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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
DEMOCRATIC GRIP
ON KENT PERILED
House Committee FavOrs
Redistricting, Seen AS
Move For Control.
CUTS ANNUAL PAY

Balance of power in Kent county
government, the last Democratic
stronghold in this State, would be
shifted to the Republican party un-
der the provisions Of a bill which
was reported favorably by committee
in the House Monday afternoon
should this measure become a law.
This measure would take the
Third Representative District in
Kent county from the First Levy
Court District and put it in the
Third Levy Court District, which,
it claimed. would so change the
voting strength of both Levy Court
districts that the present heavy
Democratic majOrities would lie
wiped out.
1t also provides that at the gen.
eral election in November, 1886, the
candidate for Levy Court in the first
district shall be elected for a term
of six years; the candidate in the
second district shall be eletced for
term of four years and the can
didate in the third district for a
term of two years. They would take
Office on the first Tuesday in jan
uary, 1897, and thereafter a mem-
Der Of the Levy Court would be
elected every two years for a term
of six years whereas the commits
siOners now are all elected every
two years.
The salary of the commissioners
would be reduced from $500 to
$500 a year. In case of tie at any
election the Governor would select
one of the persons receiving the
highest number of votes and the
Governor also would fill vacancies
in the court. The court would have
he right to levy a capitatiOn tax
which could not be more than 25
.ents nor less than cents. Every
adult resident of the county would
lave to pay this. tax.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29

done. contributed $114,843 or all but
about $4,000 of the total amount
raised 1t is felt by many. however,
that this first serious attempt to
break down the spirit of inter-cOm-
munity antagonism in favor of in
ter-cOmmunity cooperation may
lead to a more generous support of
common institutions i'm the future.
Conspicuous among the cOmmun-
ities outside of Milford supporting
the hospital was Harrington. which
turned in pledges tOtaling s4,719.22.
Lincoln came second. reporting 49,
029.12. Georgetown won third place
with S2.69s.5O Fourth place was won
by Greenwood with $1,169OO. Ellen
dale was fifth with S1.1O725. while
Laurel was sixth with Sl.070.50.
None of the other communities
achieved as much as $1,000.
Outstanding among the cOntribu-
tions was gift tOtaling consider
ably more than $4,000 from the
members of the Grier family. DR..
Charles A. Haney. analyzing the re-
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
PIT. A. CONVENTION
AT DOVER APRIL Is
Many Prominent Speakers Will Adj
dress. Group. =

Mrs. A. H. Reeve Of Philadelphia,
a former president of the National
Congress OF Parents and Teachers.
will speak at the annual cOnyen-
tion of the Delaware Teacher
Association in the community Hall
of Peoples Church. Dover, on April
l3. Mrs Reeve is well known, both
nationally and internationally as
the immediate predecessor of Miss
Ishbel Macdonald as president of
the International Federation of
Home and School. At present she is
chairman of International Rela-
tions for the National Congress Of
Parents and Teachers.
During her visit to Delaware, Mrs.
Reeve will be entertained by Mrs.
Robert P. Robinson, State Parent
Teacher Association president.
Other officers are: Mrs. NJ. p Nor
than. YOrklyn; Mrs. Il. Z. Lewis,
Dover; H. W. T. Purnell. George
town; H. +. Ennis, Stockley; Mrs.
Orville Wright. Pennington; Mrs.
". r. Keys. Clayton; Mrs. Charles
4. Dukes. Townsend; Mrs. p. c.
Elliott. SeafOrd;' Mrs. H. W. Hook
er, Lewes; George 5. Williams.
MilisbOro. There will be no election
this year las these officers were
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29

ELECTS OFFICERS
Judge Wiley Made Prin-
cipal Address At An
nual Meeting.
SPECIAL PROGRAM

. Last Monday evening the enter
tainment committee of Crystal
Fount Lodge, No. 10. i. o. o. F.,
staged one of the best social affairs
held in recent years. Following a
short business session, in which Off
GERS for the next term were elect
ed, members, wives, friends and
sweetheorts were admitted to the
lodge room in which a specially pre-
pared program had been arranged.
Miss Jane Harrington. talented
singer of Milford, held the attention
Of the entire assembly and was
loudly applauded when she opened
the evenings entertainment with a
popular number.
She was followed by Judge Earl
d. Wiley, Of the Common Pleas
Court of Kent County, who made
one of the best addresses in his ca
reer. Judge Wiley. a member of
Greenwood Odd Fellows, was greet
ed by a delegation from his own
lodge. AS ne concluded his address
he was loudly applauded Judge
Wiley is very popular with the
down State Odd Fellows.
Charles Breme. q gifted soloist,
rendered a beautiful trumpet solo.
Wallace McFaul and Paris Kirby,
team captains, made short address
es which were well received.
Refreshments, served by the mem
bers. closed the evenings enter
tainment.
The election of officers in the
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
KENT & SUSSEX BLDG.
LOAN NATURES SERIES
44S Shares At 100000 Per, Will BE
Paid April 10

The directors of the Kent and Sus-
sex Building and Loan Association
at its regular meeting. matured the
fifth series of its capital stock.
There were 443 shares each with a
maturity Valne of S200.00. making a
3 rt.sIu IG,,ht OI SXX. .hWl.Ou The inter-
est eaine,i by Cne ASSOCIATION on this
particular Geries, compounded was
6lkSs. Payment of this matured
stock Will be made at the Office of
the association on April 10.
Its affairs are run by men VINO
have been aucCessful in business en-
terprises, giving the association the
benefit of their experiences and eX-
pert opinion. New series are issued
~ hns association annually, in July
of each year.
This Association enjoys the dis
tinction of being the largest build
ing and loan association this side OF
SHmlngton and the third largest in
the entire State. The following are
the officers and directors of the as
sociation: President, L. N. Hearn;
vice president, VIM. V. Sipple; sec
..a.y anu treasurer. John c. Tru-
tit; solicitors, James Satterfield, Of
Dover, and Andrew Lynch, of
Georgetown; directors, VIM. V.
Grler, A. e. Archer. r. A. Derrick
son, c. D. Abbott. A. F. Faix, J. c.
Wharton. J. S. Hallett, c. D. Holz-
mueller, DR.. Clyde Nelson.
A periodical examination of the
books of record and securities is
made by the State banking depart
ment under the supervision of Har-
old w. Horsey, State Bank Commits
sioner and Ira W. Lewis, deputy |
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
GOSSIPS, CARPERS
DRAG ON CHURCH,
BISHOP ASSERTS
Anonymous Letter Stirs
M. E. Leader At Sea-
ford Meeting.
LEADERS HONORED
Conference Urged To Re-
tain Wesley Collegiate
institute.
LEADERS HONORED

An anonymous letter Wednesday
afternoon inspired Bishon E;HWIn
Holt Hughes, OF Washington, pre-
siding head of the Wilmington NJ E.
conference, meeting at Seaford. 20
crack down" in an adGress unon
the tendency of Methodist Episcopal
ministers and theological students
to be critical and carping.
Telling a large audience in st..
Johns Church about the letter he
had received in Wednesday mora
ing's mail which criticised ceTts;n
actions of'the conference, he deeiar-
ed It displayed "a nasty spirit which
will inevitably curdIe the milk Of
human kindness In a man and drive
a wedge between that man and
God"
He lashed out against what he
termed the growth during the past
ten years of this critical spirit in
the church.
If the Methodist Episcopal Church
could get rid of this critical atti-
tude, the Bishop said, "in ten years
it would be one of the most power
full forces for religion and good liv-
ing in the entire United States.
Assails Gossip
ANY member of the Wilmington
VI. Z. Conference or any one who
comes to a conference session and
peddles nasty, petty gossip and in
dulges in carping and unconstruc-
tive criticism is holding up the spir-
it of anti-Christ, and is dangerous"
In stressing the Importance of
sincerity he compared it with the
''mushy, back-slapping. saccharine
type Of love that obviously lacks
sincerity" which, he said. exists too
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
Motor Deaths Drop
During January 1885

Motor vehicle deaths dropped 25
per cent from December to January,
according 10 reports now available
from cities and states with 64,000,-
600 population. While a December
January decline is customary, it
seldom reaches these proportions.
January deaths are now estimated
at 2,250-16 per cent below the total
of $3.50 recorded in January, 1894.
The January deaths this year are
also below the corresponding
months of 1892 and 1881, although
somewhat higher than in 1888.
Paradoxical as it may seem, the
Delaware Safety Council states that
bad driving weather ispprobably the
nsOsE important single cause of jan
uary's good record. January news
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
DREXIER ELECTED
LIBERTY LEAGUE HEAD
Former State Senator Succeeds Cap.
tain StaytOn, National Officer

Former State Senator Louis A..
Drexler was named executive diree-
tor of the American Liberty League
of Delaware at a meeting Of the ex-
ecutive committee of the League in
Wilmington Monday at its headquar-
ters in the Delaware Trust Building.
MFR, Drexler, who at present resides
at Dover, also maintains a residence
at Bethany Beach. He is a former
president OF the Delaware Safety
Council and also served as State
Representative and is well known
throughout the State.
Mr.. Drexler has already started
work on an intensive membership
campaign for the League to extend
to every section of Delaware. Let
ters have been mailed the member
ship notifying them Of the campaign
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
CONTINUE CHARTER
AT SLAUGHTER BEACH
Senate Kills Repeal Measure Which
Had Passed House

BY vote of IA to l, House Bill
No. 1856, being An Act to repeal
Chapter lG7 of Volume 81. Laws of
Delaware, entitled An Act to in
corporate the Town of Slaughter
Beach," was defeated in the Senate
during Wednesday afternoons ses-
sion.
History OF the Bill
introduced in the House February
IS by Representative Pierce of Mil
ford.
March 21-Passed House.
March 22-Received in Senate and
referred TO Committee on Munich
pal Corporations.
March 26-RepOrted fayOrably.
March 27-Measure killed by a
Senate vote of II 20 l.
The action taken by the Senate as
suiez the continuation Ol the cnar-
Ter n8W N effect.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
BUCK EBOOMED I.
FOR PRESIDENCY
BY BOTH HOUSES
Campaign Fund Being
Raised; Buttons, Tags
To Publicize Candidate.
IMPORTANCE CITED
Majority Members Pass
Resolution, Simon Tells
OF Record.

Republican majority members or
the Senate and House Tuesday af-
ternOon adopted a concurrent reso-
luton placing the General Assembly
on record as endorsing and recon-
mending the Honorable Clayton
Douglass Buck, the distinguished
Governor Of the State Of Delaware,
as a candidate for the office Of Pres
ident of the United States at the
next general election"
The resolution was introduced in
the House by Representative Nor
ris Simon, Republican floor leader,
and was supported by the vote of
the majority members, except Rep
resentative Hutchinson, Republican,
who replied not voting on tine roll
call The twelve Democratic repre-
sentatives opposed the resoIuSIOn.
In the Senate it was favored by
the ten Republican Senators pres
ent at the time. Senator Matthews,
Republican, was absent on the roll
call. The six Democratic members
voted against the resolution.
Importance Cited
The preamble sets out that the
time is fast approaching when the
people OF this country must realize
the importance of selecting the next
President and that lit is most inn
pOrtant, during these critical times,
that political parties throughout the
country shall select as candidates
for the great Office of President of
this nation, men of the highest char
acter and ability. men who under
stand the needs of the people at this
time and have the courage and
strength of character to advocate
and uphold those true principles Of
government upon which cur forefa-
theirs built this great republic"
II IS also pointed out in the resO- |
luton "the State of Delaware, the
Diamond State the first State to |
sign our Federal Constitution, has |
always been among the first in ev-
cry forward movement for the State |
and nation" and "the State of Della I
ware has a man who has proven /
himself qualified for any position to /
which the people of this country /
shall see Git to elect him and there
fore that this General Assembly |
hereby endorses and recommends +
the Honorable Clayton Douglass
Buck. the distinguished Governor of
the State of Delaware, as a candi-,
date for the office of President of
the United States at the next gem
eral election"
Buck Qualified
"The eyes of this nation are TO-
cused on Delaware at the present
time" Representative Simon said in J.
urging favorable action on the res u
OlutiOn in the House, because we
have here a man eminently qualified
for the office of President of this
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29

papers were filled with such head
lines as Heavy Shows From Great
Lakes to Atlantic SeaboaTd," Miss
issippi Valley Covered with Sheet OF
Ice" etc.
The effect of such weather on
driving is probably two-fold: First,
fewer people drive, and those who
do, drive less. Second, driving haz-
ards become very obvious in bad
weather, and the average driver is a
much safer one when he is facing
obvious hazards. In these ways. it
is believed, January storms pre-
vented many serious accidents that
might have occurred had the rela-
lively fair weather Of January 1884
prevailed.
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POMONA GRANGE TO MEET
AT SMYRNA ON APRIL 9TH

Kent County Pomona
Grange will meet at Smyrna,
Thursday, April 4, as guests
of Smyrna Grange.
The session will open at 10
in the morning when the Mas
ter Of Smyrna Grange, James
r. Fleming, will give the adj
dress Of welcome and the re-
sponse will be made by the
Master Of Harrington Grange,
c. p. Taylor.
At II o'clock, Miss Pearl
Macdonald. of Newark, will
deliver an address.
The address of the after
noon will be given by Howard
Hancock, State Lecturer of
New Jersey State Grange.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
Fen DeLawareans Over 21
Have Births Registered

With the recent announcement,
through newspaper channels, that
comparatively few natiYe-bOrn Della
wareans over twenty-one years Of
age have their births registered,
Delaware has become "birth regis
trati0n" conscious, and the Vital
Statistics Department Of the State
Board Of Health at Dover is daily
receiving large numbers of inquiries
as to how registration may be ac-
cOmplished.
Recently, the son of deceased
Newark physician. while going
Though his fathers papers, discoV-
cred a batch OF old birth records
which had not been forwarded to
the Vital Statistics Department
Realizing their value, he sent them
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
CCC WORKERS STOP
HIGHLAND DITCHINC
UeVOIe NhOIe lime 10 Marshes
Since Thaw

With the complete thawing of the
salt marshes, early in the month.
mosquito control CCC workers have
turned their attention back to these
lowlands; during a large part of the
winter, when frozen cOnuItlOns pre-
vented digging IN the marsn lands,
these workers devoted their time to
cleaning upland glades, cutting new
bitches when necessary, or deepen
ing the existing drainage-ways
Since the majority of Delaware
mosquitoes breed in salt tidal mar
shes, control authorities are mainly
interested in installing bitches
there, and the work in the high
lands was in the nature of a stop
gap. during the period when low
land ditching was impossible.
In a circular letter to interested
parties, w. S. Cofkran. executive
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29

there. and thereby attained registra-
tion for twenty-one people between
the ages Of "A and 40.
Commenting on this, Miss Mildred
Spencer, in charge Of the Vital Sta
tistics Department, said that they
are encouTaging any person having
access to old birth records in this
State, to put them on file. It is pos
sible, she stated, that the persons
concerned may, through need Of a
birth certificate when applying for
a position, old age pension. or pass
pert, find such recording Of great
value to them. It IS even possible.
she added, that a person might not
know Of the existence of such old
records Of his birth and might have
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
FEED GRAINS, HAY
ACREAGE In DELAWARE
White Potatoes, However, viii BE
Decreased

Increases in the total acreage of
feed grains and hay for harvest this
year are indicated by the Federal
Agricultural Statistician for Della
ware. at College Park, Md
The prospective acreage of corn
for harvest this year is estimated at
ilsOOO acres. This is 1900 acres
muIe than last year. the same as in
I933. and 1900 acres less than in
lAL. Oats acreage shows no change.
The indicated tame hay acreage
Of $4,000 acres is 2000 acres more
than last year and the same as in
1e2e and 1888. Present indications
are that the soybean acreage which
has been declining in recent years
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
WHIPPINGS PUBLIC BUT
CAMERAS ARE BARRED

The Senate has approved
Senator ROss's substitute bill
for Representative Shaw's
measure to make it unlawful
to bring a camera at or near a
whipping post in this State.
ViOlatOrs would be subject
to a penalty OF a fine not less
than $500 nor more than ST.
600.
While the Shaw bill would
have barred the public from
witnessing the whipping, the
substitute Omits this prOYis-
ion.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
DELAWARE BROILER
INDUSTRY THRIVING
Widespread Interest Being Taken In
Delaware BrOileT Association

Organization is one of the most
important factors in promoting
healthy business conditions at this
time" stated a leading Peninsula
banker this week. Il think the init
iatiye displayed by those engaged in
the broiler production, and the bus
fness interests associated with this
industry, sets a fine example to all
Del-Mar-Va enterprise. The Broiler
Producers Association is getting on
on the right foot, and is entitled to
and deserves complete cooperation
i,um All business interests in the
Peninsula.
with business recovery evident
in the urban centers of the country.
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
MILFORD BATTERY
HAS INSPECTION
Many Medals Awarded Fer Attend
ance

State Inspection of Battery F,
196th Coast Artillery. stationed at
Milford. held last Monday ev-
ening, showed this battery to be in
the most excellent condition that it
has attained in many years. There
were fifty-eight men present out of
an enrolment of sixty-one, under
t,authfn A. 5. summers, LAeutenanLs
J. H. Prettyman and w. E. HOlleger.
Medals for 100 per cent attend
ance were presented to Sergeant
William Maxwell. Sergeant c. E.
Smith, Sergeant Rubin cady. Ser
geant H. B. Deputy. Corporal H. B.
Carpenter and Private Thomas
Moore.
The inspection was conducted by
Major Harry B. VanSciver, and in
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
HYMNS FORTIFY MAN
CONDEMNED TO HANG
Morgan visited Daily by Dover
Preacher

John C. Morgan, AZ years old,
convicted Of the murder on Decem-
ber IS. 1884. of Dominique ]. Pierre,
63 years old. ON the latter's poultry
farm. near Kenton. Sunday said he
was confident of forgiveness in the
next world and not afraid to die. He
is to be hanged in the Kent county
jail yard on April 12.
Visited daily by a minister with
whom he prays and reads the Bible,
he says he is also heartened by the
singing of three Of his fayorite
hymns by the "boys" In the coils be-
low him to whom he had loaned HIS
hymn book. Asked hts favorite
hymns ne named what a Friend
We Have in Jesus" "Jesus Savior
Pilot Me-" and "Nearer My God to
Thee"
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
ONE-FOURTH OF PEACH
CROP SEEN SPARED
Crops Destroyed BY The Severe
SIeet Storm In January

NEOps DCatAugeu ny Ahc NOfNtV
Sleet Storm In January
With springlike weather causing
the fruit trees to bud. peach grow
ers checking upon the prospective
yield, figure the severe sleet storm
and extreme temperatures during
the past wiuer has reduced the crop
10 aOOut One-fourth of what it
should be.
Following the severe storm of
January %, "a and 25. one of the
most severe sleet falls in the his
tory of lower Delaware, the general
opinion prevailed that the entire
crop was killed since the trees had
a coating of ice for more than a
week. SUhle growers say that it may
be as low as IS or 20 per cent If a
normal crop.
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3 FARM EDUCATION
RALLIES FOR KENT
WIN Be Held Under Auspices OF
Extension Service Departments

During the first week in April,
farm families of Kent county will
have the opportunity to attend a
series of community meetings un-
der the auspices Of the Extension
Service of the University of Della
ware, the State Forestry Depart
ment and the U. S. Biological Sur
yey to explain methods of increas-
ing farm incomes and economies.
The first meeting in this series
will be held in the Community Bull
ding in Milford on Tuesday evening,
April 2. The second has been sched-
uled for Wednesday evening, April
3 in the First National Bank build
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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29

Total Rainfall ...l.. 20
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From wednesday, March. 20, TO
Tuesday, March 20, Inclusive

Charles J. HolzmuelIer, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford, from Wednesday, March 20, to
Tuesday, March 26, inclusive:
Tam vorofsfrsa Tfofo.
Evening star., 1935-05-06
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

RooMING-HoUsE BUSINESS, downtown
furnished Phone National s435. -
AMoCo GAS STATION. Riverdsle. Nd.
good business; sacrifice; reasonable. Phone
Hyattsville a-J.
CIGAR STAND-Downtown ofilce bldg. :;
sells candies. sandwiches. soft drinks; etc.
Rent $40: lease closes pm daily. Frice'
WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY; auto glass
shop, doing a nice business in good ioca-
ton and low rent: other interests force
me to sell stock and fixtures for ;" 900
cash cash: no trifiers' Address Box %s-S' star
SALE. small rooming house near Union MO
Station: rent. $50 per month. Call DIS
GOOD DRUG STORE near, 4 large Gov
on account OF iii health; excellent location.
square from City Post once and Union
Station Address Box 436-A. Star office. q.
OLD ESTABLISHED GROCERY ANC
mess. mess. ns Ressonable. s on account Of Illness
32l5 p st. NV. o
DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT
equipped with q band-box dry cleaning
plant complete. including building. ma
chinery and equipment ready for oper-
alton. Telephone National 5536:
DINER FOR SALE, =.
For sale Oh iocnti0i' dpsosonahie nrjc,
and terms extended to q financially re-
sponsible purchaser.
aao WEST GRAND ST. ELIZABETH N. J
S6OO-RooMING HOUSE. II r.: baths
nicely furnished; 18th and Col. rd
Ss25-Rooming house. l" T.. baths
nicely furn.; central: rent; Sh5
Sa0o-Rooming house. 16 r.. baths;
cheap rent: income near. $500.
SI,1OO-RoominR house ~ r. filled; near
Government depts.: cheap rent.
81 .oOO-Lunch and beer: rent. $40; busi-
ness $500 weekly: a BARGAIN.
r. M CURTIS. NATIONAL 3934
40 Bond Bid, 14th and N. Y. Ave. NV.
Evening star., 1935-05-06
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The rate under heading Of Per:
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to the regular line rate.

WHEN DEATH STRIKES A FAMILY
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Worlds finest waterproof. airtisht. guar
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the Greater w w. Chambers Co. 14th
corner Chaplin NV. Col. O43". Phone or
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A GOOD HOME WANTED IN SUBURBS
for two colored children: must be reason
able. Call North 5000.
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YOLA, FORMERLY ASSOCIATED WITH
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