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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Cadet Nurses Here
Officially Inducted
Group Indicted At Caulk Auditor
ium Last Friday Evening

Thirty cadet nurses affiliated
with the Milford Memorial HOspi-
tai at Milford were officially in
Quoted into the U. S. Cadet Nurse
Corps at ceremonies held last Fri
day evening. Thirteen of them are
now completing courses in institu-
tiOns in Washington, and were al
so inducted last Friday night.
Those who were inducted in the
Caulk Auditorium, last Friday
evening are:
Yolanda Leone. Thelma Taylor,
Norma NJ. Minieucci, Elizabeth
Dare, Irene Hobbs, Ida B. Johnson,
Frances McNatt. Constance Taylor.
Thelma Wix, Helen O'Kane, Mary
ChalOnpka, Mary l.. Ellwanger,
Margaret L. Ellwanger, Elizabeth,
Greenly, Martha Robinson, Rose
Tribbett, Doris Woodwork.
Cadet nurses afficated with the
Milford Memorial Hospital, Mil
ford, who were inducted last Fri
day evening in Washington are
Lucy Leone, Mildred Hammond,
Ruth Altfather, Gladys Black,
Kathleen McCabe, Thelma Rutsche,
Christina Petre, Frances Henrion,
Joan Herion, Maria Evans, Irma
Macklin. Roberta Outten, and Mar
garet Williams.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
State Wheat Crop
To Excel '43 Yield
292, 900 Bushels More Than Last
Year Is Expected

An estimated 100000 bushels
of wheat. approximately $4,000
bushels over last years yield, will
he raised in Delaware during 1914,
according to a survey by the Della
ware Crop Reporting Service.
Heavy rainfall early this spring
plus an increasd planting of some
5000 acres, is expected to bring
out the record harvest. The total
acreage this year planted in wheat
will range around $4,000. compared
with 5000 last year.
Fruit crop prospects for the sea-
son were reported exceptionally
good.
The acerage Of rye remaining for
harvest as grain this year is $4,000
acres. The indicated yield per acre
on May l is 100000 bushels. The
condition of tame hay on May l at
81 per cent of normal is 6 per cent
higher than last year and per cent
higher than the 10-year average.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Class Night Program
Will Be Held Two Eve
nings, Wednesday And
Thursday, May 24-25.

Robert +. Shilling, superinten-
dent of Milford Schools, announced
today that class night exercises of
the Milford High School will be
held next Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings. May "a and rs in the
high school auditorium. There are
SO candidates for graduation. The
program for class night and the
list of candidates for graduation
follow:
Band selection, "The Judgment
Bar"
Glass poem, written by Bernard
Grunstra.
Glass history, written by Janet
Stayton.
Glass prophecy. written by joan
ma Sutton.
Glass will, written by Grace Oh
sen and Wanda Wilkie
Mantle grafton, presented by Roy
Manlove, president of senior class.
Accepted by Leroy Rust, president
of junior class.
Band selection.
Glass song, written by Florence
Bennett and Wanda Wilkie.
Exit March.
The class officers are: President,
Roy Manlove; vice president, John
Geyer; secretary-treasurer, Janet
Stayton.
Candidates for graduation: John
Lester Allen, Dorothy Lou Ben
nett, Florence Grace Bennett,
Grace Reed Bennett. Jeanne Ruth
Bennett, Alice Bradley, Lewis
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Set Wesley College
Finals For May 20
Dr. Mead, OF Washington College,
VIII Be The Speaker

Commencement exercises of
Wesley Junior College, with 13
graduates to receive degrees of as
sOciate in arts and one to receive
the One-year secretarial certificate,
will be held at IL o'clock Monday
morning, May 90. The baccalau-
reate service will be held at IL o.
clock Sunday morning, May %, the
Rev. DIR. o. A. BARLEY, president of
the college, has announced.
DR.. Gilbert Wilcox Mead, presi-
dent of Washington College, Ches-
tertown, Md, will be the COM
mencement speaker and the Rev,
DR.. James Shera Montgomery,
chaplin of the House of Represent
atives, Washington, D. c., will
preach the baccalaureate sermon.
Exercises In Open
The commencement eXcerise will
be held on the campus at the main
entrance or. If the weather is un-
favorable, in the gymnasium. The
service, at which the
Rev. c. Stanley Lowell, pastor of
the church, will preside, and the
college choir will present a special
program of music, will be held in
Wesley Methodist Church.
Luncheon will be served in the
college dining room for guests of
the college Immediately after the
services and also the
program.
Other Features OF The Week
Other features of the week will
be: May 25, S:15 p. m, graduation
piano recital in the gymnasium by
Miss Lois Stuntz, Washington, d.
c.; May 26, $3.50 p. M, commence
nent dinner party for the grad
lating class in the Hob Tea Room,
May 27.10:30 a. M,
annual meeting of the board of
will be guests of the col
ege; noon, trustees will be guests
)f the college at luncheon, and 4 p.
im., reception for faculty and
graduates at the home Of Presi-
lent and Mrs. Bartly.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Announce Program
For Old DrdIUyerS
Annual Service At Historic
Church Will Be Held
Sunday, June A

The Rev. John Herrick Darling,
pastor of Hanover Presbyterian
Church, Wilmington, will deliver
the sermon at the 49th annual SER
vice at Old Drawers Presbyterian
Church on Sunday. June 4, at 2
D. IN. The service will be in
charge of the Rev. John f. Thomas
pastor of Forest Presbyterian
Church, Middletown.
Special music will be provided
under the direction of Mrs. Elliot
Field, wife Of the pastor of the
Dover Presbyterian Church.
The annual trustees meeting and
election of officers will follow the
service, held annually at one of the
most historic churches on the Del
marva Peninsula.
Tables and chair will be placed
in the grove of trees surrounding
the church to accommodate those
who wish to bring a picnic lunch.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
A Message From The
Legion Auxiliary
Millions Helped By Sale
OF POpEies Each
Year

Every penny from poppieS that
will be sold on the streets of SFil-
ford and thousands of other towns,
villages and cities in the country,
is contributed to the welfare and
rehabilitation work of the Ameri-
can Legion and Auxiliary. Because
this work is being done by volun-
teers the money goes a long way.
Many people have wondered
what will become of the money col
lected by the volunteer workers
Saturday, May 81. We wish every
one could see what help this money
brings to the disabled and their
families. Children left fatherless
by two World Wars are the special
concern of the Legion and Auxil-
iary. Their needs are often great,
their human needs. We
try to give them comfort, both for
the body and the mind.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Directors OF Milford
Bank Grant Aid To
Four Former Award
Recipients.

1t was announced today by the
directors of the Milford Trust
Company, as trustees of the Hearn
Educatianal Frnd established un-
der the will of the late Louder N.
Hearn for the assistance of the
boys and girls of this vicinity in
obtaining an education that the
following named students have
been chosen for scholarship aid in
the sixth annual competition just
closed.
A special resolution was adopted
by the Trustees, as follows:
RESOLVED, that the policy of
the Hearn Educational Fund for
the duration of the present con-
flict shall be to grant scholarships
only to those applicants who are
most deserving without regard to
the available balance of the fund
and that this unexpended balance
be available for the post war ed
ucatiOnal assistance of men now in
the armed services whose induc-
tion made ii impossible for them to
apply for a scholarship at the
time of their graduation"
Four students who received
scholarships last year were grant
ed aid for an additional year:
Ruthann Tease, who graduated
from the University of Delaware
In December 1943, will enter The
Temple Medical School in the fall
10 pursue the study of medicine;
her award was protracted from
last year.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Cedars Held
Ladies' Night
W eek
Three Hundred Cedars
And Wives Enjoyed
Gala Affair At George
town High School.

Now a pleasant memory the an
nal Ladies' Night and banquet OF
Evergreen Fortst No. 49, Tall Ce-
dars of Lebanon of Kent and Sus-
sex counties in the Georgetown
High School last week will 90
down in fraternal history as an
outstanding tribute to the wives
and sweethearts of the forest MEM
bership.
From the time Warren T. Moore,
district representative of the Su-
preme Forest of the United States,
as POSTMASTER called the assembly
to order until u o'clock midnight,
not dull moment took place dur
ing the evening. The three hun
dred persons from all parts of
Kent and Sussex counties filling
the cafeteria and corridors arose
at Chaplain Joseph NJ. Lank of
Evergreen Forest asked divine
blessing on the elaborate banquet
prepared under the personal di-
rectiOn of Mrs. Bill Dennis, die
titan of the school. A full course
turkey dinner served by the girls
of the high school was the treat
of the evening. A delightful fea-
ture of the evening was the sing
ing after each course led by Prof.
Chester Stroup. director of Ever
green Forest Band To say that
this group could sing would be
placing it mildly. They made the
walls ring. Added to this Robert
a member of Evergreen
Forest. rendered a beautiful bar
itOne sole with Mrs. Rudolph as
his accompanist.
Highlighting the evening was the
address of the Hon. Harold G. Hoff-
man, former Governor of the State
Of New Jersey, now a colonel in
The armed forces. In his address
he governor paid a high tribute
10 our fighting men of today, stres-
sing the fact that this is the great
est country in the world with the
greatest fighting force the world
mas ever known. He emphasized
he fact that the United States had
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Huge Crowds
Going To Hear
Rev.D.S. Harris
Evangelist Says That
Due to Tremendous In
terest Two Services
Will Be Held Sunday.

An exceptionally large crowd
was in attendance at the new
Church in Harrington Sunday
night to hear Evangelist Dan
Sherman Harris present his second
Sunday night lecture.
The evangelist, formerly known
in the Midwest as the Boy
Preacher. chose to preach on the
subject, THE Sensations of The
Dead One Minute After DEATH" In
the eOGrse Of his lecture he quoted
from Ecclesiastes 9:5, For the
living know that they shall die
but the dead know not nothing. ="
Evangelist Harris stressed to his
audience that the righteous do not
receive their rewards until Christ
returns to this ~earth according to
Revelation 22:12. Therefore, he
concluded, eternal life is not be-
slowed upon the good until Christ
comes and raises the righteous
deadi"
Because of the tremendous inter-
est that has been aroused in this
section of the country. Evangelist
Harris announced that it will be
to have two meetings
night. May 81, when his
topic will be The Truth About
He'll" The first session will be-
gin promptly at 700 P. M. and
the second session will begin at
$3.50 pm. 1t is urged that those
planning to attend that night who
live outside of Harrington en-
deavor to be at the first session.
while those living in Harrington
are urged to come to the $3.50
Special music is planned
for the occasion.
The young lectdher stated that
night he will expose facts
from the Bible that have been
for generations. He
also promises to tell the exact To- /
cation of He'll. the number of oc-
there. and show from the I
Bible how long He'll will burn.
The public is cordially invited /
10 attend this presentation.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
No Additional Sugar
For Canning Purposes
State OPA Director Issues State
ment Designed To Clarity Issue

Despite reports to the contrary,
additional sugar will not be grant
ed to the housewives for canning
purposes, says Charles w. Hard
esty, State Director of OPK.
The new canning sugar ruling
which requires consumers who
need more than 10 pounds of can
ming sugar per family member (in-
addition to the s pounds on sugar
stamp No. 40) to apply for sec
ond allotment later in the season,
does not change the total amount
of canning sugar available to the
housewife. 1t simply means that
the canning season has been di-
yided into two sugar periods with
a limit of ten pounds for each per-
son in the family for the first per-
iod. The canning sugar periods are
set by the OPA District ONCE. In
this district they are: First period,
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Hearn Scholarship
Awards Announced
By Trust Company
CITY Is NOW COLLECTING
ALL SCRAP PAPER

Beginning tomorrow, Satur-
day, May 20, and continuing un-
Ill further notice, all scrap pa
per will be collected by the city.
The Red Cross Motor Corps
has been efficiently making the
Saturday collections for ,he past
several months, but because of
an assignment at a government
base, they will be unable to col
lect the paper in the future.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Plans Going Ahead
For Rest Room Here
Joint Committee Authorized To
Proceed With Plans For Erection

At a special meeting of City
Council held Tuesday evening of
this week, joint committee, COM
prising three members of City
Council and seven Chamber of
Commerce members, plans were
discussed relative to the proposed
municipal rest room.
The joint committee before meet
ing with council was unanimous in
its choice of the Walnut street
bridge panel for the location of
the rest room, and II also approx
ed plans for construction which
were submitted by George L. Pope.
a Wilmington architect.
These recommendations were
submitted to council and City
Councilman Frank j. Elton moved
that the present joint committee
proceed with plans for the erec-
tion of a public rest room.
1t is the hope of the committee to
have eIgravings made of the build
ing and the floor plans. both of
which will be run in an early issue
of the Chronicle.
The joint committee is also
planning for a city wide meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Army Guards Plane
After FredericG Crash
Crash Being Investigated
AS Possibility OF Sal
wage Is Discussed

Armed soldiers from the Dover
Army Air Base last Friday stood
guard over a plane from the base
which had suffered a forced crash
landing into marshes northeast of
Frederick.
Officers at the base have con-
firmed the fact that none was in
jured in the crash. but would not
disclose the number of men in
volved or the type of plane.
Investigation of the crash and
the possibility of salvaging the
plane is under way by Army OFF,
GERS.
Ambulances from nearby COM
munfties were sent to the crash but
were not needed, local police re-
ported.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Emergency Labor
Program In Kent
Is Being Conducted By Agent X. Z.
Wilson; Is Set Up To Aid Farmers

Wilson; Is Set Up To Aid Farmers
AS every Indication points to a
farm labor shortage this year
which will be more severe than in
1913, and with the prospects of
more crops to be harvested, every
effort is being made by the Della
ware Agriculture ExtentiOn Ser
vice, in cooperation with the War
Food Administration, Office of
LobOE, to recruit all available farm
workers for placement on farms
where they will be needed this sea-
son.
Farmers who need extra labor
this year should make their wants
known at once to the Agriculture
E.xtention Service where contracts
are available for signing up for
foreign workers. Indications at
present are that there will not be
a farm labor pool at the WoOdside
labor camp, as there was last year
when farmers could go to the camp
and secure lahorHrs, consequently
it will be necessary this year for
farmers to contract for these
workers in advance of the date
when the labor camp will be open
ed.
The emergency farm labor pro-
gram in Kent county is being held
under the direction of Russell E.
Wilson, county agent, who is being
assisted by William L. Tarbell,
county agent at-large. and
John +. HerhOldt, county farm la
Dor assistant, in cooperation with
j. Frank GOrdy. state supervisor of
farm labor. and cOun-
ty farm labor committee of which
George G. Simpson. Houston, is
chairman. These representatives
of the Delaware ExtentiOn Sercice
will be glad to discuss this farm
labor program with farmers who
are interested in securing this
help, and to also explain the terms
of the farm labor contracts.
Farmers who contract for these |
from the WOodSide |
labor camp must agree to provide |
work for them for at least IS per- |
cent of the time by the contract, !
and the same workers will be
available for each farmer who /
signs a contract This ruling was /
made by the War Food Admins
ration. Office of Labor, and these /
have been recruited .
with knowledge, so only those
farmers who contract for these /
therefore. will be able to
obtain this kind of help, according
o information received to date in .
with this program.
Other possible sources of farm
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Wednesday, May "a,
Set AS WAC Day
Recruiting Officer Mrs. G. NJ
Townsend Issue Proclamation

Mrs. G.. Marshall Townsend, re-
cruiting officer in this area for the
WACS has set by proclamation
next Wednesday, May "a, as WAC
Recruiting Day in Milford. On that
day, according to Mrs. Townsend.
two members of the Women's Ar
my Corps Pfc. Thelma r. Sherman
and Private Virginia Parks will
be in this city seeking recruits.
They are expected to speak at the
Plaza Theatre in the evening.
The proclamation follows:
WHEREAS. The Women's Army
Corps is vitality interested in secur-
ing as many enlistments in the
WACS as possible this month of
May. | therefore, by virtue of the
vested in me as local
WAV recruiting officer, do hereby
designate next Wednesday, May "a,
at WAC recruiting day in this city.
(Signed)
Mrs G. Marshall Townsend
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Mispillion Dredging
Approved By Govt.
Plans Call For A Six Foot Channel,
Project Was Backed By C. OF c.

Maior-General Eugene ReyboId,
chief of the Army Corps of Engi-
neers, has notified city officials
that dredging of the Mispillion Riv-
er from Milford to the bay has
been approved. Plans call for a
siX-foOt channel although the
Chamber of Commerce committee
had requested a depth of eight
feet. Harvey M. Phillips, Jr., chair
man of the committee which was
made up of civic leaders represent
ing various organizations, said the
new channel will permit freighters
and tankers to navigate the river
without difficulty.
Boats also being constructed at
the Vinyard Shipbuilding Company
for the government will be able to
use the river at will without wait
ing for favorable tides as at pres
ent.
Dredging will provide an 80-foot
wide channel from Delaware Bay
to the mouth of the river and 60
foot wide channel from that point
to Milford.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Dem OCratic
Delegates Back
Fourth Term
Are Instructed By Con-
ventiOn To Vote For
Roosevelt At National
Farley In Chicago.

Delaware Democrats selected
eight delegates and eight alter
mates to the party's national con-
vention and instructed h e m to
vote for President Roosevelt after
hearing U. S. Senator James NJ.
Tunnell- demand a fourth term for
the Chief Executive in the keynote
address at the Democratic State
Convention in Capitol Theater,
Dover, ON Tuesday.
Senator Tunnel said that the
idea of changing Presidents during
the war is "one of the most haZ-
ardous suggestions l have ever
heard" He then pointed to the
forced induction of officers and
men and asked: Why should there
not be. a forced induction for the
CommandeF-in-Chief? why not
draft Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
The Senator said the demand for
average man in every community of
a fourth term comes from "the
the United States, and from Ameri-
can service men and women at
their posts throughout the world"
1T h e demand to which l refer
comes from both Republicans and
Democrats" he added.
Administration Praised
The record of the Roosevelt ad-
was outlined and
praised by the senator.
The convention adopted a resolu-
tion instruction the delegates to the
convention in Chicago to
vote for the nomination of the
President. Earlier the state COM
mittee adopted a similar resolu-
ton stating that ''the futher sue
cessful prosecution of the war de-
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Local High School
Lists Candidates
For Graduation
CHRONICLE OFFICE WILL
CLOSE AT 12 O'CLOCK
ON SATURDAYS

Beginning tomorrow, Satur-
day. May 20, and continuing
until fall the busipess office Of
the Milford Chronicle Publish
ing Company will close at II
O'Clock noon.
Persons having completed
work in the plant such as sale
posters, letterheads. ETC., will
confer a, real favor on ,he Office
staff if they will call for shem
before noon on Saturdays.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Registration DatesForM Men-WOmen
Announced For U. OfD. Freshmen

In announcing the University
calender and coming registration
dates for freshmen at the Uniyer-
sity of Delaware, DR.. w. Sypherd,
acting president, today urged high
school graduates of 1914 to send
for admission blanks at once.
He called attention to the fact
that registration for men and wo-
men this year would be on differ
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Governor Bacon Asks
For D-Day Prayers
Urges Begging OF Divine Aid For
Allied Troops

Prayers for the success of the
Allied fighting forces on D-Day are
requested by Gov. Walter Bacon
in a statement issued this week.
This hour of invasion SHOULD be
a solemn moment" for those at
home as those planning 1t predict
it will be one of the greatest
battles in the history of the world,
the Governoc said.
Accordingly, If and when the
invasion takes place, may | sug-
gest to the people of Delaware of
all creeds and religious faiths that
they halt their usual duties for
few moments and offer a silent
prayer for divine guidance for our.
forces.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19

ent dates. Registration for men
will be on June II and September
% The schedule for men will coin
eide with the schedule prescribed
by the Army for the Army Reser-
visits enrolled at the University.
Civilian men, in many cases, will
be taking the same subjects as the
Army students and will be in class
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Cancer Control Roll
Call In Sussex County
Mrs. A. DOnnell Marshall, Mrs. +.
Il. COnlin Are CO-Chairmen Here

Mrs. A. Donnell Marshall and
Mrs. Frank E. Conlin are co-chair-
men of Milford for the annual cam
paign for funds for cancer control
which will be launched next week
and will continue for two weeks,
during which time a house to house
canvas will be made. The local
drive will concur with the cam
paign carried on in all of Sussex
county. Mrs. James M. Tunnel of
Georgetown is the commander for
the county. Containers are to be
placed in the local banks for the
convenience of those who want to
contribute but who have not been
solicited Last year $500 of the
funds were used in Milford for the
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-19
Six Registration
Days Left In Sussex
There WIN Also Be Two Supple
mentary Registrations In County

menfary hegistratiOnS IN COuhty
There are six remaining regis
tration days with the Board of Reg
istration for Sussex county who
will be at the Court House Annex
on the following dates and hours:
Tuesday. May 2S, tos12 and to
5 p. M; Saturday. June 8, 9 to IL
and to p. M; Thursday, June
8, 9 to ~ and to s p. M; We'd
nesday, June IA, 9 to IL and to
s p. M: Tuesday, June 20, 3 to IL
and / to 5 p. M: Friday, June 80,
/ to and to 5 p. m.
There will be two supplementary
registrations throughout the "a
election districts on Wednesday,
July IL and Saturday, October 21.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
THREE ARE NAMED
TO CHEST GROUP

W. D. McCaig, E. L. White. and
C. Van Leuven have been named
to the executive committee Of the
Community Chest, Storer P. Ware,
president, announced Friday.
The men will serve for the
coming year. Ware, as president
Of the organization, and the Rev.
Walter B. Freed, vice-president
are also members of the commit
tie by virtue OF their offices.
McCaig is chairman of the
Chests budget committee, and
White is chairman of the cam
paign committee. Their inclusion
on the executive board coordinates
these two important Chest divi-
sions.
Mr.. Van Leuven served on the
committee last year.
+. Powers of the executive commit
tee are delegated by the Board
of Directors of the Chest, as the
committee acts for the Board be-
TWEEN meetings. Action of the
group is subject to the approval
Of the directors.