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Milford chronicle., 1951-10-12
SELBYVILLE
By Mrs. Kathryn Browne

The w. S. C. S. of the Salem
Church held a covered dish lunch
con on Tuesday in the Salem Cen
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Henry en-
tertained to dinner recently Mrs.
Vina Hudson and Mrs. Martha Will
liams of Williamsville and on Sun
day Mrs. Vivian Hudson, Mrs. Flor
ence Hudson and Mrs. Leon Der
rickson.
Richard Watson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Pashur Watson received
treatment in the Peninsula Gem
eral Hospital at Salisbury last
week..
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ritchie of
New York spent last week with
his mother and brother, Mrs. Car
rie Ritchie and Elton
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Brasure,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Thompson and
Mrs. Vina Hudson visited Mrs. En-
ma Stewart and mother, Eva Stew
ems in Dover on Sunday.
Ensign and Mrs. Carl Wilgus of
Patuxin River, Md, visited his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Wilgus
on Sunday and Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin j. Hudson
and son, A. ]. Hudson, were the
dinner guests of their daughter and
husband, Mr.. and Mrs Paul Work
man in Ocean City on Sunday.
The community extends sympathy
to Jehu McCame in the death o
his wife in Oregon, who passed
away September 29 Mr.. McCab'
is the son of John B. McCabe, ant
the late Mrs. Annie Johnson Nc
Cabe of Selbyville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Smith ant
family visited Mrs. Smiths par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Keith il
Dover on Sunday.
Mrs. Alice Grebbs returned t.
her home in Richmond, Va, las
week after spending some tim
with her daughter and family, MI
and Mrs. A. ]. Hudson and sor
A. j., Jr.
Mrs. Mary Lee entertained sev
eral guests on Saturday evening q
her home in Bishopville in homo
of Mrs. Mary Grapperhaus an
Kathryn Browne, it being thei
birthday anniversaries.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-12

ers. The role Of Father" will be
played by DR.. Cyrus Z. Day. facul-
ty guest player and granddaughter
of the original Father" who in
spired Clarence Day to write the
sketches from which the top-fiight
team of Lindsey and Grouse wrote
their play. The Players are de-
lighted to have Dr.. Day as their
guest in the title role and it may
be said that he is equally happy
to recreate the scenes. from his
"grand-uncle's" family situations
which have entertained a whole
generation of Americans.
There are two other guest players
in the University's production OF
Life With Father" Bill Colburn
sixth grade pupil from the New
ark schools and Frazer Jones, a
third grader, also from the Newark
schools, have the roles Of the two
| younger Day sons.
DR.. G. Robert Kase, head Of the
| Department of Dramatic Arts anC
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-12
MILLVILLE
By Mrs. John s. Noble
Phone Dickinson 2O6
ATillviIIe Church News

MillViIle Church News
Services for Sunday, October IA:
Church School at 10 a. m. Roland
]. West, superintendent.
Worship service at II a. m. Rev.
John P. George, pastor.
Prayer meeting Wednesday eve
ming at 1880 o'clock.
Adult Choir rehearsal Friday at
1880 p. m.
Rev. and Mrs. John P. George
were luncheon guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. George H. Townsend on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rumley and
Mrs. Jennie Carey of Florida, were
luncheon guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Evans on Monday.
/ A surprise birthday party was
given to Eddie Nelson on Monday
evening.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Moss Of
Sewell, N, j., were weekend guests
of their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George H. Townsend.
Miss Rachel Holt was a guest of
Miss Beatrice Way over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall Hooker and
son Jimmie of Rehoboth, Mr.. and
Mrs. John S. Noble, Jr., of Sails
bury were Sunday dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Noble, Sr.
Captain and Mrs. Clinton Evans
Miss Naomi Evans, Mr.. and Mrs
Roger w. Evans of Upper Darby
Pa, spent the weekend at theil
home here. On Saturday evening
they entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Har
ry Dale, Sr., Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Williams, MT. and Mrs. Edward
Short, Mr.. and Mrs. George H
Townsend, Miss Flo Chestnut ant
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Moss.
George H. Townsend celebrated
his 92nd birthday on Wednesday
October 10.
: Mrs. Clarence Russell and daugh
> ter, Nancy, and Edward Buckley o
Wilmington, spent Saturday wit
: Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Townsend.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-12
Esq PLAYERS TO
PRESENT COMEDY

Life With Father, the Ameri-
can comedy classic which broke all
records on and of
Broadway, is the happy choice Of
the first major production of the
E So Players of the University Of
Delaware for the new campus thea
tire year. The production dates at
the University are October "a, IS
and 26, with all performances
scheduled for Mitchell Hall. Curtain
time is 8:15 p. m. Then on October
20, the E So Players, cast and pro-
ductiOn staff Of Life With Father"
will play one performance in the
Seaford High School under the aus
piees of the Seaford branch OF
A. A. U. w. This performance is
also scheduled to begin at S:15
p. m.
The story of Life With Father
is we'll known to most Americans
particularly the American theatre
going public. The captivatin {
comedy is based on the sketches
which Clarence Day wrote abou
his own roaring, but affectionatt
father, fragile but firm-minded mo
ther, and the family they raised
It's impossible to attend a per
formance of Life With Father
without recognizing one or more o
the players on the stage as belong
ing to our own family It's thi
quality that gives the play il
completely natural charm and uni
versal appeal.
There's a personal element
! unusual interest in this fOrthcon
ing production by the E 50 Play
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-12

Speech at the University, is direct
ing the production. Herman Mid
dleton, Of the University staff, is
the technical director and Norma
Levine, a Dramatic Arts major is
assistant to DR.. Kase
Life With Father as produced
by the 2 SO Players, gives promise
of thoroughly delightful evening
/ for ali who see the production
either in Mitchell Hall or the Sea-
1 ford High School,
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-12
Coatlngs q synthetlo OrIgin

The great majority Of industrial
finishes are almost wholly Of syn
thetic origin. Even the natural pro-
ducts, such as vegetable oils, have
been taken apart molecule by MOLE
eule and put back together again
in a fashion that suits the needs Of
the protective coating technician
better than the original substance
produced by nature.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-12

The Mount Cents tunnel from
Italy to France under Col de FIRE.
JUS is eight miles long and was com
pleted i'll 1871.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-12

The oath prescribed for Presi-
dent taking office is outlined in Sec
ton 1 of Article III of the U. S.
Constitution.
Milford chronicle., 1951-10-12
Foresight

A couple in Martinez. Col, named
their newborn baby Robert J. They
left the middle name open tc permit
him to adopt one of his own choice
when he became OLD enough.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
7 axe NV Word for 1t
By Frank Colby

of Thebes was the daughter oi
Typhon and Echidna. She had the
face and bust of a woman, the fee
and tail of a lion, and the wings o.
la bird.
This awful creature dwelt on 6
rugged mountain near Lake Copias
The Muses. taught her this riddle
What is it that goes on four feet
in the morning, two feet in the
afternoon, and three feet in the
evening? Whenever a traveller to OF
from Thebes failed to guess the an
swer, the Sphinx would throttle ane
devour him.
The riddle remained unsolvee
until Oedipus gave the correct an.
swer: Man, because an infant
crawls on all four, the adult walks
upright on two legs, and the agee
man walks supported by stick.
The Sphinx became enraged ano
threw herself from the mountain
In gratitude, the people of Thebes
made Oedipus king of the city.
The most famous statue is thu
Evening star., 1951-05-28
A Lodging for the Night
ADVERTISEMENT.

"No rooms left" barked the clerk
to the young soldier and his bride.
SO Wintringer. overhearing,
obeyed a generous Gf embarrassing
impulse and offered to share his
room with them. How could he know
he was changing the course of two
young lives?
In June Readers Digest, Katha-
rine Brush tells this true story of a
simple gesture the amazing Sc
quel that developed seven yearslater.
Don't miss this heartwarming, hui
man story a touching drama in
everyday life.
Get your June Readers Digest
today: SO articles of lasting interest,
condensed from leading magazines,
current books.
Evening star., 1951-05-28

Mother - Let's plan together
how we can change our division of
household responsibilities during
'thf Summer when you're not in
school.
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Great Sphinx at Giza, which guards

Great Sphinx at Giza, which guards
the entrance of the Nile valley.
Incidentally, the word Sphinx,
Iso far as I know, is the only one
syllable word in English in which
five consonant sounds are heard
Is, f, ng, k and S, thus: sfingks.
Harlingen: I know that the word
Isobriquet means kind of nick
name, or assumed name But the
origin stumps me, for the literal
meaning of the French briquet is
"a piece of steel for striking a light.
B. D. G.
A. Sobriquet is a corruption of
the Old French word soubzbriquet
which in the 14th century meant "a
chuck under the chin" The -briquet
probably stood for bequet, an
archaic word meaning ''little beak.'
"a chuck under the chin" sug-
lgested an undue familiarity or an
Iaffront; hence ridicule by giving one
Ia derisive nickname. Pronounce it:
ISOE-bri-kay.
Evening star., 1951-05-28

@. How did the Sphinx get such
an outlandish name, and why is it
the symbol of inscrutability?-
N. B. NJ.
A. Sphinx is from the Greek. Its
literal meaning is "the stranger"
In Greek mythology, the Sphinx
Evening star., 1951-05-28
Contract Bridge
By Culbertson

tcopyrisht, 1851, by Ely Culbertson.)
There was no real defense against
the game contract in the following
hand, but at least declarer could
have been put to hard guess.
South, dealer. Neither side, vul-
nerable.
NORTH.
A632
285
6AK74
%S742
WEST. EAST.
Ao1o975 ABA
WAS 0K1os6
nQ92 uJ1085
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SOUTH.
AAKJ
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&K1095
The bidding:
South. West. North. East.
club Pass d'mond Pass
2NT Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
West made his natural lead, the
spade ten, which was, of course,
break for the declarer. The latter,
after winning with the jack, studied
the dummy carefully and then led
the ten of clubs. No matter how well
the missing club honors were To-
Gated, he would have to lose at
least two tricks in the suit, and so
there was no advantage in making
the first club lead from dummy.
West, seeing the chance for a
"cheap' trick, took the club ten
with his jack-just as SO players in
100 would do-and led another high
spade. Now, however, South was on
the home stretch. He entered dunn
my with diamond and returned a
club. East, holding A-Q blank at
this point, was, of course, helpless,
and when the heart flnesse was
later negotiated, South had his nine
tricks
Now observe the guess South
would have to make if West ducked
the ten of clubs. East would win
with the queen and return a spade.
South would win, go to the board
and lead another club-but when
East unhesitatingly played low tas,
of course. he should South would
have quite a problem! (The fact
that East had taken the first club
with the queen, not the jack, would
mean nothing, since East would
likely as not falsecard if he had
Q-J-39 OF course, if South played
the king on the second club lead he
would be safe, but, to repeat, he
would have to make this decision on
o pure guessing basis.
(Released by the Register and
Tribune Syndicate. 1851
Evening star., 1951-05-28

Why it is correct to use the in
definite article "a. instead of IAN"
before words beginning with 81" such
as historical" is explained in Frank
Colby i&afet, c-12. For . copy. send
10 cent? coin to Frank Colby, care Of
The So ?. 9. Box 80, Station G. New
Evening star., 1951-10-10
|WSB Seeks More Data
Before Ruling onRaise
For Ship Radio Union

The Wage Sterilization Board
today was seeking more inf0rma-
ton about manpower problems In
the maritime industry before CIV
ing its decision on a proposed
wage increase for ship radio op-
orators.
After considering the increase
for the operators ranging from
1893 to $50 a month, the board said
that more information was need
ed. This will be obtained from
the Defense Manpower Admin
istration.
The monthly raise, labeled as
IAN inequity raise, was negotiated
by the CIO-American Radio As
Sociation, last June. 1t is on top
of the 60 per cent general wage
increase already approved by the
WSB. That wage hike brought
the radio mems base pay to $352
a month.
A threatened tieup of 60 per
cent of the Nations passenger and
cargo ships on Atlantic. Gulf and
Pacific Coasts failed to bulge the
board today.
The proposed increase in these
cases can be considered only un-
der a special Government policy
which applies to rare and un-
usual" cases, the board said, add
ing:
"A rare and unusual case is
one in which there is a critical
shortage of manpower in an i'm
portant defense industry and in
which the only way to solve the
problem is to grant a wage in
crease sufficient to retain or
attract the manpower critically
needed for the Nations defense.
THE board must rely on
those Government agencies which
have expert knowledge. The board
cannot act in any such case until
the facts have been gathered by
the expert agencies and supplied
to the board through the Defense
ManpoWer Administration"
Evening star., 1951-10-10
S2,564,407 Bid Is Lowest
On Unit at Home for AGED

The District has received a low
bid of $2,564.407 for construction
Iof a new infirmary and laundry
at the Home for the Aged and
Inf1rm at Blue Plains.
The offer of John Tester g. Son,
Inc, was among seven bids rang
ing up to $2,884, 900 opened yes
terday.
A low bid of $87,630 for ele-
vators by Westinghouse Electric
also is under consideration for
the project.
1 Construction of the new build
ing is expected to take about two
years. It will replace a 45-year-
old two-story structure which
probably will continue to be used
for recreation purposes.
The new structure is expected
to accommodate some 344 patients
in addition to about 200 senile
patients now at st. Elizabeth's
Hospital. There also will be ia
cilities for central kitchen and
clinical services for the whole
| institution.
Evening star., 1951-10-10
by the Assoeisted Press

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 1o.-Har-
old Dewayne Hodgson is only 81
but he's already written an Ameri-
can success story on the bleak
hill land of Northwest Oklahoma.
In 1949 he married his high
school sweetheart and borrowed
enough money to buy a rundown
farm.
Yesterday he was named the
1851 Star Farmer of America.
The honor is the top award of
the Future Farmers of America
Organization. A check for 81 900
goes with it. The award is pre-
Sented annually at the F. F. A.
convention.
MIR. Hodgson bought his 800
acre farm for $500. Now it's
valued at $14.4o0. His livestock
investment totals about $4,000.
Farm machinery, buildings and
other equipment runs about $1,000.
House Was q Granary.
The Oklahoman has the land
producing good crops of wheat
and sorghum and providing pas
Iture for purebred Herefords.
1t was a lot different when Mr..
Hodgson and his bride first moved
on the farm. The barn was little
more than an old wreck. The
house had been used as a granary
Weeds almost hid it.
The young couple remodeled
the house, built barn and start
ed land Improvement program
The hard work brought results
Mr.. Hodgson is a modest, red.
haired youth who doesn't talk q
lot about his farming ability.
Ask him about his own talents
and he'll turn the conversation
to his pretty 20-year-old wife
Lillian.
Pioneering Spirit.
"I've got wife who works az
hard as I do" he told a reporter
"She drives the tractor and the
truck. She helps take the cotton
seed cake and the grain sorghum
out to the cattle. She can make
and mend a fence as good as
can.
"She cuts weeds, and she can
run the combine. She rides q
horse about every day. out look
ing after the cattle"
The couple start their working
day at 5 am. Sonetimes-like
Evening star., 1951-10-10
Middle East troubles
OF Britain Dominate
Issues Of Election
BY the Associated Pres.

LONDON, Oct. 10.-Britain's
troubles In the Middle East, in
cluding the violent anti British
rioting In Egypt. dominated the
British election campaign today.
Prime Minister Attlee told a
political rally at Lincoln that
Britain is determined to settle her
differences with Egypt by negotia-
ton, adding that while we stand
on our just rights, we are not
aggressive"
He declined to discuss Britain's
oil dispute with Iran because 1t
is before the United Nations"
Britain has announced she will
stand firm in Egypt, asserting her
rights under the 1886 British
Egyptian treaty. Egypt has pro-
posed to cancel this treaty and
thus force British troops out of
the strategic Suez Canal area. In
Iran. Britain's rich Anglo Iranian
Oil Co. properties have been seized,
and Britain has placed the ex-
pulsion of Britain's technicians
from the Abadan refinery before
the United Nations Security Coun-
Gil.
Attlee Tours Midlands.
The campaign for the October
rs general elections sharpened.
Mr.. Attlee was touring the Mid
lands. Socialist weak spot in
1850, with five speeches on his
agenda. The Conservatives carried
the battle to widely separated
areas, while the Liberal Party
concentrated its big gun fire in
Wales.
At one Of Attlee's stops today.
Grantham, which Labor won by
a slim 628 votes in 1850, a heckler
with a portable amplifier touched
OF an angry scene. The heckler
shouted. after Mr.. Attlee's speech,
That was the voice of the Prime
Minister. the man who said he
would never leave Abadan." Police
hustled the heckler from the vicin-
ity as angry Laborites surged to-
ward the car carrying the loud
speaker.
Cites Havoc of War.
At Grantham. Mr.. Attlee said
that Britain has been fighting it's
way back from "a terrible posi-
ton at the end of the war :"
largely by the work of the British
people.
i am not saying we have not
had American aid" he said. I'm
these days it is vitally necessary
that the countries which stand
together for freedom should help
each other"
Winston Churchill, the Consery-
ative leader, repeatedly has
charged that the Labor Govern
ment could not have survived
without American assistance. for
which, he added, it gave only
Igrudging thanks.
Evening star., 1951-10-10
Reds Charge U. N. Jets
Strufe Prison Cumps
BY the Associated Pres,

s PANMUNJON. Korea. Oct. 10
Red Polish correspondents
said today United States Shooting
Star jet planes strafed prisoner
of-war camps in North Korea 1a
days ago, narrowly missing some
of the captives.
The correspondents, Lucjar
Pracki Of the Warsaw Army news
paper and Kenryk Korotynski oil
the Warsaw Life, said the Allied
prisoners since had been moved
from the big compounds to small
centers.
The newsmen were with North
Korean and Chinese Communist
liaison officers who met with AL
lied liaison officers here today.
Evening star., 1951-10-10
District Grants Contract
For 70 Petrol Boxes

The Gamewell Co. of Newton
Falls, Mass, has been awarded a
contract to supply 10 police patrol
boxes to the District at $3.50
apiece. Their bid was, about $40
lower than the nearest bidder, ac-
cording to Roland M. Brennan,
District purchasing officer.
OF the 70 boxes, so will be used
for replacement of the old wooden
type boxes which have been in use
here for many years and the re-
naming 20 will be installed at new
locations made necessary by the
shifting of population to outlying
sections of the city.
Evening star., 1951-10-10
Flower Show Meeting

Prospective entrants in the first
fall flower show. sponsored by the
National Capital Garden Club
League, November 5-10, have been
invited to a work meeting from
10 am. to 8 pm. tomorrow in the
auditorium of Woodward g. Loth-
rop's suburban store, Wisconsin
and Western avenues, Bethesda.
Evening star., 1951-10-10

during the wheat harvest-they're
still working at 8 pm.
They don't mind the long hours,
though. as long as they can see
their farm improving-sort of
pioneer spirit.
Where is their farm?
Near Freedom-Freedom, Okla.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1951-07-14
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Evening star., 1951-01-07
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Evening star., 1951-01-07
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