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Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
Blue Cross Permits
Increase In Members
Continued from nrst page)

Harold V. Maybee, managing di-
rector, reported on a meeting with
state and county societies for clos
er cooperation with the surgical
and hospital plans. The board ex-
pressed regret over the recent
deaths of two members, Thomas w.
Wilson and John SaylOr James F.
McClOskey, vice-president, presided.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
Obituary

WILSON
Funeral services were held in
POcOmOke City, Md, on Thursday,
July Is, for Sergt. COulbourne S.
Wilson, killed in action in France
in August, 1914. He was q when
he died fighting with the 29th Di-
vision at Brest. Survivors in
clude his parents, Mr., and Mrs.
w. G. Wilson, POcOmOke, and Earl
Wilson, Norfolk, Va, and five sis
ters, Mrs. Raymond Masten and
Mrs. William Wells, both of Mil
ford; Mrs. CrestOn Ward, Crisfield.
Md; Mrs. Edward Pilchard, Snow
Hill, Nd, and Miss Ruby Wilson,
PocOmOke.
DORMAN
Ebe Roy DOrman, farmer of near
Love Greek Bridge, died Thursday,
July Is, at his home from a heart
ailment. He is survived by his
wife, the former. Arvie Hart; two
sons, John and James, at home;
his mother, Mrs. Mary Dorman,
Lewes; seven sisters, Mrs. Thom-
as Hudson, Mrs. Edith Simpler.
Mrs. Raymond Hill, Mrs. william
Carpenter, all of Lewes and vici-
nifty; Mrs. Meyers Vessels, Ches-
ter, Pa; Mrs. Arthur Hart of Phil
adelphia; Mrs. Edwin Wilson, Mil
ford; two brothers, William and
Carlton DOrman of Lewes. Funer-
al services were held Monday, his
5Oth birthday anniversary, in the
Atkins funeral home. The Rev.
DR.. William Leishman, Presbyter-
ian pastor, Officiated, and inter-
ment was made in Lewes Metho-
dist Cemetery.
CARNEY
Suddenly on Tuesday morning.
July 13, Carl Carney, who for 21
years was an orderly at the old
and new hospitals in Milford, and
for the past two years was an en-
plOyee at Grants Store here, pass
ed away at the Milford Memorial
Hospital.
Carl was widely known and high
ly respected by members of both
races.
After the death of his father at a
very tender age, he was taken to
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
MOsley of FELTON,, who raised him
until he became of age and left to
work at the old Milford Hospital.
He was a member of Bethel A.
M. E. Church and held, various
offices during his membership
there.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Sara E. Carney, his mother, Mrs.
Laura Wright, two brothers, Will
liam and Leon Carney; two sisters,
Mrs. Mildred Morris and Mrs. Edna
Sterrett; several nieces and nep-
hews and a hot of other relatives
and friends.
Funeral services were held last
Saturday at 2 o'clock p. m. at
Bethel A. M. e. Church with Revs.
Henley, Whalen and other mem
bers of the clergy officiating.
InteTment was made at John
Wesley Cemetery, Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
Red SOx Schedule
For Next Week

Friday, July % ...
Milford at Rehoboth q
Saturday, July "a -.
fredericksburg at Milford
Sunday, July 25
Milford at fredericksburg
Monday, July 26 -.
Easton at Milford
Tuesday, July "a
Milford at Easton
Wednesday, July %
Salisbury at Milford
Thursday, July % -.
Milford at Salisbury
Friday, July so
Milford at RehOboth
All games start at s o'clock,
S. T.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
thirty WEARS AGO
Taken from the 1918 Files Of
the Milford Chronicle

misses Margaret HOlzmueller,
Marion Skewis and Lulu Ross, all
teachers in the Milford public
schools, are attending the summer
school at Delaware College.
Mrs. James II. Hillman and
granddaughter, Margaret B. Sharp
less, after spending three weeks
with her daughter, Mrs. J. C.
Weinmann, and friends of Phila-
delphia, have returned home.
The basket factory at Harring-
ton is rushed with orders for what
is known as the wire-hooped bas-
ket, which is used largely in the
handling of the tomato crop and
shipping tomatoes to and from the
factories. The price for these
baskets now at the factory by the
carload, is 15c apiece, and even
higher figures are offered for quick
delivery In the manufacture Of
the baskets boys are used to do the
mailing and the finishing and they
are paid by the piece for the work.
The weekly payroll for these boys
ranges from $12 to SIS week,
and some of the boys are not over
16 years old.
The electric service of Harring-
ton is far better than it was two
years ago, and the day current is
growing in popular favor. The
people are on a meter system and
pay for what they use, and of
course they are wasting no cur
rent, such as is the case in Milford
and other places where they have
fiat rate for payment.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Pierce, just west Of Mil
ford, near Houston, on Sunday,
July z, there. was a gathering of
relatives and friends which was
unusual, in that there were five
generations of the family present.
The occasion was a social gather
ing, and those present were Mrs.
Griffith, who is a great-great aunt
OF Mrs. Pierce; Mrs. Eliza Dicker-
son, who is the great-great grand
mother; Mrs Cora E. Counselman.
the grandmother; Mr.. and Mrs.
Benton COunselman and little Miss
Martha Elizabeth Counselman.
This is certainly an unusual as
semblage of family members.
The cottages are beginning to fill
up now, and with the advent of
warmer weather, such as we usual
ly have in July, the resort will put
on its usual summer appearance.
The cottages on the bay front that
were so badly wrecked in the April
storm have been moved back about
forty feet and rebuilt and put in
excellent condition; in fact much
better than they were before the
destruction, with additions and
changes in the architecture, also
the refurnishing, which make a de-
cidedly inviting appearance, and
assures a good lively season for
the old resort.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23

Mrs. Thomas Davis, Mrs.
Carlson FoOks, Mrs. David
Sills and Mrs. ]. Lynn Pratt
were guests of Mrs. Matte
Townsend at her home in
Wyoming yesterday afternoon
when she entertained friends
at cards.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
Income
Showing Decrease
CONTINUED from urst pago)

The receipts of the year ended
the past June 30 as compared with
the receipts of the year ended June
30, 1947, by months, follow:
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23
VIRGINIA S. TOWNSEND

Announcements have been
received from Mr.. and Mrs.
George V. BeamOn of Suffolk,
Va, Of the birth of their sec
Ond daughter on July 6, which
has BEEN previously announc-
ed in this column, but the lit9
tie Miss has now been named
Mary Sipple Beamon.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23

The Fresh-Airs ar
rived Tuesday, and
by now are making
a place for them
y selves in the hearts
and homes Of their hosts.
Eighteen, assigned to the diff
ferent places. came, instead Of
the expected twenty-one, so
the Troyers and the Travers
are without guests. These two
weeks in the open country
around Milford, Greenwood,
Ellendale and Lincoln will
pass by very swiftly and the
young boys and girls will then
return to their crowded homes,
with quickened memories of
all they saw and did here.
They will again begin to look
forward to another time when
they can be guests Of those
persons who opened their
hearts to them.
, q
Just off the Oxford Univer-
sity Press is a children's book
from the pen of Jean Louise
Welch Of Garden City, N. Y.
Miss Welch is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard G. Welch
who are former DelaWareans,
Mr.. Welch living IN Milford
and Mrs. Welch near Freder-
lea. The book is really a
Christmas story of the animals
in the stable where Christ was
born, and is beautifully told.
It is nicely illustrated by Ruth
Carroll. It is a book children
will Enjoy at any season and
particularly fitted for the h6li-
days. It is a first book by Miss
Welch and her friends and ac-
quaintances here hope that its
success will be a forerunner
Of many more, written for the
young people.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23

Totals S46O,693.38 $426, ,6O5.71
Charters granted the past fiscal
year as compared with the prev
iOus fiscal year, by months, follow:
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23

The life span of an American
patent is II years.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23

Tomorrow morning Elaine
Isaacs has invited number
of her friends to help in the
celebration of her fourth
birthday. They will come at
ten, and the party really will
begin "at noon when the ice
cream and birthday cake come
upon the scene. The play will
be out of doors, provided the
weather is suitable. Included
in the invitations are Kay and
Sue Isaacs, Elizabeth and Bob
Burris, ROnnie Ward, Donnie
Gibson, Daniel Masten, Mike
Phillips, Freddie Raglan, Bob
by and Susan Kirby, Donnie
Fisher, Connie and Marsha
Townsend, Kenneth Kerr, Kay
Reed, Carol Isaacs, Skipper
Jones, Charles Murphy, Linda,
Rachel and Garry Grier.
q
Mrs. Logan Grier entertained
the members of the Sewing
Circle at her home on Clarke
Avenue yesterday afternoon
for it's weekly get-tOgetheT.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23

Mr.. and Mrs. M. Haswell
Pierce returned home Friday
after spending last week at
Haddon Hall, Atlantic City,
where the 49th- annual con-
gress Of the National Retail
Hardware Association held it's
meeting. Mr.. Pierce, president
of the Pennsylvania and At
lantic SeabOard Hardware AS
ISOLATION, made the welcoming
speech to the national group.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23

Mrs Joseph J. Pearce was
hostess to a small group of
friends Tuesday afternoon at
her home on Clarke Avenue,
having them for dessert and
cards.
Milford chronicle., 1948-07-23

Mrs. Pennewill Isaacs enter
tanned friends Tuesday even
ing at her home near town at
cards. Her guests were Miss
Margaret Patterson of Phila-
delphia, Mrs. Logan Grier,
Mrs. Theodore Townsend, Mrs.
Larry Isaacs, Mrs. Robert
BaeChler, Mrs. Edgar Isaacs,
Mrs. Carson Ward and Mrs
L. Hayes Dickerson.
Evening star., 1948-10-13

has not the slightest idea what he would
have done. But as the man on the out
side seeking to get In. he does not have
to answer. There is nothing in the rules
of politics which prevents Mr.. Dewey from
making whatever capital he can out of
the Presidents brush with the railroad
unions. And If he thinks an empty disser-
tation on this score can make his indorse-
ment Of the Taft-Hartley Act more pal
atable to labor, no great harm is done.
The important thing is that Mr.. Dewey
has Endorsed this controversial measure,
which he referred to, incidentally, as the
Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947.
He Is for 1t, and MIR. Truman is against it.
So on this issue, at least, the voters will
have reasonably clear-cut choice. The
Star believes that Mr.. Dewey is on the
right side, and that most of the voters
will be with him on this issue.
Evening star., 1948-10-13

as q whip over their children. Santa Is
pictured as stern individual who has no
qualms about crossing OF the name of a
child who refuses to eat his spinach. That
sort of threatening attitude may cause the
child to swallow the stuff. but 1t is not apt
to inspire him to love Santa. The more
brattish type, in fact, is likely to nurse a
desire to kick the jolly gents teeth in at
the first opportunity. Hence, it would
seem an excellent idea to have both Santa
and parents analyze their own shortcom-
ings before next Christmas rolls around.
There is plenty OF room for improvement
on both sides.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Dewey's Labor Stund

One would have to be dyed-in-t the-wool
Republican to regard Governor Dewey's
Pittsburgh speech as a clear, vigorous,
fortnight and unequivocal statement of
his stand in the matter of regulatory labor
legislation. But the firmness of the posi-
tion taken by a political candidate on a
controversial question Is relative matter.
Governor Dewey's Endorsement of the
Taft-Hartley Act is not less specific than
President Trumans call for its repeal, and
the reasons given by the Republican candi-
date for his stand are much more per-
suasive than those offered by his opponent.
The New Workers. approach to his labor
law Endorsement was charted in the best
political tradition. He moved in from the
flank, denouncing President Truman's ham
ding of the railroad strike That strike,
product of the arrogance Of two or three
union bosses, threatened the Nation with
paralysis and ruin. Confronted with a
desperate situation, the President resorted
to an extreme remedy, calling upon Con-
gress to enact legislation under which the
railroad strikers could be indicted into the
Army and compelled to run the trains
under pressure of military discipline. This
was threat which did the trick, and the
strike was called off, In that situation,
Congress refused to enact the requested
legislation
Most people, at the time, applauded this
show of presidential firmness. But Mr..
Dewey speaking in Pittsburgh long after
the event, was quite exercised about 1t.
"An they (the President) could offer a
sorely beset country" he said, "was
| choice between chaos and loss of freedom.
These misnamed Democrats who pretend
to be labors friends asked for power to
put labor in chains It was a perfect ex-
ample of political leadership which was
both unstable and incompetent and would
sell out freedom because 1t did not know
how to solve problems in the American
way"
How would Mr.. Dewey have solved this
problem? He did not say. Would he, as
President, have bowed down to the de-
mands OF the strikers? Would he have
bought them of? Would he have let the
country 60 to pot? Or what would he
have done?
The answer probably Is that Mr.. Dewey
Evening star., 1948-10-13
A Code for Suntu

1t is to be hoped that the code of ethics
drawn up at meeting of department
store Santas, child psychologists and par
ents In New York City this week will be
adopted by Santa Claus when he makes
his next visit to Washington. Not that
the merry old gentleman is Intentionally
unethical, but 1t is a well-known fact that
he (or more probably his impersonators)
does not always act as tradition says he
ought to act.
That hearty "Ho. no, no." accompanied
by slap on the back, for example, some
times is bit too hearty for timid admirers
The conferees IN New York agreed that
Santa's voice occasionally is so booming as
to frighten the child on his knee into near
Mysteries. So this year, at least at Macy's
and Gimbel's, Santa will greet his wide
eyed guests with dulcet tones and kindly
handshake.
Furthermore, the code requires Old Kris
to laugh with, not at" child, to listen to
his wants sympathetically and, above all
not to promise anything that cannot be
fulfilled. That last failing of MIR: Claus
has done more to disappoint and disillusion
children on Christmas morning than any
other single thing. And in order not to
ruin the day for children to whom Santa
has promised certain gifts no matter how
expensive, doting parents have been known
to 60 into debt and spend the holidays
worrying about those January bills.
But the parents themselves are to blame
at times for the misgivings of their off,
spring regarding Santa. As one of the
psychologists pointed out at the New York
meeting. some parents use Santa Claus
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Political Endorsements

One of the most touching things about
the average politician is his childlike faith
In the magic of the political Endorsement.
candidate, unless he be strange sort
Of bird, dreams of Endorsements as a
small boy will dream of bright new toys
hanging from a Christmas tree. And in
the estimation of the politician, the friend
who can produce the Endorsements is hardly
less to be cherished than Santa Claus
himself
This anomalous aspect of pretty hard
boiled business comes to mind with the
announcement that Harold 1ckes has in
dorsed President Truman. Presumably, or
at least he has given no indication to the
contrary. the President welcomes this in
dorsement. But why should he?
After all, it is three weeks until the
election and that is ample time for Mr..
1ckes, who can reverse his field as fast
as the next man. to 60 charging of in
some other direction. Even if he should
now stand pat, however, nothing more
than one vote for Mr.. Truman is guar
anteed. Certainly no one, and least of all
the President, can think that the voters
word from Honest Harold, and, now that
ne has spoken, that they will troop to the
polls by the millions to mark their ballots
for the President.
The fact is, however, that the political
Endorsement, even the Endorsement of one
who has no discernible political influence,
continues to be sought after by the poll
ticians. Perhaps some day these gentle
men will begin to give the voter credit for
capacity to exercise an independent
Judgment. Maybe the time will come when
the candidates will care less about who
indorses them and more about what they
themselves have to offer the voters. But
the stir created by the grudging pat on
the Truman back from Mr.. Ickes suggests
that the political Endorsement has not yet
lost its appeal to politicians.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Buyers Strike Suggested

H. r. Bradford is right in The Star Of Oc-
tober Z. What does Congress care for the poor?
High prices for foods, rents, transportation,
etc. Congressman can well afford these high
prices When Congressman decide they want
. pay raise, they can raise themselves from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year. Who else can do
so? And we poor taxpayers pay for their
raises.
Stores now feature sales on canned food.
Let's just buy what we need each day and not
stock up at their so-called sales prices; then
food prices will come down.
It is disgusting how people rush to depart
ment stores and buy scarfs, purses, etc. at
ridiculous prices. II We would just buy ne
cessities, prices would start declining.
Let's show them that We can do without
high priced merchandise. r. /. u.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Autumn Run

How long since you last raced through
autumn aDe1ther?
after the trees Dere ghosted, and the
shrek
OF color concentrated In peak
Hill,Dard to dusk, and you,, light as q
feather,
Toed through the layered broDn, tho
nauscled tUists
OF Dipes, oper indignant roots, across
Barbed briars, among long nstlk,peed shells
Dhose floss
Exploded s.lken tuhispers In the nists?
Then did you teel as though the frost had
turred ..
Your mouth? As though the ,pind's hard
hands tDere pressed
TO the accordion keys that ribbed your
breast?
And ,0as your breath the music that you
heard?
And did you not feel sharp reluctance then
70 return to anchored and Nndrean'tne
cosETTE MIDDLETON.
Evening star., 1948-10-13

are taught to cooperate with each other.
Early in the summer your paper carried q
little story on dog in Alexandra who chased
and bit q motorcycle policeman. The Judge
ordered the owner to get his dog trained-or
else. One of our trainers called the owner and
offered assistance. He joined our Alexandria
training class and was successfully broken
OF chasing motorcycles The policeman who
was bitten co-operated in making the test for
the court, and the case was dismissed.
Our club gives free demonstrations of trained
dogs-obedience training, not just tricks-to
schools, Scout troops, hospitals, etc. I think
1t would be worth while II the Washington
papers would acquaint the public with the
fact that dogs need not be q nuisance-that
they don't have to bark, or bite the mailman,
or run in the opposite direction when called.
Such change in policy might make it Jun
necessary to write editorials on barking dogs
PEG JOHNSON,
Secretary. Capital Dog Training Club Of
Washington, d. c.. Inc.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Bible Chronology Questioned

OIDlS AHIOnOlO8y VueStlOneQ
TO the Editor of The STAR
In The Star of October 8, "A Subscriber
says that the Bible fixes the age of the earth
at 5s76 years. But was there any system Of
dating in the old manuscripts from which
our Bible was compiled? Did even the first
printed Bibles have any complete chronology?
The usher chronology now found in our
Bibles, was first developed about 1850.
If Subscriber believes that the Bible gives
an accurate post-creation time record, he also
must be an extremely ardent evolutionist.
The Bible says that the human race is de-
scended from two ancestors, Adam and Eve,
presumably white. We now have hundreds of
millions each of brown. red-ycllow and black
peoples. This means that in less than 5000
years evolution has produced these huge num-
bers Of the other colors from white ancestors.
But we know that peoples of these other
colors existed more than 1000 years ago, so
evolution must have done it in less than 1000
years. No scientists ever have believed that
that was possible. How does Subscriber ex-
plain it?
CARLETON r. BALL.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Sidewalks Very Useful

w. M. Temple is man after my own heart
The sidewalk situation became apparent to US
recently as the result of our quest for home in
the Silver Spring area. This has nothing to do
with the District, realize but do let me go on
We have looked at many, many houses, new
and not new, in Montgomery County and not
one has had q sidewalk in front of It, Upon
questioning, We have been told there is no need
Tor sidewalks because there is little traffic
However, where we now live and do have q
sidewalk Zone of the few in our community .
we find the main activity of preschool (and
even older) children Is riding their tricycles
wagons and scooters up and down the sidewalk.
healthy activity, I might add.
Were there no sidewalk, this activity would
take place, where else but in the street. Surely
not on the neighbors' lawns. Who says mo
trafnc" on the side streets? The milkman,
laundry truck and other delivery trucks still
have to make their deliveries Automobiles
on their own missions still have to use the
streets.
During our search we saw women carrying
groceries walking in the street, lodging the
trafic between parked cars. We saw adults
and children waiting in the street for public
transportation. We saw youngsters streaking
out in front Of our slow moving car on their
trikes. Their only place to play Is the street.
What child enjoys riding on lawn?
Do these home owners want beauty but not
safety? What about those trafic slogans which
tell the kids, PLAY on the sidewalk; stay out
of the street?
Coming from q city of beautiful sidewalked
suburbs, may I say there is nothing more
beautiful than house set we'll back from the
street. with tree lawn dividing street from
sidewalk? H,RK.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
Letters to The Star y

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,oriter. although 1t IS permissible for
,Driter kno,un to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-10-13

"A release handed correspondents aboard
the Truman train carried the word moth
bags later amended to read 'mossbanks,'
and finally 'mossbacks'." Anyhow, Re-
publicanS.
Evening star., 1948-10-13
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

ny 1hE hAShAN SEnNkCE.
Q. What members Of Congress have had the
longest periods of service?-G. II. d.
A. Joseph S. Cannon of Illinois was q mem.
Der Of the House of Representatives for 46 years
In three terms between 1873 and 1923. The
longest continuous service in the House is that
of Adolph J. SABBATH of Illinois who has been
a member from 1907 to date. In the Senate,
Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina served con-
tinuously for 36 years, from 1909 to 1945, and
Francis E. Warren of wyoming for 81 years in
two terms. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont was
member of the House from 1855 to 1867 and
member of the Senate from 1857 to 1898, o
total period of service OF 43 years.
O. Since the end of the war how many ships
have been sunk by submarine mines?-J. r.
A. Figures released by a war risk insurance
have struck mines since We day in the At
lantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, and
since vi day in the Pacific. OF these 116
were either sunk or total loss
@. Which Vice President of the United
States referred to that Office as taking the
veil"?-N. O. z.
A. After his nomination for Vice President
in 1900, Theodore Roosevelt wrote to Gen.
Leonard Wood saying: by the time you receive
this you will have learned from the daily press
that have been forced to take the veil"
Q. Which is the most populous borough Of
New York City?-W. L. c..
A. Brooklyn, with an estimated population
Of 2812039 as of July, 1948, is by far the most
populous of the five boroughs.
Q. Is it correct to fly the American flag
during rain?-M. j. D.
A. Unless there is some specific reason for
doing so, the flag should not be flown in
rainy or stormy weather.
Evening star., 1948-10-13

A Western girl bandit was driven to
robbery, she tells the court, because she
is to be married. But must one train at
the expense of strangers?