Milford chronicle., 1951-07-20
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

DUPONT STOCKHOLDERS
|. dupont de Nemours & comnanv
Inc, wSs owned by l3s79q atooig'
holders as Of June 30, 1851, an IN
crease Of 1926 over the number 81
holders recorded at the close of
1850, and an increase Of 1867 over
the number as Of June 30. 1850
There We're 117,194 holders Of
common stock, and 23,342 holders
OF preferred stock as the second
quarter period OF 1851 ended. THESE
figures include 6,737 holders of
more than one kind of stock
Every state in the union is re-
presented among the owners Of the
company.
! SUSSEX DIVORCES - In su-
perior Court at Ceorpetown iost
We7k, Judge Caleb r. Layton
granted a decree nisi in each oFl
SIX divorce suits. All granted On
grounds OF desertion, they were a.
IOIloWs: Loretta Mae Elliott
Joshua D. Elliott; James Edward
steele v. Mildred Pauline SteoIa :,
amanda s. Wright " Elmer n
wright; Oscar w. Gordv Hale,
q. Gordy; Dallas Merle Messick v.
Evelyn Ann Messick; John s. Wool. !
loIa Y. Edna E. Woolford.
Judge Charles L. Terry handed
uOWn a decree nisi, as of july 10
N the case Of Hester E. Hudson y
marquis L. Hudson. Judge Terry
nad reserved decision in the case
on June 8. ~ case
LIFE INSURANCE - Dalaworo
ownership of life insurance bos -
creased by $351, 900, ,OOa since 1o9o |
the greatest 20-year growth IN stno
history OF the state, the Institmte !
OF Life Insurance reports. This is /
a gain of SO Per cent
| Some of this increase wae duo
70 population increases, but the I
!hstltute points out that, even adj
Justlng for the gain in number of
people living in the state. the rise
IN life insurance ownership nor
capita in the 2O-year period was
AZ per cent. was
Al the start of this year, life in
surance owned by Delaware famiI-
les totaled $715,OOO, 900. This com
pares with 1854, ,0OO, 900 owned bv
tnls state 20 years before.
For the nation as a whole. the
zO-year gain in life insurance own
ership was 120 per cent. rising
from 1O6,41S,0O0,OO0 to 1924 .O479 |.
OOO'OOO. The state with the great
est gain was New Mexico. with I7O
per cent. -
KENT DIVORCES - Fifteen d.
Vorce cases have been listed fl,r
action in the Superior Court AZ
DOVer on Friday, July 90, by the
FrOthonOtary's Office. Judge Cbas
L. Terry, Jr., will be on the bench
June Pride Hendrickson vs.
CHARLES Frederick Henderson,.
Ruth M. Brickley VS.. DYKE Rricly,
ley' Prunella Clendaniel LOper VS..
Charles +. Loper; Harriet NJ. Buff
KIN VS.. Lonnie B. Buffkin. Anna /
Mae Thompson VS.. M. Omar Thomp-
son, Jr.
Mary Francis Hurley VS.. George
hurley, Geneva M. Collision Bur-
rls VS.. Lee r. Burris, Ruby Man
love VS.. LOurence 3. Manlove. FIIa
Mae Macklin VS.. Rynear s. Mack
lin, Sue w. Hickman VS.. JobD r
hickman, Martha Saxton Singler
VS.. Paul " Singler.
Leroy Ridgeway VS.. Viola Ridge
way, Elmer w. Thompson VS.. Mary
+ Smith Thompson, EVELYN n
Bryant VS.. Clarence Herbert Brv-
ant, William Andrew Scott VS.. Fya
Kate Scott.
ASSEMBLY REPORT-Members
of the Smyrna Rotary Club and
visiting Rotarians heard a report
on the recent district assembly held
at Dover by James Everhart. presi-
dent, at their meeting at The Wav-
side Inn last week.
Cy Yost was a visitor from the
Dover Rotary Club, and Thaddeus
M. Jones, the College Park. Nd.
club. George E. Bryson was tho
guest Of Leroy Sayers.
No CUKES-Dry weather has re-
suited in one Of the poorest cacum- 4
Der crops to be harvested in lower
Delaware in recent years.
One Of the large cash crops for ,
lower Delaware farmers developed
such low quality as we'll as 4
short crop that no profit is realized
this year.
Opening July to receive cucum-
bers, the Farmers Auction Market
at Laurel handled but 1884 bushels
uD until July IL that sold for a total
Of S5,OSS, or an average Of only
S1.S0 per bushel.
The crOn was so poor that many
farmers disced uR the entire crop
and planted the field in beans.
HOURS CHANGED Kent Coun- Y
ty Receiver OF Taxes and Countg
Treasurer Grier H. Minner be-
lleyes Kent County taxpayers are 4
to more opportunity to pay t
tax bills at his Office. He IS going
to do something about it. c
The first move Mr.. Minner made L
was to open his Office during the O
noon hour, something not done at il
Dover for a number Of years. IN n
explaining this move, Mr.. Minner &
pointed out 1t would afford an op-
1ortunity for many persons to rs
come to his office during their h
lunch hour. &
At the present time he is work G
ing out a plan to have his once b