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Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10
Hornemakers Plan
Short Course Events
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Among the special features will
be an Illustrated lecture on soil
conservation, a play by the Unl-
yersity Drama Group, flower ar
rangement display, picture-fram-
ing demonstration, skits by the.
Philadelphia Dairy Council, an or
can recital. demonstration on
salads and daily analysis Of head
line news.
Two trips have been scheduled
one to LOngwood Gardens, on
Thursday evening; the other to
Governor Bacon Health Center, on
Friday afternoon.
Thursday. June 16, has been des-
ignated as Visitors Day" an
nounces Miss Holloway, who
stresses that any women, whether
or not they are home demonstra-
ton club members are invited to
take part in this days program.
Registration will be at $3.50 in
Wolf Hall, at which time luncheon
arrangements for visitors will be
available.
Certificates will be awarded to
women who have attended the Short
Course for 10 years. Three home
makers are scholarship winners tC
this years Short Course, as sweep
stakes winners in the art and nee
dlework department of the Kent
Sussex Fair last summer. They are
Miss Gladys FARRELL, FELTON,; Mrs
Agnes Wooten, seaford; and Mrs
Crerar Bennett, Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

will enter high school in the fall
and we wish for them much sue
cess and we feel sure if they keep
Faith In America" they will sue
ceed.
We are sorry to report Mrs. Dam
iel Roe has been on the sick list
and we hope she will soon be bet
ter
Captain Randolph Graham Coo
per, who has been stationed for the
past two and one half years with
the Eighth Army in Yokohama,
japan, with Mrs. Cooper and daugh-
ter, Elizabeth, returned to the Uni
ted States last week and are Wis
iting his mother, Mrs. Marguerite
G. Cooper, brother Julius and aunt,
Mrs. Ernest w. Simpson. After a
months furlOugh, he will be sta
toned in Fort Bliss, Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Marvel, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Maxwell and son
Stephen of Wilmington, spent the
weekend at the home of their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Mar
vel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hawkins OF
Washington, D. c.. spent several
days of the past week visiting their
nieces, Mrs. Edna Sapp and daugh-
ters. and Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Simpson and family. Mrs. Hawk
ms will be remembered as the for
mer Miss Anna Thistlewood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones and daughter
of Dover and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R
Brittingham were Sunday visitors
at RehobOth.
( Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill ThistlewOOt
and Mr.. and Mrs. c. V. Wilkersol
of Milford, George B. ThistlewooC
and Larry Greenlee were callers
at KenwoOd, the farm home of tn
Jack Kennedys, near Wilmington
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Webb an
daughter Eileen we're also Sunda,
visitors of the Kennedys.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10
BLANCHARD'S STATION

Mr.. Howard Calhoun, who has
heen a patient in the Delaware
Hospital, Wilmington, for several
weeks, returned to the home of mis-
son Medford Calhoun and family
last Monday and is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garlic Hollis of
Phila., recently spent the weekend
here with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin Hollis.
Mrs. Clara Stuart of Magnolia,
has been a recent guest of her nice
Mrs. Richard Allen and MIR. Allen.
Mrs. Thomas Shockley and
daughter of Millsboro, spent We'd
nesday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thurman Adams.
Mrs. Helen Harmon and son,
Ralph, attended the funeral of
their cousin, Mrs. Dasia Tunnel
Ellis of Frankford, which was held
in the Watson-Gray Funeral Home
at 2 p. m. Wednesday, June 1st,
with interment in the Georgetown
Cemetery, beside her husband who
passed away 16 years ago. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ellis were the founders of the
Ellis Memorials of Frankford
many years ago. Mrs. Ellis is sur
vived by three sons. Charles, AL
4 fred and John, Jr. The oldest son
Charles is now owner of the busi-
ness.
Mrs. J. Herbert Edgell was a
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt Str
niger and son. of Phila., Friday an6
Saturday of last week.
Several from here attended the
| Greenwood Glass night exercise:
on Friday night.
Mrs. Helen Harmon called on Mr.
and Mrs, Clarence Parker O.
Bridgeville, Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Thomas O.
Hobbs, Md, called en- Mr.. and Mrs
j. H. Edgell, Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Helen Harmon and RalpI
were Sunday evening guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Wroten, Sunda,
evening.
Walter Mills attended a business
meeting in Salisbury, Monda,
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Swain at
} tended the funeral of his mother OF
Friday at 2 p. M, held in Cokes
bury Church with interment in ad
i joining cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10
HOUSTON

Church news fer Sunday, June
II: The usual schedule, Sunday
school at 10 o'clock. a. IN. Howard
r. Moore, superintendent, with Ed
win Prettyman, assistant. Preach
ing at II a. m. by the pastor, Rev.
w. Stanley Grant. At 1900 p. m. is
the NJ. Y. F., and 1880 p. IN. is the
song service, and hour of wor-
ship. Mid-week prayer meeting on
Wednesday night. Come out, at
tend these meetings, you will en-
joy them and be helped.
Afternoon services will be held
at Millwood Church School at l:30
O'Clock p. M, followed by preach
ing at 2:3O o'clock by Rev. w. 5.
Grant, pastor.
The services on Sunday morning
were large in attendance, there be-
ing 1O9 present in Sunday school,
and a good number for the hour OF
worship. The minister read 16
verses from the second chapter OF
Acts for the morning lesson and he
chose his text from Acts 9Th chap
ter and 5th verse "And the saying
pleased the whole multitude, and
they chose Stephen, man full OF
faith and of the Holy Ghost" ano
Philip and Prochorus and Nicacrol
and Tunon, and Parmenas and Nj
coils, Proselyte of Antioch. The
choir sang "Hallelujah" and Mrs
Emory Webb, soloist, chose the
beautiful old number, 20 Lamb o.
God" as her selection.
On Sunday, June 10, Fathers
Day will be observed in the morn
ming and Children's Day exercises
will be held in the evening.
The graduating exercises of th
Houston Public School will be hell
on Friday night, June 10, in tn
school house, beginning at eigh
o'clock. There are six members VIII
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

attended their daughter Mary Louis
graduation from Janita College at
Huntingdon, Pa. on Monday.
Robert Hoch left today for AL
lentown, Pa, where he win play
baseball with the Cardinals.
The Cub Scouts under their lead
er and some parents, visited the
Zoo and Franklin Institute in PHIL
adelphia on Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10
BRIDGEyILLE
Union Methodist Church
L. L. WimbrOw, Minister
Sunday, June II

Il. Il. NlmbrOWs Minister
Sunday, June ~
The church school will meet in
all departments at 10 a. m. Final
work on the childrens program
will be done. Keep up the good
attendance all through the sum-
mer. G. C. Richards, superinten-
dent.
Children's Program, baptismal
service at IL a. m. The pastor will
administer the sacrament of bap-
tism to any one who desires it,.
Then follows the annual program
by the children, directed by the
departmental superintendents. G..
Clayton Richards, superintendent,
will preside. Parents; friends, and
lovers of little children will not
want to miss this interesting hour
All are invited.
NJ. Y. F. Rehoboth Trip: Follow
ing an annual custom, the youth
will go by truck to Rehoboth fol
the closing meeting Of the sea son
The truck will be at the church at
/ p. m. and will leave for RenoDO..
shortly thereafter, and return
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

Mrs. Lii Thornton and children,
Joe and Petey Of Salisbury, were
dinner guests of Mrs. e. X. Hoch
on Tuesday evening.
Kenneth Baker spent Tuesday in
Woodsbury, Md. visiting his mo-
ther, Mrs. N. T. Baker. Mrs. Baker
will return home with him for a
two weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry w. Cannon
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

Nobody knows who first made glass,
but glass beads have been found in
Egyptian graves believed to date back
1000 years.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10

Here's why Nash offers the
in size-in Style--in features
performance-in economy!
1t is the first car with the Gird
built, Untitled BOdy-and-FramC
revolutionary development tn
means more for your money. Nor
in safety, with less weight. Nor
in roadabilityl
1t is the reason a Nash only 62
inches high has more road clear
ance than before. 1t provides more
interior room for comfort with
seats SO wide they can turn into
Twin Beds.
1t is the reason why Nash has the
smoOtheSt ride known, with all
four wheels cushioned by coil
springs.
1t is why a Nash has incredible
security on curves . and econ
omy never before poSSible-with
better than 25 miles to the gallon
, 1949-05-26
TWO COUNCILS TO.
CONSIDER PAY
PLAN; MAY REJECT

The Pay Plan, which is the
cause Of much dissatisfaction
among municipal employees,
will be passed upon by the To-
cal Council and the St. Tho
mas body, which is also sche-
duled to meet in that island
tonight. Indications are that
the St. Thomas Council will
reject the Plan, if it cannot
be amended, because of the
discrepancies in some salary
ranges.
A conference with the Ad-
ministration may be held be-
tore any action is taken.
Much dissatisfaction has al
SO been expressed here which
may also result in similar ac-
ton, unless a way is found
whereby the law can be amend
ed.
, 1949-05-26
GOVERNOR MARIN
SAYS PRESS CAN
STATE :

Commenting on a bill which
was passed by the Puerto Ri
can legislature to create a
press institute, to regulate the
practice of professional Jour
nalism, Governor Munoz Ma
rim said that he would veto it.
He said he had always been
against any legislation of that
kind. Neither the state nor the
press are perfect or saints, but
the press can improve the
State. The State, however,
cannot improve the press.
The bill, which was passed
by both houses of the local
Congress, would set up a vol
untary code of ethics and
create a sense of responsible
ity toward the people, its pro-
Continued on Page ~
, 1949-05-26
Recommends Race
Track Be Turned Over
For Public Use

The Municipal Committee
has recommended to the Gov
ernor that Manning's Bay race
track be made available for
public use, through a response
bic island-wide organization.
Such an organization is the
New St. Croix Turf Club.
Administrator Taylor, who
also gave favorable report on
he project has notified the
1fficers of the organization
70 proceed with their plans for
improvement and any devel-
opment they consider neces-
9ary until the documents for
the formal transfer are COM
pleted,
Officers of the Club are:
Ralph de Chabert, president,
Laurence w. Merrill, Manag-
er and whose duties include
that of vice president, w,
Ethelbert Messer, secretary
treasurer. The executive COM
mittee is comprised Of DR.. D.
CONTINUED on Page a.
, 1949-05-26
Hon. Roy P. Gordon
Returns To st. Thomus
After Confub.

Chairman Roy P. Gordon,
of the St, Thomas Municipal
Council who came to St. Croix
on Tuesday of this week for a
conference with members of
the local body, returned this
morning to be On time for a
meeting Of the St. Thomas
body, scheduled for tonight.
Mr.. Gordon discussed the
amendments suggested by the
Continued on Page ~
, 1949-05-26
Stewart French Now
With Department
OF Interior Comm.

Stewart French, who was
Executive Assistant to former
Governor Charles Harwood is
now Secretary of the Interior
Department Committee ON in
sular affairs in the Senate, ac-
cording to a report in the St.
Thomas Daily News.
Mr.. French is well known
and was very popular in St.
Croix, largely because of his
friendly attitude towards
everyone.
, 1949-05-26
Miss Leonu Duvis
Wins Shorthand
Contest Prize

Miss Leona E. Davis, secre-
tary to the Administrator for
St. Croix, was among the prize
winners in a competition.with
other writers Of Pitman Short
hand in which almost every
country in the Western Hemis
phere and even some of the
Old World, were represented,
according to a report publish
ed in the recent issue of the
Journal published by the
.Pitman Company with head
quarters in New York.
Prior to winning the Second
Prize, in a contest with
such keen competition, Miss
Davis received honorable men
ton three times within a year.
Among those taking part were
contestants from Brazil, Chile,
British Guiana, Canada, and
continental United States. The
winner Of the first prize was
Mrs. Charlie Mathews of Har-
vey, Illinois, and the third to
Miss Sarah A, White of New
Continued on Page -
, 1949-05-26
DR.. RALPH BUNCHE
DECLINES POST AS
ASST.SEC'Y of STATE

DR.. Ralph Bunche has de-
clined an offer by President
Truman to become Assistant
Secretary of State, it was an
nounced in Washington.
The Acting Mediator for
Palestine said he was honored
by the offer but could not ac-
cept because he feels that his
duties as Senior Director of the
United Nations Trusteeship
Council are too important to
leave.
, 1949-05-26
Wage und Hour Bill:
Up For Discussion
In Council Today

One of the important items
on the agenda at today's meet
ing of the local Council is the
Wage and Hour Bill, introduc
ed by the Honorable Ludwig
Harrigan.
Another measure of impor-
lance will be the Tax Exemp-
ton Bill, which is expected to
be passed.
, 1949-05-26

In what may be one of the last steps toward a permanent settlement
of the Holy Land conflict, the United Nations Cancellation Commits
sion for Palestine, in Lausanne, Switzerland, is now sponsoring
ArabIsraeli exploratory talks on the terms of a final peace Here,
the Commissions Principal Secretary, Pablo de Azcarate, discusses
the days order of business with Chairman Mark Ethridge OF the
United States, and the Turkish Representative II. @. Yalcln.
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He wasn't tense and nervous the way you
expected men and horses to be before great
test. He was. and she could feel it, so fright
ened that he was suffering. Her heart went
out to him and she bit her lip to keep it from
trembling. All during the weeks she had
worked with him. training the big horse,
she had believed in him. Suddenly, impul-
sively she reached out and touched his arm.
He smiled at her them.
Mike O'Brien put surcingle over the
pointed back end Of the racing saddle, cinched
it tight. The horse plunged. Instinctively
Jack Adams stepped to his head.
Cut that out, you devil" he said and he
hoped his voice sounded not like his own
voice, but like the voice of someone who had
spoken lightly and laughed in the tight cor
ners. He reached up his hand, ran it down the
sleek muzzle, saw the wide nostrils pulsating,
saw that the horse was trembling.
Continued on page l8
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to the horse. There was Mike o 'Brien, smooth
ing the saddle ON, and all the time the great
chestnut beast was rearing and phlnging and
rolling his eyes.
Then Jack saw Kathleen coming toward
him and his nervousness turned to warmth.
He was used to seeing her in jeans and turtle
neck sweater. Now she was astonishingly
pretty in tweed suit. When she reached him
she took his hand.
Jack" she said, Fathers near having
fit he's 50 nervous. Can you quiet the horse
some?"
He laughed.
Can / quiet him?" he said. TN try,
but 80" He broke off, looked sharply at
her. Why's Mike 50 neryous?"
Her answer came quickly.
Because he bought the horse for Harvey
Stiles and Father believes in the horse - but
Harvey Stiles heard this day that Ruddigore
is no proper race horse and he's saying Father
just bought him because of the fat commits
sion he made on the deal"
She looked into his face out of wide open
blue eyes. Wouldn't you be nervous? Under
the circumstances"
Il am nervous under the circumstances"
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by Eric Hatch
illustrated BY Perry Petersen

favorite. In those days it gave him lift, watch
ing the betting-and a sense of responsibility,
because he couldn't help knowing that many
of the people were betting on the horse he
rode only because he was riding it. He ran his
eyes down the long list Of names now until he
found his horse - "Ruddigore" The figures
opposite the name shocked him: ISL" =.
They think even less of him than do, " he
said. Then added quickly, mo. that isn't
fair. He's great horse just wild" He
smiled then grimly. He was thinking of the
visit laundering Harvey Stiles had made him
the night before. to tell him how much win
ming the race meant to him and of his crassness.
Stiles thought money could get you anything.
WHEN Stiles had gone, Jack Adams found
two thousand dollar bills stuck under the tele-
phone in the hall. He had felt, when he picked
them up. as if he were taking a bride. A
gentleman-rider - even trainer" - did not
get paid that way. Yet Jack Adams had taken
the money - and taking it had made him
hate himself. He glanced at the blackboard
again. The bookmaker was writing down new
odds. This time the figure after Ruddigore
was "20-1." The bookmaker's assistant said,
Pretty high on that horse, aren't you. Harry?
The others might all drop dead you know"
Jack Adams heard the boolie laugh.
so what?" he said. They still wouldn't
be as washed up as the poor guy that riding
this one.''
Sudden color surged into Jack Adams gray
cheeks. This twenty-to-one business was not
what they thought of the horse. 1t was what
they thought of him. He pushed through the
crowd.
Hello, Harry" he said to the bookie.
why. Mr.. Adams! Good to see you back
at the tracks again, SIR. Want to have little
bet on the horse you're riding?"
" Jack Adams looked him squarely in the eyes.
"Yes," he said. 1.-TWO thousand dollars"
The bookmaker started. His eyes popped,
and Jack laughed shortly. Its just that
don't like starting out in steeplechase where
the odds are twenty to one against me-" he
said
Jack stuck the receipt in his pocket. From
the paddock bugle blew, high shrill notes.
This was the beginning.
He stood. for a few seconds, surrounded by
hurrying people and he was alone in the
crowd. That was good. 1t gave him chance
to steady his hands, to still the nausea little.
Then he showed into the paddock.
1t was easy enough to find his horse among
the sleek, keyed up animals standing each in
his own circle of admirers. His was the one
held by two men. and his flying heels and wild
plunges had seen to it that there was no circle
of admirers.
Jack Adams walked across the rough grass
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A Short Story


VIE April wind had knitted edge as it blew
Il through the thin white and red of his Jock
ey silks and fluttered the rbboned bow on the
silk cap that covered his crash-helmet. The
scent of new-cut grass blended with the scat
tered odor of perfume and the smell of expen-
sive cigars brought back all the background
crowd-smell that. long ago. he had loved be-
cause it was 50 much part of the thing he
had loved best. Today he feared it. 1t was
fear that made the wind so cold.
He paused halfway down the hill that looked
over the whole race course, with towering post
and-rail fences where red and white flags
futtered, marking the Jumps In few min
utes now he would be tossed on that great
wild horses back. would be led by a groom
to the starting line because otherwise the
horse would bolt. Then the horse would be
turned loose and he would face the terrifying
four miles of open country, blocked off by
twenty odd jumps. Thirty horses would start.
Perhaps ten would come back - the others
would 60 crashing down somewhere along the
course, breaking their leap, perhaps breaking
their riders necks or their backs. He shook
his head hard. These thoughts had never
come to him in the old days. They made him
feel queer and sick at his stomach.
Perhaps it's because haven't ridden
race since / got back from the war" he said.
Perhaps it's because I'm too old now" He
was thirty: This was what he said. not what
he believed.
liz WALKED on even more slowly down the
hill. His face was drawn tense and it was
quite gray, yet the people in the crowd didn't
notice that. The ones who knew racing under
stood, and the ones who didn't simply thought
steeplechase jockeys always had gray faces -
an occupational ailment. .- -. H.. o..
But there were three reasons why he was
riding this race. One of them was that his
father, who had died while he was overseas,
left very little money. In his unhappiness
Jack Adams had drunk that up in two years
and now stood to lose his house. The second
was that newly rich Harvey Stiles, who had
bought a country place in the Valley, thought
he could buy his daughters way into society
by having horse win the National Hunt
Cup and was willing to pay for it.
The third reason was Kathleen O'Brien.
She had asked him to. Because when she had
asked him her blue, Irish eyes looked like
forget-me-nots and because he had been 50
astonished at her actually believing he still
had nerve enough to ride the National, he
had believed it himself - until today.
He reached the bottom of the hill now.
where the bookmakers were gathered. In the
old days before the war, he was usually the
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to ride the horse, she had at once suggested
Jack Adams. She remembered now how her
father looked, shaking his head and saying,
The mans heart is broke-like horse that's
been raced too hard, Kathleen. would not
trust him. Tell me now, what's he been doing
since he came home? Tell me-"
Farming" said Kathleen.
Old Mike shook his head again.
NO." he said. mo man can make crops
grow on Scotch whisky" He paused, then
added, ''Of course on Irish whisky, he might,
but on Scotch, never" He lighted his pipe,
stared at the smoke. Tell me. girl. this idea
to give him the mount on Rudy ii is it to
give the horse the best chance we can-or is
it maybe to give poor broken gentleman the
only chance he's got?"
oHE had answered him honestly, and grudg-
ingly he had given his consent. Then she
had driven the few miles to Jack Adams
house and found him alone on his porch.
staring out over the hills at the setting sun.
She remembered now how his eyes had sud-
denly lighted when she asked him to ride the
horse in the National, and he thanked her for
believing in him. Then at last she learned the
reason for the change in him. He told her
because he felt he must - to warn her.
It was quite simple. He had assaulted, sin
gle-handed, German machine-gun nest that
had the rest Of his company caught in an open
field. He had cleaned it out with grenades and
had been slightly wounded in the doing. He
made light of the medal they gave him, but
it was the highest the Army awards.
Two weeks later his battalion had been
ordered to attack once again over open
fields. He stepped out Of the woods where
they lay covered, at the head of his men. He
started to run toward the enemy, and had
gone twenty PAGES when the long months of
peril and tenseness and fatigue caught ND
with him. His legs and his hands and his arms
began to tremble, then to shake and he found
himself turning to run back out of the field
into the shelter of the wood. A stray bullet
struck him down and saved his honor. No one
knew he had turned to run away. But he
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nice, ripping laugh that was full of sunshine.
you nervous!" she said when Glocka-
mora becomes the capital of Ireland, that's
the day I'll believe you're nervous about
race!" 90.
1T WAS lie. Kathleen O'Brien had watched
him through her binoculars as he walked down
the hill from the clubhouse and her heart
had been sick in her. Jack Adams had been
hero to her before he went away, with the
way he could make horse run on over fences
when it was ready to drop from exhaustion.
She had been little girl then. She had been
young woman when he came back.
She knew the gossip about him, of course,
but because child hero must forever remain
hero. she felt there was some reason for it
the world did not know and that he could be
made whole again.
When her father had bought Ruddigore for
Harvey Stiles and they couldn't find anyone
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knew, and the shame, nursed
in his mind, had grown from
day to day until he had come
to distrust himself utterly.
Jack Adams hated a coward
and so he despised himself,
When he had done telling her,
he said, "And do you still
want me to ride that horse,
Kathleen?"
WITH tears in her eyes she
nodded. Now, as she joked
with him about being nervous,
she was sorry that che bad