Milford chronicle., 1950-08-18

working out of the Milton post
office, was installed as postmaster
of the office at the close OF busi- |
ness on Wednesday of last week.
George A. Goodwin Is the retiring
postmaster.
William /. CaTle. post Office in
spectOr, assigned to the Dover area.
was in charge OF the installation
of Mr.. Carey. Milton is a second
class post Office
BANQUET SPEAKRR-On Tues
day evening the Rev. Roy Lawson
Tawes, minister of Avenue Methog
dist Church. addressed the Ladies'
Night Banquet of the Dagsboro-
FrankfOrd Lions Club at Ocean
City, Md. He spoke from the sub
1ect: Stay Loose" On Wednes-
day afternoon he gave the princi-
pal address at the annual meeting
Of the REA in the grandstand al
Harrington. His subject there was
Count the Change"
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LEWES NEGRO SCHOOL -
While the Lewes Public School for
white children will not open its
fall semester until September 26,
due to renovations now under way,
the Lewes Negro School will start
It's school year on September 6 In
accordance with the regular
school calendar.
Both schools normally start the
fall semester the day after Labor
Day. Teachers of the Negro School
will meet at p. m. on September
with the principal and superin-
tendent.
BEACH PARTY-Plans are be-
ing completed for the 194s Glass
Reunion Beach Party on Friday.
August IS. Already a number OF
contributions have been received
from class members planning to
attend the affair. Donations of Csc
are still being accepted by Arlene
MCGEE, Milford Chronicle Office,
Milford.
Remember: When-Frlday, Au-
gust Is, around 700 p. m. Where
Directly across from Kitchens
Store, Slaughter Beach. Just fol-
low the crowd. Why--For a swell
time.
CLOCK RUNS AGAIN-The clock
atop the Dover post Office now tells
| the correct time of day after a
lapse of four years during which
repair efforts to induce the old
works to operate proved ineffect-
ual.
Replacement of the old works
with new was part of repairs, plus
repainting, which have been COM
pleted to the exterior of the build
ing. Postmaster Harry K. Heite
explained. The work further in
volved the replacement of the rot
ted railing around the cupOla with
a new railing. The cost of the work
aggregated about $4,000.
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HEIR TO A MILLION - Mrs
Wallace w. Chiswell of Washing
ton, ID. c., nonresident commits
sioner of RehOboth Beach, has been
willed half of a $4,000 estate
left by her husband
The will, filed in Washington last
Wednesday, leaves the other half
to a sister of Mr.. Chiswell. The
amount is mostly represented in
stock in the Peoples Life Insurance
Company of which Mr.. Chiswell
was founder and president.
Also bequeathed to Mrs. Chiswell
is the residence at HenlOpen Acres,
RehObOth Beach, and other real
estate holdings in Washington.
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INSTRUCTS CIVILIANS - Del
aware policemen will act as in
structors for volunteer civilian
personnel under the state civil de-
Tense set-up, 1t was announced this
week by Major d. Preston Lee, de
rector Of the Delaware once of
Civil Defense.
Announcement of this action fol-
lowed conference in the head
quarters of Colonel Harry S. Shew,
superintendent of state police, last
Thursday. Colonel Shew will set
up the course. Invitations TO at
| tend the course at state police
headquarters will be sent to police
representatives In all towns Of the
state.
NEW FIRE ENGINE-The Reho-
both Beach Volunteer Fire Com
pany has purchased new "bOOs-
ter tank" fire engine, which gives
the town a feet Of five pieces OF FIRE
flghting equipment, rated among
| the finest In lower Delaware.
The new engine. which cost ap-
proxlmately $1O,85O, will pump $50
gallons Of water a minute and is
used for extingulshing blazes I'm
rural sections where town water
supply is not available. Equipment
includes 1850 feet Of three sizes OF
house, two fog Hozzles, ladders, gas
masks, salvage covers, and a foam"
extingulsher.
It is honsed in the newly erected
$4,000 fire hall on RehobOth ave-
nue. along with the cOmpany's four
other fire engines.
Money for the new engine was
/ raised Dy popular SUBSCRIPTION ana
several benefits.
Donald Palmer is the chief Of the
RehobOth Company, and Edward
Stephens is president.
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BLOWOUT KILLS ~ John Bur-
ton Nelson, So. Gleolden, Pa, was
killed instantly last Friday when
his car turned over following a
tire blowout on the Selbyyille-
Fenwick Island Road, nine and
two-tenths miles east Of SelbyVille