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Diplomat Quits Service
To Wed Girl He Loves

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 25.-Rather
than give up the woman he loved, a
United States career diplomat quit
the foreign service to marry the
daughter of one of Mexico's aristo-
cratic families.
Because of the State Depart
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There's Still a Santa,
Village Sold al
Auction Finds
Orders PiIing In,
Chichester IN. " Plant
To Reopen Soon
y the Associated Press.

- the Associated Press.
CHICHESTER, N. Y, Dec. u.s.
Christmas chimes, played by q
Santa Claus from neighboring
"Skeeter' point, awoke this little
hamlet in the legendary Rip Van
Wrinkle country today from an in
dustrial catnap in the Catskills and
nightmare of extinction.
A bankrupt community three
months ago, the tWo-score homes
and one furniture factory-their
only hope for existence-placed on
the auction block, the 276 residents
of Chichester faced yuletide and the
new year with despair.
But they reckoned without the
Santa Claus from nearby Mosquito
Point. Willis Rappelyea, one-time
operator of the furniture factory
and its purchaser at the auction.
Il think 1910 is going to be a
pretty good year for Chichester,
chuckled Mr.. .Rappelyea after an
other inspection of his factory.
There are plenty of orders for
chairs and other furniture. AS soon
as the machinery is ready, we're 60
ing to start
Celebrations Planned.
So in Chichester's neat little
homes they are having Christmas
ceiebrationS-celebr with fewer
gifts than in past years when the
one industry was prosperlng, but
conducted with renewed hope.
Charles S. Smith, So, who came to
the hamlet a dozen years after it
was founded in 1872 by Henry Chi
chester, New Yorker who imported
skilled cabinet workers and built
homes for them, said it was going
to be a little difficult to wait until
the factory started again.
Relatives, kids who left here a
long time ago, are helping lot of
us" said Mr.. Smith, chair assem-
bier. mo, sir. We're not going to
60 hungry, although there won't be
many presents. It's going to be a
pretty fair Christmas now
Other oldtime residents, Johnny
Moon, who went to work as sawyer
and wood-turned So years ago;
Danny Zimmerman, who entered the
factory 60 years ago, and Rupert
Bennett, the foreman, who began
work the same year, agreed they
had big hopes" now for the first
time.
Villagers Renting Homes.
While nearly half of the dwellings
were purchased at the auction by
New York City residents for sum-
mer homes, the villagers are still
in possession and paying rent until
the new soWnerS arrive. The rest
were purchased by the Chichester
people, mostly, they admit, on hopes
the factory would start again.
The SchwarzWaelder boys" who
inherited the factory from William
o. Schwarzwaelder in 1924, only to
lose it at the auction when it was
purchased by Mr.. Rappelyea for
81, 100, left the hamlet two days ago.
Samuel SchWarZwaelder babe the
village good-by with tears in his
eyes" unaware the factory was to
be reopened.
But Mr.. Rappelyea's yuletide an
nouncement changed overnight the
general feeling that Christmas was
going to be "just another Monday
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Hoboes Invited to Feast

NEW YORK, Dec. Is (P).-The
city's hoboes have been invited to
a chicken and turkey Christmas
dinner to be given by Father
Divine at one of his branch
''heaven" today. A spokesman for
the colored evangelist said it would
start at noon and "last until long
after midnight"
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GALVESTON, TEX.-QUADS GET READY FOR FIRST NEW
YEAR-Father Time mpersonaed by H. L. Block Galveston
looks the counry youngest bankruptcies Badge
babies who born February 1889 prepare celebrate
their first New Year Day. sisters to right
JOAN Jealdine Jeanette They expect lot Of
drinking New Year Eve-nik Wide World Photo.
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tinguished-but the f1remen havn't
cooled of yet. Somebody turned in
an alarm and Engine Companies
Nos. IS and q and Truck Company
No. l went changing to the scene.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
LEWES

Jack Lynch of Harrisburg, Pa,
spent the weekend here with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William Lynch
at their residence on Savannah Road.
Mrs. Charles Kershaw of Phila-
delphia, who was formerly a MEM
ber of the Lewes school faculty, has
returned home after spending a few
days here as the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Baylis.
Miss Lillian Hamm, of Dover, who
has been attending Beacon College.
was the guest of Miss Marion Aydel-
otte over the weekend.
Thomas Lodge and his sister, Miss
Virginia Lodge. spent the weekend
here with their father, Edison c.
Lodge. Sr., at his cottage on Iewes
Beach.
Charles P. Ail1 of Victoria. Brit
ish Columbia. is here visiting his
nephew, Jack Hill and family, and
with his brother, william Hill and
family in Rehoboth Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Morgan who
have been spending the winter in
Allentown, Pa, with their daughter
and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Howarth and son, Arthur Morgan
Howarth, returned home Saturday.
Arthur Morgan of Philadelphia mo-
tored down with his. parents, Mr.. and
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
FISHERS DISTRICT
Near Greenwood

Mfr. and Mrs. Matthew Hammond
entertained at a 2 O'Clock dinner at
their home near here on Sunday,
May II, in honor of their birthday
anniversaries and Mothers Day cell
ebration. Those present were Mrs.
Francis Morgan and daughter. Mrs.
Norman Sullivan of Pennington. Mr..
and Mrs. S. G. Armour and Mrs.
Jennie Hendricks of Houston. Mrs.
Ernest Watson of Philadelphia, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Andrew and chill
dren, Marshall and Betty Jane and
Eddie Black of Magnolia. Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Andrews. of Dover, Mr..
and Mrs. James K. Layton and sons.
Bobbie and Floyd of Milford. Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifton Hammond and son Or
vile Eugene and Mrs. Elma Lloyd Of
Greenwood and Miss Evelyn Ham
mond and Master Pierce Hammond
of near here. Everyone had a good
celebration spirit and enjoyed all the
good eats, music and games fur
nished for their entertainment. Pic
lures were taken in various ways,
including the family group. At late
hour in the evening the guests left
their best wishes for Mr.. and Mrs.
Hammond to have and enjoy many
more birthdays.
Mrs. .Sallie Austin of Harrington
is spending an indefinite visit with
her daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew
Hammond.
Mrs. Elizabeth Humphrey is car
ing for Mrs. Joseuh Wade. since she
returned to her home on Tuesday
from the Kent General Hospital in
Dover where she underwent an op-
Grafton for a tumor. She is improv-
ing slowly.
We are glad to report Mrs. Law
renee Taylor being able to be out
again after being confined to her
home from an operation for a tumor
in the Milford Memorial Hospital.
Gootee Brown is quite i'll at this
writing.
Neal Russell is slightly improved
at this writing but is still very i'll in |
the Milford Memorial Hospital.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
Drafted Nominees

Young Bayard Sharp of Whining
ton took part in the only fight in the
Republican primary in Wilmington.
Saturday. and Sharp won out by a
substantial majority. Young Sharp
is well acquainted and related in the
lower end of the state. He has rela-
tives in Milford. in Lewes and many
friends in other sections. He looks
like a rising young man and his vic
tory was brought about among the
young Republicans with whom he has
heen very active. The Republicans
have placed in the field fine ticket
headed by Mayor Bacon. while the
Democrats have a ticket filled only
with drafted names. The candidate
for mayor is William Smith. Jr.. who
has been running for coroner since
The mind of man runneth not. He
will run for mayor with none of the
political workers in the Democratic
party back of him. and 1t looks as if
the city election in Wilmington will
set the all-time record for a Repub-
lican majority with Mayor Bacon
leading all of the rest. It is a fore
runner To the 1910 election when
Democratic candidates will again
have to he drafted for important
state nominations
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
STUDENT JOB HUNTERS

In former days, as a student ap-
preached the fateful day of gradua-
tion from school or college. the out
look was roster than it is now. The
question of what the graduate would
do for living was apt TO be pretty
well settled. leaving his mind free
to think about athletic ~events and
the gay social life of the. gEaduating
days. The girls gave a lot of time to
graduating clothes and the problems
of style and fashion. 5g I
There are more seriohs questions
to be settled now for many Of them.
perhaps the majority. For the boys
the question of job is tremendous
ly vital. BY this time probably many
of them have been fortunate enough
to locate such a chance. Many of
them are not so favored, and are
still anxiously looking. what will
the world say when we take the
plunge into the cold water of daily
life? Will it just see us shiver. with
out doing anything for us?" many of
them ask.
For many of the girls the problem
is equally serious. If lot of money
has been spent on their education.
they are keenly anxious to make a
return, but the world in many cases
has given them so far no chance to
do so.
In some way the student has to
give out the idea that he or she has
some special capacity fdrtthe occu-
patton which the job seeker wishes
to enter. If the applicant has spent
considerable time reading and study
ing about that kind OF work. II is
easier to give that impression
A bright. wide awake, alert per-
sonality is helpful when you.. go
looking for a job. Those who can
talk we'll have the best chance. Those
who read the newspapers constantly
and know what is going on will u.s.
ually shine when they go out to
meet the world.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
HUDSON LAUNCHES NEW
MERCHANDISING DRIVE

Returning from the celebration o
Hudsons Both anniversary held il
New York last week. ]. P. Hammond
local dealer. announced the start o.
one of the most aggressive merchan
dising programs in Hudsons history
Climaxing a business session inau
gurating the new merchandising pro
gram. President A. E. Barit of the
Hudson company. spoke directly tC
! the meeting over national telephone
/ hook-up which linked meetings in Il
other cities representing the greatest
mobilization of Hudson selling men
in years. The meeting in New York
was conducted by Hudson Motor Car
Co.
Some of the highlights in Mr.. Bar
its address which impressed Mr..
Hammond as being particularly
pointed with reference TO present
business conditions were
THE used car is one of the great
est advantages the automobile indus
Try possesses. The value of all cars.
two years old and over, on highways
today is conservatively estimated at
more than five billion dollars. Every
dollar of the five billion is earmarked
for the automobile dealer, because
once invested in a car, the money
stays in the automobile business. 1t
represents vast prepaid down pay
ment on new sales which is not
available to any other industry"
Opportunities for progress and ac-
complishment are greater today than
ever before. The greatest field of
is that of salesmanship.
and the greatest opportunity of all
belongs to the retail automobile sales
man. He is the spark-plug of busi-
ness and he is not only selling in the
year of the worlds greatest motor
travel-to and from the two Worlds
Fairs-but also at time when good
work stands out and is certain to be
recognized.
"A striking example of the mechan-
ical progress of three decades is the
contrast between the 2,61i.l65th Hud-
son completed today with the Hud-
sen produced 80 years ago. Few au-
tomobile manufacturers have built
and sold so large number of cars
and few companies can point to 80
years of successful operation.
High praise is due those publish
ars who by treating news in proper
perspective and giving full promin-
snce to that which is encouraging are
helping to build confidence and en-
normal business activity.
Heartening things, as well as dis
ones, are taking place
from day to day. If either is entitled
10 special importance. may it not as
we'll be that which encourages those
who read it?
Hudson goes into its 31st year in |
, very favorable position with plants !
over three million square !
feet of floor space and facilities for |
as large a proportion |
If the completed car as any other au-
omobile company. The company's |
present cash balance is approximate |
y 7 1-2 million dollars. thus putting |
i in position to do everything |
necessary for further and greater |
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
CHRONICLE MILFORD DELAWARE, FRIDAY MAY

Miss Marilyn Brown and Roy
Lloyd seem to be our outstanding
radio stars. They each had leading
parts in the broadcast over wSAL
on Thursday afternoon in a health
play instructed by their teacher.
Mrs. Gerald Pearson and Supervisor
Albert Farley.
Following an Illness of many
months. Earl Adams of near Adams
Cross Roads. passed away on Satur-
day at IL a. m. He was we'll known
and will be greatly missed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dearman
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz zott
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. Gootee
Brown and daughter. E. W. Lloyd,
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Collision and Mrs.
]. w. Rust on Tuesday evening.
Home made ice cream and cake were
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19

served in honor of MFR. Dearman's
26th birthday anniversary.
The family of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Hammond have been under the
care. of DR.. w. w. Day. suffering
with la grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Coates and
son Of Camden, N. J., Miss Eta Rus
sell of Philadelphia and Mr.. and Mrs.
Grover Lord Of Harrington were
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs. M. E.
Russell on Sunday.
Mrs. Isaac Mcdowell is one OF
those on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Collision and
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dearman were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Rust on Mothers Day.
MIR. and Mrs. Fritz Zott and fam
lily were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Dar-
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
HARRINGTON

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Steele o
Camden, N. j.. were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Sharp on Saturday
Dr. and Mrs. R. ]. Emory spent
Mothers Day with his parents al
Centreville. Md.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Yenick were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. William Bless
ing on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Hargrove. Mrs,
Green and Mr.. Schmelling. all of
Portsmouth. Va. were overnight
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Sharp
during the past week. The party
was enroute to Jenkintown. Pa. for
May-Day fete where the daughter
of Mr.. Hargrove was crowned May
Queen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace E. Quillen
spent the weekend in Pittsburgh.
Pa.
Delbert Cain spent Sunday with
Clifford. Floyd and Maurice Blessing
Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson of
Delmar were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nimrod Minner during the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Tee and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Bailey spent Sun
day with their aunt. Mrs. Annie How
ard. near Salisbury. They were in
cluded in party of thirty-eight for
P family dinner.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Parsons of Bal
tlmore spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. W. T. Moore and Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Parsons.
The closing festivities of the Senior
Glass of the High School are being
held. A week ago they returned
from their annual trip to Washing
ton, d. c., and on Thursday night the
Junior-Senior prom was held. A
record size class of 3S is being grad
uated this year. Last year the class
numbered thirty-six which set rec
ord until then.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel E. Raughley
entertained all of their children on
Mothers Day. Those present includ-
ed Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Alloway. of
Blackwood. N. j.; Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Foraker of Camden; Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Raughley, Bridgeville;
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Raugbley. Fell
ton. and Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus
Raughley of this place.
Herbert Won Goerres and Bill Min
ner, both students at Goldey College,
are home for the summer vacation.
Mrs. Drew Pearson and children of
Dover have been recent guests of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. LeKites.
Eldred Raughley of Chester. Pa,
spent Saturday with his mother, Mrs.
Ada Raughley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noah Cain entertain
eG Mr.. and Mrs. Herman McMullen of
Wilmington over the weekend.
Miss Mabel Holden, student nurse
II the Memorial Hospital. is some
what improved from her recent ILL
ness.
DIR. ANNA K. GREGORIUS
Chfroprac
204 East Front st.. Milford f3-tf
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Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
1Air YOn The LaMly

1t has been an old phrase in Della
ware for many years for Negro to
ask when stopped by some one, Air
you the law?" In that vernacular
we would like to ask Commissioners
Cullen and Fader of the State High
way Commission and Governor Nc
Mullen who has nothing whatever to
do with the Commission, AIR YOU
THE LAW?" AS most of you know,
these two gentlemen with the advice
and under the protection of the Gov
ernor and should we say it. well it
is being often repeated throughout
the state. under the strong urging of
Secretary Holcomb. who wants to
keep his job, held a meeting all by
themselves and declared that the
new Commission which went into
power May 1, was illegal and would
not be recognized by these defeated
Democrats. So in answer to our
question. we presume they believe
that they "air the law"
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
Confusion

The State Highway Department is
strong and integral part of the
state. department whose actions eff
feet the lives of most residents of the
state. There should be no question
about the validity of their acts and
yet this assumption on the part of
the minority Democratic members
makes invalid all future acts and all
present acts of the Highway Depart
ment, if what they contend is not set
tied one way or another. The dual
road that was granted at their two
member meeting. running into Reho-
both Beach is invalid if they do not
constitute the majority or a quorum
of the Commission. Any thing they
do is illegal without the action of
majority of the members in favor.
These two Democrats. with the back
ing of the Governor, have at once
created disorder and confusion in any
work now being done or contem-
plated by the Highway Department.
The employees of the Department
from the Chief Engineer down to the
laborers on the highways are unable
to determine what to do or when to
do II.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19

| Mrs. Morgan, for the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. George wilhelm and
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Macdonald of
Baltimore. spent the weekend here
with friends.
The Misses Marie Morris, Marie
Mai, Elsie Moore, Marie Warrington
and Messrs. Fillmore Clifton and
Hilton Suthards who attend business
schools in Wilmington, spent Mo-
ther's Day here with their respective
parents.
A fashion show was sponsored by
the home economics groups of the
Lewes High School under the super
vision of the instructor. Miss Artie
Lee Dye and an art and manual
training exhibit under the direction
of Mrs. Otis Walter and James Moore
on Monday evening in the Lewes
school auditorium.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Haverbeck
and James Prettyman Of Wilmington
are the weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Prettyman at their res
idence on Mulberry street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Green spent
Sunday in Georgetown with Mrs.
Green's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Ingram and
daughter Natalie OF Wilmington,
spent the weekend here with Mrs.
Ingram's parents, DR.. and Mrs.
James Beebe at their residence on
Savannah Road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle E. Ewing and
family were the guests of Mrs. Ew-
ing's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. W.
Workman in Wilmington over the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Hoover Ruppen-
thai, who have been making their
home in Denver. Colorado. for the
past four years. are now living in
Mr.. and Mrs. Ruppen-
thai spent few days here last week /
as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
R. Warrington. at their residence on
Dewey avenue.
Mrs. Ruppenthal may be remem-
1ered as the former Miss Ethel Met
,alf of Lewes.
Charles !. Richards of Lewes
Beach. has accepted a position with
he Eastern Shore Public Service
Company in Rehoboth Beach.
John B. Wine of Philadelphia was
With his family over the weekend at
heir cottage on Lewes Beach.
Miss Elizabeth Virden has retired
IS postal clerk in the Lewes post
,fice. after nearly 81 years in the
ervice. Henry Marshall replaces
iiss Virden.
Mrs. Virginia Cullen of Lewes. Is
mong the hostesses who will re-
eive at the historic Kensey Johns
Iouse in New Castle at the annual
A Day in Old New Castle" tomor-
ow, May 20. The house is now own
d by DR.. and Mrs. Lewis Booker.
Mrs. Charles Futcher is confined .
D her home on Savannah Road with (
cold. III
Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton Frick and
amily of Wilmington. have moved
1to their cottage on Lewes Beach.
William Poole of Upper Darby.
"a. was the weekend guest of his
rother. Earle Poole and family III
Thomas Ryan of Newark, Della
rare. was the guest of Miss Shirley
ulIen and her mother, Mrs. Virginia
ullen on Mothers Day. lli
Howard Long and Ray Shaw OF
spent the weekend
ere at the Long cottage on Lewes
each. \.
Mrs. Edgar Morris who has been
,nfined to the Beebe Hospital due
illness has returned to her home II
\ Savannah Road where she is now I
lE
The Young Women's and Mems I
ible classes of the NJ. f. Church. L
I'D a business meeting at the home i
Mrs. Minnie Lord on Thursday Il
'ening. is
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfred Atkins oil IE
,lbyville spent Mothers Day here E
it'll Mrs. Atkins parents. MIR. ami L
RS. William Lynch. Mrs. Atkins Il
ay be remembered as the former Z
iss Laura Lynch Of Lewes. ls
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
n,erriding The LegIslatnre

The example of the Governor and
his two fellow Democrats is thor
Cughly bad Acting solely on advice
of INTERESTED counsel. they have
taken the ground that the act reor-
ganizing the Highway Commission is
unconstitutional and that they still
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
REORGANIZATION

The President has submitted plan
No. Q for reorganization of the Gov
ernment. Like plan No. 1 it seems
to be acceptable to Congress in its
proposals. One cannot
help wondering what all the row has
been about with reorganization pro-
cesses now sliding along so smooth
f-v
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19

win Savage on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Harris. Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Dearman, Mr.. and
Mrs. s. f. Collision and Mrs. ]. W..
Rust were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Nj.
A. Robinson on Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19

Mr.. and Mrs, George Young and
son Of BridgeviIle were guests OF
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Morris on Sum
day.
David Morris arrived home on Sat
urday from a trip in Virginia.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
N o 7 3

The statements made In this column are
not necessarily the opinions Of the pub
fishers Of the Milford Chronicle. They are
purely the views Of the writer. This news
paper will express its opinions only
through It's editorial columns.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
FROM CONGRESSMAN
GEORGE S. WILLIAMS

VISITORS.-Delawareans who Wis
tied the Congressional office recently
are Horace V. Daniels, Wilmington;
Mr. and Mrs. G. Marshall Townsend
and Mrs. Elmer T. Williams of Mil
ford, and Mr.. C. R. Snyder of Sea-
ford.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19
Change OF ControI

There is a decided effort among
good thinking Democrats to throw
both Tunnel and Baker out of their
prominence in attempted leadership
of their party in Sussex county. I'm
dercover movements are now on foot
to name a new county chairman who
ic not controlled by either men and
hand the county organization over to
new hands. In this connection. DR..
Roland Paynter of Georgetown. Dam
iel G. Conant of Rehoboth. Harry
Tubbs of Selbyville. William Truitt
of Bridgeville. Roy Carmean of Sea-
ford. and few other Democrats from
Laurel are being mentioned as the
to the tangled affairs of
the Democratic party into which the
of the Tunnell-Baker fac
tional fights have involved them.
Milford chronicle., 1939-05-19

PENSIONS.-A bill liberalizing the
pensions of World War Veterans and
dependents at an estimated additional
annual cost of s1S,751.O 900 was passed
by the House and sent to the Senate.
The bill will increase benefits to vet
Grams suffering from serviee-conneot-
cd wounds or amputations. and to
widows and orphans. and extends the
benefits to dependent parents. 1t was
estimated by its sponsors that 27.-
500 widows would be added to the
pension rolls.