Milford chronicle., 1950-01-06


Don't forget the bake to be held
IN the Odd Fellows Hall entrance
on Saturday morning. January 2,
at $3.50 o'clock BY the ladies Of the
Church Of God.
The Milford w. C. T. U. will meet
with Mrs. Bertha Carey next We'd
nesday evening, January IL, at 1880
o'clock All officers please attend
for the 1850 plan Of work will Be
outlined.
The w. S. C. S. Of Cedar Neck
will meet on Tuesday evening, jan
uary 10 at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Granville Shockley. Mrs. Anna
Carroll will be the devotional lead
er and Mrs. Lydia Mills and Mrs.
Caroline Clark in charge Of enter
tainment.
A card and bingo party will be
given in the George /. Jester Audi
torium of the odd Fellows Building
on Wednesday evening, January 1S.
The public is invited to attend. II
is under the auspices of Kirkwood
Eneampment No. 6, 1. o. o. +.
Make your plans now to attend.
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The Late Disciples Sunday
School Glass of the Calvary Meth
odist Church, will hold their next
meeting, Tuesday, January 10, at
8 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Gladys
Paquette with Mrs. Thelma Car
penter acting as eO-hostess. There
will be an election of officers. A
full attendance is desired.
The Milford Memorial Hospital
is claiming the first New Years
baby in Delaware.
Seven pound five and One-half
ounce Peggy Ellen was born in the
J Milford Memorial Hospital at 1928
a. m. New Years morning.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Kitchens Of George
town, Route f.
Vandals pulled up the newly
planted evergreen at the Milford
High School, and threw them on
the front steps of the building some
time during the night last Wed
nesday.
These evergreen had been plant
ed to take the place of the old
shrubbery that had withered.
Milford police are investigating.
The body of George Boone, 16-
year-Old son of Mrs. Helen Boone
of ElktOn Road near Newark, one
Of three youths missing since No
vember 25, following a canoe trip to
Pea Patch Island, was found in
AllOway Creek, three miles west Of
HancOck's Bridge, near Salem, N.
J. Identification was made through
dental work by DR.. Clyde M. Cox of
Newark.
The Carlisle Fire Company of
Milford was called out at 4 a. m.
l.. New Years Day for a fire in the
e home of Charles Owens, Third
= street. When they arrived they
= found that a couch was burning in
. the living room. 1t was extinguish-
= ed with but little damage to the
. property.
= Firemen state that they believed
: the couch was set on fire by a
. lighted cigarette.
l Construction of dams on the
Delaware River between Easton,
Pa. and Port Jervis, N. Y, is Op-
posed by the Interstate Commits
sion on the Delaware River Ba-
sin.
1 And Incodel told the Federal
= Power Commission ii should reject
? the proposal, submitted by the
! Electric Power Company of New
Jersey, Inc. The dams would be
= to produce water power in the
e area.
o Irving D. Burton, 36, well-known
: farmer of this locality, and man.
d ager of the Southern States Cooper.
s ative agency at Nassau. is recover.
I ing from an automobile accident.
He received a fractured wrist anC
= facial decorations when the ieey
: pickup truck he was driving cOllid
:. ed with taxicab driven by Michae
q Schwartz Of Rehoboth, just Outsid,
|. the entrance to RehobOth on ROut,
+ IA. Schwartz, who drives for tn,
+ Bernie Taxicab Company, was un
l. injured.
= Henlopen Post, 5, American Leg
/ ion Of Rehoboth, is sponsoring tn,
+ "Tide of Toys" campaign for thii
: community, to collect toys for chill
: dren in foreign countries. Benja
1 min s. AlbertsOn, service officer, re
]. quests families having new or usel
d toys in good condition to brinI
them to City Hall between thI
hours of a. m. and p. m. daily
where they will be boxed for ship
ment. The Tide of Toys campaign
is a nationwide project of thi
). American Legion.
! State Representative Henry W
a Bryan of Wilmington, is leaving
the law firm of Herring, Morris
l. James and Kitchens to accept EN-
5 ployment in the Legal Department
= of the DUPONT Company.
= A member of the bar since 1941
Mr.. Bryan is a veteran Of WOrlt
;. War II, having served as a nava
officer with a carrier-based cOmba
5. squadron in the Pacific. He IS