Milford chronicle., 1952-12-19

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goose charge, the shot passing
through the side Of a truck before
striking the boy.
Reese II. Hickman, %, also OF
FrankfOrd, who was holding the
gun when it fired, told oihcials OF
BeebeH0spital at Lewes, that he
was placing the gun in a truck
when it fired The charge, slowed
by the wooden truck panels, hit the
Derrickson boy in both legs as he
stood outside the Vehicle.
Hickman and others in the par
ty, who had been hunting on Fen
wick Island, drove the boy to the
hospital, where his condition was
described as "goOd."
YULE COMMERCLALISM r The
Rev. Paul J. TaggarE. assistant pas
tor Of Holy Cross Church, called
for "the keeping o. Christ in
Christmas" at the dinner meeting
Of the Dover KiWanis Club last
week.
Christ's coming started a new
outlook on history and the whole
world is dated from His birth,
Father Taggart said. He deplOred
that the true meaning Of Christ
mas has gradually been forgotten
and the dollars-and-cents motive
has taken its place.
The program was in charge Of A.
Kenneth Pfister Guests we're
Blaine Osburn Of Michigan, guest
of Father Grosh, and Robert Wertz,
sOn-inylaw Of President John Burg
er. Visiting Kiwanians we're JAMES
Lynch, Rehoboth Beach, lieuten-
ant governor Of the 11th KiWanis
division and Andrew O'Neil Of the
Laurel Club.
WELL PROTECTED-The Fruit
Growers Office Of the Farmers
Bank Of the State of Delaware has
many protective advantages that
for security reasons can not be
! told, but nevertheless the vault
there has been reWired and is now
under the protection Of A. D. T.,
known as the American District
Telephone. This group is National
ly known. They have the protection
on Banks throughout the country.
The protection at the Smyrna
Office, for instance, is a gong plus
a private wire that announces any
tampering by outside hOld-up men
or burglars.
! Furthermore, the Farmers Bank
of the State Of Delaware Is a mem
Der Of the Bank Wire" which gives
it the privilege Of a private wire
to the leading banks Of the coun-
try. The total membership now is
188 banks and it extends from coast
to coast. This is a special advan-
tage for the transferring Of money
and such.
FIERY DEATH-NeWell Dough-
ty, SO, who liveG in a cabin one and
One-half miles east Of Frankf0rd,
was burned to death early last
Friday morning.
State police who investigated
said the fire, which destroyed the
cabin occupied by Doughty, was
apparently started by an oVerturn-
ed oil lamp.
Doughty returned to the cabin
at about IL o'clock Friday night.
The fire occurred at midnight.
FrankfOrd Fire Company prevent
ed the blaze from spreading and
recovered the body. A brother Cal
vim Doughty, identified the corpse
Newell Doughty was subject to
/, epileptic fits and it is believed be
may have knocked over the oil
lamp during an attack. sDr. ROberi
s. Long, Frankford, viewed the
body and issued a death certificate
The body was released by Sussex
County Coroner William D. Mar
vel II Of Delmar to the Watson and
Gray Funeral Home of Frankford
Doughty, unmarried, had lived
alone.
NEW POST OFFICE - United
States Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr.
announced that a rural post ofice
station viii be established al
Dewey Beach, for the convenience
Of residents of the resort area
during the summer months.
An investigation to determine the
need Of postal facilities in the
Dewey Beach vicinity was request.
ed by Mr.. Frear in September fol.
lowing an appeal by a number ol
persons living in the area.
AS a result Of the Investigation
conducted by the Inspection Serv-
ice of the POST Office Department
the senator was informed by the
department that the rural station
, at Dewey Beach is warranted fol
the period from June TO Sept. IL
each year, The station viii serve q,
tributary to the post ONCE at Re.
! hoboth Beach.
Mr.. Frear said he hoped that th,
establishment of the Dewey Beacl
rural station would serve as ar
ADDED convenience to the growins
summer population ia that section
Of the state.
The postmaster at Reh0b0tt
Beach has been authorized 20 So.
licit bids for the appointment Of :
suitable person for the position 81
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