Milford chronicle., 1932-07-22
GLENDALE LETTER

ydIus ISuONSu Iue straw anu pu
r more wheat in the ring and in this
E way it was continued until the croI
/, was finished. OF course wheal
} treaded out in this way lost great
deal of the grain by being mashed
into the ground and many of the
grains were broken and useless
This was the only way farmers
knew at that early date. The pres
ent mode by using threshing ma
chimes simplifies matters and gives
to the farmers a more cleanly way
than the old way of treading it out
by horses.
In the old days farmers raised
only sufficient wheat for home use
and a great many farmers did not
raise any at all, depending entirely
on corn meal for bread. An old fash
ioned pone, baked in the old fash
ioned way in the fire place was a
bread not to be despised, and an old
fashioned Johnny cake, baked on a
board before the fire place was
something very delicious.
There are some women and men
! living today who never tasted wheat
bread until after they were grown
up. Boys in the former times in
coming from the fields and observ-
! ing a carriage or other vehicle
standing in the lane would say to
each other now we will have some
biscuits, as company has come, and
if they were wrong, how disappoint-
ed they would be as it meant corn
bread for every meal.
But Sussex county has turned out
some men who, while living stood
high in the estimation of their fell
low citizens. These men were far
mer's sons and ate while growing
up a bread made entirely of corn
meal, and grew hearty and strong
while eating it.
Terrible Accident
An accident occurred Friday at
the intersection of the du Pont
Boulevard and Ellendale-Greenwood
road, in which five persons were
badly injured and were sent to the
Emergency and Marshall Hospitals
in Milford.
1t seems that Mrs. Truitt, accom-
panied by her son, Frank, AZ years
old, both of Ocean View, were on
their way home from Wilmington.
At the intersection of the du Pont
Highway and the Ellendale-Green-
wood road, they were hit broadside |
by the car driven by Mrs. Ada Short,
AZ years old, accompanied by Miss
Sarah Smith, 80 years old, and Miss
Margaret Taylor, Is years old, all of
Salisbury, Md. Both cars were to-
tai wreck.
Mrs. Truitt and son Frank were
thrown from the machine to the
roadway. Mrs Truitt being fatally
hurt while her son received brOk-
en- nose and body bruises.
Mrs. Short received severe injur-
les about the head. Miss Smith and
Miss Taylor were also injured but
will recover.
We understand that Mrs. Truitt
has since died at the Marshall Hos
pital, Milford. '.,.
Shooting ARRAY
During an argument at Robbins,
three miles south of Glendale, on
night of last week two
men were shot, one of them, Norris
Millman, 80 years old, has since
died in the Emergency Hospital,
and the other Joseph Lii
brizzi is in the Beebe Hospital at
Lewes.
The argument started over an dis
agreement over liquor interests.
witnesses said, approach
ed Librizzi, who was sitting on the
steps of the store, drew the gun and
struck him over the head with the
butt of the weapon; then shot him
in the head.
For the possession of the weapon
which Librizzi got possession of, he
knocked Millman down, placed the
gun below Millman's heart and fir
ed. From this wound Millman has
since died. Librizzi also wounded,
was sent to the Beebe Hospital at
Lewes, where he still remains un-
Ter the surveillance of the State Po-
ice. @>
So much for bootleg liquor. Is it
any wonder that people have be-
come disgusted in the way the 18th
Amendment is being enforced.
A New Bungalow
lHorace Webb is having erected a
new bungalow near the
present residence of Elwood Lynch.
This is outside of the incorporated !
limits of Ellendale, and those who ,
)uild in that section, will escape
own taxes. ]. S. Short, Jr., is the
for this job. :
Owing to the depression now eX- :
sting, building operations are al /
most at a stand still, but few like
Ir. Webb considers this the time to
'uild as lumber and other building Z
Materials are down in price. We q
ope many more will see their way ]
lear to build in the future, as this y
7ill give the carpenters of Glendale q
to do, and in fact those a
Tho are able and can spare the J
honey it would be fine thing to do !
D start something which would give +
hose out of work something to do. :,
here is plenty of money in the Y
Ountry but people are boarding it, /,
lille thousands upon thousands of
leir fellow citizens are in want for u
read r
Id Time Beliefs Il
The colored people and some of 81
le whites believed in the early days W
)me things which would be consid- O
red today in a very different light! le
eople were very supeTstitious and il
alieVed in tokens signs ghosts p,