Milford chronicle., 1951-03-02
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

THIRTY DAYS-William Palmer /
Ashton, pleading guilty to a charge
OF operating an automobile while
under the influence of liquer, was
fined $500 and costs and Sentenced
to 30 days in Jail by Judge Daniel
L. Herman in Court of General
Sessions in Dover last Friday.
The defendant had appealed
sentence imposed in a magistrates
court
AIR RESERVE-Dover Flight A
of Squadron 9498 of the active Air
Reserve will hold it's bi-monthlv
meeting March 5 in the American
Legion Home, Dover.
The guest speaker will be George
w. Scarborough, whose topic will
be on the Civilian COMPONENT of
a USAF Base" All air reseryists
desirous of attending are cordially
invited.
OAR MEETING - Mrs. George
R. Miller, State regent of the
Daughters of American Revolution
has requested that the members of
the executive board, chapter reg
ents and delegates who attended
the recent winter meeting in VIII
mlngton, meet with her at the Way
side Inn on Saturday, March 8 at
1890. There are matters Of impor-
tance to consider and a representa-
tive attendance for voting On these
matters in important. Reservations
may be made with Mrs. Glenn King
of SmyTIi9. before March 1.
MORE FOLICE - Police Lit. An
drew J. Couhig, Dover civil defense
auxiliary police co-ordinator, has
announced that more auxiliary DO
lice officers are wanted to buiid the
clty's group up to a minimum OF
100.
The fourth in a series of 20 meet
lngs of the Dover auxiliary police
and others from Frederick, Little
Creek, KentOn, Leipsic, Rising Sun.
Magnolia, and Wyoming was held
last night with Lieutenant COuhig
IN charge. A. total of 76 attended.
State Police Detective Burrill F.
Mccoy lectured on the Bill of
Rights and Mrs. Stanley Worden
showed motion pictures.
SEAFORD LIGHT PLANT-Sea-
ford's city owned electric light and
power company earned S86,3l6.1O
last year. This represents the best
years profit since the beginning of
operations in 1888.
The figures are revealed in a re-
port made public of the audit re-
Gently completed by Wilmington
accounting firm. The plant and
equipment are now listed at S6O7,-
368.59 and a sinking fund of $780,
614.41 for plant improvements and
a reserve fund of 5,326.69 for the
transmission system have been SCI
up.
The audit of the city of Seaford
shows the bonded indebtedness now
standing at $31S,00O, most of which
is at 218 per cent interest and call
able after two years.
WRECKED JAIL-Alvin Charles
Richards, %, who gave his address
as the 900 block East Seventh
street, Wilmington, was held in
$500 bail by Magistrate John H.
Conrad. of Dover on Monday for
hearing in Court of Common Pleas
on Wednesday on a charge of COM .
mitting malicious mischief at the
Kent County Jail.
Richards, an oyster boatman
working out of Port MahOn, was
arrested on charge of being
drunk and disorderly by Dover DO
lice as he was staggering in Loock-
erman street, police said.
He was taken to the Jail, they
and after being placed |
in cell he broke several windows i
and tore a mattress. On the drunk t
and disOrderly" charge, Magistrate
Conrad fined him SIS and costs or
Is days in Jail. Police said the man i
told them he had been drinking
steadily the past week.
w. 8. C. 5. CONFERENCE - The
Spring Conference of the Woman's
of Christian Service of the
Dover District will be held in the |
Grace Methodist Church, Millsboro,
on Wednesday, March z, beginning
at 10:30 o'clock.
Miss Ruth Flaherty, the very en-
thusiastic young superintendent Of
Deaconess Work in Camden, N. j., I
will be present and address the af-
ternOOn session. The nominating I
committee will present the new 1
slate of officers and the installa-
tion will follow. Other routine bus
mess will be conducted during the
session.
Luncheon will be served in the
to the first two hundred
delegates making reservations.
Others can be served at town res
taurants. Please send luncheon
to Mrs. Wayne Burton,
not later than March 8.
Tickets, $1.00. I
Mrs. Harmon Money of Middle
town, president of Dover District.
will preside. /
WILSON - Friends and associ-
ates, including many officials. were
among those attending funeral SER