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Milford chronicle., 1942-11-20

Gently at two raccoon dinners
Guests on both occasions had an
enjoyable time.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. H. Lank and
Miss Mary Lou Slemons spent the
weekend in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Snyder oi
Milford, were dinner guests on
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin
O'Neal.
Mrs. Jesse Fox visited relatives in
New Jersey this week.
On November IL, William L.
Smith, "a years old. of this town,
officially became the first World
War II veteran, to become mem
ber of the American Legion in Del
aware.
Smith, who received discharge
from the Army last July 8, because
of physical disability, was inducted
into Glen Rayne Post, No. Is, Del
mar, at meeting in the Legion
Hall. The new legionnaire was in
Quoted into the Army last May IA.
Until his discharge he was station
ed at Fort Dix, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. James Burrows Of
Washington were weekend visitors
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Burrows.
Louis Hastings. U. s. Navy, of
Philadelphia, spent the weekend
here with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Hastings.
Lieutenant Commander and Mrs.
d. A. Mcmillan and son Russell of
Washington, d. c., were the week.
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. v. ].
Carmine.
John Sturgis is visiting his
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Maddox in Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Miss Betty Figgs, a student at
Beacon, spent the weekend here
with her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burns Marvel en-
tertained Robert Williams of Lau-
rel over the weekend.
Mrs. Ottie Baylor of Philadel-
phia, spent this week here with
her mother, Mrs. B. w. Parker,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Hastings and
of Laurel, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner L. Hast
ings of this town.
William L. Hollis, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. L. Hollis, of this town, has
been awarded the coveted Navy
Wings of Gold" and has been COM
Second Lieutenant in the
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve at the
Naval Air Training Center, Corpus
Christi, Texas.
Lieutenant Hollis received his
wings with the designation of a
naval aviator from Rear Admiral
a. z. Montgomery, commandment, OF
the training center at graduation
Hollis volunteered for flight train
ing in January of this year and re-
ceived preliminary instruction. at
the U. S. Naval Reserve Aviation
Base, Amacostia, D. C.. Upon the |
successful completion of this train
ing he was transferred to Corpus |
Milford chronicle., 1942-11-20
MAGNOLIA

Sixteen young people attended
the meeting at the parsonage last
Tuesday evening and organized
with the following officers: Presi-
dent, Helen Smith; vice president
Jane Patterson; secretary, Ger
trude Spayd; treasurer, June Spayd
Refreshments were served by Mr.
and Mrs. Beckwith after which the
meeting adjourned to meet Decem-
ber 1.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Storey at
tended a family reunion at the
home of their son, Secretary of
State w. ]. Storey and Mrs. Storey
at their home in Dover.
Announcement has been made
that next Sunday morning: the offer
ing will be given to the Wesley
Junior College.
Magnolia was reported among the
Star Charges, meaning the church
budget is paid in full for the half
year.
Milford chronicle., 1942-11-20
DELMAR

| James Truitt has notified, his
parents of his safe arrival in Eng
land.
Howard Taylor, U. S. Army, oi
Myrtle Beach, N. c., is spending q
furlough here with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Lit Taylor
Mrs. George Reid who has been
the guest of DR.. and Mrs. Howard
Locates for several weeks has re-
turned to her home in New Ro-
chelle, N. Y.
Mrs. Georgia Ellegood, Mrs. Ma
bel Hearn, Mrs. Reta Wilkerson
Mrs. George Sparrow and Mrs. Su-
sic Marsh attended the banquet and
the annual visitation of the Mary
land Grand officers of the Mary
land Grand Chapter of the o. e. s.
at Pocomoke City on Wednesday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James L. Hearn,
Sr., are announcing the engage
ment of their daughter, Lillian Mae
to Sergeant Charles Jon Yavorski.
Sergeant Yavorski of the U. s.
Army Air Force is stationed at
Philadelphia, and is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Yavorski of Nc
Keesport, Pa. The wedding will
take place on November 81 in
Mount Olive Methodist Church in
Delmar.
DR.. James Lord will perform the
ceremony.
At a recent meeting of the Del
mar Home Demonstration Club,
officers for 1943 were elected as
follows: President, Mrs. Harry
Brumbley; vice president, Mrs.
Grover German; secretary, Mrs. Ed
ward Krewatch; treasurer, Mrs.
Dallas Gordy. The clubs annual
Christmas party will be held at
Kings Community House.
First Glass Seaman Charles
Beauchamp, Jr., of New York, was
home over the weekend with his
parents. He is is recuperating from
injuries received when his ship
sank an enemy submarine.
Arie Hastings entertained re-
Milford chronicle., 1942-11-20
SELBYvILLE

Next Sunday, November %, will
be observed as Harvest-Home Day
at Salem Methodist Church, when
a display of canned fruits and vege-
tables will be at the altar of the
church throughout the day and will
be donated to the Methodist Hos
pitai, in Philadelphia, as has been
the custom for many years. The
pastor, Rev. w. ]. Ennis, B. D., will
also preach the Thanksgiving SER
mon at eleven in the morning. Rev.
Ennis and his mother, Mrs. Nan
Ennis, entertained over the week.
end former teacher of Rev. Ennis
when he was a boy, Mrs. Marvin w.
Thomas, now professor of social
science at the State Teachers Col
lege at Salisbury, Md, and her
mother, Mrs. Wilson, also of Sails
bury. e.
Mrs. Thomas was the guest
speaker at church both morning
and evening on Sunday. Her talk
in the morning was abouth music
and was based on the hymn, "The
Son of Man Goes Forth to War"
Two other favorite hymns were
also included in her. talk. Rev.
Ennis read two passages of scrip
ture, one from Revelations, 7th
chapter, and another from Acts, 7th
chapter, verses 81 through the Goth
verse.
Paul E. West was at home with
his wife, Mrs. Helen Chandler
West, for a few days during the
past week.
Mrs. Joshua Quillen and daugh-
ter, from Philadelphia and Ocean
View, were dinner guests of the
formers sister-in-law, Mrs. Isaac
Quillen, Sr., on Friday night. The
latter's two little grandchildren
from Ocean City have also been
there for a short stay while their
parents, Kathryn and Billy Purnell,
were on trip to Baltimore, Nd,
and Washington, d. c.
Suite a number of people from
Selbyville attended the funeral
services of William T. Brasure, of
Clarksville, at the ST. Georges
Methodist Church on Saturday.
Mrs. Madeline Watson Whaley
and Mrs. Louise Crozier Pepper left
last week to attend the New York
Tribune Forum and to visit friends
in New York City. Mrs. Whaley
will return by the way of Washing
ton, D. c., to visit a former college
friend there and near Baltimore,
Md.
Peter Whaley and his little son,
Peter, paid visit to the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter P.
Whaley, in Whaleyville, Nd, on
Sunday. ,..s :" 80 4tT.
o. Walter Dukes, from Upper
Darby, Pa, spent Saturday night
and Sunday with his mother, Mrs.
Roxie Wilgus Dukes. The latter's
sister-in-law, Mrs. o. w. Wilgus,
from Snow Hill, Nd, was a guest
there several days during the last
week. .--, -
Mrs. Becca Kieth Smith spent the !
last week end in Dover. She went
with Miss Mary, Fassitt. who was
going to accompany. friend to
Washington, d. c., to spend the
weekend with Miss Hannah Long
of this town, who has been a teach
er at College Park, Nd, for the
past five years. |l
The Great Chiefs made vista
ton at a joint meeting Of Ayita
Council, Degree of Pocahontas, and
Wissahickon Tribe of, Red Men on
Monday night. The ladies served
refreshments.
Milford chronicle., 1942-11-20
ROXANA

The stork visited the Peninsula
General Hospital, Sunday, Nov. 8
and left a fine baby son for Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Nelson. Mrs
Nelson formerly was Miss Grace
Lynch of here. Also a nice baby
girl for Mr.. and Mrs. John Howard
the same day. Mrs. Howard is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ebe Jones
living on the Roxana-Selbyville
road.
Corporal Horace Lynch, Jr., of
Patterson, N. j., visited his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Lynch,
Sr., last week.
Mrs. Jennie Morris is visiting her
children in Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. william D. McCabe
entertained a number of guests at
dinner Wednesday,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vollie Lynch, ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Adkins, spent Sunday and
Monday in Philadelphia.
Miss Hilda Bennett, of Whining
ton, spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cove Ben
nett.
Dicky Lynch is home with his
mother, Mrs. Alva Lynch, and is
employed at John H. Tyres feed
store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Hudson and
two children, Ellen and Robert,
were dinner guests Sunday of Mrs.
Hudson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ebe Jones, on the Roxana-Selby-
vile road.
Mrs. James Richards and son,
Jimmie. of Philadelphia, and Mrs.
C.. R. Davis, of Frankford, were
callers of Miss Alice Lockwood Sat
urday evening.
Mrs. Russell Wilgus accompan-
led friends to New York City where
they will spend this week.
Mrs. James Leary is spending a
few days with her husband and
daughter in Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1942-11-20
DAGSBORO


The Kings Servants Sunda
School Glass will meet with Mrs
Andrew Hickman on November 2
it was postponed from Novembe
10, due to the illness of Mrs. Hick
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Lynch ami
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Hickman o
Frankford spent the weekend will
Mr.. and Mrs. Sirman McCalliste
at Baltimore.
Edward Birmingham of Philadel
phia, is spending the week with hi
brother, Mr.. and Mrs. Corklin Brit
tingham and also his mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Gray en-
tertained to a duck dinner on Mon
day, Rev. and Mrs. John H. An
derson and sons, Daniel and Lieut.
Charles r. Anderson of Port Hous'
ton, Texas, and Margaret Timmons
nurse of Salisbury.
Mrs. Joshua Daisey returned af-
ter spending a few days in Philadel-
phia with relatives.
Miss Phyllis James of Rehoboth
was a dinner guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Orville Layfield on Sunday.
Miss Frances Williams of Will
mington spent the weekend with
Miss Ellen Daisey and her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. William Williams.
Mrs. Lorenza Clogg is i'll at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. James
Kitchens at Selbyville. We wish her
speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Timmons
has been spending a few days in
Philadelphia.
Miss Ann Wharton of Seaford
spent the day last Wednesday with
Miss Doris Layfield.
On November IL, the employees
of Dagsboro Dress Factory, all as
sembled at the Methodist Church
and knelt in prayer for peace and
for the boys in the armed forces.
There were prayers in the factory
also.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Hickman en-
tertained to dinner Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph West and daughter, Mrs.
Helen Turner and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Hudson of Millsboro.
A. ]. Timmons passed away last
Thursday night at his home near
Dagsboro. Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon at his resi-
dence. He is survived by his wife
and two sons, Gerald and John Tim
mons, and two grandchildren. In
terment in Red Mems cemetery. The
family has the sympathy of the COM
munity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Gray, Jr.,
spent the weekend with Mrs. Gray's
mother, Mrs. Georgia E. Gibbons of
Georgetown.
Lee Bunting of Baltimore, spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Bunting.
Andrew Hudson of the U. S. Ar
my, spent Saturday to Tuesday with
relatives here.
Norman Rounck and brother call
ed on friends in town Sunday. Mr..
Rounck made his home here for
quite a while while building the
new bank.
Mrs. Laura Brasure is spending
some time with her daughter, Mrs.
Harley Vickers.
Milford chronicle., 1942-11-20

ing will be held at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Roy Barwick.
Special Service
On Sunday morning, November
%, in the Greenwood Methodist
Church the service banner in hon
or of all the members and con-
stituents of the church, who are
in the service of our country, will
be presented with appropriate SER
vices. Earle D.. Wiley, whom most
of us know and remember well as
a former. Greenwood resident, and
member of the Greenwood Metho-
dist Protestant Church, and who is
now our Congressman-elect, will be
the guest speaker. Mr.. Wiley is a
most able speaker and will bring a
very worthwhile message to those
present. The public is cordially in
vited.
Milford chronicle., 1942-11-20
GREENWOOD

Corporal Ralph Spanish has re
Gently been transferred from Tue
son, Arizona, to Miami Beach, Flor
ida.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Parker ant
Mrs. Edward Nuttle Of Federals
burg, Md, were guests of Mr.. ant
Mrs. ]. c. Loockerman and Mis-
Mary Loockerman for Sunday eve
ming supper.
Miss Marie Blobaski spent tn,
weekend @in Baltimore with hel
sister.
Miss jeanette Kafbach was il
Baltimore and Washington over the
weekend.
Charlotte Conaway was in viii
mington Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Owens Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Roland MessicB
and family in Milford Friday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Conaway en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Gordy
Frank and Carolyn on Sunday.
DR.. Olin Allen of Wilmington is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. C. H.
Spence. On Sunday DR.. and Mrs.
B. M. Allen were down for the day
with Mr.. and Mrs. Spence.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Smith en-
tertained at a miscellaneous show
er in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Anthony, who were recently mar
ried. Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony receiv-
ed many nice gifts and enjoyed a
pleasant evening with their host
and hostess and the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Owens en-
tertained Glass No. 4 of Grace
Methodist Church at their home
last Tuesday evening. After the
business meeting, games were
played and delicious refreshments
were served. Those enjoying Mr..
and Mrs. Owens hospitality were
Rev. and Mrs. ]. L. Jones, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlisle Farrow, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Roy Barwick, Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Graham, Betty Anne Graham,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Mills, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Coulter, Mrs. Clarence
Spence, Mrs. Clarence Ocheltree,
Mrs. Mart Uhler and Mrs. Lester
Draper.
On Wednesday evening Mr.. and
Mrs. James Smith entertained the
Sunshine Glass of the Methodist
Church. The guests enjoyed a very
pleasant social meeting with Mr..
and Mrs. Smith.
The supper held by the Green
wood Methodist Church last Sat
urday was very successful and
those in charge wish to thank ev-
eryone for their cooperation.
Church News
The Methodist Churches of
Greenwood will hold union evange-
listic services starting November 20
and continuing until December 10.
The services for the first week
will be in Grace Methodist Church.
william H. Boyer of Seaford will
be the chorister for the two weeks.
The two pastors, Rev. A. E. Knice-
ly and Rev. ]. L. Jones will can
vass the people of the community
together, leaving in each home
evangelistic literature and per-
sonal invitation to attend these spe-
cial services.
Home prayer meetings in prepa-
ration for the meetings will begin
Monday evening, November %, in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. E. V.
Ocheltree; Tuesday evening at the
home of Mrs. Minnie Owens.
Wednesday evening, November
25, the annual Union Thanksgiving
service will be held in Grace
Methodist Church at 1880, with
Rev. A. E. Knicely bringing the
A union choir will sing.
Friday evening the prayer meet
Milford chronicle., 1942-11-20

children Joined them for a very
pleasant visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Wyatt. of
Georgetown. and Mrs. Harry Lin
denberg, of Essington, Pa, were
the guests of Milton relatives on
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Crouch. of
Philadelphia, spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mrs. Mary Quig.
Milford chronicle., 1942-11-20

Save your oils and fat drippings,
take it to your grocer or meat mer-
chant and get five cents per pound
for it. 1t will be used by the gov
ernment to make glycerine for the
firing of certain type shells. Don't
take less than pound, and be sure
that it is drained free Of particles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-09
BY PETER EDSOk
Monitor Leader Washington
Ccrrespondent

WASHINGTON, April g
This 500 million COMPRESSION
al appropriation to aid small
business is only the beginning.
As the Murray bill, " it
posed the Senate 81 to o,
which sounds q little bit like
Notre Dame VS.. Vossor, and it
probably will go through the
House Just as decisiveIy otter
the Eoster recess for everyone
loves small businessmen in an
election year. But don't think
for O minute this will solve the
problem Of small business in
wartime. A hundred million
dollars for this purpose is just
O teoser.
The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation has already LOOM
ed about S8 billion or 50 bill
ion TO big business for war pro-
duction. The 500 million for
weeks or six months, depend
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-09

Robert HeiIferty is 95 years old.
He is Civil War veteran He hos his
ideos about how we should win this
war. He expressed them in New York
the other doy otter watching port Of
our Army porode for almost four
hours.
1T is my belief" sold Robert He'll
terty, "thot we gather oil those who
ore obIe to shoulder q gun, secure ships
enough to send them over in q body
and then rip the life out Of them"
The strategy may be foulty, but
spirit is right
Apostles Of defeotism within Amer
ico please toke note.
Berlin and Tokyo popers pleose
copy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-09

American sailors, unlike their
commissioned officers, have long
known how to toke core Of themselves
in street browI in which no holds are
barred
American midshipmen at lost ore
learning to kick, claw and give EN- the
knee. And they ore learning with the
blessing of Secretary Knox, who hos
called for Navy That can fight dirty
if it must"
At Annapolis courses in navigation
ore being coupled with classes in the
fine art Of street browIne.
This is not in the American trod-
ton. Neither, unfortunately ore the
tactics Of the foes whom the Navy
must meet.
America will not mourn the loss Of
q tradition if losing it hel ps win the
war. additionally Americans would
rather fight fair but if need be they can
adopt the tactics Of foe who has
tossed all the rules out the window in
q desperate effort to win at any price,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-09
Q McKENNY ON BRIDGE

Here is an old play from the
days of whist and auction that
helped Accvcs win a top score.
East put the king of spades
on the open ing lead, and
AcevcS, sitting South, took the
preCaution of letting him win
the trick. The purpose was to
gain a tempo IN case East had
only two spades.
East led the second spade,
and South was in. South led a
diamond and the trick was
duCkcd to East. Now East was
unable 10 continue spades, be-
cause Of declarer's foresight.
His heart lead was won by the
ace. Declarer established the
diamonds, losing trick TO
West.
West saw that clearing the
spades was useless, so he re-
turned the jack Of hearts, fore
ing the king. When the dia-
monds were caShcd East was
squeezed, and dcclarer did not
have to guess the club fineSse
TO win 10 tricks.
At other tables dcclarer lost
contract 10y winning the first
spade trick.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-09

You ore going to do q lot more to-
ward winning this war than you are
doing right now If you do it with q
smile, SO much the better. But you
ore going to do it-ond how.
Things you hoven't even thought
about ore going to happen to you. You
doubt thot2 Well, just look back year
ogo or even less. Suppose someone had
forecast thot today you'd have no cuffs
on your pants, thot you'd turn in an
old tooth paste tube before you could
get q new one, or ride q bicycle inste ID
Of cor-if you have q bicycle.
You would have laughed and q2ne
on listening to that radio cornento-
tor telling you the Jops would be q So
touch for US big, rich Americans.
Get ready, brothers and sisters,
there1I be some changes made before
you win this war.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-09
OBSERVATION

Pleasant it may be as we'll os po-
triotic, in these days Of spring, to sit in
hilltop observation post and scon
the blue for oirpIones. To the north of
one we know of ore purple hills, to the
west more purple hills, to the east on
DINER ridge, and to the south the sweep
ing valley, where in half hidden hoIlows
the little ponds CLEAN in the SUM-
shine. Rambling old white tormhouses
dot the countryside - red barns and
toll slos. Billowine blue smoke trolls
over long freight train in the valley.
A nearby windmill creoks in the wind.
Now that nesting time is here, the
observer sees birds on every hand
Buebirds skimmine the air and CAROL
ing as they go. Song sporrows triIIing
their iubiIotion on adjacent fence
posts. A pair Of meadow Iorks lighting
in meadow A red-wine making q
roucous arrival in toll tree-top.
Phoebes calling pIointiveIy. A great
hawk circIine over neiehborne bern.
And peppers Ginning like q string of
bells, as the spring morning wakes.
Watching for oirpIones. Pursuit
planes or bombers. Ready for Amy
Flash. " High, southwest to northeast"
Wings Of America flying for freedom
Wings Of birds. And the wings men
have made.
From the Christian Science Monitor
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-09
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jim Tully does right by the
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-09
BY PAUL HARRISON


HOLLYWOOD, April - If
Gene Autry and Smiley Bur
nette hadn't got into a contest
of story telling at each others
expense, the secret of why Au-
try first decided TO crash the
movies might have been for
ever locked in the ample breast
of his loyal sidekick. And that
would have been too bad for us
ordinary mortalS who some
times find comfort in evidence
that great destinies swing on
mighty slender threads of cir
Cumstance.
We were on an outdoor set
Of "StarduSt on the Sage and
the director was picking up a
number of brief scenes to COM
plete the picture. The two prin-
Cipals worked in alternate shots.
While Smiley was knocking
down the villain who was about
TO dynamite a mine, Autry told
me how a farmer once diSCour-
aged Brunette with a remark
about his accordion playing.
Then the star went before the
camera, and Smiley told me
about Genes discontinue at
the hands of traffic cop.
LOST THAT on
Next it was Autry's turn, and
he recalled the time Brunette
lost them an engagement in
Canada during their early barn
storming days. When a customs
officer asked the value Of their
Is instruments, Smiley immod-
estly claimed that the accord
ion was worth $1,000, the Vio-
I'm $500, the guitar $500, and
so on. The official added the
figures and then demanded a
40 per cent cash deposit. Re-
suit was that the entertainers
were hustled back across the
border.
These "reminiscences went on
until Brunette finally was goad-
cd into telling why Autry turn
ed screen actor. I'VE were trav-
cling around TO broadCasting