Milford chronicle., 1951-09-21


Country Club last Saturday, Harry
w. Lynch Of the dupont Company
treasury department, and a town
commissioner Of Rehoboth Beach,
was elected president. He succeeds
State Senator John w. Burris Of
Milford, president for eleven years.
DR.. William v. Marshall Of Re-
hoboth was elected vice president;
G. Franklin NAPLES Of Milford, sec
retary, and G. Donnan Holzmueller
Of Milford, treasurer.
New members Of the board Of
directors are: George A. Linden
kohl Of Milford, and Frederick p.
Whitney of Georgetown. Re-elect-
| ed to the board were: Dallas B.
Culver of Seaford; Charles s.
Horn, Jr.. Of Rehoboth: Judge Dam
iel J. Layton, Of Georgetown, and
Mr.. NAPLES.
/ HUMAN TORCH - A 42-year-old
Delmar World War II Navy vetef-
an is in serious condition IN the
Peninsula General Hospital, Sails
bury, suffering from third degree
burns Of the arms, hands, and legs.
Louis NJ. Hastings Of Spruce
Street, Delmar, became a virtual
living torch last wednesday morn
ing when gasoline he was using to
Z clean part of a crane motor ignited,
according to a sister, Mrs. James
B. Mills of Delmar, who said she
: thinks a spark set the gasoline
: aflame. She said SO per cent Of his
I body is covered with burns.
4 Workmen put out the flames and
3 he was brought to the hospital BY
: his employer, Norman LeCates.
!. The accident happened outside
! the steel fabricating plant Of Lee
Gates e Company north Of Delmar.
e Hastings. a crane operator, is
Il married and has child.
i 80
) LIONS PROGRAM-The George
1t town Lions Club, meeting in the
New Century Club recently, dis
l. cussed plans for their fall pro-
s, gram.
le Formation of Lions Club quar-
tette was planned and Sterling ST.
mOnds was named as club song
% leader and in charge of organizing
- the quartette. Reports were receiy-
y ed on the proposed booster night
- at a home football game and date
: was set for the committee in charge
- - to meet with school officials on
= making arrangements. A report was
81 also heard from the committee in
charge of street signs donated by
.e the club to be placed in the town.
Z. AL RebbeWans and David Bray,
% both officials of the Swift & Com
pany plant at Georgetown, were
- - guests at the meeting. Harvey B
lOiA Spicer presided and the invocation
eee was given by Donald Weir.
out -
ises EXERCISES - Convocation exel
has cises, formally opening the Un
the versity of Delaware's 1951-19i
academic year, will be held on Il
Newark campus today, Friday, Sci
tember 21 The exercises will b.
mes gin at $3.50, d. S. T., and will
leeT held outside, in front Of Universit
sTa- Hall. If the weather is incleman
oO they will be held in Mitchell Hal
'Wn The traditional academic proces
rec sion Of faculty and recipients Q
en- degrees will form at the north en-
l%Ow % of the campus.
trlc DR.. John A. Perkins, president Q
the University, will preside. Dea'
lIeu Francis II. Squire, dean of the Uni
Win versity, will present the recipient
ana of honorary degrees and read th
citations.
rear Two honorary degrees, bot
nVe LID, will be conferred at nel
men men Fridays convocation. Those to :
ana honored are Rev. DR.. John Watso
lar Christie, Of Wilmington. and d
Robert Clarkson ClOthieri, retirir
Co president Of Rudgers Uniyersit
,IuD' New Brunswick, N. J.
All BENEFITS-Samuel Gwin
ote 'oteS All agent for Sussex County cit
,CtS 49, the benefits of All organization
hsi s'is for rural youth. in an address 81
J.. a.. en- at the meeting of the MillsbO
oonn y ~ Kiwanis Club this week.
80 He outlined the programs a
.o0A projects for both boys and gil
.,,r.I clubs, all designed to aid in but
- ,..O =, ing character, knowledge Of far
- az ing life and in better citizensh
,,,;4S, AN He paid tribute to the 35 volunt'
O. club leaders OF the county y
meet with the various clubs to
b,,g- sist in training.
...ios Mr.. Gwinn also gave review
'PreI 49, the annual All Camp held at Ca
n. :, Barnes for a two-week period.
4t,ot especially stressed the value OF
=, bo evening vesper services conduc
- at,,oo by the 4-H'ers and told Of indi'
..n1,- .S,,r-i :, ual cases where influence had b
,aS, n evident.
.ay ~ The speaker was introduced
:. %5Sn D. William H. Henderson, iieuten
8 ~ os governor of the Seventh Car
osnoO , District. Mr.. Henderson ammo
sopotb ced the Easton, Md, Charter n
loUOtn will be held Tuesday and urge
representation from the Milisl
Club.
- s+i,l plans for the Millsboro. Cha
odv ~ Night in october are now VI
"a re- way with a committee compri
5o1 bv Jack Ayers, James Matthews. \
''''' olas Varrato, J. Phillips Creme,
49,. IN Glen Grifath of the MillsbOro
O' taI,rn and Harry S. Smith, Julius
- bis Green, Karl Seeger, Edward
i. 1,an- Serman. George p. Tidwell
Ses saw James B, Owen of the George'
h reg Club, sponsors Of the organlza
he may
7 hired Milford Grange Not
Milford Grange will start its