Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
FIREMEN PARADE
AT GEORGETOWN
WAS HUGE AFFAIR
Registration Officers Liza
BILE To Fine If They Fail
To Qualify In 10 Days.


largest that has been held by the
firemen of the State for several
years, especially outside the City OF
Wilmington. Prizes were awarded as
follows:
Best decorated store, w. Frank
Sharp, 500; second best decorated
store, H. j. Conaway, $40.
Best decorated store window, Har-
ry Holtz, $40; best decorated home,
]. Linden Barr, West Market street,
$40. These prizes were awarded by
the Georgetown Fire Company, the
Judges being Lon w. Clifton of Do
yer; C.. B. Griffin, Williams Point,
Pa; and ]. D. Coudright, of Dover.
The judges of the bands comprls..
ed Rev. Martin J. Bran, rector OF
st. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
Church; Miss Edith I. Jones and
John C. Abbott. The prize of $50 was
awarded to Dover. The best band
outside of the State was Marcus
Hook, Pa, which was awarded 500.
The judges of the men in line, ap-
pearance and equipment consisted OF
Charles w. Cullen, Esq, John K.
Kitchens and Robert c. Hill. They
made the following awards: COM
pany. travelling the longest distance,
Coatesville, Pa, $25; largest number
of uniformed men in line, Marcus
Hook. $50; largest number of men in
line in the State, Elsmere, $50; best
apparatus of any company outside OIL
the State, Cambridge, Md, presi-
dents silver loving cup; best appa-
ratus of any company in the State
Richardson Park, Chamber of Com
merce loving cup; best appearance
of any company in the State, Smyr-
ma Fire Company, the Georgetown
Rotary Club silver loving cup.
The Lewes Fire Company was
awarded a Burell all-service gas
mask for having received the larg-
est number of votes of any company,
the total vote being 318 cast by the
crowd at Georgetown.
The Fire Protection Equipment
Company of Baltimore, Md, repre-
senting the American Rubber and
Manufacturing Company of Oakland
California, gave away so feet OF ire
hose.
Each fire company in the State
was given a number and numbers
to correspond were placed in hat
and one drawn out. The Greenwood
Fire Company was successful in
winning it, although they had no
representative here taking part in
| the parade.
An invitation was extended by the
Robbins Hose Company of Dover
for the next annual convention to
meet in Dover. The invitation was
accented and it will be under the
auspices of the Kent County Asso-
citation. It was argued that too much
burden was placed on any one fire
company to handle all the details IN
connection with the State Conven-
tion.
Registration officers appointed re-
Gently are compelled by law to serve
and if they fail to qualify within ten
DAYS after they receive their COM
missions they are liable to fine OF
500. This provision of the new reg
istration law was cited Saturday by
a State official, who declared that
although virtually all the Tegistra-
ton officers received their commits
sions a week ago, only few of the
several hundred had yet qualified.
The registration law make 1t
mandatory for the appointed officers
to appear before the clerk Of the
peace of their counties and take the
oath of office. Their service is COM
pulsory unless they can submit
some good cause and sufficient rea-
son for not being able to serve.
George D. Maloney, of this town,
is recovering from surgical opera
ton he underwent in the Kent Cen
eral Hospital at Dover last Friday
night. While employed as boiler in
spector in the railroad shops at
Clayton on Friday, Mr.. Maloney was
stricken with appendicitis and her
MIA and was rushed with speed to
the hospital.
Last Tuesday afternoon, Irene
Faucet, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Raymond Faucet, celebrated her
] GthAlANOA ~ o.
ing a party to more than twenty OF
her young friends at her home near
town, and the little folks had de-
lightful time in games and refresh
ments. Her guests were Dorothy
Short, Hazel Short, Thelma Town
send, Dorothy Townsend, Barbara
Faucet, Laura Holson, Elizabeth
Carey, Aliene Kitchens, Janette
Holtz, Eleanor Faucet, Grace and
Bertha Mae Lingo, of Millsboro;
Jeane MCGEE, Kathryn, Ruth and
Frances Williams, of Dagsboro, Ben
Wagamon, Jr., Edward Baker, e
Alden Townsend, 3rd, William A
Faucet, Mrs. John T. Knowles
Mrs. William Faucet, Mrs. Jennie
Lynch, Mrs. Livy C. Rogers, Mrs
Ben Faucet, Mrs. E. A. Townsend
Jr., Miss Banche Blackstone, OF
Millsboro, Miss Edith Thompson oi
New York City, Mrs. Cordrey Nc
Gee, Mrs. Howard King and Mrs
Will Williams of Dagsboro.
Meetings are being conducted by
Virgil A. Littleton of this town al
Faith Church, near Robbins, Sunday
afternoons, at 8 o'clock.
Register of Wills G. Vannie Mes
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