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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-17
Q. w. Banking on Tossing Trio
In Game With Oklahoma Aos
Zunc, Gillian, Gustofson Bear Brunt Tonight;
EqgIeston Is Ace of Stur-Studded Visitors

Mat Zunc Bobby Gillian Edsel Gusafson will bear the
brunt of the attack tonight when Washington locks horns
with Oklahoma ntersectonal court battle at
Riverside Stadium that ranks of he prize offerings of the
The opening tap-of scheduled
Around this hard hitting trio Coach Bill Remnant has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-12-17

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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Fire DESTROYS
John Benefits
Stock Barn
Early Morning Blaze
Destroys Large Build
ing, Quantity of Feed; ;
Stock Saved.


Theinenbers of The Carlisle Fire
Company OF Milford did an expert
Job OF ffre-fighting early Thursday
morning when they were called to
a fire at the farm of John Bennett
in Cedar Neck. Arriving at the
scene of the fire shortly after six
o'clock the firemen found large
COW barn on the farm burning fur
iously with the flames eagerly lick
ing at the side of his horse stable.
Is feet from the inferno. Using
water from the 300 gallon tank on
truck number three the boys man
aged to save the horse barn despite
the fact the one end was burned
and large quantity of hay stored
in the loft got on fire several times.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
Mr.. Bennett and family being in bed
at the time of its discovery The
stock consisting Of a number of
cows in the destroyed building and
several horses in the stable were
led to safety by Mr.. Bennett, prior
to the arrival of the fire company.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Economical Marketing
Methods Would Save
Producers, Consumers,
81; ;0e0, 900 Annually


Wider use Of economical meth
ods in marketing Delaware farm
crops can save more than $1,000 900
a year for producers and consum-
ers of. the states fruits, vegetables
and nuts alone, growers from
twelve northeastern states were
told at Bridgeport, Conn, on Tues
day of this week.
Addressing the annual conven-
tion of the Connecticut Vegetable
Growers Association and the North
eastern Vegetable and Potato Coun-
Gil which met concurrently, Earl r.
French, national marketing direc-
tor for the A. and P. Tea Company's
produce-buying affiliate, cited Del
aware as one area in which he said
waste motion and unnecessary
handling costs" are reducing re-
turns to farmer-producers.
AS evidence that efficient mar
keting can substantially reduce
spreads" between prices paid by
consumers and prices received by
producers, French said that, by
eliminating. obsolete stages in dis
tribution, chain stores now pass
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
James Spurry Killed
In Highway Accident
Maryland State Attorney w. G. Her
bin, Jr, Held In Frederick Fatality

James Spurry,- 80 years old, of
Frederick. was fatally injured last
Friday night when he was struck
by car driven by the states at
torney of Worcester County, Md,
while crossing the highway at
Frederick. William G. Kerbin, Jr.,
of Snow Hill, the Worcester Off
cial, said there was a light fog at
the time and he did not see the
man until too lateto avoid the ac-
cident. Magistrate Sharp Wilson of
Frederica. released him under $1,000
bail on technical charge of man
slaughter.
Spurry died in the Milford Mem
orial Hospital from fracture of
the skull and internal injuries. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna
c. Spurry; two sisters, Mrs. Mary
Kelly and Mrs. Emma Harrington,
and nephew, T. Burris Spurry,
Frederica.
Spurry was retired ship car
penter
; Funeral services we're held at
the Rogers Funeral Home on Mon
day afternoon. The services were
conducted by Rev Harry Connor.
[nterment was made in Barratt's
Chapel cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Several lFanriHesAre
Homeless LnMiEord
FOLLOWING TWoFres
American Store, Pierce
Apartments Damaged
Early Friday Morning,
Old Colored S hool
Burned Same Day.

Two fires within 10 hours last
Friday caused damages Of several
thousand dollars in each case and
left six families homeless.
The first fire, discovered about
1880 o'clock, gutted a storage
room over a chain grocery store at
Walnut and Southwest Front
streets, forcing two families to flee
from an adjoining apartment build
ing in their night clothes.
The second fire, breaking out at
10 O'Clock, razed the former school
for negro children on West street.
The two-story frame building has
been used as an apartment for the
past eight years.
Homes of four families went up
in the second blaze with loss esti-
mated at more than $4,000. The
fire had gained such headway that
flremen were unable to prevent the
building from being completely
gutted.
Milford fremen battled the stor-
age room blaze for about five hours.
The firemen were hampered by
smoke, battled the blaze which
smouldered long after it was un-
der control. Fire was believed to
have been caused by defective
iue.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
DeMolay Will
Have Active
Local Chapter
Evergreen Forest No. 49,
T. C. L., OF Milford,
Will Sponsor Organi-
zation For Boys.

Climaxing over six months eff
forts Of former members of Ever
green Chapter, Order of LeMolay,
and a few members of Masonic
lodges in southern Delaware, Ever
green Forest No. 40, T. C. L., at
their November meeting passed a
resolution to again sponsor chap
ter Of the Order of DeMolay with
headquarters at Milford.
A small group of young men who
held membership in the original
Evergreen Chapter have for some
time felt that there was a real need
in our community for the kind of
service DeMolay renders to young
men and older boys. Accordingly,
in May of this year, ten majority
held dinner-meeting at
Poplar Grove Inn and discussed the
project. Out of this meeting came
plans which have been carried to
a conclusion in the parent body
sponsoring the local chapter.
Each chapter of the Order of
DeMolay is under the supervision
Of Masonic body and is subject to
control by an advisory council
made up of members of the spon-
soring body and former DeMolays.
rhe order of DeMolay was founded
by Frank S. Lord of Kansas City,
No., in 1919. From the meagre be-
ginning of nine youths who sought
ind needed kindly advice and, like
III normal boys, enjoyed a boys
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Presbyterians Launch
Attendance Crusade
G. Frank NAPLES Is Director With
A Central Committee Assisting

The attendance at the Presbyter-
ian morning worship service last
Sunday is a matter of news. The
congregation was not celebrating
Easter or Christmas, nor was there
a school baccaleaureate or special
service for visiting fraternal order,
and yet the church auditorium was
crowded and the balcony in use.
'ss This Inspiring attendance f1ark-
ed the launching Of the Arthur B.
Strickland Attendance and Wor-
ship Crusade, Originating in Phil
adelphia this crusade has spread
through Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
and Delaware. Reports
from various denominations in Will
Harrington, Salisbury and
Pocomoke City indicate amazing
success with the Strickland pro-
gram. &
In accordance with the plan
members and friends of the local
Church have pledged
themselves to attend the worship
service of their church for seven
Sundays. The Rev.
John jackson Brown, Jr., Music
Director Thomas E. Zerbe and
other members of the church staff
are combining their efforts to make
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Sen. IunneIl
Appeals For +
United Front
Americans Cannot Be
Defeated If Not Divid-
ed, Sons OF Delaware
Dinner Told.

A united front against the enc
mics of democracy was urged by
Senator James M. Tunnell in his
speech before the Sons of Della
ware at their fiftieth annual ban
quet last Saturday night in Phila-
delphia.
Americans united cannot be de-
feated,' he declared. Americans
divided will suffer the fate of the
divided of all ages -
Senator Tunnell said that the
American people have enjoyed
"contented, safe home life, under
the best surroundings, and under
the best circumstances attained by
mankind" He declared that the
present stuggles is to maintain
that way of life, and urged his
listeners to Stand united to pro-
tect and preserve the American
way"
Earlier in his talk, Senator Tun-
nell commented on the number of
Delaware men and women who have
gone out of the state to earn their
living. He also spoke of the de-
velopment of agriculture and in
dustry in this state, and contrasted
present conditions with those exist
ing when many of his listeners were
growing up.
Governor Walter w. Bacon ex-
tended greetings to the throng of
former Delawareans and others at
the banquet. Mrs. Bacon also at
tended.
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Truckers Group To
Sponsor Conference
Meeting Will Be Held In
Dover December Is To
Discuss Priorities

The Delaware Motor Truck AS
sociation, realizing the necessity
for and Importance Of first-hand in
formation on the matter of prior
ities," extends an invitation to the
public, particularly businessmen of
all types as well as truck operators
throughout the peninsula, to attend
a public meeting to be held in the
budget room, Legislative Hall, Do
yer, on Monday evening, December
IS, promptly at eight o'clock p. m.
T. M. Chandlee, district manager of
the Priorities Field Service of
Washington, d. c., will be the
speaker.
Following a presentation of the
priorities situation and the manner
in which the government is at
tempting to handle 1t, the meeting
will be thrown open for questions.
1t behooves every business man
to take advantage of this opportun-
ity to be present and receive first
hand information about this sub
ject which so materially affects his
business, regardless of what his
occupation or type Of business
might be.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Christopher Wards
New Book Just Out
9DeIaware ContlnentaIs, 1776.17ss'
Adds To States History

Just of the press is 1.-THE Della
ware Continentals, 1776-17S3" by
Christopher L. Ward, Of Whining
ton, published by the Historical So
ciety of Delaware. A book of SOME
six hundred pages Of historical
facts and appendages, 1t will be a
valuable addition to the too few
volumes of Delaware history. For
the first time. I'D years OF conject-
ture about events that might have
transpired during the Revolntion-
airy War days of Delaware, full
data has been given of the Regi-
ment's organization, its marches,
lines of battle, its victories and
defeats during the long seven
years in the service for its coun-
try. Mr.. Ward, a writer of several
historical books, has been mex
in his search for authentic
for his latest book. At last
the glories and the hardships are
told with a fine essence of truth.
The text will reveal to the readers,
perhaps for the first time, the wide
scope Of territory, and the large
number of battles in which the Del
aware Regiment bravely acquitted
itself under such leaders as Colonel
John Haslet, Captain Allen Mac
Lane and Robert Kirkwood. Della
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Choral Society Gives
A Splendid Service
Group Expresses Thanks For Co.
operation Received At Presentation

The Milford Choral Society wish
to express its appreciation to the
following for the help in making
the Candle Light Service the sue
cess it was: to the Calvary Metho-
dist Church for the use of its
church for the service, and to the
churches which so kindly loaned
their vestments for the members to
use at the service, to Messrs. Berry
and Lohand for chairs, to the ush-
ers who assisted at the service, and
to all those who assisted with the
platform and decorations.
Special gratitude is also extended
to Mrs. Harry Mulholland, Mrs. Au-
gust Fair, Mrs. Harry Humes, Wal
lace McFaul, members who contri-
buted generously to our treasury
although they were not able to
join in the Candle Light Concert.
We wish also to thank others
who have also contributed to our
efforts, Mrs. George Hall,
Mrs. George Montgomery, Mrs. Will
liam v. Grier, Mrs. H. r. Walker,
Mrs. w. A. Melbourne and all those
contributing to the silver offering
1T the Candle Service.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Grangers Elected New
Officers Last Week
s. GOlan Armour Is Renamed Mas
ter At Session Saturday Evening


Last Saturday night was annua
election night at Milford Grange
with the following staff elected fol
the ensuing year: Master, S. Golan
Armour; overseer, Frederick Gu
lick; lecturer, Laura Moore; stew
ard, Samuel Armour; assistant
steward, Paris C. Kirby; chaplain,
Maude Abbott; treasurer, A. E.
Num-; secretary, Mamie Watson;
gatekeeper, Davis Watson; Ceres,
Minnie Armour; Pomona, Lurana
Morgan; Flora, Irene Smullski;
lady assistant steward, Virginia
Kirby; musician, Edna Barker.
Following the election the mas
ter. Mr.. Armour, appointed the fol-
lowing committee, comprising Mrs.
A. E. Num-, Mrs. Helen Lynn, Lu-
rama Morgan and Irene Smullski to
pack three boxes for Delaware Col
ony.
A certificate from the National
Grange Master, awarded to the To-
cal grange in recognition OF the
that the grange made
toward the Diamond Jubilee, was
displayed at the meeting. State [
Master Clarence e. Jester, a MEM
ber of Milford Grange was ap-
pointed a committee of one to
have the certificate placed in a
frame.
The members also decided to |
pack a separate Christmas box for
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Tri-StGte Packers
Elect At SeGshOre
Harry Draper, Of Milton,
Elected To Board Of
Directors

New Jersey, Delaware and Mary
land members of the Tri-State
Packers Association elected r. d.
Cleveland of Baltimore president
to succeed Daniel d. Conway of
Hammonton, N. j., at their conven-
ton last Thursday.
o. G. Martino of fredericksburg,
Md, and Norman Stewart of
Bridgeton, N. j., were elected vice
presidents of the Gamers group;
Frank M. Shook of Easton, Md,
secretary-treasurer; and Pratt
Phillips, Jr., of Salisbury, Nd,
Barton Silver of Havre de Grace,
Md, Harry Draper of Milton, and
Oscar Hunt of Swedesboro, N. j.,
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12

mess section into a fairyland; the
thousands of lights are interviewer
in miles and miles OF evergreens,
and large brilliant stars are placed
at intervals throughout the main
street.
Standing sentinel at the entrances
to the business district are the
huge illuminated arches, with their
CHEEKY greeting of welcome and
Merry Christmas.
By day and night the beautifully
lighted and decorated streets and
stores-the latter just full of nice
and beautiful things from Santa's
own pack are thronged with
crowds of happy holiday shoppers.
This year the shoppers who have
made Milford their shopping head
quarters come from every town on
the Eastern Shore. aAll have been
favorably impressed with the beau
tfful display in Plaza Square, and
officials from other towns and
cities among the visitors have only
praise for the efforts of Santa and
his Brownies, aided and abetted
by the Merchants Association.
The merchants this year are dis
playing stocks of fine new mer-
chandise and entering into the
holiday spirit, they have decorated
their stores until each has become
a wonderland" of its own
Beginning with Saturday evening
all Of the stores in the city will be |
open evenings from that date until !
and including Christmas Eve. Many
Of the stores have been open even
Ings since last Monday.
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
New Century Club
Honors Delaware Day
Fine Program Presented At Session
Monday AfterOOn

Mrs. Wilson S. yinyard gave a
very fine book review of Next to
Valor" by Jennings on Monday
before the members of, the Milford
New Century Club. A novel spark
ling with color of the early New
England days, the eventful years
of the French and Indian War and
the thread of romance furnished
by the two cousins, James and Her
bert Ferguson of Scotch parentage,
made the review interesting and
enjoyable. Mrs, Vinyard used the
manuscript of Mrs. William w.
Sharp of Wilmington, who had Civ
en- the review before the Harring-
ton Club. For more than an hour
Mrs. Vinyard held the attention of
the members while. giving the inn
portant happenings of the book. In
of Delaware Day,
which was on December Z, the
members sang "Our Delaware" and
gave pledge of allegiance to the
Delaware Flag which was led by
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Santa, MdyorEyans,
Inute Kids ToCity
Santa Located In Plaza Square Will Haze Gift,
CHEEKY Greeting For Each Small Child; Mer-
chants Displaying NeW Stock OF Merchandise

Old Kris, the Patron Saint Of
innumerable generations Of chill
dren, and Mayor Edward c, Evans,
of Milford, unite today in extending
TO every small child on the Del
marva Peninsula an invitation to
visit Milford during the Yuletide
Season. This invitation also in
cludes the parents of the children.
For the past several weeks a
corps of Brownies, brought by
Santa himself from the far reaches
of the North Pole, have been busy
building Mother Goose" fairy
land in Plaza Square. In the CEN
ter of the square Santa has had
built a house of unique design, in
which he will hold court from now
until Christmas Eye.
If you could tur@ back the pages
of time and imagine that you were
in the Land of Make Believe, where
Old Mother Goose holds sway, you
might be able to get faint idea of
how Plaza Square looks. The en-
tire square has been decorated to
represent the tabled land, and the
"Ahs" and "Ohs" expressed by chill
dren and parents alike who have
visited this novel free at
traction, speaks we'll for the in
genuity and skill of the Brownies,
who. incidentally. together with
"Old Kris" were invited to the city
by the Milford Merchants Assoeia-
ton.
Adding to the color Of the scene
are the beautiful street lights,
which in the evenings turn the bus
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
$921.46 Raised Here
In Red Cross Roll Call
Figure Does Not Include 1896 Col
Iected AT Milford Schools

Miss Ida Draper, roll call chair
man, Milford Branch American Red
Cross, announced today that the an
nual roll call for Milford and vi
cinity recently closed was a de-
cided success with = total of
$921.46 being raised. This figure
does not include 1885 raised in the
Milford schools and sent direct to
wilmington. According to Miss
Draper, contributions ranged in
size from &C to $4,000. The splen-
did cooperation of the roll call
committee which follows is re-
sponsible for the excellent local
showing.
Business section: Mrs. Katherine
Marshall, Miss Elizabeth Stidham;
South Walnut street, Mrs. A. p.
Humes, Miss Anna Radcliffe; South
washington street, Mrs. Rodney
Stuart, Mrs. Wilbur Wright, Miss
Alice Webb, Mrs. Edward Trice;
and Second streets,
Miss Anna Bell, Mrs. Wallace Burn;
Marshall street, Bridgham avenue,
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Church
Prey yToFlames
Last Sunday
Famed BY High Winds
Fire Cuts "a Year Old
Ediice Recently Reno
vated At Magnolia.

The S4-year-oId Magnolia Metho.
dist Church was destroyed last
Sunday morning by fire which start
ed in the chimney only short time
before morning services were to be
held.
About so volunteers of five fire
companies battled the flames, which
completely gutted the frame struc-
ture, for more than four hours in
the face of strong northwest
wind. Ice also hampered the efforts
of the fire fighters.
The Rev Walter L. Beckwith,
pastor of the church, said that the
building was practically a total
loss, only partly covered by insur-
ance.
Interior and exterior renovation
of the church was completed only
recently at a total cost of about
$500. In observance of the i'm
provements and payment for them
in full, home coming services were
held on November %.
The companies responding to
calls to the blaze We're the Rob-
bins Hose Company, Dover; Cam
den, Wyoming, Frederica, and Mil
ford.
Charles Andrews, the sexton, was
cleaning in the main auditorium,
about $3.50 o'clock Sunday morning,
when he smelled paint burning, and
then discovered the chimney blaze.
At first thought to- be of minor
nature, he had Mr.. Beckwith notify |
the Magnolia firemen, who called |
other companies.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Army Orders Plane
Spotting Stations
On "A Hour Duty
200 Men And Women
Needed To Man Sta
tiOns Throughout Day
And Night Beginning
AT Once.

The United States Army has or
dered the Milford chief observers to
see that all plane spotting stations
IN Milford and vicinity go on "a
hour duty Immediately. This order
will continue effective throughout
the present national emergency
According to chief observers this
will take the services of at least
zoo volunteer spoilers from this
city.
Any citizen is eligible to be ask
ed or drafted for this service, and
II you are approached by any
chief observer and asked to volun-
teer your services, you will be ex-
pected to do all within your power
to comply with the request. If there
are enough volunteers IL will mean
that a spotter would have to be on
duty only once week and this for
probably a four-hour trick.
Employers are especially urged
to cooperate in putting over this
project, which is being carried out
under headquarters orders for the
safety and well-being Of the citizen
ry Of this community. 1
This present schedule is no long
er practice, but lie being carried
out in dead earnest. Is official and
part of the national defense scheme
as governed by Headquarters First
1nterceptor Command, Mitchell
Field, New York.
Women as well as men are sought
for the spetting stations, especial
ly for daylight duty when SO many
of the men are employed.
The following are the chief OBJ
servers, who will contact the citi-
zens for service: James Deputy.
Albert Peterman, phone 43S Gus
Faix, phone 1856; Conner Mitten.
phone S37; Jim Evans. Capt. An
thonv s. Summers, phone 439.
Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
.fered W astes Take
Here Heavy Toll OF
'riday States Crops
Campaign To Fill .BloOd
Banks" Went Over Sue
cessfulIy; Splendid Co
operation Given.

u
Mrs. William Marshall, Jr., chair
man of the committee in charge OF
soliciting blood for the use Of the
armed forces of the United States,
announced today that the drive
held here last Friday was an out
standing success, with ninety-nine
persons presenting themselves at
the Milford Memorial Hospital dur
ing. the day. OF this number 16
were rejected for various reasons,
but according to Mrs. Marshall and
Mrs. Margaret McVaugh, of WIZ
mington, the latter in charge of
the campaign for the state, their
to make the sacrifice
them in the same category
as those accepted-Patriots All.
DR.. j. A. Stroud, of Philadelphia,
was in charge of the unit which
consisted of four technicians and
a young Red Cross driver. This
group was most expert and DR..
Strumia of Bryn Mawr, in charge
Of this part of Red Cross endeavor
the nation is to be con-
graduated for having organized
such a competent corps of workers.
The entire program was carried
)ut without haste and each indi-
ridual donor was given expert
medical attention before and after
he operation.
1t is the intention of the Red
Cross authorities to acknowledge |
ZACH donation individually by let
er and three persons over the age |
# 60 who are not included in the |
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Milford chronicle., 1941-12-12
Red Cross Issues
Call For Knitters
Emergency Summons Sent
To Mrs. B. V. Wharton
This Week

Mrs. Bayard V. Wharton, local
chairman of knitting for the Red
Cross, has received an emergency
appeal for knitting to be done at
once for the Navy. Wool will be
purchased by the local branch and
will be in the hands of the knitters
as soon as they signify their wishes
to begin. Mrs. Wharton has sug-
gested that the garments being
done by, knitters be laid aside un-
til the sleeveless sweaters, watch
caps and socks Immediately asked
for have been finished. These must
be done in the next three or four
weeks. This an emergency measure
which must be begun at once.