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Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
MARYLAND TURKEY
GROWERSPLAN BETTER
MARKETING FACILITIES
Motion Picture Interests Have Be-
come Interested 10 News Reel
Possibilities Of 'Turk." !"
PLAN A SELLING POOL
Business Men In Kent County,
Maryland, Aid In Effort To
Promote Better Sales.

The Del-Mar-Va Peninsula will
have the distinction of being the first
section of the United States to ex-
plot nationally one of its fast de-
velOping industries by use of the
phOtOtone or talking movies"
Briefly, the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
will actually talk turkey" TO the
rest of the United States in all lead
ing motion picture houses, present
ing a Thanksgiving program which
will feature the great flock of more
than 1000 Mammoth Bronze turkeys
on the farm of Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ.
Baker, at Quaker Neck, near Ches-
tertown, Md, and offer exact repro
ductions of the great birds gObble or
call through the movie talking de-
vice.
Prominence of this unusual fea-
ture is evidenced in that two of the
foremost motion picture producers
are handling the Del-Mar-Va turkey
Thanksgiving feature. They are the
Pathe and Paramount. Both have
rehearsed special reels.
That Del-Mar-Va is becoming ma
tionally recognized as most suit
able turkey raising territory and
that this industry promises to de-
velop with unusual rapidity is en-
phasized by the prominence given to
an illustrated article appearing in
the current issue of the National
Poultry Tribune, with the largest
circulation of any poultry publica-
tion issue, which offers as a leading
feature detailed account of the meth
ods used on the Del-Mar-Va farm of
the Bakers, in their phenomenally
revolution of Oldtime
Illustrating the development and
growth of the turkey industry in
Kent County, Md, where the Bakers
are located, Turkey Selling Pool is
this year being organized for the
first time in the East. The turkey
raisers in the county estimate the |
production this year to be twice, if
not three times as large as that of
any season in the past. Supporting |
the plan to organize a pool which
will operate similar to the Idaho
Turkey Pool, are the Kent County
Chamber of Commerce and the
Board of Directors of the Business
Mems Association Among the prom
nent citizens participating in this
are Marion deK. Smith,
of the Chamber of
Connlyn Nolan, one of
he most prominent merchants in
and Harold NJ. Baker,
# the Maryland Turkey Farm
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Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
MILFORD HEN LAYS 3O2
EGGS IN CONTEST
Bird Owned By C. E. Grove Made
Record In Oklahoma Contest

Charles E Grove, owner of the
Grove Poultry Farm, located on the
Shawnee Road, west of Milford, has
been notified that a hen owned by
him has made an official record of
over 300 eggs i'll one year. The bird
is a Single Comb White Leghorn
and was one of hen of ten entered
in the Fifth Oklahoma Egg-Laying
Contest, held at the Agricultural and
Mechanics College, at saltwater,
Oklahoma. The hen layed a total of
29S eggs during the contest year OF
fifty-one weeks, winning high in
dividual honor. At the close of the
contest the hen was kept by the Of
ficials of the contest and she layed
four more eggs during the remain
ing eight days of the year, making
a total of 302 eggs in 365 consecu-
tive days. A team-mate layed 2S7
eggs during the fifty-one weeks, and
the ten birds layed total of 23OO
eggs during the same time, making
pen average of 2300 eggs per hen
for 81 weeks.
Mr. Grove is much pleased with
the record established by his hen,
and also with the high average
maintained by his pen of birds dur
ing the period of the contest.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
ODD FELLOWS PLAN
FOR ANNUAL SESSIONS
Grand Bodies Of State Will Meet In
Wilmington Next Week

Delaware Odd Fellows will hold
sessions of grand bodies next week,
in accordance with the usual GUS
tom. The ninety-fifth annual COM
municatiOn of the Grand Lodge of
Delaware, 1. o. o. F., will be held in
Odd Fellows Hall, Tenth and King
streets, Wilmington, on Wednesday,
Nov. 21, at 1920 a. m, with Grand
Master Daniel w. WagamOn, Jr., pre-
siding. The session will be devoted
to reports of Grand officers, the pro-
gress of the order, and the election
of new officers.
The present officers are: Daniel w.
Wagamon, Jr., Grand Master; Irving
H. Craig, Deputy Grand Master;
William R. Mitchell, Grand Warden;
William w. Douty, Grand Secretary:
Philip J. Isaac, Grand Treasurer;
Hiram ]. Outten, Grand Marshal;
George R. Davidson, Grand Conduc-
tor; Joseph B. Wainwright, Grand
Guardian; Ward Short, Grand Her.
aid.
The seventy-ninth annual COM
of the Grand Encamp-
ment, 1. o. o. F., will be held on
Tuesday evening, Nov. 20, at 1880
o'clock, in the Odd Fellows Hall, i'll
Wilmington. Reports of officers will
be received and new Grand officers
will be elected and installed.
The Past Grand Officers Associa-
ton will hold its annual meeting on
Tuesday evening, Nov. 20, in Odd
xrrfI1 fao nf oil
business. On Wednesday
evening the Association will hold it's
annual banquet at McCOnnell's cafe, |
when the new officers
will be installed
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
DELAWARE RED CROSS
SEEKS $4,000 MEMBERS
Officials Hope Enrolment In Nation
viii Be 5,OOO,OOO Or More

The American Red Cross will at
tempt to enroll 100000 members
between Armistice Day and Thanks
giving and of that number the Della
ware Chapter hopes to get 10000.
The local chapter has nearly COM
pleted its plans for the twelfth an
nual enrolment which begins on
Armistice Day and is preparing an
extensive solicitation in which every
resident will be asked to renew his
allegiance to the Greatest Mother" ."
Delaware has always gone over its
quota in any worthy appeal and it is
hoped by officials of the local chap
ter that it will go over the top again
this time.
Increasing demands for service in
disaster relief and the necessity for
extending it's work in public health
nursing, first aid, life saving, nutri-
tion and other activities is declared
to make this larger membership es-
sential if the organization is to
meet the responsibilities placed on it
by congressional charter.
Disaster relief has necessitated
heavy expenditures from the Red
Cross national treasury during the
last year, in addition to special con-
received for specific disas-
ters, it is pointed out. In this ac-
tivity alone more than 100000 has
been spent from national funds.
Every day during the fiscal year
Red Cross relief forces were engag-
ed in one or more disaster relief
tasks, the annual report shows.
Increasing demands and growing
needs for Red Cross work in every
branch of its activities make cur
tailment virtually impossible officials
say. Although practising the most |
rigid economy in operation, the or
ganization has set five million men, !
Ders as the minimum with which it |
3an carry on its activities through !
he next year on a scale commend |
'urate with existing needs. 1t is !
'elt that five million should be con- |
iidered a minimum in nation of |
22,000,O00. AS population grows
responsibilities on the Red Cross
crow propOrtionately, it is said.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
CHRISTMAS SAVINGS
CLUBS WILL PAY OUT
OVER $55O,OOO,OOO
Over 5000 Banks Will Pay Mem
bers A Record Breaking Sum.
Larger Than Last Year.
DELAWARE SHOWS GAIN
Estimates Show That $2,3OO,OOO
viii Be Distributed In State.
A Gain Of 29.2 Per Cent.

A record Christmas Club distribu-
ton estimated at $3.50, 0,000,000.00 will
be made by over 5000 banks and
financial institutions of the United
States beginning with the next few
days, according to an announce
ment made yesterday by the Christ
mas Club, As West 45th street, New
York.
In the distribution more than g.
100000 members will participate.
The sum is about 1919 larger than
last years distribution of about
$5OO,0OOOO and over five times the
amount in 1920. The average dis
tribution per member amounts to
$59.10, a slight increase over 1927.
In addition to being a record dis
tribution for the Christmas Club,
more banks participated in the
movement during 1928 than ever be-
fore.
On the basis of a direct by mail
inquiry to individual Christmas Club
members, it is estimated by HerDert
F. Rawll, founder and president of
the Christmas Club, that $213,0O0,-
10000 of Christmas Club savings
will flow into the country's stores to
pay for Christmas purchases, $685.
00,00000 will be deposited in per-
thrift or savings accounts or
used for permanent investment, $72,-
100000 will be used for year-end
and concluding install
ment payments, $3O,OOO,OOO.OO will
pay insurance premiums, $29,000,-
10000 for interest and reduction of
$25,OOO,OO0.OO for taxes,
S11, ,00O, 100000 for education and tray
Ell and $5,000,O00.O0 for charity An
alysis of these figures shows more !
than 500 of this vast sum is used ,
Tor constructive purposes.
Checks to members will, on the
average, run from $3.50 to 100000, !
although in some cases individuals
Ind corporations who have planned 7
'br the payment of insurance prem
ums, and dividends will be paid as
nigh as $25,000.00 each. This distri-
)ution represents the accumulative
savings for the past fifty weeks in
III 1SIIudS OAuO dNSOuiIo III O'.iAAA''
rust companies, savings and loan
and other financial in
titutions by members paying week
y amounts that vary from rs cents
o $4,000.
Massachusetts leads the states in
,er capita savings in this movement
With New York and Pennsylvania
lot far behind The two largest
christmas Clubs in the country are
perated by the Bank of the Man
attan Company in its many bran
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Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
ASKED TO REPORT
BANDED WILD FOWL
Habits OF Birds Will Be Learned
If Hunters And SpOrtsmen Will
Aid In Work.

AS means of obtaining precise
information relative to North Amer
lean wild fowl, the Bureau of Bio
logical Survey of the United States
Department of Agriculture, with the
aid of volunteer co-operators
throughout the country, is engaged
in banding large numbers of birds.
The bands are made of aluminium or
copper, and in addition to a serial
number they carry the legend No
tify Biological Survey, Washington,
D. c."
Sportsmen are requested by the
Department of Agriculture to aid in
these investigations by reporting to
it all banded birds that come to their
attention. In addition to the num-
ber that is on the band attached to
the birds leg, the date and place of
capture should be given. In -eply
the department will supply the band
ing record to the person rendering
the report.
At the opening of the 1928 hunting
season, between Is and 20 stations
were in operation for the banding of
these birds, while at many others
birds have been banded in large
in previous seasons. These
stations extend from Maine and
South Carolina on the Atlantic coast
to Washington, Oregon, and Califor-
MIA in the West, with others in the
Canadian Provinces and in Alaska.
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Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
AttOrney-GeneraI
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MILFORD OBSERVED
EDUCATIONAL WEEK
Home Economics Class Members As
sumed Additional Responsibilities

National Education Week was ap-
propriately observed by the mem
bers of the Home Economics classes
of the Milford High School, Novem-
ber 5 to II. The girls did their
share by undertaking a wide variety
of outside activities. Their projects
had as their aim the cooperation of
school and home work through real
service rendered in the home. The
girls voluntarily assumed definite
responsibility for some part of the
work of their homes.
The second-year classes carried
out the following projects:
Planning, preparing and serving
tasty and attractive menus for one
day.
Responsibility for a definite part
of the weeks hOuse-cleaning
Making some needed article for the
home.
Cleaning and painting the pantry.
Cleaning the yards.
Storing for the winter.
The first-year classes carried out
the following projects:
Helping with the family ironing,
and mending.
Making candy for church bazaar.
Making cookies for school lunches.
Cleaning the yard.
Storing bulbs for the winter.
Washing dishes for one day.
Serving the meals for one or more
days.
Doing a share of the weekly
Making the beds for several days.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
SUSSEX MAN WILL
PRESIDE OVER HOUSE
Charles W. Messick Slated For
Speakership Is Belief --Simen-
ton Will Head Senate.

The Republicans will control both
the House and the Senate when the
General Assembly meets next Janu-
ary. The control of the Senate,
while unexpected before the election
last week, will give the Republicans
the presiding officers, clerks and
other offices for both bodies. Already
speculation as to whom the honors
will fall is rife, but from well-in-
formed sources information is
available that the probable presiding
officers will fall to the City of Will
mington and to Sussex county. Sena-
tor William A SimOnton, holdover
member of the Senate from Will
mingtOn, will be the choice of the
Republican caucus for President
Pro Tenn of the Senate, it is believed.
The Speakership of the House will
fall to Charles w. Messick, elected
this year from the Fourth Represen-
tative district in Sussex county. Sem
atOr .SimontOn has much experience
and is we'll qualified for the job. Mr..
Messick has served in various ca
pacities during former sessions of
the legislature and should fill the
duties of Speaker of the House well.
Should the above named men be
selected to preside over the House
and Senate respectively, then the
Chief Clerk of the Senate will come
from Sussex county, and the Chief
Clerk of the House from New Castle
county. Other offices will be appor-
toned equally among the several
counties.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
KENT LEVY COURT
TO MAKE CHANGES
Republicans viii Probably Replace
Democrats Now Holding Jobs

The control of the Levy Court in
Kent county will give Republicans
an opportunity to fill many of the
appointive offices which are now
held by Democrats. All of the road
supervisors throughout the county.
the foremen on roadwork, the trus-
tees of the poor and other jobs will
be filled by Republicans. The loss
of the Levy Court by the Democratic
party is probably the hardest blow
sustained by that party in Kent
county at the elections last week.
Not only does the Levy Court have
the appointment of numerous posi-
tions at its command, but it also is
in a position to demand that many
of the clerks in a number of the
county offices shall be Republicans
1t is also in position to check any
expenditures which the Democratic
Office holders might attempt to make
should they not meet with the ap-
proval of the Republicans. When
the Democrats regained control of
the Levy Court two years ago, after
had controlled it, DEM
ocratic leaders made political capi-
tai of the financial condition of the
county as they claimed that they
found it. It is more than likely that
will hunt for inefficien-
sy on the part of the Democrats and
hat these shortcomings will be Civ
IN publicity in the near future
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
DR.. HARE AIDS In HUNT
FOR CANCER GERM
Diseased Chicken Is Basis of Re-
search Work In This State

Delaware is taking part in the
effort being made throughout the
world to discover the cancer germ.
Dr.. Frank Hare, pathologist of the
State Board of Agriculture, is CO.
operating with DR.. ]. Furth, of the
Henry Phipps Institute in Philadel-
phia, which is an institution devoted
to research work for the cure of tu-
berculosis.
Already many letters have passed
between these two men and Della
ware chickens suffering from Leuk-
emia have been forwarded to the
Henry Phipps Institute in Philadel-
phia for micrOscOpical examination.
In explaining the cooperation be-
tween the two, DR.. Hare said:
'The Emphatic glands which are
scattered throughout the body act as
filters for germs. In other words. if
you cut your finger and it becomes
the glands under your arm
will swell and possibly become
painful. Enlargement of the lynn
phatic glands have been responsible
for the death of the chickens diving
from Leukemia. The disease is
found in the blood organs. Leukemia
is an overdevelopment of certain
organs and so is cancer.
DR.. Hare would not attempt to
in any way, what the pos
5lble results might be. He told of
IN announcement made a few years
ago by a man by the name of Gye,
an Englishman. Mr.. Gye stated that
ne had found the cancer germ,
which upon investigation developed |
hat his conclusions had been reach
I'd by watching the effects of Leuk-
smia in chickens. His announce-
nent was bit premature and was
given little credence by the scien- |
ific medical world.
DR.. Hare. says that there have
,een very few cases of Leukemia in /
Delaware
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
AUTOMOBILE OWNERS
RECEIVE LICENSE CARDS
New System Now In Force Should
Be Big Convenience To Owners

Clerks in the automobile license
department will be required to work
of evenings as well as during the
day for the next two weeks in get
ting out the new registration cards
to owners of motor vehicles. The
system just inaugurated in the de-
partment will simplify matters con-
siderably in that the owner of the
machine on receiving his card from
the department, will simply have to
take it before a notary public and
have the seal impressed thereon, OBJ
Waiting the necessity of asking ques-
tions, etc, as all the data necessary
is contained on the card.
There will be nearly 10000 of the
cards to be sent out.
The receipts of the auto license
department for October follows:
TitIing division - Titles, $2,127;
duplicate titles, $39; corrected titles,
$9S; notary public fees, $79.25; liens, !
1886; satisfactions, $15O.25; specials
Preference money!, $1381O. Total,
$3,O12.5O.
Automobile division - Pleasure
cars, S5,898; commercial, $2,206; mo-
torcycles, $97; tractors, SIS; dealers.
SS5; operators, $1,916; hearse, $l2;
trailers, $39. Total, $1O,14S. $500
Miscellaneous - Lost tags, $32.lO;
duplicate cards, $3.50; specials
preference money!, $1S. Total
s117.6O; grand total, $19,27S.2O.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
VA. SWEET POTATO
SEASON NEARLY CLOSED
Last Digging On Eastern Shore Vi
Virginia This Week

With 5.61S carloads of sweet pota-
toes gone forward from the Eastern
Shore, growers of Accomac and
Northampton counties, in Virginia,
will finish digging the crop this
week with a total yield of approx
mately 100000 barrels, which is
slightly above normal, or an in
crease of 300 carloads over last sea-
son.
The prices on sweets, which had
dragged with a dull market through
September and October, averaging
from SIPS to $1.50 a barrel, took an
upward trend ten days ago, advanc-
ing to $2.25 a barrel, which caused
loading to be heavy last week, as
the growers were cleaning up their
fields before cold weather sets in.
According to selling agencies in
this section, the advance will net the
farmers of the Shore small profit
for the seasons crop.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
DEGREE TEAM DID GOOD
WORK CRYSTAL FOUNT
Military Degree Given In Full Form
For First Time

Last Monday evening the degree
staff of Crystal Fount Lodge, No 10,
I. o. o. F., conferred the Military
degree on candidates in full form in
their lodge room on Walnut street.
Charlie B. White, conductor; Lofiand
Deputy, warden, and Clarence Jes-
ter, Noble Grand, members of the
degree team, taking new places in
this degree, added greatly to the
success of the affair.
Crystal FOunt Orchestra, under the
direction of Prof. A. Hudson, render
ed beautiful music for the degree
work and drill that followed. Crys
tai Fount quartette was up to it's
usual standard. The degree work
was directed by George Swain, de-
gree master, assisted by William E.
Manlove, assistant degree master.
Past Grands Paris Kirby and w. E.
Manlove were chosen as representa-
tives to the Grand Lodge which
meets in Wilmington next Wednes-
day A large delegation from Crys-
tai Fount Lodge are expected to
attend the Grand Lodge sessions.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
MUSICAL PROGRAM TO
BE GIVEN CENTURY CLUB
Public VIII Be Given Opportunity
TO Enjoy Affair At Small Cost

The Milford New Century Club is
planning for a musical program
which will be given next Monday
afternoon, November 18th, at three
o'clock. The artists who will ap-
pear are Mrs Martin B. Lewis and
Mrs. Cristy Pryor, of Wilmington.
The program follows:
1-Oh Sleep, Why Doest Thou
Leave Me?-Handel.
2-Brahm's Lullaby-Brahm.
3-One Fine Day-Puccini.
4-The Moon and sullivan.
5-Songs My Mother Taught Me-
Dzorah.
6-(a) Love You Truly
(b) Just a Wearying For You
By Carrie Jacob Bond.
la At awning-Cadman
(b) Memory-Ganz.
S-Negro -Burleigh
9-Homing-Del Reigo.
1O-(a) My Hero-Straus.
I'm Falling in Love With
SomeOne-Herbert.
Music lovers in Milford will be
given an opportunity to enjoy the
program. An admission charge of
25 cents will be made. Mrs. Lewis
is recognized as one of the leading
sOloists in the state.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
COMPLETE FOUR-MILE
ROAD In RECORD TIME
Stretch Near Dover Finished "a Days
After Work Started

Perhaps one of the quickest con-
tracts ever given out by the State
Highway Department, is that of the
four mile stretch from the Dover
road east to the Kits Hammock
road which was completed on Tues
day in "a days from the time the
work started. Within two weeks, the
entire stretch of road will be open
to the public for general traffic.
The contractors of the stretch of
road are D. E. O'Connell & Sons. of
Ridley Park, Pa. This is their first
contract in the lower part of the
state
Mr.. O'Connell, one of the mem
bers of the firm, in speaking of the
work done on this road stated that
the success was largely due to the
hearty cooperation he received from
the men in the locality he had to
work for him. With the completion
of this four mile stretch, the O'Con-
nell firm has laid so miles of road
in Delaware.
Over 300 carloads of material in
Guiding sand, gravel and cement
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Milford chronicle., 1928-11-16
SCANLON TO SING
FOR RADIO HONORS
DeIaWarean To Be Heard With II
Others Tomorrow Night

Fifteen youths from Northeastern
States-each OF whom has qualified
as his States champion amateur
singer-will compete over Station
WEAF, New York, in semi-fnals of
the Second National Radio Addition,
next Saturday evening, November II,
beginning at o'clock. Delaware's
representative will be Edward J.
ScanlOn, of Dover.
One of these youths, chosen by
combined vote OF rauIO listeners anu
a board of judges. will represent the
northeastern part of the United
otaUes III granu nnals of the naUIOnaI
singing contest. The finals will be
sung in New York. December 16,
when ten singers-bOys and girls
representing the country as whole
will compete for awards of $17, 800
and music scholarships offered by
the Atwater Kent Foundation.
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