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Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
Personal Happenings

Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Grier
have been in Philadelphia this
week.
Miss Dorothy Pierce was the
guest Of her mother, Mrs. Willard
Pierce last weekend.
DIR. James E. West of Brooklyn,
N. Y, will spend this weekend
here with his family on Clarke ave-
nue..
Miss Irene Kraus. of Providence,
r. l., recently spent two weeks
with Mrs. Richard Hartley, of Mil
ford.
Corporal T. r. Williams of Camp
Butner, N. c., is the guest of his
mother. Mrs. Elmer T. Williams,
this week.
Corporal Lawrence Sharp of
Fort Benning. Georgia. is enjoying
a ten-day fIirlough in town with
Mrs. Sharp.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Wallace of
Harrisburg, Pa, will arrive today
to be Easter guests of Mrs. William
P. Richards.
Mrs. George V. Horton will re-
turn to Milford tomorrow after
spending the past month in Old
Point Comfort, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. 1. Miller. of Col
lingsdale, Pa. spent Wednesday
and Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond wilkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Baynum
spent the past weekend in Cam
den, n. j., as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Nutter.
Private Wilbur Warner of Har-
ringtOn. who was lately inducted
into the Army. is now stationed at
Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Johnson, of
Catawissa. Pa, will spend Easter
with Mr.. and Mrs. George Baynum
and Miss Anna Ratcliff.
Mrs. George T. Macklin will go
to Yardley, Pa, on Sunday to be
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Satterthwaite for a few days.
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Joseph S. Rogers returned to
New York where he works, after
spending a few days the past
week with his wife at their home
here. +
Private William p Haughey has
returned to Shreveport, Louisiana,
after spending a few days with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Percy
Miss Kitty Clements. Bernard
and Jimmie Clements of Newark.
will spend the Easter holidays with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Clements.
Miss Mary Pearce of Harcum
Junior College, Bryn Mawr, Pa,
IS expected today to spend Easter
With her parents, Mr. ana Mrs. JOS
sph j. Pearce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Remsen c. Barnard.
who have been spending the winter
months at their home in Holly
wood, Florida, are leaving for home
IN Easter Day.
.
Harry Brakeley, of Bordentown,
Y. j., was the guest of his par
.nts. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brakeley,
'vernight on Monday and helped to
celebrate Mr.. Brakeley's birthday.
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Commander and Mrs. ]. Lock-
wood Pratt and their daughter, |
Iiss Mary Lynn Pratt. of Wash {
ngton, are expected to spend Eas- {
er here with their mothers, Mrs I
. Lynn Pratt and Mrs. Frank l.. a
irier. G
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
EdIted By VIRGINIA s.TOWNsESD

lIzIIII77 EVERAL Eastern pa
pers have recently
carried articles
about the conver-
- sion of a part of the
New Haven home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Laws into an
emergency station where in
jured persons might be cared
for until time permitted their
removal to a larger institution.
Milfordians will know Mrs.
Laws better If she were called
Neva Matthews, a former resi-
dent. Mrs. Laws lived here
with her parents and brother
during her childhood and her
father conducted a pharmacy.
She later lived in Wilmington
and now in that larger city of
New Haven, Connecticut, where
she with her husband and a
group of neighbors have set
up this emergency station.
Most of the equipment has
been donated and there is
money for necessary items.
Graduate nurses, three of
them and two doctors have vol
unteered their services if
needed so this community,
Millbrook, a suburb of New
Haven, is well organized for
whatever it is called upon to
do in the way of hospitaliza-
tion. The set up has been very
well worked out with the aid
of civilian defense and Red
Cross workers and it would be
fine pattern for any small
community removed from a
general hospital. Local friends
are very proud of Mrs. Laws
and her contribution to the
cause of humanity.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23

The elections will be conducted
by the members of the boards of
the respective districts. The chair
man or president of each board will
preside at the elections. with two
other members as judges. The
school elections are to be held in
the principal school house in each
district.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

The engagement has been an
nounced of Miss Clara West, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Avery West of
Seaford. to Preston Timmons. son
of Clarence Timmons, of Days
horo.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
LORD

The funeral of Mrs. Ella p. Lord,
Sc years old, widow of Robert H.
Lord. will be held at o'clock this
Friday afternoon at the McCrery
funeral home, Wilmington. Inter-
ment will be in Riverview Gene
terry, Wilmington. Mrs. Lord died
on Tuesday. April 20, at the home
of her sOn-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. William P. Benson, in
Wilmington. She was a native of
Milford and had been a resident of
that city for 80 years. She was a
daughter of the late William and
Mary Morris of Milford. Surviving
in addition to Mrs. Benson. are two
daughters. Mrs. A. F. Russell. and
Mrs. Willard S. Williams. both of
Wilmington; two sons, Leslie r.
Lord and Robert M. Lord, both of
Wilmington. and a brother, Sewell
Morris. of Stanton. Six grandchil-
dren. an equal number of great
grandchildren. and several nieces
and nephews also survive. Jack R.
Lord. one of the grandchildren, is
with the Navy in the south
west Pacific.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
PAsTMAsTERs' NIGHT APRIL %

Temple Lodge, No. 9. A. F. and
A. NJ. Milford will hold Pastmas-
ters' Night in the Temple on North
east Front street on Friday. April
%. Conferring Third Degree.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
WILSON

John Robert Wilson, So years old,
son of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore E. Wilson, of Stockley, died at
his home Thursday morning. April
Is, after an illness of about six
weeks from heart trouble. Funeral
services were held Sunday after
noon at Grace Methodist Church,
Georgetown. in charge of the pas
tor. the Rev. W. p. kesmOdel. In
terment was made in Union Gene
terry. Georgetown. He is survived
by his wife. Mrs. Armenia NJ. Will
son, and one son. James; one sister,
Mrs. Paul Short of Georgetown,
and one brother, Eldridge Wilson,
of Philadelphia. Also surviving
are half-brother. Ernest Wilson,
of Dagsboro. and two half-sisters,
Mrs. Fred Lynch. of Milford, and
Miss Florence Wilson of Westfield,
n. j.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Ward
of Dubois, Pa, are receiving
the congratulations of their
friends upon the arrival of
Lois Jean on March IS. Mrs.
Ward will be remembered as
the former Miss Jeanette Kir-
by.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
HARPER

Mrs. Mary S. Harper. 20 years
old. of Dover. died in the Kent
General Hospital Thursday after
noon, April Is. from heart all
ment. She was the widow of Ar
thur ]. Harper of Milford. Surviv-
ing are a son. Arthur j. Harper,
Jr.; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph
Kichline and Mrs. Joseph Lewis; a
brother. William Mckee, and a sis
ter, Mrs. Helen BOyles, all of
Dover. Funeral services were held
from the Torbert funeral home in
Dover Saturday. with interment in
Barratt's Chapel. The Rev. Lau-'
renee T. Beers. astOr of First Bap-
tist Church. officiated.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23

Among the vessel transfers of
last week is the City of Milford, 179
tons, owned by Stephen E. Plunkett
and purchased by A. J. Mcintosh.
The boat is well known in Della
ware. having been built in Milford.
A concert will be given in the
New Century Club on Monday even
ing for the benefit of the Milford
Free Library. Remember the date.
The first homegrown Delaware
asparagus sold in the local markets
on Saturday for twenty-five cents a
bunch.
Davis r. Grier left OIL Tuesday
for an extended business trip thru
South America. He expects to he
gone about three months.
Fire swept away the home of
Willard S. DickersOn on Sunday
morning. Mr.. Dickerson, who lives
at Glendale, is the Paul Pry" who
writes the weekly letter from that
town.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
HIGGINS

Mrs. Sarah Esther Higgins. 62
years old, wife of Thomas J. Hig-
gins of Easton, Md, died suddenly
Wednesday afternoon. April IA, at
her home on Centreville Road. She
had been in i'll health for some time
but had continued her work. She
is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Carroll Lednum of Easton, and Mrs.
Oliver Todd of Salisbury; four sis
ters, Mrs. George C. Moore and Mrs.
Howard Sewell of Queen Anne, Mrs.
R. n. Hardin of Passiac, N. j.. and
Mrs. Mamie. Spencer of New York;
three brothers. Ralph Holland of
Queen Anne; Wester Holland of
Cincinnati, Ohio, and Lloyd Holland
of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23

sweet peas. A reception fol-
lowed the ceremony at the
brides home for the families
and intimate friends, after
which the couple left for Glen
dale, California, where Lieu
tenant Kielbasa will instruct
fliers at Hamilton Field. He
was awarded the Air Medal and
Oak Leaf by Major-General
James Doolittle for distin-
guished services in North Afri-
ca before his recent return
from that front. He is a grad
uate Of Milford High School
and University of Delaware
and was a All club leader in
Kent county. He received his
wings at Randolph Field,
Texas.
.
The affair of the week for
the school set was the dinner
dance in Varney Auditorium
last night for the graduating
class. 1t was attended by the
forty-five members and their
guests, the dinner being serv-
ed at seven-thirty. Tables,
seating eight, circled the dan
cling floor and were attractive
ly laid with beautiful spring
flowers as centerpieces. At
nine, guests of the class arriv-
ed for the dancing, the music
being furnished by Bob Cum
minis and his band. Faculty
members were present for the
dinner and the dancing. Miss
Anne Pierce was hostess to a
group of her friends for an in
termission party. The lovely
time was over about one
o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
Obituary
ROBINSON

ROBINSON
The Rev. William S. Robinson. Il
retired Methodist minister. died
Tuesday, April II, at his home in
Newark. n. J. He joined the Will
nington Conference in 1878 and
held pastorates in Wilmington.
Bridgeville, Milford and Smyrna
Later. he served various pastoratss
in South Dakota and New Jersey
He retired in 1928. Surviving are
four daughters, Miss Dorothy and
Miss Ann Robinson. Mrs. W. J..
Lockwood and Mrs. A. W. Larson.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
BOWEN

William f. Bowen, SO years old.
died on Wednesday. April IA. at his
home in Wilmington. He was
farmer near Milford for many years
but had lived in Wilmington for the
past 20 years. He is survived by
two sons, Edward Bowen of Farm
ingtOn, and Dewey Bowen of Mil
ford. and two daughters, Mrs. Bes-
sic Thomas and Mrs. Mae Warren
of Wilmington. He had Is grand
children and eight great-grandchil-
dren. Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at The Boyer
funeral home in Harrington. with
interment at Hollywood Cemetery,
Harrington.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23

S. Edgar Mahan, a former resi-
dent, and an employee of L. d.
Caulk Co.. passed away at his late
residence in Pittsburgh ON April
20. He is survived by his wife, a
son and daughter.
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23

A recent card from Auxiliary
Agnes Jones Wright of the
WAACS, says Just love this
life. Our company won for
the best marching and Colonel
Hobby will be here Friday and
we are to escort her in. There
are 5000 WAACS here and will
be some parade" 1t is likely
that Agnes saw President
Roosevelt when he visited Fort
0glethorpe, Georgia, last week
for she is stationed there.
.
The Ernest Smith Award of
twenty-five dollars was given
to Jimmie Clements, freshman
cadet in r. o. T. c., for pro-
ficiency. Congratulations, Jim
miei
Milford chronicle., 1943-04-23
THIRTY YEARS AGO
TAKEN FROM THE 1913 FILES OF
THE MILFORD CHRONICLE

Miss Maude S. Grier of Whining
ton, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. John
w. Ratcliff, this week.
Frederick E. Roach of Whining
ton. is visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George +. Roach.
Mrs. J. o. Pierce, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Shingles and daughter, Eliz-
abeth. who have been spending the
winter in Philadelphia with reia-
tives, have returned TO their home
in Milford.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03
PHIL HANNAH
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Ohio State Federation of Labor
NEW BUSINESSES

Hamilton
VIM. Blount, B. B. Soda Grill, 148
N. End street, beverages.
Roy Lakes, (Home Kitchen), lit S.
Front street, restaurant.
Joseph Stoker, 812 East avenue,
((Stoker's Place. cafe and restaurant.
Middletown
Walter Blevins, w. Middletown,
automobile supplies.
Effie Turner, 9O3 Lincoln avenue,
Watkins products.
Richard D. Sorrell, 339 Charles
street, beverages.
Dean Southard, 120 S. Clinton
street, furnace repairs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03


a record.
The tasks ahead of
surmounted We seady
until the finally and enemies have surrendered
condionaly.
democracy attained.
the thoughts increasingly concerned with
necessity of winning the well ReaiOnay
work betray and nuify the sufengs
defend
against
of include
following points,
o lasting world peace.
Fascism
freedom of the globe
social security
5-Appcatn production which will
ALL
of their choice
embodies the
weary carried practical
worth working and fighting and sacrificing
significant Labor Day. look forward the final
the
top tsucha enguf the world
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03
Meany Challenges Reactionaries Who
Wish 10 Destroy Trade Unions
Pledges Fight To Finish In Address Before New York
State Federation Convention

and labor, which has brought jobs for
all in war, can also brings jobs for all
in peace"
Among measures for providing full
employment after the war, Mr.. Meany
urged comprehensive low-cost hous-
ing program, public works program
and government cooperation in speedy
reconversion of private industry from
war to peace production when the war
ends. In addition, he said the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor will fight for
the enactment of the recently intro
duced Wagner Murray -Dingell Social
Security Bill and the expansion and
improvement of high work and living
standards.
The record of the unions affiliated
with the American Federation of La
Dor in New York state during the war
emergency was hailed by Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey, possible republican candi-
date for President next year.
"We can all take particularly great
pride in the fact that there have been
no industrial strikes of any moment
in the state of New York." Mr.. Dewey
said
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03
American People Will Not Accept
Widespread Unemployment After
War, AFL Official Declares
American People Sacrificing Lives And Blood Aims Not
To Do So In Vain; Will Not Tolerate Selfish Clique;
Industrialists Must Maintain Employments

Nazi divisions in Sicily and quite a
different thing to cope with perhaps
80 or 100 Nazi divisions in Western
Europe. When the Allied invasion of
the Continent takes place the casual
ties among our boys can be held to a
minimum if we at home have seen to
it in advance that they have been pro-
vided with overwhelming, crushing
superiority over the enemy in all the
tools of modern warfare"
Scores Selfish Clique"
But Meany asserted that labor
would be derelict if it failed to guard
against the "clique of selfish men who
are trying to use this war as a screen
behind which to undermine laboring
people and labor organizations"
He added that these "enemies of the
working man are spinning the propa-
ganda wheels without pause and
spending vast sums of money in far
flung, well-planned campaign to do
injury to labor" with the hope of put
ting themselves in position to ''fin-
ish us off" when the war ends.
Former Drive In Mind
at seems likely" he continued,
"that they are encouraged by the
memory of industry's all-out anti
union campaign after World War |.
"The time has come when we of
labor must make it perfectly clear
that we know what the anti-labor ele-
ments in the industrial, political and
journalistic worlds are attempting to
accomplish and that we stand ready to
thwart them"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03

Washington, D. G. (ILNS).-Amer-
lea will not endure widespread unem-
ployment after the war, George
Meany, secretary-treasurer OF the
American F d e r t i n of Labor,
warned in a vigorously worded state
ment issued here.
Industry must be ready to provide
decent jobs for all willing and able to
work, Meany declared. He said labor's
chief aim is complete defeat of the
Axis powers but served notice that
labor will fight to the end against in
terests that are attempting to under
mine and destroy trade unionism and
it's gains.
Meany emphasized that the AFL
believed in and upheld private enter
prise, but 1--WE have not only the right
but the duty to tell the nations in
dustrialists in plain language that the
American people-after fighting and
bleeding and sweating to preserve the
nation-cannot be expected to and do
not intend to accept the misery of
widespread unemployment for any
protracted period of time"
Victory Paramount Aim
While the war continues, he said, it
was vital for American wage-earners
to continue to adhere to the policy of
subordinating everything to the one
paramount objective, the complete de-
feat of the Axis"
He called on labor to keep producing
supplies with the utmost speed"
eve must never forget" he said,
"that it is one thing to overcome three
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03

Among other reciprocal aid items,
about half a million electric batteries
month have been supplied to Ameri-
can troops in Britain by the British
Government.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03

Buffalo, N. Y.-The American Fed
Grafton of Labor accepts the challenge
of the "reactionaries" who are at
tempting to forge shackles for the
trade union movement while workers
are concentrating patriotically upon
the paramount job of the day, the pro-
duction of the maximum possible
quantity of war equipment for our
fighting men, Secretary Treasurer
George Meany told a cheering assem-
blage of 1000 delegates at the 80th
annual convention of the New York
State Federation of Labor.
"We knew that we would have to
meet an organized, vicious attempt
not only to take away labor's gains
achieved after hard struggles over a
long period of years, but an organ
lied, vicious attempt to destroy trade
unionism ITSELF" Mr.. Meany said. "We
accept the challenge of the reaction
aries. We accept the challenge of
those who are attempting to discredit
labor. We are ready to fight and we
are going to fight"
Abiding to the anti-labor effort to
drive a wedge between the soldiers
and the wage-earners on the home
front, Mr.. Meany said that the enc
mics of labor will not succeed in this
activity because the soldiers are them
selves workers who are temporarily in
uniform fighting for their country. Of
these fighting workers, he pointed out,
more than two million actually hold
trade union cards themselves.
"These are the boys whom the reac-
tionaries are trying to divide from the
labor movement" said Mr.. Meany.
"Well, that is just not going to hap
pen."
Recalling that organized labor has
been attacked for failing to keep it's
pledge of no strikes 100 per cent, Mr..
Meany acknowledged that the no.
strike record has not been absolutely
perfect. He said the record has been
only 99.5 per cent perfect and then
defied anyone to show where price
control, rationing, manpower and
other home-front undertakings have
been handled with anything like the
approach to perfection of labor's ad-
herence to the no-strike pledge.
Mr.. Meany cited the phenomenal
wartime production achievements of
American labor but added that, while
organized labor has every right to
take great pride in the production rec
ords it has established, there is no
room for complacency or overconfi-
dence. Peak production has not yet
been attained, he said, and it will not
be attained until the early months of
1914.
Much Of Mr.. Meany's speech was
devoted to the problems of postwar
reconstruction.
eve refuse to accept the theory
that there must be major depression
after the war;" he said. Democracy
accepted the challenge Of war hurled
down to us by our enemies. 1t must
accept also the challenge of peace.
Cooperation of government, industry
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03

More than ever DeIOre, we feallZe
on this Labor Day that every war
plant is the starting point of direct
attack against the enemy. The planes,
ships, tanks, guns and ammunition
made by American Federation of La
Dor workers go to battle just as sure
ly as the soldiers, sailors and marines
who use them.
We know that the military successes
already achieved by the United Ma
tions in this war could never have
come to pass without the superior
equipment produced by the members
of organized labor in America. We
know that the thousands. of produc-
ton records smashed by patriotic
American workers have helped mate
rally to smash the Axis powers.
l am proud of the way the workers
of our country have lived up to their
responsibilities under the stress and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03
Clerks, Judges Sought
For Elections Jobs

A shortage of officials for the No
vember election was anticipated by
Fred M. Stitsinger, Clerk of the Board
of Elections.
Board employees are mailing to
former Clerks and Judges post card
QUESTIONABLE inquiring if they will be
available this fall. Those who have
served at any time in the last few
years will receive the cards.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03
GOmpers Headed 1912 List

Notable labor leaders for whom
Liberty ships were named in ceremon-
les held Labor Day, 1912 were:
Samuel Gompers, Peter J. Mcclure,
Andrew Faruseth, James Duncan,
John Mitchell and John w. Brown.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03
Danish Speaker Sarcastic

London.-A speaker at meeting in
Copenhagen relieved himself of the
following: There's one thing / must
say: If it had been the lords intention
that the Germans ought to run the
world, then He would have provided
them with enough b.ains for it."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03
Buildings Flown to War Front

Brisbane, Australia. -Prefabricated
buildings, designed in Australia, have
been flown by bomber to New Guinea
army bases and set up quickly. These
include hospitals, barracks, mess
shacks and storage warehouses.
American and Australian manned
planes have carried as much as $4,000
pounds of this housing in one day.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03
War Cuts Pennsylvania Fairs

Harrisburg, Pa.-The war is taking
heavy toll of Pennsylvania agricul-
tural fairs. Of the 125 fairs listed with
the Department of Agriculture only
SO organizations have reported that
they will conduct fairs this year.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03
Postwar Store of Bricks Ready

London. - More than 900,000,000
bricks are among the stocks of build
ing material piling up in Britain for
postwar reconstruction purpo e S,
George Hicks, Parliamentary Secre-
tary of the Ministry of Works, has
informed the House of Commons.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03

Dehydration in 1943 will take four
times as many vegetables as in 1912
and most of this dehydrated food will
go for Army and Lend-Lease needs.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03
Labor Day, 1913
By WILLIAM GREEN
President, American

Amer S on vctory
This supreme
phal spirit.
Our all
fighting
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1943-09-03

Use of steel-ringed timber connec-
tors to increase the strength of wood
joints saved 100000 tons of steel in
1912.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-25
You Lose Something Dial 42121 And Put Of These
10 Help-Msle a. Female

COUNTERMAN - Or woman. No
Sunday work. Mats Luncheonette.
Exchange Place.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-25

GAS STOVE-Detroit Star, 1 burn
er; light enamel. Good condition.
Dial 3-6434.