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Milford chronicle., 1941-10-24
State Retailers Held
. Banquet Here Mon
Protection for Consumer
Aim OF Council, And
Creation Of Better Re-
latiOnS With Public Is
Stressed At Meeting.

Protection for the buying public
as well as safeguarding the inter
ests of retailers was outlined as
the chief aim of the Delaware Re
tailers Council at its first dinner
meeting in this city on Monday eve
ming of this week.
More than $50 persons attended
the meeting in the Varney auditor
ium of the Community Building,
including officers, directors of the
council, and their guests.
Thomas B. Derrickson, Milford,
president of the council, presided.
Ways of improving relations be-
tween the consumer and retailer
we're discussed by DR.. David r.
Craig, president of the American
Retail Federation of Washington,
D. C. He pointed out that his or
represented 400,00 mer-
chants throughout the country and
urged Delaware retailers to take ad-
vantage of the federation services.
The Delaware Council was or
ganized last February and repre-
sents 4,500 retailers and 250,000
consumers in rs Delaware COM
nunities. Mr.. Derrickson, in his
review of council activities, said a
number of different causes had been
successfully and urged
in carrying out future
Governor Walter w. Bacon, in
the states greetings, said
he council represented one of the
most important of the many or
,anized groups in the state. He
,raised the councils aim of bet
er understanding between the con-
umer and merchant and suggested
continued progressive program.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-10-24
VenereaL Disease Problem
In Kent County Is Serious

weekly average of 81 persons in
attendance. OF this number ap-
proximately 80 week received free
drug treatments for curing the
diseases of syphilis or gonorrhea
and the remainder were there for
the purpose of having Wasserman
tests or "smears" to see If they
were infected with either disease.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-10-24

The venereal disease problem in
Kent county is a public health ac-
tivity which occupies much time
of the Kent County Health Unit ac-
cording to DR.. e. F. Smith, Kent
county health officer for the State
Board of Health. 1874 visits to the
Milford clinic were made during
the s month period of January
through August of this year, or a
Milford chronicle., 1941-10-24
Freezing To Conserve
Foods Grows Popular
May Result In Establishment Of
Locker Plant In Milford

Interest in quick freezing as a
means of food conservation is grow
ing in Delaware. Quick frozen foods
retain the flavor, color and texture
of fresh foods more than canned
foods. The use of quick frozen
foods enables the family to enjoy
a properly balanced diet of fresh
foods all year round.
Frozen food locker plants are
very popular in the mid-western
and western states but have been
slow in growing in the east. A most
successful plant of over 5000 lock-
ers is operating in Lancaster, Pa.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-10-24
Mrs. H. w. Hastings Is
Found Dead In River
Young AIlddlefOrd Housewife Had
Left Glasses, Purse On River Bank

AOuuS MluulclOIu hUuScWAAC hdu
Left Glasses, Purse On River Bank
TiEes body OF Mrs. H. W II Hastings,
Jr. ,23 years old. was found last
Sunday night in the Nanticoke Riv-
er near the bridge at Middleford.
Police recovered the body by drag
ging the river after the woman's
husband found her car parked near
the bridge. Her glasses and pock-
etbook were found in the machine.
Mr.. Hastings said his wife left
their home near Middleford last
Sunday afternoon to visit her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Parker.
in Seaford. Later when he found
the parked car he notified police.
Mrs. Hastings before her marriage
about two years ago was Miss
Laura Virginia Parker of Green
wood. Deputy Coroner George Pu-
sey of Laurel said an inquest will
be held in the near future.
Milford chronicle., 1941-10-24

Touchdowns-N. Wilkins. Wiley
Point after touchdown-B. Max
we'll (place-kick).
Substitutes: Milford-E. Max
we'll, Geyer, Faix. Alumni. Will
liams, Krane.
officials: Referee-Briggs, Penn
State; umpire, Bower, Gettysburg;
Iinesman, Snowberger, Delaware;
field Judge, Boston, st. John.
Milford chronicle., 1941-10-24
High School Varsity
Beats Alumni, 7-6
@BuCs" Find "Oldsters" Full OF
Vim, VigOr And Vitality

Milford High Schools varsity
football team nosed out the Alumni
last Friday afternoon by the score
of z to in the most hectic game
of the current season. The alumni
played like men inspired, and for
a time it looked like the "Bucs"
would have to bow to the oldsters,
who must have visited the "Foun-
tain of Youth" prior to the con-
test and entered the fray full Of
vim, .vigor and vitality.
The varsity took 10 lead in the
second period when Il. Elton threw
4 Ae5-xssede pass To- Wiley for " a
touchdown and Bob Maxwell place
kicked the extra point.
The Alumni .notched its touch
down in the final period on 25-
yard pass from Griffith to N. Will
kins.
The linpung.
Milford chronicle., 1941-10-24
State Rated Fortieth
In Federal Aid Grants
Second Richest State In UniOn, Del
aware Receives Little Assistance


Delaware, next to the richest
state in the union, was fortieth
among the states in receiving fed
eral aid for public assistance.
This situation, as of 1899, was
disclosed this week in a report of
the Bureau of Census.
The bureau also pointed out that
President Roosevelt recently an
nounced his intention of recon-
mending a revision of the social
security act to permit the poorer
states to receive a proportionately
larger share of federal aid.
IS Cents Per Capita
The 1889 status of Delaware
showed that residents of this state
had a per capita income of $500
fTurn 70 Pass 8. Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1941-10-24
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, October Is, To
Tuesday, October 21, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following atmospheric conditions
prevailed in this vicinity from
Wednesday. October Is. to Tuesday,
October 21. inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1941-10-24
Temperature

Total Rainfall ..... 10
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1941-10-24
Prevailing
Wind

prevailing
Wind
Oct. Is, Southwest-Partly Cloudy
Oct. 16, Northwest-Clear
Oct. II, East-Partly Cloudy
Oct. IS, South-Partly Cloudy
Oct. 10, North-Partly Cloudy
Oct. 20, ENTHUSIASTICALLY Cloudy
Oct. 81, Southwest-Partly Cloudy
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-06

on Mrs. NJ. E. Tucker Sunday evening.
Mrs. Oscar Wolfe spent one day last
week with Mrs. Hester Harvey.
The road between White Church and
Steyer provided entertainment last
Sunday afternoon. Due to plenty Of
snow and high wind the drifts were
much higher than the fences. After the
snow pillow came through and opened
the road, pling the snow far above
tops Of automobiles on both sides of
the highway quite number of folks
of the community gathered to take
pictures of the winter scene. Among
them were Lloyd and Mae Shilling
burg, Mrs. R. C. Burton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Tucker, Misses Helen and Mil
dred Hansford, Madison Tucker, Mr..
and Mrs. Lester Loughry and Mrs.
Frank Probst.
The farmers of the community are
now (Monday) engaged in opening
their sugar camps since the winter
weather seems to be broken.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Steyer, who
have been in Morgantown for some
time, where Mr.. Steyer is employed,
spent the weekend at their home in
this place
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-06
Cash Farm Income
Shows 4 Percent Gain
Total For Maryland in 1910 Was
$72,334,0OO, Including
U. S. Payments

The cash farm income in Maryland
in 1910, including Government pay
ments for crop-program participation,
was $72 ,334,000, an increase of four
percent above 1889.
An increase of four percent over
1889 in all cattle on Maryland farms
also was reported by the Federal Blu
reau Of Agricultural Economics and
the Maryland Crop Reporting Service
Cattle and calves on Maryland farms
as Of January l were estimated at
$4,000 head, the largest number in
the seventy-five years of record.
Farm Income Gains
The average 1910 cash income per
Maryland farm was Sits, compared
with 81 ,648 in 1889. The total included
Government payments, which totaled
$2,783,000, twenty-siX percent larger
than in the previous year.
The reporting service emphasized
that cash farm income SHOULD not be
confused with total farm value since
the latter is based on crops produced
during a given year whether sold dur
ing the year produced or not"
The total farm value of all live
stock, chickens and turkeys on Mary
land FARMS January 1, 1871, was esti-
mated at $35,5O9,O 900, or about 4 per-
cent above the total valuation a year
ago, and II percent above the 10-year
(1930-39) average.
Cows Increase
The number of milk cows in Mary
land increased about three percent
during 1910 and were estimated at
2O8,000 head on January 1. Milk pro-
duction in the state was estimated at
893,O00,000 pounds, or 2 percent more
than the 1889 production.
Hogs and pigs on hand January
were estimated at 214,000, the second
largest number since 1928, but lower
than last years $4,000 head. Sheep
totaled an estimated 10000 head, 5
percent less than a year earlier, and
26 percent less than the 10-year
(1930-39) average.
The number of horses and mules
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-06
STEYER

Our Sunday school is progressing
nicely under the SUPPLEMENTARY OF
V. t. Steyer, with regular attend
iance of most Of the members in spite
of the extreme winter weather we have
been experiencing for the past two
months.
A meeting was held by the PIT A..
last Wednesday night in the Steyer
school building. Entertainment was
furnished by the pupils, who gave d
play, several recitations and readings.
These present were also favored by
very interesting talk by the Rev.
Garrett Evans, special music by Mrs.
Frank Brobst and her daughter, Mrs.
Lester Loughrey. Following the bus
mess meeting and program games
were played, real old time spelling
bee took place and refreshments were
served.
Mrs. Robert B. Burton returned to
her home in Winchester, Va, Monday
evening after SPENDING several days
here with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
C. E. Shillingburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Steyer and son
were visiting with relatives here on
Sunday.
Oscar Wolfe returned home last
Saturday from Hilton, Va, where he
had been employed for a short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Cerne and
daughter spent Sunday with Mrs.
Rosie Cerne.
Mrs. C. E. ShilIingburg was calling
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-06

also decreased, being 1000 less than a
year ago. There were an estimated
$1,000 horses and 10000 mules.
Chickens were estimated at 3,711,000
"a percent drop from January l,
194O-and turkeys totaled $4,000 as
compared with $4,000 year earlier
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-06

A contention that so many separate
government agencies deal with the
farmer and his problems that they
cause unnecessary duplication of eff
fort, waste, extravaganza and confu-
sion" comes from the American Farm
Bureau Federation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-06

Seminole Indians in the Florida
Everglades, who have never sworn al
legiance to u. S. Government, are re-
turning draft questionnaires. "Medi-
cine man says no." they tell the draft
board
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-06

One thousand people were arrested
in Delaware as violators of 200
year-old Sunday blue law. All persons
engaged in %worldly employment"
were subject to the arrest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-06
Lesson for March 9

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission. ,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-06
CHRIST REJECTED

LESSON TEXT-Luke 20 :9-20.
GOLDEN TEXT-Blessed are We, when
men shall revile you, and persecute you.
and shall say all manner of evil against you
falsely, for my sake.-Matthew Sill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
Coach Steve Smrekar Reveals
First String Available
for Hibbing Game.

Coach Steve Snrekar will have a
first string of 26 men including 13
lettermen, available for the Hbbing
game here Friday night. Opening en-
counter of the season, the game will
start at 7:30 o'clock.
Describing his proteges as "un-
polished" because of the short two
weeks of practice, Coach Smrekar would
make no predictions as to what his
club would do against a reported
strong Bluejacket eleven.
On the first string are, 60 indicates
letDerman:
Ends-Keith Brownells, Louis Senta*
William Rowe, Tom Murn. Al Logar
Tom Leroy.
Centers Leo Kuzma*, Roland
Charles
Linemen-Herbert Kerntz*, George
Enquist*, william Klun*, Stanley
Kalan*, Gerald Johnson, Mitchell
Kosiak. John zupancich, James Saari
Robert Koski, Alvin Visit, Frank Tome
Backs-John Novak*, Stanley Nest
Mix, William LeBeau*, Sheldon
Kayute", Merlin Thompson, Joe
Buckner, Joe Omerza.
For additional details see the sports
page.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
Drive Slated to Get
~ State Meeting of
CLIO Council for Ely
State Officials Declare
Facilities Here Are
adequate.

Ely may get the 1912 convention O.
the Minnesota State Go council. Sit
for the convention will be selected il
January. with either this city or Du.
luth being named
Both Ely and Duluth put in bids fol
the conclave at this years meeting in
Hibbing held Friday through Sunday OF
last week. This city is believed to
have very good chance to get the
conclave, according to local Go men,
berS who are backing the drive to
bring the convention here.
Frank Ellis, Austin, president reflect
Of the state council, and Leonard
Lageman, Minneapolis, secretary-treas-
urer and organizational director, who
spoke here Labor Day, surveyed the
facilities available, and declared them
satisfactory.
Sam E. Swanson, Oscar Maxi and
Toiyo Hill attended the Hibbing
meeting as delegates from local No.
1864. The newly formed Evergreen
and Zenith locals are not yet affi-
ated with the state council so were
not represented by delegates.
The Ely delegation put in a bid for
the state convention. Two hundred
delegates registered at Hibbing. Swan
son was named to the legislative and
educational committees of the state
council.
AT the next meeting of the Ely locals
Sept. 20 the drive to bring the 1912
meet here will be further considered
The meet is held in August.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
Council Schedules an
Adjourned Meeting to
Discuss City Finances
COnUenes Tonight to Fix
Budget for Last Four
Months of Year.

| An adjourned meeting of the city
council is scheduled for tonight at
| 7:30 o'clock to compile a budget for
the last four months of the year.
The city has about $4,000 left for
current expenses, or an average of
s20,750 for each of the remaining four
| months
While this is about $4,000 less than
August's current expenses of S24.51O14.
the amount that must be trimmed of
monthly may not be quite this high,
city officials say.
Automatic reductions in expenditures
that viii come through completion of
construction projects and through
other items, and an increase in revenue
from the water and light department
may cut the $4,000 figure some.
One item that may come up for
discussion tonight to increase the
amount Of available revenue is a drive
to collect delinquent light bills.
The adjourned meeting was set at
the regular session Tuesday evening.
Action taken at this meeting follows:
The WPA viii be asked to release
additional funds for sidewalk work this
fall, Waino Somero. city engineer, re-
ported. They total $1,000, and are
sufficient, he said, to build LOO lineal
feet of sidewalk, curb and cutters on
Conan street from Third avenue west
to the city limits, and on Harvey street
from Tenth to Eleventh avenues east.
The final offer" Of a property owner
to sell to the city a strip of land IS
feet wide and lbs feet long between
East James and Pattison streets is
$3.50, Peter MoscateIli, city attorney,
reported. After it was brought out
that second property owner involved
had not stated his attitude on the valu-
alton of a similar strip, the matter was
turned over to Moscateln and Somero
to investigate and report at a later
meeting.
The land will be used as a connect
ing avenue between the two streets,
and also as a riglnt-of-way for city
utilities. It was pointed out by men,
bers of the council that the improve
ments would increase the valuation Of
the adjacent property, a fact that
should be considered in appraising it.
Somero declined to say whether the
$3.50 was fair valuation of the prop
erty, although several councilmen be-
Heved it was.
A stop sign will be erected on the
avenue at the intersection of First
avenue east and Conan street, at the
request of Chief Douglas NankerVis
of the police department, to eliminate
a traffic hazard.
DR.. P. D. McCarty submitted an ap-
pncation for the position of city health
officer sin the event Of a vacancy"
DR.. H. NJ Sutherland has been acting
as health officer in the absence of DR..
Owen W. Parker.
The closing hour of 80 places was
changed from a. m. to Il midnight on
As vote.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
Business Girls Honor
Departing Members

The Business Girls club honored two
of their members who are leaving the
city at a pasty supper at the Somero
cabin on BURNSIDE river. The tasty
pasties were made by Mrs. Ernest
Dunstan and Mrs. Fulford
Miss Irene Thomas, who is leaving
Ely to make her home at Duluth, was
presented with corsage and a travel
ler's iron by Miss Richter in behalf
of the club. Miss Gerda Lindberg,
who is taking a years leave of absence,
was presented with a corsage.
A short business meeting was held at
which it was decided to have a public
card party on Thursday evening, Sep
TENDER Is, at the Community Center
cafeteria. President Vienna Hill ap-
pointed the following committee chair
men:
Tickets, Miss Zella Richter, lunch,
Miss Vienna Somero; decorations Miss
Anna Mattila; tables, Mrs. Emilia
Schuster.
The committee IN charge of the eve
ning's supper arrangements was Miss
Edith Lampi, chairman; Miss Athena
Kotchevar, Miss Saima Laitala, Mrs.
Emilia Schuster, Miss Vienna Hill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
GRANDFATHER
Parent of All Brook
Trout Caught.

Waino Rautio can lay claim
to catching the grandfather of
all brook trout.
Rautio hooked a 3A pound,
20-inch long trout in the Isa-
bella river 35 miles south of
here Saturday, landing the fish
after a Commute fight.
1T put up a battle like a 20
pound northern" said w. J.
Kayute, who lent his moral
support to Rautio as the fight
was in progress.
The fish is being mounted
by Charles Merhar, ST., at the
Ely Hardware.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
Rabbit Timber Tract of
$4,000 Acres to be Sold
Reserves of National Forest
Timber to Replace That
Cut OFF by War.

Timber on a $4,000 acre tract within
the Superior National Forest near Bah
bitt will come for sale this fall, ac-
II. Price, Milwaukee, region forester.
This is the largest national forest
timber sale in a decade in the region.
Bids will be sought about Sept. Is
Merchantable timber on the area in
cludes 100000 cords of pulpwood of
jack pine, spruce, and balsam fir, and
smaller amounts of white and red
pine, aspen Sawtimber, and birch and
cedar railroad tie bolts.
A cutting period of 10 years will
be allowed to remove timber sold
Since the European war began nor
NAL imports of pulpwood from the
Scandinavian countries have been cut
of, Price commented, and heavy cut
ting on private lands in recent years
is making it necessary to fail back on
reserves of national forest timber.
All live timber cut on the national
forests must be marked by federal
fOresters, with a view to maintaining
a perpetual supply.
The timber to be offered for sale
on the Superior is primarily jack pine,
IS years old and ripe for harvesting
Certain over-mature sections will be
clear cut and the ground planted to
new trees.
Most of the area however, according
to Price, will be selectively cut, leav-
ing small, healthy trees to grow and
provide another merchantable crop
within the next Is years. The area
has never been logged for jack pine
but was cut for red and white pine
early in the century.
In conformity with the forest SER
vice policy of helping local people
to make a living from forest land,
not less than SO per cent of all labor
used in the woods operations, ex-
elusive of supervisory personnel, said
Price, will be residents of Lake and
st. Louis counties, in which the stand
is located.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
DIVISION "a" CLASS
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
AND SEWING

Afghan QuiltS-Mrs. Anton Mora
vitz, first; Josephine Shepel, second;
Mrs. Toimi Lepisto, third.
Coveral Apron-Mrs Angela Pirsh,
first; Mrs. Angela Kalan, second; Jo-
sephine Bartovich, third.
Handbags-Mrs. Angela Miklavcich
first; Jennie Nissila, second.
Guest Towel CCrocheteO Mrs. John
Perko, first; Miss Elsie Kotzian, second
Guest Towel Embroidered, white or
colored)-Mrs. George Kochevar, first;
Mrs. Frank Telich, second; Mrs An
gela Kalan, third.
Luncheon Set Embroidered, white
or coIored)-Mrs. John Wilmunen,
first; Mary Lambert. second; Mrs
John Rojakovich, thiri,
Mittens, knit-Mrs. Hannah Palo
first: Mrs. John Somrock, second; Mrs,
T. Colombo, third.
Pillow cases, any style (crocheted =
Mrs. H. C. Hanson, first; Mrs. Anton
Gornik, second; Mrs. George Roche
var, third.
Pillow cases, any style embroidered
white or coIored Mrs. John Rojak-
ovich. first: Mrs. Matt Indihar, second;
Mrs. Angela Kalan, third.
Scarf. any style, Observation-Disclosures
phine Bartovich, first. Mary Barovich
second; Mrs. Matt Cherne, third.
Scarf, any style embroidered, white
or colored)-Mrs. Helen Zbasnik, first;
Miss Elsie Kotzian, second; Mrs
George Kochever, third.
Buffet or Vanity Set (crocheted)-
Mrs. Anton Gornik. first; Mrs. Arthur
Nyman, second; Josephine Bartovich
third.
Buffet or Vanity Set embroidered
white or colored)-Mrs. George Koch
evar, first; Mary Lambert, second;
Mrs. Angela Kalan, third.
Sofa Pillow, any style-Mrs. John
Perko. first: Mrs. ]. Oliver Hall, second;
Mrs. Toimi Lepisto, third.
Sock, knit-Mrs. Art Knutson, first
Mrs. Joseph Camaish, second; Emma
Brobin, third.
Continued on Last Page)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-09-04
MEL'S VARIETY
STORE IS SOLD
Joseph j. Klug, Devils Lake,
N. D., Merchant Buys
Business.

Joseph j. Klug, Devils Lake, N. D.,
merchant, has purchased MePs store
formerly owned by Mel c. Anderson,
and has taken over the operation of
the business. Anderson disposed of
the store because of Ill health. and
left Saturday for Duluth, where he will
submit to an operation.
An experienced business man, Mr..
K1ub, before coming here operated the
New York Department store at Devils
Lake for 81 years, being president and
general manager of the corporation.
The store had a floor space of 1000
square feet, and handled a great var
iety of merchandise, from ladies' and
children's ready-to-wear, furs, miIIin-
cry, shoes, dry-goods. and accessories,
to home goods, floor coverings, rugs,
toys, and notions.
The sale of Mel's store was consum-
mated in the Twin Cities some time
ago, after which Mr.. Klub spent
week purchasing new merchandise
for the Ely business.
Mr.. Klug will completely redecorate
the interior of the building, and will
install the latest type f1uoresceht light
ing.
Mr.. Klug will bring Mrs. Klug and
their family to Ely soon to reside. The
Klugs are parents of seven children,
four boys and three girls.