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1t would require minimum OF the mothers time;
only one stay at the hospital; fewer nurse and
doctor bills. The youngsters would be insured
suitable companions in their growing-up period.
But pity poor Pop when they all got ready to
go to college, make debut or be set up in bust
ness the same year.
Yet, no proud parent of multiple babies will
cringe at the future outlook, and science has
watched the growing number of such offspring
with much interest.
The famous Keyes bankruptcies. born in Hollis
Oklahoma, and graduated from Baylor University
Texas were among the earliest to be studied in an
heredity and environment on human beings Two
of these girls, Roberta and Mona, are mirror
images Of each other and what is known one
egg or identical twins. The other two, Leota and
Mary, no more similar than any ordinary
sisters would be.
Mona and Roberta, il has been found. think
and act more nearly alike than the other two. In
fact they sometimes show a mental telepathy.
EVEN more important facts may eventually be
- learned from the 14-year-old Morlock sisters OF
Michigan. who are the only known living oneegg
identical bankruptcies They are living the lives
of normal little girls, without any special attention
being paid to them, and offer a good chance of
comparison with other normal children who do
not have identical heredity.
In contrast to these girls are the four Perricone
boys of Texas known the alphabetical quad.
rupletS because they are named Anthony, Bernard,
Carl and Donald. These boys. although all born
at the same time are distinctly different from
one another each believed TO originate from
separate egg cell.
In normal times twins are born once in every
81 times, trpets once in 1863 quads once in
every 100000 times.
Whether or not this proportion is increasing.
a safeguard for all multiple babies would be an
acceptance of the importance of medical progress
in improving their chances to live. If the stork
seems likely to be heterogeneous, doctors and
parents should know about it in ample time.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-25

multis by the of the X.ray had been correctly
diagnosed long before their arrival
Even in cases of babies born two to three
months too soon. medical science is better able
10 meet the emergencies than heretofore.
There are, obstetricians point out, two all.
important rules for taking care OF premature
babies Immediately at birth. One is to keep them
warm. The other is to supply them with fluids
right away This is because their incompctely
developed bodies easily dehydrated.
1t undoubtedly Is largely due to the fact that
the Dionne quintS, born at Callandcr Ontario, in
1884 were kept warm. though only wrapped in old
sheets at first and surrounded with hot water
bottles, that they survived theI first few hours.
kARS. DIONNE, already the mother OF five chill
W. dren at the age of 25 never had reported her
pregnancies until the time OF birth. Just Ii days
before the famous quints arrived, her husband
consulted DR.. Allan Roy Dafoe on her behalf be-
Gause she seemed abnormally ill., On the night
babies arrived the doctor got a hurry call and
yund two babies already born when he arrived.
No preparations had been made except for
teakettle of boiling water on the stove. Two
neighbors were acting as midwives. The father
could not be- found az the moment.
When all five babies had been delivered Mrs.
Dionne went into a~state of shock. AS evidence
that the doctor didn't expect the little to live
he baptized each one separately.
Finally, the babies were bathed and placed in
an ordinary butchers basket lined with heated
blankets. For weeks II was touch-andgo battle.
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grow up to hold the title of the only quints
who ever lived more than so days. Now
they share that honor with the Diligenti
five OF Buenos Aires, recently recognized
as authentic by medical authorities
The useful X-ray technique for find.
ing out how many babies to expect usu-
ally isn't applied until about the sixth
or seventh month OF CESSATION, experts
explain, and then Is repeated once just
before delivery Too frequent use of
X-rays. the doctors realize, might prove
harmful TO the infants.
While medicos credit what seems to
be an unprecedented handout of multiple
babies TO the mere fact that more of
them are born alive and brought to pub
lie attention. there still are other people
who like to imagine that Nature is com.
pcnsating for the lives lost in war: re-
placing the results of mans self-destruc-
ton by doubling. TRIPPING and quadrupling
her usual method of supplying one baby
at time to proud mamas and papas.
A check of u. S. Bureau of Census
figures shows that during World War I,
and immediately following IL, there was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-25

Thus II wasn't because OF
medical science applied at the
time of birth that these wee
midgetS with a combined
weight of only a little more
than 13 pounds pulle d
through. But postnatal care
inaugurated i'm m ediately
afterward, and a sturdy
heredity on the part Of the
little girls, enabled them 10
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never has been adequa ,ly explained
Similarly another wartime birth mystery still
goes unanswered.
Whenever men by hundreds of thousands give
their lives in battle statistics show there is
definite increase in the percentage of boy babie
born. This has been variouSly attributed TO inter
vention OF Providence, malnutrition of mother
in wartime, which is alleged to produce boy off
spring rather than girls, and an increase in mar
riages and first born, among whom there Is known
10 be a prcponderance of males.
None of these possible causes. experts
conclude, satisfactorily explains The matter
Now il turns out from a scientific study
of birth records of Quads and qunts that
boys far outrank girls in number in such
combinations. This gives added emphasis -
TO the theory that Nature may not only ~
be trying 10 make up for lost lives but
is using every trick 10 contribute more 'r'e
males and keep this world from be.
coming a drcary woman's domain
Other would-be puzzle solvers suggest
that better ways of communicating
from all parts of the world merely are
bringing more twoS, threeS and tours of kim
to public attention.
Everyone remembers such outstanding case
as the birth of the British quads to the eX.WA1
Nora Carpenter and S Sgt. William Thompson o
Pittsburgh. Their Warborn romance, and tn
tragedy Of the American wife of Sergeant Thong
son, served TO make the babies more likely lime
light characters than they would have been undo
less hearttouChing circumstances.
The idea of bringing what amounts to a who'll
family into the world at one time has tickled tn
senses Of spectators II has been pointed out tina
a universal allin-one way of acquiring sous ant
daughters would be economically advantageous
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-25
!sts StQrkM0rkinQ Overtime?

His Production Line Always Increases During
War. and Science Is Trying to Find Out JUST
Whof Makes His Orders So BIG
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26
REDEEM

There will be Sunday school SER
vices at McColley's Church next
Sunday morning at 10 a. m.
The Children's Day program will
be held at McColley's on Sunday
evening, June II. Everyone invited
to attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lockwood and
daughter Doris, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas OIIara and son, all of
Dagsboro, Captain and Mrs. Ralph
Mcgee and daughter Dorothy and
son Ralph of Philadelphia were
Saturday evening guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Burton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paris Burton and
family were Sunday guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Charles H. Donovan and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Rust, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Rust and son Les
ter and Mrs. Lily Ward called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rust and
family on Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Millman and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Paris Burton,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbert Mitchell and
family. Woodrow Webb and Miss
Nora Donovan were Sunday eve
ming guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Walton, Jr., and family.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26
LINCOLN

The Women's Society for Chris,
tian Service will meet at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Clendaniel
on Tuesday evening, May 30. Mem.
bers and friends are cordially in
vited.
Alvord Shew of Pittsburgh, Pa.
was a recent weekend visitor OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. p,
Shew.
Mrs. George Warren, Mrs. Jay
Abbott and Miss Ethel Mae Warren
spent last Saturday in Whining
ton.
Mrs. ]. H. Benson and son Mar
shall visited relatives in Odessa on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Morgan
and daughter Christina and Mr..
and Mrs. Woodrow Morgan and
daughter Joyce were the guests of
friends in Greensboro, Md, on Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyce Short had as
guests over the weekend Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Locates and daugh-
ter Edith of Claymont
Mrs. Thomas Cardwell of Will
mingtOn and Billy Donovan of the
Navy, stationed at cambridge, Md,
spent the weekend with the for
mer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Z. M.
Donovan.
Mr.. and Mrs. George West of
Greenwood spent Sunday with her
Mrs. B.. ID. Carpenter.
Corporal Norval Swinford of
Fort Miles, spent a To-day furlough
with his family here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Benentt, Mrs.
lay Abbott and Alvan Transeau
we're guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Il. Biggs, near FELTON, ON Sunday.
Services for Sunday, May 2S: !
Church school IL a. m. Youth
Z p. m. Preaching 1880 /
}. m.
Slaughter Neck: Church school
10 a. m. Preaching II a. m.
Cedar Neck: Church school 2 p.
n. Preaching 3 p. m.
Rev. Thos. BrintOn. Pastor.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26

ers.
The following prayer, written
and offered by our chaplain, the
Rev. L. Rodney Boaz, before Bro
Boaz moved to Blairstown, N. J..
is repeated In unison by the officers
and members at $3.50 p. m. each
Friday. 1t is suggested that all
Odd Fellows unable to be present
at regular lodge meetings men,
orize the prayer and repeat It with
us wherever they may be at that
hour:
Our Heavenly Father, hRmbly svs
bozr before Thee acknowledging that
Thou art orr Lord and Master.
"Wr praise Thee and thank Thee
for the gift Of yesns ChriSf. Thy Son,
WHO suffered, bied, and died for as.
"This evening sce pra7 for those
zvhO haVe gone forth from our midsf
TO SrrVe as, their country, and their
feiIosvmeH. We pray that Thou zvih
giSe them strength sufficient for their
tasks, light for their path, srisdom,
courage and faith for their needs. May
our spirits inert seifh theirs in this
moment of prayer across the miles and
imbarf 10 them comfort and fellowship.
"FOrgiVe us all for our many sins,
and so guide us s1hO remain at home
that zre may be as faithful, loyal and
true in our task as they in Theirs.
"Ahd if IL be Thy sviH, dear Lord,
keeb them safe from all harm and
sorrosp and restore them speedily to
our fclioqSshib, that FrieHdShip, LOVe
and Truth may reign foTeVermOre.
I'm His name eVe pray. AmeH."
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26
FRANKFORT

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hudson speni
a part of last week in Baltimore
with their son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Sirman ID. Nc.
Allister. On Saturday the four mo-
tored home to Frankford and the
young couple spent the weekend
visiting relatives in and around
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benny Burton
were Sunday dinner guests OF her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Gray
at Clarksville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Hudson OF
Jamaica, Long Island, N. Y, are
spending sometime in Sussex coun-
ty visiting their brother and sis
ter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Hudson and various branches of
their family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Topp M. Heath and
Mrs. William S. Long, Jr., motored
to Wilmington on Sunday to meet
the latter's sister, Miss Eta Mat
thews. who has just returned from
Florida and now stopping in town
with Mrs. Long.
Mrs. George Trimble and her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Richard
Trimble, who recently arrived at
their summer home in Bethany
Beach, after having spent the win
ter in Florida, were Sunday guests
of relatives in town.
Miss Olive West of Philadelphia,
spent the past weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. John S. Tingle, Jr., and
Mary Jane at their home in Omar.
Clinton H. Watson quietly OBJ
served his birthday at his home on
Monday. No one would believe that
Grandpa" Watson is "a!
After visiting his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond Poole Long at
Long Acres a few days. Mrs. Her
bert Arnold Truckess, Jr., left for
Cynwyd, Pa, on Friday to meet
her husband. Captain H. A. Truck
ess, Jr., on his return from active
duty with the U. S. Marine Corps
in the Southwest Pacific.
AUNT SUzY SEE: "The use TO achich
you put your money is all the adVaH-
fage there is in kaging money"
Fidelity Lodge No. -, l. o. o. F.,
of Frankford, is enjoying a very
active season. The exterior of the
Odd Fellows building on Reed
street is now being painted. Other
to the property are
under consideration. The member
ship is steadily increasing and the
lodge, under the leadership of the
Ellis brothers. is really booming.
Charles Ellis is the noble grand,
ably assisted by his younger bro
ther. Alfred Tunnel Ellis, as vice
grand. and their staunch support
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26
BLANCHARD'S STATION

Miss Beatrice Adams entertained
four of her classmates from the
business school of Wilmington over
the weekend.
Several of the graduates and sew
eral others of the Greenwood school
were guests at the Milford Prom
last Friday evening.
Mrs. J. H. Edgell is some i'm
proved after suffering with sinus
trouble during the past few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wroten spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Oswald Mai.
Alvin Mills of Wilmington spent
the weekend at home with his
parents.
Mrs. Ida Tucker, Mrs. Walter
Mills, Mrs. Arthur Marvel, Mrs.
Conrad Harmon and Mrs. Harry
Swain were members from here
who attended the Home Demonstra-
ton Club last Thursday evening.
which met at the home of Mrs. Min
ME Owens in Greenwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Edgell
were callers at the Harmon house
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Chalmers
shopped in Salisbury last Satur-
day afternoon.
While playing a game of base
ball Sunday, Kenneth McIlvaine.
one of our graduates this year, of
had the misfortune to
receive a broken nose and a black
eye. We wish him a speedy recOv-
cry.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26

Gee. OTHER ENLIGHTENING SUBJECTS m
Tuesday Night, May 3Oth "THE CURE FOR BACKSLIDINGp
Wed Night May 3ls WY JESUS HAD TO DIE In 81 ADJ" Amazing!
Friday Night June 2n "WHAT JESUS CHRIST DOING NOW? Pcture
The Crotvds Are Increasing! Public Cordially nUited!
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26
SELBYVILLE

The Youth Fellowship put on q
very good worship program at Sal
em Methodist Church last Sunday
morning following the Sunday
school period. Jack. Hastings made
the announcements and the open
ing and closing prayer. Miss Jane
Scott read the first is verses OF
the 18th chaper Of Hebrews, which
was an exhortation to constant
faith, patience and godliness. Miss
Shirley Blades gave a very good
reading on christianity of To-
day"
Carl Wilgus was leader of the
responsive reading and the Young
Peoples Choir in charge of Mrs.
Elmer West rendered some very
fine music, with a special and ap-
propriate duet by the Misses Min
Ia Tingle and Rosalie Lewis with
Mrs. Hester Dunn as the accom-
panist. The usual custom in years
past was no service after Sunday
school on Conference Sunday, but
this program was made possible
through the leaders, Mrs. Beulah
Stevens, Dalton and Thelma
Blades, to whom we are very
grateful.
Rev. w. James Ennis, B. D., our
pastor for the past three years,
who has taken leave from Confer
ence for a while, due to i'll health,
and his mother, Mrs. Nan Ennis,
are leaving town this week and we
are wishing for them the best of
success in their future undertake
ings and a great improvement in
his health. His twin brother, John
Ennis, an insurance accountant, in
an office at IrvingtOn, Va, and his
wife, Frances, were here from Fri
day to Sunday afternoon; also their
aunt from Pocomoke, Md, has been
here with her sister during the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Der
rickson went to Wilmington for a
meeting of the Eastern Star last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. McCabe
and Mrs. Anne Hickman, mother
of Mrs. McCabe and their daugh-
ter Mae and her husband, Elisha
c. Dukes, have been spending a
few days at their cottage at Beth
any Beach while Mr.. Dukes is
home on leave. Mrs. Hickman pass
ed her Seth birthday just recently
and Mrs. Dukes had a birthday on
Saturday last.
William Stephens held the pray /
er meeting last week and his mo-
ther. Mrs. Florence Stephens. blind
for more than Is years, played the
piano for Mrs. Delphia Davis to
sing a request number, when Mo-
ther Prayed" a song that the two
ladies used to play and sing to-
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26
GEORGETOWN
RS. Marie Comfort Jones Dies

Mrs. Marie Comfort Jones Dies
Mrs. Marie Comfort Jones, age
80 years, / month and Is days
widow of John Casper Jones, a
former secretary of the Democratic
County Committee, and daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry Will
kins, living on the Georgetown
Lewes Highway, near here, died on
Saturday afternoon at the home Of
her parents after an illness oi
several months.
Mrs. Jones was a graduate OF
the Georgetown High School, class
of 1929, and for many years was
chief clerk and secretary in the
business establishment of Theo-
dore Burton, Jr., and Company
here. She at one time served as a
member of the Democratic County
Committee, representing the Ninth
District (Georgetown).
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the home of her parents, in charge
of the Rev. William p. Kesmodel,
pastor of Grace Methodist Church.
Interment was made in the church
yard at st. Johns, five miles from
here.
Besides her parents she is sur
vived by one brother, Charles El-
wood Wilkins, who at the time of
her death was conducting races at
his Old Glory Driving Park, near
fredericksburg, Md, and one sister,
Mrs. Granville A. Labden, living
near Cokesbury, six miles from
here, and a clerk in the George
town pOstOffice.
Baccalaureate Services
Several hundred persons attend
ed the baccalaureate exercises in
the high school auditorium last
Sunday. The sermon was delivered
by Rev. Omar E. Jones, pastor of
Wesley Methodist Church. The SER
vices partly were adapted to the
theme of Il Am An American Day"
On Tuesday night the seniors
held their class night exercises and
depicted the funny side of their
school days. The theme was sa-
tire on the Golden Knight and Med
ieval Courts. All members of the
class participated.
Fifteenth Alumni Meeting
The fifteenth annual meeting of
the Georgetown High School Alum
nj Association was held in the
school cafeteria on Friday night |
with 149 present. The banquet was |
late in getting started and it was
not until after 10 o'clock that Ofii- |
GERS for the ensuing term were
elected.
The invocation was given by the
Rev. Joseph c. Settle, rector of
St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
Church, followed by a solo, Star
Spangled Banner" by Mrs. Howard
williamson. The community sing
ing was led by Prof. Chester r.
Stroup, instrumental director of
the schools, followed by the ban
quet. Everett F. Warrington, law
yer, and member of the class OF
1908, was toastmaster. After MAX
ing few remarks. he introduced
the president of the association.
Ernest ID. Wilhelm, class of 1926,
who made a short address of wei
The response was made by
Rust, president of the
1914 class.
The class roll was called, start
ing with the first graduation class
in 1896. AS the classes were call
ed, those present arose and were
given rounds of applause. Upon re-
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26

Ida Marshall; state director, Mrs.
Helen Short West.
Poppy Drive
Mrs. George Howard Baer, North
Bedford street. president of the
American Legion Auxiliary. Sus-
sex Post No. s, this city, will launch
the annual poppy day sale on Fri
day of this week. The sale will be
held on that day and on Saturday,
May 81. Mrs. Baer explains that
the materials are furnished free to
veterans by the American Legion
Auxiliary and volunteer workers
teach the disabled men to make the
poppies. Veterans and their de-
pendents are the ones who profit
from the sales.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26

quest, before her death, the diplo
ma of Mrs. Nellie Lynch, class o
1896, and honorary president, wa
returned to the school and will b,
placed in the archives.
DR.. A. c. Smoot, president o
the board of education, welcomed
the class of 1914 as well as Super
intendent Joseph d. Thomas.
Clarence Christensen, class o
1914, sang a solo and a duet wal
given by Miss Mary Willis Carey
and Wallace Townsend, both thi:
years graduates.
officers for the year were chosen
as follows: Honorary president
Mrs. Mary Evans Barto, of Wash
| ington, D. c., class of 1896; presi-
dent, Ernest d. Wilhelm, class OF
1926: first vice president. Mrs. Hell
en- Short West, class of 1910; sec
ond vice president, Norman ]. King,
class of 1929; third vice president,
Wilson Boyer, class of 1922; sec
retary and treasurer, Miss Ada Mae
Warrington, class of 1885. The ex-
ecutives chosen were Mrs. Carrie
Short Ryan, class of 1900; Mrs.
Dorothy Hill Cannon, class of 1928,
Charles Stevenson, class of 1880.
The association was organized
in the old school building on De-
cember 81, 1929, by Prof. Norman
Bond. then superintendent of the
schools, and Oscar S. Wilson, To-
cal newspaperman. The first meet
ing was held on June 6, 1880, in
the basement of Grace Methodist
Church, then known as First NJ.
P. Church, and was attended by
about seventy-five.
The speaker of the evening was
Joseph Donald Craven, Wilmington
attorney. He spoke on the neces-
sity for an international trade fol-
lowing the war and said he hoped
no one would be deceived relative
to high tariff being a goal for
prosperity. The future for pri-
vate enterprise, he believes, will be
good. He said if it had not been
for control over prices and COM
modities that chaos would have
resulted. The reason government
has done so much regarding con-
troll. he said. was because local
have fallen down on
the job. He expressed the belief
that the industrialists are going to
realize that labor unions are here
to stay and they are going to CO.
operate. The capitalists, he be-
lieves, will come to a realization
that they will have TO get along
with the union. THE c. l. o." he
stated. lis going to settle down.
Touching on the race problem,
he stated that the Negroes today
are more conscious of their liber-
ties and what they stand for. Il .
wonder if we don't somewhat be-
Iieve that we are the master race"
We can't hide behind the Mon
roe Doctrine and think that we can
remain isolated. We are going to be
involved in world affairs" The as
sembly closed by singing God
Bless America" after which they
went to the main auditorium for
he dance. Smiths Orchestra fur
lished music.
New Century Club Officers
Officers of the Georgetown New
'entury Club have been chosen for
he next term. as follows: Presi-
lent, Mrs. Paul Pepper; first vice
president. Mrs. George +. Walls;
second vice president. Mrs. Chas.
R. Cannon; third vice president,
Mrs. Laura Purnell; corresponding
secretary and treasurer, Miss Lila
Carey; recording secretary, Mrs.
T. Ennis; trustee, Miss
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26
OAKLEY

Services at Oakley Church on
Sunday at 2 p. m. Everybody well
come.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Conaway call
ed on Mrs. Emily DeGraw on Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Davis and
granddaughter, Carol Ann Boyd,
and Mrs. Beason of Wilmington
were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs.
Rena Webb.
Milford chronicle., 1944-05-26

gether in their girlhood days. In
the absence of the pianist the pre-
vious week Mrs. Stephens played
during the entire evening for the
leader, Mr.. Coddington, who had
just recently moved here to man
age the feed store for the Beacon
Milling Company. since the retire
ment of A. NJ. Lynch. His wife has
taken the place of Mrs. Lynch in
the Office.
Harry Hudson of Millsboro is
spending a few days with his son
and wife. Mr.. and Mrs. John Hud-
son on Dukes street.
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Trimble
of Bethany Beach paid a very
pleasant call to Mrs. w. A. Law
and Miss Addie Furman on Satur-
day.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Sell
byville Volunteer Fire Company,
entertained the Sussex County AS
sociation on Wednesday, night of
last week.