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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18

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x0NT--nlack Combination Bag and AguR, vicinity oe Colateal Ave. Tues day evening. xdentilled hy personal card and sum Of money. Reward. Tel. s-si0A after 8,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
Autos and Trucks Fer sals

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
Autonsobiles
NssO Car Dealers
AusonObnss For sale
PACKARD

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 "A Safe Place To Buy" a02 Wateetown Ave. Dial l.6i0S
 Open Evenings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
hmm nRRANEl

WOTIO OR&ANKl
 WATERS secretary, Rifectlonately known as Ruthie, would be valuable Co the government, 10 seems to me. A couple of weeks before it actually happened, Rutlle dreamed about a Jap invasion. In her dream, however the invasion was in her living room and not in the Pacific. The Mttle yellow men in her dream were pyg- mics, about two inches high, and she was frantically trying Co exter. minate them by crawling around the floor on her hands and knees. But, try as she would, she couldn't control them. They kept wriggllng out from between her fingers. Something told her that lf they should got past her and cross the threshold into tho next room, they would grow t0 normal sise and take over tho whole house. Did they suCceed2 She doesn't know. That's where Rutlaie woke up screaming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
Egss, Poultry. Supplies
Business SerUice

Il BuslDeas Services Rendered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18

LOST -Uraee case containing work papors, evening oe Deo, 18th, on South Main @t. neer Agill 8t Call s@o1lI. Extsnsien 29l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
WHATs COOwYN' TN RADIO

WAAMEA GUWAAN' kG kbA1AV
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
RmssuAls
spselAl Ns.Ise

ARTISTS - Water and oil Color sets make ideal Xmas gifts. Wtby, pt. a ". F. co. io7 North Main et. Call A4B0e0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-18
For Rent Real EstaEe
Is Apartments and TenementS

SIX PLEASANT RooMs--e1 Edson Ave, ist floor. Available Jan ist. Ira. 60 Pleasant St. Mrs. Bonn.
The guardian., 1941-08-23
CAPE COD NEWS

TEATICKET - Thursday eve
ming Peter Comes of Osterville
entertained party of friends
on a unique boat-ride across to
Nantucket Sound to Oak Bluffs
where the party enjoyed dane
ing and dining. Guests were
Miss Catherine Allen, Mr., and
Mrs. L. Comes, Miss Marian
Joseph, Miss Jennie Joseph,
Miss Barbara Barboza of Oster-
vile, Miss Anita Jordan, Miss
Almenia Comes, Norman Carey
OF z. Falmouth, Louis Santos.
N. Barrows of Waquoit, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Smallwood OF New
York, Mrs. Clementine Santos.
Mrs. Portia Craddock OF Bos-
ton; Miss Sally Higgenbotham,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Turner OF
Pittsburgh, Pa, Herman Lopez
OF Mashpee, Miss Goldie Morn
ing Of Ann Harbor, Mich, Al
bert Grace of Osterville Mrs.
Portia Craddock entertained at
a beach party on Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. Hazel Ridley, Joseph
Craddock Of Boston, Alfred Fos-
ter Of New Jersey, Miss Marie
Ingram OF No. Carolina, Mrs.
Eleanor Gaynor OF New York.
MIR. and Mrs. Edward Couzens
OF Boston, DR.. and MrMs. Ed
ward Lee of Tenn; Mrs. Suz-
anne Percival, Mrs. Hilda Tai
bot, Vernon Percival of Boston,
Miss Ruth Goosby, Mrs. Eliza
Galloway, William Morrison.
Miss Naomi Thomas, Harold
Lloyd, Miss Doris Washington
OF Boston.
The guardian., 1941-08-23

mother, Mrs. Groves.-Judge
ley of Philadelphia is spend
ing his vacation at his cottage;
guest there is Miss Francesca
RoSe.-Another luncheon was
held at Mrs. Marie ThomaS,S S
cottage last week with many
charming guests who afterward
enjoyed lawn party at Mrs.
Carrie Jones's in honor of her
daughter, Miss Lois Jones.-Dr.
Ralph Steward of Washington
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Lovett
Groves of Dorchester, left Bos-
ton on Mnoday last for a visit
to Gay Head, a beautiful Indian
settlement on Martha's Vine
yard.-Mr, and Mrs. Joseph l..
Pierce of Washington are guests
at the Maxwell cottage.-A food
sale Is to be given by the Brad
ley Memorial Church. It will be
sponsored by Mrs. Jeter.-Ar-
rivals at Oak Bluffs during the
The guardian., 1941-08-23
ON The CAPE
BY Winifred Hodge Willia m

HYANN1S - The Etiquette
Club of Springfield, consisting
Of ten lovely ladies were enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Moss at a banquet at the Casa
Mana. Members present with
their husbands were DR.. and
MrMs Fraser, Or. and Mrs.
Kennedy, Mr.. and Mrs. Jones,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson, Mr.
and Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Minnie
Brogue, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Burr. Invited guests were Mrs.
M. Thomas, from Hartford and
Oak Bluffs, Miss Edith Doar,
Brooklyn, New York; Mr.. and
Mrs. George Toney, MI. and
Mrs. G. ]. Davis, MIR. and Mrs.
John Anderson, all OF Boston
and Hyannis; and Mr.. Perkins.
Springfield. Menu consisted OF
fruit cup, lobster salad, chicken,
etc. After dining and dancing
the members, and Nncsts at-
tended a cocktail party at Mr..
and Mrs. John Anderson's cot
tage, The zilpha). The fol-
lowing day some Of the Spring
field party accompanied Mrs.
Marie Thomas to Oak Bluffs.
MIR. and Mrs. Moss were host
and hostess at a buffet supper
followed by whist and bridge
Guests at MARTHA's MANOR
Mr.. and Mrs. Pharoah Davis,
New York, N. Y: Mr. and Mrs
John w. Ballard, Jersey City;
DR.. and Mrs. Fraser. Spring.
field; Miss Sarah Hall, Newton;
Miss Ruth Ford, school teacher
of New York; Mrs. Helen w
MaMxwell, and Mrs. Albert L
Person, sc h ool teachers Of
Brooklyn, N. Guests at PINE
NEEDLE COToTAGE, (sst. and
Mrs. Taylor.
Continued Merit Week.
The guardian., 1941-08-23

EVANGELIST
invites visitors to his nightly SER
vices at the large Tent. Pictures
illustrate the sermons. Hear Mar
ian Anderson, Paul RObeSOn, ROl-
and Hayes, Sunday, Aug. "a Pho
tographer Clarke will snap the
big crowd expected.
The guardian., 1941-08-23

past week are Mrs. Webb, Mrs
Sanders and Mrs. Grimmes, sis
terS of Miss Essie Fitzgerald of
Rochester, N. Y.-Others are
Miss Louise Clark and her
mother Mrs. Annabelle Clarke
of N. Y. C.-Miss Anna Tanney-
hill, Mrs. Bertha wormley OF
E on, Mr.. and Mrs. Walker
and Miss Schalk. Also Mrs.
William Dabney, DR.. and Mrs.
Arthur Lee, DR.. Alexander, MIR.
and Mrs. John Wilson, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. E. Shepherd of Millville,
N. j., Misses Helen and Etheyl
Hazel and their mother, Mrs.
Florence Hazel.-Miss Louise
Terry entertained Miss Lois
JJones and Mile Celino Tabary
on Monday evening.-Miss Dor
othy West arrived at her moth
ers cottage this week to spend
the rest of the summer.-Atty.
and Mrs. Julian Rainey were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. william
Dabney over the Weekend
Mrs. Hattie Brown of West Vir-
ginia expects the arrival Of her
husband Wednesday at their
cottage on Gaurel Ave. Mrs
Marie Thomas entertained
friends Tuesday in honor OF
Mrs. Thelma Garland Smith,
Mile. Celine Tabary and Miss
Lois Jones.--Leo Gray arrived
here last week from Boston af-
ter returning from camp.-The
Oak Bluffs season reaches its
zenith in the last three weeks
of August.
The guardian., 1941-08-23
OAK BLUFFS
BY JACQUELINE JONES

CLUFFS-.'. spent q
cold, windy week here at Oak
Bluffs Island. Still there was an
enjoyable lunch \ given by
Mrs. Frances Rainey will Mrs.
Marie Thomas, Mrs. Carolyn
Jones, Miss Eleanora Smith.
Miss Florence Wafer, Mrs. Hat
tie Brown and Mrs. Rainey's
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
l98th Leaves
For Ft. Ontario
On Wednesday
$50 Vehicles Will Be Re-
quired To Convoy The
Crack Regiment To It's
New Location.

The Delaware 19Sth Anti-Air-
craft Regiment will leave Camp
Edwards, Mass, early next We'd
nesday morning, September 8, for
its new station, Fort Ontario, N.
Y.
Colonel George ]. Schultz, regi-
mental commander, said the order
of movement and schedule for the
S5O-motor vehicle convoy provides
for the regiment arriving at Fort
Ontario on Friday, September 5.
Details for the convoy, together
with the exact route, are now be-
ing worked out. An advance de-
tail is going over the route to es-
tablish bivouac points for over
night stops on Wednesday and
Thursday nights.
Nearly 1000 officers and men
will participate in the convoy to
the new post of the regiment.
After locating at the post, the
crack regiment will resume firing
practice with all arms, interrupt
ed by the move.
When the regiment arrives at
Fort Ontario, men will find, among
other things, a total of five new
buildings waiting for occupancy.
Major George p. O'Neill, con-
quartermaster at Fort
Ontario, said work was progress
ing favorably and barring unfore-
seen complications, would be ready
On schedule.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Stars, Stripes Renew
Battle Here Sept. 2
"Tlny Tins" VIII Again Battle 1t
Out For Playground Benefit

The STARS" and Stripes, Mil
ford's own contribution to the
baseball world, will renew their
feud here at the Milford Giants
ball park next Tuesday night, Sep
tember 2.
According to Henson Evans, a
member of the Milford High School
faculty, and co-manager with Will
lard Tease of the STARS, who in
cidentally, won the last encounter
on August is, 1917, the same line
ups will be used.
Tickets for the game are being
printed by Ted Torsch ON his min
iature printing press He is being
assisted by Philip Walls, Richard
Downing and Duke" Evans.
AS before, the proceeds from the
sale of tickets will be turned over
to the Milford Playground and
Bathing Beach fund committee.
The last game netted $35.85.
While it could not be definitely
learned as the Chronicle went to
press, it is generally believed that
the same managers and umpires
who so efficiently performed at the
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Wilmington
C. Of c. Plans
COOd-WillTOur
Party Will Stop In This
City For Luncheon;
Will Make Trip By
Special Train.

More than 200 persons will par
ticipate in the annual good will
tour Of the Wilmington Chamber
of Commerce to Dover, Harrington,
Milford, Georgetown and Rehoboth
Beach son Tuesday, September 8.
The trip will be made in a spe-
cial air-conditioned train of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. Dinner will
be at the Rehoboth Beach Country
Club and luncheon at Milford.
Stops Scheduled
The train will leave Wilmington
at $3.50 a. m. and the Wilmington
will be limited to 200.
Stops. will be made for exchange
of greetings at Dover Harrington
and Georgetown.
For those who wish golf may be
played at the Rehoboth Beach
Country Club.
Guests on the tour will include
the mayors of the Delaware towns
enroute, presidents of Chambers of
Commerce, editors of Delaware
newspapers, and public officials. A
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Kent Firemen
Met Wednesday
AtMagnOlia
H. C. Tee of Harrington,
Elected To State Exec
utive Committee, Sue
ceeding ]. F. Truax.

This seems to be the busy season
of the year and apparently affect
ed the attendance of the firemen
at the 10th meeting of the Kent
County Firemen's Association held
at Magnolia on Wednesday night.
when only about fifty were pres
ent. Smyrna, Hartly and South
Bowers were not represented be-
sides five officers and directors
were absent.
Previous to the business ses-
sion, the wives of the firemen SER
we'd a delicious dinner to the Wis
itors in Red Mems Hall. Harry c..
Tee of Harrington, offered the in
vocation. At the close of the din
ner, the ladies' were given a rising
vote of thanks, then the firemen
retired to the new fire house for
the business session. This being
the first meeting of the county as
sociation IN Magnolia since the new
FIRE quarters were completed, many
congratulations were extended to
the host company on its modern
two story brick building. A meet
ing room, lavatory and engine quar-
ters are located on the first floor,
with a small auditorium and game
room containing three pool tables
on the second floor. President ].
Ralph McIlvaine in welcoming the
delegates threw out challenge to
meet some of the best pool players,
adding the company had beaten
most everyone in the art of quoits
and now had to enter another field
of sports. State Secretary W. w.
Pettyjohn responded.
During the roll call for compan-
les the delegates were given a
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
"ShO' Scribes"
Plan To Award
Trophy TOnite
Presentation To Be Made
Between Games OF
DOubleheader With
Centreville.

Baseball fans of Milford and vi
cinity are urged to be in attend
ance at the Milford ball park to-
night, Friday, August 80, when
Eastern Shore Sports Writer'S As
sociation Night" will be observed.
AS a climax to the program sched-
uled for that occasion a trophy will
be awarded to a member of the Mil
ford Giants organization who has
in the opinion of the leagues sports
scribes-done most towards the
success of the Milford Giants and
the Eastern Shore League as a
whole.
The co-chairmen of the commit
tee ON arrangements, Bob Yerkes
and Dave Hugg, are leaving no
stone unturned in their efforts to
make the occasion a gala one.
Sports writer's from the length and
breadth of the Delmarva Peninsula
have been invited to attend and par
ticipate in the program which, in
will be presented be-
tween games of. the double header
which pits the Giants against the
up-an-coming Centreville Red Sox.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Offer Farmers Seed
Certihcation Service
viii Be Voluntary Service Main
tained By The Farmers

The State Board of Agriculture
in cooperation with the Delaware
Agricultural Experimental Station
will offer to the farmers of Della
ware a Seed Certification Service.
Seed certification in this state will
be a voluntary service maintained
by the farmers. That is, any farm
er in the state may grow seed for
certification and make applica-
tion for inspection providing he is
willing to pay the cost of the SER
vice.
The Seed Certification Board
will consist of representatives of
the State Board of Agriculture, Del
aware Agricultural Experimental
and the Crop Improvement
Association. 1t will be comprised
Of the following members: John L.
Clough, seed analyst; DR.. X. ]. Ka-
dow, plant pathologist; DR.. James
agronomist of the Univer-
sity of Delaware; C. e. McCauley,
secretary of the Crop Improvement
Association.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Bankers To Hold Meet
At RehObOth Sept. 5th
MOnfOrt Jones, University
Of Pittsburgh Profess
SOr To Address Group

MOnfort Jones, professor of f.
nance at the University of Pitts
burgh, and C. A. Sienkiewicz, vice
president of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Philadelphia, will address
the Delaware Bankers Association
Friday, September 5, in the Hotel
Henlopen, Rehoboth Beach.
The meeting will be presided over
by Joseph L. Marshall, cashier of
the Lewes Trust Company, and
president of the state association.
Election of officers will be one
of the highlights of the meeting. T.
j. Mowbray of the Wilmington Sc
curity Trust Company is chair
man of the nominating committee.
Other members are: Edward B.
Green, cashier of Georgetown
Trust Company, and William X.
Patton, president of the Farmers
Bank, Dover.
Arrangements are being made
by committee of which Gordon
Willis of the Farmers Bank, Do
YER, is chairman. Others on this
committee are: j. Walter Taylor,
Security Trust Company, Whining
ton, and Edwin Messick, First Ma
tional Bank, Milford.
Invitations to attend have been
accepted by w. M. Taylor, super
vising examiner of the Federal De-
posit Insurance Corporation; Wal
lace M. Catanach, head of the bank
relations department, Federal Re-
serve Bank of Philadelphia, and
Alfred H. Williams, president of
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve |
Bank.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Chickens Destroyed
In Blazing Truck
Nearly TaOO Thousand Re-
leased From Crates By
Firemen Flee To Fields

Flames of a truck fire Tuesday
afternoon destroyed 1,125 chickens
while firemen, of the Robbins Hose
J Company, Dover, saved 800 from a
like fate ON Bay Road near Dover.
Released from their crates by
firemen to save them from being
roasted alive, 1875 scampered into
the nearby fields.
State police of Station No. 3 and
the flremen said that the truck
carried 260 crates, each containing
15 chickens. Seventy-five crates
with their live contents were de-
troyed as the fast-moving flames
enveloped them, 60 were saved and
the remainder were released of their
contents before the blaze reached
them.
The fire was caused by friction
from fiat tire, state police and
firemen reported. The truck and
chickens were owned by the Inte-
gritty Poultry Company, Bishop
Vile, Md. Joseph Sacks was the
driver.
With the fire having gained head
way before their arrival, the fire.
men battled the flames for about an
hour with 300 feet Of booster lines.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
rmHandDie
In Accident
Near Milford
Martin Crapper Victim
OF Accident That In
jured Edward Walls
And Norman Paris.

A hired farm hand died instant
ly of a broken neck, and two other
men, all residents of Milford, are
in serious condition following a
collision of two cars one-quarter
of a mile north of the intersection
of the Milford-Harrington road and
the state highway here Monday
morning.
The dead man is Martin Crapper,
40 years old, a resident-employee
on the Draper farm near Milford.
Crapper was a passenger in a car
driven by Edward Walls, 5S years
old, superintendent of the farm.
Auto Hits BrOadside
According to police, Walls drove
out into the highway from the
Draper farm road, and was hit
broadside by a car driven by Nor
man Paris, 19 years old, of Mil
ford. The force of the impact
broke Crapper's neck and serious
ly injured Walls about the face
and head. Witnesses told police
Paris stepped from his car unas-
sisted and then collapsed. His con-
dition is still reported as serious
at the Milford Memorial Hospital.
Walls was treated by a local
physician and then ordered to bed
at his home.
Both cars were demolished. .
Kent County Coroner William
Chambers empaneled a jury which
viewed the body of Crapper at Per-
~ Reese's undertaking establish
nent. No date has been set for the
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Abbott Family Held
Reunion Last Sunday
102 Guests Present Including Many
OF This City

The second annual reunion of
the Abbott family was held Sun
day, August "a, at Riverview Beach.
One hundred and two guests
from Delaware, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania were present.
They were the descendants of
the late John Wesley Abbott and
Louisa Johnson Abbott of Camden.
There are Tour children living, as
follows: Mrs. A. B. Donovan, of
Lincoln; Mrs. William Bennett,
and Mrs. P. C. Housman of Will
mington. and John Wesley Abbott
of Wyoming.
The following officers were elect
ed: Mrs. Percy Haughey, of Mil
ford, president; Mrs. Harry S.
Marker, of Wilmington, secretary;
Mrs. Ralph Carey of Dover, treas
urer, and Mrs. Harry Paris of Will
general chairman.
Those attending were: Stephen
Clendaniel, Mrs. Mamie Davidson,
Mrs. Vaughn CHM. Miller Reed,
Richard Luhpe, Mrs. Richard
Luhpe, Mr.. Potter, Mrs. Potter,
Ronnie Potter, Mrs. John Jennison,
James Clendaniel, Mrs. Purnella
Loperi, Charles Loper, Jr., Ralph
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
Lost Dog Establishes
Headquarters In Bank
Milf Jenkins Pet Decides Bank Is
"!Safe" Shelter

"Jiggs" got lost in Milford last
Friday, and looking for a safe and
sound place to wait, wisely decided
upon a bank.
"Jiggs" is a pet bulldog, the
property of Miffiin Jenkins of Wyo-
ming. Mr.. Jenkins came to Mil
ford last Friday for the purpose of
attending to some business affairs.
"Jiggs" came along, but when Mr..
jenkins arrived home, much to his
surprise, he found that the dog was
not in the car.
He Immediately telephoned the
Milford police, and Officer Norris
Sherwood started a dog hunt. Soon
"Jiggs" was located in his conser-
vative retreat we'll cared for by the
bank janitor.
He was returned to his owner.
Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
DR.. W. /. Crier'
Il EntertainS
Baseball Club
Vice President OF Mil
ford Giants Was Host
At Annual Dinner Last
Monday Evening.

Following the Milford Giants
impressive 5 to l win over theiI
arch rivals, the Easton Yankees al
the local park on Monday evening
DR.. Walter L. Grier, vice president
of the local baseball organization
was host to the members of the
Milford baseball squad and those
associated with the club at dinner
at Derrickson's restaurant
After those present had done full
justice to a splendid meal, an i'm
promptu program, consisting of
speeches. recitations, poems and
songs, was presented with the gen.
ial doctor as master of ceremon-
les.
Mayor Edward c.. Evans was first
called upon and he spoke. Of the
high esteem in which the citizens
of the City of Milford hold the
members of Milford's league lead
ing Giants, Next. the scorers, Bob
YefK5s afls Dave Ifugg, were ctlfi=
ed upon for a few remarks.
Following this, "Chuck" Wright,
local merchant and ardent Milford
rooter, entertained with recitation
Of a few episodes from his own
baseball career with the Milford
championship teams of
The Milford clubs efficient busi-
ness manager, Frank L. Grier, then
.ook the floor and in a few we'll
chosen words spoke of the pleasure
le received from working with such
| fine array of playing talent.
Harold Gruber, Milford's youth
ul playing manager, then spoke in
,raise of the fine cooperation. the
Doys had given him and urged the
,oys to, give their very all towards
ringing the pennant to Milford
his season.
Manager Gruber then called
Ipon various members of the team
Who entertained with songs, reci-
ations and poems. Highlights of
his part of the program were rem
itions of Donkey Serenade" and
1 Hear A Rhapsody" by pitcher
Iarold Levine; original poems and
ecitations by catcher "Gabby" Ga
rielli, and songs and poems by
econd baseman Gordon McKinnon.
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Milford chronicle., 1941-08-29
plead Guilty Day Is
Held at Georgetown
One Man Given Three Years For
Theft Which Neted Him 75c

Three years Imprisonment for
robbing Carl S. Bonneville, Balti-
more District ON August was the
sentenc meted out to Edward
Dickson in Sussex plead guilty"
court at Georgetown last Satur-
day. Dickson allegedly took rs
cents from Bonneville's pockets.
Charged with assault and bat
terry on Elizabeth Hayes at Bridge
vile on July 10, Eddie Sanders was
sentenced to serve six months in
Sussex county prison and to pay
the cost of prosecution. He pleaded
guilty and started serving his SEN
tence until waiting for the regu-
lar October terms, which will con-
vene ON October 5.
Pleading guilty to stealing $53.09
from Thomas Todd, a restaurant
operator at Seaford, on July 13,
Stanley X. Truitt was imprisoned
for nine months and will have to
pay the cost of prosecution.
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