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Milford chronicle., 1948-01-16
BRIDGEVMLE

Mrs. Rachel B. B6Rkins Of Mar
Gus Hook, announces the engage
ment Of her daughter, Lila Lee, to
MIR. Jack F. Messick, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ira p. Messick, of Cannon, Del.
Miss Burkins is a graduate of Ed
dystOne High School Mr.. Messick
attended Bridgeville Public School
and is now cadet at Valley Forge
Military Academy.
Miss Neva DickersOn was hostess
to the members Of her bridge club
at her home on Delaware Ave-,
Wednesday evening.
The Guild of st. Mary's P. p.
Church met at the home of Mrs.
Joseph Eckhart, Thursday after
noon.
At its annual election on Monday,
Jan. 5th, the Bridgeville Volunteer
Fire Company elected the following
Oficers for the year 1913: President,
F. Joseph Wiley; vice president,
Earl Dawson; secretary, j. Sher-
man Neal; treasurer, H. G. Layton;
fire chief, Ralph NJ Collision; 1st
asst. chief, David Boyd; End asst.
chief, William Wiley; chief engine
er, d. Myer Dimes; fire recorder,
Robert Bennett; ambulance cap
tain, Robert Bennett; treasurer of
ambulance fund, l.. B. Truitt; trus-
tees, Louis Collins, Ralph Davis and
Edwin Layton.
The annual financial report was
given by the treasurer, Mr.. HI. G.
Layton and disclosed that a sum Of
$3,341.84 was spent during 1947 for
new equipment and maintenance of
old equipment.
President F. Joseph Wiley, to-
gether with Ere chief Ralph COlli-
son and chief engineer, Myer Dimes,
we're unanimously elected to Office.
Mr.. Wiley took this occasion to
personally thank the various COM
mittees. for their excellent perfOr-
mances during 1947. These include
the ambulance fund committee, the
Christmas lighting committee, the
Santa Claus parade and the Christ
mas party committee. But most of
all, he thank the boys" the fire
fighters who unstintingly and vol
UNFAIRLY gave their time and risked
their lives protecting the lives and
property Of this community against
fire. The citizens Of Bridgeville and
the surrounding communities are
very fortunate and shOuld be proud
in having in the Bridgeville Fire
Dept, one Of the most efficient
groups Of fire fighters in this. sec
ton Of the country. However, the
company is striving to perfect new
fire fighting technique and to I'M
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-16
BETHEL

The w. S. c. S. of Bethel will hold
a bake at Bills store on Saturday,
january 18th.
Mrs. Lena Norris and son spent
the weekend as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. John LarrimOre in Laurel.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shiles and
daughter, of SharptOwn, spent Sun
day as guests of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. B. Shiles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Allen and
family were Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles ArbOgast.
Mrs. Harvey Spence spent part of
last week with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Prettyman, in Greenwood.
Mrs. Anne Nicholas, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Williams and son, Messrs.
Paul, Melvin and Frank Davis, all
of Chester, Pa, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Nicholas.
Coleman Wheatley, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. F. WheatIey, returned home
from the Peninsula General Hos
pital in Salisbury, where he was a
patient for appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Joyce, Jr., Of
Burlington, N. j., spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Eskridge.
Mrs. RhOda Garrett returned
home after spending a few days
with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Eskridge
in SeafOrd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Spivey, of
Salisbury, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
MilbOurne.
The Ount-On-Me-Club was en-
tertained on Wednesday evening at
the home of Mrs. Eley Cordrey.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-16

to the municipal authorities. Chil4
dren like to go coasting. They
should and must go coasting. But
it is impossible to stop a motor We
hicle hastily on an icy street. Every
town, therefore, should have at
least one, and preferably as many
as possible, suitable hills or even
streets set aside for the particular
use Of the children whenever coast
ing conditions are favOrable-and
the children should not be permit
TED to coast elsewhere.
II Is It necessary to use a street
Tor this purpose, all vehicular traf-
nc should be barred, or, if this Is
impossible, the necessary flow of
trattic should be regulated either by
an officer or by a parent volunteer
whenever the children are permit
ted to coast, so that there will be d
minimum Of danger Of accidents.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-16

ell, Mr.. and Mrs. William Slatcher,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Slatcher, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Slatcher and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Slatcher and
children, all of Laurel. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Dukes and daughter, of
Salisbury.
Mrs. Uric Smith was dinner guest
on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Phillips.
Mrs. Cecil Wright, Mrs. Harry
Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Wright spent Monday in Whining
ton.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-16
Cotton still Leads

Cotton supplies more than three
fourths of all fiber consumption in
the United States, with wool and ex-
banding rayOn consumption ac-
counting for most of the remaining
fourth.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-16

THOUSANDS Of successful
bfoilerraisers are depending on
vitamin-rich Ful-O-Pep Broiler
Mash to give them fast economical
gains and fuli-meated, Well-feath-
cred, iioW-shanked bids. FuI-O-
Pep Bfoller Mash Is fortified with
COpeentTatsd Spring Range, Ma
ture's Richest Vltamin Comblna-
ton, TO bring your birds the health.
ful benefits Of fresh, green pasture.
Milford chronicle., 1948-01-16

Manhattan has an estimated $780,
600 vehicles on its streets every day,
Evening star., 1948-12-17
5 Judges Study Way 10 End
DELAYS in Criminal Cases

A committee Of five judges In
studying means of eliminating un-
justifable delays in the disposal Of
criminal cases and particularly IN
the execution Of sentences Of death
sentences.
Chief Judge Harold M. Stephens
of the United States Court Of Ap-
peals disclosed that the study Is un-
der way In response to o resolution
adopted by the Judicial Conference
Of the District Of Columbia Circuit
last June. At that time Judge
Stephens called attention 10 the
need Of looking into the subject
Of delays In criminal cases.
Public attention was focused ca
the problem by the u stays OF exc
cution granted two men who went
to their death in the electric chair
last Friday. The two men, Jesse
James Patton and Reginald J.
Wheeler, were convicted In Novem-
ber, 1916, Of murder committed the
previous June.
The committee named by Judge
Stephens in response to the Judicial
Conference resolution includes:
Judges Henry w. Edgerton and VII.
bur K. Miller of the Court Of Ap-
peals, and Judges Matthew p. Nc
CURE, Henry A. Schweinhaut and
Richmond B. Keech of the District
Court.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. c. - B-1o
FRIDAY, DECEMBER IL.
Neighborhood Council
Asks More Recreation
Facilities in Southwest

The committee appointed yester.
day by the Southwest Neigborhood
Council will study and recommend
improved recreational facilities In
Southwest Washington.
The committee was namted after
a report on q survey conducted by
a three-member committee which
made the following observations on
the situation:
!. The recreation centers are too
few and too far away from the
seeming center Of needs.
2. The centers seem to reach ap-
proximately 20 per cent Of the chill.
dren to be served.
More Workers Needed.
3. There are areas with no recrea-
ton centers.
4. There is a great need for addi.
tional specialized personnel.
5. Lighting would help extend the
program.
Recommendations Of the Study
Committee and the report will 60 to
the Commissioners, District Recrea-
ton Department, District Commit.
tees in Congress and health and
welfare agencies.
The survey was conducted by
Charles E. Carter, Syphax School
instructor; Miss Ella N. Darling,
Juvenile Court probation officer, and
w. A. Robinson Of Syphax School.
It was based on i've census tracts
in Recreation Area 16 as designated
by the Recreation Department. The
area, which includes about $4,000
persons, is bounded by the Mall,
South Capitol street, the Anacostia
River, Washington Channel and the
Potomac River.
None Publicly Supported.
The report said the two centers
set aside for white children need
more personnel to accommodate an
estimated 1000 children.
The survey indicated there are
between $500 and 1900 Negro chill
dren in the area. OF the colored
recreation centers, only two conduct
full-time daily program, 1t was re-
ported. Three centers offer q part
time program.
There are no centers supported
by public funds in three Of the fivs
census tracts, the report said.
Mr.. Carter said most Of the rec
reation areas are concentrated near
the center Of the community.
The committee appointed by Miss
Edith A. Lyons, council chairman,
includes Mr.. Garter, James White
Of the District Recreation Depart
ment, Ernest Jenkins, assistant
principal Of Randall Junior High
School; James Z. Lewis, director Of
Southwest Community House, and
Joseph Z. Mitchell, director Of the
Jefferson Junior High Recreation
HenfAr
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Area Medical Schools
Get Federal Grants

Four Washington area medical
schools have been granted total Of
$134,697 In Federal funds for the
psychiatric training Of undergrad.
uate medical students, Federal
Security Administrator Oscar r.
Ewing announced yesterday.
Schools sharing In the three-year
grants to begin in the school year
1949-50 are George Washington
University, $37, 500: Georgetown Uni.
versity, $37,500; Howard University,
$29, ,697, and the University Of Mary
land, whose medical school Is In
Baltimore, $50, 700.
These were among q medical
schools throughout the Nation In
cluded in an appropriation Of 81 .4ss..
1913 under the National Mental
Health Act passed last year.
Dr.. Leonard A. Scheele. surgeon
general Of the Public Health Service,
expressed the hope that all eligible
schools would eventually be awarded
the grants when funds are available.
DR.. Scheele is chairman Of the
National Advisory Mental Health
Committee, which proposed the plan.
The amount Of each grant was de-
ternlined by prorating each schools
requirements against funds already
appropriated for such training under
the health act, 1t was said.
The purpose Of the grant, II was
explained, is to train doctors TO be
familiar with the effect Of emotions
on the general health Of the In
dividual." The diagnosis and early
treatment Of mental disorders Is
similar to treating tuberculosis and
cancer in the early stages, it was
said.
Evening star., 1948-12-17
Bell Urges Air Mall Use
For Late Cards and Parcels

Acting Postmaster w. @. Bell
today urged late Christmas mail
ers to send their cards and parcels
for distant points by air mail or
air parcel post in order to insure
delivery by Christmas.
The post office this year has
new service in air parcel post, espe-
cially applicable for those who mail
packages late, Mr.. Bell pointed out.
BY adding q special delivery stamp,
the mailer receives a really prem
ium service" he added.
AL post Office stations and
branches in the Washington postal
district will be open on regular
week day schedules tomorrow, and
the Main Post Once and Benjamin
Franklin Station at Twelfth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV. are
open on o 24-hour q day schedule
daily and Sunday.
All offices will be closed On Christ
mas Day.
Evening star., 1948-12-17

Well fitting Navy pea eoots thot
will offer worm protection asoinst
the winter cold. Mode Of l00%
reproeessed wool, heavy 32-ox. Mel
ton cloth. Anchor buttons. Reg.
styled. Wormy lined. Sizes s
to 18 years.
Evening star., 1948-12-17

Just the suits for the hoIidoys.
Snoppy double. breasted models in
new patterns and wonted eoIors.
ExpertIy toiIored Of fine fobries.
All ore IobeIed as to wool content.
Sizes 8 TO 16 Years.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-09-10
Israel Premier Makes
First Inspection of Navy

TEL AVN (JTA) - Premier
David Ben Gurion this week made
his first inspection of the young
Israeli Navy based at Haifa. Ben
Gurion was taken on a tour OF
vessel and later boarded the flag
ship Haganah where he received
a four-gun salute. Aboard the
flagship he addressed the crew
and various military dignitaries.
DR.. Israel Goldstein, head of the
United Palestine Appeal, this
week addressed several thousand
Israeli soldiers at a military camp
somewhere in Israel" DR.. Gold
stein presented greetings from the
Jews of America and the rest of
the world to the Jewish troops and
declared that there is every reason
to be hopeful that in the near
future the Jews of America who
have already given vast material
help to Israel will be able to give
additional, important aid.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-09-10

1t was not to prove the point
that Hayfever sufferers make poor
colUmnists that few of the per-
sonal items in my last column
were erroneous :. The fact is, as
/ stated several weeks ago, that
people who have Hayfever are too
busy sneezing to write a good
column And as truth will out
my mistakes mounted l re-
ported that Jack Proctor was
going to get married in Atlanta,
when it was his son, Sam, who
took the step into matrimony {.
And Sylvia Leibovitz, daughter of
Mrs. Lillian LeibOvitz, will be
married to Isadore Weiss and not
Bob Weiss as previously report
ed =.
/ am still sneezing and shifting,
nevertheless I shall continue
musing if you will bear with
me ANY errors reported will
be promptly corrected and the
report appreciated =.
With the school season opening,
Jewish educators have proclaimed
September 18th the beginning of
Jewish education month All
Jewish children are urged to en-
roll in Hebrew and Sunday
school
More than ever before Jewish
leaders are concerning themselves
with the Jewish cultural and
spiritual values offered our young
and each year more and more
money is being spent to create
facilities whereby the lives of oul
youth might be enriched
Money is no object Neither
is effort Conscientious edu
Gators in all parts of the country
are expanding time and energy il
an endeavor to bring forth {
generation of informed and en-
thusiatic young people inspired by
their Judaism Sincere laymer
give of themselves unstintingly tt
add their weight to that of the
professional people Yet, al
admit that the battle to produce
the type of educational system
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-09-10
by Ethel "Teddy" MOscOvitz

best suited for our youth is beset
nv almost unsurmountable prob
lens At best any solution is
compromise
This coming month seeks TO
emphasize the educational needs
of our Jewish children . +. AS one
who has been doing non-profes-
sional work with young children in
club activity, I refuse to submit
to the theory that at best what
we can do with our children is a
half measure There is among
us at present a generation OF
eager, intelligent and pliable
young people who are a challenge
to any educator
These young people cannot be
met with half measures and be
expected to succumb They
stand ready to be convinced, but
the story must be good one and
honest or they will turn away
completely In this atomic age
even our ideas are reaching to
total realms They must be
all encompassing or they will
| fail
Jewish education must offer
Jewish children something more
than a means for social contact or
an excuse for an elaborate Bar
Mitzvah or confirmation exercise
It must be the basis for
Jewish living and Jewish think
In this I am convinced Jewish
education has failed And
think it has failed simply because
Jewish educators refuse to believe
that the present flock of young
Jews can take the same compre
hensive type of Jewish education
their forefathers did i.
1 do not advocate back tt
the old fashioned Yeshiva move
ment but I do believe that il
more intensive and more meaning
full studies were substituted fol
the ones now offered they would
be gratefully accepted
I challenge anyone to demand
and get an answer of a Sunday
School graduate concerning the
meaning of Judaism and how il
compares with other religions
Yet. this is the background our
children will require in the world
about them and this is the
information they will not have
There are serious problems fac
ing us this education month
Problems that cannot be discussed
in one month or in one column
The designation of this time as
Education Month serves only to
spotlight our responsibilities and
parents and adults to the younger
generation There is a great
deal of morethinking to be done
on the subject Let us take
this occasion to begin
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-09-10
Eqvpt Releases Fourteen
Arrested French Jews

PARIS (JTA)-Fourteen French
Jews who were detained in Egypt
as a result of the anti-Jewlsn
feelings there, have been released
this week, according to reliable
reports reaching here. The re-
lease followed representations by
the French Government.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-09-10
JAX GIRL NAMED
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
OF PLUGAT ALIYAH

Word has been received that
Gabrielle Mayer, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Mayer OF
this city, has been named ex-
ecutive director of Plugat
Alivah. Miss Mayer was for
merly Rosh of the Southern
region of the General ZIONIST
HalutZ Movement.
Evening star., 1948-03-10

seek the COP nomination introduces q
new and large element of uncertainty into
the Republican camp
The principal candidates on the Re-
publican side now are Governor Dewey,
Senator Taft and Harold Stassen. Gov
ernor Warren is in the picture and Senator
Vandenberg is not far out of it.
Some political dopesters believe that the
Macarthur entry will hurt Senator Taft
most. It is too early, however, to tell much
about the effect of the generals announce
ment or to appraise his chances
A good bit will depend on his showing
in the Nebraska and Wisconsin primaries,
the only ones in which his name has been
entered. Even more depends on the course
of international events. If our relations
with Russia continue to deteriorate, and
If in that setting the best interests of the
country seem to be suffering from partisan
political maneuvering, there may be
marked swing in sentiment toward General
Macarthur. The time is drawing close
when, If this Nation is to survive, national
interests must be put ahead of individual
party or sectional interests If the familiar
figures on the political scene cannot or
will not do this, there is more than little
chance that the people, seeking a leader
ship that is divorced from old-line politics,
will turn to some one like General
Macarthur.
Evening star., 1948-03-10
Return of the DC-6

The impending return to service of
ninety-seven Douglas DC-6 airliners which
were voluntarily grounded last November
after two fire accidents will climax COM
mendable demonstration of Government
industry cooperation for public safety.
The fire-prevention and fire-control char
acteristics of the big four -motored planes
were called into question after the fiery
crash of one of them at Bryce Canyon
Utah, and the emergency safe landing of
another at Gallup, New Mexico.
All Of the new ships were then grounded
by voluntary agreement of the Douglas
Aircraft Company and five airlines-
American, United, Panagra, National and
Braniff Immediately there began series
of exhaustive Investigations and tests by
Civil Aeronautics inspectors and experts
of the aviation industry. More than two
hundred leading public and private aero
nautical engineers and pilots joined in
the undertaking. The chief fire hazard
was found to be the cabin heater air
intake scoops, which were located where
an accidental overflow of gasoline from
the tanks could be sucked into the plane.
Relocation of the scoops and various other
changes to improve fre-prevention and
control facilities have been made in ,all
Sof the planes.
1t is unfortunate, of course, that these
hazards could not have been foreseen and
eliminated before the DEG was put into
airline service more than year ago. The
incident suggests that the industry should
subject new planes to more rigorous tests
before the public is permitted to use them
But the lessons learned from the two
crashes last November should benefit the
whole industry,
Evening star., 1948-03-10

York. 'Bo" (the very hungry piggy bank still
has about $l85 left. This money is to be used
to purchase additional needed food at whole
sale In New York.
In addition to the above aid, the youngsters
sent an individual Christmas-wrapped pack
age to each person in Bohars. For the grown
ups these were made up of either candy, soap,
pencils, candles, or household linen For most
OF the children there were small toys and
candy.
About 20 families were adopted by families
In this community. Also, the French class Of
the high school in Clear Spring, Nd,
hearing Of the project, sent individual pack
ages to all Of the 17-year-olds in Bohars.
The spirit with which the newspapers and
the radio entered into the youngsters project
was grand-and very much appreciated.
Numerous persons all over the country, seeing
items in the papers or hearing of 1t over the
air. sent in contributions Of meney, food, PEN
cils, candles, whatever else they could spare
Merchants gave clothing for children and
money. And the residents of Hagerstown, Nd,
sent a large contribution of clothing.
It is the great hope Of the second and third
grades that other schools throughout the
country will borrow their idea and adopt other
war-torn villages in Europe. Letters from the
Mayor Of Bohars show that projects Of this
kind can do q great deal toward bettering
international understanding. PM
Evening star., 1948-03-10

tendant on the commercial success Of the
book an intolerable invasion of his artistic
seclusion? Did the roar of popular ac-
claim sound too loudly in the ears Of one
who for seven years had known the quiet
of creative effort? Had he given so un-
stintingly OF himself in this one mighty
outpouring that he had either nothing
further to say or no strength to say it?
Did the completed "Raintree County" fail
short OF his original idea of it? We shall
never know, since evidently the only tesla
ment he left is his questing, vital, sprawling
book He seems to have gained the whole
world and then to have wondered what it
proflted a man. We can only pity the
desolation and confusion of his going.
Evening star., 1948-03-10
Ross Lockridqe, Jr.

The DEATH apparently by suicide, of
Ross Lockridge, jr, author of "Raintree
County" has stirred a wave of shocked
speculation among his countrymen. What
more, they wonder, could man ask of
life than had been granted this 33-year-
old writer, whose first book, an unabashed
attempt at the great American novel,
brought him wealth and fame and recog-
milton. His hard times, the seven years
spent in its composition under trying
financial conditions. seemed to be behind
him. He was at last able to provide
abundance and security for his attractive
wife who had helped him through the
precarious years and for their four
children.
"Raintree County" recently has been the
subject of bitter controversy. But on it's
appearance last January, critics who
scored its length and diffuseness were
almost unanimous in their praise of its
poetic appreciation of America, its passion
and lyric power. Mr.. Lockridge's debut
was compared in significance to that of
Thomas Wolfe, another brilliant American
novelist who died young. His novel was
hailed as marking the end of a long
slump in American fiction"
Curiously enough, one of the books most
notable aspects was its stanch repudiation,
through it's hero, of materialism, its re-
peated affirmation of faith in the Ameri-
can dream and the American destiny. How
did the author lose the hope and optimism
expressed by the hero who was presumably
his spokesman? Was the celebrity at