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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1944-11-10
Democrats Elected
To Two State House
Offices Last Tuesday
Bacon's Final Major
ity In Race Is 1907;
Carvel Defeats Bun
ting By 1870.
Wilbur D. Jacobs Defeats
Morris Harrington By
584 For State Auditor.

Boards of canvass met on Thurs
day in the Superior Courts of three
counties in Delaware for the Off
cial canvass of Tuesdays election
which, with the single exception OF
the Office of Governor, was won by
the Democrats on the national and
state tickets.
According to unofficial returns,
DIR. Philip A. Traynor of Whining
ton won Delaware's single seat in
the House of Representatives by
1,1S6 votes over U. S. Representa-
tive Earle d. Wiley of Dover.
Traynor's unofficial total was
$685.; Willey's, 62,340. Traynor,
winning New Castle County, went
behind in Kent and Sussex Coun-
ties.
Republican Governor Walter w.
Bacon, who several times trailed
bis opponent, DR.. Isaac ]. MacCol-
lum of Dover, received a majority
of 1907 votes, according to unoffi-
cial returns tabulated from the
states $50 election districts.
He polled 64,165, against 62,256
for the Democratic aspirant.
The final unofficial returns had
President Roosevelt carrying the
state by 1852 votes. polling 6S,O62
to Dewey's $3.50. The Presidents
margin was smaller than the 1880
he had four years ago over the late
Wendell l.. Willkie.
The vote for the other state can
didates was:
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SERVICE
MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES

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have been sending the CHRONICLE each week FREE all
and the armed forces from Kent Sussex who
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tnue sending FREE copies of the MILFORD CHRONICLE
service and
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1944-11-10
Two Contests Filed
In Kent Canvass
Republicans Seek Recount For
Register OF Wills; Democrats
For Senate Seat.

Two contests which will require
the counting of the ballots of foul
election districts were filed during
the canvass of the votes cast in
Kent County Tuesday before Chan
cellor W. w. Harrington and Resi-
dent J~dge Charles L. Terry, Jr.
sitting as a board of canvass.
The Republicans filed a contest
in the election of Register of Wills.
Ellwood Kemp. Democrat. defeated
William w. Simpson. Republican,
by a majority of 16 votes on the
basis of the unofficial count, which
was confirmed by tabulation on
Thursday of the official figures
supplied by the election officers.
Kemp received 1850 votes and
Simpson 1884.
The Republicans are contesting
votes for Register of Wills in the
First Election District of the Third
Representative District and the
Second Election District of the
Ninth Representative District.
The Democrats filed a contest
over the election of a state senator
from the Second Senatorial Dis
trict in which Samuel Weigel, Jr..
Republican. received 942 votes and
William jennings Poore. Democrat,
received SS5, giving Weigel a 81
majority.
The ballot boxes to be opened in
this contest are those of the Fourth
Representative District and Second
Election District of the Third Rep
resentative District.
Republicans also filed a contest
for sheriff but withdrew it when
official tabulation of the election
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1944-11-10
Dover District
Conference Here
Avenue Church VIII Be Host To
Group Next Thursday

The fourth annual conference OF
the Dover District will be held in
the Avenue Methodist Church, Mil
ford. Thursday, November Nc, DR..
Frank Herson, conference host,
and DR.. Walter A. Hearn, district
superintendent of the Dover Dis
trict, presiding.
Bishop Charles Wesley Flint. re-
Gently assigned as resident Bishop
of the Washington Area, will be
present and address the conference
in the afternoon. Other speakers
will be; DR.. Ralph Z. Dodge OF
Portuguese, West Africa. who will
speak on his experiences and OBJ
servations as a school principal
and superintendent of churches
through a vast field in this Portu-
guese colony.
DR.. G. Ernest Thomas of Had
donfield. n. j., who gave a stirring
address before the district confer
ence last year will be on the pro-
gram again this year. DR.. Thomas
is pastor of large Methodist
Church in Haddonfield and will
come to the conference represent
ing the Lay Activities Movement in
Methodism.
The Crusade for Christ will be
the theme of the conference. Rep
resentative speakers from the Do
yer District will present this cause
and the district superintendent
will explain the district budget.
The program is as follows:
9:45 a. m.-Devotions. DR.. Frank
Herson.
District Organization - Election
of secretary, statistician and roll
call; confirming of committees;
adoption of program.
Reports-District parsonage trus-
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Mrs. Nettie Jester
Is Rebekah Leader
Wife Of Odd Fellow Leader c. Z.
Jester, Is Recipient OF High HOnOrs

Again Milford Odd Fellows have
been the recipient of high honors.
This time it is the ladies branch
that has achieved the honor and
distinction of having one of its
members elected and installed as
president of the Rebekah Assem-
bly, of Delaware. Mrs. Nettie Jes-
ter, wife of Past Grand Master
Clarence E. Jester of the Delaware
Odd Fellows and one of the organ
izers and charter members of the
Margaret c. Pyle Rebekah Lodge.
No. II. of Milford, is the new Pres
ident of the Assembly, elected I'M
animously at the annual meeting of
the Rebekah Assembly of Della
ware in Wilmington last week.
1t is doubtful if a more compe-
tent and able woman could have
been chosen. Mrs. Jester is excep-
tionally well known in Delaware
for her work in the Grange, Sun
shine Society, church and other
civic affairs. A large delegation of
Milford's RebekahsN was present to
greet the new president on her ele-
walton to the highest office in the
fraternity.
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1944-11-10
Harry L. Cannon
Died This Morning
Prominent BridgeVilIe Gamer And
Financier Passed Away In Phila.

Harry L. Cannon, prominent can
ner and financier, died in Philadel-
phia at o'clock this morning Fri
day.. No details of his sudden
death were available as we go to
press. He was IS years of age.
Mr.. Cannon was the Republican
candidate for Governor in 1886. He
was defeated by former Governor
McMullin.
Mr.. Cannon was born in Bridge
vile on January 10, 1878, a son of
Henry Pervis and Anna (Dale) Can
non. AS a boy, he attended the
public schools in Bridgeville, and
later went to the Dickinson Pre-
paratory School, in Carlisle, Pa,
where he remained for three years;
and at the end of this period he be-
came a student at Dickinson Col
lege. from which he was graduated
in the class of 1899. Upon compile
ton of his academic education, Mr..
Cannon Immediately entered the
canning firm which for a number
of years his father had been sue
cessfully conducting in Bridgeville;
and since that time, his rise in this
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VIM. C. Powders Dies
In Local Hospital
Prominent MiIfOrdian Had Been
Sick For A Long Time

William G. Powders. age n years,
passed away Sunday, November S,
in the. Milford Memorial Hospital
after a long illness.
Funeral services were held on
Thursday afternoon at o'clock
from the Berry Funeral Home, Mil
ford. Rev. Frank Herson officiated.
Interment was made in the Odd
Fellows cemetery.
Mr.. Powders was a past presi-
dent of the Delaware State Fune-
raj Directors Association, the Del
Mar-Va Funeral Directors Asso-
citation and the Delaware State
Board of Undertakers Examiners.
He was member of Temple Lodge
No. 9, A. F. and A. NJ, and the Tall
Cedars of Lebanon, and a director
of the First National Bank and
Trust Company.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1944-11-10
GO. P. Gains House
Seat From Sussex
Official Canvass Of Vote Shows II.
d. Cook With Majority OF Three
Over Arthur Webb In First.

Delaware Republicans gained one
more state representative on Thurs
day in a contest completed in
Georgetown, Sussex County, as the
official canvass of the Delaware
vote got under way.
The Republican elected as a re-
suit of the contest is Henry d. Cook
in the First Representative Dis
trict of Sussex County, who had
previously been reported defeated
by Arthur Webb. Democrat, by
eight votes. The lineup in the
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Jim Deputy Sees
Action In China
Everywhere Milford Lieutenant
Goes The Front Goes Into Action

Goes The Front Goes Into Action
Y-FOrce Operations STAFF. South.
western China-First Lieutenant
James ]. Deputy. 80 years old. OF
Milford, is now serving as motor
officer for a headquarters group of
Y-Force in the field.
Deputy, the son of former State
Senator Harry NJ. Deputy of Har-
rington, is a graduate of Column
bia Preparatory School and attend
ed the University of Delaware at
Newark, for two years.
He had been employed by the
post office in Milford for nine
years when he enlisted in the Army
in November, 1912. He received his
basic training as an enlisted man
at Camp Wheeler. Ca, and was
then sent to the officer Candidate
School at The Infantry School,
Fort Benning, Ga.
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Sussex County
Carried By
Republicans
All County Candidates
Are Elected With Sub
Stantial MajOrities.

Sussex County put a full Repub-
lican ticket in the county Offices as
shown by complete official returns
from the "a election districts. also
contributing majorities to Dewey,
Governor Walter W. Bacon, L. S.
Representative Earle D. Wiley and
the Republican state ticket.
The victorious county candidates
and their majorities are:
Register in Chancery and Clerk
of the Orphans Court. Harvey
Spicer, LAG.
County Treasurer and Receiver
of Taxes. Louis V. Spencer. 1897.
Sheriff, Lannes W. Marvel, r,701.
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Crash Injuries Fatal
To Frederick Man
Mark Chambers Hit By Car Oper.
ated By Roy Dill OF FELTON,

Mark Chambers. As years old
Frederick. was fatally injured a
rail- mile west of mere on the Eel
ton-Frederica Road at GAS O'Clock
last Friday morning when struck
by car operated by Roy Dill, 80,
OF FELTON,. carrying mail from Fell
ton to Frederick.
Chambers. who was walking
alons the road to farm to husk
corn, died at 8 a. m. in the Kent
General Hospital. Dover. to which
he had been taken in the Dover
ambulance.
State troopers placed a technical
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Final Unofficial Totals
Of Vote In DeLaUare

Pending publication
official
County following balotng
national Offices:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-11
STRAND

Intensely dramatic and poig- nantly told PROS When the Lights Go On Again." which is current at the Strand theater, is simple, beautiful story of the return to normalcy of a wounded Marine who develops amnesia on his way home on furlough.
 James Lydon, in his first real dramatic role on the screen, has the part of the Marine who in traffic accident loses his memory on the way to his home in a Mis- sor1ri small town. Newcomer Bar bara Belden enacts the role of his pretty, young wife whom he mar ried prior to his enlistment in the Marines.
 Others in the cast are Regis Toomey, as the reporter who discov- CTS Lydon who becomes lost in a large city; George Cleveland. who plays the boys grandfather and who aids him in his rebellion against the dictates of his father (Grant MitchelD; Dorothy Peter son, Harry Shannon, Lucien Lit tlef1eld, Luis Alberni and Emmett Lynn.
 The companion feature is Seven Doors to Death, featuring Chic Chandler and June Clyde.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-11
WE, THE WOMEN
Oh. What Beautiful Words

know. We never use all of ours."
 ''No, these shoes don't require a ration stamp"
 Heres a V mail letter for you" Spoken, of course. by your friendly, interested postman.)
 BOY, OB BOY! BANANAS!! ..
 "Yes, we have bananas today"
 If you hurry over to such and such a place you can get cigar cites. They had four brands just a few minutes ago."
 T have good cleaning woman that think you might be able to get a couple of mornings week"
 Gan I give you a lift to town?" (Spoken to someone standing in the rain waiting for bus likely to be damned to capacity0
 Thank you. It was a pleasure to serve you. Call again."
 Have ten-day leave. Will wire exact time of arrival. Love-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-11
BY GAYNOR MADDOX
 NEA Staff Writer


 The mackerel catch this fall was one of the largest in years. We have over Il million pounds now in freezers as against last years nor- nal figure of 2 million. It's good eating and can be used to ease the strain on meat supplies.
 Frozen mackerel> should be kept in the freezing compartment of the refrigerator. To prepare for cook ing, they may be placed in another part of the refrigerator overnight or may be thawed more quickly at room temperature. Fish that are to be fried need not be thawed be- forehand.
 Baked Mackerel
 (Serves 6)
 One 3-pound mackerel, small onion, minced, 2 tablespoons green pepper, minced (optionaD, 2 slices bacon, 3 cups bread crumbs, l slice bacon, chopped, Ia teaspoon salt, Ia teaspoon pepper.
 Fry chopped bacon, add onion and green pepper and simmer 10 minutes. Add to bread crumbs and seasoning and mix well. Split dressed fish (head and tail may be left on if deSired) and spread with dressing. Fold fish over and close opening with Skewers. Place fish on oiled rack in baking pan. Lay the two slices of bacon on top of the fish. Bake in hot oven (450 deg. F.) for 30 minutes, basting fre- QuentIy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-11
CROSBY STAMP
 SALES INCREASE

Students of Crosby high school last week purchased $567.90 worth of war savings stamps, bringing their semester's total to $5,656.25:: High room this week was J. Francis Bo- lands with $40.25. One hundred percent rooms were William Be- land, Miss Connor, Mildred Goudy, Kathryn Hayes, James Murphy. MT. Smith, Clarence Tappin, and Roy Walch.
 Students of Leavenworth high school last week purchased $3s2 90 worth of stamps. Leading room was Miss Hart's with $46.80. One hun dred percent rooms were: MT. Dil- lon, Miss Hart, Mir. DeBonis, MT. Synott, Miss Cononr. MT. Smithies, MT. Coleman, MT. Rieger Miss Gem mill. Miss Casey, Miss Healey, Miss O'Brien, MT. Shanahan, and MT. Meyers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-11
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
MaiettN -AMtOYe
 Wedding Today

Miss Angeline Autore, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Joseph Autore, Walnut street extension, and Paul Maitta. also of Walnut street extension. son of the late MT. and Mrs. Louis Maietta, were united in marriage this morning at g o'clock at St. Thomas's church. Rev. John F. Kennedy officiated.
 The bride wore white failie taf- feta- with sweetheart neckline long sleeves and a full skirt and 8 long veil of net arranged from 8 crown trimmed with cherry blos- soH11s. She carried a bouquet or white roses centered with an orchid.
 Miss Ann Marinera, cousin of the bride, served as maid of honor wearing a blue n1arquisette gown fashioned with a sweetheart neck line, three-quarter sleeves and a full skirt. Her hat and shoulder veil were of pink and she carried pink roses. The best man was Michael Celentano.
 A dinner a Diorio's restaurant for about 40 guests was followed by a reception at F1orio Post Hall for approximately 500, Mrs. Autore re- ceiving in a blue crepe costume, black accessories and corsage of roses and pom-poms.
 For travel the bride selected 8 yellow dress, brown coat and access sories and a corsage of orchids. MT. and Mrs. Maietta will reside at 320 Walnut street extension when they return from a wedding trip to New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-11
q A l0742 v A @ 3 ( S2 74

Several experts dropped in at my office from time to time and I asked them about the hand. Quite a discussion developed. Now I am going to ask you what you would bid over two diamonds. If you bid two spades. west may double; but of course you are more or less pre- pared to let your partner go to three diamonds.
 The consensus of the experts was that over two diamonds South should pass. He had a bare mini- mum opening bid. When West bid one no trump North did not double indicating that he did not hold stf- ficient strength for a game contract. Some would not offer the strong an objection to a bid of two spades but neverthele ss all of the experts thought that the scientific thing for South to do was to pass.
 There you have 6 simple little thing that we argued about for 8 weekl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-11
CLUB NOTES
Arlene H1n1iStOn WedS
 Michael B. Thompson

cousin of the bride, and Peggy Thompson. the bridegroom's sister, were usherettes.
 The brides white brocaded satin gown was designed with @ sweet heart neckline, fitted bodice, long tapered sleeves and a full skirt terminating in a long circular train. Her fingertip veil of illusion was caught with clusters of orange blossoms and she carried a colonial bouquet of white pom-poms and roses.
 Her maid of honor wore an aqua marine gown with a sweetheart neckline, fitted bodice, long sleeves and 8 full skirt. A tiara and Shoul- der veil of matching color and a bouquet, a bronze pom-poms and yellow roses completed her costume. The bridesmaids wore pink gowns with satin bodices, high round neck lines and ntnon skirts over taffeta. Their headdresSes were of pink oS- trich feathers with back trims of horsehair and they carried yellow pom-poms and pink roses.
 The usherettes' heavenly blue gowns also combined satin and net and were styled with V necklines and three-quarter sleeves.
 A reception was held at the brides home for about 75 guests including those from Springfield, Mass, Bridgeport, Watertown, Hartford and New Haven. Mrs. Humiston sel- ected two-piece black crepe en- semble with black accessories while the bridegrooms mother chose brown dress with aqua trim and brown accessories. Both were orchid corsages.
 When the couple left for wed- ding trip to New York City, the bride was wearing a green wool dress and brown accessories. Upon their return they will reside at 363 Home stead avenue. Mrs. Thompson is a graduate of Watertown High school and her husband, who recently re- ceived an honorable discharge from the Army, was graduated from Leavenworth High school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-11
Associates Fete
 AInpa Guerrera

Mites Alma Guerrero, Hill street. who will be married Dec. to Paul Shaw, was feted Thursday evening at a pre-nuptial party by her asso- ciates at the Waterbury Tool, DlVls- ion of Vickers, Inc. Miss Guerrero was presented with a mahogany Governor winthrop secretary rom the guests who included:
 Harold Carberry, Lucy Waro' Gertrude Brown, William Hanon' Louis Mango, Teresa Cocco, Fran cis McInerney, Emily shannon Norman Couch, John Culhane, Vii liam Mordo, James Brislin, Mary Sopensky, Mrs. Mary Skehan, Pat Cirninera, Ackley Shove, Bettie Collins, Frances Amato, Edmund wade. Helen Beloin, Fanny RosSl, Timmie Rosa, Peggy Conway, Ann York, Mario Rinaldi and Anne Guilfoile.
 Also Ralph Shove, Hazel Derouin, John Reidy, George Hora1, Jonn Platt, John Rossi, Tom Platt, Kath- leen Conway, Kaye Dwyer, Edward Seymour, Joe Summa, Catherine Kenny, Emily Hobbs, Tom Donovan, William Ballard. William Redmond, Reggie Coulter, Norman Cote, Frances Sbordone, Rose Santora Fritz Norrin, Adele Balcauskas, Il. V. Evans and c. Robert Kalen.
 Others: Wilson Miller, Margery Comber, Frances Guarrera, Frank Caruso, Jerry Sitters, Alice Ander- son, Edward LeLeon, Robert Schild- gen, Charles Couch, Vincent Mar tinoIli, Ted Atwood, Margaret Ward william LeClair, Alice Hurduk, Margaret Bradley, Venus Garafola, Hazel Magee, James Ward, Terry Hebert. Bernice Hubbard, Irene Collety, Rosalind Cipriano, Cell Kakowski, Frank Koziell and James Tobin.
 Also: Lucy Moss, Helen Ciriello, Ann Mccarthy, Edwood Coe, Stan Dronick, Don Fraser, Fred Roland, Robert Curtis, Douglas Anderson, Ruth Ream, Eleanor Pilla, Tom Carmody, Adele zakarauskas, Lucy Mitkowski, Parker Rowell, Charles Harris, Glenn Rosenau, Ann Cote, Peggy McGrath. Mary Ann Hyland, Bill Higgins, Frank Collier, Laur- ence Bulette and Russ Jones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-11
MGYyE. DGnGher Guest At ShOwer

Miss Mary Elizabeth Danaher, South street, who will become the bride of John J. McKennar, Meriden road, on Nov. 1s, was honored at a currency shower recently by her mother, Mrs. Joseph Danaher at Harmon's Blue room.
 Among the guests were: Margaret Bogart, Arlene Bowes, Loretta Brick el, Winifred Bric.el, Ann Danaher, Dorothy Danaher, Mary Danaher, Trudie Danaher, Madeline Dillon, Anna Dunne, Mary Foody, Kathleen Gilbert, Bea Gilmartin. Mary Joyce, Helen McAvoy Anne Mastrianr1i, Catherine Mullen, Anna Wall and Eileen Whalen,
 Also Mrs. Mary Begnal, Mrs. Henry Brodeur, Mrs. Margaret Calf frey, Mrs. Patrick Campion, Mrs. Lewis Darlington ST., Mrs. Anna Christnat, Mrs. James Coughlin, Mrs. Francis Coughlin, Mrs. Fred Coughlin, Mrs. Harry Coughlin, Mrs. Mary Coughlin, Mrs. Raymond Coughlin Mrs. Terrence Coughlin, Mrs. George Crosby, Mrs. John Crowley, Mrs. John. Dalton, Mrs. Joseph Danaher, Mrs. Catherine Devereaux, Mrs. James Donnelly, Mrs. Ruth Donnelly, Mrs. Peter Dempsey, Mrs. William Fitzell, Mrs. Patrick Ford and Mrs. Donald Frey, Mrs. John Whalen, Mrs. Evan Whalley and Mrs. Mary Williams.
 Others present were: Mrs. Lewis Gilbert, Mrs. Michael, Goggins, Mrs. Andrew Healey, Mrs. Howard, Ho- gan, Mrs. Francis Horan, Mrs. Timothy Morgan, Mrs. Jane Houli- han, Mrs. Kenneth Hunter, Mrs. Patrick Hussey, Mrs. Hubert James, Mrs. Garrit Joyce, Mrs. Minnie Jones, Mrs. Thomas Ramp, Mrs. Elizabeth Kelly, Mrs. Catherine Kierce, Mrs. Andrew Kulman, Mrs. Edward Lahey, Mrs. Bonis Lato- gas, Mrs. Frank Lawlor. Mrs. John Lokites, Mrs. John McEvoy, Mrs. Thomas McAvoy, Mrs. Margaret Mc- Kenna, Mrs. Patrick Moran, and Mrs. Catherine Mullen.
 Also Mrs. Alton Norton, Mrs. John Norton, Jr., Mrs. Margaret Norton, Mrs. Terrence OConnor Mrs. John Purcell, Mrs. Newell Porch, Mrs. George Pryor, Mrs. Stanley Satkunas, Mrs. Harry Schietie, Mrs. John Schum, Jr., Mrs. Wilbur Seeley, Mrs. Mary Shelly, Mrs. Walter Sonderegger, Mrs. Robert Stokes, Mrs. James Sullivan, Mrs. Mary Tobin. Mrs. Mae Touran- geau and Mrs. Walter Van Riper.