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Kodiak mirror., 1947-03-15
CLOSING NOTICE
 Of Filing

Filing for candidates in the city election to bs held April 1, l947, is now open at the City Clerks office.
 Nominations shall be made by party convention, or by 8 peti- tion signed by not less than 20 qualified voters. A candidate must have the qualifications of a voter: i. @ a citizen of the Unit ed States, over the age of 21 years, must have resided in the Territory of Alaska for one year next preceding the election, and six months next preceding the election within the limits of the City of Kodiak.
 The certificates of nomination shall specify the office and term of years, the group or political party, if any, and place of resi- dence.
 Filing closes at midnight, Monday, Marcn IT.
 Myrna Perkins
 City Clerk
Kodiak mirror., 1947-03-15

NcC pfoCeeuS-%z %zOS UO
 Plus donation by Bar !Asso- ciatlon of $50, by o. A. Torger- son of $10, making a net bal ance of $329.O6.
 This amount is held in trust by the Bank of Kodiak. The public is invited to donate to this fund, and civic clubs and organizations are requested to sponsor further dances or other benefits to increase the fund.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-03-15
Club Reports On Car Fund

The fund for the purchase of a car for Public Health Nurse Marion Curtis has a balance of $329.O6, according to report submitted by George Mason, secretary of che Kodiak Masonic club.
 The money was raised by a dance held Dec. IS, with expen- ses and proceeds as follows. 218 tickets sold at $2-$436
 Expenses
 Admission tax 71.94 Decorations 1000
 Hall rental 25 %
 Orchestra 6G00
 Net proceeds-$269 O6
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Officers Installed
At Crystal Fount
District Deputy Grand Master X.
A. Carton And Staff Did The Work

Crystal FOuntS newly-elected and
officers were duly in
stalled last Monday evening by
District Deputy Grand Master Rob
ert A. Carton and Staff of Kent
county. The District Deputy Grand
Master and his staff did a very
'cOmmendable job and those who
were present were generous in
their praise of the excellent work.
The officers installed were: Noble
Grand. Earle F. WorthingtOn; Vice
Grand, Herschell Billings; Record
ing Secretary. Leslie Blades. The
appointed officers placed in theil
respective chairs. follows: Con-
ductor. William Johnson: Warden
Albert Strahle; Chaplain. Walter
Johnson; Right Supporter to Noble
Grand. John Jester; Left Support
er to Noble Grand. Lewis Wright
Right Supporter to Vice Grand
James Hall; Left Supporter t(
Vice Grand. Leroy wilkins; Inside
Guardian. Clayton Lord: Outside
Guardian. Donald Jester: Righ
Scene Supporter. Albert Honeycutt
Left Scene Supporter. Frank Saw
en-. Jr.
After the installation was d mat
ter of record. the noble grand call
ed on District Deputy Grand Mas
ter Carton for few words. Th
Continued on page ~
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
2O4 Delegates Went
To Youth Council
T.. ]. Waters, Milford. Releases
Statistics Or ith Annual Session

According to statistics released
here today by State Youth Counse
lOr f. }. Waters, 204 delegates at
tended the fourth annual cOnven-
ton of the Youth Council of the
Delaware Congress of COlored Par
ents and Teachers. Meeting at the
Delaware State college. the 204
teen-agers and adult cOnsultants
discussed "Environmental Deficien-
cies which Cause Youth To Go
Astray." Representative from Do
yer. FrankfOrd. Bridgeville. Slaugh-
ter Neck. Georgetown. Middletown,
Milford, Laurel State College,
Newport and SeafOrd outlined plans
and procedures for combating and
preventing Juvenile delinquency
In addition to the delegates. the
conference also included eleven
principals and number of teach
ers. Miss Margaret Fl. Burnett
state director of adult education
was also present
President Howard ID. Gregg OF
the Delaware State College in his
welcome address urged the partici-
pants TO be careful of language
company, and places of recreation
DR.. George r. Miller. State Su-
perintendent of Public instruction
built his remarks around Lear
to Live With Others" Said DR.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Local Church Women
Have Formed Council
Seven Milford Churches Are Repre-
Sented In New Sct-Up

AT meeting held in the First
Presbyterian Church on April "a. Il
group of fifteen women represent
ing seven local churches organized
d local branch of The United COun-
Gil of Church Women. This branch
will affiliate with the State Council
and the National Council. The pur-
pose of this organization is to aid
the women of the churches in pro-
noting the whole work of the
Church, both at home and abroad.
1t will keep them informed of the
larger activities of the Church
throughout the world. 1t will foster
certain Christian activities that are
best carried on comparatively, such
as the World Day of Prayer.
All of the church women of Mil
ford and vicinity are invited to be-
come members of the Council. Re-
presentatives of the local group will
attend the observance of World Eel
lowship Day in Wilmington on Fri
day. when Mrs. Daniel Polling will
address the State Council at Zion
Lutheran Church.
Officers of the new Council are:
Mrs. John Nj. DeChant. President:
Mrs Charles Swain, 1st vice-presi-
dent: Mrs. G.. A. COlell. End vice.
president: Mrs. Walter Thomas. re-
cording secretary; Mrs. John Whal-
en-, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Edgar Wimberly. treasurer.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Fine Program
At Rotary y
Last Monday
Members Afforded OPP
pOrtunity to Hear Walt
Miles And Walt
Brown At Dinner Meet.

An extremely interesting pro-
gram was offered Milford Rotarians
last Monday evening at their week
ly dinner meeting in the Milford
Community Building.
Two speakers were presented by
program chairman, W. Shockley
Daugherty The first was Walter
Miles, manager of the Milford
Red SOx. Walter, a fluent and enter
tanning speaker. told of the inner
Vaccinations of the huge Red SOX
farm system. that trains hundreds
of young baseball hOpefulls every
season. Walt. did not go on limb
to make any predictions on the
ability of his this years charges to
win games. but he did say that he
believed they would play fast clean
ball. and win plenty of games.
The second speaker of the even
ing was Walter L. Brown of West
EnglewOOd, New Jersey, who eX-
planned the functions of the Alcohol
tax unit of the U. s. Treasury. Mr.
Brown also told of the manv other
functions of the Treasury Depart
ment. in both neace and war. His
talk was hiehlv informative ant
preGtlv enjoyed bv those present A
the close of his dieressiOn h
answered questions that were pre-
Sented by the group.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Tall Cedars Appointments
Will Hold Are Made By
18th SessionCov. Bacon
Supreme Forest Will Set
Up Headquarters At
Atlantic City May s
Through The 18th.

The forthy-fifth annual session of
the Tall Cedars of Lebanon will be
held in Atlantic City. n. j.. May 8th.
9th, 10th and 11th. 1947 after en-
Toying the most successful year of
it's history The Supreme Forest
headquarters will be at the Madison
Hotel. Illinois Avenue at the Board
walk where all delegates and their
guests will be registered. The busil
ness session of the Supreme Forest
will be held in Cambridge Hall. at
the Claridge Hotel. Park Avenue
and the Boardwalk. where the dele
gates to the United Nations held
their initial meetings.
All the entertaining functions un-
der the direction of the Supreme
Forest will be held in the Ball
Room. convention Hall.
Large delegations from each of
l30 Forests will attend the Conven-
tlon numbering more than twenty
live thousand enthusiasts all in
Slamorous attire to make this the
greatest convention ever held by the
organization. Many of the Forest
delegations will provide entertain
ing features besides those held un-
Ger the auspices of the Supreme
Forest.
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Clayton A. Bunting OF
Selbyville Named To
Succeed Milford Man
On Hwy. Commission.

AS the Chronicle prepared for
press at IL o'clock Thursday morn
ing. May /. word was received via
telephone from d staff reporter of
this paper. who was i'll direct con-
tact with the executive department
at Dover. of the following appoint
ments made by his Excellency
Governor Walter w. Bacon. at that
hour.
Clayton A. Bunting. Selbyville
nurseryman and horticulturist. APP
pointed resident member of the
State Highway Department. APP
pointment effective MAY l for d
term of six years Mr.. Bunting, Il
former member of the State Sen
ate. serving as President Pro-Tem
in the 1913 session. is presently
serving as Chairman of the SUSSEX
County Republican committee He
succeeds Charles ID. Abbott of Mil
ford.
Albert w. Stetser of Wilmington
member of the State Unemployment
Compensation Commission, ant
chairman of the same for term o
six years as of April 30.
Dauphin ID. Wharton. of Dover
Chairman of the Kent County Re
publican Committee. a member o
the Industrial Accident Board fo
siX-year term as of May l.
John Linden Barr. of George
town. a member of the Industria
Accident Board. for siX-year teri
as of May 2.
Mrs. Eleanor B. COoch of COoch
Bridge: J. Edward Goslee of Stock
ley. and Mrs. Henry Ridgley {
Dover, were all reapOinted to tn
Public Archives Commission for
term of four years each.
Caleb NJ. Wright. Georgetown. rt
appointed a member of the Stat
Forestry Commission for fOu
year term.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
More Than One Hundred
Awards Have Been
Made To Date; Dead
line For Filing This
Year Is May IL.

The Milford Trust COmpny, trus-
tee under will of Louder n. Hearn
is pleased to again invite appllca-
tions for benefits from the Hearn
Educational Fund and the trustee
announces that since 1899 when the
trust fund was created that one
hundred separate awards have been
made by the trustee for the assist
ance of worthy and deserving white
boys and girls of this community in
securing a higher education.
The following statement is made
by the trustee, which is self-eX-
planatOry:
Resolved, That the Milford Trust
COmpany as trustee of the Hearn
Educational Fund, established un-
der the will of Louder n. Hearn,
authorizes the following announce
ment:
The will of our late fellowtowns-
man, Louder n. Hearn. provided
for a trust fund, of which the Mill
ford Trust Company is trustee, to
he known as the Hearn EducatiOnaI
Fund of which the income is to be
used i'm helping and assisting the
worthy and deserving white boys
and girls of this vicinity in secur-
ing an education. Mr.. Hearn's will
stipulated that the trustees were to
use their judgment in the distribu-
ton of the income so as to do the
most good.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Legion Carnival Is
N0w In Full Swinq
On Old Circus Lot
Rides, Plenty
Of Prizes Are Drawing
Large Crowds Nightly;
Proceeds to Aid In Pro-
curing Permanent Post

When bigger and better carnivals
are held. they will be held in Mil
ford, and the Carnival, now being
held in this City, on the old circus
lot on North Walnut Street oppo-
site the Kent and Sussex Motor
Company, under the auspices of
Post Number three, American
Legion of Milford is a "WhOpper."
Featured are five thrilling, withal
safe rides, to make the kiddies
happy.
There is free entertainment ga
lore, and prizes without number as
the Chronicle prepared for press
Thursday morning, May 1st. plans
were complete for a mammoth
street parade to be held Thursday
evening beginning promptly at nine
o'clock daylight saving time.
In line will be fire companies.
civic organizations, fraternal or
ganizations, with members of the
V. F. w. and the Legion.
The parade is scheduled to start
at p. m. from Lake View Avenue
and proceed through the main
streets to the Carnival grounds.
Mayor Evan to Lead
The parade commander will be
Mayor E. c. Evans; grand marshall.
Chuck Wright. post commander:
hOnOrably grand marshall. Lieut.
Col. w f. Lank. who is the oldest
lceiOnnaire in Delaware The pa
rade committee is composed of
William Goodrich. Therman Rogers,
Cecil Davis and Melvin ROzensweig
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Golden Jubilee Year
For Federated Clubs
1913 viii Be Observed BY State
Group In Various Ways

The year 1948 will be Golden
Jubilee Year for the Federated
clubs of Delaware and in prepara
tion for that Mrs. Leonard w. Ed
wards, chairman of Fine Arts and
Mrs. William j. Storey, chairman OF
Music for the State announce a
Golden Jubilee Song Poem" con-
test. The rules briefly are: Only
members of the Federated club are
eligible; the poem to be in march
rhythm: to have three stanZas and
chorus: TO be gay, short and in
spriatiOnal. and to contain a few
historical facts of the past fifty
years. Entries to he submitted on
OF before May 20. 1947. The Judges
for the contest are Dr.. Elliott Field
of New Castle, DR.. Augustus Fl. Able
OF the University of Delaware and
Miss Carrie Walter of Wesley
Junior College. Dover. The winning
poem will he read at the annual
Convention in Dover. June 10 and
| and will be set to music and sung
at the Golden Jubilee" next year
Entries are TO be sent to Mrs. EG.
wards. 5 Hillcrest Avenue. Will
mingtOn.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
State Education
Conference May 10
Theme Of U-Oi-D Conference VIII
Be "EducatiOn Will Go Forward"

All secondary school teachers.
principals and superintendent oil
Delaware are being invited to the
annual State Education Conference
at the University of Delaware. on
Saturday. May 10. for which the
theme will be Education Will Go
Forward
In series of approximately
dozen sectional meetings, teachers
will have the opportunity of ex-
changing views on their respective
subjects, such as science. mathe-
matics. English, etc. Mr.. Carl j.
Rees of the University is preparing
these programs, which will be held
from 1920 a. IN. to 1880 p. III.
tEST).
The general meeting of the group,
from s AS to 1915 a. m.. in Mitchell
Hall on the Newark campus, will
have as it's principal speaker Will
lard GOslin. superintendent of
schools of Minneapolis. whose top
ic will be Education Will Go For
ward If. At the same session,
Dr. George Miller, state superin-
tendent of public instruction. will
speak on "Some Musts in Della
ware Education
DR.. William S. Carlson. Univer-
sity president, will speak at a
luncheon meeting at | p. M, and
DR.. Ward l. Miller. Wilmington su-
perintendent of schools. will lead
discussion afterward An all
state band concert will follow at
o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Tall Cedars Visited
Sho' Last Thursday
Trip TO ChcStertOwn Was Made
by Greyhound Bus

The officers, band. Rangers. and
d large delegation of Evergreen
Forest. No. 49, Tall Cedars of Leb-
anon were the guests of Eastern
Shore Forest. No. So. at its cere-
monial held in the 115th Inf Ar
mory in ChestertOwn, Nd, last
Thursday. District Representative
Edward B. Green of district 13
made the arrangements. The occa-
sion marked the first time since
before the war that the Salisbury
Cedars had ventured out of their
town to conduct ceremonial.
Evergreen Band and Rangers,
headed by |. Robert Wiley. Grand
Tall Cedar. made the trip to Ches-
tertOwn in a special Greyhound
bus leaving Georgetown at p. Nj.
picking up members enrOute. \
large number of Evergreen mem
bers made the trip in private cars
On arrival in ChestertOwn the Del
awareans were met and welcomed
by delegation of Chestertown
Cedars who conducted the visitors
to the basement of the ArmOry
where delightful fried shad din.
ner was served The dinner was
arranged and prepared by the
ChestertOwn members. Bread bakeC
i'll open pans over hickory fire
outside the ArmOry. was served
with the dinner. This unique fea
ture of the dinner proved yer.
popular as the hot bread was mucl
in demand.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Sox Beat Lynn,
Lose Pirates
In Exhibitions
Won Over Class B Club,
6 tod Last Friday; Lost
To RehObOth Last Sum
day IA to IL.

The Milford Red SOX of the Eas-
tern Shore League opened their
preseason exhibition schedule last
Friday by turning back the Lynn,
Mass, club of the Class B New
England League, 6 to q.
The Red SoX got off to a two-run
lead in the second inning and boost
ed their margin to 80 with another
tally in the third
Lynn, piloted by Mike Ryba, for
mer utility player with the parent
Boston American League club,
drove Rudy ComOrdO from the
mound with pair of tallies in the
fourth, but the Red SoX came back
to clinch the triumph with a three
run outburst in the fourth
The RehOboth Beach Pirates de-
feated the Milford Red SOX. 14-11,
last Sunday afternoon in pre-
season exhibition meeting of Eas-
tern Shore League rivals. A four
run rally in the eighth broke 10
to 10 stalemate and decided the
slugfeSt in the Pirates favor.
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
To Observe May Is
AS All Club Sunday
All Clubs In Kent County Have
Plans For Observance

This year the Sunday of May %
has been set aside for the observ-
ance of All Club Sunday.
NJ H. Wilson, director of Exten-
sion work, has given out this mess
age
THE greatest need of mankind
today is faith-faith in the future,
faith in our fellowman, faith that
God has a destiny and a purpose
for the human race. Boys and girls
in our country. certainly have rea-
son to feel that such faith is re-
garded.
Observance of All Club Sunday
with its theme. working Together
for Better Home and World Com
munity" is an expression of faith
and gratitude to the Giver of all
that is good. 1t also serves as d
practical example to people in
other lands as to where our boys
and girls seek and get the mora
and spiritual guidance with whicl
to support their faith in our ma
ton and its institutions"
! continued oil page b,
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Shore League
To Open Here
Next Thursday
Dover Will Furnish Com
petition For "Opener;;"
Customary Fanfare To
Precede Game.

The 1947 Eastern Shore League
season will officially get underway
next Thursday evening, May 8tn,
with the meeting here in the Mil
ford park of those traditional sports
rivals, Dover and Milford. All the
fanfare characteristics of opening
day" will proceed this game and a
capacity turnout is anticipted.
The local Red SOX, again under
the capable direction of Walt Mil
lies, have already been installed as
preseason pennant favOriteS and
there is ever reason to believe tnat
the l941 Milford club will live up 10
THIS Dllllng. he parent Boston Red
oOX 1arm system sent mere over
sixty candidates tor the local team
ana manager Miles mas experience
ed some difficulty in pruning his
squad due to the abundance OIL pro-
InISlnS material
with opening day less than d
week away, it is still impossible to
pick the opening day lineup, COM
petition still being keen for several
key positions. However, on basis OF
the following shape up as almost
showing to date i'll exhibition tilto,
sure fixtures" Dan Ryan, catcher,
CaerOn Jury, first base; Elmer Bod
ner. second base, and Sergio
BochnOvich and Frank Rubino, out
field. Charles Marion, youthful
brother of "Slats" Marion of major
league fame, reported here the past
week and may make strong bid al
either third base or ShOrtStOp; Jos
Jenczak has been playing short in
exhibition tilts and shows consider.
able promise, while AL Bently has
seen considerable service at third
Milford's mound staff should be
strong but exact makeup of it will
possibly remain in doubt until earl!
next week due to the abundance 0
hurting material still available.
Dover has a much stronger team
than that of last season and shOult
develop into a strong contender fo
titular hOnOrS.
Milford and Dover will clash a
Dover on Friday evening, May 9th
to officially open the season there
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Lions Observed
Governors Night
Joseph l.. ErrigO. District Cover
nor And Staff Visited Local Group

On Thursday of last week. the
Milford Lions Club was host to
Joseph l.. ErrigO. District Governor.
Lions International and members
OF his staff, the occasion being the
annual observance of District
Governors Night" District Cover
nor ErriSO, was accompanied here
by W. r. Humes of the Harrington
Club. and Charlie Steib. Christiana
Hundred Club.
In an informal talk, the District
Governor traced the growth OF
Lions International, pointing out
that in the past thirty years the
Lions organization has grown from
a single club in Chicago to over g.
600 clubs in eighteen different
countries.
ErrigO expressed his belief that
growth of LiOnism is a step towards
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Local V.F.W.
Auxiliary To
Sell Poppies
Buddy" Campaign Will
Formally Open In Mil
ford On May % And
End On May 81.

The Ladies Auxiliary to Blue Hen
Post No. 6483 has completed plans
for the Buddy Poppy campaign,
sponsored annually by the Veterans
of Foreign Wars. The sale of the
memorial flowers will get under
way on May 23rd and continue
through May 31st. Mrs. Olivia Alb
hott is chairman of the committee
on sales, and will be assisted by
Mrs. Mary Hugg. Mrs. Alma Rust,
Mrs. Rose Pack, Mrs. Helen Wright,
Mrs. Ann p. Baechler. Mrs. Viola
p. Wiley. Mrs. Nora +. Jefferson,
Mrs. Bernice J. Mills, Mrs. Sarah A.
Walls. Mrs. Carolyn Collins. Mrs.
Anna May Macklin, and Miss
Evelyn L. Murphy.
About 10 percent of the monies
collected through the sale of Buddy
Poppies to the general public re-
mains in the communities where the
memorial flowers are sold, to be
used by the posts in relief and wei
fare work. as directed by the Buddy
Poppy proceeds are spent are re-
habilitatiOn, welfare and service
work. including liaison service with
the Veterans Administration, the
aid, relief and comfort of needy
veterans and their dependents
necessary expenses for military
funeral of deceased veterans; hos
pital visitations and entertainment
including assistance to individual
hOspitalized veterans and their de
pendents; acquisition. improvement
and maintenance of burial plots ant
the decoration of graves of veto
pansiOn of the V. f. w. NatiOna
Home for widows and orphans o
veterans at Eaton Rapids. Michigan
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Egg Record Keepers
Know Their Mortality
Find Their Monthly LOSSES Are
Lower Than Average

Delaware egg producers who are
cooperating in the monthly egg rec
ord project conducted by the Della
ware Agricultural Extension Ser
vice are finding that their monthly
losses due to mortality are consid-
erably lower than the average for
the State or the country.
Last months average mortality
i'm the fOcks where these records
are kept was 1.3 percent. The rec
ord keepers and other producers
are reminded by J. Frank Gordy,
extension poultryman, to "cCiltinue
to reduce death losses-for every
time you lower mortality you low
er the costs of production"
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02

The fact that there were 81 accl-
dental deaths of children between
the and Is years of age in 1916
in Delawa gives special empha-
sis to the need for observance OF
National Child Health Week. which
extends from April 9th thru May
3rd and has as its slogan Safe
guard the Child Safeguard the
Nation" DR.. Edwin Cameron, ex-
ecutive secretary of the State Board
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-02
Organ Dedicated
At Houston Church
Impressive Program Was Present.
ed Last Sunday Evening

One of the most impressive pro-
grams ever held in Houston Metho
dist Church took place last Sunday
evening, when the handsome new
Minshall- -Estey electric organ, re-
Gently purchased by the Church was
dedicated.
The Church was filled to over
flowing with the members of the
Houston Congregation, and many
former HoustOnians, some of whom
came from a great distance to be
present for the service of dedication
and to hear the numbers rendered
by the ChrOus and Glee Club from
Wesley Junior College. Dover.
The ceremony of dedication was
conducted by Rev. Dr.. Oler BARLEY
president of Wesley Junior College
! The Organ was presented for dedi
! cation by former State Senator
Continued OIL page 81