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Milford chronicle., 1944-07-14

sey City, n. j., have been the guest
of her sisters. Mrs. Anna Adkins
and Miss May Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. d. Abbott and
family have rented a cottage ON
Lewes Beach front, and will re-
main there for two weeks.
William A. Webb, manager of the
Milford Garage and repair COM
pany last week sold the last of his
allotment of Overland Cars for
1914. In all MIR. Webb, has sold
this season forty new Overlands
and number of second hand cars.
He is hustler and has been push
ing his line of cars all season. He
also believes in the Chronicle as
an advertising medium, and dur
ing the period in which he has
made such a sales record, he has
run continually large advertise
ments with this paper.
The annual custom of supply
ing a ten gallon can of ice cream
for the members of Company B. of
the First Infantry, was carried out
by Benjamin f. B. Woodall this
year, and the boys enjoyed the
feast after a hard days march of
fourteen miles. Mr.. Woodall, was
once a member of the company
and he has always testified to his
interest in the boys by the supply
OF substantial treat at an oppor-
une time. They all voted their ap-
probation of this particular re-
memberance.
Mrs. William G. Bennett, spent
last week at Bowers Beach.
Mrs. Annie r. Carmean has re-
turned home from visit to Island
heights and Newark, n. j.
One of the finest yields of wheat
reported in Prime Hook neck is
that of Theodore Jones. Mr.. Jones
seeded 20 acres in wheat last fall
and from that tract thresned out
seven hundred and eighty bushels
of fine wheat, making an average
of 55 2-5 bushels to the acre. The
seed was purchased in Philadel-
phia.
Louder n. Hearn recently enter
tanned Messrs Paul. Poetschke, P.
c. Miller, Davis r. Grier. George B.
HynsOn, Walter L. Grier, Harry L.
Grier. w. c. Smith and ]. p. Pierce
Jr., at fishing party. The fishing
was good. the eatables fine, and
plenty of them. Harry l.. Grier en-
tertained the crowd off Slaughter
Beach with an exhibition of swim
ming and high diving.
Burglars broke into the home of
c. Smith on Kings High
way on Sunday last, while the
'amily was at Slaughter Beach.
Mr.. Smith returned home on Mon
lay morning, searched the place
md found that the burglars had
carried nothing away
With them. The lock on the base
nent door was broken and the
in the basement thrown
lround, also the screens in two
econd story windows had been
with, but evidently the
aiders had left the place without
with their purpose.
Milford chronicle., 1944-07-14
FLUHARTY


Miss Mollie Fluharty. lifelong
resident of Caroline County. Md,
died suddenly at her home at Chop
tank on Saturday morning. July l,
at the age of 50 years. She was the
daughter of the late Amos and
Mary Watson Fluharty. Her only
survivors are nieces and nephews
among whom are: Miss Stella Flu
harty and Ira Fiuharty of FEEDER
alsburg; Mrs. Harry Collins of
near fredericksburg; Miss Mary Flu
harty, Willie, Ollie and Alfred Flu
harty. all of Preston; Mrs. o. w.
Davis of Milford, and Mrs. Raymond
Fiefield and Russell Fluharty of
Denton. Funeral services were
held at her home in Choptank on
Wednesday afternoon of last week
at o'clock with Rev. A. w. Strick-
land, pastor of Bethesda Methodist
Church of Preston, officiating. In
terment took place in the Bethesda
Church cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1944-07-14
WATKINS

Wallace S. Watkins. age 20
years. resident of Milford and
vicinity for many years. passed on
in the Milford Memorial Hospital
on Tuesday. July II. He leaves
widow, Elma Jester Watkins and
five children by a former mar
riage. Martin L. Watkins. Grant
vile, Pa; Private Lewis L. Wat
kins. Camp Stewart. Georgia; Mrs.
Ruth w. Knerr. Milford: Mrs. Mary
w. Gray. New Castle. and Nelson
W. Watkins. Lewes. Funeral SER
vices will be held at the Lofland
Funeral Home on South Walnut
street this afternoon friday at
o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1944-07-14
BLADES

Mrs. Edith Blades. 76 years old.
widow of William Blades. died at
the home of her daughter. Mrs.
Horace Hearn in Baltimore on
Wednesday, July 5. She had been
a resident of Seaford until a few
years ago when she went to live
with her daughter. She had been
twice married. Besides Mrs. Hearn.
she leaves another daughter. Mrs.
Joseph Carmine of Seaford, and
two sons, James Littleton of Union
City. n. j.. and Leslie Blades of
Milford. Funeral services were
held Saturday afternoon at two
o'clock from the Watson Funeral
Parlors in Seaford and were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Walter H.
Stone. pastor of Mount Olivet Meth
odist Church. Interment was made
in Odd Fellows cemetery in Sea-
ford.
Milford chronicle., 1944-07-14
CROWLEY

Mrs. Florence Truitt Crowley.
age 63 years. died at the home of
her daughter. Miss Edyth Joyce in
Chestertown, Md. Funeral services
were held at Watsons Funeral
Home at Frankford on July 10. The
deceased was the daughter of the
late William +. and Parsine c.
Truitt of Frankford. She is sur
vived by two children. Miss Edyth
Joyce. Chestertown. Md. and Will
liam Joyce of Smyrna; also surviv-
ed by two sisters, Mrs. Parsine
Knorr of Corapolis. Pa. and Mrs.
Mary Fleetwood of Philadelphia.
and three brothers, William p.
Truitt of Frankford; Wallace E.
Truitt of Philadelphia. and Norman
Truitt of Laurel. She also leaves
two nephews and four nieces.
Milford chronicle., 1944-07-14

Mrs. William G. Bennett, spent
, last week at Bowers Beach.
Milford chronicle., 1944-07-14

Mrs. Annie r. Carmean has re-
turned home from a visit to Island
heights and Newark, n. ].
Milford chronicle., 1944-07-14

Mr.. and Mrs. G. d. Abbott and
family have rented a cottage on
Lewes Beach front. and will re-
main there for two weeks.
Milford chronicle., 1944-07-14
THIRTY YEARS AGO
TAKEN FROM THE 1914 FILES OF
THE MuLFORD CHRONICLE

Mr. and Mrs. Tunis Rosa of Jer-
sey City, n. j., have been the guest
of her sisters. Mrs. Anna Adkins
and Miss May Davis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27

Said one old maid TO her sister: Il
can't understand why YOU 90 out with
that young sailor"
Sister: "Oh. it's just patonic
friendship-play for him and tonic for
me-
f. Myers Flcrigua
Inspecting Officer: Zones, is that
your cigar on the foor?"
Jones: mo. sir, believe in finders
keepers'-it's yours"
Fl. Summer On. Mer) Skyline
Sandy: MAC, you must have had too
much to drink at that concert last
night"
Mac: "How's that?"
Sandy: when was taking you
home you let me fall twice"
Ketchikdn Service r. porter
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-08-27

When the general visited the colonels
office he remarked: THAT new clerk Of
yours seems TO be a hard worker"
Yes" replied the colonel. That's
his specially"
What, working hard?"
No seeming 20.
Camp Booic BfoliHer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-23

Anthony Abbott" who crashed Readers Digest witht he first mys- tery story the little magazine ever carried, is Fulton Oursler, radio whiz, who edited some magazines himself New York models arc forming a guild - not a union. but an organization for mutual protec- ton, regulation of ambitious anna teurs and other matter for the good of professionals. Marion Meredith is the organizer James s. Bo- Ian, former N. Y. Police Commis- sioner. has started a mall order school to train detectives Tal- lulah Bankhead writes us that she went on the wagon at the time of Dunkirk, and Pearl Harbor; that she is still on-and how come I said I saw her knock off a couple of cocktails? Maybe it wasn't she, but can't imaigne that there are TWO ladies as beautiful as Tal- lulah.
 Arturo de Cordoya. newest film femme heart stimulant, escorting pretty Gertrude Bayne around Broadway bistros. while Lupe Velez, 5000 miles away, gnaws her nail polish The locket at aAIrgo's slim white throat bears an inscrip- ton (confidentiaD by It. Eddie Albert Harry Carey, Jr.. son Of the screen veteran. honeymoon- ing with Marilyn Fix. after a sotto yoce ceremony.
 Henry Jerome, the orchestra lead- CT, beating everybody else's time with Toni Sari. the ballerina -. Eleanor Prentiss, model, still true to Major Hershel Bentley. who's been in the South Pacific IS months John Jacob Ast0r has a heredi- tary interest in figures; he thinks Mary Jane Lawson. skater. has the most interesting figure Frances Wayne, Woody HerDlan's warbler, and Wayne Wingate. the Wall Streeter, are that Wayne about each other.
 Gene Krupa is drawing the bobby seekers. and the special squad hunting khaki wacky victory teen' sLerS keeps a busy eye on the capi- t0l stage door. 4 policegoman picked up one l4-year old, who wore one red sock and one blue one. Mrs. Cop looked down inqulFingly, Yeah" piped the kid, And what's even funnier is-I got another pair just like 'em."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-23
.FBI CONFERENCE
 GOES OVER WELL
Policemen Must Be Aware Of Community Hazards
 Says Howard Leaty

More than 25O Connecticut law enforcement officers, representing police departments thFoughout the greater Hartford area, attended the law enforcement conference sp0DF sored by the FedegaD Bureau Of lns Vestigatlon at Mountain View Lodge near MeTiden, Monday,
 Special Agent Howard Leahy 0f the FBI training and inspection dl. vision at Washington, prlnelpal speaker on the program n his Tee. tlre on Crime Prevention urged policemen ln the stale 10 take tne initiative ln organising eoNmullls ties for crime prevention, wheFe programs do not now exist, with the cooperation Of every citizen ana public or private agency,
 Other speakers introduced by Re- ger ?. Gleason, special agent ln charge Of the FRI New Haven Held division, were Special Agent Maps rice 60udge, firearms instructor and physical examination director goF the PBI ct It's training school % Quantle0, Va, and Special Agent Frank Battle, flngerpFlnt specialist Of the New Haven FbI office, Agent l0udge gave Q talk and praetleal demonstration Of Judo and disaEHls Ing methods and Agent Battle gave an Illustrated lecture on nngeFpFlnI technique,
 Mr. Leahy. in his talk on crime
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-23
EAST END CLUB
 TO RUN DANCES
First for Teen.Agers Sept. 8; Church Mothers Are
 Backing Movement

The East End Community Club, one of the largest and most active Of It's kind in Waterbury. will spon. sor recreatlonal and entertainment events for teen-age members. this winter. A tentative program of this type was formulated last evening at meeting at Anderson school and presided over by President Dennis J. Mccarthy.
 The first of a fortniehtly dance for teen-agers will be held Sept. 8 and others will be conducted every second Friday thereafter. The East End Club will sponsor the first dance with the second sponsored by the Mothers Club of SS. Peter and Paul parish. These dances were originated last year by this latter group.
 Co-chairmen of the first dance being sponsored by the East End Club are Mrs. Joseph Phelan and Charles Berube. who will select representatives from among the teen-agers to serve on the dance committee.
 The East End Community Club now boasts a membership Of over l,700 public spirited citizens which has been developed since the clubs organization 6 years ago. IL has been one Of the leaders in Water burys civic and community affaire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-23
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 Gen. David Dwight Eisenhower was born tn Denison, Texas, on Oct. l4. 1890. son Of David Jacob Eisenhower, born in Elizabethville, Pa, on Sept. g. 1863. and Ida Eliza beth Stover. born at Mount sidney, near Staunton, Va, on May l, 1862
 David Eisenhowever met Elizabeth Stover in a college romance at Lecompton College In Kansas. They were married in the summer of 1885.
 The EisenhowerS and StoverS are two of the old pioneer families in the settlement and building of the nation. Both have been in America over two hundred years The name Eisenhower was originally spelled Eisenhauer, meaning "hewers of iron" From the contraciions. Eisen, meaning iron. and Ike as the general is familiarity known, is created the historical cognomen, "Iron Ike"
 Not only did Dwight become Ike but all the Eisenhower boys bee came Ike. when there were six of these little Tkes they went to school in pairs. The oldest became Big Ike" the youngest Little Ike" and the boys between were various grad nations of Ikes, Red Ike etc. according to their characteristics. When other babies arrived they as- stunned the throne of Little Ike, and for a time the General was just Ugly Ike" during his awkward, gangling years. But Mother Eisen- hover disclaims all knowledge oi these nicknames. When asked as to the whereabouts and doing of Ike" she asks blandly, Ike? Who's IkeV
 Abilene, in the heart of Kansas, the home of the Eisenhower family, is a typical prairie town Of nearly six thousand people.
 When Abilene people recall young Dwight now, their anecdotes seem to center on his highschool days. He managed to carve ouean athletic career second only to that of his older brother. Edgar c'Big IkeD. who was in his school class.
 Classmates of Dwight describe him as strong as an OK" and the 'scrappinest" kid in school. In one football game-the last game Of the 1908 series-he is reported to nave "roughed" about half of the Salina High School line because his friend and teammate. J. r. 1SiXD McDon- nell (who now lives in Abilene) had been accidentally knocked out by Forest Ritter, Salina player.
 Among those who knew Dwight well when in high school is Mir. J, w. Howe. a prominent member oi the school board and civic leader He remembers the boy clearly,
 T always wondered why the gang called him either Ugly Ike or Little Ike instead of a more att tractiye name like Smiling like. Dwight had a good personality. He was generally well liked and made friends easily.
 He had self assurance but never in all my contact with him did he ever show any conceit He resented this in other boys more than any thing else. In fact, he would dis like a boy for being conceited much more than for something he had done. He had a good physique, wore l his clothes well, never overly dressed but usually had good ma terial in his clothes. for he had to make them last. Ike had to work at all times when not in school, He would take any job he could do and seldom complained about the work being too hard.
 "To me the outstanding point of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-23

perfection Of their vianda.
 His ambition was to make 9 pie. After many trials he accoms plished 1t. The pie was declared satisfactory by his parents. and Dwight was greatly pleased by his triumph. He added pancakes and vegetables to his menu and enjoyed the task.
 "The dish washing was done by the same tossing method by which the dough was handled. From hands to hands the crockery went the rounds, with only occasionally n crash. When he came home the first room he visited was the pan. try and he longed to try his hands at cookery again. His wife tells of his prowess yet. In their Washing ton home he frequently took the preparation of meals into his own hands. He prided himself on the perfection with which he could cook a steak"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-23
FAIRGROUNDS END SEASON TOMORROW

America on Parade. a patriotic pageant. will be presented by Wa terbury'S playground units tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 at Hamilton park. The pageant. written by Helen Casey and Lucy Russo. will be the final event of the current play ground season.
 Participating in the presentation, which will be dedicated to the men and women in the service. will be groups from the following play grounds; South End, Chase Park, Hamilton Park. Fulton Park. Water vile Park, Porter street. Hopeville, Fairlhwn. and Washington park.
 An exhibit of handicraft work completed at the playgrounds will be set up at Hamilton park in con- junction with the pageant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-23
seO DEGREE TANK vOIsION

NEXT: Appointment tO West Point.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-23

Jim Locke will wed sunday, at the Little Church Around the Corner They tell me Roscoe Ates, the stuttering Illm comic, managed Co propose to Verda of the Rodlk (staReD twins Ruth waldo, heroine of the Jack Topping aam. bling court case, being courted by Ray Dodge Dodie Mitchell. Latin Quarter showgirl parking next to Lou aPrker, the actor. in oui principal cafes Tom Quinn likes Helen Forrest, the canary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-23
Broadway and Elsewhere
By JACK LAII.

nsllyWoodla, Lana Tnurnr seer with Turhan Bay .. Actor Philip Ann and Paramount designer Willa Kim, an all-Korean romance Lois Collier going back to her homo tn South Carolina for the first timC since she started in films--to bs Queen of the Cotton Festival |,
 They say Mickey Rooney will gel medical discharge any day
 Ann Shirley recuperating at tho home of Marsha Hunt = no one al. lowed to visit except Adrian Scott ... Steve Crane says he will marry Mary o'Hara, Columbia baby stal Weird comb0-starlte Peggy Ryan, l8. and Maxie Rosenbloom at the ball game .. Walter Benson, Tommy Dorsey bandsman, and Ma rie Osborne, former moppet star, now Deanna Durhin's stand-in, a romance Oarbo out after dark for the first time since her acci. dent--and without her cane.
 The fascinating story Of an amaz. ing man has just been published by Caxton, '"The Oracle of Broadway. It is the biography of Oliver Mo- rosco. written by his third wife Helen and unique in that she tells it in the first person as of him Morosco is the fabulous thea- trical producer who, starting as a child acrobat in San Francisco, bee came the monarch of the theateF in Los Angeles. and later one of the leading producers on Broadway In addition to operating dozen playhouses at zone time, he produced such classics as Peg O My Heart" Bird of Paradise, ' "Abie's Irish Rose" (which he lost through a strange inciden0, Cam ary Cottage" the series of Lefty musicals and the first two plays written by yours truly, Help Want ed" and "One of Us" His oper- ations ran into millions and he was sitting on top of the amusement world on both coasts and between them, when he ran into wife trou. ble. The details of his relations with the girl he married when he was scarcely more than a child top any of the dramas he ever staged. His empire fell apart when every thing he owned. including the re- coipts of all his enterprises. were tied up by her lawyers. He was taken in hand by some New York sharpShooterS. They incorporated his name, sold blue sky. and wound up in Atlanta A kindly, cour- ageous. generous genius, he shared his power and prosperity open- handedly and kept his griefs to himself. Even his most intimate friends will be astounded that they knew so little of the progressive rlisfortunes which dogged this giant of courage and accomplishment He founded what is now Paramount Pictures - and gave away; that epi- sode is worth a few paragraphs m the book, so you can imagine the material which rates hundreds oI pagesl
 Etltel Norman and her husband Major Bob Levitt, are again un- der one roof. She will play Sadie Thompson soon Billy Rose and Ben Marden have cleaned up m real estate around the Ziegfeld thester, which they bought, and which will be the center Of the Nev York rialto after the war Nellie Reyell. the most famous press agent in Amercian history. is re- turning to the field Now they fiariecist tdwtFtaintJ JAhea-whihcanda
 have Gloria DeHayen tied mp wltll David Street Evelyn Carmel. the Venus de Nylon. seeing George
 Uffner, the moneyman boDpy orr. Conoyer beaut. and Marine PVi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-23

his character, Mir. Howe points out, was that he never showed any bitterness about having to work. He took this for granted. How. ever, in sessions of his gang he took the attitude that better equalization of economic affairs should be made. As stated, he made friends with many people, but still and all he had. of course, his select group. The Eisenhower family had no special pull any. where. and never asked for any.
 Dwight had two outstanding qualifications which, when prop erly applied, will mean success to most people in almost any vocation they may choose. He was especially observant. He could walk through a plant, or a building or manufac- turing establishment, or watch soIne- one who was adept at his work and be able to tell you everything he had seen.
 The other outstanding quality was his ability to listen to a con- versation and then at the proper time ask questions that would bring him the information he wanted"
 
 Another interesting sidelight on the young Dwight Eisenhower comes from Dr. Charles Harger, edi- tor Of the Abilene Reflector -chron- icle. He recalls
 One Of his attainmenuts was cooking. He. fancied himself a chef and proved it. While his parents were al church he and his brothers himself as leader. would prepare the Sunday meal. It is related by his mother that sometimes sine would come home and find the boys tossing dough to one another or wing with each other in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-23

this fact which makes the story so credible and touching.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-23

prevention, pointed out that some police departments have established police department employment agencies to which youths may come for advice concerning possible Job opportunities while others have or- ganized police atheltic leagues and boys clubs or have organized junior Police Corps.
 Every police ofIicer must be aware of the community hazards and conditions which might contri- bute to delinquency and crime in his section. He should also be aware Of the opportunities that exist for the greater use and development Of re- creational facilities" he declared,