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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1951-12-14

Satisfactory treatment is needed
to prevent acid wastes from being
discharged from the cannery.
The pollutional effects from this
cannery, located near Milford, dis
sipates rapidly, primarily attribu-
table to dilutiOn.
The fresh water flow entering the
MispilliOn River west of Milford is
not appreciably polluted.
MarshaI's Millpond, located
within the limits of the City of Mil
ford, is subject to sporadic fluctu-
ations of pollution from an up
stream source.
Stream conditions Immediately
below the City of Milford are ex-
tremely poor.
Recovery, either naturally or by
diiNtion of the Mispillion River be-
low The Milford area, is small even
at the mouth of the river.
Serious sludge-bank formation
is taking place within two miles of
the City of Milford.
Drainage from the nearby
marshes at the lower reaches of
the MispilliOn River contributes
water which is highly colored and
of low dissolved oxygen content.
$3.50 In Drainage Basin
The Mispillion River drainage
basin is estimated to cover 12t
square miles and has a population
of about $3.50, including 5000 ur.
ban residents.
At one time, the Milford Munich
pal Bathing Beach located on Mar
shalls Pond was very popular bu
F., has been abandoned because of TIT
effects of pollution.
The commission warns that mucl
unsupervised bathing and swim
ming have occurred in the pond
and lakes in the western section
of the basin. There is also unde
construction on Haven Lake rec
reation area, including bathing ia
cilities for children which has beel
approved by health authorities.
At one time, the lower reaches o
the river, for a distance of tW
miles. had been a source of up
wards of 10000 bushels of mar
ketable oysters, representing abOu
$4,000 a year income. But tina
area has been condemned becaus
of pollution and now, only seed
lings are taken from the river an
replanted in unpolluted waters.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1951-12-14
Sussex Diggers Plan
Church Yard Study
Continued from first page)

of Bethel, proposed the revisioas
and appointed a committee to pass
on them and make its report at
the annual meeting on January II.
The committee consists of Ralph
E. Karl, vice president, as chair
man, DR.. Chesleigh Bonine, geOlO-
gist consultant; Miss Maull, Sec
rotary, and Miss Helen Hutchinson
of Bethel.
He also named the nominating
committee for new officers, COM
prising Miss Marjorie Virden,
chairman, Roger E. Vandergrift of
Millville, William S. Ingram of
Lewes, Frank Austin of Milford,
and Miss Mary Elizabeth Jones Of
Georgetown.
Would Study Church Graves
The group voted to request per-
mission of the vestry of st. Peters
Church to investigate the ancient
burial ground on Pilot Town Road,
in order to locate and record the
few remaining ancient graVestones,
and to determine if there is any
physical evidence of the earliest
habitatiOn of the original white
settlers.
At the request of State Archivist
Lean deValinger, Jr., a complete
file of The ArchaelOg, the assOcia-
tons official periodical, will be
furnished the new Delaware State
Museum at Dover. These include
those edited by H. Geiger Omwake
of Lewes, the first three years, and
OTville H. Poets, of Indian River
Hundred, 1851 editor.
Skeleton Held WOman'S
Mr.. Omwake, the original pro.
jects chairman, and one of The
founders of the association in Jan.
uary, 1948, reported on his lates
findings on the Miller Site back O
the Lewes School He displayed
photographs of shell pits, ana 1--WE
views of the "fexed burial" skele
ton of an Indian woman. The SCI
of the skeleton was determined b,
DR.. T. Dale Stewart of the Smith
sonian Institution. The photo
graphs were taken before tn,
skeleton was removed from tn
pit. lying "a inches below the tot
soil with its face to the south
Supervised digging on the Russell
Site on Pilot Town Road will b
continued.
Two new members received a
the meeting are Perry S. illegal q
HurlOck, Md, and D. Edward Cork
. ran of RhOdesdale, Md.
= Hostesses at the January meet
ing to be held at RehObOth Reac
. will be Mrs. David Marine, Mrs
> William Randolph Clark, Mr.
Chesleigh Bonine, and Mrs. She
don F. Potter.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1951-12-14
Growers Elect Dover
Man AS President
Continued from first pase)

Fruit production and marketing
methods were stressed on the pro-
gram.
The meeting opened with vege-
table production and marketing as
the themes.
r. B. Corbett of the University
of Maryland gave a talk on the inn
portance of the development of self
service systems in stores. 1T is
complete democracy in buying
foods" he said in reviewing the
growth of the self-service method.
More attention to frozen foods,
especially frozen fried chicken, was
urged. Advances in marketing
methods in fruits and vegetables
also were discussed by specialists
from the two state universities.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1951-12-14
Houston Junior Choir
To Give Xmas Concert
continued from first page)

one is badly needed. On the eve
ming of December 23rd, a special
offering will be taken This offer
ing viii be turned over to the Choir
to start fund for their new piano.
1t is hoped parents and friends
will cOmesout and lend moral sup
port to their children and their
neighbors' children. That will show
them the Community is really back
of them in their effort and that they
feel they are an important part of
Houston Church. Financial support
in their new undertaking will be
appreciated.
Remember, Sunday evening, De-
cember %, beginning at 1880 o.
clock.
The entire program viii be in the
next issue of the Chronicle.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1951-12-14

Wells, William Wilson, Harvey Will
liams, William Wood,
Minister of Avenue Church, Rev.
Roy l.. Tawes; Organist, Mrs. f. T.
Hurley; Choir Director, Mrs. A. c.
Davidson; Assistant Choir Direc-
tor. Mrs. A. c. Davidson; Assistant
Choir Director. Mrs Clyde Nelson.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this sacred concert this Sun
day in Avenue Church.
The choir wishes to thank the
ladies of the w S. C. S. for deco
rating the sanctuary for this serv-
ice. and DOlphus wilkins for sup
plying ushers.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1951-12-14
Wildwood Christmas
Program Dec. 10th

The annual Christmas entertain
ment of Wildwood Methodist Sun
day School will be held at the
Church Hall, Wildwood, next
Thursday evening, December 20,
beginning at 1880 p. m. Every
member and friend of wildwood
Church and Sunday school is urg-
ed to attend. An excellent program
has been arranged for the Occa'
sion. All adults and children are
asked to bring some small gift fol
exchange. Come out and have
good time. Old Santa will be pres
ent.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1951-12-14
Milford Grange
Officers Elected

Preston KentOn has been re-
elected Master of Milford Grange
for 1852. Other officers elected are
as follows:
Overseer, Douglas Fry; lecturer,
Mrs. Albert Humphreys; steward,
William Michel; assistant steward
Eli Casner; chaplain, Mrs. Howard
r. Moore; treasurer, F. DAVIS
Watson: secretary, Mrs. Clarence
F. Jester; X. G., Mrs. Charles La
cey; Ceres, Mrs. Preston Kenton
Pomona. Mrs. George Marvel
Flora. Mrs. Donald Jester; lad!
assistant steward, Mrs. William Mi
chel.
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1951-12-14

Alexander the Great. King of Mac.
edonia, had his tunics soaked with
aromatic perfume, his floors sprin-
kled with perfumes, and fragrant
resins and myrrh burned for his
pleasure.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Two Holmes Men
Serve On Carrier
In Korean Waters

Frank Barnes, parachute riggei
third class, USN. husband of the
former Vera L. Mcclellan of West
and Sheppard l.. Darnell, avia.
ton machinist's mate, first class
USN, son of Mr.. and Mrs. B. s
Darnell of Route l, Lexington
are attached to the Air Depart
ment aboard the 27,000-ton air
craft carrier USS Princeton, nov
operating in Korean waters.
Pilots from the carrier fly tn
rugged AID Skyraider, which ha
figured prominently in dispatche
from Korea. The Skyraider
used in many ways - divebomb
ing, torpedo laying, strafing en-
envy forces and knocking o.
tanks with the mammouth IL
inch Tiny Tim" rockets, packing
the wallop of a battleship's
inch shell.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
WSCS To Hold
Subdistrict Meeting
At Durunt Jan. 70

The Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service will meet for sub
district meeting at the Durant Me-
thodist Church at 200 on Mon
day, January 30. The district in
cludes societies from Lexington
Tchula, Acona, Black Hawk, Pick
ems, Goodman, West, Walden and
Durant.
The Durant w. S. c. S. will
have charge of the program with
Mrs. Walter Odom leading the
devotional. 'The Work and
Growth of Woman's Society" will
be given by Mrs. James N. Nor.
wood, president of the subdis-
trict. Reports and plans for the
coming quarter will be discussed
and awards presented to the socie.
ties completing the Visitation
Chain.
Mrs. George Patterson is presi.
dent Of the Lexington society
Mrs. w. M. Henry, Tchula; Mrs
c. S. Downer, Acona; Mrs. Meek
Streater, Black Hawk; Mrs. S. D
Simpson, Pickens; Mrs. Dave X
Eulledge, Goodman; Mrs. j. E
Hagin, West; Mrs. T. c. Walden
Walden; and Mrs. Walter Odom
Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Services Held For
Miss Molly Cohen

Funeral services for Miss Mol
ly Cohen, life long resident OF
Lexington, were held Sunday at
ternoon at 800 o'clock in the
home of her sister, Mrs. A. Flow
ers, in Lexington. Rabbi 5. n.
Shillman of Vicksburg officiated.
Miss Cohen died on Saturday
morning, January 18th, at the
Holmes County Community Hos
pital after an illness of two weeks.
She is survived by four sisters,
Mrs. Dave Miller of Drew, Mrs. A.
Flowers, Lexington; Mrs. Sam
Flowers, Ruleville; Mrs. Charles
Kahn, Morgan City, Louisiana;
and one brother, Mr. Eph Cohen,
Lexington.
Burial was in Beth Ell Temple
! cemetery under the direction oil
Southern Funeral Home in Lex
ington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Holmes Red Cross
Meets New Demands

The work in the Red Cross Of
flee here in Holmes County has
greatly increased since the Korean
War and the increased mobiliza-
ton of the armed forces, states
Fanny f. Lumpkin, executive
secretary. Communications, al
lotment papers, social histories and
the varied types of calls that come
to Red Cross over 24-hour d
day period must be and have
been answered by your Red Cross
chapter during the last few mon
this.
A late release" gives startling
information about the work of the
Red Cross field directors in the
Korean area, she says. One of
the directors accompanied the
first American troops to Korea.
BY the end of July there were 80
of these men in Korea and the
latest figure is 70. The field staff
works under difficult conditions
- often they had to carry sup
plies on their backs distances of
IS miles to get comfort items to
the units and hospitals. For many
soldiers, the Red Cross is the only
source of these items.
In Korea the hospital situation
is more than grim - since dan
ger is added to the other diff
cultles. AS of today there are four
hospitals operating there and Red
Cross has eight girls on duty. One
| hospital was set up in damaged
building with no water and no
electric lights except in the oper-
ating room. Doctors operated
steadily on a 24-hour basis. In
one instance two Red Cross girls
had been on duty continuously for
% hours.
At General McArthur's request
a Red Cross club in Pusan has
been opened with ten girls or
duty. The 9th Army will not per
NIT women in Korea unless they
are stationed where they work
because of the constant danger
from guerillas. Probably add,
tional clubs will be opened IL
Korea.
Below is statement made by
DR.. Daniel A. Polling, noted clergy
man of Philadelphia, given only
few days ago following his re
turn from special mission to Ko
rea for President Truman:
"In May, l949 returning from ar
intensive tour of our bases in the
Far East Command and through
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
HJC Basketball
Teams Win Saturday

Holmes Junior College basket
ball teams won a double bill OF
the home court Saturday nigh.
over the girls and boys team
from Itawamba Junior College of
Fulton. The boys won 51-40 and
the girls 1928. On January Is!
the Holmes teams will play \
BON there and Summit there o.
January 20. The next home game
will be January % with the
flower teams from Moorhead.
The Holmes A. H. S. teams
play Lexington tonight, January
10, in the Lexington gym, and on
January % will play Lexington
at Goodman. To date the Holmes
boys have won two games and
lost one and the girls have lost
two and won one.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
New Ice Cream
Goes On Sale Here

The new Duncan Hines Ice
Cream, being manufactured and
distributed by the LuVel Dairy
Products went on sale here Janu-
airy Is.
1t is available at LuVel Ice
Cream dealers as advertised in
this paper by LuVel Dairy Pro-
ducts, Kosciusko.
Already on sale elsewhere IN
America, the new ice cream is
being made according to a Dun
cen Hines recipe. Mr.. Graham,
president of LuVel Dairy Pro
ducts, stated that this new ice
cream contains up to one-third
more cream and weighs up to Is
per cent more than regular ice
cream. The exclusive right to
| make the Duncan Hines ice cream
in Central Mississippi has been
granted to LuVel Dairy Products
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Conservation Notes
by A. P. CARROLL.
Soil Conservation Services

The second year fescue grass
where properly fortified and
managed has survived the cold
weather and is supplying more
grazing than any of the other
plants. The second year ladino
clover, crimson clover, white clo-
yer, and wild winter peas are all
furnishing good grazing where
they were not over grazed early.
The oats that were killed down
are coming back and will soon
be furnishing grazing. The oats
should not be grazed until they
are at least three inches high.
d. c. Lundy'S oats on his farm
west of Lexington were killed
down but are looking good at
present. Herbert Hyman's oats
on his farm east of Lexington on
Highway IL were not grazed be-
fore the early freezes. MIR. Lun-
dy, manager of the Hyman farm,
has turned cattle on them and
they are affording plenty of
grazing. Henri Watson, Jr. states
that they are getting good graz
ing from wild winter peas in old
bermuda sod. r. M. Branch al
Richland is getting good grazing
from the second year fescue and
ladino clover. The ladino clover
was killed down in early Deem
Der but has come back and is Civ
ing good grazing. He also is get
ting good grazing for his cattle
from oats and crimson clover tina,
was planted in September He
stated where the crimson clover
had ten pounds of borax applied
per acre before planting is much
| better.
DR.. Ingram at Pickens is graz.
ing two cows per acre on seconc
year fescue and ladino clovk1,
second year wild winter peas
and second year re-seedins
crimson clover. He states that al
his cattle have gained during the
past two months. One will only
have to look at them to verify
his statement. The cattle are
fat as the average early summer
cattle. N
Those who have Just planted
any of the above plants this pas
fall should not become discourag
ed too soon. 1t is true you ma,
not get much grazing before tn.
middle of March but you shoulc
have fair grazing at that time
Then in April and May your pas
lures will be fine. These plant.
/ are not killed as some think
| Make your plans to not over-g Craze
them in March and April. The
farmers should not become dis
! couraged because they have hac
bad weather conditions this sea
| son for grazing crops. We have
had bad seasons for all crops al
times but yet the farmers KEEP
| trying.
A small amount of green ma.
! terials from these plants will &c
long way in carrying through
the winter, because it is high ir
protein and vitamins.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Goodman Youth Is
On Transport In
Far Eastern Waters

John c. Donald, seaman, USN,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Don
aid of Goodman, is crew men,
Der of the high speed transport
USS Horace A. Bass, operating in
Far Eastern waters in support OF
United Nations forces.
The achievements of the Bass
are numerous. The ship assisted
in the landings at Inchon, Korea
landed the first wave of Marine
at Wolmi-Do; and landed Bri-
fish commands, U. S. Marines
and Navy demolition teams for
behind-the-line surprise raids on
Communist supply dumps, oil de-
pots and troop concentrations.
Recently the Bass visited the
Kingdom of Siam, the first Am
erican vessel to call at that coun-
try in 10 years. The Prime Min
lister of Siam presented the Bass
with an engraved silver cigar box
as a symbol of friendship.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
The ~ AST% TYl
tOKESI mM ),
RAN6ER'SS. 1N
Column ~Is :ssEs.
{. p. MCMILLAN
Area Forester

The tabulation of the number
of forest fires fought, the damage
done, and the number of acres
burned for the month of Deem
Der has just been completed. The
fire crews fought and extinguish-
ed % fires during the month of
December. Four hundred and six
acres were burnt with the result
ing damage to the forest of $685.
90. The above damage does not
include damage to fence post and
wire or damage to improved pas
ture. The largest fire occurred on
j. 5. Watson's property; two
crews were needed to extinguish
this l24 acre fire.
Only one fire tower was in
operation in Holmes county dur
ing the month of December, sc
the location of fires had to be es-
timated. II requires an experienc-
ed towerman to estimate the 10
cation of fires which occur five
or six miles from the tower. Fol-
this reason crews have been SEN
to fires which they did not 10
cate. In many cases while the
crews were looking for a fire i
would burn itself out. We are sor
ry these unavoidable mistakes
happened and hope to eliminate
these mistakes when Providence
tower is placed in operation thi'
month.
A land owner called and in
formed the Area Forester that ht
was going to burn 200 acres o
land and asked for a fire crew
to help him burn. 1t is PHYSICAL,
impossible for the fire crews t.
help every landowner in Holme
county burn his land; therefore
we cannot help any individual
landowner burn his property
BY following the few suggestion
listed below landowner car
burn his fields successfully.
/. Plow or disk a fire LAM
completely around the field to bs
burnt.
2. Burn on a day when ther'
is very little wind.
3. Start the fire late in tn
afternoon as the fire will no
burn as rapidly as it would ear
lier in the day.
4. Set the fire into the wind
be sure it is set all along the fir
lane and not just in one spot.
5. Have four or five person
TO help start the fire and to hell
check the fire lane for breal
overs.
If these five suggestions arr
followed the fire crews won't b.
called to help landowners extin
guish fires that have gotten a
way from them and will be abl'
to devote their time to putting
out fires that start from unknown
causes.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18

out the Pacific / wrote that the
American Red Cross was one or
ganization, one department of our
far-flung world program, that
gave me nothing to criticize adj
velseIy: | write that again To-Day"
Because of all the increased de
mands made on Red Cross finan-
cially in the present crisis the
work of the Chapter and all ex-
penditures must be concentrated
on meeting the required services
and civilian relief work must be
definitely put in the background,
Mrs. Lumpkin stated.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Announcements

The Durant News is authorized
to announce the candidacy of the
following for office in Holmes
county subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary election in
August, 1851.
For Sheriff
Richard F. Byrd
George Povall
w. Allan Ramsey
FOR cHANcERY CLERK
Parham H. Williams
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK
Minnie Jordan
FOR TAX ASSESSOR
Denton S. Rosamond
FOR SUPT. OF EDUCATION
L. R. Thompson
FOR SUPERVISOR
District q
Marion S. Rogers
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
L. E. Parkinson
Try The Classifieds-It PAYS!
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18

being lied to and
cheated. They are
tired of the sins of
others, even tired of
their own. So if q
really good person
should appear, one
in whom was no
shadow, complete
ly transparent to
the Eternal Light,
wouldn't everyone
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
Holmes Choncery Court
Adiourns On Tuesday

Chancery Court adjourned in
Lexington Tuesday after being
in session since Monday, January
9th.
A total of thirteen divorces
were granted, six white and Sc
ven colored, and other routine es-
tate and chancery matters settled
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18
The Good Must Fight
Lesson for January Fl, 1851

UOU WOULD think that If ever
/ there arrived on this planet a
really good person. he would be
popular with everybody. People are
tired of meanness, they are sick OF
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18

In the first six days of opera
fions, a new Red Cross Service
Club at Pusan, Korea, served &c.
800 doughnuts and 1900 cups of
coffee.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18

We have committed the Gold
en- Rule to memory; let us now
commit it to life.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18

Swallowing a few buck shot was
an early American cure" for
gallstones.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18

human race III tle pam VI Ills
hand, as it were, in a short time?
AgelOng War
THE ANSWER is No. 1t is not well
1 to be too optimistic about human
nature. AS a matter of fact, some
of the best persons history has
known met some of the bitterest
opposition Indeed, when One came
who was completely good, whose
life was all light and no shadow,
he was no better treated and no
more warmly welcomed than less
good persons have been.
Jesus Christ had his enemies,
strong and well-organized. The
number Of those who believed
in him was comparatively
small; the number who did
mot believe or ignored him a.
together. was enormous.
The history of mankind Is the
history Of a war. the age long war
between good and evil, between
God and his enemies. The story Of
Jesus Is one chapter in this his
tory. the most important by far,
but by no means the first one or the
last.
Why Was Jesus Hated?
THE READER should examine
1 the record in the Gospels and
try to think for himself who opposed
Jesus, and why they did so. One
striking fact is that Jesus enemies
were not what we call the Flower
classes" much less the criminal
classes" His enemies were rather
from out Of the top drawer, as we
might say. They were the financial,
social and religious leaders of his
time. They finally got him executed
as criminal.
II there had never been any
one to contradict the records
Of the Sanhedrin. that high
court Of Jerusalem, and those
records had become recognized
as the truth, Jesus would have
gone down in history, II re-
membered at all, as q trouble
maker, a lawless and worthless
man, whose execution was .
protection to society.
Why were these leading men,
Jesus distinguished contempo-
raries, so wrong about Jesus?
Gas he is, so are we. :"
THE READER should think this
/ out for himself. One reason can
be mentioned here: It is very easy
for wrong to be so long accepted
and so strongly entrenched that
it is universally taken for right.
Then when the right comes along,
especially when in the form of an
idea suggested by some one not Of
the upper crust, it actually seems
to be wrong. People kept long in
. dark room find light painful!
Any one who tries to follow
Jesus will find himself up
against the same sort Of op-
position.
Any one who proposes to live as
Jesus lived, or to change our ac-
! customed patterns of society in the
direction which Jesus pointed out,
will be called Gas he Was) a crack
| pot. dreamer. an impractical fell
low who does not know enough TO
60 in when it rains.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1951-01-18

FOR SALE - One 5 room house
with bath on lot IS x 200 feet,
$1,000. Call 225-J, or see G. w.
Atwood at 102 North Depot ST.,
Durant. 17-4tnr