davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1954-12-19
By ChorIes Lotshow

MI LuESUUW, LfLC w U0ItIfky~
ton artist Dho giveS us his
impression In aDorks and
sketches of a Mexican Christ
mas is Hoing IN a village there.
TEQUISQUIAPAN
Qro., Mexico.
I'm looking forward to
another Christmas in Mexico.
Last year I thought I would
be a lonely American in this
small. village, but many Of the
Mexicans in their true hos
pitable manner invited me to
their fiestas.
I was worried about gift
giving when received the in
vitations, but soon learned
that in Mexico the Christmas
celebration Is religious and
fiesta time. Awfully easy on
the pocketbook, too!
A traditional Mexican Christ
mas can become a bit wearing
for one not accustomed to such
things. Perhaps it is just the
altitude with me, since the
Mexicans seem to thrive on 1t.
The season begins on De-
cember 16. Each night there
there Is a posada, including
figures on d mule-draWn cart,
preceded and followed by men
and women in gay costumes,
carrying lighted torches. Some
of the costumes are 17th or
18th century, some quite mod
ern. On the cart is a group
of figures representing the
Holy Family in their search
for lodging. The parade winds
through our little cobblestoned
streets and everybody rushes
out to have a look. They stop
at street corners and in front
Of homes and perform their
play and sing special songs.
Finally the parade reaches
q house where plans have been
made for a fiesta. The cos
TUNED group stands before
the great closed gates and
sings Its song requesting shell
ter for the night. The guests
inside repeat the music with
different words, saying there
is mo room for the night"
The gates are opened upon .
brightly lighted patio with
candles and flowers. The
poinsetta and bougenvillia next
to Gala lilies, zinnias and huge
pots of geraniums make an
effective background for the
party.
Pinoto Time
Hanging from one Of the
beams Is q pinata, a crepe
paper covered clay jug, deco
rated In bright colors and re-
sembling anything from a
baby lamb to an airplane. This
Is for the children. though
I've seen many adults that
have >had just as much fun
with it. A person is blind
folded and given a stick to
try and break the jug.
Usually it is pulled out OF the
way, but at last one person Is
allowed a good hard whack
and out pour the fruits, cam
dies and toys. A mad scram-
BILE for the things follows. Later
comes the music sometimes
not too good, but always loud),
the dancing. and, Of course,
huge amounts of tequila and
rum are served. Supper Is
served late, after which every
body retires and prepares for
the nanana.
Christmas Eve. or Noche
Buena. the ninth night Of the
posadas celebrates the Birth
OF Christ. Last year we
started about 10:30 o'clock to
await the arrival of the pa
rade. All the carts Of the past
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22

The Greenwood Firemen's Ladies'
Auxiliary viii hold their regular
monthly meeting on Friday even
ing, October %, at which time the
installation of officers will take
place. The new officers will be in
stalled by Mrs. Mary Uhler, past
state president.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Ocheltree
were in Baltimore on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Hodge, Mrs.
Charles Hodge and daughter, MARI
lyn were Sunday guests Of the Law
renee Merediths.
Mr.. and Mrs. Addison Porter and
children were overnight guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Porter who ac-
companied them home for a week
end visit.
No doubt throughout Delaware
the Big Wind of "a will become as
famous as the blizzard of SO. When
Hurricane Hazel' came on Friday
evening, October Is, almost every
home was touched in some way, if
only by broken limbs, a door or a
window, etc, and most Of them
suffered great loss. Outbuildings,
especially chicken houses were fiat.
= Hazel seemed to have a fOndness
for concrete buildings too, especial
~ in our neighbOring town of Sea-
ford. When warnings of the next
hurricanes appear, I expect we
shall be more apprehensive than
heretofore. 1t is alarming to think
how dependent we are on our pub
lie utilities today When the "elec-
trio" goes OFF, everything stops in
so many homes. All home were
opened to one another and between
friends and neighbOrs and ac-
Quaintances we made do AVID cOped
with the situation adequately until
our service men working tirelessly
hour after hour were able to get
the current trickling back
On Sunday, October II, Wilson
and Mae Hatfield entertained the
following guests at a picnic dinner
in. Redden Forest: Mrs. Willard
Hatfield, Mr.. William H. Carlisle,
ST., Miss Florence Carlisle, Mr. and
Mrs. George r. Wiley, Mr.. John w.
Carlisle, Miss Bess Carlisle and
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Carter, all of
Greenwood; Dr. and Mrs Elrl B.
McFadden and baby Of Selbyville;
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond d. McFad-
den and children Of Wyoming; and
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald L. McFadden
of Perryville, Md.
After dinner the party gathered
around the open fire for hymn sing
ing to guitar music. Everyone was
asked to reuuest a favOrite hymn.
FLA Highlights:
Our weekly meeting was called to
order by our president, Everett
Outten. The business Of the meeting
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22

Mr. Charles O'Dell is a patient in
the Naval Hospital in PHILADELPHIA.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy c. Williams are
spending this week with relatives
in Germantown, Pa.
Miss Ethel Beardsley, Mrs. Myrtle
Killer and Mrs. Alvin Greenly were
among the guests who attended the
house warming on Monday evening
for Mr. and Mrs. ElWOod Mills OF
Cedar Neck.
Mr.. and Mrs. John LeCompte
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs Maxwell and
Miss Elizabeth Fisher in Whining
ton.
Mrs. Boyee Short spent last week
in Wilmington and Claymont and
was accompanied home by Mrs.
Charles Locates of Claymont who
spent the weekend here.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hunt and
daughter, Marilyn spent Sunday
with his mother, Mrs. Agnes Hunt
in Philadelphia.
Guests on Sunday evening Of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard wilkins were,
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Wilkins and
son Mark, of FELTON,, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Adams of Wilmington and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hirschel Wilkins and
children of Pennington.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22

was to make definite plans for onr
Patterson Banquet. We decided on
the menu and it will be held some-
time between November Is and
December Is. A definite date will
be set at our next meeting.
In our repair department. we
find we have repainted bicycles.
built dog boxes, repainted manure
spreader; and, at the present time.
we are repainting a car
Dates to remember: November 10.
Annual Minstrel; March IS, Annual
Bazaar; April %, FLA Dance.
4-H Highlights:
At our last meeting, our new
1954-55 officers were elected as
follows: president, John Blackis-
ton; vice president, JE.mes Nc
Doweu; secretary, Jean Mcdowell.
treasurer, Robert Lee Collins: re-
porter, Richard ReveI; recreation
chairman, Roland Rogers; safety
chairman, Patty Clendaniel: and
our adult counselor, serving her
eighth year as a All leader, Mrs.
Ann Tucker
James Mcdowell has been noti-
fed that he has won first prize for
his All record book from Sussex
County. james has served six years
as a All club member. James first
three records were on gardening.
his 50, SO, '54 projects have been
field crops. James winning record
book was on field crops. James is
now serving his second year as
vice president of our club. He won
first in county and third in state
at this years annual demonstration
contest. He is now a junior in high
school and is enrolled as a voca-
tional student We are hoping that
he wins a state prize this year also.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22
LINCOLN
By Mrs. George II. DeFFicksOn
Phone Milford 1859


10 a. M. Morning Worship and
sermon by the minister, Rev. Will
liam H. RevelIe, Sr.
IL a. m, Church School, Douglas
MOraln, Superintendent.
$3.50 p. m, MYF. Due to the
storm last week, Rev. Olin Shockley
and his group from ElIndale were
unable to be here and they expect
to be here Sunday evening.
1880 p. m. Evening Worship.
The WSCS will meet on Tuesday
evening, October 26, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Swain. Mrs.
Minnie Sherwood, hostess. A good
attendance is desired.
A regular monthly meeting of
Lincoln PTA will be held Thursday
evening, October 28th at 500
o'clock Lincoln School. There will
be discussions at this meeting of
matters that are of general concern
to the members Of this school dis
trict.
All adults of the community are
sincerely invited to attend.
Mrs. Matte J. Greenly is spend
ing two weeks with DR.. and Mrs.
William Rothermel and family in
Canton, Ohio.
Mrs. Emma Martin returned home
on Thursday of last week after a
To-day visit with relatives in Balti-
more. She was accompanied home
by Mrs. Claudia Harrington of
baltimore who stayed with her for
several days.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22
Happy Is The Day
When BacSaChe
Goes Away

Nagging haeyaehei loss Of pep and energy.
headaches and dizziness may Be due 70 slow
down Of kidney function. Doctors say good
kidney function IS very important 70 good
health. When some everyday condition, such
oa stress and strain, causes this important
function to slow down, many folks auffernaR-
ging backRche--feel miserable. Minor blad-
der ifritations due to cold or wrong diet may
cause getting up nights OK frequent passages.
Don't neglect your kidneys if these condi-
tons bother you. Try Doan'a Piis-a mild
diuretic. Used successfully By millions for
over 30 years. It's amazing how many times
forts-help the rs milesof kidneytubes and fl
ters tu8h out waste. Get Doan's Pills todayl
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22
GREENWOOD
BY Mrs. Elva Hatleld
Phone Greenwood 1885


Pilgrim Holiness Church
Eta ClOugh, Pastor
1000 a. M, Sunday School.
11;00 a. M, Worship Service. Ser.
mon BY pastor
1900 p. M Young Peoples Ser
vice.
1880 p M, Worship Service. ser
mon by pastor
Wednesday evening, 7:45 p. IN.
Prayer Meeting.
Greenwood Methodist Church,
Harry il. Conner, Pastor
10000 a. M, Church School.
1900 a. M, Worship Service.
1880 p. m, Evening Worship.
Sound film in color.
Chaplnin's Chapel
1900 p. m, Church School.
$500 p. M. Worship Service.
Sermon BY pastor
Trinity
10000 a m. Church School.
St JOhnstOWn
10.S0 b M, Church School.
6reenWOOd-6raCe- Cannon
Methodist Charge
George III Moore, Pastor
Bethel Methodist Charge
800 a. M, Worship Service. Ser
mon BY pastor.
10000 a. M, Church School. Mrs.
Mary Paskey, Superintendent.
Grace Methodist Church
10000 a. M, Worship Service. Ser
mon by pastor.
1l:OO a. M, Church School. Walter
Mills. Superintendent.
Cannon Methodist Church
10:00 a. M, Church School.
1880 D. M. Eveninp Worship.
News from Greenwood MefhOdists
The Junior Choir will rehearse on
Friday 6:45, in the church. Chap
Inns Chapel will have their chicken
and dumpling supper on Saturday,
October q, beginning at 4:30, in
tie Fire Hall.
on Friday evening the Trinity
WSCS will meet with Mrs ElWOOd
Reed, Sr. at 8:15. On October q, the
Friendship Bible Glass will meet at
$500 in the Educational Building.
On Friday the 18th, the Sunshine
Class VIII have a dinner in the
Fire Hall beginning at 6:3O.
Three young persons from the
Greenwood Church attended the
MYF conference at Salisbury this
week -end. They were Richard Revel,
Nellie Omwake and Jean Baker.
The week Of prayer and self
denial will be observed October 25-
81. There will be special services
on Sunday evening, October 81, con-
Quoted by the women Of the church.
Temperance signs have been
erected lat the east and west en-
frances of the town. and it is
hoped that they will have some in
on the drivers who need to
heed them. These are sponsored by
EpWOrth Methodist Church, with
the Rev. Irwin as pastor. and Mr..
Louis Richards heading the project.
in cooperation with the Rev. Harry
II. Conner who is district director
of Temperance for the Dover Dis
trict Of the conference.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22

Japan produces about 20 per cent
Of the worlds silk.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22
RoueE EseoaT

CHARLOTTESVILLE. va. R
Deputy sherin T. M Whitten
rushed to q motor court where
people reported hearing strange
cries. He located nothing unusual
and FadiOed for another deputy.
City and University Of Virginia po-
lice and a state trooper heard the
call and responded.
They found Max, a boxer dog
partially paralyzed by infected tick
bites, bowling in the rain. He was
escorted to his doghouse by repre-
sentatiYes Of the four law enforce
ment divisions.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22
STARTING AT TOP

URBANA. Ohio - up - Some
Urbana six-year-olds are begin
ming their educations in college,
and working their way down
through grade school City schools
are overcrOwded and Urbana jun
iOr College classrOOms are used by
the first graders.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hutohins Of
Essington, Pa. were weekend
guests Of Mrs. Hutchin's brother-in-
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Wilkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. David
son were called here on Saturday
to look after the damage done their
property in the Friday storm.
Richard Nugent made a business
trip to Baltimore last week.
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22

About a third Of traffic accidents
which are fatal to pedestrians in
the United States occur between 3
and s p. m. says the National Safe
ty Council
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22
ELLENDALE
Ng Mra Hazel D. EllingsW0rt
Phone Milford $3.50

AAN.H A-AAA.lW 600.
Mr and Mrs Ernest smith and
family entertained guests from
Pennsylvania on Sunday
Mr and Mrs. Paul ". smith ana
sons Of Lincoln were Sunday guests
Of Mr. and Mrs Hhrvey T smith
Nh and Mrs Charles Ellings-
worth and son. Phillip. and Mr
and Mrs. RbOert j Ellingsw0rth
and daughter, Connie, enjoyed a
trip on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter webb and
family are entertaining guests from
Baltimore Nd. this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Hearn and
sons were Sunday evening callers
of Mr. and Mrs i ~. Ellingswarth.
Sunday dinner guests Of Mr.. and
mrs. John 3. Derrickson were: mr.
and mrs. Calvin "A. Evans Of Lewes.
and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Filings
worth Of Ellendale
Miss Bessie M. Warren and Mrs
David NJ. Warren had delfphtfl1
motor trip on Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. 3. D. Coverdale
visited friends on Sunday.
MRS. Lima Marker is visiting raIa-
ives ana friends Ia Wilmington,
Delaware.
lss Betty Ellingsworth Of PhiIa-
deipniaa Pa spent the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
David a. EllingsWorth.
Mrs. Della w. Baker Is receiving
treatment at the Milford Memorial
Hospital. Milford Delaware. at this
writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Long and
daughters visited relatives in
Georgetown last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Workman
Of Chester, Pa, were callers in this
community during the weekend.
Mrs. Hazel EllingsWorth and Mrs.
Bessie Harrison attended the
Cleaver-EllingsWorth wedding al
the Calvary Methodist Church IN
Milford. Delaware. ON Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. smith, Jr., and
daughter visited friends during the
weekend.
Mr. and Mrs William Mhcey and
daughter were callers in George
town. Delaware recently.
Mr. and Mrs. William Donovan
and daughter entertained guests
last week
Mr. and Mrs. Z. 3. Fleming of
Milford were guests Of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Lare and sons on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. James u. Webb and
family entertained guests on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence spicerl
visited friends on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Dickerson
and son, Richard, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Raylyn G. Hoyt and children, Dem /
mis-, and Cheryl took a trip on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tucker and
daughters visited relatives and
friends during the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs Julius GOrlich, Jr.,
and family Of Georgetown were
recent callers in this community.
Rev and Mrs Olin Shockley
mOtored TO Ocean City, Nd. last
week and visited relatives and
friends.
Ellemdale Methodist Church
Rev. Olin ShOckley, Pastor
Sunday, October oath
Sunday School services.
Due 70 the damage TO the church I
during the recent storm unable to /
hold services on Sunday last.
MefBlleY's Methodist Chapel
Rev. Olin Sh0ckley, Pastor
Sunday, October 24th
Sunday school services in charge
Of Preston Donovan superintendent.
Preaching hY Dast0r.
Union Methodist Church
Rev OliE ShOekIey, Pastor
Sunday October oath
NO services.
Japan produces about 40 per cent
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22

organization 1922 the Production Credit Association and the
Delaware Council Farmer CoOperatives- ~ aTe
president of both associations.
He arranged educational agricultural exhibits and nrped be
farmers to exhibit their produce KentSussex Fair DURING
It's first struggling and has to be booster al
the association, of which he s a director
Vaughn states The experience which have gained in my close
association with leaders Of and membership church
civic and aternal organizations years as member Of me
Levy court four years as chairman and past years as vice
chairman Of the State Department Public Welfare should be
OF great help to the General Assembly finding solution to
the many problems which will the form Of faxato
roads schools, civil defense welfare conservation
YOUR VOTE AND SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED
1O-22-2t
Milford chronicle., 1954-10-22
MOLLCY c. VAUGHN
nocrafic@ Candidate for
LALE SENATOR
FIFIH sENAIoRlAL pIsTRIcI

During the past sc years,
first as County Agricul-
tural Agent. then Field
Representative for the
Eastern States Farmers
Exchange, and owner-op-
orator Of Dixie-Del Farms,
Molloy Vaughn has assist
ed in solving many Of che
economic problems of Sus-
sex County. Believing that
without prosperity on the
farm there can be no
prosperity in the town and
city, he has advocated
better farming practices,
including better plant, ami
NAL and poultry breeding.
He helped organize the
Nassau Gradc-A Milk Sta
tiOn, the National Farm
Loan Association OF Del
aware, Of which he has
been president since its
Evening star., 1954-01-15

-rewrite present statutes to permit
a voter to void his own absentee
ballot by showing UP at the polls
on election day and by voting his
ballot in person and in secret.
Mr.. Fenwick was a candidate
for lieutenant governor in 1916
and was the apparent winner
against the late Lt.-Gov. L. Pres
ton Collins until a court ordered
that all the votes in a South
west Virginia county be thrown
out because of fraud.
Under his plan, all applica-
tions for absentee ballots would
have to be cleared through the
State Electoral Board.
Senator Stuart, meanwhile
said he would support the coun-
cil's recommendations unless
they were altered so much that
he would feel compelled to offer
legislation Of his own.
The three-member Arlington
House delegation disclosed plans
to sponsor a new bill to add two
consumer members to the COM
mission. which regulates retail
and wholesale milk prices.
Evening star., 1954-01-15
Virginia Legislature
Gets Bills 10 Tighten
Absentee Voting La;y
By Alex R. Preston
Slur Staff Correspondent

RICHMOND. Jan. 15.-Vir-
ginia's absentee voting practices.
now being investigated by the
FBI, would be revised by legisla-
tion pending before the General
Assembly.
Members of the Legislature
were home today after voting
yesterday for a long week end
recess before resuming business
on Monday.
Two bills to carry out reforms
recommended by the Virginia
Advisory Legislative Council
were introduced yesterday.
Fenwick Has Plan.
But State Senator Charles r.
Fenwick of Arlington is working
on another plan, which would
put more teeth into the law.
His idea is that all absentee
voting machinery should be
handled by the State Board of
Elections. rather than by the
lcc, e,~-+Hral boards.
The FBI now is probing the
disappearance of voting records
from the clerks Office in Russell
County in Southwest Virginia.
Senator Harry Stuart of Rus
sell said. without knowing about
Mr.. Fenwick's plan. that he
would support the councils rec
concentrations.
Delegate Harry B. Davis Of
Princess Anne County, who
headed the councils subcommit-
tee, introduced the bills.
THE Alleged abuse of the abb
sentee ballot has been due to the
certainty with which votes can
be delivered" said the council
report.
Battle Urges Reform.
Gov. Battle, who goes out Of
Office on Wednesday, has told
the Legislature that the absentee
ballot statutes should be made
fraud-proof or repealed entirely.
The councils legislation would
Evening star., 1954-01-15
Two-Headed Baby Ready
To Go Home With Parents
BY the Assoeioted Press

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 15.-In-
diana's two-headed baby. now 80
days old, was reported in salts
factory condition today and
ready to leave Riley Hospital
whenever his parents are able to
take him.
The parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil
Hartley of near Petersburg, In
Southern Indiana, have said they
wanted to take their son home
as soon as possible. Their fam
lily physician, DR.. Joseph w. El-
bert. insists that they move into
Petersburg before taking him
home, however.
Their log cabin, 8 miles from
Petersburg, has no electricity,
plumbing or running water and
the back road leading to it is
impossible much of the winter.
The Hartleys also have three
daughters. Mr.. Hartley, a $50
a-week ordnance plant worker,
pays $40 a month for support of
two children by a previous mar
riage. ~
Evening star., 1954-01-15
|Chi|Ium>D Driver Faces
New Trial in Death
| OF District Girl, IS

A youth acquitted in Prince
Georges Police Court Of charges
growing out Of the death of one
Of two 15-year-old District girls
who leaped from his moving car
faces trial on an indictment Fe-
turned by the county grand fury.
The youth, William C. Stone,
jr., %. who lived in the 500
block Of Sixteenth avenue, Chill
lum, when the girls jumped last
September Is, was lodged in the
Upper Marlboro iail yesterday.
Prince GEORGES Chief Deputy
Sheriff Ellis g. Duley and De-
tective Sergt. Charles L. Perrygo
brought Stone to the county
seat from Camden. S. c.. where
he was arrested by city police.
Stone was indicted December
II for allegedly leaving the
scene Of an accident. but the
true bill. under court orders.
was sealed until he was returned
to Prince Georges County. The
youth waived extradition.
The officers said Stone had
enrolled In q school Of electrical
engineering In Camden under
the CT bill Of rights and was to
have begun classwork on Janu-
airy 25. He went to the South
Carolina town after his police
court acquittal to rejoin his
wife who was living there with
her family.
Gertrude Espey of the 600
block of Eighth street S.W.. was
fatally injured when she leaped
from q car driven by Stone while
the vehicle was moving at 40
miles an hour on Landover road
at George Palmer highway.
Margaret Pinkard OF the 400
block of H street S.W., her COM
panion on q pickup ride with
>the defendant and his brother,
Vincent K. Stone. 19, Of the 300
block Of Queens Chapel road.
Mount Rainier. jumped at the
same time. She suffered a frac-
tured ankle and multiple cuts
and bruises.
Police said william Stone told
them he stopped momentarily,
saw the lights of an approach
ing car. became panicky and
sped on.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-03

The monthly meeting of the
Our Lady of Victory parish
council will be on Wednesday,
Dec. 8. at 8:15. in Victory Hall.
Mrs. Forrest Curtin has srrang-
ed a gift exchange and party to
follow the business session.
Members will bring a gift for
a patient in the State Hospital.
Ruth Gernhardt will head the re-
freshment committee.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-12-03
Dominican Sister
Given Scholarship
BV FOrdham l..

A Dominican Sister of st. Mary
of the Springs. Sister Mary Louise,
O.P., has been awarded a gradu-
ate scholarship in Educational Ad-
ministration, Methods and Super
vision by Fordham University.
Currently teaching at ST. Vim
cent Ferrer High School, New
York City, Sister Mary Louise is
one of the 2,754 students in Ford
hams School of Education. Her
scholarship covers the entire doc
toral program.
Sister Mary Louise was chairman
of the recent Ninth Annual Con-
vention of the Catholic Business
Education Association which at
tracted over 400 delegates from
seven states and the District of Co
lumbia.
Held at st. Johns Commercial
High School. Brooklyn, the con-
ventions stressed Our Lady as the
Model of Business Educators.
Speeches and panel discussions
treated practical aspects of Cath
olic Business Education.