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Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
Warwick

Owing to the storm last Thursday
evening the Ladies' Aid of Central
M. e. Church was entertained on
Friday evening at the home of Mrs,
Ira Barto. 1t was decided to dis
continue the meetings through July
and August, and meet again Septem-
ber 18th at the home of Mrs. Alice
Short.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Shep Short and
two children, John and Fayette,
were recent guests of the latter's
mother, Mrs. Lille Hudson Lynch
and family, near Frankford.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Ewell Calhoun
and little daughter Frances, have re-
turned to their home in Georgetown
after spending the week with the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A H,
Lingo.
The Sunday School picnic from
Wyoming came by bus to Oak Or
chard on Friday and enjoyed a nice
time along Indian River.
Ross Barto, of New Brighton,
Staten Island, called on relatives
here Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. o. Warrington
and the latter's mother, Mrs. Yeas
ey, of Harbeson, were Wilmington
visitors on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. NJ Short, Jr., and
son, James, attended the Children's
Day services at Millsboro on Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Barto visited
the latter's parents, near Orange
Lane, on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Murray and
children, of Millsboro, were recent
callers here.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Faucet and
daughter Benona, of Philadelphia,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Faucet
and little baby daughter spent the
weekend at the Faucet Cottage.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
FORE BETTER OR FORE WORSE

He loved his wife devoutly-
His faith in her was great
Till, on the green,
In seventeen,
Her puts ran up to eight!
She thought him strong and able,
A man among all men
Until the sap
Got in trap
And then got out in ten.
Their home life it was happy
In fair or wicked weather.
But, sad to say,
Not after they went in for golf to-
gether.
H. L. Phillips in
The American Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
Glendale

Mrs. Traney Anne Dickerson, wild
ow of the late Andrew ]. Dickerson,
died at the home of Thomas Jester,
Milton, Friday, June 21st, aged rs
years.. The body was removed to
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Spicer at Ellendale. Funeral at Nc
Colley's Chapel Monday, June Oath,
at o'clock. Interment in the ceme-
terry adjoining church. Rev. ]. r.
Diehl officiated. S. ]. Wilson & Son
had charge of burial.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
A1IERICANISM

A policeman we call cop,
But for father we say pop;
For potatoes we say spuds,
And our clothing we term duds;
To us sailors known as COB,
But a haircut's just a bob;
For government just say Uncle Sam,
And crowded traffic is a jam;
When we're cheated it's a gip,
But to us a tears a rip;
Now all these things just go to show,
That about us there's lots to know,
And foreigners are all amazed
In learning how these things are
phrased.
The Pathfinder
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
Be Seated

"'Inquirin' Ike Edwards, the
walkin' QUESTIONABLE, asks more
foolish questions than any other
nineteen folks put together" says
old Dan Dapple. "The only thing
he amt asked to date is whether
frogs, when they sit down, use
toad stools. Farm & Fireside.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
THE ELM TREE

God set a stately elm tree
Before my kitchen door
Where the sunlight, through it's
branches
Cast Pickering shadows cross my
floor.
1t spoke of beauty, hope and peace,
This stately elm tree;
Then came the vandal with his ak
And, oh, the difference to me!
Flora L. Bishop, Winthrop, Me.
The Pathfinder
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
They Get the Money

Women are benef1ciaries of $76,-
00O,00O,0O0 of life insurance in the
United States. They receive 70 per
cent of all legacies left by men and
81 per cent of those left by women.
The American Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
Using the Sun

In the past few years the suns
true value to the health and we'll
being of the human race has been
understood by scientists but even
now these rays are not being util-
lied to their fullest extent.-Wo-
mans Home Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
A Dose of Nature

Why bother to buy tonics or stim-
ulants when nature will provide you
with all you need free of charge,
asking in return only common sense
and become a good listener.-The
American Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
Test Of Reautv

It's easy to fix ones self up for a
party and look nice. The really
clever woman, however, is the one
who looks well on a picnic or over
the kitchen stove.-Farm & Fire
side.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
The Farmers Share

The consumers of the United
States now pay a 1851, ,OOO, 900 milk
bill annually. Only $1,272, 2,000, 900
of it gets back to the farmer.-Farm
& Fireside.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
All Is Forgiven

A girl has as much right to try
to stay young as man has to try
to stay solvent. 1t is the same in
stinct and is prompted by the same
necessity.-Woman's Home 'Compan-
ion.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
Fancied Boredom

The Office never really bores a
man. He grunts and sputters and
wishes he had twelve months vaca-
ton instead of two weeks, but at
heart he likes it.-Woman's Home
COMPANION.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
KOmen's Corner

Women are much more successful
as mothers than they are in any
other capacity. At any rate they
have a virtual monopoly of the
field.-Woman's Home Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
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WISE OR OTHERWISE
Il From The Pathfinder }.

Father-Young lady, do you mean
to tell me you've been carrying that
money around in your stocking?
Dora-Why, daddy, you told me to
put it where it would draw interest.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
SizeabIe Congregation

There are, according to the last
census report, more than $4,000, 900
adherents of the Christian Church in
the United States.-The American
Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

Serve small portions of food to
children so that they can clear their
plates without the feeling of being
stuffed, or nagged into eating.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
It,s Scientific Training

1 often wonder how doctors kin
time th'r bills to reach us jest when
we're planning trip or new roof
or a double garage.-Abe Martin in
Farm & Fireside.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
First Necessity

The keystone of the career of any
really important man is soundness
of judgment.-The American Maga-
zine.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

Teaching evolution in the schools
won't make people accept it. Spelling
is also taught in the schools.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

A famous woman explorer returns
from Africa and tells in interesting
fashion of hunting party which
went out and killed an elephant. The
methods employed in this successful
elephant hunt ought to be of special
interest to Mr.. Raskob.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

Isn't it too bad that this new
tangled non-shatterable glass wasn't
invented until after the back mirrors
in the bar rooms went out of exis-
tence?
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

If they ever tax people on their
speech some will have mighty big
gas bills to pay.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
SNAPPY STUFF

More lies are now being told about
the age of liquor than about the age
of women.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
It's No Joke. Either

A minister in very trying circum-
stances when asked how he and his
family managed to live replied: Il
live on faith, my wife on hope, and
my children on charity"
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

gas bills to pay.
Teaching evolution in the schools
won't make people accept it. Spelling
is also taught in the schools.
Some argue that the drinker
should bepunished with the seller.
But why twice?
An ideal married man is one who
can listen to his wife and the radio
at the same time.
A lucky man is one who, when he
has one foot on banana peel, has
his other foot on wad of gum.
One way to find out whether you
are still young is to attend dance
on one of these hot summer nights
and try to keep going until one o.
clock.
Only one thing can break up a
home quicker than designing wo-
man and that is the painters and pa
perhangers.
1t may be true that the girls are
wearing less clothing all the time,
but we can at least be thankful that
the same isn't true of the men.
The auto has one advantage over
the aeroplane. 1t doesn't need a spe-
cial landing field. Any old ditch will
do if you are in too big a hurry.
Maybe it would help the wheat
farmers if the flour manufacturers
would give away with each bag of
-four coupons which could be saved
up for parlor rugs or bed-lamps.
The trouble with most girl friends
is that if you don't show them how
much you like them, they think you
are slow and if you do show them
they Immediately lose interest and
begin hunting for another victim.
The old fashioned old maid who
used to cultivate corkscrew curls
and resign herself to fate at the age
of forty has now grown old enough
to know better.
Three birthplaces of the Republ-
can Party have been found, but what
is worrying the Democrats more is
that they can't find where it's going
to be buried.
It is said that when the next war
comes, the soldiers will be billeted in
hotels. This will be fine for the buck
privates as a little contact with the
modern hotel clerk will teach them
to endure the second lieutenants a
little later on.
Mr.. Raskob predicts revolution
and the breaking up of the country
into three nations unless things
change. Maybe that is what is the
matter with the stock market.
A Pittsburgh man says that his
mind became a blank after taking
two drinks of bootleg gin. But the
question is: how much intelligence
did he have before he took the
drink? IT
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

FOR RENT-10 acre poultry farm, 6
room bungalow, garage, poultry house,
concrete road. miles from Georgetown.
72 acre farm, 6 room house, outbuild-
ings, miles from Milford. 62 acres, S
rooms, outbuildings, 2 miles Lincoln.
G. Chester Marshall Milford, Del 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-1925 Ford coupe, having
new battery nearly new tires, COM
plete equipment, overhauling and is in
excellent condition. Lillian M. Bruning,
223 East Second street, Milford. Phone
2SS. j2S-2t
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

Some argue that the drinker
should bepunished with the seller.
But why twice?
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Furnished cottage at
Rehoboth Beach. Apply to Mrs. How
ard Cooke, Georgetown, Del 1t
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

FOR SALE-100 acre farm where 1
now reside. Immediate possession. go
acres in growing crops, stock and ma
chinery, good buildings. Terms arrang-
ed to suit purchaser. E. D. Loper. Sea-
ford, Del 1tp
FOR SALE-Cheap. 1 Ford ton truck
with Ruxsten rear and two bodies, l
steel dump and 1 stake body, also en-
cry wheel stand. Engine line shaft and
betting. Millard Macklin, Bridgeville.
Delaware. j28-2t
FOR SALE-Glass door cupboard.
$500. New incubator, $500. Canary
birds. $500 and $500. New quilts, cot
tons, woolens, satins. $500 to $500. New
paint, $1.40 per gal. Fruit jars, &C.
Flower plants. 12c dozen. Anna Bamber-
ger. near Dagsboro entrance, Delaware.
r. 2. 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

An ideal married man is one who
can listen to his wife and the radio
at the same time.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

It never kills a law to execute it.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

A Pittsburgh man says that his
mind became a blank after taking
two drinks of bootleg gin. But the
question is: how much intelligence
did he have before he took the
drink? 'IH
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

A lucky man is one who, when he
has one foot on banana peel, has
his other foot on wad of gum.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

y Then there that have the vanity of the p
cock, who with each suit like to st
FORTH not a summer model of what the "well dres
should wear" but better enjoy the feeling O.
lightweight suit. A contented mind is blessing :
the self-satisfaction derived from Mohair, Pa
Beach, Tropical Worsted White Linen just tt
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-28

Mr.. Raskob predicts revolution
and the breaking up of the country
into three nations unless things
change. Maybe that is what is the
matter with the stock market.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-08-16
They Must Be VaccInated.

Because two out of every three pros
pective first graders who have been ex-
amined at the child health conferences held
throughout the State under the auspices
of the State Bureau of Child Hygiene, in
preparation for their admission to school
in the fall, had not been vaccinated against
smallpox, DR.. R, H. Riley Director of State
Department Of Health, calls attention to
the State law which requires a child to
be vaccinated before he or she can be en-
rolled in school.
THE schools will reopen in few weeks"
DR.. Riley said. land the youngsters who 90
up for enrolment can not be accepted by
any teacher unless they have been vacci-
neted against smallpox. Our Maryland law
requires the vaccination of young children.
preferably in infancy. but positively before
they are enrolled in school. Before the
children enter school. the responsibility
rests with the parents. II for any reason.
the parents have failed to have it done by
the time their child reaches school age,
the teachers have no choice in the matter.
but under the State law. have to exclude
the child from school until it is done. Fur
thermore. the law provides that teacher
who enrolls an unvaccinated child shall be
fined ten dollars for each and every offense.
Last year. out of total 1881 children.
$3.50 white and 378 colored. ranging in
age from five to seven years. who were
examined at the preschool conferences held
during the spring and summer months
throughout the counties. 2.1l5 had not been
vaccinated. OF these children, 1882 were
white and 227 colored. The proportion
Of unvaccinated children has been as great
among the children who have been exam.
ined this year.
THE comparative freedom from small
pOx that we have had in Maryland is due
largely to the intelligent cooperation of the
people OF the State in the observance Of
the vaccination law. For the disease has
by no means been stamped out Terrific
outbreaks are occurring constantly in other
countries and in other parts Of the United
States Wherever they have occurred they
have been especially serious in sections
that are without stringent vaccination laws
During a single week recently-the first
week in July-647 cases of smallpox were
reported to the U. S. Health Service by
health departments in different parts Of
the country. The majority occurred in the
Middle Western and Western States The
total for one week was more than fOuI
times as many as the total we have had
reported in Maryland in the last five years
Here is our record 1924. 81 cases: 1925,
16; 1926. S: 1927. 8; 1928. %: tOta
of l49. From the first of January, this
year. to the end of June. we had total
of cases reported in Maryland in com
parison with IS during the corresponding
period Of last year.
"A single case of smallpox is one too
many. The disease is unnecessary. We
have an effective means of protection
against it in vaccination. Children cannot
protect themselves. Parents must have it
done for them"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-08-16
May Get Suburban Water Supply.

II there are no obstacles, Rockville s
water mains will be hooked up with those
Of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission. within the very near future, to
avoid water shortage. it was decided at
conference in Washington. participated
in by Mayor Roger Spates and Couhcilmen
Joseph L. Clasett. Stedman Prescott. H.
Worthington Talbot, and Paul Burnett. and
T. Howard Duckett. Emory H. Bosley and
Donald Clasett of the Sanitary Commission.
and the commissions engineer. Mr. Moore
and Secretary J. Darby Bowman.
1t was suggested. however. that Rock
ville's charter possibly prohibits the town
from entering into any such contract and
until Mayor Spates. Attorney VIM. F.
Prettyman and Attorney Stedman Prescott,
who are studying the matter. pass upon
the question. nothing binding will be done.
In the meantime. however, the Sanitary
Commission will, il was arranged at the
conference. submit in writing the terms
under which it will supply Rockville with
water, and should it be decided there is
nothing in the town charter to prevent
Rockville from becoming water customer
of the Sanitary Commission. public meet
ing will. it was stated, probably be called
to acquaint the people of the community
with what it is proposed to do.
The mayor and members of the town
council have definitely reached the conclu-
sion that to connect the town with the
mains Of the Sanitary Commission is the
business like thing to do.
The other propositions are to develop
Watts Branch. about mile away. or sink
number of additional wells. either of
which would involve heavy bond issue,
whereas to connect with the mains Of the
Sanitary Commission would need no initial
outlay and probably not increase the cost
of water to the consumers. In few years
the water rates would begin to show a
gradual decrease in those now in effect in
the town.
Should it be held that the town charter
prohibits purchasing water from the COM
mission, the tendency Of the mayor and
council seems to be to make out as well as
they can possibly by sinking another we'll
or two. until the next legislature meets aud
then seek authority from that body to 90
ahead.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-08-16
The Rockville Fair.

With the advent of the 18th annual
exhibition of the Agricultural Society of
Montgomery County. commonly known as
The Rockville Fair, on August 1924, there
will again be offered to the public a reeu-
lar panorama of interests, embracing all
possible tastes.
The MANAGEMENT feels that ii has been
unusually fortunate this year in having
been able to stimulate among the people
OF Montgomery county an interest so virile
as to guarantee one Of the largest exhibit
tons, in every department, in the history
OF the Fair, and having reduced the price
of admission from 75c to soc, a record
breaking crowd is anticipated for the five
days.
On Tuesday. as usual. all school children
under Ia years of age will be admitted free,
and the horse and pony show and judging
OF exhibitions will held the center Of at
traction for visitors.
Wednesday will mark the continuation
OF the horse and ponv show and the first day
OF the race meet. which will consist en-
tirely Of running races again this year.
On Thursday, which is county day, an
unusually fine race program has been ar
RANGED and will be followed by the annual
fair dance that night. while Friday will be
and band contest anSng the local county
bands, with racing again as the afternoon
attraction.
For specific mention there remain the
automobile races. which will be an exclu-
sive feature of Saturday.
Sponsored by the American Automobile
Association, records made on half-mile dirt
tracks this year will be officially recognized
and nationally known drivers, at home and
on the largest tracks I'M America, have been
entered.
The attractions before the grandstand
promise to equal. If not excel, any ever be-
fore brought here and consist of ten distinct
acts. comprising a whirligig of acr0batics,
thrillers and mirth- provoking stunts. fea-
turing Dolly May. the riderless horse that
has broken track speed records all over the
country. Accompanying them will be
music furnished by the Sorority Girls
Band. an innovation expected to fulfil all
their promises of satisfaction and enjoy
ment. These acts will be put on both day
and night during the entire five days OF
the Fair.
The fireworks program. which has be-
come increasingly popular each year. will
be offered for four successive nights. be-
ginning with Wednesday. and the largest
display yet shown here is promised.
With midway more elaborate than
ever before with an exhibition already
assured of the finest in horses, cattle, hogs,
farm crops, farm machinery, household
goods and automobiles; with race pro.
gram which has attracted nearly one hun
dred horses to the grounds with the
largest program of attractions ever pre-.
sented; with four. night display Of fire.
works; with one day devoted exclusively
to automobile racing. participated in by
the worlds fastest dirt track drivers; with
the price Of admission reduced from that
of former years, the Directors Of the Fair
Association feel that this year they are
Offering to the public the most complete
elaborate and instructive exhibition ever
staged In the seventy-six years Of the
sOciety's existence.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1929-08-16
Police Chief Judged To Be
IuslnCere.

Rockville. Md. Aug. 10, 1929
To the Editor of the Sentinel:
Last week there appeared in the Evening
Star a news item which should elicit a
smile from the dullest observer of things
as they are-in Montgomery county.
In the item mentioned there was re-
counted the recent approach to Chief
Monkey by two individuals in reference to
book making in connection with the races
to be held at the forthcoming Rockville
Fair.
The good chief. it seems. having recov-
cred his equilibrium from the first shock
of the experience, peremptorily dismissed
the intrudeTs with an abruptness little
short Of the violence which they so richly
deserved. To add to his discontinue, ac-
cording to the chief. there was intimatiOn
of inducement amounting to bride.
At any rate. as a consequence of the
ordeal through which he passed, the chief
has put himself squarely on record, in no
uncertain terms. that there will be no
gambling at the Fair il it be within the
province OF his good Office and the might
of his strong arm to save a trusting popu-
lace from so disgracefsl spectacle.
Notwithstanding, it may appeal as an
interesting commentary on the incident in
question. that number Of reputable and
acknOwledgely intelligent citizens of Mont
gomery county. upon visit to the recent
carnival held under the auspices Of the
fire department at Silver Spring. were wit
nesses TO procedure which. in their minds,
they were unable to divorce from the prin-
ciple of gambling They would 90 so far,
in fact. as TO state that certain devices.
in the full bloom of shameless operation
there. were. in their humble opinions. full
fiedged gambling devices.
These devices. known as jingle boards,
containing a number OF silver coins of
various denominations. were played at
fixed price per shot or throw. the winnings
depending entirely upon the chance encir-
cling of any coin by the rings which wer
thrown.
Il may be interesting. further TO note, in
this connection, that money wheels, oper-
ated upon the identical principle, il not
through the same mechanics, were sum
marily closed at the Fair last year. by the
s anne authority. and never reopened.
We desire to make clear. at this point,
that there is no intent to reflect upon or
detract from the endeavOrs of the fire de-
parIment TO which we have given and ex-
pect always TO give our most loyal support
We cannot refrain, however. though the
of settings be odiOus. from
calling attention OF the public to the pei
lucid transparency OF this sanctimoniOus |
gesture on the part Of authority.
L. L. GILPIN,
President.
OHIO C. TRUNDLE. Secretary.