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Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS
SPLIT TWIN BILL

The Milford high school boys' bas-
ketball team defeated FELTON, by the
score of 30 to and the Milford girls
were defeated by the FELTON, girls "a
to 80, last Friday night at the high
school gymnasium.
A. Dill led the scoring for the
FELTON, girls with 10 field goals and
four fouls for a total of 90 points.
Griffith led the Milford girls with s
field goals and three fouls for a total
of 10 points. FeltOn's victory ended
Milford's winning spree of five games
in a row. The Milford high girls have
lost only three games this season
and only one of these was against a
rival high school. The other two
defeats at the hands of Milford Com
munity girls team which is probably
the best girls basketball team in
Delaware.
The high school boys added an
other victory to their winning streak
making a total of five games in a
row. The boys have been defeated
only once and that time by the Mil
ford Community Stars. GOvatos with
5 field goals and 4 fouls for total
of IA points and Penman with s
field goals, totalling 10 points, led
the Milford attack.
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
MISS TOWNSEND HOSTESS
At DINNER DANCE

Miss Lyla NJ. Townsend, daughter
of U. S. Senator John G. Townsend,
Jr., entertained at a dinner dance
at the Shoreham Hotel in Washing
ton, d. c., last Friday evening, in
honor of Miss Sara Catherine Cooke,
of Georgetown. a.
Miss Cooke is the daughter of
Deputy Attorney General and Mrs.
Howard j. Cooke, who on Dec. 26th,
announced the engagement of thier
daughter to James C. Townsend, Jr.,
of Selbyville, nephew of Senator
Townsend. The marriage will be
solemnized early in February.
Miss Townsend's guests at the
dinner were: Miss Sara Catherine
Cooke, Senator and Mrs. Royal S.
Copeland, Senator Richard B. Rus
sell, Senator John G. Townsend, Jr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland, Jr.,
of New York; Miss Mariana Har-
rison, daughter of Senator Pat Har-
rison; Miss Helen Coolidge, daugh-
ter of Senator Coolidge; Miss Ma
rian Robinson. daughter of Senator
Robinson, of Indiana; Miss Mar
garet Reynolds, of Philadelphia;
James c. Townsend, Jr., and Preston
c. Townsend, of Selbyville; Grice
Goldsborough, James r. Kirkland,
Taylor Simmons and Charles Bon
cannon, of Washington, ID. c.
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
PULLETs- SHOW LARGE PROFIT

The December report of the Della
ware farm egg record project, which
has been prepared by I'll. s. Palmer.
extension pOultryman of the Uni
Versity of Delaware, for distribn-
tion to those poultry raisers in the
State who are cooperating in this
work by keeping accurate accounts
of the egg production of their fioeks,
includes the production records
from 4S,524 pullets and hens repre-
senting 123 farms in the three coun-
ties.
The 21,549 pullets produced on the
average 10.4 eggs each, while the
16,025 hens laid only 2.8 eggs each.
and the 10,950 pullets and hens rum
ming together in mixed fiocks show
ed an average production of IA eggs
per bird. These records are rather
comparable to the egg production
from pullets and mixed Aocks in De-
cember, 1881, but they are about SO
per cent lower than with regard to
the production per hen, according To-
the reports of the extension special
list under whose direction this pro-
ject has been conducted in this State
for the eight years in cooperation
with the county agents.
Copies of this report for the sixty
five poultrymen in Kent county who
are cooperating in this project for
the coming year were mailed last
Friday from the office of County
Agent Russell T.. Wilson.
Aside from the statistical part of
this. report timely information has
been given in regard TO the care Of
chicks in the brooder house, with
special reference to the dangers
which often occur as the result of
over-crowding. The placing of too
many chicks in a brooder house and
the failure to provide sufficient yard
space are the most common and al
so the most expensive mistakes
which are made by many poultry
men. The correcting of such prob
lens as smothering, chilling, over
heating, bad air, dirty litter, con
taminated soil. toe picking, tall pick
ing, cOccidiosis and bronchitis is
made more difficult il the chicks
are allowed to become over-crowded
in their quarters.
For the first s weeks there should
be one-half square foot of floor space
per chick, and one square foot of
space per bird from 5 to 12 weeks
of age. During this period the cock
erels should be removed and the
pullets allowed to occupy the entire
brooder house. From 12 to 20 weeks
of age each pullet should have one
an dOne-half square foot of floor
space, and after the birds are 20
weeks and they should be allowed
from to 4 square feet of room in
the laying house.
Poultrymen can reduce the supply
of poultry and eggs by using the
same houses and equipment, and
by placing only 800 to $50 chicks
where they have been crowding
from 500 to 500 in the same space.
By following this practice the sup
ply will be reduced to meet the de-
mands upon the market, and at the
same time the poultrymen will elm
mate more than half of their trOu-
Dles with diseases and parasites.
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
ROTARIAN SUGGESTS BEAUTIFICAFION
PROGRAM PLAN FOR CITY OF MILFORD
Continued From Page one)

on the east side of Clark avenue
/ from the property of Mrs. George
Hall to that of Mr.. TrOpea; and ap-
proximately IS were given to the
high school for planting from the
Caulk property to the new high
school building. In years to come,
these trees will provide much beau
ty and shade to this end of the town
and it is my belief that the Caulk
Company could plant at least 100
additional trees on the outlines OF
their property in this end of the
town, before the job would be COM
plete.
With this as a guide. our club be-
lieves that at least 1000 trees could
be planted in our town this spring,
and if this is done, it will prompt
additional planting later on. People
will begin to realize the beauty of
shade, and before many seasons
pass, plan will have been complet-
ed which will afford beauty and
pleasure to Cur citizens in the
years to come.
tary project for the present year,
talked the matter over with one of
our local nurserymen, Lester Low
EFT, on one of his visits to Milford
only ten days or so ago. Mr.. Lovett
was greatly enthused over the idea,
and mentioned the fact that trees
were cheaper now than they had
ever been-to his knowledge-and
probably would never be so cheap
again. He stated that he would be
glad to offer any assistance that he
could in the development of such a
plan, and further stated that he
would be glad to donate few trees
for some of the public properties of
our town.
This plan of Identification could
be extended to small prizes being Of
fered for flower gardens and beauti-
full yards, and in the end, this
would not only aid in our program
to make Milford "The Garden City
of Twin Countless" but during the
present year, when there is so much
distress among our townspeople,
this program would tend to furnish
jobs for the unemployed. Not only
would the immediate program offer
relief, but as our citizens began to
take greater interest in their plant
ing and gardens, this would offer
day work to a number of men
throughout the simmer months.
The Rotary Club is anxious and
eager to assist our Mayor and the
City Council in such a program, and
it is our belief that our many citi-
zens would be happy to cooperate in
having their properties beautilied, if
they could he relieved of the re-
sponsibility and details of having
the work done.
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
STOP YOUR son OR DAUGHTER
FROM BREAKING LAWS

One of the dangers which children,
especially boys of from ten to six
teen years of age, run In relation to
automobile traffic is in begging rides
from passing motorists. According
to the Delaware Safety Council this
is a perilous practice and is in par
ticular evidence at the present time
in the streets of the cities and large
towns. 1t is a growing evil which
parents, teachers in the public
schools and city authorities find
difficult to combat.
In many cities and towns it is
against the law for anyone to station
himself in the street and thereby EN-
barrass and obstruct traffic. The
police or the traffic officers hesitate
to make arrests in the case of Offend
ing youngsters and reproofs and
warnings have had very little eff
feet in curbing this unsafe practice.
The remedy lies deeper. There is a
vital need In the home and in schools
for continuous, persistent and in
telligent campaign against this ex-
ceedingly risky habit. 1t is some
thing which has a double deteriorat-
ing effect on the child's character in
that it weakens the moral fibre and
also tends to develop spirit of
recklessness as regards danger. Both
of these drawbacks to the proper
building up of a boys mental atti-
tude are present I'm the custom of
appealing to the driver of an auto
mobile for free conveyance for either
short or long distance.
AS regards the physical dangers
attendant on soliciting free rides
they are apparent and numerous. To
stand in the street and necessarily
more or less in the direct line of
traffic, is to invite disaster from
several angles. First, it often in
jects a necessary element of peril
for the other drivers then the one
solicited as we'll as for the driver
who has been hailed. Drivers ap-
preaching the spot where the boy is
standing are often compelled to
swerve or at times to slacken speed
or stop entirely and this results in
collisions with cars following. If
the driver signalled by the boy stops
he is likely to risk a rear-end crash
or a side-swipe from a machine fol-
lowing and the boy in the street may
become confused and in dodging
from an oncoming car dart in the
path of another automobile with
resultant loss of life or serious in
iurv
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03

government is functioning so
| smoothly, our city lighting system
! has been improved, our city water
and sewer system has been extend
ed, would it not be the proper time
to consider the replacement in our
community of hundreds of trees
that have been removed?
The Rotary Club has a suggestion
to make for the accomplishment of
this plan in our community, and
which might be outlined as follows:
That a survey of the town be
made under the direction of the
City Manager, and note ON a map of
our city, each property in front of
which trees should be planted.
The survey of the City Manager
under the direction of our Mayor,
could be made in conjunction with
one of our local nurseries, in order
that suggestions for planting might
be made at the time the survey is
made.
After this is done, the nursery
could suggest list of trees and Il
schedule of prices-which would re-
lieve the property owner of all re-
sponsibility of planting, and these
prices would guarantee the trees to
live or requirements made.
After the survey is completed, the
suggestions for each property could
be noted on separate sheets of pa
per. which could be divided up ac-
fA - Of
our city.
The members of the Rotary Club
would be happy to assist the Mayor
and our City Manager by acting as
a committee to call upon the resi-
dents and explain to them our beau
tification program, and state that in
the survey made by landscape
nurseryman-cOoperating with our
city council-it was suggested that
planting on their property be as fol-
lows. For example, il the program
called for two Norway Maple trees
a 50 each, this would represent a
total cost of S4 for the trees plant
ed, and if they would sign the slip
authorizing the town to plant these
trees, it would be done without any
bother On their part, and these
trees would be guaranteed to live.
Before proceeding with the plant
ing, these orders could be o. KID by
our city treasurer, he knowing from
his records the ability of the prop
erty owner to pay. e
Last spring, the Caulk Company
decided tc purchase so maple trees
from one of our Delaware nurseries,
to be planted in the neighborhood of
our plant building. About fifteen of
these trees were used to fill in va
cant spaces about our plant proper
ty; about 20 of them were planted !
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
Milford Grange News

At a joint meeting of the lectur-
ers and secretaries of the various
Oranges of the state, held at Cam
den on Thursday. January Goth, Mil
ford Grange was represented by
Mrs. Orlando Houston. secretary;
Mrs. Geo. N. Warren. lecturer; Mrs.
Bess Shew, state home economic
chairman; Miss Ida Rosa, Orlando
Houston and Watson Shew.
Sectional meetings were held in
the forenoon. After a delightful
luncheon, served by Fruitland
Grange, a joint session was held.
The conference was instructive
and interesting, Many suggestions
having been given that will prove
helpful to all who attended.
Ladies' Night was observed on
Saturday, January 28th, sponsored
by the Lincoln Division. A large
number were in attendance, both
local. yand neighboring grangers.
We are always glad to welcome 9TH
er grangers at any of our meetings.
The program consisted of musical
numbers, both vocal and instrument
al. The Grange Orchestra furnish
ed several numbers. Rev. Louis
Randall gave very instructive and
interesting talk to an appreeiative
audience. -st
Health" will be stressed at the
meeting on Saturday, February 4th.
A sketch entitled, Samantha Chan
ges Her Mind" will be one of the
features of the program.
The meeting will open at 1880
o'clock. . J., a., 14
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
Local And State NetUs

The Cardinal, or Red Bird, is with
us again.
Feb. 18th, Sunday, is Lincoln's
birthday anniversary.
Plant flowers in your yard and
garden which viii bloom all sum,
mer.
Buy your dressed chickens at the
M. p. bake Saturday at the North
Milford A. & ?. store. esaa
Yes, one wedding is scheduled for
June, 1888, among the faculty Of the
Milford public schools.
Fish hawks are due to return
about March goth, and the pesky
mosquito will arrive in May.
Miss Elizabeth Hammond will be
the leader of the Epworth League
service for Sunday, February 5th.
All young people are invited. a
A jig-saw puzzle social and en-
tertainment win be held in the
basement Of the NJ. p. Church FRI
day evening. February 10. Admis-
sion, Is cents. Pie and coffee free.
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Stop at the bake OF the Team No.
z at the A. & p. store (Mr. Palmer.
Mgr and buy your Sunday dinner.
We will have cakes, pies. potato
salad, beef soup and everything good
to eat.
The Ladies' Aid OF Slaughter Neck
will meet in the basement OF the
church Tuesday evening, February
7th, with Mrs. Cora Prettyman as
hostess. The committees in charge
of the Social Hour are Mrs. Argo and
Mrs. Farens. Itt is requested that
all members be present as there will
be a re-electio nof officers. Every
body welcome.
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
PHYSICIANS OUTLINE
TUBERCULOSIS FIGHT
[Conlinnfd from Firli Paael

l1OHtfHHca yfOM FHSf Aycl
The committee will shortly pre-
sent detailed report on the plan
whereby legislation would be intro
duced in the General Assembly in
Dover, to appropriate 100000 to
fight the malady.
Others on the special tuberculo-
sis study committee of the medical
society are: DR.. b. NJ. Allen, ]. NJ.
Barsky, b. B. G.. Blackstone, Lewis
l. Chipman, all of Wilmington; Dr.
Joseph Mcdaniel, of Dover; DR..
James Beebe. of Lewes; DR.. J. C..
Prickett, of Smyrna, and DR.. Bruce
Barnes. of SeafOrd.
DR.. Samuels characterized the tu-
berculOsis situation in Delaware at
present as ian emergency, which
must be met with emergency meas
.ures." Delaware led the nation in in
creased deaths from tuberculosis in
1881, records shows. While much of
this jump is believed to be due to
the increased poverty and lack of
proper food and sanitation among
the negroes, especially in DOWN
State villages, the increase among
whites has also been marked.
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
New Century Club Notes

At the Milford New Century Club
this week, Dramatic Art was the sub
ject. Mrs. M. Haswell Pierce, the
chairman, began the program by
reading a very comprehensive de-
scription of the Japanese lyric
drama, Madam Butterfly. In the
absence of a soloist, a recording of
the most favored number from the
opera, '"Some Day He'll Come" was
then given. 1.-The Debt, a story
written by Mrs. julius Scott, was
read by Mrs. G. Marshall Townsend.
Two piano duets, "Serenade," by
Mozart, and waltz from Faust" by
Gounod, were played by Mrs. Ed
ward Hurley and Mrs. Walter Bar
rett. Seven poems, written by Mrs.
Andrew Grimes, were also read by
her. The concluding number on
the program was the description of
the opera "Mignon," by Goethe. This
was read by Mrs. Edgar Wood. A
recording of "Gavotte", from Mig
non, was given.
Next week will be Bible Day with
Mrs. J. l.. Nichols as chairman.
The club hostess, Mrs. Oscar ID.
Ackerman, is desirous that every
member have their reservations for
the club luncheon in her hands by
Monday. The luncheon will be Civ
en- on Monday, February 1S, in the
Community Building.
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
SENATE PASSES
KLAR REPEALER
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[COniiHHed from First Pagel
After adoption of the Eighteenth
Amendment, however, the State Su-
preme Court ruled the Loose law
applied to Wilmington because Fed
eral prohibition was effective there
and the Loose law was construed to
apply wherever there is prohibition
of any kind.
Thus, Wilmington will be subject
to the Loose law, until the Eigh-
teenth Amendment is repealed. In
! the event of national repeal the
Loose law would he effective only i'll
the rural sections which have eXer-
cised local option, or until the Loose
law is modified. t%A
While physicians may prescribe
4 liquor, they could not give one per-
son more than one pint every ten
days and they could not handle
more than 100 prescriptions blanks
every 80 days. They. must also keep
a record of all permits. t.
"Steam roller tactics" was the
term Senator Keith, Republican. and
dry, applied to the proceedings
followed in the Senate in acting on
the bill. It came from the House on
Tuesday morning and was immedi-
ately referred to the. temperance
committee of the Senate. A short
time later Senator McIntire. chair
man of this committee, reported the
bill favorably, all five of the COM
mittee having signed the report.
The Senate had just convened for
the afternoon session when Senator
Glenn moved for suspension of the
rules. Under the Senate rules a bill
can not be acted on the same day
it is reported by committee. Senator
Keith then asked that the motion
to suspend the rules be submitted
in writing. This request was in ae-
cOrdance with rule No. ID OF the
Senate and which states that all
motions must be in writing upon
the request of any member.
President Pro Tenn W. A. Simon
ton ruled that Senator Keith was
ont of order. Senator Glenn's motion
to suspend the rules was then pass
ed. He next called for final action on
the repeal bill and il was passed.
81 am disappointed that dlgni-
fed body such as this should use
such steam roller tactics" said Sem
ator Keith, who plainly showed the
intensity of his feelings, not so
much because the bill was passed,
but because of the methods follow
ed. l can afford to be on the losing
side, but l regret we have lined up
to push this thing through. AS a rep
resentative of the young people OF
this State l am disappointed at this
action. am nearly 80 years old,
but as was stated here yesterday, If
wanted a drink now l would have
to ask where ! could get it. ] sub
nit my stand under rule No. 10 to
anyone and they will sustain my
rights under it, but was Overruled
and am hurt and disappointed"
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
MILFORD BOYS HELPED
SANTA DURING CHRISTMAS

Tribute for the work they did at
Christmas time was recently paid
10 John and Kenneth Jewell, Leslie
Blades and Sonny Herson of Milford.
when they were named on the Crafts
man Honor Roll as some of the
boys throughout the country. who
helped Santa Claus spread their
blessings far and wide. Equipped
with a few tools they spent many
extra hours in their workshop turn
ing out toys, games and novelties to
be given free to the lSiddies whose
Christmas stockings otherwise would
be empty. That they should know
of the happiness they brought was
pay enough for their time and ef-
fort. But as a special tribute their
names were placed on the Honor
Roll of the Home Craftsman Maya
zine. All of which proves that red
suits and white whiskers are not al
ways the stuff of which Santa's are
made.
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
PER RSONALS

Billy Adkins has been in Sails
bury for the past two weeks.
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Mrs. Mary Nutter attended the
Corseteers Convention on Friday in
the DUPONT Hotel in Wilmington.
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Garrett Grier, of Lehigh Univer-
sity, was the guest of his parents,
DR.. and Mrs. Walter l.. Grier, for a
few days last week.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Arlington r. Trice
of Abingdon, Pa, spent the weekend
with his mother, Mrs. Annie Trice
and family of Milford.
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Ray Wilson, of Chestertown Md,
has been spending a few days with
his family. Mr.. Wilson is a student
at Washington College.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herb Wrotten and
her sister, Miss Elizabeth Jones of
Newport were Sunday visitors of
Miss Cora Trice of Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver CJauss ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Clauss, Jr., were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
AlphOnsO Humes and daughter Ruth.
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Mr.. and Mrs. B. r. Baylis, of Phil
adelphia. spent the weekend with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Higman. of Milford. and Mr.. and
Mrs. f. NJ. Baylis, at Five Points,
near Lewes.
Miss Mary Vinyard has been
spending a few days with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Vim
yard. Miss Vinyard returned to
Newark on Saturday where she is a
freshman at the University of Del
aware.
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
ACCIDENT NEAR FREDERICA

Horace Johnson, of Selbyville, is
in the Milford Emergency Hospital
suffering with possible fracture of
the skull and decorations of the head
as the result of an accident near
Frederica Friday night. johnson
was riding in a machine by Fred T..
Carey, of Dagsboro, which was go
ing south. Near the scene of the
accident a car driven by James S.
Harris, of Bala, Pa, skidded on the
slippery road and the machines
crashed head on. Harris and Carey
escaped injury.
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03
GIRLS GLEE CLUB ~s
TO GIVE RECITAL

The Girls Glee Club of the Milford
high school will give song recital
in costumes on Wednesday, February
Sth, at s p. M, free of charge to
everyone. 1t will be given in the
auditorium of the high school.
The organization consists of 2S
of the finest young voices in this
section and it is hoped that all in
terested in good singing will take
advantage of this opportunity of
hearing them in recital. s%
A trio consisting of Prof. Arthur
Hudson, violinist; Mrs. ]. Harry
Humes, cellist, and Mrs. Gladys
Smith, pianist. will assist the club.
Remember the date. February Sth.
Mark this date on your calendars
and come out and give the girls
welcome.
Milford chronicle., 1933-02-03

Miss Virginia Mason, of Whining.
ton, was In town over the weekend
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Mrs. J. Cow Evans, of Cambridge
Nd, spent the first part of this week
with her mother, Mrs. Sallie Davis
Dr. and Mrs. Lester Adkins are
expected home this weekend. They
have been in Florida for two weeks.
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Mr. and Mrs. Donnell Marshall, OF
Wilmington, were guests of Mrs. A.
ID. Marshall over the past weekend.
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Miss Cortnea TettertOn has been
the guest of friends in town this
week before going to Lewes, where
she will be employed.
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Miss Edith Maris, of Philadelphia,
is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. w. S.
Irwin. Mrs. Irwin returned from a
visit to Philadelphia ON Saturday.
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Bob Stidham left ON Tuesday for
his home in Lorraine. Ohio, where
he will recuperate from Il recent
operation. Bob expects to return to
Milford soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Vinyard en-
tertained over the weekend DR.. and
Mrs. Thomas Metzgar of StrOuds-
burg. Pa. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Hurth of Norwood, Pa. and Mrs.
Philip Thomas of Knoxville, Tenn.
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Mrs. Davis r. Grier went to New
York City on Thursday, where she
will be the guest of DR.. and Mrs.
Shattuck. Mrs. Grier will
return home early next week. While
in New York City Mrs. Grier will be
he Delaware delegate to the East
arn Rural Districts Conference on
Y, w. G., A.