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Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
MINISTERIAL UNION
MET AT GEORGETOWN
Dr. A. G. JOst, State Board Health,
Was Principal Speaker

At meeting of the DelMar-Vs
Ministerial Union, composed of min
listers of the Maryland Annual Con-
fernece of the Methodist Protestant
Church, held in First NJ. p. Church,
Georgetown, on Monday, A. c. Jost
of Dover, executive secretary of the
State Board of Health. was the
speaker. His subject was Social
Diseases" and during the course of
his address pictures were displayed
along health lines with sound effects.
DIR. L. A. Sexsmith, OF Baltimore.
president of the Maryland Annual
Conference, delivered a brief ad-
dress at the afternoon session. He
urged the ministers to solicit funds
for the Lewis Memorial Church, sit
uated at Hamilton and Fourth
streets, and Kansas avenue, North
west, Washington. ID. C.. now under
construction, which, when complet-
ed. will cost $4,000. This will in
ciude the auditorium with basement
and a part of the educational build
ing. II will have seating capacity
of 400. In addition there will he
brick home containing
seven rooms. reception hall and bath
with basement finished for social
and Sunday school purposes, cost
ing $4,000. furnishing comfortable
home for the minister.
The church is named In honor OF
DR.. Thomas Hamilton Lewis, a for
mer president of the conference and
one of the ablest ministers OF that
for the past forty years.
The principal speaker at the at
ternoon session was the Rev. John
pastor of First Presby-
terian Church. North Bedford street,
His subject was Jesus
he Model Preacher"
Thirty ministers from different
sections of the Peninsula attended
he meeting.
The next meeting will be held on
April ~. at Mariners
,hurch, near Crisfield. Md.
At the noon hour. Mrs. Sapp acted
is hostess to rs of the ministers
wives at the parsonage. adjoining
he church, serving tea and buns.
irs. Sexsmith, wife of DR.. E. A. |
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Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
FLOOD OF Bills
JAMS DELAWARE
LEGISLATURE
582 Bills On House Calen-
dar, 149 In Senate, More
To Come.
AN ALL TINE RECORD
125 Bills Were introduced
In House On Wednes-
day, Ten In Senate.

An avalanche of bills which set an
all time high record for volume
marked the closing Wednesday of
the time limit set for the introduce
tion of new measures in the House.
When the members adjourned We'd
nesday night, 5S2 bills had been
placed on the House calendar, 125
of them having been introduced on
Wednesday.
When the Senate adjourned on
Wednesday afternoon the calendar
showed 149 bills of which 10 had
been presented on Wednesday. The
deadline for introduction of new bus
mess in the upper branch of the
Legislature was at o'clock on
Thursday. 1t is expected the Senate
calendar will show close to 200 mea-
sures before adjournment on Thurs
day The total number of bills in
both houses at the close of business
on Wednesday was 731. Two years
ago the Senate bill totaled 179 and
the House bills, totaled 5O2.
Bills Read BY Title Only
The Senate, to expedite its busi-
ness, adopted a motion to suspend
the rules and have all readings by
title only.
The Senate on Wednesday passed
Senator James L. Davis bill to di-
rect the State Highway Department
to drain lands along highways un-
der the control of the department.
Representative Frank R. Zebley's
bill to make valid the record of legal
instruments which have not been
properly acknowledged was passed
by the Senate.
The Senate approved Senator
Marshall's bill 10 authorize the Sus-
sex. county recorder of deeds to
make new indices for mortgages.
Senator Chambers bill to. revive
and extend the time for recording
private acts was passed by the SEN
ate.
Milford Measure Passed
The Senate passed Senator Mar
sbalrs bill to permit the city of Mil
ford to transmit electric current and
water beyond its limits.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
VOCATIONALBODY
ELECTS MOWLDS
State Head OF Agricultur-
al Education Made Pres
ident By Association.

w. Lyle Mowlds of Dover. Stat,
supervisor of agricultural education
was elected president OF the Della
ware Vocational Education Associa
tion last Friday at the associations
annual banquet in the Hotel Richard
son. He succeeds Miss Marion F
Breck, state supervisor of home
making education.
John G. Leach, treasurer and di
rector of education of Beacon Col.
lege, was elected vice-president Il
succeed W. D. Simpson agricultural
teacher at the Caesar Rodney School
Camden, Del.
Attends Schools Here
Mr.. Mowlds was educated in the
Wilmington public schools and grad
uated from the Wilmington High
School and the University of Della
ware.
In 1929 he accepted position with
the Seaford school and in 1881 be-
came a supervisor for the State
Board of Education.
Mr.. Leach graduated from the
University of Delaware in 1925 and
shortly afterward became associated
with Beacon College.
Growth of Work Described
DR.. Lewis A. Wilson, assistant
of vocational and ex-
tension education for New York
State, was the principal speaker. He
the necessity of vOca-
tional education, which he said has
advanced in this country.
The greatest problem facing edu-
GATORS and school administrations
.oday is training of the 14-tO-1S-
gear-old group. DR.. Wilson declared.
Americas most skilled artisans
nave come from the western part
,f Europe. he said, and these have
lot been replaced. Due to lack of
training, "key men" in
industry are not being replaced, he
aid.
Trained Assistants Seen Need
A recent survey, he said, disclosed
hat for every college trained engi-
Ieer there is need for four techni-
ally trained assistants.
Turn TO Pace 9. PiedSel
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
TERCENTENARY
AIDS ARE NAMED
Governor Picks 40 Leaders
To Prepare States Role
In Swedish Celebration.

Members of the special commits
sion to plan Delaware's part next
year in the celebration of the Swe-
dish Tercentenary were announced
on Monday afternoon at the office of
Governor Richard c. McMullen. 1t is
known as the Swedish Tercentenary
Commission and was authorized in a
joint resolution of the Legislature.
Under the resolution, Governor
McMuIlen appointed 70 members,
and Senator W. A. Simonton, presi-
dent pro tenn of the Senate. John
r. Fader, speaker of the House, ten
seach. 1t is also provided that those
who are mayor of Wilmington and
mayor of New Castle at the time of
the celebration shall be members.
There will be elections in both cities
before the observance.
Other Bills Due Later
Bills are to follow to authorize an
appropriation to defray the States
share of the cost and to authorize
the commission to acquire THE
Rocks" in Wilmington, where the
SWeQeS landed.
If this property can be obtained,
il is planned to establish park in
which will stand a $4,000 monu-
ment which is to be erected by the
Swedish government The people of
Sweden are contributing to a public
fund to pay for this monument.
Commission Members
The members of the commission
are:
Appointed by Governor McMullen-
Col. George A. Elliott. Christopher L.
Ward Judge Richard s. Rodney L. 5.
Judge John B. Nields. former L. $. SEN
ator Thomas +. Bayard. the Rt Rev
Philip Cook. the Most Rev Edmond j.
Rabbi Henry Tavel. DIR.
Walter Hullihen. Dr. George IL Ryden.
Pierre s. dupont. William DUPONT. Ed
gar L. Haynes. Judge John Biggs. Jr.
Harris Samonisky. James b. McManus'
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Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
MAN KILLED
in FIGHT AT
STATE CAPITAL
Il. M. Ritter Succumbs
After Shaking Hands
With Adversary.
rs HELD FOR COURT
Edgar HI. Bell, Dover, In
Jail Charged With Man.
slaughter.

Ernest NJ. Ritter, 26 years old, OF
Little Greek, is dead and Edgar H.
Bell, rs years old. of 126 South
Queen street, Dover, is In jail as the
result of a fist fight between the
two outside the Del-Mar-Va Diner
on South State street, Dover, Satur-
day morning shortly before one o.
clock.
Ritter fell unconscious in the din
er while washing his hands and face
but few minutes after he and Bell
had called halt to their fight and
shaken hands. He died while being
taken to the Kent General Hospital.
Broken. Meek Indicated
Deputy Attorney General William
]. Storey said that superficial exam
ination indicated that Ritter died
from a broken neck caused by one
of several blows struck during the
fight.
An autopsy on Ritter's body was
performed by DR.. I. J. MacCOllum.
OF Wyoming and Drs. c. B. Scull and
]. W. Mayerberg of Dover.
Mr.. Storey said that investigation
by town and State police shows that
both Ritter, who came from Chester
recently to work on an oyster boat
at Little Creek, and Bell, had en-
gagged in a quarrel in the diner.
Police. said Mr.. Storey, was told
that 1t appeared that Ritter left the
diner and that Bell followed him out
side, reopening. the argument.
Bell FeIled BY Blow
Both men then started fighting.
Bell, 1t is alleged, was felled by a
Ritter blow and upon arising to his
feet is said to have struck Ritter !
on the jaw twice.
The fight. according to witnesses, |
ended when Ritter nut down his
hands and said: Lets be friends"
The two men then shook hands and
Ritter went into the diner to wash. I
Suddenly he collapsed and was TAX /
en- to the hospital.
Cases of men being fatally injured
by apparently. harmless fist blows,
while unusual, are not rare. Police
have had at least three such cases
in the last few months.
As a result of coroner's jury's
finding, Bell was held under $4,000
bail by Judge Earle d. Wiley in the
Court of Common Pleas on Monday
charged with man
slaughter. Bell, unable to furnish
bond. was committed to Kent Coun-
ty Jail.
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
ROAD PROJECTS
WILL SOON BE
STARTED IN DEL.
State Highway Depart
ment Set to Begin Work
Within Two Weeks.
FINISHED BY FALL
Total Cost Of Work Will
Amount To Over 81, ,00O,-
900, Engineer Reveals.

More than a million dollars In
new highway and bridge construc-
tion will be started by the State
Highway Department as soon as the
weather is favorable, possibly with
in two weeks, it was announced last
Friday.
w. w. Mack, chief highway engi-
neer, revealed that as of January 81
there was $1,O27 900 worth of work
under contract. Little work has been
done on any of these projects due
to unfavOrable weather.
To BE Finished by Fall
Most of the work is scheduled to
be completed by late summer or
early fall.
Grading work will start next week
on a concrete highway from Grams
ton Heights to Brandywine Sana-
torium. The road, which is to be 81
feet wide and 10 miles long, will
join with the Hockessin Road to the
Newport Highway. completing
highway link in Route Al, from Gap
to New Castle. for traffic from the
Lancaster section of Pennsylvania to
the ferries and shore points. Drain
sewers and new bridge have been
placed in the Cedars and Cranston
Heights sections for the road.
Traffic conditions in the vicinity
of the Delaware Park track of the
Delaware Steeplechase and Racing
Association will be improved by
work on the Cranston Heights to
New Castle road. which is to be
widened by three feet on each side
and resurfaced with amiesite. The
five mile section is to cost $4,000.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
.L.O.O.E.LADIES'
NIGHT MARCH q
KirkwOod Encampment
And Rebekahs Invited
To Attend Festivities.

Crystal Fount Lodge No. 10, l. o
o. f., has included the entire ODD
Fellow family of Milford in its ban
quet and Ladies' Night plans for
March 20 by inviting Kirkwood En-
campment and the Margaret Pyle
Rebekah Lodge No. IL to partici-
pate with them. Both organizations
have accepted, which assures a large
attendance.
Milford Grange is making plans
to serve the banquet in that eff
cient, hospitable manner they are
noted for. The lodge has approved a
menu a little different from the US
ual feed. Roast turkey. with every
known fixing that usually goes with
it has been specified by the commit
tee.
The floor show is one of the best
obtainable and comes highly recon-
mended. Charles Dance, master of
ceremonies is without a doubt one
of the best in the business. His
ability to manage. announce, and
put on a show of this character is
rated among the highest. He poss-
esses an unusual singing voice.
Christie" the popular accordan-
list, is a top-notcher and one who re-
ceives his share of applause. Joe
Reed, the man from Spain. with Lis
musical act, is an excellent
feature. Mildred King,
tap and acrobatic dancer, makes a
hit where she appears. She was one
of the star features at the recent
Masonic Ladies' Night at Lewes.
The committee has not decided
what feature act to use in closing.
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Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
LEWES REQUESTS
DEEP YACHT BASIN
Would Make Depth OF New Project
~ Feet Instead OF Six Feet

With work on the new yacht basin
at Lewes well under way. citizens
of Lewes are circulating a petition
asking that the basin be deepened
to twelve feet at mean low water
while the contractors are still on
the job, instead of the six foot depth
of the original plans.
The petition asks that immediate
steps be taken to have an act passed
by the state legislature now In ses-
sion at Dover, appropriating s12,-
900 for the above purpose, TO enable
yachts, pilot boats and other vessels
drawing up to 12 feet OF water to
get into the yacht basis at high
tide, lay afoat In the basin at low
tide and pass down the canal and
out of the new inlet at any time
they wish to proceed.
Many Sign Petition
Interested citizens including bank
ers, merchants, pilots, fishermen,
and owners of yachts from other
ports are eagerly subscribing to the
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Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
BARBER SHOPS HERE
TO CLOSE AT z II. M.

The following, the under
signed BARRIERS of Milford.
have all agreed, beginning
Monday, March Is, to close at
Z p. m. evenings and to all
have the same prices. All hair
cuts will be Csc and all shaves
15c.
The following hours will
prevail: Monday to Friday. in
elusive, 8 a. m. to Z p. m. Sat
urdays. 8 a. M. to II p. m.
Dan Kinder, Earl Williams,
Al Dyer, Herb Griffith, L. B.
Carson, George Maloney, Joe
Ament and Stephen Knoll.
The BARRIERS please ask that
you do not try to gain admit
tance after these specified
hours.
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, March 8, To Tues
day, March o, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, the local
weather recorder. reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford, from Wednesday, March 3, to
Tuesday, March 3, inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
DEL. GUARD wins
SECOND PLACE IN
COMPETITION
Rhode Island Regiment Is
Winner Of Trophy For
Coast Artillery.
PRAISED BY GENERAL
State Guardsmen Miss By
Few Points, Put Z Units
In Highest Class.

General efficiency of the 19Sth
Coast Artillery Regiment. Delaware
National Guard. for 1896 was ex-
ceeded only by one other regiment
of its kind in the country. accord
ing to unofficial but dependable re-
ports on the United States Coast
Artillery Association Trophy COM
petition received in Delaware this
week
Delaware's regiment, il is under
stood. missed defeating the winner,
the 243rd Coast Artillery. Harbor
Defense. Rhode Island National
Guard. by only few points.
The Rhode Island regiment, un-
derstOOd to have won the bronze
shield offered annually by the Coast
Artillery Association for outstanding
performance. is composite of anti
aircraft and seacoast artillery, with
a complete searchlight battery. Staff
officers in Wilmington were clated
though their regiment last year was
first.
Laurel init Also Scores
Battery A. 261st Coast Artillery
Battalion, EIarbor Defense. Delaware
National Guard. of Laurel. also re-
ceived excellent rating.
Batteries of the 19Sth awarded the
rating are B, c, and d Of Whining
ton. in the First Battalion headed
by Major Henry c. Ray. and f of
Newark, G of Dover. and II of New
Castle. in the Second Battalion,
headed by Major John W. Davis.
Battery A. 19Sth c. A.. had in
sufficient searchlight equipment to
qualify. Guard officials are asking
Delaware's representatives in Con-
gress to help obtain additional equip
ment.
All coast artillery regiments of the
4 Guard in the United States.
are eligible to compete. The efficien-
cy and training of the Delaware Ma
tional Guard as rated by the War
is very high.
Only the Rhode Island regiment
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Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12

Marcn y .,.........-...... trace
The following winds and cor IL
ticns prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
Prevailing
Wind

IFtFdfftff5 "
Wind
March 3, Variable-Clear
March 4. Southwest-Clear
March S, Northwest-Partly Cloudy
March 6, Southwest-Partly Cloudy
March Z, Northwest-Clear
March s, Northwest Cloudy
March 8, Northwest-PartIy Cloudy
Milford chronicle., 1937-03-12
T'eruperature

Total Rainfall -.
Snow
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-04
Some Wasps Are Much
Meaner Than Others

Observation-Disclosures are not
all alike. Some of them are mean
er than others. They aren't all
mean, so far as that goes. Some
are relatively placid.
A study in insect individuality
was made recently by Austin H..
Clark of the United States Nation
al Museum. A mason-wasp's nest
was brought to him for identified
ton, and when the insects Matched
out he studied them one by one.
The first one out was small, dark,
and wicked. She lurked in a dark
corner of the jar in which the nest
was kept, ready to show fight
against any of her sister wasps or
anything else that offered. The Sec
ond wasp out was bigger and real
ly very good natured. She WOULDN'T
even offer to sting Mr.. Clark's fin
ger when he offered her the chance.
Other wasps that emerged varied
between the turbulence of the first
and the placidity of the second. On
ly one male appeared. At first he
was dull and uninterested, but he
"pepped up considerably when he
found there were ladies present.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-04
Wooden Money

HERE have been times in our
L country when wooden money
was accepted as readily as ordinary
currency.
Back in December, 1881, the Cfti-
zen's bank of Tenino, WASH, sud-
denly closed its doors, leaving the
town merchants without sufficient
cash to carry on their business. For
a time, all business was at stand
still, for although stores had the
goods their customers needed, nei-
Their one had enough cash to carry
out transactions.
Just as things began to look very
bad indeed, the resourceiul cham
Der of commerce saved the day with
a novel idea. Through their plan, a
depositor in the closed bank could
assign to the chamber a certain
amount of his proven deposit in
exchange for a similar amount of
script, which the chamber guaran-
teed to redeem when the bank as
sets were iquidated.
The first scrip was printed on
Autographed sheets in denomina-
tons of Is cents, so cents, 81, SIS, and
$40 by the Thurston County hide
pendent in December, 1881. This
plan worked fairly well, but the mer-
chants said they still needed more
change and it was inconvenient for
customers to carry around small
Is cent bills.
So the heads of the chamber got
to work again and brought out in
February, 1882, some real wooden
money in Is cent, so cent, and 81
denominations. The money was
printed on 3-ply sitka spruce. This
safely carried the town over it's
financial crisis, and now the wooden
money is worth several times its
face value to coin collectors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-04

AS yards of 80 inch material. One
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mature figure; afternoon dresses
for the most particular young
women and matrons and other
patterns for special occasions are
all to be found in the Barbara
Bell Pattern Book. Send Is cents
today for your copy.
Send your order to The Sew
ing Circle Pattern Dept, Room
1920, I'll w. Wacker Dr., Chicago,
Ill. Price of patterns, Is cents
Tin coins) each.
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-04
The Incurable Gambler

THE Earl of Sandwich was an in
L durable gambler. He was al
ways the last one to leave the rou-
lette tables at night, and sometimes
he even hurried over to the casino
for few spins of the wheel before
breakfast.
One evening in the 1760's, his luck
was running especially well. BY sup
perfume he had won nearly thou
sand pounds (S5,000) and was still
going strong. Too excited to leave
the table even to eat, he ordered his
butler to bring him a cut of ham and
two slices of bread. These he
slapped together without taking his
eyes from the table and began to
MUNICH as he continued to place
his bets.
In this fashion was our modern
sandwich born. The English lam
guage is full of words that have
come into common usage in just
this way.
Boomers are intimate feminine
garments that have been largely
discarded by the younger genera
ton, although our grandmothers
used to wear them regularly. They
are named for the first woman who
made and sold them commercially,
Miss Amelia Bloomer.
We often see the word ina
verick' in western stories and tales
about cowboys on the open range.
1t refers to an unbranded steer, and
takes its name from Samuel Maver-
rick of Texas. He was one Of
the few ranchers during the old
cattle-rustling days who steadfastly
refused to brand his steers, Even
our Adams apple got its name from
Adams antics in the Garden of
Eden. With all the trouble it caused,
the forbidden fruit must have stuck
in his throat on its way down.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-02-04
Twas This WAY
Q q
By LYLE SPENCER
@ Western Newspaper Union.
Jonah and the Whale

JOIIdH anu w Hale
a CCORDING to the Bible, Jonah
4 = was swallowed by whale. 1t
was either a most unusual whale
who swallowed Jonah or the Bible
must not be taken too literally, be-
cause the throat of an ordinary
whale is no larger than a mans
wrist.
AS matter of fact, whales habit
ually feed on one of the smallest
known types of sea life. 1t is known
as plankton, a kind of floating
shrimp so small that it can hardly
be seen with the naked eye. Whales
draw in great gulps of water, and
strain these tiny organisms through
the seivelike whalebone in their
mouths.
In spite of it's microscopic food,
the whale is the largest living ami
NAL. So far as we know, the gigantic
blue whale is the bulkiest creature
that ever existed on this planet.
They grow to length of 100 feet,
and there is at least one trustworthy
record of one reaching 100 feet.
Some weigh as much as 100 tons.
The whale is larger at birth than
most animals ever get, measuring
usually about % feet. They may
grow to go feet in a year, and reach
full maturity when six or eight
years old. But most whales are
old at 20 and seldom live to be over
30.
Contrary to popular opinion, most
whales cannot stay under water for
more than to 10 minutes at time
before returning to the surface for
air.