Milford chronicle., 1951-01-12
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

CIVIL DEFENSE DUTIES-Mai.,
D. Preston Lee, state eoordinator
Of civil defense, Will discuss the
civil defense duties and response I
bilities of the volunteer firemen Of
the state at a meeting Of the Del
aware State Fire Chiefs Assoeia- \
tinn in the frehouse of the Rob
bins Hose Co., at Dover, at 8 p. m, !
Saturday.
Herald Birmingham of Lewes is
association president.
The Officers of the association
have urged all chiefs, assistant
chiefs, and chief engineers of the
fire companies to be present, and
explained the meeting will be open
to all firemen.
DELMARYA HONORED - The
Delrnarva poultry industry has a
place of honor on the main floor
at the twentieth annual New York
Poultry Show, which opened this
week.
The display, representing the
Delaware ? Maryland Virginia area
which ships almost 100000 chick
ems a week to New York, shows the
housewife how chickens may be
dressed and prepared for various
uses and how they may be cooked.
The Delmarva industry has the
featured display among the 1900
exhibits ranging from lavishly plu-
med pheasants and bantams to
please the fanciers and mouth
watering broilers turning on spits
for those Of a more practical turn
Of mind.
SOY BEANS ST0LEE-State po-
lice have placed charges 0f break
ing and entering and larceny
against three men of the Magnolia
area following theft Of a large
quantity of soybeans from the
warehouse, Of Farmers Coopera-
tive Sales, Frederick, several weeks
ago.
The accused are George Brook
lyn Benson, 43; his son, George
Wesley Benson, 10, and William M.
Holmes, 40. Magistrate John H.
Conrad held them for court in ST.
600 bail in default of which they
are in Jail.
The soybeans were sold to Mil
ford grain buyer for $104.50, ac-
cording to police. The defendants
were said to have been traced
through checks given for the beans.
ACCREDITED LIST-The Lewes
School again has been placed on
the list of accredited schools by the
Commission on Secondary Schools
of the Middle Atlantic Association
it was announced this week by H.
Geiger Omwake, superintendent OF
the Lewes School.
The notice of re-accreditation
said in part: "It is a pleasure tC
inform you that the Commission OF
/ Secondary Schools has approved
the continuation of yolr school OF
the accredited list for the periol
ending Dec. 81, 1852. Please accep
sincere congratulations on this oc
casiOn."
Superintendent Omwake pointed
out that ''in order to remain on the
accredited list a school must con.
stantly maintain the high standards
established by the Commission OF
Secondary Schools"
HOME DESTROYED-A loss es.
timated at about $4,000 was incur
lred this week when fire destroyed
a two-story frame dwelling on the
old Ingram's Mill property neal
Milton.
The old mill, a landmark in this
area for many years was not dam.
! aged by the flames. The mill anC
I house were formerly owned b!
[ Fred Jensen. and at the presen
time are the property of the heirs
: of John Isaacs. The house, locatet
: near Reynolds Church, was Occupi
ed. by Arthur Cobb and his family
3. The Milton Fire Company re
t sponded to the alarm, but the in
( terror of the house was gutted b,
E the time they arrived. Several fire
men were forced to give up thei
fire fighting when their hands be
: came frosted. Some Of the Cob
f household effects were saved.
X AIDE is CALLED-Francis !
Erdle, assistant to Dover Cit
. Manager o. B. Agner, will ente
the military service sometime
d April, having volunteered for az
tive duty.
o. He is a second lieutenant in tn
3 Signal Corps Reserve. Graduatin
4 from the University Of DelawaI
% last June with a degree in ele'
I. trical engineering, he later becam
II associated with the Dover cit
is government and has had an aetiJ
IF part in the preparation of the PIT
n posed $1,500,O0O city improYemel
d program which is to be submitte
ID for the consideration of the cit
zens.
o, Mayor William J. Storey, at Il
ir meeting of City Council, Monde
night, made reference to the in
pending departure of Mr. Erd
and expressed his and the city
regret at losing his services.