks at Shibe
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
INTEREST In LEGION
DRIVE FOR AMBULANCE
Effort To Secure Much Needed Motor
Vehicle For Eastern Sussex County

A public ambulance for the free
use of everyone in lower Delaware is
the aim Of Sussex Post, No. 8, Am
erican Legion. A campaign is now
under way to secure funds to pur-
chase an ambulance of the most
modern and complete type, which
will be maintained by the post. Ev-
eryone is urged to contribute to this
public spirited project.
The drive started with an enthus-
iastic dinner at Georgetown on June
20. following which $500 was
promptly pledged. The plan of the
campaign calls for suppers in the
various towns in eastern Sussex, fol-
lowed by house to house campaigns.
On July Fourth, tags will be sold at
Rehoboth, Bethany Beach and Oak
Orchard to swell the ambulance
fund. AS the ambulance will be of
service in case of motor accidents
on the crowded pixies leading to the
seashore it is hoped that all motor
lists will help.
The finance committee in charge
Continued on page 3D.
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
ALL AUTOMOBILES
MUST HAVE MIRRORS

William Ball, State Motor
Vehicle Administrator, calls
attention to the amendment to
Section 204, of Chapter 8, Vol
ume 81, Laws of Delaware re-
lating to all motor vehicles
carrying rear view mirrors. A
former law required only
trucks to have mirrors.
Ball states that very few
people are aware of the pro-
visions of the new act, which
requires all motor vehicles,
including trucks and touring
cars, to be equipped with a
rear view mirror enabling the
operator of motor vehicles to
obtain a good and clear view
of traffic on the highway to
the rear.
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
Don'ts for the Fourth

timely suggestions for the prevention of accidents such
always mark Fourth of July celebrations contained the
following bulletin authorized by Drexe Pres
the Delaware Safety Council:
gunpowder. You without it. If
fireworks get experienced to handle them
2. allow children to hold "sparkler"
8. permit youngsters to light matches.
4. Don't throw down lighted match.
Don't hold lighted frecracker in your hands.
6. Don't discharge firearms
Z. Don't build a bonfire stand too close to
Don't light recracker while holding other fireworks in
hands.
clothes have caught fire Tear off
burning garment smother material
celebrate the Fourth by mixing and booze IT,
however drink let somebody else drive your car
Swim only protected beaches pools
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01
STATE EDUCATION
BOARD ANNOUNCES
BUILDING PROGRAM
Four Sussex Towns And Three
Kent Towns On This Years
Allotment.
NONE, FOR MILFORD
Program i. As Outlined Carries
Tentative JuniOr.SeniOr High
School Here For Next Year.

The State Board of Education has
authorized the announcement or the
result of its two months study OF
the school building needs of Della
ware, in the light Of the provisions
of the School Building Act passed by
the 1927 legislature.
In anticipation of a possible build
ing program, the State Board last
fall made a personal survey OF the
schools of Delaware. This survey,
together with information alreaGy
available, was made use of by that
bOdy in arriving at its conclusions.
For its further guidance, the fol-
lowing resolutions were recently
adopted:
WHEREAS, The funds available
for the School Building Program are
Inadequate to provide for housing all
of the children in the State in prop
er school buildings, and
WHEREAS, The State Board OF
Education in considering the prob
lem wish to conform to a definite
principle to guide them in deciding
between the claims of various dis
trlctS, therefore DS IL
RESOLVED, That the principle of
greatest need, as it relates to the
greatest number of pupils be applied,
giving due weight to claims by which
both unsatisfactory town and rural
school conditions can be remedied at
the same time.
In dividing the $1,000,000 provided
for the first year of the program
among the various units of the State,
in accordance with the provisions of
the Act, Wilmington is allotted $40O,-
900, leaving 100000 for distribution
among the three counties of the
State. Inasmuch as the needs OF the
colored school districts have already
been met, the latter amount was di-
vided among the three counties, one
half on the basis of the number of
white children in unsatisfactory
school rooms, and the other half on
the basis of the number of white
children enrolled. This distribution
gives to the counties the following
amounts:
New Castle County. .$187, ,066
Kent County .......... 145,46S
Sussex County ......... zol ,4I1
Total. 100000
The State Board of Education, at a
recent meeting, adopted a School
Building Code in which the stand
ards for building construction are
definitely set forth, and which looks
toward the erection of permanent
school buildings on adequate sites
The sum of $4,000 per class room
was set up as the estimated cost un-
der these plans.
1t must be understood in consider
ing the amounts tentatively set up,
age in March, 1921. Therefore its
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1927-07-01

THERE ARE $4,000 RU-
RAJ WEEKLY NEWS
PAPERS IN THE UNI
TED ST Att ES. TIL
CHRONICLE S T A N D s
THIRD IN THE LIST IN
CIRCULATION.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
WOMAN'S FAIR SHOWS
WORLD NOT MANS ALONE
Historic Coliseum in Chicago Scene of Displays by Bust
ness Workers of America and Foreign Countries.

women will demonstrate that this is
not a mans world. There will be
present women who have won fame
as road builders, as pie makers and
as pottery manufacturers.
The coliseum will be divided off
into tented sections and various eX-
hibits will be on display by success
full women managers. Women in
ventors will show among other
things a device guaranteed to stop
Jacobs ladders" in cobwebby chif-
fon hose; a safety guard for ear
rings and a trick cake pan.
There will be one section devoted
to mental hygiene and vocational
analysis will be made of young peo'
pie.
One woman architect will have a
miniature model Of sanitary
kitchen while eight interior decora'
tors will collaborate on dressing up
suite of rooms.
> Women even have gone into the
so-called heavier works and one wom-
an will demonstrate how easy 1t is to
dismantle and rebuild an automobile.
She claims she will do 1t in fifty
minutes.
The fair lis not alone devoted to
American women. There will be for.
eign section as well. Representa-
tives from Finland, France, Czecho
Slovakia, Norway and Sweden will
have a series of booths which will
have all of the color of an old
country market-place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

Is 1t not strange that the woman
who has so many of the luxuries
of life, fine clothes, Jewels, cars, is
often the most dissatisfied of her
sex? She spends her days in per-
petual boredom, eaten by,futile long
ings. complaining about her lot and
feeling herself martyr.
For women. like men, need two
fundamental things in this world TO
make them happy-love and work.
Passes Swiftly
The former sometimes passes
swiftly and disappoints while it lin
gers. 1t may bring heartache and
disillusion. But work is one goddess
who never deceives her votaries.
Outwardly, of course, we appear
to be ever striving to attain a posi-
ton where we shall never have to
labor, where we may linger in per-
petual idleness.
But in reality not one of us really
longs to arrive there. Our need is
for ceaseless occupation, pleasant
tasks in which we may forget the
hollowness Of life.
Who Work Havoc
This is the reason why these wom-
en- who need never labor and who
are looked on with envy by Whose
who must toll, are nearly always
the ones who work havoc in the
world, who whine about their lot,
who rush from one silly marriage
to another, and spend their days in
misery and futility.
Our grandmothers were happier
than we because they worked and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
WOMEN IN
THE NEWS

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK-It was disclosed at
an exhibition of pottery at the stu
do of Maude Robinson that many
women of social prominence do ex-
pert work in pottery. Mrs. George
Nichols, daughter of j. Pierpont
Morgan, was one of the twenty three
members of the studio who partici-
pated in the exhibit.
BOSTON-Charlotte Fellman, I,
Dorchester. has been acclaimed the
Nations youngest conductor. The
child, a third-grade pupil : at the
Atherton School, led 16O-piece or.
-chastra of children. through two mu-
steal numbers before an audience of
$500 in the annual musical festival
of the Boston Public Schools at
Symphony Hall.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19

To you who would worry
over the incongruity of things
in the world, the analysis that
Aunt Louise and | have made
that incongruity isthe new note
in Paris fashion will probably
come as a blow.
Don't take it too hard, Sue, this
incongruity business, because While
you probably would have screamed
at the thought of having your
bridesmaids wear lovely, f1oppy,
openwork, light colored felt hats
with organdie dresses, it's quite the
most lovely thing that has happened
around here for some time.
For Note of Chic
A skillful hand, you know, must
combine the unrelated component
parts of an homogeneous costume if
it is to have the Paris note of chic.
Yesterdays round of shopping and
evening of dining and dancing con-
WINGED me that the sheerest Of chif-
fons can be used for fashioning tai
lored sports costumes while heavy
Milan straws and soft felts are o.
K. for dinner or theater wear with
decollette gowns, If the right per-
son wears them with the right &C
cessories.
One smart mannequin wore the
softest of lace dresses with white
kid gauntlets, a white sport hat and
white leather and gold necklace
as accessories. Aslo we noted the
increasing tendency to use delicately
tinted ostrich tip to trim solid.black
hats.
Fine Feathers. Fine Birds
Feathers, by the way are decided
ly "in.' 1t would seem a woman's
own fault this year if fine feathers
did not make fine birds. They are
used on everything from lingerie to
tricky collars for evening coats and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
WOMEN OF
STATE AT
MEETING
One Hundred Members of
Club Council Talk LegiS-
Iation and Citizenship.

The committee of one hundred
prominent Indiana women met to-
day at the Board Of Trade TO dis
cuss legislation and good citizenship
for the State and to make plans
for the Statewide meeting on legis-
lation to be held here June is
and II.
The meeting is sponsored by the
May Wright Sewall Council Of In
diana Women and representatives
were here today from Bloomington,
FIT. Wayne, Muncie, Anderson and
Indianapolis. The organization will
sponsor better legislation and better
citizenship movements throughout
the State
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
MUSICALE TEA

Mrs. Rose Blair Marsh read
original stories at the musicale tea
given, this afternoon by Tabernacle
Presbyterian Church women at the
home Of Mrs. Charles j. Oval, also
N. Pennsylvania st. Mrs. Chantilla
E. White read and trio composed
Of Pauline Hedges. violin: Mildred
Lawler, cello, and Esther LAWYER,
piano, gave several numbers. Miss
Anita Scott, soloist. was in charge
and gave several numbers. A silver
offering for the Mississippi flood
sufferers was taken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
LUNCHEON BRIDGE

Mrs. l.. NJ. Christie. los E. Thir-
teenth ST.. and Mrs. g. B Taylor
entertained guests for four tables Of
luncheon bridge today at the Marott
Hotel Decorations were in pink and
lavender, and favors Of handker-
chiefs in pastel shades were given
guests. Mrs. Christie. with husband
and daughter, Miss Mary, will leave
Monday to make Pittsburgh their
home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
CORN BREAD

One and one-half cups corn meal,
u cup -four, level teaspoons bak-
ig powder, u teaspoon salt, l table
spoon sugar, 2 eggs, 1 scant cup
sweet milk and level tablespoons
soft butter.
Sift all dry materials into mixing
bowl. Beat eggs very light, then
add milk. Pour over dry materials
and stir until partly mixed. Add
butter and finish mixing. Beat mix
ture as little as possible. Place in
a creased shallow pan and bake in
a rather hot oven for fifteen or
twenty minutes.
Miss Clara Lang, 1906 s. Talbot
ST., city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
MARRIED I'M CINCINNATI
Photo by Bachrach. :

The marriage of Miss Ella Mae
Stockton, daughter Of the Rev. and
Mrs. William G.. Stockton, 240 Hen
bricks Pl., and John Karl Vandivier,
1882 Ashland Ave-, took place
Wednesday afternoon at the First
New Jerusalem Church in Cincin-
natl, Ohio, with the Rev. Louis G..
Hoeck officiating. Miss Helen Stock.
ton, sister Of the bride, and Ken
meth Vandivier, brother of the bride
groom, were attendants. After a
wedding trip the couple will be at
home at S14 E. Fifty.Sixth ST., this
city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED

The marriage is announced of
Miss Elizabeth Smith, daughter of
Mrs. Martha r. Smith, 2035 N. Me-
ridian ST., to Edward Campbell Won
Tress. Jr., son Of DR.. and Mrs. E.
c. Won Tress. Sr., Vincennes, which
took place March Il in Chicago. Mr..
and Mrs. Won Tress are at home at
Oak Park Manor, Oak Park, Ill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
HONORS BRIDE.ELECT

Mrs. Oscar l.. West, 1905 Prospect
ST., entertained Wednesday evening
with 6 o'clock dinner honoring
Miss Mary Sanford, 1884 N. New
Jersey ST., whose marriage to Frank
Pryor, Frankfort, will take place in
June. A large white wedding cake
formed the centerpiece for the table.
Cupids were given as favors. Guests
were: Misses Donna Glore, Lorene
Schmidt, Lillian Clemense, Lynn
Stewart and Miss Sanford.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
GUEST PARTY

Forty guests and members of the
Review Circle were entertained this
afternoon at the Guest day party OF
the Circle at the home of Mrs. Madi-
son Swadener. 1922 Hemlock Ave.
Decorations throughout the home
and on the tea table were in garden
flowers.
Mrs. Oliver Willard Pierce read
Tagore's China" A musical pro.
gram, arranged by Mrs. James
Wynne, was presented.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
Bv United Press

BW Jnttfd Press
CHICAGO, May ia miniature
city of women has been built here
in the historic old coliseum fora the
opening of the third annual Wom-
ans World Fair tonight.
In the grimy old building, whose
rafters have resounded to everything
from national political convention to
livestock shows. successful business
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
PRIZE RECIPES
BY READERS

NoFE-The Times will give 81 for
each recipe submitted by a reader adj
Judged of sufficient merit to be printed
in, this column. One recipe is printed
daily, except Friday. when twenty are
given. Address Recipe Editor of The
Times, Prices will be mailed to winners.
Write on one side Of sheet only. Only
one recipe each week will be accepted
from one persOn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
LIES NICETIES
Hints on Etiquet

!. If bride has no father nor
male relative, does she ever walk up
the aisle on her mothers arm?
2. If bride has no male relative,
may her. mother give her away?"
8. In which pews do the parents
of the bride and groom sit at a
church wedding?
The Answers
1. No.
2. Yes.
8. The brides parents sit in the
first left side pew, facing the chancel
on the right.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
A STYLISH EVENING GOWN

B 1913. Satin and beaded Geor-
gette are here combined. The model
is also attractive in metal cloth with
lace or in chiffon.
The pattern is cut in six sizes: "a,
36fi 38, 40, AZ and Al inches bust
measure. To make this design for
a 3S-inch size will require q yard of
27-inch lining, q yard of beaded
Geergette, or other contrasting ma
terial 80 inches wide, and 37s yards
of 40-inch satin. If the drapery is
omitted, / a yards less of the satin
is required, To line drapery and
sash ends will require rs yards 80
inches wide. The width of the dress
at the foot is ~ yards with plaits
extended.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19

Every day The Times prints on
this page pictures of the latest fash
ions, "A practical service for readers
who wish to make their own clothes.
Obtain this pattern by filing out
the above coupon, inclosing Is cents
(cain preferred, and mailing it to the
Pattern Department of~The Times.
Delivery is made in about week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT

Engagement of Miss Catherine
Phillips, daughter of Mr.. and MRS.
H. o. Phillips, Anaheim, Cal, for+
merly Of this city, to Robert Hubs
bard Easton Of Anaheim, is ana
nounced. The wedding will take
place in the summer. The couple
will be at home in Anaheim.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
INCONGRUITY- A NEW
NOTE IN PARTISAN
MODES, SAYS ILENE
Sheerest Chons Make Tailored Sports Costumes, Milan
Straws, Soft FeIts 0. K. With DecolIette Gowns,
Writes Girl From Paris.

I from trimming on a jaunty walking
hat to forming elaborate headdresses
for evening wear. Parasols are
using feathers too, either to trace
out pattern on them or in flower
shapes. The new parasols are just
darling, anyhow. They epitomize the
tendency toward more effeminate
styles this spring and summer. One
was Of pale pink organdie with
flowers in delicate pastel colors
appliqued on it until, looking up
through it, 1 felt precisely as If
had been standing under an apple
tree that was waiting it's blossoms
down onto my sunshade.
Parasols to Match
Some parasols match the figured
silks and chiffons that form the new
summer dresses. But those in deli
cate solid colors with unusual treat
ment in the trimming are the smart
est I think.
New jewelry matches the color Of
your gown, have you heard that?
A gray costume takes gray pearls,
lavender takes lavender and so on.
Such lot of different colors as are
showing themselves along the Rue
de Rivoli.
Down the Back Now .
One more novelty is the manner
In which milady wears her necklace
now. My dear, you must hang your
pearls or your gold chain down your
back instead Of in the front, as per
usual. Flowers are worn at the
bottom of the v or u decollette back
line, too. I suppose brooches will
go in the back instead of the front
Of waists soon.
I hope you can find plenty Of in
teresting things to do in Indianapo-
lis this summer. I'll see about half
Of your fellow citizens in Paris /
guess, but some Of you younger ones
will have a most delightful time
playing" Golf, horseback riding,
swimming and everything.
DO tell me what's going on.
My love.
o,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
.EUCIIRE PARTY

Division 2, L. A. A. o. H., will
give euchre, lotto and bunco party
at their hall, 1862 E. Maryland ST.,
Friday evening. Mrs. Jennie Ford
is chairman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
ID. a II. LUNCHEON

Mrs. Theodore Craven and Mrs.
Mark A. Dawson were chairmen of
an informal luncheon for Caroline
Scott Harrison chapter, d. A. r.,
members today at the chapter house,
SPA N. Pennsylvania st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
AUTHOR TO TALK

Richard Halliburton, author of
1.-The Royal Road to Romance"
will speak at the Altrusa Club din
ner meeting Friday, 615 p. M, at the
Columbia Club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
Party Honors Girl
Who Will Sail Soon

Miss Melba and Miss Helen Whit
tingham. SO S. Mount ST., entertained
the Sigma Alpha Sigma sorority
with 6 o'clock dinner Wednesday
evening in honor of Miss Nellie
o'CSnnor. who swil sail May rs to
spend the summer in Europe. The
guest of honor was presented with
a gift. Decorations were carried out
in the sorority colors. The hostesses
were assisted by their mother, Mrs.
Edward Nottingham, their grand
mother. Mrs. Sarah Mccarthy and
Mrs. Thomas Boyle.
The guests were:
Misses
Florence Downey Mary Arnold
Edna Boyle Anna Musser
Marceline Miller Mabel MusHer
Eleanor CelReF Claramarie Hunnagle
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
NEW PERFUMES

Perfumes now follow the season
and modes. New perfumes very for
day and night use. Spicy varieties
are created for daytime use and for
evening there are hundreds of new
alluring and elusive fragrances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
WHITE VOGTJE

A beach coat in MORE white and
several new smart models of white
sports coats in white homespun,
white kasha and silk predict vogue
Of white for summer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
CLUB TO MEET

John Storm chapter, Richard Dix
Club. will meet at 1880 p. m. Friday
at the home OF Miss Mayme Sims,
730 N. Illinois st.