Milford chronicle., 1933-09-15

sOred by the officials of the local
baseball club having as their guests
the members of the team represent
ing the community this season, was
a huge success. The committee had
TO limit their sales to approximately
125 including guests, every ticket
was disposed of and many more
would have attended had space per-
mitted. One of the chief attractions
of the evening was the fact that
Coach Ira Thomas, Coach Bing Mil
Ter, and Rube Walberg of the Phila-
delphia Athletics; Bill MCGOWAN,
dean of American League umpires,
accompanied by Mrs. 'McGOwan were
present as special guests and were
seated at the speakers table.
Clarence T.. Keyes, president of the
local Rotary Club served as toast
master, others seated at the speak
ers' table included J. Ii. Holloway,
president of the club: Grover c.
Lord, vice-president of the club; +.
B. RASH president of the Chamber
of Commerce; j. c. Messner, super
intendent of schools; DR.. Walter l..
1lAEts AAlAAulhf AlAfAtAbtA "a PAbe oAAA
committee; George Heck" Town
send, old-time ball player of the
Wilmington Chicks; Rev. r. w.
Sapp, pastor of the NJ. p. Church;
C. E. Grace, manager Allied Kid
baseball club; MIR. and Mrs. George
Winters, Wilmington; BrintOn Hol-
loway, Misses Virginia O'Neal and
Mildred Wheeler.
Mayor n. C.. Adams was scheduled
to make the address of welcome but
was taken suddenly ill and retired
to his home. The banquet got un-
der way about 7.3O o'clock when
Rev. f. II. Collins, pastor of the M.
E. Church pronounced the invoca-
tion.
Following the dinner TOastmaster
Keyes called upon his minute men
for speeches laying particular
emphasis on the minute account OF
the lengthy program. Those max
ing brief remarks were ]. II. HollO-
way, he introduced the members of
local Finance Committee and the
umpires of the club. Manager Far
row was next, Introducing the in
dividual members of his team, Civ
ing batting averages and other
statistics. In closing stated he
knew seven teams in the American
League would like to own players
with such batting averages. Zip
Locates led his team mates with a
percentage of .401 several other
members of the team boasted aver
ages we'll over the 300 mark. Le-
Ia fnfN
with Albany, of the International
League, next spring. Rev. E. H |
Collins produced his lucky rabbit |
foot and told the athletic members |
he was a firm believer in rabbit |
feet for luck. ]. c. Messner and |
c. E. Grace also made brief re-
marks. Rid of the Soup and Nuts"
according to Toastmaster Keyes, he |.
then introduced the other speakers /
who made brief remarks. The |
toastmaster also read a telegram
from Earl Sylvester, expressing his !
iregrets at not being able to attend. I!
Bill MCGOWAN, Ruge Walberg, Rube |
commenting ON the batting averages !
of the team, confessed he was glad
no teams in the American League |
had such averages. Bing Miller
congratulated the club and told the
athletes that if it proved hard work
to become efficient in baseball, give |
it up. because only. those who really |
love to play and are willing to work |
achieve success. DR.. Walter Grier |
also spoke briefly. The baseball |
players entertained with humorous |
baseball stories. The last speaker !
was Coach Ira Thomas. He made |
wonderful address, pointing out |
to the members of the team what |
was required of an athlete to make |
the grade in the big show. Rev. X. |
w. Sapp pronounced the benedic-
tion.
Farm Home Burned
Fire, probably caused by defec-
tive fiue or an overheated stove
completely destroyed the farm
dwelling of Clarence Lofland short
ly before noon on Sunday. Mr..
Dofiand resides on the Harrington
Denton highway near Maple Grove
school, which is about seven miles
from the nearest fire company. Ac-
cording to reports at the scene OF
the fire, Mr.. Lofland who lives with
his daughter since the death of his
wife. and the daughter was away
at the time visiting. 1t is said that
he built a fresh fire and went to a
nearby field to gather a few vege-
tables, looking toward the house he
discovered the flames. Hastily sum-
moning the fire company, he then
returned to the blaze and attempted
to save some of the furniture, very
little of the household effects were
saved and Mr.. LOfand suffered
severe burns about the face. No
water was abailable and the firemen
could only stand by and protect the
outbuildings, they did however ex-
tinguish a pile of wood that caught
fire and cooled off a hog pen con-