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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
WILL STUDY NEW TYPE
POTATO MARKETING
Potato Growing Counties Of Del
Mar-Va Chosen As First Area

Despite the fact that numerous
other sections, some with even long
er records of successful cooperative
marketing methods, were strong
competitors, the potato growing
counties on the Del-Mar-Va PENN
sula have been selected as the first
area where the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, in cooperation with
the Maryland and Virginia Agricul-
tural Experiment Stations and the
Marketing Bureau of the Del-Mar-Va
Eastern Shore Association, will in
augurate a new type of study of CO.
operative marketing in potato grow
ing counties. This is declared by
marketing officials to be a signal
honor to Eastern Shore counties.
DR.. F. B. Bomberger, Executive
Director of Administration and Mar
keting of the Del-Mar-Va Eastern
Shore Association, said that this
survey will be unique in that it
seeks to understand the problems of
cooperation and marketing as view
ed by the individual farmers them
selves, whereas most of the previous
studies in this subject have focused
on the cooperative Associations and
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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
MUCH INTEREST In
CANTALOUPE MEETING
Successful Growers And Shippers
Will Address Gathering At Sal
isbury January rs.

Wide spread interest is being ex-
pressed in the Cantaloupe Confer
ence, to be held in the Court House,
Salisbury, Thursday, January 26th,
at 10 a. m. A call for the meeting
has been issued by the Marketing
Bureau of the Del-Mar-Vas Eastern
Shore Association which provides
for consideration of all phases of the
cantaloupe industry in the program
arranged. Attendance will include
growers, dealers, shippers, transpor-
tation officials, and representatives
of the Extension Divisions and Mar
keting Bureaus of the three states
composing the Peninsula.
marketing the 1927 Crop" will be
the first subject at the mic r.. ses-
sion of the conference. Reports on
the results of the auction blocks
will be presented by prominent deal
ers. These reports will be received
from the central packing houses, as
follows: Edkins Farms, Salisbury;
o. l. c. Produce Co., Salisbury; Otis
L. COrkran, Rhodesdale; Houston
Culver Co, Seaford; the American
Fruit Growers plants at Hurlock,
and Greensboro. Md;
Columbia Cantaloupe Growers AssO-
citation, Columbia, Del; ROckawalk-
in Produce Co., Rockawalkin; He
bron Produce Growers Association,
Westside Produce Growers
Association, Salisbury, and the Wi
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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
REVIVAL SERVICES END
PROTESTANT CHURCH
Eighteen New Members We're Re-
ceiyed During The Extra Services

The Methodist Protestant Church
closed it's revival campaign last
Sunday with a large mass-meeting
in the afternoon and a service IN
the evening attended by congrega-
ton that overlooked into the Sunday
School room. The sermons were
preached by Rev. James L. Nichols,
the evangelist, of Crisfeld, Nd, who
has been preaching at the church
for the past two weeks. Both ser
vices were preceded by a recital
given by Professor Lord, the new
organist at the Plaza who also
sang. During the two weeks of the
revival Is persons were received
into the membership of the church.
The revival will be followed up the
remainder of the month by a cam
paign of personal evangelism under
the direction of the minister. A
very interesting service will be held
at this church next Sunday evening
at 7.30, when THE Ten Virgins" in
tableaux and song, will be pre-
scented, preceded by a brief address
by the minister interpreting the
story. There will be special music
also in keeping with the story.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
PLANS NEW CUTOFF
Would Go Around Dover And Esti-
mated Cost Is Half Million Dollars

The State Highway Department is
considering plans for building a road
from point at the highway police
station above Dover, through the
town in the vicinity of the Dover
water plant and thence across the
country to connect with the du Point
Boulevard at point below Magnolia
near Little Heaven.
The reason given for considering
the proposition is that the additional
road would lessen the traffic through
Dover and avoid several dangerous
crossings on the boulevard with
other roads. This would also take
traffic around Magnolia as well as
way from the business section Of
Dover. 1t is explained, however, that
this road would not take the place
of the proposed road around Dover
on the opposite side of the town
which was voted upon by the people
there sometime ago.
While the new road, which would
be about ten miles in length would
not lessen the distance going down
the State, but on the contrary would
be a half mile longer, it is claimed
that motorists could save from 10
to Is minutes in running time by
avoiding going through Dover's busy
main street, past dangerous cross
ngs and through Magnolia.
It is estimated that the cost OF
his road if built 20 feet wide Of con-
crete would be 100000. An Is feet
vide road would cost 100000 and
L6 feet wide roadway $4,000. One
new bridge would have to be built.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
GRAPE GROWERS WILL
DISCUSS CROP PESTS
Method OF Combating Berry Moth
VIII Be Explained To Growers

The, second of a series of agricul-
tural meetings, which has been ar
ranged at the Caesar Rodney school,
near Wyoming and Camden, this
winter under the direction of George
Butler, Vocational Agricultural In
structor, and Kent County Agent
Russell E. Wilson, will be held at
the school building on Thursday ev-
ening, January 26, at 1880 o'clock, at
which time the grape growers of
Kent county are invited to be pres
emit to hear the disease and insect
control problems discussed by DR..
r. F. Manns, Plant Pathologist, and
DR.. H. L. Dozier, Entomologist of the
University of Delaware.
AS many of the grape growers
have experienced considerable trou-
BILE with the grape berry moth dur
ing the past year, and others have
noticed some injury from certain
fungous diseases that attack both the
vines and the fruit clusters, this
meeting should be of exceptional in
terest to this particular group of
fruit growers, so it is expected that
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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
WILL HEAR OPPONENTS
OF new CANAL BRIDGE.
Government Engineer Asks All
Interested Parties To Meet At
Lewes Next Friday.

c. d. Buck, Chief Engineer of the
State Highway Department, has
made application to the War Depart
ment for permission to reconstruct
the sub-structure of the single leaf
bascule bridge across the Lewes and
Rehoboth Canal, and to construct
and maintain during the work tenn
porary swing drawbridge at a point
rs feet southeast of the bridge to be
reconstructed. For the purpose of
hearing all interested parties Col.
Howell, engineer in charge of this
district, has called a meeting to be
held in the town hall at Lewes at 5
O'Clock in the afternoon of Friday,
January o. He has issued an invi-
tation to all who are interested to
attend this meeting, particularly
navigation interests and the officials
of any county, city, town or local as
ISOLATION, whose interests may be af-
fected by the construction of the
proposed bridges. They will be Civ
en- an opportunity to express their
views upon the suitability of the To-
cation and the adequacy of the plans |
in reference to navigation and to
changes considered desir-
able in the interests of navigation.
Oral statements will be heard, but,
for accuracy, all important facts
and arguments should be submitted
in writing, as the record of the hear
ing will be forwarded for considera-
ton by the War Department. Writ
ten statements may be handed to
Col Howell at the hearing or mailed
TO him beforehand.
The plans submitted by the appli-
can't provide for rebuilding the en-
ire sub-structure of the existing
bridge upon the same lines as they
low exist without any change in the
1ascule drawbridge; and, to ac-
traffic across the canal
Turing that work, for constructing
! temporary bridge $50 feet south
'ast of the existing bridge, which
will be provided with single swing
Irawspan having a horizontal clear
nee of $50 feet and vertical clear
nee, when in a closed position, of
AZ feet above local mean high wa
er.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
DELAY SURVEYING OF
INDIAN RIVER WORK
Major Howell TO STUDY Inlet Open
ing In Warmer Weather

The proposed survey of the In
dian River district in Sussex county
to determine the Feasibility and cost
of opening the inlet between the
Indian River Bay and the Atlantic
Ocean, may not be made until next
spring or summer.
This is indicated by Major R. P.
Howell, U. S. engineer for the Will
mington district, who will supervise
the survey.
Several weeks ago the War De-
partment authorized the allotment
of $500 to defray expenses Of the
survey.
The 1927 State Legislature appro-
priated $4,000 and authorized the
appointment of a commission to
have the inlet opened as desired by
the hundreds of persons whose live
lihood from the catching of crabs
and other seafood has been cut off
through the closing of the opening
between the bay and sea by natural
causes.
The commission has found, how
ever, that the fund of $4,000 would
not cover half the expense the work
would entail. The government was
petitioned to help defray the cost,
which is estimated at about S120,000.
Colonel Earl I. Brown, former U.
S. engineer for the Wilmington dis
trict, reported unfavorably on the
oIaa for Government scn-OneratiOn
Robert G. Houston had
the case re-opened and the money
for a survey allotted.
Spring or summer weather will be
awaited for the survey so that the |
party can go to the inlet
on the government yacht Josephine.
If the government eventually
agrees to defray half the cost of the
work the 1929 legislature may be |
asked to make up the States share
If the cost.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
MORE ACCIDENTSLAST
YEAR; FEWER DEATHS
Report OF Highway Department
Shows S. Killed During Year,
424 Hurt.

Although there were more acct
dents during 1927 than in 1926, yet
there were three less persons killed
in the past year than in the year
previous, according to the official
report of accidents ON the state
highways compiled by the State po-
lice. This is the official compilation
of all mishaps on the highways made
I'D from records of the State police
at the five stations throughout the
state. According to officials of the
highway police it is believed that
this reduction in the number of ia
talities is due largely to the fewer
number killed at railroad crossings
during the year. In 1926 there
were many fatal accidents at cross
ings.
There were 700 accidents in 1927
which is an increase of As over the
year 1926. The total number killed
on highways during 1927 was So, or
three less than in 1926. The total
number of injured the past year was
424, as against 1896 for 1926.
Inc property ucllletSS WtS 1903 IL
1927 with a total of $110,595 as
against $114,194 for 1926.
Fatalities due to collision with
motor vehicles with 20 fatalities as
against 20 the year previous heads
the list. The number of jay walkers
showed an increase with 10 fatalities
as against Is.
AS noted, the decrease in the total
of killed in highway acct
dents during 1927 was, it is believed,
due to the lessons learned from the
year previous about exercising eau
ton accidents at railroad crossings. |
In 1927 there were Z killed at rail-
road crossings as against 81 in 1926. |
The number of those slightly in
iured was 324 for 1927 as compared /;
with 301 for 1926. Among the seri-
)usly injured there were 81 which is
me more than last year. Among the
pedestrians there were 25 slightly
injured which is one less than in
1926 and IS seriously injured as OPP
POSED to u in 1926.
The record for the entire year is
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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
FARMERS BANK ELECTS
DIRECTORS BRANCHES
At Annual Meeting Henry Ridgely Is
Elected President

At the annual meeting of the Far
mers Bank of the State of Delaware,
in addition to the other business the
Observation-Disclosures were elected
as follows:
Wilmington branch - Henry T..
Bush, c. D. Garrettson, Emmett
Hickman, Joseph Wilson, Fred Cav
throp and Frank V. du Pont.
Home Bank at Dover - Henry
Ridgely, James H. Hughes, w. w.
Harrington, Frank H. Davis, M. A.
Hartnett and Mifflin R. Jenkins.
Georgetown branch-Dr. Roland
G. Paynter, Joseph L. Cahall, Julian
e. Townsend, DR.. Joseph B. NAPLES
and w. ]. B. White.
The general board of directors
organized by electing Henry Ridge
", president; Henry T. Bush and DR..
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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
EXHIBITORS AWARDED
PRIZESAT STATE CORN
SHOW Held in DOVER
Over One Hundred And Eighty
Entries Were Listed At An
nual Event.
GEO. ELY new PRESIDENT
GreenvilIe Man Will Head AssO.
citation For Next Year, Tucker,
Greenwood, Vice President.

The twenty-frst annual State
Corn Show, which was held in the
State Armory in Dover on Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday of last
week under the auspices of the Del
aware Corn Growers Association,
resulted in being not only one of
the largest exhibits of its kind ever
held in the State, but in having nu-
merous displays of some of the best
corn that has been shown in this
section of the country for several
years.
The show comprised over one hun
dred and eighty entries, the majority
of which consisted of both white and
yellow corn, and the remainder of
the exhibits included small grains
and hay crops. The exhibits were
judged by Prof. ]. E. Metzger, Agro-
nOmist of the Maryland Agricultural
Experiment Station, who has judged
at the State Corn Shows on numer-
Gus other occasions.
On Friday morning the program
included corn judging contest in
which were entered the vocational
agriculture high school teams to
compete for the silver trophy cup
which is donated by the Delaware
State Bankers Association This
contest was in charge of R. w.
Helm, director of Vocational Edu- |
cation at the University of Delaware. |
In the afternoon the boys and |
girls who are members of the corn
clubs in the three counties took
part in a similar corn judging con-
test for another silver cup given by
the Delaware Corn Growers AssO
citation, and A. D. Cobb, State club
leader, assumed charge of this con-
test. The results of these two judg-
ing contests, however, cannot be an
nounced at present since it requires
time for those in
charge to check over these reports
and make the final awards.
The State Corn Show came to a
successful conclusion on Friday af-
ernoon when the annual business
Meeting of the Delaware Corn
Growers Association was held in the
State ArmOry, at which time the
,ff1cers of the Association were
elected for the coming year, and
,ther matters of business transacted
to the organization and
he plans for future exhibits.
George Ely, Greenville, was elect
d president; E. c. Phillips, Middle
own, vice president for New Castle
ounty; John M. Roe, Dover, vice
resident for Kent county; and Carl
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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
CHAMBER COMMERCE
WANTS new SCHOOL
BUILDING in MILFORD
At Meeting Tuesday Evening
Committee Is Named To Aid
Building Project.
MAY GET new BUS Line
Representative OF Red Star Route
Invited To Speak Before Body.
Hope For Better Transportation.

The meeting of the Milford Cham
Der of Commerce on Tuesday eve
ming was probably the best and
most enthusiastic meeting ever held
by that organization. DR.. King, for
merly of Chicago, but who is now
affiliated with the L. d. Caulk Com
pany at Milford, addressed the meet
ing and gave his impressions of Mil
ford as compared with other Della
ware towns. This was particularly
in reference to the school facilities
and the general attitude toward ed
ucation. Since coming to Milford,
DR.. King has visited schools in
every section of the State. He has
ridden approximately 1000 miles in
investigating school conditions. In
his address on Tuesday evening he
drew comparisons as between Lew
es, Laurel, Dover and Milford. Each
of the above named towns are we'll
with modern school build
ings, with the exception of Milford.
Following DR.. Kings talk the
members of the Chamber of Com
merce present entered into gem
eral discussion of the school 4ues-
ton as it appertained to this town.
They were in agreement that there
is a glaring need for modern school
facilities at once. With the idea of
aiding in any worthy project look
ing to the betterment of conditions
in Milford, a committee was ap-
pointed to aid in this work. Those
named ON the committee are Will
liam G. Smith, DR.. King, Harry
Arthur Derrickson, Will
liam V. Sipple, William G. Powders,
G. d. HOlzmueller, Charles E. Var
ney, M. Haswell Pierce, S. M. D.
Marshall and Rev. Frank Herson.
Secretary Hill brought the matter
Of better transportation facilities
for Milford to the attention OF The ]
meeting. He told of his efforts to |
interest the Red Star Bus Line in
routing one of it's lines of busses
through the town. The Chamber of |
Commerce instructed Secretary Hill
% invite the manager of the bus
inc to come to Milford and speak
before that body at future meet
ng.
A Mr.. Richardson, representing
he Endure Manufacturing Company
appeared at the meeting and ex-
blamed the manufacture of their
product, which is septic tank out
it, He explained that there is
possibility of locating a plant to
axe care of the State of Delaware
n Milford. A committee was APP
ointed to investigate his PROPOSE
ion.
The meeting decided definitely to
old>d regular meeting of the Cham
er of Commerce the first Monday
vening of each month. Decision ]
Tas also made to form definite
ections of the body for both the
lercantile and the civic divisions. [
efore adjourning a committee was ]
ppointed to nominate officers to be {
allotted on in the near future. t
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
SCHOOL CONDITIONS
Are DISCUSSED AT
MILFORD MEETING
Residents OF Eight Rural Dis
tricts Meet With Milford Board
To Talk Over Matters.
SMALL BUILDING COST
DR.. Holloway Shows That New
Structure Can Be Built For Tax
Increase Of S Cents On 500.

Forty-seven men and women re-
sponded to invitations sent them by
the Milford Board Of Education, to
attend a dinner served in Milford
Grange Hall last Tuesday evening.
There were eight members of eight
outlying rural school districts which
surround Milford, and are identified
with the public schools as either
members of the local School Com
missiOners, or men and women who
are interested in public school edu-
cation.
The purpose of the meeting and
dinner was to get all gathered into
one auditorium, where the problems
of the schools could be talked over,
and the facts brought out as to
what kind of service the schools are
rendering to the children,
The dinner was served by the en-
tertainment committee of the Mil
ford Grange in the dining hall Of
the Grange Hall. The menu was
not elaborate, but it was good and
ample, as chicken salad, hot rolls,
white potatoes in casserole, candied
sweet potatoes, celery, coffee and
tea, and ice cream and cake, served
to get the guests into a comfortable
frame of mind.
AS chairman for the Milford
Board of Education, Colonel Theo.
Townsend welcomed the guests, and
stated briefly that the purpose of the
dinner was that all could be made
to consider the future necessities of
The schools as a whole, and espec-
tally as to the problem of CONSOLE
lation.
President George Williams of the
State Board of Education, Superin-
.endent Harry Holloway and John
also of the State Board of
Senator Harry Deputy
md others, were present during the
Inner and took part in the general
discussion.
From the opening of the talks and
statements, the closest attention
vas given to every person who was
allied upon, or who volunteered to
ak pro or con, on the SUIT. I'd. I'D
purpose for which the dinner was
5iven, and this held without any
freak until about ten o'clock, when
came to a close, after having
pened campaign which has deep
interest for all the people, and the
Welfare of the children ten years
nd more hence in this part of Della
ware.
Colonel Theo. Townsend before
the speakers, made a
tatement of the condition of the
ublic schools of Milford as they
Xist, and how they will have to be
ranged to meet the requirements
not only Milford, but the rural
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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
CREEK OYSTERS ARE
STILL UNDER BAN
State Board of Health Says Govern
ment Action Prevents Any Change

A conference of probably 125 peo-
pie interested in the oyster industry
in Delaware, with Governor Robert
P. Robinson and the State Board of
Health on Tuesday, failed to bring
about the lifting of the ban placed
sometime ago on Greek" oysters on
account of pollution, after the FEEDER
al Government had taken action.
The Governor intimated that he
did not see what could be done be-
cause the matter was in the hands
of the State Board of Health and
the Federal Government.
The argument made by both sides
were practically the same as we're
made at the meeting held in Will
mington when the ban was formally
placed. The oystermen declared
that for years they had been taking
and selling oysters from the creeks
which are now under ban, that they
had eaten them as we'll as sold them,
and they had never heard of case
of typhoid fever or other illness re-
sulting.
DR.. A. T. Davis, executive secre-
tary of the State Board of Health,
told the oystermen that even should
the State lift the ban on "creek"
oysters, nothing would be accom-
plished, because the government
would probably place an immediate
ban on all Delaware oysters includ-
ing those taken from the Delaware
bay and the oyster industry in the
entire State would be ruined, while
now only portion of it is under the
ban.
It was pointed out that the oysters
from the creeks could be taken and
sold for planting in the bay where
the pollution would disappear, but
those interested declared that they
could get but fifteen to twenty cents
a bushel for oysters for this pur-
pose while for the regular sale they
could get four times that much.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
F. M. SOPER, APPLE
KING, DIES PNEUMONIA
Prominent HOrticulturiSt Passes
Away Following Operation

Francis NJ. Soper, aged IA years,
for many years known as Della
wares Apple King" and prominent
in Democratic politics, died Tuesday
night in the University of Pennsyl-
vania, following an operation last
Friday for stomach trouble. Mr.. So
per rallied from the operation but
pneumonia set in several days ago.
Mr.. Soper came to Delaware about
so years ago. He operated at differ
ent times farms near Wyoming,
Magnolia and Rising Sun. Several
years ago he moved to a home on
the State Road between Rising Sun
and Magnolia.
Mr.. Soper was greatly interested
both in agriculture and horticulture,
and was a former president of the
Peninsula Horticultural Society. He
had always been interested in the
apple industry of the State and for
many years had aided in lettering
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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-20
CHANGERS MEET TO
PLAN WORK FOR YEAR
Lecturers From Several Oranges Met
With State Lecturer Thomas

A. Bailey Thomas, the new state
lecturer of the Delaware State
Grange, in order to create greater
interest in the lecturers work in
each subordinate grange, held a con-
ference with the lecturers and other
grange members as well as two Po-
mona Oranges, in Fruitland Grange
Hall Wednesday evening at which
plans were discussed for the pro-
grams to be put on at the subordi-
nate grange meetings the rest of this
year. The oranges represented in
cluded Kent County Pomona, Mrs.
Conwell: Sussex County Pomona,
Mrs. Num-; Harmony Grange, Miss
Derrickson; Rose Hill, Mrs. Meg
ginson; Diamond State, Mrs. Dick
ey; Delaware. Mrs. Ruth; Smyrna,
Miss Spruance; Capital (Doverb
Mrs. Hall; Fruitland, Mrs. Conwel;
Mr.. Rice; Milford, Mrs.
Num-; Delmar, Mrs. Sample; MID
land, Mrs. Tyndall.
Mr.. Thomas presided. Other Off
GERS of the State Grange present in
cluded N. w. Taylor, overseer; +. Z.
treasurer and Mrs. Mary
Taylor, Pomona.
That the oranges in the State are
in healthy condition was manifest
cd by the interest shown in this
the Key notes of which
were: Do more community work;
exchange of programs between
arrange attendance con-
tests and lay more stress on group
singing. Mrs. Harrington of Har-
mony Grange led in the singing.
The ladies Of Fruitland Grange pro-
vided a lunch for all attending the