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Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
SUSSEX COUNTY c. f.
PRE-CONVENTION RALLY

At the GroOme Memorial M. P.
Church, Lewes, September 26, Ora
torical Contest and Special Music on
Program as Leading Features"
The Pre-Convention Rally of the
Sussex County c. E. Union will be
held at the Groome Memorial Meth
Odist Protestant Church, Lewes, on
Friday evening at 1880 o'clock, Sep
tember rs, 1880, Ralph E. Nichols,
president of Sussex County c. E..
Union, presiding.
Song service, conducted by Rev.
J. L. Nichols, of Milford, County
Chorister.
Devotional service - Rev. j. T.
Jackson, pastor of Ocean View Chris
tian church.
Song.
Offering.
Roll Call.
Special Music-Georgetown C. e.
Society.
Announcements by president, R. E.
Nichols.
State C. E. Convention Announce
ment by Miss Helen Chipman, Del
mar.
Oratorical Contest
l. Miss Irene Browne, Delmar.
2. Miss Estella Baker, Lewes.
8. Clarence Welch, Milford.
Song.
Banner awarded, also other at
tendance awards.
Judges render decision, announc-
ing winner of Oratorical Contest.
Benediction, Rev. w. D. Wilson.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19

Mrs. NOla Sipple visited in New
York City and Albany last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer Browning
and son left on Friday for their
home in New York City. Their va
cation has been spent in their sum-
mer home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley G. Frazer
and daughter, Angie, left on Sat
urday for their home in Detroit,
Mich, after spending their vacation
here and in Rehoboth.
Huntley NJ. foyer, of Philadelphia,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Watson, Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Watson and families
of Wilmington, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Sallie Watson.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Riordan
and children have returned to their
home in Philadelphia, after a pleas
ant visit at the home of their sister,
Mrs. George M. Simpson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Harrington,
South Bend, Kansas, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Eli Harrington, of Westfield, N.
Y, were recent visitors of Mrs. VIM.
H. Davis and Mrs. Caleb o. Smith.
Frank w. Davis is at Alexandria
Bay, New York, where he is visiting
his sister, Mrs. Walter L. Day for
several weeks to regain his health,
which has been bad for the past
month.
Mrs: James H. Kirkpatrick and
Mrs. George M. Simpson have re-
turned from a delightful cruise to
the Bermuda Islands, and a visit to
New York, Philadelphia and Fair
hill, Pa.
Mrs. ThOs. w. Ewing, Jr., and chill
dren, Phyllis and Donald, spent part
of last week with her father and sis
ter, Roy o. Webb and Mrs. Oscar T.
Moore. They attended the Fireman's
Carnival while they were here.
Mrs. Eliza c. Bennett, of South
Milford, has returned to her home af-
ter a week in New Rochelle, N. Y,
where she was called to the bedside
OF Miss Mary S. Carey, and whose
funeral she attended on Friday, Sep
teUber -, 1880.
VA cable, on Tuesday, from the
former Miss Phyllis Griffith, to her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Crit
fifth, said that she had arrived in
Batavia, Java and was Immediately
married to Gordon Phelps. Mr..
Phelps is in the employ of the Stan
dard Oil Co., of N. J. and will be
in Java for three years.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
ICE NINE

About 1894 a shaft was dug sew
eral miles from Coudersport, Pa,
wit ha view of locating silver ore.
No silver was discovered and the
project was abandoned after a shaft
eight by 10 feet in diameter had
been sunk to a depth of II or Is
feet.
Although it was midsummer the
crevices in the rocks at this point
were filled with ice. The next sum-
mer large quantities of ice formed
on the walls and bottom of the
abandoned pit. AS years passed it
was learned that the ice usually he-
gins to form about April and is at
it's best about June. Then it gradu-
ally melts, and by October COM
pletely disappears. There is dis
tinct draft of air out of the mine in
summer and into it in the winter.
This formation of ice in a natural
refrigerator was so interesting to
the public that eventually a fence
was built around the opening of the
shaft and a trapdoor placed over the
top. Every year thousands of per-
sons pay a fee to see the famous
Coudersport ice mine.-The Path
finder,
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
MORE LIGHT ON VETS BUREAU

In the June 21st issue of The
Pathfinder mention was made of the
Veterans Bureau refusal to supply
informatio mas to how many en-
ployees were drawing compensation
from the government in addition to
regular salaries. The bureaus ex-
cuse was that the figures were con-
fidential. Since then other sources
have called our attention to hearings
of the House committee on world
war veterans legislation (H. r.
7825) which divulges the names, oc-
cupation, salary and extra compen-
sation received by more than 700
employees of the Veterans Bureau.
1t appears that in addition to their
regular salaries these workers re-
ceive nearly 100000 a year in extra
compensation. The yearly cOmpensa-
tiOn payment ranges from $6S.40 for
one physician who draws $4,000
straight salary to $1,000 for $2,700
a year contact representative One
medical officer drawing $6,500 annu-
ally receives IS a month 0compensa-
ton vile an extra monthly check for
$1OO goes to a $5, 1877 year physi-
clan. General Hines, head of the
Veterans Bureau explains:
1t must be considered, however,
when studying this statement that
approximately so per cent of the
male employees and 10 per cent of
the female employees of the bureau
are ex-service men and women. The
policy of the bureau has always
been, where possible, to give pref
erence to ex-serYice men and wO-
men in matters of employment. This
policy is even more extensive as it
applies to the employment of disab-
led eX-service men and women,
where they have overcome their dis
abilities to an extent that they can
render satisfactory service or where
their disabilities do not affect the eff
ficient performance of duty Conse-
quently, you will find greater per-
centage of compensated cases on the
pay rolls of the Veterans Bureau
than you will find in any other gov
ernment department or commercial
establishment.
This double pay" for a few still
brings kicks from some veterans.
though this kick is only theoretical
in the case before the Supreme
Court of a District of Columbia ex-
service man who can't get job and
who has been rated by the Veterans
Bureau as being only partially dis
abled though, minus both feet.-The
Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
H APP NGS
IN AND
A BOUT WIN
lRCDgGDEE2N1C7NT9DES21I

The l5Oth anniversary of Barratt' s
Chapel will be observed Sunday,
September 2Sth, at 2 o'clock p. M,
Rev. w. G. Harris, of Georgetown,
Del, will preach the sermon.
1t. Col R. P. Howell, U. S. Engi-
neer for the Wilmington District, has
announced the award of a contract
for dredging approximately 10000
cubic yards of material from the en-
trance channel and shoals in Muir
derkill river to the Delaware Dredg-
ing Company.
Jesse Fosker. of Laurel, was ar
rested for violation of the Japanese
beetle quarantine law by Inspector
Hopes. When arraigned before
Squire COhee, of Greenwood, Fosker
was fined $40 and cost. The viola
tion was cutting a side road to avoid
the quarantine post.
The Milford w. C. T. U. will meet
with Mrs. Sallie R. Davis in North
Milford next Tuesday evening, Sep
tember %. This is a meeting of un-
usual Importance for at this time
delegates will be chosen to represent
he union at the State Convention,
in Wilmington, from October 1 to 3,
$780,
U. S. Civil Service Examination,
Fourth Glass Postmaster, held to fill
she position of Postmaster at Beth
any Beach, Delaware. Place of eX-
Georgetown, Delaware.
Receipt of application will close Oc-
tober 8, 1880. This is by order of the
g. S. Civil Service Commissioner,
D. C.
To the Sunday School workers of
Milford Hundred:
An executive meeting of the Mil
ford Hundred Sunday School Coun-
Gil will be held in the Avenue Meth
odist church of Milford next Satur-
day night, September 20, at o'clock
promptly and all members are re-
quested to be present.
Mrs. John Bennett, Secretary
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
GEORGETOWN

This Sunday in st. Paul's Epi3co-
pal church, Georgetown, at II o'clock
in the morning, the Rev. Joseph
Chandler Wood will be the preacher.
Mr.. Wood has just returned from a
five year period in China. He was
in the war area most of the time,
having lost all his possessions in the
various raids that went on in the
towns in which he lived His last
few years were spent in teaching in
st. Johns University, Shanghai. Mr..
Wood will be remembered by some
of the people in Sussex as having
had charge of the Episcopal church
in Lewes and in Milton before going
to China. He is a personal friend of
the rector of St. Paul's and has been
visiting him the last few days.
Eventually, he will be located in
Sussex county in the western part
of the diocese.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
"NEVER READ THE PAPERS"

Doctor Finley, former Commits
sioner of Education of the State of
New York, says that if child does
not read, once he has learned to
read, he is likely to become as much
of an illiterate as if he had never
learned.
The person who admits that he
never reads the papers" invariably
discloses his ignorance when he
talks about public questions, or ev-
ents; and while he may not be what
is strictly known as an illiterate he
defeats the very purpose of the pub
lie school system, the publication
of newspapers, and all other pro-
cesses of education. This may ex-
plain why there are so many such
people at the movies. If most of
these movies were not also glitter
ate" the standard of human intelli-
gence would be higher.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
LOCAL REPUTATION

We used to hear about the ap-
preaching disappearance of the in
dependent retailer. The time was
close at hand, so we were told when
he must become a hired man work
ing for the chain stores. But these
prophets failed TO realize that the
Independent retailer may have some
thing for which no organization
however large and well managed
can ever substitute, and that is the
personal confidence of his customers
based upon long acquaintance.
Farsighted manufacturers seeking
nationwide distribution have begun
to realize that local reputation is a
precious asset. Instead of trying TO
replace the local merchant, some of
them are studying how to help him.
One of the largest confectionery
manufacturers in the world, the
Frank G. Shattuck Company, which
controls the Schrafft products, has
recently attracted widespread atten-
ton through a Selected Retailer
Plan, the operation of which is be-
ing watched with keen interest by
manufacturers n distributors
alike. Under this plan the Shattuck
Company slects, with the co-Opera-
ton of it's jobbers, one or more of
the most wide-a-wake dealers in a
community and teaches them how
to display, to advertise and to sell
confectionery as nearly as possible
after the methods successfully de-
veloped in the Schrafft's stores in
New York and Boston.
I'VE believe" says Mr.. Shattuck,
that more can be accomplished by
cooperating with the local mer-
chant than by substituting for him.
There is no substitute for the re-
sponsibility which independence de-
velops, for the intimate knowledge
of local conditions which the local
man is apt to have, and for the con-
fidence and contacts which the self
respecting and respected merchant
can gain in his own community
There are thousands of merchants
in the United States whose quality
ideals, we believe, are as great as
our own, whose stores are properly
located and whose experience en-
ables them to take advantage of a
plan to reproduce as far as possible
in their own places of business the
factors Ond conditions that have
made Schrafft's stores successful
wherever they were established"
The lesson is perfectly plain:
There is a place for both the chain
store and the independent. Each has
advantages and both will prosper
in proportion as they adopt each
others good points while making
the most of their own.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
CHANGING TO WINTER RATIONS

When changing the dairy cows
from summer to winter feed, plan it
so that the change will affect hel di-
gestive system as little as possible.
Supplant the pasture by roughage,
and as the pasture gets shorter,
gradually increase the rOughage. For
the grain ration, use farm grown
yraisn mixed with high protein con-
oentrates in such proportions as TO
balance the roughages. Well-cured
legume hays are good for fall and
winter, and silage and stored root
crops are especially valuable in sup
plying succulence and stimulating
the milk flow.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
ARREST ANOTHER
RAILROAD EMPLOYEE
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train was stopped and Smith Pur-
dunn and L. A. deWard, postal in
spectors attached to the depreciation
department, took Pusey with them
and searched for the key along the
tracks. 1t was found and Pusey was
interrogated about his possession of
the key. He said it was given him
but when asked why he threw it
away, Pusey could not state the rea-
son, the inspectors said.
1t was reported that there may
be a third arrest by postal inspec-
tors in connection with the theft
of the mails. The postal inspectors
have been doggedly tracing the
theft of mails on the Delaware Di-
vision, on trains running from Phil
adelphia and New York to Cape
Charles for the past six months.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
PRESENT PICTURE
TO NEW HIGH SCHOOL
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and is of good proportions. The
work was done by Horace G. Thro-
pea and was colored by Mrs. Tropea.
Their splendid work is we'll known
to Milford. The frame is a mahog-
any one. Harry MulhOlland is Civ
ing a gold plated marker for the
picture. The picture will be in per-
manent position in few days. In
commenting on the event of the
afternoon Col. Townsend said, This
is another rose in Life's pathway"
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
AMERICA LEADS CHEMICALS

The United States is the largest
single factor in the Worlds chemi-
cal industry and one-half of the five
billion dollar output of chemicals is
claimed for our nation.
It is we'll known that Germany
was the "white-haired" leader in
many branches of the chemical in
dustry, notably dyes, before the
war, but that nation lost good
deal of it's supremacy to America.
According to the Commerce Depart
ment industrial chemicals are sold
largely to manufacturers for special
uses in other products. 1t is these
products that are advertised and not
the raw materials which have been
chemically treated by the chemical
industry.
After thirty there's no game wo-
man hates like age-guessing.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
Thorough Inventor

When Thaddeus Fairbanks, of st.
Johnsbury, Vt. invented something,
it stayed invented. Platform scales
are still being manufacturer there
upon the same principle he used in
his first weighing device in $780,
The Country Home.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
Pc R S o N A L
M E N ON
lII1Slf0iE0 T0zT0iT0Ef0 0lillll

Mr.. and Mrs. James Humes are
in Stroudsburg, Pa, for a short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hall were
in Philadelphia on Sunday and
Monday.
Miss Rachel Frame, of Hammon-
ton, N. J., is visiting Miss Elizabeth
Carlisle.
Mrs. Allen D. Jones is spending
some time in Smyrna with Mrs.
Frank Postles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert BaldersOn
and son returned to their home in
Pittsburgh on Tuesday.
Miss Elva Chandler, of Whining
ton, was the weekend guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Griffith.
Miss Ethel Long, of Philadelphia,
has been the guest of her father,
Cornelius Long, this week.
Mrs. Henry A. Houston will re-
turn to Milford on Sunday after
spending two weeks at RehOboth.
Robert Griffith, of Wilmington,
spent the past week with his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Griffith.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Sipple
are now occupying the home of Mrs.
A. Donnell Marshall on Cark Av-'
enue.
Mrs. Ella Smith, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. VIM. H.
Davis, has returned to her home in
Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Carey attended
the funeral of his sister, Miss Mary
Susan Carey, in New Rochelle, N. Y,
last Friday.
Miss COrtnea Tetterton returned
to Milford last week after a vaca-
tion spent with relatives at South
Greek, N. c.
W. Logan Grier returned to Ne
ark on Wednesday where he will re-
sumo his studies at the University
of Delaware.
Mrs. Huntley foyer, of Philadel-
phia, who spent the past week with
her mother, Mrs. Sallie Watson, has
returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert l. Warren, of
Philadelphia, Pa, have been spend
ing the weekend at the Belmont at
Ocean City, Md
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Rankin Davis and
daughter, of Wilmington, were the
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert P. Davis.
Mrs. Walter Davis, who has been
spending some time with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. John Mertz, in Wilmington,
has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Casper Pierce and
daughter, Jean Scott, of Salisbury,
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
c. Pierce on Sunday.
Mrs. VIM. G. Abbott, Mr.. and Mrs.
George M. Abbott and son, Richard,
spent the past weekend in Philadel-
phia and Valley Forge.
Bud Benson, Charles Ringwood,
and Robert Wood, of Connecticut,
are spending a few days with Mr..
and Mrs. Harrison w. Lynch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Jester have
returned home after visiting friends
and relatives in Oakland and Grant
vile, Maryland, and JOhnstown, Pa. /
Earl Worthington, chief linotype
operator at the Milford Chronicle
office, has been confined to his home
for three weeks. He better at this
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Hamilton and |
children returned to Carnagie, Pa,
on Saturday, after visiting Mrs. !
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
M. Truitt
Mrs. Lila Wells Bennett and Mrs. |
G, P. Carey spent the weekend with |
Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Van Kirk |
Wells, in Jackson Heights, Long Is
land, N. Y.
Mrs. Robert P. Davis left today
for a visit with her son-in-law and
Mr.. and Mrs. Grier R.
Baynum, in Toronto, Canada. Mr..
Davis will join them in another
week.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
Let's BE Old Fashioned

Gratitude, it seems, is no longer in
good standing. Fathers and mothers
don't want favors in return for all
they do for their children, but, how
they rejoice when The youngsters
show signs of appreciation.-The
American Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
RetOrt Courteous

Replying to an abusive letter, a
business man wrote: Dear Sjr:-I
am returning your letter herewith,
feeling sure that yOu would rather
have it in your waste basket than
in our files. The Country Home.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
NOTICE

Our store will be closed on Tues
day and Wednesday, September %
and "a, because of religious holidays.
Will reopen Wednesday night at
$50 o'clock.
JACK BERLIN'S DEPT. STORE.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
AUTUMN ACTIVITIES

With Carnival over and the chill
dren settled in school here and else
where the social season will soon
be having a good start. So far only
few gatherings have happened.
This is the weather for trips, but
when it gets coldc" one longs to
sit beside a warm radiator or a
cheerful freside and play cards
with good friends. One needs no
urging to be off for pleasure in a
motor car, and soon the country
side will be radiant with autumn
colOrs. This method is the best way
to enjoy it. Each day brings its
pleasures and to live life to the full
lest is to enjoy each one as it comes
along.
q
A luncheon of interest to Milford
folks is the one Mrs. Aida Jones
of Snow Hill will give at the Chan
try House in Salisbury, on Saturday
Several Milford ladies are included
in the invited list.
e
Mrs. |. D. Short was hostess to
few friends on Wednesday evening
when she entertained in compliment
to Miss Rachel Frame, of Hammon-
ton, N. j., who is the guest of Miss
Elizabeth Carlisle. Miss Frame is
favorite with town folks and they
like to see her here.
4
Mrs. Arthur Hall gave bridge
party on Saturday night as fare
well to Mrs. John Hulse, who was
the former Miss Irene Cook. Mrs.
Hulse left this week for her future
home in Asbury Park, N. j. The
other guests were Miss Lila Hudson,
Miss COrtnea Tetterton, Miss Eliza
beth Reedy, Mrs. Clarence Kemp,
Mrs. Howard Mason, and Miss Alta
Coffin.
a
The 1920" Bridge Club, with per-
feet attendance, met with Mrs. c.
D. Abbott this week.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19

At the end of a day every man.
knows whether or not he has done a
fair days work.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19

On Friday evening Mrs. Frederick
Asche entertained a small group. of
friends at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ruby Vale, on South
Walnut Street Mrs. Asche is anoth-
er visitor that Milford folks are
eager to welcome on each visit. Her
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Balderson, of Pittsburgh, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlton Draper, of Milton, Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin P. Messick and Miss
Ruth Draper.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19

The Mems Monday Night Bridge
Club met with Robert Griffith this
week.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19

Mrs. John c. Truitt, who has a
summer home at RehOboth, gave a
delightful luncheon at that place on
Wednesday. The hour was one, and
all of the guests were from here.
Every one knows what a charming
hostess Mrs. Truitt is and it is with
pleasure that one accepts her invi-
tatiOns. Her guests were Mrs. E. c..
Pierce, Mrs. J. Lynn Pratt, Mrs. c..
D. Abbott, Mrs. S. c. Evans, Mrs.
Walter Barrett, Mrs. Thomas Davis,
Mrs. Robert Hall, Mrs. Robert Davis,
Miss Ida Draper, Mrs. Charles Var
ney, Mrs. Rachel Carlisle, Mrs.
George H. Draper, Jr., Mrs. Harry
Humes, Mrs. George w. Marshall,
and Mrs. MacBlair Lloyd.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19
ADVERTISING
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-One two-horse wagon
with low wood wheels. with tomato
rack and springs. One one horse wag-
gon; Model Il ton truck: 1926 Ford
Sedan. l.. j. Neal, one mile west ol
Houston. 9-19-1tH
FOR RENT
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19

Little Miss Doris Webb had a few
of her little friends at her home
Monday evening, the occasion being
her eighth birthday. They all en-
jOyed themselves by playing games
and then were invited into the din
ing room, where ice cream, cake and
candy was served. Those present
were: Preston Dyer, Doris Kinder,
Peggy Nichols, Anne Nichols, Gladys
Messick, Eloise Ellingsworth, Betty
Spoyd, Frances McKatt, Paul Nc
Katt, Phyllis Wilkins and Doris
Webb
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19

The 1920" Bridge Club, with per-
feet attendance, met with Mrs. c.
d. Abbott this week.
Milford chronicle., 1930-09-19

After thirty there's no game wo-
man hates like age-guessing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-29
DRAMATIC RITES
HELD FOR CLANCY
Wife Faints as Two Play
Laugh, Clown, Laugh"
Beside Bier.

ny the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, August 29.-Rites as
dramatic, perhaps, as any Of hfs films
marked the funeral Of Lon CLANCY yes
terday. laid to rest, after a public dis
play Of devotion and admiration seldom
aeen here.
The showman's wishes, carried out at
the funeral, provided touch that car
ried the memories OF his friends back
10 his weird portrayals.
Had Asked for Set Music.
AS he died last Tuesday, the man
OF Q thousand faces" had asked his
set music" be played at his funeral
to carry on while the camera registered
his often painful poses
As Lieut.. Col. H. S. Dyar, United
States Marine Corps chaplain, COM
pleted his simple eulogy and stepped
back from the silver, fIower-banked
casket the strains of Laugh, Clown.
Laugh" theme song of one of Chaneys
most successful pictures. sounded
through the little chapel of the Guard
ian Angel.
Musicians in Tears. q
Mrs. CLANCY tainted. The musicians,
Sam and Jack Feinberg. playing violin
and portable organ, played with tears
streaming down their faces
Plans for the simple funeral CLANCY
wished went aStray wnen 1900 per-
sons, ardent admirers eager 70 get a last
glimpse of their Idol, milled about the
entrance of the chapel. Special squads
OF police were necessary to open a way
for the funeral cortege as 1t began its
l0-nile journey to the grave.