Milford chronicle., 1949-08-05


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The Sunday School picnic of Ave /
nue. Methodist Church will be held
at Lewes Beach, instead of Trappe
Pond, as originally announced. The !
buses will leave at one O'Clock on
Wednesday, August 10, from the
A large and interesting
program has been p1anned, and all
members are urged TO attend.
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Harvey G. Marvel, Milford real
estate agent, recently announced
the sale of plot of the Frank
Reedy land on Williamsvilie Road,
to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F.. Bayard,
3rd, of Wilmington. In the near
future Mr.. Bayard expects to erect
summer cottage on the ground.
Mr.. Bayard is a brother of Lieu
A. 1. dupont Bay I
ard.
The Sunshine and Brotherhood
classes of the Calvary Methodist
Sunday School will hold a joint
class dinner at p. m. at the Mary
Ann Inn, olive avenue, Reho-
both Beach, on Wednesday, August
10. You will enjoy very fine din
ner, also you may use the bath
houses for swimming. Come out
this Sunday at 10 a. m. for Sum
day school at Calvary Church. Your
! teacher urges you to attend.
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Norman DeShields, 3S, pleaded
guilty to a charge of breaking and
entering the Forney jewelry store
in Dover on the night of November
3, 1916, was sentenced to two years
Imprisonment by Judge Charles l..
Terry, Jr., in Court of General
+ Sessions on Monday.
DeShields was taken to Dover
on a detainer lodged for him upon
completion of a Jail sentence he
had to serve in Sussex County.
Four passenger trains in opera
ton for nearly a quarter of a CEN
tury footed farewell to scores of
! bOWnO dlOIS Tic DCllldl va OlNlS-
ions main line on Monday.
The four trains, withdrawn ran
between Salisbury and Wilmington
until a week ago when the Sails
bury-Delmar link was dispensed
with.
Express motor coach service be-
gan on Monday with a star mail
route beginning one round trip
daily between Salisbury and Will
mingtOn to pick up and deliver
mail in Delmarva towns along the
line.
! Efforts are being made to de-
2 terinine the cause of death of Vim
, cent harrington, 40, of 1901 E
, street, Wilmington, who was
g stricken while at the Kent-Susse2
=, Fair at Harrington last Saturday
afternoon. and died at his home
that night. Coroner William Smith
Jr.. is in charge of the investiga
!. ton. A post-mOrtem examination
failed to disclose any cause o.
: death.
According to detectives, Far
= ringtOn became i'll at the fair due
in part, at least, to the excessive
heat. Brought home by friends, hi:
condition became worse, and hC
n was taken to the Delaware Hos
6 pital in the county ambulance
: where he was pronounced dead.
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n At her first appearance as a drum
It maiorette June Townsend, wht
y will be with the Citizens Hose Com
o pany band this season, recentl,
I. won first prize at Harrington.
]. A student at the Dover Higl
o School, June is spending the sum
n, mer in Smyrna, being employed a
J. the State Welfare Home.
Vt The volunteer firemen's band G
la the Smyrna company continue
their winning streak which car
ried them through the entire sea
son last year by bringing HON
the first prize for senior bands an
I the members of the company wo
IL second place for appearance.
Frequent rehearsals of the drum
Is and majorettes are held in tn
in evenings on Market Street Pla2
It. which are enjoyed by the resident
s. of Smyrna.
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m Harry R. Jackson has been nan
FL ed manager of the Dover Office I
2. the Unemployment COMPENSATE
o. Commission, in charge of all fun,
ry tions of the agency, it was annoul
e. ced on Monday by Albert Stetse
chairman-ex executive director.
is The appointment reflects an o
mt ganizational change; Mr.. JacksC
ch becomes the first manager of a
a activities of the office. He prev
ST. ously was in charge of the unen
&C ployment insurance only. The o
fee also functions as a branch
i'll the Delaware State Employmel
rd Service, which is a division of Il
sp- commission.
Mr.. Jackson has been with Il
agency since it was. organized. al
= has been in charge of the uner
ployment compensation work
Dover for 10 years.
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The program of street improy
M, ments planned by the City of d
yer for the present summer is mo
n ing along according to schedu,
it was announced by City Manag
Charles c. Brown, this week.
p The city manager also stat
that he now expects the work
m.' the program to be completed
early fall, barring unforeseen d
m, ficulties.
. Included in the program was t
-, nlacing of a stone surface on