Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1950-06-23

HORSE SHOW PARTY - The
Aent-Cecil Horse Association viii
hold its annual Horse Show pariv
on Saturday, June "a, at the Kiuv
Knight House. GEORGETOWN. Md h.
ginning al 7:00 p. m, u. S. Il. This
informal party is held in cOninnc-
uon. with the Annual Horse Show
OF the Association, which Is sched-
uled for the following day. Mem
Ders Of the association. exhibitors
and guests are invited 10 attend.
Christopher Berg OF Georgetown.
Nd, is the party chairman.
MAKE 40UR-Members Of the
State Highway Commission. Of
which J. Gordon Smith, Dover. Is
chairman, made a tour bv boat OF
the Delaware River Memorial
Bridge area last Friday following
a meeting at the ONCE Of the Dela-
ware River crossing division Of the
State Highway Department in the
Continental American Building. M
Allen Wilson, chief engineer. was
with the commissioners on the trim.
". W. Mack, director Of the Della
ware crossing division; Colonel
William A. McWilliams, associate
director, and Homer r. Seely, pro-
Ject engineer for the consnltanfs.
accompanied the commissioners
and Mr.. Wilson.
NOW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the assuming Of the post Of super-
lntendent Of Delaware State Police
last Friday, Major Harry s. Shew
now carries the rank Of colonel.
Colonel SheW succeeds Colonel Her
bert Barnes as head Of the state
police, the latter having been re-
tired and now being ia charge OF
police at Delaware Park.
The last session Of the General
Assembly enacted a law that be-
slows the title OF colonel" TO the
superintendent OF state police.
Colonel Shew, q resident Of WV
Oming has been acting sunerinten-
Gent since March i. His service
dates from May 1888.
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CITY MANAGER MARVEL 49, At
a special meeting Of Town Council
az smyrna recently announcement
was made that Stanford C.. Marvel.
town manager for RehObOth Beach.
viii return to Smyrna as local town
manager, assuming duties on July
1.
M Marvel served as Smyrnas
hrst town manager under the svS~
TEN adopted in 1915. hOiding the
position from June Is, 1885 until
October 1, 1947. He accepted a sim
liar post in Rehob0th which he Is
now resigning to return 60 smyrna.
Previous to his first Smyrna vn-
pOintment, Marvel had been with
the State Highway Department for
~ years as one Of two Kent County
engineers.
OFFICERS REELECTED - An
officers of the Delaware ChaDier.
American Red Cross, were re-eleot-
ed last Friday duTing the annual
meeting when directors were told
that more than $1,000 volunteer
hours of service were given since
last June.
The session was held at the chan
ter headquarters, Sl1 Delaware ave
nue., Wilmington, and included the
naming Of John N, Russo as a new
director TO serve a 0ne-year term.
He nils the position left vacant hy
the death Of R. R. n. Carpenter.
The chapter chairman, I.ammOt
Jr., was renamed. with
John ]. DeLuca as vice chairman.
Mrs. John M. Brentlinger, secretary.
and Clarence Underwood. treasur-
er.
LAD INJURED-Craig I.ittletOn.
5-yeaT-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Az
ton Littleton, suffered severe in
iuries about the feet one dav last
week when he walked In front and
was struck by a moving machine
being operated by his older bro
Their, Gene.
Gene was moving the playground
opposite his home on the. LAUREL
Highway with a tractor
machine. He was unable to
stop the machine as the child
quickly stepped in front Of the cut
ter bar. Both feet were severely
cut and lacerated between the heel
and ankle with several bones being
broken. He was rushed to the Mis-
ford Memorial Hospital after re-
first AID. It is feared he
may lose one foot, but they are ex-
pecting TO save the other.
LUCKY W0MAN-Mrs. Earle N.
Faulkner, Rising Sun, Is counting
herself lucky that a $50 bin she
lost fell into honest hands,
She dropped the bin from her
folder while at the snack bar In tho
Old State House last Thursday and
had become reoonciled to its loss
when she received a telephone cali
the. next afternoon at the DenRrl-
ment Of Elections, Of which she Is
chief clerk.
Robert Holland Of the purchas-
ing division Of the State Board az
Health had found the bin and was
holding il, feeling ultimately he
would learn 70 whom Il BELONGED.
Il was last Friday afternoon when
he heard that Mrs. Faulkner had
lost so bin at the snack bar. He
telephoned her that he had the
money and promptly sent it over TO
her at the Court House.
49,
GUARD BOAT S0LD-The state
guard boat sea Toy" was sold al
public auction last week for Se.0gS
to Nutter d. Marvel, Go0rgetoWn.
The sale was held at the court
house BY Samuel J. Fox at prosi-