Milford chronicle., 1950-08-11
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

ownership of the Laurel House,
Inc, which was bid in at public
sale recently by William S. Purnell
for $S3,OOO
The majority of the stock in the
new corporation is now owned by
Henry 2. Roster and DR.. William
E. Prettyman, local dentist. Mr..
7, Purnell has retired from the busi-
4 ness and is engaging in the auto
mobile business. Mrs Purnell still
retains a minority interest in the
business.
| The new corporation includes
| Mr.. Roster as president; Melvin K
Roster as vice president; and DR..
: Prettyman as treasurer. The new
owners report no other changes in
the personnel
TO GClRli PHONES The Dia-
I mond Sta. Telephone 70 is pre-
pairing plans for prote"tiCi against
sabotage. sh1Dld su"h protection
\ appear necessary.
! Donald NJ Huber manager Of the
s company said this week that Sc
: curity plans would generally follow
: those Of World War II, when
! guards we're placed at all company
buildings and on other company
property, and general access to the
property was made more difficult.
None of these measures is in ef-
J. feet at the present time, Mr.. HUI
Is Der pointed out. He said he had
: had several discussions with Mai
Il il. Preston Lee, in charge of Del
4 aWare's civilian defense program,
- on the present situation.
u Such security steps would be car
d ried out by changes in existing
i emergency plans, which are in ef-
feet at all times to meet emergen-
cies in the telephone system, Mr..
{" Huber said.
a II. r. SHARP, RESIGNS-The
resignation of H. Rodney Sharp as
chairman and member of the State
Or Buildings and Grounds Commission
lc in letter to Gov Elbert N. Carvcl
" dated July Is. was disclosed this
Mt week
a Mr.. Sharp, who was appointed to
he the commission by former Gov. G.
C. Douglass Buck, supervised the
er building and furnishing of the
L. 6StSA9AoNNAEC AAclAt at OONCI anu kAAS
s restoration Of the Old State House
on the Green.
o. Members of the original commits
Of Sion were Chancellor w. w. Har-
ed ringtOn, Mrs. Henry Ridgely, Henry
art P. dupont, and the late H. P. Can
non.
Current members of the commits
~. sion are Clayton A. Bunting of Sell
- hTyVyfI1ns LIry1onA 1R
30 former Judge Hugh NJ. Morris OF
% %tor Wilmington. and Mrs. Salon e
~ Downes EdgewOrth of Dover, the
pa secretary.
he DOVER FIREMEN-The Robbins
ice Hose Company of Dover has open
The ed its campaign for contributions
the to help discharge the heavy In
of debtedness it has incurred to give
ac- the residents of Dover and of the
by rural areas lying within its FIRE
and protection jurisdiction the best pos.
sible service
The letters to prospective sub
IN. scribers, sent out by George D.
ood Hill, Jr, chairman of the dona-
,,iIi ton committee cite that the fire
eti, department has made an invest
~ ~ ment of $250,O00 to maintain ade-
ceJ quate protection should a fire oc-
ne cur in their homes or places OF
49, business, or in the homes of their
49, neighbOrs. This cost includes the
caS necessary equipment and a build
ITh ing large enough to house it.
onv THE company, therefore, is
80 greatly in debt and in need of funds
Soto to pay interest, reduce the princi
Trs pal. and meet other expenses nee
srS essary properly to conduct such al
organization" the letter sets forth
BOAT REACHES HAVEN -
,ssv fishing party out of Cape May mar
.;c1, Towly escaped disaster last Sundai
gain afternoon when motor trouble lef
.,,o5 the 3O-fOot cabin cruiser, Lorraine
nov helpless in the heavy seas and hig
- . winds off the beach near the oil
1,itI,I Hotel Henlopen.
fbo Hundreds lined the boardwalk a
the strong easterly wind forced tn
-, boat closer to shore and for a tim
ba,- it was feared the craft would b
no L,,o, dashed on the beach. A Coast Guar
la a,sS boat went to the rescue but thos
aboard the boat finally started th
49,, motor and the craft was able |
!. -, make the seven mile journey up th
= eoD coast to the Roosevelt Inlet 1
! I'm Lewes. The Coast Guard boat acte
as an escort in case the LOrraiT
again foundered.
The cruiser tied up at the Ami
Dy lers Clubhouse and after furth,
Vare' repairs were made the boat start,
lants on the return trip to Cape Ma
no There were six men aboard Il
g IN boat, owned by Percy K. Rober
Car Of Media. Pa.
Ut MAN ACCUSED - Charged wi
s,..4 rape of a 17-year-old girl whom
lis. ~. had met at the Kent Sussex Fai
't tt James Pleasanton, 26, of near d
o,sht IN yer. was held without bail for t
ea9oS eat October sitting of the grand ju
Cs'e = by Magistrate John H. Conrad
,, Dover on Monday.
James II. Hughes, III, cOuns
for the man, entered a plea of inn
cent in his behalf at the brief pI
has ceedings, but no defense was pI
erous sented pending trial. The girl "
, .Jr, not present.
odern State police detectives charg
lorial that the man attacked the girl
Varus woods near Denney's Corn
'oYloe about three miles north of Doy
for Saturday night.
According to the girls story