Milford chronicle., 1939-03-31

chest members for years. His advice
pertaining to the welfare of the Or
ganiZation has been eagerly sought
by the forest officers. A man of wide
experience, with a pleasant manner
of meeting people. has endeared him
to every Tall Cedar. Evergreen For
est is proud to number him among
it's membership.
We are glad to announce that
Wilson Boyer, of Georgetown, first
trumpeter in our band. who has been
in poor health, has, we believe, found
specialist who has located his
trouble. We are informed he is now
on the road to complete recovery.
Evergreen Band is weakened when
Wilson is absent. We're roofing for
I him and hope he will soon be with
/ us.
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| Dr. Walter Morgan had the Shrine
/ Club in a uproar last week when he
caught Howard off guard.
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No doubt many OF you have seen
the fire tower between Milton and
Glendale, a pile of interlacing steel,
rising high in the air. This is part
of the equipment of the forestry ser
vice that is in charge of w. Layton
Reed. Our sax player. If you care to /
climb several hundred steps. Layton
will pick out for you with powerful
glasses points of interest in lower .
Delaware. where he spots forest
fires as soon as they start.
Jack NAPLES. one of our boys who
dispenses poultry feed in a big way
all over Delaware. is getting big
kick out of Evergreen's ceremOnials.
His business that allows him an op-
portunity to get around bit. gives
him a chance to meet many cedars.
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Bert CrOll. district representative.
has been spending lots of time this
winter looking after the cedar activ-
tiles in his district. that includes
Milford. Salisbury and Cambridge.
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Ridley Vane. of Harrington, one
of the 1888 crop of Tall Cedsrs. rep
resents a large canneTy equipment
company on the Eastern Shore. His
travels enable him to attend many
Masonic affairs.
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The Supreme Forest Convention in
Atlantic City on May 19 and 20. Is
beginning to attract lot of atten-
tion. The extreme low rates the
boardwalk hotels have quoted Tall
Cedars for the weekend will sur
prise you. Any Tall Cedar can at
tend this convention with a mimi
mum of expense.
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If you missed the Shrine Club par
ty you certainly were out of luck.
Wonderful time. excellent show and
all that goes with it.
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A. B. Richardson. the genial Penn
sylvania Railroad conductor on the
Harrington-Franklin City Division.
is an Evergreen member who never
misses an opportunity to attend a
ceremonial.
Somebody page Dr. Hopkins. OF
Milton. It takes three alarm fire to
keep the doctor away from Ever
green Band StOrks don't count on
ceremonial nights.
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Few members of Evergreen Forest
take a more prominent part in the
affairs of their community than
Theodore Harrington. trap drummer
of our band. He is cashier of the ,
First National Bank at Harrington.
secretary of the local building and j
loan association. member of the fire
company. American Legion and Kent {
and Sussex Fair Association. With
all the demands made on him by his {
community he is faithful in his at
tendance to the band and forest.
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No doubt but that Tom Havell,
senior deputy supreme tall cedar of ,
Capitol Forest of Washington. D. C..
will be the next Supreme Tall Cedar. ;;
Isn't it about time we placed one of !
our good past grand tails in line for :
honors of this kind?
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Raymond Quillen, one Of our band !
men from Laurel, who recently un- 4
derwent an operation. has recover
ed and is back with the band again.
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This column. dedicated to the mas :
ter masons of the forest. has caused G
quite a bit of favorable comment. If G
you like it. say so. Any suggestions /
will be welcomed. i
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Here Is a unique one From the |
"reminiscences of An Old Tall Ce- a
dar" in which he referred to three
prominent members of the frater- &
nifty: During the year 1880 they Wis S
tied Mt. Holly. N. j., and after the c
session of the lodge conferred the &
degree in Red Mems Hall on large {
class of saplings. The county courts Il
were then in session and jury COM
posed of twelve masons was locked
ur for the night. The sheriff brought
the jurors to the cedar meeting, and
both sheriff and jurors received the
degree and were then returned to the !
court house and again locked up"
That sheriff knew his stuff. y
King George, of England. is an ac- y
tive master mason, on an equal ba-
sis with all of us for that matter. T
Why not make him a member Of Ev-
ergreen Forest when he visits the L