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Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
FACING LIFE

Various types of young people
are about to finish their careers in
schools or colleges, and will soon
plunge out for themselves in what
is called the cold, cold world. Some
of these young folks have completed
extended courses in colleges and
technical schools, some go out with
high school diploma, and many,
far too many, have quit school too
early, and seem as yet poorly equip
ped for life.
To an older person who knows
the difficulties of the world, its
snares and pitfalls, the future of
these young people seems some
thing yet to be determined. But as
the old proverb had it, in the bright
lexicon of youth there is no such
word as "fail". The young person
faces the future with superb con-
fidence that he can make good.
These students are now up again
st a quite different kind of problem,
in which they have to learn lessons,
not from books and lectures, but
mostly from personal observation.
Their education should have given
them some power to think things
out for themselves, so that when
they confront some puzzling situa-
ton, they will be able to see thru
it, and work out some satisfactory
solution.
Not so much can be said for the
many who are quitting school at one
of the earlier grades. In many
cases they are forced to do SO be-
cause of home difficulties. In too
many instances they are quitting
because they can't seem to make
good in school. But such failures
do not necessarily mean permanent
defeat.
Some people who have good sound
Judgment and capacity for honest
work, never seem able to get much
out of books. They learn from ex-
perience and observation. After
all, life is the worlds greatest book.
But to read it, people must put
their minds on it, and do their best
every day to learn the lessons it
teaches, and to master its difficult
ties.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
Adams Cross Roads

Dave Devere, Miss Edna Adams,
Miss Mary Johnson, Bernice Adams,
Myrtle Adams and Gladys Trice were
Rehoboth visitors Sunday. =
Mr.. and Mrs. John Chafinch enter
tanned her brother and wife, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Quency, of Phila-
delphia, and uncle, of New Jersey,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ormond Wright, Of
near Denton, visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Adams, on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Trice and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Adams on Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Robinson entertained
the Bloomery Aid at her home last
Wednesday afternoon, this being
the last meeting until September.
School days are over for this
term.
Preaching at Bloomery Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hill, of Sails
bury, visited her parents, Mr.. ]. N.
Tiley, and brother Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Adams wish
to announce the marriage of their
daughter, Marian Virginia, a gradu-
ate of Bridgeville Senior Glass of '29,
to VIM. Earl Robinson, of Federals-
burg, Md, on March 80, 1929, at
Elkton, Md,
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
MILFORD, FRIDAY, JUNE Z, 1929
THE YEARS SCHOOL WORK

The schools of the country are
soon to close for the summer and
many have already done so. The
community congratulates all those
who have won promotion to a high
er grade, and particularly all who
are to graduate from schools and
colleges. The possession of one of
these diplomas means more than it
used to. School tests are stricter
than formerly, and usually when
such diplomas are awarded, it means
that a great deal of real work has
been done.
The successful student has many
times rejected the chance to go in
for good times, on account of the
need for quiet study on the NOR
rows lessons. The student who
has thus learned to keep the main
end of school in view and stick to
that and let side issues go, has
learned something that will be val
liable in after life. That ability to
concentrate on the higher ends is
something that many Of our people
never acquire, and this lack ac-
counts for the failure of many.
School pupils may forget the
greater part of the specific facts
that they learn. In a few years
they will not be able to repeat the
list of the presidents of the United
States, nor tell the dates of our his
toric battles. But the value of edu-
cation is not so much the informa-
tion learned, as the acquisition of
habits of thorough work and ca
pacity for judgment about human
affairs.
Warm commendation should be
given to the teachers of Milford for
their patient efforts. They carry
heavy load of anxiety for the pro-
gress of their pupils. Day after
day through the long school year
they have patiently explained their
subjects to slow minds, they have
tried to awaken and inspire the
backward, and have striven to cor
rect and regulate the unruly. Their
service should never be forgotten.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
Drawbridge

Mrs. Richard Reynolds, who has
been confined to the Beebe Hospital
at Lewes, for treatment, has return
ed to her home near here, much i'm
proved.
Mrs. Sarah Lockerman, who has
been spending some time with her
daughter, Mrs. Maurice A. Frazier,
Jr., of Dover, spent the weekend at
her home here.
Miss Elsie Marvel, of Midway,
spent the weekend with Miss Ida
Carpenter, near here.
The farmers of this vicinity are
busy harvesting their pea crop.
Horace Lockerman, accompanied
by Mrs. Ralph L. Moore and Ralph,
Jr., of Wilmington, motored here
and spent the weekend with Mrs.
Sarah Lockerman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
and Ralph Steele spent Sunday last
with Mr. and Mrs. William War
rington and family, of Jefferson's
Cross Roads.
Mrs. Louisa Johnson entertained
relatives from Pennsylvania over
the weekend.
w. Thomas Lockerman, of Greers-
boro, Md, and sister, Miss Mae
Lockerman, of fredericksburg, Md,
motored here and spent the week
end with their mother, Mrs. Sarah
Lockerman.
Rodell Card spent Sunday last
with Mrs. C. A. Davidson and fam
lily.
Samuel Lockerman made a busi-
ness trip to Greensboro and Den
ton, Md, on Saturday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Dicker-
son, of Milton, have been spending
some time with the formers father,
Charles Dickerson, who has been on
the sick list.
Mrs. Leroy King spent Saturday
afternoon at the home of her moth
er, Mrs. Amanda Reed, of near here.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
Bethel

The Children's Day Services will
be held Sunday evening, June 80.
Mrs. Harry Bell and son, Bobby,
of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. Maggie Riggin.
Mr.. Arthur Phillips and Miss Edith
Wheatley spent the weekend with
relatives in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Knowles and
son Bobby, of Mays Landing, N. j.,
spent few days last week with Mrs.
George N. Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Wootten, of
near Galestown,. visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. Riggin on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Larrimore
and son Richard, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Larrimore's
parents, Capt. and Mrs. George w.
Phillips.
Mrs. Clara Phillips and children,
Leroy, Mildred, of Delaware City,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Boyce, of Lau-
rel, Mrs. Ida Adams, of this town,
were Sunday guests with Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. H. Massey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Greece and
son Jackie, of Chester, Pa, spent a
few days last week as guests. of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Furness. =
Mr.. Normal Coulbourn, of Will
mington, is spending a few days at
the home of Mrs. Maggie Cordrey.
Capt. Alfred Murray, of Mt. YER
non, Md, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi War
rington, Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Thomp-
son and son Billy, Mr.. Howard
Purse, Miss Iva Carter, of Seaford,
were Sunday guests with Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. M. Massey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Furness and
son Jackie, of Jenkintown, Pa,
spent a part of last week with Mr..
and Mrs. S. ]. Furness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elva Quillin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Shinn, of Camden, N. j., spent
Sunday with Capt. and Mrs. H. P.
Cordrey.
Mr.. 2. M. Smith. Miss Emma
Smith, of Whitesville, Mr.. Ebe T.
Bunting, of Millville, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Smith.
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GOVERNOR IN PROCLA-
NATION URGES INSPEC-
TI0N OF AUTOMOBILES

0 Whereas, Automobile acci-
0 dents are responsible for
0 enormous and unnecessary
0 losses of life, injuries to per-
0 son and damages to property;
0 and
0 Whereas, A large proper
0 ton of these accidents are di-
0 rectly traceable to the failure
0 upon the part of motorists to
0 observe the laws requiring
0 equipment and mechanism to
0 be kept in proper condition;
0 and
0 Whereas, Charles H. Grant
0 land, to aid in enforcing the
0 motor laws, has arranged,
0 with the cooperation of the
0 automotive industry of the
0 State and all garages and ser
0 vice stations, for an inspec-
0 ton, free of charge, of all mo-
0 tor vehicles during the month
0 beginning June Is, 1929, and
0 ending July Is, 1929, inclusive,
0 such inspection to include an
0 examination of brakes, horns,
D lights, steering mechanism,
0 mirrors, windshield wipers,
0 registration plates, clearance
D lights (for trucks and opera
0 tors licenses;
} Now, Therefore, I, G. Doug
D lass Buck, Governor of the
D State of Delaware, co-operat-
D ing with the continuous safety
D campaign of the Delaware
D Safety Council, do proclaim
D the period from June Is, 1929,
D to July Is, 1929, inclusive, as
D Safety Save-A-Life Month.
} 1 earnestly call upon all ow-
} ners and operators of motor
} vehicles to avail themselves
} of this opportunity to have
} their motor vehicles inspected
J without charge and upon
} learning of any defects in me-
} chanism or equipment or the
} adjustment thereof, to have
such defects eliminated i'm
mediately.
I further urge the press,
motor clubs, chambers of COM
merce and civic organizations
within Delaware to emphasize
the Importance of this safety
movement as a means of CO.
operating with the authorities
of this State in their effort,
through enforcement of the
law, to reduce the hazard to
life and property occasioned
by defective and improperly
adjusted automotive equip
ment.
Given, under my hand and
the Great Seal of the State of
Delaware, this third day of
June, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-nine and in the
Independence of the United
States the one hundred and
fifty-fourth.
C. DOUGLASS BUCK,
Governor
By the Governor:
Charles H. Grantland,
Secretary of State.
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Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
Donovan's
(Near Ellendale)

Our school closed on Saturday,
June 1st, with picnic in the after
noon. All reported a very fine time
We are very sorry to know that
our teacher, Mrs. Maize Wilson, will
not be with us for another year. She
has been very successful in her
work here, and we all wish her the
same wherever she may teach an
other year.
AS the strawberry rush is about
over now, the farmers are busy
with their pea crop which is un-
usually large this season.
E. M. Walls and family and V. L.
Spencer and family were Milford
visitors on Saturday evening last.
Mrs. Jessie Parsons is still i'm
proving at her home here.
James Parsons and family were
Millsboro visitors on Saturday eve
ming last.
Mrs. Blanche Belts and daughter,
Pearl, of Milton, visited Alfred
Belts and family on Saturday last.
Robert Workman has purchased
new Whippet coach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Parsons en-
tertained on Sunday last the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. CASHIER Lewes,
and family, of Bishopville, Md
Edward Lewes and family, Of
Whaleyville, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Kitchens,
of Dagsboro.
Joseph Long and family, of Days
boro.
Mrs. A. N. Pratt and Mrs. ]. B.
Parsons were Lewes visitors on
Monday of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Spencer en-
tertained on Sunday their son and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Spen-
Ger, of Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Parker and
son, of Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07

by some kind of social or personal
pull. They are apt to find that
friendship is one thing and business
is different, and people do not often
give their favors to those who can
not make an equivalent return.
Some young men get such favors
because their relatives have i'm
portant positions in business con-
Germs, but in the long run the
world demands results before it
gives rewards.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
MARRIED, WENT TO COLLEGE,
BECAME RICH ON so CENTS

How John Wuetrich, born in
Switzerland, came to Wisconsin and
after he was grown up, married,
went to college, and became a rich
land owner, all on fifty cents origin
al capital, was the story unfolded
recently when this years valuation
of $4,000 was placed upon Wuet-
rich's holdings near Greenwood.
Wuetrich's first venture as a
young man was to start a butter
and cheese factory valued at $1,000.
Telling Farm and Fireside of his
ventures, Wuetrich said that he had
so cents when he induced farmers
to back him in the business. Illness
ran him into debt $4,000 on his first
factory, but he paid it off and with
a balance of $3S embarked in matri-
mony. Pooling their resources, Mr..
and Mrs. Wuetrich bought unclear-
ed land. With the money he receiv-
ed from timber, he went to the ag-
ricultural school at Madison. 1t
was his college training that enab-
led him to develop a profitable dairy
herd, but illness overlook him again
and he faced ruin through bank
failure.
Undiscouraged, he went to work
again and last year, after agreeing
70 pay off $25,O0O in two years, sue
,eeded in paying off $4,000 in the
irst. His net profits from milk alone
we're $4,000 and he sold $4,000 worth
If cattle and $4,000 worth of peas.
The proceeds of his clover seed
iales brought his annual earnings
lp to the $4,000 mark, besides which
lie paid off some old stock. Wuet-
ich attributes his success to the
of farming he gained
rom going to agricultural college.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
TARIFF DICKERING

The more the different elements
and sections wrangle over the tar
iff question, the harder it seems to
settle it. Hundreds of different in
terests are clamoring for higher
duties, and they say foreign COM
petition takes away some of their
business, and deprives American
workpeople of employment.
But whenever tariffs are raised,
there is the chance that prices paid
by the consumers will go higher.
And also foreign nations to whom
we wish to sell goods resent ex-
clusion of their products.
This question seems almost in
soluble, but somehow it must be
solved, as near to justice as possi-
BILE. 1t is not strange that con-
gressional leaders have been talk
ing adjournment for a few weeks, to
give the legislators chance to talk
this subject over with their consti-
tuents. Our people here in Della
ware will say it is too big ques-
tion to be settled in a hurry.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
IN PICKING WIVES

The girl who earns her own liv-
ing, because her self respect de-
mands that she be worth a living
wage, makes a far better wife and
mother than she would if she had
never had this experience.-Wo-
mans Home Companion.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
LNDY AND ANNE

The American people wish to offer
their heartiest congratulations to
Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh, and they
are also a bit amused at the clever
way in which these young folks got
ahead of the reporter tribe, and
had their wedding all finished before
anyone dreamed there was anything
doing. The newspaper folks are al
ways hustling for the news, but
they will have to admit that the
seekers after copy and pictures
have made things a bit rocky for
this admired couple, who do not
relish the white light of publicity
under which they dwell all the
time.
But anyway, the public wishes to
express its very great liking for
these young folks, and the feeling
that they come as near being an
ideal couple as any that our life
has produced for many years. Col.
Lindbergh is the subject of hero
worship for his great achievements
and courage and wholesome and
manly spirit, and his wife is in ev-
cry way worthy of him. We can
expect great things from these
young people, and with such rec
ord and such character they will ac-
complish much for their country.
We can all well hope that the news
papers will not intrude too persist
emily on their wedding journey, and
will give them a chance for honey
moon with all the romance that they
so well deserve.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
HOW MANY FARMERS?

About 80 per cent of the total
population is farming, whereas
with the general use of efficient ma
chinery Is per cent could feed the
nation.-Farm and Fireside.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
BEAUTY is ONLY SHIN DEEP

One of the most pathetic figures
of this age, according to the Con-
firmed Old Bachelor, is $40 silk
stockings on 10-cent legs.-The
Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
1T TAXES TWO

AS the individual is incomplete
without the home, so is home in
complete with the community
Farm and Fireside.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
THE PROCESS OF SALES
MANSHIP

In selling things to the public, the
process can not be too abrupt. If
you call at someone's door, and ask
if he wants to buy certain thing,
the chances are so to l that he will
say No. He may want and need that
very thing, but the approach has
been too abrupt.
You need TO set him to thinking
bout that thing, and his need for
it, and any arguments you may
have to present. After he has null
ed over it little, he may consider
buying it. But you can not hurry
his thought.
If you are getting up public en-
tertainment, you can not expect to
interest people to buy tickets sim
ply by one announcement. The ap-
proach has been too abrupt You
need to have a series of announce
ments, dwelling on this or that fea-
ture of the affair.
If a salesman asks someone who
enters his store, if he wants to buy
this or that thing, the chances are
very strong that he will say No, un-
less of course he entered the store
with a predetermined purpose to
buy that thing. And yet the thing
you mention may be something that
he wants and needs, and if given
time, he will buy it. But to expect
him to buy it right off on the min
ute, is too abrupt an approach.
One of the principal reasons why
such great fortunes and so many fine
are being built up by
advertising, is that it
makes its appeal to this principle
of the gradual approach. People
see about this or that advertised ar
ticle as they read the newspapers.
The subject being thus suggested
to them, they reflect on it, and the
more they think about it, the more
they are disposed to go to the store
that advertised that thing and buy
it. You have approached them ac-
cording to the principles that gov
ern the human mind, and the chan
ces of selling them that article are
increased.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
ACTS OF COURTESY


1t is amazing how far acts of
courtesy will go. Some little act
showing good feeling and consid-
GRAFTON, may accomplish more than
years of argument.
For instance, it was remarked
that a great deal has been accom-
plished toward reconciling the an
tagonistic French and Germans,
through the helpfulness of the
French people extended to the
German dirigible Graf Zeppelin,
during this airship's recent peril
GUS journey, when it was forced to
land in France after giving up it's
trip to the United States. The
French cut out some of their strict
regulations, in order to provide this
airship with the best possible land
ing, and did everything they could
for the safety and comfort of these
air voyagers.
Nations and people appreciate
these acts of courtesy, and they
accomplish wonders to smooth down
international friction that had
threatened trouble. The gracious
and courteous way in which Col.
Lindbergh met the people Of Europe
after flying across the Atlantic
ocean, did a great deal to soften
their dislike of Americans. Also |
courteous acts by Col. Lindbergh |
on his flights to Mexico and Cen
trail America, accomplished much in !
making those people think more |
pleasantly of our citizens.
Courtesy goes a tremendous dis
tance in the business world. The
store salesman who treats people
with invariable politeness, and adj
justs himself good naturedly to
their whims and peculiarities,
makes a great deal of business for
his firm, and people will go con-
siderable distance and wait around
some time to trade with such a
person.
1t would be wonderful help in
avoiding wars, if the people who
travel or have business in foreign
countries, could always exemplify ;
this courtesy. If they always ]
showed that spirit, people of the I
foreign nations would all desire ]
American friendship.
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IF WE WANT our children to
,ome up neat and orderly, one way t
o make them so is to create neat, C
,rderly and attractive homes. The t
roung folks will reflect their en- t
So@
ALL OUR TOWNS have plenty of o
alkers who can tell very eloquent s.
= what should be done, but not so Ii
nanny have doers, who will take L
old and do few of these needed il
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
VARIOUS KINDS OF GROWTH

Most Of the towns in Delaware
are earnestly desirous of making
community gains, of attracting more
population and gaining more busi-
ness and trade and keeping well up
with modern advantages. Our peo-
pie here in Milford share that SEN
timent very strongly, so it is i'm
portant to consider what kind of
gains we wish to concentrate upon.
In some communities, the boosters
seem eager for population growth
more than anything else. Any kind
of new industry is welcome, even
if it employed the rawest kind of
unskilled labor. Anything that will
enable them to take a higher posi-
ton in the census of 1880 will be
thankfully accepted.
But there are many towns that
are not so eager for growth in
quantity as in quality. They want
to see business more successful,
so that better wages can be paid,
which means that people can i'm
prove their homes, and so that the
people can easily afford to pay more
taxes and contribute by private sub
scription to needed improvements.
They are anxious for more beauti-
full home grounds, more and better
kept parks and Fairgrounds, better
schoolhouses, more generous sup
port of schools, public library if
the same is lacking. A town might
make very remarkable gains along
such lines, even if it did not succeed
in any rapid population growth.
AS usual thing, population
growth does bring some or many
of these gains, because there are
more people to bear the burdens.
But the two most important things
are to promote the spirit of taste
and care among the citizens that
shall encourage beauty and order,
and to promote business enterprise,
which shall lead to energetic meas
ures to develop trade. A town
where these ideas prevail is going
to make itself very attractive to the
most intelligent and successful
people.
That is the kind of growth Mil
'ord wants.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
THREATENING LETTERS

The practice of sending black
mailing letters to prominent or
wealthy people, demanding large
sums of money, and making dire
threats if the same are not deliv-
cred, seems to be becoming more
common. Few people could receive
such letters without suffering anx-
iety, even though the person who
sent them may not be anyone who
should be taken seriously.
If such threats are made with
any serious purpose of extracting
money, it makes one shudder to
think that such vile persons are at
large among us. Such letters may
be the work of people of loose men
tality, but people capable of max
ing such threats need to be behind
the bars somewhere. Anyone who
can offer any information helping
to detect them should gladly con-
tribute it.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07
EoG

IF THE PUBLIC had the power
of mind reading, it could tell what
stores have the best bargains in any
line and steer straight for them.
Lacking those powers, it needs to be
informed on that point by advertis-
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07

IF WE WANT our children to
come up neat and orderly, one way
to make them so is to create neat,
orderly and attractive homes. The
young folks will reflect their en-
virOnment
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07

ALL OUR TOWNS have plenty of
takers who can tell very eloquent
ly what should be done, but not so
nanny have doers, who will take
hold and do a few of these needed
things.
Milford chronicle., 1929-06-07

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15

SAN FRANCISCO.-Many retailers
Of gasoline in the bay district are