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Milford chronicle., 1953-09-04

Slaughter Beach Hotel lawn
was the scene of much gayiety
on Thursday evening, August
28th, the occasion being a
party given by Miss Elma
Macklin, of Lincoln. in honor
of her guest, Miss Rosa Hearn,
of Milford. Guests included
young folks from Milford, Lin
coin, Cedar Neck, and Slaugh-
ter Neck.
Miss Mary Hazard greatly
surprised her many Bridge
vile friends when they Teceiv-
ed announcements of her mar
riage in Baltimore on Thurs
day of last week to Henry
BlOunt, of Plymouth, N. c.
After a wedding trip to Allan
tic City, they will be at home
to their many friends in Plym-
Outh, N. G.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-04

Mrs. Sallie Smith celebrated her
cath birthday on Wednesday, Aug
ust 26th. A turkey dinner was
served at her sons home, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lollis Mcqueen. Their other
guest was a sister, Mrs. Emaline
Taylor of Philadelphia. Mrs. Tay-
lor returned home Thursday, after
spending several days with her
mother.
Mrs. Maggie Sapp spent the
weekend at her cottage in River
dale. Her guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Watson Denney of Marcus Hook,
Pa.
Mr.. Joseph Sharp has been con-
fined to his home with blood poison
in his left foot. He is much better
at this writing. The Sharp's chill
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Sharp
of Dover and Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper
Bostic of Glendale, visited with
their parents on Saturday.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene StaytOn and son
were Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Joseph
OF LeW6S, DeldWdTe.
Never count the Frederick ball
team out in haste, as they really
can make a comeback. The Sunday
game was one of the best pitching
performances of the season.
Jack" Moore allowed Lewes two
hits, with shut-out ball until the
8th inning, when errors accounted
for the Lewes runs. The game end
ed to 4, favor of Frederick. This
makes one game each for Lewes
and Frederica. The next game will
be played Sunday at Lewes. All
you fans be on hand to root our
boys to victory in this last game.
SEPTEMBER-Married in Sep
TENDERS shrine, your living will
be rich and fine. But remember we
must make it So It's a game of
give and take, my children, more
take" than give. Yes, Septem-
ber is a lovely month. as lovely as
the eight that have passed. Do you
know, each month of my life re-
calls some never to be forgotten
event, and now 1 am remembering
another incident that happened
these many years gone by in an
other September. AS 1 recall / was
about seven years old at the time.
1t was nearing the end of the
month, the corn had been cut and
put in shocks, my brother, sister.
two of the neighbOr's children and
/ were perched atop of five shocks
singing as children will, Just be-
fore darkness. One of us looked
up in the sky and at a distance
saw clouds of black smoke rising
and then tinted with flames. How
we shouted at the sight, to us it
was fun. We did not know how
close it was to us at the time. In
few moments, mother called us
to come in; she told us she and
Dad must go to GrandpOp and
Grammie 1--WE called my grandma,
Grammie), and we must 20 to bed
and be good until they returned.
The fire. was my grandparents
new home, store and Post Office,
all burned to the ground. All that
was saved was the U. S. Mail and
Government papers. Just across
the road was a little old frame
Church, unused then. AS all the
people of the community were
there, the persons in charge of the
Church property invited them to
make this their home until they
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-04
CLEANER NEEDED, NOT
AMBULANCE

IDAHO FALLS. Idaho 49, (P -
Three cars tangled on a highway
and the driver of one of them look
ed into one of the other cars and
called an ambulance.
There was blood all around, he
thought.
1t turned out that no one was
seriously hurt and Mrs Darwin
Champion was even able to smile
through tears as she wiped red
paint from a spilled can from her
hair.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-04

one present will participate in the
social hour.
This is the schedule for these
meetings:
The Harrington Club will be
hostess on Monday, September ID,
at two o'clock. to the Victory and
the MillwOOd Clubs. The place will
be the Odd Fellows Hall in Har-
ringtOn.
Tuesday evening. September IS,
at eight o'clock, the Friendly
HOmemakers Club will be hostess
at the Chestnut Grove Community
Hall. The guests that evening will
be the COwgills Club and the
Canterbury Club.
Tuesday, September II, at 8 o.
clock, in the Houston Fire Hall.
the Houston Club will be hostess
to the Happy HOmemakers Club.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-04
The Past In Review
News As It Was Reported In The Chronicle
orty Years Ago.
en- from September S, 1918 Issue

Taken from September S, 1918 lssl
Governor Miller has gone
to Colorado Springs, Colo, to
attend the Conference of Gov
ernors which is being held
there now. The Delaware
Executive was invited by Gov
ernor Joseph M: Carey. Of
Wyoming, To make an address
at the Frontier Celebration
which is held at Cheyenne
each year, but Governor Mill
er declined.
Theodore C. Alzamora from
Brooklyn, New York. has pur-
chased the seventy-five acre
farm of Cyrus Marker, situa-
ted near Lincoln. He expects
to move about the first of the
year and will plant a large
apple orchard on the place.
aoa
David Dutton of Milton. has
resigned his position as miller
with the Royal Packing Com
pany. He left on Sunday for
Wilmington, to take command
of his vessel.
sSs
Willard F. Deputy left Del
aware yesterday for Califor-
mia. with the purpose of locat-
ing there permanently if a
business opening can be found.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-04
Ten Years Ago.

Taken from September 10, ts4s Issu,
Wallce F. McFaul, cashier
of the First National Bank
and Trust Company, this city,
and chairman of the War
Band drive for the Kent Coun-
ty side of Milford, will offici-
ate at the crowning of the
Bond Queen at Milford Armory
on September Both.
aoo
Pvt. and Mrs. Linwood Ban
ming, of Fort Bragg, N. c., and
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Banning
and family. of New Castle, and
John L. Banning, of Oakley.
spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. Bud Wisseman.
aoa
Sergeant Jack Holland of
Biggs Field. Texas, and Serg-
cant Richard Holland of Camp
Davis, N. c., we're guests of
their parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Holland over the past
weekend.
Harry c. Williams, wireless
telegraph operator for the
Pennsylvania Railroad, at Paw
tucket. Rhode Island, was a
recent visitors in Milford, his
former home.
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-04

gether in groups,
with one club as
the hostess to
two or thre e
other clubs.
"The Family
Works and Plays
Together" is the
topic for these
meetings, an d
the prog gram
will include a
very good movie
on family life.
Each club will
have it's own
Milford chronicle., 1953-09-04
Kent Home Doings

During the month of September,
Home Demonstration Clubs in
Kent County will be meeting to-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-04
Green Bay Nelcs
Friends OF Liberty Christian Church
limited To Homecoming, Septic

Homecoming Day for Liberty
Christian Church will be held
Sunday, Sept. 6.
Plans for the day include morn
ing worship at II a. m, with spec
ial messages and music. followed
by lunch on the grounds and an
afternoon program, consisting of
music and a history of the church.
Everyone in the community is
cordially invited and requested to
bring sufficient food for them
selves and their guests. 1t is not
necessary for you to prepare any
beverage. as committee from the
church is providing ice water anG
ice tea
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Childress and
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs Ned
Childress and daughter attended
revival services at the school
house at Fort Mitchell. Sunday.
Evangelist Lester Altman was the
speaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Ravens, of
Baltimore, were overnight guests
Of Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Owen.
Thursday. Mrs. Clifton Owen, OF
Richmond, spent several days in
the same home recently.
Saturday Visitors
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Beck were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Redd
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-04
Darlington IIse,s.

MFR and Mrs Emory Dillon are
spending sometime in Norfolk
Mr. and Mrs. Gutrie Maloney
and dauahter, Fran. Of Richmond.
were recent week end visitors Of
MI and Mrs II. I Shorter.
vacation Trir
Miss Ida Harvey and Miss Bet
Baker have returned home after
a vacation in the Smokes.
Mr.. and Mrs S. r. Crute and
Miss Jane Dillon Of Richmond,
spent The week end with Mr.. and
Mrs r. b Dillon
Mr. and Mrs Harry Glover. Of
Lynchburg visited over the week
end with Mrs. Glover's parents.
Mr.. and MIS- II A. Shorter
MI. and Mrs. Ben Epps and
children. Of Hampton. visited Mr..
and Mrs s. A. Driskill over the
week end
Mrs. Olive Wilkerson. OF Rox-
boro. n. G., spent the week end
with her mother, MIS-, J. H.
Payne.
Roanoke Guests
Mrs LyWood Glenn and chill
dren. Shalmer. Joneu Catherine.
and Gordon, Miss Betty Jean
Craig. and Mrs Sloan. of Roa-
noke, visited Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Shorter, Sunday. Shalmer,
Jonell, and Catherine remained in
the Shorter home for this week.
Mr.. and Mrs A, B. Bryant. OF
Alexandria and Mr.. and Mrs. Bill
Blank and daughter, Linda. OF
Richmond, spent sometime in the
G. I Harvey home, last week.
Mrs William r. Baker and
mother We're week end guests OF
MI. and Mrs. J. T. Baker.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-04
Prospect

Mr.. and Mrs. George Bauphan.
OF BennettSVille. S G., were VlSi-
tors in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
j F. Glenn, Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Johnson.
Of Hampton, visited Mrs. John
sons mother, Mrs Ida Andrews.
and Mrs. j. F. Glenn. Saturday
afternoon
Mrs c. M. Price and Miss Carey
Blanton Price and c. M, jill,
motored to Raleigh. N. c. Mon
day c. NJ remained to resume his
studies at North Carolina State
College
Miss Deems Glenn, Of Rich
mond was a guest last week in the
home of her grandmother Mrs,
Eta Glenn
Week End Guests
Visitors IN the home OF Nj ana
Mrs. Emery Chick over The week
end were Mr.. and Mrs. J B. Car
ter and Benny Of orange Mr.
and Mrs Max Patterson ana Shac-
on, and Mr.. and MIS- James
Vaughan and Bobby Of Danville.
A reunion Of the Andrews fam
lily was held at the home Of HUGH
Andrews. at PheniX. sunday. AUG
80. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r Glenn an6
three sons, Richard. Tony and
Steve, and Mrs Ida Andrews at-
tended this reunion
Mrs. d S. Glenn left Sunday
for a week S tay at Tf4lor's Hotel
at Virginia Beach with her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Mary Glenn Taylor
Nj. and Mrs. Richard Young
and Ramsey Baldwin, Of CreWe,
were guests Of Mrs j. Humphrey
Young and Billy Friday night
Of Costa Rica
Dona Marie Baldwin de Gale
las. Of Costa RIGA, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs J Hum
phrey Young, left Thursday to
visit relatives in Pampl!n before
returning to Costa Rica
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-04

at Ellerson. Saturday night Mr.
Beck lett Sunday to attend to his
duties as railway mail clerk. and
Mrs Beck remained with the
Redds until Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs George McLaren.
Of Richmond, we're Friday night
guests OF Mrs. Addie Nunnally.
MI and Mrs. Ike Hickman, Of
Richmond were visitors Of w. c.
Glascock
Mr., and Mrs. Mike Glascock
were dinner guests OF her father,
J. B Driskin. at brakes Branch,
Sunday before last
r. Z. Price. Of Greensboro, N.
c, visited relatives here, Friday.
Nisi, Here
Mr.. and MIS- Hugh Walker, of
Richmond. and MIR and Mrs. r
M Walker and MI and Mrs. Har-
rison Rains and children, OF Dan
Vile, We're recent week end guests
Of Mr. ana Mrs. w n walker
Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE Dorst. Of
New York, Mrs L. 7 Nunnally,
Of Richmond, and Mrs. Addie
Nunnally were Thursday dinner
guests of Mrs J r Nunnally.
Friday, the same party accom-
panied by Mrs j. r Nunnally
were midday dinner guests OF Mi
and Mrs. Algie Gaulding at Vic
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-04
Darlington Hgts.

Congratulations to Carroll
WEIGH, who received his Bachelor
Of Arts Degree from the Universe
ty Of Richmond. Friday evening!
The Rev and Mrs. r. P. WEIGH
attended the graduation exercises.
Carroll, who is studying for the
Baptist ministry. vii lattend the
seminary at Wake Forest College,
again this year.
Hunter Watson left Monday
with the Herald New York Club
for a vacation in New York City,
this week He was accompanied by
his mother. Mrs. R. A. Watson.
George Shorter vacationed re-
Gently at Orphelia on the Potomac
River. He also visited Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Crop in Glenburnie.
Md His grandmother Mrs. Au-
gust Crop. who has been visiting
her children most of the summer,
returned with him
Louisiana Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E Fox. of
Alexandria, La, and Mrs. Charles
Fox and daughter, Patsy, of Ar
lington, spent the week end with
Mr.. and Mrs S. P Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Morris
and children, Of Richmond. spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.
L. f. Morris.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-09-04

More than GOO Americans die Of
cancer each dav American Cancer
Society statistics show.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-12-24

acted thele Is actually drama
of belief. These $4,000 prisoners
who have refused repatriation
are North Koreans and Chinese
who no longer believe in Com
munism, or they are South Ko-
reans and Americans who no
longer believe in Democracy. The
whole explanation procedure is
an effort on the part of the vari-
Gus governments to make these
men change the beliefs they now
hold, and 60 back to believing
what they used to believe. And
the world will be watching with
intense interest to see what hap
pens as each prisoner gets up
and chooses his door.
This encampment this ex-
PLANTATION center with its two
doors is a symbol of the inn
portance which the world now at
taches to what a man believes.
All over the world, not just there,
individual men, and whole ma
tons, yes, whole continents, hang
in the balance. Will they believe
what the Communists tell them,
increasingly and with planned
propaganda? Or will they be-
lieve what we tell them so halt
ingly and inconsistency and i'm
perfectly? The answer to that
question may well determine
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-12-24

neve, or have you just drifted
along with the great American be-
lief that all will turn out right
in the end, as these 100 people
apparently have? 1t is really all
summed up in the current hit
Song that, is sweeping the nation
and ouy campus: Il Believe 1
find 1t a very intriguing tune,
and I've been humming it my
self all day. And | am convinced
that the words state pretty pre-
cisely what vast number of
Americans believe. For every
drop of rain that falls a flower
grows Comforting, but is that
really true? What happens when
the rain doesn't fall? Il believe
chat Someone in the great Some
where hears every word" When
life tumbles in on you, do you
want to pray to someone in the
great somewhere, or to the Living
God, who has q name, and has
said by His prophet: Il nave cal
led you by your name, you are
mine" Every time l hear a new
born baby cry, or touch a leaf, or
see the sky, then l know why l
believe" Suppose the baby is
still-born, and all the hopes and
dreams of his parents are dashed
to pieces, what do you believe
then? Suppose the sky is full of
storm-clouds, or of enemy bomb
ers?
Don't you see how a vague,
sentimental belief is not enough
for time like ours? Don't you
see how we need to know what
we believe? A New York minis
ter was Weakened by a telephone
call at l am. 1t was a young
college girl who was a member
of his church. And this is what
she asked of him: please tell me
what believe. I've been talking
with two of my friends who are
Roman Catholics. They know
what they believe, and I'm all
mixed up. Please tell me what
believe" "Yes," said the minis
ter, Il understand, but l can't tell
you what you believe. l can tell
yoh what I believe, but you must
work out what you believe your
self"
Today we open a series of cha
pei talks on great Christian be-
lief. You will hear talks from
various speakers on Does it make
any difference what l believe
about God? about man? about
sin? about salvation?" and so on.
We cannot tell you what you be-
lieve. But we can tell you what
we believe. We can tell you what
is the great traditional faith of
the church, the beliefs that men
have found to be adequate to live
by and die by in the past. And
it is our hope that more and
more as the series progresses you
will know what you believe, and
will live it, which is the only
real way to believe it.
Now as to what l believe, it
will not take mS 600 words to
say it. 1t will only take me LOG:
I believe in God the Father AL
mighty, Maker of heaven and
earth: and in Jesus Christ His
only Son, our Lord: who was con-
ceived by the Holy Ghost, born
of the Virgin Mary, suffered I'M
der Pontius Plate, was crucified,
dead, and buried: the third day ne
rose again from the dead; he. as
cended into heaven, and stitch on
the right land of God the Father
Almighty; from thence he shall
come to judge the quick and the
dead. I believe in the Holy
Ghost and the Holy Catholic
church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resur-
rection of the body, and the life
everlasting. Amen.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-12-24
Sermon OF The Month
~ Prof. Albert c. VIM

by Prof. Albert c. VIM
White Davidson College. Gloss 80
- It is now darl1Iin Korea. But
even as / speak these words, un-
der the glow of search-lghts, men
are hard at work erecting one of
the most unusual encampments
ever to be built. 1t will be called
the explanation center" In it,
some $4,000 men who do not want
to 60 back home after the Ko-
rean War, will be interviewed by
representatives of their home
lands. These representatives will
try to persuade them to change
their minds and come back home.
When the interviews are COM
pleted, each prisoner will rise
and leave the room by one of
two doors. If he takes one door
out, it will signify that he elects
to return to his native land. If he
takes the other door out, it will
signify that he refuses to
be repatriated, that he
prefers to spend the rest of his
life somewhere else There is no
way out of the room except by
one of the two doors.
The drama which will be en-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-12-24

whether your children will grow
y IN a peaceful civilized world,
or will scrabble for existence on
the as.1-heaps of culture totally
destroyed by the hydrogen bomb.
Three =, thoughts, Immediately
stir us as we think Of this dra-
matte and symbolic explanation
center. In the first place, these
$4,000 men are plain soldiers,
many of whom can neither read
nor write. If what they believe
is important enough to lead gov
ernments to spend millions of dol
lars and the whole world to watch
with such interest, then what l
believe, and what you believe is
important, too. In a world like
this, it makes a tremendous diff
ference what / believe. And be-
yond this world, where eternity
hangs in the balance, what l be-
lieve is more important than /
can possibly understand now. OF
course it matters.
In the second place, the only
real beliefs we have are those
we act on. The final decision is
not what the man says to his in
reviewers, but which door he
goes out. There are many things
that we say we believe, or that
we would like to believe, but we
really and truly believe only
those things that we act on. In
the matter of belief, it is certainly
true that what you speak is so
loud ! cannot hear what you say"
The Apostle James forever pune
tured the balloon of belief that
talks and never acts when he
wrote taat faith without work is
dead.
In the third place, we nave to
believe something. The only way
out of the room is through one
door or the other. Life is like that.
We cannot be truly neutral on any
great question. If we do not de-
eide for God, we decide against
Him. AS Pascal said so truly:
"But you must wager You are in
the boat. 1t is not optional" You
see, there are only the two doors.
We must believe something,
not only because that is the way
life is made, but also because that
is the way we are made. Life can
never be full and mear1ingful and
radiant, so long as we try to hang
in the balance and remain neu-
trail. Scientific detachment" is
no longer fashionable; indeed, it
never was really possible. Objec-
tivity in method, yes; but no real
scientist was ever detached. No,
a scientist is forever wagering
his time and his laboratory ma
terials in experiments he would
never perform if he did not be-
lieve that such and such an n.y.
pothesis may be true. Life be-
comes worth living precisely
when we commit ourselves, when
we bet our lives, w.len we be-
lieve in something bigger than
ourselves.
Now then, if what you believe
is tremendously important in this
world and more so in the next, if
what you believe - really be-
lieve determines what you do,
if you must believe something
and indeed do believe something,
though you may have never
thought it through, one great
question TRUSTS itself upon US
and demands an answer: do you
know what you believer" Have
your unconscious beliefs on which
you act every day really beer
thought through? Have you in.
diligently decided what you be-
lieve? Have you thought abou
it? Suppose you were asked t.
write down what you believe il
600 words or less, could you d.
it!
Many people have been asked
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1953-12-24

idJtlF W w just Llldl. lHSIc ID q
radio probram called This | Be-
lieve," which is broadcast over
1876 stations every week, reaching
100000 listeners. Edward Muir
row introduces various famous
people andf some who are ,un-
known, and they make statements
of their belief over the air. Some
of these statements were pub
lished as a book, and it hit the
best seller list. DIR. George A..
Buttrick gave an analysis of this
book last summer that was so
disturbing that got the book for
myself.
Here it is. One hundred intelli-
gent people, most of them we'll
known like Eleanor Roosevelt,
Jackie Robinson, Lionel Barry
more, and SO on, say: This l Be-
lieve." They all admit it was diff
ficult to condense their beliefs to
600 words. But they did it. And
the results are appalling.
Let me read you some: Il be-
lieve in my God, my family, my
country, and baseball /. that is
my theology and philosophy of
life" Good enough as far as it
goes, but just how far does that
go?
'It's necessary, it's true, to be-
lieve in the Almighty, but don't
make Him your model. Have
faith in Him, but try for some
thing you're more apt to make.
Shoot little closer to home"
Il feel no need for any other
faith than my faith in human
beings"
The name Jesus occurs only
twice in the book. There is no
reference to the cross or to the
forgiveness of sins. Most of these
people believe in some kind of
God, but He seems very vague.
/ do not believe the Scripture
writers would recognize Him in
most instances. These people are
not at all vague about their be-
lief in man. On every page they
declare that their ultimate faith
is in the goodness of their fellow
men and in mems ability ultim-
ately to solve all his problems.
DR.. Buttrick in commenting on
this said: II don't believe in my
fellow-men, because I know Just
how sinful this man is" They be-
iieve in tolerance, which they de-
fine by saying that we all come
by different ways. Budd:lists, Mo-
hammedans, and the rest, but we
will arrive at the same place in
the end. They believe in America.
They believe in the power of sci
ence to build better world. They
believe in kindness.
They are nice people. And they
are honest people. That is exactly
what America believes, and just
about all America believes. What
Is wrong with it? you may ask.
And when you ask, you reveal
that that's just about what you
believe.
The thing that appalls me is
that America, with this nice, kind,
tolerant, vague set of beliefs, is
fighting for its life in war of
beliefs against Communists who
really believe something. Com
munists who know what they be-
lieve about history, about econo-
mics, about politics, about athe-
ism, about the future hope. They
have complete theology, OF
Anthology" if you want to call
it that. And they believe it pas
sionately and die for it willingly.
Unless we believe more than
these 100 kind of people, and be-
ileve it passionately, not all our
atom bombs or anything else can
assure us victory. This is essen
TALLY a war of beliefs, and we are
already beaten.
Do you know what you be-