Milford chronicle., 1949-08-12

Charles Coulbourne, so, Milford
fish peddler, was found dead in the
Mispillion River here last week. {
He was seen near the Vinyard [
Ship Building Ramp by boy who
notified Milford police. Coroner
George Atkins pronounced him
dead from drowning. Coulbourne
was a veteran of World War 1.
There are no known survivors.
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1t. Comm. Elmer E. Scull, U. S.
N. R., of the 4th Naval District
Headquarters, Phila., Pa, will be
at the Millsboro Fife Hall, at 1880
p. M, on Monday, August 18th for
discussion on Naval Reserve af-
fairs and activities for lower Della
ware. All members of the Naval
Reserve, both officers and enlisted
personnel and anyone who is in
terested in joining the Naval Re-
serve are invited to attend.
Circle No. of the Calvary Meth
odist Church will meet with Circle
No. on Tuesday evening at $3.50
O'Clock, August 16, at the home of
Mrs. Serena Hayes, for a covered
dish supper. 1t is sincerely hoped
that the members of both circles
will make every effort to be pres
ent to enjoy the good time that is
in store for them. The'place is Sc
rena Hayes home on the Cedar
Beach Road; the time-6:30, Tues
day evening, August 16. Be sure to
come.
Ground breaking exercises for
the planned $5OO,000 wing for the
Kent General Hospital will be held
at p. m. tomorrow.
u. S. Senator ]. Allen Frear,
Jr., president of the hospital cor
poration, has designated j. Wal
lace Woodford, chairman of the
building committee, and Captain
H. H. Hanson, who served for a
number of years as president of
the corporation and was Senator
Frear's predecessor in that capac-
ity, to have charge.
Charles H. Webb, engineman,
first class, U. S. Navy, of 43 Fisher
avenue, Milford, is on four-mOnth
cruise of the Mediterranean area
aboard the destroyer tender u. S.
S. Grand Canyon.
The Grand Canyon is scheduled
to visit the Island of Crete and
Naples, Italy, during August.
While in the Mediterranean, the
4 Grand Canyon will be attached to
: the forces under the command of
Admiral Richard L. Conolly, Com
mander-in Chief of Naval Forces
Eastern Atlantic and Mediterran-
can.
The Laurel Fire Department put
into service last week new Cad
lilac Meteor ambulance replacing
the old one that had been in service
for the past nine years. The ole
! ambulance, purchased in 1910, haC
been driven a total of $4,000 miles
E. Pratt Ingersoll, captain of thu
i first aid squad, and w. Arthu
Smith delivered the old ambulanc,
in Hyattsville, Md, this week ant
> brought the new machine home
Oxygen equipment is built in 70
use while on the road. This equip
? ment is removable for use Outsid
the ambulance.
|, w. Reilly Brown, chairman, ha
!. announced prize winners in tn
parade held in connection with tn
carnival of the Camden-Wyomini
Fire Company as follows:
Best band-$50, Smyrna. SecOn
s. best band-$2O, Milford Higl
School. Fire company with mos
s. men in line-$20, Harrington. Fir
company making best appearance
) -$25, Smyrna. Company comm
longest distance-$15, Five Points
s. Best appearing auxiliary - ST.
y Greenwood. Second best appearin
l. auxiliary-$10, Five Points.
Is Twenty-Five fire companies weT
D. in the line of march.
ID The July meeting of the Shaw
nee Evening Home Demonstrate
r. Club met at the home of Mrs. Ha
l. lett Vinyard. Mrs. Norman Grow
ID and Mrs. Harvey Wood gave a yer
s. interesting account of their tri
m to the University of DelawaI
Short Course. They also gave
g. demonstration of flower Arrange
". ments which were very beautiful
j: This was one of the courses the
n. had taken at Delaware.
r It was decided that the clU
". would hold their annual family pi
IL mic at the home of Mrs. Harvt
Wood on the regular meeting nigh
n. Thursday August 1S, at p. I
nd This will be a covered dish SUI
", per.
ID. -
Contributions totaling $10,6I
have been made to date toward Il
7 1949 Development Fund of the Un
u versity of Delaware, with the nuT
Der of donors increasing from g.
nm in 194S to 1924 this year, it hi
at been announced.
lal In breakdown OF the total co
tributions, it was disclosed that
al per cent of the Delaware alumI
ck alumnae participated in the car
10 paiga, although 1877 per cent
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