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Milford chronicle., 1928-12-07
WAR BUREAU HEADS ACCORD
HXINGS" GREATEST PRAISE

The greatest compliment ever
given to a motion picture company
by the war department has been
bestowed upon Paramount for its
war epic of the air, WINGS, .
which will have it's run at the New
Plaza Theatre, Milford, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, December
10, II and IL, with matinee We'd
nesday at 2.3O.
A memorial to cost 100000 and
dedicated to the famous Second Di-
vision will be erected in Washing
ton. Because of their accuracy,
still pictures from the photoplay
are to be used as models in con-
structing the huge memorial.
Paramount constructed an exact
duplicate of sector of st. MihieI
in order to obtain the spectacular
battle shots which climax wings
and these so impressed war depart
ment officials that they asked per-
mission of Jesse L. Lasky to model
from the stills.
wings" was directed by William
Wellman, who was a flyer in the
famous Lafayette Escadrille. John
Monk Saunders, an instructor in
aviation during the war, wrote the
story. The cast includes Clara |
Bow, Charles Buddy Rogers, Rich
ard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston, Gary |
Cooper, Arlette Marchal, H. B. Wal
hall, Hedda Hopper, Claire McDow-
IL, Ell Brendel and Gunboat Smith.
Milford chronicle., 1928-12-07
MiIlville

There will be preaching in the
M. E. Church by the pastor, Rev. c.
w. Branford Sunday evening, De-
cember 8. A good attendance is
desired.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
M. E. Church was entertained at
the home of Mrs. George H. Town
send on Tuesday evening, Novem
Der 25.
Capt. and Mrs. Philip West enter
tanned at dinner on Sunday Mrs.
Name Evans, Mrs. Nan Evans, Wes-
ley Evans, Oscar Evans, Fred Ev-
ans and Frank Simon, all of Phila-
delphia. Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Dock
erty, of Wilmington. This was
reunion of Mrs. Vests fathers peo-
ple-the late John w. Evans, as it
is the first time in thirteen years
they have all met together. Their
other guests were Capt. and Mrs.
William B. West, Andrew West and
Mrs. Blanche Starr, of Philadelphia:
Elwood West, of Jersey City, N. j.;
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles West, of
Omar; Mrs. Ida Richards, of Clarks-
vile; H. D. Evans, of this town.
Callers were Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
Helen and daughter Claudia, of
Philadelphia; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
calhoun and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
7. Townsend.
George N. Barnett, of Philadel-
hia, visited his parents, Mr.. and
Irs. William Barnett, on Sunday.
Irs. Cora Mcgee, Mrs. Barnett's
lOther, was also a Sunday guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil McCabe had
) their guests on Sunday Mr.. and
rs. William Quillen, of Pittsville, l
d.
Mrs. Paul Boulton and daughter
len, of Camden, N. j., took ad-
ntage of the excursion on Sun {
y and spent the day with her !
mt, Mrs. Sadie Williams. t.
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Lincoln City

Messrs. Herbert Thornett of Mar
shalltOn and George Mcvey of viii
mlngton were guests of George H.
Derrickson and wife on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry +. Warren
entertained a few friends at dinner
on Sunday. Among them were c.
e. Reed and wife and Steve Shock
ley of Philadelphia, G. T. Reed and
family of Milford and Paynter Col
Inns and wife.
H. d. Cook has moved TO his new
ly erected home on Johnson avenue
and Frank Bennett will move from
his Cedar Neck farm to the proper
ty vacated by Mr.. Cook
John Donovan and wife accom-
panied with Mrs. Eliza Donovan
spent Thanksgiving with relatives
at Germantown and Onley, Pa.
Among the folks who are moving
from here to Milford are VIM.
Bounds and wife to the property of
H. P. Van Kirk and Harry Beebe and
family to the property of Harvey
Davidson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Allen and
family of Wyoming, Lawrence Dill
of FELTON,, Ralph Hudson of Will
mington, Mrs. Ida Lord and son
Richard of Goldsboro, Md, and Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Williams and chill
dren, Frieda and Robert of Milling
ton, Md. have been recent visitors at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Vadakin.
Miss Marie Calhoun. a student at
the Women's College of Delaware,
spent the Thanksgiving holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
eph H. Calhoun.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Boyle of
Middletown and Mrs. Lizzie Clark
and daughter Hazel of Bridgeville
were weekend guests of Mrs. Will
lie Macklin and family.
Mrs. Kate Beardsley visited rela-
tives at Wilmington on Tuesday.
Mrs. Murray Wyatt returned from !.
a two weeks visit with relatives at
Philadelphia on Wednesday.
DR.. and Mrs. Stevens of Balti-
more, formerly of this town, and Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. McCleary and daugh- I
ter Doris of Haddonfield, N. j., were
visitors at the home of Mr.. and Mrs l
w. H. Clendaniel during the past {
week. {
Miss Sara Booth of Milford spent c
Thanksgiving Day with Miss Louise I
Carey. I
The Sunbeam class of the NJ. E. il
Sunday school met with Miss Ber- t
nice Donovan on Wednesday even o
ing. Y
Jehu Clendaniel and sister, Mrs. "
Anna Collins, and Walter Beardsley Z
Ind wifevisi ted relatives at Town "
lend on Sunday. "
Mr.. Smith and wife of Smiths Is "
and, Nd, are guests of Rev and -
Irs. w. C. Buckson at the parson- n n
ge. -
The regular business and social y
leeting of the Women's Christian -
temperance Union will meet at the ~,
ONE of Mrs. VIM. C. Clendaniel on NJ, NJ
uesday afternoon, December 18th. M,
ext word Strong" A good attend nol
Ice is desired. !
Mrs. Ella Cook Of Frede-ica is as
ending sometime with relatives Mr.
ID friends here. Md
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Richards of N
eensboro, Md, were dinner guests Ell
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Postles on Sun van
J. day
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Postles enter aun
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P. T. A. ITEMS FROM
LOWER KENT COUNTY

The Church Hill P. T. A. has solo
an organ, which was no longer in
condition. A flag committee has
been appointed and a stereoscope
with 100 views ordered. At a re-
cent meeting the president discuss
ed the state program. The children
gave a Thanksgiving program.
At the Harrington November
meeting an enthusiastic group heard
a well rendered program by the
third and fourth grades. The topic
Reading, was discussed, and there
was also a reading demonstration
An instructive motion picture closed
an interesting program.
Tomahawk No. 81 already has fifty
members in its Parent-Teacher AS
sociation. They plan to get lights
for the school. Their program in
cluded a reading demonstration and
exercises by the children.
Miss Della Ryan and Mrs. Hugh
Vincent appeared in a duet and Miss
Sylvia Selders in an instrumental
solo. Mr.. M. L. Hydorn, supervisor
for southern Kent, talked very in
terestingly.
The Potash P. T. A. has almost
doubled its former membership.
Their new publicity chairman is
Mrs. Eugene Vanderveue, and the
new secretary Miss Evelyn Zelmor.
Raughley's P. T. A. has elected
The following officers:
President, Mrs. Wallace Redden;
7ice-president, Mrs. Ralph Tatman;
Mrs. Walter Cannon; !
Mrs. Harlan Blades; pub
icity, Mrs. Vaughn Link. State
program suggestions were followed
It their Thanksgiving meeting.
Cedar Grove No. 62 P. T. A. has
eld a well attended meeting. The
ew president, Mrs. Anna Edwards,
poke on Twenty Years Ago In
he School Room and Today" At
er a talk on the "Objectives of
.eading," by Mrs. Avery Brown
rice, the children gave Thanksgiv-
lg songs and recitations as well as
health play
Church Hill-Milford hundred.
Harrington, Tomahawk, Potash, ,
aughley's-Mispillion hundred.
Cedar Grove-South Murderkill 4
Indred.
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One thing was proved by the cleo
ton: the crowd that listens to the
campaign orators over the radio has
more votes than the crowd which at
tends the meetings in person.
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20

Dining-Room Suites
Apiece suite, genuine American wal
nut, $1,000, $500, $500, $4,000,
$4,000, $500, $4,000, $22O and
up. Complete suites or single pieces.
Again we invite comparison.
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Bedroom Suites

Bedroom Suites
1O-piece genuine American walnut
suites, chairs of solid walnut (not wal
nut fnish). The prices range $500,
$1,000, $4,000, $145.OO, $1S5.OO,
$4,000, $4,000. They are here and
we bought them for YOU.
Milford chronicle., 1928-12-07
Furniture

L1FH1S 4NOOlI4 OU4LCo
All sizes, all kinds, all colors. You
will surely be suited in style, quality
and price. The 3-piece suites, $1O4.OO,
$4,000, $145.OO, $153.OO, $4,000,
$175.OO, $225.OO, $245.OO. Decidedly
the most beautiful assortment that it's
ever been our privilege to offer.
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branches of vervain gathered in the
sacred Grove of Strenut, the goddess
of strength, were presented on the
first day of the year TAI B. c.
AS far back as the era of the
Druids, New Years gifts were made
in England. Just at midnight on New
Years eve, the priests of the ancient
forest cult stole into the heart of the
enchanted grove, and cut sprigs of
sacred mistletoe with their silver
knives, glittering along their mystic
curves in the moonlight. These sprigs,
sent out the next day, brought luck
for the year to those so fortunate as
to possess them.
The Saxons celebrated so gloriously
and so drunkenly that they even reck-
oned age by the number of "Iolas" or
merry-making wassail-bouts in which
they had participated
1t was in Queen Elizabeth's time
that the giving of New Years pres
ents reached a height of burdenSOme-
ness not even surpassed by the pres
ent endless chain of Christmas gifts.
From the loftiest peer in the realm
down to the lowlieSt servant, Good
Queen Bess expected present in pro-
portion TO the giver'S means. One
chronicler says that her wardrobe and
jewels were principally supported by
her New Years gifts. There were
IN crlo aoSlyntS GILL Stno1-;nUS
jewels, money.
Bishop Halls "Satires," published in
1898, tell how every tenant at the
dawn of the New Year presented his
lord with fat capOn; and Ben JON
son, in his christmas Masque" intro
duces among his cast of characters
New Years gift in blue coat, serv-
ing man like, with an orange and a
sprig of rosemary on his head"
Oranges or nutmeg, gilded and dec
grated apples, were frequent gifts in
terchanged among the poorer people;
and ladies of fashion delighted in pins,
invented about the Sixteenth century,
to take the place of the clumsy wood
en- skewers used before to fasten up
the kirtles and hold down their stoIn-
achers Here we have the origin of
our own pin money"-a gift of money
given in place of pins.
Gloves were another fashionable
gift, and so were books, of sort-in
1904. Prince Henry, then ten years
old, sent his father, James |, short
poem. The precOcious princeling wrote
it in hexameter Latin verse.
Over England and Scotland, In the
villages of the plains and the high
lands, superstitions dating back to the
days when the beacon-fires of the
Druids lighted the death of the old
year, still exists, according to students
of folk-customs. 1t is considered un-
lucky to wear old clothes on the New
Year; bad luck falls on a house If
anyone goes out before some one has
entered If the first comer-"firSt-
foot" as they call it colloquially-be
a man, good luck will bless the house;
if woman or a fair-haired man, the
luck is evil. So widespread is this be-
lief that in many villages the dark
haired men of the community make
it a regular business to GO from house
to house to take the New Year in"
In Herefordshire. at midnight. the
girls rush to the spring. The one who
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home on shutter after a long hour.
He was breathing better. Norman
thought.
LEFT thigh is fractured and his
right shoulder blade" Doctor Nc
Carthy said. There's a bad concus-
siCl -. bump on the head. that
is. | need some hot water"
as he like to pull out?" asked Nor
man.
"Oh, yes, reckon so. Pretty tough
wood, you fishermen. Can't kill you
off. No way except drowning" He
arranged the hot stones in the bed.
"Of course, wouldn't say he'll be
around tomorrow. Stay in bed all
fall and winter, suspect. Won't ever
work again"
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CHAPTER I-Continued

Young Baker put down mis- two pill.
fered bundles carefully in the grass.
Both boys circled once. Eddie struck
first. Norman replied. toe high. Eddie
hit again His hard swift fists caught
Norman in the teeth. Ii was one.
sided combat after that though Nor
man tried desperately not 70 let Il be
so. Blood ran from his nose into his
painting mouth. He dropped TO his
knees and Baker kicked him twice.
The victor returned to the roadside
spit diSdainfully into the dust and
once more began to examine his to-
bacco box.
III do il again." he warned. "afOre
the girls next time, if you dare
squealI" he tucked the bundles un.
der his arm. Hear me? Just go tell
teacher. dare you! Double dare
your
Again he spit disdainfully. He
turned his back as if this controversy
had scarcely been worth his while,
and whistling through his teeth, moved
by wide detour toward the town.
Norman's mead ached. His eyes were
swelling. His throat burned His
lungs strained, his heart thrashed in
his thin chest. Miserable and i'll at
ease. he watched Baker disappear into
the woods north of Madrid Bay.
II did not occur TO him to return to
the village and tell the story juve-
nile shame restrained him. He had
taken his beating. That was bad
enough without having anyone else
know it. lrrelevantly his mind re-
turned to Julie Richaud. What would
she think of him now? He arrived
home late for supper. and said nothing
of the afternoon affairs.
he never mentioned Eddie Bakers
thievery TO anyone. But he began TO
play less and less with Baker about
the school yard. An enmity grew be-
tween them, born of a guilty secret
which both boys had reason TO keep.
Baker had 'gOne partners" with his
stepfather when he was eighteen. He
labOred with stout endurance in their
leaking smelly boat. Norman saw him
often, perhaps an average of once
a day through the year. They spoke
to each other with. an air of casual
disinterest But it seemed to Norman
that Ed he had OutgrOwn the
name of Eddie was showing
a certain bravado in his presence of
late
Norman envied him his assurance.
1t was so much like his own fathers.
Once or twice he tried 70 speak TO
Julie, thinking that she might under
stand. but he never got farther than
a word or two.
he could talk TO Julie, though. about
most things. She'd listen. She wasn't
so set oD his agreeing with her as the
rest of the world. He rose briskly
from the roadside and stretched his
legs. Yes, he'd talk TO Julie. Not till
this minute had he known where he
wanted TO go this afternoon Ii was
the Richards whom he needed to see.
Ii was because he was thinking IN
consciously of Julie that he had
climbed this hill in the first place,
because of her that he remembered the
old fight with Eddie Baker. OF course
He'd 60 TO the Richards.
he stepped out rapidly through the
woods to the shore of little Ottowa
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that Gustaf Erickson took his first
cautious step. He had wasted during
the winter. He coughed necessarily.
snarled, did not reply when spoken to,
but sat moodiIy for hours, staring
thirstily at the lake. swearing black
oaths if anyone disturbed him.
Each day, at length every hour of
each day, he talked of the new fishing
season. He found ecstatic delight in
grumbling to Norman of work to be
done upon the boat. of nets TO be re-
paired lines to be spliced, of the thou
sand small tasks that usher in spring
labor on the fishing coast. Norman
himself became taciturn. Arter all.
what difference did anything make!
He had tied his mind into knots try
ing to think out his problems. He
was going TO fish, was he? Well, all
right. He'd fish.
On the first day of May. Gustaf
walked down the planks to the fish
shanties and leaned on a cedar stick
while he discovered mean chores for
streaming with sweat. He objected to
none of them. They were only hard
work, scraping ribs, daubing on tar,
patching, painting. He could see that
it was a good boat; a wet one. but
it had good panks and good engine.
He overhauled it thoroughly in the i'm
pulse of despair, laboring till his back
ached.
"Next week." Gustaf croaked daily.
about next week we'll set them nets.
I'll make man out'n your
Ed Baker, whose shack huddled
next to old Gustaf's, stopped often
in the Erickson doorway on his way
to and from town. He had little tc
say to Norman. Always frosty re-
straint kept the two apart. Neither
could forget the day upon the road
when they were boys. when young Ed
revealed himself thief and Norman
took his thrashing. But the flat-faced,
thick-shouIdered Baker talked inter
minably with Gustaf. A young fisher
man could learn many worthwhile de-
tails of his trade from the elder Erick
son.
There's neat lad" Gustaf would
say when Baker had gone. "If you
had some of his stuff in you :"
Then one morning 1t was
the last week in May Gus
tat said: go crank the engine. We
set nets today"
Norman glanced at the calm lake.
then at his fathers wasted figure.
Gustaf's hands trembled over the line
he was untangling. He had refused
his breakfast that morning. had stag
gered as he walked down the wharf.
"We best wait till tomorrow" Nor
man said.
"Wait?'
"You watt Norman amended. "Tll
go today. Nelson can show me how
to set these :"
ITO RE NONrINIrED.
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act more naturally than on formal
occasions.
Fond mammas told their unwed
daughters that among so many
charming and eligible young men
they must surely find one on whom
they could bestow their affections.
Ii must be noted, however, that the
ers. No matter how informal these
New Years day calls were, it was
a gross breach of propriety for
young man to stay more than ten
minutes.-New York Times.
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Making "Whoopee"

In New Orleans, 80 years ago, be-
fore the days of country clubs and
prohibition, New Years day was a
great time for visiting. Groups of
rOistering young blades. in their best
fawn trousers and violet gloves, piled
into victorias and made the rounds of
their friends houses. BY the last visit,
if the young visitors were popular,
many were as gloriously drunk as the
proverbial lord or British naval officer
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New Years Day Calls

New Years day was gala occa-
sion in the lives of the New York
city bellies Of former times. Each
expected her men friends TO accept
her hospitality on New Years day.
On that day barriers were lowered
bit and the strict social form was
relaxed to the extent that the men
did not need special invitations or
formal intrOductiOnS, and the young
ladies could talk more openly and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-12-28
CHAPTER ii
A Hard Skipper

Winter whipped down early on the
upper lakes and Gustaf Erickson still
stayed abed. His grim spirit took OH
harsher irritability the longer he lay
an invalid. He buIlied Norman and
his shipmate Nelson. screamed out the
old. bitter, forgotten abuse with which
be once had driven his schooner crews.
Norman was clumsy nurse. He I'M
derstood dimly the anguish Gustaf
suffered II was unbetitting that man
of his frame should lie abed. The
kind of religion that Gustaf esteemed
made provision for self-respecting
seaman to die aflOat
1t was not until April, with the ice
kicking 20 pieces on the shore and hun
CRY gulls sailing over the fishing town,
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U !: !: !; !: !:
n SINH holding watch parties"
E@A1JESa al which farewellS are
Is i SH said to the old year and
n ~ the new year is welcomed
GDV Ii in still survives and in al
HxEaEzS most any city or town in
l the land you are pretty
sure to hear whistles being blown and
bells rung Immediately after the
stroke of II on the night of December
81. In the large cities cafes, restau-
rants, hotels and night clubs are still
the centers of New Years eve cele-
brationS, and great crowds of merry
makers still thrOng the streets, al
though the Eighteenth amendment has
curbed some OF the hilarity which used
to characterize the celebrations. But
most of the old customs, associated
with New Years day itself, have al
most passed out of existence. Among
them is the ceremony of paying New
Years calls" About the only relic of
this ancient rite in this country is the
annual reception at the White House,
where thousands stand in line, no mat
ter what the weather may be, in order
to get a chance to shake the hands of
the President and the First Lady of
the Land.
In considering the various ways in
which the custom of welcoming the
new year has been observed through
the centuries, it is interesting to note
that New Years day was not always
celebrated on January 1. The peoples
of the ancient world, the Egyptians,
PhOenicians and Persians, and those
of the Far East celebrated the COM
mencement of the year either in the
fall, when harvests were in for the
season, or in the spring, when new life
was pushing upward in every blade of
grass and every budding almond tree.
Even among medieval Christians, the
first day of the year generally CORE
sponded with the spring equinox.
March q.
1t was julius Caesar in the Roman
empire who decided that January /
should be the opening show of the
new year; and in England, William
the ConquerOr picked out the same
day because it happened to coincide
with the date of his coronation. Eng
land returned to March % for few
centuries. 1t was in 1882, at the
adoption of the Gregorian calendar,
that January l became the accepted
New Years day of all Catholic coun
tries. Germany, Denmark and Swed-
en- followed suit in 100, England in
1751.
julius Caesar having made January
] general holiday, the populace went
into the thing in true Latin fashion.
They made sacrifices to Janus, two
faced god of the new year, looking
backward and into the future; they
paid visits, they feasted, masqueraded,
and gave gifts. Magistrates entering
office were given congratulatory pres
ents; and the emperor himself
graciously permitted each of his sub
jects to make him present of a
pound of gold. These quasi-presents
were known as "Strenae," a term
which gradually included all New
Years gifts and is reflected in France
of today, where New Years is known
as ''le jour d'etrennes." The origin
of the term is connected with the
legendary King Tatius, to whom