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The Daily Alaska empire., 1937-09-04
REBEKAHS

Perseverance Lodge No 3 A meets every second and fourth Wednes- day LOOP. Hall. BETTY Mc- DOWELL, Noble Grand; RUTH BLAKE, Secretary.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-06-24
St. Peters Parish Notes

Members of St. Peters Parish and
the people of Oakland were happy to
welcome the return of the Holy Cross
fathers and students, who recently ar
rived. For the past ten years the Holy
Cross fathers have conducted a sum-
mer House of Studies at Deep Creek
Lake. Rev. Howard Kenna is head of
the House.
The people of st. Peters Parish re-
member the splendid assistance the
students gave the pastor in recondi-
tioning the church property in Oak
land.
On Tuesday evening Blaine Smith
and his company, we'll known for their
radio entertainment, gave a perfor-
nance at the Oakland high school au-
ditorium for the benefit of the Boy
Scout troop No. 8 of st. Peters Par
ish.
At a special parish meeting it was
decided to hold the annual carnival
and homecoming during the first week
of August. Invitations are being pre-
pared for all the friends of the parish.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-06-24
MARRIED..

Observation-Disclosures, June
10, at high noon, the Oak Grove church
near Grantsville, witnessed a wedding
of unusual loneliness when Miss Mar
ion Elizabeth Wisseman was given in
marriage by her father, Mr.. C. C.
Wisseman, to Mr.. Edward Gerber, son
of Mrs. Lavina Gerber, of Sugar Creek,
Ohio.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Roy Otto, of Springs, Pa. 1t was
in the same church thirty-seven years
previous that the father and mother
of the bride were married. The day was
therefore one Of special significance
for the family.
To the strains Of the wedding march
played by Miss Elinor Smith, of Elk
hart, Indiana, the procession escorted
the bride to the altar. In white satin,
with long tulle net veil she carried a
bouquet of Gala lilies. Her little nieces,
Mary Kathryn Miller and Betty Louise
Speicher, served as train bearers. The
maid of honor, Miss Helen Wisseman
youngest sister of the bride, wore pas
tel pink taffeta and carried bouquet
of mixed flowers. The bridesmatrons,
also sisters of the bride, We're Mrs
Nevin Miller, who wore a gown of
pastel green organdie; Mrs. Foster o.
Speicher, gowned in pastel yellow or
DEo1
wore a gown of pastel lavender or
candle. All carried bouquets of mixed
flowers. Darrell and Bradley Otto
nephews of the bride, served as rose
petal bearers.
The best man was Mr.. Ralph Gerber
youngest brother of the groom. Ushers
were Ross and Harold Gerber and Will
liam Ebert. A mixed quartet, composed
of Miss Gladys Burkhart, Knoxville
Tenn; Miss Marie Bender, Springs
Pa; Carl Hostetler, Bars Mills, o..
and Prof. A. j. Miller, Kent State Uni
versity, Kent, Ohio, sang Lohengrin's
wedding march and 90 Perfect Love-
Miss Burkhart and Miss Bender as a
duet also sang "Still as the Night"
Following the ceremony a recep-
ton was held at the New Colonial Inn
with Mrs. w, W. Ebert, Brownsville,
Pa, acting as hostess.
The marriage is the elimination of a
romance that began when the. couple
were students at Goshen College, In
diana. Since the death of her mother
the bride had devoted herself to the
duties of homemaking for the family.
The groom is engaged in the profess
sion of teaching in Ohio.
Guests from a distance attending the
wedding and reception We're Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Swope, Pittsburgh, Pa; Mrs.
Lavinia Gerber and Mr.. and Mrs
Sarles, Annapolis; Mrs. Nose Miller,
Miss Mary Gerber, Mrs. Ross Ger
Der, Miss Laverne Yoder, Goshen Col
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-06-24
MARRIED

L0echel-SchrOck - Announcement
has been made of the marriage of Miss
Margaret Ellen Schrock, daughter of
Mrs. Adeline ]. Schrock, of Summit
Township, near Meyersdale, Pa, to
Levi Casper Loechel, son of the late
w. C. Loechel and Mrs. Ollie Loechel,
of near Grantsville. The ceremony was
performed June IL by Rev. H. Hall
Sharp, pastor of st. Luke's Lutheran
church, at Cumberland. The ring GER
emony was used.
Mrs. Loechel was attired in blue
silk ensemble suit with accessories to
match. She is graduate of the Mey-
ersdale High school and California
State Teachers College. She attended
Pennsylvania State College and taught
in the Summit Township schools.
Mr.. Loechel attended Grantsville
High school and was employed as clerk
in the Graantsville postoffice, resign
ing several months ago to assist on his
home farm, east of town, where the
couple will reside for the present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loechel motored to
Gettysburg for short honeymoon
trip.
Fey-Stup-Miss Alice Virginia
Stup, of Washington, D. c., became
the bride of Charles William Fey, also
of Washington, at a ceremony per-
formed last Friday at high noon at the
rectory of St. Matthew's Episcopal
church, Rev. David C. Trimble, officiat-
ing.
The bride wore white crepe and car
ried a bouquet of Joanna Hill roses
She was graduated from Maryland
State Normal School at Towson and
attended the University of Maryland
and George Washington University
The groom was graduated from the
School of Engineering at Bingen, Ger
many, and is employed by the Federal
Government in Washington.
The bride is sister of Ross Y. Stup
local merchant. Immediately after the
ceremony the couple left for a honey.
moon trip to Pittsburgh, the Great
Lakes region and parts of Canada.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-06-24

lege, Indiana; John Baer and Miss Ber-
tie Baer, Hagerstown.
Immediately following the recep-
ton the couple left for tour of New
York and the New England States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
SIg|f7 0 lII I

asked hesitantly.
 Heard what?" .A
 Amy was killed last night, Mir. Ames.
 "What?" /
 "She fell ftom the roof of our apartment house." Let the police, she decided, tell him that 1t was murder.
 Mr. Ames gasped. He stared. open mouthed, at Cilly.
 You don't mean-she wasn't - that girl?" His words were jerky, nervous, H..
 What girl, MT. Ames?"
 That, girl = in Brooklyn. St. Ann's ,Avenue?"
 Cilly nodded. She was not pre- pared for the manner in which Harvey Arnes took the news of Amy's death. That he would be surprised, even a little stunned she well expected. But he acted like a man suddenly stricken.
 His face blanched, he leaned against the wall as if to support himself His dark eyes buiRed His collar choked him; he slipped one long finger underneath tt losen It. Harvey Ames was nor, than surprised at the lnews of hi secretary's death. He was terri fled. ...,.... ...,,,I--.ti
 How did you know, MT Ames?" Cllly asked him.
 How did I .know?" he repeated stupidly. Why, I saw it iti th, paper. In this mornings paper, O course" V
 That was a lie, and Cilly knev It.. There had been nothing abour Amy's death in the fnorninf papers. They were already print. ed and on the newstands by mid. night. If MT. Ames had not beer so surprisingly shaken, he woulC have realized that. The. first de. tails of the tragedy would. at the very earliest, be in the afternoon edition of the evening papers, Ana that edition Harvey AInes was holding In his hand. He had not opened 1t yet.
 (TO Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25

Kerrigan?
 No matter what new track Cilly's thoughts started out on, they invariably came back to that one vital problem. What was the secret which linked Jim and Amy? What had happened in Utah? In Blueflelds, Utah.
 Jim had never mentioned Utah. He spoke of Chicago, for that was where he came from. He spoke of his father, whom Cilly understood to be in Chicago. He spoke of Mir. Maddox, the publisher of the Mid- west Review, and a friend of his fathers, who had given him a job as eastern representative because of that frienship. He spoke of his mother, who died when he was only l2. He spoke of summer va- cations on a ranch with his father, and Cilly could sense the deep bond between these two.
 You'd love my dad, Oily" he had said one time, Gee, how I'd like you to meet him :" and then his voice had grown suddenly wiStful. t.rIN
 There was no mystery to Jim Cilly was certain of that. He'd only been in New York a few months whereas Cilly had lived here always as had her parents, and her grand- parents before them. But that was unusual. Nine out of every ten people you meet in New York come from the West or the South or from New England. %
 It was after one o'clock when Cilly left the funeral parlors. And each time @ shoulder brushed hers in the crowded streets, she started so violently that her own pound. ing heart-beats threatened tc choke her.
 She was in no mood to put her mind on the work at the offlce which awaited her. She would have to turn the Harvey brief over to someone else. It was a disappointment not to be able to finish 1t herself; MT. Crowell had given 1t to her especially.
 Under the circumstances how ever, there was nothing else to do Tomorrow she would have to be out for Any's funeral. And dur ing the next few days, there would inevitably be many more conferences with Sergeant Dolan or summons from him to appear at police headquarters. It woule be much better if she forgot the Harvey brief, and adjusted hel work at the office SO that 1t woulo not require any immediate atten. ton on her part.
 As she entered the Cannon Building, she was surprised to sec Harvey Ames directly ahead oi her. He stopped at the news. stand to buy paper; Cilly noticed that 1t was the early afternoon edition. She wondered If any news of Amys death had appeared as yet. ,f
 MT. Ames turned toward the elevators and saw her. H
 Hello, Miss Pierce" he greeted pleasantly. Where's my worthy secretary keeping herself today?'
 Evidently Sergeant Dolan had not seen him yet.
 "You haven't heard2" Cilly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25

Answer to Yesterdays Twlzzler
 The man simply dropped stones hlto the vase until the level of the water came up Co the point where he couid reach it.-- Copyright Jchn q. Ollie COt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
CHAPTER x

"We're not holding anybody yet, " Sergeant Dolan told Cilly as he and Martin were leaving. I'm telling you, and I'm telling everybody else in the house, to be on hand for a call down to headquarters. I'll be honest with you, Miss Pierce, the one I'm most interested in is your friend Kerrigan. I'd like to know the reason he asked that girl up on the roof with him. When I find that out well, we'll be seeing you"
 AS soon as they were gone, Cilly went back into the living room and looked into the Cloisonne vase for the newspaper clipping. She tok 1t into the kitchen and held 1t over the flame on the gas stove until 1t disappeared into a frag. ment of black ash. Then she took Jin's postcard from underneath her pillow and did the same thing with that. The words on the card danced before her eyes as the flames spread around them. "Tak- ing the first plane I can make. Love. Jim"
 The hot gas flame scorched her fingers, but she held on until the card was nothing more than a mystifying memory.
 She breathed @ great deal easier when both tasks had been done.
 It was ll:30 by the banjo clock in the living room when Cilly was ready to leave the apartment. Only 12 hours since the four of them had stood in this very room, laughing and happy. Only l2 hours, yet one of them was dead and another had vanished in @ cloud of mystery. What was be- hind 1t all?
 If Amy and Jim had known each other previously, as Jim's note would seem to indicate, why hadn't Amy mentioned 1t to Cilly before? Certainly she had heard Cilly mention his name enough.
 For that matter, she had spoken frequently to Jim about the friend who shared her apartment-Amy Kerr. If he knew her, why hadn't he said so?
 She suddenly remembered some- thing she had quite overlooked. It wasn't altogether her idea that the four of them get together last even- ing in order that they might be- come better acquainted. It had been equally Jim's idea. He had, she re- called now, often asked her how ShO was getting on with the new friend who was sharing her apart- ment. What was she like? Where did she come from? Casual ques. tionS, to be sure. They became i'm. portant now only in the light of what had happened. Did Amy, as Cilly discussed her, seem familiar to Jim? Was her name familiar? If so, why hadn't she sadi: q knew girl once named Amy Kerr"
 And If Jim knew Amy. how did 1t happen that Amy had not rec Cillyq had mentioned 1t often enough at home.
 Oily tried to figure 1t out as she walked to the subway. Somehow 1t was easier to think clearly once she was out of the house. Perhaps there was something Amy had wanted hidden prison. per- haps. That was why she tried to wipe out the past four years :. why she still spoke of an Aunt Harriet who had passed away. Be- cause she feared to speak of where she had been after she left Aunt Harriet, lest her secret slip out.
 Then the one all-important question returned. What did Amy's past life have to do with Jim
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
CAST OF CHARACTERS


 AMY KERRCnIy's roommate and murderer's victim.
 JIM KERRIGAN-CIlly's iiance. HARRY HUTCHINS - Amy's strange visitor.
 SERGEANT DOLAN - officer assigned to solve the murder of Amy Kerr.
 Yesterday: The web of Circum- stantial evidence tightens around Kerrigan when DOlan points out that he might have been on the roof and hidden afteTward In Cilly's apartment until the con- fusion died down!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25
Brain TwizzIers By Prof. J. D. Flint

The op professor once solved a mystery all by himself. While driv. ing on a cross-country tour the professor came upon an unhappy and tragic scene along the high way. A hitch -hiker had been hit and rendered unconscious and the two drivers involved were arguing by the roadside as to whom the guilt fell upon. One mans ear was parked of the road on one side facing north while theother mans car was of the road in a corresponding position facing south. The first man claimed that he had been parked there near ly three hours while he took a nap, having been on the road for some time, and that the other man had hit the hitch-hiker. The other man claimed that he had been coming down the highway from the north when he saw the first mans car hit the hitch- -hiker, throwing him into the middle of the road. Since both men were very earnest and stuck to their stories and the hitch- hiker was unconscious, the profess sor was perplexed and undecided as to the proper course of action in order to inform the police. The pro- fessor's alert mind, streamlined by years of brain-tw -twizzling, soon found ( way to check the statements of the men. What would you have thought of2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25

enough, Is the pugnacious friar bird, also of New z ca l a n d a n d Australia. T h c parson Is por-. trayed on a New Zealand s ta m D issued in i035. SEA Service. Inc ]
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25

NEXT: Who Is the worlds talIest ruler? !
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-25

RACK in the timbered ar eas, and
 in the almost inaccessible brushlands of New Zealand, down under" exists some of the most remarkable bird life of the world. f.It '|t ,.f't l...
 Certainly there is no more in- teresting bird than the Tuior Par- son, the honey-eater. He Is a member of that great family characteristic of the Australian area. Equipped with long, pro- trusible tongue, the parson bird obtains his honey supply at will along with whatever insects hap- pen to be on the scene at the time.
 The parson Is a sms Il bird and his habitat for the r.ost part is restricted, though he white throated honey-eate. is found over most of Australia and Tas- mania.
 And he is well named. The parson boasts a beautiful dark plumage, relieved only by two tufts of white feathers beneath the chin. A close relative, oddly
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
OVERBROOK

This community was blessed by 1
good rain on Monday night which
| was badly needed.
MIR. and Mrs. Marshall wilkins and
children of near Georgetown, called
on the formers sister. Mrs. Mamie
Davidson and children on Sunday.
Mrs. Catherine Cole and daughter
Rosalie, spent last Sunday with the
formers parents in Maryland.
MIR. Vincent White attended the
general conference in Salisbury, on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Chapel and
Mr.. David and Robert Hastings spent
Easter Sunday with relatives in
Philadelphia. 4Aa
Miss Helena Roach who spent the
past week with her grandmother,
Mrs. Lizzie Roach, returned to
Princess Ann on Sunday where she
makes her home with her brother,
Mr.. William Roach, Jr.
The Ladies' Aid will give a buffet
supper on Thursday night, April Sth
in the basement of the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Houston spent
Saturday evening with ex-Congress-
man and Mrs. r. G. Houston in
Georgetown.
Sunday School next Sunday morn
ing at 9.45 O'Clock. followed by class
meeting at IL by the leader. Ep-
worth League at 7.30 p. m. Miss VIM
yard Brittingham, leader.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
HOLLYVILLE
Personals

Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Stevenson oi
/ West Philadelphia spent the week
end with relatives in this community
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton l.. Rich ol
Philadelphia were guests OF Mr. ano
Mrs. John Stevenson on Sunday
last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Joseph spent
Thursday of last week in Philadel-
phia.
Herbert Prettyman of this place
who was recently appointed by the
Sussex County Levy Court ON the
Board of Assessment, assumed his
new duties on Tuesday of this week.
The Unity NJ. f. Aid Society will
meet at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank johnson on Saturday eve
ming. April II.
MIR. and Mrs. Carl Prettyman and
family were Sunday dinner guests
of the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Wiltbank, of Milton.
Mrs. Robert Stevenson was the
successful bidder on the Star mail
route from Angola via Fairmount
and Hollyville post offices to Har-
DeSOH. MIS-. OlcfChbOh WIN bS6ih
her duties on July 1st.
Watch Your Grass Fires!
This is the time of year when
nearly everyone thinks it is abso-
lutely necessary to burn over some
old fields or in fact, anything that
will burn, just to make it look like
spring. A great deal of grief could
be averted if those who think they
must burn something, would first
consider conditions, especially the !
time of day which should be as near
the close of the day as possible. The |
and direction of the wind,
and the adjoining land owners, who
suffer most insuch cases.
Think we'll before starting your
grass fire.
Owing to illness in the home OF
Mrs. Walter Warrington, the Holly
mount Home Demonstration Club
will not have the pleasure of meeting
with Mrs. Warrington, but will meet
instead at the home of Mrs. Z. T.
at Angola on Wednesday af-
ternoon, April 14th.
Mrs. Effie Joseph, Mrs. Clara Jo-
seph and daughter, Mrs. Hazel Alte-
mus and children. Vaughn, Jr., and
Patricia, were guests of Mrs. Aman-
la /. Prettyman on Wednesday last.
The Hollymount PIT. A. will hold
is next meeting on Thursday eve
ming, April 18th. Among the many
features of the program
will be a musical by the members OF
he Lewes CCC Camp.
School Notes
On Monday Of last week several of
he Lewes High School pupils visited
'ur school. ..4
Those having perfect attendance
or last month are: Granville Hols-
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
DEMOCRATIC RALLY
HERE APRIL 18TH
rContirned fron. FRsf Psgel

nor and lieutenant-governor are
Secretary of State Charles L. Terry,
Jr., national committeeman James
M. Tunneli. Deputy Motor Vehicle
Commission Zach w. Wells, Ran
dolph Hughes, State President Young
Democratic Clubs, Ralph, Baker,
Chairman, Sussex County Democrat
ic Executive. Committee; Ivan Gull
bertson, Wilmington attorney; Eld-
ridge, Y, Prettyman, national COM
mitteeman, Young Democratic Clubs
of Delaware and others.
Tickets for the dinner, which are
reasonably priced are ON sale at the
Democratic headquarters, South
Walnut street, or from Freeman S.
Bennett, Joshua Bennett and Ed
ridge Y. Prettyman in Milford;
Frank Burris, in Houston; Harry
Shew, in Lincoln, and Arthur Webb
in Glendale.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09

them Monday morning, April s.
Prof. Farley gave glowing picture
of the American-Japanese dinner
which he attended on March 30th at
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in honor
of His Exceilency Hirosi Saito, I'M
perial Japanese Ambassador to the
L. S. and Madam Saito.
He described in detail and paid
many compliments to the beautiful
costumes worn by the Japanese wo-
men. Mr.. Farley seems to feel that
our American women could learn
much about the art of dressing from
their little sisters across the Pacific.
The usual dinner served, the bril-
liant dance hall and the artistic san
dal dancing were all treated by Prof.
Farley in glowing terms during the
half hour which he talked. The chill
dren sat spellbound throughout the
entire address.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
MILLSBORO

Mrs. John H. Long and daughter
Susan Jane, of Wilmington. are Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Hickman
for few days.
John Rogers of the University o.
Delaware, accompanied his sister Il
Millsboro last week.
Miss Grac Lingo and brother, Ray
mend, are confined to their home
with the measles. it
Mr.. and Mrs. Normal Goodwin and
daughter, Doris, spent the weekend
in Philadelphia, - -
Wayne Burton is having tennis
court built.
Ned. Carey spent the weekend
with Gordon Ellis. i-
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Emory Ellis spent
the weekend in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Matte Dodd is staying with
her daughter in Salisbury at the
present time.
Mrs. Alice Baltz is having a fence
built and has had her porch screen
ed in.
Leroy Monroe and william Hud-
son spent the weekend with Norris
Goodwin. ...
Mrs. Thompson is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. S. p. Darden.
Mrs. Elsie Lingo entertained the
Ladies' Aid Monday evening.
Prof. Albert Farley Addresses
MillsbOrO Assembly
Students of the MillsbOro Elemen-
tary School were ably instructed and
entertained when Prof.
Albert Farley. supervisor of schools
in western Sussex County, addressed
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09

ten, Harold King, Ruth King. Edna
Walls. Doris Tingle. Agnes Holster.
Edna Hill. Edith Downes, Phyllis
and Lila McIlvaine, Anne Ash, Alden
Hopkins, Jr.. Roland Hill, Billie
Marsh, Gladys Baker. Marie DOwnes.
Alma King, Minnie Joseph, Norma
Prettyman. Doris Steele. Doris Ste
vensOn. Esther Meredith. Ruth HOl-
sten. and Eleanor McIlvaine.
The. percent of attendance in Mrs.
McIlvaine's room was 1876: in Mr..
wilkins. 92.6. with a total of SO.
Mr.. Afflerbach and MIR. Ayres. our
new physical director called at
school last week.
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT CHI

FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH
@The Church OF the Teaching of the Book"
j.. T. BAILEY. Pastor
SUNDAY, APRIL IL, 1887
$500 m.-Class meeting A service.
Mr. John wilkins, superintendent
I1:00 a. m.-Preaching by the pastor
D. NC. Z Society leader
m-Preaching pastor All
Come thou with will do thee good
Prayer meeting Thursday night
Milford chronicle., 1937-04-09
PILGRIM HOLINESS CHURCH
Rev. C. w. Schelhouse. Pastor
Sunday, April IL

Sunday, April IL
9.45 a. m.-Sunday School.
HOO a. m.-Preaching. pq,
GOOD. m.-Song service, followed by
preaching.
100 p. m.-Song and praise.
500 p. m.-Preaching.
Special. revival services are still in
progress. Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence
Wade. the evangelists and singers,
are giving us some good messages in
message and song. ...
Come and enjoy these services
with us.