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The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-04-20
?. c. MoCORMACKs OBSERVE TWO BIRTHDAYS

Kathleen and Michael MeCor- mack. daughter and son of alr. and Mrs. P. C. Mccormack both observ- cd their birthdays last Wednesday
 Mrs. Mccormack was hostess al luncheon party Wednesday after noon honoring Kathleen's eleventh birthday.
 Young friends attending the luncheon included Judy Moore. Judy Williams Judy Zepp, sharon Hcrrin. Charlene Armstrong; suz- anne Grant and Thersa Marie Me Cormack. Kathleen's sister.
 A family party honored two year old Michael Wednesday even ing. Mrs. z. NJ. Bradford baked the birthday cake and with Mir. Brad ford joined the Mccormack party for cake and ice cream.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-04-20
BABY BOY

Ar. and Mrs. Bob Urata became the proud parents Of a G pound 13 ounce son yesterday. He was born at Bishop Rowe Hospital Mir. U= ata is a well known local fisher man and covered the town exten- sively yesterday handing out cigars and thinking ID name for his first son.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-04-20
HOSPITAL NOTES

Andy Johnson was admitted |, Bishop Rowe General Hospita Sunday as a medical patient.
 Mrs Christine Darwell was dis charged from the hospital on Wed nesday.
 Mrs Carl Guggenbickler was ed mitted to the hospital this morn ing.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27
Kent And Sussex Fair
Has DraJUn Huge
Crowds Each Day
CONTINUED from nrst pago)

Volunteer fremen and auxiliary
members are getting ready for the
sixth big Firemen's Day, Friday,
when $500 in prizes viii be award
ed winners IN the colorful parade
around the race track. Fair officials
have set aside a special Firemen's
Day as a token Of appreciation to
the volunteer companies who serve
their communities faithfully during
the year, regardless Of conditions.
In case of rain Friday the parade
will be cancelled.
Fair department superintendent
include:
Races, r. Edmund Harrington;
grandstand, Paul Neeman; dOmes-
tic arts building, r. w. Vane; agri-
cultural building. w. j. Paskey;
machinery, r. H. Stafford; assist
ants, Brown p. ThawIey and j.
Edward Taylor; ladies department,
Mrs. Wallace Hanson; flowers and
plants, Mrs. Clarence Raughley;
fruits and vegetables, George Va
paa poultry, G. E. Keyes; cattle.
II. d. Caulk; swine, George G.
Simpson; horses, mules and ponies,
~. Harold Schabinger.
The closing feature will be the
great auto races on Saturday when
some Of the worlds greatest racers
will vie for hOnOrs on the fast,
dangerous one-half mile track.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27
Al Tractor Operators
Contest At Fair

This years An Tractor Oper-
ators' Contest will be held at Kent
Sussex Fair. Friday afternoon, July
9th.
4-H'ers will show fair.gOers that
they know their stuff" in a con-
test Of operation through an OBJ
stacle course, a demonstration Of
daily inspection and correct start
ing Of tractors, and betting test.
The boys also have to take a writ
ten examination on safety and ser.
vice.
To be eligible for the contest, All
members must be taking a project
in tractor maintence and have COM
pleted all required Worksheets on
his or her tractor.
The winner Of this state contest
will represent Delaware at the
Northeast Regional Tractor Oper-
ators' Contest this fall. Martin
Johnson, Laurel, was last years
representative.
The contest is sponsored by the
Delaware Machinery Dealers Assn.
and the American Oil Company, in
cooperation with the Delaware Ag-
rlcultural Extension Service.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27
State Guard To Get
Accent On Fun
CONTINUED from aFst pagol

AN@-Aet+AAA@A-
talion's Battery A, and program de
rector Of the Wilmington Catholic
Youth Organization, will be high
lighted by a softball championship
tournament, and a vOlley-ball pro-
gram, for team competition, and
horseshoe and badmintOn Journeys
for individual championships.
Or Duty At SPIN.
Each unit will be of at 8 p. m.
every other day during the encamp-
ment, to allow the men to take the
maximum advantage Of the recrea-
tional activities available.
Brig. Gen. Joseph ]. Scannell, adj
jutant general, said that in line
with the guards policy Of fostering
as much spare time activity as DOS
sible, a certain amount Of fishing
equipment is being bought for the
use q the men, and more is being
borrowed from Fort Miles for the
two weeks.
In addition, he said, the State
Fish and Game Commission is max
ing available a power launch, which
will be available to units, probably
on some merit basis. A second boat
will be borrowed from Fort Miles.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27
Citizens Are InUited
To Bridge Opening
lcontInued fran nrst paaal

The afternoon of August is has
been set aside for a free public in
spectiOn of the bridge by pedestrian
traffic and free buses only. This
will be the only time that pedes-
TRANS may have the opportunity
to inspect the structure. Buses
will leave the toll plaza area on
continuous runs across the bridge
and return, stopping at the east
tower pier and the west tower pier
where visitors may alight and in
spect the structure. No cars other
than the free official buses will be
permitted on the bridge during the
inspection period.
At 900 p. M, the bridge will be
closed to all traffic and will re-
main closed until 1901 midnight,
August 16, when it will be opened
to the first cars at regular toll
rates.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27

American cows produced 12O, 000,-
600 pounds of milk last year, a near
record. The best year was 1945
when 121,000,00O were produced
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27
City Council Gives
Nod To Light Plant
toontInusa from nrst page,

"The Power Plant Committee
recommends to the mayor and city
council that Milford proceed i'm
mediately with plans for a diesel
generating plant to replace service
now being rendered by the Della
ware Power and Light Company,
the resolution asked
Mayor Edward c. Evans appoint
ed the plant committee in February.
The committees main supporter
in the floor debate before the reso-
luton was adopted was Councilman
Percy R. Haughey, who seconded
the measure.
Opponents argued that the resolu-
ton should have contained COM
parative statistics giving a more
detailed picture Of the power situa-
ton.
Future action to establish a pow
er station or to set a date for dis
continuation Of Delaware Power
and Light Company service was not
taken up by the council at the
meeting Tuesday night. A referen-
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27
VIM. 4. Thompson
To M. G. Dairy Show
feontInuea fron 49, -

County is jointly sponsored by the
Sussex Unit OF the Delaware Arti-
fetal Breeders Cooperative and
the Agricultural Extension Service.
Judging will start at 11:OO a. m,
with the purebred classes OF Jer-
sey, Guernsey. Holstein and Ayr
shire being brought in the ring in
that order. In the afternoon the
classes for grade, animals will be
shown. The last feature Of the
show will be the Judging of the
best three heifers Of any age en-
tered by any one owner. This has
proven to be a very popular part
Of the program for the past two
years with an entry belonging to
Howard wilkins Of Lincoln win
ming the honors in 1949 and a trio
of calves owned by Allison Davis
of Greenwood placing first in 1850.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27

Because the power tubes in tele.
vision sets cause wide changes in
the temperature Of wood, cabinet
manufacturers were faced with spe-
cial problems. Ordinary cabinet
finishes checked and cracked. Spe-
cial television lacQuers and sealers
that are extremely tough and flexi.
Die have been developed. They are
now used on both light and dark
woods and are also employed on
any furniture where the highest
durability and quality Of finish is
desired.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27
Federal Taxes In
Delaware Make
Huge Jump
(contlnued nom 49, 80

was primarily responsible for the
fiscal 1851 budget surplus-excess
of income over outlays-amount-
ing to $3,5O9.782.624.
Biggest contributor among the
states and territories was New
York which paid SO, ,210,0 42 into
the federal treasury, as compared
with $7,215,466,536 the year be-
fore.
Smallest contributor was. Neva-
da, which has the fewest residents
Of any state in the union. Nevada
was credited with paying $47,478,-
246 last year. The year before
Nevada collections totalled $685.
446,339.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27
Fire Auxiliaries
Nominate Officers
continued from nrst pager

Mrs. Anna Belle Mccormick, secre-
tary; Mrs. Emma Short, George
town, assistant secretary; Mrs.
Margaret Hastings, Bladesg treasur-
er; Mrs. Frances Allen, Seaford,
assistant treasurer.
The election of officers will be
held when the association meets
again on the third Wednesday in
September.
Announcement was made that
the Delaware State Volunteer Fire
mems convention and the aux
iliaries will meet in Seaford Fire
Hail. Sept. 10 and 13.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27
Blue Hen Post To
Be Active In N. Y.
Continued from nrss Dagej

partment and presently secretary
of the state ladies group, and Mrs.
Hugo, president of the Milford
Cootiettes Club and National Home
Fund chairman for the v. F. W..
Auxiliary's Delaware Department,
will likely draw committee assign
ments at the encampment.
In addition to post and auxiliary
several members of the
Blue Hen Post and NJ. o. G. will
likely visit New York between
August 18th and 31st, and witness
some of the parades and other pub
lie functions scheduled as part of
the Sind National Encampment.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27

ne Cooperative Local prizes will
awarded winners and they viii
en- be eligible to compete for the
p master prize in the contest, a
81 Ford farm truck. at the
uthern States annual meeting in
Richmond in November
Nominated for the Milton Board
Directors are Alden S. Hopkins,
swes, Del; Wilbert B. Jefferson,
ilf0rd, Del. r. Elwood Tucker,
lendale, Del: Delmar Jefferson,
iltOn, Delaware.
Nominated for the Milton Farm
ome Advisory Committee are Mrs.
4 allace Kopple, HafbesOn, Del. :.
rs. Howard West, Mrs. Nailor
Sells, and Mrs. William PettyiOhn,
s. Of Milton. Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27

Young spiders sometimes throw
out streamers Of silk which catch
ascending currents Of warm air to
carry them as high as $4,000 feet
and permit them to travel thous-
ands Of miles in some instances.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27

dunn is necessary before the money,
estimated at from 100000 to $780,,
600, to build a diesel plant can be
raised through a bond issue
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27
Castor OIL Tmnrovaa Paint

A University Of Michigan profess
sor has discovered that castor oil
added to highway marking paint
gives it a much better sticking
quality and prevents its chipping
off under strenuous wear and tear.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27
County PIMA Office
Opened Saturdays
Continued from nrst pags0

business in town to include i stop
at the office along with their other
business.
Stressing the Importance of con-
serving time on the farm, Mr.. Vib-
bert pointed out that farmers should
at all times follow safe practices
in their farm operations, especial
ly is this true at this season when
machinery is being used so extern
sively.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27

Read the CLASSIFIED ads
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-27

An average portion, Of about
seven common mushrooms, contrib
utes IL calories to the diet, which
is not very high, since a slice Of
white bread furnishes about 60
calories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-05
Riviera Bad Spot
For Man to Reform

BLOW HOT, BLOW COLD
BY Gerald Butler. (Rinehdrt &
Co.; $f.75.J
Less savage than the earlier
Butler novels but simmering with
the promise of violence is this
saga of an expatriate English
mans attempts to reform on the
French Riviera. Goal of his
reformation Is Odette. who COM
bines romance with realism and
will accept nothing less than
responsibility.
For all his seeming strength,
Peter is basically a weakling, who
can find easy naturalization for
such sins as smuggling and sue
cumbing to a female octopus
named Janet. The conflict here
lis within Peter, a self-made out
cast neither wholly adventurer
nor wholly domestic.
Unfortunately, the conflict is
mot entirely realized and the char
lacters have a Hollywood sickness
that is disappointing in the light
Iof Buffers earlier and f1ercely real
studies of human frailty.
MIRIAM GUTENBERG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-05
Art Book Review
H. MAURER

A. H. MAURER
"A Biography of Americas First
Modern Painter. BY Elizabeth
McCausland. "A. A. Wyn, Net0
York City; So
Alfred H. Maurer was a pioneer
American modernist, our first
post impressionist," whose life fol-
lowed the now-legendary pattern
of the esthetic trail-blazer, gener-
ally unappreciated during his life
time. Elizabeth McCausland'S
achievement in bringing him to
life in this absorbing biography is
all the more remarkable because
she had no rich hoard of personal
records to draw upon, and large
number of Maurer's paintings
(done in his happy Paris PERIOD
have disappeared.
Miss McCausland wrote the
superb catalogue. American Pro-
IcesSional," of the Corcoran Gal
lery's Sesquicentennial exhibition
last year, which is actually brief
history of our country. This biog-
raphy of Maurer was undertaken
in connection with a def1nitive ex-
hibition of his work held in 1949.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-05

Future historians should find
their work easier than those of
the past. There will be mountains
of data in every field Of inquiry
But the historians will not have
to read every word or follow every
lead, for events are now being di-
gested as they happen. Books
magazines and newspapers an
nually assess the preceding year
and endeavor to reduce happen
ings to essentials, and to select
only those which seem most i'm
portant. OF course, as certain
scholars have said, some things
that seem of prime Importance to
us, may have no significance a
century or more hence; and con-
versely, What seem to us in some
cases mere incidents, in the flu
ture may turn out to have had a
tremendous impact.
The American Y al B o o K
(Thomas Nelson & Sons; $50 re-
Gently published for the 36th time,
endeavors to bring annually I'M
der one cover the years march
of events in political. scientific,
religious and temporal affairs"
Edited this year by S. Michaelis,
for some years an associate of
William M Schuyler (who died
last year, the books editor quar-
ter century. the 856-page volume
covers a tremendous amount of
territory.
The volume is produced with
the cooperation of an advisory
council representing As national
learned societies, nine of which
have headquarters in Washington,
and five of them Washingtonians
on the council. More than $50
articles by 154 contributors, ex-
anime our nations many facets
Forty-thre of these writer's are
residents of the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-05

Sidney Smith by Atanas Tasev.
completed just before she went
to New Hampshire for the sum-
mer. impressed me as a good like
ness of her in a thoughtful mood.
carried out in the subdued color
scheme Of gray and amethyst. A
profile painting Of young woman
by Bertha Moves demonstrates a
facet of her work less familiar
than her series of portrait heads
of Indians and Orientals which
were exhibited at George Wash
ington early this year.
An intriguing small gouache is
a snowy view of 18th Street and
PENNSYLVANIA Avenue in 1900" by
Walter Paris. That well-known
area was much more harmonious
half a century ago than it is now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-05

ing team which toured this coun.
try several years ago, Mr.. Harris
whose education had been in
terrupted by the war, went home
and wrote that rare thing in these
days of strained Anglo-American
ties, a book in praise of the
United States. When the offer
came to return here as U. N. and
diplomatic correspondent for the
London Observer, he accepted with
an alacrity that does him credit.
Now happily settled in George
town with his pretty wife, Mr..
Harris looks forward to the day
when he can settle down and
write a serious and Illuminating
novel about Anglo-American re-
lations-say on the personal level
of an American husband and a
British wife who cannot see each
others point on such a question
as British recognition of Red
China.
He is not at all downhearted
about friction between the two
countries, thinking such is newt
able between nations who have no
choice but to get along. He be-
lieves that one element which
might help to broaden under
standing is much more anglo
American lore" He intends to
make his contribution just as soon
as he can.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-05

They were British subjects, and
the British were tough about those
things. Helping a revolution
against a British possession was
likely to be called treason and you
were liable to end up rather
quickly swinging from a rope. Jed
put it up to his small crew, and
they agreed to go ahead, knowing
the risk.
Jed was sent to an emisSary, one
Gonzalez, whom they encountered
in a remote Cuban harbor. Con-
zalez agreed to deliver the guns
to a spot on the Isle Of Pines,
where Jed's father lived-or had
lived; Jed hadn't seen him since
boyhood. At the Isle of Pines
things began to happen. They kept
on happening, at an accelerated
pace, when they reached Belize
with the concealed cargo of arms.
What lifts the novel above the
average story of adventure Is the
reality Mr.. Bottume has managed
to give Jed and the others, espe-
cially Jed. This Caribbean episode
is written with admirable simplic-
ity. 1t is developed with a decep-
tive quietnesS. The first thing you
know you are caught in a sharp
suspense which makes you most
reluctant to put the book down
until you discover how it all turns
ont.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-05
6. w. Summer Show

In George Washington Univer-
sity's Library through September
is a summer exhibition comprising
about 80 paintings and drawings,
some from the University's own
collections. others lent by the Phil
lips Gallery, artists, and John
Russell Mason, librarian and Gu:
rator of art at George Washing
ton. Mr.. Mason arranged the show
after returning from Chicago
where he attended the 18th con-
ference of the American Library
Association. and visited the Art
Institute the Arts Club and other
art centerS
Several important works, includ-
ing the Stuart portrait of George
Washington, are left in their ha-
bitual locations, attention being
called to them in the catalogue.
These and other exhibits have no
relation to each other save their
connection with the university
Some are portraits of officers and
faculty members; several water
colors depict the University's sue
cessive homes. Still other paint
ings and drawings are by artists
now teaching Orchard Lahey.
Eugen Weisz and Donald Kline)
or who have exhibited there DUR
+ ing the past season. Two land.
scapes by Prof. Kline are modern
in their simplif1cation and en-
phasis OF angles Tin an archi
tectural street scene).
A new portrait Of Mrs. Philip
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-05

ComQr. MOnSarrat manl1eStly re-
CARDS service in his majesty'S navy
as a high calling; secondly, he
makes no secret of the fact that he
believes that World War II was a
crusade against an intolerable
tyranny. Last, but not least, he
lis able to convey the sentiments
and speech of men in uniform
without peppering every sentence
literally with profanity. The at
mosphere Of THE Cruel Sea" is
salty; the language never is.
The novel is episode, in the
form of an odyssey, its plot
fashioned by the war; its excite
ment right out of history. 1t has
two heroes, a captain and his ex-
ecutive officer, who, bound to-
|gether in unspoken friendship and
worthless love, survive the horrors
! OF convoy service in the North At
lantic for five and one-half years
Their experiences are counter
pointed with scenes ashore which
show the contrast of terror ano
tenderness" Strangely enough
while Comdr. Monsarrat is as su-
perbly disciplined as a corvette
crew in describing the unrelenting
tensions of life at sea, he goes
overheard, so to speak, in writing
Iof romance and domestic affairs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-05
Conrad Aiken to Serve
Library of Congress Again

For the first time since Allen
Tate took over the Chair of Poetry
at the Library of Congress in 1914
its occupant will have a second
term. The precedent-breaking
poet is the present and sixth in
cumbent, Conrad Aiken. While
not the first to be called upon to
stay on after his annual appoint
ment has expired. he Is the first
to choose to do so.
From the beginning, Mr.. Aiken
has professed to feel at home here
and his muse has f1ourished, too
AS a matter of fact, he hadn't
been here a week, when the dis
covery of his favorite tree. the
chinaberry, right on the Library
grounds, moved him to poem in
praise of the Capital City. He
was pleased, too, when last spring
the Arena stage presented his
play, "Mr. Arcularis," although
the critical reception left some
thing to be desired. :
With the coming OF the heat
which others have been pleased
to call tropical, his enthusiasm
waned sharply, but now he is re-
storing himself at his home on
Cape Cod, where he is working
on his autobiography. On his
return next month, he will re-
sumo work on the project that
has been his main concern at the
Library-the administration OF
the poetry fund donated by Mrs
Gertrude Clarke Whittall. Present
plans call for a steady stream Of
prominent actors reading the
works of outstanding poets. The
series began with a highly popular
reading from the poetry of Edwin
Arlington Robinson by actor Bur.
CESS Meredith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-05

Tor three years working on a novel
called Lie Down in Darkness, F."
an effort which his publishers re-
gard as the most spectacular
maiden effort that has come their
way in generation.
The young author, son of an old
Newport News (Va) shipbuilding
family, and member of the Ma
rine Reserve, was just pounding
down the homestretch on his man
uScript last spring when a call
came from the Marines. The
obbs-Merrill editor, Hiram Hay
den, UNDERSTANDABLE nervous about
the facilities for novelizing in boot
camp, wrote to the Marines. ex-
planning their hopes and fears
for Mr.. Styron's work. He politely
asked if there might be some sort
of deferment to allow the author
TO finish.
The Marines thought it over,
and to everybody's intense sur
prise and relief, decided they could
spare Mr.. Styron for two months.
He thereupon sat down and fin
ished the book, which has called
forth heavy superlatives from ad-
vance readers, who express amaze
ment that so young a man Che
is only 25) could be such a ma
ture writer.
There is a postscript to the
story. After several months in
service at Quantico, it was dis
covered that Mr.. Styron's eyes,
doubtless due to an er-exposure
to midnight oil. were not up to
Marine standards. So he is once
again a civilian, but. courtesy Of
the Marines, one with a novel
coming UP for publication the
middle of this month.