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Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
CEDARS VISIT
MASONIC HOME
Evergreen Forest Band
Furnished Music For
The Event.

Last Sunday was a gala day In
Masonry throughout the State Of
Delaware when 500 MasOns with
their wives and friends gathered at
the Masonic Home on Lancaster
Pike, near Wilmington, for the cele-
bration Of a flag day program, and
general open house inspection OF
the home by the members from Kent
and Sussex counties.
Evergreen Forest Band, No. 40, 7.
c. l., Of Kent and Sussex counties,
under the direction Of c. Russell
Snyder. opened the program with an
excellent concert. The committee
then introduced Most WOrshipflIl
Grand Master William o. Wingate Of
the Grand Lodge Of Delaware, A. F.
& A. NJ, who in a short address in
trOduced Past Grand Master viii
liam G. Highfield, as master OF GER
emonies. p. @. NJ. Highfeld, in his
usual joVial manner had the audi
enee in an uprOar Of laughter many
times as he introduced the speakers.
Colonel U. s. Grant, 3rd. the prin-
cipal speaker Of the afternoon. was
forced to cancel his engagement at
the last moment and sent a message
af regret. Ivan CuIbeFtson. an attar-
siey Of Wilmington. substituted inr
Colonel Grant and made an address
on america and the Flag" that was
a masterpiece. As be concluded MS
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Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
RIFLE AND PISTOL CLUB
HOLDS ELECTION
Harry Pierce Elected President For
Ensuing Year

The Milford Ride and Pistol Club
met Wednesday night in ArmOry
Hall. The club is celebrating its first
birthday, having been organized a
year ago this month. The regular
business meeting was a part Of We'd
nesday nights program which IN
eluded the election OF officers for the
ensuing year. The following officers
we're elected: Harry Pierce, presi-
dent; Mrs. T. Beebe, vice president;
Haswell Pierce, secretary and treas
urer; William Marvel, ordnance Of
ficer; Herman Deputy, range Ohicer;
Jack ChristOff, instructor; Mrs. Will
liam Marvel and Clement Nevins,
members of executive committee.
Many new rules were adopted for
the conduct of the range and will be
posted on the club bulletin board for
the conduct of all shooters.
The fourth match between the
military and civilian teams, was won
by the Battery F team, 461 to AS.
The grand total for the four match
es so far is: Civilian team, 1854
25OO to 1777 x $500 for the Battery.
The fifth and final match will be
ired July 3.
Edgar Wood turned In the highest
qualifying score for the evening, W
K 100
Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
PRIZES FOR BEST KEPT
ROADSIDE STANDS
Entrants Must Not Display Sign
Boards

Prizes for roadside bsautiaeation
in Delaware are again being offered
by Mrs. Henry B. Thompson, Mrs
Pierre S. dupont. and Mrs. LFepee
dupont. A prize OF $25 aud 3 dag
will be awarded for the best kept
and most attractive place and gar
den on the State Highway between
st. Georges and RehobOth. A sim
liar prize will be awarded for the
best kept and neatest gasoline iilling
station with no signs other than
that giving the brand Of the gasoline
being sold.
A prize of $25 will be awarded for
the most attractive roadside market.
These are to be without sign
boards OF any kind" Mrs. Thompson
states. "The offering OF these prizes
is to promote roadside beauty and
1t is hoped. that this will arouse a.
desire to have more attractive and
ornamental conditions along the
highway. The real object Of this
competition is to eliminate the sign
boards which make our highways so
unsightly and II is hoped that in
time, persons owning property on the
highway will refuse to accept the
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Sussex County Schools
CIoseSatetyCampdign
Students Haze Been Instructed In All Phases OF
Safety Work, According To Professor Albert Ear
Ley, Supervisor of Sussex County Schools.

Professor Albert Farley. super
visor of schools in Sussex county,
speaking under the auspices of the
Delaware Safety Council, declared
that education in common with ev-
erything else is constantly adapting
itself to new conditions. That is why
Sussex schools have been engaged
energetically in safety work during
the past school year.
Professor Farley said in part:
Home hazards are numerous. BrOk-
en- or WObbly steps, tools on steps,
the lack of a railing, stairs with
short turns, small mats on smooth
floors at the head or foot Of stair
ways, dark basement stairways, a
chair with a broken leg, a slip and
fall in the bath tub, a weak or brOk-
en- stepladder, a brick falling from
an old chimney. axes coming of the
handles, nails sticking up in boards,
using a jack knife for can opener,
putting nails or pins in the mouth.
chopping wood near a clothes line,
pulling a gun carelessly out Of an
automobile, leaving loaded reVOlvers
where small children can get them,
playing with blasting caps, locking
children in the house, keeping pOis-
ons within the reach of small chill
dren, children riding on tractors,
burning trash near buildings, oily
Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR OLD SUSSEX
BOUNDARY DECREE COPY
RECEIVED BY GOVERNOR

Governor Buck has received
a certified copy of the decree
entered by the United States
Supreme Court in the boun-
Diary dispute between New
Jersey and Delaware, from
Charles CrOpley, clerk of the
court.
Under the decision of the
court, Delaware loses oyster
beds in the Delaware Bay, the
beds now going within the
Jurisdiction of New Jersey.
Delaware now has undisputed
title TO the wharfage on the
low water line on the Jersey
shore within the twelve-mile
circle.
Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
Delawdre's Peach Crop To
Exceed Yield Of 1884

with 1.5S9, 900 bzushels a year ago
and the fve-year 192s-1932) average
of 100000 bushels. The condition
Is two points above that on June
lst last year, but one point below
the 10-yeaF (1921-193l) average.
Present indications are that rye pro-
duction will be slightly above aver
age.
Hay and pasture growth is short
in the northern part of the State
where rains are needed. but up to
average in the southern part where
soil moisture is emple. In the
southern section good yields Of
crimson clover and whole wheat hay
were secured.
Apple conditions reported at 81
per cent Of normal is average. The
set OF both summer and winter
varieties Is considerable heavier
than that reported on June LIST a
year ago. Pear prospects are below
average,
Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
TWO LINKS lF
ROAD JJJNKD,
ONEB REBUILT
Rapid Changes Going On
In Once Prosperous
Railroad Line.
LACK OF BUSINESS
At One Time Was Noted
For Its Excursion And
Freight Trade.
LACK OF BUSINESS

Changes are taking place rapidly
in the Maryland and Delaware Coast
Railroad, the freight line which for
merly ran across the peninsula from
Denton, Nd, to Lewes.
The track between Lewes and
Milton, a distance Of seven miles, Is
In the process OF removal and next
week the track between Ellendale
and Greenwood, a distance of ten
miles, will be removed.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has
completed the reconstruction of the
track between Glendale and Milton,
a distance OF seven miles. The old
rails are being replaced by S5-pOund
rails to provide for freight service
between these points, according to
Galen L. Whistler, of Denton, an Off
eiat Of the Maryland and Delaware
Coast Railroad.
Connects With Va. Branch
At Glendale, the road connects
with the Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia branch of the PennsylVa-
mia Railroad running from Harring-
ton, to Franklin City, Va. For the
present, the freight line between
Denton and Greenwood will cOntin-
ue in operation.
The scrap steel and a part of the
land abandoned as a railroad track
will be sold. Some of the land.
which was decided to the railroad
company so long as it continued in
operation, will revert to the original
tract, regardless of present owner
ship.
Has Had Ups And Downs
Originally built about 1898 as the
Queen Anne's Railroad, running
from Baltimore TO RehObOth Beach,
the road has known many vicissi-
.tpdes- Before the days of antomo-,
biles. the road enjoyed a great pat-
rOnage during the summer excur-
sion season. But later It encountered
lean years. when passenger traffic
decreased almost to the vanishing
point. and trucks divided the reve-
nue. from freight. Finally it was
sold.
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Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
23 DIVORCE CASES
LISTED In SUSSEX
Final DEGREES Expected In Seven
Cases

Twenty-three divorce cases are
listed for Superior Court, which will
convene on Monday Of next week
with Chief Justice Daniel j. Layton
and Associate Judge Richard S. Rod
ney on the bench. The following
cases are calendared to be heard:
Amos James Wiley VS.. Bessie Fran
ces Wiley; Leoda Jones VS.. Robert
Carue Jones; Helen E. Shaw VS..
Joseph X. Shaw; Mae Frances Ber-
ridge vs.. Milbourne Joshua Ber-
ridge; Mary Ellen 0liphant VS..
Thomas c. oliphant; Matte Anna
Collins vs.. James Edward Collins;
Ann B. DeArmond VS.. Frank L. De-
Armond; Grace Elizabeth Kelly VS..
Thomas Edward Kelly; Olive Vir-
ginia Latchum vs.. George 2. Lat
chum; Charles L Steen VS.. Ella B.
Steen; Marjorie Maxine Steen VS..
Curtis w. Steen; John Dell Parker
VS.. Eleanor Parker; Anna Vaughan
VS.. Frank ]. Vaughan; Mary Arsean
Carey VS.. James Tull Carey; Hugh
Martin, Jr., vs.. Lillian Wilson Mar
tin; George w. Marvel VS.. ROsanna
Marvel; Stella Blanche Baker vs..
Jonothan Baker: John L. Galloway
VS.. Mary Ellen Galloway; Harry B.
QuilIen vs.. Lydia 3. Quillen; Rae
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Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
NOBLE RESPONSE
GREETS CALL FOR
FRESH AIR FUND
Seventeen Children Have
Already Been Provided
Places In Milford.
YOUR HELP NEEDED
Two Milford Ladies De-
scribe New York Tene-
ment Conditions.

The story of the Fresh Air Fund
in last weeks issue Of the Milford
Chronicle received hearty response
from many of its readers. Already
II children have been provided for.
The names Of those who are spon-
sOring these children are printed
elsewhere in this issue.
Two ladies of Milford, hardly be-
lieving the conditions In New York
City as they were described, went
on a personal visit to that city to
convince themselves. The ladies,
Mrs. Frank Sapp and Mrs. Virginia
Tribbitt, drove all night last SatuT-
day, arriving early Sunday morning
and visited the home Of a family liv-
ing on the east side of New York in
q tenement house facing the East
River. They had to walk five flights
of staircase passing through dirty
and dingy Railways. When they iin-
ally reached the family, they found
two little girls still sleeping. As
they had no suitable night clothing,
they slept without any. The appear
ance of the home brought TO the la
dies the saddest feelings. When the
children finally aWoke, there was no
food OF money for breakfast. Down
the five flights walked the Milford
visitors and purchased food, then
again made that awful trip up those
horrible steps.
Said Mrs. Frank Sapp: "To think
that in this great land Of ours chill
dren are born and raised In such sad
environment is enough to break
ones heart. I never want to see any
thing like that again."
And Mrs. Tribbitt AIDED: II never
believed that such conditions were
true until saw them with my own
eyes. The father and mother OF
these children appeared q me asabe--
ing victims Of tuberculosis or else
suffering from a malicious addic-
ton"
OF course. these two little girls
are coming to Milford this summer
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L.O.O.F. MEMORIAL
SERVICES SUNDAY
Ceremonies VIII Honor
Memory Of Four Well
Known Odd Fellows.

Following a time-honored custom.
Crystal Fouht Lodge No. 10, l. o. o.
F., will pause again IN its many ae-
tiVitiea TO honor the memory Of
those who have passed, especially
those who have departed during the
past year. Their apnual memorial
services will be held next Sunday.
June %, at 2 p. M. IN the beautiful
Odd Fellows cemetery on North
Walnut street.
The members will meet at the
west gate Of the cemetery and
march in a body down the main
drive to the east entrance where the
services will be held. All lodges Of
Kent and Sussex counties have been
invited to attend.
This year the service Is in honor
of four well-knOwn Odd Fellows.
who have passed during the year,
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Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
APPOINTMENTS
OF M. PASTORS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Rev. John T. Bailey Is Re-
turned To Milford For
Another Year.
INCREASE SALARIES
Liquor Traffic And Inn
moral Movies Are Com
demned.

Appointments involving apprOxi-
mately $50 churches of the Mary
land Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church we're completed
on Tuesday in the wake Of the 1O7th
annual session Of the conference a.
Western Maryland College at West
Minister, Md.
The reading OF the list was the
long-awaited climax Of the cOnyen-
tiOn, and was delayed by preliminary
discussion until almost midnight on
Tuesday.
Pay Increase For Some
About 500 attended the closing
meeting. Upon the invitation OF Dr.
A. N. Ward. president Of Western
Maryland College, extended an in
vitation to the conference to meet
at Westminster again next year and
the invitation was accepted.
Among other items Of business
cleared up was a 10 per cent in-
crease in pay, voted for pastors re-
ceiVing less than $500 annually.
President Z. A. Sexsmith, Baltimore,
OHefeO tue Suggestion III y EepoIt
last week.
Condemns Liquor Trade
The committee named to consider
the Presidents report likewise
agreed with DR.. Sexsmith in the
recommendation for continuing the
cooperative plan for supplementing
superanuate funds.
A report urging greater observ-
ance Of the Sabbath, reafirmed "Our
belief that the liquor business is a
curse to civilization condemned
immoral movies" and advocated
some means for relieving unemplOy-
ment and furtherihg world power.
Appointments Announced
Pastoral appointments announced
Included the following Tor Della
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Delaware's peach crop, hard hit
by severe sleet storms Of the winter,
is estimated by crop experts of the
Department of Agriculture at Col
lege Park, Nd. at about l77, 900 BUSH
els. or about 81 per cent of the five
year average Of $4,000 bushels from
1928 to 1892, inclusive. The estimate
exceeds last years crop. however,
which was only $4,000 bushels.
iDelaware's winter wheat produc-
tion this year will be eight per cent
larger than last years crop. but
seven per. cent below the prOduc-
tion for the same 5-year period.
Most field and truck crop pros
poets are spotted owing to the ad-
verse weather conditions. Corn
planting Is fully two or three weeks
late.
Wheat Put At I,ee5,OOO Bushels
Winter wheat production is esti-
mated at l,s65s000 bushels, compared
Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
Saturday Afternoon, June
20, Is Time Set For Ex-
position.
SMALL ADMISSION
WILL BE CHARGED
RehObOth And Lewes To
Be Stage For Dip Into
The Past.

A DAY in Old Sussex'-it is this
that a hundred women o. Sussex
County in Delaware are endeaYoring
to re-create as their part IA the
campaign to erect and maintain the
proposed Art Center in Wilmington
On the Saturday afternoon Of June
29-the last Saturday before the 4th
of July, old houses and new ones OF
distinction will be open to visitors
from 1880, standard time, to $3.50 IN
the evening, each home enriched BY
a collection of antique house fur
nishings gathered from every cor
ner Of this southern and largest
county of the State. Many Of you
have been so fortunate as to spend
a Day in Old New Castle" In the
spring-time, and to see "Old Dover"
when bedecked with dOgWOod blos7
SONS, that city opens IT'S doors to old
friends and new; you who have done
this need not be told every detail OF
what the women Of Sussex county
expect to set before you.
Rehoboth Beach and LeWes are to
be the stage for this dip into the
past, and to those who allow their
Imagination to have its way with
them, there will be material in plen-
ty to set back the clock Of their
thinking for a hundred years or
more. In the two towns ON that last
Saturday afternoon of June, a dozen
houses and gardens will be open to
visitors for a blanket admission fee
Of $I0O.
IN. Reh0h0th, the opel houses VII
be those of Mr.. and Mrs. H Rodney
Sharp, Colonel and Mrs. Harry L
Cannon, Dr.. and Mrs. Frank II
Grier, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry B.
Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. w. s.
Corkran; in addition, the garden Of
Mrs. VIM. S. Baer will welcome Vis-
itors.
In LeWes, there will be st. Peters
Church, the Dutch House, and the
Zwaanendael Club as the venters Of
interest, supplemented by a suggest
ed route through this historic town
OF more than 300 years. From the
deVries monument at the extreme
end of Pilot Town road to the Pres
byterian Church on Kings Highway,
one passes quaint and charming
houses of this old sea-faring town.
There is also to be seen on Kings
Highway a fine pair Of giant cy-
presses at what was the gateway Of
a house Of long agO-they are bride
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JAMES CAMP TO OPEN
AUGUST 3, In SUSSEX
Annual Ten Day Outing Under The
Direction OF Rev. MeCOrkIe

James Camp. located in Broad
Greek District, will open on August
8 for the annual ten days outing,
under direction Of the Rev. Frank
x. Mecorkle, pastor Of the Blades
EDwOrth N. =. Circuit. For the past
30 years this has been one Of the
most popular camps in lower Della
ware, and annually Is attended by
thousands Of persons from all sec
tions Of lower Delaware and Wicom-
leo and Worcester counties. In Mary
land.
Shiloh Camp, located on the main
State highway leading to Cambridge.
Md, and cne mile east OF Hurlock,
win open on July Z, under the diree-
tion Of the Maryland Annual Con-
ference Of the NJ. P. Church.
Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
SUPERVISORS BUSY IN
SPECTINC WHEAT FIELDS
Survey viii Determine II Farmers
Complied With Terms

In order to determine if those
farmers who signed wheat allotment
contracts In Kent and Sussex cOun-
ties have complied with the terms
Of the contract under the Agricul-
tuFal Adjustment Administration
with respect to the acreage for this
years crop. field supervisors are
now at work inspecting these farms
under contract.
This acreage inspection is being
conducted under the direction of the
allotment committee of the Kent and
Sussex County Wheat Production
Control Association in cooperation
with Kent County Agent Russell f.
Wilson, who Is also secretary of this
association.
A meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors was held in Dover on May 9. at
which time eight field supervisors
were selected to measure the wheat
acreage on all farms which are now
under contract with the Federal
government for a reduction of 10
per cent of their base wheat acre
age. This acreage reduction percen-
tage was required by the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration at
the time wheat was seeded last fall.
and those farmers who are contract
signers must comply with these reg
ulatiOns before subsequent benefit
payments will be approved by the
government.
This field inspection is progress
ing as rapidly as possible in view
Of the fact that the local wheat as
has only a limited number
Of measuring wheels for this pur-
pose. As this same type of inspec-
ton work is also in progress in
New Castle county, some of the
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CCC WORKERS
VIE In CONTESTS
More Than 500 Persons witness
COmPetitiOn on BrOadkiIn Beach


approximately 500 persons, includ-
ing 400 enlisted men and Officers OF
the Lewes and Slaughter Beach CCC
camps, and 100 visitors, gathered on
BrOadkill Beach last Friday after
noon to witness mosquito control
ditching contests and beach water
events. arranged by w. s. COrkran,
executive officer of the Delaware
Mosquito Control Commission.
The water event consisted OF
rowing contest in two whale boats,
participated in by. two crews Of 10
men each. from Companies 1924 and
1926. The half-mile course was
made in IL minutes by the Slaugh-
ter Beach crew. winning the contest.
Following the water race, a run
ming contest of fifty yards was held
on BrOadkill Beach. The enlisted
mems group. selected from the tall
est, shortest and heaviest Of the two
companies, was won by Company
1924, Of Lewes. and the fOremen's
relay was won by the Slaughter
Beach group. All racers wore their
hip-length rubber boots which hand
icapped their progress while adding
to the enjoyment of the spectators.
Dltehlng Contest Held
A ditching contest participated in
by 50 enlisted men from the two
camps was held during the after
noon in the Broadkill marshes. In
addition to judging speed, the object
of the event was to observe team
work, form and rhythm Of the work
ing crews. A 150-foOt ditch was first
laid out. followed by knifers who
cut out the sod, and hOokers who lift
ed the turf.
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BISHOP breaches
AT OLDST. ANNE'S
Rt. Rev. Philip Cook Talks
On Trinity" At 23Oth
Anniversary.

Visitors from all parts of Della
ware. as well as Pennsylvania, Mary
land, New Jersey, and nearby states,
come to old St Anne's Sunday 70
celebrate the 23Oth anniversary of
the church. Founded in 1905, by the
Society For The Propagation of The
Gospel In Foreign Parts" of London,
England, the old church stands at
the head of the AppOquinimink creek,
one mile south of MiddletOwn. The
mighty limbs of "Old st. Anne's
Oak" estimated by tree experts to
be more than 300 years old, cast a
cooling shadow on the wOrshipers
and the venerable building.
TOmbstones in the churchyard
date back to Colonial and ReYOlu-
tiOnary days, while many OF the old
stones bear family names whose
descendants are still active in the
church today.
Bishop Cook Offlclates
The morning services and sermon
were by the Right Rev. Philip Cook,
Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese Of
Delaware, who mentioning that the
anniversary date and Trinity Sun
day fall together only at long in
tervals, spoke on the Trinity" The
statement of the Trinity was first
formulated, he said, because the
church found it necessary to salts
factOrily state its faith.
Everything to which one turns. is
expressed in terms Of trinities re-
gardless of what it may be, he
pointed out. Mans search for God
being itself trinity of ntaure. man,
and inner man or self Each gives
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FATAL ACCIDENT PROBE
DEFERRED TO JUNE Is
Action Taken To Await Recovery OF
Hastings And Billings

Coroner Edgar Smith, OF Kent
County, last Thursday called the
jury, summoned to inquire into the
death of two women killed In an ac-
cident near Harrington last Monday
night. and after a conference with
State Detective d. D. Wharton, OF
Dover. announced that the inquest
would be postponed until next FRI
day, June 2Sth.
This action was taken TO await the
recovery of Lewis Hastings and VIII
liam Billings, two OF the victims,
who are still patients in the Milford
Emergency Hospital. The women
fatally injured in the accident were
Mrs. Leona Billings, Of Harrington,
and Mrs. Margaret Layton, of Phila-
Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
TEMPLE LODGE ELECTS
F. J. DOWNING MASTER
Incoming Master Well known To
All MIIfotdIans

Temple Lodge No. .. A. F. &c A.
NJ, OF Milford, at meeting last week
selected the following officers for the
year I035-36: Fulton J. Downing,
Master: Samuel Berlin, Senior War
den; Howard Martin, Junior Warden;
James P. Pierce, Secretary; Edwin
Messick, Treasurer; James q. HUI
mes, Senior Deacon; Prank R. Grier,
Junior Deacon: Ollie r. Sapp. Stew
ard; George Davis OF Geo. E. Tiler
Fulton Downing, the incoming
Master is well known in this vicin-
ity, a member Of the firm OF N. B.
Downing Co., and a life-lOng resident
OF Milford, He has received the
highest honors his brethren can be-
stow, In recognition OF his hard.
faithful work In the Interest Of the
crift.
Milford chronicle., 1935-06-21
MILFORD BROTHERS
HEAD JOPPA COUNCIL

Officers Of Joppa Council,
No. 3, Royal ana Select Mas
ters. a branch Of the Masonic
fraternity, have been chosen
for the term, as follows: IL
lustTiOus master, James P.
Pierce, Of Milford; deputy
master, NJ. Haswell Pierce, Of
Milford; principal conductor
of work, DR.. Kendall J. Hook
er, Of Millville; recorder, John
F. Kaiser, Of Georgetown;
treasurer, Magistrate w. F.
Sharp, Of Georgetown.
Joppa Council is the only
one in SUSSEX county, and
members of the Masonic fra
ternity from all sections are
members. Of1cers Of the cOuR-
Gil were installed on Tuesday
night.