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Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
PAVED ROADS BRING
COUNTY FARM RELIEF
Texas COunty'S EValuatiOn Increases
Three Million For Every Million
Invested
By E. E. Duffy

~ L. - AChAAy
When a gentleman, who is now
the treasurer of a large Cameron
County (Texas) development COM
pany, arrived in Harlingen in 1916
he had to ride through mud to the
hotel on the back of a Mexican.
In the fourteen years since then,
Cameron County has climbed out of
the wilderness and now this ''tip o.
Texas" is one of the most prosper
GUS farming communities in the
world-and one of the best paved.
Early comers to Cameron county,
which owes much of its fertility to
the Rio Grande, knew that someday
cactus and mesquite would give way
to citrus fruit, cotton and vege-
tables. The scanty citizenry bided
it's time until sizeable bond issues
for irrigation structures and paved
roads could be adopted. Concrete
pavements brought amazing pros
perity to Cameron county and soon
affected the attitude and wealth of
the other counties composing the
lower Rio Grande Valley.
Altogether, bond issues aggregat-
ing $7,02O,O00 have been adopted for
highway purposes in Cameron Coun-
ty. To date 1873 miles of concrete
have been built and money enough
remains for an additional rs miles
which will be built at once.
Judge Oscar C. Dancy of Cameron
county, leader in the good roads
movement, recently declared that
every time Cameron county spends a
million dollars for irrigation and
highway development, three million
dollars is added to property evalu-
alton and that, since property is
evaluated at One-third of its actual
sale price, a one million dollar
county investment really increases
the value of property nine million
dollars.
Another remarkable thing is re-
vealed by Judge Dancy. When the
road bonds were planned he announ-
ced that the total tax rate per one
hundred dollars worth of property
would be S1.75. AS matter of fact,
a rate of $1.50 has taken care of all
bond issues, general county require
ments, levees and all other items.
Several facts are brought out by
the experience of Cameron county:
(1)-Local roads can be paved. (2)
Money must be invested to make
money. GA community's re-
sources are often greater than is
generally realized. (D-Problems,
such as irrigation and highway, can
only be solved by the construction of
structures built of permanent ma
terials.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
GEORGETOWN

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Donovan
served their first Sunday dinner in
their new home last Sunday. Their
dinner guests were as follows: Mr..
and Mrs. Ford Parker, Miss Sara
Donovan and brother John, Miss
Elizabeth Hudson and friend,
Wright Ward, Miss Margaret Park
er, Miss Myrtle Steele and friend,
George Adams and Miss Helen Par
ker and friend, Walton Johnson.
The Ladies Aid of the Sand Hills
Church will meet at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Pettyiohn near
town, on Thursday evening, April
"a. Everybody is cordially invited.
"Flap Goes the Flapper," a come
dy in two acts, presented by the
Boy Scouts of America, Troop 9B, OF
Georgetown, at Ryon's Theatre on
Wednesday and Thursday, April 70
and "a. Admission: Adults S5c; and
children 25c. No reserved seats.
Come out and help us.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
PRESS IS EXT0LLED ,n,o
IN TALKS OVER RADIO
Vast Unseen Audience Told What
COuntry's $4,000 Newspapers
Mean to the People.

Radio broadcast tribute to the
newspaper industry last week IN tne
Westinghouse "Salute to Journal
ism" over WIS nationwide net
work. The announcer said:
"There are in the United States TO-
dav over $4,000 newspapers, OF when
about 2,1OO are dailies. Their com
bined circulation is approximately
10000 900, and 10000, 100000 indlvlo-
nal newspapers are printed every
wear. If all these papers were stack
ed in a single pile they would eX.
tend $4,000 miles into the air. IL
the paper in them were made into
single strip four feet wide, this strlp
would be 25,00O,00O miles long.
Newspaper Living Force
"But dead materials do not make
a newspaper. 1t is a living force.
And because the newspaper IS a
leader in social service, because II
inspires creative thinking, and be-
cause it is the source from which all
of us draw by far the greater part OF
fbe knowledge that is our power
salutes it and the
400 900 men and women in the news
1aper publishing industry.
aYour newspaper is not merely d
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
MEMORIES OF HOME
Nv DEL MARVA

BY DEL MARNA
I wandered through the fields today
and out among the trees,
sat down by the brook again and
watched the Honey Bees
I thought of yesterdays that's gone
and all the joys I had;
OF all the things worth living for when
was just lad.
thought of Father making hay, and
all the fun we had;
OF all the things used to do tnat new
er made him mad.
How he would take me in his arms
and walk towards the house,
And play that he was Tab, the pussy
cat, and 1 his little mouse.
I thought of pies that Mother made;
and lots of cookies, too;
OF how Dad and would share the good
things that she knew.
I thought of how her smiling face, ana
soft and coZy lap,
Were just the things that ] would seek
when ready for my nap.
I thought of all the boys and girls;
now men and women grown,
And wondered if the joys they knew,
they share now, with their own.
I thought of fortunes big and small; of
fame and glory, too,
For all of these 1 would not give the
Joys that then 1 knew.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
DADDY'S SWEETHEART
BY DEL MARVA

BY DEL MARVA
She's lots of care and trouble, and she's
always in the way,
She spills my ink and breaks my pen,
and throws my books away;
And Mother says II know that I'd be
happy if the weather just would
clear
So Tookie could get out again, and play
one whole long year"
And Buddy says she takes his toys,
and spills his papers, too;
And never asks, or never says, 'I'H
give them back to you"
And then at night when am tired, and
sit down with a book,
She crawls up in my lap and says, MY
Daddy, 'et me 'ook.'
But Mother says Il think it's time that
little folks were gone,
And Daddy knows that you'll be sick if
you stay up too long"
But little eyes are bright yet, and lit
tie hands are quick,
And the little Took I'm holding is far
from being sick.
She's lots of care and trouble, and she's
lots of worry, too;
Lots of anxious hours of waiting in the
sickness she went through.
Lots of steps that seem uncalled for
little hands will make;
Lots of pains and lots of heartaches
for her happiness we take.
But for the joy of one sweet kiss, her
arms around our neck,
There is no sacrifice I know her family
would not make.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
EPWORTH

Don't miss the Easter service at
Epworth M. E. Church. All the chill
dren in the community are invited
to sing in the choir. Miss Katherine
Richards, Miss Elizabeth Chafinch
and Miss Matilda Chaf1nich will
read the Easter story.
Rev. Ray w. Kirwin will preach
the Easter sermon. We are very
glad to have Rev. Kirwin back with
us again. All the children that come
to the Easter service and help sing
will be invited to an Easter egg
hunt at the home of Miss Mary R.
Loockerman on Saturday afternoon
at 2 p. M, April 26.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18

ing, hair slicked down, shoes clean.
Mrs. Williams served his breakfast.
After breakfast, he donned his coat,
Just like his father and strobe man
fully into the kitchen to give his
mother a goodbye" kiss.
That morning Mrs. Williams did
some hard thinking. That's the
whole trouble" she said to herself.
"I've been doing everything for that
boy. I haven't given him chance to
shoulder things himself. Why, of
course he'd rather mind himself
than mind me. 1 must change" And
she did. But she still insists that the
alarm clock "did it." She says, Hes
as good as gold now and I just
couldn't do anything with him be-
fore"
81 hope the time is not far distant
when every community may have a
free kindergarten available to its
children. So valuable is the kinder
garten training that I regret there
are still hundreds of districts that
are not able to offer this Opportun-
ity to the children of pre-school
age. e."-Ezra Lehman, President,
State Teachers College, Shippens-
burg, Pa.
If there is no kindergarten in your
school, work now for the establish
ment of one. You can secure leaflets
and advice from the National Kind
ergarten Association, 8 West For
tieth street, New York.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18

thing of paper and ink. True, il
costs you but few pennies. True
when you have read it you throw ii
away-but as to its real worth to
you, in what terms can you measure
it? Picture yourself for a moment
deprived of newspaper: Ignorant
of all that is happening about you
uninformed of world events-at the
mercy of RumOr and her thousand
lying tongues.
THAT you and 1 may know the
| truth, thousands of news gathers
every day brave weariness, discom-
fort and danger. A. Russell Owen
immures himself in an Antarctic
camp-a William Curtin risks the
loss of his liberty-a Phillip Payne
dares to start on a transatlantic
flight which he knows may end in
Disaster Donald Mellett is riddled
by the bullets of the underwood.
These men are heroes in the name OF
truth"
William A. Thomson, director of
the bureau of advertising of the
American Newspaper Publishers AS
sociation, the guest speaker during
this broadcast, said:
Newspapers bring us the latest
word from the pulpit, the stage; on
music, the movies, books, radio, air
planes, motor cars, sports, markets,
housekeeping, society, health and
laughter. It's not hard to see that
Will Rogers claims a liberal educa-
ton when he confesses that all he
knows is what he "reads in the pa
pers.'
"The editorial pages and cartoons
give us thoughtful opinions which
we may swear by or swear at, as the
case may be; at least they make us
think.
The Advertising Side
"Then there is that fascinating
news of business called advertising.
The talented men and women who
produce the advertisements have
made close studies of you, the ulti-
mate consumers. They know how to
get your eye and hold your interest.
They remind you of your wants and
convince you of needs you never sus-
pected.
IG dNGldSG COlllAOl IelDAO &AAAASAA
can home is a monument to things
advertised in the newspapers. Run
over in your minds what you eat,
wear, use and enjoy. Who but the
newspaper advertiser brought you
the news of these possessions which
add so much to the comfort, conven-
ience and general satisfaction of life.
Americas retail merchants in
vested more than $550,000.0O0 in
newspaper advertising in 1929, while
national advertisers, like West1ng-
house Electric, spent another $780,
100000 to tell you about their goods
through the newspapers columns.
These advertisers spent these vast
sums because they know that you,
as we'll as they, read the newspapers
and because you have faith in adver-
tised merchandise.
"Thus the daily newspaper not
only keeps the channels of world IN
formation flowing freely, but also
furnishes through it's advertising the
mower that moves merchandise from
tbe maker to the user. 1t comes as
near 10 being all things to all men
and ali women as any human lnstl-
tuition can be-"
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
MOTHERS GARDEN
BY DEL MARvA

by OGL mFraNA
The posts are mostly rotten, and the
fence is falling down
Around that little plot of garden back
there in my boy-hood town.
I was back today to view it, and 1 wan
dered up and down
That old walk that Mother laid through
the center of her town.
For her garden was her city, and she
lived there summer through;
With her beets, and peas, and carrots.
and the other things she grew.
There were flowers in great profusion;
some in beds, and gorders, too,
And their beauty and their fragrance
every home of sickness knew.
Tho the grass and weeds are growing
where her peas and flowers
grew,
Aren't the hearts she cheered in sad
ness, better for the joy they
knew?
Tho we cannot all grow flowers; we
can have a word of cheer
For the neighbor, friend, or stranger,
on the journey we share here.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
PHILLIPS HILL

Detective and MIS-. Ott1e DOnaWay
spent Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. L. w. Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Nichols OF
Millsboro called on Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Donaway on Tuesday eve
ming.
Mrs. Marie Mumford and children
Ottie and Mary Kathryn called on
her mother, Mrs. Flora Ellingsworth
on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Hudson called
on Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Hudson on
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Anna Lowe and daughter
Fannie accompanied by Mrs. Her
man Mitchell of Georgetown, spent
Wednesday in Salisbury.
Mrs. Otis West spent Thursday in
Gumboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Green Mumford en-
tertained on Thursday evening the
following Mr.. and Mrs. James Num-
ford and children, Preston, Alton
and Dorothy, Mr.. and Mrs. Lnford
Mitchell and daughter Betty, Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Mumford and son Mar
vim, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Donaway
Miss Hazel Ellingsworth and Nor
man Ellingsworth.
Miss Jennie Hudson and friend
Ottie Brumbley visited in Laurel on
Tuesday evening of last week.
George Carey and daughter Mar
garet and Mr.. and Mrs. ROddy Moore
of Millsboro motored to Salisbury,
Nd, recently.
John Mumford and daughter Mar
ian called on Green Mumford on
Sunday.
Mrs. Bessie Jenkins spent Mon
day with Mrs. Albert Parker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Hudson had
as their guests on Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Marvel and family of
Georgetown.
Miss Jennie Hudson spent We'd
nesday afternoon with Mrs. Dorothy
Dorey.
John Dennis of Pittsville was the
dinner guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Carey on Friday. Mr.. and Mrs. Dali
las Hudson and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Stevens spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Carey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Parker and
family called on friends on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis West entertain
ed on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
West and daughters Virginia and
Mary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollie Lewis and son
Clifford were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Balwin Moore on Sunday.
Mrs. Flora Ellingsworth and chill
dren Hazel and Norman visited Mr..
and Mrs. J. w. Carey on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Parson enter
tanned on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
James Mumford and Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Mumford.
Curtis Ellingsworth visited Sun
day with his sister, Mrs. Isaac Bow
den of Seaford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Donaway
spent Sunday with Detective and
Mrs. Ottie Donaway of Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mumford
entertained on Sunday evening,
Miss Emily Parson and friend, Har-
ley Collins, also Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
MumfOrd.
Misses Elsie and Mildred Tingle
entertained on Sunday Misses Jen-
ME Hudson and Beatrice Donaway,
also several friends from Penns
Grove, N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Locates Wis
.ited with friends near Milton on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Hudson and
son Earl also Harry Daisey spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. B.
Elliott of near Laurel.
Harlie Hudson called on friends
on Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
FARMINGTON

An appropriate Easter program is
being arranged for Sunday evening
April 20, at Salem M. E. Church.
Special Easter music will be rend-
cred by the choir and appropriate
recitations and dialogues will be
given by the children. Come out and
join us in the commemora1on Oh
this important event in the history
of fhe Christian Church.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
CEDAR GROVE
Near NIilfOrd)

Cedar Grove P. T. A. will hold the
regular April meeting on TUESDAY
April 29. The patch work quilt mace
bv the ladies of the district is very
nTettv and represents lots of work
It will be given away at this meet meet
ing to the one holding the lucky
number. A program of interest Will
he given and ice cream for sale. Inc
proceeds go toward picnic. Come
out.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Willie Favinger and c. B. FaV-
niger, Jr., having been granted let
ters of Administration on the Estate
of C. B. Favinger, Sr., notice is here
by given that all persons owing salu
Estate are requested to make settle
ment without delay and those having
bills against said Estate to present
same at once for payment to
C. B. FAVINIGER, JR.:;
-18-4t Seaford, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the State Highway Department, at its
office. Dover, Delaware. until 200 o.
clock P. NJ, May 13, 1880, and at that
place and time publicly opened for con-
tracts involving the following approx
mate quantities:
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
Contract 1873

Governors Avenue, Dover, 2.9 Mil
1900 Gu. Yds. Excavation
900 Gu. Yds. Borrow
600 Tons Br. Stone Base Course
7,100 Gu. Yds. Concrete Pavement
1000 Lin. Ft. Expansion Joint
so Tons Amiesite Patching
100 Gu. Yds. Glass "a" Concrete
$500 Lbs. Reinforcement
800 Lin. Ft. Is In. Corr. M. Pipe
80 Lin. Ft. 18 In. R. G. Pipe
$500 Lin. Ft. Shoulder Curb
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
Milford School News
REPORTED BY THE FRESHMAN ENGLISH CLASS

We regret very much that Wilbur
Warner found it necessary to stOI
school at this time.
Pupils who have made perfect at
tendance so far are Russell Frey
Viola Warren, Thelma Vibbert, Dor
othey Witt, Windsor Emory, Parker
Hitch, Webster Eckstrom, Edward
KINNEY, William Stevens, Wilma
wilkins, Elizabeth Truitt, Bella Or
kin, Beatrice Marvel, Alice johnson
and Jeanette Emory.
The Civics classes are studying
the Government of their own State
learning the number of officials and
their duties.
Mrs. Harrington and Mrs. Rogers
are trying out dodge ball players
from pupils of the sixth, seventh
and eighth grades. Teams, one from
the boys and one from the girls, will
be selected this week.
One of the Latin 1 students made
this important discovery in their
study of word stories:
The Relation Of Infant and lnfantry
Although infant and infantry in
our language are entirely different
words, they both came from the
same Latin word, infans which is
composed of in, not and fari to
speak; in other words it is one VINO
cannot speak.
It is easy to see how infant is de-
rived, but infantry is harder. IL
comes indirectly from infante which
is derived from infans. This woro
changed from infant to child, chlld
to boy, from boy to servant, page,
or follower of a knight. AS the ser
wants, when fighting in battle, did
not use horses, they became known
as foot soldiers.
The Milford Stamp Collecting Club
Milford for the first time has a
stamp club. George w. Perry, man
ager of the Grant store, has taken
great interest in different stamp col
lections around town and thought 1t
would be nice to form a stamp club.
Four weeks ago it was formed.
The charter members are Mr.. Perry,
George Vinyard, Henry Bunstein,
William Stevenson, Charles Robin
son, William McLourghy and Will
mer Lankford. A president and sec
retary were elected, George Vinyard
being the president and Henry Bun
stein the secretary.
At each of the three meetings Mr..
Perry has given us talk about
different country and at the same
time has shown us stamps from that
country.
At the first meeting he gave a
very interesting talk about Turkey;
at the second about India, and at the
third about South America.
At the last meeting two more
Joined: Justus Hudson and Brain
ard Poore. The club would be glad
if more boys or girls who are col
lecting stamps would become mem
bers.
Mr.. Shilling, our supervising prin-
cipal, was in Lancaster two days
this week, visiting Junior High
Schools.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
Compromising

rbe right skirt length is half way
,.4,,oon w here a man wants his own
rifo +o wear 'em and where he
ssS4s s5stb otbeTy women to wear 'em.-
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18

An unavoidable accident is one
where all the members of the coro-
ner's jury have cars, too.-The PAIN
finder,
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18

A neighbor who has no other
claim to distinction boasts lot
about his tough beard.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18

Thursday afternoon the two first
grades assembled for half hour OF
songs and plays for Easter.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18

The Milford Public schools closed
Thursday for Easter vacation. They
will reopen Tuesday next. Many Oh
the rooms gave programs yesterday
by way of celebrating Easter.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18

The following pupils of Mrs. Cor
dreys grade three had 100 in spell
ling: Mary Schrey and Harry Dom
ovan. These had only one mistake:
Frances Buckalew, Jack Holland
Bernard Clements, Mildred Ham
mond, Ruth Ann Denney, Irene Biz
zard, Henry Latchum, James Court
ney, Irene Daniels, and Ella Hinkey.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
m Nan NnI.onnor I.nnk

When Men No Longer Look
Perhaps one reason why the WON
en- are wearing their dresses longer
is lack of funds.-The Pathfinder
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18

The completed list for perfect at
tendance for third grade is: Tom
Bennett, William Johnson, Grace
Kitchens, Marian Nailor, Peggy Nal
lor. Elizabeth Kenton, Helen Kaiser,
Mary Catherine Hammond, and
Louise Donovan.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
What we call luck

What we call luck
Is simply pluck,
And doing things over and over;
Courage and will,
Perseverance and skill,
Are the four leaves of luck's Glove,
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
ADVERTISING
Received Too Late To Classify
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-One saddle pony. one
pig, weighing 100 pounds or more. Al
len league, Georgetown. a1S-2tp
"
FOR SALE-I Kinkade garden trac,,
tor. Good running condition. Will sen
cheap. 1 have no further use for II
Made by American Farm Machine 90:
Geo. r. Marshall, Milton, Del. II
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
Contract 162
Contract 1863
zoar Camp MiIlsboro SO Miles

Performance of contract shall COM
mence within ten (1O) days after exc
cution of the contract and be completed
as specified.
Monthly payments will be made for
80 per cent of the construction COM
pleted each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by a surety bond, certified check. or
money to the amount of at least ten
Q0) per centum of the total amount of
the proposal
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked Proposal for the con-
struction of State Highway Contract
The Contract will be awarded or re-
jected within twenty (20) days from the
date Of opening proposals.
The righf is reserved to reject any or
all bids.
Complete sets of plans and specifca-
tions NAV be obtained upon receipt of
two dollars (S200) for each contract,
which amount will not be refunded.
STATE HIGHWAY 1PARTMENT
a18-4t Dover Delaware
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18
LOST

LOST-Pair glasses, tortoise shell, at
fire Tuesday night. Finder please return
to Dave E. Shaw, Milford. 1tP
LOST-Wrist watch at fire. back OF
Windsor Hotel, Tuesday night. Finder
please return to c. e. Varney, Mlitoru'
1t
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18

IueSQay IN Iu6 lOuIIu AduS % ~
of Miss Markert's pupils banked,
while 1870 of Miss Carter's banked.
The fifth grade under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Blades has finished their
art project on Land Transportation.
It is in the form of a frieze pictur-
ing transportation over land from
the time when man first carried his
load on his back to the modern way
of transportation by auto trucks.
This frieze consists of nine pictures
divided by captions which explain
each picture. They are now making
a duplicate of this frieze in booklet
form for Miss Sheppard for the
State Art Department.
Eighty-six per cent of Mrs. Mem
ish's section of grade seven banked
Tuesday.
We hear much talk of styles and
dimities, percales, ETC., among the
eighth grade girls. They are begin
ming this week to work on new
dresses, the first they have ever
tried to make. We expect to see
them soon attired in the latest
styles.
The following pupils made 1000
in spelling during the last month:
Edward KINNEY and Marian Nor
gan.
The pupils of the English classes
have been writing a series of bus1-
ness letters, containing enclosures
Of checks. We are sure that these
pupils will be able to refute the
statement often made that when
pupils leave school they cannot
write a decent letter.
Square root has occupied the
arithmetic classes during the past
week. John Whaley and Bill Stevens
especially distinguished themselves
by solving problems containing eight
figures.
We are sorry to have such poor
attendance just now when every pu-
Dill specially needs to be present.
Final examinations are not far OFF.
Milford chronicle., 1930-04-18

Peace has broken out In China
The Pathfinder.