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Evening star., 1936-07-30

corresponding to the totems of primi-
tive society. Nations correspond to
the primitive territorial totems. For
example. America right or wrong"
is a totem for Americans. Main
street. is a sort of totem in every
town. In New York it is called Broad
way. You need not talk very long
to a stranger before detecting some
form of totemism in his makeup.
Did you ever stop to think that
there are about 48 fairly we'll defined
totemic regions in the United States?
You can also group some Of these
States and get about dozen larger
regions which, if we were primitives,
might be called totemic regions. Thus
we have our New Englanders, our
corn belt and our cotton belt. Then,
too, we have the Northwest, and more
recently Floridans have been calling
themselves the people who live south
of the South" This is the sort of
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be removed to the plate with the
implement, or with the fingers?
.Answer-You must chew it enough
to swallow 1t If you possibly can,
but If, for example, you get bad
clam in your mouth or, more likely,
a piece of fish that is spiked with
bones, the only thing to do is to hold
it in your mouth until no one is look
ing at you, then quickly remove it
with your fork to your plate and
pray that no one glances in your
direction!
tCopyright, 1936)
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Bedtime Stories
Reddy's Clever Trick.

these bars and now he was running
down the middle of the field. He was
running fast. The young Fox Won
dered what he would do when he
reached the end of the field. Would
he Jump up on the wall and run along
that, as she herself had done when
she was chased by that same Dog?
She suspected that that was what
Reddy intended to do.
1T won't fool that Dog" thought
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of
Questions
Answered
Simple Rules of
Etiquette in
Brief.
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: Ten of US
would like to know the answer
to one or more of the following ques-
tions. Thinking that perhaps others
of your readers would like to know
the same things, we have listed them.
leaving space for your answers after
each one.
l. Is it presumptious to introduce
oneself to person who is nearby at
a social function?
Answer-At very large and gen.
ersl function one is supposed to speak
only to those whom one knows. but
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BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
OOK about you for likely places
in which to establish trees.

Make a list Of substantial tree
IL citizens you would like to have
as neighbors and give them all the
cooperation you can First among
them is the wild black cherry. This
tree has proven to us its worthiness
since the New World came into our
possession. What all of us who are
interested in conservation have to do
Is to list our tree friends.
In the first place, this tree is in
oustrious about growing up. In
short time after you have planted the
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totem that you are sure TO discover
when you talk with a stranger from
another part of the country.
(Copyr!ght 1880
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A YOUNG Fox. daughter Of
~ Reddy Fox. lay at the edge of
~ a pasture. eagerly watching
4 n her father. She was excited.
She was so excited that she trembled
all over. 1t wasn't fear that made her
tremble; it was Just excitement. Not
far frcm her Dog was running back
and forth this way and that, giving
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Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. SPROWLs.
Totems.

A TOTEM is an object of Worship
= it may be almost anything, even
a region or territory. Somehow the
word totem seems to amuse us. 1t
suggests heathenism, savagery, ig-
norance. But We need not go very
far into an analysis of our present.
day civilization to discover that all
enlightened nations have something
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II aETT IlI FlkbT
little yelps of inapatience. He was
trying to straighten out the trail of
Reddy Fox. Reddy had somehow
mixed his trail there. Just how he
had done it the young Fox didn't
know, for she hadn't been there to
see.
A short distance away was field,
surrounded by stone walls. There was
an opening at one end with bars
across. Reddy Fox had slipped under
Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
AUTOIST Held IN
SEAFORD DEATH
Inquest Waived In Hearn
Case At SeafOrd; Wit
nesses Under Bail.

William Hearn, "a years old, OF
fredericksburg. Nd, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Hearn of Wilmington,
formerly Of Laurel, was held under
$2.50O bail by Magistrate James X
Phillips in Seaford Tuesday night,
ON a charge Of manslaughter as a
result Of fatal injuries suffered BY
Edwin Riggin, q years old, son OF
Allison Riggin Of Blades, who was
struck by an automobile Hearn is
alleged to have driven. At the hear
ing Tuesday night young HeaTn
pleaded not guilty. Highway officers
who investigated the accident at
Blades Thanksgiving night placed
Hearn under arrest as driver of the
car.
Deputy States Attorney for Sus-
sex County Caleb Wright. who ap-
peared in SeafOrd Tuesday night,
deemed an inquest unnecessary, and
called the inquest OF. Coroner Char
les H. Lockwood of Frankford. who
had empaneled a jury the day fol-
lowing the accident, prepared to
hold the inquest. but at the decision
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Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
BAKER TO HEAD
KENT FIREMEN
Dover Chief At Meeting
At Houston Cites New
Fire Menaces, Hazards.

Chief Thomas Baker Of the Rob
bins Hose Company, Dover, was
nominated for new term as presi-
dent OF the Kent County Firemen's
Association for the new year at the
S4th meeting Of the organization
held in the local fire house on We'd
.nesday evening Of last week
Over so officers and delegates at
tended. The ladies auxiliary served
a cold platter to the visitors. P. P.
Caleb w. johnson Of Magnolia Offer
ed the invocation. Vice President
Slaughter of Houston, welcomed the
firemeR and Mr.. Baker responded.
Warns On New OH Heater
Chief Baker who is the county fire
recorder, called the firemen's atten-
tion to the new type oil heater be-
ing instaluled citing the fact that
dangerous fires may result from the
continued heat blast reaching the
fiues if proper precautions are not
taken to make a chimney safe to
withstand the intense heat. He also
said that pyrene hand extinguishers
used in closed rooms are dangerous
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Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
H. p. VAN KIRK DIES
FROM HEART ATTACK
Prominent Milford Merchant Had
Long Been In Poor Health.

Harry Pierce Van Kirk, age so
years, one of lower Delaware's best
known clothing merchants, passed
away at his home on South Walnut
street, Milford, Saturday evening,
November 2Sth, from a heart attack.
Mr.. Van Kirk had been in poor health
for some time.
Mr.. Van Kirk was born on farm
in Cedar Neck, near Milford, June
25th. 1876. son of the late Lemuel
and Rhoda Van Kirk.
The deceased was for over 40 years
connected with several of Milford's
leading clothing and department
stores. AS a young man he became
affiliated with the late George H.
Hall, going from there to c. D. Alb
bott and Company, where he re-
mained until 1912, when he went
into business with R. A. Derrickson,
this partnership continued until 1922,
when Mr.. Van Kirk sold his half in
terest in the business to Mr.. Der
rickson, Mr.. Van Kinks retirement
at this time was due to his failing
health.
In 1924 however he again became
affiliated with C. d. Abbott and COM
pany. In 1926 Mr.. C. H. Abbott re-
tired from the business, the business
then became known as H. P. Van
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Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
annual POw-wOw Held By
Indians In Sussex County

feast Of turkey, duck, chicken, deer,
fish from the Indian River Bay, the
holiday meal, was held in the sum-
mer pavilion of the chiefs.
The celebration closed at night
with the election of officers. The
election OF officers was followed by
a raccoon and 'possum hunt. Tribes
men participated.
Chief Little Owl opened the cere-
monies following the kindling of the
council fire. He gave a prayer to the
Great Spirit. After greetings and
responses were received and given.
the pipe of peace was smoked.
Among the dances were: The well
come, greeting to chiefs, round, har-
vest, green corn, square, duck,
snake, turkey, squaw, lead, scalp,
eagle, papoose. Nantieoke, war. and
farewell.
Princess Madacanna Mrs. Flor
ence A. Clark now nearing her s0th
birthday, mother Of Chief Little Owl,
greeted relatives and visiting In
dians from a chair where she has
had to sit for the past five years as
q result Of paralysis.
Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
Taxpayers Should Reach
Decision Before Decem-
ber %.
NEED ADDITIONS
TO WATER SYSTEM
Brief Summary Of 1885
Audit Presented To The
Public.

At the citizens meeting on the
evening of November % in the Com
munity Building at which time the
proposed new bond issue of $1O5,-
10000 was discussed, a representa-
tive group of citizens were present.
Mayor Harry J. Pettyjohn briefly
explained the proposed new bond
issue and secretary of council and
city treasurer, T. c. Collins, read in
detail the resolution adopted at the
regular meeting of City Council on
November 10, proposing to place this
issue before the electorate of the
city for a referendum. All of the
citizens of Milford should be inter-
ested in this proposition and should
reach a decision either for or
against the issue, such decision to
be expressed at the polls, December
%, 1886.
City council has outlined the fol-
lowing Improvements in the spend
ing of the funds derived from this
proposed bond issue. These inn
pTovements being improving and re-
pair of present water distribution
system, driving of a new we'll, in
stallation of two new pumps, con-
struction Of 100000 gallon water
tower, purchase and installation Of
a new chIOrinator and aerator ad-
ditions to present building at light
plant, purchase and installation Of
water meters, construction Of new
chimney for light and water plant,
construction Of coal storage lin and
installation Of conveying equipment,
extension, Improvement and repair
of sewage and storm sewage system
and extension Of sewage on various
streets where 1t is now badly need
ed.
A question which arose at the cit
izen's meeting was can the city af-
ford to bond for this new issue and
is the city in a position to pay the
additional interest and bond retire.
ments as they become due. In order
that the citizens of Milford may be
acquainted with the finances as
shown by the audit for the year
1885, a brief summary follows:
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Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
DELAWARE SONS HONOR
JOHN v. POSTLES
Smyrna Naive Slated Fer President
OF Society in Philadelphia.

John Van Gasken Postles of Phila-
delphia, a graduate of Delaware
College, class of 1911 will be elect
ed president of the Sons of Della
wares of Philadelphia at their meet
ing in Philadelphia on Dec. z.
The meeting date is the 149th
anniversary of Delaware's ratifica-
ton of the federal Constitution.
Mr.. POstles was born in Smyrna,
Oct. 80. 1890. the son of Francis E.
and Hannah Van Gasken Postles.
He attended the Smyrna public
schools and was graduated from the
high school in 1907. He entered
Delaware College and was graduated
in civil engineering in 1911.
Helped Relocate BOundry
Immediately after graduation to-
gether with the late w. Hart Scott,
he relocated the bOundry between
Kent and New Castle Counties. Ori-
ginal survey having been made by
Mason and Dixon.
In July 1911, Mr.. POstles entered
the service of the United Gas I'M
prOvement Co.. and has worked for
them since. At present, he is as
sistant to vice-president of Philadel-
phia Gas Works Co, subsidiary of
U. G. l.
In 1917 he married Helen Baxter
Mason Of Philadelphia. They have
two children. Anne Mason and John
Jr.
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.Susse1 Holly Wredths
-Now Being Shipped
ford, Becomes Last Money Crop OF Year; Farmers
Once ScOrHed Bushes As Menace To LiUe Stock

The last crop Of the year in low
er Delaware is being harvested. It
requires no cultivation, and for rs
years was scorned by farmers and
timber dealers until its value was
realized after some shipments had
been made to city markets. This
crop is the native holly found only
along the Atlantic SeabOard for a
stretch of about 500 miles and IS
miles inland.
When other crops fail, the aver
age lower Delaware farmer is able
to make some money from this
source. Shipments started this week.
During the last two weeks before
the holidays the consignments us
ually are made to the eastern mar
kets.
Started by William Buell.
During the 9O's William Buell. of
Milford. conceived the idea of gath
ering holly for shipment to the cit
les. The first season. he purchased
1900 cases for consignment to a
large seed firm in Chicago, receiv-
ing 81 a case. Greensbury A. Short
helped him. From that time on Mr..
Short became known as Holly"
Green Short and the Sussex county
Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
FRANK R. EBLEY
NAMED AS HOUSE
LEADER BY G. O.P.
Selected For Post At
Dinner Meeting OF Min
Ority Members.
TWO WERE ABSENT
Cooperation Pledged Dem
Ocrats In Adoption OF
Constructive Laws.
TWO WERE ABSENT

State Representative Frank R.
Zebley of Wilmington was chosen
as minority floor leader in the next
House of Representatives which will
convene in Dover January 5 at a
conference of the recently elected
Republican members on Monday
night
The selection of Mr.. Zebley was
determined upon following a dinner
in McCOnnelfs Restaurant in Will
mington with all but two of the Re
publican members attending.
Mr.. Zebley was elected to the
House for his second consecutive
term from the Second Representa-
tive District at the last election.
The Republican members of the
House also determined at the con-
ference to cooperate with the ma
jority Democratic members toward
securing constructive legislation for
the State. It was announced that
the members were in unanimous
accord that the minority work in
harmony with the majority in be-
hal fof all constructive legislation
and lend every possible effort to-
ward having a harmonious session.
Native OF Wilmington
Mr.. ZeDley was born in Whining
ton and has lived there all his life.
He is a graduate of the Wilmington
High School and after receiving his
diploma he learned the trade of ma
cbinist. Later he entered the build
ing business and in the course of his
career in this line he has construct
ed and sold more than 200 houses
in the Ninth Ward section Of Will
mington. He devotes his time now
to managing his real estate inter-
ssts.
Mr.. Zebley is a member Of Keokuk
Tribe. No. g Improved Order Of Red
Men; also a member Of the Great
Council Of Delaware. I. o. R. NJ,
and is secretary Of the Orphans
Board of that organization. He is a
of Eden Lodge, No. "a. In
Order of Odd Fellows,
and of the Historical Society of |
He is an honorary MEM
ber of the Friends of the Brandy |
wine.
He has served as a member of the |
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Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
MUCH INTEREST
BEING SHOWN
IN BOND ISSUE
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
DRAWN LAST MONDAY

In Wilmington the federal
grand jury for the December
term OF the S. District Court
was drawn Monday by Clerk of
the Court Harry c. Mahaffy. Jr.
It will convene December 8 at
10 a. m.
Comprising the jury are:
John A. Booker, Wilmington
Hundred; Robert P. Shoeni-
jain, Wilmington Hundred;
James B. McManus, Whining
ton Hundred; George E. Daw-
son, East Dover Hundred; J.
Ralph Carey, Georgetown Hun
dred; Henry J. Van Gaskin,
Wilmington Hundred; Dunbar
B. MUhlhausen, Wilmington
Hundred; Alfred D. Warner,
Jr., Wilmington Hundred; Dar-
lington Finn, Christiana Hun
dred; Charles F. Bickta, Will
mingtOn Hundred; William r.
Ringler, Baltimore Hundred;
Stanley NJ. Arthurs, Whining
ton Hundred; Edward H. Caus-
ey, Lewes and Rehoboth Hun
dred: c. A. Bunting, Baltimore
Hundred; George H. Otwell,
Broad Creek Hundred; George
f. Veasey, Broadkiln Hundred;
William f. Pusey, Georgetown
Hundred; Cecil F. Backus, Will
mington Hundred; William J.
Carson, Lewes and RehObOth
Hundred; Harry P. Jones,
Duck Greek Hundred; Samuel
B. Moore, New Castle Hundred
Guy R. Ford, Wilmington Hun
dred; William Deakyne, New
Castle Hundred.
Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
XMASLTGHTS ON
HERE NEXT WEEK
Work Now Under Way To
Beautify Business Sec
ton For Holidays.

Milford is prepared for one of the
best and most beautiful Christmas
seasons this City has ever seen.
Decorations and lights are being put
in position this week and it is hoped
the lights will be ready to be turned
on by Tuesday night of next week
when the City Council holds its
monthly meeting.
Il has been the direct aim of those
in charge of the Christmas lighting
to see that the job is done 1009o.
Thousands OF cOlOred electric lights
in beautiful array with the custO-
mary community Christmas tree in
the Plaza Square will turn the Main
street into a fairyland. 1t has been
stated by one of the persons in
charge of putting up the lights that
between eight and ten thousand
bulbs will be used to beautify Milford
this Christmas.
All of the merchants and business
houses have purchased fresh new
merchandise for the Christmas trade
and shoppers will find the Milford
stores fully as capable of filling their
holiday needs as the most exclusive
of the shops in the larger cities.
Plan now to make Milford your shop
pipg headquarters during the holi-
day season. and above all Plan to 90
your shopping early. The advertise
ments appearing in this issue Of the
Milford Chronicle list many Of the
Xmas bargains offered Ey Milford
merchants.
Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04

The sixteenth annual Thanksgiv-
ing pow-wOw, feast, and concluding
dance Of the NanticOke Indians, held
in a woods near Oak Orchard, which
15O years ago was the happy hunt
ing grounds of the NanticOkes. was
conducted In modern style on
Thursday of last week. The series
Of Indian dances and ceremonies
we're broadcast over an amplifying
system with Chief Little Owl acting
as master of ceremonies at the mi
crophOne
Visitors from all over Delaware,
Maryland, and Pennsylvania, were
present at the annual council and
ceremonials. The Nanticoke Indian
Association relived the days when
their ancestors roamed the same
region in search Of game.
80 Participate In Dance
Approximately 80 Indian men,
women and children. in native cos
tune presented the Indian dances
with war whoops and beating Of tom
toms. The ceremonies were held at
Riverdale Park. 16 miles southeast
Of Georgetown, in pine woods. The
Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
DELAWARE DAY
CELEBRATION DEC. 7
Program VIII Mark 149th AnilVer-
sary OF States Ratification

Delaware Day, marking the 149th
anniversary of Delaware's ratifca-
tiOn of the Constitution, will be cell
brated throughout Delaware on
Monday, December z, with exercises
by patriotic organizations.
Annual cOmmemoFatiOn of the day
was called for by a joint resolution
o. the General Assembly of 1888.
Delaware was the first State to rati-
fly the Constitution on December z,
1887.
Governor c. Douglass Buck has
issued a proclamation asking citi-
zens to display national and State
flags, and all State organizations to
hold special exercises.
Members of d. A. R. chapters
throughout the State have been in
vited by Caesar Rodney Chapter to
an observance in the New Century
Club at 2:3O O'Clock. The 41st ami
versary of the chapters own fOrma-
tiOn is to be jointly celebrated.
Miss Grace Baird, chapter regent,
will preside. Mrs. Walter S. Will
liams. State regent, will give greet
ings from the State order. A speaker
is to be announced later.
Delaware Day was set aside
through efforts of e. Paul Burk-
holder of Georgetown and the
Georgetown Rotary Club. Six thous-
and persons endorsed the plan be-
fore its submission to Governor
Buck and the Legislature in 1888.
Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
10000 IN STATE
MAY LOSE OUT
ON SECURITY ACT
Eligibility For Old Age
Pension Periled By
Lack Of Birth Record.
NO RECORDS KEPT
State Kept No Statistics
Between 1868 And 1881,
DR.. A. C. JOst Asserts.

Eligibility of about $4,000 native
Delawareans for old age pensions
under the social security act is
threatened by the fact that the
State has no records Of their births.
it was disclosed last week by DR..
A. c. Jost, secretary of the State
Board OF Health. and registrar Of
vital statistics.
At Dover DR.. JOst issued a warn
ing directed particularly TO the 2O,-
900 persons who survive out Of the
estimated $4,000 people born in this
State in the 1S-year period between
1868 and 1881.
No Births Recorded
Not a single one Of these persons
is officially recognized by the State
as having been born because no
births were recorded at all in that
period.
What makes the situation dOubly
alarming, said DR.. JOst, Is the fact
that persons born between the years
1868 and 1881 are the very persons
who are now of age or becoming
of age for pensions. These persons
will have difficulty proving their
age in order to receive pensions, he
explained.
DR.. Jost urged that all persons
born in that period notify the State
Board Of Health by letter at Dover
at once. Under a law enacted in
1929, he pointed out, the department
can certify births upon reasonable
examination Of evidence that the
person actually was born in the
year he says he was.
The department will give anyone
every assistance to obtain certifica-
tion and there will be no expense
TO the persons being certified, DR..
Jost said. However, any time any
one wants q certified copy Of his
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FARMERS GIVEN ADVICE
ON GROWING SOY BEANS
TWenty-FOu9 Years OF Research
Given To Determine Yields

An annual application of from 500
to 1000 pounds of 5-5-1O fertilizer
per acre on land on which soy
beans are grown each year is nee
essary if yields are to be maintain
ed.
This fact, determined after "a
years of research at the University
of Delaware Experimental Farm at
Newark, Delaware, was stated be-
fore soils and crop experts attend
ing the recent meeting Of the Amer
lean Society of AgronOmy at WASH
ington. d. G., hy G. l. Schuster, pro-
fessor of agronomy at the Univer-
sity Of Delaware.
"Twenty-four years Of investiga-
tional work at the University Ex-
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Milford chronicle., 1936-12-04
DOVER AREA BOY
SCOUTS HOLD MEET
Rev. Frank HersOn, Milford, Named
Vice Chairman, Monday Night

The annual meeting of the Dover
Area Boy Scout Committee was held
on Monday evening at the Dover
City Hall following a dinner at the
, Hotel Richardson. District Scout
officers were selected for the com
ing year as follows: District Chair
man, ]. Wallace Woodford, Dover;
Vices Chairman. Rev. Frank Herson,
of Milford: Scout Commissioners,
A. G. Livingston Of Dover, Clarence
p Weber, Of Middletown. and John
Burger OF Dover.
Some very interesting reports
were presented by the various COM
mittee chairmen. George Ehinger,
camping chairman. reported a total
OF 81 boys from nine troops at the
Rodney Scout Camps during the past
summer. He also reported a fine
troop cabin erected by Dover Troop
No. rs.
Virgil B. Wiley, leadership train
ing chairman. reported a number Of
training courses held during the
year with course in the elements
Of Scouting for e0lored leaders just
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holly trade was a paying industry.
Only Best Used At First

holly trade was a paying industry.
Only Best Used At First
Only the very highest grade holly
was used in those days. The bran
ches had to be laden with bright,
red berries in large clusters, and the
leaves had to be green and free
from holes produced by insects.
The culled holly in those days was
better than a majority Of that ship
ped these days.
The demands for the past 25
years has been so heavy for branch
holly and wreaths that dealers have
hardly been able to supply the
trade. There Is but little box or case
holly sent to the New York, Phila-
delphia, Chester, Baltimore and VIII
mingtOn markets until about ten
days before the holidays. Shipments
now are going to Chicago, st. Louis
and Cincinnati. Some of the holly
finds its way to Boston, Buffalo. AL
bany, Pittsburgh and most of the
Pennsylvania coal regions.
The price for wreaths depends
largely on the quality and size. This
year they are expected to vary from
Eve to nine cents and probably
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