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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-10
L E T T E r S
From Our
MISSIONARIES IN AFRICA

1OdUCll Odlll POO1l
February 9, 1913
Dear Mother:
Yester was such a busy day,
I didn't get your letter writ
ten, so must do it today in Or
der to get it in tomorrow's
mail. Sundays are big days out
here, even though it's just one
big service, unlike the several
usually held in an American
church. BY the time we get
home and started on our lunch,
it is generally going on three
then a little rest or letter.
writing, supper and early to
bed. I amaze myself at the
early bedtime I have acquir-
ed. The heat of the sun and
the altitude cause one to get
tired early.
The HOO o'clock service
was held at one of our out
churches, located about two
miles from us. This church is
built on a tea plantation own
ed by an Englishman and
worked by native help. A new
owner is taking over now and
charging the factory to
great extent, making work for
over five hundred people.
Many new natives will be NOV
ing to that area as soon as the
work is in operation. This, of
course, will afford us a great
opportunity with the Gospel.
Mr.. Haley, the new owner, has
given us permission to build
large (combination) church
and school building, saying
that he would furnish the wood
for the framework, and leave
it to the Christians to do the
building. We expect to get this
work under way this week.
They really need a new build
ing as the present one is very
much tumbled-down and Ii
lapidated.
Bob preached, after a heart
thrilling half-hour of lively
singing (Which probably &C
counts for the fact that there
isn't much "roof" left on the
building). Then while we sang
another song, Bob leaned over
and said, you're next, III!
My heart jumped like sixty
and I started my brain click
ing as fast as I could. I was a
bit nervous but the Lord help
ed me to get my thoughts to-
gether and get them into Kis-
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-10

FOR RENT-Two very good sleep
ing rooms, well located with kitchen
privilege. Phone 1914 or 765.
828-3-10-17
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-10

LOST-Collie Shepherd. Disappear
ed February 21st. Party who has her,
please turn her loose. 821-3-10
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-10

FOR SALE: Radio 5 tube General
Electric table model $7.OO; Modern
upholstered chair $500; Folding ba-
by buggy $500; Floor lamp $500;
Night lamp $1.O0; Mans Overcoat
size 40-42 $500; miscellaneous ladies'
clothes size IL to IA. Mans suit size
38-4O $500; 1929 Chevrolet $500.
1929 Elisha Avenue. Phone 1926
S26-3-1O
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-10

PRACTICAL NURSE will board or
give day care to small girl. Christian
home. Call 1910 before 400 p. m.
829-3-1O, II, "a
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-10

LARGE CITY LOTS FOR SALE
1915. Small down payment, terms to
suit. Roddy, Box 64E, R.R., Zion.
810-8-25 1910
Kodiak mirror., 1948-05-01
. . . .

The above transformation is made possible through the efforts of our new baker, MT. Wesley Theg whose 23 years experience in the capacity of foreman for several bakesheps in Seattle makes Double Rich Bakery feel very happy.
Evening star., 1948-07-11

visited their grandparents In Madi-
son.
Mrs. Ada Horn Is the guest Of her
son, Mr.. Hubert Horn in Christians
burg this week.
Mrs. Wallace Lynn and her young
son. Wally who are spending the
summer In Harrisonburg, were at
their home here for the week end.
Mrs. W. Sedrick Saunders and her
son, Lowery, are back from a visit
with relatives in Warsaw. Va.
Col. and Mrs. John Muncie Of
Arlington who recently purchased
the Newman property on South
Main street, have moved here to
make their future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Secord have
returned from a vacation at Ocean
City. Md.
Evening star., 1948-07-11

while her father. was on duty here
at the Navy Academy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel Terry Of
Prince Georges street have left to
motor to Capon Springs, Va, where
they viii spend . week.
Mrs. Nichalos H. Green enter
tained at a large picnic party at her
country home. the House in the
Woods, near Eastport on Monday.
Bridge and swimming were the
order Of the day and delicious food
was served. Among the oue-of-
town guests were Mrs. Green's
daughter and son -law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Brewster and Mrs.
Brewster's son, Henry M. Baker, jr.
Miss Hazel L. Doughtridge of
Rocky Mount, N. c.. Is the guest for
several weeks of her aunt. Mrs.
Evening star., 1948-07-11

on An extended trip through the
Western States, will return to her
home here the middle Of the month.
Mrs. Davis visited in Denver, Colo,
and Seattle, Wash, and other points
of interest.
DR.. and Mrs. r. Terrell johnson
and her young son, Richard Allen,
who was born June as at Stuart
Circle Hospital, Richmond. have re-
turned to their home on Battle
street.
Mrs. z. K. Evans entertained at
luncheon on Thursday in her home
on Prescott avenue.
Mrs. j. Carl Kincheloe returned
Thursday from a stay Of several days
in New York City. During i,er
absence, her children, Tish and zoe,
Evening star., 1948-07-11
Ceremony Held

Miss Marian Elaine Mess, daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. Henry F. Mess
of Silver Spring, became the bride
Yesterday morning Of Mr.. James
Ellsworth Fisher. son Of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Fisher.
The ceremony was performed IN
st. Johns Catholic Church in For
rest Glen and reception followed
at the home of the bride. The Rev,
Joseph T. Kennedy offciated.
Escorted and given in marriage
by her father the bride was at
tended by her sisters, Mrs. Emory
N. Kreiter, Miss Elizabeth j. Mess
and Mrs. Stephen A. Weigle.
MIR. Louis E. Hoover. brother-in-
law Of the groom, was the best man
and the ushers were the Messrs.
James D. Mess, Robert L. Ness, Her
bert r. Dietle and William G. Fisher.
After a honeymoon at the 1ngle-
side Hotel and Country Club in
Staunton, the couple will make their
home in Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1948-07-11
Manassas

Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle S. Rohr and
Miss Carolyn Rohr of Front Royal
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. e
Rohr this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cation Merchant
have taken possession Of their new
home on North Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Cooksey and
their daughter, Miss Carolyn Cook
sey have been spending week at
the Cooksey cottage at Plum Point
They had as their guest, Miss Dolly
Lonas of Manassas
Mrs. Eugene Davis who has been
Evening star., 1948-07-11
annapolis

Capt. Earle Z. Morrisey, q. 3. N,
retired, and Mrs Morrisey have left
on 4 motor trip which will include
q visit to the Morrisey's son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Guis, in Lannon, Wis.
1t. and Mrs. william Meter,
U. 8. N, of Washington, D. c., spent
the week end In Annapolis.
Mrs. Metzer, before her marriage,
was Miss Susan Tillson, daughter Of
Capt. and Mrs. Ellwood Tillson,
y. S. N. She had great dramatic
talent and took an active part In
the plays given for the Navy Relief
Evening star., 1948-07-11

Robert Maury, wife Of Comdr.
Maury, q. 3. n, retired. at their
home on Prince George street.
Mrs. Sherman Clark Of Washing
ton has taken an apartment In An
napolis for the summer.
The Rev. Charles Edward Berger.
rector Of St. Anne's Church. and
Mrs. Berger left Annapolis on Thurs
day for their vacation. During
July, Mr.. Berger will continue hts
studies at the General Theological
Evening star., 1948-07-11

Seminary In New York. In August
Mr.. and Mrs. Berger viii 30 TO VII.
ginia. y "A
During his abesnce the work at
st. Anne's viii be taken care Of by
the curste, the Rev. w. Winifres
Smith during July and BY the Rev.
@. Warfleld Hobs Of Severna Park.
Moses may look like ting ever
green trees. roses. ostrich pl,lmes or
sny OF hundreds Of bizarre shapes.
Evening star., 1948-07-11

Miss Osborne We'd
Miss Dorothy Osborne, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Osborne. be-
camef the bride yesterday of Mr..
Haitian Moore, jr.. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Moore of West Milton. Pa. The
Rev. George Schnabel of1ciated at
the ceremony in Albright Memorial
Church.
Miss Margo schnabel attended the
bride, Mr.. Michael Shanabarger was
best man and Mr.. Allen Clifford and
Mr.. Alfred Harmon were ushers.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-26
Strange Will Again
Head SpOTtSlUriteTS
SeafOrd Sportsman Enjoy
ed Highly Successful
Tenure

Meeting in regular Fall session at
the WicOmicO Hotel, Salisbury, the
past Sunday, the membership OF the
Eastern Shore SpOrtswriters Asso-
citation reelected, by aCclamation,
their hard-wOrking president, Har-
wood Strange, SeafOrd sportsman,
for a second term, and completed
plans for 1949 activities of the pen
insular sports scribes' group.
Strange, who served the AssOcia-
tiOn as vice-president in 1916, sec
retary-treasurer in 1947, and presl-
dent the past year, at first declined
denomination for the groups high
est office, but was prevailed upon to
accept a second term. Under his
leadership, the Association increas-
ed its membership, expanded its
program of activities and gained
nationwide recognition.
In his annual report, president
Strange reviewed the multiple ac-
COmplishments of the Association
citing the well-received selecting o.
Eastern Shore League "All Star
team personnel; the awarding O
continued on page p
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-26
State Grange Buck Doubts
Meets At Lewes III ell Ever
December 7-0 Run Again
State Lecturer F. Thad-
deus Warrington, Of
Georgetown, Will Be In
Charge.

The annual twO-day session of
the Delaware State Grange will be
held in Lewes, December Z and g.,
with HenlOpen Grange playing host
to Changers from all parts of Della
ware.
According to F. Thaddeus War
ringtOn, of Georgetown, State Lee
turer, who will be in charge of the
program, tentative plans include
business sessions, presided over by
Paul w. Mitchell, State Grange
/ Master, of HOckessin; a banquet
on the evening of the seventh, with
the probable speaker being Albert
! S. GOss, National Grange Master
of Washington, D. c. The election
of officers for the ensuing tern
will be held on Wednesday even
ing, December 8.
The sessions for the event will
be held in the Presbyterian
Church at Lewes, and the banque
will be served by members of tn
HenlOpen Grange in the Lewe
Fire Hall.
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-26
Arrested Man
COnfeSSeS Murder
Tells Virginia Police He
Killed Former SeafOrd
Resident

An Arlington, Va, man was held
last Friday in that city on a murder
charge, after leading police to the
body of Belmont Woodbridge, "A, a
former resident of SeafOrd, who pO-
lice did not know had been killed.
POice Chief Harry woodward Of
Arlington said that James Thomas
Nolan, "a, confessed to the shooting
Of Woodbridge, an automobile sales
man, on a deserted backwoOds road
outside WarrentOn, Va, near Ar
lingtOn, on Armistice Day.
Nolan, a former emplOye of a dry
cleaning firm, was arrested in
DOmney, w. Va, when he drove an
automobile said to have been owned
by Woodbridge, into a service station
for installation Of some accessories.
According to police chief, Nolan
admitted firing six bullets at Wood
ridge, dragging his body IS feet into
some dense woods, and taking the
dead mans wallet containing $50.
He told police that after the staying
4 he drove to the victims apartment,
and sole $2,1O0 in savings bonds.
Woodbridge was we'll known on the
| Delmarva Peninsula, having long
been the representative for an auto
mobile concern selling ambulances
and funeral cars.
He resided in Seaford for about
three years before going to Arling-
ton at the outbreak of World War II,
While residing in SeafOrd he was
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Milford chronicle., 1948-11-26
Sussex Central
Drive Is Started
United States Public Health Engineer Explains
Hospital Federal Aid Terms. j. M. Tun-
nell, Jr., Says No Plans Will Be Made
Until Goal Is Attained

government furnishes one dollar
for each local contribution.
DR.. Stevens discussed problems
incident to running a hospital and
the Importance of strict and eff
cient business management
Colonel Baker, chairman of last
years campaign, called attention
to the amazing increase in cOntri-
buttons, and pointed out again that
slightly more than $55,000 is in
the bank and the site for the hos
pital is already in the hands of the
directors.
100000 Is Sought
James M. Tunnell, Jr., speaking
of future goals and present plans
said, because of the uncertainty
of the future and the decision of
the board of directors had been
that no definite plans as to kind
and size of the hospital would be
decided upon until there is $780,
600 in cash in the bank. With this
amount to build on, then more def
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-26
Legion Dance
Will Be.Held
Thanksgiving
AS Chronicle Prepared
For Press, Plans Were
Complete For Gala At
fair At ArmOry.

Tomorrow is the day all Milford
and vicinity have been waiting for.
All the preparations for the Annual
Thanksgiving Dance have been
completed. Many of the MEMBER
turned out to lend a hand in deco
rating the ArmOry and everyone
was busily engaged in one task or
another. The stage has been set 20
seat the eleven-piece orchestra and
their feminine vocalist. There will
be many items of interest to please
young and old, alike. Anyone wish
ing to attend this gala affair can
obtain tickets from any LegiOnnaire,
or can purchase them the night OF
the dance. Just u reminder TO those
who have not seen the signs or nave
not received their tickets, this
dance is to be held at the Armory
on Thanksgiving Night. This is to
be a semi-fOrmal affair. Time S:3U
p. M
Milford Post No. 3 will start get
ting under way for their annual
membership drive for the coming
year. The quota set for this year 1;
$50 members. A team was chosen
/ headed by Commander Reese Jester
and his aides, namely, District Com
mander George Collins, First Vice
Commander Frank Nelte, SecOnC
Vice Commander, Harry Rust
Chaplain, Thurman Rodgers, Burton
Sharp and John LOngbOtham. ThGst
men will strive to make this a 1907
drive and the success of this viii
depend largely upon the committee
Milford Post has the honor of be
ing the 4th largest post in the en-
tire state and also last year the pos
took the award for the largest per
centage of members taken in. I
date the past has half it's member
ship complete. All members ca
assist the committee by getting i
touch with all those men who haV
, as Yet not Joined the Legion. w
welcome veterans of World War
and il.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-26

The fall and winter drive for
funds for Sussex Central Hospital,
Inc, was launched at a dinner held
in Jones Memorial Hall, George
town, early last week, when more
than a hundred persons, including
officers and directors of the project
and former solicitors, were pres
ent for the discussion of plans.
H. w. T. Purnell, president of
the board of directors, introduced
the speakers, who were: Samuel
P. Grubb, cOnsultant engineer with
the U. S. Public Health Service,
Hospital Facilities Division; DR..
Robert H. Stevens, formerly of the
Hospital Bureau of Standard Sup
plies, New York City; Colonel
Ralph S. Baker; Howard S. Alb
bOtt and James NJ. Tunnel, Jr., all
of Georgetown.
Federal Aid Act Explained
Mr.. Grubb explained the Federal
Act which grants to states, a mini
mum of 100000 for five years fol
the building of new hospitals. ThC
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-26
Find Boat Operator
Dead In Woods
Jimmy Stuart OF SeafOrd Believed
To Have Shot Himself

James E. Stuart, 25 years old, of
SeafOrd, we'll known to many
spOrtsmen from Delaware and
nearby states as the operator of a
party fishing boat at Indian River
Inlet, was found dead early Mon
day of this week with a bullet
wound in his head in a woods near
SeafOrd.
State police at Bridgeville said
Stuart, who had been i'll, shot him
self through the head with a large
calibre game rife. Coroner Will
liam / COnOway of Sussex County
is investigating the death.
Stuart was reported missing by
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. T.
Stuart, of SeafOrd Saturday after
noon. He had told his mother he
was going to town, police said, and
when he did not return troopers
were notified. A search was start
ed Sunday and the body found
Monday in a woods off the Sea-
fOrd-MiddlefOrd Road, two miles
east of SeafOrd.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-26
Sears Appliance
Show Well Attended
Mrs. Florence Yetter Smith, Of Do
yer, Gave Demonstration

A large crowd attended the Sears,
ROebuck and Co., electrical appli-
ance show held at the Community
Building last Thursday night Mrs,
Florence Yetter Smith, of Dover,
conducted an interesting demon
stratiOn of the Kenmore Electric
Stove and COldspot Home Freezer.
Many prizes were given away
free during the evening, with num-
bers being drawn by Joan Warner
and announced by Johnny Jester of
Milford. Those winning prizes were:
Mrs. May Barrett, Automatic Elec-
trio ROaster; Mrs. Bertha Elliott,
Deluxe tOasteT-and grill; Mrs. Jen-
ME Short, Electric tOaster; Mrs.
Efie Draper, electric iron; Mrs.
Hayes DickersOn, Mrs. Ethel Drap-
er, Mrs. jeanette MOsley and Mr.
H. E. Ward won complete meals
that were cooked during the eve
ming. Mrs. Marie Clendaniel, Mrs
Stanley Hunter, Mrs. Robert Mercer
Miss Charlotte Webb and Mrs. Ed
win Messick won prizes of frozen
foods.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-26
Tuberculosis
Gases In State
Are Up 40 Pct.
Most OF New Cases Are
In The Arrested Stage;
Total This Year Report
ed At 296.

An increase of approximately 40
per cent in the number of new
tuberculosis cases in Delaware has
been noted during the past year,
NJ. J. Plishner, field representative
of the National Anti-TuberculOsis
Society, disclosed last Friday.
Mr.. Plishner, who assisted in a
survey of tuberculosis conditions
in this state at the beginning of
the year, made this report to the
board of directors of the Delaware
Anti-TuberculOsis Society at a re-
cent meeting.
His disclosure came after a dis
cussiOn among board members of
plans for the annual Christmas
Seal campaign, conducted by the
/ Anti-TuberculOsis Society, which
got underway Monday.
The increased number of cases
uncovered we're due to the exami-
nations made by the mobile X-ray
unit of State Board of Health
which has been touring the state
X-raying food handlers, industrial
workers and school children. By
the end of this year, a total Of 5000
persons are expected to have beer
. X-rayed. Many of these new cases
would have remained undetecteC
had it not been for the examina
tiOns conducted by the mobile X
ray unit, it was pointed out.
The report of Mr. Plishner will
be studied by a committee from thu
> Delaware Anti-TubeTculOsis SOcie
ty and recommendations made la
ter, it was announced. Member
of the committee were appointed b
DR.. William Marshall, Jr., presi
) dent of the board, who will act a
chairman of the committee. Othe
I members are:
DR.. L. d. Phillips. superintenG
ent of the Brandywine SanatOrium
f James r. MOrfOrd, Wilmington al
y tOrnev and board member; DR.. Gel
/ aid Beatty, president of the Wi
! mingtOn Board of Health; L. n
= Bent. chairman of the board {
SunnybrOOk Cottage; F. S. JOhT
# son. treasurer of the WilmingtO
p anti-tuberculOsis board; Samu'
Culver. Delmar, board member
d DR.. A. r. Stands. head of the Men
: ours Institute; G. Taggart Evan
@ executive secretary of the Del;
: ware Anti-TuberculOsis SOciet
" CONTINUED on page y
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-26
He And Mrs. Buck Are
Considering A Trip
Abroad In The Imme-
diate Future.
By Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D. C.-SenatOr
C. Douglass Buck (R-DeD said in
Washington on Tuesday of this
week that he probably would not
run again for public Office.
Buck was defeated by Democrat
J. Allen Frear in the November 2
election. But, he said that had
nothing to do with his thought of
leaving the political field
when you carry the ball, you
are bound to be tackled sometime,
he told a reporter. Il was this
time, but l have carried the ball
four times and I guess I had my
share"
Buck was elected to the Senate
only Once-in 1942-but before
that was governor for two terms
being first elected in 1928 and re
elected in 1892; at one time ht
was highway engineer.
The senator, who is chairman 0
the Senate District of COlumbi;
Committee, expressed appreciation
to Washington officials and citi
zens who cOOperated with him il
his work.
He said he and Mrs. Buck ar
now considering a trip abroad an
that he plans to devote most o
his time to his duties as chairman
of the board and a member of tn
executive committee of the EqUit
able Trust Company, Wilmington
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-26
Bartha's Band To
Play Here For The
Christmas Formal
TURKEY PRICES
ARE SKYROCKETING

High prices for turkeys
now appearing in Delaware
markets are following fore
casts, with all prices being a
few cents more than twice
the figures in 1941, the last
year before the war.
Starting at about 60 cents
a pound for big birds, the
prices go up to 85 cents and
higher for choice hen tur-
keys, setting an all-time high
for the cost of the Thanks
giving Day staple. The prices
are also Is to 20 cents higher
than last year, when prices
were only a few cents ahead
of 1916 figures. In 1941 the
price hOvered about the 30
cent mark.
To maintain the gloomy
note, Delaware dealers ex-
pect prices to go even higher
for Christmas. Some dealers
predict that choice hen tux
keys will esll for a dOllar-a-
pound for the Christmas sea-
son, mostly because of a
shortage in the turkey crQGl
this year.
Milford chronicle., 1948-11-26
Thomas s. Holt Dies
At Fredericksburg
Oil Company Founder, For
mer Minister, Was
Seventy-Six

Thomas Simpson Holt, 76, we'll
known contractor and founder of
the Holt Oil Company, died last
Saturday in fredericksburg, Md.
Mr.. Holt, native Of Cecil cOun-
ty, began his career as a minister
with the old Wilmington Methodist
Conference. A graduate Of the Uni
versity of Delaware, he obtained
his masters degree and dOctOrate
of sacred theology at Boston Uni
versity. He served charges at Lew
isville, Still Pond and Federals-
burg.
A number of years ago Mr.. Holt
lost his voice and was forced tC
give up the ministry. Shortly after
ne went into the contracting bust
ness in partnership with Clayton
S. Kaufman of Denton. The firm
specialized in highway cOnstruc
ton and completed several con
tracts for the Maryland State
Roads Commission. One of these
was the MISUNDERSTANDING high
way.
Twenty years ago Mr.. Holt or
ganized the Holt Oil Company ant
served as president until about {
year ago when his son, John 7
Holt of Salisbury, took over. TIL
company owns so filling stations il
addition to supplying $50 others.
Mr.. Holt served as president 0
the First National Bank of FEEDER
alsburg before its liquidation. H
is a member of the board of COVER
nOrs of Western Maryland COlleg
at Westminster. and Wesley Junio
College at Dover. He donated
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