Milford chronicle., 1944-03-10
&C RIB B LIE &C
- By ROBT. II. YERKES ~

by a guest columnist. This week
find that / am fortunate to be abl
to bring you the Impressions O
Milford and Delaware, but mostl
Milford, by a talented Journalist
who resides in Kutztown, Pennsyl
vania, but who recently visited he
Milford brother, who is our new
Presbyterian pastor. Rev. John M
DeChant. The lady who so kindl!
writes of our thriving little city il
Miss Alliene DeChant, the pastors
sister and her delightful story o.
her first Delaware and Milford Wis
it follows:
Camellias, shipbuilding, orchards
and vineyards. dairy and chicken
farms. Bach music, stamped
dance. women taXi-starters, bus
men, ticket sellers and train clean
ers, a Congressional" farewell
frozen food lockers, and a family
reunion at a Presbyterian Manse
combined to make the Inquiring
Reporters two-day jaunt to Mil
ford, Delaware, an unforgettable
one.
Every bus and train. with the
exception of two shOrt-line elec-
tries. was crowded. but only one
crouch was encountered, who was
promptly told by a fellow standee
to seek out fox-hOle, at which
sally everyone grinned. The |. r.
offered her seat on the Wilmington
train to a sailor, who replied. mo.
thanks, mother. you keep il" and
so mother" did. And she over
heard him say later to his buddy,
Hope Irene will be glad to see
me" and the other replied, She
sure will"
Milford population 4.254 accord
ing to The Americana is in Kent
and Sussex counties. not far from
Dover, the capitol. and near towns
with such ''perfume-sOunding'
names as Frederick and Magnolia.
MispilliOn River runs hither and
yOn through it was gay abandon,
for you never quite know when
you'll cross it again. There's a
lake, too, decorated with swan,
which, rumor has it, oftimes freeze
in the ice. but thaw out, unscatch-
ed. and at another end of town is
a playground, plus sizeable place
for boating and swimming.
II has its mansions and slums.
and surprisingly many are the
houses that boast half third
story. Colonial doOrways. and trac-
cries done in wood and iron. Resi-
dences for the most part are frame,
painted white. although occasion
ally brick or stone is to be found.
Many windows are the rule. also,
and the Manse is likewise full of
light as well as of children.
1t was in the Community Hall
that the stamped" dance was wit
messed each youth on paying his
modest entrance fee being stamp
ed" on the wrist. I'VE had trouble
with rowies in the beginning" the
uniformed man in charge said. but
we soon Ousted them and told them
not to come back, and the word
soon spread around. Last week we
had 4SS dancers"
Across the wide hall is the Ii
brary of 5000 volumes. which is
open several times a week. and is
backed by a generous endowment.
The camellias tone white and
two pink were procured at the
lorist's. whose head gardener is a !
D,ificbor 1,.bo drOnc l,ic he in COW
lbandon, and now and again picks /
hem up again.
The frozen" plant was the first
he l. r. has seen, and she took not |
/ little delight in eating sausage |
or breakfast. that had been stored
IL the "Revcrends" locker. In an
Dther section whole sides of beef /
we're sighted, the children being !
intrigued by the bOars
lead and liver.
The Bach music was heard in the
Presbyterian Church of the Plaza,
he altar of which was adorned with
'ellow snapdragons. blue iris. and
lily. from the "camellia" green
ouse. and the sermon had to do
With the woman who annOinted
he feet of Jesus and dried them
With her hair.
A ship for Uncle Sam is being
,uilt at Milford; not far distant
leet of trucks was lined up at a
hicken packing plant. and also in
he town is the Caulk Laboratory.
he only one of its kind in the
world, where "dentals" and other
PRODUCTS are "re-searched" and
The town also boasts weekly,
'rinted on Thursdays. and with
on its staff.
Seemingly far too young to be
Lieutenant-ColOnel, was the
Outh who occupied the seat ahead
n home-gOing bus. but there was
silver oak leaf on his shoulder
Ic was studying a text written in
foreign language, and as he
lunched a peanut butter sand
'ich, he glanced now and again at
he fascinatOr his wife was knitting.
lie also gave up his seat to a real
mother"
At each of the city stations there
'as USO Center and at the Will
lington one, between 1900 and l.
90 service men are served Satur- I
ay nights. "Everything's a nickle."
le woman in charge said. land of '
purse if they have no nickle, we
erve them anyway"
The l. r. sensed the lack of
aiety at the Both Street Station, '
Philadelphia also the fact that
eople know there's a war on. {
serious-minded and alert
re the women in uniform, taking
lie place of men; nor are the fare
ellis easy to watch. particularly q
hen the mothers learn that no Wis I
ors are permitted on the plat
rms below.
And when. at Whitner's, Read
~. KutZtoWn youth learn that one I