Milford chronicle., 1949-08-19

The Sunshine Glass of the Cal
vary Methodist Church will hold a
rummage sale on Saturday, Au-
gust 20.
If any one has anything to do
nate, please leave it with Mrs.
Charles Lacy, 2OS South Washing
ton street, or call Milford 205-R.
Joseph McFaul is attending the
intensive four-day short course at
the University of Delaware being
given for the benefit of Delaware
Volunteer fire fighters from Tues
day until today. This is the first
time that such a course has been
| offered these public servants. Mr..
McFaul is the Carlisle Fire Com
pany's recorder.
! Approximately 1000 officers and
men of the 19Sth AAA Group, Della
ware National Guard, received their
1 pay for the two weeks active field
training Monday and Tuesday
nights of this week at regular
weekly drills in their home armor-
les.
The drills of this week at the
armories are being devoted to stor-
ing the arms used at Camp Carvel
Fort Miles, which ended last Sat
urday.
The members of the Young Peo
Piles Choir and the Youth Fellow
t ship group of Avenue Methods
Church enjoyed a boat trip Mon
; day evening. About fifty younl
J people went to Wilmington an,
took a Wilson Line boat for
: cruise down the bay. They wer
| on the boat from eight until abou
twelve, enjoying the activities O
such a trip as well as the moon
5 light. They were accompanied b
the pastor, Reverend Roy L. Tawe'
Mrs. James G. Holzmueller an
d Miss Sara Prettyman.
l, -
The family of Robert Tice, resid
ing on Route 13, near Mt. Zio
q Church, Laurel, narrowly escape
{ injury last week, when a whet
. from the trailer of a passing true
: crashed through the sides of thei
= house and rolled across the livin
room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tice and baby, an
two young brothers of Mrs. Tic
, were in the room at the time, br
g all escaped injury. The dwellin
" was badly damaged, but the drive
&c of the truck, Harvey Dorsey {
Salisbury, carried property dan
age insurance to take care of I'll
+ loss.
The laying of new 10-inch wat'
main to supplement the presel
mains in Dover, which are mad
quate for fire protection over Il
h area involved, is now under way
=" Excavation started on Wedne
day of last week and to date mail
he have been laid in Bradford sire
IN from Minor to Loockerman stree
Id The work will proceed east
r LOockerman, to State, to The Gre
and the old State House there, a.
)n then to the Legislative Hall are;
lg The project financed jointly
ne the state and the city, is expect
m to require about month for col
to pletiOn, City Manager Charles
OF Brown of Dover estimated.
- Meeting for the tenth consecuti
bo year, members of the John Wesl
~ Abbott and Louisa Johnson A
oc bott family of Camden, will he
10 their reunion at Riverview Bea
o. on August %.
re About one hundred members
70 the family from Delaware, Per
nc sylvania and New Jersey are {
nd pected to attend.
The first meeting of the fam
o. in 1910 was attended by 102 of
. relatives, who elected officers a
.os who have remained incumbent.
nd The officers are as follows: M
nf Percy Haughey, Milford, pre-
dent; Mrs. Harry Marker, 511 v;
aid dever avenue, Wilmington, sec
~; ~ tary; Mrs. Ralph Carey, Dow
ao+ treasurer, and Mrs. Harry Pa
III 504 w. oath street, Wilmingt
nt general chairman.
Basket lunch will be served
,it- noon. The young people will