Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-02-08
THE COMMUNITY BUILDING is

one of the principle assets of the
Town of Milford, and fortunately, it
is controlled by the Carlisle Fire
Company; which organization made
it possible through almost amazing
efforts of just a dozen citizens who
could see into the future and under
stand the great value of such
building, must be to any community
as a public centre, as well as a pro
lection of property from destruction
by fire. Every home, be 1t rented
or owned by the occupant, is maze
more safe through this organization
of the business men and patriotic
citizens, from loss in real money,
not to mention the sentimental val
lie all homes have for the people.
In it's construction the men who
put the building up, expended about
one hundred thousand dollars, and
gave to Milford the only building of
its kind to be found in any town or
in any community, on the Del-Mar-
Va Peninsula. The debt has been
reduced about sixty per cent, as is
shown by a statement published in
this issue of the Milford Chronicle,
and the money has been earned by
the firemen from carnivals and other
entertaining efforts sponsored by
them. Each store business, each
pool room, each restaurant, and ev-
cry form of business activity, has
been protected from money loss by
fire, through the free work of the
firemen of the Carlisle Fire Com
pany, and will be in the future. Yet
it is an astonishing fact, that there
are a number of business men in
Milford, who pledged to annually
contribute sums for the upkeep of
the Community Building who have
not paid their obligations; and, that
amount now totals approximately
five thousand dollars. This is a dis
graceful condition, which must be
wiped away for the sake of the fair
fame of the business men who have
failed to keep their pledges, as well
as for the good name of the business
and town of Milford. The sense of
shame certainly is not lost by these
people, and the firemen must urge
them to close up this duty they owe
as individuals, as well as citizens
forming part of progressive COM
munity like Milford.
THE season of Lent will begin
next Wednesday, February 18th,
and it is one of the most generally
observed of all Church ceremonies.
Ash Wednesday starts a forty-day
period of serious religious thought
with church people in all parts of
the world, and this era is followed
by the Easter joys, which take
form in wonderful church cere-
monies, wonderful displays of hand
some flowers, and by the opening of
the spring and summer seasons, by
the people generally; as it is then
that the beautiful displays of cloth
ing and other forms of display of
fashions are most prevalent. 1t is
right and proper that a period of
consideration of the moral condi-
lions which surround us, should be
stressed for forty days before the
great joyous Easter celebrations re
turn in annual routine, to make
business better and the people more
happy for the season that follows.
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HOW LINCOLN ROSE
Lincoln's birthday has always
been an occasion for pointing out
to young people that it is possible
for them to rise in the world, even
if they originate from the most |
beginnings. His car
eer is an incentive to boys and |
girls of humble surroundings. No |
young person ever starts under con-
1itions more discouraging than |
those that surrounded Lincoln in
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