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Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29
GIRLS RESERVES GIVE
FINE ENTERTAINMENT
rc,n,issrd from frst passl

mons az three children on the sea-
shore was encored. How do you
like to go up in a SwingT was a
nrettv little dance and song featur-
ING the smaller children, and then
two girls. Maria Varney and Ellen
Sinnle. dancing together in the
woods. were particularly graceful.
cunning little rose seed, Media
Tronea. surrounded by a number of
little girls in brown capes repre-
senting the earth, broke through
after she had admitted the rain,
Dorothy Pierce, and the sunshine,
lean Mulholland, who danced ana
sang prettily. A group OF children
were blowing bubbles when sud
denly they burst, and Summer, MISS
Bess Elliott. made them forget their
loss by dancing for them. inc
children followed with scarf
dance. Then there was beautllul
rainbow. one of the prettiest num-
bers being the may-pole dance WIN
yari-coIored streamers. AT the
end of the day" the small chlIuten
put their dolls to bed while sInSlnsi
a lullaby. There was afterward an
impressive candle-light ceremony
by the Girl Reserves.
Miss Edna Barker and Mrs. Davis
Grier were accompanies, and MIS-
Clvde Nelson was violinist. The
other children, not mentioned be-
fore. who took part, were Minerva
Burns. Leona FoOks, Sara Fooks'
Elizabeth Hammond, Florence Har-
rington, Jane Harrington, Georgl-
anna Macklin, Sarah Nutter, Cornell
ia Pierce, Charlotte Ryder, Margaret
Salevan, June Sappington, Vivian
Shute. Lydia Bell Toadvine, Ann
Townsend, Mary Jane Varney, JOS
ephine NAPLES. ,
The Girl Reserves were: Edlth
Affeld. Ethel Austin, Margaret Beck,
Elizabeth Bennett, Marguerite Ben
nett. Elinor Bunstein, Marie Cal
houn, Katherine Davis, Olive DAVIS
Florence Farrow, Elizabeth Gordy'
Jessie Grove, Agnes Higman, Ruth
Kitchens, Elizabeth James, Minerva
Layton, Janette ManlOve, Annette
Mettam, Kathryn Morrison, Ruth
Peet, Sarah Prettyman, Marion
Robinson, May Russell, Mary Sharp
Gertrude Shew, Eleanor Simpson,
Eunice Smith, Hilda Sockrlder,
Gladys Thistlewood, Elizabeth Var
ney, Jean Varney and Kathryne
Vinyard.
Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29
THE BYPASS ROAD
is NOW IN STYLE
Regional Planners To Lessen Con-
gestiOn By Carefully ROut-
ing Traffic
By E. E. DUFFY

By E. E. DUFFY
Wandering COWS no longer deter
mine courses for highways. To-
day, city streets and rural roads
near pOpulous centers are usually
located by regional planning ex-
perts who forestall regret with
study. One of the greatest offerings
of planning commissions to the
congestion-worried motorist is the
bypass.
By-passes are simply city-avoid-
ing rOadways. In the early days Of
this modern highway building era,
it was the avowed purpose of high
way associations to place as many
big towns and cities as possible on
the route, and these routes passed
directly through the so-called for
tunate cities The thought on this
has changed.
Forcing traffic through cities or
towns is no longer held advisable,
for the profit accruing to the larger
city is of doubtful volume, and the
attendant traffic congestion and dis
comfort doubtless make it uneco-
nomical. The motorist in a hurry,
too, is deserving of consideration.
Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29
Rehoboth Beach

The management of the Hotel
Henlopen is providing special at
fractions over the Fourth. Begin
ming with tomorrow and continuing
over July 4th, a number of profess
sional entertainers will provide en-
tertainment for the guests and those
who visit the dance pavilion con-
nected with that hostelry. Mad
den's Orchestra has been secured
for the summer season, and the
dancing hall has been newly decor
ated and made more attractive to
the public.
Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29
OPEN 3 CONTRACTS
FOR HIGHWAY WORK
[C0ntinned from first baael

D. E. o'Connell and Sons, Phila-
delphia, $SO,S69.
After the opening of the bids a
delegation headed by Deputy-Attor-
ney-General Earl d. Wiley, living
on the Bay Road from Dover, ap-
peared, petitioning for the construc-
tion of the road.
A. B. Magee, representing some
of the owners of lands on the route
also made a statement to the effect
that some of his clients had agreed
to a 6O-foot right of way, but hesi-
tated about 1O0-foot right of way.
The commission gave assurances
that they would consider the petit
tion. Another delegation appeared
before the commission asking for
the pavement of the road through
Odessa.
Another delegation appeared in
behalf of the road from Frederica
to Laws Church, which road has
been held up because some of the
owners would not give the required
right of way.
In McKinley's day the emblem of
Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29
Bridgeviue

Miss Anna Layton and friend, of
Wilmington, are spending a few
days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James Layton.
Leon Layton and friend, of Ches-
ter, Pa, spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Layton.
Miss Gladys Elliott, of Laurel, is
spending several days here with Mr..
and Mrs. o. T. Warrington.
Misses Sara and Efie Hastings,
of Laurel, are visiting friends and
relatives here.
Mrs. Charles S. Calhoon, of
Georgetown, who has been spending
several days with her son, Luther
Calhoon, has returned home.
Miss Elizabeth Wiley entertained
over the weekend her friend, Mr..
Jefferson Ashe, of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Mofitt, of
Porter, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brown.
Mrs. John NJ Russell is spending
several days in Wilmington and
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Luther Calhoon spent Satur-
day last in Wilmington visiting
friends.
The Bridgeville Firemen's Carni-
val which started last Thursday
evening, is drawing quite a crowd
from surrounding towns.
Robert Calhoon, State marble
champion, is spending a week in At
lantic City, N. j., at the Chalfonte
Haddon Hall Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Warrington
and daughter spent Sunday with
relatives in Laurel.
Norris Ewell, who has been Wis
iting his grandparents here. has re-
turned to his work in New York.
Mrs. Lyle Moulds, Mrs. Lee Gull
yer and Mrs. Stanley Tilghman
were the delegates from the Bridge
vile Tuesday Night Club to attend |
the Delaware State Federation of |
Women's Clubs, held at the Henlop-
en- Hotel at Rehoboth, last week.
Thomas AXE, who has been visit
ing relatives in Clayton, has re-
turned home.
The following members of the
class of the Bridgeville
High School will enter college in
the fall: Miss Eleanor Willin has
entered Beacon Business College,
Miss Margaret Nelson,
Miss Margaret Tull, Miss Ruby
Miss Frances Passwat-
ers, Women's College, University of
Delaware; Miss Edith Staples, Will
son College, Chambersburg, Pa;
Miss Elizabeth Conaway, Pratt's
Brooklyn, N. Y. {
William ]. Swain has returned
lone from Kansas City, where he &
ttended the Republican Convention. Z
lrs. S. Harrington Messick, who a
lso attended the convention, will
isit relatives in Michigan and 9TH t
r western points before returning I
ONE. Mr.. Swain and Mrs. Messick
yere named as delegates from this r
istrict. v
The following young people have
eturned from college to spend the Il
lmmer here: Miss Hattie Kline, t;
eaver College, Jenkintown, Pa;
-iss Margaret Dickerson, Newark;
)hn Thomas Vandenburg, Penn
tate College, Penn State, Pa;
awrence Cahall, Jefferson Hospit-
!, Philadelphia; Kathleen Wright,
andolph-Macon, Lynchburg, Va;
lanche Vandenburg, Sweet Briar, Dl
veet Briar, Va; Henry Cannon, l.
loate's School, Wallingford, Conn; "
Obert Layton, Princeton. Della
are University students-Miss May el
)llison, Ruth Nelson, Virginia
vain, Mable Culver, Morgan Allen,
rgil Street, Lawrence Elliott, and fr
iss Charlotte Layton, Miss Ill th
ans School, Philadelphia. II
Gilbert White spent the weekend al
FELTON, with friends and relatives. us
Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29

Babe Ruth says that no boy
should smoke until he is twenty
one. If the same rule were made
for girls it would be quite a hard
ship as no flapper passes the age of
twenty any more until she is at
least fifty.
Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29

The three creatures skinned to
provide the essentials of college
training are the coon, the sheep and
dad.
Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29

The wisest delegate is the one
who can soonest detect which of the
vehicles in the parade is the real
bandwagon.
Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29

Remember the good old days when
you could keep house without
can-opener, and file away all the
family portraits in the old album?
Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29

You may not need a prescription
to get liquor from the bootlegger
but you are pretty sure to need one
after you drink it.
Milford chronicle., 1928-06-29

In McKinley's day the emblem of
prosperity was the full dinner pail;
now it is the full gasoline tank.
Evening star., 1928-06-03

we'll Most Of the others speak only
German or Alsatian. When French is
spoken the court interpreter translates
the testimony into Alsatian. The IL
jurynen look like German villagers,
and they. too, speak Alsatian or German
! BY preference OF all the legal array,
Magistrate MaZoyer alone speaks only
French. And is this, you ask yourself,
| Is this the Alsace-Lorraine which tradi-
ton has painted as belonging soul as
we'll as body. 10 France?
The judge questions DR. Richlin about
the "malaise Alsacien. This is his
answer:
THE malaise began the first day
after the armistiee. We autonomists
demand solely the right to maintain.
in the body Of France, the qualities so
dear TO our race. such as our language
our religion, our laws An Alsatian
cannot be sincerely patriotic, for ne
does not know France sufficiently we'll
History shows that Alsace has too often
passed into foreign hands TO be able TO
attach herself 10 one nation"
Yet on another day / heard this
same autonomist leader fairly shout:
The return pure and simple and with
out condition, Of Alsace 70 France was
the greatest misfortune Of our country
Events have proved this. But no one in
AlSace~~listen carefully. gentiemen-no
one desires to separate AIsace from
France, We are French and We shall
femain 50"
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lsgalized her return But at heart she
was the same Aisace that had been
French before-French she was in some
respects, German she was in others, but
Alsatian she was in most.
With these events in mind II Is easier
TO understand the scenes In the court
room at Colmar Several hundred Al
sstians standing all day long behind
the line Of poilus with 18-inch bayonets
glistening from their rifles. A French
magistrate in scarlet robes; several
prosecuting attorneys In more scarlet
robes M Fashot, the chief. with er~
mine fringing the scarlet. Behind them
on the wall wooden crucifix and
feet below 1t the figurehead OF the
French republic mute symbol OF the
church's traditional place above the
state in Alsace-Lorraine.
TO the left the prisoners bench, con-
tanning Is bedraggied Germanic- looking
persons. Herr Docktor Richlin, for
merly OF the Reichstag and now OF the
Palats Bourbon. sits In the corner: his
head egg-shaped. close cropped as TO
hair A habby face and pudgy figure
He looks Ike fustered German school
teacher. Sometimes his voice Is too
soft. too dramatic. Further on, the
furtive-eyed Deputy-elect ROsse To his
right. ex-Abbe Joseph Fasshauer. with
piscatoTial eyes and mouth These the
leaders OF the autonomist plot in Alsace.
Or. Richdin speaks French--w!th a
German accent II is true but rather
Evening star., 1928-06-03
Famous Alexandria Church Be Rededcated as u S. Shr

George Warrington was worshipful
master This was II the year 1888, ana
IN succeeding years, for many years
thereafter. the anniversary Of St. John
the Evangelist was connemorated In
Masonic fashion in the old church.
II seems clear that George Washington
YVES an attendant a. various OF these
Masonic religious ceremonies.
The memorial sermons for the pub
lie. after the funeral Of George Wash
ington. we're delivered in the old PgeEby~
terrain Meeting House on December 20.
ITBs. These were t~o in number. One
was preached In the forenoon by the
Rev Thomas Davis. and IN the after
noon b. the Rev. James Muir. Dr.. Davis
vas the rector of Christ Church, and II
il thought tnat the memorial services
were held in the Presbyterian Meeting
House rather than Christ Church BE-
caUse of the fact that the Mssoas WIN
conducted the funeral Of Gen. Wash
iDgbon were largely members Of the
Presbyterian Meeting House congreaa-
slon. Also. 1t 10 q historic fact that the
tao Old churches were always on most
friendly and intimate terms, some u
he members q the two congregataonf
having pews In both cagrches
THE old Presbyterian Meeting Ho4st
has Deea called a Masonic Westminster
EDDey Under the pulpit II burAe6 tl1e
Do6y If the REV. JAMES Muir, cnapIs n
q th4 funeral io6ge which buried
George Washington and Revolutionary.
osy pastor Of the old Presbyterian Meet.
iag H3USe He died In 1920 and q me.
moral tablet In MS honor sss placed
On ts2c noTtD wall of the church
Ii the cn0FchyGFo are buried % fei.
Evening star., 1928-06-03

Marsteller. wife OF the only pallhearer
Of Gen. Washington who was not a
Mason, IL buried In the Presbyterian
Meeting House cnurchyard
DR. James Gillies, master OF Alexan-
Washington Lodge from December,
1913, 10 December. 1897. rests In the
old churchyard; also John Kincaid.
frat deputy grand master Of the Grand
Lodge Of the District Of Columbia. Be-
sides, there are numerous others Of the
officers OF the lodge Of Washington
whose mortal remains rest here
William Hunter. jr. founder Of the
St Andrews Scottish Society, lies here.
He also was famous Mason. being
junior deacon Of Alexandra Washing
ton Lodge In 1889. He was also mayor
Of Alexandria in those days.
DR.. James Crsik, one Of the most
colorful figures OF colonial and revo-
lu,ionary days, rests here He was born
near Dunnfries, Scotland, 1880. and
cnligrated 10 America In 1850. was Sur
geon in Washington's first command
and with him in the battle of Great
Meadows In 1854, and Ia every other
battle participated in by Washington
Evening star., 1928-06-03

a Supreme Being that planted re-
lig!ous liberty on our shores. that over
threw despotisn. that established a
peoples government. that wrote a Con-
stttution setting metes and bounds OF
delegated authority, that fixed a stand
ard OF value upon men above gold and
that lifted high the torch of civil l,5-
erty along the pathway Of mankind
In ourselves his soul exists as part
OF ours, his Memory's Mansion. 4"
Capt. Charles Mcknight, a noted
Revolutionary soldier and veteran of
the War Of 1912, rests nearby. He had
the honor OF commanding, in the War
Of 1912. the Alexandria Independent
Blues, the last body of troops which
were reviewed by Gen. Washington be-
fore his death.
Two OF the men Of his command.
who were killed in the battle of The
Whitehouse" in the War OF 1912. Robert
Allison and Samuel Bowen by name,
rest here in unmarked graves.
David ARIEL rests here. He was
commander Of Troop No. 2. from Alex
andria. in the War OF the Revolution.
Another Of the Revolutionary soldiers
who rests here. q Mr.. Allison. Is said
to have been an ancestor on the ma
ternal side of President william 3.
Mckinley.
John q. Vowel chairman OF the re-
cept!on committee to Lafayette when
he came back to America in 1894, rests
here.
THE furnishings in the old church are
unique. Some of the old pews dat
ing from l774 may still be seen. They
Evening star., 1928-06-03
eC Their
Spus fWar-Tn1 of aNm Demanded Freedom

from young members of the Heimat-
bund, four men and chief formed a
group. -Four groups formed a section
Of 20 four sections a century, with the
centuries of each region classified as a
corps and the commander In chief ap-
pointed by the president of the Heimat-
bund.
Such was the military order which
kindled the wrath Of French authnri-
ties and precipitated the secret services
investigation which brought IS agita-
tors before the French court on
charges Of plotting against the state.
6chaH testified that the SchutZtruppen
were only designed TO act "in case Of
French counter demand Is, why any
lear OF attack? What need is there for
secret military organizations within the
borders Of France?" 1t was because
these explanations did not seem to ring
true that French authorities we're in
censed.
THERE have been, during these
years Of Alsace returned to France
many problems faced. The industrial
question, the manner Of administration
whether by laws as Alsace had pre-
vtously known them or by French laws
the ever-present problem Of language
particularly IN the schools. And, final
~, the religious problem The acute
ness OF this latter problem may be
realized when one remembers that the
Catholics in Alsace-Lorraine outnun
ber the Protestants more than three
TO one.
Farminded Frenchmen admit that
France has committed errors in its
Evening star., 1928-06-03

thereafter on down TO Yorktown in the
Revolution. He was surgeon general Of
the Continental Army and director Of
the hospital at Yorktown. He min
istered 10 the dying British Gen. Brad
dock after the ambush at the field OF
the Monongahela. was AT the death
bed Of John CustiS-~Mrs. Washington s
sorI-~at Ethan. after Yorktown
dressed Lafayctte's wounds at Brandy
wine He ninistered TO George Wash
ington when he passed into the great
beyond, and closed the eyes Of Martha
his wife. in her last sleep. He was, per-
haps, the most intimate friend OF Gen.
Washington, who refers 10 him as my
old and intimate friend. DR.. Craik."
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HERE also Is the grave OF John
Carlyle. builder OF the famous
Carlyle House IN Alexandria and OF
Christ Church, in part. He was one OF
the most famous citizens Of colonial
America.
John Carlyle was the quartermaster
general Of the iil-fated Braddock In the
French and Indian Wars in 1854. His
house. built In 1852, served as Brad
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)ssed Between France and Germany, Storm Center

governing Of the returned Alsace, just
as the Alsatians have in certain cases
asked for too much and, perhaps, been
too little grateful for concessions made.
Certainly the aggressive type Of French
functionnaire, in his small govern
mental position, Is not always as tact
ful or c0nsiderate as he might be: least
Of all. where a foreign language IS con-
cerned. These sore spots OF adrninistra-
ton and the French demand for Gen.
tralized government. as opposed 70 the
local legislative powers granted Alsace
under Germany. have given much i'm
petus TO the autonon1ist movement.
On the French side, however, there
Is one great advantage. Alsace~ today
is economically new country compared
to before the war. Its industry Ia
thriving as never before. It's mines
have doubled or tripled in production.
Strassburg as a port never handled
1000 900 tons yearly under Germany.
whereas II now handles more than
1000 900 tons. The city Of Strassbur2
under France. has become the great
commercial center Of the eastern from
tier. Therefore, however discon,erted
the Aisati2na may become !inguisticaIiy
and religiousiy, they are gripped By
still another paradox What Germany.
the nation Of commercial genius. never
gave them in so years-prospfrfty-
France has brought 10 them in 10 years.
The fame of autonomism, the love
for their own Gernanic language and
their own religious institutions. the
tenacious affection for administration
Of their own affairs (home rule In so
far as 1t can be made WORKABLE
these things are implanted deeply in
the Alsatian's heart Alsace-Lorraine
is German In language, in relation in
emperament-and vet the ma iority Of
her people pledge their allegiance TO
France!
In the face OF this paradox. is Aisace
French? Not today; nor tomorrow, for
a var may change boundaries. but IL
cannot change with the same slash Of a
sword the minds and hearts Of the
people. The children of the Alsatiang
today are taught French in all public
schools. where once they we're taught
German. But AZ home and IN the
church 1t is German or Alsatian dialect
that they speak Perhaps when these
children's children grow up Alsace will
De French. But it is nlore likely that
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Nation Has Joined With City Providing for Restoration
of Structure Which Was Factor Lives of Many Figures
Early History of the Country.

low Masona of Gen. Washington, and
many of these famous Masong we're
members Of the funeral lodge which
conducted the funeral Of George Wash
ington.
Notable among these were Col. Dennis
Ramsay, one Of Ws8hington's pail
bearers. who was also the mayor Of
Alexandria In 1889. and In his official
capacity a. that time made the fare
veil addresE 10 Washington on behalf
of his fellow citizens when he left
Alexandria 70 assume the presidency Of
the United States
Col Little another of Washington Is
pallbearers, vas a member Of the old
church, although ne Ia MT buried in
the cnurcnyaFd. Col. DeneaIe, COM
nander o! the l0Stn Virginia Militia,
which Was the military escort al Wash
ineton's funeral and who was master
of Alexandria Washington Lodge, No.
%. for period ri IL years shortly
after Gen. Washingt0n's death, was
married In the old Presbyterian Meet
ing House. George Wise, another pail
bearer, VAS also member OF the old
cpnrch's congregation. Mrs Philip
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docks headquarters. and from thence
on housed conclaves Of epoch-making
Importance in American history Rob-
ert Creighton, another OF the colonial
soldiers Of Braddock's force, rests near
by.
Buried In the old Presbyterian Meet
ing House churchyard are scores of
Revolutionary soldiers of distinction
Not least among those Is the Unknown
Soldier OF the Revolution" whose grave
was marked on February %, 1923. by
the American Legion Post in .Alexan-
dria. aided by committees from the
Descendants OF the Signers of the
Declaration OF independence. the Sons
Of the Revolution. the Daughters of
the American Revolution. the Colonial
Danes and other patriotic societies
The beautiful inscription on the marker
on the Unknown's grave was written by
William Tyler Page. clerk of the House
of Representatives and author Of THE
Americans Creed" 1t reads as follows.
Here lies a soldier hero Of the ReYo-
luton whose identity is known but to
God
"His was an idealism that recognized
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tically an enemy couNkry.' This, In
spite Of the fact that 85 per cent OF its
people were then estimated 10 speak
German as their mother tongue.
The war compelled Berlin 10 grant
more liberties 70 church and state
in Alsace. Decentralized administration
had TO be tolerated 70 keep the Asa
tians In line. Finally. in the Fall Of
l9l3-with defeat but few days away
the German government was willing TO
promise Alsace complete autonomy.
But it was then too late. AIsace' s
people had become convinced that they
did not want autonomy under Germany.
They would seek 1t under France in
stead Was there more than casual
significance that at this time there was
talk among ALsatian leaders Of sending
delegate 10 Paris 10 express the
fidelity Of ''the republic Of AIsace-Lor-
raine"?
It was at this moment that the Pres
ident Of the French republic. NJ. Poin-
care. pronounced the famous words from
the Hotel de Vile ir, Strassburg. The
plebiScite Is accomplished" And Al
sace, with this speech. came back 10
France long before the Versailles treaty