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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Local Boys And Girls
Save Essential Crops
Saved 21 Tons Of Asparagus Dur
ing First Week OF Harvest

School boys and girls from Kent
and Sussex counties saved 81 tons
of asparagus valued at about 81
945 during their first week of
emergency harvest work. accord
ing to county agricultural agents
Russell Wilson and William Hen
derson.
These boys and girls are mem
bers of the Victory Farm VOlun-
teers, under the emergency farm
labor program of the Delaware Ag-
ricultural Extension Service. They
have been working under the Day
Haul plan-that is. they are trans
ported each day to the fields in
which they are to work.
About 249 different boys and
girls from Dover. Harrington.
Greenwood. Bridgeville. and
Georgetown schools worked dur
ing this first week. putting in
about 2.050 hours of work alto
gether on the Job.
When il became apparent that
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
State College Field
Day Tomorrow
Entrants Are Inclnded From All
Sections OF Delaware

The Delaware State College
Field Day scheduled for Saturday,
May 13, will include schools from
Laurel, Seaford, Dover, George
town and Delaware State College
Laboratory High School. Sponsor
ed by the Department of Health
and Physical Education under the
direction of Mrs. Evelyn w. Eas-
terly and Thomas Tank" Conrad,
students in the grades nine
through twelve will participate in
50 and 100 yard dashes. relay race,
running broad jump, running high
jump, basketball throw for dis
tance, folk dances for girls, COM
munity singing and a sOftball game
for boys. Two teams for the boys
softball game will be formed of
boys from the southern and north
ern parts of the state.
A special feature will include
folk dancing for girls. Routines
for this production will include
ace of diamonds, Captain Jinks,
reap the flax and the Virginia reel
Finalist in the track and field
events will receive awards.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Curb of RGtiOning
Seen By November z
Republican Representative
From Minnesota Makes
Prediction

Representative August H. An
dresen (R-Minn). fatty predicted
last Friday the Office of Price Ad-
ministration will remove virtually
all remaining items from the ra-
tioning program between now and
election day
Andresen's prediction came in a
speech prepared for House deliv-
cry in which by inference he ac-
cused the New Deal of using the
OPA ratiOning program as a wedge
TO secure a fourth term for Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
He further held that should Mr..
Roosevelt be reelected, "OPA
shortly thereafter will reinstate
and make more drastic all ration
ing policies TO further regiment and
socialize the economy of our coun-
try"
1T would not surprise me at all.
said Andersen. should OPA Ad-
minister Chester Bowles announce
between now and November that
beef steak. sugar. butter. and can
ned fruits. gasoline, fuel oil and
automobile tires will also be put
on the free list for the benefit of
the civilian population"
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Will Induct
Cadet Nurses
Here Tonight
Seventeen Will Be Off
cially Taken Into The
u. S. Cadet Nurses
Corps At s O'clock.

Seventeen Cadet Nurses will be
inducted officially into the L. S.
Cadet Nurse Corps at ceremonies
to be held in the Caulk auditorium
at s p. III. on Friday. May 12. OF
the thirty cadet nurses of the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital. thirteen
are at present afiiliating in other
hospitals and will be unable to be
present The local hospital is
proud to take part in the Undue
tion of $4,000 cadet nurses who are
being inducted throughout the
United States this week.
On Saturday. May 13, there will
be a national broadcast from Wash
ington, ID. C.. hOnOring all MEM
bers of the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps.
This program will begin at 4:3O
p. IN. and will include the induc-
ton ceremonies for hundreds of
cadet nurses in Washington.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Sussex Woman Killed
When Cars Collide
Mrs. Margaret Burton Victim In
Accident Near Georgetown

Mrs. Margaret Burton. IS years
old, was killed instantly last Sun
day evening in an auto collision at
Indian River Mission, HaTbesOn's
Cross Roads, between Lewes and
Georgetown. She was thrown
through the windshield of the auto
operated by her husband. former
State Senator Clifford Burton. pro-
baton officer for Sussex county.
The Burton car collided at the in
tersectiOn with a machine operated
by George Carleton Downing of
Milford. The latter's wife, Mrs.
Jennie Downing. was taken to Mil
ford Memorial Hospital suffering
from decorations of the head and
knee. Mr.. Burton was removed to
the Beebe Hospital, Lewes. He suf-
fered shock and bruises. Mr.. Dow
ming and Philip Short, brother of
Mrs. Burton, were uninjured.
The Burtons and Mr.. Short were
enroute to their home in Angola
from a visit with Mrs. Martha Short
of FELTON,, the mother of Mrs. Bur-
ton and Mr.. Short. In addition to
her husband, Mrs. Burton is sur
vived by a son, Lieutenant-COm-
mander Leland S. Burton. Delaware
River and Bay pilot.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Harrington
Board Lists
Men Inducted
G. S. Harrington, C. A.
Jester, r. H. KINNEY,
]. T. Whaley, E. Ben
son Go From Milford.

Local Board No. 2, Kent county,
located at Harrington, has released
the following list of men recently
inducted:
George G. Barnett, Magnolia
Manlove S. Bradley. Harrington; !;
Curtis Duco, r. F. d. l, Dover;
Richard G. Foraker, Camden; AL
bert J. Ford. Wyoming; William d.
Hamilton, 5 South Governors ave-
nue., Dover; George S. Harrington,
1l6 Marshall street, Milford; Ed
ward B. Hill. 5146 Hazel avenue,
Philadelphia Charles A. Jester. X,
F. ID. 2, Milford; Richard II. Kim
mey, GA Walnut street, Milford; +;
Harold V. Minner, X. F. ID. 1, Do
YER; John T. Whaley, 311 South
East Front street. Milford; Walter
Yearsley, Jr. Magnolia; Edmund
Benson, r. F. d. q. Milford; Lin
wood Dixon, 1S41 N. 18th street,
Philadelphia; Harry ]. Dill, Jr,
Harrington; Merrill f. Jones, Eel
ton; William E. Layton, Harring-
ton; Robert B. Pruett. r. +. d. A.,
Harrington; Clarence r. Sipple.
FELTON,; Edwin N. WOOleyhan, Wy
oming; Raymond w. Hall, 6O45
Wisteria avenue, Merchantville, N.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
ChGnceLLOr's Wife
Sponsors SubcHGser
SC-1497 Launched At Vim
yards Shipbuilding Com
Eany Last Thursday

A submarine chaser. the SC-1497.
was launched at the yards of the
Vinyard Shipbuilding Company in
Milford last Thursday.
Mrs. Watson w. Harrington. wife
of Chancellor Harrington. was the
sponsor.
Members of the launching party
were: Lieutenant r. T. Miller, U.
S. n. r.. assistant supervisor of
shipbuilding, U. S. Navy; II. God
win Stevenson. naval inspector;
Wade Fl. Baker. machinery inspec-
tor; Chancellor Harrington, form
err Governor w. ID. Denney, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter l.. Mifflin, and Mrs.
John A. Compton.
Guests OF the sponsor attending
were: DIR. and Mrs. S. NJ. ID. Mar
shall, Miss Elizabeth b. Collins.
Miss Ida Draper. Mr.. and Mrs. J.
C. Truitt. and Mrs. j. Lynn Pratt.
all of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Mrs. ID. Bragg
TO Address
WSCS May l9
st. Louis w WOman Is
Chairman OF The WO-
mems Division Of
Christian Service.

The WOmeh's Society of Chris
tian Service of the Peninsula Con-
ference will meet on Friday. Nav
10, in the Peninsula Methodist
Church. Goth and Washington
streets. in Wilmington. The exec
utive committee will have a meet
ing at ten O'Clock in the morning
for current business. Luncheon
may be obtained at Il nearby res
taurant. The afternoon meeting
will convene at two o'clock with
the president, Mrs f.. HObson Da-
Wis. presiding. The speaker for the
afternoon will be Mrs. J. ID. Bragg
of st. Louis. chairman of the WO-
mems Division of Christian Ser
vice. This meeting will afford an
opportunity for the members to
see and hear Mrs Bragg. who will
be making her first visit to the
Peninsula Conference. Mrs. Milton
Pope of Salisbury. chairman of
Spiritual Life, will have charge of
devOtiOns. Mrs. l.. b. Cruiser CT
Wilmington, will be the sOlOist foc
the afternoon. singing BY the Wa
ters of Babylon" by Howell. This
will be The most important meeting
of the society of the year and MEM
bers from all parts of the confer
ence will be present to hear Mrs.
Bragg. a fOrceful and well-infOrm-
ed speaker.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Large Crowd
At Harrington
TOHear Harris
Evangelist's "StrOng
Preaching" Attracted
Many To New Church,
Special Music.

The strong preaching of Evange-
list Dan Sherman Harris attracted
an unusually large crowd in Har-
rington at the New Church last
Sunday night. The new building.
just barely completed was crowded
to capacity with many extra chairs
having been placed in the church
to accommodate the congregation.
In his sermon of the evening. the
evangelist stressed from the Bible
the fact that Christ is to return to
this earth again in person. A fun
damental text that was used to
substantiate the convictions of the
young speaker was Acts 1911
where he read, This same Jesus
shall comes in like manner :"
Also he used Rev. IL where it
says that every eye shall see
Him."
Even though such a large at
tendance was present at his open
ing lecture. the evangelist stated
that he expects a larger audience
next Sunday night, May IA, when
he speaks on the subject, What
are the Sensations of the Dead One
Minute After Death?" In that lee
ture Evangelist Harris promises to
show from the Bible where The
dead go at death. how they feel,
what they think, and what they
knowl
In my travels throughout the
country | find a great interest on
this subject" declared Evangelist
Harris, "and Sunday night | am
going to devote my entire lecture
to the topic of the dead" lie fur
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
FBI Law Enforcement
Conference At Dover
Sgt. Z. ]. MOger, OF First Amerl-
can Ranger Battalion, Speaker

]. W. Vincent. special agent in
charge of the Baltimore office of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion. announced today that an FBI
Law Enforcement Conference was
held in the Legislative Building at
Dover on Monday of this week.
This conference was attended by
law enforcement officers from the
various police departments
throughout the State of Delaware
as well as by representatives, of
the United States Army and Navy.
The principal speaker at the con-
ference was Sergeant Erwin j.
Moger of the First American Rang
er Battalion. Sergeant Moger par
ticipated in the raid on Dieppe,
France. He discussed his expert
ence In this raid in detail at the
conference. and in addition dis
cussed the training given Ameri-
can Rangers and British COmman-
dos in preparing for these raids.
A motion picture was also dis
played showing the tactics used in
landing operations, including the
Marine landing at Tarawa.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Poppy Day Here Set
ForSatnrday May27
Milford Legion Auxiliary viii BE Ready To Distri-
butte The Memorial FIOUers On That Day; Story
Is Told Of Idea of Poppy As A Memorial FIOIcer.

their life's blood around the roots
of the little plant.
Memories of the war dead al
ways bring thoughts of those who
did not die but came back doomed
to years of hardships and suffer-
ings, sometimes worse than death.
In the poppy was found a way to
link the hOnoring of the dead with
service for the living victims of
the war. Soon after the war pa
triOtic organizations in different
countries began to conduct sales
of pOppies made by disabled veter-
ans. to raise funds for relief work
among suffering ex-serYice men
and their families. A double sig
niiicance became attached to the
poppy. Wearing the little flower
came TO mean hOnOring the dead
and helping the living.
The poppy also became the me-
mortal flower of the British Leg
ion. Other American veterans or
followed The American
Legion and Auxiliary in adopting it
as their official flower of remem-
brance. Soon many millions of the
little red flowers were being worn
each year in all parts of the Eng
world. to honor the
World War dead and to aid the
wars living victims.
The nation wide sale of memoir
ial poppies was begun by the Leg
ion and Auxiliary in 1921. At first
silk pOppies made in France by
French widows and orphans were
used. In 1922 the first pOppies made
by American veterans were pro-
duced in the hospitals of Minnesota
and this work has steadily expand
ed until poppies are being made in
more than fifty hospitals and dis
abled veterans wOrkrOoms in for
ty different states.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Harry v. Tubbs Is
Killed In Accident
Former SeIbyVllle Postmaster Was
Active In Timber Business

Harry ", Tubbs, 81 years old, of
Selbyville, a member of the Demo-
cratic State Committee. died last
Sunday in the Kent General Hos
pital in Dover. from injuries suf-
fered in an automobile accident
near Smyrna last Saturday after
noon.
The accident was the most SER
ious of several which occurred Ov-
er the weekend and resulted in in
juries to eight other persons. State
troopers and local police investi-
gated the various collisions.
Tubbs, who was a former post
master of Selbyville. was a pass
enger in a car operated by Mrs.
Nellie Mae White. ~ years old. of
Salisbury, Md. which struck tree
after a tire blew out. The car was
demolished. The accident occur
red on the north lane of the dual
road of Route 13, just south of
Smyrna.
Injuries Listed
Tubbs and Mrs. White were TAX
en- to the hospital where it was
found that he had received a dou-
BILE compound fracture of a leg.
scalp and chest wounds. a possible
skull fracture and a back injury.
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Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Robbins Church To Be
Rededicated May 21st
Well Known Preachers, Singers
Will Take Part In Services

The members and the pastor,
Rev. Robert Nailor of Faith Bible
Holiness Church at Robbins Cross
roads, are completing plans for the
rededication of their church on
Sunday, May 81.
The church building has been
painted and repaired inside and
out. and presents a most attrao-
tive appearance. and it is the hope
of the pastor and the trustees that
the expense connected with the re-
decorating might be met in full.
from contributions obtained at
this special service.
Several well known preachers
and singers have signified their
intentions of being present and
aiding with the services. which will
be helpful and soul satisfying.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
State Poultry Is
Preferred By Army
Former Senator John q. Townsend
Says Feed Situation Is Critical


Sixty-fiye per cent of the Dire, y z
brOilers in Sussex county is sold to
the Army, which prefers them to
all other brOilers in the nation,
former U. S. Senator John G..
Townsend. Jr.. OF Selbyville, told
members of the Rotary Club at its
meeting last Saturday.
Mr.. Townsend asserted black
market conditions descended under
the recent OPA price advances. hut
the cOrn-feed situation is threaten
ing the indUstry.
Characterizing the cOrn-feed sit
uatiOn as an"extremely critical"
one to the $4,000, ,OOO-dollar poul-
try industry in the state. the form
er senator declared that unless the
government shortly takes steps to
clarity the problem the industry
may suffer
Mr.. Townsend pointed out that
the great proportion of the feed
corn for Delaware poultry comes
from the Middle West and West and
that the government has recently
frozen corn stocks there.
A total of approximately 354 900
tons of feed is needed annually to
feed the industry in Delaware, he
asserted, or 1880 freight cars.
This would make a train 10 miles
long, he said.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Children Are Blamed
For Garage Fire
Three OutbOard Motors Destroyed
In North Milford Blaze

Fire caused by children playing
with matches. according to menu
bers of the Carlisle Fire Company
of Milford. caused fire last Fri
day afternoon in the garage at the
Witt Apartments, N. w. Front
street, which badly damaged the
building, destroyed three Out-board
motors and set fire to the adjOin-
ing garage of Benjamin Carpenter.
The motors were the property of
Leroy Robinson. a tenant in the
apartments. The Carlisle Fire
Company was summoned.
Gasoline in the motors exploded.
and the flames were swept over to
the Carpenter garage. This was
extinguished before it gained any
headway. The Witt garage was
badly damaged.
Children had been playing in the
garage with matches, according to
the investigation by firemen.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Common Ticks May
Garry Spotted Fever
Those Entering Infested Areas
Should Take Precautions

American dog ticks or common
wood ticks. now abundant in Della
ware, are carriers of Rocky Noun
tain spotted fever. While few of
the ticks in this area are infected,
now and then cases of this fever
appear, and mortality runs from 20
to 25 per cent.
Harvey l.. Chada. extension en-
tOmOlOgist for the Delaware Agri-
cultural Extension Service. warns
that ticks are abundant i'm damp
areas covered with underbrush.
tall grass, and weeds. Right now
they will be encountered in almost
any woods. woody area. or old
meadow. Avoid these places if pos
sible. While various wild animals
and dogs are preferred hosts. man
is attacked when he invades their
haunts.
In infested areas, keep the body
as well protected against ticks as
possible. Fumigate clothing worn
in infested areas with carbon te-
trachOloride or carbon bisulphide.
Check carefully To see that ticks
do not cling to your body. since
you cannot feel their bite. Even
infected ticks cannot produce the
disease unless attached . to S
hours. so get them off as soon as
you can Remove them at once
with fingers or tweezers. and after
removal. cauterize with solution
of carbolic acid. silver nitrate. or
iodine on a round toOthpick. drill
ed lightly into the skin at the exact
point of attachment
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Child Health Care
Plan In Delaware
Well Child Conferences Operated
BY Health Board Doing Good Work

The State Board of Health's con-
tribution to child health in Della
ware is not limited to May and
Child Health Day, according to DR.,
Edwin Cameron, executive secre-
tary of the Board, who points out
that 1882 children between infancy
and six years of age made 1886
visits to the Boards 80 Well Child
Conferences, located at 26 diffefent
places in the state during 1943.
These Conferences are located
throughout the state in Whining
ton. Newark, MiddletOwn, New
Castle, Delaware City, Dover,
Smyrna, Milford. Seaford. George
town, Frankford, Bridgeville, Lewes
and RehobOth.
The Well Child Conferences are
run by the Board for the special
purpose of helping TO keep norm
ally well children healthy and a
physician is always in attendance
for the purpose of examining the
child and advising the mother on
its diet, dealth habits and behavior
problems. The nurses weigh and
measure the youngsters and care
full records are kept of their health
progress. The nurses also help the
mothers understand the doctors
instructions. answer her questions.
and give her health education ma
terial to fit her particular needs.
Protection against diphtheria
and smallpox are other health SER
vices given Delaware Parents for
their children. The vaccination
and immunization are offered in
Turn 10 Psse 7. PIsRseI
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Kiwanians Report Entrants For
Field Meet-May Day Registering

to see the fine spirit that exists
in the local school.
At the regular Kiwanis dinner
meeting on Tuesday evening Of this
week the club had as their guests
members from the neighboring
clubs of Bridgeville. and Seaford.
also present for an official visit
was Lieutenant-Governor of XII
wants Clisly Jennelle Of Salisbury.
Kiwanian Perry Ragains pre-
sented the speaker OF the evening,
DIR. Edwin Cameron. executive sec
retary of the State Board Of Health.
DIR. Cameron gave an interesting
talk on medical care and hospital
Ization of the future.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
.ew Officers Of
Milford Century
Club Are Installed
Committee Chairmen for
New Term Are Named
BY President Mrs.
John Fry At Final
Spring Meeting.

Mrs. John w. Fry was installed
as president of the Milford New
Century Club on Monday at the
final spring meeting of the club
year. With gracious speech of
acceptance of her new responsible
ity. Mrs. Fry spoke of work in war
years and said she looked forward
to the work and with the help of
members she hoped to make her
administration important and of
community benefit. Also installed
were Mrs. August F. Faix. Mrs.
Frank +. Conlin and Mrs. Herman
Phillips, vice presidents; Mrs. e.
Roscoe Galloway. recording secre-
tary Mrs. Charles Banning, corre-
spending secretary; Mrs. James
CressOn. treasurer; Mrs. Cornelius
wilkins, auditor; Mrs. Carlton
Fooks. director for one year; Mrs.
f. Burgette Short, Mrs. Wilson S.
Vinyard. Mrs. David Sills and Mrs.
Charles Banning directors for
three years. Mrs. NJ. Haswell
Pierce was presented with a pres
ident's pin. a gift of the board of
directors. A vase and flowers were
presente dto Mrs. Fry by Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Riggs.
Mrs. Pierce, in her farewell
speech and report, gave the num-
erOus important things that had
been accomplished during her two
year term, and thanked the mem
bers for good attendance and splen-
did participation in the programs.
Reports were given by all of the
chairmen present of their work
during the term, fourteen being
present and three absent. This was
followed by a social hour.
Mrs. Fry announced her chair
men at the meeting on Monday as
follows: Mrs. Z. d. Riggs, pro-
gram; Mrs. Robert Rudolph, music;
Mrs Ray Warren, hostess; Miss
Ida Draper, custodian of property;
MrsG Frank Z. Coulin. art: Mrs.
Herman Phillips. Mrs. John Took
er. conservation; Mrs. George
Macklin. public welfare; Mrs. Carl
ITum TO Page J. PleassI
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12

Poppy Day is Saturday. May "a,
and again the American Legion
Auxiliary will be ready to distri-
butte pOppies to the public to hon
or the dead and help the living"
The idea of the poppy as me-
mortal flower for the World War
dead sprang up as naturally as the
little flower itself grows in the
fields of France and Flanders. The
flower was the one touch of beauty
which survived amid the hideOus
destruction of war. Along the edge
of the trenches. beneath the tang
led barbed wire. about the ragged
shell holes and over the fresh
graves it raised its brave red bios
som. 1t seemed to be the one i'm
mortal thing in that region where
death reigned. The soldiers of all
nations came to look upon it as the
living symbol of the sacrifices of
their dead comrades.
II was a poet who first gave ex-
preston to the idea. Soon himself
to lie beneath the pOppies, he
wrote:
In Flanders fields the poppies
glow,
Between the crosses. row on
row"
Even before the men had return
ed from the war, the perfect little
poem of Colonel John McCrae had
winged its way around the world
carrying the picture of the pOppies.
Returning soldiers brought the vis-
ion of the poppy fields back with
them, engraved indelibly in their
hearts with the memories of the
they had left on the bat
tle-front. spontaneously the poppy
took on a sacred significance. II
became the flower of remembrance
for the men who had poured out
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12
Juniors 18th Annual
Prom On May 10Th
Affair Will Be Held In
High School Auditorium
On That Date

The thirteenth annual Junior
Prom will be held in Milford High
School auditorium on Friday eve
ming, May 19.
Music for the gala affair will be
furnished by Lou Starrt and his
orchestra.
The class president, Leroy Rust,
states that the fine spirit of CO.
operation shown by his classmates
should make the occasion a me-
morable one in the high school
annals. For the past several weeks
the various committees appointed
by President Rust have been busy
working on decorations, music,
programs, etc.
Admission to the Prom will be by
bid only.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-12

The committee ON the Kiwanis
May Day and Track Meet which
is scheduled to be held at the Mil
ford High School on May 20, re-
ports that entries for the various
events are being registered. and
prospects are that this will be an
inspiring and entertaining occa-
sion.
The teams on the various events
are practicing daily and already
this practice is instilling into the
entrants the spirit OF competition
and fair play which is so much
needed in daily life.
The public is invited to attend
this fete, as 1t viii be worth while