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Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
EXAMINATIONS SLATED
win BE Held In Wilmington, Dover,
Georgetown On October $3.50

Merit examinations for positions
in the Delaware State Employment
Service will be held in Wilmington,
Dover and Georgetown on October 30
and 80, according to the announce
ment made this week by Charles w.
Bush, special representative of the
United States Employment Service
at the University OF Delaware in
Newark.
Many inquiries have come to bis
once in Newark. Mr.. Bush said, and
application blanks have been nlailed
TO all requesting them. Requests
for blanks should be made by mail
addressed to Mr.. Bush at Newark.
he said. Applicants must fill In and
return these blanks before midnight,
Thursday. October 21
From the eligible list prepared as.
a result OF these examinations all
present positions and future vacan-
cies in the State Employment Ser
vice will be filled. Present employees
of the service are on a qualifying
basis and may be retained II sue
cessfuI in the examinations.
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
LOCAL GIRLS ORGANIZE
BASKETBALL TEAM
VIII Meet Other Outfits On Eastern
Shore

The Milford girls interested in
basketball. who have been holding
get-together meetings for sometime,
met at the home of Miss Bertha Cole
on Monday evening and completed
their organization and outlined
plans for the season. There were
about 20 present at the meeting, in
cluding many of the old lineup and
of course some promising new ones.
Miss Cole announced the girls would
play in conjunction with the boys
team and that she would be glad to
correspond with any teams w;shing
to schedule games with the Milford
girls.
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
WOMAN KILLED
WHEN TRUCK-CAR
HIT AT MILFORD
Mrs. Laura I'll. Ewell, OF
Berlin, Decapitated In
Intersection Crash.
rs 10Th FATALITY
Victims Son And Mrs. r.
C. Atwell, OF Seaford,
Held Under Bail.
rs 10Th FATALITY

Mrs. Laura H. Ewell, 6S. of Berlin
Md. was killed instantly last Friday
afternoon when a truck in which she
was riding and an automobile driven
by Mrs. Rachel C. Atwell, 26, Of Sea-
ford, collided at the intersection OF
the DUPONT Boulevard and the Mil
ford-Harrington Highway at Milford.
Mrs. Ewell's son, Gardner Ewell, %,
was driving the truck.
The death brings Delaware's auto
mobile fatality toll for 1887 to 79.
The impact of the collision threw
Mrs. Ewell from the cab of the
truck, which careened into a tele-
graph pole and turned over, striking
Mrs. Ewell. Taken to the Milford
Emergency Hospital in the Milford
ambulance. Mrs Ewell was pro-
nounced dead of fractured skull
and internal injuries.
Others Suffer Shock
The drivers of both vehicles and
Mrs. Charles Johnson. Jr., 2S, and
daughter, Betty Jane Johnson, 3, Of
Seaford, escaped with only shock.
Police said the intersection, known
as the Haven Lake intersection. has
a caution blinker light on the du-
Pont Highway and stop sign on the
crossing highway. The truck was
proceeding north on the dupont
Boulevard and the automobile west
on the Milford-Harrington Highway.
Privates Pusey and Horney of the
state police reported.
Drivers Under Bail
Both drivers were held under
81 900 bail each by Magistrate Harry
B. Thaw of Milford on charges of
assault and battery by automobile.
The coroner's inquest will be held
today friday by Coroner Harry
Camper of Harrington.
! The. truck was en- route to Parkes-
burg Pa s,ssith asloadsof fRrRftupe Z
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
Many fire Sentenced
In Sussex Co. Court
Majority of Offenders We're Found Guilty OF Carry
ing Concealed Deadly Weapons; Case Against
John Vandenburg Continued Until February Term

district, pleading guilty to stealing a
battery, valued at $500 from the
Peninsula Oil Company, of Seaford.
on September 13, was sentenced to
serve six months in the county
prison.
Charles Capehart, of Milford.
charged with desertion and nom
support of his wife. Mrs. Mildred H.
Capehart. was ordered by the court
to pay to her for support the sum of
$3.50 per week.
Ewell Noble. of Laurel. charged
with larceny. was given a prison
sentence of Is months.
Isaac Brown, Of Selbyville. charg-
rTg-r fs Pare 9. PIeaseJ
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
TO PURCHASE STATE
APPLES FOR RELIEF
W. T. Derickson, Director OF Mark
cts, Working To Complete Deal

Purchase OF Delaware apples for
relief purposes by the Federal Sur
plus Commodities Corporation has
been announced by A. D. Cobb. as
sistant director of extension at the
University of Delaware. and W. T.
Derickson, director of the State Bu-
reau of Markets, who have been
working with representatives of the
FSCC to complete plans for such
purchases.
Plans for the apple purchases have
been accepted by an advisory COM
mittee of apple growers, appointed
by the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice and headed by Senator A. Bailey
Thomas, Wyoming. Included on the
committee are Arthur F. Walker, of
woodside. and Warren C. Newton Of
Bridgeville.
ALI FSCC purchases are to include
the following varieties: Delicious,
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Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
TREASURER OF
W.C.T.U. HITS
LIQUOR GAINS
Mrs. Margaret Munns Ad-
dresses State COnven-
tiOn At Laurel.
WILL CLOSE TODAY
Mrs. Anna Lee Waller,
State President, Made
Annual Report.

THE amount Of money spent last
year in this country in the liquor
business, three and one-half billion
dollars, is equal to the amount spent
during the year by the federal gov
ernment on relief" Mrs. Margaret
Munns, national treasurer of the
woman's Christian Temperance I'm
ion, said Wednesday night at the
service concluding the first day of
the fifty-eighth annual convention of
the Delaware w. C. T. u. at Laurel
The convention which closes late to-
day is being held in the Centenary
NJ. E. Church.
About $50 persons attended the
service with Mrs. Anna Lee Waller
of Delmar. the president. presiding.
Mrs. NIunns reported that con-
sumption of alcoholic liquors was
on the increase in this country and
that during the past year the cost
to the nation was s28 per capita.
She fiayed the modern saloons ard
tap rooms as being more dangerous
than the pre-repeal type.
Federal Regulation Urged
Mrs. Munns recommended that
President Roosevelt urge the spe-
cial session of Congress next month
to regulate the production of liquor
so that the price could be kept at
high level. They have regulated the
production of farm goods and there
is no real reason why this business
cannot be regulated" she continued.
The speaker said that rs per cent
of the deaths and injuries by auto
mobile accidents could be blamed
indirectly on liquor.
Devotions were led by Mrs. La
vinia Lynch and the Rev. jacob
Handy, pastor Of the Laurel NJ. z.
Circuit. made the prayer.
Features ofsthe program were the I
of the years work by the
secretary, Mrs. Bertha
J. Ooursey, and the annual address
Of the president, Mrs. Anna Lee
Waller.
Mrs. Coursey reported 1s active
unions in New Castle county with /
varying from over 100
n the Wilmington organizations
iown to 20 in smaller unions. Most /
If them also have L. T. l.. groups
md many reported membership in !
,reases. Kent county has II active |
inions, Clayton and FELTON, being
he largest with so active members
ZACH.
is Unions In Sussex
Sussex county reported 16 active
inions. The Laurel union leads the
State in activity, with 102 working
members, ten honorary members;
I. T. C. with 2S members, an L. T.
!. membership of rs. and a Crockett
.Tnion.
In making her annual report. Mrs.
Waller said that the W. c. T. U. met
n Laurel in 1888. in 1892. in 1907
md again in 1924.
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
PIT. A. ASSOCIATION
NET WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Executive Meeting Preceded The
Regular Session

An executive meeting preceded the
regular monthly meeting of the Par
ent-Teacher Association at the High
School Auditorium on Wednesday
evening, Howard r. Moore presided
at the meeting. The chairman OF
each standing committee present
gave a list of her committee and its
purpose. This was part of the pro-
gram which had been arranged by
the chairman. Miss Cordelia Carter.
A suggested topic for study sheet
which was given each member pres
ent, was explained by Mrs. e. b.
Roosa, the chairman. and the mem
bers of the committee taking a pos
sibIe group explained how the. work
and study might be carried on. Prac-
tical Art. information about work OF
the student in school, international
relations, Social hygiene, chemistry
in the home, narcotics and several
more subjects may be taken up dur
ing the winter months. Miss Flor
ence Horn lead the group singing.
A social hour followed the meeting.
The next meeting will be held on
November 10.
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
Grand Tall Cedar George
S. Grier And Staff Pre-
sided At Ceremonial.
PROGRAM IN CHARGE
OF FOREST BAND
Miss Delaware Presented
To Group; New Masonic
Head Was Present.

/ Evergreen Forest No. 49, 7. G. l..
opened the 1878 season Wednes-
day night in the Community Build
ing. Milford, with the best program
they ever put on. George s. Grier.
Grand Tall Cedar. presided, with a
full compliment of officers present
to assist him. The entire meeting
was marked with a feeling of soci-
ability and good fellowship. Many
old friends met for the first time
since last spring and exchanged
words of greeting. The program was
i'll charge of Evergreen Forests
Band, under the direction of Prof. C.
Russell Snyder.
The Most Worshipful Grand Mas
ter, George T. Macklin. of the Della
ware A. F. & A NJ. accompanied by
members of his stan was received
with all honors due his position.
Grand Master Macklin made short
pointed address on Masonry. that
went to the heart of every Master
Mason. He was loudly applauded.
The Band Committee carefully ar
ranged worthwhile entertainment
that met with instant approval.
James w. Cannon, president of the
band, was master of ceremonies.
Miss Delaware Miss Mickey Hart
nettl of Harrington. was presented
by Theodore Harrington and Warren
T. Moore of the Harrington Fair
Association. Did she receive an ova-
ton? Well! the Cedars made that
building ring. All that has been said
about her is true-beautiful talented,
and a perfect model of Delaware
womanhood. Mrs. Cahall was pres
ent as her chapsrone. Past Grand
Tall Cedar Elwood Mettler of Brandy
wine Forest, of Wilmington, accom-
panied Miss Delaware to Milford.
The baritone solos rendered by
Harold NJ. Payne of Evergreen Forest
were considered masterpieces.
The dance team of Lynch and
Shannon was clever. These two
youngsters who are not yet ten, are
bound to make the grade. They too
received a big ovation.
Miss Irene Daniels, with her ac-
Gordon, came in for her share Of
applause. A brilliant future is pre-
dicted for her.
One of the high spots of the eve
ming was the wonderful tap dancing
OF Miss Dolores Knowles. Here is
another young lady that is sure to
make the grade. She made a real
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Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
GEORCETOWNFAR
OPENS OCTOBER 2S
Sussex Corn Shucking
Championship Contest
To Be Feature.

The Georgetown Fair will open
! Thursday, October 2Sth. Entries
will be received between a. m. and
p. m.
The exhibits will be judged on Fri
day, October 20, and the task of plac-
ing the awards has been assigned to
the following judges; Grain and
vegetables, Mr.. M. C. Vaughn; stand
ard production poultry, Mr.. F. H.
Leuschner; meat, poultry and eggs.
MIR. Wilson Hatfield: bantams. Tab-
bits and pigeons, Edward Boehm;
flowers and adult home making ex-
hibits, Mrs. Edwin Smith. Mrs. Gran
willie Lambden and Mrs. Miles Isaacs;
student home making exhibits, Miss
Eta Hastings and Mrs. Virginia Mil
lers dogs, Mr.. George layton; pony
and bicycle races. Mr.. George Keen.
A new feature of the 1887 fair will
hes seham piQIsh hip eQEp hps tlp2 cQRz
test. + The adults, will compete for
the senior championship award and
the boys under is years of age will
compete for the junior champion
ship. The contest will fbe twenty
minutes long. The championship will
be awarded to the contestants shuek-
ing the largest amount of corn by
weight less penalties. The total
weight of corn not shucked clean
and ears left unshucked will be null
tiplied by three and this amount sub
tracted from the total weight of the
corn shucked to determine the
winner.
The fair will be open to the pub
lie on Thursday from Z p. m. to 10
p. m. and on Friday and Saturday
from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
CEDARS OPENED
1937-1938 SEASON
ONWEDNESDAY
STATE POLICE ARREST
554 AUTOISTS IN MONTH

The monthly report of State
police shows that last month
554 motorists were arrested
on charges Of reckless driving,
compared with 240 In Septem-
Der of last year. Total arrests
made during the month were
1917 compared with 635 in the
same month last year.
Fines imposed by magis-
trates and paid during the
month. amounted to $3.50.
Fines not paid amounted to
$3.50.
Ninety persons we're arrest
ed during the month for dis
regarding stop signs. compar-
ed with 19 such arrests in Sep
tember of last year. Twenty
one motorists were arrested
one drunken driving charges,
the same number as was ar
rested in September of last
year
II is the intention of the
State police to keep up the pres
ent war on reckless drivers
and those who fail to heed
caution and stop signs indefi-
nitely. Special provisions are
being made to keep the drive
going during the winter
months.
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15

In the Court of General Sessions
In Georgetown last week, Willie
Neal. of Bridgeville. was convicted
in two jury trials, one for sale of
liquor and the other for carrying
concealed a pistol. He was sentenc-
ed to serve three months on each
charge. At the trial on the charge
for carrying concealed a pistol. Neal
claimed that 1t was not concealed as
the butt was sticking out and he did
not intend for it to be hidden. He
alleged that he had pawn brokers'
license and was delivering the pis-
tol to a customer. The judges plac-
ed no credence in his story.
Ford Prettyman, of Broad Greek
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
DELAWARE PLAYS FIRST
HOME GAME TOMORROW
Minions OF Lyal Clark VIII Play
Lebanon Valley On Frazer Field

University Of Delaware football
team will play its first home game
of the season on Frazer Field. New
ark. tomorrow afternoon. The game
will start at 2:15 o'clock. They will
play Lebanon Valley.
The Blue Hens lost their first two
games played away from home. to
Ursinus and Rutgers, but Coach
Lyal Clark has a squad that gives
promise for the remainder of the
schedule.
Saturday of next week Delaware
plays Dickinson on Frazer Field and
the following Saturday. October 80,
St. Johns of Annapolis. also on Fra
ger Field
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
Forests Of Delaware Guarded
Each Day against Fire Peril

fire fighting crew in Delaware
No brilliant red engines no
thrills.
For them are only the dangers of
sweeping into forest fires furnace.
fighting wind. cracking trees. chok-
ing smoke that blinds the eye and
throtties the throat, and falling
embers that villianously drop upon
unsuspecting backs.
- When the fight is over, stretches
OF charred, gaunt stumps of trees, a
bed OF ashes where once had been
luxurious underground, dead wild
game-all an economic loss and
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Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
REV. l. ]. GREEN GUEST
SPEAKER AT ROTARY
Prominent Salisbury Clergyman
Spoke On Christopher Columbus

Rev. Lias J. Green. pastor of Beth
esda Methodist Protestant Church at
Salisbury. Md. was the guest speak
er at the regular weekly meeting of
the Milford Rotary Club in the Ho-
tel Windsor on Monday evening.
Rev. Green gave a talk on Christo-
pher Columbus. the day being Col
umbus Day. Rev. Green is talented
orator and his talk was one of the
best given before Rotary this year.
His portrayal of the emotions of the
restless Geonaese sailor. who discoy-
cred world. was perfect. Past Pres
ident r. Arthur Derrickson respond
ed on behalf of the club.
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15

A red topped silver. not more than
in inch and half long, commonly
called match. can do IL: Destroy
acres of woodlands and disfigure
stretches of autumnal beauty into
an area of biackened desolation.
But corps OF about 600 men in
Delaware. picked and trained as fire
crews under the supervision OF the
State Forestry Department stands
ready to answer the danger calls
from patrolling wardens or watchers
stationed in cabins atop steel fire
towers.
Face Perils
No uniforms are attached to this
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, October 6 To
Tuesday, October IL, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford. from Wednesday, October 6, to
Tuesday, October IL. inclusive:
Temneratt1ra
Milford chronicle., 1937-10-15

Total Rainfall --- 1-32
The following winds and conditions
prevailed during the same period:
Prevailing
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-15
Romans Loved Cinnamon;
Used II in Their Balms

The strong fragrance Of cinna-
mon greeting our nostrils. gives us
pleasure even before we eat the
food that it flavors.
The human nose has always re-
sponded to this odor and the ancient
Romans held it in particular es-
TEEN. They used it literally in
their ointments and balms as well
as in their cooking. and as the ul-
innate mark of their appreciation
of this spice they set il apart as the
incense for sacrifcial and ceremo-
NAL fires.
When a god was to be appeased.
or the shade of a departed spirit
was to be honored, it was the per-
,fume of cinnamon waited heaven
ward on uprising clouds of smoke
that carried the message. No Ro-
man doubted that an odor so pleas
ing to man could fail to placate
the Olympian dieties.
The Roman media Of atonement
was not buns but bonfres, and
their theory was that the more Gin
namon consumed, the greater the
incense and therefore the greater
the pleasure of the diety or the
spirit who was being honored.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-15

approximately $4,000 airplanes,
more than $4,000 of which are mil
itary or naval machines, accord
ing to Golfers Weekly.
5. The Chicago river originally
emptied into Lake Michigan. Now
water from the lake is forced
through the river into the Illinois
river and so into the Mississippi
river. Thus it may be said that
the Chicago river flows backward.
6. The post offices of the world
issue 56,874 varieties of stamps.
Z. In 1928 a monument to the
songwriter was erected at Fargo,
Ga, headwaters of the Suwannee.
1t has recently been announced
that an amphitheater in his men,
ory will be built by the Florida
Federation of Music Clubs on the
banks of the river. Foster never
saw the Suwannee, but picked the
name from an atlas because of
it's sound.
8. Ivory billiard balls, such as
tl4ose used by professional play
ers, are seasoned for five years
after being turned out.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-15

and scrambled eggs and boiled CO.
Goa. they liked to plan dim future
days in which they two would live
alone on a desert island and signal
to the people on the shore for what
they wanted.
She was an odd-looking child. not
pretty yet. but too small to worry
about looks herself. Her mother.
however. was extremely concerned
about them. She had just begun to
realize that Victoria might be quite
lovely some day-or striking, any
way. Observation-Disclosures was
watching her keenly for signs Of it;
but Victoria did not know tnat. Mrs.
Eerrendeen said to herself that if
the child ever grew up to that big
red nouth, and if the deep-set slate
gray eyes opened little more. and
if the thick straight tawny hair were
cut and curled into a becoming
shape, and the dark. freckled skin
cleared. she would be all right. But
the big teeth had to be straight
ened and the hair brushed
Magda Eerrendeen might indulge
in little sigh about it, deep in her
own soul She was far too fond of
Victoria. far too loyal to everyone
she loved, her own small daughter
inciuded, to give the child any hint
of il Vicky's life must be happy,
confident, free; she must never feel
any inferiority or shyness.
Magda had had no trouble with
her own beauty. 1t had been given
her az about fifteen as a complete
gift from the gods. 1t was flawless;
il was only comparable to other
perfect beauty.
But il was not anything tangible
or even describable about her that
made her lovely. nor the firm
straight body with its wide shoul-
ders and thin hips, nor the fine
nervous hand and modelled arm. 1t
was a glow. a fragrance, a light
that seemed to emanate from her.
and that was somehow in her voice
too, and in the clothes she wore.
Victoria could not appreciate her
beauty. even when new men were
introduced to her and held her small
sandy hand while they asked her
the question all the other men had:
do you know you have a very
beautiful mother?"
She would look at her mother on
these occasions and smile shyly.
The Coolidge examiner., 1937-07-15
CHAPTER 1

Victoria Herrendeen came up
from the beach with her sandy fin
gers tight in her fathers hand.
Those girls down there had been
mean to her because she didn't un-
derstand the French they were jab-
bering with MademoiSelle. and they
had laughed at her. When Dad
had appeared, with his usual smile.
wearing his old blue coat and the
loose old white trousers Mother
sometimes let him wear on sum-
mer morning, he had looked to his
daughter like an angel Of light. Here
was her unfailing friend and cham
pion.
He came down from the San
Francisco Office when he could: not
every weekend. but at least every
other weekend. and when he was
there Victoria had the companion
she loved best in the world. and
the best time any little girl ever
had on beach.
Dad was a chemist-whatever
that was-and worked in a labora-
tory with a man named Butler, who
was mean 10 him, and lot Of other
men who were nice. Victoria knew
ebout Butler because she had often
heard her mother say. Butler
wouldn't put it over on me that
way. Keith. I'd not stand it,
wonder what you do"
They loved each other dearly. she
and her father. They were ex-
quisitely happy together. While she
waded, and he made a beach fire