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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1954-12-16

Officials: Schoeppner & Pri
Evening star., 1954-12-08
Preparedness lsBesi
Peace Hope, Grew
| Tells Inhabitants

Joseph c. Grew. American
Ambassador to Japan Is years
ago at the time Of Pearl Har-
Dor, and a former Undersec-
retary Of State, last night warned
that the best way to preserve the
peace is to be prepared for war.
Mr.. Grew, now "a. was prin-
cipal speaker at the 89th birth
day celebration of the Associa-
| ton Of the Oldest inhabitants,
attended by some $50 persons in
the Hotel 2400.
It was on December z, 1865,
that the group was formed.
Japan In Danger.
Mr.. Grew, In his talk, warned
OF the dangers of Communist in
roads into Japan and urged
strong military preparedness to
ward off this danger.
The speaker. who had Al years
in the diplomatic corps, said he
believes the United States can
count on Japanese friendship in
the future "if we play our cards
right"
He traced the events leading
10 the Pearl Harbor catastrophe.
He said he saw war with Japan
as early as 1885, a war In which
Japan would be crushed by the
Evening star., 1954-12-08

Western powers. At that time.
he predicted. Japan would rise
again II one Or two generations.
LeeEnan Looks Back.
Herbert P. Leeman. chairman
Of the dinner committee. pointed
out that, In his time with the
group. he could remember four
presidents. They were Theodore
w. Noyes, former editor of The
Star, who was president Of the
Oldest Inhabitants for so years
and built up the organization;
John Clagett Proctor, Washing
ton historian: Jesse Suter, who
was civic editor of The Star, and
now Corcoran Thorn, who last
night made the welcoming re-
marks.
Assisting MIR. Leeman on the
dinner. committee were Walter L.
Lyddane. sr., and A. Gray DaW-
son. The reception committee
was headed by Edward G.. viii
cox. aided by Albert x. Hovey-
King and Walter J, Proctor.
Members of the Oldest Inhab-
itants must be at least SO years
old, with IS years of residence in
the District.
Evening star., 1954-12-08
star star Photo

SHOE SHINE KIT
Fof the traveller, the fastidious
gentleman. Genuine leather case
measuring just Sx6 inches con.
tains two fine brushes, two tubes
Of Meltonian cream in black and
brown; also shine cloth. Sturdi.
ly made in England. Very
specially priced ------$S.SO
Evening star., 1954-12-08
Travelling Leaf

GREENVIILE, Pa. (P). j.
B. Rimer found a giant syca-
more leaf measuring IA inches
across and II inches high In his
yard. The discovery was particu-
larly startling because Mr.. Rimer
said there Isn't a sycamore tree
within miles Of his property.
Evening star., 1954-12-08
SS|liir / IS

Most men never have enough good white shirts 50
Raleigh and Arrow team up to do something about
it. We've got the most complete range Of collar
styles in town as we'll as exact. sleeve lengths to
assure him Of perfect fitting. So take the guess
work out Of giving =. come on in for the one
Christmas gift thot's fool proof in the way it's
sure to please him.
Evening star., 1954-12-08
INITIALED
HANDKERCHIEFS

You could spend ten times 40
much and not get Q gift with
the same fine personal touch.
We have the new TV squares
with colored initials; regular
handkerchiefs with white initials.
All made of finest imported
linen -$I.5O, $3.50, $3.50
Evening star., 1954-12-08
FAMOUS ROLLS"
ENGLISH RAZOR

Hand forged Sheffield steel 10
hollow.ground and tempered to
q microscopic edge. Has q life.
time blade and 10 semi.auto-
matically stropped and honed
by a device in ito own case.
Wonderful Gift for the traveller,
$l7.5O
VIII sstra blade ----S2I.2S
Evening star., 1954-12-08

ST. JOHNS BAY RUM
This original after-shave skin
bracer and bath refreshment Is
made from the aromatic oil Of
Virgin Islands Bay trees. Its
masuline scent is q great favor.
ite with well groomed men.
S.oS. bottle. $3.50; I6-os. $3.50
blss IoR Federal Ereiss Tas
Evening star., 1954-12-08
FINEST IMPORTED
COAT HANGERS

Made of seasoned imported
beechwood and built for q life.
time Of service! Shaped to the
human frame, they hold the gar
ment without wrinklins. Have
trouser attachment made Of
heavy fittings with locking lever
for easy handling -----$2.0S
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-14

Metals have been developed
which would permit a plane to fly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-14

1000 miles an hour, at heat O
400 degrees.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-14
JOSEPH r. KELLER

Joseph Ruthford Keller, aged
II, son of the late Jacob and Caro-
Ign Boyer Keller, died Monday,
October II, in Weeks Nursing
Home in Oakland
Bonn in Accident December /,
1877, he was a member of the
Methodist church at Hoyes where
he spent most of his lifetime. His
wife, Belva Cuppett Keller, died
i22 years ago.
Mr.. Keller also was a member
of the Hoyes Woodmpn of the
World, Camp No. so.
Surviving are brother, Jacob
Keller, Newburg, W. Va; and four
children, Mrs. Earl Enlow, Oak
land; Paul Keller, Oakland; Mrs.
Mary c. Schroyer, Uniontown,
Pa; and Mrs. Boyd Moon, Dubois,
Pa.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Bolden Funeral home in
Oakland on Wednesday afternoon
at , o'clock. with Rev. William b.
Orndorff, of Westernport, offici-
ating. lnterment was in the Hoyes
cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-14
EDWIN 0. FOUCH

Edwin O. Fouch, IS, retired B.
and O. telegraph operator, died
Sunday evening, October 10, at the
Cuppett Nursing Home in Oakland
where he had been a patient for
nine months.
Born June Z, 1869, at Browns
Vile, Washington county, he was
a son of the late David and Ma
tilda Fouch. He started work with
the B. and O. railroad company as
telegraph operator March Z, 1894,
and had worked at the Mt. Lake
office for more than 35 years, be-
fore being retired several years
ago.
He was married June II, 1902
to Flora B. Maysilles who died in
1947. Mr.. Fouch was a member of
the Ev. U. B. church, Loeb Lynn,
and Of the Order of Railroad Te-
legraphers.
Rev. Blair Burr, pastor of the
Ev. L. B. Church, officiated. Pail
bearers were NJ. f. Lee, G. P. Mar
tim, Robert Lee. O. c. Bittinger,
Joe Calls and F. O. Liller.
Surviving are sister, Mrs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-14
WALTER +. SPIK Err

Walter Floyd Spiker, aged So,
died Friday, October 8, in Detroit,
Mich.
Born April 20, 1896, at Bayard,
w. Va, he was son of the late
John H. and Fannie ReXrode
Spiker.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Nora Gibbs; six daughters,
Mildred, Eleanor, Anna Frances,
Evelyn and Edra, all of Detroit;
and Betty, of South America; two
sisters, Mrs Lillian f. Wolf and
Mrs. Beatrice Cosner, Bayard; and
brother, E. B. Spiker, Ridgeley,
". Va.
The body was brought to the
Bolden Funeral home in Oakland
on Sunday and funeral services
were conducted Monday morning
at II o'clock. Interment was in the
Bayard cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-14
COVE

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Harmon
and children were Sunday evening
guests Of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Harmon.
On Saturday evening, a surprise
birthday party was held for Ana
Mas Glass in celebration OF his
88th birthday, at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Glass. Those attend
ing We're Mr.. and Mrs Dick Glass,
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Glass and
son Jimmy, Mr.. and Mrs Paul
Fuller, all of Westernport; Mr..
and Mrs. 0lin Glass and children,
Johnny and Beveraly and friend,
Frostburg; Lloyd jenkins.
Friendsville; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Glass and daughter Phyllis, Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Glass, and Mr..
and Mrs Carl Glass and sons.
Ronnie and Larry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Georg and
son, Baltimore, spent the Weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs Oscar Harmon
and sons, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Krause.
Res. and Mrs. R. c. FRANKIE.
Pittsburgh, Pa, spent a few days
last week with their son and
daughter-in-law, Rev. and Mrs. NJ.
f. FRANKIE.
Mr., and Mrs. Roy Hartman and
granddaughter, Janet, were Sun
day afternoon guests Of Nh and
Mrs William Hanft.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Glass and
sons. Ronnie and Larry, spent last
! J.. "a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-14
DANIEL HUMMEL

Daniel Hummel, 80, prominent
turkey grower Of the New Ger
many area, died Saturday night,
October 9, in Memorial hospital in
Cumberland, where he had been a
patient since Thursday. He had
been i'll about two weeks.
He was son of Samuel and
Mary Elizabeth Pope Hummel and
is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Betty Mason Hummel; four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Allen Fresh, Cumber-
land; Mrs Edward Kernel, Cleve-
land, o.; Mrs Robert Davis,
Grantsville; and Susan Hummel,
at home; two sons, Ralph P. Hum
mel, Pikesville; and Henry J. Hum
mel, Frostburg; six brothers,
George NJ. Hummel, Grantsville;
Walter F. Hummel, Williamsburg,
Pa; John f. Hummel, Miami, Fla;
Charles E. Hummel, Redwood City,
Calf; James B. Hummel, Meyers
dale, Pa; and Samuel M. Hummel,
McKeesport, Pa; four sisters, Mrs.
Wilbur Derry, Salisbury, Pa; Mrs.
James Muril, Cumberland; Mrs.
Jenny Richards, Charleston, W.
Va; and Miss Irene d. Hummel,
Cumberland.
He was a member of the Frost
burg Eagles Aerie and St. AIMS
Catholic church at Avilton. A
requiem mass was celebrated
Tuesday morning at 1890 o'clock
from ST. AIMS church, with inter
ment in the parish cemetery.
Pallbearers were Orvil Garlitz,
Albert Garlitz, Albert Robson,
marry Robson, James Turner and
William Turner.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-14
DIED
MISS MARY b. PORTER


Miss Mary Barnes Porter, who
had been i'll health for a number
of years, died last Saturday, De-
tober ., She was 60 years Of age.
A native Of Forkston, Pa, she
was born July 10, 1894, and was
daughter Of the late Mn and
Mrs. George Albert Porter.
Miss Porter was graduated from
Oakland High school in 1912 and
from Western Maryland College in
1916. She also received a Bachelor
of Arts degree at Cornell univer-
sity. Sne taught school in Friends
vile. in Oakland, in Bronia, Pa,
and also in Marshall College, Hunt
ington, W. Va. Miss Porter taught
French and history in Mckinley
High school. Honolulu, T. H., and
had travelled in Korea, Japan and
China.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Paul
b. Naylor, Of Oakland, and a
brother, Robert II. Porter, San
Francisco. The body was at the
home Of her sister, where a flu
neral service was conducted Wed
nesday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock.
DR.. W. S. Patterson, pastor of St.
Paul's Methodist church, officiated.
Interment was in Oakland Gene
terry.
Pallbearers We're Mason Glot-
felty, John Maroney, Townshend
Naylor, DR.. W. w. Grant, Ralph
Weber, Gordon Mealy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-14

Eisenhower called for the cleo
ton of Republican Congress, one
to support his program.
Government considers abandon
ing famed Ellis Island immigra-
ton center.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-14

Higher retail sales set The pace
for a general quickening in the
tempo of the nations business.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-14
YEAR BOOK EDITORS

YEhR R00k EnIT0QN Pictured Giotety, left
ILhi DOVN LOIlOIIO Dolores Veter Gotey
Southern High school,
class to be editor Of The Highlander school Yearbook Dolores
assistant editor will
Prts adVersing Shapess Asheneter
Shirley Shaer sales photographers Ashenete
Kay Hanin and Douglas Smith Beverly Winters
Don Mary
1oltschneider, Earl Rayeta Mary
NalY JoAnn Holen Mary pists
Miss Roberta Cogley is faculty adviser. by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Softness Of SteeIs
Drops Stock Prices
In Slower Trading
BY ME Associated Press

NEW YORK, FEB. 8.--SottneSS
among selected steels tipped the
stock market downward today.
Trading started fast with
prices generally higher. But the
pace soon slackened and many
sections turned irregular.
Aircrafts were in good de-
mand. Boeing and United Air
craft advanced. But steels turned
downward about noontime, sig
mailing a change in market tone.
Fractionally lower were Bethle-
hem. Republic and United States
Steel.
Sections f1uctuating narrowly
in both the plus and minus COL
umns were motors, rubbers, dis
tillerS, chemicals, utilities and
railroads.
On the rise were General Mo.
tors, Studebaker. International
Harvester. National Distillers.
Radio Corp. American Tele-
phone, International Nickel.
American Cyanamid, American
Tobacco and New York Central.
| Lower were Chrysler, Packard.
Goodyear. Sears Roebuck. Du
Pont. Dow Chemical, Westing-
house, Con Edison, American
Can and Southern Pacific.
A block of 100000 shares of
RKO Pictures opened up 2la
points at 53s. l953-lo54 high.
The block traded after noon
and was precipitated by Howard
Hughes offer to buy all the as
sets of the company. The board
chairman's offer would amount
to S. share.
Some $4,000 separate buying
orders piled up during the morn
ing for the RKO stock. 1t was
believed to have been one of
the largest opening blocks in
history and the largest trans
action printed on the New York
Exchange ticker in five years.
| Seldom active Coca-Cola In
ternational jumped 60 points at
952 on the trade of 10 shares.
Corporate bonds climbed while
the Government bond market
held record highs established
last week. German and Greek
liens were also firm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Hughes Offers 10 Buy
All Stock in RK0

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 8.-How-
ard Hughes, holder of the con-
trolling interest in RKO Pictures
Corp. has announced an offer
to buy out the rest of the stock
holders for $23.5 million.
Mr.. Hughes, in a letter to the
corporation yesterday, said the
sum represents Sc a share for all
stock except his. The stock
closed Friday on the New York
Stock Exchange at $2.87.
The film producer, also an in
dustrialist and plane builder,
offered to buy all assets of RKO
Pictures for $23, 489,478 in cash.
There are 3,914,913 shares of
RKO stock outstanding. Mr.
Hughes 1.262.120 shares are ex-
empt from the offer.
Mr.. Hughes said the offer was
subject to acceptance by a duly
constituted RKO officer by Feb
ruary Is, and approval by a ma
jority of the RKO stockholders,
other than himself. by March 80.
The payments would be made
during the 60-day period follow
ing adoption of the purchase
offer resolution.
Il have been sued by certain
of the stockholders and accused
of responsibility for losses to the
corporation Mr.. Hughes letter
stated, adding that he desires all
stockholders to receive more for
their shares than they were
worth when he bought into the
company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Produce Markets

United states AsrisuItrTs pspsrsment:
and aD Bosss A g. fNseady fS a e sss
up 3;o0.s5; staymans 5 inches up, fair
quality qua G,s $25-5o n & INCHES up 4oo.2Si
staymans, U. s. Fancy. aIs inches up up.
Delicious i. s Fancy. No l5aoi'is {:s5.
rolaf sse fpssadkE atahaa:
New-asout steady. Fla. SO pound sacks.
S?9n0 u Fes' E Eo Size $ Ne so L sse
:, Sweet Potatoes: Dull. Bushel baskets.
" z; s pnd No; p e: some washed waved.
a e ser's SleanS fsir o Md and ys
Puerto Ricans 3.50-3.oo, few higher;
$3.50; nearby, lslbushel hamper, Gold.
Lima beans-Slightly weaker. Flori-
"a ia bushel hamper 5."6-6.oo' fair quail
Snap beans-SIightly weaker. Florida,
bushel hamper. Valentines, 4 .00-4 so:
few, AS. Repacks cartons, 6-l2-ounce
Beets-Pennsylvania. bushel baskets.
topped, 1.En
Poultry Quotations.
Poultry-.Market quiet. Light offer:
light trade needs. Few top-quality frv-
ers sold IS. One lot Of cayy-type
turkeys brought "a on toms 46-4S on
hens. Too few sales to quote prices.
Grain Market. =
Flour-Receipts. 24.392 100 pound
sacks
Wheat-Receipts. 56,206 bushels;
shipments. Bah bushels; stocks. $780,
053 bushels: No. . red winter garlicky,
spot, domestic, 2.19: February, 2,19; No.
3, 2.l6.
Corn-Receipts. 25170 bushels; ship
ments. 10000 bushels; stocks, 1,550.42I
bushels.
Cats-Receipts, 5000 bushels; ship
ments. none: stocks, none.
Barley--Receipts none; shipments.
500 bushels stocks, 1O4,0l bushels.
Rye-Receipts, 5000 bushels; ship
ments none: stocks none.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1893 bushels:
shipments. lS,434 bushels; stocks, $780,
Ash bushels.
Millfeed-Receipts. $40 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Chicuqo Grain

CHICAGO, Feb s R-Wheat and old
crop soybeans moved ahea Tr II t actiye
feed sfans f hd eose to eos
ing levels. as did November soybeans,
Buying orders IN the pits a. the open per,
soybeans. plus July. September and De
cember wheat. into new seasonal high
grourd.
once they were through previous tops
a good number of stop;loss orders were
touched off, adding to the upward surge.
Wheat near the end of the first hour
was to l3s cents higher, March
March Slots. oats unchanged to =
higher. March 70, rye "a to - higher,
March 81 .23la, soybeans y to. 2!a high
owea Ma e. cents pound higher ah M fsn
NI6S5
Continued dry weather in the South
in new crop wheat Much of the area
has been without any substantial mois-
ture in the past seven weeks ana the
period of strong winds. which could
In addition. there was the feeling
these new crop contracts ,, were priced a.
! Ignored for the moment in the buiiish
enthusiasm was the question as to
whether there win be enough space for
advantage Of the Government loan
Ramors of potential expor. BUSINESS
helped the. old crop contract; Has
Germany would be in the market this
week. Today there Vas talk Japan and
Spain would buy a substantial quantity
OF the bread cereal outside the interna-
tional wheat agreement.
Old crop soybeans were III demand
because of the firm tone in soybean oil
markets IT was felt professors might
be giving support to the s0ybean market.
Feed grains were held back by re-
ceipts of 1872 cars of cash corn, fairly
stable quantity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Business Briefs

Anderson, Clayton e. Co. is
considering the possibility of ex-
tending its cotton operations to
Turkey.
Continental Oil Co. in year
ended December 81 earned $40.8
million or $4.20 share VS.. $685.
O78.89O or 1891 in 1852.
Continental Can Co. in year
ended December 81 earned SIS
$685. or $4.29 a share VS.. Sl4.-
387 1899 or S422 in 1852.
Kroger Co. in year ended De-
cember IS earned s12,528,664 or
S3.40 share VS.. $12,ll0,087 or
$3.50 in 1852.
Budd Co. in year ended De-
cember 81 earned S10,829,303 OF
S2.88 share VS.. S9,l90.6l8 or
$2.42 in 1852.
Florida Power e. Light Co. IN
year ended December 81 earned
S8,392.185 or S307 a share VS..
S7.62l.653 or $284 in 1852.
Coca Cola Intl. Corp. in year
ended December 81 earned So
955,264 or 1851 share VS..
S6.012.l21 or s37.04 in 1852.
CHM. N. 0. g. Tex. Pac. in year
ended December 81 earned S.
354,881 VS.. $5.279,549 in 1852.
EagIe-Picher Co. in year ended
November 80 earned 1922 ,966
or 1928 a share VS.. $4,035 SAB or
S4.08 in 1852.
Penn-Dixie Cement Corp. in
year ended December 81 earned
S3.354,0O0 or $557 a share VS..
S2,672 900 or $444 in 1852.
Sutherland Paper Co. in year
ended December 81 earned S.
957,30 or 1925 a share VS.. ST.
5O3,958 or $274 in 1852.
Great Lakes Paper Co, Ltd. in
year ended December earned ST.
985 500 or $225 a share VS.. ST.
649,597 or S1.97 in 1852.
Consolidated Paper Co. in year
ended December 81 earned ST.
176,8l5 or $3.50 a share VS.. ST.
224. 1886 or $297 in 1852.
Hajoca Corp. in year ended
December 81 earned $376.068 or
$2.56 a share VS.. $549, 1874 or 1914
in 1852,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
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New York Produce

NEW YORK, Feb. T (USDAl. -
Butter about steady; receipts CO days.
7Io,67O. Wholesale prices on bulk
cartons 0resh). creamery, 90 score
tAA), 66-66h4; 92 score ca, 65s46B;
80 score OBJ. 64s4-65: 80 score CO..
64-ti412.
Cheese unsettled; receipts e days..
cheese whole milky. cheddars, fresh,
29-40ta: cheddars, aged, 46-52; single
daisies. fresh 39-42; single daisies.
aged. 1852; fats. fresh, 4O-41; flats.
aged. 1919; processed cheddars. <
pounds 39-43; domestic Swiss (wheelsl
grade "a, 49-52; Grade B." 47la-50;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Feb, 8 Cotton fu-
lures turned quiet during the forenoon
today. Increased selling on the initial
advance DISCOURAGED further commission
house buying. Only nearby March fu-
lures showed gam tDr the Cay. re-
fectlng further covering prior to first
notice day. and the groSins frmneSS
OF the primary spot tottcu markets.
Noon prices were 90 cents a bale
lower TO cents higher than yhe
previous c.oSe. March. "a -, May,
34,2S. and :uiy 3tlu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 DPi.-Dvidends
announced:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Odd-Lot DEALINGS

NEW YORK. Feb. LP,.~-The New
York Stock Exchange reported today
these odd-lot transactions by principal
Purchases Of 192 3i5 shares sales Of
194. 155 shares including 1G10 shares
sold short
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08

Hourly Sales on the Exchange
IA 10 u NJ %1O wv .. uoCn ,1U OOU
200 o n 1eL UOV 200 o M ouU O0O
:Unit OF trading 10 shares or saies III
iuil. I'm bankruptcy OF receiVersnlp or
teln2 eorganIzed under the bankruptcy
Act or securities assumed by sucn com.
panies Rates OF dividends in the fore.
golng table are annual disbursements
based on the last quarterly OF semi
annual declaration. Unless otherwise
noteo, special oil extra DIVIDENDS are not
included Also extra or extras. An.
nuai rate plus stock dividend. Declared
or paid in 1858 plus stock dividend.
Declared or paid SO FAR this year.
Payable IN stock. estimated cash value
on ex-dividend or redistribution date
Paid last year h declared or paid
clared or paid this year. an accumula-
tive issue with dividends in arrears.
p Paid this year. dividend omitted de-
ferreed or no action taken at last divi-
d 9ead meeting, Declared or paid in
dividend: cid Called. Elk dividend. x-dis
Ex distribution. xr Elk rights. XIV without
distributed. wi When issued.
Milford chronicle., 1954-05-21

Wink; patriotic instructor; Mrs.
Meta Pepper, chaplain q year
term); Mrs. Madelyn Trammell,
Mrs. Meta Pepper and Mrs. Eliza
Givens, trustees.
Sussex Post No. 8, American
Legion is conducting a Display the
Flag" campaign, in order to pro-
mote local interest in Americanism
and as a patriotic and community
service.
PERMISSION has been obtained
from the Town Council to install
curb sockets in order that flags NAV
be placed along the street on Ma
tiOnal holidays. The Legion is urg-
ing the cooperation of merchants
and residents of the town in this
worthwhile campaign and in order
to further promote the campaign
members of the Post are soliciting
orders for street flags of uniform
size for business places and flags
for homes, all of which may be pur-
chased at a nominal cost.
N4Aoo 4NOl ma Ming Il year OlQ
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
G. King. was crowned as Miss
Georgetown" before about 500
people in the auditorium of the
Georgetown High School, on Friday
night, of last week.
The petite, chestnut haired
blue-eyed Miss Georgetown" is a
telephone operator with the Dia-
mOnd State Telephone Company
here and is a graduate of the
Georgetown High School. She was
chosen over nine other contestants
Runners-up were Miss Helen Spicer
member of the senior class of the
Georgetown High School and Miss
Jane Bell, a graduate of the same
school in the Glass of 1858.
Miss Georgetown was crowned
by Miss Lima Ann McGee, the miss
Georgetown" of 1858, who also pre-
sented awards to the winner and tC