Milford chronicle., 1950-09-01

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WOMAN'S SOCIETY - The Wo-
mans Society of Christian Service
OF Avenue Methodist Church will
meet Tuesday evening at seven
thirty in the church for the first
fall meeting. Mrs. w. Dean Kim
mel the president, will preside.
mrs. Robert Mercer will have
charge of devotions and Mrs
Frank r. Grier the program. This
should be fully attended meeting
20 begin the work of the society
for the year.
ANCODEL MEETING - The an
nual meeting of INCODEL. the In
terstate Commission on the nela-
ware River Basin, will be attend
ed by five members of the com
mission from Delaware when it
takes place at Shawnee-on-Dela-
ware, Pa, September IL and 10. M
HasWelI Pierce Of Milford is
member of the commission.
Reports from members from
Delaware, New Jersey, New York
and Pennsylvania dealing with the
work accomplished on develon-
mentsc in their particular areas
turing the past year, will be sub
mltted. There win also be a re-
port on an engineering survey
concerning a major overall nro-
gram for the four states.
An aerial tour of proposed dam
sites will be conducted at the close
OF the final session Saturday af-
teTnOOn.
SMYRNA P. 4. A.-At a maet-
ing OF the executive committee Of
the Smyrna P. T. A. held in the
sehool library recently, with the
president, Jerome D. Niles Jr
presiding, total charter members
were listed at 157. The charter
membership list will remain omen
until the first meeting of tbe
group on Thursday, September IA.
At p. m. in the cafeteria of the
school The designations of Mrs
William S. Wilson, program chair
man, and ]. Edward Williams
chairman of finance Committees
were accepted. Both members
moved out of town. Another meet
ing of the executive COMMITTEES ia
scheduled for Wednesday evening
August 80, when plans for f6e
lnltlai program will be complet-
ed. Reports were heard from all
committee chairmen, including one
on the regional workshop spon-
sored by National P. T. A. at Mont
clair, N. j., by Mrs. Henry g.
Webb.
CHARITY AUCTION A crowd
OF more than 1000 persons
thronged the boardwalk in front
OF the old Henlopen Hotel last
Sunday night at the second an
nual Rehoboth Kiwanis Club auc-
ton for the benefit of its under
privileged chiIdren's fund.
The auction crossed $1,000 or
more, according to Maurice stein,
les, general chairman.
/ A SO0-foot stretch of the al,
/ boardwalk was rOped off for th,
event to form an imDroVised tSs.
atre. Chairs and a stage were ser
up, and she show began about 8.
lasting until after II O'Clock.
Sidney Cohen, auctiOneer for the
kingston Galleries, conducted the
sale of items contributed bv XII
wants members from many areas
OF the East Coast. Included among
the articles were Oriental rugs.
a 16-pound ham, and two 100
pound bags Of sugar. Bidding was
termed generous" and bargains
were few.
Entertainment was provided by
5howmen from the Cabana Club.
he Riptide Club, and the Bottle
and Cork Club, Rehoboth night
spots.
A MLXED-UP MESS - Combin-
ed action by city and state police
n Dover last Saturday evening
resulted in the apprehension of
IN alleged hit and run driver who
S also charged with operating a
motor vehicle while under the in
1uence CT intoxicating liquor.
About IL o'clock on SATURDAY. ev-
sning, David Mumford of Dover.
irove out of Pine street to State
street and proceeded north on
State street. However, he had pro-
,eeded only about so yards when
1 car, which police state was op-
Grated by Smith Shulties of Wv
)ming, is alleged to have careened
across the fOur-lane street, from
he south-bOund lane, and crash
I'd into the Mumford car and then
1rove on
Mumford contended that the
car was operating without
lights. He Immediately notified the
Dover police station and radio
calls were broadcast for the car
rs described by Mumford.
A state police patrol few min
ltes later observed the Shulties
car in Wyoming and placed the
man under arrest and took him
back to Dover where Mnmford
made the Identification and then
Shulties was pronounced drunk by
Dover physician.
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FIRE-Fire Of undetermined or
gin completely destroyed a barn
)n the farm of Walter Thompson.
along the road leading from Dover
10 Pearson's Corner, about three
niles west of Dover, shortly be-
,ore noon on Tuesday. The loss
vas estimated by fire department
at about $5,O0O
The movement of freight trains
IN the Pennsylvania Railroad in