Milford chronicle., 1929-03-15
Selbyvine

Miss Caroline Simpler of FELTON,
has been spending a few days with
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Stevens
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonah McCabe have
been visiting with friends at Chin
colleague, Va, returning home Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Katherine Williams spent the
weekend at Salisbury, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Stevens motored
to FELTON, Sunday and were the
guests of the latter's brother and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford NJ
Simpler.
Miss Vesta Hudson and mother
entertained Mrs. John Hazel, ST.,
and grandson, Jack, of Philadelphia
this week.
Norman c. Davis attended the
Lewes-Cape May Ferry meeting held
Monday at Cape May, N. J. There
were over 100 present at the meet
ling and another one will be held in
the near future as Lewes is separat-
ed from Cape May by only IL miles
of water and to drive by automobile
it is 1873 miles. 1t is the hope of
many that the ferry line will soon
be secured between these points.
Last Saturday night U. S: Senator
John G. Townsend delivered an ad-
dress to the people of Milford. Sen
ators Hastings and Blease also
spoke.
In accordance with the plans of
Mr.. Albert Farley and the State
Board, March 1922 has been desig-
mated as Patrons Week. An invita-
ton is given to all patrons and
friends of the school to visit all
grade rooms and high school class
es. Remember the time, March 49,
%.
Coach P. T. Timmons is busy get
ting the base ball diamond into
shape and has started some practice.
It is hoped that he will be as sue
cessful in base ball as his team was
in basket ball.
Frankfort, MillsbOro, George
town, Rehoboth and Milton will be
in the same circuit with Selbyville.
Lord Baltimore is reported to have
an Independent team.
The County Defamation Contest
will be held in Millsboro, Friday,
April 5, at 8 p. m. The contest in
oratory will be held at p. m.
The picture shown to the IL grades
of the Selbyville school last week
was 1.-THE Light of Race" 1t was
educational.
Mans first light was the sun. The
sun is a small spherical body about
100000 miles distant from the
earth; $4,000 miles in diameter and
capable of sustaining a temperature
of 100000 degrees.
Some scientists think that this
body is semi-gaseous, semi-solid;
other that it contains radium which
has the power of generating more
heat while giving off heat. Theorize
as you wish, the sun was the first
recruit to offer his services to man
and light him along the path of pro-
gress.
From sun to television-250 1000
years, and several thousand passed
before man could even make a fire;
he ate his food raw. Fire was the
base from which all progress
sprang. When Columbus discovered
America it was years before peo-
pie in Northern Europe knew that
man from Southern Europe had
found a new continent; when Indy
landed at LIE Bonrget Flying Field
on May IS, 1927, the world received
the news within Is seconds.
One of the best scenes ivn the pic
ture was the spotlight of a power
equivalent to 50O,000,000 candles.
But what of the recent telescope
with a 200 inch lens to study the
skies.
Man first made fire by striking
two stones or rubbing two pieces of
wood before he learned the use of
metals and flint on steel" The
match came within the
past century.
Franklin appeared at a seasonable
time in the picture and showed how
he could draw lightning from the
clouds by means of a spear-headed
kite with string and a key tied to
the nearer end. When he touched the
hSJ WIFI Ills Ting anu spark new
off any child observes that lightning
and electricity are near cousins. |
Further proof was given when the
fine threads on the string stood up
straight and Franklin was able to
store the electricity from the clouds /
in a leyden jar which he used for a
storage battery in making expert
nents.
About 1900 Sir Humphrey Wade
discovered that positive and neg
ltive carbon if connected with a
conductor would make a spark, but
he task fell to Thomas A. Edison