Milford chronicle., 1952-07-25


4 p. m. to August / at 4 n. m al
DelmarVia Camp Ground near Ian
rel. Youth of any denomination
will be welcome. Total expense for
the stay will be $500. Bring bed
linens and toilet articles. Delaware
youth must catch the vision Of
narcotic education. For further in
formation contact Mrs. Bessie VIII
son, Milton.
OVERCOME Two Selbyville men
were overcome by fumes when thew
attempted to rescue a barge captain
who died from the fumes on the
Schuykill River in Philadelphia re-
Gently.
George Hudson, As, and Oliver
Long, As, the Delaware crew mem
bers Of the tug, William Cramp, re-
quired medical attention as a re-
suit of their efforts to save Nathan
iel Murray Chetwynde, 81, of Ches-
ter, captain of the gasoline barge
tied up at Lombard Street. Chet-
wynde's body was taken from the
pump room of his barge by Hudson
and Long, but it was too late to
save the barge captain.
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BRIDGE REPAIRS - U. s. Sena-
tor ]. Allen Frear has been assur-
ed that necessary repairs to the
Summit Bridge are being pressed
forward as rapidly as possible.
Senator Frear released a letter
from the district engineer in PhiIa-
delphia, Col. Walter Kruger, Jr..
which advised that work is going
forward with all possible haste.
Col. Kruger informed Senator
Frear that excavation of the earth
behind the weakened south abut-
ment was begun on July 1. The
senator was further told that
structural timbers are to be used
as a trestle to bridge the excavated
area back of the abutment. An add
itiOnal necessary step is the pro-
curement of steel for underpinning
the abutment.
POTATOES zee. Potatoes from
nearby growing areas are selling,
on the average, at so per cent over
ceiling-if ceilings were still in eff
ect.
Willard D. Boyce, director of the
Delaware district, Office of Price
Sterilization, said last week a cross
section survey made recently shows
regional" potatoes are selling from
nine to IL cents a pound. Average
OPS maXimums for potatoes this
time. of year would have been six
cents.
Mr.. Boyce explained that al
though the price agency is denied
by law from exercising control over
potatoes, OPS continues a running
check on potato prices.
Mr.. Boyce expressed the opinion
that prices are unlikely to go much
higher, but neither could he fore
see any sharp price drop.
OUSTED - Five members of the
Reedville, Va, local of Internat-
| ional Fur and Leather Workers
Union (CIO) were escorted from
ice after night in Jail.
Robert Logan, chief of the Reed
vile local, and the other four men
were arrested by town officers for
trespassing at the Fish Products
Company Of Lewes, a firm owned
by the towns mayor, Otis Smith.
Town officials did not identify To-
gan's companions.
Logan and his companions resist
ed arrest, Police Chief Lynn E. Rit-
ter told Magistrate Gilbert Cooper.
Cooper gave the men the choice of
leaving town or facing trial in a
higher court.
Joseph Bruno, president of Inter
national Local POI of Wilmington,
who attended the hearing for the
men, said they were conducting a
survey and that the union had no
immediate plans to organize the
Lewes fishery workers.
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WORK DELAY-More than $500,
900 worth of work at the Dover Air
Force Base is being held up by the
steel strike and local strike by the
International Union Operating En-
gineers, In addition, the $5,6SS, 900
expansion program at the base is
being delayed. The strike is against
two Philadelphia firms, Colder
Construction Company, and Frank
H. Wilson Company, Inc. The union
claims the two companies have not
yet signed new contracts and 'it's
merely a question of no contract
and therefore no work"
Meanwhile it was reported yester-
day that all work on the Harring-
ton High Elementary School has
been halted because Of a picket line
established by Wilmington Local
S13, International Brotherhood Of
Electrical Workers. The strike is
aimed at the Miller Electrical Com
pany. Salisbury. AS a result Of
the picket line, union employees
of John E. Healy and Sons, general
contractors, and T. T. Weldin and
Sons, Inc, remained on the job.
A GENTLE DEED - A 12-year-
old boy of near Dover changed
quickly from gloomy disappoint-
ment to smiles recently. The trans
lation was brought about by police
and cooperating helping hands.
The youngster was in the quota of
boys to leave for a vacation at
police-sponsored Camp Barnes on
Monday and was scheduled for his
physical examination. State police,
however, received a last-minute
cancellation from him.
Curious as to the sudden change,
the police investigated and learned
that he did not have adequate cloth
ing in which to make the trip nor
camp clothing and other camping