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$50 guests enjoyed
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sided.
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NJ. Beavers Is
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first vice president
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Evening star., 1928-01-08

Constitution Chapter celebrated st.
Distaff's day, January Z, with a re.
ception at the Raleigh Hotel. from I
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$3.50 to $3.50 Slips, SIS

Crepe~baek satin shps~swan siips~~vevet
rose sps~mehn chin crepe slips, And such
a variety oi atyles~~taiiofed models with deep
shadow hens and lace trimmed slips OF. chin,
chin crepe or efepe.haek satin Flesh. white
peach nile, black. navy or tan All sixes, ~
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SIS Silk Chemises, $3.95

Ever so smaftly tailored oi crepe dc chine
of radinni. Some hemstilehed others with
embroidered yokes, and still Others with
touches OF eolored applique Pastel tints.
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
LOCAL FIREMEN FIGHT
OUT OF TOWN FIRES
Answer Calls For Assistance On
Sunday And Monday

The members of the Carlisle Fire
Company were called to aid in fight
ing two out of town fires this week.
On Sunday morning they aided in
combating fire on the Albert Lof-
land farm, near Houston. The dwell
ing, which was occupied by Clayton
Wright, was completely destroyed by
the blaze. The fire started in a
smOkehouse and so far as is known
no person had been in the building
since Saturday preceding the fire.
Mr.. Wright and his family were pre-
pairing to leave their home in his au-
tomobile on trip to Crisfeld to see
the fire damage there when he no.
ticed smoke coming from the smoke
house. The flames spready rapidly
to the dwelling house. Firemen from
Houston, and Milford fought hard to
save the property, but they were I'M
able to spot the flames. A small
amount of insurance was carried.
On Monday morning the members
of the Carlisle Fire Company were
called to Frederick, where a fire was
discovered burning in the residence
of Hudson Carey. The Frederick
Fire Company had extinguished the
blaze when the Milford boys arrived.
The back part of the dwelling was
damaged by the flames.
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
MILFORD CITIZENS
USE PUBLIC LIBRARY
One Hundred Per Cent Gain Over
March Of Last Year

The regular monthly meeting of
the library committee was held on
Tuesday night in the library room.
The following report was made by
the librarian: That 700 books were
circulated during the month of
March, which was an increase of
100 per cent over March of last
year, and an increase of 100 books
over last month; II new books have
been purchased this month, nine of
which were contributed. These in
clude the newest standard dietion-
airy and the latest edition of the
new international encyclopedia. A
few of the volumes of. fiction added
this month are: Twilight Sleep, by
Edith Wharton; But Yesterday, by
Maude Diver; Kitty, by Warwick
Deeping; Silent. Storms by Ernest
Poole; Mother Knows Best, by Edna
Ferber; Tomorrow Morning, by
Anne Parish; Red Sky at Morning,
by Margaret Kennedy Polyanna of
the Orange. Blossoms; Papistry,
Better Country and many others.
In nonrflction-Up the Years from
Bloomsbury, by George Arliss, and
The Story of the Mary's, by Grace
Humphreys, are particularly inter-
TCOatiANfd on bade 81
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
ABBOTT IS DELEGATE
GENERAL CONFERENCE
Milford Man HOnOred By Laymen;
Conference At Georgetown 1929

William G. Abbott, prominent
shipbuilder and churchman in Mil
ford. was elected one Of the four
delegates to represent the Whining
ton Conference at the General Con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Kansas City in May: The
election of delegates was held last
Friday at the Lay Conference. The
delegates elected to go to Kansas
City are:
Elwood F. Nelson, of McCabe M.
E. Church, Wilmington; DR.. w.
Newton Jackson, of the Asbury
Church, Salisbury, Md; H. H. Nut
tie, Concord, Md, of the Middletown
district, and William G. Abbott, of
Milford, Del, of the Dover district.
William B. Smith, st. Pauls, Will
mington, William T. Frazier, Frank
ford. Del, of the Salisbury district,
and Charles M. Phillips, Hurlock,
Md, Of the Dover district, were
elected alternates.
Although the nominating speech
es were limited to five minutes the
election required more than two
hours.
Georgetown was chosen as the
meeting place for next years ses-
sion of the Conference.
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
WILL MAKE WAR ON
STATE FOREST FIRES
State Forester Taber Says Fire
Companies Offer Cooperation

With the most dangerous forest
fire season of the year approaching,
State Forester Taber of the State
Forestry Department, announces
the department will have the as
sistance of 25 volunteer fire COM
panies in the prevention and ex-
tinction of forest fires. He urges
all citizens, sportsmen, farmers
and nature lovers, to be careful with
fire and extinguish any small fires
that they may discover. When a
large fire is detected, he requests
that it be reported at once to the
State Forestry Department at
Dover, or the nearest volunteer fire
company. The following fire COM
panies have volunteered their SER
vices for this work:
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Co.,
Newark; Brandywine Hundred Fire
Co., Bellefonte; Bridgeville Fire
Co., Inc, Bridgeville; Camden-Wy-
oming Company, Inc; Carlisle
Fire Co., Milford; Christiana Fire
Co., Christiana; Citizens Hose Com
pany, No. 1, Smyrna; Cranston
Heights Fire Co., No. 1, Inc, Mar
shalltOn; Clayton Fire Co., No. 1,
Clayton; Delmar Fire Co., Inc,
Delmar; Glendale Fire Company;
Five Points Fire Co., Richardson
Park; Good Will Fire Co., New Cas-
tie; Greenwood Fire Co., Green
wood; Harrington Fire Company,
Harrington; Hartley Volunteer Fire
CC0HtiHEsd on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
BOYS BAND WORKING
TO SECURE MORE FUNDS
VIII Put On A Benefit Entertainment
At Plaza Theatre

The Boys Band of Milford is rap
idly rounding into form under the
efficient instruction of Prof. Edward
Thomas, Organist at the Plaza The
atre, and they now reached the point
where funds are badly needed.
To meet this emergency the boys
have decided to hold a benefit and
the Plaza Theatre management has
consented to cooperate with the
new organization in this line. For
the benefit Of the band show will
be given at the Plaza on Friday eve
ming, April 13. The photoplay will
be Sailors Wives" with Mary Astor
and Lloyd Hughes, as stars. As an
added attraction there will be vaude-
vile staged during the acts.
The Boys Band Of Milford now
numbers 25 members and rehearsals
are being held several times each
week.
The boys are taking a great deal
Of interest in their work and there
are prospects for a fine musical or
ganization that deserves the sup
port Of Milford. Such an organiza-
ton is badly needed in Milford and
the work Of the boys should be en-
couraged by liberal patronage,
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
SAYS DELAWARE CAN
SAVE $S7,2O9 YEARLY
Taxpayers League Urges Cancel
ling Of Bonds With Sinking Fund

delaware by using a large surplus
that has accumulated in the State
sinking fund in the cancellation nj
bonds now in the sinking fund can
save the State $3,4O1,162 in the next
~ years. an average of $4,000 a
| year.
This statement is made by the
Taxpayers Research League of Del
aware in supplementary report rel
atlVe to the sinking fund surplus
submitted to Governor Robert p.
Robinson, Secretary of State Charles
H. Grantland, State Auditor edward
Baker and State Treasurer Howard
M. Ward, members Of the Sinking
Fund Commission.
The report, which was prepared
under the direction of Russell RAM
sey, director of the league, recon-
mends either the canceIing of bonds
in the sinking fund or the redeem
ing Of AZ per cent bonds in the
hands of private investors with the
surplus. Either Of these plans, it is
contended, would save about $780,
600 to the revenues of the highway
departments in 80 years. The report
condemns the proposal to "save the
surplus for a rainy day." as an I'M
sound practice.
1t is also argued that if the sur
plus is not applied to canceling
bonds they will be exposed to the
danger under stress of future con-
tingency Of the funds being diverted
to some other purpose than that to
which they were originally intended.
The original report of the league
in April of last year
showed surplus in the sinking
fund of $795, 1864. That surplus, ac-
cording to the supplementary report
has increased to S1,342,-
292, and the report continuing says:
''It is certain to continue to increase
by leaps and bounds under present
The following conclusions in the
report give a concise explanation of
the situation and also the sugges-
tons and recommendations Of the
league:
Conclusions
First-The surplus in the State (
sinking fund, demonstrated in the !
analysis and report issued by the |
Taxpayers Research League Of Del
aware in April, 1927, has increased |
rapidly since that report was issued.
On June 30, 1927, the surplus was
;1.342,292, and is certain to continue
@ increase by leaps and bounds I'M
Ter present conditions.
Second-Most Of the elements in
volved in the question Of how to
.reat the sinking fund surplus are
purely mathematical, or can be
Continued on Page 14)
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
BROADCASTING TROUPE
AT PLAZA TONIGHT
''HiII-Billies," Blue Ridge Mountain
GERS, Known To Radio Audiences

The Plaza Theatre, famous for its
ability to provide exceptional enter
tainment, has scored one of the
biggest scoops of it's career in per-
suading the famed "Hill Billies"
troupe of Blue Ridge Mountain
boys to give two performances here
in Milford. The performances will
be given tonight and Saturday.
The "Hill Billies," troupe of six,
who through their records and
broadcasting are familiar to Mil
ford people, are one Of the biggest
and most unique acts in the cOun-
try, probably the biggest vaudeville
act that has ever come to Milford.
The troupe is composed of six real
mountaineers, who play and sing
the mountaineer music that has
never been written, but has been.
handed down generation to genera
ton The act which will be given
here takes two hours, and is clever
ly arranged. The music, both old
and modern, is indispersed with ma
tive humor that is unique with the
type that the "Hill Billies" are.
This troupe, in 1927, was one of
the largest photograph record SELL
ers in the United States. They
have broadeasted from practically
every radio station in the country,
and are always big favOrite to
radio audiences. They are a num-
Der one act on the Keith Circuit,
and have many times reached that
Of every vaudeville act, to-
play the Palace, New York city.
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
FIND some FEED
BELOW STANDARD
Analysed By Chemist Hanson At
State Laboratory Shows Some
Brands Below Par.

During the first three months OF
this year, the laboratory of the
State Board of Agriculture, under
the direction of H. H. Hanson, state
chemist, has made a thorough sur
vey of the dairy and poultry feeds
on sale in the state. An attempt
was made to visit every dealer and
miller in Delaware, and on these
visits, official samples of feeds were
taken by an experienced represen-
tative of the laboratory. Two hun
dred and seventy different official
samples were taken, and the state
ment which follows apply only to
these. A few duplicates were OBJ
tanned from different shipments, but
for the most part, the 270 samples
represent different brands. The re-
suits of the analyses on these feeds
will later be published in full, but
it will be of interest to the users
of feeds in Delaware to obtain adj
vance information on some of the
brands found in the state.
Protein, fat and fiber are the
most important constituents of the
ordinary feeding stuff, protein be-
ing the most expensive and most
desirable. 1t is also important that
the amount of protein in a feed be
in suitable amount, CORES
ponding to the needs of the particu-
lar animal for which it is intended.
Therefore, the amount of protein
varies according to standard feed
ing practice. In chick starters,
growing mashes and egg mashes,
for example, at the same time that
a more or less definite amount of
protein is necessary, it is also de-
sirable that the fat content of the
feed conform within certain limits (
to accepted standards, and also
that the fiber content be not too |
high. For these reasons, a guaran-
tee of the minimum protein and fat |
IS required, and a maximum fiber
required on all feeds sold.
Seventeen and one-half per cent.
II about one in six, of the 27O Off
'ial samples examined, were below
heir guarantees in protein. OF this
lumber, however, most of the dis
Continued on page Is
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
GIRL RESERVES HOLD
MIDDLETOWN SESSION
Milford Club, The Youngest Or
ganizatiOn In State, Wins Mem
bership Prize.

Eighty-fve High School Girl Re
serves and IA advisors and mothers
from the District of Delaware, Y. w
c. A, met in the Middletown New
Century Club last Saturday for g
conference. The girls came from
Clayton, Milford, Newark, Dover
New Castle, Caesar Rodney School
and Middletown. A prize was offered
to the club having the largest per
cent of the membership present, &C
companied by the advisor. Milford
club, the youngest in point of time
of organization, carried away the
trophy. The award was book,
"Girls Who Did," which contains vo-
cational biographies of living wo-
men who have made a place in their
various professions.
Before lunch the girls had an hour
of games and contests in which they
met their fellow-members from all
parts of the state. The Middletown
girls acted as hostesses and a COM
mittee of the New Century Club
members served the luncheon. Fav-
ors at each place were lollipops
dressed in the Girl Reserve colors.
Eunice Horsey, president of the
Middletown club, welcomed the
guests, the response being given by
Barnard of Wyoming,
who is the retiring president of the
Interclub Council. Miss Barnard pre-
sided over the remainder of the ses-
sion. Greetings were given by Mrs.
E. Pool, president of the
District Y. w. c. A., and also by
Catherine Broad, president of the
Girl Reserve Interclub
Council.
Miss Helen Eastlack, Girl Reserve
of the Wilmington Y. w.
). A., directed the singing, with
Dorothy Wooters, Girl Reserve, at
he piano.
The new members of the Interclub
Jouncil were installed in Office. They
re Margaret Wilkinson of Newark,
Dorothy Outten of Dover,
ice president; Elizabeth Herbert Of
he Caesar Rodney club, secretary;
Tartan Webb of Middletown, treas J
rer; Minerva Layton Of Milford,
hartman of service and social; Con-
lance Lindley of Claymont, program
nd ring chairman. Other matters of
in regard to delegates to I
he regional summer conference and
cabinet conference at Camp Oton- I
a in the fall were discussed.
Miss Madeline Dixon, of the Will I
lington High School faculty, spoke '
n GLOW a Girl Can Discover Her 1
TCoatisEed on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
STAFFORD SCHOOL
Is DESTROYED BY
SUNDAY BLAZE
S4.Year Old Building Completely
Destroyed By Fire Which
Started In Basement.
In TEMPORARY QUARTERS
Children Will Attend Classes In
Rooms Wherever Available Ia
The Town.

Seaford public school, which hous
ed about 600 pupils, was destroyed
by fire Sunday night, which il
thought to have started in the boiler
room. In addition to the Seaford Fire
Company, companies from Laurel
Delmar, Salisbury, BridgeVilIe and
fredericksburg, Md, answered the call
for aid and helped to keep the flames
from spreading to other nearby
buildings. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, and the insurance on the
building is $4,000.
School authorities on Monday
made arrangements for the high
school classes to start Tuesday NOR
ming and the grades on Wednesday
morning. The high school classes
are meeting in st. Johns P. E.
Church, the Acorn club house and
vacant store on Pine street. The
grade classes will be held in various
places wherever adequate rooms can
be secured.
The fire started about $3.50 o'clock
Sunday night. 1t was first discovered
by Miss Nora Marvel and Granville
Smith,. of Laurel who were standing
on the porch of Miss Marvel's home
directly opposite. They first thought
that Waterman was going about
the cellar with a light, but when the
flames began to grow, Smith sent in
an alarm. The building was soon
mass of flames and fearing Seaford !
might have the same experience as |
Crisfeld, help was called from adj
joining towns.
For more than two hours the fire.
men fought the fire. The barn of
William Tucker, short distance
from the school caught fire but the
iremen extinguished the flames
without serious damage. Later the
flames set fire to the roof of William
Castles dwelling but again the fire
men were on the job and the house
was saved and the flames did but a
lew dollars damage to the roof.
About 10 o'clock while the fire.
men were still at work heavy down
Dour of raan came and this assisted
he men in their fight, and a short
line later all danger of the fire
spreading to other properties had
passed. The fact that there was no
Wind blowing while the fire ragged
probably saved a considerable por-
ion of the town from destruction.
The frame building was both a
.rade and high school and contained
eighteen rooms. 1t was built thirty
our years ago. For a number OF
CCrHfiHGed on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
GETTING READY FOR
M. P. CONFERENCE
A Special One Day Session Of
Church Will Be Held In Viii.
mingtOn April II.

Officials of the Maryland Annual
Conference of the Methodist Protest.
ant Church which includes Della
ware, are busy making preparations
for a special session of the confer
ence to be held in Washington April
IL.
1t will be a one-day meeting, it
was explained by the Rev. DR.. e. C..
Makosky, president of the confer
ence, and has been called mainly to
discuss finances.
Other sources asserted that when
TIE conference meeting was changed
from early in April to the second
week in September at the last ses-
sion of the body in Baltimore ample
provision had not been made for the
four months intervening to cover the
overhead expenses of the Baltimore
headquarters and other items in the
budget.
While the limitations of the ses-
sions will be set by the conference
itself after it convenes, DR.. Makosky
made it plain in his announcement |
to the various charges that there |
will be no pastoral supply changes.
The meeting will celebrate the one
anniversary of Methodist
Professionalism in the United States.
The morning session will be held in
the Congress Street Church.
Following devotional exercises
and roll call, there will be a brief
'eport of the president and other Of
icers, making of reports by the
delegates, and the trans
Iction of business. The Rev. Thomas
Lewis, president of the General {
Conference of the United States, will
leliver sermon and the session will [
with the Lords Supper. {
The afternoon and night sessions '
will be held in the Rhode Island {
venue Church. The first part Of the Y
ession will be devoted exclusively I
, business. '
At night addresses will be made t
Y H. e. Gilbert, of Baltimore, on t
The First Fifty Years of Our d
hurch;." F. L. Ball, Of Virginia, on s
The Last Fifty Years of Our n
Mrs. Henry Hupfeld, of t
on "Women's Place and t
FORK in Our Church." and Fred P. fl
dkins, of Salisbury, on "Our r
hurch Of Tomorrow" There will be S
usical selections by the church v
loir. il
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
NAILS RUMOR OF
INCREASE BERRY CROP
DeI.Mar.Va Eastern Shore AssO-
citation Says Yield Will Be Only
A Little Larger.

age can do no good and may do q
great injury by creating in the
minds of the trade and the con-
Based on a survey made by the
Marketing Bureau of the Del-Mar-
Va Eastern Shore Association there
does not appear to be much founda-
ton for the report which has been
given currency in the press that
there has been a 2009o increase in
the Peninsula strawberry acreage
this year. Actual figures obtained
in the recently completed survey
throughout the strawberry growing
counties on the Peninsula show that
in no instance does there appear to
be more than a 2O9o increase, and
this is largely in production due to
the unusually good growing condi-
tiOns and good set instead of in
creased acreage.
In the vicinity of Laurel, Seaford,
Bridgeville, Selbyville, in Sussex
county, growers and buyers are of
the opinion that there will be an
increase in production of about POO
due largely to the exceptionally
good growing season. At Marion
Pittsville, Salisbury and
in the Maryland counties,
all reports indicate an average in
crease of acreage of approximately
1870. The patches are reported as
exceptionally well and under
normal conditions a large yield is
expected. The growers, however,
believe the crop may be slightly
alter than usual.
In the strawberry section of the
wo Virginia counties around Onley,
oarksley, BloXom and Mackenzie
Park, the increase in acreage varies
rom zero to $50, with an average
Increase probably not exceeding
SO. An exceptionally good yield
S expected owing to good growing
although here again the
rowers believe it may lie a little
ater than usual.
DR.. Franklin B. 2omherger. exc
utive director of admin istration
nd marketing of the Del-Mar-Va
-ssociation, in discussing the
trawberry situation, said:
THE circulation of an inaccurate
nd misleading report such as that
h1ch has appeared to the effect
lat there has been 20Og6 increase
the Peninsula strawberry acre
e can do no good and may do a
Continued on page Is
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
IMPORTING RABBITS
BANNED IN STATE

No rabbits can be imported
; into Delaware to be liberated
for future game. The ban has
been erected by the State
Game Commission. The reason
is the prevention of the spread
of a disease, known as tulere-
mia, which has invaded every
state of the union, except nine,
of which Delaware is one of
the fortunate few.
This disease, which is re-
garded to have effects as bad
as the deadly "flu" on the hui
man body, has been traced to
the rabbit and is said to be due
largely to contact with the
little animal, as in skinning it..
1t. developed, it seems, from
infection in an open wound,
even of minor nature, in about
nine days after contact. The
patient then gets a boil or
swelling under the arm which
is followed, for about two
weeks, with an unconscious
condition. If the patient recov-
ers, for about two months af-
ter the unconscious period, his
condition remains as debili-
tated as it would be following
an attack of "f1u."
Milford chronicle., 1928-04-06
PARIS KIRBY NEW
HEAD OF ODD FELLOWS
Well Known Farmer Installed Noble
Grand By Crystal FOunt Lodge

District Deputy Grand Master w
Henry Ennis, of Smyrna, accompan-
led by his staff of Grand Lodge Of
ficers, visited Crystal Fount Lodge,
No. 10, I. o. o. F., of Milford, last
Monday evening and installed the
following officers for the ensuing
term: Noble Grand, Paris Kirby;
vice-grand, James J.. Smith; re-
cording secretary, Leroy Stevenson;
r. S. N. G., George Rodney; L. S.
N. G., Willard Belts; warden, George
Abbott; conductor, Jack Wright;
chaplain, Clarence Lynch; R. S. v.
G., Lavinus Austin; L. S. " G., Jno.
G. Jester; R. S. S., Herman Deputy;
L. S. S., Joseph Lofiand; inside
guardian, Henry wilkins; outside
guardian, John Hellens.
Paris Kirby, the new Noble Grand,
is an up-to-date farmer of Milford
Neck, and is prominently identified
with the grange.
Upon completion of the installa-
ton short addresses were made by
the District Deputy Grand Master
and visitors from Dover and Smyr-
ma, followed by a selection rendered
by quartette of Crystal Fount
Lodge composed of Messrs. Abbott,
Ryan, Mason and Calhoun.
A delegation of Dover Odd Eel
lows, planning a big rally in Dover
April q, then extended an
invitation to the Milford boys to
confer the Second Degree on a class
Of candidates, in conjunction with
Delaware Lodge of Wilmington, who
will confer the first and third de-
gree on the same class. The invita-
ton was accepted with thanks.
At the close of the session a social
hour was held at Salevan's Res
where a delightful supper
was served, interspeFsed with sing
Ing Of popular songs, led by Dick
Mason, in which all participated.
The evenings activities ended at
IL o'clock with singing the doxol-
ogy led by Rev. Mr.. Ford of Smyrna.