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Milford chronicle., 1937-04-30
FELTON, /

i The friends here were sorr,
to learn OF the death of Mrs. Mary
Waller of Harrington. Mrs. Waller
who was 81 years OF age. is survived
by two children, Mrs. Harry Masten
of near FELTON,. and Ira Reed who
resided with her; sister, Mrs
Laura Sapp OF Harrington. Funeral
services were held from the Harring-
ton Funeral Home ON Saturday, April
17th with interment In Hollywood
Cemetery, Harrington.
The seniors OF the FELTON, High
School will present play Aunt
Samanthy Rules the Roose," Thurs
day, April 29th in the school audi
torium.
The members and friends OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church gave
Rev. and Mrs. e. w. Henvis recep-
ton Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Goodwin have
had as their guests Mrs. Rhetta Duff
fus and son of Salisbury. Md.
Mrs. Edward Morrow OF Philadel-
phia has been the guest OF Mr.. and
Mrs. B. T. East.
Mrs. Sallie Turner has returned
from a visit with her sister, Mrs.
Annie Conwell near Magnolia.
Mrs. Hattie Money has returned to
Rehoboth after spending few days
with Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Bennett.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hargadine
have had as their guests Mr.. and Mrs.
William Hargadine, Jr., of Whining
ton. Gegs
Announcement has been received
here OF the marriage of Mrs. Mar
garet Cox Hewitt, OF Wilmington; to
Mr.. John Clifton also OF Wilmington,
but formerly of FELTON,. He is son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Jehu Cliff
ton. $50 i-t f.t
Prof. and Mrs. d. A. Petry enter
tanned Mrs. v. M. Long Of Selbyville
recently. . 8. Eiass
The writer is improving but still
confined to her home. s -t s'
This town and community was
sorry on Thursday, April 22nd to
learn of the sad death of Mrs, John
ID. Eaton. Mrs. Eaton had been In
poor health for some time but be- |
came much worse on Thursday |
and died in the afternoon. |
She resided in our town for num- |
ber of years. Mrs. Eaton was good |
She had shined the light of
a Christian life for a number of
years. She will be greatly missed
by all who knew her. She leaves
living memory. Mrs. Eaton is sur
rived by her husband who is in very
poor health; three daughters. Mrs.
Ora Lynch. Mrs. Ida Macklin and
Miss Elma Eaton, and one son. Mr..
larry Eaton. several grandchildren
md great-grandchildre The fam
ly has the sympathy of their many
riends.
ONE CENT SALE now going on at
irereton's Red Star Drug Store,
Milford. Only two more shopping
lays. Stop in! 1t
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-30

Z. West at Omar. On Sunday they
motored to Chincoteague, Va. where
they visited Capt. Peterson and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. X. J. Jester.
Harry Dale Is confined to his home
with a severe cold.
Lord Baltimore School News
The Washington College Glee Club
will give a concert at Lord Balti-
more School, Friday, April 30, at 5
p. m. The group Of twenty young
Den will render program OF sa-
cred and secular songs. A double
quartet will present some special
numbers. This program is given for
the benefit of the school. and all pa
irons and friends are very cordially
invited to attend.
At the last meeting OF the P. T.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-30

at 11:45 special programs will be
presented as follows:
Sunday, May 2-Medal contest un-
der the auspices of the w. c. T. U.
Students of the school who are in
the seventh and eighth grades in the
public school will compete for a
medal given TO the student who re-
cites the best speech.
Sunday. May Q - Mothers Day.
Special service in honor of mother
and the awarding of bouquet Of
flowers to the mother present with
the most children.
Sunday. May 16-"Seeing God In
His Works"
Sunday. May 23-"Helping to Make
the World Beautiful"
Sunday. May 3O-Memorial Day.
"A Tribute of Love-"
You can make these services more
worthwhile by being present.
ONE CENT SALE now going on at
Brercton's Red Star Drug Store,
Milford. Only two more shopping
days. Stop in! 1t
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-30


A. Monday evening the following
officers were elected for the coming
year: President. Mrs. Mary Short;
vice president, Mrs. Vera Belts; sec
retary, Mrs. Florence Burbage;
treasurer, Mrs. Della Holt. The pro-
gram following the business meet
Ing consisted of the reading of the
two prize essays on School Ser
vice." a report on the Glee Club,
and an open forum discussion led
by Mr.. Branford. Many examples of
the best work of the pupils in the
school were on display. M
ONE CENT SALE now going on at
BreretOn's Red Star Drug Store,
Milford. Only two more shopping
days. Stop in, 1t
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-30
STAYTONSVILLE

Sunday school at Staytonsville
Community Church every Sunday at
2 p. m. Subject of this Sundays les
son will be Abraham, A Man of
Faith" Everyone come out and do
their part to keep this good work
going.
Revival services will begin this
Sunday afternoon at Staytonsville
Church at 3 p. m. Rev. L. w. Saw
age from near BridgeFille. will be in
charge of these special meetings for
one week. His wife and daughters
will sing and play the guitar. Each
evening during the week there will
be a good service. Come opt each
evening and spend your time In a
worthwhile way.
Mrs. Ralph Butler, teacher OF the
class of Staytonsville
Church, gave her Sunday school
class a delightful party last Satur-
day afternoon. Refreshments of ice
cream and saltines were served in
to all present. Everyone
on leaving expressed their many
thanks to Mrs. Butler for the after
moons pleasure.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-30

ONE CENT SALE now going on at
BreretoRs Red Star Drug Store,
Milford. Only two more shopping
days. Stop in! 1t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
Good, Bad or Indifferent

Passage by the State Senate of Senator Joseph P. Cooney'S school bill which places all institutions in the State ot Connecticut, whether public, private or parochial, on the same footing with regard to school enumeration grants, VIII be hailed in various manners. Of course, passage by the Senate does not put the bill into effect, as it still faces the House and there is no telling what this branch Of the Legislature will do with the unfavorable report of the committee on education.
 The Senate rejected the report and then proceeded to pass the bill, but mostly because Senator Cooney, author and chief proponent of the measure, spoke elo- quently from the floor in favor of it. Per haps the members of the Senate, too, fig ured there was discrimination in allow ing cities and towns to hand over the annual school grants that they receive only to the public institutions, while these same communities were estimating what they should receive on total school popu- lation (betWeen the ages of 4 and l6) ana not just public school pupils.
 That's the only argument there is for allowing the public and parochial schools to share in the school grants. Certainly failure of the present bill to pass the House should result in a substitute meas ure being raised in committee which would compel cities and towns to be reim- bursed only for school pupils in public schools. That's all any community is entitled to in fairness to all schools concerned.
 Once we spoke bitterly against the dis crirnination practiced by the state in the matter of school grants. We regard the situation differently today. We can see danger ahead if parochial and private schools do get aid from the state, propor- tionate to the number of pupils. There is the danger of interference in manage ment; there is the chance of ultimate dlc- tation of curriculum by the state. Why not? The state contributes towards the support of the school, why not indicate what shall be taught or who shall teach it? Those are accompaniments to state subsidation of parochial and private schools. Are they worth the few paltry dollars the schools will get in grants?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
DipIomacy's Paper Profits

American diplomacy in London seems to have scored a new triumph. It has succeeded in persuading British official dom to allow 10 American women, instead of the customary eight to be presented to and make their curtsies before King George and Queen Elizabeth at the spring courts.
 Long negotiations, it is said, were nec- essary before this concession could be won. The question of the number of Americans to be presented at court has been vex- ing one for many years - one that has furroWed the broWs-the brows of Ameri- can ambassadors for heaven knows how long.
 Probably it is great victory that has been won We wouldn't know. But it does seem to us that this country could find more important work for it's ambassador than this business of looking out for social climbers Might not the republic get on just as we'll if - horrid thought! - no American women at all got the inesti- unable privilege of lowing and scrap ing to foreign monarch?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
And Long Life to Him

It's King George VI by this time if you were an early bird and got up this morn ing in time to listen in on the corona tion It's safe to say that more people were witnesses to this coronation than ever before in the history of man. And a long life and full one is universally wished the new ruler of the great British empire He succeeds to the throne vacated by his absent brother, the Duke of Windsor, under the most unusual and highly-un-English circumstances
 Sticklers for form, etiquette, court de- corum, and all that goes with centuries of tradition and custom, it was no easy thing to go through the weeks and months that came with the Dukes de- cision to abdicate and permit his brother to assume the throne. But that is safely by now and we don't doubt but what in a few years all of us who lived through resort to the history books to give an au- thentic account of the incident.
 George VI will, we feel sure, be good and wise monarch. He is said to be as democratic as his better-knoWn brother the former Prince of Wales and king, and to have the same friendly feelings for the more loWly of his subjects that Wales always displayed. Whether or not his policies as King will be those of Parlia- ment or the ministers we hesitate to say, but we cannot see George VI acceding weakly to every demand made of him. He will be king in his own right and the more respected for that.
 So we add to the chorus of well wishes Long live King George VI!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12

One whole street of Carolina poplars will be shorn of this beauty in Chicopee, Mass, shortly. Despite the fact that res idents of the town and the particular street like the shade the trees provide in the summer and their beauty, also, they are resigned to see them go And the trees, incidentally, have been growing for the past thirty years. But in that space of time they have managed not merely to sprout heavenward, but to cause all sorts of damage. Anybody who has had experience with poplars knows what it is all about. Water mains, sewer pipes, cellar drains, sidewalks have not proved sturdy enough to withstand the pressure of poplar roots and have given way before them. It always happens. Quick-groW- ing trees will soon be replaced by double line of naples, slower to come to matur- ity, but less apt to disrupt the under ground house connections. And so it seems to be everywhere that poplars are planted, They should be grown at points where their roots may branch and grow without interference.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
What's Left to Celebrate?

Nazi Germany is reported to be indig- nant because various British and Ameri- can universities have refused to join in the celebration of Goettingen University's bicentenary this June. These refusals, of course, are simply the universities
 protest against the way the Nazi dicta- torship has prostituted the ancient ideal of free and untrammeled scholarship - which is the only kind of scholarship worth picayune.
 If university, of all places, is not allowed to pursue truth without restric- tion; if it's professors can be persecuted for their opinion, their race or their reli- zion - then that university has simply been withdrawin from the great, inter- national fellowship of scholars It is precisely that load which Hitlerism has placed on the once-great German uni versities Is it any wonder that the free universities of England and America are loath to take part in the Goettingen bi- centenary?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
Reorganization Message Presidents Recommended Changes Needed Time Loose Ends of Government
 Were Gathered Up.
HARTFORD COURANT

cumbersome, inefficient and waste- full organization. That past attempts to reorganize branch of the gov- ernment whose faults have long been recognized have, with few minor exceptions, failed only makes more tempting the challenge to renew the attempt.
 The reorganization plan offered to congress by the president is set forth in voluminous document That the purpose of the plan is ex- cellent and that the president gives it his high endorsement does not re- move from congress the responsibil- ity for careful study of every point in the report and studied weighing of the effect of every proposed change. Efficiency and the elimina- tion of waste are not only desirable. They are essential if, as the presi- dent said, the future is not to say mournfully democracy was a great dream, but it could not do the job" But the preservation of the liberties of the individual is even more es- sential than the introduction of a stream-lined governmental machine guaranteed to hit smoothly on all 12 cylinders. The two end, happily, are not mutually exclusive.
 There are two other sets of rec concentrations for reorganization still to be presented. Senator Byrd is chairman of 8 committee prepar- ing one. Representative Buchanan of Texas, chairman in charge of the committee working on the other. All three are based on much the same material. It is prudent to withhold judgment on the details of the presidents plan until the other two reports have been made available for comparison and criticism. Per- haps by utilizing the best features of the three sets of recommenda- tions, an even better organization of the executive branch of the gov- ernment can be worked out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
Railroad "Landscaping"

AS the streamline and spruce-up movement spreads across the United States, a number of old familiar land- marks are disappearing. Now it begins to look as if one of the most familiar of all the old red caboose, with it's little cupola on top - is about to be sub- merged. At any rate, the Milwaukee road is coming out with a set of new cabooses which apparently are going to be almost as fancy and decorative as ob- servation cars. The cupola will be gone; instead, there will be expansive bay windows at the sides. Instead of being the traditional brick-red in color, the caboose will be painted silvery alum hum with black trim.
 Inside, the car will be roomier, sirier and far more comfortable, with such conveniences for the train crew as built-in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12

It always seemed to us that civiliza- tion which becomes responsible for ex- tinction of some known species of animal or bird or fish life has double responSi- bility. It must in every way seek to bring back that species or, failing this, it should endeavor to replace it. We recall few years back reading of the last heath hen on Marthas Vineyard At one time it was common game bird. Now it's no more. And so will be the praries chicken, the turkey vulture, the bald eagle, the wolverine, and grizzly bear unless steps are taken to protect them and keep alive sufficient specimens. This is not done by putting them in ZOOS, but by protecting surviving speciments and also providing native habitats and food.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
Current Comments

Max should come home and for get the fight game. He's either washed up and wholly lacking in "pep" or his hands have gone back on him.
 Jacob Baer, father of Max Baer. First they tell me I've gotta quit fighting to stay in baseball, and now I go to the big league because I get in fights.
 -Auggie Britain, who came from the Durham baseball club to join the Cincinnati Reds as fight ng" catcher.
 Insanity is on the increase. A. ready more beds are being occupied by mental cases in the United States than by patients hoSpitalized from all other causes combined. -Dr. Earl Crafts, Ohio State psy- chiatrist.
 Federal minimum- m-wage and max imum-hour legislation would do much to establish equilibrium in industry and business. -Gov. Herbert Lehman, New York.
 
 Enduring peace and the welfare of the nations are indiSSolubly connected with friendliness, fair ness, equality, and the maximum practicable degree of freedom in international economic relations. Secretary of State Cordell Hull,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
|PreSSCOnlnlent
CULHANE VS HAYES
(Hartford Times)

The state at large cannot but be interested in the candidacy of Sen- ator George Culhane of the Eff teenth district for the democratic nomination for mayor in Water- bury. His announcement indicates a contest between him and the Lieu tenant Governor T. Frank Hayes, who has the backing of the Water- bury Democratic Committee for re- election.
 In view of the number of times that Mayor Hayes has been elected mayor and of the prestige which he enjoys in his party organization, those not too familiar with the cir cumstances would conclude either that Senator Culhane is very bold man, or else that he has reasons to believe he has the political strength to be a match for a man of much prestige and proven vote-getting ability.
 There will also be wonder as to whether or not the indicated con- test bears any relation to the divi- sion in democratic state politics which has been marked for several years. Mayor and Lieutenant-Gov- ernor Hayes is a close personal friend and political associate of Mayor Spellacy of this city. The two of them have been recognized as opposing the section of the party which accepts the leadership of Governor Cross.
 The latter wing of the party was able to prevent the election of Paul Connery, the Spellacy-Hayes can- didate as democratic national com- mitteeman in the summer of 1886. It likewise controlled the fall con- vention which nominated Governor Cross for his fourth term.
 Both wings of the party are SUD- posed to have their eyes upon future control. How much of that concerns the candidacy of Senator Culhane, the state at large will have to wait to see. In any event his announce ment presages an autumn of high ly interesting political incidents in Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
A Book a Day
"Good Old" War Days A Nazi Contrast
By BRUCE CAPTION

Erich Maria Remarque wrote with unforgettable eloquence of the ob- scene horror of war in All Quiet on the Western Front" Yet in his newest novel, "Three Comrades Gittle, Brown: $275), he seems al- most to look back at the war with nostalgia longing.
 For the world to which Re- marques German soldiers returned the Germany of the pre-Hitler era, in which all the old ideals were gone and no new ones had come to replace them-was. as Remarque saw it, a lost world. The war left it stunned, the imitation wrecked 1t. and after the imitation long, crip- bling depression clamped down on it. It offered no hope, it seemed to have no values beyond a pitiless everyman-for himself competition.
 By contrast with this. the com- radeship of the army days looked almost like a fragment from the golden age. And it is with a sur- vival of this comradeship that "Three Comrades" concerns itself.
 Three ex-soldiers eke out a liv- ing with a small auto repair shop in Berlin. They no longer hope for anything from life. Mutual friend- ship, hard drinking, occasional fights, furious auto driving-these are all that is left to them. And as Germany slowly contracts about them, they lose even this, for their little shop finally goes broke and one of their number is killed in a street fight with Nazi bullies.
 In the midst of all this, one of the three has love affair. It Is typical that his sweetheart is doom- ed to die of tuberculosis. and that she does finally die in his arms for there could be no happy end- ing" for one of these men. But by setting this brief, foredoomed idyll against it's background of despair and illustration, Herr Remarque highnghts his picture of unhappy Germany :. and rounds out a tragic and profoundly moving story.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12

Many people have the mistaken idea that the way to preserve our native birds, animals, and fish is to propagate them at a rapid rate But wild life won't multiply when it's natural haunts are laid waste and that's what we have been do- ing That's why we are setting aside vast acres for wild fowl; we will have to do the same for other species, such as those now facing extinction, but it can't be done by attempting to preserve them far from places where they thrive the best.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12

arrive at the colony and from what states did they come?
 A. They were farm families from the relief rolls in Minnesota, Michi- gan and Wisconsin. They arrived at their destination on May 10, 1885.
 O. Name the two men on horse- back who are portrayed on the Stone Mountain commemorative half dol- lars.
 A. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
 @. If the left rear tire should blow out while am driving an au- tomobile, in which direction would the car tend to swerve and what should I do?
 A. The car would tend to Swerve to the left. The correct procedure would be to leave the clutch in, ap- ply the brakes gently and turn the front wheels slightly to the right.
 Q. Does the governor of a state rank ahead of the vice president?
 A. No. The vice president ranks ahead of governor.
 e. What are Lend-a-Hand clubs?
 A. Organizations of young per- sons established in the United States in 1871, for religious, phil- anthropical and social purposes. The name is derived from a story by Edward Everett Hale, entitled "Ten Times One Is Ten," published in 1870.
 If you want 8 copy of our book let on HOME CANNING" write the Waterbury Democrats Wash ington Bureau, 1912 Thirteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D. c. Enclose cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12

Everything that the president had to say in his latest message to con- gress about the need for reorganiz- ing the executive branch of the fed- eral government in the interests of efficiency and economy is true. "Sprawling" is the best word to describe it's present structure: The president made fine use of the para dox of a people that brides itself on its efficiensy being governed by a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

@. Is it safe to put canaries in newly painted wire cages?
 A. No. It is important to lei newly painted wire bird cages dry from four days to a week before putting the birds in them. It is also important to paint the wire lightly, leaving no heavy blobs. In intense sun, the blobs may expand and run, or flake off and be eaten Nby the birds, with serious or fatal results, especially if it is 8 white lead paint.
 @. What was the name of the first American naval vessel tor- pedoed during the World war?
 A. U. s. s. destroyer Caffen, tor- pedoed October 15, 1917, of the coast of Ireland.
 @. When did the families that comprise the Matanuska rural re- mobilization colony in Alaska first
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12

refrigerator, and leather upholstered side seats which can quickly be converted into beds. All of this no doubt is necessary, and should make for happier train crews and handsomer freight trains. But that old red caboose is cherished and familiar part of the American scene. The country just won't look natural if they take it from us, no matter how good-looking it's replace ment may be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-12
Selected Poem
EARLY MAY MORNING

(H. B. in the Poets Column, Hartford Courant) Eastward our steps turn toward the fiery sun Shining above the city's cloud-capped towers Upon this public sWard we may call ours Since Horace Bushnell made it all our own. O'erhead the shadowed branches bear anew A myriad clustered points of yellow-green Marking each leaf-shoot where the bud has been Vast webs of golden stars against heavens blue Beside the stream willow croops its shower Of leafy rain suspended in it's fall Immobile. Such clear splendor touches all To bright radiance, makes one gleaming bower Of sky flung trees and every eastward thing. Joy grows yet greater in remembering.