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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-23
WARRINGTON
School Fair

School Fair
The fifth annual School Fair, BY
the Department Of Vocational Agri.
culture, Vocational Home Economics
and Fine Arts and Industrial Arts
will be held November % and "a
Each department contain large en-
try lists. Miss Helen Clayton and
Miss Eleanor Ellis, instructors ol
home economics, will have charge 0l
class demonstrations dealing with
their work. No charge OF admission
All-Day Meeting
The New Century Club on Tuesday,
Nov. goth, had an interesting pro
gram when an all-day meeting was
held, with sewing in the morning
box luncheon at noon. The after
noon program will then be in charge
OF the. president assisted by Mrs.
Herman Brown and Mrs. G. 8. Har-
rington. Subject, Thanksgiving"
Postponed
Due to the extra number of turkey
suppers scheduled in this vicinity
on or around the original date set
for a supper by the Loyal Workers
(A0oo VI LuG OhuNClf AlG GOlA~
mittee has announced a postpone
ment until December Sth.
Died
A native OF Delaware and a life
long resident OF Kent County, hav-
ing spent 4S years OF her life in the
town Of Harrington. death occurred
to Mrs. Mary E. Knox. widow OF the
late William II. Knox, aged SO years
Saturday, Nov. 18th, 1884. The de-
ceased has been an invalid for the
past six months. Mr. Knox was
Civil War veteran and died eight
years ago. The deceased was a
member OF the M. P. Church for 76
years. Rev. H. l.. SchIincke had
charge, of the services, at her late
residence, Tuesday, Nov. goth. She
is survived by three children, Mrs.
Georgia Tatman, Texoma Okla, Ed
win Knox. Norfolk, Va; and Benz.
Knox. a local barber. There are
eight grandchildren including Ser
geant Charles B. Knox of the State
Police, and r. Fl. Knox, cashier of
the Peoples Bank, besides several
great-grandchlldren Interment was
made in Hollywood Cemetery near
town.
Union Service
Union Thanksgiving service will
be held in the M. P. Church, Rev. ].
Z. Parker. pastor of the NJ. Z.
will preach the sermon. The
services will start at 10 O'Clock.
GHnners In Special Car
Several railroad officials in their
own special car set on a siding in
the local railroad yards have been
enjoying cunning trip with Sena-
tor l. d. Short of Milford. The party |
included, c. S. Krick. vice-president |
Of P. r. r. Co.; w. G. Higginbottom, |
manager P. r. r. Co.: C. E.
WhitlOck, superintendent Maryland !
Division P. r. r. Co.; T. f. Cain,
chief claim agent, and E. NJ. Davis
Of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. c. Davis of Selby-
Vile, were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edmund Taylor on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Taylor were
quests of Wilmington friends on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. Schmidt
Ind Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Dunn
VI Wilmington visited local friends
IN Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-23
BISHOPvILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. John Lynch Of Phila-
delphia were weekend guests oil
Captain and Mrs. Curtis Law.
MIR. and Mrs. Mott Fleetwood are
now occupying rooms at the home OF
Mrs. Horace Esham.
Mrs. LYDIA Ringler spent the week
end with Mrs. Ellen WalstOn and
daughter Louise, of Berlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Ryan of
Georgetown, were guests on Sunday
of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Collins; they
also called on Mr.. and Mrs. James
Ryan.
Irma Birmingham of State Normal
School, Salisbury. Md. was home
over the weekend with her parents.
Mrs. Norman Ellis of Whaleyville
was a guest on Sunday OF Mrs. JOS
hua Hickman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Lynch were
dinner guests on Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Lynch Of Roxana. Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. A. Lynch of Williams
vile were also there.
King Morris and Tom Mccarthy
OF Philadelphia, spent last week
with E. r. Brittingham on hunt
ing trip.
Mrs. Ida Hudson of Georgetown
spent Sunday with her daughter,
Mrs. Alfred Nelson
Mrs. Daniel Collins spent Sunday
evening with Miss Nell Warrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Morris, Jr.,
and daughter Barbara, and Miss Roda
Lynch attended the chicken supper
served at Roxana school last Friday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Campbell OF
Milford were guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Nelson on Sunday,
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-23
OVERLOOK

"Ain't" it just beautiful Indian
Summer weather we have been hav-
ing for the past week?
The third quarterly meeting for
Nassau charge will be held Satur-
day morning, December /, at 10 a.
m.
Dealers are engaging holly
wreaths and took many for Thanks
giving shipments.
Everybody who will. may have a
turkey dinner next Thursday. The
turks" are plenty-but some high
er in price than last year.
Fred Johnson's friends were lucky
about turkey dinner; last Saturday
he served the real thing to a few
friends among whom were Charles
Mason and son, William Miller of
Kennett Square. Captain Frede is
splendid entertainer at turkey din
ners. especially.
Several Sunday visitors paid their
compliments to Mr.. and Mrs. Ira
Wells. Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Richards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warrington Vincent.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-23
HUDSON x ROADS
Near ROxana

Mrs. Maude Hudson has returned
home after spending a few days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ebe
Jones and family near Selbyville.
Joe Parks of Upland, Del. is visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hudson and
family here.
Mrs. Lille Hudson entertained her
son and daughter-in-law. Mr.. and
Mrs. Archie Hudson to a duck din
ner on Sunday. Callers in the af-
ternoon were Mr.. and Mrs. Levin
MaGee and Miss Alberta Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Evans and
daughter Shirley. of Millville, were
recent guests of her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Lynch here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lynch and
daughter Doris entertained Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Lynch of Bishopville,
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-23
DAGSBoR0

Mrs. Frank Chandler is very III
in d Philadelphia hospital, result Of
an operation for broken hip she
sustained almost year ago.
| A. .. Timmons, Herbert Calhoun
and Truman Campbell attended the
races at Bowie, Md, recently.
The services at the NJ. +. Church
Sunday afternoon were in charge of
Rev. Jones, and the evening services
in charge OF DR.. Holloway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Hickman had
as their guests Sunday. George Can
non of Lewes, and Mr.; and Mrs. Ir-
win Cannon of Philadelphia; they
were accompanied home by his sis
ter, Miss Edna Cannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar West Of Phila-
defphia spent the weekend with his
mother, Mrs Sarah West. They have
had as their guest, Miss Catherine
Cannon for the past week.
Robert Sammons entertained his
sons from Philadelphia, Sunday.
Louis Archer of Philadelphia spent
the weekend with his family here
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pennewill en-
NhEAA oOh ANOAaAlh VI
delphia, over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. John WiikersOn are
the proud parents of a baby girl.
Mrs. Wilkerson was formerly Miss
Ethel Figgs before her marriage.
Herman Kitchens has been suffer
ing with an infection of his nose.
John Mitchell, Jr., OF Philadelphia,
is spending a week with his parents.
Mrs. Oscar Harman and Decima
Donaway and Mrs. Mae Horner spent
Saturday evening at Salisbury.
Joseph Vickers of New York spent
the weekend with his family here.
VIM. f. Hudson is very i'll at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Murray
at Bishop. Md.
On November 9th at D. m. the
faculty will present the play. THE
Man From Nowhere" The proceeds
from this play are to pay for equip
ment needed in both athletic teams
and to settle several outstanding ac-
counts held over from last year.
Anything left over from this will
be used to buy playground equip
ment.
Just a word to the parents of the
school regarding our marking sys-
TEN of the school this year The
passing grades are ABC and ID with
E and F representing failure. "A"
means a grade between 30 |
and 100: "B" a grade from so to SO |
inclusive; &C" a grade from IS TO
70 inclusive; D. a grade from 40 |
to "A inclusive. This change was
deemed wise because the academic |
cannot be given for a grade !
lower than IS per cent. II was |
thought wise to make rs per cent one
Of the divisions in the grades mark |
ing. Also the d." although passing. |
is put in red to call attention of the
parents to the fact that the pupil is
near failure. The CO.
operation of the parents is requested |
in securing not merely passing |
grades. but mastery in subject study.
We believe most low grades are due
70 lack of work rather than the in
ability to do the work.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-23

Md, and Mr.. and Mrs William Lynch
OF Williamsville, Del, to dinner on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Hudson and
family and Mr.. Joshua Davis left
Sunday morning for Petersburg, Va,
where they are visiting her brother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Davis and fam
lily. They will return the middle of
the week.
Mrs. Mae Shockley and daughters
Louise and Helen Mae. spent Sun
day as the guests of her brother. Mr..
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-23
SEAFORD

Former State Senator James E
Dutton and Mrs. Dutton quietly OBJ
served their 54th anniversary a
their home the past week.
SOren E. Thompson, owner anC
former manager of the Sussex Hotel
has resigned as member of Town
Council, to which he was elected
last March for a term of three years
Mr.. Thompson is now a resident OF
Dover; he and Parker Allen having
purchased the Hotel Richardson. At
a special meeting last Friday night,
the Council elected Harry NJ. Bell,
to fill the unexpired term of Mr..
/ Thompson. The Council also set the
! date for the vote of the property
| holders on a bond issue for $150,00
| to install a municipality owned cleo
trio light plan, for Tuesday. January
s..
J. Burton Wainwright is i'll at his
home on Pine street.
Miss Anna Mae Bryan, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Bryan re-
turned home Sunday from the Kent
General Hospital in Dover where
she was operated upon for appendi-
citis.
Mrs. Karl P. Thompson is able to
be out again after having been con-
fined to her home In West SeafOrd
for the past three weeks.
MIR. and Mrs l.. Avery Hobbs and
son Jack spent the past weekend
with Mrs. Hobbs brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. McWil-
liams at Rhodesdale. Md.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Lacey III. Griffith,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry E. Grif-
fifth of this town, and Miss Isabelle
Ewell. daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Leroy Ewell OF Blades. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. r.
Ward Mills at the Seaford Circuit
NJ. E. parsonage, Saturday. Novem-
Der 3.
Merchants here are contributing
to a fund with which to purchase an
automobile which will be given
away Christmas Eve in order to
stimulate the retail business during
the holidays. Thomas Ayres and
Walter w. Landlord are in charge
of the fund. Plans are also being
made for the enlargement of the
street decorations over the past
year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Davis, of Lau-
rel. are having the Colonel James J.
Ross home renovated where they
plan TO move in a short time.
Mrs. Sue Coulbourne and her
niece. Miss Shirley Coulbourne have
moved to Market street after having
her home newly painted inside and
out. WW M !
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Christopher of |
New York City have moved here and
have made their home on East /
High Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry NJ. King, of
West Seaford, who have been resi-
dents here for the past 25 years, are
plans to move to Philadel-
phia the latter part OF this month.
Paul Reed has returned to his
home in New Jersey after spending
the past week here with Elmer T.
Ellis.
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and Mrs. Raymond Hudson at Rox-
ana.
MIR. and Mrs. John McCabe, the
newlyweds of ONy two weeks, of
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-23

Mother-James. did you like the
sermon today?
James-WeH, mother. | could un-
derstand the text all right but the
minister's explanation OF Il puzzled
me.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-23

selbyville, and Mr. Joseph Parks Of
Upland, Del. were Saturday night
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hud-
son and family.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-23

Read the CLASSIFIED a9s-it pays.
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

" OPCCCIC
1DGS somewhat similar to q SieUe,
so full of holes that it 1Douldn't
hold Ddter. But they refrain
from attacking it, because of the
probability that an attack would
proDe a boomerang.
Democrats and Republicans
know that most money is Re-
publican. Any situation, there
fore, that would injure the mar
ket would injure Republican
money.
The expOnentS Of the G. o.
p. believe that if they attacked
Mr.. MOrgenthau's speech there
would be an unfavorable reac-
ton in the market and in fl
nance generally.
Consequently, they are forced
to sit back and make no at
tack on the Treasury Secre-
tary's discussion of the nations
finances.
Strange to say, a sense of
hunor seems to eTiSt among
some of the folk throughout this
land despite the experiments of
the administration.
In the many letters addressed
to Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace is found this
miSSive:
81 am just one of the mil
lions of cotton farmers who
have done nothing else since
they were old enough to follow
an OvergrOwn jack rabbit, bet
ter known as a mule, up and
down the cotton rows from
Sunup to SundOwn.
"At your suggestion, with the
aid of three of these long
cared creatures mentioned above
and a sulky plow, I have just
completed the destruction of
One-fOurth of my growing crop
of cotton.
LET me say here in behalf
The Washington times., 1934-09-05
LISTEN, WORLD
By Elsie Robinson

that of Bessie Bearclaws, the
Caveman's Cutie.
So, despite her unhampered
association with The Boys, the
bride of 1884 expects just such
a hero as her mother expected
"a brave, reckless, resourceful,
gallant gent upon whom weak
woman can lean in any and all
emergencies.
A charming picture, and one
which got by beautifully in the
nineteenth century. For, in
that mans world, males were
the whole show. They we're the
whole show because they ran
the works. They owned all the
jobs, had all the say, controlled
all the kale. AS a consequence
they moved in a glamour Of re-
Elected power which the 1lldi-
vidual man might be a million
miles from meriting.
Grandpa himself was fire.
quently the most stupid and
spineless of worms. But Grand
ma had no way of guessing.
She never really saw Grandpa
as himself-As Was. She saw
Grandpa in the setting of a
Mans World-glorified by the
traditional courage and resource
fulness of all the male sex. And,
given an average break, Grand
pa was always able to live up
to her expectations.
But the picture has changed.
Granddaughters-by her own
insiStent demand for Equality
has smashed that dream world
into smithereens. And today
husbands must get by on their
own meritS-if at all. And Is
Mama Surprised!
For, of course, poor papa no
longer fits that romantic picture
of the 80's and COS. AS a matter
of fact, he never did fit it. Men
were always just Human Beings,
as timid and stupid, silly and
helpless as the other half of the
race. They were never as reck-
less and romantic, as resource
full and strong as ladies thought
they were.
But their economic and indus
trial monopoly allowed them to
look the part. And since Grand
ma didn't know any more about
the real world than a newly
Matched humming bird, she
couldn't call their bluff.
Why have we such an appal-
ling divorce record today?
That's why. Don't you believe
these charges of cruelty and in
compatibility. The real reason
Mama is divorcing Papa is be-
cause she thought he was a
Hero-and he isn't. So what?
Your guess is as good as mine.
Copyright, 1884, by King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1934-09-05
The Greatest Shoe
On Earth
BY John Snure, Jr.

of these three mules, who, like
myself, have spent their lives
nursing and caring for the
little cotton plants from the
time they first began to peep
through the soil until they were
old enough to protect them.
selves from the crab grass
cookie burrs, and the many
other varieties of villainous
vegetation that are so deter
mined to destroy, that it took
the full persuasive powers of a
keen hickory limb to force them
to take part in the wanton de.
StructiOn."
Proceeding on this same line
OF thought, the author con-
cludes:
II have not yet received the
check you promised me for my
part in this horrible affair.
please hurry it along, for
need the most of it to pay for
the seed which 1 planted last
spring, and if there is enough
left over am going out and
drown my sorrows in S.2, which
1 believe is the product of the
same bunch of gangSters that
plotted the murder of OLD
KING COTTON, the King of
the South"
GroWtng GntagoniSm tovard
conservative Chairman Henrv
P. Fletcher among the more pro-
greSS1Ue Republicans is CAUSING
the right-1DingerS considerable
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

greater than if he had beaten
her, been unfaithful to her,
neglected to provide or openly
deserted her.
For he isn't what one thought
he was going to be.
He isn't what she thought
any man would be.
She has, it is true, associated
with males ever since she was
born, to an extent unprece-
dented in human history
played with them, gone to
school with them, worked with
them, done business with them
observed them in every de-
partment of their lives.
Yet in her mind she has al
ways carried a certain secret
picture of what a husband
should be-and that picture is
utterly unrelated to male real
ity.
Oddly enough, it is almost
exactly the picture which her
mother carried in her mind.
Thirty years have passed since
her mother entered marriage
with that picture. Today, her
daughter would not dream OF
wearing her mothers clothes,
following her mothers program
or accepting her mothers no.
tions of life. To the contrary,
she thinks that mother, as a
bride, must have been a Senti-
mental Sap, and prides herself
on her superior sophistication.
Yet, when it comes to hus-
bands, the only difference be-
tween her Ideal and Mama'S is
that Mama'S wore whiSkers.
For women are incurably ro-
mantle. You may give them
Suffrage, Co-education, Careers
and a single Standard, and they
will act up like an entirely new
and different sex. But all the
time their secret attitude TO-
ward love will be identical with
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

birth of quinJuplets in Ontario
and of (pardon me if I ask to
see the data) sextupletS in Ino-
test, Rumania.
The Rule of 81, doubtless the
work of fanatical reformers, is
as follows: zone twin birth oc-
ours to approximately 81 single
births; one triplet to about T.
$50 singles (87 squared: one
quadruplet to about 658,503
singles (87 cubed); one quint-
tuplet to about 57,000,00O sin
giles (87 to fourth power): one
sextuplet to about 5,000,000,000
singles (87 to fifth power)."
That's the rule. That's what
we are supposed to abide by,
whether we want to or not. BY
whose authority was the "Rule
of 81" promulgated, I should
like to know? Probably, it was
put over while the boys were
away at war.
How long are we to stand for
this arbitrary rule that a man
can't be the father of quintup.
lets until 57,000.0O0 other peo-
pie have had one baby each?
Is this Russia, or Germany, we
are living in? Are we mice or
men?
One of the sad features Of
this bondage to statisticians is
that it takes the heart out of
an ordinary man. What's the
sense in going ahead, if the
figures are against you, if you
are stymied by q "Rule of 87?"
Where does initiative come in.
Remember Frank Tinney,
The Washington times., 1934-09-05
T F1uman Side of the News - ByEdwin G. + I'LL

more indomitable spirit-none
other than Henry Morgan, the
Welshman, knighted by the Brit
ish crown and serving, after
all his bloody deeds, as gov
ernor of Jamaica.
Adolphe Roberts, a New York
newspaper man, provides the
most modern account of Sir
Henry in his fast moving book,
"Sir Henry Morgan" (CoYici,
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

of the Brethren of the Coast,
pirates all, but winked at by the
government back at Whitehall.
He was a first-class land gen.
eral as we'll as sea captain-as
his many successful land raids
against Spanish cities proved.
No one can read Mr.. Rob-
erts' account of his most famous
exploit, that swift, ruthless raid
across the Isthmus,. without re-
garding Henry Morgan as su-
perman. His domination over the
savage animals under his COM
mand was at all times complete.
He was a genius for detail, and
although he had never been in
Panama City before he had Sc
cured from spies and private
agents an accurate listing Of
every residence and public build
Ing worthwhile.
His march across the steam
ing isthmus, his terrific battle
with the desperate SpaniardS at
the very walls of the city, his
assault and capture of the
citadel and his thorough sack
ing of the rich capital is an
epic in adventure.
1t was said of him, and doubt
less with truth, that he never
broke a promise for good or Ill.
AS pirates went he was a moral
man, certainly not given to the
rapine and dissoluteness which
overcame his followers after
victory, and no man could have
been a more notable pattern of
responsibility when he set up as
a ruler for the crown in His
Majesty's province of Jamaica.
His end is obscure. After he
had pretty we'll stamped out
piracy in the Caribbean and
served two terms as governor of
Jamaica he lost favor with King
James II, a monarch who could
be very piouS at need. There
is a tale that when he returned
to England to plead his cause
with King James, he was thrown
into the Tower of London, and
that he died there.
Still another legend of his
end is that he was killed in a
street brawl in London. But it
is pretty well established that his
death came from hard drinking,
at the age Of only SO, some
where in the interior of Jamaica
where he had gone to consult
voodoo doctors and native medi-
cine men.
At all events, when the ruling
governor, the Duke of Albemarle,
heard of the death, he ordered
a salute of 20 guns. And about
four years afterward an earth
quake rose up and smote Port
Royal and buried it under the
sea along with the grave Of the
greatest Of buccaneers.
Copyright. 1894, by King Features
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

Friede). 1t was in 1865, or there
abouts, that he sailed into his
tory as one of three stout Brit
ish captains who raided the
coast of Yucatan, seized what is
now the capital of British Hon.
duras, crossed Nicaragua and
looted Granada, its capital. and
sailed back to Jamaica with
such amazing loot that he was
invited to become vice admiral
The Washington times., 1934-09-05
Court Secrets
A Discreet Judge

What does Judge Fay Bentley know about the Juvenile
Court that she could tell members of the Kiwans Club
but couldn't tell the other citizens of Washington?
This interesting question raised by Judge Bent
eys recent address to the club in which she told the
members that she had planned to "unbosom" herself
but that the of newspaper reporters cramped
her style.''
The public generally is intensely interested in the work
Of the Juvenile Court.
The public generally and not the Kiwanis Club alone
pays Judge Bentleys salary and the other expenses of
the court.
The problems with which the court deals are not
problems for the Kiwanis Club alone but for the COM
munity generally
Judge Bentley is about to revise the personnel of the
court giving Washington miniature Brain Trust to deal
with the problems of children who go astray.
The public is interested in that revision and in the
causes of it. The public is interested in knowing what
is wrong with the court and its procedure The public
is interested in knowing how the Judge proposes to
meet the faults of the court.
PROBABLY JUDGE BENTLEY WILL LEARN
AFTER SHE HAS HAD LITTLE MORE EXPE-
R1ENCE IN THE COURT, THAT THE COURT IS AN
INSTITUTION OF THE ENTIRE CITY AND NOT
THE CREATURE OF THE KIWANIS CLUB OR
ANY OTHER GROUP.
TIE WASHSGToN TINES published
a % Hssah Dorsey w'''ld business ""n'F'F'
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

private criticism of the method
cal plodding Mr.. Fletcher.
Disappointed when he was
named chairman of the national
committee, they believe that
their fears have been realized.
They want young men to
take over the leadership, swamp
the country with propaganda,
and rule out the conservatives.
A definite break is unlikely
now, however, but may come
after November.
Copyright 1894. The Washington
Times)
The Washington times., 1934-09-05

disappointe d,
just the same.
And it's al
ways for the
same reason.
It isn't for
anything he's
done, or has
MT done. No
complaint in
the array of
legal divorce
grounds COW
ers his short
conings. Yet,
in the eyes
of his wife,
hiS 0ffanSn iS