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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
w. C. T. u. To Hold
An-Day Session Here
Convention OF Sussex Groups VIII
Convene At Calvary Church May IA

The Sussex County Convention
OF Women's Christian Temperance
! Unions will convene IN Calvary
Methodist Church, Milford, Thurs
day. May IA, for an all-day ses-
sion. Mrs. Ethel Wheatley, Of Sea-
ford, president Of the county asso7
citation, will preside.
Each local president will review
the work accomplished by their re-
spective groups during the past
year in talks limited to two min
utes each.
Mrs. Berthalee Broyles of Illinois,
nationally famous speaker and song
writer, will give the address of the
afternoon after which one of her
songs will be sung by the Seventh
Grade Quartet of Milford schools,
Ruth Clements, Patsy Ann Mills,
Jack Tease, and Bob Wakefield.
Mrs. Anna Lee Waller of Del
mar, state president Of the organ
ization, will speak at both the
morning and afternoon sessions.
A special feature of the conven-
ton will be the Guests Hour" !"
when the mothers of boys now
serving with the nations armed
forces will be the guests of Milford
Union, with Mrs. N. B. Downing
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
AS SeSS m G nj
In
Sussex County
$2,326,611 Gain Reported,
Rate To Remain Same.
But Yield win Show
$1O,475 Increase.

Members of the Sussex County
Board of Assessment including
Robert B. Elliott of Seaford, Chas.
d. Lingo of Milford, and Townsend
P. Rust of Greenwood, have certi-
fed to the Levy Court Commission
ers that the assessed valuation of
the real estate in the county is $47,-
361,714. This is $2,328,611 more
than that of last year, and will
bring into the county more than
$10.475 additional revenue.
The general tax rate last year
was 40 cents with an additional
levy of five cents for liquidation of
the Indebtedness for the addition to
the county Jail. This years tax
rate has been set at As cents. There
fore, residents will not pay any
more taxes than last year, but more
revenue will be obtained by the
additional assessment.
The capitation tax, fixed at 81
per person will bring in $32,7S2,
provided all are collected.
SeafOrd. RehObOth Areas Lead
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Gasoline Use
In Eastern
States Is Cut
Fifty Per Cent
Reduction Effective May
Is; Car Owners Must
Register To Obtain Ra-
tiOn Cards At Public
Schools.

Gasoline consumption in the east
will be slashed so per cent below
normal starting May 16, the War
Production Board announced this
week. This means that many of the
areas 100000 motorists probab-
ly will have to get along with as
little as five or six gallons a week.
The reduction becomes effective
the day the seaboard area begins
using ration cards.
While the overall curtailment
will be one-half, informed sources
explained that 1t would amount to
about a so per cent cut for non-es-
sential users of automobiles, since
necessary vehicles will continue to
receive their full requirements of
fuel.
Dates for registration to obtain
ration cards are May II, 13 and IA.
The registrars will be public school
teachers and the public schools will
be the registration places. Figures
in parenthesis indicate the number
of teachers in the school.
In Kent county-Smyrna (29),
Dover (50), Caesar Rodney (30),
(29), B. T. Washington
14), FELTON, (16), Frederick (7). To-
tai number of teachers 175.
In Sussex county-Milford (44),
1s). Milton (s0), Reho-
both (14), Seaford (41), Selbyville
(15), Lord Baltimore (1S). Bridge
Vile (26). John M. Clayton t16),
Delmar (20), Georgetown 1851, Lau-
rel (42), Lewes (25), Greenwood
I'D. Total number of teachers 351.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
City Fathers Pleased
With POUCer Returns
Drive To Bring Old Ac-
counts Up To Date Is
Decided Success

According to Mayor Edward C.
Evans, City Manager Charles E.
Banning and the members Of Mil
ford City Council, the drive launch
ed recently to bring back light and
water accounts up to date has been
a decided success and the taxpay-
ers Of the city are thanked by the
aforementioned parties for their
splendid cooperation in helping the
city build up a cash reserve.
With the deadline set at May
for continuance of current and wa
ter service, few residents of the
city were in arrears. Those behind
were notified in person and given
ample time to pay up. A few we're
deprived of light and water service
temporarily, but according to city
officials, with one or two excep-
tions, all outstanding bills have
been paid up.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Soldier. Killed
In Collision
Near Milford
Private Leo Theriault Is
/. Victim OF Truck Car
Crash; Woman Driver
Held In $2,5OO Bail.

Mrs. Kathleen McCabe Murray
25, Dagsboro, was held in $2,5OO
bail for the action of the grand
jury by Magistrate Sharp Wilson
Frederick, last Friday on a charge
of manslaughter by automobile
following the death of a soldier in
a collision two miles south of Fred
erica at 3:45 o'clock last Friday
morning.
The soldier who. was fatally in
jured was Private Leo A. Theriault,
80, stationed at Camp Pendleton,
Virginia.
A jury summoned by Coroner
William M. Chambers, at an in
quest held at the funeral home of
VIM. A, Berry, Jr., Milford, return
ed an open verdict, holding that the
soldier had died of injuries re-
ceived in a collision between an au-
tomobile operated by him and a
seed truck driven by Mrs. Murray.
Theriault, said to have been
hurled from the car he was driv-
ing, owned by Edna F. Robbins,
Belmar, N. j., was taken in the
ambulance to the Milford
Memorial Hospital where he was
dead.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Mrs. H. Pierce
Elected Head
OF Milford
Century Club
Succeeds Mrs. G. Mar
shall Townsend; Mrs.
Elizabeth Riggs, First
Vice President; install
latiOn Next Monday.

Mrs. M. Haswell Pierce was elect
ed president of the Milford New
Century Club on Monday afternoon
at the regular weekly meeting of
the members. Mrs. Pierce succeeds
Mrs. G. Marshall Townsend, who
has been the clubs presiding Off
Ger for the past two club years.
Other officers nominated and elect
ed were Mrs. Elizabeth Riggs, first
vice president; Mrs. Alfred Hous-
ton, second vice president; Mrs. j..
Burton Hendricks, of Frederick,
third vice president; Mrs. Frank E.
Conlin, recording secretary; Mrs
Theodore Townsend, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Watson Shew. trea-
surer and Mrs. Raymond Masten,
auditor. Members elected to the
board of directors for 1942-45 were
Mrs. Joseph J. Pearce, Mrs. Robert
Griffith, Mrs. Frank e. Conlin and
Mrs. Philip Jacobs. Next week the
newly elected officers will be in
stalled and this will be the final
meeting for this spring. The club
reopens the second Monday in Oc-
tober. Mrs. Joseph ]. Pearce and a
large committee of members will
serve refreshments on Monday fol-
lowing the installation. The outgo-
ing president will give report of
the past two years work. The nom
mating committee for the ticket on
Monday was composed of Mrs. Phil
ip Jacobs, chairman; Mrs. Joseph
j. Pearce and Mrs. David N. Sills.
A large number of members are
expected to be present for the final
meeting on Monday.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Cedars Ceremonial
Here Next Wednesday
Deceased Members VIII Be Honor
ed At Special Meeting

Evergreen Forest, No. 40, T. c. L.
will complete the first half of the
season with a banner ceremonial
on Wednesday evening, May Is, In
the Community Building, Milford
This get-together will take in many
of the features staged by the Forest
during the year.
ffiglf-f -ffghtfng tine meeting VIII be
the period set aside for a memorial
service in honor of the members
who have passed during the year.
Past Grand Master James P. Pierce
of Milford, and Past Grand Master
T. Scott Purse of Seaford, of the
Grand Lodge of Delaware, A. F. &
A. NJ, both members of the forest,
will take part in the service.
Grand Tall Cedar Warren T.
Moore and Capt. Edward Green of
the forest rangers, are arranging
the induction of several new mem
bers. Capt. George Atkins and his
stunt crew will provide an hour of
hilarious fun along the lines used
during the past season that proved
so popular. Evergreen Band, under
The direction of Prof. Chester
Stroup, will furnish music for the
occasion. Several additional fea-
.ures are being arranged that will
ldd to the evenings pleasure.
Chief Steward Fred. Mulholland
Ind his committee will serve re-
reshments at the close of the pro-
;ram.
Reports of several important
will be read during the
Meeting.
Under normal conditions, Ever
.reen Forest reopens in October.
)ue to present conditions the ex-
cutive committee has decided to
withhold any plans for the future,
waiting developments.
Warren T. Moore, Grand Tall
,edar, of Harrington, will preside
the ceremonial, assisted by A.
Idward Stevens, senior deputy, of
elbyVille.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Guardsrnen To Honor
Captain Summers
Retiring Commanding Officer OF
Co. c WIN Be Given Banquet

officers, non-cons and enlisted
men Of Company @. Delaware State
Guard this city are giving 4 han-
quet next Thursday evening, May
IA, at 1880 o'clock in Milford
Grange Hall in honor of Captain
Anthony Summers, retiring COM
mander officer of the company.
Captain Summers, who has been
identified with military affairs in
the state for the past thirty years,
has been retired from active duty,
by the government, due to a ruling
that prohibits federal employees
from participating in state military
organizations. Captain Summers is
a rural mail carrier.
Sergeant DR.. James West will
serve as POSTMASTER for the affair,
and will introduce the honored
guests which will include Mayor
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Shortage Of Asphalt Expected
To CMrtaiI State Road Work

Prohibition of the use of asphalt
and similar materials for surface
treatment and maintenance of
highways, except those certified by
the Bureau of Roads as essential
to national defense, is expected to
curtail the annual maintenance and
repair program of the State High
way Department.
w. w. Mack, chief engineer, State
Highway Department, received the
order prohibiting the general use
of the material last weekend from
Secretary of Commerce Harold L.
Ickes.
Mr.. Mack said the order was nee
essary because of transportation
difficulties. The asphaltic material
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Milford Rotarians To
Aid Beach Project
Service Club Members Voted To
Roll Up Sleeves And Go TO Work

hOH Up sleeves ana TO 10 WOrk
At a meeting of the Milford
Rotary Club held Monday evening
in Varney auditorium in the COM
munity building, a motion was
made and carried whereby the men,
bers will dispense with their reg
ular Monday evening dinner meet
ings for the balance of May, and
for the entire membership to re-
port prepared to work at the Mil
ford playground and hathing beach.
Each member under the plan will
carry his own lunch, and promptly
at 6:15 the Rotarians will gather
in the pavilion on the grounds, eat
and then return to work. continu-
ing their labor until dark.
Requested BY Mayor
The action taken by the local
service club is in response to re-
quest made by Mayor Edward c.
Evans, chairman of the bathing
beach and playground project, for
all men in the Milford community,
able to work TO report to the play
ground prepared to donate their
services as laborers, mechanics,
plumbers, etc., two or three nights
each week until the project is COM
pleted.
This action was deemed neces-
sary by Chairman Evans and the
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
DR.. Pickens To Speak
At CIolored PTA Meet
Treasury Department Official VIII
Deliver Main Address Tomorrow

DR.. William Pickens of the Treas
urv Department will deliver the
main address at the annual meet
ing of the Delaware Colored Par
ent-Teacher Association to be held
in Dover at the Booker T. Wash
ington School on Saturday, May 8.
During the morning those in
charge of a number of the war ac-
tivities in Delaware will explain
the service that is requested of
groups such as the one in conven-
ton. Features of the morning will
be the Victory Sing" led by Mr..
Glenn Gildersleeve and the demon
stration of work accomplished by
girls from the Home Economics de-
partments of the schools, under the
direction of Miss Emily King. Mrs.
Cecie P. Henry of Dover, State
President of the colored associa-
tions, will preside at the meeting.
DR.. Pickens will speak at the after
noon session which will begin at
one-thirty. The meeting will be
open to all interested. !
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08

is imported here from Mexico and
the shortage of tankers and tires
has cut down the amounts avail
able for use.
Until he has completed study
of the order and it's results, Mr..
Mack declined to say what the full
effect in Delaware will be.
Efforts are being made to deter
mine how many roads in Delaware
may be certified as roads essential
to defense.
Black top roads, on which as
phalt is used for surface construc-
ton and maintenance, are in use
throughout the state although New
Castle county has more mileage of
such roads than Kent and Sussex,
Mr.. Mack explained.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Peninsula W.S.C.S. To
Meet In Wilmington
Church Women Will Gather
At Upstate Church On
Friday, May Is

The Women's Society of Chris
tian Service of the Peninsula Con-
ference will meet in Peninsula
Church, goth and Washington
streets, Wilmington, on Friday, May
Is, at two o'clock. Mrs. William w.
Sharp. of Harrington, the president,
will preside at this meeting. The
speaker will be Miss Thelma Stew
ents of New York City, executive
secretary of Christian Social Rela-
tions and Local Church Activities,
whose subject will be Widening
the Horizon of the Local Church. ="
The soloist for the session will be
Mrs. Esther Bradley of Whining
ton. There will be a meeting of the
executive committee of the society
at the same place in the morning
at ten o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Farm Building Near
Frederick Is Raced
Bradford DawkIns' Residence Prey
TO Flames; Defective Flue Cause

The frame farm home of Brad
ford Dawkins, about one mile west
of Barratt's Chapel, ON the road
from the chapel to Canterbury, was
burned to the ground about mid
night last Wednesday.
When the Frederick Fire Com
pany was summoned, the blaze,
which, firemen said, started from a
defective chimney, was beyond con-
troll and there was no water. The
firemen, however. managed to save
some of the furniture and prevent
ed the flames from spreading to
outbuildings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dawkins were in the
house at the time of the fire. The
house was partly covered by insur-
ance. The property is the former
Lingo farm.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
State AllOcated
$l33,5OO Sum
In U.S.O. Drive
DIR. Walter L. Grier Is
Chairman Of Drive for
Milford, Lincoln And
Glendale.

DR.. Walter L. Grier, prominen
Milford executive and sportsmas
has been named director of the q
S. o. drive for this city, including
both North and South Milford, Lin.
coin and Ellendale.
To meet the increasing services
of the U. S. o., which on May II
opens a war fund campaign fol
$32, 900, 900, Delaware has been ask.
ed to raise $133,50 it was announ-
ced this week by Lammot dupont
chairman of the state campaign
committee.
The county quotas are: New Cas-
tie, $126.OO0; Kent, $2,5O0, and Sus-
sex, $1,000.
A year ago the Delaware response
to the first U. S. o. campaign was
so generous that the quota was
raised midway in the drive when it
was found that an original goal
of about $37,500 would be easily
topped.
Now, with 9. S. o. operations IN
defWay IN 40 states ana nine terfl-
tories, with a total of 42S U. S. o.
clubs in action, providing "a home
away from home" for every member
of the armed forces, the national
council estimates it will require
about three times as much to ad-
these services effectively
for the coming year.
Many Endorsements
From the newest private or COB,
marine or coast guardsmen in the
service of the United States up
through the ranks of their COM
officers there have come
thousands of endorsements and ap-
precautions of the U. S. o. help and
The sound effect it has on morale.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Deepwater In Dimming
Order Opposite Dover

The Deepwater Point refer
red to in Major-General Irv-
ing T. Phillipson's order for
dimming-out of all Delaware
coastal areas is the one on
Kelly Island about so miles
south of Wilmington and not
the well-known New Jersey
point across from Whining
ton, an Army official from
Fort DUPONT said this week.
The officer pointed out that
General Phillipson's regula-
tions took in Kent and Sus-
sex counties in Delaware. but
not New Castle county.
Kelly Island is a small
piece of land of about the
same longitude as Dover and
is not included in all maps of
the state. Deepwater Point
can be found, the Army OFF,
cial said. on a land classifica-
tion map of the state.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Wheat Growers Favor
Government Control
Delaware's Vote Is Given As 5C5 In
Favor And % Against

Tabulations of the wheat grow
ers' referendum indicated that more
than rs per cent favored continu-
ance for another season of the fed
eral marketing control system.
With about three-quarters of the
expected total vote counted, the
ballot for marketing quotas stood at
174,91S. The opposition vote to-
tailed 56,745.
Delaware's vote as announced
following incomplete tabulation was
given, as 565 in favor and 20 against.
The vote already had been count
ed in most of the states where agri-
culture department officials ex-
pected substantial opposition, sug-
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
DR.. VIM. w. Day Dies
At Local Hospital
Pennington Physician May Have
Been States Oldest Practitioner

DR.. William NAPLES Day, n
years old. thought to be the old
est practicing physician in the
state, died last Wednesday after
noon, April 29, 1912, in the Milford
Memorial Hospital.
He had been compelled to give
up his practice in Pennington
about two months ago because of
his health, after 54 years in that
work in that community.
DR.. Day was taken to a hospital
in New York City, and was returned
to his home about two weeks ago.
On Friday, April "a, he suffered
a heart attack and was taken to the
Milford hospital.
Surviving DR.. Day are his wife,
Mrs. Ruth Hill Day; one daughter,
Mrs. David S. Grant, Brooklyn, N.
Y, and a sister, Mrs. Clara D. Hall
of Pennington. DR.. and Mrs. Day
celebrated their fifty-first wedding
anniversary January IA.
Funeral services were held at his
late home last Saturday afternoon
at o'clock. Interment in st. Johns
town cemetery at Greenwood.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Houston Farmer Hurt
In CuItivator Fall
Henry Schwartzfager Victim OF
Unusual Accident On Monday

Henry Schwartzfager, a 64-year-
old truck farmer of near Houston,
was seriously injured when thrown
from a mule-drawn cultivator on
Monday afternoon. He had borrow
ed the cultivator from Clinton Mar
vel, a neighbor farmer, and was
loading 1t on a sled to return it,
seating himself ON top Of the load
to drive the mule when the animal
suddenly bolted. He was thrown
in the path of the sled and sustain
ed fracture of the hip and shoul-
der.
Kyle Krone, Houston garage op-
orator, who witnessed the accident,
took him to the Milford Memorial
Hospital where his condition was
reported to be serious.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Weekly DOingS OF
Red Cross Workers
Schedule OF Meetings For
Milford For Week Be-
ginning May 8
General Chairman
Mrs. Wallace McFauI
Canteen COrps

Mrs. J. S. willis, Chairman
Thursday, p. m,-Nutrition class
at Old Chapel Building. Miss Ele-
amor Mcknight, instructor.
First Aid
Mrs. J. J. Pearce and Miss Sara Grler
co-Chalrmen
New standard first aid class will
start Monday evening, May IL, at
7:30, in the community building.
Mrs, Florence Trayers will be the
instructor.
A new advanced first aid class
will start Tuesday evening, May IL,
at O'Clock in the community build
ing. Curtis Williams will instruct
the advanced course.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Firenen Probe Two
Garage Blazes Here
Valuable Building Material Is Con-
sumed In One Fire

Two garage fires which occurred
in Milford early last Saturday
morning, one in which considerable
building material was lost, are be-
ing investigated by firemen.
The first fire was at the new
garage of Garfield Sharp, on the
Rehoboth Boulevard, just south of
Milford.
In this garage was stored building
material for Mr.. Sharp's home
which he is building. A large por-
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Stamp No. l In Ration
Book Good For Sugar
Now; Schedule Is Given

Rationing Board officials
said yesterday they are being
questioned by both grocers
and consumers wanting to
know when sugar ration
stamps are valid, and the
amount that may be purchas-
ed.
The first four stamps, they
announced, are good for one
pound of sugar each, on the
following schedule:
Stamp No l, good from May
5 to May 16. y
Stamp No. 2. good from May
II to May 30.
Stamp No. 8, good from May
81 to June 13.
Stamp No. 4, good from
June IA to June 27.
Only the first four stamps
in the books have been desig-
mated as sugar stamps. Others
may later be designated as
good fer rationed products.
Also, officials said, sugar quo
tas may be changed after
June 27.
Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Red Cross Secretary
Submits April Report
Statement Prepared By Mrs. w. S.
Vinyard DiscIOses Many Activities

Mrs. Wilson S. Vinyard, secretary
of Milford Unit Delaware Chapter
American Red Cross, has submitted
the following informative report on
the work accomplished by the local
unit during the month of April:
Mrs. Joe Pearce and Miss Sara
Grier reports the following for first
aid work: March 26, Miss Jernee,
instructor, completed class with 35
students finishing. March 2S, Drs.
Reed and James, instructors, COM
pleted class with 81 students fin
ishing. 1877 students at beginning
of month; 56 students finished the
course, II students in classes to
date. 40 hours for six instructors.
Mrs. G. Marshall Townsend is the
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Serenous M. Messick
Found Dead Monday
Body OF Houston Resident DiscOV-
cred By Daughter Near His Home

Serenous M. Messick, 6S years
old, who resided near Houston,
died suddenly of a heart attack on
Monday morning, May 4th, while
on his way to work in the woods as
a lumberman. His body was dis
covered by his daughter, Rosanna,
a Milford High School student,
about Is minutes after he left his
home.
DIR. H. W. Smith of Harrington,
was summoned and pronounced
Messick dead. Kent county Coro-
ner William M. Chambers of Fell
ton was called but owing to the
obvious cause of the mans death
he held only an inquiry and not an
inquest, finding death was caused
by heart attack.
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Milford chronicle., 1942-05-08
Natl. Traffic Safety
Award Is Presented
State Safety Council Directors Re-
ceiVe Handsome Bronze Plaque

At a meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Delaware Safety
Council, held in the Hotel DUPONT
on April 28, bronze plaque was
awarded to the State of Delaware
for second place in the Eastern di-
vision of the National Safety Coun-
ellis 1941 traffic safety contest.
The award was presented to Gov.
Walter w. Bacon by Mr.. r. T. Sol
ensten, vice-president for member
ship of the National Safety Council.
"It is conspicuous achievement
Delaware has made" Mr.. Solensten
said. He pointed out that in 1941
highway fatalities in Delaware,
based on mileage increases. had
dropped over the previous year by
IL per cent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-11
Weather
FOrceSNet
Overlap

Officially. the Highland Park
Tennis Clubs first annual tourna-
ment, mems and Womcn'S singles
divisions. is under way. Actually.
tho entries 90 in the mems and 30
women. have yet 10 swing a rae
quet They have been al the
weather's mercy for the past three
days.
First round matches in each
section arc scheduled AZ Ford
Field again for today, but the
committee viii permit players 10
get together on courts nearer their
homes In that fashion early
matches can be disposed Of In a
relatively short period, the com
mlttee believes.
As il is. the three days delay
means overlapping the Hamtramck
event opening Saturday The
thirty-third annual clay courts
event follows at Tennis Club Au-
gust % and the Catholic Youth
Organization August %.