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Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW
OPENS NEXT WEEK

The famous Philadelphia Flower
Show opens in all of its glory next
week. and as usual many flower low
ers of Milford will make the trip to
see this gorgeous spectacle. II will
be held in the Commercial Museum
all next week. Many who visited
last years show were delighted with
the gorgeous display of the Bunting
Nurseries of Selbyville. who took one
of the biggest PRICES.
This years show will be bigger
and more beautiful than ever. and
in recognition of the ambitious ef-
fort. the Poor Richard Club of Phila-
delphia presented its achievement
medal to the Flower Show AssOcia-
tiOn on Thursday.
The Philadelphia Flower Show is
Philadelphia first The first
Flower Show in America was held I'm
Philadelphia by the Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society hundred and
two years ago. The present massive
floral pageant is an OutgrOwth of this
earlier show.
Millions of flowers of every con-
ceivable kind. all attractively ar
ranged as rose. azalea. tulip and hy-
acinth gardens and thousands of
clusters of orchids. carnations, sweet
peas. artistieally grouped to go make
up a floral panorama that is indis-
cribable in its coloring and frag-
rance.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
GASOLINE TAX
SHOWS DECREASE

The gasoline tax paid into the
State Treasury on February was S79.-
0l7.S2 and fines collected for motor
vehicle violations $3.50. The gas
oline tax showed a decrease COM
pared with January due to bad roads
and not SO many automobiles being
operated. of $l6.10S49.
In the charter department the total
number of charters filed in Febru-
AIRY was 1914 against 253 filed in Jan
nary and the revenue from the 1914
charters was $7.S55 as against SlO,-
5l4.65 for January.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
LAUREL IL BANNER
RED CROSS TOWN

Besides leading the towns of the
State In Senior Red Cross member
ship this year. Laurel also ranks
near the top in Junior Red Cross
work. To date in 1884, lil schools
have reported membership of 81
957 members as against 29.277 MEM
bers from 147 schools during 1888.
Miss Maude Lewis. assistant ma
tional director of American Junior
Red Cross, is spending two weeks
IN Delaware. She will being Sussex
county on March IA and Is, visiting
the following schools: March IL, 10
a. M. Milford; 11:45 a. M. Lewes;
1916 D. M, Georgetown, and 3 p. m,
Bridgeville; March Is, Laurel, p.
m. and SeafOrd, y. M.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
Obituary

TRUITT
John 5. Truitt, aged SO years. died
suddenly at his home, near Ellen
dale. Tuesday, March 6. 1884. Funer-.
al at Slaughter Neck Church today
(Friday). Rev. Willis officiating and
interment in the adjoining ceme-
terry. He is survived by two sons,
John and William TTuitt, and one
daughter, Mrs. Willis Russell of Mil
ford.
xxx
WEBB
Mrs Jael T. Webb. wife Of Harry
w. Webb, died Thursday morning.
February IS, in the Milford Emer-
gency Hospital. Mrs. Webb was So
years old. The funeral was held at
the home Of her son, w. Truitt
Webb, in Milford. on Sunday, at two
O'Clock. Rev. r. G. Conner of Ellen
dal, was i'm charge of the services.
Interment made in the family lot in
Hollywood cemetery. Mrs. Webb is
survived by her husband and three
sons. Guy F. Webb. w. Truitt Webb
and James G. Webb, all of Milford.
Mx&
HUDSON
Rachel S. Hudson. aged 80 years.
(cOlOred) passed away at the home
of her daughter on Thursday. March
/, 1884. She leaves three sons and
two daughters, Clara Shockley. of
with whom she made her
home; Mrs Ida NJ Collins of Palmy-
ra. n. j., AlonZo Hudson, Brooklyn,
n. Y. Herman Hudson. Philadelphia.
Crawford Hudson of Milford and sew
eral grandchildren. Funeral services
were held Monday afternoon at the
home of her daughter at p. m. In
made in Levi cemetery. Rev.
0'Neil and Rev. Walters officiating.
xxM
STAYTON
Home StaytOn, age 30 years. well
known aviator. died at his home i'm
Milford Monday evening of scarlet
fever after a few days illness. Mr..
Stayton was quarantined at home
" nth his family and contracted the
malady from his children who had
the disease last week. On account of
he nature of the disease he was
buried Tuesday afternoon, the day
after his death. Mr.. Stayton was the
first licensed air pilot of Milford
and was well known in aviation
circles. II is said that he was ex-
.remely competent. He had been en-
Dloyed by an airplane company. He
Santa Claus for the
of Milford last Christmas.
lying to Milford in plane. He is
by a wife. who was the Cor
ner Emma Lindale, and five young
sons.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
ODD FELLOWS NOTES

Grand Master Clarence Jester and
STAFF of the Grand Lodge of Delaware
/. o. o. +. will make his official visit
to FELTON, Lodge, No. so. next Monday
evening.
1t is expected that a delegation of
Crystal Fount Lodge. No 10, will
accompany the Grand Master.
Last Monday evening the Grand
Lodge officers visited Ocean Wave
Lodge, No. 43. at Rehoboth, accom-
panied by a delegation from Union
Lodge. No. 8. of Georgetown. headed
by District Deputy Grand Master
Thomas Pnrneli.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
DECLAMATION CONTEST

The Junior High School Glass Dec
lamation Contest which is a new fea-
ture i'm the school life OF Milford will
be held this year ON the afternoon
of Tuesday. March 18th, from go to
(. Those who participate in this con-
test will be in grades .. and z. as
classes of 1887. 1888. 1889. A ban
ner is being secured as class
trophy.
The public is always welcome at
an assembly of this kind i'm our
school auditorium.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
FLOOD WATER IN MILFORD

The section of Milford. around
Powders undertaking establishment.
bordering ON West Front street, was
isolated last Saturday afternoon and
evening by the overfiowing of the
ditch, that cuts through the street at
this point. The water rose to a depth
of Is inches. The area was then or
deTed roped off by City Manager
Banning. and tratic was rerouted
until the flood waters subsided.
late Saturday night.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
KEEPER OF LIGHT
AT POST 30 YEARS
GConiinHtd from Fnm Ps0s]

ICOHfiHHFd from FiTSf PS0S]
cursionists on a pleasure yacht in
distress.
When her husband has been other
wise engaged she has manned" the
heavy operating mechanism of the
fog horn and tOiled away at it. At
still another time, a gale having
smashed the glass covering of the
lantern, she patiently stood watch,
through storm and blizzard, and
tended the light.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
RE.EMPI IOYMENT OFFICE COMPLETE PLANS FOR
In NEW QUARTERS LEGION BANQUET, BALL
[Coniinued from Firn Pagrl

The following is a list of the Com
mittee Chairmen who are making
this banquet and ball possible:
Banquet COmmittee-EIarry Petty
john.
Ticket Committee Anthony Sum-
mers.
Publicity and Distinguished Guests
The Rev. VIM. S Irwin.
Committee on Program, Entertain
meut--H. C.. Mitten.
Decorating Committee-Frank FL
ton and Auxiliary
Reception Committee and Dance
Col. W. Z. Lank.
General Chairman-A. f. Faix
The Auxiliary Unit of the Post are
cooperating with the LegiOnaires
i'm making this affair one of the out
events in our community.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
WOODS FIRE IN MILFORD NECK

A woods fire of large proportions
occurred in the Milford Neck Sec
tiOn Tuesday afternoon and threat
ened several homes. The fire ragged
in tract of timber known as the
Jenkins land" about three miles
northeast of Milford. II also burned
on the Martin farm which adjOins
this stretch. The Martin home was
threatened and several other build
ings. The Carlisle Fire Company of
Milford held the blaze in check de-
spite heavy wind which blew the
flames into the heart of the wood
land.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
CAR FIRE ENDANGERS
FARM PROPERTY

An automobile on fire endangered
the buildings of the farm of Jacob
Rosa, near Milford. on Monday eve
ming. Mr.. Rosa's son had just driv-
en- the car in the yard and parked
il near some buildings when 1t was
seen to be on fire. The Carlisle Fire
Company of Milford was called but
the fire. was practically extinguished
before the arrival of the hremen.
Mr.. Rosa is past master of the
Delaware State Grange.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
CLUB MINSTREL COMING

March 18th at MilwOod Community
Hall at 7.3O Friday evening. The
Ellendaie Baseball Club having
picked their choice talent also ac-
quiring the talent Of other indiVid-
uals OF their county. are showing no
mean ability. Their first show put
on in their home town last week
when traffic was almost impossible
ON account Of the blizzard was pat
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
ROTARY CLUB NEWS

AT their weekly luncheon held in
the Hotel Windsor, the RotarianS
we're addressed by u fellow member
Louder Hearn, who used for MS
topic, "The Bankers Lament" Mr..
Hearn dwelt in length on the pres
ent condition of banks and banking
In the past. and to some extent with
the future. The address was both III
teresting and helpful.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09
Weddings
ROGERS = WRIGHT

ROGERS WRIGHT
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Wright of
Newark. N. j., announce the mar
riage of their daughter. Miss Bea-
trice L. Wright to Joseph w. Rog-
ers. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph S.
Rogers. of Milford. The ceremony
was performed Saturday. February
,. 1884. at Elkton. Md. Mr.. and Mrs.
Rogers will make their home in
Newark, N. J.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09

rOnized by more than 200 individuals.
coming from different towns in the
county. Come out to MillwOOd on
the 10Th and have a good side-split-
ting laugh.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09

In honor of two birthdays, one
just passed and one in the I'M
mediate future. the Mems Mon
day Night Bridge Club met at
$50 on Monday to be the guests
of Harry Pierce and James p.
Pierce for dinner to celebrate
the occasions. Alterward bridge
was played and enjoyed. There
were extra guests AZ this meet
ing who were hapDs to be in
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09

IlIII1ISS1gI GAY NINETY" birth
day is one many of
IA N us will never reach,
3gk " but it does belong to
- Mrs. William Harri-
son Davis. who on Saturday cele-
brated her ninety-first birthday.
Immediate families are usually
the ones interested in birthdays.
Not so, however, with Mrs.
Davis. Messages came from
friends from all parts of the
country. the farthest one, prob
ably, being from Honolulu, from
Mrs. John Hudson, the former
Miss Eva Deputy. Interested
friends came all day long TO add
their good wishes for another
happy day. At o'clock a dinner
was given at her home to which
the children, grand and great
grandchildren were invited as
well as few guests. They were
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Ackerman.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Askerman,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jacobs, Mrs.
william Boldly and son. Mr., and
Mrs. Edward Walls, Mrs. Caleb
Smith. Miss Mabel Smith. Miss
Florence Austin. and Miss Myrtle
FarrOw of Milford; Edward NJ.
Davis, of New York City, and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mertz, Of
Wilmington. Mrs. Davis is very
active. and enjoys visits with her
friends over the telephone. She
keeps up with the times. too, by
the reading of the newspapers.
In summer her garden is her
pleasure. II is wonderful to
have lived such busy life, and
to have the heart strings of the
community pull in nnisOn on
each March 3rd. for one dear
lovely lady. In the words of
CheeriO, Everyone get ready,
concentrate, wish" for another
happy birthday for Mrs. Davis.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09

Help those in needy circumstances
through the Kings Daughters in
Milford. They know when assistance
must be given now.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09

cluded. They all were C. d.
Abbott, Robert Griffith, Dilbert
NJ. Joseph, NJ. Haswell Pierce,
G. Marshall Townsend. W.
Vaules Grier, and George T.
Macklin. of Bridgeville.
~
The Mid-Week Bridge Club
was the guest of Mrs. Joseph
Cook on Wednesday at her home
in "The Towers"
u
Friends of Mrs. Harry Lat
chum will be glad to know that
she is somewhat improved after
an operation i'm Jefferson Hos
pital, Philadelphia, on Tuesday
OF last week.
"
On Monday evening of next
week Dorothy Waldo Phillips
will give the play Death Takes
Holiday" The attendance the
past week was the best yet. AS
time goes on the appreciation of
Mrs. Phillips art and ability is
keener. There will be only three
more such evenings in this
cOUse.
u
Mrs. Phillips Jacobs had plan
ned a WashingtOn's Birthday
party at her home near town,
but the snow and general bad
weather caused her to postpone
II until Wednesday evening of
last week. The delay took away
none of the enjoyment, however,
for the guests arrived at $50
for supper. followed by an eve
ming of cards. The guests were
Miss Alice Brown. Miss Mabel
Smith, Miss Virginia Fisher, Miss
Mary Sharp, Miss Marion Shock
ley, Miss Mildred Hill. Miss
Florence Austin. Miss Florence
Potter. Miss Emily yinyard. Mrs.
Duane Lynn, Mrs. William Nut
ter. Mrs. James Pettyjohn, Mrs.
William Ackerman, Mrs. John
Jacobs, Mrs. Curtis Vinyard.
Mrs. Paul Monroe. Mrs. Howard
JamisOn, Mrs. Anna Wychoff.
Mrs. James West and Mrs. Frank
Haggett.
"
The Kmgs Daughters will meet
with Mrs. Walter x. Barrett on
Thursday. March Is.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09

The Kmgs Daughters will meet
with Mrs. Walter x. Barrett OH
Thursday. March Is.
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09

GAY NINETY" birth
day is one many of
us will never reach.
but it does belong to
Mrs William Harri-
Milford chronicle., 1934-03-09

Friends Of Mrs. Harry Lat
chum will be glad to know that
she is somewhat improved after
an operation i'm Jefferson Hos
pital. Philadelphia. on Tuesday
Of last week.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
NAz|S' CREDITORS
DIVIDED ON PLANS
Swiss and Dutch Favor Con.
tinuing Present Trade
Arrangements.
BY the. Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, April 30-Representatives
of Germany's creditors reassembled
today to find that the determined
hopes of Switzerland and Holland for
the continuance of their present dis
criminatory treatment may prove one
of the stumbling blocks for the pres
ent transfer conference.
The Swiss and Dutch are by no
means In complete accord with other
creditors Of the Reich. Their argu-
ments continue to be that by per-
mitting an import surplus from Ger
many they have set up an unusual
condition which must not be over
looked and which justifies their de-
mands.
Through this surplus. it Is pointed
out, Germany gains foreign exchange
and this fact is construed by the
Swiss and Dutch as a gain to other
creditors.
1t follows that these two countries
are unwilling to accept the argument
that Germany can pay only with
goods and service.
On the other hand observers point
out that Hjalmar Schacht, president
of the Reichsbank, cannot fail to play
in sympathy with the Swiss and
Dutch as trump cards in his tactical
efforts toward an agreement between
his desires and the creditors de-
mands
Switzerland and Holland are un-
Evening star., 1934-04-30

derstood to be prepared to accept DR..
Schacht's stand that to disturb Ger
many's internal economy at present
would be disastrous and that relief
must come from the outside.
j The Swiss and Dutch viewpoint Is
understood to favor at least temporary
reduction in interest rates and united
efforts TO facilitate markets for Ger
man exports.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
$3,615 REWARD OFFERED
Texans Contribute Sum to Get
Highway Officers Slayers.

AUSTIN. April 80 (P-L. G..
Phares, chief of the Texas highway
patrol, has $3,615 in the bank to be
turned over to the person who cap
lures the Easter Sunday slayers of
two highway patrolmen. The money
has been received in small contribu-
tions from all parts of the State.
Clyde Barrow, the Southwest's arch
criminal, and his woman companion
Bonnie Parker, are suspected of hav-
ing killed the patrolmen near Grape
vine.
In addition to the reward fund
being raised by Phares, Gov. Miriam
A. Ferguson has posted reward for
the killers
Evening star., 1934-04-30
RANCHER A CANDIDATE

OKLAHOMA CITY, April 80 (R.-
Col. zack T. Miller, last Of the lol
Ranch brothers, who has participated
in many forms of racing in his day,
from dogie chasing to horse racing
and terrapin derbies, now has entered
a political race.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
SC0LDED BY MOTHER,
CHILD KILLS HIMSELF
Coroner Believes He Put Moose
Around His Neck to Brighten
His Parents.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
UNIONTOWN, Pa. April 30
Shortly after his mother scolded H.
year-old Sam Coffman yesterday for
not going to Sunday school she found
him dead in the basement of their
home, hanged by a leather belt sus-
pended from a rafter.
Coroner F. A. Baltz said he believes
the boy placed the moose about his
neck to frighten his parents and that
an express wagon on which he was
standing skidded from beneath him,
making the Suicide" really acci-
dental.
Evening star., 1934-04-30

Full Size Garden
Spdding Forks, Ed.
It's a real fork, G. 70
made to stand &4s03
the hardest service. Spe-
cially priced at only $1.39.
1st Floor
Evening star., 1934-04-30
More Melons Planned.

A preliminary survey indicates
acreage planted to watermelons in the
southern part Of Georgia will be in
creased 80 to 40 per cent this season.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
Child Killed by Train.

GARY, Ind. April 80 R.-David
Odessio, g. was killed yesterday when
he stepped in front of an Indiana
Harbar Belt train while playing near
his home.
The Washington times., 1934-04-07

WASHINGTON TINES the 1917
n Northwest Washington, O.
Fitzpatrick managing editor
The Washington times., 1934-04-07
Cherry Blossom Time
In the National Capital

LII Cue NdClOAdI CaplCdl
The lure of Washington the City the Nation takes on
added luster these beautiful spring days.
Nature always bounteous in her treatment Of the city
which has been set aside the seat Of Government outdoes
herself in this though joining in the efforts of
the people Of the entire nation to establish the banks of
the Potomac wonder city.
Within few weeks the thousands of Japanese cherry bios
som reesthe contribution friendly Empire to the Joys
Of the city-wiu burst into bloom.
Lining two Of the most beautiful parks in the city
these trees set off garland the sweeping and uxu
RANT growth Of the river bank.
In themselves these beautiful trees with their myrads of
pink and white blossoms attraction enough to warrant
long journey.
Supported they by the countless other attractions
Of the Federal City the cherry blossom trees prove an ire
sistible lure.
This year for the first time the residents Of the National
Capital invite their fellow citizens from all parts Of the
country join them in festival celebration of the joys Of
cherry blossom time to be held in Washington April 49, 20
and 81.
With pOmp and pageantry the blooms will be welcomed
and Washington has prepared especially hOpitabs pro-
gram for all who visit the city for the celebration.
The Washington times., 1934-04-07

which they were written, per-
haps, but near enough to be
worth 100000 to Mr.. Kreym-
borg. Personally, I think that
Mr.. Kreym borg owes Mr..
Durante 100000.
The poem in question does,
it is true, recall one Of Mr..
Durante's more advan d
oratorios.
"She likes to make shades, vel
low shades for the windows,
But if you ask her why she likes
to make shades, yellow
shades for the windows,
She will not tell you why"
AS remember it, Mr.. Durante
improves on this slightly by
adding another shades, yellow
shades, for the windows" so
that the final line runs: "She
will not tell you why she likes
to make shades, yellow shades,
for the windows" Certainly,
the more shades, yellow shades,
for the windows" you can get
into a poem like this, the better
it is. Mr.. Kreymborg is proba-
bly, burned up at having Mr..
Durante beat him at his own
game.
If it is true that Mr.. Durante
has had access to the poets all
this time without our knowing
it, why has he not made Use Of
Gertrude Stein, the Great Feeder
for Comics, or E. E. Cummings,
the Lowercase King? In the
work of the boys and girls who
left their capital letters in Paris
and went in for blindman's-buff
poetry all over the Left Bank,
there Is a veritable Durante
mine, compared with whose
yield the comparatively sing.
The Washington times., 1934-04-07

And the next moment-as vague
and distant as a desert mirage,
unsubstantial, eluding physical
and mental grasp.
But always, at II, life is in
tensely personal. You realize
there are other people on earth
...other experiences than yours.
But they have no place in your
consciousness save as they af-
feet you, personally. They do
not make you laugh, cry, brood
or burn. Life means YOU-at
II.
Are you 81? Life, if you're
normal, has changed at q. It is
no longer so dream like. It has
become much more real-pain-
fully real. You no longer com.
plain that you "can't under
stand it." You're beginning to
feel that you understand it all
too well.
You clearly See-or think
you see-its heartlessness and
hopelessness. Sometimes you
rail against it. More often you
resign yourself to sour cyni-
cism-or embittered indiffer-
ence. There are times
many times-when you hate
life and conclude that it isn't
worth the living.
AS you grow older this feel
ing is apt to harden about you,
like a shell. You think you're
growing wiser. You boast that
you're becoming sophisticated
> =. philosophical. But you're
not. You're simply drying up!
Though you do not realize it,
you're seeing life from as
childish a viewpoint as you did
The Washington times., 1934-04-07

novel writer's predicting prac-
tically every invention that was
to come after them. For in.
stance. it is only within the
past two years or so, that Sir
Hubert Wilkins essayed to eX-
plore the polar regions in sub
marine. Well, back on January
IA. 1893, Lou Severance's young
hero, Frank Reade, jr., was up
there in an underSea boat,
driven by electricity and he
found that the North Pole was
fixed on a great rock under
the ocean.
However, to judge by my own
woodShed days, these highly i'm.
aginative tales ran only a poor
second to the things which were
going on in the wild and woody
west, which we took as gospel
truth from the pens Of the dime
novelists. The doings, for ex-
ample, of DeadWood Dick, told
in 81 thrillers by Edward L.
Wheeler.
Deadwood Dick
The Deadwood Dick of flc-
ton died with the development
of the west and the turn OF the
century. But the DeadWood
Dick of flesh and blood lived on
beyond the day that an air.
plane whisked him from the
Dakota hills to the White House
in Washington, where he ex-
tended to Calvin Coolidge the
invitation to spend the summer
in the Black Hills, which iaVl'
tation the President accepted.
The real Deadwood Dick was
Richard w. Clark, born in Hans
borough, England, on December
is, 1845. Coming to America at
the age of 16, he drifted West
from Illinois, heading for the
gold diggings in the Black Hills
and barely escaping the fate OF
Custer at Little Big Horn
Frontiersman, prospector, Indian
scout and stagecoach guide, ne
was a picturesque figure in ms
blonde, long curls and Ine
beaded buckSkin.
There never was a nugget LOST
while Deadwood Dick guarded
the Cheyenne Deadwood stage,
but, on the whole, Edward
Wheeler made his thrillers OUT
of his own wild imagination.
Richard w. Clark lived to tne
age of IS, and on the eleventh
of May, 1880, while a blizzard
ragged, they carried him to a
mountain top and placed him IN
his grave, a cavern hewn from
the rock. Mount Roosevelt. WIN
its monument to President Theo'
dore, is on one side. Mount
Moriah is on the other side, with
the graves of Wild Bill HickoK
and Calamity Jane. Three KIN"
dred spirits again reunited IN
the Hills Of Home.
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