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Milford chronicle., 1927-08-19
SUSSEX BOYS & GIRLS
CAMPATOAK ORCHARD
Greenwood Won Prize And SchoI-
arship-.-Games, Fishing And
Boating Bring Health.

To the boys and girls who are
members of the All Clubs in and
about Greenwood, the week of
August 6, to 13, was most enjoyed of
the present year, and it marked the
third annual summer camp at Oak
Orchard, on the Indian River in
Sussex County. The weather was
fine and the fine spirit of the boys
and girls of the All Clubs who were
present, made the camp the most
pleasant and most enjoyed that has
ever been held. This is the COM
ment of the boys and girls from
Greenwood and vicinity who re-
presented the Greenwood Agricul-
tural Clubs and Glass.
Twenty-fOur boys attended the
camp for the entire week, while
seven others attended part of the
time. The camp was in charge of
Prof. Albert o. Humphreys who is
the Agricultural Director of the
Greenwood section of Sussex County,
while the division occupied by the
girls was in charge of Mrs. Florence
Humphreys. They are delighted with
the success of the camp in every way
and the enjoyment of it by their
proteges.
One of the greatest additions to
the camp was twelve Army Pup
Tents and two large officers tents
with equipments, which solved the
housing for all the boys. The cook
ing service was under the charge of
A1hovsf TnnrnVs xry11n uo6 tho cot
ing department to the satisfaction of
all, which was a wonderful record
where a lot of hungry and healthy
boy and girls were to be served.
The amusements during the day
consisted of swimming, boating
water sports, horse shoe pitching,
while groupe games were indulged in
freely, all of which was without
monOpolizing the time of any one
individual.
The last closing night of the camp
was the traditional stunt Night"
and it was observed in cooperation
with about 11O members of Miss
MoOre's All Club members. This af-
fair is carried out on a rather
elaborate program for camp, as to
the program, but the fact that Mrs.
Albert o. Humphreys was the coach,
who was an outstanding figure in
her school days in staging plays and
entertainments, and for this occas-
sion the amusing skit, "a Womanless
Wedding" was the main feature.
Under the coaching of Mrs. Hum
phreys, the Greenwood members
won the first prize, which was $40.
and All Club Scholarship to tic
Short Course next June at the
University of Delaware.
The campers returned to their
homes this week, brown, healthy,
and happy, and the best of all en-
thusiastic for the opening of the
school work in September These
summer camps are part of an edu-
cation, and each parent should en-
courage children to take part in
them. They will learn good man
ners, good health and be better men
and women for having taken part in
club and camp work
Milford chronicle., 1927-08-19
MILFORD FIREMEN'S ANNUAL
CARNIVAL OPENS SEPTEMBER 9
Event This Year Promises to be Best
Ever Sponsored by Local Co.

The annual Firemen's Fair and
Carnival, conducted by the Carlisle
Fire Company of Milford, will open
this year on September 9th and close
Saturday evening, September 18th.
The affair this year promises to be
one big round of pleasure for the
residents of lower Kent and Sussex
counties. There will be a Merry-go-
round for the children, bingo games
for the grown-ups and scores of
booths at which wonderful values
will be given to the lucky winners.
There will aso be several speciality
nights including an Ok Roast which
will be a novel feature for the resi-
dents of this locality who have never
witnessed such an affair. The two
big feature parades will be held on
Tuesday evening, September 18th
and Thursday evening, September
18th. Numerous prizes will be
awarded both Of these nights and a
grand prize of two hundred and fifty
dollars will be given on the closing
night of the Carnival. Watch the
columns of this paper for further in
formation concerning this gala week.
Milford chronicle., 1927-08-19
UNUSUAL LAW BALKS
PROPERTY TRANSFER

An interesting feature or
Delaware law has just come to
public notice. The matter was
taken before the court inform
ally. William Gait Fisher, for
merly of Wilmington, but now
of Atlantic City, sought to sell
six properties in Wilmington,
left him by his father, so that
he might move to California.
Attorneys raised the point
that as Mrs. Fisher was not of
legal age she could not sign
away a dover right in a prop
erty and therefore any sale
signed by her would be invalid.
The matter was taken to the
Orphans Court, and then to
the Superior Court without a
formal case being brought.
The judges decided that there
was no way under the Della
ware law that the desired re-
suit could be accomplished.
The Fishers will now wait un-
til Mrs. Fisher is 21 years old
before endeavoring to dispose
of the property.
Milford chronicle., 1927-08-19
FORMER MILFORD BOY new
EDITOR WILMINGTON DAILY
A. 0. H. Grier Appointed Editor OF
Wilmington Every Evening

A. O. Herman Grier, a native of
Milford, has been appointed editor
of the Wilmington Every Evening.
He succeeds William ]. Robertson,
who resigned last December to go
with the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Mr.. Grier, who was born in Milford
March 4, 1857, a son Of the late
William G.. and Emma (Collins)
Grier, and a grandson of the late
George S. Grier, has been connected
with the Every Evening more than
AZ years. He entered the service Of
the paper June 80, 1885, Immediate
ly after graduating from the VIII
mington High School. For the past
81 years, up to the time of his pro-
motion to the post of editor, he was
city editor of Every Evening.
Harris Samonisky, a Delaware
City man, who has been assistant
city editor, succeeds Mr.. Grier as
city editor, the new assistant being
Samuel H. Caufman, Jr., of Richard
son Park, both having long been
connected with the paper. Thomas
D. Ransom continues as assistant to
the editor.
Every Evening is pretty well
manned by a Delaware staff.
William F. Metten, the publisher, is
a native of MiddletOwn; Frederick
K. Reynolds, managing editor, is a
native of Delaware City; and Mer-
ris TAYLOR, editor emeritus, who has
been with the paper Al years and is
still active, doing special writing
for the paper, is a native of Will
mington.
Mr.. Grier has just recovered from
an injury sustained last February,
when he had his hip fractured by
being thrown down in a wind and
sleet storm. He has been back at
his post, however, for two months
and is almost back to normal
physical condition.
Milford chronicle., 1927-08-19
MILFORD VOTERS
FAVOR BOND ISSUE FOR
LIGHT PLANT WORK
2O2l Votes We're Cast In Favor
Of $4,000 Bond Issue; 295
Against On Saturday.
MACHINERY ORDERED
Light & Water Commission Will
Install Auxiliary Turbine To
Care For Emergencies.

The citizens of Milford at a special
referendum election last Saturday
afternoon approved the $4,000
bond issue for improvements to
the Light and Water plant in this
town. The vote was 2021 for and
295 against the proposition. The
Light and Water Commission is Civ
ing probably better service in Mil
ford than is enjoyed by any town on
the Peninsula. Delays because of
plant trouble is almost unknown;
but possibility of serious delays
due to accidents unforeseen is always
in the background. 1t was to take
care of this emergency that the
voters were asked to pass upon the
bond issue. 1t is the plan of the
Light and Water Commission to
purchase additional plant equip
ment which will double the present
capacity of the plant. When COM
pleted the auxiliary equipment will
be held in reserve so that should an
accident occur no delays will be ex-
perienced by the users of light and
water.
Almost every business and home
IN Milford is depending upon the
plant for service. Most manufacture
ing plants are equipped totally or in
part with motor power. The mer-
camille establishments have come to
depend upon the light plant for
many of their appliances, and the
housewife would be lost without
her electric appliances.
The Light and Water Commits
sion has already placed an order
for the necessary equipment, and it
viii be installed at once. When
completed, Milford will have the
best municipality owned equipped
plant on the Peninsula
Milford chronicle., 1927-08-19
SWIMMING STARS WILL
TRY BAY SWIM TOMORROW
Man And Girl Hope To Cross From
Cape May To RehObOth

Miss Delma Jones, 18-year-old
Wilmington High School graduate,
and Willard B. Mcconnell, "a years
old, of Delaware City, premier long
distance swimmers of Delaware,
have postponed their attempt to
swim the Delaware Bay, from Cape
May Point to Lewes, until Saturday
morning.
The two had originally planned to
make the swim, never before ac-
complished according to all available
records on Wednesday, but tide con-
ditions induced them to postpone
the attempt three days.
Both swimmers are in the best of
condition for the attempt. Mr.. Nc
Connell has been swimming each
day in the Atlantic Ocean, off Reho-
both, for distance of about two and
one-half or three miles. Miss Jones
arrived at RehOboth Tuesday, in
company with her mother, and will
accompany Mcconnell in the train
ing swims.
On Saturday they will start from
Cape May Point about $50 in the
morning, and will attempt to land
at he Hotel Henlopen. Mcconnell
expects to complete the trip in about
ten hours, reaching Rehoboth at 130
D. m. Miss Jones may require more
time in which to make the trip.
Three boats, the coast guard cutter
and two small motorboats will act
as an escort for the swimmers.
Mcconnell is greatly impressed
with the task confronting him. It's
more than I really thought it would
be-" he said, but added, 'I am con-
fident, however, that can do it. So
far as I can learn, no man of woman
has ever successfully crossed the bay.
In 1914. a man tried it, and although
he was given credit for swimming
the bay, 1 understand that he col
Iapsed and had to be taken from the
water just a short distance from
shore.
Milford chronicle., 1927-08-19

THERE ARE 1900 RU.
RAJ WEEKLY NEWS
PAPERS IN THE UNI
TED ST ATE S. 7 n e
CHRONICLE ST A N D s
THIRD IN THE LIST IN
CIRCULATION,
Milford chronicle., 1927-08-19

aU RAN TEL ED
GIRO LAT ION
YER
$500
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-04
PHONES OUT
AT HARLINCEN
Local and Toll Service
Crippled For Sew
en- Hours
(Special to The Heraldl


HARLINGEN. Sept. 5.-Tclephone
service to points outside the Valley
was practically paralyzed and local
service crippled here Saturday from
$3.50 o'clock in the morning until
late in the afternoon. Long dis
tance service from Brownsville and
san Benito was also affected by the
tie-up, caused when city street
workmen cut into the main cables.
Forty-two toll lines and 420 local
lines were put out Of commission
by the accident, according TO G. K.
TAFT. district manager of the South
Service in both the local and long
western Bell Telephone company.
Service in both the local and long
distance branches was fully restored
BY 5 o'clock in the afternoon, he
said.
Trouble was first noted az $3.50
o'clock in the morning and the loea-
tion and cause were y ascertained
thirty minutes later Workmen en-
gaged in paving an alley between
Jackson and Monroe streets had
driven their picks through the lead
coating of the cable in two places,
thrown dirt over the opening and
poured water on il, Mr.. TAFT said.
A crew of repairmen was immedi-
ateiy rushed TO the scene and the
work Of restoration of service was
begun. TIVE special repair men from
Brownsville were called for and ar
rived shortly before noon.
Rain which fell during the after
noon was not permitted TO inter
fere with the work OF repairing the
break.
AZ no time during the day was
there a complete tie-up Of long dis
tance service. TAFT said, but the
service was so slow as 10 practical
N amount to a complete breakdown.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-04
Nine Hurt in
Ell Paso Crash


Ell PASO, Texas. Sept 3.--CF,---
Nine persons were injured. all Sc
riously. with three expected tc die,
when q biR touring car overturned
On the highway ten miles west of
Deming, ". H-, laEe this aSternoon.
Those In the crash were Mrs. M. R.
Smith OF Phoenix. on her way 20
Dallas with her three young chill
dren; Mrs. ID. s. Appicman Of Phoe-
nix; Brooks B. McPherson and How
ard Wright Of Claireete, Texas, on
their way 70 Big Springs, and Mr..
and Mrs. w. l. Castle Of San Francis
co on their way to I'll Paso-
The three-year-oId daughter Of
Mrs. Smith has n compound frae-
ture or the skull and was not expect
I'd 10 live until morning. MIR. Ne
Pherscn and MIR. Castle are lin IA crit
ical condition The other MIX are bad
w bruised and may be internally In
jured-
The east bound Sontharn PucifEn
Argcnant was tagged after Che &C.
eident and brought che Injured tp th9
hospital at penlng.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-04

FOR OPENING
Weather Clears Up To
Aid Casino Celebra-
ton Plans

Swoers which fell over parts OF
Cameron county Saturday failed to
dampen the roads or the spirits of
Valley people who planned to attend
the celebration at Point Isabel over
the weekend for the opening of the
Gulfside Casino.
Reports late Saturday night were
that hundreds Of persons have gone
TO Point Isabel, many from Browns
vile, and many from other cities
Of the Valley, over the Barreda to
Point Isabel road.
Both roads are in good condition
for travel, it was reported Saturday
night.
The showers which fell Saturday
were caused by n slight change in
the wind to the northeast, and there
is little possibility of more showers
Sunday or Monday, Weather Observ-
er W. j. Schnurbusch of Brownsville
said Saturday afternoon.
hTe principal features Of the cell
ebration for the opening Of the Cas-
ino will be held Sunday, included in
the program being n series Of boat
rates, dances, swimming, and other
amusements.
The celebration will continue In
70 Monday, with the final dance Of
tie series Monday night.
Hundreds OF persons inspected the
Casino Saturday. and the crowds
Sunday are expected TO be much
larger than those Saturday. Many
persons were making the trip to the
Point by train, and special trains for
Sunday and Monday have been an
nounced by the Rio Grande railroad.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-04
Report of Stranded Sub
In Gulf ArOuses Interest

When the report or the hull
spread In Houston and other sec
tions, interest Ia the find In
creased. Houston newspapers tele-
phone the Valley hunting informa-
tion on the craft.
However. coast guard kesdquar-
ters no Galveston secuted reports
that avistors had sighted the bat
tered hulk Of a submarine on the
sands Of the gulf, according 70 q
report by Associated, Press from
Galveston Saturday afternoon.
Coast guard men at Galveston
said that the hulk Of q wrecked
concrete barge has been on the
beach at about the point indicated
By the ayiators for the past two
years
Captain Wallace Reed. In. charge
of the coast guard station nc Point
Isabel, said that he did not think
that N submarine had ever been in
the section where the hull was re-
portad seen lie sait III might be
some other vessel. turned bottom
- and &C sands of &C gulf.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-04
New West Texas
County Formed

SAN ANGELO, Texas. Sept. 3.-(PD
With Crane City named the county
seat by virtue Of % votes out of 142
cast. Crane county becomes regu-
larry organized Saturday with a full
roster Of officers. Jack Allen becomes
the first sheriff; r. @. Jackson, coun-
ty attorney; B. @. Weir. county treas
urer; Fred Allen, county judge; Ed
ma Heagy. county shd district clerk;
3. O. Coleman, constable: c. M.
Clark. justice of the peace, and N
man named Demron, county assessor.
The sheriff's assessors and county
clerks posts were the most sought.
FL Centro had a number Of sup
porters for the county seat, but the
number was indefinite late Saturday
night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-04

Interest in old ships has
switched.
IL has switched from an old
sunken hulk, the identity or which
is . mystery, to an old hulk. or
possibly = new hulk. the exist
ence OF which is q mystery
Existence Of the hull. said BY its
discoverers 20 be a submarine. in
coucked for by Lieut. G. r. Paine
OF the air reserve, who recently
made a flight from Fort Crockett
az Galveston, TO Fort Brown.
IN an interview with . repre-
sentative Of The Herald he said
that a submarine was sighted.
beaehed on the bottom Of the sea
about forty miles north OF Corr
rus Christi.
The aviators flew MS near NJ
they could to II. but were unable
70 tell definitely what the vessel
was. crusted over with rust. Near
IL they saw an object which they
took 20 he a depth bomb
Sighting of the submarine Gss
reported az Fort Crockett Calves
tea, Lieut. Pains said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-04
Old Glory On Maine
Beach Sets Nose
Towards Rome

OLD ORCHARD, Maine, Sept. s.
R)-Sliding out Of the gathering
dust into the glare Of q fire engine
searchlight and two hastily construc-
ted bonfires, the monoplane Old Glo-
~ settled gracefully tonight on Old
Orchard beach, a three mile runway
built by nature from which ]. :. Hill
and Lloyd Bertaud hope to hop off
tomorrow on their long delayed
flight to Rome.
Five hundred persons were gather
ed on the sands when the giant plane
approached barely discernible in the
gathering gloom, the plane eircled
overhead three times before dropping
onto the beach, hard packed from CEN
turies of ceaseless pounding by the
sea.
Captain Harry M. Jones, CONNER
cial flier, greeted Hill and Bertaud
and their companions on the flight
from Roosevelt Field, radio operator,
newspaper man and Captain Eric
Denish, motor expert and former
member Of the royal flying corps.
Land In Darkness.
The flight from New York was
without incident they said and the
landing here was easy despite the
darkness and unfamiliar ground. The
pilots went Immediately to their hotel
for dinner. but Hill said he planned
10 return later to work on the plane.
The Old Glory was far too big for
any hangar on the beach, but work
men constructed a runway over the
loose sand.
Only a stiff cross wind which in
this case would be from the east
can prevent the Old Glory's hopoff
tomorrow. The beach itself, with the
tide low, forms d runway giving the
plane three generous miles in which
to lift itself and its heavy load OF
fuel, while the run can be made from
either end, or quartering across the
sands. depending on the direction OF
the wind.
The exact time Of the Old Glory's
departure tomorrow could not be as.
certsined tcNight, as the pilots them
selves could set no more definite
hour than some time during the af'
ternoor."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-04

great pride in his home. keeping il
freshly painted and spending much
time on the yard and shrubbery.
OF later years, since 1t has been
unoccupied il has been permitted
TO run down until its present own
er considered the place an eye
sore.
The old house consisted of four
rooms, with two room addition
in the rear, reached by a covered
walk. OF late years the cover
over this walk had fallen into dis
repair.
Sheriff Brito lived in the hous,
until he was killed in the late
eighteen-ninetie's. at which time it
passed into the hands OF Mrs. Ros-
lea Putegnat. She occupied the
place until several years ago. Re-
Gently she deaded the property to
ker nephew Alfred Putegnat. OF
the Peoples Ice and Gin company.
who eEdsssd The EAzilg.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-04
Another of City's Old
Buildings Being Raced

One OF Brownsville's historic old
landmarks will pass completely in
TO the discard forever Monday with
the finishing Of the work OF raz-
ing the old house that has stood
for years on northwest corner Of
Washington and Tenth streets.
Built more than sixty years ago
the old frame house has with
stood the ravages of time. the ele-
men,s and the ever steady push Of
modern civilization. Now it is GO
ing. Nothing is to be erected in
place of il at present-it is simply
being torn down to beautify the
corner. Having outlived its use
fulness il is being made the vic
tim Of modern progress
The building was put up BY
Santiago Brito. for many years
sheriff Of Cameron county, early
in his career. and was ut that time
considered one Of the show places
Of the then small city. II vas Of
frame. and the veteran sheria took
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-04
More Planes
Point East for
Hop-Of Today
Valley Counties
Among Wealthiest

The two larger counties Of
the Lower Rio Grande Valley,
Hidalgo and Cameron, with no
large cities, no oil wells, no
mineral deposits to bolster up
their wealth. stand high among
counties Of the state in wealth.
This is shown in the current
issue Of the Texas Highway
Bulletin, where all counties of
the state are listed by their
values.
Hidalgo county with a valua-
tion Of s52,220. 900 is among the
ten wealthiest counties in
Texas. Cameron county with
a valuation of s36,000,000 is
among the fifteen wealthiest
counties in Texas.
The two Valley counties pass
such counties as Potter, in
which Amarillo is located, and
other counties containing me-
dium size cities.
Valuations Of sthe fifteen
wealthiest counties of the state,
based on 1927 estimated assess
able property, are listed M fol-
lows:
Harris. containing Houston,
s272, ,3Sl sos; Dallas, containing
Dallas, $269, ,09s, $50; Bexas, con-
tanning San Antonio, $3.50. .l63,
966; Tarrant. containing Fort
Worth, $147,S10,670; jefferson,
(Beaumont), Sis, s,-69, ,3s7; FL
Paso. (El Paso), $50, ,000. 900;
Wichita. (Wichita Falls), $685.
100000; McLennan. (Waco),
s67.156.210; Galveston, (Gal-
veston), s57.146,s95; Hidalgo,
$50 2.220,0O0: Grayson (Sherman
and Denison). $46,300.000;
Travis (Austin), $43, ESQ, 900:
Navarro (Corsicana), 10000
600: Hutchinson, oil county,
SIC. 100000; Cameron, S36,000,-
600.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-09-04
WORKER FIRES
ON OFFICERS;
TWO INJURED
Wife and Six Children
Of Two Families
Slain; Sons Wife
Wounded

YOUNGSTOWN, o., Sept. 3.-tP)-
Tony Decapua, AZ. steel worker, ap-
parently crazed by brooding over
lack Of work, tonight shot and killed
his wife, wounded his sons wife, and
killed six children Of the two fam
lilies.
The dead.
Mrs. Mary Decapua, Tony's wife
Junior, 14-months, and May, four
months, his grand children; Anna
6, Elizabeth II, Marie 3, and Cath
crime, two months, daughters of
Tony Decapua.
Police answering call from
neighbors found Decapua standing
outside his home and the man at
once opened fire on them. In the en-
suing gun battle, Decapua, Patroll-
man Leo Tyrell and an unidentified
pedestrian were wounded.
At the city hospital, il was said,
1.-TWO injured probably would die. Po-
| lice said Decapua had reloaded his
kevolver at least twice.
Nhe bodies of his victims were
flpuhd scattered through the house,
firing at them. The body of one girl
was|found on a stairway leading out
doors. She had just failed in an at
tempt to escape.
Been Out Of Work
At the hospital Decapua said he
had been out of work for several
weeks. had quarreled with his wife
over money matters and finally had
decided that he would "get rid Of
them all"
He said he had intended to kill
himself. but his gun jammed.
Throughout his statement Decapua
reiterated the hope that he would
die. Il wish be with them now, :"
he said.
The babies he killed were sleeping
in "A bed with n fence around IL, !"
he said. II kill Catherine in dining
rco ON and poor little Annie-(here
the man broke down and sobbedl-
she run through door and down steps
and she fall"