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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11

today and tomorrow i'm Baltimore.
Attending from this county are
1Hs. Britton Martin, Mt Lake
Park: Mrs Kermit Glotfclty, Ac-
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Yutzy and
Mrs. Clyde Bal Twin, Charleston.
W Va, visited relatives here over
the Weekend, Guy O. Yutzv, Tan
cytown. also is visiting relatives
here.
There will be meeting Of the
Tcen-age club at the Moose Hall
ON Friday evening, November -,
al o'clock, it was announced by
Rev John J. Atwell, youth dnec-
tor There will be election of Off
GERS among the order Of business.
Mrs Roy Mckinney. the former
Pauline Fauber, who has been in
Germany for the past two years.
arrived at Westovcr field, Mass,
and expects to be discharged from
the service within a few days. She
is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Fauber. Her husband is still
in the service.
Mrs. Helen Thayer has moved
from the Hamill apartments on
Second street to an apartment in
the Nance building on the east
side Of Third street. The first floor
apartment of Mrs. Thayer was oc-
cupied by Misses Mary Louise and
Nell Helbig, the latter vacating a
second floor apartment.
A reception honoring Mrs. Floe
Schaeffer, recently elected grand
chief of the Pythian Sisters Of
Maryland, will be held in the X. Of
p hall on Wednesday evening, No
vember II, it was announced. The
occasion also will honor Mrs. Vera
grand protector; Mrs.
Mary Browning, district deputy
grand chief; Alva Gortner, past
Grand Chancellor of the Knights
Of Pythias Of Maryland; and
George Coddington, who at the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11

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VA, spent tine WerN-od ln Oak
Iaoo'
Mr. and Nh. william Close and
son David .pcpf tbs vraa-.n5 IN
Cumberland
town w Va .nont rro waoI.-o,.l
st her homo hone
The Moose lodge card tourna-
ment is being hela this evening at
the Moose Han oA Ihhd street.
Mrs Z. l. Baumgarncr was
hostess TO members of her bridge
club at her home ON TUES ny eve
uIne.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-11-11
Oakland Personals

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Is visiting leit.vnt in Oakland This
Mrs. Nauao White, BaYard, W.
ID. visited her sister, Mrs. Sally
H"oddelI, on Tuesday.
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Evening star., 1954-11-16

light, holding it hard in my right
armpit during the dark hours.
This was very hard, for the light
kept slipping down, and throw.
ing its beam in all directions
except at the seam on which I
was working.
I drank a great deal of coffee.
The needle stuck in my arms
and wrist. but I kept going ss
steadily as I could until the job
was finished.
Pleased BY Performance.
/ have been through hurri-
canes on tankers in the Carib-
bean and off Yucatan in a small
boat, and the storms ! personally
consider Worst-the North At
lantic gales in winter. Now my
raft had come through its worst
storm.
My balsa craft surprised and
pleased me. After so many hours
Evening star., 1954-11-16

called Horan's Service Center at
1850 South Capitol street for a
repair man. William jenkins,
20, of 1880 Hillside road Sc, an
employe of the service station.
responded to the call and Of
fered to give Caroline and his
friend a ride home, according
to Detective Mcdonnell.
When Jenkins returned to the
service station. he found mar
cotics on the back seat of his
car. Caroline called for the
package yesterday, and Jenkins
called police.
Police said Caroline denied
being a user of the drugs and
added he expected to resell them
at a profit.
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Package Left in Auto
Brings Dope Arrest

A 28-year-old man has been
charged with illegal possession
of narcotics, after he left "an
investment" on the back seat
Of an automobile.
Charged is James S. Caroline,
Of the 200 block p street NV,
an unemployed painter.
Detective Charles r. McDon-
ell, of the Narcotics Squad, said
Caroline was riding in a friend S
Car when it broke down on Sat-
urday night. The car owner
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Copyright by william Willis.

during which the Seven Little
Sisters sailed alone while ! was
compelled to sleep, and after she
mastered SO many seas for me, I
felt grateful to this craft. When
the storm came. 7 soon noticed
she had an ability-which / can
only say was almost uncanny--
to dodge seas. She made light
work out of those ! thought
might wreck or swamp much
larger ships.
After these days of the biggest
storm, IEnever doubted my Seven
Little Sisters again. She had
gone through her final test, and
! was sailing on.
tCopyrisht. 1854. by william will
lis. All rights reserved Throughout the
werld.)
Tomorrows Fish--impOrtant
part Of Willis food supply
vanish from sea.
Evening star., 1954-11-16

how she proved herself! Her
stern would be directly under a
rushing wall of water and I
would give her up for lost. But
again she would rise, throwing
up her stern to let the sea pass
underneath.
Steers Almost Continuously.
Some Of these times, as If by
a miracle, she didn't take a drop
of water over the ends of the
logs. But another sea would try
to get her from the side. Again
she would shrug it of with q
toss Of her shoulder. It was
uncanny.
The wind kept her. and me.
covered with masses of spray,
and the water pushed UP vio-
lently between the logs and
through the bamboo deck. For
ward, where the yard was lashed
to the mast, sheets of water
often came over, but not with
enough power to do any damage.
Through the day, it blew. And
into the next night.
! steered almost continuously.
I could not relax at the wheel.
for I would risk having my Seven
Little Sisters run into the wind.
And then even she couldn't re-
sist the seas: They might take
the cabin and everything else
II had on deck.
Morning again. The sun rose
clear and reds The wind showed
signs of letting UP, and the sea
started to go down, but very
slowly. I was not out of it yet,
but the worst was surely over.
The day passed, and the night,
and the next day, as soon as 1t
| was light. I went to work.
Starts Sewing Up Sail.
The wind was fairly well down,
and the sea with it. I united
all the halyards and downhaul-
ers and brought aft the yard
with the tattered sail. Now had
come the time to undo the
| storms damage.
| For an instant, I was struck
with sudden and powerful fear:
Emotions of this kind come to
me at such times. Suppose, I
thought, ! do not have enough
tWine. It was unreasoning. /
had more than enough.
Rigging a shelter Of my three
blankets, laslring them to rig
ging and cabin, I sat on box
and started to sew the tattered
sail I must have it ready as soon
as / could to begin sailing nor
mally again. ! needed all possible
speed. This had been a gale; but
the weather was becoming in
creasingly dangerous as the full
| hurricane season drew nearer.
Sitting on that box, it took
me three days and two nights to
sew the sail. My lanterns were
not good enough. I used fash
Evening star., 1954-11-16

s~---~-~~----~->---~--
Sisters a seaworthy vessel. I
think a lot Of this 33-foot craft.
It was September 2. Since
passing the Galapagos Islands,
about TOO miles off the South
American coast, ] had sailed and
drifted with the Humboldt cur
rent, ever toward the west. I
passed perhaps 100 miles north
off the Marquesas Islands, the
French possessions which were
the first landfau could possibly
have made on the route ] had
chosen. AS / plotted my course,
the Marquesas served as the
pivot for the first change in
course I made.
! had been moving generally
along the fifth parallel. But /
could not follow this direction
farther. have been asked why
I chose my course so far north,
with a turn around the Mar
quesas. 1t was for this reason: If
! had followed a straighter line
toward Samoa, / might easily
have been grounded or wrecked
on one of the many islands that
would lie in my path, as the
magnificent Kon-Tiki expedi-
tlon was in 1947.
My sights were fixed on Sa-
moa, 6,400 miles from Callao,
and I was bound I would not fall
short. BY the day the storm hit.
September 2. had already tray
eled about 4,100 miles.
Blowing Copper Sky.
Many beautiful days with
steady winds, and others that
brought calms and squalls and
hard blows, had been passed in
the weeks Immediately behind
me. I had weathered these
changes and problems, as / have
explained. with my raft bearing
up soundly. But this day was
plainly not to be according to
routine.
| did not like the sunrise. It
was coppery red. This would
mean wind. But the day passed
without anything untoward hap
pening. The wind was ordinary:
the Seven Little Sisters logged
along at her regular gait.
Evening came. and I was busy
but glanced up from my chores
and saw the same coppery colnr
in the cloudless western sky. The
copper seemed to be glowing
This alarmed me. for it meant
bad weather was on the way.
Night came, with frequent. fit-
ful squalls, although none Of
them carried too much wind.
Nevertheless I kept a sharp look
out at the wheel. I continued to
carry all my sails. took them
down only for good reason be-
Cause the hanling necessary took
to- much 0n6sof me, and thera
was alwayssa chance of tearing
tie sails.
Wind Rips MainsaiI.
Midnight. The squalls were
becoming stronger, coming up in
long rolls from horizon to hori-
zon. Their solid black walls were
plainly visible, moving swiftly,
even on such a dark night as
this. The wind was bowling and
moaning, although there was not
yet much of a sea. But I knew
that if the wind held, the sea
would come up. I decided to
shorten sail.
! readied the gear to lower
away the yard and mainsail, and
tlpPed at tl1a downhaif1a,.s RI
Evening star., 1954-11-16
lis Days ot Seq
by William Willis

NEW YORK. Nov. l6.I had
turned to a southwest-by- south
course when the storm struck
me. Squalls had beset me many
times before on my lone raft
voyage. but never anything like
this. In all the lis days and
across all the 6,400 miles from
Peru TO Samoa, this was the
worst.
1t was this blow which, In my
mind, proved my Seven Little
Evening star., 1954-11-16

Ninth in q series Of Is articles.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-29

Milford, for several days, was suf-
ficiently recovered to return home
on Thursday afternoon.
The covered dish supper which
was being sponsored by the mem
bers of the Grace Methodist Sun
shine Circle Sunday School Glass
for last Friday evening was post
pOned until this week, when it is
hoped that all members will be able
to attend.
Members of the Grace Methodist
Church WSCS will hold their reg
ular monthly meeting on Tuesday
evening, February 2, at the par
sonage. Mrs. F. M. Volk will be
hostess Of the affair.
The regular monthly meeting of
the local PTA vas held on Thurs
day evening, January p. After roll
call and business meeting, the
group was entertained by a par
ents versus students spelling bee.
Samuel Shapiro. membership chair
man, awarded gifts to the class
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-29
LEWES

Transportation for pupils liv-
ing on LeWes Beach, Pilot Town
Road, and in ellis Neck was the
main consideration of the Lewes
p T. A. Executive Committee
meeting held last week. A report
from chairman Louis Ingram was
read suggesting a possible sOlu-
ton for the problem. President
William Hopkins appointed Mrs.
Clyde House, Mrs. Winfield Brit
tingham, and Mrs. Claude Hast
ings to conduct a survey of their
areas to see how many would be
interested in bus transportation
at a probable maximum fee of
$500 per month per pupil. Further
action will be taken on this P. T.
A. sponsored project if there is
sufficient interest indicated to
make it self-supporting
Plans for an adult Education
program are being made with
Mrs. Charles Lowe acting as chair
man. After those interested have
indicated the courses desired the
final arrangements will be COM
pleted.
Mrs. Anna K. Walls, program
chairman, announced that Judge
Francis A. ReardOn, Judge of the
Family Court Of New Castle Coun-
ty, will be the guest speaker at the
p. T. A. meeting on February LIST
in the high school auditorium at
3 p. m. The High School Band
will also play.
A total of seven stores are be-
ing built to complete the first
unit of the Midway Shopping Cen
ter. The Midway Realty Corpora
tiOn has announced that three
more new stores have been added
TO the Midway Shopping Center,
to be opened in the spring. The
three new additions are Sears and
Roebuck Co., a hardware store
and the latest i'm Dairy Queen
Bars. Already located at the Shop
ping Center in Midway are the
Acme SupermaTket, a Westing-
house Laundrymat, a liquor store
and a drug and variety store. The
Realty Corporation has plans TO
still further enlarge the Shopping
Center in the near future, making
it comparable to any on the entire
eastern seabOard. The Midway
Shopping Center is located on the
Lewes-RehobOth Highway.
Tie February Free Cancer De-
lection Center at Lewes, conduct
ed by the State Board of Health,
is scheduled for February 4th at
the Beebe Hospital from 9-12 a.
m. The service is for women 25
years of age and over. Please call
Lewes 1911 for appointments.
Mrs. Thomas Morgan of Phila-
delphia, Pa, has been spending
a week here as the guest of Mr..
and Mrs. William T. Atkins at
their home on Fourth Street. Mrs.
Morgan, who is formerly Of Lewes,
is planning to leave in February
for Birmingham, Alabama, where
she will spend several months with
her sOn-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. James L. HOwarth, and
their son, Morgan.
Mrs. Anthony d. Ingram, ST.. is
visiting in Westfield, New Jersey.
with her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony P. Ingram,
il, and their family.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-29

tended the University Of Delaware.
where he was active in football. He
was elected president of the Nation
al Honor Society and Vice Presi-
dent of his senior class at Lewes
High. Indicted in May 1853. he
completed basic training at Aber-
deem, Md, and five months course
in guided missile repair at Redstone
Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala, before
coming to White Sands. He has been
assigned to the 1898 Technical Ser
vice Unit, Ordnance, at the Proving
Ground. Married, his wife Irene,
resides in Lewes.
White Sands Proving Grounds.
one of the nations largest facilities
for research and testing of guided
missiles, is located in the Tularoso
Basin. near Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Mrs. Grace E. Birmingham, is
making a visit in Allentown, Pa. as
the guest of her sOn-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. William P.
Hill and family.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Fisher
have returned from a wedding
trip to Niagara Falls, and are now
residing at their home in Pilot
Town.
Mrs. Frank L. Macintire is con-
fined to the Beebe Hospital be-
cause of illness. Her many friends
wish her a speedy recovery.
Mrs. john L. Cannon has re-
turned to her home in Pilot Town
after making a visit with her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
john L. Cannon, Jr., and family
in the state of Illinois.
Seaman 1st Glass Mervyn L. Laff-
erty, Jr., U. S. Coast Guard, has
been discharged from the U. S.
Marine Hospital in Baltimore, Md,
and is now back again at his station
in cambridge, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Eugene
Ellis and family who have been
making their home in Lewes. are
planning to move to Philadelphia.
Pa, in the near future. Mr.. Ellis
is a member of the Pilots Associ-
alton for the Bay and River Della
ware.
Captain and Mrs. Walter L. Ben
nett, ST., have left for Florida.
where they plan to stay until spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Stokes of
LeWes Beach are spending 2 weeks
in Denver, Colorado, where Mr..
Stokes is attending the University
of Colorado Medical College. Mr..
Stokes is Superintendent of Main
tenance and Construction at the
Dover Air Force Base.
The WOmen's Auxiliary of st.
Peters Episcopal Church will hold
a benefit card party for the Parish
House Debt Fund, on Tuesday even
ing, February 10Th, at 8:15 o'clock.
Tickets will be $1.25 per person, and
"a delicious turkey salad platter ser
we'd. Mrs. George E. Chambers, Jr.,
is General Chairman, and Mrs.
Franklin G. Maull, cO-chairman.
Those attending are requested to
bring their own playing cards. There
will be a prize for each table, and
the committee plans to have sew
eral of the delicious home baked
cakes for which the women of St.
Peters are famous CHANGED off.
Private Thomas NJ Hooker. the
son of Mrs. T. M. Hooker of 1875
Front ST.. Lewes has recently been
assigned to White Sands, Proving
Grounds. New Mexico.
Pvt Hooker was graduated from
Lewes High School in 1850 and at
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-29
MILTON
By
Walter w. Crouch
Phone
Milton 1885

Every Friday night, beginning
January 20, the Milton Fire Depart-
ment will sponsor a dance in. the
fire hall. Everyone is welcome and
a special emphasis is placed on the
welcome extended the teen-agers.
Ralph HOebee and his Indian Riv-
er Boys will furnish music for all
types of dancing, including mod
ern and hill-billy. Parents are urg-
ed to encourage their youth to at
tend as well as being on hand
themselves each and every Friday
night, beginning tonight at the
Milton Fire Hall. Admission will
be 5Oc--to benefit the Volunteer
Fire Company of Milton.
The heavy snow storm during the
past weekend made ''news-gather-
inc" quite a task. Most persons
were very glad for the opportunity
to stay at home beside good
warm fire, rather than visit with
friends and relatives. The State
Highway Department is to be COM
mended on the splendid Job they
have done in keeping the public
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-29

rooms with the largest parent
membership. Historical pictures
were given to Mrs. Chambers for
the 18th grade; Miss Pizzadilla for
the 9th grade; Miss Ferguson's 5th
grade, as well as Mrs. Lewis 1st
grade. At this meeting the newly
purchased public address system
was used. This is one of the i'm
pOrtant purchases for the PTA dur
ing the year. Following the entire
meeting, several of those attending
met in the cafeteria for refresh
ments.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-29

highways open for traffic and mo-
florists are being congratulated
through our city papers for the care
and caution observed while driv-
ing during this inclement weather.
Mrs. Mary Walls, lifetime resi-
dent of Milton and vicinity, and
Whitley Williams of Deepwater, N.
j., were quietly married on Satur-
day evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Barker on Chestnut
street. The Rev. Frank NJ. Volk.
pastor of the Methodist Church in
Milton, officiated. The couple was
attended by a nephew and niece of
the bride, Mr. and Mrs Ray Dodd.
Only a few very close friends and
relatives were present for the GER
emony. Following the rites, those
attending were served refresh
ments by the host and hostess. Dur
ing the first few days of this week
the couple has been at home in the
Messick property where Mrs. Will
Hams has lived during the past
few years. However, Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams will in the near future
make their home in Deepwater, N.
J.
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Crouch
spent Sunday and Monday in Phil
adelphia. with their daughter, Mrs
Vernon Lucke, Mrs. Albert Graham
and Mrs. Chris Schweizer.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Davis Lingo.
very fortunately. left on their an
nual trip to Florida early last week
before the traffic arresting storm
hit our section of the country.
While there they will call upon
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Clifton.
Lemuel Evans, after being con-
fined to the Memorial Hospital in
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-29
HE HAS TIE ANSWER

PORTSMOUTH, N. H. - (A9 -
Streter S. Smith celebrated his
Tooth birthday by putting on his
76-year-old wedding-day hat and
having some good cigars"
When asked the inevitable oues-
ton as to what he attributes his
long life, he answered:
Il just keep breathin'."
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-29
THIEVES AVOID coWsq

sALLIsAW, Okla.-(P)-Arkan-
sas' former Gov. Sid McMath. says:
''The COP program has driven the
price of livestock down to the point
where thieves have stopped stealing
our cattle and started robbing our
banks"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-29
FIRE HELPS Police

KINGSPORT, Tenn.-(P)-Oh-
GERS searching for whiskey in a
vacant lot burned the grass away.
In the ashes, they found four half
gallon jars and one pint Of moon
shine. Ten half gallon jars got away
they exploded in the heat.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-20
It's Your License
Drivers Warned on Traffic Signs

eight districts in the state. These
men have two basic duties: Cd
the supervision and training OF
examiners in local police depart
ments and sheriffs' offices and
90 the conducting Of driver i'm
provement boards which consists
of re-examining and interview
ing drivers whose records call for
warning, suspension or revo-
cation. Part of that job is to
handle the problem drivers who
repeatedly chalk up bad records.
Under this program. the Sec
retary of State in January sus-
pended the licenses of 80 driv-
ers. revoked the licenses OF 27s
drivers and placed loa drivers
on probation. An additional 4s3
Michigan drivers also were
warned that they were in dan
ger of losing their licenses un-
less their driving records i'm
proved.
Several hundred applicants
were denied licenses under the
new and sitter examination
while another large grouI
throughout the state lost theil
licenses as a result OF court action
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-20
Urge Firm Equality

WASHINGTON. ID. {.
The National Association TOT
the Advancement Of Colored
People has asked Albert M.
Cole. Administrator OF the
Federal Housing and Home
Finance Agency TO announce
publicly that the agency WIZ
not provide funds to housing
programs that foster raciai
segregation"
A letter TO Mr.. Cole from
Clarence Mitchell. director
of NAAcP Washington bu-
rsau. expressed concern al
press reports that the Hous-
inq and Home Finance
Agency will be guided bY
local views on racial sssrs-
CATION in some Of iis housing
rsdsvelopmsnf programs.
Mr.. Mitchell pointed out
that this policy is in conflict
with President Eisenhower
recent housing message TO
Congress in which the Chief
Executive called for equal
opportunity" for citizens OF
minority races TO acquire
good and well-l o c II e d
homes.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-02-20
Bethel Anne.
Church Services

Sunday. Feb. 2lst. at the IL
m. service Pastor Roberts will
deliver the last in a series Of
sermons on the general theme.
Holy Living" His subject will
be Manifestation OF the Holy
Life
Sunday, Feb. 2ist. at $3.50 pm.
the local NAACP chapter will
hold a Mass Meeting in the sane
tusry Of the church. The public
is invited.
Sunday, Feb. 2lst at 1880 pm,
there will be a program gwen
by all persons born in the month
of February. A Fellowship hour
will follow after the celebration.
Refreshments will be served. The
program will feature outstanding
artists and the lighting of the
candles by the Birthday Cele-
brants. Mrs. Bonnie Clarke is
president Of the February Birth
day Club.
Friday. Feb. 10Th. at Z pm,
Pastor Roberts and the men OF
Bethel will have a Mems Day
Dinner Meeting at the church.
Cost of dinner is Sl.00. Purpose
of the meeting is to stimulate
more church participation by the
men in general and to mobilize
the men of Bethel for the An
nual Mems Day celebration which
will be on July 18th.