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Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
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Florists Houses Real
Winter Fairyland
FEOwers For Easter Started In February

to inspect them. All the year round
they bloom for the casual customer
or for the sweetie with the crush IN
ViOlets. Graciously Mr.. Elton hand
ed me a sweet bunch and 1 was de-
lighted with a wonderful fragrance
about the same time that the florist
informed me they were "Prince of
Wales" violets. can't ever hope to
see the Prince of Wales, but if he
smells like that, he's some man!
Here's surprisei A most amaz-
ing plant, the calceolaria, is now
being grown for the first time in
Milford. The blossoms OH it are
similar to walnuts only, of course,
they are in every color Imaginable
and are set against a wonderful
background of rich, green leaves.
Soon they will be blooming.
A few hyacinths are blooming at
the front of the house for the chance
customers, but most of them are
sleeping peacefully outdoors in beds
of dirt. About two or three weeks be-
fore Easter, they will be awakened
and pOtted.
For the culture of these flowers
our florist uses about eighty tons of
coal per year. On cold or windy
days, when the obstinate sun refuses
to shine. it is quite difficult to keep
the houses at their respective tenn
perature. At night if the weather
turns slightly colder or if the wind
bannanc IN obnnoa trYn from bic an1E
bed Mr.. Elton must go to push the
ventilators to the side opposite the
wind. Sometimes he's up to spend
the rest of the night! A man is sta
toned there all night in snow wea-
ther. All! It is fascinating, but the
work attached to it pays dearly.
Forever one must be on the watch.
Indeed, the flowers seem just like
children, some even more sensitive.
Mr.. Elton has been in the flower
trade practically all his life. Out in
Indiana from whence he halls, he
managed a large farm of 125,OO0
roses and has taken several blue
ribbons in his time for the special
work done with roses.
Nay, 1 must not depart. Truly, /
hace forgotten the little blue flower
that is fairly begging me to remem-
ber him.
when to the flowers so beautiful
Our Father gave a name
Back came a little blue-eyed one
All timidly it came.
And standing at the Fathers feet
1t said in soft and gentle tones
And with a modest grace,
Dear God, the name Thou gavest
me,
Alas I have forgot!"
The Father kindly looked on her
And said, Forget -Me-Not!" t!"-Anon |
Irene Williams |
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
DOtngS Of Section 70

We are proud to say that two of
our members are on the Junior
High Basketball team who played
Harrington. They are Betty William
son and Marian Simpson. The score
was 1873 in favor of Milford. We
hope they keep up the good work.
Our class gave play in honor OF
George Washington's Birthday en-
titled "a Good Example" The char
acters were:
Willie Wild-Gus Lindale.
Mrs. Wild-Betty Williamson.
Frank Fine-Pierce Maloney.
George Washington-Frank Mick.
Mrs. Washington-Cecil Davis.
First Boy-Rodman Mills.
Second Boy-James SandersOn.
A Friend-George Root.
Sheldon Webb, a member of our
class, is in the hospital. Lets hope
him a quick recovery.
Last Monday afternoon our class
decided to have officers for our
class. The following ones were
elected for office:
President-Gladys Hostedler.
Vice President-Betty William
son.
Secretary and Treasurer-Eliza-
beth Cleaver.
Margaret Deputy, a member of
this class, has told us very much
about Florida and the trip she took
there when she was six years old.
This has come very handy in geo.
graphy.
Jeanette Johnson
Elizabeth CleaVer
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
PLANS FOR A
HEALTH SURVEY
BY THE MILFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL NURSE

repeated dosage of infection intiuen-
ces the course of events profound
ly.
Need we be in doubt as to whether
boy or girl is infected? No. A
simple skin test tells us whether or
not tubercle bacilli have entered the
body. If the test reacts positively,
it does not mean that one has tu-
berculOsis, even in its Seeding
stage.
1t will not reveal whether or not
any damage has been done. For that,
we need another test, the X-ray.
This penetrating eye helps use to
see whether any damage, however
slight, has been done in a youngster
and approximately the extent of it.
These two tests give great prom
Use for the future. They will help
us select the boys and girls in
whose bodies the seeds of tubercu-
losis have begun to grow. With this
information our first task is to find
out if the child lives in contact with
a tuberculous person, and see to it
that this contact is broken, prefer
ably by placing the former in a san
atorium until he is well. Then every
thing possible is done to teach all
members of the family how to avoid
coming in contact with the tubercle
bacilli, and if necessary the child is
removed to a preventorium.
Constant medical attention is, of
course, a necessity, but We must
bear in mind the fact that the doc
tor is not the most important factor
in taking care of the children in
whose bodies the infection has been
found. Parents are constantly in
touch with these children and it
takes intelligent parents who will
remember that constant vigilance is
the price they must pay for the
health of these children. Tubercu-
losis is a relentless foe, yielding
only when forced back by the resis-
tance of the hosts in whose bodies
it is entrenched, but it never gives
up the fight This is essential if we
may: have any definite hope for the
great army of children whose bodies
are already invaded by tubercle
germs.
Parents are hereby requested by
the Milford Board of Education to
fill out the QUESTIONABLE as soon as
possible after they are brought home
by the children and return them at
once.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04

Perhaps if one had been sitting on
a Persian rug and suddenly had
wished for the bright, sunny climate
of far away California or Florida, he
couldn't have done any better than
did by merely stepping into the
gardens of our florist.
So many pretty flowers trying
their best to smile, greeted me on
entering the first house that I.al-
most might believe l was at a gay
reception. | am fairly bursting to
tell you of the scents that assailed
my nostrils; but, sad to relate, am
not an authority on scents, and so
may only ask for your imagination.
So beautiful were the carnations and
of such lovely hues and shades,
mostly in the pink and red, that, of
course, they took my eye from the
start. Carnations are right in sea-
son now, Mr.. Elton tells me, and are
very frequently used in sprays, bou-
quets, etc. Mr. Elton grows annually
about three thousand carnations.
Just at my elbow strung up on
strings are the sweet peas in all
their full regalia. | do believe one
nose is not quite enough for me!
Over in one corner grows 4 small,
coral-like flower with most amaZ-
ing scent. Long, green leaves sOme-
what like grass stems push up be-
side the flower. There are about 800
of these pretty fresias.
what is that yellow fellow that
looks like the daisy?" I quickly ask.
"It is the Boston Daisy" Oh!
There are just too many flowers and
plants for me to comprehend in
passing, so that now in looking
back it all seems like a haze of
heaven. Into the lily house 1 am
now stepping where the thermome-
ter registers 81 degrees Fahrenheit.
Off goes my coat. In here the potted
lily is the special plant grown for
the Easter trade and of course, it
must require special attention. Only
one of the four hundred and fifty
plants happened to be in bloom. The
sun just seemed to beat down upon
us as we tramped by the lily beds.
To think that / almost froZe COM
ing over! Let me not forget, these
lily bulbs came from Japan and our
florist has already sent out his or
der for the spring of 1888. Too, all
of the tulips and hyacinth bulbs
come directly from Holland.
At the back of the two houses We
just eisited is a third, the cold |
house. Pans and pans of tulips were
laid out on the beds of dirt. For the |
spring trade Mr.. Elton estimated |
that he will grow from 5000 to A.
900. In a small bed toward one end
some violets caught my attention
and with eager interest knelt down
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
MILFORD BOYS
DEFEATLAUREL
Game Starts Mildly But
Ends In A WhirIwind

A very exciting game was played
between the Milford and Laurel
boys teams Tuesday night, Febru-
ary %. This time Milford proved the
victors instead of Laurel who won
the first game. Both teams had
mostly substitutes in at the begin
ming, but before the game was over
the first teams were in the game
fighting for the lead. Milford had
seven point lead at the end OF the
first half. Although Laurel put in
their first team in the second half,
they could not get ahead of the Mil
ford boys. At the end OF the game
the score was 27-21 in favor of Mil
ford. During the game Laurel was
given thirteen foul shots out of
which they made nine. Two very
good field goals were shOt from the
center division by Milford boys -
one by Hall and one by Clendaniel.
The high scorer for Milford was
Govatos, for Laurel, Williams.
The lineup:
MILFORD
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
CORRIDOR CHATTER

History class was startled the
other day when Arthur Walls told
us that Henry Clay was born just
like all the other little boys.
Bo Johnson, Bill Stevenson, PEN
nington Vinyard and Shibe Sock
rider are perpetual visitors" in
Miss Alden's English class, a great
addition.
Mr.. Hanna has decided to organ
ize canary club" for whistlers.
Won't Gene Eisenbrey make
pretty baby in the Senior play?
Whose goat did the basketball
boys see when Mr.. Tropea took their
pictures? And why did Ira Glen
daniel resemble a monkey? He's
really quite human.
The new outdoor basketball sod
bustin's basketball players feel
right at home.
The Senior-Junior game last week
revised famous cry, Here I am!
Here I am!"-words and music by
Ralph Reed
Milford girls all unite in request
ing that the vociferous female fol-
lowers of New Castle be left at
home.
"Pappy" Lynch says the Junior
girls are more composed on the
court than the Varsity. This is un-
usual as the varsity has actually
lad the greater courting experience.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
Milford High Plants
Elm Tree
As Part OF Celebration OF WASH.
ingtOn's Birthday

Besides the enjoyable entertain
ment arranged on Washington's
Birthday our school planted an elm
tree commemorating the historic
event of Washington's taking COM
mand of the Continental Army un-
der the famous elm tree at Cam
bridge, Massachusetts. Glasses were
assembled at one corner of the
school yard by fire alarm. AS soon
as all the classes were arranged, Mr..
Boston informed us that we were
gathered together to recognize the
great event of Washington taking
command of the American forces
under the elm tree. After this brief
address each class representative
was called upon to put a shovel of
earth on the tree. This memorial
ceremony was suggested by State
Superintendent Holloway to all the
schools in Delaware, as part of their
programs.
Robert Reed 80
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
NOVEL GAME OF
BASKETBALL
introduced By The Sixth
Grade

/ must say that during this week
we have had the experience of see
ing one of the most interesting
games of the season. 1t was on
Thursday that this took place. The
sixth grade pupils were the partici-
pants. The game was played just
like basketball except that a pin
was placed under the basket at each
end of the floor. The players would
score by hitting the Indian Club
with the ball. Sounds easy, does it?
1t looks easy too, but it wasn't 50
easy, for they were so excited chat
the ball would get away from them
in spite of their efforts to score.
must add here that the sixth grad
ers who were not playing were
jumping up and down and yelling to
the top of their voices on the side
lines.
We had some other interesting
games, nevertheless. On Monday the
Juniors and Seniors played. AND,
did the Juniors take them over. The
score was 1873. The Seniors are
proud of their three points.
The lineup:
Seniors
Watson, center; Doering and
Clendaniel, guards; Baker and Els
enbrey, forwards.
Juniors
Roosa, center; GavotOs and
Hayes, guards; Manlove and Hinkle,
forwards.
On Tuesday the seventh grades
played. The IL section seems to
have the basketball players for their
girls beat the girls from 7-3 Sec
tion, with a score of 1912. The boys
won over the boys from 7-3 section
by a score of 80.
The lineup was as follows:
Boys al
Barton, center; Manlove and Co.'S
den, guards; Whaley and DickersOn,
forwards.
Boys 7.3
McCauley, center; Mills and Mick,
guards; Staytetr and Davis, for
wards,
Girls IL
Dickerson, center; Pearson, side
center; Lynch and Johnson. guards;
Sharp and Benson, forwards.
Girls 7.3
Trader center; Cleaver, side CEN
ter; Deputy and Simpson, guards;
Williamson and Hostedler, for
wards.
On Wednesday the Sophomore |
boys were taken over by the Fresh
men. The score was 2-1.
The lineup:
Boys 81
Watson, center; Gillispie and Le-
mex, guards; Smoot and Meredith,
forwards.
Boys 1912
McCauley, center; Vinyard and
guards; Johnson and F.
Hall, forwards.
The sixth grade played on Thurs
day. On Friday the 90 section of the
won over the 81 section
by a score of 1872.
The lineup was as follows:
Boys 9-S
Jones, center; Wilson and Mer-
ritt, guards; Postles and Hinkle,
Boys 9-2
Smoot, center; Watson and Gillis-
pie, guards; Hudson and Christen-
sen, forwards.
Ponder Morgan '39
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
Senior High Held
Special Assembly
On February 22
Entire School Observed Washing
toms Birthday

The Senior Highs contribution TO
the Washington Day program of Mil
ford was very interesting. The as
sembly was held from three to four
o'clock. The Juniors were first on
the program. The characters in the
sketch entitled "The Modern George
and Martha Washington" were Mar
tina Mccullough, the modern Martha
Washington; Hyman Roosa, modern
George; Irene Williams and Henry
Bunstein put on their best manners
and dignity and represented the real
Martha and George Washington.
Next was a reading by Elva Davis
of the Senior class. The last on the
program was a play given by the
Sophomores. Those taking part
were Helen Coffin, Elizabeth Truitt,
Wilma Wilkins, Sara Austin, Nellie
Dickerson, Belle Orkin, Timmons
Alterson, Berton Willis, and Babe
Derrickson. This play presented the
origin of American songs.
M. A. Clements '32
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
Six NeIU Magazines
AdOrn Library Rack

Several new magazines have been
added to our collection in the Ii
brary. Among the ones that have
been subscribed for that are very
popular are the Current History, the
Golden Book and Harper's. The
other magazines are the Review of
Reviews, Worlds Work and the
Forum.
The Curren History is a magazine
to the general public. 1t treats all
the foremost problems of the world
in interesting editorials, giving all
the facts in a clear, interesting
manner necessary for a complete
mastery of the subject.
The Golden Book is a magazine
containing many little stories by
popular authors of the past and
present.
VIM. Doering
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
WHO'S WHO OF
SENIOR CLASS
INTRODUCING LOUELLA BENNETT

Five feet two inches high, black
curly hair, merry brown eyes, silver
trimmed glasses, short nose, and a
few freckles. Ladies and gentlemen,
meet LOuella Bennett This young
lady entered our class in the ninth
grade, having attended the Slaugh-
ter Neck School for eight long years.
She is taking a general course and
intends to become a stenographer.
She does not think she will go away
to school. Her favorite subject was
bookkeeping, but she likes typing
right well,too.
Louella is not inclined to be ath-
letic, never having had very much
time for gym. AS for music she says
she plays the piano, but please,
don't mention that, it's not import
ant at ALL" In our senior play she
was one of the little schoolgirls,
and really, she should wear n hair
ribbon all of the time. She must
have been an awfully cute baby.
LOuella likes high-heeled slippers
and loves jewelry, especially neck
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
BOOK REVIEWS

Two new books from the Junior
Literary Guild have been fairly pop
ular with the students. One is
Mountain Girl" by Genevieve Fox
and the other is Heroes and Haz-
ards" by Margaret Norris. Here is a
short sketch of the scene of the
story of the book, Mountain Girl"
Sairy Ann, the heroine of the story,
lives in Hollybush Creek, a little
district hemmed in on all sides by
the Kentucky Mountains. Sairy Ann
and her people live in windowless
log cabins and rough unpainted
frame houses, much as their ances-
tors did two hundred years ago. No
railroads have ever cut through the
mountains to Sairy AIMS home and
the world outside the mountains is
"furrin" country. Sairy Ann is diff
ferent and the story of what she
does there and in her own mountain
home is told in Mountain Girl"
Who is hero? A man is called a
hero usually when he has saved a
life at the risk of his home or per-
formed some valiant action in a
battle or when an accident occurs.
Think of the men of this twentieth
century whose daily work is full of
heroic actions and who risk their
lives a hundred times a day without
giving it a thought.
The riveterers and derrickmen
who rider girders on great mod
ern skyscraper; the deep sea divers
who penetrate depths unknown to
man; the bridge builders and pilots
who battle storms to bring the
ocean liners into harbOr There are
fire-fighters, and live savers-and
all of them take their work as a
matter of course.
Thrilling stories of some of these
modern heroes is told in Heroes
and Hazards" the book for older
boys this month, by Margaret Nor
ris.
William DoeTing
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
Notice Bake Notice

The Senior will give a bake this
Saturday, March 5, at Adams Shoe
Shop. Due to unforeseen conditions
we were not able to have the bake
last week that we had scheduled.
We hope we did not put our patrons
to much inconvenience. So we are
going to have our bake this Satur-
day. All the good things like pies,
cakes, candies, ETC., will be on sale.
Stop at Adams Shoe Shop and get
your home cooked goodies from the
Seniors. We thank you.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
MILFORD GIRLS
TIE Laurel.
Sipple And Davis Share
Scoring HOnOrs

On Tuesday night when the Mil
ford girls basketball team played its
last game of the season with Laurel
the audience witnessed 4 thrilling
struggle. When the first quarter
ended the Laurel team had doubled
the score on Milford to 4; at the
half it w&s doubled again 1863. Dur
ing the third quarter Milford scored
nine points to Laurel's three to end
1917 in favor of Laurel. The last
quarter was very exciting with both
teams playing hard bail. Milford
added eight points to their score
and Laurel six and the game ended
in a 25-25 tie.
My TNnDn NTp1 @
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04

A QUESTIONABLE on Pupil Health
has been prepared by the State
Board of Health and approved by
the City Board of Health in Milford
and by the Special District Board of
Education. A QUESTIONABLE for each
child is to be taken home by the
children to be filled out by the par
ents and returned.
One phase of pupil health which
this QUESTIONABLE covers has here
tOfore received very little attention,
and that is the possibility Of contact
with tuberculosis. The following
article which was published in the
United States Daily has an impor-
tant bearing upon the above plan,
since it suggests methods by which
the danger of tuberculosis may be
recognized and avoided.
HOW TUBERCULOSIS ATTACKS
HUMANS
Measures To Control Disease In
Youth
By DR.. A. T. Mccormack, Secretary,
Board of Health, State of Ken
lucky
pulmonary tuberculosis is in
reality the result of an infection ac-
quired early in life" So said Sir
Robert Phillip in a recent lecture.
The seed, in most instances, is
sOwn in early childhood. During the
years of growth, it may get no fur
ther than the Seeding stage, re-
latent" and causing no
symptoms. Years may pass before
it blossoms as the noxious weed of
tuberculosis. But once the seed
takes root and starts to grow, the
struggle of the body to keep it with
in bounds is a continuous one.
At least so per cent of city chill
dren, by the time they graduate
from high school, have received tu-
bercle bacilli into their bodies. But
the great majority, be-
cause of good resistance, keep the
upper hand over the infection.
Many years ago, doctors, having
noticed that tuberculosis runs in
concluded it was Inherit
ed. tuberculosis runs in families
because children, who live constant
y in the environment of a tubercu-
Ous person, receive into their bod
es so many tubercle bacilli that the
is overcome. Not infec-
ion merely, but "massiveness" or
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
Interest In Banking
Still Carries On

Banking has ceased to be the ex-
citing affair that it used to be when
every class was trying for a hun
dred per cent deposit, btu we are
still able to put up rather a thrifty
front. Last week the pupils at the
new school banked $38.14, and this
week the total was $35.60 This week
Mrs. Derrickson's, Mrs. Water
houses, and Daddy McGinnes'
rooms led all the rest.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04

laces. Her favorite fruit is the ap-
pie. AS for candy, she likes any
thing with chocolate on it. Roses
are her favorite flowers, and the
vegetable she hates most are peas
She was seventeen on the twenty
fourth of January. Now you know
Louella Bennett.
Alice Rreme
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
Milford TOIUHerS
Defeat RehObOth

frankie Sapp and his town team
handed the Rehoboth team a lacing
after the two high school games,
which went in favor of Milford also.
Mr.. Elliott, coach of the High
School team, played guard on Sap
pies team and at the finish of the
game had scored seven of the 20
points for Milford. Sappie was high
scorer for Milford.
Aikens scored eight points for Re-
hoboth and led his team in every re-
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
JUNIOR VARSITY
LEADS REHOBOTH
Our ''Baby Team" Plays
Winning Basketball

Friday night when three Milford
teams won from the Rehoboth teams
the junior varsity girls won from
the Rehoboth girls "a to %. Many of
the squad were given opportunities
to play and they had to play very
good game to hold the advantage ov-
er their opponents. Alma Tease was
playing a very good game when she
was removed because Of knee in
iurV.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
REHOBOTH GIRLS

Substitutes Milford: Swain,
Tease, GovatOs, Morgan, Jackson
and Cooper; RehOboth: Clifton.
Timekeepers: Vinyard and Hud-
son.
Scorers: Melvin and Grove.
Referee: Lynch.
-Roosa '33
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
MILFORD
GOALS
!
LAUREL
GOALS
-GORLO
Field Foul Total

Substitutes = Milford: Govatos,
Clendaniel, Smoot, Thistlewood and
Watson; for Laurel: Williams, Lo-
well, Marvel and Evans.
"A. Keller '34
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04

It is quite evident from the letter
she wears that Beatrice Marvel has
made the football team.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
REHOBOTH BO'
Total. .19

After the game with Rehoboth
Friday night, Mr.. Elliott sent Duck
Hudson, basketball manager, in the
Office to get some soap. When Duck
got to the Office he couldn't find any
soap. After he got back in the SHOW
er room he went up to Mr.. Elliott
and said, Soap, there is no more
Coach"
Referee-Lyncb,
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04

Also we would like to know on
which side of the house Heyman
Roosa sleeps.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
LAUREL GIRLS

Substitutes-Milford: Lord; Lau-
rel: Galloway and James.
--Roosa '33