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Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
59TH PIONEERS
PLANNING FOR
FIRST REUNION
Delaware's War Time Reg
iment To Meet At Camp
TheO. Townsend.
ON AUGUST 8 AND 8

Members Of the old 5sth Pioneer
Infantry, Delaware's war time regi-
ment, are due a splendid time at
their reunion at Bethany Beach,
Camp Theo. Townsend, on August 8
and 8, according to reports from
Major James w. Cannon, one of the
committee who is arranging the af-
fair.
Few people have shown greater
interest than Adjutant General We'll
Ter E. Slower, who is very enthusi-
astic about the reunion. He is
great assistance to the committee
and is helping every way possible.
In fact, it is through the efforts OF
General Slower that every veteran
who attends will be furnished sleep
ing quarters under canvas free OF
charge. Meals will be served at a
normal charge. Col. George Shultz'
of the 19Sth Coast Artillery Della
ware National Guard. former mem
her Of the 59th, is one of the COM
lnittee, who has devoted lots of time
perfecting plans for this reunion.
that will perpetuate the memories OF
its service in France.
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$I,62S,689 AVAILABLE
FOR HIGHWAY WORK
Sum Remains From s5,279,7s2 AllOt-
ted State By q. S. Since 1884

Reporting on the progress Of high
way construction in Delaware for
which Federal funds have been ap-
portioned, the Bureau of Roads said
a total of $1,62S,6S9 was available
for new projects as Of June 30, this
year.
This amount remained, the bureau
said. out of funds totaling s5,279,7S2,
apportioned from appropriations
since 1884.
Under the works program high
way funds from the 1885 emergency
relief act, the bureau said $900.Sl0
was appOrtioned to Delaware. No
projects were listed as completed,
but work costing $460,139 covering
45.3 miles was under construction.
The report said Of $41S.239 Of the
1885 appropriations for grade cross
ing eliminations, no projects we're
completed. none was under construc-
tion as Of June 80, but work cost
ing s143, ,4s6 was approved Of which
100000 was Federal money, leaving
a balance Of S29S, ,239.
The sum of S1.S19.0SS was appor-
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Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
TOWNSEND CALLS
G. P.RALLYFOR
LOWER COUNTIES
Leaders VIII Prepare For
Campaign At RehObOth
Dinner Tonight.
TO CONSIDER TICKET

Senator John G. Townsend. Jr.,
chairman of the Senate Republican
campaign committee, will be host at
a dinner in the Belhaven Hosel, Re-
hOboth, tonight at $3.50 o'clock. His
guests will be Kent and Sussex
members of the Republican State
Committee, and the members Of the
Kent and Sussex County Republican
Committees. Plans for an aggressive
campaign preceding the election in
November will be discussed.
Governor Buck, Republican Ma
tional Committeeman from Della
ware; Senator Daniel D. Hastings,
and Col. Edmund Mitchell, chairman
of the Republican State Committee
have been invited to attend.
Townsend Calls Meeting
Senator Townsend, desiring to
promote interest in the Republican
campaign in the two lower counties,
arranged for the affair after dis
cussing the advisability of a get-to-
gether meeting with many Republic
cans who will be in Rehoboth over
the weekend With so many active
Kent and Sussex Republicans at the
dinner meeting it is expected there
will be a general discussion of the
ALLEGATION of candidates for nominal
ton for places on the state ticket,
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MAJOR ROSCOE
DIRECTS new
GUARD UNIT
Assigned To Battery B;
Succeeded At Dover By
Capt. w. A. McWilliams
BOTH WAR VETERANS

Captain Henry X. Roscoe, Jr., of
Dover, commander of Battery G.
Second Battalion, 198th Coast Artil-
lery, A. A., Delaware National
Guard, has been promoted by order
of Governor Buck to the rank of
major, and has been assigned as
commanding officer of the 261st
Coast Artillery Battalion. HarbOr
Defense, Delaware National Guard,
the new battalion of the Delaware
National Guard created as a result
of the formation of Battery B, 26lst
Coast Artillery, H. D., at George
town.
Major Roscoe will be succeeded as
commanding officer of Battery G.,
19Sth c. A, of Dover, by First Lieu
tenant William A. McWilliams, regi-
mental supply officer. 1913 Coast Ar
tillery, who has been promoted to
the rank of captain, and assigned as
commanding officer of Battery &.
World War Veterans
Both MRjor Roscoe and Captain
McWilliams are veterans of the
World War, each having spent ap-
proximately one year of service in
France. Major Roscoe saw service
with the U. S. Marine Corps in
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Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
PAPER OF LATE
W.J.BRYAN HITS
new DEALERS
Omaha, Nebraska Publica-
tiOn Sees President as
Possible Dictator.
FORETELLS DISASTER

The Omaha WOrld-Herald, for fifty
years a leading Democratic news
paper of the middle west, is opposed
100 percent to the Roosevelt regime
and all of its work.
The WOrld-Herald at one time
was edited by William Jennings
Bryan and was the Great Common
er's" recognized organ throughout
his various Presidential campaigns.
Later it was under control of the
late Senator Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock,
one of President Woodrow Wilson's
close advisers.
The World-Herald, in an editorial
denouncing the Roosevelt regime,
compares Mr.. RoOseVelt's policies
with those of Hitler and MussOlini.
Il states:
This newspaper believes the
American system, both economic and
political. is not so desperately sick,
so hOpelessly beyond cure, that it is
to kill and replace it with
an order alien to our traditions, re-
pugnant to all our aspirations.
1T is to the rendezvous with des-
tiny that this question Invites us.
that all Americans will be rallying
during the coming four months.
Theirs, on election day. will be a
fateful decision"
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SAFETY LANE
CLOSES HERE
NEXT WEDNESDAY,
All Car Owners Are Urged
To Bring Cars For
Inspection.
DETAILS ARE LISTED

Motor vehicle owners of Milford
and vicinity are urged to bring their
cars to the safety lane which opened
here last Monday and will continue
until Wednesday, July 29th, so that
they may be inspected in the eighth
annual motor vehicle inspection
campaign, under the auspices of the
State Motor Vehicle Department, the
State Highway Department and the
Delaware Safety Council.
The same lane was operated all
of last week in Dover. From here
it will go to Milton, where it will
be located from July 80 until Aug
ust l. The lane is open from a. m.
until p. m.
1t is necessary for all Delaware
cars to be approved in the inspection
campaign. Under the provisions of
the Delaware motor vehicle laws, the
State Motor Vehicle Department will
be obligated to suspend the registga=
tion of any motor vehicle which has
not been examined and passed.
The statewide motor vehicle in
spectiOn campaign was opened on
July 13 and will continue until Aug
ust 20.
Several ways i'm which car owners
may cooperate with safety lane Of
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Secretary of State Walter Dent
Smith, in his annual report to Gov
ernor c. Douglass Buck on Tuesday
disclosed that the Department OF
State had total revenues of $1.S4S,-
551.62 in the fiscal year 1856
compared with $1,2O4,24215 the pre-
viOus year, an increase of $780,
SO9.47.
Gains in franchises granted cor
porations, in motor vehicle registra-
tions, and in operators licenses
were responsible for the increase,
Secretary Smith reported.
Motor vehicles and operators fees
passed the million-dollar mark for
the first time since the fees were
reduced in 1881. The total was ST.
O1O,934SO.
The automobile department had
the largest increase-$75,7 no. .95-
collecting a total of $976,804.SO,
compared with 1901, ,O9S.S5 the pre-
vious year.
The corporation department also
had its largest gain since 1888, col
lecting $316, ,32O.99, compared with
S259, ,576.55 the previous year, an in
crease of $56,744.44. The franchise
revenue had fallen from S3,56O, ,955.62
in 1929, 10 a low Of $26O,S04.S9 in
1884.
Titling department revenues in
creased $7,S55.0S to $4S,667 SO, peak
for the last 10 years.
Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
MILFORD BROKE EVEN
OVER PAST WEEKEND
Defeated Wyoming Saturday, 6 to 1;
Lost To WOOdstOWn Sunday, 8 TO 2

The Milford Baseball Club broke
even over the past weekend with a
win over Wyoming Saturday and a
defeat suffered at the hands of the
WOodstown Aviators on Sunday.
The game Saturday was played at
Wyoming and was won by the local
boys by a score of 6 to /. Garrett
Grier, Milford's star first baseman,
led his teammates in hitting 3 out
of five tries. Killen, the locals ace
pitcher, huFling a nice game, allow
ed the Kent county lads but FIVE
scattered hits.
Del Minner, WyOming's right field
er, starred for the apple city lads.
Sunday, Milford again entertain
ed the famous WOOdstOwn, N. j.,
Aviators. It will be remembered that
Milford defeated this team on their
last visit here. but the flyers came
prepared Sunday and the final scene
found the locals defeated, 3 to ?.
Home runs by Cannon Of Milford
and McConbril, of WoodstOwn were
outstanding features Of this encoun-
ter, along with a sparkling catch by
Grier.
Tomorrow and Sunday, July %
and 26, Milford will entertain the
washington Red Sox on the local
grounds. Next Tuesday the Milford
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Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
$4,000 Registered
In State Saturday
approximately Third of DeLaOGres Eligible Voters
Registered On First Day For Qualifying For PTi-
RpGries And Presidential Election.

ed a majority Of those who had
qualified but conservative leaders on
both sides estimated the results were
about evenly divided between the
two parties.
Kent County Returns
In the First Representative Dis
trict, in Smyrna where there are
two election districts, 1853 registered
in one, and 234 in the other. In the
Second Representative District
which includes Leipsic and a section
of Dover, 1853 voters qualified in one
district, and 81 in the other, while
in the third Representative District
which includes Clayton and Kenton,
So were registered in the former
place, and 40 in the latter.
The Fourth Representative Dis
trict includes West Dover Hundred
and has but one election district,
where $40 names were placed on the
voting lists. In the Fifth RepTesen-
tative District, which includes the
three election districts in Dover, 253
registered In the first; 2S6 in the
second, and 24O in the third. In the
Sixth Representative District, Will
low Grove and Masten's Corner, So
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Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
SOIL CONSERVATION
COMMITTEES MEET
Community Elections Held In Kent
County Last Week

In the reorganization of the Agri-
cultural Conservation Association IN
Kent County. community election
meetings for each representative dis
trict were held last Wednesday eve
ming, July 16, at which a district
chairman and two other committee
men in addition to an alternate were
elected for each district for the year
which began July /. The chairman
of each district also becomes mem
Der Of the board of directors Of the
county association.
These community meetings result
ed in the election of Ernest s. Matti-
ford Of Smyrna as chairman in the
First district. r. Harry Wilson Of
Dover in the Second and Fifth dis
tricts, H. Clifford Clark Of kenton
in the Third district, Henry Williams
Of Hartly in the Fourth district, L.
d. Caulk OF WOodside in the Sixth
district, Frank w Richardson Of wv
oming in the Seventh district, l.. e.
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Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
Thirty-t&O Boy Scouts vii
Camp 1T Kent-Smssex Fair

act as aides to the State police. and
assist at the emergency hospital. AL
ternating afternoon and evening
live demonstrations will be conduct
ed before the grand stands.
This is the first time that scouts
have actively participated in the
Kent-Sussex Fair.
The camp will be under the able
direction Of C. R. Andreas, Jr., field
scout executive in lower Delaware
and the Eastern Shore of Maryland,
Communities in Sussex to be rep
resented in this picked troop are
Laurel. Millsboro, Georgetown, Sea-
ford, Coolspring, Lewes and Reho-
both; in Kent county, Dover, Har-
rington, Milford, Frederick, Camden,
Smyrna, FELTON, and MiddletOwn; in
New Castle county, Marshallton,
Richardson Park, Wilmington and
Newark.
Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
BOARD EDUCATION MET
In DOVER LAST FRIDAY
Henry Rldgely Was Reelected Pres.
ident; Other Business Transacted

At the regular July meeting of
the State Board of Education, held
last Friday at the State House, Hen
ry Ridgely of Dover was reelected
president. Other officers chosen are: (:
Vice President, John B. Jessup, of
Wilmington; secretary, DR.. H. v.
Holloway, Dover; assistant secre-
tary, J. o. Adams.
The board elected the following
art and music teachers for the year:
Art teachers, full time, Isabella Mo-
ran Kast, Dover; Madge Richards,
Wilmington.
Part time art teachers: Lydia
Bancroft, Eleanor LindstrOm, Mil
dred Fisk, Florence Tilton, Jessie c..
WILDER, Helen D. Wright.
The board approved the CONSOLE
dation of Adamsville school district
in. Sussex county with the Green
wood School.
A petition for consolidation from
residents of Hares' Corner with New
Castle was deferred until the mat
ter could be more fully looked into.
The transfer of properties from
Wainwright's District to Seaford
Special School District, Sussex coun-
ty, was approved.
Authorization was given for the
use of available balances in project
from budget balances for the water
proofing of the Houston School base
ment and also for the erection OF an
additional building at RehOboth.
A resolution received from the
Claymont District regarding kinder
garten appropriation was referred
back to the board with the notice
that there was no money available
for such purpose.
Certain approved music books for
use in the schools we're approved by
the board.
A delegation of 16 residents of the
Eldorado District in Sussex county
appeared before the board, asking
for a ruling on the vote taken some
weeks back on consolidation Of the
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The only decrease was a drop Of
81 ,O31 in taxes and fees from civil
commissions, a total Of $1,75S being
collected turing the year.
Revenues from pleasure car regis
trations were S553,013.50, an in
crease of $37,771; from commercial
vehicles, the total was $259,736.50,
an increase of $17,805.5O.
Trailer registration revenues in
creased $8,413.35 to a total Of $685.
1880; dealers, 1921 to S6.171; trac-
tors, 500 to $1,317; motorcycle, SS7
to $685., while revenues from regis
tIatiOn Of hearses dropped $51 to
$1,19O5O.
Revenues from operators licenses
increased $6,658.5O to $121 ,S99, the
highest total since 1880. This reve-
nue. had dropped from s19O,S56 in
1880, to S1OS, 1850 in 1881, the year
the fees were cut. Other auto reve-
nues increased.
Revenue from State taxes on cor
porations totaled 65,S53.94. an in
crease of S36,265.74. Certified copies
brought in the next largest amount
in this branch, $63,610.55, an in
crease of $1S,15O.7O.
Corporation Fees Increased
Corporation department fees were
SS9, ,66S.5O, an increase Of $3s4ll, and
dissolution fees were S4.415. Reve-
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STATE BOARD HEALTH
INSTRUCTS MIDWIVES
Everyone Must Have State License
By August 1 To Garry Or Work

AS 4 part Of a drive to decrease
the Delaware maternal death rate
more complete regulation and in
struction OF midwives is being insti-
tuted by the State Board Of Health.
It is the belief Of State health au-
thorities that at least one-half of the
maternal deaths, of which Della
wares rate is alarmingly high,
would be prevented II all prospec-
tive mothers obtained proper pre-
natal care and instruction from
physicians. Midwiyes, they say,
make approximately 20So Of the de-
llveries in this State.
In an effort to control and In
struct midwives. who are required,
each August ] to take out a license,
they are being urged to report cases
for which they have been engaged
after which public health nurse
will visit the prospective mother and
see that she Is properly instructed,
and urge her to have medical pre-
natal care. Midwives are being fur
nished with report blanks with
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Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
KENT SUSSEX
FAIR OPENS ON
MONDAY NIGHT
Daredevil Riders To Be
Feature Entertainment
Opening Night.
GROUNDS ENLARGED
Many New Exhibits; Gov
ernOr's Visit Scheduled
For Next Thursday.

The Kent and Sussex Fair will
open next Monday night. July %, at
Harrington. The Fair will continue
for the rest of the week. closing on
Saturday night.
This arrangement provides six
full nights and five full days of en-
tertainment. The exhibits this year
promise to be the most outstanding
of any year. The exhibit space has
been taken for several weeks which
guarantees that everyone attending
the Fair will find something to in
terest him. Many new buildings have
been built, including a modern res
taurant building. The parking field
has been enlarged somewhat by
utilizing more of the farm owned by
the Fair Association.
For the farmer and his wife, the
highly attractive displays of ma
chinery, live stock, fruits, vegetables
and home canned exhibits will prove
attractive. To the homemakers, the
exhibits of hand work, ETC., will be
a source of delight. These exhibits
promise to be the best ever display
ed at the Fair.
The feature entertainment Of Mon
day night will furnish a thrill to
everyone. Daredevil lucky Teter)
and his thirteen international fam
GUS drivers will appear in a variety
of spine-tingling stunts with speed
ing automobiles and motorcycles.
These drivers wreck from two to
three cars at each performance.
Harness races will be the main at
traction on Tuesday. Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. A new feature
to be introduced this year Is run
ming races for Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday For those desiring more
speed and thrills Saturday will again
feature automobile races, under the
official sanction Of the contest board
Of the American Automobile Associ-
alton.
Thursday. as in the past will be
Governors Day. With both the major
political parties showing new life.
and all the old scores to settle no
doubt there won't be standing room
for this big day.
The All Clubs will come into their
own on Friday. This is another
event which grows in importance
each year. A 1000 attendance is an
ticinated by all members and their
families.
A daily vaudeville performance
will he given in front of the grand
stand. There are ten acts on the nro-
gram, with Joe Basile's Madison
SQUARE Garden Band to furnish mu-
sic A hu0e carnival by Cetlin and
Wilson will he on the grounds. and
a fireworks displav will be set of
each night excent Monday.
All indications point 70 one of the
hioeest wears in the history of the
Fair. The association is entirely out
Of debt.
Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24

Almost $4,000 persons, approx
mately a third Of Delaware's eligible
voters, registered Saturday, the first
day for qualifying for the coming
primaries and general election.
Registration In Counties
The enrolment for the election in
rural New Castle county was 1861.
In Kent county It was 4,750, and in
Sussex, approximately 5000.
The State total given by the un-
official returns is 34,751, a figure
that is expected to be increased on
official returns.
Among volunteer workers were
about $50 members Of the Young
Republicans Organization in differ
ent parts of the State.
Governor First To Register
Governor c. Douglass Buck was
the first to register in his district at
State Road, and was actually one OF
the first in the State to qualify.
In Kent county Democratic and
Republican workers were unusually
active getting out the voters to
register, and as a result the total
for the day was approximately 4,75O'
the largest first days registration
for several years. Each party claim
Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
STATE HOUSE AT
DOVER DAMAGED
BY LIGHTNING
Woman Stunned, Another
Shocked By Bolt; Build
ing Badly Shaken.
SLIGHT DAMAGE
WOrkmen Begin Repair
Work On 154-Year-Old
Structure.

Workmen late Monday began re-
pairing the cupola of the 154-year-
old State House, badly damaged on
Monday morning about $3.50 O'Clock
when It was struck by lightning
during a severe storm. Secretary OF
State Walter Dent Smith estimated
the damage at between $500 and
S4OO.
The copper rain spout on the east
side of the building conducted the
lightning into the ground, thus saw
ing the structure from fire. The
shock, however, was felt In the Kent
County Court House on the other
side of the Dover Green.
No One Injured
No one was injured but a num-
Der of State House workers suffer-
ed temporarily from shock Miss
Harriet Carson, standing against a
screen door in the court house, was
stunned. Ray GOrInley felt a shock
while telephoning from his of1ce
in the court house. PrOthOnOtary
Wilbur D. Wilds reported that his
hand went numb while he was writ
ing.
Secretary of State Smith was one
of the few eye witnesses OF the
lightning bolt. He was standing at
the time by the window OF his once
in the Legislative Building, attract
ed by the heavy rain.
81 saw the lightning cleave out OF
the air" he said. strike the nag
hole and then roll on down the
side of the building on the court
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HIGHWAY DEPT. AIDS
HAVEN LAKE SWIMMERS.
Slow Signs Being Placed On Each
Side OF Bridge As Safeguard

SLOW" signs are being placed on
each side OF the bridge over Haven
Lake near Milford, on Route 1lS by
the State Highway Department in
an effort to urge motorists to drive
carefully at this particular stretch
of road because of the hazard to
the young people who bathe from the
bridge, and at the same time the
bathers are also being urged to ex-
ercise the utmost care along the
highway. Owing to the fact that no
opportunity offers escape from the
summer heat into the cool waters OF
the lake as all the surrounding pri-
vate property is prohibited and no
opportunity is given for entering the
lake at that section, the only point
where the lake can be entered is
from the highway. and when it is
considered that people of that sec
tion must have some opportunity to
enjoy the water, motorists are asked
to combine in care with the bathers
when rounding the curve which is
considerably widened at this point.
Care by both class of citizens will
aid in escaping any serious damage
to limb or life.
Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24

Thirty-two Delaware Boy Scouts
will camp on the grounds of the
Kent-Sussex, Fair from July % to
August 1. Scouts are being selected
flom the various troops in the State.
Kent and Sussex counties will be
represented by twelve scouts from
each county.
Through the generosity Of Ernest
Raughley. secretary Of the Kent
Sussex Fair, a portion of the race
track infleld has been set aside for
the camp site.
An instructive scout exhibit is be-
ing assembled by the Wilmington
Area Council and win be displayed
in a prominent place on the grounds.
This will do much to acquaint the
public with scout activities.
The scouts OF this provisional
troop will conduct an information
bureau, lost and found department,
Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
ERECT NEW STOP SIGN
NEAR REHOBOTH BEACH
Dangerous Intersection Receives Stop
Sign From Highway Department

A new ''Stop" sign has Just been
erected by the State Highway De-
partment at the dangerous intersec-
ton of the road from Milford to Re-
hOboth and the one from Georgetown
to Lewes at Five Points. Both roads
are heavily travelled especially in the
summer and hereafter motorists
coming toward Rehoboth Beach or
Lewes from Milford and points north
will stop to prevent interference in
the line of traffic coming from
Georgetown and points west into the
bay and ocean resorts.
Milford chronicle., 1936-07-24
INSPECTORS PASS sos
CARS IN FIRST 8 DAYS

Six hundred and ninety-five
automobiles have passed the
automobile inspection during
the first three days of their
campaign in Milford. During
the same period 669 we're re-
iected for various defects in
their cars. While last year
lights proved to be the most
serious fault, this year foot
brakes. are the leading cause
for rejection. Some Of the
causes Of rejection at the Mil
ford lane follow: Licenses, SO;
lights, 1886; tires, 26; mirrors,
81; windshields, So; wipers,
20; horn, 3S; emergency
brakes, Sc; steering gear. 2;
foot brakes, $50; clearance
lights, z; flares, "a. Wednes-
day, the day Of heaviest traffic
at the lane, 3O1 cars were ap-
proved and 3O1 rejected.