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The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29
BY ELMO SCOTT WATSON

SI
N our debt of gratitude to partcu-
- lar type of mother, who had so much
to do with the building of our nation, the pioneer
mother has also come about only recently, but
with great abundance as though to make up
for the former neglect by the very number Of
memorials to her.
An early American poet in paying tribute to
The Mothers of the West" once flung this chal-
lenge to his lowcountrymen:
Their monument! where does it stand?
Their epitaphi-who reads?
No braver DANES had Sparta,
No nobler matrons Rome
Yet who or lauds honors them,
Fen in their green home!
The Mothers of Forest-Land
They sleep in unknown graves:
And had they borne and nursed band
OF ingrates of slaves,
They had not been neglected!
But their graves shall yet be found
And their monuments dot here and there
The Dark and Bloody Ground"
Had this poet lived until now he would have
found his answer in many places besides the
Ozark and Bloody Ground" of Kentucky. He
could be taken over the splendid national high
way, known as the National Old Trails Road
and in twelve of the cities on that road-Beth-
esda, Md; Washington Pa; Wheeling, W. Va ;
Springfield Ohio; Richmond, Ind; vandalia
ILL.,; Lexington, Mo-; Council Grove, Kan. La
mar, Colo; Albuquerque, n. NJ; Springerville
AriZ, and Upland, Calif-he could be shown
statues upon each of which is this inscription
"The Madonna of the Trail. n. S. D. A. R. Me-
mortal to the Pioneer Mothers of the Covered
Wagon Days"
rs
Nor would this chain of memorials which link
the Atlantic and the Pacific be the only monu-
ments, erected to perpetuate the memory of the
women who followed the star by destiny west
ward, which he could be shown. For recent
years have seen an increasing number of in
dividuas and patriotic organizations giving
evidence of a determination to pay a tribute to
the pioneer mothers of their communities or
their states in some enduring form.
The earliest of these was the statue of ''The
Pilgrim Mother" the work of the distinguished
American sculptor, Paul W. Bartlett which was
erected in Provincetown, Mass, in connection
with the Pilgrim Tercentenary celebration in
1920. This same mother was also honOred in
the Pilgrim Memorial fountain at Plymouth
Mass, authorized by the National Society of
the Daughters of the American Revolution in
1920 but not actually dedicated until 1925. Just
as it was appropriate that the first memorial
to a pioneer mother should be erected on the
Atlantic coast so it is appropriate that the
latest one in 1923, should have been erected on
the Pacific coast-in Vancouver, Wash.
In between, in both time and location, have
been erected statues of the pioneer mother her
self or statuary groups of pioneer family in
Worcester, Mass; in Elmwood, H.; in Topeka
Kan. in Kansas City, Mo-; near POnca City
Okla; in Wichita, Kan. on the campus of the
University of Oregon at Eugene; and there are
under way projects for similar memorials in
other cities and states.
In several cases there has been some dispute
as to the appropriateness of the delineatiOn OF
hxr nf tha I,lDfor
commissioned to execute the memorials. Dis
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29

most widely circulated coin, was
named for the city. and first cir
culated there. The three-ball sign
of the pawnbroker was adopted
from the Medici coat of arms.
FLORENCE now has nearly 100000
inhabitants and remains one of the
most charming cities in Europe. Its
valuable collection of paintings,
sculptures and frescoes have wealth
cred war and riot and near its mod
ernized thoroughfares the traveller
may stray into an atmosphere Of
centuries ago.
There are byways flanked with
medieval architectural gems whose
doOrways bear the coats of arms of
famous families. Many of the
street corners are adorned with fine
ly executed shrines-the works of
old masters. There remain a few
of the Open-front shops of the other
days where cabinetmakers, wool
cOmberS and metal workers ply
their trade apparently oblivious of
the motley crowd looking on. In a
few blocks a pedestrian rubs elbows
with visitors from a dozen different
countries, for tourists entertain
ment is the city's leading indus
try"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29
Old City Is Not Spoiled by
"Face Lifting"

Observation-Disclosures, officially
Firenze, venerable Italian treasure
chest of art, is making new strides
toward mOdernity," says a bulletin
from the National Geographic So
ciety.
City planners of Florence first
shocked antiquarians when they
raised the city's old wall in the six
ties The wall site now huns with
modern traffic. Subsequently an
cient and medieval palaces, churches
and residences partially or com
pletely disappeared to enlarge pub
lie squares and widen main streets
Now it is proposed to build a
new bridge across the Arno river
within eyeshOt of the POnte Vecchio,
the medieval shOp-flanked span that
has long been one of the most strik-
ing sights of Florence. More wa
ter mains and electric lights for
dark streets also are contemplated
"These Improvements will not OBJ
literate old landmarks. The city,
at least 1000 years old, has out
grown three walls and has spread
to both banks Of the Arno.
amid alternating periods of
peace and turbulence the city has
never lost its spirit 1t felt the
wrath of Caesar; frequent plaques
left thousands of dead in their
wake; Pisa and other nearby city
states harassed its inhabitants when
the Florentines themselves were not
at their neighbors' doors with strong,
well-equipped armies; European
princes, with greedy eyes set upon
its growing wealth and industrial po-
sition, stormed its walls; and per-
hapS, worst of all its troubles, were
medieval riots and outbreaks against
the nobility. Dante. one of it's most
famous sons, was burned in effigy
in Florentine square. In the same
square the monk, Savonarola, Mar
tin Luther of Italy, was executed
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29
Names as Fearsome as the
Animals Themselves.

Observation-Disclosures that look
like the fearsome animals portrayed
in a we'll known insect eradicator
advertisement have been received
by the Smithsonian institution.
The specimens were collected by
DR.. Hugh NJ. Smith, former chief Of
the United States bureau of fisher
les, who now is employed by the 81
amese government to develop the
nations fishing resources.
So grotesque are the beasts that
Siamese mothers might we'll scare
their young into eating their spin
ach with threats of them and tip
piers turn to teetOtalers at their
first glimpse of a 14-foOt lizard or
such. These have names as awful
as their looks; names like gnu
saiman praindra that put TO shame
those of Chinese towns in the battle
zone.
A sort of miniature dinOsaur, the
giant wal ct lIIdIN, VI llltl, 10 dlIOH >
the strangest of Doctor Smiths COL
lection. The Smithsonian specimen
is about seven feet long. although
some have been reported as measur-
ing II feet. 1t has a long neck,
tiny head and long, heavy tail. Oc-
casionally, Doctor Smith says, this
monster visits the city limits of
Bangkok, the Siamese capital. where
it makes its appearance in canals
through large gardens and in thick
shrubbery. 1t destroys many chick
ems and ducks.
The gnu kon kob, head biting
snake TO you, is also numbered in
the collection. 1t is the popular
belief in Siam that this creature
bites with it's tail on dark nights
and with it's head on moonlit nights.
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agreements have arisen over details of costume
and as to whether not the pioneer mother
should be shown holding a rifle an axe, or
Scythe, as q symbol of the era in which she
lived. This was especially true when y Of the
leading scuptors of the country submitted mod
els for the statue of the pioneer woman which
E. W. Marland, the Oklahoma oil millionaire
proposed to erect on the famous Cherokee Strip
in Oklahoma, the last government land opened
to hOmesteaders.
The II different models were exhibited in a
number of the leading cities of the country SO
that the public would be given a chance, by
popular vote in each city, to aid Mr.. Marland
in making his selection. When the exhibit was
held in Denver, Colo, it brought from Lee Tay-
lOr Casey, editorial writer on the Rocky
Mountain News, the following eloquent tribute
to the subject of these models:
The Pioneer American Woman Not one
woman; the composite of many women it must
be. Not one of our historic heroines, but an
Ideal woman but not idealized away from her
environment, that would never do; and it must
not be attempted for the sake of pleasing
the purely fastidious.
Think of that Pioneer American Woman
COnjure her in the brain; but first of all con-
slider what confronted her Go back and learn
of her antecedents and what the years must
strengthen her body. She had been prepared
in hard school; not hardened or coarsened,
but tempered, to bend and not to break
One thing to be remembered in making the
final selection: She had a Spirit Sense. She
must have had in her the soul of a martyr.
The Pioneer American Woman did not come
solely for her gain Always she was buoyed
in her heart by the thought that she was in
the service of a Higher Power working in the
Lords vineyard-a bleak enough one as it
turned out to be. She had the hOmesteading
instinct and this need not be overlooked de-
sire for home of her own and freedom She
was looking ahead, generations ahead as
what pioneer woman in her innermOst soul
does not, to sustain her? She must have had
that far vision ingrained within her which is
not given to the male; she envisaged herself
in the future of the race that was to spring
! from her The Pioneer Woman was not
| mOtheress woman.
The Pioneer Woman of the West was the
| Daughter of the Pioneer Woman in America
lowered with the latter's courage, fortitude
and resourcefulness. She was born to endure
| hardships; she was not afraid of the wide
waste spaces and her intuition was to better
! those that came after as much as herself. She,
! too had a perspective, a maternal perSpec-
! tive if you please.
! The models produced by the sculptors
| varied and should give pleasure among them
| to a great number. Hardly needful to state,
! they are works of art beyond question from
the salon and artistic points of view because
the artists chosen are already famous. One
model is delightful to look at in the photo
graph, but it is not model of the Pioneer
| American Woman most Americans will have III
| their minds eyes Puritan? An idealized
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29
FLORENCE RETAINS
IT'S ANCIENT CHARM

and his limp form reduced to
ashes.
Florence rose to the pinnacle of
art and culture in the Fourteenth
century. 1t ranked among the great
financial, industrial and commercial
centers of the known world. Its ma
tive-born artists, augmented by
adopted wielders of the brush and
sculptures mallet, formed one of
the most illustrious gatherings of
all ages in the field of art.
"Alichelangelo, Giotto, Leonardo
da Vinci and Raphael either were
born or lived in Florence. Their
studies produced sculptures for the
public squares and the inches of
the numerous palaces and famous
paintings for palace walls. Mean
while their brushes also applied
frescOes to walls and ceilings of
FlOrentine buildings and wealthy
merchants of the city accumulated
art collections from the studios of
foreign artists.
"Florentine commerce expanded
until the city had a representative
in nearly all the important known
ports. The ruling Medici family ex-
panded it's financial influence. At
one time it owned 16 banks and
made loans to powerful European
rulers. The forin, once Europe's
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29
Rations Dropped From Air
planes to the Troops.

Peshawar, lndia.-Airplanes are
being used by the British not only
to bomb recalcitrant villages along
the northwest frontier, but to ration
the army.
In the more remote parts of the
frontier province. British pilots
have successfully fed the army by
means of parachutes weighted down
with bags or boxes of provisions.
A column of 1000 British TON
mics" recently left Dargai, town
north |of Peshawar, to march to
Chitral, nearly $50 miles away in
the shadow of the great Hindu Kush
range Of mountains. The task was
TO ration these men completely from
the air for a period of two days.
The daily rations carried by the
planes consisted of 56 parachute
loads, each weighing 120 pounds. a
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29
Soviet Ex-Stammerers
Speak at Convention

Moscow.-A conference of ex-
stammerers took place here In which
every delegate proved his right to
attend by making a speech. Ad-
dressing the conference Of former
stammerers. Prof. Vsevelod Kost-
chenkO said that there are 2.0OO.000
persons with speech defects in the
country and that practically all are
durable. Tractor" and "piatiletka"
Give year plan) are among the most
difficult words for stammerers to
pronounce.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29
SOLDIERS IN INDIA
GET FOOD FROM AIR

total Of more than three tons of
food.
The dropping of this food like
mama In the wilderness" was ac-
complished through use of IA small
biplanes, each carrying four loads
of provisions a day. The task of
the airmen was not simple, for the
region abounds in high mountains.
immense chasms and perilous preci-
pices.
Out of the IL loads of rations par
achuted down to the soldiers, 102
reached their destination falling
within circle previously marked
on the ground. Thus 1000 men lived
literally on food that fell from the
skies.
British military experts believe
the experiment portends develop
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29
Stanford's Goods Wiles
Influence Professors

Palo Alto. Calif.-Stanford uni
versity goods get good grades be-
cause even sedate professors are
not proof against the wiles of Cleo
patra, while the poor men students
have to burn the midnight oil and
toll increasingly to get even pass
ing marks. SO charges a recent
editorial in the Stanford Daily.
And a prominent coed leader ad-
mitted the statement.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29
Cleans Attic; Finds
$4,000 Rare Art

MiddletOwn, Conn.-When
Albert J. COnIin set about
cleaning the attic of a house
he had just bought. he found
a small dust-cOvered paint
ing. He asked an expert if
it was worth anything.
1t was. the expert said,
worth probably $4,000 and
was painted about 1872 by
the italian. Pietro Della
francesca.
Mrs. Ethel l.. SimmingtOn,
former owner of the house,
sued and recovered 1t. COnlin
will appeal.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29
Prefer Jail to Church

Waterbury, Gonna well-intend-
ed attempt to give unemployed float
ers nights lodging in st. Johns
church failed because the men pre-
ferred to spend the night in indi-
vidual hunks at the police lookup.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29

ment of the highest Importance in
the science of warfare.
They say that it shows conclusive
ly how air communications provid-
ing the swiftest transport yet
known, may accelerate the progress
of ground armies, especially in coun-
try where land communications are
inevitably difficult and slow.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-29

one, maybe. One or two of the figures may not
appeal because of their classicism, for the
model to be chosen must be of itself Amer
lean, not Greek Italian. A noble-lookng
mother is to be found among the dozen. Sew
eral are armed
The pioneer man has been sung of in plen.
ty, too often the woman pioneer is forgotten ;
the heroics belong to the male, but his mate
gave in pride and faith so that her sons and
his might know what is the meaning of mans
life and a wOmans spirit adventure
I'VE take up the task eternal
And the burden and the lesson,
Pioneers, o pioneers!'
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-08

Miss Mildred Warren spent hel
Easter vacation with friends in Sy-
racuse, N. Y.
Misses Elsie and Kathryn Phillips
have been spending a few days in
Philadelphia.
Miss Mary Layton, of Wilmington
has been spending a few days with
relatives in town.
Miss Virginia Short spent Easter
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. e. zullinger, at
Cape Charles, Va.
Miss Jean Morris was home from
Blackstone College, Blackstone, Va,
for the Easter holidays.
Arnold Miller, of Harrington, has
been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Har-
ry Holtz for several days.
Miss Sara Catherine Cooke was
home for Easter from the American
University, Washington, ID. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles M. Wilson,
of Wilmington, spent Easter with
her mother, Mrs. w. II. DOwnes.
George Littleton, of Philadelphia,
spent Easter with his parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. Joseph H. Littleton.
Mrs. Annie Musgrove has returned
from Washington. where she visited
her brother, N. A. Vaughn, who is Sc
riously ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Short, Mrs.
j. E, Townsend, Mrs. G. f. NAPLES
and Miss Minnie Kreer were in
Philadelphia on Thursday.
Mrs. S. J. Danish has returned
from Washington, where she spent
several weeks with her nephew, DR..
Clarence True Wilson. 49,
Absolom Rust, of Harbeson, was
recent visitor in town. Mr.. Rust is
now in his Goth year and still quite
active. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Green and
children, of Boothwyn, Pa, spent
Easter with the formers father, Jno.
c. Green.
f. ]. Christensen, fifth grade
teacher in the Georgetown demon-
stration school, spent Easter in Bos-.
ton, making the trip from Newark,
N. j. by airplane. ~
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Green spent
Sunday in Wilmington. i, -o'a
Frederick p. Whitney, Esq, was in
Wilmington on Wednesday,
Willard Smith, of Philadelphia,
has been in town this week.
Mrs. Frank W. Green spent the
holidays with her daughter at New
ark. ..
Miss Millie Roach. of Washington,
D. c., spent Easter with her mother
here. %A -..r -',.s
Miss Laura Sudler Mifhin, of
Dover, is visiting her aunt, Miss
Laura Richards. .
Miss Olive B. Hurley, of Washing
ton, d. c., spent the holidays here
with her father.
Wilbur l.. Adams, Esq, of Will
spent last weekend here
with his mother.
Mrs Mary E.. Calhoun is spending
some time with her daughter i'll Ber-
lin, Md. 8 ~. .#-s;-
Willard Phillips, of Wilmington,
spent the Easter holidays here with
relatives.
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-08

Mrs. Lena Tammany, of Lewes, has
been the guest of Mrs. Alice Penuc
this week.
Rcvs. Omar T.. Jones and IL, M
Ralph arc attending the M. e. Con.
ference at Salisbury, Md
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry II. Swain and
daughter, Miss Annie May, spent
Saturday in Philadelphia.
Carlton Pepper, of Roanoke, Va,
visited his father, ELI Pepper, over
the past weekend.
Mrs. John Malarkey and son, Jack,
of Philadelphia, spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph G.
Green.
Miss Edwina Nichols, of Denton,
Md, and Miss Bertha Macallum, of
Trenton, N. j., are guests at the Dor
man House this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lackcy and
two children of New York City, spent
the Easter holidays with Mrs. Lack
eys mother. Mrs. Ida Davis, here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Lambert, who
have been spending the winter here
are returning this weekend to their
home in Ticondoroga, N. Y. Miss
Betty Lambert has already left and
is visiting friends on Long Island.
Mrs. C. i. Hudiburg entertained
her bridge club on Friday at lunch
con.
Mrs. Harold Purnell entertained
her club at luncheon and bridge on
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Purnell were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Hudson i'm Lewes on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Marc Saunders were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sim
clair Campbell, in Milton, Monday
evening. as- t-.,-~ --'....t
Mrs. Wilson Boyer entertained her
club at bridge and luncheon on
Wednesday. Miss Margaret Layton
won first prize.
William T. Taylor wied March 20
at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ell
liott, near Bridgeville. Funeral SER
vices and interment were made at
Cokesbury Church Friday.
William J. Swain, of Bridgeville.
observed his birthday anniversary
on Sunday. Mrs Swain, who is
chairman of the Sussex County Re
publican Committee, is a member of
the Industrial Accident Board of the
State.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen e. Richards,
of this town, observed their 54th
wedding anniversary on Thursday.
Harry c. Evans, of Dover, and Reg
ister of Wills Frank l.. Jacobs, of
this town, are Sons-in-law of Mr.
and Mrs. Richards.
For the first time in many years,
a majority of prisoners confined in
the Sussex county Jail are white men,.
Deputy Sheriff George Vannie Mes
sick states that the last twenty men
to be committed have been whites.
sually the white population of the
runs less than rs per
cent Of the total, At present there
90 whites and Is colUrCd. .a.
Invitations will be extended to
President Herbert Hoover, Vice
President Charles Curtis, members
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-08
GEORGETOWN
Birthday Party

Birthday Party
Daniel T. Kitchens was given a
surprise party at the home of Law
renee A. Kitchens, Wednesday night
at st. Johns, near town. by the
members Of st. Johns NJ. e. Church,
it being his 10th birthday. He re-
ceived many useful presents. Re
freshments were served and all had
a good time. Among those present
we're Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence West.
Mrs. Frank West and children, MIR.
and Mrs. HammOn Burt, MIR. and Mrs.
James West and son, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bacil Perry and son. Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Moore and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Coda Pettyiohn and children,
Mrs. Emma Bodd Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
Rurt and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Vince
walls and children. Mr.. and Mrs
Harvey Truitt and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Douglas Drummon and son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Wilkins and
children, Mr.. and Mrs James Truitt
and children, William Kitchens, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Swain and children,
MIR and Mrs. Hollis Dodd and chill
dren. Gilbert Hammon, Mr.. and Mrs.
Kitchen and children.
Letters Issued on Estates
Register of Wills Frank L. Jo-
sanh has the past week issued the
foiIowing letters on the estate of:
Maxilmilion Bachmann, of North
west Fork Hundred. to Johanna
Grant Bachmanp.
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-08

On the estate of Daniel Harvey
West, of Little Greek Hundred, to
Harbeson B. Hickman.
On the estate of Dewitt c. Hill, of
Nanticoke Hundred, to Minnard ".
Hill and J. Garland Hill.
On the estate of Eliza b. Hill, of
Broad Creek Hundred, Ito Nellie
Donelly.
On the estate Of Alice d. Rogers.
of Seaford Hundred to Charles f.
Rogers.
On the estate of Julia a. McCabe.
of Baltimore Hundred. to Austin J.
McCabe and Elisha B. McCabc, and
Edward l.. McCabe.
On the estate of Charles A. Nor
ris, of Baltimore Hundred, to Lillian
NJ. Morris and Armwell Morris.
On the estate of William H.
Downcs, of Georgetown Hundred, to
Parnetta j. Downes.
Clerk of the Peace, Frank W. Law
son, has the past week issued a mar
riagc license to Wilson J. Murray. of
Selbyville, Del, and Hazel A. Mel
son, of Ocean View, Del
They Like the Jail Food
There are thirty-six prisoners
stopping with Sheriff Brittingham at
the county Jail here at the present
time. The sheriff must be setting q
good table for he keeps a large num-
ber of boarders.
Mrs. Morris of Chase, Md, is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Aubrey Smoot.
Misses Edwina Nichols, Bertha
McCollum, former teachers in the
Georgetown demonstration school.
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-08

Of the cabinet, aud Queen Wilhel-
NINA of Netherlands, among a list
of distinguished guests to attend the
observance on Saturday, May 7th, of
the 300th anniversary of the landing
and settling Of the Dutch at Lewes.
This announcement was made Mon
day afternoon. following a meeting
Of the Lewes Tercentenary Commits
sion, held in the office of Judge
Richard S. Rodney in Wilmington.
Mrs. Elizabeth Messick after pass
ing the winter with Mr.. and Mrs.
Granville Messick at Marcus Hook,
Pa, has returned home.
Miss Sara Swain of CannOns is
passing April with her cousin, Mrs.
Clara Short.
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-08

GOLD FISH Free with each dollar
purchase, Friday and Saturday. Pct
tyjOhn's, Milford. 1t
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-08

More Thrills Than War
Farming is an endless and glori-
ious adventure.-ThN Country Home.