Milford chronicle., 1951-11-23

RECAPTURED - FLOYD Flamer.
D, who walked away from the Kent
,ounty Jail on Friday of last week,
vas recaptured on Monday at Rail
Ugh, N. c., according to a Gele-
ram received by Warden Norris
;. Garrison from police of the
southern city.
The telegram said Flamer was
)eing held on a charge of Jail es-
APE and that he had waived ex-
An official left for Raj
eigh on Tuesday to return the pris-
lner to Dover.
This was Flamer's second es-
cape. Last June he fed the Jail
but was recaptured within an hour.
He is serving a sentence on an
theft charge.
FERRIS SCHOOL = w. Thomas
Knowles, Wilmington attorney,
was elected chairman Of the board
of trustees of the Ferris School for
Boys on Monday, succeeding Clar-
ence E. Grace, who died November
8.
Mr.. Knowles, formerly an assist
ant u. S. district attorney, is now
serving his second term as a board
member, having been reappointed
by Governor Elbert N. CarVel last
year. Governor CarVel has not yet
filled the vacancy on the school
board created by the death of Mr..
Grace.
other members of the board are
Peter Whaley, Selbyville; Paul d.
Lovett, Newark, and w. Lyle
Mowlds, Dover.
CANCER - The Mobile Cancer
Detection Unit from the State
Board of Health offers examina-
tions to women 35 years. of age and
over. Cancer is a threat to any
age. but especially between the
ages of 35 and 55.
Pain is seldom an early symp-
tom of cancer. Many women die
needlessly every year because they
didn't see their doctor soon enough.
Periodic examinations will make
diagnosis possible while treatment
can cure.
The Cancer Detection Unit is
stated by a doctor, a nurse, and
clerk. 1t will be in FELTON, on Mon
day, November 26, from 1912 a. m.
and 1-3 p. m.-and in BridgeVille
on Thursday, November 29, at the
same hours. Appointments can be
made by calling FELTON, 1898 or
Bridgeville 5524 or 2911.
PLUMBING CODE = The State
/ Board of Health reports that after
/ fifteen months of operation under
the Kent County Sanitary Plumbing
| Code, eighty plumbers have been
I certified. In order to qualify, a
plumber must now take a written
examination given by the board.
All plumbing installed in Kent
County, with the exception of that
for farming property, must be in
stalled to conform with the code
under the supervision of a certified
plumber. A permit is also required
for each plumbing installation. This
must be obtained prior to the be-
ginning of the installation of the
plumbing. The county plumbing
inspector makes two inspections of
each project to make certain that
it conforms. A written approval Of
the finished installation will be is
sued to any owner upon his re-
quest.
The Act requiring the code limits
it to Kent County. In New Castle
County the Levy Court has plumb
ing code which only covers a few
( of the hundreds in the vicinity of
Wilmington. There is no county
wide code in Sussex County.
CAP WEEK - On November 25
National CAP Week will be ushered
( in Milford by a formation flight OF
planes over Milford between the
hours of 1880 and 2 p. m.
Now is the time, with the world
I peace threatened as it is for us
}, to pause and take a count of JUS
! what is being done on the hOm,
front in self-defense. OF the man!
agencies available for defense, thu
: auxiliary of the United States All
Force stands foremost. The CiVi
y Air Patrol, the auxiliary of the U
/ S. A. F., has the function of al
, search rescue missions, flying cOu
} rier service in order to release tn
e air force pilots of this duty, carry
'. ing important cargo between de
/ fense factories in order to breal
bottle necks in production, main
tanning and patroling a network o
y communications, and many othe
If services connected with state an
r national defense.
le The personnel needed to carr
l. on these important tasks is draw
ID from all walks of life and all ag
4 levels. Membership in the CA
does not open a person to drat
at into the armed forces excep
le through ordinary civilian chan
le nels. Boys and girls between tn
of ages of Is and Is years are take
in as cadets and trained in radi
III communications navigation as cor
j. Germs aircraft, first aid, aiTerai
re structure, maintenance and high
As From the years of Is to 81 years
of they are trained in an officer train
be ing course that will flt them to be
is come senior members of the squad
ID, ron to which they are attached. Th
by senior members are drawn up
er squadrons and wings within the
respective states. Their duties ru
ch the course from pilot, observer, n