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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-14
DEATH" WAS NOT
TOO SERIOUS

MEMPHIS, TENN. ---(AP)-
Two o'clock in the morning, and
a sudden sharp report like pis-
toll shot.
Mrs. Ada Morris told herself it
was nothing.
Then footballs and hushed
voices. She crept to the window.
Shadowy forms were clustered
around a power-pile on the street.
She caught the word dead. The
figures melted away.
Mrs. Morris grabbed a phone
and called police.
But the utilities truck got there
almost as soon as the police did,
and put new fuse in the switch
box.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-14


This coming week, c. F. Barry,
state Sunday school secretary of
tiac Florida Baptist convention,
will arrive with several other
Baptist leaders and teachers, to
devote one week of intensified
study and concentrated work
with the Sunday school and the.
cntire First Baptist church.
Frank w. Smith, supefinten-
oens Of the Sunday schools of the.
. First Baptist Church, announces
that ecvrything is in readiness for
that everything is in readiness for.
.ficer and teacher of every depart:
ment and class will join hands in
.this concentrated effort for one,
week. -
Study classes for every depart
ucnt will be held each evening. in,
the church from 100000. The,
state workers have been assigned
vs. lead the various departmental
aEOups for this study. -.
Dsring the day, special efforts
wIif be made for enlistments of
all prospects. r
The Minister, Reverend George
McNeill Ray, will speak at both
morning and evening services,
with special appeal for an all
ON effort on the part of Baptists
~ Key West in making this week
Of development a success.
Mrs. Thelma Porch, choir direc-
tors with Mrs. w. E. Fowler, as
organist. will head the choir in
special music at both services. All
the public is cordially invited to
attend Sunday services.
AZ The Old Stone Church Frist
MethodisD, Sunday School, with
J. Henry Russell as Superinten-
dent, will meet at 9:45 a. m.
AZ 1850 a. M, Mrs. Orion Rus
sell will sing Consider and Hear
M. by A. Wooler. The anthem
- the choir will be, Il Will Lift
Nine Eyes. l. Knooss. Mrs. P. B.
Roberts. az the organ, will play
"Andante Con Motto, by F. Kuh-
Ian. and Meditation, by r. Mol
e. The pastor, Rev. G. Leon Wells
VIII take for his subject, THE
Cross and the Crown, by re-
quest
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship, az Z: p. M, will be led by
ke1 Hess.
Evening worship, at 8 p. M,
. VIII begin with a song service.
I've pastor will preach on who
Found Peter?". Mrs. Roberts will
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-14
Burial With Dog

WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.-Fol-
lowing the terms Of her will. the
ashes of Mrs. Marian c. Robin
son. 7l-year-old recluse who was
found dead recently In her
Mount Kisco home, will be scat
tered on the grave Of her dog in
the Hartsdale Canine Cemetery.
The dog. a large German shep-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-14

Maitland Knowles, former Key
Wester, who has been chief of the
Sarasota Fire Department for II
years, is here visiting his brothers
Rupert and George I. Knowles,
and other relatives.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Singleton
and son, Bobby, who had been
visiting Mr.. Singleton's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephan Cochrane
Singleton, returned yesterday to
their home in Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-14

Mayor Willard M. Albury today
received from Havana box of
cigars sent by Colonel Fulgencio
Batista, who was a recent visitor
in Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-05-14
SereraI Baptist Leaders To ArriCe In
City To DeUote Week OF Study
At First Baptist Church,
Study CLASSES FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT WTLI
BE- HELD EACH EVENING nv CHURCH FROM
7s3O TO 900 PM; OTHER NOTES OF KEI
VEST PROTESTANT CHURCHES CIvEN

special otrucon the First resbyterion Church Sun
w be accompanied the pono by Mrs. Fred Goldsmith The
posior win preach Power For Tosk."
The young people Of First Presbyterian Church enthus
ose about the prospect of having baseball
tho City Sunday School League Roph Noble representa-
ave nor the Presbyterian Church hopes have them
eam which will probably include girls teum The tornu
Valley frontiersman., 1949-06-30
Sportsmen Ask For Log Cabin
 For Foir Exhibit

Plans for the housing of the exhibit of the Matanuska Valley Sportsmen occupied most of the fair board members attention, at their recent meeting. L. c. Stock, Sportsmen president, appeared before the board to report the needs of the club.
 MT. Stock said his group would utilize the log cabin located on fair property, if it could be re- paired He was asked if the Sportsmen would undertake re- pairs, but he replied that was impossible. The board at length agreed to foot the bill for mate rials costs, and to solicit labor from the Carpenters Union.
 In further business, the board okayed a trip to Fairbanks for fair manager Charles Dillon, named Alba Brooks head of the
Valley frontiersman., 1949-06-30
WosiIio Plans Home Town
 Fourth Picnic

WASILLA. - Just a family picnic kind of day, with a little fun in the way of races and games for the kids, and a choose-up sides softball game" is the way Pat Carter outlined Wa silla's plans for the annual Fourth of July celebration. MT. Carter has been named head committeeman by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who sponsor the event.
 Wasilla- -iteS will begin to gath CT at the new VF'W playground at about II o'clock next Monday morning, and they'll stay as long as the mosquitoes will let them.
 Picnickers are expected to pack their own lunches. However the VFW Auxiliary will serve ice cream. and hot dogs as refresh ments. The Boy Scouts plan to operate a soft drink concession on a money-making basis.
 MT. Carter said he was plan ming for 300 participants in the days celebration. There is no plan for a dance or any evening activity.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-06-30
Wives to Learn Furniture Repair At Extension Service Workshop

participate in the workshop are asked to call at the Extension Office and discuss their particu- lar furniture problem with Miss Mary Lou Lashbrook. She'll show them how to measure for new material needed, and will help them purchase the proper ma terials for upholstering work.
 Mrs. Lydia Fohn-Hansen, home demonstration leader for the territory, will be in Palmer in July to conduct the furniture workshop.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-06-30

Discarded sofas, rocker-less rocking chairs and teetering coffee tables will be taking their rightful places in Valley living rooms again, after the comple- tion of the July workshop plan ned by members of the Home makers clubs.
 The week long workshop, now tentatively scheduled for the week beginning July Is, is plan ned to teach Valley women how to administer effective first aid to furniture which has fallen victim to too much family living.
 The course will include lessons from upholstering to wood re- finishing. It will be held at the Grange Hall.
 Valley women who wish to
Valley frontiersman., 1949-06-30
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD DIVISION, WASILLA PRECINCT.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the matter of the estate of
 BOBBY FORD, deceased.
 NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned, Thomas L. Carter, as administrator of the estate of Bobby Ford, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons hav- ing claims against the said dece- dent, to file them, with the ne cessary vouchers within six (6) months after the date hereof in the office of the United States Commissioner and ex officio Probate Judge for the Wasilla Precinct, Third Division, Terri tory of Alaska, or present them to the said administrator at Wa Silla, Alaska, at the office of the United States Commissioner, which office the undersigned has selected as his place of busi- ness in all matters connected with said estate of Bobby Ford, deceased.
 Dated this 4th day of June, 1949.
 THOMAS L. CARTER,
 Administrator of Bobby
 Ford, deceased.
 Published June 16, 23, 30, July T..
Valley frontiersman., 1949-06-30
Sportsmen to See Movies

SpOrtSmen to See Movies
 Maud Hosler'S movies of moose in the Valleys fields during the past winter, and Dee Johann sons colored slides, will be fea- tured on the program of the Matanuska Valley Sportsmen next week. Final plans for the summer fish fry will be an- nounced at the business meeting by the committee in charge.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-06-30

Asphalt pouring began on the Palmer Highway last Friday, it was learned this week. The work will progress as rapidly as the weather permits. In the mean time, one-lane traffic continues to move over all sections of the road. Contractor crews have promised that the road will not be closed at any time, during this summers construction.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-06-30

poultry department and Mrs. T. R. Jolley head of the handicraft department.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
TIMBER Is A CROP

The WantOn manner in which our Nation
has wasted our forests has been such that
future generations will feel the result of
this policy. Last Sunday, the HerOld-Tri-
bune of New York City commenting editor
tally on the situation, voiced the view that
something must be done now to remedy the
trouble. So timely is the editorial that we
reproduce it herewith in full. 1t follows:
During 1916 and '46 the Forest Service
in the Department of Agriculture made a
comprehensive reappraisal of the forest sit
uatiOn in the United States. The results of
this survey and analysis, recently made pub
lie in 1OO-page report, exhibit the nations
Saw-timber supply as both declining and de-
teriOrating. Allowing for losses from natur-
al causes, the Saw-timber cut exceeds annual
growth by so per cent Our forest bank ac-
count is in bad way. Even with the best of
forest protection, management and prac-
tices applied generally to American forest,
it would take several decades before an ade-
quate long-range growth goal could be
achieved.
This overall appraisal, we believe, is par
ticularly important in showing how neces-
sary is a forest backlog for national security.
The last war proved what it can dangerous
ly mean not to have timber enough to 90
around. Every operation of the war was de-
pendent in some manner on wOOd-begin-
ming, of course, in the months when 1900
board feet of lumber per man went into
Army cantOnments. The war brought many
new uses of wood, and, as the Forest Service
points out, it piled up Unsatisfed consumer
needs which have since been levied on de-
pleted forests The very shortages which
were hampering in war time are now hob
bling efforts to build peace-time housing.
Our nation has long been prOdigal in the
use of wood - we have always consumed
more than any other country. AS the situa-
tiOn stands, our forest lands are not INSULT
cient. There are 624 million acres - one
third of our land - which have present or
potential forest productivity. The challenge
is to grow more timber on this vast acreage.
And a crop of wood is not like grain crop
the growth of a single year. There is still a
backlog of virgin timber in the West, the
remains of that 5000 billion board feet
which it is estimated covered so much of
America from tidewater to timber lines
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
w. S. c. S. Spring
Meeting In SeIbyville

The spring meeting of the Do
yer District WOman's Society of
Christian Service will be held in
the Selbyville Methodist Church on
Tuesday, March s. beginning at
ten o'clock. Mrs. Earle Wiley of
Dover, the president Of the dis
trict, will preside at both morning
and afternoon sessions. The speak
er for the afternoon will be Miss
May HOerner, who is i'm the States
on vacation. Miss HOerner is a
teacher i'm CrandOn Institute. Mon
tiVideo. Uruguay. During the NOR
ming there will be group confer
ences of the various branches of
the work of the society. Luncheon
will be served by the members of
the Selbyville Church w. S. e. S.
This meeting will give those who
attend an opportunity to visit the
newly completed educational build
ing that has been added to the
main auditorium. The Reverend
Charles Jarvis is the pastor.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Mamie Scott Downs
Upstate Purse Thief
leonlInuea from nrst paee1

(conIlnueu from nrst page1
Street When he darted east on
Fifth Street, Mrs. Scott continued
the chase to French Street and
thence to Fourth Street, where she
grabbed him and threw him to the
ground, she related.
Detectives Take Over
Detectives Martin Mcmahon and
Dennis Hughes, who happened to
be on the corner in a police car,
quickly took over. The suspect
gave his name as Lawrence Perk-
ins, 81, of the 1900 block Poplar
Street. He was charged with larc-
eny.
In Municipal Court, Perkins
was sentenced to three months in
New Castle County WOrkhouse by
Judge ThOmOs Herlihy. Jr. The
defendant changed a not guilty
plea to guilty when informed that
the pOcketbOk contained no money.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04

dustry, and the manufacturers of refrigeratOrs,
vacuum cleaners, and radios who dare not add any
thing more to their prices. Hence they must fight
any further wage rises or depend upon new labor
saving machinery which is now being installed
Manufacturers ordered such machinery two or more
years ago when they anticipated labor's demands,
but it is just beginning to be delivered
EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK
Statistics show that employment is gradually
falling off. This of course is an important factor
in connection with wages. When an idle man is
standing behind employed man waiting for his
job two things happen. First, the employed man
works harder and does a better days work; and
secondly he is not going to ask for any wage in
crease. People are spending less money due to
the fact that they have been using up their
savings. This causes less demand for goods which
in turn causes employers to lay off more help. Then
the purchasing is still less. Hence, the vicious
circle which has been spirang upward for the past
few years will now begin to spiral down just as
rapidly
One thing I wish to emphasize here is that wage
conflicts are not conflicts between labor and man
agement Management is merely a gO-between that
u.s. it is a negOtiatOr between labor and consumers
Labor is not fighting management but rather is
fighting the public. Even when labor leaders crit-
cize the dividends which are being declared by man
agement it should be remembered that these divi-
dends do not go to management; they merely make
out checks to send to life insurance companies.
savings banks, and small investors all over the
country.
THE NEXT DEPRESSION
The Panic of 1873 was due to Overreaching by the
railroad barOns of that day; the Panic of 1898 to
the extension of western farm loans; the Panic
of 1913 to the over expansion of industrial trusts
and the Panic of 1888 to the collapse of banking
system following the stock market break of 1929.
The next panic will be due to the reaching of
labor and collapse of the present union leadership
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04


lamy Is not getting their things cheaper, it is be-
cause they are not shopping around they should.
The difficulty in the wage situation is that many
laOor leaders feel that in order to hold their jobs
they must get for their members a little wage
increase every year. OF course they know that this
cannot go on forever. They should know that they
VIII holu their jobs better in the end by not asking
lor an increase in wages than by experiencing
bust
ATTITUDES OF BIG COMPANIES
certain industries are still in a sellers market
-lnal IS TO say, they can dictate the price This
especially applies to the building industry the steel
"uU'uy' ana certain portion of the automobile
ii,uuSUy Ihis means that if they grant increas-
eu wage to labor, they can pass this along to us
on'uilerS Oy merely raising the prices. There
'oie Il any OF the labor unions in these industries
1'.iAe Ior more wages and the Government backs
S, up Ihe companies will accept the recOmmen-
Ihey' however will plainly state that this
WIN Oe ADDED to the price of goods and passed along
- 10 consumers. This is an entirely new attitude
may cause labor to now take all they while
senses. '""' ''''ie
" course this policy is hard on industries which
L pass along any increased wages to consumers
III mind the clothing industry. the shoe d.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
q IleafbrooE -

PUBLIC HOUSING. meaning sub
sidized housing in which al the peo-
pie pay part Of the rent Of a lucky
few, was one Of the noisy subjects
of both parties in the late campaign.
It was not an issue. The Repub-
licans and their candidate would
not brave the scorn Of those who
would have said they were land
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
A WOMAN'S PLACE

NEW YORK -(P0- Perhaps the
only woman starting gate chauffeur
in harness racing is Mrs. Helen
ROnen Of DecOrah, Ia, who travels
with husband Fred TO all meetings
where he performs starting chores.
Mrs. ROnen has worked behind the
wheel of the starting gate auto on
tracks in Iowa. Minnesota. WisCOn-
sin and Illinois.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
Socialism VS.. the People

Socialism VS.. the People
SINCE AS FAR BACK as the
early 1905. at least. the Socialist
party, as led by first Eugene Debs
and more recently by Norman
Thomas, has offered the American
people an opportunity to express
their desire for a socialistic econo-
my. The Socialist party made no
bid to attract votes on any miscon-
ception Of its purpose. It's platform
called for a socialist state to re-
place our free-enterprise capital
ism.
At every presidential election dur
ing those more than so years the
unc r,oai0ptH.y -
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04

lords at heart and
that they delighted
in the sight Of gaunt
and ailing veterans
and their spouses
and their children
budding in crates
or culverts. Il takes
dispute to make an
issue Of a subject.
There being no dis
pute. public housing
remained only a
topic Of discussion.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
BABSON Discusses WAGES

BABSON PARK. Fla, Mar. d
The cOst-Of-living is definitely
declining. This especially APP
plies to food supplies, but is also
shown by the mark-dOwn sales
Of clothing, underwear, shoes
and other things. Cars of var
iOus makes can now be secured
with immediate delivery; and
it is estimated that before the
year is over one may buy any
car "Off the floor" with the pos
sible exception Of a Chevrolet
or Ford. The price of new houses
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04


American voters
have said mo" to
the socialistic ap-
peal. The p rty
never received so
much as one cleo
torial vote. The
sOcialistic idealogy
obviously was not
wanted.
Now we are not
merely headed for,
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04

three centuries ago. But our forests, national
and private, are no longer a vast reserve.
And the Forest Service says earnestly, and
proves by it's survey, that the nation must
adopt a broader and more positive forest
conservation program than has existed in
the past"
We can still turn to the national forests
of Alaska, where resources are still un-
touched on any large scale. But the Forest
Service is convinced that our cOuntry's for
est problem centers mainly on private land.
There is need of better protection against
fire and insects in the 345 million acres of
privately owned forests. There is need of
more private planting There is need of in
creased Federal aid to the states in the pro-
duction and distribution of nursery stock.
In sum, we have reached a point where tim
Der must be treated as a carefully managed
crOp-One that in either war or peace is of
primary national Importance.
5000
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04

Although the word "incunabula'
means in its Latin original "swad-
ding clothes" cradle" or birth
place" it has come to denote books
printed during the 18th Century.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
HOLLOWAY

Mrs. Marguerite Reynolds HOllO-
way, better known as Peggy" age
38 years, passed away late Monday
afternoon at the Milford Memorial
Hospital Milford, where she had
been a patient for three days.
She was the daughter of Mrs.
Estella Hughes Reynolds and the
late William Reynolds, and was
born at FELTON,.
After graduating from high
school, she studied nursing and
graduated from FrankfOrd HOspi-
tai, Philadelphia, in 1882. She then
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
THIRTY YEARS AGO

Mrs. Sallie Melvin of Brack-Ex,
is visiting Mrs. Anime Carmean.
Miss Ruth Windsor is spending
several weeks with her sister in
North Carolina.
Henry Num- Of the U. S. Battle
ship Illinois, spent last Saturday
at the homes of Alfred and A. +.
Num-, near Milford.
Mrs. Mamie Wallace has return
ed to her home in Richardson
Park after spending a month with
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Burn.
The room of the Milford New
Century Club was an attractive
sight on the evening of St. Valen-
tines Day, it being the occasion
when the club came of age, and
was celebrated by a reception to
number of Milford gentlemen
husbands, brothers and friends of
the members and also Out-of-tOwn
club women.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04

BENNETT
George Washington Bennett, age
So years, husband of Hattie A.
Bennett, passed away at his home
in Milford Neck, on Thursday
morning, March 3rd. Funeral serv-
ices will be held at the Berry Fu-
neral Home in Milford on Sunday
afternoon at 1870 o'clock, with
Rev. Stanley Grant of the Houston
Methodist Church, in charge of the
service. Interment will be made in
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Milford.
Friends may call at the Funeral
Home on Saturday evening. Be
sides his wife, he is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. Gordon Smith
of Dover and Mrs. Roland Davis,
Milford; two sons, Joshua Bennett,
OF Dover and Claude Bennett, Mil
ford; also, IA grandchildren and
II great-gTandchildren.
HOLSTON
John Benjamin HOlstOn. age sc
years, passed away at his home or
South Washington street, Milford
on Saturday, February 26. Mr.. HOl
stOn before his retirement was
with the L. N. Hearn Lumber Com
pany of Milford. He is survived BY
two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Mel
win of Wilmington and Mrs. Clar
ence Smith of Milford: two sons
John w. HOlstOn of Wilmington
and Benjamin w. HOlstOn of Mil
ford.
Funeral services were held OF
Wednesday afternoon at two O'clOcl
from the LOhand Funeral Home
Rev. David Baker and the Rev
Eugene HungerfOrd Oficiated a
the services. Interment was mad
in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Mil
ford.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04

Until 1890 all indigo. one of the
most important dyestuffs, was OBJ
tained from plants. At that time a
synthetic was manufactured.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04
BURTON

Mrs. Clara Martin Burton, 81,
widow of John Burton of Long
Neck, Sussex County, died last Sat-
urday at the home of Mrs. Emma
Faulkner at Midway. with whom
she had been living the past year.
She was a sister of the late Lewes
physician. DR.. Joseph M. Martin.
Surviving her are one bOrther,
William Martin of Philadelphia
and several nephews and nieces
including DR.. Harrison Manning of
SeafOrd.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at 10:30 a. m. at the Atkins
Funeral Home, Lewes, conducted
by the Rev. DR.. William Leishman
Burial in the COOlspring Presby-
terian Churchyard.
Milford chronicle., 1949-03-04

Senator Handy, whose home is
in North Milford, has introduced
bill in the Senate, which, if it is
passed by the present session of
the Legislature, will authorize the
Board of Light and Water Commits
siOners of Milford, to make Such
increases in the light and water
rates as it deems justified. Senator
Handy has also introduced a bill
which would authorize the Town
Council of Milford to borrow $2O,-
600 and issue bonds for light and
water improvements. This bill was
introduced at the request of the
Town Council of Milford, who had
been requested to do so by the
Board of Light and Water Commits
siOners.