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NEWARK POST
VOLUME XI
NEWARK POST, NEWARK, DEL, AUGUST 4, 1920
NUMBER 26
local dairymen
AGREE TO APPLY FOR
TUBERCULIN TESTS
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH EXTENDS TIME FOR FILING
DINGER to TOWN'S MILK SUPPLY AVERTED
WHEN THE SITUATION IS
FULLY REALIZED
BY FARMERS
Îer
I
policy
ones
tions
lack
milk
not
herds
to
phia
ened
and
very
Through the leniency of. the
State
Board of Health, Newark
saved from a serious situa
was
tion with regard to the milk sup
ply which was in danger of being
cut off on August 1. The Board
extended for a couple of weeks
the time for compliance with the
ruling which compels all
recent
dairymen selling milk for
sumption within
have their herds tested for tuber
con
the State to
and
ed
that
p^rt
tât
tion
was
the
the
r
C
to
culosis.
Early In July the State Board of
Health made this ruling and set
August 1 as the date for com
pliance. or at least for applica
tions for such tests to be in the
hands of the State Livestock
Sanitary Board. Notice of such
action was sent to the farmers of
the State but those in this vicin
ity received theirs only a short
time ago and had not made appli
cation for these tests when the
time limit expired.
The local Board of Health
realizing the seriousness of the
situation did everything possible
to convince the dairymen that
such applications should be
made, explaining to those who
thought the measure drastic and
who threatened to take their milk
J to the creamery for shipment to
: Philadelphia, that the test would
mean very little immediate loss
and a very considerable ultimate
gam.
*
Farmers Compensated for Loss
of Infected Cows
These tests are made without
expense to the dairymen, the cost
being borne by the Federal gov
ernment and the loss of the re
acting cows borne largely ljy the
State, which pays approximately
4-5 of the value of the infected
animal. As it w'as graphically
put by an interested citizen in
discu.-sing the situation, a dairy
man ha? the opportunity of get
ting rid of 5 tubercular cows and
getting 4 healthy cows in return.
And s:nce it is very well known
MANY DELAWAREANS
WITNESS PAGEANT
Summer School, College and
Townsfolk in Spectacular
Performance
With a keen sense of artistic ef
fect and a wealth of imagery, the
Summer School students with the
aid of the townspeople turned back
the hands of time to the dawn of
American history and unfolded in
brilliant, colorful outline, the de
velopment of Freedom.. The en
tire conception of this phase of
national and local development
was worked out under the skill
ful direction of Miss Lotta Clark,
Director of Community Civics in
the Summer School, the students,
the children in the Demonstration
School and everyone connected
with the Summer School lending a
hand. The production was a
marvelous piece of work to be ac
complished in a limited time.
More than 250 persons took an
active part in the affair and num
bers lent aid and support in many
ways to Monday night's perform
mice. '
Clever advertising done by ar
tistic poster work prepared by the
art cl
es brought to Newark the
'argest crowd that has ever visit
ed the t
own, according to the
statements of those who should
The influx of automobiles
^threatened for a while to impede
traffiee un Main Street, but the
•' ,ca - authorities soon averted this
danger by diverting a part of the
11 afflc to other thoroughfares. The
gating facilities provided
inadequate,
made for
know.
and provision was
as many as possible by
e ushers and college authorities,
The campus of Old College be
tvv een the row of lindens and
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were
„ I over
Îer ini eC of 0 ïh SP H ea H S H raP 7 i I
I tpTi k becomes af
^ b the part of mately
wisdom and of good business rate
policy to have the testing done at
ones own expense. It is a boon ; year
therefore to have such precau- , and
tions taken without cost to the
owners. 1 the
The chief objection made to the of
ruling was that of its apparent
lack of fairness the * dairymen !
claiming that those not selling has
milk for local consumption are Merest
not compelled to submit their, always
herds for test but are permitted their
to ship their product to Philadel
phia without such formality. A
number of these objectors threat- depos
ened to adopt the latter course, bo .
and thereby cut off Newark s local
supply. The citizens, especially :
those having small children, were and
very much alarmed when the
state of affairs became known
: been
R.
and the State authorities appeal
ed r.l°' t tt «r tt ~ i
Chester H. Wells, Health Com
missioner for the State, declared bad
that there was no desire on the pu
p^rt of the State Board to be West
arbitrary; that dairymen in this
vicinity received notice of this ed
requirement later than some year
other sections of the State and sc
tât he would present the situa of
tion to the State Board who would
doubtless extend the time. This ^ \y
they finally did and yesterday tive
was set for a conference in which !
the State Board, the Local Board, sona
the retailers and the producers the
r ar d Ä %uattn eren€€8 I in
C In the" meantirne,^however, prac i
tically all of the dairymen agreed | *
to make application for the tests 1
and the conference was unneces-!
I
to
1
re
in
sary.
In this connection Mr. Wells
stated that the ruling Is being'
carried out very satisfactorily in ; C.
other parts of the State, and that
the Live Stock Sarjltary Board ; 0 t.
has a large list of applications
for tests.
in
DRAMATIC ARREST
MAY PUT AN END
TO ROBBERIES
and
Former Railroad Detective
Uses Local Garage to
Store Loot
The sensational
dramatic arrest of M. A. Luce at
the office of Business Administra
tor A. G. Wilkinson of Delaware
ef
the
the
back
of , , , .. „„ ■d_ q ++
in Emg and Alvin Downbam a t Elk
de- Mills Md., the first of the week
en- ex pi a j ns in pa rt at least the rob
of ber } es w hlch have been so fre
quen t j n this vicinity during the
skill „ t f pw m0 nths.
\ ..... , Mr w „
in Th€ de .^ tl Y e , ab ' l1 ^ , „-mibi
kmson aided y or
nation of circumstances led to the
arrest of Luce
a staged m
a s ty* e '
ac Luce sold 100 pounds of sugar
time. a t less than the market rate to
an Miss Hall, dietitian at the College
num- on Saturday and returned early
many in the week with an offer °f a
larger amount. Miss Hall made
n0 definite bargain with the man
but in a short time he appeared
with the sugar explaining that it
■had been brought from Philadel
phia in a truck which, he had left
down town.
In the meantime R. S. Gallaher,
agent at the Baltimore and Ohio !
station, in an effort to assist the
railroad detective, jhow^.t
and highly
real detective story
a
ar
the
the
visit
the
should
impede
the
this
the
The
tempting to run
entered the stations at Elk Mills,
Childs and Singerly, Md., tele
phoned Mr. Wilkinson to inquire
was if anyone had been offering
by for sale. Mr. Wilkinson replied
in the affirmative and wi •
be- Gallaher's help planned a co P
and whereby the man might be trap
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were
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FARMERS' TRUST
CO. SHOWS REMARK.
ABLE GROWTH
R. Williams, of Wilkes
barre, Pa., Head of Real
Estate and Insurance
Department Ä
was
for
to
C.
of
The statement of the Farmers
Trust Company of Newark at the
close of the fiscal year ending
July 31st, 1920, shows a very suc
cessful year, having assets of
I over $1,125,'000, deposits of over
I *1.000,000, net earnings after all
expenses and taxes paid approxi
mately $i 8 ,000.00, being at the
rate &f 36 cent araium .
This is an increase for ^ he
; year of over $30 0,000 in assets,
, and over ?2 00,000 in deposits,
This rem , arkab i e growth shows
1 the utmost confidence the people
of this comimmity have in this
progressive institution,
! Xhe Farme rs Trust Company
has always shown an active in
Merest ; n the town's affairs, being
always ready , and willinig to give
their assistanc€ toward the ad
van-cement of the community,
A They are installing new safe
depos jt boxes this week, in order
bo . take care of their rapidly
increasing number of patrons,
: Recently an active real estate
and i nsuran ce
of
a
department has
: been inaugurated, the services of
R. R. Williams of Wilkesbarre,
having been secured.
i Mr - Williams is a senior in the
University of Pennsylvania, has
bad considerable experience in
pu blic life, is a graduate of the
be West Chester State Normal
School, where he afterward serv
ed as Registrar for a number of
year s. Since then he has taught
sc hool for 7 years, was Principal
of West Grove H igh School for 4
years and served in the World
^ \y ar> having spent a year in ac
tive war f are in France.
! The , mo ,tto of this bank is per
sona i service to its patrons, a/nd
the interest of its customers be-'
I in * COnSid r d fir f in aI L ca r* 1
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* 1Ven
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L0CAL RIFLEMEN
U to COMPETE IN
» T arrir.M*r a nvmuo
NATIONAL MATCHES j
Walter D. Holton and Eugene:
Saturday for !
they will compete in the National
rifle matches which will take place
C. Stütz left on
Camp Perry, Ohio, where with
0 t. ber crack shots from the State,
in two weeks.
These young men will attend a
two weeks' preliminary sdfiool un
der Marine Corps and regular
army instructors who will put
them into real national match
form before the beginning of the
big event. From the excellent
showing made by these young
Delawareans at the tryouts held
recently on the State Range, they
will make a good showing in, the
national matches.
A number of veteran, riflemen
will leave just before the event
takes place,
! W 0RK ON WATER
SYSTEM TO BEGIN SOON
^ ^ jts regular
monthly meeting
evening and on account of the
car/nival hold-over was adjourn
ed until last night, when the con
tract for motors and pumps for
lifting water was considered.
Work will be begun shortly on
the work of excavating and of
laying'the mains. .
Between 2500 and 3000 riflemen
will be on hand at Perry when
the big show starts, and the local
boys
will meet and compete
_ »
against riflemen from every state
in the Union and all of our out
lying territories. The wirk of
squadding all competitors, as
signing them to targets, compil
ing scores, etc., is In the hands of
well-known Wilmlngtom man,
T. G. Samworth, while the trap
shooting layout, which will be
conducted as a kind of side show
to the big event, is being handled
by another local shooter, E. L.
Galvin.
sented on the staff of the
tional rifle matches and will be
well represented in the actual
competitions.
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Delaware is wen repre
na
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P
Monday
on
MAIL PLANE ALIGHTS
HERE FOR WATER
Draws Big Crowd of Specta
tors to Wollaston
Field
Yesterday shortly after^ 11
o'clock mail plane No. 50, enroute
from New York to Washington,
was forced to alight here for
water. The plane circled about
for some little time in an effort
to find a landing place and finally
swooped down, into a field on the
C. P. Wollaston farm just south
of town.
People came running from all
directions to see the plane at
close range and to give assist
ance if any/ Should be needed.'
Water was secured from the
nearby house and the young
aviator was ready to proceed.
The crwod watched with Interest
his efforts to crank the huge
"Lizzie" bird, by turning over
the propeller, while H. H. Cleaves
of Kells, manipulated the levers
from the pilot's seat. Even with
a crack the-whip effect with
Herman Wollaston furnishing a
part of the motive power he
failed to accomplish this opera
tion. He then directed the ef
forts of others and Wollaston,
Cleaves and Paul Steel finally
turned the trick. The big bird
of soon rose from the ground and
flew eastward for a rew yards
when she suddenly turned and in
a spirit of mischief dived down
vvard toward the spectators who
in scurried hither and thither like :
the frightened chickens. j
Having had a bit of fup, the
daring young Southerner 1 who,
of was piloting the machine, al-i
ready an hour late, flew on toward
Washington, a journey which he
4 expected to make In 35 minutes,
arriving in plenty -of time for
ac- lunch.
VETERANS OF the
FOREIGN WARS SECURE
PERMANENT HOME ; ti
Lt. J. Allison O'Daniel Post, ! be
Veteran, of F„rei g „ War, have
seeded permanent quarters in j
Center Hall and will hold meet
ings there on the first and third
Monday of each month. Because
pagean t i as t Monday night,
the Post did not meet. The men
! composing the Rehabilitation Di
vision, who comprise a large pro
portion of the membership, will be
on vacation until after the third
Monday in August. The next meet
ing will therefore be held the first
Monday in September.
Commander B. Frank Harris
will occupy the rooms and will
have them open at all times to the
members of the Post, who will
have here a social center.
This organization, according to
Commander Harris, Is rapidly in
creasing in membership, its fra
ternal and other features appeal
ing strongly to those who have
seen overseas service.
tensive military training at Camp
Devens, Mass, have returned af
ter an absence of six weeks.
According to reports from the
camp the Delaware lads excelled
not only in the military activities
but in the sporting events as well.
In the former they were equal in
standing to any of the groups
from schools of distinctive mili
tary type, such as Pennsylvania
Military Academy and Virginia
Military Academy.
A coincidence in this connection
was that one of the officers of the
company to which the Delaware
boys were assigne« was Captain
Ralph Dickinson, commandant at
Delaware College. Captain Carle
ton Coulter, former commandant,
was mess officer.
Philip Marvel, captain of the
college baseball team, was captain
of the camp team. The represen
tatives of the Blue and Gold
scored a greater number of points
in the sporting events than any
of the colleges represented. In
marksmanship they made an envi
able record.
on
of
BLUE AND GOLD
MAKES GOOD SHOW
ING AT DEVENS
Makes Record for Marksman
ship and Stands First
• in Sports
Twenty-one Delaware College
students who have been taking in
\FARMERS OF STATE
TO HAVE BIG.DAY
HERE TOMORROW
WILL INSPECT COLLEGE FARM IN THE MORNING
PREPARATIONS MADE TO ENTERTAIN MANY
FROM THIS AND LOWER COUNTIES
WITH INTERESTING
PROGRAM
of
of
the
way.
of
Everybody connected 1 with the
Experimental Farm and the Ex
periment Station has been busy for
some time with plans for the big
event of the year—the Annual
Farmers' Day meeting and picnic
which will be held at the College
Farm tomorrow. Ideal weather
conditions have prevailed, the bulk
of the harvest work is out of the
way, roads are better than they
have been for years, and the farm
ers of the State are more and
more imbued with the spirit of
progress. They are taking advant
age more and more of the re
sources which the State College
has to offer them in the way of the
assistance for the betterment of
f arm crops,'live stock, and general
f arm conditions.
j n v ; ew these facts, and in
vjew of the stabilization of condi
tions at ibhe Experimental Farm,
a f ter tbe de moralizating war per
iod> it is expec t e d that a record
crowd w [\\ attend tomorrow.
Director C. A. McCue announces
: that plans are being .made to en- V
j tertain and instruct at least two
thousand farmer guests on this oc
cas j 0I1) the summer agricultural
event of the year in Delaware. The
experimental work of the College
ineliiding - farm crops, orchards, I jj
small fruits> i; ve stock, etc., will *
de i abe i ed j n suc h a way that vis
itors may i ea rn the -work being f
conducted for their benefit and
the results to date of such experi- 1
mental work. The farm crops, par
; ti cu l ar l y corn and soy beans, will
! be in ideal shape to show the re
. vanou, treaty o
j ;7^ Zer ro ' ta r J i a o n T1 U s re
p
T he Plots of the Rehabilitation
in
and
Division
An interesting feature of this
years' demonstration is that of the
plots conducted by the^men of the
Rehabilitation Division at the
Coilegé. !
Each man of the first contin- 1
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Firemen Well Pleased With
Support Given by
(Community
...
With the gross receipts totalling
$14,742.64 and A prospect of the
net gain being between $7,000 and
$8,000, the members of the Aetna
Hose, Hook and Ladder Co. have
every reason to rejoice over the
success of their carnival which
was brought to a close on Monday
night. A surprisingly large at
tendance of Newark folk and
those from adjacent communities
every night of the affair and the
liberal manner in which they sup
ported the enterprise is a source of
gratification to those who man
aged the carnival.
CARNIVAL RECEIPTS
ARE OVER FOURTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS
Chief E. C. Wilson is enthusias
tic in his praise of the towns
people who backed "the boys" so
loyally and gave such splendid
support throughout the week.
t t „.wi,
In spite of the ftton» J^ach
practically broke up the carnival
on Satur ay even ng, a J
crowd was in attendance and .
swelled the gross receipts with
the surprising amount of $3,232.
Many who were on the grounds ■
when the storm broke, took shelter,
in the vaudeville tent which.
proved an unsafe refuge when the
wind threatened to tear it from
its moorings. Only the efforts of
Chief Wilson and several "strong
aides who held the guy
;
arm
ropes by main fore«, prevented
the collapse of the tent—an ex
perience which has led Mr. Wil
son to make the positive state
ment that "never again" will a
tent be used on the carnival
grounds.
Many of the storm- bound
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gents to arrive was assigned a plot
of ground 30 by 40 feet and pro
vided with a packet of seeds. All
of these packets were uniform and
the planting was done in the same
way. As later contingents arrived,
many of them too late for the
planting season, they were given a
share of a plot already planted and
assigned to the care of a portion
of it.
the appearance of having been
raked with a fine toothed comb.
The yield .has; been (heavy and
many of the men are lending a
part of the produce to their homes.
Some is sent to The Commons and
some will be taken home by the
men when they go on their fur
lough, next Friday.
The resu lt of their labors is in
dppd remarkable especially in
V ; PW of the fact that most of these
embrvo farmers are city born and
bred and are having their first ex
Der ience with growing things,
Beets celery swiss chard, corn,
sa i a if' v string beans, cucumbers,
I jj m b g ans and other'garden végé
* tables are in flourishing condition
and w jjj f urn is.h the experienced
f armers lW ith something to think
about when tbey make their j n .
1 sr , PP +ion tomorrow
T , ., r + F t> 1]rpaUi .
.. y, +hp :„ various communitie
re- ^^zlng^ ^^tomobüe parties
mak the trip anti a, a mean, of
interesting their people in the
agricultural work of their State
College.
The men take particular pride
in the appearance of their plots
and go after the weeds with such
determination that not one dares
show its head in that neighbor
hood. Several of the plots have
Each visitor is asked to bring a
basket lunch and hot coffee will be
served on the grounds.
the
the
the the New Jersey Council of Coun
! ty Boards of Agriculture, will be
1 the chief speaker.
John H. Hankinson, Secretary of
CONFERENCE IN
SESSION HERE TODAY
Prominent Educators Meet
With Parent-Teacher
Association
A conference is being held this
afternoon at Wolf Hall under the
auspices of the Delaware Parent
Teacher Association.
Addresses were made by A. R.
Spaid, Commissioner of Educa
tion,
president of the- State Teachers'
Association; Henry E. Suavely,
superintendent of New Castle
schools, and Dr. R. W. Cooper, Di
rector of the Bureau of Education
of the Service Citizens.
A discussion touching the bene
fits and possibilities' of Parent
Teacher Associations was led by
County Superintendents, E. J.
Hardesty, H. V. Holloway, W. H.
Jump, Mary E. Rich and others.
William B. Thornburgh,
The music was furnished by
Miss Mildred Matthews of Sea
ford, and by the conference led
by Miss Dora Wilcox, Director of
at the Summer School,
y of the p arent -Teacher As.
J sociàtions sent representatives,
. Wi A Wilkinson, Director of the
r Scho deliv . ered the ad _
f welcomej t0 whieh M rs.
■ C1 presid ent of the
Agsodati
responded.
; Frank Hersoh led In prayer.
Rev.
REV. FRANK B, EVERETT
AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. Frank B. Everett, of
Lewisburg, Pa., will fill the pulpit
at the Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. A
service on the college steps will
be conducted by Frank
Mitchell, a prominent Y. M. C. A.
worker of Wilmington, in the
evening.
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