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Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
State Reaches Peak
rs Marketing Area
NEW YEARS MONDAY
TO BE OBSERVED HERE

The majority Of the stores
and manufacturing plants in
Milford will observe New
Years Monday, January 2,
by remaining closed all day.
ReOpening Tuesday morning,
January 8, at the usual hours.
The work rooms of the
Chronicle will close down at
five p. m. today for the long
weekend, including New
Years Monday. The busi-
ness Office, however, will re-
main open tomorrow morn
ing, Saturday, December 81,
until IL o'clock noon, for the
convenience of patrons who
desire to pay their Chronicle
dues in 1949.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Benjanins Looking
For First so Baby

Benjamins, Salisbury specially
store, is looking for the "First Baby
of 1850" the first child born
on the Eastern Shore after mid
night, December 81.
Babies born in one of the recog-
nized hospitals on the shore are
eligible. These include: Kent and
Upper Queen Anne General Hos
pital, ChestertOwn, Md; Kent Cen
eral Hospital, Dover; Milford Mem
orial Hospital, Milford; Easton Ne
mortal Hospital, Easton, Md: Cam
leontnued on page %
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
State Crop Yield
Top That Of 1913
Value Of Harvest, However,
Is Down Eight Per
Cent

The Delaware Crop Reporting
Service of the U. S. Department OF
Agriculture has announced that
the states farmers harvested in
1949 a total of 43.150 acres Of
truck crops valued at $5,S17, 900.
Although the figures represent a
two per cent increase over the
number of acres harvested in 194S,
the value of the production is about
eight per cent lower than the S5,-
755s000 recorded in 194S because Of
lower unit prices for most crops.
continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30

the vets meeunS the FelJOn v. F.
W. teams in an All-Delaware Mems
League game, at $3.50 D. m.
FELTON, and Milford teams have
been court rivals ever since the
winter of 1946-47 when two v. F.
w. posts, Blue Hen of Milford, and
Adams-Simpler-WaTe Post Of Eel
ton first sponsored teams in the
initial edition Of the now defunct
Mar-Del League In ten meetings
between the two V. F. W.-sponsor-
ed mems teams, the Milford team
has triumphed nine times, despite
the fact that each game between
these. friendly rivals has been
hard-fought with the outcome, in
many instances, remaining in
doubt right up to the final whistle.
geontinued On page %
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Farmers Hold Meeting
On Potato Marketing
Session win Be Held At Salisbury
January IS

Delaware potato growers will
have an opportunity to express
their views regarding the propos-
ed Irish potato marketing agree
ment for this state and the Eastern
Short of Maryland at a hearing at
Salisbury on January Is. It will
begin at $3.50 a. m. at the Little
Theatre on the State Teachers Col
lege campus.
II enough evidence is obtained at
this hearing, a proposed order will
('outinvsd on page %
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Daring Robbery Is
Staged In Milford
Show Window In SOckrider And
Chandler Store Is Smashed


Two youths staged a daring jew
elry store robbery last Friday night
at 6 o'clock when they smashed the
window of the SOckrider and Chand-
Ter store in the Shore Theatre
Building S. w. Front street, and
fed through a crowd of holiday
shoppers with two wrist watches
valued at $271.
Two other watches in the store
window we're damaged when the
young men broke the glass, reach
ed in and grabbed their lott and
disappeared in the crowd.
Local and state police are inves-
tigating. One of the robbers wore
an Army cap and the other was
bare headed. Both wore light col
ored trousers, astOnished specta-
tors said.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Raymond Masten
Entertains Staff
Trucking Co. Executive Gives Din.
ner; Presented With Diamond Ring

Trucking Go. Executive Gives Din.
ner; Presented With Diamond Ring
Raymond w. Masten, president of
the Masten Trucking Company,
with main Offices in this city, as
sisted by his charming wife, en-
tertained the members and their
wives of his Office staff, at a turkey
dinner at the Wonder Bar in Har-
ringtOn last Thursday evening. The
dinner was held in observance of
the Christmas season.
Following the dinner Mr.. Mas
ten was most pleasantly surprised
when he was presented with a
handsome diamond Thirty-Second
Degree Masonic ring by all the
personnel of his organization. Mr..
Masten is an active member of
Temple Lodge No. 8, Ancient Free
and Accepted MasOns of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Community Basket Ball Teams
To Resume Play On January End

Mods two community basketball teams the Vets and the Blue
Hens viii activities
doubleheadef Monday
court FELTON, will
the Blue Hens last peninsuar
ton Nenetes in an All Delaware Girls League
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-30
Latex Distributes 18th Annual
Bonus To It's Many Employees

For the twelfth successive employees Of the International
Park
Playex
history
Sharing
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Report Shows Gains
In Business Before
Steel Strike Started

Business in September-before
the steel strike began-was on
the upswing, according to a Com
merce Department survey which
reported that the July-August-
September period as a whole re-
hected a modest improvement"
over the downtrend in the first
half of 1949.
September business activity, the
department said yesterday. re-
fiected more than a seasonal up
swing.
In another development which
also reflected improved business
conditions before the steel strike
began, Chairman O'Mahoney of
the Senate House Economic Com
mittee said plans for a cross
country investigation of jobless-
ness have been shelved.
. Plans for the jobless survey
were made last summer when the
unemployment rate had climbed
Evening star., 1949-10-26
BY the Associated Press

FISHWHEEL, Alaska, Oct. 26.-
Two women and a coffee shop
have come to Alaska'S latest gold
happy community.
This booming tent town, ex-
tending for 9 miles along both
sides of the Yukon River. blinked
today at the arrival of the women.
A week ago, the town was nom
existent. Then came the gold
rush. Now Fishwheel covers more
territory than Fairbanks. the
metropolis of North Central Alas
ka.
One of the women is Evelyn
Grinnell. wife of a Fort Yukon
trapper. She set up a coffee shop
in her tent-equipped only with
Yukon stove. a coffee pot. a
box of cups, doughnuts and some
sandwiches.
Evelyn is doing a thriving busi-
ness.
Coffee-25 cents a cup. Coffee
with doughnuts or sandwiches
so cents.
The other woman is the wife
of a Fort Yukon native. The
Evening star., 1949-10-26
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26 leAe

to 4,0s5, 900 in July. BY the end
of September, however. 1t was
down to 3,351,00 a decline Of
744, 900 in two months.
Million or More on Strike.
No mention was made by Sen
ator O'Mahoney of the 100000
or more workers idle as a result
of the steel and coal strikes
Other officials said. however. that
a job survey while major strikes
are in progress would give a
distorted picture of the employ
ment situation.
The Commerce Departments re-
port of the upswing of business
in September was given in it,
monthly Survey of Current Busi-
ness" Cited were these factors
Increased business buying fol.
lowing sharp curtailment of order!
and a cutback in inventory ir
the first half of the year.
An uptilt in retail sales in botf
August and September to a leve
only per cent under the Decem.
ber, 1948, peak.
Building Gains Slightly.
Lively construction activity
which in September gained slight
ly over August and was abou
equal to September, 1948.
! A generally sustained volume
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Two Women and Coffee Shop
Join AIosko's New Gold Rush

native brought her along to share
the frigid life of this gold mining
camp on the rim of the Arctic.
They walked over the tundra for
two days to get here.
The first showing Of gold was
made IL days ago by Clifton Car
roll, who spotted pea sized mug
gets in the muck on his fish
wheel axle.
Colors have been found consist
emily along a two-milesstretch OF
river shore adjoining CAROLS
claim. A few nuggets also have
been found.
Colors are minute streaks OF
flake gold. commercially worth
less but often indicative of more
gold somewhere nearby.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
U. N. Ships ;, 300 Books
To Each of J Countries
Ry the Associoted Press

LAKE SUGGESTIVE United
Nations Educational Scientific
and Cultural Organization has
shipped $500 books each to the
governments of Australia, Czecho-
slovakia, Greece, Hungary, Italy.
Malta and Poland.
The books concern history, art,
literature, theater. education. ira
vel and exploration. They cost
S288,O00 and were donated to
UNESCO by the Lord Mayor of
London Appeal Fund for restor-
ing educational services in war
devasted countries.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
ceptions, lunches. interviews and

ceptions. lunches, interviews and
hahdshakes.
The hustling schedule promises
sharp contrast to the more sedate
Canadian program. And here
police escorts mildly followed the
traffic stream and didn't sound
a siren.
Chicagoans will find Nehru shy,
courteous, considerate and cul-
tured. But he is no sissy. He's
been known to lose his temper in
India and cuff unruly persons in
audiences. Once he grabbed a
club, beat members of a mob with
it and rescued a girl they were
abducting.- An armed group
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Nehru Flies 10 Chicago
From Ottawa Today
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

OTTAWA, Canada. Oct. 90
Indian Prime Minister JaWaharlal
Nehru, q diplomat who thinks a
punch on the nose can serve a
useful purpose. flies to Chicago
today to resume his good will tour
Of the United States.
He wanted to meet the people
and his American hosts plan to
see he does-in a big way. His
schedule might scare sturdier men
than the little Indian statesman,
but he has proved he can take it
or speak up II things get on his
nerves.
Awaiting him are more Shrek
ing police sirens which he detests.
a big glad hand at Chicago's City
Hall and rounds of speeches, re-
Evening star., 1949-10-26

Of personal incomes" with the
annual rate-$211, SOC. .000, 900 for
August-holding within 2 per
cent OF the corresponding month
a year ago."
General firmness in wholesale
prices into early October.
Increased industrial production
in September. But the depart
ment observed that the steel strike
sent the rate of steel output down
from IS to 8 per cent of rated
capacity in the first two weeks
of October.
Evening star., 1949-10-26

heckled him during q peace tour
Of Pakistan and he called them
liars. thieves and rogues" and
got away with 1t.
He has stood up to gunfire and
rock throwing in many tussles
during India's turbulent drive
toward independence.
Evening star., 1949-10-26
Scottish Firm Gets Bid

The $4,00o,oo0 contract for a
water pumping plant at Buenos
Aires has gone to an engineering
firm at Alloa, Scotland, because
President Peron's government
couldn't afford the dollars to cover
a United States firms bid.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
Four Lead Honor
Roll With All As

u. Four out of the 210 Columbi;
Falls high school students ha;
all the A grades for the thir;
six weeks period. They were: Eric
Andrew and Davis Vail, seniors
Donna Border, sophomore ano
Larry Smith, freshman.
Principal Dulane Fulton also an
nounced the names of the other
honor roll students (Bs or better
as seniors, Dolores Aaberg, Delor-
es Anderson, Marlene Davis, Jan
ct Hollingsworth, Ronald MURRAY,
Ramona Saurey and Della Jean
Thoroman; juniors, Joan Bader,
James Goodrich, Patsy Martin.
Margery Peck, Donald Ryan, LOS
Todd, Lennis Vail and Ilene Wy
man; sophomores, Jack Ator, jack
lie Daugherty, Benise Green Maxine
Horak, Jane Mcdonnell, Elaine
Mudgett, Violet Peterson, Willard
Rem, Rosemary Sloan and Don
aid Thuring; freshmen, Billie 10
Andrew, Joan Brew, Caroline Car
penter, Barbara Murray, Donald
Patterson and Alfred Reese.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
Park Getting Road
Maintenance Units

Glacier national park is receiV-
ing IL major pieces of equipment
as the result of army surplus sta-
lions closing out.
To be used for park road NAM
tenance, forest fire control am
general upkeep, the new equip
ment includes three ~ ton stake
trucks, a q ton carry-an; TWO
diesel semis with trailers, one
grease outfit truck, a DIT cat,
two tractors and a shop mule "
In Chicago for the equipment
is Asst. Supt. George Miller, and
driving units back are A. c. Thur
ing, assistant chief engineer; "A.
D. Cannavina, assistant chief ran
ger; road and shop superintendent
Ray Price and Harold Mahoney,
Rangers Dick Nelson and Bob
Morris.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
Deer Park News

Mrs. Gustav Wendt fell last
Tuesday breaking her leg just
below the hip. She was taken to
the hospital in Kalispell where
she is being cared for.
Her daughters, Mrs. John Brock
en- and Mrs. Frances Cronin are
taking turns staying with her.
We hope Grandma Wendt will soon
recover and be back with us again.
Monday callers at the George
Wendt home included Mrs. r. E.
Hardin, John Broken, Ed Clarke
and C. P. Watts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Eastwood
left Monday morning for Canada
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
Sundays Were Cold

Only three students Oh O"-
savior's Lutheran Sunday sohoo
were able to make the 100 percent
attendance roll during THIS coio
month of January. They are 'u-
Diff, Kamrud, Frank Dlss anu
Barbara Baker. Ten members Oh
the Sunday school were present
four of the five January Sundays
Annah and Patricia OBrleh'
Louise and Patricia Peterson, CHI
ton, Wayne, Stanley, ana Larry,
Tichenor Carol Westberg anu
Carol Baker.
The Ladies Aid of Our Savior .
lutheran church will meet On
Thursday, at the Gone OF thei'
president. Mrs. Howard Greene
Mrs. Norman Bergen will be the
assisting iostess.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
Green Hair Show
Something Unsual

Apparently Columbia Falls is
having the Montana premier this
Sunday of the show THE Boy
with the Green Hair.
It's a new picture favoraoly
described in Life magazine, and
we looked over the reviews which
saw unusual, Fascinating show
and one that has a real message.
The boy star is Dean Stockwell,
and this technicolor production
concerns war orphan whose hail
turns green. and there's a reason
for it. Others in the cast include
Pat O'Brien.
The Park theatre is playing this
show Sunday and Monday in
stead of Station West" which
is listed on their monthly ca
endar, but will be shown here
later.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
Friday, February j.. :,

to bring Mrs. Ed c,,-l
home. Jennie has been H'a : i
Tor some time visitinou ea}
and other relatives.
Gary and Keith H.,
PACK IN school since ',OeFq
from On their tonsil Operati sse'''
The sunrift HELPERS anu0 Ms,
at the home of Nellie Mit slaS !
uary n with a very go [,s' ;,
ance. The club now b sv0a Il ass|
Der oers ,s and welcomes all lad d. =
are are interested in the fi lss1s' \
the sunrift Civic center ,pi'Saiag
uoa The board members Of . ~
ing to give a report o. on '4 Us. y
standing :, debts. The club t4s h
the flooring bill. The pD sals
turned in S122 toward t fIsa =
and inside sheating mats ris 50
This club was organized u
ust and the sole Mr.,
help the building fund. sias.
ust the women have u,o4, e
gently and have netted so S,
$500 which has helped s
deal on the building. Y
The next meeting will b. i
ruary 10 at the homo ~ V
Nutter. f's
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
III. H. Credit Union
Elects Officers

A. A. Brownson was elected
president Of the newly organized
Hungry Horse credit union Wed.
nesday. Gil Hanson was named
vice president and Leonard Lee
secretary-treasurer. Other direct
brs are Palmer Larsen and Glen
Mcguire.
The credit union for bureau
Of reclamation employees already
has an operating capital Of $1,000
with $1,000 out on loans.
On the credit committee for
thrift movement are James Pot
ter. Moore Tice and Ken Seward.
Members Of the supervisory COM
mittee are Harry MCLEAN, L. K.
Seney and Alex Ketchen.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
Study of Old Fires
To Help Stop New

Being scheduled for late this
month is training school on fir:
by the Flathead national forest
Rangers, dispatchers and other
forest service personnel will dis
.cuss prevention and better meth
DDS of getting to fires and putting
them out.
They'll study the % forest fires
Of last year which destroyed "a
acres; II were man caused and
IL lightning caused. 1t was a good
year, but the forest service wants
1919 to be better.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
Houses for Veterans

AS a special service to local
contractors, the rent control Oh
flee, Conrad Bank Building, Kalis-
pell. will distribute red, white and
blue VETERANS Preference" pla-
cards free to builders of new
homes. Law requires that no new
single family house can be SOLD
unless veterans are given first pre-
ference. Complete release is on
Hungry Horse News bulletin
board.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
LaSalle Briefs

Members of the LBH club me-
January 26 at the H. J. Kilpatrich
home, in Kalispell for 100 des-
sert lunch with Mrs. Doris Rich
ards assisting Mrs. Evelyn Kill
patrick as hostess. Roll call was
answered by 1.-THE Type Of Lunch
Preferred" by 10 members and
3 guests. At the business session
reports on the council meetings
were given by Mrs. Doris Richards,
president, and Mrs. Rose Voelker,
secretary. A THANK You" from
the County council scrap book
committee was read for the use
OF the clubs scrapbooks Tie club
reporter expressed her apologies
to Mrs. Annie Keller in not IL
Guiding her as hostess for the
December party meeting. Mrs.
Shirley Rundeu read a letter re-
ceived from the mother of the
clubs first French child. The final
CARE package to the present
French child is being sent. A don
alton was made toward the March
for Dimes. The project Making
Plaques" was ably presented by
Mrs. Evelyn Fitzpatrick Mrs. Doris
Richards presented "Dec-all color
ing" which was very interesting.
Then next meeting Of the group
win be on Fitting Garments.
Members please notice that it will
b held one week later, March 2,
with the county demonstration
agen, Lillian Tubb meeting with
up at Rose Voelkers, at 1890.
Each member bring a sack lunch
and a garment to renovate, also
material for shoulder pads.
Eva HaAam returned recently
from Dodson, where she visited
her parents. She went with the
Oae johnson family who had gone
to attend the funeral services OF
1r. Johnson's brothers wife and
daughter who were fatally injured
IN a car accident.
ELLIS. Mike Meier VlSfteQ her
brother Harry and nephew in
California the past week.
The sympathy Of the commun-
hy Is extended Mrs. Leila Trusty,
OF Columbia Falls, in the passing
OF her father, Fred MCGEE. Mrs.
Trusty resided in this community
for a number Of years as well
as teaching at Half Moon school.
The best wishes Of the COM
munity is extended to the newly
weds, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pater-
son. Mrs. Paterson is the former
Carol Fredenburg. Saturday night
a party was held in their honor
at the LaSalle Grange hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Engstrom and
daughters of Kalispell were birth
dry dinner guests at the Lloyd
Graham home, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orvil Graham and
Elaine Of Kalispell called at the
Lloyd Graham home, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Leach and
A1nily called on relatives at Cres-
bon Sunday, and were luncheon]
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Buck,
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04

A marriage of January 19 o.
local interest was that of Mrs.
Dorothy Martin, Butte, and Arva
Girard, Deer Lodge. Judge Dean
King performed the ceremony.
Mrs. Martin was attended by her
sister, Mrs. Olaf Barbo, Martin
City, and the groom by Charles
Hetzer, Columbia Falls. The cou-
pie will make their home in Deer
Lodge.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
Natures Cruel Side

Winter survival stories of ami
mails and birds were reported this
week. Ernie Harder, state fish and
game survey man, came across
a fresh elk calf kill on Horse ridge
by a mountain lion. Mailcarrier
Ralph Day saved the life of a
yearling fawn on Rabbit hill up the
North Fork. 1t was being dived
upon by two golden eagles. At Big
Prairie three young elk are known
to have been coyote kills. How
ever this winter has produced
few evidences of pre-
datory inroads on game.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
COram PTA to Install
Officers; Inspect School

Coram's PTA will install Off
GERS next Thursday evening and
inspect the community's new four
room school.
The new officers are Compton
Corbett, president; Mrs. Freda Osl-
by, first vice president; Mrs. Ollie
Travis, second vice president; Mrs.
Erwin Adams, secretary, and Mrs.
r. B. Swanson, treasurer.
Attending the meeting will be
Mrs Morris Blake, Kalispen district
PTA president. It will take place
in the new school.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04

Altar society met Wednesday af-
ternoon with IL members present.
Plans were made for a parish
party to be held February 16, p.
m. at the parish hall. Mrs. Homer
Carter, president, conducted the
meeting.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
COram Boosters Club
To Elect Officers

Coram Boosters will elect Of
ficers Monday, February IA. The
community club, founded during
the Of 1946-47, has spearheaded
Coram's efforts toward starting
a volunteer fire department, chang
ing the depot name from Citadel
to Coram, getting a new school
for the community, obtaining bet
ter county road maintenance.
Present officers are Jack For
sythe, president; Glen Harner, vice
president, Mrs. Ernie Hanson,
secretary, and Otto Fehlberg,
treasurer.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04
1 1a TON FORD Va Tp1rm

IL TON FORD V-S TRUCK
Mercury motor, Flat bed ,
pockets, hoist, 2 speed axle .
tires, price right. 1885 Ford >
up. reasonable. 1 Solo-Voy n
trio Hammond organ-Piauo
priced to sell. Inquire at A. KIN
Whitefish. last house on M
Karow ST. by planning mill,
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04

Mrs. w. A. Bose entertained
Monday afternoon. One table OF
bridge was in play. Those present
included Mrs. Margaret Kennedy,
Mrs. M. Olsen, Mrs. George Watt,
Mrs. Tom Lee, and Mrs. Ernie
Massman, Mrs. Watt had high
score.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04

Some parts of the u.,
were having a baby blizz.s sa .
day morning. The sun kent =.
to shine through. Rural rod ~ " J
drifting.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04

There'n be a telephone linz
ting the town squarely in h.,
may encourage building on
privately owned lots.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04

This ue generation Montana picture represents gears
Fzathead
FIahead meyqoed she's
looking at her great granddaughter e geneatoms
left
mother, Lininger
in
Falls and Mrs: Johnston Mves KalispeM
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04

in 1920 being forwarded to the
March of Dimes.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-02-04

A basket social at Mountain
View tavern January 26 resulted