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Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04
o. H. Connolly and family.

o. H. Connolly and family.
Joseph Shek was badly burned
about the hands and arms as a re-
suit of an explosion of cleaning fluid
on Monday afternoon, in his tailor
shop on Second street, which set
! fire to the building.
Mr.. Shek grabbed a can of the
burning fluid and threw il out of the
front door in hopes OF preventing a
spread of the flames and was sever
ely burned. He was taken to the
Beebe Hospital for treatment.
The Lewes Volunteer Fire Com
pany succeeded in saving some of
the clothing and interior of the
building. but the exterior was badly
damaged by flames. The blaze ignit-
ed the ancient Ingram home. one of
the Oldest houses in. Lewes, next
door, but was extihguished before
any appreciable damage had been
done.
The shop is in one of the only two
office buildings in the town.
This is the second fire Mr.. Shek
has suffered in a little over a year.
his home on Front street having
been destroyed by fire in February
1888.
Members Of the Delaware MosQui-
to Control Commission held their
monthly meeting in Lewes on Tues
day afternoon with Mr. Corkran, ex-
ecutive officer. in the post office
building.
Mrs. Marguerite Laurltsen Mason,
wife of Charles H. Mason. of Ken
nett Square. Pa, died in the Temple |
University Hospital on Wednesday |
evening. April 25. The cause of her
death was spinal meningitis. She
was 35 years of age. She is survived
by her husband. Charles H. Mason.
three children, Ann, Virginia and
Charles, Jr.. one brother, Allen L..
I.auritsen and her father. Louis Lau
risen The funeral services were
held at her late home near Kennett
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04

who had gathered into the audi
tOrium.
Although the lights went off
around seven and remained off until
after time for the program to start,
few people left the building. Many
arriving during this period. how
ever, turned back without getting
out of their cars. After the lights
were restored. the program was rem
dered and the viewing of the dis
play continued. Since the lights
went out during the time scheduled
to take the people through the
building, candles were used wher-
ever possible. Even then several
hundred people who came to see the
exhibit were deprived of this privi-
lege Therefore, the display, as far
as possible. has been left intact, and
letters have been sent to parents
inviting them TO visit any time dur
ing the week. MANY people from
various sections of the district. as
well as from other towns. are com
ing in daily to visit the school and
view the handicraft work done by the
children of the MillsbOrO Consoli-
dated District.
MiilsbOr0 Seniors tO Present Play
The Senior Class of the Millsboro
High School will present "A Sweep
ing Victory" in the school audi
tornn Friday evening at o'clock.
The play. which is comedy in
three acts, is being coached by Mr..
ana Mrs. Darden. As tickets are
selling very rapidly, 4 large atten-
dance is expected The proceeds of
the play will go to help defray the
EXPENSES of the Washington trip.
Harry Nichols. manager of the
newly organized baseball team called
4 meeting al his home at O'Clock
ln Monday evening. Twelve enthu- .
iiaalic boys We're present, from
y ham We're elected the following
lilicrrs: Coach, ). p Darden: Man
ieer, Harry Nichols; Captain Paul
Nears; President. Howard Sipple:
,icr pre- ident, William L.0fiafnd:
ir,retary. Edward Sipple; Treasur-
.r, Paul EllinGsWOith Mascot, Billy
-inslr and Leroy Monroe, News re-
porter. Ned Carey.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04
SUGAR HILL
Near NilliamSVIlle)

9rrvic". a. f'ir Sblud NJ. T. Church
SUNDAY viii be- a. follows. SUNDAY
echunl az 9.:0 iollowcd 10y preach
ing Al II! Sunday evening, praise
hrrllnr. Friday eV"ninn. PRAYER
urrtin".
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eashum uf
Camden. Del. were week k-end guests
of Mr. and Mrs. sam t.ashum. Mis-
Charlotte Ea>hum returned to her
home Sunday.
Misses Georgetta Walker. Althea
Pepper, Eva Leap and Anna Will
liams. Carl and Nelson Pepper mo-
tnrcd to Chincoteague, Va. Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Pepper and Mr.
and Mrs Jim DerricksOn were Sun
day afternoon callers of Mr.. and
Mrs Dave DerricksOn, ST.
Mrs. Garrison Long visited her
I'M. hand in Baltimore the past week
MI and Mrs John Hastings and
daughter. ur Philadelphia. visited
relatives here last week.
Mrs Lille Jones and Nathan
kravitz of Philadelphia spent the
week lend here.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04
LEWES

Miss Elizabeth Connolly of Will
mington, spent the weekend here
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. o. H.
Connolly.
The Lewes High School baseball
team defeated the Georgetown High
School team by score of to 4 on
Tuesday afternoon at Lewes.
Mrs. Annie Morgan who has been
spending the winter months in Phil
adelphia has returned to her resi-
dence on Mulberry street for the
summer.
The "Breakwater House" on Lew
: es Beach is now open for the sum-
mer business. f.. J. Gray is the pro-
prietOr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Johnston
have returned from the sOnth and
are now residing at their home on
State street
The homestead property of the late
Hattie a. Mills will be sold at pub
lie sale ON Saturday, May S. at 2 p.
m. The property is located on Third
street in I.ewes and the sale will
take place on the premises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Carter and
family have closed their residence
on Market street and have moved to
their cottage ON the beach.
The condition of Mrs. Mary z.
Maull. who has been confined tn the
Beebe Hospital for some time, has
improved al this writing Mrs. Maull
is expecting TO return home some
time this week.
Howard Long of Philadelphia
spent the Weekend here at the Long
cottage on the beach.
Miss Mildred Dennis, who was in !
mred in an automobile accident sew |
eral weeks ago, is able to be Out |
again Miss Dorothy Davidson. who |
was also hurt in the same accident,
* improyin5 at this writing.
Mrs Scipio Tessadri, who has
been i'll in the Beebe Hospital, has
returned to her home ON Pilot Town
Road
Mrs. Mary Marshall, who has been
spending the winter months IN Sick
lrrlille. " j.. with her her daughter
and son-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
iidll s1lIltlItls idN ANAuA iANN W Nv
home here for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs Edward Wiltbank
10 Philadelphia during the
= eek
OF interest in Delaware and Penn
iylvania is announcement in Read
ns. Pa. of the engagement of Miss
Annabel BertOlet of Reading, TO
'aptain Nathaniel Hickman Evans.
,ilut of LCwes. by Mr.. and Airs Sam
Iel B. Bertolet. parents of the bride
q .be. Miss Bertolet is pOrtr0it ar
ist. having studied a number of
ears in New York and Philadelphia
nd two years in Paris. France. She
5 a member of the Reading Chapter
# the Junior League
Captain Evans is the second son
# Mrs. Louis p Evans and the late
'aptain Evans of I.ewes. He is a
member of the Pilots Association of
he Delaware Bay and River. lie at
ended the University of Delaware
here he was d member of the Kap-
IA Alpha Fraternity No date has
ct been set for the wedding. though
I is expected tn take place in Read
ng early in the summer.
4 reception was given in the Beth
J VI. T.. Church at l.ewes on Mon
ay evening for teh new pastor, Rev.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04
MILLSBORO

The Cottontown Minstrels of Ell
lendale will give an entertainment
in Dodd's Opera House on Thurs
day night for the benefit of the
Junior baseball team. The proceeds
will be used to get suits for the
boys.
Harry Nichols is manager of this
newly organized team and its officers
are: Howard Sipple. president; Will
liam Lofland, vice-president; Ed
ward Sipple, secretary; Paul FL
lingswOrth, treasurer. Paul Mears.
captain S. p. Darden, coach; Leroy
Monroe and Billy Tingle mascots
and Ned Carey, news reporter. Any
team of this class desiring Il game
should communicate with Harry
Nichols.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dewitt Rogers
and daughter Virginia and son John
Jr.. of Point independence, Mass.
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Mrs. Rogers sister, Mrs. Norman
Hickman.
The Order of United American
Men entertained number of visitors
from out-of-tOwn last Tuesday night
when Oliver Moore. Ephraim Hitch
ems, Albert Thoroughbred ana Ollie
Mithcell were initiated. Member
and visitors enjoyed the occasion
immensely.
The Gideonites had a pet-tOepther
meeting last Thursday night in Me
chanics Hall. Speechcs and gamee
added TO the evening entertain
ment.
Dr. and Mrs. W. b. Atkins spent
Monday in Philadelphia. and on Mon
day night attended Rotary meet
ing and banquet 10 which Dr Atkin-
was delegate.
Nh and Mrs. j A. Burton. Mr.
KaIe Burton and \ Wayne Burton
spent Sunday at Newport with NJ:
and Mrs. Walter Kemp
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Williams ana
children were guests OF Mr.. and /
Mrs. Ebert Williams in Milford on .
Sunday.
Alec Tinele spent one day last
week visiting with friends in phila-
delphia
The lilling station being erected
nv Carlton Lingo. AT the intersection
Of the Laurel Highway and the dn-
PGnt Boulevard i nearly finished
aud il is 4 very attractive building
Carry'a Church l. building Il com
house al the rear ul tlrii
newly rrmOdeled church and con
vinces one that the members uf thai
church are real P0-erttrrs.
II was estimated thai more than | I
a thousand people turned out to see {
he display and enjoyed the program I
given at the MillSb0rn Public School J
ast Friday evening The crowd be
gan to gather around q O'Clock and !
continued to pour into the building J
n constant stream until "A trans l
0rmer in that section of town
Inrmed out. plunging the huilding a
ntO total darkness. Though the &
was filled 10 its capacity J
md some fifteen groups, led by stu
tent guides, were On their way ]
hrnu"h the building looking ui the
displays exhibited in the vIrinu~ G
.onms, The order was perfect during /
he entire time THAI the building WA
void Of lights. The entertainers.
including Miss Evelyn Humphreys.
Mesars. Il. Moore. ID. Walters. T.
Ryan. G. DOnOway and J. Steele, fur
lished music and did all they pos a
IDLY could 10 entertain the people =
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04
zsr Man Recommends These Better balanced potash MIXTURE

2-e-10 fertilizer will help you make field
corn a cash crop, with ears filled our TO ths
tip with better quality, hieheF-feed-valus
corn. 2-8-I0 makes sweet corn sweeter. IL
helps control root rot, reduces frost injury
and makes plumper grains, aiding In me
formation Of starch and sugar
$50 is the fertilizer 10 use for tomatoes
If you want vigorous, healthy plants that
produce the smooth, firm, hleh qualify
tomatoes that are priced ON all marksts.
3-S-lO is also the best mixture for sweef Po-
tatOes, producing bigger yields of smooth,
chunky No. lis. lt5'
S-S-12 keeps vine crops thrifty over a long
period, producing cucumbers, cantalouPse
and watermelOns with firm Ineat OF fine
flavor. IL is also the best fertilizerfOr berries,
producing red firm berries Of excellent Favor
and better size with less cuils. ;.....
l-S-7 is fine fertilizer for peas and beans.
IL produces sweet, tender peas and &ell-
filled, crisp beans with plenty Of "snAP:"
Plan now TO use these befter fertilizers
for your crops this season. They are dsvel-
oped especially for DelmaFya conditions.
They are based ON years Of experiment and
the experience of leading farmers. Your fer
tilizer man recommends them.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04
CHAPLAIN'S CHAPEL

The gasoline burns which Charles
Smith experienced several weeks ago
are rapidly healing.
Mothers Day. Sunday, May 13.
will be observed in all churches
here.
Students from Washington College
will give a musical in the auditor
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04

Square on Saturday afternoon at two
O'Clock and interment made in the
cemetery at Kennett Square.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Mason were
born and raised in Lewes and Mrs.
Mason's death was a shock to her
many friends in this community.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04

ium of the Greenwood school, We'd
nesday. May 3. at 7:45 p. m.
The Ladies' Aid OF Chaplains held
meeting Thursday and was enter
tanned bv Mrs. Charles Passwaters.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04

Officers we're elected for the current
year and arrangements made to put
on play at Smiths school very
soon.
Sunday school at p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04

The man who gets ahead is the
one who plans and carries out the
plan.
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04

TEGUMES, such as sOybeans and cOwpeas,
- are generally considered to be soil build
ers. 1t is true that these crops can get nitrogen
from the airbut theydrawheavilyOn the soil for
phosphorus and potash, particularly potash.
For instance, each ton of sOybean hay re-
moves from the soil about AZ pounds of actual
potash, equal to "a pounds of muriate of
potash, or 40 pounds of fertilizer containing
lO% potash.
Each ton of cOwpea hay removes from the
soil about SO pounds of actual potash, equal to
100 pounds of muriate of potash, or $50 pounds
of fertilizer containing 1O% potash.
This explains why the plants often show signs
Of potash hunger. When sOybeans are starved
for potash they often suffer from an early,
false ripenin9 period, commonly called chlOrO-
sis. At about blossom time the edges of the
leaves turn yellow and then the yelOwine ad-
vances toward the veins.
ChlOrOsis is usually sign of low yield of
hay, poor quality seed and less organic matter
for the soil. Avoid this by liberal application of
high potash fertilizer such as 2-S-1O 1t is very
important that this be applied about two
weeks prior to seeding.
2-S-1O is properly balanced to produce vieOr-
Gus, healthy plants. Liberal use of 2-8-IO
results in bigger yields of better hay and
sound, plump seed at maturity. 2-S-1O fur
nishes plenty of phosphorus and potash, thus
preventing leeume crops from rObbing your
soil of these essential elements. 2-S-1O helps
to build up your soil because it maintains a
pIantfOOd balance and produces vigorous
growth which means more organic matter, and
more nitrogen added to your soil from the air.
Your fertilizer man recommends 2-S-1O for
sOybeans and cOwpeas. Use this better fertilizer
this season. 1t Pays!
Milford chronicle., 1934-05-04

'CC'hen you buy potash in mired fertilizer or
straight potash, it pays to make sure yOE
get genuine NV POTASH-the same potash
that has helped American farmers to produce
better yields and better quality for so years.
Evening star., 1934-01-11
Work on Loughboro House.
DANCING.

PROF. AND MRS. ACHER-33d year. Studio
1927 10th ct. NV. Class and dancing every
Friday, $3.50 TO 1880 pm, with orchestra.
rrivate lessons by appointment. MET. 4I8O.
Evening star., 1934-01-11
SHARE COST PLAN
PROPOSED
Hazen Suggests U. S., Mary
land and Virginia Contribute
to New Chain Bridge.

The cost of the construction Of the
proposed new high-level bridge over the
Potomac to replace the old Chain Bridge
should be shared with the District by
the Federal Government and by Mary
land and Virginia, because they would
share largely in the benefits, In the
opinion of Commissioner Melvin @.
Hazen.
This question will be taken up after
Congress has passed on the merits OF
the bridge project, he said yesterday.
The statement was made in commenting
on the action of the Commissioners
Tuesday in directing that there be in
estimates sum Of $4,000 for gen.
eral study of plans for the new bridge.
Commissioner EaZen has received
rough estimates that the projected new
bridge would cost in the neighborhood
of 81 200. 900.
He takes the position that II the Dis
trict carried $600,00 of such cost, the
Federal Government, Maryland and
Virginia each should contribute 5000, 600.
A suggestion along this line will be
incorporated in a report to the Com
missioners on the plans, If the Bureau
of the Budget and Congress approve
the use of $4,000 for study OF plans, ne
said.
Construction of the high-ievel bridge
near the vicinity of Little Falls was
suggested recently by the National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commission.
There is no reason" Commissioner
Hazen declared, why the District
should pay the whole cost for an elabo-
rate bridge when it Is obviously in
tended to be of benefit to Maryland and
Virginia as well as the District. We
could replace Chain Bridge for about
100000, II 1t were merely to serve Dis
trict residents"
Plans for the new high-level bridge
are tied in with plans for highway
connection with roads to Baltimore and
the South which would make it possible
for through traffic to pass around
Washington.
Evening star., 1934-01-11
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 1.-THE
gorilla population of the United States
is still two.
For q while it looked as though IL
might be cut SC per cent when Janet
Penserosa, prize exhibit Of the Bronx
zoo, came down with cold.
Janet, who is approaching her
seventh birthday. began ailing last week
Her long fingers pressed to an ap-
parently aching ear. she emitted from
time to time loud and unseemly noises
classified by her keeper as sneezes.
When q 1861 pound gorilla sneezes
it is not the subdued and ladylike
"choo" smothered in a handkerchief
by the average human.
Keepers prescribed hot lemonade and
an increased allotment Of cod liver oil
Recovery was almost immediate and
by way of showing her appreciation,
Evening star., 1934-01-11
JANET DRINKS HOT LEMONADE,
COLD GOES, BUT JANET REMAINS
Nations Gorilla Population Remains at T,oo as
Special Treatment Saves Bronx Zoo Mem
Der From, Death.

Janet went through q fne performance
on the flying trapeze yesterday.
The recovery Of Janet was no more
q matter Of interest In the Bronx than
to the entire scientific world because
of the manner in which she was raised
She arrived from Africa in October
1928. weighing 171a pounds, thin and
sickly. DR.. Charles v. Noback, zoc
physician, decided to violate all tradi-
tions, and instead Of keeping the gorilla
in sub-tropical atmosphere, to let her
live out doors in all kinds Of weather
Cod liver oil and foods that agree with
young humans were prescribed.
Janet thrived. For the five years OF
her sojourn at the zoo she has had
access to an outdoor cage in which Is
located the trapeze.
The only other gorilla in the United
States is in the Philadelphia zoo where
it is being brought up under the same
methods as used on Janet. The Ham,
burg Zoo has the only gorilla IN
Europe.
Evening star., 1934-01-11

Two Free Public Lectures by
DR.. Pieter K. Roest
Why Are We On Earth!
Thursday, Jan. IL, 1884, 8 PM.
Challenge of the New Era
Friday, Jan. IL. 1884, 8 PM.
Washington Lodge, 7. S.
1915 III st. NV.
Evening star., 1934-01-11
ATTORNEY HON0RED

Friends Of Alvin L. Newmyer, Wash
ington attorney, celebrated his 5oth
birthday anniversary Tuesday night
with q dinner In his honor at the May
flower Hotel.
Former District Attorney Leo A.
Rover was toastmaster. The more than
300 guests included members Of the
bar. and such prominent iurists as Chief
Justice Alfred Wheat and Justices F.
Dickinson Let's and Peyton Gordon
of the District Supreme Court. Rabbi
Abram Simon spoke eulogy Of Mr..
Newmyer.
Evening star., 1934-01-11
BRITISH SLUM EXPERT
WILL SPEAK MONDAY
Sir Raymond Unwin. Architect, to
Be Guest of American Civic
Association.

Advantages to be gained and OBJ
stacles to be overcome in a slum re-
development program will be the topic
or Sir Raymond Unwin. British archi-
tect, who will talk Monday evening
at Barker Hall at the Young Womens
Christian Association, as the guest of
honor at q dinner to be given by the
American Civic Association.
Presiding at the dinner will be
Frederic A. Delano, the association s
president and chairman Of the Wash
ington Committee on Housing. Joint
hosts will be the Washington Com
mittee of One Hundred on the Federal
City and the Washington Committee on
Housing. Public Works Administration
officials, the housing division Of that
group, the Washington Chapter of the
American Institute of Architects and
others identified with housing, planning
Evening star., 1934-01-11

and civic improvement here have been
invited to participate.
Acquainted with conditions here be-
cause Of his frequent visits to the
United States, Sir Raymond brings with
him o background in architecture, town
planning and housing. He Is the re-
tiring president Of the Royal Insti-
tute Of British Architects and former
chief technical ofiicer for housing and
town planning Of the British Ministry
of Health. The London government
carried forward its slum clearance and
reconstruction program under the di-
rection Of Sir Raymond.
Evening star., 1934-01-11

quarters made available by the Ameri.
can Institute Of Architects in the
Octagon House at Eighteenth street
and New York avenue Temporarily,
he Is located on the third floor front
the the Navy Building.
Evening star., 1934-01-11
c. v. A. surveying
HISTORIC. HOUSES
Unemployed Architects and
Craftsmen Measure Period
Residences.

With only little more than q month
before the program ends February is,
the Washington group of the Historical
American Buildings Survey Of the Civil
Works Administration yesterday an
nounced q number Of old houses here
which will be studied by unemployed
architects and craftsmen.
Maj. H. Brooks Price, district officer
Of the Washington area. explained it
Is necessary first to secure permission
Of the owners to measure the veteran
buildings. The list has been sanctioned
by the District of Columbia Advisory
Committee, which is assisting Mai.
Price.
Old houses which stand in danger of
being razed by fire, demolition for new
building, or even alterations in the
structures themselves will have pri-
ority under the G. w. A. program here,
which is designed to give employment
to architects and craftsmen who have
been out Of work. Mai. Price says
nothing shows the culture Of q par
ttcular period as does a house Of that
era.
Work on Loughboro House.
Three men are now at work measur-
ing the old Loughboro house on River
road. His advisory group has given
him permission to measure one Of the
old Chesapeake and Ohio Canal locks
In Georgetown. The old stone house
on M street, allegedly the headquar-
ters OF Gen. Washington. which stands
near the tuncture with Pennsylvania
avenue, will be measured.
One Of the old houses in Hamburg
village, q settlement that LEnfant
Evening star., 1934-01-11

Wireless for Defense.
Pretorias proposed wireless station
will be used primarily for the control
of the air defense of the Transvaal.
Evening star., 1934-01-11

found here when he prepared TO lay
out his new National Capital, will be
measured. This Is at Az Twentieth
street.
The old Peter house at 61s K street,
illustrative Of the 1896 period, which
George Washington visited, Is embraced
within the program. This Is q brick
house which has been covered over
with stucco, the major explained.
The w. A. Maury house at 302 @
street, representative Of the Ie40 period,
near the court house, has been pur-
chased by the District government a
part Of the site for the new Municipal
Center development. This structure
Will be measured.
Unit Group Studied.
The Joseph johnson house Of the
1880 period-a brick structure located
In the fields near Buzzards Points
set down on the c. w. A. program.
As an index Of the first example OF
houses built In unit groups, Wheat Row
on -and-a-half street on the road
to the Army War College, is considered
OF sufiicient architectural and historical
interest to find place in the c. w. A.
program.
Altogether, Maj. Price will have 1s
In his personnel group. The Wash
1ngton quota, three men and one
woman stenographer, has already been
filled. The work is being carried for
ward In cooperation with Thomas c.
vint, chief architect Of the ONCE OF
National Parks, Buildings and Reserva-
tions Some consideration is being
given by MAJ. Price to moving into