Milford chronicle., 1941-09-26
MILLSBORO

chell, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jos
. eph B. Mitchell, and Geraldin
Fisher, daughter of Mrs. Rather
inc Fisher, were playing on a sant
lot near the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Smith, when a big slide o
dirt, starting from. a high point
where excavations have been made
completely hurying the three chill
dren. Donald was the least deeply
buried and was able to get out, bu
the little girls were in a serious
condition by the time they were
rescued.
On Monday morning, Norval Hal
was burning trash back of his
chicken house when an oil car
standing near by exploded. Mr.
Hall was burned so severely he is
in the Beebe Hospital at Lewes
with a special nurse to give him
constant attention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Richards
and children, Pauline and Harold
spent Saturday night and Sunday
here. The Richards family moved
to Norfolk, Va, recently.
Mrs. William ]. Rose has been
confined to her home by illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Collins, Mrs.
Emma Collins and Mrs. Aletha Win
gate are among several from here
who went to Dover to hear the
lecture delivered by Rev. E. Stan
ley Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Hickman
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
/ C. v. Townsend, Jr., at their cot
tage ON Indian River.
All the boys and girls who attend
the University of Delaware left
this week to begin their work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Watkins Crow and
son Bobby, of Wilmington, spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. H.
P. White.
Sunday is rally day at Grace
Methodist Church and a pageant
in the evening is part Of the days
program.
Aubrey Murray, Morton Dona-
way, Mr.. and Mrs. George Dodd
were at home with their parents
for the weekend. The boys are
employed by the Glenn Wright Air
Corporation in Baltimore.
Mrs. Eva Weir is assisting Mrs.
Ethel Dodd in her restaurant on
Main street.
Mrs. H. P. Quattlander and Miss
Huldah Peterson have been Occu-
pying the Atkins cottage at Reho-
both for week.
At the regular meeting Of the
Millsboro Lions Club on Monday
evening, Captain A. Wayne Burton
of Millsboro, stationed at Fort du-
Pont, related some of the instances
in general of a soldiers day in.
camp. This summary was not con-
fined to the time when the private
is on actual duty at the post, but
told of the various recreations ex-
ercised by the men in camp between
retreat and revielle.
An extra effort is being made by
the members of the Lions Club to
find out all the young people in the
Millsboro community who have at
tanned the age of 21 since last Oc-
tOber. These young voters will be
guests of honor at a banquet to be
given in the fire hall on October 1S
by tile Millsboro Lions.
The Lions were glad to welcome
back to their. den one of their mem
bers who has been on the sick list
since July, Charles A. . L. Lingo.
Lion Lingo states that he found the
Lions committee on sight very
helpful when he broke his glasses
during his illness and needed a
new. pair. Lion W. T. Moore is
chairman of the sight committee.
Captain Burton and Howard W.
Hudson, of Millsboro, were the only |
guests entertained by the club, but
a good attendance was recorded.
The Millsboro Lions Club on
Monday, September %, decided that
he bravery and quick thinking of
little Sarah Mitchell should be rec
ognized by the public. The matter
was brought up before the Lions
1t their regular dinner meeting,
md various methods of reward
we're discussed, with the final de-
,ision being left in the hands of the
BOARD of directors. Lions Walter
". Belts volunteered his offer that
Sarah be admitted to the movies at
lis theatre free for week. During
he course of the discussion, Lion
frank Wood observed that Miss
had already written in her
'wn hand and language a story of
he affair. Following is her text of
he events which transpired as the
.ccident is recalled by her:
How Two Playmates Were Saved
About 1920 o'clock Sunday NOR
ing, September 21, Geraldine and {
Donald and myself were playing in
large dirt hole near our home.
We were near high embankment :
Vhen all at once it started to fall.
t caught all of us, knocking us to {
he ground. My head was not COW
red with dirt so managed to pull
lyself out after some tough strug-
ling. Geraldine and Donald were
overed with dirt at least two feet
eep. 1t was useless for me to 7
cratch them out. So rant to the /
earest house and told them Of the a
lishap. There happened to be two
len and a woman there. The men n
OF their shovels very quickly and =
rent to the scene of the accident 4
yhile the lady stayed at the house
nd telephoned for the doctor and :
ther help. l ran with the men to I
how them where the bodies were. z
irst they managed to get Gerald I
lie out and laid her on the sand n
lose by. She seemed dead. They :
ontinued to dig for Donald and a
hen they got Donald out they saw ii
eraldine's eyes move just little. a
hey applied artificial respiration q
each one and soon they began to :
.aatba After thew were breathing