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Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
SCHOOLNEWS

There are several announcements
of Importance which the faculty
and administration of the Milford
Schools would like to make known
at this time.
The faculty of the Elementary
School cordially extends an 'invi-
tatiOn to the patrons Of the school
to visit the class rooms on May 6.
You will be welcome to attend your
child's class any time during the
school day. We sincerely hope that
many of you will visit us. Please
stop in the Office before you visit
the rooms.
The examination of pre-school
children will be conducted May "a,
in the Elementary building. Bring
your children on that day for "a
final check-Up. The examination
will take place in the morning and
the doctor will move to the Benja-
min Banneker School in the after
noon.
For the first grade child the
transition from home to school is
9 rather severe one. In order to
make the change easier for the
children, the school has set aside
two weeRs-May 3 through 14th-
for visiting the school and during
this time we will be glad to have
the children who will enter next
year and their parents. Please
come between one and three IN the
afternoon. At this time, the nurse
will check the eyes, weight and
height Of each child. Again we are
requesting that the parents stop in
the Office before visiting the class
rooms or the school plant. We be-
lieFe that much of the tension viii
be taken away if the child can see
the school for himself In many ca
ses, it will stimulate enthusiasm.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Milford Legion Notes

In the absence of our Command
er, Reese Jester, who has a slight
ailment, the Past Commander.
Colonel Lank, presided. The meet
ing was held at the City Hall COun-
Gil Room at $3.50 p. m, Friday, Ap-
rll y. 1ms was a special meeting as
there were many important items
to be discussed.
Rem Barnard, III, who up until
this past week has been serving as
Finance Officer, has rendered his
resignation. The members accepted
his resignation and appointed Mr..
Harry Rust to succeed him. We all
appreciate the fine work Rem has
contributed while serving in this
capacity, and feel that his success
sor will follow in his footsteps.
For any financial matters, please
contact our new Finance Officer,
ana he Will see to it that the prob
lens are taken care of efficiently
and promptly.
One Of the events we have been
waiting to materialize for the past
month has been Ladies' Night. The
purpose is to acquaint the wives.
sWeethearts, and friends, with the
members. 1t has been arranged to
have the affair at the Wonder Bar,
a half-mile from Harrington. This
event is to take place on the 28th
OF April. The members will be in
formed of this affair and those who
wish to attend, please reply as
soon as you receive your invita-
ton. We expect to have Il grand
time, so let's have a large turnout.
One Of our members, Jackson
Lacey, has rejOined the Army and
from what ! gather, he has enlisted
into the Air Corps. l know he will
he Il credit to his new outfit and
we are also proud of the fact that
it was one of our men who is
there to see that the rights of man
is carried out.
John LOngbOtham, our Vice
Commander, has been detained at
the hospital for a routine check
up, on his present condition. We
can understand why this is so,
what with him devOting all of his
time to membership campaigning.
We are looking forward to seeing
John back with us shortly.
We are hOnOred to have three
boys represent our post in the COM
ing Boys State Government. The
ones chosen are: Joseph Lank,
Harry Mayhem and Herbert Plum
mer. l am confident that these boys
will carry out their duties in this
program and that they will partici-
pate most heartily. They will be
ably assisted by our Adjutant
George Collins, who will accom-
paEy the boys and see that this
program is carried out.
The officers of this post were in
vited to attend an Officers COnven-
ttOn, at Harrington, given by the
Harrington Post No Z. 1t was held
on Tuesday, April 12, and yours
truly had the honor of being there
There were many speakers who
helped make the program very in
/ tereSting, but one thought re-
mained fixed in my mind, and thai
was when DR.. Reese, of Harring-
ton Post, praised our Post for ex-
ceeding in it's membership drive
All the officers that were there
glowed with pride, when he made
that statement.
left the conference with one
thought in mind, THAT fair play
and good fellowship" prevailed
throughout. This tends to lead to-
wards our American way of life
This is the keynote to democracy.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Birth Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Mitchell
of Lewes are receiving cOngratu-
lations upon the birth of a son,
born at the Beebe Hospital in
Lewes on April z. The little fell
low has been named Frank Wayne.
The Mitchells have another son,
Marvin. Mrs. Mitchell is the for
mer Miss Myrtle Coverdale, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cover
dale of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
CIRCLE NO. 5

Circle No. s. of Calvary MethO-
dist Church. met at the home of
Mrs. Joe Isaacs with Mrs. Lavenia
Gillis and Mrs. Virgie Isaacs as CO.
hOstesses. There were ten mem
bers present and one visitor. The
meeting was called to order by the
leader, Mrs. Anna Ament. Mrs
Mary TTice had charge of the devo-
tiOns. After the business meeting
refreshments were served and
games were enjoyed.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
CIRCLE NO. A

Circle No. 4 of the Calvary Meth
odist Church, leader, Mrs. Edith
Niblett, met on Tuesday evening,
April 20, at the home of Mrs. Mary
DrummOnd, with Mrs. Reba Por-
ter as cO-hOstess. There were 12
members and one visitor present.
Lovely refreshment were served.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Francis Robbins,
with Mrs. Zelma Dykes as cO-hos-
tess. All members please try to be
present.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
State Industries On
Display April 3Oth

Delaware industries will be fea-
tured for the first time in a huge
display at the ArmOry, Whining
ton, April 30, 81 and May 1. Ap-
prOximately 65 state industries
will be represented in exciting
and interesting electrical and me-
chanical displays. Admission will
be free. Door prizes will be given
every day. Also an attraction is
the Queen of Delaware Industry,
Miss Jeanette COrrie, who was Sc
lected by a committee represent
ing the Industrial Club of Della
ware and The Sunday Star.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Card And BingO Party

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
FELTON, Fire Company will sponsor
a card and bingO party on Satur-
day evening, April "a, at the Eel
ton High School. Prizes and re-
freshments. Come one, come all,
enjoy the evening and help the fire
company. 1t needs you.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

For lovers of poetry, and
there are many, a new book
from the pen of Jeanette SlO-
cum Edwards was published
this month by DOrrance. and
Company of Philadelphia. It is
especially interesting to Della
wareans, for many of the
poems are written about Della
ware and about people that
love the sea, the marshes and
the storms of this Eastern
Coast. There is beauty in
every line whether they be of
the wind and weather or of
honey things. Five of the
poems won first prize for
Mrs. Edwards in nation
wide contest. AS a result of
this she was given the title of
Poet Laureate, for the Della
ware State Federation of
Clubs. This is her second
book, the first one, published
some time ago. was very well
received. 1t was entitled
"SOng Against the Dark" Mrs.
Edwards will be the speaker at
the Author and Book Matinee
at the Hotel dupont on Tues
day, April q. Another speak
er will be Eddie Rickenbacker.
Interested friends are well
coined to these luncheOns, the
one of last month being highly
successful; and to be chosen
as speaker for such occasions
is another honor for Mrs. Ed
wards.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Teachers In Kent
Elect Officers
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NN-'-0'-It9N'N a4N7IA 4IAoV Fll8oT
Teachers were requested to take
part in a drive conducted by the
department of classroom teachers
of the N. E. A. to send some profess
siOnal books to the teachers of the
war devastated countries.
The organization has a commit
tee making a study of the pension
plan in Delaware, as we'll as other
states, reported the president.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

Many are anticipating the
visit Of Mary Lee Reed, organ
ist for special occasions at
Grand Central Station in New
York City, when She gives an
organ recital in Avenue MethO-
dist Church on May 16. Mrs.
Reed will be the house guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Henry
Elfreth at their home, Sunny
brae".
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
TH!IRTY WEARS AGO
Taken from the 1918 Files Of
the Milford Chronicle

Miss Laura d. Salevan spent a
Few days in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Frank Postles of Smyrna.
is the guest of Mrs. Allen d. Jones.
Mr.. Dudley Gassawau Frazier
of Baltimore, Md! is a guest at
the home of Mrs. Allen d. Jones.
James H. 'Salevan, who is as
sistant superintendent of a large
manufacturing plant in Massachus
etts, is home with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. Frank Salevan, for a
few days.
Joseph P. Cross has sold his
property, known as the "Inwood
Farm" located in Slaughter Neck,
containing thirty acres, to George.
w. Clenda11iel of the Gray Farm
for $4,000. Mr.. Clendaniel will get
all the crops of the years. Mr..
Cross will move to Wilmington.
where he lived before he came to
Sussex county.
Frederick A. Ross, assistant
trainmaster of the Delaware Di-
vision, of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, has been transferred from
Clayton to the general superinten-
dents office, being a member of an
important committee. He is sue
ceeded as assistant trainmaster by
Cornelius ]. Hall. Edward H. Roe,
acting supervising agent of the
Delaware Division, has been ap-
pointed supervising agent.
Mr.. Hall is a former Milford
boy and the son Of Mrs. Wilhei-
nina Hall Of this town.
Charles johnson of Milford, who
has been employed at. the L. ID,
CaUlk Dental Laboratories here
for the past five years, has taken
the position at the Pennsylvania
| freight station of this town to fiji
the vacancy caused when Frank
POstles was transferred to Har-
lringtOn.
The United States Department Of
Agriculture again advises farmers
to sell their hens gradually and
mot to gllt the market Immediate
ly after April 90, when the re-
strictiOn against the sale of hens
lis removed. Hens should be sold
gradually. This win stabilize the
market and bring better prices for
them. 1t also will mean more
eggs. Every laying hen at this
season produces eggs at far less
cost for feed than during the win
Eter.
Miss Iris ireland Of Lincoln
spent Sunday with Misses Mil
Idred and Mabel Grifith.
After the high tides last week,
Mrs. Mary Phillips little home in
Frederick stood in water up to the
windows. fortunately, her good
i.feighbor, Charlie Faulkner, no-
ticed her predicaruent in the early
stages of the storm and conveyed
her In a Wheelbarrow to place Of
safety AS the old lady is rather
stout her rescuer feared to trust
her in his bateau with the wind
blowing a gale When the hero de-
ip6sited his burden on dry land,
Eshe exclaimed, "That was some
ride!" The interior of the humble
abode is ruined from the water,
but friends will replace the mod
est. furnishings that she may be
eomfortable-fOr after all, 'Be it
ever so humble, there is no place
like home"
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

Yesterday, Mrs. w. Dean
Kimmel and Mrs. Byron Glib
son were hostesses when they
entertained friends at lunch
con at the Kimmel home and
followed It with cards.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

Remember the Bi1go Fun party
At the Millwood Hall on Friday eve
ming, at 3 O'clock, April Both. Come
and enjoy an evening of fun. Priz-
es and refreshments. BENEFIT Tor
the paint fund.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23
Editod - TIRGINIA 5. TOWNsBND

1EOPLE generallyare
lending themselves
In an eRort to sup
port the Board Of
Health. This week
the mobile unit Of the State
Board Of Health has been, busy
taking chest X-rays and blood
tests Tor social diseases. This
came about through the desire
Of the local Board 0E Health to
have Milford do the current
things that pertain to health,
and to accent the greater need
Tor improved sanitation. Mr..
George s. Grier. a member Of
the local Board, has been dill
gent in bis effort to reach peo-
pie, as he appeared before
groups to inform them just
what Is going on. The pro-
gram Of the week IS certainly
one ID the interest Of better
health and longer life.
50
The lovely party of Mrs. ].
Dolbhus Short on Thursday af-
ternoon Of last week was much
enjoyed BY those who attended.
II was a large group and Mrs.
Short was assisted BY her
mother. Mrs. william G. Tay-
lor. Spring flowers, delicious
food, gracious ilostesses and
the beautiful day all made the
afternoon Of particular enjoy
nient to the guests.
9
Mrs. Oliver A. James and
Mrs. Raymond Masten have is
sued invitations for a Iunch-
con at the FrishdIy Restau-
rant. formerly DerricksOn's,
tomorrow at one O'Clock.
Bridge will follow.
%
Mrs. Clyde Nelson and Mrs.
Edwin L. Fisher are enter
tanning at luncheon today at
the Nelson home on Clarke
Avenue. and having guests for
luncheon and bridge.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

Mrs. Davis r. Grier is enter
tanning another group of
friends tomorrow evening
when she gives a buffet supper
at her home on Kings High
way at $3.50.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

Mrs. Jack NAPLES was an
other hostess to have a few
friends in for luncheon and
bridge this week. Mrs. NAPLES
entertained att her home on
Tuesday.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

Mrs. c. Bernard Shortall was
a hostess Of last week, enter
tanning a small group of
friends at a spring luncheon
and cards at her home in the
Mulholland apartments on
Wednesday.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

The men of the different de-
partments of the L. d. Caulk
Company went to Dover Tues
day evening to bowl. Much in
terest was displayed in the dif-
ferent groups, of the several
departments, and the play was
enjoyed by those taking part,
as well as the OnlOokers.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

Charles johnson of Milford, who
has been employed at the L. ID.
Caulk Dental Laboratories here
for the past five years, has taken
the position at the Pennsylvania
freight station of this town to I'LL
the vacancy caused when Frank
POstles was transferred to Har-
ringtOn.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

Miss Iris ireland of Lincoln
spent Sunday with Misses Mil
dred and Mabel Grifith.
Milford chronicle., 1948-04-23

James II. Salevan, who is as
sistant superintendent of a large
manufacturing plant in Massachus-
etts, is home with his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Frank Salevan, for a
few days.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-10-08
5 100000

| ed and ordered from the printer
at the time of our last examina-
ton had just been recently receiv-
ed. The Town Clerks accounting.
had been posted from January l,
l94S to July. 1, 1948, but the ac-
counts did not reflect the true
status and were incomplete. Dur
ing the examination the accounts
were corrected and completed to
August 81, 194S. If instructions
are followed we assure that the
system prescribed will provide ne
cessary control information and
adequate internal protection.
We found that the Office of q
Water Registrar had been estal-
lshed, whose duties We're to ham
die the real and operating accounts
of the utility, but we noted that
the control of the accouns and COL
lectlons were not accomplished.
The charges and collections had
been posted but no controlling &C
counting was provided whereby
the accuracy of the Consumers
accounts had been determined.
Monthly report forms prescribed
by our department for the Water
Registrar to report to the Council
the activities of the water collec-
lions and delinquencies had not
been prepared A satisfactory COR
troll of the accounts and collec-
lions for this revenue must be &C
complished by either having it
done by the Water Collector in
connection with those duties or
by the Water Registrar.
Many of the claims were not
subscribed and sworn to as re-
quired by law.
Respectfully submitted,
A. M. JOHNSON
First Assistant State Examiner
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-10-08
western National Indemnity Co.,
EXPIRES first Monday, May, 194e
ooI4NG COLLECTOR, Clara j. Green
mot bonded for these duties1.

EXAMINER'S
lreasurer's fund accounts in to-
.ai amount were in reconcilement
Out not IN each detailed fund AZ.
cound, a difference having bee /,
caused by transfers having been
made by the Council which had
not been reported to the Town
treasurer. At the time of this ex-
animation it was recommended
mat all transfers be made onlv
oy issuance of warrants and re-
ceipts, thereby assuring proper ac-
counting of the cash funds. The
1reasurer's cash accounts should
be adjusted so as to reflect cor
rected balances as shown in This
report.
The Cash Fund Accounts re-
Vealed that overdrafts had been
permitted This is an illegal prac.
lice and we must insist that when
runos are depleted no payments
must be made by the Treasurer
and instead the warrants present
ed when funds are exhausted must
be registered. Registered war
rants must only be paid when
funds are available and in order
of registration.
Cancelled warrants are on file
Tor all payments made bv the
Town Treasurer.
Receipts for taxes collected bv
the County Treasurer and remit
ted to the Town Police Court fines.
housing rentals, etc. were checked
The funds on deposit were fully
protected by legal depository Sc
curities, but we found that The
Towns Custodian Receipts for the
collateral furnished by the depos-
ltory bank had not been approved
and reapproved quarterly as re-
quired by law.
The accounting forms prescrib-
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1948-10-08

EXAMINERS COMMENTS
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-04-01

he watched the doorway through
which he expected his enemy to
come. But Crawford, warned,
slipped out of the trap, across the
street, and fired at Plummer from
behind. The bullet entered at the
right elbow, broke the bones of
Plummer's lower arm, and lodged
in his wrist. He was unable to re-
turn fire.
Crawford did not wait to learn
the outcome of his panicky marks
manship. No one knows what route
he followed on his way to Fort Ben
ton, but it is known that he arrived
there, and put himself under the
factors protection, until a boat left
for the states.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-04-01
You Can Bet Your
Sweet Life

-. faulty flueS
and heaters will
someday cause a
fire in your house.
Defective C i M
neys should be re-
built. Chimneys,
flues, stoves and
furnaces should be
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-04-01

kept clean. Stoves, furnaces and.
smoke pipes should be kept well in
sulated from walls, woodwork, floors
and partitions.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-04-01
Shotgun Surgery

Plummer was temporarily help
less. Long suffering Doctor Click
was called upon to operate, and he
did so while Bill Hunter stood by
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-04-01
Montana Historical Sketches
Henry Plummer
By ANNA NICKOL

cry of gold in Montana, and the So
cial disorders to which it led, one
may study with profit the men who
made up the new community and
particularly those who became a
scourge to it.
In the easy give and take of min
ing camps, a mans past was of little
Importance. 1t was considered i'm
polite to question anyone, and even
a name could be left behind with
out raising comment. A person de-
string to forget past mistakes and
make a new start could have chosen
no better place in which to do it.
There were men of obvious back
ground and education among the
stampeders, mingled freely with
those of no culture worthy of the
name. Both types were represented
in that outlaw band which met
death by hanging in a few short
weeks that winter of 1868 to 1864.
The lives of Henry Plummer and
oOOllS IlSllll SSl VIC do ldllO1llS
examples of an interesting contrast.
Plummer's Background
P1ummer came from a New Eng
land home, from a family whose
way of life was so different from
his that he made every effort, eve
in those strained last weeks of his
life, to prevent his sister and broth
er's discovery of his villainy. Boone
Helm, a Kentuckian by birth, was
a ruffian, and though none of his
family earned the notoriety he did,
three of his brothers also met violent
death in the west.
Plummer was often described as
a gentleman, at ease in any company.
Physically he was a handsome man,
a trifle under 6 feet tall, slenderly
built, gray eyed, with attractive
mouth and chin. One of his biog-
raphers said he had a bad forehead,
and to conceal it and the GOODNESS
of his eyes, he seldom removed his
hat, though he was careful to prac-
tice other little social graces.
He arrived in Lewiston, Idaho, in
the spring of 1861, from California.
A few people knew he made the
move because of murder done there,
but there were many different kinds
of killings, and, in simple self-de-
tense, most men carried guns. Since
he showed at once an interest in
civic affairs, he made a good i'm
preston on his new neighbors.
How he recruited in so short a
time his infamous band is one of the
mysteries of the past. That he con-
trolled it completely is unquestioned.
He did so partly by personal magnet
ism, partly with the fastest pistol
hand in the camps.
Murder to Keep Secret
Falling in love with Eliza O'Brian
sister-in-law of the government
farmer at Sun River, was his I'm.
doing. He knew she must not learr
of his way of life. To prevent tina
knowledge from reaching her, HI
shot his friend, Jack Cleveland, wht
lived just long enough, Plumme
feared, to tell what he knew to Hanl
Crawford, the sheriff.
That made Crawford a marke,
man, and the story of Plummer'
grim pursuit of him is me of terro
on the part of the sheriff=an UT
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-04-01

with a double barrelled shotgun and
announced that he would blow off
the top of the doctors head if any,
thing adverse happened to his leader.
During two or three tense days,
while the wound became feverish
and swollen, the doctor was in con
slant danger. On the night he ex-
pected a crisis, he was not at his
patients side, but waiting for news
beside a saddled horse on which he
hoped to make his escape should
Plummer die.
But the outcome, from a medical
point of view, was fortunate, and
the recovering patient spent his next
weeks in painstaking practice with
his left hand, knowing how impor-
tant a part his craftsmanship played
in continued mastery of his cut
throat gang.
Perhaps Plummer's election as
sheriff was due in part to the I'M
heroic part his predecessor played
in their quarrel. While Crawford
was innocent of blame, he had not
captured the public imagination
with the type of courage the west
expected of its gunner.
Plummer Proves Coward
Events were to prove Plummer a
coward, whose GOODNESS in situations
which seemed to endanger his life
was due to his feeling of invinci-
bility, and his faith in his own speed
with a gun. Faced by the thought
of hanging, he prepared for imme-
diate flight and was caught in Ban
mack just in time. He pleaded alb
jectly for his life, offered ridiculous
guarantees of his intention to live
it in a more desirable fashion, de-
clared piously that he was too
wicked to die. He had certainly
proven himself too wicked to live.
1t is one of the ironies of fate that
men who design and erect machines
of death frequently die on them
The Book of Esther records such ar
event from the distant past. In mod.
ern times there are many example.
of it, among them Henry Plummer
who was hanged on the gallows h
had erected for a horse thief.
Next issue; Boone Helm.