Milford chronicle., 1951-03-23

FEES RAISED - Private duty
nurses in Delaware last Friday
raised their fees one dollar per day,
making the rate for general nurs-
ing $40 for an eight hour day.
The action was taken by the ex-
ecutlve committee and private duty
section Of the Delaware State
Nurses Association. The increase in
fees, effective yesterday, concerns
about 250 private duty nurses in
the state.
Rates for communicable disease
nursing duty and for care of men
tai patients were also advanced one
dollar, to $11 day.
The last Increase in fees adopted
by the nurses took effect in De-
cember, 1947, when the fee for gen.
eral nursing was boosted from SO
to SO day.
The new boost was announced by
Mrs. Frances Wheatley. private
duty division chairman, and Mrs
Edith R. Kendall, president of the
CUSTODY AWARDED The
Custody Of two and a half year old
son Of Elizabeth Savage Marti.
Paterson, N. j., and Jacob A. Marli
Cheswold, was awarded the mother
Oy Judge Daniel L. Hermann in
superior Court last FRIDAY after
noon
Habeas Corpus proceeding insti-
tuted by Mrs. Marti to get CUSTODY
OF the child, Jacob A. Marti. Jr
We're heard before Judge Herman
last Friday, Howard E. Lynch. Jr
ana Herman G. Brown represented
the mother and A. b. Magce. .Tr
the father. 80
Judge Hermann, in Court of
General Sessiins this Afternoon
paroled Paul V. Sipgler for three
years on his recent plea of euiltv
70 a charge of embezzlement nv
Dallee of funds Of Layton and Co
me- by which he was erlnIovad
Ihe charge to which he pleaded in
vowed vowed alleged embezzlement Of
$277 from the wholesale grocery
firm. eiO'7iy
JOY RIDING COSTLY A 10
year old Kent County Jail prisoner
mas had so days tackled on his or
IglnaI live year sentence as a re-
SUIT OF an alleged leave of absence
taken in an automobile he usurned
Whlle on out Of Jail employment
Arrested by state police after in
Vesugatlon o fthe taking of the car
ana It's subsequent ditching at Can
terDury the prisoner, RAYMOND
Mitchell Johnson was given the adj
oltolnal sentence, which will start
the the expiration of his unauthor-
lze0 use OF an automobile.
me sentence was imposed bv
magistrate John H. Conrad. who
also held Johnson for action of
the Grand Jury on a charge Of
escape. g u
Employed in his out of Jail work
at a public sales business here
Johnson sneaked away in An aufo'
LiloDlle OF MeIxin H. Hughes. Eel
Ton: parked at the sales area. state
pollce said they learned. He came
70 grief, however when the car ran
or the road and became mired
nut hitch hiked back to the saIee
grounds in time for supper. his ab-
sence unnoted, according to nOlica
Police investigating the mudfast
car said they were told the man
who was driving it had the initials
nc CKent County, on his back.
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SCHOLARSHIPS - Approval os
the award Of two $I0O scholarsbips
to Christian missionary students hv
the Bette S. Brittingham Scholar
snip Memorial Fund Commission
featured the all day meeting of tho
executive committee of the Penin-
sula Conference, Woman's Society
OF Christian Service held at Wesley
Junior College Dover, last Thurs
nay Mrs. Harry B. Hygate, Wilm..
conference president, presided. and
about 80 members attended.
The scholarship awards. recon-
mended by the memorial fund com
mission headed by Mrs. Harry A
Menser Of Elsmere, conferences
WSCS missionary education chair
man, were made to Miss Junita
Rivera of Puerto Rico. now attend-
ing the missionary training school
a t Scarritt College, Nashville.
Tenn.
Miss Rivera is sponsored bv the
HeV, and Mrs. Joseph B. Dickerson
of Wilmington. with whom sbe
makes her home. Mr.. Dickerson
is the pastor Of MeCabe Memorial
Methodist Church. Miss Rivera e
in training for full time Christian
missionary work and upon comDle-
tion Of her studies plans to return
to her native island for work among
her neople. The award Is the
second such granted Miss Rivera.
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