Milford chronicle., 1951-03-23
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

READ FATALITY - The 18th
highway fatality in Delaware this
year was recorded last Friday
morning with the death of Theo-
dore Thompson, 42 in Kent Cen
eral Hospital. He was was injured
in an automobile accident near his
wyoming home March 5.
An autopsy performed tonight at
the hospital showed that death was
a result of injuries received in the
crash. The report said that death
was caused by a blood clot which
had moved to the right lung from
a fractured pelVis. The autopsy
was performed by DR.. Douglas NJ.
Gay, Wilmington pathologist.
ThompsOn's auto and a machine
driven by Peter Waterbeck, 30. of
Pittsburgh cOllided at the intersec-
ton OF Routes 113-A and 26.
ANNUAL BIRTHDAY PARTY
The members of the Sunshine
Glass of the Greenwood Methodist
Church of Greenwood, Delaware,
are completing plans for the An.
nual Birthday party, which has not
been held for the past few years.
This party is in the form of two
hours of entertainment which con-
sists Of six to twelve separate
amusing acts or skits. The entire
cast for the different sketches are
chosen from the audience as the
Party progresses. Refreshments,
are served to the audience at the
end of the program. The date is
Friday, March 3Oth. The time, 1890
p. m. No admission will be charg-
ed but a collection will be taken.
Everyone is invited, so come out
and enjoy an eveningof fun.
FENCE VIEWERS - A 700 per
cent increase pay for fence view
ers of Delaware is called for in a
bill introduced last Friday in the
House Of Representatives
The measure, introduced by Rep.
James D. DickersOn Cd TOWnsend)
would boost the pay of fence
viewers from 81 to SO a day, and
their mileage from three cents to
seven cents. The bill also would
permit the Court of General Ses-
siOns to appoint annually not less
than five nor more than eight per-
sons in each hundred to be viewed. |
A hold over from Colonial days, |
fence viewers are authorized to
settle disputes between owners of
adjoining properties when h e
trouble centers about the dividing
line or trespass by livestock.
BULOW SUIT - The COMPANION
suits for a total of $45OO0 for per-
sOnal injuries suffered in a motor
vehicle accident have been trans
ferred from the Superior Court of
Sussex County, at Georgetown, to
the U. S. District Court Whining
ton.
The suits are those of former
State Senator Leon c. BuICw and
his wife, Mrs. Mabel w. Bulow,
both of Bridgeville against Donald
ClaXtOn Bennett; his wife Mrs.
Dorothy Mae Bennett, trading as
the Bennett Automobile Service and
Frederick Foster, all of Cambridge,
Md. The accident a collision Occu-
red April 21, 1850 three miles north |
of Harrington.
The transfer of the case was
made on the request of William
Beqnethum, a Wilmington attor~
ney.
SCOUT SPEAKER - Rev. Thos. |
Wingate of Salem, N. J., will be |
the guest speaker at the annual |
Scouters' Dinner of the Dover Dis
trict to be held Thursday. March
29, in the cafeteria of the high
school in Smyrna. II
Rev. Wingate will also be ac-
companied by a quartet that has
performed many times throughout
this area. Several numbers will be
sung by this group during the eve
ning's program.
All parents of scouts and friends
of scouting are invited to ATTEND
this dinner and enjoy the evenings
program. Tickets are available
through the scout committee chair
man in each community.
William r. Mathews, chairman of
the Dover District encourages ser
vice clubs and sponsors of scout
ing in the district to attend in
group that evening.
Dr., c. ]. Prickett of Smyrna. is
chairman of the dinner committee.
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PAROLEES - The State Board
of Parole held two meetings last
Friday to consider Is applications
for parole, and granted five. The
other 10 applications were denied.
Fourteen of the applications were
acted upon at meeting in the Sus-
sex County Prison, Georgetown,
where the five were granted. The
ether session was held at the Kent
County Jail, Dover, where one case
was heard and application refused.
The five granted paroles were:
Jesse J. Hood, sentenced April 1,
l949, to three years on a charge Of
assault with intent to kill with a
shotgun Charles Fred Jackson, five
years for assault and battery with
intent to kill Oct. s. 1Q42. William