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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-06

ing, Lucille McCord, Nell Fields, Cor
della Frances Adams, Fern Fisher,
Clara Cliff, Gertie Whitehurst, Ada
We Williams, Margaret Sheffield and
Lucille Hamburger:
Mrs. W.. r.. Symonds entertained
the Thursday Bridge club last week.
Mrs. Carl Noeller received the prize
and Mrs. Dick Grey and Mrs. Buck
were the guests.
The Study club held its meeting
with Mrs. r. +. Hucson Tuesday
afternoon. The following were on
the program: Reading, Mrs. Miller
Armstrong; talk BY Mrs. +. +. Hud-
son, paper, and reading On, Texas
Wild Flower art contest BY Mrs.
Monte Walker. Mrs. .. O. Stolz will
be hostess to the club May Is when
they will study about Texas cities.
The North Side school gave a
pretty May fete entitled THE Fairy
Garden" on the lawn of their
school Tuesday evening This was
under the direction Of Miss Jean
Smith, music teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hough enter
tanned n number of their friends nj
games Sunday evening. Those pres
ent were Messrs and Hesdames Lynn
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DONNA

DR.. and Mrs. n. 0. Gerald have as
their guests. Mr.. and Mrs. John Ger
aid Of Seattle, Wash. The two FAM
lilies have just returned from a ten
days visit with relatives in Baton
Rouge, La.
Mrs. Orville Graham Is assisting
in the telephone office this week.
relieving Miss Gladys Averyt who
is having a vacation.
Mrs. j. W. Pierson and son, Gee.
left Donna Monday for a trip over
land to Bolton whore they expect "a
visit Miss Lorene Pierson who Is At.
tending Baylor college there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lonnie Matlock were
weekend visitors TO Point Isabel and
Padre Island.
Mrs. s. Greer is returning this
week to her home in Golzales after
a two months visit with her daugh-
ters. Mesdames August ard Fred
Speickermann. o. o. and Elma r.
Vickers and Mrs. Knox Kaeding. In
cidentally. Mrs. Greer had the plea
sure Of welcoming two Frand-daugh-
tiers during her visit. baby girls re-
Gently born to Mrs. August Speick.
ermsnn and Mrs. Knox Kaeding.
Dick and Dorothy Jamerson and
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Ell JARDIN
MRS. HARPER ENTERTAINs

MRS. HARPER ENTERTA1NS
Mrs. A. f. Harper was hostess
Thursday to the FL Jardin Bridge
club with three tables of players.
Mrs. Louis Greer won the club prize
and Mrs. Aubrey Perkins guest prize.
Refreshments Of chicken sandwiches,
fruit salad. cake and hot chocolate
were served.
Guests Of the club were Mesdames
Frank Fisher and Aubrey Perkins.
Next meeting will be at the home
of Mrs. Nathan Moore.
The teachers and officers of the
FL Jardin Sunday school met Tues
day evening at the home of Nh. and
Mrs. c. L. Hunter. The meeting was
opened with prayer by Supt. kidder.
After the business session a social
hour was enjoyed with refreshments.
The next meeting will be held at
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Shuler.
The FL Jardin Friendly club met
Wednesday at the home Of Mrs.
Biggs. Two contests were enjoyed
with Mrs. Earl Hunter winner of both
first prizes, each being crystal flower
vases. Mrs. @. L. Hunter and Mrs.
Dan Keller won second place.
Refreshments of chicken salad,
saltines, individual angel food cakes,
and strawberry ice cream were serv-
ed.
The next meeting will be May
16, al the home OF Mrs. John Martin.
.
Mrs. J. II. Davis and Miss Hazel
will leave soon for points in the
North.
WEEKS CALENDAR
FL Jardin Service club meets We'd
nesday at the home Of Mrs. A. f.
Harper.
FL Jardin PIT. A. meets Friday,
$3.50. at the auditorium.
Monday at s p. H.. the senior high
school play. "Bashful Mr.. Bobbs."
will be given at the Los Fresnos
high school auditorium.
Thursday evening at s o'clock,
grade school exercises.
Friday evening. s o'clock. COM
mencement exercises.
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WESLACO
BRIDGE LUNCHEON


Mesdames David 7. Kirgan. Phil
Dixon, John Richardson and v. G.
thompson were hostesses al a bridge
luncheon at the Casa De Palmas Tea
Room az McAllen Saturday after
noon. Those from Neslaco were:
Mesdames Z. W. Bennett. r. ID. Mack
Intosh, Neil Cummins. Martin Gull
lem, Ryan, Manley, Pepper, London,
Henry, B. s. Graham, ]. Erwin, II. III.
Rowland. Thomas Lowe. Lester
Skaggs, II. +. Richardson, i. f. Mar
tin, Oneal, Ed Williams, Monk Will
son, I. W. Glass. Lewis Yates. j. L.
Compere. Jr. Robt. Reeves, w. II.
Powell, Carl Moeller, n. ". Stewart.
E. A. Sheriff., Porter Davis, Town
send. Frank Waters. W. Carrothers.
E. p. Clark, Randall Symonds.
Harry %Stebbins. Wave Stebbins. q. /.
Haven, Miller Armstrong, Geo. Brad
ford, John Bennett. r. @. Mcconnell.
Francis, Ben Sanders, r. II. @. Cook.
Gilbert Ramsey. III. n. Mills. j.. G.
Friday. n. r. Rives, ID. w. Iford, j.
Knapp, j.. Sidener. ". r. Meyers,
~. l.. Downs, III. L. Lehman, r. v.
Lehman, Mr.. McAskill. w. s. Ray.
w. III. Baxter. Sr.. p p. Doss, q.
Solether. and w. II. Miller. Also the
Misses Jean Smith. Odem, Franks.
Horton, Mary Keeling, Barbara Keel.
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A large group Of local P~resbyte-
rian church members and their
guests assembled Friday afternoon
On the banks of Lake Olmito. One
81 the main features was a baseball
game between the mems and boys
Sunday school class who held a tied
core at the time the picnic supper
vas announced-the game was
sever completed.
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came here Thursday, Is q guest in the
Z. II. Parker home. She came here
from Corpus Christi where she at
tended an annual Episcopal confer
ence as a delegate from St. Stephens
auxiliary of Goliad. She will be here
several weeks.
Miss Mary Barbour left this week
end for her home in Austin and was
accompanied as far as Robstown by
her sister, Lizzie, who was also
here. Miss Lizzie Barbour, who is
assistant director of vocational edu-
cation in the state department at
Austin, spent two weeks visiting Val
lev schools and another week with
her sister. visiting friends and rela-
tives in Brownsville.
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GIRL RESERVES ELECT

Final meeting Of the year Of the
Brownsville Girl Reserves was held
this week at the school building
where they elected officers who will
be installed in September at the
opening Of school.
Bernice Many, president, presided
al the time these officers we're elect
ed: Elizabeth Rowe, president; Nancy
Stringfellow, vice president; Mary
Margaret Rowe, secretary; Pauline
Lane, treasurer.
Following the election the presi-
dent-elect, the president and advisor,
Mrs. Del Perkins, agreed on the fol-
lowing committee chairmen: Nancy
Stringfellow, membership; Cherille
Debardeleben, program; Sarah Sha-
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Here are hats expressly designed to en-
phasize the chicness of your travelling
costume, of your tennis or golf togs. prac-
teal, pretty hats, in clever style effects and
striking color combinations.
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rietta Signor. II. G. H. Weinert, 7. J..
zoe, r. II. Williams, and May Brut-
sche.
WARD SCHOOL PROGRAM
"The Maid of the Golden Slipper"
a charming operetta with colOrful
costumes and fancy stage settings,
will be given at the high school audi
forum Thursday evening at s o'clock
by the pupils Of the First Ward
school. The story IL based on the old
fairy story Of Cinderella with Mary
Frances Seago taking the leading
role. Miss Elizabeth Powell, mem
Der OF the faculty, and Mrs. Wiley
Truss, director OF public school music,
are in charge OF rehearsals.
Tuesday afternoon on the lawn OF
the West Brownsville school the story
Of william Tell will be acted out By
pupils Of that school dressed in cos
tunes. Representative dress, songs,
and dances Of different nations will
be another feature or the program.
Mrs. }. A. Russell IS principal Of the
school.
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Several or the group went swim
ming in the lake and others played
games.
LEAGUE PARTY
Miss Stelia ohanks was hostess at
home in FL Jardin to an Epworth
league party Friday evening. Old
fashioned games were featured on
the progrma. The guest list in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Il. @. Bryson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Lockard, Mr..
and Mrs. Cliff Habenicht, Misses
Kate Dudley, Dema Shanks, Donna
Lindsay, Fora Shanks, Matte Col
Her, Virgie Russell and George
Lockard, Wallace Harding, William
Brown, Jr., James Ricinger, Arthur
Shanks.
The hostess served ice cream and
cake.
Mrs. d. P. Gay, Jr., is planning
to 20 to Houston the first of the
week to spend about two weeks Wis
iting her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Z. Smith.
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SIXTH BIRTHDAY OBSERVED

The sixth birthday OF Evelyn Hays
was celebrated Friday afternoon
when twenty-four Of her little
friends assembled at the home Of
the honor guests parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hayden Hays, Clio West Levee
street. Contests and games were
played with +. W. Sayers Of Har-
lingen winning the prize. A pinata
bag was broken which contained a
lavish assortment Of candy, fruits
and nuts.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
STAR-GAZED AS
GIRL In DOVER
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Years later, when Miss Cannon
went to Harvard observatory, then
+ one Of the few places admitting wo-
men astronomers, she turned a
trained talent for household manage
ment into an aptness for high as
tronomic precision.
She took what was then a side
line in astronomy, study of the pho
tographs of star spectra, and with
its aid produced universal astron-
Omical utility, a monumental cata-
log of nine volumes, classifying
nearly a quarter of a million stars
into 40 different divisions, according
to the abundance of hydrogen, he'll
ium or other gases in the stellar at
mospheres. She lists the positions
and the magnitudes, which are de-
grees of brightnessl Only about 5000
stars are bright enough to be visible
to the naked eye.
The spectra are tiny, narrow, rib
bon-shaped images on glass photo
graphic plates. The lines in these
images, examined under a micro
scope, reveal the stars composition,
which is fundamental fact in mod
ern astronomy.
The catalog represents, in time
and resources, an investment of
quarter of a million dollars-an in
dustry greater than many a business
woman handles. Preparation and
of the first nine vol
umes of the catalog required 19
years of work. They were issued in
1924.
Miss Cannon has received various
scientific distinctions and numerous
degrees. Oxford university,
England, made her a doctor of sci
,nce, which was the first time that
Institution had conferred this honor
lpon a woman. She is a graduate
# Wellesley, and member Of nu-
nerous clubs and scientific organi-
ations.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
NEW CENTURY CLUB

The regular meeting of the Mil
ford New Century Club was called
to order Monday, November 10, by
the president, Mrs. Elizabeth Riggs.
Salute to flag.
Minutes read and approved.
Communications also read.
New members voted on.
Business meeting adjourned and
the meeting was turned over to Mrs.
Thomas Davis, chairman for music
day
Mrs. Davis introduced Mrs. Martin
B. Lewis and Mrs. Cristy Pryor of
Wilmington who gave a most de-
lightful program of music.
Adjournment.
Next Monday, November 26, Mrs.
Beacon, our State President, will be
with us and give talk on "Jerusal-
en-" All members are urged to be
present. Meeting will start promptly
at 2:30 o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH new PASTOR
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home. Closer cooperation among
the local churches was one result
and he has been president of the
ministerial association for three and
One-half years. He is recognized
as one of the most fluent speakers
who ever occupied a Hillsboro pull
pit. His sermons are interesting
and inspiring. The congregation
realizes that it will be extremely
difficult to find minister who can
deliver sermons Sunday after Sun
day of the high standard he has
given here. Mrs. Eells, too, has
been tireless worker in the affairs
of the church and community. She
is constantly visiting the sick and
the shut7ins, and has done an i'm
mense amount of philanthropic
work in her unassuming manner"
The Milford Presbyterian Church
is to be congratulated on securing
DR.. and Mrs. Eells for their work
here. They have been without
regular pastor for year, since the
passing on to the Church Universal
Of Mr.. Bunstein, and the congrega-
lion welcomes the coming of these |
leaders in christian work and are
eager to begin again the work that J
was interrupted by what they con-
'idered their irreparable loss.
The new minister will be installed
is soon as the necessary arrange
nents can be made, and announce
nent of this important event will
be made next week.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23

Mrs. George w. Marshall was
among those from Milford who at
tended a tea given by Mrs. Walter
Morris at Dover on Thursday after
noon.
The Saturday Night Bridge Club,
entertained last week by Mrs. S. c..
Evans, enjoyed a most delightful
dinner party, with two extra guests
present, Miss Bess Emerson of
Frederick, who was visiting Mrs.
Evans at the time, and Miss Virginia
Mccoy.
Mrs. Robert Hall was hostess to
the 1920" Bridge Club on Monday
night.
The Tuesday Afternoon Bridge
Club met with Mrs. G. Marshall
Mrs. Anna V. Carlisle
being the one substitute.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
RUNTNIAGE SALE

The ladies of the Presbyterian
Mite Society will hold Rummage
Sale on Saturday, November "a, in
the Armory Hall. The sale will
start promptly at P. M. and con-
tinue until the stock of articles is
exhausted. Some very special bar
gains are to be featured, so all
wishing to purchase should come
early.
All members and friends of the
church wishing to contribute cloth
ing or household articles to the
sale will please leave their bundles
in the Vestibule of the church today
or tomorrow morning or bring them
to the Armory Hall during the sale.
Articles such as secondhand pi-
amos, cook stoves, etc., which are
too heavy for the donors to carry
will be called for if the committee
on transportation be notified.
For further particulars see or
call Mrs. Wilson M. Vineyard, phone
127.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
DEL-MAR-VA DIRECTORS
TO MEET NEXT WEEK
CCoatiHpsd from first bags1

cials, on a sound and result-getting
basis. Hundreds of bonatide inquir-
les are being received from the
present advertising schedule and
numerous instances where newcom-
ers have definitely located are on
record.
While no definite announcement
is made at Association headquarters
relative to the scope of work to be
carried out during 1929 and 1880, it
is generally understood that the ad-
vertising program will be materially
enlarged; that the Traffic G Trans
portation Department will continue
its active operations, and that a
plan for the purpose of producing
direct benefit to the agricultural in
terests of the Peninsula will be
launched.
The meeting will be combined
with a luncheon to be served
promptly at 1890 P. M. and to be
followed Immediately by a business
session scheduled so that it will be
by mid-afternoon and
permit all members coming from a
distance to return to their homes
Turing daylight.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
LEGION HOPES FOR
MORE MEMBERS
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from the National Adjutant, James
F. Barton, at National Headquarters
in Indianapolis"
Commander Matthews said, "This
department must come up to expec-
tations of headquarters in this move
ment of getting the membership
signed up for another year so that
more time can be devoted to work.
1t is an individual responsibility of
every legionaire to help keep this
movement going.
"The first major objective on The
legion program is to increase the
service to the disabled. Thousands of
war veterans, many of them in our
own communities, should be receiV-
ing the help that grateful govern
ment has decreed, they should in all
justice. Too much time elapses in
many cases. This is due chiefly to
the difficulty of connecting a mans
illness with his war service. AS
time increases this will be all the
more difficult. The legion has a
great, big job to do in this alone.
''The legion also demands speedier
justice for the needy child of the
veteran who gave his life, or his
health, in the service of his country. !
This has been declared to the leg
ions next duty.
Third, is the Americanism work,
community service, the junior base
ball program next summer and the
promotion of good citizenship
through education.
National defense is ever foremost
IN the legion's activities, and the
Universal draft bill that would take
profit out of war must be passed by,
Congress.
"To do these things, the legion
must maintain in 1929 the member
hip roll of 1928. By renewing his
membership this early, the veteran
to this program. In doing
o he is serving his country in peace
ime with the same loyalty that he
ave in time of war. By not sub
he is shirking a RESPONSE
ility only himself can answer far, !
nd his friends will look upon him J
1 that way"
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
Autumn Activities

Little one-table bridges and in
formal parties seem to be taking the
place this fall of the larger bridge
parties so popular last year.
Mrs. G. Layton Grier has been
hostess to a series of delightful in
formal dinner parties, giving one on
Thursday and one Friday nights of
last week and Tuesday and Wednes-
day this week.
The members of a little sewing
club whose custom it is to meet
once a week before Christmas, were
entertained on Thursday night of
last week by Mrs. S. NJ. D. Marshall.
They were: Miss Elizabeth Carlisle,
Mrs. c. D. Holzmueller, Mrs. Mia
Morris, Miss Rachel Frame, Miss
Edith Simpson, Mrs w. R. Pierce,
Mrs. Stanley Deakyne and Mrs. 1. D.
Short.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
VAN ARNAlPS MINSTRELS

Worlds Champion Dancer Com
ing" when Van Arnam's minstrels
come to the New Plaza Theatre, Mil
ford, Thanksgiving Day, November
29th, for two performances: A matt
nee at 2:30 and night performance
at 8:15. You are going to see some
of the greatest dancing you have
ever looked at, but to go this one
better, Mr.. Van Arnam has secured
the services Of a Worlds Champion
Dancer" in the person of Jimmie
Leamy'' of Syracuse, New York, who,
while only in his seventeenth year
won the Keith Medal" for being the
best Charleston and Blackbottom"
dancer in the country.
If you like the EAST Charleston"
or "The Slow Black Bottom" come
to Van Arnam's Minstrels, and see
Jimmie Leamy" do them "And
How"
Van Arnam's Minstrels have the 4
same old common sense price SOC,
75c, $10O.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
TOBACCO GROWING IS
POSSIBLE In DELAWARE
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and the farmers had a crude meth
cd of curing it. Nearly every farm
er had a patch which yielded enough
for his use and a sufficient quantity
to supply neighbor who did not
happen to grow it. In those days no
attempt was made to produce it on a
scale sufficiently large to CONNER
cialize it. The growers did not have
the proper drying barns and cutting
machinery and furthermore they
knew nothing of the art of drying to-
baccO for the markets. Already some
of the farmers Of lower Delaware
grow small quantities of tobacco for
their use. Interest in it's production
for commercial purposes is gaining
ground
In the Northern section of Sussex
county, tobacco could be grown sue
cessfully and about 80 years ago two
brothers named Wyncoop produced
between Is and 20 acres on a farm
east of Milford. They knew tobacco
growing and equipped a large 5tor-
age house as a place to cure it.
Failure in one or two crops, coupled
with a limited amount of capital,
them and caused them
to abandon the product. The storage
house later was converted into a !
fruit evaporating factory and finally
was destroyed by fire.
Since that time no farmers in the
northern section of the county have
to produce a large acre
age.
It is believed that tobacco grow
ing would mean much to lower Del
aware farmers within the next few
years.
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
HIGHWAY WORKERS
HOSTS TO HEAD OF
ROAD DEPARTMENT
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| L60WAsNAG0 lfVAa lHSe EN8El
night our family gathers to pay
homage to c. D. Buck, who for the
past eight years has been our Chief.
Our admiration and respect for him
is not only shared by everyone in
Delaware, but by the engineering
profession throughout the country.
Under his leadership and guild
ance the department has functioned
so efficiently that our highway sys-
TEN, so well planned and pOliced, is
seco0d to none This quality of
leadership shows us the man, hon
est, efficient and sincere in purpose,
dedicating himself to a high stand
ard of citizenship, to serve his State.
1T was no surprise to us, that
when the people of Delaware needed
a master to- guide their ship of state,
they bestowed upon him their high
est honor and elected him Cover
nor.
Not without regret we loathe to
see him go, yet we all feel he will
always be one of us. He is just NOV
ing his office around the corner, the .
latch string will always be out, just
walk in and greet hin1 with the old
Hello, Chief"
Senator-elect Townsend, the first
speaker to be introduced by Mr.. du-
Pont, declared that Mr.. Buck will
undoubtedly make one of the best
Governors that Delaware ever had"
Later Mr.. Townsend said land
when l go down to the Senate l will
work for roads. l want by all means
aid for the second class
roads, because the various states
have practically all finished their
first-class road programs" These
remarks were greeted with loud
cheers.
Mr. Knopf praised Mr.. Bucks en-
skill and leadership, point !
ing to the roads and to loyalty and i
love of his men. I'VE could not help l
out be loyal to such man." he said. t
He said that the Highway Depart {
nent had been singularly free of pO- t
itics and had received the backing t
If the newspapers for its work dur S
ng the entire period of Mr.. Bucks t
Mr.. Knopf closed by G
)aying tribute to the work of the @
Dad inspectors. b
He said mo road is any better v
han the inspector makes the con- \
ractor do it, and if there are good n
Dads in Delaware, the inspector is p
ue lot of credit" D
Mr.. Marvel, good humOredly mour- Il
ed the loss of Mr.. Buck to the peO-
lie of Delaware as its State High e
ray Chief. He said he had watched Il
Ir. Buck grow up" and knew that fl
e has always been sincere in every Il
hing he done. He predicted a great fC
lture for Mr.. Buck. o.
Mr.. Mack then presented Mr.. Buck v,
18th the watch while all present el
-ood and applauded. Mr.. Buck then di
Iosed the affair by modestly declin- C;
lg the credit which he said has un- al
lirly been bestowed upon him for to
elaware's road improvement under
is leadership. "You men are the W
lckbone of the highway department to
nd to you belong the credit" he cf
i'd, "You are the most loyal and al
uest assistants any man ever had" m
closing he praised the State is
ighway Police. He said that there pa
not a better organization in the la
untry. be
Milford chronicle., 1928-11-23
DR.. TOMLINSON AT 79
GIVES SOUND ADVICE
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TUOWTENHeW JTO0E IW5T PUyEI
ter and more successful specialists. ."
DR.. Tomlinson was born at Jones'
Neck, Kent county. He is the des-
cendant of Thomas Tomlinson, who
distinguished himself in Revolution
ary days, and he has served in the
Legislature, as did his uncle.
After he was graduated from JEFF
ferson Medical College, DR.. Tomlin-
son went to Sussex county where he
practiced for a time. He married
Miss Virginia G. Hazard of Kent
county. DR.. Robert w. Tomlinson of
Wilmington is his son.
He has been president Of the Della
ware State Medical Society and the
Delaware State Medical Council