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Evening star., 1943-12-30
Mrs. Fulton to Speak
AT UDC Meefiuq

A paper on the History OF the
Daughters of the Confederacy" viii
be presented by Mrs Clara Gaines
Fulton at a meeting Of the Robert e.
Lee Chapter, United Daughters Of
the Confederacy, at 8 pm. Monday
in the Confederate Memorial Hall,
1922 Vermont avenue NV.
The president, Mrs. Seba Laurie
Christie, will preside and refresh-
ments will be served after the busi-
ness session by the hostesses, Miss
Beulah L. Frazier and Mrs. Ruth
| S. johnson.
Evening star., 1943-12-30

night by Sherry Parker. daughter of
Col. and Mrs. Chauncey G. Parker,
at the Sulgrave Club, and earlier
that day, Rosemary Squire will be
hostess at a small luncheon at
Pierre's.
Luncheon parties seem to be pre-
dominant in the activities OF the
Younger set, and two were given
Yesterday, one at which Mrs James
Alexander Lyon was hostess, enter
tanning at her apartment on Con-
necticut avenue for her daughter,
Elizabeth, in compliment to Helen
Grosvenor, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Melville Bell Grosvenor, and the
other. at which Peggy Shumaker and
her cousin, Daisy Simmons, were
ioint hostesses, entertaining at the
Sulgrave Club.
Among the guests at Mrs. Lyons
luncheon were Jewel Davis, Alice
SEE. Marye Thomas, Elizabeth Hui
dekoper, Antoinette Boel, Josephine
Culbertson, Hope Erwin, Joan Blair,
her cousin; Ann Distler and Chris
tian Wells.
Dr.. and Mrs. Lyon came to town
In the Autumn from their country
home. Glen View Farm, in Rockville,
and they will leave next week for
Tucson, Ariz. Mrs. Lyon will re-
main until the spring, but DR.. Lyon
will be absent only a few weeks.
Their daughter will leave Washing
ton next week, too. to return to her
studies at the Knox School in Coop
erstown, N. Y.
Miss Shumaker's and Miss Sim
mons luncheon guests yesterday In
cluded, Emily Jones, Anne Guthrie,
Nancy Mcguire, Eleanor Ong, Sally
Place, Mary MacLean Shepherd,
Mira Noyes. Jesse Butler, Edith
Scott, Rosemary Squire, Josephine
Knowlton, Nancy Trowbridge, Joan
Beauregard, Mary Anna Kyle, Fran
ces Barry, Jean Mcbride, and Benair
Mills.
Another delightful young peoples
party of yesterday was the tea given
at the Sulgrave Club by Louise Gore,
daughter of Col. and Mrs. H. GRADY
Gore. The guests included thirty
members of the alumnae of Finch
Junior College, all from Washington.
Among them were, Jane Davis,
Laura Mae Norris, Mrs. Timothy P.
AnSbeIry tthe former Juliet Kelley
Rose Greely, Mrs. Clifford Folger
the former Mary Dulin), Renee
Morse, Jane WiGemann. Mrs. Nc
Gruder Wingfleld tthe former Carrie
Jones GarretO, Anne Hathaway,
Virginia Durand, Mrs BueIl'T. Hem
ingWay Cthe former Nan Ferguson
Patricia Herbst, Mrs. Clarence F.
Moment, jr. (the former Margaret
Policy, Mary Anna Kyle, Virginia
Hutchinson, Judy Thomas and Mrs.
Paul T, Chittenaen Cthe former Ann
Ri Jaques).
Miss Gore, who is senior at
Finch, is chairman of the Finch Ball
to be given at Sherry's in New York,
February II, for the JeSsica c. Co.'S
grave Scholarship fund.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
COL, Mrs. Johnston
Guests at Dinner

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter L. Greene
entertained at dinner Tuesday eve
ming in honor of Col. John Michae,
Johnston and Mrs. Johnston. Other
guests at the dinner were Col. Ed
ward Garrett Cowen and Mrs
Cowen, and Mr. and Mrs. John Will
liam Rouse, who recently moved Il
Washington from Baltimore.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Sorority to Hear
Jeff Lichfenbere

Legal problems of service men and
women will be discussed by jeff
Lichtenberg at meeting of Eta
Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Beta
Pi, international legal sorority, at
8 pm. Tuesday at the Mayhower
Hotel. The speaker is chairman Of
the District Bar Associations Com
mittee on Legal Assistance to Serv-
ice Men and Women.
Members of the sorority in the
services are invited as special guests.
Mrs. Irene Kennedy, chapter dean,
will preside
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Sunshine Group Plans
More Var Work

Plans for additional Red Cross
work will be discussed by the District
Sunshine and Community Society at
a meeting at 1:30 pm. Monday at
Hotel 2400
The president, Mrs. Samuel G.
Keery, will preside and Mrs. Charles
H. Blair will present group of
readings.
The monthly card party will be
held, with Mrs. Alexander P. Heron
and Mrs. Dana w. Manners acting
as hostesses, at 2460 Sixteenth street
NV. at | pm. January "a.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
League. Meeting

Election Of officers will be held by
the Puerto Rican American Wom-
ems League at a meeting at pm.
Tuesday at the residence of the past
president, Mrs. Mario Julia, the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Miss Owen at Home

Miss Marie Gay Owen joined her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Owen,
in their home on Colorado avenue
for the holidays, having come from
New York, where she is a student
at the Parsons School of Design.
Evening star., 1943-12-30

Her marriage to Mr.. Quinn
took place in Philadelphia
Monday and before that she
Uds Miss Frances Wharton
Lucas, daughter OF Canon Al
bert Ha1Dley Lucas of the
Washington Cathedral of st.
Peter and st. Paul and head
master OF st. Adams School,
and Mrs. Lucas. Mr.. and Mrs.
Quinn 1Oill be at home after
January 3 at 5411 Overbrook
Avenue In Philadelphia.
-Bdchrdch Photo.
Evening star., 1943-11-14

hadn't happened. might never have seen
NY part in place in the bomber, nor under
stood that my little job was really i'm
portant in the war"
It's been some time now since Sara May
broke her arm. But as result of her
experience. and Others like it, things began
to happen in many airplane factories.
Every worker is now taken on tour of the
whole plant The tour ends at the assembly
line where each worker sees the finished
bomber - and the part he on she helped to
make Each one knows now that his job
- no matter how small and nconsequen-
tial it may have seemed before - is vitally
important if we are to keep planes flying
on the fighting fronts, if we are to bring
our boys home quickly.
ONCE workers realize this, absenteeism
drops - and production Increases Fewer
workers quit their jobs to go back to
keeping house or to hunt for other easier
tasks They know that if they quit, new
employees will have to be trained to do the
work - and precious time will be lost.
Thanks to Sara May. thousands OF
workers now see how their small jobs
combine to make mighty whole.
If each one of us, wherever we are On
the home front. will look around now, as
Sara May did, and see the real importance
of our jobs, we can help to speed the day
of victory.
Evening star., 1943-11-14
by Rex Miller

shop orders - locating urgently needed
parts that were lagging behind schedule.
This took her into parts of the vast plant
she had never visited.
One day, while tracking down some
missing part, she found herself beside the
final assembly line of the light bombers.
She paused in admiration. There it was,
the light bomber for which she had been
making parts She had never laid eyes on
one before Sara May glowed with pride.
Until that moment she had never realized
that she was actually helping to produce
such magnificent airplane as this Sara
May stood b1eathless, rapt m wonder.
Her eyes Travelled along the sleek fuse
lage from rounded nose to empennage. She
gazed, emaptmed. at the wing section that
extended toward her. She stepped beneath
it. And. looking up, she saw he1 part, the
part that she had made Sara May gasped.
Its mine" she shouted.
She stood for while staring. There it
was, held in position by bolts and drive
pins and she herself had made it.
A tear rolled down her cheek. Sara May
brushed it off with the back of her right
hand. Those long weeks of training, those
hard days at the machine, had been worth
while She was helping to win the war. to
bring Jack home sooner.
"eYou know" said Sara May when she
told me about this, Il believe hurting my
arm was lucky break for me. If that
Evening star., 1943-11-14

~ARA MAY. runs milling machine in
an airplane factory. Right after Pearl
~ Harbor, her husband went to war,
and she took a training course and got
job.
She clocked in every morning at seven,
went directly to her machine and worked
there, with time out for lunch and rest
periods, until half-past three. What with
running things at home, too, it kept her
pretty busy.
After she had turned out few very
simple anplane parts, they gave Sara May
amne important job. She was put to work
machining fittings that occupy critical
place in the wing structure of a light
bomber. She didn't understand just what
the parts were for, but they showed her
how to make them, and she did fine job.
One morning as she watched her machine
cutting its way through the bright metal.
there was a sharp, loud crack. Sara May
stopped the machine, and then discovered
that her left arm was hanging limp at her
SIDE. A piece of metal had broken off the
part she was making and, much quicker
than it takes to tell it, had hurtled through
the air and broken Sara Nays arm.
In A few days she was back in the shop.
her arm IN sling. But until her arm was
well and strong again, she couldn't do her
regular job at the milling machine.
They put her to chasing down hot"
Evening star., 1943-11-14
SlDEllNEs

CHEER UP. Here are two complaints
aboutetiquette that will interest every par
ent. And Emily Post can't answer them.
Read them to the end and you'll see why.
l. Our earth is degenerate in these lat
ter days There are signs that the world is
coming to an end. Children no longer obey
their parents Everybody wants to write
a book. The end of the world is near"
ii. The children now love luxury. they
have bad manners, contempt for authority.
they show disrespect for elders, and love
chatter in place of exercise. Children are
now tyrants, not the servants of their
households. They no longer rise when
elders enter the room. They contradict
their parents, chatter before company,
gobble up dainties at the table, cross their
legs, and tyrannize over their teachers
The first complaint was written by
discouraged Egyptian priest in 4OOO BIC.
Greek Philosopher Socrates registered the
other one over 1900 years ago. We parents
might as we'll resign ourselves.
DON'T FORGET: 1t was three years
ago on November IA, 1910 - that
Coventry, England, was wrecked by
devastating Maxi bomber attack.
GEN. IKE. Pat Cogan, friend of ours
with the Red Cross in North Africa, relays
this revealing story:
An important midnight telephone con-
ference was being held at General Eisen-
hower's headquarters. The young soldier
at the switchboard was working his head
off with calls all over North Africa. The
Gil had a slight fever but he didn't want
Evening star., 1943-11-14

to tell anybody about it. Finally, though,
a lull came in the conference and his cap
tain ordered him to lie down for while
About an hour later, he awoke from his
doze and heard the switchboard going full
blast. Wondering who could have possibly
replaced him at 2 am, he went back to
his board, found Eisenhower running the
switchboard for his own conference
TIRED. Are Allied victories aging the
Nazi armies of occupation? A hint at the
answer appears in few lines in a Nor
wegian underground bulletin:
German marines have taken over
the Old Peoples Home at kIosterhau-
gen and soldiers now occupy the
Home for Aged Seamen."
Milford chronicle., 1943-02-26
FIRE DESTROYS WORLDS
BIGGEST POULTRY PLANT

Fire destroyed the big chicken
plant of Harold Morris at Bishop
Vile, Md. early last Thursday
The plant was the biggest poultry
plant in the world and supplied
about one-fOurth of the chicks for
broilers on the Peninsula. The
loss is estimated at upwards of
$5OO,OO0. $4,000 to $4,000 incubator
eggs We're lost; 10000 chicks
hatched the day before; 250.000
which would have Matched the day
of the fire. The fire was discovered
about six o'clock and alarm given.
Five fire companies responded to
the call. 1t is believed that the fire
was caused by a defective wire in
the electric water pump near the
front. The plant was a total loss.
and covered floor space of about
25.000 feet. Mr.. Morris started
the chicken business in 1920 in the
basement of his home. and grad
ually increased the business. The
fire companies We're able to save
the home and some other build
ings.
Milford chronicle., 1943-02-26
COAST Guard KILLED
WHEN JEEP OVERTCRNS

A Coast Guard was killed on
Tuesday on the highway near
Ocean View when an Army jeep in
which he was riding collided with
truck and overturned, crushing
him.
According to Coast Guard Off
cials. James r. Harmon. Is years
old. of Pekin. H.. was riding with
another Coast Guard and two SOL
diers when they attempted to pass
truck. The larger machine sud
denly turned off the road, causing
the jeep to crash into its side. The
Army vehicle overturned. pinning
the men inside.
Harmon was taken to the Beebe
Hospital at Lewes. where he was
pronounced dead.
The other men, whose names
were not disclosed. received cuts.
At the hospital. it was said, their
wounds were not serious.
Harmon was recently assigned to
the beach patrol.
Milford chronicle., 1943-02-26
COMMUNICATED

A recent letter to Mrs. ]. Lock-
wood Pratt from her husband,
Commander Pratt, who is on a car
rier somewhere in the South Paci-
fic, contained the article below
which was written by one of the
officers after a visit to a native
dance, and printed in the daily pa
per of the ship. Mrs. Pratt notates
in her letter that it should give
every American an added touch of
pride to their conception of our
sailors.
GENTLEMEN, LIGHT AND DARK
The brown men wore no shoes.
They adorned their black frizzy
hair with red hibiscus blossoms and
wore skirts. Some of the skirts
were fashioned of palm fronds in
terlaced with pink and purple flow
ers. Their language was full of
weird gutterals. They spoke only
the sketchiest English, and said
"Boola" when they met you along
a jungle path. They danced-and
the rhythm was surer than 1--WE, as
strange and sinister as you'd ex-
pect. For they were natives, only
a generation removed from the
aboriginal.
But the puZzling thing about
these semi wild. splayfoot, wooly-
looking people was the friendliness
of their manner-the gentle, out
right decency so evident in every
move they made. They grinned
with their hearts. They almost en-
barrassed you with their generos-
ity. They paid you the compliment
of trusting and liking you upon
first contact.
1t was pleasant to witness the
meeting of these simple brown
skinned men with another group of
gentle men whose skins were white,
whose knowledge of the world was
vastly greater and who wore the
uniforms of the United States
Navy.
Each held the other in mutual
respect. Sailors recognized instant
ly dignity and honesty which rose
high above customs and costumes
which may have seemed to carry a
touch of the lidicrous.
Natives accepted a smiling "TIi va.
JOe." as evidence of friendship and
good will. Neither transgressed
upon the prerogatives of the other.
A good time was had by everybody,
and both groups parted company
glad for the privilege of having
made new friends.
Milford chronicle., 1943-02-26
CHILDREN'S BEACH
HOUSE CHATTER

It's fun these days helping the
fishermen pub in their nets. When
there are things caught in the net
that they do not want, they throw
them out. Soon a big hawk comes
along and gets them.
Some of the boys had a grand
time Sunday evening. One of the
neighbor boys came up on his
wheel and allowed us to take rides.
We have enjoyed having Mrs,
Warrington with us for four days
during the absence of Mrs. Rob
bins. Mrs. Robbins. who has been
visiting her relatives in Washing
ton, returned Tuesday noon. We
were glad to have her return. Her
cards sent to us while in the capi-
tai were gratefully appreciated.
These lovely days are ideal for
playing out We take advantage
while it lasts and stay out when
ever we are free. Monday, as soon
as we had breakfast, we marched
out and lined up to watch the un-
furling of the colors, which was
followed by the flag salute and the
singing of God Bless America"
America" and "The Star-Spang-
led Banner" in celebration of
George Washington's Birthday.
Saturday afternoon we weleom-
ed four new children at the Beach
Milford chronicle., 1943-02-26
KIWANIS CLUB ENTERTAINS
FUTURE FARMERS

The Milford Kiwanis Club wa.
very happy last Tuesday evening
to have as their guests thirteen
young men of rural Milford. who
are members of the F. F. A., Future
Farmers of America.
The lads were dinner guests
then enjoyed a special program
Vinal Bennett, chairman of the ag-
riculture committee. was in charge
of the program.
The speaker of the evening was
William Henderson. assistant coun-
ty agriculture agent for Sussex
county. who resides in Georgetown.
His topic was Six Ways to Win
the War at Home" His talk was
well prepared and gave all the au-
dience plenty of material for con-
sideratiOn and thought.
Marvin Calls. agriculture in
structor of the Milford High School.
also spoke on some of the F. F. A.
boys projects of last year.
S. Penuel Isaacs. past national
secretary of the F. F. A.. and Paul
Hodgson. state director of agricul-
ture instruction. of Dover. were al
so guests. The members of the F.
F. A. present We're Asa Warren.
Gordon Widdoes. Herman Sharp.
Gale Grove, Floyd Blessing. Ralph
Milbourne. Robert Young. Charles
Young, Robbins Webb. Robert War
ren. Edgar Mills, Harlan Swain and
Harold HemSley,
Milford chronicle., 1943-02-26
ADAMS TODD
MILFORD BOY NOW A CAPTAIN

Samuel F. Baxter of 705 North
Walnut street. Milford, has been
promoted from First Lieutenant to
Captain in the Quartermaster
Corps. He is company commander
of Company B of the 18th Regi-
ment in Camp Lees Quartermaster
Replacement Training Center. At
Camp Lee, the Corps largest CEN
ter, Quartermaster soldiers are
trained to take their places on the
farflung battlefrOnts of the world.
Captain Baxter, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. Mason Baxter of Milford. is
graduate of Western Maryland
College. receiving the A. B. degree
in 1898. He was commissioned by
the ROTC in 1888. arriving at Camp
Lee. for active duty November Is.
1941. Prior to being called for ac-
tive Army duty he was production
accountant at the General Chemical
Company of Baltimore.
Captain and Mrs. Baxter, who
was the former Miss Helen Swihura
of East Islip. New York. prior to
their marriage there in December,
1912, are making their temporary
home in Petersburg. Va. One bro
ther, Staff Sergeant Lloyd NJ. BaX-
ter, who is flight engineer with a
bomber command, is stationed Ov-
erseas.
Milford chronicle., 1943-02-26
SWAIN ART WORK IN
NEW YORK SUBWAY

Delawareans who chance to ride
New York subway trains in the
near future will have an oppOrtun-
ity to see some OF the art work of
Robert l.. tBobl Swain. Jr.. car
toonist author of III e column,
Your Delaware and Mine" which
appears every Saturday in the Will
mington Journal-Every Evening.
Mr.. Swain's series of drawings,
entitled Here's How" appears in
the subway car cards, and ex-
plains the origin of many terms
and usages in the armed forces.
Included in the list are dive bomb
er, jeep. tank. khaki. Purple Heart.
and such expressions as leather
neck" and "gob".
The drawings were displayed for
the first time February 8. Mr..
Swain, who lives at Jackson
Heights. y. Y. was graduated from
Washington College. ChestertOwn.
Md. in 1887. His father was born
at Redden. near Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1943-02-26
New Century Club Notes

Mrs. Joseph S. Mach, Of Bridge
Vile, former member of the Mil
ford New Century Club, was- pres
ent for the weekly meeting on
Monday and presented a play called
Just Another Saturday." by John
Wiley. as a gesture for Drama Day.
Mrs. Mach was supported by Mrs.
Linford f. Hoch, Mrs. T. Jeffreys
Ashe, Mrs. George V. Ruos, Jr., Mrs.
James p. Scott, Mrs. Martin l..
Doordan, Mrs. p. Holland Cannon
and Mrs. F. Joseph Wiley, all OF
Bridgeville. The play was well re-
ceived and enjoyed by the large
number of members present. Mrs.
Mach gave a short talk before the
play on civilian morale, which she
considers very important at this
time. She suggested church activi-
ties, good literature, handiwork,
community projects. and plays as
good diversion and morale-builders
A social hour followed when tea
was served. Pouring was DR.. NJ.
Dalema Draper Mrs. John Tooker
was elected to membership during
the meeting.
Next week. Mrs. Walter X. Bar
rett will present safety program.
Mr.. Wallace WOOdford of Dover
will be the guest speaker. Mayor
Edward C. Evans will be present,
and a playlet, concerning safety,
will be given by several members
of the Houston Club. 1t will be
guest day and Mrs. Barrett is anx-
iOus that large audience will be
present to hear Mr.. Woodford.
Mayor of Dover. Refreshments.
and a directors meeting, will fol-
Inv
Milford chronicle., 1943-02-26
GEORGETOWN CIRCUIT NEWS
Rev. L. n. Wright, Pastor

Cokesbury: Worship service at
ten o'clock Sunday school at IL
O'Clock. Your presence is desired.
Bethesda: Sunday school at ten
thirty. Worship service at eleven
thirty. You will be able to see your
friends at these services.
Sand Hill: Sunday school at the
regular hour. after which Bro.
Cason will speak relative to the
week of dedication.
st. Johns: Sunday school at the
regular hour after which Sister
Dodd will speak. You will want to
be present.
On Saturday. February 27. at
2:30 p. M, DR.. Hearn will hold the
fourth quarterly conference. The
officials are urged to be present
and take an active part, bringing
in their reports on the regular
blanks.
Milford chronicle., 1943-02-26
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH

Christian Science Church Service
Report for Sunday, February rs
1913. Subject: CHRIST JESUS.
Golden Text: Hebrews l3:S.-
& Jesus Christ the same yesterday
and to day, and for ever.
A Bible Citation from the Lesson
Sermon; John Is: % 24&26,27.-He
, that hateth me hateth my Father
also. "a. If l had not done among
them the works which none other
man did. they had not had sin: but
now have they both seen and hated
both me and my Father. 26. But
when the Comforter is come, whom
l will send unto you from the
Father, even the Spirit OF truth.
which prOceedeth from the Father,
he shall testify of me: p. And ye
also shall bear witness. because We
have been with me from the begin
ming.
Correlative from the Textbook,
Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures" by Mary Baker
Eddy: Jesus taught but one God,
one Spirit. who makes man in the
image and likeness of Himself
of Spirit, not of matter. Man re-
fleets infinite Truth. Life, and Love.
His purpose in healing was
not alone to restore health. but to
demonstrate his divine Principle.
He was inspired by God. by Truth.
and Love. in all that he said and
did. The motives of his prosecutors
were pride. envy. cruelty. and ven
geance. inflicted upon the physical
Jesus. but aimed at the divine
Principle. Love. which rebuked
their sensuality.
Milford chronicle., 1943-02-26
Obituary
BUTLER

I0G
Delos W. Butler, aged 72 years.
passed away at his home in Ken
dali, New York. on Friday night,
February II. 1943, after several
weeks illness. He was born at
RosebOone. Otsego county. ~ Y,
and while a small child moved with
his parents to Delaware, locating
in the Laws Church district. When
young man he joined the HOus-
ton baseball club, and with A. b.
Burris. now deceased. attended
Washington College, Chestertown,
Md, and became the schools star
battery. Mr.. Butler also played
football. After his college days he
returned to Otsego county and en-
gagged in farming and played with
semi-prO teams in western New
York. His genial and good natured
disposition endeared him to all who
in any way became associated with
him. and to his few fellow ball
players who are left. we must say,
"Lawt has scored his last home
rum" He is survived by his wife,
one daughter, one son. four grand
children. one sister. Mrs. Alta Har-
desty of Bridgeville. Del; two
brothers. Harry n. Butler of New
ark. y. J.. and Fred W. Butler. of
Spring Grove. Pa. Funeral services
were held on Monday, February Is.
from his late home. Rev Charles
Taylor officiating. Interment was
made in Greenwood Cemetery, Ken
dali. n. Y.