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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

DR.. Nye Goodman of Los Angeles
California. is the guest Of DR.. G.
Layton Grier.
VIM. s. Bryant of Philadelphia is
spending the week with his aunt,
Mrs. J. F. Legar. Jr.
Miss Anna M. Dodd, of Philadel-
phia. spent a few days last week
with Miss Florence Austin.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Myron B. Bryant of
Pittsburgh, Pa, are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Legar, Jr.
Mrs. George G. Montgomery will
leave next week for Maine where
she expects to spend the summer.
MIR. and Mrs. John Conrad of Bev-
erly. N. J. are spending this week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry II. Brake
ley.
Mrs. ]. c. Weinmann Of Trenton,
N. J. is visiting her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. James H. Hillman on West
Front Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Grier and
son, George S. Grier, 3rd, went to
Rehoboth on Friday for several
weeks stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward SaIevan re-
turned home on Wednesday after
spending several days with friends
in Washington, d. C.
Miss Emma Whaley will leave on
Monday for South Bowers Beach
where she will spend some time with
her aunt, Mrs. Lydia Collins.
Miss Frances Short of Laurel who
spent last week with Miss Eleanor
Emory has returned to her home,
accompanied by Miss Emory.
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Miss Caroline Vinyard had as her
weekend guests. Miss Grace Rose
dear and sister Elizabeth Rosedear
and Mr.. Kohler of Lewisburg, Pa.
Robert B. Pierce. of Bronxville.
N. J. and Robert P. Balderson of
Pittsburgh. Pa. were holiday guests
OF Mrs. Robert H. Pierce and Mrs.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. J. Hearn and
daughter Betty of Merchantville, N.
j., were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
epce Smith and Mr.. and Mrs. H. T.
Emory last Friday.
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Mr.. and Mrs. I. Dolphus Short and
Mrs. William G. Taylor have been en-
ioying their cottage for the past two
weeks at Rehoboth. They will re-
main for the summer.
Colonel and Mrs. w. E. Lank had
as weekend guests over the Fourth,
DR.. and Mrs. Robert Walker of Phil
sdelphia. and Mr.. and Mrs. Barnard
Feeny and son Thomas of Riverside,
V. J.
Robert p. Balderson of Pittsburgh,
Pa, arrived on Saturday to spend
he weekend. Mrs. Balderson and
vi DOOOy hCtuiHCu Will HlIl OH
'londay after spending the month of
iune with her mother, Mrs. Robert
1. Pierce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence A. Zehnder |
f New York City and Pine Fluff,
arkansas, and Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. |
iloetzner of st. petersburg. Florida |
nd Berlin. Germany. were the week
nd guests of Mrs. Minnie Richards |
)avies and her twin daughters at .
heir home on East Front street.
ir. Gloetzner for many years was
n attache at the American Embassy
a Berlin. Germany.
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The Misses Marjorie Faix. Jean
Irier. Charlotte Grove. Margaret
hammond. Mary Catherine Ham
iond. Norma Hollis. Lucy Sharp.
ydia Belle Toadvine and Norman
emmett, Tom Bennett, Henry Lat
hum and Edward Murphy left We'd
esdsy to attend the Presbyterian
oung Peoples Conference at West
ottingham Academy. Colora, Md
ev. John Jackson Brown, Jr. is a
Iember of the conference faculty.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09
FULL PROGRAM LISTED
FOR OTONKA GIRLS
TCosfirEed from First Psgs]

The Camp Log" an account oi
camp activities being written by
various members of the camp COM
mittee, will be put in book form and
sold at a nominal price as a souve-
mir of Camp Otonka.
Those on the Camp Log commit
tee are: Editor-in-chief, Jane Saltz-
man; feature and joke editor. Mar
gerry Robinson; sports editors. Doris
Frank and Louise Matson; art and
photography, Frances Dempsey;
news editor, Lois Watson: reporters,
Jane Figgatt and Mary L. Bucken-
hue.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09
PER RSONALS

1
Mr.. and Mrs, William v. Grier viii
spend this weekend In Atlantic City
Miss Betty Hammond leaves to-
morrow for Freeport, l. l., for q
visit.
Miss Gertrude Atkins Of Whining.
ton is the guest of Miss Florencs
Bennett.
Harry Laws. New Haven. Conn.
was the weekend guest of MIR. and
Mrs. Thomas Davis.
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Miss Elizabeth Goodwin OF Dobbs
Ferry, N. Y, was a weekend guest
Of Miss Anna w. Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald W. Poole OF
Swarthmore we're weekend guests
of DR.. g. Layton Grier.
John p. Vinyard and family left
Monday for their home In Windslow,
Indiana, and Chicago, Ill.
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Robert B. Pierce of Bronxville, NJ.
Y, spent the weekend with his mo-
ther, Mrs. Robert H. Pierce.
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Mrs. z. J. Galloway has returned
from a recent visit with relatives
In Lancaster, Pa. and Wilmington.
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Miss Betty Walls is the guest of
her aunt. Mrs. Philip Harding at her
home in Wawaset Park, Wilmington.
q
Miss Jean Davis went to Wash
ington where she will be the guest of
her cousin, Miss Elizabeth Truitt for
some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Draper OF
Brooklyn spent the weekend as
guests of Mrs. George II. Draper and
Miss Ida Draper.
Leonard Jackson Ross of st. ,Lous,
Missouri. spent his birthday. July 4.
with his mother. Mrs. Lewis II. Ross
of West Second street.
Mrs. Clara Deputy and Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Riggs returned to town on
Thursday of last week after spend
ing some time in Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cathrall Smith. and
son Eugene. of Atlanta, Georgia. are
the guests of Captain and Mrs. Caleb
Smith and Miss Mabel Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Steele of
Philadelphia we're weekend guests
of Mrs. F. Burgette Short. Mrs.
Short returned home with them on
Monday.
Spending this week in Rehoboth
will be Miss Doris Warburton of
Wilmington, Donald Smith. Mrs.
Louder Grier, Miss Sara Grier and
George H. Baynum.
Ralph p. Russell of the Merton
Cricket Club and Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les Russell and three children of
Northumberland, Pa, were weekend
guests of Edward M. Davis.
Mortimer Browning returned to
New York City on Monday after
spending several weeks here with
Mrs. Browning who will stay for the !
summer. Mr.. Browning will teach |
in the Juilliard School of Music this |
summer.
William H. Brunner, of Liverpool. |
has been the recent guest |
of his mother. Mrs. Q. J. Galloway.
Mr.. Drummer came oover on the S. S.
Europa and will be in the States un-
til August. spending most Of the
time in New York City at the Waldorf
Hotel.
Mrs. Mary E. Worthington. Misses
Anna and Betty Worthington, Hilda
Stouffer and Mr.. and Mrs. John d.
Farmer of Chambersburg, Pa. spent
The past weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Harrington and Mr.. and Mrs.
Earle F. Worthington.
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Harry l.. Belts, we'll known young
nan of Rehoboth and Millsboro. who
las been seriously i'll for the past
EN- weeks in the Milford Emergency
Hospital and Jefferson Hospital.
is now convalescing at
lis sisters home, Mrs. John p.
Steward, in Milford. u
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

Mr.. and Mrs. William v. Grier
entertained on their boat "One-
Thirty" on Sunday and Monday.
The guests enjoying the day Sun
day were Mrs. George G. Mont
gomery. Mrs. Anna V. Carlisle.
Miss Elizabeth v. Carlisle and
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Poole Of
Swarthmore, Pa. Monday guests
were Mrs. George Montgomery.
DR.. and Mrs. S. M. d. Marshall
and Mr.. and Mrs. C. d. Holz-
mueller.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09
MILFORD NECK LADIES' AID

The Ladies' Aid of Milford Neck
will meet at the church Friday eve
ming. July 9th. Special music, sing
ing and speeches. Ice cream for sale.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

e Tomorrow Mrs. Harry, H.
!. Brakeley will have luncheon at
the Henlopen Hotel at Rehoboth
= in honor of her sister. Mrs. John
Conrad. of Beverly. N. j., and
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

Totals -.......33 ~ 10
sBatted for Jewell In ninth.
*sBatted for Hall in ninth.
Score by innings:
Oxford .2O102 1000 2-7
Milford 900 o Q o 90 o.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

A severe dose Of sunburn is an
harmful as any other kind Of burn.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

Mr.. and Mrs. l. Dolphus Short
entertained a few friends from
town last evening at their cot
tage at Rehoboth. Covers at
dinner were laid for eight.
Cards followed.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

Mrs. Nathaniel Rogers of Har-
beson was hostess to the Busy
Bees this week. After the eve
ming spent at the home of her
mother. Mrs. Lulu Coffin. the
members went to Brereton's
where they were served refresh
ments.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

lW MOTHER Fourth of
July has come and
gone. 1t is with much
satisfaction we record
- no local major casul-
ties. The pressing menace is no
longer fire crackers, because of
z certain restrictions being placed
upon the sale of them. The real
worry for any holiday now is
the traffic that whizzes up and
. down all of our roads. This last
holiday weekend gave another
twenty-four hours to those who
left the hot cities for the shore.
The fireworks display given by
Edward M. Davis at his home
near town afforded much plea
sure to those who were his guests
for the evening as well as to
those who sat in cars along the
highway during the display. Af-
terward Mr.. Davis served his
guests a buffet supper and a
pleasant evening followed.
=
Last evening DR.. G. Layton
GrieF was host to a number Of
men when he gave a dinner at
his home on Lake Avenue in
compliment to DIR. Nye Goodman
of Los Angeles. California. DR..
Goodman with his host will go
= to: Atlantic City this weekend
for the annual meeting of the
American Dental Society and
then will sail for Europe. The
guests last night were George
s.. Grier, Davis r. Grier. DIR. Wal
+ fer L. Grier, William C. Smith.
Dean Kimmel, DR.. Clyde Nelson.
Harold Wakefield, William ".
, Grier, Frank r. Grier and Frank
NAPLES.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

Perpetual hurry will get you to
the cemetery ahead Of schedule.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

Miss Ruth Barton of Pawnee
City. Nebraska. Covers will be
laid for ten.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

Mr.. and Mrs. William S. Smith,
Of Poughkeepsie. N. Y. are hap
PLY announcing the arrival of
a small daughter to be called
Christine Carron Smith. The
little miss was born on Satur-
day, July 8.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

DR.. nj. Dalema Draper has is
sued invitations for a Chinese
party which she will give at her
home on Causey Avenue on We'd
nesday, July 14th from 2.3O to
$50.
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

score by innings:
Oxford 900 1 90 1 0 %
Milford 0OO4O OOx-4
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

MOTHER Fourth of
July has come and
gone. 1t is with much
satisfaction we record
r-f ..I-. aa,,l
Milford chronicle., 1937-07-09

Mrs. R. R. Davis and Miss Eliza
beth veasey are visiting in Philadei-
phia.
Miss Mildred Truitt is spending
the week in Rehoboth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28

We still think the tax limitation pro-
posal is going to stir up plenty of con-
troversy in the Legislature. Even
though legislatures for some few years
have been agreeing with the real estate
men and property-owners that the real
estate or property tax is too high in most
communities, the former are not pre-
pared to set up definite limit on the
amount OF property taxes city or town
may levy. Such control over communi-
ties by the state is going to be hotly con-
tested by the advocates of home rule
corner these days. However, that doesn't
lessen the fact that something will have
to be done about taxing real estate sooner
or later. Perhaps some serious effort like
this one will awaken the General Assem-
bly, to the fact that it has been passing
the buck of recent years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28

When Representative Richard ]. Dur
kin of Naugatuck introduced several
bills in the Legislature Tuesday concern
ing automobile liability insurance rates
in the borough, he touched on sore
spot locally. Waterbury is concerned
about liability rates here; has been for
some years now. But no matter which
way we turn we don't seem to make any
progress. We learn from the insurance
companies and the underwriters that the
rates can't be lowered here so long as the
claim-paymentS locally remain as high
as they are. People are finally beginning
to wonder just how those claims can be.
lowered.
However, in discussing the bills of the
Naugatuck legislator it is brought out
that two years ago when there was so
much agitation in this section of the
Naugatuck valley that state official
volunteered the information that removal
Of the highway menace at Dead Mans
Curve on the Waterbury, Naugatuck
highway would probably result in fewer
accidents there and consequent drop
in insurance rates. The curve was
Strengthened out considerably last sum-
mer; we wonder if the accidents at the
point have dropped. If so, then how
about a general decrease for the terri
tory.
We don't "blame Naugatuck to want to
be separated from Waterbury in district
in which such high liability rates prevail.
And certainly there Is no reason why one
community should be made to suffer for
another's sins. We will be interested to see
just what reaction the borough legisla-
tors proposals produce. If they are at
all favorable you can rest assured there
will be plenty of local citizens ready to
start something here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28
Expensive Going

Some years ago Connecticut's high
ways were referred to as antiquated and
contributing to the number of accidents
in this state. The complaint, voiced by
Hartford man, pointed to the magnifi-
cent roads of our neighboring states,
such as Massachusetts, and New York. At
the time we pointed out the fact that such
claims as this were apt to prove boom
erangs. And no sooner said than done.
Right after that the now-notorious
Worcester-Bos cutoff started to claim
ito victims. It still does, although pa
trolled pretty carefully now.
This week our eye CHANGED on an item
about the so-called Worcester Turnpike,
particularly that section between Wei
lesley and Boston. Built only three years
ago at an estimated cost of $40 foot GER
tain sections last year started to shed
their top dressing. This continued at
such a rate that engineers were called in
and the road studied. The results of this
survey, which cost 10000, have not yet
been made public. It seems they are
so technical that they must be trans
Hated into language the average man can
understand
We merely cite these facts to prove that
costly and up-to-date roads aren't every
thing in modern-day bodybuilding. We
think quite bit Of the highway system
OF Connecticut. It may be lacking in
some respects, but in others it is far
ahead Of the program carried on by
other states. And we wouldn't be bit
surprised to see in the next ten or twenty
years cessation in these great engineer
ing feats which transfer an ordinary
countryside into a macadamized or ce-
mented thoroughfare. Highway safety
= primarily personal matter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28
Tax Rate SqneeSe
Political Economic Set-up of Most Cities Would
Be Ruined by Setting Up Limit.
NEW BRITAIN HERALD

is already finding 1t difficult to carry
on all its previously contemplated
betterments with a coming tax rate
Of ~ mills.
Why should SO many cities, towns,
counties and villages be forced to
abandon plans for improvements
after the depression is vamoosing
and recovery Is here? Carl H. Chat
tiers, executive director of the Mu-
nicipal Officers' association, leaves
little room for doubt in diagnosing
the numerous reasons. To wit:
+ 1.-The wave of municipal bond
defaults has passed and nearly all OF
the important cities and counties
are paying the pricipal and inter-
est on their debts, whic require
money. & +.
| q Instead of a demand for fewer
governmental services, movements
are under way to shift the revenue
burden from real estate taxes to
other sources.
3-Reduction to local expenditures,
found in all headlines a few years
ago, has become exceedingly diff
ficult.
SALARY cuts have been partially
or wholly restored in most cities.
5-Local governments must face
an increasing share of the relief
burden which the federal govern
ment may turn back to them.
6-The reservoir of delinquent
l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28

Roosevelt, give the New Dealers
control Of the commission.
NOTE: Most holly criticized Of
the old Fine Arts commission
members Is Chairman Charles
Moore. Over 70 years old, he
has been q power IN the commits
sion for more than - years.
Merry Round
Fifty proposals for constitu-
tionai amendments were intro
duced In the first week In con-
gress - a record number. The
measures cover q wide range, from
giving the District Of Columbus
q status Of q state to prohibiting
the U. s. from going to war for
any purpose whatsoever -. =. !.
If President Roosevelt sticks to
his rule not to appoint federal
judges who are over the age Of so.
1t Is going to be tough on two
jealous aspirants to the supreme
court, Attorney General Homer
Cummings and Senator Joe
Robinson, ardent candidates for
places on the court, both are past
the Presidents age limit. Cum
mings is 66, Robinson "a. =. +
Two democratic senators were not
invited to the reception given to
his. democratic colleagues b.
Pennsylvania strongly New Deal
Senator Joseph Guffey. They were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28
Why Expand Army?

Some time in February subcommittee
of the House of Representatives will sit
down to figure out how much money the
U. s. Army ought to be given during the
coming year. The army is asking slightly
more than $41O,0 900, and the chances
are that it will get it. What's the army
going to do with it all?
The answer, of course, is that it is
going to make itself bigger and better. It
will add $4,000 enlisted men, bringing
total enlistment to 165,0O0 It will bring
it's officer strength up to 12,175. It will
add 5000 to the strength of the national
guard. The number of reserve officers
who will get two weeks summer training
will be boosted by 5000. Five hundred
new fighting planes will be built Flying
fields, barracks, ordnance, and the like
will be improved.
Il So far, well and good. The officers
who have devoted their lives to the army
contend that it needs these things to
be efficient, and it is hard for civilian
to argue with them. What civilians might
very properly do, however, is ask just what
the government proposes to do with this
fine army after it gets it perfected. We
can't Judge the army without also TAX
ing look at the navy. We need to re-
member that our navy - in theory, at
least - is one Of the two most powerful
navies in existence.
We are spending enormous sums to
make it in actual fact what it is in theory.
And we may safely say that the navy
already is so strong that no nation or
combination of nations would dream OF
trying to invade our shores. That being
so, what do we want with $41O,0OO,000
army?
We are fond of saying that we will fight
no more wars on foreign soil. We will
stay at home and mind our own business,
instead; if anyone wants to fight us, he
will have to come over here to do it. We
will make our defense impregnable and
keep our collective nose out of affairs
that do not concern us. That is nice
resolve to make, but it looks very much
as if someone down in Washington hasn't
heard about it.
For when you consider the strength
of our navy and the tremendous strate-
gic Importance of our isolated position,
you will find it very hard to believe that
we need such an expensive army purely
for defensive purposes. Someone must
be porking on the theory that we are
going to be fighting another overseas war
some day. The army program doesn't
make sense on any other basis.
This isn't said in criticism of the army
authorities. They don't shape policy;
They shape the military program to fit
policies laid down by their civilian
have tipped them off to the fact that the
administration isn't casting our army
for purely defensive role. Let's hope
the congressional subcommittee takes
time to find out about it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28
Sensible Ships

The Italian line, planning two new
steamships, refuses to enter the frenzied
tonnage competition of recent years. No
Queen Mary or Normandie for it. The
company goes back a quarter of CEN
fury, as far as size is concerned, and is
satisfied with a tonnage of $4,000, instead
of the $4,000 or 10000 or 10000 that have
seemed necessary lately in international
competition for the passenger trade.
Such giants, the practical Italians say,
are merely floating debts" and they
have no money to waste. With the smaller
vessels they believe they can make profits.
They are more interested in profits than
prestige. And they are probably right
about it. Prestige costs nations too
much money, in many ways
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28
A Book a Day
Enlightening "A-B-C"
Of Spanish Situation
BY BRUCE CATION

II the news from Spain leaves
you with an irritated, what's-it-
all-about feeling. you can hardly do
better than to read Behind the
Spanish Barricades,' by John Lang
don-Davies Mcbride: $2.75).
Mr.. Langdon- Davies, an English
journalist, makes no secret of his
sympathies; he is all for the 10y
alistS. But he tells - story so
clearly and, for all his admitted
bias, so fairly-that 1t strikes me
as the best available handbook on
the Spanish tragedy.
To begin with, he recalls a little
plain history. The Spanish gov
eminent Of last summer, he points
out, was lawful government, le-
gally put into office by popular
vote.
It did not, at the time the re-
bellion began, contain one Com
munist; on the contrary, it was a
mild left-of-center regime which
was trying to reform the army and
get the peasant out from under
the great landowners.
The revolt was organized and
launched by leaders Of those
groups, with the help Of what Mr..
Langdon- Davies calls the Fascist
international. It's pressure turned
a liberal government into rad
ical one; but to this day the gov
eminent Is not dominated by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28

When Waterbury has 200 patients at
the state hospitals at Norwich and Mid
dletown it is apparent that the total num-
Der at these two places must be extremely
large. That is true. Both are over
crowded. And when such institutions
are overcrowded the patients suffer, be-
cause proper attention cannot be pro-
vided. In addition to that the Middle
town institution is far from modern. We
cite these facts merely to indicate how
necessary 1t is for our state solons to
keep in mind their duty towards the state
with respect to maintaining proper in
Stitutions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28

In various parts Of the country
attempts are being made to pass
laws restricting local taxation to
what we here would call rs mills.
Legislative action is necessary.
Such a restriction would wreck
most of the cities. 1t would wreck
all municipalities which are forced
to expand high percentage Of their
income for bonds and interest, and
for schools. Such municipalities
would find it difficult If not impos-
sible to continue their schools. And
they surely could not continue CIV
ing citizens those sity hall, police
and fire services to which they are
accustomed.
What could New Britain accom-
plish withIa tax rate of IS mills? It
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28
Answers To.
Questions
BY .Frederick u. Kerby

O.. Are all red foxes the same
color?
A. The. shades vary in different
localities, as dark red in Canada
and Siberia, slightly lighter reds in
the United States and China and
tawny reds In Europe, Asia and Aus
tralia.
Q. Is there Prince or Princess
Of Wales now?
A. No. The title is borne only by
the eldest living son of the mon
arch, and the title Princess Of Wales
is borne only by the wife Of the
Prince Of Wales. King George vi
has no son.. 1865
@. How many electoral votes did
George Washington receive when he
was first elected President?
A. The number of authorized
electoral votes was 142 Of which 1888
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-28

/. Who wrote the novel. "The
Heart Of Rome2"
2. Which President Of the United
States lived the longest?
3. Why has the United States
never been a member Of the League
Of Nations?
4. Name the ninth month Of the
old Roman year.
S. OF what country is Nova SEQ
tia province? ~
8. Who was Charles Henry NIL
Ter?
4. Into what lake does the Gen.
essee River empty?
8. Whom do Roman Catholics
reckon as the first Bishop Of Rome.
and the first Pope?
9. In what year was the u. q.
Naval Academy opened?
10. What Is the highest rank In
the q. s.. Army?