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Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
NEW CENTURY CLUB

1T was such a lovely party said
one little girl on her return home
from the New Century Club on Mon
day evening. The occasion was the
Christmas party given to the club
members and their children, by the
president, Mrs. Walter X. Barrett,
and she was assisted by Mrs. j.
Lynn Pratt and Mrs. George H.
Hall. The program was given en-
tirely by the children and was as
follows:
Solo, "Silent Night" Adele War
rem.
Recitation, Howard wilkins.
Recitation, Marion Barrett.
Song, Betty Danniger.
Song, Anne Pierce.
Song, Jane Vinyard.
Song, Gertrude Atkins.
Quartette, Harry Mulholland,
John Guyer, Jimmy Hammond and
Sam Marshall.
Recitation, Sara Nutter.
Solo, Little Lord Jesus" Anne
Nichols.
Mrs. Frank Welcomes kindergar-
ten class gave salute to the flag
and then sang America" and sever
al songs.
DR.. Dalema Draper was present
and gave a short talk to the chill
dren.
The program was closed with a
beautiful Christmas wish for all by
Mrs. Barrett.
Santa Claus then held sway with
gift on the tree for each child.
The evening was of much pleasure
to one and all. Ice cream, cake and
pop corn balls were served, and the
children had a merry time playing.
The next meeting will be on De-
cember 30 when DR.. Clyde Nelson
will be the speaker.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
EOM THUMB GOLF COURSE

VThe newest business racket, and
incidentally one of the most success
full, is the. Tom Thumb golf course.
1t has taken the country like wild
fire. Millions of fans are spending
from Is to so cents each to putt
(there is no driving in this game) a
colored golf ball over cottonseed
fairways and greens.
That it is a profitable business for
its promoters is attested by the fact
that the game can be played night
and day, seven days week, over a
course that represents an outlay of
only from $4,000 to $4,000. In the big
cities miniature courses make as
much as $3.50 day.
The new type of putting green is
patented by obert McCart, Jr., and
Albert S. Valdespino of Ell PasO, and
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
Forest SerUicc Warns
against GIuttiHg Christ
mas Tree Market


An adequate supply of evergreen
trees to cheer American homes at
Christmas time is in prospect. The
cutting of trees has already begun
in the northern tier of States. In re-
sponse to numerous inquiries, the
Forest Service of the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture says that
Christmas tree cutting need not
necessarily deplete the forests, if
the cutting is carefully done and
only surplus young growth not
needed for maintaining full stands
of timber is taken.
That the joy broughtby Christmas
trees may be undiluted by possible
losses to farmers, the Forest. Ser
vice offers a word of warning
against hasty cutting of trees with
the expectation of unusual markets.
Christmas trees from farm wood
lands are frequently a source OF
added income to the farmer, but he
is likely to regret it if he ignores
the law of supply and demand.
Find a market with a RESPONSE
BILE buyer before doiny any heavy
cutting of trees for SALE" is the
Forest Services advice, based upon
the experience of farmers in various
localities in past years when un-
counted thousands of fine trees had
to be consigned to the dump because
of eIutted markets. Indiscriminate
cutting and peddling seldom pays.
Especially in the larger cities, far
mers must compete with large COM
mercial shipments from northern
forests.
There are two or three points in
favor Of local trees, says the FOREST
Service. They are generally fresher
and retain their leaves better than
earlier harvested eVergreens ship
ped from a distance. Local contacts
can be made ahead of time and or
ders taken. If the trees are cut
from crowded stands as a thinning
operation, and if the farmer can get
sufficient return for his labor,
Christmas-tree cutting may bring
the farmer some extra cash-very
accountable in a short-crop year
and also leave the woods in better
shane for future growth. The farm
er will gain by cutting discriminate
ly, leaving the most vigorous trees
to grow into valuable timber, thin
ming where trees are Over-crOwded,
and taking inferior, stunted, or
crooked trees, the crowns of when
are often admirably suitable for
TsL,;cf,,,oe dncOratiOnS
Forest men find that often in
dense stands several thousand
young saplings may exist on an
acre of ground, on which only a few
hundred can ever mature. Christmas
tree cutting, then, may aid tree cul-
ture.
Fire, spruces, pines, and cedars'
in the order named, lead in popu-
larity. For wreaths and fancy
greens, almost any species of ever
green will serve. Logging and pulp
wood cutting of spruces, frs, and
other eYergreens make available Tor
the Christmas trade the tops and
branches of many thousands OF
trees.
Public forests and farms every
wear suffer greatly from depreda-
tions by Christmas tree cutters, es-
pecially from thefts by motorists
along roadsides. Even cemeteries
and marks are not immune. Many
fine trees are ruined by the THIEF
who takes out the tops. The Forest
Service strongly condemns this form
of vandalism, which results in con
siderable losses to owners of wood
lands and mars the scenic beauty oil
the hiehWayS.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
Inheritance Tax LGLU
Is Held To Be Valid
rContinned from First Paael

COHtiRned from rFHSI FdgeJ
on the ground that the inheritance
tax law had been repealed by the
1929 legislature. ...,.t
Robert H. Richards, Caleb s.
Layton and James H. Hughes, JI''
argued for the executors while VIII
liam H. Foulk, deputy attorney gen
eral of New Castle county, repre-
sented the Register of wills.
An appeal by the executors is 70
be taken to the State Supreme
Court.
The 1929 legislature approved an
amendment to the Inheritance Iax
Law changing rates. The amend
ment which was approved, struck
out all Of the law after the hrst
paragraph. The person who draltesu'l
the amendment apparently was un-
aware that the length o. the law
had been increased from one para
graph to three paragraphs by an
amendment ADOPTED by the 1927 leg
islature. 49,. ,o
Mr.. Foulk contended that the 1929
legislature had no intention OF m
validating the law and argued that
the use of the words first para
grapho in the 1929 amendment was
an error, and that the amendment
should have struck out all after the
third paragraph" The third para
eranh Of the law, one Of the two
paragraphs added by the 1927
anoaen6noent is the taxing paragraph.
The question Of the repeal of the
law was raised in two suits filed
during the past week, one by MI
Hughes and the other by Mr.. Rich
ards and Mr.. Layton. Mr.. Hughes
represents the Haskell estate and
MI. Richards and Mr.. Layton the
Bryson estate. ...
Mr.. Foulk during his argument
said to the court that probably the
insertion of the words first para
graph" instead of third paragraph
i'm the 1929 amendment may have
been due to an error on the part
of a copyist for the legislature.
He added further that. if the 1922
legislature had been aware of the
existence of the 1927 amendment the
latest amendment would have read,
in effect, strike our all after the
third paragraph" .....
The amendment as passed by the
1929 legislature reads: "That Chap
ter G of the Revised Code Of Della
ware (1915) be and the same IS
hereby amended by striking out all
of 146, Section 1O9 after the first
paragraph"
Mr.. Layton held that the action of
the 1929 legislature repealed the
second and third paragraphs of the
law, which paragraphs contain the
core of the law. He said he did not
believe the legislature, however, in
tended repeating the law.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
HAPPENING GS
IN AND
ABOUT TOW N
7iTI1M[5I1fI2N1ClMTMlEN2N1C

Due to repairs the Milford Free
Library will be closed Christmas
week, opening Monday evening, De-
cember 20.
Mas a reward for playing a consis-
tent game on the freshman football
team at Lehigh University this fall,
Garrett Layton Grier, son of Dr.. and
Mrs. Walter L. Grier, of Milford,
has been awarded his class numer-
ais by the board of control of ath-
letics at that university. Grier is en-
rolled in the College of Business
Administration and is pledged to
membership in the Phi Gamma Del
ia fraternity.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
ALI AMERICANS. TO
FORM GAME POLICY

That America can have abundant
game and that all Americans should
evolve the ways and means of pro-
ducing it will be point stressed at
the Seventeenth American Game
Conference to be held at Hotel
Pennsylvania, New York City, on
December l and 2, under the au-
spices of the American Game Pro-
tec;ive Association. Every state in
the Union and all the provinces of
Canada will be represented by game
conservation officials.
america has the land to raise an
abundant game crop, the means to
pay for il, and the love of sport to
assure that successful production
will be rewarded" according to Aldo
Leopold, a member of the National
Game Policy Committee, and also in
charge of the National Game Sur
vey. Mr.. Leopold said that all par
ties at interest" should join in part
nership with the sportsmen for
game restoration. .4....
"There are many conflicting the
ories on how to bring the land, the
means CT payment, and the love Of
sport into productive relationship
with each other" Mr.. Leopold said
in preliminary statement, 'and we
will take all these under considera-
ton at the National Game Confer
ence .
Il do not know which. theory is
best, and l doubt if anybody else
does. 1t seems to me the sensible
thing to do is to bring all promising
theories to the test of experience.
The public can then choose for it
seh. ...,
There are some, but not enough,
biological facts available on how to
raise game. 1t seems to me the
thing to do is to make available the
known facts; to promote research
to find additional facts needed to
produce game crops, and to pro-
mote training Of experts qualified
to apply them.
Game organizations should have
not only the objective more game,
but also a determination to evolve
ways and means of getting it which
will be satisfactory to the landOwn-
er and the general public, as well as
to themselves.
"The Game Policy which will be
presented to the conference on De-
cember 1, attempts to take these
parts at interest into partnership
with the sportsmen in combined
and mutual effort for game restora-
ton" Mr.. Leopold concluded.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
EMPLOYMENT
And WAGES
DeIGtUm'e Reports Decline
In Au Lines Of Employ
mem.

Factory employment and wage
payments in Pennsylvania declined
further in November and continued
substantially lower than year ago,
according to indexes of the Phila-
delphia Federal Reserve Bank pre-
pared from reports of about $40
manufacturers employing over 29O
thousand workers with a weekly
payroll of almost $6,750,000. The
drop in employment between Octo-
ber and November amounted to 2
per cent and in payrOlls Z per cent.
This decline was partly seasonal,
but also was due in part to unsatis-
factory business conditions.
Since the fall peak of last year
the decline in the number of fac
tory workers, wage earnings, and
working time has been almost con-
tinuous, so that in November man
ufacturing plants employed IA per
cent fewer workers than i'll the ike
months last year, and the total or
persons on the payroll was the low
est since the depression Of 1921.
Wage earnings and employee-hours
worked were about % per cent less,
rejecting largely part-time work.
The textile group was the only
one that reported a larger number
of workers and volume Of wage
earnings in November than in Oc-
tober. This increase has continued
since late summer and has been due
chiefly to seasonal influences. All
the remaining groups showed de-
creases. although few of the indi-
vidual industries reported gains in
employment and payrOlls.
Compared with u year ago, all in
dustrial groups and virtually all in
diyidual industries have curtailed
their working forces and working
time, so that wage disbursements
were materially smaller than in
November 1929. A striking excep-
tion to this is found in the ship
building industry which increased
its employment by Is per cent ana
payrOlls by per cent over NOvem-
Der 1929. a slight gain in employ
ment over a year ago is also shown
by the leather tanning industry.
Delaware factories showed a de-
cline of nearly Z per cent in en-
ployment and 10 per cent in wage
payments from October to Novem-
her. The number of hours worked
was also reduced by 10 per cent.
All industrial groups reported re-
cessiOns except lumber concerns
which had larger payrOlls in No
vember than in October.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
GRANDMA WAYBACK SAYS

Tho reason it wasn't necessary TO
have fancy kitchens in the old days
was because the upper class didn't
make whoopee there.
Tinting the 1ingernails isn't new. l
can remember when all the girls had
blue nails on Tuesday-frOm the
bluing in the Monday wash.
Tho disadvantage in having a lap
dog instead of baby is that you
cent blame its meanness on dads
side of the house.
Toothpaste that removes the film
from the teeth is fine, but what this
country needs is an oil that when ap-
piled to the head will remove the fog
from the brain.
An experienced shopper is one
who can buy a 50-cent Christmas
present that won't look like that
among the other Christmas presents.
Some women are so foolish they
should have been men.-The Path
finder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
FREDERICK

One O the most delightful of the
winter parties was the bridge party
given on Friday evening of last
week at the home of Mrs. Sharp l..
Wilson. The lovely decorations OF
holly and pine were suggestive of the
approaching Christmas holidays, as
also were the tallies and other ac-
.cessories. AS many of the ladies
wore evening costumes the scene
was gay and colorful with all the
charm of a December party. The
guests list includes: Mrs. Joseph
Gerow, Blooming Grove, n. Y; Mrs.
Henry Hargadine, Wilmington; Mrs.
Harry Humes, Mrs. Samuel c. Evans,
Mrs. Alphonso Humes, Mrs. James f..
Huines, Mrs. G. Marshall Townsend,
Mrs. Robert Griffith, Mrs. Walter
Barrett, Mrs. Earl Atkins, Mrs.
Remsen Barnard, Mrs. John Hallett,
all of Milford; Mrs. Albert Boone,
Mrs. John Darby, Mrs. Harry Mitten,
Mrs. Herman Vinyard, Mrs. Howard
Rogers, Mrs. Edith Melvin, Miss
Bessie Emerson, Miss Elizabeth
Lank, Mrs. Annie B. Harrington,
Mrs. Lester L. Carlisle, Mrs. John e.
Mcbride, Mrs. Rachel Carlisle, Mrs.
Benjamin Burton, Mrs. w. W. VIII
son, Mrs. Willard Slaughter, Mrs.
Roland Miller, Mrs. Reynolds Pas
ties, Mrs. ]. B. Derrickson, Mrs. Asa
Rogers, Mrs. Reynolds Rogers. Mrs.
Arthur Melvin and Mrs. Jester Gray,
all of Frederica The prizes were
very attractive. Mrs. Willard
Slaughter won first prize, Mrs. ]. B.
Derrickson prize for low score and
Mrs. II. +. Mitten the consolation.
The Frederica postoffice will be
closed all day on Christmas Day eX-
cept to dispatch only first class mall
at z a. m. and $3.50 p. M. There will
be no incoming mail delivered to
patrons except special delivery mat
ter.
The meeting of the Parent Teacher
Association which was announced
for december 18th has been post
poned until Friday evening, Decenl-
Der 10Th. The change was made in
order to have the State Director OF
Music, DR.. Gildersleeve, with us.
Mrs. Gildersleeve will also be pre-
ent. There will be lantern Slides
OF an educational nature that will be
of interest to all. The parents and
friends of the school are urged to
be present on Friday evening.
Caleb Williams has been quite sick
for several weeks, but is much i'm
proved
Mrs. Gordon Counselman and
daughter Marion and John Francis
Woodall spent the weekend in Ches-
ter and Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Hendricks and
oscar p. Harrington spent the week.
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry G. Har-
rington, at Newark, N. j. They at
tended the Army and Navy game IN
New York on Saturday.
Richard r. Belts and Miss Mar
garet Evans, OF Middletown, were.
Sunday guests of ex-senator and
Mrs. L w. Belts.
Mrs. 1. w. Belts attended a meet
ing of Colonel Haslet Chapter of the
D. A. r. in Dover on Monday after
noon at the home of Miss Anna B.
HAYES. Mrs. Belts was elected vice
regent of the chapter. .'. -, Z
Sylvia Belts Dodd has been. visit
ing her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Dodd, of Dover. Il.
Mrs. Homer T. Belts, of River
view Farm, spent Friday and Satur-
day with her sister, Mrs. l. w. Belts.
Mrs. /. w. Belts attended the
luncheon of the Dover Century Club.
held at the Hotel Richardson in
Dover last Wednesday,.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19

William Wood, of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with his mother,
Mrs. Arthur Krause.
L. D. Caulk and son, of Woodside,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Baynard Smith.
Aaron Slick from Punkin Creek"
q three act comedy drama, present
ed by the Junior Glass Of Harring-
ton High, last week, was thoroughly
enjoyed by all present.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
MILFORD DEFEATED

Milford was served its initial 1880
1881 basketball dish Tuesday night
when the team representing the 10
cal National Guard unit and a pick
ed aggregation of basketeers from
Frederica, clashed at the Armory
here.
Although Frederick won, q to 26,
the game was so hotly contested as
to keep everyone guessing as to the
outcome. 1t was one of the seasons
first encounters and both teams
showed unusual form.
The lineup:
nArTyTEpV II NIT FORD
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
LOVE FOR FLOWERS MADE
INDIANA MAN BIG FORTUNE

The love of flowers of a. i. Kun
derd, of Goshen, Ind, and Van Vert,
Ohio, has not only made him a rich
man, but probably the foremost hor-
ticulturist in the country since the
death of Luther Burbank.
Kunderd, according to The Coun-
try Home, has devoted nearly his
entire life to the Development of
gladioli and, after starting with a
capital of seven cents, he now
makes more than 100000 year.
"I'd rather meet you than TIE
President" Burbank said upon
meeting Kpnderd for. the first time,
according to the article.
"And I'd rather meet you than all
the Presidents" kunderd replied.
The floral wizard transferred his
plant to Van Vert, Ohio, where it
is one of the sights OF the city. 1t
was he who practically converted
the flower from its will state into
one OF the most popular blooms to
be found in florists shops.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19
IN THE WINTER WHLRL

evening were Mrs. S. NJ. D. Mar
shall, Mrs. I. D. Short, Mrs. Elmer
r. Williams, Mrs. C. Donnan Holz-
mueller and Mrs. George H. Draper,
Jr. On Tuesday Mrs. Marshall en-
tertained for her guests. Bridge
was enjoyed. by Mrs. Stephen Toad
vine, Mrs. Waiter Grier, Miss Edith
Simpson, Mrs. Willard Pierce, Miss
Elizabeth Carlisle, Mrs. C. Donnan
Holzmueller, Mrs. Elmer T. Will
liams, Mrs. George H.. Draper, Jr.,
Mrs. William c. Smith and Mrs. l..
D. Short.
Is
Mrs. John w. Hallett gave large
party in the New Century Club
rooms on Wednesday evening. De-
tails will be given next week.
Judge and Mrs. w. Watson Har-
rington, of Dover, have issued inVi-
tations to the presentation to soci-
ETY. of their daughters, Miss Sarah
Goodwin Harrington and Miss Eliz-
abeth Watson Harrington. The af-
fair will be given at the Maple Dale
Country Club on Monday afternoon,
December % from three until six
o'clock. .-....
Jean Grier played hostess on Sat
urday afternoon at her home on
Kings Highway. 1t was the advent
of her tenth birthday. In celebrat-
ing, the girls played games and had
a general good time. Prizes were
awarded to Priscilla Deakyne and to
Media Tropea for being proficient in
some of the games that we're play
ed. The holiday season gave the
colors for the table decorations. 1t
was lovely in green and red. Red
baskets for every guest, a green
cake with rcd candles, and at each
place a Christmas card puzzle to be
nut together. Jean MulhOlland won
the prize for that. The other guests
not already mentioned were Cor
nelia Pierce, Charlotte Ryder, Lyd-
iabe1le ToadVine, Margaret Holz-
mueller, Anne Townsend, Mildred
Hammond, Marjorie Faix, Dorothy
Pierce, Anne Hugg, Barbara Mar
shall and Marion Affeld.
&
And now, PLEASE, everybody,
have a very Merry Christmas.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19

Thomas M. Fairbairn of Tlahualilo,
Mexico. In fact, in New Jersey a
federal judge gave a promoter a per
manent Injunction against a rival
concern from using this system
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19

Human nature may change but it
won't change much during our life
time.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19

A single fact will often spoil an
interesting argument.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19

Every little uplift movement has
payroll all its own.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19

An enjoyable evening was spent
last Friday with Mrs. Sharp Wilson
at her home in Frederick, when she
entertained eight tables of bridge.
Mrs. Wilson is a splendid hostess, so
solicitous of her guests comfort and
pleasure, one is sure to have a good
time. Those present from Milford
were: Mrs. ]. Harry Humes, Mrs.
Walter X. Barrett, Mrs. Samuel c.
Evans; Mrs. Alphonso Humes, Mrs.
Robert Griffith, Mrs. James Humes,
Mrs. Earl Atkins, Mrs. Remsen Bar
nard and Mrs. G. Marshall Town
send.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19

Read the ads in this issue.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19

Our congratulations this week go
to Mr.. and Mrs. Marvel Wilson, of
Swarthmore, who are happy about
the arrival of Marvel Wilson, Jr., in
the Chester Hospital on Thursday,
December II. Mrs. Wilson, you
know, was the former Miss Marga-
ret Grier.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19

Loafing is an art with many pa
irons.
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19

Parties, informal and otherwise,
have been given this current week
fer the house guests of Mrs. S. NJ.
D. Marshall. They are Miss Elsa
Peterson and Miss Ethel Moore, of
Philadelphia. On Friday evening,
Mrs. Stephen Toadyine was their
hostess, when she had a small gath
ering in to sew. Mrs. c. Donnan
Holzmueller gave a Sunday night
supper in their honor. Monday eve
ming Miss Elizabeth Carlisle had
two tables of bridge. Besides the
honor guests the others to enjoy the
Milford chronicle., 1930-12-19

Before another issue of our paper
the annual visit of the good st.
Nick will be over. We are hoping
that every boy and girl, and older
folks as we'll, will have realized
their dearest wish. And will it be?
Worlds of wealth, or joy and health?
Naturally this is the time that one
wishes for a little more of the
worldly goods, so that their spirit OF
giving might be a little better salts
fed, but on the other hand there
would be but one choice AS we look
on our gifts and think of our num-
erous blessings, let us also remem-
Der the greatest gift to all man
kinda Son-Whose birthday we
celebrate.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-30
COMPOSITIONS
READY TO STRIKE
Indignant at Bosses
Fight on 5-Day Week

Great indignation prevails among
members of big Six" the typo
graphical Local in America, against
the Newspaper Publishers Associa-
ton for their program at their
recent convention in New York
against the five day week, and
against the reactionary officialdom
of the union which has tried in
every way to delay and handicap
the members fight for this neces-
sary demand.
At the last meeting of the New
York Local ("Big Six") the mem
bers repeated this demand, and
voted overwhelmingly, in spite OF
tactics of delay by the officials, to
demand strike sanction from the in
ternational office. According to
union rules, the international office
has to give sanction or the strike
is not recognized by them. A full
analysis Of the situation will ap-
pear in Saturdays edition Of the
Daily Worker.