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Films of More Than Routine Merit

"THE BAND WAGoN"-Fred Astaire in zestful tuneful
musical.
"BRIGADOON'-Cyd Charlse and Kelly in bright
musical fantasy.
"THE CRUEL SEA"-Exciting wartime adventure aboard
corvette
KNOCK ON WOOD"-Danny Kaye at his comedy peak.
MISTER 88O-Edmund Gwenn wonderfully innocent
terfeer.
"THE RAID"-MinOr but well-made Civil War action drama.
"SABRINA-Audrey Hepburn in slick and stylish comedy
Observation-Disclosures suspense and Frank Snatra a
psyche killer.
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Dominion AilIs Pool
Discussion Tomorrow

The Dominion Hills Area Rec
creation Association will discuss
its progress in planning a swim
ming pool at a meeting at 8
pm. tomorrow in the Mckinley
Elementary School. Arlington.
The recreation association,
sponsored by the Dominion Hills
Area Civic Association, has con-
tracted to buy about four acres
for the pool at Powhatan
Springs, $500 Wilson boulevard,
Arlington.
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Trailer Camps Easing
A. +. Housing Shortage
BY the Assoeioted Press

WEISBAUEN, Germany. Dec.
8.-Modern trailer camps are to
spring up near some of the
United States Air Force bases
in Europe to ease housing prob
lens. The Air Forces IS, 000-man
force has more than $4,000 wives
and children in Europe.
The first IS trailers have been
set up at Toul, France. The cur
rent budget authorizes 675. An
Air Force spokesman says 5000
are needed.
The chief housing headace Is
in France. The situation is bet
ter in England. and that In
Germany best of all.
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Horossing Wosps

Wasps which now harass the
Tonga Islanders were first intro
duced there when a bee hive in
vaded by wasps was among five
hives taken there in 1892, J. D.
Whitcombe, an old-time resident,
has Just stated.
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Or you can live RENT FREE BY BUYING TWO!
Live in one and collect good rent from the other.
You'll like the mony comfort features listed here.
You'll like the homes themselves even better. Come
eory and get first pick!
246 houses-in five attractive desiqns-to choose
from :. but they're going fost!
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Pay Only ST. So 25Yeor FILA Financing Waiting
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| Providence Hospital
| Building Permits
Total ST. Million

Recent building permits issued
for work in Washington include
three totaling SOL million taken
out by Charles T. Tompkins Co.
for construction of the new
Providence Hospital. All Dis
trict permits Of $4,000 or more
follow:
Providence Hospital. owner, Second
and D streets Sc; Charles H. Tompkins
Co., builder, 907 Sixteenth street NV.
tect. ZOO Eishteent S ssreet Nw efen "a
6Hild enc oneo steel and masonry heatins
pasn 4sps Ss ao street III Dar ssis
Providence Hospital. owner; Second
and 2 streets Sc. Charles H. Tompkins
Faulkner. Kinssbury & Stenhouse. arcfi-
tect. 1000 Eighteenth. street NV; to
build one 6-story reinforced concrete
a sns o TSef face tr students
1876 I64, square 3S94j, to csot 500, 900.
Providence HOSPITAL. owner. second
an and p ,,; streets o Sc: Charles II, Tompkins
Faulkner. Kingsbury q Stenhouse. archi-
build one .s-story reinforced concrete
vna n'k str ess e SR pa neGng
1855. square 1894, to cost SIS mil
,,, hIiisshtv icy. T psyelopmsn. owner ana
tenth street NV: to build five '; s.stor tory
a and basement brick and einder block
Buren, Buren,, street NV; Ind 66oo-n6-16
square 2a4?). to cost saso.ooo.. o' ''o'
os st 1wae Nw Snd M Saae5
Prassas.. architect, 1915 Massa chusetts
avenue ave NV to build two 3-story, brick
and eindsE elSek feaEe go
Oct Gets oa s"2. s24. square 3152). to cost
ov Iens. sS. Construction Co. No 3
Werner. architect. i404 K st. n n.w.: to to
6 6Sild e 2S; Sn 6rics and cider block
nue. n; E. and 4Ol ABS jefferson street
ne Mo 4o ns s7-113. square 375D, to cost
", c. a A, N. Miller Dew Co.. owner
NV; to build one 2-story brick. cinder
19ea ny ~ cost ea sss PsS 7/55 square s.
Hush Browne; owner and builder. 1923
senninc ROAD sao Me- Ell Leroy H Brown
erect one 3-story brick store. ONCE.
apartments. five units. cool Bennine
road NE qot s2s. square 4515J. to
Frank S. Phillips. owner and builder,
2-story brick and cinder block dwellfnT
goo Forty-sixth street NV. part OF
lot 500. square 1880, to cost 5000.
kathrine Dulin Folger and Piedmont
Mortgage Co.. owner. 723 Fifteenth
street, NV; Prescott CONSTRUCTION Co,
Inc. builder 1907 w street NV: Otto
4. Eegers. architect. 100 E. Forty-second
street. New York: to make alterations IN
third. floor Of once building, T23 FIT
teenth street NV. dot 10. square 222),
E Gordon and Q. Barsky. owners.
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Park Lane Apartments. Twenty.first and
Eye streets NV; Samuel Alpher. build
Giles. architect, 442S Hunt place NE:
to erect 1-story brick and cinder block
addition. also interior alterations for
offices and apartments, 2O07, Eye street
$1,000
American OIL Co. owner. I'll Four
tenth st. NV: builder not selected;
one 1-story brick. cinder block. por.
celain enamel gas service station. S23
Pennsylvania avenue Sc dots 1881,
square 925). to cost $14. 900.
National Hotel Co. tTexwash Corp i,
owner. 615 Fifteenth street NV; Otis
Elevator Co.. builder and architect, 1012
Twentieth street NV; to install one
passenger elevator. 515 Fifteenth street
NV. dot 30. square 225). to cost
$1,000.
Thomas H. Roth. owner and builder,
23o6 Forty-fourth street NV; Carl Le-
Mar John. architect. l7101 1rkney park
way. Beth. Nd; to build one 2-story
brick and cinder block dwelling, 1929
Hawthorne street NV. Qot S3S, square
1920. to cost $21,500.
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Psn XsI Day f1om
Eosy to Reoch From Anywhere!

TO REACH: Out Shirley Hshwoy 70 FoirIinston Over
pass. left to Quicker Lane right TO Duke Street. right
Duke Street TO Wakefield sign left and sign.
oR-Throush AIsxondria TO, Duke ST.. right Duke
St. approx. miles TO Wakefield sign on LETT
oRout Shirley Hwy. 70 LineoInis cIovsrsaf. left
Duks ST. extended past Y. 5. Army Dspet end Shirley
Duke Apts. 70 Wsksfieid Sign ct light.
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THE COMMUNITY

THE COMMUNITY
In Historic Alexandria
} Off Shirley Highway
Is Min. to PentagOn 80.
Or Downtown Washington
New Planned Community
All City Improvements
Sidewalks, Curbs, Cutters
Hard Surfaced Streets
City Water and Sewers
One Block to School
Close to Churches ..
Business and Shopping
246 Handsome Houses
Choice of 5 Designs
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CHECK THESE FEATURES, POINT BY POINT
AGAINST THE HOME YOU'VE DREAMED OF!

Rheem Furnace, with =.
Honeywell Thermometer
3O-gal. Gas Water Heater
2-Part Laundry Trays, with
AutOm. Washer Rough-In
Hardwood Oak Flooring
Kiln Dried Lumber
Solid Brass LOcksetS
Copper Plumbing
Fully Weatherstripped
Insulated Throughout
Entire Lot SOdded
And Fully Handicapped
Hard Surface Driveways q.
For Off-Street Parking
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Now you con quit poying out your hord-eorned
money for nothing but cancelled rent checks! Here
at Lost is weII-buiIt home you con costly poy for
LIKE RENT -. and pass on some doy to your
children. Or buy for Ione-term investment and
make sweet profit . os Alexandra property
values keep climbing! And they will with todoy's
big push Out Of the City and Into the Suburbs!
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First Offering

Better Than Newhs immecvluse-it literally sporkesl
hos CENTER hall entrance hos 222ft living ROOM fomiy
sire dining kitchen. poneed breakfast room,
comfortable bedrooms, tile both. ample step closets,
hsoted dormtoy ott ,sesotion with fireplace.
motto heot oversize butn eoross gordon enclosed with
white picket fence quiet sqvor free Of tro soe for
children. Moments wok oil public and porohiol schools
Thsrs gmmks this odI spIen-
did voO. delightful snyi.snmsn Price $4,000 First V:t
SUNDAY TO g. Reached Connecticut Avenue, left
lsond Street 10 Mops short right Jog left lynn Drive
A. other thcn open hours CALL MR. BALDRDCE OIL $685.
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THE HOMES

HE HOMES
They're BrOyhill Built :.
Under F. II. A. Inspection
Bright Living Room
Separate Dining Room
Ceramic Tile Bathroom
2 Full-SiZe Bedrooms
5 ROOmy Closets
Complete Modern
With GE Refrigerator :.
Full-Size Gas Range
Garbage Disposal Unit -.
Formica Sink Tops :.
And Spacious Cabinets
FULL BASEMENT
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31
MAGNOLIA
By Mrs, Frances Hart
Phone Frederic b.s1sB

Thursday evening, Mrs. Edna
Davis, Mrs. Kathryn Knight and
Miss Eleanor Davis were dinner
guests of Mr.. P. S. Collins and Mrs
Ethel Collins. On Sunday Mrs. Davis
entertained Mr.. Collins and Mrs.
Collins to dinner. Her son. Mr..
Collins Davis, Of Clarksburg, w. va.
Is spending the holidays at his
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hill enter
tanned their children, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Gourley, Arlene and Roger, of
Frederick, and Mrs. Ethel Jones, to
dinner on Friday evening.
Mrs. Kate Reynolds, Miss Phyllis
Richards, Mr.. Franklin Richards
and Mr.. William Piet, were dinner
guests on Christmas Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Richards.
Mrs. Elizabeth Schwartz spent
Christmas with her daughter, Mrs.
Edgar Grabeal and family, in Port
Deposit, Md. Before returning home
she will spend sometime with her
sisters in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. William BOYD and
son. of Tacoma Park, Md, are NOV
ing to Magnolia and will live in a
trailer on the farm of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Ruble.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

cational gift Of Pierre S. du-
POnt to the state, was dedi-
Gated and turned over to the
state, last Saturday afternoon.
March, 1924 - The Milford
High School girls basketball
team was returned the State
Champions for 1923-24 when
they defeated the Caesar Rod
ney High School girls team on
the State ArmOry floor at Do
yer last Saturday night by a
score Of 35 to 25. Milford
team, Ackerman, Horton, Smith,
Scott, Cook, Morris; Caesar
Rodney team, Schmidt, Roe.
Chase, r. Evans, Wilson, S.
Evans, Jackson, Albes.
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April, 1924-In future years
last Saturday, April 5, 1924.
will be remembered as a "red
letter day" in the history of
the little town of Houston, Del
aware. 1t was that day the
people Of Houston received a
modern four-rOOm brick school
building, which cost to pro-
vide with large grounds, equip
ment and all ready for use. the
sum of $4,000. Tie gift Of this
modern school building by Mr..
Pierre S. dupont, was made
through the School Auxiliary.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

August, 1894 - Handicapped
by dense clouds Of smoke and a
fusilage Of lead from shot gun
shells and rife ammunition set
OF by the flames, iremen Of
Harrington and from Milford.
Wednesday night fought a ser
iOus blaze that broke out in
the hardware store of Hanlev
and Warren on Commerce
street, opposite the pOstofice
in the heart Of the business
district of Harrington. Before
il had been extinguished the
flames. smoke and water had
caused a loss that will total
about $1,000, several fremen
had been injured, the hardware
store had been gutted, a radio
store, a barber shop and a fu-
neral parlor had been damaged.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

Mrs. Bessie Wright and Mrs.
Myra McIlvaine gave a Christmas
party to the members Of the Metho-
dist Youth Fellowship in the Sun
day School room on Tuesday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Gottwals and
sons, Harry and George, Of Upper
Marlboro, Md. spent the weekend
with his sister, Mrs. Walter Nc
Donald and Mr.. Mcdonald. Harry
and George remained to spend a
several days visit with their aunt
and uncle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Frese and
Marilyn and Lorna spent Sunday
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Frese in PhiIadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Hart.
Nancy and Wayne, were guests to
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31
Ter Years AGO.
Taken from Chronicle Files Of 1914

Taken from Chronicle Files Of 1874
January, 1874 Rev. John NJ.
DeChant viii commence his
pastorate this week at the
First Presbyterian Church. Of
Milford He win occupy the
pulpit for the first time, Sun
day morning, January g.
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January. 1914 AS the re-
suit Of q survey made this week
by George Sheafler. proprietor
Of the Economy Auto supply.
Inc and chairman of the mer-
camille section oi the Milford
Chamber Of Commerce. the ma
iority of Milf0rd'B stores win
be closed wednesday after
Moons. beginning Wednesday.
January 49, According to Mr..
SheaHer some Of those ques-
toned about the early closing.
wanted to close an day We'd
nesday. but the majority fav-
ored the afternoon closing.
ape
january 1914 Lieutenant
Jonathan W Clifton, Jr. Of
Camp Bowie, Texas has been
spending 1A-day leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. w.
Clifton Of Harrington. and his
grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Clifton. $40 South Union
street Wilmington. He has a
sister Lieutenant Sara s. Clif-
ton with the Army Nurse
Corps iu New Guinea.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Dayton Of
Wilmington were Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs. J. o. Dayton.
Miss Mary Margaret Masten of
Wilmington will be the New Year
weekend guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. Tharp Harrington.
DR.. and Mrs. w. T. Chipman
spent Christmas Day with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Payne of Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. b. Barnard of
Dover, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Sharp
and children of Houston and Mr..
and Mrs. Laurence Sharp and chill
dren of Milford, were guests on
Sunday Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Sharp.
Mrs. Reynolds Wilson of Smyrna
was a recent overnight guest of
Mrs. Ernest Raughley.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. ]. West and son
of Georgetown were Sunday din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Luster
Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Taylor
Of Marvel Acres, had as their dim
neT guests on Christmas Day, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Taylor Mr.. and
Mrs. b. w. Dean, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
W. Sharp and Miss Sara Taylor Of
Wilmington.
Tuesday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. e. w. Dean were Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Wharton of Houston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Taylor, Mr..
and Mrs. William A. Taylor and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Sharp and Mrs. L. r. Beauchamp.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Toppin were
the guests on Christmas Day of
their sOn-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Cole Of Seaford.
The Judging of the decorated
homes took place on December 26
with the following awards made by
Out-Of-tOwn judges: First prize Of
$25.00, to Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Minner; second prize of $500 to
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Rawding:
third prize of $1,000, to Mrs. Mary
L. Brown, and honorable mention
to Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton Downing.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31
CLIFTON'S CORNER
Near LeWes)

Mr.. and Mrs. William w. Clifton
entertained on Christmas Day all
their children and grandchildren,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Clifton and
children, Mary, Wesley, Jr., and
Ronald Lee of DagsbOrO, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlton Clifton and son, JEFF
frey Dean, Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin
Clifton and two children, Walter
Lee and Bonnie Lou of Berlin,
Md, also Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Dillon and daughter, Dorothy, of
LeWes. All had a wonderful time
exchanging Christmas gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Clifton,
Sarah Dillon, Dorothy and Mary
Clifton, called on Wesley Clifton
and family at DagsbOrO, Carlton
Clifton and family, also Calvin
Clifton and family at Berlin, Md,
Sunday afternoon. In the evening
Mr.. and Mrs. William Clifton called
on their daughter and son-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dillon.
Mr.. Arthur Walls was taken
back to the Lewes Hospital on
Monday morning.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31
Twenty Years Ago.

aiken from Chronicle Files Of 19s
July, 1884 - G. Thompson
Reed, one Of Milford's most
prominent and useful citizens,
died suddenly shortly after the
noon hour on Tuesday. He was
50 years Of age. He was CASH
Ter and treasurer Of the Milford
Trust Company for thirty
years, had not been in the best
of health for several months
past, but his sudden death left
Milford citizens stunned.
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July. 1934-B0b Donoway. a
young pitcher of the Milford
team, met the Boston Braves
in Philadelphia last Saturday,
and was given the once over BY
the management for a try-out
with that club. He was told
that he would be called to 20
south with that team for
spring training. Bob claims
MillsbOrO as his home town.
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August 1934-Mr. and Mrs.
J. =. Robinson, Miss Marian
Robinson and Miss Louise
Vreeland have recently return-
ed from a S.O00-mils motor trip
through the Middle West. They
were the guests Of Or. and
Mrs. Clyde Davis and Miss Mar
tina Davis in Lincoln. Nebras-
Ia, and on the way East spent
several days Ia Chicago at the
Century Of Progress.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

she passed CLOSED tearOOm. On
an inspiration, she talked the own
er into giving her credit for rent.
She took $50 she had saved and
bought groceries. She found a cook
who would gamble on a percentage.
Because the place was so ill-light-
ed, she stuck candles at the tables.
1--WE had "a cups, and we seat
ed &c." she recalls. I'D try to
hurry customers out so we could
get the china washed for those at
other tables"
When she sold the place a few
months ago. she had pushed
through to the next building and
was seating $50 diners several
times a day. Meanwhile she had
bought midtown Manhattan res
taurant which seated go. When
she sold it last summer, the ca
pacity was 225.
The Kiernans work from 10 a. m.
to midnight each day, committing
between their restaurants.
ITS interesting" comments Pa
tricia. "But everything I've done
is because I had to do it."
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

all the strawberries they can
get at this and other railroad
stations to use in their syrup
manufacturing business which
has been started this season.
They cap, wash and clean the
berries, and they then are
dumped into barrels, where
sugar is added in liberal guam
titles, and then the entire mass
is worked up into a mush.
zoe
June, 1914 Charles NJ. Ham
mOnd, real estate broker, has
Sold this week his property,
known as Chestnut Knoll, that
is two acres, including the
buildings. The purchaser is w.
ID. Murray, of New York, who
took possession at once. Mr..
Murray is delighted with his
purchase. Consideration, 5000.
soc
July, 1914-Captain P. M.
Meeker has contracted with
Y. NJ. d. Harrington & Son to
build an eight room tenant
house on his farm on the Har-
ringtOn Road, near Milford.
This building will cost about
$4,000 when completed. Mr..
and Mrs. Meeker will continue
to reside in their large man
sion home on the farm, but will
rent the balance of the farm to
the tenant.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

dinner on Christmas Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Simpson in Houston.
Mrs. Bessie Hart received q plea
SAINT surprise on Christmas morn
ing when she received a phone call
from her children, Col. and Mrs.
r A. Anderson, in Monterey, Cali
fornia
Mrs. Carrie Palmer, who had been
making her home for sometime with
her daughter, Mrs Ollie johnson,
suffered heart attack and died
at the Milford Memorial Hospital
on Thursday. Funeral services were
held on Monday from the Rogers
Funeral Home In Frederick.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

race Tor good 1000.
With her husband, James e. Kier-
nan, Pat operates two huge and
thriving restaurants-One in Man
hasset, Long Island, the other in
suburban Westchester County.
She serves IL million meals a
year, and likes it, although she got
into the restaurant business bv
accident.
Pat first came to New York to
study piano. In order to eat. she
managed to get a job as a lunch
room cashier. This lasted three
days, owing to Miss Murphy's i'm
preston that the only change YOU
could make for a 7O-cent check
was three dimes. Higher mathe-
matics of this type is still a prob
lem with her but she has an in
stinctive knowledge of how many
customers can be served from five
pounds of potatoes.
This was followed by all sorts
OF odd jobs, including selling soap
doOr-tO-dOOr. One day in Brooklyn
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

February, 1944-Mrs. /. Bur
lingame has arrived home from
Portsmouth, N. H., where she
went to see the commissioning
Of the u S. S. Pipefish. Her
son, Edgar Burlingame, f. 2/c
has been made gunner Of the
y. S. S. Pipefish. Her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Howard DuttOn, ac-
cOmpanied her.
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February, Charles Ja-
cob Holzmueller, age 81 years,
a beloved resident Of this COM
munity for we'll over fifty
years, passed away at the home
Of his daughter. Mrs. Theodore
Miller, at Drexel Hill, Pa, last
Friday, after long illness.
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March, 1914 George Elliott
DuttOn, dean Of Delaware Col
lege, University Of Delaware.
died last Tuesday afternoon at
his home, 1873 West Main street
Newark. The 62-year-old wide
" known educator also was
professor Of English and regis
trar at the college.
eon
March, 1914 -YeOman Third
Class Cornelia VienOt, daughter
Of Mrs. Bertha VienOt, is now
stationed ct San Diego, Cali
fornia at the u S. Naval Bar
racks.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31
The Past In Review
News As Il Was Reported In The Chronicle
F orty Years Ago.
Taken from Chronicle Files 81 1914

Taken from Chronicle Files Of 191
May. 1914 Just after the
northbOund express had pass
ed through Pennington last
Saturday afternoon, the roof
on the old Simmons Basket
Factory was seen to be burn
ing. No ladders or fire-fghting
apparatus we're available.
Places destroyed were: Basket
factory Of the Simmons Manu-
featuring Company, Methodist
Episcopal Church, and DWELL
ings Of Mrs. Andrew LLOYD,
George Halman, w. II. Hitch,
Peter Galloway, Priscilla Hat
field and William Murphy.
May, 1S14-The Misses Nam
cy and Virginia Fisher enter
tanned their friends last Friday
evening BY a theatre party" at
the Palace Moving Picture
Theatre. Those who enjoyed
this pleasing occasion were
lrma Pierce, Ethel HOlzmuel-,
Ter. Elizabeth Hallett, Eleanor
Ninyard, Jean and Frances
FinlaW, Ruth Arnold, Helen
Barrett, Myrtle Robinson, Ka-
tie VanLeuvan, Grace and Eliz-
abeth Vale.
June, 1914-The r. A. TOrsch
Company has added another
line to their long list Of fruit
and vegetable consuming bus
inesses, and they are buying
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31
Thirty Years Ago.

laken from Chronicle Files Of 19s
January, 1924-About $4,000
damage was done to the girls
dormitOry Of the Wesley Col
legiate Institute by a fire of
undetermined origin, which oc-
CURED shortly after S O'Clock
Sunday morning. The institu-
ton was to have reopened on
Monday following the Christ
mas and New Years holidays.
but DR.. Henry G. Budd, presi-
dent, by telephone and tele-
graph, notified all students and
faculty members that he could
reach not to return until next
Monday by which time it is
though sufficient repairs can be
made to make 1t possible to go
ahead with the usual work.
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February, 1924 - Woodrow
Wilson. War President Of the
United States, died at his home
in Washington at 11:15 o'clock
Sunday morning last, Febru-
ary 8. President COllidge inn
mediately issued a proclama-
tion ordering a thirty-day per-
iOd Of mourning.
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February, 1924 - The Com
mOdore MacdOnough School, the
first consolidated rural school
IN New Castle County, built at
a cost Of $4,000. another edu-
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

August. 1934-The Maryland
Delaware boundary, disputed
for a century, surveyed and
resurVeyed in the last century
and a half, is to have perma-
nent markers. These concrete
guide posts will not only des-
ignate the line between the
two commemorative, but will
show geographically where
"the north ends and the south
begins"
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

Students believe that any person
who lives long enough will have
cataracts on his eyes, says the
Better Vision Institute.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

Average annual snowfall in some
areas just south Of Lakes Erie and
Ontario is $50 inches a year.
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31
Happy Housewife Feeds
1000 People EUevy Day
BY CYNTHIA LOWRY
AP Nowsfoufures Writer

housewives VINO get panicy when should
people every ~ ~ 49, W 'OOO
When the stock market crash Pat had
capital OF 70 which
on the basic passed closed esToo On
Milford chronicle., 1954-12-31

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