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Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10
SELBYVMLE

The flowers on the Chancel table
On Sunday were in memory Of Miss
Rebecca MeCabe, placed there by
her class mates, and Miss Barbara
Greenberg.
The Baccalaurate Sermon was
delivered to the, members of the
graduating class Of the .Sebyville
High School in the Salem Church
by Rev. Jarvis the commencement
exercises will be held on Friday
evening in the High school audi
torium.
Mrs Brice McCabe and daughters
left on Thursday of last week to
spend some time with her mother,
Mrs. McCrave in Easley S. G.
Mrs. Ida Townsend returned TO
her home on Monday after receiv-
ing treatment in the Beebe Hospit-
al, Lewes for a broken arm, that
she received in a former auto ac-
cident. Mrs. Joanne Evans, r. N.
will take care of her.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Vol
unteer Firemen will hold their re-
gular monthly meeting on Thurs
day evening in the Firemen Hall,
with their pres, Mrs. Paul Pepper
presiding, and the chairman for
the entertainment will be Mrs.
Donald Simpler.
Mrs. Walter. Long returned back
to the Temple Hospital Philadei-
phia, for treatment last week, and
Mr.. Long and son Elisha e. Long
and Mr.. and Mrs Straton BurbagC
of Oceanview visited her on Sun
day.
Mrs. c. w. Wilgus, Mrs. Nettie
West and Mrs. Kathryn Browne
visited Mrs. Hettie Lynch in the
Sunnview Nursing Home in Del.
mar on Sunday.
Mrs. Gladys Hudson and sister
Mrs. Paul Murray attended the
Commencement Exercises of Mrs
Hudson's son-in-law Mr.. Carl Mar
cas- at the University of MarylanC
on Saturday and Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
Gus returned home with her Il
spend this week, after which the.
will return back to their home il
College Park Md.
Mr.. Robert McCabe of Whining
ton spent the weekend with hi
mother and husband Mr.. ana Mrs
Ray Grapperhaus and his sister
Nancy McCabe.
Miss Lois Hudson spent tn
weekend with her Grand mother
Mrs. Clara Hudson Little George
town. while her mother spent tn
weekend in College Park Md.
Miss Rosaie Lewes who is a stu
dent nurse i'm Duke Hospital Dun
ham, N. c. spent the weekend wit
her sister and husband, Mr.. an
Mrs, Calvin DOwney.
MIR. and Mrs. Leo Enoch will ell
tertain two CT his sisters of Ne,
York City next week.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

sis of the annual trip to New York
by the Senior Class. A short record
of the various clubs with their Of
ficers listed including: Shop club,
Stagecraft club, Mathematics club,
Commercial club, National Science
club, Art club, Atheletic Associa-
tion, Literary club, Chemistry club
and Delaware History club, The
book closes with the 10 command
ments left by the Senior Class.
The Harrington Fire Company
answered two alarms starting off
this month, on Wednesday night
about II P. NJ, they were sum
moned to a chimney fire at the
home of Will Cain on Handley ST.,
no damage was reported the fire
being out when the company ar
rived. On Thursday around p. M,
they extinguished a grass fire
ithout damage.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Ward Of Cam
cen were guests of his parents Mr.
and Mrs. William Wards the past
week.
Mrs. William Ward spent the
past weekend with friends in Bel
/ lefonte, Pa.
/ Mrs. Claude Miller has returned
home after spending the past two
weeks with friends in Grafton
Viva. and Baltimore Md
The annual baccalaurate as pre-
ached by the Rev. Daniel Pritch
ard in Trinity Methodist Church OIL
Sunday morning at II o'clock, i
was union service with Asbur.
Church with choir and the Rev
Harry Wright assisting. Trinit,
/ Church was crowded and SOM
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

what smaller then Asbury church
and dose not have a balcony.
The regular monthly, meeting Of
the Harrington Fire Company was
held Monday night. Quick work on
the part of Charles Price police
officer on night duty patroling Dor
man ST., about a. m, Monday
morning prevented what might
have been a serious blaze when he
discovered a small around the gar
age of Mr.. MCLEAN, a railroad SUI
pervisor who resides on Fleming
ST., officer Price who saw the blaze
from the next street back, hurried
around to the Mclean home and
notified them of the fire and then
turned in the alarm. No damage
was reported only a small hole
burned in the garage. Mr.. MCLEAN
admitted he had a rubbage fire go
ing that had not been entirely ex-
tinguished.
Mrs. Virginia Clarkson gave a
birthday surprise dinner in honor
OF her brother William Moore OF
Wilmington on Sunday. The guests
besides Mr.. and Mrs. Moore includ-
cd Mrs. Anna Wyatt, Mr.. and Mrs
William Braynard and son of Will
mlngtOn; Mr.. and Mrs. James Cor.
win, Dover; Walter Moore, Mil:
ford; and Mrs. Alvin More, Miss
Anna Camper, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
nam Clarkson, Mrs. Ula Mae Jones
ana children Dale and Virginia
Dlehl all of Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Hall spen
sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Rober
Fisher near Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Roach O
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

Georgetown spent Saturday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Tee.
At meeting of the w. S. G.. S.
of Trinity Methodist Church, Har-
rington, on Tuesday evening, plans
we're made for a pantry shower and
party to welcome the new pastor
and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. Daniel
]. Pritchard, to be held on Thurs
day evening, June 16, at the church
at S:15 o'clock. It is hoped that
all members and friends Of the
church viii be present.
st. Stephens Church
Episcopal
Fleming Street
Sunday, June 12, 1949.
Trinity Sunday
5 9:15 a. M, Holy Communion and
sermon.
Filbert is another name for the halle
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10
To Pay $114,123
In Land Awards
CONTINUED from nrsE passl

Ncontnueo AOn ukst pasoy
est share of the awards. Others who
will receive awards include Her
bert H. Ward, Jr., trustee ad litem
for the citizens of Lewes, $1,500;
Mark r. Mckee, $13,475.23; Max B.
Mckee, 13,475.23; Sussex Sand
Company, $24124; Lewes Sand Co.,
S13,O26.24; Martin l.. Black and
Harry R. Draper, $724.45; Cape
Henlopen Surf Club, $9,137.38, and
Fannie Mason English, $496.60.
The. condemnation action was
started by the government on July
z. l941.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

snuff, made from the leaves of to-
bacco and other plants, originated in
the western hemisphere before Col
umbus reached it.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

The estimated number Of jake boxes
operating in the United States now Is
275.0O0
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

The winning players shares IN the
1913 World Series, which saw each
Cleveland Indian collect $6,77205. set
a new record.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

Man o. War established five track
records in his II starts as a three year.
old
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

Filbert is another name for the halle
nut.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
D. {. Inferchurch Group
Praises Jefferson COLLEGE

Trustees of jefferson Military
College at Washington. Miss, were
congratulated today in a letter
from the Interchurch Fellowship
Of Washington, D. c., for refusing
a $50,000.0 gift based on the
teaching Of white supremacy and
States rights.
Addressed to S. N. Murphy, ex-
ecutive chairman of the trustees,
the letter was signed by DR.. Fred
erick E. Reissig, president of the
Interchurch Fellowship and exec
utive secretary Of the Washington
Federation of Churches.
The endowment offer was made
several days ago by Judge George
Armstrong, wealthy landowner and
Gilman Of Natchez, Miss. He made
a condition requiring the teaching
Of "the superiority Of the Anglo
Saxon and Latin American races"
B ut took courage for you, In
Mississippi. tb resist the outspoken
white supremacy and conserva-
tive political views Of Judge ARM
strong" the letter read. I'VE salute
you for that courage"
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Queens Chapel Road
Dedication SET Nov. 26

The new Queens Chapel road
extension in West Hyattsville will
be dedicated In ceremonies at 2::30
pm. November 26.
The extension, eliminating an
old traffic bottleneck just over the
District line. has been open for
the last few weeks, although con-
tractors still are applying finish
ing touches to the project.
Dedication ceremonies will in
clude the crowning Of Miss
Hyattsville, q band concert and
brief remarks by visiting State
and Prince Georges County off,
cials.
The program is being spon-
sored by merchants and other
businessmen OF the area.
= Selection Of Miss Hyattsville
will be based on balloting in
weekly newspapers of Hyattsville.
So far. there are II candidates,
with Miss Thelma Tippett of 4701
Tanglewood drive, Miss Mary
Ellen Owens. SLOT .Forty-second
avenue, and Miss Marjorie Allen,
1901 Forty-first avenue, in the
lead,
Evening star., 1949-11-07
AcetyIene Torches Release Boy
Who Locked Himself in Vault

Eleven-year-old Johnnie Arnold
is back to normal today after
spending a panicky hour yester-
day trapped inside an abandoned
vault. where he had sought refuge
from playful buddies..
He was rescued by members Of
Fire Rescue Squad No. /, who
cut through the vaults half-inch
steel door with acetylene torches.
The whole thing happened
while Jonnies was playing with
members of the Stagecrafter's
football team. a teen-age team In
the Boys Club League. He's their
water boy.
The team returned from prac-
tice to their locker room yesterday
in the basement of the Stage
crafter's Club. 433 Third street
NV. with Johnnie tagging along.
His buddies began kidding john
ME about having big ears. and
decided to do q little ear-pulling,
the boy said. So he lodged into
the vault. located in the basement,
and quickly swung the steel doors
shut. 1t was then he heard the
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Neighborhood Concert
Tickets Now Ready
For Distribution

Cards of admission for the
first of this seasons Neighbor-
hood Concerts by the National
Symphony Orchestra, under
the sponsorship Of The Eve
ming Star, tos be given at
Western High School Novem-
Der IA, can be obtained with
out charge at the following
places:
Western High School, Cor
don Junior High School, Key,
Fillmore, Corcoran, Hardy,
Stoddert and Grant Elemen-
tary Schools; the Recreation
Department at Sixteenth and
Lamont streets NV. and the
Business Counter in the lobby
of The Evening Star Building.
The concert will be broad
cast by Station WMAL, start
ling at 9 pm.
Evening star., 1949-11-07

metallic click as the lock slipped
into place.
His friends tried to free him by
removing the hinges from the
vault door. but the door wouldn't t
bulge. So they sent for aid and
began singing to keep up Johnnie's S
courage.
"They were singing Mary Had
q Little Lamb" Johnnie said
later. II told them to keep quiet.
Members Of Rescue Squad No. /
cut a small hole in the top Of one
door with torches for ventilation
and then cut through the bottom.
Finally they tossed water on the
door to cool the steel and Johnnie
emerged smiling.
The vault at one time held
records of q Masonic lodge once
located in the building.
Oscar r. Lewis, caretaker there,
said today, he, couldn't understand
why the door locked.
1--WE been in there dozens Of
times and closed those DOORS" he
said. "It never locked before"
Johnnie, a fourth-grade stu
dent at Seaton School, is the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Arnold. They
live at 207 e street NV.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
6y the Assoeie fed Press

GLEN BURNIE, Md, Nov. t.
A 43-year-old shipyard worker,
his wife and nine children were
homeless today after fire de-
stroyed their eight-room frame
house at nearby Dorsey, Md.
The father, Walter Wieland.
was burned on his hands, head
and feet while saving six Of his
children from the blaze.
His wife was burned on the
head, and a 3-year-old daughter
suffered face burns.
The Jessup Fire Company,
which had two trucks at the
scene, said it had not been de-
termined how the fire started.
"They told me that everybody
was asleep, and they woke up to
find half the house afire, a fire.
man SAID. It was reported about
$3.50 am. yesterday.
Mr.. Wieland guided five Of the
younger children out Of the house
and raised a ladder to an upstairs
window, enabling another to
climb down. A s6n. Fred. p. es-
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Irish Double for Hedy Lamar
On WoyHere to Live, Seek Job
Often Mistaken
Aboard Ship for
Glomorous Stur

A pretty. dark-haired double for
Actress Hedy Lamar, straight out
of Ireland. is coming to Washing
ton to live and hopes to get a job
as a hairdresser.
Mistaken numerous times on
shipboard for the glamorous screen
star. 23-year-old Hanna Lenihan,
from Blarney. County Cork. is due
here soon to live with an aunt.
Mrs. j. M. Martzolf, 613 Upshur
street NV.
Questioned at length and photo
graphed as many times on her ar
rival in New York Saturday, Miss
Lenihan:
Repeatedly denied she was Miss
Lamar.
Expressed the hope of finding q
job In Washington.
Expressed interest In an other
wise unidentified sailor on the
U. s. s. Leyte.
Hoped "for quiet life" here.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Book Exhibit Planned
By PTA in Chevy Chase

More than 300 books will be on
display at the ''book exhibit" of
the Chevy Chase Elementary
School Parent-Teacfer Associa-
ton Wednesday through Friday.
At 2 pm. each of the three
days. an authority on books will
discuss books for Christmas buy
ing. The books on exhibit will be
for sale. Tea will be served.
The speakers are Mrs. Edward
F.. Rowse, chfldren's librarian at
the Bethesda Public Library, who
will talk on Wednesday and
Thursday, and Miss Alice Robin
son, Montgomery County super
visor of elementary school libra
ries, who will speak on Friday.
Mrs. William A. Furman, jr., is
general chairman of the exhibit.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Woman Is Questioned
In Laurel Man S Death

Maryland State police at Wa
terloo today were investigating
the death of a 47-year-old Laurel
man who died in a Baltimore
hospital yesterday about 10 hours
after being found unconscious In
his bed.
The victim, Harry Kercherville,
was fully clothed when found in
bed at his home In Laurel about
2 am. yesterday, according to
Trooper Glenn Bowman, who
went there in response to a tele-
phone call for police.
~ He died about 1890 am. in
University Hospital from head in
juries which police said were in
hicted by a fiat object"
An autopsy was to be performed
today at the Baltimore Morgue.
A woman identified as Mabel
Wax, 46, Of Laurel is being held at
the, Waterloo barracks for ques-
tioning. Police were told she had
been living at Mr.. Kercherville's
house and had been involved In
an argument with him. She told
police she did not know what had
happened to MIR. Kercherville.
The investigation is being con-
Quoted by Detective Sergt. Wilton
May.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Area Scout Troop Leaders
Hold Training Course
spseioI pi.poteh 10 The s,ar

RAPIDAN. Va. Nov. 7.-Snow
hurries gave a realistic touch to
a winter training course for about
IS troop leaders Of the National
Capital Area Council, Boy Scouts
Of America, which was conducted
during the week end at Camp
Herbert Hoover, near here.
Leaders were present from the
area between Frederick, Md, and
Fredericksburg, Va.
The course was conducted at
the trout fishing retreat of for
mer President Hoover, $500 feet
above sea level, near the eastern
border Of the Shenandoah Ma
tional Park.
A similar course viii be held
next week end at Camp Roosevelt
on the Chesapeake Bay.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
In Your Hands, This Little Girl Found New Health and Happiness

This is my little sister Linda. F"
Laura said. isn't she ugly?"
The finger painting was nearly
done. The. grotesque face, with
its jagged, pointed teeth, glared
out from its background of lurid
green.
Laura, now IL, had begun hating
Linda almost as soon as the young
er child was born. Sickley herself
since she was little, Laura always
before had commanded anxious
attention from her mother. Even
when being punished she had felt
thought of, valued. Then Linda
came and after four years Laura
felt her resentment growing to a
point she could hardly bear.
II hate Linda, she always gets
in my way" Laura told herself.
"She never gets blamed for any
thing because she's the youngest.
She's lazy. she won't even dress
herself. She's so messy. She
keeps most of her clothes on her
bed and likes to keep her toys In
her drawer. And mother lets her
get away with II"
But Laura never told her par
ents about her feelings. When
she had a chance she took it out
on Linda herself. as when they
played house and Laura would
make Linda the governess and
give her orders. Once, when they
were on the way to Sunday school
together she kicked her.
There was plenty Of time for
Laura's resentment to tester.
Stricken with pneumonia when
she was only year old. Laura
was not merely thin, subject to
colds. nervous, but she found her
self tormented with choking.
frightening asthma. She had
trouble sleeping at night. Often
she was cooped up at home. Even
when she was In school she felt
timid. withdrawn, never raised her
hand. She wanted friends. but
they didn't seem to want her.
On happy holiday occasions she
usually was in bed, sick. There
was only one advantage then.
Mother paid more attention to
her. 4.
Emotiona1ly upset herself and
desperate about her daughters
health, Laura's mother begged the
doctor for help. He recommended
a clinic.
Laura and her mother went to
the clinic every week for a year.
In the playroom Laura usually
ignored the toys and just talked
to the smiling woman she found
there. At first hesitant, later she
began to talk easily and found it
relieved her.
On her second visit, she drew a
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Woman Dies Of Burns
After Heater BIust

Mrs. Virginia Countee, SO, COL
ored, died yesterday in Casualty
Hospital of burns she received
Friday when a coal fired water
heater exploded in her kitchen at
1923 Second street NE.
Mrs. Counteesz wife of Robert
Countee, a District cab driver,
suffered severe burns over most
of her body. police said.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Metals Society to Dine

The Washington Chapter Of the
American Society for Metals will
hold dinner at 6:15 pm. No
vember n at the Dodge Hotel.
Leo p. Tarasov, metallurgist engi-
neer with the Norton Co.. Worces-
ter, Mass, will speak to the group
after the dinner on 4Metallurgi-
cal Aspects OF Grinding" There
will be q magician's act BY Sam
Marcus and music BY Les avers.
Evening star., 1949-11-07

portrait of Linda. It was the first
time she revealed her jealousy. She
made many more.
Laura's mother, meanwhile,
talked with another understanding
woman. She found herself ad-
rnitting that. as a mother, she had
failed in many ways-she had been
too strict. too unsympathetic. had
shown too much favor to her
younger child, lost her temper too
often. And for the first time, she
learned about the jealousy preying
on Laura's mind, and that it had
Evening star., 1949-11-07
parneII Thomas Trial
Put Off Another Week
On Plea Of Attorney

The trial Of Representative ].
Parnell Thomas. Republican. Of
New Jersey today ives tentatively
reset for next Monday. Mr.
Thomas is accused of conspiracy
to defraud the Government by
padding his Office payroll.
william H. Collins, attorney for
Thomas, asked the postponement
because he is representing an
other client in a case now being
tried.
Mr.. Collins told reporters he
doubted he would be free to ap-
pear for. Mr.. Thomas until two
weeks from today. On next Mon
day, he may ask another weeks
postponement.
Mr.. Collins is q defense attorney
In the trial before Judge Matthew
F. MCGUIRE Of William tSnags)
Lewis and .13 co-defendants on
gambling charges.
The Thomas trial has been post
poned a number of times because
of the defendants illness with a
stomach disorder. A former
chairman Of the House Committee
on Un-American Activities, Mr..
Thomas, 81, was examined by pri-
vate physicians named by the
court recently and was pronounced
fit for trial. He was indicted a
year ago with his former secre-
tary, Miss Helen Campbell.
When court opened today United
States Attorney George Morris Fay
announced the Government was
ready, but Mr.. Collins explained
he was busy in another court.
Judge Alexander Holtzof then set
the Thomas case down again for
next Monday.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
FomiIy Of II Made Homeless
As Fire Destroys Dorsey Home

capped by jumping from a second
story window. Two children
were not at home.
Mrs. Thelma' Zuck, a neighbo,
at Dorsey, today took Mrs. Vie
land and the nine children into
her home temporarily. The tus-
band was In bed with his injuries
at the home OF another friend
Norman Poehlman.
Mrs. Wieland said she had been
given enough clothing for the
children but needs furniture and
food.
Evening star., 1949-11-07

gets almost all AS and Bs and
raises her hand at every question.
She has joined q recreation club
and the Scouts and even was
elected class president. At home,
she still is inclined sometimes to
regard 6-year-old Linda as pest, :"
but one who is growing up a little"
and her mother doesn't think
there is anything abnormal in this.
AS for the asthma, it is under
control. And when she paints,
Laura's pictures no longer have a
sinister meaning.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Stewart Tells Court
OF Catching Wife in
Hotel Room With Man

A former congressional legal
adviser. seeking a divorce from
his pretty, blond wife OF two years
on an adultery charge, today de-
scribed In District Court how he
caught his wife with another man
in hotel room after q bit of
preliminary sleuthing.
Johnston Fraser Stewart, 80,
made the accusation against his
wife as trial got under way be-
fore Judge F. Dickinson Let's.
Mrs. Betty Ann Stewart, who is
about IS, also has filed divorce
action against her husband.
charging cruelty. Her case, how
ever, is not yet on trial.
Mr.. Stewart testified today that
shortly after midnight Of June II
1948, about nine months after his
marriage here, he learned his wife
had an appointment with an out
of-town man at the Maylower
Hotel. He said he and his lawyer
Perry Bonner, saW Mrs. Stewart
leave the Stewards apartment
house in the 1900 block of Sew
enteenth street NV. in festive
attire" Mr.. Stewart said she
bounced" into "a taxicab and
drove hurriedly to the hotel, where
she went to q ninth-floor room.
Tells of Listening at Door.
The witness added that he and
his lawyer, with their ears pressed
to the door Of the room, listened
awhile before Attorney Bonner
sternly shouted: 'tThis is the
house detective. Get, that
woman out Of herei"
Mr.. Stewart said that when the
door was opened his lawyer
Jammed his foot inside and both
men showed the door open. Once
inside, the witness added. he saw
q man OF his wife's acquaintance
pinned" behind the door. The
man was clad only in an under
shirt, MIR. Stewart declared.
He added that his wife "in
tones Of great righteous indigna-
tion" demanded "just what is the
reason for this intrusion?" and
later told her husband to "stop
this foolishness and come right
home with me-"
Says He "Sponged" on Her.
Mr.. Stewart said. however, he
has not lived with his wife since
Mrs. Stewart. identified as q
hostess for an exhibit house a,
the time in question, has charged
in her suit that her husband mar
ried her for the sole purpose" o1
"sponging" on her. She added
that during the time they were
living together she paid all the
bills except the rent, which Mr.
Stewart contributed and as .
result she is now destitute
Evening star., 1949-11-07

much to do with her child's phys
ical affliction-her asthma.
Laura's mother now has tenn
pered the sternness that used to
be in her voice. She stops herself
from raging about the disheveled
living room. She does not snap at
Laura, Go do your room!" She
knows Laura herself soon will tire
of the disorder and remedy it.
She is not Mortified by back talk
she has learned she must expect it.
Laura goes to school eagerly
now. Instead of CS and DIS, she
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Church Group PIons Buzuur

The Women's Society OF the
First Congregational Church will
hold its annual bazaar from 10
am. to s pm. Wednesday and
from noon to Z pm. Thursday at
the church, Tenth and q streets
NV. Mrs. Harvey w. Goddard.
president OF the society, an
nounced today.