Milford chronicle., 1949-04-15
Items OF Interest

Inc 9GUV OSl. william lliOyU Nell
son Post scholarship will be award
ed again this year to member Of
the graduating class of the Middle
town High Scnool, 1t is snnounced
by officials of the Sgt. William
Lloyd Nelson Post, WV of Middle
town. This is the second year the
post has offered this award to local
high school seniors. The scholar
ship was won by Miss Miriam
Hawkins last year and she is cur
rently a student at Goldey College,
| Wilmington. At the. bi-weeklys meet
ing Of the post the following Offi-
GERS were installed by Past Com
mander William B. Shallcrcss, Jr.:
Cortlandt Schoonover, senior vice
commander: Garret c. Voorhees,.
junior vics commander; Edgar r.
Deakyne, quartermaster, and Roy
Robson, trustee.
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The old two-story frame school
house at Laurel was destroyed
Monday night by FIRE with a. loss
of more than $4,000 to building and
considerable valuable school equip
ment. The structure, occupied by
the agriculture department, manual
training and trades classes, music
department, and band, also was
used nights for veterans classes.
The veterans used the building
Monday night, leaving about 40 o.
clock, shortly before the fire broke
out. The origin of the blaze is not
known. It started on the second
floor. Among the equipment de-
stroyed were band instruments
books, music and machines. The
Laurel Fire Department kept the
flames from spreading to the new
= school addition SO feet distant and
e to several homes nearby. The, Sea-
4 ford and Delmar firemen also re-
t sponded but were not required to
go into action.
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: Odessa, one of Delaware's oldest
It villages, win celebrate it's eFirsi
). Odessa Day" on Sunday, May %
+ when its residents will be host t
It visitors from miles arounds
II On this day, the architecture
s and historical treasures of the vii
l. lage will be on public view iron
of / to 6 p. m. (DSTJ. These includ
le its eight fine examples of colonia
tt architecture, one of which is tn
p old Corbit House, built in 1772.
T. j. Gordon Smith, Dover, a Demo
:. crat, was elected chairman of tn
'n State Highway Commission lal
re Thursday, succeeding Frank ". ds
ne Pont. who resigned as chairma
n but retained his membership on Il
SV commission. Mr.. duPont's term e,
as pires May / as does that OF Robe
laI N. Downs, Republican of near wi
ay mington.
81. Mr. Smith was elected charm;
re to fill the unexpired term of N
hs dupont as chairman. The ne
ng meeting of the commission will
ne Ie May 5.
= Job training opportunities
Delaware World War III yetera
rs declined slightly last month, as G
eu ucation with federal aid showed
u small upward trend.
Oy The number of on-the-jOb trai
Le ing registrants under the CT B
-ai of Rights at the end of March w
III ,26O. compared with 1,2S83Or re
.Ie ruary, it was reported by Thorn
hu H. Stilwell, manager of~the w
mington regional Office of the w
erans Administration. In the ed
cational field, the report show
$500 students for March and 81
tS for February.
Among disabled veterans, the
or trainees' list dropped from 1S0
ion 164, while an increase. of from
ON to 121 was revealed in education.
at Farm training under the CT
,ith increased from 140 in February
INT, 157 last month.
The In all groups, the numbers on
leir rolls were below those of Mar
ap- 194S.
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us Much entertaining is being dl
the in honor of Miss Mildred Gene '
ere gus, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
un- thur Bailey Wilbus, Wyomi
glth whose wedding to Mr., Will
em- Reilly Brown, Jr., son of Mr..
tne Mrs. William Reilly Brown, also
Jury Wyoming, will take place Satur
De at 8 p. IA, in Christ EpiscC
1me Church, Dover. Variety show
.lel me- were given for the bride-to-be
en- az week by Mrs. Jack Mulltn and
,od ode Harold Futty, and by Mrs. Jal
= On TarburtOn, Jr. A kitchen sho
3o 3,UO and dinner was given in her no
,ooi, at the Hotel Richardson. Dover
thjs the nurses with whom she is
ISOLATED on the Delaware S.
Board of Health. Mr.. and Mrs.
en gus will entertain the bridal pi
.I wnu at dinner tonight at the H
IL ,io Richardson preceding the wedC
'u@'' rehearsal. The Rev. Hugh v. G
IN iol of Pocomoke City, Nd, and
'00 Rev. Paul A. Kellog of CT
Church will perform the scerem
-lIis' Vocal solos will be given by
tne Edward Scanlon and Mr.. Kenl
ny Ds Faulkner will play the. wed'
wi 4t'r = music.
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