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Evening star., 1953-04-18
MvWord for 1t
BY Fronk Colby

doll was popet, which evolved
into the word puppet, "a doll"
And puppet still means a doll.
especially a marionette as used
in puppet shows.
Now Middle English children
not only referred to their dolls
as puppets, they also used the
word puppet to designate their
little dogs.
In time puppet, meaning
little dog" lost its ct" and
grew a "y," and turned itself
into the word puppy. And, as
we have seen, the word puppet,
meaning a toy baby. came to
be replaced by the word doll.
How strange it would sound
to hear a little girl speak OF
playing with a puppet, of Wheel
ing it about in a puppet buggy,
or Of making puppets clothes!
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Evening star., 1953-04-18

The doll. said Victor Hugo,
". is one of the most i'm
perious necessities and at the
same time one of the most
charming instincts of female
childhood"
The word doll is strictly Eng
lish, although little girls have
played with dolls ever since the
human race began, as archeol-
ogists' findings and artifacts
have revealed. The French word
is poupee, pronounced: poo
pay; the German word for doll
is puppe: POO-puh; the Spanish
word is muneca with a tide
over the ny, pronounced:
moon-YAK-kah. Doll is the
shortened form Of the name
Dolly, a diminutive form OF
Dorothy.
The middle English word for
Evening star., 1953-04-18
A One-Minute Test OF You
Ne1DS knowledge
NEWS QUIZ
By Tom Henry

1. CLIPPED - Why will
the 100000 American rail
workers have their pay
checks reduced SC an hour .-
2. WINNER - Russia ex-
poets to graduate $4,000
scientists and engineers from
its colleges in 1855. How does
this compare with the United
States?
3. VISITOR - What 49,
year-old Crown Prince is in
the United States en- route
to England for the corona
ton?
4. OBIT-A king who ran
the gamut from playboy to
dicta tor died in exile last
week. Who was he?
5. QUOTE-What new y.
N. official said: "The best
thing would be for them
(Americans) to call me just
Hammershield it's ex-
actly what my name means
in English?
Answers:
/. Because retail prices
dropped on the last con-
sumer index report on which
their pay is based. 2. Only
1900 are expected to grad
uate in the United States.
8. Crown Prince Akihito of
Japan. 4. EX-King Carol II
of Romania. s.. Dag Ham
marskjoeld, new Secretary
General of the U. N.
Tom Henry'S "Quiz EN-"
appears every Sunday in
THIS WEEK Magazine with
The Star.
Evening star., 1953-04-18
Contract Bridoe
washington, D. G.
APRIL Is, 1853

BY EosIey BIoekwood
Ihave pointed out that a part
nership should be in game at no.
trump or in a major suit. hold
ing IS per cent of the high card
strength-unless, of course, the
early bidding indicates a bad
misfit.
South dealer
Neither side vulnerable
NORTH
(Mrs. Keen)
Q763
932
K1082
WEST EAST
(Miss Brash) (Mr. AbeD
a 100 AIS
KJ5 y Q1O8
J65 o A73
KQJ105 87643
WV -
(Mr. Dale)
AK842
A764
o Q94
The bidding:
South West North Pass
lsp'd'e 2clubs 2 sp'd's Pass
3 3sp'd's Pass 4Sp'd's All pass
No added distributional assets
are needed-merely the holding
of that much in top-card power.
In today'S deal. Mr.. Dale and
Mrs. Keen got to'four spades with
only a little over half the high
card strength. Yet their bidding
was sound and was based on the
following considerations.
Let's take Mr.. Dale first. Where
did he get his three-spade rebid
on a hand that was close to a
minimum opening? First. he
had singleton-and a particu-
larly valuable singleton because
it was a suit which the oppo-
nents had bid. He had a five
card spade suit in which his
partner had promised a good fit.
His partner was not giving
him chance" bid. Miss Brash'S
overcall would give him another
chance to bid and therefore Mrs.
Keen's two-spade raise was of
the free variety.
Miss BraSh led the king of
clubs and dummy's ace won. Mr..
Dale caShed the ace of spades,
then led a small spade to dunn
my's queen. Next he led the
last club from the board and
ruffed it.
He had to lose two heart tricks
and the ace of diamonds. The
key card was the jack of dia-
monds. If he could guess -
location, he was in. AS you see,
q flnesse could be taken either
way. But Mr.. Dale decided not
to guess at all. Not yet, anyway.
AS always, the best play was to
defer the making of a guess un-
til the last possible mement. Mr..
Dale led the ace and another
heart. Now, if the opponent
winning the second heart had
only doubleton. he would have
to return diamond, which
would eliminate the guess in
that suit: or a club, which would
give Mr.. Dale a stuff and a ruff.
AS it happened, the outstand-
ing hearts were divided 3-3 so
that after taking two hearts, the
enemy was in the same unenvi-
able position as just described.
And, if one opponent had held
four hearts, Mr.. Dale would have
ruffed the fourth lead of the
suit and would still have had a
$3.50 chance to guess the To-
cation of the jack of diamonds.
Evening star., 1953-04-18
Word Game
Find AZ or more words in
GAMBREL.

meaning" the hook of a horse"
Average is 43; time limit. 80
minutes.
Rules of the same-1. Words must be
of four or more letters. 2. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition OF
ISL such as bats" cats" are not
4. Proper names are not used.
Evening star., 1953-04-18
Arsw., IN MITIGATION.

Answer to MITIGATION.
main, mating, matin. mating. mango,
mint, mitt, moan. mont, moat. Initiating
anSo. titan, tint. timing ting. titan,
toEE, toga, gain gait, gamin, giant, gnat.
GOAT among atom, omit.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-04-01
Readers Reply


]. L., requested a suet pudding. I
do not have the one she mentions,
but I do have one that my family
goes for.
Suet pudding: y cup molasses,
cup hot water, 1 cup seeded rails
inS, rs teaspoon each of nutmeg,
cinnamon and cloves Mix all this
in mixing bowl Add l teaspoon
soda and flour to make stiff batter.
Steam three hours. Put in cof-
fee or Crisco can, put lid on and put
hole in top of lid to let steam out.
Then put in deep well with water
half way up on can and keep boil
ing three hours.
Sauce: 25 cup sugar, tablespoon
corn starch, l tablespoon butter,
1s cup fruit juice or little tart
jelly, cup water. Cook and strain.
Cool.-Mrs. H. NJ, Lake county.
For Mrs. M. E. c., Upton, Wyo-
ming.
My father who spent a year in
Alaska during the gold rush gave
me his recipe for this good old
standby sourdough bread. Follow
it and you can't go wrong. Use
one-gallon jar or crock. If you
wish to serve biscuits to five per-
sons, make your yeast or starter"
by sitting y quarts of flour into
the jar. Pour in milk for a stiff bat
ter. Put this in warm place for at
least IL hours. By this time the
batter will be light and airy. Now
you are ready to make your bis
cults.
Pour out on a well-floured board
1--WE like gold PAM "a of the dough.
We like to mix soda and flour. On
this batter sprinkle 1 teaspoon
sugar, " teaspoon salt, "a teaspoon
soda. Must be careful to sprinkle
soda evenly or there will be yellow
spots. Kneed the dough well, work.
ing flour for a smoothly velvety
dough. Roll about l inch thick and
cut into biscuits. Melt tablespoon
lard in baking pan. Prop one end
up so lard will run to the other end.
dip each biscuit in lard so it is
well covered. Fill the pan. You may
| a1IOvy hico,1i+c 10 c4or,J ~ xr,or,o,
place 20 minutes and then bake in
hot oven 10 to Is minutes or put
them at once in a moderate oven
and bake 20 to Is minutes. In this
way they rise in oven. Results prac-
tically the same.
There is a woman living near
Baker, Calf, who has used sour.
dough method these 40 years anc
makes just about everything that
can be baked with it.-W. G.. N.
Corvallis, Ore.
I'm probably too late for the re-
cipe Mrs. M. E. c. of Upton, Wyo.
wanted for sourdough biscuits, bu
am sending the one I use all the
time, as my husband is a sheep
herder here in Wyoming and W.
are where we can't get to town
often, so I make the pancakes anC
biscuits a lot.
Mrs. M. E. c. of Upton, Wyo., ma,
be my neighbor for I don't know
| MANY DeOp1e here
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-04-01
New ideas for the
qood old kitchen

Used the kitchen always the real of home life
especially the farm Lots of Places it still isits head
quarters for Mother it's the easiest place and be
of the pleasantest parts of the house.
Now here's that has lot of possibities One side of
this modern preparation great hearth where
you barbecue steaks all year round And beautifully
practical the mary matching Crane Kitchen Queen sink
and the Crane wall and base cabinets 4ou have the sink
and tops in harmonzng colors if you prefer)
And of you know Cranes reputation for quality For
years. Crane has been building long fe beauty and depend
ability into plumbing and heating equ pment.
Cranes complete line of sinks and cabinets combines with
Crane furnaces boilers heaters pumps and bath
fixtures equip the modern farm completely.
part Cranes Idea Service plans for the kitchen you
here areous for the asking Crane also offers dozens OF prac
teal ideas for other kitchens of all Sizes well bath
and utility See your nearby Crane Plumbing and
Heating Dealer Crane Co., 836 South Michigan Ave.
Chicago 5, Illinois.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-04-01

cup and half of the flour, add the
other ingredients and stir until
smooth. Then add rest of flour to
stiffen the dough. Let it rise until
double it's size, then knead it and
cut into biscuits. Let rise again and
bake in a hot oven 450 degrees F.
for Is or 20 minutes.-Mrs. R. 81
Upton, Wyo.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1953-04-01
Big Spring Ranch April
"Little Things

week. One hundred and fifty soft
little balls of peeping down, depend
ent, trusting little creatures. Right
now as I look at them it's difficult
for me to bring myself to the reali-
zation that in a few, short months
off will come their heads and we
will be "um-uming" over them at
the dinner table.
1 couldn't help turning that
thought over in my mind as l sat
on the brooder house floor and took
each chick from the boxes and
dipped its beak in the warm water,
then carefully placed it under the
brooder. I thought, too, of years gone
by when we struggled with coal
burning brooder stove to house our
baby chicks. Those surely were not
the good old days"
The coal brooder wasn't so de-
pendable. Many tn e nj G hts I'd
awaken and imagine the chicks were
freezing or suffocating; 1 could never
go back to sleep until I'd gone out
and had look, midnight journey
through and over snow drifts. l have
a sickening feeling now whenever
I think of the time we found 35 hud-
died in a corner-lifeless!
That was before the REA line was
built to our place.
Oh, but now! I'm as proud of our
new brooder house as I would be
of new set of imported china. It's
built according to the most modern
Specifications, with ventilators that
open and shut automatically. The
windows on the south slant inward
so that when they are opened for
added ventilation, no draft will reach
the chickens inside.
1 never get cramps in my back
any more because I can walk around
in the new brooder house straight
ened up to my full 5 feet and 5
inches. In that old house that was
triangular shaped there was only
one place where 1 could stand to my
full height-in the center.
The new brooder house is built on
skids, an improvement which has so
many advantages. While the chicks
are small we have it placed near
the house. Then, later on it's hauled
out close to the shelterbelt.
Under those trees is an excellent
place for the young chickens to get
away from hawks. They soon learn
to run for the sheltering trees when
ever a hawk hovers near.
We haven't found out what to do
about the skunks, however. 1 think
every farmer killed more of the
pests last year than ever before
and yet they kept coming to plague
us. More chickens were eaten or
killed by the skunks too. Perhaps
skunk fur coats are not so popular
any more, but, personally, I'd enjoy
one, under the circumstances.
Putting aside all of the drawbacks
and misfortunes, one goes ahead each
spring with renewed hopes and plans
Farm and ranch people are ''built
like that. They have to remember
that there is always another year
and another spring with the "little
things" BY Verna Mae Banta.
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-18
Santa Claus Matinee
At Shore Theatre
Here Tomorrow
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night including Christmas Eve un-
til Christmas.
The Committee from the Cham
Der of COmmerce-Cal Ball and
Bob Yerkes-and the committee
from the City GOvernment-Ma
Edward c. Evans and City Manager
Stanford Marvel - have worked
hard to make Milford an attractive
place in which to shop. This week,
additional Christmas decorations
were affixed to the light poles
throughout the Walnut Street shop
ping district, and with the cOOpera-
tiOn of the Police Department.
Christmas music is being broad
cast II hours a day. The Nativity
scene, located on the vacant lot
next to the Odd Fellows Temple,
has been erected and ragrOuped,
with special lighting effects, that
greatly enhance the beauty of the
scene.
The Milford Police, under the
direction of Chief Samuel G. Powell,
are issuing courtesy cards for
overtime parking, and shoppers
are assured of courteous treatment
when they make Milford their
shopping headquarters.
The joint committee from the
Chamber and the City are deeply
appreciative of the support they
have and are receiving from the
merchants and industrial estab-
lIshments of Milford, and they will
continue to make Milford a better
place in which to Shop and Save.
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-18
Spray Programs Tested
On Red Delicious Apples

Red Delicious apples "got the
works this past season in various
spray programs tested by the
Delaware Agricultural Extension
Service.
According to DR.. Lois A. Stearns.
extension entOmologist, all eight of
the optional spray programs recon-
mended to growers in 1853 proved
satisfactory against diseases, insects
and mites, with one exception-the
Zineb failed to control scab. The
comparative tests were made on
Red Delicious apples in the
RichardsOn-Kelly orchard at Rising
Sun.
Fruit sprayed with Zineb had the
best finish, with only 6 per cent
showing russet. This fungfcide
rated 100 per cent from the stand
point Of high gloss. Captain ranked
second, with 81 per cent russet and
80 percent gloss.
All sulfur programs gave pro-
portionately greater russet and
greatly reduced gloss. The first ev'-
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-18
EPWORTH
By Mrs. Reuben Riley
Phone BrldReVIIIe S42A

The Christmas program will be
held at Epworth Church, Wednes-
day evening, December 23rd, at
1880 p. m. Everyone welcome.
Mrs. Edith BOyce of SeafOrd has
been spending the past week with
her niece, Mrs. Ethel Stuart.
Nh and Mrs. Frank Anthony
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Elliott and family of Frederick,
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Silbereisen
of Pennington, called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Rawlins Stuart on Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. Mollie SOrden. Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen Verley and children of Mills
bOrO, were dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs Frank Smith on Sunday
Mrs. Thomas ShOckley and
daughter, Mary Lee, of MillsbOrO,
were dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thurman Adams, Sr., on Sun
day.
Mrs. Myrl Montgomery of near
fredericksburg, called on Mrs. Leon
Smith on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Marvel and
children, Lee and Suzanne of Edge
Hill Road, Philadelphia, were
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Workman and family. Mr..
and Mrs. Irving Austin of Bethel,
were Sunday evening callers of the
WOrkman's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Smith and
children, also Mrs. Lewis Smith
and children, spent Saturday in
Wilmington visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Cecil Culver and Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Calder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Lord and
daughter of fredericksburg called on
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F. Nelson, Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Lizzie Andrew and Mr.. Har-
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-18
ST. JOHNS
Mrs. Laurence Kitchens
Phone georgetown 949e

The Christmas candlelight SER
vices which were held at St. Johns
Methodist Church on Sunday eve
ming were very impressive. The
pastor, Rev. Joseph V. Holiday.
brought the message which was
very inspiring and uplifting. The
attendance was also very good.
The annual Christmas entertain
ment will be held at the church
on Tuesday evening, December %,
at 7:30 o'clock. A very interest
ing program is being arranged by
the committee. Everyone welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart Dunn, Mrs.
Jennie DOrman and Fred DOrman
Of Wilmington were Sunday guests
of Mrs. Helen Truitt and Mrs. Lii
lie Stewart
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent Radish and
children of near MillsborO spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Perry.
Mrs. Lawrence Kitchens and Yer
non Kitchens were in Milford on
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James West were
guests at a turkey dinner ct ME-.
and Mrs. John Truitt in George
town on Sunday. The occasion was
Mrs. Truitt's birthday.
The members of the WSCS and
the MYF wish to thank all who
helped in any way to make the
bake and food sale a success; also
Theodore Burton and Company for
the use of their show room in
Georgetown.
This neighbOrhOOd wishes to ex-
tend their deepest sympathy to the
relatives of Mrs. Ella Rogers, who
passed away last week.
Mrs. MedfOrd Calhoun of Green
wood spent Thursday evening with
/ her sister, Mrs. Sallie Truitt.
Mrs. Helen Renfrew and chill
dren of Georgetown spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Johnson.
The many friends of Carroll Will
son wish to express their sorrow
for him in the loss of his ! ome
which was destroyed by fire on
Friday night.
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-18

BabylOnia had a banking system
as early as 1000 B. C.
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-18
NEY CRAVE PROTECTED

CLEVELAND. N. C.-(P)-Sou-
venir hunters will no longer
bother the grave of a man who may
have been Marshal of France. The
gravestOne inscription in Third
Greek Presbyterian Cemetery
reads:
Peter Stuart Ney, a native of
France and a soldier of The French
Revolution under Napoleon Bona
parte. Departed this life Novem-
ber Is, 1886 Age H."
Michel Ney, Marshal of France,
was ordered executed by Emperor
Louis XVIII for losing the battle
of Waterloo. Many believe Ney es-
capped the sentence and fed to
America to become Peter Stuart
Ney, a Rowan County schoOlmaster.
Souvenir hunters Clipped away
much of the stone. Now the Ney
Memorial Association has erected
a brick and glass mausoleum over
the modest grave.
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-18
ROXANA
By Mrs. Alice Lockwood
Phone SelbyVTlle 4406

Sunday morning, December 20,
the children's department will pre-
sent their Christmas program. In
the evening at 1880 o'clock, the
young adults will give a candle
light program. You are invited to
attend both services.
Rev. and Mrs. Harvey Hufnal
and son of RehObOth visited Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Lekites on We'd
nesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Long of Phil
adelphia spent a part of last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Seth Long, near
BishOpville. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Ewell visited the above on Thurs
day evening.
Leo Strasser (the ice mani, sis
ter and brOther-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. William J. Phillips, of Maple
wood, N. j., spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Powell at
Peppers Corner, and also visited
Leo Strasser at Selbyviile. The
Phillips were enrOute to Florida,
and will start their new home there
on arrival.
Mrs. Viola Williams of West
Ocean City, spent last week with
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson Ewell. Mrs. EW-
ellis daughter, Miss Janet Bunting
and friend. Carlton Lyons of Will
mingtOn, were also home for the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Lynch were
Saturday evening callers of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Lynch, and Sun
day evening callers of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cove Bennett.
The Pal Sunday School Class
held it's monthly meeting on Mon
day evening, December IA, at the
Community House. Mrs. Pauline
Gibbs is the teacher of this fine
class of young married ladies. Mrs.
Allen Burbage and Mrs. George L..
/ Bennett, ii, were the hOstesses for
the evening.
Mrs. Norman Lynch and daugh-
tehr. Mrs. Roland Ennis, Jr., and
son Michael spent Friday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Lekites.
Michael made his debut at the home
of Uncle Sam and Aunt Dol.
William c. Bennett is making his
home with his nephew and wife,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Bennett, near
town.
Messrs. Harry Goodwin, Jr., and
David Goodwin have returned home
after a cunning trip at Swans
Quarters, n. G.
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-18
Houston Cardinals
Outstanding All Club
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the club did as a community prof.
ect.
The Cardinals also won many
individual hOnOrs. Carolyn Davis
won the County Achievement
award, a Sterling pin for her
freezing project and Virginia
RObb had honorable mention in this
project. Johnny Benson won the
County Achievement award of a
Sterling pin with his Poultry prof.
ect ana Bobby Reynolds had hon
Orable mention in this project.
Other honorable mentions were
Jimmie Simpler with his Yard I'm
pTOvement project, Calvin Hollis
with Meat Production and Virginia
RObb with her Canning project.
Johnny Benson was presented
a show halter by Breyer Ice Cream
Company for his Dairy Project and
also was given a Sterling pin for
Dairy Achievement.
At this banquet the Dairy Judg-
ing Team led by Martha Benson,
composed of Richard Simpson,
Wayne Simpson and Johnny Ben
son were presented the beautiful
trophy given by the Farmers Bank
of Dover. These boys won this
trophy in July for being judged
the leading team of Kent County.
This club led by Martha Benson,
John and ElOn Eisenbrey, Mary
Hollis and Frances Parvis have
worked very hard this year and z
of it's members have won scholar
ships for judging contests.
The Cardinals will hold their
annual Christmas party Saturday,
December 10Th, at the Firehall and
are busy making plans for next
year.
Milford chronicle., 1953-12-18
MILTON
By
Walter w. Crouch
Phone
milton 1885

Funeral Services for Milton T.
Graves, SO, a former mayor of
Milton, were held on Tuesday
afternoon from the Wilson Funeral
Home. He died early Saturday
morning after a long illness.
Mr.. Graves operated the Graves
Garment Factory here for the past
80 years and was owner of three
farms in this section. In addition
to serving as mayor he also had
been member of Town Council;
had served on the official board of
the Goshen Methodist Church for
20 years, was a member of Endea-
vOr Lodge No. II A. F. and A. NJ;
Delaware COnsistOry, Kent and
Sussex Scottish Rite Club, and
Golden Rule Lodge No. II IOOF.
He was the son of Mrs. Frances
Elizabeth Green Graves of Lewes,
and the late William E. Graves.
In addition to his mother, he is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Elsie
Walls Graves; a daughter, Miss
Susan N. Graves; three sisters,
Mrs. Frances Custis, Lewes; Mrs.
Virginia DickersOn, Laurel; Mrs.
Pauline Carey, SeafOrd; four
brothers, Henry G. Graves, George
town; Lewis B., Mahlon H., and
George restOn Graves all of Lewes.
The Rev. Frank M. Volk. pastor
of Goshen and Grace Churches, will
Officiate at the funeral, assisted by
the Rev. Harold M. Davis of ElktOn,
Md, former pastor here. Interment
followed in the Odd Fellows Gene
terry.
On Wednesday afternoon funeral
services were held for Halmanius
F. Wiltbank, 54, who was found
dead at his home on Federal Street,
Saturday morning. Mr.. Wiltbank
had been in poor health for several
months and had recently returned
home after being a patient at the
Beebe Hospital. 1t is surmised he
had been dead sometime when
neigbors entered the home and
found him lying beside the bed. He
is a member of an old Sussex County
Family and had been a resident
of this area all his life. Mr.. Wilt
bank was a paperhanger and
interior decorator and was the
son of Alice L. Wiltbank and the
the late John c.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs.
Ralph Waller of Ocean City, Md,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Carl B. Pretty
man of Harbeson. His mother,
Mrs. Alice L. Wiltbank. also sur
wives. She is a patient in the Lin
Del Nursing Home at Lincoln.
Services were held from the
Atkins Funeral Home. Lewes at 2
p. m. The Rev Wade Hampton,
former rector of st. John the Baptist
Church, Milton, Oficiated. Burial