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Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13

ed by the Lions Club. Mrs. Ida
Collins, received the prize for the
Oldest woman in the audience. Two
year old Candy Brittingham, dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. David Brit
tingham, received the prize for the
youngest daughter present. Albert
DOrman of Red Mill, near Lewes
father of five daughters, was er-
warded for the father pre-
sent with the most daughters. An
other award went to Mr.. and Mrs.
William o. Richards of Dewey
Beach as the parents of the daug-
hter born most recently in the Bee
be Hospital.
Louis F. Ingram has been elected
president of the Lewes PTA sec
ceeding Mrs. Walter o. Bryan.
Since returning to his native
town about a year ago the 80 year
old man has become active in var
ious civic enterprises. He is also
cashier of the Lewes Trust Comp
any, president of the Lewes Cham
bers Of Commerce and was recent
ly elected senior warden of st. Pet
er's Episcopal Church.
Mrs. GlenwoOd Harrington was e.
lected vice president; Mrs. Robert
Host secretary; and Mrs. Richard
son S. Roberts treasurer. The new
officers will be installed on Nav 1.
The guest speaker at the recent
meeting was Mrs. Ethel Emmert.
state supervisor Of school lunch
programs, who spoke of cafeteria
operations and the types Of lunch
es most acceptable for growing
children. The Lewes School soon
will open its new cafeteria. In con-
nectiOn with the safety program
carried on the past year in the
school, a committee comprising of
Mrs. Rodney Bricker, Mrs. Glen
wood Harrington, Mrs. John Hous-
ton, and Mrs. Ernest S. Ratledge,
was appointed to nominate awards
given by the safety patrol. The
superintendent, H. G. Omwake, an
nounced that the shool has set this
Friday for the deadline of compile
tiOn of the new additions and re-
in the school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron F. Clifton of
Bridgeville, were the dinner guests
of Mr.. Clifton's mother, Mrs. Fred
rick G. Clifton Sr., and brother
Reese HirOns Clifton, at their resi-
dence on Mulberry St., on Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
FELTON, School News
Juniors Thesplans will Present
Their Play Friday the Thirteenth

Juniors Thespians Will Present
Their Play Friday the Thirteenth
While the actors get all the glory
there are a number of people con-
nected with the play who do their
work quietly behind the scenes.
This is true of "The Improper
Henry Proper the farce which
the Junior Thespians have finished
/ rehearsing.
Known as the technical staff, this
group builds the scenery, assemblies
the furniture and properties, ar
ranges the lights, sets the stage,
pulls the curtain-dOes an amazing
amount of work for a single, simple
reward-the knowledge of a job
well done, and perhaps their name
in the program.
Miss Clark, who is directing "The
Improper Henry Proper" which
will be presented Friday, April 13,
at FELTON, School Auditorium,
wishes to acknowledge her great in
debtedness to this small group of
people.
They are Kenneth Richter, Harry
Carlisle, Louis Palmatary, Samuel
Walters, and Billy Chambers, who
have charge of the setting. Mildred
Simpson and Margaret Hobbs, who
are assembling the properties. Ma
rie Springer, stage manager and
prompter. Three boys of the SEN
ioI class are helping with tile play.
They are Bobby VOshell and Fran
els Hammond, electricians. and Ted
Hughes, who will assist Elsie
Schreiber, business manager. Ros-
allie Hughes and Reita Reid will
provide entertainment during in
tGrmIssiOns.
Mrs. Sipple, the class adviser, is
assisting with properties and the
tickets.
Juniors Journey To Welfare Home
At Smyrna; Entertain
Patients With Play
The junior class, of FELTON, High
School, presented it's play, "The
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
OVERBROoK

Mrs Matilda Hill, who has been
confined to her room for quite
some time, due to a severe chest
cold, is able to be out again and is
doing fine
Miss Margaret Ann Loockerman,
a student at the University of Dell
aware, spent the past week at
home.
Mr. and Mrs. LinwOod Simpler Of
Coatesville, Nd, spent the week
end here with relatives.
Mrs Edith Gilbert had a BIRTH
day the past week.
Miss Sara Estella Vincent spent
Sunday with her grandmother and
aunt. She has been confined with
whooping cough.
On Thursday evening, Mr.. and
Mrs. Delmar Jefferson of Milton,
spent the evening with their aunt,
Mrs. Virginia Campbell and her
husband. On Sunday, they had as
their dinner guests their daughter
and her family, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Davidson Of Nassau.
MIS-. Margaret WuAl0- V4slgeu dS
the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
Howard MacIntire and family of
Lewes, during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Campbell
visited their aunt, Mrs. TrUda DOdd,
Saturday night She is a patient in
the Beebe Hospital, Lewes.
Mr. and Mrs. Uland Davidson
and daughter, Miss Vickie, and Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Campbell visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Neff, Sunday
night. Mrs. Neff is improving at this
writing.
Don't forget the w. S. C. S. is to
meet at Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Mill
mans on Friday nigth, April 18th.
Pfc. Harmon Allan Lewis, who
has been stationed in Biloxi, Mis-
sissippi, and his wife arrived in
Milton, Saturday morning. He will
leave the 18th for a station in De-
troit, Michigan, where he will be
stationed. They visited Mrs. Lewis
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lew F. White,
ST., over the weekend.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
TRINTTY

The Fun Festival given by the
Dublin Hill group will be present
ed at the Bridgeville High School
Auditorium on Monday evening,
April Is, at 8 o'clock. Donation, SOC
adults, 25c children. Proceeds for
the benefit Of the Bridgeville Fire
Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Myer and
son Gary of Harrington were the
supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clinton Hastings and family on
Monday.
Mrs. Roland Russell and daugh-
ter Carol and Mrs. Will Russell
accompanied relatives to Wash
ingtOn, d. O., on Sunday to see
the cherry blossoms. They also
visited Mr. and Mrs. Stayton Eng
lish at Alexandria, Va.
Master Kenneth Russell of Oak
Grove spent Sunday with Robert
and James Russell
Mr.. and Mrs. Vic Adams had as
dinner guests on Sunday Roland
Russell and sons and Kenneth
Russell of Oak Grove.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13

Junior Ten-Ton Tomato Contest.
TO enter this contest each boy must
raise at least one half acre Of to-
matoes and keep accurate records.
The best luck to the above boys!
If any Of the local farmers are
interested in entering the Greener
Pastures Contest or the Ten-Ton
Tomato Contest, just contact the
FELTON, Agriculture Department.
II local farmers would like to
have a termination test run. or
any seed, the boys who are taking
Vocational Agriculture will be glad
to do this.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
English Language Leads

English has become the worlds
Leading language, spoken by an es-
timated 26O million people. Hindu
stani ranks next, with 16O million
followers; then Russian with about
l45 million, and Spanish, 115 million.
The 400 million Chinese speak nine
major Chinese dialects, many of
which are unfamiliar out Of their
own districts.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13
Mr.. Pickwiclk Would
Shudder

LONDON = Up - Drinking beer
in the Village inns of Britian under
the famed signs of "The Pig and
Whistle" and "The Kings Head" is
getting old fashioned.
The new inn signs have the mo-
dern note:
The Flying Saucer" is to be the
name of new inn in Kent and the
jet and Whittle" in Gloucester
shire, in recognition of Sir Frank
Whittle's work on the jet engine.
Milford chronicle., 1951-04-13

California's vineyards produce
more than 80 per cent of the nat
ions grapes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-21

ton. the United States Navy, and
the Monroe County Medical So
ciety
One X-ray Unit, the Diabetic
Detection Unit, and the Blood
Collection Unit will be stationed
on Duval street, between Fleming
and Southland streets, from May
"A to June End, both dates in
elusive.
The second X-ray Unit will
move from place to place, cover
ing schools and outlying areas III
Key West and the Florida Keys,
Marathon. Islamorado. and Tav
ernier will be visited on June lst
and End.
Tests may be taken at the
downtown Key West Duval street
location between Fleming and
Southland from 10 n. m. to / p. IN
and between 2 and p. m. on May
"a, 25, %, %. 80 and 31st. On May
Goth, June / and 2, the hours arc
from | to 4 p. m. and from . tc
8 p. m.
Dates and locations for the
floating X-ray unit are as follows
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Hello! And why the long alb
sence from the columns of The
Citizen'-You, an Adopted Conch
who has. cast his lot in with us?'
So comes the inquiry from our
Key West friends.
The answer? A new life. Re-
tired? Yes, but mighty active in
this new life and cabin home of
ours, up here on the bay side of
Sugar Loaf Key, twenty miles
from Key West Active, busy and
happy making the cabin ship
shape and in liveable condition
both in and out - landscaping.
clearing and doing the many odd
jobs so essential in this pioneer
ing venture of ours.
And enjoying it too--for fear
! that a retired town life, even in
Key West, would pail and might,
without due mental vigilence
bring stagnation to one who has
led an active Navy life for AZ
years. And again, by becoming a
cabin home owner in this happy
spot las tell Mercedes and now
tell your keeps me from finding
myself a more or less permanent
"sitter-down" on one of "Bernie's
hospitabIe white benches" just
cooling myself and wondering
what next to do SO as 70 keep
busy.
Yes, we both love the Keys
with their ever unfolding vista of
beautiful sky blue and green
waters-the small green studded
Keys stretching everywhere the
cool days and delightfully."- even
cooler nights of this, the warmer
season. the songs of many birds
and always the beauty of the
lush growth of semi-tropical tree
and plant life one finds so plenti-
full on this side of Sugar Loaf
Key.
And with it always the quiet
ness, the absence of blaring
radios, and the dust and noise OF
city streets. And yet no isolation,
for we drive TO Key West and see
our friends often. Furthermore
we enjoy modernity, too, for we
have a compressed gas range
"Servel" gas refrigerator and run.
ming water with modern bathroom
facilities,
Mosquitoes? Yes-but all win.
ter we were as free as you were
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live these Icelanders, only 100000
of them, without an Army on
Navy, independent, proud, pa
tTiotic, clinging to the land of
their Viking ancestors, obtaining
their living in the hard way
toiling the sea and working their
rocky soil, maintaining their cul-
ture. their schools, their traditions
of equality for men and women,
maintaining and honoring their
laws and legislative body-at first
a free and independent nation
and then later under the rule OF
Norway and Danish kings. And
now once again a free and indie
pendent country, a member OF
the United Nations and an i'm
portant and worthy partner in the
European Defense Army.
Goodbye for this time. 1t has
been nice visiting with you.
Of the Editor has the space
shall tell you next time of the
discovery of Iceland-how it got
its name-and of the modern city
of Reykjavik the capitol, with g
population of some 10000 people,
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ing and glowing lights in fantastic
shapes and colors, in wisp-like
clouds, and again in bands Of
colors, reddish, greenish and pur-
pie, reaching from horizon to
horizon. expanding and receding,
like the opening and shutting of
ones hand, and with all this-al-
ways and always the eternal cold
and the nightly stiffness.
And in the summer, when the
sun is high overhead and the
lower snow line has receded re-
vealing beautiful green's on the
lower mountain slopes, our Amer
lean GIS will find the valleys
carpeted in the most beautiful
colors, with white and yellow
daisies and purple flowers stretch
ing for miles and miles, and in
these valleys growing and ma
turing quickly because of the
many hot springs and the almost
"a hours of daylight, the staple
products of Iceland, hay, clover,
potatoes and rhubarb, along with
the fruits of that far away land
the purple bilberry, the cloud
berry and the red cranberry
flower. A happy joyous season
for the Icelandic people, old and
young alike, and how they love,
revel and baSk in the summer
sun, working in their fields until
10 and II O'Clock at night the
children too remaining up and
awake, playing games, or work
ing with their elders in the fields.
found the Icelandic people at
first to be rather stern, forbid
ding and seemingly austere in
their attitude towards outsiders.
but underneath, as l got to know
them, warm, hospitable and God
fearing. Always and always there
was the longing for the sunlight
and the warmth of the trees and
fruits of the more temperate
zones and of the tropics. Iceland's
great modern poet and author,
Gunnar Gunnarsson, who has
won fame and fortune too, and
has published many books in
Danish and Icelandic, some of
which have been translated into
English, recognizing this untitled
longing of the Icelandic soul, and
recognizing too, the beauty of the
Icelandic valleys in their sum-
mer splendor, has written in his
book, ''The Night and the Dream, u
the following-a prayer:
Our dreams are like the still
water reflecting all the joys OF
Thy heaven and earth; like the
tranquil submissive water all is
to Thy honor. Unseen Thou goesl
in our midst--we feel Thee, but
cannot see Thee. Assuredly Thou
dost smile and rejoice in Thine
heart and Thou thinkest Shall
make palms and much fruit grow
here?' But then the purple bill
berries smile at Thee, and the
cloudberry and the red cranberry
flower. and then Thou dost smile
and say These are the fruits Of
Iceland, good for children anc
birds and beautiful to look at y
And SO on this island of con.
trasts and surprises, the first con.
tingent of our European defense
army has arrived-an island con.
tanning approximately 4l,00(
square miles of which one fifth i.
covered with perpetual ice anc
snow, and another amount un
tenable because of volcanic erup
tons and lava flow. And thereon
- 80.
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in Key West. Since the rains-and
the warmer days-a few, so far
negligible, (knock wood and not
in any way cooling our ardor and
liking for this new and retired
8? I? life on the Keys.
You know as l write this
column | find my thoughts con-
stantly reverting to another island
One far away, decidedly in con-
trast to the ever warm and green
ness of the Florida Keys and Key
West--to Iceland "a far cry in
decd where served as staff and
senior supply officer for the
Naval forces. there during the
winters of 1912 and 1943, during
World War II.
Why the wandering thoughts?
Due entirely to the radio and
press news that once again Ameri-
can forces are occupying that in
teresting and most strategic
semi-artic little island. So inn
portant to the Allies in the past
war, and equally so today in keep
ing open the sea lanes to Europe
and from falling into Communist
hands.
1t is an island country peopled
by a hardy intelligent race of
fair haired people whose an
cestry and history dates back to
the 9Th century and who in 1880,
observed and celebrated the One
Thousandth Anniversary of their
legislative body. the "Althing"-
the oldest legislative body in the
world, older than the Mother of
Parliaments-the British Parlia-
,ment. 49, 49,
The people of Iceland today
speak the same tongue that their
Viking forefathers used when
they migrated from Norway and
settled in Iceland in 874 A. D.; for
the Icelandic people are the direct
descendants of the early Morse
men-those hardy sea rovers who
in the early days, as we well
know, sailed from the Fjords of
Norway in their high proved
boats conquering and ruling the
north of England, touching and
raiding the coasts of France, Italy
and Spain, and in the year 1000
A. D. sailing from Iceland and
establishing temporary settle
ment, Vineland, on the New Eng
land coast of our own land.
It is interesting to know that
the language of these Norsemen,
once spoken over the whole of
Scandinavia and lost to all Eu-
rope for centuries is still preserv-
ed and spoken today in Iceland
in almost its pristine purity-the
old vocabulary having been re-
tanned without change in words
or infections. Thus it is possible
for the Icelandic school child of
today. who is able to read and
write, to read with facility and
ease the prose of the 18th and
18th centuries, and enjoy the sagas
of the Morse Kings as originally
written by the great Icelandic
poet and author Snorre Sturl-
SOM in the 18th century, as
quickly and readily as they read
their school books and newspa-
pers which today are published in
the original Morse tongue.
The descendants of the Vikings
these sturdy intelligent Ice
landic people, wrestling their liv-
ing from the sea and from hard
rocky soil, live in a land of de
cided contrasts a land whose
p
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northern coast line touches the
Arctic Circle, it's southern coasI
! within five or six hundred mile:
of the European end OF our owr
Gulf Stream. They spend almost
half of each year in a semi-twi'
| light of darkness, and in Deem
Der and January when the sun is
beyond the southern horizon, ano
we in Key West are enjoying oul
sunny balmy winter weather, the
Icelanders are in almost complete
darkness.
Ii is a land without trees Oh
forests, but scenic land too, OF
bold rugged, treeless mountains
snow covered throughout the
centuries, rising in some parts Of
1.-the island to heights of five and
Esix thousand feet, tier upon tieI
and reaching as far as the eye
can see; a land with many noisy
streams rushing and crashing
precipitously to the sea, a land of
geysers, hot springs, glaciers and
| volcanoes, and snow covered val
leys in which can be seen the
! quaint little Ieelandic gable roof
ed farm houses Nesting at the
feet or abruptly rising snow-cov-
cred mountains; the grazing lands
(when / first saw theml covered
with snow and on which could be
seen the hardy little Icelandic
ponies paving their way through
the encrusted winter SHOWS
searching for the roughage on
(which they subsist.
| 1t is a land with many beauti'
full scenic fiords or bays-long
fingered like indentures - the
deep waters Astounding with fish
and yet so strategically located
and so isolated in many cases that
enemy submarines could lurk un-
disturbed and strike without
much danger of detection.
Yes, our newly arrived Ameri-
can soldiers will find it a strange
land, one with sharp climatic
contrasts = bitter biting north
winds and squalls, binding snow
and hail, striking ones face with
such intensity that one has the
feeling of being hit with sharp
pebbles, difficult to take and
face. Yes, a harsh unpredictable
damp climate, with sudden gusts
of wind arising and reaching
velocity of from 40 to 80 miles an
hour, the winds blowing from all
quarters of the globe, bringing
cold freezing weather and snow
from the Arctic regions. and
rains and squalls and hail from
the south, from the area of the
northern end of the Gulf Stream
And in sharp contrast Iceland
too, is land of clear cold day:
with beautiful sun rises and sun
lIsets, turning the SHOWS of the
mountain peaks into pale reds
and puppies, and bathing th'
heavens in most unusual winter
colors of brilliant reds, Orange
and puppies. 1t is, as well, land
of clear cold nights with thu
heavens so studded with brillian
nearby stars seemingly so clos
| to the earth because of the rar'
northern atmospheric that i
would seem possible for one u
climb a nearby mountain peal
and actually pluck the stars from
the sky; a land of the Northern
Lights-not far away on tn
horizon, but directly in tn
Heavens overhead, very close ane
awesome-strange weird flicker
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eventually result in long stay
in a hospital and possible death.
DR.. Edward Smith, director of
the Division of the Nutrition and
Diabetes Control Program for the
State Board of Health will super
wise the diabetes tests and Mr.
B. A. Higgins. administrative as
sistant. Bureau of tuberculosis
Control, Florida State Board of
Health, the tuberculosis x-rays.
This health survey is program
of the local Health Department
and is made possible through the
loan of two mobile X-ray Tuber-
culosis Detection Units, Dia-
bette Detection Unit, and a Blood
Collecting Unit by the Florida
State Board of Health. The pro-
gram is endorsed by the County
tuberculosis and Health Associa-
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May "a and rs, Key West High
School, 9 a. m. to II noon and Z
to 5 D. M; May 20 and 80, Navy,
hours same; May 81, Poinciana,
hours same; June /, Marathon,
hours same; June End, Islamorado
from 10 a. m. to II noon, and
Tavcrnier from , to 5 p. m.
The first trees as we know
them appeared in the Permian
Age 235,000,000 years ago.
Evening star., 1951-01-12

mittee, including officials Of the
AFL, CIO and railroad unions
said that the control law must be
amended SO that the price of food
and rents can be controlled.
AS another condition to going
along with any Federal wage con-
trolls, the labor people said that
the Wage Board must be given the
power to make it's own decisions
Wilson Reported Dissatisfied.
So far the Ching board is
merely, an advisory panel to Mr.
Valentine.
The only price freeze put into
effect up to now is on new car
prices. John M. Hancock, a New
York industrialist named to study
the automobile companies COM
plant about the freeze. told re-
porterS he Is considering a for
mula to permit price increases lin
some cases." ESA has ordered
prices held at the December
level.
AS for this Valentine-Di Sale
dispute. one high official said
privately that Mobiliza ton Di-
rector Charles E. Wilson is not
satisfied with ESA's progress un-
der Mr.. Valentine.
Evening star., 1951-01-12
Nearby Virginia Policeman
To Attend FBl Course

Five Arlington County police
men and two from Fairfax County
will attend a course for firearms
instructors to be given by rep
resentative of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation beginning Tues
day.
The course is designed to train
instructors who will coach other
members of the departments.
Preliminary training will be
given in classes at the Arlington
Courthouse. Later, the range at
Washington-Lee High School will
be used for further firearms in
Struction.
All policemen in the Arlington
department have started course
in accident prevention. The
classes are being conducted by
the Northern Virginia University
Center of the University of Vir-
ginia.
Evening star., 1951-01-12
Manhunf for Bill Cook
Turns 10 Nebraska
BY the Associated Press

McCOOK, Nebr., Jan. 12.-t
fleeing gunman who officers think
could be the elusive desparado
William E. (BilD Cook, was the
object of a Nebraska manhunt
today.
The guman wounded deputy
sheriff near here yesterday in 8
running gun battle.
In Lincoln, State Safety Patrol
1t. Dan Casey said there is 9
strong possibility" that the gun.
man is Cook, ex-convict sought
in Oklahoma in a manhunt COW
ering the Southwest. Cook has
been charged in Oklahoma with
murder and kidnapping in the dis
appearance of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Mosser and their three small chill
dren of Atwood, III.
Red Willow County Sheriff EN-
met Trosper said the fugitive's cal
was covered with red mud. That
might indicate, he said, that the
vehicle had been driven a Ions
distance through the Southwest.
The officer who pursued the
gunman was Sheriff Trosper'.
deputy, Fred Dolan of McCook
He saw the man break a car win.
dow in a used-car lot early yes.