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Imperial Valley press., 1931-09-18

The Orange County Fruit Ex-
change shipped 912 carloads of
Valencias in August; 3670 for the
season to date and expectation of
a total of 6370 carloads.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28

was left to Washington but to turn
and appeal to his officers, and there
ensued the famous meeting to which
he called them, when lie put OH his
I glasses with the remark that he had
grown both blind and gray in their
service" His call to their patriotism
Gained their mutinOus spirit for a
time But in no great while their in
dignatiOn took another and still
more dangerous form.
Some of the officers drew up the
momentous but generally forgotten
appeal to Washington, begging him
to take supreme command of the
country, government and all. This
was the famous address presented to
Washington by Colonel Nicola, and
there ensued the moment when
Washington might have been, had
he wished, absolute monarch of AM
erica.
His firm and immediate refusal
went on to say in effect that if his
officers respected him, he would
call on their loyalty to wait while
he tried again to obtain justice for
them from Congress. This time lis
plea was needed. Congress voted
half pay and other forms of relief.
But the dangerous sentiment which
still pervaded the entire country ap-
peared in another incident.
A regiment of raw recruits in
Pennsylvania mutinied and so frigh-
tened Congress that it flew from
Philadelphia to Princeton. Not the
veteran army only, but oven these
recruits were weary of the fabby
government and sympathized with
the regulars in wanting Washington
in supreme control. This now gen
eral sentiment in Washington ia
vor broke forth once more iii the
"Newburgh addresses" 1t would
have been easy for the army to have
got out of hand and taken command
of the situation. The English troops
mad gone. Nowhere in the Colonies
was there a vigorous governmental
control. Nothing stood in the army's
way-nOthing but the firm hand and
will of its General, George Wash
ington. Single-handed he grasped
the situation and put down the dan
ger.
On August 26, 1888, he joined
Congress at Princeton. The war hav-
ing been won, it was essential that
all the fruits of victory should be Sc
and at once the military lead
ers became the leader in statesman
ship. One of the first things to be I
guaranteed, he saw, was American |
possession of the Great West. Eng |
land was willing enough to grant in
to the Colonies on the |
eastern seaboard, and it cost Wash
ington many an anxious effort to |
safeguard the West which for some |
Time England had no intention of |
giving up. In the treaty of peace of
1888 the Mississippi was recognized |
as the western boundary.
After his two months work with
Congress, that BODY voted him
thanks, and the Commander-in-chief
left, ultimately to take formal Occu-
patton of New York, to bid farewell
to his officers, and finally to resign
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
MILLSBORO

Mr.. and Mrs. d. Herbert Pretty
man entertained Wednesday even
ing in honor of their son, Harold
Messick Prettyman, and his bride.
the former Miss Evelyn E. KlOeblen,
OF Jersey City, N. J. The following
guests were present: Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold M. Prettyman of Greystone
Park, N. j.; Mrs. Amanda l. Pretty
man, Albert Prettyman and family,
Carl Prettyman and family, Arthur
Stevenson and family, Otis Joseph
and family, Gilbert Phillips, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Clifford E. Burton, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph McIlvaine, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. l. Joseph, Alfred Joseph
and Miss Charlotte Joseph, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. d. Burton and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Johnson and Miss
Grace Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton
Ellis of Lewes, Mr.. and Mrs. John
H. Steele and Miss Betty Steele,
Mrs. Mary c. Baker and Miss NADIA
lyn Baker, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Short and Floyd Short, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Wilson and Miss Hilda Will
son, all of Georgetown; Mrs. Nc
Nelly and Miss Violet McNeilly, Mr..
and Mrs. Norris Wilson and Miss
Ruth Wilson, Mrs. Electra Beneton
and Mrs. Irvine, all of Philadelphia;
Mr. and Mrs. w. L. McIlvaine, of
Georgetown; Mr.. and Mrs. d. Her.
bert Prettyman and Miss Cassie V.
PTettyman.
Mr. and Mrs. Prettyman were
married May 20 in New York City.
Mr.. Prettyman is a graduate of the
Beacon Business College in Will
and is now senior statisti-
clan at the New Jersey State Hos
pital, GreystOne Park, N. j. Mrs. |
Prettyman is a graduate of the Pan |
zer College of Physical Culture and |
a member of the Sigma Iota Society. |
Much entertaining has been in hon |
or of Mr.. and Mrs. Prettyman in
New Jersey and Long Island, N. Y. |
They will be at home after Septem-
Der 1st at 81 Early street, Morris !
town, N. J.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
BETTER LAW
ENFORCEMENT

The lack of trained officers has
undoubtedly been responsible for a
great deal of the weakness in the
enforcement of prohibition laws in
the past.
Colonel Amos w. w. Woodcock,
director of prohibition enforcement,
at Washington declares that there
has been real progress in enforcing
the prohibition law.
The enforcement director said
that, according to the expected sta
tistical methods of determining the
efficiency of law enforcement, pro-
hibition was as effectively taken
care of as any enforcement.
"The last figures" he said, "show
that Sc per cent of the cases
brought to trial resulted in convic-
tion. This is a higher percentage
than for interstate car stealing, for
violation of national banking laws
or the Mann act Narcotics enforce
ment bears a similar percentage. l
want it understood, of course, that
this is based on statistics, that since
the same methods were used to
measure all crime ! believe they
may be taken as faihrly adequate.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
ENGLISH SPARROW
INDICATED; Is FOE TO
JAPANESE BEETLE

The State Board of Game Com
misioners of Pennsylvania has an
nounced that Investigations had
shown the English sparrow and
starting to be beneficial in the de-
struction of Japanese beetles and
other plant pests.
They said that hitherto these
birds had been destroyed because
people were ignorant of their value
in the fight against pests.
practically every stomach of the
starlings and sparrows take for in
vestigation were gorged with Japa-
nese beetles, Mexican bean beetles,
striped cucumber beetles and the
imported willow leaf beetle, four of
the worst insect pests known to
SCIENCE" the board announced.
1T is interesting to note that
these birds. which have heretofore
been considered a nuisance and
even harmful, are now demOnstrat-
ing decided economic value"
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
PROTESTS POWER
IS WEAK ON SHORE
Oxford, Nd, Man Says
Utility's Current Like
'TOOnerville TrOlIey's."

A complaint on the amount of
voltage being furnished by the Eas-
tern Shore Public Service Company
has been made by Ralph H. Wiley,
of Oxford, Md, to the Public Ser
vice Company of Maryland.
Asserting that the whole outfit
is run about on a par with the Too
nerville trolley" Mr.. Wiley, a naval
architect and mechanical engineer,
said his firm continually was both
cred by low voltage in operating
the motors in its shops, and asked
the State regulatory body ito send
some competent person down here
to have a quiet look around"
'In your letter of February II,
1884," Mr.. Wiley wrote the commits
sion, you stated that probably after
the 26th of March, 1881, when the
Maryland Light and Power Com
pany was to be taken over by the
Eastern Shore Public Service Com
pany, that we might obtain some re-
lief from the ridiculOusly high min
imum rate that we are paying for
our power. AS before stated this
high minimum makes our power
cost us in the neighbOrhood of 25
cents per kilOwatt hour"
To his knowledge, his was not
the only complaint the commission
has received regarding service
there, Mr.. Wiley added.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
WASHINGTON RECEIVED
THANKS OF CONGRESS

One hundred and forty-eight
years ago, on August 26, 1888,
George Washington paid his respects
to the Continental Congress, then
sitting at Princeton, New Jersey,
and received a formal note of thanks
from that body. His errand was to
aid Congress in arranging the de-
tails of the peace that ended the
Revolutionary War and brough In
dependence to the United States
Washington remained with Congress
for more than two months, at the
end of which time he went to West
Point to rejoin his army, and then
to New York, to take formal posses
sion of the city in company with
Governor Clinton of that State.
Behind these outwardly simple in
cidents lies a period in George
Washington's life which, according
to the United States George Wash
ingtOn Bicentennial Commission,
was one of the most important in
WashingtOn's own history, and one
of the most mOmentOus in the his
tory of the United States. 1t was
period when an Army officer imploT
ed Washington to become dictator
of America, and even it's absolute
monarch, if he would. 1t was a mo-
ment when Washington might as
easily as Caesar have seized abso-
lutte power for himself. 1t was a mo-
ment when George Washington
might have changed the whole i'm
mediate and future form of Ameri-
can government He went before
Congress instead, and loyalty aided
the men whom he steadfastly re-
garded as the peoples choice and
hence his masters.
In tracing these events, which
most historians neglect, the United
States George Washington Bicenten-
nial Commission reminds us that af-
ter the victory of Yorktown, when
Indepence seemed assured, the ar
my was neglected. The country had
been impoverished by the eight |
years of the Revolution, and Con-
gress appeared ready to let the ar
my disband and dissolve without re-
ward or compensation.
AS a result Washington's troops |
were filled with an ugly spirit of
Through eight years of /
they had been loyal to their
chief. By that loyalty they mad |
won victory for their country. Dur
ing those eight years many officers
and men had lost all their property.
In return for all this, they felt
about to be abandoned to want and
beggary. Organizations of officers
met and resolved on resigining in
groups. The rank and file was fill
ed with outright mutiny. The mill
ary inaction after Yorktown had
given the entire military establish
nent time to reflect on it's wrongs,
md it now was in a mood positively
dangerous.
Washington, always appealing to
Congress in aid of his men, sent cut
solemn warning as to this danger,
which Congress ignored. Nothing
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
SHAWNEE

The Shawnee Ladies' Aid will
meet this Friday evening, August
28th, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Vibbert. The social commit
tee is giving an entertainment; also
ice cream and cake.
Miss Greteen Calhoun spent Tues
day at Lewes on beach party.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Collins enter
tanned relatives from Philadelphia
over the weekend.
Mrs. Emma Walls, of near Mil
ford, is spending some time with her
daughter, Mrs. Pierce Prettyman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Millard Belts were
Greenwood visitors on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Davis, of
CollingsWood, ~ j., and Mr.. and
Mrs. James c. Mayhew, of Whining
ton, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pierce Prettyman the past week.
Mrs. r. J. Hastings and daughter
Grace, of Bridgeville, spent Thurs
day with Mrs. Mollie Prettyman.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
SUGAR HILL
(Near Williamsville)

Mrs. Ethel Walker and Name Der
rickson called on Mrs. Owen Der
rickson Saturday afternoon.
We are glad to welcome old Sol
bac kagain. He surely had a long
vacation this time, but he is back
as strong as ever.
The Ladies' Aid will meet Thurs
day evening, September 3rd, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Evans. We are looking forward to
a pleasant evening. Come join us.
Althea Pepper is on our sick list
this week.
We are glad to say Everett Gray's
people are all on the mending line.
Mrs. Jessie Hudson and daughter,
of Philadelphia. are spending the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua
Hudson.
Mrs Eva Lewis has been sick the
past week.
James Lewis and family, of Sell
byville, spent Monday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jonah Lewis.
Mrs. Mariah Hudson, of Roxana,
and Mrs. James Andrews and chill
dren, of West Chester, Pa, were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
hua Hudson Wednesday.
Joe Derrickson and family spent
The weekend with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Derrickson
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28

Little Misses Nancy Ann and Car
olyn BOrdner of Drexel Hill, Pa,
are visiting Mrs. Chas. G. Fisher
Mr.. and Mrs. Bordner are attending
the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity Con-
veDtiOn in Oxford, Ohio.
R/Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Shilling
are receiving congratulations on the
birth of a daughter on Tuesday
morning, August 25. This is the
third child in the Shilling family;
the first two being boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Darnell, Mrs.
Annie Darnell and Miss Lillian Dar-
nell Of Philadelphia spent last week
with Mrs. S. J. Tomlinson. On
Thursday evening Mrs. Tomlinson
entertained her guests at the Hen
lopen Hotel, Rehoboth.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
NEW SHOW SEASON
OPENS AT THE PLAZA

The new show season officially
opens today, Friday, August 28th, at
The New Plaza Theatre, Milford,
when Norma Shearer will be seen
and heard in her latest and by far
greatest talkie. "a Free Soul" Fri
day and Saturday, August 1929, with
a children's 10c matinee on Satur-
day at $3.50 Clark Gable and Lionel
Barrymore are also in the cast.
On Monday, only, August 81, Mitzi
Green, Jackie Searl, Louise Fazenda
and Edna May Oliver in Paramount's
comedy farce, Forbidden Adven-
ture," will be the main feature at
traction for one day only.
Tuesday, only, September 1st,
Sylvia Sidney and Norman Foster
will show in another of Paramount's
new season pictures, Confessions
of Cold"
Robert Montgomery in his latest
starring picture, MAN In Possess
sion," will be the feature attraction
on Wednesday and Thursday, Sep
tember 2-3.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
FOUR ACCIDENT CURES

There are four, and only four,
basic ways to reduce the present
number of automobile accidents, ac-
cording to a statement issued by W..
T. Palmer, an official of the COM
pany making Rusco brake Innings,
who is making a nationwide survey
of the motorized accident situation.
1--WE shall never make real pro-
gress with this growing emergency
until we tackle the problem at its
four main roots. Here is what must
be done if we are to save at least
IS per cent of the lives now sacri-
fived annually to our motorized
carelessness and indifference:
Separate opposing lines Of traffic.
Separate automobiles and pedes-
trianS,
Enforce compulsory inspections Of
cars,
Eliminate railroad grade cross
ings.
Traffic must be separated by par
allel one-way roads, by steel or
concrete mid-road fences and by
elevated or lowered side street
crossings.
Cars and walkers must be kept
apart by overpasses or underpasses.
"The millions of people who, un-
Willingly or knowingly, are driving
cars with defective headlights,
dangerously worn Or badly adjusted
brakes, and ancient road SCARED
tires, must be made to put their
cars in safe condition and keep
them that way.
Rail- Dads, States. counties and /
towns must cooperate to Danish
our 100000 crossings that are caus-
ing ten per cent of our automobile
fatalities.
"These things, if started through
out the Nation now, would cost hun
dreds of millions of dollars, save
thousands of useful lives year and
give employment to countless needy
workers. The work would largely
pay for itself in the greater buying
power of hordes of skilled and un-
skilled laborers.
"If delayed ten years or longer
the yearly death toll will reach the
absurd total of $4,000 or 100000 and
the work will cost billions of dol
lars, putting a staggering load of
on the next generation.
The time for us to stop pussyfooting
on this automobile accident situa-
ion is right now"
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
HAPPE MIN GS
IN AND
ABOUT TOWN

Full moon now.
Peaches sell at low prices.
MELONS of all kinds are cheap.
End of summer, 1881, next Tues
day.
Get the children ready for school
September 8.
There is a fine crop of all kinds of
nuts this season.
1t is a fine time to paint the home
buildings this month.
Get the coal for winter use early
before house cleaning time.
Turkey growers have had success
with their flocks this summer.
Get ready as soon as you read
this and come to Grange Hall, Sat
urday evening at p. m. A party
that all will enjoy. Delicious eats.
Cedar Neck Division of Milford
Grange will give the August party
at the Hall tomorrow night. All
Changers come and bring your
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
MEMORIAL
WINDOWS AT AVENUE CHURCH

The Art Glass Company, of Cum
berland, Md, specialists in Art Glass
and Memorial Windows, are putting
in new memorial windows at the
Avenue M. E. Church. The work is
in charge of R. L. Roblyer, manager,
and according to the number of tes-
timonials he has the work is being
done in the most expert manner and
will be guaranteed Mr. Roblyer
has had wide experienced in this
kind of work and the Art Glass
Company are fortunate to have such
an expert in charge of their work.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28

his commission to Congress on the
great occasion at Annapolis which
every schoOlboy knows. But in the
light of the previous events here le
corded, that occasion has a mean
ing which every American needs 10
ponder over.
Within the space of few months,
George Washington had been offer
ed and had refused supreme Cicta
torship over the United States, and,
far from yielding to any such temp
tation, had with simple dignity han
ded back his powers to Cong ess
and returned to Mount Vernon just
another American citizen.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28

or old fashioned, that they were
concerned about the future of this
old land mark 1t is just that they
feel it would have been a crying
shame to have cOmmercialized this
lovely setting with so much histori-
cal background and so many pleas
ant memories for all of us. Per-
sonally we thank Capt. Vinyard for
his philanthropy and, if in the fu-
ture the town feels able to purchase
this beautiful spot, then the gener-
atiOns to come will be told of how
one man, unselfishly, preserved the
Holland house for posterity.
&
Mrs. l. D. Short gave a small
party at her home on Lake View
avenue on Tuesday afternoon in
honor of Miss Elsa Peterson, of
Ohio, who is the house guest of Mrs.
S. M. D. Marshall. Parties have been
all too few this summer and the
guests were glad of a opportunity to
gather around the tables and talk of
all the happenings. The guests
were: Mrs. Elmer T. Williams, Mrs.
William C. Smith, Mrs. S. M. d.
Marshall, Miss Peterson, Mrs. C.
Donnan Holzmueller, Mrs. Walter
L. Grier, Mrs. George H. Draper, Jr,
and Mrs. G. Marshall Townsend.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
MILFORD BOYS BAND
4 AT SLAUGHTER BEACH

' One of the most interesting gath
erings in the history of Slaughter
Beach will convene Sunday after
noon around four O'Clock, when the
Boys Band of Milford will be pres
ent to entertain with a splendid
concert.
This will be the last Sunday eve
ming of the Kings Daughters meet
ings at which DR.. Francis Burgette
Short will speak at 6:15 o'clock us
ing for his topic, "Our Trouble Torn
Old World and How to Mend It."
There should be hundreds of peo-
pie present to listen to both the
band and the address. The band boys
will be entertained at a dinner at
the hotel following the address.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
NJ. 7. GALLOWAY
Pos OF A. HEAD
[COntinned from Frst Pdge1

The address of welcome was Civ
en- by the Rev. James f. BucksOn
pastor of the NJ. E. Church, who al
so spoke on patriotism. The en-
campment decided by unanimous
resolution to take an active part in
the bicentennial celebration in hon
or of George Washington next year.
National Master of Forms, Henry
N. Bradley, of ChaTlestown, w. Va,
who gave the address OF the con-
vention, spoke on the urgent need
for the true patriotic spirit at pres
ent. Confidence that this nation is
capable of surmounting any Difficult
ty similar to that prevailing at pres
ent must be encouraged in the Citi-
zens of the United States in every
possible way, he said. This. he
pointed out, can be done largely by
exemplifying the ideals of the ma
tiOn's founders.
In the celebration hQnOting the
2OOth birthday of George Washing
ton, the State Encampment will CO.
operate in the program of the, Ma
tional Encampment, which in turn
will cooperate with the committee
appointed by President Hoover to
handle the celebration,
Only one contest developed in the
elections during the business ses-
sion. This was for the four delegates
to the national convention of the
order to be held at Atlantic City on
September % and %. These posts
we're sought by eight members.
Those named were: George F. Ir-
win, of Wilmington; E. Y. Williams
of Dover; Frank Hickman, of Port
Penn, and Leslie F. Downing Of
Wilmington.
The official roll call of the after
noon disclosed that the Camps, at
Seaford, Kenton, Middletown, and
Liepsic were not represented by
delegates. The obituary committee
reported the death of % members
during the past year, upon accept
ing their report the members stood
in silence for a minute and then
were led in prayer by their chap
lain and sang one verse of "Blest |
Be the Tie that Binds"
1t has been customary to present |
the retiring State Presidents with |
a past presidents jewel, and for
several years the first presidents of !
the organization were given jewels |
of insignificant value, and for the
past several years the State Camp
has purchased gold jewels; Past .
State President R. Y. Williams and
retiring president Bender, each re-
neived one Tuesday. State Secretary
George R. Irwin presented the jew
ell. The state per capita tax for next
year will be seventy-five cents. Past
State President, Harry r. Loose in
stalled the newly elected officers
assisted by Past State. President
Newton L. Grubb, at the conclusion
Of the installation.
A few remarks were made by the
newly elected officers and the State
Camp Session closed with song
and prayer by State Chaplain Cant
we'll.
The State Camp will hold its 2Sth {
annual convention at Cheswold the
asst Tuesday in August, 1892.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
TO OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY
OF BETHEL NJ. E. CHURCH

Plans are under way for the OBJ
servance of the seventy-eighth an
niversary of Bethel Church, near
Cheswold, which will take place on
Sunday, September 9Th. The morn
ing service will be in charge of the
Rev. Henry Budd, D. D., of Dover,
while the afternoon service will be
in charge of the Rev. Francis Bur-
dette Short, of Milford. Special
music will be rendered at each serv-
ice.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
WEDDINGS
INSTRUMENTATION

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard ]. Matthews
announce the marriage of their
niece, Miss Lucille V. Matthews,
daughter of S. Nye Matthews, of
Milford, Del, to Howard Reese
ThistlewoOd, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Howard Thistlewood, of Houston,
Del, August 10th, 1881, at the Pres
byterian manse, by Rev. Mr.. Weir,
in Wilmington. The newly weds
will reside in Wilmington, where
Mr.. Thistlewood is employed.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
HOLLAND ESTATE
SOLD AT AUCTION
BRINGS $32,O75,OO
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Capt. Wilson M. Vinyard for $2,175.
Capt. Vinyard on Wednesday morn
ing agreed to sell the farm to the
present tenant for the exact price
paid for it.
The sale of the Holland lands was
awaited with much interest by Mil
ford residents. The residence
bought by Mr.. Vinyard brought just
about the price expected. The farm
lands were lower than had been eX-
pected
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
GREENWOOD

The St. Johnston Aid will hold a
bake and festival in the Greenwood
Community Building, Saturday, Sep
tember s.. Everyone's help will be
appreciated.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28

Now that the twenty-fifth of the
month is passed, and the Holland
house is in the keeping of one who
respects traditions and loves to see
them kept in tact, we can sit back
and breath more freely. 1t isn't that
folks are out of step with the times,
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
GEORGETOWN

Robert Yarnell, of Rehoboth, was
circling among friends here Thurs
day.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28

In central Alaska wells freeze in
the summer and not in the winter.
Milford chronicle., 1931-08-28
FOR SALE

FOR SALE Late cabbage plants.
soc per 1000 at my farm; 85c per 1000
postpaid. Geo. r. Wiley, Greenwood.
Del 1tp
FOR SALE-Two registered Guern-
sey calves. cheap. Heifer calf, weeks
old. Bull calf, weeks old. Hugo E.
Kopple, Harbeson, Del. a2S 2tp