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Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
Dagsworthy Burton
Passes At Angola
Aged Sussex Merchant Had Served
As Postmaster For 50 Years

Funeral services for Dagswor-
thy Derrickson Burton, age 80
years, 2 months and 5 days, who
died last Saturday night, July IL,
1871, at o'clock at the home of
his son, Clifford E. Burton, at An
COLA, Indian River District, were
held at st. Georges Chapel in In
dian River District, on Tuesday af-
ternoon at $3.50 O'Clock, e. S. T.,
with interment in the adjoining
churchyard.
Nj Burton was one of the Oldest
merchants in Sussex county, both
in age and point OF service, having
operated a general store at An
COLA for 67 years. He also was
postmaster there for 81 years, thus
making him at the time of his re-
tirement one of the oldest, If not
the Oldest, fourth-class postmasters
in the country. He served both un-
der Republican and Democratic ad-
Mr.. Burton's country stole was
SO unique and typical of the gem
eral country StOreS uurlnS Ine OlNli
War period that photograph of it
was taken and published in the
Delaware Guide, work of the wri-'
ters' project of the Works Prog
ress Administration.
He is survived by one son, Cliff
ford e. Burton, former Clerk of the
Orphans Court and Register in
Chancery of Sussex county, a for
ner State Senator of the Fourth
Senatorial District of this county
and at present Sussex County Pro
patton officer; one grandson, Capt
Leland Burton, of Lewes, a Della
ware River and Bay pilot, and two
great-grandchildren, Leland, Jr.,
md Charlotte Burton. One sister,
hrs. Annie Graham, of Houston,
Ilso survives.
Mr.. Burton was constant read
r and kept abreast of the times.
lis store for half century was
endevous for the farmers where
hey would discuss politics and the
rend of the times.
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
G. T. Macklin, Jr.
Made Second Lieut..
Youth Is With States s61st At Fort
DUPONT; Was Telephone Employee

Tech. Sergt. George T. Macklin,
Jr., 261st Coast Artillery at Fort
DUPONT, was commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant last Thursday.
Mai. human A. Martell, post ad-
jutant at Fort DUPONT administered
the oath in the presence of Col.
George Ruhlen. post commandment,
and 1t. Col. Ephriam P. Jolls, post
executive officer. Colonel Ruhlen
and Colonel Jolls were first to con-
gratulate the new officer.
First man of the 261st Coast Ar
tillery to be commissioned in sew
eral months, Lieutenant Macklin is
the son of the former superinten-
dent of schools at Bridgeville, now
a resident of Milford.
A graduate of the Bridgeville
High School. Lieutenant Macklin
attended the Fishbourne Military
Institute, and then went to Dickin-
son College.
Before the 261st Coast Artillery
was called to active duty, Macklin
was connected with the Diamond
State Telephone Company.
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
Giants Assert
Mastery Over
'An-Star' Nine
Jimmy ChartOs, Manager
Hal Gruber Star AS
League Leaders Take
''Dream Game" 8 To 0.

The Milford Giants, who have
been described by sports writers
with such arjectives as redoubt-
able, rampaging, etc., during the
current season, and who have been
making somewhat of a runaway
out of the Eastern Shore League
pennant chase, demonstrated to a
crowd of 1000. rabid fans from the
length and breadth of the Eastern
Shore, gathered at Cambridge,
Nd, ball park last Monday evening
for the Sho' circuits first Dream
Game" the stuff that champions are
made of by blanking the "All-
Stars" chosen from among the
outstanding players of the five
Maryland clubs, 8 to 0.
Manager Hal Gruber, youthful
pilot of the Giants, upset the pre-
dictions of the crackerbox dopsters,
with a surprise selection when he
sent Jimmy Chartos, rookie be-
spectacled highlander, to the
mound and Chartos, with a record
of five wins and three losses, more
than justified the confidence his
skipper reposed in his prowess by
turning in a sterling two-hit per-
formance. A single by Ed, Walls,
Centreyille playing manager, in
the third, and another one base
knock by Billy Denof, Easton out
fielder, in the ninth, were the only
safe blows made by the "All-Stars"
off Chartos' offerings.
While Chartos was spiking the
offensive guns of the opposition,
the Giants found Johnson, Ostrow-
ski and Holmes for five hits. Cru
ber, playing shortstop. led the Mil
ford attack with two hits out of
(Tun to Page 6, Pleascl
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
Rehoboth Folk To Aid
British War Relief
Headquarters For Wool Supply
VIII Be At Home A. Felix DUPONT

Mrs. Phillip Kimball and Mrs.
Francis M. Donohue of Whining
ton, met with a small group of Re
hoboth people at the Rehoboth In
dian Beach Club Monday after
noon. July IA. and they greatly
helped to inspire interest in Reho-
both residents and summer visit
oFs, adding to their already full
calendar of charity work, the Brit
ish War Relief Society work.
Mrs. Kimball shortly explained
the work and every one was most
interested and anxious to help. The
decision was made that headquar-
ters for giving out wool for sweat
ers, trench boots, socks, etc. would
be the house of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Felix dupont (the first floor of
which has been given over for this
purpose) at 56 Oak avenue, Reho-
both, where some one will be on
duty from 10:30 to 1900 each Mon
day and Thursday morning, begin
ming Thursday, the 18th.
ITurn to Page }. Pleasel
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
State Poultry Group E
Forms Defense Setup
Defense Committee Announced By
President Includes Milford Man

appointment of a State Defense
Committee to guide activities OF
the Delaware poultry industry in
the current National Defense Pro-
gram has just been announced by
Charles Conaway, Greenwood,
president of the Delaware Poultry
Improvement Association.
Personnel of the newly-named
committee composed of represen-
tative producers and supply and
equipment men, includes: Dan En-
terline, Dover; e. A. Yutzi, Mills
boro; Alden Short, Georgetown; /;
Victor Lehtinen, Newark! Dave
Green, Milford; William Murray,
Ocean View; John Pitkin, Dover;
1. G. Mumford.' Selbyville; H. r.
Baker, State Board of Agriculture.
and H. L. Richardson, University
Turn to Page 3. PleaseI
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
Is Fire Companies In
Sussex Get State Aid
Total OF s7,5s4.sO Represents AL.
IOtment From Insurance Companies

~
Fifteen fire companies in Sussex
county have had $7,554.80 appfo-
priated to them. The money, re-
ceived from State Treasurer Peter
S. Collins was disbursed by County
Comptroller Henry Roster. The
amount represents Sussex county's
allotment from the fire insurance
companies doing business in the
state Distribution was made, as
follows: Delmar Fire Department,
Inc, BridgevilIe Fire Company,
Inc, Glendale Fire Department,
Georgetown Volunteer Fire Com
pany, Seaford Volunteer Fire Com
pany, each $503.66: Millsboro Fire
Company, Greenwood Fire Com
pany, Inc. Laurel Fire Department,
Selbyville Volunteer Fire Company,
Milton Fire Department, Inc, Lewes
Fire Company, Inc, Rehoboth
Beach Fire Company, Frankford
Volunteer Fire Company, Blades
Fire Company, Millville
Volunteer Fire Company, each
$503.65.
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
The State Board Of Health
Lists Many Hazards That
May Mar Your Vacation

deaths from accidental drowning
as compared to 2S deaths from in
fluenza throughout the state for
the whole year. Three deaths from
drowning have already occurred
this year in the state.
Do not swim directly after eat
ing.
Do not swim or bathe in streams
polluted by sewage.
Avoid shallow water diving, and
be sure there are no submerged
objects you may hit.
Those persons with impaired
ITun to Page 2, PIeasel
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
Poultry Program Is
Outlined In Kent
County Agent Wilson Receiving
Cooperation OF H. L. Richardson

Poultry improvement projects
constitute a most important part
of the agricultural extension pro-
gram in Kent county under the di-
rection of County Agent Russell
E. Wilson, who is receiving the CO.
operation of H. L. Richardson, ex-
tension poultryman of the Univer-
sity of Delaware, in planning and
developing this phase of the county
extension program.
One important poultry project
includes the construction and re-
modelling of poultry houses on a
practical and economical basis,
and there are fourteen of those
houses which have been built or
remodeled according to plans and
(Turn 10 Page 9, Pleased
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18

Creation of a County Farm Sc
curity Administration Council for
Kent county, consisting of seven
leaders in agricultural and COM
munity affairs was announced this
week by J. L. Soper, county super
visor for the Farm Security Ad-
ministration.
The new council, which is made
up of members of Farm Tenant
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18

Summer is the time when almost
everyone looks forward to vaca-
ton and renewed health but care
needs to be taken, or what starts
out as pleasure may end in trag-
edy, warns DIR. Edwin Cameron,
executive secretary of the State
Board of Health.
Take swimming, for example, one
OF our most popular hott weather
recreations. It is splendid exer-
else and lots of fun but exceed
ingly dangerous If swimmers be-
come careless.
Last summer Delaware had 20.
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
All Youth Selling
$1.OO Fair Tickets
Good For Admissions Day Or Night
They Save Buyer SOC; Divide Profits


Sixty-one All club boys and girls
throughout Kent county are busy
selling the All club tickets to the
Kent-Sussex Fair which opens soon
for what promises to be the most
successful fair since its establish
ment % years ago.
The tickets, good for admissions,
day or night, totaling $1.50, sell for
$1.00. Ten per cent of each ticket
goes to the youthful statesmen. In
earlier years the club members
were rewarded for their efforts by
the awarding of pure bred calves.
The percentage plan which follow
ed this was more equitable as each
worker was rewarded according to
the number of tickets sold.
In commenting on the ticket sale,
Helen L. Comstock, county club
agent, calls attention to the rule
that no tickets can be sold after
Monday evening, July 2S. This rule
will be enforced.
TTurn 10 Page ,. Pleasel
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
Rural Delaware Is Organizing
To Aid Drive For aluminium

er planes-will be obtained from
the homes of farms of the United
States.
Members of 81 Delaware home
demonstration clubs and So All
clubs have formed committees for
the collection of the aluminium
from the states farms. Farm fam
flies are starting to look around
Irurn to Page J, PlesseJ
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
Milford Yanlxs Lost
Two Games, Sunday

Locals Lost Decisions To PhlIa-
phia MeteOrs In The Quaker City
The Milford Yanks, lower Della
wares leading colored baseball
team, Travelled to Philadelphia last
Sunday to play a double header
with the highly rated Philadelphia
Meteors. Although the contests
were closely played, the Yanks
dropped both decisions by 2-1 and
so counts. The first game, tied
until the last half of the ninth
inning. was lost on an overthrow
by Robinson, Yanks third-sacker
with a runner on second
trurn to Page 8. PIeasO
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
Create County Farm Security
administration Council In Kent

Purchase. Rural Rehabilitation,
and Farm Debt Adjustment COM
mittees, along with other commun-
ity leaders, will cooperate closely
with the County Land Use Plan
ming Committee. AAA Committee.
and other local groups in planning
and promoting a coordinated at
tack on local problems as they af-
ITurn to Page :, Plsasel
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18

With the slogan, Anything made
OF aluminium will do" hundreds of
Delaware homemakers and farm
boys and girls are joining forces
to plan for collection of used alum
inumware during the week of July
81, part of a nationwide campaign.
During the nine-day campaign 1t
is hoped that 20,0O0,000 pounds of
aluminium enough for 1000 fight
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
Carey's Camp To
Open August 9th
Popular Camp VIII Draw ThOus.
ands OF Peninsula Church Folk

Carey's Camp, located ten miles
from Georgetown and a short dis
tance from the Millsboro-Gumboro
highway will open for ten days on
Saturday night, August 9. This is
one of the most popular tented
spots on the Delmarva Peninsula
and annually attracts thousands of
people from all sections of Della
ware and the Eastern Shore of
Maryland. Forty years ago the
camp was known as Mudford Camp.
This is the last of the thirty or
more camps which used to flourish
Turn to Page 3, Pleasel
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
Temperature

Total Rainfall ..... .73
The following winds and condi
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford
From Wednesday, July 8, To
Tuesday, July Is, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, weather
recorder for Milford, reports the
following atmospheric conditions
prevailed in this vicinity from
Wednesday, July 8, to Tuesday,
July Is, inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1941-07-18
Prevailing
Wind

July 9, Northwest-Clear
July 10, Southwest-Partly Cloudy
July II, South-Partly Cloudy
July 10, Southwest-Partly Cloudy
July 13, ENTHUSIASTICALLY Cloudy
July IA, ENTHUSIASTICALLY Cloudy
July Is, Northeast-Clear
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07
ACCIDENTS IN 1910

According to preliminary report OF
the National Safety Council, recently pub
Iished. accidental deaths in the United
States during 1910 reached a total of ap-
proximately 96,5OO, while about 100000
persons were injured, in addition to those
killed
Motor vehicle traffic took 4,400 lives
and caused about 100000 non-fatal in
iuries, 100000 of which resulted in per-
manent disability. Traffic deaths showed
an increase of per cent over 1889, but
motor travel was per cent greater.
The 1910 traffic death toll was about
1900 above that of 1880 while the annual
mileage travelled was about so per cent
greater. The largest number of motor
fatalities in any year was 39643 in 1897.
Accidents in and about the home ac-
counted for 50, 500 deaths last year, of
which almost one-half were due to falls.
Non-fatal home injuries tOtalled about a.
100000.
Fatal accidents to persons at work
numbered about 1900, and deaths from
accidents in public places, aside from traf-
fic accidents. totalleG $500. The out
standing disaster of the year was a dance
hall fire in Natchez, Miss, which killed
21O Negroes.
It is distressing to reflect that this
gruesome record was made for the most
part through human negligence or reckless
ness. and that a similar record is made year
after year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07
YACHT SERIES COMPLETE

Florida yachtsmen who have worked
for years to draw the loosely knit series of
ocean races into definite pattern will have
achieved their goal Saturday night when
local Yacht club members stage the pre-
sentatOn of the Governors trophy.
The presentation, aside from marking
Key Vests official participation in the
series, means that the races finally have
been welded together into one of yachting's
most important competitions.
Originally st. Petersburg yacht clubs
annual race to Havana was the largest and
best known of the events, but its connection
with the other races in Florida waters was
informal and hay. Since many OF the
Yachts came from Miami and New York.
thew formed the custom of racing to Nassau,
then loafing around to St. Petersburg, more
or less in a body, for the start of the Cuba
race.
After a celebration in Havana, many
of the yacht owners would leave at the same
time. some of them running an informal
race to Key West and the others racing
direct, either to ST. Petersburg or Miami.
Leaders among Florida yachtsmen
have been working steadily to weld the
scattered races into an organized series
which would have greater publicity value
and wider interest. Saturday, with pre-
sentation of a trophy to the yachtsman who
has accumulated the greatest number OF
points in the five recognized races, the
dream will come true.
For Key West yacht club members,
particularly, the important place given
their club is a source of the greatest salts
faction. Perhaps if other local groups
work as Fundamentally, the recent maya
zine observation that "Key West date
line seldom is seen in the newspapers of the
world" no longer will be true.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07
GIFTS FROM THE PAST

Human beings, alive today, should APP
preciate the inheritance that has come to
them from the men and women who lived
in the years that are gone.
This may seem commonplace but the
essence of education involves an under
standing acceptance of the institutions that
have been bequeathed to us.
Those living today arrived in world
that had been developed by others. They
enjoy modern family life. churches, schools,
Governments and. be it added, an economic
set-up that makes for comfortable living.
These things were not always in the
world They have beer slowly developed.
often BY the blood. as we'll as the sweat, of
humanity. In casually accepting them and
i'm carelessly misuSing them we exhibit
form of ignorance that is perilouS to human
progress.
As we comprehend in full the value of
the gifts of our ancestors we are apt 10 safe
guard them. We would not willingly de-
S,roy in a day. or few years the fruit of
humanity's struggle through many CEN
turieS Naturally we benefit by what men
have wrought before Us and the honorable
course in life is 10 preserve these gifts for
ages yet unborn
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TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL
IMPROVEMENT FUND OF THE
STATE OF FLORIDA.
BY Ross c Sawyer
Agent Trustee l. ]. Fund, Monros
County. mari, i94l
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07
PASTOR HALL AT
PALACE THEATRE
JAMES RoosEvELT.s FAMOUS
STORY TO BE SHOWN SAT-
URDAY. SUNDAY. MONDAY

James Roosevelt's famous
story, Pastor Hail., featured re-
Gently on the front cover and in
pages of publicity of Time maya
zine, will be exhibited on the
screen of Palace Theater. on Sat
urday, Sunday and Monday.
Pastor HalP' is a thrilling story
of German family that dared tc
defy the Nazis. The horrors and
miseries encountered in a Nazi
concentration camp is the theme
of this dramatic inspiration.
This is Producer James Roose-
velt's first picture and it is an
epochal one. The story is told
wildly, and without fear.
! Because he dared to preach
kindness, Pastor Hall became an
enemy of the state, taken from
his home, from his pulpit and
plunged into the living death OF
prison camp.
Thrown into camp with prison
erS who were once Germany's
greatest men, he shared their. fate
because like them, he believed in
freedom.
"Pastor Hail. stars Wilfrid
Lawson, Nova Pilbeam and Sey-
mour Hicks. 1t has been selected
as one of the ten best pictures OF
the year by the New York Herald
Tribune, the New York World
Telegram and other important
/ publications read by millions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07

BABY CHICKS. Now booking
orders for delivery any time
after March 18th, order direct
from Advertisement, or will
book for 81 per hundred, ball
ance to reach us 10 days before
shipment. All leading breeds
"A. grade: English White Leg
horns. RI. Reds, New Hamp-
shire Reds, Barred and White
Plymouth Rocks, White Wyon-
dottes. $1,000 per hundred de-
livered. Send for complete
price list. Seminole Hatchery,
Fort Myers, Florida. mar4-l5t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07
Barometer al 7:3o a. M. today
FORECAST

9TH 100 p. m, Saturday.
Key West and Vicinity: Mostly
cloudy with showers tonight and
Saturday: cooler Saturday: fresh
to occasionally strong southerly
winds. shifting II west and north
yvess late TONIGHT or Saturday
Florida Mosly cloudy with
showers tonight and over extreme
south portion Saturday; some
what colder Saturday and over
north and west-central portions
tonight
Jacksonville TO Florida Straits
ard Fast Gulf. Fresh TO occasion
ally stTong winds, shifting IN
west and northwest. overcast
weather tonight and Saturday
with showers this afternoon and
tonight and over the Florida
Straits Saturday
SMALL. CRAFT WARNINGS
srr displayed in the Key West
distract.
C. 6. KENNEDY.
Offsessl in C',asgr
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07

Under Key West date line, the Nj
ami Herald says CAR editorial charge in a
local newspaper that the Key West Hous-
ing Authority violated the Federal Housing
Law was denied" This column is wonder
pE what local newspaper made that
charge; certainly The Citizen has not.
What this paper did state was that it was
RECEIVING COMPLAINTS that the
Shacks of the housing authority are not be-
inp demolished as required by law" 1t APP
pears that the Herald reporters wish was
,ather to that thought.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07
statesmen WANTED

HUSTLER WANTED To intro
duce. supply demand for Raw
leigh Necessities. Good routes
open nearby. Rawleigh Meth
DDS get business. No selling
experience needed to start We
supply Sales. Advertising liter
AZURE. All YOU need. Profits
should increase every month.
Low prices, good values, COM
plete service Rawleigh's. Dept
FAC-l16-63. Memphis, Tenn.
naT6- 4tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07

Very little china comes from China.
and many things are named from China but
arc not native to China. There is the china
hgrk which is the bark Of Brazilian rubia-
Ccous shrub; the china-berry, Soapberry
Of the southern United States and Mexico /;
the china-rooj the rootStock of an East In
dian climbing shrub: and the china-man's $
hat is a limpet we'll known 10 Key WeSterS.
But give credit where credit is due--Chna
is the original home of the sweet orange.
For that we will forgive the Chinese for
having invented gun-powder.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07
Today's Birthdays

us. Senator Charles 0. An
drews of Florida, born in Ponce
de Leon, Fla. ga years ago.
Congressional Mary T. Nor
ton of Jersey City, N. j.. born
there, 66 years ago.
Archbishop Rudolph Gerken of
Santa Fee. N. NJ, Catholic pre-
late. born at Dyersville. Iowa. 81
years ago.
Ben Ames Williams of Boston.
novelist. born in Macon. Miss, 50
years ago.
DR.. August Vollmer of Berke-
lev. Cal. criminologist. born in
New Orleans. IS years ago.
DR.. J. Edgar Park, president Of
Wheaton College. Norton. Mass.
born in Ireland. So wears ago
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07
APPRECIATE EDITORIAL.

Editor, The Citizen:
l read with interest your edi-
torial about the unfortunate Ar
mour- Esser affair. Your fair and
intelligent handling of this mat
ter is appreciated by the COM
handing officer and all the rest
of coast guard personnel attached
to the base.
Yours truly,
G. H. HILTON,
Lieut.. Comdr., U.S.C.G.
Key West, Fla,
March 6. 1941.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes express
siOns of the views of it's read
ers, hut the editor reserves the
right to delete any items
which are. considered libeleus
or unNarranted. The writers
should he fair and confine the
letters to 800 words. and write
on one side of the paper only.
signature OF the writer's must
accompany the letters and will
be published unless requested
afher{yise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07

Our idea of dream come true is the
tory of Andrew Carnegie being turned out
of private park, when a poor boy, and
coming back in after years, buying the park
md presenting it to the town so that no
child in the future should ever be turned
away from it,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-07

Personals-Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Edwards returned here after a
visit of few days in Havana.
Robert w. Pinder, who went to
Miami Thursday for visit with
trends, returned here this morn
ing. Earl England, employed
with the American Telephone and
Telegraph company, who went to
Cuba this week on business
trip, returned on the Northland
yesterday.