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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
Elected Head OF Grand
Lodge At IO2Rd Meeting
In Wilmington.
Georgetown Resident Be-
HeUed Youngest Mem
Der EUer Named.

The 1O2nd session Of the Grand
Lodge of Delaware, 1. o. o. F. cons
Vened in Wilmington. Wednesday
morning at 10 O'Clock, with Thomas
E. Jefferis, Jr., Grand Master, pre-
siding. After the roll call and
usual fOrmalfties were dispensed
with, Past Grand Master Irwin Craig
presented and introduced Mayor
Walter Bacon of Wilmington, who
made a fitting address of welcome,
in which he explained the greatness
OF our State and the City OF Viii
mington. The Mayor laid particular
stress upon the petty jealousies that
now exist between some parts OF the
State and Wilmington, and in clos
ing called upon the entire Odd Fell
lows Fraternity to help right this
condition that Wrongfully exists.
The many sessions was taken up
by the reports Of the several com
mittees. and the reception and intro
duction Of prominent members Of the
fraternity from other states. Mil
ford sent one of the largest repre-
sentations il has sent in years. Those
from Crystal Fount Lodge were:
Past Grand Master Jester, Past
Grand Warden Kirby, Past Grand
Thomas H. Abbott, Past Grand James
w. Cannon, Past Grand Representa-
tive George A. Swain. Past Grand
Marshall Benson, Past Grand Har-
Vey Swain, Past Grand George A.
Rodney, Past Grand Neal Wilkins,
Past Grand Frand Harder. Past
Grand Henry Clark, Past Grand Sam-
uel Bostic. Past Grand Oliver Melvin
Past Grand Harrison Lynch. Past
Grand Representative G, A. Bennett.
Past Grand Levinus Austin was
unable to accompany the Milford
delegation on account of illness.
The Repoft Of the various com-
mittees was up to the usual high
and shows every part Of
the order in excellent condition.
The report OF the Grand Secretary
was without doubt one of the most
received in years. The
In the thirty-one lodges
throughout the jurisdiction Of Dell
aware remains at approximat ely
1000 members. This fact alone IN.
the face Of the present economic
condition that has existed for the
last four years was very gratifying
to the membership. During the past
year s10,SSS.50 has been paid. mem
bers for sick relief alone, or a total
o. $16,56915 was disbursel for relief
Of all kinds.
Never before has a Grand Lodge
session In Delaware been favored by
the attendance of so many distin-
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
GOVERNOR WILL
OFFICIATE AT
SCOUT SERVICES
New Scouts From all Over
State To Be Inducted
Into Body December z.
AT STATE HOUSE
Governor To Have Two
Sea Scouts AS Aides, To
Present Badges.

All new Boy Scouts Of the State OF
Delaware will gather at-the Legisla-
tive Hall IN Dover on Saturday, De-
cember z to be formally inducted in
to the Scout organization by Cover
nor C. Douglass Buck. Honorary
Chairman OF the Wilmington Area
Boy Scout Council. The ceremony
will be in observance Of Delaware
Day, eommemOrating the entrance OF
the State Of Delaware into the I'm
ion. the first Of the United States OF
America.
state oficiaIs and the American
Legion will cooperate with the Scout
Council in the new Scout inyestiture
ceremony.
The candidates and their Boy
Scout escorts are to assemble at
the State House at 2 O'Clock when
they will respond to q roll call. PO-
sitiOns in the procession will be as
signed according to the Oldest Troop
in the State. Scout buglers will
sound attention. the doors of the
House of Representatives will swing
open and new Scouts will march in
the hall to be presented to Governor
Buck. The committee Is endeavOring
to secure quartet of trnmpets and
drums for the opening and closing
flag ceremony.
Mayor !. Wallace Woodford, Of
Dover, will officially welcome the
Scout party. A short address on the
historical Significance of the day
will be given by one Of Delaware's
leading citizens, yet to be named.
After the address, Governor Buck
will present -tenderfoot badges to all
candidates, who will be presented to
him BY buddy Scouts who were re-
sponsibIe n interesting and training
the new Scouts. Governor Buck viii
have as his aides, two Sea Scouts.
After the presentation, one Of the
new Tenderfoot Scouts will make q
response on behalf Of his brother
Scouts.
Following the program at the
Slate House. the party will be taken
on a tour Of the historical places OF
Dover. =
In addition to Boy Scouts from
Wilmington, Troops In Newark
Claymont, Richardson Park, Della
ware City, Dover. Iewes, Rehoboth,
Camden-Wyoming and Millsboro
have already entered Scouts in the
Delaware Bay Investiture Ceremony.
New Scouts officially registered be-
fore December 2 from any other OF
Deiaware's 80 Troops will be eligible
to participate in the investiture SER
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
GRANGE DEMANDS
u. S. TO SCRAP
CANADA PACT
Unanimous In Belief Let
ting Down Barriers Will
Add To Surpluses.
SEEN AS INJURIOUS
Taber Reelected as Head;
RObt. p. Robinson, Will
mingtOn, Treasurer.

The National Grange, by a unani-
nous vote Of delegates, called upon
the Administration on Monday night
to rescind its new reciprocal trade
treaty with Canada.
Adopting a report Of tie legisla-
tive committee, which climaxe1 a
day of individual brOadsides deliv-
cred against the treaty by many del
egates, the Grange said:
eff these treaties are not rescinded
we demand the repeal Of the reciprO-
cal tariff act just as soon as Con-
gress cOnvenes."
The report predicted that the
treaty will prove Injurious rather
than beneficial" "
Pact Seen Injurious To u. >.
eve already have a domestic sur
plus of practically every agricultural
commodity on which tariff cOnces-
sions have been made to Canada" ii
continues. Foreign imports cannot
fail to add TO these surpluses and
depress the domestic price level on
farm commodities.
Earlier delegates expressed their
opinions between closed sessions at
which Louis J. Taber, fOrceful, white
haired grange leader for II years,
was reelected national master for
another two years.
C. c. COgswell, Kansas agricul-
tural leader, denounced the treaty
as slap in the face to American
agriculture"
A New Hampshire vegetable and
poultry raiser, James C. Farmer,
South Newbury, looked upon it as
detrimental, a "serious handicap"
and a step which apparently will
deprive the farmer Of markets which
should be ais
Wilmington Man Reflected
The Grange reelected: David H.
Agans, Three Bridges, N. j., over
seer. farmer as lecturer; John G.
Mckee, Lafayette. Ind, as steward;
Harry B. Crawford, HOulton, Me-,
Robert p. Robinson, Will
mington, Del. treasurer; Harry A.
Cation, Coshocton, Ohio. secretary;
and Fred w. Freestone, Interlaken'
N. Y, to the executive committee.
New officers included: Mrs. G. L.
Dietz, Broken Bow, Neb., Ceres;
Mrs. D. B. Anderson. Moore, 5. c.,
Pomona, and Mrs. Herman hide,
Wis, Flora; and J. A. Boak,
New Castle, Pa, as assistant stew
ard
Ohio was awarded the 1886 con-
vention in a close contest with Mich
igan. The executive committee will
select the city after examining con-
-ention facilities.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
SOCIAL SECURITY
TAX RULES PUSHED
Treasury Working Against Dee. Is
Deadllne to Draft Collection Program

Deadline 60 Draft collection program
Treasury officials worked against a
December is d.eadline last Thursday
in drafting regulations for collecting
the first OF the taxes imposed by the
social Security Act.
The law provides that employers
of eight or more persons must pay
one per cent of their 1886 apayrOlls
into an unemployment insurance
fund. This levy graduates to two
per cent in 1887 and three per cent
IN 1888 and thereafter
While the 1886 tax will not be-
come payable until January, 1887,
the Treasury hoped to complete its
rules by the middle OF next month
so that employers can set up proper
tax records at the start Of the year.
Lawyers and accountants in the
Income Tax Bureau, which will
handle the collections. also have
held numerous conferences with
representatives OF industry seeking
simpliiication Of procedure so that
additional business bookkeeping can
be held TO minimum.
Regulations for the collection OF
two other levies voted by the last
Congress also are being formulated
Taxes to finance railroad retirement
pensions become effective ia March.
while those for the social security
eontributory old-age bene-
fits will begin in 1887.
The new rail pension act pro-
vides for tax Of 3l5 per cent on
CARRIER payrolls, and an equal levy
on the wages Of railroaders. Rep
OF rail employees for coll
leetive bargaining will pay the full
Z per cent from their salaries.
Federal old-age pensions will be
by a graduate tax inn
posed equally upon employers and |
starting at I per cent each
IN 1886, and reaching 3 per cent each
N lS49 on wages not IN excess OF
$1,000. Railroads and their en-
,loyes are excluded from this levy.
Internal Revenue Bureau officials
Iaid they were unable 70 estimate
low much the unemployment insur-
lnce tax would. yield for 1886. Il
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
REQUESTS FOR SAJIE TAGS
ONLY TO BE CONSIDERED

The only applications for special
automobile license numbers for 1896
that will be recognized BY the Motor
Vehicle Department will be those IN
which the request is for the same
number the applicant holds this
year.
This was made clear last Satur-
day by Motor Vehicle Commissioner
Walter Dent Smith, who said It Is a
useless effort on the part Of automo-
bile owners to ask for special NUM-
bers other than the ones now on
their cars.
Applications for registration Of
cars, now being received By Owners,
carry the following additional mo-
tice:
Beginning November-15s but in no
case later than November 30, If de-
sired the department will issue plea
sure car owners. on receipt Of ap-
plications. the same number plates
for 1886 that they held during 1885.
The proper fee and a letter must ac-
company each application. giving the
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
TWO KENT PRISONERS
WILL BE WHIPPED

Judge W. w. Harrington in
Plead Guilty Court at Dover
last Saturday sentenced two
defendants to be whipped. Ed
ward Hudson, white man, in
addition to d prison sentence
Of six months, was ordered
whipped with 5 Iashes. John
Mann, negro, sentenced to one
months imprisonment was
also ordered to be whipped
with S lashes. Both men plead
guilty to indictments of lar
ceny.
Other sentences imposed
where pleas Of guilty were en-
tered included James A. Dick
erson, six months imprison-
ment; Leon Burton, alias Le-
on Tingle, two months inn
prisonment; Elmer Winches-
ter. unlawful possession Of al
coholic liquors, fined 500.
Herman Dandy who plead
guilty to an indictment Of car
rying concealed deadly weap-
ons was paroled to State De-
tectlve d. d. Wharton for six
months.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
KENT POULTRY RAISERS
DISCUSS CONDITIONS
Committee To Make Farther Survey
OF Kent County Poultry Business

A countrywide meeting of poultry
raisers Of Kent County was held last
Friday night in the offices OF the
State Board of Agriculture with Rus
sell f. Wilson, county agent presid-
ing. H. S. Palmer, extension poultry
man OF the University Of Delaware,
discussed broiler raising and then
distributed a QUESTIONABLE soliciting
information from growers and deal
ers from whom chicks had been pur-
chased in the past year; who to and
expectations Of product this year in
relation to last year, and. how many
lots of brOilers are expected to be
produced this year.
Upon the receipt of the answers
J. W. Kingdom, representing the
poultry section of the AAA, will COM
pile the answers and make a report
at a later meeting. Mr.. Kingdom
discussed the production and the
problems confronting poultry grow
ers at this time. He also spoke on
the number OF chicks lost through
various diseases and how to treat
them.
A committee comprising Frederick
Haas, Jacob Kesselrind and B. B.
Chase. OF Dover; Mrs. w. ]. McLu-
cas-. Of Smyrna. and W. d, Scott of
Harrington, was named to make. a
further survey OF che hatchery and
broiler industry in Kent County.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
STATE TRAFFIC
HCLEAR AFTER
TERRFTCSTORM
Northeastern Damag es
Piers In Sussex; Homes
Threatened By Gale.
LEWES HARDEST HIT

Clear weather and rising temper
ature greeted the State Monday
morning following an early winter
storm of wind, rain, snow and sleet
that sWept the entire coast late last
Saturday night and Sunday. The
northeaster halted river trafdc, kept
autoists indoors and flooded sections
of roads and the cellars Of many
homes.
Although parts of the boardwalk
at RehobOth Beach were damaged
small bridges in Sussex county dam
aged by the high water, the Ocean
Boulevard between RehobOth and
Bethany Beach closed, and the Lew
es Coast Guard Station for a time
nearly marooned, damage upstate
was slight.
Guard Station In Danger
With water within ten inches Of
the first floor of the Coast Guard
Station at Lewes, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam A. Beauchamp and their four
year-old son were moved into the
Coast Guard Station. The waves
broke in the door of the Beauchamp
home, usually a long way from the
highest tides. Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Cropper also sought safety at the
Coast Guard Station when high
waves started to break around the
trailer In which they live.
The wind and tide at Lewes were
the highest he had seen for 80 years,
Captain David Edwards, custodian
of Queen Anne's Pier. Lewes, said on
Monday morning. A broken hatch
cover had washed up on the beach at
Lewes, apparently from a small
sloop. Windows in the hatch cover
had been shattered.
Some of the flooring Of Queen
Anne's pier was washed away and
also some of the shelters at the end
Of the 1,200-foot pier.
Pier Is Wrecked
The pier of the Atlantic Fisheries,
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
HIGHWAY DEPT. T0OPEN
IL PROPOSALS DEC. 4
WIN Furnish Employment TO $50
Workers For 100000 Hours

Complete plans and specifications
may be obtained by road contractors
from the State Highway Department
on twelve proposals which will be
opened December 4, at two o'clock In
the afternoon for the awarding of
contracts to the low bidders on road
work that is estimated by w. w.
Mack, Chief Engineer, to furnish en-
ployment to $50 workers for 100000
man hours.
Some of the projects are for clear
ing and grading, preparatory to later
paving and the remainder are sec
ondary roads or connecting links in
former construction.
The Wrangle Hill-Glasgow con-
tract will prepare a short cut from
Fort dupont and surrounding coun-
try to the main roads to Baltimore
and Washington while another is
preparatory to a continuation Of the
North East Boulevard, outside Of
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
OF FOUR
STATES MEET In SUSSEX
DR.. P. f. West Entertains Eastern
Shore OptOmetrie Association

0ptOmetrists from Delaware,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey met in the Offices of DR.. P. T.
West in Georgetown, on Friday eve
ming last. The meeting was called by
DR.. s. Oman, of Easton, Nd, presi-
dent Of the Eastern Shore Assoeia-
ton of Optometrists.
The guest speaker of the evening
was DR.. Harold Simmermann of
Woodbury.. N. ]. Dr.. Simmermann is
professor of Perimetry and Campi-
metry at the Pennsylvania College of
0ptometry, and inventor and de-
signer of the Simmermann Tangent
Screen which bears his name. His
lecture concerned the central visual
fields around the macular area, the
normal scotoma commonly called
the blind spot" formed by the optic
nerve head. He also discussed the
blue, red and green colOr-fields of
vision. Upon completion Of his lee
ture, DR.. Simmermann demOnstrat-
ed the function and results obtained
by the use of his tangent screen.
Each demonstration proved highly
successful.
W. H. Heffner. president Of the
Philadelphia Optical Instrument Co.,
and ]. Hall, representative of the
sales department of the same COM
pany, gave a complete demonstra-
tion Of DR.. P. E. Vests modern Op-
tometric equipment and ophthalmic
instruments as are used by DR..
West in mis- practice.
DR.. Kathleen Freeney Of Delmar
and DR.. Elizabeth Allen of Seaford,
acted as hostesses.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
FREEDOM IN
EDUCATION
is STRESSED
Teachers Are Urged To
Guard Democracy In
The Public Schools.
HOLLOWAY SPEAKS
E. Paul BurkhOIder, Of.
Georgetown, Heads As
sOciatiOn.

DR.. Jesse Newton, professor OF
education of Columbia University
addressing the closing session OF
the Delaware State Education Asso-
citation at the Pierre S. DUPONT High
School auditorium in Wilmington
last Friday afternoon, said that III
the freedom Of teaching in American
public schools is destroyed demo-
craey will also be destroyed" Dr.
Newlon's subject was 'Values in
American Education"
DR.. E. Paul BurkhOlder Of George
town, was elected president Of the
association.
Retiring President Robert N.
Foulk, principal of Bayard Junior
High School, presented his success
sor''Mr. Foulk in turn was the reeip-
lent of the retiring presidents pm
Mrs. Phyllis Mason Heck, OF VIII
mington made the presentation.
Teaching Freedom Urged
DR.. Jesse Newton. professor OF
education at Columbia University
warned the Delaware teachers tnat
If the freedom of teaching In the
public schools here is, destroyed
democracy will be destroyed.
He warned against conditions Oh
Europe where. he said, public eduea-
tion has been replaced by the au-
thOrity of the State.
Expressing the hope that the dem
ceratic ideal will persevere in AM
erica, DR.. Newton said that never,
theless, citizens and teachers shouiu
be ever on guard to preserve from
undermining the peculiar values OF
public education in America These
he cited as free schools, schools con-
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
SURVEY BEING MADE OF
PASTURE, HAY CROPS
Expect Slight Increase In Kent
County Acreage

For the past several years one of
the major projects in the agricul-
tural extension program for Kent
county has been the campaign for
an increased acreage of desirable
pasture and hay crops, for as a gen
eral rule This section of the United
States does not produce a sufficient
quantity of these homegrown feeds
to take care Of our live stock de-
mands, and this is particularly true
with reference to dairy cattle.
In addition to growing legume
crops for pasture and hay purposes,
many farmers each year are seeding
these crops for soil Improvement and
cover crops. This practice has be-
come rather common among those
wheat growers who signed adjust
ment contracts whereby a certain
acreage on their farms was contract
ed for by the Federal government
and released from wheat production,
as this acreage could be used for soil
Improvement purposes as one of the
accepted terms of the wheat con-
tract.
In order to determine the total
acres seeded to legume crops each
year in Kent county, a survey Is
made of the quantity of legume seed
sold to farmers, and some Interest,"
ing facts regarding this acreage
have been, obtained by County Agent
z. Wilson when this survey
is taken each fall with the coOpera-
lion of local seed dealers and dis
tributors. AS the usual rate of seed
ing such crops as alfalfa, sweet clo-
yer and scarlet clover is one bushel
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
M. E. CONFERENCE
TO MEET MARCH Is
Bishop e. II. Hughes WIN Preside
At Session At Delmar

The Wilmington Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church will be
held at Delmar, beginning next
March 25th, with Bishop Edwin Holt
Hughes, OF the Washington Area.
presiding, IL was announced among
ether conference dates and presiding
Bishops over them, at the conclud-
ing session OF the, ,semi-annual meet
ing Of the Board OF Bishops Of the
N. r. Church in Atlantic City, last
Friday.
The Delaware Conference (Negrol
Of the NJ. e. Church, which includes
much OF the DelmarYa Peninsula,
will meet in annual session in Phila-
delphia beginning next April 1st, it
was announced.
A f0rmel statement looking for
ward" to the reunion Of the three
great Methodist groups, the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. Methodist
Church South. and Methodist Prot
estant Church was also issued by
the Board Of Bishops Of the first
named Predicted recently to be a
sure thing within four years, this
organic union OF the three branches
Of Methodism may thus come about
sooner than anticipated.
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
COMMUNITY FAIR BEING
HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL
Seven Departments Participating In
The Event

The first annual Milford School
Community Fair opened at the Mil
ford High School yesterday. The fair
is sponsored by the Vocational Agri-
culture classes and the F. F. A., with
the following departments partici-
pating: Agriculture, Art, CONNER
ciaI, Health, Home Economics. In-
dustrial Arts, Music and Science.
The following program win be
held In the high school auditorium
tonight, beginning at o'clock:
Music, Milford High School En-
Introductory remarks, Superinten-
dent r. +. Shilling.
Community singing, Mr.. Miller
Play, Mr.. McGinnes.
Presentation Of prizes, Mr.. Nc
Cauley
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22

number held in 1885, or this num-
ber cannot be assigned to the appli.
cation for 1886. Beginning December
2, plates will be issued consecutive
ly.
Others Begin November Is
Commercial, convertible, hearse,
motorcycle. tractor, and trailer
plates will be issued consecutively
from November 15."
It was pointed out last Saturday
that there is no law to compel the
department to issue special NUM-
bers. The handing out Of aumbers
for 1886, similar to those CT this
year. is an accommodation Of the
Motor Vehicle Department.
A new feature Of the applications
for 1886 registrations, is a line un-
der that Of the signature Of the own
er, marked "omeial title" This. 1t
was explained, is to be used In the
event the owner 9f the car is q COM
pany or corporation. The line is to
be filed in with the name Of an OFF,
cial Of the company or corporation
Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
ACCIDENTS HAPPEN
OFTENER In WINTER
Every Family should Cheek It's
Home For Fire Hazards

II you knew that John Jones fell
down his back steps and injured
himself every year at certain time
and under certain conditions, you
would probably conclude that Johns
accidents didn't 'just happen" You
would be convinced that there was
a definite cause somewhere. Perhaps
you would tell John just what that
cause was and how he could prevent
further damage to his person.
On much larger scale that is
what the Delaware Safety Council
Is doing for all the Johns Of the
State and the James. too. Using ac-
cidont reports the Council can lump
all the Johns and James IN The coun-
try together and tell you just about
how many persons were injured In
paet years and how and when. But
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Milford chronicle., 1935-11-22
CROPS in STATE
ABOVE AVERAGE
YIELD This YEAR
Survey Shows Corn, Pears,
Apples, Grape Harvest
Made Increase.
POTATOES FALL OFF

]. A. Ewing, Federal agricultural
statistician for Delaware, has an
lnounced that a survey as of Novem-
Der shows that harvests OF apples
corn, pears, and grapes are above
last years production and crops
generally show increases over the
average yield. October weather
favored corn, soy beans, potatoes,
and other late Fall crops and the
seeding OF Winter wheat. While
per acreage yields Of corn, buck
wheat. soy beans and potatoes are
above average, they are below the
Yields OF last year, and sweet ana
late white potatoes and. crops are
lower than expected.
The 1885 corn crop Is estimated
az 4.495 900 bushels as compared
with. last years production OF 1884,
600 bushels and the five-year aver
age OF 3,7S4 900 bushels.
There. is an increase this year IN
the acreage of soy beans for thresh-
ing. The average is estimated at
81 900 as compared with $4,000 acres
threshed last year. The estimated
production OF 418.000 bushels COM
pares with 422,O0O bushels harvested
last ysar and the 5-year average OF
25O.O0O bushels.
The total apple crop, which is esti-
mated. at 1.418,O0O bushels, compares
with SIS, 900 bushels in 1884 and The
5-year average of 1,373,O0O bushels.
The fruit is of good size, quality, and
color, but the price is Low. Pear
production is about average but con-
siderably above that Of year ago.
This years grape crop of 1887 tons
compares with 2,43O tons last year
and the average of 2,190 tons.
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