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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14

to have a piece OF land for him.
self.
At first it was planned to pro.
duce many different kinds OF
things in Virginia. Two events
kept these plans from being car
ried out. In 1914. John Rolfe, who
had been experimenting with the
culture of tobacco. sent some OF
his crop to England. The success
of his venture marked the begin
ming of the great tobacco-growing
industry in Virginia, but it caused
people to lose interest in other
products. Then, in 1922, the In
dams of the Powhatan Confeder-
acv attacked the settlement and
killed more than 400 of its 1.24O
people. Many of those killed were
men who we're the most expert
enced and active in developing its
resources.
During the earlier years of the
colony. few women came over. but
in 1919 the London company sent
over about 100 young women to
marry colonists. Homes were now
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
Paging LaFoHette

sc you may have missed them:
First off, there was a bill to
authorize the War Department to
transport the Boy Scouts to their
jsmboree in Paris this summer.
provide them with free passports.
Thi. takes care of the information
al situation in fine shape.
In the way of big financial trans.
| actions, there was a law passed
to pay Switzerland $425.88 for The
loss of food stored aboard the Jap
anese ship Ava Maru when it was
sunk in the Pacific.
In the line of greatly needed
social reforms, there were a
couple Of bills passed to provide
for the promotion and to pay sick
leave to rural mail carriers.
Remaining of Boulder Dam in
honor of Herbert Hoover was an
other hot project, even if Sen.
Glenn Taylor did try to throw cold
water On it by saying the law
should also provide for making
grass grow in the cracks on the
concrete, enclosing an apple on
the face of the dam and remaining
the spillway after Albert Fatl.
You may have read something
about that great legislative
achievement, but did you note
that Congress had also passed a
bill to erect a Theodore Roose-
vel. monument in Medora, N. D.?
The boys also got around to
passing an amendment to the Fed
eral Firearms Act saying that rob-
berry was a crime of violence.
Seems they left out the word ron
berry, by accident when the law
was first passed in 1888.
Then there was a great piece OF
Legislation passed to furnish gov
ernment steam to the Daughters
of the American Revolution. Not
literally, that is, but to their hall
lin Washington for heating pur-
lposes.
From this list, it's easy to see
that your interests are being
looked after in Washington, if you
cont care how.
Among the really important
things about which nothing really
constructive is apt to be done this
year are: Unification Of the armed
services, universal military train
ing, a l%ong-range housing bill, fed
era aid to education, a national
health insurance program, mini
mum wage and social security law
revision.
Write your congressman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
By PETER EDISON

WASHINGTON.-If it's the little
insignificant things that count,
Congress is doing fine, and more
attention should be paid to some
Of the minor measures which have
been passed so far this year.
This Both Congress has been on
the job four months now. 1t has
three months to go. Its record at
bat is truly wonderful.
Up to May 1, $3.50 pages CT the
Congressional Record had been
filled with linotype debate and
miscellany, and 5138 bills ana res
buttons had been introduced = an
average of nearly 100 per con
gresham. But in these four
months only As of these measures
have been made laws. Average
time for getting these As laws
passed, from introduction 10 sign
ing by the President, has been Sc
days apiece.
Congress may do better If the
remaining three months. Even so.
it looks as if a lot of things aren't
going to get done at all. The cos
of operating Congress, by the way
has nearly doubled. 1t ran about
SIS million a year before the war.
Next year. budget calls for SIS
million.
Maybe it's time to page former
Senator Bob LaFollette and Con.
gresham Mike Monroney agai-
and start getting serious about
this business of recognizing Con
gress for greater efficiency.
Certainly, tt e important meas
ures which have been passed thi!
year can be counted on the fingers
OF one hand. They aren't so very
world = shaking, either. Putting
OPA out of business June 80, con-
tinuing w a r time excise taxes
passing a constitutional amend
ment to limit future U. S. Presi
dents to two terms or 10 years
Important measures which the
Republican leadership has put or
its unjust" list for passage before
adjournment in July include: The
new labor control bill, bill to pro-
vide foreign reliet, tax reduction,
new rent-control bill, aid 10 Tur.
key and Greece.
Since this leaves you your toes
to play with, you might as vel
count up some of the unimportant
things which Congress has hae
time to take care Of, just TO give
Everybody full credit. None @.
these things made the first pages
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The Book OF KNOWLEDGE
DEPARTMENT.
THE UNITED STATES)
I-.-- C1-~~,1~r ANvynrcI<

Yesterdays article told Of the
founding Of jamestown, Virginia,
by English colonists in 1907, and
of the part played by Captain
John Smith in holding together the
struggling settlement. In 1909,
about 800 more colonists arrived,
and Capt. Smith went back to
England to have a wound treated.
But h e ship carrying Sir
Thomas Gates, the leader of this
new expedition, had been sepa-
rated from the rest of the fleet
by a hurricane, and vas wrecked
on the coast of Bermuda. T h e
colony was again without strong
leadership, and another period of
strife, disease and starvation soon
set in. Supplies gave out, and the
Indians watched to kill anyone
who left the fort to hunt for food.
This was the Starving Time, long
remembered in Virginia.
When Sir Thomas Gates "a at
last aD]e TO get 10 JdneSloWn III
May, 1910, he found that half the
people were dead and the rest
weak and despairing. Gates deter
mined to take the people on board
his four small ships and carry
them to Newfoundland, whence
they might get back to England.
But as the boats neared the
mouth of the river. they met a
fleet coming in from the sea. 1t
was the new lord governor of Vir-
ginia, Lord De la War;, with
several hundred colonists and food
enough to last a thousand people
for one year. The colonists who,
a few hours before. had said good
bye to Virginia, turned back once
more to jamestown.
In 1911, another governor a S
sent over - Sir Thomas Dale. He
made peace with the Indians; he
made the men work and obey the
laws; and he allowed every man
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
DRIVE AROUND GREENFlEl

DRIVE AROUND GREENFIELD
To The Editor:
l see by your paper that the
City Council is thinking d
changing the name Of Greenflet
Lake and its environs to honor Dl
Moore and Mr.. Wade, who de"'
oped the park which has beatt
fled this lovely spot. In the article
there was also a suggestion that
the name Of the drive around me
lake be changed. That is what
wish to protest. -.
When that drive was Dull,
Wilmington was in the slough y
unemployment; all citizens were
called on to help the unfortnans
who could not find work 10 20
and hundreds OF us eontrlDu''u
weekly amounts which Wefe .
sacrifice to make, to enable 'ns'
people to earn enough to take eaf
of their families. I do not Tefl'M,
Der the men who were at the "n
of the project but it seems 10
that Mr.. George Kiddef W.
mayor of the town at the 'l.,
and I know our renlittanceS W..
to Mr.. J. Allen Taylor. Mr. yam.
F. Post collected large anouns.
the Coast Line for this pufp0Ms
The drive is truly a conllI''s a.,
nroiect and a memorial to m
public-spirited men who deVslgs;
it and I think should be press'. =.
as Community Drive, so ma. .u III
tradition of the undertaking sn0D'
be kept for Wilmington, t,,
AS to the suggestion Of chansa;
the name of the Lake, OF cuur.
"Greenfield" is inept, as there d.;
certainly no green fields s'4 .im.
it. ! believe it was at one oi
McIlhenny's Millpond, wll;n r
not pretty. However, 'Gres,r' y.
is pretty and has been rauls t,,p
te:asively advertised. Why no. ~
the name and designate u1e 18th
on both sides of the roao wy IVY
Mr.. Wade developed "Waoe ",h
and the area near the fo ...r
Street entrance, which is 50 w.
beautiful "Moore Park
Citizen.
Wilmington, N. {
May Is, 1947.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
Hospital Building Program

1t Vas almost a year ago, on June
81, 1916, that W. D. McCaig, of the
James Walker Memorial Hospital board
of managers, announced at a dinner
given for civic groups in the hospitals
new service building, that a long range
improvement program had been de-
cided upon which would include replac-
ing the old central building with a fire
proof, thoroughly modern, eight-story
structure.
Since that evening the program has
been expanded, with changes in the
existing plant to better meet the need
of Southeastern North Carolina for
hospital facilities.
The broad plan was discussed by
John w. Rankin, James Walker sup
erintendent, before the Rotary club
yesterday. Mr.. Rankin told of the three
year expansion program at an estimated
cost of ST. ,000.
The first step, he said, will be to
furnish a twenty-eight bed ward on
the first floor of the service building
and move Negro patients into it while
the regular Negro ward is being re-
novated and m%odernized.
The next step will be to convert the
entire second floor of the south build
ing for obstetrical cases with three
nurseries, fourteen private rooms, two
two-bed rooms and t%wenty-nine beds in
four-bed rooms.
Then it is the purpose to replace the
center building with the structure MI.
McCaig first mentioned, at a cost of
$2,0 00, 900. With this done, the entire
south building, which was constructed
under wartime conditions without steel
or ~fireproofing, will be converted into
a diagnostic center and clinic.
If the program is approved by the
North Carolina Medical Care Commits
sion and the Hospital Facilities division
Of the United States Public Health Serv-
ice, one-third of the construction cost
will be paid by the federal government
and one-third by the state. AS the
state and national expansion program
covers a period of five years, Mr.. Ran
kin explained, it is impossible to fore
cast just when the James Walker prof.
ect will be developed and approved.
Considering the lack of adequate
hospital facilities in this region, and
consequent necessity of many persons
having to go elsewhere for treatment,
it is to be hoped that the necessary
preliminaries will be completed with all
possible speed.
Conditions at the hospital have been
below par in many particulars for a
long time. But as Mr.. Rankin explain
ed, James Walker is the areas largest
hotel and largest restaurant, that more
individuals enter and leave it daily
than any other property here with the
possible exception of transportation
terminals, and that as the guests are
i'll their mental attitude differs from
that of we'll persons. With the improve
ments contemplated in the announced
program completed, it is fair to think
that many of the objections to the
hospitals accommodations and service
may no longer be heard. .
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GOOD MORNING

Mean spirits under disappointment, like
mail beer in a thunderstorm, always turn
gOur.-John Randolph.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
Star Dust
Ultimatum

Two girls were being followed by
a lone male on a beautiful Spring
day. Finally one of them, in APP
parent indignation, turned to the
young man and exclaimed, Either
you quit following us or-or-or go
get a friend."-(Neal O'Hara.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
Not the Red Pattern

Not the Red Pattern
That Washington high school principal who
speak had been asked not to discuss politics,
appears to have had the naive idea that a Rus
sian Communist would let moral scruples
ganda.-(Lynchburg (VA.a news.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-14
Editorial Comment
Not So Well In Moscow

Not So Well In Moscow
None of the observers for The News and
Courier have been in Moscow. and. notwith-
standing that, they insist that any morning one
can see more well fed and well dressed color
ed people in King Street, Charleston. than one
would see well fed and well dressed white
unnaturally. accept at face value statements
of their American journalistic friends in New
York and other cities that the e. soathsrn states
are nest holes in which colored persons are
Struggling. starving, weeping and dying in
droyes,-Charleston Is. CO. News and Courier.
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Letter Box
COOPERATION APPRECIATE

COOPERATION APPRECIATE
TO The Editor:
On behalf Of the Cape Fsa,
Garden Club, l wish to extend our
grateful thanks for the splendid
cooperation you gave us IN The
matter of publicity for our recent
Spring Flower Show. I am sure
that your generous amount d
space accounted in a large meas
ure for the number Of people from
the city and surrounding Territory
who attended the show.
AS Publicity Chairman for III
Flower Show, may / also include
my personal thanks to your new,
department, editor and photogri
pher who made my job not on!
an easy but a pleasant one.
(Mrs. VIM. G.. Robertson
Corresponding Secretary
Cape Fear Garden Club
Wilmington, N. c.
May 13, 1947.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
STATE OF DELAWARE
Office OF Secretary Of State
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION
re All Whom These Presents
Nav Come. Greeting:

N&M II AOAAH VE UASSVAO HUN
To All Whom These Presents
May Come, Greeting:
Whereas, It appears to my satts-
faction by duly authenticated rec
ord Of the proceedings of the vol
untary dissolution thereof. by the
consent of at least two-thirds in
interest of all the stockholders as
evidenced by certificate deposited
In my office, the BEAVER DAM
AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSCIA-
TION, a corporation of this State
whose principal Office is situated
In the town of Roxana, County of
Sussex, State of Delaware, Beaver
Dam Agricultural Fair Association
being agent therein. and in charge
thereof, upon whom process may
be served, has complied with the
requirements of the Corporation
Laws of the State of Delaware, as
contained in 203S. Section 1. to
2246. Section 214, Chapter 65. of
the Revised Code of 1885, as
amended, preliminary to the issu-
ing of this
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION
Now, Therefore, l, WILLIAM ].
STOREY, Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware, do hereby certi-
fy that the said corporation did on
the twenty~seventh day of October
A. d. 1947 file in the Office a duly
executed certificate certifying to
the dissolution of said Corporation
by at least two-thirds in interest
of all the stockholders thereof,
which said certificate and the rec
ords of the proceedings aforesaid,
are now on file in my Office as
provided by law.
In Testimony Whereof. ! have
hereunto set my hand and official
seal, at Dover this twenty-seventh
day of October in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred
and forty-seven.
WILLIAM j. STOREY
(Official Seal) Secretary of State
1t
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TUESDAY,, NOVEMBER 11th. 1947

AT TEN O'CLOCK A. M.
Rain or Shine
The following:
- LIVE: STOCK
Is head Of cattle: 10 milking, good;
l Holstein bull, Is months old 4 heif-
ers, heavy springer;10 10 shoats around
100 pounds each; / nice brood SOW.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS AND
DAIRY EQUIPMENT
milk cans, milk buckets. l milk
strainer, 2 can ice box. Farmall trac-
tor, Model b; cultivators for above
tractor, Case plows, IL inch, two-bot-
tom; Mccormick Deering mower
Az fit. cut; John Deere sod cutter,
nearly new; one 2-section spring-tooth
harrow. 3 section drag harrow, Nc
Cormick- -Deering grain drill. disc;
Oliver ~" manure spreader, sec
tion roller, Mccormick -Deering hay
rake, Oliver wheel harrow, good; Ohio
wheel harrow, bean puller. good;
wagon and box; fiat rack, No. SO
oliver riding plow, two-horse marker,
Mccormick -Deering corn planter, l.
row fertilizer drill, one No. Is Oliver
plow, one 1-horse plow, South Bend
z walking cultivators, hog scalder,
good; sets shear poles, 2 hay forks,
l new; l log chain, Ia feet; 1 hand
corn planter. l block ard fall, set
clippers. good; COW stanchions, 6
water barrels, International engine
and pump. gas barrels, brooder
stove. wheelbarrow, bath tub, good
for water trough; 2 cross-cut saws,
electric box, new; two lanterns, set
wagon springs. 4-horse tree; 3-horse
tree, double trees, horse collar, two
axes, sledge and 5 wedges, mower
blades. lot of burlap bags. straw knife,
6 corn knives. 2 crow bars, forks,
hoes, shovels and other things toe
numerous to mention. Lot of hay,
loose; s in bales; 1000 baskets corn
more or less.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
One Home Comfort cook stove, near
ly new; straight chairs, piece living
room suite. 2 rockers, l ice box, ]
baby, crib, bed. baby carriage, IL
brary. tables, l double bed. 3 rugs, j
dresser. l wash stand, kitchen cabi-
net, china closet.
TERMS: CASH.
CLARENCE TUCKER
Milford, Del, r. 3.
Dickerson Bros, Auctioneers. o31 -2tI
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PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
LIVE STOCK
Farming Implements
and
Household Goods

I will offer at Public Sale at my
home on State Street, Glendale. on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1947
AT ONE O'CLOCK p NJ.
Rain or Shine
The following:
w LIVE STOCK
One gray horse. years old. good
farm horse; / Guernsey COW. years
old; l Guernsey COW, 5 years old; i
Guernsey heifer, years old, be fresh
in November
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
One 1-horse wagon, ] cultivator, l
fuke harrow. l. seed harrow. one l.
horse plow, suit wagon harness, 1
suit rope harness, horse collars,
coarse fodder, hale hay.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Three piece living room suite. Ii
brary table. stands, rocking chairs,
sidehoard. / writing desk, l bureau.
2 beds. drop-leaf table, quilts, car
pet, rugs and other things too num-
erous to mention.
TERMS: CASH
JAMES p. WILLIAMS
Daniel j. Short, Auctioneer. o24-2tp
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER /, 1947
AT TEN O'CLOCK A. M.
Rain or Shine

Rain or Shine
The following:
One pair good work mules. cows.
Holstein and Guernsey, accredited
herd. 2 fresh. one with calf by side, 4
milking and will be fresh by February,
2 will be fresh before or shortly after
sale; heifer, Holstein-A Ayrshire; .
months; male hog, l year old; 2
mother hogs, bred.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
One Oliver 7O-row crop tractor good
as new; one Oliver 70-row crop trac-
rubber; one 1896 two ton Chevrolet
truck, new motor and g. 12' fiat
body; one 1928 Chevrolet truck, one
set Oliver tractor and cultivators.
good; one set 14'' Oliver plows, good (;
one set z ACKNOWLEDGEMENT disc,
good; one Case belt loader, good; one
4-section tractor drag harrow, one
Oliver Az mower, tractor tongue,
good; one Black Hawk corn planter,
two-tongue, good; one Mccormick
Deering spreader, large; one wagon
with fam rack and 1872 body, one g.
double power grinder with mower
blade stone, new; one power corn
cracker. one grindstone, one complete
DeLaval milking units with. two milk
ers. This unit is capable of carrying
units. One six can Victor milk cool
forks, shovels and things too numer-
ous to mention.
Home Household Goods and 500 bales
Lespedeza hay.
TERMS OF SALE: CASH day OF
sale.
Auctioneers. Dickerson Bros. o24-2tp
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, ISL

AT 1900 O'CLOCK A. NJ.
Rain or Shine
The following:
PERSONAL PROPERTY
80 Head of Dairy Cattle-20 head of
stems, 6 yearlings, 4 Guernseys, two
Holsteins from 10 to 20 months old.
Three heifers. two Guernseys. one
Holstein, Registered Guernsey bull,
255 years old; two Holstein bulls. 16
months old. These are No. l stock
bulls for breeding. This herd of cattle
is second to none. One pair of horses,
9 and IL years old. One brood sow.
DAIRY EQUIPMENT
Set of two-unit DeLaval electric
milking machines, Wilson electric
milk cooler, five can, nearly new: II
milk cans, stable drinking fountains,
Complete with 80 gallon tank, metal
utensil washing tank, nearly new;
one set of cattle dehorners, buckets,
strainers. stools, etc.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
F-20 tractor. on rubber, Al shape:
set tractor cultivators for F-20, set
three-bottom 12-inch plows. set two
bottom IA inch plows, 16 spout grain
drill, Ontario. almost new; #. double
disc, single. disc, Black Hawk manure
spreader, New Idea hay loader, spring
tooth. Mccormick Deering corn plant
er. complete with fertilizer, attach
ments, almost new; two horse wagon,
three riding cultivat0rs, riding plOw.
horse rake, two electric. fence con-
trollers. good as new; walking plows,
cultivators. grindstone. forks. shovels
and other things too numerous to
mention.
4 crib of corn will also be offered
for sale. M
TERMS OF SALE: CASH.
JAMES S. SAPP. Owner
Dover. r.. No. 8.
Lunch will be served on grounds. 5
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ORPHANS COURT SALE
TRUSTEES SALE
Of valuable
Real Estate

Situate in the Town of Milton and in
Broadkiln Hundred, Sussex County,
ngs In partition as the lands of
Clara Agnes Martin, Merritt r.
Hopkins and George &. Hopkins.
BY virtue of an order of the Orphans
Court of the State of Delaware, in
and for Sussex County, made on the
18th day of October, a. D.. 1947,
l will expose to sale by way of
public auction, on
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
PUBLIC SALE!
We will sell on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, 1947

AT ONE O'CLOCK P. NJ.
At Russell Carey's saw mill in Mil
ton, Delaware, the following articles:
Ford truck, one work horse, broke to
the woods; one race horse, five years
old; one Disston chain power saw.
four foot, nearly new; three sets of
hip harness, two sets of butt harness,
two blocks and falls, two cross cut
saws, two double stretchers, chains,
cant hooks and other things too nu-
merous to mention.
TERMS: CASH day of sale.
DUTTON and HASTINGS
Harry Davidson. Auctioneer. o24-2t
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FOUND

FOUND-Little black female dog.
about Is inch in height, and % inches
in length A little white spot on its
breast between front legs, with long
from four to six months old. Owner
please call at Howard McKnatt, 412
North Washington Street. Milford.
o24-4tp
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER sth, 1914

delaware, ON
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER Sth, 1947
AT ONE O'CLOCK P. NJ.
Rain or Shine
The following:
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Two 2-piece bedroom suites, l metal
cot, / metal bed and springs, / large
goose feather bed, small goose fea-
ther bed, j wardrobe, clothes trees,
chest of drawers. wash stand, 2
bureaus, 2 small tables, 3 Congoleum
rugs, 9 x 12; / Crex rug, 12: i
library table. one 3-piece living room
suitel 2 mission rockers, | Morris
chair. ! round extension table. | buff
fet, 1 wood heater (Cole): coal
heater, ! brooder stove, kitchen
range, oil hot water heater, / gas
oline cook stove, l metal kitchen table.
metal ice box. wooden ice boxes,
dining room chairs. one 3-burner oil
stove. one 2-burner oil stove, ] oil
heater. drop-leaf tables, l kitchen
cabinet, sewing machine. l porch
swing 2 porch rockers. l child's desk
and chair. bed linen, dishes, pots and
pans and many other things too num-
erous to mention.
One boys bicycle and two Victrolas.
TERMS: CASH. No goods to be re-
moved until paid for.
HOWARD e. WILLIAMSON
Daniel Short, Auctioneer. oSl -2t
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER LIST, 1S47
AT 1900 O'CLOCK NOON
The following:

n 1HsOU " OIOSh MUM
The following:
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Gas range, G. e. electric refrigera-
tor, kitchen clock, five piece breakfast
set, Easy washer, like new; eight
piece walnut dinette set, three piece
living room suite, Philco floor model
radio, telephone stand and chair. one
end table, one seven-way floor lamp,
one three-way floor lamp, table lamp,
one wall rack, Frogil hot blast oil bur
ner. nearly new; one s 10 rug and
pad. one . X IL rug and pad, one banjo
clock, two X IL Congoleum rugs, two
8 IL CreX rugs, seven piece walnut
bedroom suite, six, piece maple bed
room suite, one table model radio,
two clothes hampers, one boudoir
chair. three piece metal porch set,
lot of dishes. glassware, curtains
blinds, pots, pans, garden tools and
other things too numerous to men
tion.
1941 Chevrolet Coach, Radio and
Heater, in first class condition.
1912 Dodge Weapons Carrier.
TERMS: All purchases to be cash.
PAUL NEEMAN
Harrington, Del.
Jack Stevens, Auctioneer. o24- -2t
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STRAYED

STRAYED-Ma rabbit dog. brown
and white. wearing plain collar. Ans
wers to name Brownie" Reward.
Tom Cahall, 500 South Washington
street. Milford. Phone 257J. 1tp