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Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

Thomas R. Bennett of Marshall,
Wyoming. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John W. Bennett has been recent
Milford visitor. Mr.. Bennett will
shortly leave again for his home in
, the West and will be accompanied
there by his mother.
Miss Dorothy Paige is coming
Eome for the holidays.
The Reverend E. II. J. Andrews
reports that the headquarters of
Troop No. >. Boy Scouts located in
his yard. has been broken into and
three new Boy Scout axes stolen
and other mischief done" Mr. An
drews wishes to state that if the
boys who committed the burgarly
will retuBn the axes to him he will
take no further action in the mat
ter. Otherwise prosecution will
follow.
At the afternoon session of the
Sunday school of the Avenue
Methodist church of Milford last
Sunday afternoon, the members of
the friendship Bible class of that
church presented their pastor and
teacher. Reverend w. r. Mowbray.
with handsome cornet. The MEM
hers met in body and presented
the cornet with appropriate
speeches to which their teacher re-
spOnded heartily. DR.. Mowbray is
one of the most popular ministers
ever to come to Milford. not only
among his own congregation but
among the members of the other
churches of Milford. He has been
asked to return for the fourth year
in Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. William X. NOshell
and son Emory. and S. Emmett
Hurd. of near FELTON,, were recent
Milford visitors making the trip in
Mr.. Hurd's car.
Miss Anna Bell is confined to her
home at the present time suffering
with rheumatic fever. A nurse is in
A party of Red Men of Sakimas
Tribe of Milford will motor to
Houston the evening of December
18th, to attend the celebration of
the anniversary of Red Cloud Tribe
Of that place. They will partake of
a bountiful feast.
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Browning
Of Greensboro. North Carolina are
visiting her parents. Senator and
Mrs. S. John Abbott.
Albert W. Bennett is spending
lew days in Philadelphia.
Bennie F. Johnson is home from
where he is attending
8eacom's business college.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

Last week, Mrs. David Sills
entertained her bridge club on
Tuesday. 1t was an honor
ing" occasion. Mrs. Bernard
Shortall and Mrs. Robert Ru-
dolph were complimented be-
cause of their birthdays and
Mrs. William Cavanaugh and
Mrs. Frank Conlin were given
a farewell good time because
they are moving to Dover and
Wilmington. Cards were play
ed until time for refresh
ments when the guests went
to the dining room, where a
perfectly appointed table in
red and white, held the good
things.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

WAR BONDS are the means of pre-
venting ruinous imitation.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

Rev. and Mrs, John Jack
son Brown, Jr., of Salisbury,
welcomed a son on December
in Peninsula Hospital, Sails
bury, and gave him the name
of Lawrence Wayne Brown.
Their daughter. Connie, has
been the guest of her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. August
F. Faix, for two weeks.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

fzzzlzIzzsgE III e Chris tina
b - dance is an assured
= - thing. All arrange
ments have been
s---Dabout completed and
the young and older folk will
again dance the hours away
on Tuesday, December 26. The
affair will be given in Com
munity Building in the Varney
Auditorium from ten until two.
Len Mayfair and his Miles of
Melody Orchestra of Philadel-
phia has been engaged for the
evening. This is a thirteen
piece band and a vocalist
which comes highly recon-
mended, having played in all
the important hotels in that
city and is spoken of as a re-
peater at University of Penn.
On the committee of arrange
ments are c. Edgar Wood. F.
Perry Ragains, r. HarwoOd
Jamison, Clarence NJ. Welch.
Jr. and Harold E. Wakefield.
The date of the sale of tickets
will be announced later. This
will be a formal affair in a
beautifully decorated hall.
With good music for good
measure, it promises to be a
delightful evening for those
who attend.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

Mr.. and Mrs. William II. Voshell
and son Emory. and S Emmett
Hurd. of near FELTON,, were recent
Milford visitors making the trip in
Mr.. Hurd's car.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

Entertaining together, as
they often do. Mrs. Harry
Brakeley and Mrs. F. Burgette
Short were hostesses to Mrs.
Harry Grier, Miss Sara Grier,
Mrs. William Richards. Mrs.
David Wallace, Mrs. William G.
Taylor and Mrs. Herman John
son on Saturday. The guests
were invited for luncheon at
one at Derrickson's and then
went to the Brakeley home on
Clark Avenue for bingo.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08
Edited by
VIRGINIA S. TOWNSEND

Mrs. ]. Lynn Pratt, who is
spending some time in Reho-
both, entertained a group of
Milford friends on Friday,
when she invited them for des-
sert and spent the afternoon
playing bridge and Chinese
checkers. Present were: Miss
Ida Draper, Miss Elizabeth
Collins, Mrs. John r. Gillespie,
Mrs. William V. Sipple. Mrs.
Raymond Smith, Miss Burdel-
la Davis, Mrs. John C. Truitt,
Mrs. Mabel Sichtermann, Mrs.
John G. Evans, Mrs. Lee
Hirsch, Mrs. Harry Brakeley,
Mrs. James L. Davis, DR.. NJ.
Dalema Draper. Mrs. Ruby
Vale, Mrs. F. Burgette Short.
Mrs. William Richards and
Mrs. C. d. Holzmueller.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

The Memorial Hospital Aux
iliary meeting for December
will be held at the Nurses
Home ON Wednesday, Decem-
ber IL, at three. Mrs. Herman
Phillips, who is the vice-presi-
dent, has requested a full
meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

WAR BONDS for your security
tomorrow-buy today!
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08
THIRTY YEARS AGO
TAKEN FROM THE 1915 FILES OF
THE MILFORD CHRONICLE

Thomas r. Bennett of Marshall,
Wyoming. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John w. Bennett has been a recent
Milford visitor. Mr. Bennett will
shortly leave again for his home in
the West and will be accompanied
there by his mother.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

Miss Anna Bell is confined to her
home at the present time suffering
with rheumatic fever. A nurse is in
attendance.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

Mrs. Philip Cannon Elliott.
State president of clubs. repre-
sented the Delaware State Fed
Grafton at the Bellevue STRAIT
ford Hotel.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

A party of Red Men of Sakimas
Tribe of Milford will motor to
Houston the evening of December
18th, to attend the celebration of
the anniversary of Red Cloud Tribe
of that place. They will partake of
a bountiful feast.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

BUY WAR BoNDs.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer Browning
of Greensboro. North Carolina are
visiting her parents. Senator and
Mrs. S. John Abbott.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

Miss Dorothy Paige is coming
EOme for the holidays.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

Albert w Bennett is spending a
few days in Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1944-12-08

Bennie F. Johnson is home from
Wilmington where he is attending
BeacOm's business college.
Evening star., 1944-05-25

energy and out of those have come
a far superior production than one
has learned to expect from even
the professional theater. In sum,
Sing Out, Sweet Land" is the
song that has always been in the
heart of America, sung with spirit
by a generation that could have
found singing difficult. The spirit
is such a blithe, infectious one that
it reduces to mere cavilling the dis
position to note the absence of
vocal power and an occasional lack
of polish in various passages in the
sweep of the production.
"Sing Out, Sweet Land" is the
musical biography of American song,
the story of song and verse in their
effects upon the making of Nation
It's accent Is on the songs that
Americans have sung from the
coming of the Puritans to the de-
parture of the last boatload of out
wardbound members of the armed
forces. The spirit of those songs
has given the production a
strangely perfect balance, the right
blend of comedy, of joyousness, of
poignance and anguish 1t is es-
sentially tribute to the high in
spiration of its author, Mr.. Kerr,
but 1t is also conspicuously col
laboration in which there is room
for many other talents to shine.
AS production, Sing Out,
Sweet Land" is easily the most elab-
crate item of It's kind ever presented
on a local university stage. 1t is
necessarily episode. AS such, it re-
quires IA scenes and into these
Ralph Brown has injected special
kind of music evoked in light and
color beyond anything he has ac-
complished in his bright past. His
is major contribution to the tell
ing of the story which is sung, re-
cited and danced by a cast of 80
headed by Ted Tiller, Dick Sykes,
Sally Norman, Alan Schneider,
Evening star., 1944-05-25

goes America, from New England to
Virginia, through the Revolution
and on into the wilderness, across
the Mississippi to the Rockies, back
and down the Mississippi, through
the Civil War, afterward to Texas,
back to the growing cities of the
East, where the evils rooted in
money are leading to depression and
depression to war That is lot of
time and geography, and many a
song is needed to cover it, but Sing
Out, Sweet Land" shows unfailingly
fine judgment in selecting the right
one. No type is missing among the
marching tunes, the quaint love
ballads, the comedy folk song, the
cowboy ballad or any of the others.
And for the finale there has been
provided an original composition,
Sing Out, Sweet Land" which
pulls them all together in stirringly
fitting climax.
Individual contributions to the
success of G. us spirited musical
are vastly too numerous to mention.
That of Mr.. Tiller in the Barnaby
role is the most outstanding. It
epitomizes not merely the singing
strength of the American, but his
penchant for jest and drollery, his
determination to be free and his
love of freedom
In variety of roles, Sykes, Miss
Gibbons, Steinmetz and others con-
tribute brightly to the evolution of
the singing land. There are superb
passages, too, for which the pro-
duction is indebted to groups bor-
rowed from Howard University,
whose singing and dancing inter-
probation of Negro spirituals is one
Evening star., 1944-05-25
Jean Gibbons, Victor Dial, and
Roberta Halloran.

ocdu dlUDOIlS, VlCCOr DIAL, ana
Roberta Halloran.
X y X
Sing Out, Sweet Land" is a bril-
liant conception from start to fin
ish. Making use of period music
on which the copyright has expired,
never existed, or happily was
waived, it opens on the quiet notes
of a hymn sung by the congrega-
ton of a New England church. To
carry it on with plausible continu-
lty from that point, Mr.. Kerr in
vented a legend, that of Barnaby
Goodfellow, the symbol of the sing
ing American. Barnaby (Ted Til
ler) is an engaging hero always, as
tlmeless as music, and as joyous
spirited. He is the minstrel in every
free man and one of the liveliest
figures encountered on the stage
since Oklahoma" left town. All
songs belong to him, the gay ones
counterpointed just often enough
by the threnodic to indicate that
Barnaby must always sing no matter
what he feels.
AS Barnaby and his songs 20, so
Evening star., 1944-05-25

Of the productions brightest assets
As in past c. U. musicals, the
Junior Roxyettes constitr one of
the most vivid elements OF one.
Among them they make it a piece
Of Americana that should not stop
with June 4, but should continue
until every one has had a chance
to see it.
The sweet land has not sung out
SO joyously on any other college
campus that we ever heard of.
Evening star., 1944-05-25
Sing Out, Sweet Land Gives
G. i. a Brilliant Musical
BY JAY CARMODY.

In making musical comedy out of history Catholic University
night making musical
comedy 1t actually have achieved the latter for with
glow of Walter Kerrs Sing Out Sweet Land" him.
inclined reservations aside this
Imagination
Evening star., 1944-05-25

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Which has been Harry An
gers contribution to the the
ater for many gears 1oiH earn
him the Americana AUard
OF Catholic University this
year. The presentation Dill
be made at the performance
OF "Sing Out, Sweet Land"
on May 2S, before an audience
largely composed of Mr.. An
gers friends in the thedter.
George M. Cohan, Eddie
Doubling and Joe Cook haze
been precious Winners of the
uniDersity'S dDard.
Evening star., 1944-05-25

SING OUT, SWEET LAND" musical
biography of American song by Walter
Kerr. staged by the author and DR.. jose
phine McGarry Callan, settings and light
ing by Ralph Brown, dances by Anolyn
Arden and Nancy Raden. At Catholic
University theater.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-09

LLAL--.2---A - : -----------------r'-
have Cravit3tod 90 Broad.
My hnn4uzn 1hnL-c-}4- 4-iifi--- -
dance. act. or make with the
,ViScCrackS but Miss Honey
Mackenzie is undoubtedly the
first performer 20 lni fame
on New York's main stem as
4 cry-baby An expert imitator
Of squawling infants. Miss
Nackcnzic's really got some
thing on the baWl.
She had been making excel,
1rnt use Of her peculiar talent
on the radio when the pro-
duCcrs Of a Broadway comedy
found thcy needed n lot OF off
stage baby sound effects, and
called her in for an addition.
To the surPrise-and fratifi-
cation Of the plays author.
the grown-up and good looking
professional cry baby went
through a repertoire OF no less
than u distinct and different
infantile noises.
In her role i'm the comedy
which is built around the adj
juStmcnts that a previously
wcll-Sctucd family has TO make
after the arrival Of a baby
Miss Mackenzie stands IN the
wings and bawls when the
script calls for it.
She docs her job so convinc.
ingly that many people out
front think there's q real baby
in the cast a tiny genius de
livcring the right whoop at
exactly the right time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-09

IL -TITFt.ItH miss ultIi'AIr
hor realistic cries ty the sk,E
A --t- ~ + -l-----r- T7T-r71-
which she employs in tho man
Uer Of a musician mutlng q
trumpet. For example. to imi.
tate thc suffoCatcd wall of the
iust-Waking-up cry She snifflcs
through a small pillow.
Actress Mackenzie takes her
WailiHg job seriously. on
every cue ip the script, she
gives q different kind Of CITY.
depending on what baby is
supposed TO be SquaWking
about i'm each case For the
time when the infant gets soap
in her eye during her bath
there's one tonal variation.
When she's hungry Tor h~-
bottle there's still another. and
so on.
After ALL Miss Mackenzie
explains, mothers i'm the audi
cncc know what each Kind a.
a cry means, 50 / have 20 be-
accurate.
The best explanation Of how
She got early start i'm learn
ing 10 initiate squ4Viiug
youngsters is probably founc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-09
THEY DISCOVERED
THIS COLDS RELIEF

Tor coughing ana MUSCULAR acf'
colds. Yes. thousands az mu'|
everywhere have discovered Pen...0
"a salve with modern medication
in a base containing the same kind
OF old fashioned mutton suct grand
ma used. Inside, indicated var.
soothe cold -congcsted breathus
passages. Outside. acts 0s a Wa
ing plaster at spot where rubbed .
Penetro is white. stainless, plea
u use. 25c, double supply 35c. -
lieve these cold. miseries with--v,5
way action. Always demand Pensf0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

Obviously no one can foresee the outcome of the elections after the war, but experienced French polite. al observers think 1t very unlikely that the Communists could capture Q clear majority in the Chamber of Deputies where their greatest pre- war strength was about 10 per cent of the seats. Admittedly the party has gained greatly during the oc- cupatiof. The reasons are two-fold: POWER IN UNDERGROUND
 First, the Communists were the best organized, hardest fighting uil. derground resistance group. Figures are lacking, but Cachin estimates that perhaps 100000 of the FIT were Communists. The Communists fight against the Germans has won the sympathy and admiration of Q tre- mendous number of poole in France. But when the elections come, the French are unlikely to forget that the Communists Eho fought so hard against Hitler after Germany in- vaded Russia are the same Com- munistS who only e few months bee fore did everything in their power to impede the Frencl. war effort while Russia and Germany were at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

Editor Tall Tower Topics. 'Not all of those who have had increased wages and incomes have been JnrV' others through the disadvantage of lack of eoucaCon have not been able to remain steadily employed even m
 temporary war jobs and still others are being let out because labor demands decreasing Parents of many such families are to be found in the small towns and rural areas of the South and the children in those hoes in many instances most likely to be neglected or through no fault of their own denied some o the holiday reminders which children in better managed homes enioy Reports, however, indicate that children from the most backward homes have spontaneously Jolneo with other children in gathering scrap metal tin cans, paper etc. to help the effort They have performed
 these patriotic tasks willingly and with enthusiasm and sometimes at great personal sacrifice have invested pen nieS in war stamps 'In order that such children may not be disappointed during the Christmas season. Tusgee gee Institute will continue its annual service of dstrbut ing among the most deserving of them, gifts which devoted friends send each year for this purpose 'any of the older children in rural areas have been taught how to make old clothing into useful gar ments and to the scraps for making toys and other useful articles for younger children we, therefore, solicit discarded clothing shoes books toys and pictures and other such articles which experienced workers will classify and distribute where there is the most need Many friends prefer to send money which we use with utmost discretion in reaching the largest number of worthy young people and ndigent old people Packages and letters may be addressed to- Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. Very truly yours. F. D. Patterson President.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
FRENCH REDS NOT STR RONG ENOUGH TO SEIZE REINS

BY TOM WOLF

NEA SWAAk OUKEUNNOMWGMb
 Paris, Oct. 27-T U comparatively small recent items in the French Press would seem to answer with Q firm ''t1o" the question: Is there any real likelihood of France going Communist
 The first was the announcement of Q small rise in the price of wheat. This clearly indicates that Frances thousands of small lai1d-owning farmers are still Q tremendously powerful group. It also indicates that they are not swinging very far to the left.
 The second item was the decision of the Comrnunist party not to en- ter Communist candidates In the Forthcoming local elections in Feb- ruary. Under the heading of intern- al-unity- -during-war they will back the resistance candidates-be these candidates rightists, middle of the rooders or Communists. It seems lin- likely, however, that the Conllnun. ists would adopt these internal har- mony tactics if they felt sufficiently powerful to win the local elections themselves.
 The Communists themselves ad- nit they are not this powerful. Mar eel Cachin, editor of the powerful Communist daily "Hurnanite' and the grand old man of the French Communist party, told me very frankly that at the moment the Communists themselves haven't any idea exactly bow strong they are. COMMUNISTS GAIN
 Tn 1889 we had 200,000 enrolled members. Today we have far fewer" Cachin told HEe. 'The reason, of course, is that so many of our form CT members were killed or captured For example, of 8 editorial workers on "The Humanite," only four are now left.
 Naturally our strength cannot be measured today in numbers of people enrolled in the party. At present we are recognizing. We're getting enormous membership from the provinces more than from Paris. Tn Brittany, for example, we had 300 members in 1889 and now we list 5000. We are also getting many intellectuals and many, many women n--especially war widows and wives of prisoners.
 "But," continued Cachin, i've have no wild ideas about our power at present. We count on tremen. dous support from prisoners and de. ported workers when they return from Germany. Then, while l won't say we'll be the most powerful party in France we'll certainl: be one of the most powerful"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

peace. M
 Second, the Communists have won the sympathy of many French who are searching for some thing, but who aren't quite sure for what. There is . tremendous group in France which knows 1t doesn't want to return so the economic and political mess of the years before the war. And this group remembers that even before the war the CoTn- Enunists opposed the then.ruling political and economic groups.
 Admittedly France is going to vote left when elections take place. The parties of the left voting to. gether will undoubtedly have Q working majority in the Chamber of Deputies. The question will then be-: Will the Socialists and the Com. munists stick together or split and fight among themselves.
 Political observers think they'll stick together only if the rightists fight all change 50 bllndly and vic- iously that the leftists--C Comrnun- ists prominent among them-have no alternative but to join forces and fight back together.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

inent they deserve. No longer will Blue microphones Dc sent out hap. hazardiy to pick up important events without first planning the broadcasts SO that they compare fayorably with regular sponsored programs. This planning, says samish, will have as It's principal aim the infection of keen, alert showmanship, destined to convert the ordinarily drab public service feature into . show entertaining as well as informative.
 A prime example of this new per- spective Is the manner in which the Blue, in cooperation with the New York Herald Tribune, broadcast this years Herald T'ris bune Forum. In former years the network placed it's iiiicrophones In the hall whenever time happened to be available, and there was little effort to conduct this forum so that 1t would satisfy the exacting do. inands of radio. But htis year the WATR-Blue Network listener heard 6 carefully plotted, well-bal~ anced program, built for the radio audience and broadcast during the hours to suit his listening habits. Working closely with Mrs. Ogden Reid, vice president of the N. Y. Herald Tribune and originator of the forum, SaEnigh timed the speeches and balanced the talks and ntertainment 50 that the change of pace that is the essence of good showTnanship wculd make it on entertaining production.
 It isn't generally known but Oracle Aliens career as. writer didn't begin when she covered the Presidential conventions, this past summer. The ilot.sc-nlt-wit coilabs orated with the iste 6. s. Van Dine, . few years ago. ir Q mystery novel ''The Oracle Allen Murder CaSe.'
 Kenny Delmar, now announcer for "The Alan Young Show" used to Do q straight dramatic actor. He was with the March of Time for c years, played for five years the role of "The Shadow and was with Orson WeIles' radio program. This acting pFowesg stands him An such good stead that whenever tho Alan Young show needs c character part which ig difficult to filIs Kenny can always step in and do the role.
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