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Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
VERNON

Children's Day services were held
at Wesley's last Sunday and at I'm.
ion Corner the first Sunday in June
Many attended the funeral serv-
ices of Joseph Anthony, one of our
most highly respected citizens.
Mrs. r. Wesley Ross is an invited
guest at the banquet of the Serv-
ice Citizens of Delaware on Thurs
day, jane II, at the dupont Biltmore
Hotel, Wilmington.
Miss Gladys Melvin has accepted
position as private nurse in Dover.
Owing to the rainy weather corn
planting has been late in this
neighborhood.
Romulus Hopkins, of Dover, has
been the guest of the Melvin family.
The Ladies' Aid of Bethel met
with Mrs. Morris for May and will
meet with Mrs. Butler for June.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Wesley Ross at
tended the Decoration Day exercises
at Hollywood cemetery, after which
they visited the new City Of Milford.
Prof. Alexander L. Harrington is
improving the grounds of his resi-
dence, "Restview," with cement
walks.
Several important Ditch meetings
have been held here to discuss mat
ters of Importance. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Collision re-
Gently entertained their daughters,
Ruth of Wilmington and Florence
of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05

Nelson, baby Morgan, Harry Murray
and little daughter Doris Of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Murray were read. Mrs.
Lille Belts read a memOriam for
the baby of parents James and Jean
Paris. The name of Mrs. Mary
Pepper was read. Mrs. Harb
Quillen of ROXanan read a memoriam
of Mrs. Jeanette Quillen, their moth
er. Those who came to honor her
were: Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Quillen;
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Steele. Posi-
bly, others whom did not see.
The name of Mrs. Lizzie Quillen;
that of John Rickards; John J.
Short were read. Wilmer Steele
read a memoriam to his father, Dav-
id Steele.
Mrs. Samuel LeKites and Mrs.
Belle Lynch and Mr.. and Mrs. Harb
Quillen of Roxana were at the M. E.
church service on Sunday night.
Miss Claude Helm, of Philadel-
phia, visited Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie
James.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
JUNE WEDDINGS

The rosy halos of sentiment fill
the month of June with a honey
moon light. The hearts touched by
Cupid can't seem to get by this time
of romance, which has such abund-
ant flowers and foliage with which
their nuptial event can be glorified.
The best wishes of all the people
Of Milford go out to all their friends
here and elsewhere who are getting
married about now. They have a
chance to substitute the substantial
joys of family life, for more artifi-
cial pleasures which become stale
and fiat when continuously pur-
sued.
The divorce courts are crowded
with petitioners, for whom rosy
hopes have become dust and ashes.
It. seems almost harsh to mention
that side of it to the happy couples
of June. But there will be many
tragedies as long as so many young
people give less thought to the
choice of a welded mate than do
to buying an automobile. However,
the great majority of married people
still find romance and affection
twining around the daily path.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
COORDINATION MEANS SUCCESS

Coordination is one of the
watchwords of modern business. The
word is defined as meaning "har-
monious adjustment" A factory in
which the different departments all
cooperate we'll, is called we'll CO.
crdinated. But if in q factory one
department fails to do its part of the
work as promptly as the rest, then
there is a lack of coordination.
Coordination is also essential in
community affairs. If many people
are going out of town to buy their
supplies, a lack of coordination ex-
lists in that important respect. The
people who pursue this course are
failing to cooperate with the busi-
ness concerns in building up home
trade. The lack of harmonious ad-
justment between these different
aims, delays community progress.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
THE LADY WINS

In a little Wisconsin town the
public treasurer who had held office
for many years was running for re-
election when some of the citizens
imbued with a rare sense of justice
inserted his wife's name on the bal
lot as an opposing candidate. They
explained that the wife had always
done the work while the husband
held the title and got the credit, so
why not make her treasurer in name
rs well as fact? The fairness of the
idea so appealed to the voters that
Mrs. was elected over Mr.. by a big
percentage.
There is a principle here that
ought to go a long way, now that it
has got started. How about those
many famous men, mostly office
holders, who have proclaimed so
gallantly to the world that they
lowe all they are or ever expect to
be to wife, or mother" Well, let
them take a back seat while the wife
or mother comes forward to receive
the cash and publicity, instead of
mere empty credit. Why should a
woman employ her talents and in
dustry in exalting her man while
she remains in the background?
The time is past for that sort of
thing. Justicia omnibus, as the
motto of the District of Columbia
has 1.-THE Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
Milford, Friday, June ;, 1881
CLOSE OF Study YEAR

June is the closing month in most
schools and colleges, and the great
army of students is disbanding for
the summer. Some educators think
that the long vacation is too long,
and that young folks could get their
education at less cost, if they work
ed IL months or more in the year.
But the teachers already groan at
the continued strain of their nervous
work. Little tendency to abridge
the summer vacation is yet appar-
ent.
After nine or 10 months of book
work, which fails to obtain any real
grip on some minds, they now have
chance to go out in the world and
show what they can do with their
hands and their eyes. Some of them
who learned very readily out of
books, fall down when they grapple
with the real facts of life. And some
who were very dull at their studies,
are so observant that they meet the
daily life problems better than the
bookworms.
Many rural schools have already
closed, Instead of wrestling with
multiplications and irregular verbs,
the youngsters are now planting the
seeds and driving the COWS to pas
ture. One kind of task is just as
essential as the other. A person can
not make his way without a mini
mum of book knowledge. He is
equally helpless if he can not size
up a situation and tell what should
besdOne aboutitS Fhe boy who knows
how to conquer the foes of his faith
er's garden, may go just as far as
the one who can recite all the rules
of grammar.
The young people of Milford are
entitled to their vacation run. If
they spent the entire summer in
sport, they will be much bored be-
fore Labor Day. They should take
hold and show what they can do at
the great game of work and busi-
ness. Those who give a favorable
impression obtain a key which will
open doors of opportunity later.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
PRAISES SCHOOL PAGE

John Shilling, the assistant super
intendent of the State Board of Edu-
cation and statistician for the pub
lie school system of Delaware, wrote
to the editor and manager of the
page devoted to the public schools
of Milford in the Milford Chronicle,
as follows:
Dear Editor:-
It was always a great satisfac-
ton to me as a boy when l could
see something which l had learned
in school function in my daily life
or have my eyes opened by my
school studies as to some interest
ing bit of environment which l had
not seen before although it had been
within range of my eyes all the
time.
Something of this satisfaction
must come to each boy and girl who
is able to use the English training
which he has gotten so. laboriously
in class and have it show as fin
ished performance and published in
the best rural newspaper known to
this section.
An additional pleasure comes of
course to those who have succeeded
in getting their work published
when it is presented in competition
with those of their fellow students.
Thus our journalists are trained,
and we all hope to see out of this
project and similar ones to follow
school of journalism which will
supply Delaware with reporters and
editors and keep up the high stand
ard set and maintained for us many
years by "The Chronicle"
Very truly yours,
JOHN SHILLING
Asst. in charge of High Schools
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
500 MILE CLASSIC SEEN AS
GREATEST TEST FOR TIRES
FirestOne Equipment On First Ten
Cars Across Line Proves Great
Development

The gruelling 500-Mile Indianap'
oils Classic was a test of tires more
than ever before. The racing ma
chimes were heavier, more powerful
and capable of greater speed. The
performance of the Firestone tires
on the first ten cars to finish, is the
greatest proof of the advancement in
tire engineering. Some of the drivers
who finished in. the first 10 did not
make a tire change although they
could do so without any loss of time
in Is seconds, while getting gaso-
line. Firestone tires have equipped
the cars of the winner for 12 con-
secutive years, but never before so
outstandingly and under such try
ing conditions.
In the 500-mile grind, the cOntin-
uous fiexing of the tires tends to
generate disastrous internal friction
and heat and centrifugal force often
increases the circumference of a
tire by more than 10 per cent, at top
speeds. knowledge of these condi-
tions is what makes the drivers so
cautious in selecting the tires which
they use in this race. They are glad
to pay for their tires because their
chances of victory and even their
lives depend upon them.
In 1880 members of the Race Dri-
vers Association presented a silver
plaque inscribed: "To Harvey S.
Firestone: In appreciation of his un
firing cooperation and leadership
in the consistent development of
tires which have contributed safety
in the establishment of automobile
speed and endurance records"
On this Indianapolis testing
ground Firestone has achieved i'm
portant developments for the tire
industry.
The Firestone pit has become an
institution where justified conf
Gence pervades. In fact racing dri-
vers shift tire responsibility to
Firestone engineers and devote their
attention to their motors and other
mechanical factors.
FirestOne engineers studied how
internal friction and heat eats tire
at high speeds, and develop
ed the Patented Gum-Dipping Pro-
cess in which pure liquid rubber
penetrates every cord and coats ev-
cry fiber, minimizing internal heat
in Firestone tires on highway and
speedway.
Similarly the patented double cord |
breaker was perfected, providing Sc !
per cent stronger union between
tread and cord body and 26 per cent |
greater protection against blow-outs. |
1t is constructed of gum-dipped |
cords in a more open construction.
Two plies of this material form the
union between tread and cord body |
as the big cars, with smooth tread
to allow skidding on curves, roar
and pound around the 500 mile
course of hot, uneven bricks. With
1ut these Firestone features tires
could not be expected to carry the
irivers over the entire course with
he assurance of safety at speeds
to win the victory.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
THE WAY OUT OF THE
AGRICULTURAL MIDDLE

In a recent interview in The
Country Home, Alexander Legge,
retired head Of the Federal Farm
Board, warned farmers that the
board is no fairy god-mOther, and
that farmers must help themselves.
He said that the way out of the
farm depression is through Coop
Grafton and organization.
There is more to agricultural hard
times than the surplus. Last year.
Mr.. Legge says, the walnut-grow-
ers-whO through cooperation CON
troll ninety per cent of their crop
sold it at the best price in history.
The same thing can be done W III
wheat, with dairy products and with
any other staple commodity pro-
duced on the farm.
The virtues of collective bargain
ing, mass distribution, cannot be
Over-emphasized The single farm
er, with his twenty to fifty or hun
dred acres, is virtually at the mercy
OF the buyer when he does business
alone. But when fifty thousand
farmers band together to do bust
ness they talk to the buyer and dis
tributor in his own language.
1t should be understood that CO.
operative selling does not mean
higher prices to the consumer. 1t
means that the farmer receives a
fair share of the ultimate price,
whatever it may be. Agriculture is
the foundation of all industries
an donly through collective bargain
ing, another name for cooperation,
can it obtain the prosperity it de-
serves and must have.
Taxes for 1921 will soon he due
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
CONCENTRATING THE BRIDE

NUNUAeAL = AAL lHE DhlUE
Etiquette authorities tell us that it
is the correct thing at a wedding to
congratulate the bridegroom, but
that the bride should not be con-
graduated. The thing to do for her
is to give her your best wishes"
This point of view seems to sug-
gest that the bridegroom is a good
deal luckier than the bride. 1t
proves so in many cases, and the
brides seem to draw more and more
lemons as time goes on. However,
not all the brides are juicy peaches.
If the lady has made a wise choice,
she has acquired lover and protec-
tor who will cherish her until death
do them part. With due difference
to eminent authorities who think
dierently, anyone who accOmplishes
that seems entitled to hearty felici-
tations.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05

for food. just opened any oyster
and came upon a delicate silvery
ohject-the pearl. Said to be the
most beautiful Of all gems. It is
the only gem produced by a living
organism. The oyster. tortured by
some irritant that enters its shell
and cannot escape. eventually
turns it into this beautiful object:
q Pearls develop IN layers. like
onions; it is much easier to scratch
or crack one of these layers than
to harm an entire stone. n you
do not want to follow Cleopatra's
example-she dissolved a valua Bile
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05

An Eastern Shore fellow says that
the other night while an old cracker
at Onancock was sitting on his
front porch reading a story of the
shooting scrape, a car passed by and
the muffler blew out with a mighty
bang! The old cracker tumbled ov-
er backwards, grabbed an axe,
smashed 81 bottles of home brew
and then dove out the back window
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05

/ pearl in a glass OF vinegar-keep
your pearls away from acids.
Pearls vary In color. as well as
in shape. though the most valuable
are those that are most rare-a
pure or creamy white. and black.
Natural pearls are not very abun-
dant, and a pearl fisher may search
for days without discovering
single pearl.
There are zodiacal indications
for 1891 that this year will hold
new interests for those oorn in
June. and that the depressing, re-
tarding influences of 1880 will pass.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
DON'T WEAR SHOES

On May 10, 1929, Ell Salvador put
into effect an increased duty on i'm
ported shoe polishes and pastes.
This duty became effective just
eighteen days before the Hawley-
Smoot law passed the House, and
will probably be pointed to as re-
taliation in advance for the new
American tariff law.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05

Fellow told an Irishman that Ma
ture was funny-if you lost your
right eye your left one became
stronger.
Second Irishman said: That's
true; 1 knew a fellow with his right
leg six inches too long and bejab-
bers, his left one is a foot too short.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
REAIINISCENCE
(By Laurence villeneue)

(By Laurence Villeneue)
With the approach of swimming
season wouldn't it be well to turn
our thoughts back to those good old
happy days? The old swimming
hole, with it's crude diving board,
and raft. That old log, with the nail
on one end many scratch came
from that-but gosh it makes one
feel old Remember Mas old
saying, mo, you can't go swimming
until you know how" With public
swimming pools, and beaches much
of this worry has been done away
with. Bring those kids out for a
good healthy pastime on those warm
Sunday afternoons. A nice clean
lake well, let Hal Cochran
tell you in his daily poem.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
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THE FOLKS who can't afford to
spend any time fixing up their home
places, find their real estate selling
for less, or their landlords can't af-
ford to give them the Improvements
they desire.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05
Sand Houses

Oh, let's pretend we'ere loaflng
round most any sandy beach,
Where fun for all the little folk is
much within their reach.
Like little ants they work away,
with scoop and such in hand,
Abuilding little tunnels and sand
houses in the sand.
A youngster takes no set-backs,
when he's at that sort of play.
He plans to build a certain thing
and works at it all day.
A wave may wash and tear things
down, the child may sigh-but
then,
He simply makes the best of it, and
builds it up again.
We grown-ups sit and watch a
while. Perhaps we lend hand,
But why the youngster seems so
thrilled, we seldom understand.
He works to beat the dickens, yet
it's work that he calls fun.
'Tis just a rugged sand-house, still
he's proud when it is done.
The aswer? Well, a youngsters
mind is starting on it's way.
It's teaching him that real work can
mix right in with play.
By sticking to the sand-house task,
there's one fine thought it brings:
Don't let the little upsets put the
halt on doing things.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05

The modern girl may know the
ropes, but they are not the kind you
hang wash out on.
Milford chronicle., 1931-06-05

Taxes for 1881 will soon be due.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10
AIR MAIL TO ASIA

What is perhaps the most ambitious air mail project ever considered is to connect the United States and Canada with China and Japan by way of Alaska, if plans tentatively made by officials of the two North American countries can be put into effect.
 These plans were discussed on a recent visit of Assistant Postmaster General Glover to Canada, and upon his return to Washington he expressed confidence in the feasibility of the project. The proposed route would begin in the Unit ed States, cross Canada, Alas ka, and the eastern edge of Soviet Russia, and terminate in China and Japan.
 All the territory to be cov- cred by the route has been flown over eXperimentally, and there appear to be no ser ious physical obstacles to the establishment of regular sched- ules, which would reduce lie time of mail in transit as much as two weeks in some cases.
 This route, MT. Glover said, would be in keeping with the worldwide trend of the air mail, for which regular trans Atlantic service is also being definitely contemplated.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10
Public Is Air Shy

Although the United States government is spending about 30 million dollars a year in aid of commercial flying, the avi- ation industry is in serious diff faculties, according to Post master General Brown.
 Passenger air lines carried a paying load of only 16 to 40 per cent of their capacity last year, and operating losses have been so great that "the very life of the passenger transport industry is in the balance"
 He further points out that if
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10

the air lines should collapse through lack of public support the millions which the govern ment has contributed, as we'll as much of the money invested by the public. would be lost.
 The trouble appears to be that air lines have been ex- tended too rapidly. Only a small percentage of the public will yet trust themselves to the airplane for long flights. Every an plane disaster which is spread across the front pages of newspapers tends to make people afraid of this form of transportation.
 The public generally will be- come "air-minded" only when convinced that air lines assure aafety as we'll as speed.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10
Intelligence Must
 Replace Gre d

"There may be shorter-sight- ed people on earth than inter national bankers-but we doubt it. Money is juggled interna- tionally 90 there is a food sur plus in one country and a famine in another. The world can't go on forever with inter- national trade at a standstill. It is darn easy to sit in a nice lockwood cabin on a yacht and yawn: Conditions are funda- mentally sound" They are not-they're fundamentally un- sound-and unless some intelli- gence replaces the greed which now is the motive power be- hind the world, there is going to be trouble. Jim Marshall in the Seattle Star.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10
TEN YEARS OR so AGO
From the Hyder Alaska Miner
 of Jan. 9, 1920

Oren Hill who built the big drug store building on Inter- national avenue, came this week from Ketchikan and says that his drug store stock will be here about February 1.
 The saw mill machinery which arrived for the Hyder Lumber Go. on the Albert is practically ready for the tun- ing up and is expected to be in operation next week.
 Attorney c. H. Sundmacher is comfortably domiciled in his new building on Main St.
 Sam Potts has installed a messenger service and has wired the town. so that his house may be called at any time.
 MT. and Mrs. J. l.. Camp bell, who are we'll known in the north, have taken over the building formerly occu-- pied by the Hyder Cafe and opened a restaurant and bak- cry under the name of Marks, a name which they made fam ous in Dawson, Fairbanks and Council City during the past twenty years.
 The law has come to Hyder and is personified by Marshall John Roman, who took office Wednesday. To the credit of the camp it may be said that there has never been crime committed here and up to the present a local officer has not been necessary.
 No settlement of strike at Premier. Twenty five men came up from Prince Rupert Wednesday to work at the Premier, but after a conference with the men who came down from the mine Dec. 23 they decided not to go to work.
 J. E. Mcdonald has succeeded in getting work started on the Unicorn in spite of climatic difficulties. A tunnel will be driven to the crosscut a high grade lead. With Lon Doggett and F. w. Petrie, two old time Alaskans, he went up to the property Saturday and had the men under ccover and squared away for a winters work by Sunday.
 Reports from the Forty-N:ne continue to be favorable. The high grade ore encountered in a crosscut from the drift is not only holding out but is in- creasing in volume. The Oc- cidental tunnel has been closed down and the crew put to dri r. ing an upraise on the Forty Nine highgrade. Ore was en- countered in the Lakeview tunnel and has been penetrat- ed eight feet at last reports. The tunnel was run a distance of 268 feet and the ore was en- eountered in a cross drift run from the end to a distance of 60 feet. The ore was tapped at a vertical depth of 145 feet.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10
Discouraging

Capital Punishment for Bit ing Dog in Pueblo-Headline. This should discourage those who feel the urge to make what the late MT. Dana characterized as real news.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10
WHAT'S NEW?

French railway authorities are considering an automatic device, which mechanically halts any train that has passed a danger signal.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS

Changes n Display Advert sing for weekly must be presented not later than the Wednesday evening preceding the day of issue (aturday) insertion will be delayed until the follow ing week.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER

This newspaper is not ed in any with any stock brokerage firm other establishment interested in the sale of mining shares and publishes formation relative to local min development that neved to be in full accord with fact.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10

A Coed Natured Man. We once knew man so kind- hearted that he even hoped that the truck drivers were we'll paid and had happy homes.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10

George Bernard Shaw says Einstein is one of the eight greatest men in history. Now who are the six other fellows?
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10

Another paradox is that it may be clothed in choice language and still remain the naked truth.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10
Just for Fun
"Dam Bill Will Pass Head line. That kind would.

:. Business Note. Its a long loan that has no turning
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10

By means of a new process, aluminium articles are now being made in a variety colorS.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10

Mussolini says he reviews his mistakes of the day every night before retiring. If some of us did that we would lose a lot of sleep.
Hyder weekly herald., 1931-01-10

Railroad trains running to some of the English resorts are now equipped with windows of "health glass" which trans mits ultra violet rays.