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Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15
SLAUGHTER NECK

The Friendship S. S. Class will
meet with Mrs. Thomas Jones on
Friday evening, Nov Is, for their
business and social gathering.
Mr.. and Mrs. ElwOOd Argo enter
tanned to dinner on Sunday, Mrs.
Zen Kirby, Mrs. Edward Maloney
and Mr. Harry Bickel.
Mrs. Charles Weischedel was
pleasantly surprised on Monday
when her aunt. Mrs. Horner and
daughter, Mrs. Trusdale of Phila.,
motored down and spent most uf
the day with her at Argos Corner
The Home Demonstration Club
will meet with Mrs. +. L. Farens at
her home on Thursday. the 21st at
O'Clock. making lamp shades will
Be the project. All are welcome to
attend.
Mrs. Harry Prettyman. Mrs. Nor
ton Leverage and Mrs. Paul Willm3
CT Dover. spent Saturday in Viii
mingtOn.
Mrs. Laura Doyle of Phila.. was
an overnight guest of her brother.
Alr. William J. Dallas and family
Oh Sunday.
The Willing Workers Sunday
School Class is invited to meet at
The home of Misses Ethel and Vera
Mac Clifton on Monday evening,
November 18th.
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15
FRANKFORT

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert A. Truck
sess. Jr, spent the week end at
Long Acres with MI. and Mrs. Ray
pond p. Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. ROlla Berg were
week end guests of Mrs. Berg's par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. James j. Hast
iEgs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norwood {. Chamber
lain were Sunday guests OF MIR. and
Mrs. William Hart in Snow Hill.
Maryland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Carmine OF
NillsbOFO. Mr.. and Mrs. EnOs Milli-
san and daughter. Ann of Whining
ton were Sunday guests of Mr.. ana
Mrs. NJ. II. Hudson and family.
Mrs. VI. Pasher Watson and Mrs.
Maggie Pepper of Selbyville called
on Mrs. May Elizabeth Tin9le on
Friday afternoon.
Ward W. Daisey, Jr., has return
ed to his position in Phila., after
having spent the past week end
with his aunt. Mrs. Malvern II.
Long.
Mrs Frank BOatwright has re-
turned home after a visit to her
mother in Harrisburg, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Oliver Nc
Cabe, Jr., are spending few days
i'll Phila.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Sacks of
Philadelphia are visiting Mrs.
Sacks parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Jam :,
HASTINGS.
Mrs. James Baker has returned
to the Hospital after having spent
g few days at her home here 1t is
hoped that she will soon be back
home permanently.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Powell enter
tanned TO Sunday dinner. Mr.. and
Mrs. +. J. Adkins of Selbyville. Mrs
Julia Powell, Miss Elizabeth Powell
and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Powell OF
Ocean City. Md. also Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Tingle.
Miss Jacqueline Hudson returned
/ home on Sunday night from Phila.
after having spent several days
visiting and shopping in the Quaker
City
! MIR. and Mrs.. Ernest Hill have
( moved iron DaGSbOrO into theil
! nome on Clayton Ave. Our lOca
/ citizens are pleased to welcome
them and hope they will enjoy lif,
/ III the former residence of Charlie.
and Mary Lockwood. We would re
! mind you that hills are indeed rar,
in this flat. level section.
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15

The supper and bazaar given by
Goshen Church w. S. c. S. on
Thursday evening of last week, was
a decided success. About four hun
dred guests were served bOuntifuliy
and the bazaar department sold
many articles. The receipts were
entirely satisfactory.
Mrs. Emma Legates who has
been quite i'll at her home near
town for several days shows very
little improvement at this time.
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur DOrman.
Mrs. Nora Campbell, Mrs. Eta Mae
Rogers and Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Vent
er in Milford on Sunday.
Lou Little and grandson. Allen
.ICnes of Media spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar Reed in Cave
Neck
Capt and Mrs. Charles +. Darby
and Mrs. Minnie Fowler of Phila..
spent the week end with Capt. and
Mrs. Lou Darby at their home on
Walnut street.
G.. Dawson Robinson of Chester,
Pa. spent the week end with Mr..
end Mrs. Joseph NJ. Lank
Miss Viva Reel of Phila., spent
Sunday with her uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Johnson.
Evangelistic services at Grace
Methodist Church closed on Sunday
evening after a two weeks cam
paiGn under the direction of Rev.
Nj. II. Elliott. assisted by two sing
ing evangelists, Mrs. Roberts and
Miss Smith. DR.. Thomas Mulli2aG
superintendent of the Dover Dis
trict of the Peninsula Conference
delivered a stirring message to 4
packed auditorium. A very pleasing
feature of the service was the sing
ing by the Rainbow Chorus. COM
posed of small children trained b}
Mrs. Roberts and Miss Smith. Rev
+. Truitt of the Nassau Circuit AS
sisted in the service.
The Misses Wanda and Emily
Clendaniel, students at Teachers
College, West Chester, Pa. spen,
Saturday until Monday evenin2
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Lester +. Clendaniel.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Jackson
were SeafOrd visitors on Sunday
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Henr!
Wallace.
= The condition of Mrs. Jani,
Spencer is slightly improved at thi:
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward ArSo. Mrs
Nora Campbell. Mrs. Mildred Dor
man, Mrs. Elsie Marvel and Mis-
Dorothy Marvel spent Saturday ii
Philadelphia.
Pilgrim Holiness Church Notes
Sunday school, $3.50. HarOl'
Moore. superintendent.
Morning worship: 10:30.
Young Peoples service: Gas
Evangelistic service: 7:30. Elme
j. Hooking. Pastor.
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15
4 LIGHT ALONG THE WAY:
ARE YOU ONE!
By T A. Hall. Milford. De

BY 7. \. Hall. Milford. Del.
! wonder if your lower light,
Is shining on life's ocean crest.
To light some wandering soul to-
night,
TO find Gods home of peace and
rest?
Are you sure your lamp is burning?
DO you keep it trimmed and clean?
Is your heart for souls a-yearnin%.
That God in mercy may redeem?
Take your lamp and look it over
Making sure it's clean and bright,
Do not keep il under cover.
Do not keep it out of sight
God has placed you for a beacon,
On life's rocky shore of time,
Too bad if your oil is leaking.
Il want to warn you with my
rhyme).
You'll go this way no more for
ever.
You're travelling through but won
come back.
Your light will save or il will sever
Some soul from Heavens beaten
track.
So may God give you oil today.
That from your life an overflow.
viii send a CLEAN DER sins path
way.
SO sinners will know the way tC
go. II
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Ward enter
tanned with a dinner party in honor
of the natal day of their daughter,
Mrs. Raymond Long on Saturday
evening, November ,. Guests were
Mrs. Wards father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. Herb Mitchell and Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Long of DagsborO.
Capt. Ebe r. Chandler left on
Monday morning for Florida. This
venerable octogenarian, motoring
South alone in his new Hudson will
spend the winter season in the land
of sunshine and flowers.
Miss Peggy Hazel has returned to
Phila., after spending several days
visiting Mrs. Phil Ellwanger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Layton Lynch spent
few days in Philadelphia, last
week. They were accompanied by
Miss Dolores Pepper and Mrs Min
lie Vessel and Carlene.
Mrs. Lida Powell is much i'm
proved after a prolonged illness at
the home of her children. Ah. and
Mrs. William f.. Powell on Clayton
Ave.
Mrs. Noah W. Adkins and daugh-
tel. Mrs. John GOrdy OF AIillsborO.
were in town on business last Fri
Gay evening.
A large throng enjoyed the Air
Show on Sunday at Sussex Airport
up Clayton Ave. Perfect weather af-
iorded ideal flying conditions and
all of the schedule program was
presented by skillful pilots.
Aunt Suzy Sez: "On Monday, Ar
mistice Day. We were dedicated
anew TO world peace and under
standing. May God. continue His
mercy to the nations of the world
rs they strive for world order in
which His love and righteousness
may dwell in the hearts of all
men,
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15

Everybody would like to turn the
clock back a couple of decades.
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15
MILTON

MI. and Mrs. Frank Clifton OF
Miami, Florida are visiting rela-
tives and friends in and near Mil
ION.
The members and friends of Rey-
nolds Methodist Church, near Mil
ton will celebrate their annual
home coming on Sunday afternoon.
Sunday school will convene at 200
TO be followed by home coming
exercises under the direction of the
pastor, Rev. Z. +. Crockett. The
sermon will be delivered by Rev. {.
w. Strickland, a retired minister OF
the Peninsula Conference. Music
will be furnished by the Wilson
Quartette of Lewes. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bradley Landon of Chrisfield, Md.
will assist in the exercises. The
public is cordially invited to attend
the services and to renew acquaint-
ances of the long ago. Come.
Joseph H. Walls is painting his
property at the corner OF Chandler
and Union Streets.
Mayor and Mrs. j. ID. Robbins
were Brack-EX and Christiana
visitors on Sunday.
Mrs. FOnZa Moore Reynolds, aged
IS years, widow of the late Samuel
NJ. Reynolds, died at her home near
Milton early Monday morning, after
an illness of several months.
viewing of the body was held at the
Reed Funeral Home on Tuesday
evening and funeral services were
held ut Pilgrim Holiness Church,
Milton, of which Mrs. Reynolds was
It charter member on Wednesday
afternoon and interment made at
Zion Methodist Cemetery, near Mil
ton. Reverend +. j. Hooking will
have charge of the funeral services.
Mrs. Reynolds leaves one son Floyd
Reynolds of Marcus Hook, Pa, one
brother. Roland Moore, near town,
and one grandson. Randall G. Rey-
nolds of Lincoln.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmar jefferson on
Sunday observed the ninth birth
day anniversary of their daughter
Miss Gladys with Il dinner. The fol-
lowing guests We're present: Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Carey, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben NAPLES, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam II. JefferOn and Mr.. Samuel
Moore
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Decker and
Mrs. Clifford Johnson were Dover
visitors recently.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Johnson at
tended the Morris-Garey wedding
in the Frederick Methodist Church
on Saturday afternoon. The bride is
:; cousin of Mrs. Johnson.
Samuel Elliott who underwent
an operation for the removal of his
appendix at Milford Memorial Hos
Iital is home rapidly regaining his
strength.
Miss Henrietta Morgan. Mrs
Grace Faulkner and Raymond
Stevens of Philadelphia were din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs Charles
i. Vent recently.
Mrs. Ida J. Fox on Saturday sold
at public sale one of her properties
On Mill Street to Mrs. Frank
COverd&le. Price, S1,400. The pro-
perty consists Ola two-stOry frame
dwelling house, with a large lot.
Mrs. Franklin Riniken and sons
3obbic and Jimmie of Lewes spent
Saturday with her mother. Mrs
h&rles T. Vent and family.
Mrs. Charles l.. Jackson who has
been spending several days with
Mrs. Charles Norris in Milford, re-
>. turned to her home on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs George Westphal
who have been spending severa
weeks in Florida spent the pas
week end with her parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. J. Clarence I.ank enroute t,
their home in Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15

Copyright, 1910 United States Bre9ers Foundation
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15

Some months ago l reported in
the Clarion how Mel Bates uncle
died up north, and left him with a
tidy fortune.
Naturally, our town was curious
to see how Mel would spend it:
Travelling around the world .
getting new house or car +.
wearing fancy clothes or din
ing on cold pheasant and cham
pagne 49,?
We can now report, Mel hasn't
changed bit. Drop III on him any
night, and you'll find him in his
shirt sleeves by the fire, chatting
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15
From where [ sit e.. by Joe Marsh
How to Handle
Adpertisemssy
q Fortune

with the Missus, sharing a mellow
glass of beer with friends.
From where I sit, Mel has
learned the art of handling money
as we'll as handling people. You
don't let cash in the bank push
you around any more than you
let people push you around. If you
like the simple, honey life; COM
panionship and quiet ways; glass
of beer and friendly talk - that's
aVorth fortune, after all!
&e M.,,lx
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15

Mrs. Blanch r. Bennett spent the
week end with her daughter, Grace
in Wilmington.
Dinner guests on Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Clifton and
children were Mr.. and Mrs. ElwOOd
Hudson and children, Robert and
Ellen and Mr.. Herman Boyce.
Home Coming Services will be
held at Slaughter Neck Church on
Sunday, November "a. Morning and
evening. Plan to attend. Services
next Sunday will be Sunday School
at ,, preaching at 3 by our Pastor.
Rev +. \. Wright.
Everybody would like to turn the
III H.. n
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15

y fountain pen with a point made
OF felt has been developed to enable
writing on glass. wax and trans
parent plastic surfaces.
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15

The word cravat, meaning neck
tie. is derived from the name OF
Croat mercenary troops who fought
for the Austrian Empire
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-22
Motorists Urged to Keep State HighWays Orderly

Hartford, Aug 22.-An appeal to motorists to discontinue littering the roadsides of Connecticut high ways with papers, picnic refuse, bot ties and other trash was issued today by State Highway Commis- Sioner William J. Cox. In some To- cations, he said, the offensive prac- tice had reached epidemic propor- tions he situation is particularly bad on the shore routes where beach regulations prohibit picnick- ing on the beaches Also bad are stretches of highways adjacent to roadside refreshment stands and state maintained picnic areas. he Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways are also subjected to this abuse.
 Conditions, which have been the subject of much discussion in the departments Bureau of Roadside Development, have reached a point where it is almost impossible for the forces of this bureau, not yet returned to their pre-war comple- ment, to keep up with the cleanup work. Collection of debris has 10 be done by hand and involves the use of trucks to haul the rubbish away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-22

probably name the place out In the i country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-22
Scientist s FinoI Poper Tells of Deoth

Grand Forks, N. D., Aug 22-(UP1 E. F. Chandler, "A, dean emeritus of the University of North Dako- ta, was a. scientist to the last. His final paper was a minute by minute account of his death.
 Chandler, member of the en- gineering school faculty for nearly 45 years, attached a sign reading beware of gas" to his garage door. Then he stepped inside and locked himself in his car.
 The aging dean turned on the motor and sat down to await death. But Chandler was a scientist and death was worthy of observation. So he found pencil and scrap Of paper and wrote:
 Meter repair man has gone succeeded in getting downstairs. Started motor at 2:20 P. M
 "2:45. feeling of sleep beginning"
 Four hours later the deans body was found by MT. and Mrs William Pallasch, who saw smoke pouring from the garage.
 Friends said Chandler had been lonely since his wife's death two years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-22

This takes the time of men and equipment which should be directed to needed routine maintenance. On some of the shore routes on Sundays and holidays it has become neces- Sary to assign men and trucks to continuous patrol of the areas most affected. Much of the trash is left on the roadsides by picnic parties while the balance is thoughtlesSly tossed out of car win doWs.
 Commissioner Cox points out that not only is the practice obnoxious, and detrimental to the depart ment's efforts to keep the roadsides attractive, it is also illegal under the General Statutes
 Perpetrators are subject to fine and Imprisonment or both. It has been suggested by citizens that proper signs be posted in an effort to effect controls. The department doubts that this measure would be effective since it is believed those who throw refuse from their cars are not the type who generally pay attention to signs. Also it is likely
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-22
By JACK LAIT THE CRISIS OF MIKE McCOOL

HE ShlSlS UT MINE hCNooL
 When gambling was rather free and easy in Chicago's First Ward, Mike McCool dong since departed from this worldD was dealing stud in the Occidental Club.
 The joint was crooked, the game was crooked and Mike was a cheating bottom dealer, which he was hired to be.
 It was a hectic, wearing occupa- tion Mike worked only three hours day. For that he was paid sl0. AS the clock reached the third hours end, the next dealer was at his back. Mike got up, his sue cessor took his seat, reached into the Sl0 bin and handed him the topmost bill over his shoulder
 Mike would take his pay, turn into the room where the roulette tables operated, and lose the $10 he had made dealing crooked stud against a crooked wheel.
 He was always broke and in debt. He was being crowded by loan sharks, bounded by his landlady. And so he made high resolution never again would he throw away his monew bucking that rigged rob- Der, against which he had no chance; he, a professional, himself a trained mechanic skinning suck CTS for the same thieving bosses, throwing his dough down the same sewer where he sent clubs cash!
 Those yokels didn't know any better. But he--Mike McCool-the house-swindler. who made his liY- ing Shearing Sheep-for him to be perpetually in hook because he couldn't stay away from that gim- micked gadget-it was ridiculous. It was unbelievable It waS-all over. Yes, never again. He sWore 1t
 All through his three hours of fleecing innocents next night. he mentally repeated his resolutions. He would stick by them He wouldn't fall. He would take his 10 bucks and walk out. Mike McCool would be a man!
 He finished his tricks He got up. He reached for his l0-spot. He started off. The wheel-room was some 40 feet along, to the left, off the long corridor AS he passed it, he heard the eroupier:
 Are you all down? Coming out -. it's -. B and the black!"
 "Doggone, whispered Mike to himself. T always start playing the black. I would 0 won .
 Are you all down? It's F and the red'
 Wow! After the first black l al- ways play the red I would 0 won tWicet in TOW. mHrmured Mike
 He felt his feet being drawn back and to the left-and into that But he had pledged himself
 Between him and the wheel-room was an old-fashioned, round stove. It was glowing, red hot He got behind 1t, to shield him from him. self, to interpose an obstacle be- tween himself and temptation.
 Coming out" called the crou- pier. in his singsong tone.
 Mike felt wild horses dragging him. His manhood was slipping. He was moving. He was-he would
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-22
PAGE FOUR
Bv ROBERT RICHARDS

New York. Aug. 22-tUP)-If an atomic bomb wiped out the 102- story Empire State Building tomor- row. you might never see it's kind again
 Pople would stare at postcard pictures, and small boys might ask :: Was it really that tall-l ,250 feet?'
 You would answer, ''Yes, it was, . But, chances are, you couldn't show them another.
 Manhattan architects-the men who planned the tallest ones-be- lieVe now that the building trend is definitely moving the other way.
 No Guessing About Future
 There's no use guessing into the distant future, said William Lamb. of Shreve. Lamb & Harmon. build- CTS of the Empire State, but for the present extremely tall buildings aren't being considered
 Twenty 10 30 stories is about perhaps some Of the new ones
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-22
GETS TITLES FORE AND AFT

Medford, Mass (UP3-Withii 24 hours, Miss Mary Wells added new titles, both before and after her name, First, she was graduat- ed with a B.S. degree from Tufts College here. That evening she was married at Tufts chapel to be- come Mrs. Robert E. Hunt, B. s.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-22

--IlS illuSI--IlS puiltQ llllIlStl Udeh with lurch.
 In his hand crumpled into a soggy ball, was his $10 bill
 With sudden inspiration he raised his foot and kicked open the door of the stove. Into its roaring belly he threw his X-note Then he kicked the door shut with clang.
 There's 10 bucks those crooks won't get!" he hoarsed-as he start ed down the hall, to the stairs, and out.
 can reveal 8 closely-kept secret. Howard Hughes hideaWay, since he left the hospital, has been sought by many reporters, without success. Well-Barney GlaSer, the producer, has a sWank house en the outskirts of Beverly Hills, which his estranged wife was occuping. Barney fixed her up elsewhere and leased the place to Hughes for year.
 When I covered the execution Of pitiful little youn9ster known as II wo-Gun CroW.ey, in Sing Sing, ! reported for International News Service that he entered the death chamber so full of hop, he couldn | ind the floor with his feet"
 A mesieulous and thorough edi- tor in Wilmington, Del, vino took our service, and who led his paper with my report. noticed that the Associated Press reporter made no mention Of such a condition. Very properly, he checked. He wired Lewis E. LaWes, then the famous warden Up the River.
 Officials never admit that doomed men are given, in their food, slow ly, for days, in small quantities, @ tastele,sS. invisible drug that dulls their senses. That is why, if you have a slight headache or hear some disturbing news. your appe- tite WaneS, but a man who knows he must die soon, at SC. hour, has VoraciouS desire to eat-eVen his last meal-because With his food he gets the palliative that diluteS his grief and fear. But 1t is not con- sidered Christian" 10 send a soul Winging to it's Maker from body saturated With dope. though it is prescribed by prison physician, to Soolhe the subjects nerves. So Wardens hush the matter.
 Lawes telegraphed the editor saying he saw no evidence of dop- ing. The editor wired me, asking an explanation. I telegraphed him the symptoms I had noted and my basis of long experience With the ways of penal institutions. T am the author of The Big House and hundreds Of stories on convict Iife) Then I ended with this state ment:
 Moreover, l Nas there. Warden LaNeS was not!
 LaWes sat the execution out i'll his quarters. I WAS l5 feet from the electric chair
 All this is preliminary to note meant for a nice young man who publicly says I was wrong in stat ing there was no gambling this year in Saratoga-because, he pro- claims, well-known gossip-name lost s55 900 there First. I don't be- lieye it A press agent tried to put that one over on me, too. Sec ond. I was there. and my friend Ed wasn't I saw where the games were running. And I saod they were - in the outskirts of the Spa. not within the town limits. If any s55, 900 was lost, I could
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-22

probably name the place, out In the country.
 In no Saratoga season has there been so much news flagrantly faked and sent out from there. Front page items and photographs were deliberately cooked up. This desk has been flooded with phony fairy tales from there. I not only flew up, myself, but had a staff re- porter assigned there to keep me informed and to run down ire sponsible inventions, planted to get certain places and individuals into print If anyone seriously chsl- lenges those assertions, I'll blow the top off the whole job,