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Milford chronicle., 1933-12-29
MILE LANE
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S. F. Collision, Miss Addie Collision
and brother attended the funeral of
their cousin, Mary l.. Reynolds at
Barartt's Chapel ON Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Anthony and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Will
son of Milford, Miss Geneva Lord of
Concord, Miss Addie Collision were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Cannon on Sunday.
Maurice Finkbiner and Miss Edna
Clifton were quietly married at Den
ton on Tuesday afternoon. We wish
them many years of happy married
life. A dinner was given in their
honor at the home of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Finkbiner.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
George Vincent, Mrs. Clara Griffith,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Hates and
two children, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Jaggers, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Brad
ley and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Bob
Collins and grandson, Edward Rash,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Williamson, Mr..
and Mrs. Harrison Satterfield and
daughter Evelyn, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
Satterfield, Mr.. and Mrs. Arley Brad
ley, Miss Addie Collision and S. S.
Wroten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Porter Of
Tacony spent Saturday and Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Nor
ris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Finkbiner
were guests at a turkey dinner at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Will
hanson on Monday.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-29
THIRTY YEARS OF FLIGHT

The Both anniversary was cele-
brated December 18th of the first
successful airplane flight, that which
Orville Wright made in 1903 at Kitty
Hawk, North Carolina.
AS we read the story of those early
days of aviation, one of the most
amazing things about it is the slight
amount of attention which such
flights seemed to excite at the time.
People were so skeptical about the
possibility of human fight, that the
experiments of the Wrights and
others were not taken seriously for
long time. Had our modern meth
ods been working then, Orville
Wright would have been followed to
Kitty Hawk by such a regiment of
reporters, photographers, moving
picture operators, etc, that he would
have hardly had chance to start
his plane over the heads of the
crowd. But people looked at such
attempts then as a kind of circus
stunt, which some foolhardy people
might try, but which would never
attain any practical success.
Anyone who tried to fly was
at as an impractical dream
er. 1t was a popular remark, when
a person thought of some impossible
thing, to say 81 could no more do it |
than l could fly"
Today we see aviation gaining |
every year, air lines extending
everywhere, with the prospect that
within a comparatively short time
such regular services will be ex-
tended across the Atlantic ocean,
and perhaps across the Pasific. Such
quick travel is uniting sections and
closer together, and IA
business, and producing
more harmonious relations.
The marvellous advance in avia-
ton in 80 years should give courage
to all pioneers in the fields of tech
nical science. The new discovery
hat seems but a dream today, may
be the accomplished fact of every
lay life in relatively few years. We
IAN set no limits to the reach of
progress. Almost anything seems
possible.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-29
LEWES

James Walsh of Wilmington spent
Christmas day here as the guest of
his brother, William E. Walsh and
| family.
Miss Emily Coverdale spent
Christmas day here with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Coverdale.
Misses Cathryn and Betty John
son and friend of Washington, d. c.,
and Donald Johnson of New Jersey,
spent the holidays here with their
mother and sister, Mrs. Walter
Bryan and brother-in-law.
William Clifton motored to Denton,
Md, on Sunday.
Captain and Mrs. Irwin Steele and
son Chester, of Paulsboro, N. j., spent
Sunday here visiting friends.
Miss Sara Brittingham who has
been confined to the Beebe Hospital
due to illness is able to be out again.
DR.. Robert c. Major, resident ply
sician at the Beebe Hospital, and
Miss Norma Lutgen, of Baltimore,
were married on December 14th, at
Elkton, Md. DR.. Major, a graduate
of the medical school of Johns Hop
kins University, has been at the hos
pital since the middle of September
Mrs. Major, who is registered
nurse, is making her home in Balti-
more for the present. Miss A. Cath
crime Taylor, night supervisor at the
Beebe Hospital was present at the
wedding ceremony.
James Prettyman, Harold Hick-
man, Albert Lupton, students at the
University of Delaware spent the
holidays here with their respective
parents.
Virginia Lupton, student at Swar-
thmore College, Jean Beebe student
at Duke University, Richard Shields
student at Duke University, and Fred
Wolfe who attends Pierce Business
School spent their Christmas vaca-
tions here with their respective par
ents.
Misses Helen and Mary Fisher and
Hirons Clifton and Virden Bryan
were the dinner guests of Miss
Fishers parents in Berlin, Nd, on
Sunday.
The young people of the town held
dance at the Firemen's Hall on
Thursday evening. George Madden's
orchestra furnished the music.
Miss Sara Chambers of Whining
ton spent Christmas day here with
her parents on Pilot Town Road.
Miss Louise Wiley, whoo teaches
school in Asbury Park, N. j., is
spending the holidays here with her
parents at their residence ON Mar
ket street. Mr.. and Mrs. James
Wiley are spending Christmas with
Mrs. Willey's family at Brookline,
Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Bonsac, of New
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-29

Monologue, Miss Mary LOCKER
man.
Ice cream, cake and other articles
of food will be for sale at the So
cial. The committee in charge of
this grange function is composed of
Miss Mary Loockerman, Mrs. Pearl
Mills and Mrs. Roy Barwick.
NJ. T. Church Notes
$3.50 a. m. Sunday school. 7:15 D.
m. Christian EndeaYor Leader.
Clarence Spence. Topic, important
Happenings of 1888" 7:45 p. m.
Candle light service of a hundred
candles. Brief message by the pas
tor will be illustrated by Holman
Hunts famous picture Light of the
World" Join us in worship on this
last night of the old year. Thursday,
1880 p. m, prayer meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-29
Milford, Friday, December 30, 1888
THE NEW YEAR OUTLOOK

In thousand cities, the new year
comes in amid scenes of hilarious
gaiety. The people have had their
troubles, but somehow the new cal
endar on the wall, the new date on
their letters and newspapers, give
them the feeling that things are go
ing to be different.
1t is like some turn Of the road.
We have been travelling uphill a
long time, through thick forest and
underground. But finally we see
that the road ahead is making an
abrupt turn. We hasten our steps,
hopeful that when we get round that
sharp angle, we are going to get
some new vista. We hope it will
show us emerging from the thicket,
and give us a clear view of the
ground that lies ahead.
Such a thought applies peculiarly
on Januayr 1st, 1884, since our peo-
Pile have been travelling for sew
eral years an uphill road, through
thickets of difficulty, through which
they could not see the way. Now
the light seems to be breaking
through that thicket, the under
growth seems less dense. 1t looks
as if January 1st was bringing us
out into a better country, with in
dications that the climb is about
over
People have always welcomed the
new year, though to some it brings
melancholy reflections. The old
folks mourn the passing years. and
regretfully reflect that they are that
much nearer the final home. But
the young folks kick up their heels,
they cheer the march of time, they
have the feeling that anything. that
is new is going to be better.
1t is well for all in Delaware and
especially in Milford. to have that
hopeful point of view. If we are
fully, convinced that things are go
ing to be better, they usually prove
so. There is everything to indicate
that the worst of our economic
troubles have passed, and that the
sun is going to shine far more
brightly through 1884.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-29
GREENWOOD
Greenwood Grange TO Hold
Social and Bake

Greenwood Grange TO Hold
Social and Bake
On Saturday, December 80, the
members of the Greenwood Grange
No. 54, will hold a social and bake
in the Greenwood Community Bull
ding. The program for the social
will start at 1880 p. m. Some very
interesting features are being plan
ned for the evenings entertain
ment. The following numbers will
be given:
Tenor solo, Rev. Robert E. Greene.
Piano duet, Miss Kathryn Mills,
Miss Grace Porter.
Monologue, Mrs. C. E. Ocheltree.
Bass solo, H. r. Elzey.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-29
NEW YEAR AND THE NEW LEAF

" Il
It is the blessed characteristic OF
human life, that the door of new
opportunity is always open. In the
popular imagination, New Years
day has always been regarded as
such a time of opportunity. There
is no more new opportunity on jan
uary 1st, than there is on July 1st or
any other date. But somehow the
idea of a wholly new chance in the
new year has seized the imagination,
and countless people have been en-
couraged to make a new start at
that time.
Popular cynicism has commonly
ridiculed such New Year resolutions.
But even if only a fraction of the
people lived up to them, it was a
fine thing to have encouraged peo-
pie to try.
In the old picture of New Year
resolutions, much was said about
turning over a new leaf" The pic
ture thus suggested may have come
from the Old-fashiOned school writ
ing books. The children looked
through the old leaves of such a
book, and saw them marred by many
blots, and much scrawly writing.
But a certain incentive was given
them when they turned over those
old pages, and made a start on a
fresh new leaf. They seemed to feel
hope that with this fresh start they
could make better showing. Prob
ably many of them did so.
Every day is a kind of new leaf,
on which we write the history of
our lives. In the old-fashioned i'm
agination, January 1st was special
ly such day. We have a fresh
chance in the new year, no matter
how many blots there were on the
story before. If we can take hold
of the task with new courage and
determination, there will not be so
many blots.
If we have failed to do the things
that we wanted to do in 1888, new
determination will help us do many
Of them in 1884. At least the effort
is worth making, and the more we
try the greater the results will be.
F1Hr
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-29

eral young men, went about toWI
singing carols. This custom as ole
as the ages, has lost none of its
beautiful sentiment.
A union service was held in St
/ Marks P. z. Church on Monday
morning at 10 o'clock when holy
communion was celebrated. The
celebrant was DR.. Wiley and the SER
mon was delivered by Rev. John A.
Clark.
On Monday night the Sunday
school entertainment was presented
at Grace M. E. Church. The service
was fine and largely attended. The
primary and junior departments of
the Sunday school were given boxes
of candy.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Ayres enter
tanned a large number of friends at
a Christmas Eve party.
Mrs. Matte N. Shockley enter
tained Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Shock
ley and baby daughter Barbara, of
Lancaster, Pa, over the weekend.
Miss Helen Lingo and Miss Marian
McCabe, both student nurses in the
Jewish Hospital in Philadelphia
spent the first of tire holidays with
their families here.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. V. Anderson and
Gene Anderson of Philadelphia spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. ].
C. Ellis.
Miss Belle McKaig is visiting with
friends in Greenwood.
Mrs. Matte Dodd spent most of
the holidays in Salisbury with her
daughter, Mrs. w. ]. Downing.
/, Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Purse and
Patsy Purse of Seaford and their
guests from New York City spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. W. P.
Monroe.
Millard Monroe of George Wash
ington University, Leslie Dobson of
the Jefferson Medical College, Blan-
che Williams of the Woman's Col
lege at Newark, Helen Williams of
Randolph-Macon College, Ackworth
Phillips of Beacon Business College, |
Joshua West of the University of
Delaware are spending their vaca-
lions here with their parents.
Harold Payne is spending his va
cation with his mother, at her home !
near Harrisonburg, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kemp and |
baby daughter Barbara, spent Christ
mas day with Mrs. Kemp's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Burton. Mr.. Bur-
-on returned to Newport with his
laughter for a short visit.
Mrs. Hill, of Chestertown, and Miss
Hill of Pittsfield, Mass, mother and
sister of Mrs. H. B. Mitchell, spent
Christmas with the Mitchell's.
The Ever Faithful Auxiliary met
IN Tuesday night with Mrs. ]. P.
King.
Mrs. Hettie J. Lingo is visiting for
few days with relatives in Milton
md Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred H. Burton of
Philadelphia, spent the weekend Il
lere with their children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Burton and Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Jones.
Mr.. Jones entertained at lunch
'on on Thursday, number of rela-
ives and friends.
A most delightful affair was the
Alumni banquet in the school cafe
eria last Thursday night. The at
enhance was not as large as was
loped for but the rush of holiday
prevented many from
who likely will be present
It the next meeting. Wayne Bur-
on was master of ceremonies, Ralph
Baker, of Georgetown, Myer Able
nan of Millsboro, both lawyers, and
Professor j. NJ. Bennett were speak
RS. Miss Evelyn Humphries gave
ONE musical selections and Harold
'ayne was song leader.
Carlton Moore, promoter of the
ssociation was elected president,
)liver Moore vice-president, Mrs.
'irginia Hickman Cordrey treasurer,
nd Mrs. Bessie Johnson Carey, sec
etary.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-29

No one can live in a community. en-
JOY its privileges and draw his sub
stance therefrom without becoming
lastingly indebted to the community,
its people and institutions. and that
obligation is a debt of loyalty the dis
charge of which is incumbent upon him
as opportunity offers.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-29
ANNOUNCEMENT

Mrs. Emily c. Truitt announces
the marriage Of her daughter Lille
E. Truitt to Roland X. Donovan, Sun
day afternoon, December Gath, at
Elkton, Md.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-29
REDDEN

There will be Sunday school at
Faith M. P. Church, Sunday, Decem-
ber 81, at 2 o'clock. Preaching at 8
O'Clock, by the pastor, Rev. v. C..
Littleton.
Milford chronicle., 1933-12-29
Gl@G

IF THE STORE forgets the buyer
of goods through failure to adver-
tise, the buyer is apt to forget the
store when it comes to spending his
money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-14
World Rotarians To
Meet In New England
For the First Time in Its History the international
Convention Comes to This Section June 70 to 80

became patron of the Rotary clubs
of South Africa. President Fuse
bio Ayala of Paraguay became. an
honorary member Of the Rotary
Club of Asuncion.
At the conclusion of President
Anderson's address, the delegates
from Latin America will meet in
the first session of the Latin
American Advisory Assembly to
talk over the situation of Rotary in
that part of the world. United
States delegates will meet to make
nominations for their represent
atives on the international board
of directors. and the delegates
from Canada and Newfoundland
and from Great Britain will also
meet by themselves for a similar
purpose.
The general topic of Tuesdays
session will be a survey of the
problems of the individual Rotary
club. In the afternoon the dele
gates will be divided into groups
for informal discussion of the same
matters.
international understanding will
be the theme of Wednesdays ses-
sion. introduced by series of talks
by speakers from different parts of
the world on 1.-THE New World
Order Following these, DR. Her
bert Schoiield Of Loughborough,
England. will speak on "The Rela-
ton of Rotary to a Changing
World" Robert Lincoln O'Brien,
formerly editor of the Boston Her.
aid and now chairman of the
United States tariff com mission,
will speak on do We Recognize
Rotary's Power?"
business practices and ways in
which Rotarians might help to i'm
prove the standards of business in
foreign trade will be held on
Wednesday afternoon. Cornelius
d. Garretson. Wilmington, Del
aware. rubber manufacturer, will
preside at this conference. The
convention golf championships will
be settled on that afternoon. Two
handsome silver cups will be
awarded for one year to winners
of the low and high handica p
tournaments for teams of two from
Rotary club.
A heavy calendar of legislative
discussion Is scheduled for Thurs
day. There will be fifty or more en-
actments and resolutions to be con-
sidered. Some of these proposals
If adopted would introduce inno-
vations in Rotary customs. The
proposal to authorize more than
one Rotary club in city is again
brought forward. A new kind of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-14
ANNUAL REUNION
AT NOTRE DAME
Miss Genevieve Hayes,
Dean of Girls, Was the
Guest Speaker /
REPRESENTATIVE GROUP

The forty-second annual reunion
of Notre Dame alumnae was held
Sunday afternoon at the waterbury
Catholic high school auditorium.
the largest number attending ana
one of the most representative
gatherings in the histoy of the or
ganization. Miss Genevieve Hayes OF
New York city, dean of girls at the
Julia Richman high school in New
York, which school has registra-
ton of 1900 girls, was the guest
speaker. Miss Hayes, an alumna OF
Notre Dame, is a former Water
bury resident, going to New YORK
some years ago where she mas
risen to prominent place in the
educational work of that city. Her
splendid talk Sunday dealt with
the educational system adopted by
the Julia Richman school, Its aims
and standards, how these may apply
to other schools of the type and
mentioned that convent schools al
so had similar systems. In the
standards maintained by this
school, explained Miss Hayes, Or
Lucy, the principal, names charac-
ter building as the first requisite In
youthful training, good manners
second, anu luleIi6CludA dttdillAuShes,
third; thes three requisites are
named to similar importance my
DIR Butler of Columbia, she said.
Miss Hayes has full charge of the
maladjusted group in her school
and their placement in positions of
value; her section in the Julia
Richman institution is called the
school for progressive studies.
Mrs Francis p. MsEvoy, presi-
dent of the association, presided
at Sundays meeting and addressed
the gathering. officers reelected
were as follows:
President, Mrs Frank p. Nc
Evoy; vice-president, Miss Mary
NJ. A. Bennett; out of town vice.
president, Mrs Dennis O'Connor;
corresponding secretary, Miss Mar
jorie Corcoran; financial secretary,
Miss Ann Phelan; treasurer, Miss
Catherine Conner.
Previous to the opening Of the
! meeting those present attended
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-14

Boston, June 14-Rotarians from
fifty to sixty countries of the world
will meet here June $3.50 for their
Gath annual convention, the first
one ever to be held in New Eng
land Eight thousand or more Ro-
tariars and their families are eX-
pected to attend. The ten thou
sand Rotarians in New England
have assisted the Boston Rotary
club in an elaborate program of en-
tertainment and hospitality.
To lend color to the first social
evening of the convention, there
will be thousand or more New
England Rotarians and their wives,
CARRIED in the costume of the Puri-
tans who settled New England
three centuries ago.
Governor Joseph B. Ely of Mas
sachuSetts has presented a minia-
ture of the Massachusetts, State
House for the chief decoration of
the convention House of Friend
ship" vast lounge adjoining the
auditorium in Mechanics hall. Sur
rounding this little building there
will be Il common" typical of New
England cities, with grass and
blossoming fruit trees. Around
the walls will be displayed mag
ninccnt collection of landscape
paintings to make the New Eng
land atmosphere more realistic.
Clinton =. Anderson of Albuquer-
que. New Mexico, president of Ro-
tary International, who returned
yesterday from visit to Rotary
gatherings in Europe. will open the
convention sessions Monday after
noon, June 26th. In his year of
office President Anderson has Wis.,
tied 20 or more regional gather
ings in the United States and sew
eral In Europe.
His report will give an encour-
aging picture of the growth of Ro-
tary in the past year in spite of
the depression. About one hun
drcd new Rotary clubs have been
elected to membership in Rotary
International. a considerable gain
over the previous year. Member
ship. also. is on the increase. with
Il total Of more than $4,000 Ro-
tarians in the world.
During the past year. four more
heads of state have accepted hon
orary membership in Rotary.
President Thomas Masaryk Of
Czechoslovakia accepted the title
of honorary governor Of the Ro-
tary clubs of Czechoslovakia.
President Albert Lebrun of France
accepted the title of honorary gov
ernor OF the Rotary clubs of
I'rcncc. The Earl of Clarendon,
governor general of South Africa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-14
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

John d. Sirica, theater manager.
81 Franklin street; Sylvia C. Gle
mente, store manager, $40 Bank
street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-14

membership, mon classified as to
vocation, is proposed, for which
Rotarians would be eligible after
ten years of regular membership
Until now, Rotary regulations have
allowed but one member (and an
additional business associate) asa
representative of each vocation in
the Rotary club. =
The closing session on Friday
morning will be the high spot of
the week. Sir Robert Falconer,
X. c. M. c., past president of the
University of Toronto and one of
Canada's most, distinguished edu-
Gators, will address the convention
on "Our Common Civilization"
Results of the election for new
officers will be announced and the
new officers will be introduced.
The new president will make his
inaugural address. The singing OF
"Auld Lang Syne" while eight
thousands business and profession.
al men from about sixty different
countries join hands in good fell
lowship will be the closing scene.
1t has been already decided by
the board of directors that the
1884 convention will be held in De-
troit, Michigan.
Special invitations to enjoy some
New England hospitality have been
extended, and the Rotary clubs of
Maine have opened state head
quarters for that purpose. The Ro-
tary Club of New Haven, Connecti-
cut. is making arrangements to en-
terrain large number of Rotar-
ians from outside the United States
in the homes Of New Haven Ro-
tarians after the convention, so
that overseas guests may have n
true picture of American home
life.
The Rotary Club of Somerville,
Massachusetts has been planting an
international friendship" garden,
Of plants and flowers gathered
from many different parts of the
world. which would be in bloom at
the time of the convention here.
Many distant Rotary clubs have
sent contributions for this novel
floral display.
A party of fifty Rotarians from
Great Britain sailed to-day for New
York. to attend the convention.
and other delegations from Europe
will be starting in a few days.