Milford chronicle., 1952-04-18
Happenings Of Interest
Throughout Delaware

BIG TANK - The contractors Of {
the new Farmers Bank of the State /
Of Delaware building are arrang-
ing for one of the largest oil tanks /
in the City of Dover to be installed
at the Farmers Bank of the State /
of Delaware.
ALTERATIONS - The engi-
neers, architects and contractors
for the new Farmers
Bank of the State of Delaware
Building are working on the exc
cution of the plans for the new
vault.
The vault will be a huge 2-story
fortress protected by all the known
engineering products Of modern
vault installation, affOrding protec-
ton from every known attack.
The new vault and customers
section will be connected Gith ele-
vatOr service and a number of mod
ern and architectural cOnVeniences.
RECORDS - The Farmers Bank
of the State of Delaware, which is
145 years old, has tons of old rec
Ords and files, chronological and
alphabetical for reference.
With the banks construction pro-
gram underway, they have built in
the basement of their Fruit Grow
ers Office in Smyrna, a huge filing
and storage compartment and last
Friday and Saturday many of the
records were moved to Smyrna.
1t can be appreciated that one of
the old books from back in the
1800's weighs nearly 100 pounds.
The Farmers Bank of the State of
Delaware used the men and vans
of Nap and Spence to do this huge
job.
ACQUITTED THIS WEEK - A
] ljeweler from Laurel, won acquittal
in Peoples Court on charges
brought III the traffic death of a
nine-year-old boy.
Peoples Court Judge Milton K.
LarmOre dismissed Norman L.
Graves, So, on. charges of drunk
and reckless driving. He had been
accused in the death of David Lee
Wilkinson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank w. Wilkinson, of Hebron.
Graves admitted he had drunk
four bottles of beer earlier in the
day. And Judge Larmore said: I'D
suggest that if you've got to drink,
don't drive
1t was testified that the boy was
fatally hurt when he darted into
the path of Graves car on a He
bron street, February 13.
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SPEECH-Mrs. Eleanor G. Ron.
nei, nationally known authority or
problems of hearing impairment
will address the regular meeting oi
the Delaware Speech and Hearing
I Association. The meeting will b,
held on Saturday afternoon, May 3
at 200 p. m. at the Van HOOl
= School at Delaware City.
Mrs. ROnnei is sister of Dl
Zenas r. Clark, well known local.
= as the administrative assistant an
director of research for the vii
mingtOn Board of Education. Fo
many years, she has been head O
Educational Services for the New
York League for the Hard of Hear
ing in New York City and a lee
turer on the staff of Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University. Two re
cent notable literary contribution,
have been Tim and His Hearing
Aid" and Learning to Look ant
Listen" two excellent books fo,
use in the rehabilitation of ldrel
with hearing mpairments.
COURT-The April term of Ken
County Superior Court which open
at Dover on Monday, April 21, vii
be one of the busiest sessions il
some time because of the numbe
of capital cases listed.
, Marion Coral, 27-year-old dis
} placed person, will be tried on
: charge of assaulting a 77-year-Ol
t woman who lived alone in a farm
= house near Wyoming, early in Eel
/. ruary.
Coral, a native of Poland, ha
been in this country for two year
and resided near the scene of tn
3 attack for more than six month
Re is now held in Kent Count
Jail without bail to await trial.
: Another case on the list is tn;
q of Oscar Webb, charged with mu
n der in the first degree as a resu
S of his alleged shooting of RalI
e BarrOs at Little Heaven, last Sci
e tember. Webb is now detained
l. the criminal insane division at De
/ aware State Hospital.
D. There are also several maj
slaughter cases that have been col
IS tinued from previous terms of cou
: that may come to trial at the Apr
S. term.
y In addition to criminal case
Prothonotary James B. MessiC
has indicated that there is a larl
number Of civil actions that cou
be disposed of during the ApI
term