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Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
These Little Rivers Of
Ours

People who come through Della
ware on their way to Rehoboth and
other resorts often remark about the
size of our rivers. Why, they say,
they are no larger than a creek, yet
they are called rivers. Why is this {?
But these people do not know Della
ware history. They don't know that a
few years ago these rivers were
Delaware's chief means of trade and
commerce; nor do they know that
at one time these rivers were wide
enough and deep enough to allow
ocean vessels to sail up and down
them to the different towns. Another
use they had and have yet although
to a more limited extent, was that
of furnishing power to run mills.
Not so long ago there were a great
many mills in the State. There were
saw mills, grist mills, -four mills,
clothing mills; and all of them
were run by water power. Thus our
rivers were put to a good use.
Yet today, these rivers are filled
in and are in truth no larger than
creeks. We may wonder at the i
cause of this until we realize that
now, in place of commerce on the
water, we have trucks and trains
with which to carry on trade. Then
too there are not so many mills as
there used to be and a great many
of those that are left are run by
steam power instead of water. The |
only uses that are now left our lit |
tie rivers are the carrying of grains !
in small vessels to Philadelphia in /
exchange for phosphates and coal,
and the draining the of the chain of |
lakes in back of each one. Their
chief work is over; they are only a
miniature of what they used to be;
yet they are useful in every way
that is necessary, for, after all,
Delaware is only small and her riv-
ers are a part of her.
Alice Breme
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
STORIES IN STONE

In the good old days" when mon
uments were called tOmbstones
there was more than the customary
name and date of birth and death OF
the deceased engraved on their
stone. The people believed that
they should be remembered by some
of the things that happened during
their lives. Friends found great
pleasure in reading inscriptions in
the different cemeteries, for some
times they found accounts of we'd
dings and other important events
that happened during the persons
life.
Down near Richmond, Virginia, in
the Old Ben Church cemetery is a
very unusual monument. On one
side is an account of the PERSONS
birth; his stening-telling the
date, the godmother, the presents
and who brought them, the par
son. 'and the most important peo-
pie who were there; and the we'd
ding-telling who was the bride and
who gave her away, the maid of
honor, the best man, ring-bearer,
the preacher, and again the most
prominent people who attended, and
the gifts bestowed upon the happy
couple. On the opposite side is an
account of the deceased's funeral
the date and place and time of day,
the pallbearers, the chief mourners
included more than just the
the preacher. Under
meath is a very quaint epitaph.
Such information as this about
the person is more pleasing to read
than just name with the date and
birth such as it put in the memoir
ials today. 1t makes you forget
that the person is no longer living
and go back to the time before they
died. The only thing unpleasant
about the stones then was that they
were called tombstones, which word
the thought of death and
burial. So as the times advanced it
was changed to monuments and
suggesting the thought |
Of living memory.
Ellen Sipple |
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
HEALTH WORK
IN OUR SCHOOLS
State Board Of Health
Kept Busy In 1880

Let us hope that 1881" will not
bring so much sickness and disease
as 1880. Last year had in store a
great deal of sickness and disease.
Due to the active working of our
State Board of Health typhoid few
er was conquered. There were three
innOculations given to all school
students by DR.. Sargent, State doc
tor. These were given one week a
part, two in the left arm and one in
the right. If typhoid was not al
ready in the system and the "shots"
were taken as said, a person is not
subject to the disease. After the
danger from typhoid was past diph-
liberia came on the program. The
"Shick" test was Immediately given
the students to see if all were i'm
mune to the disease. The innocula-
tions for diphtheria were given dur
ing the last term.
Once every three months all stu
dents are weighed. At least once a
year all undergo physical exami-,
nation. If any physical wrongs are
found, the students parents are no
titled and matters should be taken
up with the family physician. Con-
siderable time is spent in Public
School work by our State Board of
Emory Postles
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
WHAT WE DO IN
HOME ECONOMICS
Varied Courses Of Def
mite Value

This is a question asked by many
parents and outside people. If they
Just stopped to think they might
know.
Every course the pupil takes up in
high school is going to be of some
use to him in his future years,
either in his business or everyday
life.
Home Economics is a subject
which nearly every girl takes up
sometime during her high school
years. It is divided into several un-
its such as cooking, sewing, home
making, interior decorating, and
several other things.
In the first year of Home Econo-
mics, the girls are taught to cook
ordinary meals, such as breakfast
and lunch. In preparing these break
fasts and lunches they are taught
how to flavor the food to suit the
taste, they are taught how to have
a well-balanced meal, and also how
to set a table and table manners.
They are also taught to make
nearly all of their own clothes in
the sewing class of the first year.
They are taught good color schemes,
so that their clothes will be of soft,
natural colors, instead of gaudy
colors.
In the second year Home Econo-
mics. the girls are taught the more
difficult problems of cooking, sew
ing and home decorating, as well as
home managing.
In their future years their second
year of Home Economics is going to
be of much value to them. For in
stance, home managing consists Of
and house keeping. Home
decorating helps them in knowing
how to fix their bed room to their
taste of color, and it will probably
help them in fixing their homes.
Margaret Sapp '32
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
q MILFORD SCHOOL NEWS===$:&$$=$$&2 Y
A Week After New
Years Day

1931-The New Year! A new
born year-a naked child
Youth - AdventuTe-High hopes -
ROmance-so runs the chain of as
sOciate ideas aroused by the figures
1881. Just a week ago most of us
entered this uncharted land of 1881
with a high-feeling of adventure
knowing that we could not know
what we were to encounter there,
hoping for the best, yet prepared
for the worst, as we girded our
selves for the battle and entered
bravely, protected by a shield in
scribed with a list of good resolu-
tions in our left hand and the sword
Of High Determination in our right
hand.
A week has passed. Already our
shield is dented and SCARED, per-
haps even punctured; the legend of
resolutions once shining thereon is
already hard to decipher; and the
sword we gripped so firmly is be-
ginning to dull. A sad picture sure
ly, if that were the end. But it is
not the end. The year is young, and
so are we. To be young is to have
strength and to love the thrill of a
struggle, especially a struggle in
which we are not always on top
and sure of the victory.
All of which is lot of bunk, you
say! Exactly. Unless you translate
it into terms applicable to yourself.
Don't kick yourself, say what's the
use, and sink back into your old
rdt just because you made whole
lot of promises to yourself, or your
Mother, or someone else last week
and then promptly proceeded to
break them all in couple of days.
Unless you boys are dreadfully diff
ferent frOmc other boys, know you
resolved to cut down on cigarettes,
to stop being mean to your sisters,
and to cut out being superior and
condescending toward your Mothers
and Fathers. Perhaps, you even
went so far as to consider studying |
more consistently and conscienti-
ously. If so, you are unusual! Be
that as it may, every one of these
precious resolutions is either
cracked or broken by now; isn't it
Come on now, own up! But don't be
too disgusted, because the girls
have been making and breaking
resolutions, too. Almost every one
of us has been jealous, or catty, or
sarcastic, or something else that we
had solmenly vowed not to be. So,
now, having met our first defeat of
the year, instead of giving up the
fight, turning yellow, throwing away
our swords, or taking the count,
let's fool the world by gathering our
strength once more, and in accord
ance with our youth, plunging into
the fight once more. There is Ad-
Romance, Success and Hap
piness enough in 1881 for all of us.
Let's go after it!
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
Fire Equipment At New
High School
Makes School As Safe As Possible

For the benefit of those who do
not know of our fire-fghting appa-
ratus 1 will endeaVor to tell of our
equipment for use in dealing with
that destroying monster. On each
floor there are two seventy-f1ve foot
reels of hose one at each end of the
halls. These are made of durable
fabric and are also connected direct
from the water main. A large fire
can be extinguished in any room on
the floor.
There are a total of fourtden fire
extinguishers in the scool, thirteen
of which are the two and one-half
gallon size, and are filled with water
and soda and contain a bottle of
sulphuric acid which reacts with the
soda when the extinguishers are up
turned. They are distributed about
the building. On the third floor
there are five, one at each end Of
the hall, one in the Chemistry Lab
oratory, one in the Science room,
and one in the Home Economics
room; four on the second floor, one
at each end of the hall, one at the
door of the Domestic Science room,
and one at the door of the arithme
tic room; and on the first floor there
are also fOur-one at each end of
the hall, one at the door of the
eighth grade room, and one in the
Manual Training room. The other
extinguisher is in the electric SER
vice room and it is filled with
quart of carbon tetrachloride which
is a non-conductor of electricity.
The teachers are instructed how to
use these in case of fire.
In the furnace room, which is
separated from the main building |
by a cement and brick wall, there |
are two buckets of sand.
At each end of the halls there are
doors separating the stairs from
the halls with panes made of heat
resisting glass.
If a fire should break out in first
or second floors the students on the
third floor can escape by way of
these stairs that were just men
TONED, the second floor people es-
cape in the same manner, while the
people on the first floor have num-
erous ways of escaping, through the
side doors, the front door, or if
hose passages are cut off they can
90 through the gymnasium and pass
the side doors. This build
ng of ours has the best protection
against fire that can be devised in
Iemi-freproof building.
Seth Baker
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09

partment. Here orders are filled and
/ sent with rapid and careful service.
| In the next room women are busy
filling small bottles with fine pow
/ der or powder used by dentists as
teeth filings. AS some of these or
ders have to travel to foreign coun-
tries and very distant destinations,
wooden blocks, with holes in them
| just large enough to insert one of
the bottles, are carefully covered
with heavy paper and then placed in
trays ready for use. Next is the
Specially Department where such
specialties as anyone might want
are assembled and placed for use.
Not all orders are referred to the
large order-flling room and there
fore a small department is created
for their respective use. Next is the
Stock and Label Room where over
II 900 labels, names, etc., are kept.
On the extreme top floor is DR..
Walter Grier's nicely equipped Of
fee. Apart from this is the Syn
thetic Porcelain Department. The
porcelain is burned and treated then
is ground, sometimes for months,
before it can be used. The Merci-
tan Lotion which is made in the
basement is sent through glass lin
ed pipes to the top floor where it is
filtered for the second time and bot
tied. The Mercirex Cream is pack
ed in jars here, the Dentifrice and
other products made in Department
One are carefully packed and box
ed in their respective boxes in this
large room.
There are many other rooms that
l have not mentioned, one is a vault
where valuable products are kept
For instance, was shown a large !
glass bottle, containing a little |
more than a gallon, filled with a fine
white powder they said was worth |
more than $500.
There are many products that l !
have not mentioned which, together |
with the ones that have spoken of,
make The L. d. Caulk Company the
largest and best equipped labora-
tory of it's kind in the world.
1t employs more people than any
other business in our section. It has
made the town of Milford known to
a vast majority of people. The L. D.
Caulk Company has not only helped
Milford but the rest of this universe
by placing at our disposal the very
helpful dental products. We should
feel honored that we have such a
plant and company in our commun-
ty.
I wish to thank DR.. Walter Grier
and all employees especially Mr..
Savage, who very kindly assisted in
me about the plant.
Ray A. Wilson 81
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
Alumnae Defeats The
High School 13 To 0

In hard fought game December
q the M. H. S. Alumni defeated the
Milford High School football team,
Is to o. Despite the fact that the
field was very muddy both teams
played a good game.
In the second quarter Grier car
ried the ball over for the first
touchdown. He failed in his attempt
to score the extra point.
In the third period after dodging
the whole high school team Hitch
ems scored the second touchdown.
The Alumni succeeded in rushing
the ball over the goal line in their
to tally the extra point.
Kitchens of the Alumni received
a slightly injured leg.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
Popular Teacher
Mothers FreslFies
Miss Mary X. Kinder

Miss Mary Kinder, one of the tea
chers Of our large Freshman class,
was born at Bridgeyillo, Delaware.
For two years she was taught at
home. Then she went to country
school for two years. Then she went
to Federalsburg Grammar School
for four years. Miss Kinder then
went to Bridgeville for her high
school career. She graduated from
high school in 1923. at the same time
that Miss Cordelia E. Carter did
While in high school she played on
the basket ball team for three
years. She was on the track team
for four years. Miss Kinder went to
the Randolph-Macon College at
Lynchburg, Virginia. From there
she graduated in 1927. Then she be-
gan teaching at Milford High
School Here she has taught for
four years and we hope that she
will teach many more. She was
coach for girls basketball the first
year she was here. Miss Kinder
tried driving from Bridgeville to Mil
ford every. morning but soon found
that it was too cold for her. Now
she is staying in Milford. She super
vises the banking for both high
school and grammar school. Miss
Kinder is a young woman with
brown hair, who wears silver-rim-
med glasses. She drives Ford
roadster most of the time.
d. Murphy 81
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
Media TrOpea Plays
Santa Claus

On Tuesday afternoon an exercise
of "How Christmas is Kept in Other
Lands" was given by the third grade
girls. There were also recitations
given by Earle Williams, Charles
Summers, David Robbins, and Ruth
Ann Tease. The last number on the
program was a visit from Santa
Claus. Media Tropea in her Santa
Claus costume gave a talk to the
children. She assured them that in
giving to the needy they had caught
the true Christmas Spirit.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09

but as the villain of the play.
There, 1 forgot the Geisha Girls
and the American Girls and Ameri-
can Men. Here they are. The Geisha
Girls-Jeanette Emory, Gertrude
Morris, Hilda Calhoun, Sara Austin,
Thelma Beebe, Mary Harris, Doro-
thy Vibbert, Jane Harrington, Fran
ces Jackson, Blanche Ruzicka, Jane
Grove, Ellen Sipple and Martha Nc
Cullough. The American Girls
Marian Morgan, Jeanette Pearson,
Florence Levy, Marian Warren,
Elizabeth Parvis, and Bella Orkin.
The American Boys-Heyman Roo
sa, Bill Stevenson, Ben Manlove,
Justus Hudson, Windsor Emory,
Howard Derrickson, Robert Yerkes
and Bob Murphy.
The orchestra is playing. must
hurry. There's Mr.. Hudson direct
ing; Alice Breme, Elizabeth James,
and Olivia Kirby are playing vio-
Inns; Preston Hudson is playing the
Clarinet; Gerald Wilson the saxa-
phone; Charles Breme and Remsen
trumpets; Wilson Sock
rider the trombone; William Bryant,
drums; Maxine Grove is playing the
piano.
Yes, this is Mrs. Singer. She play
ed for the operetta. The Junior
High School sang for us between
1ne of the acts.
Last, allow me to introduce Miss
Cathcart, the director of the whole |
hing. She is also the schools mu-
sic teacher. To her good judgment,
patience, and persistence we owe
his lovely play, Miss Cherryblos
iom." We thank you, Miss Cath
,art, for we have indeed enjoyed it.
-ElVa Davis 80
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09

The following boys and girls of
Miss Garrison's second grade were
neither absent nor tardy during the
month of November-James Beck,
Robert Beck, Dorsey Bowen, Hall
Deakyne, Lyman Fox, Willard
Tease, Dolphus Wilkins, Elwood
Zeni, Louise Beauchamp, Emma
Bennett, Lena Bethards, Mary Dow
dy, Eloise Ellingsworth, Clara May
Lyons, Mildred Murphy, Gladys Ann
Ryan, Marie Walls and Gladys
Lane.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
New Soup Bowls
And Spoons

Mrs. Abbott is very proud of the
new soup bowls and spoons she has
in the cafeteria. The children were
surprised when they saw
the beautiful tree Mrs. Abbott had
decorated, but still more surprised
when she served them stuffed baked
potatoes for lunch one day last
week.
e. Bunstein
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
Learn Twenty
Difficult Words

Six pupils of Miss Sipple's third
grade are to be congratulated for
their excellent work in spelling.
They have mastered twenty difficult
words, all pertaining to the Christ
mas season. These little workers
are: Ray Maloney, Ruth Ann Tease,
Mary Schrey, William Warren, Earle
Williams and Harold Robinson.
II Runstein
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
True Christmas Spirit
Exhibited In Third Grade

The true spirit of Christmas has
been shown in grade three during
these few days before Christmas
when the pupils have brought to
school out-grown but good gar
ments for little ones as worthy but
not so fortunate as they. On Monday
afternoon two wagon loads (express
wagons) of good clothing, canned
fruit, and toys were taken to the
Presbyterian Church for distribu-
tion by "The Kings Daughters"
e. Bunstein
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
Three Pictures for Seniors

The Seniors have three pictures
for having 1000 in banking, and
they are wondering whether they
will soon paper their home room
walls with them.
George Williams '33
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
Boys And Girls
Win From Smyrna

In two very exciting games on
December %, Milford copped both
games from the Smyrna teams. The
scores were both low and close.
The line-ups were as follows:
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
New Pupil In Y

Section 72 welcomed a new class
mate, Ralph Lyons, from Frederick.
We are going to try to have a bet
ter record in 1881.
William Lewis
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09

The pupils of Grade 2, Section I,
elected Ruth Webb at President and
Dolphus Wilkins as secretary of
their Art Club.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09

Score-Milford, IA; Smyrna, 3.
Referee-Lynch.
Bennett was high scorer for the
boys and Grove for the girls. The
boys had to play two five minute
overtime periods to break tie.
Lambert 81
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09

Subs: Roosa, Strahle,
Vineyard, Grier, Jester.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09

The first grade pupils of Miss
Johnson's section enjoyed decorat-
ing a tree brought by David Rock.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09

On Monday Mrs. McGinness' Sec
ton of the first grade made candles
by dipping string in wax.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
REPORTERS

Kennerly Lambert
Katherine Morrison
Eugene Eisenbrey
Ernest Webb
Margaret Sapp
Emory Postles
Robert Reed
Vivian Shute
Alice Breme
Marguerite Broulatour
George Williams
Seth Baker
Virginia Simpson
Jennie Lee Wooten
Elva Davis
Charles Evans
Mabel Draper
William Lewis
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
Editorial Staff

Scn00I news EOlCOr
ELLEN SIPPLE
Sports Editor
WILSON NICHOLS
Historical Editor
ROBERT YERKES
Who's Who Editor
DOROTHY MURPHY !.
Business Editor j.
RAY WILSON
Class Editors
Mildred Burlingame ...... 81
Eleanor Bunstein ..... '32
George Vinyard ......... '3S
Elizabeth Truitt ........... '34
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-09
Referee-Lynch.

Score-Milford 10; Smyrna, Z.
Evening star., 1931-05-24
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6 100" wheeEbaSe
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o Easy steering
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-17
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE or ZONING REGULA-
TIONs AND ZoNING ORDINANCE

WHEREAS. the City Planning
and Zoning Commission OF the city
Of Brownsville having presented It's
final report TO the city commission
consisting Of a proposed coming
ordinance and the proposed coming
boundaries q shown upon a coming
plan and MP or the city Of Browns
VILE, in conformity with the prOyi-
Sions OF the city zoning law passed
By the Fortieth Legislature al its
regular session and being known
as Chapter 263 OF the General and
Special Laws OF the Fortieth Leg
islature on page i2i: and.
WHEREAS. the city commission.
n conformity with said city coming
law has called a public hearing TO
be held on said final repo Begin
Ming Oh July 18th at 7:30 D. m.
and has ordered notice to be given
Of the time and place Of such hear
ing by publishing said notice for
fifteen l5) days in a newspaper
OF general circulation IN the city
Of Brownsville. THEREFORE:
Notice Is hereby given, In accord
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-06-17
LEGA AnYERTTsEMENT

Cameron County, Texas, described
as follows. t0-vlt.
South 1887 acres OF lot No. 4.
Block ll7 n part XII share 10 E5pir-
itu SantO Grant. Cameron County.
Tc ,as aT shown ON map Of III jar
On Re-Eubdivision Uf parts 81
Shares 13. 70. sd and 81 Espiritu
Grant. and levied upon as the pro-
perry or w. j.. Eh,ers Ct al and that
Oh tho first Tuesday TN July. 1891.
the same being The 9TH day Of said
month. at the Count House door oi
Cameron County. IN the City Of
Brownsville, Texas. between the
hours of I0 a VI. and 4 y m.. BY yir-
tue Of said levy and said Order or
Sale. j vill sell said above described
Real Estate AZ pubic vendue. for
cash Nh tho highest bidder. as the.
property 81 said w. J. Ehlcrs r. al
And in compliance with law. / give
this no.f-c by publication. in the
English language. once n week fOi
tir-c consecutive weeks Immediately
preceding said day Of sale, in The
Brownsville Herald. a newspaper
puh' he'd in Cameron County.
Witness my hand this 9th day III
June. 1881
M. III. BROWN. Sheriff. Cam
eron County. Texas.
By l., a. Jagou, Deputy
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