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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
Piedmont Grocery Company Has
Election of Officers for 1910

The annual meeting of the stock
holders and directors of the Piedmont
Grocery Company with branch house
in Oakland, was held at it's office in
Piedmont, West Va, on Tuesday morn
ing when the following directors were
elected for the year 1910: w. A. Beav-
ers, Grafton; 7. c. Dye, Piedmont; D.
Edward Offutt, Oakland; j. S. Wilson,
Burlington, w. Va; E. ]. Roberts,
Westernport. The directors elected Mr..
Beavers president; Mr.. Dye, vice-pres-
ident, and A. N. HUH, secretary. The
directors declared the usual dividend,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
Farmers Receiving Additional
Funds For Conservation

The second lot of checks for farm
ers in connection with the 1889 agri-
cultural conservation program, have
been received at the office of John H,
Carter, county agent, and will be dis
tributed to those designated. The Sec
ond lot is composed of 105 checks and
the total amount is $4,117.29.
Mr.. Carter announced that he would
schedule meeting as the checks con-
tinue to come in and distribute them
to those to whom they belong. Most of
those received are for the Accident
community, with a few for the Grants
vile and Friendsville communities.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
Community Building Plans Are
Discussed With Architect

Members of the City Council met
last Thursday afternoon with repre-
sentative of the Fred L. w. Moehle
and Associates, architects, of Balti-
more, to discuss plans for the COM
munity building.
The company will submit in the near
future three or four plans from which
the council can select the style desired.
The interior requirements were gone
over and the arrangement outlined for
the architects who are to make the
drawings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
Large Number Expected At K.
Of p. Celebration

Plans are completed for the fifty
first anniversary celebration of Gar
rett Lodge No. 113, Knights of Pyth-
las and the annual Ladies' Night,
which will be held on Friday evening,
February %, at Castle Hall, Third
street, beginning at 500 o'clock.
The committee, however, is not di-
vulging the entire program, but stated
there would be some vocal and instru-
mental music and several new and
unique features.
The night will also mark the 10th
anniversary of the founding of the
order nationally.
Refreshments will be served and a
door prize will be given. A large num-
Der of members and guests are ex-
pected.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
Youth Group Elects

The Garrett County Youth Group,
at regular meeting last Friday held
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert
Davis, elected Cecil Right president,
Wilbur Fox vice-president, Margaret
Dewitt secretary, and Roy burst
treasurer.
Following the business meeting the
twenty-five or more present partici-
pated in number of games. The
group is sponsored by John H. Carter,
county agent, and Miss Mildred Bar
ton, home demonstration agent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
Automobile and School Bus In
Collision Yesterday

A school bus driven by Arthur Fitz-
water and an automobile driven by DR..
E. l. Baumgartner collided yesterday
morning near Glendale Bridge, but
no one was hurt. The vehicles, how
ever, were badly damaged, especially
DR.. Baumgartner's automobile.
There were only few students, en-
route to school at Oakland, in the
bus at-the time of the accident which,
it was said, occurred on curve. Deep
ruts in the roadway made it impossible
to avoid the collision, is given as rea-
son for the accident.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
County Agent Has Copies OF
Farm Census Schedule

John H. Carter, county agent, has
received a number of sample copies
of the census schedule for farm people
which may be had by calling at his Of
flee in the Court House. These sample
forms will give farm people an idea OF
what will be asked them when the CEN
sus enumerator calls. Mr.. Carter said
there are 232 questions to be answered
on the forms in his possession.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
FUGITIVES NABBED AFTER
JOURNEY IN STOLEN AUTO
Earl Harvey's Car Taken Friday
Night by Training School Youths

Three fugitives from the National
Training School in Washington, were
arrested last Saturday morning III
Parkersburg, W. Va, after stealing
the automobile of Earl Harvey, of near
Oakland, from in front of the Oakland
High school building, on Friday even
ing.
Prior to taking the car in Oakland
the trio had wrecked a 12-cylinder
Lincoln with Washington license
plates, presumably stolen, officers
said. The youths, John M. Wade, 1G;
Curtis B. Licke, 16, both of Tulsa,
Okla, and Stanley Dryden, 10, OF
Baltimore, were arrested after wild
race over snow-covered roads at
Parkersburg. A description of the
automobile had been broadcast from
the sheriff's office in Oakland when it
was reported stolen, and Maryland
police in turn broadcast the theft to
West Virginia and Pennsylvania au-
thorities, who were on the lookout.
Prior to the race for freedom the
boys were driven to cover by bad
weather, and had been given shelter
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron
Veach, who live near Mt. Storm. The
youths spent three days there.
The three youths were from among
thirteen who escaped from the Train
ing school few days previous. Most
of them have now been recaptured.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harvey left this
morning for Parkersburg to obtain
their car, a 1889 Dodge sedan. Mr..
Harvey was informed his car was only
slightly damaged.
Being Held For Court
Bill Wilson, of Mt. Lake Park, is
being held in the county Jail on
charge of larceny of large auto
mobile tire from Hutchinson garage
in Loeb Lynn last Saturday night.
He was arrested Sunday and given
a preliminary hearing on Monday. He
is held for action of the March Term
Grand Jury, after failure to give bond.
He told officers where to recover the
tire, it was stated
Found Not Guilty
Five residents of near Bloomington
were found not guilty before Magis-
trate C. F. White on Tuesday, of
charges of larceny and possession of
timber. They were Earl Wilson and
William Duckworth, charged with lar
ceny of timber, and Milton Michaels,
Osborn Cady and Mrs. Beryle Smiley,
charged with possession of timber,
from the land of Carroll Pattison.
Mr.. White said the testimony
showed there was no criminal intent,
as they showed they were unaware
that the former owner had died and
that Pattison had purchased the land.
The defendants had permission of the
former owner to cut props, Mr.. White
said the testimony showed.
The five had already spent five days
in Jail waiting for hearing.
Solicitors Fined
Two of four magazine subscription
solicitors were fined yesterday by
Magistrate White. They were arrested
on charges of soliciting magazine sub
scriptions without license, in viola
ton of a city ordinance. Lawrence
Potter and Delford Groves We're each
fined 81 and costs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22
20 PER CENT REDUCTION
IN SPENDING Is PROPOSED
Republican Program Committee
Offers Report After Long Study;
New Deal An Economic Failure
HIGHLIGHTS ARE GIVEN

A twenty percent reduction in Fed
eral spending was suggested by the
Republican Program Committee this
week in outlining a broad set of princi-
piles, headed by keep out of war, which
may form a basis for the 1910 party
platform. The report was prepared
by committee headed by Glenn Frank
after a two-year study.
At the outset the report charged
that the New Deal has choked off
enterprise and that the Roosevelt Adj
ministration had been an Economic
failure"
Highlights or key sentences from
the 28,000-word report, which was pre-
scented last Friday at meeting of the
National Committee in Washington,
included the following:
The New Deal leadership has per-
sistently defined its program as one
of hope and liberalism. xxx No leader
ship can produce movement of hope
if it begins with the assumption that
the clock of the national economy is
running down, that it's mechanism has
become so faulty it cen be kept going
only if continuously run by hand-the
hand of the Federal Government.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22

The present administration, in seven
years, has admittedly increased ex-
penditures by more than 1856 per cent.
1t should not be too difficult to accom-
plish a twenty per cent reduction from
the present level, and it is reasonable
to expect that with such a reduction
and a substantial increase in the ma
tional income, federal expenditures
and revenues can be brought into bal
ance during 1912.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22

1t is not the function of tariff policy
to erect walls so high that behind them
industries can maintain excessive
price or be so completely freed from
external competition that they become
inefficient.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22

In the forefront of our foreign poll
cy must be the avoidance of all COM
mitments and courses of action that
might involve us in other peoples
wars.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22

A sound currency has always been
an essential basis of an enduring pros
perity. The New Deal record in the
monetary field has been one of rash
experiment in applying various in
struments of fiscal policy to accom-
plish miraculous cures of our economic
and social ills.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22

The National Labor Relations Act
requires responsible amendment alike
in the interest of American workers
and in the interest of a production
functioning of American enterprise.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22

The primary reason for the economic
failure of the New Deal goes beyond
detailed errors in legislation, admin
istration and the selection of federal
personnel. 1t lies in the fact that, de-
spite the ideas it has expressed for
social America, the New Deal lead
ership has almost completely misun-
derstood economic America.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-22

The parity" that will bring the
maximum benefit to the farmer xxx
is such relationship between the prices
of what the farmer sells and the prices
of what the farmer buys as will bring
about the greatest possible inter
change of goods and services between
village, town and city ON the one hand
and the farm on the other.
A policy of permanently scaling
down the output of American farms is
as unsound as a permanent scaling
down of the output of American fac
tories would be.
Milford chronicle., 1940-08-16
MRS. CHAS. Webb
DIES OF BURNS
Was Burned In Stove Ex-
plOsiOn At Home, Near
Milford, Last Sunday.


mrs. Edna Mae Webb. AZ years old,
who was critically burned Sunday
morning, August IL when stove
exploded IA the EitchAn 81 her home
at Johnson's Cross Roads. near Mil
ford. died Monday morning at 1880
O'Clock in the Milford Memorial Hos
pitaI
She was rushed to the hospital on
Sunday by her husband. Charles
Webb, so years old. who left their
home in flames Ia an effort to get
her under a Doctors care. The home
and belongings were destroyed de-
spite the efforts Of the Carlisle Fire
Company to extinguish the blaze
Damage was estimated at $4,000.
Sussex County Coroner Lewis o.
Lathbury, investigating the tragedy.
dispensed with the usual inquest
procedure and held an inquiry
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday Of this week at st.
Johnstown's Church. Rev Robert d
Green, pastor Of Harrington Metho-
dist Church, officiating, assisted by
the Greenwood pastor. Besides her
husband, Mrs. Webb is survived by
one married daughter
Milford chronicle., 1940-08-16
CLASS OF 1920
HOLDS REUNION
Affair Was Held At Duval
Tea House In Dover,
Last Saturday.

On Saturday evening at seven
o'clock the Duval Tea House In Do
yer was the scene Of a most enjoy
able social event, namely the arss
reunion Of the Class Of 1920 Of the
Milford High School.
This reunion was distinctive be-
cause Of the fact that every mem
Der Of the class is still living six
teen in all-and which was a large
class In those days.
The Glass Of 1920 was the first one
which Professor Robert d. Shilling
graduated in Milford. and he, to-
gether with his wife, Mrs. Alex
Roosa (now retired but formerly
teacher Of English, chemistry, and
mathematics), and Miss Helen Tat
man formerly teacher Of French and
history we're the guests Of honor.
The son Of one Of the members of
the class, Mrs. H. c. Mitten, who is
also organist Of the Milford Pres
byterian Church, namely William
Mitten, was the accompanist at the
piano for the evening.
The other members Of the class
are: Miss Alice Brown Of Milford.
Clarence B. Downing Of Milford, DR..
Leo B. Gaffney of Washington. d. c..
Mrs. Mabel Grimth Fisher Of Milton
Mrs. Mildred Griffith Nutter Of MIL
ford, Mrs. Ethel Holzmueller Mill
er Of Drexei Park. Pa, John +.
Housman Of Dover, James E. Humes
q Milford. Miss Rsba I Macklin Of
Milford, Horace a. Nuhn Of Geneva.
n. Y, Mrs Blanche Owens Connors
of Norfolk, Va, Mrs Eleanor Titus
Jacobs OF Milford. Mrs. Eleanor Vim
yard opposite Of West Point, N. T..
9. Edwin Wilson of Philadelphia,
and Mrs. Lillian Bruning Singer Of
Milford.
The following wives and husbands
we're also present: Mrs. Downing. |
Mrs. Gaffney, Mr. Nutter. Mrs Hous-
nan, Mr.. Blitten. Mr.. Jacobs and Mr. |
Singer. William Killen likewise was !
n attendance.
The class eolors. blue and gold, 4
we're carried out with the flower /
decorations, and the tables were 4
In U-shape to omit for
nality and enable the guests and /
to face each other
The following delicious dinner
vas served: DuvaI fruit cup. chicken
raspberry sherbet,
,reen lima beans, corn on the cob,
laked filled tomatoes. perfection
alad, olives. pickles, jam, cream
,TTurn n FaRe }. Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1940-08-16
BATA SHOE co. OPENS
STORE IN MILFORD
World Famous Concern Has Braach
In Humes Building

The Bata Shoe Company. Inc, with
huge factory at Belcamp, Nd, has
located a factory outlet store at
North Walnut street in the new
Humes Building. The store will not
only handle Bata shoes and hosiery
but will maintain an up to the min
ute shoe repair and rebuilding de-
partment.
The Bata Company. one Of the lar
gest in the world, has factories all
over the world, some OF the largest
being located in Canada and in
South America. The company also
operates its own rubber plantation
in Brazil.
The Bata family has occupied
unique niche in the shoe industry
for many years. and members OF the
family have been shoe makers
through nine generations. Thomas
Bata. founder Of the company and
Gene, are now operating the
vast enterprise at the Belcamp. Nd.
factory. All the employees are Amer
leans and all the shoes sold at the
Milford store are made there. One
Of the Bata featured shoes is a new
Iy patented product IN the form of
work shoe with the leather uppers
to the rubber sole, maxi
Ing the shoe watertight and greatly
its durability.
Milford chronicle., 1940-08-16
BIG THURSDAY HELD
AT OAK ORCHARD
Hundreds Make Annual Trek To
Indian River Resort

Many hundreds of Delawareans
made their annual trek to Oak Or
chard, famous resort on the Indian
River Bay, on Thursday of last week.
Il was what is known and has been
known for SS years. as big Thurs
day Regardless of weather condi-
tionss crowds annually assemble
just the same. Blistering sunshine.
or a vain storm, seldom deters the
hundreds Of rural folk from attend
ing this Zig day at the resort-their
yearly vocation day.
Last Thursday they made their
ennual TRIP in different kinds of con-
veyances-automobiles. mule teams
and horse-dgawn vehicles-just as
they did mora than half a century
ago. Although times have changed
rapidly within The past forty years.
il makes no difference to a lower
Delawarean when he or she wants
to be at Oak Orchard on big
Thursday" how they travel so long
as they get there and meet their old
friends and relatives. many Of whom,
they have not seen for a
year.
The first three days Of this Veek
were given over by many farr ers
to getting caught up with their work,
following the rain storm. ending The
drought. which had retarded their
crops and made work thrice as hard.
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Milford chronicle., 1940-08-16
TUNNEL REUNION is
HELD AT BETHANY
$50 Members OF Clan Were Present
For Exercises

One hundred and thirty members
Of the Tunnell clan attended the
fourteenth annual reunion Of the
descendants OF William Tunnell, at
Bethany Beach. last Saturday and
Sunday.
Ninety members were present at
the banquet which was served by
the ladies Of the Ocean View Chris
tian Church at the dormatory on the
conference grounds OF the church
of Disciples Of Christ
William Powell, Of Frankford. was
chairman of the program commit
tee and master Of ceremonies on
Saturday night at which time a play
entitled the Champion Neck
School was presented with more
than twenty taking part.
Addresses we're made by James
NJ Tunnel, Sr.. who has been presi-
dent OF the reunion since the FIRST
meeting in 1897; his son. James NJ.
Tunnel, Jr., associated with his ia
ther in the law firm OF Tunneil and
Tunnell. this city; George p. Tun-
nell, OF Lewes; Walter Helm, OF AL
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Milford chronicle., 1940-08-16

Twenty-four tired +. F. A. boys
(yet well and happy of the Milford
High School returned Sunday eve
ming after a seven-day educational
tour Of 1900 miles through six
states and the Province OF Ontario,
Canada.
Last Monday. the group in Mr..
Annett's bus, driven by Tom Staeger,
left for Waynesboro. Pa, to go
through the Frick Machine Com
pany, in which large refrigeration
units are manufactured.
ION Tuesday, the boys jOurneyed TO
Pittsburgh and witnessed the base
ball game between Pittsburgh and
st. Louis, and thence to Lisbon,
Ohio, where they spent the night at
Lake Guilford.
Early Wednesday morning the
group arrived at the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company In Akron,
where guides conducted the boys
through the plant and explained The
processing Of tires. Desiring the
pleasure Of swimming, the boys
headed for Lake Erie and spent the
evening in Port Clinton.
Enroute to Detroit, on Thursday.
they observed the machining and
assembly of Toledo scales at Toledo
and spent the rest Of Thursday af-
ternoon at the Ford plant in Detroit
before crossing into Canada via the
Bridge.
After spending the night at Belle
Milford chronicle., 1940-08-16
FARLEY PLANS
SHAPED by COP.
State Chiefs To Nominate
Ticket At Convention In
Dover On August 21.


Plans are moving ahead for the
business Of the Republican State
Convention in Dover On yVednesd day,
.aA1usus1 81. when pelaWare Repabli-
cans WiIl n0ninate their state tick
et.
The convention Is scheduled to
meet At II O'Clock, standard time.
when H. Eugene SaEeTy, chairman
OF the Republican State Committee,
viii sound the gaveI to open the
meeting.
Chief Deputy Attorney General
Clair ]. Kiiloran will be presented
as the temporary. chairman and key
noter of the convention.
County caucuses will pTecede the
opening Of the convention. The
Wilmington delegates will meet in
the House of Representatives, while
the rural New Castle county dele
gates will caucus in the state Senate.
Delegates from Kent county will
gather in the legislative budget
room and Sussex county delegates
will caucus in the Kent county court
house.
The Republican state Committee
is scheduled to meet in the Hotel
on Tuesday evening,
August 20, at 6 o'clock. standard
time, to take up various pre-conven-
ton business.
Milford chronicle., 1940-08-16
HOME NEAR MILFORD
VISITED BY VANDAL
State Police Are Investigating But
As Yet Have No Clues

During the last two weeks a van
dal visited the home of Leroy Mac
Farland in Cedar Greek six times,
and on each occasion mutilated the
building or contents.
Outdoor screens have been cut,
window blinds torn. furniture and
bedding have been cut and torn.
State police have been investigat-
ing the vandalism, but so far have
been unable to obtain a elew. Many
fineerprints have been taken, but
they do not compare with any on
record.
Sees Top OF Mans Head
Once Mrs. MaeFarland caught q
fleeting glimpse of the vandal as a
window screen was cut, but it was
dark at the time and she only caught
a glimpse of the top Of his head. She
was sitting alone in the house at the
time. Later she found that the
screenings on the window had been
cut
The MacFarIands say they know
of on one who has a grudge against
them.
The vandals evidently keeps In
touch with their habits, as most Of
the depredations have been CONF
mitted while they are away.
Milford chronicle., 1940-08-16
Boys Back From
Educational Tour
Fifteen Hundred Mile, SeUeH-Day Trip Carried Them
Through SIX States And Province OF Ontario, Can
ada; Many Points OF Interest We're Visited.

River on Lake st. Clair the farm
lads on Friday observed how the
international Harvester Company
assembled all truck bodies by cleo
trio welding guns In their plant at
Chatham. Late IN the afternoon the
group was bathing Ia Lake Ontario
preparatory TO observing the won
ders Of Niagara Falls.
Because of many miles yet to
travel and with only two days in
which to return. the boys crossed
the Peace Bridge into Buffalo early
Saturday morning and headed down
the Susquehanna Trail towards Har-
risburg, finally deciding to spend
Saturday night at Hershey, Pa.
A tired group slept late on Sun
day morning but had enough get-up
to arrive in Philadelphia Sunday af-
ternoon in time TO see the double
header between the Giants and the
Phillies. Some Of the boys preferred
TO see the Franklin Institute and the
Zoo.
The boys who took the trip were
Crerar Bennett, Lloyd Carter, Mick
ey Carter. Gordon CLARK, Harold
Davis. Russell Davis, Donald Kern,
William Haughey, Jim Hays, Harold
Norman Lord. Bennett
Mills. Tom Mills, Marshall Morgan,
Harold Robinson, Nelson Short.
Schrader, Walter Swain.
Philip Watson. Earl Watson. Albert
Webb, William Webb. Tom Webb
and Shakespeare Wilson.
Milford chronicle., 1940-08-16
SCAFFOLD FALL
MPERHSSCORE
Man Dives From Supports
AS Bricks, Lumber Give
Way On Local Building.

A score Of pedestrians narrowly
escaped injury at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning when a scaffoId collapsed
and showered Walnut street ia front
Of the new Odd Fellows Building
with hundreds of building bricks and
splintered lumber.
Archibald Lummis, 55 years old,
Of Wyoming. working on the seaff-
old, escaped injury by leaping head
first through a window Of the build
ing as the platform gave way.
The accident happened on the
building being erected on the site Of
the old structure destroyed BY IRE
last December.
The street In front OF the build
ing. located in the heart Of the towns
business section. was crowded with
shoppers and pedestrians at the
time.
With a resounding crash, the scat
fold broke Just beneath Lummis'
feet Hundreds Of pounds Of bricks
and debris showered to the pavement
as Lummis grabbed a sill and leaped
to safety. Police roped of the street
while the debris was cleared.
Milford chronicle., 1940-08-16
LAND-USE PLANNING
COMMITTEE SET-UP
Group WIN Coordinate Land Use
And Rural Planning

For the purpose Of studying and
identifying the physical and econom-
ic differences between the land use
areas and developing a coordinated
rural planning program, a land use
project is being sponsored by the
state agricultural colleges IN coop
Grafton with the United States De-
partment of Agriculture and state
and county land use planning CON-
mittees consisting Of representatives.
Of the various types Of farming and
agricultural agencies within the
county and state.
In accordance with this plan a
land use planning committee has
been appointed in Kent county, the
personnel Of which includes G. Ar
thur Taylor, Harrington; r. Harry
Wilson, Dover; H. Clifford Clark,
Kenton; Laurence 2. Cain. FELTON,;
Clarence q. Jester, Milford; ].
Frank Rice, FELTON,; John g. Tar
burton, Dover; William H. Richter,
Dover; Lyndon d. Caull, Woodside;
J. Frank Gordy, Dover; Chester J.
Tyson, Dover: w. Fred Richards.
Dover; Robert Carton, Dover; Will
liam s. Taber. Dover; Clarence q.
Keyes, Pennington; Nathaniel W.
Taylor, Dover; Frank w. Richard
son, Wyoming; Elmer Pratt, Smyr-
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