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Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
STATE BOARD AIDS
new SCHOOL PROJECTS
Building Commissions To Superin-
tend Work At Smyrna And
Dover Organize.

Provisions for building commits
sions to superintend the construc-
ton of additions to schools at Smyr-
ma and Dover was made at meeting
of the State Board of Education held
at Dover on Friday. The improve
ments are authorized under the Del
aware school building program.
The commission for Smyrna COM
prises: L. M. Price, president; Wal
ter o. Hoffecker, vice president; DR..
H. V. Holloway, secretary, and G..
w. w. Schantz, assistant secretary.
Plans will be drawn by architects of
the Delaware School Foundation, for
a four and six room addition. The
proposal of six rooms is strongly IA
vored by the commission.
Organization of the Dover Com
mission was effected with the selec-
ton of the same members with the
exception of Mrs. A. A. Hearne, as
sistant secretary. Plans will be sub
mitted for three and six-room addi-
tions.
The dispute over the contention
that Memorial Day should be treat
ed as a holiday in the State schools
was among the other matters which
engaged the attention of the board.
A communication from the American
Legion urging the holiday was read
and discussed. The secretary was
authorized to send a reply to the
Legion citing the State laws which
cki 70 fhA hoY. Of cOhnO1
A request from the State Teach
ers' College at the University of Del
aware, for a teacher to conduct a
model school on the campus was re-
fused because no provision for such
an institution is made in the budget.
Consolidation of Messick's District
No. go and Union District No. 139,
Sussex county, with Bridgeville Dis
trict No. 80, was approved together
with the board of trustees of the
Bridgeville District, consisting of
Edgar Anderson, Gurnie Baker and
Howard Hardesty.
Appointment in the Pepper Dis
trict No. "a, Sussex county, of Lin
den E. Rogers, for a term ending
June 80, 1881, and Harvey H. Wilson,
for term ending June 80, 1882, was
also sanctioned and the resignation
of trustees in the Reynolds District
No. 1876 was approved with the ap-
pointment of John Parsons, Robert
Workman and William Pettyjohn as
successors.
A poll of the committee on Habel's
schools consolidation with Clayton
revealed two members for the ac-
tion and five against it.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
BOARD
HEARS TWO CASES
Milford Accident Victim VIII Re-
ceive Compensation TO January

The Industrial Accident Board
heard two cases Friday. The first
was the case of Tilghman-Moyer
Company against Charles McClain,
in which the plaintiffs were petition
ing for reduction of compensation on
the grounds of decrease of disabil-
ity. The board ruled that the COM
pensation would continue until the
first of the year, when an examina-
ton will be made to see if there is
any permanent injury. The hearing
was held in Milford.
A hearing was also held in the
case of Elmer Collins and the Huber
Baking Company in Dover. The HUI
Der Baking Company petitioned on
the grounds that the disability had
ceased. 1t was agreed that the COM
pensation should continue for four
weeks and then an examination
would be made of Collins condition
and final settlement made.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
BAND BANQUETS
AND HEARS MUSICAL
Rev. HersOn Addresses Boys Friday
Evening; Went TO LOngwOOd

The members of the Milford Boys
Band enjoyed a banquet at the Wind
sor Hotel in Milford last Friday eve
ming. Preceding the dinner the boys
marched to the hotel and played a
number of selections. The boys were
addressed by Rev. Frank Herson,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church following dinner. In his talk
he advised the members of the band
to strive hard to make the organiza-
ton the best of its kind on the PEN
insula and voiced the highest of
praise for the work of the boys to
date. He expressed the opinion that
very few persons in the town had
expected the wonderful improvement
in the band which it has attained in
so short time.
On Monday the members of the
band went to the estate of Pierre S.
du Pont and heard the United States
Marine Band. The boys were sent
by the Milford Rotary Club.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
D. A. R. OFFICERS WILL
MEET SEPTEMBER rs
To Announce Committee Appoint
ments At Smyrna Farley

Mrs. Edward w. Cooch, of Cooch's
Bridge, State Regent of the D. A. R.,
has called joint meeting of the
State Executive Board and the State
Chairmen of Committees at the Way
side Inn, Smyrna, at 2o'clock, stand
ard time, September 25. At this time
chapter regents will announce their
chapter committee appointments and
definite arrangements will be made
for the 1929 Fall Guest Day.
There will be number of Will
mington women who are prominent
in affairs of the D. A. r. present at
this meeting. Among them will be
Mrs. Walter S. Williams, regent of
the Caesar Rodney Chapter of Will
mington; Mrs. Thomas c. Mum,
who is state chairman of the Man.
uel Committee; Mrs. Raymond Fred
erick, chairman of Correct Use of
the Flag Committee; Mrs. Mary L.
Foreman, chairman of the Ellis Is
land Committee; Miss Ella J. Holley,
chairman of the National Defense
Committee; Mrs. J. e. Fuller, chair
man of the Preservation of Historic
Spots Committee; and Miss Dorothy
Platt Rooney, chairman of Publicity
Committee.
There are three chapters of the D.
A. R. in Delaware; the Caesar Rod
ney Chapter of Wilmington; Colonel
Haslet Chapter of Dover and Cooch's
Bridge Chapter Of Newark.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
EARTH TREMORS MAY
HAVECAUSED SHOCKS
ON EASTERN SHORE
Several Sections Of Maryland
Reported Distinct Shocks On
Monday.
INSTRUMENTS UNEFFECTED
SemismOgraph Located Some Fifty
Miles Away Failed To Record
. Any Shocks.

The Del-Mar-Va Peninsula, where
boosters for the last three years
have been trying to get abroad the
impression that their domain boasts
California-like assets, had added to
its qualifications Monday two Cali
fornia products, none 6other than
earth tremors. From Cape Charles
to beyond the Delaware line, follow
ing the Atlantic Coast, there were
tremors that in some places were
violent enough to break window
panes. They may have been caused
by target practice by the fleet at
Tangier Sound, but the general opin-
ion prevails that the Peninsula, after
years and years of boasts of solid
foundations, had two earthquake
shocks due probably to shifting Of
the beds of the ocean.
Georgetown University Observa-
tory, less than fifty miles across the
Chesapeake Bay, failed to report the
slightest tremor on its semismo-
graph.
At Chincoteague Island it was re-
ported that windows in one home
were broken. The general impress
sion was cleaned from reports that
the disturbance was along the coast
or probably at sea, as the roar was
heard distinctly above the noise of
the surf at coast points.
The cause of the two, one at 1850
a. m. and the other at 2.15 p. m. may
never be fully known, Captain Will
1ynnnnrs of nnnnn
City, Md, United States Coast Guard
station, said Monday.
Coast Guardsmen said that the
disturbances were probably caused
by some upheaval of the ocean bot
toms, far out at sea. The shifting
of the ocean banks, which are to be
found along this coast a few miles
seaward, was given as another prob
able cause of the tremors.
Mayor William w. McCabe, Of
Ocean City, said that at about 10 a.
m. he heard rumbling and felt
slight culver. Later in the after
noon, about 1 o'clock, buildings on
the boardwalk were slightly shaken.
Mrs. 1. E. Jones and Mrs. r. M.
Messick, both residents Of Salisbury,
in the suburban section, reported
tremors and two distinct shocks in
the afternoon. No noise accompan-
led them. School children also felt
the disturbance, which shook num-
ber of buildings.
At Fruitland, three miles south OF
Salisbury, similar shocks were felt.
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Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
PHYSICAL FITNESS OF
SCHOOL CHILD VITAL
DR.. A. c. JOst, State Health
Official, Urges Correction Of
Defects.

DR.. A. C. Jost, executive secre-
tary of the State Board of Health, in
an interview. stressed the need of
children entering the schools for the
new school year to be in a fit physi-
cal condition in every way for the
good of the child in its school work.
DR.. Jost said it is quite essential
at this time to observe the knots of
children making their way to school,
an experience new to many of them,
if of greater or less familiarity to
the remainder. They go willingly or
reluctantly, joyously or sadly, eager
or moodily, and with greater or few
er prospects of benefit from their ex-
perience, he said.
"These attitudes are to a great de-
gree governed or controlled by their
physical conditions. The medical in
spection, now very freely offered and
everywhere in this State available, is
intended to determine if possible
what physical conditions are present
which interfere with the child's abil-
ity to keep pace with its fellows of
the corresponding class, to insure
that the hours spent at school are
spent under conditions which shall
not be detrimental to the well being
of the child and to make the group
ing of the children in school pos
sible under conditions in which in
fectious disease, present in any,
shall not be communicated to the re-
mainder.
"How can child, whose defective
eyesight makes it impossible to solve
the tumble which the blackboard or
his books represent, understand
what it is wished to impress on him
as well as can the child whom the
characters are clear and distinct?
How can that one, who hears but in
distinctly what is being told him,
profit from his instruction? How can
one keep pace with its class. mates
if he is suffering from the handicap
of physical discomfort or of inabil-
ity to concentrate his attention
brought about by illness either acute
or chronic? Correct the vision, re-
store, if possible, the hearing, rec
ognize and cure the illness, remove
the disability and observe what a
change has taken place in the eVi-
dences of the child's progress.
at is the quite common experience
that infectious diseases are more
frequent among children during the
months of the years in which the
schools are open. This is due to
soyna avtant IN tha fact that certain
diseases seem naturally to be more
prevalent during the school period.
The opportunity which the close
contact of children in school affords
is, however, responsible for much of
the increase.
'It is fortunate that in the State,
diphtheria is yearly becoming of less
danger due to the very general i'm
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Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
SEEK TO EXTEND USE
OF AUTO TITLING LAW
Motor Vehicle Administrators Also
Discuss Problem Of Drunken Driver

The necessity for every state hav-
ing titling law, in order to protect
owners of automobiles from thieves,
was one of the several important
matters stressed at a meeting of the
Motor Vehicle Administrators of the
east held in Toronto, Canada, and at
tended by William Ball, titling OFF,
GER of the Secretary of States Office.
One of the sections in the east has
no such law, and the Administrators
approved of resolution calling
upon that section to enact such
statue.
Another question discussed was
the drunken driver. New Jersey, it
was pointed out, has a law that re-
vokes a drivers license for two
years, when he is convicted of driv-
ing car while drunk.
In this connection and also deal
ing with any license revocation, the
various seventeen states, and the
provinces of Canada which form a
part of this eastern motor vehicle
conference agreed that it would be
wise to advise each other of any res
ident from another state who tried to
take out a license outside his home
state.
1t was pointed out, that a New
Jersey man who tried to get Del
aware license might have had his Ii
cense revoked for some reason in
New Jersey. If as soon as an outsid-
er applies for a drivers license, the
home state officials are notified, it
would prevent some one who was
under punishment from obtaining
the right to drive from another state.
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Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
OFFER PRIZE FOR BEST
WORK In SCHOOL WORK
Manual Training Boys Will Have
Opportunity TO Secure Prize

The manual training students do
ing first year work this year at the
Milford High School are being offer
ed a further inducement to do better
work.
An award of five dollars has been
offered to the student who alone
turns out the best piece of furniture
during the entire year.
The class of work which the boys
have been turning out the past sew
eral years has been fine, for the
large part showing much skill. 1t Is
now hoped that through the courtesy
and generosity of J. H. Humes &
Son, hardware merchants Of Milford,
who are awarding the prize, that the
quality of goods produced will be
even better and more polished.
At the end of the school term
three judges will view the years
work and make their selection of one
piece which will win the prize.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
SUSSEX COUNTY
TEACHERS MEET
Addresses Made By George S. VII.
liams And DR.. III. V. Holloway

A meeting of the school teachers
of southeastern section of Sussex
county, in the supervisory district Of
Prof. Albert Farley, was held in the
Millsboro High School building on
Saturday. An interesting program
was given the main feature of which
was an address by George S. Will
liams, president of the State Board
of Education. Music was furnished
by the Dagsboro Orchestra.
The feature of the afternoon ses-
sion was an address by DR.. Harry V.
Holloway, superintendent of the De-
partment of Public Instruction. Fol-
lowing the address of Mr.. Williams,
Miss Marjorie carp, executive secre-
tary of Delaware for the Junior Red
Cross, gave a talk. This was follow
ed by demonstrations in addition,
subtraction, multiplication and divi-
sion, under the direction of Mrs. Hill
da B. Jones, Mrs. Harriet Graves,
Miss Gladys Baker and Mrs. Dorothy
Carmean, respectively.
A symposium, How 1 Use the
Branom Geography" was given by
Prof. Clarence E. Wilkins, followed
by symposium, under Mrs. Villa M.
Lingo, on Government Bulletins"
The round table discussion of the
school principals was in charge of
DR.. H. B. King, of the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction. Miss
Rachel Taylor, State director of Art,
conducted round table on "Art."
of indoor games,
story telling and word study were in
charge of Miss Hannah Cannon, Mrs.
Ida Chandler and Prof. Bonnie Wal
ker. Mrs. Lotta McCabe conducted a
symposium on English Models as a
Yard Stick" which was followed by
a demonstration and symposium,
"The Writing Scale" under the di-
rection of Miss Florence Wilson.
The afternoon session opened with
group singing, followed by the ad-
dress of DR.. Holloway on "Objec-
tives." Major Percy S. Prince, State
of physical education, gave
an address on this phase of work
throughout the State. Symposiums
on Correction of Speech Defects"
"The Primer Manual" "The First
Reader Manual" and the Language
Manual" were in charge of Mrs. Vio-
la Belts. Mrs. Clarence Wharton,
Mrs. Mary L. Dasey and Miss Ger
trude Williams, respectively.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
PLAN BUGLE CORPS
FOR STATE GUARD
Col. John P. LeFeVre Issues Orders
For Organization Of Unit

Col. John P. LeFevre, command
ing officer of the 108th Anti-aircraft
regiment, Delaware National Guard,
has issued orders for the organlza-
ton of a dru mand bugle corps.
The corps is to be organized by
1t. J. Norris Robinson, instructor
and leader of the 108th Regimental
band. and Warrant Officer Henry G..
Draine.
The unit will play at all forma-
tions and during the two weeks
training period in camp Will per-
form the duties of a bugler as in
dividuals.
The officers in charge of organiz-
ing the corps are desirous OF secur-
ing the services of any musician who
would like to join the new organiza-
ton and become connected with the
National Guard.
Regular rehearsals under compe-
tent instructors will be held and the
men will receive pay for the re-
hearsals, together with their uni
forms, bugles and drums.
The bugIers will be enlisted as
members of each battery, but will be
attached to the band and be part
of the band at all formations and in
camp will act as buglers individual
lv. The corps will be composed of 20
buglers, and 20 drummers.
The Aficials Of the guard point
o,,t thatl other states have organiza-
tions of lthis kind, and Delaware
should keep pace.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
SET SOCCER GRID
DATES FOR d.. A. A.
Southern Division Swings Into
Action September II, Northern,
October II.

Major R. S. Prince, State Athletic
Director of the State Department OF
Education has arranged the follow
ing schedule of dates and places
for soccer for the coming season:
Northern DiVisiOn( ClaymOnt, Della
ware City and NeWark)
October 11-Claymont at Newark.
October 18 - Delaware City at
Claymont.
October 25-Newark at Delaware
City.
November Newark at CIaymont.
November 8-Claymont at Della
ware City.
November 15-Delaware City at
Newark.
November 30-Finals at Dover.
Southern Division BridgeVille, Caes-
ar Rodney, Harrington, Greenwood,
Milford and LeWes
September 20-Caesar Rodney at
Harrington; Greenwood at Milford /;
Bridgeville at Lewes.
September 27-Lewes at Caesar
Rodney; Harrington at Greenwood; ;
MllIOru at Brl0SeVllle.
October 4 = Caesar Rodney at
Greenwood, Milford at Lewes,
Bridgeville at Harrington.
October 11-Lewes at Harrington;
Greenwood at Bridgeville, Caesar
Rodney at Milford.
October 18-Greenwood at Lewes; I;
Milford at Harrington, Bridgeville at
Caesar Rodney.
October 25-Harrington at Caesar
Rodney; Milford at Greenwood,
Lewes at Bridgeville.
November Caesar Rodney at
Lewes; Greenwood at Harrington,
Bridgeville at Milford.
November 8-Greenwood at Caesar
Rodney; Lewes at Milford; Harring-
ton at Bridgeville.
November Is - Harrington at
Lewes; Milford at Caesar Rodney;
Bridgeville at Greenwood.
November 22-Lewes at Green
wood; Harrington at Milford; Caesar
Rodney at Bridgeville.
November 30-Finals at Dover.
Foot Ball Schedule
Northern DiVisiOn( Dover, du POnt,
MiddletOWn, NeWark)
October -Middletown at New
ark; du Pont at Dover.
October 18-Newark at du Pont;
Dover at Middletown.
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Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
BLAME BUSES FOR MANY
AUTOMOBILE CRASHES
Practice Of Blowing Horns Con-
fuses Other Drivers 1t Is Claimed

Buses are cited as. zone of the
greatest sources of accidents on the
highways" in statement Dy L. L.
Hoopes, executive secretary OF the
Delaware Automobile Association.
aside from the abvious hazard OF
high speed" Mr.. Hopes said, buses
contribute to highway hazard by un-
nerving drivers of other vehicles.
THE action of bus drivers in contln-
ually honking their horns acts llKe
a nervous shock to all drivers OF au-
tomobiles often pull out of line ana
run into the opposite trafhc lane 10
mass vehicles ahead, frequently at
speed of so or more miles an hour'
This practice is one OF the MAJOR
causes of accidents.
"In controlling heavily congested
traffic, it seems to me that 1t shoulo
be the aim of enforcement authorl-
ties to keep such traffic moving at
reasonable rate of speed, unlnter-
ruptedly and in manner that would
nreyent the drivers from becoming
nervous and confused. Our observa-
tion is that as long as drivers pro-
ceed in a cool and collected manner,
the traffic is orderly and the massed
cars are controlled very skillfully.
However, as soon as bus Is
heard to approach from the 1ear'
loudly honking the horn, the orderly
line invariably seems to scatter like
birds before a gunner, in a pell NELL
scramble either to let the bus go by
or to get out of earshot. While we
have not wish to lay the entire
blame for accidents to buses, we
feel this horn-blowing is a danger
that ought to be overcome. am con-
fident that if this were eliminated TO
a minimum, there would be fewer
accidents on the highways.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER
LEAVES VICTIMS BEHIND
Person Who Crashed Into Team
Escapes But Leaves Clues

Two Negro women were the vic
tins of a hit-and-run driver early on
Tuesday evening when the carriage
in which they were riding was hit
by a car on the Milford-Rehoboth
Highway, near Lovett's Nurseries.
The women were driving horse
along the road when the accident
happened. The women were cut and
bruised and one of them was severe
ly cut. The horse had broken leg
and was killed by officers. The.
driver of the automobile put on
speed and left the scene of the acci-
dent Immediately after the crash.
When an automobilist who came on
the scene of the accident shortly
after it had occurred, gave chase
the car was turned into side road,
the lights extinguished and in this
manner the guilty party escaped.
The rim of one of the headlights on
the car figuring in the crash was
left on the road. This, it is believed,
will give the officers a clue on which
to work. While the number Of the
car was not secured, the make of
the car was ascertained.
Milford chronicle., 1929-09-20
Are Rated As Authorities On
Workmanship By U. S. Army
Officers.
NAME One FROM MILFORD
JOS. H. Prettyman, Milford, And
W. B. Simpson, Houston, Make
Grade At Camp Perry.

Fifteen Delaware men are today
recognized by United States army Of
ficers as authorities on firearms and
craftsmanship. Including the Della
ware men there are now 1900 more
persons in the Unitel States who are
adapted to the use of firearms and
who are qualified to give instruction
to others in their use than there
were two weeks ago. One of the new
firearms experts is a woman. The
sudden increment of law-abiding
gunner and women is due to the
graduation of the classes enrolled in
the small arms firing school which
preceded the firing of the National
Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. The
student body comprised civilians,
National Guardsmen, reserve officers
and police officers-nearly 1000 in
all. More than one-fourth of the pu-
pills enrolled were civilians who
completed the school course and fir
ed in the matches later. Each grad
uate of the school received a cert1fi-
cate signed by army officers, which
attests it's owners proficiency.
Nearly all of the classes received
instruction in the use of the service
rifle, but special classes in appropri-
ate subjects were given for police
officers, national guardsmen, and
reservists. Of the special courses,
the police school probably attracted
greater interest than any other.
Here there were police teams and
individuals representing 35 cities in
the United States and Hawaii, who
received instruction in police tactics
designed to train them to combat
successfully organized criminals.
Pistol craftsmanship, the use of gas,
machine guns, and hand to hand
fighting methods, were the principal
subjects of the school. The reserV-
lists and guardsmen were given IN
struction in rifle craftsmanship and
anti-aircraft firing. Civilians were
taught the use of the rifle and pistol.
Not the least interesting branch OF
the school was the junior rifle course
where youngsters were taught the
use of the rifle and later fired in the
special junior matches.
The graduates demonstrated their
knowledge of firearms in the
matches which followed the close OF
the school. Never before in the his
tory of the national matches, which
began in 1903, have civilian marks
men shown to such good advantage
in the rifle range in competition
with the marksmen of the regular
services. In every event in which
they fired civilians, graduates of the
school, were especially evident
among the leaders and many of the
principal matches were awarded to
them.
The small arms firing school has
been an adjunct of the national
matches, since 1920. 1t is conducted
by an especially selected group OF
regular army officers under the di-
rection of the chief of infantry.
Certificates of proficiency were
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