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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
OPENING OF W. C. |.
is BEING STUDIED
Historic Methodist Preparatory
School May Reopen In 1910

The special follow-up committee
on the closed Wesley Collegiate In
stitute of Dover meeting at Dover
on Monday of this week, with nine OF
its 10 members attending, spent sew
eral hours in study and discussion,
with Vice Chairman DIR. Walter Z.
Gunby, superintendent of the Will
mington District of the Wilmington
NJ. L. Conference, presiding. Bishop
Edwin Holt Hughes Of the Washing
ton Area, chairman, was unable to
attend.
Decision to continue study of the
need and feasibility Of reopening
the historic Methodist preparatory
school in 1910 was made by the COM
mittee. 1t also decided TO meet again
on call of the chairman in Septem-
ber.
Ultimately the special follow-up
committee will report to the board
of directors of the institution. The
board will study the committees re-
port and make a decision as to re-
opening, which might be later than
1910 il favorable action should be
taken, 1t was said.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
ELLIOTT FOUND
GUILTY IN SUSSEX
Young RehObOth Man Is
Convicted OF InvOlun-
tary Manslaughter.

Samuel W. Elliott. Jr.. 25 years old
of Rehoboth Beach. was found guilty
of involuntary manslaughter by a
jury in the Court of Oyer and Ter
miner at Georgetown last Thursday
in the death of Mira. Jessie Lingo. by
cOlliding with a car owned and Oper-
ated by Edgar B. Coulter. which was
occupied by COulter's wife. Mrs
Florence R. Coulter. and Mrs. Lin
go. In addition to causing the death
of Mrs. Lingo, both Mr.. and Mrs.
Coulter were killed. Mrs. Coulter was
killed almost instantly and her hus-
band died in the Beebe Hospital at
Lewes shortly after being entered.
Mrs Lingo died the following after
noon.
Three indictments against Elliott
were returned by the grand jury at
this term. one for the death of COul-
ter, one for his wife and the other
for Mrs. Lingo.
There were five counts alleged in
the indictment designated as "A, b,
c. d and Z.
Counts &C" and ID" were ordered
by the court to be stricken off as they
did not set forth fully the conten-
tions.
In count &C" it was charged that
he (ElliotD did then and there Oper-
ate his motor vehicle at an unlawful
and dangerous rate of speed" 1t was
charged in count ID" that he did
then and there operate the motor We
hicle while under the influence of
Intoxicating llquor.'' THE Judges
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
REBEKAH'S CARD
PARTY GREAT SUCCESS
All Present At Hlgman Home Report
A Good Time

The card, bingo and checker party
sponsored by the Margaret C. Pyle
Rebekah Lodge. No. II, of Milford, at
the home of Mrs. Mary Higman. on
North Walnut street, Tuesday night,
was a decided success from many
angles.
Bridge, pitch. checkers and bingo
were the favorite games. Everyone
present reported having a good time.
Miss Louise Higman. and the ways
and means committee of the lodge,
received many favorable comments
on the delightful manner in which
they conducted the party. The atten-
dance was very good. Many Odd Fell
lows were present with their wives.
The Milford Rebekahs have decid-
ed to curtail their regular business
this month due to the many
who are on vacation. The
next meeting of the Margaret Pyle
Lodge will be held on August 3.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
JURY ACQUITS
DONOVAN GIRL
''Not Guilty" Verdict Brought in by
Kent County Jury At 2:H P. NJ.
Thursday afternoon.

Isabella Donovan, 18-year-
old Milford girl, was acquitted
of the charge of manslaughter
in the death of Vaughn Webb,
19-year-old CCC worker, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Webb, of
Shawnee, near Milford.
The jury brought in their
verdict at 2.11 o'clock Thursday
afternoon, July 13. Webb met
his death while in the company
of Miss Donovan in a parked
automobile on Peabody avenue,
Milford, March Is. The State
charged Miss Donovan with
first degree murder, later
changing the charge to man.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
LUCITE CURVE MARKERS
GREAT AID TO SAFETY
Product OF dupont Company Guides
Motorists To Safety

Danger has been routed from the
curves of Delaware's highway sys-
TEN with the installation of lucite
markers, reports of the State police
indicate.
Since early May when the brilliant
refiectors were placed at the more
dangerous bends of the roadways.
no accidents have occurred at these
locations, Supt of State Police John
r. Fader said.
Records of the safety division of
the police show that prior to mark
ing, several of the curves had con-
tributed to motor mishaps. accord
ing to Edward r. Clough. head of
the division.
Roads Outlined
Lucite markers. manufactured by
the dupont Company. are mirror
effect devices that catch the beams
of headlights and. in reflection. out
line the highway.
Superintendent Fader said 225
markers had been installed on curves
in New Castle county, covering dis
tances equivalent to two and one
quarter miles. Curves in highways
of Kent and Sussex counties are
protected by AIS markers.
In New Castle county all but sew
en- markers were placed along the
more or less treacherOus detours
around st. Georges. the Tybout's
Corner Kirkwood Summit Bridge
-Blackbird route and the
Delaware City-Reedy Point route.
Capitol Trail Protected
The other seven markers have
been installed on a dangerous curve
on the Capitol Trail where numer-
Dus accidents have occurred - but
none since the rehectors were
erected.
Highways in Kent and Sussex
counties are strighter than the
winding thoroughfares in some sec
lions of the upper county so con-
most of the lucite markers
will be erected in New Castle coun-
", Superintendent Fader stated.
No fair comparison can be made |
of the present lights since the de-
ours which bear the markers are |
carrying far heavier traffic than last |
rear. before the St. Georges bridge |
over the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal was destroyed.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
SWIM CLASSES
ON AT BEACH
Arthur M. Potter Is In
Charge Of Schedule
Which Closes Today.

The swimming campaign Of the
Delaware Red Cross for students of
the Lincoln and Greenwood schools
began Monday with SO children at
Slaughter Beach. Arthur M. Potter
is the instructor of the classes which
will close today.
The swimmers will be segregated
according to their swimming skill
with the beginners taught separate
ly from the more experienced.
Glasses are being held at $3.50,
10: Is and 11:15 a. M, standard time.
Life saving candidates begin at IL: 10
o'clock. Those taking part in the
campaign are:
Martha Clendaniel. Doris Carter,
Marvin Wilkins. William Warren,
Calvin C. Tyrrell, Jay D. Schoield.
Donald Morris. Bobby Fitzgerald,
Alice Warren, Ruth E. Tyrrell, Dick
lie Nance, Edgar Cooper, Richard
Beebe, Pierce Beebe. Audrey Wisse-
man, Emily Clendaniel. Gilmore Sat
terfield, Harriet Warren, Lorraine
Beebe, Marie Derrickson, Norma
Greenly, Norma Satterfield, Wanda
G. Pierce Schofield, Har-
old Edward Hemsbey, William Felt,
Martin Clendaniel. Clara Passwaters.
Louis W. Wintjin. Jr.. Aileen Glen
daniel, Doris Morris. Isabelle Beebe,
Hall Morris, G. Alicia Schofield, Mad
cline Southard, Vernon Deputy, Wal
ter Taylor, Norman Warren, Herbert
Plummer. Katherine Brittingham,
Jack Short. Charlotte Louise Lape-
tina, Barbara Ann Harrison, Thelma
Mae wilkins, Barbara Mariner,
Downing, Garry Matthews,
Edna Mae Messick Ward Hitch, Dor
Is Fassel, Jackie Scarborough. Mar
garet Donnelly.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
SKETCHING TRIP TO BE
HELD BY ART LEAGUE
RehObOth Group To Visit Picturesque
Spots Around Lewes And RehObOth

On Saturday, July s. the RehOboth
Art League began what gives PROM
Use of being an annual service to its
members and senior students that
will be of great value. A sketching
trip, under the guidance of a men,
ber of the faculty, or of an expert
enced artist member of the league
is planned for six Saturdays during
July and August, from 3 to -.
This trip will be free to members,
who will be expected to furnish their
transportation and materials. Stu
dents will be encouraged to go, but
will pay a small fee (25c) and ar
range for their transportation and
materials. Work in oils. watercolor.
or colored pencils will be stressed.
Scenes along the canal, Rehoboth
Bay, Lewes, Rehoboth and other pic
turesque spots will be the objectives.
Mrs. John S. Litteli, with Miss
Jean Morse Littell were hostesses for
the tea last Sunday. and Mrs. c. D.
Abbott and Mrs. William V. Sipple,
of Milford and RehOboth, will receive
this Sunday. Mrs. Joseph NAPLES and
Mrs. David Aspril had the studio op-
ened on Tuesday of this week, when
Mrs. w. S. Corkran gave tea at four
o'clock to discuss the Flower Ar
Show that is to take place
at the V. l. A., today. tomorrow and
Sunday. Guests were invited to in
spect the studio and its collection.
The Three Man Show" composed
of the work of Edward Grant. Wal
ter Pyle and Craik Morris, Jr., will
be hung either on July Is or II by
Mr.. Morris, who is a member of the
committee. 1t will last un-
til August 4.
The exhibitors list for the present
show is composed of:
Walter P. Townsend-Oils. THE
Henlopen Light" and a Study of
Horse"
Charles NJ. Robinson-"The Wave"
star Petunia." and Tulip"
Augustus Redheffer - Deserted
House" pencil drawing by this 80
artist, and a watercolor
Full Sail"
Ernest Raughley - THE Meeting
House." THE Road Through the
Pines" THE Sailing Ship" and a
oils.
Thomas Beatty."Lookout Crew."
Overland Freight" Country
and "One Horse Open
Sleigh"
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Management H a S Been
Working For Z Months
Preparing Features.
ALL STATE AGENCIES
ARE COOPERATING
Jimmie Lynch And His
Death Dodgers Will Be
Feature On July "a.

For the past seven months the
management of the Kent and Sussex
Fair Association has been striving
to make the 1889 fair the most out
standing of any of the twenty fairs
held since they organized in 1919.
From the time our gates open on
close Saturday night. July 29, there
will be thousands amazed at the
great display of exhibits which by
far will exceed any shown in the past
twenty years.
In order to make this an educa-
tional, agricultural and commercial
event, there are many clever exhib-
its being prepared at this time to be
presented by various State depart
ments; including State Board of
Health, State Board of Agriculture,
State Board of Education, State
Game and Fish Commission, State
Forestry State Beekeepers Associa-
ton, All Club, the F. F. A. and many
other branches of our State Depart
ments.
Another big feature exhibit will
be the machinery show which is be-
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machine manufacturers in the east
The livestock show should be much
larger this year than ever before,
due to the fact that beef cattle
classes which are sponsored by Gov
ernor Richard C. McMullen will be
added.
Never before has the Kent and
Sussex Fair Association contracted
for so much entertainment for their
patrons- Jimmie Lynch and his
Death Dodgers, now playing at the
Worlds Fair in New York, will open
our fair on Monday night with one
of the greatest thrill shows ever
seen in this section of the country.
Another great attraction will be Fac
chini, the human cannonball," who
will be shot over two gigantic ferris
wheels 200 feet through the air at a
height of 100 feet.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
OFFICERS MARK
OUT GUARD CAMP
Sites For Ammunition De-
pot, Railhead, Ware
house Are Selected.

Locations for an ammunition de-
pot, a railroad, a warehouse, and
anti-aircraft and machine gun EN-
placements were marked on the
land owned by the Delaware Ma
tional Guard at Bethany Beach over
the past weekend by officers of the
I9Sth Coast Artillery D. N. G.
The officers left last Saturday NOR
ming by car from their base at. the
officers mess hall at Bethany Beach
Camp for locations in the surround
ing territory extending from the
Atlantic Ocean to Milford and from
Bethany Beach to Lewes.
Some of the emplacements which
were marked by the officers were IA
miles apart from similar emplace-
ments establishing a theoretical net
work of anti-aircraft fire protecting
the Rehoboth Beach airport and
strategic places to be located tenn
porarily in the territory.
For two days OF the two weeks
camp of the 19Sth regiment at Beth
any Beach starting July 80, called
this year Camp Weller E. Stover."
officers and men will change theory
to actuality placing anti-aircraft and
machine guns in the emplacements
marked last Saturday.
The personnel of the regiment will
take to the field and live during
the two days under conditions ap-
preaching those of actual warfare.
In preparation for the responsible
ties and the complexities involved
in the organization of the defensive
forces at Bethany Beach. officers of
the regiment have studied during
the winter under federal army in
structors.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
SIXtARE KILLED
IN AUTO CRASH
NEAR FRANKFORT
Fatal Smashup Early Last
Sunday Morning Af-
fects Safety Record.
DRIVER rs HELD
Were Returning From
Ocean City Weekend
When Crash Occurred.

Death overlook a party of six
weekend vacationists within less
than a mile of their homes near
Frankford early Sunday morning as
they were motoring from Ocean City
Md.
Their car crashed into concrete
abutment on Route 113. three-tenths
of a mile south of FrankfoHd.
Only the driver escaped fatal in
juries. He suffered decorations and
after treatment at the Milford Mem
orial Hospital was taken to the Sus-
sex county Jail near Georgetown to
await an investigation of the acci-
dent, described by State police, as
one of the worst in the history of
Sussex county.
The dead, all negroes, are:
Miss Alice +. Hall, II years old; +;
Miss Marie Beckett, IA years old;
George Short. Jr., 10 years old; Wal
ter X. Mills, 2S years old; Leon d..
Oliver, 10 years old, and Robert
Short, 20 years old.
The driver was George Lockwood,
81 years old, negro.
Safety Record Lowered
The accident brought the total
auto death toll for Delaware to SO, up
to within one of the 81 killed during
the corresponding period of last year.
Short died at GAS o'clock Monday
morning in the Milford Emergency
Hospital. He had suffered fractures
of both legs and internal injuries.
Oliver died at the same hospital
at 11:30 o'clock Sunday morning of
internal injuries and leg fractures.
The other four were killed instantly.
Privates Lynch, Vienot, and Isaacs
of the Georgetown State police sta
tion Investigated. Coroner Lewis
Lathbury will arrange an inquest.
Police said Monday they received re-
ports the car had been speeding.
Superintendent of State Police
John R. Fader said Monday Lock-
wood admitted he had gone TO sleep.
Car Is Smashed
The automobile was smashed to
pieces when it struck the concrete
abutment. Passengers went through
the> windshield and out through the
sides of the car. onto the concrete
highway
The auto death toll for Wilmington
is five for this year and seven for the
corresponding period last year; for
the State, outside Wilmington, 81
this year compared with 80 during
the corresponding period last year.
This one accident Sunday wiped
out the States margin of five over
last years death toll record and
placed the State, exclusive OF Will
mington, back one death.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
ORCHARD NOTES SENT
TO FRUIT GROWERS
Spray Service Information Is Prepar-
ed By L. OF d. Plant PathOlOgist

The eleventh edition in the series
of orchard spray notes for the 1889
season has been mailed to the fruit
growers in Kent county calling at
tention to those sprays which are
essential at this particular time for
the control of certain plant diseases
and insects prevalent in orchards.
These orchard spray notes are pre-
pared by DR.. X. j. Kadow, plant path
ologist of the University of Della
ware and the State Board of Agricul-
ture, in cooperation with DR.. l.. A.
Stearns, entomologist of the Della
ware experiment station, and are
distributed through the Office of
County Agent Russell e. Wilson to
the fruit growers in Kent county.
Similar spray bulletins are also pre-
pared for the growers in each of the
other two counties in the State at
timely intervals during the fruit pro-
ductiOn season.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
THREE HEALTH
BOARD OFFICIALS
RESIGN POSTS
Mrs. Kathryn Trent, DIR.
Arthur C. JOst And DR..
r. E. EIlegOOd Quit.
WILL MEET TO-DAY
Dissatisfaction A m on g
Board Members Seen AS
Basis OF designations.

The disclosure of the resignation
of DR.. Arthur C. Jost as executive
secretary of the State Board OF
Health, and of DIR. r. E. Ellegood
as a member of the board, was fol-
lowed Wednesday night by the addi-
tional disclosure of the recent resig-
nation of Mrs. Kathryn Trent of Do
yer as director of the division of
public health nursing Of the board.
IN her resignation, presented to
the board June Is, to become ef-
fectiye July Is. Mrs. Trent is re-
ported to have said she was not
getting proper cooperation from on
cials of the department. Mrs. Trent
could not be reached Wednesday
night in Dover. where she was re-
ported out of the State.
DIR. Jost in his letter Of resig-
nation stated merely that as the
work of the fiscal year has been
completed, he was submitting his
resignated, dated July 10. and to be
effective August 10, and that pursu-
ant to the terms of his contract he
would take a months leave of abb
5ence. He is now on a motor trip to
Canada.
Dissatisfaction Aired
While the members of the board
did not ask for DR.. Jost's resigna-
tion at its last meeting. June 27, it
did discuss his recent work and the
lack of an explanation by him for
the resignation of Mrs. Trent, mem
Der said. In a vote five members ex-
pressed dissatisfaction, two voiced
and one was non-commit-
tai.
In view of the resignation Of DR..
E. Morris as director OF
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14

slaughter when the case was
taken to Kent county.
The highlight of trial on Wednes-
day was the testimony of the mother
Of 19-year-Old Webb. Mrs. Webb dra-
matically charged on the stand We'd
nesday that the girl had tried to kill
her son a month before the fatal
shooting.
Mrs. Webb was put on the stand
by Deputy Attorney General James
Morford as the State neared the end
Of its prosecution of the 1S-year-Old
Milford girl.
I'm February, 1899. did Isabella
Donovan threaten to kill your SOM"
Morford demanded.
"She did"
did she try to kill him with a pair
of scissors?" he continued.
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ARMED POSSE
CAPTURES MAN
IN RIVER HERE
r. P. Hammond Is Accus-
ed of Shooting Officer
Andrew KOsci.
THREE HOUR SEARCH
Was Captured By Officer
Jas. HOlleger, Milford,
Who Heard Him Cough.

Robert P. Hammond, q years old
charged with shooting Milford po-
liceman in the arm early Monday
night while resisting arrest. was
captured by a posse of about 30 Off
GERS and deputized citizens at p. m.
after a three-hour search in the
marsh along the Mispillion River
here. Several hundred persons wit
messed the search.
The posse, armed with revolvers,
shot guns, and rifles. had surround
ed a half mile area along the north
side of the river after Hammond
was chased into the reeds by officer
Andrew KOsci, of Milford, who says
the man shot him in the left arm
during a fight in the Milford Jail.
He was captured by officer James
Holleger of Milford The officer
heard the man cough and found
him submerged in the water with
his head hidden under overhanging
bushes. Hammond was removed to
the Dover jail, but will be brought
back to Milford for trial when Off
Ger Kosci, who at present is a wit
ness in the Donovan case, can appear
against him.
Merchant Complains
According TO police Hammond, who
has lived in Milford at various times
during the past several years. pur-
chased several articles at the general
shop of Jack Berlin, 10 West
Front street. in Milford. He gave
Berlin a check for the articles. Later
Berlin became suspicious and called
Officer Kosci to investigate.
The officer came upon Hammond
in a billiard hall here and placing a
handcuff on one of his wrists, took
him to the Milford Jail.
Just as he was placing the man in
the cell. Hammond pulled a 80 cali
bre revolver from his pocket and de-
manded he be released, the officer
said. They were the only two in
the Jail at the time.
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tragic loss of life. Please remember
drive with good judgment-walk
with common sense.
Motorists
These are vacation days for chill
dren. As you drive along, you will
see them playing in Fairgrounds or
on the sidewalk. The Delaware Safe
ty Council appeals to you to keep
your car always under control. Chill
dren are told not to run into the
street. but they sometimes forget.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
OPENS SERIES
WITH NEWARK SAT.
Legion Juniors VIII Begin Play For
State Championship

The Milford Junior American Leg
ion Baseball team will go to New
ark tomorrow, Saturday. July Is, to
meet the Junior Legion team of
Newark in the first game of a three
game series. The winner of this SER
les will be considered the champions
of Delaware and will represent the
State in the regional tournament to
be held during August
Milford and Newark were the fin
alists in the State last year, with
Newark taking the series. The first
game was won by Milford. 10, the
second played at Newark was taken
by Newark 81, and the final game
played at Dover in a drizzling ran
was won by Newark. 60.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
NEW PHONE BOOKS
BEING DELIVERED HERE
Twenty Men Are Distributing 9,400
Copies OF @DOwn State" Directory

New lower Delaware telephone di-
rectories are being delivered this
week in Milford and vicinity. Twenty
men will distribute 9,4O0 copies of
the new issue and collect the books
now in use.
In addition to the regular emer-
gency listings of fire stations, police
stations and forest fire wardens on
page seven, the new book will list
the U. S. Coast Guard Station, Lewes
5121.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
DIRECTORS SELECTED
BY KENT-SUSSEX B. 81.
william Slpple, Jr., Tom r. Williams
Named To Board

At the annual stockholders meet
ing of the Kent and Sussex Building
and Loan Association held last
Thursday, July 6, two new directors
were added to the board, William v.
Sipple. Jr.. and Tom r. Williams.
Both these young men are well and
favorably known. Mr.. Sipple is the
oldest son of William v. Sipple, Sr.,
president of the association and pres
ident of the Milford Trust Company.
Young Sipple is the junior member
of the firm Of William v. Sipple and
Son. conducting a monumental mem
orial business here.
The second game in the series will
be played at Milford next week in
the Milford Giants ball park. Both
Mr.. Williams is the son Of the late
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
u. c. c. HAS PAID OUT
$412,762 In STATE
LIS Checks For Total OF SIS, ,199
Mailed Last Week

The amount Of money expended
in unemployment compensation ben
efits since the first of the year when
such payments started in Delaware
totals approximately s412.762.57, ac-
cording to reports from officials of
the Unemployment Compensation
Commission released recently.
Officials of the commission point
out that all of this money has gone
to persons who might otherwise have
been on relief and has therefore not
only saved the State large sums of
money, but has meant that many.
who otherwise would have had to
accept charity. have been able to
retain their self respect.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-14
Safety Council Issues Instructions
ToMotorists, Children, Housewives

Every sixteen minutes of every
hour, one life is lost in a traffic acct
dent in the United States. Every 81
seconds of every minute, one person
is injured in a traffic accident. This
is the average waste of life in our
traffic crashes. according to the Ma
tional Safety Council
You can help stop this slaughter.
Whether you are a motorist or
pedestrian. the Delaware Safety
Council asks your cooperation in its
Rgainst this needless and