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Evening star., 1939-06-24
Mineral Wool Trade
Shows BuiIdina Gain

Predictions of increased home
building and modernization-bell-
weather industry for new prosperity
are realized today by the produc-
ton report of the National Mineral
Wool Association.
Shipments of mineral wool bats
and strips for home insulation in
the first four months of 1899 were
42.7 per cent ahead of the same
period last year.
Shipments of granulated wool,
used principally for insulating exist
ing houses, showed an increase of
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Estate Near Wurrenton
Sold to Miss MuxweII

0pecl2l OlSpACcn 10 1ne 8tAr.
WARRENTON, Va, June a.
The Retreat, 665-acre estate located
near Warrenton in the Casanova
hunt territory, has been sold to
Miss Mary Maxwell Of Long Island,
N. Y, by Miss Hilda Hordern, War
renton, who inherited the estate
from her father, the late Radcliffe
Hordern.
The sale was made by ]. Green
Carter, Warrenton.
Miss Maxwell will bring q string
Of hunters to the Retreat and will
hunt extensively with the several
packs Of the county.
The Retreat is recognized as one
Of the most beautiful places in the
section.
Evening star., 1939-06-24

Department of Agriculture in Wash
ington. State universities have
usually investigated the subject and
can give additional information.
Evening star., 1939-06-24

31.3 per cent above the same period
in 1898.
These figures indicate the building
revival, which economists say will
contribute heavily to a nationwide
prosperity, is now reaching back into
the building materials manufacture
ing industries.
Milford chronicle., 1939-10-27
ZOAR

Mrs Lettia J. Rust passed away
at her home near ZOar. Saturday
morning. October 81. 1899. age SO
years The funeral was held Monday
afternoon at , o'clock at her home
with intcrment in the Simpler bury
ing ground Rev Harvey Hufnal and
Rev. Spry Ofliciated. Surviving her
are two daughters and one son, Miss
Katie H. Rust. Mrs. Alfred Rogers
and Mrs Edward Rust, seven grand
children and five great grandchil-
dren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hylinski en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hy-
linski on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Scott visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. George Layton on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. l.. DOdd are on a
trip to the New York Worlds Fair
and the New England States.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy johnson and son
visited friends and relatives over the
weekend.
During the days of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Rust's sadness many friends
and relatives called to offer them
sympathy and help.
Sunday school next Sunday NOR
ming at 10 o'clock and preaching at
IL o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1939-10-27
GREENWOOD

Russell willard. of Newark. spent
the weekend with his grandmother,
Mrs. Matte johnson.
George Passwaters of Salisbury
spent Sunday in town with friends.
Miss Mabel Conaway OF Richardson
Park, spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. |. Conaway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold johnson of
Wilmington spent the weekend with
Mrs. Johnsons parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Lord.
Townsend P. Rust. Jr.. of Will
mington. spent Saturday with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend p.
Rust. Sr.
Frank Houseman of Philadelphia
spent the weekend with his sister,
Miss Katharyn Houseman.
Paul Keen spent the weekend in
West Chester with his parents.
Charles Helfner spent the week
end in Philadelphia.
Charles JOneic spent the weekend
in Philadelphia with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hoffman
had as guests over the weekend Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Boyer. Mr.. ROmaine
Hoffman, all of Kingsport. Tenn.
Nelson COhee spent the weekend
in Dover with his parents.
Keith MacNamarie spent the week |
end in Dover with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Klemm had |
as guests over the weekend Mr.. and !
Mrs. Bernard Kubeak of Philadcl-
Phia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Johnson had !
as guests for few days last week
Mr. and Mrs. Ralpph Tudor. of Ar
lington. Vermont.
Milford chronicle., 1939-10-27
CHRONICLE. MILFORD DELAWARE FRIDAY OCTOBER a. 1859

of this propaganda has been the in
terest of the public. Isn't it about
time that the public wasNconsidered?
1t is certain that in all the demands
for special consideration by trans
portation interests there have been
few speeches in which a square deal
was demanded for the people. the
general public.
Every man, woman and child in
this country is interested in trans
portation. Every time you pay out
dollar for merchandise or material
about Csc or your dollar goes to pay
the cost of transportation cost
that is hidden in the purchasing
price. II new methods of transporta-
tion come along which will permit
Milford chronicle., 1939-10-27
COMPETITION BENEFITS
TRANSPORTATION

Through the public press. by
means OF posters in railroad stations.
over the radio and on the floor of
our legislatures We have been more
or less bombarded with propaganda
for this or that form of transporta-
tion. One groups asks for a square
deal and a fair field. Another request
is for regulation of transportation
or for taxes or laws which will place
all forms Of transportation on an
equal basis,
One of the things which has been
singularly missing from a great deal
Milford chronicle., 1939-10-27

transportation costs to be cut, it
will mean that prices will go down
and the cost of living will be reduc-
ed. Certainly the public is entitled
10 this saving if it can be accom-
plished.
II is about time that an attempt
was made to meet transportation
problems by having them adjusted
to the needs of society rather than
trying to have society legislated to
meet the needs of any individual
form of transportation. Competition
is not particularly welcome by some
of us. But, il is good for all of us.
II is the only insurance of a square
deal to the public Let competition
in the transportation field continue.
Milford chronicle., 1939-10-27
CHAPLAIN'S CHAPEL

The Chaplain's Aid Society will
meet at the home of Mary and Anna
Smith this Friday evening, October
81. Everyone is invited to attend.
Services at Chaplain's Chapel
next Sunday as follows: Sunday
school at 2 p. m. Leroy Moore, su-
perintendent. Preaching at 8 p. m,
by the pastor, Rev. Harvey Hufnal.
Milford chronicle., 1939-10-27

TO PUT A TOWN ION the map,
you have to put its people ON the
jobs needing to be done for the pub
lie benefk,
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-25
SMASH-UP OF
STATION WAGON
INJURIES EIGHT
Vehicle Climbs Bank, Up
sets After Spring Fouls
Steering Gear.
NEAR FREDERICA

Eight men were injured late last
Thursday afternoon when a station
wagon in which they were riding on
the DUPONT Boulevard. three miles
south of Frederick, ran off the road,
up a four-foot embankment, and
turned over.
The injured, all taken to the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital. are: Harry
Kullman, 81 years old, New York
City, bruises of the head and poss-
ible fracture of the skull; William
C. Blelock, 4S years old, Montague,
Mass, fractured ribs and bruises; j.
G. Williams, 3S years old, Princeton.
N. j.. decorations Of the head; Charles
Jaeckles. 81 years old. New York
City, bruises and shock; Robert Nc
Neil. 81 years old. Trenton, N. j.,
driver of the car, shock; Sewell Dun
ton, A years old, Greenfield, Mass,
bruises and shock; r. ]. Johnson, 38
years old, 1347 Noble street, Phila-
delphia, bruises and shock, and Ed
ward w. Simon. 81 years old. New
York City, bruises of the body.
Only four OF the men, Mcneil,
Kullman, BleIock, and Williams,
were held in the hospital after treat
ment. Their conditions were reported
as not dangerous.
According to Private Edward ID.
Gebhart, who investigated. the car
was travelling south at 40 miles an
hour when a front spring broke.
The broken spring jammed the
steering gear. forcing the car toward
the side of the road The injured men
were taken to the hospital by pass
ing motorists.
The group were on their way to
Ocean City, Md. for a weekend of
marlin fishing.
Police said a technical charge Of
assault and battery by automobile
will be placed against Mcneil when
he is released from the hospital.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-25
SEVERAL SENTENCED
I'M KENT co. COURT
Calvin Skinner, Negro, Arrested For
Robbery Here, Draws IS Months

Thomas Taylor, 40 years old, of
Dover, was sentenced to serve two
months in the Kent county Jail and
fined the costs of trial by Judge
Charles L. Terry. Jr., in Plead Guilty
Court at Dover on Tuesday.
Taylor with charged with the theft
of four baskets OF potatoes on July
16, from Charles Moore. of East Do
yer Hundred.
Julia Miller. 33-year-old negress,
of Camden, charged with the theft
of $50 from the residence of Ernest
V. Keith, Dover, was given four
months and fined the costs by Judge
Terry. Hildred Ireland, 23-year-old
negro. is serving five months for
receiving the stolen goods. He was
sentenced on July 25.
Calvin Skinner. 19-year-old negro,
from Virginia, was sentenced to serve
IS months and fined the costs, on
conviction of a charge of larceny.
Skinner admitted breaking into the
Bayard V. Wharton garage. Milford,
and taking So from the cash regis
ter, table radio valued at $25. and
a pair of shoes valued at So. The
court also holds detainer over Skin
ner for Sussex county officials.
Two negro youths. Joseph Sander
lin, Is years old. and James Martin,
10 years old. were each given five
months and fined the costs on a Joint
indictment, charged with the theft of
an automobile owned by Norman Ma
gee, of Georgetown. The youths were
by Dover police officers
Artis and Moore on the night of Au-
gust IL, after they had taken the car
from a parking spot in Bridgeville
and drove to Dover. Both are from
Virginia.
Norman Harris. 40 years old, OF
was warned by the Judge
not to break his parole after he
80 days in Kent Jail.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-25
LYNCH & SHANNON WIN
AMATEUR CONTEST
Zelda Speicher, Greenwood, Wins
Second Prize In Plaza Contest

Lynch and Shannon, two of Mil
ford's most prominent and most
promising young amateurs, won first
prize Wednesday in the finals of the
amateur contest which has been con-
Quoted for the last several weeks by
the Maryland and Delaware theatres
of the Schine circuit. The finals were
held in Milford on the large. we'll
lighted stage of Schine's Plaza The
atre.
Second prize also went to another
Delaware amateur, Miss Zelda Spell
cher, of Greenwood. Other contest
ants were Dot Reed, of Cambridge,
Md, who placed second in the con-
tests at that theatre; John Vickers,
first prize winner at Cambridge;
Calvin Harrison. and the Melodians,
winners of first and second money,
respectively. at Easton.
Lynch and Shannon and Miss Spei-
cher had previously won out in the
Plaza elimination contests, and also
won first and second money in the
sectional engagement held at Cam
bridge. Lynch and Shannon present
ed song and dance act; Miss Spei-
cher played a piano accordian.
]. Roy McLennan, who acted as
master of ceremonies, is well-known
on the Eastern Shore as the conduc-
tor of the program what Can You
Do" presented every Sunday after
noon at two o'clock from the stage
of Schine's Arcade Theatre, Sails
bury. This program is carried over
the air by Station WSAL, Salisbury.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-25
NYA WAGES In STATE
TOTAL $5O,55O In YEAR
26s Young People Employed During
Period, TabuIatiOn Shows

The National Youth Administra-
tion in Delaware paid approximately
$50.550 to 262 youths of the State
during the year ending June 30,
according to a tabulation completed
for the three counties.
William H. Morris, assistant NYA
administrator for Delaware, in an
nouncing the results of the study.
predicted an increased number of
young people of the three counties
will benefit from the work program
during the current year.
The tabulatiOn shows that in New
Castle county .2O6 workers earned
an average of $3.50 a month; in
Kent, 81 averaged $1450. and in
Sussex. 29 averaged $1450. The total
amounts paid out were approx
mately $4O.S00 in New Castle county.
$4,000 in Kent, and S5,050 in Sussex.
These figures are exclusive of cost of
materials and supplies.
The youths employed on NYA
projects were between is and "a
years of age. inclusive, and all were
out of school and unemployed, and
their need certified by their local
CTurn to Page 4. Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-25
WILLIS FAMILY MEET
AT .WILLIAMSVILLE
60 Members OF Clan Gathered At
Kent County Church Last Sunday

Descendants of Joseph W. and
Nancy Hamilton Willis held their
annual family reunion last Sunday
at the Williamsville Church. near
Houston. No formal program was
arranged for the AFFAIR which was
attended by about 60 members from
Delaware. Maryland. and nearby
states.
A short business session. conduct
ed by John II. Griffith of Towson. Md,
included the reading of the secre-
tary's report by Mrs. Lewis Clymer
OF Harrington. Services followed in
the church where Miss Clara H.
Jones, a director of playground ac-
tivities in Wilmington, sang by re-
quest two old hymns, "The Handwrit-
ing on the WALL" and "Numberless as
the Sands of the Seashore," as they
were sung in the church about so
years ago.
Following the services a box lun-
cheOn was served in the grove where
members OF the family renewed old
acquantances and exchanged remin-
iscences.
William Willis, of Dover. outlined
the family history. Mrs. C. P. Willis
of Wilmington. was in charge OF the
memorial service.
The 1910 meeting will be held at
the Williamsville Church the third
Sunday in August.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-25
SEN. D. w. STEELE HOST
AT BIRTHDAY PARTY
Senate's Genial President Pro TEN
EntertainS In Honor OF Wife

A surprise birthday party was
given by President Pro Tenn of the
Senate David Wilmer Steele in honor
of his wife. Mrs. Cecile Steele, at the
Rehoboth Indian Beach Club last
Thursday night. Mrs. Steele was pre-
sented with a large cake and many
gifts.
Those present were: irwin and
Marie Steele, Mrs. Thomas b. Will
lis, Senator Burton S. Heal, Mr.. and
Mrs. John A. Tubbs, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Harris, Capt and Mrs. Louis
Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Ensley,
Capt. and Mrs. Carol Osborne. Mr..
and Mrs. d. ]. Layton. Jr., Mrs.
Elsie Hickman, Mrs. Harriet Pyle.
Mrs. Vandergrift, j. Horace Der
ickson, Commander and Mrs. Irwin
B. Steele, Mr.. and Mrs. Ebe II. Chand-
Ter, Mrs. Irene Feister. Charles
Banks, State Representative Elwood
Leach, Mrs. Roddy Murray, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elliott Evans, Miss Arlene
Boettger, Alvin Timmons. Mr.. and
Mrs Russell Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs.
WiIiam Rumbley. Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Maurice Evans. Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
C. Calhoun, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Norman
Calhoun. Sr.. Mrs. Lloyd Derrickson.
Miss Bessie Taylor, George Ellis, and
George Keene.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-25
.sl17,S55 SPENT
BY MOTHERS
PENSION BOARD
Commissioners Annu a |
Report Is Made To Gov.
Richard C. McMullen.
CASES BY COUNTIES
119 Homes, 264 Minors.
Given Assistance in Sus-
sex County During Year

The Mothers Pension Commission
expended $177 ,855.3S for aid to de-
pendent children during the veal
ended June 80. 1889, the commits
sion's annual report to Governor
Richard C. McMullen shows.
Expenditures were made up as fol
lows:
New Castle county grants: BY
county funds, $39 1000; State. $39. 1000
federal. $37 7.0OO.3S; total. Sis. 5.OOO.3S.
Kent county grants: County
$S,251.6O State. $S,251.5O; federal
1882; total, $24.435.
Sussex county grants: County,
$4,000; State, $4,000; federal,
$12,42O; total. s3S.420.
Administration expenses were
17.O99.94. of which s11,4OO was pro-
vided by State funds, and $.69994
federal. Salaries were $12.3S3.SS; Of
flee expense. s694.85; equipment.
S318.34; travel Including transpOr-
tation, meals. telephone calls, and
other incidentals contracted by MEM
bers of the commission and employ
ees,) $3,701.S7. Grants and admins
tration expenditures tOtaled $194.-
955.32.
Applications for aid to dependent
children in the State were as fol-
lows: Pending July l, 1888. AZ famil-
les with 112 children; received dur
ing period, 204 families, $50 children;
disposed of, IT'S families. 444 chill
dren; approved. 81 families. 233 chill
dren: denied as ineligible. AZ famil
les, 11S children; disposed of for
other reasons. AZ families, SO chill
dren; pending June 80. 1889. II fam
lilies, 204 children.
Figures on cases approved for aid
to dependent children follow: Con-
tinued from July 1, 1888. sos families.
1,193 children; cases added during
the period. 81 families, 2f8 cffifirens
new cases, Sc families. 212 children:
reopened leases closed prior to past
year,, families, 10 children; re-
opened leases closed within the
year,, II families, IS children; total
cases under care during the year.
5S7 families. 1,433 children; closed
during the year. SO families. PCS chill
dren; continued to July |. 1899. 4S9
1.165 children.
(Tum to PaRs .. PleassD
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-25
NURSERY STOCK MUST
UNDERGO INSPECTION
State, Board OF Agriculture Must
Inspect All Plants

Nursery stock grown in Delaware
for sale must be inspected by repre-
sentatives of the State Board of Ag-
riculture before any plants are sold
otherwise, the growers will be
breaking a State law.
This warning was issued recently
by DR.. X. J. Kadow, Plant Pathologist
for the Delaware State Board of Ag-
riculture, who is also a member of
the Plant Pathology staff at the Uni
versity of Delaware Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station.
According to DIR. Kadow, paintings
at most of the Delaware nurseries
have been inspected regularly in the
past, but there have been some, es-
pecially last year. from which were
being sold plants without proper cer-
tification.
THE law requires inspection of all
nursery stock grown in Delaware for
sale in the State" DIR. Kadow pointed
out. IF plants being sold by Della
ware nurserymen have been grown
in ether states, they may be sold in
Delaware without further inspection
II the paintings have been inspected
by the proper authorities in the
state where the plants were grown"
he added.
Sellers of plants grown outside
Of Delaware should furnish informa-
tion about where the plants were
grown and who grew them" he said.
Anyone selling plants which have
not been properly certified is subject
to fine and such plants may be con-
fiscated.
Kadow said that this warning was
being issued so that nurserymen and
others selling plants, who had not
had their paintings inspected. might
do so before they infringed on the
law.
paintings which have not been
inspected within the last year by a
Delaware inspector must be inspect
ed as soon as possible" Dr. Kadow
The inspection is made without
cost and growers whose paintings
have not been inspected should COM
municate with DR.. X. J. Kadow, Plant
Pathologist. Delaware State Board
Of Agriculture, Dover, so that ar
can be made for inn
inspection.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-25
STORM LAST SATURDAY
SEEMED TO CENTER
OYER THIS COMMUNITY
Many Streets Flooded By TOrrentiGE DOLOn Pour;
Telephone SerUice In Most Sections OF City Dis
rupted; Farmers Fear Crop Losses From Hot Sun.

With a total OF Sol inches of rain
fall reported here last Saturday by
local weatherman. C. J. Holzmueller
people in the Milford community are
wondering what trick nature still has
up her sleeve.
The storm, one of the heaviest TO
visit this section in recent years,
seemed to center in Milford proper,
and before the middle of the morn
ing many of the streets were COM
pletely covered with water, while
telephone communications in most
sections of the city were disrupted.
In South Milford many home owners
reported several feet of water in their
Easements. =
At the intersection of the Milford
Harrington road, near Haven Lake,
the road was covered with water to
a depth of IS inches. Many motorists
were stranded there.
Hall Adds To Damage
A hail storm late Saturday after
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-25
WAR ON RAGWEED is
REPORTED SUCCESSFUL
State Hay Fever Sufferers Are Given
CauSe To Rejoice

Results of the first session of the
campaign against ragweed are con-
sidered good in the drive to eradicate
the chief cause of hay fever in Della
ware, Mrs. w. A. Worth, chairman OF
the committee in charge of the cam
paign said this week.
1t was not expected that this year. s
drive would show any marked de-
crease in the number of hay fever
sufferers. Mrs Worth said. since it
will take several years for the CAM
paign to wipe out the majority of
ragweed plots in the State.
Educationally. the drive has been a
success. she pointed out. since it has
brought home to the people of the
State the evils caused by the weed.
Suggestions and opinions are not
only welcome but requested" Mrs
Worth said, for although We have
been given cooperation in the drive
by a great number of people. we do
not want to continue if the people
as a whole don't think it worthwhile.
The question confronting the COM
mittee now is whether those who CO.
operated this year. and others who
could join the fight in the future,
want to go on with the campaigns,
she said.
Continuance of the drive in years
to come will eventually result in the
relief OF many sufferers. doctors de-
clared, and perhaps the total elimina-
ton of the ragweed.
1t is still too early to say whether
the campaign has had any noticeable
effect on hay fever patients this year.
they said, as even a small amount of
pollen could cause great suffering.
Milford chronicle., 1939-08-25
MISS BRECK RESIGNS
FROM ECONOMICS POST
State Supervisor OF Home Economies
Has Accepted Position In Cincinnati

Miss Marion F. Breck who has
been State Supervisor of Home Max
ing Education in Delaware with the
State Board of Education, has left
this position to become teacher
trainer in home economics at the
University of Cincinnati in Cincin-
natl, Ohio.
Miss Breck has been a member of
the staff in the State office OF edu-
cation for the past thirteen years.
Under her direction, the home eco
nomics education program has grown
from 22 to sc homemaking depart
ments in the high schools Of the
State and from a stan of % to 54
home economics teachers. The num-
ber of pupils taught in home eco
nomics classes has increased in this
period from $50 to 1900 girls in the
junior and senior high schools of
the State. During the past ten years.
Miss Breck was responsible for plan
ming and eQuipping the home eco-
nomfcs departments in all the new
schools as part OF the State building
program. making Delaware one of
the outstanding states in number and
type of modern school rooms for
homemaking teaching.
Considerable interest mas been
taken by Miss Breck indeveloping a
sound program of training for home
making among the colored people in
the State. both for boys and girls en-
rolled in the schools and for adults.
Home economics departments have
been established in eight cOlored
schools outside of Wilmington. with
~ teachers in charge.
Miss Breck has served the State
through a number of civic organiza-
tiOns. She has been State chairman
of the Department Home for the
State Federation of Women's Clubs
for ten years; and an active member
of the FELTON, Avon Club. She is a
past president of the Delaware Voca-
tional Association and the Delaware
(Tum to Page ,. PlsAsel