Milford chronicle., 1949-11-04
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

Comforting Of the Master Mason's
degree on a candidate from Dover
will highlight a pilgrimage Of me-
mbers of Union Lodge, No. z A. F.
and A. NJ. to the George Washing
ton Masonic National Memorial in
Alexandria, Va, on Saturday, Nov,
18th.
The degree will be conferred by
officers and past masters of the
lodge.
DR.. Bertram H. Blum, worshipful
master, has appointed Robert G..
Densten and NJ. Eugene Gardner,
past masters, and George Hunt and
Wilson Little as a committee on
arrangements for the pilgrimage.
All Masonic lodges of the state
have been invited to join with the
Dover Masons on the trip.
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The election of William o. Litch-
field, Wilmington, as great sachem
of the Great Council of Delaware,
Improved Order of Red Men, mark
ed the Gath annual meeting Of the
council last Saturday at 907. Tat
nall street, Wilmington. Mr.. Litch-
field and other new officers were
formally installed at a dinner at
Hanna's Restaurant Saturday night.
! Herbert. S. Stetser, Haddonfield, N.
J., great chief of records of the
Great Council, IORM, installed the
officers.
], other officers elected and INSTALL
ed in addition to Mr.. Litchfield are:
Ralph o. Quillen, great senior saga
more; Ralph Buckingham, great
junior sycamore; Ernest Mcgee,
great prophet; Bayard E. Smith,
great chief of records; Alfred
Bichell, great chief of wampum;
Millard Sheppard, great sannap;
BTownell Bayette, great mishinewa;
Roland Wilson, great guard of the
wigwam, and Paul r. Geary, great
guard of the forest.
The Dover Air Force Base, q
wartime town-in-itself. has official
; ly assumed a caretaking status,
, dropping from the rating Of stand
| by base.
A modification in the orders Of
! some six weeks ago, however, has
extended the time for completion of
' the removal of Air Force property
and personnel and of all normal
closing out procedures, officers ex-
planned.
When these operations are COM
. pleted in the near future. the base
complement will consist of only
one officer and IL civilian employees
t Capt. Anthony Del Giorno was ex-
3 pected by the base officials to re-
h main as the new officer in charge
4 under the new setup. Col. d. NJ.
S Singer is senor officer at the base
r at the present time.
: The base, designated during the
r war as the Dover Army Air Field
has been on a standby basis since
the summer of 1916. The only aiI
It activity since then has been our.
o ing Air National Guard summer en-
: campments.
J. Delaware Day will be celebrates
10 in MillsbOro Wednesday evening
ID December z, with banquet spon
1t sored by the history department o
e. the Millsboro High School, accord
. ing to Frank Wood, instructor.
Guests from national, state, ant
is local governments will attend, a
l. we'll as some from other states. TIL,
Y, banquet will launch a mOvemen
known as Good States Make Goot
Nation"
II Prior to the banquet which viii
10 be served at Z p. m, there will b.
). an exhibit devoted to Delaware his
20 tory. Early in the school term thu
1T history department of the schoo
W began a course in Delaware his
81 tory, planned so that each studen
e. would compile a history boOkle
le and keep it for future reference.
Us The celebration will be held il
the Millsboro Fire Hall. Mr.. Wood
teacher of the sponsoring histor.
ne department is in charge of ticket
as and reservations for the banquet
III No tickets will be one sale the eve
in ming of the banquet.
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/ dI LuG AACuI OOuht
"a Jail were criticized in a report sui
!" mitted to the court by the Ken
Z County grand jury. "The entir
. Jail certainly needs a thOroug
cleaning" the report said, addn
q" "the food was reported to be yer
poor and poorly served. We reco5
nize the need for and do recon
ch mend improvement in managemeI
1g and sanitation throughout the bui
to ding.
he The grand jury had high prais
for conditions at the State Welfar
Home where they found "the en-
er tire group of buildings in the cleGI
ist est and best possible condition, dn
or every employe busy doing the
re. shair of the work"
M While reporting the Kent Count
mis- Court House in very good cond
nd tion," it was pointed out the ro
&C. needs repairing and recommend
nd that the Office of the clerk of u
mi peace and prothonotary be SUI
re re piled with additional Office furn
ne ture the Office register of wills
.',n supplied with additional will al
80 ~, document files, and the receiver
N taxes needs more chairs.
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- Benjamin S. Albertson Of LewC
a. who served in World War / in Il
,Dn O Ordance Department and is know
~ around his home town for his :
NJ NJ most "uncanny" flair for mocha
500 ical devices, got the surprise Of