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Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
CARVING INITIALS

Union College at Schenectady re-
moved a wooden panel from a Win
dow recess in the college chapel,
framed it and now displays it. con-
spicuously with pride because a stu
dent carved his name in it. The stu
dent who committed this vandalism
was Chester A. Arthur, who became
president of the United States.
Thus does reprehensible conduct
sometimes become glorified by fame
and an eminent name. But there is
always danger in making exceptions
for big men. The college admins
tration might we'll have hesitated
over putting their seal of approval
and admiration on such an action
by one of the students-even though
he did do it nearly 100 years ago
and became president later. How
can the students there now know
whether or not they will become
presidents? To be on the safe side,
logically, they will carve their names
on some of the school property or
furniture. They cannot wait until
they move into the White House, for
it would then be too late. The moral
is, Carve, boys, and carve now. The
name in the wood may be framed
some time in the future.-The Path
finder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
POSTMASTER GENERAL
HAS BUILDING PLANS
Department Feel That 1t VIII BE
Good Business to Own Buildings

Walter F. Brown, Postmaster Cen
eral. has disclosed that recommen-
dations will be made to the next ses-
sion of Congress to discontinue the
present system of leasing postal
quarters in large cities.
The Postmaster General frankly
admitted that the government was
paying excessive rentals in many in
stances. He added that beyond any
question it is poor business.
"The Postoffice Department" said
Mr.. Brown, "will make definite rec
concentrations to the next session OF
Congress for authority to purchase
or construct abrchn offices and ga
RACES.
"The government can borrow
money for 4 per cent or less, but
when it contracts for the construc-
ton of a building to be leased it is
the owner who must borrow the
money and his interest rate, ing elud-
ing all expenses of financing, will
range from to 10 per cent. More
over he must pay taxes on the prop
erty.
"As a matter of economy and good
business, the government should
own the most, if not all, of their
buildings. Our rent bill for 5O9 sta
tions and garages is almost $S,OOO,-
900 year."
General Brown stated that there
was no intention to discontinue the
practice of renting quarters for post
offices of the fourth. class.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
MAKING A LADY OF THE
GARAGE
Bertha Anne Houck

bGIllld AllllG IlDuCh
Is your garage an attractively
painted feature of your exterior ac-
cessories, or has it the appearance
of a neglected stepchild?
Is the interior a pleasant, cOnven-
lent place in which John can take
the car apart of a Sunday morning,
or do you classify your garage with
the attic and the cellar as an untidy
storage space for odds and ends that
should be thrown away?
"Oh, why bother about it," you
answer Its always dirty and ratty
looking anyway"
But the garage does not need to
be dirty and ratty looking Once
cleaned and repainted on orderly,
harmonious lines the incentive to
keep it that way will be worth tho
effort.
Since it must stand as much
weathering as the house, the garage
should be painted with as many
coats of good paint. Choosing body
color and trim which is the same as
that used on the house is the con-
Ventional way of treating the ga
rage. This is, of course, an infallible
rule when the garage is attached to
the house. If the garage forms
wing of the house or is built, in the
case of a hillside site, in the cellar
space available through the install
lation of an oil heater and the elm
ination of the coal bin, it is doubly
essential that it be kept in we'll
painted order. For the detached ga
rage, a treatment that is little out
of the ordinary borrOws the roof
color of the main house for the body
of the garage and repeats the house
trim.
While the fussy ornamentation has
no place on the garage exterior, dec
GRATED doors are in good taste anu
add interest to otherwise bare
spaces. Stencilled doors should in
clude the color of the trim and sew
eral others which harmonic with it.
For example, garage with cream
body and brown trim should have
brown, orange, henna and blue in
large formal stencil design. If stem
cilled decorations do not accord with
the style of the house, you can re-
lieve the blank area of a sOlidly
painted garage door by outlining the
edges or the panels in a second
color
The interior of the garage is just
as important as the exterior from
the standpoint of well-painted neat
ness. 1t should be kept free from
rags, oil scattered tools and all the
old things from the house which
seem inevitably to land there. Paint
ing the interior walls and floor not
only protects them but helps to in
troduce a spirit of Orderliness. AS
the garage frequently has insufficient
natural light, painting the walls a
sunny yellow provides an excellent
substitute. A good quality of con-
crete paint will also prevent ce-
ment floor from cracking and pow
dering away and will keep the in
evitable oil stains from discoloring
the surface. A tool closet, built in
one corner, will assist in keeping the
garage neat. This cupboard may
serve a double purpose, housing the
garden implements as we'll as auto
mobile equipment.
Combing interior order with ex-
terror attractiveness will make the
garage a source of pleasure instead
of creating a feeling of distaste and
disdain.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
ISN'T 1T THE TRUTH

Bobby" Jones, Jr., who is given
credit for knowing a thing or two
about putting, gives a few pointers
on green-play in the August num-
ber of the Rotarian Magazine. He
says in part:
ITO miss a putt of short length
seems about the most useless thing
in the world In almost every case,
the ball if struck properly, will
find the cup.
"The greatest difficulty in the
short putt arises out of the fact that
if we allow for the roll of the green,
the stroke must be delicate and
gentle. To strike a crisp and firm
yet gentle blow requires the very ul-
innate of what we call touch. Firm
hitting is the essence of good putt
ing.
But for the putter of less-extreme
delicacay, there is always the meth
cd of spanking the ball into the back
of the cup. Indeed, where there is a
bit of roll to the green, that is the
best method. If we endeavOr to bor-
row on a short putt, there is the
danger of an error in gauging the
speed which will be sufficient to al
low the ball to fall off below the
hole, or if we have hit it too hard,
to keep it from taking the fall until
it has passed the cup.
"The mental attitude has a lot to
do with our success on a short putt.
When we walk up to a putt of ten or
fifteen feet, we are usually intent
upon holing it. We know we shan't
feel badly if we miss, so our entire
attention is devoted to the problem
of getting the ball into the hole.
But it is quite different when the
putt is only a yard long. Then we
know that we ought to hole it easily,
and vet we cannot fail to recognize
the possibility of a miss. Instead of
being determined to put the ball into
the hole, we become consumed with
the fear of failure. Our determine
ton. if we may call it such, is mega
tive. We are trying not to miss the
putt, rather than to hole it.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
COMPUTING THE ANCIENTS

The chief of the Weather Bureau,
Mr.. Marvin, denies that the climate
in the United States is changing.
Talking about the present spell OF
hot weather, he declares that there
has been no permanent change for
centuries. This judgment should
confound veterans who recall the
deeper SHOWS and sharper cold of
their boyhood and are sure that the
heat waves of today are not so hard
to endure as were those of their own
past. ExDert observation is behind
this statement by Mr.. Marvin:
There may be trends of hotter or
colder or drier or wetter weather for
a number of years. But on the whole
the weather balances to about a
constant factor"
Take the low" for New York. On
Jan. 10, 1875, it was six degrees be-
low zero. There it stood for forty
two years, during which old people
said that the winters were getting
milder. On Dec. 80, 1917, the Of
fetal thermometer in this city reg
istered 13 degrees below zero. In the
hot weather of this summer compar-
isons with 1898, 1896 and 1872 show
highs" about the same. This year
the duration of the heat has been
longer than in those years. Obvi-
ously, the climate is not changing to
cooler days and nights in July and
August.
In f917 The Springfield Republi-
can published a weather diary that
had been kept for eighty years. 1t
showed alterations of mild and Sc
we're winters, cool and scorching
summers.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

Mrs. Bertha Harrington and her
two daughters, Misses Mary and
Jennie, also A. Neumann and Chas.
Wismer, all of Merchantville, N. j.,
spent Monday with Mr.. and Mrs. T.
A. Kirby.
Mrs. Geo. L. Bruning, her daugh-
ter, son and daughter-in-law, Mrs.
S. B. Singer, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Milman
Bruning, returned to Milford on Fri
day after a trip to the Luray Cav
erns in Virginia.
Mrs. Percie Robinson, of near
Milford, and Mrs. Albert Scott, of
Wilmington, have returned home af-
ter spending a week with their
brother and sister, Capt. and Mrs.
George E. Jones, of New York City.
Capt. and Mrs. George e. Jones, of
New York City, who have been Wis
iting his sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Scott, of Wilmington, Mr.. and Mrs.
Percie Robinson, of Milford, have
returned to their home accompanied
by his two sisters, who will spend a
weeks vacation with him.
Mr. ana MIS-. GOfuOn warner anu
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Richardson of
Montreal, Canada, are spending their
vacation with his mother, Mrs. j..
w. Warner, near town. She en-
tertained in their honor Sunday at
dinner Mr.. and Mrs. George Zott and
son Lester, of Greenwood, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson Davis, Wilmington, Mr.
oDd NIrc HorVpV Warmer and chill
dren Margaret and Lester, of Mil
ford; Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Eisenbrey
and son John, of Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
IN MEMORY OF "TIM"


Here's to the memory of poor, old
Tim!
Well ever have pleasant thoughts of
him.
We liked the terrible way he'd look,
With whites of eyes, when bone he
took,
The wag of his bristly, stumpy tail,
And his grumpy growl, when
"Skeege" brought mail,
And the way he'd tilt his lop-ears
back.
When he gnawed the heel of Gard
ener Jack.
"Tim" was a dog who was kind and
good,
Although he was so misunderstood,
AS often happens with other folks
His horrible hOwls were only jokes.
If, ON occasion, he chased a cat,
Or killed a kitten, why what of that!
He merely followed Dame Natures
plan,
Which seems to be quite the same
for man.
He's gone, I'm sure, where good
dogs co.
Where bones are plenty and Winters
snow
Will no more "ball up" under his
toes,-
He'll have some dirt on his cool,
black nOse,-
And where he is in the realm of
bliss,
His daily call and his wistful bark,
And, I'm sure, he twists his head to
bark
For voices he learned to love so
well:
It may be so,-you can never tell!
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
REFURNISMED HOOVER OFFICE

President Hoover now sits IN a
5000 chair at a $4,000 desk on ~
900 rug in his private office in the
White House executive wing. They
were selected by Mrs. Hoover to re-
place articles destroyed or damaged
in the fire last Christmas. The an
tique maple desk supplants the one
used by three of his predecessors. The
chair is in rich and brilliant reu
brocade. The rug is a circular aHalr
of brown bordered in green and ye'-
low. A red one was originally Sc
lected but Mrs. Hoover rejected it
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
LAST OPPORTUNITY
To pay your County and School
Taxes without penalty

Taxes without penalty
We will sit at the places designat-
ed between the hours of
10 A. NJ, and 4 p. VI.
Except Gumboro
TO RECEIVE TAXES
Millsboro, Tuesday, September 2,
1880, Millsboro Trust Company.
Delmar, Wednesday, September g.,
1880, National Bank.
GumbOrO, Thursday, 10 to 1880,
September 4, 1880, Birmingham
Store.
Bridgeville, Friday September 5,
1880, Columbia House.
Greenwood, Saturday, September
6, 1880, COhee's Office.
Milton, Tuesday, September g.,
1880, Sussex Trust Company.
Milford, Wednesday, September
10, 1880, HendrixsOn's Office.
Selbyville, Thursday, September
II, 1880, Townsend's Office.
1880, ]. K. Phillips office.
1880, ]. H. Phillips Office.
Laurel, Saturday, September Is,
1880 Peoples National Bank.
Bethel, Tuesday, September 16,
1880, Bells Store.
Lewes, Wednesday, September II,
1880, Carter's Office.
RehobOth, Thursday, September
18, 1880, Rehoboth Trust Company.
Come Early and Avoid the Rush
JOHN S. ISAACS,
9-5-1t Receiver of Taxes.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
WHAT IS TIE MOST SOUTHERN
CITY In THE WORLD!

Punta Arenas in southern Chile is
known as the most southern city in
the world because it is farther south
than any other settlement deserving
to be designated a city. 1t is stu
ated at about So degrees latitude
south. Ushuaia, port and capital of
the Argentine territory of TERRA
del Fuego, is farthest south, being at
about 5 degrees latitude, but it is
little more than village compared
with Punta Arenas, which has some
10000 inhabitants. There are small
er settlements still farther south in
South America, but theyq are not
shown on the average map.-The
Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

DR.. G. Layton Grier was host to a
group of men on Thursday evening.
There were seventeen, and they
were the departmental heads of the
L. d. Caulk Co. The occasion was
really a farewell to DR.. Paul Poet
schke, who left for New York City
the next day. DR.. POetschke has
been the laboratory chemist for
many years and has made many
friends in Milford. Dinner was serv-
ed and afterward the evening was
spent in goOdfellowship. A pleasing
happening of the evening was the
presentation of a beautiful oriental
rug to DR.. POetschke.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
FOR SHERIFF

announce myself a candidate for
the nomination for the office of
Sheriff, subject to the rules of the
Republican party. l solicit your
support at the primaries.
HARRY w. JOHNSON.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

What a busy end of the week for
everyone, with school opening today
and Carnival beginning tonight. Par
ents will be glad to have the young
ones have fling at the annual play
time with the firemen before the real
school begins. 1t is withmuch pride
that Milford inaugurated the brand
new high school building today. 1t
has been needed so long and now
that it is an actual fact every one
should be very happy about it. With
some new teachers and most of the
ones who taught in the old building
the success of the work in the new
surroundings is certain.
q
And now the Carnival. There is
sure to be no social activities this
week for Milford believes in spend
ing their evenings at the grounds
and help in all the ways they can
with the splendid work each year.
And it is work, but these boys do it
with a will and we would be that
despised war time persOn-slackers-
if we did not do all in our power to
help them make all the money they
can for our benefit. You all know
that the earnings of this weeks work
does not benefit them any more than
it does us. They need the money.
They need the help. Let's give it to
them.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

One industry which runs best
when it is inflated is the rubber tire
industry.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
AUTUMN ACTIVITIES

lar green and yellow. The lighting,
the curtains, the linens, the dishes
have been given much thought and
as a result the surroundings that
always add to a perfect meal are
there. AS the men would say, Zone
can't eat surroundings" and that
has been taken care of, too, and
there is a chef who knows how to
make the good things that folks like.
So as soon as Carnival is over, this
tea room will open and it will be for
your benefit, and you are sure to
meet your friends there.
q
On Thursday evening of last week
Miss Edith Simpson entertained for
the girls from out-of-tOwn with
few friends to make two tables. Con-
tract bridge was played, and pleas
ant time was enjoyed by all. The
guests were Mrs. Mortimer Brown
ing, of New York City; Mrs. Henry
A. Houston, Jr., of Detroit, Mich;
Mrs. Jesse Hamilton, of Carnegie,
Pa; Mrs. Dudley G. Frazer, of De-
troit, Mich; Miss Elizabeth Carlisle,
Mrs. Wilson S. Vinyard, Mrs. T. Car
Isle Collins, and Mrs. Stephen Toad
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

Anything that is we'll done appears
easy to do.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05
ADVERTISING
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Lunch room, $500. good
location, 2055 N. 5th ST., Phila, Pa.
9-5-3t
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

FOR. SALE-Soy bean hay, Spencer
Farm. located between Frederica and
FELTON,. 9-5-lt
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

Something entirely new in Milford
is almost ready for the public-a tea
room. 1t will be called the Red
Moon Inn, and is to be under the
supervision of Mrs. Henry Harring-
ton. A lovely new sign will soon be
in position and it will be easy to find
for it is right in the business district.
From the attractive doorway until
the dinner is finished everything is
newness and is harmonious. The
colors are wistaria and amber and
are a decided change from the pOpu-
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-05

FOR SALE-Chrysler Coach or deal
for truck Everett Warrington. Phone
10--R12, Harrington, Del. 9-5-ltp
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
ALABAMA HA[TS
IN TEXAS

ABOARD ALABAMA FOOT
BALL SPECIAL, Somewhere in
Texas, Dec. 20.-Members of Ala
bama's football party awoke this
morning to gaze out of their
Pullman windows upon the plains
of Texas. It was the second day
of the long journey to California
for the Rose Bowl game. and all
hands were glad that Coach Wal
lace Wade revised his original
plans to include a workout at
San Antonio this afternoon.
The football special will pause
there for two hours, and the SO
players will don uniforms for an
abbreviated workout. The prac-
tice is of no Importance, other
than providing a chance for the
athletes to stretch their legs. The
opportunity will also be welcome
to the other members of the
party, which totals around so.
The train made few stops yes
terday. But at Meridian. Laurel,
Hattiesburg. jackson and New
Orleans friends and old grads Of
Alabama were at the stations to
wave farewell to one Of the great
est teams that ever went away
from it's native haunts in an
endeavor to win new gridiron
honorS for the South.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Banks On Hargrave

2. Roy Spencer's development
as an iron man catcher.
8. Buddy Myers added polish
on the keystone and Jack Hayes
all-around 1880 showing.
4. Lloyd Browns transforms
tion into a starting pitcher, Gen.
Alvin Crowder's general stuff and
the stability of Sam Jones and
Fred Marberry. Also the promise
of Irving Hadley, Bob Burke and
Ad LiSka.
Griffith is banking nightly
upon the backstopping improve
ment of Pinkie Hargrave and the
comeback qualities of Ed Kenna
in another year.
Rigorous work, he contends, will
condition the hard-hitting Har.
grave for the impending season.
while Kenna, who had his bad
finger successfully doctored last
summer, should be able to mea-
sure up to the big league stand
ard.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Last Nights Fights

At San Francisco-Andy Divodi,
New York welterweight, won on a
technical knockout from Doc
Mannison. San Francisco. Earl
Mastro, Chicago featherweight,
won on a technical knockout from
Les Domingo, Mexico, four rounds.
Speedy Dado, Filipino flyweight,
knocked out Kid MartinaS, two
rounds. Joe Borala, San Fran
cisco featherweight, defeated Ig-
nacio Fernandez, Filipino, four
rounds. Billy Papke, jr., Los
Angeles middleweight, knocked
out Johnny Cline, Fresno, two
rounds. Lou Paluso, Salt Lake
lightweight, defeated Lou Bloom,
Chicago, four rounds. George
Courtney, Oklahoma middle
weight; defeated Johnny Burns,
Oakland, four rounds.
At Detroit-Jackie Fields kayoed
Bucky Lawless, of Syracuse, five
rounds.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
CATHOLIC BOWS
To RIDER

NEW YORK, Dec. 20-Having
relinduished a 44-25 decision to
Rider College, of Trenton, N. j.,
last night, Catholic University's
basketball team today was pre-
pairing to square off against Man
haitian Colleges combination in a
game here.
Hickey. big center. was the
only Catholic player able to pene-
trate Riders defense last night.
The big fellow accounted for
seven points, three field toSses
and a charity shot.
Reichert and Maynard, home
forwards, sent a total of 0 points
Spinning through the hoop.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
BOXING S0URS
On MAX

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Uneasy
lies the head that wears a crown
and the titled one who surveys
all the vineyards and cork fac.
tories in Spain today was Joined
in pointing to the honor and
glory of that ancient quip by Herr
Make Schmeling.
Much stranger things will come
to pass in 1881, no doubt, than
seeing the New York Boxing COM
mission declare Max no longer
a blue blood and heavyweight
championship Of the world as
vacant as an aching void.
To be as pointed as 0 tack
the commission has promised
It will declare the heavy
weight title vacant unless
SchmeIing specifically accepts
the challenge Of Jack Sharkey
on or before December 81.
The fact that the champion
wired the commission that Joe
Jacobs was his sole manager, and
that Schmeling had cabled Jacobs
to go before the commission and
act for him was considered by the
commissioners as most evasivC on
the part of the German. The
cablegram was in response to one
sent last Tuesday demanding
that Schmeling accept within Is
days the challenge of Sharkey.
The situation today pointed tc
a show 1wn with was hardly
expected to result in anything
but disaster to Schmeling.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
NOtre Dame-Giant
Receipts Help
Unemployed

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-Mayor
Walkers unemployment fund
was increased today by the
sum Of $115.153, the net pro
ceeds Of the football contest
played last Sunday at the
Polo Grounds between the New
York pro Giants and the Notre
Dame All-StarS.
The check for the large sum
was delivered by Tim Mara,
owner Of the Giants. The total
expenses amounted to less than
10 per cent of the gross pro-
ceeds, or $12,666.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
COLONIAL FANS
ENTHUSED

George Washington's basketball
enthusiasts were hitting on high
today following last nights SEN
sational victory over Baltimore
University's formidable quintet
here. The final count was 30-16.
Although the visitors ex-
tend Georgetown u. to the
limit recently they were COM
pleteIy stopped by the deadly
SharpShOOting and air-tight
defense Of the PixIeemen.
Forrest Burgess, keen-eyed Co
lonial forward, connected five
times from scrimmage and sank
an equal number Of free shots
to lead his teams scoring. But
the little forward, despite his ac-
curacy, was Shadowed by Otis
Zahn, George Washington for
ward, who not only confined his
touted opponent. Bebs Kramer, to
one field basket but got a pair
himself.
George Washington supporters,
appreciative Of the great exhibi-
ton uncovered by their favorites,
responded with wild applause as
Jim Pixlee'S men pulled away
from the enemy.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
Hall, Cue MGrUeL,
UpSets LGytOn

CHICAGO, Dec. 20. - Allan
Hall today had defeated Johnny
Layton, present champion, in the
final two blocks to win the three
cushion billiard match, 800 to 273.
Hall won the afternoon block.
so to SO, in 90 innings. Layton
and Hall each had a high run OF
six. In the evening match Hall
won, so to Al, in 81 innings.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
GAITHERSBURG
Jim LOvsdOs Triumph
In Benefit Match

BALTIMORE, Dec. 20.-Jlm
Londos, worlds heavyweight
wrestling champion. took SO min
utes to throw Karl Pojello IN the
final match Of a program for the
benefit Of the unemployed here
last night.
The champ pinned his rival
with q body slam. The receipts
we're $500
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
ALCOVAS IN GAME

Alcova Gridmen, winners OF the
Northern Virginia championship
in the 150-pound class, play the
National Press Club Cardinals
Sunday on the Arlington Field
at 2 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1930-12-20
COMETS PRACTICE

Comet A. c. gridders, in the
125-pound class, practice Sunday
at 1880 o'clock. Players are re-
quested to report at Manager
Mays home at that hOHN