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Milford chronicle., 1939-12-22
DELMAR

Mrs Anna Lee Waller left on
Friday for St Petersburg, Fla.
where she has planned to spend the
remainder of the winter.
The annual Christmas carol SER
vice of the Delmar tDeL) High
School was held Monday evening
December is at S:15 o'clock in the
auditorium. under the direction OF
Mrs. James Adams. of Seaford, music
instructor. There was an exhibition
OF articles made in the industrial
arts department. under the direc-
ton of Kyle Dyer, manual training
teacher, the same evening. Christmas
holidays begin with the close of
school ON December 22 and continue
until January 3.
Prof. and Mrs. Cecil Ford will
leave town on Friday night to spend
the Christmas vacation with rela-
tives in johnson City. Ky
Mrs Leo Hearne is i'm Baltimore
with her husband, who underwent
an operation in hospital there last
week
The Delmar New Century Club
held its regular meeting on Tuesday
afternoon in the Masonic Temple.
Mrs. Margaret Nelson was in charge
of the program. assisted by Mrs.
Francis Nunvar A Christmas party
and tea followed the business meet
ing,
Mrs. Richard Cullen spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. James
Lauder. of New Castle.
Mrs. Bertha Marvel, worthy ma
trOn and Ralph Nichols, worthy pa
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-22

Bishop. Corines Peake, Elizabeth
Cooper; eight Spirits, Frances Steen-
burg. Nora Hill, Phyllis Coverdale,
Dorothy Coverdale, Jane Roe, Gloria
Spayd. Betty Taylor and Eleanor
Davis: Wise Men. James Smith, Geo.
Reed and Martin Wilcutts; Mary.
Edna Davis. Music by choir.
Prof. Paul Burkholder. superin-
tendent of schools, was the speaker
for the Young Peoples service Sun
day evening. The Sunday evening
previous candle-light service was
held
The stewards wish TO thank all
those who patronized the covered
dish luncheon.
Thomas Lodge of Washington was
a guest of Mrs. Rose Lodge over the
weekend. Mrs. Lodge accompanied
him home for the holidays.
Those from here attending the
Kent County Firemon's meeting on
Wednesday were c. w. Johnson. J. r.
McIlvaine. d. G. Minner. T. J. Moore,
SWIM. Orvis. Thomas Draper, How
ard Williams. l.. r. Smith.
The fire company answered call
on Wednesday to chimney fire at the
home of Mr.. Lefty. just north of
town Damage was slight.
Miss Doris McIlvaine of Delaware
College. is home for the holidays
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. II.
MCIlvaine.
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-22
TRINITY

MIR. and Mrs, VIII Hastings and
Mrs. Alice Hubhertt were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Will
liams, near fredericksburg, on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hastings OBJ
served their second wedding ami
versary on Sunday with a family
dinner. Those attending were MIR.
and Mrs. Paul Wingate and daugh-
ter, of Salisbury: Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
land Wingate and daughter. of near
Cannon, and MIR. and Mrs. r. john
son, of Bridgeville
David Williams, formerly of this
neighborhood. passed away at the
home of his daughter and son-in-law,
near Cannon. on Friday evening. Mr.
Williams had been in poor health for
some time, but was not confined to
his bed until two days before his
death. Funeral services were held at
the home of his daughter on Sunday
afternoon in charge of Rev. Gran
field Interment in Bridgeville. He is
survived by his daughter, Mrs. Ar
thur Truitt. of near Cannon: one
son, Edward Williams. of FederaIs-
burg. and one brother. also of Fed
eralsburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Rust and fam
lily spent Sunday with relatives near
Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Hastings and
daughter Ann spent Sunday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. William Mere
dith. near fredericksburg.
Mrs. John Feldman. who has been
in New York for some time, is now
al her home here.
Gus Franz. of Baltimore. was
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-22

dinner guest of the walstons Oh
Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. White and
daughter Charlotte, spent Sunday al
Denton.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Smith and
daughter Jane. of Carney's Point
N. j.. spent Saturday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Walston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua West and
daughter Jean and Mrs. /. l.. Willin
spent Sunday afternoon with friends
at fredericksburg.
Paul West is i'll at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth West spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Carey.
Mrs. Charles Warrington and son
Jack, of Philadelphia. called on Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Warrington on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Warrington
and son Everett spent Sunday with
friends at fredericksburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Warrington
and Miss Mary Rust were Whining
ton visitors on Saturday.
The Atlanta Home Demonstration
Club will have its Christmas party
at the Wesley Community House on
Thursday evening, December 2S.
Please don't forget your Christmas
gift for your new club pal.
The entertainment of Trinity
Church will be held on Friday eve
ming, December 90,
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-22

tron, of Adah Chapter. No. 5, O. H.
S., entertained their officers. chair
men, and committees at Christmas
party last Saturday evening in the
Masonic Temple.
Friendship Glass of the First Meth
od;st Church was entertained at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Fitzger-
aid on Thursday evening December
q. Mrs r. NJ Pu5ey is the teacher.
MIR. and Mrs. A. II. Elliott who
have been visiting relatives here
left on Saturday for their home In
Cleveland. Ohio
Mrs. Bessie Lynch. who has been
employed at Delaware Colony,
Stoekley. for some time. has recently
resigned and gone to GAINESVILLE, Fla.
TO be with her mother. who has SUI
fered stroke of paralysis.
Mrs. Pauline NJ Davis. OF Lang
horne, Pa. spent the weekend here
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. P. c.
MeeIheim.
Mrs. V. J. Carmine. superintendent
of the primary department of the
First Methodist Church here, will
hold her Christmas entertainment in
the department on Sunday morning.
December "a.
MIR. and Mrs. Merle Nelson spent
Sunday with relatives in Whining
ton.
Postmaster r. C. German has in
formed the public that the postOfilce.
will be open on Sunday AFTERNOON,
December "a. from 3 p. M. to 6 p. M.
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-22
McCOlIey Church-Oren b. Rice,
PaStOr-SuDday, Dec. ~

Sunday School 1SO P. NJ. in. charge
of Harvey E. Penuel. superintendent
of the school.
Afternoon worship with Christmas
sermon by pastor at 2:30 O'Clock.
Christmas Program
On Saturday evening, Dec. -. the
Christmas entertainment will he held
in this church.
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-22

The Milford Memorial Hospital
Ladies' Auxiliary is putting on an
extensive campaign to increase
membership This group does OK
ccllent work buying and furnish
iuS the hospital with many needed
articles
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-22

When YOU are in doubt and don't
know where TO do your Christmas
shopping read the advertisements
in the Chronicle-they will help
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-22

Now IS the time TO check up on
that fiue that is dirty. II is a most
unkind thing to summon the fire
company at three o'clock in the NOR
ming to clean il out
Milford chronicle., 1939-12-22

Revivals or as they are better
known "Protractive" meetings will
soon commence in the majority of
the lower Delaware churches.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28
ACCIDENT DEATHS RESULT
OF PUBLIC NEGLIGENCE

II you owned a large estate, and hired
guards to patrol the grounds, you would
call the guards should you see a gang
of hoodlums tearing up your pet flower
garden or throwing rocks through the
glass windows of your home. If you
saw such things going on and failed to
call your guards from another part of
the estate, the fault would be yours more
than theirs for any damage done.
The people of Imperial county are
equal stockholders in a gigantic estate,
bounded by the borders of the county and
criss-crossed by high-speed paved high
ways. They have hired guards to patrol
these highways, to protect life and prop
erty, and to see that malefactors do not
harm themselves and others through dis
regard of the rules set up for the public
good
Yet many residents of the county good
citizens in every other respect, are too
prone to believe that respect for laws
of the road is the concern only of the
California Highway Patrol. They for
get that the highway patrolmen are their
guards, hired to protect their persons
and property, and answerable to them.
They fail miserably in the duty of an
employer toward his employe.
Imperial county's accident death toll
is increasing alarmingly. 1t is increasing
largely because of the neglect practiced
by motorists and other residents not be-
cause of any lack of vigilance by highway
officers.
When you consider that there are in
Imperial county only y patrolmen as
signed to guard highways extending
hundred miles in all directions from Ell
Centre, it is readily seen that these men
need help if they are to discharge their
duties to the best interests of their en-
ployers. One highway patrolman, or
nine, cannot be all places at once. They
cannot follow every motorist to see that
he observes the law, they cannot wait at
every intersection to apprehend those
who ignore the rights and lives of others,
they cannot control the brain of every
driver to make sure that he exercises
common sense when behind the wheel.
They need help.
1t is to the interest of every resident
of the county to notify the highway pa
troll or some other law enforcement
agency of reckless driving, drunken driv-
ing or any other serious traffic offense.
Wholehearted public cooperation can
reduce accidents. Public neglect of duty
can very soon increase them. Which
shall it be?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28
ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR
SOCIAL SCIENTISTS

police began roundup of all
known sex degenerates
How often we pass over those words
in news story dealing with such
tragedy as that of last week in Los An
geles, when a pretty drama student was
murdered on a college campus-and how
little thought we give those same words.
Yet such crimes as that at Los An
geles would be fewer if social scientists
and criminologists would seek mass
solution to the problem of sex degener
acy, that warped mental outlook that
twists the brain of its victim into fiend-
ish channels.
In every large city and many small
ones, police know who many of the de-
generates are-yet they are poWerless
until crime has been committed. Would
it not be safer saner and more humane
to provide sterilization, incarceration in
an institution, or some scientific treat
ment to remove the potential criminals
before the crime? II is a problem for
science
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28
Famous Sayings

BOSTON. Feb %. (UP) = Mrs.
Frank L. Mason, registrar-general
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, said today that Marian
Anderson, Negro contralto, had
been denied the use of Constitution
hall in Washington for concert
April 9 only because the National
symphony orchestra had engaged
the hall for that date.
Mrs. Mason denied that Miss
Anderson's application had been
refused because of her race. The
Washington school board, however,
subsequently refused to permit
Miss Anderson to give her concert
at the Central high school audi
torium, presumably because Of her
race. and there had been protests
by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
.Jascha Heifetz, Frederick Jagel,
metropolitan tenor, and others.
Mrs. Roosevelt announced yester-
day that she was resigning from an
organization whose typical policy"
she disliked. She was believed to
have referred to the d. A. r. and
the incident over Miss Anderson.
Mrs. Mason said: Miss Anderson's
manager asked for the use of our
Constitution hall in Washington for
a concert on Easter Sunday. The
concert was to have been given by
Miss Anderson as soloist. He
was told that early last fall the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28

National symphony orchestra mao
engaged the hall for a series oil
svmnhony concerts and that Easter
Sunday was one of the dates taken
by the orchestra.
"Our organization could not pos
sibly lease the hall to Miss Anoer-
sons manager for Easter Sunday
in view of the fact that it already
was taken by another group" Mrs.
Mason said.
As registrar general, Mrs Mason
has charge of all D. A. II. mem
bership applications and resigna-
tions. She said Mrs. RooSevelts
resignation had not been received.
In San Francisco, Miss Anderson
said she was mot surprised by re-
ports that Mrs. Roosevelt had re-
signed from the d. A. h.
"She seems to be the one who
really comprehends the true mean
ing of democracy" Miss Anderson
said. at am shocked beyond words
to be barred from the capital OF
my country after having appeared
in almost every other capital In the
world"
Her San Francisco manager, j. A.
Jofe, said arrangements were being
made in New York for Miss An
derson to appear in a free concert
in washington April 9, and that
"she may sing in a public park SO
all Washington can hear her"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28
MANY UNSUNG
MOTORISTS
(San Bernardino Sum

(San Bernardino Sum
Could the roll of unknown traffic
heroes be called, there would be many
individuals who could answer present" ,"
First, there is the driver who refuses
to take the right of way even though he
is entitled to it if he thereby endangers
the lives of others. Safety experts estl-
mate that half a million persons surren-
der this right at least once a year and
that life is saved approximately once
in every hundred times.
A second group includes those who
make wide left hand turns, thereby Civ
ing other cars in traffic every advantage.
How many of them are there? No one
knows, but it is a safe prediction there
would not be SO many crumpled tenders
and crossing alterations if there were
more.
third set Of medals should be pinned
on the chests of those who on hills refuse
to pass even slow moving vehicles when
they are not sure the right of way is
unobscured ahead. The ascent of the hill
NAV take a minute more but such loss
of time is offset by the accidents thereby
aVerted.
Another group of motorists and one
that happily is growing, is composed of
those who refuse to drive when they have
been drinking.
The drivers in these classifications
have saved many lives Emulation Of
them would save more. They deserve Il
salute.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28
Men In uniform.

Men In uniform.
These are the men of tomorrow.
This is the modern spirit of the
time"
At least SO says Hans Schwartz,
who Is head OF the Uniformed
Group" of the German National
Tailors' Guild as it met at Weimar.
(By an odd coincidence, Weimar
is the city in which the constitu-
ton of the German Republic was
framed. Yes, there was a German
Republic, once)
Nearly a third of all German
men now are in uniform" exulted
Schwartz. "The German style has
shaken off false conceptions and
incorporated the modern spirit OF
the time"
If the triumphant Schwartz is
correct, and for his part of the
world he certainly is, then so much
the worse for the time.
Who can consider the wearing OF
uniform dress matter of progress?
It is a mere step backward toward
ant-civilization, toward the roboti-
zation of human beings.
The tyranny of uniformity OF
dress is too great as it is. Women,
all rushing to get Princess Eugenie
hats at the same time, men insist
ing on wearing hot coats in sum-
mer because it is "the thing" these
uniformities are things we are
gradually trying to fight clear of.
The best that can be said for
uniforms is that they are demo-
cratic. Regardless of his circum-
stances, each man wears the same
thing. (Yet even DR.. Goering has
been known to vary the dead
monotone of uniforms with nifty
little innovations of his oWn)
But isn't life, in Brummel's name,
dull enough? Is there not enough
routine, what with the daily job
the daily grind, the daily routine
that it must be still further dead
ened and leveled by always the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28
LOCAL NEWS AND
CENSORSHIP
(0range News

An author journalist who was recent
" deported from Peru because he wrote
book titled pity the Iyrant (the
same Peru where the late I. S.-sponsored
Pan American unity conference was
heidi gives us a new slant on the signifi-
canoe of elocal news Speaking before
the San Francisco Commonwealth club,
Hans Otto Storm said:
Under the censorship, direct or indir
ect. journalism becomes very strange.
Local news is largely absent. You do not
notice this absence until you read a for
eign paper.
Mr.. Storm may not have had it in
mind when he uttered these words, but
when he said local news is largely alb
sent" he gave our bill of rights with its
guarantee of freedom of the press, the
greatest commendation it has had IN
many years.
Local News is largely absent Why?
Anyone powerful enough to dictate to
the newspapers does not dare let them
print the local news-tell their readers
what is happening in their homeland,
in their state county or city or Just
around the corner. A plain statement
of facts, without any Interpretation
of facts excepting what the reader gave
it. would convict any dictator. If the
printed words were not true, too many
readers would know instantly it was OBJ
viously false and their suspicious would
be aroused. If there is no recounting of
what is happening close about us every
day, and if all foreign papers are ex-
cluded. the people will not know of the
existing conditions and hearing only the
voice of their overload will be lulled into
false feeling of security.
'You do not notice the absence (of
local news) until you read a foreign
paper" That too speaks volumes. Those
words explain why people live so COM
placently under dictatorship which
keeps them in ignorance of the real poll
tical and economic conditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

was first constituted-back around
1916, or thereabouts-plus photos
of all senators who have served
as president pro tempore of the
Senate.
All of this involves the collection
of something like 100 pictures. He
has most of them rounded up
photographs, line drawings, paint
ings, and what-not-but still has
half a dozen or SO to run down.
When national defense is under
consideration, Congress always
hears from the extremists on each
side but practically never from the
middle -the-road people.
That is the complaint OF Senator
Lewis B. Schwellenbach of Wash
ington. He points out that the
testimony on defense problems al
most invariably comes on the one
hand from army and navy officers,
who naturally are interested in
heavier armamentS, or from out
right pacifists who oppose any and
all expenditures for national de-
fenSe.
The senator feels that Major
George Fielding Eliot is about the
only authority on the horizon who
offers balanced defense plan, and
he thinks the national attention
given to Major Eliots writings is
highly significant
We've had lots of people max
ing suggestions about defense he
says. "There'Ve been people like
Billy Mitchell, advocating a unified
air force, and lots of other people
with special ideas. But it's an as
founding fact that in a nation of
130,000,000 people one lone man
should be looked to for balanced
program"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28
Willis Thornton's Editorial Or.
The Easter Parade . and the Goosestep

same clothes?
In certain cases, like the military
services, it seems necessary that
uniforms be worn. But to place
gradually, by creeping slow degrees,
a whole population in the strait
Jacket of uniform dress, is certain
ly to stretch a blanket over an
existence that has little enough
color and variety to start with.
The annual Easter Parade has
always seemed a little frothy. But
all of a sudden it becomes i'm
portant. Let's go right out and
buy a yellow suit, green gloves, a
purple tie, and a maroon hat with
a peacock feather in it!
1t may look silly, but it's some
thing, isn't it, to be able still to
wear what you darn please?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28

D"1C Sa1uC6lC CouSobSAt III wiz
same way. He had a survey made
which took three years, and analyz-
ed every problem that came into
a girls or Woman's life How many
do you suppose he found?
Only seven thousand four un-
dred!
He says that girls chief
problem in life is to get married.
and so he stresses that. After that
it is taking care of home and
rearing a family.
He decided it would help his col
lege if he could put in depart
ment of drama where the girls
could act. One of the girls at the
college had been Joan Crawford,
the movie star. But instead of haV-
ing small tWo-by-four stage de-
partment, he recided TO have the
best in the whole United States!
There's ambition for you. But
that's the way he does things.
He looked around to find some
body for the head of that depart
ment; somebody who had had ex-
perience and who would like to
work with girls. He hit upon a
name that was breath-taking.
Maude Adams! The great, the re-
noWned, the World-famous Maude
Adams Considered by many the
greatest American actress.
Now all he had to do was to get
her.
He got on the train and came
to New York, and there he found
that
l. She would not see a stranger.
2. She would not talk over the
telephone.
B. She would not answer a letter.
He was stumped. But he meant
to see her anyway He started in
to find someone who knew her
But she had cut away from her
old associations. Then he learned
that James Richard Pitman was a
friend of hers and knew her where
abouts. He told him his story
Pitman shook his head. She'll not
see you"
But he persuaded Mr. Pitman to
present his idea. Maude Adams
said NO He tried again. She
said mo"
Tt took him four yeads to get a
telephone conversation with her.
Finally she agreed to meet him
at the Colony Club in New York.
He met her and persuaded her in
two hours.
suppose every paper in the
United States carried the news
she had come to Stephens College.
She liked it and she came back.
She is there now. She has signed
contract.
The important thing President
Wood did was to hang on until he
was able to accomplish his aim.
He beat down every obstacle until
he did-and then did the trick in
two hours.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28
Barbs-

Three Cleveland bandits entered
a store, frightened the proprietor
by blowing their noses vigorously,
then walked off with $3.50 That's
the first time we've ever heard of
anything profitable from a cold.
Library officials report that chill
dren now read more non-fiction
articles than dime novels. Current
events probably scare them more
than fiction.
A Vermont man says the best
way to grow cucumbers is right
in the bottle. That's also a good
place to grow hangovers.
England expects a dearth of
thatched roof homes following a
shortage of straw thatchers. That
will be blow to calendar artists.
An Idaho rancher uses an air.
plane to round up stray horses
Which suggests a song title re-
vised: I'm Headin' for the Last
Crack Up"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28

WASHINGTON.-She was a very
nice little old lady, and she tagged
me in a corridor of the capitol and
demanded to know where the
House chamber was. I took her
there, and as we walked she talked.
She had just been in the Senate,
and she was Mortified because there
was a bare score of senators in the
chamber.
What are we paying taxes for2'
she demanded Indignantly. why
aren't those men in their places?
I tried to explain about commit
tee assignments and such, which
keep senators off the floor except
when big things are going on.
"Hmf!n she said. Young man,
I taught school for 25 years, and
I'm sure I wouldn't have held my
job if I had stayed out of the
school room half the time. How
can these men vote intelligently II
they don't hear the diScussion?'
Business that day had been rou-
tine, explained. So many speech
es are made which aren't really
very important; when such a speech
begins. the wise senators duck out
and find something else to do. But
that didn't help.
WELL" she said, with fire in
her eye. Why do they let them
make speeches then, if they have
MT got something important to
saY?'
Imperial Valley press., 1939-02-28
You re Telling Me-

Pianists report considerable in
crease in those seeking instruction.
That's certainly music to the ears
of piano manufacturers.
New York billiards star balances
three pool balls atop each other in
20 minutes. Just the guy we want
to take a crack at fixing up that
national budget.