Milford chronicle., 1942-10-16

Qren-JOSepn, Harold ana CnaI
lotte Ann Calvert, all at home
; Also his mother, Mrs. Lulu CalVeri
: Palisades Park, N. j., and four sis
!. ters and brothers, Mrs. Rena Deem
Ridgefleld, N. j., Mrs. Helen Os
, borney Akron, Ohio; James and Or
ion Calvert, Palisades Park, N. ].
According to Claude N. Cahall
director of the salvage drive fol
this community, more than $25I
was realized from the sale of tn,
scrap to junk dealers. His com
mittee has donated 5000 to the
Harrington Fire Company and an
other $25 toward the erection of g
new air-raid station that will be
located in the town near the sewer
pumping station. Another pile oi
scrap is being accumulated for fu'
ture disposal.
Sergeant James Galloway of the
Air Corps, Charleston, S. c., spent
a few days during the past week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
V. Galloway. - Z 81 -
The regular monthly meeting Of
the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Har-
rington Fire Company will be held
this evening. i,4-
Mrs. George DeLeon, of Maple
Shade, N. j., has been the guest of
her mother, Mrs. Hester Reed, for
few days.
w. E. West, Jr., has returned to
the Great Lakes Naval Training
station after spending few days
with his mother, Mrs, w. E. West.
Mrs. Helen Wyatt is enjoying
trip to Wisconsin. While there she
will visit Private F. P. Billings.
stationed at Fort Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Greenly and
Fred, Jr., and daughter, Elizabeth
Ann, are spending three weeks
with friends in Georgia and Flor
ida.
Mrs. Hester Reed spent the week
end with her daughter, Mrs. George
DeLeon, at Maple Shade, N. J.
Wilson Vinyard, of Milford, and
daughter, Mrs. William Griffin, of
Goldsboro, N. c., were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Sharp and Miss
Caroline F. Sharp during the past
week. a,r..-r. ~
Starting the first class in the
instruction of chemical warfare,
more than rs firemen, auxiliary fire.
men, police and auxiliary police,
fire wardens, watchers and others
connected with the Civil Defense
Corps for this area assembled in
the fire house last Friday night.
The instructor for the classes was
Frank O'Neal, president of the Del
aware Firemen's Association. Mr..
O'Neal is we'll qualified to handle
the subject. He has attended
many courses and schools to gain
the proper knowledge. Somewhat
resembling a medical DOCTOR he
carries a small case containing
specimen of the different type gases
likely to be encountered in prose-
cutting a war; He gave those pres
ent shifts of the gas to familiarize |
them with the different types. Fol-
lowing his brief instructions, a
motion picture was produced,
the active work of, first,
the fire warden for a certain sector,
and then the work of his aides all
in the line of duty should an air
raid occur. Jimmy Bastian oper-
ated the machine. Ben. L. Court
wright of Dover, whom we learn is
a retired United States Army Off
Ger, then spoke briefly. He said
the public had not been thoroughly
sold on the subject of prepared
ness; that many citizens in COM
munity condemn the practice raids
as being all nonsense. Yet this is
only being done for discipline.
That is, so that every volunteer
with Civil Defense will
hop to his job Immediately and
quickly. Mr.. Courtwright said a
soldier upon entering the Army
spent his first few weeks learning
low to be a soldier. The men doing
Civil Defense work must know the
obs in order to protect the life
md property of citizens in their ,
lifferent sectors, because very few j.,
# the citizens know what to do or !
lave made much preparation for
heir own protection. Mr.. Court
wright has spoken to numerous S
,roups throughout the state on I
he subject, and closed his remarks 9
" asking the assemblage ten ques- t
ions which he considers important v
n Civil Defense. 1t was brought
ut in most cases 80 per cent Of his T
udience would be able to answer e
ess than so per cent Of these ques-
ions. The questions are not
atchy but timely ones that every e
ne should know in case of an air n
aid. If caught in an air raid in an
pen field and unable to get under Y
over, lie fiat on the ground; better N
ct, start digging a trench to lie in, W
aid Mr.. Courtwright. The next
,sson under the direction of Mr.. S
Neal will be held on Friday c
light, October 80. Directors of the F
r warning service said that vol C
nteers were needed to complete Il
le personnel of the air raid station G
order to operate it "a hours pl
ly. Women are especially urged d,
volunteer for day time service. T
he roster is now only about so bl
sr cent complete for the new sta W
on. bl
Cooperation was so good in this eC
'ea, the Harrington Fire Co. was CT
lie to report clean slate with no sa
Ills during Fire-Prevention Week,
It they just passed the dead-line
few hours, when early Sunday
orning fire of undetermined ori- M
n completely destroyed one and
Ie-half story frame Negro dwell de
g across the road from the Kent LEI
Sussex Fair grounds. A rail-
ad engine in nearby railroad ST
rds gave the first alarm and soon dr.
e siren sounded, but when the 'T
e company arrived the property so
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