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The frontiersman., 1962-08-09

Palmer. Alaska.
 BUTTE PRECINCT-AH the area bounded by the Matanus- ka River on the north and west, and the boundary of the cleo ton district on the south and east.
 MATANUSKA PRECINCT All that area lying east of the Seward Meridian, bounded on the south by Knik Arm, on the east by the Matanuska River and Moose Creek and on the north by an east-west line drawn through Montana Peak, excepting therefrom the incor- porated limits of the City of Palmer.
 TALKEETNA PRECINCT = That area beginning on the boundary between Central and Southcentral Senatorial Dis tricts at a point where said boundary is intersected by the boundary line between Flee ton Districts No. 2 and No. 10, near the headwaters of Cry stal Creek; thence running southerly and westerly be- tween the watersheds draining into Chakachamna Lake on the south and the SkWentna River on the north, continuing along the boundary line between FL
 ection Districts No. 2 and No
 10. thence northerly along said
 boundary line north of the
 Beluga Lake watershed to the
 boundary of Election Distric' No. 8; thence northerly ano easterly along boundary line between Election Districts No ' and No. to it's point of in tersection with the Susitna Riv CT: thence northerly up th' middle of the main channel O l the Susitna River to point op posite the township line be tween T23N, T PAN, Sewar' Meridian; thence easterly alon the divide between Montan Creek on the north and tn l Kashwitna River on tn | south; thence continuing t l the highest point between tn | headwaters of Chickaloon, Ia | keetna and Oshetna Rivers an F Caribou Creek to the boundar | between Election Districts N
 6 and No. '; thence easter.
 along said boundary; then'
 continuing in a northerly dire ton to point where Eleetlt
 Districts No. 6, No. [, and N
 Is have a common junctio | thence northerly and mort
The frontiersman., 1962-08-09
STUDENTS MAY EARN MORE THAN $500

It is not necessary for stu dents to stop working this sum mer after earning a total of $500. Lewis J. Conrad District Director of the Internal Rev enue for Alaska advised par ents that it is possible to claim a son or daughter as a depend ent on Federal income tax re- turns even if they earn more than $500.
 MT. Conrad suggested that students call the office in their locality to get information or how their parent can claim them as a dependent.
The frontiersman., 1962-08-09
lola Schroeder, L.eRoy Churches
 To Marry Aug. l6

MT. and Mrs. Glen Schroeder have announced the coming marriage of their daughter lola Gay, to LeRoy DuWayna Churches, the son of MT. and Mrs. Wayne E. Churches ot Nelson, Wisconsin.
 The ceremony will take place in the Seventh Day Adventist Church the evening of Thurs day, August Is, at 7::30 o'clock, with a reception following at the Schroeder home. All friends of the couple are invited to attend.
The frontiersman., 1962-08-09
INITIATIVE

The miraculous inventions ot the modern world show what can be accomplished by crea- tive thinking.
The frontiersman., 1962-08-09
Thomas l.. Pat Carter
DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE FOR House of Representatives
 From 7th District

 nnq Highways roads, water that in could only children
 and developed could only come to grief should have ouf mem TOT me Task mar soe" a afewsh hor years
 wealth field By careful farsghed planning, can n good home management
 planning Not youngsters are qualified anu oe"ona schools rbothbo and grlsar a reed
 differs what inc saUs identification individual In their society ii $ sometimes called peekns order ..,.. would present sfaues considered hazardous grant they certainly to inc early maturing Alaskan boy and g"L - u: E.:
 attained inc will their boredom bottled happen His hearings; publicity he though his inc Identification he seeks His stature notch oo ne nas hold position be fed
 and regardless of ee color or oeay form
 fortunate lived with 79 of Aaska called delinquent one supposedly inc yoos with these 9aneo
 The camp policy connection with wh not the confidence en inoiooa bow Theyin chosea their counselor
 this subject The ponf ma! applied elsewhere successfully as m an ns"o
 Note. to n demanding "me rehabGfate boy worm lifetime of effort
 and rehabilitation for Asks youth hto be finance by statewide sales tax ... #
 deepest thanks present aefns o""'". board of education not only for the deeo" 0o JUST hea the
The frontiersman., 1962-08-09

Tend to your own business, but if a man is to succeed he must keep an eye on his com petitor.
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Saturday

The SundOy Stor TV Magazine Washington. c. H.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
Harvey Thompson
Is Retiring From
Thompsonville Store
CONTINUED from page one)

continued from page one)
store is all handmade, fastened in
place with square nails.
Are the nails handmade, too?''
he was asked.
Mr.. Thompson reached over and
easily pulled one out of it's rest
ing place.
NO, they look like cut nails"
Weathered plaques, which once
indicated the temperature to Gus
| toners, are tackled on each side of
| the door One bears the remains
of an advertisement of 1.-The Lit
| tie Doctor" but has lost its ther-
mometer. The second contains the
thermometer but is devoid of any
identifying marks such as degree
readings.
The original wooden shingles of
the roof have been covered by
| ney, minus some of the mortar,
protrudes through the top. A
single incandescent bulb lights
the front. There is no sign to
identify the store.
The interior of the country
store is reminiscent of another
era. The stock and fixtures are
arranged around the edges to ac-
cOmmodate an iron pot-bellied
stove. Wooden barrels on the
floor contain such staples as Oat-
meal loose. A leather power
belt hangs from a nail on the
shelf An old scale with a set of
weights, seldom seen today, is on
the counter. Twine from a spool
weaves it's way through a series
of hooks and drapes down over
the counter where packages are
wrapped A box of liver pills is
at the side. Most of the canned
goods are heaped in boxes so that
customers can reach them cas-
lily.
The lone concession to chang
ing times is a card of inexpen-
sive ball point pens on the wall.
The store has an eight-foot-high
ceiling of wood, stained a dark
color. A ledge around the room
six inches below the ceiling serves
as receptacle for boxes and lamp
chimneys.
Store decorations include a
handwritten request, please don't
ask for credit; carefully letter
ed sign which reads: This Store
will be Closed Every Tuesday,;
notice of collection of county,
ditch and special school taxes;
and a notice of wheat marketing
quota referendum.
Even more fascinating are the
items which are not now for sale,
but which were in demand years
ago.
Mr.. Thompson reached into a
cardboard box on the shelf along
side candy and produced slate
pencil.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06

Today his stock of "chewin' to-
three pounds.
There were no packaged goods
in the early days of Mr. Thomp-
sons merchandising career; ev-
erything was loose Camphor and
vinaTla, in quart jars, were big
sellers. Most of the candy was
stick candy, not wrapped like to-
days specimens.
Il remember the first sale l ever
made. 1t was two cigars for five
cents, in 1888. l think they were
good cigars, too," he said.
On November "a, 1920, he was
named a member of the advisory
board of the Frederick office of
the Delaware Trust Company.
There was no representative of
the bank between these two creeks
(Murderkill and Mispillion and ]
happened to be in business here, y
he said.
The board has met every second
week over the years, and Mr..
Thompson has been a regular at
tender, except last winter when
he underwent an operation and
missed a meeting or two"
The bank has been an important
part of his life, to the extent that
he has closed the store every
Tuesday ito attend the bank
meeting in the morning and take
the afternoon off.
Mr.. Thompson has been a church
leader all his life. In 1901 he
was elected member of the Off
cial board and assistant superin-
tendent shortly after that, and has
served in one position or the other
for the last 81 years.
He is also bidding for the hon
or of being the oldest regular
member of a church choir in the
he has sung regularly in the choir
of the Calvary Methodist Church
in Milford.
81 probably should quit. but /
don't see it that way. It's small
choir, and every one who drops
out is missed" he added.
He still listens to IAN inning
or so" of professional baseball
now and then, but doesn't know
the players any more" He recalls
the days when number of the
management of the Philadelphia
Athletics had cottages at Bowers
Beach and were customers of his.
He attended an Athletics game the
first year they played.
Their grounds weren't fenced
in, and we just sat on a bench to
watch the game" he recalled.
Reviewing the years, he an
nounced with pride that his store
had once been painted by Mrs.
Virginia Kirby, a local artist. The
painting had later been exhibited
in Rehoboth.
With no bitterness but with a
respect for progress, Mr.. Thomp-
son recounted how electricity had
eliminated the demand for his
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06

In 1898 he returned to his home
and taught school in one of the
five country schools in the area
He decided to go out into the
world in 1899.
Il worked as a clerk for the
A and P in Philadelphia for six
dollars week, and paid four
dollars week for board | final
! ly decided l wasn't making enough
money, and came back home he
recalled
His mother operated the store
after his fathers death in 1901.
| When his mother died in 1917, he
and his sister picked up the reins.
Mr. Thompson took over the sole
management in 1919.
From 1901 to 1924 he was also
in addition to working on the
family store He also did some
farming, continuing the latter en-
terprise until 1949.
There were no paced roads
when | started F.. all dirt roads
+. except in the winter when
they were frozen and in the spring
when they were mud" he recall
ed.
Thompson's Store has been more
than a retail outlet to the area.
1t has been the scene of introduce
tions to the area such as the tel
ephone and electricity. A phone
was installed in his home across
the road in 1916. Fifteen years
later he installed a 32-volt cleo
trio generator, which he ran until
194S when he switched over to
power sunnlied hv REA.
THAT REA has been the single
most important service to rural
people," he commented. 1T has
put them and their way of living
on a par with city residents"
Over the years he has marketed
such varied items as plOwshares,
nails, bolts, kerosene and motor
oil-and for time even gasoline.
When he first entered the store
business, he sold loose gunpowder
for eight cents a quarter pound,
shot for eight cents pound, and
caps for 10 cents a box. When
factory-made shotgun shells and
bullets were introduced, he car
ried those. He has obtained guns
for customers from mail order
houses, but never actually stock
ed these items.
when we first moved here we
sold a lot of cloth-percale, cali
co and even some bed ticking. At
one time l sold shoes and over
alls."
He described how the lines of
merchandise carried has changed
markedly over the decades.
Years ago we would carry
about 125 pounds of chewin' to-
bacco at a time," he pointed out.
"It came in boxes weighing be-
tween seven and 80 pounds. There
were no cigarettes, and the smok-
in tobacco was the kind you would
whittleoff'
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis M.
Gum, Jr., of Frankford, have
received word that their S o n,
Robert Dasey Gum, has been
promoted to the rank of Cor
poral in the U. S. Army Air
Corps at Lowry Field, Denver,
Colo.
One day last week several
neighbors of George Filings
worth, near Milton, drove their
tractors and plows to his home
and turned Is acres of land
for him. Mr.. Ellingsworth, who
recently lost his wife after sew
eral weeks illness, got behind
with his farm work. Neighbors
noticed this and combined to
do the plowing. The neighbors
were Larry Baker, Chester
Hudson and Mr.. Webb.
Congratula lations are extended
to Mrs. Leonard Brockway up
on the arrival of a baby boy
born Sunday, June IA, at Bee
be Hospital, Lewes, and also
Mrs. Martin Lempergul upon
the arrival of a baby boy the
same day at Trenton, N. j.,
within two hours. Mrs. Brock
way and Mrs. Lempergul ar e
sisters and will be remembered
as Misses Dorothy and Ellen
Lodge of LeweS.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Smith
of Milton, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Mabel
Doris, to George Cecil Davis,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George E.
Davis, of Milford, on Sunday,
June Is, at Greensboro, M d.
They. will make their home in
Milford.
Fire of undetermined origin,
early last Saturday morning,
threatened the business houses
in the Windsor Block and the
Hotel Norman, before b e n G
brought under control. t h e
blaze was discovered ait 2::30
am. in the rear of the Windsor
block in the property occupied
by Howard DOC" Furniss.
Spreading rapidly the flames
ignited a frame building in the
rear of the Hotel Norman prop
erty and the Derrickson build
ing, owned by Mrs. Sallie Rey-
nolds. The Reynolds building
was gutted. Tires and tele-
vision aerials belonging to
Economy Auto Supply, Inc.
were destroyed. The back por-
tion of the Hotel Norman Cafe
was gutted, beer and liquor
destroyed, and the office of MIR.
Furniss, together with a III
papers and office equipment
were destroyed.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06

Miss Jean Littell, who has
been attending st. GATHERINGS
School in Davenport, Iowa, is
with her family at their cot
tage in Rehoboth for her sum-
mer vacation.
Miss Mary Lee Poole,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie
E. Poole of Seaford, has re-
sumed her duties as student
nurse at the Orthopedic Hos
pital in Philadelphia, after
spending the past two weeks
with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. NJ. ]. Hollo-
way and two sons mOtOred
from Beverly Hills, California,
a distance of $500 miles. 1t
took six days to make the trip.
They are visiting his aunt,
Mrs. Mary E. Hudson, and also
will spend some time with
Mrs. Mary Tingle in Frank
ford.
Kengo Moriya, the manager
of the Japanese branch of the
l.. ID. Caulk Company, and his
daughter, Shizu. arrived n
Milford last Tuesday to spend
about three weeks. Miss
Moriya has been in this coun-
try for the last four years.
She was graduated with
honors from Vassar last June.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06

FLAT for your walls. SEMI
GLOSS for your woodwork IN
alkyd-base quality that dries
overnight to a washable, uni
form finish with no lap-marks.
Matching colors, OF course.
Hundreds to select from.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06

some sort of covering over
their heads in order that the
necessary work may be done.
Those driving automobiles to
and from the beaches are
tortured by these little pests,
and it makes driving anything
but a pleasure.
Paul Daisey, a student of
Girard College, Philadelphia is
spending the summer vacation
in Frankford with his mother,
Mrs. Mary Daisey.
The Cunning Bedford, Jr.,
scholarship committee, which
was instituted at the last ses-
sion of the Most Worshipful
Grand Lodge of Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons of Della
ware, has awarded the follow
ing scholarships for the COM
ing school year: Alton Rus
sell Hobbs, Georgetown; Fred
erick Johns son Rowan,
Newark; William Sylvester
Patterson, Smyrna, who will
attend the University of Della
ware, and ]. Paul .Wintrup,
507 West 21st Street, Whining
ton, who will attend Hahne-
mann Medical College of
Philadelphia. This scholarship
is available for deserving sons
and daughters of Masons in
Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
Twenty Years Ago
Taken from the July 10, 1912 Issue

Taken from the July 10, 1912 Issu
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Simp-
ler of FELTON,, attended [ h e
commencement exercises at the
Williamson Trade School, Will
hanson, Pa, last week. Their
son, Barratt, was among t n
graduates.
The Milford Softball League
will open it's 1912 season next
Monday evening, July 13, when
the 18th Infantry team from
the Redden Forest Camp will
meet the I.O.O.F. team, n d
the DeMolay team meets t h e
Kiwanis Club team. The games
will begin at $3.50 and will be
played on h e high school
grounds.
Lynn A. Pomeroy, age a 8
years, prominent restaurant
man, died at his Selbyville
home on Wednesday morning
of last week of "a heart attack.
He had not been we'll for sew
eral months. Mr.. Pomer0y con-
Quoted the famous restaurant
bearing his name, on the du-
Pont Highway, outside o t
Selbyville, for II years. His
place of business was we'll
known to hundreds of people
thru out Delaware, Maryland,
and Pennsylvania.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
The Past In Review
News As 1t Was Reported In The Chronicle
Forty Years Ago
Taken from the July z, 1922 Issue

Taken from the July z, 1922 Issr
The following is a list of
those from Bridgeville who
will attend the University of
Delaware this term: Miss
Anna Cannon, Miss Ida Nj. Tat
man, Leroy Truitt, Harold
Collision, William Hill, Clay
ton Curry, Harrington Mes
sick, Estol Atkinson and
Joseph Wiley.
Mrs. G. j. Galloway and
Miss Helen Tatman returned
recently from a ten days stay
with Mrs. Callaway's daughter,
Mrs. w. Fl. Bruner, of Forest
Hills Gardens, Long Island.
During this time they motored
through New York and New
Jersey, visited New York City
and took the trip up the Hud-
son.
According to old residents
of the bay shore farms, flies
and mosquitoes are more nu-
merous than for many years.
These pests so annoy horses
and cattle as to make them
almost unmanageable, and it
is with difficulty that teams
are worked in the fields. Milk
COWS are so terrified by the
flies that the production of
milk has fallen off consider
ably. Those working in the
fields are compelled to wear
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
CREATING IN THE CELL BLOCK

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP)-Nebraska
Penitentiary inmates who aspire to
become authors or composers are
getting a chance to try to market
their products.
Warden Maurice Sigler has auth
OriZed the convicts to submit orr
ginal material such as songs,
poetry and novels = to publishers.
A few restrictions apply.
Material must be moral and in
good taste.
No real life penitentiary incid-
ents or personnel may be mention
ed
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06


kerosene lamps, how mass farm
ing operations had diverted area
residents to the cities, and how
the small country store no long
er held the place of prominence
it once enjoyed He interrupted
his discourse as customer drove
up to the store.
Holding a small brass fitting,
she explained:
Harvey, what l need is the
thing that goes on here that you
put the chimney in"
Smiling slightly, he rummaged
around through his wares and pro-
duced what the customer wanted
"a new bracket and a slender
glass chimney for her kerosene
lamp.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
Thirty Years Ago

Taken from the July s, 1882 Issu
Frederick T. Lottman of
Amityville, L. /. was the guest
of Miss Helen Pierce at
Slaughter Beach for the week
end.
Miss Belle Mel X aig of
Chicago, Ill. is planning to
make Millsboro her fut ure
home Oand has rented rooms
in the home of Mrs. Emma
Collins.
James X. Layton, manager
of the meat department. of the
Georgetown Crook Store and
later American Store, has been
transferred to the American
Store at Denton, Md, and will
soon move with his family to
that town.
On Tuesday evening, Betty
and Ted Manlove, twins of Mr..
and Mrs. George Manlove, gave
a birthday party. Boys and
girls of their age were invited
to help with the fun, and a
merry time was enjoyed by
Kitty Clements, Anne Murphy,
Agnes Salmons, Marjorie Null
holland, Jean Beck, Alma
Tease, Beatrice Johnson, Betty
Williamson, Jane Herson, Will
fred Doyle, Marvin Hitch, Billy
Bryant, Robert Murphy, Henry
Wilkins, Joe Isaacs, Charles
Summers and Cecil Davis.
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
ALTERS AND FAIR LADY

NEW YORK (AP)-F'ranz Alters
Lady" in Munich next September.
Alters conducted the orchestra
during the first four and half
years of the musicals hit run on
Broadway, conducted again in Mos
COW and West Berlin.
So that he can WELD the baton
at the Munich premiere, Alters will
get a temporary leave of absence
from his current duties with h
musical "Camelot"
Milford chronicle., 1962-07-06
Ten Years Ago
Taken from the July IL, 1852 Issue

Taken from the July IL, 1852 Issu
The big taonze bell, weigh
ing two tons, was presented to
the state by France in 1850 as
a tribute to the aid given to
France by people of this coun-
try.
The replica of the Liberty
Bell which has been displayed
in Dover for two years, now
appears to have landed in a
permanent home. Last week,
the bell was moved from a city
owned plot at Division Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue to
site on the parkway along the
dupont Highway just north of
Dover, where a concrete foun-
dation had been prepared for
it and where it was mounted.
Robert Fl. Yerkes, Jr., of
Houston, is enjoying this week
at Sandy Cove Boys Camp,
North East, Md. Robert was
selected to attend the Camp by
the adult directors of tn e
Houston Cardinal All Club Of
which he is a member. War
ren's Grocery oStore in Hous-
ton won the area contest for
selling the most Freebooter
bread. because of which Robert
was designated to go to camp.