Milford chronicle., 1951-10-12
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

lies Auxiliary Of the Bridgeville
fire Company on October 18 and
L9 at the high school auditorium at
p. m. Don't miss this evening Of
good fun.
FURNITURE SALE-Used fnrni-
ture donations for the benefit of
the Bridgeville Union Methodist
Church are beginning to come in.
The co-chairmen, Harold p. Will
liams, phone Bridgeville 5971, and
Charles S. Williams, phone Bridge
vile 4110, have reported that they
will gladly arrange to pick up any
contributions.
The sale of the used furniture
will take place Saturday, October
20, at o'clock D. m, in the Tues
day Night Club, Market street,
Bridgeville. Proceeds Of the sale
win be used to defray the expenses
of repairs to the parsonage.
BRIDGEVILLE KIWANIS = The
Bridgeville Kiwanis Club will elect
officers next month, according to
an announcement made by Ralph
Davis, president, at last weeks
meeting of the group.
Guest speaker at the meeting was
DR.. Ernest Walker Of the Animal
and Poultry Department Of the
University Of Delaware, who point
ed out some Of the benefits Of re-
search to the poultry and dairy
industries of the state. He stated
that there were but Al freshmen in
this years approximately 150 stu
dents taking agriculture at the
University and this represents a
greater reduction than was antici-
pated,
James R. Carroll Of Greenwood
was a visitor.
YOUTH CONFERENCE = Three
hundred enthusiastic Methodist
Youth from the Peninsula Confer
enoe are expected to take part ia
a conference that is being held the
f19, 90 and 81 Of October at Grace
Church in Wilmington. The prin-
cipal speakers will be Roger Ort-
mayer, editor of Motive, from
Nashville, Tennessee, and DR.. Al
bert E. Day, the well-known min
lister from Baltimore. The theme
of the conference is How to Live
With God In Our Day and Time.'
1t will last three days begin
ming Friday night and ending Sun
day afternoon. This will be one of
/ hn - -
type that this Peninsula has ever
seen. There will be exhibits, mo-
vies, recreation, and other things
of interest to those attending.
j PICKLES-The Milford Packing
d Company was awarded an $11, ,1OO.3I
l. judgment recently in it's Superio
Is Court pickle suit against John $
d. Isaacs and Sons, cold storage firI
l6 of Georgetown.
D. Judge Daniel L. Hermann fouu
n that the destruction by freezing
ly 800 barrels of the packing con
pany's pickles was caused by Il
E. negligence of the cold storage fri
l. to store them at a proper tempera
4 ture flor their preservation.
The 800 barrels of ruined pickle
" were among 1894 barrels which tn
5. Milford firm had withdrawn frOI
n cold storage from December {
0. April in 1949.
8 The freezing of the 300 barrels
the court held, was caused by "de
fective and insufficient" insulation
in certain parts Of the cold stOrag
plant. The court added that tn
Isaacs firm knew, or should hav
|. known, of such faulty insulation.
"a reasonably careful owner o
d pickles" the judge declared, "wOul
not have stored them in such
s manner"
n The court also found that tn
a. freezing Uf pickles results i'm thei
< complete deterioration and de
CT struction."
IL Interest Included
er Judge Hermann ruled the Nil
ford firms $11,1O0.3O award shoul
n consist of $S,1OO plus 6 per cent in
n Iterest from April q, 1949, to Oc
p 8, 1851, as the reasonable value c
sc the 300 barrels; $1,000, which wa
Sc paid as storage charges, as well a
n Ss25. which was paid as a storag
for 800 barrels.
at The Milford concern was repre-
ge sented by H Albert Young. CounsC
of for the defendant was the GeOrgC
IA town law firm of Tunnell and TuT
ry nell.
an GEORGETOWN SCOUTS - TT
ase ~ Georgetown Boy Scout Troop N
w, w los held a Court of Honor recent
,vV ", in st. PauIs parish house. I'll
y 'ol- following awards were made:
W Tenderfoot- Steven Pepper, Dol
aid Braun, William Walter, Villa
Steen, and Jack Short. SecoT
lrd class-ROnald Mears, Terry Tin
Os- mons, Jimmy Boyer, Jimmy Tul
nell, and Gerald Pepper. First ela
M David Hudson, Billy TaylO
.M. Charles Stevenson, Jimmy TunnC
an and E. ]. Green.
nc Earl Hastings received the WOO
Ior working and wOod-carving awarl
eaO Charles Stevenson, leathercraft al
first-aid; David Hudson, piOnee
zen ing and leathercraft; =. ]. Gree
NJ leathercraft, wood carving, safei
~ citizenship, stamp collecting, ga
Ssn dening and reading; John Tunne
- tOL astronomy, botany, canoeing, co
'ne serVation, corn farming, insect III
=. metal work. reptile study, wo
~. carving and wood work; JimT
: Tunnel, athletics, camping, co
~. ~ serVation, corn farming, coOkiI
ste' ~, first aid. forestry, gardening, Il