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Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
MILLSBORO

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Wells
and son Thomas, Jr., and daughter
Betty, of Cranbury, N. j., spent their
week with their sister, Mrs. Henry
j. West.
Joshua T. West is spending two
weeks in New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Wilmington.
Miss Virginia West is at the Wi
comico Hotel in Salisbury, where
she can be near the hospital where
James Brittingham was seriously
hurt in an accident returning from
Atlantic City, where they spent the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zack w. Wells, of
Wilmington, spent the weekend
with their sister, Mrs. Henry West.
School Open September s ts
The Millsboro public school will
open at 9 o'clock Tuesday, Sept. 5.
Arrangements have been made for
a full day of school. ........ h..
Though there will be no general
assembly on Tuesday morning, par
ents are welcome to visit in any of
the grades except the first, in which
STdue IL is D6liefeu ludL IL lS DcltcA
for the beginners if the parents do
not visit them for the first few days.
Every effort has been made. to
take care of the individual differ
ences of the children as far as pos
sible. Teachers have been shifted,
pupils have been promoted by
grades, individual schedules that
best fit each child have been pre-
pared, and special effort made, to
fit the school to the needs of the
child instead of trying to make the
child fit the school.
Books Classified
Mrs. Hammond, State librarian,
and Miss Ringler of the State De-
partment came to Millsboro last
Monday and together with the local
teachers are classifying the books
in the general library. Every eff
fort is being made to complete this
work before the opening of school,
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
WOMEN LIVE MUCH LONGER
THAN MAN; WHY7 THEY'RE
STRONGER PHYSICALLY

The latest crop OF life. insurance
statistics, produced by DR.. Louis /
Dublin, of the Metropolitan Insur-
anee Company, show conclusively
that women Of all races and under
all conditions of life live longer
than men. The reason, according
to DR.. Dublin, is that women are
better organized physically than
, men," .~ ,
The average American, now lives
a little more than 6Ityears. AS DR..
Dublin explains in the American
Magazine: AT birth, white male
child may look forward to a life of
591a years; a white female child
may expect 63 years. In all civilized
countries the female is longer lived
than the male, enjoying an advant-
age of from 2 to 4 years.
"The finest longevity records Of
all are found in far-away New zea-
land. There the average life for
men is IS and for women SO, nearly
years better than in America. That
is because the people of New Zea-
land have given more attention than
the rest of us to sanitation and to
personal and community hygiene.
Among all people the women out
live the men. Statistics show that
from 105 to- LOG males are born for
every 100 females. But as they grow
older the higher death rate of the
males eQualizes this in spite of the
heavier male immigration. Very old
people are predominantiy women.
There seems to be mo question that
women are better organized physt-
cally than men, Also women enjoy
greater protection and, despite the
hazards of gchild-bearing, lead lives
which are less physically exhaust
ing. F. ';;"@
III you are married, whether you
are man or woman, you have bet
ter chance of living than il you are
single. The old Joke that it only
seems longer may be disregarded:
At age 25, for example, the married
man may expect 5 years more of
life than the bachelor Of the same
age. .t...'"...
Married women have an advant7
age over the spinsters all along the
line, except IN IeW oI the chilu-
bearing years. In Germany the ad-
vantage is limited to between the
ages of 20 and %, when the risks
of child-bearing temporarily short
en- the married woman's expecta-
tion. s:...+., .,.t. T.,
"The advantage enjoyed by the mar
ried people is partly due to selec-
Lion. In other words, people who,
are normal and well organized ply
sically are much more likely to mar,
ry than those who. are not. Fur
.hermore, marriage seems. to be def
nitely beneficial. This Is. i: clearly.
shown by, the fact that those who |
are released from the marital pro-:
is wjdowers, windows,
md the dlvorced-show definitely /
over expectation, of life than those
or whom marriage continues,
Divorced people show an, excep-
ionalIy short expectation of life.
Among them we lind considerable
mental disease, maladjustrhent to
ife, and sterility.". y, |
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Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
SUGAR HILL
Near Williamsvillel

Services at the Sound NJ. E
Church: Sunday school, $50, fol-
lowed by class meeting at IL, Sun
day evening, preaching services
Prayer meeting Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hughes
of Clifton Heights, Pa, were recent
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Der
ricksOn, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Salmons of
New Jersey spent a few days with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Bennett.
Jonah Lewis, while driving from
Roxana, Saturday afternoon, had the
misfortune of running into a COW
doing considerable damage to his
car but no one was hurt.
Among the incidents caused by
the storm last week was the flooding
of the property of Everett Gray.
People from far and near used mo-
tor boats and row boats to travel
from there to Fenwick Bridge. They
had to move their cattle and auto
mobiles to neighbors until the tide
went out. Also the home of Dave
Derrickson, Jr., was flooded. They
moved what was possible to the sec
ond floor and then left home until
Saturday. Quite a few trees were
blown down and crops were ruined
but thankful there was no injury
to any human beings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Derrickson and
son visited Mr.. and Mrs. Parker
Hudson of Frankford, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Honey and daughter
of Wilmington are spending a week
at Fenwick Bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Derrickson
made a trip to Philadelphia Satur-
day.
Mrs. Della is back home at Fen
wick after leaving for 4 couple of
days during the storm. When she
left the beach she was likened to a
hen with brood of biddies. She and
her three small grandsons. She en-
tertained Althea Pepper. Anna and
Elizabeth Keen, Georgetta Walker
and Charlotte DeTrickson a couple
of days this week.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
N. R. A. WEEK
IN MILFORD
SEPT.3 TOTO
[Continued from Fhst Raa1l

at the meeting. The following
prominent ladies of the city were
appointed as a committee to con-
duct the canvass: First Ward, Mrs.
H. J. Pettyjohn, Mrs. H. P. Van
Kirk, Mrs. Roscoe Galloway, Mrs.
Vernon Benson and Mrs. Holland
Prettyman; Second Ward, Mrs. S.
p. Toadvine, Mrs. c. D. Holzmueller,
Mrs. r. A. Derrickson, Mrs. Charles
Swain and Mrs. A. ID. DickersOn;
Third Ward, Mrs. Elizabeth Nutter,
Mrs. Conner Mitten. Mrs. James
Cannon, Mrs. Earl Atkins and Mrs.
Harry Mayhem; Fourth Ward, Mrs.
Lucille Pratt, Mrs. Wilson Vinyard,
Mrs. Carl Allen, Mrs. L. C. Hudson
and Mrs. Wallace McFaul. Plans
for the consumers campaign to be-
gin Monday, September 4th were
adopted. Ladies will call at each
and every home during the entire
week and will request the house
wives to sign a pledge to deal only
with the stores and business places
displaying the N. R. A. blue eagle
and complying with their respective
codes.
At the meeting held on Monday
night General Murphy expressed the
thought that the Milford public
should do their buying in Milford
because Milford merchants are CO.
operating 100 per cent with the N.
r. A. and by doing so are compelled,
in many instances to hire extra
help, this help naturally coming
from Milford. Taking into consid-
Grafton the fact that Milford mer-
chants directly or indirectly pay
taxes to the town, that they are
liberal supporters of churches and
charities, Mr.. Murphy believes that
the good citizens of the city should
give the Milford merchants the
greatest benefit possible of their in
creased purchasing power.
The N. r. A. week, it is planned,
will end with a grand rally on Sun
day afternoon, September 10th at
the Plaza Theatre. At this gather
ing speeches, movies and entertain
ment in keeping with the Sabbath
will be presented explaining N. R.
A. and ending the campaign. The
gathering will be open to the public
and free of charge.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
WRONGS OF FARMER
- DUE TO STUPIDITY

That the injusties done agricul.
ture are seldom deliberate, but gen
orally the product Of stupidity and
a confusion of purposes is the con-
viction expressed by Secretary OF
Agriculture Wallace in an article
written for The County Home.
Importance is attached in WASH
ington to the point made by Secre-
tary Wallace, for it contradicts a
very common conception among
farmers that they are being pur-
posely and meliciously discriminat-
ed against This, in the past, is held
to have prevented them from get
ting the right perspective on their
problems, and so to have hampered
them in working toward solution.
II has betrayed them, according to
farm leaders, into accepting wrong
and futile MISUNDERSTANDING
which tries to treat symptoms in
stead of basic troubles, and leader
ship which appeals to passion in
stead of facts and reason.
Secretary Wallace finds the fun
damental trouble in the system of
distribution, which he says has been
going blind for many years. With
things as they are" he writes, "the
legitimate carrying and service
charges of food distribution are so
high that it is easy to give figures
on the spread and isflame people at
both ends into thinking that they are
being cheated right and left. l do
not want to do that here. But l do
want to show that these spreads have
become intolerable.
Agriculture is not the only group
which has been hurt. Consumers of
whom farmers. are part have also
been dealt with unjustly. So have
those millions who stand in the
ranks of labor. Even the great f.
nancial magnates of this nation,
constantly pressing the flow of
wealth toward him who hath, have
lost trade and prestige, and so have
done themselves harm. Agricultural
production is disorganized and at
war within itself. Similarly the
food distributing groups, operating
largely at random, have in many
instances entered upon programs of
cutthroat competition. There is lit
tie hope in the present system for
any of. us. @........ ....,. ..-.-- -. ., -, d..
"Middlemen, taking them general
ly, are simply, people like ourselves,
doing, in ather 1nuddled way, an
other and usually necessary job.
Many are grasping, but so are many
country storekeepers. They are |
sometimes hard : and driving and
selfish but so, very often, are we.
Their point of view is the hard
boiled, individualistic point of view
hat until lately has dominated most !
If America, farmers included There
ire good men among middlemen and
lad men, just as there are among
armers. There are smart men
imong them, and stupid men; and
most of their business when .consid-
,red as a whole are in state of
disorder as shocking and as socially
disastrous as the present state of
disorder in Agriculture" -. ~
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
UNEMPLOYED In SUSSEX
IS LISTED FOR WORK
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line and calling for widening of the
existing State highway.
Registrations were conducted on
Thursday at Seaford between the
hours of 9 and IL and at Bridgeville
between the hours of l and 4. On
Friday registrations will occur at
Laurel between the hours of 8 and
IL and at Delmar between the hours
of l and 4.
Workers will lbe chosen from the
registrations according to their
qualifications and preceding expert
ence. When qualified veterans with
dependents, will have priority. 1t is
expected that those selected to work
will be notified by September 10.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01

and construction of the long-agitated
Federal building for Wilmington.
Members of the Public Works Ad-
visory Board for Delaware also met
at Dover Wednesday and discussed
the various projects that have been
recommended by the Advisory Coun-
Gil
The projpects considered included
those submitted by the trustees of
the Delaware State Hospital for the
Insane at Farnhurst, the improve
ments and additions to the Brandy
wine Sanatorium and the Edgewood
Sanatorium, the additional build
ings at the Home for Predetermined
at Stockley, Sussex county, and the
improvement to the Industrial
School for Colored Girls near Mar
shallton.
No announcement was made by
the board as to what action was
taken on any of the projects.
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Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
THINK 1T OVER

If a person owned a piece of real
estate, which was gradually decreas-
ing in value, he would not exchange
1t for some other land, which he
knew nothing about and which he
had never seen, merely on the ad-
vice of salesman. Of he did not
take time to look into the value of
the land which he was to receive in
the swap his family would begin to
think that he was In need of a guar
dian, But many men who would be
careful and distrustful when ap-
preached with a deal in some kind
of tangible property are like clay in
the hands of smooth talking securi-
ty statesmen who want them to ex-
change securities they have for ones
that the statesmen are selling. Time
after time men in this community
have taken the advice of salesmen
instead of taking time to investigate,
only to learn afterward that a poor
deal has been made.
In each community there are men
whose investment counsel can be
had for the asking and who have no
particular interest in the marketing
of any type of security. Oftentimes
the advice which they give saves
many dollars and all who are ap-
preached by statesmen should seek
their counsel before acting.-Re-
porter, Walton, New York.
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Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
THE MAGIC STORY OF FOOD AT
A CENTURY OF PROGRESS

The magic story of food - told
not with drab statistics. but with
laughing pigs and winged cucum-
bers and man-sized chickens-is re-
vealed in a giant food map" paint
ed by Louis Fancher and hanging
at the A & P. Carnival at A Century
of Progress.
In gay colors and original designs
the part played by each of the 4S
states in stocking the nations lard
er is depicted on a canvas ~ feet
high and 16 feet wide. And despite
the intriguing extravagances of the
side of the map, the story is an au-
thentic and instructing one, based
on an extended survey by A. & P. re-
search experts and statisticians of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
For six months the archives of the
Department of Agriculture were
studied and tables were compiled
until a complete record of the food
sources of the country was gath
cred. A. & P. executives, who had
planned to make their exhibit at the
Fair a place for comfort and enter
wanted to tell this story of food in
an attractive way. With yards and
yards OF statistics they were unable
to decide how to present them in
terestingly. Then the idea of a
great map was conceived.
Louis Fancher, one of the coun-
try's foremost poster artists was
called in. His suggestion was sim
pie.
Combine a few statistics with
few idiotics."
So Mr.. Fancher began painting the
map-state by state-in eleven bril-
liant colors, with scintillating fishes,
sad-faced crows eating corn, cow
boys lassooing galloping cows, and
darkies eating watermelons of a
size that exists only in darkies'
dreams. When the forty-eight maps
were completed with the statistics
for each state in-conspicuously in
cluded) they were fitted together |
and the huge map of the empire of |
food was photographed. Lithograph- |
ing reproduced it in all its bright |
colors.
The great lesson of the map is told
in these few words:
Several decades ago, when every
village had to grow its own food,
the diet of its people had a deadly
except in summer. To-
day ours is the richest and most |
fertile land in the world. Seasons
and distances have been wiped out
We can reach out our hand and draw
our daily food from the farthest
corners of the land"
Reduced to 8 X feet small
enough to be hung in a library,
5choolroom, or home - the map was
put through a first edition of $4,000
copies - and almost the entire 50,-
300 were sent by request to schools
and government departments. The
Italian minister at Washington
wanted one for the library of Pisa.
Other great libraries, all over the
world - in Vienna, Edinburgh, AL
siers, Berlin, Jerusalem - obtained
copies. Senator Arthur Capper,
chairman of the Senate committee
IN agriculture, brought one OF them
nto his offices, and before long cop
es were obtained by the Department
VI Agriculture, the Department of
the Senate Committee on
Wild life resources, and by individual
members of Congress.
A second printing of $4,000 was
made so that the maps could be
purchased by guests at the A. & P.
at the Fair.
The great IL 16 foot map has
'een brought from New York to the
where it has been attract
ng crowds of spectators. 1t will re-
main on exhibit throughout the Fair.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
FINE CREAMY CHEESE 17c

Specials for Labor Week. pure
lard 81ac; try that tasty cheese for
17c; cleanup of fruit jars, pints Gle
doz.; ". gallons, $1.00; jar tops, 23c
doz.; best rubbers, 41ac; see our &c
table. Try Stewards this week! 1t
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
WIN. R. MURPHY
HOST TO DEL.
POSTMASTERS
IC0ntinued from First Paael

to them was the outstanding sum-
mer resort on Delaware Bay. Those
who had never before been to
Slaughter Beach were profuse in
their praises of the resort and ex-
pressed their agreement with Mr..
Murphy about it being the outstand-
ing resort on Delaware Bay.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
NOTICE TO ALL CONTRACTORS
ON MILFORD BRIDGE

Bids will be received until three
o'clock, E. s. Time, Sept. 9th, then
publicly opened. All contractors
must agree to pay the wages as out
lined by the contractors code.
1t CITY COUNCIL.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01

/ fnd' a great difference in Eng.
land. They can; say what they like
about the dole, but l think. its beer
the saving of England. II has kept
the wheels of industry going.-Char-
lie Chaplin in WomaE's Home Com
panion. .hs.sl,. ! J., ~. =
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01

and since most of the books in the
elementary library were catalogued
last year, Mrs. Hammond believes
the work can be completed by
Thursday.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01

Every government official or board
that handles a public money should
publish at regular intervals an ac-
counting of it, showing where and
how each. dollar is spent. This is
a fundamental principle of demo-
cratic government. ......, =. 49,.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01

'All together for the long pull
and the strong pull that will take
us up the hill again. Daily Senti-
mel, Paramount, MINI. ...'.,,. u ,
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01

Those anxious to- invest in go
ing concern should make sure which
way"it is going. ~. :. =.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-38 acre farm near
Georgetown. Good house and outbuild-
ings. Basil Perry, Georgetown, Del
s-l-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01

Borrowing money never yet cured
a depression. RI !, ~ =.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01

If you're poor, you can't under
stand why a rich man shoots him
self.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01
Administrators Sale
OF
BUSINESS PROPERTY

And all contents, to be sold at public
auction, on
Saturday. September 9, 1888.
At 1.sO P. M. Rain or Shine
The Shoe Business and Machinery of
the late George e. Sapp, at the store, in
Houston, Delaware.
MISCELLANEOUS
One Singer Sewing Machine, 1 Har-
ness Machine, Sole Cutter, Gasoline
Engine, Lot Of Shoe Lasts, Iron and
Wooden; Coal Stove. and lot of other
kind.
TERMS CASH.
EMERY WEBB
Administrator for the Estate of George
iN E. Sapp.
Brownie Billings. auctioneer. 9-1-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01

Pullets are paying their cost of
keep with liberal supply of eggs at
zoe dozen retail In Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1933-09-01

S. Engineer in presenting to the u.
S. Engineer a request for improve
ment to the north drain of Dragon
Run where a break recently caused,
flooding of farm lands.
L. Lee Layton, chairman of the
Federal Public Works Board for
Delaware, sat in with the State Com
mission and discussed some of the
projects.
/ The total of projects approved by
the State Commission for recon-
mendation to the Federal Board is
now $16,911,722, of which .$1O,831,-
900 worth are Federal projects
which would be financed entirely
with Federal funds. The remainder
are classified as follows: State,
$2.014.474; municipal, $426,40S; pri-
vate (low cost housing project for
Wilmington to be operated by a
non-dividend-paying corporations),
100000.
The State figure does not include
the school projects approved. The
municipal figure include $18,40S for
Seaford; $4,000 for Dover, and
$S25,000 for the Wilmington Water
Department. In the State, municipal
or private classifcations, as much
as 30 per cent could be obtained as
outright grants from the Federal
government, with the remaining 20
per cent obtained in longterm low
interest loans from the Federal gov
ernment.
T. Among the projects which would
be financed entirely by the Federal
Government and which have been
approved by the State Commission,
the largest is deepening and widen
ing of the Chesapeak and Delaware
Canal at $8,000,00O. Also included
are construction of jetty at the
entrance to the Christiana River,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-04-14
SCOTTISH RITE
MASONS HOLD
RITUAL MEET

More than 65 eighteenth degree
Scottish Rite Masons attended the
annual Maundy Thursday ceremoN.
les conducted at Brawley Masonic
Temple last night. Five Baja CAL
ifornia Masons and two San Diego
Masons joined the Imperial Valley
members for the rites.
Following banqrik in the Mas
onic Temple, annual election of Of
ficers took place. Langston Goree
of Calexico was elected president,
and Leo Watts of Calexico, secre-
tary and treasurer presidents
for valley towns were selected as
follows: Lou Philley for FL Centre.
Clarence Eckert for Holtville. Alb
Wolfe for Brawley and Vance WIKI
son for Calipatria.
The order accepted the invitation
of Baja California Masons to hold
the Maundy Thursday ceremonies
in Mexicali in 1894. The invitatiC.i
was presented by Quiroz Martinez,
school official in Mexicali. J
Frank L. Cramer of San Diego
delivered the address of the evening
upon the subject, Some Reasons
For Belief In Immortality. s
The ceremony of extinguishing
the lights was presented under the
direction of James H. Peake of San
Diego
Imperial Valley press., 1933-04-14
UNCLE WIGGILY HELPS THE
ROR CAT

Uncle Wiggily and Rover, the
cog whose spots William the Worm
had taken off with mud plaSters,
looked at the big, juicy bone under
the bush. They had been hunting
for a bone that Rover could gnaW
and they had just seen this one.
"Oh. what a fine bonel" mur-
INJURED Rover, hungrily licking his
teeth with his red tongue like a
napkin.
rs it good one?" asked Uncle
Wiggily.
Il couldn't ask for a better" B"
softly barked the dog as he wag-
ged his tail.
rs it the kind with a hole in?"
asked the rabbit who, of course,
didn't know much about bones.
That's the very kind it is" said
Rover. Its just what I wanted.
I am glad you helped me find it.
Now I'll trot over to that bush, get
the bone, gnaw it and then I'll
help you hunt for a carrot. Then